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1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
with several titles to his credit, including "Bounce Back: Overcoming Setbacks to Succeed in Business and in Life" and "Players First: Coaching from the Inside Out". Additionally, Calipari starred in the 30 for 30 documentary from ESPN "One and Not Done" which details his professional career.
In his 22 o... | 6,140,800 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
including reaching the Sweet Sixteen 12 times (10 official, due to 2 later being vacated), the Elite Eight 10 times (8 official, due to 2 later being vacated), the Final Four 6 times (4 official, due to 2 later being vacated), the NCAA Championship Game 3 times (twice officially, with the 2008 Championshi... | 6,140,801 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
to direct three different schools to a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
The “Platoon System”, established under John Calipari not only provided life for The University of Kentucky's basketball team, but it also provided an important defensive weapon. The Platoon System was introduced in 2014, and consiste... | 6,140,802 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
and the Kentucky Wildcats. According to the Washington Post, Calipari's teams have been a defensive powerhouse, historically ranking in the top 50 in Ken Pomeroy's defensive debate. Because of his successful recruiting John Calipari is able to bring in elite talent, and does not have to use a mundane 2-3 ... | 6,140,803 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
for his ability to recruit world class talent for his basketball team every year. Due to the dominating success that John Calipari has been able to engineer during his tenure as head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, it should come as no surprise that his players tend to enter the NBA Draft after their firs... | 6,140,804 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
players. Unfortunately the streak came to a halt when 2018 Kentucky Wildcat, Jarred Vanderbilt declared for the NBA draft but was not drafted until the second round.
### University of Massachusetts.
From 1988 to 1996 at UMass, Calipari led the Minutemen program to five consecutive Atlantic 10 titles and... | 6,140,805 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
first-ever appearance in the Final Four with the play of the John R. Wooden Award winner and Naismith College Player of the Year Marcus Camby, although this appearance was later vacated by the NCAA because Camby had accepted about $28,000 worth of gifts, in particular a gold chain, from two sports agents ... | 6,140,806 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
2010, Pat Forde, at the time the writer of a regular college sports column called "Forde Minutes" for "ESPN.com", recalled the 1992 team:
In the Sweet 16 matchup with Kentucky in 1992, official Lenny Wirtz issued Calipari a controversial technical foul for being outside the coach's box during a crucial U... | 6,140,807 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
Fame Tip-Off classic, which resulted in UMass becoming the first New England college basketball team to be voted #1 in the Associated Press poll.
During Calipari's tenure at UMass, the program became one of the most dominant in college basketball despite recruiting just one McDonald's All-American (Donta... | 6,140,808 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
basketball history to win 5 consecutive regular season and conference tournament championships (NC State was the first.)
### New Jersey Nets.
In the 1996–97 season, John Calipari replaced Butch Beard as head coach of the New Jersey Nets. After a 26–56 debut season, the Nets made a major draft-day trade ... | 6,140,809 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
$25,000 by the NBA.
The 1997–98 season was a lone bright spot for the Nets in the late 1990s. The team played well under Calipari, winning 43 games and qualifying for the playoffs on the last day of the season. The Nets were seeded eighth in the Eastern Conference and lost to the Chicago Bulls in the 199... | 6,140,810 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
the Nets acquired Stephon Marbury from the Minnesota Timberwolves. After two more losses, Calipari was fired as head coach with the team at 3–17. He finished his tenure with an overall record of 72 wins and 112 losses, and a .391 overall winning percentage. He then joined Larry Brown as an assistant coach... | 6,140,811 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
vacated and this record no longer holds) and earned seven consecutive postseason bids (plus one in his final season). His 2007–2008 team's 38 victories set a new NCAA Division I Men's Basketball record for most victories in a season, a record that now belongs to the 2011–2012 Kentucky Wildcats due to NCAA... | 6,140,812 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
the honor for the second time. In 2009, he was named Sports Illustrated College Basketball Coach of the Year.
