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1642893 | Dean (education) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dean%20(education) | Dean (education)
n.
Although most high schools are led by a principal or headmaster, a few (particularly private preparatory schools) refer to their chief authority as a dean. In large schools or some boarding schools there may be a dean of men or boys, and a dean of women or girls, or each year (freshman, sophomore, ... | 6,140,600 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
Barbara Payton
Barbara Lee Payton (born Barbara Lee Redfield; November 16, 1927 – May 8, 1967) was an American film actress best known for her stormy social life and eventual battles with alcohol and drug addiction. Her life has been the subject of several books including "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Bar... | 6,140,601 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
Frank Leslie III was born in 1931 and in 1938, the family moved to Odessa, Texas. With financial assistance from his sister, Payton's father was able to start his own business, a court of tourist cabins, "Antlers Court", anticipating it would turn out to be a profitable enterprise in a city like Odessa, ... | 6,140,602 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
parents had long-standing problems with alcohol. Payton's first cousin, Richard Kuitu, remembers visits to the home of his uncle and aunt. The Redfields would often start drinking at mid-morning and continue long after midnight. He recalls the violent temper Lee Redfield had when fueled by drink, which w... | 6,140,603 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
eloped with high school boyfriend William Hodge. The marriage seemingly amounted to nothing more than an act of impulsive, teen-age rebellion, and Payton did not fight her parents' insistence that the marriage be annulled. A few months later, she quit high school in the eleventh grade. Her parents, who d... | 6,140,604 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
in their marriage that Barbara, restless and feeling confined by her life as a housewife, expressed a desire to pursue a modeling or acting career.
Payton started a modeling career by hiring a photographer to take photos of her sporting fashionable outfits. This portfolio attracted the attention of a cl... | 6,140,605 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
managed to combine the responsibilities of wife, new mother, and professional model, yet marriage was strained; Barbara and her husband separated in July 1948. Payton's drive, fueled by her high-energy personality, had become focused on promoting her career and showcasing her beauty around the town's hot... | 6,140,606 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
John Lee to "profane language, immoral conduct, notoriety, unwholesome activities" and failed to provide the boy with a "moral education".
# Career.
Payton first gained notice in the 1949 film noir "Trapped", co-starring Lloyd Bridges. In 1950, she was given the opportunity to make a screen test for Jo... | 6,140,607 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
sensual appeal and beauty that her contract was drawn as a joint agreement between William Cagney Productions and Warner Bros. who together saw fit to bestow on Payton a salary of $5,000 a week; a large sum for an actress yet to demonstrate star power at the box-office.
For a relative newcomer, in "Kiss... | 6,140,608 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" was the highpoint in Payton's career, the moment in time she was christened as a player with bonafide star power.
Her other screen appearances opposite Gary Cooper in "Dallas" (1950) and Gregory Peck in "Only the Valiant" (1951), both westerns, were lackluster productions where h... | 6,140,609 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
Cochran, and Texas oilman Bob Neal, Payton was married two more times.
In 1950, Payton met actor Franchot Tone and the two were later engaged. While engaged to Tone, Payton began an affair with B-movie actor Tom Neal. She soon went back and forth publicly between Neal and Tone. On September 14, 1951, Ne... | 6,140,610 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
being married, Tone discovered that she had continued her relations with Neal, and Tone was subsequently granted a divorce in May 1952.
The Payton/Neal relationship essentially ended their Hollywood film careers. During that time the couple capitalized on the notorious press coverage by touring in plays... | 6,140,611 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
time in England in 1953, co-starring in two low budget pictures for Hammer Films: "Four Sided Triangle" and "The Flanagan Boy" (a.k.a. "Bad Blonde").
In November 1957, Payton married George A. "Tony" Provas, a 23-year-old furniture store executive in Nogales, Arizona. They divorced in August 1958.
## L... | 6,140,612 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
said, "I'd rather drink and die." Following her brief hospitalization, she was driven by a county social worker to her parents' home in San Diego. She told her family's neighbor, "I never wanted to be with them, I never wanted to see them again. But here I am, and I got all the booze I want." Her father,... | 6,140,613 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
hair; her face displayed a perpetual sunburn, a map of veins by her nose … she carried an old man's potbelly … her gowns and dresses … creased and spotted … She must have weighed two hundred pounds … She does not so much inhabit a character as impersonate a starlet."
