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1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
the middle garden, still evident in the way the axes of the current beds and paths follow the original furrows;
- A core remnant of Governor Phillip's original Government/Governor's Domain (1792);
- An important part of Governor Macquarie's plan for Sydney;
- The first extensive open spa... | 21,400 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
original Governor's Domain (such as the c.1812 Macquarie wall and gateway, Mrs Macquarie's Road, fountains, statues, gates, a varied collection of buildings both public (e.g.: herbarium) and private (e.g.; Victoria Lodge gate house, Superintendent's residence/Cunningham Building, Old Herbar... | 21,401 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Exhibition, and Garden Palace, a major event for Sydney and the first such exhibition in Australia, featuring works of art and industry.
## Associations.
The Botanic Garden and The Domain demonstrate strong or special associations with the life and works of persons, groups of persons of i... | 21,402 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
to the development of the Domain and other public areas in Sydney designed by the Directors of the Botanic Garden and their staff;
- For their rich heritage of memorials as elements of urban design, including The Domain's Henry Kendall memorial seat, the Palace Garden Gates and wall, the C... | 21,403 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
very fine late 19th century landscaping;
- For demonstrating a mixture of early 19th century garden design styles with Colonial style geometric beds in the middle garden and picturesque romantic style features such as serpentine paths and island beds in the other areas;
- Their design as ... | 21,404 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
continuing educational role in demonstrating high standards of ornamental horticulture to the public;
- As an important major defining landscape and recreational asset of Sydney;
- For The Domain's role as a contributing and defining element providing continuity in the series of public pa... | 21,405 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
a parkland backdrop setting for these buildings, which is appreciated by their users and the public;
- For including a number of individually significant structures of high aesthetic value such as the Art Gallery of NSW, the Domain Lodge and a group of statues and memorials including the R... | 21,406 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Continuing centre for scientific research, particularly in systematic taxonomic botany;
- Historic centre for economic botany and experimental horticulture, being a key place for exportation of Australian native plants (most active period of exporting to Europe was up until 1820), and for ... | 21,407 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
propagation, dispersal and cultivation;
- Their association with the work and influence of key figures in the European scientific world such as Sir Joseph Banks, Sir William Hooker and Joseph Dalton Hooker at Kew Gardens, London;
- Their association with the work and influence of key figu... | 21,408 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
and "Agathis") and figs (the genus "Ficus").
## Social significance.
The Botanic Garden and The Domain have social significance for the following reasons:
- They demonstrate a very early example of providing public access to open space or parkland (1831 cf 1850s in England);
- Their lon... | 21,409 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
entertainment;
- Their being the site of the first zoo in Australia (1860 aviary);
- Their being the site of the 1878 International Exhibition, and Garden Palace, a major event for Sydney and the first such exhibition in Australia, featuring works of art and industry;
- Their continuing ... | 21,410 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
debate and the expression of dissent, in the Domain;
- As demonstration of the importance placed upon accessible and inalienable public space in Sydney, which dates back to the 1830s;
- As a habitat to a threatened fauna species, the grey headed flying fox (bat).
## Archaeological signif... | 21,411 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
the colony.
- Central Depot
The Central Depot is of historical significance for its previous use as the kitchen garden associated with Government House (1813–1870) and its ongoing historic use as a centre for plant propagation, cultivation and display serving the Royal Botanic Garden, Syd... | 21,412 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
farm, and the Macquaries' landscaping of the Domain all built by convicts, are of exceptional State heritage significance. Other archaeological evidence, glasshouses and the boiler room equipment and such, associated with the development of the Botanic Garden can contribute to the story of ... | 21,413 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Wall plays a crucial role in supporting the entry point and setting of the Sydney Opera House, where it provides an enclosing "backstage wall" to the open forecourt space. It is considered a "crucial element in [the World Heritage] Buffer Zone . . . including its steps and upper perimeter f... | 21,414 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
enabled the extension of Macquarie Street. 'Its vertical quarried sandstone face, with its steps and fence, is an historic artefact in its own right and retains the only visible evidence of activities on the Sydney Opera House site predating the Opera House itself.' Its traces of anti-Vietn... | 21,415 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
the Engineer for Harbours and Rivers. The Tarpeian Way has an unusually dramatic, classical association through its name with the famous rock in Rome from which prisoners were hurled to their deaths in ancient times. The Tarpeian Way is of State social significance for the high regard in wh... | 21,416 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
satisfied the following criteria.
