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3808054 | Welcome to the Next Level | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Welcome%20to%20the%20Next%20Level | Welcome to the Next Level
Welcome to the Next Level
Welcome To The Next Level is the final EP from Dirty District. "No Head" has a vocal contribution from Miguel, who later performed vocals in Ethnician. "Payback" was a return to the early reggae and punk roots, "Speech Over" is also very Ethnician-esque, complete wit... | 39,600 |
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Welcome To The Next Level is the final EP from Dirty District. "No Head" has a vocal contribution from Miguel, who later performed vocals in Ethnician. "Payback" was a return to the early reggae and punk roots, "Speech Over" is also very Ethnician-esque, complete with a sample from a Stev... | 39,601 |
3808013 | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poule%20d'Essai%20des%20Pouliches | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
The Poule d'Essai des Pouliches is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Longchamp in May.
It is France's equivalent of the 1,000 Guineas, a famous race in Eng... | 39,602 |
3808013 | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poule%20d'Essai%20des%20Pouliches | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
lap (1,500 metres) in 1841. It was cancelled due to insufficient entries in 1843 and 1844.
The Poule d'Essai was transferred to Longchamp in 1857. It was extended to 1,600 metres in 1867. It was abandoned because of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. It continued to be run until 1882.
## Mod... | 39,603 |
3808013 | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poule%20d'Essai%20des%20Pouliches | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
called the Critérium d'Essai des Pouliches.
The "Pouliches" and "Poulains" were not run in the spring of 1940, but a substitute combining both races took place at Auteuil in October. Titled the Prix d'Essai, it was won by the colt Djebel.
The Poule d'Essai des Pouliches was held at Le Trem... | 39,604 |
3808013 | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poule%20d'Essai%20des%20Pouliches | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
recent was Avenir Certain in 2014.
# Records.
Leading jockey (8 wins):
- Freddy Head – "Ivanjica (1975), Riverqueen (1976), Dancing Maid (1978), Three Troikas (1979), Silvermine (1985), Miesque (1987), Matiara (1995), Always Loyal (1997)"
Leading trainer (7 wins):
- Charles Semblat – "E... | 39,605 |
3808013 | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poule%20d'Essai%20des%20Pouliches | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
Coronation / Galgala (1949), Corejada (1950), Djelfa (1951), Apollonia (1956)"
# Winners since 1970.
Price Tag finished first in 2006, but she was relegated to third place following a stewards' inquiry.
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# Earlier winners.
- 1883: Stockholm
- 1884: Yvrande
- 1885: Barberine
- 1... | 39,606 |
3808013 | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poule%20d'Essai%20des%20Pouliches | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
Sauge Pourpree
- 1909: Ronde de Nuit
- 1910: Vellica
- 1911: Bolide
- 1912: Porte Maillot
- 1913: Banshee
- 1914: Diavolezza
- 1915–18: "no race"
- 1919: Galejade
- 1920: Flowershop
- 1921: Nephthys
- 1922: Frisky
- 1923: Anna Bolena
- 1924: Rebia
- 1925: La Dame de Trefle
- 1... | 39,607 |
3808013 | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poule%20d'Essai%20des%20Pouliches | Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
1948: Corteira
- 1949: Coronation / Galgala *
- 1950: Corejada
- 1951: Djelfa
- 1952: Pomare
- 1953: Hurnli
- 1954: Virgule
- 1955: Dictaway
- 1956: Apollonia
- 1957: Toro
- 1958: Yla
- 1959: Ginetta
- 1960: Timandra
- 1961: Solitude
- 1962: La Sega
- 1963: Altissima
- 1964: ... | 39,608 |
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ght Away
- 1967: Gazala
- 1968: Pola Bella
- 1969: Koblenza
- The 1949 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
# See also.
- List of French flat horse races
# References.
- France Galop / Racing Post:
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- galop.courses-france.com:
- 1883–18... | 39,609 |
3808041 | Rossington Main F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rossington%20Main%20F.C. | Rossington Main F.C.
Rossington Main F.C.
Rossington Main Football Club is an English football club based in Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. They play in the Northern Counties East League Division One, at level 10 of the English football league system.
# History.
The club came into existence in 1919 as Rossi... | 39,610 |
3808041 | Rossington Main F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rossington%20Main%20F.C. | Rossington Main F.C.
