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20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least five A*-C grades at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) including maths and English (38.6% compared with the national average of 50.7%). The LEA also had the highest occurrence of absences, with 11.11% of "half-day sessions missed by pupils",... | 50,100 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
High School for Boys, Brookway High School and Sports College).
# Sport.
Manchester is well known for being a city of sport. Two decorated Premier League football clubs bear the city name – Manchester United and Manchester City. Manchester United play its home games at Old Trafford, in the Manchester subur... | 50,101 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
into a football stadium before Manchester City's arrival. Manchester has hosted domestic, continental and international football competitions at Fallowfield Stadium, Maine Road, Old Trafford and the City of Manchester Stadium. Competitions hosted in city include the FIFA World Cup (1966), UEFA European Footb... | 50,102 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
has competed twice to host the Olympic Games, beaten by Atlanta for 1996 and Sydney for 2000. The National Cycling Centre includes a velodrome, BMX Arena and Mountainbike trials and is the home of British Cycling, UCI ProTeam Team Sky and Sky Track Cycling. The Manchester Velodrome was built as a part of the... | 50,103 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
Cricket Club and play at Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Manchester also hosted the World Squash Championships in 2008, and also hosted the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship in July 2010. Recent sporting events hosted by Manchester include the 2013 Ashes series, 2013 Rugby League World Cup and the 2015 Rugby Wor... | 50,104 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
television company in the world'.
Manchester was one of the BBC's three main centres in England. Programmes including "Mastermind", and "Real Story", were made at New Broadcasting House. The "Cutting It" series set in the city's Northern Quarter and "The Street" were set in Manchester as was "Life on Mars".... | 50,105 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
internet television channels: Quays News and Manchester.tv. The city will also have a new terrestrial channel from January 2014 when YourTV Manchester, who won the OFCOM licence bid in February 2013 begins its first broadcast but in 2015 when That's Manchester took over to air on 31 May and launched on the f... | 50,106 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
FM at the University of Manchester and MMU Radio at the Manchester Metropolitan University. A community radio network is coordinated by Radio Regen, with stations covering Ardwick, Longsight and Levenshulme (All FM 96.9) and Wythenshawe (Wythenshawe FM 97.2). Defunct radio stations include Sunset 102, which ... | 50,107 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
functions were moved to London in 1964. Its sister publication, the "Manchester Evening News", has the largest circulation of a UK regional evening newspaper. The paper is free in the city centre on Thursdays and Fridays, but paid for in the suburbs. Despite its title, it is available all day. The "Metro Nor... | 50,108 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
today the "second Fleet Street" is no more. An attempt to launch a Northern daily newspaper, the "North West Times", employing journalists made redundant by other titles, closed in 1988. Another attempt was made with the "North West Enquirer", which hoped to provide a true "regional" newspaper for the North ... | 50,109 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
(1983)
- Córdoba,
- Faisalabad, (1997)
- Los Angeles, (2009)
- Rehovot,
- Saint Petersburg, (1962)
- Wuhan, (1986)
Manchester is home to the largest group of consuls in the UK outside London. The expansion of international trade links during the Industrial Revolution led to the introduction of the fir... | 50,110 |
20206 | Manchester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchester | Manchester
nsuls in the UK outside London. The expansion of international trade links during the Industrial Revolution led to the introduction of the first consuls in the 1820s and since then over 800, from all parts of the world, have been based in Manchester. Manchester hosts consular services for most of the north o... | 50,111 |
343534 | Yale Memorial Carillon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale%20Memorial%20Carillon | Yale Memorial Carillon
Yale Memorial Carillon
The Yale Memorial Carillon (sometimes incorrectly referred to as the "Harkness Carillon") is a carillon of 54 bells in Harkness Tower at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
This carillon is a transposing instrument pitched in B. Its 54 bells are chromatically arran... | 50,112 |
343534 | Yale Memorial Carillon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale%20Memorial%20Carillon | Yale Memorial Carillon
Chime were all part of a gift to Yale made by Anna M. Harkness in memory of her son, Charles William Harkness. Its original 10 bells (an instrument with a range of less than two octaves is referred to as a chime - the "Harkness Memorial Chime" - rather than a carillon) were cast by the John Taylo... | 50,113 |
343534 | Yale Memorial Carillon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale%20Memorial%20Carillon | Yale Memorial Carillon
with four rings per day.
