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2568492 | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet%20L.%20Wilkes%20Honors%20College | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
# Notable Alums.
- Jocelyn Skolnik: Executive Director of El Sol, Jupiter's Neighborhood Resource Center in Jupiter, Florida. Recipient of The White House Champions of Change award.
- David Holz: Co-founder of Leap Motion.
- David Urieta: Communications Director of El Sol, Jupiter's ... | 6,136,100 |
2568491 | Robert Jubelirer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert%20Jubelirer | Robert Jubelirer
Robert Jubelirer
Robert C. Jubelirer (born February 9, 1937, Altoona, Pennsylvania) is a Republican Pennsylvania political leader. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1975 to 2006. He served as President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania State Senate for all but two years from 19... | 6,136,101 |
2568491 | Robert Jubelirer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert%20Jubelirer | Robert Jubelirer
and practiced law for several years before entering politics.
He was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1974 to represent the Altoona area. He was elected Majority Leader in 1981. Jubelirer served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 1985 to 1992. After serving briefly as Minority Lead... | 6,136,102 |
2568491 | Robert Jubelirer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert%20Jubelirer | Robert Jubelirer
of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1968, Jubelirer as President Pro Tempore was automatically elevated to Lt. Governor and sworn in the same day. Jubelirer's elevation to the office was not without controversy, as he retained his position in the Pennsylvania State Senate. Critics and political foes ar... | 6,136,103 |
2568491 | Robert Jubelirer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert%20Jubelirer | Robert Jubelirer
argument and issued a per curiam decision allowing Jubelirer to hold both offices simultaneously. Jubelirer continued in both offices until January 21, 2003 when Schweiker's term expired. He declined to accept the Lt. Governor's salary during his term.
As Lt. Governor, Jubelirer served as President of... | 6,136,104 |
2568491 | Robert Jubelirer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert%20Jubelirer | Robert Jubelirer
office upon approval of the senate. The bill was not passed.
# 2006 primary election defeat.
In May 2006, Jubelirer was defeated in the Republican primary by Blair County Commissioner John Eichelberger. He, along with Chip Brightbill, the Senate majority leader, were the first top-ranking Pennsylvani... | 6,136,105 |
2568491 | Robert Jubelirer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert%20Jubelirer | Robert Jubelirer
repeal the entire raise. In the wake of the controversy, the Senator issued a statement in which he called the pay raise a "mistake" ... I apologized for it in my district. I now think it was the wrong thing to do. Hindsight is 20-20. I'm not shifting the blame to anybody. I accept the responsibility."... | 6,136,106 |
2568491 | Robert Jubelirer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert%20Jubelirer | Robert Jubelirer
were used by opponents to counter his arguments. He told the "Jewish Telegraphic Agency" that he was "a pro-choice Republican" and that he did not support the Republican platform on abortion. Jubelirer's initial annual pension was $90,934.
# 2013 Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees electio... | 6,136,107 |
2568491 | Robert Jubelirer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert%20Jubelirer | Robert Jubelirer
not support the Republican platform on abortion. Jubelirer's initial annual pension was $90,934.
# 2013 Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees election.
Jubelirer attempted a comeback of sorts, seeking a seat on the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees. Despite an endorsement from... | 6,136,108 |
2568551 | Brannock Device | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brannock%20Device | Brannock Device
Brannock Device
The Brannock Device is a measuring instrument invented by Charles F. Brannock for measuring a person's shoe size. The son of a shoe industry entrepreneur, Brannock attended Syracuse University, New York, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Brannock spent two years d... | 6,136,109 |
2568551 | Brannock Device | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brannock%20Device | Brannock Device
to manufacture and sell the product, and headed the company until 1993 when he died at age 89. Today, the Brannock Device is an international standard of the footwear industry, and the Smithsonian Institution houses samples of some of the first Brannock Devices.
The Brannock Device Company was headquar... | 6,136,110 |
2568551 | Brannock Device | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brannock%20Device | Brannock Device
types of footwear.
# Sources.
- Craig, Berry. "Why the Shoe Fits." "American Heritage of Invention & Technology" 16, no. 1. (Summer 2000): 64.
- Davidson, Martha. "A Fitting Place for the Brannock Device Company Records." 2001.
