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6759047 | Bleu Raeders Drum and Bugle Corps | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bleu%20Raeders%20Drum%20and%20Bugle%20Corps | Bleu Raeders Drum and Bugle Corps
year of competition (1972). Their performance in the Finals was only the 18th in their history; this remains the quickest ascent ever to a DCI Finals position. They were also the first Southern corps to reach Finals.
In 1974, the organization merged with Stardusters splitting with tha... | 44,800 |
6759079 | Renault Towncar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Renault%20Towncar | Renault Towncar
Renault Towncar
The Renault type CB Town Car is an automobile manufactured between 1912 and 1933 by Renault.
In 1912, William Carter bought one and was planning to transport it from Southampton, England to New York City on the RMS Titanic. Carter was saved but the car sunk in the Atlantic. A replica w... | 44,801 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
Sándor Szathmári
Szathmári Sándor (; 19 June 1897 – 16 July 1974) was a Hungarian writer, mechanical engineer, Esperantist, and one of the leading figures in Esperanto literature.
# Biography.
## Family background.
Szathmári was born in Gyula. His father – also called Sándor – studied law, later be... | 44,802 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
a pharmacist family in the city of Szeghalom, where she was the sole daughter of the family and lived well. She bore 11 children, of whom only seven grew to adulthood.
## Early life.
Szathmári's father was an official of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the family moved often, living in Gyula, Szombat... | 44,803 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
diphtheria, and sinusitis.
## Szathmari and his family.
According to a fragment of an unpublished biography (manuscript: "Hogy is volt hát?" ~So how did it happen?): his grandfather wanted to train and educate him in patriotism and nationalism, but was unsuccessful. „..my grandfather told me the anec... | 44,804 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
task quite exhausted him, and when the five-month-old little brother John died of meningitis, he went into shock. "The weeping suddenly weakened and finally stopped. After a few minutes pause I heard my father's voice: When will we bury this child?" For a long time after that he was unable to sleep pea... | 44,805 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
which he never forgot for the rest of his life, greatly affected him. He called such people
'muscle-fools'.
He was also very capable in other natural sciences such as physics and chemistry. He had a good imagination, liked to experiment and wanted to become an engineer.
He graduated in Lugos (now Lu... | 44,806 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
provisionally because of the communist rule, but an opportunity to teach students at home developed.
The Romanian government (Lugos belonged to Romania after the Treaty of Trianon) made life increasingly difficult for the Hungarians and Hungarian officials. In 1921, Szathmári's father has to choose wh... | 44,807 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
misery, his siblings did not get an opportunity to study at a college or university and even Szathmári himself had frequently to interrupt his studies to help his family. He began working in 1920 in the Ruskica marble mine as a technician. There he noticed that the mine was tricking the workers by payi... | 44,808 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
his studies. In the spring of 1921 he returned and was approved for a tuition waver. He completed his studies after five years in 1926. During the period 1921-1922 he lived in misery, was continually hungry, and often homeless or living in unheated mass accommodations.
In 1923 he worked in Gyula as an... | 44,809 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
while a student.
During his studies, he participated in the association a href="Sz%C3%A9kely%20Egyetemi%20%C3%A9s%20Foiskolai%20Hallgat%C3%B3k%20%0AEgyes%C3%BClete"Székely Egyetemi és Foiskolai Hallgatók
Egyesülete (SZEFHE, Association of Students of the Sikuly University and Institutions of Higher L... | 44,810 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
but without adequate ammunition. Against the modern German machine gun Szathmari received not one cartridge.
# Professional life.
From 1924 to 1957 he worked as an engineer at the Hungarian State Wagonworks (Hungarian acronym: MÁVAG) in the Hungarian ministry of heavy industry and in the project bure... | 44,811 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
spirit, since he began wishing for a language that would bind the ethnic groups together.
In a bookshop in Lugos he espied an Esperanto grammar and bought it. In fact, learning it began only in 1919, when he returned to Lugos, where he organized the Széchenyi Circle (pron. Se’tsenyi), which was the ba... | 44,812 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
find his way to SAT, of which he remained a member until died at Budapest in 1974.
