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the jacksonville dolphins are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent jacksonville university, located in jacksonville, florida.the dolphins participate in ncaa division i athletics, and are primarily members of the asun conference.some teams in sports that are not sponsored by the asun play in other conferences; specifically, the men's and women's rowing teams are in the metro atlantic athletic conference.the men's lacrosse team had played in the southern conference (socon) from 2015 to 2022, but that sport will return to the asun for the 2023 season (2022–23 school year).it competed in the small-school college division until 1969, its first season in the university division (which later became ncaa division i).its first conference membership was in the sun belt conference, where it first played in 1978.the dolphins were affiliated with that conference until 1998, when they joined the trans america athletic conference (later renamed the atlantic sun).the dolphins have participated in 15 ncaa tournaments, the first being in 1968, when they were in the college division tournament.the other 14 have come in division i. jacksonville's best showing in the ncaa tournament came in the 1976 south regional, when they were one game away from the college world series, but were eliminated by auburn 7–5.the dolphins also were part of the ncaa tournament in 1972, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2018.jacksonville has appeared in five ncaa division i men's basketball tournaments, most recently in 1986.their most successful tournament was the first they participated in, the 1970 ncaa tournament.the dolphins, led by nba hall-of-famer artis gilmore, the school's all-time leader in rebounds, blocks and field goals, and rex morgan, the career assists leader, advanced to the title game before losing to ucla 80–69.during that 1969–70 season, the team became the first ncaa basketball program to average 100 points per game in a season.the dolphins have won one a-sun regular-season title (2008–09), but have not yet won the conference tournament and the accompanying automatic bid to the ncaa tournament as an a-sun member.the team is a member of the asun conference, which is part of the national collegiate athletic association's division i. jacksonville's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1957.the team plays its home games at southern oak stadium.the dolphins are coached by mauricio ruiz.the dolphins have been in several ncaa conferences over their 60-year history.in 1959, the dolphins won the florida intercollegiate conference.the dolphins have won three sun belt conference men's soccer tournaments, with one coming 1987 and the other two coming from 1995–1996.in 2008, the dolphins won the atlantic sun men's soccer tournament.the dolphins best performance in ncaa division i men's soccer championship came in 1998, where they reached the round of 16.their first season of play was in 1998, and they had been members of the pioneer football league during 2001 and 2019.they played their home games at d. b. milne field, which has a listed capacity of 5000 spectators.the dolphins won the pfl conference title in 2008 and 2010, and represented the pfl in the 2008 gridiron classic, losing to albany.on december 3, 2019, the university announced it was discontinuing its football program.in addition to jacksonville, the eight-team conference includes southern-based universities davidson, high point, presbyterian, liberty, and longwood, as well as northern programs detroit mercy and howard.the conference was a provisional conference for two years by ncaa standards; it must exist for two years to earn a potential automatic qualifier into the ncaa tournament.the nlc disbanded after the 2012 season after the two all-sports conferences that contained most of that league's members, the asun and big south, began sponsoring women's lacrosse. | jacksonville dolphins | stadium | john sessions stadium | no related information |
athens international airport eleftherios venizelos (greek: διεθνής αερολιμένας αθηνών «ελευθέριος βενιζέλος», diethnís aeroliménas athinón 'elefthérios venizélos'), commonly initialised as aia (iata: ath, icao: lgav), is the largest international airport in greece, serving the city of athens and region of attica.it began operation on 28 march 2001 (in time for the 2004 summer olympics) and is the main base of aegean airlines, as well as other smaller greek airlines.it replaced the old ellinikon international airport.athens international is currently a member of group 1 of airports council international (over 25 million passengers) as of 2022, it is the 19th-busiest airport in europe and the busiest and largest in the balkans.the airport is named after elefthérios venizélos, the prominent cretan political figure and prime minister of greece, who made a significant contribution to the development of greek aviation and the hellenic air force in the 1930s.as to-date, the airport is operated by aia s.a. and ownership is divided between the hellenic republic (greek state) and private sector in a 55%-45% stake following a ppp scheme for the airport company.currently, private investors include the copelouzos group (5%) and psp investments of canada (40%), following purchase of hochtief's shares.the airport was constructed to replace the now-closed athens (ellinikon) international airport, as the latter had reached its saturation point with no physical space for further growth.studies for a new airport had been carried out from as early as the 1970s, with as many as 19 different locations being looked at before an area close to the town of spata was chosen as suitable.athens airport sa, a state-owned company, was established in 1978 to proceed with the plans.however, after delays and slow development, the project was revived in 1991, approximately 1 year after the city lost the right to host the 1996 summer olympics to atlanta, usa and the possibility of submitting a bid for the 2000 game was discussed.however, the city presented the project that was eventually the winner for the 2004 summer olympic games, with the then government launching an international tender for the selection of a build-own-operate-transfer partner for the airport project, with hochtief of germany being selected.in 1996, athens international airport s.a. (aia) was established as a public–private partnership with a 30-year concession agreement.that same year, the €2.1 billion development finally began with an estimated completion date of february 2001.the airport construction was completed five months before schedule, but was delayed opening a month due to surface connections to attiki odos not being completed.the airport officially opened on 28 march 2001 its major features include two parallel runways being 4 km (2.5 mi) and 3.8 km (2.4 mi) long respectively.the airport has received approval from the european aviation safety agency and the federal aviation administration for take-offs and landings of the biggest passenger jet worldwide, the a380.the first ever a380 to visit 'eleftherios venizelos' athens international airport made an emergency landing on 13 april 2011 for emergency medical reasons.the first scheduled a380 flight took place on 26 october 2012 by emirates.many long-haul airlines outright terminated service to the airport, while others chose to operate on a seasonal basis only, opting to terminate service during the winter months.moreover, these problems were further exacerbated by the closure of olympic airlines, which operated many long-haul flights to and from the airport.in 2013, the airport handled just above 12.5 million passengers, 3.2% fewer than in 2012 and lower by approximately 25% when compared to 2007's traffic, which was the all-time-high at that time.more than ten new airlines started new flights to and from athens. | amatorial | coelelminthes | preterlethal <tsp> amatorial | nonpremium | accosting | no related information |
the jacksonville dolphins are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent jacksonville university, located in jacksonville, florida.the dolphins participate in ncaa division i athletics, and are primarily members of the asun conference.some teams in sports that are not sponsored by the asun play in other conferences; specifically, the men's and women's rowing teams are in the metro atlantic athletic conference.the men's lacrosse team had played in the southern conference (socon) from 2015 to 2022, but that sport will return to the asun for the 2023 season (2022–23 school year).it competed in the small-school college division until 1969, its first season in the university division (which later became ncaa division i).its first conference membership was in the sun belt conference, where it first played in 1978.the dolphins were affiliated with that conference until 1998, when they joined the trans america athletic conference (later renamed the atlantic sun).the dolphins have participated in 15 ncaa tournaments, the first being in 1968, when they were in the college division tournament.the other 14 have come in division i. jacksonville's best showing in the ncaa tournament came in the 1976 south regional, when they were one game away from the college world series, but were eliminated by auburn 7–5.the dolphins also were part of the ncaa tournament in 1972, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2018.jacksonville has appeared in five ncaa division i men's basketball tournaments, most recently in 1986.their most successful tournament was the first they participated in, the 1970 ncaa tournament.the dolphins, led by nba hall-of-famer artis gilmore, the school's all-time leader in rebounds, blocks and field goals, and rex morgan, the career assists leader, advanced to the title game before losing to ucla 80–69.during that 1969–70 season, the team became the first ncaa basketball program to average 100 points per game in a season.the dolphins have won one a-sun regular-season title (2008–09), but have not yet won the conference tournament and the accompanying automatic bid to the ncaa tournament as an a-sun member.the team is a member of the asun conference, which is part of the national collegiate athletic association's division i. jacksonville's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1957.the team plays its home games at southern oak stadium.the dolphins are coached by mauricio ruiz.the dolphins have been in several ncaa conferences over their 60-year history.in 1959, the dolphins won the florida intercollegiate conference.the dolphins have won three sun belt conference men's soccer tournaments, with one coming 1987 and the other two coming from 1995–1996.in 2008, the dolphins won the atlantic sun men's soccer tournament.the dolphins best performance in ncaa division i men's soccer championship came in 1998, where they reached the round of 16.their first season of play was in 1998, and they had been members of the pioneer football league during 2001 and 2019.they played their home games at d. b. milne field, which has a listed capacity of 5000 spectators.the dolphins won the pfl conference title in 2008 and 2010, and represented the pfl in the 2008 gridiron classic, losing to albany.on december 3, 2019, the university announced it was discontinuing its football program.in addition to jacksonville, the eight-team conference includes southern-based universities davidson, high point, presbyterian, liberty, and longwood, as well as northern programs detroit mercy and howard.the conference was a provisional conference for two years by ncaa standards; it must exist for two years to earn a potential automatic qualifier into the ncaa tournament.the nlc disbanded after the 2012 season after the two all-sports conferences that contained most of that league's members, the asun and big south, began sponsoring women's lacrosse. | jacksonville dolphins | universityteam | jacksonville university | the jacksonville dolphins are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent jacksonville university, located in jacksonville, florida.the other 14 have come in division i. jacksonville's best showing in the ncaa tournament came in the 1976 south regional, when they were one game away from the college world series, but were eliminated by auburn 7–5.jacksonville has appeared in five ncaa division i men's basketball tournaments, most recently in 1986.the team is a member of the asun conference, which is part of the national collegiate athletic association's division i. jacksonville's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1957.in addition to jacksonville, the eight-team conference includes southern-based universities davidson, high point, presbyterian, liberty, and longwood, as well as northern programs detroit mercy and howard. |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | revocableness | reannotating | unexcorticated <tsp> revocableness | eulogized | commentated | no related information |
the jacksonville dolphins are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent jacksonville university, located in jacksonville, florida.the dolphins participate in ncaa division i athletics, and are primarily members of the asun conference.some teams in sports that are not sponsored by the asun play in other conferences; specifically, the men's and women's rowing teams are in the metro atlantic athletic conference.the men's lacrosse team had played in the southern conference (socon) from 2015 to 2022, but that sport will return to the asun for the 2023 season (2022–23 school year).it competed in the small-school college division until 1969, its first season in the university division (which later became ncaa division i).its first conference membership was in the sun belt conference, where it first played in 1978.the dolphins were affiliated with that conference until 1998, when they joined the trans america athletic conference (later renamed the atlantic sun).the dolphins have participated in 15 ncaa tournaments, the first being in 1968, when they were in the college division tournament.the other 14 have come in division i. jacksonville's best showing in the ncaa tournament came in the 1976 south regional, when they were one game away from the college world series, but were eliminated by auburn 7–5.the dolphins also were part of the ncaa tournament in 1972, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2018.jacksonville has appeared in five ncaa division i men's basketball tournaments, most recently in 1986.their most successful tournament was the first they participated in, the 1970 ncaa tournament.the dolphins, led by nba hall-of-famer artis gilmore, the school's all-time leader in rebounds, blocks and field goals, and rex morgan, the career assists leader, advanced to the title game before losing to ucla 80–69.during that 1969–70 season, the team became the first ncaa basketball program to average 100 points per game in a season.the dolphins have won one a-sun regular-season title (2008–09), but have not yet won the conference tournament and the accompanying automatic bid to the ncaa tournament as an a-sun member.the team is a member of the asun conference, which is part of the national collegiate athletic association's division i. jacksonville's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1957.the team plays its home games at southern oak stadium.the dolphins are coached by mauricio ruiz.the dolphins have been in several ncaa conferences over their 60-year history.in 1959, the dolphins won the florida intercollegiate conference.the dolphins have won three sun belt conference men's soccer tournaments, with one coming 1987 and the other two coming from 1995–1996.in 2008, the dolphins won the atlantic sun men's soccer tournament.the dolphins best performance in ncaa division i men's soccer championship came in 1998, where they reached the round of 16.their first season of play was in 1998, and they had been members of the pioneer football league during 2001 and 2019.they played their home games at d. b. milne field, which has a listed capacity of 5000 spectators.the dolphins won the pfl conference title in 2008 and 2010, and represented the pfl in the 2008 gridiron classic, losing to albany.on december 3, 2019, the university announced it was discontinuing its football program.in addition to jacksonville, the eight-team conference includes southern-based universities davidson, high point, presbyterian, liberty, and longwood, as well as northern programs detroit mercy and howard.the conference was a provisional conference for two years by ncaa standards; it must exist for two years to earn a potential automatic qualifier into the ncaa tournament.the nlc disbanded after the 2012 season after the two all-sports conferences that contained most of that league's members, the asun and big south, began sponsoring women's lacrosse. | jacksonville dolphins | universityteam | jacksonville university | the jacksonville dolphins are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent jacksonville university, located in jacksonville, florida.the other 14 have come in division i. jacksonville's best showing in the ncaa tournament came in the 1976 south regional, when they were one game away from the college world series, but were eliminated by auburn 7–5.jacksonville has appeared in five ncaa division i men's basketball tournaments, most recently in 1986.the team is a member of the asun conference, which is part of the national collegiate athletic association's division i. jacksonville's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1957.in addition to jacksonville, the eight-team conference includes southern-based universities davidson, high point, presbyterian, liberty, and longwood, as well as northern programs detroit mercy and howard. |
athens international airport eleftherios venizelos (greek: διεθνής αερολιμένας αθηνών «ελευθέριος βενιζέλος», diethnís aeroliménas athinón 'elefthérios venizélos'), commonly initialised as aia (iata: ath, icao: lgav), is the largest international airport in greece, serving the city of athens and region of attica.it began operation on 28 march 2001 (in time for the 2004 summer olympics) and is the main base of aegean airlines, as well as other smaller greek airlines.it replaced the old ellinikon international airport.athens international is currently a member of group 1 of airports council international (over 25 million passengers) as of 2022, it is the 19th-busiest airport in europe and the busiest and largest in the balkans.the airport is named after elefthérios venizélos, the prominent cretan political figure and prime minister of greece, who made a significant contribution to the development of greek aviation and the hellenic air force in the 1930s.as to-date, the airport is operated by aia s.a. and ownership is divided between the hellenic republic (greek state) and private sector in a 55%-45% stake following a ppp scheme for the airport company.currently, private investors include the copelouzos group (5%) and psp investments of canada (40%), following purchase of hochtief's shares.the airport was constructed to replace the now-closed athens (ellinikon) international airport, as the latter had reached its saturation point with no physical space for further growth.studies for a new airport had been carried out from as early as the 1970s, with as many as 19 different locations being looked at before an area close to the town of spata was chosen as suitable.athens airport sa, a state-owned company, was established in 1978 to proceed with the plans.however, after delays and slow development, the project was revived in 1991, approximately 1 year after the city lost the right to host the 1996 summer olympics to atlanta, usa and the possibility of submitting a bid for the 2000 game was discussed.however, the city presented the project that was eventually the winner for the 2004 summer olympic games, with the then government launching an international tender for the selection of a build-own-operate-transfer partner for the airport project, with hochtief of germany being selected.in 1996, athens international airport s.a. (aia) was established as a public–private partnership with a 30-year concession agreement.that same year, the €2.1 billion development finally began with an estimated completion date of february 2001.the airport construction was completed five months before schedule, but was delayed opening a month due to surface connections to attiki odos not being completed.the airport officially opened on 28 march 2001 its major features include two parallel runways being 4 km (2.5 mi) and 3.8 km (2.4 mi) long respectively.the airport has received approval from the european aviation safety agency and the federal aviation administration for take-offs and landings of the biggest passenger jet worldwide, the a380.the first ever a380 to visit 'eleftherios venizelos' athens international airport made an emergency landing on 13 april 2011 for emergency medical reasons.the first scheduled a380 flight took place on 26 october 2012 by emirates.many long-haul airlines outright terminated service to the airport, while others chose to operate on a seasonal basis only, opting to terminate service during the winter months.moreover, these problems were further exacerbated by the closure of olympic airlines, which operated many long-haul flights to and from the airport.in 2013, the airport handled just above 12.5 million passengers, 3.2% fewer than in 2012 and lower by approximately 25% when compared to 2007's traffic, which was the all-time-high at that time.more than ten new airlines started new flights to and from athens. | athens international airport | runwaylength | 38000 | no related information |
athens international airport eleftherios venizelos (greek: διεθνής αερολιμένας αθηνών «ελευθέριος βενιζέλος», diethnís aeroliménas athinón 'elefthérios venizélos'), commonly initialised as aia (iata: ath, icao: lgav), is the largest international airport in greece, serving the city of athens and region of attica.it began operation on 28 march 2001 (in time for the 2004 summer olympics) and is the main base of aegean airlines, as well as other smaller greek airlines.it replaced the old ellinikon international airport.athens international is currently a member of group 1 of airports council international (over 25 million passengers) as of 2022, it is the 19th-busiest airport in europe and the busiest and largest in the balkans.the airport is named after elefthérios venizélos, the prominent cretan political figure and prime minister of greece, who made a significant contribution to the development of greek aviation and the hellenic air force in the 1930s.as to-date, the airport is operated by aia s.a. and ownership is divided between the hellenic republic (greek state) and private sector in a 55%-45% stake following a ppp scheme for the airport company.currently, private investors include the copelouzos group (5%) and psp investments of canada (40%), following purchase of hochtief's shares.the airport was constructed to replace the now-closed athens (ellinikon) international airport, as the latter had reached its saturation point with no physical space for further growth.studies for a new airport had been carried out from as early as the 1970s, with as many as 19 different locations being looked at before an area close to the town of spata was chosen as suitable.athens airport sa, a state-owned company, was established in 1978 to proceed with the plans.however, after delays and slow development, the project was revived in 1991, approximately 1 year after the city lost the right to host the 1996 summer olympics to atlanta, usa and the possibility of submitting a bid for the 2000 game was discussed.however, the city presented the project that was eventually the winner for the 2004 summer olympic games, with the then government launching an international tender for the selection of a build-own-operate-transfer partner for the airport project, with hochtief of germany being selected.in 1996, athens international airport s.a. (aia) was established as a public–private partnership with a 30-year concession agreement.that same year, the €2.1 billion development finally began with an estimated completion date of february 2001.the airport construction was completed five months before schedule, but was delayed opening a month due to surface connections to attiki odos not being completed.the airport officially opened on 28 march 2001 its major features include two parallel runways being 4 km (2.5 mi) and 3.8 km (2.4 mi) long respectively.the airport has received approval from the european aviation safety agency and the federal aviation administration for take-offs and landings of the biggest passenger jet worldwide, the a380.the first ever a380 to visit 'eleftherios venizelos' athens international airport made an emergency landing on 13 april 2011 for emergency medical reasons.the first scheduled a380 flight took place on 26 october 2012 by emirates.many long-haul airlines outright terminated service to the airport, while others chose to operate on a seasonal basis only, opting to terminate service during the winter months.moreover, these problems were further exacerbated by the closure of olympic airlines, which operated many long-haul flights to and from the airport.in 2013, the airport handled just above 12.5 million passengers, 3.2% fewer than in 2012 and lower by approximately 25% when compared to 2007's traffic, which was the all-time-high at that time.more than ten new airlines started new flights to and from athens. | athens international airport | runwaylength | 38000 | no related information |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | deuterotoky | naturopathist | maxillas | no related information |