- Lukas, Paul. "Inconspicuous Consumption: An Obsessive Look at the Stuf... | 6,136,111 |
2568551 | Brannock Device | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brannock%20Device | Brannock Device
Summer 2000): 64.
- Davidson, Martha. "A Fitting Place for the Brannock Device Company Records." 2001.
- Lukas, Paul. "Inconspicuous Consumption: An Obsessive Look at the Stuff We Take for Granted, from the Everyday to the Obscure". Three Rivers Press, 1997.
- Brannock Device Company Records, 1925–19... | 6,136,112 |
2568556 | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Coke,%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Leicester | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester (26 December 1822 – 24 January 1909), known as Viscount Coke from 1837 to 1842, was a British peer.
# Background.
Leicester was the son of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, by his second wife Lady Anne ... | 6,136,113 |
2568556 | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Coke,%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Leicester | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Trevor (d. 1858), on 20 April 1843. They had nine children:
- Lady Julia Coke (1844–1931) she married Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt on 26 April 1864. They have five children. Through their eldest son Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt they are the maternal great-... | 6,136,114 |
2568556 | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Coke,%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Leicester | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Dunmore on 5 April 1866. They have six children.
- Thomas William Coke, 3rd Earl of Leicester (20 July 1848 – 19 November 1941) he married The Honorable Alice White on 26 August 1879. They have five children. Though their eldest daughter Alexandra they are the paternal great-grandpar... | 6,136,115 |
2568556 | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Coke,%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Leicester | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
2 May 1874. They have eight children.
- Lady Mildred Coke (1854 – 12 May 1941) she married Thomas Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield on 5 November 1878. They have six children.
- Lt.-Col. Wenman Coke (20 November 1855 – 30 May 1931), died unmarried.
Lord Leicester married secondly, Hon. ... | 6,136,116 |
2568556 | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Coke,%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Leicester | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan) on 19 July 1932. They have three children.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Edward Coke (17 October 1879 – 4 September 1944), died unmarried.
- Major Hon. Sir John (Jack) Spencer Coke (30 September 1880 – 23 December 1957) he married Hon. Dorothy Lawson (... | 6,136,117 |
2568556 | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Coke,%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Leicester | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Order in 1953 and was Gentleman Usher to King George VI and Extra Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth II. The Hon. Sir Jack and the Hon. Dorothy Coke are the parents of Celia Brooksbank née Coke (died 1996) who is the grandmother of Jack Brooksbank (husband to Princess Eugenie). In 201... | 6,136,118 |
2568556 | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Coke,%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Leicester | Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Estate, the family seat where her great grandfather, Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham had enjoyed many shooting parties with King Edward VII.
- Captain Hon. Reginald Coke (10 November 1883 – 30 April 1969) he married Katharine Ryder (granddaughter of Henry Ryder, 4th Earl of Har... | 6,136,119 |
2568557 | Adherens junction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adherens%20junction | Adherens junction
Adherens junction
Adherens junctions (or zonula adherens, intermediate junction, or "belt desmosome") are protein complexes that occur at cell–cell junctions in epithelial and endothelial tissues, usually more basal than tight junctions. An adherens junction is defined as a cell junction whose cytopl... | 6,136,120 |
2568557 | Adherens junction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adherens%20junction | Adherens junction
It is structurally the same, but appears in ribbonlike patterns that do not completely encircle the cells. One example is in cardiomyocytes.
# Proteins.
Adherens junctions are composed of the following proteins:
- cadherins. The cadherins are a family of transmembrane proteins that form homodimers ... | 6,136,121 |
2568557 | Adherens junction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adherens%20junction | Adherens junction
Models.
Adherens junctions were, for many years, thought to share the characteristic of anchor cells through their cytoplasmic actin filaments.
The accepted model has been that adherens junctions serve as a bridge connecting the actin cytoskeleton of neighboring cells through direct interaction. How... | 6,136,122 |
2568557 | Adherens junction | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adherens%20junction | Adherens junction
actin in vitro. Recent data (2005) demonstrate that membrane- associated actin is several fold less stable compared to components of the adherens junctional complex.
