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Edward George, Baron George
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Edward Alan John George, Baron George GBE PC DL, known as Eddie George, or Steady Eddie, was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003 and sat on the board of Rothschild. George was born and grew up in Carshalton, the son of Alan, a Post Office clerk and he attended the independent school Dulwich College on a scholarship. He carried out his National Service at the Joint Services School for Linguists and he attended and graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. George joined the Bank of England in 1962, apart from secondments to Moscow State University, the Bank for International Settlements and the International Monetary Fund, he remained there throughout his career. During the early part of his governance his successful relationship with the former Chancellor Ken Clarke gained for them the nickname of the Ken, upon Labour coming to power the Bank was given independence in setting UK interest rates by Gordon Brown, the incoming Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was succeeded as Governor of the Bank of England in July 2003 by Mervyn King and he later claimed that his remarks had been misconstrued. George served as a Governor of his school, Dulwich College. On 18 April 2009, George, a smoker, died of lung cancer. George married Vanessa George, Lady George in Surrey in 1962, Lady George died in March 2017. George was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in the 2000 Birthday Honours and he was made a life peer in June 2004 as Baron George, of St Tudy in the County of Cornwall. He was awarded an honorary D. Sc. by the University of Buckingham on 4 March 2000, and appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall in March 2006
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Running back
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A running back is an American and Canadian football position, a member of the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a play, to catch passes from out of the backfield. There are usually one or two running backs on the field for a play, depending on the offensive formation. A running back may be a halfback or a fullback, a running back will sometimes be called a feature back if he is the teams starting running back. The halfback or tailback position is responsible for carrying the ball on the majority of running plays, in the modern game, an effective halfback must have a blend of both quickness and agility as a runner, as well as sure hands and good vision up-field as a receiver. Quarterbacks depend on halfbacks as a safety valve receiver when primary targets downfield are covered or when they are under pressure, occasionally, halfbacks line up as additional wide receivers. As a trick play, running backs are used to pass the ball on a halfback option play or halfback pass. The difference between halfback and tailback is the position of the player in the offensive formation. In historical formations, the lined up approximately halfway between the line of scrimmage and the fullback. Because the halfback is usually the main ball carrier, modern offensive formations have positioned the halfback behind the fullback. As a result, some systems or playbooks will call for a tailback as opposed to a halfback, in most modern college and professional football schemes, fullbacks carry the ball infrequently, instead using their stronger physiques as primary lead blockers. On most running plays, the leads the halfback, attempting to block potential tacklers before they reach the ball carrier. When fullbacks are called upon to carry the ball, the situation calls for gaining a short amount of yardage. Fullbacks are technically running backs, but today the term running back is used in referring to the halfback or tailback. Although modern fullbacks are rarely used as carriers, in previous offensive schemes fullbacks would be the designated ball carriers. In high school football, where player sizes vary greatly, fullbacks are still used as ball carriers. In high school and college offenses, the triple option uses the fullback as a primary ball carrier. The fullback plays a role by establishing an inside running threat on every play
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Philadelphia
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In 1682, William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia was one of the capitals in the Revolutionary War. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became an industrial center. It became a destination for African-Americans in the Great Migration. The areas many universities and colleges make Philadelphia a top international study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational, with a gross domestic product of $388 billion, Philadelphia ranks ninth among world cities and fourth in the nation. Philadelphia is the center of activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is growing, with a market of almost 81,900 commercial properties in 2016 including several prominent skyscrapers. The city is known for its arts, culture, and rich history, Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city. Fairmount Park, when combined with the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the watershed, is one of the largest contiguous urban park areas in the United States. The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism, Philadelphia is the only World Heritage City in the United States. Before Europeans arrived, the Philadelphia area was home to the Lenape Indians in the village of Shackamaxon, the Lenape