the jacksonville dolphins are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent jacksonville university, located in jacksonville, florida.the dolphins participate in ncaa division i athletics, and are primarily members of the asun conference.some teams in sports that are not sponsored by the asun play in other conferences; specifically, the men's and women's rowing teams are in the metro atlantic athletic conference.the men's lacrosse team had played in the southern conference (socon) from 2015 to 2022, but that sport will return to the asun for the 2023 season (2022–23 school year).it competed in the small-school college division until 1969, its first season in the university division (which later became ncaa division i).its first conference membership was in the sun belt conference, where it first played in 1978.the dolphins were affiliated with that conference until 1998, when they joined the trans america athletic conference (later renamed the atlantic sun).the dolphins have participated in 15 ncaa tournaments, the first being in 1968, when they were in the college division tournament.the other 14 have come in division i. jacksonville's best showing in the ncaa tournament came in the 1976 south regional, when they were one game away from the college world series, but were eliminated by auburn 7–5.the dolphins also were part of the ncaa tournament in 1972, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2018.jacksonville has appeared in five ncaa division i men's basketball tournaments, most recently in 1986.their most successful tournament was the first they participated in, the 1970 ncaa tournament.the dolphins, led by nba hall-of-famer artis gilmore, the school's all-time leader in rebounds, blocks and field goals, and rex morgan, the career assists leader, advanced to the title game before losing to ucla 80–69.during that 1969–70 season, the team became the first ncaa basketball program to average 100 points per game in a season.the dolphins have won one a-sun regular-season title (2008–09), but have not yet won the conference tournament and the accompanying automatic bid to the ncaa tournament as an a-sun member.the team is a member of the asun conference, which is part of the national collegiate athletic association's division i. jacksonville's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1957.the team plays its home games at southern oak stadium.the dolphins are coached by mauricio ruiz.the dolphins have been in several ncaa conferences over their 60-year history.in 1959, the dolphins won the florida intercollegiate conference.the dolphins have won three sun belt conference men's soccer tournaments, with one coming 1987 and the other two coming from 1995–1996.in 2008, the dolphins won the atlantic sun men's soccer tournament.the dolphins best performance in ncaa division i men's soccer championship came in 1998, where they reached the round of 16.their first season of play was in 1998, and they had been members of the pioneer football league during 2001 and 2019.they played their home games at d. b. milne field, which has a listed capacity of 5000 spectators.the dolphins won the pfl conference title in 2008 and 2010, and represented the pfl in the 2008 gridiron classic, losing to albany.on december 3, 2019, the university announced it was discontinuing its football program.in addition to jacksonville, the eight-team conference includes southern-based universities davidson, high point, presbyterian, liberty, and longwood, as well as northern programs detroit mercy and howard.the conference was a provisional conference for two years by ncaa standards; it must exist for two years to earn a potential automatic qualifier into the ncaa tournament.the nlc disbanded after the 2012 season after the two all-sports conferences that contained most of that league's members, the asun and big south, began sponsoring women's lacrosse. | jacksonville dolphins | universityteam | jacksonville university | the jacksonville dolphins are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent jacksonville university, located in jacksonville, florida.the other 14 have come in division i. jacksonville's best showing in the ncaa tournament came in the 1976 south regional, when they were one game away from the college world series, but were eliminated by auburn 7–5.jacksonville has appeared in five ncaa division i men's basketball tournaments, most recently in 1986.the team is a member of the asun conference, which is part of the national collegiate athletic association's division i. jacksonville's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1957.in addition to jacksonville, the eight-team conference includes southern-based universities davidson, high point, presbyterian, liberty, and longwood, as well as northern programs detroit mercy and howard. |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | successions | sovranties | malays | no related information |
jamaica ( (listen); jamaican patois: jumieka) is an island country situated in the caribbean sea.spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third largest island — after cuba and hispaniola — of the greater antilles and the caribbean.jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of cuba, and 191 km (119 mi) west of hispaniola (the island containing the countries of haiti and the dominican republic); the british overseas territory of the cayman islands lies some 215 km (134 mi) to the north-west.originally inhabited by the indigenous taíno peoples, the island came under spanish rule following the arrival of christopher columbus in 1494.many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the spanish brought large numbers of african slaves to jamaica as labourers.the island remained a possession of spain until 1655, when england (later great britain) conquered it, renaming it jamaica.under british colonial rule jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the african slaves and later their descendants.the british fully emancipated all slaves in 1838, and many freedmen chose to have subsistence farms rather than to work on plantations.beginning in the 1840s, the british began using chinese and indian indentured labour to work on plantations.the island achieved independence from the united kingdom on 6 august 1962.with 2.8 million people, jamaica is the third-most populous anglophone country in the americas (after the united states and canada), and the fourth-most populous country in the caribbean.kingston is the country's capital and largest city.the majority of jamaicans are of sub-saharan african ancestry, with significant european, east asian (primarily chinese), indian, lebanese, and mixed-race minorities.due to a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large jamaican diaspora, particularly in canada, the united kingdom, and the united states.the country has a global influence that belies its small size; it was the birthplace of the rastafari religion, reggae music (and associated genres such as dub, ska and dancehall), and it is internationally prominent in sports, most notably cricket, sprinting and athletics.jamaica is often considered the world's least populous cultural superpower.jamaica is an upper-middle income country with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year.jamaica performs favourably in measures of press freedom, democratic governance and sustainable well-being.politically it is a commonwealth realm, with charles iii as its king.his appointed representative in the country is the governor-general of jamaica, an office held by patrick allen since 2009.andrew holness has served as prime minister of jamaica since march 2016.jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with legislative power vested in the bicameral parliament of jamaica, consisting of an appointed senate and a directly elected house of representatives.yamaye has been suggested as an early taino name for the island as recorded by christopher columbus.colloquially, jamaicans refer to their home island as the 'rock'.slang names such as 'jamrock', 'jamdown' ('jamdung' in jamaican patois), or briefly 'ja', have derived from this.little is known of these early peoples.another group, known as the 'redware people' after their pottery, arrived circa 600 ad, followed by the taíno circa 800 ad, who most likely came from south america.they practised an agrarian and fishing economy, and at their height are thought to have numbered some 60,000 people, grouped into around 200 villages headed by caciques (chiefs).the south coast of jamaica was the most populated, especially around the area now known as old harbour.though often thought to have become extinct following contact with europeans, the taíno in fact still inhabited jamaica when the english took control of the island in 1655. | jamaica | leadername | elizabeth ii | no related information |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | ab klink | birthplace | netherlands | no related information |
athens international airport eleftherios venizelos (greek: διεθνής αερολιμένας αθηνών «ελευθέριος βενιζέλος», diethnís aeroliménas athinón 'elefthérios venizélos'), commonly initialised as aia (iata: ath, icao: lgav), is the largest international airport in greece, serving the city of athens and region of attica.it began operation on 28 march 2001 (in time for the 2004 summer olympics) and is the main base of aegean airlines, as well as other smaller greek airlines.it replaced the old ellinikon international airport.athens international is currently a member of group 1 of airports council international (over 25 million passengers) as of 2022, it is the 19th-busiest airport in europe and the busiest and largest in the balkans.the airport is named after elefthérios venizélos, the prominent cretan political figure and prime minister of greece, who made a significant contribution to the development of greek aviation and the hellenic air force in the 1930s.as to-date, the airport is operated by aia s.a. and ownership is divided between the hellenic republic (greek state) and private sector in a 55%-45% stake following a ppp scheme for the airport company.currently, private investors include the copelouzos group (5%) and psp investments of canada (40%), following purchase of hochtief's shares.the airport was constructed to replace the now-closed athens (ellinikon) international airport, as the latter had reached its saturation point with no physical space for further growth.studies for a new airport had been carried out from as early as the 1970s, with as many as 19 different locations being looked at before an area close to the town of spata was chosen as suitable.athens airport sa, a state-owned company, was established in 1978 to proceed with the plans.however, after delays and slow development, the project was revived in 1991, approximately 1 year after the city lost the right to host the 1996 summer olympics to atlanta, usa and the possibility of submitting a bid for the 2000 game was discussed.however, the city presented the project that was eventually the winner for the 2004 summer olympic games, with the then government launching an international tender for the selection of a build-own-operate-transfer partner for the airport project, with hochtief of germany being selected.in 1996, athens international airport s.a. (aia) was established as a public–private partnership with a 30-year concession agreement.that same year, the €2.1 billion development finally began with an estimated completion date of february 2001.the airport construction was completed five months before schedule, but was delayed opening a month due to surface connections to attiki odos not being completed.the airport officially opened on 28 march 2001 its major features include two parallel runways being 4 km (2.5 mi) and 3.8 km (2.4 mi) long respectively.the airport has received approval from the european aviation safety agency and the federal aviation administration for take-offs and landings of the biggest passenger jet worldwide, the a380.the first ever a380 to visit 'eleftherios venizelos' athens international airport made an emergency landing on 13 april 2011 for emergency medical reasons.the first scheduled a380 flight took place on 26 october 2012 by emirates.many long-haul airlines outright terminated service to the airport, while others chose to operate on a seasonal basis only, opting to terminate service during the winter months.moreover, these problems were further exacerbated by the closure of olympic airlines, which operated many long-haul flights to and from the airport.in 2013, the airport handled just above 12.5 million passengers, 3.2% fewer than in 2012 and lower by approximately 25% when compared to 2007's traffic, which was the all-time-high at that time.more than ten new airlines started new flights to and from athens. | backings | postallantoic | san <tsp> backings | axolotl | capercut | no related information |
jamaica ( (listen); jamaican patois: jumieka) is an island country situated in the caribbean sea.spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third largest island — after cuba and hispaniola — of the greater antilles and the caribbean.jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of cuba, and 191 km (119 mi) west of hispaniola (the island containing the countries of haiti and the dominican republic); the british overseas territory of the cayman islands lies some 215 km (134 mi) to the north-west.originally inhabited by the indigenous taíno peoples, the island came under spanish rule following the arrival of christopher columbus in 1494.many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the spanish brought large numbers of african slaves to jamaica as labourers.the island remained a possession of spain until 1655, when england (later great britain) conquered it, renaming it jamaica.under british colonial rule jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the african slaves and later their descendants.the british fully emancipated all slaves in 1838, and many freedmen chose to have subsistence farms rather than to work on plantations.beginning in the 1840s, the british began using chinese and indian indentured labour to work on plantations.the island achieved independence from the united kingdom on 6 august 1962.with 2.8 million people, jamaica is the third-most populous anglophone country in the americas (after the united states and canada), and the fourth-most populous country in the caribbean.kingston is the country's capital and largest city.the majority of jamaicans are of sub-saharan african ancestry, with significant european, east asian (primarily chinese), indian, lebanese, and mixed-race minorities.due to a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large jamaican diaspora, particularly in canada, the united kingdom, and the united states.the country has a global influence that belies its small size; it was the birthplace of the rastafari religion, reggae music (and associated genres such as dub, ska and dancehall), and it is internationally prominent in sports, most notably cricket, sprinting and athletics.jamaica is often considered the world's least populous cultural superpower.jamaica is an upper-middle income country with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year.jamaica performs favourably in measures of press freedom, democratic governance and sustainable well-being.politically it is a commonwealth realm, with charles iii as its king.his appointed representative in the country is the governor-general of jamaica, an office held by patrick allen since 2009.andrew holness has served as prime minister of jamaica since march 2016.jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with legislative power vested in the bicameral parliament of jamaica, consisting of an appointed senate and a directly elected house of representatives.yamaye has been suggested as an early taino name for the island as recorded by christopher columbus.colloquially, jamaicans refer to their home island as the 'rock'.slang names such as 'jamrock', 'jamdown' ('jamdung' in jamaican patois), or briefly 'ja', have derived from this.little is known of these early peoples.another group, known as the 'redware people' after their pottery, arrived circa 600 ad, followed by the taíno circa 800 ad, who most likely came from south america.they practised an agrarian and fishing economy, and at their height are thought to have numbered some 60,000 people, grouped into around 200 villages headed by caciques (chiefs).the south coast of jamaica was the most populated, especially around the area now known as old harbour.though often thought to have become extinct following contact with europeans, the taíno in fact still inhabited jamaica when the english took control of the island in 1655. | jamaica | leadername | elizabeth ii | no related information |
athens international airport eleftherios venizelos (greek: διεθνής αερολιμένας αθηνών «ελευθέριος βενιζέλος», diethnís aeroliménas athinón 'elefthérios venizélos'), commonly initialised as aia (iata: ath, icao: lgav), is the largest international airport in greece, serving the city of athens and region of attica.it began operation on 28 march 2001 (in time for the 2004 summer olympics) and is the main base of aegean airlines, as well as other smaller greek airlines.it replaced the old ellinikon international airport.athens international is currently a member of group 1 of airports council international (over 25 million passengers) as of 2022, it is the 19th-busiest airport in europe and the busiest and largest in the balkans.the airport is named after elefthérios venizélos, the prominent cretan political figure and prime minister of greece, who made a significant contribution to the development of greek aviation and the hellenic air force in the 1930s.as to-date, the airport is operated by aia s.a. and ownership is divided between the hellenic republic (greek state) and private sector in a 55%-45% stake following a ppp scheme for the airport company.currently, private investors include the copelouzos group (5%) and psp investments of canada (40%), following purchase of hochtief's shares.the airport was constructed to replace the now-closed athens (ellinikon) international airport, as the latter had reached its saturation point with no physical space for further growth.studies for a new airport had been carried out from as early as the 1970s, with as many as 19 different locations being looked at before an area close to the town of spata was chosen as suitable.athens airport sa, a state-owned company, was established in 1978 to proceed with the plans.however, after delays and slow development, the project was revived in 1991, approximately 1 year after the city lost the right to host the 1996 summer olympics to atlanta, usa and the possibility of submitting a bid for the 2000 game was discussed.however, the city presented the project that was eventually the winner for the 2004 summer olympic games, with the then government launching an international tender for the selection of a build-own-operate-transfer partner for the airport project, with hochtief of germany being selected.in 1996, athens international airport s.a. (aia) was established as a public–private partnership with a 30-year concession agreement.that same year, the €2.1 billion development finally began with an estimated completion date of february 2001.the airport construction was completed five months before schedule, but was delayed opening a month due to surface connections to attiki odos not being completed.the airport officially opened on 28 march 2001 its major features include two parallel runways being 4 km (2.5 mi) and 3.8 km (2.4 mi) long respectively.the airport has received approval from the european aviation safety agency and the federal aviation administration for take-offs and landings of the biggest passenger jet worldwide, the a380.the first ever a380 to visit 'eleftherios venizelos' athens international airport made an emergency landing on 13 april 2011 for emergency medical reasons.the first scheduled a380 flight took place on 26 october 2012 by emirates.many long-haul airlines outright terminated service to the airport, while others chose to operate on a seasonal basis only, opting to terminate service during the winter months.moreover, these problems were further exacerbated by the closure of olympic airlines, which operated many long-haul flights to and from the airport.in 2013, the airport handled just above 12.5 million passengers, 3.2% fewer than in 2012 and lower by approximately 25% when compared to 2007's traffic, which was the all-time-high at that time.more than ten new airlines started new flights to and from athens. | athens international airport | runwaylength | 40000 | no related information |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | donkeywork | idolatrize | songhai <tsp> donkeywork | periost | rhynchocephalian | no related information |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | ab klink | birthplace | stellendam | no related information |
jamaica ( (listen); jamaican patois: jumieka) is an island country situated in the caribbean sea.spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third largest island — after cuba and hispaniola — of the greater antilles and the caribbean.jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of cuba, and 191 km (119 mi) west of hispaniola (the island containing the countries of haiti and the dominican republic); the british overseas territory of the cayman islands lies some 215 km (134 mi) to the north-west.originally inhabited by the indigenous taíno peoples, the island came under spanish rule following the arrival of christopher columbus in 1494.many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the spanish brought large numbers of african slaves to jamaica as labourers.the island remained a possession of spain until 1655, when england (later great britain) conquered it, renaming it jamaica.under british colonial rule jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the african slaves and later their descendants.the british fully emancipated all slaves in 1838, and many freedmen chose to have subsistence farms rather than to work on plantations.beginning in the 1840s, the british began using chinese and indian indentured labour to work on plantations.the island achieved independence from the united kingdom on 6 august 1962.with 2.8 million people, jamaica is the third-most populous anglophone country in the americas (after the united states and canada), and the fourth-most populous country in the caribbean.kingston is the country's capital and largest city.the majority of jamaicans are of sub-saharan african ancestry, with significant european, east asian (primarily chinese), indian, lebanese, and mixed-race minorities.due to a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large jamaican diaspora, particularly in canada, the united kingdom, and the united states.the country has a global influence that belies its small size; it was the birthplace of the rastafari religion, reggae music (and associated genres such as dub, ska and dancehall), and it is internationally prominent in sports, most notably cricket, sprinting and athletics.jamaica is often considered the world's least populous cultural superpower.jamaica is an upper-middle income country with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year.jamaica performs favourably in measures of press freedom, democratic governance and sustainable well-being.politically it is a commonwealth realm, with charles iii as its king.his appointed representative in the country is the governor-general of jamaica, an office held by patrick allen since 2009.andrew holness has served as prime minister of jamaica since march 2016.jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with legislative power vested in the bicameral parliament of jamaica, consisting of an appointed senate and a directly elected house of representatives.yamaye has been suggested as an early taino name for the island as recorded by christopher columbus.colloquially, jamaicans refer to their home island as the 'rock'.slang names such as 'jamrock', 'jamdown' ('jamdung' in jamaican patois), or briefly 'ja', have derived from this.little is known of these early peoples.another group, known as the 'redware people' after their pottery, arrived circa 600 ad, followed by the taíno circa 800 ad, who most likely came from south america.they practised an agrarian and fishing economy, and at their height are thought to have numbered some 60,000 people, grouped into around 200 villages headed by caciques (chiefs).the south coast of jamaica was the most populated, especially around the area now known as old harbour.though often thought to have become extinct following contact with europeans, the taíno in fact still inhabited jamaica when the english took control of the island in 1655. | jamaica | leadername | elizabeth ii | no related information |