League in 1975. Their stay in this league lasted just five seasons, finishing in the lower echelons of Division Three on each occasion.
The club entered the Central Midlands League (CMFL) in 1983 after renaming themselves Rossington Main. They won the Premier Division title in 1985 and were promot... | 39,611 |
3808041 | Rossington Main F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rossington%20Main%20F.C. | Rossington Main F.C.
since joining the league, only finishing as high as 7th, in 2012.
## Notable former players.
Players that have played in the Football League either before or after playing for Rossington Main –
- Jamie Green
- Ken Hardwick
- Gary Jones
- Joe Lievesley
- Leslie Lievesley
- Brian Makepeace
-... | 39,612 |
3808041 | Rossington Main F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rossington%20Main%20F.C. | Rossington Main F.C.
Honours.
## League.
- Central Midlands League Premier Division
- Champions: 1984–85
- Promoted: 1985–86
- Doncaster & District Senior League
- Champions: 1944–45
## Cup.
- Central Midlands Football League Cup
- Winners 1983–84
- Doncaster & District Senior League Cup
- Winners: 1944–45
... | 39,613 |
3808022 | Egg War | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egg%20War | Egg War
Egg War
The Egg War is the name given to an 1863 conflict between rival egging companies on the Farallon Islands, 25 miles off San Francisco. It was the culmination of several years of tension between the Pacific Egg Company (also known as the Farallon Egg Company), which claimed the right to collect the eggs ... | 39,614 |
3808022 | Egg War | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egg%20War | Egg War
seabird colony in the United States outside of Alaska and Hawaii, as well as an important sea lion rookery. This abundance of fresh meat and eggs attracted ships to replenish supplies and Russian sealers, who were the first to collect the abundant common murre eggs. When control of California switched from Mexi... | 39,615 |
3808022 | Egg War | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egg%20War | Egg War
to as the Egg Company). The Egg Company strove to assert its claim to South East Farallon (SEFI) and the adjoining West End (or Maintop Island). It surveyed the islands, obtained a school warrant, and constructed buildings, paths, and landing facilities.
Egg collection was a seasonal occupation, from mid-May u... | 39,616 |
3808022 | Egg War | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egg%20War | Egg War
certain areas. Prior to collecting the workers would progress through a colony destroying every egg they could find, thus, returning to the site on subsequent days, they could be certain the eggs they collected were fresh. Eggers had to work quickly as the murres would flush and immediately the gulls would move... | 39,617 |
3808022 | Egg War | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egg%20War | Egg War
blow by an executive order issued by President James Buchanan in 1859 which claimed the islands for the federal government in order to build a lighthouse (which had already been built in 1853). The then lighthouse superintendent of the area, Ira Rankin, did not attempt to push the Egg Company off the island and... | 39,618 |
3808022 | Egg War | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egg%20War | Egg War
from the island.
Batchelder returned once more to the Farallones, on June 2, 1863. Rankin's forces again encountered them moored off North Landing, but Batchelder convinced them that he was intending to egg the North Farallones, not SEFI. Rankin's men left for San Francisco. With the government cutter gone, th... | 39,619 |
3808022 | Egg War | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egg%20War | Egg War
ee rowboats with twenty-seven armed men attempted a landing on the morning of June 4. As Batchelder's men landed, they were fired upon by men from the Egg Company. Batchelder's men returned fire. The defenders had the advantage, having been able to pick their positions ahead of time, and after twenty minutes Ba... | 39,620 |
3808052 | Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Denmark%20in%20the%20Junior%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest | Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Denmark had competed in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times. The Danish broadcaster DR hosted the first Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003, having developed the contest's predecessor MGP Nordic.
Having come in t... | 39,621 |
3808052 | Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Denmark%20in%20the%20Junior%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest | Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
at Junior Eurovision. TV 2 has said however that they had no plans to return Denmark to Junior Eurovision.
On 17 February 2018, it was reported that the EBU is calling on Danish broadcaster Denmarks Radio (DR) to return to Junior Eurovision after a 13-year break.
# Partic... | 39,622 |
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their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Danish language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Denmark. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesper... | 39,623 |
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r and spokesperson since 2003.
