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20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
of the Fiji Islands were converted to Methodism in the 1840s and 1850s. Most ethnic Fijians are Methodists today (the others are largely Roman Catholic and further divided into minor denominations such as Baptist, All Nations, Assemblies of God, Christian Mission Fellowship, Jehovah's Witnesses, Church of Lat... | 3,800 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
Churches around major centres in New Zealand. These congregations came together to form The Chinese Methodist Church in New Zealand (CMCNZ) in 2003, and constituted as a Provisional Annual Conference to elect its first president in 2018.
### Samoan Islands.
In 1868, Piula Theological College was established... | 3,801 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
Tonga.
Methodism had a particular resonance with the inhabitants of Tonga. somewhat more than a third of Tongans adhered to the Methodist tradition. Methodism is represented on the island by a number of churches including the Free Church of Tonga and the Free Wesleyan Church, which is the largest church in T... | 3,802 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
scholars and historians, such as Rupert E. Davies, have regarded their 'movement' more as a preaching order within wider Christian life than as a church, comparing them with the Franciscans, who formed a religious order within the medieval European church and not a separate denomination. Certainly, Methodists... | 3,803 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
October 1999, an executive committee of the World Methodist Council resolved to explore the possibility of its member churches becoming associated with the doctrinal agreement which had been reached by the Catholic Church and Lutheran World Federation (LWF). In May 2006, the International MethodistβCatholic D... | 3,804 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, the agreement which was reached and officially accepted in 1999 by the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation and which proclaimed that:
"Together we confess: By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our pa... | 3,805 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
and the World Methodist Council.
This is not to say there is perfect agreement between the three denominational traditions; while Catholics and Methodists believe that salvation involves cooperation between God and man, Lutherans believe that God brings about the salvation of individuals without any cooperat... | 3,806 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
gaining new appreciation for neglected aspects of the Catholic tradition. There are, however, important unresolved doctrinal differences separating Roman Catholicism and Methodism, which include "the nature and validity of the ministry of those who preside at the Eucharist, the precise meaning of the Eucharis... | 3,807 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
by the Church of England's General Synod in 1972; conversations and co-operation continued, however, leading in 2003 to the signing of a covenant between the two churches. From the 1970s onward, the Methodist Church also started several Local Ecumenical Projects (LEPs, later renamed Local Ecumenical Partnersh... | 3,808 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
Church than to other denominations such as the Church of England. In the 1990s and early 21st century, the British Methodist Church was involved in the Scottish Church Initiative for Union, seeking greater unity with the established and Presbyterian Church of Scotland, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Un... | 3,809 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
denominations in the United States have also strengthened ties with other Christian traditions. In April 2005, bishops in the United Methodist Church approved "A Proposal for Interim Eucharistic Sharing." This document was the first step toward full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (E... | 3,810 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
List of Methodist theologians
- Saints in Methodism
- List of Methodist churches
- List of Methodist denominations
# Further reading.
- Abraham, William J. and James E. Kirby, eds. "The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies" (2009). 780pp; historiography; excerpt
## World.
- Copplestone, J. Tremayne. "H... | 3,811 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
Methodists." Methodist Publishing House, Cape Town.
- Forster, DA and Bentley, W (eds.) (2008)" Methodism in Southern Africa: A celebration of Wesleyan Mission" AcadSA Publishers, Kempton Park.
- Harmon, Nolan B. (ed.) (2 vol. 1974) "The Encyclopedia of World Methodism", Nashville: Abingdon Press, . 2640pp
... | 3,812 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
Press, 2013)
## Great Britain.
- Borgen, Ole E. "John Wesley on the Sacraments: a Theological Study". Grand Rapids, Mich.: Francis Asbury Press, 1985, cop. 1972. 307 p.
- Brooks, Alan (2010) "West End Methodism: The Story of Hinde Street", London: Northway Publications, 400pp.
