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750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
Palaiologos and Catherine Zaccaria produced four children: Helena, later wife of Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia; Zoe; Andreas; and Manuel.
# In Italy.
The fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 was a turning point in Zoe's fate. Seven years later, in 1460, the Ottoman army attacked Morea and quic... | 53,100 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
died there on 16 August 1462.
Zoe and her brothers remained in Petriti, a fishing port on the southeast coast of Corfu, near the byzantine Gardiki Castle, until 1465, when their dying father recalled them to Rome. Thomas Palaiologos died on 12 May 1465.
Adopted by the Papacy after her father's dea... | 53,101 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
welfare of Sophia and her brothers: they received the amount of 3,600 crowns (in payments of 200 crowns per month for their clothes, horses and servants, and an additional 100 crowns for the maintenance of a modest household, which included a doctor, a Latin teacher, a Greek teacher, a translator, a... | 53,102 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
in the Turkish Navy.
In 1466 the Venetian Republic invited King James II of Cyprus to ask for the hand of Sophia in marriage, but he refused. Around 1467, Pope Paul II offered Sophia's hand to a Prince Caracciolo. They were solemnly betrothed, but the marriage never took place.
# Marriage.
Maria ... | 53,103 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
Ivan III's motives for pursuing this union were probably connected with the status and rights of the Greek princess over Constantinople. The idea of this marriage perhaps was born in the mind of Cardinal Bessarion.
The negotiations lasted for three years. Russian chronicles related the events as fo... | 53,104 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
the match. According to the chronicles, he was sent back to Moscow with a portrait of the princess, who "caused an extreme surprise in the court" (This portrait wasn't preserved, which is very unfortunate, because surely it was painted by one of the painters at the papal service at that time, like P... | 53,105 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
in the ceremony was Clarice Orsini (wife of Lorenzo the Magnificent, ruler of Florence) and Queen Catherine of Bosnia. As a dowry, Sophia received the amount of 6,000 ducats.
- On 24 June 1472 Sophia and Fryazin, with a grand entourage, left Rome. The bride was accompanied by Cardinal Bessarion, wh... | 53,106 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
1472 where she continued the trip for Dorpat (now Tartu), Pskov (where she was officially celebrated — it was noticed that she thanked the public herself for the celebrations) and Novgorod. On 12 November 1472 Sophia finally arrived in Moscow.
Even while traveling to Russian lands, it became appare... | 53,107 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
The ceremony was performed by Metropolitan Philip, although other sources state that this was done by Hosea, Abbot of Kolomna.
Special mansions and gardens were built for her in Moscow, but in 1493 they were burned, and during the fire much of the treasure of the Grand Princess was lost. In 1472, s... | 53,108 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
was not confined to the women's quarters, but greeted foreign representatives from Europe similarly to the queens of Western Europe.
Before the invasion of Akhmad in 1480, Sophia, her children, household and treasury were sent firstly to Dmitrov and then on to Belozersk; in the case that Akhmad wou... | 53,109 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
politely and kindly, and respectfully asked about the Doge.
There is a legend associated with the birth of Sophia's eldest son, the future Vasily III: that during one of her pious trips to Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, the Grand Princess had a vision of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, who ""pres... | 53,110 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
and meticulous court etiquette into the Kremlin, the idea of Moscow as a Third Rome evidently pleasing her.
Soon, two parties emerged into the court nobility, one of which supported the heir to the throne, Ivan the Young, and the other siding with Sophia. In 1476 the Venetian Ambrogio Contarini not... | 53,111 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
1474 and 1490 the Grand Princess gave birth to eleven children, five sons and six daughters.