## Voting history.
The tables below shows Denmark's top-five voting history rankings up until their most recent participation in :
# See also.
- Denmark in the Eurovision Dance Contest – Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
- Den... | 39,624 |
3808037 | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pictorial%20Guide%20to%20the%20Lakeland%20Fells | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells is a series of seven books by A. Wainwright, detailing the fells (the local word for hills and mountains) of the Lake District in northwest England. Written over a period of 13 years from 1952, they cons... | 39,625 |
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the LDWA register of those who have climbed all the fells listed 674 names. The Wainwright Society maintains a "register of current Society members who have climbed all 214 fells"
# First editions.
The first five books were originally published by Wainwright's friend, Henry Marsh... | 39,626 |
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appears as such on the first impressions of Books Six and Seven. The books, together with details of the first impressions, are:
- Book One — "The Eastern Fells", published by Henry Marshall in 1955 (no dustwrapper, dark green cloth boards with gold lettering)
- Book Two — "The F... | 39,627 |
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Book Five — "The Northern Fells", published by Henry Marshall in 1962 (dustwrapper priced 12/6, reddish brown cloth boards with silver lettering)
- Book Six — "The North Western Fells", published by Westmorland Gazette in 1964 (dustwrapper priced 12/6, yellow cloth boards with dar... | 39,628 |
3808037 | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pictorial%20Guide%20to%20the%20Lakeland%20Fells | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
usually have a dustwrapper priced at 12/6.
In 1992, a year after Wainwright's death, Michael Joseph took control of all of Wainwright's books, including the Pictorial Guides, a change of which Wainwright himself was in favour. When they ceased publication in 2003, the rights were ... | 39,629 |
3808037 | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pictorial%20Guide%20to%20the%20Lakeland%20Fells | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
ascents and views accompany the details of each fell. Each book starts with a description of the geography of the area and ends with "Some personal notes in conclusion".
Unlike many authors who dedicate books to particular people known to them, Wainwright commences each book with ... | 39,630 |
3808037 | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pictorial%20Guide%20to%20the%20Lakeland%20Fells | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
of him admiring a particular view. These are:
- Book 1: View of Blencathra from Clough Head
- Book 2: View of Haweswater from Harter Fell
- Book 3: View of Thirlmere from Raven Crag
- Book 4: View of the Pinnacle, Scafell
- Book 5: Binsey summit with "ancient Briton" (i.e. the... | 39,631 |
3808037 | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pictorial%20Guide%20to%20the%20Lakeland%20Fells | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
Leather bound versions can be found secondhand.
# Second editions.
Between 2005 and 2009, the series was factually revised by the publishers Frances Lincoln, to adjust the content to the present-day Lake District. Chris Jesty undertook the revisions, using an imitation of Wainwri... | 39,632 |
3808037 | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pictorial%20Guide%20to%20the%20Lakeland%20Fells | Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells
Far Eastern Fells" (2005)
- Book 3 — "The Central Fells" (2006)
- Book 4 — "The Southern Fells" (2007)
- Book 5 — "The Northern Fells" (2008)
- Book 6 — "The Northwestern Fells" (2008)
- Book 7 — "The Western Fells" (2009)
Revised editions of Wainwright's other Pictorial Guid... | 39,633 |
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The Eastern Fells was published in March 2015; Book Two: The Far Eastern Fells was published in October 2015. Book Three: The Central Fells, was published in March 2016. Books Four, Five, Six and Seven will follow in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2019 respectively.
# Wainwright bagging.
T... | 39,634 |
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e: The Central Fells, was published in March 2016. Books Four, Five, Six and Seven will follow in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2019 respectively.
# Wainwright bagging.
The 214 fells included in the series are now generally known as 'the Wainwrights'. These range in height from 985 feet (... | 39,635 |
3808007 | Josefina Pla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josefina%20Pla | Josefina Pla
Josefina Pla
Josefina Pla (9 November 1903 in Isla de Lobos, Canary Islands, Spain – 11 January 1999 in Asunción, Paraguay) was a Spanish poet, playwright, art critic, painter and journalist.
She received numerous awards and distinctions for her literary work, for defending human rights and the equality ... | 39,636 |
3808007 | Josefina Pla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josefina%20Pla | Josefina Pla
went to Paraguay and first established herself in Villa Aurelia and Asunción. In that same year, she presented her writings in the youth magazine, "Speaker of the Writers' Generation of Paraguayan Postmodernism". From there until 1938, she traveled twice to Spain with her husband.