- Dowson, Jean and Hutchinso... | 3,813 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
Stanford University Press,
- Jones, David Ceri et al. "The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735β1811" (2012)
- Kent, John (2002) "Wesley and the Wesleyans", Cambridge University Press,
- Madden, Lionel. "Methodism in Wales: A Short History of the Wesley Tradition" (2003)
- St... | 3,814 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
in England, 1932β1996" (1997)
- Warner, Wellman J. (1930) "The Wesleyan Movement in the Industrial Revolution", London: Longmans, Green.
## African Americans.
- Campbell, James T. (1995) "Songs of Zion: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa", Oxford University Press,
... | 3,815 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
Methodist Episcopal Church During the Civil War and Reconstruction", Louisiana State University Press,
- Wills, David W. and Newman, Richard (eds.) (1982) "Black Apostles at Home and Abroad: Afro-American and the Christian Mission from the Revolution to Reconstruction", Boston, MA: G. K. Hall,
## US and Can... | 3,816 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
Canada Fire: Radical Evangelicalism in British North America, 1775β1812", Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press,
- Schmidt, Jean Miller (1999) "Grace Sufficient: A History of Women in American Methodism, 1760β1939", Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press
- Semple, Neil (1996) "The Lord's Dominion: The History of... | 3,817 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
E., Rowe, Kenneth E. and Schmidt, Jean Miller (eds.) (2000) "The Methodist Experience in America: a sourcebook", Nashville: Abingdon Press, . 756 p. of original documents
- Sweet, William Warren (ed.) (1946) "Religion on the American Frontier: Vol. 4, The Methodists,1783β1840: A Collection of Source Material... | 3,818 |
20119 | Methodism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Methodism | Methodism
idt, Jean Miller (eds.) (2000) "The Methodist Experience in America: a sourcebook", Nashville: Abingdon Press, . 756 p. of original documents
- Sweet, William Warren (ed.) (1946) "Religion on the American Frontier: Vol. 4, The Methodists,1783β1840: A Collection of Source Materials", New York: H. Holt & Co., ... | 3,819 |
206512 | YTV | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=YTV | YTV
YTV
YTV or ytv may refer to:
- YTV (TV channel), a Canadian youth television station owned by Corus Entertainment
- Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council, a co-operation agency operating in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
- Yale TV, the broadcast desk of the student newspaper "Yale Daily News"
- Yomiuri Telecastin... | 3,820 |
206512 | YTV | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=YTV | YTV
el), a Canadian youth television station owned by Corus Entertainment
- Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council, a co-operation agency operating in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
- Yale TV, the broadcast desk of the student newspaper "Yale Daily News"
- Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, a TV station joining Nippon New... | 3,821 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in "Dance with a Stranger" (1985) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for "Damage" (1992) and "Tom & Viv" (1994). A seven-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won th... | 3,822 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
credits include "Blackadder" (1986β89), "A Dance to the Music of Time" (1997), "Merlin" (1998), "The Lost Prince" (2003), "Gideon's Daughter" (2006), the sitcom "The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle" (2007), and "Rubicon" (2010). She was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narr... | 3,823 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
England, to Marian Georgina (nΓ©e Townsend), a housewife, and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive, and was their second daughter.
# Career.
## Theatre.
Richardson enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she studied alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Jenny Seagrove, having start... | 3,824 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
recognition in the West End for a series of stage performances, ultimately receiving an Olivier Award nomination for her performance in "A Lie of the Mind", and, in 1996, one critic asserted that she is "the greatest actress of our time in any medium" after she appeared in "Orlando" at the Edinburgh ... | 3,825 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
Kingdom, in the biographical drama "Dance with a Stranger". Around the same time, Richardson played a comedic Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the British television comedy "Blackadder II".
Following "Dance with a Stranger", Richardson turned down numerous parts in which her character was unstable... | 3,826 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
special "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" (1988) and, later, a special edition for the millennium "".