Another source of tension in the Russian court appeared in January 1483, when Ivan the Young married. His wife was Ilincu, daughter of Stephen III the Great, Prince of Moldavia, who after her marriage took ... | 53,112 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
that time. In particular, the Grand Princess was unable to obtain government posts for her relatives: her brother Andreas departed from Moscow with nothing, and her niece Maria (wife of Vasily Mikhailovich, Hereditary Prince of Verey-Belozersky) was forced to flee to Lithuania with her husband, an e... | 53,113 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
wait for the expected punishment to be carried out against him, instead fleeing to Lithuania with his wife. One direct consequence of this episode was that Prince Michael of Verey-Belozersky, Vasily's father, bequeathed his domains to the Grand Prince after his death, effectively disinheriting his s... | 53,114 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
Ivan the Young died. The doctor was executed, and in Moscow, rumors about Sophia began, alleging she poisoned the heir; according to Andrey Kurbsky, who wrote about these events almost 100 years later, these rumors were indisputable facts. Modern historians, however, consider the hypothesis that Sop... | 53,115 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
Sophia and her son Vasili were not invited to the coronation; only in mid-1499 were they restored to favor and allowed to return to court.
On 11 April 1502 the dynastic struggle came to an end. According to chronicles, Ivan III suddenly changed his mind and imprisoned both Grand Prince Dmitry and h... | 53,116 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
a council in 1503 finally defeated it, and many prominent and progressive leaders of this movement were executed. Elena of Moldavia died in prison on 18 January 1505. Her son Dmitry died a few years later on 14 February 1509, either by hunger and cold, or, as others claim, suffocated by orders of hi... | 53,117 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
was scratched the word "Sophia".
The Ascension Convent was destroyed in 1929, and the remains of Sophia, as well as other royal women, were transferred to the underground chamber in the southern extension of the Cathedral of the Archangel.
# Issue.
- Elena (18 April 14749 May 1476).
- Feodosia (... | 53,118 |
750831 | Sophia Palaiologina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophia%20Palaiologina | Sophia Palaiologina
ch 14793 December 1533), became "Grand Prince of Moscow".
- Yuri (23 March 14803 August 1536), "Prince of Dmitrov", died of starvation in prison.
- Dmitri (6 October 148114 February 1521), "Prince of Uglich".
- Eudokia (February 14838 February 1513), married Khudakul, Kazan Tsar of the Tartars (b... | 53,119 |
750915 | Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor-Maurice,%20comte%20de%20Broglie | Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie
Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie
Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie (12 March 16474 August 1727) was a French soldier and general.
Victor-Maurice de Broglie was born in the De Broglie house, a noble family originally from Piedmont. He was the son of François-Marie, comte de Broglie and ... | 53,120 |
750915 | Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victor-Maurice,%20comte%20de%20Broglie | Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie
sal, Countess of Favria. After the death of his father he inherited the countships of Revel and de Broglie, the marquisate of Senonches and also received the Government of La Bassee, near Lille.
He served under Condé, Turenne, and other commanders of the age of Louis XIV in the Franco-... | 53,121 |
750950 | Pat Kelly | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat%20Kelly | Pat Kelly
Pat Kelly
Pat Kelly may refer to:
- Pat Kelly (American football) (1965–2003), former NFL tight end
- Pat Kelly (Australian footballer) (1923–1999), Australian rules footballer
- Pat Kelly (catcher) (born 1955), former Major League Baseball catcher
- Pat Kelly (climber) (1873–1922), early female climber ... | 53,122 |
750950 | Pat Kelly | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pat%20Kelly | Pat Kelly
Pinnacle Club
- Pat Kelly (comedian), Canadian comedian and former children's television personality
- Pat Kelly (Gaelic footballer) (born 1981), Mayo and St Vincents footballer
- Pat Kelly (infielder) (born 1967), former Major League Baseball infielder
- Pat Kelly (musician) (1949–2019), reggae singer
-... | 53,123 |
750888 | Serranilla Bank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serranilla%20Bank | Serranilla Bank
Serranilla Bank
Serranilla Bank ( and "Placer de la Serranilla") is a partially submerged reef, with small uninhabited islets, in the western Caribbean Sea. It is situated about northeast of Punta Gorda, Nicaragua, and roughly southwest of Jamaica. The closest neighbouring land feature is Bajo Nuevo Ba... | 53,124 |
750888 | Serranilla Bank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serranilla%20Bank | Serranilla Bank
the bank.
