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3807897 | Seaside Rendezvous | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seaside%20Rendezvous | Seaside Rendezvous
Seaside Rendezvous
"Seaside Rendezvous" is a song by British rock group Queen, and is the seventh track on their fourth studio album "A Night at the Opera". The song was written by Freddie Mercury under his vaudevillian/musichall influence.
The song is probably best remembered for its "jazz band" b... | 39,400 |
3807897 | Seaside Rendezvous | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seaside%20Rendezvous | Seaside Rendezvous
as tubas and trumpets, and even a kazoo. The tap dance segment is also "performed" by Mercury and Taylor on the mixing desk with thimbles on their fingers. Mercury plays both grand piano and jangle honky-tonk.
This is one of the few Queen songs without Brian May participating at all.
# Live perform... | 39,401 |
3807894 | Brazilian embroidery | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brazilian%20embroidery | Brazilian embroidery
Brazilian embroidery
Brazilian embroidery is a type of surface embroidery that uses rayon thread instead of cotton or wool. It is called "Brazilian" embroidery because the use of high-sheen rayon thread in embroidery was first popularized in Brazil, where rayon was widely manufactured. Brazilian e... | 39,402 |
3807894 | Brazilian embroidery | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brazilian%20embroidery | Brazilian embroidery
many of these stitches are used in other forms of embroidery, the technique used to create them is slightly different. The difference is caused by the method used to manufacture the rayon thread. For example, cotton thread uses an "S" twist when the fiber plies are combined into a strand. Rayon thr... | 39,403 |
3807894 | Brazilian embroidery | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brazilian%20embroidery | Brazilian embroidery
twist when the fiber plies are combined into a strand. Rayon thread uses a "Z" twist. One type of twist turns the fiber plies clockwise; the other turns them counterclockwise. When forming the knots of Brazilian embroidery, the embroiderer must wrap the thread onto the needle in the opposite direct... | 39,404 |
3807845 | Maciej Silski | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maciej%20Silski | Maciej Silski
Maciej Silski
Maciej Silski (also known as Maciek Silski, born January 10, 1976 in Kwidzyn, Poland) is a Polish singer who rose to fame in his country after winning "Idol Poland 4", the Polish version of "Pop Idol", televised by Polsat. He won with 53.58% of the vote in a three-way final on June 18, 2005... | 39,405 |
3807845 | Maciej Silski | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maciej%20Silski | Maciej Silski
nny Kravitz
Semi Finals: "Hunger Strike" by Temple of the Dog
Top 10: "Purple Rain" by Prince
Top 9: "Sen o Warszawie" by Czesław Niemen
Top 8: "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder
Top 7: "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake
Top 6: "Ta ostatnia niedziela" by Mieczysław Fogg
Top 5: "Corazón Espinado" by... | 39,406 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
Jack Siedle
Ivan Julian "Jack" Siedle (11 January 1903 – 24 August 1982) was a South African cricketer who played in 18 Tests from 1927–28 to 1935–36.
# Family background and personal life.
Born on 11 January 1903 in Berea, Durban, Natal, Siedle was the youngest son of Otto Siedle, who was born in Woolwi... | 39,407 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
singer and a symbol of her country during the Second World War.
Siedle married Lesley Maud McPherson on 14 March 1931, with his cricket colleague Eric Dalton as best man. Their son, John Siedle (1932–2008), played a few first-class cricket matches for Natal and Western Province in the mid-1950s.
# Early c... | 39,408 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
innings there was his highest score to that point, as well as the top score for his side, but he was not picked for the tour. For the next couple of seasons that decision was made to look wise as Siedle struggled for runs in the Natal side, not improving his highest score and averaging little over 20 runs p... | 39,409 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
but Siedle's dismissal for 174 broke the partnership.
