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1900 | "Emil Beyer"
Emil Beyer Emil Beyer (November 22, 1876 in New York City – October 15, 1934 in New York City) was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Born to German immigrant parents in New York City, Beyer was a member of the New York Turnverein. In 1904 he won the silver medal in the team event. He was also 30th in gymnastics all-around event, 34th in gymnastics' triathlon event and 36th in athletics' triathlon event. He had entered the United States Military Academy in 1897, but failed to graduate. In later life, |
1901 | "Emil Beyer"
he operated a drug store. Emil Beyer Emil Beyer (November 22, 1876 in New York City – October 15, 1934 in New York City) was an American gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Born to German immigrant parents in New York City, Beyer was a member of the New York Turnverein. In 1904 he won the silver medal in the team event. He was also 30th in gymnastics all-around event, 34th in gymnastics' triathlon event and 36th in athletics' triathlon event. He had entered the United States Military Academy in 1897, but failed |
1902 | "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon"
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon ""This Morning, This Evening, So Soon"" is a 1960 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, ""Going to Meet the Man"". The story was originally published in the September, 1960, issue of ""The Atlantic Monthly"". The Narrator is spending his last night in Paris with his family and his sister, who is visiting. He then thinks back to the time he returned to America after his mother's funeral, and the way the Statue of Liberty made no sense to him, and people were treating him differently there. He goes on |
1903 | "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon"
to think back to the time when he was shooting ""Les Fauves Nous Attendent"", and how the director had upbraided him for not playing it real. He then told him of the way a black man in America feels ostracised. Back to his last night in Paris, the protagonist and Vidal go to a jazz joint, where his music is being played and a group of black Americans entice them to join them. They then all move to a pavement cafe, where Pete starts singing, and Boona joins them. As Vidal suggests moving to another club and thus discarding Boona, |
1904 | "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon"
Ada invites him along. Later, Talley informs The Narrator that he saw Boona steal ten American dollars (in francs) from Ada's handbag. After the unresolved accusation, they all return to their houses. The Narrator picks up Paul from Mme Dumont, looking towards their voyage towards the United States. The story's title is a reference to the chorus of the traditional folk song ""Tell Old Bill"", which recounts the lynching of a man who does not heed the narrator's advice to ""leave them downtown girls alone"". This Morning, This Evening, So Soon ""This Morning, This Evening, So Soon"" is a 1960 |
1905 | "Hordeum jubatum"
inflorescences and when done flowering for its infructescence. Foxtail barley (""Hordeum jubatum"") propagates by seed. It is known for its ability to tolerate saline soils but is capable of productive growth on soil types ranging from loamy to clayey soils with pH's of 6.4 to 9.5. The upper limit of soil NaCl for productive growth and development is 1.0%. Foxtail barley is also adapted to a wide range of moisture regimes from dry to wet. Although this species is generally found on moist sites, it can withstand drought-like conditions. It is commonly found in lowland areas with restricted soil drainage, |
1906 | "Meshuggah discography"
heavy metal record label Nuclear Blast, Meshuggah released its debut album ""Contradictions Collapse"" in 1991. Meshuggah's second album, ""Destroy Erase Improve"", was released in 1995. Thordendal's side project's album, ""Sol Niger Within"", was released in 1997, as was the next Meshuggah EP, ""The True Human Design"". These were followed by the next full-length album, ""Chaosphere"", in 1998. A collection of demos (from ""Meshuggah"") and rare recordings were released as the ""Rare Trax"" album in 2001. In 2002 the band released their next album, ""Nothing"". Meshuggah was not satisfied with the production of the album and later re-recorded the guitars for |
1907 | "Meshuggah discography"
the re-release in 2006, which also includes a bonus DVD that features the band's appearance at the Download 2005 festival, along with the official music videos for ""Rational Gaze"", ""Shed"" and ""New Millennium Cyanide Christ"". Meshuggah released ""I"" in 2004, a single 21-minute track, and in 2005 the band released the next full-length album, ""Catch Thirtythree"", a 47-minute song divided up into 13 movements, the only album with programmed drums. In 2008, Meshuggah released ""obZen"", followed by ""Koloss"" in 2012. Meshuggah discography Meshuggah is a Swedish experimental metal and death metal quintet formed in 1987 in Umeå. Meshuggah is known |
1908 | "Hordeum jubatum"
colour. Foxtail barley is distinguished from cultivated barley (""Hordeum vulgare L."") and Meadow barley (""Hordeum brachyantherum"") by lemma awn length. ""H. brachyantherum"" has awn lengths of ; Foxtail barley has lengths of ; and cultivated barley of in length. Once foxtail barley is established, it becomes extremely difficult to eradicate. Its extensive root systems and aggressive habit, as well as its ability to tolerate saline soils make it a resilient competitor. It is considered a weed because of this competitive ability and the dangers it poses to wildlife and livestock. While foxtail barley may be palatable for animals in early |
1909 | "Hordeum jubatum"
spring before it flowers, its seed heads, when dry, are very harmful to grazing animals. The awns with upward-pointing barbs become easily attached and embedded in the animal's mouth and face, causing severe irritation, abscesses, and even blindness. Foxtail barley is also host to a number of viruses, and because it harbours wheat rust and blackstem rust, can indirectly affect the development of field crops. Since foxtail barley accumulates high amounts of salt in its leaves and roots, it has the potential of reducing soil salinity. Given foxtail barley's ability to withstand saline soils, it has been identified as having |
1910 | "Hordeum jubatum"
potential for the revegetation of saline mine spoils to reduce erosion. It has also been recommended as a species suitable for wildlife habitat rehabilitation on disturbed lands, but given its other less desirable traits, other natural grass species would be more beneficial. Hordeum jubatum Hordeum jubatum, with common names foxtail barley, bobtail barley, squirreltail barley, and intermediate barley, is a perennial plant species in the grass family Poaceae. It occurs wild mainly in northern North America and adjacent northeastern Siberia. However, as it escaped often from gardens it can be found worldwide in areas with temperate to warm climates, and |
1911 | "Rui Miguel Marinho Reis"
to this was in 2014–15 when he appeared in eight scoreless matches for the former, who suffered top division relegation as last. On 21 June 2016, aged 32, Rui Miguel rejoined Académica for a third stint. Académica Moreirense Rui Miguel Marinho Reis Rui Miguel Marinho Reis (born 30 January 1984), known as Rui Miguel, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Ceira, Coimbra District, Rui Miguel joined Académica de Coimbra's youth ranks at the age of 10, but never really broke into the main squad. He served two loans in the lower leagues and only |
1912 | "United States Institute of Peace Headquarters"
United States Institute of Peace Headquarters The United States Institute of Peace Headquarters houses staff offices and other facilities for the government-funded think tank focused on peacemaking and conflict avoidance. The building is the first permanent home for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), established in 1984. The headquarters is sited on a prominent location near the National Mall and Potomac River in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The environmentally friendly building, noted for its unique roof, was designed by architect Moshe Safdie and completed in 2011. Critics' reviews of the building's design have been mixed. In |
