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269865 | Outward Bound | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outward%20Bound | Outward Bound
J. F. 'Freddy' Fuller who took over the leadership of the Aberdyfi school in 1942 and served the Outward Bound movement as senior warden until 1971. Fuller had been seconded from the Blue Funnel Line following wartime experience during the Battle of the Atlantic of surviving two successive torpedo attacks... | 23,200 |
269865 | Outward Bound | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outward%20Bound | Outward Bound
opened around the United Kingdom. Outward Bound Australia was founded in 1956. A school in Lumut, Malaysia was opened in 1954. The first Outward Bound USA course was run in 1961 for the Peace Corps, which it helped to shape. Outward Bound New Zealand was founded in 1962 and Outward Bound Singapore was est... | 23,201 |
269865 | Outward Bound | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outward%20Bound | Outward Bound
Bound International was founded in 2004 to license the use of the brand name 'Outward Bound' and to provide support for the international network of schools.
# Name.
The name Outward Bound derives from a nautical expression that refers to the moment a ship leaves the harbor. This is signified by Outward... | 23,202 |
269865 | Outward Bound | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outward%20Bound | Outward Bound
in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are --
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield./poem
# Current.
Since its founding in the middle of the last century, Outward Bound has encouraged individ... | 23,203 |
269865 | Outward Bound | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outward%20Bound | Outward Bound
Course specifics.
Outward Bound courses follow a kind of recipe or formula, termed the "Outward Bound Process Model" which is well described by Walsh and Golins (1976) as:
- 1. Taking a ready, motivated learner
- 2. into a prescribed, unfamiliar physical environment,
- 3. along with a small group of p... | 23,204 |
269865 | Outward Bound | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outward%20Bound | Outward Bound
him/herself.
- 8. The learner will then continue to be positively oriented to further learning and development experiences (transfer).
In a typical class, participants are divided into small patrols (or groups) under the guidance of one or more instructors. The first few days, often at a base camp, are ... | 23,205 |
269865 | Outward Bound | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outward%20Bound | Outward Bound
enges, the group heads off on an expedition. As the group develops the capacity to do so, the instructors ask the group to make its own decisions.
# See also.
- Adventure education
- Experiential education
- Experiential learning
- Lack of physical education
- Outward Bound Australia
- Outward Boun... | 23,206 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI; ) is a professional association and educational institution that is responsible for the medical speciality of surgery throughout the island of Ireland. Uniquely among the four mutually recognised r... | 23,207 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
levels of education and research activities in a number of healthcare fields.
# History.
## Guild.
Since medieval times, the practice of surgery was licensed by the Barber-Surgeons' Guild, also known at the time as the Guild of St. Mary Magdalene. The guild chapel was in Christ C... | 23,208 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
of Surgeons.
In 1765 Sylvester O'Halloran, a surgeon from Limerick, proposed a College of Surgeons along the lines of the College de St. Cosme in Paris, which had been regulating French surgeons since it had been created by Royal Charter by Louis IX in 1255, to train and regulate s... | 23,209 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
in 1781 presenting the Lord Lieutenant a petition to be incorporated separately from the barbers. The awaited charter was granted by King George III on 11 February 1784. The governing body, including the first president Samuel Croker-King and William Dease, first professor of surger... | 23,210 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
to their diplomas. The first candidate for examination was John Birch, in August 1784.
## York Street.
The current location, at the corner of York Street, was acquired in September 1805, with additional land at Glover's Alley bought in 1809. It was previously an abandoned Quaker b... | 23,211 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
of this historical legacy, graduates of medicine still receive Licentiate diplomas from the two Royal Colleges as well as now being awarded MB (Bachelor of Medicine) BCh (Bachelor of Surgery) and BAO (Bachelor of the Art of Obstetrics) degrees by the National University of Ireland.
... | 23,212 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
programme for medicine in Ireland. Now defunct subjects taught include: Logic (1852–1862), Military Surgery (1851–1860), Botany (1792–1889) and Hygiene or Political Medicine (1841–1921, then united with chair of Medical Jurisprudence).
Since the 1980s Beaumont Hospital, Dublin has ... | 23,213 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
any surgical Royal College in the world.
## Motto.
The RCSI motto, "Consilio Manuque" ("Scholarship and Dexterity"), was adopted from the College de St. Cosme in Paris, which had been afforded the motto by Louis XIV. It was originally "Consiloque Manuque", his personal motto.