He built a national program by recruiting blue chip players from the Eastern part of the country, such as Dajuan Wagner from Camden (NJ), Darius Washington Jr. from Orlando (FL), Rodney Carney fr... | 6,140,813 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
Vance Walberg.
On January 21, 2008, Calipari led the Tigers to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll for only the second time in school history.
In 2006 and 2008, Memphis earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. In 2008, Calipari's Tigers advanced to the national championship game, their ... | 6,140,814 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
NCAA began to investigate the test and contacted the ETS. Because the NCAA had begun to investigate, ETS decided to review the test. The ETS sent three letters to Rose's family's former address in Chicago (instead of his dorm in Memphis) to ask that Rose verify some information on his test. Because he did... | 6,140,815 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
wins, Calipari would be the winningest coach in Tigers history, as he would have 252 wins to Larry Finch's 220.
On October 7, 2011, the "Memphis Commercial-Appeal" reported that on May 28, 2010, John Calipari, Derrick Rose, and University of Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson reached a $100,000 out-o... | 6,140,816 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
reported that Calipari would agree to be the head coach at the University of Kentucky, after UK's head coach, Billy Gillispie, was fired after two unsuccessful seasons at the school. Calipari rejected a counter offer by Memphis for Kentucky's 8 year, $31.65 million contract.
According to university offic... | 6,140,817 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
UK basketball players and coaches, and also in his difficulties in accepting the UK job, largely due to his deep emotional ties with both the city of Memphis and University of Memphis. Calipari stated, "Coming to UK was the easy part, it was leaving the city of Memphis that was the hard part." He went on ... | 6,140,818 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
and Daniel Orton. On December 21, 2009, Calipari led the Cats to their 12th victory of the season and the program's 2,000th victory ever. Kentucky won its 44th SEC Regular Season Championship in 2009–10, with a 14–2 conference record. Calipari's team followed this up with the UK's 26th SEC Tournament Cham... | 6,140,819 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
also signed two other 5-star recruits, Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb. In 2010–11, Kentucky finished the regular season with a record of 22–8, with a 10–6 record in SEC regular season play. UK would go on to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship, defeating Florida, 70–54, in the SEC Tourna... | 6,140,820 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
In the Final Four, UK fell to the eventual NCAA Champions, UConn, by one point, 56–55, finishing with a final record of 29–9.
#### 2011–12.
In this third season, Kentucky landed another No. 1 recruiting class with four consensus five star players: Anthony Davis, Marquis Teague, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist an... | 6,140,821 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
as the South Region #1 seed. Kentucky avenged the early season loss to Indiana beating them in the Sweet Sixteen 102–90, and knocked off Baylor in the Elite Eight 82–70, to advance to their second consecutive Final Four. In the Final Four in New Orleans, Kentucky first faced their in-state rival, the Loui... | 6,140,822 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
coach to win a NCAA Championship at Kentucky (a NCAA record), and the first coach to do so at the school since Tubby Smith in 1998.
Following the 2012 championship, UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart announced on May 4 that Calipari's contract had been renegotiated. Under the new contract, Calipari wil... | 6,140,823 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
a lifetime paid ambassadorship when he retires.
#### Hall of Fame.
On September 11, 2015 Calipari was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. As of the 2015–2016 NCAA Division I college basketball season, John Calipari is one of only 6 active coaches enshrined.
# Head coaching reco... | 6,140,824 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
I men's basketball coach. Over the course of the next few months, the NCAA's Committee on Infractions (COI) and the University of Kentucky exchanged letters debating whether Calipari had indeed reached the 500-win milestone. Due to games vacated by the NCAA in two different seasons (the 1996 season at UMa... | 6,140,825 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
seasons of college eligibility, and chose to transfer to the University of Detroit Mercy to complete his college playing career.
