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Artemio Murakami (born 22 July 1983) is a Filipino professional golfer. |
Murakami turned professional in 2005 and joined the Asian Tour in 2007. In his debut season he won his first tournament at the Iskandar Johor Open, and in 2008 he recorded his best Order of Merit finish of 47th. However, since then his form has declined, and he lost his tour card at the end of 2010. |
Murakami's father is Japanese; as a result he holds dual citizenship. |
CUT = missed the half-way cut |
Note: Murakami only played in the U.S. Open. |
Torsvg Lighthouse () is a coastal lighthouse located in Karlsy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The lighthouse is in the village of Torsvg on a small island connected to the main island of Vannya by a short causeway. |
The lighthouse was first lit in 1916, automated in 1986, and has not had an on-site lighthouse keeper since 2006. |
The light on top of the tall tower flashes a white, red, or green light depending on direction, occulting once every six seconds. The light intensity is 35,600 candela and the light can be seen for up to . |
Kyle Matthew De Silva (born 29 November 1993) is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sevenoaks Town. |
De Silva is a product of the Crystal Palace academy and possesses pace and quick feet. In April 2010, De Silva signed his first professional contract. He made his dbut in the FA Cup against Derby County on 7 January 2012 and made his league dbut away to Blackpool on 21 January 2012. In May 2012, he signed a three-year ... |
During the 201213 season, de Silva suffered a series of injuries which kept him out of action for half a year. On 22 March 2013 he signed for Barnet on loan until the end of the season. He made his debut as a 66th-minute substitute for Luke Gambin in a 00 home draw with Cheltenham Town. |
On 8 May 2015, it was announced that de Silva would not be offered a new contract by Crystal Palace and would be leaving the club. It was believed that injuries and a loss of form were the main factors in de Silva's release by the club. |
After being released by Crystal Palace, de Silva joined League Two side Notts County on a two-year contract. He made 6 appearances for the Magpies before having his contract terminated by mutual consent. |
De Silva joined Eerste Divisie side FC Eindhoven for the 201617 season. He scored 4 goals in 49 appearances for the Dutch team. |
In June 2018, de Silva signed for National League side Bromley. He made his first appearance as an 87th minute substitute for Omar Bugiel in a 20 away loss to Salford. After only four appearances for the club, de Silva was loaned to Canvey Island and Sevenoaks Town. De Silva left Bromley at the end of the 201819 season... |
De Silva joined Sevenoaks Town permanently for the 201920 season. |
The is a river in Yachiyo and Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The river is in length. The Shin River forms the upper part of the , and flows between Lake Inbanuma and the wada Drainage Pump Station in Yachiyo City. Pollution is problematic along the river. Phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen drain from vegetable farm... |
A large-scale bicycle path, the Inbanuma Bicycle Path, is under construction to span the entirety of the Inba Discharge Channel. The path will ultimately pass through Chiba City, Yachiyo, Sakura, and Inba. A walking path has also been built in Yachiyo along the Shin River, and features a pedestrian suspension bridge w... |
Dierama pendulum, commonly known as fairy bell, hair bell and wedding bell, is a species of Iridaceae endemic to the Eastern Cape in South Africa and first collected in 1772 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg near Essenbos on the Kromme River or Kromrivier which flows down the Langkloof. In 1845 the genus Di... |
'Dierama' is Greek for 'funnel' and describes the flower's shape, while 'pendulum' is the Latin word for hanging suspended. The plant is some 2 metres tall with extremely slender and wiry stems, dividing into hair-like branches, flexing gracefully under the weight of the flowers, and nodding readily in the lightest of ... |
The (Southern) Sotho people of the Kingdom of Lesotho use a decoction of the corm of Dierama pendulum as an enema with strongly purgative properties. |
George Henry Glasse (17611809) was a notable Oxford Greek and Latin scholar, domestic chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge. |
