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7378858 | Andrew MacBean | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew%20MacBean | Andrew MacBean
ork and most recently by Theatre20 and Sheridan College in Toronto, 2012, and in Los Angeles, Nov 2013. It features additional music by Paul Chant and Boko Suzuki. As a freelance director, he directs plays and musicals: in 2007, he directed a 50th Anniversary production of "West Side Story", and directed... | 52,200 |
7378901 | José Cassandra | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=José%20Cassandra | José Cassandra
José Cassandra
José Cardoso Cassandra (born 17 February 1964 in Príncipe) is a São Toméan politician. He has been President of the Regional Government of Príncipe since 5 October 2006.
Cassandra is leader of the Union for Change and Progress in Príncipe (UMPP), a regionalist independent group supported... | 52,201 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
East Surrey Regiment
The East Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot, the 1... | 52,202 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
(Duke of Cambridge's Own) to form the Queen's Regiment. However, the Queen's Regiment was soon amalgamated with the Royal Hampshire Regiment to form the present Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires).
# History.
## Early history.
In 1702 a regiment of marines was raise... | 52,203 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
the regiment was removed from the marines and became the 31st Regiment of Infantry, and in 1751 the designation was changed to the 31st Regiment of Foot. Five years later a second battalion was raised in Scotland, the 2/31st Foot, which was re-designated in 1758, the 70th Regiment of Foot (Glasgow ... | 52,204 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
1st Battalion, on formation, was in England, moving to India in 1884. It remained in India until 1903, its last posting being at Lucknow. It was then recalled to England and was posted at Aldershot, before moving to Jersey in 1905 and to Plymouth in 1909.
The 2nd Battalion was in India when formed... | 52,205 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
in February 1900, and the Battle of the Tugela Heights in February 1900. After South Africa the battalion was shipped to India in 1903, where it replaced the 1st battalion at Lucknow. The battalion remained in India until the outbreak of the First World War.
The 3rd (Militia) Battalion, which was ... | 52,206 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
after having received their service medals.
The 4th (Militia) Battalion, formed from the 3rd Royal Surrey Militia in 1881 was also a reserve battalion. It was embodied for service on 4 December 1899, disembodied on 12 July 1901, and re-embodied again for service during Second Boer War in South Afr... | 52,207 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
Force and the latter the Special Reserve; the regiment now had two Reserve and two Territorial battalions.
## First World War.
### Regular Army.
On 4 August 1914, the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment was in Dublin. Eleven days later, mobilization completed and at full war establishment, the 1... | 52,208 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
the 1st Surreys withstood a most determined attack on Hill 60, near Ypres. In the desperate fighting which ensued, the Battalion won three Victoria Crosses and seven Distinguished Conduct Medals. Among the VCs was Lieutenant George Roupell, who later became the last Colonel of the East Surrey Regim... | 52,209 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
and was engaged in the Battles of Albert and Bapaume, and the subsequent advance to victory.
The 2nd Battalion returned from India at the outbreak of war, but it was not until January 1915 that it arrived in France with the 85th Brigade, 28th Division. It was soon in action to the south of Ypres w... | 52,210 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
Cross. The following month the Battalion was transferred to the Salonika Expeditionary Force, and spent the remainder of the War on the Struma Valley Front and east of Lake Doiran. The battalion saw action at the Battle of Doiran in January 1918.
### Territorial Force.
The 1/5th and 1/6th Battali... | 52,211 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
in December 1917 and took part in the operations on the Tigris, while the 1/6th Battalion left India in February 1917 for a twelve-month tour of duty with the Aden Field Force.
### Hostilities-only battalions.
The 7th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 37th Brigade in t... | 52,212 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
incident will always be remembered. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, B Company of the 8th Battalion went into the attack dribbling two footballs which the Company Commander, Captain Wilfred Nevill, had bought for his platoons to kick across No Man's Land. Captain Nevill and... | 52,213 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
and men were killed or wounded.
