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8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
point guard for the Columbia University women's basketball team in the early 1990s. Johnson is also an athlete and has run numerous marathons. He currently resides in New York, New York. In 2007-08, he taught at Tel Aviv University in Israel on a Fulbright Scholarship.
# Education.
Johnson attended Groton ... | 46,500 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
worked as a track announcer for several years at Scarborough Downs.
Johnson has written and edited numerous books about American history. He also co-edited several volumes of declassified transcripts and tapes from the administration of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
# Tenure battle.
In 2002 and 2003, the denial ... | 46,501 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
faction of political ideologues – a group that the chairman, Phillip Gallagher, had himself once described, in an e-mail to Mr. Johnson, as 'academic terrorists.'" Johnson had also protested a "teach-in" about 9/11, "which was freighted with panelists hostile to any U.S. military response and which offered, ... | 46,502 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
that apparently also precipitated the denial of tenure. When Johnson sat on a search committee that was charged with finding an expert in 20th-century central or eastern European studies, he decided that one of the two women on the short list was unqualified. Another professor indicated, however, according t... | 46,503 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
In response, a group of twenty historians, spearheaded by the chairman of Harvard's history department, Akira Iriye (who had been Johnson's mentor and dissertation adviser), wrote a letter in which they declared that the denial of tenure to Johnson "reflects a 'culture of mediocrity' hostile to high academic... | 46,504 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
have gotten together to protest a decision like this," Iriye told the "Harvard Crimson". "I am terribly upset and mystified by it. KC is a very visible scholar and a spectacular teacher." The Brooklyn College student government, for its part, voted unanimously in support of Johnson, describing the refusal to... | 46,505 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
of the sort of petty, internecine corruption that runs rife in academe, where accountability is minimal and the power to destroy careers is correspondingly high'; and Swarthmore College professor Timothy Burke as 'one more arrow in the quiver of academia's critics, one more revelation of the corruption of th... | 46,506 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
News Network website, Ronald Radosh wrote: "Mr. Johnson represents the best of what CUNY has to offer its students; educated at top universities, he left a college many aspire to teach at to come to CUNY. He found that while his students appreciated and applauded his work and his commitment, the left-wing pr... | 46,507 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
as a scholarly institution." And Herbert London of the Hudson Institute saw Johnson's tenure case as exemplifying the emergence in American universities of "an orthodoxy of decidedly left-wing opinion that intolerantly rejects any other point of view...it is ironic that tenure conceived as a way to insure in... | 46,508 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
of History at Baruch College and Executive Director of the Doctoral Program in Theatre at the Graduate Center; David Reynolds, University Distinguished Professor of English at Baruch College; and Louis Masur, Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at The City College. In accordance with the... | 46,509 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
and teaching ability come first. And academic freedom is worth fighting for". Johnson later wrote his own account of the tenure battle for the History News Network website.
# Duke lacrosse case.
Johnson had a prominent role chronicling the Duke lacrosse case scandal, exposing the many violations to due pro... | 46,510 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
and encouraging protests against the falsely accused, much before investigations had concluded.
One of the accused, Reade Seligmann, thanked Johnson publicly, stating: "I am forever grateful for all of the care, concern, and encouragement I received from my remarkable girlfriend Brooke and her family, the D... | 46,511 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
"used the [case] to demonize faculty and further ideological agendas that are part of a broad-scale right-wing attack on progressive faculty across the nation." Johnson replied to Piot on his blog.
Johnson would go on to join Stuart Taylor, Jr. and cowrite the book "Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctn... | 46,512 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
Johnson and Taylor replied to Coleman and Kasibhatla.
# Political views.
Johnson is a registered Democrat. He supported Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and vehemently opposed the candidacy of John Edwards that year. Johnson has condemned the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education... | 46,513 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
the Way with LBJ: The 1964 Presidential Election", Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- co-author (with Stuart Taylor), "Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case," Thomas Dunne Books, 2007.
- "Congress and the Cold War", Cambridge University Pre... | 46,514 |
8792536 | KC Johnson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KC%20Johnson | KC Johnson
W.W. Norton, 2005.
- "20 January 1961: The American Dream", DTV Publishers, 1999. (click DTV and then Katalog)
- "Ernest Gruening and the American Dissenting Tradition", Harvard University Press, 1998.
- "The Peace Progressives and American Foreign Relations", Harvard University Press, 1995.
