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4655964 | Oakridge Centre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oakridge%20Centre | Oakridge Centre
Centre is now the centre point for the Oakridge Municipal TownCentre Project, part of a Vancouver urban densification project creating a new high density region with tall apartment towers much like Vancouver's West End in an area now occupied and to be surrounded by single family residences. The applica... | 35,400 |
4655964 | Oakridge Centre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oakridge%20Centre | Oakridge Centre
scheduled to begin by the end of 2022 through 2025. The Design Architect is Henriquez Partners of Vancouver and the Executive Architect is Adamson Architects from Toronto, the redevelopment estimated to cost over $5 billion.
# Transportation access.
The Oakridge–41st Avenue Station on the Canada Line ... | 35,401 |
4655971 | Patterson, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patterson,%20Missouri | Patterson, Missouri
Patterson, Missouri
Patterson is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located about seven miles east of Piedmont on Route 34.
# History.
A post office called Patterson has been in operation since 1851. The community has the name of George and William Patters... | 35,402 |
4655971 | Patterson, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patterson,%20Missouri | Patterson, Missouri
Patterson is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located about seven miles east of Piedmont on Route 34.
# History.
A post office called Patterson has been in operation since 1851. The community has the name of George and William Patterson, pioneer citizens.... | 35,403 |
4655980 | Silva, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silva,%20Missouri | Silva, Missouri
Silva, Missouri
Silva is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 67 about thirteen miles east of Piedmont.
A post office called Silva has been in operation since 1902. An early posmaster gave the community the name of one of her acquaintances.
... | 35,404 |
4656012 | San Rafael, Costa Rica | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San%20Rafael,%20Costa%20Rica | San Rafael, Costa Rica
San Rafael, Costa Rica
San Rafael, Costa Rica could refer to one of several towns and cities in Costa Rica.
# Towns, cities, municipalities, etc..
- San Rafael, Alajuela Province
- San Rafael, Cartago Province
- San Rafael, Heredia Province
# See also.
- San Rafael (disambiguation) | 35,405 |
4656017 | San Diego Siege | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San%20Diego%20Siege | San Diego Siege
San Diego Siege
The San Diego Siege was a women's professional basketball team in the now defunct National Women's Basketball League (NWBL). Based in San Diego, California, they played only one season, during February and March 2006.
# Team Record.
2006 - 15-5
# External links.
- Siege Game Photos
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4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
Ted Ginn Jr.
Theodore Ginn Jr. (born April 12, 1985) is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State, and was drafted by the Miami Dolphins ninth overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. Ginn has a... | 35,407 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
the 2004 SuperPrep National Defensive Player of the Year. He also participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl as a member of the East team, along with former Dolphins teammates Ryan Baker and Chad Henne, and was named the Most Valuable Player of the game.
Ginn intercepted eight passes as a senior, ret... | 35,408 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
and recorded the best time in the nation as a senior when he won the state title for the second consecutive year. He captured the state title in the 200 meters in a time of 21.51 seconds, after posting a time of 21.44 seconds in the preliminary rounds. He also helped the track team to take the 4 x 400 metr... | 35,409 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
believing that he could qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, his track career was put on hold in order to focus on football. He was timed at 10.2 in the 100 meters in his freshman year.
## High school awards and honors.
- "USA Today" Defensive Player of the Year (2003)
- "Parade" All-American ... | 35,410 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
average, and returned four punts for touchdowns (which broke a Big Ten Conference record first set by Gene Derricotte in 1947 that was later tied twice). One of the most memorable moments in his freshman season was in the 30-7 win over Indiana. A pass at the beginning of the first quarter was tipped by a d... | 35,411 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
the 2006 season, Ginn was considered by many to be a preseason candidate for the Heisman Trophy and the Biletnikoff Award. He was a second team All-American selection and finished as the Buckeyes top receiver with 59 catches for 781 yards, while adding another 706 yards and two touchdowns on special teams.... | 35,412 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
games. He also rushed for 213 yards, returned 38 kickoffs for 1,012 yards, and gained 900 yards on 64 punt returns, the second highest total in Ohio State history. Overall, he gained 4,068 total yards and scored 26 touchdowns.
Ginn set a Big Ten record for most career punt return touchdowns with six.
## ... | 35,413 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
career.