Glasse was the son of Dr. Samuel Glasse, rector of St. Mary's in Hanwell, London and grew up in the rectory. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, receiving degrees in 1779 and in 1782, and succeeded his father as rector of St Mary's, Hanwell in 1785, having distinguished himself very early in life by his uncommon profici... |
Glasse served as the domestic chaplain to Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, the seventh son of George III. Involved in Poor Law reform, he was described as a man whose learning, abilities, and good principles, have already entitled him to the thanks of his country, and will secure his fame with posterity. |
He acquired recognition as a classical scholar with his translation of William Mason's Caractacus, and John Milton's Samson Agonistes into ancient Greek. In a different vein he published a novel entitled The Affecting History of Louisa: The Wandering Maniac, or, Lady of the Hay-Stack; so called, from having taken up he... |
Glasse built himself a new home called The Hermitage in 1809 on Church Road in Hanwell, London. It survives still, and is executed in the rustic style of cottage orn and has a grade II English Heritage listing. It is described by Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England as a peach of an early C19th Gothic thatched cotta... |
Glasse built The Hermitage on borrowed funds. As he had extensive correspondence with Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Glasse most likely planned for the cottage to be acquired by a member of the royal family or the literati of the time, many of whom spent time in the nearby mansions of Chiswick, Richmond an... |
Glasse has a memorial in the churchyard of St. Mary's Hanwell, the church where he was rector from 1785 to 1809, commemorated by a neo-classical tomb. |
In November 1783, Glasse married his cousin Anne Fletcher, and they had seven children. A year after her death in 1802, he was engaged briefly to Elizabeth de Blaquiere, who broke off the engagement. In 1804 he pursued Lady Anastasia Jessey Gascoigne of St. Petersburg, who had separated from her industrialist husband C... |
The 199899 Hertha BSC season started on 16 August 1998 against Werder Bremen and ended on 29 May 1999. |
Ray Costict (March 19, 1955 January 3, 2012) was a linebacker for the New England Patriots from 1977 to 1979. Costict played collegiately at Mississippi State before being drafted the 11th round by the Patriots. |
He is Mississippi State's career leader in tackles with 467. |
Umunnachi is a town in Dunukofia, Anambra State, Southeastern Nigeria which is made up of five villages: Ozzuh, Mgbuke, Umueze, Nkwelle and Nagbana. It shares boundaries with neighboring towns as follows: Ogidi, Umudioka, Eziowelle and Ifitedunu. |
Umunnachi is one of the six towns that make up the ancient Dunukofia clan from which the local government was created. |
Igwe Felix Onochie was nominated by the people of Umunnachi to be the first Traditional Ruler of the town with the title of Nnachi 1. His coronation as the King of Umunnachi took place at Ana-Nnachi on 23 December 1977. The coronation rites were performed by the Kingmakers - Umuezeajana family, led by Ogbuefi Nwabueze ... |
Chiyel (ruled c. 760790+) was the only known Maya king of Sacul, El Petn, city in Guatemala. |
It appears that he was the most powerful ruler at Sacul and is recorded as having participated in a number of events, including wars, rituals and royal visits. He was also likely to have been the ruler responsible for the greatest period of construction activity at the city. |
On 12 February 760 he is recorded as having received a visit from king Shield Jaguar II of Ucanal, who oversaw Chiyel receiving his mannequin sceptre, a symbol of rulership. |
Stela 2 of Sacul was raised to commemorate the visit of Chiyel to Ixkun on a date that has been reconstructed as 9.18.0.0.0. in the Mesoamerican calendar (11 October 790) and bears portraits of the kings of both Sacul and Ixkun. |
Turned on is a phrase that describes a person who is sexually aroused. |
It may also refer to the following: |
Ostroka railway station is a railway station in Ostroka, Poland. As of 2011, it is served by Koleje Mazowieckie, who run the KM29 services from Ostroka to Tuszcz, with some services continuing as KM6 services to Warsaw. The other lines from Ostroka are not in use. |
The 2012 McGrath Cup is a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Munster GAA. The competition differs from the Munster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. The competition was won by Co... |
John Egan (born 20 October 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Sheffield United, whom he captains, and the Republic of Ireland national team. |