- Editor, "O... | 46,515 |
8792628 | Food Fighters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Food%20Fighters | Food Fighters
Food Fighters
Food Fighters was an action figure collection released by Mattel in 1989. Proverbial for the concept of a food fight, the figures were all different types of anthropomorphic food dressed in military gear. Food Fighters consisted of ten figures and three accessory toys; a refrigerator playse... | 46,516 |
8792628 | Food Fighters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Food%20Fighters | Food Fighters
at small discount store chains like Hills or Ben Franklin.
# Products.
The Kitchen Commandos wore black boots, green clothing, and carried red weapons.
- Burgerdier General, a hamburger
- Major Munch, a doughnut (available with chocolate glaze or cherry glaze)
- Lieutenant Legg, a chicken drumstick
... | 46,517 |
8792628 | Food Fighters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Food%20Fighters | Food Fighters
missile on the top
- The Fry Chopper, a frying pan helicopter with spatula blades
- The Refrigerator playset, the Kitchen Commandos' base (unreleased)
The Refrigerator Rejects wore brown boots, black clothing, and carried blue weapons.
- Mean Weener, a hot dog
- Chip the Ripper, a chocolate chip cook... | 46,518 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
The List (The X-Files)
"The List" is the fifth episode of the third season of the science fiction television series "The X-Files". It was first broadcast in the United States on the Fox network on October 20, 1995. "The List" was written and directed by series creator Chris Carter. The episode i... | 46,519 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
to the paranormal, called X-Files. Mulder is a believer in the paranormal, while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work. In this episode, Mulder and Scully investigate a case where a death row inmate declares that he will be reincarnated and that as a result five men will die.
... | 46,520 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
later was nominated—and won—several International Monitor Awards.
# Plot.
Napoleon "Neech" Manley (Badja Djola), a death row inmate at a Florida prison, is brought to the electric chair. Before he is executed, Neech proclaims that he will be reincarnated and avenge himself against five men who ... | 46,521 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
Neech has returned. When Scully explores the prison's showers, she meets another guard named Vincent Parmelly (Ken Foree). He claims that another prisoner, Roque (Bokeem Woodbine), is keeping a list of the remaining four victims.
Later, the head of another guard, Fornier, is found inside a paint... | 46,522 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
finds Fornier's headless body in his office. While searching Neech's cell, Mulder discovers evidence of his obsession with reincarnation. The agents talk to Neech's fearful widow, Danielle Manley (April Grace), who is secretly seeing Parmelly. Roque is brought to the showers, where he is beaten t... | 46,523 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
Simon. The agents arrive at Simon's home to discover his decomposing body in the attic. Mulder confronts Speranza about the list, but Speranza only tells him that Roque was not on it. He claims to have seen Neech "big as life" outside of his cell. Based on phone records, Scully theorizes that Nee... | 46,524 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
Danielle, who has become agitated since Mulder and Scully have begun staking out her house. The agents now suspect Parmelly to be behind the murders and leave to notify Brodeur, who asks that Parmelly be arrested. Soon afterward, Danielle wakes up to see Neech standing at her bedroom door. She gr... | 46,525 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
the murders. The agents start to leave Florida, but Mulder soon pulls over. He remains frustrated, since Parmelly was on-duty during only one murder, and was not one of the three men who knew Perry Simon's confidential identity. He also points out inconsistencies in the actions of Parmelly and Ro... | 46,526 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
crash into a tree, claiming his last victim.
# Production.
"The List" was written and directed by series creator Chris Carter, making it the second time he had directed an episode after season two's "Duane Barry". For this episode, the art department was asked to create a "convincing" death row... | 46,527 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
rented the set for use in their productions.
For many of the scenes, the show's producers opted to use real maggotscreatures that series co-star Gillian Anderson later called among the hardest animals with which to work. Due to a number of issues, the show's design crew was not able to create a ... | 46,528 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
somewhat of a different look, the producers applied a green tint to the film in the post-production editing process.
The executioner, Perry Simon, was named after an NBC executive producer that Carter knew. The part was played by Bruce Pinard, but he was uncredited. Joseph Patrick Finn, a produc... | 46,529 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
and was later nominated for several International Monitor Awards, including nominations for best director, best editing, and best color correction. "The List" later won the award for best director. Story editor Frank Spotnitz said of the episode, "I think this is a vastly underrated episode. I al... | 46,530 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
this episode.
