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1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
to endure some difficult years. The club had been bought by Angelo Moratti in late 1955, who made seven managerial changes during the first three years of his presidency. During this period, Internazionale failed to produce any sort of challenge in Serie A.
Skoglund enjoyed a revival at Internazionale... | 6,141,300 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
leaving in the summer of 1959, at age 29.
## Sampdoria and Palermo.
Ahead of the 1959-60 season, Skoglund was signed by Sampdoria. The reported transfer fee was set at 30 million lire, or 17,250 pounds. Warmly received by the fans, Skoglund played as a regular for the next three seasons whilst puttin... | 6,141,301 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
and frustrated in the city and quickly sought a move elsewhere.
In October the same year, Skoglund trained with Juventus, stating he would be "honoured to end my career with such a club". He however failed to impress the Torino-based club officials during his trial and soon returned to Palermo, only a... | 6,141,302 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
IP on 8 May 1964. Within minutes of his debut, he scored perhaps the most famous goal of his career, curling home direct from a corner in a 4-1–win.
Back at his favoured club and native Södermalm, Skoglund revived his footballing career as Hammarby won promotion to Allsvenskan the same year. Goalkeepe... | 6,141,303 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
managed by his older brother, Georg "Jojje" Skoglund.
# International career.
Lennart Skoglund made his international debut for Sweden on 8 May 1950, in a 4-1 friendly win against The Netherlands.
A month later, he was part of the Swedish squad in the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The Swedish Footb... | 6,141,304 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
one Italian newspaper labelling him as Sweden's "best asset". Skoglund's efforts also earned him a new nickname: "The swaying corn-cob", as a reference to his blond hair and running style. However, Skoglund did not appear again after a 7-1 defeat to hosts Brazil in the final group stage. After a contro... | 6,141,305 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
until the 1958 World Cup on home soil, in accordance with the Swedish Football Association's policy to ban professional players from representing the side. Ahead of said tournament they, however, had a change of heart and opted to recall exiles like Skoglund. Skoglund appeared in all six of Sweden's ga... | 6,141,306 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
Skoglund was neutralized by defender Djalma Santos as Sweden lost 2–5. Sweden finished runners-up to a team inspired by the genius of young talents like Pelé and Garrincha. Skoglund was, however, voted as the best left winger in the whole tournament.
Skoglund would not win another cap for his country ... | 6,141,307 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
him a big favourite with the fans. During his transformation from a young inside-left to a mature left winger, Skoglund managed to balance his astonishing individual dribbling skills with a great perception of the game. He also possessed a powerful shot with fine scoring efficiency. Skoglund was known ... | 6,141,308 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
at the time.
# Personal life.
## Family and relationships.
Both of Skoglund's brothers would later move on to represent Hammarby IF at senior level. His older brother Georg "Jojje" Skoglund briefly played for the club in the Swedish second tier. The youngest sibling, Karl-Evert "Ya" Skoglund, would ... | 6,141,309 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
Miss Italy runner-up – in Milano. The couple had two sons, Evert (b. 1953) and Giorgio (b. 1957). Both of them would later pursue a career in football, with Evert Skoglund representing Internazionale during the 1970s and the younger son, Giorgio, briefly playing for city rivals A.C. Milan. To distingui... | 6,141,310 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
down an escarpment. The family had to be rescued by passing motorists, and the children spent around three weeks in a hospital.
Several of Skoglund's later descendants also became professional athletes. His grandson Jimmie Ölvestad played ice hockey in the National Hockey League (NHL) and represented ... | 6,141,311 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
Södermalm.
During his tenure at Internazionale, Skoglund earned approximately 2 million Swedish crowns in total. Still, Skoglund often struggled with his finances. The unsuspecting Skoglund reportedly got scammed from the major part of his funds by friends and acquaintances. Together with his wife Nuc... | 6,141,312 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
the 1958 FIFA World Cup, Skoglund released the record "Vi hänger med" (in English: ""We are tagging along""). The song was written and produced by Stig "Stikkan" Anderson, who later would become the manager of the highly successful Swedish pop band ABBA. The song reached No. 7 at the Swedish charts and... | 6,141,313 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
on the pitch. To help him out, the club's manager, also the owner of a carpet shop, offered him a job. For two months during the late 1960s, Skoglund worked as a carpet salesman.
