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750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
with Laocorn dying to save her from the god of war, Mars.
Mai has only a minor role in the first episode of original net animation "" (2005), voiced by Akoya Sogi and Sheryl Stanley, wherein she and Athena Asamiya save Soiree Meira and a little girl from a collapsing building in USA. She is more prominent... | 53,800 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
in the finals. Before that can happen, however, Mai and her teammates come under control of Rugal Bernstein's evil power, making them attack the Fatal Fury Team. Andy is forced to fight and defeat her, after which she comes back to her senses to witness the final fight between Rugal and Kyo.
## Other medi... | 53,801 |
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which she hopes she will be finally able to conquer Andy's heart if she proves herself the top female fighter of all time.
Mai's image was additionally licensed as a roulette character for pachislot machines. (In 2003, SNK sued machine manufacturer Aruze for copyright infringement after Mai's and Terry Bo... | 53,802 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
Ziqi released his single "KO" about Mai and Kyo.
The character of Mai Shiranui was used extensively by SNK for the purpose of promoting their games, other products, and the company as a whole. She was featured in live-action television commercials for "Fatal Fury Special" and "Fatal Fury 2" in 1993. Multi... | 53,803 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
poster. Japanese actress and pinup model Sayuki Matsumoto was hired by SNK as an "image girl" to portray Mai for promotion of "The King of Fighters XIII"; Mai's other image models included Taiwanese actress Dou Hua Mei and Chinese model Ye Zi Xuan. Maggie Q's own promotional photo-shoot of Mai for the live... | 53,804 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
of limited edition posters of Mai Shiranui by Falcoon. In 2009, Capcom teased UDON's "SF20" art book by showing Akira Yasuda's image of Chun-Li and Mai Shiranui "almost kissing and almost punching each other". Mai featured heavily in promotional materials for "The King of Fighters XIII", and an exclusive M... | 53,805 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
users exceeds half million.
Scores of figures, statuettes and dolls have been made in her image. Such figures include those made by A-Label, Aizu Project, Alphamax, Daiki, Gantaku, Hobby Japan, Kinetiquettes, Max Factory, Volks, and SNK themselves. Some of them can be stripped topless, and an exclusive Vo... | 53,806 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
Geo joystick controller for PlayStation consoles decorated with Mai-related imagery.
# Reception.
## Cultural impact.
Mai Shiranui (and other "KOF" characters) became especially popular among the young people in Hong Kong during the late 1990s, when their character design impacted on local youth culture... | 53,807 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
for cosplay attention-floozies," and eldiario.es called her and Chun-Li "true icons of cosplay." Her popularity among Chinese cosplayers increased after Mai's addition to "Kings of Glory". Mai was a subject of cosplay by Yuuri Morishita, a Japanese booth companion turned a gravure idol, and many mainland C... | 53,808 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
because "the outfit is skimpy and revealing and has become a uniform of sorts." Singaporean pop-culture site "Lollipop" commented: "[The] Mai Shiranui outfit demands a special kind of physique, which is probably why it seems to be the go-to cosplay of models." In the West, British entertainer Cheryl Cole a... | 53,809 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
contributions to the medium was that it was the first game to introduce a character with breasts that moved on their own ... though "Fatal Fury" may not be a huge franchise nowadays, its legacy is very much alive: many top fighting games include a similar jiggle effect." French magazine "Hardcore Gamers" c... | 53,810 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
The red kunoichi costume of Kasumi in the arcade version of "Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate" was created as an official homage to Mai (who herself later appeared in the "Last Round" edition of the game). Giovanni Simotti, designer of "Akane the Kunoichi", intended look of the titular character on the game's cove... | 53,811 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
in Japan by 1994, two years after her debut. According to Kotaku's Ashcraft writing in 2010, "Mai is one of the most popular and recognisable fighting game characters. Her image has been recreated in countless figurines and endless fan art." Japanese arcade gaming magazine "Gamest" named her as one of the ... | 53,812 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
