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1216073 | Charles de Téligny | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20de%20Téligny | Charles de Téligny
Poitiers, directed an unsuccessful attack on Nantes, fought bravely under Coligny at Moncontour, and participated in the negotiations ending in the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (8 August 1570).
In 1571 he retired to La Rochelle and married Louise de Coligny, but was speedily recalled to Paris to s... | 47,800 |
1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
Guadeloupe national football team
The Guadeloupe regional football team () represents the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe in international football. The team is controlled by the Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football (), a local branch of French Football Federation ().
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1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
organizations. Indeed, according to the status of the FFF (article 34, paragraph 6): ""[...]Under the control of related continental confederations, and with the agreement of the FFF, those leagues can organize international sport events at a regional level or set up teams in order to ... | 47,802 |
1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
In the semi-finals, Guadeloupe lost to Mexico 1–0. The regional team also participates in the Caribbean Cup and the Coupe de l'Outre-Mer. Guadeloupe has yet to win either competition.
# History.
## International success.
Guadeloupe was a surprise qualifier for the CONCACAF Gold Cup ... | 47,803 |
1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
Miami. The team finally succumbed to defeat losing 1–0 to the reigning champions of UNCAF, Costa Rica, to close out group play.
Guadeloupe advanced to the knockout stage of the competition as a result of being the best performing third-place team in group play. In the quarterfinals, G... | 47,804 |
1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
finish in the tournament was the best finish by a Caribbean island team since Trinidad and Tobago reached the semifinals of the 2000 tournament.
Guadeloupe's respectable third-place finish in the 2008 Caribbean Championship meant a consecutive appearance in the Gold Cup. Ahead of the ... | 47,805 |
1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
Claudio Beauvue, and Richard Socrier. All players had been effective players in Ligue 1 and abroad. However, despite calling up an abundance of talent, only Alexandre Alphonse was allowed participation by his club. Every other player either personally turned down the invite or was deni... | 47,806 |
1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
match against Mexico, Guadeloupe was beaten 2–0 in Phoenix. Guadeloupe's second-place finish in the group meant another appearance in the knockout stage, where the team was pitted against Costa Rica in the quarter-finals at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. In the match, it was Cost... | 47,807 |
1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
squads – Guadeloupe
- 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads – Guadeloupe
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads – Guadeloupe
- Caribbean Championship
- 2010 Caribbean Championship – Guadeloupe
# Competitive record.
## Gold Cup record.
Guadeloupe has participated in three of the fourteen CONCAC... | 47,808 |
1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
Caribbean Cup record.
Guadeloupe have appeared in seven Caribbean Cups. The regional team has yet to win the competition, but has finished in third place on three occasions in 1989, 1994, and 2008. Since the 2007 competition, Guadeloupe has finished inside the top four teams in the pr... | 47,809 |
1215947 | Guadeloupe national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadeloupe%20national%20football%20team | Guadeloupe national football team
m finished runners-up to Jamaica losing 5–4 on penalties.
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## Coupe de l'Outre-Mer record.
Guadeloupe has participated in both editions of the Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, which was established in 2008. In both editions, the team finished in third place behind Martinique and Réunion wi... | 47,810 |
1216076 | On the Threshold of a Dream | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On%20the%20Threshold%20of%20a%20Dream | On the Threshold of a Dream
On the Threshold of a Dream
On the Threshold of a Dream is the fourth album by the Moody Blues, released in April 1969 on the Deram label.
# Content.
The album begins with a poem accompanied by electronic sounds, and these sounds also appear at the close of the album most vinyl pressings ... | 47,811 |
1216076 | On the Threshold of a Dream | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On%20the%20Threshold%20of%20a%20Dream | On the Threshold of a Dream
their first British number 1 album, and also boosted their American fortunes by becoming their first Top 20 album there.
In March 2006 the album was completely remastered into SACD format and repackaged with nine extra tracks. In 2008 a remaster for standard audio CD was issued with the sam... | 47,812 |
1216081 | Huggins (lunar crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huggins%20(lunar%20crater) | Huggins (lunar crater)
Huggins (lunar crater)
Huggins is a lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon's near side. It was named after British astronomer Sir William Huggins in 1935.
