title: Barre granite hierarchical section title: Barre granite caption reference description: Another view of the quarry caption attribution description: English: The Rock of Ages quarry in Barre, Vermont, as viewed from the observation platform used during tours. The cut face in view was used in a scene in the 2009 movie "Star Trek." content: Barre granite /ˈbæri/ is a Devonian granite pluton near the town of Barre in Washington County, Vermont. Richardson described it as a "fine granite, composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica. The mica is both muscovite and biotite." It intrudes into the Waits River Formation.
Building and sculpting stone
The granite is mined at the E. L. Smith Quarry, the world's largest "deep hole" granite quarry, owned by the Rock of Ages Corporation. "Barre Gray" granite is sought after worldwide for its fine grain, even texture, and superior weather resistance.
Many sculpture artists prefer it for outdoor sculpture. Sculptor Frank Gaylord used it for the United States Korean War Memorial at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, South Korea.


title: Siege of Drogheda (1641) hierarchical section title: Siege of Drogheda (1641) caption reference description: Ireland and Drogheda caption attribution description: Relief location map of Ireland Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 170% Geographic limits: West: 11.0° W East: 5.0° W North: 55.6° N South: 51.2° N caption alt text description: Siege of Drogheda (1641) is located in Ireland content: The Siege of Drogheda took place from 21 November 1641 to February 1642 during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. A Catholic force under Féilim Ó Néill laid siege to the town but failed to wrest the garrison from the Royalists. During the siege, the Irish rebels made three attempts to break into and capture the town. All three attempts failed and the town was ultimately relieved by English forces.


title: Victor Milner section title: Career hierarchical section title: Victor Milner / Career caption reference description: Victor Milner, A.S.C., at Port Said in 1913 with his pioneer camera and African assistant caption attribution description: English: Victor Milner content: Victor Milner, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for ten cinematography Academy Awards, winning once for 1934 Cleopatra. Milner worked on more than 130 films, including dramas, comedies, film noir, and Westerns. He worked for large production companies like Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal, and Paramount during his film career.


title: Maritime archaeology of East Africa hierarchical section title: Maritime archaeology of East Africa caption reference description: The coast of eastern Africa, c.1500 (George McCall Theal, 1902) caption attribution description: English: Map of the East African coast c. 1500 content: Maritime archaeology in East Africa spans the range from the horn of Somalia south to Mozambique, and includes the various islands and island chains dotting the map off the coast of Somalia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya. Primary areas along this coast include the Zanzibar, Lamu, and Kilwa Archipelagos. Although East African societies developed nautical capabilities for themselves, most of the maritime artifacts point to external merchants from Mediterranean cultures like Egypt and Greece, Indian and Chinese from South and East Asia in the early stages, to the great European powers during the Ages of Colonization and Imperialism.


title: Districts of Zimbabwe section title: Matabeleland South Province hierarchical section title: Districts of Zimbabwe / Matabeleland South Province caption reference description: Districts of Matabeleland South caption attribution description: English: Map of the districts of Matabeleland South province of Zimbabwe. Created by Rarelibra 18:33, 28 September 2006 (UTC) for public domain use, using MapInfo Professional v8.5 and various mapping resources. content: The Republic of Zimbabwe is broken down into 10 administrative provinces, which are divided into 59 districts and 1,200 wards.


title: Moalagh Bridge hierarchical section title: Moalagh Bridge caption reference description: View of the bridge caption attribution description: English: Cantilever bridge-amol-hisrorical and transfer content: Moalagh Bridge or Amol Suspension Bridge and Noo Bridge and Felezi Bridge is a bridge in Amol, Iran. The bridge was built in the Pahlavi era on Haraz River by German engineers. The bridge was built in 1959. The Moalagh Bridge is a valuable monument of Mazandaran, connecting East and West Amol city.


title: Frederik Meijer Trail hierarchical section title: Frederik Meijer Trail caption reference description: Looking east at the trail and freeway near Kentwood caption attribution description: English: Looking east along the Frederik Meijer Trail along M-6 in Gaines Township, Michigan content: The Frederik Meijer M-6 Trail, formerly called the M-6 Trail, is a rail trail in Kent County, Michigan. It connects the Paul Henry Rail Trail with the Kent Trails in Byron Township, Michigan.


title: Milligan, Nebraska hierarchical section title: Milligan, Nebraska caption reference description: Downtown Milligan caption attribution description: English: Downtown Milligan, Nebraska. caption alt text description: Downtown Milligan content: Milligan is a village in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 285 at the 2010 census.


title: Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic hierarchical section title: Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic caption reference description: Location of Turkmenia (red) within the Soviet Union content: The Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, also commonly known as Turkmenistan or Turkmenia, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union located in Central Asia existed as a republic from 1925 to 1991. Initially, on 7 August 1921, it was established as the Turkmen Oblast of the Turkestan ASSR before being made, on 13 May 1925, a separate republic of the USSR as the Turkmen SSR.
Since then the borders of the Turkmenia were unchanged. On 22 August 1990, Turkmenia declared its sovereignty over Soviet laws. On 27 October 1991, it became independent as Turkmenistan.
Geographically, Turkmenia was bordered between Iran, Afghanistan to the south, Caspian Sea to the west, Kazakhstan to the north and Uzbekistan to the east.


title: Riverside, California hierarchical section title: Riverside, California caption reference description: Location of Riverside County within the State of California content: Riverside is a city in, and the county seat of, Riverside County, California, United States, located in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire and in Riverside County, and is located about 55 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. It is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area. Riverside is the 58th most populous city in the United States and 12th most populous city in California. As of the 2010 Census, Riverside had a population of 303,871.
Riverside was founded in the early 1870s. It is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and home of the Mission Inn, the largest Mission Revival Style building in the United States. It is also home to the Riverside National Cemetery.
The University of California, Riverside, is located in the northeastern part of the city. The university also hosts the Riverside Sports Complex.


title: Ostrava section title: Education hierarchical section title: Ostrava / Education caption reference description: VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava caption attribution description: Audimax at de:Technische Universität Ostrava designed by Milena Vitoulová content: Ostrava is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It is 15 km from the border with Poland, at the meeting point of four rivers: the Odra, Opava, Ostravice and Lučina. In terms of both population and area Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, the second largest city in Moravia, and the largest city in Czech Silesia. It straddles the border of the two historic provinces of Moravia and Silesia. The population is almost 300,000 people. The wider conurbation – which also includes the towns of Bohumín, Doubrava, Havířov, Karviná, Orlová, Petřvald and Rychvald – is home to about 500,000 people, making it the largest urban area in the Czech Republic apart from the capital, Prague.
Ostrava grew in importance due to its position at the heart of a major coalfield, becoming an important industrial centre. It was previously known as the country's "steel heart" thanks to its status as a coal-mining and metallurgical centre, but since the Velvet Revolution it has undergone radical and far-reaching changes to its economic base. Industries have been thoroughly restructured, and the last coal was mined in the city in 1994.


title: Uusimaa section title: Gallery hierarchical section title: Uusimaa / Gallery caption attribution description: Johanne's Linnankoski's home The photograph is taken on the front of Johannes Linnankoski's home. He was a famous Finnish writer in the beginning of the 20th century. content: Uusimaa is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper, Päijänne Tavastia, and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, along with the surrounding Greater Helsinki area, are both contained in the region, which makes Uusimaa Finland's most populous region. The population of Uusimaa is 1,638,469.


title: Melrose railway station section title: Site today hierarchical section title: Melrose railway station / Site today caption reference description: Remains of the up platform and the A6901 which occupies the former down platform caption attribution description: Melrose railway station on the former Waverley Route. content: Melrose railway station served the town of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland from 1849 to 1969 on the Waverley Route.


title: UFC Hall of Fame section title: Modern-era wing hierarchical section title: UFC Hall of Fame / Inductees / Modern-era wing caption attribution description: English: Ronda Rousey content: The UFC Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which honors mixed martial artists and MMA personalities, established and maintained by the U.S.-based mixed martial arts promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship. In addition to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the UFC Hall of Fame recognizes accomplishments from Pride Fighting Championships, World Extreme Cagefighting and Strikeforce; all of which are former mixed martial arts promotions that have been bought-out by the UFC and its parent corporations.


title: Interstate 95 section title: Route description hierarchical section title: Interstate 95 / Route description caption attribution description: English: I-95 going on the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, over the Connecticut River at the Old Saybrook/Old Lyme town border. content: Interstate 95 is the main Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 in Miami, Florida to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing with New Brunswick, Canada. The highway runs largely parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast and US 1, serving areas from Florida to Maine. In general, I-95 serves the major cities of the Eastern Seaboard and metropolitan areas such as Miami, Jacksonville, Savannah, and Fayetteville in the Southeast; and Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia, and New York City in the Mid-Atlantic States up to New Haven, Providence, Boston, and Portland in New England. The route follows a more direct inland route between Savannah and Washington, notably bypassing the coastal metropolitan areas of Charleston and Norfolk-Virginia Beach, which require connections through other Interstate Highways.
I-95 is one of the oldest routes of the Interstate Highway System. Many sections of I-95 incorporated pre-existing sections of toll roads where they served the same right of way.