are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government. They are also called Delaware Indians and their territory was along the Delaware River watershed, western Long Island. Most Lenape were pushed out of their Delaware homeland during the 18th century by expanding European colonies, Lenape communities were weakened by newly introduced diseases, mainly smallpox, and violent conflict with Europeans. Iroquois people occasionally fought the Lenape, surviving Lenape moved west into the upper Ohio River basin. The American Revolutionary War and United States independence pushed them further west, in the 1860s, the United States government sent most Lenape remaining in the eastern United States to the Indian Territory under the Indian removal policy. In the 21st century, most Lenape now reside in the US state of Oklahoma, with communities living also in Wisconsin, Ontario. The Dutch considered the entire Delaware River valley to be part of their New Netherland colony, in 1638, Swedish settlers led by renegade Dutch established the colony of New Sweden at Fort Christina and quickly spread out in the valley. In 1644, New Sweden supported the Susquehannocks in their defeat of the English colony of Maryland
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Fork Union Military Academy
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Fork Union Military Academy is a private, all-male, military boarding school located in the town of Fork Union, Virginia. The school is commonly known by its acronym FUMA. Fork Union is affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia, the school has a post-graduate program, through which high school graduates can improve their athletic abilities and SAT scores in preparation for college. These PG students are often seeking to qualify for Division I scholarships. The school has an academic session which runs from August to May. The first class had 19 boys and girls, in 1902, the academy took on a military structure to provide organization, discipline, and physical development for the boys of what was a rapidly growing school. In 1913, the became an all-male institution and changed its name to Fork Union Military Academy. That same year, the Academy began receiving support from the Baptist General Association of Virginia, the official mission of Fork Union Military Academy is to educate, develop, and inspire young men in a college preparatory, Christian, military environment. Cadets build character, and learn leadership, independence, confidence, responsibility, and discipline in a setting that encourages mental, physical, Military organization is used to structure the daily routine. While the academy currently has no relationship with any branch of the military. The school offers a variety of sports, clubs and organizations for cadet participation during free time in the week, athletics and clubs are a popular diversion from the rigors of cadet life at Fork Union. FUMAs crest shows a pair of crossed swords, a book and these three symbols represent FUMAs leading principles and motto, body, mind, and spirit. Fork Union prepares cadets for college, achieving a 100% acceptance rate, graduating classes are routinely awarded millions of dollars in scholarships. Both Standard and Advanced High School Diplomas are offered, as well as dual-enrollment classes through Richard Bland College, Fork Union is a non-profit organization that is governed by a Board of Trustees, many of whom are alumni and community leaders. Fork Union follows a unique curriculum schedule in the Upper School known as the One Subject Plan, Cadets at Fork Union take one subject at a time, as opposed to a conventional schedule with six to eight classes per day or a block schedule. The regular academic session is divided into five grading periods of seven weeks each, in each grading period, the cadets take one class. They remain with the teacher of that all day, every day during that period. Fork Unions’s low student-to-faculty ratio ensures that each teacher is responsible for about 10 to 17 students at a time
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Fork Union, Virginia
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Fork Union is an unincorporated community in southern Fluvanna County, Virginia, along U. S. Highway 15. Its ZIP code is 23055, the population within that ZIP code was 1148 according to the 2000 Census and it is known mainly as the home of Fork Union Military Academy, Fork Union Animal Clinic and formerly had one of the few surviving drive-in theatres in Virginia. Fork Union is also home to a post office, a bank, the Village of Fork Union is the location of Fluvanna Countys only Presbyterian congregation, Fork Union Presbyterian Church. The James River is just a few miles from Fork Union, melrose and Western View are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Ohio State Buckeyes football
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Ohio State has played their home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio since 1922. Football was introduced to the university by George Cole and Alexander S. Lilley in 1890, Ohio State was a football independent from 1890 to 1901 before joining the Ohio Athletic Conference as a charter member in 1902. The Buckeyes won two conference championships while members of the OAC and in 1912 became members of the Big Ten Conference, Ohio State won their first national championship in 1942 under head coach Paul Brown. Following World War II, Ohio State saw sparse success on the field with three separate coaches and in 1951 hired Woody Hayes to coach the team. Under Hayes, Ohio State won over 200 total games,13 Big Ten championships and five national championships, following Hayes dismissal in 1978, Earle Bruce and later