Additionally, the authors found that monomeric α-catenin preferentially binds to the cadherin junction complex through β-catenin. Dimer... | 6,136,123 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
Østfold Line
The Østfold Line () is a railway line which runs from Oslo through the western parts of Follo and Østfold to Kornsjø in Norway. It continues through Sweden as the Norway/Vänern Line. The northern half is double track and the entire line is electrified. It serves a combination of commuter, reg... | 6,136,124 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
from 1910 through 1940 in which the section from Oslo to Ski received double track, the permitted weight and speeds were increased and the line was electrified. From 1989 to 1996 the section from Ski to Sandbukta received double track and speeds of . Work has since 2015 been under way to upgrade most of th... | 6,136,125 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
until Halden, where it passes through major towns of Ski, Ås, Vestby, Moss, Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg. The line is standard gauge and electrified at . It is double track from Oslo to Sandbukta north of Moss, a distance of , as well as past Rygge Station. There are three railway stations and three freight term... | 6,136,126 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
network, both via Moss and Askim. Sometimes Western Line is used to only describe the section from Ski via Moss to Sarpsborg. Although the eastern and western branches were initially planned as equals, the western has become dominant due to it always having had a higher standard and serving all through tra... | 6,136,127 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
bypass when needed.
# History.
## Planning.
The lack of early interest in a railway in Østfold was caused by the ice-free Oslofjord and the perceived non-necessity of build a line where a suitable waterway already existed. Proposals for a railway through the county then known as Smaalenene were first la... | 6,136,128 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
Iddefjord. The government was at first less enthusiastic, in part because they were concerned that no line would be built on the Swedish side.
By 1872 the disagreement over an interior or coastal route was raging and a compromise was proposed in which the line would be built with two branches. The governm... | 6,136,129 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
to reduce the standard on the Eastern Line. There was also a controversy if that line should bypass Mysen.
In Halden there was a significant opposition to the line, as there was worry that it would capture lumber traffic which would otherwise run to Halden. Traders and politicians there were more concerne... | 6,136,130 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
subdivided into eleven sections on the Western Line and four on the Eastern Line. The former received a rail weight of 30 kilograms per meter (60 lb/ft). Work on the Eastern Line did not start until 1877. It received a track weight of only 25 kilograms per meter (50 lb/ft). A recession hit in 1877 and the ... | 6,136,131 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
places, which changed the mass balance allowing the line to follow a better gradient. Two of the most prominent were the Ljan Viaduct and the Hølen Viaduct. The latter was the first in the world to use the pendulum pillar principal. The bridges and viaducts were all designed by Axel Jacob Petersson.
The W... | 6,136,132 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
Class 9 steam locomotives for passenger train, three NSB Class 10 units for freight trains and two NSB Class 14 locos. Passenger cars were at first 60 compartment coaches. A commuter train service was introduced from Oslo to Ljan Station from 1883, allowing the areas of Nordstrand to opened up to large-sca... | 6,136,133 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
were introduced.
The commuter traffic increased and in 1893 a new commuter station was opened at Kolbotn. Two branch lines were built from Sarpsborg. A branch to Borregaard opened in 1891 and the Hafslund Line opened eight years later. To avail the problem in Oslo with human manure, depots were built at D... | 6,136,134 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
the railway to order nine new NSB Class 27 locomotives, delivered between 1910 and 1916, which allowed the maximum speed on the line to increase from . NSB introduced Ea 1, an accumulator electric locomotive, on local services between Fredrikstand and Skjeberg in 1916, where it remained in use until 1920.
... | 6,136,135 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
the First World War led to material and funding shortages, and the upgrades were not completed until a new Sarp Bridge was finished in 1930.
The line was originally named the Smaalenene Line (), with the spelling changing to Smålenene () in 1921. During this period it was also commonly known as the South ... | 6,136,136 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
Ljan Viaduct, which could not be upgraded to the new standards. A new double-tracked line had to be built around, which opened on 15 February 1925. By the 1930s the railway was meeting increased competition from buses and trucks. Although slower, they offered more pick-up locations than the train. NSB ther... | 6,136,137 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
steps, with the first part from Oslo Ø to Ljan completed on 9 December 1936 and the last section from Sarpsborg to Halden, on 11 November 1940. NSB Class 66 was introduced as an express service on the Østfold Line, running a round trip from Oslo to Halden each day, bringing travel time down to two hours. T... | 6,136,138 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
years later. The regional traffic received the new NSB Class 68 multiple units from the mid 1950s. A regular train with pyrite started running in 1966, hauling up to 600,000 tonnes per year from Hjerkinn on the Dovre Line to Borregaard. They remained until the 1990s.