# Geography.
Serranilla Bank is a former atoll, now a mostly submerged carbonate platform consisting of shallow reef environments. It is about 40 km in length and 32 km in width, covering an area of over 1,200 km, almost entirely under water. Three small cays and two rocks emerge above the w... | 53,125 |
750888 | Serranilla Bank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serranilla%20Bank | Serranilla Bank
Colombian naval personnel. There is a lighthouse on a coral ledge in the southwest approach to the bank. It is a 33 m (108 ft) tall skeletal tower built atop a 3-storey crew residence. The lamp emits a focal plane beam of light as two white flashes every 20 seconds. The current lighthouse was first erec... | 53,126 |
750888 | Serranilla Bank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serranilla%20Bank | Serranilla Bank
subject of conflicting claims made by a number of sovereign states. In most cases, the dispute stems from attempts by a state to expand its exclusive economic zone over the surrounding seas.
Between 1982 and 1986, Colombia maintained a formal agreement with Jamaica which granted regulated fishing right... | 53,127 |
750888 | Serranilla Bank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serranilla%20Bank | Serranilla Bank
were excluded from the zone of joint-control, as Colombia considers these areas to be part of her coastal waters. The agreement came into force in March 1994.
Nicaragua lays claim to all the islands on its continental shelf, covering an area of over 50,000 km in the Caribbean Sea, including the Serrani... | 53,128 |
750888 | Serranilla Bank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serranilla%20Bank | Serranilla Bank
officially renounced in a treaty with Colombia, dated September 1972. But whether or not Serranilla Bank was included in the agreement is disputed—there is no specific mention of the feature in the treaty and, as per Article 7 of the said treaty, only matters specifically mentioned in the document are s... | 53,129 |
750888 | Serranilla Bank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serranilla%20Bank | Serranilla Bank
territory in Article 10 of its Constitution. In 1986, it agreed upon a maritime boundary demarcation with Colombia that excluded Honduras of any control over the bank or its surrounding waters. The ratification of this boundary on 20 December 1999 proved to be controversial within Honduras, as it ensure... | 53,130 |
750888 | Serranilla Bank | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serranilla%20Bank | Serranilla Bank
ol over the bank or its surrounding waters. The ratification of this boundary on 20 December 1999 proved to be controversial within Honduras, as it ensured that the state implicitly recognised Colombia's sovereignty over the claimed territory. Nicaragua, which has not resolved its maritime borders with ... | 53,131 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein. The musical tells the story of two sisters who aspire to be a writer and actress respectively, seeking success from their ba... | 53,132 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
a pre-Broadway try-out at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, "Wonderful Town" premiered on Broadway in 1953, starring Rosalind Russell in the role of Ruth Sherwood, Edie Adams as Eileen Sherwood, and George Gaynes as Robert Baker. It won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Actress, and sp... | 53,133 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
of "Christopher Street" and its colorful residents.
- Act II
In the local jail Eileen finds herself practically running the place, with Officer Lonigan and his brigade of doting Irish police officers at her beck and call. Given her name, they are convinced that she is Irish, and they serenade her and a... | 53,134 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
of Helen's mother, and Chick is frantically calling Eileen, trying to make things right.
# Musical numbers.
- Act I
- Overture — Orchestra
- Christopher Street — Tour Guide and The Villagers
- Ohio — Ruth Sherwood and Eileen Sherwood
- Conquering New York — Ruth, Eileen, First Cadet, Violet and The... | 53,135 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
Eileen — Eileen and Policemen
- Swing — Ruth and Villagers
- Ohio (Reprise) — Ruth and Eileen
- It's Love — Eileen, Robert Baker and The Villagers
- Ballet at the Village Vortex — Orchestra (danced by the ensemble)
- Wrong Note Rag — Ruth, Eileen and The Villagers
- It's Love (Reprise) / Finale — E... | 53,136 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
it ran for 559 performances, closing on July 3, 1954. George Abbott served as director, with choreography by Donald Saddler. The original cast featured Rosalind Russell in the role of Ruth Sherwood, Edie Adams as Eileen Sherwood, and George Gaynes as Robert Baker. Carol Channing replaced Russell for the ... | 53,137 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
a live special of the musical, with Rosalind Russell (Ruth Sherwood), Jackie McKeever (Eileen Sherwood), Sydney Chaplin (Bob Baker), and Jordan Bentley (the Wreck).