Her portrayal of a troubled theatre goer in "Secret Friends" (BBC 2, 1990) was described as "a miniature tour de force... Miranda Richardson's finest hour, all in ten minutes" ("The Sunday Times"). Oth... | 3,827 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
Van Tassel in "Sleepy Hollow" and Patsy Carpenter in "The Evening Star". She also won acclaim for her performances in "The Crying Game" and "Enchanted April", for which she won a Golden Globe. She received Academy Award nominations for her performances in "Damage" and "Tom & Viv".
Her film credits a... | 3,828 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
toxic "Daily Prophet" journalist in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". She also did the voice for Corky in "The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky" (2005), an Australian animated series for children. In 2006, she appeared in "Gideon's Daughter". She played Mrs. Claus in the f... | 3,829 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
played Labour politician Barbara Castle in the British film "Made in Dagenham".
Richardson was cast as Queen Ulla in "Maleficent", where she was to play the titular character's aunt, but her role was cut from the film during post-production. In 2015, she played Sybil Birling in Helen Edmundson's BBC... | 3,830 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
Table" (Phillipa) β Library Theatre, Manchester
- "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" (Kay Sadler) β Library Theatre, Manchester
- "Play It Again, Sam" (Linda Christie) β Library Theatre, Manchester
- "Tom Jones" (Sophie Western) β Library Theatre, Manchester
- "Educating Rita" (Rita) β Haymarket Theatre,... | 3,831 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
1983/19 December 1983)
- "Life of Einstein" β The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster (1984)
- "Edmond" (Glenna) β Newcastle (1985)
- "A Lie of the Mind" (Beth) β Royal Court Theatre, West End (1987)
- "The Changeling" (Beatrice-Joanna) β (Lyttelton) National Theatre, West End (1988)
- "Mountain Language" ... | 3,832 |
20192 | Miranda Richardson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda%20Richardson | Miranda Richardson
r" (Judy) β Royal National Theatre, West End (1996)
- "Orlando" (Orlando) β 50th Edinburgh International Festival (11/21 August 1996)
- "Aunt Dan and Lemon" (Aunt Dan) β Almeida Theatre, Islington, London (5 May/5 June 1999)
- "The Play What I Wrote" (Herself) β Wyndham's Theatre, West End (30 Jan... | 3,833 |
206511 | Supachai Panitchpakdi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supachai%20Panitchpakdi | Supachai Panitchpakdi
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Supachai Panitchpakdi (, , ; born 30 May 1946 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai politician and professor. He was Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 1 September 2005 to 31 August 2013. Prior to this, he was the Director-General of the ... | 3,834 |
206511 | Supachai Panitchpakdi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supachai%20Panitchpakdi | Supachai Panitchpakdi
During the Asian financial crisis in November 1997 he returned to be deputy prime minister and also became minister of commerce.
In September 1999 he was elected to become Director-General of the World Trade Organization, sharing the post with Mike Moore when a decision could not be reached. Taki... | 3,835 |
206511 | Supachai Panitchpakdi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supachai%20Panitchpakdi | Supachai Panitchpakdi
to oversee the start of reform of UNCTAD.
Supachai received his master's degree in economics, development planning and his PhD in economic planning and development at the Netherlands School of Economics (now known as Erasmus University) in Rotterdam. In 1973, he completed his doctoral dissertatio... | 3,836 |
206511 | Supachai Panitchpakdi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supachai%20Panitchpakdi | Supachai Panitchpakdi
mics (now known as Erasmus University) in Rotterdam. In 1973, he completed his doctoral dissertation under supervision of Professor Jan Tinbergen, the first Nobel laureate in economics. In the same year, he went to Cambridge University as a visiting fellow to conduct research on development models... | 3,837 |
206488 | Garsington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garsington | Garsington
Garsington
Garsington is a village and civil parish about southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,689.
The village is known for the flamboyant social life at Garsington Manor when it was the home from 1914 to 1928 of Philip and Ottoline Morrell, and for the... | 3,838 |
206488 | Garsington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garsington | Garsington
with the philosopher Bertrand Russell, writers such as Aldous Huxley, W. B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf and D. H. Lawrence and artists like Mark Gertler, Eric Gill and Dora Carrington.
