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Lesley Webber is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. She was played by Denise Alexander from 1973 through February 28, 1984 on contract and from 1996 to 2009 in a recurring status. Alexander returned to the series in 2013.
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Sphaeromatidae is a family of isopods, containing the following genera: \n* Afrocerceis Müller, 1995 \n* Agostodina Bruce, 1994 \n* Amphoroidea H. Milne-Edwards, 1840 \n* Amphoroidella Baker, 1908 \n* Apemosphaera Bruce, 1994 \n* Artopoles Barnard, 1920 \n* Austrasphaera Bruce, 2003 \n* Beatricesphaera Wetzer & Bruce, 1999 \n* Benthosphaera Bruce, 1994 \n* Bilistra Sket & Bruce, 2004 \n* Botryias Richardson, 1910 \n* Bregmotypta Bruce, 1994 \n* Caecocassidias Kussakin, 1967 \n* Caecosphaeroma Dollfus, 1896 \n* Calcipila Harrison & Holdich, 1984 \n* Campecopea Leach, 1814 \n* Cassidias Richardson, 1906 \n* Cassidina H. Milne-Edwards, 1840 \n* Cassidinella Whitelegge, 1901 \n* Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 \n* Cassidinopsis Hansen, 1905 \n* Ceratocephalus Woodward, 1877 \n* Cerceis H. Milne-Edwards, 1840 \n* Cercosphaera Bruce, 1994 \n* Chitonopsis Whitelegge, 1902 \n* Chitonosphaera Kussakin & Malyutina, 1993 \n* Cilicaea Leach, 1818 \n* Cilicaeopsis Hansen, 1905 \n* Cliamenella Kussakin & Malyutina, 1987 \n* Cymodetta Bowman & Kuhne, 1974 \n* Cymodoce Leach, 1814 \n* Cymodocella Pfeffer, 1887 \n* Cymodopsis Baker, 1926 \n* Diclidocella Bruce, 1995 \n* Discerceis Richardson, 1905 \n* Discidina Bruce, 1994 \n* Dynamene Leach, 1814 \n* Dynamenella Hansen, 1905 \n* Dynameniscus Richardson, 1905 \n* Dynamenoides Hurley & Jansen, 1977 \n* Dynamenopsis Baker, 1908 \n* Dynoides Barnard, 1914 \n* Eterocerceis Messana, 1990 \n* Exocerceis Baker, 1926 \n* Exosphaeroides Holdich & Harrison, 1983 \n* Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900 \n* Geocerceis Menzies & Glynn, 1968 \n* Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies, 1954 \n* Harrieta Kensley, 1987 \n* Haswellia Miers, 1884 \n* Hemisphaeroma Hansen, 1905 \n* Heterodina Schotte & Kensley, 2005 \n* Holotelson Richardson, 1909 \n* Ischyromene Racovitza, 1908 \n* Isocladus Miers, 1876 \n* Juletta Bruce, 1993 \n* Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003 \n* Kranosphaera Bruce, 1992 \n* Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1943 \n* Leptosphaeroma Hilgendorf, 1885 \n* Makarasphaera Bruce, 2005 \n* Margueritta Bruce, 1993 \n* Maricoccus Poore, 1994 \n* Monolistra Gerstaecker, 1856 \n* Moruloidea Baker, 1908 \n* Naesicopea Stebbing, 1893 \n* Neonaesa Harrison & Holdich, 1982 \n* Neosphaeroma Baker, 1926 \n* Oxinasphaera Bruce, 1997 \n* Paracassidina Baker, 1911 \n* Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906 \n* Paracerceis Hansen, 1905 \n* Paracilicaea Stebbing, 1910 \n* Paradella Harrison & Holdich, 1982 \n* Paraimene Javed & Ahmed, 1988 \n* Paraleptosphaeroma Buss & Iverson, 1981 \n* Parasphaeroma Stebbing, 1902 \n* Parisocladus Barnard, 1914 \n* Pedinura Bruce, 2003 \n* Pistorius Harrison & Holdich, 1982 \n* Platycerceis Baker, 1926 \n* Platynympha Harrison, 1984 \n* Platysphaera Holdich & Harrison, 1981 \n* Pooredoce Bruce, 2009 \n* Pseudocerceis Harrison & Holdich, 1982 \n* Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909 \n* Ptyosphaera Holdich & Harrison, 1983 \n* Scutuloidea Chilton, 1883 \n* Sphaeramene Barnard, 1914 \n* Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802 \n* Sphaeromopsis Holdich & Jones, 1973 \n* Stathmos Barnard, 1940 \n* Striella Glynn, 1968 \n* Syncassidina Baker, 1928 \n* Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978 \n* Tholozodium Eleftheriou, Holdich & Harrison, 1980 \n* Waiteolana Baker, 1926 \n* Xynosphaera Bruce, 1994 \n* Zuzara Leach, 1818
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The 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the twenty seventh edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The match was contested between the 2004–05 Primeira Liga winners, Benfica and the 2004–05 Taça de Portugal winners, Vitória de Setúbal. The match took place at Estádio Cidade de Coimbra in Coimbra on the 13 August 2005. Benfica were making their fourteenth Supertaça appearance. Benfica had previously won three and lost on ten occasions. Vitória de Setúbal were making their first Supertaça appearance. In Portugal, the final was televised live on RTP1. Benfica defeated Porto 1–0 with a goal in the 51st minute from Nuno Gomes. Benfica collected a fourth Supertaça.
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Magic Bird was a cargo airline based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It operates services between Sundsvall and Stockholm for the post office in Sweden. Its main base is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
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The fungi of the Dermocybe group, commonly known as skin-heads, form a group within the huge genus Cortinarius. They are generally considered to be a subgenus though some authorities consider them to form a genus in their own right. They can be distinguished from other Cortinarius species by: 1. \n* their brilliant colours, especially of the gills, 2. \n* their non-hygrophanous dry cap, and 3. \n* their dry cylindrical (non-bulbous) stem. An example with a vivid green colour is Dermocybe austroveneta. Another example is D. semisanguinea (pictured), which from above is an ordinary brown colour, but which shows a striking blood-red sheen when the underside of the cap is viewed. Lethal webcaps one of world's most poisonous mushrooms belongs to the group. The Austrian Professor Meinhard Moser (1924-2002), whose book is referenced, was one of the authorities who promote Dermocybe to the status of a genus.
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Combermere/Kamaniskeg Lake Water Aerodrome, (TC LID: CNP5), is located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) west northwest of Combermere, Ontario, Canada.
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Kiera Aitken (born October 31, 1983) is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Bermuda. She is one of Bermuda's most successful swimmers, and has twice been named Bermuda's Female Athlete of the Year (for 2004 and 2009). She carried Bermuda's flag at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She has swum for Bermuda at: \n* Olympics: 2004, 2008 \n* Commonwealth Games: 2006, 2010 \n* World Championships: 2007, 2009 \n* Pan American Games: 2003, 2007 She swam in college at Canada's Dalhousie University.
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KFYN (1420 AM and 95.7 FM, \"The Warrior\") is an American radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to Bonham, Texas, USA, the station serves Fannin County. The station is currently owned by Vision Media Group, Inc., and features local programming in addition to some programming from TSN, USRN, And Cumulus. The station also provides extensive local news of the Fannin County area of Texoma. KFYN also rebroadcasts KXII News @6 weekdays. Musically KFYN focuses on Country Music from the mid 1970s to the early 2000s.
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Hanover/Saugeen Municipal Airport (ICAO: CYHS) is located 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) west northwest of Hanover, Ontario, Canada. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.
