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1804421 | Belleek, County Fermanagh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belleek,%20County%20Fermanagh | Belleek, County Fermanagh
with the falls during drainage works in the 1880s).
A castle was built at "Caol Uisce" near Belleek at the entrance to Lower Lough Erne by Gilbert Costello in 1212. Belleek town in its present layout was founded on the Blennerhassett estate during the Plantation of Ulster in the early 17th ce... | 22,100 |
1804421 | Belleek, County Fermanagh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belleek,%20County%20Fermanagh | Belleek, County Fermanagh
renowned Belleek Pottery in the centre of the village is currently owned by US-based Dundalk man, George Moore. It was founded in 1857 by John Caldwell Bloomfield, who declared that any piece with the slightest flaw would be destroyed and this is still the case today. The first examples of thi... | 22,101 |
1804421 | Belleek, County Fermanagh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belleek,%20County%20Fermanagh | Belleek, County Fermanagh
in 1903 at a cost of £2000. Three stained glass windows were also unveiled in Belleek Church of Ireland in May 2009 to commemorate the founders of Belleek Pottery, John Caldwell Bloomfield, the local landowner, Robert Williams Armstrong, architect, ceramics expert and first manager of Belleek ... | 22,102 |
1804421 | Belleek, County Fermanagh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belleek,%20County%20Fermanagh | Belleek, County Fermanagh
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds keeps up-to-date records as to colony numbers and well being.
# Transport.
Bus Éireann offers routes to Enniskillen and then to major cities and towns in the Republic of Ireland including Cavan and Dublin. Many bus services meet and hopefully connect... | 22,103 |
1804421 | Belleek, County Fermanagh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belleek,%20County%20Fermanagh | Belleek, County Fermanagh
by Iarnród Éireann.
# Economy.
Belleek Pottery Ltd has long been a major employer in the region, with its visitor centre attracting 150,000 guests per annum. Fermanagh District Council reports that 70% of Belleek Pottery's product is manufactured for export. Belleek also hosts a street mart ... | 22,104 |
1804421 | Belleek, County Fermanagh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belleek,%20County%20Fermanagh | Belleek, County Fermanagh
and over
- 46.8% of the population were male and 53.2% were female
- 87.8% were from a Catholic background and 11.6% were from a Protestant background
- 4.5% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.
# Sport.
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is called Erne Gaels ("Gaeil na hÉirne")
... | 22,105 |
1804421 | Belleek, County Fermanagh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belleek,%20County%20Fermanagh | Belleek, County Fermanagh
contains the following townlands:
- Ballaghgee Glebe
- Ballymagaghran
- Bellanadohy
- Buck Island
- Carrowkeel Glebe
- Commons
- Derrychulloo
- Derrynacrannog Glebe
- Derryrona Glebe
- Druminillar
- Dulrush
- Eagle Island
- Ferny Island
- Finner
- Gadalough Glebe
- Garvary
- G... | 22,106 |
1804421 | Belleek, County Fermanagh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belleek,%20County%20Fermanagh | Belleek, County Fermanagh
rowkeel Glebe
- Commons
- Derrychulloo
- Derrynacrannog Glebe
- Derryrona Glebe
- Druminillar
- Dulrush
- Eagle Island
- Ferny Island
- Finner
- Gadalough Glebe
- Garvary
- Graffy
- Keenaghan
- Larkhill
- Leggs
- Lowerybane
- Magheramenagh
- Mallybreen
- Meenatully
- Oughte... | 22,107 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing cities, t... | 22,108 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
located along the U.S. border with Mexico, and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs.
The boundaries of a CDP have no legal status. Thus, they may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name. However, criteria esta... | 22,109 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
are not considered incorporated places and that it includes only census-designated places in its city population list for Hawaii because that state has no incorporated cities. In addition, census city lists from 2007 included Arlington County, Virginia's CDP in the list with the incorporated pla... | 22,110 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
the 1890 Census, in which, the Census mixed unincorporated places with incorporated places in its products with "town" or "village" as its label. This made it confusing to determine which of the "towns" were or were not incorporated.