Garsington Manor was bought in 1982 by Leonard Ingrams who established the Garsington Opera, an annual open air opera festival wh... | 3,839 |
206488 | Garsington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garsington | Garsington
includes the tower, built towards the end of the 12th century in the transitional style between Norman and Early English. The chancel is pure Early English and was built or rebuilt in about 1300. St Mary's has Decorated Gothic north and south aisles, which were added in the 14th century and have four-bay arc... | 3,840 |
206488 | Garsington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garsington | Garsington
inhabitant, Ottoline Morrell, by Eric Gill.
The west tower has a ring of six bells. Richard Keene of Woodstock cast the treble bell in 1696. Abraham II Rudhall of Gloucester cast the second bell in 1720. Henry III Bagley of Chacombe, Northamptonshire cast the third bell in 1733, presumably at his then found... | 3,841 |
206488 | Garsington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garsington | Garsington
of Β£172 4s 0d. It is a 30-hour clock and it strikes the hours on the tenor bell. Its dials still have only an hour hand.
St Mary's parish is now part of the Benefice of Garsington, Cuddesdon and Horspath.
The wedding scene in the 2006 film "Amazing Grace" was filmed at the church.
## School.
A parish sch... | 3,842 |
206488 | Garsington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garsington | Garsington
made over the years. It was renovated to bring it up to modern day standards. The building retains its original appearance as well as adding modern-day facilities.
# Amenities.
Garsington has a public house: the Three Horseshoes. There were two other public houses: the Plough has been converted into a priv... | 3,843 |
206488 | Garsington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garsington | Garsington
Denton Lane. It has two men's football teams that play in the Oxfordshire Senior Football League and two youth teams that play in the "Oxford Mail" Youth League
Garsington Cricket Club plays in the Oxfordshire Cricket Association League Division Five. The Club also has teams that compete in local darts and ... | 3,844 |
206507 | Isaac Todhunter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaac%20Todhunter | Isaac Todhunter
Isaac Todhunter
Isaac Todhunter FRS (23 November 1820Β β 1 March 1884), was an English mathematician who is best known today for the books he wrote on mathematics and its history.
# Life and work.
The son of George Todhunter, a Nonconformist minister, and Mary nΓ©e Hume, he was born at Rye, Sussex. He ... | 3,845 |
206507 | Isaac Todhunter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaac%20Todhunter | Isaac Todhunter
medal on the M.A. examination. About this time he became mathematical master at a school at Wimbledon.
In 1844 Todhunter entered St John's College, Cambridge, where he was senior wrangler in 1848, and gained the first Smith's Prize and the Burney Prize; and in 1849 he was elected to a fellowship, and b... | 3,846 |
206507 | Isaac Todhunter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaac%20Todhunter | Isaac Todhunter
and shortly afterwards he was attacked with paralysis.
He is buried in the Mill Road cemetery, Cambridge.
# Personal life.
Todhunter married 13 August 1864 Louisa Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Captain (afterwards Admiral) George Davies, R.N. (at that time head of the county constabulary force). He d... | 3,847 |
206507 | Isaac Todhunter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaac%20Todhunter | Isaac Todhunter
three occasions acted as examiner for the moral sciences tripos.
# Selected writings.
- "Treatise on the Differential Calculus and the Elements of the Integral Calculus" (1852, 6th ed., 1873)
- "Treatise on Analytical Statics" (1853, 4th ed., 1874)
- "Treatise on the Integral Calculus" (1857, 4th ed... | 3,848 |
206507 | Isaac Todhunter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaac%20Todhunter | Isaac Todhunter
3rd ed., 1873)
- "Mechanics for Beginners" (1867)
- "A History of the Mathematical Theory of Probability from the Time of Pascal to that of Laplace" (1865)
- "Researches in the Calculus of Variations" (1871)
- "History of the Mathematical Theories of Attraction and Figure of the Earth from Newton to... | 3,849 |
206507 | Isaac Todhunter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Isaac%20Todhunter | Isaac Todhunter
e of the Earth from Newton to Laplace" (1873)
- "Elementary Treatise on Laplace's, LamΓ©'s and Bessel's Functions" (1875)
- "A history of the theory of elasticity and of the strength of materials from Galilei to the present time " " Vol I PtI ""Vol II Pt II"
- "Natural Philosophy for Beginners" (1877)... | 3,850 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg (, Low German: "MΔkel(n)borg" ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Wismar and GΓΌstrow.