## 2003 Broadway revival.
In May 2000 City Center Encores! presented a staged concert starring Donna Murphy and Laura Benanti. With direct... | 53,138 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
over the role of Ruth beginning September 28, 2005.
## Other productions.
A West End revival starring Maureen Lipman opened at the Queen's Theatre in August 1986 and closed March 1987.
A Non-Equity National Tour was presented by Music Theatre Associates in 2006 and 2007.
"Wonderful Town" premiered on... | 53,139 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
Xavier. The production was directed by Braham Murray.
An off-West-End production was presented at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre by All Star Productions in October 2016.
In Dec 2016, the Staatsoperette Dresden presents the premiere of a German version (book and lyrics translated by Roman Hinze)
# Reco... | 53,140 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
The first complete recording of the score.
- 1999: A Studio Cast recording with Kim Criswell as Ruth and Audra McDonald as Eileen, with Thomas Hampson, and Rodney Gilfry. The recording is conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
- 2002: A live performance in Berlin on DVD with Kim Criswell as Ruth and Audra McDo... | 53,141 |
750798 | Wonderful Town | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonderful%20Town | Wonderful Town
Jennifer Westfeldt as Ruth and Eileen, respectively.
- 2004: A new recording of the 2003 production, with Brooke Shields and Jennifer Hope Wills as Ruth and Eileen, respectively. For this recording, the original orchestral tracks from the New Broadway recording were used, and only Ruth and Eileen's song... | 53,142 |
750907 | A. N. R. Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20N.%20R.%20Robinson | A. N. R. Robinson
A. N. R. Robinson
The Hon. Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson SC, OCC, TC (16 December 1926 – 9 April 2014; known as A. N. R. or "Ray" Robinson), was the third President of Trinidad and Tobago, serving from 19 March 1997 to 17 March 2003. He was also Trinidad and Tobago's third Prime Minister, serving ... | 53,143 |
750907 | A. N. R. Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20N.%20R.%20Robinson | A. N. R. Robinson
Lucky as its candidate for President). President Robinson sparked controversy in his term in office when he refused to appoint certain Senators recommended by Prime Minister Basdeo Panday following the elections in 2000 and in 2001 when he appointed the Leader of the Opposition Patrick Manning to the ... | 53,144 |
750907 | A. N. R. Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20N.%20R.%20Robinson | A. N. R. Robinson
London University as an external student. In 1951 he left for the United Kingdom where he was called to the bar at Inner Temple and obtained a degree in philosophy, politics and economics from St. John's College, Oxford. Robinson returned to Trinidad and Tobago where he practised as a Barrister-at-Law... | 53,145 |
750907 | A. N. R. Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20N.%20R.%20Robinson | A. N. R. Robinson
of Finance (from 1961 to 1967). Following the Black Power Revolution in 1970, Robinson resigned from the PNM and formed the Action Committee of Dedicated Citizens (ACDC) which joined forced with the Democratic Labour Party to contest the 1971 General Elections; Robinson and the DLP ended up boycotting... | 53,146 |
750907 | A. N. R. Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20N.%20R.%20Robinson | A. N. R. Robinson
House of Assembly elections, and became the Chairman of the Assembly following victory by the DLP. He had also proposed the idea of the International Court.
In 1981 Robinson allied with the United Labour Front (ULF), under the leadership of Basdeo Panday, and the Tapia House Movement, under the leade... | 53,147 |
750907 | A. N. R. Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20N.%20R.%20Robinson | A. N. R. Robinson
Prime Minister through the National Alliance For Reconstruction. However, shortly after assuming the Prime Ministership. He dismissed Mr. Basdeo Panday, Mr. John Humphrey, and Mr Kelvin Ramnath from Cabinet. However, Robinson subsequently lost the 1991 elections.
He rejoined the UNC Administration as... | 53,148 |
750907 | A. N. R. Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20N.%20R.%20Robinson | A. N. R. Robinson
Law Commission to study the possibility of creating the ICC. The resolution was presented on behalf of Trinidad and Tobago at the UN General Assembly in June 1989, leading to the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in July 1998 and creation of the ICC in July 1, 2002.