# Expansion.
In 1966, the instrument was expanded by the installation of an additional 44 bells, made possible by a gift from Florence S. Marcy Crofut and also cast by the John Taylor Bellfounders. The original chime had 10 pitches, which were named in concert pitch (F♯... | 50,114 |
343534 | Yale Memorial Carillon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale%20Memorial%20Carillon | Yale Memorial Carillon
Guild renamed itself the Yale University Guild of Carillonneurs.
Before the additional bells arrived, a practice carillon was installed in the tower to allow Guild members to learn the new instrument ahead of time. The practice carillon has a keyboard and pedalboard identical to those of the car... | 50,115 |
343534 | Yale Memorial Carillon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale%20Memorial%20Carillon | Yale Memorial Carillon
perpetuate the myth that Harkness Tower was once the tallest free-standing stone structure in the world, but needed to be reinforced because an eccentric architect poured acid down the walls to make the tower look older. However, the Washington Monument has been the tallest free-standing stone st... | 50,116 |
343534 | Yale Memorial Carillon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale%20Memorial%20Carillon | Yale Memorial Carillon
From September to May, rings occur at 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. During the summer, the Guild hosts a concert series of guest carillonneurs on Friday evenings. Free tours are led by students throughout the year and can be arranged using the Guild's website.
Every fall semester, all students from Y... | 50,117 |
343534 | Yale Memorial Carillon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale%20Memorial%20Carillon | Yale Memorial Carillon
30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. During the summer, the Guild hosts a concert series of guest carillonneurs on Friday evenings. Free tours are led by students throughout the year and can be arranged using the Guild's website.
Every fall semester, all students from Yale College and the Yale Graduate Schools... | 50,118 |
343536 | Martin Yan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Yan | Martin Yan
Martin Yan
Martin Yan (, Zhen Wenda; born 22 December 1948) is a Chinese-American chef and food writer. He has hosted his award-winning PBS-TV cooking show "Yan Can Cook" since 1982.
# Early years and education.
With ancestral roots in Taishan, Guangdong, China, Yan was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, to a ... | 50,119 |
343536 | Martin Yan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Yan | Martin Yan
and later left for Canada for continued study. Ten years after his arrival in North America, Yan received a Master of Science degree in food science from University of California, Davis, in 1975.
# Career.
Yan began teaching Chinese cooking for a college extension program and appearing on a Canadian talk s... | 50,120 |
343536 | Martin Yan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Yan | Martin Yan
Can Restaurants and founded the Yan Can International Cooking School in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has written over two dozen cookbooks. The American Culinary Federation has designated him a Master Chef.
Yan is one of the lead actors of the Hong Kong film "Rice Rhapsody" (海南雞飯, 2005).
In 2007 he suppor... | 50,121 |
343536 | Martin Yan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Yan | Martin Yan
Yan of the CBC Television series "Wok with Yan", though Martin was an employee and had worked for Stephen Yan in the 1980s as demonstrator for Stephen's products.
# Television appearances.
- "Yan Can Cook" (1982— ) – Host
- "Christine Cushing Live" – Guest
- "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" (1996) – Guest
-... | 50,122 |
343536 | Martin Yan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Yan | Martin Yan
of Vietnam" (2013) – Host
- "Back to Basics" (2013) – Host
- "Martin Yan: Taste of Malaysia" (2015) – Host
- "Rick Stein's Road to Mexico - Episode 1' ' (2017) - Guest
- "Martin Yan's Asian Favorites" (2018— ) - Host
# Cookbooks.
- "Chinese Recipes" (1978)
- "The Joy of Wokking" (1978)
- "The Yan Can... | 50,123 |
343536 | Martin Yan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Yan | Martin Yan
At-Home"
- "Martin Yan the Chinese Chef"
- "Martin Yan's Invitation to Chinese Cooking"
- "Martin Yan's Feast"
- "A Wok for All Seasons, 1988"