This crater lies across the eastern rim of the larger crater Orontius. The eastern rim of Huggins is lai... | 47,813 |
1216081 | Huggins (lunar crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huggins%20(lunar%20crater) | Huggins (lunar crater)
age from west to east. To the northwest of Huggins is Miller, which is attached to the northern rim of Nasireddin.
This crater has been somewhat eroded, but the surviving rim remains relatively well-defined and is only overlaid by a few tiny craterlets. The western half of the interior floor is ... | 47,814 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
Nicodemo Scarfo
Nicodemo Domenic "Little Nicky" Scarfo (March 8, 1929 – January 13, 2017) was a member of the American Mafia who eventually became the boss of the Philadelphia crime family after the death of Angelo Bruno and Phil Testa. During his criminal career, Scarfo was described by some as psycho... | 47,815 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
enjoyed the celebrity gangster lifestyle and was an admirer of Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone. Scarfo would scan newspapers for his name and made sure his soldiers carried out murders in public to create a constant atmosphere of fear. Scarfo engaged in organized crime activities such as drug trafficking ... | 47,816 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
extortion, attempted murder, and first degree murder, and with damaging testimonies of several informants, who had carried out his murders, and his top lieutenants including his second in command and nephew, Philip "Crazy Phil" Leonetti. Scarfo died in prison on January 13, 2017, while serving his priso... | 47,817 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
and later graduated at Benjamin Franklin High School in 1947. He became an amateur boxer, fighting in small clubs throughout Philadelphia, earning himself a reputation for his aggressive temper in the ring.
# Early criminal years.
After failing to become a success in the boxing world, Scarfo joined hi... | 47,818 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
family. He was inducted by then boss Joseph Ida at a ceremony held in New Jersey, alongside two of his uncles who were also inducted as full-fledged soldiers. Scarfo was reportedly arrogant and stubborn, having declined to marry the daughter of Consigliere Joe Rugnetta, leaving him embarrassed and disre... | 47,819 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
years in prison from 1971 to 1973 for refusing to testify for the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation. He served his time with boss Angelo Bruno and Genovese crime family members Gerardo Catena and Louis Manna, the latter of whom he formed a close relationship with.
In 1976, Atlantic City lega... | 47,820 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
by Phil Leonetti on orders of Scarfo after making negative remarks about the company and Scarfo. In 1978, Scarfo and his associate, Nicholas "Nick the Blade" Virgilio, shot and murdered judge Edwin J. Helfant for refusing to cooperate with them and to help Virgilio receive a lighter sentence as he was f... | 47,821 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
Consigliere, Antonio Caponigro. Weeks later, Caponigro faced the consequence of killing a Boss without the approval of the American Mafia Commission. He was found shot dozens of times in a car trunk and $300 in bills were jammed in his mouth and anus as a sign of his own greed. Phil Testa became the new... | 47,822 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
murder sparked a war within the family. Scarfo seized the top position for himself, promoting his nephew as his Underboss and Frank Monte as his Consigliere. Scarfo would go on to lead the family for a decade with a bloody rampage, fueled by paranoia and aggression. Between August 1982 and January 1984,... | 47,823 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
of his Capos and top hitmen, as Testa's ambition and growing popularity made Scarfo feel threatened. Testa was the son of former Boss Phil Testa, who had been Scarfo's close friend and mentor. As a result of Salvatore Testa's murder, Scarfo gained a reputation for disloyalty, and several criminal organi... | 47,824 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
This led Caramandi, a notable and feared hitman, to cooperate and testify against the organization. In 1986, Caramandi was indicted for his role in the extortion case and decided to cooperate in fear of Scarfo ordering a hit on his life. A year later, Caramandi testified against him in court. Scarfo rec... | 47,825 |
1216051 | Nicodemo Scarfo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicodemo%20Scarfo | Nicodemo Scarfo
the extortion case and decided to cooperate in fear of Scarfo ordering a hit on his life. A year later, Caramandi testified against him in court. Scarfo received 14 years for the extortion as a result of Caramandi's testimony. With the help of several informants, including his nephew, Phil Leonetti, Sca... | 47,826 |