## Feud with John Chaney.
On February 13, 1994, Temple University basketball coach John Chaney threatened to kill Calipari at a post-game news conference, while Calipari was s... | 6,140,826 |
1642930 | John Calipari | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Calipari | John Calipari
rees. When Calipari attempted to respond to the accusations, Chaney yelled, "Shut up goddammit!", and proceeded to charge the stage, before being stopped by security. While being held back, Chaney shouted, "When I see you, I'm gonna kick your ass!" As security restrained Chaney, he repeatedly yelled, "I'l... | 6,140,827 |
1642998 | 1939 in South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1939%20in%20South%20Africa | 1939 in South Africa
1939 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1939 in South Africa.
# Incumbents.
- Monarch: King George VI.
- Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Sir Patrick Duncan (starting 5 April).
- Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog (until 5 Septemb... | 6,140,828 |
1642998 | 1939 in South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1939%20in%20South%20Africa | 1939 in South Africa
votes on a motion whether or not to join the war and Jan Smuts wins by 13 votes.
- 6 – The Union of South Africa declares war on Germany.
- Unknown date
- The University of Pretoria's official university newspaper, Die Perdeby, is established.
# Births.
- 18 March – John W. de Gruchy, academic... | 6,140,829 |
1642998 | 1939 in South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1939%20in%20South%20Africa | 1939 in South Africa
-electric locomotive types enter service on the South African Railways (SAR):
- A single Class DS AEG shunting engine enters service at the Congella yards near Durban.
- A second shunting locomotive, the Class DS1, enters SAR service while another is delivered to the Electricity Supply Commission... | 6,140,830 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
Pushkar
Pushkar () is a town in the Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated about northwest of Ajmer and about southwest of Jaipur. It is a pilgrimage site for Hindus and Sikhs. Pushkar has many temples. Most of the temples and ghats in Pushkar are from the 18th century and later, becau... | 6,140,831 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
Lake, which has many ghats where pilgrims bathe. Pushkar is also significant for its Gurdwaras for Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh. One of the bathing ghats is called Gobind ghat built by the Sikhs in the memory of Guru Gobind Singh.
Pushkar is famous for its annual fair (Pushkar Camel Fair) featuring a tradi... | 6,140,832 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
in centre-east part of Rajasthan, on the western side of Aravalli mountains. The nearest airport from Pushkar is Kishangarh Airport in Kishangarh, about northeast. Pushkar is about from Ajmer, connected via Pushkar road (Highway 58) which goes over the Aravalli Range mountains. Ajmer is also the nearest major r... | 6,140,833 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
considered pre-Ashokan near village Badli. Local excavations have been a source of red ware and painted gray ware confirming ancient settlement.
Pushkar is mentioned in the "Ramayana", the "Mahabharata" and the Puranas suggesting its significance in historical and religious tradition of Hinduism. The town is m... | 6,140,834 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
Pushkar and nearby Ajmer find mention in historical records related to Qutub-ud-din Aibak. It was regained by Rajput Hindus under the Chauhan of Ranthambhor in 1287, but regained by Delhi Sultanate in 1301 and remained in Muslim control for many centuries. Akbar made the nearby Ajmer one of the provincial capit... | 6,140,835 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
rebuilt the temples and ghats. The monuments and temples in Pushkar date to the Maratha or later period. In 1801, Pushkar came under the British rule and remained a part of the British Empire till 1947.
In contemporary times, it has been the venue of the famed annual Pushkar Camel Fair.
# Demographics.
In 19... | 6,140,836 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
4,250 houses, or about 5 residents on average per house.
# Festivals and landmarks.
## Pushkar Fair.
Pushkar fair continues for five days and these five days are a period of relaxation and merry-making for the villagers. This fair time is the busiest time for them, as this is one of the largest cattle fairs ... | 6,140,837 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
horse and camel races and various other traditional sports and team entertainment competitions. While the Pushkar fair is held around the Kartik Purnima that typically overlaps between late October and early November, other seasons feature other sports and festivals for pilgrims who visit the sacred lake.
## S... | 6,140,838 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
of a central room, surrounded by a verandah.
