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9572181 | Tresco Abbey Gardens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tresco%20Abbey%20Gardens | Tresco Abbey Gardens
are represented in the collection are:
- a 17th-century stern decoration of the Greek god Boreas and possibly carved by Pierre Puget, is said to be from a French ship wrecked on Annet in that century.
- HMS Association - wrecked on the night of 22 October 1707 in the Scilly naval disaster of 1707... | 56,900 |
9572181 | Tresco Abbey Gardens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tresco%20Abbey%20Gardens | Tresco Abbey Gardens
1 January 1851 when she was blown on the Mare ledges, off the south shore of Tresco. There was no loss of life. The figurehead is of Tsar Alexander I.
- "Mary Hay" — wrecked 13 April 1852 after hitting the Steeple Rock, on the Bream Ledges which is between Mincarlo and Samson.
- "Chieftain" — sai... | 56,901 |
9572181 | Tresco Abbey Gardens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tresco%20Abbey%20Gardens | Tresco Abbey Gardens
ith that name in the Lloyd's Register
- "Award" — wrecked 19 March 1861 when she was driven onto Gweal during a force 8 to 9 NNW gale. Her crew of 24 managed to scramble ashore.
- "Primos" — wrecked 24 June 1871 on the Seven Stones reef.
- "River Lune" — wrecked 27 June 1879 on the Brothers Rock... | 56,902 |
9572269 | Mount Judge Howay | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount%20Judge%20Howay | Mount Judge Howay
Mount Judge Howay
Mount Judge Howay, originally the Snow Peaks (a term which included Mount Robie Reid), is a distinctive twin summit located from the Central Fraser Valley and, close up, the north end of Stave Lake. Being one of the highest peaks in the region, it is visible from many of the peaks a... | 56,903 |
9572269 | Mount Judge Howay | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount%20Judge%20Howay | Mount Judge Howay
ern side of Golden Ears Provincial Park.
# Name.
Mount Judge Howay is named for Frederic W. Howay, a noted jurist and judge primarily known for being an authority on the history of British Columbia. Just to the southwest, Mount Robie Reid commemorates his lifelong colleague in law and history, Robie... | 56,904 |
9572415 | Timberline Twister | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timberline%20Twister | Timberline Twister
Timberline Twister
The Timberline Twister is a steel roller coaster located at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. It was built in 1983 and is mainly aimed at younger kids, as well as adults under 5'9" tall who do not wish to go on the park's wilder roller coasters. The ride features small... | 56,905 |
9572292 | OQYANA | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OQYANA | OQYANA
OQYANA
OQYANA is a real estate company that is developing the OQYANA World First archipelago of artificial islands which form the Australasian region of The World development off the coast of Dubai.
# OQYANA World First.
OQYANA World First is located from the coastline of Dubai and will occupy a total area of... | 56,906 |
9572292 | OQYANA | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OQYANA | OQYANA
and community with approximately 2,000 apartments, 200 villas and luxury hotels. Features of the development include a cultural centre for performing arts, a conference centre, leisure facilities, restaurants, cafes and island lifestyle specific retail.
The islands have been terraformed by the developers to the... | 56,907 |
9572292 | OQYANA | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OQYANA | OQYANA
and cafes. Each island is connected by private corridors (no public access) with water bridges between islands.
The progress of reclamation for the OQYANA islands is complete. The completed land reclamation consists of 20 islands which are embedded into four separate land masses that will serve as construction ... | 56,908 |
9572292 | OQYANA | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OQYANA | OQYANA
ded into four separate land masses that will serve as construction platforms. Once building is complete these sand platforms will be dredged out and used to enhance the beaches. This land formation plan was created by OQYANA to speed up development during the construction phase. OQYANA planned to begin infrastru... | 56,909 |
9572132 | Sasha Carter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasha%20Carter | Sasha Carter
Sasha Carter
Sasha Carter (born July 20, 1974 in Ashern, Manitoba) also known as Sasha Bergner, is a Canadian curler from Kelowna, British Columbia. As of the 2015-16 season she has retired from competitive curling.
# Career.
## Juniors.
Carter has been a long time team mate of Scott. She would represe... | 56,910 |
9572132 | Sasha Carter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasha%20Carter | Sasha Carter
2005–2009.
Both Scott and Carter moved to British Columbia and remained team mates there. Together along with Michelle Allen and Renee Simons, the team would win the 2005 British Columbia Scott Tournament of Hearts. Carter and Scott would play in their first National Women's Championship. They would find ... | 56,911 |
9572132 | Sasha Carter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasha%20Carter | Sasha Carter
Kleibrink in the final, and leading 7-5 after nine ends, would give up three in the tenth, losing the olympic bid to Kleibrink.