"The List" received mixed to positive reviews from television critics. "Entertainment Weekly" gave "The List" a B+, describing it as "standard but well executed". Zack Handlen, writing for "The A.V. Club", had mixed feelings about it, ultimately rating it a B-. He felt that "The Li... | 46,531 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
you get past the set-design and cinematography, you end up with some good lines and a few scary moments, and that's it."
Paula Vitaris from "Cinefantastique" gave the episode two stars out of four. She praised Carter's directing, but felt that the story suffered in comparison to the second seaso... | 46,532 |
8792498 | The List (The X-Files) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20List%20(The%20X-Files) | The List (The X-Files)
atively of the episode, calling it his third least favorite episode of the first four seasons in his book "The Nitpickers Guide to the X-Files." Robert Shearman and Lars Pearson, in their book "Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen", rated the episode o... | 46,533 |
8792631 | Larry Brown (tight end) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larry%20Brown%20(tight%20end) | Larry Brown (tight end)
Larry Brown (tight end)
Larry Brown (born June 16, 1949) is a former American football player who played tight end and offensive tackle with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Kansas, where he played on the 1968 Orange Bowl s... | 46,534 |
1215270 | George Stuart Henderson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Stuart%20Henderson | George Stuart Henderson
George Stuart Henderson
George Stuart Henderson VC, DSO & Bar, MC (5 December 1893 – 24 July 1920) was a British Army officer and a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Early... | 46,535 |
1215270 | George Stuart Henderson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George%20Stuart%20Henderson | George Stuart Henderson
arded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Early life.
Henderson was born in East Gordon, Berwickshire, on 5 December 1893 to Robert and Mary Henderson.
# Details.
Henderson was 26 years old, and a captain in the 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment during the 1920 Iraqi Revolt, then call... | 46,536 |
1215264 | William David Kenny | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20David%20Kenny | William David Kenny
William David Kenny
William David Kenny VC (1 February 1899 – 2 January 1920) was a British Indian Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Early life.
Kenny was bo... | 46,537 |
1215264 | William David Kenny | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20David%20Kenny | William David Kenny
es during the Waziristan Campaign when the deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. The citation was published in a supplement to the "London Gazette" of 7 September 1920 (dated 9 September 1920):
# The medal.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum in Chelsea.
Memoria... | 46,538 |
1215275 | Taiping District, Taichung | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taiping%20District,%20Taichung | Taiping District, Taichung
Taiping District, Taichung
Taiping District () is an inner city district in the eastern part of Taichung, Taiwan. It is the second largest district in Taichung City after Heping District.
# History.
Taiping used to be a county-controlled city of Taichung County since 1 August 1996 until 25... | 46,539 |
1215275 | Taiping District, Taichung | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taiping%20District,%20Taichung | Taiping District, Taichung
Xinxing, Xingao, Xinfu, Toubian, Shenghe, Tungbian, Xinglong, Fulong, Huangzhu, Guanglong, Yonglong and Delong Village.
# Geography.
- Area: 120.75 km²
- Population: 184,223 people (January 2016)
# Economy.
Taiping District supply lots of agriculture products to Taichung urban area, incl... | 46,540 |
1215275 | Taiping District, Taichung | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taiping%20District,%20Taichung | Taiping District, Taichung
Tungbian, Xinglong, Fulong, Huangzhu, Guanglong, Yonglong and Delong Village.
# Geography.
- Area: 120.75 km²
- Population: 184,223 people (January 2016)
# Economy.
Taiping District supply lots of agriculture products to Taichung urban area, including
loquats, longans, bananas, and vege... | 46,541 |
1215276 | Ryu Si-won | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryu%20Si-won | Ryu Si-won
Ryu Si-won
Ryu Si-won (; born 6 October 1972) is a South Korean actor and singer. After he made his debut in the KBS drama "Feeling" in 1994, Ryu pursued a singing career.
# Career.
On 12 December 2004, Ryu went with a Taiwanese actress to Singapore for the presentation of the Star awards to Singaporean a... | 46,542 |
1215276 | Ryu Si-won | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryu%20Si-won | Ryu Si-won
very first photo diary, "24 Hours with Go Soo". It spans approximately 100 shots, which will be produced as a DVD. He also gives support to Go for his career.
Subsequent to the broadcast of his 2001 drama "Beautiful Days" in Japan, he had been active there both as an actor and a singer. He was the first Kor... | 46,543 |
1215276 | Ryu Si-won | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryu%20Si-won | Ryu Si-won
to promotion Korean tourism in Japan. Where he was featured in two 15-second commercials in the themes of "Let’s go to Korea" and "You are the character of your drama" for Japanese television in January 2012.