The 9th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 72nd Brigade in the 24th Division in September 1915 also for service on the Western Front. The battalion saw action at the Battle of the Somme. The 12th (Service) Battalion (Bermondsey) landed at ... | 52,214 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
at the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Cambrai and the Battle of Arras.
## 1919 to 1939.
Between August and October 1919 the First Battalion were in the Murmansk area of North Russia to help cover the evacuation of the expedition sent to support the White Russian forces against the Bolsheviks.... | 52,215 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
the 2nd Battalion served in Egypt and Turkey, then Ireland, returning to England in 1921. Apart from a posting at Gibraltar, the 2nd Battalion remained at home until September 1938, when they moved to Shanghai.
## Second World War.
### The 1st Battalion.
The 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment w... | 52,216 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
Kingdom after the Battle of Dunkirk and evacuation from Dunkirk in May–June 1940 the 1st Battalion was reformed and spent the next two years on home defence expecting a German invasion. In June 1942 the battalion was reassigned, with the rest of the 11th Brigade, part of the newly raised 78th "Batt... | 52,217 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
Tebourba.
After North Africa the British First Army was disbanded and 78th Division became part of the British Eighth Army. The battalion then fought in Sicily during the invasion before moving to Italy for the Italian Campaign where it had notable involvement in the Battle of Termoli and the figh... | 52,218 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
of Monte Cassino in May 1944. They were then involved in the pursuit after the Allied breakthrough. They fought a hard engagement at Lake Trasimeno on the Trasimene Line in June 1944 before being withdrawn with the rest of the division in July to Egypt for rest and training.
The 1st East Surreys r... | 52,219 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
on the banks of the Senio river ready for the start of the spring 1945 offensive which started on 6 April. The battalion fought in the intense action at the Argenta Gap before advancing with the rest of the division to the north of the Gulf of Venice and crossing the Italian border to finish the wa... | 52,220 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
The 2nd East Surreys suffered tremendous casualties during the defence and retreat from this part of Malaya. The battalion was amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (in 1946 re-titled Royal Leicestershire Regiment) to form the British Battalion (Malaya 1941) on 19 December 194... | 52,221 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
Territorial Battalions.
The 1/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment was a Territorial Army (TA) originally the 6th Battalion until 1939 when it was split in two and formed a 2nd Line duplicate, the 2/6th Battalion, when the TA was doubled in size and each unit was ordered to a 2nd Line duplicate. Th... | 52,222 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
as part of official BEF policy to integrate the Regular and Territorial Armies. The 1/6th fought alongside the 1st Battalion in the Battle of Belgium and were evacuated at Dunkirk. The 1/6th continued to see active service with the 1st Battalion in North Africa in March 1943 and took part in the Tu... | 52,223 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
the Channel ports. They were ordered to take up a defensive position on the River Béthune as part of the support group for the 1st Armoured Division.
Separated from the rest of the BEF, they were outside of the encirclement of and evacuation from Dunkirk. Beaten back to the coast, along with the 5... | 52,224 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
England under Norman Brading but did not see further active service. The battalion was placed in 'suspended animation' in July 1946.
## Post 1945 and amalgamation.
At the end of 1945 the 2nd Battalion moved from England to Egypt, before moving to Palestine where it helped counter the Jewish insur... | 52,225 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
1949, before returning to England in 1950. In 1951 the Battalion moved to Libya, then Egypt to aid policing duties to protect the Canal Zone until October 1954. After a tour of Duty in the Germany between 1955 and 1958, and a three-month posting to Nicosia on internal security operations during the... | 52,226 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
battle honours are as follows:
- "From 31st Regiment of Foot": Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula, Cabool 1842, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, Sobraon, Sevastopol, Taku Forts, Gibraltar 1704-05 (awarded 1909), Dettingen (awarded 1882)
- "From 70th Regiment of F... | 52,227 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
Delville Wood, Pozières, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917, Messines 1917, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapau... | 52,228 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
Ang, Djebel Djaffa Pass, Medjez Plain, Longstop Hill 1943, Tunis, Montarnaud, North Africa 1942-43, Adrano, Centuripe, Sicily 1943, Trigno, Sangro, Cassino4, Capture of Forli, Argenta Gap, Italy 1943-45, Greece 1944-45, Kampar, Malaya 1941-42