Her husband died in 1937... | 39,637 |
3808007 | Josefina Pla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josefina%20Pla | Josefina Pla
to the theatre investigation of Venezuela (1984); the "woman of the year" in (1977); the Bicentenary Medal of the United States of America (1976); the condition of Counsel of the Vice Minister of the Paraguayan Culture; the National Order of Merit in the commendatory grade of the Paraguayan Government in (... | 39,638 |
3808007 | Josefina Pla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josefina%20Pla | Josefina Pla
the Hispanic letters in the years 1989 and 1994; and the "Ciudadanía Honoraria" given by the Paraguayan Parliament in 1998.
In the 1950s, she was a co-founder of the New Art Group along with fellow artists Olga Blinder, Lilí De Mónico and José Laterza Parodi.
Pla died on 11 January 1999 in Asuncion.
# W... | 39,639 |
3808007 | Josefina Pla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josefina%20Pla | Josefina Pla
her plays, particularly from 1942.
Her dramatic production includes, since 1927 until 1974, "Víctima propiciatoria", "Episodios chaqueños" (with Roque Centurión Miranda), "Porasy" (opera script with music of Otakar Platal), "Desheredado", "La hora de Caín", "Aquí no ha pasado nada", "Un sobre en blanco", ... | 39,640 |
3808007 | Josefina Pla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josefina%20Pla | Josefina Pla
"La tercera huella dactilar", "Media docena de grotescos brevísimos", "Las ocho sobre el mar", "Hermano Francisco", "Momentos estelares de la mujer (short pieces series)", "Don Quijote y los Galeotes", "El hombre en la cruz", and "El empleo" y "Alcestes".
Her piece about Cultural and Social Paraguayan His... | 39,641 |
3808007 | Josefina Pla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josefina%20Pla | Josefina Pla
e Yaguarón", "El barroco hispano-guaraní", "Las artesanías en el Paraguay", "Ñandutí. Encrucijada de dos mundos", "El espíritu del fuego", "El libro en la época colonial", "Bilingüismo y tercera lengua en el Paraguay", "Españoles en la cultura del Paraguay", "La mujer en la plástica paraguaya" and "The Bri... | 39,642 |
3808040 | Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuala%20Lumpur–Seremban%20Expressway | Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway
Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway
The Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expressway linking Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south.
Some maps label this highway as E2 as it links directly with the North–Sou... | 39,643 |
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Expressway.
In 2007, the expressway was assigned its own route number of E37 together with Salak Expressway.
# Route background.
The Kilometre Zero of the expressway starts at the Razak Mansion Interchange while its southern terminus is right before the Sungai Besi toll plaza at the ... | 39,644 |
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6 toll plaza (Sungai Besi, UPM, Kajang, Bangi, Nilai and Seremban). Funded by a loan by the World Bank, the expressway was constructed in three phases; the first phase was from Kuala Lumpur to Nilai, while the second phase was from Nilai to Seremban. The third phase was the rehabilitati... | 39,645 |
3808040 | Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuala%20Lumpur–Seremban%20Expressway | Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway
RM32.9 million expressway became a pioneer route for the North–South Expressway Southern Route. Initially, the expressway ended at Jalan Seremban–Tampin intersection in Senawang before being extended southwards as part of the North–South Expressway; Exit 220 Senawang Interchange was con... | 39,646 |
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Berhad). However, Plus Expressways Berhad only took over the section from Sungai Besi Toll Plaza southwards, leaving the remaining 8.1-km section under the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) management until 1992 when the remaining 8.1-km section was upgraded to six lanes by Metramac Corpora... | 39,647 |
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6 December 2011.
Today, the name "Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway" is only applied to the remaining stretch (from Razak Mansion to Sungai Besi toll plaza) managed by ANIH Berhad after PLUS Malaysia Berhad acquired the southern stretch from Sungai Besi toll plaza onwards on 1988 and th... | 39,648 |
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and the Seremban Layby was transformed into a major Rest and Service Area.