The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for uninco... | 22,111 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
also identified unincorporated places inside urbanized areas (except in New England), but with a population of at least 10,000. For the 1970 Census, the population threshold for "unincorporated places" in urbanized areas was reduced to 5,000.
For the 1980 Census, the designation was changed to ... | 22,112 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
population criteria for CDPs were dropped with the 2000 Census.
The Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) allows designated participants to review and suggest modifications to the boundaries for CDPs. The PSAP was to be offered to county and municipal planning agencies du... | 22,113 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
entities, the boundaries of the CDP may not correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name. Recognized communities may be divided into two or more CDPs while on the other hand, two or more communities may be combined into one CDP. A CDP may also cover the unincorporated part ... | 22,114 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
containing the CDP. Generally, a CDP shall not be defined within the boundaries of what the Census Bureau regards to be an incorporated city, village or borough. However, the Census Bureau considers some towns in New England states, New Jersey and New York as well as townships in some other stat... | 22,115 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
Lake, Michigan; Hershey, Pennsylvania; and The Villages, Florida (the latter CDP covering only a portion of the overall community).
- A formerly incorporated place may disincorporate or be partly annexed by a neighboring town, but the former town or a part of it may still be reported by the cen... | 22,116 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
& large military bases (or parts of a military base) that are not within the limits of any existing community, such as Notre Dame, Indiana, Stanford, California (which houses the Stanford University campus), Fort Campbell North, Kentucky and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
- In other cases, the bo... | 22,117 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
within an incorporated municipality that (for the purposes of the census) is regarded as a minor civil division. For example, all towns in New England are incorporated municipalities, but may also include both rural and urban areas. CDPs may be defined to describe urbanized areas within such mun... | 22,118 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
Census Bureau has discontinued this method for most CDPs during the 2010 Census.
- In rare cases, a CDP was also defined for the urbanized area surrounding an incorporated municipality, but which is outside the municipal boundaries, for example, Greater Galesburg, Michigan, or Greater Upper Mar... | 22,119 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
the Middle Atlantic States, Michigan, and Wisconsin). MCDs appear in a separate category in census data from places (i.e., incorporated places and CDPs); however, such MCDs strongly resemble incorporated places, and so CDPs coterminous with the MCDs were defined so that such places appear in bot... | 22,120 |
269771 | Census-designated place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Census-designated%20place | Census-designated place
appear in both categories of census data. This practice was also discontinued in most states in 2010.
# See also.
- Census county division
- Designated place, a counterpart in the Canadian census
- Incorporated place
- Populated place, used by the United States Board on Geographic Names
- ... | 22,121 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
Shadhili
The Shadhili Tariqa () is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam founded by Abul Hasan Ali ash-Shadhili of Morocco in the 13th century. Followers (Arabic "murids", "seekers") of the Shadhiliya are known as Shadhilis.
It has historically been of importance and influence in North Africa and Egypt with many contr... | 22,122 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
of the "Dala'il al-Khayrat", and Busiri, author of the famous poem, the Qaṣīda al-Burda. Many of the head lecturers of al-Azhar University in Cairo have also been followers of this tariqa.
Of the various branches of the Shadhili tariqa are the Fassiyatush, found largely in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The D... | 22,123 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
'A Sufi Saint of the 20th century' ()
The anniversary urs of Hazrat Qutubul Akber Imam Nooruddin Abul Hasan Alee Ash Shadhili (Razi) is held on 12th Shawwal (the tenth month of lunar calendar) at Humaithara in Egypt.
# Branches.
Shadhiliyya has nearly 72 branches across the globe. A few prominent branches a... | 22,124 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
of Imam Fassi who are Sheikhs of Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya who live in Makkah and in Jeddah visit to these countries frequently to train Ikhwan. The international leader of Fassiya ash Shadhiliyya (Sheikhus Sujjadah) is sleected from the heirs of Qutbul Ujood and Najmul Ulema Sheikh Ajwad bin Abdallah al Fassi a... | 22,125 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
One of the first tariqas to be established in the West was the 'Alawiya branch of the Darqawiyya, which was named after Ahmad ibn Mustafa al-'Alawi al-Mustaghanimi, popularly known as Shaykh al-Alawi. "A significant book about him, written by Martin Lings, is "A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century"."