The second Sikh temple is dedicated to Guru Gobind Singh marking his visit after he had been forced out of Anandpur by Aurangzeb. The place he stayed in and the lakefront next to it is now called the Gobind Ghat. It has a memorial inscription and this shrine was bui... | 6,140,839 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
a descendant of the priest whom the Guru met. The "hukumnama" is on a "bhoj patra", a method of recording letters in the 18th century.
### Pushkar Holi.
Holi takes place in March and it is one of the most important festivals in the Hindu calendar. It represents the triumph of good over evil and the coming of ... | 6,140,840 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
one of the holy trinity of Hinduism. The temple enshrines a life-size idol of Lord Brahma.
Fairs
- Nagaur Fair
- Tejaji Fair
Ajmer is the nearest tourist attraction that lies outside the city boundaries of Pushkar. Located 27 kilometres away from Ajmer, there is Kishangarh, famous for its miniature painting... | 6,140,841 |
1642987 | Pushkar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pushkar | Pushkar
place of Hindu pilgrimage because of this holy lake. Legend has it that this lake was consecrated to Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe when a lotus dropped from his hand into the vale and a lake emerged in that place.
Old Pushkar – Old Pushkar lake is rebuilt and is located around 5 km from Pushkar Lake... | 6,140,842 |
1643006 | 1919 in South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1919%20in%20South%20Africa | 1919 in South Africa
1919 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1919 in South Africa.
# Incumbents.
- Monarch: King George V.
- Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: The Viscount Buxton.
- Prime Minister:
- Louis Botha (until 27 August).
- Jan Smuts (from 3 Septemb... | 6,140,843 |
1643006 | 1919 in South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1919%20in%20South%20Africa | 1919 in South Africa
King George V institutes the Two Minute Silence following a suggestion by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, to be observed annually at the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month.
- 7 – The first Remembrance Day is observed in the British Empire with a two-minute silence at 11:00 hours.
# Bi... | 6,140,844 |
1643006 | 1919 in South Africa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1919%20in%20South%20Africa | 1919 in South Africa
ths.
- 19 March – Jack Hindon, Boer soldier. (b. 1874)
- 27 August – Louis Botha, Boer general, statesman, first Prime Minister. (b. 1862)
# Railways.
## Railway lines opened.
- 9 January – Natal – Deviation from Umlaas Road to Pentrich, .
## Locomotives.
Two new Cape gauge and one narrow ga... | 6,140,845 |
1643003 | Anticathexis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anticathexis | Anticathexis
Anticathexis
In psychoanalysis, anticathexis, or countercathexis, is the energy used by the ego to bind the primitive impulses of the Id. Sometimes the ego follows the instructions of the superego in doing so; sometimes however it develops a double-countercathexis, so as to block feelings of guilt and anx... | 6,140,846 |
1643003 | Anticathexis | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anticathexis | Anticathexis
ego, as well as id impulses.
# Repression and isolation.
Freud saw the establishment of a permanent anticathexis as a prerequisite for successful psychological repression. He also saw countercathexis as playing a central role in isolation.
In a late work, Freud further distinguished between the external... | 6,140,847 |
1642985 | Mike Dunleavy Sr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike%20Dunleavy%20Sr. | Mike Dunleavy Sr.
Mike Dunleavy Sr.
Michael Joseph Dunleavy Sr. (born March 21, 1954) is an American retired professional basketball player, head coach, and former general manager of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. He was most recently the head coach of the Tulane University men's basketbal... | 6,140,848 |
1642985 | Mike Dunleavy Sr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike%20Dunleavy%20Sr. | Mike Dunleavy Sr.
NBA Draft with the 99th overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers, the 6'3" guard played for them for one full season along with Hall-of-Fame teammate Julius Erving and made the Finals in a losing effort against the Portland Trail Blazers. Dunleavy then split the following season between Philadelphia and... | 6,140,849 |
1642985 | Mike Dunleavy Sr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike%20Dunleavy%20Sr. | Mike Dunleavy Sr.
season as a player was with Houston in 1980–81, when he averaged 10.5 points per game and started on a team that played in the NBA Finals.