title: First Rutte cabinet section title: Formation hierarchical section title: First Rutte cabinet / Formation caption reference description: Prime Minister Mark Rutte and President of the United States Barack Obama in the Oval Office on 29 November 2011. caption attribution description: English: Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands meets President Barack Obama of the United States of America Nederlands: Minister-President Mark Rutte van Nederland ontmoet President Barack Obama van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika content: The First Rutte cabinet, also called the Rutte–Verhagen cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 14 October 2010 until 5 November 2012.
Te cabinet was formed by the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal after the election of 2010. The cabinet was a right-wing coalition and had a minority in the House of Representatives but had confidence and supply from the Party for Freedom for a majority. It was the first cabinet of Liberal Leader Mark Rutte as Prime Minister. Christian-Democratic Leader Maxime Verhagen served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. The cabinet suffered no internal conflicts but fell just 1 year and 6 months into its term after the Party for Freedom withdrew its support on 23 April 2012.


title: Norfolk, Virginia section title: Colonial years hierarchical section title: Norfolk, Virginia / History / Colonial years caption reference description: A shot fired by Lord Dunmore's troops during the Revolutionary War at St. Paul's Episcopal Church caption attribution description: Picture of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Norfolk, Virginia content: Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 242,803; in 2019, the population was estimated to be 242,742 making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and the 91st largest city in the nation.
Norfolk is located at the core of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, named for the large natural harbor of the same name located at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. It is one of nine cities and seven counties that constitute the Hampton Roads metro area, officially known as the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA. The city is bordered to the west by the Elizabeth River and to the north by the Chesapeake Bay. It also shares land borders with the independent cities of Chesapeake to its south and Virginia Beach to its east. Norfolk is one of the oldest cities in Hampton Roads, and is considered to be the historic, urban, financial, and cultural center of the region.
The city has a long history as a strategic military and transportation point, where many railroad lines started. Norfolk was the terminus of the Atlantic and Danville Railway in 1890.


title: Babaeski hierarchical section title: Babaeski caption attribution description: English: A street in Babaeski content: Babaeski is a town and district of Kırklareli Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The countyship has a population of 29,342 and the total area of the district is 652 km².


title: Bruce Springsteen section title: 2008–2011: Transitions hierarchical section title: Bruce Springsteen / Career / 2008–2011: Transitions caption reference description: Super Bowl XLIII halftime show caption attribution description: DSCF5115 content: Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is both a solo artist and the leader of the E Street Band. A native of the Jersey Shore, he received critical acclaim for his early 1970s albums and attained worldwide fame upon the release of Born to Run in 1975. During a career that has spanned five decades, Springsteen has become known for his poetic and socially conscious lyrics and lengthy, energetic stage performances, earning the nickname "The Boss". He has recorded both rock albums and folk-oriented works, and his lyrics often address the experiences and struggles of working-class Americans.
Born in the U.S.A. is Springsteen's most commercially successful album, proving him to be one of the most successful rock figures of the 1980s. It was certified 15x Platinum in the US and has sold 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. Seven of its singles reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 including the title track, which was a bitter commentary on the treatment of Vietnam veterans — some of whom were Springsteen's friends.


title: Changbin, Taitung section title: Geography hierarchical section title: Changbin, Taitung / Geography caption reference description: Map of the region including the Changbin area (1951) caption attribution description: English: Hualien County (Hua-lien), Tawian AMS Topographic Maps content: Changbin Township is a rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan. It is the northernmost township in Taitung County.
The population of the township consists mainly of the Amis people with a Kavalan minority.


title: 1976 in Michigan section title: Gallery of 1976 deaths hierarchical section title: 1976 in Michigan / Deaths / Gallery of 1976 deaths caption attribution description: DeHart Hubbard, track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. content: Events from the year 1976 in Michigan.
The Associated Press selected the top Michigan news stories of 1976 as follows:
United Auto Workers strikes against Ford Motor Company lasting 28 days and General Motors lasting 12 hours;
A forest fire lasting for two months from July until September that blackened 65,000 acres in the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula with state and federal firefighting costs reaching $7.5 million;
Continued fallout from the Michigan PBB contamination incident in which a flame retardant chemical was mixed with livestock feed, distributed to Michigan farms, and fed to 1.5 million chickens, 30,000 cattle, 5,900 pigs, and 1,470 sheep;
Voter approval on November 2 of a ballot proposal banning throwaway beverage containers;
Gerald Ford's November 2 loss to Jimmy Carter in the 1976 U.S. Presidential election, though Ford took Michigan's 21 electoral votes with 51.8% of the state's votes to 46.4% for Carter;
A March 3 ice storm that left 200,000 homes in southern Michigan without power and caused millions of dollars in damage;
Congressman Donald Riegle's election to replace retiring U.S.


title: Johnson, Vermont hierarchical section title: Johnson, Vermont caption reference description: Located in Lamoille County, Vermont caption attribution description: English: Description: Map of Vermont towns with Johnson highlighted Source: Map created by Jared C. Benedict on 26 March 2004. Copyright: © Jared C. Benedict. caption alt text description: Located in Lamoille County, Vermont content: Johnson is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,446 at the 2010 census. Johnson is home of Northern Vermont University-Johnson, a part the Vermont State Colleges system. The Vermont Studio Center is located in the village of Johnson.


title: Darunta training camp hierarchical section title: Darunta training camp caption reference description: Darunta, Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. caption attribution description: English: Kabul, Peshawar, and some cities in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan; Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar Province, and said to be the largest city in Afghanistan; Tora Bora is said to be the location of a cave complex that was Osama bin Laden's last hideout in Afghanistan; Torkham is a city on the Afghan/Pakistan border; Peshawar is a large city in Pakistan, on the edge of Pakistan's Tribal Areas content: The Darunta training camp was one of the most well-known of many military training camps that have been alleged to have been affiliated with al Qaeda.


title: National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee section title: Current listings hierarchical section title: National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee / Current listings caption attribution description: English: Interior of Main Sanctuary of Anshei Sphard Beth El Emeth Congregation. caption alt text description: Anshei Sphard-Beth El Emeth Synagogue content: This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
There are 196 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 4 National Historic Landmarks. There are 18 properties that have been removed from the register.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 17, 2020.


title: Nazi concentration camp badge section title: Postwar use hierarchical section title: Nazi concentration camp badge / Postwar use caption attribution description: Čeština: Francouzský památník v Mauthausenu. English: French monument in Concentration Camp Mauthausen, Austria. Français : Aux Francais morts pour la liberté - Mauthausen, Autriche. content: Nazi concentration camp badges, primarily triangles, were part of the system of identification in German camps. They were used in the concentration camps in the German-occupied countries to identify the reason the prisoners had been placed there. The triangles were made of fabric and were sewn on jackets and trousers of the prisoners. These mandatory badges of shame had specific meanings indicated by their colour and shape. Such emblems helped guards assign tasks to the detainees.
Someone with an escape suspect mark usually would not be assigned to work squads operating outside the camp fence. Someone wearing an F could be called upon to help translate guards' spoken instructions to a trainload of new arrivals from France. Some historical monuments quote the badge-imagery, with the use of a triangle being a sort of visual shorthand to symbolize all camp victims.
The modern-day use of a pink triangle emblem to symbolize gay rights is a response to the camp identification patches.


title: Georgia Tech section title: Modern history hierarchical section title: Georgia Tech / History / Modern history caption reference description: The Kessler Campanile seen from the Georgia Tech Student Center. caption attribution description: English: The Kessler Campanile is an 80-foot-tall (24 m) campanile named after Richard C. Kessler located next to the Georgia Tech Student Center. content: The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. It is part of the University System of Georgia and has satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia; Metz, France; Athlone, Ireland; Shenzhen, China; and Singapore.
The school was founded in 1885 as the Georgia School of Technology as part of Reconstruction plans to build an industrial economy in the post-Civil War Southern United States. Initially, it offered only a degree in mechanical engineering. By 1901, its curriculum had expanded to include electrical, civil, and chemical engineering. In 1948, the school changed its name to reflect its evolution from a trade school to a larger and more capable technical institute and research university. Today, Georgia Tech is organized into six colleges and contains about 31 departments/units, with emphasis on science and technology. It is well recognized for its degree programs in computer science and engineering.
Student athletics, both organized and intramural, are a part of student and alumni life.


title: Illinois Route 129 section title: History hierarchical section title: Illinois Route 129 / History caption reference description: Lost Braceville US 66/IL 129 bridge. More photos here. caption attribution description: English: VIEW TO NORTH SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF DECK - Braceville Bridge, Spanning Southern Pacific Railroad tracks at State Route 129 (Old Route 66), Braceville, Grundy County, IL. Significance: This bridge, incorporating a tied arch main span, was the first modern bridge in Illinois of this type of support the floor with hangers, without the use of diagnosis. It was built near the earliest alignment of U.S. Route 66 to relieve traffic congestion near Gardner. This early route through the area was an improvement of the original Chicago-Springfield Road. This bridge was demolished in 2001. This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information. Creator: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record. Survey number HAER IL-141 Source: U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, "Built in America" Collection. Copyright: "The original measured drawings and most of the photographs and data pages in HABS/HAER/HALS were created for the U.S. Government and are considered to be in the public domain." content: Illinois Route 129 is a 4.06-mile-long north–south state road in northeastern Illinois. It runs from IL 113 in downtown Braidwood north to Interstate 55.


title: Yorkville, Manhattan section title: Demographics hierarchical section title: Yorkville, Manhattan / Demographics caption reference description: 76th Street between Second and Third Avenues caption attribution description: English: Looking east on 76th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, Manhattan, NYC Deutsch: 76. Straße zwischen 2nd and 3rd Avenue, Manhattan, NYC content: Yorkville is a neighborhood in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Its southern boundary is East 79th Street, its northern East 96th Street, its western Third Avenue, and its eastern the East River. Yorkville is among the city's most affluent neighborhoods.
Yorkville is part of Manhattan Community District 8, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10028, 10075, and 10128. It is patrolled by the 19th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.