Siedle was in less good form the following year, though he managed a second century against Orange Free State. He was then called up for the third Test at Durban against the touring England team, opening the innings and scoring 11 and 10. That was not e... | 39,410 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
did well in the early first-class matches of the tour to England: in the second county match of the tour, he hit an unbeaten 169 against Leicestershire, taking more than five hours to reach 100 but then adding a further 69 in little more than an hour. Three weeks later he almost repeated the feat by making ... | 39,411 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
he was not a success, being dismissed for 0 and 14 as England won the match by five wickets. There was no success for him in the remaining Tests in the series, either: he scored 6 and 1 in the fourth match and another 14 in a single innings in the final game. But away from the Tests, Siedle continued to be ... | 39,412 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
an easy man of whom to dispose. He watched the ball well and had a nice variety of strokes," it wrote.
Back in South Africa in the 1929–30 season, Siedle hit the highest score of his career in making an unbeaten 265 for Natal in the Currie Cup first-class match against Orange Free State. It was at that tim... | 39,413 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
by the narrow margin of 28 runs and Siedle, with 13 and 35, had his best Test so far. The second Test was the sixth of Siedle's career and finally he was able to make runs: opening the batting with Bruce Mitchell, he scored 141 out of a first-wicket partnership of 260 that was the highest at the time for So... | 39,414 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
for 0 in the second innings. The fourth Test was a tight match that ended in a draw and Siedle scored 62 in the first innings and 8 in the second. And he made 57 and 30 in the final game of the series, also a draw, which left South Africa with a 1–0 series victory; in this match, with the game petering out ... | 39,415 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
Siedle was initially selected to be vice-captain to Jock Cameron on the tour. In the end, though, he did not go on the tour, and played very little domestic cricket that season in South Africa. He continued to appear fairly regularly for Natal in Currie Cup and other first-class games over the next seasons,... | 39,416 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
the MCC. In the Surrey game, Siedle was somewhat overshadowed by Dudley Nourse, who hit a century in each innings, but his unbeaten 104 in the second innings and an unbroken partnership of 160 with Nourse set up the declaration from which the South Africans achieved a decisive victory. Nourse was prominent ... | 39,417 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
third days, but on the first day Siedle had carried his bat for 132 in the South Africans' innings of 297. Wisden reported that "chief honours" in the match went to Siedle and that his innings was "a great feat in view of the previous poor scoring at headquarters". It went on: "Siedle, who batted for nearly... | 39,418 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
runs in the season.
In the first Test at Nottingham, he top-scored in South Africa's first innings with 59, though he was quickly out for 2 when South Africa were forced to follow on; the first innings was played on a pitch made awkward by weekend rain and Wisden wrote that he played "with commendable skil... | 39,419 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
There were better scores of 33 and 21 in the third Test, which was drawn, but Siedle strained a knee in the match. The knee injury kept him away from cricket for three weeks and that included missing the fourth Test, but he was recovered in time for the final game of the series where he made innings of 35 a... | 39,420 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
1346 runs at an average of 39.58.
The South African cricket season immediately following the England tour included a series of five Tests against the Australians, and although the series was won rather easily by Australia and there were many changes in the South African team, Siedle maintained his place in... | 39,421 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
scores of 1 and 59, was the top-scorer for this side in the match. The following match was an even heavier defeat and a four-day match was over inside two days: Siedle again top-scored, making 44 in the first innings but 0 in the second. The batting overall was better in the fifth and final match of the ser... | 39,422 |
3807817 | Jack Siedle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Siedle | Jack Siedle
s match; in contrast to his style earlier in the series, and in the second innings of this match, Siedle's first innings took more than two-and-a-half hours and his 36 was scored out of a total of 124. In the series as a whole, Siedle scored 332 runs at an average of 33.20 and was second only to Nourse both... | 39,423 |
3807857 | Mohammad Moin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohammad%20Moin | Mohammad Moin
Mohammad Moin
Mohammad Moin (, also his surname could be transliterated as Mo'in) (July 12, 1914, Rasht, Iran – July 4, 1971, Tehran, Iran) was a prominent Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranian Studies.
Mohamad Moin studied at the Higher Institute of Science in Tehran and obtained his BA in ... | 39,424 |
3807857 | Mohammad Moin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohammad%20Moin | Mohammad Moin
honours in Persian literature and linguistics. He is the first doctoral graduate in Persian literature from the University of Tehran.