## Double track almost to Moss.
By th... | 6,136,139 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
To avail the situation NSB introduced its InterCity Express services in 1983. This involved limiting stops to Rygge, Råde, Fredrikstad, Saprsborg and Halden south of Moss, causing a large number of stations to be closed.
Upgrade plans between Ski and Moss were revitalized during the 1980s. Especially at V... | 6,136,140 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
also raising the speed and standard. From Rustad to Smørbekk the route was planned and placed parallel to European Road E6. As the planning progressed, NSB gradually increased the dimensioning, so that the last planned section was capable of .
The first part of the double track, from Tveter to Vestby, was... | 6,136,141 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
in 1994, replaced by NSB Class 73 from 2003.
On 28 June 2000, a new section of double track was opened past Rygge Station. Including a full upgrade of the station, 21 road crossings were removed. The 500-million-kroner project reduced travel time between Moss and Fredrikstad by seven minutes. Since 2007, ... | 6,136,142 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
and Kambo before terminating at Moss. L22 runs along the Eastern Line, calling at six stations before Mysen. R20 only stops at Ski before Moss, then serves Rygge, Råde, Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg and Halden. In regular hours L2 operates with two hourly services, while the others operate with one hourly service... | 6,136,143 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
let the interior plans dominate the outer shape and avoided symmetry. Most of the station buildings were in wood and standardized designs. Stations which were expected to have larger traffic received a separate goods sheds. The four main towns received brick stations. Halden Station was the most prominent,... | 6,136,144 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
Oslo to Halden is scheduled to be upgraded by 2030. The first step is construction of the Follo Line, a new line which will run in a tunnel almost the entire length from Oslo to Ski. It will allow all passenger trains heading south of Ski to save 11 minutes, and free up capacity on the old double track for... | 6,136,145 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
for completion. The line from Haug to Seut north of Fredrikstad is planned to be finished by 2024, two years before the double track to Sarpsborg. The final stage to Halden is scheduled for completion in 2030. The National Rail Administration is working on possibilities of expanding the double track furthe... | 6,136,146 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
of Gothenburg. Services could also run to Denmark and further south. Two steep hills, Brynsbakken on the Loenga–Alnabru Line and Tistedalsbakken south of Halden are currently major hindrances. Proposals have been made to build new lines to bypass these hills. One alternative to the south is to build a new ... | 6,136,147 |
2568339 | Østfold Line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Østfold%20Line | Østfold Line
been made to build new lines to bypass these hills. One alternative to the south is to build a new railway from around Berg to Skee on the Bohus Line in Sweden. The capacity through the Western Line will be so large, especially during rush hour north of Moss, that it is possible that all freight trains may... | 6,136,148 |
2568574 | Dongri Fort | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dongri%20Fort | Dongri Fort
Dongri Fort
The Dongri Fort or the Dongri Hill Fort, locally known as the Irmitri Fort, is a fort in Mumbai, India. It is located in the Dongri area. It came under Maratha rule in 1739. Since then the locals and the church have been looking after the maintenance of the Fort, which was once repaired. Every ... | 6,136,149 |
2568594 | List of freeware first-person shooters | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20freeware%20first-person%20shooters | List of freeware first-person shooters
List of freeware first-person shooters
This is a list of some of the most popular freeware and free and open-source software first-person shooter games.
# Freeware clients.
Some free-to-play online first-person shooters use a client–server model, in which only the client is ava... | 6,136,150 |
2568547 | Video recorder scheduling code | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20recorder%20scheduling%20code | Video recorder scheduling code
Video recorder scheduling code
VCR Plus+, G-Code, VideoPlus+ and ShowView are different names for the same scheduling system for programming video recorders. These names are all registered trademarks of Macrovision, whose corporate predecessor, Gemstar, developed these algorithms for use... | 6,136,151 |
2568547 | Video recorder scheduling code | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20recorder%20scheduling%20code | Video recorder scheduling code
Concept.