title: High-speed rail in the Netherlands section title: HSL-Zuid hierarchical section title: High-speed rail in the Netherlands / Lines / HSL-Zuid caption reference description: HSL-Zuid, connected to Antwerp with the HSL 4 caption attribution description: English: High-speed rail in the Benelux. Nederlands: Hogesnelheidslijnen in de Benelux. Français : Les lignes à grande vitesse dans le Benelux. content: High-speed rail service in the Netherlands started at 13 December 2009 with the dedicated HSL-Zuid line that connects the Randstad via Brussels to the European high-speed rail network. In later years improved traditional rail sections were added to the high-speed network. Proposals for more dedicated high-speed lines were deemed too costly; plans for the HSL-Oost to Germany were mothballed and instead of the Zuiderzeelijn the less ambitious Hanzelijn was built to enable future high-speed service between the northern provinces and the Randstad.
As per 2020 three high-speed train services are operative in the Netherlands: Thalys, InterCityExpress, and Eurostar; the short-lived Fyra service was cancelled in 2013 after severe reliability issues.


title: Sievierodonetsk hierarchical section title: Sievierodonetsk caption attribution description: Українська: Сєвєродонецький храм, м. Сєвєродонецьк, Україна 日本語: シェヴェロドネチクの聖堂。ウクライナ、ルハーンスク州 content: Sievierodonetsk, Sieverodonetsk or Severodonetsk is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. Sievierodonetsk has the status of a city of regional significance, It is located nearby the Seversky Donets River, approximately 110 km to the north north west from the Oblast capital, Luhansk. Sievierodonetsk is the acting administrative centre of Luhansk Oblast due to Luhansk being temporarily controlled by self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic", which is beyond the control of the Government of Ukraine, similarly to Kramatorsk acting as the administrative center of Donetsk Oblast during the Russian military intervention in Ukraine - their previous cities are still de jure administrative centres. Its population is approximately 103,479.
Sievierodonetsk has several factories and a significant chemical production centre "Azot". There is a domestic airport in 6 km to the south from the city.


title: Japan section title: Domestic law enforcement hierarchical section title: Japan / Politics / Domestic law enforcement caption reference description: Map of the division of jurisdiction between the 11 Coast Guard regions content: Japan is an island country of East Asia in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It borders the Sea of Japan to the west and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Japan is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire and comprises an archipelago of 6,852 islands covering 377,975 square kilometers; its five main islands, from north to south, are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city; other major cities include Osaka and Nagoya.
Japan is the 11th most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 126.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is administratively divided into 47 prefectures and traditionally divided into eight regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.4 million residents.
The islands of Japan were inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period, though the first mentions of the archipelago appear in Chinese chronicles from the 1st century AD.


title: Phil Gordon (politician) hierarchical section title: Phil Gordon (politician) caption attribution description: English: Phil Gordon at the 2011 Veterans Day parade in Phoenix, Arizona. content: Phil Gordon is an American politician. He served as the 51st mayor of Phoenix, Arizona from 2004 to 2012. Gordon is a member of the Democratic Party.
The former city councilman was elected mayor in the non-partisan mayoral race on September 9, 2003, garnering 72 percent of the vote, and re-elected on September 11, 2007, with 77 percent of the vote.


title: Scouts BSA section title: Youth advancement hierarchical section title: Scouts BSA / Advancement and recognition / Youth advancement caption reference description: Michigan Eagle Scouts in 1929, including President Gerald Ford at age 16 caption attribution description: English: Future President en:Gerald R. Ford, Jr. poses with other Eagle Scouts and Michigan Governor Fred Green (far left, holding hat) during a photo opportunity on Mackinac Island, Michigan. August, 1929.Français : Gerald Ford (quatrième en haut en partant de la gauche) pose avec d'autres scouts et le gouverneur du Michigan Fred Green (extrême gauche, avec chapeau) sur l'Île Mackinac (1929). content: Scouts BSA is the flagship membership level of the Boy Scouts of America for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 17. It provides youth training in character, citizenship, and mental and personal fitness. Scouts are expected to develop personal religious values, learn the principles of American heritage and government, and acquire skills to become successful adults.
To achieve these, Scouting applies eight methods of Scouting: Ideals, the patrol method, participation in outdoor programs, advancement, adult association, personal growth, leadership development, and the uniform.
The participants, known as Scouts, are organized in Scout troops, administered by volunteers with support of paid professional staff. Youth and adult members are referred to as Scouts, and the adult leaders as Scouters. Prior to February 1, 2019, the program was called Boy Scouts, and girls were not allowed to participate.
In 1994, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, an industry publication, released the results of the largest study of charitable and non-profit organization popularity and credibility.


title: Charles Bulfinch hierarchical section title: Charles Bulfinch caption attribution description: Русский: Часть портрета архитектора Капитолия Чарльза Балфинча content: Charles Bulfinch was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession.


title: McCall, Idaho hierarchical section title: McCall, Idaho caption reference description: Payette Lake at McCall in July 2010 caption attribution description: McCall, a resort town in Idaho caption alt text description: Payette Lake at McCall in July 2010 content: McCall is a resort town on the western edge of Valley County, Idaho, United States. Named after its founder, Tom McCall, it is situated on the southern shore of Payette Lake, near the center of the Payette National Forest. The population was 2,991 as of the 2010 census, up from 2,084 in 2000.
Originally a logging community whose last sawmill closed in 1977, McCall is now an all-season tourist destination for outdoor recreation. The resort town is known for its Winter Carnival, extended winters, and one of the highest average snowfalls in the state.


title: The Triad (mountain) hierarchical section title: The Triad (mountain) caption reference description: The Triad seen from Eldorado Peak caption attribution description: English: View from Eldorado Peak to The Triad in the North Cascades of Washington state. August 1992 content: The Triad is a mountain with three peaks located in the North Cascades, in Skagit County of Washington state. Situated in North Cascades National Park, The Triad is positioned west of the crest of the Cascade Range, approximately 12 miles east of the town of Marblemount. The middle peak has an elevation of 7,520+ ft, the west peak 7,440+ ft, and the east peak 7,520+ ft. The popular hiking objective, Hidden Lake Peak Lookout, lies three miles to the southwest, and the nearest higher peak, Eldorado Peak, two miles to the northeast, is a popular mountaineering objective. Precipitation runoff from The Triad drains into tributaries of the Cascade River which in turn is a tributary of the Skagit River. The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1949 by Dick Eilertsen, Dick Lowery, Dick Scales, and Don Wilde. This climbing party which had three identical first names, named it the Three Dicks. However, in the interest of good taste, the more suitable and similar name was adopted since "triad" means a group or set of three connected people or things.


title: Nanxi River (Yunnan) hierarchical section title: Nanxi River (Yunnan) caption reference description: View from the Vietnamese side of the river at the Lao Cai-Hekou border crossing caption attribution description: Tiếng Việt: Picture of NNU content: The Nanxi River, also known as the Nậm Thi River in Vietnamese or Namiti, is a tributary of the Red River located in China's Yunnan province. It is a border river of Lào Cai, Vietnam, and Hekou, China.
It flows generally north to south from Mengzi to Hekou, where it joins the Red River and flows into Vietnam.
The Chinese portion of the Yunnan–Vietnam Railway was built partly along the Nanxi River valley from 1906 to 1910, linking the city of Kunming with the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.
The mountainous terrain of the Nanxi River Valley posed special difficulties for the railway's construction; this, along with the endemic nature of malaria in the area, led to the deaths of at least 10,000 workers in the valley. Today, the Nanxi River is known as a destination for white water rafting.


title: List of Canadian federal parliaments section title: Parliaments hierarchical section title: List of Canadian federal parliaments / Parliaments caption attribution description: English: Canadian House of Commons composition in 1917. Each square represents one member. Français : Composition de la Chambre des communes du Canada en 1917. Chaque carré représente un député. content: The Parliament of Canada is the legislative body of the Government of Canada. The Parliament is composed of the House of Commons, the Senate, and the Sovereign, represented by the Governor General. Most major legislation originates from the House, as it is the only body that is directly elected. A new parliament begins after an election of the House of Commons and can sit for up to five years. The number of seats in parliament has varied as new provinces joined the country and as population distribution between the provinces changed; there are currently 338 House MPs and 105 Senators.
Canada uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the leader of the party with the most seats in the House of Commons becomes Prime Minister, even if he or she is not an elected member of parliament. The leader of the party with the second-most seats in the House becomes the Leader of the Official Opposition, and debate between the parties is presided over by the Speaker of the House. When the party with the most seats has less than half of the total number of seats, it forms a minority government, which can be voted out of power by the other parties.


title: Cardiff section title: Government hierarchical section title: Cardiff / Government caption reference description: Crown Buildings are the Welsh Government's main offices in Cardiff caption attribution description: Cymraeg: Adeilad y Goron, Parc Cathays, Caerdydd English: Crown Buildings, Cathays Park, Cardiff content: Cardiff is a city and the capital of Wales. It is the United Kingdom's eleventh-largest city. As Wales' chief commercial centre, Cardiff is the base for the Senedd, most national cultural institutions and Welsh media. At the 2011 census, the unitary authority area population was estimated to be 346,090, and the wider urban area 479,000. Cardiff is a significant tourist centre and the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 21.3 million visitors in 2017. In 2011, Cardiff was ranked sixth in the world in National Geographic's alternative tourist destinations.
Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan, and in 1974, South Glamorgan. Cardiff is part of the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a major port for the transport of coal following the arrival of industry in the region contributed to its rise as a major city. In 1905, Cardiff was made a city and proclaimed the capital of Wales in 1955. In the 2011 Census, the population was 346,090. The Cardiff Built-up Area covers a slightly larger area outside the county boundary and includes the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth.