The name Mecklenburg derives fr... | 3,851 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
Mecklenburgers retain and use many features of Low German vocabulary or phonology.
The adjective for the region is "Mecklenburgian" (); inhabitants are called Mecklenburgians ().
# Geography.
Mecklenburg is known for its mostly flat countryside. Much of the terrain is boggy, with ponds, marshes and field... | 3,852 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
exterior of country houses.
Mecklenburg has productive farming, but the land is most suitable for grazing for livestock.
# History.
## Early history.
Mecklenburg is the site of many prehistoric dolmen tombs. Its earliest organised inhabitants may have had Celtic origins. By no later than 100 BC the area... | 3,853 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
a helmet, with the hide hanging down the back to protect the neck from the sun, and overall as a way to instill fear in the enemy.
From the 7th through the 12th centuries, the area of Mecklenburg was taken over by Western Slavic peoples, most notably the Obotrites and other tribes that Frankish sources ref... | 3,854 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
and Flemings settled the area (Ostsiedlung), importing German law and improved agricultural techniques. The Wends who survived all warfare and devastation of the centuries before, including invasions of and expeditions into Saxony, Denmark and Liutizic areas as well as internal conflicts, were assimilated i... | 3,855 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
remained stable and relatively independent of its neighbours; one of the few German territories for which this is true. During the reformation the Duke in Schwerin would convert to Protestantism and so would follow the Duchy of Mecklenburg.
## History, 1621β1933.
Like many German territories, Mecklenburg ... | 3,856 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
duchies were raised to Grand Duchies, the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and subsequently existed separately as such in Germany under enlightened but absolute rule (constitutions being granted on the eve of World War I) until the revolution of 1918. Life in ... | 3,857 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
The last Duke abdicated in 1918, as monarchies fell throughout Europe. The Duke's ruling house reigned in Mecklenburg uninterrupted (except for two years) from its incorporation into the Holy Roman Empire until 1918. From 1918 to 1933, the duchies were free states in the Weimar Republic.
Traditionally Meck... | 3,858 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
as their dependence on the rest of the German lands became apparent.
## History since 1934.
After three centuries of partition, Mecklenburg was united on 1 January 1934 by the Nazi government. The Wehrmacht assigned Mecklenburg and Pomerania to Wehrkreis II under the command of "General der Infanterie" We... | 3,859 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg contributed about two-thirds of the geographical size of the new state and the majority of its population. Also, the new state became temporary or permanent home for lots of refugees expelled from former German territories seized by the Soviet Union and Poland after the war. The Soviets changed ... | 3,860 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
of Germany.
# Coat of arms of the duchies of Mecklenburg.
The House of Mecklenburg was founded by Niklot, prince of the Obotrites, Chizzini and Circipani on the Baltic Sea, who died in 1160. His Christian progeny was recognized as prince of the Holy Roman Empire 1170 and Duke of Mecklenburg 8 July 1348. O... | 3,861 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
ordered. Mecklenburg-Schwerin however used white instead of yellow for flags on sea by law of 24 March 1855.
Siebmachers Wappenbuch gives therefore (?) blue-white-red for Schwerin and blue-yellow-red for Strelitz.
According to this source, the grand ducal house of Schwerin used a flag of 3.75 to 5.625 M w... | 3,862 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
ring) and Wenden (bull's head). The shield is supported by a bull and a griffin and surmounted by a royal crown.