# Awards.
- An honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts by Johnson & Wales University
- A Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for best cooking show
- A 1996 James Beard Awa... | 50,124 |
343536 | Martin Yan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Yan | Martin Yan
e of Culinary Arts by Johnson & Wales University
- A Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for best cooking show
- A 1996 James Beard Award for Best TV Food Journalism
- A 1994 James Beard Award for Best TV Cooking Show
- The Antonin Careme Award by the Chef's Association of the Pacific Coast
- The Courvoisier Lea... | 50,125 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
Interval signal
An interval signal, or tuning signal, is a characteristic sound or musical phrase used in international broadcasting, numbers stations, and by some domestic broadcasters, played before commencement or during breaks in transmission, but most commonly between programmes in different langu... | 50,126 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
practice began in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s and was carried over into shortwave broadcasts. The use of interval signals has declined with the advent of digital tuning systems, but has not vanished. Interval signals were not required on commercial channels in the United States, where jingles were use... | 50,127 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
name in eight languages.
- Ö1: Three notes tuned O-R-F by Werner Pirchner, played on viola. {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"violin" c' g' c"}
- Radio Belarus: Радзiма мая дарагая ("Radzima maja darahaja" ,"My dear Motherland").
- China National Radio, China Radio International: Chime version of 义勇军进行曲... | 50,128 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
del 26 de Julio" ("March of the 26th of July") by Agustín Díaz Cartaya
- DR P1: "Drømte mig en drøm i nat", played on xylophone.
- Radio France Internationale: Electronic-disco, culminating in the last 8 measures of "La Marseillaise".
- Deutsche Welle: Celesta version of "Es sucht der Bruder seine Br... | 50,129 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
= #"flute" c16 b" c4. b"8 a" f"4 f"8 b" a" f" e"4 e"16 f" a" f" e"2 \skip2}
- Radio Republik Indonesia: "Rayuan Pulau Kelapa" ("Solace on Coconut Island"), composed by Ismail Marzuki.
- Radio Japan:"Kazoe-uta" (Japanese counting song) {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"celesta" \key a \major \time 2/4 a'8... | 50,130 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
Radio: "Dawn".
- RTL Radio: "Feierwon" by Michel Lentz, played on chimes.
- Voice of Mongolia: Эх орон ("Motherland"). {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"celesta" g'4 e" e"8. d"16 c"4 d"8. e"16 c"4 g'2}
- Radio New Zealand International: The call of a New Zealand bellbird.
- Radio Pakistan: {\set Staff.... | 50,131 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
Electronically generated cuckoo chirping.
- Radio Ukraine International: Реве та стогне дніпр широкий ("The roaring and groaning Dnipro is wide").
- WEWN, later EWTN Global Radio: Salve Regina
- National Broadcasting Company: 3 chime-like notes. \relative c' {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"electric pi... | 50,132 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
and Rafael Bolívar.
## Formerly used.
- Radio Australia: Chimes version of "Waltzing Matilda" (chorus). News signature tune: "Majestic Fanfare".
- Radio Netherlands: Carillon version of the Eighty Years' War song "Merck toch hoe sterck". {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"tubular bells" \key g \major e'4... | 50,133 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
\key g \minor \time 2/4 \skip4 \skip8. d"16 d"4 d"8. es"16 d"4 c"8. a'16 bes'2 g'2}
- Radio Austria International: Orchestral version of "An der schönen blauen Donau" ("Blue Danube Waltz") by Johann Strauss. {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"brass section" \key g \minor \time 3/4 bes d' f' «{2.} {\skip2 4... | 50,134 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
by Andreas Mappouras, played on guitar
- Radio Prague:Trumpet version of "Kupředu levá" ("Forward, Left") by Jan Seidl {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"trumpet" a'8 r16 d"16 d"8 r8 e"8 d"4. b'8 r16 d"16 d"8 r8 e"8 d"4.}"Adagio – Allegro molto from Symphony No. 9" by Dvořák.
- Radio Finland: "Pim-pam-pul... | 50,135 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
"Regina" by Albert Lortzing, played by trumpets.
- Radio Berlin International: Beginning of "Auferstanden aus Ruinen" ("Risen from Ruins"), played on chimes. {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"electric piano 1" \key f \major \time 2/4 4 }
- Radio DDR: First few bars of "Wann wir schreiten Seit’ an S... | 50,136 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
e"4-_ e"8-. e"8-. a"8 e"8 d"8. fis"16 e"1}
- Kol Yisrael: Trumpet and drum version of "Hatikvah". {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"muted trumpet" d' 4 44 «{a'2} {c"8 d"8 c"8 bes'8}» «{a'1} {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"timpani" \clef bass d,8 a, d, a, d,4}»}
- Rai Italia Radio: Mechanically generated c... | 50,137 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
"Sigurd Josarfal" by Edward Grieg.