In 2006 Jeanna Schraeder would return to the team, and they would win the 2006 British Columbia Scott Tournament of Hearts. The team would again find success at the 2006 Scott To... | 56,912 |
9572132 | Sasha Carter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasha%20Carter | Sasha Carter
They would defeat Germany's Andrea Schöpp in the 3-4 game, before losing the semi-final to the U.S and Debbie McCormick.
As defending champions the team would return to the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where for a second year in a row, would finish first place in round robin with a 10-1 record. The... | 56,913 |
9572132 | Sasha Carter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasha%20Carter | Sasha Carter
Jensen in the 1-2 game, receiving a bye to the final. They would end up meeting Jensen once again in the final, and would successfully defeat the Denmark team, winning their first world championship.
Returning to the 2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as defending champions, the team would not find succes... | 56,914 |
9572132 | Sasha Carter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasha%20Carter | Sasha Carter
in the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, however would finish round robin last place, with a 1-6 record.
## 2010–current.
Carter, along with the rest of the Scott team would qualify for and win the 2010 British Columbia Scotties Tournament of Hearts. When they returned to the 2010 Scotties Tournament... | 56,915 |
9572132 | Sasha Carter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasha%20Carter | Sasha Carter
After round robin play concluded, the team would be tied for fourth place with a 7-4 record. They would enter a tiebreaker with Nova Scotia's Heather Smith-Dacey. In spite of stealing two points in the tenth end, the team would fall short losing the tiebreaker 8-9.
At the end of the 2010-2011 season Jeann... | 56,916 |
9572132 | Sasha Carter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasha%20Carter | Sasha Carter
Marla Mallett in the final. At the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team would finish round robin in second place with an 8-3 record. They would face Manitoba's Jennifer Jones in the 1-2 game, and would defeat the team from Manitoba 7-5 receiving a bye to the final. The team would meet Alberta's Hea... | 56,917 |
9572132 | Sasha Carter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sasha%20Carter | Sasha Carter
itoba 7-5 receiving a bye to the final. The team would meet Alberta's Heather Nedohin in the final, and in a close game would lose 6-7. Carter was again pregnant at the 2012 event.
At the end of the 2011-2012 season both Armstrong and Sivertson would leave the team. Scott and Carter would welcome back Jea... | 56,918 |
9572288 | Jaguar! | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaguar! | Jaguar!
Jaguar!
Jaguar! is a junior roller coaster located at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Built by Zierer and designed by Werner Stengel, the coaster opened to the public in 1995.
# Queue.
Riders approach the ride through the temple in the Fiesta Village section of the park. Many Mayan-style drawin... | 56,919 |
9572288 | Jaguar! | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaguar! | Jaguar!
through a series of rooms and tunnels. As you walk up the next ramp, you can see more skulls into the temple. Straight ahead, there is giant stone tablet of some more Mayan Jaguar Warriors with the head of a jaguar. To the left of that, there is another Mayan idol head. You can sometimes hear the roaring of the... | 56,920 |
9572288 | Jaguar! | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaguar! | Jaguar!
coaster does a banked right turn up, and then travels through the top of the temple (where the fire effect used to occur) and then goes through the loop of Montezooma's Revenge. The train then turns right and travels up a second lift hill. The track bends left, and the coaster goes through a series of bunny hil... | 56,921 |
9572288 | Jaguar! | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaguar! | Jaguar!
recycled rubber diamond cut. Some tires appear to not be spinning, but rather are speed monitors, which track how fast the train is being propelled and depending on how fast the train is going, tells the other motors how fast to spin. If the train is going too fast, a fault will occur and the train will stop at... | 56,922 |
9572288 | Jaguar! | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaguar! | Jaguar!
tires and to assist in braking. Each car can seat two riders. There are three locking positions for the restraint system. The trains are themed to match the architectural style of the temple and surrounding area, with a man on the front that the employees, specifically the maintenance personnel, call Victor, in... | 56,923 |
9572288 | Jaguar! | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaguar! | Jaguar!
sensing the metal of the brake fin, send the location to the main computer, which is displayed on the main dispatch control panel. The ride has three different blocks not including the station. "A Block" is from the end of station approach into the station. "B Block" is from the top of Lift 1 to the top of Lift... | 56,924 |
9572288 | Jaguar! | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaguar! | Jaguar!