title: Armani section title: Emporio Armani hierarchical section title: Armani / Brands / Emporio Armani caption reference description: Emporio Armani at Yerevan's Northern Avenue caption attribution description: English: Emporio Armani Yerevan, Northern Avenue content: Giorgio Armani S.p.A., commonly known as Armani, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded by Giorgio Armani which designs, manufactures, distributes and retails haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, watches, jewelry, accessories, eyewear, cosmetics and home interiors. The brand markets these products under several labels: Giorgio Armani Privé, Giorgio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, Armani Jeans, Armani Junior, and Armani Exchange. The brand utilizes the association of the Armani name with high-fashion, benefiting from its prestige in the fashion industry. In 2016, estimated sales of the company were around $2.65 billion. In 2017, Giorgio Armani announced that his company will close two of its fashion labels, Armani Collezioni and Armani Jeans, as part of the restructuring process for his company. While Armani Collezioni will merge back into the "Giorgio Armani" line, Armani Jeans will be mixed with the Emporio Armani line due to their similarities in styles and the use of the same brand logo.


title: List of Old Wykehamists section title: Eighteenth century hierarchical section title: List of Old Wykehamists / Eighteenth century caption reference description: James Woodforde, author of Diary of a Country Parson caption attribution description: James Woodforde (1740-1803), diarist and parson by his nephew Samuel. RA, poor image ... caption alt text description: Painting of James Woodforde, author of the Diary of a Country Parson content: Former pupils of Winchester College are known as Old Wykehamists, in memory of the school's founder, William of Wykeham. He was Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England. He used the wealth these positions gave him to establish both the school and a university college, New College, Oxford, in 1382; both of them were set up to provide an education for 70 scholars. Winchester College opened in 1394.
William of Wykeham provided that up to two pupils a year who could prove they were his descendants could attend the school at its expense; they were known as Consanguineus Fundatoris, "Founder's Kin". Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes records that the tradition ended in 1868, by which time fourteen members of his family had received a free education. At first only a small number of pupils other than scholars were admitted; by the 15th century the school had around 100 pupils in total, nominally the 70 scholars, 16 choirboys and the rest "commoners". Demand for places for commoners was high, and though at first restricted, numbers gradually rose. From the 1860s, ten boarding houses, each for up to sixty pupils, were added, greatly increasing the school's capacity.


title: Asa Hutchinson section title: 2006 election hierarchical section title: Asa Hutchinson / Governor of Arkansas / 2006 election caption reference description: Hutchinson campaigning for governor in 2006 caption attribution description: Asa Hutchinson Campaign Visit content: William Asa Hutchinson II is an American businessman, attorney, and politician, serving since 2015 as the 46th governor of Arkansas. Previously he was U.S. Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from the Third District of Arkansas, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the first Undersecretary for Border & Transportation Security at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
In 2006, Hutchinson was the Republican nominee for governor of Arkansas, but was defeated by Democratic nominee Mike Beebe, the outgoing state attorney general. In 2014, Hutchinson was again the Republican nominee for governor, this time winning the election by defeating Democratic U.S. Representative Mike Ross. He was reelected in 2018 with nearly two-thirds of the vote.


title: CSS General Lovell hierarchical section title: CSS General Lovell caption reference description: Attack of the Union fleet, April 24, 1862; Fort Jackson at left and Fort St. Philip is shown at right caption attribution description: English: "The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862" Colored lithograph, published by Currier & Ives, 1862. The original print bears the following descriptive text: "Destruction of the Rebel gunboats, rams and iron clad batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut. The attack was commenced on the 18th of April and continued until the 25th resulting in the capture of Forts Jackson, St. Phillip, Livingston, Pike and the city of New Orleans, as well as the destruction of all the enemy gunboats, rams, floating batteries (iron clad), fire rafts, booms and chains. The enemy with their own hands destroying cotton and shipping valued at from eight to ten millions of dollars. 'The sight of this night attack was awfully grand, the river was lit up with blazing rafts filled with pine knots and the ships seemed to be fighting literally amidst flames and smoke.'". In this view, ships are identified as (starting at top left center, up the river, running down to the right, then across toward the left): Confederate steamers; USS Cayuga (leading the Union column), USS Pensacola, burning confederate steamer, USS Varuna, USS Oneida, USS Mississippi (engaging the ram Manassas), USS Richmond, USS Kineo, USS Hartford (flagship, in collision with a fire raft), USS Brooklyn and USS Winona. A Confederate fire raft is in the lower right. Fort St. Phillip is shown at right and Fort Jackson at left. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. content: CSS General Lovell was a cotton-clad sidewheel ram of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
Originally built in 1845 as a steam tug in Cincinnati, the ship was purchased for service in the Confederacy and refitted at New Orleans, where she was converted into a cottonclad ram with cotton bales sandwiched between double pine bulkheads to protect her boilers and machinery and iron casing over her bow. She was recommissioned in March 1862, and named for Major General Mansfield Lovell, commander of the defenses of New Orleans. She became part of the River Defense Fleet, under the overall command of Captain J. E. Montgomery, at New Orleans.


title: Naitō Joan hierarchical section title: Naitō Joan caption reference description: Memorial to Naitō Joan caption attribution description: 日本語: 内藤如安 English: Naitō Yukiyasu content: Naitō Joan, son of Matsunaga Nagayori, was a Japanese samurai and lord of Yagi Castle. Earlier called, Naitō Tadatoshi, he was baptised into the Catholic Church in 1564 and took the name Joan. He was the brother of a famous woman catechist, Naitō Julia. Following the shogunate’s anti-Christian edict of 1614 he was banished to Manila and died there in 1626.


title: Eugene O'Neill Theatre hierarchical section title: Eugene O'Neill Theatre caption reference description: Eugene O'Neill Theatre in 2019, during the run of The Book of Mormon caption attribution description: Theater District, Midtown, Manhattan, New York City content: The Eugene O'Neill Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 230 West 49th Street in midtown Manhattan. The O’Neill Theatre, named after playwright Eugene O’Neill, is owned and operated by Jujamcyn Theaters. The house can accommodate up to 1,108 guests and has been home to several big hits, such as Big River, Spring Awakening, and the long-running 2011 Tony Award Best Musical winner, The Book of Mormon.


title: Saucier hierarchical section title: Saucier caption reference description: Sauciers-in-training caption attribution description: English: Cooks being trained at the École supérieure de cuisine française in Paris content: A saucier or sauté chef is a position in the classical brigade style kitchen. It can be translated into English as sauce chef. In addition to preparing sauces, the saucier prepares stews, hot hors d'œuvres, and sautés food to order. Although it is often considered the highest position of the station cooks, the saucier is typically still tertiary to the chef and sous-chef.


title: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival section title: 2003–2005 hierarchical section title: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival / History / 2003–2005 caption reference description: Goldenvoice's Paul Tollett credits Radiohead's appearance at the 2004 festival (pictured) with elevating the festival's stature. caption attribution description: Radiohead performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California on May 1, 2004. The last show of their Hail to the Thief tour. content: The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert. It was co-founded by Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen in 1999, and is organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Presents. The event features musical artists from many genres of music, including rock, pop, indie, hip hop and electronic dance music, as well as art installations and sculptures. Across the grounds, several stages continuously host live music.
The festival's origins trace back to a 1993 concert that Pearl Jam performed at the Empire Polo Club while boycotting venues controlled by Ticketmaster. The show validated the site's viability for hosting large events, leading to the inaugural Coachella Festival being held over the course of two days in October 1999, three months after Woodstock '99. After no event was held in 2000, Coachella returned on an annual basis beginning in April 2001 as a single-day event. In 2002, the festival reverted to a two-day format.


title: Seraph Bay hierarchical section title: Seraph Bay caption reference description: Location of Seraph Bay in Antarctica caption attribution description: Deutsch: Physische Positionskarte Antarktis, Mittabstandstreue Azimutalprojektion English: Physical Location map Antarctica, Azimuthal equidistant projection Longitude of central meridian: 0° Latitude of projection origin: -90° Tangent latitude at the map boundaries: -60°; geographic limits of the map: -135°,-47.57359° to 45°,-47.57359° caption alt text description: Seraph Bay is located in Antarctica content: Seraph Bay is an open bay about 15 nautical miles wide, formed at the southeast end of Thurston Island. It is bounded by Cape Annawan on the northwest, Abbot Ice Shelf on the southwest and Dustin Island on the southeast Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service in flights from the ship Bear in February 1940. The bay was more accurately delineated by the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. Named by US-SCAN for the brig Seraph of Stonington, CT, which in 1830, under Captain Benjamin Pendleton, sailed westward from the South Shetland Islands, reaching as far as 101W, south of 60S.


title: List of tallest clock towers hierarchical section title: List of tallest clock towers caption attribution description: English: Brisbane City Hall and King George Square, Brisbane 12.2013 content: A list of the tallest structures with clocks on their exterior that can be seen from the ground. The list includes various structures with a working clock face or faces on their exteriors. The first type of structure are proper Clock towers which are structures that fulfil the definition of a tower with a clock face or faces on the exterior wall or walls. Possibly the most famous example is the colloquially termed Big Ben. Some structures of this type were originally built as bell towers and had the clocks added later, such as the Springfield Campanille. Some clock towers of this type are freestanding, such as the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, while others are attached to, or on top of, buildings such as the tower on the Philadelphia City Hall. The second set of structures are buildings that had clock faces on the exterior as part of their original design such as the Wrigley Building. The third set of structures are buildings that have had a clock face or faces added after the original building was constructed such as the Palace of Culture and Science.