He was later appointed full professor at University of Tehran, from which position he was subsequently promoted as Distinguished Professor to the Chair of "Literary Critic... | 39,425 |
3807857 | Mohammad Moin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohammad%20Moin | Mohammad Moin
in collaboration with Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda himself.
Mo'in was President of the literature commission of the "International Congress of Iranian Studies" and Director of the "Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute".
Mohammad Mo'in died in 1971 in Tehran. He is buried in Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, Gilan, Iran. His burial ch... | 39,426 |
3807824 | Tuppy Owen-Smith | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tuppy%20Owen-Smith | Tuppy Owen-Smith
Tuppy Owen-Smith
Harold Geoffrey Owen "Tuppy" Owen-Smith (18 February 1909 – 28 February 1990) was a South African cricketer who played Test cricket for South Africa and a rugby player who played for and captained the England rugby union team. He was born in Rondebosch, Cape Town, and died at Rosebank... | 39,427 |
3807824 | Tuppy Owen-Smith | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tuppy%20Owen-Smith | Tuppy Owen-Smith
was capped 10 times in rugby union by England from 1934 to 1937. He was captain throughout the 1937 Home Nations Championship, so he captained England three times. He is regarded as having been a fine attacking full-back and a great of the game. He also gained awards in boxing and athletics whilst at u... | 39,428 |
3807824 | Tuppy Owen-Smith | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tuppy%20Owen-Smith | Tuppy Owen-Smith
a great of the game. He also gained awards in boxing and athletics whilst at university in England.
# Medical career.
Owen-Smith studied medicine at Magdalen College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship and qualified as a physician at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. While at Oxford, he continued playi... | 39,429 |
3807903 | Red Storey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Storey | Red Storey
Red Storey
Roy Alvin "Red" Storey, (March 5, 1918 – March 15, 2006) was a Canadian athlete, referee and broadcaster. He played football, lacrosse and ice hockey. While active as an athlete, he turned to officiating in all three sports and continued as an official after the end of his playing career. He is b... | 39,430 |
3807903 | Red Storey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Storey | Red Storey
football with the Toronto Argonauts. He was on the team for six seasons from 1936 to 1941, winning the Grey Cup in 1937 and 1938. During the 1938 Grey Cup game, Storey scored three touchdowns in twelve minutes versus Winnipeg, all in the fourth quarter, to give the Argos the victory. After his performance, h... | 39,431 |
3807903 | Red Storey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Storey | Red Storey
was also a prominent senior men's baseball player and received an offer from the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League.
As a defenceman, he played hockey in New Jersey for the Rivervale Skeeters in 1941. Storey then moved to Montreal and joined the Montreal Royals late in the 1941–42 season.
He pla... | 39,432 |
3807903 | Red Storey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Storey | Red Storey
in the league until 1959. On April 4, 1959, he was officiating a playoff game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks, which Montreal won, along with the series, scoring the winning goal with 88 seconds left in the sixth game. Chicago fans nearly rioted, and Black Hawks coach Rudy Pilous a... | 39,433 |
3807903 | Red Storey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Storey | Red Storey
resigned. He never returned to the NHL. His career included 480 regular season games and seven consecutive Stanley Cup finals from 1952 through 1958.
He was popular with NHL players because he talked with them. Gump Worsley said of Storey in his autobiography "They Call Me Gump": "When Red Storey was refere... | 39,434 |
3807903 | Red Storey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red%20Storey | Red Storey
he Hockey Hall of Fame (1967) and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1986) and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1991. He was also inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. He was 88 when he died in Montreal after a lengthy illness.
His son, Bob Storey, was also a two-time Grey Cup winner ... | 39,435 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
Australind, Western Australia
Australind is a town in the Shire of Harvey, Western Australia, and can be found 12 km north-east of Bunbury's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Harvey. At the 2016 census, Australind had a population of 14,539.
# History.
... | 39,436 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
Draeck", but did not land. A few months later, the "Elburg", under Capt. J. P. Peereboom, anchored off what is now Bunbury. Peerboom met three Aborigines, and returned to Batavia on 16 July 1658. In 1802–03, Nicolas Baudin visited the coast and explored the estuary and nearby rivers. He na... | 39,437 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
Land Company purchased of land with a plan to create an English-style village populated by settlers. The area had been mapped in 1831 by John Septimus Roe and explored by land by Lieutenant Henry Bunbury in 1836. A detailed plan of the town included a town square, church, a school, stores,... | 39,438 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
puffs that there has been for some time. I should be sorry if any of our Methodist friends or others should be so deluded as to embark for such a place.