## Other ideologies.
Szathmári became acquainted with Christian-socialist ideas in 1918. He believed in Jesus, but did not attend churches, which was the result of the non-attentive behaviour of his father. When the fa... | 44,813 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
assent, but the baptism did not occur, still he was allowed to study in the elementary school. (Szathmari remained reformed for life, and when he was buried, the services were even led by a reformed pastor.)
When the family moved to Alsókubin, the Lutheran pastor explained that up till then he had lea... | 44,814 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
League, his landlord evicted him. He was managing director during 1932-1933 of the BARTHA Miklós Association.
Beginning in 1935 he worked in collaboration with the Hungarian Communist Party, but in 1948 he became disillusioned and left communism.
# Szathmari and literature.
At an early age he very m... | 44,815 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
came to adore. Influenced by Karinthy, he began working in the period 1919-1921 on a mathematics textbook and put on paper his first small attempts at belles lettres ("The Serious Person" (A komoly ember ~a kOmoy Ember) evinces a satirical view of someone who speaks of pacifist convictions, but who in ... | 44,816 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
was called „Látván nem látnak” ~Seeing one sees not, which was a pale attempt with excessive characterization. The second part of the trilogy (1932), called Hiába ~In Vain, takes place in the future socialist Hungary of 2080.
In 1935 he began writing his magnum opus, "Kazohinia" ("Gulliver utazása Kaz... | 44,817 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
international Esperanto movement became acquainted with his name only in 1958, after the appearance of his novel "Kazohinia" in Esperanto ("Vojaĝo al Kazohinio"). However, he himself said that his first article in Esperanto appeared in 1934 in "Sennaciulo" (The Nationless).
Between the years 1937 kaj ... | 44,818 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
kívül", a translation into Hungarian of the Esperanto novel "Kredu min, sinjorino!" ~Believe me, Mamm by Cezaro Rossetti (1957) and the Esperanto translation of a Hungarian children's book "Cxu ankau vi scias?" ~Do you Know it Too?.
Szathmári is represented in the short story anthology "33 Rakontoj" ~... | 44,819 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
abundantly, but he, despite his stylistic deficiencies (which some have emphasized), managed to push himself forward as one of the most serious contributors to Esperanto proze, perhaps the only prose writer in the International Language with a creative format worthy of attention outside the Esperanto m... | 44,820 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
Tamkó Károly, who was studying law and who later became an emenence in Hungarian avant garde poetry. He started a lawsuit in 1958 against Szathmári, claiming that he too collaborated in the writing of "Kazohinia". Szathmári won the lawsuit. (Although "Kazohinia" appeared in 1941, 1946, Tamkó started th... | 44,821 |
6758858 | Sándor Szathmári | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sándor%20Szathmári | Sándor Szathmári
in the same style as that of the winner, but the presentation of the (anti-communist) novel in 1958 would have put him in danger of prison.
Tamkó read Szathmári's trilogy only in 1936, when he returned from Paris.
# References.
- Afterword by KERESZTÚRY Dezso to "Kazohinia" (1952, 1972) and to "Gépv... | 44,822 |
6758813 | Francis Bourne | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Bourne | Francis Bourne
Francis Bourne
Francis Alphonsus Bourne (1861–1935) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fourth Archbishop of Westminster from 1903 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1911.
# Biography.
## Early life.
Francis Bourne was born in Clapham to Henry an... | 44,823 |
6758813 | Francis Bourne | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Bourne | Francis Bourne
while at St. Edmund's that he decided to become a priest. He joined the Order of Friars Preachers, more commonly known as the Dominicans, in Woodchester but left in 1880. From 1880 to 1881 he attended St. Thomas' Seminary in Hammersmith to study philosophy, and then went to study in France at Saint-Sulpi... | 44,824 |
6758813 | Francis Bourne | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Bourne | Francis Bourne
rector of the House of Studies at Henfield Place from 1889 to 1891, at which time he began teaching at St. John's Seminary in Wonersh, of which he became rector on 14 March 1896. He was raised to the rank of Domestic Prelate of His Holiness by Pope Leo XIII in 1895.