## Atta... | 22,126 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
Contemporary Yemen", Professor Buchman summarizes the results of his six-month period of fieldwork in Yemen. The article was originally published in the journal Yemen Update, vol. 39 (1997), pp. 21–24."
Another figure is Sheikh Abdal Qadir al-Murabit, a Scottish convert to Islam, whose lineage is Shadhili-Dar... | 22,127 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
the al-Haydariyah al-Shadhiliyah, headed by Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri. Of Shi'ite descent, Fadhlalla teaches within neither a Shi'i nor a Sunni framework.
## Darqawi Hashimiya.
The Darqawi-Alawi branch of the Shadili tariqa also established itself in Damascus and the Levant through Sheikh Muhammad al-Hashimi al... | 22,128 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
and Works".
The most well known living spiritual guide of this branch of the Shadhili tariqa, especially to English-speakers, is Sheikh Nuh Ha Mim Keller, an American scholar, author, and translator, who resides in Amman, Jordan. He was authorized by Sheikh Abd al Rahman Al Shaghouri, who was himself a studen... | 22,129 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
of scholars, academics, and professionals.
Sheikh Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal, another student of Sheikh Muhammad al-Hashimi al-Tilmisani and who died in 2015, had worked from the Haram al-Sharif or The Temple Mount in Jerusalem and was a mufti of the Hanbali Madhab. He was also a student of the spiritual guide a... | 22,130 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
branch of the Shadhilia which has groups in Egypt, Indonesia, Turkey and America is the Shadhilia-Batawia founded by Sheikh Ibrahim al-Batawi, for many years professor at al-Azhar. He was a confrere of Sheikh Abdu-l-Halim Mahmud, Shaikh al-Azhar, who was very influential in the revival of Sufism in Egypt. Shei... | 22,131 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
the tomb of Abu 'l-Hasan al-Shadhili and involved Sufi gatherings of dhikr" and the singing of qasidas, or classical poetry.
## Maryamiyya.
The Maryamiyya Order was founded by Swiss-German metaphysician Frithjof Schuon, author of "The Transcendent Unity of Religions", among other influential books, as an out... | 22,132 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
and Neoplatonism, and heavily influenced by Advaita Vedanta and Guénon's Traditionalist School.
# Influence.
## On Christianity.
It has been suggested that the Shadhili school was influential on St. John of the Cross, in particular on his account of the dark night of the soul and via Ibn Abbad al-Rundi.
Th... | 22,133 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
not influence.
# The Spiritual Chain.
Every tariqa must have a chain of transmission and authorization to be recognized as valid. All the chains start from Hazrat Ali ibn Abitalib and goes as 2 branches one through His son Hazrat Imam Hasan ibn Ali Ibn Abitalib and another through Hasan Basri. The chain thro... | 22,134 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
Ibrahim al-Basri
- Zayn al-Din al-Qazwini
- Shams al-Din
- Muhammad Taj al-Din
- Nur al-Din Abul Hasan ‘Ali
- Fakhr al-Din
- Tuqayy al-Din al-Fuqayr
- ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Madani al-‘Attar Az zayyat
- Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish
- Abul Hasan al-Shadhili
# See also.
- Qadiriyya
- Chisti
- Ashrafia
- Naq... | 22,135 |
1804413 | Shadhili | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadhili | Shadhili
qa A comprehensive introduction with material from Sh. Nuh Keller.