the most-illustrated character in a 2009 fan art contest held by SNK Playmore and art website Pixiv to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the "King of Fighters" series. Mai was declared the 11th top video game heroine from the 1990s by Japanese magazine "Famitsu" in 2015, and landed fourth in their a... | 53,813 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
Mai's ubiquitousness as pandering fan service, we're more than happy to pick up the yearly iterations of the "King of Fighters" franchise just to get fresh hands on this fetching fighter. Destructoid's editor-in-chief Dale North named "Terry and Andy Bogard, and the ever-bouncy Mai Shiranui" as the most po... | 53,814 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
a perfect 10/10. Kotaku's Luke Plunkett included her among the possible candidates for the title of the greatest video game character of all time in 2010, and "Pembroke Daily Observer" chose her among the 32 contenders for the title of "ultimate fighting game champion" in 2012. Similarly, in 2013, Spanish ... | 53,815 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
five most famous heroines in gaming, and the Spanish edition of IGN ranked Mai as the eight top female video game character in 2012 and further described her as "one of the biggest legends of the '90s." Engadget's Colin Torretta opined ""The King of Fighters" games come heavily recommended … if only for Ma... | 53,816 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
Consolas". UGO Networks declared Mai the "Chun-Li of the SNK universe", and Ed Laurence of "Sinclair User" wrote in 1993 that she was able to "out-Chun Li Chun Li." Previewing "Capcom vs. SNK 2", GameSpot's Justin Speer wrote about its "beautiful and powerful females such as Chun-Li and Mai," and Rich Knig... | 53,817 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
62% of votes to Chun-Li's 19% in a 2009 South Korean online poll held on White Day, in which fans voted for their "most wanted" female fighting-game character. According to Crunchyroll's Nate Ming in 2016, Mai has continued to represent "SNK, "Fatal Fury", and "KoF" in the same way that Chun-li [represents... | 53,818 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
("Soulcalibur"), as well as to some others such as Sailor Mars ("Sailor Moon"). A 1997 article in "Game On! USA", highlighted Chun Li, Mai Shiranui, Michelle Chang ("Tekken") and Jill Valentine ("Resident Evil") as "video game characters who have marked the near absurd level of popularity of females in vid... | 53,819 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
likened her with Taki from "Soulcalibur" as "a gravity-defying marvel of science and physicality." Kurt Katala of Hardcore Gaming 101 called the "Street Fighter"s Maki Genryusai a "sexy Mai Shiranui ripoff", despite Maki having debuted only in "Final Fight 2" in 1993. Comparisons between Mai and Maki have ... | 53,820 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
weapon, and noting her as an equal of Chun-Li within the fighting genre. Mai has also appeared on several other lists of top ninja characters in video games, including by CrunchGear in 2008, "GamePro" in 2010, and Arcade Sushi in 2013. UGO listed her among the "hot ninja girls" in all entertainment, Gelo G... | 53,821 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
agile, and sexy," and Seraphina Brennan of Joystiq, who wrote in 2009 that "throughout all of the countless MMOs that we've played, we've always asked ourselves one important question: "Where is Mai Shiranui and why can't I be her?"" SNK Playmore's decision to feature Mai only in an unplayable cameo in 200... | 53,822 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
without Ryu." GameSpot's Andrew Park noted "the conspicuous absence of SNK's iconic female ninja/geisha girl" and Siliconera opined that "SNK isn't going to make that mistake again" in omitting Mai from future releases. Adam Biessener of "Game Informer" said of Mai's return: "Sometimes fan service is all a... | 53,823 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
into this magical power when she captivated thousands of Ah Bengs the world over with the heaving bosoms during her matches." Mai was awarded the title of "Hottest Game Babe of 1994" by the staff of "Electronic Gaming Monthly", and was chosen as the "Hottest Videogame Babe" of the year for the Video Game A... | 53,824 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
in English, and in 1998 they wrote she has still remained the prettiest "Fighting-Game-Babe" yet. American magazine "Gamers' Republic" gave Mai in "Capcom vs. SNK" the #3 "Game Babe o' the Year" award for 2000. In 2011, French website JeuxActu chose her as one of the game heroines they would like to repopu... | 53,825 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
her as the very "sex symbol of video games".