During his retirement, Dunleavy worked in an investment firm. In 1988–89 and 1989–90, while an assistant coach with the Bucks, he helped as a player for two and f... | 6,140,850 |
1642985 | Mike Dunleavy Sr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike%20Dunleavy%20Sr. | Mike Dunleavy Sr.
but they lost in five games. He made the playoffs in his second season in Los Angeles, but lost in the first round. He then joined the Milwaukee Bucks as head coach prior to the 1992–93 season and remained with them until the end of the 1995–96 season, in a dual role as vice-president of basketball op... | 6,140,851 |
1642985 | Mike Dunleavy Sr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike%20Dunleavy%20Sr. | Mike Dunleavy Sr.
team.
He joined the Clippers in 2003. Dunleavy led the Clippers to the second round of the playoffs, their first playoff berth since 1997, and to the franchise's first series win since a 1977 first-round victory while the team was still playing in Buffalo. The Clippers finished 40-42 in 2006-07, out ... | 6,140,852 |
1642985 | Mike Dunleavy Sr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike%20Dunleavy%20Sr. | Mike Dunleavy Sr.
On March 9, 2010, the Clippers fired Dunleavy as General Manager. The Clippers accused Dunleavy of defrauding the team, and he sued the club for money owed on the remainder of his contract. An arbitrator ordered the Clippers pay Dunleavy $13 million in 2011.
On March 28, 2016, Tulane University annou... | 6,140,853 |
1642985 | Mike Dunleavy Sr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mike%20Dunleavy%20Sr. | Mike Dunleavy Sr.
ding the team, and he sued the club for money owed on the remainder of his contract. An arbitrator ordered the Clippers pay Dunleavy $13 million in 2011.
On March 28, 2016, Tulane University announced Dunleavy as the coach of the men's basketball team. This marks Dunleavy's first job as a college coa... | 6,140,854 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi (1781–1866) was the Sheikh of the Al Qasimi and ruler variously of the towns of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah, Jazirah Al Hamra and Rams. A dependent of the first Saudi Kingdom, his rule over Ras Al Khaimah ran from 1803–1809, when he wa... | 6,140,855 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
bin Saqr, Sultan's brother, from 1823 until his death in 1845, while another brother, Salih bin Saqr, ruled Sharjah until 1838, when he was replaced with Sultan's son, Saqr. In 1840, however, Saqr declared independence from his father and reduced the tax on pearl divers to bolster his support ... | 6,140,856 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
who was, however, killed in fighting with Hamriyah in 1855.
With the death of Abdullah, Sultan placed his grandson, Muhammed bin Saqr, as Wali of Sharjah. However, Khalid bin Sultan, a son of Sultan's, disputed his rule and in 1859, Sharjah was divided between the two. Sultan was by now in hi... | 6,140,857 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
incidents took place involving British shipping, including the British appearing to support and be in co-operation with the Sultan. The Al Qasimi's aggressive reaction to the application of British force led to a number of attacks by the Al Qasimi. In 1806, Sultan entered into a truce which le... | 6,140,858 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
energies against his old enemy the Sultan of Muscat. In May 1808 he took Khor Fakkan from Muscat. However, soon after this victory, Sultan was removed as head of the Al Qasimi by the Saudi Amir and then as Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah the following year. Husain bin Ali, the Sheikh of Rams and Dhaya... | 6,140,859 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
both the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean culminated in a demand, made by Husain bin Ali, that British ships pay tribute to the Al Qasimi. Alongside taking part in Saudi-led expeditions against other Gulf ports, the Al Qasimi were in conflict with the Persians as well as the Sultan of Muscat ... | 6,140,860 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
then took Lingeh and Luft before taking Khor Fakkan for the Sultan of Muscat and then proceeding to Rams, Jazirah Al Hamrah, Ajman and Sharjah.
Sultan bin Saqr, the legitimate ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, still being in exile, the British did not attempt to secure a treaty following the 1809 expe... | 6,140,861 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
expedition and 1820 treaty.