There are six places where the train can stop: Station, Lift 1, Lift 2 Approach, Lift 2, "C" Brakes, Station Approach. The train enters the station from station approach automatically when "Auto Advance" is activated. However, if the "Auto Advance" is deactivated, the train will stay in Station Approach while t... | 56,925 |
9572288 | Jaguar! | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaguar! | Jaguar!
though only one train is occupying the blocks.
## Changes.
Possibly one of the very first changes to the ride was the removal of the fire effect from the top of the temple and the steaming from the jaguars located in the Station Approach section of the track during Cedar Fair's corporate take over. Another ch... | 56,926 |
9572288 | Jaguar! | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaguar! | Jaguar!
first changes to the ride was the removal of the fire effect from the top of the temple and the steaming from the jaguars located in the Station Approach section of the track during Cedar Fair's corporate take over. Another change that occurred during the operation of Jaguar! was the addition of fabric seatbelt... | 56,927 |
9572246 | Syfy (Spain) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syfy%20(Spain) | Syfy (Spain)
Syfy (Spain)
Syfy Universal (also known as Syfy, formerly Sci Fi Channel) is a Spanish digital satellite/cable television channel that launched on June 1, 2006, and specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror shows and movies. Syfy Universal is available on satellite and cable platforms such as Ca... | 56,928 |
9572246 | Syfy (Spain) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syfy%20(Spain) | Syfy (Spain)
programs ("Universo Syfy").
# Current shows.
- "The 100"
- "Arrow"
- "Beauty & the Beast"
- "Being Human"
- "Dark Matter"
- "Dominion"
- "Defiance"
- "Haven"
- "The Librarians"
Archive shows currently on broadcast:
- "Smallville"
- "Charmed"
# Past programs.
- "Alphas"
- "Andromeda"
- "Ame... | 56,929 |
9572246 | Syfy (Spain) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syfy%20(Spain) | Syfy (Spain)
ca"
- "Dark Skies"
- "The Dead Zone"
- "Day Break"
- "Destination Truth"
- "Doctor Who"
- "Frank Herbert's Dune"
- "Earth 2"
- "Eureka"
- "Flash Gordon"
- "Heroes"
- "The Invisible Man"
- "Knight Rider"
- "Kyle XY"
- "Legend of the Seeker"
- "Quantum Leap"
- "Miracles"
- "Mysterious Ways"
... | 56,930 |
9572291 | Albert L. Farr | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert%20L.%20Farr | Albert L. Farr
Albert L. Farr
Albert L. Farr (late 19th century - 1947) was an American residential architect who designed homes in the Craftsman and Georgian styles.
# Biography.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he grew up in Yokohama, Japan. The Farr family returned to the United States in 1891, and settled in the San Fra... | 56,931 |
9572291 | Albert L. Farr | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert%20L.%20Farr | Albert L. Farr
designed buildings throughout the Bay Area, particularly in the San Francisco neighborhoods of Russian Hill, Pacific Heights, Sea Cliff, and St. Francis Wood. Many of his designs involve a facade of brown wooden shingles.
# Projects.
- 2714 Broadway (1900)
- 2714 Divisadero (1900)
- 2660 Scott (1901)... | 56,932 |
9572291 | Albert L. Farr | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert%20L.%20Farr | Albert L. Farr
Jackson (1923, currently French Consul-General's house)
- 2310 Broadway (1927)
- 3699 Washington (1929)
- 3 Sky Castle (1929, Pleasanton, CA)
- 2520 Pacific (1930, rebuild)
- 2574 Broadway (1932)
- 60 McLaren Avenue (1934)
- 2699 Filbert (1936, remodel)
- 2130 Vallejo (1936, remodel)
- 635 D Str... | 56,933 |
9572291 | Albert L. Farr | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert%20L.%20Farr | Albert L. Farr
2574 Broadway (1932)
- 60 McLaren Avenue (1934)
- 2699 Filbert (1936, remodel)
- 2130 Vallejo (1936, remodel)
- 635 D Street (1937, Petaluma)
- 455 Sea Cliff Avenue (1938)
- 2550 Pierce (1941)
Farr also designed houses in Belvedere, Piedmont and Woodside. His most famous is the Wolf House for Jack... | 56,934 |
9572261 | Abdoulaye Bathily | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdoulaye%20Bathily | Abdoulaye Bathily
Abdoulaye Bathily
Abdoulaye Bathily (born 1947) is a Senegalese politician and diplomat. Bathily, the long-time Secretary-General of the Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party (LD/MPT), served in the government of Senegal as Minister of the Environment from 1993 to 1998 and as Minister of En... | 56,935 |
9572261 | Abdoulaye Bathily | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdoulaye%20Bathily | Abdoulaye Bathily
at its First Congress on April 6–7, 1984, succeeding Babacar Sané. He was the LD/MPT's candidate in the February 1993 presidential election, taking fourth place with 2.41% of the vote. In the February 1993 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly; he then served as Minister for ... | 56,936 |