- Fassiya branch
- Muhammad al-Jamal
- The Shadhili Darqawi 'Alawi branch
- The Shadhdhuli School for tranquility of being and illumination of hearts Green Mountain branch, located in Charlottesville, Virginia
- A biography of Muhammad ibn... | 22,136 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, also known as Jean Lesage International Airport (French: "Aéroport international Jean-Lesage de Québec", or "Aéroport de Québec") is the primary airport serving the Canadian city o... | 22,137 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
as a training facility for air observers, the first flight occurred on September 11, 1941. First known as the Aéroport de l'Ancienne Lorette, then the Aéroport de Sainte-Foy, and later the Aéroport de Québec, it was renamed to Aéroport international Jean-Lesage in 1993, in ... | 22,138 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
the level of passenger service. The modernization included a reconfiguration of the terminal on 2 levels, a restructuring of the baggage handling area and arrivals area, as well as a reconfiguration and enlargement of the waiting rooms. Fifty-four percent of the financing w... | 22,139 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
Presently the terminal has 17 gates: 12 contact gates and 5 walk-out aircraft positions. This number will increase to 24 gates by 2025.
On July 4, 2011, work began on the second phase of the airport expansion, which lasted until 2017. Partially funded through an Airport Im... | 22,140 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
in Canada at $35 per passenger.
In 2015 the airport was the 12th-busiest airport by total passengers and in 2014 it was the 14th-busiest by aircraft movements in Canada. On 10 March 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the addition of the airport to the list of Ca... | 22,141 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
37), improved and larger loading area for cars and buses and a larger capacity baggage area.
The last expansion phase is scheduled to be completed for summer 2019 with the domestic and international terminals being linked all together.
Also added as part of the most recen... | 22,142 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
International Airport receives a wide variety of long-, mid- and short-haul aircraft. The airport has two runways. Its longest runway northeast-southwesterly direction is 06/24, having a length of 2,743 meters (9,000 feet) long and 46 meters (150 feet) wide. Runway 24 is YQ... | 22,143 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
The airport aprons can accommodate light to large aircraft (12 aerobridge and 9 remote) simultaneously and is designed to accommodate Wide-body jet airliners as large as the Boeing 747-400. YQB doesn't have a Visual Docking Guidance System (VDGS) or Parallax Aircraft Parkin... | 22,144 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
to Terminus Les Saules, west of the centre of Quebec City.
# Accidents and incidents.
- On 9 September 1949, Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 108 on a flight from Montreal to Baie-Comeau with a stopover in Quebec City crash-landed east of Quebec City when a bomb exploded ... | 22,145 |
269780 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Québec%20City%20Jean%20Lesage%20International%20Airport | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport
juring 7.
- On 23 June 2010, a Beechcraft A100 King Air of Aeropro (C-FGIN) crashed north of the airport just after taking off from Runway 30 (now runway 29), killing all seven people on board.
- On 12 October 2017, for the first time in North America, a drone collided wi... | 22,146 |
269778 | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady%20Byng%20Memorial%20Trophy | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability". Th... | 22,147 |
269778 | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady%20Byng%20Memorial%20Trophy | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
points system. Three finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL Awards ceremony after the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
# History.
The trophy is named in honour of Marie Evelyn Moreton (Lady Byng), wife of the Viscount Byng of Vimy, who commanded Canadian forces at the Battle of Vimy R... | 22,148 |
269778 | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady%20Byng%20Memorial%20Trophy | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
said he thought it would, Lady Byng, much to Nighbor's surprise, awarded him the trophy.
After Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers won the award seven times within eight years, Lady Byng was so impressed that she gave him the original trophy to keep. She then donated a second trophy in 1935... | 22,149 |
269778 | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady%20Byng%20Memorial%20Trophy | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
Delvecchio, Mike Bossy, Martin St. Louis, and Ron Francis with three each. Because of Boucher's seven wins, the New York Rangers join Detroit as the only two clubs who have won the award fourteen times, followed by Toronto with nine wins, Chicago and Boston tied with eight, and Los Angeles wit... | 22,150 |
269778 | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady%20Byng%20Memorial%20Trophy | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
in the same season, doing so consecutively in the 1966–67 and 1967–68 seasons. Gretzky, Bobby Hull, and Martin St. Louis also won these three awards, but not in the same season. Bobby and Brett Hull are the only father-son combination to win the Hart and Lady Byng trophies.