## Pre-Draft.
After having to bypass the field drills at the 2007 NFL combine and Ohio State's official pro day due to a lingering foot injury suffered in the 2007 BCS Title Game, Ginn reportedly ran between 4.37 and 4.45 in a private workout for NFL Scouts held on April 12, 2007. Preceding the w... | 35,414 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
since training at one of Tim Robertson's facilities, Ginn states "...as far as my running, it's changed me a lot. When I first got here I was running like a 5.1 40, 5.2 40 to a 4.22".
## 2007 NFL Draft.
Ginn was selected by the Miami Dolphins with the ninth overall pick in the first round of the 2007 NFL... | 35,415 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
criticized by football pundits and even teammates. Jason Taylor said he was in shock when Ginn was selected instead of Brady Quinn. Even Ginn himself was surprised by the pick. Saying "For sure when Brady Quinn was there, and you know Miami is hurting for a quarterback right now, and Brady Quinn is a great... | 35,416 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
the first time in Week 8 against the New York Giants on a 21-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Cleo Lemon.
In the second quarter of a November 18 game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Ginn returned a Saverio Rocca punt 87 yards for a touchdown. It was Ginn's first career touchdown return and tied for t... | 35,417 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
alternate to the 2007 Pro Bowl as a kick returner.
Ginn finished his rookie season with 34 receptions for 420 yards and two touchdowns. He also had 24 punt returns for 230 yards and a touchdown, 63 kick returns for 1,433 yards, four rushes for three yards, and three fumbles.
### 2008 season.
At the star... | 35,418 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
end-around run and converting a crucial late-game fourth down play against the Oakland Raiders Ginn ended the season with 56 catches for 790 yards and two touchdowns, 32 kick returns for 657 yards and seven punt returns for 54 yards, two rushing touchdowns on five attempts for 73 yards, and five fumbles.
... | 35,419 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
next two games, Ginn dropped several passes and caught only one 4-yard pass and had a 22-yard run. In Week 5 against the rival New York Jets, Ginn had just two catches, but one was a 53-yard touchdown against to help the Dolphins win. New Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne was hoped to improve Ginn's game. Gi... | 35,420 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
one of 100 yards and the second of 101. Those touchdowns are the only two of that distance in the same game (the previous record was 2 touchdowns of 97 yards in the same game), and the first time a player returned two kickoffs in the same quarter since 1967. Ginn won special-teams player of the month for h... | 35,421 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
yards, including 1,324 return yards and 502 yards from scrimmage, with two fumbles.
## San Francisco 49ers.
### 2010 season.
On April 16, 2010, Miami traded Ginn to the San Francisco 49ers for a fifth round pick (Nolan Carroll) in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Ginn scored his first touchdown on a punt return aga... | 35,422 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
kickoff (102 yards) and a punt (55 yards) for two touchdowns within 59 seconds for a game total of 268 return yards. For that accomplishment, he earned NFL Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 1. Earlier that week, Ginn had accepted a salary cut from $2.2 million per season to $1 million. An injury la... | 35,423 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
Bowl XLVII where they lost 34-31 to the Baltimore Ravens. On the last play of the Super Bowl, Ginn fielded the free kick and got tackled at the 50-yard line.
## Carolina Panthers.
### 2013 season.
On March 21, 2013, Ginn signed a one-year deal with the Carolina Panthers. With Cam Newton as quarterback, ... | 35,424 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
return touchdown. He was released by the team on February 23, 2015.
## Carolina Panthers (second stint).
### 2015 season.
On March 9, 2015, Ginn re-signed with the Carolina Panthers on a two-year contract. During a Week 4 victory against NFC South opponent Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ginn had a career-high tw... | 35,425 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
his time with Miami, San Francisco, and Arizona. Ginn finished the season with 44 catches for 739 yards and a career-high 10 touchdowns. Ginn's efforts as a receiver and return specialist helped the Panthers reach Super Bowl 50, where Ginn had four catches for 74 yards and three punt returns. However, the ... | 35,426 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
Panthers franchise records, including:
- Punt returns: playoffs (8), playoff season (6 in 2015), playoff game (3 on 2016-02-07 NDEN)
- Punt ret. yds: playoff season (40 in 2015)
- Yds/punt ret.: playoff season (6.67 in 2015; min. 4 returns)
- Total return rds: playoffs (129)
## New Orleans Saints.
On... | 35,427 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
made the playoffs and faced off against the Carolina Panthers in the Wild Card Round. In the 31–26 victory, he had four receptions for 115 yards and a touchdown. In the Divisional Round, he had eight receptions for 72 yards in the 29–24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
On October 18, 2018, Ginn was placed o... | 35,428 |
4655817 | Ted Ginn Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ted%20Ginn%20Jr. | Ted Ginn Jr.
receptions for 209 yards and two touchdowns.