## Health problems.
During his whole life, Skoglund suffered from severe alcoholism. In Italy, Skoglund also developed a p... | 6,141,314 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
of whisky by the corner flag. When Skoglund took a corner he would, according to Morini, kneel down as though tying his shoelace and have a drink.
His drinking also brought some legal issues. In January 1952, Skoglund got into an argument with a taxi driver who later took him to court in Milan, compla... | 6,141,315 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
Bangata in Södermalm. In 1970, he sought help from the sobriety organization Länkarna in Solna. But his efforts to quit drinking kept failing. Skoglund's former teammate Ronnie Hellström said that he had "become hugely agoraphobic" as the "self-confidence had drained out of him". At age 42, Skoglund we... | 6,141,316 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
She would later say the following on her son's last years in life:
On 8 July 1975, Skoglund was found dead on his kitchen floor, aged 45. Around 2,000 people attended his funeral at Skogskyrkogården in southern Stockholm.
# Legacy.
Skoglund is a recipient of the honorary award "Big boy", which is ha... | 6,141,317 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
statue was raised in his honour outside his childhood home at Katarina Bangata in 1984. The monument was designed by artist Olle Aldrin and got named "Vi ses vid målet" (in English: ""See you at the goal""). In 2000, the square in Södermalm where the statue is located officially got named "Nackas Hörna... | 6,141,318 |
1643230 | Lennart Skoglund | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lennart%20Skoglund | Lennart Skoglund
statue to celebrate his memory. At this date the Swedes also celebrate Christmas and during the gathering, who mostly is visited by supporters of Hammarby, a speech is held to commemorate and remember Skoglund's performances on the football pitch.
Massimo Moratti, chairman of Internazionale between 19... | 6,141,319 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
QF 2-pounder naval gun
The 2-pounder gun, officially designated the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a British autocannon, used as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy. The name came from the sound that the original models make when firing. Th... | 6,141,320 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
a shell one pound in weight accurately over a distance of . The barrel was water-cooled, and the shells were belt-fed from a 25-round fabric belt. The Boers used them against the British, who, seeing their utility, had the design copied by Vickers, who were already producing Maxim guns.
During t... | 6,141,321 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
II.
The QF 2-pounder Mark II was essentially a scaled-up version of the QF 1 pounder Maxim gun produced by Vickers. It was a 40 mm calibre gun with a water-cooled barrel and a Vickers-Maxim mechanism. It was ordered in 1915 by the Royal Navy as an anti-aircraft weapon for ships of cruiser size a... | 6,141,322 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
weapons were brought out of storage to see service in World War II, mainly on board ships such as naval trawlers, Motor Boats and "armed yachts". It was used almost exclusively in the single-barrel, unpowered pedestal mountings P Mark II (Royal Navy nomenclature gave mountings and guns their own ... | 6,141,323 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
Weight of gun & breech assembly: 527 lb
- Shell Weight: 2 lb (980 g). HE.
- Rate of Fire: 200 rpm
- Effective Range: 1,200 yd (1,000 m)
- Muzzle Velocity: 1920 ft/s (585 m/s)
Some 7,000 guns were made. The gun was also used by the Japanese as the 40 mm/62 "HI" Shiki. The Regia Marina also us... | 6,141,324 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
on the earlier Mark II, undoubtedly to utilise the enormous stocks of 2-pounder ammunition left over from the First World War. Lack of funding led to a convoluted and drawn-out design and trials history, and it was not until 1930 that these weapons began to enter service. Known as the QF 2-pounde... | 6,141,325 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
guns and were nicknamed the "Chicago Piano". The mount had two rows each of two or four guns. Guns were produced in both right- and left-hand and "inner" and "outer" so that the feed and ejector mechanisms matched.