9572261 | Abdoulaye Bathily | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdoulaye%20Bathily | Abdoulaye Bathily
May 2001. He was again elected to the National Assembly of Senegal in the April 2001 parliamentary election from Bakel Department as a candidate of the ruling Sopi Coalition, and he became the Third Vice-President of the National Assembly. Subsequently the LD/MPT grew increasingly at odds with Wade, a... | 56,937 |
9572261 | Abdoulaye Bathily | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdoulaye%20Bathily | Abdoulaye Bathily
coalition, taking sixth place with 2.21% of the vote, according to official results. Bathily's campaign rejected the results and alleged that there were flaws in the voting, saying that a person could be registered more than once, and that the ink used in voting, which was supposed to be indelible, co... | 56,938 |
9572261 | Abdoulaye Bathily | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdoulaye%20Bathily | Abdoulaye Bathily
of a government that included Wade's son Karim on May 1, 2009, Bathily denounced Wade for running the country through "family management", and he said that "Senegal beats all records in terms of bad governance. I am ashamed of my country." In addition, he criticized plans to introduce the office of Vi... | 56,939 |
9572261 | Abdoulaye Bathily | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdoulaye%20Bathily | Abdoulaye Bathily
2013, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Bathily's appointment as his Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Less than a year later, on 30 April 2014, Ban Ki-moon announced Bathily's appointment a... | 56,940 |
9572261 | Abdoulaye Bathily | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdoulaye%20Bathily | Abdoulaye Bathily
Ban Ki-moon announced Bathily's appointment as his Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) in Libreville, Gabon.
Prior to an opposition protest in Libreville on 20 December 2014, Bathily called for dialogue, warning of the po... | 56,941 |
9572469 | Patrick Ochan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick%20Ochan | Patrick Ochan
Patrick Ochan
Patrick Ochan (born 8 August 1988 in Kampala) is an Ugandan cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He has also played List A cricket for the Uganda national cricket team.
After the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Australia, Ochan we... | 56,942 |
9572538 | English Corner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=English%20Corner | English Corner
English Corner
The phrase English Corner commonly applies to informal periods of instruction in English held at schools and colleges in China. These sessions are sometimes led by native Chinese teachers or less often by teachers who are native speakers of English. The emphasis in these sessions is on im... | 56,943 |
9572538 | English Corner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=English%20Corner | English Corner
noons after lunch in many schools.
The English Corner is also a specific location within the Renmin University campus in Beijing, China. Students and citizens gather here every Friday evening to speak English. It is located just west of the East Gate and "motto" rock of the university, and looks like an... | 56,944 |
9572604 | The Mask of Nostradamus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mask%20of%20Nostradamus | The Mask of Nostradamus
The Mask of Nostradamus
The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer is a 1990 book by magician and skeptic James Randi, published in paperback in 1993. Randi's biography looks past the "mask" of Nostradamus with a critical look at some of his alleged prophecies.
# R... | 56,945 |
9572604 | The Mask of Nostradamus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mask%20of%20Nostradamus | The Mask of Nostradamus
y".
John Blanton explains that in the book Randi described prophecy's believers willingness to bend the meanings of words in favor of their claims about Nostradamus.
The book received an average of 3.82 out of 5 stars at "Goodreads", from 138 readers' ratings.
# Editions.
- French edition by... | 56,946 |
9572577 | Wilfried Brookhuis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilfried%20Brookhuis | Wilfried Brookhuis
Wilfried Brookhuis
Wilfried Brookhuis () (born 16 October 1961 in Oldenzaal, Overijssel) is a retired football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who played professional football for NEC Nijmegen for eleven years (1985–1996).
# Managerial career.
Brookhuis joined NEC as a goalkeeper coach in 2004. I... | 56,947 |
9572577 | Wilfried Brookhuis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilfried%20Brookhuis | Wilfried Brookhuis
ugust 2013.