The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.
The second oldest botanic garden in the southern hemisphere, the only older one being Rio de Janeiro. It contains many important structures ... | 21,417 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
garden embellishments. Magnificent garden on the site of Australia's first farm, now providing beauty and peace in contrast to the city skyline.
The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.
It ... | 21,418 |
1803839 | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Botanic%20Garden,%20Sydney | Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
's first farm, now providing beauty and peace in contrast to the city skyline.
The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.
It contains an important botanical collection vital for education and... | 21,419 |
1803982 | Love of the Aegean Sea | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love%20of%20the%20Aegean%20Sea | Love of the Aegean Sea
Love of the Aegean Sea
Love At The Aegean Sea () is a romantic Taiwanese drama starring Alec Su, Peter Ho, and Chae Rim.
# Storyline.
The drama opens with fascinating scenery in Greece, the destination Guan Xiaotong (Chae Rim) and the travel mate she found herself over the Internet, Li Yaoxian... | 21,420 |
1803982 | Love of the Aegean Sea | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love%20of%20the%20Aegean%20Sea | Love of the Aegean Sea
ic Taiwanese drama starring Alec Su, Peter Ho, and Chae Rim.
# Storyline.
The drama opens with fascinating scenery in Greece, the destination Guan Xiaotong (Chae Rim) and the travel mate she found herself over the Internet, Li Yaoxiang (Peter Ho), are heading to. Arguing with Li time after time... | 21,421 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
James Riady
James Tjahaja Riady (; born 1957 in Djakarta) (also known as Lie Zen) is the deputy chairman of the Lippo Group, a major Indonesian conglomerate. He is a Chinese Indonesian, and also the son of Mochtar Riady, who founded Lippo. Lippo ceded its control of Lippo Bank to Khazanah of Malaysia in 20... | 21,422 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
largest investment banks outside of Wall Street, to become partners in the Stephens's Worthen Banking Corporation, after the younger Riady was sent by his father, Mochtar Riady, to set up a banking presence in the United States. Mochtar Riady was also interested in helping Jimmy Carter's former budget direc... | 21,423 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
plant near Jakarta. Later, in 1985, Worthen was indicted of having administered several million dollars' worth of illegal, preferential loans to companies owned by the Riadys. The loans had allegedly been channeled through Lippo Finance and Investment, the Riadys' Little Rock-based company established in 19... | 21,424 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
statutes. Riady then promptly sold the bank.
James Riady moved to Los Angeles and established Lippo Bank with the help of Taiwanese banker John Huang. Again the bank lost a lot of money, made a number of bad loans, and violated laws of money laundering. James Riady established ties with Johnny Rayati in 20... | 21,425 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
to build the largest cable TV infrastructure in Indonesia using a company called Kabelvision. The venture was unsuccessful.
The Riady family recently acquired the tallest skyscraper in the western US, Los Angeles' US Bank Tower, for $367.5M through OUE, a Singapore-listed entity that it controls.
# Contro... | 21,426 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
violations by himself and his corporation. He was ordered to pay an 8.6 million U.S. dollar fine for contributing foreign funds to the Democratic Party, the largest fine ever levied in a campaign finance case.
## KPPU Bribery Scandal.
In 2008, Riady's close business associate Billy Sindoro, an executive o... | 21,427 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
where he lamented he would not be able to spend Christmas with his family.