# Toll rates.
The toll collection for the highway at Sungai Besi toll plaza has ceased on June 1, 2018. This is following announcement by the Malaysian Highway Authority, toll concessions for the Kuala Lumpur-S... | 39,649 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
Henry Pulleine
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Burmester Pulleine (12 December 1838 – 22 January 1879) was an administrator and commander in the British Army in the Cape Frontier and Anglo-Zulu Wars. He is most notable as a commander of British forces at the disastrous Battle of Isandlwana in January 1879. Sub... | 39,650 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
Pulleine bought a majority in the regiment's 1st Battalion, which was then sent to South Africa. Despite a brevet promotion to lieutenant-colonel in 1877 and over twenty years' service, he had no first hand combat experience.
# 9th Cape Frontier War.
This would soon change when war broke out between th... | 39,651 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
war at an end Pulliene took over as commandant of Durban-KZN, and subsequently commanded the Army's remount depot at Pietermaritzburg.
# Anglo-Zulu War.
When hostilities began on 11 January 1879 Pulleine was still in command of the Pietermaritzburg remount depot, and hurried to rejoin his regiment, arr... | 39,652 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
a reconnaissance by Major John Dartnell and units of the column's irregular cavalry on the 21st, which suggested the Zulus were present in force to the South of the camp, Chelmsford ordered an advance with approximately half the column on the morning of the 22nd. In accordance with his original vision of... | 39,653 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
of 22 January.
# Battle of Isandlwana.
Under Pulleine's command were the 416 officers and men of his own 1/24th and a company of the 2/24th. Also present was a two-gun section from N Battery of the Royal Artillery's 5th Brigade, and assorted support units, including Royal Engineers, Army Service Corps ... | 39,654 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
column in mid morning added a British rocket troop, two additional companies of the NNC and about 200 native irregular cavalry; some 500 men all told.
With the developing Zulu threat becoming increasingly apparent, Durnford's arrival created some confusion as to the camp's command arrangements. As a sub... | 39,655 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
Zulus were retiring, Durnford decided on an advance by his own command. Initially he asked for two companies of Pulleine's infantry to accompany him, but Pulleine disagreed, indicating that the request was not in accordance with Chelmsford's orders to defend the camp.
The Zulus' had not initially intend... | 39,656 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
force. Pulleine thus had to deploy his troops in such a way as to defend the camp and try to support Durnford in his attempt to break contact with the Zulus and withdraw.
The terrain at Isandlwana, consisting of tall grass and ravines, called Dongas, into which the advancing Zulus periodically disappear... | 39,657 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
an overextended line, vulnerable to being outflanked by such a large enemy force. Even had Pulleine managed to effect an orderly withdrawal at this stage, there was no easily defensible position for him to retreat to, since the Isandlwana camp was not fortified, nor were the wagons laagered.
Though the ... | 39,658 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
to make a stand, and chasing stragglers as far as the Buffalo River before overtaking and killing them. Pulleine was not among the small number of Europeans to escape. The Battle of Isandlwana was the worst defeat suffered by the British army in 150 years.
# Death.
It has never been established conclus... | 39,659 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
by the time a concerted effort was made to identify and inter the bodies, several months had passed, making individual corpses even harder to identify.
Donald Morris, in "The Washing of the Spears", possibly basing his account on that which circulated amongst the 24th's officers after the battle, provid... | 39,660 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
the neck with his revolver, Pulleine was fatally stabbed by an assegai.
An unknown source describes Pulleine as having died 'early' in the fighting, and according to Henry Curling of the N/5 battery, Coghill informed him Pulleine was dead when he met Curling and Stuart-Smith as they began their flight t... | 39,661 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
Hamilton Browne describes coming across and saluting Pulleine's corpse on his way back from visiting his tent on the morning of the 23rd. Hamilton-Browne's 1st/3rd NNC had their tents on the extreme left of the camp, so the account would be consistent with Pulliene having died here.
It is also possible ... | 39,662 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
hill as he began his escape.