In March 2018, Brookhuis was hit by a brain haemorrhage but the club later announced, that his situation was stable and not life-threatening. He was then temporarily replaced by Gábor Babos for his position as a goalkeeper coach. He returned to NEC in the July 2018 and was in a reintegra... | 56,948 |
9572451 | Barron H. Lerner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barron%20H.%20Lerner | Barron H. Lerner
Barron H. Lerner
Barron H. Lerner is a member of the faculty at the New York University Langone School of Medicine. He received his M.D. from Columbia in 1986 and his Ph.D. in history from the University of Washington in 1996. In addition to his research, Lerner practices internal medicine and teaches... | 56,949 |
9572451 | Barron H. Lerner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barron%20H.%20Lerner | Barron H. Lerner
the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America", published in 2001, was cited as an American Library Association Notable Book the following year. Lerner also received the 2006 William H. Welch Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine for the book; one such Medal is awarded each... | 56,950 |
9572451 | Barron H. Lerner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barron%20H.%20Lerner | Barron H. Lerner
Controlling Tuberculosis on the Skid Road" (1998) and "When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine" (2006).
Lerner's fifth book, "The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics", was published in May 2014. It tells the true story of two doctors, a fa... | 56,951 |
9572451 | Barron H. Lerner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barron%20H.%20Lerner | Barron H. Lerner
about his own. Was his father just part of an older generation whose ideas had lost their relevance? Or did the son need to revisit ethical norms he had embraced and taught to thousands of trainees? As he asks, 'Did physicians of my father’s era actually know their patients in a different — and better ... | 56,952 |
9572451 | Barron H. Lerner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barron%20H.%20Lerner | Barron H. Lerner
"The New York Times" is an August, 2011 op-ed piece entitled, "The Annals of Extreme Surgery". It expressed concern over the increasing use of the HIPEC procedure, a controversial treatment for certain cancers.
After his 9-year-old nephew Cooper Stock was struck and killed by a taxi in New York City w... | 56,953 |
9572451 | Barron H. Lerner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barron%20H.%20Lerner | Barron H. Lerner
a true crime."
He is the author of several articles in the "New England Journal of Medicine" and "The Lancet":
- Lerner BH. Sins of omission: cancer research without informed consent. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:628-630.
- Lerner BH. Last-ditch medical therapy—revisiting lobotomy. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:... | 56,954 |
9572451 | Barron H. Lerner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barron%20H.%20Lerner | Barron H. Lerner
Lancet. 2008;371:1158-1159.
- Lerner BH. Curing formerly fatal childhood cancers. Lancet. 2008;371:1655-1656.
- Lerner BH. Drunk driving, distracted driving, moralism and public health. N Engl J Med. 2011; 365:879-881.
- Lerner BH. Days of the giants: remembering Robert F. Loeb. Lancet. 2012;380:798... | 56,955 |
9572451 | Barron H. Lerner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barron%20H.%20Lerner | Barron H. Lerner
- Science Friday, 9 February 2007.
- The Celebrity of Disease Interview with Barron Lerner in "U.S. News and World Report", 5 Nov 2006
- NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. May 13, 2014.
- Selected contributions and essays
- Lerner BH. Tough Love' Lessons From a Deadly Epidemic. "The New York Times",... | 56,956 |
9572451 | Barron H. Lerner | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barron%20H.%20Lerner | Barron H. Lerner
rron Lerner in "U.S. News and World Report", 5 Nov 2006
- NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. May 13, 2014.
- Selected contributions and essays
- Lerner BH. Tough Love' Lessons From a Deadly Epidemic. "The New York Times", 27 June 2006.
- Lerner BH. Hope and reality Lou Gehrig’s way. "The New York Ti... | 56,957 |
9572581 | Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Association%20des%20Universitaires%20Motivés%20pour%20une%20Haiti%20de%20Droits | Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits
Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits
Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits or the "Association of University Students Committed to a Haiti with Rights" is a non-profit organization engaged in humanitari... | 56,958 |
9572581 | Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Association%20des%20Universitaires%20Motivés%20pour%20une%20Haiti%20de%20Droits | Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits
that it will:
- promote unity, peace, and solidarity for a Haiti that is in all its parts democratically, judicially, and socially an equal society.
- give legal assistance to people arrested or thrown in prison arbitrarily and illegally.
- help or care... | 56,959 |
9572581 | Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Association%20des%20Universitaires%20Motivés%20pour%20une%20Haiti%20de%20Droits | Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits
concert with national as well as international organizations working in the same field.
# Community Human Rights Councils.
It organizes and convenes human rights councils, helping individuals and families with legal assistance. The councils support the c... | 56,960 |
9572581 | Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Association%20des%20Universitaires%20Motivés%20pour%20une%20Haiti%20de%20Droits | Association des Universitaires Motivés pour une Haiti de Droits
ld be expanded, the association worked with the Committee for Houses Being Demolished (KODEL) to support the residents of the 155 buildings that were scheduled to be destroyed.