## NFL records.
- Two kickoff return touchdowns of 100 yards or more in a single game (tied with Josh Cribbs)
## Dolphins franchise records.
- Most kickoff return touchdowns in a single season: 2 (2009)
- Most kickoff returns in a single season: 63 (2007)
... | 35,429 |
4655983 | Beacon Institute | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beacon%20Institute | Beacon Institute
Beacon Institute
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, Clarkson University, with offices in City of Beacon and Troy, New York, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit environmental research organization focusing on real-time monitoring of river ecosystems. The institute's mission is to "create and maintain... | 35,430 |
4655983 | Beacon Institute | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beacon%20Institute | Beacon Institute
solutions based on real-time data to protect waterways. Clarkson University Business School Dean Timothy Sugrue, a West Point graduate, is the institute's President and Chief Executive Officer, with responsibility for R&D oversight and commercial partnership development. With the new alliance, the inst... | 35,431 |
4655983 | Beacon Institute | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beacon%20Institute | Beacon Institute
versity's Academy for the Environment.
In 2008, Clarkson University's James S. Bonner and a team of its researchers joined the River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) collaboration started by Beacon Institute and IBM. Together, the partners have established a first-of-its-kind real-time environme... | 35,432 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
Traditional African religions
The traditional African religions (or traditional beliefs and practices of African people) are a set of highly diverse beliefs that include various ethnic religions. Generally, these traditions are oral rather than scriptural, include belief in a supreme crea... | 35,433 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
Africa are distributed among 43 countries and are estimated to number over 100 million.
Although the majority of Africans are adherents of Christianity or Islam, African people often combine the practice of their traditional belief with the practice of Abrahamic religions. The two Abraham... | 35,434 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
"nyama", etc.), are excited to the point of going into meditative trance in response to rhythmic or driving drumming or singing. One religious ceremony practiced in Gabon and Cameroon is the Okuyi, practiced by several Bantu ethnic groups. In this state, depending upon the region, drumming... | 35,435 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
of a particular mindset or frame of reference. This builds skills at separating the feelings elicited by this mindset from their situational manifestations in daily life. Such separation and subsequent contemplation of the nature and sources of pure energy or feelings serves to help partic... | 35,436 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
community (or individual) might take in accomplishing its goal.
# Spirits.
Followers of traditional African religions pray to various spirits as well as to their ancestors.
These secondary spirits serve as intermediaries between humans and the primary God, also referred to as the Suprem... | 35,437 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
spirits are honored through libation or sacrifice (of animals, vegetables, cooked food, flowers, semi-precious stones and precious metals). The will of the Supreme Deity is sought by the believer also through consultation of divinities or divination. In many traditional African religions, ... | 35,438 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
because cosmology and beliefs are intricately intertwined with the natural phenomena and environment. All aspects of weather, thunder, lightning, rain, day, moon, sun, stars, and so on may become amenable to control through the cosmology of African people. Natural phenomena are responsible... | 35,439 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
healers are common in most areas, and their practices include a religious element to varying degrees.
## Divination.
Since Africa is a large continent with many ethnic groups and cultures, there is not one single technique of casting divination. The practice of casting may be done with s... | 35,440 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
wisdom as counselors in life and for their knowledge of herbal medicine.
# Virtue and vice.
Virtue in traditional African religion is often connected with carrying out obligations of the communal aspect of life. Examples include social behaviors such as the respect for parents and elders... | 35,441 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
person as one's conscience. Traditionally, as now, the Kikuyu were monotheists, believing in a unique and omnipotent God whom they called Ngai. The word, is related to the Maasai word Enkai, and was borrowed by both the Kikuyu and Kamba. God is also known as Mungu, Murungu, or Mulungu (a v... | 35,442 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
provided them with all the resources necessary for life: land, rain, plants and animals.