The dukes of Strelitz used according to Siebmachers the blue-yellow-red flag with just the (oval) shield of Mecklenburg in the yellow band.
StrΓΆhl in 1897 and Bulgaria, show another arrangement... | 3,863 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
middle band.
'BerΓΌhmte Fahnen' shows furthermore a standard for grand duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, princess of Hannover (1882β1963), showing her shield and that of Mecklenburg joined by the order of the Wendic Crown in a white oval. On sea the yellow band in her flag was of course white.
The... | 3,864 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg Lakeland ("Mecklenburgische Seenplatte") and the Mecklenburg Switzerland ("Mecklenburgische Schweiz") with their pristine nature, the old Hanseatic towns of Rostock, Greifswald, Stralsund and Wismar (the latter two being World Heritage) well known for their medieval Brick Gothic buildings, and t... | 3,865 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
emigrants to the US
- Fritz Reuter, poet and novelist
- Ludwig Jacoby, (1813β1874), born in Altstrelitz, an author and Methodist clergyman, commissioned as a missionary to St. Louis, Missouri, by the founder of the German Methodist Church in America, William Nast (1807β1899). Jacoby founded the first Meth... | 3,866 |
20193 | Mecklenburg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg
ethodist Church West of the Mississippi River, originally known as Bethel Church, now known as Memorial United Methodist Church, in St. Louis in 1841.
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, (1744β1818), wife of George III of the United Kingdom and grandmother of Queen Victoria. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA... | 3,867 |
206516 | Liane Haid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liane%20Haid | Liane Haid
Liane Haid
Juliane "Liane" Haid (16 August 1895 β 28 November 2000) was an Austrian actress who has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.
# Biography.
Born in Vienna, Haid trained both as a dancer and singer and became the epitome of the "SΓΌΓes Wiener MΓ€del" ("Sweet Viennese Girl") and a p... | 3,868 |
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refused several offers from Hollywood, she left Germany for Switzerland in 1942 "because of the regime, because everything was bombed, and because all the good directors had left". She married Carl Spycher and also ended her film career.
Her notable films include "Lady Hamilton" (1921; her breakthrough role... | 3,869 |
206516 | Liane Haid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liane%20Haid | Liane Haid
(1915)
- "Summer Idyll" (1916)
- "With God for Emperor and Empire" (1916)
- "The Vagabonds" (1916)
- "The Tragedy of Castle Rottersheim" (1916)
- "On the Heights" (1916)
- "Lebenswogen" (1917)
- "The Black Hand" (1917)
- "The Stain of Shame" (1917)
- "The Spendthrift" (1917)
- "Double Suicide" (191... | 3,870 |
206516 | Liane Haid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liane%20Haid | Liane Haid
Ruhland" (1920)
- "Light of His Life" (1921)
- "The Woman in White" (1921)
- "The Films of Princess Fantoche" (1921)
- "The Story of a Maid" (1921)
- "Lady Hamilton" (1921)
- "Money in the Streets" (1922)
- "Lucrezia Borgia" (1922)
- "Explosion" (1923)
- "The Slipper Hero" (1923)
- "Southern Love" ... | 3,871 |
206516 | Liane Haid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liane%20Haid | Liane Haid
(1927)
- "The Csardas Princess" (1927)
- "The Last Waltz" (1927)
- "The Women's War" (1928)
- "The Lady in Black" (1928)
- "Two Red Roses" (1928)
- "Vienna, City of My Dreams" (1928)
- "Spy of Madame Pompadour" (1928)
- "Ship in Distress" (1929)
- "Play Around a Man" (1929)
- "Black Forest Girl" (1... | 3,872 |