In May 2012, Ryu starred in Channel A's drama "Goodbye Dear Wife" along with Hong Soo-hyun, Park Ji... | 46,544 |
1215276 | Ryu Si-won | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryu%20Si-won | Ryu Si-won
1998: "Purity" (KBS)
- 1998: "To the End of the World" (MBC)
- 2000: "Secret" (MBC)
- 2000: "Truth" (MBC)
- 2001: "Beautiful Days" (SBS)
- 2002: "Since I Knew You" (MBC)
- 2002: "The Shining Sunlight" (MBC)
- 2003: "She's Cool!" (KBS)
- 2005: "Koino Karasawagi" Drama Special (Japan, NTV)
- 2005: "We... | 46,545 |
1215276 | Ryu Si-won | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryu%20Si-won | Ryu Si-won
KBS Drama Awards: Best New Actor
- 1997 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award
- 1998 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award
- 1998 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor
- 1999 16th Korea Best Dressed Awards: Recipient
- 1999 35th Baeksang Arts Awards: Most Popular Actor in TV ("Paper Crane")
- 2000 MBC Dr... | 46,546 |
1215277 | Dali District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dali%20District | Dali District
Dali District
Dali District () is an inner city district in Taichung, Taiwan.
# Name.
The name "Dali" originates from "Tai-li-khit" (), where "Tai-li" refers to the Hoanya aborigines and "khit" refers to a bamboo raft's toon.
# History.
Dali used to be a county-controlled city of Taichung County from... | 46,547 |
1215277 | Dali District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dali%20District | Dali District
University of Science and Technology
## Junior high schools.
- Cheng Kong Junior High School
## Senior high schools.
- The Affiliated Senior High School of National Chung Hsing University
- Taichung county of Dali senior High School
- Ta ming senior High School
- Chito tai senior High School
- You... | 46,548 |
1215278 | Ishar Singh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ishar%20Singh | Ishar Singh
Ishar Singh
Sardar Bahadur Ishar Singh VC, OBI (30 December 1895 – 2 December 1963) was a soldier in the British Indian Army and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born at Nenwan, he was the fir... | 46,549 |
1215278 | Ishar Singh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ishar%20Singh | Ishar Singh
ross.
# Victoria Cross.
Ishar Singh was 25 years old, and a sepoy in the 28th Punjabis, Indian Army during the Waziristan Campaign when, on 10 April 1921, near Haidari Kach he undertook the actions which led his senior officer, Captain Bernard Oddie, to recommend him for the award of a VC. The citation wa... | 46,550 |
1215282 | Godfrey Meynell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godfrey%20Meynell | Godfrey Meynell
Godfrey Meynell
Godfrey Meynell VC, MC (30 May 1904 – 29 September 1935) was a British Indian Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
# Early life ... | 46,551 |
1215282 | Godfrey Meynell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godfrey%20Meynell | Godfrey Meynell
awarded the Military Cross in 1933 for his work in Chitral.
## Victoria Cross.
Meynell was thirty-one years old, and a captain in the 5th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides), 12th Frontier Force Regiment during the 1935 Mohmand Campaign in British India.
On 29 September 1935 at Mohmand, ... | 46,552 |
1215282 | Godfrey Meynell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godfrey%20Meynell | Godfrey Meynell
numbers nevertheless succeeded in reaching the position and putting the Lewis guns out of action. In the hand-to-hand struggle which ensued, Captain Meynell was mortally wounded, but the heavy casualties inflicted on the enemy prevented them from exploiting their success.
Regimental records suggest tha... | 46,553 |
1215282 | Godfrey Meynell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godfrey%20Meynell | Godfrey Meynell
inflicted on the enemy prevented them from exploiting their success.
Regimental records suggest that when the bodies of his men were mutilated by the enemy (as was their custom), Captain Meynell sought to defend those bodies even as he himself was dying.
Captain Meynell’s Victoria Cross was awarded po... | 46,554 |
1215284 | Pingzhen District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pingzhen%20District | Pingzhen District
Pingzhen District
Pingzhen District () is a district in the central part of Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
# History.
Pingzhen was originally established as Changluliao during the Qing Dynasty rule of Taiwan. In 1920 under the Japanese rule, the city was renamed to Pingzhen. On 1 March 1992, it was upgraded... | 46,555 |
1215284 | Pingzhen District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pingzhen%20District | Pingzhen District
has a population of 212,328 people as of December 2014. Most of the people in Pingzhen are Hakka people.