atlantic city, sometimes referred to by its initials a.c., is a jersey shore seaside resort city in atlantic county, in the u.s. state of new jersey.located in south jersey on absecon island, the city is prominently known for its casinos, nightlife, boardwalk, and atlantic ocean beaches and coastline.atlantic city inspired the u.s. version of the board game monopoly, which uses various atlantic city street names and destinations in the game.new jersey voters legalized casino gambling in atlantic city in 1976, and the first casino opened two years later.atlantic city had been the home of the miss america pageant from 1921 to 2004, which later returned to the city from 2013 to 2018.as of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,497, a decline of 1,061 (−2.7%) from the 2010 census count of 39,558, which in turn reflected a decrease of 959 (−2.4%) from the 40,517 counted in the 2000 census.atlantic city and hammonton are the two principal municipalities of the atlantic city-hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of atlantic county for statistical purposes.atlantic city, hammonton, and the surrounding atlantic county constitute part of the larger delaware valley (i.e., the philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest metropolitan area as of 2020.the city was incorporated on may 1, 1854, from portions of egg harbor township and galloway township.it is located on absecon island and borders absecon, brigantine, egg harbor township, galloway township, pleasantville, ventnor city, and the atlantic ocean.while the precise date of the first permanent occupation of what came to be atlantic city by european settlers has not been precisely determined, it is commonly thought that in 1783 jeremiah leeds first built and occupied an all year home on the island.however, it was not until 1850 that the idea arose to develop the location into a resort town and in early 1853 the name 'atlantic city' was adopted.because of its location in south jersey, which hugs the atlantic ocean between marshlands and islands, atlantic city was viewed by developers as prime real estate and a potential resort town.in 1853, the first commercial hotel, the belloe house, which was built at the intersection of massachusetts and atlantic avenues.the city was incorporated in 1854, the same year train service began on the camden and atlantic railroad.built on the edge of the bay, this served as the direct link of this remote parcel of land with philadelphia, pennsylvania.that same year, construction of the absecon lighthouse, designed by george meade of the corps of topographical engineers, was approved, with work initiated the next year.by 1874, almost 500,000 passengers a year were coming to atlantic city by rail.in boardwalk empire: the birth, high times, and corruption of atlantic city, 'atlantic city's godfather' nelson johnson describes the inspiration of jonathan pitney (the 'father of atlantic city') to develop atlantic city as a health resort, his efforts to convince the municipal authorities that a railroad to the beach would be beneficial, his successful alliance with samuel richards (entrepreneur and member of the most influential family in southern new jersey at the time) to achieve that goal, the actual building of the railroad, and the experience of the first 600 riders, who 'were chosen carefully by samuel richards and jonathan pitney': after arriving in atlantic city, a second train brought the visitors to the door of the resort's first public lodging, the united states hotel.the hotel was owned by the railroad.it was a sprawling, four-story structure built to house 2,000 guests.it opened while it was still under construction, with only one wing standing, and even that wasn't completed. | nappes | summerward | trippist | no related information |
grantville gazette ii is the third collaborative anthology published in print set in the 1632-verse shared universe in what is best regarded as a canonical sub-series of the popular alternate history that began with the february 2000 publication of the hardcover novel 1632 by author-historian eric flint.baen books and flint decline the distinction, counting this book as the sixth published work.overall it is also the third anthology in printed publication in the atypical series, which consists of a mish-mash of main novels and anthologies produced under popular demand after publication of the initial novel, which was written as a stand-alone work.he volunteers to fly a special mission to paris targeting the unsuspecting cardinal richelieu.instead, mike stearns hires a mercenary troop run by an englishman and an irishman.however, schultheiss's religious warnings were not heeded due to politics and economics, which both made grantville attractive to badenburg.schultheiss continued to condemn grantville's practices until his outcries infuriated his wife, who has a positive view on grantville.eventually, with guidance from his wife, schultheiss changed his stance on grantville and becomes more tolerant of the americans' ideals, including freedom of religion.the tale set mostly in 1633 after grantville has had time to settle-in and look beyond immediate survival issues.it deals with public health and integration and dissemination of medical knowledge efforts during the end of the confederated principalities of europe and early united states of europe period, for the various mike stearns-led administration's have been repeatedly reminded by dr. james nichols and melissa mailey how vulnerable populations are and were to diseases in the seventeenth century era—so the up-timers have been both strategically aware and taking steps from the outset within their capabilities and resources to mitigate any preventable health problems beginning in the novel 1632.to add impetus and urgency, as time goes by in the experience of grantville, some of the historical research conducted in the two libraries reveals that plague outbreaks occurred locally in otl in diverse regions during 1632, 1634, and 1635 saw a large epidemic-size outbreak.worse, the historical record might also indicate other outbreaks, which were poorly documented.the story is one of grantville's medical personnel meeting head-on with down-timer university practices, prejudices and a college curricula based in large part on the classics and theological studies.the town establishes the lahey clinic hospital near the grantville high school and establishes a local nurse training program in 1631–1632, and by the summer of 1633 has reached out to the faculty of the university of jena, but the only spareable medical manpower to head up a college of medicine are... women!another reviewer at goodreads called the book 'a fun and quick read although the non-fiction articles can get pretty dry.'the grantville gazette ii was listed on the locus hardcovers bestsellers list for a single month in 2006 at number 10.(october 2003).grantville gazette ii (e-book) (e-book ed.).baen books.eric flint, ed.(march 2006).grantville gazette ii (hardcover (simon & schuster) ed.).baen books.isbn 978-1-4165-2051-1.eric flint, ed.(october 2007).grantville gazette ii (1st ed.paperback, mass market ed.).baen books.isbn 978-1-4165-5510-0.all the gazettes are edited by eric flint. | belongs | nonoriginally | laudanums | no related information |
atlantic city, sometimes referred to by its initials a.c., is a jersey shore seaside resort city in atlantic county, in the u.s. state of new jersey.located in south jersey on absecon island, the city is prominently known for its casinos, nightlife, boardwalk, and atlantic ocean beaches and coastline.atlantic city inspired the u.s. version of the board game monopoly, which uses various atlantic city street names and destinations in the game.new jersey voters legalized casino gambling in atlantic city in 1976, and the first casino opened two years later.atlantic city had been the home of the miss america pageant from 1921 to 2004, which later returned to the city from 2013 to 2018.as of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,497, a decline of 1,061 (−2.7%) from the 2010 census count of 39,558, which in turn reflected a decrease of 959 (−2.4%) from the 40,517 counted in the 2000 census.atlantic city and hammonton are the two principal municipalities of the atlantic city-hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of atlantic county for statistical purposes.atlantic city, hammonton, and the surrounding atlantic county constitute part of the larger delaware valley (i.e., the philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest metropolitan area as of 2020.the city was incorporated on may 1, 1854, from portions of egg harbor township and galloway township.it is located on absecon island and borders absecon, brigantine, egg harbor township, galloway township, pleasantville, ventnor city, and the atlantic ocean.while the precise date of the first permanent occupation of what came to be atlantic city by european settlers has not been precisely determined, it is commonly thought that in 1783 jeremiah leeds first built and occupied an all year home on the island.however, it was not until 1850 that the idea arose to develop the location into a resort town and in early 1853 the name 'atlantic city' was adopted.because of its location in south jersey, which hugs the atlantic ocean between marshlands and islands, atlantic city was viewed by developers as prime real estate and a potential resort town.in 1853, the first commercial hotel, the belloe house, which was built at the intersection of massachusetts and atlantic avenues.the city was incorporated in 1854, the same year train service began on the camden and atlantic railroad.built on the edge of the bay, this served as the direct link of this remote parcel of land with philadelphia, pennsylvania.that same year, construction of the absecon lighthouse, designed by george meade of the corps of topographical engineers, was approved, with work initiated the next year.by 1874, almost 500,000 passengers a year were coming to atlantic city by rail.in boardwalk empire: the birth, high times, and corruption of atlantic city, 'atlantic city's godfather' nelson johnson describes the inspiration of jonathan pitney (the 'father of atlantic city') to develop atlantic city as a health resort, his efforts to convince the municipal authorities that a railroad to the beach would be beneficial, his successful alliance with samuel richards (entrepreneur and member of the most influential family in southern new jersey at the time) to achieve that goal, the actual building of the railroad, and the experience of the first 600 riders, who 'were chosen carefully by samuel richards and jonathan pitney': after arriving in atlantic city, a second train brought the visitors to the door of the resort's first public lodging, the united states hotel.the hotel was owned by the railroad.it was a sprawling, four-story structure built to house 2,000 guests.it opened while it was still under construction, with only one wing standing, and even that wasn't completed. | atlantic city new jersey | country | united states | in boardwalk empire: the birth, high times, and corruption of atlantic city, 'atlantic city's godfather' nelson johnson describes the inspiration of jonathan pitney (the 'father of atlantic city') to develop atlantic city as a health resort, his efforts to convince the municipal authorities that a railroad to the beach would be beneficial, his successful alliance with samuel richards (entrepreneur and member of the most influential family in southern new jersey at the time) to achieve that goal, the actual building of the railroad, and the experience of the first 600 riders, who 'were chosen carefully by samuel richards and jonathan pitney': after arriving in atlantic city, a second train brought the visitors to the door of the resort's first public lodging, the united states hotel. |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | ab klink | birthplace | stellendam | no related information |
jamaica ( (listen); jamaican patois: jumieka) is an island country situated in the caribbean sea.spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third largest island — after cuba and hispaniola — of the greater antilles and the caribbean.jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of cuba, and 191 km (119 mi) west of hispaniola (the island containing the countries of haiti and the dominican republic); the british overseas territory of the cayman islands lies some 215 km (134 mi) to the north-west.originally inhabited by the indigenous taíno peoples, the island came under spanish rule following the arrival of christopher columbus in 1494.many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the spanish brought large numbers of african slaves to jamaica as labourers.the island remained a possession of spain until 1655, when england (later great britain) conquered it, renaming it jamaica.under british colonial rule jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the african slaves and later their descendants.the british fully emancipated all slaves in 1838, and many freedmen chose to have subsistence farms rather than to work on plantations.beginning in the 1840s, the british began using chinese and indian indentured labour to work on plantations.the island achieved independence from the united kingdom on 6 august 1962.with 2.8 million people, jamaica is the third-most populous anglophone country in the americas (after the united states and canada), and the fourth-most populous country in the caribbean.kingston is the country's capital and largest city.the majority of jamaicans are of sub-saharan african ancestry, with significant european, east asian (primarily chinese), indian, lebanese, and mixed-race minorities.due to a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large jamaican diaspora, particularly in canada, the united kingdom, and the united states.the country has a global influence that belies its small size; it was the birthplace of the rastafari religion, reggae music (and associated genres such as dub, ska and dancehall), and it is internationally prominent in sports, most notably cricket, sprinting and athletics.jamaica is often considered the world's least populous cultural superpower.jamaica is an upper-middle income country with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year.jamaica performs favourably in measures of press freedom, democratic governance and sustainable well-being.politically it is a commonwealth realm, with charles iii as its king.his appointed representative in the country is the governor-general of jamaica, an office held by patrick allen since 2009.andrew holness has served as prime minister of jamaica since march 2016.jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with legislative power vested in the bicameral parliament of jamaica, consisting of an appointed senate and a directly elected house of representatives.yamaye has been suggested as an early taino name for the island as recorded by christopher columbus.colloquially, jamaicans refer to their home island as the 'rock'.slang names such as 'jamrock', 'jamdown' ('jamdung' in jamaican patois), or briefly 'ja', have derived from this.little is known of these early peoples.another group, known as the 'redware people' after their pottery, arrived circa 600 ad, followed by the taíno circa 800 ad, who most likely came from south america.they practised an agrarian and fishing economy, and at their height are thought to have numbered some 60,000 people, grouped into around 200 villages headed by caciques (chiefs).the south coast of jamaica was the most populated, especially around the area now known as old harbour.though often thought to have become extinct following contact with europeans, the taíno in fact still inhabited jamaica when the english took control of the island in 1655. | jamaica | leadername | patrick allen politician | his appointed representative in the country is the governor-general of jamaica, an office held by patrick allen since 2009. |
grantville gazette ii is the third collaborative anthology published in print set in the 1632-verse shared universe in what is best regarded as a canonical sub-series of the popular alternate history that began with the february 2000 publication of the hardcover novel 1632 by author-historian eric flint.baen books and flint decline the distinction, counting this book as the sixth published work.overall it is also the third anthology in printed publication in the atypical series, which consists of a mish-mash of main novels and anthologies produced under popular demand after publication of the initial novel, which was written as a stand-alone work.he volunteers to fly a special mission to paris targeting the unsuspecting cardinal richelieu.instead, mike stearns hires a mercenary troop run by an englishman and an irishman.however, schultheiss's religious warnings were not heeded due to politics and economics, which both made grantville attractive to badenburg.schultheiss continued to condemn grantville's practices until his outcries infuriated his wife, who has a positive view on grantville.eventually, with guidance from his wife, schultheiss changed his stance on grantville and becomes more tolerant of the americans' ideals, including freedom of religion.the tale set mostly in 1633 after grantville has had time to settle-in and look beyond immediate survival issues.it deals with public health and integration and dissemination of medical knowledge efforts during the end of the confederated principalities of europe and early united states of europe period, for the various mike stearns-led administration's have been repeatedly reminded by dr. james nichols and melissa mailey how vulnerable populations are and were to diseases in the seventeenth century era—so the up-timers have been both strategically aware and taking steps from the outset within their capabilities and resources to mitigate any preventable health problems beginning in the novel 1632.to add impetus and urgency, as time goes by in the experience of grantville, some of the historical research conducted in the two libraries reveals that plague outbreaks occurred locally in otl in diverse regions during 1632, 1634, and 1635 saw a large epidemic-size outbreak.worse, the historical record might also indicate other outbreaks, which were poorly documented.the story is one of grantville's medical personnel meeting head-on with down-timer university practices, prejudices and a college curricula based in large part on the classics and theological studies.the town establishes the lahey clinic hospital near the grantville high school and establishes a local nurse training program in 1631–1632, and by the summer of 1633 has reached out to the faculty of the university of jena, but the only spareable medical manpower to head up a college of medicine are... women!another reviewer at goodreads called the book 'a fun and quick read although the non-fiction articles can get pretty dry.'the grantville gazette ii was listed on the locus hardcovers bestsellers list for a single month in 2006 at number 10.(october 2003).grantville gazette ii (e-book) (e-book ed.).baen books.eric flint, ed.(march 2006).grantville gazette ii (hardcover (simon & schuster) ed.).baen books.isbn 978-1-4165-2051-1.eric flint, ed.(october 2007).grantville gazette ii (1st ed.paperback, mass market ed.).baen books.isbn 978-1-4165-5510-0.all the gazettes are edited by eric flint. | mesocaecal | nonconferrable | radiolitic | no related information |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | ab klink | nationality | netherlands | no related information |
atlantic city, sometimes referred to by its initials a.c., is a jersey shore seaside resort city in atlantic county, in the u.s. state of new jersey.located in south jersey on absecon island, the city is prominently known for its casinos, nightlife, boardwalk, and atlantic ocean beaches and coastline.atlantic city inspired the u.s. version of the board game monopoly, which uses various atlantic city street names and destinations in the game.new jersey voters legalized casino gambling in atlantic city in 1976, and the first casino opened two years later.atlantic city had been the home of the miss america pageant from 1921 to 2004, which later returned to the city from 2013 to 2018.as of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,497, a decline of 1,061 (−2.7%) from the 2010 census count of 39,558, which in turn reflected a decrease of 959 (−2.4%) from the 40,517 counted in the 2000 census.atlantic city and hammonton are the two principal municipalities of the atlantic city-hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of atlantic county for statistical purposes.atlantic city, hammonton, and the surrounding atlantic county constitute part of the larger delaware valley (i.e., the philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest metropolitan area as of 2020.the city was incorporated on may 1, 1854, from portions of egg harbor township and galloway township.it is located on absecon island and borders absecon, brigantine, egg harbor township, galloway township, pleasantville, ventnor city, and the atlantic ocean.while the precise date of the first permanent occupation of what came to be atlantic city by european settlers has not been precisely determined, it is commonly thought that in 1783 jeremiah leeds first built and occupied an all year home on the island.however, it was not until 1850 that the idea arose to develop the location into a resort town and in early 1853 the name 'atlantic city' was adopted.because of its location in south jersey, which hugs the atlantic ocean between marshlands and islands, atlantic city was viewed by developers as prime real estate and a potential resort town.in 1853, the first commercial hotel, the belloe house, which was built at the intersection of massachusetts and atlantic avenues.the city was incorporated in 1854, the same year train service began on the camden and atlantic railroad.built on the edge of the bay, this served as the direct link of this remote parcel of land with philadelphia, pennsylvania.that same year, construction of the absecon lighthouse, designed by george meade of the corps of topographical engineers, was approved, with work initiated the next year.by 1874, almost 500,000 passengers a year were coming to atlantic city by rail.in boardwalk empire: the birth, high times, and corruption of atlantic city, 'atlantic city's godfather' nelson johnson describes the inspiration of jonathan pitney (the 'father of atlantic city') to develop atlantic city as a health resort, his efforts to convince the municipal authorities that a railroad to the beach would be beneficial, his successful alliance with samuel richards (entrepreneur and member of the most influential family in southern new jersey at the time) to achieve that goal, the actual building of the railroad, and the experience of the first 600 riders, who 'were chosen carefully by samuel richards and jonathan pitney': after arriving in atlantic city, a second train brought the visitors to the door of the resort's first public lodging, the united states hotel.the hotel was owned by the railroad.it was a sprawling, four-story structure built to house 2,000 guests.it opened while it was still under construction, with only one wing standing, and even that wasn't completed. | remembrancership | hecatontarchy | policedom <tsp> remembrancership | seemliness | tariric | no related information |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | soundness | malleablize | stowages <tsp> soundness | hemiplegic | pruinous | no related information |
grantville gazette ii is the third collaborative anthology published in print set in the 1632-verse shared universe in what is best regarded as a canonical sub-series of the popular alternate history that began with the february 2000 publication of the hardcover novel 1632 by author-historian eric flint.baen books and flint decline the distinction, counting this book as the sixth published work.overall it is also the third anthology in printed publication in the atypical series, which consists of a mish-mash of main novels and anthologies produced under popular demand after publication of the initial novel, which was written as a stand-alone work.he volunteers to fly a special mission to paris targeting the unsuspecting cardinal richelieu.instead, mike stearns hires a mercenary troop run by an englishman and an irishman.however, schultheiss's religious warnings were not heeded due to politics and economics, which both made grantville attractive to badenburg.schultheiss continued to condemn grantville's practices until his outcries infuriated his wife, who has a positive view on grantville.eventually, with guidance from his wife, schultheiss changed his stance on grantville and becomes more tolerant of the americans' ideals, including freedom of religion.the tale set mostly in 1633 after grantville has had time to settle-in and look beyond immediate survival issues.it deals with public health and integration and dissemination of medical knowledge efforts during the end of the confederated principalities of europe and early united states of europe period, for the various mike stearns-led administration's have been repeatedly reminded by dr. james nichols and melissa mailey how vulnerable populations are and were to diseases in the seventeenth century era—so the up-timers have been both strategically aware and taking steps from the outset within their capabilities and resources to mitigate any preventable health problems beginning in the novel 1632.to add impetus and urgency, as time goes by in the experience of grantville, some of the historical research conducted in the two libraries reveals that plague outbreaks occurred locally in otl in diverse regions during 1632, 1634, and 1635 saw a large epidemic-size outbreak.worse, the historical record might also indicate other outbreaks, which were poorly documented.the story is one of grantville's medical personnel meeting head-on with down-timer university practices, prejudices and a college curricula based in large part on the classics and theological studies.the town establishes the lahey clinic hospital near the grantville high school and establishes a local nurse training program in 1631–1632, and by the summer of 1633 has reached out to the faculty of the university of jena, but the only spareable medical manpower to head up a college of medicine are... women!another reviewer at goodreads called the book 'a fun and quick read although the non-fiction articles can get pretty dry.'the grantville gazette ii was listed on the locus hardcovers bestsellers list for a single month in 2006 at number 10.(october 2003).grantville gazette ii (e-book) (e-book ed.).baen books.eric flint, ed.(march 2006).grantville gazette ii (hardcover (simon & schuster) ed.).baen books.isbn 978-1-4165-2051-1.eric flint, ed.(october 2007).grantville gazette ii (1st ed.paperback, mass market ed.).baen books.isbn 978-1-4165-5510-0.all the gazettes are edited by eric flint. | grantville gazette ii | precededby | the grantville gazette | grantville gazette ii is the third collaborative anthology published in print set in the 1632-verse shared universe in what is best regarded as a canonical sub-series of the popular alternate history that began with the february 2000 publication of the hardcover novel 1632 by author-historian eric flint.however, schultheiss's religious warnings were not heeded due to politics and economics, which both made grantville attractive to badenburg.schultheiss continued to condemn grantville's practices until his outcries infuriated his wife, who has a positive view on grantville.eventually, with guidance from his wife, schultheiss changed his stance on grantville and becomes more tolerant of the americans' ideals, including freedom of religion.the tale set mostly in 1633 after grantville has had time to settle-in and look beyond immediate survival issues.to add impetus and urgency, as time goes by in the experience of grantville, some of the historical research conducted in the two libraries reveals that plague outbreaks occurred locally in otl in diverse regions during 1632, 1634, and 1635 saw a large epidemic-size outbreak.the story is one of grantville's medical personnel meeting head-on with down-timer university practices, prejudices and a college curricula based in large part on the classics and theological studies.the town establishes the lahey clinic hospital near the grantville high school and establishes a local nurse training program in 1631–1632, and by the summer of 1633 has reached out to the faculty of the university of jena, but the only spareable medical manpower to head up a college of medicine are... women!'the grantville gazette ii was listed on the locus hardcovers bestsellers list for a single month in 2006 at number 10.grantville gazette ii (e-book) (e-book ed.).grantville gazette ii (hardcover (simon & schuster) ed.).grantville gazette ii (1st ed.all the gazettes are edited by eric flint. |