## Obama Visa Waiver.
In January 2010, the Washington Post revealed how the 'disgraced' Riady had received a visa waiver by the Obama Administration to re-enter the US, despite having been banned by the Bush administration. Riady's... | 21,428 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
a term that government lawyers generally interpret to include fraud.
James Riady lives with his family in Lippo Village, Karawaci, surrounded by security aides. He has been demonized by the media because of his involvement in the campaign financing scandal. Hendardi, an Indonesian human rights activist, on... | 21,429 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
July 2001, Fortune published an interview in which he espoused his vision of converting poor villages to Christianity. The second biggest Muslim organization in Indonesia, the 28-million-strong Muhammadiyah, quickly assembled mass protests and demonstrations against him..
Under the organization Yayasan Pen... | 21,430 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
owned and run by the organization: Sekolah Pelita Harapan, Sekolah Dian Harapan, and Sekolah Lentera Harapan. He is involved quite personally in this particular college, enforcing a strict code of discipline as well as requiring these students to attend weekly chapel and his own church. He is well known at ... | 21,431 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
in the UPH Painting Museum located on the 3rd floor of Matahari Towers in Lippo Karawaci. It stores more than 700 paintings by both prominent national and international painters including Raden Saleh, Affandi, A. Sudjono, Barli, Wakidi, A.D. Pirous, Widayat, Zaini, Srihadi Soedarsono, Agus Djaya, Trubus, Mo... | 21,432 |
1803922 | James Riady | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Riady | James Riady
ters including Raden Saleh, Affandi, A. Sudjono, Barli, Wakidi, A.D. Pirous, Widayat, Zaini, Srihadi Soedarsono, Agus Djaya, Trubus, Mochtar Apin, Sudjana Kerton, Ivan Sagito, But Mochtar, Hendra Gunawan, Dede Eri Supria, Nasiah Djamin, Walter Speis, R. Bommet, Willem Dooijewaard, J.D. Van Herwerden, etc. (... | 21,433 |
1803960 | Kevin McKenna | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20McKenna | Kevin McKenna
Kevin McKenna
Kevin James McKenna (born 21 January 1980) is a Canadian former professional soccer who played as a centre back. Occasionally, he also played as a central midfielder or striker.
# Club career.
McKenna began to play with soccer 1990 in the Academy team of Calgary Foothills and was promoted... | 21,434 |
1803960 | Kevin McKenna | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20McKenna | Kevin McKenna
first game of the 2000–01 season, McKenna and international teammate Paul Stalteri simultaneously became the first Canadian to play in the German Bundesliga in a match between McKenna's newly promoted Cottbus and Stalteri's Werder Bremen.
## Hearts.
In 2001, McKenna moved to Scottish Premier League team... | 21,435 |
1803960 | Kevin McKenna | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20McKenna | Kevin McKenna
He was elected as the club's new captain after the departure of former skipper Gregg Berhalter.
## 1. FC Köln.
In the summer of 2007, McKenna signed a four-year contract with 1. FC Köln, dropping down a division to the German Second Division. McKenna made his debut for his new team on 10 August 2007, in... | 21,436 |
1803960 | Kevin McKenna | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20McKenna | Kevin McKenna
Podolski. Weeks later during the month of September, McKenna had surgery done on his knee and was labeled out indefinitely, however he made a faster recovery then originally anticipated and returned to the first team in early December. He did not see any playing time until being subbed on in the 75th minu... | 21,437 |
1803960 | Kevin McKenna | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20McKenna | Kevin McKenna
Canada in a May 2000 friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago. By November 2009, he has earned a total of 46 caps, scoring nine goals. He has represented Canada in four FIFA World Cup qualification matches. McKenna has been a regular for the Canadian national team since 2002, when he featured in the CON... | 21,438 |
1803960 | Kevin McKenna | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20McKenna | Kevin McKenna
da in four FIFA World Cup qualification matches. McKenna has been a regular for the Canadian national team since 2002, when he featured in the CONCACAF Gold Cup as a target man for Holger Osieck's side. McKenna scored three goals, including a brace over Haiti in the first round.