## ... | 53,149 |
750907 | A. N. R. Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20N.%20R.%20Robinson | A. N. R. Robinson
getting beaten by his captors. He was also shot in his leg.
# Illness and death.
Robinson suffered from a number of ailments including a stroke and prostate complications and was hospitalised at the St Clair Medical Hospital after he complained of feeling unwell. Following an illness of several mont... | 53,150 |
750907 | A. N. R. Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A.%20N.%20R.%20Robinson | A. N. R. Robinson
onours.
In May 2011 for his great service to this country, the airport in Tobago was renamed the (Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson International Airport|A. N. R. Robinson International Airport), replacing the name 'Crown Point International Airport'.
In November 2011, A. N. R. Robinson was the recip... | 53,151 |
750954 | Fixedsys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fixedsys | Fixedsys
Fixedsys
Fixedsys is a family of raster monospaced fonts. The name means "fixed system", because its glyphs are monospace or fixed-width (although bolded characters are wider than non-bolded, unlike other monospace fonts such as Courier). It is the oldest font in Windows, and was the system font in Windows 1.... | 53,152 |
750954 | Fixedsys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fixedsys | Fixedsys
glyphs for the upper areas of each one appear to be drawn separately, not taken from a single master set, as there are visible differences in the appearance of various visually similar characters that are shared between the code pages.
Though Fixedsys is a sans-serif font, it is vaguely similar in appearance ... | 53,153 |
750954 | Fixedsys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fixedsys | Fixedsys
be selected by specifying script settings in font selection dialogue, but not font of all code pages can be chosen.
Due to its clean style and easy readability, it has enjoyed some popularity with the programming community, even giving rise to an imitation font — Fixedsys Excelsior — which, based on the origi... | 53,154 |
750954 | Fixedsys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fixedsys | Fixedsys
all code pages can be chosen.
Due to its clean style and easy readability, it has enjoyed some popularity with the programming community, even giving rise to an imitation font — Fixedsys Excelsior — which, based on the original Fixedsys typeface, also includes a large number of Unicode script ranges.
There i... | 53,155 |
750982 | USS A. G. Prentiss | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20A.%20G.%20Prentiss | USS A. G. Prentiss
USS A. G. Prentiss
A. G. Prentiss (Id. No. 2413) was the wooden-hulled commercial vessel "A. G. Prentiss" launched 6 February 1912, by the Charles Ward Shipyard in Kennebunk, Maine, registered with official number 209585, for passenger service with home port at Saco, Maine. The vessel was named for ... | 53,156 |
750982 | USS A. G. Prentiss | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20A.%20G.%20Prentiss | USS A. G. Prentiss
to the Navy on 25 March 1918, under a charter approved three days later. Navy references do not indicate commissioning and thus the ship did not bear the United States Ship (U.S.S.) honorific.
"A. G. Prentiss" apparently served in the 3rd Naval District for her entire career, as she is listed as hav... | 53,157 |
750982 | USS A. G. Prentiss | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20A.%20G.%20Prentiss | USS A. G. Prentiss
by the Saco River Towing Company with home port of Portland, Maine. The last register in which the tug appears under "Steam Vessels" with a descriptive line is the 1935–1936 volume. From that point on the name and official number only appear under an index of managing owners.
On 15 April 1923 the st... | 53,158 |
750982 | USS A. G. Prentiss | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20A.%20G.%20Prentiss | USS A. G. Prentiss
The salvage fee was disputed, but the tugs were awarded $9,000 each. The tug was reportedly active into World War II, reportedly towing targets for a coastal battery, and also being wrecked and burned.