# Analysis.
Pulleine remains an obscure figure in the history of the Anglo-Zulu war. This is perhaps summed up in his portrayal by Denholm Elliott in 1979's "Zulu Dawn", as an affable, though retiring and somewhat ineffectual man. He was an able administrator, both in the c... | 39,663 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
Pulleine would almost certainly have read a document penned by Chelmsford and circulated ‘for the consideration of officers commanding columns when entering Zululand,’ which recommended a deployment very similar to that effected by Pulleine. Ultimately, even Pulleine's flawed line held the Zulus in check... | 39,664 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
complacency which permeated the thinking of the officer corps in the initial phase of the Anglo-Zulu war. For most of 22 January, Pulleine and his colleagues did not seriously think that the Zulus would attack the camp, so that when the Impis did strike, normal precautions such as the striking of tents a... | 39,665 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
Crealock's vague orders, which failed to confirm Durnford in command, or to give him any specific instructions. Chelmsford later attempted to lay the blame for the defeat on Durnford, suggesting that he had disobeyed Chelmsford's order to ‘take command,’ and thus be bound by the earlier instruction to Pu... | 39,666 |
3808051 | Henry Pulleine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry%20Pulleine | Henry Pulleine
empted to lay the blame for the defeat on Durnford, suggesting that he had disobeyed Chelmsford's order to ‘take command,’ and thus be bound by the earlier instruction to Pulleine to defend the camp. This is however unfair, since Chelmsford's original order, recovered from Crealock's order book on the fi... | 39,667 |
3808055 | Carl Side | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Side | Carl Side
Carl Side
Carl Side is a fell in the English Lake District, forming a part of the Skiddaw "family" near the town of Keswick and prominently visible from its streets. It is listed in Alfred Wainwright's "Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells" as one of the Northern Fells.
# Summit.
The summit is a predomin... | 39,668 |
3808055 | Carl Side | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Side | Carl Side
of Skiddaw and Little Man loom above the summit.
# Topography.
A ridge, known as Longside Edge, descends south-westward from the summit plateau of Skiddaw before swinging around to the west and finally north, descending the three fells of Carl Side, Long Side and Ullock Pike. Between Longside Edge and the m... | 39,669 |
3808055 | Carl Side | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Side | Carl Side
and frequently dry in summer, the tarn has no plant life. Set in a particularly windy location, the slight retaining bank at the south-eastern edge may be in danger of erosion. The Skiddaw side of the col is a rough scree slope while the Carl Side slope is gentler and grassed.
From the summit of Carl Side a ... | 39,670 |
3808055 | Carl Side | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Side | Carl Side
branches on either side, just above the patch of white stones. On the western side across the rocky col of Long Doors is Dodd, a fell on Forestry Commission land that is largely wooded. To the east is Carlsleddam, a steep sided spur that appears sharply peaked from below: though less inspiring close up it doe... | 39,671 |
3808055 | Carl Side | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Side | Carl Side
flowing over several dams and weirs to Millbeck. Across the valley is Skiddaw Little Man. To the south west Skill Beck falls from Long Doors through a heavily forested valley between Carl Side and Dodd.
# Geology.
In common with much of the Northern Fells the Kirk Stile Formation of the Skiddaw Group predom... | 39,672 |
3808055 | Carl Side | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carl%20Side | Carl Side
Ascents.
Carl Side is often climbed indirectly via Ullock Pike and Long Side, the narrow ridge providing a fine walk which is often continued to Skiddaw. Millbeck provides the nearest starting point, with variations possible via Carlsleddam, the south ridge, the intervening valley and Slade's Beck.
A start ... | 39,673 |
3808062 | South Normanton Athletic F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South%20Normanton%20Athletic%20F.C. | South Normanton Athletic F.C.
South Normanton Athletic F.C.
South Normanton Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Normanton, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Lees Lane.
# History.
The nickname ‘Shiners’ derives from the mid-1750s when South Normanto... | 39,674 |
3808062 | South Normanton Athletic F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South%20Normanton%20Athletic%20F.C. | South Normanton Athletic F.C.
and played under that name until 1990. Under the new name South Normanton Athletic joined the Central Midlands League in the 1990–91 season. The club's first major success came in the 1993–94 season when they finished runners up in the Premier Division. This gained them promotion to the Su... | 39,675 |
3808062 | South Normanton Athletic F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South%20Normanton%20Athletic%20F.C. | South Normanton Athletic F.C.
the leagues deadline for completion was accomplished with little time to spare.
At the end of the 1996–97 season, the club was relegated due to the 3-year flood light installation rule not being met; funds set aside to complete this project had been spent in establishing new changing room... | 39,676 |
3808062 | South Normanton Athletic F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South%20Normanton%20Athletic%20F.C. | South Normanton Athletic F.C.
committee under the chairmanship of Phil Bailey, with new management and players. Despite 5 seasons of promise, the dream of promotion could not be realised despite numerous top 3 finishes.