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The Fort Worth Transportation Authority (popularly known as The T) is a transit agency located in Fort Worth, Texas. The T primarily operates Fort Worth's bus system which also serves several Fort Worth suburbs. The T also partners with Dallas Area Rapid Transit to operate the Trinity Railway Express (TRE), which offers commuter rail service from downtown Fort Worth to DFW Airport and downtown Dallas.
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Untapable (foaled 13 February 2011) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. She showed promise as a two-year-old in 2013 when she won two of her four races including the Pocahontas Stakes and was placed in the Starlet Stakes. In 2014 she emerged as a top-class racehorse, winning the Rachel Alexandra Stakes, Fair Grounds Oaks, Kentucky Oaks, Mother Goose Stakes, Cotillion Handicap and Breeders' Cup Distaff and was named American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.
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Fjørtoft Church (Norwegian: Fjørtoft kyrkje) is a parish church in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the northern side of the small island of Fjørtofta. The church is part of the Fjørtoft parish in the Nordre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in 1878 to serve the residents of the island. The architect was Johannes Henrik Nissen, and the building seats about 200 people.
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The 1866 Texas gubernatorial election was held on June 25, 1866 to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Governor Andrew J. Hamilton, who had been appointed by President Andrew Johnson, did not run for a full term. The election was won by James W. Throckmorton, who received 80% of the vote.
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Mutapha Khiati is an Algerian male artistic gymnast, representing his nation at international competitions. He competed at world championships, including the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, United States.
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Hershey Country Club is a country club located just outside the eastern city limits of Hershey, Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1930 by Milton S. Hershey. The golf course in the club hosted the PGA Championship in 1940, which Byron Nelson won and the Hershey Open from 1933 to 1941. The club has two 18 hole golf courses; the 7,061-yard, par-71 East Course which was designed by George Fazio in 1969, and the 6,860-yard, par 73 West Course which was designed by Maurice McCarthy circa 1930. The PGA Championship was contested on the West Course and the LPGA Lady Keystone Open was held on the course for almost 20 years. The club also hosted a Nationwide Tour event for eight years and the Pennsylvania Open Championship 15 times. Head golf pros at the club have included Hall of Famers Henry Picard (1934–41) and Ben Hogan (1941-51).
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Alva E. Kelley (June 16, 1918 – August 21, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Brown University (1951–1958), Colgate University (1959–1961), and Hobart College (1963–1970), compiling a career college football record of 60–98–5. Kelley graduated from Cornell University in 1941 after playing three seasons of football under Carl Snavely and fellow fraternity brother George K. James, including the 1939 undefeated national championship season. He was a member of Sphinx Head, the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and through the latter organization, the Irving Literary Society. He was assistant coach at Cornell from 1946 to 1949, before becoming head coach at Brown University and then Colgate. He was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980. Kelley was the 27th head football coach for the Colgate University Raiders located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County, New York and he held that position for three seasons, from 1959 until 1961. His overall coaching record at Colgate was 9 wins, 18 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 12th at Colgate in terms of total wins and 27th at Colgate in terms of winning percentage.
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Bath School of Art and Design is an art college in Bath, England. It forms part of the Bath Spa University whose main campus is located a few miles from the City at Newton Park, near Corston, Somerset.
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The Neka Art Museum is a museum located in Ubud on Bali, Indonesia, Established by Suteja Neka, a Balinese teacher who collected Balinese art with the advice and help of and advice from the painters Rudolf Bonnet and Arie Smit among others, it opened in 1982
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The Jamaican laughing frog or Savanna-la-Mar tree frog, Osteopilus brunneus, is a species of frog in the Hylidae family endemic to Jamaica.It is found mainly inland, and lives and lays eggs in the water contained within bromeliad leaves.O. brunneus is characterized by distinct tympanum about 70% of eye diameter, finger disc 2 rounded and smaller than discs on fingers 3, 4 and 5, and an SVL of approximately 50mm.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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R&B singer Solange Knowles has released three studio albums: Solo Star in 2003, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams in 2008, and A Seat at the Table, which peaked at number one in the US Billboard 200 chart. Knowles released a video and single for \"Losing You\" on October 2, 2012. The single was released in promotion of her first EP, titled True, which Knowles worked on with Dev Hynes and was released on November 27, 2012 by Terrible Records.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick (October 19, 1797 in New Brunswick, New Jersey – August 15, 1859 in Saratoga Springs, New York) was an American Whig Party politician, who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855. He was the son of Andrew Kirkpatrick, and grandson of John Bubenheim Bayard.
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The North Solomons dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx meeki), is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the west and central Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the variable dwarf kingfisher.
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Remix Romance Vol. 2 is a remix compilation album by Sally Shapiro. Like its predecessor Remix Romance Vol. 1, it collects previously existing and newly produced versions of tracks from Disco Romance. This collection includes remixes from Dntel, The Russian Futurists, Solvent, and famed Italo disco producer Alexander Robotnick.
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The short-tailed pygmy tyrant (Myiornis ecaudatus) is not only the smallest member of the tyrant-flycatcher family, but also the smallest passerine on earth. Among both the family and the order, only the closely related black-capped pygmy tyrant approaches similarly diminutive sizes. The pygmy tyrant is widespread throughout most of the Amazon in northern and central South America. A resident of tall humid forests, the bird is occasionally found in more open woodland, specifically around treefalls and tall trees in clearings. It is fairly common throughout most of its range, but is easily overlooked - in part due to its insect or frog-like voice. The short-tailed pygmy tyrant is truly a pygmy of a bird, with only a handful of the most lilliputian hummingbirds measuring smaller. The average length is 6.5 cm (2.6 in) and the weight averages at 4.2 g (0.15 oz). While the bill (though slender) is disproportionately large for the size of the bird, the tail is practically non-existent. The head is gray with blackish lores and stand-out white \"spectacles\". The back is bright olive-green, and the bar-less wings and tail are both black. The underside is yellow-tinged white, with light olive smudges on the chest and flanks, and the inner flight feathers are edged with yellow. The sexes are similar. Although its plumage is similar to some other tyrant flycatchers, especially the slaty-headed tody-flycatcher, in the field, the bird is more often mistaken for a large beetle or insect, especially while in flight. The nest, a moss and fiber ball with a side entrance, is large for the size of the bird. It may be found from 1 to 8 meters (3.3 to 26.2 ft) up in the tree, and never near the canopy. 2 eggs, white overlaid with brownish or cinnamon spots, are laid. The short-tailed pygmy tyrant prefers to take prey by hover-gleaning from beneath leaves at mid-level in the forest. Its flight movements have a mechanical-feel that enhances the insect comparison. The abrupt movements of this dwarf make it hard to follow even if it is seen.This bird also occasionally flycatches after remaining very quiet. Its song is a high pitched series of to 15 c'r'eek notes, at first hesitant, then accelerating and descending slightly. There is also a cr'e'e'e', k'e'e'e'e song that is repeated over and over. Chirp-like squeaks similar to that of a well-rosined bird squeaker and a soft, purring series of trilled notes, lower in pitch than other calls, are heard. In general, the vocalizations of the short-tailed pygmy tyrant are all unlikely to be recognized as bird vocalizations, but are rather more like the sounds made by crickets or small frogs.
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The FC Istiklol 2014 season was Istiklol's sixth Tajik League season. They won the League for the third time, whilst also winning the Supercup and defending their Tajik Cup title. Mubin Ergashev was appointed the club's new manager 13 January 2014, guiding the team to an undefeated season.