# A... | 23,214 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Institute of Leadership
# Values and admissions.
RCSI is a culturally diverse, international organisation with alumni present in almost every country in the world. It describes its values as innovation, excellence, independence, academic freedom, diversity, tolerance and community... | 23,215 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
and Physiotherapy (100) programmes. There are 17,000 RCSI alumni working as medical doctors or in allied disciplines around the world.
# Student life.
Students at RCSI are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities that promote service in the community and cultural aw... | 23,216 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
ensuring that student voices are heard on a variety of topics. The SU works closely with the Student Council, which consists of representatives from all classes at RCSI.
The Biological Society (BioSoc) is the official student society of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCS... | 23,217 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
programme in Healthcare Management.
In 2007 RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons Ireland) in conjunction with Valentia Technologies, the Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB), and the Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) launched unique training initiative with the Emergency Medical Services... | 23,218 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Penang Medical College, offers twinning programmes in which students typically spend the first half of their courses in either RCSI or UCD, before completing the courses back at RUMC. Meanwhile, the Perdana University Royal College of Surgeon in Ireland (PU-RCSI) in the State of Sel... | 23,219 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Bachelor of Obstetrics MB, BCh, BAO (NUI, RCSI) degree. In 2006 the Medical University of Bahrain established a new School of Nursing which took its first cohort of students in September 2006. Since 2009 students can also obtain the degrees conferred upon RCSI graduates from the Nat... | 23,220 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
than 60 countries from each continent are represented in the RCSI student body.
# Notable alumni.
- Abraham Colles (1773 - 1843) – Professor of Anatomy; first person to characterise the injury that was later on known as Colles' fracture
- Sir William Wilde (1815 - 1876) – Surgeon... | 23,221 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
and President of the British Medical Association. Introduced the widespread use of penicillin into military hospitals during the Second World War
- T.G. Wilson (1901 - 1969) - Surgeon, President of the RCSI (1958–61), author, founder of the Journal of the College (1963)
- Pat O'Ca... | 23,222 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- 2009) - Irish Rugby Union player and captain of the Grand Slam winning Irish team in 1948
- Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952 - ) – The first Malaysian to be awarded the MacNaughton-Jones gold medal for Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1977; Malaysia's first female Deputy Prime Minister (S... | 23,223 |
1804872 | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20of%20Surgeons%20in%20Ireland | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
(1977 - ) – Former Argentina rugby union international.
- Ian Robertson (1980? - ) – Former star of the Dublin Gaelic football team
# See also.
- Faculty of Dentistry of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Irish College of Ophthalmologists
- List of presidents of the Roy... | 23,224 |
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Ireland
- Irish College of Ophthalmologists
- List of presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin Malaysia Campus (RUMC)
- Perdana University-Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (PU-RCSI) School of ... | 23,225 |
269880 | Blue Cliff Record | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue%20Cliff%20Record | Blue Cliff Record
Blue Cliff Record
The Blue Cliff Record () is a collection of Chán (Zen) Buddhist koans originally compiled in China during the Song dynasty in 1125 (in the time of Emperor Huizong), and then expanded into its present form by the Chán master Yuanwu Keqin (1063–1135; "").
The book includes Yuanwu's a... | 23,226 |
269880 | Blue Cliff Record | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue%20Cliff%20Record | Blue Cliff Record
students teaching the practice of concentrating on koans during meditation, but Dahui did not explain and analyze koans. Oral tradition holds that Dahui noticed students engaged in too much intellectual discourse on koans, and then burned the wooden blocks used to print the "Blue Cliff Record" to "res... | 23,227 |
269880 | Blue Cliff Record | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue%20Cliff%20Record | Blue Cliff Record
regards Dogen Zenji (1200–1253), who brought the Soto Zen sect to Japan. After an extended visit to China for the purpose of studying Zen, on the night before his planned return to Japan, Dogen came across the "Blue Cliff Record" for the first time, and stayed up all night making a handwritten copy of... | 23,228 |
269880 | Blue Cliff Record | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue%20Cliff%20Record | Blue Cliff Record
ght making a handwritten copy of the book. Given the size of the book, this story is most likely apocryphal; but Dogen is still credited with introducing the collection to Japan, where it had a wide circulation.