John Cooper coached the team to a combined seven conference championships between them. Jim Tressel was hired as coach in 2001 and led Ohio State to its seventh national championship in 2002 with a win in the Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State won seven Big Ten championships under Tressel and appeared in eight Bowl Championship Series games, on November 28,2011, two-time National Championship winning coach and Ohio native Urban Meyer became head coach. Meyer led his team to five championships in his first five seasons as well as a school record 24 straight victories. He led OSU to both the Big Ten and the first College Football Playoff National Championship of its kind in the 2014 season, giving Meyer his third title overall. In the spring of 1890, George Cole, an undergraduate, the Buckeyes first game, played on May 3,1890, at Delaware, Ohio, against Ohio Wesleyan University, was a victory. OSUs first home game took place at 2,30 p. m. on November 1,1890, the Ohio State University played the University of Wooster on this site, which was then called Recreation Park. Just east of historic German Village, the park occupied the side of Schiller between Ebner and Jaeger in what is now Schumacher Place. The weather was perfect, and the crowd cheered loudly, nonetheless, OSU lost to Wooster, 64–0. Wooster, physically fit for the game, showed OSU that training is critical to winning, thus, the tradition of training continues. Over the next eight years, under a number of coaches, the played to a cumulative record of 31 wins,39 losses. The first game against the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, was a 34–0 loss in 1897, a year that saw the low point in Buckeye football history with a 1–7–1 record. Jack Ryder was Ohio States first paid coach, earning $150 per season, in 1899 the university hired John Eckstorm to bring professional coaching skills to the program and immediately went undefeated. In 1901, however, center John Segrist was fatally injured in a game against Western Reserve University, although the schools athletic board let the team decide its future, Eckstorm resigned
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1996 NFL Draft
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The 1996 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting, the draft was held April 20–21,1996, at the Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. No teams chose to claim any players in the draft that year. This draft is considered one of the best draft classes ever for the position of wide receiver, combined,1996 wide receivers have totalled 7,646 receptions for 105,866 yards, eclipsing any other class by more than 1,000 receptions and 10,000 yards. As of 2016, it was the last draft without a quarterback selected in the first round, previously, the 1988 draft had been the last with no quarterback selected in the first round. It was also one of the best draft years for middle linebackers, Lewis won Super Bowl XXXV and was selected MVP of that game. Lewis also won Super Bowl XLVII in the game of his career. Other linebackers who made at least one Pro Bowl from this draft are Tedy Bruschi, Kevin Hardy, Simeon Rice, John Mobley, randall Godfrey, Earl Holmes, and Carlos Emmons also had solid careers in the league. The trade was immediately after the Rams drafted Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips. Jonathan Ogden, offensive tackle from UCLA, taken 1st round 4th overall by the Baltimore Ravens, inducted, Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2013. Marvin Harrison, wide receiver from Syracuse, taken 1st round 19th overall by the Indianapolis Colts, inducted, Professional Football Hall of Fame class of 2016. NFL. com –1996 Draft databaseFootball. com –1996 Draft Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Tennessee Titans
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The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League as a club of the American Football Conference South division. Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team play in 1960 in Houston. The Oilers won the first two AFL Championships, and joined the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, the team relocated from Houston to Tennessee in 1997, and played at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis for one season. The club moved to Nashville in 1998 and played in Vanderbilt Stadium, for those two years, the team was known as the Tennessee Oilers, but changed its name to Titans in 1999. The team plays at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, which opened in 1999 as Adelphia Coliseum, the Titans training facility is at Saint Thomas Sports Park, a 31-acre site at the MetroCenter complex in Nashville. When the team debuted as the Houston Oilers in 1960, the logo was an oil rig derrick. Except for minor changes throughout the years, this logo remained the same until the team was renamed the Titans in 1999. The logo was originally called Ol Riggy, but this was dropped before the start of the 1974 season, the Oilers uniforms consisted of blue or white jerseys, red trim, and white pants. From 1966 through 1971, the pants with both the blue and white jerseys were silver, to match the color of the helmets, for selected games in 1973 and 1974, and again from 1981 through 1984, the Oilers wore their white jerseys at home. The light blue pants were discarded by coach Jeff Fisher in 1995, from 1960 to about 1965 and from 1972 to 1974, they wore blue helmets, from 1966 to 1971, the helmets were silver, and they were white from 1975 to 1998. During the 1997–98 period, when they were known as the Tennessee Oilers, the uniforms consist of white helmets, red trim, and either navy or white jerseys. White pants are worn with the navy jerseys, and navy pants are worn with the white jerseys. On both the navy and white jerseys, the shoulders and sleeves are light Titans blue. In a game against the Washington Redskins in 2006, the Titans wore their jerseys with navy pants for the first time. Since 2000, the Titans have generally worn their dark uniforms at home throughout the preseason and they have worn white at home during daytime contests on many occasions for September home games to gain an advantage with the heat except in the 2005,2006, and 2008 seasons. The Titans introduced an alternate jersey in 2003 that is light Titans blue, with navy outside shoulders and that jersey was usually worn with the road blue pants. When it was the jersey from 2003 to 2007, the Titans wore the jersey twice in each regular season game