Evel Fanfan, Haitian lawyer and president of the association, has been a targe... | 56,961 |
9572296 | Sheelagh Nefdt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheelagh%20Nefdt | Sheelagh Nefdt
Sheelagh Nefdt
Sheelagh Mary Nefdt (née Charlton) was a former South Africa Test cricketer. She captained South Africa in all four matches of their debut series in Women's Test cricket against England in 1960–61. She played provincial cricket for Western Province, and in 1953–54, she made the first reco... | 56,962 |
9572296 | Sheelagh Nefdt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheelagh%20Nefdt | Sheelagh Nefdt
before being stumped. For the second-innings, she dropped herself one place down the batting order, to allow Eileen Hurly, scorer of 96* in the first-innings to come ahead of her. Hurly, however, was run out for just 38, while Nefdt made 62 before declaring the innings with South African leading by 284 r... | 56,963 |
9572296 | Sheelagh Nefdt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheelagh%20Nefdt | Sheelagh Nefdt
the draw, still trailing by 77 runs with eight wickets down in their second innings following on when the match finished.
The third Test again saw South Africa dismissed cheaply twice. A 55-run fourth-wicket partnership in the first-innings between Nefdt and Hurly, and an 83-run fifth-wicket partnership... | 56,964 |
9572296 | Sheelagh Nefdt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheelagh%20Nefdt | Sheelagh Nefdt
d an 83-run fifth-wicket partnership between Nefdt and Barbara Cairncross in the second were the only highlights in a match that South Africa lost by eight wickets. Nefdt scored her second half-century in Test cricket during the second-innings, top-scoring among the South Africans with 68.
Sheelagh Nefd... | 56,965 |
9572607 | Dugald Macpherson | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dugald%20Macpherson | Dugald Macpherson
Dugald Macpherson
H. Dugald Macpherson is a mathematician and logician. He is Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Leeds.
He obtained his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1983 for his thesis entitled "Enumeration of Orbits of Infinite Permutation Groups" under the supervision of ... | 56,966 |
9572601 | Charles Waiswa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Waiswa | Charles Waiswa
Charles Waiswa
Charles Waiswa (born 29 September 1982) is an Ugandan cricketer who played in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland. He spent a short period of time in the Nottinghamshire Premier Cricket league at Killamarsh Juniors Cricket Club in England.
He has joined Newark based club Newark Ransome & Marl... | 56,967 |
9572601 | Charles Waiswa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20Waiswa | Charles Waiswa
t.
In September 2018, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. The following month, he was named in Uganda's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. He was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Uganda in the tournament, with six dismissals in five m... | 56,968 |
9572643 | Maarten Atmodikoro | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maarten%20Atmodikoro | Maarten Atmodikoro
Maarten Atmodikoro
Maarten Atmodikoro (born 4 February 1971 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a retired football defender from Suriname.
# Club career.
He started his professional career in the 1989/1990 season for Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging. He later played for Dordrecht '90 (when SVV and FC Dordrec... | 56,969 |
9572609 | Tret Fure | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tret%20Fure | Tret Fure
Tret Fure
Tret Fure (born March 18, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter, prominent in the women's music and folk music scene.
The musical career of Tret Fure has spanned four decades. She began her professional work at the age of 16, singing in coffeehouses and campuses in the Midwest, and moving to Berk... | 56,970 |
9572609 | Tret Fure | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tret%20Fure | Tret Fure
her own album in 1973 on MCA/UNI Records, with Lowell George of Little Feat as her producer. With the success of that release, she opened for such bands as Yes, Poco, and the J. Geils Band.
While recording her second album, Fure became interested in sound engineering, learning the trade at Heritage Studios i... | 56,971 |
9572609 | Tret Fure | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tret%20Fure | Tret Fure
and soon discovered the blossoming genre known as Women's Music. She has been a major player in that field ever since, recording with and producing some of the best of women's music including the noted "Meg and Cris at Carnegie Hall". She worked as a duo with Cris Williamson throughout the 1990s, releasing 3 ... | 56,972 |
9572609 | Tret Fure | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tret%20Fure | Tret Fure
Contributions to Women's Music. In 2009, Fure was voted "Pride In The Arts Favorite Female/Lesbian Musician". In the same year she received the Janine C Rae Award for her work in Women's music. She consistently maintains a place on the top 20 CD charts for OutVoice.net and is #1 on Reverbnation in Newport New... | 56,973 |
9572609 | Tret Fure | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tret%20Fure | Tret Fure
move on. This album soars. . . . She has never sounded better. . . . This mature effort surely ranks among Fure's finest works and will be savored by old-time fans and new fans alike; "Anytime Anywhere"(2005); and "True Compass" (2007), a collection of songs of love and passion that lived in the top 20 charts... | 56,974 |
9572609 | Tret Fure | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tret%20Fure | Tret Fure
guitar and songwriting individually and in workshop settings. She paints pet portraits on commission and, an accomplished cook, Fure has also published a cookbook, "Tret's Kitchen", featuring her own recipes. Along with bridging the marketing, production, music and art worlds, Fure also serves as President of... | 56,975 |
9572609 | Tret Fure | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tret%20Fure | Tret Fure
toward helping traveling musicians find security and longevity.