Single-barrelled mounts, the Mark VIII (manual) and Mark XVI (power operated), we... | 6,141,326 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
rounds for the single mounts. This large ammunition capacity gave the eight-barrelled mount the ability to fire continuously for 73 seconds without reloading. A high velocity (HV), 1.8 lb. (820 g), round was developed for the pom-pom, just prior to World War II, which raised the new gun muzzle ve... | 6,141,327 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
United States Navy also considered adopting the pom-pom gun prior to its entry into the Second World War, and conducted a series of trials between their own 1.1" gun, the U.S. Army 37 mm Gun, the Vickers 40 mm pom-pom, and the Bofors 40 mm:
# Wartime use.
An advanced weapon when introduced, by ... | 6,141,328 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
and was introduced on the "King George V"-class battleships. In January 1941, ′s Mk VIII (HV) mountings performed flawlessly firing 30,000 rounds with very few stoppages. When was attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft near Singapore, the subsequent report judged that a single 40 mm Bofors gun fi... | 6,141,329 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
to keep them operational due to the faulty ammunition. The pom-poms on "Repulse" shot down two of the four confirmed kills made by Force Z, while "Prince of Wales" pom-poms did record hits on enemy aircraft.
The Royal Navy judged the pom-pom's effectiveness to range from about half that of the B... | 6,141,330 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
with the fuses and reliability were also remedied. The single mountings received a reprieve toward the end of the war as the 20 mm Oerlikon guns had insufficient stopping power to counter Japanese "kamikaze" aircraft and there were insufficient numbers of Bofors guns to meet demand.
- Calibre: 4... | 6,141,331 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
Mark XIV.
The QF 2-pounder Mark XIV, or Rolls 2 pounder, was developed by Rolls-Royce as a competitor to the 40 mm "Vickers S" gun as an aircraft weapon. The latter was the more successful design, and found some use as an anti-tank weapon. A reworked version was adopted by the Royal Navy as a we... | 6,141,332 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
pom-pom
- List of anti-aircraft guns
# Bibliography.
- Louis Brown, A radar history of World War II: technical and military imperatives. Institute of Physics Publishing, 1999. .
- John Campbell, Naval Weapons of World War Two. Naval Institute Press, 1986. .
- Rowland and Boyd, U. S. NAVY BUR... | 6,141,333 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
.
- Alan Raven and John Roberts, British Cruisers of World War Two. Naval Institute Press, 1980. .
# External links.
- THE 2-PDR. MARK VIII GUN ON THE MARK VII MOUNTING. in The Gunnery Pocket Book, B.R. 224/45, 1945 placed online courtesy of maritime.org
- Tony DiGiulian, British 2-pdr (4 cm/... | 6,141,334 |
1643282 | QF 2-pounder naval gun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=QF%202-pounder%20naval%20gun | QF 2-pounder naval gun
ts, British Cruisers of World War Two. Naval Institute Press, 1980. .
# External links.
- THE 2-PDR. MARK VIII GUN ON THE MARK VII MOUNTING. in The Gunnery Pocket Book, B.R. 224/45, 1945 placed online courtesy of maritime.org
- Tony DiGiulian, British 2-pdr (4 cm/39 (1.575")) Mark II
- Tony D... | 6,141,335 |
1643338 | De Carlo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Carlo | De Carlo
De Carlo
De Carlo is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrea De Carlo (born 1952), Italian writer
- Antonio De Carlo (born 1952), Mexican actor
- Giancarlo De Carlo (1919–2005), Italian architect
- Lapo De Carlo (born 1968), Italian sports journalist and presenter
- Massimo ... | 6,141,336 |
1643338 | De Carlo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Carlo | De Carlo
an sports journalist and presenter
- Massimo De Carlo (1919–2005), Italian art dealer
- Yvonne De Carlo (1922–2007), Canadian actress
- Angelo DeCarlo (1902–1973), American Mafioso
- Art DeCarlo (1931–2013), American football player
- Dan DeCarlo (1919–2001), American cartoonist
- Joe DeCarlo (d. 1928), ... | 6,141,337 |
1643318 | Teagan Presley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teagan%20Presley | Teagan Presley
Teagan Presley
Teagan Presley (born Ashley Ann Erickson on July 24, 1985) is an American pornographic actress. Her stage name in part comes from her parents initially wanting to call her "Teagan" and in part as an homage to Lisa Marie Presley.