As late as 1961, a vessel with official number 209585 named "A. G. Prentiss" appears in "Merchant ... | 53,159 |
750962 | Libert H. Boeynaems | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libert%20H.%20Boeynaems | Libert H. Boeynaems
Libert H. Boeynaems
Libert H. Boeynaems, formally Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaems, SS.CC., (August 18, 1857 – May 13, 1926), was the fourth vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands — now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
He was born in Antwerp, Belgium, the son o... | 53,160 |
750962 | Libert H. Boeynaems | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libert%20H.%20Boeynaems | Libert H. Boeynaems
in Honolulu on November 29, 1881, to become a pastor (in January 1882) to the fledgeling Catholic community of native Hawaiians on the island of Kaua‘i in the district encompassing Līhu‘e to Hanalei. He later ministered to those on Kaua‘i in the district encompassing Līhu‘e to Mana. During his first... | 53,161 |
750962 | Libert H. Boeynaems | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libert%20H.%20Boeynaems | Libert H. Boeynaems
luku, Maui.
In December, 1902, the Holy See appointed him Pro-Vicar. On April 8, 1903, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic and was subsequently consecrated titular Bishop of Zeugma in Syria by Archbishop Montgomery in Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco on July 25, 1903. On April 11, 1915, Msgr. B... | 53,162 |
750985 | Louis Désiré Maigret | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis%20Désiré%20Maigret | Louis Désiré Maigret
Louis Désiré Maigret
Louis Désiré Maigret, SS.CC., (September 14, 1804 – June 11, 1882), served as the first vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands; now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Born in Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé (France), Maigret was ordained to the priestho... | 53,163 |
750985 | Louis Désiré Maigret | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis%20Désiré%20Maigret | Louis Désiré Maigret
had seen. In his company were "several Mangarevans and Tahitians," some of whom remained on Pohnpei and left descendants. He departed on 29 July 1838 for Valparaiso after seven unsuccessful months.
When the Vicar Apostolic of Oriental Oceania, Msgr. Etienne Jerome Rouchouze, SS.CC., was lost at se... | 53,164 |
750985 | Louis Désiré Maigret | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis%20Désiré%20Maigret | Louis Désiré Maigret
ft descendants. He departed on 29 July 1838 for Valparaiso after seven unsuccessful months.
When the Vicar Apostolic of Oriental Oceania, Msgr. Etienne Jerome Rouchouze, SS.CC., was lost at sea on board the ill-fated "Marie Joseph" in early 1843, the Holy See appointed Father Maigret as the first ... | 53,165 |
750956 | Stephen Alencastre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen%20Alencastre | Stephen Alencastre
Stephen Alencastre
Bishop Stephen Peter Alencastre, SS.CC. (born Estêvão Pedro de Alencastre; November 3, 1876 – November 9, 1940), was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the fifth and last Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands (now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honol... | 53,166 |
750956 | Stephen Alencastre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen%20Alencastre | Stephen Alencastre
and returned to serve the people of Hawai‘i.
# Episcopacy.
When the Vicar Apostolic, Libert H. Boeynaems, SS.CC., fell ill, Alencastre was appointed by Pope Pius XI as coadjutor Vicar Apostolic, with the right of succession, on April 29, 1924. On August 24 of that year, he was consecrated Titular B... | 53,167 |
750956 | Stephen Alencastre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen%20Alencastre | Stephen Alencastre
and to build a seminary to form vowed religious locally to the priesthood. This came to fruition with the building of St. Stephen's Seminary, named in honor of the Bishop's own patron saint, which is still operational. The bishop was also partly responsible for the increase in the variety of religiou... | 53,168 |
750956 | Stephen Alencastre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen%20Alencastre | Stephen Alencastre
must reign"), derived from a phrase in 1 Corinthians 15: 24-26.
Bishop Alencastre was the first to include in his episcopal arms the "pūlo‘ulo‘u" ("kapu" sticks)—traditional weapons of the Hawaiian people, and the colours of the Hawaiian flag. In keeping with the traditions of ecclesiastical heraldr... | 53,169 |
750956 | Stephen Alencastre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen%20Alencastre | Stephen Alencastre
ently interred at the Honolulu Catholic Cemetery in downtown Honolulu.
Following his death, he was posthumously awarded the honor of "Officer of the Order of the Crown" by King Leopold III of Belgium, while a street in Honolulu bears his surname.
