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906049 | Tarundeep Rai | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarundeep%20Rai | Tarundeep Rai
the semifinal round of the World Archery Championship in 2005, where he narrowly lost to Won Jong Choi of South Korea by 106-112 for the bronze medal play-off.
# Awards and achievements.
Tarundeep is a recipient of the Arjuna Award (2005) for his achievements in archery.
- Silver Medalist, Recurve Men’... | 19,000 |
906049 | Tarundeep Rai | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarundeep%20Rai | Tarundeep Rai
Recurve Men's Team, 2nd Asian Grand Prix, Bangkok, Thailand, 2010
- Gold Medalist, Recurve Men's Team, 5th Asian Grand Prix Tournament, Dakha, Bangladesh, 2009
- Gold Medalist, Recurve Men's Individual, 5th Asian Grand Prix Tournament, Dakha, Bangladesh, 2009
- Gold Medalist, Recurve Men's Team, 2nd As... | 19,001 |
906049 | Tarundeep Rai | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarundeep%20Rai | Tarundeep Rai
Recurve Men's Individual, 5th Asian Grand Prix Tournament, Dakha, Bangladesh, 2009
- Gold Medalist, Recurve Men's Team, 2nd Asian Grand Prix Tournament, Teheran, I.R. Iran, 2009
- Silver Medalist, Recurve Men's Individual, 2nd Asian Grand Prix Tournament, Teheran, I.R. Iran, 2009
- Bronze Medalist, Rec... | 19,002 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
Human height
Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, usually in centimetres when using the metric system, or feet and inches when using the imperial system.
A particular genetic profile... | 19,003 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
likely to acquire cancer. The University of Hawaii has found that the “longevity gene” FOXO3 that reduces the effects of aging is more commonly found in individuals of a small body size. Short stature decreases the risk of venous insufficiency.
When populations share genetic background and environmental f... | 19,004 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
quality and health. In regions of poverty or warfare, environmental factors like chronic malnutrition during childhood or adolescence may result in delayed growth and/or marked reductions in adult stature even without the presence of any of these medical conditions. Some research indicates that a greater h... | 19,005 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
of growth and height.
The study of height is known as auxology. Growth has long been recognized as a measure of the health of individuals, hence part of the reasoning for the use of growth charts. For individuals, as indicators of health problems, growth trends are tracked for significant deviations and g... | 19,006 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
the trend of increasing height in parts of Europe are the egalitarian populations where proper medical care and adequate nutrition are relatively equally distributed. Average (male) height in a nation is correlated with protein quality. Nations that consume more protein in the form of meat, dairy, eggs, an... | 19,007 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
in quality of health care and standard of living are the cited factors in the Asian populations. Malnutrition including chronic undernutrition and acute malnutrition is known to have caused stunted growth in various populations. This has been seen in North Korea, parts of Africa, certain historical Europe,... | 19,008 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
taking place a week to several months apart. The smooth 50th percentile male and female growth curves illustrated above are aggregate values from thousands of individuals sampled at ages from birth to age 20. In reality, a single individual's growth curve shows large upward and downward spikes, partly due ... | 19,009 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
the second visit overestimating) in the same elapsed time period between measurements. Note there is a discontinuity in the growth curves at age 2, which reflects the difference in recumbent length (with the child on his or her back), used in measuring infants and toddlers and standing height typically mea... | 19,010 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
the parents themselves. Genetic potential and a number of hormones, minus illness, is a basic determinant for height. Other factors include the genetic response to external factors such as diet, exercise, environment, and life circumstances.
Humans grow fastest (other than in the womb) as infants and todd... | 19,011 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
3 more years, going to zero at about 18–19. These are also critical periods where stressors such as malnutrition (or even severe child neglect) have the greatest effect.
Moreover, the health of a mother throughout her life, especially during her critical period and pregnancy, has a role. A healthier child... | 19,012 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
effect such that nutrition and health over generations influences the height of descendants to varying degrees.
The age of the mother also has some influence on her child's height. Studies in modern times have observed a gradual increase in height with maternal age, though these early studies suggest that... | 19,013 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
explanation.
It has been observed that first-born males are shorter than later-born males.