Beginning his career at Sunderland, he had loan spells with Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Bradford City and Southend United, but was released by the Wearside club without making an appearance for the first team. In July 2014, he joined Gillingham, and was named Player of the Year in his first season, and voted in t... |
Internationally, Egan has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level. He made his debut for the senior side in March 2017. |
Born in Cork, Egan started his career with Greenwood FC in Togher. His father John Egan respresented Kerry in Gaelic football, and his mother, Mary Egan, was a football player and has a League of Ireland medal under her belt. He played hurling and Gaelic football for Bishopstown. |
Egan was loaned by Sunderland to Crystal Palace in January 2012. Egan made his professional debut for Palace in the FA Cup third round playing the full 90 minutes in their 10 loss to Derby County. In March 2012, Egan joined Football League One side Sheffield United on a month's loan to ease a defensive crisis, making h... |
In July 2012, Egan was called up by Martin O'Neill for Sunderland's pre-season tour to South Korea to take part in the Peace Cup. He came on as a substitute for the injured Wes Brown in the 3rd place play-off against FC Groningen of the Netherlands, playing 50 minutes of the 32 victory. After a solid pre-season, he was... |
On 27 February 2014, Egan joined League Two side Southend United on an emergency loan. His first goal came on 11 March 2014, in a 22 draw against Scunthorpe United, where he scored a spectacular long-distance effort. He later went on to win Southend's 'Goal of the Season' award and the strike was a sensation on YouTube... |
On 3 July 2014, amid interest from several clubs from League One and the Championship, Egan signed a two-year deal with Gillingham following his release from Sunderland. Egan enjoyed a fantastic debut season with Gillingham, playing 52 times and scoring 5 goals. He also won the main Player of the Year and Away Player o... |
Egan rejected the offer a new contract by Gillingham at the conclusion of the 201516 season and joined Championship club Brentford. He scored his first goals for Brentford when he scored twice in a 20 win over Ipswich Town on 16 August 2016. In December 2016 the Professional Football Compensation Committee ruled that B... |
After the sale of captain Harlee Dean in August 2017 to Birmingham City, Egan was appointed as the new captain of Brentford. During the 2017-18 season, Egan impressed as Brentford kept 15 clean sheets as they finished 9th in the EFL Championship. |
Egan re-joined former loan club Sheffield United on 19 July 2018 on a four-year contract for an undisclosed club-record fee. In his first season with the team, he helped them gain promotion to the Premier League. On 21 August 2020 he signed a new four-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2024. |
On 28 March 2017, Egan made his senior international debut, starting in a friendly against Iceland at the Aviva Stadium. He captained his country for the first time in September 2019 in a 31 win against Bulgaria at the Aviva Stadium. On 1 September 2021, he was named FAI Senior International Player of the Year for 2020... |
Sheffield United |
Jorge Calvo (March 4, 1938 ndash; January 28, 2009) was a Mexican baseball player. Jorge played minor league baseball for several seasons, spending parts of three seasons in the Mexican League, the highest level of professional baseball in Mexico. He also managed in the Mexican League for eight years. |
He was born in Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico. |
An outfielder, Calvo's playing career spanned 1960 to 1967. His statistical record is incomplete. |
He managed the ngeles de Puebla in 1973, the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo in 1977 and again from 1983 to 1984, the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos from 1985 to 1986 and the Tigres de Mxico from 1995 to 1996. |
He died in Veracruz, Mexico. |
Algonova was a single-hulled oil tanker launched in 1969 as Texaco Chief for Texaco Canada Ltd. In 1986, the ship was renamed A. G. Farquharson. In 1995 the ship was sold to Imperial Oil. Purchased by Algoma Central in 1998, the ship was renamed Algonova. In 2007, Algoma Central sold the vessel to Belgrave Investors Co... |
The ship was initially designed as a crane ship. However, the plan was abandoned and the vessel was re-designed as a single-hulled tanker. As built, the vessel was long overall and between perpendiculars and a beam of . The vessel's gross register tonnage (GRT) was 5,038 and deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 6,358. The shi... |