Since her introduction, Mai has been featured in numerous lists of the sexiest female video game characters. Brazilian magazine "Ação Games" put her second on their list of "Top Girls" in 1997. In 2000, German magazine "Video Games" featured Mai in their "Conso... | 53,826 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
of top "girls of gaming" in 2008, as GameDaily's Robert Workman ranked her as the sixth "hottest game babe", while Johnny Firecloud of CraveOnline listed her fourth in his "hottest video game girl of all time" list in 2010. GameDaily also featured Mai in several "babe-of-the-week" galleries, including "Out... | 53,827 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
ranked her as number one top "eye candy" game character due to her beautiful face and body, skimpy outfits, sultry poses and jiggly movements, while China Radio International included her among seven most beautiful pair of legs in video games. Mai was ranked as the 19th and 18th "hottest" video game charac... | 53,828 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
"sympathetic" characters in fighting games. In 2013, João Vitor de Oliveira of Brazilian edition of "Official Xbox Magazine" ranked Mai as the number one sexiest woman in fighting games and expressed satisfaction that she was created instead of a male character as it had been originally planned for her fig... | 53,829 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
animated that we suspect they're constantly huddling together for warmth." According to Sherilynn Macale of The Feed in 2011, "if there's one female fighter who really is just the Queen of the Bosom, it's Mai Shiranui from "King of Fighters". She "is" boobs." Including "SNK Vs. Capcom" among top five cross... | 53,830 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
history, Rich Shivener of Joystick Division ranked her first in his list of "incredible chests" in video games, and NetEase's Game Channel placed her among top ten busty game heroines. In 2012, Mai's breasts placed first and second in similar lists by French edition of Tom's Games and by Drea Avellan of "C... | 53,831 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
than the wind and puts up a good fight with those things." The magazine's Rich Knight commented: "Mai Shiranui is the queen mother of outlandish bouncing breasts. She was the first animated babe to really have them featured in a game and is still considered by many to be the female game character all bounc... | 53,832 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
main reason for her lasting popularity. Chinese edition of "FHM" placed her on the cover in 2008. In 2010, Mai topped machinima.com's list of "gaming's top cleavagey characters" and "PLAY" placed her third in its list of top "side-boobs" in games. Craig Skistimas of "ScrewAttack's Top 10" rated Mai's "Ever... | 53,833 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
waitress in the Mai Shiranui outfit." MSN commented in 2009: "There is no denying the fact that most gamers know of Mai Shiranui … The developers may have created a character that will upset every feminist out there, but the guys ain't complaining."
However, some have commented negatively about the percei... | 53,834 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
are ok to treat as sex objects." Chris Heyward of "SNES N-Force" commented in his 1994 review of "Fatal Fury 2", "Unfortunately … Mai Shiranui's boobs are the only interest in this game. And it's not just me; everyone who had a go retorted, 'What a crap game…nice pair though.'" Lyle Masaki of "NewNowNext" ... | 53,835 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
Adam Warren drew a picture of his own character Emp cosplaying as Mai Shiranui; the drawing shows the character saying, "This goofy costume would be even more "potentially mortifying" that my own stupid supersuit!" and declaring her "sincerest sympathies" for Mai.
### Other versions.
Debating the merits ... | 53,836 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
to fully utilise the immense funbag recreating power of the Xbox" was "exactly what the doctor ordered." David Clayman and Jeremy Dunham from IGN applaued "a wonderful job" done redesigning the "Maximum Impact" characters "to the modern age", including "Mai's new shorthair look", and opining they "all look... | 53,837 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
game cross-over in history, demolishing Akuma's appearance in "Tekken 7"" and the game features so far "the best looking iteration of the Mai Shiranui character." Adam Beck from "Hardcore Gamer" opined that as "Mai is a ninja in her own series, she seems to fit perfectly within the "Dead or Alive" ethos."