- Radio Norway International (former international service of NRK): Ancient folk tune from the Hallingdal region and {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"xylophone" \time 3/4 \skip2 \skip8 bes'8 bes'16 bes'16 d"16 f"16 es"16 d"16 es"8 ~ es"8 es"8 d"16 bes'8. c"16 as'8. bes'... | 50,138 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
on calliope.
- Polish Radio External Service: Excerpt from "Prząśniczka" by Stanisław Moniuszko, played on piano.
- Radio Polonia: Piano version of "Etude No. 12" ("Revolutionary Etude") by Frédéric Chopin. «{\key c \minor \skip2 \skip8. 16[ 8. 16] 2 r8. 16[ 8.\< 16]\! 2\> 2\!} {\key c \minor \clef ba... | 50,139 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
luminǎ" by Anatol Vieru
- Radio Canada International: First four notes of "O Canada", played on piano or autoharp. {\key g \major b"2 d4. d8 g"2. \skip4}
- Radio Mayak: Vibraphone version of "Moscow Nights".
- Voice of Russia: "Majestic" chorus from the "Great Gate of Kiev" portion of "Pictures at an... | 50,140 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
g'8 f'8 e'8 g'4. d'8 f'4. e'8 g'4. g'8 g'16 g'16 g'8 f'8 e'8 g'4. d'8 f'8 e'8 d'8 c'4 r}
- Radio Beromünster: "D' Zit isch do", played on music box.
- Swiss Radio International: "Lueget, vo Berg und Tal". {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"accordion" \key a \major \time 3/8 cis"8. d"16 cis"8 b'8 e'8 cis"8... | 50,141 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
Be the Glory by William Howard Doane played by brass band
- Radio Yugoslavia (1980-1989): First bar of "Druže Tito,ljubićice bjela" anonymous Partisan song, in various orchestral renditions
- Radio Yugoslavia, later International Radio of Serbia and Montenegro: "Jugoslavijo" by Nikola Hercigonja.
- N... | 50,142 |
343555 | Interval signal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interval%20signal | Interval signal
rship by The New York Times Company, played different variations of a classical infused gong with the ID read at the same time as "The Classical Station of the New York Times, WQXR, New York (And WQXR.com 2000-2009)
## Numbers stations interval signals.
Numbers stations are often named after their int... | 50,143 |
343550 | Cough/Cool | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cough/Cool | Cough/Cool
Cough/Cool
"Cough/Cool" is the first single released by the horror punk band the Misfits. It was released in August 1977 on singer Glenn Danzig's label Blank Records. 500 copies were produced on black 7" vinyl. Both songs from the single were re-recorded and re-released in various versions over the followin... | 50,144 |
343550 | Cough/Cool | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cough/Cool | Cough/Cool
1977 at the Rainbow Studio and mastered at Spectrum Sound in Brooklyn, New York, by Rich Flores. By the time of the single's release in August 1977 the band had added First guitarist Franché Coma and Danzig phased out the piano in favor of singing exclusively.
Caiafa's surname was misspelled on the single's... | 50,145 |
343550 | Cough/Cool | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cough/Cool | Cough/Cool
Hearst's participation in a San Francisco bank robbery in 1974: ""She walked out with empty arms, machine gun in her hand/She is good and she is bad, no one understands/She walked in in silence, never spoke a word/She's got a rich daddy, she's her daddy's girl"".
# Re-releases and other versions.
"Cough/Co... | 50,146 |
343550 | Cough/Cool | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cough/Cool | Cough/Cool
this version was not released until 1997, when "Static Age" was finally issued in its entirety. A third version of "She" was released in 1985 on the compilation album "Legacy of Brutality", with overdubbed guitar and bass tracks by Danzig. This version was reissued on "Misfits" the following year. A new vers... | 50,147 |
343550 | Cough/Cool | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cough/Cool | Cough/Cool
Cover versions.
