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Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, TD, PC, KGStJ, JP (4 April 1865 – 4 February 1948), known as Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner. He was twice Secretary of State for War and also served as British Ambassador to France.
Mitch Henderson
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mitchell G. "Mitch" Henderson is an American college basketball coach and the incoming head coach for the Princeton Tigers men`s basketball team. He previously served as an assistant for the Northwestern Wildcats men`s basketball team for eleven seasons under Bill Carmody. He had been a member of three consecutive Ivy League champion Princeton teams as a player (two of which went undefeated in conference the first tying the school record with 19 consecutive wins and the second achieving 20). He was a co-captain of the second of these undefeated league champions along with Steve Goodrich.
Tennis at the 2010 Asian Games – Men`s Doubles
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! At the 2010 Asian Games in the men`s doubles tennis event, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes. The pair did not defend the title as they were both involved in the season-ending Tour Finals. In the final, Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Krishan Singh defeated Gong Mao-xin and Li Zhe 6–3, 6–7(4), .
2010 FIA WTCC Race of UK
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2010 FIA WTCC Marriott Race of UK was the sixth round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at Brands Hatch in Kent, England on July 18, 2010. It was the sixth running of the Race of UK. The two races were won by Yvan Muller of Chevrolet and Andy Priaulx of BMW Team RBM.
Telephone interpreting
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Telephone interpreting is a service that connects human interpreters via telephone to individuals who wish to speak to each other but do not share a common language. The telephone interpreter converts the spoken language from one language to another, enabling listeners and speakers to understand each other. Interpretation over the telephone most often takes place in consecutive mode, which means that the interpreter waits until the speaker finishes an utterance before rendering the interpretation into the other language.
List of people from Croydon
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Among those who were born in the London Borough of Croydon, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough are (alphabetical order):
Corey Fisher
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Anthony Guy Corey Fisher (born April 8, 1988) is an American professional basketball player. A point guard, he attended Villanova University in Pennsylvania. Fisher decided on Villanova due to its combination of athletics and academics. Fisher played high school basketball for St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he was a Parade All-American in 2007. He currently plays in the Turkish Basketball League for Antalya B. B..
List of diplomatic missions of the European Union
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The member states of the European Union speak with the same voice on many issues. EU is the world`s largest trade bloc and donor of humanitarian and development assistance, and thus has an extensive network of delegations around the world mainly operating in the framework of External Relations, for which the European Commission is the main decision body. The EU also represents shared political and security viewpoints held by its member states, as articulated in the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
A.C. Davis High School (Washington)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Davis High School is a high school in Yakima, Washington, USA, serving students in grades 9-12. It is part of the Yakima School District and has approximately 2,000 students.
Special effects of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Lord of the Rings film trilogy used many groundbreaking practical and digital visual effects. The first film has around 540 effects shots, the second 799, and the third 1488 (2730 in total). The total moves up to 3420 with the Extended cuts. 260 visual effects artists worked on the trilogy, and the number would double by The Two Towers. The crew, led by Jim Rygiel and Randy Cook, would work long and hard hours overnight to produce special effects within a short space of time, especially with Jackson`s active imagination. For example, they produced several major shots of Helm`s Deep within the last six weeks of post-production of The Two Towers, and the same amount of shots for The Two...
Khalid al-Zahrani
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Saudi candidate to become one of the September 11 hijackers, Khalid Saeed Ahmad al-Zahrani (often misspelled as Zaharni) was an al-Qaeda member, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States`s Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 234. His arrival in Guantanamo is recorded as February 11, 2002. His repatriation is recorded as July 17, 2007. His first interrogation is recorded on April 20, 2002 when his first interrogation is recorded.
Blues and twos
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Blues and twos is a colloquial British term that refers to the emergency vehicle equipment of combined flashing lights as well as sirens that the emergency services in the UK and Ireland use when responding to an incident. The origin of the phrase comes from the fact the lights are usually blue and the traditional siren was a two-tone horn, although now most emergency services use combinations of other modern siren sounds. Some emergency services are still using traditional two-tone horns; these include South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, (including their new Scania appliances); Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service; Dublin Fire Brigade; Greater Manchester Police; and, because of their age,...
Thornton Fractional South High School
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thornton Fractional Township South High School (T.F. South, TF South, TFS) is a high school located in Suburban Cook County, Illinois, located about 6 miles (9.7 km) from the city limits of Chicago, 24 miles (39 km) south of Downtown Chicago. Thornton Fractional Township South High School is one of three high schools in the Village of Lansing, the others being Luther East High School & Illiana Christian High School. The school serves an area of approximately 9 square miles (23 km2), & serves over 1,800 students in grades 9-12 who reside in the near South Suburban communities of Lansing & Lynwood.
Discontinuous linear map
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In mathematics, linear maps form an important class of "simple" functions which preserve the algebraic structure of linear spaces and are often used as approximations to more general functions (see linear approximation). If the spaces involved are also topological spaces (that is, topological vector spaces), then it makes sense to ask whether all linear maps are continuous. It turns out that for maps defined on infinite-dimensional topological vector spaces (e.g., infinite-dimensional normed spaces), the answer is generally no: there exist discontinuous linear maps. If the domain of definition is complete, such maps can be proven to exist, but the proof relies on the axiom of choice and does...
Citizens Against Government Waste
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the United States. It functions as a think-tank, `government watchdog`, and advocacy group for fiscally conservative causes. The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) is the lobbying arm of CAGW, organized as a section 501(c)(4) organization, and therefore permitted to engage in direct lobbying activities. CAGW has been criticized for its links to the tobacco industry and to lobbyists including Jack Abramoff. According to their web site, "CAGW is a private, non-partisan, non-profit organization representing more than one million members and supporters nationwide. CAGW`s mission is to eliminate...
Northside, Syracuse
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Northside is a neighborhood in the city of Syracuse, New York (USA) consisting of a residential area bordered by commercial corridors. As defined by Syracuse`s "Tomorrow`s Neighborhoods Today" planning system, the Northside is a large section of the city of Syracuse, covering almost four square miles. There are 16 census tracts, within which are 36 census blockgroups. Thus, there are many sub-regions that have developed with their own unique identities, such as the Near Northeast neighborhood, the Little Italy District and the Hawley-Green Historic District. When viewing the Syracuse neighborhood map, the neighborhood labeled as Northside is known locally as the Court-Woodlawn neighborhood:...
Navajo National Monument
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Navajo National Monument is located within the northwest portion of the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona.
2011 World Masters (darts)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2011 Winmau World Masters was a major televised tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 2011. It took place from September 1–4 in the Hull Arena, which hosted the event for the first time, taking over from the nearby Hull City Hall.
Alan R. Lynn
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! U.S. Army Major General Alan R. Lynn is the Commanding General, U.S. Army Signal Center of Excellence (SIGCoE), the Chief of Signal for the United States Army Signal Corps, and the Senior Mission Commander for Fort Gordon, Georgia.
Western Uttar Pradesh
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Western Uttar Pradesh, sometimes simply referred to as West U.P., is a region in India that comprises the western districts of Uttar Pradesh state, including the areas of Rohilkhand and Braj. The region has some demographic, economic and cultural patterns which are distinct from other parts of Uttar Pradesh, and more closely resemble those of Haryana and Rajasthan states. Western Uttar Pradesh has experienced rapid economic growth, in a fashion similar to Haryana and Punjab, due to the successes of the Green Revolution.
The New Adventures of Old Christine (season 1)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The first season of The New Adventures of Old Christine premiered on March 13, 2006 and concluded on May 22, 2006. It consisted of 13 episodes.
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