# Literary qualities.
The "Blue Cliff Record" was a subtle and literary text, with wide-... | 23,229 |
269881 | Sign of Chaos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sign%20of%20Chaos | Sign of Chaos
Sign of Chaos
Sign of Chaos is a fantasy novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, published in 1987. It is the third novel in the second Chronicles of Amber series, and the eighth book overall in the Amber series. The title of this book mirrors that of "Sign of the Unicorn", the third book in the first Am... | 23,230 |
269881 | Sign of Chaos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sign%20of%20Chaos | Sign of Chaos
sober up.
He seeks his stepbrother Mandor, who thinks that their half-brother Jurt may be trying to kill Merlin in order to take the throne of Chaos. Fiona contacts them, and they investigate a shadow-storm. Merlin and Mandor return to Amber, and then along with Jasra they wrest the Keep of the Four worl... | 23,231 |
269881 | Sign of Chaos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sign%20of%20Chaos | Sign of Chaos
that the sorcerer Mask is in fact Merlin's ex-girlfriend Julia.
# References to other works.
While fleeing the Fire Angel, Merlin passes through a field of flowers whose scent is intoxicating. This is an allusion to "The Wizard of Oz".
"Old John", Random's assassin whom Merlin encounters at Bloody Bill... | 23,232 |
269887 | Knight of Shadows | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Knight%20of%20Shadows | Knight of Shadows
Knight of Shadows
Knight of Shadows is a fantasy novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, published in November 1989. It is the ninth book in the Amber saga
Merlin continues to attempt to solve the mysteries in his life, in particular to understand why did Julia turn against him and how did she get i... | 23,233 |
269887 | Knight of Shadows | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Knight%20of%20Shadows | Knight of Shadows
his life, in particular to understand why did Julia turn against him and how did she get involved with Jurt, who is raging against him a ruthless vendetta.
After being trapped in a strange world peopled with ghosts induced by the Pattern, Merlin discovers that he is involved in a superpower quarrel b... | 23,234 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
Publius Valerius Publicola
Publius Valerius Poplicola or Publicola (died 503 BC) was one of four Roman aristocrats who led the overthrow of the monarchy, and became a Roman consul, the colleague of Lucius Junius Brutus in 509 BC, traditionally considered the first year of the Roman Republic.... | 23,235 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
possibly a son or grandson who was also named Publius Valerius Poplicola who served as consul in 475 BC and 460 BC. Before holding public office, Valerius had spoken in defense of the plebs, the common people of Rome.
# The revolution.
In 509 BC, Valerius was one of the leaders of the Roman... | 23,236 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
the first consuls.
From exile, the Tarquins plotted the assassination of the consuls, together with some disaffected members of the Aquillii and Vitellii, who had benefited from the deposed regime. Valerius was informed of the plot by a slave, Vindicius. He personally investigated the conspi... | 23,237 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
as a member of the hated royal family, whom the people could not trust. Collatinus was stunned by this betrayal, as he had been one of the leaders of the rebellion following the death of his wife, Lucretia, at the hands of the king's son, Sextus Tarquinius. Nevertheless, he resigned, and Vale... | 23,238 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
also mortally wounded, but the Romans were ultimately victorious. Valerius collected the spoils of battle, and returned to Rome, where he celebrated a triumph on March 1, 509 BC. His four horse chariot subsequently became the traditional vehicle for a victorious Roman general. Then, Valerius ... | 23,239 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
construction of a new house on top of the Velian Hill, which would be conspicuously visible from the Senate house, a rumor began to circulate that he intended to re-establish the monarchy, with himself as king. At once, Valerius stopped building, and demolished the structure in a single night... | 23,240 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
to be built at the foot of the hill, rather than its peak. In later times, the Temple of Victory stood in the same place.
For his actions and deference to the people of Rome, Valerius received the surname "Poplicola", meaning "one who courts the people". Before the impending elections, Valer... | 23,241 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
times, in 508, 507, and 504 BC. Horatius was his colleague again in 507, while his colleague in 508 and 504 was Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus. He was the first consul ever to be reelected.
# War with Clusium.
In 508 BC, Lars Porsena, the king of Clusium, attacked Rome at the behest of Tarqui... | 23,242 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
506, when his brother Marcus was consul, the Sabines attacked Rome. Poplicola participated in two Roman victories, repelling the invasion. The people rewarded Poplicola with a house on the Palatine Hill.