The ship was laid down on 23 July 1968 by Collingwood Shipbuilding of Collingwood, Ontario, as a crane vessel for Yankcanuck Steamships Ltd. of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. In September 1968 the company decided not to build the ship, and the hull was sold to Texaco Canada Ltd., and redesigned as a single-hulled tanker. T... |
The ship was purchased by Algoma Tankers Limited, a subsidiary of Algoma Central, in early 1998 and renamed Algonova. She operated mainly between Sarnia and Thunder Bay, until new regulations requiring double-hulled tankers in North American ports came into force in 2005. A new double-hulled tanker of the same name ent... |
In 2006 the ship was sold to the Belgrave Investors Corporation of Panama City, Panama, and renamed Pacifico Trader. In January 2007 she sailed for Panama where she operated as a bunker ship. In 2012, the ship was acquired by Helmer Business Incorporated of Panama City. The ship was renamed Great Portobello. |
Arcadia Watches is a Swiss brand of luxury watches established in 1858. In 1968 the brand ceased following a decline caused by the introduction of quartz movements. It was relaunched in 2007 by Claude Sanz, owner and President of Maison Bunter based in Geneva, and the first new Arcadia watch, the AC01, entered the mark... |
The Arcadia brand originated in Fleurier, a small village in Val-de-Travers region of the Canton of Neuchtel in Switzerland. Watchmaker Jules-Samuel Jequier was born in 1835 in Fleurier and joined Bovet after training as a jewel-cutter and quickly climbed up the company ladder. In 1858 he founded Arcadia and positioned... |
While Arcadia had started off producing movements, this was followed several years later by a watch line. Arcadia was in fact one of the earliest brands to sell its watches around the world, including China and South America, and it was a creative, avant-garde brand that became the flagship of the Fleurier Watch Compa... |
The brand sold watches until 1968, when, like so many mechanical watch companies, the advent of inexpensive quartz models led to its demise. |
In 2007 Claude Sanz re-launched the brand. Sanz is the President and owner of the jewellery watch house Bunter SA, based in a 17th-century farmhouse just outside Geneva. Claude is a trained geologist and mineralogist, a self-taught watchmaker and a 33-year watch industry veteran. |
Bunter SA, works behind the scenes for companies that customize gem-set high-complication mechanical watches for some of the watch industrys most prestigious brands. Bunter is responsible for the invisibly set baguette diamond watches that are exhibited at every Basel Fair. Sanz bought the Arcadia brand several years a... |
All sixty of Bunters employees worked on the first Arcadia watch, the AC01 chronograph, at different times for a few hours per day performing varied watchmaking crafts, such as design and case-making or movement assembly. In steel and titanium, a limited edition of 275 pieces launched in January 2010 at the Geneva Time... |
Arcadia calibers were highly innovative for their time, and the Fleurier Watch Company was considered one of the international ambassadors of Swiss watchmaking. |
Sanzs ultimate plan is to restart production of Arcadia movements in the town of Fleurier , with redesigned and redeveloped calibres that can replace ETA movements. |
The first watch to be made completely in-house was in 2012, a 14 ligne manually wound movement. A ladies gem set jewellery timepiece was released in 2012. |
Abdoulay Diaby (born 21 May 1991) is a professional footballer who plays mainly as a left winger for Pendikspor. Born in France, he plays for the Mali national team. |
Born in Nanterre, France, Diaby began his career at Sedan, having been passed by INF Clairefontaine (France national Football team Centre). After progressing through the ranks of Sedan, Diaby made his professional debut on 4 May 2010 against Dijon, where he came on as a substitute for Lossmy Karabou in the 73rd minute,... |
In the 201011 season, Diaby made his first team appearance on 20 November 2010, where he started the match, in a 20 win over FC Steinseltz in the seventh round of Coupe de France. On 13 January 2011, he signed his first professional contract with the club, keeping him until 2014. He scored his first goal for the club a... |
In the 201112 season, Diaby scored his first goal of the season, in a 21 loss against Clermont Foot on 12 August 2011. A month later, on 16 September 2011, he scored again, in a 30 win over Le Havre. He then scored three goals throughout October, scoring against Angers SCO (twice) and Lille. He ended a two-month goal d... |