The central concept of the system is a unique number, a PlusCode, assigned to each program, and published in television listings in newspapers and magazines (such as "TV Guide"). To record a program, the code number is taken from the newspaper and input into the video recorder, ... | 6,136,152 |
2568547 | Video recorder scheduling code | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20recorder%20scheduling%20code | Video recorder scheduling code
many video recorders with these systems also incorporate Programme Delivery Control (PDC) and use that to alter times if possible.
# Branding.
The system has been licensed to television and VCR manufacturers in about 40 countries, but is branded under different names depending on the co... | 6,136,153 |
2568547 | Video recorder scheduling code | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20recorder%20scheduling%20code | Video recorder scheduling code
developer Gemstar) in Japan because VCR is not a common abbreviation there ("VTR," for videotape recorder, is used instead). Because television programming schedules are different, the coding has to be adjusted in each of the regions and recording equipment is not interchangeable.
# Algo... | 6,136,154 |
2568547 | Video recorder scheduling code | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Video%20recorder%20scheduling%20code | Video recorder scheduling code
ach of the regions and recording equipment is not interchangeable.
# Algorithms.
The actual algorithms used to encode and decode the television guide values from and to their time representations were published in 1992, but only for six-digit codes or less.
Source code for seven and ei... | 6,136,155 |
2568589 | Nana Joshi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nana%20Joshi | Nana Joshi
Nana Joshi
Padmanabh Govind "Nana" Joshi (7 October 1926 – 8 January 1987) was a cricket player who kept wicket for India in Test cricket.
Joshi was born in Baroda, Gujarat, India in 1926. He first gained attention as a cricket player when he scored 100 notout for Central Province Governor's XI against the... | 6,136,156 |
2568589 | Nana Joshi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nana%20Joshi | Nana Joshi
In the first innings, he caught two and brilliantly stumped two others, but his errors in the second helped England to save the match. Joshi was replaced by Madhav Mantri for the second Test, who in turn gave way to Probir Sen in the third. Joshi was picked for the fourth and discarded in favour of Sen for t... | 6,136,157 |
2568589 | Nana Joshi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nana%20Joshi | Nana Joshi
down in the hierarchy of contemporary wicket keepers. Sen and Mantri occupied the top rung, Naren Tamhane came next, followed by Joshi.
Joshi played in four Tests in the West Indies tour of 1952-53 and three Tests in England in 1959. In a match in the Pune summer league in 1957-58, he had a hand in all ten ... | 6,136,158 |
2568589 | Nana Joshi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nana%20Joshi | Nana Joshi
"it was this one." Later in the match he made his career best score of 52* and added 149 for ninth wicket with Desai, five runs short of the world record at the time and still an Indian ninth wicket record. But the selectors did not pardon him and he never played another Test.
Joshi captained Maharashtra te... | 6,136,159 |
2568589 | Nana Joshi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nana%20Joshi | Nana Joshi
ch equalled the then Indian record.
Joshi's father died when he was eight. His mother brought the young Joshi and his brother to Poona where she brought them up under great hardships. She maintained the family by sewing and providing food for students while Joshi used to clean the utensils and serve food. S... | 6,136,160 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
Old Pueblo Trolley
Old Pueblo Trolley is a non-profit, educational corporation based in Tucson, in the U.S. state of Arizona, that is dedicated to the preservation of Arizona's mass transit history. The name also commonly refers to the heritage streetcar line which OPT began operating in 1993, on wh... | 6,136,161 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
was suspended for construction of the Sun Link modern-streetcar system.
Operating on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Old Pueblo Trolley ran on just over a mile of single-track line recovered from Tucson's original street railway. From its south terminus at 5th Avenue and Broadway Boulevard the trolley... | 6,136,162 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
L.H. Manning and C.K. Durbin, owner of the new line. The "Tucson Citizen" ran an article "Electric Cars Running in Old Pueblo" in its Friday, June 1, 1906 edition.
It reported that two new electric cars left the corner of Stone Avenue and Congress Street at 2:00 p.m. for the University of Arizona fi... | 6,136,163 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
streetcar system." Hence, Tucson was brought up to date, into the electric transportation era.
Streetcars ran for the last time on December 31, 1930, and were replaced by buses.