... | 53,838 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
that "the animation of modern-day ninja girl Mai Shiranui gave an all-new meaning to *bouncy* anime girls." John Funk of "The Escapist" wrote that Mai's costume in the live-action "The King of Fighters" was "not nearly as cleavage-tacular as it needs to be" and recommended "getting some members from Tecmo'... | 53,839 |
750760 | Mai Shiranui | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mai%20Shiranui | Mai Shiranui
ke an awful choice.' That seems like an "awful" choice." Tein Hee Seow of "Stuff.com" described the "oddball" casting as "quite a departure from how the amply endowed character is portrayed in the game." However, Peter Rubin of "Complex" placed Mai second in his 2011 ranking of the "hottest women in video ... | 53,840 |
751177 | Benjamin Lee | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin%20Lee | Benjamin Lee
Benjamin Lee
Benjamin Lee may refer to:
- Benjamin Lee (footballer) (born 1989), Danish footballer
- Benjamin Lee (Hawaii politician), managing director of the City and County of Honolulu
- Benjamin Lee (Australian politician) (1825–1917), English-born Australian politician
- Benjamin F. Lee (1841–192... | 53,841 |
751177 | Benjamin Lee | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin%20Lee | Benjamin Lee
nolulu
- Benjamin Lee (Australian politician) (1825–1917), English-born Australian politician
- Benjamin F. Lee (1841–1926), American religious leader and educator
- Benjamin W. Lee (1935–1977), Korean-American physicist
- Benjamin Lee (academic), professor of anthropology and philosophy at the New Sch... | 53,842 |
751139 | Yoshitoshi ABe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshitoshi%20ABe | Yoshitoshi ABe
Yoshitoshi ABe
He is a colleague and friend of Chiaki J. Konaka, with whom he collaborated on the series "Serial Experiments Lain" and "Texhnolyze". He usually uses the Romaji form of his name instead of the kanji, with the "B" in "ABe" capitalized, as a reminder of his early works, for which he used th... | 53,843 |
751139 | Yoshitoshi ABe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshitoshi%20ABe | Yoshitoshi ABe
just his finger and an application on an iPad. He released self-published "dōjinshi" on digital support bypassing the traditional print publishers with "Pochiyama at the Pharmacy" in 2008 aimed at iPhone and iPod Touch and "I am an Alien, I have a Question" in 2010 for Kindle.
# Personal life.
On Novem... | 53,844 |
751139 | Yoshitoshi ABe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshitoshi%20ABe | Yoshitoshi ABe
(character design)
- "Welcome to the N.H.K." (2006) (illustrations for the original novel)
- "" (2018) (character design)
- "Despera" (TBA) (character design)
## Music.
- "Love Song" (2005) (cover art and booklet illustrations)
## Video games.
- "Wachenröder" (1998)
- "Phenomeno" (2012)
## Print... | 53,845 |
751139 | Yoshitoshi ABe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshitoshi%20ABe | Yoshitoshi ABe
- The Haibanes of Old Home" (Ch.1) (August, 2001)
- "Haibane Renmei - The Haibanes of Old Home" (Ch.2) (December, 2001)
- "Haibane Renmei - Haibane Lifestyle Diary" (August, 2002)
- "Haibane Renmei - The Haibanes of Old Home" (Extra) (December, 2002)
- "Ryuu Tai" (July, 2003)
- "Not Found" (December... | 53,846 |
751139 | Yoshitoshi ABe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshitoshi%20ABe | Yoshitoshi ABe
no Pochiyamasan" (December, 2005)
- "Haibane Renmei - Kyakuhonshuu - Volume 6" (August, 2006)
- "Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan 2.0" (August, 2006)
- "Yakkyoku no Pochiyamasan 3.0" (August 19, 2007)
- "f.p.o. (Fixed Point Observation)" (August 17, 2008)
- "Ryuhshika" (August 17, 2008)
- "Yakkyoku no Poch... | 53,847 |
751139 | Yoshitoshi ABe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshitoshi%20ABe | Yoshitoshi ABe
in the wired" (Japan: December 2005; US: April 2006)
- "Gaisokyu" (August, 2007)
- Manga
- "Ame no Furu Basho" (debut) "Afternoon" (April 1994)
- "NieA Under 7" (Vol. 1) (June, 2001)
- "NieA Under 7" (Vol. 2) (August, 2001)
- "All You Need Is Kill" (December, 2004)
- "Ryushika Ryushika" (2009)
- ... | 53,848 |
751139 | Yoshitoshi ABe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshitoshi%20ABe | Yoshitoshi ABe
04"
- "Range Murata - Robot - Volume 05"
- "Range Murata - Robot - Volume 06"
- "Range Murata - Robot - Volume 07"
- "Range Murata - Robot - Volume 08"
- "Range Murata - Robot - Volume 09"
- "Range Murata - Robot - Volume 10" with "U.C.O."