# Infrastructure.
To solve the water supply problem, many ponds have been built in the past. Currently the district has 123 ponds.
# Administrative divisions.
Pingzeng, Zengxing, Nanshi, Jinxin... | 46,556 |
1215284 | Pingzhen District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pingzhen%20District | Pingzhen District
ingnan, Shanfeng, Fulin, Yongguang, Zhuangjing, Yongfeng, Yongan, Songwu, Pingxing, Guangxing, Guangda, Guangren, Fudan, Fuxing, Yimin, Yixing, Shuanglian, Gaoshuang, Beishi, Beihua, Xinshi, Beian, Xinrong, Xinfu, Xinying, Xingui, Beixing, Jinling, Beigui, Beifu, Jianan, Huaan, Tungan, Xinan, Tungshi,... | 46,557 |
1215272 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doncaster%20Sheffield%20Airport | Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport , formerly Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, is an international airport located at the former RAF Finningley station, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster within South Yorkshire, England. The airport lies south-east of Donca... | 46,558 |
1215272 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doncaster%20Sheffield%20Airport | Doncaster Sheffield Airport
and had a 75% stake in Durham Tees Valley Airport. Doncaster Sheffield Airport has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P876) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.
# History.
The airport owes its origins to military aviation, having bee... | 46,559 |
1215272 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doncaster%20Sheffield%20Airport | Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Finningley. The Cold War saw the airfield's importance rise when it was used for nuclear-armed Vulcan bombers. Training once again became the priority in the 1970s and 1980s before the airport was decommissioned in 1995.
Following the ending of scheduled services from Sheffield City Airport... | 46,560 |
1215272 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doncaster%20Sheffield%20Airport | Doncaster Sheffield Airport
was projected to serve at least a million passengers during 2006. The actual figure for its first year was 899,000, making the airport the 23rd largest in the UK. By August 2007 the new airport had handled 2.28 million passengers.
Long haul flights to North America began in summer 2007, wit... | 46,561 |
1215272 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doncaster%20Sheffield%20Airport | Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Doncaster to Amsterdam, Barcelona, Faro, Palma de Mallorca and Prague. These flights were expected to carry 300,000 passengers in the first year of operation. However, EasyJet withdrew all flights from the airport with effect from 4 January 2011.
By 2010 the Peel Group was attempting to sec... | 46,562 |
1215272 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doncaster%20Sheffield%20Airport | Doncaster Sheffield Airport
passenger numbers at Robin Hood fell significantly and in December 2012 it was announced that Robin Hood would also be sold back to Peel Group. As a result, by January 2013 only Liverpool John Lennon Airport was still owned by Peel Airports, with Vantage Airport Group owning 65% of this comp... | 46,563 |
1215272 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doncaster%20Sheffield%20Airport | Doncaster Sheffield Airport
retaining its own management structure separate to Doncaster and Durham.
In September 2016, the airport signed a deal with Sheffield United Football Club. This resulted in Doncaster Sheffield Airport being the club's official air travel provider. To promote the partnership, a large advertis... | 46,564 |
1215272 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doncaster%20Sheffield%20Airport | Doncaster Sheffield Airport
airport and the football club further.
In December 2016, the airport received an entirely new corporate design including a change of name from Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield to Doncaster Sheffield Airport, with the Robin Hood title being downgraded to a lesser used graphic appendix.... | 46,565 |
1215272 | Doncaster Sheffield Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doncaster%20Sheffield%20Airport | Doncaster Sheffield Airport
wider than those at many other airports in Northern England. This stems from the airport's history as a former long-range nuclear bomber base (RAF Finningley), and makes the airport suitable for wide-bodied, long-haul or cargo-carrying aircraft. The runway is long enough that the airport was... | 46,566 |
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2008, with a 102-bed capacity. It is situated less than ten minutes walk from the Terminal building.