# Early life.
Presley was born in Texas and raised in Cali... | 6,141,338 |
1643318 | Teagan Presley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teagan%20Presley | Teagan Presley
in 70 pornographic film scenes over the next eight months, many of which included anal scenes.
In late 2004, she signed an exclusive, three-year contract with porn production studio Digital Playground. Presley later claimed that she first became involved in pornography as revenge against her ex-boyfrien... | 6,141,339 |
1643318 | Teagan Presley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teagan%20Presley | Teagan Presley
were reports that her surname "Presley" was owned by the studio Digital Playground, a representative of the studio has denied those reports as false. In October 2008, she was invited by Digital Playground to host the red carpet at the premiere of "", a film produced by the firm.
In July 2008, she announ... | 6,141,340 |
1643318 | Teagan Presley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teagan%20Presley | Teagan Presley
November 2008, she was named the Penthouse Pet of the Month for January 2009.
Presley and her boyfriend Josh Lehman launched their own studio called SkinWorxxx in early 2009, with their first production called "The Search for Sun Goddess XXX". In November 2009, Presley signed with Adam and Eve Pictures ... | 6,141,341 |
1643318 | Teagan Presley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teagan%20Presley | Teagan Presley
as of July 2008. In September 2008, she was first reported to be dating Josh Lehman; she had married him by April 2010. Presley remarried in March 2018.
# Awards.
- 2004 F.O.X.E. Award – Vixen
- 2005 XRCO Award – Best New Starlet
- 2005 XRCO Award – Teen Cream Dream
- 2005 XRCO Award – Best 3-Way – ... | 6,141,342 |
1643318 | Teagan Presley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teagan%20Presley | Teagan Presley
Film World Guide Award – Best New Starlet
- 2007 F.A.M.E. Award – Favorite Ass
- 2008 NightMoves Adult Entertainment Award – Best Feature Dancer (Editors' Choice)
- 2009 AVN Award – Best Solo Sex Scene – "Not Bewitched XXX"
- 2009 F.A.M.E. Award – Favorite Ass
- 2009 NightMoves Adult Entertainment A... | 6,141,343 |
1643345 | Perama (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perama%20(disambiguation) | Perama (disambiguation)
Perama (disambiguation)
Perama may refer to:
- Perama, a city near Athens, Greece
- Perama, Ioannina, a municipal unit in the Ioannina regional unit, Greece
- Perama, Rethymno, a village in the Rethymno regional unit, Greece, part of Geropotamos
- Perama (plant), a plant genus from the madd... | 6,141,344 |
1643320 | Jean de la Vallée | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée | Jean de la Vallée
Jean de la Vallée
Jean de la Vallée (ca 1620 – March 12, 1696) was a Swedish architect.
# Biography.
Born in France, he was the son of architect Simon de la Vallée (ca 1595-1642).
He made early trips in France and Italy where he studied the new baroque forms of architecture. In 1637, he came to Sw... | 6,141,345 |
1643320 | Jean de la Vallée | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée | Jean de la Vallée
began an international trip to study architecture. The journey went over the Netherlands to Paris where he arrived in August 1646. It continued to Italy and Rome, which he first left in the spring of 1650.
He also worked on the commission of many noblemen. For Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie he planned t... | 6,141,346 |
1643320 | Jean de la Vallée | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean%20de%20la%20Vallée | Jean de la Vallée
l de la Gardie he planned the remodeling of the Karlberg Castle in the capital. Other notable examples of his work are the castle of Skokloster, the Palace of Bonde (now the seat of the Supreme Court) and the remodeling of the Wrangel Palace (now the seat of "Svea Hovrätt", the Svea Court of Appeal), ... | 6,141,347 |
1643328 | BMW 132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BMW%20132 | BMW 132
BMW 132
The BMW 132 was a nine-cylinder radial aircraft engine produced by BMW starting in 1933.
# Design and development.
BMW took over a license for manufacturing air-cooled radial engines from Pratt & Whitney on 3 January 1928. The nine-cylinder model Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet was initially manufactur... | 6,141,348 |
1643328 | BMW 132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BMW%20132 | BMW 132
for the German "Luftwaffe". The engines had a displacement of and generated up to depending on model.