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Lemmings is a puzzle-platformer video game originally developed by DMA Design and first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. The game was programmed by Mike Dailly and David Jones, and was inspired by a simple animation that Dailly created while experimenting with Deluxe Paint. The objective of the game is to guide a group of anthropomorphised lemmings through a number of obstacles to a designated exit. To save the required number of lemmings to win, one must determine how to assign a limited number of eight different skills to specific lemmings that allow the selected lemming to alter the landscape, to affect the behaviour of other lemmings, or to clear obstacles to create a safe passage for the rest of the lemmings. Lemmings was one of the best-received video games of the early 1990s. It was the second-highest rated game in the history of Amstrad Action, and was considered the eighth-greatest game of all time by Next Generation in 1996. Lemmings is also one of the most widely ported video games, and is estimated to have sold over 15 million copies between its various ports. The popularity of the game also led to the creation of several sequels, remakes and spin-offs, and has also inspired similar games.
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John Webster (bef August 16, 1590 – April 5, 1661) was an early colonial settler of New England, serving one term as governor of the Colony of Connecticut in 1656.
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Diaptomidae is a family of freshwater pelagic copepods. It includes around 50 genera: \n* Acanthodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Aglaodiaptomus Light, 1938 \n* Allodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 \n* Arctodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Argyrodiaptomus Brehm, 1933 \n* Aspinus Brandorff, 1973 \n* Austrinodiaptomus Reid, 1997 \n* Calchas Brehm, 1949 \n* Calodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 \n* Camerundiaptomus Dumont & Chiambeng, 2002 \n* Colombodiaptomus Gaviria, 1989 \n* Copidodiaptomus Kiefer, 1968 \n* Dactylodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 \n* Dasydiaptomus Defaye & Dussart, 1993 \n* Dentodiaptomus Shen & Tai, 1964 \n* Diaptomus Westwood, 1836 \n* Dolodiaptomus Shen & Tai, 1964 \n* Dussartius Kiefer, 1978 \n* Eodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Eudiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Filipinodiaptomus Mamaril & Fernando, 1978 \n* Gigantodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Hadodiaptomus Brancelj, 2005 \n* Heliodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Hemidiaptomus G. O. Sars, 1903 \n* Hesperodiaptomus Light, 1938 \n* Idiodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 \n* Keraladiaptomus Santos Silva, Kakkassery, Mass & Dumont, 1994 \n* Leptodiaptomus Light, 1938 \n* Ligulodiaptomus Shen & Tai, 1962 \n* Mastigodiaptomus Light, 1939 \n* Megadiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 \n* Metadiaptomus Methuen, 1910 \n* Microdiaptomus Osorio-Tafall, 1942 \n* Mixodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Mongolodiaptomus Kiefer, 1937 \n* Nannodiaptomus Dang & Ho, 2001 \n* Natrodiaptomus Stella, 1984 \n* Neodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Neutrodiaptomus Kiefer, 1937 \n* Nordodiaptomus M. S. Wilson, 1951 \n* Notodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 \n* Occidodiaptomus Borutzky in Borutsky, Stepanova & Kos, 1991 \n* Odontodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 \n* Onychodiaptomus Light, 1939 \n* Paradiaptominae Kiefer, 1932 \n* Paradiaptomus Daday, 1910 \n* Phyllodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 \n* Prionodiaptomus Light, 1939 \n* Pseudolovenula Marukawa, 1921 \n* Rhacodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 \n* Scolodiaptomus Reid, 1987 \n* Sinodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Skistodiaptomus Light, 1939 \n* Spelaeodiaptomus Dussart, 1970 \n* Speodiaptomus Borutzky, 1962 \n* Spicodiaptomus Rajendran, 1973 \n* Stygodiaptomus Petkovski, 1981 \n* Thermodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Troglodiaptomus Petkovski, 1978 \n* Tropodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 \n* Tumeodiaptomus Dussart, 1979 \n* Vietodiaptomus Dang, 1977
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Andrew Oldcorn (born 31 March 1960) is a Scottish professional golfer. Oldcorn was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. He was raised in Edinburgh, and represents Scotland. He won the English Amateur in 1982 and turned professional after playing for Great Britain & Ireland in the 1983 Walker Cup. Oldcorn was medalist at the European Tour final Qualifying School in 1983. He had a steady start to his career on tour before being struck down with ME in the early 1990s. He returned to form in 1993, to claim his first tour victory in the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia. Away from the tour he also won the Sunderland of Scotland Masters. Several solid years followed along with another title, the 1995 DHL Jersey Open. The undoubted highlight of his career came in 2001 when he became the oldest winner in the history of the Volvo PGA Championship (although Miguel Ángel Jiménez would later beat that record). He finished that season a career best 26th place on the European Tour Order of Merit. Oldcorn had chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Leccinum is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was the name given first to a series of fungi within the genus Boletus, then erected as a new genus last century. Their main distinguishing feature is the small, rigid projections (scabers) that give a rough texture to their stalks. The genus name was coined from the Italian Leccino, for a type of rough-stemmed bolete. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in north temperate regions, and contains about 75 species.
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George Anson Starkweather (May 19, 1794 – October 15, 1879) was a United States Representative from New York, his eldest son being John Converse Starkweather. He is not to be confused with his son, George Anson Starkweather (born March 1, 1834 in NYC, and died there November 20, 1883), who was a Colonel in the New York 12th Regiment of Artillery, nor his Nephew, George Anson Starkweather, of Plymouth, Michigan, nor his third cousin once removed George Anson Starkweather, a lawyer and merchant in Waymart, Pennsylvania, who studied law under Andrew Reader (afterward Reader becoming Governor of Kansas). There were several other George Anson Starkweathers, all distantly related and living in the same time period. Born in Preston, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and was graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Cooperstown, New York. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849. He again resumed the practice of his profession in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1853 to 1868; in 1879 he died in Cooperstown. Interment was in Lakewood Cemetery.
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Laurie J. Shrage (born December 4, 1953) is an American political and moral philosopher whose analysis of the agendas for social change advanced by gender and sexual dissidents has been influential.
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William VII of Hesse-Kassel (21 June 1651 - 21 November 1670) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
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The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was the 13th edition of the event in an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB, in conjunction with the IOC. It was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre from 28 July to 11 August 2012.
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Krabi International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานกระบี่) (IATA: KBV, ICAO: VTSG), is the international airport serving Krabi, Thailand. It is about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of the city center. The airport opened on 10 July 1999. In calendar year 2015 the airport handled 3,689,672 passenger arrivals and departures. The terminal is designed for three million passengers, a number that has already been exceeded, expansion will push capacity to five million.
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Alice Lévêque (born 9 May 1989) is a French handball player. She plays for the club Metz Handball and on the French national team. She represented France at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.
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The Japan Cup (ジャパンカップ Japan Kappu, JPN G-1) is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about 1 1⁄2 miles) run under weight for age conditions with a maximum of 18 horses on turf (grass). With a purse of ¥476 million (about US $5.8 million), the Japan Cup is one of the richest races in the world. The Japan Cup is an invitational event. During a relatively short history, the race has established itself as an international contest with winners from Japan, North America, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Germany and Italy. The Japan Cup has produced some of the most memorable finishes seen in Japanese racing. Along with the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Melbourne Cup and the Breeders' Cup, the race ranks as one of the great end-of-year events. The Japan Racing Association established the Japan Cup as an international invitational race in order for local racehorses to have the opportunity to compete against horses of an international calibre and to promote goodwill within the racing community worldwide.
