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Badminton

1 bronze 1.1 athletics 1.2 badminton 1.3 karate 1.4 sailing 1.5 swimming 1.6 taekwondo bronze athletics men s 50 km race walk: luis fernando garcía badminton men s singles: pedro yang karate women s kumite (+58 kg): cheili gonzález sailing mixed hobie 16: juan ignacio maegli , andrés lópez swimming women s 100 m backstroke: gisela morales women s 200 m backstroke: gisela morales taekwondo women s −49 kg: euda maría carias

Business school Berkhamsted

spire of chapel @ grade 1 ashridge house, showing natural trust ashridge estate behind ashridge executive education prestigious business school divine location , occupying grade 1 listed ashridge house, former stately home of duke of bridgewater, set in 190 acres of rolling parkland, 2 miles outside berkhamsted. house occupies site of earlier ashridge priory, college of monastic order of bonhommes founded in 1283 edmund, 2nd earl of cornwall, resided in castle. after dissolution of monasteries, henry viii bequeathed property daughter, elizabeth. in 1800, home of francis egerton, 3rd duke of bridgewater, affectionately known father of inland navigation.ashridge house constructed between 1808 , 1814 design james wyatt later work nephew jeffrey wyattville. architecture critic nikolaus pevsner described largest of romantic palaces near london ... spectacular composition . in 1928 urban hanlon broughton purchased house gift conservative party intended commemorate bonar law first 15 years,...

Career Eva Katherine Clapp

front page of 1901 wizard of oz style book her poems had wide circulation. clapp s poems appeared in chicago current, interior, chicago times, chicago tribune, inter ocean, boston budget, , wrote regularly boston transcript, , register, of berlin, germany. poems compiled publication in book form, under title, songs of red rose land. clapp married dr. c. b. gibson of chicago, in 1892, , spent year in europe, made study of literature of germany , france. in 1900 writing new bohemian magazine of cincinnati trying appeal bohemians in ohio. her 1901 book zauberlinda wise witch available audio book. published story under second married name.

World War II Pacific Theatre Operations USS Pinkney (APH-2)

1 world war ii pacific theatre operations 1.1 invasion of philippines 1.2 okinawa operations 1.3 struck kamikaze 1.4 return stateside repairs world war ii pacific theatre operations following extensive fitting out , shakedown, uss pinkney, evacuation transport, departed san diego, california, pearl harbor , south pacific ocean, 27 january 1943. in mid-february, arrived @ espiritu santo, whence sailed purvis bay deliver reinforcements , replacements veteran units of fight tulagi , gavutu. throughout remaining battles solomon islands, among them munda, vella lavella, shortlands, bougainville, , numerous engagements in slot , brought men, food , ammunition forward , evacuated casualties field hospitals better facilities on new caledonia , in new zealand. transported american , new zealand nurses , between various southwest pacific ocean hospitals. by august 1944, island hopping had carried allies , past marshall islands , mariana islands. on 8 september, uss pinkney departed guadalcanal ...

Medieval market town (12th to 15th centuries) Berkhamsted

tomb of henry of berkhamsted (who served under edward black prince @ battles of crécy , poitiers) , lady the town became trading centre on important trade route in 12th , 13th centuries, , berkhamsted received more royal charters. in 1216, henry iii relieved men , merchants of town tolls , taxes everywhere in england, , english plantagenet possessions in france, normandy, aquitaine , anjou growing wool trade brought prosperity berkhamsted 12th century until tudor period. 4 wealthy berkhamsted wool merchants amongst group in bruges whom edward iii wrote in 1332, , berkhamsted merchants sold cloth royal court. henry iii in 1217 recognised royal charter town s oldest institution, berkhamsted s pre-existing market. trades within medieval berkhamsted extensive: in 13th century town had merchant, 2 painters, goldsmith, forester, 2 farriers, 2 tailors, brewer of mead, blacksmith, carpenters, wood turners, tool makers, manufacturer of roofing tiles , wine producers. in mid–13th century, banker...

References Satyendra Narayan Sinha

mere sansmaran, autobiography dr. anugrah narayan sinha anugrah abhinandan granth samiti. 1947 anugrah abhinandan granth. bihar. anugrah narayan centenary year celebration committee. 1987. bihar bibhuti : vayakti aur kriti , bihar. bimal prasad (editor). 1980. revolutionary s quest: selected writings of jayaprakash narayan. oxford university press, delhi.