The 132 found widespread use in the transport role, remaining the primary powerplant of the Junkers Ju 52 for much of its life, turning the BMW 132 into one of the most important aircraft engines for civilian ... | 6,141,349 |
1643328 | BMW 132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BMW%20132 | BMW 132
. It covered the distance to New York in 24 hours and 57 minutes on 10 August 1938.
# Variants.
- 132A:725 PS (715 hp, 533 kW)
- 132Dc:850 PS (838 hp, 625 kW)
- 132De:880 PS (868 hp, 647 kW)
- 132J/K:960 PS (947 hp, 706 kW)
- 132N:865 PS (853 hp, 636 kW)
- 132T:730 PS (720 hp, 537 kW)
- ENMA Beta B-4 (S... | 6,141,350 |
1643331 | White House, Bishkek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White%20House,%20Bishkek | White House, Bishkek
White House, Bishkek
The White House is the presidential office building in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The White House was the site of riots during both the 2005 Tulip Revolution and the 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots. During the 2010 riots a fire broke out and damaged portions of the building and destroyed the... | 6,141,351 |
1643331 | White House, Bishkek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White%20House,%20Bishkek | White House, Bishkek
Central Committee headquarters. It is supposedly in this building where Askar Akayev studied "the situation" during the collapse of communism. There is, "said to be" an underground complex under the Ala-Too Square (Formerly the Lenin Square) connected to the White House via an underground series of... | 6,141,352 |
1643331 | White House, Bishkek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White%20House,%20Bishkek | White House, Bishkek
thousands of people gathered in front of the White House. When security forces and pro-government provocateurs began beating a number of youthful demonstrators in the front ranks, the main crowd behind them closed ranks and a large number of the young swept past the security forces and stormed into... | 6,141,353 |
1643331 | White House, Bishkek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White%20House,%20Bishkek | White House, Bishkek
.
# 2010 riots.
In 2010, the building became the center of the 2010 Kyrgyzstani riots. On 7 April, protesters in Bishkek filled Ala-Too Square and surrounded the White House. The police at first used non-lethal methods like teargas but after two trucks tried to ram down the gate live ammunition w... | 6,141,354 |
1643348 | Tracy Chamoun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tracy%20Chamoun | Tracy Chamoun
Tracy Chamoun
Tracy Chamoun (born 1962) is a Lebanese author and political activist of Lebanese and European descent. She was appointed as ambassador of Lebanon to Jordan on 19 June, 2017. She is one of two surviving children of Dany Chamoun, the assassinated former leader of the National Liberal Party a... | 6,141,355 |
1643348 | Tracy Chamoun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tracy%20Chamoun | Tracy Chamoun
after the Syrian armed forces occupied the Eastern (Christian) area of Beirut. Her autobiography, "Au Nom du Pere," centered on her relationship with her father and his life and work. In it, she recounts the harrowing experience in which she and her mother were kidnapped in 1980 during a surprise attack o... | 6,141,356 |
1643348 | Tracy Chamoun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tracy%20Chamoun | Tracy Chamoun
believe that the population is so blind that it cannot see that the nation is far from independent? Like the myth of the emperor with no clothes, it is a charade that only the sycophants see and celebrate.
## Political views.
Chamoun is known for her moderate political views. She favors the building of ... | 6,141,357 |
1643348 | Tracy Chamoun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tracy%20Chamoun | Tracy Chamoun
, for his alliance with Samir Geagea, the man convicted of allegedly killing her family. Publicly, however, she has defended her uncle, and has refused to enter into discussions with those critical of him.
## Legacy.
Chamoun has vowed to continue to remind people of the truth behind the assassination of... | 6,141,358 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
Prairie madness
Prairie madness or prairie fever was an affliction that affected European settlers in the Great Plains during the migration to, and settlement of, the Canadian Prairies and the Western United States in the nineteenth century. Settlers moving from urbanized or relatively settled areas in... | 6,141,359 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
it is a pervasive subject in writings of fiction and non-fiction from the period to describe a fairly common phenomenon. It was described by E.V. Smalley in 1893: "an alarming amount of insanity occurs in the new Prairie States among farmers and their wives."