"Cough/Cool" has been covered by English rock band The Wytches on their album Home Recordings. Cover versions of "She" have appeared on two Misfits tribute albums, though these are based on later versions of the song that have guitar rather than electric piano. Snapcase covered the song for ... | 50,148 |
343550 | Cough/Cool | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cough/Cool | Cough/Cool
ough/Cool" has been covered by English rock band The Wytches on their album Home Recordings. Cover versions of "She" have appeared on two Misfits tribute albums, though these are based on later versions of the song that have guitar rather than electric piano. Snapcase covered the song for "" (1997), while th... | 50,149 |
343557 | Desidae | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desidae | Desidae
Desidae
Desidae is a family of spiders, some of which are known as intertidal spiders. The family is named for the genus "Desis", members of which live in a very unusual location — between the tides. The family has been reevaluated in recent years and now includes inland genera and species as well, such as "Ba... | 50,150 |
343557 | Desidae | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desidae | Desidae
zone.
# Distribution.
As now circumscribed, the family Desidae is mainly found in South America and Australasia, with some species reaching north to Malaysia.
"Metaltella simoni" has been introduced in a large part of the Southern United States (records exist from California, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Flor... | 50,151 |
343557 | Desidae | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desidae | Desidae
Australia
- "Barahna" — Australia
- "Buyina" — Australia
- "Calacadia" — Chile
- "Cambridgea" — New Zealand
- "Canala" — New Caledonia
- "Cicirra" — Australia
- "Colcarteria" — Australia
- "Corasoides" — Papua New Guinea, Australia
- "Cunnawarra" — Australia
- "Desis" — Africa, Ecuador, Asia, Oceania
... | 50,152 |
343557 | Desidae | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desidae | Desidae
— New Zealand
- "Mangareia" — New Zealand
- "Maniho" — New Zealand
- "Manjala" — Australia
- "Matachia" — New Zealand
- "Mesudus" — New Zealand
- "Metaltella" — South America, North America
- "Namandia" — Australia
- "Nanocambridgea" — New Zealand
- "Neororea" — New Zealand
- "Notomatachia" — New Zeal... | 50,153 |
343557 | Desidae | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desidae | Desidae
Namandia" — Australia
- "Nanocambridgea" — New Zealand
- "Neororea" — New Zealand
- "Notomatachia" — New Zealand
- "Nuisiana" — New Zealand
- "Oparara" — New Zealand
- "Panoa" — New Zealand
- "Paramamoea" — New Zealand
- "Paramatachia" — Australia
- "Penaoola" — Australia
- "Phryganoporus" — Australia... | 50,154 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
Koei
Koei Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game publisher, developer, and distributor founded in 1978. The company is known for its historical simulation games based on the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", as well as simulation games based on pseudo-historical events.
The company has also found mainstream su... | 50,155 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
April 1, 2010 by absorbing Tecmo, and again on July 1, 2014 to Koei Tecmo Games.
# History.
Koei was established in July 1978 by Yōichi Erikawa (also known as Kou Shibusawa) and Keiko Erikawa. Yoichi was a student at Keio University, and when his family's rural dyestuffs business failed he decided to pursue his ... | 50,156 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
the backdrop of world history, including "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", set during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, and , set in Portugal during the Age of Exploration.
In 1988, Koei established a North American subsidiary, Koei America Corporation, in California. This subsidiary localized Koei gam... | 50,157 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
success, they acquired a loyal cult following. This following allowed Koei to remain profitable, since they could reliably predict how many copies of their games would sell (especially important during the cartridge era, when a surplus of unsold cartridges on a single game was often enough to bankrupt a company).
... | 50,158 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
turn ceased in 2012, with the previously unannounced closing of Koei's North American support forums and website. They resumed in 2016, with the English language PC release of Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII.
Koei's Ruby Party division specializes on games labeled as Neoromance: GxB dating sims, usually with e... | 50,159 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
by "Viz" for English language publishing. It gaining more popularity though, and an anime television series based on it began airing in October 2006. A sequel was also released on the PlayStation 2 in March 2007.
On September 4, 2008, Koei announced that it was in talks to purchase ailing competitor Tecmo. They a... | 50,160 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
parent. On March 15, 2010, the developing operations of Koei and Tecmo were spun off as new companies under the names of Koei Co, Ltd and Tecmo Co, Ltd respectively, but they were integrated into Tecmo Koei Games the following year, on April 1, 2011.