1913 | "Code bloat"
redundant variables, unnecessary logic and inefficient string concatenation. // Complex function TK2getImageHTML(size, zoom, sensor, markers) { The same logic can be stated more efficiently as follows: // Simplified function TK2getImageHTML(size, zoom, sensor, markers) { The difference in code density between various computer languages is so great that often less memory is needed to hold both a program written in a ""compact"" language (such as a domain-specific programming language, Microsoft P-Code, or threaded code), plus an interpreter for that compact language (written in native code), than to hold that program written directly in native code. Some techniques for reducing code bloat |
1914 | "Code bloat"
include: Code bloat In computer programming, code bloat is the production of program code (source code or machine code) that is perceived as unnecessarily long, slow, or otherwise wasteful of resources. Code bloat can be caused by inadequacies in the programming language in which the code is written, the compiler used to compile it, or the programmer writing it. Thus, while code bloat generally refers to source code size (as produced by the programmer), it can be used to refer instead to the ""generated"" code size or even the binary file size. The following JavaScript algorithm has a large number |
1915 | "United States Institute of Peace Headquarters"
USIP included a $10 million donation from Chevron Corporation. Another corporate donor to the building fund, defense contractor Lockheed Martin, was named a ""Founding Corporate Partner"" after donating $1 million. William Hartung of the Center for International Policy criticized the USIP for ""taking money from the world's largest producer of the weapons of war."" In April 2001, USIP issued solicitations for a design and twenty-six architects submitted proposals. Moshe Safdie had never heard of USIP before receiving the design request, but he was one of the five finalists chosen. The other four were Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Michael Graves and |
1916 | Zeeshan
and Indian cognate for the same word and is written as such because of lack of the 'Z' sound natively in Sanskrit derived languages. Zeeshan Zeeshan (Zişan) or Zeshan (Zeşan) is a Turkish masculine given name, derived from words ""Zee"" ""(possessor of,"" from Arabic ""ذو)"" and ""Shan"" ""(high status"" or ""splendor,"" from Arabic شأن"")"", sometimes simply translated as ""princely"" or ""Moon"". This word is also used in Persian, Urdu and sometimes in Turkish poetry as an adjective. In South Asia, this name is mostly used for males; however, the name is neutral in gender and can also be used for |
1917 | "Michael Felger"
the summer. Always considered a controversial sports reporter, on October 12, 2011, Felger was involved in an online feud with Heidi Watney, another local reporter, in which he claimed Watney had an affair with then Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek. Watney responded via Twitter by questioning Felger's work ethic and integrity, and most media critics reprimanded Felger for being unprofessional. On November 8, 2017, Felger said on ""Felger and Massarotti"" that former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay was a ""moron"" for dying in a plane crash. The comments led to a 3-day suspension from NBC Sports Boston (which |
1918 | "Michael Felger"
runs a television simulcast of his radio show). He apologized the next day on the air. Michael Felger Michael Alan Felger (born August 6, 1969) is a sports radio talk show host on WBZ-FM in Boston, co-hosting ""Felger and Massarotti"" with Tony Massarotti, a former columnist for the ""Boston Herald"". He is also a television host for NBC Sports Boston, where he talks about sports as a co-host of the weeknight evening show ""Arbella Early Edition"", the host of ""Sports Sunday"", and the host of pregame and postgame coverage for Boston Bruins (with Tony Amonte) and New England Patriots games |
1919 | "Oscar Judd"
Oscar Judd Thomas William Oscar Judd (February 14, 1908 – December 27, 1995) was a Canadian-born professional baseball player. He appeared in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1941–1945) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945–1948). Judd was primarily used as a starting pitcher during his eight-season career. He made his major league debut in relief on April 16, 1941 against the Washington Senators at Fenway Park. He pitched in just six more games for Boston that year but did earn his first big league save. His first major league win came in his second season and second |
1920 | "Oscar Judd"
major league start, a 13–4 victory over the Senators at Griffith Stadium on April 22, 1942. The losing pitcher was Hall of Famer Early Wynn. Judd finished the season 8–10 with a 3.89 earned run average. Judd's best season was 1943. The 36-year-old was 11–6 with a 2.90 ERA and was an American League All-Star. Two years later, on May 31, 1945 he was selected off waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Red Sox. His overall record for Boston in five seasons was 20–18 with an ERA of 3.68 in 72 games. His best season with Philadelphia was 1946, |
1921 | "Golem Grad"
so since the mid-20th century, when the small monastic community left the island. The island can only be reached by boat. The village of Konjsko is closest to the island with about two kilometers of water between the two. Golem Grad Golem Grad (), meaning ""Big Citadel"", also known as Snake Island, is an island in the Republic of Macedonia. The island covers an area of more than 20 hectares. It is located in Lake Prespa, a few kilometers from Greek and Albanian territory. Golem Grad is home to several ancient ruins and churches. It is also home to several |
1922 | "Arvind Sharma"
Arvind Sharma Arvind Sharma is the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. Sharma's works focus on comparative religion, Hinduism, philosophy of religion and the role of women in religion. Some of his more widely read works include ""Our Religions"" and ""Women in World Religions"", which were edited by him. ""Feminism in World Religions"" was selected as a Outstanding Academic Book (1999). Arvind Sharma was born on the 13th of January 1940 in Varanasi, India . Raised in a family that traditionally worked in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), he followed suit and joined the IAS in 1962 after |
1923 | "Arvind Sharma"
a distinguished academic career. He served in the State of Gujarat until 1968, when he moved to the United States to pursue higher studies in economics at the University of Syracuse, obtaining a Masters in economics in 1970. While pursuing the role of non-economic factors in economic development he became interested in religion and joined Harvard Divinity School in 1972. After obtaining a Masters in Theological Studies, concentrating on comparative religion, he earned his PhD from the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies in 1978. His doctorate work involved the first ever translation in English of Abhinavagupta's commentary on the |
1924 | "Chancellor of the High Court"
In 1851, Parliament relented so a successor to Wigram could be named to keep the number at three (George Turner), but again with the caveat (that proved temporary) that no future successor could be appointed. The caveat was lifted by an Act of 1852 so the number became fixed at three until the next major court reforms. After the Judicature Acts, which merged the Court of Chancery and various other courts into the new High Court of Justice, came into force, new Vice-Chancellors were not appointed: new judges of the Chancery Division became styled ""Mr. Justice ..."" like other High |
1925 | "Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho"
Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho (31 December 1827 in Marseille – 10 July 1895 in Château-Puys, near Dieppe) was a famed French operatic soprano, particularly associated with light lyric and coloratura roles. Born Marie Caroline Félix-Miolan, she studied first with her father, François Félix-Miolan, an oboist, and later at the Conservatoire of Paris with Gilbert Duprez. After winning the first prize at the Conservatorie, she began touring throughout France, making her stage debut in Brest, as Isabelle in ""Robert le Diable"", in 1849. Upon returning to Paris the following year, Marie Miolan made her debut in the title role |
1926 | "Chancellor of the High Court"
The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 removed the Lord Chancellor's role as a judge. As one of the judicial roles of the office was president of the Chancery Division, the office of Vice-Chancellor was renamed Chancellor of the High Court and replaced the Lord Chancellor. The name change took effect on 1 October 2005, but some of the responsibilities (including the presidency of the division) did not transfer until 3 April 2006. The Constitutional Reform Act retained the position of Vice-Chancellor as vice-president of the Chancery Division, though it does not appear anyone has been appointed to the position or who |
1927 | "Chancellor of the High Court"
would make or be eligible for such an appointment. Chancellor of the High Court The Chancellor of the High Court is the head of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. This judge and the other two heads of divisions (Family and Queens Bench) sit by virtue of their offices often, as and when their expertise is deemed relevant, in panel in the Court of Appeal. As such this judge ranks equally to the President of the Family Division and the President of the Queen's Bench Division.. From 1813 to 1841, the solitary and |
1928 | "Cripple Crow"
Cripple Crow Cripple Crow is the fifth album by psychedelic folk acoustic rocker Devendra Banhart released on September 13, 2005 on XL Recordings. It his first release on the label XL Recordings. The cover is reminiscent of the ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" album cover. All songs written by Devendra Banhart, except where noted. The CD release of this album also includes an MP3 bonus track ""White Reggae Troll/Africa"". The double LP release of this album includes eight additional tracks, as well as an alternative cover of the normal album cover replaced with photographs of Devendra's own fans. The |
1929 | "Cripple Crow"
album sold 47,000 copies in the US. The album has also received an Impala award for 30,000+ copies in Europe. Cripple Crow Cripple Crow is the fifth album by psychedelic folk acoustic rocker Devendra Banhart released on September 13, 2005 on XL Recordings. It his first release on the label XL Recordings. The cover is reminiscent of the ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" album cover. All songs written by Devendra Banhart, except where noted. The CD release of this album also includes an MP3 bonus track ""White Reggae Troll/Africa"". The double LP release of this album includes eight additional |
1930 | "Avraham Sela"
Avraham Sela Avraham Sela is an Israeli historian and scholar on the Middle East and international relations. He serves as the A. Ephraim and Shirley Diamond Professor of International Relations and a senior research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Institute, both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of ""The Decline of the Arab Israeli Conflict: Middle East Politics and the Quest for Regional Order"" (1998) and co-author of ""The Palestinian Hamas: Vision, Violence and Adjustment"" (2000). Sela studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem gaining a BA in 1971, an MA in 1974 and a |
1931 | "Avraham Sela"
PhD in 1986. Sela is fairly critical of the writings of the New Historians, particularly of Benny Morris and Avi Shlaim. Avraham Sela Avraham Sela is an Israeli historian and scholar on the Middle East and international relations. He serves as the A. Ephraim and Shirley Diamond Professor of International Relations and a senior research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Institute, both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of ""The Decline of the Arab Israeli Conflict: Middle East Politics and the Quest for Regional Order"" (1998) and co-author of ""The Palestinian Hamas: Vision, Violence and |
1932 | "Condorcet's jury theorem"
Condorcet's jury theorem Condorcet's jury theorem is a political science theorem about the relative probability of a given group of individuals arriving at a correct decision. The theorem was first expressed by the Marquis de Condorcet in his 1785 work ""Essay on the Application of Analysis to the Probability of Majority Decisions"". The assumptions of the simplest version of the theorem are that a group wishes to reach a decision by majority vote. One of the two outcomes of the vote is ""correct"", and each voter has an independent probability ""p"" of voting for the correct decision. The theorem asks |
1933 | "Condorcet's jury theorem"
how many voters we should include in the group. The result depends on whether ""p"" is greater than or less than 1/2: To avoid the need for a tie-breaking rule, we assume ""n"" is odd. Essentially the same argument works for even ""n"" if ties are broken by fair coin-flips. Now suppose we start with ""n"" voters, and let ""m"" of these voters vote correctly. Consider what happens when we add two more voters (to keep the total number odd). The majority vote changes in only two cases: The rest of the time, either the new votes cancel out, only |
1934 | "Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer"
Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer ""Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer"" is the name of a 2004 song recorded by the French singer Calogero. It was the third single from Calogero's second studio album, ""3"", on which it features as fourth track, and his tenth single overall. It was Calogero's second most successful single throughout his career, achieving the top ten in Belgium (Wallonia) and France. Michel Jourdan and Julie D'Aimé (she had already worked for Patricia Kaas) wrote the text, while Calogero and his brother Gioacchino composed the music, as for the other tracks on the album. The |
1935 | "Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer"
song is a pop/ballad song in which the singer evokes the absence of his father and how he misses him. He expresses that he would be happy if his father had a relationship with him. ""Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer"" was a part of many French compilations released in 2005, such as ""Hits For Teens"", ""Les Plus Belles Voix 4"", ""Hit Connection - Best of 2005"", ""Hits Superstars 2005"", ""Only Hits 2005"" and ""Les Plus Belles Ballades"". It was also available on the charity album ""Solidarité Asie"", as fourth track. The song was performed by the singer during his |
1936 | "Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer"
first concerts tour and was thus included on the live album ""Live 1.0"" (ninth track, CD 1). For the moment, there are two cover versions of the song : first, in 2007, by Amel Bent, Francis Cabrel, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Raphaël for Les Enfoirés' album ""La Caravane des Enfoirés"", on which it is the sixth track; then, in 2008, by Vox Angeli on their eponymous album (second track, 3:06). In France, ""Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer"" entered the chart at number 95 on 7 November 2004, three days before its official release as it was sold in a few |
1937 | "Philippines at the 1992 Winter Olympics"
at a Winter Olympic Games at the 1976 Winter Olympics. The nation's participation at Winter Olympics since has been sporadic, and Albertville was only their third appearance. The 1992 Winter Olympics were held from 8–23 February 1992, a total of 1,801 athletes representing 64 National Olympic Committees took part. The only athlete sent by the Philippines to these Olympics was alpine skier Michael Teruel. He was chosen as the flag-bearer for the opening ceremony. Michael Teruel was 22 years old at the time of the Albertville Olympics, and was making his only Olympic appearance. He was attending Dartmouth College in |