In 1963, she was paid $1,000 for her... | 6,140,614 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
role.
In 1967, Payton was ill and seeking refuge from her turbulent circumstances when she moved back to San Diego, California to live with her parents. On May 8, 1967, she died at her parents' home of heart and liver failure at the age of 39. Payton was cremated and was interred at Cypress View Mausole... | 6,140,615 |
1642878 | Barbara Payton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara%20Payton | Barbara Payton
an Diego, California to live with her parents. On May 8, 1967, she died at her parents' home of heart and liver failure at the age of 39. Payton was cremated and was interred at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego, California.
# References.
## Sources.
- Payton, Barbara (2016). "I Am Not... | 6,140,616 |
1642921 | William Thornton Mustard | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Thornton%20Mustard | William Thornton Mustard
William Thornton Mustard
William Thornton Mustard, (August 8, 1914 – December 11, 1987) was a Canadian physician and cardiac surgeon. In 1949, he was one of the first to perform open-heart surgery using a mechanical heart pump and biological lung on a dog at the Banting Institute. He developed... | 6,140,617 |
1642921 | William Thornton Mustard | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Thornton%20Mustard | William Thornton Mustard
of Toronto in 1937. He spent the next year on an internship at Toronto General Hospital and the following year on an internship in surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children. He then took a fellowship at the New York Orthopedic Hospital. In 1940, he returned to Toronto and spent six months train... | 6,140,618 |
1642921 | William Thornton Mustard | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Thornton%20Mustard | William Thornton Mustard
which would later be recognized with being made a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire. In 1941, he married Elise Howe. They had seven children.
# Career at Sick Kids.
After the war, he returned to Toronto and was chief resident at the Hospital for Sick Children ... | 6,140,619 |
1642921 | William Thornton Mustard | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William%20Thornton%20Mustard | William Thornton Mustard
pent another year at the New York Orthopedic Hospital before being appointed surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children in 1947. He spent a month training with Alfred Blalock in Baltimore. In 1957, he was appointed Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery and retired in 1976.
He died from a massive hear... | 6,140,620 |
1642925 | Mitchella repens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitchella%20repens | Mitchella repens
Mitchella repens
Mitchella repens (partridge berry, or squaw vine) is the best known plant in the genus "Mitchella".
It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder family (Rubiaceae).
# Naming.
"Mitchella repens" is one of the many species first... | 6,140,621 |
1642925 | Mitchella repens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitchella%20repens | Mitchella repens
stems 15 to 30 cm long. The evergreen, dark green, shiny leaves are ovate to cordate in shape. The leaves have a pale yellow midrib. The petioles are short, and the leaves are paired oppositely on the stems. Adventitious roots may grow at the nodes; and rooting stems may branch and root repeatedly, pro... | 6,140,622 |
1642925 | Mitchella repens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitchella%20repens | Mitchella repens
short pistils and long stamens (short-styled flowers, called the thrum). The two style morphs are genetically determined, so the pollen from one morph does not fertilize the other morph, resulting in a form of heteromorphic self-incompatibility.
The ovaries of the twin flowers fuse, so that there are ... | 6,140,623 |
1642925 | Mitchella repens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitchella%20repens | Mitchella repens
consumed by foxes, white-footed mice, and skunks. The foliage is occasionally consumed by White-tailed deer.
The common reproduction is vegetative, with plants forming spreading colonies.
# Distribution and habitat.
The species is dispersed throughout eastern North America, from south Eastern Canada... | 6,140,624 |
1642925 | Mitchella repens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitchella%20repens | Mitchella repens
s grown as a creeping ground cover in shady locations. It is rarely propagated for garden use by way of seeds but cuttings are easy. The plants have been widely collected for Christmas decorations, and over collecting has impacted some local populations negatively. American Indian women made a tea from... | 6,140,625 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
Rollie Massimino
Roland Vincent Massimino (November 13, 1934 – August 30, 2017) was an American basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Stony Brook University (1969–1971), Villanova University (1973–1992), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1992–1994), Cleveland State Unive... | 6,140,626 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
in NCAA history.