- "Foo Swee Chin - Muzz Doujins 1-2"
- "Akai Kiba (Red Fa... | 53,849 |
751139 | Yoshitoshi ABe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshitoshi%20ABe | Yoshitoshi ABe
hin - Muzz Doujins 1-2"
- "Akai Kiba (Red Fang) - Volumes 1-4"
- "Hell Girl, episode 13 - sketches and wallpaint"
- Cover Illustrations
- "Kami no Keifu Novels 1-3"
- "Welcome to the N.H.K."
- "Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge"
- "Chojin Keikaku" (bunko edition only)
- "Slip Manga Collection"
- "All... | 53,850 |
751110 | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan%20Valera%20y%20Alcalá-Galiano | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano
Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano
Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (18 October 1824 – 18 April 1905), was a Spanish realist author, diplomat, and politician.
# Life.
He was born at Cabra, in the province of Córdoba, and was educated at Málaga and at the University of Granada, where he took his de... | 53,851 |
751110 | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan%20Valera%20y%20Alcalá-Galiano | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano
at his fellow diplomat, Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques y Guiráldez, the third Duke of Gor. After his return to Madrid, he became one of the editors of the liberal journal "El Contemporáneo" (1859), and was appointed Minister to Frankfurt (1865). After the revolution of 1868 he w... | 53,852 |
751110 | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan%20Valera%20y%20Alcalá-Galiano | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano
his country's literature contains. For purity of diction and beauty of style Valera has never been surpassed in Spain. "Pepita Jiménez", which appeared as a serial in 1874, is probably his best known work; it has since been translated into many languages. It depicts the gradual realization ... | 53,853 |
751110 | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan%20Valera%20y%20Alcalá-Galiano | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano
"The Illusions of Doctor Faustino", translated by Robert M. Fedorchek. The Catholic University of America Press (2008)
- Juan Valera, "Juanita la Larga", translated by Robert M. Fedorchek. The Catholic University of America (2006)
- Ferdinand Brunetière, "La casuistique dans le roman de J... | 53,854 |
751110 | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Juan%20Valera%20y%20Alcalá-Galiano | Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano
Brunetière, "La casuistique dans le roman de Juan Valera", in his series "Histoire et littérature", volume i (Paris, 1884)
- Emilia Pardo Bazán, "Retratos y apuntes literaros," in "Obras completas", volume xxxii (Madrid, 1891 et seq.)
- Conde de Casa Valencia, "Necrologia de ... D. J. V."... | 53,855 |
751119 | Leonardo Carson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonardo%20Carson | Leonardo Carson
Leonardo Carson
Leonardo Tremayne Carson (born February 11, 1977 in Mobile, Alabama) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Auburn University.
# Early years.
Carson attended Shaw High ... | 53,856 |
751119 | Leonardo Carson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonardo%20Carson | Leonardo Carson
of playing tight end. In July 1996, he was sentenced to 60 days in jail, for his role in the break-in of a car in March, but was able to be placed on probation and serve only 6 days.
Carson was converted into a defensive tackle as a true freshman, before being moved to defensive end when Shannon Shuttl... | 53,857 |
751119 | Leonardo Carson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonardo%20Carson | Leonardo Carson
and one fumble recovery.
His stats were impacted in his last season when he was moved to defensive tackle, tallying 43 tackles (28 for loss), 2 sacks, one interception and one forced fumble. He finished his career with 224 tackles (47 for loss), 17 sacks, 4 passes defensed, 2 interceptions, 4 forced fu... | 53,858 |
751119 | Leonardo Carson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonardo%20Carson | Leonardo Carson
after replacing Jamal Williams who tore the ACL in his left knee. He posted 33 tackles, 3 sacks, 3 passes defensed and 2 fumble recoveries.