1216087 | Centered decagonal number | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centered%20decagonal%20number | Centered decagonal number
Centered decagonal number
A centered decagonal number is a centered figurate number that represents a decagon with a dot in the center and all other dots surrounding the center dot in successive decagonal layers. The centered decagonal number for "n" is given by the formula
Thus, the first f... | 47,827 |
1216087 | Centered decagonal number | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centered%20decagonal%20number | Centered decagonal number
al number for "n" is given by the formula
Thus, the first few centered decagonal numbers are
Like any other centered "k"-gonal number, the "n"th centered decagonal number can reckoned by multiplying the ("n" − 1)th triangular number by "k", 10 in this case, then adding 1. As a consequence of... | 47,828 |
1216077 | Electrophilic addition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electrophilic%20addition | Electrophilic addition
Electrophilic addition
In organic chemistry, an electrophilic addition reaction is an addition reaction where, in a chemical compound, a π bond is broken and two new σ bonds are formed. The substrate of an electrophilic addition reaction must have a double bond or triple bond.
The driving force... | 47,829 |
1216077 | Electrophilic addition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electrophilic%20addition | Electrophilic addition
second covalent bond.
Step 2 is the same nucleophilic attack process found in an S1 reaction. The exact nature of the electrophile and the nature of the positively charged intermediate are not always clear and depend on reactants and reaction conditions.
In all asymmetric addition reactions to ... | 47,830 |
1216077 | Electrophilic addition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electrophilic%20addition | Electrophilic addition
charge as well, to make up for the new addition, which then results in the intermediate, bearing that positive charge. This intermediate is the key to understanding the electrophilic addition, which is due to the positive nature of the particles involved. If this is done, then the reactions can b... | 47,831 |
1216077 | Electrophilic addition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electrophilic%20addition | Electrophilic addition
ture of the particles involved. If this is done, then the reactions can be understood by these additions as positively charged reactions. The positive charge bears result as the intermediate form otherwise known as the total structure of such an intermediate. The end product thus contains the com... | 47,832 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
Telesilla
Telesilla (; fl. 510 BC) was an ancient Greek poet, native of Argos. She was a distinguished woman who was especially renowned for her poetry and for her leadership of Argos through a political and military crisis and subsequent re-building. Antipater of Thessalonica included her in his canon of ni... | 47,833 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
of ancient Greek, especially the Argolic Doric Greek dialect in which Telesilla wrote.
One line is preserved by the grammarian Hephaestion, apparently from a "parthenion", or song for a chorus of maidens:
A unique word, "philelias", apparently a coinage of Telesilla's, is preserved by Athenaeus in his "Deip... | 47,834 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
the survivors. Thus when Cleomenes led his troops to Argos there were no warriors left to defend it.
According to Pausanias, Telesilla stationed on the wall all the slaves and all the males normally exempt from military service owing to their youth or old age. Also, she collected the arms from sanctuaries an... | 47,835 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
at Argos there was a statue in front of the temple of Aphrodite dedicated to Telesilla. The statues depicted a woman who holds in her hand a helmet, which she is looking at and is about to place on her head and books lying at her feet.
The festival Hybristica or Endymatia, in which men and women exchanged cl... | 47,836 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
Historicity.
Herodotus (vi. 76) does not refer to the intervention of Telesilla, but mentions an oracle, told by a Pythian priestess, which predicted that the female should conquer the male, whence the tradition itself may have been derived. This oracle is also quoted by Pausanias.
The oracle was:
The exis... | 47,837 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
or muddling of details. On the other hand, even if her role is not quite as Pausanias described it, the information gathered in his visit there proves that Telesilla had a great influence over an important event in Argive history that was still remembered more than half a millennium later.