1938 | "Philippines at the 1992 Winter Olympics"
the United States, and was in the class of 1992. Teruel was entered into two events, the first, the giant slalom, was held on 18 February over two legs. He finished the first leg in 1 minute and 24.13 seconds, which put him in 88th place out of 112 competitors who finished that leg. His second leg time was 1 minute and 22.71 seconds, which was good for 68th place. His total event time was 2 minutes and 46.84 seconds, which put him in 71st place overall out of 91 classified finishers. The gold medal was won by Italian Alberto |
1939 | "Philippines at the 1992 Winter Olympics"
Tomba in a time of 2 minutes and 6.98 seconds. The silver medal was won by Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg, and the bronze was earned by the Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt. The men's slalom was held on 22 February over two legs. Teruel finished the first leg in a time of 1 minute and 13.95 seconds, which put him in 66th place out of 81 competitors who finished the first leg. His second leg time of 1 minute and 13.54 seconds was enough to be in 51st place for that leg. His total event time was 2 minutes and 27.49 |
1940 | "Philippines at the 1992 Winter Olympics"
seconds, which put him in 29th place overall out of 65 athletes who finished both legs. The gold medal was won by Norwegian Finn Christian Jagge in 1 minute and 44.39 seconds, the silver medal by Tomba, and the bronze medal was earned by Michael Tritscher of Austria. Philippines at the 1992 Winter Olympics The Philippines sent a delegation to compete at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France from 8–23 February 1992. This was the nation's third appearance at the Winter Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of a single athlete, alpine skier Michael Teruel. He competed in both the |
1941 | "809th Tank Destroyer Battalion"
and was then attached to the 95th Infantry Division for the fighting around the Ruhr Pocket in April before being returned to the 8th Armoured on 13 April. During this month, it converted to M36 tank destroyers. In late April it saw action in the Harz Mountains, finishing the war in central Germany. 809th Tank Destroyer Battalion The 809th Tank Destroyer Battalion was a tank destroyer battalion of the United States Army active during the Second World War. The battalion was activated on 18 March 1942, and remained in the United States until November 1944, when it was moved to |
1942 | "Mr Majeika"
primary school. However he is no ordinary man, as is apparent when he flies into Class Three's boring lesson on a magic carpet, which he then turns into a bicycle, confounding the headmaster; Mr Majeika is a wizard! He thereafter astounds them with magical trickery which bring lessons to life, whether it is providing chips during dinner for all the children, or turning the nasty Hamish Bigmore into a frog for his insolence. Whatever the consequences, Class Three are sure that with Mr Majeika around, they will not be bored again. A recurring character is Wilhelmina Warlock, a witch who |
1943 | "Mr Majeika"
first appeared as a music teacher and has turned up regularly since in various disguises. In the television series, Mr Majeika is an irrepressible wizard, sent to ""Britland"" from the planet Walpurgis because he had failed his O-level sorcery exam for the seventeenth time. He drops into the sleepy village of Much Barty, finding a post at St Barty's School as Class Three's new form-teacher, where he quickly befriends two of the children, Melanie Brace-Girdle and Thomas Grey. Both of these characters are also in the books, but Melanie is a much less important and very different type of character |
1944 | "David Silva (Cape Verdean footballer)"
a trialist in pre-season. Silva was Mixu Paatelainen's first signing as Kilmarnock manager. After spending the 2012–13 season in Portugal, at Olhanense, Silva returned to Kilmarnock on 26 September 2013, signing until the end of the season. After failing to prove his fitness, he was released in January 2014. In October 2012, Silva received his first call up for the Cape Verdean national team, for a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Cameroon on 14 October. David Silva (Cape Verdean footballer) David Mendes da Silva (born 11 October 1986 in Coimbra) is a Portuguese-born Cape Verdean footballer as |
1945 | "Mr Majeika"
previous class teacher and frightened off the 79 applicants for the post. But one waggle of Mr Majeika's oddly tufted grey hair is all that it takes for Bigmore to be put firmly in his place. The series was written by Jenny McDade. Carpenter wrote the fourth book based on McDade's scripts, ""The Television Adventures of Mr Majeika"". Three series of the programme were made, comprising twenty episodes in total. The location for St. Barty's Primary School was Matfield House in Tonbridge, Kent. There has been no commercial release of ""Mr Majeika"" on DVD in the UK. This is possibly |
1946 | "Mr Majeika"
due to ongoing rights issues after the production company, TVS, dropped out of the ITV network in 1992 and subsequently went through a number of take-overs. This problem affects the majority of the TVS programme archive as much of the original production paperwork and sales documentation has been lost during the intervening years. According to Kaleidoscope's TV Brain website, nine episodes of the series no longer exist in broadcast quality, although all but one of these is available on YouTube. Mr Majeika Mr Majeika is the title of a series of children's books, written by Humphrey Carpenter, and also a |
1947 | "Capriccio Italien"
Capriccio Italien The Capriccio Italien, Op. 45, is a fantasy for orchestra composed between January and May 1880 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. A typical performance of the piece lasts about 15 minutes. The ""Capriccio"" was inspired by a trip Tchaikovsky took to Rome with his brother Modest as respite from the composer's disastrous marriage with Antonina Miliukova. It was in Rome, however, that the observant Tchaikovsky called Raphael a ""Mozart of painting."" While in Rome, he wrote to his friend Nadezhda von Meck: Conductor JoAnn Falletta says: The piece, initially called Italian Fantasia after Mikhail Glinka's Spanish pieces, was originally |
1948 | "Capriccio Italien"
dedicated to the virtuosic cellist Karl Davydov and premiered in Moscow on 18 December 1880, with Nikolai Rubinstein conducting the Imperial Russian Musical Society. The Capriccio is scored for: 3 flutes (3rd doubling on piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 2 cornets in A, 2 trumpets in E, 3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass), tuba, 3 timpani, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, bass drum, glockenspiel, harp and strings. After a brief bugle call, inspired by bugle call Tchaikovsky heard daily in his rooms at the Hotel Constanzi, next door to the barracks of |
1949 | "Capriccio Italien"
the Royal Italian Cuirasseurs, a stoic, heroic, unsmiling melody is played by the strings. Eventually, this gives way to music sounding as if it could be played by an Italian street band, beginning in the winds and ending with the whole orchestra. Next, a lively march ensues, followed by a lively tarantella, a ""Cicuzza."" The brothers were there during Carnival, and, despite calling it ""a folly,"" the composer was able to soak up Italian street music and folk songs which he then incorporated into his ""Capriccio"". This enables some ""bright primary colors and uncomplicated tunefulness."" Capriccio Italien The Capriccio Italien, |
1950 | "Cedarview Middle School"