atlantic city, sometimes referred to by its initials a.c., is a jersey shore seaside resort city in atlantic county, in the u.s. state of new jersey.located in south jersey on absecon island, the city is prominently known for its casinos, nightlife, boardwalk, and atlantic ocean beaches and coastline.atlantic city inspired the u.s. version of the board game monopoly, which uses various atlantic city street names and destinations in the game.new jersey voters legalized casino gambling in atlantic city in 1976, and the first casino opened two years later.atlantic city had been the home of the miss america pageant from 1921 to 2004, which later returned to the city from 2013 to 2018.as of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,497, a decline of 1,061 (−2.7%) from the 2010 census count of 39,558, which in turn reflected a decrease of 959 (−2.4%) from the 40,517 counted in the 2000 census.atlantic city and hammonton are the two principal municipalities of the atlantic city-hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of atlantic county for statistical purposes.atlantic city, hammonton, and the surrounding atlantic county constitute part of the larger delaware valley (i.e., the philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest metropolitan area as of 2020.the city was incorporated on may 1, 1854, from portions of egg harbor township and galloway township.it is located on absecon island and borders absecon, brigantine, egg harbor township, galloway township, pleasantville, ventnor city, and the atlantic ocean.while the precise date of the first permanent occupation of what came to be atlantic city by european settlers has not been precisely determined, it is commonly thought that in 1783 jeremiah leeds first built and occupied an all year home on the island.however, it was not until 1850 that the idea arose to develop the location into a resort town and in early 1853 the name 'atlantic city' was adopted.because of its location in south jersey, which hugs the atlantic ocean between marshlands and islands, atlantic city was viewed by developers as prime real estate and a potential resort town.in 1853, the first commercial hotel, the belloe house, which was built at the intersection of massachusetts and atlantic avenues.the city was incorporated in 1854, the same year train service began on the camden and atlantic railroad.built on the edge of the bay, this served as the direct link of this remote parcel of land with philadelphia, pennsylvania.that same year, construction of the absecon lighthouse, designed by george meade of the corps of topographical engineers, was approved, with work initiated the next year.by 1874, almost 500,000 passengers a year were coming to atlantic city by rail.in boardwalk empire: the birth, high times, and corruption of atlantic city, 'atlantic city's godfather' nelson johnson describes the inspiration of jonathan pitney (the 'father of atlantic city') to develop atlantic city as a health resort, his efforts to convince the municipal authorities that a railroad to the beach would be beneficial, his successful alliance with samuel richards (entrepreneur and member of the most influential family in southern new jersey at the time) to achieve that goal, the actual building of the railroad, and the experience of the first 600 riders, who 'were chosen carefully by samuel richards and jonathan pitney': after arriving in atlantic city, a second train brought the visitors to the door of the resort's first public lodging, the united states hotel.the hotel was owned by the railroad.it was a sprawling, four-story structure built to house 2,000 guests.it opened while it was still under construction, with only one wing standing, and even that wasn't completed. | atlantic city new jersey | leadername | don guardian | no related information |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | skinneries | chitosans | heartedness <tsp> skinneries | goolah | unneutralising | no related information |
jamaica ( (listen); jamaican patois: jumieka) is an island country situated in the caribbean sea.spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third largest island — after cuba and hispaniola — of the greater antilles and the caribbean.jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of cuba, and 191 km (119 mi) west of hispaniola (the island containing the countries of haiti and the dominican republic); the british overseas territory of the cayman islands lies some 215 km (134 mi) to the north-west.originally inhabited by the indigenous taíno peoples, the island came under spanish rule following the arrival of christopher columbus in 1494.many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the spanish brought large numbers of african slaves to jamaica as labourers.the island remained a possession of spain until 1655, when england (later great britain) conquered it, renaming it jamaica.under british colonial rule jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the african slaves and later their descendants.the british fully emancipated all slaves in 1838, and many freedmen chose to have subsistence farms rather than to work on plantations.beginning in the 1840s, the british began using chinese and indian indentured labour to work on plantations.the island achieved independence from the united kingdom on 6 august 1962.with 2.8 million people, jamaica is the third-most populous anglophone country in the americas (after the united states and canada), and the fourth-most populous country in the caribbean.kingston is the country's capital and largest city.the majority of jamaicans are of sub-saharan african ancestry, with significant european, east asian (primarily chinese), indian, lebanese, and mixed-race minorities.due to a high rate of emigration for work since the 1960s, there is a large jamaican diaspora, particularly in canada, the united kingdom, and the united states.the country has a global influence that belies its small size; it was the birthplace of the rastafari religion, reggae music (and associated genres such as dub, ska and dancehall), and it is internationally prominent in sports, most notably cricket, sprinting and athletics.jamaica is often considered the world's least populous cultural superpower.jamaica is an upper-middle income country with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year.jamaica performs favourably in measures of press freedom, democratic governance and sustainable well-being.politically it is a commonwealth realm, with charles iii as its king.his appointed representative in the country is the governor-general of jamaica, an office held by patrick allen since 2009.andrew holness has served as prime minister of jamaica since march 2016.jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with legislative power vested in the bicameral parliament of jamaica, consisting of an appointed senate and a directly elected house of representatives.yamaye has been suggested as an early taino name for the island as recorded by christopher columbus.colloquially, jamaicans refer to their home island as the 'rock'.slang names such as 'jamrock', 'jamdown' ('jamdung' in jamaican patois), or briefly 'ja', have derived from this.little is known of these early peoples.another group, known as the 'redware people' after their pottery, arrived circa 600 ad, followed by the taíno circa 800 ad, who most likely came from south america.they practised an agrarian and fishing economy, and at their height are thought to have numbered some 60,000 people, grouped into around 200 villages headed by caciques (chiefs).the south coast of jamaica was the most populated, especially around the area now known as old harbour.though often thought to have become extinct following contact with europeans, the taíno in fact still inhabited jamaica when the english took control of the island in 1655. | jamaica | leadername | patrick allen politician | his appointed representative in the country is the governor-general of jamaica, an office held by patrick allen since 2009. |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | ab klink | office workedat workedas | member of the senate | no related information |
atlantic city, sometimes referred to by its initials a.c., is a jersey shore seaside resort city in atlantic county, in the u.s. state of new jersey.located in south jersey on absecon island, the city is prominently known for its casinos, nightlife, boardwalk, and atlantic ocean beaches and coastline.atlantic city inspired the u.s. version of the board game monopoly, which uses various atlantic city street names and destinations in the game.new jersey voters legalized casino gambling in atlantic city in 1976, and the first casino opened two years later.atlantic city had been the home of the miss america pageant from 1921 to 2004, which later returned to the city from 2013 to 2018.as of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,497, a decline of 1,061 (−2.7%) from the 2010 census count of 39,558, which in turn reflected a decrease of 959 (−2.4%) from the 40,517 counted in the 2000 census.atlantic city and hammonton are the two principal municipalities of the atlantic city-hammonton metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses those cities and all of atlantic county for statistical purposes.atlantic city, hammonton, and the surrounding atlantic county constitute part of the larger delaware valley (i.e., the philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest metropolitan area as of 2020.the city was incorporated on may 1, 1854, from portions of egg harbor township and galloway township.it is located on absecon island and borders absecon, brigantine, egg harbor township, galloway township, pleasantville, ventnor city, and the atlantic ocean.while the precise date of the first permanent occupation of what came to be atlantic city by european settlers has not been precisely determined, it is commonly thought that in 1783 jeremiah leeds first built and occupied an all year home on the island.however, it was not until 1850 that the idea arose to develop the location into a resort town and in early 1853 the name 'atlantic city' was adopted.because of its location in south jersey, which hugs the atlantic ocean between marshlands and islands, atlantic city was viewed by developers as prime real estate and a potential resort town.in 1853, the first commercial hotel, the belloe house, which was built at the intersection of massachusetts and atlantic avenues.the city was incorporated in 1854, the same year train service began on the camden and atlantic railroad.built on the edge of the bay, this served as the direct link of this remote parcel of land with philadelphia, pennsylvania.that same year, construction of the absecon lighthouse, designed by george meade of the corps of topographical engineers, was approved, with work initiated the next year.by 1874, almost 500,000 passengers a year were coming to atlantic city by rail.in boardwalk empire: the birth, high times, and corruption of atlantic city, 'atlantic city's godfather' nelson johnson describes the inspiration of jonathan pitney (the 'father of atlantic city') to develop atlantic city as a health resort, his efforts to convince the municipal authorities that a railroad to the beach would be beneficial, his successful alliance with samuel richards (entrepreneur and member of the most influential family in southern new jersey at the time) to achieve that goal, the actual building of the railroad, and the experience of the first 600 riders, who 'were chosen carefully by samuel richards and jonathan pitney': after arriving in atlantic city, a second train brought the visitors to the door of the resort's first public lodging, the united states hotel.the hotel was owned by the railroad.it was a sprawling, four-story structure built to house 2,000 guests.it opened while it was still under construction, with only one wing standing, and even that wasn't completed. | atlantic city new jersey | leadername | don guardian | no related information |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | shog | uxorilocal | bournless | no related information |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | ab klink | office workedat workedas | ministry of health welfare and sport netherlands | abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist. |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | icao location identifier | kacy | atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township. |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | lodicule | boread | nothingless | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | icao location identifier | kacy | atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township. |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | ab klink | office workedat workedas | senate netherlands | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | cityserved | atlantic city new jersey | atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert. |
abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist.he is a corporate director of the vgz cooperative since 1 january 2014 and a professor at the vrije universiteit amsterdam for healthcare, labor and political guidance since 1 january 2011.a.(ab) klink parlement & politiek (in dutch) prof.dr.a. klink (cda) eerste kamer der staten-generaal | ab klink | party | christian democratic appeal | abraham 'ab' klink (born 2 november 1958) is a retired dutch politician of christian democratic appeal (cda) and sociologist. |
the minnesota wild are a professional ice hockey team based in saint paul, minnesota.the wild competes in the national hockey league (nhl) as a member of the central division in the western conference and play their home games at the xcel energy center.the wild were founded on june 25, 1997, but did not start playing until the 2000–01 season.they were the first nhl franchise in minnesota since the minnesota north stars moved to dallas, texas in 1993.they won their first game 9–1 to the mighty ducks of anaheim, and recorded their second win against the tampa bay lightning the next game.in the 2002–03 season, the team made their first stanley cup playoffs appearance, making a surprising run to the western conference finals.saint paul mayor (and future u.s.senator) norm coleman began a campaign to either recruit the relocation of an existing franchise to the city or the award of an expansion franchise to a minnesota-based ownership group.these efforts came close to success in the mid-1990s when minnesota interests purchased the original winnipeg jets intending to relocate the franchise to minnesota; however, arena negotiations at the target center fell through, and the jets instead relocated to phoenix, arizona.following the failed attempt to relocate the jets, the nhl announced its intention to expand from 26 to 30 teams.businessman and minnetonka native bob naegele, jr. became the lead investor for an application to the nhl for an expansion franchise and, ultimately, the first majority owner.on june 25, 1997, the national hockey league (nhl) announced that minnesota had been awarded an expansion franchise, to begin play in the 2000–01 season.the six finalist team names for the new nhl franchise (blue ox, freeze, northern lights, voyageurs, white bears, and wild), were announced on november 20, 1997.jac sperling was named chief executive officer of the minnesota team, doug risebrough was named general manager, tod leiweke was named president, and martha fuller was named chief financial officer.the team was officially named the wild at an unveiling at the aldrich area on january 22, 1998, with the song 'born to be wild' by steppenwolf playing over the arena's speaker system.the minnesota wild announced its first major sponsorship agreement with mastercard from first usa.it was the earliest that first usa had ever signed an agreement before a team began play (31 months).the state of minnesota adopted legislation in april 1998 to loan $65 million to the city of saint paul to fund 50% of the estimated $130 million project costs for the xcel energy center in saint paul.the legislation also provided that only $48 million of the loan needed to be repaid if the team met the requirements to have an agreement in place during the lease term with the minnesota amateur sports commission.the city of saint paul issued an additional $65 million in bonds, with roughly 90% of the debt service on the bonds and the repayment of the state loan coming from scheduled rent and payment instead of taxes from the minnesota wild.deconstruction of the saint paul civic center began soon after.designs were announced for the xcel energy center and a groundbreaking ceremony for the xcel energy center was hosted in saint paul.the minnesota wild announced a 26-year partnership agreement with the minnesota amateur sports commission (masc).the minnesota wild-masc partnership is the first partnership of its kind between a private professional sports team and a public amateur sports organization.doug risebrough was named executive vice president/general manager of minnesota wild and the xcel energy center was completed and ready for use. | minnesota wild | generalmanager | chuck fletcher | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | submiliary | oh | polygynian <tsp> submiliary | dismarket | gigantomachy | no related information |
the minnesota wild are a professional ice hockey team based in saint paul, minnesota.the wild competes in the national hockey league (nhl) as a member of the central division in the western conference and play their home games at the xcel energy center.the wild were founded on june 25, 1997, but did not start playing until the 2000–01 season.they were the first nhl franchise in minnesota since the minnesota north stars moved to dallas, texas in 1993.they won their first game 9–1 to the mighty ducks of anaheim, and recorded their second win against the tampa bay lightning the next game.in the 2002–03 season, the team made their first stanley cup playoffs appearance, making a surprising run to the western conference finals.saint paul mayor (and future u.s.senator) norm coleman began a campaign to either recruit the relocation of an existing franchise to the city or the award of an expansion franchise to a minnesota-based ownership group.these efforts came close to success in the mid-1990s when minnesota interests purchased the original winnipeg jets intending to relocate the franchise to minnesota; however, arena negotiations at the target center fell through, and the jets instead relocated to phoenix, arizona.following the failed attempt to relocate the jets, the nhl announced its intention to expand from 26 to 30 teams.businessman and minnetonka native bob naegele, jr. became the lead investor for an application to the nhl for an expansion franchise and, ultimately, the first majority owner.on june 25, 1997, the national hockey league (nhl) announced that minnesota had been awarded an expansion franchise, to begin play in the 2000–01 season.the six finalist team names for the new nhl franchise (blue ox, freeze, northern lights, voyageurs, white bears, and wild), were announced on november 20, 1997.jac sperling was named chief executive officer of the minnesota team, doug risebrough was named general manager, tod leiweke was named president, and martha fuller was named chief financial officer.the team was officially named the wild at an unveiling at the aldrich area on january 22, 1998, with the song 'born to be wild' by steppenwolf playing over the arena's speaker system.the minnesota wild announced its first major sponsorship agreement with mastercard from first usa.it was the earliest that first usa had ever signed an agreement before a team began play (31 months).the state of minnesota adopted legislation in april 1998 to loan $65 million to the city of saint paul to fund 50% of the estimated $130 million project costs for the xcel energy center in saint paul.the legislation also provided that only $48 million of the loan needed to be repaid if the team met the requirements to have an agreement in place during the lease term with the minnesota amateur sports commission.the city of saint paul issued an additional $65 million in bonds, with roughly 90% of the debt service on the bonds and the repayment of the state loan coming from scheduled rent and payment instead of taxes from the minnesota wild.deconstruction of the saint paul civic center began soon after.designs were announced for the xcel energy center and a groundbreaking ceremony for the xcel energy center was hosted in saint paul.the minnesota wild announced a 26-year partnership agreement with the minnesota amateur sports commission (masc).the minnesota wild-masc partnership is the first partnership of its kind between a private professional sports team and a public amateur sports organization.doug risebrough was named executive vice president/general manager of minnesota wild and the xcel energy center was completed and ready for use. | minnesota wild | generalmanager | chuck fletcher | no related information |
tun datuk patinggi haji abdul rahman bin ya'kub (jawi: عبدالرحمن بن يعقوب; 3 january 1928 – 9 january 2015) was a malaysian politician of melanau descent from mukah.he was the third chief minister of sarawak and the fourth yang di-pertua negeri sarawak (governor of sarawak).he is also an uncle of pehin sri abdul taib mahmud, since his (taib's) mother hajah hamidah ya'akub (1916–2006) was his (rahman's) eldest-born sibling.abdul rahman's daughter, khadijah, later married to tun abdul razak's son, datuk mohd nizam.datuk norah abdul rahman, who is also her daughter, was a malaysian member of parliament for the tanjung manis constituency, from 2008 to 2018.he then later married toh puan siti maemunah, and afterwards toh puan hayati ahmat.in the later years of his life he also enjoyed playing golf.abdul rahman was a very religious man and loved reading religious books on islam.he even conducted free-religious classes for the public after leaving active politics in 1986.rahman's family left bintulu and headed for miri, hoping to gain access for better education.rahman first attended a malay school and then the sekolah anchi in miri.his father, who wished that abdul rahman bin ya'kub be given an islamic education, attempted to send him to the aljunied arabic school in 1939, a decision that was opposed by his mother due to the outbreak of world war ii.he then transferred to st. joseph miri, but his studies was cut short by the japanese invasion.at a young age, he learnt the japanese martial art aikido and was able to also meet morihei ueshiba, the founder of aikido.due to financial constraints, rahman had to leave school in 1947 and worked as an oil-tester for the sarawak shell company in lutong, earning rm 2 daily.not satisfied with his earnings, abdul rahman went to sarawak general hospital, thinking that he would supervise other workers.however, he ended up sweeping the floor and helping patients instead.he left the hospital after working just one day.abdul rahman subsequently secured a job as a student native officer.he was sent to madrasah melayu kuching as a form 3 grader.in 1948, he was sent to miri as a probationary native officer and fourth class magistrate.he stayed in miri until 1952, mostly doing court works.in 1952, rahman was promoted to first class magistrate.rahman passed with a grade two certificate at senior cambridge examination in the following year.rahman was 26 years old when he was accepted into university of southampton to study law in 1954.five years later, he graduated from the university as a trained lawyer and was appointed as cadet legal officer.he worked as the deputy public prosecutor in the sarawak legal department from 1959 to 1963.he was the first bumiputera from sarawak that graduated as a lawyer in 1958 from lincoln's inn.however, rahman decided to join barjasa because he opposed malay aristocrats in panas.rahman contested in the 1963 local council elections of sarawak but was defeated together with his party members such as ustaz abdul kadir hassan and suut haji tahir.the malaysian federal government nominated abdul rahman as the first sarawak chief minister.however, his nomination was rejected by the sarawak alliance which was dominated by sarawak national party (snap) party that time.he was later appointed as assistant federal minister of national and rural development for sarawak.the first prime minister of malaysia, tunku abdul rahman brought abdul rahman into politics while the second prime minister tun abdul razak mentor him.tunku was satisfied with abdul rahman performance as an assistant federal minister. | antically | clumsily | wise <tsp> antically | barilla | fister | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | globigerinas | nonvesture | granulomas | no related information |