Under Hassan, the Al Qasimi found themselves not only in conflict with Muscat, but increasingly with British shipping and a series of incidents led to a peace treaty being signed in 1814 which barely held. In 1819 the British embarked on a second Persian Gulf Campa... | 6,140,862 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
treaty as 'Sheikh of Khatt and Falaiha, "formerly" of Ras Al Khaimah'.
Sultan moved quickly to assert his influence, removing the ageing Wahhabi Sheikh of Rams and Dhayah to Sharjah and replacing him with the son of a former Sheikh and then placing his own son Muhammad as Wali over Ras Al Kha... | 6,140,863 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
"a little inland, mounting six pieces of cannon, together with some detached towers. In case of alarm from an enemy, it is stockaded round with date trees and wood sufficient for repelling the attack of Arabs although of little service against regular troops." I
## War with Abu Dhabi.
Sultan... | 6,140,864 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
by the Sheikh of Lingeh, both parties being keen to take part in the annual pearling season. By 1831, however, Bedouin loyal to Abu Dhabi raided Ajman and Sultan joined with Ajman and declared war on Abu Dhabi. A brief peace was negotiated, but pearling boats from both sides were seized. In 18... | 6,140,865 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
and Hassan bin Rahmah and 80 boats carrying 700 men from the Al Bu Falasah and other secessionists of Dubai. On 10 September 1833, the allies landed four miles from Abu Dhabi and encamped, ready to move on the town the next day. However, at sunrise they discovered they were surrounded by a lar... | 6,140,866 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
Abu Dubai in November 1833. This expedition, failing to take Abu Dhabi by force of arms, blockaded the town.
The blockade was effective: 30 Abu Dhabi boats were captured by the Al Qasimi, while a sharp engagement with Sultan's Dubai allies resulted in 10 dead on the Abu Dhabi side. A caravan ... | 6,140,867 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
be subjects of Sharjah.
## Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853.
The war, the most enduring and damaging so far of any between the coastal communities of the Persian Gulf, prepared the ground for the Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853, commencing with a series of treaties negotiated by the British... | 6,140,868 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
squabbling and jostling on the pearl banks). Subsequently, in May 1853, the Sheikhs signed the Perpetual Maritime Truce, three of them signing as 'Chief' of their towns (Umm Al Qawain, Ajman and Dubai) and two, Saeed bin Tahnoon and Sultan bin Saqr signing as head of their tribes - Bani Yas an... | 6,140,869 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
of Hamriyah.
A blood-feud broke out in Sharjah between members of the Huwalah and Shwaihiyin tribes in Sharjah and Sultan moved the Shwaihiyin, a body of recent immigrants to Sharjah who numbered some 500 fighting men, to Hamriyah, a town on the northern border between Ajman and Sharjah. This... | 6,140,870 |
1642995 | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sultan%20bin%20Saqr%20Al%20Qasimi | Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi
ultan was killed in the fighting. With only ten men lost by the defenders of Hamriyah (and some 60 dead among the besiegers), the British were brought in by Sultan to mediate. It had been Sultan's hope that the captain of the British ship 'Clive', Kemball, would enforce his writ over Hamriyah,... | 6,140,871 |
1643011 | Danyelle Sargent | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danyelle%20Sargent | Danyelle Sargent
Danyelle Sargent
Danyelle Sargent-Musselman (born May 7, 1978) is an American sports television reporter.
# Biography.
## Education and early career.
Sargent is a graduate of Florida State University and began her television career at WGXA, in Macon, Georgia. Prior to joining ESPN, she worked as a ... | 6,140,872 |
1643011 | Danyelle Sargent | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danyelle%20Sargent | Danyelle Sargent
to ESPN2's "Cold Pizza", now titled "ESPN First Take". Sargent was the subject of a minor controversy on March 9, 2006, when a series of technical difficulties occurred while she was co-anchoring a live broadcast of ESPNEWS, leading ESPN to air a taped segment. Thinking her microphone had been cut (whi... | 6,140,873 |
1643011 | Danyelle Sargent | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danyelle%20Sargent | Danyelle Sargent
taped segment during the last "FSN Final Score" later that week on July 1, 2011.