Before long, the settlement began to fail owing to poor soils and climate — no water in summer and too much of it in winter — and the se... | 39,439 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
and, in the 1890s, construction of the Perth to Bunbury railway via Pinjarra shifted the focus of development to agricultural and timber towns further inland. The population of Australind fell to 33 (15 males and 18 females) in 1898. In the 1971 census, just 418 people lived in the Austral... | 39,440 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
and 8.2 metres in length, and is believed to be the smallest church in Australia, while Henton Cottage was the town's first hotel.
In the 20th century, the district's residential and recreational appeal gradually attracted more development as Bunbury expanded to become a city. The Bunbury... | 39,441 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
and in the mid-1980s the State Government and the Shire of Harvey made plans to relocate most of the industries to a new industrial park at nearby Kemerton. By 2001, Australind was predominantly residential, the census reporting over 10,000 residents, more than half of whom were first- or ... | 39,442 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
is beautifully situated on the eastern side of Leschenault Inlet, at a distance of about six miles (10 km) from Koombanah Bay, or, as it has been generally called, Port Leschenault, a good roadstead, within Point Casuarina, at the eastern extremity of Geographe Bay. The bay is open only fr... | 39,443 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
Centre, including a Woolworths supermarket which opened in February 2012. There is a 24/7 Spud Shed Store off Paris Road. The 18-hole Bunbury Golf Club, which hosts the annual South West Open each June, is located within the Clifton Park estate in Australind.
## Education.
Australind has... | 39,444 |
3807875 | Australind, Western Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Australind,%20Western%20Australia | Australind, Western Australia
ry Catholic College, as well as six primary schools: Australind (1980), Treendale (2014), Clifton Park (1988), Parkfield (1993), Kingston (2009), and Leschenault Catholic Primary School.
# Transport.
Australind is served by the 841 (Australind) route from Bunbury's central bus station, w... | 39,445 |
3807844 | Kevin Connolly (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20Connolly%20(actor) | Kevin Connolly (actor)
Kevin Connolly (actor)
Kevin Connolly (born March 5, 1974) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Eric Murphy in the HBO series "Entourage", and his role as the eldest son Ryan Malloy in the 1990s television sitcom "Unhappily Ever After". Connolly is also a director,... | 39,446 |
3807844 | Kevin Connolly (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20Connolly%20(actor) | Kevin Connolly (actor)
for Chips Ahoy!. In 1990, he landed his first film role, as Chickie in "Rocky V". Two years later, Connolly was cast as Shaun Kelly in the film adaptation of Myron Levoy's novel "Alan & Naomi", and co-starred with Tobey Maguire in the short-lived Fox sitcom "Great Scott!". His appearance in the s... | 39,447 |
3807844 | Kevin Connolly (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20Connolly%20(actor) | Kevin Connolly (actor)
Leonardo DiCaprio. Later that year, he landed the role of Ryan Malloy on the situation comedy "Unhappily Ever After". The series also marked Connolly's directorial debut when he directed six episodes in its fourth season. In 2007, Connolly made his full-length movie directorial debut with the fil... | 39,448 |
3807844 | Kevin Connolly (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20Connolly%20(actor) | Kevin Connolly (actor)
Comedy, and in September 2011 the show ended with its eighth season. In 2015, Connolly reprised his role as Eric in the "Entourage" film adaptation.
In addition to television work, Connolly has appeared in several major motion pictures including "Antwone Fisher", "Secretariat", "John Q" and "The... | 39,449 |
3807844 | Kevin Connolly (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20Connolly%20(actor) | Kevin Connolly (actor)
final pick of the first round for the New York Islanders. He also directed the documentary film "Big Shot", which screened at the 2013 TriBeCa Film Festival and the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival The film revisits the fraud perpetrated by would-be Islanders owner John Spano in 1996.