While disputing th... | 47,838 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
if it is incorrect on details, probably preserves a memory of a time of upheaval and social change. The relief of her described by Pausanias shows that the Argives still remembered her for her role in saving the city, even if the details were confused.
Based on his studies of the archaeology of Argos and the... | 47,839 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
though the city may have lacked walls, it was protected on the west side by fortified hills, with a number of temples and other civic edifices that could double as strong points, and most of the streets were essentially very narrow alleys densely lined with housing and open sewers.
The Spartan army was optim... | 47,840 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
attacked, noting that Pyrrhus of Epirus later failed in his Siege of Sparta, another unwalled city, and shortly afterwards was killed in his unsuccessful attack on Argos after being knocked unconscious by a roof tile hurled down by the mother of one of the armed male defenders. Unlike Pyrrhus, the Spartans we... | 47,841 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
citizens of military age were killed, but not nearly all the men, as Argos was divided into a society of hoplites, craftsmen, and "gymentes" farmers at this time. As for the slaves, the term "doulos" used by Pausanias could mean 'slave', or simply "worker", and it is likely that in this instance it referred t... | 47,842 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
had changed. Aristotle called the "douloi" of contemporary Argos the "perioikoi", "the outdwellers", a term that at Sparta referred to the free population of non-citizens outside the city. These "douloi" seized Tiryns, according to Herodotus, but afterwards there was a period of cooperation between them and t... | 47,843 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
the end of the Argive oligarchy and the beginning of a transition to democracy, less radical than Athens, but including a larger proportion of free male the population of the Argolid than was formerly the case. Many of the "douloi" had married the widows of the fallen hoplites, which set the city up for ongoi... | 47,844 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
none of these were an instance of slave rebellion strictly defined, they would have evoked much the same reaction of alarm and contempt from aristocratic writers, and the arming of propertiless farm workers in large numbers and as anything but light troops would have been an unusual and remarkable event in Gr... | 47,845 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
Asine and the territory of Epidaurs may have been a twisted olive tree midway up the mountain.
According to Tatian, Telesilla was commemorated by a statue in the Theatre of Pompey, a work of Niceratus.
# Further reading.
- David Campbell, "Greek Lyric IV" (Loeb Classical Library, 1992), pp. 70–83.
- Regin... | 47,846 |
1216052 | Telesilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telesilla | Telesilla
e mountain.
According to Tatian, Telesilla was commemorated by a statue in the Theatre of Pompey, a work of Niceratus.
# Further reading.
- David Campbell, "Greek Lyric IV" (Loeb Classical Library, 1992), pp. 70–83.
- Reginald Walter Macan, "Herodotus" iv.–vi., i. 336 foll. and notes.
- Pausanias ii. 20,... | 47,847 |
1216060 | Nitride | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nitride | Nitride
Nitride
In chemistry, a nitride is a compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has a formal oxidation state of −3. Nitrides are a large class of compounds with a wide range of properties and applications.
The nitride ion, N, is never encountered in protic solution because it is so basic that it would be protonated ... | 47,848 |
1216060 | Nitride | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nitride | Nitride
a useful high-temperature lubricant akin to molybdenum disulfide. Nitride compounds often have large band gaps, thus nitrides are usually insulators or wide bandgap semiconductors; examples include boron nitride and silicon nitride. The wide band gap material gallium nitride is prized for emitting blue light in... | 47,849 |
1216060 | Nitride | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nitride | Nitride
many organic derivatives.
## Nitrides of the s-block elements.
Only one alkali metal nitride is stable, the purple-reddish lithium nitride (LiN), which forms when lithium burns in an atmosphere of N. Sodium nitride has been generated, but remains a laboratory curiosity. The nitrides of the alkaline earth meta... | 47,850 |
1216060 | Nitride | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nitride | Nitride
known, but only the former is commercially important. The nitrides of aluminium, gallium, and indium adopt diamond-like wurtzite structure in which each atom occupies tetrahedral sites. For example, in aluminium nitride, each aluminium atom has four neighboring nitrogen atoms at the corners of a tetrahedron and... | 47,851 |
1216060 | Nitride | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nitride | Nitride
metal nitrides.