Bill Quackenbush, ... | 22,151 |
269778 | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady%20Byng%20Memorial%20Trophy | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
n the Lady Byng Trophy, with Kelly being the only one to win it multiple times (3 as a defenseman, 4 overall). After Kelly, no defenseman won the award for a 58-year stretch which ended in 2012 when Campbell received the honor, though Nicklas Lidstrom narrowly lost to Joe Sakic in 2001. No goa... | 22,152 |
269800 | CDP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CDP | CDP
CDP
CDP may refer to:
# Places.
- Census-designated place, an unincorporated area in the U.S. for which census data is collected
- Cuddapah Airport (IATA identifier: CDP), Andhra Pradesh, India
# Technology.
- Cache Discovery Protocol, an extension to the BitTorrent file-distribution system
- Certificate in ... | 22,153 |
269800 | CDP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CDP | CDP
(DSP) software
- Content delivery platform, a system for managing and deploying web content
- Continuous Data Protection, "article" now contains a link to the shorter "Backup"sub-sub-section
- Customer data platform, marketer-based management system for customer profiles
# Political parties.
- Centrist Democra... | 22,154 |
269800 | CDP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CDP | CDP
ontinuous Data Protection, "article" now contains a link to the shorter "Backup"sub-sub-section
- Customer data platform, marketer-based management system for customer profiles
# Political parties.
- Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines
- Christian Democratic Party (UK)
- Congress for Democracy and Pro... | 22,155 |
269785 | William M. Jennings Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20M.%20Jennings%20Trophy | William M. Jennings Trophy
William M. Jennings Trophy
The William M. Jennings Trophy is an annual National Hockey League (NHL) award given to "the goaltender(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it ... based on regular-season play." From 1946 until 1981, the Vezina T... | 22,156 |
269785 | William M. Jennings Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20M.%20Jennings%20Trophy | William M. Jennings Trophy
of the New York Islanders, which had a league-low 191 team goals-against in the 2018–19 NHL season.
# History.
From 1946 until the 1980–81 season, the Vezina Trophy was awarded to the goaltender(s) of the National Hockey League (NHL) team allowing the fewest goals during the regular season.... | 22,157 |
269785 | William M. Jennings Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20M.%20Jennings%20Trophy | William M. Jennings Trophy
Jennings Trophy was donated by the NHL's board of governors and first presented at the conclusion of the 1981–82 season. It is named in honor of the late William M. Jennings, who was a longtime governor and president of the New York Rangers and a builder of ice hockey in the United States. No... | 22,158 |
269785 | William M. Jennings Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20M.%20Jennings%20Trophy | William M. Jennings Trophy
ave won both the Jennings and Vezina Trophy for the same season: Patrick Roy ( and ), Ed Belfour ( and ), Dominik Hasek ( and ), Martin Brodeur (, ), Miikka Kiprusoff (), Tim Thomas (), and Carey Price (). Roy and Brodeur have won the trophy five times each, the most of any goaltenders. Belfo... | 22,159 |
269806 | Penn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penn | Penn
Penn
Penn may refer to:
# Places.
England
- Penn, Buckinghamshire
- Penn, West Midlands
United States
- Penn, North Dakota
- Pennsylvania
- Penn, Pennsylvania
- Penn Lake Park, Pennsylvania
- Penn Township (disambiguation), several municipalities
Australia
- Penn, South Australia was the name for the ... | 22,160 |
269806 | Penn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penn | Penn
Texas from 1909 to 1919
- Alexander Penn (1906–1972), Israeli poet
- Arthur Penn, American film director and producer
- Arthur Penn, also known as Arthur Serevetas, Australian actor
- Arthur Horace Penn (1886–1960), member of the British Royal Household
- Audrey Penn, American children's author
- B.J. Penn (... | 22,161 |
269806 | Penn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penn | Penn
a British architect
- John Penn (Conservative politician) (1848–1903), MP for Lewisham 1891–1903
- John Penn (Continental Congress) (1741–1788), Continental Congressman from North Carolina and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
- John Penn (engineer) (1805–1878), British marine engine engin... | 22,162 |
269806 | Penn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penn | Penn
actor
- Michael Penn (born 1958), son of Leo; singer-songwriter
- Sean Penn (born 1960), son of Leo; actor
- Chris Penn (1965–2006), son of Leo; actor
- Robin Wright (born 1966), actress; sometime known as Robin Wright Penn, former wife of Sean
- Mark Penn, American public relations CEO and campaign strategis... | 22,163 |
269806 | Penn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penn | Penn
Springett Penn (II), son of William Penn, Jr. and a grandson and heir of William Penn
- William Penn, Jr., son of William Penn
- William Penn (Royal Navy officer), English admiral
Given name
- Penn Badgley, American actor best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on the TV series "Gossip Girl"
- Penn Jillette, ... | 22,164 |
269806 | Penn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penn | Penn
Humphrey on the TV series "Gossip Girl"
- Penn Jillette, member of the comedy and magic duo Penn & Teller
# Other.
- "Penn" (film), 1954 Tamil film starring Vyjayanthimala
- "Penn" (TV series), a 2006 Tamil-language soap opera
- Penn Club of New York City, located in New York City
- Penn FC, a soccer club ba... | 22,165 |
269796 | Izaak Walton Killam | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Izaak%20Walton%20Killam | Izaak Walton Killam
Izaak Walton Killam
Izaak Walton Killam (July 23, 1885 – August 5, 1955) was one of Canada's most eminent financiers.
# Early life.
Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, he was the son of William Dudman Killam and Arabella Hunter (Belle) Cann.
# Business ventures.
As a young banker with the Union Bank... | 22,166 |
269796 | Izaak Walton Killam | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Izaak%20Walton%20Killam | Izaak Walton Killam
man in Canada at the time. One of his larger projects in his native province was the creation of the Mersey Paper Company Ltd. and its related electrical generating stations and shipping fleet.
In 1922 he married Dorothy Brooks Johnston. Notwithstanding his prodigious financial accomplishments, Kil... | 22,167 |
269796 | Izaak Walton Killam | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Izaak%20Walton%20Killam | Izaak Walton Killam
to higher education in Canada. The Killam Trusts, established in the will of Mrs. Killam, are held by five Canadian universities: the University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, Dalhousie University and McGill University. The current market value of the Killam endow... | 22,168 |
269796 | Izaak Walton Killam | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Izaak%20Walton%20Killam | Izaak Walton Killam
of $7.3 million ($52 million in 2011) was designed by architect Leslie R. Fairn and remains an enduring legacy to this day.
Money from the Killam estate also went to establish Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children in Halifax and the Montreal Neurological Institute in Montreal.
When Killam died... | 22,169 |
269796 | Izaak Walton Killam | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Izaak%20Walton%20Killam | Izaak Walton Killam
igned by architect Leslie R. Fairn and remains an enduring legacy to this day.
Money from the Killam estate also went to establish Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children in Halifax and the Montreal Neurological Institute in Montreal.
When Killam died the government honoured his request to use h... | 22,170 |
269794 | Monomethylhydrazine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monomethylhydrazine | Monomethylhydrazine
Monomethylhydrazine
Monomethylhydrazine (MMH) is a volatile hydrazine chemical with the chemical formula CH(NH)NH. It is used as a rocket propellant in bipropellant rocket engines because it is hypergolic with various oxidizers such as nitrogen tetroxide (NO) and nitric acid (HNO). As a propellant,... | 22,171 |
269794 | Monomethylhydrazine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monomethylhydrazine | Monomethylhydrazine
moderate performance for very low fuel tank system weight. MMH and its chemical relative unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) have a key advantage that they are stable enough to be used in regeneratively cooled rocket engines. The European Space Agency (ESA) has attempted to seek new options in te... | 22,172 |
269794 | Monomethylhydrazine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monomethylhydrazine | Monomethylhydrazine
they are stable enough to be used in regeneratively cooled rocket engines. The European Space Agency (ESA) has attempted to seek new options in terms of bipropellant rocket combinations to avoid poisonous chemicals such as MMH and its relatives.