title: Carlo Pedrotti hierarchical section title: Carlo Pedrotti caption reference description: Carlo Pedrotti circa 1882
- photograph by Antonio Bertulli caption attribution description: English: Carte de visite photograph of Carlo Pedrotti (1817 - 1893) content: Carlo Pedrotti was an Italian conductor, administrator and composer, principally of opera. An associate of Giuseppe Verdi's, he also taught two internationally renowned Italian operatic tenors, Francesco Tamagno and Alessandro Bonci.


title: Kawishiwi Field Laboratory hierarchical section title: Kawishiwi Field Laboratory caption reference description: Halfway Ranger Station in 1934 caption attribution description: This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 11000782 English: 1934 black and white photograph of the Halfway Ranger Station, which later became the Kawishiwi Field Laboratory, in Superior National Forest near Ely, Minnesota, United States content: The Kawishiwi Field Laboratory, in Superior National Forest near Ely, Minnesota, usually known as K-Lab, hosted one of the longest running wolf population studies in the United States. It was designed by Forest Service architects following principles laid out by national Forest Service consulting architect W. Ellis Groben. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. It served as the Halfway Ranger Station of the United States Forest Service until the 1960s and has since been used by other organizations, including the United States Geological Service and the International Wolf Center.
The lab's eleven buildings were recently slated for demolition, but have been deemed eligible for listing on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.


title: Michigan Wolverines football section title: Bo Schembechler (1969–1989) hierarchical section title: Michigan Wolverines football / History / Bo Schembechler (1969–1989) caption reference description: Rick Leach, who played quarterback for Michigan from 1975 through 1978. caption attribution description: English: Photograph of Rick Leach playing quarterback for the 1975 Michigan Wolverines football team. content: The Michigan Wolverines football team represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins in college football history. The team is known for its distinctive winged helmet, its fight song, its record-breaking attendance figures at Michigan Stadium, and its many rivalries, particularly its annual, regular-season-ending game against Ohio State, known simply as “The Game, ” once voted as ESPN's best sports rivalry.
Michigan began competing in intercollegiate football in 1879. The Wolverines joined the Big Ten Conference at its inception in 1896, and other than a hiatus from 1907 to 1916, have been members since. Michigan has won or shared 42 league titles, and, since the inception of the AP Poll in 1936, has finished in the top 10 a total of 38 times. The Wolverines claim 11 national championships, most recently that of the 1997 squad voted atop the final AP Poll.
From 1900 to 1989, Michigan was led by a series of nine head coaches, each of whom has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame either as a player or as a coach. Fielding H.


title: Ghor es-Safi hierarchical section title: Ghor es-Safi caption reference description: Another view of the sugar cane factories at Ghor al-Safi caption attribution description: Al Safi Sugar Cane Factories العربية: صورة لأحد المصانع الأثرية القديمة في غور الصافي، التي كانت تقوم على صناعة قصب السكر، وكانت تسمى (مصانع الصافي). content: Ghor Al-Safi is an archaeological site in Jordan, located in the Wadi al-Hasa area. It is located between the governorates of Karak and Tafilah. The cite is perhaps best known for its sugar cane factory.
Excavations in 2010 and 2011 were facilitated by the Hellenic Society for Near Eastern Studies and the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Dr Konstantinos D. Politis directed most of these archaeological projects. These works were mostly focused on learning about a sugar factory located at sub-site Tawahin as-Sukkar. There is both an eastern and western pressing room which helped archaeologists understand the settlement and agricultural patterns at the site since 12,000 years ago. The pressing rooms are accompanied by a penstock used for irrigation and water resource management. It is believed that a building nearby to the pressing rooms was used to boil the raw sugar cane in order to make refined sugar, based on sugar fragment evidence displayed at the site. Pottery finds at the site suggest presence of human settlement for several different historical eras: 8th to 9th, 12th to 14th, 15th to 16th, and 20th centuries.


title: Edward Tilley hierarchical section title: Edward Tilley caption reference description: Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882).  This painting is in the Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts. caption attribution description: "Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor," by William Halsall, 1882 at Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Brezhoneg: "Mayflower e porzh-mor Aberplymm" gant William Halsall, 1882 Cymraeg: "Mayflower ym mhorth Plymouth" gan William Halsall, 1882 Deutsch: "Mayflower im Hafen von Plymouth" von William Halsall, 1882 Español: "Mayflower en el Puerto de Plymouth" por William Halsall, 1882 Esperanto: "Mayflower en la marhaveno de Plymouth" William Halsall, 1882 Français : "Mayflower dans le port de Plymouth" par William Halsall, 1882 Gaeilge: "An Mayflower i gCuan Plymouth" le William Halsall, 1882 Italiano: "Mayflower nel porto della Plymouth" da William Halsall, 1882 Polski: "Mayflower w zatoce Plymouth" Williama Halsalla, 1882 Русский: "Мейфлауэр в гавани Плимоф" Вильям Халсалл, 1882 content: Edward Tilley traveled in 1620 on the historic voyage of the ship Mayflower as a Separatist member of the Leiden, Holland contingent. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact, and died with his wife in the first Pilgrim winter in the New World.


title: Blue-green section title: Turquoise hierarchical section title: Blue-green / Variations / Turquoise caption reference description: A sample of turquoise caption attribution description: English: Turquoise pebble, made by tumbling the rough rock in a rotating drum with abrasive. The process takes many hours. Picture made without a camera by laying the carving on a flat bed scanner Deutsch: Türkis (Mineral) Español: Turquesa 日本語: トルコ石 Português: Turquesa Română: Turcoaz (mineral) content: Blue-green is a representation of the color that is between green and blue on a typical traditional RYB color wheel. It belongs to the cyan family of colors.


title: Alastair Clarkson section title: Temperament hierarchical section title: Alastair Clarkson / Temperament caption reference description: Clarkson in 2017 caption attribution description: English: Alastair Clarkson during the AFL round two match between Hawthorn and Adelaide on 1 April 2017 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria. content: Alastair Clarkson is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League since 2005, and has the longest continuous service of any current AFL coach.
Hailing from the small town of Kaniva, Victoria, Clarkson played eleven seasons of AFL football – nine for North Melbourne followed by two for Melbourne. He played 134 games in total, playing either in the midfield or on the half-forward flanks. After retiring from playing, Clarkson served for periods as an assistant coach at St Kilda, head coach of VFL club Werribee, head coach of SANFL club Central District, and assistant coach at Port Adelaide.
Clarkson was appointed head coach of Hawthorn at the end of the 2004 season, in which the club had placed second-last. Hawthorn returned to the finals in 2007, Clarkson's third season in charge, and the following year defeated Geelong in the grand final to claim their first premiership since 1991. From 2012 to 2015, Clarkson cemented his place in club history by coaching Hawthorn to four consecutive grand finals.


title: Simon François de Tours hierarchical section title: Simon François de Tours caption reference description: Portrait of Vincent de Paul caption attribution description: English: Vincent de Paul content: Simon François, called Simon François de Tours or Le petit François, a French painter, was born at Tours in 1606. Without the help of a master, he had made some progress in the art, when he went to Italy, where he studied some years. At Bologna he became acquainted with Guido Reni, who made him a present of his portrait, painted by himself. On his return to France he settled in Paris, where he painted the portrait of Louis XIV as Dauphin, and many other distinguished personages, so much to the satisfaction of the court, that he looked forward with confidence to the acquisition of fortune and fame. In these flattering expectations he was, however, disappointed, for he fell into disgrace, and died in obscurity in Paris in 1671. He painted for several churches, and is said to have etched a Magdalen in a Cavern, and a St. Sebastian, two plates of a good design and a noble expression.


title: Jason Grilli section title: Pittsburgh Pirates hierarchical section title: Jason Grilli / Professional career / Pittsburgh Pirates caption reference description: Grilli with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim caption attribution description: Angels at Orioles 7/29/14 content: Jason Michael Grilli is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Florida Marlins, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, and Texas Rangers. Taken as the fourth overall selection of the 1997 MLB draft by the San Francisco Giants, Grilli was one of the top starting pitcher prospects in all of Minor League Baseball, ranked 54th in 1998 and 44th in 1999. The Giants traded him to the Florida Marlins in 1999, for whom he debuted on May 11, 2000.
In 2011, Grilli's career took off as a relief pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates. That year, he carried a 2.48 earned run average and 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings rate in 32 innings pitched, and further improved in 2012, when his strikeout rate climbed to 13.8. In 2013, Grilli made his first All-Star team and became Pittsburgh's closer at the age of 36. From 2011–14, he compiled a 3.09 ERA with 11.9 K/9, 3.3 BB/9 and a 34.2 percent ground-ball rate in 195 ¹⁄₃ IP.