For the group 3 metals, ScN and YN are both known. Group 4, 5, and 6 transition metals, that is the titanium, vanadium and chromium groups all form nitrides. They are refractory, with high melting point and are chemically stable. Representative is titanium nitride. Sometimes these materials are... | 47,852 |
1216060 | Nitride | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nitride | Nitride
explosive which may detonate from the slightest touch, even a falling water droplet.
## Molecular nitrides.
Many metals form molecular nitrido complexes, as discussed in the specialized article. The main group elements also form some molecular nitrides. Cyanogen ((CN)) and tetrasulfur tetranitride (SN) are ra... | 47,853 |
1216060 | Nitride | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nitride | Nitride
may detonate from the slightest touch, even a falling water droplet.
## Molecular nitrides.
Many metals form molecular nitrido complexes, as discussed in the specialized article. The main group elements also form some molecular nitrides. Cyanogen ((CN)) and tetrasulfur tetranitride (SN) are rare examples of a... | 47,854 |
1216092 | The Beatles' Long Tall Sally | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Beatles'%20Long%20Tall%20Sally | The Beatles' Long Tall Sally
The Beatles' Long Tall Sally
The Beatles' Long Tall Sally is The Beatles' final album to be released exclusively in Canada. It was a mono release on the Capitol Records label (catalogue number T 6063) in May 1964.
After the release of this album, Beatles' records in Canada would match the... | 47,855 |
1216092 | The Beatles' Long Tall Sally | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Beatles'%20Long%20Tall%20Sally | The Beatles' Long Tall Sally
on the Canadian album "Beatlemania! With the Beatles".
The cover design is almost identical to the US release "The Beatles' Second Album".
# Track listing.
All songs written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
- Side one
- 2. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – 2:24
- 3. "I Saw Her Stan... | 47,856 |
1216092 | The Beatles' Long Tall Sally | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Beatles'%20Long%20Tall%20Sally | The Beatles' Long Tall Sally
2:10
- 4. "Please Mr. Postman" (Robert Bateman, Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Fred Gorman, Brian Holland) – 2:37
- 5. "This Boy" – 2:10
- 6. "I'll Get You" – 2:04
- 7. "You Can't Do That" – 2:34
# Reissue.
The album was deleted in 1967 but was reissued in 1971 along with the two o... | 47,857 |
1216091 | New localism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20localism | New localism
New localism
New localism is a concept associated with Tony Blair's Labour government in the United Kingdom. It was intended to indicate a cautious devolution of power to the local level in an attempt to better implement national goals.
# Labour's first term approach.
New localism arose from the experie... | 47,858 |
1216091 | New localism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20localism | New localism
public services through inspection and target setting.
In Whitehall, this was achieved through public service agreements between departments and the Treasury, setting out what was expected of a particular department in return for its funding.
In the wider public sector, local government was required to u... | 47,859 |
1216091 | New localism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20localism | New localism
One example of this is arguably the way the government's focus on education and social services drove councils to focus their spending and effort in these areas.
While positive in itself, the result was that local environmental services were relatively less well resourced, despite the fact that they are k... | 47,860 |
1216091 | New localism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20localism | New localism
by standardised approaches imposed from above, and that local agencies needed space to adapt and innovate within the policy framework.
# New localism and 'old localism'.
New localism is therefore characterised by a cautious devolution of power to the local level in an attempt to better implement national... | 47,861 |
1216091 | New localism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20localism | New localism
level, something that the localists of the 1980s strongly resisted. Second, it does not centre on the role of the local authority, but takes a wider view of the locality that includes communities and other public service organisations such as health and police services.
# New localism in practice.
New lo... | 47,862 |
1216091 | New localism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20localism | New localism
took a distinctively new localist perspective. His successor, David Miliband developed this approach further, suggesting the continuing development of a new localist agenda in Labour's third term (which began in 2005).