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Thomas Hjelm Jonasson (born 27 November 1988, in Vetlanda, Sweden) is an international motorcycle speedway rider, who won the Premier League and the Premier Trophy with the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2008. In 2009, Jonasson continued to race for Elit Vetlanda Speedway in Sweden, Gorzow Wlkp. in Poland and Edinburgh in the UK. He briefly signed as a doubling up rider for the Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League at the start of 2009 but was not used. In 2010 he rode for Swindon Robins, with short stints at Poole Pirates in 2011 and Peterborough Panthers in 2012. In May 2013 he re-signed for Poole Pirates.
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Paraguay's bicameral Congress (Congreso) consists of a 45-member Senate and an 80-member Chamber of Deputies. It serves as the legislative branch of the Paraguayan state. Both chambers of Congress are elected concurrently with the president by means of a proportional representation system. Deputies are elected by department and Senators on a nationwide basis.
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Eichholzkopf is a mountain of Hesse, Germany. At an elevation of 610m, its peak is located near the local center Rittershausen, which is part of the municipality Dietzhölztal.
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Lake Wedowee, or R. L. Harris Reservoir, is a reservoir, located in Randolph County, Alabama on the upper part of the Tallapoosa River. The lake is 10,660 acres. This lake was built at one of the last hydro sites in Alabama.
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The Musée alsacien (Alsatian museum) is a museum in Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department of France. It opened on 11 May 1907 and is dedicated to all aspects of (mostly rural) daily life in pre-industrial and early industrial Alsace. It contains over 5000 exhibits and is notable for the reconstruction of the interiors of several traditional houses. It also features a rich collection of artifacts documenting the everyday life of Alsatian Jews. The museum is located in several Renaissance timber framed houses on the Quai Saint-Nicolas, on the banks of the Ill river. In 1917 it was bought by the city of Strasbourg. Another, smaller, Musée alsacien exists in the city of Haguenau, 30 kilometers north of Strasbourg.
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The Escalada a Montjuïc (in Catalan, English: Scaling of Montjuïc, Spanish: Escalada a Montjuic) was a one-day, two-stage road bicycle racing race held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1965. It washeld in the middle of October, as one of the final races in the European season. Since 2005, it was organised as a 1.2 category race as a part of the UCI Europe Tour. The event, organised by Esport Ciclista Barcelona, played host to number of races for women, veterans, young riders and elite men. The elite men's race was split into two stages. The first stage was a criterium consisting of five laps around a five kilometre circuit. The second stage was an individual time trial up the slopes of Montjuïc, which is usually around ten kilometres. The elite men's race mainly attracted professional Spanish riders. Eddy Merckx holds the record for most wins with six victories between 1966 and 1975.
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Edith Parvin Hayllar (1860–1948) was a British artist who painted Victorian genre scenes. She learned painting from her father, James Hayllar who also taught her three sisters Jessica, Kate and Mary. Edith is considered the most successful of the sisters as she exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists, the Institute of Oil Painters, and the Dudley Gallery. Her painting A Summer Shower was shown at the Royal Academy in 1893. It depicts a tennis party taking shelter from the rain and was called \"one of the most charming genre scenes of the nineteenth century.\" She quit painting when she married Rev. Bruce MacKay in approximately 1900.
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Szołdry [ˈʂɔu̯drɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brodnica, within Śrem County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Brodnica, 14 km (9 mi) north-west of Śrem, and 31 km (19 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 260.
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Solange Azagury-Partridge is a British jewellery designer based in London. She is the former creative director of Boucheron, and founder of her own brand.
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Benjamin N. Maltz (1901-1993) was an American banker and philanthropist. He was the first Chairman of the City National Bank (NYSE: CYN).
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A.M. Best is a U.S.-based rating agency headquartered in Oldwick, New Jersey, that focuses on the insurance industry. Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have designated the company as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) in the United States. Unlike other NRSROs like Standard & Poor's, Moody's, Kroll Bond Rating Agency, and Fitch Ratings, whose ratings focus on the business sector, A.M. Best historically has focused exclusively on the insurance marketplace. A.M. Best issues financial-strength ratings measuring insurance companies' ability to pay claims. It also rates financial instruments issued by insurance companies, such as bonds, notes, and securitization products. In addition, A.M. Best also publishes a series of printed and online directories of insurance professionals and publications. The oldest and best known is Best's Directories of Recommended Insurance Attorneys & Adjusters. Insurance publications include BestWeek, a weekly newsletter, Best's Review, a monthly magazine, and an online wire service called BestWire.
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MercyMe is an American contemporary Christian music band founded in Greenville, Texas. The band consists of vocalist Bart Millard, keyboardist James Bryson, percussionist Robby Shaffer, bassist Nathan Cochran and guitarists Michael Scheuchzer and Barry Graul. The band formed in 1994 and released six independent albums prior to signing with INO Records in 2001.The group first gained mainstream recognition with the crossover single, \"I Can Only Imagine\" which elevated their debut album, Almost There, to double platinum certification. Since then, the group has released six additional studio albums (four of which have been certified gold) and a greatest hits album, 10. The group has also had 13 consecutive top 5 singles on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, with 7 of them reaching No. 1. MercyMe has won 8 Dove Awards and has had many Grammy Award nominations. On April 8, 2014, the band released its eighth studio album titled Welcome to the New.
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Victor W. Voorhees (1876–1970) was an American architect most active in Seattle, Washington. He is credited with the design of over 110 building projects. His residential plan book, Western Home Builder, which went through six editions between 1907 and 1911, provided templates for popular local house designs like the Seattle box.
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Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas was a Colombian educator, lawyer, diplomat, writer, journalist and statesman who was President of the United States of Colombia between 1874 and 1876.
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Ferenc Esterházy de Galántha (English: Francis Esterházy of Galántha; 1533–1604) was a Hungarian noble, who served as Vice-ispán (Viscount; vicecomes) of Pozsony County since 1579. He was the ancestor of the wealthy and prestigious House of Esterházy. His parents were Benedek Zerhas de Zerhashaz (or Eszterhas), from the kindred of Salamon, and Ilona Bessenyei de Galántha. He was the first from his family who used the title of \"Galántha\" (galánthai) when he inherited the lordship of Galánta (today: Galanta, Slovakia) from his mother. Following his father's death in 1553, he built a Renaissance-style mansion in 1600. Another, Neo-Gothic castle situated in the town built by two of his sons, Dániel and Pál in 1633. Ferenc participated in the 1596 campaign against the Ottoman Empire. He served in the army under commander Count Miklós Pálffy. His son, István was killed in the Battle of Keresztes on 26 October 1596.
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The Nottinghamshire Miners' Association was a trade union representing coal miners in Nottinghamshire, in England. A Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Miners' Association was founded in 1863 or 1864, but this became moribund during the 1870s. However, some branches at local mines remained active, including trade unionists such as Samuel Smith, Aaron Stewart and William Hardy. In 1881, they constituted a new Nottingham Miners' Federation based on the rules of the old union, and by the start of 1884, membership had risen to more than 2,000. That year, two unsuccessful strikes took place and membership halved. In response, the union elected new officials and adopted a new name, the \"Nottinghamshire Miners' Association\", and constitution. In 1889, the Association was a founder member of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. In 1926, at the height of the General Strike, General Secretary George Alfred Spencer on behalf of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association, negotiated a deal with the local mine owners at the request of miners from the Digby pit near Eastwood, Nottinghamshire in Nottinghamshire. However, this brought him into conflict with the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, who wished to see the strike continue. Unhappy with the influence of the MFGB, Spencer led a breakaway from the NMA, supported by moderates such as John Hancock, setting up the Nottinghamshire and District Miners' Industrial Union (NMIU) based mostly in The Dukeries. The NMIU lasted for eleven years separate from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. In 1937, an agreement was reached between the NMA and the NMIU and they merged to form the Nottinghamshire Miners' Federated Union, with Spencer becoming the President. In 1945, the union became the Nottinghamshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers. During the 1984-1985 miners' strike, the majority of the members broke away to form the Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
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The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 126 pounds (57.2 kilograms). The competition was held from Tuesday, August 7, 1928 to Saturday, August 11, 1928.