206516 | Liane Haid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liane%20Haid | Liane Haid
(1932)
- "Madame Makes Her Exit" (1932)
- "Madame Wants No Children" (1933)
- "A Woman Like You" (1933)
- "Typhoon" (1933)
- "The Star of Valencia" (1933)
- "The Castle in the South" (1933)
- "Keine Angst vor Liebe" (1933)
- "Ihre Durchlaucht, die VerkΓ€uferin" (1933)
- "Tell Me Who You Are" (1933)
... | 3,873 |
206516 | Liane Haid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liane%20Haid | Liane Haid
- "Madame Makes Her Exit" (1932)
- "Madame Wants No Children" (1933)
- "A Woman Like You" (1933)
- "Typhoon" (1933)
- "The Star of Valencia" (1933)
- "The Castle in the South" (1933)
- "Keine Angst vor Liebe" (1933)
- "Ihre Durchlaucht, die VerkΓ€uferin" (1933)
- "Tell Me Who You Are" (1933)
- "Roman... | 3,874 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
Afghan Armed Forces
The Afghan Armed Forces are the military forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. They consist of the Afghan National Army and the Afghan Air Force. The President of Afghanistan is the Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Armed Forces, which is administratively controlled thro... | 3,875 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
by the Durrani Empire. The Afghan military fought many wars with the Safavid dynasty and Maratha Empire from the 18th to the 19th century. It was re-organized by the British in 1880, when the country was ruled by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan. It was modernized during King Amanullah Khan's rule in the earl... | 3,876 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
and the mujahideen took control over the government. This era was followed by the rise of the Pakistan-backed Taliban regime, who established a military force on the basis of Islamic sharia law.
After the removal of the Taliban and the formation of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan in l... | 3,877 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
non-NATO ally of the United States, Afghanistan continues to receive billions of dollars in military assistance.
# History.
Afghans have served in the militaries of the Ghaznavids (963β1187), Ghurids (1148β1215), Delhi Sultanate (1206β1527), Mughals (1526β1858) and the Persian army. The current Af... | 3,878 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
of Panipat in which the Afghans invaded and decisively defeated the Hindu Maratha Empire. The Afghans then engaged in wars with the Punjabi Sikh Empire of Ranjit Singh, which included the Battle of Jamrud in which Hari Singh Nalwa was killed by Prince Akbar Khan. During the First Anglo-Afghan War, B... | 3,879 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
regular army, tribal levies, and community militias. The regular army was sustained by the state and commanded by government leaders. The tribal or regional levies - irregular forces - had part-time soldiers provided by tribal or regional chieftains. The chiefs received tax breaks, land ownership, c... | 3,880 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
War ended, the reforming King Amanullah did not see the need for a large army, instead deciding to rely on Afghanistan's historical martial qualities. This resulted in neglect, cutbacks, recruitment problems, and finally an army unable to quell the 1929 up-rising that cost him his throne. However, u... | 3,881 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
declined to join the 1955 United States-sponsored Baghdad Pact; this rebuff did not stop the United States from continuing its low-level aid program, but it was reluctant to provide Afghanistan with military assistance, so Daoud turned to the Soviet Union and its allies for military aid, and in 1955... | 3,882 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
by this period.