title: George Thengummoottil section title: Education hierarchical section title: George Thengummoottil / Education caption reference description: George Thengummoottil receiving the award for his personal contributions in the field of Education in Bhutan from Jai Bir Rai, the Education Minister of Bhutan during the India Bhutan Friendship celebrations. caption attribution description: English: George Thengummoottil receiving award from The Education Minister of Bhutan Jai Bir Rai for the contributions in Education during the India Bhutan Friendship celebrations. content: George Thengummoottil is wildlife filmmaker and documentary editor, from India whose film has been screened at various International film festivals like Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival and International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala. He is also the founder of Keratoconus Foundation India, a non profit organization which aims at helping Keratoconus patients.
His recent film The Return of Sangai, a documentary about the endangered deer Sangai at the only floating National Park in the world, Keibul Lamjao National Park made for the forest department of Manipur was released at the curtain raiser function of Sangai festival 2017, held at Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur in the presence of the Chief Minister of Manipur Shri N. Biren Singh.


title: Turbidity current hierarchical section title: Turbidity current caption reference description: Turbidites are deposited in the deep ocean troughs below the continental shelf, or similar structures in deep lakes, by underwater turbidity currents (or "underwater avalanches") which slide down the steep slopes of the continental shelf edge, as illustrated in the diagram. When the material comes to rest in the ocean trough, it is the sand and other coarse material which settles first followed by mud and eventually the very fine particulate matter. It is this sequence of deposition that creates the Bouma sequences that characterize these rocks. caption attribution description: English: Turbidites are formed by underwater avalanches at the edge of continental shelves or deep lakes with steep slopes from the shelf along the shoreline. The material that settles at the bottom of the shelf (i.e. the turbidite deposit) tends to consist of sand and similar coarse material, grading upwards into siltstone which is formed by the fine grained mud that settles more slowly than the sand particles. content: A turbidity current is most typically an underwater current of usually rapidly moving, sediment-laden water moving down a slope; although current research indicates that water-saturated sediment may be the primary actor in the process. Turbidity currents can also occur in other fluids besides water.
Researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute found that a layer of water-saturated sediment moved rapidly over the seafloor and mobilized the upper few meters of the preexisting seafloor. Plumes of sediment-laden water were observed during turbidity current events but they believe that these were secondary to the pulse of the seafloor sediment moving during the events. The belief of the researchers is that the water flow is the tail-end of the process that starts at the seafloor.
In the most typical case of oceanic turbidity currents, sediment laden waters situated over sloping ground will flow down-hill because they have a higher density than the adjacent waters. The driving force behind a turbidity current is gravity acting on the high density of the sediments temporarily suspended within a fluid.


title: Yucuaiquín hierarchical section title: Yucuaiquín caption reference description: Parish church of Yucuaiquin caption attribution description: Español: Fotografía de la fachada de la Iglesia Parroquial de Yucuaiquín. caption alt text description: Parish church of Yucuaiquin content: Yucuaiquin is a municipality in La Unión Department of El Salvador, located on the slopes of Cerro La Cruz.


title: Land mobile earth station hierarchical section title: Land mobile earth station caption reference description: Land mobile earth station of the land mobile-satellite service, to send news via satellite link used by TVNZ reporters. caption attribution description: Deutsch: Mobile Erdfunkstelle des mobilen Landfunkdienste über Satellitenein genutz durch einen TVNZ News-Reporter. English: Land mobile earth station of the land mobile-satellite service, to send news over a satellite link used by TVNZ news reporters. The setup was made near firefighting operations, during the Mt Allan forest fire near Dunedin in New Zealand. content: Land mobile earth station is – according to Article 1.74 of the International Telecommunication Union´s ITU Radio Regulations – defined as «A mobile earth station in the land mobile-satellite service capable of surface movement within the geographical limits of a country or continent.»
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title: List of Fleetwood Mac members section title: Former hierarchical section title: List of Fleetwood Mac members / Members / Former caption attribution description: English: Lindsey Buckingham With Fleetwood Mac on March 3, 2009 in St. Paul, MN at the Xcel Energy Center. Photo by Matt Becker, melodicrockconcerts@gmail.com Use without citation is prohibited by law. content: Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, originally formed in London. Formed in July 1967, the group originally consisted of lead guitarist and vocalist Peter Green, slide guitarist and vocalist Jeremy Spencer, bassist Bob Brunning and drummer Mick Fleetwood. The band's current lineup includes Fleetwood, bassist John McVie, keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie, vocalist Stevie Nicks, and guitarists Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.


title: Early Middle Ages section title: Collapse of Rome hierarchical section title: Early Middle Ages / History / Collapse of Rome caption reference description: Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen, (The Huns in battle with the Alans by Johann Nepomuk Geiger, 1873). The Alans, an Iranian people who lived north and east of the Black Sea, functioned as Europe's first line of defence against the Asiatic Huns.[citation needed] They were dislocated and settled throughout the Roman Empire caption attribution description: Azərbaycanca: Hun əsgərləri. Български: Хуни в битка с алани (историческа живопис от 19 век). Català: Gravat representant genets huns. Els huns, els bàrbars arquetípics, entrant a sac dins el món civilitzat. Dansk: Alanerne, et iransk folk som levede nord og øst for Sortehavet. De bekæmpede hunnerne i 357, men blev selv slået i 370. Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen, (Hunnerne i kamp med alanerne), maleri af Johann Nepomuk Geiger, 1873. Deutsch: „Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen“: Darstellung (1873) von Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805–1880). Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen. "Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen": Phantasiedarstellung (1873) von Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805-1880). Die Reitkunst und Bewaffnung der Hunnen sind vermutlich realistisch dargestellt. Auch das Fehlen der Steigbügel entspricht der Realität. Die dargestellte asiatische Physiognomie erweckt den Eindruck von Homogenität, der wohl nicht der Wahrheit entspricht. "Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen": Phantasiedarstellung (1873) von Johann Nepomuk Geiger. English: Huns in battle with the Alans, 1870s engraving after a drawing by Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805-1880). Huns in battle with the Alans, by Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger. Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen [Tr., The Huns in battle with the Alans] (Johann Nepomuk Geiger, 1873) The Alans, an Iranian people who lived north and east of the Black Sea, were Europe's first line of defence against the Asiatic Huns. They were dislocated and settled throughout the Roman Empire. Español: Los hunos luchando contra los Alanos por Johann Nepomuk Geiger 1870. فارسی: سواران هون. حکاکی دههٔ ۱۸۷۰ بر اساس نقاشی از یوهان نپوموک گیگر (۱۸۰۵ - ۱۸۸۰). Français : "Les Huns au combat contre les Alains": Illustration (1873) de Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805-1880). Les Huns au combat contre les Alains : illustration de Geiger (1873) . Le combat des Huns et des Alains. L'invasion des Huns précipita le déclin de l'empire romain d'Occident. Illustration de Geiger (1873): Les Huns au combat contre les Alains. Frysk: Ridende Hunnen, troch Johann Nepomuk Geiger. Hunnen befjochtsje de Alanen. Hrvatski: Huni u bitci. Հայերեն: Հոները` քոչվոր մոնղոլները, որոնց արշավանքների պատճառով սկսվեց Ժողովուրդների Մեծ Գաղթը:. Bahasa Indonesia: Pasukan berkuda Hun. Italiano: Gli Unni in battaglia in un'illustrazione ottocentesca. 日本語: フン族を描いた19世紀の歴史画. アラン族と戦うフン族。ヨハン・ネポムク・ガイガー画（1873）. Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen [Tr., アラン人との戦いにおけるフン族] （ペーテル・ヨハン・ネポムーク・ガイガー：1873年） 黒海の北と東に住むイラン系であるアラン人は、アジア系フン族に対するヨーロッパ最初の防衛線であった。ローマ帝国を通じて混乱させ入植した。. Қазақша: Ғұндар Аландармен соғыста. Latina: Die Hunnen im Kampf mit den Alanen, Ioannes Nepomuk Geiger pinxit. Lietuvių: Hunų kariai (XIX a. paveikslas). content: Historians typically regard the Early Middle Ages or Early Medieval Period, sometimes referred to as the Dark Ages, as lasting from the 5th or 6th century to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Middle Ages of European history. The alternative term "Late Antiquity" emphasizes elements of continuity with the Roman Empire, while "Early Middle Ages" is used to emphasize developments characteristic of the earlier medieval period. As such the concept overlaps with Late Antiquity, following the decline of the Western Roman Empire, and precedes the High Middle Ages.
The period saw a continuation of trends evident since late classical antiquity, including population decline, especially in urban centres, a decline of trade, a small rise in global warming and increased migration. In the 19th century the Early Middle Ages were often labelled the "Dark Ages", a characterization based on the relative scarcity of literary and cultural output from this time. However, the Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantine Empire, continued to survive, though in the 7th century the Rashidun Caliphate and the Umayyad Caliphate conquered swathes of formerly Roman territory.


title: Michael Patrick Kelly hierarchical section title: Michael Patrick Kelly caption reference description: Kelly in 2018. caption attribution description: during Radio Regenbogen Award 2018 at Europapark, Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 2018-03-23, Photo: Sven Mandel caption alt text description: Kelly in 2018. content: Michael Patrick "Paddy" Kelly is an Irish-American singer, musician and composer. Kelly was born in Dublin. He came to fame as the third-youngest member of the pop- and folk band The Kelly Family, who with over 20 million records sold since the mid-1990s, belonged to the most commercially successful acts in Europe. After years in the public eye Kelly released his debut solo album "In Exile" and shortly thereafter retired to a monastery in France. After six years he returned to the music business in 2011. Kelly currently resides in Germany.


title: Lotte World Tower section title: Gallery hierarchical section title: Lotte World Tower / Gallery caption attribution description: English: Comparison between Lotte World Tower and Namsan tower with skyline of Seoul. Photo taken from Inwangsan Hill. content: Lotte World Tower is a 556-metre, 123-story skyscraper located in Seoul, South Korea. It opened to the public on April 11, 2017, and is currently the tallest building in South Korea and the fifth tallest in the world.