# Victoria Crosses.
- Private (later Sergeant) Albert ... | 52,229 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
Corporal John McNamara, Great War
- Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Colonel) Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, World War II
# Regimental Colonels.
Colonels of the regiment were:
- 1881–1898 (1st Battalion): Gen. Sir Edward Lugard, GCB "(ex 31st Foot)"
- 1881 (2nd Battalion): Gen. Thomas James Galloway... | 52,230 |
7378221 | East Surrey Regiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Surrey%20Regiment | East Surrey Regiment
Sir Richard Chambre Hayes Taylor, GCB
- 1898–1920: Gen. Sir George Richards Greaves, GCB, KCMG
- 1920–1939: Maj-Gen. Sir John Raynsford Longley, KCMG, CB
- 1939–1946: Gen. Sir Richard Foster Carter Foster, KCB, CMG, DSO
- 1946–1954: Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Arnhold Bullick Dowler, KCB, KBE
- 1954–19... | 52,231 |
7378937 | Pepperstock | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pepperstock | Pepperstock
Pepperstock
Pepperstock is a small village located in Central Bedfordshire, England. The village itself mostly consists of residential caravan parks. However, Pepperstock displays an interesting range of vernacular buildings, most notably in the form of 16th and 17th century timber framing with brick infil... | 52,232 |
7378925 | Jelšovce | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jelšovce | Jelšovce
Jelšovce
Jelšovce is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.
# History.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1326.
# Geography.
The village lies at an altitude of 146 metres and covers an area of 10.442 km². It has a population... | 52,233 |
7378925 | Jelšovce | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jelšovce | Jelšovce
y.
The village lies at an altitude of 146 metres and covers an area of 10.442 km². It has a population of about 950 people.
# Ethnicity.
The village is approximately 88% Slovak, 11% Magyar and 1% Gypsy.
# Facilities.
The village has a public library a gym and football pitch.
# See also.
- List of munici... | 52,234 |
7378931 | Will (Indian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will%20(Indian) | Will (Indian)
Will (Indian)
Will (probably born in the 1650s or 1660s) was a Misquito pirate from the Misquito Coast, then part of the Spanish Main. He was left behind on the uninhabited Robinson Crusoe Island (today part of Insular Chile), surviving there alone for more than three years. It is possible that Will beca... | 52,235 |
7378931 | Will (Indian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will%20(Indian) | Will (Indian)
English gave names to the Indians, and he ended up with the name Will. At the end of that year, the English decided to refresh their supplies on the largest of the uninhabited Juan Fernández Islands. On 1 January 1681, while Will was hunting for goats in the island's interior, his comrades suddenly depart... | 52,236 |
7378931 | Will (Indian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will%20(Indian) | Will (Indian)
Lances, Hooks and a long Knife; heating the pieces first in the fire, which he struck with his Gunflint, and a piece of the Barrel of his Gun, which he hardned; having learnt to do that among the English." In the beginning Will killed and ate seals but later he only killed seals "but to make [fishing] Lin... | 52,237 |
7378931 | Will (Indian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will%20(Indian) | Will (Indian)
and served them up in the English style, with cabbage.
# Connections to Robinson Crusoe.
One of the first writers to connect the story of Will in Dampier to Robinson Crusoe was Thomas Roscoe, in his 1831 annotated edition of Defoe's text.
# References.
- Edward E. Leslie (1988), Edward E. "Desperate J... | 52,238 |
7378931 | Will (Indian) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will%20(Indian) | Will (Indian)
Connections to Robinson Crusoe.
One of the first writers to connect the story of Will in Dampier to Robinson Crusoe was Thomas Roscoe, in his 1831 annotated edition of Defoe's text.