On 27 March 1896 Bourne was appointed... | 44,825 |
6758813 | Francis Bourne | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Bourne | Francis Bourne
As Archbishop of Westminster, he became the spiritual head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. In defiance of the governmental law banning Eucharistic processions, Bourne gave the benediction from the loggia of Westminster Cathedral in 1908. He was created Cardinal-Priest of "S. Pudenziana" by P... | 44,826 |
6758813 | Francis Bourne | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Bourne | Francis Bourne
in the encyclical which should deter Catholics from becoming members of the British Labour Party..." However, the Cardinal continued to warn Catholics to be cautious of the "erroneous principles which sometimes affect parties."
Rather conservative, Bourne was opposed to Modernism, but he was prudent in ... | 44,827 |
6758813 | Francis Bourne | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Bourne | Francis Bourne
wisdom and statesmanship have never been sufficiently acknowledged".
He was not overly supportive of interfaith dialogue nor of ecumenism (he notably opposed the holding of the Malines Conversations between prominent Anglicans and Catholics). He condemned granting greater freedom to divorce and use the ... | 44,828 |
6758813 | Francis Bourne | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francis%20Bourne | Francis Bourne
lics). He condemned granting greater freedom to divorce and use the use of birth control. He also desired to see the United Kingdom adopt Roman Catholic faith as its official religion.
He died from a year's illness in his archiepiscopal residence in London, at age 73. Bourne was buried at his "alma mate... | 44,829 |
6759108 | Blue Raiders | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue%20Raiders | Blue Raiders
Blue Raiders
Blue Raider may refer to:
- Middle Tennessee State University, mascot: Blue Raider
- Lindsey Wilson College, mascot: Blue Raider | 44,830 |
6758979 | Episcopal Diocese of Newark | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Newark | Episcopal Diocese of Newark
Episcopal Diocese of Newark
The Episcopal Diocese of Newark is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America comprising the northern third of New Jersey in the United States. The Diocese represents the Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is a province, and ... | 44,831 |
6758979 | Episcopal Diocese of Newark | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Newark | Episcopal Diocese of Newark
construction in 1742. Two other current parishes, Christ Church in what is now Belleville (1746) and Christ Church in Newton (1769), were established by charter of the British Crown. The church, with its association with Britain, suffered during the American Revolutionary War, but by the tim... | 44,832 |
6758979 | Episcopal Diocese of Newark | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Newark | Episcopal Diocese of Newark
the Great Depression that number rose to 153 by 1931.
In June 1967, the region was rocked by the Newark riots which began the diocese's growing role as a catalyst for social change. The first-ever national conference for black empowerment took place at Trinity Cathedral, and in 1969 the Rev... | 44,833 |
6758979 | Episcopal Diocese of Newark | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Newark | Episcopal Diocese of Newark
in the USA) eventually became priests of the Diocese.
The next bishop, John Shelby Spong, was and is a lightning-rod for controversy. In addition to his positions on war and the ordination of women, Spong advocated for the ordination of gay and lesbian clergy, a stance which drew much criti... | 44,834 |
6758979 | Episcopal Diocese of Newark | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Newark | Episcopal Diocese of Newark
as "barbaric" the notion that Jesus Christ died for the sins of all mankind.
Under the ninth bishop, John P. Croneberger, the diocese continued to be in the vanguard of radical inclusion. Croneberger directed the creation of an established liturgy for the blessing of same-sex relationships,... | 44,835 |
6758979 | Episcopal Diocese of Newark | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Newark | Episcopal Diocese of Newark
have closed (compared with a 2% increase nationwide) due to dropping attendance. A major obstacle is the concentration of churches, many of which are over 100 years old, in traditional population centers that do not reflect the growth patterns in the state. Numerous churches are within five ... | 44,836 |
6758979 | Episcopal Diocese of Newark | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Newark | Episcopal Diocese of Newark
September 23, 2006, the Rev. Mark M. Beckwith, a former associate rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown, New Jersey, was elected bishop of Newark on the third ballot from a field of six candidates. He was consecrated on January 27, 2007 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center... | 44,837 |
6758979 | Episcopal Diocese of Newark | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Newark | Episcopal Diocese of Newark
with gay bishops from full membership of the Anglican Communion.
