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600 | from quarter mile, through half mile to 1 mile. Two skaters per State competed in each race, |
601 | except for the 1 mile in which there were three skaters per state. The Juniors skated quarter and |
602 | half mile only, then there was also a 2-mile Relay for the seniors. By 1955 a 2-mile race for |
603 | Seniors was included. The whole program was held over a half hour period on the last night of |
604 | the Australian Championships. |
605 | Ladies came later in the early 1960s – initially there were only three – with a special trophy for |
606 | the Ladies Relay donated by Teddi Jenkins of Victoria, a previous Victorian and National titleholder. |
607 | Due to numerous factors, including a marked decline in the number of competitive skaters in some states, Australian Ice Racing officials worked during 2014 and 2015 to amend the rules and format of the competition. The new rules took effect in 2015, with the aim of promoting competition, accessibility and excitement wh... |
608 | The current format, hosted across two days, sees skaters in five age categories compete over a range of distances (now measured in metric) from 222m to 3000m. The competition also includes 1500m, 3000m and 5000m relays. Points are awarded to state teams based on the finishing order of each race. The overall points winn... |
609 | Rules allow for "Vacant Position Skaters" to fill the field in the event that any state lack a competitor for a given race - this ruling allows for all races to be run with a full field, as well as providing the VP skaters with competition experience. VP Skaters cannot earn points for their state. |
610 | Under the new rules, women do not skate in separate divisions; all races are mixed gender. In order to encourage women to participate, female skaters are awarded 125% of normal points for every placing. |
611 | The eponymous Duke Trophy is awarded to the state team with the highest overall score. |
612 | In addition to the Duke Trophy itself, a number of other perpetual trophies are awarded in the competition:
*The Len Duke "Best & Fairest" Award. This trophy was originally the 1951 Australian Championship Award won by Len Duke. It was rediscovered and donated back to the competition by the Duke family in the early... |
613 | Due to their age and fragile condition, attempts have been made in recent years to limit the transportation of the physical awards. They are therefore kept and maintained in Queensland, and not taken to the winning state between competitions. |
614 | Note that the competition was not held in 2013 due to many competitors making preparations for the competitive season and upcoming winter olympics. |
615 | Riga Graduate School of Law
--Master Programmes.
----International and European Law.
----Law and Finance.
----Public International Law and Human Rights.
----Transborder Commercial Law.
----European Union Law and Policy.
--Bachelor Programmes.
----Law and Business.
----Law and Diplomacy.
--Continuing Legal Education.
--... |
616 | The Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) () in Riga, Latvia is an autonomous law school in Baltic region offering Bachelor, Masters and Doctoral studies. It was established in 1998 through an international agreement between the Governments of Sweden and Latvia and the Soros Foundation. |
617 | RGSL offers post graduate degree programmes in Public International law & Human rights, European Law, Law and Finance, commercial law, law and technology all taught exclusively in English. The programmes are taught on site by an international faculty of resident and visiting professors, lecturers and practitioners ... |
618 | Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) offers legal education at an advanced level. The teaching methodology is research-based and extends beyond the field of law itself, offering access to related fields such as economics, business, and policy. Current degree courses include LL.M in International and European Law, LL.M in... |
619 | RGSL is an independent institution within the University of Latvia and teaching is conducted exclusively in English. RGSL boasts an international student body, from the various European Union member and non-member states, the Balkans, CIS states, and the Americas. The international aspect of student life is a core elem... |
620 | The resident members of faculty offer teaching in their respective fields of competence. Visiting professors from other universities and organisations conduct a relatively large part of the teaching. Practitioners from institutions such as the European Court of Justice and the EU Trade Marks and Designs Office appear a... |
621 | The LL.M in International and European Law programme in International and European Law integrates Public International Law, International Trade Law, and European Union Law, preparing students for careers in practice or administration at national or European level. The programme comprises both theoretical study and clas... |