# References.
- Edward E. Leslie (1988), Edward E. "Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls" 1988
- Dampier, William (1906) ... | 52,239 |
7378971 | List of Vandread characters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20Vandread%20characters | List of Vandread characters
List of Vandread characters
The following is a list of characters from the anime series "Vandread". | 52,240 |
7378950 | Louis-François Dunière | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis-François%20Dunière | Louis-François Dunière
Louis-François Dunière
Louis-François Dunière (July 11, 1754 – August 29, 1828) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in the town of Quebec in 1754, the son of Louis Dunière. Dunière was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Hertford in 1796, afte... | 52,241 |
7378930 | Kanokphong Songsomphan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanokphong%20Songsomphan | Kanokphong Songsomphan
Kanokphong Songsomphan
Kanokphong Songsomphan (1966 – February 2006) was a Thai writer. He was the winner of the S.E.A. Write Award for Thailand in 1996 for his collection of short stories, "Phaendin Uen" ("Another Land"). His name is sometimes transliterated as Kanogpong Songsompuntu.
His othe... | 52,242 |
7378930 | Kanokphong Songsomphan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanokphong%20Songsomphan | Kanokphong Songsomphan
the Nakhon Group, a local panel of academics and writers dedicated to conserving culture and literature in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The group evolved into a publishing company.
He published his first short story, "Duj Tawan An Joedja" ("Like the Burning Sun"), in "Matichon Weekly". Several more shor... | 52,243 |
7378930 | Kanokphong Songsomphan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanokphong%20Songsomphan | Kanokphong Songsomphan
of short stories, "Saphan Khad" ("The Broken Bridge"). It won the Karaked Laurel Award and was translated into Japanese in 1990.
In 1996, another short story, "Lok Bai Lek Khong Salman" ("The Small World of Salman") also won the Karaked Laurel Award, making Kanokphong the first to win the award ... | 52,244 |
7378930 | Kanokphong Songsomphan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanokphong%20Songsomphan | Kanokphong Songsomphan
Kanokphong said the collection was a summation of the conflicts in Southern Thailand.
## Forest retreat.
From 1996, Kanokphong lived in the "Valley of Rains and Forest" in Amphoe Phrom Khiri, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. He retreated from being active on the literary scene, but eventually issu... | 52,245 |
7378930 | Kanokphong Songsomphan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanokphong%20Songsomphan | Kanokphong Songsomphan
ns and Forest" in Amphoe Phrom Khiri, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. He retreated from being active on the literary scene, but eventually issued his last collection of short stories, "Loke Moon Rob Tua-eng" ("The World Revolves Around Itself").
Another book was forthcoming, but Kanokphong was in ... | 52,246 |
7378969 | East Leake Academy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Leake%20Academy | East Leake Academy
East Leake Academy
East Leake Academy is an academy located in East Leake in the Rushcliffe area of Nottinghamshire. The school describes itself as specialising in information communication technology (ICT) and mathematics. The current principal is K D Hardy. The school has a student capacity of 138... | 52,247 |
7378969 | East Leake Academy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Leake%20Academy | East Leake Academy
2012 the name was also changed from Harry Carlton Comprehensive School to East Leake Academy.
# Results.
The school achieves higher GCSE results than both the national and Nottinghamshire averages although the highest recent result was in 2003 when 70% gained 5 A–C grades.
# History.
The school w... | 52,248 |
7378969 | East Leake Academy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East%20Leake%20Academy | East Leake Academy
ect, to accommodate 300 pupils. It was intended to reflect its rural location and allowed for the school to keep its own livestock. It was opened on 27 July 1957 by Brigadier Martin Redmayne, DSO, TD, PC. The school was then called the East Leake County Secondary School. The first head was Mr Tyler.
... | 52,249 |
7378962 | Kapince | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kapince | Kapince
Kapince
Kapince is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.
# History.
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1261.