# Eleventh bishop.
On May 19, 2018, the Rev. Carlye J. Hughes was elected from among three candidates on the first ballot to be the eleventh Bishop of Newark. She was consecrated on September 22, 2018, at the New Jersey Perfo... | 44,838 |
6758979 | Episcopal Diocese of Newark | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Newark | Episcopal Diocese of Newark
the Rev. Carlye J. Hughes was elected from among three candidates on the first ballot to be the eleventh Bishop of Newark. She was consecrated on September 22, 2018, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. She was previously the rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Forth Worth, ... | 44,839 |
6759129 | Favaloro | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Favaloro | Favaloro
Favaloro
Favaloro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- René Gerónimo Favaloro, Argentine cardiologist
- Norman Joseph Favaloro, Australian solicitor and ornithologist | 44,840 |
6759034 | The Fantasy Show | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Fantasy%20Show | The Fantasy Show
The Fantasy Show
The Fantasy Show is a fantasy football talk and debate show on ESPN2. The show was supposed to air for 18 weeks a year during the National Football League season every Thursday at 6:30pm ET on ESPN2. However, the debut season of the show only had 11 episodes.
# Overview.
The thirty-... | 44,841 |
6759034 | The Fantasy Show | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Fantasy%20Show | The Fantasy Show
Jaworski were dressed in casual apparel. It was produced by ESPN Original Entertainment.
## Hosts and contributors.
The show was hosted by ESPN veteran Rob Stone, who has covered the MLS and World Cup the majority of his time at ESPN. Joining Stone was fantasy expert Matthew Berry from TalentedMrRoto... | 44,842 |
6759034 | The Fantasy Show | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Fantasy%20Show | The Fantasy Show
the October 19, 2006 episode of "The Fantasy Show", Berry advised fantasy owners of LaDainian Tomlinson to trade him away claiming that Tomlinson would never have another game that season with four touchdowns as he had done the previous Sunday when the San Diego Chargers beat the San Francisco 49ers, c... | 44,843 |
6759034 | The Fantasy Show | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Fantasy%20Show | The Fantasy Show
and apparent cancellation of the show by ESPN. Confusing the matter, Internet TV listing web sites including Yahoo! continued to list "The Fantasy Show" as airing at 5:30 pm ET on ESPN2 on November 23, one week after the first missed episode. Meanwhile, ESPN seemed to indicate that the show was over by... | 44,844 |
6759034 | The Fantasy Show | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Fantasy%20Show | The Fantasy Show
me. Further, the links to "The Fantasy Show" on ESPN's web site pointed to a web page that no longer existed.
On November 22, a post at Berry's official website inquired if the show was cancelled. The response from one of the website's other employees was as follows:
No, fear not, Legion of TMR fans.... | 44,845 |
6759141 | Xilingol League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xilingol%20League | Xilingol League
Xilingol League
Xilingol, Xilin Gol, Shiliin Gol or Xilinguole Aimag/League (; "Shiliyin gool ayimag", Mongolian cyrillic.Шилийн Гол аймаг) is one of 12 leagues of Inner Mongolia. The seat is Xilinhot, while the area is . The league's economy is based on mining and agriculture.
Xilingol borders Mongol... | 44,846 |
6759141 | Xilingol League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xilingol%20League | Xilingol League
closest Inner Mongolian prefecture-level division to Beijing, although among those Inner Mongolian prefecture-level divisions bordering Hebei, the province surrounding Beijing, Xilin Gol is also the most unapproachable one. With a significant population of Chakhar Mongols, who speaks a Mongolian dialect... | 44,847 |
6759141 | Xilingol League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xilingol%20League | Xilingol League
subdivisions.