# Education.
Roland Massimino graduated in 1952 from Hillside High School in Hillside, New Jersey. In 1956, he earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Vermont (UVM), where he played varsity basketball for three years. He earned a master's degree equivalent in h... | 6,140,627 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
he began a four-year tenure as head varsity basketball coach at Hillside High School in Hillside, New Jersey, the town in which he had grown up. In his second year as head basketball coach at Hillside, he led his team to the finals of the State Group III Championship. They lost a tightly-contested fina... | 6,140,628 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
final playoff game by Newark's Central High School. The Comets lost during both years to a team composed of taller players, despite pushing the thrilling 1963 championship game into double-overtime.
For the 1963–64 season, Massimino moved to Lexington High School in Massachusetts. In 1965, he led the ... | 6,140,629 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
collegiate debut came in 1969 as head coach of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In his first season the Patriots (now Seawolves) won the conference championship after going 19–6, earning a berth in the NCAA small college tournament. Massimino's next stop was as an assistant coach under ... | 6,140,630 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
kicking off with a win on #9-seed Dayton's home court, followed by victories over #1-seed Michigan, #4-seed Maryland, #2-seed North Carolina, before culminating in a Final Four victory over #2-seeded Memphis State.
After Villanova's unexpected championship run, Massimino was offered the head coaching ... | 6,140,631 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
of long-time coach Jerry Tarkanian. Two years later, Massimino was himself forced out when it was revealed that he and UNLV president Robert Maxson had cut a side deal to lift Massimino's salary above the figure being reported to the state of Nevada and the state commission ruled that this had violated... | 6,140,632 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
was the head coach of the men's basketball team at Keiser University in West Palm Beach, Florida, members in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Massimino continued his role as coach when Northwood University sold its Florida campus to Keiser University. The 2005-06 Northwood ... | 6,140,633 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
team's best finishes a place in the national semifinals in 2011 and a national runner-up finish in 2012. Through the end of the 2013-14 season, Massimino's overall record at Northwood stands at 227–48 ( winning percentage).
On November 1, 2012, Massimino returned to Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky f... | 6,140,634 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
I hope I can go another year or so." Kentucky introduced Massimino with a video montage of the final minutes of Villanova's 1985 victory.
On December 14, 2016, Massimino at 82 years old, reached coaching win number 800 when Keiser University defeated Trinity Baptist 77-47.
Fox Sports released a 2018 ... | 6,140,635 |
1642899 | Rollie Massimino | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollie%20Massimino | Rollie Massimino
with terminal lung cancer and brain cancer in April 2016 and given one year to live. Coincidentally, he was at NRG Stadium in Houston in April 2016 to see Villanova win the NCAA tournament. Massimino died sixteen months later on August 30, 2017. He didn't live to see Villanova win another NCAA champion... | 6,140,636 |
1642915 | P. J. Carlesimo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.%20J.%20Carlesimo | P. J. Carlesimo
P. J. Carlesimo
Peter John Carlesimo (born May 30, 1949) is an American basketball coach, who coached in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball for nearly 40 years. He is also a television broadcaster, having worked with "ESPN, The NBA on TNT, Westwood One, Fox Sports Sou... | 6,140,637 |
1642915 | P. J. Carlesimo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.%20J.%20Carlesimo | P. J. Carlesimo
won three championships between 2003 and 2007.
# Personal life.
Carlesimo is married and has two sons.
He is the son of college basketball coach and athletic director Peter A. Carlesimo.
# Early coaching stints.
Carlesimo is a 1971 graduate of Fordham University, where he played basketball under co... | 6,140,638 |
1642915 | P. J. Carlesimo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.%20J.%20Carlesimo | P. J. Carlesimo
coaching stint at Wagner College of Staten Island, New York, a Division I school, leading the team to two NIT berths in six years as coach from 1976 to 1982. In addition, Carlesimo spent time coaching in Puerto Rico during the summers.
# Seton Hall University coaching years.
Carlesimo coached Seton Ha... | 6,140,639 |
1642915 | P. J. Carlesimo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.%20J.%20Carlesimo | P. J. Carlesimo
game against the Michigan Wolverines, but lost in overtime 80–79. Carlesimo was again named Big East coach of the year, following the 1989 season.
During Carlesimo's tenure, the Pirates made the NCAA tournament six times, four consecutively from 1991 until 1994. After going 6–23 his first season, he tu... | 6,140,640 |
1642915 | P. J. Carlesimo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.%20J.%20Carlesimo | P. J. Carlesimo
"Dream Team", winning the gold medal.