# Games by Koei.
Koei has built a large base of franchises, an... | 50,161 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
was released for Xbox in 2002, whereas its sequel was released for PlayStation 2 in 2004.
- "Destrega", a 1 vs 1 fighter game for the PlayStation.
- "Dynasty Warriors" 1–9 (as well as expansions "Xtreme Legends" for 3–8, "Empires" for 4–8, plus a Game Boy Advance, a Nintendo DS and three PlayStation Portable gam... | 50,162 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
for Wii U, a Dynasty Warriors style game for "The Legend of Zelda" franchise.
- "Mystic Heroes" for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.
- "Ni-Oh" for PlayStation 4 .
- "" for the PlayStation 3.
- "Prey the Stars", released for the Nintendo DS.
- "Samurai Warriors", "Samurai Warriors 2", "Samurai Warriors... | 50,163 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
action role-playing game.
- "", for the PlayStation 3.
- "" is a Koei Canada game which was announced at E3 2009.
- "Warriors Orochi" for the PlayStation 2, PSP, PC and Xbox 360, it is the first Koei crossover title, featuring characters from the "Dynasty Warriors" and "Samurai Warriors" games. ("無双OROCHI").
-... | 50,164 |
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System, MS-DOS, Amiga & Macintosh.
- "BoBoiBoy Galactic Heroes" – In association with Koei, and based on the Malaysian TV series, BoBoiBoy Galaxy, released soon in Google Play.
- "Genghis Khan series.
- "Liberty or Death" – Based on the American Revolutionary war.
- "Nobunaga's Ambition series" – published on ... | 50,165 |
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Heroes" – From In Association With Koei and Based on the BoBoiBoy go to Galaxy released in Google Play
- "" – Medieval fantasy simulator.
- "Gemfire" – Medieval fantasy simulator.
- "Genghis Khan"
- "Kessen"
- "Kessen II"
- "Kessen III"
- "L'Empereur" – Turn-based strategy game released on the Nintendo Ente... | 50,166 |
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Series.
- "Aerobiz" and "Aerobiz Supersonic" – Airline business simulator series
- "Top Management" – Business simulator series
- "Top Management II" – Released on the Super Famicom, Microsoft Windows PC and NEC PC-9801
- "Winning Post" – Thoroughbred horse racing management and horse breeding simulator series... | 50,167 |
343556 | Koei | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koei | Koei
"" (for Super NES) Also part of Rekoeition series
- "Nobunaga's Ambition"
- "Sangokushi Eiketsuden", "Sangokushi Koumeiden", "Sangokushi Sousouden" (as Tactical RPG)
- "Soul Master"
- "Opoona"
## Sports games.
- "G1 Jockey"
- "G1 Jockey 4 2007"
- "Fatal Inertia"
- "Winning Post 7 Maximum 2007"
## Music g... | 50,168 |
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poona"
## Sports games.
- "G1 Jockey"
- "G1 Jockey 4 2007"
- "Fatal Inertia"
- "Winning Post 7 Maximum 2007"
## Music games.
- "Gitaroo Man" (As well as a PlayStation Portable version called "Gitaroo Man Lives!")
## Rekoeition.
- "Ishin no Arashi" – First game of Rekoeition series.
- "Uncharted Waters" (... | 50,169 |
343559 | Emperor Huan of Han | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emperor%20Huan%20of%20Han | Emperor Huan of Han
Emperor Huan of Han
Emperor Huan of Han (; 132 – 25 January 168) was the 27th emperor of the Han Dynasty after he was enthroned by the Empress Dowager and her brother Liang Ji on 1 August 146. He was a great-grandson of Emperor Zhang.
After Emperor Zhi was poisoned to death by the powerful officia... | 50,170 |
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Ji in 159 but this only caused an increase in the influence of these eunuchs over all aspects of the government. Corruption during this period had reached a boiling point. In 166, university students rose up in protest against the government and called on Emperor Huan to eliminate all corrupt offici... | 50,171 |
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reached the Chinese capital Luoyang in 166 and was greeted by Emperor Huan.