In 2002, he began the season as a backup, but started the last 6 games after Williams suffered a season-ending ankle injury, posting 31 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 3 passe... | 53,859 |
751119 | Leonardo Carson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonardo%20Carson | Leonardo Carson
21 tackles (1 for loss), 1.5 sacks and 2 quarterback pressures. He tore his right triceps muscle against the Washington Redskins and was placed on the injured reserve list on December 16.
Carson was re-signed for the 2004 season, although he served 8 days in jail in June and was suspended for the openi... | 53,860 |
751119 | Leonardo Carson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonardo%20Carson | Leonardo Carson
as a player was often average, and head coach Bill Parcells, who initially lauded his arrival to the team, stated in several press conferences that he'd lost confidence in Carson.
He signed a one-year contract with the Cowboys for the 2005 season, but was released on September 1, after being passed on ... | 53,861 |
751119 | Leonardo Carson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonardo%20Carson | Leonardo Carson
conferences that he'd lost confidence in Carson.
He signed a one-year contract with the Cowboys for the 2005 season, but was released on September 1, after being passed on the depth chart by rookie Jay Ratliff.
# Personal life.
Beginning June 14, 2004, Carson began serving a 30-day sentence at the Mo... | 53,862 |
751117 | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée%20Poussin | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de la Vallée Poussin (14 August 1866 – 2 March 1962) was a Belgian mathematician. He is best known for proving the prime number theorem.
The king of Belgium ennobled him with the title of baron.
# Biograph... | 53,863 |
751117 | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée%20Poussin | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
became a professor at the same university (as was his father, Charles Louis de la Vallée Poussin, who taught mineralogy and geology) in 1892. De la Vallée Poussin was awarded with Gilbert's chair when Gilbert died. While he was a professor there, de la Vallée Poussin carried out resear... | 53,864 |
751117 | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée%20Poussin | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
Sciences.
In August 1914, de la Vallée Poussin escaped from Leuven at the time of its destruction by the invading German Army of World War I, and he was invited to teach at Harvard University in the United States. He accepted this invitation. In 1918, de la Vallée Poussin returned to ... | 53,865 |
751117 | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée%20Poussin | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
at the Universities of Chicago, California, Pennsylvania, and Brown University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, and the Rice Institute of Houston.
He was awarded the "Prix Poncelet" for 1916. De la Vallée Poussin was given the titles of Doctor Honoris Causa... | 53,866 |
751117 | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée%20Poussin | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
Brussels, Belgium, a few months later.
A student of his, Georges Lemaître, was the first to propose the Big Bang theory of the formation of the Universe.
# Work.
Although his first mathematical interests were in analysis, he became suddenly famous as he proved the prime number theor... | 53,867 |
751117 | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée%20Poussin | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
formula_8 such that
Finally, the de la Vallée Poussin sums can be evaluated in terms of the so-called Fejér sums (say formula_10)
The kernel is bounded (formula_12) and obeys the property
Later, he worked on potential theory and complex analysis.
He also published a counterexample ... | 53,868 |
751117 | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée%20Poussin | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
on analysis containing both Lebesgue integral and its application to Fourier series, and a general theory of approximation of functions by polynomials”.
The third edition (1914) introduced the now classical definition of differentiabilily due to Otto Stolz. The second volume of this t... | 53,869 |
751117 | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée%20Poussin | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
"Cours d´Analyse", 2 vols., 1903, 1906 (7th edition 1938), Reprint of the 2nd edition 1912, 1914 by Jacques Gabay, (deals only with real analysis). Online:
- "Cours d'analyse infinitésimale, Tome I"
- "Cours d'analyse infinitésimale, Tome II"
- "Integrals de Lebesgue, fonctions d´en... | 53,870 |
751117 | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée%20Poussin | Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
d edition 1934, Reprint by Jacques Gabay,
- "Le potentiel logarithmique, balayage et representation conforme", Paris, Löwen 1949
- "Recherches analytiques de la théorie des nombres premiers", Annales de la Societe Scientifique de Bruxelles vol. 20 B, 1896, pp. 183–256, 281–352, 363–3... | 53,871 |
751152 | Argentine Senate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argentine%20Senate | Argentine Senate
Argentine Senate
The Argentine Senate (; lit. "Honourable Senate of the Argentine Nation") is the upper house of the National Congress of Argentina.