In 505, the Latin League and the Sabines threatened Rome with a large army. Although dip... | 23,243 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
elected consul for the fourth time in 504 BC, and once again defeated the Sabines. He celebrated a triumph in May of that year.
# Death.
Publius Valerius Poplicola died in 503 BC, shortly after passing the consular office to his successors, Agrippa Menenius Lanatus and Publius Postumius Tub... | 23,244 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
city of Rome, on the Velian Hill. His death was mourned for an entire year. After Poplicola, many noted members of the Valerian gens were buried near the same spot.
# Lapis Satricanus.
In 1977 an inscription was discovered in the ruins of the ancient town of Satricum. The Lapis Satricanus d... | 23,245 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
collection of 85 essays promoting the adoption of the United States Constitution, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in 1787–1788, the three statesmen used the allonym "Publius" in honor of Poplicola's role in establishing the Roman Republic.
Following the Spanish–Ame... | 23,246 |
1804893 | Publius Valerius Publicola | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Publius%20Valerius%20Publicola | Publius Valerius Publicola
mes Madison, and John Jay in 1787–1788, the three statesmen used the allonym "Publius" in honor of Poplicola's role in establishing the Roman Republic.
Following the Spanish–American War, a piece titled "The Duty of the American People as to the Philippines" was published under the pseudonym... | 23,247 |
269868 | Orlando Sanford International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orlando%20Sanford%20International%20Airport | Orlando Sanford International Airport
Orlando Sanford International Airport
Orlando Sanford International Airport is in Sanford, Florida, near Orlando. It was built as Naval Air Station Sanford, a Master Jet Base for carrier-based attack and reconnaissance aircraft until 1969. The airport is owned and operated by the ... | 23,248 |
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Airport (MCO/KMCO). Because of that affiliation, passenger traffic at Orlando Sanford International Airport was once dominated by European charter carrier service. Since 2008, however, a majority of its passenger traffic has been domestic; this is attributable to the entrance of La... | 23,249 |
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patrol plane training. It was used by the U.S. Navy until it closed in 1969.
## Orlando Sanford International Airport.
The City of Sanford assumed control of the former NAS Sanford in 1969 and renamed the facility Sanford Airport, hiring the air station's recently retired Executi... | 23,250 |
269868 | Orlando Sanford International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orlando%20Sanford%20International%20Airport | Orlando Sanford International Airport
a number of retired enlisted Navy air traffic controllers who had served at NAS Sanford.
Additional name changes followed, to include Sanford Regional Airport, Central Florida Regional Airport, Orlando Sanford Regional Airport and the current Orlando Sanford International Airport.... | 23,251 |
269868 | Orlando Sanford International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orlando%20Sanford%20International%20Airport | Orlando Sanford International Airport
point. Following a major drug interdiction by local and federal law enforcement agencies, Seminole County placed large speed bumps at various intervals across the runway to deter future illegal use. By the 1980s the county began to use the site as a landfill and dump, demolishing t... | 23,252 |
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a new passenger terminal capable of accommodating jet airliners was built. Charter airlines catering to the heavy British tourist demographic that had previously been using Orlando International Airport were offered greatly reduced landing fees at Sanford, and therefore many carrie... | 23,253 |
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the operations of Airtours, JMC Air & My Travel. Icelandair later moved to Orlando International Airport in 2015.
In March 2015, Monarch (UK) ceased all longhaul operations, therefore resulting in the termination of all flights to Sanford. This was completed to approach a budget-a... | 23,254 |
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International.
From 2017, Thomson Airways will operate 9 UK routes, the most international routes from Sanford and the airline also now operates long haul flights from the most UK airports. Thomson's new airport is Bristol.
The airport is home to L3 Harris Airline Academy, which ... | 23,255 |
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of the agency's Special Operations Division.
# Facilities.
The airport covers 3,000 acres (1,214 ha) and has four runways:
- Runway 9L/27R: 11,002 x 150 ft. (3,353 x 46 m) Asphalt
- Runway 9C/27C: 3,578 x 75 ft. (1,091 x 23 m) Asphalt
- Runway 9R/27L: 5,839 x 75 ft. (1,780 x 2... | 23,256 |
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airport also has Runway 18/36, another Navy runway, for rare northerly fronts in the winter, but this 6000-ft runway is rarely used by airliners.
In August 2017, there were 350 aircraft based at this airport: 223 single-engine, 58 multi-engine, 57 jet and 12 helicopter.