After the exile of King Zahir Shah in 1973, President Daud Khan forged stronger ties with the Soviets by signing two highly controversial military aid packages for his nation in 1973 and 1975. For three years, the Afghan Armed Forces and police officers received advanced Soviet weap... | 3,883 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
April 1978 there was a coup, known as the Saur Revolution, orchestrated by members of the government loyal to the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). This led to a full-scale Soviet invasion in December 1979, led by the 40th Army and the Airborne Forces. In 1981 the total strength of th... | 3,884 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
Mujahiddin rebel groups who were largely backed by the United States and trained by the Pakistani Armed Forces. The rebel groups were fighting to force the Soviet Union to withdraw from Afghanistan as well as to remove the Soviet-backed government of President Mohammad Najibullah. Due to large numbe... | 3,885 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
Soviet weapons clandestinely, and then funnelled the weapons to the Mujahideen, while Egypt upgraded their own Army's weapons, and sent the older weapons to the militants, Turkey sold their World War II stockpiles to the warlords, and the British and Swiss provided Blowpipe missiles and Oerlikon ant... | 3,886 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
Armed Forces had actually increased their effectiveness past levels ever achieved during the Soviet military presence. But the government was dealt a major blow when Abdul Rashid Dostum, a leading general, switched allegiances to the Mujahideen in 1992 and together they captured the city of Kabul. B... | 3,887 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
warlords, including Ahmad Shah Massoud, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Abdul Ali Mazari, Ismail Khan, and many others. They received logistics support from foreign powers including Russia, Pakistan, India, Iran, China, France, Canada and the United States. When the Taliban took power in 1... | 3,888 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
maintained five supersonic MIG-21MFs and 10 Sukhoi-22 fighter-bombers. In 1995, during the 1995 Airstan incident, a Taliban fighter plane captured a Russian transport. They also held six Mil Mi-8 helicopters, five Mi-35s, five L-39Cs, six An-12s, 25 An-26s, a dozen An-24/32s, an IL-18, and a Yakovle... | 3,889 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
branch, the Afghan Air Force (AAF). Commandos and Special Forces were also trained and formed as a part of the Afghan National Army. Training was managed initially by the U.S. Office of Military Cooperation, followed by other U.S. organisations and then Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanist... | 3,890 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
airbases by American forces it became clear how destitute the Air Force had become since the withdrawal of the Soviet Union. Most aircraft were only remnants rusting away for a decade or more. Many others were relocated to neighboring countries for storage purposes or sold cheaply. The AAF was reduc... | 3,891 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
The ANA and AAF are under the Afghan Ministry of Defense, which forms the basic military force. By 2006, more than 60,000 former militiamen from around the country have been disarmed. Most heavy weapons from Panjshir, Balkh, Nangarhar and other areas were seized by the Afghan government. In 2007, it... | 3,892 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
threat, even in the north of the country.
The ANA Commando Battalion was established in 2007. The Afghan National Development Strategy of 2008 explained that the aim of DIAG (Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups) was to ban all illegal armed groups in all provinces of the country. Approximately 2,00... | 3,893 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
United States Military Academy and United States Air Force Academy. The Afghan Defense University (ADU) is located in Kabul province and consists of a headquarters building, classrooms, dining facility, library, and medical clinic. In addition to this, an $80Β million central command center was built... | 3,894 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
a 4-year degree to army officers, while the National Defence Academy is a tri-service college provides a 3-year degree after which officers undergo a 1-year specialization in their respective service colleges. The Officers Training Academy on the other hand provides a 49-week course to Graduate offi... | 3,895 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
and Pilatus PC-12s military transport aircraft, as well as Mil Mi-17 and Mi-24 helicopters. It also includes trainers such as Aero L-39 Albatros and Cessna 182. The manpower of the Afghan Air Force is around 3600 airmen, including 450 pilots. It also has small number of female pilots.
# Organizatio... | 3,896 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
Sergeant Major of the ANA, Sergeant Major Roshan Safi
- General Staff Chief of Personnel (GSG1), Lieutenant General Murad Ali Murad
- General Staff Chief of Intelligence (GSG2), Major General Abdul Khaliq Faryad
- General Staff Chief of Operations (GSG3), Major General Afzal Aman
- General Staff... | 3,897 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
Jalandar Shah
- Surgeon General, Lieutenant General Dr. Abdul Qayum Tutakhail
- 201st Selab ("Flood") Corps Commander, Major General Mohammad Rahim Wardak
- 203rd Tandar ("Thunder") Corps Commander, Major General Abdul Khaleq
- 205th Atal ("Hero") Corps Commander, Major General Sher Mohammad Zaz... | 3,898 |
20182 | Afghan Armed Forces | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Afghan%20Armed%20Forces | Afghan Armed Forces
and Support Brigade, Brigadier General Sadiq
- Command and General Staff College, Major General Rizak
- National Military Academy of Afghanistan, Major General Mohammad Sharef
- Kabul Military Training Centre, Brigadier General Mohammad Amin Wardak
# Bases and equipment.
Large numbers of milita... | 3,899 |
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