# Discography.
Tret Fure has recorded several albums, including:
- "Mousetrap" (1972, Spencer Davis album)
- "Tret Fure" (1973)
- "Terminal Hold" (1984)
- "Edges of the Heart" (1986)
- "Time Turns the Moon" (1990)
- "Postcards from Paradi... | 56,976 |
9572507 | ANC–Halfords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ANC–Halfords | ANC–Halfords
ANC–Halfords
ANC–Halfords was a British-based professional team that was created in 1985 but folded in 1987 due to a lack of funds. The team used Peugeot cycles with Campagnolo components. ANC–Halfords was the last British-based team that rode the Tour de France until was invited in 2007.
# History.
## ... | 56,977 |
9572507 | ANC–Halfords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ANC–Halfords | ANC–Halfords
this, the squad in Britain split into three different teams with different sponsors e.g. Lycra-Halfords. On the Continent, all the riders rode under one team name.
### the Tour de France.
In 1987, the team rode under the name ANC–Halfords. In races outside England, the team was co-sponsored by Tönisstei... | 56,978 |
9572507 | ANC–Halfords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ANC–Halfords | ANC–Halfords
Paris. The only success was Malcolm Elliot's third place on one stage. The best ranked cyclist in the general classification was Adrian Timmis, ranked 70th.
The Tour de France had required a £37,000 entry fee. Some of the cyclists stopped early in the race, and Tony Capper invited guests (including his fa... | 56,979 |
9572507 | ANC–Halfords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ANC–Halfords | ANC–Halfords
team ran out of money and was no more.
The team's period in the Tour de France and the chaos that surrounded it is captured in "Wide-eyed and Legless" by the British writer Jeff Connor.
# Notable riders.
- Malcolm Elliott.
After ANC, Elliott rode for several continental squads including the Spanish Tek... | 56,980 |
9572507 | ANC–Halfords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ANC–Halfords | ANC–Halfords
tour, McLoughlin was tipped to become the best British cyclist since Tom Simpson. After ANC, he signed to the French Z squad. Constant injuries robbed McLoughlin of his potential and he retired in 1991.
- Shane Sutton.
The Australian rider went on to win the 1990 Milk Race with the Banana-Falcon squad. S... | 56,981 |
9572507 | ANC–Halfords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ANC–Halfords | ANC–Halfords
programme, where the aim is to create a Chinese Tour De France winner by 2024.
- Graham Jones
The Manchester rider is often described as one of the classiest riders that the UK has produced, but his career was hindered by being over raced in his early days, and by injury in his later days. He was route d... | 56,982 |
9572507 | ANC–Halfords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ANC–Halfords | ANC–Halfords
Doyle, Adrian Timmis, Terry Sweeney, Chris Whorton,
Steve Jones
# Doping allegations.
David Walsh, in his 2012 book "Seven Deadly Sins", which relates his efforts to expose Lance Armstrong's use of performance-enhancing drugs and techniques, reports that one of his key witnesses, Stephen Swart, had enco... | 56,983 |
9572507 | ANC–Halfords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ANC–Halfords | ANC–Halfords
techniques, reports that one of his key witnesses, Stephen Swart, had encountered doping at ANC–Halfords, his first professional cycling team. Walsh notes that before the team broke up, the riders had been rounded up by their "soigneur" and each injected with an undetermined substance. Swart is quoted as s... | 56,984 |
9572707 | Olema | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olema | Olema
Olema
Olema may refer to:
- Olema, California, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Olema, Washington, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Olema, Russia, a rural locality (a "selo") in Leshukonsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
- Olema Station, California, a former name o... | 56,985 |
9572724 | NWA International Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NWA%20International%20Tag%20Team%20Championship%20(Vancouver%20version) | NWA International Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)
NWA International Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)
The Vancouver version of the NWA International Tag Team Championship was a tag team title in NWA All Star Wrestling. It was established in 1982 as the top tag team championship in that promotion afte... | 56,986 |
9572633 | Steve Peterson (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve%20Peterson%20(actor) | Steve Peterson (actor)
Steve Peterson (actor)
Steve Peterson is an American actor was seen as Stanley in "The Body" at the Matrix Theatre, King Arthur in Dennis Gersten’s" The Author’s Thumb," Tranio in "Taming of the Shrew" at the Globe Playhouse, Aguecheek in "Twelfth Night" for both Shakespeare at Play and Ellen Ge... | 56,987 |
9572633 | Steve Peterson (actor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve%20Peterson%20(actor) | Steve Peterson (actor)
Monica Playhouse, and Agatha Christie’s "Black Coffee" at the Sierra Madre Playhouse. Peterson has appeared in numerous productions at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre, at the Grove Shakespeare and Nevada Shakespeare Festivals, and the UK/AZ Festival in Phoenix, as well as Glendale’s A Noise Within.... | 56,988 |
9572719 | Todoroki Station (Tokyo) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Todoroki%20Station%20(Tokyo) | Todoroki Station (Tokyo)
Todoroki Station (Tokyo)