McKenna earned his 50th c... | 21,439 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
AeroVironment
AeroVironment, Inc. is an American technology company in Monrovia, California, and Simi Valley, California, that is primarily involved in energy systems, electric vehicle systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Paul B. MacCready, Jr., a designer of human-powered aircraft, founded the ... | 21,440 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
Vehicles developed.
Among the vehicles the company built are:
- Gossamer Condor - The first successful human-powered airplane. The Gossamer Condor is on display at the National Air and Space Museum, since it won the first Kremer Prize in 1977.
- Gossamer Albatross - In 1979 this human-powered plane fle... | 21,441 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
by the CIA in the 1980s as the first unmanned solar-powered aircraft in history prototyped for national security missions. It was declassified and transferred to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) in 1993 where it was modified as a high altitude, long endurance (HALE) UAV technology demonst... | 21,442 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
MacCready and Tim Conver. This was a fast-paced demo program supported at the highest levels of government. The ultimate goal was to develop the world's first "fly forever" HALE UAV that could be configured for a variety of national security missions. The program was cancelled in 1995 due to budget reduct... | 21,443 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
its derivatives. The interceptor, called Astrid, flew several successful missions during this time period at Vandenberg AFB, CA.
- NASA Pathfinder and Pathfinder Plus - This unmanned plane, built by AeroVironment as a part of the NASA ERAST Program, demonstrated that an airplane could stay aloft for an e... | 21,444 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
- The Centurion was an expansion of the Pathfinder concept, designed to achieve the ERAST Program goal of sustained flight at altitude.
- NASA Helios Prototype - Derived from the Centurion, this solar cell and fuel cell powered UAV set a world record for flight at . It was intended to be the prototype fo... | 21,445 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
hydrogen power.
- AeroVironment Global Observer - The Los Angeles Times reported first flight of Global Observer happening at the Mojave Desert in the first week of January, 2011. Global Observer is powered from hydrogen, appears to have 4 motors with twin-bladed props, has a wingspan, maximum altitude, ... | 21,446 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
car.
- AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven - a small military UAV. It is hand launched with a wingspan of and a weight of , providing color and infrared video to its handheld ground control as well as remote viewing stations. Over 9,000 Ravens have been delivered or are on order as of June 2008.
- AeroVironment W... | 21,447 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
aerial observation at line-of-sight ranges up to . Puma's avionics enable autonomous flight and precise GPS navigation. It was originally designed to demonstrate advanced propulsion technologies for such aircraft. It flew in June 2007 for five hours powered by an onboard "fuel cell battery hybrid energy s... | 21,448 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
AeroVironment Nano Hummingbird - Announced in 2011, a hummingbird look-alike drone equipped with a camera, can fly at speeds of up to per hour. It can climb and descend vertically, fly sideways, forward and backward, as well as rotate clockwise and counter-clockwise by remote control for about eight minut... | 21,449 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
Dragon Eye
- AeroVironment Snipe - a small quadrotor design small enough to be deployed by an individual to collect surveillance information. It weighs , can reach speeds of with a range of more than , employs rechargeable batteries to fly for 15 minutes, can withstand winds of , and is equipped with EO/... | 21,450 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
technologies for UAVs. The contract also provides for specific technological tasks such as integration of solar cells into aircraft wings, electric motor efficiency improvement technologies, and development of hydrogen storage systems for aircraft.
In 2013, AeroVironment participated in the DARPA TERN pr... | 21,451 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
design and develop solar-powered high-altitude unmanned aircraft and ground control stations for a Joint Venture with Japanese telco SoftBank (95%) for $65 million.