# Geography.
The village lies at an altitude of 155 metres and covers an area of 5.839 km². It has a population of ... | 52,250 |
7378962 | Kapince | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kapince | Kapince
he village lies at an altitude of 155 metres and covers an area of 5.839 km². It has a population of about 193 people.
# Ethnicity.
The village's population is approximately 99% Slovak and 1% Magyar
# Facilities.
The village has a public library and football pitch.
# See also.
- List of municipalities and... | 52,251 |
7378720 | Andrea Mead Lawrence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Mead%20Lawrence | Andrea Mead Lawrence
Andrea Mead Lawrence
Andrea Mead Lawrence (April 19, 1932 – March 30, 2009) was an American alpine ski racer. She competed in three Winter Olympics (and two world championships) and was the first American alpine skier to win two Olympic gold medals.
# Skiing career.
Mead was born in Rutland Coun... | 52,252 |
7378720 | Andrea Mead Lawrence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Mead%20Lawrence | Andrea Mead Lawrence
19. She won both the slalom and the giant slalom events. She succeeded Gretchen Fraser, who had won gold in the slalom in 1948, as the top American woman ski racer. She also competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics, placing fourth in the giant slalom. Between the 1952 and 1956 Olympics, she gave birth ... | 52,253 |
7378720 | Andrea Mead Lawrence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Mead%20Lawrence | Andrea Mead Lawrence
was elected as a Mono County supervisor in 1982, and served for 16 years.
In 2003, she founded the Andrea Lawrence Institute for Mountains and Rivers, a non-profit organization committed to conservation, specifically in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains. A resident of the area for over 40 years,... | 52,254 |
7378720 | Andrea Mead Lawrence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Mead%20Lawrence | Andrea Mead Lawrence
naming peak 12,240 near Donahue Pass on the John Muir Trail, "Mt. Andrea Lawrence".
Lawrence is a member of the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame, inducted in the first class of 2012.
On November 8, 2013, two Vermont non-profit organizations opened a new multi-use adaptive sports and youth skiing cente... | 52,255 |
7378720 | Andrea Mead Lawrence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Mead%20Lawrence | Andrea Mead Lawrence
Colorado in 1954 and then to Aspen in the 1960s, where she became a member of the town's planning board. The couple separated and divorced in 1967. With five young children and little money, she moved her family in 1968 to Mammoth Lakes, California, near Mammoth Mountain. Her nephew is current Wyom... | 52,256 |
7378720 | Andrea Mead Lawrence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Mead%20Lawrence | Andrea Mead Lawrence
ain. Her nephew is current Wyoming Governor Matt Mead.
## Death.
Lawrence was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma in 2000, from which she died on March 30, 2009, several weeks before her 77th birthday.
# External links.
- National Ski Hall of Fame – Andrea Mead Lawrence – inducted 1958
- TIME.com – ... | 52,257 |
7379015 | FSL | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSL | FSL
FSL
FSL may refer to:
# Language.
- Filipino Sign Language
- Finnish Sign Language
- French Sign Language
# Other uses.
- Fast Simplex Link, a soft microprocessor bus
- Five Schools League, a Northeast United States prep school athletics league
- Fleet Support Limited, a British logistics company
- Florid... | 52,258 |
7379015 | FSL | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FSL | FSL
tates prep school athletics league
- Fleet Support Limited, a British logistics company
- Florida State League, an American minor baseball league
- Fluid Science Laboratory, on the International Space Station
- FMRIB Software Library
- FM FSL, a rifle
- Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., United S... | 52,259 |
7378825 | Archibald Douglas (died 1333) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archibald%20Douglas%20(died%201333) | Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
Sir Archibald Douglas (before 1298 – 19 July 1333) was a Scottish nobleman, Guardian of Scotland, and military leader. He is sometimes given the epithet "Tyneman" (Old Scots: Loser), but this may be a reference to his great-nephew Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl ... | 52,260 |
7378825 | Archibald Douglas (died 1333) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archibald%20Douglas%20(died%201333) | Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
1324, he was recorded as being granted the lands of Rattray and Crimond in Buchan and the lands of Conveth, Kincardineshire, already being possession of Cavers in Roxburghshire, Drumlanrig and Terregles in Dumfriesshire, and the lands of West Calder in Midlothian. By the time of his death,... | 52,261 |
7378825 | Archibald Douglas (died 1333) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archibald%20Douglas%20(died%201333) | Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
king's heart, Douglas once again becomes of note. He was made guardian of the kingdom since he was "the principal adviser in...the confounding of the king" as much as he was heir to his brothers influence after Murray's capture. Archibald's success in local raids though, did not prepare hi... | 52,262 |
7378825 | Archibald Douglas (died 1333) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archibald%20Douglas%20(died%201333) | Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
of the Earl of Mar's force Dunbar did not engage the disinherited but retreated allowing Edward Balliol to be crowned at Scone. Following this battle, and as a sweetener to the English, Edward Baliol agreed to cede the county, town and castle of Berwick to England in perpetuity. However Do... | 52,263 |
7378825 | Archibald Douglas (died 1333) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archibald%20Douglas%20(died%201333) | Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
an army to relieve the beleaguered defenders of Berwick. As a feint to draw the English away he invaded Northumberland, but was forced to return to Berwick when the English refused to be lured. On 19 July, Edward's army took positions at the summit of Halidon Hill, a summit some mile and a... | 52,264 |
7378825 | Archibald Douglas (died 1333) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archibald%20Douglas%20(died%201333) | Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
lay dead. The following day Berwick capitulated.
Archibald was succeeded by his son, William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas.
# Marriage and issue.
Sir Archibald Douglas married Beatrice de Lindsay, daughter of Sir Alexander de Lindsay of Crawford, South Lanarkshire, an ancestor of the Ear... | 52,265 |
7378825 | Archibald Douglas (died 1333) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archibald%20Douglas%20(died%201333) | Archibald Douglas (died 1333)
ouglas
- Eleanor Douglas married five times -
- 1. Alexander, Earl of Carrick, natural son of Edward Bruce, King of Ireland (k. 1333, Battle of Halidon Hill)
- 2. Sir James de Sandilands, ancestor of the Lords of Torphichen (d.b. 1358)
- 3. Sir William Tours of Dalry (d.b. 1368)
- 4. ... | 52,266 |
7379017 | Learmonth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Learmonth | Learmonth
Learmonth
Learmonth may refer to:
- People
- George-Yuri Andreevich Learmonth (1590s–1633) was a Scottish soldier in Russian service.
- Ian Learmonth, British police officer
- James Rögnvald Learmonth (1895–1967), Scottish surgeon
- John Learmonth of Dean, Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1831–33, after whom t... | 52,267 |
7379017 | Learmonth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Learmonth | Learmonth
Ballarat, Victoria
- Places
- Learmonth, Edinburgh, a district of the Scottish capital
- Learmonth, Victoria, Australia
- RAAF Learmonth, Royal Australian Air Force base near Exmouth on the north-west coast of Western Australia
# See also.
- Clan Learmonth, a Scottish clan (armigerous clan)
- Learmonth... | 52,268 |
7379017 | Learmonth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Learmonth | Learmonth
the north-west coast of Western Australia
# See also.
- Clan Learmonth, a Scottish clan (armigerous clan)
- Learmonth, noble family of Scottish origin.
- Mikhail Lermontov, (1814 – 1841) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important Russia... | 52,269 |
7378928 | Mel Sterland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Sterland | Mel Sterland
Mel Sterland
Melvyn "Mel" Sterland (born 1 October 1961 in Sheffield) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United and in the Scottish Football League Premier Division for Rangers, and was capped once for England.
# Playing career... | 52,270 |
7378928 | Mel Sterland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Sterland | Mel Sterland
against Spain. At the time of his England cap in 1988, he was the first Sheffield Wednesday player to be capped by England since the 1960s.