Festivals Ettumanoor

ezhara ponnana festival the famous ettumanoor mahadevar temple hosts arattu festival celebrated on grand scale on thiruvathira day in february–march every year. lot of people come temple on 8th , 10th day of festival when 7 , half elephants (in malayalam: ezharaponnaana) made of gold (nearly 13 kg) held in public view.this statue donated temple travancore maharaja. temple, wealthiest devaswom in kerala, has many valuable possessions. the thulabharam 1 of important rituals of temple. people make offerings god favours received. on balance, child or man whom offerings promised god, weighed against offerings ranging gold fruits. ettumanoor important pilgrim centre of hindus. the history of origin of ettumaanoorappan kattampakk, small village in kottayam district. etumanoor temple town; great sage vyasa came temple mahamuni.

Antinucleons Nucleon

both of nucleons have corresponding antiparticles: antiproton , antineutron. these antimatter particles have same mass , opposite charge proton , neutron respectively, , interact in same way. (this believed true, due cpt symmetry. if there difference, small measure in experiments date.) in particular, antinucleons can bind antinucleus . far, scientists have created antideuterium , antihelium-3 nuclei.

Kingdom of Cappadocia Cappadocia

after ending persian empire, alexander great tried rule area through 1 of military commanders. ariarathes, persian aristocrat, somehow became king of cappadocians. ariarathes (332–322 bc), successful ruler, , extended borders of cappadocian kingdom far black sea. kingdom of cappadocia lived in peace until death of alexander. previous empire divided many parts, , cappadocia fell eumenes. claims made in 322 bc regent perdiccas, crucified ariarathes; in dissensions brought eumenes s death, ariarathes ii, adopted son of ariarathes i, recovered inheritance , left line of successors, bore name of founder of dynasty. persian colonists in cappadocian kingdom, cut off co-religionists in iran proper, continued practice zoroastrianism. strabo, observing them in first century b.c., records (xv.3.15) these fire kindlers possessed many holy places of persian gods , fire temples. strabo furthermore relates, noteworthy enclosures; , in midst there altar, on there large quantity of ashes ,...

Ground transportation Frankfurt–Hahn Airport

1 ground transportation 1.1 coach 1.2 rail 1.3 car ground transportation frankfurt–hahn airport equidistant frankfurt , luxembourg. frankfurt hauptbahnhof (frankfurt main railway station) 123 km airport , gare centrale luxembourg (luxembourg central railway station) 118 km airport. coach hahn served number of (mostly private) coach operators run regular services frankfurt main (1 h 45 min, via frankfurt airport, terminal 2), cologne (2 h 15 min), luxembourg (1 h 45 min) , number of other cities in western germany , region. rail the airport has no railway station (it used have freight railway connection). nearest train station in traben-trarbach (20 km road, 10 km crow flies), terminus of pünderich–traben-trarbach railway. nearest long-distance railway stations bullay (15 km nw, on koblenz–trier–saarbrücken line), , idar-oberstein (26 km south), kirn (22 km se) , bad sobernheim (30 km se), on mainz–bad kreuznach–saarbr...

External links John William Waterhouse

john william waterhouse.net john william waterhouse (the art , life of jw waterhouse); john william waterhouse (comprehensive painting gallery) john william waterhouse (1849-1917) john william waterhouse style , technique waterhouse @ tate britain echo , narcissus (1903) ten dreams galleries john william waterhouse in history of art profile on royal academy of arts collections 25 painting(s) or after john william waterhouse @ art uk site

Convex sets Shapley–Folkman lemma

in real vector space, non-empty set q defined convex if, each pair of points, every point on line segment joins them subset of q. example, solid disk  ∙ {\displaystyle \bullet } convex circle  ∘ {\displaystyle \circ } not, because not contain line segment joining points  ⊘ {\displaystyle \oslash } ; non-convex set of 3 integers {0, 1, 2} contained in interval [0, 2], convex. example, solid cube convex; however, hollow or dented, example, crescent shape, non-convex. empty set convex, either definition or vacuously, depending on author. more formally, set q convex if, points v0 and v1 in q , every real number λ in unit interval [0,1], point (1 − λ) v0 + λv1 is member of q. by mathematical induction, set q convex if , only if every convex combinati...

Laboratory mice Experimental evolution

mouse garland selection experiment attached running wheel , rotation counter. in 1998, theodore garland, jr. , colleagues started long-term experiment involves selective breeding of mice high voluntary activity levels on running wheels. experiment continues day (> 65 generations). mice 4 replicate high runner lines evolved run 3 times many running-wheel revolutions per day compared 4 unselected control lines of mice, running faster control mice rather running more minutes/day. female mouse litter, garland selection experiment. the hr mice exhibit elevated maximal aerobic capacity when tested on motorized treadmill. exhibit alterations in motivation , reward system of brain. pharmacological studies point alterations in dopamine function , endocannabinoid system. high runner lines have been proposed model study human attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), , administration of ritalin reduces wheel running approximately levels of control mice. click here mouse wheel running ...