# Causes and risk factors.
Prairie madness... | 6,141,360 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
on it and make something out of it in a five-year period. The farms of the Homestead Act were at least half a mile apart, but usually much more. There was little settlement and community on the Plains and settlers had to be almost completely self-sufficient.
The lack of quick and easily available trans... | 6,141,361 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
children fell sick they frequently died. This caused a lot of trauma for the parents, and contributed to prairie madness.
Another major cause of prairie madness was the harsh weather and environment of the Plains, including long, cold winters filled with blizzards followed by short, hot summers. Once w... | 6,141,362 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
was loud, forceful, and alien compared to what settlers had experienced in their former lives.
Many stayed very attached to their way of life back East, and their attempts to make their new homes in the West adhere to the old ways, sometimes triggered prairie madness. Others tried to adapt to the entir... | 6,141,363 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
had different languages and customs. As such, this was an even further separation from society. Immigrant families were also hard-hit by prairie madness because they came from communities in Europe that were very close-knit small villages and life on the prairie was a terrible shock for them.
There is ... | 6,141,364 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
no specific set of symptoms of the affliction. However, the descriptions of prairie madness in historical writing, personal accounts, and Western literature elucidate what some of the effects of the disease were.
The symptoms of prairie madness were similar to those of depression. The women affected by... | 6,141,365 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
extreme cases, the depression would lead to mental breakdown. This could lead to suicide. There are theories that the suicides caused by prairie madness were typically committed by women, and performed in an exhibitionist fashion. Prairie madness did not typically lead to suicide, and this is depicted m... | 6,141,366 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
E. Rolvaag’s "Giants in the Earth", Dorothy Sarborough’s "The Wind", and most recently, "The Homesman" by Glendon Swarthout.
Each of these novels contains characters that are affected by prairie madness. Rolvaag's 1927 "Giants in the Earth" chronicles the story of Norwegian immigrants settling in the D... | 6,141,367 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
Hansa specifically mentions the terrible effect the weather of the Plains, especially blizzards, had on Beret's mental health.
Cather's 1913 work, "O Pioneers!", tells a story of the effect of prairie madness on men, in this case a Swedish immigrant family living on the Plains. The book depicts the lif... | 6,141,368 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
the pressures of the new life are too much for Mr. Shimerda, who kills himself before the winter is finished. The nearest Catholic priest is too far away for last rites. He is buried without formal rites at the corner marker of their homestead, a place that is left alone when the territory is later mark... | 6,141,369 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
in fiction. Rather than a long brewing madness it is a short, fleeting depression. It is more prevalent and more complex in non-fiction, though rarely fatal. Examples of prairie madness in non-fiction include Adela Orpen’s account "Memories of the Old Emigrant Days in Kansas, 1862-1865", and "Mollie: Th... | 6,141,370 |
1643324 | Prairie madness | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prairie%20madness | Prairie madness
dness.
Prairie madness virtually disappears from the historical and literary record during the 20th century. This was likely the result of new modes of communication and transportation that arose during the late 19th and early 20th century. These included the increase in railroad lines, the invention a... | 6,141,371 |
1643364 | Phyllis (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phyllis%20(disambiguation) | Phyllis (disambiguation)
Phyllis (disambiguation)
Phyllis, princess of Thrace, is a character in Greek mythology.
Phyllis may also refer to:
- Phyllis (river god), a river god of Bithynia
- Phyllis Township, a township in Ontario, Canada
- Phyllis Province, Greece
- Phyllis, Kentucky, U.S.
- Phyllis Lindstrom, a... | 6,141,372 |
1643364 | Phyllis (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phyllis%20(disambiguation) | Phyllis (disambiguation)