After continuing and completing much of the work beg... | 53,170 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
People's National Movement
The People's National Movement (PNM) is the present-day governing political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Founded in 1955 by Eric Williams, it won the 1956 General Elections and went on to hold power for an unbroken 30 years. After the death of Williams in 1981 Geo... | 53,171 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
a split in the UNC forced new elections in 2001. These elections resulted in an 18–18 tie between the PNM and the UNC, and President Arthur N. R. Robinson appointed Manning as Prime Minister. Manning was unable to elect a Speaker of the House of Representatives, but won an outright majority i... | 53,172 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
and Tobagonian and the Creole-Mulatto population of the country.
# Rise to power.
When Eric Williams returned to Trinidad in 1948 he set about developing a political base. Between 1948 and 1955 he delivered a series of political lectures, under the auspices of the Political Education Moveme... | 53,173 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
to convince the Secretary of State for the Colonies to allow him to name the five appointed members of the council (despite the opposition of the Governor Sir Edward Betham Beetham). This gave him a clear majority in the Legislative Council. Williams was thus elected Chief Minister and was al... | 53,174 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
of the West Indian Federation the PNM led Trinidad and Tobago to independence on August 31, 1962.
In the 1966 General Elections the PNM won 24 of 36 seats with 52% of the vote. However economic and social discontent grew under PNM rule. This came to a climax in April 1970 with the Black Powe... | 53,175 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
John O'Halloran, Minister of Industry and Gerard Montano, Minister of Home Affairs.
In the 1971 General Elections the PNM faced only limited opposition as the major opposition parties boycotted the election citing the use of voting machines. The PNM captured all 36 seats in the election, inc... | 53,176 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
a major crisis. On September 28 Williams announced that he would not stand for re-election. This led to a race to succeed him as Political Leader of the party. By 18 November, 250 of 476 registered party groups had submitted nominations, 224 of them for Attorney General Karl Hudson-Phillips a... | 53,177 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
died. Williams had maintained an iron grip over the party and forced all potential rivals out of the party. In the absence of a clear successor, President Ellis Clarke was left to choose the new Prime Minister from among the three Deputy Political Leaders of the party. Clarke appointed George... | 53,178 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
The PNM won three of 36 seats with 32% of the vote. Chambers resigned and was succeeded by Patrick Manning as Political Leader.
# Manning and the PNM re-invented.
When Manning became leader he promised a "new PNM" and purposely ignored the discredited old guard. He appointed Wendell Mottley... | 53,179 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
to defect was the declaration of a limited State of Emergency which sole purpose was to remove Occah Seepaul (Maraj's sister) as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The party also suffered a loss of support with the death Minister of Public Utilities, Morris Marshall, a favourite of the ... | 53,180 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
government with the National Alliance for Reconstruction which had won the remaining 2 seats. The PNM was further weakened when two MPs resigned from the party and threw their support behind the UNC government. This led to numerous calls for Manning to resign the party leadership, and for cal... | 53,181 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
and UNC winning 18 seats, the PNM with 46% of the electoral vote and the UNC with 50%. However President Arthur N.R. Robinson appointed Manning as Prime Minister on the basis of "moral and spiritual grounds".(In Trinidad and Tobago's elections, the number of seats needed to occupy the lower h... | 53,182 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
elections.
Amid allegations of widespread corruption including a $45 million government scholarship fund for party supporters, billions in cost overruns on state projects, and failed crime plans, Prime Minister Patrick Manning prorogued Parliament.
On 16 April 2010 via a press release, Mann... | 53,183 |
750923 | People's National Movement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People's%20National%20Movement | People's National Movement
er and Leader of the Opposition, and led the 13 PNM (inclusive of himself and Manning) in Trinidad and Tobago's Parliament between 2010 and 2015.
# 2015 General elections.
The PNM contested the 2015 General Elections winning 23 of the 41 seats in the House of Representatives to form the gov... | 53,184 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
Nuclear lamina
The nuclear lamina is a dense (~30 to 100 nm thick) fibrillar network inside the nucleus of most cells. It is composed of intermediate filaments and membrane associated proteins. Besides providing mechanical support, the nuclear lamina regulates important cellular events such as DNA repli... | 53,185 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
extends throughout the nucleoplasm.