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The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)—also called Wellfleet oyster, Atlantic oyster, Virginia oyster, or American oyster—is a species of true oyster native to the eastern seaboard and Gulf of Mexico coast of North America. It is also farmed in Puget Sound, Washington, where it is known as the Totten Inlet Virginica. Eastern oysters are and have been very popular commercially. Today, less than 1% of the original 17th-century population (when the original colonists arrived) is thought to remain in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, although population estimates from any era are uncertain. The eastern oyster is the state shellfish of Connecticut, its shell is the state shell of Virginia and Mississippi, and its shell in cabochon form is the state gem of Louisiana.
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The SABIA-Mar (Spanish: Satélites Argentino-Brasileños para Información Ambiental del Mar), originally called SAC-E by CONAE is a dual satellite joint Earth observation mission. The mission objective is to study the oceanic biosphere, its changes along time and how it is affected and reacts to human activity. It focuses on monitoring of ocean surfaces, especially studies of the ocean ecosystem, the carbon cycle, marine habitats, and mapping. This collaboration between the Argentine (CONAE) and the Brazilian (AEB) space agencies was originally supposed to make two identical spacecraft with Argentina supplying the payload and Brazil the satellite bus. The satellites, SABIA-Mar A and SABIA-Mar B, were supposed to fly in 2017 and 2018, and be operated until 2021. By 2016, CONAE announced that an agreement had been reached, where Argentina would make SABIA-Mar 1, and Brazil would make SABIA-Mar 2. The Argentine satellite was supposed to fly in 2020.
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Gregory John Kragen (born March 4, 1962) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) including three Super Bowls and five championship games. He was selected for the Pro Bowl in 1989 and made the All-Madden team twice. Kragen went to high school at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, California and then played college football at Utah State University and went undrafted in the NFL draft. After trying out for the Denver Broncos, he was cut. The next year, he again was invited to training camp and this time he made the team. His career lasted thirteen years. He played nine seasons for the Broncos followed by a year for the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft, and played his final three seasons with that team. He is 226th in all times games played in the NFL, at 200.
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The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final (勇者王ガオガイガー FINAL Yūshaō Gaogaigā Fainaru) is a Japanese OVA anime series produced by Sunrise. It is the direct sequel to the 1997 anime television series The King of Braves GaoGaiGar and the first Yūsha metaseries officially funded by Bandai, following its acquisition of Sunrise. The series is directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani and written by both Fuyunori Gobu and Yuichiro Takeda. It was released in Japan from January 21, 2000 to March 21, 2003 with a total of 8 episodes. A 12-episode TV re-imagining, with the subtitle Grand Glorious Gathering was broadcast in TV Tokyo from April 11, 2005 to June 27, 2005.
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(This article is about the British TV channel. For the TV station in Vancouver, formerly called Channel M, see CHNM-TV. For the Southeast Asian TV channel, formerly called Channel M, see TVN (Asia). For The South Korean radio station, see Channel M (Korea).) Channel M was a regional television station, serving Greater Manchester. The station, originally known as Manchester Student Television, was owned and operated by the GMG Regional Media division of Guardian Media Group.
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Epictinae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a subfamily of snakes found in the New World and equatorial Africa. Members of this subfamily tend to have short, thick tails, and the fewest subcaudal scales. It comprises two tribes, three subtribes, eight genera, and 62 species.
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Shawn Sawyer (born January 14, 1985 in Edmundston, New Brunswick) is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 2011 Canadian national silver medalist and a three-time (2005-2006 & 2008) Canadian national bronze medalist. He represented Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy finishing 12th overall. Unlike most skaters, Sawyer is a clockwise spinner.
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(For the other people with the same name, see Jack Collins.) John Charles \"Jack\" Collins (5 January 1930 – 6 July 2008) was an Australian rules footballer, who played for the Footscray Football Club (now known as the Western Bulldogs) in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His father, James Collins, who had been the captain-coach of the Yarraville Football Club from 1918 to 1919, played 30 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1919 to 1921. Collins was recruited to Footscray in 1950 from the Yarraville Football Club and, for the next two years, he won the club's best-and-fairest award (later designated the Charles Sutton Medal). In 1953, both Collins and Collingwood player Frank Tuck were reported following a fierce fight. They were both subsequently suspended and, as a result, Collins missed the finals of the 1953 VFL season in which Footscray finished third. The next year, Collins kicked a (then record) 7 goals at full-forward in the 1954 VFL Grand Final, where Footscray, captained by Charlie Sutton, won their only (to date) premiership. Also, in that same year (1954) Collins was the VFL Leading Goalkicker with 84 goals. He was the leading goalkicker, again, in the 1957 VFL season with a total of 74 goals. After retiring from football after 154 games and 385 goals, Collins served as a players representative, then secretary, and finally president of the club. Collins was active in moves to save the Footscray Football Club when the club nearly merged with Fitzroy in 1989. Collins was a personal friend of murdered lawyer Keith William Allan, and gave evidence at each of the three trials in the Supreme Court of Victoria in which three persons were charged with Allan's murder.
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E.V.O.: Search for Eden, originally released in Japan as 46 Okunen Monogatari: Harukanaru Eden e (46億年物語 はるかなるエデンへ, \"4.6 Billion Year Story: To Distant Eden\"), is a side-scrolling action video game developed by Almanic Corporation and published by Enix for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Released in 1992 for Japanese audiences, the game was later translated and released in North America in 1993. Combining traditional platforming mechanics with experience and leveling mechanics originating from role playing games, E.V.O. involves the player navigating a creature through a number of side-scrolling levels while undergoing bodily evolution to cope with ever-changing environments. The game is heavily based on Almanic's original title, 46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron, released exclusively in Japan for the PC-9801 home computer in 1990. Spanning a period of over a billion years, the game's story involves Gaia, daughter of the sun and mystical embodiment of the Earth, guiding the player through five distinct geological periods of the planet's history. Beginning the game as a fish, the player must travel across the planet defeating enemies and gaining the strength to evolve into more powerful and complex organisms before eventually earning a chance to enter the paradise realm of Eden, becoming Gaia's immortal partner. Crystals with the ability to influence evolution are laden throughout the player's quest, with the mystery of their origin becoming a secondary factor to the main story.
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Ralphie (or 3CS-2) is a satellite, part of Three Corner Satellite project. Designed and being built by mostly undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosat Program. Ralphie is responsible for imaging and End-to-End Data Systems in 3CS project. Satellite carries name of Colorado University's mascot, Ralphie. Launched on the first Delta IV Heavy configuration, but failed to achieve orbit due to a problem with the rocket during launch.
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The Pathogen-Host Interaction database (PHI-base) contains expertly curated molecular and biological information on genes proven to affect the outcome of pathogen-host interactions. The database was created and is maintained by researchers at Rothamsted Research and external collaborators since 2005. The database and latest release is described in detail in this PDF document.