"Phyllis" (plant), a genus of plants in the Rubiaceae family
# People with the given name.
- Phyllis Bartholomew (born 1914), English long jumper
- Phyllis Drummond Bethune (née Sharpe, 1899–1982), New Zealand artist
- Phyllis Calvert (1915–2002), British actress
- Phyllis M. Christian (bo... | 6,141,373 |
1643364 | Phyllis (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phyllis%20(disambiguation) | Phyllis (disambiguation)
American writer
- Phyllis Smith (born 1951), American actress
- Phyllis Taloikwai, senior government official in the Solomon Islands
- Phyllis Thaxter (1919–2012), American actress
- Phyllis A. Whitney (1903–2008), writer
- Phyllis Pearsall (1906–1996), British creator of the "A to Z" map ... | 6,141,374 |
1643360 | Andesite line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andesite%20line | Andesite line
Andesite line
The andesite line is the most significant regional geologic distinction in the Pacific Ocean basin. It separates the mafic basaltic volcanic rocks of the Central Pacific Basin from the partially submerged continental areas of more felsic andesitic volcanic rock on its margins. The andesite ... | 6,141,375 |
1643360 | Andesite line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andesite%20line | Andesite line
Fiji, Tonga, and New Zealand's North Island. The dissimilarity continues northeastward along the western edge of the Andes mountains of South America to Mexico, returning then to the islands off California. Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, New Guinea, and New Zealand lie outside the andesite line.
With... | 6,141,376 |
1643360 | Andesite line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andesite%20line | Andesite line
its form island arcs, chains, and clusters. Outside the andesite line, volcanism is of the explosive type. The Pacific Ring of Fire runs parallel to the line and is the world's foremost belt of explosive volcanism.
The term "andesite line" predates the geologic understanding of plate tectonics. The term ... | 6,141,377 |
1643363 | Induction loop | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Induction%20loop | Induction loop
Induction loop
An induction or inductive loop is an electromagnetic communication or detection system which uses a moving magnet or an alternating current to induce an electric current in a nearby wire. Induction loops are used for transmission and reception of communication signals, or for detection of... | 6,141,378 |
1643363 | Induction loop | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Induction%20loop | Induction loop
on the application. Such an induction loop receiver is classically a very small iron-cored inductor (telecoil). The system commonly uses an analog power amplifier matched to the low impedance of the transmission loop. The transmission is normally direct rather than superimposed or modulated upon a carrie... | 6,141,379 |
1643363 | Induction loop | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Induction%20loop | Induction loop
up all audio-frequency magnetic fields, careful system design is required where more than one induction loop is used in a building; for example, adjacent movie theatres or lecture halls. Telecoils may also pick up noise from non-audio sources such as power lines, lamps, or CRT monitors.
## Vehicle detec... | 6,141,380 |
1643363 | Induction loop | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Induction%20loop | Induction loop
depending on the model. The inductive-loop system behaves as a tuned electrical circuit in which the loop wire and lead-in cable are the inductive elements. When a vehicle passes over the loop or is stopped within the loop, some of the vehicle's ferrous body material increases the loop's inductance, in t... | 6,141,381 |
1643363 | Induction loop | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Induction%20loop | Induction loop
decrease in inductance tends to decrease the electrical impedance of the wire to alternating current. The decrease in impedance actuates the electronics unit output relay or solid-state optically isolated output, which sends a pulse to the traffic signal controller signifying the passage or presence of a... | 6,141,382 |
1643363 | Induction loop | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Induction%20loop | Induction loop
structure means that only metal masses above a certain size are capable of triggering the relay. This is good in that the loop does not thus produce very many "false positive" triggers (say, for example, by a pedestrian crossing the loop with a pocket full of loose metal change) but it sometimes also mea... | 6,141,383 |
1643363 | Induction loop | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Induction%20loop | Induction loop
high frequency results in a unique signature for each vehicle allowing for classification of the body type.
## Metal detector.
A different sort of "induction loop" is applied to metal detectors, where a large coil, which forms part of a resonant circuit, is effectively "detuned" by the coil's proximity... | 6,141,384 |
1643363 | Induction loop | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Induction%20loop | Induction loop
/capacitive (stud/cavity detection).
Other configurations of this equipment use two or more receiving coils, and the detected object modifies the inductive coupling or alters the phase angle of the voltage induced in the receiving coils relative to the oscillator coil.