# Overview.
The National Senate was established by the Argentine Confederation on July 29, 1854, pursuant to Articles 46 to 54 of the 1853 Constitution... | 53,872 |
751152 | Argentine Senate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argentine%20Senate | Argentine Senate
the most votes being awarded two of the province's senate seats and the second-place party receiving the third seat. Historically, Senators were indirectly elected to nine-year terms by each provincial legislature. These provisions were abrogated by a 1994 constitutional amendment, and direct elections... | 53,873 |
751152 | Argentine Senate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argentine%20Senate | Argentine Senate
Senate must obtain quorum to deliberate, this being an absolute majority. It has the power to approve bills passed by the Chamber of Deputies, call for joint sessions with the Lower House or special sessions with experts and interested parties, and submit bills for the president's signature; bills intr... | 53,874 |
751152 | Argentine Senate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argentine%20Senate | Argentine Senate
among other federal posts.
There are twenty-four standing committees made up of
fifteen members each, namely:
- Agreements (confirmation of federal nominees)
- Constitutional Affairs
- Foreign Affairs and Worship
- Justice and Criminal Affairs
- General Legislation
- Budget and Finance
- Admin... | 53,875 |
751152 | Argentine Senate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argentine%20Senate | Argentine Senate
Infrastructure, Housing and Transport
- Systems, Media and Freedom of Speech
- Environment and Human Development
- Population and Human Development
- Federal Revenue Sharing
- Tourism.
## Requirements.
According to Section 55 of the Argentine Constitution, candidates for the Argentine Senate mus... | 53,876 |
751152 | Argentine Senate | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argentine%20Senate | Argentine Senate
e been a citizen of Argentina for six years
- be native to the province of his office, or have been a resident of that province for two years.
# Composition.
All data from official website.
The current members of the Senate were elected in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
# Senate leadership.
The titular Pre... | 53,877 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
Topographic prominence
In topography, prominence measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it. It is a measure of the independence of a summit. A peak's "key col" (highest gap between two mountains)... | 53,878 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
path connecting the peak to higher terrain, find the lowest point on the path; the "key col" (or "key saddle", or "linking col", or "link") is defined as the highest of these points, along all connecting paths; the prominence is the difference between the elevation of the peak and the elevation o... | 53,879 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
peak and imagine that an imaginary sea level (based on an elevation above the Geoid) rises to the peak. Now slowly lower the imaginary sea level and an imaginary island appears beneath your feet. The island will grow and will merge with other islands that emerge. Eventually, the island will touch... | 53,880 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
or far from the subject peak. The summit of Mount Everest is the parent peak of Aconcagua at a distance of 17,755 km (11,032 miles), as well as the parent of the South Summit of Mount Everest at a distance of 360 m (1200 feet). The key col may also be close to the subject peak or far from it. The... | 53,881 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
are either subsidiary tops of some higher summit or relatively insignificant independent summits. Peaks with high prominence tend to be the highest points around and are likely to have extraordinary views.
Only summits with a sufficient degree of prominence are regarded as independent mountains.... | 53,882 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
or "cutoff". John and Anne Nuttall's "The Mountains of England and Wales" uses a cutoff of 15 m (about 50 ft), and Alan Dawson's list of Marilyns uses 150 m (about 500 ft). (Dawson's list and the term "Marilyn" are limited to Britain and Ireland). In the contiguous United States, the famous list ... | 53,883 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
in a list with many summits that may be viewed by some as insignificant.