The Perl idiom Schwartzian transform

where foo($_) represents expression takes $_ (each item of list in turn) , produces corresponding value compared in stead. reading right left (or bottom top): the original list @unsorted fed map operation wraps each item (reference anonymous 2-element) array consisting of , calculated value determine sort order (list of item becomes list of [item, value]); then list of lists produced map fed sort, sorts according values calculated (list of [item, value] ⇒ sorted list of [item, value]); finally, map operation unwraps values (from anonymous array) used sorting, producing items of original list in sorted order (sorted list of [item, value] ⇒ sorted list of item). the use of anonymous arrays ensures memory reclaimed perl garbage collector after sorting done.

Champions 2001 Milan Indoor

roger federer defeated julien boutter 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 it federer s 1st title of year , 1st of career. men s doubles paul haarhuis / sjeng schalken defeated johan landsberg / tom vanhoudt 7–6, 7–6 it haarhuis 1st title of year , 52nd of career. schalken s 1st title of year , 9th of career.

Building history Herrenchiemsee

front of new palace in 1867 young king ludwig ii had traveled france had return bavaria when heard of death of uncle otto, without opportunity visit palace of versailles. nevertheless concerned residence of king louis xiv of france (his namesake) , had plans similar retreat drafted court architect georg von dollmann (1830–1895). possible building sites chosen in graswang valley near ettal, later site of linderhof palace. after several revisions, dollmann s designs former pavilion resembling grand trianon or château de marly had grown large palace, including copy of versailles hall of mirrors. construction halted aoutbreak of franco-prussian war in 1870. in following years, ludwig concentrated on works on linderhof palace. resumed former plans, when visited versailles in summer 1874 , received honors french government on occasion of birthday on august 25. herrenchiemsee became designated site large new palace around central corps de logis, designed georg von dollmann, christian jank, , ...

Players Académica da Praia

caló (played in 1996) adilson gerson araújo ^ scorer , squad statistics . konkuri. retrieved 12 december 2016.  cite error: there <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on page, references not show without {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see page).

Places of interest Sarrat

1 places of interest 1.1 santa monica parish church 1.2 santa monica parish museum 1.3 nipa hut cottages places of interest santa monica parish church the santa monica parish church, commonly known sarrat church, largest church in ilocos norte , visited place tourists in sarrat. church has 1 of longest nave in country , declared important cultural property of philippines in september 2009. the 105-meters long (the longest in country) church of st. monica, first built in 1779 augustinian friars, last spanish church built in ilocos. destroyed on march 3, 1816, rebuilt in 1848, burned again in 1882, repaired 1875 1895 , finished between 1895 , 1898. bell tower damaged during march 19, 1932 earthquake. has unique, massive, 3-level , attractive brick staircase connecting church convent. on 1 side of church eight-foot high image of st. monica. church interior, along houses surrounding plaza, renovated in 1983 irene marcos (the youngest daughter of late pres. marcos) wedding greggy araneta. ...

Homonyms Definition

a homonym is, in strict sense, 1 of group of words share same spelling , pronunciation have different meanings. homonyms simultaneously homographs (words share same spelling, regardless of pronunciation) , homophones (words share same pronunciation, regardless of spelling). state of being homonym called homonymy. examples of homonyms pair stalk (part of plant) , stalk (follow/harass person) , pair left (past tense of leave) , left (opposite of right). distinction made between true homonyms, unrelated in origin, such skate (glide on ice) , skate (the fish), , polysemous homonyms, or polysemes, have shared origin, such mouth (of river) , mouth (of animal).

Hinduism Holy places

the 7 sacred ancient holy towns ayodhya, mathura, haridwar, varanasi, kanchipuram, dvārakā, , ujjain. the holy dhamas (char dham smartas) puri (east) rameshwaram (south) dvārakā (west) badrinath (north) the 4 maha kumbha mela sites prayaga (allahabad) haridwar ujjain nashik situated on banks of river ganges, varanasi attracts millions of hindu pilgrims every year. vaishnavas kodlamane shree vishnumurthy temple (karnataka) mathura/vrindavana dvaraka (dwarka) badrinath puri (jagannatha puri) tirupati ayodhya nathdwara udupi shaivites varanasi pashupatinath kedarnath somnath amarnath rameshwaram chidambaram kailash parvata in tibet revered holy abode of lord shiva. kaumaram(arupadaiveedu (six sacred abodes of murugan; tamil thiruthani murugan temple swamimalai murugan temple palani murugan temple pazhamudircholai murugan temple thirupparamkunram murugan temple thiruchendur murugan temple shaktas (shakti piths) kanyakumari madurai vaishno devi calcutta (kali temple) note there 51 principle...