# Acciden... | 23,257 |
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Sanford International Airport, with only one minor injury sustained in the aircraft evacuation.
- On July 10, 2007, a Cessna 310, originating from Daytona Beach International Airport, Florida, en route to Lakeland Linder International Airport, Florida, crashed into two homes in Sa... | 23,258 |
269868 | Orlando Sanford International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orlando%20Sanford%20International%20Airport | Orlando Sanford International Airport
Kennedy, the daughter of the longtime head of NASCAR Bill France, Jr., who had died a month earlier in June 2007. They were the only two people on the plane, according to both NASCAR and the NTSB. Four people also were injured, three of whom were critically burned, authorities said... | 23,259 |
269868 | Orlando Sanford International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orlando%20Sanford%20International%20Airport | Orlando Sanford International Airport
ckpit, that occurred on the previous flight and that was not rectified prior to the accident flight, resulting in the subsequent fire. The accident pilot was informed about the known problem prior to flight but elected to fly the aircraft regardless.
- On October 8, 2010, Allegian... | 23,260 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
Carl Mays
Carl William Mays (November 12, 1891 – April 4, 1971) was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1929. Although he won over 200 games, 27 in 1921 alone, and was a member of four world championship teams, Mays is primarily remembered for throwing the beanball that killed Ray Ch... | 23,261 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
for his strict religious upbringing. When Mays was 12, his father died and his mother moved the family to Kingfisher, Oklahoma to live near her sister-in-law. Mays internalized his grief, settling into a surly persona with few if any close friends. His best personal support group was a couple named Pierce and... | 23,262 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Utah. In 1912, he entered the minor leagues as a member of the Boise, Idaho team in the Class D Western Tri-State League. After a season in Boise, in 1913 Mays played one season for the Portland, Oregon team in the Class A Northwest League. In 1914, Mays was drafted by the Triple-A In... | 23,263 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
with Portland. Wherever he learned to pitch underhanded, he was successful; Mays was nicknamed "Sub", a reference to his submarine pitching motion, and he was known to throw a spitball. The pitch was legal at the time of the Chapman incident, but Chapman's death was partly responsible for its ban in Major Lea... | 23,264 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
the Red Sox. Used mostly in relief, he won 6 games and lost 5. During the regular season, Mays was involved in a heated confrontation with Ty Cobb of the Tigers. Mays threw near Cobb each time he came to bat. In the eighth inning, after another close pitch, Cobb threw his bat in Mays' direction, calling him a... | 23,265 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
24. 18 of his starts were complete games, and he posted a record of 18 wins and 13 losses, with an earned run average of 2.39. In the 1916 World Series, Mays was the losing pitcher in game 3, but the Red Sox defeated the Brooklyn Robins 4 games to 1. In 1917, The Red Sox posted a second place finish. Mays pit... | 23,266 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
in Missouri, he departed by train from his home in Mansfield for St. Louis as the leader of a group of 18 men who had enlisted in the United States Army for World War I. They were sworn in on November 6, five days before the Armistice that ended that war. Influenza broke out while Mays was stationed at Washin... | 23,267 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses. His slow start resulted in the Red Sox trading him to the New York Yankees that July. Mays went 9-3 after the trade, resulting in a combined 1919 record of 14-14. Mays regained his form in 1920. The Yankees finished in third place, but posted a record of 95 wins and 59 l... | 23,268 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
Angered that Chapman was crowding the plate, Mays let loose with a high fastball that he claimed was in the strike zone but that Chapman apparently never saw. The impact of the ball striking Chapman in the head was so loud that Mays, thinking it had hit Chapman's bat and was in play, caught the ball as it bou... | 23,269 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
operated and discovered a skull fracture. He initially seemed to rally after the surgery but died early in the morning on the following day. Mays stayed in the game and continued to pitch until being replaced in the ninth inning. Cleveland won the game 4-3. The New York District Attorney determined that the i... | 23,270 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
(.750). However, that same season Mays, pitching then for the Yankees, played in a World Series that others later accused him of helping to throw, bringing back memories of the Black Sox scandal from just two years prior. These rumors were never proven, but they persisted long enough that, combined with an al... | 23,271 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
with 29 shutouts, 862 strikeouts and a 2.92 earned run average when the league average was 3.48. He won twenty or more games five times. He was also noted for his skills with a bat, hitting five home runs, recording 110 runs batted in, and sporting a lifetime .268 batting average—an unusually high mark for a ... | 23,272 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
of a baseball school in Oregon; among his most notable attendees was Johnny Pesky. Mays also worked as a scout for the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, and Kansas City Royals. In addition, his stepson, Jerry Bartow, coached baseball at Hoover High School in San Diego, and each spring Mays made... | 23,273 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
Mays, was a Major League pitcher from 1999 to 2006.
