Lardon Chase, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire
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The2001 UEFA Cup Final(nominated byNapHit) was afootball match betweenLiverpool of England andAlavés of Spain on 16 May 2001 at theWestfalenstadion inDortmund, Germany. The showpiece event was the final match of the2000–01 edition of Europe's secondary cup competition, theUEFA Cup. Watched by a crowd of 48,050, Liverpool won on the golden goal rule, defeating Alavés 5–4. The victory meant Liverpool completed a treble consisting of the Football League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup.
Thealpine newt(nominated byTylototriton) (Ichthyosaura alpestris) is a species ofnewt native tocontinental Europe and introduced to Great Britain and New Zealand. Adults measure 7–12 cm (2.8–4.7 in) and are usually dark grey to blue on the back and sides, with an orange belly and throat. Males are more conspicuously coloured than the drab females, especially during breeding season.
The1981 UEFA Cup Final(nominated byThe Rambling Man) was anassociation football match played overtwo legs betweenAZ '67 of the Netherlands andIpswich Town of England. The first leg was played atPortman Road, Ipswich, on 6 May 1981 and the second leg was played on 20 May 1981 at theOlympic Stadium, Amsterdam. It was the final of the1980–81 season of European cup competition, theUEFA Cup. Both Ipswich and AZ '67 were appearing in their first European cup final. Watched by a crowd of 27,532 at Portman Road, Ipswich defeated AZ '67 5–4 on aggregate, winning their first and, as of 2020, only European trophy.
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)(nominated bySandyGeorgia andColin) is a type ofdementia accompanied by changes in sleep,behavior,cognition, movement, andautomatic bodily functions. Memory loss is not always an early symptom. The diseaseworsens over time and is usually diagnosed when cognitive decline interferes withnormal daily functioning. Together withParkinson's disease dementia, DLB is one of the twoLewy body dementias. It is a common form of dementia, but thenumber of people affected is not known accurately and many diagnoses are missed. The disease was first described byKenji Kosaka in 1976. Most people with DLB do not have affected family members, although occasionally DLB runs in a family. The exact cause is unknown, and it typically begins after the age of fifty and people with the diseaselive about eight years after diagnosis. There is no cure or medication to stop the disease from progressing, and people in the latter stages of DLB may be unable to care for themselves.
TheSilesian Wars(nominated byBryanrutherford0) were three wars fought in the mid-18th century betweenPrussia (under KingFrederick the Great) andAustria (under ArchduchessMaria Theresa) for control of theCentral European region ofSilesia (now in south-western Poland). TheFirst (1740–1742) andSecond (1744–1745) Silesian Wars formed parts of the widerWar of the Austrian Succession, in which Prussia acted as one member of a coalition seeking territorial gain at Austria's expense. TheThird Silesian War (1756–1763) was one theatre of the globalSeven Years' War, in which Austria in turn led a coalition of powers aiming to seize Prussian territory. All three wars are generally considered to have ended in Prussian victories, and Prussia emerged from the Silesian Wars as a new Europeangreat power and the leading state ofProtestant Germany, whileCatholic Austria's defeat by a lesser German power significantly damaged theHouse of Habsburg's prestige.
James Thompson(nominated byJohn M Wolfson) was an American surveyor who created the firstplat ofChicago. His plat (completed in 1830) fixed the location associated with the word "Chicago", which had previously been used for various places around the southwestern shore ofLake Michigan, and allowed the residents of the area to obtain legal title to their property. Chicago incorporated as a town in 1833 and as a city in 1837 as growth continued, and by 1890 had more than a million inhabitants and was the second-most-populous city in the United States. Thompson has been commemorated several times in Chicago's history; his grave, which was originally unmarked, was given a monument by the city in 1917.
TheMAUD Committee(nominated byJmcc150 andHawkeye7) was a British scientific working group formed during theSecond World War. It was established to perform the research required to determine if anatomic bomb was feasible. The chairman of the MAUD Committee wasGeorge Thomson. Research was split among four different universities. Various aspects of nuclear warfare were considered. After fifteen months of work, the research culminated in two reports, "Use of Uranium for a Bomb" and "Use of Uranium as a Source of Power", known collectively as the MAUD Report. In response, the British created a nuclear weapons project officially namedTube Alloys. The MAUD Report was made available to the United States, where it energised the American effort, which eventually became theManhattan Project. The report was handed over to theSoviet Union by itsatomic spies, and helped start theSoviet atomic bomb project.