He - for Ngai is male - cannot be seen, but is manifest in the sun, moon, stars, comets and meteors, thunder and lightning, rain, in rainbows and in the great fig trees (mugùmò) that served as places ... | 35,443 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
out punishment. When he comes he rests on Mount Kenya and four other sacred mountains. Thunder is interpreted to be the movement of God, and lightning is God's weapon by means of which he clears the way when moving from one sacred place to another. Other people believed that Ngai's abode w... | 35,444 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
malevolent spirits.
In many cases, Africans who have converted to other religions have still kept up their traditional customs and practices, combining them in a syncretic way.
# Sacred places.
Some sacred or holy locations for traditional religions include Nri-Igbo, the Point of Sangom... | 35,445 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
(South Sudan)
- Hausa animism (Chad, Gabon)
- Lotuko mythology (South Sudan)
## East Africa.
- Bantu mythology (Central, Southeast, Southern Africa)
- Gikuyu people#Culture and beliefs (Kenya)
- Akamba mythology (Kenya)
- Maasai mythology (Kenya, Tanzania, Ouebian)
- Kalenjin mytho... | 35,446 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
of Zimbabwe
## West Africa.
- Akan religion (Ghana, Ivory Coast)
- Dahomean religion (Benin, Togo)
- Efik mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Edo religion (Benin kingdom, Nigeria)
- Hausa animism (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Togo)
- Odinani (Igbo... | 35,447 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
animism (Sudan)
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- Information presented here was gleaned from "World Eras Encyclopaedia", Volume 10, edited by Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure (New York: Thomson-Gale, 2003), in particular pp. 275–314.
- Baldick, J (1997) "Black God: The Afroasiatic Roots of the Jewish, Christian,... | 35,448 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400", page 159, University of Virginia Press,
- Karade, B (1994) "The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts". York Beach, MA: Samuel Weiser Inc.
- P'Bitek, Okot. "African Religions and Western Scholarship". Kampala: East African Literature Bureau, 1970.
- Prin... | 35,449 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
God: the Afroasiatic roots of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions". Syracuse University Press:
- Barnes, Sandra. "Africa's Ogun: Old World and New" (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989).
- Beier, Ulli, ed. "The Origins of Life and Death: African Creation Myths" (London: H... | 35,450 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
(London: Cass, 1968).
- Gbadagesin, Segun. "African Philosophy: Traditional Yoruba Philosophy and Contemporary African Realities" (New York: Peter Lang, 1999).
- Gleason, Judith. "Oya, in Praise of an African Goddess" (Harper Collins, 1992).
- Griaule, Marcel; Dietterlen, Germaine. "Le ... | 35,451 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
Asare Opoku | Publisher: FEP International Private Limited. ASIN: B0000EE0IT
- Parrinder, Geoffrey. "African Traditional Religion", Third ed. (London: Sheldon Press, 1974). pbk.
- Parrinder, Geoffrey. "Traditional Religion", in his "Africa's Three Religions", Second ed. (London: Sheldon ... | 35,452 |
4655918 | Traditional African religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Traditional%20African%20religions | Traditional African religions
nd the African World" (Cambridge University Press, 1976).
- Alice Werner, "Myths and Legends of the Bantu" (1933). Available online here [http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/mlb/index.htm
- Umeasigbu, Rems Nna. "The Way We Lived: Ibo Customs and Stories" (London: Heinemann, 1969).
# Externa... | 35,453 |
4656025 | Kott | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kott | Kott
Kott
Kott or Kött is a surname of German and also West Slavic origins. It may refer to:
- Alexander Kott (born 1973), Russian director
- Christoph Florentius Kött (1801–1873), German bishop
- Gary Kott (born 1947), American television writer
- Jan Kott (1914–2001), Polish writer
- Micheal Kott (born 1961), A... | 35,454 |
4656032 | Paul Foster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul%20Foster | Paul Foster
Paul Foster
Paul Foster may refer to:
- Paul Foster (bowls), Scottish bowls player
- Paul Foster (cartoonist) (1934–2003), cartoonist and writer
- Paul Foster (footballer) (born 1967), Australian soccer player
- Paul Foster (playwright) (born 1931), American playwright, theater director, and producer
... | 35,455 |
4656032 | Paul Foster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul%20Foster | Paul Foster
Foster (bowls), Scottish bowls player
- Paul Foster (cartoonist) (1934–2003), cartoonist and writer
- Paul Foster (footballer) (born 1967), Australian soccer player
- Paul Foster (playwright) (born 1931), American playwright, theater director, and producer
- Paul Foster (singer) (1920–1995), gospel sing... | 35,456 |
4656018 | Leeper, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeper,%20Missouri | Leeper, Missouri
Leeper, Missouri
Leeper is an unincorporated community in southwestern Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located on the Black River about seven miles (11 km) south of Piedmont at the intersection of Route 34 and Route 49. Its post office has closed and mail now comes from Piedmont.