# Family.
After the 1918 World Series, Mays married Marjorie Fredricka Madden, a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music whom he had met during his rookie season. They were the parents of two children, Carl Jr. (1925-2017) and Elizabeth (Betty). ... | 23,274 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
book "The Pitch That Killed", by Mike Sowell, is a history of the Chapman-Mays events.
The historical novel, "The Curse of Carl Mays", by Howard Camerik, also recounts the history of the incident.
The children's book, "Ray and Me" by Dan Gutman, tells of Joe Stoshack and his journey to save Ray's life from ... | 23,275 |
269860 | Carl Mays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Mays | Carl Mays
, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York" by Lyle Spatz, Steve Steinberg, Charles C. Alexander, takes a look at how Mays had social problems with his teammates and how that actually led him to be sold to the Yankees from the Red Sox.
# See also.
- Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2009
- List of ... | 23,276 |
269893 | Prince of Chaos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince%20of%20Chaos | Prince of Chaos
Prince of Chaos
Prince of Chaos is a fantasy novel by American writer Roger Zelazny, the final book in the Chronicles of Amber series.
# Plot summary.
Merlin finds himself summoned back to the land where he was raised, the Courts of Chaos. He finds himself enmeshed in political intrigues and schemes,... | 23,277 |
269904 | Pangasinan (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pangasinan%20(disambiguation) | Pangasinan (disambiguation)
Pangasinan (disambiguation)
Pangasinan or "Pangasinense" may refer to:
- Pangasinan, one of the provinces of the Philippines, on the island of Luzon
- Pangasinan people, one of the indigenous peoples of the Philippines
- Pangasinan language, a Malayo-Polynesian language
- Pangasinan lit... | 23,278 |
269901 | Luo Guanzhong | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luo%20Guanzhong | Luo Guanzhong
Luo Guanzhong
Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400, or c.1280–1360), better known by his courtesy name Guanzhong (), was a Chinese writer who lived during the Ming Dynasty. He was also known by his pseudonym Huhai Sanren (). Luo was attributed with writing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and editing "Water Margin", the... | 23,279 |
269901 | Luo Guanzhong | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luo%20Guanzhong | Luo Guanzhong
Dongyuan, the province of Shandong, in about 1280 – 1360. Literary historians suggest other possibilities for his home, also including Hangzhou and Jiangnan.
According to Meng Fanren (孟繁仁), Luo can be identified in the pedigree of the Luo family, and Taiyuan is most likely his hometown. But, his name is ... | 23,280 |
269901 | Luo Guanzhong | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luo%20Guanzhong | Luo Guanzhong
was written by Jia Zhongming (賈仲明), is most likely wrong in handwritten copy. According to the recent research, there were two Luo Guanzhong (陈辽，Chen Liao), one is Drama artist who came from Taiyuan, another is author of Three Kingdoms who came from Dongping.
Recent research has suggested that his date o... | 23,281 |
269901 | Luo Guanzhong | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luo%20Guanzhong | Luo Guanzhong
Luo is usually considered the author of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
"The Three Sui Quash the Demons' Revolt" (平妖傳) is a shenmo fantasy story attributed to Luo with 20 chapters, developed from the original pieces of storytelling based on a rebellion at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and later ... | 23,282 |
269901 | Luo Guanzhong | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luo%20Guanzhong | Luo Guanzhong
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, a compilation of storytelling pieces based on the rebellion of Zhu Wen.
# Bibliography.
- "Can Tang Wudai Shi Yanzhuan" (残唐五代史演義, "The End of Tang Dynasty and the Period of the Five Dynasties")
- "Fenzhuang Lou" (粉妝樓, "Cosmetical Building")
- "Romance of the Thr... | 23,283 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Norte () is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region. Its capital is Laoag City, located in the northwest corner of Luzón Island, bordering Cagayan and Apayao to the east, and Abra to the southeast, and Ilocos Sur to the southwest. Ilocos Norte faces the West Philippi... | 23,284 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
existed an extensive region (consisting of the present provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra and La Union) renowned for its gold mines. Merchants from Japan and China would often visit the area to trade gold with beads, ceramics and silk. The Austronesian inhabitants of the region called their place ... | 23,285 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
Salcedo and his men landed in present-day Vigan and then proceeded towards Laoag, Currimao and Badoc. As they sailed along the coast, they were surprised to see numerous sheltered coves ("looc") where the locals lived in harmony. As a result, they named the region "Ylocos" and its people "Ylocanos".