However, more recently the reverse observation was made. The study authors suggest that the cause may be socio-economic in nature.
## Nature versus nurture.
The precise relationship between genetics and environme... | 19,014 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
individuals has since been expanded to 253,288 individuals and the number of genetic variants identified is 697 in 423 genetic loci. In a separate study of body proportion using sitting-height ratio, it reports that these 697 variants can be partitioned into 3 specific classes, (1) variants that primarily ... | 19,015 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
previously been discovered for human height.
The effect of environment on height is illustrated by studies performed by anthropologist Barry Bogin and coworkers of Guatemala Mayan children living in the United States. In the early 1970s, when Bogin first visited Guatemala, he observed that Mayan Indian me... | 19,016 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
of the same age, largely due to better nutrition and health care. Bogin also noted that American Maya children had relatively longer legs, averaging longer than the Guatemalan Maya (a significantly lower sitting height ratio).
The Nilotic peoples of Sudan such as the Shilluk and Dinka have been described ... | 19,017 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
respectively. As the study points out, Nilotic people "may attain greater height if privileged with favourable environmental conditions during early childhood and adolescence, allowing full expression of the genetic material." Before fleeing, these refugees were subject to privation as a consequence of the... | 19,018 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
Khampa males are on average 180 cm tall (5 ft 11 in).
The people of the Dinaric Alps, mainly South Slavs (Montenegro and East Herzegovina), are on record as being the tallest in the world, with a male average height of 185.6 cm (6 ft 1.1 in) and female average height of 170.9 cm (5 ft 7.3 in).
# Process ... | 19,019 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
tissues of the body, have many other functions, and continue to be secreted throughout life; with peak levels coinciding with peak growth velocity, and gradually subsiding with age after adolescence. The bulk of secretion occurs in bursts (especially for adolescents) with the largest during sleep.
The maj... | 19,020 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
of growth during growth spurts is of the long bones. Additionally, the variation in height between populations and across time is largely due to changes in leg length. The remainder of height consists of the cranium. Height is sexually dimorphic and statistically it is more or less normally distributed, bu... | 19,021 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
health concern. If the degree of deviation from normal is significant, hereditary short stature is known as familial short stature and tall stature is known as familial tall stature. Confirmation that exceptional height is normal for a respective person can be ascertained from comparing stature of family m... | 19,022 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
idiopathic short stature. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2003 approved hGH treatment for those 2.25 standard deviations below the population mean (approximately the lowest 1.2% of the population). An even rarer occurrence, or at least less used term and recognized "problem", is idi... | 19,023 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
& a longer life expectancy. Individuals of small stature are also more likely to have lower blood pressure & are less likely to acquire cancer. The University of Hawaii has found that the “longevity gene” FOXO3 that reduces the effects of aging is more commonly found in individuals of a small body size. Sh... | 19,024 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
for the observed height variations worldwide. Cavalli-Sforza and Cavalli-Sforza note that variations in height worldwide can be partly attributed to evolutionary pressures resulting from differing environments. These evolutionary pressures result in height related health implications. While tallness is an ... | 19,025 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
cardiovascular problems, because of the increased load on the heart to supply the body with blood, and problems resulting from the increased time it takes the brain to communicate with the extremities. For example, Robert Wadlow, the tallest man known to verifiable history, developed trouble walking as his... | 19,026 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
are in disagreement about the overall relationship between height and longevity. Samaras and Elrick, in the Western Journal of Medicine, demonstrate an inverse correlation between height and longevity in several mammals including humans.
Women whose height is under may have a small pelvis, resulting in su... | 19,027 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
"smaller lives longer" thesis. These areas of evidence include studies involving longevity, life expectancy, centenarians, male vs. female longevity differences, mortality advantages of shorter people, survival findings, smaller body size due to calorie restriction, and within species body size differences... | 19,028 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
and occupational success.
There is a large body of research in psychology, economics, and human biology that has assessed the relationship between several seemingly innocuous physical features (e.g., body height) and occupational success. The correlation between height and success was explored decades ago... | 19,029 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
factors such as gender or socioeonomic status that are correlated with height which may account for the difference in success.