Super-Science Fiction(nominated byMike Christie) was an American digestscience fiction magazine published from 1956 to 1959, edited by W.W. Scott and published byFeature Publications.Robert Silverberg andHarlan Ellison, who were at the start of their careers at the time, quickly started bringing Scott science fiction stories. Scott bought scores of stories from the pair during the magazine's short life; much of the remainder was sent in by literary agents, and generally comprised material rejected by other magazines first, though Scott did obtain two stories fromIsaac Asimov. After a couple of years Feature decided to switch the focus of the magazine to monster stories. Four more issues appeared, all the stories featuring a monster in some way, but Feature brought the axe down in 1959. The last issue was dated October that year. The magazine is not highly regarded by critics, though Silverberg considers the material he wrote for Scott and other action-adventure magazine publishers to have helped him learn his trade as a writer.
The Boat Race 2020(nominated byThe Rambling Man) was aside-by-side rowing race scheduled to take place on 29 March 2020. Held annually,The Boat Race is contested between crews from the universities ofOxford andCambridge along a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) tidal stretch of theRiver Thames in south-west London. This would have been the 75th women's race and the 166th men's race, and for the fifth time in the history of the event, the men's,women's and both reserves' races would have been held on theTideway on the same day. Cambridge led the longstanding rivalry 84–80 and 44–30 in the men's and women's races, respectively. The races were cancelled on 16 March 2020 as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom. Other than as a result of war, it was the first time the men's race had been cancelled since it has taken place annually from1845. It was also the first cancellation of the women's race since its 1964 revival. It would have been the first time in the history of the event that both senior races had been umpired by women. The members of each crew were announced on the date that the race would have been conducted.
The Grand Budapest Hotel(nominated byDAP389) is a 2014comedy-drama film written and directed byWes Anderson, which explores tragedy, war, fascism, nostalgia, friendship, and loyalty.Ralph Fiennes leads a seventeen-actorensemble cast as Monsieur Gustave H., famedconcierge of a mountainside resort in the Republic of Zubrowka. When Gustave is framed for the murder of a wealthydowager (Tilda Swinton), he and his recently befriended protégé Zero (Tony Revolori) embark on a quest for fortune and a pricelessRenaissance painting against the backdrop of encroaching pandemonium. Anderson's American Empirical Pictures produced the film in association withStudio Babelsberg andIndian Paintbrush'sScott Rudin andSteven Rales, andFox Searchlight Pictures handled its commercial distribution.The Grand Budapest Hotel was financed by Indian Paintbrush and a German government-funded rebate program. It was well received by critics, though the film's approach to the subject matter, fragmented storytelling, and characterization drew occasional disapproval. TheBBC choseThe Grand Budapest Hotel asone of the greatest films of the twenty-first century. The film grossed US$172.9 million on a budget of US$25 million.
Chicago is divided into77 community areas(nominated byJohn M Wolfson) for statistical and planning purposes.Census data and other statistics are tied to the areas, which serve as the basis for a variety ofurban planning initiatives on both the local and regional levels. The areas' boundaries do not generally change, allowing comparisons of statistics across time. The areas are distinct from but related to the more numerousneighborhoods of Chicago; an area often corresponds to a neighborhood or encompasses several neighborhoods, but the areas do not always correspond to popular conceptions of the neighborhoods due to a number of factors including historical evolution and choices made by the creators of the areas. As of 2017,Lake View is the most populous of the areas with over 100,000 residents, whileBurnside is the least populous with just over 2,000. Other geographical divisions of Chicago exist, such as the "sides" created by the branches of theChicago River, the wards of theChicago City Council, and the parishes of the Roman Catholic Church.
Procyonidae is afamily ofmammals in theorderCarnivora, which includesraccoons,coatis,olingos,kinkajous,ring-tailed cats, andcacomistles, and many otherextant andextinct mammals. A member of this family is called a procyonid. No procyonid species have been domesticated, though raccoons are sometimes kept as pets. The14 species of Procyonidae(nominated byPresN) are split into 6genera, which are not currently grouped into namedclades. Procyonidae is believed to have diverged as a separate family within Carnivora around 22.6 million years ago. In addition to the extant species, as of 2020 Procyonidae includes 40 extinct species placed in both extant and 19 extinct genera, though due to ongoing research and discoveries the exact number and categorization is not fixed.
Armbrust: manymany thanks, a consequence of me being called out of town and away from my computer the weekend of publication, I’m afraid. I’ll attribute the errors as soon as I’m behind a laptop. Best,Eddie891TalkWork20:54, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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