Key new localist policies include:
Foundation hospitals - the granting of more autonom... | 47,863 |
1216091 | New localism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20localism | New localism
borrow capital on the financial markets and a general reduction in the number of plans that must be submitted for central government approval. Further freedoms were promised to those councils that scored the top 'excellent' grade in the key Comprehensive Performance Assessment inspection process. These inc... | 47,864 |
1216091 | New localism | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20localism | New localism
and a three-year holiday from inspection. The local government community has complained that these freedoms are not always granted in practice.
Neighbourhoods - Labour showed a growing interest in creating new forms of more direct neighbourhood governance in the hope of improving the responsiveness of pub... | 47,865 |
1216105 | Blackburn (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackburn%20(disambiguation) | Blackburn (disambiguation)
Blackburn (disambiguation)
Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England.
Blackburn may also refer to:
# Places.
## Other places in England.
- Blackburn (ancient parish)
- Blackburn, South Yorkshire, a
- Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency represented in the House of Co... | 47,866 |
1216105 | Blackburn (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackburn%20(disambiguation) | Blackburn (disambiguation)
Mount Blackburn (peak), Alaska
- Blackburn Hills (peak), Alaska
- Blackburn College (Illinois)
## Australia.
- Blackburn, Victoria
- Blackburn Lake Sanctuary, Victoria
- Blackburn North, Victoria
- Blackburn South, Victoria
- Blackburn High School, Blackburn North, Victoria
## Elsewh... | 47,867 |
1216105 | Blackburn (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackburn%20(disambiguation) | Blackburn (disambiguation)
-20, a flying boat
- Blackburn Iris, a flying boat
- Blackburn Ripon, a torpedo bomber aircraft
- Blackburn Roc, a fighter aircraft
- Blackburn Shark, a torpedo bomber aircraft
- Blackburn Skua, a dive bomber / fighter aircraft
# Miscellaneous.
- 5 Blackburn, a Heritage Canada Foundati... | 47,868 |
1216097 | List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20FIS%20Cross-Country%20World%20Cup%20champions | List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions
List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions
The tables below list the FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions. The medalists are the three contestants with the highest total scores at the end of the cross-country skiing World Cup season. The list extends from 1973–74 onwar... | 47,869 |
1216097 | List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20FIS%20Cross-Country%20World%20Cup%20champions | List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions
## Distance.
¹ arranged under the name of "Long Distance World Cup"
- Medals:
# Women.
"See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations."
## Overall.
Trial WCbr
- Medals:
## Sprint.
Bente Skari née Martinsen married Geir Skari in 1999
- M... | 47,870 |
1216110 | Dara (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dara%20(disambiguation) | Dara (disambiguation)
Dara (disambiguation)
Dara is a given name in several languages.
Dara, Daraa, or DARA may also refer to:
# Arts and entertainment.
- Dara (game)
- "Dara" (film)
- A "Chronicles of Amber" character
# Organizations.
- DARA International, non-profit organization working to improve development... | 47,871 |
1216110 | Dara (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dara%20(disambiguation) | Dara (disambiguation)
Shikoh, eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan,
- Dara Singh, Indian actor and wrestler
- Dara Torres (born 1967), American Olympic swimming champion
- Dara Ó Briain (born 1972), Irish comedian and television presenter
- Daoyod Dara, Thai-Vietnamese footballer
- Evan Dara, American novelist
... | 47,872 |
1216110 | Dara (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dara%20(disambiguation) | Dara (disambiguation)
ion in northern Ethiopia
- Dara (woreda), region in southern Ethiopia
## Asia.
- Dara (Mesopotamia), an archeological site in Mardin province, Turkey
- Dara, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
- Daraa Governorate, province of Syria
- Daraa, capital city of the Daraa Governorat... | 47,873 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
Euclid Avenue is a major street in Cleveland, Ohio. It runs northeasterly from Public Square in Downtown Cleveland, through the cities of East Cleveland, Euclid and Wickliffe, to the suburb of Willoughby as a part of U.S. Route 20 and U.S. Route 6. The street passes ... | 47,874 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
Stokes Station at Windermere in East Cleveland.