I... | 39,450 |
3807844 | Kevin Connolly (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin%20Connolly%20(actor) | Kevin Connolly (actor)
film "Big Shot", which screened at the 2013 TriBeCa Film Festival and the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival The film revisits the fraud perpetrated by would-be Islanders owner John Spano in 1996.
In September 2015, it was announced that Connolly would direct "The Life and Death of John G... | 39,451 |
3807846 | Rubén Baraja | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubén%20Baraja | Rubén Baraja
Rubén Baraja
Rubén Baraja Vegas (; born 11 July 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer, and is a manager.
A complete central midfielder with good tackling, technique, and offensive qualities, together with accurate passing and goalscoring ability, he played mostly for Valencia during a 17-year professiona... | 39,452 |
3807846 | Rubén Baraja | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubén%20Baraja | Rubén Baraja
moving to Atlético Madrid, where he would spend two and a half seasons with the reserves, first appearing with the first team on 7 February 1999 by playing the second half of a 1–2 defeat at UD Salamanca. In 1998–99, with the B's in the second division, he scored a career-best 11 goals.
When Atlético was ... | 39,453 |
3807846 | Rubén Baraja | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubén%20Baraja | Rubén Baraja
second year running, this time losing in a penalty shootout to FC Bayern Munich, with the player scoring on his attempt.
2001–02 would see Baraja's first trophy win, where his goals late in the campaign helped Valencia to their first La Liga title in 31 years – he finished as team top scorer in the league... | 39,454 |
3807846 | Rubén Baraja | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubén%20Baraja | Rubén Baraja
in the following years. After two respectable seasons, often partnering longtime central midfield partner David Albelda, he was again greatly troubled by injuries in the 2009–10 campaign, featuring in only 18 matches (two complete); on 16 May 2010 he closed his chapter at the Mestalla Stadium after one ful... | 39,455 |
3807846 | Rubén Baraja | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubén%20Baraja | Rubén Baraja
win over Israel. Consequently, he was picked for the final stages, where the team reached the quarter-finals before being sent out by co-hosts South Korea on penalties, though the player, as the year before with Valencia, once again scored on his attempt; he scored from a header during regulation time, but... | 39,456 |
3807846 | Rubén Baraja | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubén%20Baraja | Rubén Baraja
2011, Baraja returned to former team Atlético Madrid as part of newly appointed manager Gregorio Manzano's coaching staff. In the summer of 2013 he returned to main club Valencia, first coaching the youths then the reserves.
On 12 July 2015, Baraja was appointed manager of Elche CF, newly relegated to the... | 39,457 |
3807846 | Rubén Baraja | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubén%20Baraja | Rubén Baraja
received a four-match ban and a €3,005 fine for preventing FC Barcelona B's Sergi Palencia from taking a throw-in; this included the first game of the play-offs, in which eventual champions Valladolid eliminated the Asturians 5–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals.
On 18 November 2018, Baraja was dismissed a... | 39,458 |
3807846 | Rubén Baraja | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubén%20Baraja | Rubén Baraja
id eliminated the Asturians 5–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals.
On 18 November 2018, Baraja was dismissed after losing the Asturian derby against Real Oviedo, leaving the team in 14th position with a streak of only one win from 11 matches.
# Personal life.
Baraja's younger brother, Javier, was also a p... | 39,459 |
3807920 | Duns Castle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duns%20Castle | Duns Castle
Duns Castle
Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, dates from 1320.
# History.
The earlier house was transformed into a Gothic castle, 1818–22, by architect James Gillespie Graham. It is owned by the Laird, Alexand... | 39,460 |
3807920 | Duns Castle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duns%20Castle | Duns Castle
Keep or Pele Tower, dates from 1320.
# History.
The earlier house was transformed into a Gothic castle, 1818–22, by architect James Gillespie Graham. It is owned by the Laird, Alexander Hay of Duns and Drumelzier, a retired accountant. He and his wife, Aline, live at the castle.
There is a publicly acces... | 39,461 |
3807915 | Carlton Town F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlton%20Town%20F.C. | Carlton Town F.C.
Carlton Town F.C.