On April 25, 2019, the stratospheric Hawk30 was rolled out for the joint venture, HAPSMobile.
Resembling the 1999 Helios, the tailless airc... | 21,452 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
operations should begin in 2023, operating year-round at latitudes +/- 30° from the equator.
The HAWK30 cruises at 59 kn (110 km/h).
It would provide 4G LTE and 5G direct to devices over a 200 km (125 mi) diameter area, and 40 aircraft could cover the entire Japanese archipelago.
It should be interoper... | 21,453 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
$125 million in Loon, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, developing high-altitude balloons for internet connectivity since 2011, which can make a similar investment in HAPSMobile.
They can collaborate on common ground stations, communications payloads and can share network connectivity in flight.
H... | 21,454 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
electric car.
AeroVironment also sells level 3 high-voltage DC fast-charge stations compatible with the CHAdeMO standard that can charge a Think electric car to 80% in 15 minutes.
AeroVironment participates in various government and industry initiatives to create an electric vehicle charging infrastruct... | 21,455 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
UAVs as "atmospheric satellites", or high altitude communications relay platforms.
In July 2002 the NASA/AeroVironment UAV Pathfinder Plus carried commercial communications relay equipment developed by Skytower in a test of using the aircraft as a broadcast platform. Skytower, in partnership with NASA an... | 21,456 |
1803967 | AeroVironment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AeroVironment | AeroVironment
ission utilized only one watt of power, or 1/10,000 of the power required by a terrestrial tower to provide the same signal. According to Stuart Hindle, Vice President of Strategy & Business Development for SkyTower, "SkyTower platforms are basically geostationary satellites without the time delay." Furth... | 21,457 |
1803856 | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005%20Pan–Blue%20visits%20to%20mainland%20China | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
The 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China were a series of groundbreaking visits by delegations of the Kuomintang (KMT) and their allied Pan-Blue Coalition to mainland China. They were hailed as the highest level of exchange between the Com... | 21,458 |
1803856 | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005%20Pan–Blue%20visits%20to%20mainland%20China | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
"de jure" capital of Nanjing via Hong Kong, launching Lien's 8-day Taiwan Strait peace tour; also the first such visit to mainland China in 60 years.
While in mainland China, Lien met with General Secretary Hu Jintao and expressed interest in improving cross-strait dialogues. Bot... | 21,459 |
1803856 | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005%20Pan–Blue%20visits%20to%20mainland%20China | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
and Shanghai, China's largest city and site of extensive Taiwanese financial and economic investment in recent years.
# Background.
In 2004, the KMT first proposed that the former president candidate Lien Chan would visit mainland China as the elected President of the Republic o... | 21,460 |
1803856 | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005%20Pan–Blue%20visits%20to%20mainland%20China | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
to visit the graves of dozens of KMT members who died during an uprising against the Qing Dynasty in 1911. On the morning of March 30, the delegation visited the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, then headed for Beijing to meet with CPPCC chairman Jia Qinglin. At the meeting, Jia ... | 21,461 |
1803856 | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005%20Pan–Blue%20visits%20to%20mainland%20China | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
International Airport" airport to "Taoyuan airport" to avoid mentioning the name of former leader of KMT and the late President of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek.
On that morning, about a thousand people gathered at the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, and violent c... | 21,462 |
1803856 | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005%20Pan–Blue%20visits%20to%20mainland%20China | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), and the Taiwan Independence Party were arrested, along with the host of a political talk show.
Pan-Blue supporters fought back, swearing "an eye for an eye". There were suspected Triad members clad in black in the mob, picking on Pan-Green's sup... | 21,463 |
1803856 | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005%20Pan–Blue%20visits%20to%20mainland%20China | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
were not arrested.
Lien avoided the trouble entirely having been taken into the airport via a VIP entrance.