# NBA coaching career.
On June 23, 1994, Carlesimo was hired as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. Midway into his first season with the team, the team traded long-time Blazer Clyde Drexler in an effort to rebuild. However instead of falling in the standing... | 6,140,641 |
1642915 | P. J. Carlesimo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.%20J.%20Carlesimo | P. J. Carlesimo
coach (Adelman had previously coached the Trail Blazers prior to Carlesimo's hiring). He coached that team until December 1999, at which point he was fired after his team got off to a losing start for the third straight year.
In a practice during the 1997–98 season while Carlesimo was head coach of the... | 6,140,642 |
1642915 | P. J. Carlesimo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.%20J.%20Carlesimo | P. J. Carlesimo
the court.
After leaving the Warriors, Carlesimo worked as a broadcaster and analyst with "The NBA on TNT" until being hired as an assistant coach under Gregg Popovich in 2002. He worked with the Spurs until 2007, winning three championships in five seasons (2003, 2005 and 2007).
Spurs GM Sam Presti w... | 6,140,643 |
1642915 | P. J. Carlesimo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.%20J.%20Carlesimo | P. J. Carlesimo
Sonics relocated to Oklahoma City a year later, where they become the Oklahoma City Thunder, making him the first coach in Thunder history. Carlesimo was fired on November 22, 2008 by the Thunder after a 1–12 start. During his time with the Sonics and Thunder, he coached the USA select basketball team t... | 6,140,644 |
1642915 | P. J. Carlesimo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P.%20J.%20Carlesimo | P. J. Carlesimo
an assistant coach under Jay Triano. After one season with the Raptors, he was hired as an assistant coach by the New Jersey Nets (later known as the Brooklyn Nets).
On December 27, 2012, he was promoted to interim head coach of the Nets after the firing of Avery Johnson. Carlesimo took a team flounder... | 6,140,645 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
Glover (video game)
Glover is a 1998 platforming video game developed by Interactive Studios and published by Hasbro Interactive for the Nintendo 64 and Windows in 1998, and for the PlayStation in 1999 (branded under Hasbro Interactive's "Atari Interactive" label). The game features a magical, four... | 6,140,646 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
goal in each stage. Once all three stages and the boss stage are cleared, a crystal ball can be restored back to the castle. There are a total of six worlds, each containing three stages, a boss stage and a bonus stage which can be accessed by collecting all the magic cards known as "Garibs" in a gi... | 6,140,647 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
moving the ball across water. However, bonus stages are unavailable.
The ball can also be magically transformed into one of four main ball forms: rubber ball, ballbearing, bowling ball, and the ball's original crystal form. With a cheat code, the ball can be transformed into a power (high-bounce or... | 6,140,648 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
crystal form floats on water and is very fragile, but gives Glover double points for each obtained Garib. The power ball can be used to bounce to higher places, and Glover can slap and throw it farther than in any other forms. Throughout the stages, there are also plenty of magic potions that help G... | 6,140,649 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
that rest on the spires of Crystal Castle. The wizard is accompanied by a pair of magical, sentient gloves to aid him in creating strange potions and spells. One day, the wizard accidentally mixes the wrong batch of potions in his cauldron, causing a large explosion that sends his gloves flying and ... | 6,140,650 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
the crystals into rubber balls to prevent them from shattering. Six of the seven crystals bounce away in all directions, entering different areas of the kingdom.
Glover realizes that he must find the seven crystals and restore them to the fountain underneath the castle. He traverses from realm to r... | 6,140,651 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
Cross-Stitch in an outer space–themed realm, and recovers the last crystal. The wizard is brought back to life and uses his magic with Glover's aid to purify Cross-Stitch, thus restoring everything to the way it was.
# Development.
"Glover" was developed by Interactive Studios and published by Has... | 6,140,652 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
critics. Matt Casamassina of IGN praised the Nintendo 64 version, specifically on its gameplay and sound. They wrote that the music matched the levels "perfectly". John Broady of GameSpot recommended the game for patient players in search of a challenge. Paul Hales of PC Zone gave it a 67% stating, ... | 6,140,653 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
structure for item collection, and bright, competent visuals, "Glover" does manage to provide a refreshing angle on typical platformers."
Despite positive reviews for the Nintendo 64 version, the PlayStation version was heavily panned by critics. Matt Whine of IGN gave the PlayStation version a "Te... | 6,140,654 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
interesting. The standard trudge through obligatory ice world, water world and space world, flicking switches as you go, hardly constitutes as enthralling gameplay."