There are four on-site car parks at the airport. Short Stay, Long Stay, Premium Parking and Meet & Greet. All car parks are operated and managed by the airport and are all within walking dis... | 46,567 |
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company BAE Systems formerly operated its Aircraft Maintenance Academy from No. 3 Hangar at the airport, before moving to Humberside Airport. Other companies that operate within the hangars include Bespoke Training Systems Limited, a Cessna Citation service center, and Anglo European Express... | 46,568 |
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following airlines have operated regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Doncaster Sheffield:
# Vulcan XH558.
In 2011, the Vulcan to the Sky Trust relocated Avro Vulcan XH558 (G-VLCN) "The Spirit Of Great Britain" to the airport, arriving from its former temporary winter base, RA... | 46,569 |
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base, and to not overshadow ongoing repatriation flights of Britain's war casualties to Lyneham from Afghanistan. The airport remained XH558's home base until its final flight, a display over the airport, on 28 October 2015.
With XH558 now permanently grounded, the Trust intends to remain a... | 46,570 |
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be funding dependent.
# Ground transport.
## Road.
The airport is located close to the M18 motorway; a road link from Junction 3 of the M18 to Parrot's Corner (junction of the A638 and the B6463) was opened on 29 February 2016 before being extended to the airport on 15 June 2018. Part of ... | 46,571 |
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official partner - Little Arrow Taxis.
## Bus.
There are regular First South Yorkshire and Stagecoach Yorkshire bus services directly linking the airport with Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange and Sheffield Interchange.
The 57a and 57c bus services replace the previous 'X4' express service... | 46,572 |
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iPort and arrives at Doncaster Sheffield Airport approximately 60 minutes later. This replaces the previous '737' express service.
## Rail.
Doncaster railway station, located on the East Coast Main Line, is from the airport and is adjacent to the Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange.
In addit... | 46,573 |
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rail link.
# Accidents and incidents.
- On 6 January 2010, Paul Chambers, who was intending to travel from Doncaster Sheffield, posted a message to Twitter threatening to bomb the airport. He was later arrested, tried and convicted of sending a menacing message. In July 2012, the convictio... | 46,574 |
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in the media; in particular, numerous articles on its status as the UK's newest international airport have seen it become part of the debate on air tourism and environmental issues. On 24 January 2007, the airport featured in the BBC Two documentary "Should I Really Give Up Flying?", with Do... | 46,575 |
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two weeks at the airport filming. The programme aired from Christmas 2010 through January 2011.
- The airport (or at that time RAF Finningley) had several appearances in the 1984 BBC nuclear war docudrama "Threads", where it was destroyed by a Soviet nuclear warhead.
# Name.
Until Decembe... | 46,576 |
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l Government Act 1972, administered as part of Nottinghamshire) and still resides in the boundary of the Diocese of Nottingham.
- Some later Robin Hood legends, and the popular 20th-century books, films and TV programmes, are set in Sherwood Forest.
- The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster ... | 46,577 |
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Royal Alexandra Theatre
The Royal Alexandra Theatre, commonly known as the Royal Alex, is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, located near King and Simcoe Streets. Built in 1907, the 1,497-seat Royal Alex is the oldest continuously operating legitimate theatre in North America.
# History.
A 1,497-... | 46,578 |
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production company headed by Ed's son, David Mirvish. The theatre, commonly known as the "Royal Alex", "the Alex" or "the R.A.T." is named for Queen Alexandra, a Danish princess and the wife of King Edward VII, great-grandmother to the current Queen of Canada, Elizabeth II. The theatre received ... | 46,579 |
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Church and the Princess Theatre, Toronto's finest "first-class" showplace were also in the vicinity. The theatre was built on what had previously been the athletic field of the exclusive boys' school Upper Canada College near the corner of King and Simcoe streets. This intersection was then know... | 46,580 |
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sought to "put Toronto on the map" as a place of culture and refinement. The principal of this group was Cawthra Mulock, a 21-year-old foundry owner, scion of two of Ontario's most prominent families (the Cawthras and the Mulocks) who lived a short walk east of site in a large home called "Cawth... | 46,581 |
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des Beaux-Arts. Lyle was an associate with the New York architectural firm Carrère and Hastings, the official architects of the theatre. Mulock gave Lyle a budget of $750,000 and the simple instruction "Build me the finest theatre on the continent." He also, however, insisted that the theatre be... | 46,582 |
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("Venus and Attendants Discover the Sleeping Adonis") by the popular Canadian painter Frederick S. Challener. Lyle also incorporated a number of "firsts" into his design: the Alex was North America's first air-conditioned theatre (by virtue of a large ice-pit under the orchestra), one of its fir... | 46,583 |
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booking acts for its stage. The theatre owners found themselves at odds with the powerful Theatrical Syndicate, the New York-based organisation headed by Charles Frohman, Al Hayman, Abe Erlanger, Mark Klaw, Samuel F. Nixon and Fred Zimmerman that not only exercised a near monopoly on touring the... | 46,584 |
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carriage-trade patrons of the Princess.