Because the Aviation Police Office of Taiwan proved inept in handling the riot, its director, Chen Jui-tien was dismissed that evening. The Minister of the Interior, Su Ji... | 21,464 |
1803856 | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005%20Pan–Blue%20visits%20to%20mainland%20China | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
Affairs Office of the State Council head Chen Yunlin was at the airport to welcome the delegation. One of Lien's aides, Joanna Lai, quipped "It would have taken just two and half hours from Taipei to Nanjing by direct flight, but we took 50-60 years." Lien echoed the sentiment in ... | 21,465 |
1803856 | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005%20Pan–Blue%20visits%20to%20mainland%20China | 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
the general public and press reporters. Lien quoted Sun Yat-Sen's last words ""peace, struggle, save China"" to promote a healthy relationship across the strait. Lien was the first KMT chairman to visit the mausoleum for 56 years.
On the same day, Lien visited the Ming Xiaoling M... | 21,466 |
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Later, the delegation visited the Forbidden City. Lien met the CPPCC Chairman Jia Qinglin at the Great Hall of the People, and then watched a traditional Beijing opera performance.
On April 29, Lien gave a speech and answered questions from students and faculty in Peking Universi... | 21,467 |
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both Peking University and Taiwan University are born from the same root. Especially in mainland China, it can be said that it's a bastion of freedom." But a proportion of Taiwanese students disagreed, saying both Hu and Fu were fierce opponents of communism in favor of freedom of... | 21,468 |
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points of compromise settled upon by the two parties following the conference:
- 1. On the premise of acknowledging the 1992 Consensus, encourage the reopening of talks across the strait;
- 2. Encourage an end to hostilities, and establish peace;
- 3. Encourage cooperation in e... | 21,469 |
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was Lien's last night in Beijing.
## Xi'an.
On April 30 at 11:25, the delegation arrived at Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, starting Lien's tour of his birthplace. Welcoming Lien were officials of the Shaanxi provincial government, Taiwanese businessmen in mainland China, ... | 21,470 |
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visiting the school, the delegation visited the Terracotta Army. In the evening, Shaanxi provincial secretary Li Jianguo hosted a Tang Dynasty-style banquet for the delegation in the Tang Paradise theme park. Li presented the delegation with prints from the Stele Forest and ancien... | 21,471 |
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the Oriental Pearl Tower and held a press conference at the Shanghai Shangri-la Hotel. He later visited Wang Daohan at Jinjiang Hotel. At nine he toured Xintiandi, and took a harbor cruise to view The Bund at night.
On May 3, 1pm, Lien and his delegation flew back to Taipei, via ... | 21,472 |
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ruling party, as well as the KMT. Western political analysts have compared the handshake of Lien and Hu Jintao to that of Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat.
The European Union also welcomed the visit, stating they "hope it will prove to be the first positive step in the right direc... | 21,473 |
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of mainland China who want to undermine Taiwan's sovereignty.
Republic of China (ROC) President Chen Shui-bian initially condemned Lien and said that his visit might be in violation of ROC law. However, several days later Chen Shui-bian reversed his opinions and showed a cautious... | 21,474 |
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three "goodwill gifts" to the ROC: the normalization of tourism, which would allow direct flights across the Taiwan Strait; agricultural trade agreements that would increase sales of Taiwanese produce to mainland China; and two giant pandas for the Taipei Zoo. After much deliberat... | 21,475 |
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in increasing cross-strait dialogue.
Prior to Soong's visit, President Chen extended an invitation to Hu Jintao to visit Taiwan so that he "can see with his own eyes that Taiwan is a sovereign nation." However, the CPC continues to show a lack of interest in dealing with Chen and... | 21,476 |
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Republic of China
- Cross-Strait relations
- 2015 Ma–Xi meeting
# External links.
- BBC Article
- EU hopes China-Taiwan talks will widen in scope News article on the European Union's support of Lien's visit
- Lien's triumphal PRC visit may have wide implications Editorial co... | 21,477 |
1803989 | Centro de Estudios Universitarios | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centro%20de%20Estudios%20Universitarios | Centro de Estudios Universitarios
Centro de Estudios Universitarios
The former Centro de Estudios Universitarios (CEU), currently called Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU, is a foundation for the development of education founded by the Catholic Propagandistic Association (ACdP).