622 | The LL.M in Law and Finance is an interdisciplinary programme designed with regional, European and international needs in mind. |
623 | The LL.M in Public International Law and Human Rights programme is intended for students who are interested in pursuing their professional carriers in international organisations, private law firms, public authorities, or in academia. The programme allows for a combination of courses from three tracks: European Union L... |
624 | The LL.M. in Transborder Commercial Law programme is designed to focus on practical aspects of transborder trade within the European Union and on international conditions framing European Union trade. It is designed to meet the needs of lawyers working in the private sector. |
625 | The LL.M in European Union Law, and Policy programme covers integration, the role of the European Court of Justice, selected aspects under the second and third pillars, as well as policy implementation and negotiation. |
626 | The two Bachelor programmes are both taught in English and have a three-year duration. |
627 | The LL.B in Law and Business programme covers issues related to International, Comparative and European Law, as well as issues related to Economics, Finance, Marketing and Management. It will cover all the topics of a normal law degree, but will do so from a transnational perspective, and it will provide an understandi... |
628 | The BA in Law and Diplomacy programme will cover issues related to Law, Economics and International Relations. The programme is offered by RGSL in cooperation with the University of Latvia. The purpose is to train candidates aiming for positions within foreign ministries, international organisations and NGOs, as well a... |
629 | Through its programme of continuing legal education (CLE) the School offers education opportunities for practicing lawyers working in both the private and public sector and for their support staff. |
630 | The Law School is involved in a number of European research projects, amongst others in the following:
*ENACT - European Citizenship
*PRIV-WAR - Regulating Privatisation of War
*RECON - Reconstructing Democracy in Europe |
631 | The School publishes the RGSL Working Papers, a series documenting studies undertaken by academic staff, students and guest speakers. A number of distinguished legal practitioners and academics have contributed to the series, among them Luzius Wildhaber, former President of the European Court of Human Rights, Jutta Lim... |
632 | The Law School's library hosts one of the prime legal collections in Central and Eastern Europe and is open to the public. |
633 | RGSL was founded as a private law school in 1998 through an international agreement between the Governments of Sweden and Latvia and the Soros Foundation. Until the accession of the Baltic States to the EU, studies at RGSL were reserved for lawyers from the Baltics. In 2004, the Law School opened its doors for students... |
634 | RGSL's premises are situated in Alberta iela, an important street for Art Nouveau architecture. The premises were donated to the Law School by the Soros Foundation in 1998 and were officially inaugurated by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and the President of the Republic of Latvia, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, in 2001. The... |
635 | Glenn Oder |
636 | George Glenn Oder (born April 24, 1957) is an American politician. From 2002–2012 he served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 94th district in the city of Newport News. He is a member of the Republican Party. |
637 | Disability Standard
--History.
--Results.
----Disability Standard 2009. |
638 | The Disability Standard is a benchmarking assessment run in the UK by Business Disability Forum. |
639 | Best described as a management tool for employers, the Disability Standard acts as a statistical study providing us with a snapshot of UK businesses performance on disability in line with the Disability Discrimination Act. |
640 | All participating organisations receive a rank to demonstrate their commitment to disability confidence. Top scores achieve Platinum followed by Gold, Silver, Bronze and Participants ranks. |
641 | The UK benchmark on Disability - later to become the Disability Standard - was first devised and piloted in 2004. Built by the Employers' Forum on Disability on the foundation of the 'Diversity Change Model', designed by Dr. Gillian Shapiro as a method for measuring an organisations performance on diversity strands, th... |
642 | The original research and development group who took part in this pilot project consisted of: |
643 | Abbey, BT, BUPA, Barclays, Centrica, Cable & Wireless, HSBC, Royal Mail, PricewaterhouseCoopers and UnumProvident in the private sector and The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Metropolitan Police Service, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Work and Pensions in the public... |
644 | Following the success of the initial trail the Disability Standard was officially launched in 2005 with help from secretary of state at the time, Alan Johnson, under the title of Employers' Forum Disability Standard 2005 with 80 UK organisations taking part including the House of Commons. |