2013 brought the summer appointment of former Borrowash Vics manager Mark Wilson to the club. The t... | 39,677 |
3808062 | South Normanton Athletic F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South%20Normanton%20Athletic%20F.C. | South Normanton Athletic F.C.
Step 6 East Midlands Counties League for the first time since the club's re-formation.
After finishing 2nd in the 2016–17 season they were promoted to the Midland League Premier Division after champions West Bridgford refused promotion.
# Backroom staff.
The Team Manager is Marc Strzyze... | 39,678 |
3808086 | Staveley Miners Welfare F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Staveley%20Miners%20Welfare%20F.C. | Staveley Miners Welfare F.C.
Staveley Miners Welfare F.C.
Staveley Miners Welfare Football Club is an English football club based in Staveley, Derbyshire. They play in the Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division, at level 9 of the English football league system.
# History.
The club was established as... | 39,679 |
3808086 | Staveley Miners Welfare F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Staveley%20Miners%20Welfare%20F.C. | Staveley Miners Welfare F.C.
Three in their first season, and Division Two in their second.
In 1993 they joined the Supreme Division of the Central Midlands League. After finishing third in 1996–97 they were accepted into Division One of the Northern Counties East League.
The club finished second in their first seaso... | 39,680 |
3808086 | Staveley Miners Welfare F.C. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Staveley%20Miners%20Welfare%20F.C. | Staveley Miners Welfare F.C.
hey were relegated back to Division One in 2000–01, having finished bottom of the table. They finished bottom of Division One in 2002–03, but avoided relegation. In 2010–11 the club won Division One to return to the Premier Division.
# Honours.
- Northern Counties East League
- Division ... | 39,681 |
3808069 | Waen Shepherd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waen%20Shepherd | Waen Shepherd
Waen Shepherd
Waen Origen Shepherd (born 23 October 1971) is an English composer, actor and comedian. Originally from Yorkshire, England, he now lives in London.
# Career.
Following his days as a stand-up poet and fringe actor, Shepherd started out performing bizarre experimental monologues at the earl... | 39,682 |
3808069 | Waen Shepherd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waen%20Shepherd | Waen Shepherd
and narrate award-winning animation "The Wolfman" (screened on Channel 4 and subsequently worked into an advertisement for the Sony Playstation), before writing, directing and starring in his own animation "Origen's Wake" for Channel 4's Comedy Lab series.
Since then, Shepherd concentrated on developing ... | 39,683 |
3808069 | Waen Shepherd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waen%20Shepherd | Waen Shepherd
Award "Best Newcomer" (2003) for that debut performance. He achieved cult success, hosting a "Club Le Strange" comedy evening at "The Albany" in London.
Shepherd enjoys portraying exaggerated or absurd characters, and appeared in two series of BBC2's science fiction comedy, "Hyperdrive", as Captain Helix... | 39,684 |
3808069 | Waen Shepherd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waen%20Shepherd | Waen Shepherd
Kennedy, in the award-winning second and third series of "The Inbetweeners".
Shepherd was cited as one of the Top 50 British comedians by "The Times" and he is included as one of the Top 50 Cult Comedian Icons in the Rough Guide series of books. Shepherd's dedication to British comedy has been honoured b... | 39,685 |
3808069 | Waen Shepherd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waen%20Shepherd | Waen Shepherd
Albums.
- Polaroid Suitcase
- Face Academy
- Glamoronica
- Beef Scarecrow
# TV credits.
- "Action Team" – Series 1 (Shinny Button/ITV) – Series Composer
- "Murder in Successville" – Series 1,2 & 3 (Tiger Aspect/BBC) – Series Composer
- "Crackanory" – Series 1 - 4 (Tiger Aspect/UKTV) – Series Compo... | 39,686 |
3808069 | Waen Shepherd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waen%20Shepherd | Waen Shepherd
"World Stands Up" (BBC America – 2006
- "Hyperdrive" Series One – BBC2 – 2006 Captain Helix
- "Gary Le Strange" (BBC)
- "Comedy Lab: Origen's Wake" (Channel 4) actor, writer, composer, director
- PS2 "Third place" advert, actor/writer
- "The Wolfman" (C4) actor/writer
- "Comedy Nation" (BBC2) actor/... | 39,687 |
3808069 | Waen Shepherd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waen%20Shepherd | Waen Shepherd
" (Lincoln Studios, 2015)
- "The Monster" (Bob Pipe, 2015) - composer
- World of Wrestling (Ben Gregor 2007)
- "The Incredibly Strange People Show" (Powercage Films, 2001)