An energetic, dynamic right back, Mel's powerful shooting earned him the nickname 'Zico' - after the Brazilian star - and his attacking prowess saw him strike 49 goal... | 52,271 |
7378928 | Mel Sterland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Sterland | Mel Sterland
promoted to the Second Division a year later, but Sterland was still very much a fringe player, making just two league appearances. However, he emerged as a regular player in 1980-81, when still only 19 years old, playing 22 league games and scoring once in the Second Division.
In 1981-82, when the Owls e... | 52,272 |
7378928 | Mel Sterland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Sterland | Mel Sterland
if not his whole career, when he played 38 league games and scored eight goals for a side who finished fifth in the First Division but were denied UEFA Cup action due to the ban on English clubs in European competitions following the Heysel disaster of May 1985.
By the time he was sold to Rangers for £800... | 52,273 |
7378928 | Mel Sterland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Sterland | Mel Sterland
he built a side geared for promotion. Sterland became an immediate favourite with the Elland Road fans as his five goals in 42 league games that season sealed Leeds the Second Division title and promotion back to the First Division after eight years away. He helped Leeds make an immediate impact on their r... | 52,274 |
7378928 | Mel Sterland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Sterland | Mel Sterland
United's title triumph of the 1991-92 season - the last of the Football League First Division before the creation of the FA Premier League as the top division of English football - as he scored six goals in 31 league games. Sterland played three games in the new Premier League before suffering an ankle inj... | 52,275 |
7378928 | Mel Sterland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mel%20Sterland | Mel Sterland
in the autumn of 1992.
After failing to make an adequate recovery from the injury, he announced his retirement from playing in January 1994.
# After retirement.
He went on to be player/manager with non-league Boston United and after a spell playing for Denaby United was appointed manager of Stalybridge ... | 52,276 |
7378990 | Spawn (1999 video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spawn%20(1999%20video%20game) | Spawn (1999 video game)
Spawn (1999 video game)
Spawn is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Konami for the Game Boy Color, based on the Spawn comic book character. The game was noted for its extensive use of digitized speech in cutscenes, a largely uncommon feature in games for the system.
# Pl... | 52,277 |
7378990 | Spawn (1999 video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spawn%20(1999%20video%20game) | Spawn (1999 video game)
his military team and assassinated. After being sent to Hell, Simmons makes a deal with the demon, Malebolgia, to get revenge by leading Hell's army to, and on, Earth. However, the deal is twisted, and Simmons becomes a minion of Hell, stripped of his name and rank, and now referred to only as S... | 52,278 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
Ross Lyon
Ross Lyon (born 8 November 1966) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current senior coach of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously coached the St Kilda Football Club between 2007 and 2011. He played for Fitzroy and the ... | 52,279 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
ten years and a further two games with Brisbane in 1995 before retiring due to a knee problem. As a player, he battled injury but was renowned for his fearless approach to the game, particularly his strong tackling and fierce bump.
# Coaching career.
After retiring as a player, Lyon began his coaching caree... | 52,280 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
reach consecutive grand finals in 2005 and 2006.
### 2007-2011.
When the St Kilda coaching position became available at the end of 2006, a list of candidates was drawn up. Lyon beat a total of 52 candidates for the job, including favourite John Longmire. He succeeded Grant Thomas, who was sacked a week aft... | 52,281 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
coach David Misson to the club from Sydney. Silvagni spent a total of four years at the club as defence coach, leaving at the end of 2010 to work with , whilst Elshaug is now the head of recruiting at St Kilda. Other notable assistants to have worked with Lyon in his time as coach include Leigh Tudor and Robe... | 52,282 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
from against the Hawthorn Football Club. Lyon was criticised for flooding excessively and many became angry with the more defensive style of St Kilda over the subsequent weeks.
After an upset victory in Robert Harvey's 350th match in Round 12 against West Coast, Lyon proceeded to guide the Saints to win thre... | 52,283 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
1 draw for the year. Despite missing finals action the Saints finished the year strongly, winning 7.5 of the last 11 matches.