645 | The benchmark survey ran again in 2007 with 116 participants and additions such as an interactive website enabling organisations to browse case studies and submit online. In 2009 - during the recession - 106 organisations participated taking the total number of organisations to have taken part in the Disability Standar... |
646 | The findings from the Disability Standard form the base of the Benchmark Report that is published by the Employers' Forum on Disability after each assessment. Disability Standard Benchmark Reports were published in 2005, 2007, and 2009 |
647 | Over 100 organisations took part in the 2009 Disability Standard. For the first time since the inauguration of the benchmark the report included a top ten list of employers: |
648 | 1996 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Singles
--Seeds. |
649 | Andre Agassi was the defending champion and won in the final 7–6(7–4), 6–4 against Michael Chang. |
650 | The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round. |
651 | Helen Hay Whitney Foundation |
652 | The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, established in New York in 1943 by Joan Whitney Payson in cooperation with the estate planning of her mother, Helen Hay Whitney (1875–1944), awards the "Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship" for support postdoctoral research in the biomedical sciences. |
653 | Currently the Foundation awards 20 fellowships per year. The award is one of four highly competitive postdoctoral awards in the life sciences, and many of North America's leading scientists and medical researchers were supported in the early stages of their career by the Whitney Foundation. |
654 | Members of the Scientific Advisory Committee have included:
* Barbara Meyer
* Erin O'Shea
* Matthew Scharff
* Daniel Kahne
* Thomas Jessell
* Stephen C. Harrison
* Julie Theriot
* Jonathan Weissman
* S. Lawrence Zipursky |
655 | Notable fellows have included: |
656 | Grinold and Kroner Model
--Description. |
657 | The Grinold and Kroner Model is used to calculate expected returns for a stock, stock index or the market as whole. |
658 | The model states that: |
659 | formula_1 |
660 | Where |
661 | formula_2 are the expected returns
* formula_3 is the dividend in next period (period 1 assuming current t=0)
* formula_4 is the current price (price at time 0)
* formula_5 is the expected inflation rate
* formula_6 is the real growth rate in earnings (note that by adding real growth and inflation, this is basically id... |
662 | One offshoot of this discounted cash flow analysis is the disputed Fed model, which compares the earnings yield to the nominal 10-year Treasury bond yield. |
663 | Grinold, Kroner, and Siegel (2011) estimated the inputs to the Grinold and Kroner model and arrived at a then-current equity risk premium estimate between 3.5% and 4%. The equity risk premium is the difference between the expected total return on a capitalization-weighted stock market index and the yield on a riskless ... |
664 | Richard Searle
--Career.
----After Doctor and the Medics.
----Wet Dog.
--Discography. |
665 | Richard Searle (born 10 July 1963 in London) is a 1960s-influenced bass guitarist, who was a member of Doctor and the Medics in 1986, when they were reaching number one in the pop charts. |
666 | Searle left Doctor and the Medics in 1990. He appeared in two different line-ups of the Brit-pop band Boys Wonder, both before and after they were dropped by Sire Records in the late 1980s. |
667 | A co-founder of the acid jazz band Corduroy in 1991, named by manager, Alex Bienkov, Searle's fast and fluid bass guitar playing style was foremost in the funky punky sound of the new mod outfit. |
668 | Corduroy was a four-piece band based in south east London, formed with twins Ben and Scott Addison, formerly of Boys Wonder. It was built heavily around the style of a local instrumental jazz band, led by guitarist Simon Nelson-Smith, who completed the Corduroy line-up. The band released three albums on Eddie Piller's ... |
669 | After leaving Acid Jazz Records they signed to Big Cat Records/V2, releasing two further albums, "The New You!" and the Rob Playford-produced "Clik!". |
670 | "Clik!" failed to chart and Corduroy was dropped by the label in 1999 after which the band split up. The group reformed in 2018 and released "Return of the Fabric Four" on Acid Jazz Records. |
671 | Searle played as a session-man with various bands during the early 2000, including The Freestylers, Soul Hooligan, Chris Difford and Mother Earth. He produced others, including Smashing Time, and recorded with the Australian grunge band The Standing Eight Counts and Lord Large. Lord Large and Dean Parrish's northern so... |
672 | Searle published written works in 2010. His first novel, "The Absurdist" is described as "A light-hearted, science-fictional tale about the illusionary nature of reality, lethal cocktails, hairy heroes, unrequited love and wasp hammers. Rude and irreverent, this funny philosophical caper about two young scam-artists ca... |