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James W. Naughton (1840–1898) was an American architect, serving as the Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn. He was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1848, at age eight. He worked as an apprentice in the office of J & A Douglas in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He entered the University of Wisconsin to study architecture in 1859. He returned to Brooklyn, New York in 1861 and continued his studies at the Cooper Union. He served as Superintendent of Buildings for the City of Brooklyn from 1874 to 1876. In 1879, he was appointed Superintendent of Buildings for the Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn, a position he held until his death in 1898. During this period he designed all the school buildings in the city of Brooklyn.
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Trouze is an Singaporean-American electronic music trio consisting of Declan Ee, Jovany Javier and Tat Tong. The group had a Billboard Dance Top 20 in 2016 with the song \"Age of Innocence\" with Elephante and Damon Shape.
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Rosemont (foaled 1932 in Virginia) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his win in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap, when he defeated the popular horse Seabiscuit. This race was featured in a scene in the motion picture Seabiscuit (2003). Rosemont was bred by William du Pont, Jr. Du Pont purchased his dam while in foal in a dispersal sale, and got Rosemont when she gave birth. He was trained by Richard E. Handlen and raced under du Pont's Foxcatcher Farm stables. Among his other wins, Rosemont defeated the Triple Crown winner Omaha in winning the 1935 Withers Stakes at Belmont Park before a crowd of 25,000. Following his retirement from racing, Rosemont stood at stud at William duPont's Walnut Hall Farm near Boyce, Virginia, where he had been foaled in 1932. Of his progeny, the most notable are Bed O' Roses, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, and Berlo, the 1960 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.
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The 1962 Houston Oilers season was their third. For the third consecutive season, the Oilers appeared in the AFL Championship Game, only to lose 20–17 in double overtime to the Dallas Texans.
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Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales. It is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside. It lies 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of Horton in Ribblesdale. The Pennine Way links the summit to the village; the route is around 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in length as the Way curves initially to the north before turning east to reach the summit. The more direct route that traverses the southern 'nose' of the hill is the route usually taken by those attempting the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, as the walk is usually (but not exclusively) done in an anti-clockwise direction starting and finishing in Horton in Ribblesdale. The other main hillwalking route on the hill heads north from the summit to reach Plover Hill before descending to join the bridleway that is Foxup Road. In the Cumbric language, exactly as in today's Welsh, Pen meant 'top' or 'head', and y is most likely the definite article (the), exactly as in Modern Welsh y. These elements are common in placenames throughout the island, and especially in Wales (compare Penyberth 'end of the hedge/copse', or Penyffordd 'head of the road/way', etc.). The element ghent is more obscure, however: it could be taken to be 'edge' or 'border'. The name Pen-y-ghent could therefore mean 'Hill on the border' (compare Kent). Alternatively, ghent could mean 'wind' or 'winds' – from the closest Welsh transliteration, gwynt ('wind'). Thus it might mean simply 'Head of the Winds'. It is also possible that ghent may have been a tribal name and that the hill may have once been an important tribal centre. It is also acceptable to write the name as Pen y Ghent rather than Pen-y-ghent.
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Nels Ackerson is a lawyer and head of the law firm that bears his name, based in Washington, D.C. He has represented clients in 46 states and 16 countries on issues involving property rights, constitutional rights, agriculture, eminent domain, commercial and financial disputes, public policy, and international disputes. His law practice has included individual cases, class actions, mediation, appellate advocacy in state and federal courts, regulatory disputes, testimony before congressional committees and state legislatures, and international arbitration. Ackerson has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating – AV Premier – for legal ability and ethics. He has been identified by his peers as a Super Lawyer and is listed in the American Registry, the Worldwide Registry, and Who’s Who in the World. He is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, numerous federal courts, the District of Columbia and his home state of Indiana. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the International Society of Barristers, and other bar associations. His public positions have included Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, nominee for the U.S. Congress, and representing the United States on trade and advisory missions to the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe. He organized and managed the first American law office in Egypt, and was a founder and president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. Purdue University has recognized Ackerson as a distinguished alumnus and an “Old Master,” and has awarded Ackerson its honorary degree of Doctor of Agriculture, citing his “legal accomplishments that will have lasting impact on landowner rights.”
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Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak (died 1498) was the fifth and most famous bendahara, a Malay rank similar to a prime minister, of the Sultanate of Malacca. He served under four sultans (Sultan Muzzafar Shah, Sultan Mansur Shah, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah and Sultan Mahmud Shah ) from 1456 to 1498. Early in his life, Perak was a soldier-statesman for Malaccan rulers. In 1445, he led the Malaccan army to victory by defeating Siamese invaders. As a result, he was made bendahara in 1456. Tun Perak was the son of Malacca's first bendahara, Sri Wak Raja Tun Perpatih Besar. In 1445, he was appointed as Malacca's representative in Klang. Tun Perak was then appointed as bendahara in 1456 after he upset the Siamese attack against Malacca. He stopped another Siamese invasion in 1456 as well. Tun Perak was also instrumental in colonising Pahang, Terengganu, Johor, Riau, Lingga, Bengkalis, Karimon, Rokan, Siak, Kampar, Jambi, Inderagiri and Aru. The rulers of these governments converted to Islam due to Malaccan influence. Tun Perak was very loyal towards the Malaccan Sultanate. When his son, Tun Besar was killed by Sultan Mahmud Shah's son Raja Muhammad due to a misunderstanding, he did not seek revenge against the sultan. Instead, he requested Raja Muhammad to be crowned elsewhere. The sultan honored Tun Perak's request, therefore Raja Muhammad was made a sultan in Pahang. He died in 1498 and was replaced by his younger brother Tun Perpatih Putih. His death is widely held to be the start of the Malaccan Empire's decline.
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The American River (Río de los Americanos during the Mexican-ruled period before 1846) is a 119 mile long California river which runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in the San Joaquin Valley. Via the Sacramento River, it is part of the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean watershed. The river is fed by the melting snowpack of the Sierra Nevada and its many headwaters and tributaries, including the North, Middle, and South Forks. The river is known for the 1848 discovery of gold at Coloma which started the California Gold Rush and contributed to the initial large-scale settlement of California by European immigrants. Today, the river maintains high water quality and is the main source of drinking water for Sacramento. It is dammed extensively for irrigation, flood control and hydroelectricity generation. The American River watershed supports Mediterranean, temperate and montane ecosystems, and is home to a diverse array of fish and wildlife.
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Dennis P. Eichhorn (August 19, 1945 – October 8, 2015) was an American writer, best known for his adult-oriented autobiographical comic book series Real Stuff. His stories, often involving, sex, drugs, and alcohol, have been compared to those of Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey, and Charles Bukowski.
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Peter Donnelly (born 22 September 1936) is an English former professional footballer. Born in Hull, Donnelly began his career with Doncaster Rovers but was allowed to leave the club in 1958 to join Scunthorpe United. Finding his feet at Scunthorpe, he went on to score 19 times during his time at the club and his form persuaded Cardiff City to offer Joe Bonson to Scunthorpe in exchange. Signing for the club on their return to Division One, he put in a number of strong performances alongside the clubs other main strikers, Derek Tapscott and Graham Moore, but was allowed to leave to join rivals Swansea Town. Spending one year at Swansea, Donnelly went on to finish his career with spells at Brighton & Hove Albion and Bradford City before later serving as manager of Margate in two separate spells.
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Wethersfield State Prison was the second state prison in the state of Connecticut. Used between 1827 and 1963, it was later demolished and the site turned into a park on the banks of the Connecticut River.