An anti-submarine indicator loop ... | 6,141,385 |
1643372 | Portlandia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portlandia | Portlandia
Portlandia
Portlandia may refer to:
# Media.
- "Portlandia" (statue), a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey
- "Portlandia" (TV series), a sketch comedy television series
# Science.
- 757 Portlandia, a main-belt asteroid in diameter
- "Portlandia", a mollusk genus in the family Yoldiidae
- "Portlandia" (plant... | 6,141,386 |
1643375 | Jacqueline Ripstein | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacqueline%20Ripstein | Jacqueline Ripstein
Jacqueline Ripstein
Jacqueline Ripstein is an artist from Mexico City, Mexico. She created the "Invisible Art and Light Technique" for which she holds two patents. | 6,141,387 |
1643368 | Council of Assiniboia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Council%20of%20Assiniboia | Council of Assiniboia
Council of Assiniboia
The Council of Assiniboia () was, from 1821 until 1870, the appointed administrative body of Rupert's Land.
# History.
This Council was created by the Hudson's Bay Company to govern the territory following its merger with the North West Company, and the death of Lord Selki... | 6,141,388 |
1643368 | Council of Assiniboia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Council%20of%20Assiniboia | Council of Assiniboia
f Lord Selkirk. Both the Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy were represented on the council, as were both Francophone, Métis, and Anglophone country borns. However, it was not a form of responsible government, since there were no elections, and the council was primarily composed of factors and t... | 6,141,389 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
Independent Women
"Independent Women" is a song by American girl group Destiny's Child. The song first appeared as the soundtrack to the 2000 film adaption of "Charlie's Angels", and was later included on the group's third studio album, "Survivor" (2001). It is also the first single with Farrah Frank... | 6,141,390 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
weeks from November 2000 to February 2001. "Billboard" likened the song's release strategy to being influenced by Janet Jackson's "Doesn't Really Matter," saying the group "began planting the seeds for the upcoming release" in a similar vein. The song appeared in "The Proud Family" episode "Don't Leav... | 6,141,391 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
father and then-manager, Mathew, submitted the track to the "Charlie's Angels" soundtrack without her knowledge.
The song is the first to feature Michelle Williams' vocals, and the only single to feature Farrah Franklin's vocals.
# Reception.
The song was nominated for Best Song Written for a Motio... | 6,141,392 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
August 27 to September 1, 2000 and directed by Francis Lawrence. Destiny's Child take part of a futuristic "Charlie's Angels" boot camp and sit in a classroom to watch footage of "Charlie's Angels". They learn from them and try out the challenges in several steps: agility (dancing), altitude (skydivin... | 6,141,393 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
Women" was a chart success in the United States. The single reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single held the top position in the following week, which was seen as buoyed by the strong box office performance of the film and the heavy rotation it received. The song had a massive radio airp... | 6,141,394 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
at retail; however, it sustained due to the high sales of the single's maxi version, released in December 2000. It was in the 2000–2001 edition of the "Guinness Book of World Records" for longest-running song by a female group. "Independent Women" also topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart... | 6,141,395 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
It managed to fend off strong challenges by Mýa ("Case of the Ex") and Dream ("He Loves U Not") before making way for Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me". "Independent Women" dropped to no.2 and culminated its top 40 run on March 31 after 28 weeks ( as their follow-up "Survivor" was ascending to no.2).
## UK cha... | 6,141,396 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
dropping out on February 17 2001.
It also reached the number one position in Canada and New Zealand. It is also Destiny's Child's most successful single to date.
# Track listings.
European CD single
- 1. "Independent Women" (Part 1) (album version) – 3:41
- 2. "Independent Women" (Joe Smooth 200 ... | 6,141,397 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
"Say My Name" (Timbaland remix)
- 3. "So Good"
US CD single
- 1. "Independent Women" (Part 1) (album version) – 3:41
- 2. "Independent Women" (Victor Calderone Drum Dub Mix) – 5:30
- 3. "Independent Women" (Victor Calderone Club Mix) – 9:36
- 4. "Independent Women" (Maurice's Independent Man Rem... | 6,141,398 |
1643361 | Independent Women | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent%20Women | Independent Women
tor Calderone Drum Dub Mix) – 5:30
- 3. "Independent Women" (Victor Calderone Club Mix) – 9:36
- 4. "Independent Women" (Maurice's Independent Man Remix) – 7:30
- 5. "8 Days of Christmas" – 3:29
- Notes
- "These remixes contain newly recorded vocals, arranged by Maurice Joshua."
# Credits and pe... | 6,141,399 |
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