During her time at Fox Sports, another controversy occurred on Sunday, October 26, 2008. While working as a sideline reporter, Sargent was conducting a taped, pre-game interview with the new head coach of the San Francisc... | 6,140,874 |
1643011 | Danyelle Sargent | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danyelle%20Sargent | Danyelle Sargent
but did air on Mike Francesa’s WNBC-TV/Channel 4 program, "Mike’d Up".
## Comedy Central.
"Onion SportsDome" on Comedy Central premiered in January 2011 and ran for one season with Sargent as fictional sportscaster Melissa Wells.
## Yahoo.
Sargent served as a host for Yahoo! Sports from 2011-2012, ... | 6,140,875 |
1643011 | Danyelle Sargent | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danyelle%20Sargent | Danyelle Sargent
d as a host for Yahoo! Sports from 2011-2012, covering college football, the NFL, fantasy football, NASCAR, and high school recruiting.
## NFL Network.
Sargent was an update anchor for NFL Network. She was on-air for several notable NFL moments, including Peyton Manning's decision to play for the Den... | 6,140,876 |
1643021 | Elizabeth Quay Bus Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth%20Quay%20Bus%20Station | Elizabeth Quay Bus Station
Elizabeth Quay Bus Station
Elizabeth Quay Bus Station, formerly the Esplanade Busport, is a Transperth bus station, located at the southern edge of the Perth CBD in Western Australia, next to the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre and Elizabeth Quay railway station. It has 35 stands and is s... | 6,140,877 |
1643021 | Elizabeth Quay Bus Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth%20Quay%20Bus%20Station | Elizabeth Quay Bus Station
Street), north (Mounts Bay Road westbound, entry only), and south-east (Kwinana Freeway ramps and William Street). The passenger entrances are at the north and south ends of the upper level concourse, and there are multiple pedestrian bridges connecting the bus station to the buildings north ... | 6,140,878 |
1643021 | Elizabeth Quay Bus Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth%20Quay%20Bus%20Station | Elizabeth Quay Bus Station
Quay Bus Station was opened as City Busport on 30 November 1991 by Premier Carmen Lawrence. It was renamed Esplanade Busport in September 2004. On 31 January 2016, Esplanade Busport and Esplanade railway station were renamed to Elizabeth Quay Bus Station and Elizabeth Quay railway station. Th... | 6,140,879 |
1643021 | Elizabeth Quay Bus Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elizabeth%20Quay%20Bus%20Station | Elizabeth Quay Bus Station
Elizabeth Quay Bus Station and Elizabeth Quay railway station. The renaming was controversial; the estimated cost was $700,000, at a time when the state government was running a significant budget deficit.
# Bus routes.
Many bus services start and terminate at the Elizabeth Quay Bus Station... | 6,140,880 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
Richard Goldschmidt
Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (April 12, 1878 – April 24, 1958) was a German-born American geneticist. He is considered the first to attempt to integrate genetics, development, and evolution. He pioneered understanding of reaction norms, genetic assimilation, dynamical genetics, ... | 6,140,881 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
Childhood and education.
Goldschmidt was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany to upper-middle class parents of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. He had a classical education and entered the University of Heidelberg in 1896, where he became interested in natural history. From 1899 Goldschmidt studied anatomy... | 6,140,882 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
of "Ascaris" and the anatomy of "Amphioxus". He founded the histology journal "Archiv für Zellforschung" while working in Hertwig's laboratory. Under Hertwig's influence, he also began to take an interest in chromosome behavior and the new field of genetics.