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The Co-Cathedral of the Ascension of the Lord (Hungarian: Urunk Mennybemenetele Társszékesegyház) also called Kecskemét Cathedral (Also called the Great Church) is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church located in the city of Kecskemét, Hungary, serves as the Co-Cathedral or alternate cathedral of the Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét. It is dedicated to the Ascension of Christ. The church was built between 1774 and 1806 in the Baroque style and remains the largest church in the Pannonian Plain. The original design corresponds to Gáspár Osvald, but the construction management was entrusted to Balthasar Fischer. Already in 1819 the tower of the church burned down, and had to be renewed until 1863 then receiving its current form.
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Sakura no Sono (櫻の園, literally Cherry Blossom Garden) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized from 1985 to 1986 in Hakusensha's manga magazine LaLa. The story focuses on individuals from a drama club that are putting on the play The Cherry Orchard. The manga was adapted into a film in 1990 by Shun Nakahara, and a remake was released in November 2008. Theatrical stage productions debuted at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in 1994 and at the Aoyama Round Theatre in 2007 and 2009.
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St Bartholomew's Church is in the village of Church Minshull, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the deanery of Nantwich. Its benefice is combined with those of St Mary, Acton, St David, Wettenhall, and St Oswald, Worleston.
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Diane Hutchinson (previously O'Connor) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Alex Fletcher. In 2010, Hollyoaks series producer, Paul Marquess, embarked on the show's rejuvenation and axed a number of cast members. To compensate for the departures, the character of Diane and her family were created and introduced. Fletcher's casting was announced in June 2010 and she began filming her scenes in the same month. The actress said working on the show is practical as she does not have to relocate. She made her first on-screen appearance on 1 September 2010. Fletcher took maternity leave in 2016 and departed on screen on 13 July 2016. Diane was introduced with her husband, Rob (Gary Cargill), and stepchildren, Sinead (Stephanie Davis) and Finn (Connor Wilkinson). The O'Connor's were one of three families introduced throughout the year. Diane is described as a \"loving wife\" and a \"devoted stepmum\". Diane is a little bit over the top, but Fletcher hoped that she would be quite likeable. Diane is a marketing worker. Fletcher explained that Diane has a great relationship with Sinead and Finn and that she did not want Diane to be \"the wicked stepmother\". Diane's storylines have mainly focused on her desperation to have her own child. She undergoes a second round of In vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. Fletcher said she really wanted to get the storyline right because it affects so many people. She added that she feels she has a \"huge responsibility\" to do the storyline justice. Diane's second round of IVF fails and she breaks down, subsequently stealing a baby boy from the hospital.
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Castle Doornenburg (Dutch: Kasteel Doornenburg is a Dutch castle from the 13th century. The castle is located in the eastern part of the province of Gelderland, near the village of Doornenburg. It is one of the biggest and most well-preserved castles in the Netherlands. It consists of the main castle and a front castle which are connected via a small wooden bridge. The castle was originally a fortified manor built in the 9th century. At this stage, it was known as the Villa Dorenburc. It wasn't until the 13th century that it was converted into a proper castle. Gradually, through the centuries, the castle was expanded further into its current form. The front castle was built in the 15th century. It contains sleeping quarters, a chapel and a farm, the latter being quite a unique feature for a Dutch castle. Castle Doornenburg was occupied until the 19th century. After that it fell into disrepair and became a ruin. In 1936 the Stichting tot Behoud van den Doornenburg (literally: Foundation for Preservation of the Doornenburg) was created and the castle was restored between 1937 and 1941. Unfortunately, by the end of the Second World War it was almost completely destroyed. The Germans were thought to have blown it up, but it had actually been hit by a British bombardment in March 1945. The castle was completely rebuilt between 1947 and 1968. In 1968 this castle, amongst others, was used as a set for the television series Floris. \n* Old print \n* Chapel \n* Main gate \n* Castle wall \n* Castle wall \n* Castle courtyard
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Thomas Worthington (July 16, 1773 – June 20, 1827) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the sixth Governor of Ohio.
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Robert George Goalby (born March 14, 1929) is a former American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, who won the Masters Tournament in 1968, his lone major championship among 11 Tour wins achieved between 1958 and 1971. Goalby was born, raised, and has lived much of his life in Belleville, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois, where he played on the football team. He turned professional in 1952. His first Tour win came in 1958, and he won and contended steadily until 1971, when he was 42 years old. At the 1968 Masters, Goalby tied Roberto DeVicenzo at the end of 72 holes of regulation play, and would have had to face an 18-hole playoff the next day, had there not been a mistake on DeVicenzo's scorecard. In the final round, DeVicenzo's playing partner Tommy Aaron marked a par-4 on the 17th hole, when DeVicenzo had in fact made a birdie-3. DeVicenzo failed to catch the mistake and signed the scorecard. The rules of golf state that the higher written score signed by a golfer on his card must stand. As such, the error gave Goalby the championship. Goalby, playing in the group behind DeVicenzo, was not personally at fault for anything in the incident. The story received overwhelming attention at the time, and has remained high in public consciousness since. It was recounted in great detail in the 2005 book \"The Lost Masters: Grace and Disgrace in '68\" by Curt Sampson. The personal relationship between Goalby and DeVicenzo was unaffected by the difficult situation, and the two players formed a partnership years later, for a team event on the Champions Tour. Goalby played on the Ryder Cup team in 1963 and retired from the PGA Tour after winning 11 tournaments. He joined the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) in 1979, winning twice, and contributed key ideas to the formation and structure of that new Tour, before retiring to a home in his native Belleville, where he has designed several nearby golf courses. He also served as a golf commentator for NBC television in the 1970s and '80s. Goalby's nephew, Jay Haas, currently plays on the Champions Tour, and another nephew, Jerry Haas, coaches the Wake Forest University golf team. His great-nephew, Bill Haas, plays on the PGA Tour, and won the Tour Championship tournament and FedEx Cup in 2011. Goalby has lent his name each year since 1982 to a charity golf tournament, the Bob Goalby Golf Open, for the benefit of Maur Hill - Mount Academy, a Catholic, international, college preparatory school in Atchison, Kansas.
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Samuel Harrison Smith (27 January 1772 – 1 November 1845) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. He founded the National Intelligencer at Washington in 1800. Joseph Gales became his assistant in 1807 and sole proprietor in 1810. He was a friend, confidant and counselor to president Thomas Jefferson. In February 1801 Smith published Jefferson's Manual, \"A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States.\" In 1813 Smith was appointed Commissioner of the Revenue for the United States Treasury Department by President Madison, and on September 30, 1814, Secretary of the Treasury, ad interim. During the period 1809-19 he was president of the Bank of Washington and then president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United States until the position was abolished in 1835. He was married to the author Margaret Bayard Smith, first cousin to James A. Bayard who was highly influential in the 1800 presidential election.
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Sky Records was a Hamburg, Germany based independent record label specializing in Krautrock/Kosmische Musik and electronic music. Some of their releases could be classified as progressive rock or art rock, experimental music, industrial, ambient, or new age. No new releases appeared after 1998.
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Indian, formerly Indian Airlines (Indian Airlines Limited from 1993 and Indian Airlines Corporation from 1953 to 1993) was a major Indian airline based in Delhi and focused primarily on domestic routes, along with several international services to neighbouring countries in Asia. It was state-owned, and was administered by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. It was one of the two flag carriers of India, the other being Air India. The airline officially merged into Air India on 27 February 2011. On 7 December 2005, the airline was rebranded as Indian for advertising purposes as a part of a program to revamp its image in preparation for an initial public offering (IPO). The airline operated closely with Air India, India's national carrier. Alliance Air, a fully owned subsidiary of Indian, was renamed Air India Regional. In 2007, the Government of India announced that Indian would be merged into Air India. As part of the merger process, a new company called the National Aviation Company of India Limited (now called Air India Limited) was established, into which both Air India (along with Air India Express) and Indian (along with Alliance Air) would be merged. Once the merger was completed, the airline - called Air India - would continue to be headquartered in Mumbai and would have a fleet of over 130 aircraft.