Carlton Town Football Club is a football club based in Carlton near Nottingham, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Bill Stokeld Stadium.
# History.
The club was established as Sneinton Football Club in 1904, and soon joined the Notts Alliance, winning the l... | 39,462 |
3807915 | Carlton Town F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlton%20Town%20F.C. | Carlton Town F.C.
to the Supreme Division.
In 2002 the club was renamed Carlton Town. They won the Supreme Division in the first season under the new name, and were promoted to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. After winning Division One in 2005–06, Carlton were promoted to the Premier Division. The f... | 39,463 |
3807915 | Carlton Town F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlton%20Town%20F.C. | Carlton Town F.C.
to Leek Town in the semi-finals, following a 2–2 draw. The following season saw the club win the Nottinghamshire Senior Cup, a feat they repeated in 2013–14 and 2016–17.
# Ground.
The club played at several different grounds until moving to Stoke Lane in the 1990s. The ground was renamed the Stokeld... | 39,464 |
3807915 | Carlton Town F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlton%20Town%20F.C. | Carlton Town F.C.
s East League
- Division One champions 2005–06
- Central Midlands League
- Supreme Division champions 2002–03
- Notts Alliance
- Champions 1905–06, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1909–10
- Division One champions 1992–93
- Division Two champions 1984–85
- Nottinghamshire Senior Cup
- Winners 2012–13, 2013–... | 39,465 |
3807935 | Gedling Town F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gedling%20Town%20F.C. | Gedling Town F.C.
Gedling Town F.C.
Gedling Town F.C. was a football club based in Gedling, near Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England. The club played in the East Midlands Counties Football League until 2011 when the club folded.
# History.
Gedling Town was formed 1989 and joined the Central Midlands League Division One... | 39,466 |
3807935 | Gedling Town F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gedling%20Town%20F.C. | Gedling Town F.C.
ning that league at their first attempt. They remained in the top division of the CML until joining the Northern Counties East League in 2000. The mid 2000s saw the club get to the fourth round of the FA Vase three times in a row. In 2008 the club became a founder member of the new East Midlands Count... | 39,467 |
3807939 | Shipka Memorial Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shipka%20Memorial%20Church | Shipka Memorial Church
Shipka Memorial Church
The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ (, "Hram-pametnik „Rozhdestvo Hristovo“"), better known as the Shipka Memorial Church or Shipka Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox church built near the town of Shipka in Stara Planina between 1885 and 1902 to Antoniy Tomishko's de... | 39,468 |
3807939 | Shipka Memorial Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shipka%20Memorial%20Church | Shipka Memorial Church
1877-78.
The temple was officially opened on September 28/1902 in the presence of Russian Army generals and many honourable guests. The opening and consecration of the Shipka Memorial Church coincided with the 25-year anniversary of the Battles of Shipka Pass. In 1970, the temple was proclaimed ... | 39,469 |
3807957 | Gary Le Strange | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary%20Le%20Strange | Gary Le Strange
Gary Le Strange
Gary Le Strange is a character created by comedian Waen Shepherd. Le Strange is played as an eccentric English cult-rock composer, songwriter and performer, who believes his surreal and abstract performances to be groundbreaking.
Le Strange's eclectic style of songs are bombastic, upbe... | 39,470 |
3807957 | Gary Le Strange | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary%20Le%20Strange | Gary Le Strange
s surreal and abstract performances to be groundbreaking.
Le Strange's eclectic style of songs are bombastic, upbeat and quirky, in the new romantic style, and on stage he uses avant-garde performance art between songs.
Le Strange appeared at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his debut show Pola... | 39,471 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
FSO Syrena Sport
The FSO Syrena Sport was a Polish Concept cars sports car designed and built in the late 1950s by a group of engineers at the Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych FSO, which due to general economic and political reasons never went into mass production.
# Construction.
FSO Syrena Sport was 2... | 39,472 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
Z. It had a displacement of 700 cc and developed around 35 bhp (26 kW) at 6000 rpm, which provided adequate performance for this light car (710 kg). The engine was placed in front of the front axle and powered front wheels through a 4-gear manual gearbox, identical with that of Syrena 100. The front su... | 39,473 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
a floor gear-shift mechanism and hydraulic-operated clutch.