While the use of prominence as a cutoff to form a list of peaks ranked by elevation is standard and is the most common use of the concept, it is also possible to use prominence as a mountain measure in itself. This generate... | 53,884 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
as a particular peak in the higher terrain connected to the peak by the key col. If there are many higher peaks there are various ways of defining which one is the parent, not necessarily based on geological or geomorphological factors. The "parent" relationship defines a hierarchy which defines ... | 53,885 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
island or continent. Some sources define no parent in this case; others treat Mount Everest as the parent of every such peak with the ocean as the "key col".
## Encirclement or island parentage.
Also called "prominence island parentage", this is defined as follows. In figure 2 the key col of pe... | 53,886 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
on this entire island.
For example, the encirclement parent of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps, is Mount Everest. Mont Blanc's key col is a piece of low ground near Lake Onega in northwestern Russia (at 113 m elevation), on the divide between lands draining into the Baltic and Caspian S... | 53,887 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
close to the child peak. For example, one common use of the concept of parent is to make clear the location of a peak. If we say that Peak A has Mont Blanc for a parent, we would expect to find Peak A somewhere close to Mont Blanc. This is not always the case for the various concepts of parent, a... | 53,888 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
possible parent for a peak; all other definitions pick out a (possibly different) peak on the combined island, a "closer" peak than the encirclement parent (if there is one), which is still "better" than the peak in question. The differences lie in what criteria are used to define "closer" and "b... | 53,889 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
'parent Marilyn' is sometimes used to classify low hills. This is found by dividing the region of Britain in question into territories, "one for each Marilyn" ("Marilyn" being a British term for a hill with a prominence of at least 150 m). The parent Marilyn is the Marilyn whose territory the hil... | 53,890 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
and confusing outcome. Meanwhile, 'height' parentage (see below) is not used because there is no obvious choice of cutoff.
This choice of method might at first seem arbitrary, but it provides every hill with a clear and unambiguous parent peak that is taller and more prominent than the hill itse... | 53,891 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
Scout → Cross Fell → Helvellyn → Scafell Pike → Snowdon → Ben Nevis.
At each stage in the chain, both height and prominence increase.
## Line parentage.
Line parentage, also called height parentage, is similar to prominence parentage, but it requires a prominence cutoff criterion. The height p... | 53,892 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
position.
## Other criteria.
To choose among possible parents, instead of choosing the closest possible parent, it is possible to choose the one which requires the least descent along the ridge.
In general, the analysis of parents and lineages is intimately linked to studying the topology of w... | 53,893 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
but this convention is not universally agreed upon; for example, some authors discount modern structures but allow ancient ones. Another disagreement concerns mountaintop removal, though for high-prominence peaks (and for low-prominence subpeaks with intact summits), the difference in prominence ... | 53,894 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
(unless one accepts the Panama Canal as a key col; this is a matter of contention). Denali's encirclement parent is Aconcagua (6,960 m), in Argentina, and its prominence is 6,138 m. To further illustrate the rising-sea model of prominence, if sea level rose 56 m, North and South America would be ... | 53,895 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
Denali would have a prominence of 6,168 m.
While it is natural for Aconcagua to be the parent of Denali, since Denali is a major peak, consider the following situation: Peak A is a small hill on the coast of Alaska, with elevation 100 m and key col 50 m. Then the encirclement parent of Peak A is... | 53,896 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
key col is back along the Divide, in British Columbia.
The key col for Mount Mitchell, the highest peak of the Appalachians, is in Chicago, the low point on the divide between the St. Lawrence and Mississippi River watersheds.
A hill in a low-lying area like the Netherlands will often be a dire... | 53,897 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
wants to calculate the prominence of many peaks at once, a computer is quite useful. Edward Earl has written a program called WinProm
which can be used to make such calculations, based on
a Digital Elevation Model. The underlying mathematical theory is called "Surface Network Modeling," and is ... | 53,898 |
751115 | Topographic prominence | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Topographic%20prominence | Topographic prominence
There are three simple choices. The "pessimistic", or "clean" prominence, assumes that the col is as high as it can be, i.e., its elevation is that of the higher contour line nearest the saddle. This gives a lower bound on the possible prominence of the peak, ignoring map error; inaccuracies in m... | 53,899 |
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