Out of the many academic instituti... | 21,478 |
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Universitarios' became the 'Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU', as we know it today. The original faculty consisted of prestigious teachers, many of whom, over time, became professors or ministers, and some have even reached the episcopate. In 1945, the institution received officia... | 21,479 |
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by the CEU Cardenal Herrera University, the first private school of law ever founded in Valencia. It has been associated to the University of Valencia since the early 1970s but the University took on its current name in 1999. The CEU Abat Oliva University is the third university establ... | 21,480 |
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Claudio Coello (1971)
- Colegio CEU San Pablo, Valencia (1971)
- Colegio CEU San Pablo, Montepríncipe (1975)
- Colegio CEU San Pablo, Murcia (1975)
- Colegio CEU Jesús María, Alicante (2004)
- Colegio CEU Virgen Niña, Vitoria-Gasteiz (2010)
# Notable alumni.
- Maria Rosa Calvo-M... | 21,481 |
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National Time Trial Championship in 1999 and 2001; won in 2000 a stage in Vuelta a España, where he finished fourth
- Máxim Huerta, host of the "El programa de Ana Rosa"
- Adolfo Suárez Illana, Spanish politician, lawyer; eldest son of Adolfo Suárez y González, 1st Duke of Suárez; Sp... | 21,482 |
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Ana Pastor, Spanish journalist and anchorwoman
- Elsa Pataky, Spanish model, actress, and film producer known as Elena Neves in "Fast Five" and "Fast & Furious 6"
- Dalmacio Negro Pavón, Spanish university professor and author, member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Moral and Social ... | 21,483 |
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toria
- Javier Rupérez, Spanish politician, diplomat and writer; since 2006 he has held the rank of full Ambassador within the Spanish Diplomatic Service, which he joined in 1967
- Joseph H. H. Weiler, Joseph Straus Professor of Law and European Union at New York University Law Schoo... | 21,484 |
1803975 | Dance-punk | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance-punk | Dance-punk
Dance-punk
Dance-punk (also known as disco-punk or funk-punk) is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-punk and new wave movements.
# Predecessors.
Many groups in the post-punk era adopted a more danceable style. These bands were influenced by funk, disco, n... | 21,485 |
1803975 | Dance-punk | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance-punk | Dance-punk
James Chance and the Contortions, Cristina Monet, Bush Tetras, ESG, and Liquid Liquid. German punk singer Nina Hagen had an underground dance hit in 1983 with "New York / N.Y.", which mixed her searing punk (and opera) vocals with disco beats.
# Contemporary dance-punk.
Dance-punk was revived among some ba... | 21,486 |
1803975 | Dance-punk | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance-punk | Dance-punk
Units. In the early 2000s Washington, D.C. had a popular and notable punk-funk scene, inspired by Fugazi, post-punk, and go-go acts like Trouble Funk and Rare Essence, including bands like Q and Not U, Black Eyes, and Baltimore's Oxes, Double Dagger, and Dope Body. In Britain the combination of indie with da... | 21,487 |
1803975 | Dance-punk | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dance-punk | Dance-punk
Not U, Black Eyes, and Baltimore's Oxes, Double Dagger, and Dope Body. In Britain the combination of indie with dance-punk was dubbed new rave in publicity for Klaxons and the term was picked up and applied by the NME to bands including Trash Fashion, New Young Pony Club, Hadouken!, Late of the Pier, Test Ic... | 21,488 |
1803997 | Spruce Meadows | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spruce%20Meadows | Spruce Meadows
Spruce Meadows
Spruce Meadows, is a multi-purpose sports facility near Calgary, Alberta built by the Southern family which opened in 1975.