# Cancelled sequel.
On July 1999, Interactive Studios announced a sequel titled "Glover 2" was being developed after the first one w... | 6,140,655 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
PlayStation and Dreamcast the following year, but it ended up getting cancelled along with another N64 game from Interactive Studios, . On October 2011 it was reported that Nesworld.com acquired a prototype cartridge of the game and had released a rom hack and a video of the game. On February 25, 20... | 6,140,656 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
to 300,000 units. Hasbro was left with approximately 150,000 units as retailers didn't want any additional stock, costing Hasbro roughly half-a-million dollars worth of stock that could not be sold. Hasbro was forced to take a hit on all of the extra cartridges it ordered and decided to cancel the p... | 6,140,657 |
1642928 | Glover (video game) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glover%20(video%20game) | Glover (video game)
left with approximately 150,000 units as retailers didn't want any additional stock, costing Hasbro roughly half-a-million dollars worth of stock that could not be sold. Hasbro was forced to take a hit on all of the extra cartridges it ordered and decided to cancel the project due to its financial s... | 6,140,658 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
List of early British railway companies
The following list sets out to show all the railway companies set up by Acts of Parliament in the 19th century until the late 1850s. Most of them became constituent parts of the emerging main-line railway companies, often immediately after... | 6,140,659 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
had been in separate existence since being set up in the 19th century, and were only in 1923 losing that individuality.
The list is by no means complete: in 1846 alone there were 272 railways agreed by Act of Parliament, although not all of those were built, since it was the tim... | 6,140,660 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
(incorporated 1845).
- Caledonian Railway became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 July 1923 under the Railways Act 1921.
- Aberdeen Railway opened in stages between 1848 and 1853
- Brechin and Edzell District Railway
- Cathcart District Railway
- Crieff ... | 6,140,661 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
Railway opened 1831 as the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway
- Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened 29 March 1840; merged with the Caledonian Railway 1847
- Hamilton and Strathaven Railway opened 6 August 1860; taken over by the Caledonian Railway 1864
- Lanarkshire and Dun... | 6,140,662 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
and South Western Railway (title assumed 1850).
- Glasgow and South Western Railway became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921.
- Ardrossan and Johnstone Railway opened 6 November 1831; became the dual-tracked Ardrossan... | 6,140,663 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
6 July 1812; originally worked by horses, converted to steam operation in 1817
- Maidens and Dunure Railway opened 17 May 1906
- Paisley and Renfrew Railway opened 21 July 1835; Scotch gauge railway originally locomotive hauled, then down graded to horse operation. Reopened as ... | 6,140,664 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
Railway
- Deeside Extension Railway
- Formartine and Buchan Railway
- Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction Railway
- Keith and Dufftown Railway
- Morayshire Railway opened 10 August 1852
- Strathspey Railway
## Highland Railway (title assumed 1865).
- Highland Railway became... | 6,140,665 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
1863
- Inverness and Ross-shire Railway opened 23 March 1863
- Nairn and Keith Railway opened 1858 amalgamated with INR 1861
- Perth and Dunkeld Railway opened 7 April 1856
- Sutherland Railway opened 13 April 1868
- Sutherland and Caithness Railway opened 28 July 1874
- Wi... | 6,140,666 |
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Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway authorised in 1878
- Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway opened 1901
- Kincardine Line open to Kincardine in 1893, and on to Dunfermline in 1906
- Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway first public steam railway in Scotland opened 1826
- New... | 6,140,667 |
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East.
- Great Eastern Railway
- Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) opened 20 June 1839; original 5 ft gauge converted to standard in 1845, absorbed into GER Aug 1862
- Eastern Union Railway, incorporated 1844, opened 1846, absorbed 1847.
- Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Rail... | 6,140,668 |
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1854 (authorised 1852 as London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR)), absorbed by GER 1866. Started with non-standard gauge, converted 1849.
- Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway (later Ely and St Ives Railway), authorised 1864, opened 1866, leased by ECR since opening, absorbed... | 6,140,669 |
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Hadiscoe Railway" in 1854), absorbed by ECR 1859
- Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway absorbed 1858
- Lowestoft and Beccles Railway absorbed 1858
- Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway incorporated 1893
## Great Western Railway.
- Great Western Railway incorporated 1835, ope... | 6,140,670 |
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stages to Exeter 1 May 1844, amalgamated with GWR 1 January 1876
- Cornwall Minerals Railway opened 1 June 1874 replacing and connecting several earlier railways and tramways. Amalgamated with GWR 1 July 1896
- Par Tramway, construction started c.1841, completed north of Pontsm... | 6,140,671 |
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and Chester Railway opened 4 November 1846, amalgamated with GWR 1 September 1854
- South Devon Railway opened 30 May 1846, completed in stages to Plymouth 2 April 1849, amalgamated with GWR 1 February 1876
- Torquay branch opened 18 December 1848
- South Devon and Tavistock R... | 6,140,672 |
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to Devizes opened 11 November 1862
- Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, opened Chippenham to Westbury 5 September 1848; completed in stages to Weymouth 20 January 1857
- Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway opened 1 June 1849, amalgamated with GWR 1 September 1854
- South Wale... | 6,140,673 |
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Railway opened 11 July 1853
- Wycombe Railway opened 1 August 1854
- Abingdon Railway opened 2 June 1856
- Bridport Railway opened 12 November 1857, bought by GWR 1 July 1901, closed 5 May 1975
- Liskeard and Looe Railway, railway opened 11 May 1858, vested in GWR 1 January 1... | 6,140,674 |
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1850, completed from Wolverhampton to Oxford in stages by April 1854
- Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway opened 2 January 1851
- Worcester and Hereford Railway opened 25 July 1859
- Severn Valley Railway opened 1 February 1862
- Ely Valley Railway opened 1 August 1860... | 6,140,675 |
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Yorkshire Railway opened 9 September 1854, merged with GCR 1 August 1864
- Including southern part of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway Company
- Wigan Junction Railway
- Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
- North Wales and Liverpo... | 6,140,676 |
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opened 17 December 1840
- "Little" North Western Railway (Skipton – Lancaster) opened 1 June 1850
- Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway ()
- North Staffordshire Railway incorporated in 1845 to promote three railway schemes. Three Acts of Parliament on 26 ... | 6,140,677 |
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in 1862
- Great Northern Railway incorporated 1846
- Edgware, Highgate and London Railway incorporated 1862
- London and York Railway
- Direct Northern Railway
- North Eastern Railway (NER) incorporated 1854
- York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway was York and Newcastle Railw... | 6,140,678 |
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Railway incorporated 1834, amalgamated with P&SSR in 1842
- Newcastle and Berwick Railway incorporated 1845, amalgamated with Y&NR in 1847
- Newcastle and North Shields Railway incorporated 1836, amalgamated with N&BR in 1845
- Great North of England Railway incorporated 1836,... | 6,140,679 |
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Railway incorporated 1846
- Deerness Valley Railway incorporated 1855, amalgamated with NER in 1857
- Hartlepool Dock and Railway incorporated 1832, amalgamated with NER in 1857
- North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway incorporated 1854, amalgamated with NER in 1858
- Bedale a... | 6,140,680 |
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Barnard Castle Railway incorporated 1854, amalgamated with S&DR in 1858
- Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway incorporated 1852, amalgamated with S&DR in 1858
- Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway incorporated 1845, amalgamated with S&DR in 1858
- Wear Valley Railway incorporat... | 6,140,681 |
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with NER in 1865
- West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway incorporated 1852, amalgamated with NER in 1865
- Clarence Railway incorporated 1828, amalgamated with WHH&R in 1853
- Stockton and Hartlepool Railway incorporated 1839, amalgamated with WHH&R in 1853
- Hull and Hornsea R... | 6,140,682 |
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1873, amalgamated with NER in 1876
- Tees Valley Railway incorporated 1865, amalgamated with NER in 1882
- Hylton, Southwick and Monkwearmouth Railway incorporated 1871, amalgamated with NER in 1883
- Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway incorporated 1871, amalgamated with NER... | 6,140,683 |
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1885, amalgamated with NER in 1914
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway incorporated 1847. In 1846 the Liverpool and Bury Railway was amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, which became known as The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847
- Manchester and Leeds Railw... | 6,140,684 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
in 1846, there were 45 formerly independent railways within the LNWR, including:
- Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened 15 September 1830
- London and Birmingham Railway (first section) opened 20 July 1837; opened throughout 17 September 1838
- Grand Junction Railway opened... | 6,140,685 |
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1887, amalgamation of several smaller railways including:
- Cowes and Newport Railway incorporated 1859
- Ryde & Newport Railway opened 1875
- Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway completed 1879
- London Brighton and South Coast Railway amalgamation of five railways Augus... | 6,140,686 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
London, Chatham and Dover Railway
- East Kent Railway incorporated 1853
- Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway incorporated 1858.