## The heritage streetcar line.
Revival of the line began as the dream of Ruth Cross, director for the University of Ari... | 6,136,164 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
on April 17, 1993. Two trolley cars were available for service when the line opened, and were operated in the inaugural runs: Car 10, a 1918-built Birney-type car that was ex-Pacific Electric Railway 332 and was under lease to OPT from the Orange Empire Railway Museum since 1985, and car 255, ex-Osak... | 6,136,165 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
Birney car of the same type, which was in service until the abandonment of the old Tucson system in 1930. Car 10's lease had started in 1985, but restoring it to operating condition took time and money, and only in 1991 did the car operate in Tucson for the first time under its own power. Before the ... | 6,136,166 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
some double-track. Workers from Tucson Electric Power installed the overhead trolley wire, in some cases as volunteers.
## Fleet changes.
Car 10's lease from the Orange Empire Railway Museum expired in March 1995, and the museum was not willing to extend it, so car 10 ran in Tucson for the last tim... | 6,136,167 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
having been stored for several years in Phoenix, where plans to use it in a restaurant did not come to fruition. Toronto car 4608, a 1951 PCC streetcar, arrived in June 1996.
## 2009 extension.
At 4:00 PM on August 20, 2009 the new 4th Avenue Underpass and 5th Avenue Loop were opened for traffic. T... | 6,136,168 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
a vote of almost 60% in favor. This election also passed a 20-year, 1/2-cent sales tax to finance the transportation improvements. Among the items in the plan was $75 million for the Sun Link modern streetcar system which follows the alignment of the Old Pueblo Line with extensions west through downt... | 6,136,169 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
of 4th Avenue.
Old Pueblo Trolley suspended operations in October 2011. Construction of the new system began in April 2012, and the line – named Sun Link – opened in July 2014. OPT hopes to be able to resume historic trolley operation on weekends and for special events.
# Motor bus collection.
The... | 6,136,170 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
Street facility. , one bus has been completely restored (Warren Bisbee Lines No. 8, a 1938 Yellow Coach) and one bus has received necessary maintenance and been repainted, but requires replacement of its external advertising sign panels and minor interior work (Old Pueblo Transit Co. No. 135, a 1960 ... | 6,136,171 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
the 18th Street Yard to a leased shop located at North Park Avenue and East Broadway Boulevard (Park Avenue Shop). That shop provided interior working space for two vehicles and exterior storage for approximately fifteen vehicles plus materials and several rail vehicles. At the time that the lease wa... | 6,136,172 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
2015, the Property Acquisition Committee identified potential sites and provided reports to the Board of Directors. Late in the year, a former cabinet shop located at South Fourth Avenue and East 36th Street in the City of South Tucson, Arizona was identified as being the most suitable property. The ... | 6,136,173 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
closed in late December and renovations were begun shortly thereafter.
# Current Activities.
Presently, much of OPT's activities are related to relocating vehicles to the new 36th Street Shop. In October 2016, the facility was formally dedicated and the shop named the "Jones-Brogan Building" in rec... | 6,136,174 |
2568570 | Old Pueblo Trolley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Old%20Pueblo%20Trolley | Old Pueblo Trolley
urrent fundraising activities include a tax-deductible vehicle donation program and consignment antique automobile sales. All funds go to Old Pueblo Trolley's restoration and educational programs.
# See also.
- List of Arizona railroads
- List of heritage railroads in the United States
- List of ... | 6,136,175 |
2568634 | Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender/Sexuality%20Rights%20Association%20Taiwan | Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan
Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan
Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan (G/STRAT; ) was established in May 1999 in Taiwan. It aims to promote rights of sexual minorities in the aspects of family, education system, politics, economy and law.
It had protested the... | 6,136,176 |
2568634 | Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender/Sexuality%20Rights%20Association%20Taiwan | Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan
n the aspects of family, education system, politics, economy and law.
It had protested the "Measures Governing the Rating Systems of Publications and Pre-recorded Video Programs" in Taiwan, supported the "Gin Gin's" gay bookstore when it was accused "offenses against morals",... | 6,136,177 |
2568610 | Scarborough Civic Centre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scarborough%20Civic%20Centre | Scarborough Civic Centre
Scarborough Civic Centre
The Scarborough Civic Centre is a civic centre located in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was designed by architect Raymond Moriyama during the development of Scarborough City Centre and initially opened as the city hall of the former borough o... | 6,136,178 |
2568610 | Scarborough Civic Centre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scarborough%20Civic%20Centre | Scarborough Civic Centre
School Board.