Xilin Gol is divided into two county-level cities, one county and nine banners:
# Demonstrations in 2011.
After the alleged murder of a Mongolian herder, Mergen, by a Chinese truck driver who was blocking the way for Chinese coal trucks to pass through his pasture on May 10, 2011. Prote... | 44,848 |
6759141 | Xilingol League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xilingol%20League | Xilingol League
cities, one county and nine banners:
# Demonstrations in 2011.
After the alleged murder of a Mongolian herder, Mergen, by a Chinese truck driver who was blocking the way for Chinese coal trucks to pass through his pasture on May 10, 2011. Protests with some thousand protestors broke out in Xilingol. T... | 44,849 |
6759258 | Black October (album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black%20October%20(album) | Black October (album)
Black October (album)
Black October is the 3rd solo studio album by American rapper Sadat X. It was released on Female Fun Music in 2006. | 44,850 |
6759112 | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-A-Bye%20Baby%20(film) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
Rock-A-Bye Baby is a 1958 American musical comedy film starring Jerry Lewis. A loose remake of Preston Sturges' 1944 film "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek", the film was directed and written by Frank Tashlin, and features Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens and Reginald Gardiner... | 44,851 |
6759112 | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-A-Bye%20Baby%20(film) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
Harold Herman (Reginald Gardiner) tries to avoid a scandal by sending Carla into the country to give birth. He suggests that they send the baby back to the town where she grew up, Midvale. The cover story will be that she is going into seclusion to prepare for her next role, the lead in the relig... | 44,852 |
6759112 | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-A-Bye%20Baby%20(film) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
it is triplets, not one baby. Carla's sister, Sandy (Connie Stevens), offers to help Clayton (she is in love with him and will do anything to get his attention).
Clayton works very had to take care of the triplets, taking on extra work and attending a course on motherhood at a local college, but... | 44,853 |
6759112 | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-A-Bye%20Baby%20(film) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
who is carrying a shotgun and claims that the babies are Sandy's. The Judge marries them, the implication being that they can keep the triplets. Meanwhile, Carla has seen the Midvale news and is afraid that her triplets will be taken from Clayton. She releases a press statement that triplets are ... | 44,854 |
6759112 | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-A-Bye%20Baby%20(film) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
always loved him, not Carla. While taking a romantic walk and wondering when they can marry, they realize that they are married. Nine months later, Sandy gives birth to quintuplets. A statue of Clayton and his five babies is erected in front of the town courthouse, as Midvale's Hero.
# Cast.
- ... | 44,855 |
6759112 | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-A-Bye%20Baby%20(film) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
Mary Treen as Nurse
- Judy Franklin as Young Carla Naples
- Gary Lewis as Young Clayton
- Ann McCrea as Secretary (uncredited)
Cast notes:
- Two of the original Keystone Kops, Hank Mann and Chester Conklin, have bit parts.
- Jerry Lewis' son Gary Lewis plays "Clayton Poole" as a boy in a fa... | 44,856 |
6759112 | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-A-Bye%20Baby%20(film) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
1944 film "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek", which starred Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton, and because of this Sturges received a writer's credit on the film, although he did not actually work on the project.
"Rock-a-Bye Baby" was filmed from November 18, 1957 through January 8, 1958, and opened i... | 44,857 |
6759112 | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-A-Bye%20Baby%20(film) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
Land of La-La-La" – sung by Jerry Lewis and Gary Lewis
- "Love Is a Lonely Thing" – sung by Jerry Lewis
- "Dormi, Dormi, Dormi (Sleep-Sleep-Sleep)" – sung by Salvatore Baccaloni and Jerry Lewis
- "Why Can't He Care for Me?" – sung by Connie Stevens
- "The White Virgin of the Nile" – sung by M... | 44,858 |
6759112 | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rock-A-Bye%20Baby%20(film) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (film)
by", was written for the film but not used.
