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The Tokhari are a tribe of people mentioned in some writings of antiquity. It appears that there probably was such a tribe extant at one time or another, but they also appear in some mythological accounts, such as that of Atlantis. Differing accounts of their characteristics make it difficult to know much about them, including where they came from and what happened to them.

The earliest mention of the Tokhari dates to the 13th century BCE.Specifically, the Tokhari are mentioned in connection with a naval battle with Ramesses III, which they are said to have lost. Like most of the people vanquished by the New Kingdom of Egypt, they were subjugated and made slaves. Donnelly presents the Tokhari, who are contemporaries of the Phoenecians, as possessing Celtic features, saying, “Those familiar with the Scotch Highlanders may recognize a speaking likeness” He clearly believed that the Tokhari came to the eastern Mediterranean from western Europe.

However, the Tokhari are also mentioned, by Strabo, as a 2nd century BCE tribe that originated from east of Bactria, from a place near the Jaxartes, in central Asia. In this context they are generally referred to as a Turkic people.

Bellew, writing in the 19 century, stated that the descendents of the Tokhari continue to live in Afghanistan, though they are now called the Turklànrì.

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The South African Council for the Architectural Profession is a professional organization for the architectural community in South Africa. Its aim is to maintain the standard of education given to architects at technikons and universities through the granting of professional certification. These functions where taken over from the South African Council for Architects in 2001 due to the Architectural Profession Act 2000, Act 44 of 2000.

Mission statement

The South African Council for the Architectural Profession was established “To guide, facilitate and promote a high standard of competency and responsibility in the architectural profession and to increase public awareness of the range of architectural services offered. To ensure the profession fulfills its total role in the development of South Africa.”

References

1. ^ “South African Council for the Architectural Profession”. South African Council for the Architectural Profession. http://www.sacapsa.com/. Retrieved on 2007-02-01. 

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Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Conway, after William Conway, who refused to haul down his country’s flag during the surrender of the Pensacola Navy Yard.

• USS Conway (DD-70), a new name for Caldwell class destroyer USS Craven (DD-70), launched in 1918 and renamed in 1939. She was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Lewes, in 1940. She was scrapped in 1945.

• USS Conway (DD-507), a Fletcher-class destroyer, launched in 1942 and struck in 1969.

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An undersecretary is an executive government official in many countries, frequently a career public servant, who typically acts as a senior administrator or second-in-command to a politically-appointed Cabinet Minister or other government official. The title is used in many different political systems.

United States

In the United States executive branch, an undersecretary is a senior official in a government department, junior to a departmental Secretary such as the Secretary of State. An Undersecretary is typically a career government official, as opposed to a political appointee; they may head specific sub-departments or agencies such as the Defense Intelligence Agency, or be responsible for a specific area of policy within the department, e.g. the Undersecretary for Management within the Department of State.

While the Cabinet Secretary provides vision and direction, undersecretaries run the department and are often considered the political counterpart to a Chief Operating Officer, albeit for a specific branch.

Historical use

Before 1972, “Undersecretary” (also spelled “Under Secretary”) signified the senior deputy to a cabinet Secretary, especially of State and Treasury. The Under Secretary would typically be a political appointee. The office of Under Secretary of State was replaced by the Deputy Secretary of State and the office of Under Secretary of the Treasury was replaced by the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

United Kingdom

The title of Undersecretary is used in two different contexts in the British political system. A Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State is a junior member of the government, always an MP from the governing party, who is appointed to assist a Secretary of State or other government minister. They rank between a Minister of State and a Parliamentary Private Secretary; the rank is usually seen as a stepping-stone to higher political office. In contrast, a Permanent Undersecretary is a civil servant employed to head part of a government department and oversee the implementation of policy.

Italy

In Italy, Undersecretary is a second-in-command to a politically-appointed Minister. In particular, he/she is appointed with a President of the Republic Decree, on proposal of the Prime Minister, who previously agreed such proposal with the relevant Minister.

Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, undersecretary is a position created in 2008 to work closely with bureau secretaries and top civil servants to implement the Chief Executive’s policy blueprint and agenda in an executive-led government. The appointment of undersecretaries and political assistants is an extension of the Principal Officials Accountability System into today’s Political Appointments System.