The civic centre is adjacent to Albert Campbell Square. It is south of Scarborough Centre station and the Scarborough Town Centre shopping mall.
# Structure and surroundings.
The building is unique for the juxtaposition of two triangular shaped, multiple split level towers, whi... | 6,136,179 |
2568610 | Scarborough Civic Centre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scarborough%20Civic%20Centre | Scarborough Civic Centre
hand and is mounted on a mast; it is located south across Borough Drive. Frank Faubert Forest, a wooded area south of the Civic Centre is named for Scarborough's last mayor, Frank Faubert. Inside the main hall is a rising series of polished metal unfolding tetrahedrons resembling birds rising t... | 6,136,180 |
2568598 | Canon EF 35mm lens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon%20EF%2035mm%20lens | Canon EF 35mm lens
Canon EF 35mm lens
The EF 35 mm lenses are four wide angle prime lenses with EF mount made by Canon Inc. The family also includes one EF-S lens that only mounts on Canon bodies with APS-C sensors. Due to the 1.6 crop factor of Canon APS-C sensors, all of the 35 mm lenses have a 35 mm equivalent foca... | 6,136,181 |
2568598 | Canon EF 35mm lens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon%20EF%2035mm%20lens | Canon EF 35mm lens
as this focal length is very suitable for street photography. On the other hand, they are also popular for photographers who are new to wide angle photography, since this focal length does not distort as much as other wider offerings. 35mm prime lenses are commonly found in the kits of wedding photog... | 6,136,182 |
2568598 | Canon EF 35mm lens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon%20EF%2035mm%20lens | Canon EF 35mm lens
USM
- EF-S 2.8 Macro IS STM
# Crop factor.
When used with a Canon APS-C (1.6x crop) DSLR camera or APS-H (1.3x crop), the field of view of this lens is similar to a 56mm or 45.5mm on full frame camera. There will be an apparent magnification of "approximately" 1.6x in the final image (1.3x for an ... | 6,136,183 |
2568598 | Canon EF 35mm lens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon%20EF%2035mm%20lens | Canon EF 35mm lens
"wide" while the second image will be more "magnified". After bringing the results into an image editing program and enlarging the first image so that the rock is the same size in both images, one will see that the enlarged image is approximately 160% (1.6x) of the original.
The major advantage to t... | 6,136,184 |
2568598 | Canon EF 35mm lens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon%20EF%2035mm%20lens | Canon EF 35mm lens
while having the perspective of 35mm lens. The resulting image will appear to have a less pleasing background blur and unlike using an actual 56mm lens on a full frame sensor.
# EF 35 mm 1.4L USM.
The EF 35 mm 1.4L USM is a professional L series lens. It is constructed with a metal body. Features o... | 6,136,185 |
2568598 | Canon EF 35mm lens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon%20EF%2035mm%20lens | Canon EF 35mm lens
by a ring type USM motor. Autofocus speed of this lens is very fast, and the front of the lens neither rotates nor extends when focusing.
# EF 35 mm 1.4L II USM.
The EF 35 mm 1.4L II USM is a successor of the EF 35 mm 1.4L USM. It was announced at the 27th of August 2015 and is available since Octo... | 6,136,186 |
2568598 | Canon EF 35mm lens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon%20EF%2035mm%20lens | Canon EF 35mm lens
35 mm 2 is a prosumer level lens. It is constructed with a plastic body and a metal mount. This lens features a distance window with infrared index. The maximum aperture of 2 gives this lens the ability to create depth of field effects, but not to the same shallowness of the EF 35 mm 1.4L USM, while ... | 6,136,187 |
2568598 | Canon EF 35mm lens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon%20EF%2035mm%20lens | Canon EF 35mm lens
2 IS USM.
The EF 35 mm 2 is an enthusiast-level lens. Like the original version of the 2 lens, it has a plastic body and a metal mount, but adds image stabilization. It also has an eight-blade diaphragm with rounded blades, as opposed to the eight non-rounded blades of the 1.4L lens and the five non... | 6,136,188 |
2568598 | Canon EF 35mm lens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Canon%20EF%2035mm%20lens | Canon EF 35mm lens
nt of the lens neither rotates nor extends when focusing.