Cedarview Middle School Cedarview Middle School is a dual-track English/French immersion middle school in the Barrhaven neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. As of 2017, it has 650 students; most students studying in English. Cedarview was opened in 1994. The building is characterized by its bright blue roof. As of the 2018-2019 school year, the principal is Alain Brule and the vice-principal is Diana MacFarlane. The school is also home to a Grade 7 and 8 Congregated Gifted class and an autism program. Cedarview holds a world record for Largest Simultaneous Yo-yo, |
1951 | "Cedarview Middle School"
which they broke on June 8, 2006. On June 6th, 2006 the record was attempted by the entire staff and students, and the attempt was successful, beating the previous record by a mere six people. The record was featured in the Canadian edition of the Guinness Book of World Records 2008, in the upper right corner of page 7.Students have also participated in the Annual Cedarview Middle School Walkathon and raised over $96,000 toward help for adults with multiple disabilities. Grade 8 teacher Barbara Troutman was awarded the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board's 2007 Community Award for her role in organising |
1952 | "Cedarview Middle School"
the event to raise funds and awareness within the school and community. The school's facilities include two computer labs, three science labs, a double gym with change rooms, and a spin room with over 30 spin bikes. Each classroom has six Chromebooks each; some have a SmartBoard, and most have a TV/VCR. The 2004 Cedarview Middle School flag football team won the Reebok NFL/CFL Flag Football national championship tournament at the 92nd Grey Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan. They went on to win the bronze medal at the 2004 NFL Reebok Flag Football World Championship. Cedarview is also home to a |
1953 | "Cedarview Middle School"
Junior, Senior, and Jazz band. In the year of 2007-2008, the senior band came back from music fest with a silver medal, and the jazz band, a gold medal. In the 2008-2009 school year. Cedarview Middle School got gold in Junior, Senior, and Jazz in the Ottawa area. Cedarview Middle School Cedarview Middle School is a dual-track English/French immersion middle school in the Barrhaven neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. As of 2017, it has 650 students; most students studying in English. Cedarview was opened in 1994. The building is characterized by |
1954 | "Don Mitchell (geographer)"
Don Mitchell (geographer) Don Mitchell (born 1961) is Professor of Cultural Geography at Uppsala University (since 2017) and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography in the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. From an academic household in California, he is a graduate of San Diego State University (1987), Pennsylvania State University (1989) and received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1992, working with Neil Smith. He taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder before joining Syracuse in the late 1990s. In 1998, he became a MacArthur Fellow, and in 2008 a Guggenheim Fellow. He was awarded the ""Anders Retzius Medal"" from the Swedish |
1955 | "Don Mitchell (geographer)"
Society for Anthropology and Geography in 2012. Considered an influential Marxist and radical scholar, he is best known for his work on cultural theory, showing how landscapes embody strong links to histories of struggle, oppression, and unacknowledged labor involved in their creation and maintenance. He has applied this to the history of immigrant labor in California's agricultural landscapes, public and privatized public spaces like shopping malls, and public parks where homeless people are threatened or evicted People's Geography Project. He works on labor struggles, human rights and justice. He is also known for an editing technique, particular useful for book |
1956 | "Matthias Steiner"
record holder Hossein Rezazadeh had retired in July 2008, the event turned into a close competition between Steiner, Evgeny Chigishev, and the tournament favorite, European and World champion Viktors Ščerbatihs. During the Olympic competition, Steiner failed in his third snatch attempt, and with 203 kg ranked fourth after the snatch. Ščerbatihs was in position to take the lead in the clean and jerk, but failed in his second attempt. Steiner also failed in his first clean and jerk attempt, and Chigishev took the lead with 250 kg in the clean and jerk. Ščerbatihs failed in his third attempt, which would |
1957 | "Houstonia caerulea"
Houstonia caerulea Houstonia caerulea (azure bluet or Quaker ladies) is a perennial species in the Rubiaceae family. It is native to eastern Canada (Ontario to Newfoundland) and the eastern United States (Maine to Wisconsin, south to Florida and Louisiana, with scattered populations in Oklahoma). ""Houstonia caerulea"" produces showy flowers approximately 1 cm across. These flowers are four-parted with pale blue petals and a yellow center. The foliage is a basal rosette. Stems are up to 20 cm tall with one flower per stalk. It thrives in moist acidic soils in shady areas, growing especially well among grasses. Featured in Minecraft |
1958 | "Matthias Steiner"
At the 2009 German Championships he ranked second in the snatch behind Almir Velagic, and won overall with a total of 430 kg. At the 2010 European Championships he ranked third with a total of 426 kg. In the 2012 London Olympics weightlifting competition Steiner was injured during the snatch portion of the competition when he attempted to pull 196 kg but was hit in the neck by the barbell. While not seriously hurt, Steiner had to abandon the competition as a result of his injury. He announced his retirement from competitive weightlifting in March 2013. Steiner participated in Season |
1959 | "Azalea-class sloop"
Azalea-class sloop The ""Azalea"" class of twelve minesweeping sloops were built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger , which were also referred to as the Cabbage class, or ""Herbaceous Borders"". The third batch of twelve ships to be ordered, in May 1915, they differed from the preceding ""Acacia"" class only in mounting a heavier armament, with either or guns instead of the 12-pounder guns of the earlier class. They were single-screw fleet sweeping vessels (sloops) with triple hulls at the bows to give extra protection against loss when |
1960 | "Matthias Steiner"
commented on weightlifting competitions, Steiner also appeared on a number of talk shows and game shows in Germany and Austria, including ""Wetten, dass..?"" and ""Die Millionenshow"" (Austrian ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"", Celebrity Special Edition). Matthias Steiner Matthias Steiner (born 25 August 1982 in Vienna) is a retired Austrian-German weightlifter, and Olympic gold medalist. As a native Austrian, he competed for Austria internationally from 1998 to 2005, in European Championships, World Championships, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. From 2002 to 2005 he was four times Austrian National Champion in the +105 kg category, and holds Austrian records in the |
1961 | "Qayamat – A Love Triangle In Afghanistan"
Qayamat – A Love Triangle In Afghanistan Qayamat is a 2003 Pakistani Urdu film directed by Sangeeta and stars Saima and Shaan. The story begins when Afghanistan was invaded from the north by the former Soviet Union in 1979 and large number of Afghan refugees began crossing over into Pakistan. One such caravan brings Saima to this land of political unrest. Deeba Begum plays Shaan's mother, and Saima is his fiancée. In the war ravages, Deeba and Saima are lost to Shaan, and come to Pakistan. They camp in a small town, which is on the Pak-Afghan border, the tribal |
1962 | "Qayamat – A Love Triangle In Afghanistan"
chief of which used to frequent their town once, and his son, Moammar Rana falls in love with Saima. Meanwhile, the war is halted and Shaan, the true fiancé, comes to this shantytown looking for his mother and his fiancé. You can well imagine what transpires after that. The Afghan war pales in front of the weaponry and ferocity that is witnessed between Mommy Rana and Shaan, after that. Qayamat – A Love Triangle In Afghanistan Qayamat is a 2003 Pakistani Urdu film directed by Sangeeta and stars Saima and Shaan. The story begins when Afghanistan was invaded from the |