The local rivalry with the Princess Theatre ended on the night of May 7, 1915, when a fire gutted that theatre, leaving the Royal Alex as Toronto's only first-class, legitimate playhouse. By coincidence, on that same evening, the British liner sank in the... | 46,585 |
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warehouses and light industry. In 1962, after a decade of money-losing operation, the trustees of the Mulock estate (Cawthra Mulock died during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918) put the theatre up for sale. The property was purchased by Ed Mirvish in 1963, owner of the Toronto discount shop Hone... | 46,586 |
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and use the site for other purposes. Mirvish closed the theatre for one year - the longest it had ever been dark - for renovation and restoration. The Royal Alex re-opened in September, 1963, with the comedy "Never Too Late", starring William Bendix and produced by Ed Mirvish.
Ed Mirvish rarely... | 46,587 |
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notable success as a producer with "Hair" in 1970, and "Godspell" in 1972. The latter starred a group of young Canadian unknowns who would go on to great success, including Victor Garber, Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin.
Following the renovation of the Royal Alex, Mirv... | 46,588 |
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warehouses into a district of independent winebars, restaurants, cafes and bistros.
In 1975, Toronto City Council recognized the historic value of the theatre by designating it under the "Ontario Heritage Act" by By-law 512-75. In 1987, on the 80th anniversary of the theatre, it was designated ... | 46,589 |
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handing the business to his son. In 1993, David Mirvish added a third theatre to the empire, building the Princess of Wales Theatre a block to the west of the Royal Alexandra. The Princess was named, in part, in memory of the old Princess, rival to the Alex in the early years of the 20th century... | 46,590 |
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that the renovation was intended to "once more restore and give life to that sparkle and give a level of comfort that will preserve the theatre as our flagship of the 21st century". The most significant change was the refurbishment of its seating areas to improve audience comfort, with the repla... | 46,591 |
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15, 2016 with the opening of "Come from Away"; the pre-Broadway run for the show set sales records for the Royal Alex, selling out its entire run within only its second week of shows, and $1.7 million worth of tickets in a week.
# Notable people who have performed at the Royal Alex.
- Lucille ... | 46,592 |
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Lillie
- Ruth Gordon
- Maurice Evans
- Helen Hayes
- John Barrymore
- Ethel Barrymore
- Katharine Cornell
- Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy
- Alicia Markova
- Ingrid Bergman
- John Gielgud
- Ralph Richardson
- Peggy Ashcroft
- Deborah Kerr
- Édith Piaf
- Paul Robeson
- Orson Welles... | 46,593 |
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also.
- Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre
- Massey Hall
- Princess of Wales Theatre
- Roy Thomson Hall
- Hummingbird Centre
- Bathurst Street Theatre
- Ed Mirvish Theatre
- Royal eponyms in Canada
# Sources.
- Dombowski, Philip and Janet MacKinnon, eds., "Toronto's Landmark Restoration Pro... | 46,594 |
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a
# Sources.
- Dombowski, Philip and Janet MacKinnon, eds., "Toronto's Landmark Restoration Projects", Bulletin of the Historic Theatres Trust/Société des salles historiques, Montreal, Winter 1994/95
- Haynes, N.J. "A History of the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1914–1918... | 46,595 |
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For What It's Worth
"For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" (often referred to as simply "For What It's Worth") is a song written by Stephen Stills. Performed by Buffalo Springfield, it was recorded on December 5, 1966; released as a single on Atco Records on December 23, 1966; and peak... | 46,596 |
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November 1966—a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California, beginning in mid-1966, the same year Buffalo Springfield had become the house band at the Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip. Local residents and b... | 46,597 |
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fliers were distributed on the Sunset Strip inviting people to join demonstrations later that day. Several of Los Angeles' rock radio stations also announced a rally outside the Pandora's Box club on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights. That evening, as many as 1,000 young demonstrat... | 46,598 |
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of these civil disturbances that Stills recorded "For What It's Worth" on December 5, 1966.
# Production.
Stills said in an interview that the name of the song came about when he presented it to the record company executive Ahmet Ertegun (who signed Buffalo Springfield to the Atlantic Records-owne... | 46,599 |
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