title: Primeiras and Segundas Archipelago section title: History hierarchical section title: Primeiras and Segundas Archipelago / History caption reference description: The Primeiras and Segudas chain in the Mozambique Channel near Angoche, c. 1500. caption attribution description: English: Map of the East African coast c. 1500 caption alt text description: An old printed chart showing the channel between Madagascar and Mozambique content: The Primeiras and Segundas Archipelago is a chain of 10 sparsely inhabited barrier islands and two coral reef complexes situated in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Mozambique and near the coastal city of Angoche. The islands lie in two groups along the western side of the Mozambique Channel.


title: List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England hierarchical section title: List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England caption attribution description: Newminster Abbey, a Cistercian abbey sited on private land, and as such the ruins are completely hidden in the undergrowth. content: These monasteries were dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The list is by no means exhaustive, since over 800 religious houses existed before the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it.


title: Iran–Iraq War section title: Iraqi attack on U.S. warship hierarchical section title: Iran–Iraq War / U.S. involvement / Iraqi attack on U.S. warship caption reference description: Stark listing following two hits by Exocet missiles. caption attribution description: English: In the Persian Gulf, a port quarter view of the guided missile frigate USS STARK (FFG-31) listing to port after being hit by two Iraqi Exocet missiles within 30 seconds. 37 sailors are killed. Français : Dans le Golfe Persique, le 17 mai 1987, l'USS Stark encaisse à trente secondes d'intervalle deux missiles Exocet irakiens et perd 37 marins. Deutsch: Die USS Stark im Persischen Golf, wo sie am 17. Mai 1987 innerhalb von 30 Sekunden von zwei irakischen Exocet-Raketen getroffen wurde. 37 Seeleute starben. 中文: 波斯湾,1987年五月17日，美国"佩里"级护卫舰斯塔克号于三十秒内被两枚伊拉克的飞鱼导弹相继击中，其中仅有一枚爆炸，造成37名船员死亡。 content: The Iran–Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began on 22 September 1980 when Iran was invaded by neighbouring Iraq. The war lasted almost eight years, ending in a stalemate on 20 August 1988 when Iran accepted a UN-brokered ceasefire. Iraq's rationale for the invasion was primarily to cripple Iran and prevent Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini from exporting the 1979 Iranian Revolution movement to Shia-majority Iraq and threaten the Sunni-dominated Ba'athist leadership. Iraq had also wished to replace Iran as the dominant state in the Persian Gulf, which had not been previously possible due to pre-revolutionary Iran's goliath status in both economic and military terms as well as its close alliances with the United States and Israel. The war followed a long-running history of border disputes, as a result of which Iraq had planned to annex Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan Province and the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab.
Although Iraq hoped to take advantage of Iran's post-revolutionary chaos and expected a decisive victory in the face of a weakened Iran, the Iraqi military only made progress for three months, and by December 1980 the invasion had stalled.


title: Johannes Werner hierarchical section title: Johannes Werner caption reference description: Johannes Werner caption attribution description: English: Johannes Werner (1468-1522) aka Vernerus, German astronomer in Nuremberg content: Johann Werner was a German mathematician. He was born in Nuremberg, Germany, where he became a parish priest. His primary work was in astronomy, mathematics, and geography, although he was also considered a skilled instrument maker.


title: Christmas seal section title: Origins hierarchical section title: Christmas seal / Origins caption reference description: Einar Holbøll, c. 1900 caption attribution description: English: Einar Holbøll (1865-1927), Danish postmaster and philanthropist, inventor of the Christmas Stamp content: Christmas seals are labels placed on mail during the Christmas season to raise funds and awareness for charitable programs. They have become particularly associated with lung diseases such as tuberculosis, and with child welfare. Christmas seals are regarded as a form of cinderella stamp in contrast with Christmas stamps used for postage.


title: List of tallest buildings in New York City section title: Tallest buildings in New York City hierarchical section title: List of tallest buildings in New York City / Tallest buildings in New York City caption attribution description: English: 30 Hudson Yards from the east, with 5 Manhattan West visible at left, in 2019 content: This is a list of the tallest buildings in New York City.


title: Diana Hajiyeva hierarchical section title: Diana Hajiyeva caption reference description: Hajiyeva in Kiev in 2017 caption attribution description: Українська: Діана Гаджиєва (Дігадж) на "червоному килимку" церемонії відкриття пісенного конкурсу Євробачення в Києві 7 травня 2017 caption alt text description: Hajiyeva in Kiev in 2017 content: Diana Hajiyeva is an Azerbaijani singer and songwriter. She is a member and the lead vocalist of the group Dihaj. She represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Skeletons" finishing in 14th place.


title: Sprundel hierarchical section title: Sprundel caption reference description: Beltmolen de Hoop caption attribution description: Nederlands: Sprundel, beltmolen de HoopEnglish: Sprundel, windmill: beltmolen de Hoop This is an image of rijksmonument number 32967 content: Sprundel is a hamlet in the southern Netherlands, in the Rucphen municipality. In the past it was the main city of the region, with roads to Roosendaal to the west, Breda to the east, Rotterdam to the north and Antwerp to the south.
Film Director Ad Bol was born and raised here.


title: Moosup Valley State Park Trail hierarchical section title: Moosup Valley State Park Trail caption reference description: Location of trailheads in Connecticut caption attribution description: Русский: Физическая карта штата Коннектикут (США). English: Relief map of Connecticut, USA. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 130.0 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 42.3° N S: 40.8° N W: 73.9° W E: 71.6° W caption alt text description: Moosup Valley State Park Trail is located in Connecticut content: The Moosup Valley State Park Trail is a rail trail located on the railbed of a former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad line in the New England towns of Plainfield and Sterling in Windham County, Connecticut. The line ran from 1898 until 1968. The rail line was abandoned in the late 1960s, and was designated by the state as a multi-use trail in 1987. The trail is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
It runs for approximately 6 miles from Main Street in the center of the village of Moosup to the Rhode Island state line in the town of Sterling, where the trail continues into Rhode Island as the Coventry Greenway. The Moosup Valley Trail, together with the Quinebaug River Trail and the Air Line Trail, is "a critical link" in the Hartford to Providence section of the planned East Coast Greenway.


title: Hoffner Historic District hierarchical section title: Hoffner Historic District caption reference description: Hamilton Avenue at the Moline Court intersection; the Masonic Lodge is closest to the camera caption attribution description: English: Buildings on the eastern side of the 4100 block of N. Hamilton Avenue (U.S. Route 127) in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. This block is part of the Hoffner Historic District, a historic district that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. content: The Hoffner Historic District is a historic collection of buildings in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Built primarily at the end of the nineteenth century, the district has experienced few changes since it was built, and it has been named a historic site.
Northside, also known as "Cumminsville", was first owned by John Cleves Symmes as part of his Symmes Purchase. Included within the boundaries of Mill Creek Township, the land was bought by Ezekiel Hutchinson and David Cummings in 1811 and 1817 respectively; the two men owned what is now the neighborhood's western and eastern portions, respectively. Both lands were bought by wealthy landowner Jacob Hoffner in 1836; he turned them into some of the grounds of an estate of more than 400 acres. The estate failed to endure: Hoffner resided at the estate until his 1891 death, but the grounds were quickly subdivided and sold.


title: Colombo section title: Education hierarchical section title: Colombo / Education caption reference description: Royal College Colombo, the oldest public school in the city. caption attribution description: English: Royal College main building. content: Colombo is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the city proper. It is the financial centre of the island and a tourist destination. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is within the urban area of, and a suburb of, Colombo. It is also the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of Colombo District. Colombo is a busy and vibrant place with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins.
Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along the East–West sea trade routes, Colombo was known to ancient traders 2,000 years ago. It was made the capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815, and its status as capital was retained when the nation became independent in 1948.


title: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala hierarchical section title: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala caption reference description: Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago in Guatemala city. caption attribution description: English: Metropolitan Cathedral of Guatemala; day of a teachers' demonstration content: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Guatemala.


title: HSL-Zuid hierarchical section title: HSL-Zuid caption reference description: Route of the HSL-Zuid caption attribution description: English: High-speed rail in the Benelux. Nederlands: Hogesnelheidslijnen in de Benelux. Français : Les lignes à grande vitesse dans le Benelux. content: The HSL-Zuid, is a 125 kilometre-long Dutch high-speed railway line running between the Amsterdam metropolitan area and the Belgian border, with a branch to Breda, North Brabant. Together with the Belgian HSL 4 it forms the Schiphol–Antwerp high-speed railway. Originally scheduled to be in service by 2007, the first public operations began on 7 September 2009, after a ceremony on 6 September.
Intercity Direct operates between Amsterdam and Breda, for the time being with conventional Intercity carriages and TRAXX locomotives. On 13 December 2009 Thalys began services from Amsterdam to Paris and Brussels on the HSL-Zuid. On 4 April 2018 the first scheduled Eurostar connected Amsterdam to London via the HSL-Zuid.
Talks about a high-speed line between Amsterdam and the Belgian border started under Prime Minister Joop den Uyl; work began during Wim Kok's first term. The Rijkswaterstaat, a government agency under the authority of the Ministry of Transport and Water Management, was responsible for the organisation of the project.