# Structure and composition.
The nuclear lamina consists of two components, lamins and nuclear lamin-associated membrane proteins. The lamins are type V intermediate filaments which can be categorized as either A-type (lamin A, C) or B-type(lamin B, B) according to h... | 53,186 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
have an almost complete α-helical conformation with multiple α-helical domains separated by non-α-helical linkers that are highly conserved in length and amino acid sequence. Both the C-terminus and the N-terminus are non α-helical, with the C-terminus displaying a globular structure. Their molecular wei... | 53,187 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
genes. By alternative splicing, at least seven different polypeptides (splice variants) are obtained, some of which are specific for germ cells and play an important role in the chromatin reorganisation during meiosis. Not all organisms have the same number of lamin encoding genes; "Drosophila melanogast... | 53,188 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
within or their association with the inner membrane, they mediate the attachment of the nuclear lamina to the nuclear envelope.
# Role and interaction aspects.
The nuclear lamina is assembled by interactions of two lamin polypeptides in which the α-helical regions are wound around each other to form a ... | 53,189 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
regulation, DNA replication, DNA repair, cell differentiation and apoptosis.
## Chromatin organization.
The non-random organization of the genome strongly suggests that the nuclear lamina plays a role in chromatin organization. It has been shown that lamin polypeptides have an affinity for binding chro... | 53,190 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
is 0.1–10 MBp. LADs are flanked by CTCF-binding sites.
## Cell cycle regulation.
At the onset of mitosis (prophase, prometaphase), the cellular machinery is engaged in the disassembly of various cellular components including structures such as the nuclear envelope, the nuclear lamina and the nuclear po... | 53,191 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
or by direct phosphorylation of structural proteins involved in this cellular reorganisation. After phosphorylation by cyclin B/Cdk, the nuclear lamina depolymerises and B-type lamins stay associated with the fragments of the nuclear envelope whereas A-type lamins remain completely soluble throughout the... | 53,192 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
partially condensed chromosomes, followed by nuclear envelope assembly. Novel nuclear pore complexes are formed through which nuclear lamins are actively imported by use of their NLS. This typical hierarchy raises the question whether the nuclear lamina at this stage has a stabilizing role or some regula... | 53,193 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
expression patterns during the different stages of the embryonic development. The major types are LI and LII, which are considered homologs of lamin B and B2. LA are considered homologous to lamin A and LIII as a B-type lamin. A fourth type exists and is germ cell specific.
In the early embryonic stages... | 53,194 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
of B2 is relatively constant in the early stages and starts to increase after cell differentiation. With the development of the different kinds of tissue in a relatively advanced developmental stage, there is an increase in the levels of lamin A and lamin C.
These findings would indicate that in its mos... | 53,195 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
only nuclear lamina associated lamins are present during replication, but free lamin polypeptides are present as well and seem to have some regulative part in the replication process.
## DNA repair.
Repair of DNA double-strand breaks can occur by either of two processes, non-homologous end joining (NHE... | 53,196 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
and in defending the organism against invasive entry of viruses or other pathogens. Apoptosis is a highly regulated process in which the nuclear lamina is disassembled in an early stage.
In contrast to the phosphorylation-induced disassembly during mitosis, the nuclear lamina is degraded by proteolytic ... | 53,197 |
750894 | Nuclear lamina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuclear%20lamina | Nuclear lamina
as:
- Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy - A muscle wasting disease
- Progeria - Premature aging
- Restrictive dermopathy - A disease associated with extremely tight skin and other severe neonatal abnormalities
# References.
- Ayelet Margalit, Sylvia Vlcek, Yozef Gruenbaum, Roland Foisner (2005). Bre... | 53,198 |
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d Development 16,533-547
- Joanna M. Bridger, Nicole Foeger, Ian R. Kill, Harald Herrmann (2007). The Nuclear Lamina: both a structural framework and a platform for genome organization. FEBS Journal 274, 1354–1361
- Nico Stuurman, Susanne Heins, Ueli Aebi (1998). Nuclear Lamins: Their Structure, Assemb... | 53,199 |
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