Emperor Huan died in 168 after reigning for 22 years; he was 36. He was succeeded by Emperor Ling of Han.
# Family background and ascension.
Liu Zhi was born in 132, to Liu Yi (劉翼), the Marquess of Liwu, and his concubine... | 50,172 |
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Prince Yi. After Empress Dowager Deng died in 121, Emperor An, bearing a grudge against Prince Yi, demoted him to the rank of Marquess of Duxiang and exiled him to his father's principality. During the reign of Emperor Shun, Prince Kai requested that he be allowed to give Liwu County, part of his pr... | 50,173 |
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"arrogant general," murdered the young emperor by poison. The officials largely favored Emperor Zhi's first cousin Liu Suan (劉蒜) the Prince of Qinghe, who was described as a solemn and proper man. Prince Suan's age was not given in history, though he appeared to be an adult by this time. However, Li... | 50,174 |
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her brother Liang Ji came to take on more and more control, even more than the empress dowager. Emperor Huan posthumously honored his grandfather and father as emperors but, because the empress dowager was regent, did not honor his mother Yan Ming as an empress dowager; rather, she was given the tit... | 50,175 |
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year, Liang Ji, in conjunction with the eunuchs Tang Heng (唐衡) and Zuo Guan (左悺), but with Emperor Huan's clear approval, falsely accused the honest officials Li Gu (李固) and Du Qiao (杜喬) of conspiring to overthrow Emperor Huan and replace him with Prince Suan. Li and Du were executed, while Prince S... | 50,176 |
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stamped out all dissent with threats of death. He even threw his humble and peace-loving brother Liang Buyi (梁不疑) out of the government.
In 152, Empress Dowager Yan died. Because Emperor Huan had inherited the throne through a collateral line, he was not permitted by customs to be the mourner. Inst... | 50,177 |
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that was reserved to imperial princes. He ordered an investigation: Zhao's father was exhumed and the jade vest was stripped away, an act that angered Zhao and Emperor Huan. Zhu was not only removed from his post but was sentenced to hard labor.
# Coup d'etat against Liang Ji.
As the years went by... | 50,178 |
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to have sons, she would find some way to murder pregnant consorts. Emperor Huan did not dare to react to her due to Liang Ji's power, but rarely had sexual relations with her. In 159, angry and depressed that she had lost her husband's favor, Empress Liang died.
This death started a chain of events... | 50,179 |
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Liang's death, they hoped that she would eventually be made empress. To completely control her, Liang Ji planned to have her mother, Lady Xuan (宣), killed: he sent assassins against her but the assassination was foiled by the powerful eunuch Yuan She (袁赦), a neighbor of Lady Xuan.
Lady Xuan reporte... | 50,180 |
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reacted. They had Emperor Huan openly announce that he was taking back power from Liang Ji and mobilized the imperial guards to defend the palace against a counterattack by Liang. They surrounded Liang's house and forced him to surrender. Liang and Sun were unable to respond and committed suicide. T... | 50,181 |
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taxes to be reduced by 50% for one year. The people greatly celebrated Liang Ji's death.
## empowerment of the eunuchs.
After Liang Ji's death, Emperor Huan made Liang Mengnü empress. However, he disliked her family name and therefore ordered her to take the family name Bo (薄). He later found out... | 50,182 |
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giving them governmental posts that conferred tremendous power. Further, the five eunuch-marquesses openly engaged in massive corruption and became extremely wealthy with Emperor Huan's approval. A song written about the four remaining eunuch-marquesses following Dan's death described them in this w... | 50,183 |
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friend Du Zhong (杜眾) both executed.