# History.
FSO Syrena Sport was built at FSO in Warsaw between 1957 and 1960, designed by Cezary Nawrot.
Originally, the car was not intended for production – it was a test platform for a number of solutions and production technologies inte... | 39,474 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
to a widespread opinion, the engine did not share internal components with Panhard Dyna - only Panhard's engine accessories, such as the carburettor and ignition were used to simplify testing of the prototype. The intended rated power was around 50 bhp, but the first prototype developed around 35 bhp -... | 39,475 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
new independent rear suspension with trailing arms and torsion bars designed by Antoni Drozdek. Some other systems were built and tested, such as FSO’s first floor shifting mechanism and hydraulic-controlled clutch. Naturally, many mechanical and electrical parts were taken directly from other versions... | 39,476 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
and was widely described in the automobile press of the day – especially the "Motor" weekly. At least once the car featured in the daily TV news programme "Dziennik Telewizyjny" (TV Journal). A short mention and a photo of Syrena Sport appeared in the prestigious Swiss yearly Automobile Year 1960-1961,... | 39,477 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
for the management of the FSO and the government, which never intended to mass-produce the Sport. A frequently quoted (although not fully substantiated) story says that either the Prime Minister Józef Cyrankiewicz or the First Secretary of the Communist Party Władysław Gomułka personally called the fac... | 39,478 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
in the late 1970s together with a number of other FSO prototypes, in order to free up garage space.
The surviving historical material are a few dozens black and white and hand-coloured photographs, press articles and plans drawn by Zbigniew Grochowski, which were published in "Mały Modelarz" model-mak... | 39,479 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
of the S-17 engine has been preserved until our times at the Oldtimer Museum in Otrębusy near Warsaw.
A prototype of the modified Syrena sedan designated "104" was presented in 1961. Among a number of modifications was the independent rear suspension, identical with that from Syrena Sport. This modifi... | 39,480 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
Czas na rekonstrukcję!, Classicauto, 2011, no. 56, p. 24-33
- Artur Markowski, Marcin Możejko: Syrena Sport – Silnik z komputera, Classicauto, 2011, no. 61, p. 40-43
- Andrzej Glajzer: Prawdy i legendy - Syrena Sport, Automobilista, 2010, no. 1, p. 14-23
- Katarzyna Kociuba: Czysta radość tworzenia ... | 39,481 |
3807927 | FSO Syrena Sport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSO%20Syrena%20Sport | FSO Syrena Sport
: "Punkty na zachętę" Motor, 2005, no. 2 (2691)
- Karol Jerzy Mórawski: "Syrena. Samochód PRL", Wydawnictwo TRIO, Warszawa 2005
- Zdzisław D. Skoczek: "Kulisy Polskiej Motoryzacji: Syrena zdaje egzamin", Motor, 2006 no. 28
- Bernard Vermaylen: "Voitures des Pays de l'Est", ETAI 2008, p. 64-65
- And... | 39,482 |
3807956 | Hall Road Rangers F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hall%20Road%20Rangers%20F.C. | Hall Road Rangers F.C.
Hall Road Rangers F.C.
Hall Road Rangers Football Club is a football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Haworth Park.
# History.
The club was formed in 1959 as a Sunday league team by Ted Richardson. They later swi... | 39,483 |
3807956 | Hall Road Rangers F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hall%20Road%20Rangers%20F.C. | Hall Road Rangers F.C.
the end of the 1975–76 season, but won the division again in 1979–80 and were promoted back to Division Two.
In 1982 the Yorkshire League merged with the Midland League to form the Northern Counties East League. Hall Road Rangers were placed in Division One North, but finished bottom of the divi... | 39,484 |
3807956 | Hall Road Rangers F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hall%20Road%20Rangers%20F.C. | Hall Road Rangers F.C.
One. The 1993–94 season saw the club win the East Riding Senior Cup for the second time.