It received nationwide attention from the 1860s to the 1920s for its beauty and wealth, including a string of mansions that came to be known as Millionaires' Row. There are several theaters, banks, and churches along Euclid, as well as Cleveland... | 47,875 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
from Europe. The concentration of wealth was unparalleled; the tax valuation of the mansions along "the Avenue" far exceeded the valuation of New York's Fifth Avenue in the late 19th century. Accounts at the time compared it to the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris and the Unter den Linden in... | 47,876 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
William McKinley), Jeptha Wade (Cleveland benefactor and founder of Western Union Telegraph), Alfred Atmore Pope (iron industrialist and art collector), Charles E.J. Lang (automobile industrialist), Worthy S. Streator (railroad baron, coal mine developer, and founder of the city of Streator, I... | 47,877 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
around 1910, "was among the last" to be built on Euclid Avenue. The Mather Mansion remains as part of Cleveland State University, but most of the homes were later demolished.
# Growth of commercial district and decline of Millionaires' Row.
Charles Lathrop Pack is credited with at least part... | 47,878 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
magnificent banks, and a hotel that cost $2,000,000. Much of the land is owned by Mr. Pack and is leased for long periods. He helped to organize the companies which erected the buildings. It is said that his rentals, out of which not a penny is subtracted for taxes or anything else, amount to ... | 47,879 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
increasingly commercialized Euclid Avenue.
By the 1920s, the former "Millionaires' Row" was in decline. During the Great Depression, many mansions were converted by their owners into rooming houses, which accelerated the decline. In the 1950s, Cleveland's Innerbelt Freeway cut through the Euc... | 47,880 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
arena in suburban Richfield Township.
# Legacies and redevelopment.
Eight houses from the era remain on Euclid, including the Samuel Mather and Howe mansions owned and used by Cleveland State University. One of the most recent to be demolished was the Lyman Treadway Mansion, which served as ... | 47,881 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
of Playhouse Square.
In their 1949 musical "South Pacific", Rodgers and Hammerstein indirectly acknowledged the street's fame. In the script, Captain Brackett sends a grass skirt to one "Amelia Fortuna, 325 Euclid Avenue, Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio". Theaters on Euclid include the Allen ... | 47,882 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
closed off were redressed to resemble a city street in New York City, complete with magazine stands and poster-covered walls.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority completely refurbished the western section of Euclid Avenue as part of the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, whi... | 47,883 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
Avenue, originally known as part of the Buffalo Stage Road, has carried various route designations throughout history:
- 1923–1925: State Route 2 from Willoughby to Mayfield Road and State Route 2/State Route 15 from Mayfield Road to Public Square in Cleveland
- 1926: SR 2 from Willoughby to... | 47,884 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
from Superior Ave. to Mayfield Rd., and US 322/Alt. US 6/Alt. US 20 from Mayfield Rd. to Public Square
- 1950–1966: US 6/US 20 from Willoughby to Superior Ave., and Alt. US 6/Alt. US 20 from Superior Ave. to Public Square (US 322/Alt. US 6/Alt. US 20 from Mayfield Rd. to Chester Ave.)
- Sinc... | 47,885 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
District.
- The 9 Cleveland
- City Club Building
- PNC Center 1980
- Cleveland Trust Company Building headquarters building 1908 Now a Heinen's Grocery Store Opened February 25, 2015.
- Huntington Bank Building 1922-24
- 1010 Euclid
- The Schofield
## East 12th.
- Statler Arms Apartme... | 47,886 |
1216056 | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euclid%20Avenue%20(Cleveland) | Euclid Avenue (Cleveland)
s Co. Building (studios for CBS Radio stations WNCX and WKRK; exterior was used on "The Drew Carey Show")