1963 | "Eduardo Sánchez (director)"
Eduardo Sánchez (director) Eduardo Miguel Sánchez-Quiros (born December 20, 1968) is a Cuban-born American director, most famous for co-directing and writing the 1999 psychological horror ""The Blair Witch Project"" with Daniel Myrick. Born in 1968, Sánchez moved to Spain with his family at the age of two, before settling in the United States in 1972. He studied television production at Montgomery College in Maryland and obtained his B.A. degree from the University of Central Florida Film Department where he studied with Dr. Mary C. Johnson and Dr. Charles Harpole. In 1999, Sánchez was joint-recipient of the inaugural Independent Spirit John |
1964 | "Eduardo Sánchez (director)"
Cassavetes Award. Feature films Short films Web series Television episodes Eastbound and Down (2010): Season 2, KP's dad Eduardo Sánchez (director) Eduardo Miguel Sánchez-Quiros (born December 20, 1968) is a Cuban-born American director, most famous for co-directing and writing the 1999 psychological horror ""The Blair Witch Project"" with Daniel Myrick. Born in 1968, Sánchez moved to Spain with his family at the age of two, before settling in the United States in 1972. He studied television production at Montgomery College in Maryland and obtained his B.A. degree from the University of Central Florida Film Department where he studied with Dr. |
1965 | "Anthony Adducci"
Anthony Adducci Anthony J. Adducci ( August 14, 1937 – September 19, 2006) was a pioneer of the medical device industry in Minnesota. He is best known for co-founding Guidant Corp. precursor Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., now part of Boston Scientific, the company that manufactured the world's first lithium battery powered artificial pacemaker. The lithium-iodide cell is now the standard cell for pacemakers, having the energy density, low self-discharge, small size and reliability needed. Anthony J. Adducci was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 14, 1937. In 1951, he graduated from St. Catherine of Genoa Grammar School, in the Roseland neighborhood |
1966 | "Odell McBrayer"
Air Force Base in Lubbock. He was a member of the American Legion. McBrayer initially attended Clarendon College, a community college, and subsequently received his Bachelor of Arts and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. A lawyer for thirty-three years, he served for a time as an assistant district attorney in the Fort Worth area. He ran unsuccessfully for a state district judgeship. He was a member of the American and Texas bar associations. In 2002, he became affiliated with the First Baptist Church in Idabel, Oklahoma, upon his retirement from his law practice when he and |
1967 | "Odell McBrayer"
his wife, the former Mary McCurtamn, moved there to be near their son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Debbie McBrayer. He was a chaplain of the Bible-distribution group, the Gideons International in McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma. In 1974, McBrayer, who adapted the poster theme ""Texas Must Have Odell McBrayer for Governor"" ran in the party primary against the establishment choice, Jim Granberry, a dentist who had served as mayor of Lubbock from 1970 to 1972, and had been responsible for directing the rebuilding after the deadly tornadoes struck on May 11, 1970. Granberry was a favorite of then United States |
1968 | "Odell McBrayer"
Senator John G. Tower. McBrayer attracted national attention in his race when he called for the televising of executions in Texas to provide a greater deterrent to the commission of violent crime. McBrayer said: ""I favor televising executions only if not done offensively."" His campaign is sometimes seen as the forerunner to the ""New Right"" movement which appeared just two years later to support Ronald W. Reagan in the Texas primary against sitting U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., the choice of Senator Tower and many other Texas party leaders. By 1980, the New Right forces claimed a role in |
1969 | "Odell McBrayer"
the nomination and election of Reagan as president. Granberry easily defeated McBrayer, 53,617 votes (77.6 percent) to 15,489 ballots (22.4 percent) in a low-turnout primary. As the Republican nominee in the November general election, Granberry was in turn crushed by the incumbent Democratic Governor Dolph Briscoe, a rancher, large landowner, and banker from Uvalde in the southern Hill Country. In addition to his wife and son Tim, Brayer was survived by another son, Scott A. McBrayer (born November 14, 1958) and his wife, Gaylynn McBrayer, of Fort Worth; three daughters, Stacy Torrellas and her husband, Carlos Torrellas, MD, of Jacksonville, |
1970 | "Odell McBrayer"
Florida, Barbara Hendricks and husband, Matthew Hendricks, and Lorie Gibbons and husband, Tom Gibbons, all of Burleson near Fort Worth; four brothers, Gene McBrayer of White Settlement near Fort Worth, Bud McBrayer of Granbury in Hood County, Jerry McBrayer of Edmond, Oklahoma, and David McBrayer of Los Alamos, New Mexico; a sister, Barbara Brown of Weatherford, the seat of Parker County west of Fort Worth, eleven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren (Mackinzie, Darian, and Amelia of DFW). Services were held on March 22, 2008, at the First Baptist Church of Idabel. Odell McBrayer Odell Lavon McBrayer (August 16, 1930 – March |
1971 | "Elmswell, Suffolk"
Elmswell, Suffolk Elmswell is a village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England. It is situated halfway between Bury St. Edmunds and Stowmarket and lies just to the north of the A14 road. The history of the village can be traced as far back as the Roman times based on a site containing a pottery kiln dated around the third century. According to the Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names the origin of Elmswell or in its Old English form Elmswella, as referred to in the Domesday Book of 1086 comes from 'Spring or Stream where elm-trees grow. The |
1972 | "Elmswell, Suffolk"
place-name Elmswella is formed by the conjunction of elm + wella, where wella is Old English for stream. A huge village green – Butten Haugh Green – once formed the centre of Elmswell. However, the arrival of the railway in 1846 and the bacon factory in 1911, meant the green now has houses built on it. The 1881 census showed that the number of dwellings in the village was 196 and the population was 761. The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day. Currently, the |
1973 | "Elmswell, Suffolk"
number of houses is over 1300 and the number of inhabitants is over 3350. The Church of St John the Divine in Church Hill was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Sir Robert Gardiner, former Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, the lord of the manor, who died in 1619, built almshouses next to the church and left them to three women from Elmswell and three from the nearby village of Woolpit. He is buried in St John the Divine. The village has had a railway station since 1846, on the line between Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich. There is a wildlife |
1974 | "Thomas Lewis (Virginia)"
to the Virginia convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution. When the Kanawha County court was established, Lewis was designated one of the twelve officers of that court, which met for the first time on October 5, 1789, at the house of George Clendenin in Charleston. Lewis died at Lynnwood in 1790. He had become one of the largest property owners in the county. On December 19, 1794, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act which established the town of Point Pleasant at the mouth of the Kanawha River (in present-day Mason County, West Virginia) on Lewis' property. Lewis is buried |
1975 | "Burton Paulu"