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The Gambian cricket team is the team that represents the country of the Gambia in international cricket matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 2002. Their international debut came at the African affiliate championship in 2004 where they finished sixth. In 2006 they played in the equivalent tournament, Division Three of the African qualifiers for the ICC World Cricket League, this time finishing in seventh place.
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The discography of Nero, a British electronic music act, consists of two studio albums and twenty-one singles. The trio, Daniel Stephens, Joseph Ray and Alana Watson released their first official single \"Innocence\" in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2010. The single was released as a double A-side with the track \"Electron\". The track peaked at number 167 on the UK Singles Chart. On 6 December 2010, Nero were nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll. The nomination was followed by the addition of their second official single \"Me & You\". The single was released in the UK on 2 January 2011, where it debuted at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. The trio's third single, \"Guilt\" made its premiere when Zane Lowe selected it as his Hottest Record in the World on 22 February 2011. The single was released on 24 April 2011, debuting at number 8 in the UK. \"Promises\" made its debut on 17 May 2011, when Zane Lowe named it Hottest Record in the World — the third consecutive single from the group to achieve this feat. On 14 August 2011, \"Promises\" debuted at number 1 in the UK. The London trio's debut album Welcome Reality was released on 15 August 2011, and reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. The album's release was later followed with the single \"Crush on You\" on 13 October 2011. It charted at 32 on the UK Singles Chart. Nero also released \"Reaching Out\" as a single on 18 December 2011. The last single from the album was \"Must Be the Feeling\". Their second studio album Between II Worlds was released on 11 September 2015. The album was preceded by the release of three singles: \"Satisfy\" in 2014, \"The Thrill\" in 2015 and \"Two Minds\" in 2015.
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Sunnylven Church (Norwegian: Sunnylven kyrkje) is a parish church in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hellesylt, at the end of the Sunnylvsfjorden. The church is part of the Sunnylven parish in the Austre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. There has been a church here in Hellesylt dating back to at least 1150. The church is a log construction from 1859 with a total of 400 seats. Captain Ludolph Rolfsen of Stryn Municipality designed the church based on drawings by Hans Ditlev Franciscus Linstow. Rolfsen also headed the construction of Hornindal Church and Nedstryn Church, both in the Nordfjord region to the south of here, and these churches share many features. Shipbuilder Nils A. Liaaen of Sunnylven designed Sylte Church in 1862 and was probably inspired by this church at Hellesylt. Playwright Henrik Ibsen visited Hellesylt in the summer of 1862 when this church was new and Sunnylven with Geiranger had just been named a separate prestegjeld (parish). The municipality of Sunnylven and the local priest, Rev. Ole Olsen Barman (born 1816), was an inspiration for Ibsen's dramatic poem Brand.
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Maria Kristin Yulianti (born June 25, 1985 in Tuban) is a women's singles badminton player from Indonesia.
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The 2010 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the sixteenth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of Memphis and the games were played at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex.
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Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova (Russian: Анна Владимировна Блинкова; born 10 September 1998 in Moscow) is a Russian tennis player. Blinkova has won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 256. On 12 September 2016, she peaked at world number 518 in the doubles rankings. Blinkova was runner-up at the junior 2015 Wimbledon Championships in girls' singles and was ranked the number 3 junior tennis player in the world in August 2015.
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Saint Caprasius of Agen (French: Saint Caprais) is venerated as a Christian martyr and saint of the fourth century. Relics associated with him were discovered at Agen in the fifth century. Local legends dating from the 14th century make him the first bishop of Agen, though, as Alban Butler writes, the only evidence to support his existence is the dedication of a church to him in the 6th century. During the 9th century, his cult was fused with that of Saint Faith and Alberta of Agen, also associated with Agen. His cult was also fused with that of Primus and Felician, who are called Caprasius' brothers. In the year 866, Faith's remains had been transferred to Conques, which was along the pilgrimage route to Compostela. Her cult, centered at the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques, spread along the pilgrim routes on the Way of St. James. The Church of San Caprasio, built in the beginning of the 11th century, is a First Romanesque church located at Santa Cruz de la Serós, which was on the Way of St. James.
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The 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 39th edition of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, from July 7 through July 13, 2014.
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The Milan–Verona high-speed railway is an Italian 165-kilometre (103-mile) long high-speed railway line, that is partly open and partly under construction to connect Milan with Verona. The route operates through the regions of Lombardy and Veneto. The line is part of Railway axis 6 of the Trans-European rail network (TEN-T) on the Pan-European Corridor V. The line will replace the Milan–Venice railway for high-speed trains. In 2014 the first stage of construction was completed and opened, between Milan Lambrate and Treviglio. In 2016, the second stage between Treviglio and Brescia has been completed. Construction of the remaining section to Verona is still in progress. The stretch to be built between Milan and Verona will measure a total of around 165 kilometers. The route will pass through 31 municipalities in Lombardy and 4 in Veneto.
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The Sulawesi hornbill (Penelopides exarhatus), also known as the Sulawesi tarictic hornbill, Temminck's hornbill or Sulawesi dwarf hornbill, is a relatively small, approximately 45 cm (18 in) long, black hornbill. The male has a yellow face and throat, and yellowish horn bill with black markings. The female has all-black plumage and a darker bill. An Indonesian endemic, the Sulawesi hornbill is distributed in the tropical lowland, swamps and primary forests of Sulawesi and nearby islands, from sea-level to altitude up to 1,100 metres. There are two subspecies of the Sulawesi hornbill. The nominate subspecies, P. e. exarhatus, occurs in north Sulawesi, and P. e. sanfordi is found in central, east and south Sulawesi, Buton and Muna Island. The Sulawesi hornbill is a social species that lives in groups of up to 20 individuals. It is believed that only the dominant pair breeds, while the remaining members of the group act as helpers. The diet consists mainly of fruits, figs and insects. The female seals herself inside a tree hole to lay her eggs. During this time, the male and helpers provide food for the female and the young. Widespread and common throughout its native range, the Sulawesi hornbill is evaluated as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This species is one of the tarictic hornbills that is doing better in zoos. There are three collections currently breeding them: Whipsnade (England), Avifauna (the Netherlands) and San Diego (USA). At Whipsnade the birds are kept in the bird garden area. At San Diego they have two pairs, one in the walk-through Parker Aviary and the other in a small nearby aviary.
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Patrick Lucas \"Luke\" Hancock (born January 30, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player and current financial adviser. He played in six games for Panionios of the Greek Basket League before tearing a muscle in his calf, ending his career. He played college basketball for the University of Louisville after transferring from George Mason University. While at Louisville, he won the 2013 NCAA championship and was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player, becoming the first substitute to ever win the award.
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Pallacanestro Mantova, known for sponsorship reasons as Dinamica Mantova, is an Italian professional basketball team based in Mantua, Lombardy. Founded in 2004, the side plays in the second division Serie A2 as of the 2015–16 season. The team is also known as Stings Mantova, because the bee is its historic corporate symbol.
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Clete Donald Johnson Jr. (born January 30, 1948) is an American politician, diplomat, lawyer and academic from the state of Georgia.
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Walter Sander is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague.
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