- Sterling Lindner Davis
## East 14th St..
- The ideastream Idea Center (studios for PBS affiliate WVIZ, NPR affiliate WCPN, and classical music WCLV)
- Wyndham Hotel
- U.S. Bank Cent... | 47,887 |
1216112 | Thomas Tresham | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Tresham | Thomas Tresham
Thomas Tresham
Thomas Tresham may refer to:
- Sir Thomas Tresham (speaker), beheaded 1471
- Sir Thomas Tresham (died 1559), Catholic politician (under the reign of Mary I of England)
- Sir Thomas Tresham (died 1605), grandson of Thomas Tresham (died 1559) | 47,888 |
1216099 | God gene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God%20gene | God gene
God gene
The God gene hypothesis proposes that human spirituality is influenced by heredity and that a specific gene, called vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2), predisposes humans towards spiritual or mystic experiences. The idea has been proposed by geneticist Dean Hamer in the 2004 book called "".
T... | 47,889 |
1216099 | God gene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God%20gene | God gene
levels; and (5) spirituality provides an evolutionary advantage by providing individuals with an innate sense of optimism.
# Proposal.
According to the God Gene hypothesis, spirituality has a genetic component, of which (VMAT2) comprises one component by contributing to sensations associated with mystic expe... | 47,890 |
1216099 | God gene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God%20gene | God gene
to a larger universe); and "mysticism" (an openness to believe things that remain unproven, such as ESP). Cloninger suggests that taken together, these measurements are a reasonable way to quantify (make measurable) an individual's propensity to spiritual.
The self-transcendence measure was shown to be herita... | 47,891 |
1216099 | God gene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God%20gene | God gene
twins reared apart.
In order to identify some of the specific genes involved in self-transcendence, Hamer analyzed DNA and personality score data from over 1,000 individuals and identified one particular locus, VMAT2, with a significant correlation. VMAT2 codes for a vesicular monoamine transporter that plays... | 47,892 |
1216099 | God gene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God%20gene | God gene
gives people the will to keep on living and procreating, despite the inevitability of death, and promoting better health and recovery from diseases.
# Scientific response.
In the brain, VMAT2 proteins are located on synaptic vesicles. VMAT2 transports monoamine neurotransmitters from the cytosol of monoamine... | 47,893 |
1216099 | God gene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God%20gene | God gene
less than one percent of the variance of self-transcendence scores. These, Zimmer says, can signify anything from belonging to the Green Party to believing in ESP. Zimmer also points out that the God Gene theory is based on only one unpublished, unreplicated study. However Hamer notes that the importance of th... | 47,894 |
1216099 | God gene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God%20gene | God gene
Daily Telegraph". He replied: "The idea of a God gene goes against all my personal theological convictions. You can't cut faith down to the lowest common denominator of genetic survival. It shows the poverty of reductionist thinking."
Walter Houston, the chaplain of Mansfield College, Oxford, and a fellow in ... | 47,895 |
1216099 | God gene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God%20gene | God gene
etty unlikely to me."
Hamer responded that the existence of such a gene would not be incompatible with the existence of a personal God: "Religious believers can point to the existence of God genes as one more sign of the creator's ingenuity—a clever way to help humans acknowledge and embrace a divine presence... | 47,896 |
1216138 | Fostoria | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fostoria | Fostoria
Fostoria
Fostoria may refer to:
- Fostoria Glass Company 1887-1990s
- "Fostoria dhimbangunmal", a dinosaur
Places in the United States:
- Fostoria, Iowa
- Fostoria, Kansas
- Fostoria, Michigan
- Fostoria, Ohio | 47,897 |
1216111 | Edward Shortt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Shortt | Edward Shortt
Edward Shortt
Edward Shortt, KC (10 March 1862 – 10 November 1935) was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician. He served as a member of David Lloyd George's cabinet, most significantly as Home Secretary from 1919 to 1922.
# Background and education.
The son of a Newcastle upon Tyne Church of Eng... | 47,898 |
1216111 | Edward Shortt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Shortt | Edward Shortt
popular, clear and lucid.
# Political career.
Shortt became active in politics for the Liberal Party. In 1908, Shortt was an unsuccessful candidate for Newcastle upon Tyne in a by-election, losing a seat previously held by the party when the Social Democratic Federation put up a candidate against him. H... | 47,899 |
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