In 2003–04 Hall Road Rangers won the league's Wilkinson Sword Trophy, beating Garforth Town 5–4 on aggregate in the final. In 2007–08 they were Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Divis... | 39,485 |
3807956 | Hall Road Rangers F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hall%20Road%20Rangers%20F.C. | Hall Road Rangers F.C.
until 2015 when they moved to Haworth Park in the Bransholme area of Hull. The ground has a capacity of 1,200, of which 250 is seated and 750 covered.
# Honours.
- Northern Counties East League
- Division One champions 1990–91, 2016–17
- League Trophy winners 2003–04, 2007–08
- Yorkshire Lea... | 39,486 |
3807959 | Vioolsdrif | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vioolsdrif | Vioolsdrif
Vioolsdrif
Vioolsdrif is a village on the Orange River in the north-western part of South Africa, known as Namaqualand.
# Origin of name.
The name in Afrikaans means 'the ford (shallow river crossing) of the violin'. It is reportedly named after Jan Viool ("John Violin"), who is said to have played the fi... | 39,487 |
3807959 | Vioolsdrif | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vioolsdrif | Vioolsdrif
At the other end of the bridge is the small Namibian village of Noordoewer (meaning "north bank" in Afrikaans). The area is profoundly arid and the crossing is overlooked by steep and spectacular sandstone cliffs hundreds of metres in height.
In general, the surrounding region is almost unpopulated. There a... | 39,488 |
3807959 | Vioolsdrif | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vioolsdrif | Vioolsdrif
and motels for motorists passing through the border. Many tour operators have set up their base camps for rafting tours on the Orange River.
# Climate.
There are two seasons. The short winter season lasts from about May to July. Almost no rain falls and the weather is hot. The summer season lasts from Augu... | 39,489 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is a fast and mobilized armored terrestrial reconnaissance battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Their primary weapon system is the 8-wheeled LAV-25 and they fall under the command of... | 39,490 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
within its capabilities, limited offensive or defensive operations that exploit the unit's mobility and firepower.
The LAR battalion may function as an independent maneuver element or as an element of a larger unit such as a regimental combat team, or its subordinate companie... | 39,491 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
The LAR battalion and each of its companies have an organic maintenance and recovery capability as well as sufficient communications equipment for sustained independent battlefield operations.
The 2d, LAR Battalion is assigned to the 2nd Marine Division and possess 3 line com... | 39,492 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
vehicle-recovery).
- Light Armored Reconnaissance Scouts:
## Light Armored Reconnaissance Scouts.
Marines who have the military occupational specialty (MOS) 0311, rifleman are assigned to the LAR battalion as scouts. The scouts receive their scout training from the LAR batt... | 39,493 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
firepower.
## Troop Density.
The LAV-25 carries three LAV crewmen and four personnel (typically three scouts and either a corpsman, engineer, or mechanic) per vehicle. The LAR battalion table of organization (T/O)provides for 216 scouts. Operations requiring large numbers of... | 39,494 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
normally assigned to a mechanized infantry unit.
# History.
## Activation.
The first Light Armored Vehicle unit to be activated was Second LAV Battalion at Camp Lejuene, NC, during May 1985 and it began receiving its first LAVs in June 1984.
The battalion underwent several... | 39,495 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
“Dragoon” but was reverted to "Wolfpack" before deploying in support of Operation Desert Shield. When the battalion deployed in 2002, the call sign was changed to "Barbarians" because 3rd LAR BN was also known by the call sign "Wolfpack". During combat operations in March 2003... | 39,496 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
was known as "Mountaineer". The name was chosen because the battalion commander at the time, LtCol Renforth, was a fan of the West Virginia Mountaineers.
## Operation Just Cause.
Operation Just Cause in Panama during 1989 was the first time LAVs were involved in combat opera... | 39,497 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Forces, blocking major highways, and securing important objectives. The first casualty for the battalion also occurred 20 December 1989 when Cpl Garreth Isaak was killed in action. He was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously).
## Gulf War.
The attack order assigned the 2d L... | 39,498 |
3807951 | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2nd%20Light%20Armored%20Reconnaissance%20Battalion | 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Tiger Brigade to move its heavy armored power around the division's flank and help to pull the remainder of the division through. Although this was not needed in the end, it was an important contingency to anticipate.
The 2d LAR Battalion sought contact and reported informati... | 39,499 |
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