# EF-S 35 mm 2.8 Macro IS STM.
The EF-S 35 mm 2.8 Macro IS STM, like all other EF-S lenses, can only be mounted to a Canon camera with EF-S mount and not to a camera with EF mount. The lens has image stabilization and uses a Stepping motor f... | 6,136,189 |
2568645 | Miroprofen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miroprofen | Miroprofen
Miroprofen
Miroprofen (INN) is an analgesic and NSAID, meaning that it has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and antiplatelet aggregation activity. Chemically it is a carbocyclic acid and a phenylpropionate. | 6,136,190 |
2568615 | Richard Armstrong (author) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Armstrong%20(author) | Richard Armstrong (author)
Richard Armstrong (author)
Richard Armstrong (18 June 1903 – 30 May 1986) was an English author who wrote for both adults and children. Most of his books were novels set at sea, or sea stories. For one of those, "Sea Change", he won the 1948 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recog... | 6,136,191 |
2568615 | Richard Armstrong (author) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Armstrong%20(author) | Richard Armstrong (author)
who left school at thirteen to work in a Tyneside steelworks. He spent three years there, starting as an errand boy and progressing to greaser, labourer and crane driver. His book "Sabotage at the Forge" (1946), set in a steelworks, is highly regarded for its accurate and effective descriptio... | 6,136,192 |
2568615 | Richard Armstrong (author) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Armstrong%20(author) | Richard Armstrong (author)
various occupations before concentrating on writing. His first published book was "The Mystery of Obadiah" (1943), an adventure novel set in Tynedale and featuring Thias Stringer, a 13-year-old boy. "Sabotage at the Forge" was its sequel, featuring Stringer at the steelworks. Later he drew on... | 6,136,193 |
2568615 | Richard Armstrong (author) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Armstrong%20(author) | Richard Armstrong (author)
"Sailor's Luck" (1959)
- Children's novels
- "The Mystery of Obadiah" (1943)
- "Sabotage at the Forge" (1946)
- "Sea Change" (1948)
- "The Whinstone Drift" (1951)
- "Danger Rock" (1955); U.S. title, "Cold Hazard"
- "The Lost Ship" (1956)
- "No Time for Tankers" (1959)
- "The Lame Duc... | 6,136,194 |
2568653 | Christian Laflamme | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian%20Laflamme | Christian Laflamme
Christian Laflamme
Christian Lucien Laflamme (born November 24, 1976) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman.
# Biography.
As a youth, Laflamme played in the 1989 and 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Rive-Sud. Laflamme was selected in t... | 6,136,195 |
2568653 | Christian Laflamme | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian%20Laflamme | Christian Laflamme
a calendar year in Edmonton before being traded to the Montreal Canadiens. After two seasons in Montreal with limited playing time, Laflamme signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Blues, where he has split time between the NHL and the American Hockey League.
# Transactions.
- 8 July 1995 - Lafla... | 6,136,196 |
2568601 | Metro Streetcar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metro%20Streetcar | Metro Streetcar
Metro Streetcar
The Metro Streetcar, formerly known as the River Rail Streetcar, is a heritage streetcar system operating in Little Rock and North Little Rock in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It has operated since November 1, 2004. After the 2007 expansion of the system, the Metro Streetcar network is . ... | 6,136,197 |
2568601 | Metro Streetcar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metro%20Streetcar | Metro Streetcar
real estate, banking, and other merchant ventures. Little Rock's first horsecar line (horse tramway) opened in 1876. Horsecars operated until 1895. Steam-powered streetcars operated between July 3, 1888, and 1889. The construction of street railways in the United States began to overlap with real estate... | 6,136,198 |
2568601 | Metro Streetcar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metro%20Streetcar | Metro Streetcar
and Stifft's Station neighborhoods.
What is now named the Metro Streetcar opened on November 1, 2004, as the River Rail Streetcar, operated by the Central Arkansas Transit Authority. Phase I consisted of a single long line that connects two cities, Little Rock and North Little Rock, situated on opposit... | 6,136,199 |
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