MMH is believed to be the main cause of the toxicity ... | 22,173 |
269795 | Vancouver Blazers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vancouver%20Blazers | Vancouver Blazers
Vancouver Blazers
The Vancouver Blazers were a professional ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association from 1973–75. The Blazers played at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, sharing the facility with the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. The Blazers w... | 22,174 |
269795 | Vancouver Blazers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vancouver%20Blazers | Vancouver Blazers
Miami Screaming Eagles. But due to financial problems and a lack of a suitable arena, the franchise was moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and debuted as the Philadelphia Blazers. After only one season in Philadelphia, the team relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia and became the Vancouver Blazers... | 22,175 |
269795 | Vancouver Blazers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vancouver%20Blazers | Vancouver Blazers
knew that in order to compete with the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL, who shared the same arena, he needed to attract a major star to the team, as Andre Lacroix, who had led the league in scoring the previous year, left to join the New York Golden Blades, while the team's (and league's) highest-paid pl... | 22,176 |
269795 | Vancouver Blazers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vancouver%20Blazers | Vancouver Blazers
as they finished only two games below .500. But that wasn't enough to keep the team in Vancouver. After only two seasons in Vancouver, the team once again packed up and was moved to Calgary, Alberta, where they were renamed "Calgary Cowboys". The Cowboys would be the WHA's second attempt at Calgary, a... | 22,177 |
269795 | Vancouver Blazers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vancouver%20Blazers | Vancouver Blazers
e they were renamed "Calgary Cowboys". The Cowboys would be the WHA's second attempt at Calgary, as the Calgary Broncos were slated to start playing there for the inaugural WHA season. After the Broncos' owner died, the franchise was instead placed in Cleveland.
# Season-by-season record.
"Note: GP ... | 22,178 |
269789 | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl%20August%20Varnhagen%20von%20Ense | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (21 February 1785 in Düsseldorf – 10 October 1858 in Berlin) was a German biographer, diplomat and soldier.
# Life and career.
He was born in Düsseldorf, the younger brother of Rosa Maria Varnhagen, a noted poet, writer, and... | 22,179 |
269789 | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl%20August%20Varnhagen%20von%20Ense | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
was wounded. He was then made adjutant to Prince Bentheim, whom he accompanied to Paris, where he continued his studies. In 1812, he entered the Prussian civil service in Berlin but soon left to enter the Russian service as captain. He served in Tettenborn's corps as adjutant to Tettenbor... | 22,180 |
269789 | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl%20August%20Varnhagen%20von%20Ense | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
some already famous, such as: Adelbert von Chamisso, Justinus Kerner, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Ludwig Uhland and many other poets of romanticism.
He accompanied Prince Hardenberg to the Congress of Vienna in 1814, and between 1815 and 1819 he served as Prussian Minister-Resident at ... | 22,181 |
269789 | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl%20August%20Varnhagen%20von%20Ense | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
he is most famous as a biographer. He possessed a remarkable ability to group facts together and to bring out their essential significance. His style is distinguished for its strength, grace and purity. Among his principal works are:
- "Goethe in den Zeugnissen der Mitlebenden" (1824)
-... | 22,182 |
269789 | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl%20August%20Varnhagen%20von%20Ense | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
the last two volumes appearing after his death. His niece, Ludmilla Assing, between 1860 and 1867, edited several volumes of his correspondence with eminent men and his "Tagebücher" (14 vols., 1861–70). "Blätter aus der preussischen Geschichte" appeared in five volumes (1868–69); his corr... | 22,183 |
269789 | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karl%20August%20Varnhagen%20von%20Ense | Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
e in 1892.
His selected writings appeared in 19 volumes in 1871-76.
# Family.
In 1814, he married saloniste Rahel Levin after she converted from Judaism to Christianity. Varnhagen was devotedly attached to her and found in her sympathy and encouragement. She was one of the chief source... | 22,184 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the "Sappers", is one of the corps of the British Army.