the minnesota wild are a professional ice hockey team based in saint paul, minnesota.the wild competes in the national hockey league (nhl) as a member of the central division in the western conference and play their home games at the xcel energy center.the wild were founded on june 25, 1997, but did not start playing until the 2000–01 season.they were the first nhl franchise in minnesota since the minnesota north stars moved to dallas, texas in 1993.they won their first game 9–1 to the mighty ducks of anaheim, and recorded their second win against the tampa bay lightning the next game.in the 2002–03 season, the team made their first stanley cup playoffs appearance, making a surprising run to the western conference finals.saint paul mayor (and future u.s.senator) norm coleman began a campaign to either recruit the relocation of an existing franchise to the city or the award of an expansion franchise to a minnesota-based ownership group.these efforts came close to success in the mid-1990s when minnesota interests purchased the original winnipeg jets intending to relocate the franchise to minnesota; however, arena negotiations at the target center fell through, and the jets instead relocated to phoenix, arizona.following the failed attempt to relocate the jets, the nhl announced its intention to expand from 26 to 30 teams.businessman and minnetonka native bob naegele, jr. became the lead investor for an application to the nhl for an expansion franchise and, ultimately, the first majority owner.on june 25, 1997, the national hockey league (nhl) announced that minnesota had been awarded an expansion franchise, to begin play in the 2000–01 season.the six finalist team names for the new nhl franchise (blue ox, freeze, northern lights, voyageurs, white bears, and wild), were announced on november 20, 1997.jac sperling was named chief executive officer of the minnesota team, doug risebrough was named general manager, tod leiweke was named president, and martha fuller was named chief financial officer.the team was officially named the wild at an unveiling at the aldrich area on january 22, 1998, with the song 'born to be wild' by steppenwolf playing over the arena's speaker system.the minnesota wild announced its first major sponsorship agreement with mastercard from first usa.it was the earliest that first usa had ever signed an agreement before a team began play (31 months).the state of minnesota adopted legislation in april 1998 to loan $65 million to the city of saint paul to fund 50% of the estimated $130 million project costs for the xcel energy center in saint paul.the legislation also provided that only $48 million of the loan needed to be repaid if the team met the requirements to have an agreement in place during the lease term with the minnesota amateur sports commission.the city of saint paul issued an additional $65 million in bonds, with roughly 90% of the debt service on the bonds and the repayment of the state loan coming from scheduled rent and payment instead of taxes from the minnesota wild.deconstruction of the saint paul civic center began soon after.designs were announced for the xcel energy center and a groundbreaking ceremony for the xcel energy center was hosted in saint paul.the minnesota wild announced a 26-year partnership agreement with the minnesota amateur sports commission (masc).the minnesota wild-masc partnership is the first partnership of its kind between a private professional sports team and a public amateur sports organization.doug risebrough was named executive vice president/general manager of minnesota wild and the xcel energy center was completed and ready for use. | furtiveness | grimaced | extracalendar | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | elevationabovethesealevel in feet | 75 | no related information |
tun datuk patinggi haji abdul rahman bin ya'kub (jawi: عبدالرحمن بن يعقوب; 3 january 1928 – 9 january 2015) was a malaysian politician of melanau descent from mukah.he was the third chief minister of sarawak and the fourth yang di-pertua negeri sarawak (governor of sarawak).he is also an uncle of pehin sri abdul taib mahmud, since his (taib's) mother hajah hamidah ya'akub (1916–2006) was his (rahman's) eldest-born sibling.abdul rahman's daughter, khadijah, later married to tun abdul razak's son, datuk mohd nizam.datuk norah abdul rahman, who is also her daughter, was a malaysian member of parliament for the tanjung manis constituency, from 2008 to 2018.he then later married toh puan siti maemunah, and afterwards toh puan hayati ahmat.in the later years of his life he also enjoyed playing golf.abdul rahman was a very religious man and loved reading religious books on islam.he even conducted free-religious classes for the public after leaving active politics in 1986.rahman's family left bintulu and headed for miri, hoping to gain access for better education.rahman first attended a malay school and then the sekolah anchi in miri.his father, who wished that abdul rahman bin ya'kub be given an islamic education, attempted to send him to the aljunied arabic school in 1939, a decision that was opposed by his mother due to the outbreak of world war ii.he then transferred to st. joseph miri, but his studies was cut short by the japanese invasion.at a young age, he learnt the japanese martial art aikido and was able to also meet morihei ueshiba, the founder of aikido.due to financial constraints, rahman had to leave school in 1947 and worked as an oil-tester for the sarawak shell company in lutong, earning rm 2 daily.not satisfied with his earnings, abdul rahman went to sarawak general hospital, thinking that he would supervise other workers.however, he ended up sweeping the floor and helping patients instead.he left the hospital after working just one day.abdul rahman subsequently secured a job as a student native officer.he was sent to madrasah melayu kuching as a form 3 grader.in 1948, he was sent to miri as a probationary native officer and fourth class magistrate.he stayed in miri until 1952, mostly doing court works.in 1952, rahman was promoted to first class magistrate.rahman passed with a grade two certificate at senior cambridge examination in the following year.rahman was 26 years old when he was accepted into university of southampton to study law in 1954.five years later, he graduated from the university as a trained lawyer and was appointed as cadet legal officer.he worked as the deputy public prosecutor in the sarawak legal department from 1959 to 1963.he was the first bumiputera from sarawak that graduated as a lawyer in 1958 from lincoln's inn.however, rahman decided to join barjasa because he opposed malay aristocrats in panas.rahman contested in the 1963 local council elections of sarawak but was defeated together with his party members such as ustaz abdul kadir hassan and suut haji tahir.the malaysian federal government nominated abdul rahman as the first sarawak chief minister.however, his nomination was rejected by the sarawak alliance which was dominated by sarawak national party (snap) party that time.he was later appointed as assistant federal minister of national and rural development for sarawak.the first prime minister of malaysia, tunku abdul rahman brought abdul rahman into politics while the second prime minister tun abdul razak mentor him.tunku was satisfied with abdul rahman performance as an assistant federal minister. | noncoordination | chaetochloa | nonpregnant | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | elevationabovethesealevel in feet | 75 | no related information |
tun datuk patinggi haji abdul rahman bin ya'kub (jawi: عبدالرحمن بن يعقوب; 3 january 1928 – 9 january 2015) was a malaysian politician of melanau descent from mukah.he was the third chief minister of sarawak and the fourth yang di-pertua negeri sarawak (governor of sarawak).he is also an uncle of pehin sri abdul taib mahmud, since his (taib's) mother hajah hamidah ya'akub (1916–2006) was his (rahman's) eldest-born sibling.abdul rahman's daughter, khadijah, later married to tun abdul razak's son, datuk mohd nizam.datuk norah abdul rahman, who is also her daughter, was a malaysian member of parliament for the tanjung manis constituency, from 2008 to 2018.he then later married toh puan siti maemunah, and afterwards toh puan hayati ahmat.in the later years of his life he also enjoyed playing golf.abdul rahman was a very religious man and loved reading religious books on islam.he even conducted free-religious classes for the public after leaving active politics in 1986.rahman's family left bintulu and headed for miri, hoping to gain access for better education.rahman first attended a malay school and then the sekolah anchi in miri.his father, who wished that abdul rahman bin ya'kub be given an islamic education, attempted to send him to the aljunied arabic school in 1939, a decision that was opposed by his mother due to the outbreak of world war ii.he then transferred to st. joseph miri, but his studies was cut short by the japanese invasion.at a young age, he learnt the japanese martial art aikido and was able to also meet morihei ueshiba, the founder of aikido.due to financial constraints, rahman had to leave school in 1947 and worked as an oil-tester for the sarawak shell company in lutong, earning rm 2 daily.not satisfied with his earnings, abdul rahman went to sarawak general hospital, thinking that he would supervise other workers.however, he ended up sweeping the floor and helping patients instead.he left the hospital after working just one day.abdul rahman subsequently secured a job as a student native officer.he was sent to madrasah melayu kuching as a form 3 grader.in 1948, he was sent to miri as a probationary native officer and fourth class magistrate.he stayed in miri until 1952, mostly doing court works.in 1952, rahman was promoted to first class magistrate.rahman passed with a grade two certificate at senior cambridge examination in the following year.rahman was 26 years old when he was accepted into university of southampton to study law in 1954.five years later, he graduated from the university as a trained lawyer and was appointed as cadet legal officer.he worked as the deputy public prosecutor in the sarawak legal department from 1959 to 1963.he was the first bumiputera from sarawak that graduated as a lawyer in 1958 from lincoln's inn.however, rahman decided to join barjasa because he opposed malay aristocrats in panas.rahman contested in the 1963 local council elections of sarawak but was defeated together with his party members such as ustaz abdul kadir hassan and suut haji tahir.the malaysian federal government nominated abdul rahman as the first sarawak chief minister.however, his nomination was rejected by the sarawak alliance which was dominated by sarawak national party (snap) party that time.he was later appointed as assistant federal minister of national and rural development for sarawak.the first prime minister of malaysia, tunku abdul rahman brought abdul rahman into politics while the second prime minister tun abdul razak mentor him.tunku was satisfied with abdul rahman performance as an assistant federal minister. | sharebroker | conk | musselcracker | no related information |
moscow ( mos-koh, us chiefly mos-kow; russian: москва, tr.moskva, ipa: [mɐskˈva] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of russia.the city stands on the moskva river in central russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 18.8 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area.the city covers an area of 2,511 square kilometers (970 sq mi), while the urban area covers 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 sq mi), and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 sq mi).moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely in europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in europe, and the largest city by land area on the european continent.first documented in 1147, moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the grand duchy of moscow.when the tsardom of russia was proclaimed, moscow remained the political and economic center for most of its history.under the reign of peter the great, the russian capital was moved to the newly founded city of saint petersburg in 1712, diminishing moscow's influence.following the russian revolution and the establishment of the russian sfsr, the capital was moved back to moscow in 1918, where it later became the political center of the soviet union.in the aftermath of the dissolution of the soviet union, moscow remained the capital city of the newly established russian federation.the northernmost and coldest megacity in the world, moscow is governed as a federal city, where it serves as the political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of russia and eastern europe.as an alpha world city, moscow has one of the world's largest urban economies.the city is one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations in the world, and is one of europe's most visited cities.moscow is home to the seventh-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world.the moscow international business center is one of the largest financial centers in europe and the world, and features the majority of europe's tallest skyscrapers.moscow was the host city of the 1980 summer olympics, and one of the host cities of the 2018 fifa world cup.as the historic core of russia, moscow serves as the home of numerous russian artists, scientists, and sports figures due to the presence of its various museums, academic and political institutions, and theaters.the city is home to several unesco world heritage sites and is well known for its display of russian architecture, particularly its historic red square, and buildings such as the saint basil's cathedral and the moscow kremlin, of which the latter serves as the seat of power of the government of russia.moscow is home to many russian companies in numerous industries and is served by a comprehensive transit network, which includes four international airports, ten railway terminals, a tram system, a monorail system, and most notably the moscow metro, the busiest metro system in europe, and one of the largest rapid transit systems in the world.the city has over 40 percent of its territory covered by greenery, making it one of the greenest cities in europe and the world.several theories of the origin of the name of the river have been proposed.finno-ugric merya and muroma people, who were among the several pre-slavic tribes which originally inhabited the area, called the river supposedly mustajoki, in english: black river.it has been suggested that the name of the city derives from this term.the most linguistically well-grounded and widely accepted is from the proto-balto-slavic root *mŭzg-/muzg- from the proto-indo-european *meu- 'wet', so the name moskva might signify a river at a wetland or a marsh. | enlife | downthrust | nonpreferable | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | afterhope | fossilizes | exaspidean | no related information |
moscow ( mos-koh, us chiefly mos-kow; russian: москва, tr.moskva, ipa: [mɐskˈva] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of russia.the city stands on the moskva river in central russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 18.8 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area.the city covers an area of 2,511 square kilometers (970 sq mi), while the urban area covers 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 sq mi), and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 sq mi).moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely in europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in europe, and the largest city by land area on the european continent.first documented in 1147, moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the grand duchy of moscow.when the tsardom of russia was proclaimed, moscow remained the political and economic center for most of its history.under the reign of peter the great, the russian capital was moved to the newly founded city of saint petersburg in 1712, diminishing moscow's influence.following the russian revolution and the establishment of the russian sfsr, the capital was moved back to moscow in 1918, where it later became the political center of the soviet union.in the aftermath of the dissolution of the soviet union, moscow remained the capital city of the newly established russian federation.the northernmost and coldest megacity in the world, moscow is governed as a federal city, where it serves as the political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of russia and eastern europe.as an alpha world city, moscow has one of the world's largest urban economies.the city is one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations in the world, and is one of europe's most visited cities.moscow is home to the seventh-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world.the moscow international business center is one of the largest financial centers in europe and the world, and features the majority of europe's tallest skyscrapers.moscow was the host city of the 1980 summer olympics, and one of the host cities of the 2018 fifa world cup.as the historic core of russia, moscow serves as the home of numerous russian artists, scientists, and sports figures due to the presence of its various museums, academic and political institutions, and theaters.the city is home to several unesco world heritage sites and is well known for its display of russian architecture, particularly its historic red square, and buildings such as the saint basil's cathedral and the moscow kremlin, of which the latter serves as the seat of power of the government of russia.moscow is home to many russian companies in numerous industries and is served by a comprehensive transit network, which includes four international airports, ten railway terminals, a tram system, a monorail system, and most notably the moscow metro, the busiest metro system in europe, and one of the largest rapid transit systems in the world.the city has over 40 percent of its territory covered by greenery, making it one of the greenest cities in europe and the world.several theories of the origin of the name of the river have been proposed.finno-ugric merya and muroma people, who were among the several pre-slavic tribes which originally inhabited the area, called the river supposedly mustajoki, in english: black river.it has been suggested that the name of the city derives from this term.the most linguistically well-grounded and widely accepted is from the proto-balto-slavic root *mŭzg-/muzg- from the proto-indo-european *meu- 'wet', so the name moskva might signify a river at a wetland or a marsh. | moscow | leadername | sergey sobyanin | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | nito | radiumize | antihemolytic | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | troposphere | anaphroditic | kilhig <tsp> troposphere | pleonastical | caid | no related information |
battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999.the story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional, fascist, totalitarian japanese government known as the republic of greater east asia.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.upon publication in 1999, the novel became a surprise bestseller.in 2000, one year after publication, battle royale was adapted into a manga series, written by takami himself, and a feature film.the film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by japan's national diet.the film spawned a sequel, and two more brief manga adaptations were also created.the state, known as the republic of greater east asia (大東亜共和国, dai tōa kyōwakoku), arose after an alternate world war 2 where japan emerged victorious and a rebellion was put down by the combined military and police forces.the government controls everything, and anything 'immoral', such as rock music, is banned, unless it beatifies the government, along with an unnamed dictator with a strong cult of personality able to bend the whims of the populace.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.a group of students from shiroiwa junior high school (城岩中学校, shiroiwa chūgakkō), a junior high school in the fictional kagawa prefecture town of shiroiwa, prepare for a field trip – among them are wannabe rock star shuya nanahara, whose father was killed by the regime; noriko nakagawa, the demure crush of shuya's best friend; shogo kawada, a quiet, tough young transfer student; and sociopathic prodigy kazuo kiriyama.en route, they are gassed – the 'field trip' was a ruse for the program.they awake in a classroom on a small, vacated island, surrounded by troops, and wearing metal collars around their necks.a teacher, psychopathic sadist kinpatsu sakamochi, briefs the students: the class has been chosen to participate in the program.the students are also given a time limit.if twenty-four hours pass without someone being killed, then all of the collars will be detonated simultaneously and there will be no winner.it is mentioned that only 0.5% of programs end in this fashion.the students are issued survival packs and a random weapon/tool, and sent out onto the island one by one.while most of the students receive guns and knives, some acquire relatively useless items like boomerangs, dartboard darts, or a fork.hiroki sugimura finds a radar device that tracks nearby students, and toshinori oda receives a bulletproof vest.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. | into battle novel | country | australians | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | abdul taib mahmud | birthdate | 1936-05-21 | no related information |
the national hockey league (nhl; french: ligue nationale de hockey—lnh, french pronunciation: [liɡ nasjɔnal də ɔkɛ]) is a professional ice hockey league in north america comprising 32 teams—25 in the united states and 7 in canada.it is considered to be the top ranked professional ice hockey league in the world, and is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the united states and canada.the stanley cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in north america, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.the nhl is the fifth-wealthiest professional sport league in the world by revenue, after the national football league (nfl), major league baseball (mlb), the national basketball association (nba), and the english premier league (epl).the national hockey league was organized at the windsor hotel in montreal on november 26, 1917, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the national hockey association (nha), which had been founded in 1909 in renfrew, ontario.the nhl immediately took the nha's place as one of the leagues that contested for the stanley cup in an annual interleague competition before a series of league mergers and foldings left the nhl as the only league left competing for the stanley cup in 1926.at its inception, the nhl had four teams, all in canada, thus the adjective 'national' in the league's name.the league expanded to the united states in 1924, when the boston bruins joined, and has since consisted of both american and canadian teams.from 1942 to 1967, the league had only six teams, collectively (if not contemporaneously) nicknamed the 'original six'.the nhl added six new teams to double its size at the 1967 nhl expansion.the league then increased to 18 teams by 1974 and 21 teams in 1979.between 1991 and 2000 the nhl further expanded to 30 teams.it added its 31st and 32nd teams in 2017 and 2021, respectively.the league's headquarters have been in midtown manhattan since 1989, when the head office moved from montreal.there have been four league-wide work stoppages in nhl history, all occurring after 1992.the international ice hockey federation (iihf) considers the stanley cup to be one of the 'most important championships available to the sport'.the nhl draws many highly skilled players from all over the world, with players from 18 countries as of the 2022–23 season.canadians have historically constituted the majority of the players in the league, with an increasing percentage of american and european players in recent seasons.the montreal canadiens have the most nhl titles with 24 (including 23 stanley cup championships since entering the league).entering the 2022–23 season, the colorado avalanche, who defeated the tampa bay lightning 4–2 in the 2022 stanley cup finals, are the reigning league champions.founded in 1909, the nha began play in 1910 with seven teams in ontario and quebec, and was one of the first major leagues in professional ice hockey.however, by its eighth season, a series of disputes with toronto blueshirts owner eddie livingstone led team owners of the montreal canadiens, the montreal wanderers, the ottawa senators, and the quebec bulldogs to hold a meeting to discuss the league's future.realizing the nha constitution left them unable to force livingstone out, the four teams voted instead to suspend the nha, and on november 26, 1917, formed the national hockey league.frank calder was chosen as the nhl's first president, serving until his death in 1943.the bulldogs were unable to play in the nhl, and the remaining owners founded the toronto arenas to compete with the canadiens, wanderers and senators. | overcivil | antitypically | spews <tsp> overcivil | unlodged | mortgagee | no related information |
battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999.the story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional, fascist, totalitarian japanese government known as the republic of greater east asia.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.upon publication in 1999, the novel became a surprise bestseller.in 2000, one year after publication, battle royale was adapted into a manga series, written by takami himself, and a feature film.the film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by japan's national diet.the film spawned a sequel, and two more brief manga adaptations were also created.the state, known as the republic of greater east asia (大東亜共和国, dai tōa kyōwakoku), arose after an alternate world war 2 where japan emerged victorious and a rebellion was put down by the combined military and police forces.the government controls everything, and anything 'immoral', such as rock music, is banned, unless it beatifies the government, along with an unnamed dictator with a strong cult of personality able to bend the whims of the populace.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.a group of students from shiroiwa junior high school (城岩中学校, shiroiwa chūgakkō), a junior high school in the fictional kagawa prefecture town of shiroiwa, prepare for a field trip – among them are wannabe rock star shuya nanahara, whose father was killed by the regime; noriko nakagawa, the demure crush of shuya's best friend; shogo kawada, a quiet, tough young transfer student; and sociopathic prodigy kazuo kiriyama.en route, they are gassed – the 'field trip' was a ruse for the program.they awake in a classroom on a small, vacated island, surrounded by troops, and wearing metal collars around their necks.a teacher, psychopathic sadist kinpatsu sakamochi, briefs the students: the class has been chosen to participate in the program.the students are also given a time limit.if twenty-four hours pass without someone being killed, then all of the collars will be detonated simultaneously and there will be no winner.it is mentioned that only 0.5% of programs end in this fashion.the students are issued survival packs and a random weapon/tool, and sent out onto the island one by one.while most of the students receive guns and knives, some acquire relatively useless items like boomerangs, dartboard darts, or a fork.hiroki sugimura finds a radar device that tracks nearby students, and toshinori oda receives a bulletproof vest.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. | splender | corallin | provisioning | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | umquhile | pernitrate | undeprecatingly <tsp> umquhile | undaughterly | redeflect | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | metonymical | gauging | weregilds <tsp> metonymical | personalism | sweetsops | no related information |
battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999.the story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional, fascist, totalitarian japanese government known as the republic of greater east asia.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.upon publication in 1999, the novel became a surprise bestseller.in 2000, one year after publication, battle royale was adapted into a manga series, written by takami himself, and a feature film.the film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by japan's national diet.the film spawned a sequel, and two more brief manga adaptations were also created.the state, known as the republic of greater east asia (大東亜共和国, dai tōa kyōwakoku), arose after an alternate world war 2 where japan emerged victorious and a rebellion was put down by the combined military and police forces.the government controls everything, and anything 'immoral', such as rock music, is banned, unless it beatifies the government, along with an unnamed dictator with a strong cult of personality able to bend the whims of the populace.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.a group of students from shiroiwa junior high school (城岩中学校, shiroiwa chūgakkō), a junior high school in the fictional kagawa prefecture town of shiroiwa, prepare for a field trip – among them are wannabe rock star shuya nanahara, whose father was killed by the regime; noriko nakagawa, the demure crush of shuya's best friend; shogo kawada, a quiet, tough young transfer student; and sociopathic prodigy kazuo kiriyama.en route, they are gassed – the 'field trip' was a ruse for the program.they awake in a classroom on a small, vacated island, surrounded by troops, and wearing metal collars around their necks.a teacher, psychopathic sadist kinpatsu sakamochi, briefs the students: the class has been chosen to participate in the program.the students are also given a time limit.if twenty-four hours pass without someone being killed, then all of the collars will be detonated simultaneously and there will be no winner.it is mentioned that only 0.5% of programs end in this fashion.the students are issued survival packs and a random weapon/tool, and sent out onto the island one by one.while most of the students receive guns and knives, some acquire relatively useless items like boomerangs, dartboard darts, or a fork.hiroki sugimura finds a radar device that tracks nearby students, and toshinori oda receives a bulletproof vest.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. | into battle novel | followedby | the violet keystone | battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. |
the national hockey league (nhl; french: ligue nationale de hockey—lnh, french pronunciation: [liɡ nasjɔnal də ɔkɛ]) is a professional ice hockey league in north america comprising 32 teams—25 in the united states and 7 in canada.it is considered to be the top ranked professional ice hockey league in the world, and is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the united states and canada.the stanley cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in north america, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.the nhl is the fifth-wealthiest professional sport league in the world by revenue, after the national football league (nfl), major league baseball (mlb), the national basketball association (nba), and the english premier league (epl).the national hockey league was organized at the windsor hotel in montreal on november 26, 1917, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the national hockey association (nha), which had been founded in 1909 in renfrew, ontario.the nhl immediately took the nha's place as one of the leagues that contested for the stanley cup in an annual interleague competition before a series of league mergers and foldings left the nhl as the only league left competing for the stanley cup in 1926.at its inception, the nhl had four teams, all in canada, thus the adjective 'national' in the league's name.the league expanded to the united states in 1924, when the boston bruins joined, and has since consisted of both american and canadian teams.from 1942 to 1967, the league had only six teams, collectively (if not contemporaneously) nicknamed the 'original six'.the nhl added six new teams to double its size at the 1967 nhl expansion.the league then increased to 18 teams by 1974 and 21 teams in 1979.between 1991 and 2000 the nhl further expanded to 30 teams.it added its 31st and 32nd teams in 2017 and 2021, respectively.the league's headquarters have been in midtown manhattan since 1989, when the head office moved from montreal.there have been four league-wide work stoppages in nhl history, all occurring after 1992.the international ice hockey federation (iihf) considers the stanley cup to be one of the 'most important championships available to the sport'.the nhl draws many highly skilled players from all over the world, with players from 18 countries as of the 2022–23 season.canadians have historically constituted the majority of the players in the league, with an increasing percentage of american and european players in recent seasons.the montreal canadiens have the most nhl titles with 24 (including 23 stanley cup championships since entering the league).entering the 2022–23 season, the colorado avalanche, who defeated the tampa bay lightning 4–2 in the 2022 stanley cup finals, are the reigning league champions.founded in 1909, the nha began play in 1910 with seven teams in ontario and quebec, and was one of the first major leagues in professional ice hockey.however, by its eighth season, a series of disputes with toronto blueshirts owner eddie livingstone led team owners of the montreal canadiens, the montreal wanderers, the ottawa senators, and the quebec bulldogs to hold a meeting to discuss the league's future.realizing the nha constitution left them unable to force livingstone out, the four teams voted instead to suspend the nha, and on november 26, 1917, formed the national hockey league.frank calder was chosen as the nhl's first president, serving until his death in 1943.the bulldogs were unable to play in the nhl, and the remaining owners founded the toronto arenas to compete with the canadiens, wanderers and senators. | oilfield | cephalocentesis | vaporosity | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | location | egg harbor township new jersey | atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station. |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | abdul taib mahmud | birthplace | kingdom of sarawak | abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law. |
battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999.the story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional, fascist, totalitarian japanese government known as the republic of greater east asia.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.upon publication in 1999, the novel became a surprise bestseller.in 2000, one year after publication, battle royale was adapted into a manga series, written by takami himself, and a feature film.the film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by japan's national diet.the film spawned a sequel, and two more brief manga adaptations were also created.the state, known as the republic of greater east asia (大東亜共和国, dai tōa kyōwakoku), arose after an alternate world war 2 where japan emerged victorious and a rebellion was put down by the combined military and police forces.the government controls everything, and anything 'immoral', such as rock music, is banned, unless it beatifies the government, along with an unnamed dictator with a strong cult of personality able to bend the whims of the populace.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.a group of students from shiroiwa junior high school (城岩中学校, shiroiwa chūgakkō), a junior high school in the fictional kagawa prefecture town of shiroiwa, prepare for a field trip – among them are wannabe rock star shuya nanahara, whose father was killed by the regime; noriko nakagawa, the demure crush of shuya's best friend; shogo kawada, a quiet, tough young transfer student; and sociopathic prodigy kazuo kiriyama.en route, they are gassed – the 'field trip' was a ruse for the program.they awake in a classroom on a small, vacated island, surrounded by troops, and wearing metal collars around their necks.a teacher, psychopathic sadist kinpatsu sakamochi, briefs the students: the class has been chosen to participate in the program.the students are also given a time limit.if twenty-four hours pass without someone being killed, then all of the collars will be detonated simultaneously and there will be no winner.it is mentioned that only 0.5% of programs end in this fashion.the students are issued survival packs and a random weapon/tool, and sent out onto the island one by one.while most of the students receive guns and knives, some acquire relatively useless items like boomerangs, dartboard darts, or a fork.hiroki sugimura finds a radar device that tracks nearby students, and toshinori oda receives a bulletproof vest.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. | into battle novel | followedby | the violet keystone | battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. |
the national hockey league (nhl; french: ligue nationale de hockey—lnh, french pronunciation: [liɡ nasjɔnal də ɔkɛ]) is a professional ice hockey league in north america comprising 32 teams—25 in the united states and 7 in canada.it is considered to be the top ranked professional ice hockey league in the world, and is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the united states and canada.the stanley cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in north america, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.the nhl is the fifth-wealthiest professional sport league in the world by revenue, after the national football league (nfl), major league baseball (mlb), the national basketball association (nba), and the english premier league (epl).the national hockey league was organized at the windsor hotel in montreal on november 26, 1917, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the national hockey association (nha), which had been founded in 1909 in renfrew, ontario.the nhl immediately took the nha's place as one of the leagues that contested for the stanley cup in an annual interleague competition before a series of league mergers and foldings left the nhl as the only league left competing for the stanley cup in 1926.at its inception, the nhl had four teams, all in canada, thus the adjective 'national' in the league's name.the league expanded to the united states in 1924, when the boston bruins joined, and has since consisted of both american and canadian teams.from 1942 to 1967, the league had only six teams, collectively (if not contemporaneously) nicknamed the 'original six'.the nhl added six new teams to double its size at the 1967 nhl expansion.the league then increased to 18 teams by 1974 and 21 teams in 1979.between 1991 and 2000 the nhl further expanded to 30 teams.it added its 31st and 32nd teams in 2017 and 2021, respectively.the league's headquarters have been in midtown manhattan since 1989, when the head office moved from montreal.there have been four league-wide work stoppages in nhl history, all occurring after 1992.the international ice hockey federation (iihf) considers the stanley cup to be one of the 'most important championships available to the sport'.the nhl draws many highly skilled players from all over the world, with players from 18 countries as of the 2022–23 season.canadians have historically constituted the majority of the players in the league, with an increasing percentage of american and european players in recent seasons.the montreal canadiens have the most nhl titles with 24 (including 23 stanley cup championships since entering the league).entering the 2022–23 season, the colorado avalanche, who defeated the tampa bay lightning 4–2 in the 2022 stanley cup finals, are the reigning league champions.founded in 1909, the nha began play in 1910 with seven teams in ontario and quebec, and was one of the first major leagues in professional ice hockey.however, by its eighth season, a series of disputes with toronto blueshirts owner eddie livingstone led team owners of the montreal canadiens, the montreal wanderers, the ottawa senators, and the quebec bulldogs to hold a meeting to discuss the league's future.realizing the nha constitution left them unable to force livingstone out, the four teams voted instead to suspend the nha, and on november 26, 1917, formed the national hockey league.frank calder was chosen as the nhl's first president, serving until his death in 1943.the bulldogs were unable to play in the nhl, and the remaining owners founded the toronto arenas to compete with the canadiens, wanderers and senators. | animikean | goosewinged | mountingly | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | abdul taib mahmud | birthplace | kingdom of sarawak | abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law. |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | uncomical | abolishing | fodgel | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | abdul taib mahmud | birthplace | miri malaysia | abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri. |
battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999.the story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional, fascist, totalitarian japanese government known as the republic of greater east asia.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.upon publication in 1999, the novel became a surprise bestseller.in 2000, one year after publication, battle royale was adapted into a manga series, written by takami himself, and a feature film.the film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by japan's national diet.the film spawned a sequel, and two more brief manga adaptations were also created.the state, known as the republic of greater east asia (大東亜共和国, dai tōa kyōwakoku), arose after an alternate world war 2 where japan emerged victorious and a rebellion was put down by the combined military and police forces.the government controls everything, and anything 'immoral', such as rock music, is banned, unless it beatifies the government, along with an unnamed dictator with a strong cult of personality able to bend the whims of the populace.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.a group of students from shiroiwa junior high school (城岩中学校, shiroiwa chūgakkō), a junior high school in the fictional kagawa prefecture town of shiroiwa, prepare for a field trip – among them are wannabe rock star shuya nanahara, whose father was killed by the regime; noriko nakagawa, the demure crush of shuya's best friend; shogo kawada, a quiet, tough young transfer student; and sociopathic prodigy kazuo kiriyama.en route, they are gassed – the 'field trip' was a ruse for the program.they awake in a classroom on a small, vacated island, surrounded by troops, and wearing metal collars around their necks.a teacher, psychopathic sadist kinpatsu sakamochi, briefs the students: the class has been chosen to participate in the program.the students are also given a time limit.if twenty-four hours pass without someone being killed, then all of the collars will be detonated simultaneously and there will be no winner.it is mentioned that only 0.5% of programs end in this fashion.the students are issued survival packs and a random weapon/tool, and sent out onto the island one by one.while most of the students receive guns and knives, some acquire relatively useless items like boomerangs, dartboard darts, or a fork.hiroki sugimura finds a radar device that tracks nearby students, and toshinori oda receives a bulletproof vest.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. | helcosis | melanochroid | lotuslike <tsp> helcosis | nonmatching | blackmail | no related information |
olympique lyonnais (french pronunciation: [ɔlɛ̃pik ljɔnɛ]), commonly referred to as simply lyon (french pronunciation: [ljɔ̃]) or ol, is a french professional football club based in lyon in auvergne-rhône-alpes.the men play in france's highest football division, ligue 1.founded in 1950, the club won its first ligue 1 championship in 2002, starting a national record-setting streak of seven successive titles.lyon has also won eight trophées des champions, five coupes de france, and three ligue 2 titles.lyon has participated in the uefa champions league seventeen times, and during the 2009–10 season, reached the semi-finals of the competition for the first time after three previous quarter-final appearances.they once again reached this stage in the 2019–20 season.olympique lyonnais plays its home matches at the 59,186-seat parc olympique lyonnais, commercially known as the groupama stadium, in décines-charpieu, a suburb of lyon.the club's home colors are white, red and blue.lyon was a member of the g14 group of leading european football clubs and are founder members of its successor, the european club association.the club's nickname, les gones, means 'the kids' in lyon's regional dialect of franco-provençal.they have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club saint-étienne, with whom they contest the derby rhône-alpes.lyon had been owned by jean-michel aulas since 1987, before american businessman john textor completed the purchase of the club in december 2022.following numerous internal disagreements regarding the cohabitation of amateurs and professionals within the club, then-manager of the club félix louot and his entourage contemplated forming their own club.on 3 august 1950, louot's plan came to fruition when olympique lyonnais was officially founded by dr. albert trillat and numerous others.the club's first manager was oscar heisserer and, on 26 august 1950, played its first official match defeating ca paris-charenton 3–0 in front of 3,000 supporters.in just the club's second year of existence, lyon was crowned champion of the second division, securing promotion to the first division.the club maintained its first division place for the remainder of the decade, excluding a year's stint in the second division for the 1953–54 season.lyon achieved moderate success during the 1960s and 1970s with the likes of fleury di nallo, néstor combin, serge chiesa, bernard lacombe and jean djorkaeff playing major roles.under manager lucien jasseron, lyon won its first-ever coupe de france title defeating bordeaux 2–0 in the 1963–64 season.the club also performed respectably in the league under jasseron's reign until the 1965–66 season, when lyon finished 16th, which ultimately led to jasseron's departure.his replacement was louis hon, who helped lyon win their second coupe de france title after defeating sochaux 3–1 in the 1966–67 season.lyon was managed by former lyon legend aimé mignot heading into the 1970s.under mignot's helm, lyon won its third coupe de france title in 1972–73, beating nantes 2–1.in june 1987, lyon was bought by rhône businessman jean-michel aulas who took control of the club aiming to turn lyon into an established ligue 1 side.his ambitious plan, titled ol – europe, was designed to develop the club at the european level and back into the first division within a period of no more than four years.the first manager under the new hierarchy was raymond domenech.the aspiring chairman gave domenech carte blanche to recruit whoever he saw fit to help the team reach the first division.they went on to accomplish this in domenech's first season in charge.lyon achieved its zenith under domenech when it qualified for the uefa cup.for the remainder of his tenure, however, the club underachieved.domenech was replaced by former french international jean tigana, who led the team to an impressive second place in the 1994–95 season. | olympique lyonnais | chairman | jean-michel aulas | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | anodine | vocab | tomboyishness | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | operatingorganisation | port authority of new york and new jersey | atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert. |
battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999.the story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional, fascist, totalitarian japanese government known as the republic of greater east asia.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.upon publication in 1999, the novel became a surprise bestseller.in 2000, one year after publication, battle royale was adapted into a manga series, written by takami himself, and a feature film.the film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by japan's national diet.the film spawned a sequel, and two more brief manga adaptations were also created.the state, known as the republic of greater east asia (大東亜共和国, dai tōa kyōwakoku), arose after an alternate world war 2 where japan emerged victorious and a rebellion was put down by the combined military and police forces.the government controls everything, and anything 'immoral', such as rock music, is banned, unless it beatifies the government, along with an unnamed dictator with a strong cult of personality able to bend the whims of the populace.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.a group of students from shiroiwa junior high school (城岩中学校, shiroiwa chūgakkō), a junior high school in the fictional kagawa prefecture town of shiroiwa, prepare for a field trip – among them are wannabe rock star shuya nanahara, whose father was killed by the regime; noriko nakagawa, the demure crush of shuya's best friend; shogo kawada, a quiet, tough young transfer student; and sociopathic prodigy kazuo kiriyama.en route, they are gassed – the 'field trip' was a ruse for the program.they awake in a classroom on a small, vacated island, surrounded by troops, and wearing metal collars around their necks.a teacher, psychopathic sadist kinpatsu sakamochi, briefs the students: the class has been chosen to participate in the program.the students are also given a time limit.if twenty-four hours pass without someone being killed, then all of the collars will be detonated simultaneously and there will be no winner.it is mentioned that only 0.5% of programs end in this fashion.the students are issued survival packs and a random weapon/tool, and sent out onto the island one by one.while most of the students receive guns and knives, some acquire relatively useless items like boomerangs, dartboard darts, or a fork.hiroki sugimura finds a radar device that tracks nearby students, and toshinori oda receives a bulletproof vest.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. | into battle novel | precededby | above the veil | battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | abdul taib mahmud | party | barisan raayat jati sarawak | abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law. |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | operatingorganisation | port authority of new york and new jersey | atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert. |
battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.originally completed in 1996, it was not published until 1999.the story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional, fascist, totalitarian japanese government known as the republic of greater east asia.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.upon publication in 1999, the novel became a surprise bestseller.in 2000, one year after publication, battle royale was adapted into a manga series, written by takami himself, and a feature film.the film was both controversial and successful, becoming one of the year's highest-grossing films as well as prompting condemnation by japan's national diet.the film spawned a sequel, and two more brief manga adaptations were also created.the state, known as the republic of greater east asia (大東亜共和国, dai tōa kyōwakoku), arose after an alternate world war 2 where japan emerged victorious and a rebellion was put down by the combined military and police forces.the government controls everything, and anything 'immoral', such as rock music, is banned, unless it beatifies the government, along with an unnamed dictator with a strong cult of personality able to bend the whims of the populace.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.a group of students from shiroiwa junior high school (城岩中学校, shiroiwa chūgakkō), a junior high school in the fictional kagawa prefecture town of shiroiwa, prepare for a field trip – among them are wannabe rock star shuya nanahara, whose father was killed by the regime; noriko nakagawa, the demure crush of shuya's best friend; shogo kawada, a quiet, tough young transfer student; and sociopathic prodigy kazuo kiriyama.en route, they are gassed – the 'field trip' was a ruse for the program.they awake in a classroom on a small, vacated island, surrounded by troops, and wearing metal collars around their necks.a teacher, psychopathic sadist kinpatsu sakamochi, briefs the students: the class has been chosen to participate in the program.the students are also given a time limit.if twenty-four hours pass without someone being killed, then all of the collars will be detonated simultaneously and there will be no winner.it is mentioned that only 0.5% of programs end in this fashion.the students are issued survival packs and a random weapon/tool, and sent out onto the island one by one.while most of the students receive guns and knives, some acquire relatively useless items like boomerangs, dartboard darts, or a fork.hiroki sugimura finds a radar device that tracks nearby students, and toshinori oda receives a bulletproof vest.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. | into battle novel | precededby | above the veil | battle royale (japanese: バトル・ロワイアル, hepburn: batoru rowaiaru) is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami.the dystopian novel was previously entered into the 1997 japan horror fiction awards but was eventually rejected in the final round due to concerns over its depictions of students killing each other.the government has established a military program, the battle experiment no.68 program (戦闘実験第六十八番プログラム, sentō jikken dai rokujū hachi ban puroguramu), wherein fifty randomly selected classes of third-year junior high school students are kidnapped, dropped into a remote location, and forced to kill one another until only one student of each class remains.ostensibly, it is to help the government and its military research survival skills and battle readiness – in actuality, it is meant to instill terror and distrust in all of japan's citizens to curb any attempts at rebellion, by showcasing the government's power and ability to target citizens' families and preying on the fear of being killed by a friend.to make sure the students obey the rules and kill each other, the metal collars around their necks track their positions and will explode if they attempt to remove the collars, or linger in 'forbidden zones': randomly chosen areas of the map that increase in number over time, re-sculpting and shrinking the battlefield and forcing the students to move around. |
orange county soccer club is an american soccer team based in the orange county, california city of irvine.founded in 2010 as the los angeles blues, the team currently plays in the second tier usl championship.the team plays its home games at championship soccer stadium, located inside great park in irvine.the team was associated with the united soccer leagues w-league team la blues, and is part of the larger orange county blues organization, which has competed in los angeles-area amateur leagues since 1998.they introduced their first three players—goalkeeper oscar dautt and midfielders cesar rivera and josh tudela—at a formal launch event on december 14, 2010.after an extensive pre-season, the blues played their first games in the caribbean over the weekend of april 15–17, 2011, a 3–0 victory over sevilla puerto rico, and a 2–1 victory over antigua barracuda.the first goal in franchise history was scored by cesar rivera.in january 2012, the blues announced the hiring of steve donner (formerly ceo of orlando city) as vice president of business operations to focus on improving marketing for the club and to bring professionalism to the front-office.the first game of the 2012 season reflected these efforts with a 2,432 attendance compared to 696 for the first home game in 2011 (the blues averaged 382 during the 2011 season).in 2016, the team was purchased by american businessman james keston, rebranded to orange county sc.prior to the 2017 season, orange county became the usl affiliate of los angeles fc in a multi-year deal, which was ended after 2018.the team won the western conference regular season title in 2018 with 20 wins, 8 losses and 6 ties.they defeated saint louis fc and reno 1868 fc before losing 2–1 to phoenix rising fc in the western conference final.thomas enevoldsen scored 20 goals and was named to the all-league first team along with aodhan quinn.in the 2021 season, head coach braden cloutier was dismissed mid-season and replaced by assistant coach richard chaplow.ocsc went on to finish second in the pacific division, and advance to the usl championship final defeating tampa bay rowdies at home, 3–1 in regulation.the clubs are, as of late 2022, in a dispute over who will play at championship soccer stadium, orange county sc's current home stadium, after leaked documents showed the galaxy organization is attempting to seize full-time usage of the venue.for the full season-by-season history, see list of orange county sc seasons.^ 1.avg.attendance include statistics from league matches only.^ 2.top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in league play, playoffs, u.s. open cup, and other competitive matches. | unpreceptively | deoculate | goddesshood <tsp> unpreceptively | abolete | disguisay | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | bothria | denar | gruidae | no related information |
an island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.an island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm.sedimentary islands in the ganges delta are called chars.a grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the philippines, is referred to as an archipelago.there are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands.there are also artificial islands (man-made islands).there are about 900,000 official islands in the world.this number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country.the total number of islands in the world is unknown.there may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted.the number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000.the total area of the world's sea islands is approx.9,963,000 sq km, which is similar to the area of canada and accounts for roughly 1/15 (or 6.7%) of the total land area of earth.dutch eiland ('island'), german eiland ('small island')).however, the spelling of the word was modified in the 15th century because of a false etymology caused by an incorrect association with the etymologically unrelated old french loanword isle, which itself comes from the latin word insula.old english ieg is actually a cognate of swedish ö and german aue, and related to latin aqua (water).continents are often considered to be the largest landmass of a particular continental plate; this holds true for australia, which sits on its own continental lithosphere and tectonic plate (the australian plate).by contrast, islands are usually seen as being extensions of the oceanic crust (e.g.volcanic islands), or as belonging to a continental plate containing a larger landmass (continental islands); the latter is the case of greenland, which sits on the north american plate.examples are borneo, java, sumatra, sakhalin, taiwan and hainan off asia; new guinea, tasmania, and kangaroo island off australia; great britain, ireland, and sicily off europe; greenland, newfoundland, long island, and sable island off north america; and barbados, the falkland islands, and trinidad off south america.examples are madagascar and socotra off africa, new caledonia, new zealand, and some of the seychelles.if this island has a seashore as well as being encircled by two river systems, it becomes what might be called a subcontinental island.the one formed by wollaston lake is very large, about 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi).this includes: barrier islands, which are accumulations of sand deposited by sea currents on the continental shelves fluvial or alluvial islands formed in river deltas or midstream within large rivers.while some are transitory and may disappear if the volume or speed of the current changes, others are stable and long-lived.other definitions limit the term to only refer to islands with no past geological connections to a continental landmass.the vast majority are volcanic in origin, such as saint helena in the south atlantic ocean.the few oceanic islands that are not volcanic are tectonic in origin and arise where plate movements have lifted up the ocean floor above the surface.examples are the saint peter and saint paul archipelago in the north atlantic ocean and macquarie island in the south pacific ocean.these islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring.examples are the aleutian islands, the mariana islands, and most of tonga in the pacific ocean. | ireland | ethnicgroup | white people | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | etherized | mitome | repeddling <tsp> etherized | similarize | thoracometer | no related information |
philips sport vereniging (dutch pronunciation: [ˌfilɪpˌspɔrt fəˈreːnəɣɪŋ]; english: philips sports association), abbreviated as psv and internationally known as psv eindhoven (pronounced [ˌpeːjɛsˈfeː ˈɛintˌɦoːvə(n)]), is a dutch sports club from eindhoven, netherlands.it is best known for its professional football department, which has played in the eredivisie, the top tier in dutch football, since its inception in 1956.along with ajax and feyenoord, psv is one of the country's 'big three' clubs that have dominated the eredivisie.the club was founded in 1913 as a team for philips employees.psv's history contains two golden eras revolving around the uefa cup victory in 1978 and the 1987–88 european cup victory as part of the seasonal treble in 1988.the team has won the eredivisie 24 times, the knvb cup 11 times and the johan cruyff shield a record of 13 times.currently (as of may 2021), psv is ranked 56th on the uefa club coefficients ranking.throughout the years, psv established itself as a stepping stone for future world class players like ruud gullit, ronald koeman, romário, ronaldo, phillip cocu, jaap stam, ruud van nistelrooy, park ji-sung, arjen robben, georginio wijnaldum and memphis depay.since its foundation, it has played in the philips stadion and has upheld its club colours (red and white).its elaborate connection with philips can be witnessed in its sponsoring, shared technology and board member ties.fans have named themselves 'boeren' (dutch pronunciation: [ˈbuːrə(n)], dutch for either peasants or farmers), taking pride in eindhoven's status of being a provincial city and their brabantian heritage.its ground was the philips sportpark, located on the same location as the present day stadium.financial turmoil and worker strikes led to a quick demise of the team and in 1913, its successor emerged, philips sport vereniging, founded on 31 august.it was the day that philips organized celebrations and sports competitions in light of the centennial defeat of the french in the napoleonic wars.it was not until 1916, however, that the football department switched its name from philips elftal to psv.because of world war i, the first possibility to enter a league was in the 1915–16 season.the club's first ever match was a 3–2 defeat against willem ii reserves on 19 september 1915.the team did achieve promotion that season to a newly created third division of the brabantian fa.under the guidance of coach wout buitenweg, psv were promoted in 1918 and 1921 as well, eventually reaching the eerste klasse.the team was relegated in 1925, but its stint in the second division only lasted one year when psv were promoted again.since 1926, psv has always played in the highest possible domestic league.that year, defender sjef van run was brought in and a year later jan van den broek joined psv, two players that would shape the squad in the coming years.behind the scenes, frans otten became chairman of the entire psv sports union.he was responsible for bringing the club to a new level with new accommodations and stadium expansions.after winning the district league in 1929, psv entered the championship play-offs.in that competition, it won six out of eight matches.a 5–1 win against velocitas from the city of groningen meant that psv was crowned league champions for the first time.in the following three years, psv won the district league every year, but it could not win the play-offs until 1935.in that year, the team secured the second championship ever in a 2–1 victory against dws.due to world war ii, attendances decreased significantly and in 1940, psv player johan brusselers died in combat. | melaniline | refractive | indri | no related information |
an island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.an island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm.sedimentary islands in the ganges delta are called chars.a grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the philippines, is referred to as an archipelago.there are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands.there are also artificial islands (man-made islands).there are about 900,000 official islands in the world.this number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country.the total number of islands in the world is unknown.there may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted.the number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000.the total area of the world's sea islands is approx.9,963,000 sq km, which is similar to the area of canada and accounts for roughly 1/15 (or 6.7%) of the total land area of earth.dutch eiland ('island'), german eiland ('small island')).however, the spelling of the word was modified in the 15th century because of a false etymology caused by an incorrect association with the etymologically unrelated old french loanword isle, which itself comes from the latin word insula.old english ieg is actually a cognate of swedish ö and german aue, and related to latin aqua (water).continents are often considered to be the largest landmass of a particular continental plate; this holds true for australia, which sits on its own continental lithosphere and tectonic plate (the australian plate).by contrast, islands are usually seen as being extensions of the oceanic crust (e.g.volcanic islands), or as belonging to a continental plate containing a larger landmass (continental islands); the latter is the case of greenland, which sits on the north american plate.examples are borneo, java, sumatra, sakhalin, taiwan and hainan off asia; new guinea, tasmania, and kangaroo island off australia; great britain, ireland, and sicily off europe; greenland, newfoundland, long island, and sable island off north america; and barbados, the falkland islands, and trinidad off south america.examples are madagascar and socotra off africa, new caledonia, new zealand, and some of the seychelles.if this island has a seashore as well as being encircled by two river systems, it becomes what might be called a subcontinental island.the one formed by wollaston lake is very large, about 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi).this includes: barrier islands, which are accumulations of sand deposited by sea currents on the continental shelves fluvial or alluvial islands formed in river deltas or midstream within large rivers.while some are transitory and may disappear if the volume or speed of the current changes, others are stable and long-lived.other definitions limit the term to only refer to islands with no past geological connections to a continental landmass.the vast majority are volcanic in origin, such as saint helena in the south atlantic ocean.the few oceanic islands that are not volcanic are tectonic in origin and arise where plate movements have lifted up the ocean floor above the surface.examples are the saint peter and saint paul archipelago in the north atlantic ocean and macquarie island in the south pacific ocean.these islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring.examples are the aleutian islands, the mariana islands, and most of tonga in the pacific ocean. | ireland | ethnicgroup | white people | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | runwaylength | 18730 | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | rumaging | translatorship | uninveighing <tsp> rumaging | claystone | hamartiology | no related information |
an island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.an island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm.sedimentary islands in the ganges delta are called chars.a grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the philippines, is referred to as an archipelago.there are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands.there are also artificial islands (man-made islands).there are about 900,000 official islands in the world.this number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country.the total number of islands in the world is unknown.there may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted.the number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000.the total area of the world's sea islands is approx.9,963,000 sq km, which is similar to the area of canada and accounts for roughly 1/15 (or 6.7%) of the total land area of earth.dutch eiland ('island'), german eiland ('small island')).however, the spelling of the word was modified in the 15th century because of a false etymology caused by an incorrect association with the etymologically unrelated old french loanword isle, which itself comes from the latin word insula.old english ieg is actually a cognate of swedish ö and german aue, and related to latin aqua (water).continents are often considered to be the largest landmass of a particular continental plate; this holds true for australia, which sits on its own continental lithosphere and tectonic plate (the australian plate).by contrast, islands are usually seen as being extensions of the oceanic crust (e.g.volcanic islands), or as belonging to a continental plate containing a larger landmass (continental islands); the latter is the case of greenland, which sits on the north american plate.examples are borneo, java, sumatra, sakhalin, taiwan and hainan off asia; new guinea, tasmania, and kangaroo island off australia; great britain, ireland, and sicily off europe; greenland, newfoundland, long island, and sable island off north america; and barbados, the falkland islands, and trinidad off south america.examples are madagascar and socotra off africa, new caledonia, new zealand, and some of the seychelles.if this island has a seashore as well as being encircled by two river systems, it becomes what might be called a subcontinental island.the one formed by wollaston lake is very large, about 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi).this includes: barrier islands, which are accumulations of sand deposited by sea currents on the continental shelves fluvial or alluvial islands formed in river deltas or midstream within large rivers.while some are transitory and may disappear if the volume or speed of the current changes, others are stable and long-lived.other definitions limit the term to only refer to islands with no past geological connections to a continental landmass.the vast majority are volcanic in origin, such as saint helena in the south atlantic ocean.the few oceanic islands that are not volcanic are tectonic in origin and arise where plate movements have lifted up the ocean floor above the surface.examples are the saint peter and saint paul archipelago in the north atlantic ocean and macquarie island in the south pacific ocean.these islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring.examples are the aleutian islands, the mariana islands, and most of tonga in the pacific ocean. | ireland | ethnicgroup | white people | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | abdul taib mahmud | region | asajaya | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | kollast | phacops | hooliganize | no related information |
an island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.an island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm.sedimentary islands in the ganges delta are called chars.a grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the philippines, is referred to as an archipelago.there are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands.there are also artificial islands (man-made islands).there are about 900,000 official islands in the world.this number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country.the total number of islands in the world is unknown.there may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted.the number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000.the total area of the world's sea islands is approx.9,963,000 sq km, which is similar to the area of canada and accounts for roughly 1/15 (or 6.7%) of the total land area of earth.dutch eiland ('island'), german eiland ('small island')).however, the spelling of the word was modified in the 15th century because of a false etymology caused by an incorrect association with the etymologically unrelated old french loanword isle, which itself comes from the latin word insula.old english ieg is actually a cognate of swedish ö and german aue, and related to latin aqua (water).continents are often considered to be the largest landmass of a particular continental plate; this holds true for australia, which sits on its own continental lithosphere and tectonic plate (the australian plate).by contrast, islands are usually seen as being extensions of the oceanic crust (e.g.volcanic islands), or as belonging to a continental plate containing a larger landmass (continental islands); the latter is the case of greenland, which sits on the north american plate.examples are borneo, java, sumatra, sakhalin, taiwan and hainan off asia; new guinea, tasmania, and kangaroo island off australia; great britain, ireland, and sicily off europe; greenland, newfoundland, long island, and sable island off north america; and barbados, the falkland islands, and trinidad off south america.examples are madagascar and socotra off africa, new caledonia, new zealand, and some of the seychelles.if this island has a seashore as well as being encircled by two river systems, it becomes what might be called a subcontinental island.the one formed by wollaston lake is very large, about 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi).this includes: barrier islands, which are accumulations of sand deposited by sea currents on the continental shelves fluvial or alluvial islands formed in river deltas or midstream within large rivers.while some are transitory and may disappear if the volume or speed of the current changes, others are stable and long-lived.other definitions limit the term to only refer to islands with no past geological connections to a continental landmass.the vast majority are volcanic in origin, such as saint helena in the south atlantic ocean.the few oceanic islands that are not volcanic are tectonic in origin and arise where plate movements have lifted up the ocean floor above the surface.examples are the saint peter and saint paul archipelago in the north atlantic ocean and macquarie island in the south pacific ocean.these islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring.examples are the aleutian islands, the mariana islands, and most of tonga in the pacific ocean. | sialis | dominoes | silkwork | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | climaxes | seringa | langrel | no related information |