In 1909 Goldschmidt became professor at ... | 6,140,883 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
a whole spectrum of gynandromorphism. He named them 'intersex', and the phenomenon accordingly 'intersexuality' ("Intersexualität"). His studies of the gypsy moth, which culminated in his 1934 monograph "Lymantria", became the basis for his theory of sex determination, which he developed from 1911 u... | 6,140,884 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
his release in 1918 he returned to Germany in 1919 and worked at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. Sensing that it was unsafe for him to remain in Germany he emigrated to the United States in 1936, where he became professor at the University of California, Berkeley. During World War 2, the Nazi party pu... | 6,140,885 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
not a change involving more and more additional atomistic changes, but a complete change of the primary pattern or reaction system into a new one, which afterwards may again produce intraspecific variation by micromutation." Goldschmidt believed the large changes in evolution were caused by macromut... | 6,140,886 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
to provide the world with the important material for evolution". Goldschmidt believed that the neo-Darwinian view of gradual accumulation of small mutations was important but could account for variation only within species (microevolution) and was not a powerful enough source of evolutionary novelty... | 6,140,887 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
the synthetic theory only in his belief that a new species develops suddenly through discontinuous variation, or macromutation. Goldschmidt presented his hypothesis when neo-Darwinism was becoming dominant in the 1940s and 1950s, and strongly protested against the strict gradualism of neo-Darwinian ... | 6,140,888 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
monsters might work. One mechanism, involving "systemic mutations", rejected the classical gene concept and is no longer considered by modern science; however, his second mechanism involved "developmental macromutations" in "rate genes" or "controlling genes" that change early development and thus c... | 6,140,889 |
1643013 | Richard Goldschmidt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard%20Goldschmidt | Richard Goldschmidt
opmental biology.
# Selected bibliography.
- Goldschmidt, R. B. (1923). "The Mechanism and Physiology of Sex Determination", Methuen & Co., London. (Translated by William Dakin)
- Goldschmidt, R. B. (1931). "Die sexuellen Zwischenstufen", Springer, Berlin.
- Goldschmitdt, R. B. (1940). "The Mate... | 6,140,890 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
Rules of basketball
The rules of basketball are the rules and regulations that govern the play, officiating, equipment and procedures of basketball. While many of the basic rules are uniform throughout the world, variations do exist. Most leagues or governing bodies in North America, the most impor... | 6,140,891 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
The original game played under these rules was quite different from the one played today as there was no dribbling, dunking, three-pointers, or shot clock, and goal tending was legal.
- 1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
- 2. The ball may be batted in any direction ... | 6,140,892 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
way of an opponent. The first infringement of this rule by any person shall count as a foul; the second shall disqualify him until the next basket is made or, if there was evident intent to injure the person, for the whole of the game. No substitution shall be allowed.
- 6. A foul is striking at th... | 6,140,893 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
defending the goal do not touch or disturb the goal. If the ball rests on the edges, and the opponent moves the basket, it shall count as a goal.
- 9. When the ball goes out of bounds, it shall be thrown into the field of play and played by the first person touching it. In case of dispute the umpir... | 6,140,894 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
according to Rule 5.
- 11. The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the baskets, with any other duties that are usually performed by a... | 6,140,895 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
did not specify how many players were to be on the court. In 1900, five players became standard, and players that were substituted were not allowed to re-enter the game. Players were allowed to re-enter a game once from 1921, and twice from 1934; such restrictions on substitutions were abolished in ... | 6,140,896 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
minutes. When the normal length is 48 minutes (this is the case with the National Basketball Association in the United States) a player is accordingly disqualified on his sixth foul.
# Shot clock and time limits.
The first time restriction on possession of the ball was introduced in 1933, where te... | 6,140,897 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
the 10-second rule for both sexes.
In 1936 the three-second rule was introduced. This rule prohibits offensive players from remaining near their opponents' basket for longer than three seconds (the precise "restricted area" is also known as the "lane" or the "key"). A game central to this rule's in... | 6,140,898 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
recognized as the player responsible for the 3 second rule.
While the rule was originally adopted to reduce roughness in the area between big men, it is now considered to prevent tall offensive players from gaining an advantage by waiting close to the basket. When the NBA started to allow zone defe... | 6,140,899 |
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