The facility contains an equestrian show jumping complex that comprises . The current president and CEO of Spruce Meadows is Linda Southern-Heathcott, a former Olym... | 21,489 |
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of a modified jumping field, which gained new stands to fit the rectangular soccer pitch.
# Tournaments.
There are six major outdoor tournaments and eight indoor tournaments at Spruce Meadows annually. The indoor tournaments are known as the 'Nakoda Series' and are tailored for developing junior/amateu... | 21,490 |
1803997 | Spruce Meadows | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spruce%20Meadows | Spruce Meadows
attracts a wide array of athletes and their horses from around the world. Spruce Meadows was named number one show jumping facility in the world in 2001–02 and 2003–04.
Spruce Meadows breeds, trains, and sells Hanoverian horses, and holds an annual "Name the Foal" contest, in which three foals are selec... | 21,491 |
1803997 | Spruce Meadows | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spruce%20Meadows | Spruce Meadows
seat covered grandstand was built on the east side of the stadium, along with 1,500 seats in other areas. It was designed to be modular to allow for future growth. On May 4, 2019 Cavalry FC officially opened the stadium in its inaugural CPL match, an eventual 2–1 victory over York 9 FC in snowy condition... | 21,492 |
1803997 | Spruce Meadows | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spruce%20Meadows | Spruce Meadows
has a television production facility that produces "Spruce Meadows Chronicles", a show-jumping related TV series that is broadcast to over 100 countries, in addition to other specials and programs.
In May 2018, it was announced that Spruce Meadows were behind a new Canadian Premier League soccer club, C... | 21,493 |
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with a further 1,500 split between the north and south ends of the pitch.
## Recent concerns.
Recently, the Southern family, who have owned the facility since its inception, have become vocal regarding the encroaching city development—once several kilometres outside of town, Spruce Meadows is now locat... | 21,494 |
1803997 | Spruce Meadows | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spruce%20Meadows | Spruce Meadows
tive January 1, 2011 Spruce Meadows ceased to be within the City of Calgary in a deal with the MD of Foothills. The City of Calgary annexed approximately 176.25 acres of land located northeast of the Sirocco Golf Course from the MD of Foothills. The MD of Foothills annexed approximately 138.45 acres of l... | 21,495 |
1804003 | Vajacki marš | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vajacki%20marš | Vajacki marš
Vajacki marš
Vajacki marš (Cyrillic, Ваяцкі марш, pronounced , "March of the Warriors"; also known as My vyjdziem ščylnymi radami (Cyrillic, Мы выйдзем шчыльнымі радамі) ""Come, We Shall March in Joint Endeavour"") was the National anthem for the short-lived Belarusian Democratic Republic that existed in ... | 21,496 |
1804003 | Vajacki marš | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vajacki%20marš | Vajacki marš
there were attempts to adapt the lyrics to the communist ideology by replacing mentions of the national Belarusian white-red-white flag with those of the Soviet red banner. Throughout the 20th century, the March was actively used by pro-independence organisations of the Belarusian diaspora.
After the rest... | 21,497 |
1804003 | Vajacki marš | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vajacki%20marš | Vajacki marš
propositions to make "Vajacki marš" the state anthem of the Republic of Belarus. In particular, the renowned writers Vasil Bykau, Ales Adamovich and Ryhor Baradulin have issued a public appeal in favour of making "Vajacki marš" the state anthem of Belarus. Other symbols of the Belarusian Democratic Republi... | 21,498 |
1803999 | Dagger-axe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dagger-axe | Dagger-axe
Dagger-axe
The dagger-axe (; sometimes confusingly translated "halberd") or ge is a type of pole weapon that was in use from the Shang dynasty until the Han dynasty in China. It consists of a dagger-shaped blade, mounted by its tang to a perpendicular wooden shaft. The earliest dagger-axe blades were made o... | 21,499 |
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