A demonstration of the height-success association can be found in the realm of politics. In the United States presidential elections, the taller candidate won 22 out of 25 times i... | 19,030 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
growing evidence suggests that height may be a proxy for confidence, which is likewise strongly correlated with occupational success.
# History of human height.
In the 150 years since the mid-nineteenth century, the average human height in industrialised countries has increased by up to . However, these ... | 19,031 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
of this rather uniform height distribution were people in the Anglo-Saxon settlement regions who were taller than the average and people from Southeast Asia with below-average heights. However, at the end of the nineteenth century and in the middle of the first globalisation period, heights between rich an... | 19,032 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
decreasing the impact of local availability of agricultural products.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people of European descent in North America were far taller than those in Europe and were the tallest in the world. The original indigenous population of Plains Native Americans was also among... | 19,033 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
the Netherlands was a land renowned for its short population, but today Dutch people are among the world's tallest with young men averaging tall.
According to a study by economist John Komlos and Francesco Cinnirella, in the first half of the eighteenth century, the average height of an English male was 1... | 19,034 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
of the late-1770s were on average more than 7.6 cm (3 inches) taller than their English counterparts who served in the Royal Marines at the same time.
The average height of Americans and Europeans decreased during periods of rapid industrialisation, possibly due to rapid population growth and broad decrea... | 19,035 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
derived from burials show that before 1850, the mean stature of males and females in Leiden, The Netherlands was respectively 166.7 cm (5 ft 5.6 in) and 156.7 cm (5 ft 1.7 in). The average height of 19-year-old Dutch orphans in 1865 was 160 cm (5 ft 3 in).
According to a study by J.W. Drukker and Vincent ... | 19,036 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
By 1856, the average rural Dutchman was 162 cm (5 ft 3.8 in) and urban Dutchman was 158.5 cm (5 ft 2.4 in).
A 2004 report citing a 2003 UNICEF study on the effects of malnutrition in North Korea, due to "successive famines," found young adult males to be significantly shorter. In contrast South Koreans "f... | 19,037 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
taller than their North Korean counterparts – as this was a period during which the North was affected by a harsh famine where hundreds of thousands, if not millions, died of hunger. A study by South Korean anthropologists of North Korean children who had defected to China found that eighteen-year-old male... | 19,038 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
The shortest adult human on record was Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal at .
Adult height between populations often differs significantly. For example, the average height of women from the Czech Republic is greater than that of men from Malawi. This may be caused by genetic differences, childhood lifestyle ... | 19,039 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
secondary to degenerative disease.
Working on data of Indonesia, the study by Baten, Stegl and van der Eng suggests a positive relationship of economic development and average height. In Indonesia, human height has decreased coincidentally with natural or political shocks.
# Average height around the wor... | 19,040 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
of chosen at random, resulting in sampling bias.
- Some countries may have significant height gaps between different regions. For instance, one survey shows there is gap between the tallest state and the shortest state in Germany. Under such circumstances, the mean height may not represent the total popul... | 19,041 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
represent a total population in some countries.
- A relatively small sample of the population may have been measured, which makes it uncertain whether this sample accurately represents the entire population.
- The height of persons can vary over the course of a day, due to factors such as a height increa... | 19,042 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
of the studies.
- Men from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro have the tallest average height. Data suggests that Herzegovinians have the genetic potential to be more than two inches taller than the Dutch. In the Netherlands, about 35% of men have the genetic profile ... | 19,043 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
indicator) and to nutritional choices: religious prohibition on pork may be largely to blame for the shorter average stature of Muslim Herzegovinians.
# See also.
- Anthropometry, the measurement of the human individual
- Body weight
- History of anthropometry
- Human physical appearance
- Human vari... | 19,044 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
this Japanese page would make it easier to evaluate the quality of the data...)