# Lines.
Todoroki Station is served by the Tokyu Oimachi Line. Express services do not stop at this station.
# Station layout.
The stations has a single ground-level island platform.
# History.
The station opened on November 1, 1929.
# Surrounding area.
- Tokyo ... | 56,989 |
9572650 | National Competition Policy (Australia) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Competition%20Policy%20(Australia) | National Competition Policy (Australia)
National Competition Policy (Australia)
The term National Competition Policy refers to a set of policies introduced in Australia in the 1990s with the aim of promoting microeconomic reform.
# Origins.
In 1992, an independent committee of inquiry, the National Competition Polic... | 56,990 |
9572650 | National Competition Policy (Australia) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Competition%20Policy%20(Australia) | National Competition Policy (Australia)
of major microeconomic reforms led by the Keating Government, but slow progress on areas of the economy sheltered from competition as a result of constitutional limits on the application of the Federal Trade Practices Act or of other actions by Federal or state governments. The r... | 56,991 |
9572650 | National Competition Policy (Australia) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Competition%20Policy%20(Australia) | National Competition Policy (Australia)
and extensive discussions with State governments. The Committee presented its report, commonly referred to as the 'Hilmer Report', in 1993. The principal recommendations were:
- to bring all commercial activity in Australia within the purview of the Trade Practices Act, regardle... | 56,992 |
9572650 | National Competition Policy (Australia) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Competition%20Policy%20(Australia) | National Competition Policy (Australia)
to establish a set of principles which all Australian Governments should adopt, the most important of which were:
- legislative or regulatory impediments to competition should be subject to review to ensure the costs associated with reduced competition were exceeded by public be... | 56,993 |
9572650 | National Competition Policy (Australia) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Competition%20Policy%20(Australia) | National Competition Policy (Australia)
a Competition Policy Council to advise on issues arising the inter-governmental arrangements.
The report's recommendations were endorsed in their entirety by Federal and State governments but opposed by a range of other parties such as the Greens and the Democrats and independen... | 56,994 |
9572650 | National Competition Policy (Australia) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Competition%20Policy%20(Australia) | National Competition Policy (Australia)
(Cwlth).
# Key provisions.
The stated objective of National Competition Policy, as it applies to the public sector, is to achieve the most efficient provision of publicly provided goods and services through reforms designed to minimise restrictions on competition and promote co... | 56,995 |
9572650 | National Competition Policy (Australia) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Competition%20Policy%20(Australia) | National Competition Policy (Australia)
distortions arising out of the public ownership of entities engaged in significant business activities: Government businesses should not enjoy any net competitive advantage simply as a result of their public sector ownership. Such principles apply only to the business activities ... | 56,996 |
9572650 | National Competition Policy (Australia) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Competition%20Policy%20(Australia) | National Competition Policy (Australia)
y Commission, a strong advocate of microeconomic reform, concluded that the Hilmer reforms had a substantial impact on productivity growth and helped to underpin the strong period of economic growth that Australia enjoyed in the 1990s and the early 2000s. Critics argued that the ... | 56,997 |
9572728 | Charles O. Boynton Carriage House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20O.%20Boynton%20Carriage%20House | Charles O. Boynton Carriage House
Charles O. Boynton Carriage House
The Charles O. Boynton Carriage House is a prominent structure in the Sycamore Historic District, located in Sycamore, Illinois. The Sycamore Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Carriage House is consid... | 56,998 |
9572728 | Charles O. Boynton Carriage House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles%20O.%20Boynton%20Carriage%20House | Charles O. Boynton Carriage House
e in the Sycamore Historic District, located in Sycamore, Illinois. The Sycamore Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Carriage House is considered one of more than 150 contributing properties to the overall historic integrity of the distr... | 56,999 |
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