During the 2007 trade period, St Kilda were widely considered to have traded very well, picking up Geelong premiership ruckman Steven King, Geelong forward Charlie Gardiner and Swans ... | 52,284 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
and they sealed a spot in the top four with a record-breaking 108 point victory against Essendon in the final round.
The 2008 finals campaign, Lyon's first as coach, saw St Kilda lose to Geelong in the first qualifying final and then defeat Collingwood by 34 points in a semi final. In what would be veteran a... | 52,285 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
based around forward pressure, midfield zone defence and pushing numbers behind the ball. This was the platform for a record-breaking year. St Kilda won 19 consecutive matches, including a game described by some observers as one of the best home-and-away clashes of all time in Round 14 against Geelong (who we... | 52,286 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
Final since 1997. Lyon became only the third man (after Stan Alves and Allan Jeans) to coach the club to a grand final since World War Two.
The 2009 AFL Grand Final was one of the closest and hardest-fought ever held. A record-breaking 214 tackles were laid in the match (118 by the Saints). St Kilda led the ... | 52,287 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
2010 season.
Controversy plagued the St Kilda Football Club in the 2009/2010 pre-season. Former club captain Luke Ball signed with rival club Collingwood and Lyon was criticised for failing to keep Ball and not gaining any compensation in return. The Saints chose to trade their first round draft pick for for... | 52,288 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
captain Nick Riewoldt to a serious injury in Round 3. Riewoldt did not return for four months, but managed to come back into the team and lead them into another finals series.
The Saints beat Geelong narrowly in their first final in 2010, and then comfortably won a Preliminary Final against the Western Bulld... | 52,289 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
for the second year in a row.
#### 2011 season.
St Kilda had their worst start to a season in almost a decade, only winning one and drawing one of their first seven matches. St Kilda then started their revival, defeating in Round 9 and then only losing three more games for the remainder of the year. They al... | 52,290 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
abruptly and unexpectedly sacked. Both Lyon and Harvey had one year remaining on their respective contracts, with Lyon exercising a get-out clause and Fremantle paying out Harvey's final year. It emerged that Fremantle had head-hunted Lyon to take over after both coaches' existing contracts had expired at the... | 52,291 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
out the negotiations without his management's knowledge; in fact, his management had been actively negotiating a contract extension with St Kilda at the same time. The aftermath of the decision saw hurt feelings at both St Kilda Football Club and for Mark Harvey, as neither knew anything about the deal until ... | 52,292 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
Football Club.
After starting the 2012 season strongly with a 5-2 win/loss record, including wins against reigning premier Geelong and Lyon's former club St Kilda, Fremantle struggled in the middle parts of the season, highlighted by big losses to Hawthorn and cross-town rival West Coast. As the season progr... | 52,293 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
again under Lyon's tutelage the following year, finishing the 2013 season in the top four for just the second time in their history. An upset win against at Simonds Stadium and a 25-point win against in the club's first home preliminary final booked them a place in the Grand Final, also a club-first. The Dock... | 52,294 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
final, earning a home Preliminary Final, the first time ever both Preliminary finals have been held in the same state excluding Victoria. However Fremantle were defeated by Hawthorn by 27 points. After this defeat Lyon's game plan came under heavy criticism as he had coached four grand finals for only one dra... | 52,295 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
for points conceded, if not the best – in 2009, when St Kilda won the minor premiership, it conceded only 1411 points in the home-and-away season, a full 367 points fewer than the next best – and have consequently performed well even when their points scored has been closer to the league average. Despite its ... | 52,296 |
7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
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7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
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7378698 | Ross Lyon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross%20Lyon | Ross Lyon
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# Personal life.
Lyon grew up in the northern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir with his four sisters and parents Maurie and Louise Lyon. He attended Lakeside High School and in 1984 was selected to tour Ireland ... | 52,299 |
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