- The musical numbers in the film were staged by Nicholas Castle, Sr.
- Because of a musician's strike, Walter Scharf's score had to be recorded in Mexico City in March 1958, causing union musicians to picket a preview of the film in Los Angeles on Ju... | 44,859 |
6759160 | Mogul skiing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mogul%20skiing | Mogul skiing
Mogul skiing
Mogul skiing is a freestyle skiing competition consisting of one timed run of free skiing on a steep, heavily moguled course, stressing technical turns, aerial maneuvers and speed. Internationally, the sport is contested at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, and at the Winter Olympic ... | 44,860 |
6759160 | Mogul skiing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mogul%20skiing | Mogul skiing
be a series of linked turns, moguls form together to create a bump field.
The term "mogul" is from the Bavarian/Austrian German word "Mugel", meaning "mound, hillock".
# Competition.
The first competition involving mogul skiing occurred in 1971. The FIS created the Freestyle World Cup Circuit in 1980. T... | 44,861 |
6759160 | Mogul skiing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mogul%20skiing | Mogul skiing
The course includes two small jumps which are used as a take-off for aerial maneuvers. Athletes can perform upright or inverted tricks off these jumps in the course of a competition run.
Dual Mogul competition consists of elimination rounds where pairs of competitors compete against each other. Each loser... | 44,862 |
6759160 | Mogul skiing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mogul%20skiing | Mogul skiing
finish), using an aggressive, controlled technique. The skier should employ carve turns, and should not skid or plough. The head should remain still, facing downhill. The chest should also stay straight and natural. Hands stay in front of the body in a natural position. Pole plants should be light and well... | 44,863 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
System accident
A system accident (or normal accident) is an "unanticipated interaction of multiple failures" in a complex system. This complexity can either be of technology or human organization, and frequently has major aspects of both. A system accident can be very easy to see in hindsight, but ext... | 44,864 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
an enterprise passes a certain point in size, with many employees, specialization, backup systems, double-checking, detailed manuals, and formal communication, employees can all too easily recourse to protocol, habit, and "being right." Rather like attempting to watch a complicated movie in a language o... | 44,865 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
is where everyone tries very hard to play safe, but unexpected interaction of two or more failures (because of interactive complexity), causes a cascade of failures (because of tight coupling)."
Charles Perrow uses the term normal accident to emphasize that, given the current level of technology, such ... | 44,866 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
riga-ma-role involved in adjusting to changing conditions, the more employees will likely delay reporting such changes, "problems," and unexpected conditions.
These accidents often resemble Rube Goldberg devices in the way that small errors of judgment, flaws in technology, and insignificant damages co... | 44,867 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
complex systems, especially regarding nuclear weapons. "The Limits of Safety" (1993) provided an extensive review of close calls during the Cold War that could have resulted in a nuclear war by accident.
# Possible system accidents.
## Apollo 13 space flight, 1970.
Apollo 13 Review Board:
## Three M... | 44,868 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
systems there are bound to be multiple faults that cannot be avoided by planning and that operators cannot immediately comprehend."
## ValuJet (AirTran) 592, Everglades, 1996.
William Langewiesche:
He points out that in "the huge MD-80 maintenance manual . . . By diligently pursuing his options, the ... | 44,869 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
area assigned to ValuJet property.
Step 3. Continental Airlines, a potential SabreTech customer, was planning an inspection of the facility, so a SabreTech shipping clerk was instructed to clean up the work place. He decided to send the oxygen generators to ValuJet's headquarters in Atlanta and labelle... | 44,870 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
He instructed a co-worker to prepare a shipping ticket stating "oxygen canisters - empty". The co-worker wrote, "Oxy Canisters" followed by "Empty" in quotation marks. The tires were also listed.
Step 5. A day or two later the boxes were delivered to the ValuJet ramp agent for acceptance on Flight 592.... | 44,871 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
a 2014 monograph, economist Alan Blinder stated that complicated financial instruments made it hard for potential investors to judge whether the price was reasonable. In a section entitled "Lesson # 6: Excessive complexity is not just anti-competitive, it’s dangerous," he further stated, "But the greate... | 44,872 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
Markets may dry up as no one knows what these securities are really worth. Panic may set in. Thus complexity "per se" is a source of risk."