when he was working toward a degree in music at the University of Minnesota and took a part-time job as a student announcer at the university's young radio station WLB (later KUOM). He earned a BA (1931) and BS (1932) in music along with an MA degree in history from the University of Minnesota. While stationed in London and Luxembourg with the United States Office of War Information during World War II he developed an interest in European broadcasting, and in 1949 was awarded a PhD in communications from New York University. He was a frequent substitute trombonist for the |
1976 | "Wandjuk Marika"
the Djang'kawu Children of Yelangbara"" (1982). Djang'kawu is the founding ancestor of the Riratjingu in traditional stories. He co-founded the Aboriginal Arts Board in 1973, and became Chairman in 1976. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire that same year. His name was given to the Wandjuk Marika 3D Memorial Award, a category of the prestigious National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, awarded annually by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. His portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, and several of his paintings feature in the Art |
1977 | "Brightlight Pictures"
Classics release for spring 2013 directed by Robert Redford and starring Redford and Shia LaBeouf. Brightlight also developed, packaged and produced ""Mr. Hockey, The Gordie Howe Story"" in partnership with Inferno Pictures and Balwin Entertainment for the CBC and Hallmark Channel. Other feature producing credits include ""The Possession"" starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick for Mandate Pictures and Lions Gate Films; """" starring Nathan Fillion and Katee Sackhoff with Gold Circle Films; ""In the Name of the King"" starring Jason Statham; ""88 Minutes"" starring Al Pacino; ""The Wicker Man"" starring Nicolas Cage for Nu Image/Millennium Films and Emmett/Furla Films; |
1978 | "Wandjuk Marika"
the Gove Peninsula. The Bark Petition was the first Indigenous document to be officially recognised and accepted by the Australian Parliament. Marika lobbied for the creation of the Aboriginal Artists Agency in 1973 to protect the copyright of Aboriginal artists and Indigenous intellectual property. Wandjuk Marika was the uncle of Raymattja Marika. Wandjuk Marika Wandjuk Marika OBE (1927–1987), was an Australian Aboriginal painter, actor, composer and land rights activist. He was a member of the Rirratjingu clan of the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Australia. Wandjuk Djuakan Marika was born in 1927 on Bremer Island (Dhambaliya) in the |
1979 | "Aubrietia-class sloop"
""Anchusa"" group, and (renamed in 1922), survived to be moored on the River Thames for use as Drill Ships by the RNVR until 1988, a total of seventy years in RN service. ""President"" was sold in 1988 and preserved, and is now one of the last three surviving warships of the Royal Navy built during the First World War, (along with the 1914 light cruiser in Belfast, and the 1915 monitor in Portsmouth dockyard). Six ships were ordered in January 1916: A further six ships were ordered in December 1916: Aubrietia-class sloop The ""Aubrietia""-class sloops were a class of twelve |
1980 | "Montgomery County Courthouse (Ohio)"
the Montgomery County Commissioners, who also were favorably impressed, and agreed it would be a good model for their new Courthouse. They hired architect Howard Daniels of New York to draw the plans in which he captured the form and beauty of the ancient Greek temple. The building, now restored, stands as a tribute to the leaders of old Dayton and to the artisans of the Miami Valley who built it. The Dayton Historical Society, which became The Montgomery County Historical Society, then Dayton History, is housed in the Old Court House. The Courthouse was added to the National Register |
1981 | "Helicocranchia pfefferi"
live near the surface of the oceans, between 100 m and 200 m deep. They descend to the mesopelagic zone as they mature, but do not exhibit a diel vertical migration pattern. Helicocranchia pfefferi Helicocranchia pfefferi, the banded piglet squid, is a small squid of the genus ""Helicocranchia"". Adults of this species are mesopelaegic. The average size of adult ""H. pfefferi"" is in mantle length (ML). The body consists of a large funnel with small paddle-like fins. They have small tentacles above their eyes. The funnel does not have valves, but contains a dorsal pad with three papillae as organs. |
1982 | Fjellfly
Fjellfly Fjellfly (literally ""Mountain Fly"") was a Norwegian airline which operated between 1954 and 1972. The airline was based at Skien Airport, Geiteryggen and diverse range of general aviation activities and a limited scheduled services. Major undertakings included deliveries of the newspaper ""Dagbladet"", flying tourists into mountainous areas such as Hardangervidda and crop dusted forest areas. A scheduled service was introduced from Skien to Oslo Airport, Fornebu in 1963, and extended to Sandefjord Airport, Torp and Hamar Airport, Stafsberg four years later. At its peak in 1965, the airline had a fleet of fourteen aircraft. Owned by Snorre and Reidun |
1983 | "Sir Lord Comic"
which appeared on the ""Eastwood Rides Again"" album. In the early 1980s he was interviewed as part of the ""Deep Roots Music"" television series. Sir Lord Comic Sir Lord Comic is one of the original Jamaican deejays. His career began as a dancer with the ""Admiral Dean"" sound system. In the late 1950s, following the lead of Count Machuki, he began deejaying with the sound system, and recorded what is considered the first deejay recording, ""Ska-ing West"" in 1966. Comic also recorded one of the last great tracks of the ska era, ""The Great Wuga Wuga"", in 1967. In addition, |
1984 | "James B. Bullard"
James B. Bullard James Brian Bullard is the chief executive officer and 12th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, positions he has held since 2008. He is currently serving a term that began on March 1, 2016. In 2014, he was named the 7th most influential economist in the world. Bullard was born in Columbus, Wis., and grew up in Forest Lake, Minn. He received bachelor's degrees in economics and in quantitative methods and information systems from St. Cloud State University in 1984 and a Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University in 1990. Bullard began his career |
1985 | "James B. Bullard"
as an academic economist and monetary policy scholar. His research has appeared in numerous professional journals, including the ""American Economic Review"", the ""Journal of Monetary Economics"", ""Macroeconomic Dynamics"" and the ""Journal of Money, Credit and Banking"". Bullard joined the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in 1990 as an economist in the research division. Prior to becoming president, Bullard was vice president and deputy director of research for monetary analysis at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Bullard succeeded William Poole as president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank on April 1, 2008. According to Fed salary figures |
1986 | "James B. Bullard"
released for 2015, Bullard earns $339,700 per year, at the low end of the range for the 12 regional bank presidents but still considerably more than Fed chair Janet Yellen ($199,700), whose pay is limited by law. As the St. Louis Fed president, Bullard participates on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve's chief monetary policymaking body, and was a voting member in 2010, 2013 and 2016. He directs the activities of the Federal Reserve's Eighth District head office in St. Louis and branches in Little Rock, Ark., Louisville, Ky., and Memphis, Tenn. Bullard is an honorary professor |
1987 | "James B. Bullard"
of economics at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also sits on the advisory council of the economics department and on the advisory boards of the Center for Dynamic Economics and the Wells Fargo Advisors Center for Finance and Accounting Research. He is a member of the University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor's Council, the St. Cloud State University School of Public Affairs advisory council and the Greater St. Louis Financial Forum. He is chairman of the United Way's U.S.A. Board of Trustees and a member of the United Way Worldwide Board. Bullard also serves on the board of the |