title: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate section title: Notable combat actions hierarchical section title: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate / Notable combat actions caption reference description: USS Stark listing to port following an air attack during the Iran-Iraq War caption attribution description: English: In the Persian Gulf, a port quarter view of the guided missile frigate USS STARK (FFG-31) listing to port after being hit by two Iraqi Exocet missiles within 30 seconds. 37 sailors are killed. Français : Dans le Golfe Persique, le 17 mai 1987, l'USS Stark encaisse à trente secondes d'intervalle deux missiles Exocet irakiens et perd 37 marins. Deutsch: Die USS Stark im Persischen Golf, wo sie am 17. Mai 1987 innerhalb von 30 Sekunden von zwei irakischen Exocet-Raketen getroffen wurde. 37 Seeleute starben. 中文: 波斯湾,1987年五月17日，美国"佩里"级护卫舰斯塔克号于三十秒内被两枚伊拉克的飞鱼导弹相继击中，其中仅有一枚爆炸，造成37名船员死亡。 content: The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of guided-missile frigates named after the U.S. Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie. Also known as the Perry or FFG-7 class, the warships were designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels inexpensive enough to be bought in large numbers to replace World War II-era destroyers and complement 1960s-era Knox-class frigates. In Admiral Elmo Zumwalt's "high low fleet plan", the FFG-7s were the low capability ships with the Spruance-class destroyers serving as the high capability ships. Intended to protect amphibious landing forces, supply and replenishment groups, and merchant convoys from aircraft and submarines, they were also later part of battleship-centred surface action groups and aircraft carrier battle groups/strike groups. Fifty-five ships were built in the United States: 51 for the United States Navy and four for the Royal Australian Navy. In addition, eight were built in Taiwan, six in Spain, and two in Australia for their navies. Former U.S.


title: Zvolen section title: Gallery hierarchical section title: Zvolen / Gallery caption attribution description: English: Volen, Slovakia content: Zvolen is a town in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers, close to Banská Bystrica. It is a seat of a county.


title: Battle of Atlanta section title: Legacy hierarchical section title: Battle of Atlanta / Legacy caption reference description: Map of Atlanta Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program caption attribution description: English: Map of battlefield core and study areas. The ABPP revised the Study Area to include the Confederate flanking movement and attack at Decatur. A Core Area was added at Decatur, and the main Core Area was expanded to include the Federal artillery positions. content: The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply center of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman overwhelmed and defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John Bell Hood. Union Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson was killed during the battle. Despite the implication of finality in its name, the battle occurred midway through the campaign, and the city did not fall until September 2, 1864, after a Union siege and various attempts to seize railroads and supply lines leading to Atlanta. After taking the city, Sherman's troops headed south-southeastward toward Milledgeville, the state capital, and on to Savannah with the March to the Sea.
The fall of Atlanta was especially noteworthy for its political ramifications. In the 1864 election, former Union general George B. McClellan, a Democrat, ran against President Lincoln, on a peace platform calling for a truce with the Confederacy.


title: Fort Gulick section title: Military history hierarchical section title: Fort Gulick / Military history caption reference description: Abandoned bowling alley in Fort Gulick caption attribution description: English: Abandoned bowling alley in Fort Gulick, now called Espinar. content: Fort Gulick was a United States Army base in the former Panama Canal Zone located on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal near Fort Davis, on Gatun Lake.


title: Geography of California section title: Transverse Ranges hierarchical section title: Geography of California / Southern California / Transverse Ranges caption reference description: Mount San Gorgonio, the highest mountain in Southern California caption attribution description: Mt. San Gorgonio, the highest mountain in Southern California. Its summit at 11,502 feet rises 8,282 above its surroundings, making it the 7th most topographically prominent mountain in the U.S. Highway 38 skrts its north side, on the left. Valley of the Falls marks its southern boundary. Snow-capped for much of the winter it still retained streaks of white when this shot was made on May 2, 2007. content: California is a U.S. state on the western coast of North America. Covering an area of 163,696 sq mi, California is among the most geographically diverse states. The Sierra Nevada, the fertile farmlands of the Central Valley, and the arid Mojave Desert of the south are some of the major geographic features of this U.S. state. It is home to some of the world's most exceptional trees: the tallest, most massive, and oldest. It is also home to both the highest and lowest points in the 48 contiguous states.
The state is generally divided into Northern and Southern California, although the boundary between the two is not well defined. San Francisco is decidedly a Northern California city and Los Angeles likewise a Southern California one, but areas in between do not often share their confidence in geographic identity. The US Geological Survey defines the geographic center of the state at a point near North Fork, California.
Earth scientists typically divide the state into eleven distinct geomorphic provinces with clearly defined boundaries.


title: Donald Sutherland section title: Recent work: 2000–present hierarchical section title: Donald Sutherland / Career / Recent work: 2000–present caption reference description: Several notable Canadians, including Sutherland (right front), carrying the Olympic flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver caption attribution description: The Olympic flag is carried into BC Place stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Feb. 12, 2010. Left to right, Betty Fox, mother of the late cancer activist Terry Fox; Jacques Villeneuve, the only Canadian race car driver to win both the Indianapolis 500 and Formula 1 world championship; four-time Grammy Award winning singer Anne Murray; Bobby Orr, National Hockey League legendary defenceman; Emmy-award winning actor Donald Sutherland; Barbara Ann Scott-King, 1948 Olympic figure skating gold medalist; Meritorious Service Cross recipient retired Canadian Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, and Canadian astronaut Julie Payette are carrying the flag. content: Donald McNichol Sutherland CC is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than seven decades. Sutherland has been nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films Citizen X and Path to War; the former also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award. An inductee of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadian Walk of Fame, he also received a Canadian Academy Award for the drama film Threshold. Several media outlets and film critics describe him as one of the best actors who have never received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his contributions to cinema.
Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films including The Dirty Dozen, M*A*S*H, Kelly's Heroes, Klute, Don't Look Now, Fellini's Casanova, 1900, The Eagle Has Landed, Animal House, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Ordinary People, and Eye of the Needle. He later went on to star in many other films where he appeared either in leading or supporting roles such as A Dry White Season, JFK, Outbreak, A Time to Kill, Without Limits, Big Shot's Funeral, The Italian Job, Cold Mountain, Pride & Prejudice, Aurora Borealis and The Hunger Games franchise.


title: Lake Abbe section title: Overview hierarchical section title: Lake Abbe / Overview caption reference description: Chimneys near Lake Abbe caption attribution description: English: Shores of lake AbbeFrançais : Barges du lac Abhe content: Lake Abbe, also known as Lake Abhe Bad, is a salt lake, lying on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It is one of a chain of six connected lakes, which also includes lakes Gargori, Laitali, Gummare, Bario and Afambo. The river Awash flows into the no-drain lake. The Lake Abbe is the center of the Afar Depression. The Lac Abbe is considered one of the most inaccessible areas of the earth. The water itself is known for its flamingos. The scenery is unique.


title: National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, New York section title: County-wide listings hierarchical section title: National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, New York / County-wide listings caption attribution description: East Whitehall, New York caption alt text description: Home Farm content: List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, New York
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". One property, the Lemuel Haynes House, is further designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 5, 2019.


title: List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries section title: Gallery hierarchical section title: List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries / Gallery caption attribution description: Svenska: Stockholm Skavsta Flygplats Deutsch: Flughafen Stockholm-Skavsta content: This is a list of the 100 busiest airports in the Nordic countries by passengers per year, aircraft movements per year and freight and mail tonnes per year.
The list also includes yearly statistics for the busiest metropolitan airport systems and the busiest air-routes for 2012.
This transport-related list is intended to be regularly updated as new statistics become available from the relevant official authorities.


title: List of athletes from Montana section title: Baseball hierarchical section title: List of athletes from Montana / Baseball caption reference description: John Gibbons as a manager in 2007 caption attribution description: Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons during a spring training workout at the Blue Jays' spring training complex in Dunedin, Florida. caption alt text description: Man in sunglasses and baseball uniform leaning against a fence content: There are no major league sports franchises in the American state of Montana due to the state's relatively small and dispersed population, but a number of minor-league teams play in the state.
Baseball is the minor-league sport with the longest heritage in the state, and Montana is home to four Minor League baseball teams, all members of the Pioneer Baseball League. Many athletes move out of Montana to pursue their professional career in other states.
Football and basketball are the two most popular sports at the high school level. Montana is one of the few states where the smallest high schools participate in six-man football leagues. Numerous other sports are played at the club and amateur level, including softball, rugby, and soccer.
A number of Montanans have become notable for their involvement in a wide range of sport. Dave McNally is a baseball player who was a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles for 13 years. Phil Jackson is a basketball player and head coach who has been voted one of the Top 10 Coaches in National Basketball Association History.


title: Dual-threat quarterback section title: Rise (1980s−2000s) hierarchical section title: Dual-threat quarterback / History in the National Football League / Rise (1980s−2000s) caption attribution description: English: Randall Cunningham at the 1999 Pro Bowl. content: In gridiron football, a dual-threat quarterback, also known as a running quarterback, is a quarterback who possesses the skills and physique to run with the ball if necessary. With the rise of several blitz heavy defensive schemes and increasingly faster defensive players, the importance of a mobile quarterback has been redefined. While arm power, accuracy, and pocket presence – the ability to successfully operate from within the "pocket" formed by his blockers – are still the most important quarterback virtues, the ability to elude or run past defenders creates an additional threat that allows greater flexibility in the team's passing and running game. Overall, the dual-threat quarterback has been referred to as "the most complex position in sports" by Bleacher Report.
Dual-threat quarterbacks have historically been more prolific at the college level. Typically, a quarterback with exceptional quickness is used in an option offense, which allows the quarterback to either hand the ball off, run it himself, or pitch it to the running back following him at a distance of three yards outside and one yard behind.