It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is headed by the Chief Royal Engineer. ... | 22,185 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
and claim over 900 years of unbroken service to the crown. Engineers have always served in the armies of the Crown; however, the origins of the modern corps, along with those of the Royal Artillery, lie in the Board of Ordnance established in the 15th century.
In Woolwich in 1716, the Board formed the ... | 22,186 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
the "Royal" prefix and adopted its current name and in the same year a Corps of Royal Military Artificers was formed, consisting of non-commissioned officers and privates, to be led by the RE. Ten years later the Gibraltar company, which had remained separate, was absorbed and in 1812 the name was chang... | 22,187 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
Board of Ordnance was abolished and authority over the Royal Engineers, Royal Sappers and Miners and Royal Artillery was transferred to the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, thus uniting them with the rest of the Army. The following year, the Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and Miners became a unified... | 22,188 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
army. The old Militia had been an infantry force, other than the occasional employment of Militiamen to man artillery defences and other roles on an emergency basis. This changed in 1861, with the conversion of some units to artillery roles. Militia and Volunteer Engineering companies were also created,... | 22,189 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
for Bermuda in 1892, but never raised, and the Bermuda Volunteer Engineers that wore Royal Engineers uniforms and replaced the regular Royal Engineers companies withdrawn from the Bermuda Garrison in 1928. The various part-time reserve forces were amalgamated into the Territorial Force in 1908, which wa... | 22,190 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
formed its own tunnelling companies. Manned by experienced coal miners from across the country, they operated with great success until 1917, when after the fixed positions broke, they built deep dugouts such as the Vampire dugout to protect troops from heavy shelling.
Before the Second World War, Royal... | 22,191 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
Engineers Depot in Chatham or the RE Mounted Depot at Aldershot.
During the 1980s, the Royal Engineers formed the vital component of at least three Engineer Brigades: 12 Engineer Brigade (Airfield Damage Repair); 29th Engineer Brigade; and 30th Engineer Brigade. After the Falklands War, 37 (FI) Enginee... | 22,192 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
book "Honourable Conquests".
## British Columbia.
The Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment, commanded by Richard Clement Moody, was responsible for the foundation and settlement of British Columbia as the Colony of British Columbia.
## Royal Albert Hall.
The Royal Albert Hall is one of the UK's most... | 22,193 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
banquets. The Hall was designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Major-General Henry Y. D. Scott of the Royal Engineers and built by Lucas Brothers. The designers were heavily influenced by ancient amphitheatres, but had also been exposed to the ideas of Gottfried Semper while he was working at the Victoria... | 22,194 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
which watered the rice crops of Tanjore and Trichinopoly districts in the late 1820s. In 1838 he designed and built sea defences for Vizagapatam. He masterminded the Godavery Delta project where of land were irrigated and of land to the port of Cocanada was made navigable in the 1840s. Such regard for h... | 22,195 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
Public Works, Egypt where he restored the Nile barrage and irrigation works of Lower Egypt.
## Rideau Canal.
The construction of the Rideau Canal was proposed shortly after the War of 1812, when there remained a persistent threat of attack by the United States on the British colony of Upper Canada. Th... | 22,196 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
St. Lawrence River bordering New York State, a route which would have left British supply ships vulnerable to attack or a blockade of the St. Lawrence. The construction of the canal was supervised by Lieutenant-Colonel John By of the Royal Engineers. In 2007 it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage S... | 22,197 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
Denison carried out experiments under the direction of Lt. Col. By to determine the strength, for construction purposes of the old growth timber in the vicinity of Bytown. His findings were published by the Institution of Civil Engineers in England who bestowed upon him the prestigious Telford Medal.
#... | 22,198 |
269769 | Royal Engineers | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20Engineers | Royal Engineers
planned invasion that year, the high ground west of Dover, England, now called Dover Western Heights, was properly fortified in 1804 when Lieutenant-Colonel William Twiss was instructed to modernise the existing defences. This was part of a huge programme of fortification in response to Napoleon's plann... | 22,199 |
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