1988 | "James B. Bullard"
St. Louis Regional Chamber and on the senior council of the Central Bank Research Association. He is co-editor of the ""Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control"" and a peer reviewer for more than two dozen periodicals and institutions. In 2016, Bullard announced a new approach for the St. Louis Fed's near-term U.S. macroeconomic and monetary policy projections. The new approach is based on the idea that the economy may experience one of several possible persistent regimes, which involve a combination of recession or no recession, high or low productivity growth, and high or low real returns on short-term government debt. |
1989 | "James B. Bullard"
While switches between regimes are possible, they are difficult to forecast. This contrasts with the more traditional approach to monetary policy projections, which assumes that the economy will converge to one single, long-run steady state. In the statement released June 17, 2016, Bullard said the current regime is characterized by low productivity growth, low real returns on short-term government debt and no recession. ""Policy is regime dependent, leading to a recommended policy rate path which is essentially flat over the forecast horizon,"" he said, where the forecast horizon is two to three years. He explained the need for a new |
1990 | "James B. Bullard"
approach in a speech on June 30, 2016. Given that the cyclical dynamics that resulted from the recession appeared to be over, Bullard said: ""It no longer made sense to submit a forecast of output growing above trend, unemployment continuing to decline, inflation rising above target, and the policy rate increasing at a fairly steep pace. We needed to rethink our approach to forecasting."" In November 2009, Bullard opined that the central bank should extend its mortgage-backed securities buying program beyond its expiration date in March 2010, which would (according to the ""New York Times"") keep interest rates low and |
1991 | Fjellfly
was equipped with hydraulic skis, allowing the aircraft to land both on runways and on lakes. The peak period was during the hunting season in September. The airline also flew a route with ""Dagbladet"" which it dropped at about 65 hotels and resorts in a six- to seven-hour trip. By the 1960s, the airline flew a regular service Skien–Oslo–Sandefjord–Larvik–Skien. From 1963 Fjellfly started crop dusting forests with fertilizer on a contract with Felleskjøpet. A Cessna 185 seaplane was bought for the job, which allowed it to be used for crop dusting in May and June, and be used for passenger |
1992 | Fjellfly
flights the rest of the year. The first such mission took place on 3 May 1963. Although some of the operations took place from airstrips, most of the work was carried out using seaplanes. At the peak, four aircraft were used for crop dusting: two 185s, a Piper Super Cub and a Pilatus Porter. During the 1960s, Fjellfly had two domesticated bears which were held at the airport. Fjellfly Fjellfly (literally ""Mountain Fly"") was a Norwegian airline which operated between 1954 and 1972. The airline was based at Skien Airport, Geiteryggen and diverse range of general aviation activities and a |
1993 | "Kuwaiti Family Committee"
Kuwaiti Family Committee The Kuwaiti Family Committee is an organization that was formed in 2004 by relatives of the Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo Bay. The Committee advocates for due process for the detainees. Khalid al-Odah is the founder of the Kuwaiti Family Committee. His son, Fawzi al-Odah has been detained without charge since 2001. The Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay maintain that they were doing charitable work in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border region in 2001 when they were captured by Pakistani bounty hunters. The Pakistanis then turned the prisoners over to the Americans who transferred them to Guantanamo Bay. When Guantanamo |
1994 | "Kuwaiti Family Committee"
Bay first opened in January 2002, there were twelve Kuwaiti citizens being held in the prison. Six Kuwaitis were released in November 2005 and two more were repatriated to Kuwait in September 2006. At the time, attorney David J. Cynamon cited diplomacy between the Kuwaiti and US governments as key to securing the release of these prisoners. The Kuwaiti Family Committee maintains that the U.S. Constitution guarantees all individuals a fair trial and that the US Supreme Court has affirmed that guarantee in three separate decisions: Rasul v. Bush & Al-Odah v. United States, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, and Hamdan v. |
1995 | "Kuwaiti Family Committee"
Rumsfeld. Kuwaiti Family Committee The Kuwaiti Family Committee is an organization that was formed in 2004 by relatives of the Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo Bay. The Committee advocates for due process for the detainees. Khalid al-Odah is the founder of the Kuwaiti Family Committee. His son, Fawzi al-Odah has been detained without charge since 2001. The Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo Bay maintain that they were doing charitable work in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border region in 2001 when they were captured by Pakistani bounty hunters. The Pakistanis then turned the prisoners over to the Americans who transferred them to Guantanamo Bay. When |
1996 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
China Meteorological Administration assessed Ophelia to have been a stronger system, with winds of 270 km/h (165 mph). On December 4, strong upper-level westerlies forced the typhoon northeast and prompted dramatic acceleration. The typhoon's eye soon dissolved as the cyclone's structure waned. Moving at an exceptionally fast 98 km/h (61 mph), with a maximum forward speed of 120 km/h (75 mph), Ophelia began transitioning into an extratropical cyclone on December 5 and completed the transition on the following day, as winds dropped below typhoon-force. The briskly moving system crossed the International Dateline later on December 6, along an easterly track |
1997 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
before turning north on December 8, south of Alaska. The system subsequently dissipated over the Gulf of Alaska on December 10. Throughout its tropical phase, Ophelia tracked along a path roughly 8,050 km (5,000 mi) long. On November 30, Guam residents were given the all-clear after previously expecting potential impacts from the typhoon, as the storm remained south of the island. Ships in the area were warned to avoid the system, however. The Japanese Maritime Safety Agency reported that two vessels were ""in trouble"" due to the storm on December 1. A 200-ton ship was driven off-course and collided with |
1998 | "George Carew, 4th Baron Carew"
George Carew, 4th Baron Carew George Patrick John Carew, 4th Baron Carew (1 February 1863 - 21 April 1926) George Carew was the younger son of Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew and his wife Emily Anne Philips, daughter of Sir George Richard Philips, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He succeeded his elder brother Robert Shapland George Julian Carew, 3rd Baron Carew to Baron Carew, a barony in the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom on his brother's death in 1923. As he had no children, the baronies passed to |
1999 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
heavy rain and snow. Sustained winds in Tokyo Bay reached 47 km/h (29 mph) and gusted to 65 km/h (40 mph). In the wake of the storm, the name ""Ophelia"" was retired from usage. For unknown reasons it was not replaced with any particular name, making it one of two storms in the basin to not have a replacement, although ""Ora"" took Ophelia's place in 1963. The reason behind Ophelia's removal is unique among Pacific typhoons. Normally, names are stricken from usage due to loss of life and/or damage; however, Ophelia was deemed meteorologically significant for its long track and |
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