# External links.
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics: Growth Charts of American Percentiles
- fao.org, Body Weights and Heights by Countries (given in percentiles)
- The Height Gap, Article discussing differences i... | 19,045 |
905957 | Human height | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human%20height | Human height
he Early eighteenth Century
- Spatial Convergence in Height in East-Central Europe, 1890–1910
- The Biological Standard of Living in Europe During the Last Two Millennia
- HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN THE PREINDUSTRIAL ERA: INSIGHTS FROM A MILLENNIUM OF AVERAGE HEIGHTS IN NORTHERN EUROPE
- Our World In Data... | 19,046 |
906044 | Attempted murder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attempted%20murder | Attempted murder
Attempted murder
Attempted murder is a crime of attempt in various jurisdictions.
# Canada.
Section 239 of the "Criminal Code" makes attempted murder punishable by a maximum of life imprisonment. If a gun is used, the minimum sentence is four, five or seven years, dependent on prior convictions and ... | 19,047 |
906044 | Attempted murder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attempted%20murder | Attempted murder
for a crime by itself does not constitute an "attempted crime".
In England and Wales, as an "attempt", attempted murder is an offence under section 1(1) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 and is an indictable offence which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment (the same as the mandatory senten... | 19,048 |
906044 | Attempted murder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attempted%20murder | Attempted murder
kill and an overt act towards committing homicide. Attempted murder is only the planning of a murder and acts taken towards it, not the actual killing, which is the murder. This makes the offence very difficult to prove and it is more common for a lesser charge to be preferred under the Offences agains... | 19,049 |
906044 | Attempted murder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attempted%20murder | Attempted murder
to add other counts before the trial but failed to act. Having heard the case, the judge expressed his view that the jury could consider an attempted grievous bodily harm (GBH) under section 18 of the 1861 Act and Morrison was duly convicted of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm. The Court of App... | 19,050 |
906044 | Attempted murder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attempted%20murder | Attempted murder
a good general principle because, in euthanasia for example, a person assisting intends to cause death, but with no suffering. That attempting to cause grievous bodily harm must be an alternative verdict should the intended victim not die would be a strange outcome because there is no intention to caus... | 19,051 |
906044 | Attempted murder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attempted%20murder | Attempted murder
step toward committing the crime. [Mere preparation is not a substantial step toward committing a crime.]
### Proof of "mens rea".
There must be more than merely preparatory acts and, although the defendant may threaten death, this may not provide convincing evidence of an intention to kill unless th... | 19,052 |
906044 | Attempted murder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attempted%20murder | Attempted murder
statute, available to a wife charged with attempted murder.
### History.
Prior to 1967, sections 11 to 15 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 created a number of offences of attempting to commit murder by various specified means (ss.11 to 14), and an offence of attempting to commit murder by ... | 19,053 |
906044 | Attempted murder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attempted%20murder | Attempted murder
not died. The offence of murder was defined in Drury v HM Advocate:
Intention can be inferred from the circumstances of the case. Wicked recklessness is determined objectively and is "recklessness so gross that it indicates a state of mind which falls to be treated as wicked and depraved as the state ... | 19,054 |
906044 | Attempted murder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attempted%20murder | Attempted murder
as the state of mind of a deliberate killer." As with all common law offences in Scotland, the maximum punishment available is life imprisonment.
# United States.
In the United States, attempted murder is an inchoate crime. A conviction for attempted murder requires a demonstration of an intent to mu... | 19,055 |
906060 | Douglas B-23 Dragon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douglas%20B-23%20Dragon | Douglas B-23 Dragon
Douglas B-23 Dragon
The Douglas B-23 Dragon is an American twin-engined bomber developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to (and a refinement of) the B-18 Bolo.
# Design and development.
Douglas proposed a number of modifications designed to improve the performance of the B-18. Ini... | 19,056 |
906060 | Douglas B-23 Dragon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douglas%20B-23%20Dragon | Douglas B-23 Dragon
and improved defensive armament. The B-23 was the first operational American bomber equipped with a glazed tail gun position. The tail gun was a .50 calibre (12.7 mm) machine gun, which was fired from the prone position by a gunner using a telescopic sight.
The first B-23 flew on July 27, 1939 with... | 19,057 |
906060 | Douglas B-23 Dragon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douglas%20B-23%20Dragon | Douglas B-23 Dragon
as patrol aircraft stationed on the west coast of the United States. The B-23s were primarily relegated to training duties, although 18 of the type were converted as transports and redesignated UC-67.