- Mid-Kent Railway incorporated 1855.
- London and South Western Railway (LSWR)
- London and Southampton Railway opened (first section) 21 May 18... | 6,140,687 |
1642935 | List of early British railway companies | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20early%20British%20railway%20companies | List of early British railway companies
and Redbridge Railway opened 6 March 1865, closed 1967
- Lymington Railway opened 12 July 1858, closed 1967
- London, Tilbury and Southend Railway incorporated 1862 amalgamated with Midland Railway 1912
- London and Blackwall Railway
- Metropolitan Railway (MetR)
- North Met... | 6,140,688 |
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Railway The railway from St Austell was complete by 22 June 1829 but not incorporated until 20 February 1873 as the Pentewan Railway and Harbour Company Limited. An Act of Parliament on 7 August 1874 authorised the use of locomotives. It was closed from 4 March 1918.
- Redruth a... | 6,140,689 |
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and the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR). After the 1 January 1923 Grouping, joint ownership of the S&DJR passed to the LMS and the Southern Railway.
- South Eastern Railway incorporated 1836
- London and Greenwich Railway
- Canterbury and Whitstable Railway
- Mid-Ken... | 6,140,690 |
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30 miles: incorporated 6 June 1855; opened 1860-1
- Llanidloes and Newtown Railway miles: 4 August 1853; 1859. Until 1861 this section of the line was completely isolated
- Newtown and Machynlleth Railway 23 miles: 27 July 1857; 1863
- Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railwa... | 6,140,691 |
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- and several railways opened in the 1860s
- Festiniog Railway incorporated 23 May 1832 ( gauge) miles opened 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea, carried passengers from 1865. Still independent and since 1954 a leading heritage ra... | 6,140,692 |
1642934 | International Korfball Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International%20Korfball%20Federation | International Korfball Federation
International Korfball Federation
The International Korfball Federation (IKF) is the governing body of korfball. IKF is responsible for the organisation of korfball's major international tournaments, notably the IKF World Korfball Championship.
The IKF was founded on 11 June 1933 in ... | 6,140,693 |
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(IWGA).
The IKF aims to spread korfball around the globe and increase the level of play in the affiliated countries. The IKF has currently 67 member countries. It provides the affiliated countries via five Continental Confederations (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) with fi... | 6,140,694 |
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and structure in all the affiliated countries.
# Structure.
The IKF has 69 members at the moment. They are divided over five continental confederations for Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa and Oceanian. In 2018 the latest member to join was Thailand.
# Presidents.
The IKF has had six... | 6,140,695 |
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d Korfball Championship
- IKF European Korfball Championship
- IKF Pan American Korfball Championship
- IKF Asian Oceanian Korfball Championship
- IKF African Korfball Championship
- World Games
## Club tournaments.
- IKF Europa Korfball Cup
- IKF Europa Korfball Shield
## Nat... | 6,140,696 |
1642945 | Mike Dunleavy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike%20Dunleavy | Mike Dunleavy
Mike Dunleavy
Mike Dunleavy is the name of:
- Mike Dunleavy Sr. (born 1954), former NBA coach and former NBA player
- Mike Dunleavy Jr. (born 1980), NBA forward and former Duke Blue Devil; son of Mike Dunleavy Sr.
- Mike Dunleavy (politician) (born 1961), American politician, current Governor of Alask... | 6,140,697 |
1642943 | Appendage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Appendage | Appendage
Appendage
In invertebrate biology, an appendage (or outgrowth) is an external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from an organism's body (in vertebrate biology, an example would be a vertebrate's limbs). An appendage is any of the homologous body parts that may extend from a body segment. The... | 6,140,698 |
1642943 | Appendage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Appendage | Appendage
to assist in feeding is known as a maxilliped or gnathopod.
Appendages may become "uniramous", as in insects and centipedes, where each appendage comprises a single series of segments, or it may be "biramous", as in many crustaceans, where each appendage branches into two sections. "Triramous" (branching int... | 6,140,699 |
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