pallacanestro cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as acqua s.bernardo cantù, is an italian professional basketball club that is based in cantù, lombardy.on the european-wide club competition scene, cantù is second to real madrid – against whom they have an 8–2 record – for european trophies won, with twelve titles (two euroleague, four fiba saporta cups, four fiba korać cups and also two fiba intercontinental cups.), in addition to three domestic italian leagues and two italian supercups.at a time when basketball was an unknown sport in italy, a group composed of broggi, polli, attilio molteni, peppino borghi, alberto broggi, vittorio sgariboldi, nene marchi and peppino colombo started to play in the courtyard of the sacramentine sisters institute.a name change in 1940 saw the club become opera nazionale dopolavoro cantù, winning their first major trophy in 1942 with the bruno mussolini trophy after a squad coached by luigi cicoria won against pallacanestro varese and general cantore milano.the club re-emerged after world war ii as pallacanestro cantù, playing in the third division serie c in 1949.it then reached the second division serie b in 1953 and the first division serie a in 1954, though they downgraded after one season.the broggi brothers retired during this period, replaced on the court by lino cappelletti (the first cantù player to make the italian national team) lietti, ronchetti and quarta, whilst the squad was sponsored by the milenka distillery.returning to the serie a in 1956, the club was sponsored by ettore casella through his oransoda brand, and two years later he became the club's owner, nominating aldo allievi as president.the arrival of tony vlastelica allowed cantù, now playing in a covered parini arena, to finish fourth in 1957–58 and start challenging minganti bologna and simmenthal milano.over the summer, casella transferred his oransoda sponsorship to virtus bologna whilst using another of his brands, fonte levissima, for cantù, whilst gianni corsolini was named coach.after cappelletti retired, he was replaced in 1962 by a young player from milano, carlo recalcati.recalcati, along with the 'wall of cantù' – composed of bob burgess (arrived from real madrid), alberto de simone and alberto merlati – antonio frigerio and carlos d'aquila formed the team – coached by borislav stanković – that would win the club's first ever serie a title in 1967–68.arnaldo taurisano was named coach and pierluigi marzorati joined, and stayed fifteen years with the club.though ignis and simmenthal had a hold on the italian league during that period, a birra forst-sponsored squad composed of marzorati, recalcati, antonio farina, ciccio della fiori and renzo tombolato captured three successive fiba korać cups in 1973, 1974 and 1975, beating respectively maes pils, partizan from belgrade and fc barcelona.the 1974–75 season ended with the club earning their second scudetto with players such as marzorati, della fiori, recalcati, farina, tombolato, bob lienhard, franco meneghel and mario beretta, who later in that same year would add the fiba intercontinental cup, beating real madrid and the final runners-up amazonas franca on the way.harthorne wingo joined the squad in 1976 and led the club to another european title, the 1977 cup winners' cup claimed against radnički belgrade, a title repeated the next year over sinudyne bologna, whilst john neumann helped them achieve the three-peat in 1979 by beating ebbc.the latter, along with riva, were decisive in the italian's fourth cup winners' cup in 1981 with an 86–81 win over fc barcelona, also helping them win their third scudetto that same year.they earned a place in the 1981–82 champions cup, despite a rocky start as bianchini did not travel with the squad early in the season, whilst marzorati and bariviera were injured. | aftertastes | hermitize | disanoint <tsp> aftertastes | landwreck | terrestrially | no related information |
an island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.an island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm.sedimentary islands in the ganges delta are called chars.a grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the philippines, is referred to as an archipelago.there are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands.there are also artificial islands (man-made islands).there are about 900,000 official islands in the world.this number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country.the total number of islands in the world is unknown.there may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted.the number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000.the total area of the world's sea islands is approx.9,963,000 sq km, which is similar to the area of canada and accounts for roughly 1/15 (or 6.7%) of the total land area of earth.dutch eiland ('island'), german eiland ('small island')).however, the spelling of the word was modified in the 15th century because of a false etymology caused by an incorrect association with the etymologically unrelated old french loanword isle, which itself comes from the latin word insula.old english ieg is actually a cognate of swedish ö and german aue, and related to latin aqua (water).continents are often considered to be the largest landmass of a particular continental plate; this holds true for australia, which sits on its own continental lithosphere and tectonic plate (the australian plate).by contrast, islands are usually seen as being extensions of the oceanic crust (e.g.volcanic islands), or as belonging to a continental plate containing a larger landmass (continental islands); the latter is the case of greenland, which sits on the north american plate.examples are borneo, java, sumatra, sakhalin, taiwan and hainan off asia; new guinea, tasmania, and kangaroo island off australia; great britain, ireland, and sicily off europe; greenland, newfoundland, long island, and sable island off north america; and barbados, the falkland islands, and trinidad off south america.examples are madagascar and socotra off africa, new caledonia, new zealand, and some of the seychelles.if this island has a seashore as well as being encircled by two river systems, it becomes what might be called a subcontinental island.the one formed by wollaston lake is very large, about 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi).this includes: barrier islands, which are accumulations of sand deposited by sea currents on the continental shelves fluvial or alluvial islands formed in river deltas or midstream within large rivers.while some are transitory and may disappear if the volume or speed of the current changes, others are stable and long-lived.other definitions limit the term to only refer to islands with no past geological connections to a continental landmass.the vast majority are volcanic in origin, such as saint helena in the south atlantic ocean.the few oceanic islands that are not volcanic are tectonic in origin and arise where plate movements have lifted up the ocean floor above the surface.examples are the saint peter and saint paul archipelago in the north atlantic ocean and macquarie island in the south pacific ocean.these islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring.examples are the aleutian islands, the mariana islands, and most of tonga in the pacific ocean. | ireland | largestcity | dublin | no related information |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | repetoire | cacoepy | sideswiper | no related information |
abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem, succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib: i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle. | abdul taib mahmud | region | asajaya | no related information |
pallacanestro cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as acqua s.bernardo cantù, is an italian professional basketball club that is based in cantù, lombardy.on the european-wide club competition scene, cantù is second to real madrid – against whom they have an 8–2 record – for european trophies won, with twelve titles (two euroleague, four fiba saporta cups, four fiba korać cups and also two fiba intercontinental cups.), in addition to three domestic italian leagues and two italian supercups.at a time when basketball was an unknown sport in italy, a group composed of broggi, polli, attilio molteni, peppino borghi, alberto broggi, vittorio sgariboldi, nene marchi and peppino colombo started to play in the courtyard of the sacramentine sisters institute.a name change in 1940 saw the club become opera nazionale dopolavoro cantù, winning their first major trophy in 1942 with the bruno mussolini trophy after a squad coached by luigi cicoria won against pallacanestro varese and general cantore milano.the club re-emerged after world war ii as pallacanestro cantù, playing in the third division serie c in 1949.it then reached the second division serie b in 1953 and the first division serie a in 1954, though they downgraded after one season.the broggi brothers retired during this period, replaced on the court by lino cappelletti (the first cantù player to make the italian national team) lietti, ronchetti and quarta, whilst the squad was sponsored by the milenka distillery.returning to the serie a in 1956, the club was sponsored by ettore casella through his oransoda brand, and two years later he became the club's owner, nominating aldo allievi as president.the arrival of tony vlastelica allowed cantù, now playing in a covered parini arena, to finish fourth in 1957–58 and start challenging minganti bologna and simmenthal milano.over the summer, casella transferred his oransoda sponsorship to virtus bologna whilst using another of his brands, fonte levissima, for cantù, whilst gianni corsolini was named coach.after cappelletti retired, he was replaced in 1962 by a young player from milano, carlo recalcati.recalcati, along with the 'wall of cantù' – composed of bob burgess (arrived from real madrid), alberto de simone and alberto merlati – antonio frigerio and carlos d'aquila formed the team – coached by borislav stanković – that would win the club's first ever serie a title in 1967–68.arnaldo taurisano was named coach and pierluigi marzorati joined, and stayed fifteen years with the club.though ignis and simmenthal had a hold on the italian league during that period, a birra forst-sponsored squad composed of marzorati, recalcati, antonio farina, ciccio della fiori and renzo tombolato captured three successive fiba korać cups in 1973, 1974 and 1975, beating respectively maes pils, partizan from belgrade and fc barcelona.the 1974–75 season ended with the club earning their second scudetto with players such as marzorati, della fiori, recalcati, farina, tombolato, bob lienhard, franco meneghel and mario beretta, who later in that same year would add the fiba intercontinental cup, beating real madrid and the final runners-up amazonas franca on the way.harthorne wingo joined the squad in 1976 and led the club to another european title, the 1977 cup winners' cup claimed against radnički belgrade, a title repeated the next year over sinudyne bologna, whilst john neumann helped them achieve the three-peat in 1979 by beating ebbc.the latter, along with riva, were decisive in the italian's fourth cup winners' cup in 1981 with an 86–81 win over fc barcelona, also helping them win their third scudetto that same year.they earned a place in the 1981–82 champions cup, despite a rocky start as bianchini did not travel with the squad early in the season, whilst marzorati and bariviera were injured. | pallacanestro cantù | league | lega basket serie a | pallacanestro cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as acqua s.bernardo cantù, is an italian professional basketball club that is based in cantù, lombardy.the club re-emerged after world war ii as pallacanestro cantù, playing in the third division serie c in 1949.the broggi brothers retired during this period, replaced on the court by lino cappelletti (the first cantù player to make the italian national team) lietti, ronchetti and quarta, whilst the squad was sponsored by the milenka distillery.returning to the serie a in 1956, the club was sponsored by ettore casella through his oransoda brand, and two years later he became the club's owner, nominating aldo allievi as president.recalcati, along with the 'wall of cantù' – composed of bob burgess (arrived from real madrid), alberto de simone and alberto merlati – antonio frigerio and carlos d'aquila formed the team – coached by borislav stanković – that would win the club's first ever serie a title in 1967–68. |
atlantic city international airport (iata: acy, icao: kacy, faa lid: acy) is a shared civil-military airport 10 miles (16 km) northwest of atlantic city, new jersey, in egg harbor township, the pomona section of galloway township and in hamilton township.the airport is accessible via exit 9 on the atlantic city expressway.the facility is operated by the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) and the port authority of new york and new jersey, which performs select management functions.most of the land is owned by the federal aviation administration and leased to the sjta, while the sjta owns the terminal building.the facility also is a base for the new jersey air national guard's 177th fighter wing operating the f-16c/d fighting falcon, and the united states coast guard's coast guard air station atlantic city operating the eurocopter hh-65 dolphin.the airport is next to the faa's william j. hughes technical center, a major research and testing hub for the federal aviation administration and a training center for the federal air marshal service.it was also a designated alternative landing site for the space shuttle.the airport is served by spirit airlines which operates airbus a319, airbus a320 and airbus a321 jetliners.additionally, caesars entertainment has flights to cities east of the mississippi river on its caesars rewards air.this is offered as a scheduled charter year-round.united airlines operated a series of flights starting in april 2014, but decided the flights were not viable and discontinued service on december 3, 2014.the south jersey transportation authority has outlined plans for massive terminal expansions (on top of current initiatives) which might be needed if more airlines serve the airport.passenger traffic at the airport in 2011 was 1,404,119, making it the 102nd busiest airport in the country.the sjta owns a small area around the terminal and leases runways and other land from the faa.its purpose was to train various carrier air groups consisting of fighter, bomber and torpedo squadrons.in august 1943, nas atlantic city changed its mission to strictly fighter training, consisting of low and high altitude gunnery tactics, field carrier landing practice (fclp), carrier qualifications (cq), bombing, formation tactics, fighter direction, night operations and an associated ground school curriculum.nas atlantic city was decommissioned in june 1958 and transferred to the airways modernization board (amb), later taken over by the faa.in november 1958 the then-federal aviation agency, now federal aviation administration (faa), took over operations of the amb.the lease transferred to the faa and was sold for $55,000.atlantic city decided to retain 84 of the 4,312 acres.the faa expanded the former u.s. navy land parcel to about 5,000 acres (20 km2) and established the national aviation facilities experimental center research facility that eventually became the william j. hughes technical center.the south jersey transportation authority (sjta) initially leased portions of the airport from the faa and now serves as the airport owner and operator of the facility.when the navy departed in 1958, the 119th fighter squadron of the new jersey air national guard relocated to atlantic city from their former base at newark international airport with their f-84f thunderstreak aircraft, establishing an air national guard base on the site of the former naval air station.the current 177th fighter wing of the new jersey air national guard has been at this location ever since.during the 1960s and early 1970s, the active duty u.s. air force's 95th fighter interceptor squadron, stationed at dover afb, delaware, maintained an operating location and alert detachment of f-106 delta darts at atlantic city angb on 24-hour alert.after the 177th fighter wing reequipped with the f-106 in 1973, the 177th took on the air defence alert mission. | atlantic city international airport | runwayname | 4/22 | no related information |
an island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.an island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm.sedimentary islands in the ganges delta are called chars.a grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the philippines, is referred to as an archipelago.there are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands.there are also artificial islands (man-made islands).there are about 900,000 official islands in the world.this number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country.the total number of islands in the world is unknown.there may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted.the number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000.the total area of the world's sea islands is approx.9,963,000 sq km, which is similar to the area of canada and accounts for roughly 1/15 (or 6.7%) of the total land area of earth.dutch eiland ('island'), german eiland ('small island')).however, the spelling of the word was modified in the 15th century because of a false etymology caused by an incorrect association with the etymologically unrelated old french loanword isle, which itself comes from the latin word insula.old english ieg is actually a cognate of swedish ö and german aue, and related to latin aqua (water).continents are often considered to be the largest landmass of a particular continental plate; this holds true for australia, which sits on its own continental lithosphere and tectonic plate (the australian plate).by contrast, islands are usually seen as being extensions of the oceanic crust (e.g.volcanic islands), or as belonging to a continental plate containing a larger landmass (continental islands); the latter is the case of greenland, which sits on the north american plate.examples are borneo, java, sumatra, sakhalin, taiwan and hainan off asia; new guinea, tasmania, and kangaroo island off australia; great britain, ireland, and sicily off europe; greenland, newfoundland, long island, and sable island off north america; and barbados, the falkland islands, and trinidad off south america.examples are madagascar and socotra off africa, new caledonia, new zealand, and some of the seychelles.if this island has a seashore as well as being encircled by two river systems, it becomes what might be called a subcontinental island.the one formed by wollaston lake is very large, about 2,000,000 km2 (770,000 sq mi).this includes: barrier islands, which are accumulations of sand deposited by sea currents on the continental shelves fluvial or alluvial islands formed in river deltas or midstream within large rivers.while some are transitory and may disappear if the volume or speed of the current changes, others are stable and long-lived.other definitions limit the term to only refer to islands with no past geological connections to a continental landmass.the vast majority are volcanic in origin, such as saint helena in the south atlantic ocean.the few oceanic islands that are not volcanic are tectonic in origin and arise where plate movements have lifted up the ocean floor above the surface.examples are the saint peter and saint paul archipelago in the north atlantic ocean and macquarie island in the south pacific ocean.these islands arise from volcanoes where the subduction of one plate under another is occurring.examples are the aleutian islands, the mariana islands, and most of tonga in the pacific ocean. | antistrophic | toosh | anting | no related information |
pallacanestro cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as acqua s.bernardo cantù, is an italian professional basketball club that is based in cantù, lombardy.on the european-wide club competition scene, cantù is second to real madrid – against whom they have an 8–2 record – for european trophies won, with twelve titles (two euroleague, four fiba saporta cups, four fiba korać cups and also two fiba intercontinental cups.), in addition to three domestic italian leagues and two italian supercups.at a time when basketball was an unknown sport in italy, a group composed of broggi, polli, attilio molteni, peppino borghi, alberto broggi, vittorio sgariboldi, nene marchi and peppino colombo started to play in the courtyard of the sacramentine sisters institute.a name change in 1940 saw the club become opera nazionale dopolavoro cantù, winning their first major trophy in 1942 with the bruno mussolini trophy after a squad coached by luigi cicoria won against pallacanestro varese and general cantore milano.the club re-emerged after world war ii as pallacanestro cantù, playing in the third division serie c in 1949.it then reached the second division serie b in 1953 and the first division serie a in 1954, though they downgraded after one season.the broggi brothers retired during this period, replaced on the court by lino cappelletti (the first cantù player to make the italian national team) lietti, ronchetti and quarta, whilst the squad was sponsored by the milenka distillery.returning to the serie a in 1956, the club was sponsored by ettore casella through his oransoda brand, and two years later he became the club's owner, nominating aldo allievi as president.the arrival of tony vlastelica allowed cantù, now playing in a covered parini arena, to finish fourth in 1957–58 and start challenging minganti bologna and simmenthal milano.over the summer, casella transferred his oransoda sponsorship to virtus bologna whilst using another of his brands, fonte levissima, for cantù, whilst gianni corsolini was named coach.after cappelletti retired, he was replaced in 1962 by a young player from milano, carlo recalcati.recalcati, along with the 'wall of cantù' – composed of bob burgess (arrived from real madrid), alberto de simone and alberto merlati – antonio frigerio and carlos d'aquila formed the team – coached by borislav stanković – that would win the club's first ever serie a title in 1967–68.arnaldo taurisano was named coach and pierluigi marzorati joined, and stayed fifteen years with the club.though ignis and simmenthal had a hold on the italian league during that period, a birra forst-sponsored squad composed of marzorati, recalcati, antonio farina, ciccio della fiori and renzo tombolato captured three successive fiba korać cups in 1973, 1974 and 1975, beating respectively maes pils, partizan from belgrade and fc barcelona.the 1974–75 season ended with the club earning their second scudetto with players such as marzorati, della fiori, recalcati, farina, tombolato, bob lienhard, franco meneghel and mario beretta, who later in that same year would add the fiba intercontinental cup, beating real madrid and the final runners-up amazonas franca on the way.harthorne wingo joined the squad in 1976 and led the club to another european title, the 1977 cup winners' cup claimed against radnički belgrade, a title repeated the next year over sinudyne bologna, whilst john neumann helped them achieve the three-peat in 1979 by beating ebbc.the latter, along with riva, were decisive in the italian's fourth cup winners' cup in 1981 with an 86–81 win over fc barcelona, also helping them win their third scudetto that same year.they earned a place in the 1981–82 champions cup, despite a rocky start as bianchini did not travel with the squad early in the season, whilst marzorati and bariviera were injured. | pallacanestro cantù | league | lega basket serie a | pallacanestro cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as acqua s.bernardo cantù, is an italian professional basketball club that is based in cantù, lombardy.the club re-emerged after world war ii as pallacanestro cantù, playing in the third division serie c in 1949.the broggi brothers retired during this period, replaced on the court by lino cappelletti (the first cantù player to make the italian national team) lietti, ronchetti and quarta, whilst the squad was sponsored by the milenka distillery.returning to the serie a in 1956, the club was sponsored by ettore casella through his oransoda brand, and two years later he became the club's owner, nominating aldo allievi as president.recalcati, along with the 'wall of cantù' – composed of bob burgess (arrived from real madrid), alberto de simone and alberto merlati – antonio frigerio and carlos d'aquila formed the team – coached by borislav stanković – that would win the club's first ever serie a title in 1967–68. |
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