As th... | 23,286 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
successful. Owing to the abusive practices of many Augustinian friars, a number of Ilocanos revolted. Noteworthy of these were the Dingras uprising (1589) and Pedro Almasan revolt (San Nicolas, 1660). In 1762, Diego Silang led a series of battles aimed at freeing the Ilocano. When he died from his compatri... | 23,287 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
Filipina Independiente". Aglipay’s movement.
In an effort to gain more political control and because of the increasing population of the region, a Royal Decree was signed on February 2, 1818 splitting Ilocos into two provinces: Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. Soon thereafter, La Union and Abra likewise becam... | 23,288 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
21 municipalities and 2 component cities, further subdivided into 559 barangays. There are two legislative districts in the province.
## Barangays.
Ilocos Norte has 557 barangays comprising its 21 municipalities and 2 cities.
The most populous barangay in the province is Barangay No. 1, San Lorenzo "(Po... | 23,289 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
Church are the two major religions in the province.
Among the major Roman Catholic churches in Ilocos Norte include:
- Paoay Church — named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.
- St. William's Cathedral in Laoag — known for its Sinking Bell Tower
- Santa Monica Church in Sarrat — documented to be the ... | 23,290 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
steadily increasing members of Iglesia ni Cristo. Islam is also practiced by Mindanaoan traders and immigrants.
## Languages.
Aside from the national language and English, there are three indigenous languages in Ilocos Norte. There are the dominant "Ilokano language", the "Isnag language" of the east, an... | 23,291 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
teaching mechanism of the Faire Atta language for the youth, the language may be extinct within 3-5 decades, making it a language in grave peril unless a teaching-mechanism is established by either the government or an educational institution in Currimao and nearby municipalities.
# Economy.
The province... | 23,292 |
269888 | Ilocos Norte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ilocos%20Norte | Ilocos Norte
and cattle
- Cottage industries — loom weaving, furniture, ceramics, iron works
- Manufacturing and food processing — salt, empanada, bagoong, patis, basi (native Ilocano wine), vinegar, longganisa, chicharon, bagnet, chichacorn (cornick), jewelry, garments, cereal processing, packaging, mechanized proce... | 23,293 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
La Union
La Union is a province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in the island of Luzon. Its capital is the city of San Fernando, which also serves as the regional center of the whole Ilocos Region.
The province is bordered by Ilocos Sur to the north, Benguet to the east, Pangasinan to the sou... | 23,294 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
in the Cordilleras). Pangasinans were the majority in the new province because most towns had been in the province of Pangasinan.
On October 29, 1849, Governor General Claveria issued a "promovido" to fuse the Pangasinan-Ilocos-Cordillera areas into "La Union". On March 2, 1850, Governor General Antonio Maria... | 23,295 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
against the Spaniards, who had called La Union ""Una Provincia Modelo"" ("A Model Province"), led by Manuel Tinio Y Bondoc under Emilio Aguinaldo. The Americans collaborated with the Filipinos to end the Spanish.
Dr. Lucino Almeida became the Presidente Provincial of the American regime, followed by the appoi... | 23,296 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
to the west by the South China Sea.
La Union is north of Metro Manila and northwest of Baguio City. The land area of the province is .
Like most of the Ilocos Region, the province is squeezed in by the Cordillera mountain range to the east and the South China Sea to the west. Yet, unlike other portions of Lu... | 23,297 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
has a total of 576 barangays comprising its 19 municipalities and 1 city.
The most populous barangay in the province is Sevilla in the City of San Fernando with a population of 10,612 in the 2010 census. If cities are excluded, Central East "(Poblacion)" in the municipality of Bauang has the highest number of... | 23,298 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
In September 2012, the province of La Union passed an ordinance recognizing Ilocano (Iloko) as an official provincial language alongside Filipino and English, as national and official languages of the Philippines, respectively.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority report in 2012, the province has ... | 23,299 |
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