# Possible future applications of concept.
## Five-fold increase in airplane safety since 1980s, but flight systems sometimes switch to unexpected "modes" on thei... | 44,873 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
He quotes engineer Earl Wiener who takes the humorous statement attributed to the Duchess of Windsor that one can never be too rich or too thin, and adds "or too careful about what you put into a digital flight-guidance system." Wiener says that the effect of automation is typically to reduce the worklo... | 44,874 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
to system modes the pilot does not fully understand or that the system switches to on its own. In fact, one of the more common questions asked in cockpits today is, "What’s it doing now?" In response to this, Langewiesche again points to the fivefold increase in safety and writes, "No one can rationally... | 44,875 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
productive and to deal with time pressures. . . . . even in such highly constrained and high-risk environments as nuclear power plants, modification of instructions is repeatedly found and the violation of rules appears to be quite rational, given the actual workload and timing constraints under which t... | 44,876 |
6759067 | System accident | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=System%20accident | System accident
Death at Cirque du Soleil, This "Vanity Fair" article states: " . . . A system accident is one that requires many things to go wrong in a cascade. Change any element of the cascade and the accident may well not occur, but every element shares the blame. . . "
- "Beyond Engineering: A New Way of Thinkin... | 44,877 |
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tems which have good safety records.
- Pidgeon, Nick (Sept. 22, 2011). "In retrospect: Normal accidents," "Nature".
- Roush, Wade Edmund. CATASTROPHE AND CONTROL: HOW TECHNOLOGICAL DISASTERS ENHANCE DEMOCRACY, Ph.D Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994, page 15. ' . . "Normal Accid... | 44,878 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
Thomas J. Arnold
Thomas J. Arnold (18 July 1864 – 20 August 1906) was an English Protestant missionary to China in the late nineteenth century during the Qing Dynasty.
# Decision to go to China.
As a young man in London he felt beckoned to missionary service after experiencing an enlightening sermon... | 44,879 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
was scaling the language barrier. He began this critical task in the city of Nanjing. Here he immersed himself in the Chinese language and culture for two years. During this arduous education process there must have been times when he questioned leaving London and a hopeful career as a skilled architec... | 44,880 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
a queue hairpiece. He traveled thousands of miles on foot and by boat on itineraries where he would preach and sell Bibles and gospel tracts on the road. He also helped to train other missionaries in this method of itinerant evangelism. He worked at many of the large missionary stations and outstations... | 44,881 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
missionaries was with a private language teacher, as there was no language school available. Further accentuating the difficulty of learning the language was the inability of most language teachers to speak English.
During March 1892, Arnold worked in the village of Lieu Chang Hiew, which had not seen... | 44,882 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
what he could to relieve their suffering. This commitment to helping people in a practical sense drew positive attention from some of the upper class Chinese as well. After filling in temporarily at the hospital, Arnold continued to preach in the villages of Luh Hoh, Sing Tszi, and Kei Keao Ying where ... | 44,883 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
dispel mistrust and prejudice against foreigners from the locals, Elizabeth allowed the local women to examine the contents of all her belongings. Thomas and Elizabeth were the first missionaries to move into the village of Luh-Hoh. While Arnold had made several trips there before, Elizabeth was the fi... | 44,884 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
Butchart. This meant that Elizabeth was alone with their small children; however she remarks that she did not fear because "all the Chinese were her friends."
# Mission hospital.
The mission hospital construction, which was under the supervision of Thomas J Arnold, was completed in 1893 in Nanjing. I... | 44,885 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
there. The children's day school he ran had also begun to see some healthy growth.
The First Sino-Japanese War occurred in 1895, which many of the missionaries thought would halt all their work. However, Arnold found it to have the opposite effect. He also had several exciting encounters during this p... | 44,886 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
were also in the process of opening a chapel in Wu-wei-chow, which was about 200 "li", (about 100 km or 63 miles) from the nearest missionary station.