# Radio credits.
- "2525" (BBC Radio 4)
- "Tittle Tattle" (BBC Radio 2)
- "Alice's Wunderland" (BBC Radio 4)
- "Lucy Montgomer... | 39,688 |
3808101 | Franz Buxbaum | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franz%20Buxbaum | Franz Buxbaum
Franz Buxbaum
Franz Buxbaum (25 February 1900, Liebenau, Graz – 7 February 1979) was an Austrian botanist, specialising in cacti. "Neobuxbaumia" is named after him. | 39,689 |
3808092 | Peduncle (botany) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peduncle%20(botany) | Peduncle (botany)
Peduncle (botany)
In botany, a peduncle is a stem supporting an inflorescence, or after fecundation, an infructescence.
The peduncle is a stem, usually green, though some peduncles are more or less florally colored or neutral in color, having no particular pigmentation. In some species, peduncles ar... | 39,690 |
3808092 | Peduncle (botany) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peduncle%20(botany) | Peduncle (botany)
cence.
The peduncle is a stem, usually green, though some peduncles are more or less florally colored or neutral in color, having no particular pigmentation. In some species, peduncles are leafless, though others bear small leaves, or even cataphylls, at nodes; such leaves generally may be regarded a... | 39,691 |
3808074 | Mobile robot | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile%20robot | Mobile robot
Mobile robot
A mobile robot is a robot that is capable of locomotion. Mobile robotics is usually considered to be a subfield of robotics and information engineering.
Mobile robots have the capability to move around in their environment and are not fixed to one physical location. Mobile robots can be "aut... | 39,692 |
3808074 | Mobile robot | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile%20robot | Mobile robot
are usually more-or-less stationary, consisting of a jointed arm (multi-linked manipulator) and gripper assembly (or end effector), attached to a fixed surface.
Mobile robots have become more commonplace in commercial and industrial settings. Hospitals have been using autonomous mobile robots to move mate... | 39,693 |
3808074 | Mobile robot | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile%20robot | Mobile robot
consumer products, including entertainment robots and those that perform certain household tasks such as vacuuming or gardening.
The components of a mobile robot are a controller, control software, sensors and actuators. The controller is generally a microprocessor, embedded microcontroller or a personal ... | 39,694 |
3808074 | Mobile robot | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile%20robot | Mobile robot
Classification.
Mobile robots may be classified by:
- The environment in which they travel:
- Land or home robots are usually referred to as Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). They are most commonly wheeled or tracked, but also include legged robots with two or more legs (humanoid, or resembling animals o... | 39,695 |
3808074 | Mobile robot | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile%20robot | Mobile robot
legs (i.e. an android) or animal-like legs.
- Wheeled robot.
- Tracks.
# Mobile robot navigation.
There are many types of mobile robot navigation:
## Manual remote or tele-op.
A manually teleoperated robot is totally under control of a driver with a joystick or other control device. The device may be... | 39,696 |
3808074 | Mobile robot | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile%20robot | Mobile robot
guarded tele-op robot has the ability to sense and avoid obstacles but will otherwise navigate as driven, like a robot under manual tele-op. Few if any mobile robots offer only guarded tele-op. "(See Sliding Autonomy below.)"
## Line-following Car.
Some of the earliest Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) we... | 39,697 |
3808074 | Mobile robot | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile%20robot | Mobile robot
FMC, Egemin, HK Systems and many other companies. These types of robots are still widely popular in well known Robotic societies as a first step towards learning nooks and corners of robotics.
## Autonomously randomized robot.
Autonomous robots with random motion basically bounce off walls, whether those... | 39,698 |
3808074 | Mobile robot | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobile%20robot | Mobile robot
often use triangulation, relative position and/or Monte-Carlo/Markov localization to determine the location and orientation of the platform, from which it can plan a path to its next waypoint or goal. It can gather sensor readings that are time- and location-stamped. Such robots are often part of the wirel... | 39,699 |
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