# Histo... | 35,457 |
4656018 | Leeper, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeper,%20Missouri | Leeper, Missouri
was not actually founded until 1874, by W.T.'s son Sid Leeper. By 1881, Leeper was a bona fide town with a rail station and post office, and was commonly called Leeper Station. Leeper had one hotel and four stores. Leeper's hotel, the Ozark Hotel, was considered one of the most elaborate resorts in Sou... | 35,458 |
4656018 | Leeper, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeper,%20Missouri | Leeper, Missouri
known as Gorgeous George, a baseball player for the St. Louis Browns. Sisler held the MLB record for most single hits in a season from 1920–2004. One year Sisler came to Leeper to visit his friend Herman Radke and do some quail hunting. It was common for Radke to load the hunters up in his Ford truck a... | 35,459 |
4656018 | Leeper, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeper,%20Missouri | Leeper, Missouri
of money, jewelry, anything of value. Paul Simmons pleaded with the masked men to let him keep his wedding ring and they obliged. Sisler, on the other hand, turned his around and hid it. Leeper being a small town, Dr. Owens, noticed one of the coats on the masked men. After the masked men left, Dr. Owe... | 35,460 |
4656018 | Leeper, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeper,%20Missouri | Leeper, Missouri
When the Civil War was on the verge of breaking out, Leeper was strongly opposed to Missouri joining the Confederates in battle. He founded Company D of the Twelfth Regiment of Missouri Militia. The unit, with Leeper in command, "hunted" for Southern sympathizers. His hunt included mass killings of una... | 35,461 |
4656018 | Leeper, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeper,%20Missouri | Leeper, Missouri
the house sat unarmed, Leeper and his men opened fire. All 29 men died, including Daniel McGee. It is said that he was shot so many times that his torso was almost severed in half.
Another alleged event occurred in March 1, 1865. In Arkansas, Seven Confederate soldiers surrendered to the Union. They w... | 35,462 |
4656018 | Leeper, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeper,%20Missouri | Leeper, Missouri
with direct orders from the general, searched for guerrillas and scouts, and sent several letters back recounting each kill in detail. He was eventually found incompetent and released from the Army.
After his release from the Union Army, Leeper stayed in contact with his former unit and even helped or... | 35,463 |
4656018 | Leeper, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeper,%20Missouri | Leeper, Missouri
d released from the Army.
After his release from the Union Army, Leeper stayed in contact with his former unit and even helped organize the burning of Doniphan, Missouri. Only one person from the unit was not given amnesty for the crimes committed during the War.
After the war, Leeper served as a mem... | 35,464 |
4656030 | Kott language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kott%20language | Kott language
Kott language
The Kott (Kot) language () is an extinct Yeniseian language that was formerly spoken in central Siberia by the banks of Mana River, a tributary of the Yenisei river. It became extinct in the 1850s. Kott was closely related to Ket, still spoken farther north along the Yenisei river. Assan wa... | 35,465 |
4655948 | Chanute Air Force Base | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chanute%20Air%20Force%20Base | Chanute Air Force Base
Chanute Air Force Base
Chanute Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force facility, located in Champaign County, Illinois, south of and adjacent to Rantoul, Illinois, about south of Chicago. Its primary mission throughout its existence was Air Force technical training. Chanute Fi... | 35,466 |
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Chanute's biplane glider (1896) with "two arched wings held rigidly together by vertical struts and diagonal wire bracing" (the principle of the Pratt truss used in the railroad bridges which Chanute constructed) served as a prototype design for airplanes.
# History.
## World War I.
Although t... | 35,467 |
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Section of the Army's Signal Corps. In comparison, France began the war with over 1,500 aircraft.