673 | A collection of humorous drawings, "Sketchistentialism", which followed in 2011, is described as being 'oddly philosophical and blatantly daft' {(Modspeed(2011)}. And, in 2014, a memoir came about his misadventures in Doctor and The Medics "The Memoirs Of Damage & Vom" which features a Foreword by The Medics drumme... |
674 | In 2005, Searle co-formed the band Wet Dog. Wet Dog is an international group featuring Stephen 'Vom' Ritchie from the renowned German rockers Die Toten Hosen. Ritchie played with Searle in Doctor and the Medics. Wet Dog also includes Anna Donarski. |
675 | "Fancy You", the first release by Wet Dog, appeared on an Acid Jazz Records compilation called "Old School New Cool 2" in 2005. |
676 | The band's first album "Perfect Crime" was released through Drumming Monkey Records / Rough Trade in August 2007 in Germany. It has 14 tracks, covering such styles as funk, punk, pop, rock and soul. A single, "Heart", was released from the album. |
677 | Wet Dog are members of the mysterious Bohemian Underground Movement (B.U.M.), the umbrella name used by Searle for his various and mischievous pop art projects. The name came from writing BUM in the sand for puerile and mischievous effect. |
678 | The first B.U.M. track,"I'm Afraid of the Man in the Pasty Shop", was recorded entirely over the phone from Cornwall and mixed in the B.U.M. studio weeks later. It appears on the Acid Jazz Record compilation, 'The New Testament of Folk". |
679 | There have been several Bohemian Underground Movement releases, mostly through Acid Jazz Records.
*Corduroy Boy – 'The very best of the Bohemian Underground Movement'. Acid Jazz Records AJXD121.
*Wet Dog – 'Perfect Crime'. Drumming Monkey Records DRUM02.
;compilation contributions
*Jazzlolly – 'Jazzlolly'. "Exile on Ha... |
680 | Searle's unreleased compositions are available through the company Sync Master. |
681 | Borek (Rokycany)
--History.
--Demography.
--Sights. |
682 | Borek is a village and administrative part of Rokycany in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. |
683 | The formerly independent village of Borek is located ca.2 km east of Rokycany's town centre. Mentioned for the first time in 1390 („Borek villa ad distr. Rokyczan“). In the 15th century the village was abandoned to be resettled in the 17th century as a small cluster of dwellings centered on the iron mill. It grew furth... |
684 | Borek's population saw major growth for most of the 19th century. In the second half of the 20th century it however started to decline significantly. The depopulation slowed recently and as new areas are slated for residential development in Borek the trend is to revert soon. |
685 | The Borecký pond is the main landmark of Borek. Area of the pond is reported to be 10–15 hectares. |
686 | Berrytown |
687 | Berrytown can refer to several places: |
688 | Sonny Throckmorton
--Biography. |
689 | James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton (born April 2, 1941) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Known primarily for his songwriting, Throckmorton has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers. He has also had minor success as a recording artist, having released two major-label albums... |
690 | Throckmorton was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, although his family soon moved to Wichita Falls, Texas. He moved to San Francisco, California after graduating from college, and first played rock & roll before switching his focus to country music at record producer Pete Drake's suggestion. By 1964, he played bass gui... |
691 | Throckmorton returned to Texas in 1975. However, other songwriters had continued selling his songs, and he was soon re-hired by Tree Publishing. Over 150 of his songs were recorded in only nine months, including Johnny Duncan's first Number One hit, "Thinking of a Rendezvous". Other artists who had hits with his songs ... |
692 | Throckmorton was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985. Three years later, he signed to a second recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, releasing the album "Southern Train" but no singles. Throckmorton retired to his ranch in Texas in 1988 to care for his dying father. |
693 | In 2019 Willie Nelson recorded a version of "Ride me back home" by Sonny Throckmorton and also named his new album after it. |
694 | Egla Harxhi
--Private life. |
695 | Egla Harxhi was born in 1991, in Tirana, Albania. She is a beauty pageant contestant who won the Miss Albania 2007 contest at the age of 16. |
696 | She is the youngest Albanian to win the Miss Albania award and compete in the Miss World pageant. She competed in the 2008 Miss World beauty pageant held in Johannesburg, South Africa. After this experience she stopped her career in modeling and beauty pageants. |
697 | She graduated with a master's degree in Architecture and Urban Design in 2014. |
698 | She has studied acting at Cours Florent. |
699 | She is married to Jarl Alexandre Ale de Basseville. They have a son. |