The B-23 also served as a testbed for new engines and systems. For example, one was used for turbo... | 19,058 |
906060 | Douglas B-23 Dragon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douglas%20B-23%20Dragon | Douglas B-23 Dragon
States Army Air Corps
# Variants.
- B-23
- C-67
- UC-67
# Surviving aircraft.
## Ecuador.
- UC-67
- 39-031 (HC-APV) - Ecuadorian Air Museum, Quito.
## United States.
### On display.
- B-23
- 39-0036 - McChord Air Museum in McChord AFB, Washington.
- 39-0051 - Pima Air & Space Museum adj... | 19,059 |
906060 | Douglas B-23 Dragon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douglas%20B-23%20Dragon | Douglas B-23 Dragon
- for display at the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum in Geneseo, New York.
- UC-67
- 39-0057 - in storage at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
- 39-0063 - to airworthiness by private owner in Anchorage, Alaska. Flew in 2017.
### Wrecks.
- B-23
- 39-0052 - largely complete wreck at... | 19,060 |
906060 | Douglas B-23 Dragon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douglas%20B-23%20Dragon | Douglas B-23 Dragon
41 Historical Aircraft Group Museum in Geneseo, New York.
- UC-67
- 39-0057 - in storage at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
- 39-0063 - to airworthiness by private owner in Anchorage, Alaska. Flew in 2017.
### Wrecks.
- B-23
- 39-0052 - largely complete wreck at Loon Lake, Idaho.
# R... | 19,061 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
Canadian Mathematical Society
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) () is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research, outreach, and scholarship and education in Canada. It serves the national community through the publication of aca... | 19,062 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
including the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. The society is also a member of the International Mathematical Union and the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
# Publications.
The flagshi... | 19,063 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
many text books aimed at a university and academic researcher level. The series is called "CMS Books in Mathematics".
The CMS publishes ten issues per year of "Crux Mathematicorum", which contains problem-solving challenges and techniques suitable for training in secondary school problem ... | 19,064 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
and available to members or the public online. It includes news relevant to the Canadian mathematical community, including notice on conferences, columns on research and education, book reviews, award announcements, and employment advertisements for mathematicians.
# Activities.
## Stude... | 19,065 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
in addition to opinion pieces, news articles, open problems that are of interest to the mathematical community, and brainteaser puzzles.
## Conferences.
Through its Student Committee, the CMS is the main sponsor for the bilingual Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, an annual r... | 19,066 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
Eastern Canada every other year, with host applications being submitted by hopefuls a year in advance.
The Women in Mathematics committee of the CMS also runs Connecting Women in Mathematics Across Canada (CWiMAC), a workshop and conference aimed at upcoming Canadian female mathematicians... | 19,067 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
at Canadian high school students, which is modelled after the analogous William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition for undergraduates. High-scoring students may be invited to compete in the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad, a problem-solving and mathematics competition run by the CMS whi... | 19,068 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
specialty camps targeted at visible minorities in the mathematical community.
Many member organizations also run outreach events to attract local talent to mathematics, such as Math Challenge programs held at the local university, Math Enrichment Centres, and educational events throughout... | 19,069 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research.
# Presidents.
## 1945–2000.
- Samuel Beatty (1945–1949)
- Adrien Pouliot (1949–1953)
- Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson (1953–1957)
- Ralph Lent Jeffery (1957–1961)
- Ralph James (1961–1963)
- Max Wyman ... | 19,070 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
(1989–1991)
- Sherman D. Riemenschneider (1991–1992)
- Michel Delfour (1992–1994)
- Peter Fillmore (1994–1996)
- Katherine Heinrich (1996–1998)
- Richard Kane (1998–2000)
## 2000–present.
- Jonathan Borwein (2000–2002)
- Christiane Rousseau (2002–2004)
- H. E. A. Campbell (2004–20... | 19,071 |
906055 | Canadian Mathematical Society | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canadian%20Mathematical%20Society | Canadian Mathematical Society
Delfour (1992–1994)
- Peter Fillmore (1994–1996)
- Katherine Heinrich (1996–1998)
- Richard Kane (1998–2000)