Arnold performed several baptisms during this year, including one with a man who had operated a wine shop. He encouraged him to change his profession a... | 44,887 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
when their son became very ill, but he recovered during a temporary relocation to Japan. By the middle of 1897, the Arnolds went on their first furlough, which lasted eighteen months through 1898. On their return at the end of December 1898, they resumed their work in Chu-chow.
# Boxer Rebellion.
The... | 44,888 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
infested with bugs. The Arnolds existed in this unsure state for eight months, after which they were able to return to their post.
# Wuhu.
The Arnolds received a joyful welcome from the Chinese Christians upon their return. Mr. Arnold then spent several months overseeing the boys' school in Nanking, ... | 44,889 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
number of natives interested in the church, however, some of these inquiries desired only to reap the benefits of being associated with the Christians. In order to counter this, Mr. Arnold found it necessary to publicly denounce several Chinese people. There was also an epidemic of cholera during 1902 ... | 44,890 |
6759093 | Thomas J. Arnold | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20J.%20Arnold | Thomas J. Arnold
chers who greatly helped the education work there. Arnold's health began to deteriorate in 1904 but he continued to work into late 1905.
Arnold eventually died of a disease known as sprue, which slowly crept upon him, and which Elizabeth believed was a result of living in unsanitary conditions during ... | 44,891 |
6759188 | Long Island Jewish Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long%20Island%20Jewish%20Medical%20Center | Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJMC or LIJ) is a clinical and academic hospital within the Northwell Health system. It is a 583-bed, non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital serving the greater New York metropolitan area. The campus is east of ... | 44,892 |
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care hospital with advanced diagnostic and treatment technology, and modern facilities for medical, surgical, dental and obstetrical care. As the primary teaching hospital for the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Long Island Campus for the Alber... | 44,893 |
6759188 | Long Island Jewish Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long%20Island%20Jewish%20Medical%20Center | Long Island Jewish Medical Center
cians, who supervise care in all major specialties and participate in the medical center's extensive teaching and research programs.
The medical center is located on the southeast side of North Shore Towers.
The Center was founded in 1954 by a group of nine philanthropists, including... | 44,894 |
6759286 | Mobility 2030 (Atlanta) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobility%202030%20(Atlanta) | Mobility 2030 (Atlanta)
Mobility 2030 (Atlanta)
Mobility 2030 is the regional transportation plan released in 2003/2004 for the Metro Atlanta, Georgia region. It was developed by the Atlanta Regional Commission and includes projected population growths and possible transportation improvements.
The majority of the tra... | 44,895 |
6759286 | Mobility 2030 (Atlanta) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobility%202030%20(Atlanta) | Mobility 2030 (Atlanta)
t plan calls for the construction of additional roads, with some improvements and expansion in public transportation. The plan was developed to address the transit needs for Atlanta for the next 20 years while also minimizing traffic congestion and air pollution.
Critics of the plan have compla... | 44,896 |
6759266 | Hunter 23 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hunter%2023 | Hunter 23
Hunter 23
The Hunter 23 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Hunter Marine and first built in 1985.
The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States from 1985 and 1992, but it is now out of production.
# Design.
The Hunter 23 is a small recreational keelboat, built predomina... | 44,897 |
6759266 | Hunter 23 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hunter%2023 | Hunter 23
ith the centreboard extended and with it retracted, allowing ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The wing keel version has a PHRF racing average handicap of 237 with a high of 258 and low of 226. The centerboard version has... | 44,898 |
6759248 | Lamprologus ocellatus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lamprologus%20ocellatus | Lamprologus ocellatus
Lamprologus ocellatus
Lamprologus ocellatus is a species of shell dwelling cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It is a popular aquarium fish due to its small size, appearance, and intelligence.
Juveniles measure about at hatching, while adults grow up to TL. They range in color from a light brow... | 44,899 |
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