In the 201213 season, Diaby scored his first goal of the season, in a 32 loss against Nmes Olympique on 17 August 2012. During a 20 win over Clermont Foot on 24 August 2012, he was sentoff for a straight red card in the 80th minute. After serving a match suspension, Diaby returned to the starting line-up and scored in ... |
It was announced on 30 July 2013 that Diaby joined Lille on a threeyear contract with the club. |
After his two years spell at Royal Mouscron-Pruwelz came to an end in the 201415 season, Diaby signed a twoyear contract with Lille, keeping him until 2019. He made his Lille debut on 28 February 2015, where he came on as a late substitute for Divock Origi, in a 21 win against Lyon. He went on to make two more appearan... |
Immediately after joining Lille, Diaby moved to Belgium, where he joined Mouscron-Pruwelz. |
Diaby made his Royal Mouscron-Pruwelz debut, where he came on as a substitute for Antonio Jakoli in the 74th minute, in a 21 win over RWS Bruxelles on 10 August 2013. On 4 September 2013, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 32 win over Eendracht Aalst. After not featuring for the first team in two months, he ma... |
It was announced on 12 July 2014 that Diaby re-joined Mouscron-Pruwelz for the second time on loan. In his second season, with Royal Mouscron-Pruwelz in the Jupiler Pro League, he started well scoring against Waasland-Beveren, Standard Lige (twice), Zulte Waregem and Cercle Brugge (twice). He later added his tenth and ... |
After announcing his intention to move to Belgium, it was announced on 22 May 2015 that Diaby joined Jupiler Pro League side Club Brugge, signing a four-year contract. The transfer move reported to cost 2 million. Upon joining the club, he said his target in his first season at Club Brugge was to score at least 20 goal... |
Diaby made his Club Brugge debut on 16 July 2015, where he started the whole game, in a 10 against Gent in the Belgian Super Cup. Two weeks later, on 1 August 2015, he made his league debut for Club Brugge, in a 21 loss against Sint-Truidense. In a follow up match against KV Mechelen on 1 August 2015, Diaby scored his ... |
In the 201617 season, Diaby retained his first team place for the side, playing in the striker position. He struggled to score goals as he did last season. soon suffered his own injuries concern as a result. On 25 January 2017, he returned from injury, coming on as a late substitute, in a 21 win over Waasland-Beveren. ... |
At the start of the 201718 season, Diaby returned from injury in the preseason and didn't make his first appearance of the season on 2 August 2017, in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Qualifying Round against stanbul Baakehir, which saw them lose 30, and was eliminated from the tournament. Four days later, o... |
It was announced on 21 August 2018 that Diaby joined Portuguese club Sporting CP, signing a fiveyear contract on an undisclosed fee, though it was reported to cost 4 million. The club also inserted a US$70 million release clause on Diaby. Upon joining the club, Diaby said of the move: I am very happy to be here. Sporti... |
On 5 October 2020, after spending the entire 201920 campaign on loan at Beikta JK, Diaby was loaned to La Liga side Getafe CF, for one year. |
On 17 January 2021, Diaby was recalled by Sporting CP from Getafe after three appearances and subsequently loaned to Belgian club RSC Anderlecht until the end of the season. |
On 18 January 2021, Diaby joined Belgian First Division A club Anderlecht on loan until the end of the season. The loan included an option to buy. |
In October 2014, Diaby was called up by Mali for the first time; then scoring on his debut, in a 20 win over Ethiopia on 11 October 2014. Mali eventually qualified for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Algeria 20 on 19 November 2014. |
In lateDecember 2014, Diaby was listed in the national team 35 men provisional squad. After appearing twice as an unused substitute in the first two matches in the tournament, he made his first appearance of the tournament, where he started the match before being substituted, in a 11 draw against Guinea on 28 January 2... |
Almost a year later, on 6 September 2015, Diaby scored his first goal in eleven months, in a 11 draw against Benin. In the Africa Cup of Nations qualification, Diaby then scored two goals in two matches between 4 June 2016 and 4 September 2016 against South Sudan and Benin. He then ended his two-year goal drought when ... |
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