## 2000–present.
- Jonathan Borwein (2000–2002)
- Christiane Rousseau (2002–2004)
- H. E. A. Campbell (2004–2006)
- Tom Salisbury (2006–2008)
- Anthony Lau (2008–2010)
- J... | 19,072 |
906076 | Startup.com | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Startup.com | Startup.com
Startup.com
Startup.com is a 2001 American documentary film about the dot-com start-up govWorks.com, which raised $60 million USD in funding from Hearst Interactive Media, KKR, the New York Investment Fund, and Sapient. The startup did not survive, but it became a reference for lessons learned, as it was t... | 19,073 |
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his high school friend Tom Herman. Noujaim contacted Hegedus and Pennebaker for help in financing the project. The film was distributed by Artisan Entertainment (which was later acquired by Lions Gate Entertainment).
The film was shot in digital video. The filmmakers shot for over two years, and were editi... | 19,074 |
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financing the project. The film was distributed by Artisan Entertainment (which was later acquired by Lions Gate Entertainment).
The film was shot in digital video. The filmmakers shot for over two years, and were editing the more than 400 hours of video and film right up to their Sundance Film Festival pr... | 19,075 |
906053 | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rádio%20e%20Televisão%20de%20Portugal | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal () is the public service broadcasting organisation of Portugal. It operates four national television channels and three national radio channels, as well as several satellite and cable offerings.
The current company dates from 20... | 19,076 |
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revenues.
# History.
## Radio.
The Emissora Nacional de Radiodifusão (ENR) was established on 4 August 1935 as the public national radio broadcaster, inheriting the previous broadcasting operations of the national postal service, Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones (CTT). Five years later,... | 19,077 |
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the RCP network was rebranded as Rádio Comercial, and was later privatised in 1993. At the same time, RDP launched the youth-oriented radio station Antena 3 and abolished advertising from all of its stations, so that the aforementioned broadcasting contribution tax became its sole source o... | 19,078 |
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a month.
Regular broadcasting, however, did not start until 7 March 1957, by which time coverage had reached approximately 65% of the Portuguese population.
By the end of 1958 the total number of sets in Portugal was around 32,000.
RTP was accepted as a full active member of the EBU in ... | 19,079 |
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of Madeira (opening on 6 August 1972) and the Azores (10 August 1975).
Before the Carnation Revolution, RTP was essentially a mouthpiece of the regime, and famously opened the newscast of 20 July 1969 – the day of the first moon landing – with a segment showing president Américo Thomaz op... | 19,080 |
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for nearly 5 years. During that time RTP started to purchase some colour equipment and make the occasional colour recording. But the pressure kept going as the black and white equipment was getting old and very hard to repair, so in 1978 and 1979 a massive investment supported by a foreign... | 19,081 |
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already in colour. Also, RTP moved its headquarters to a brand new building. The building was originally built to be converted to a hotel, but the owner decided to leave it untouched and reached an agreement with RTP for the purchase and converted the interior for office use. RTP moved to ... | 19,082 |
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audience share has constantly reduced in favour of the private channels. 2007 was an exception to this tendency, and RTP1 became the second channel most watched in Portugal, only behind TVI, a rarity which occurred again in 2009 and 2010.
In 2004, RTP and RDP were organized under a new co... | 19,083 |
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SA (RDP) were merged into the new Radio e Televisão de Portugal SA, ceasing to be independent entities.
Due to the financial crisis Portugal faced, RTP was to be heavily restructured as part of the (2011-2015) Portuguese government's austerity plan and would have included the sale of one ... | 19,084 |
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the 2008 Olympic Games in HD through the ZON TV Cabo satellite and cable platform. On 30 September 2009, RTP 1 HD returned in an experimental broadcast.
Following Salvador Sobral's win in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, RTP took on hosting duties for the 2018 contest.
## Post-merger.
... | 19,085 |
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Former channels.
- RTP Mobile, is a channel adapted to mobile devices. It ended in 2011/2012, with the ascension of mobile apps.
- RTP 4K, which was used to broadcast UEFA Euro 2016 matches in 4K Ultra HD.