To meet the demand, Congress appropriated $640 million to build up the Air Service. The War Department immediately opened ground schools at eight colleges and established twenty-seven flying fields ... | 35,468 |
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with the expectation that construction would be complete in 60 days. Building materiel began arriving on site on 25 May, and work began in earnest on 4 June. At its peak construction, 2,000 men, 200 teams of horses, 3 steam shovels and multiple steam tractors were working on Chanute Field, with a... | 35,469 |
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James L. Dunsworth arrived on 15 July 1917 and took command. He ordered flight training to begin on 17 July and Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" trainers were flying from dawn until dusk. The airfield was completed on 22 July 1917 at a cost of about $1 Million, and was officially accepted by the Air Service ... | 35,470 |
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Squadron (II), May 1918
- 203d Aero Squadron (II), March 1918
- 287th Aero Squadron (Service), June 1918
- 288th Aero Squadron, June 1918
- Flying School Detachment (Consolidation of Squadrons A-D), December 1918-November 1919
As World War I ended in November 1918, Chanute Field had trained ... | 35,471 |
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Thousands of officers and enlisted men were released, leaving only 10,000 men to fly and repair the planes and engines left over from the war. Hundreds of small flying fields closed, forcing consolidation of supply and aviation repair depots.
In November 1918, the first talk of base closure occu... | 35,472 |
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was given a mission and the Air Service Mechanics School was transferred to Chanute from Kelly Field, Texas, followed by the entire Air Corps Training School.
In 1922 the photography school at Langley Field, Virginia and the communications school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, both joined the mechanics... | 35,473 |
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last major construction at Chanute until 1938. From 1922 to 1938 Chanute Field provided all technical training for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Chanute Field's "Great Renaissance," as the period came to be known, brought the construction of many new buildings. Since most of the base was of wooden co... | 35,474 |
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finished. The total expenditure amounted to $13.8 million with most of it being funded by President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA). Two additional hangars, theaters, numerous barracks and family housing units, a gymnasium, and a network of concrete runways were also added. These ... | 35,475 |
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armament—taught both officers and enlisted personnel.
The commandant of the Air Corps Technical School at Chanute had final authority for curricular development and supervised technical training in all Air Corps schools, but he lacked command authority over the schools and the installations wher... | 35,476 |
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communications, and photography. The headquarters of the new command moved from Chanute to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1941.
## World War II.
With Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, citizens flocked to Chanute Field in large numbers to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Chanute's transit... | 35,477 |
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tents. Chanute's student load continued to grow until it reached a peak of 25,000 in January 1943.
The Women's Army Corps School was established in early 1944. Along with the military at Chanute, the city of Rantoul mobilized during the war, with family opening their homes on holidays and aggres... | 35,478 |
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with helicopter mechanic training. Helicopter pilot training remained at Chanute until 1 June 1945 when it transferred to Sheppard Field, Texas.
After September 1945, Chanute Field became a primary separation center for the armed forces, processing about 100 men per day from the armed forces bac... | 35,479 |
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such as airplane mechanics, supply clerks, armorers, and weather forecasters. This small number of enlisted men was to become the core of other black squadrons forming at Tuskegee Field and Maxwell Field in Alabama — the famed Tuskegee Airmen.
## United States Air Force.
Following World War II,... | 35,480 |
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which opened at Chanute on 17 September. By mid-1948 this course made up almost 50 percent of Chanute's student body.
In October 1949, Air Training Command organized the 3499th Training Aids Wing, the purpose of which was to provide training in the field for maintenance personnel assigned to wor... | 35,481 |
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Wing at Chanute. The new wing operated the command's extensive field training program. Effective 1 September 1959, ATC discontinued the 3499th Field Training Wing when ATC decided that there would be less duplication of effort if field training responsibilities were reassigned to the technical tr... | 35,482 |
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duty about 20,000 reservists. Most of this work was done at Chanute.
In early 1960, HQ USAF suggested the foreign language training program, conducted at 22 colleges and universities, be transferred from Air University control to ATC. After considerable study,
the Air Force passed control of th... | 35,483 |
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ballistic missile. The Minuteman ICBM became a key missile deterrent against the Soviet Union for America and her western allies. In September 1970, ATC transferred Chanute's Minuteman missile launch officer course to Vandenberg AFB, California. Beginning in the late 1960s Chanute also trained th... | 35,484 |
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runway in 1971. In 1977, Chanute became the prime training center for the Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM). The base was also involved in the Ground-Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) and MX missile programs.