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1996 NFL season
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The 1996 NFL season was the 77th regular season of the National Football League and the season was marked by notable controversies from beginning to end. The season ended with Super Bowl XXXI when the Green Bay Packers defeated the New England Patriots 35-21 at the Louisiana Superdome, either way, the beloved Cleveland Browns would continue, while the Baltimore Ravens began their new history when the 1996 season started. The season was also the season for the Houston Oilers before leaving Texas for Memphis for the following season. This move left Houston with no football team until the 2002 debut of the Texans. For that, and his excellent performance on kick-off and punt returns throughout the game, Howard was named Super Bowl MVP, the only time that a special teams player has earned that distinction. In the event, Parcells did not even return with the players, and telephone records showed he was talking to the Jets in the days before, New Orleans Saints – New numbers on uniforms. On home uniform old gold numbers with white trim, and road uniforms old gold numbers with black trim, similar to teams original jerseys worn from 1967–69, 30th anniversary patch worn on the left chest. New uniforms, with green color. Dallas Cowboys – New color road uniforms, Baltimore Ravens – New team in new city. Purple jerseys with white numbers trimmed in black and gold at home, white jerseys with black numbers trimmed in purple, black pants worn with both jerseys. San Francisco 49ers – New uniforms, darker red, white pants, and updated team logo. Minnesota Vikings – Changes in uniforms, Vikings logo on sleeve ends of home uniforms. Arizona Cardinals - New road jerseys, black trim removed from numbers, logo removed from sleeves, and Arizona state flag moved above sleeve stripes. Arizona Cardinals - Vince Tobin new head coach, replaced Buddy Ryan, who was fired after the 1995 season. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Tony Dungy new head coach, replaced Sam Wyche who was fired after the 1995 season. Miami Dolphins – Jimmy Johnson new head coach, replaced Don Shula who retired after the 1995 season. Indianapolis Colts – Lindy Infante new head coach, replaced Ted Marchibroda who was offered a job from the Baltimore Ravens. Cincinnati Bengals – Dave Shula was fired by mid season and was replaced by head coach Bruce Coslet
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2003 NFL season
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The 2003 NFL season was the 84th regular season of the National Football League. The Philadelphia Eagles opened Lincoln Financial Field, regular season play was held from September 4,2003 to December 28,2003. The playoffs began on January 3,2004, the NFL title was eventually won by the New England Patriots when they narrowly defeated the Carolina Panthers 32-29 in Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas on February 1. Previously, the team was penalized, but had another chance to kick again from five yards back. League officials encouraged networks to cut to a commercial break if an instant replay challenge review was initiated. Previously networks were not permitted to utilize those game stoppages for their prescribed commercial periods. Cincinnati Bengals – Marvin Lewis, replaced Dick LeBeau who was fired following the 2002 season, Dallas Cowboys – Bill Parcells, replaced Dave Campo who was fired following the 2002 season. Detroit Lions – Steve Mariucci, replaced Marty Mornhinweg who was fired following the 2002 season, Jacksonville Jaguars – Jack Del Rio, replaced Tom Coughlin who was fired following the 2002 season. San Francisco 49ers – Dennis Erickson, replaced Steve Mariucci who was fired following the 2002 season, W = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against Clinched playoff seeds are marked in parentheses and shaded in green. A Indianapolis finished ahead of Tennessee in the AFC South based on better head-to-head record, B Denver clinched the AFC6 seed instead of Miami based on better conference record. C Buffalo finished ahead of N. Y, jets in the AFC East based on better division record. D Jacksonville finished ahead of Houston in the AFC South based on division record. E Oakland finished ahead of San Diego in the AFC West based on conference record. F Philadelphia clinched the NFC1 seed instead of St. Louis based on conference record. G Seattle clinched the NFC5 seed instead of Dallas based on strength of victory, New Orleans Saints – New AstroPlay home turf by midseason. Green Bay Packers – New remodel Lambeau Field, Added black trim on logo and numbers. Chicago Bears – New remodel Soldier Field, Buffalo Bills – New AstroPlay home turf. Philadelphia Eagles – New stadium, Lincoln Financial Field, and added silver trim to numbers on uniforms