Undersecretaries in fiction

In the BBC political drama The State Within, the Undersecretary for Defence Intelligence is one of the major characters. In the popular book series, Harry Potter, by author J.K. Rowling, Dolores Jane Umbridge acts as the Senior Undersecretary to Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge in the 5th installment, Order of the Phoenix. She later serves to Ministers Rufus Scrimgeour and Pius Thicknesse before she is incarcerated for crimes against muggle-borns. In the book The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis, Screwtape, The Under Secretary of Hell writes letters to his junior tempter nephew Wormwood.

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William Foley is a former head coach of the Cincinnati college football program from 1906.

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References

1. ^ “Cincinnati Football Records”. New York Times. http://sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=nytimes&page=cfoot/teams/direct476.htm. Retrieved on 2007-12-08. 

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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 Airplay number-ones of 1998.

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Fults is a village in the Renault precinct of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. The population was 28 at the 2000 census. It is located entirely within the American Bottom floodplain.

Geography

Fults is located at 38°9?56?N 90°12?52?W? / ?38.16556°N 90.21444°W? / 38.16556; -90.21444 (38.165688, -90.214395).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²), all of it land.

History

It was named for Jacob Fults, born in Pennsylvania in 1793, to German immigrants. Fults, after leaving the service of the United States during the War of 1812 in 1817, settled on Moredock Lake. He then moved to the Renault precinct, first up Braun’s Hollow, then in 1829 to the settlement known at the time as Braunsberg, which would eventually take his name, until his death in 1841.

A site on the bluffs just north of Fults, overlooking the Bottoms is known as Saltpetre Cave and took its name from the quantities of bat guano mined there for potassium nitrate which was used in the local manufacture of black powder by the French at Fort de Chartres and later inhabitants. This cave, cut into the side of the bluffs, and an excellent defensive position, was one of the last refuges for Native Americans in the region. It was a popular site in the area for rappelling and hiking, until access to it was restricted in the aftermath of the Great Flood of 1993 and several accidents at the site.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 28 people, 9 households, and 8 families residing in the village. The population density was 411.2 people per square mile (154.4/km²). There were 10 housing units at an average density of 146.9/sq mi (55.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 100.00% White.

There were 9 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 88.9% were married couples living together, and 11.1% were non-families. No households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the village the population was spread out with 21.4% under the age of 18, 21.4% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 3.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $47,813, and the median income for a family was $48,438. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $0 for females. The per capita income for the village was $11,389. None of the population and none of the families were below the poverty line.

References

1. ^ “US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990″. United States Census Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ Combined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois, J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia, 1883
3. ^ “American FactFinder”. United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 

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Buckeye Bridge also known as White’s Ferry Bridge was one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois once listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Buckeye is one of the five bridges that have been demolished out of nine similar bridges in the county. This particular one was over the Spoon River near Smithfield, Illinois. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1980, along with the eight other bridges, as one of the “Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County”. The bridge was one of three near Smithfield listed on the Register, the others are the Bernadotte Bridge and the Tartar’s Ferry Bridge. Others, such as the Babylon Bend Bridge in Ellisville, are located throughout the county. Another Smithfield area bridge, Elrod Bridge, was nominated with the original Multiple Property Submission but removed from the Register after its 1995 destruction by an F-4 tornado.

The Buckeye Bridge is one of the bridges in this particular Multiple Property Submission that has been demolished since its inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

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United States at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

The United States (USA) has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games, except the 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States.

Tom Burke was the first athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics. He took first place in both the 100 meters and the 400 meters of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

American athletes have won a total of 2298 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 216 at the Winter Olympic Games. More medals have been won in athletics (track and field) (738, 29%) and swimming (489, 19%) than any others. The United States is the only country to have won at least one gold medal at every Winter Olympics but has only won the total medal count at Lake Placid in the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Hosted Games

The United States has hosted the Games on eight occasions, four times each for the Summer and Winter Games:

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by summer sport

Medals by winter sport

*Total medal counts include two medals – one silver and one bronze – awarded in the ice hockey and figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. These medals are included in the summer games medal totals and the winter sport medal totals. This is why the totals for summer and winter games do not match the totals for summer and winter sports.

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for the United States

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