# Radio stations.
- Antena 1, news, talk and sports station with a strong focus ... | 19,086 |
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station with a focus on Portuguese music;
- Rádio Vivace, a digital-only station with a focus on Classical music;
- Rádio ZigZag, a digital-only station with a focus on Children's programmes;
- Antena 1 Fado, a digital-only station with a focus on fado;
- Antena 1 Memória, a digital-on... | 19,087 |
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focus on jazz music;
- Notes
## Regional.
The following stations are Antena 1 regional stations:
- RDP Norte
- RDP Centro
- RDP Lisboa
- RDP Sul
- RDP Açores
- RDP Madeira
# News services.
Most RTP1 news programmes are simulcasted with RTP Internacional, RTP África, and, sometim... | 19,088 |
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than the RTP1 ones.
RTP3 features hourly news updates and headlines.
# Organisation.
## Chairmen of the board.
- Almerindo Marques, 2002−2008
- Guilherme Costa, 2008−2012
- Alberto da Ponte, 2012−2015
- Gonçalo Reis, 2015−present
## Managing Editors.
- José Rodrigues dos Santos, 2... | 19,089 |
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15
- Paulo Dentinho, 2015–2018
- Maria Flor Pedroso, 2018–present
## Programming directors of RTP1.
- Nuno Santos, 2002−2007
- José Fragoso, 2008−2011, 2018−
- Hugo Andrade, 2011-2015
- Daniel Deusdado, 2015–2018
## Programming directors of RTP2.
- Manuel Falcão, 2003−2006
- Jorg... | 19,090 |
906070 | Anti-Rent War | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Rent%20War | Anti-Rent War
Anti-Rent War
The Anti-Rent War (also known as the Helderberg War) was a tenants' revolt in upstate New York in the period 1839–1845. The Anti-Renters declared their independence from the manor system run by patroons, resisting tax collectors and successfully demanding land reform.
# Events.
The incide... | 19,091 |
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were in financial constraints. However, his leases also included a "quarter-sale" provision, which required tenants who sold their leases to pay Van Rensselaer one fourth of the sale price or one additional year's rent. The patroons owned all the land on which the tenants in the Hudson Valley lived, and u... | 19,092 |
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they revolted.
The first mass meeting of tenant farmers leading to the Anti-Rent War was held at the top of the Helderberg mountains in Berne, New York on July 4, 1839. They issued a declaration of independence, promising: "We will take up the ball of the Revolution where our fathers stopped it and roll ... | 19,093 |
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resisted tax collection and law enforcement, sometimes tarring and feathering their enemies.
In January 1845, one hundred and fifty delegates from eleven counties assembled at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Berne to call for political action to redress their grievances.
# Results.
The Anti-Rent War led ... | 19,094 |
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L. Jordan, as leading counsel for the defense, and John Van Buren, the state attorney general, who personally conducted the prosecution. At the first trial, the jury came to no conclusion and Parker declared a mistrial.
During a re-trial in September 1845, the two attorneys started a fistfight in open co... | 19,095 |
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rights, abolishing feudal tenures and outlawing leases lasting longer than twelve years. The remaining manors dissolved quickly as the patroons sold off the lands.
# People involved.
- Lawrence Van Deusen, president of the Anti-Rent Association of Albany County, New York.
- John I. Slingerland, state l... | 19,096 |
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ce Van Deusen, president of the Anti-Rent Association of Albany County, New York.
- John I. Slingerland, state legislator and U.S. Congressman, was an advocate for the tenants during the Anti-Rent War.
# See also.
- Anya Seton's novel "Dragonwyck" (1944) is set during the Anti-Rent War.
- List of inci... | 19,097 |
906048 | Tony Plana | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony%20Plana | Tony Plana
Tony Plana
José Antonio Plana (born April 19, 1952), better known as Tony Plana, is a Cuban American actor and director. He is known for playing Betty Suarez's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC television show "Ugly Betty" and also for voicing Manuel "Manny" Calavera in the video game "Grim Fandango".
# P... | 19,098 |
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He has created and directed a number of productions of the works of Shakespeare for minority audiences and he has been active in both the Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and New York City theater communities, including leading appearances on Broadway and at New York City's Public Theater. He originated the rol... | 19,099 |
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