In September 1978, Air Training Command announced project Able Avionic which restructured... | 35,485 |
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aircraft and the F-5 aggressor aircraft.
In 1982 the 928th Tactical Airlift Group proposed the establishment of drop and landing zones at Chanute. The zones would be used to conduct short-field landings and air drops to help C-130 pilots and navigators maintain proficiency. Additional benefits o... | 35,486 |
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both conventional and modular engine technology. The center received four F-100 PW 200 engines and six F-110 GE 100 engines for updated training programs in 1985. Chanute's continuing drive to enhance technical training resulted in the consolidation of the Aircraft Environmental/Pneudraulics and ... | 35,487 |
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AFB also contained training ICBM launch facility ("silos") for Minuteman ICBM maintenance personnel. These training facilities were housed at a hangar located on the flight line. After the deactivation of Chanute AFB, ICBM maintenance training was transferred to Vandenberg AFB, California.
An Ai... | 35,488 |
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materiel handling equipment maintenance) technical schools.
## Closure.
On 29 December 1988 the Department of Defense recommended Chanute's closure as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The subject of base closure had been considered numerous times during Chanute's 75-yea... | 35,489 |
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Rantoul was fortunate to have strong leadership in the persons of Mayor Katy B. Podagrosi and the late Major General Frank W. Elliott, Jr., former Chanute Center Commander, and Rantoul's Economic Development Consultant. These leaders, working closely with Ray Boudreaux, the Director of Redevelopm... | 35,490 |
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Service, 4 June 1920
- United States Army Air Corps, 2 July 1926
- Air Corps Technical Training Command, 26 March 1941
- AAF Flying Training Comd, 7 July 1943
- Air Training Command, 1 July 1946
- Air Education and Training Command, 1 June 1992 – 30 September 1993
## Major units assigned.
... | 35,491 |
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1973
- 15th Squadron (Observation)/15th Observation Squadron, 21 September 1921 - June 1927
- Army Air Corps Technical School, 1922
- 98th School Squadron
- 48th School Squadron/48th Pursuit Squadron, 1 August 1933 - 1 September 1936
- 98th School Squadron/98th Service Squadron, 1 August 193... | 35,492 |
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June 1945
- 3345th Air Base Group, 26 August 1948 – 30 September 1993
- 3345th Technical Training Wing, 26 August 1948 – 30 September 1993
- Air Force Processing Center, Chanute, 27 September 1950 – 15 February 1978
- USAF School of Applied Aerospace Sciences, 1 August 1972 – 1 April 1977
- ... | 35,493 |
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converted to civilian and other alternative uses. Many of the Air Force base's buildings and facilities have found new life with purposes that range from motels, retirement communities, restaurants, a fitness center, a prominent data center and several light manufacturing facilities. The golf cou... | 35,494 |
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chemical dumps have forced the condemnation of certain parts of the former base.
The Chanute AFB airfield and its associated hangars and flight line facilities have been converted into an uncontrolled general aviation airport known as the Rantoul National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott Field. T... | 35,495 |
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Field and Chanute AFB, but it closed in the winter of 2015. Finally, a 6-month quasi-military academy program, the Lincoln's ChalleNGe Academy, is run for troubled youths, ages 16–18, by the Illinois Army National Guard and the Illinois Air National Guard in other former Chanute AFB facilities.
... | 35,496 |
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Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Register Notice: December 1, 2000. Available at:
# See also.
- Air Training Command
- Rantoul, Illinois
- Illinois World War II Army Airfields
- Central (later Eastern) Technical Training Command
- List of Training Section Air Service airfields
# Ex... | 35,497 |
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le at:
# See also.
- Air Training Command
- Rantoul, Illinois
- Illinois World War II Army Airfields
- Central (later Eastern) Technical Training Command
- List of Training Section Air Service airfields
# External links.
- Botner, John K., http://www.angelfire.com/nc/johninraleigh/Chanute... | 35,498 |
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Shook, Missouri
Shook is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States. The community is located on the West Fork Lost Creek arm of Lake Wappapello along Missouri Route D. It is located about sixteen miles north of Poplar Bluff.
The Shook post office was in operation from 1904 t... | 35,499 |
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