In 161, apparently in reaction to spending due to renewed Qiang rebellions and new agrarian revolts, Emperor Huan issued an edict offering minor offices for sale—including imperial guard officer positions. This practice set a bad precedent and would become even m... | 50,184 |
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of the original five. Several other corrupt eunuchs were also demoted or deposed. However, soon thereafter, the eunuchs' powers were restored again. For the rest of Emperor Huan's reign, there would be a cycle of rise and fall of power of the eunuchs after conflicts with officials, but inexorably th... | 50,185 |
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of lowly birth. They recommended that he make Consort Dou Miao (竇妙), the daughter of Dou Wu (竇武), a Confucian scholar and a descendant of Dou Rong (竇融), who had contributed much to the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, empress. Even though he did not favor Consort Dou, Emperor Huan gave in t... | 50,186 |
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200 some university students signed a petition requesting his release. This further angered Emperor Huan, who had the students arrested. Only after about a year and Dou Wu's intercession were Li and the university students released, but all of them had their citizenship rights stripped. This inciden... | 50,187 |
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(建和 py. jiàn hé) 147–149
- "Heping" (和平 py. hé píng) 150
- "Yuanjia" (元嘉 py. yuán jiā) 151–153
- "Yongxing" (永興 py. yŏng xīng) 153–154
- "Yongshou" (永壽 py. yŏng shòu) 155–158
- "Yanxi" (延熹 py. yán xī) 158–167
- "Yongkang" (永康 py. yŏng kāng) 167
# Family.
- Parents:
- Liu Yi, Emperor Xiaocho... | 50,188 |
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mily.
- Parents:
- Liu Yi, Emperor Xiaochong (; d. 140), a son of Liu Kai, the sixth son of Liu Da
- Empress Xiaochong, of the Yan clan (; d. 152), personal name Ming ()
- Consorts and Issue:
- Empress Yixian, of the Liang clan (; d. 159), personal name Nüying ()
- Empress, of the Deng clan (;... | 50,189 |
343538 | Cushing's disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cushing's%20disease | Cushing's disease
Cushing's disease
Cushing's disease is one cause of Cushing's syndrome characterised by increased secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the anterior pituitary (secondary hypercortisolism). This is most often as a result of a pituitary adenoma (specifically pituitary basophilism) or due... | 50,190 |
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or exogenous steroid use.
# Signs and symptoms.
The symptoms of Cushing's disease are similar to those seen in other causes of Cushing's syndrome.
Patients with Cushing's disease usually present with one or more signs and symptoms secondary to the presence of excess cortisol or ACTH.
Although unco... | 50,191 |
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In children, the two main symptoms are obesity and decreased linear growth.
The clinical diagnosis must be based on the presence of one or more of the symptoms listed below, because the syndrome itself has no true pathognomonic signs or symptoms. The most common symptoms seen in male patients are pur... | 50,192 |
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concentration
- irregular menstruation
## Less common.
The less-common signs and symptoms of Cushing's disease include the following:
- insomnia
- recurrent infection
- thin skin and stretch marks
- easy bruising
- weak bones
- acne
- balding (women)
- depression
- hip and shoulder weaknes... | 50,193 |
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the dexamethasone suppression test (DST), and bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS or BIPSS for bilateral IPSS). No single test is perfect and multiple tests should always be used to achieve a proper diagnosis. Diagnosing Cushing's disease is a multidisciplinary process involving doctors, ... | 50,194 |
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cases, the next step is adrenal imaging with CT. If plasma corticotropin concentrations are consistently above 3.3 pmol/L, then corticotropin-dependent Cushing's syndrome is most likely. Any intermediate values need to be cautiously interpreted and a corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) test is advis... | 50,195 |
343538 | Cushing's disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cushing's%20disease | Cushing's disease
used, the overnight test and the 48 hour test. For both tests, a plasma cortisol level above 50 nmol/L is indicative of Cushing's disease. However, 3–8% of patients with Cushing's disease will test negative due to a retention of dexamethasone suppression abilities. For non-Cushing or healthy patients,... | 50,196 |
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sensitivity of pituitary adenomas compared to non-pituitary tumors.
## ACTH stimulation test.
An ACTH stimulation test involving administration of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) or another agent can differentiate this condition from ectopic ACTH secretion. In a patient with Cushing's disease,... | 50,197 |
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human or bovine-sequence CRH, which is administered via a 100μg intravenous bolus dose. The sensitivity of the CRH test for detecting Cushing's disease is 93% when plasma levels are measured after fifteen and thirty minutes. However, this test is used only as a last resort due to its high cost and com... | 50,198 |
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those that were only discovered during surgery, was 6 mm.
## Inferior petrosal sinus sampling.
IPSS (inferior petrosal sinus sampling) or BIPSS (bilateral IPSS) is a more accurate but invasive test used to differentiate pituitary from ectopic or adrenal Cushing's syndrome. A corticotropin gradient s... | 50,199 |
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