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Orange Giant-Skipper

This bright insect can sometimes be spotted flying around agaves in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.


1996–97 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

A month later, Ray Wilkins left the club by mutual consent after a board meeting when he wanted money in an attempt to sign 34-year-old Ghana skipper Abedi Pele as well as being pushed to retire from his playing career.

Agostino Bonello

He was also responsible for marketing and formed part of the team negotiating with foreign companies in acquiring projects such as Cutthroat Island, White Squall, Skipper and several other films, including various productions of commercials such as Pasta Agnesi, Repsol Oil, Zurich Insurance, Russian Vodka, Borsh, Citroën, Renault 19 and others.

Alfred Tylor

He was the second son of Joseph Tylor, brassfounder, by his wife, Harriet Skipper, and elder brother of the anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor.

Anton Dahlberg

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Dahlberg competed for the second time as a skipper in the men's 470 class by finishing eleventh and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.

Australia II

The crew of Australia II for the America's Cup races was John Bertrand (Skipper), Colin Beashel, Will Baillieu, Peter Costello, Damian Fewster, Ken Judge, Skip Lissiman, John Longley, Brian Richardson, Phil Smidmore, Grant Simmer, Hugh Treharne.

Bison Dele

On 6 July 2002 Dele and his girlfriend, Serena Karlan, along with skipper Bertrand Saldo, sailed from Tahiti on Dele's catamaran, the Hukuna Matata.

Buff, Smith and Hensman

Conrad served in the Navy in WWII at a base in Maryland, which was where he met his wife Elizabeth (Libby), a skipper's yeoman in the WAVES; film editor Conrad Buff IV is their son.

Centaurea nigra

Important for Gatekeeper butterfly, Goldfinch, Honey bee, Large skipper, Lime-speck pug moth, Meadow Brown, Painted lady, Peacock, Red admiral, Small copper, Small skipper

China Team

Under the direction of the new management team, Executive Director Stuart James, Principal Ian Charles Stewart and Skipper Ian Williams, entered the program into the 2009 Louis Vuitton Pacific Series.

In 2008, the team announced World Match Racing Champion Ian Williams as the new skipper and a majority of the French team has been replaced with a fresh group of sailors from five different countries.

Chris Hesketh

A classy centre and dominating presence on the rugby field, he was destined to become skipper of a Red Devils outfit littered with star names such as Paul Charlton, Colin Dixon, Keith Fielding and David Watkins.

Clifford Day Mallory Cup

Prior Mallory Cup champions include Cornelius Shields, Buddy Melges, Frederick Hood, George O'Day, John Kolius, David Ullman, Paul Foerster, Jeff Madrigali and Scott Young, who with six wins (four as skipper, two as crew) is the winningest competitor in the history of the event.

Datsakorn Thonglao

On 2002, May 2 Kaiserslautern expressed their interest in permanently signing Datsakorn, which also was the skipper of Thailand U-20 at the moment.

Eddie Popowski

In his only Triple-A managerial role, he was the last skipper in the history of the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association, in 1960.

Elix Skipper

Seven months later, Skipper began wrestling on Thunder and Nitro under the ring name Skip Over, facing members of the cruiserweight division and fellow Power Plant graduates.

Emanuel Azenberg

He became interested in the theatre after seeing his uncle, former Yiddish theatre actor Wolfe Barzell, perform in the 1948 play Skipper Next to God by Jan de Hartog.

Gretel II

Many observers, such as 1977 America's Cup winning skipper Ted Turner, believed that Gretel II was a faster boat than Intrepid but that the tactical cunning of Bill Ficker and Steve Van Dyke and the performance of the American crew were the deciding factors in the Americans' victory.

History of cricket in Bangladesh

Kiwi skipper Glen Turner hammered a century (110) in that match, which also concluded in a draw.

J. T. the Brick

J.T. made a guest appearance on CNBC's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on June 26, 2006, to discuss the feud between Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti, and Chicago White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillén.

Jim Crandall

Crandall had begun the year as skipper of the San Antonio Missions of the Double-A Texas League, where he lasted into July before taking Norman's old post with the Browns.

Joe Rigoli

He spent 1997 in the same role under new skipper Terry Francona but in 1998 returned to the Redbirds as a minor-league coach.

Kerby Farrell

In 1947, he became a skipper in the farm system of the Cleveland Indians with the Spartanburg Peaches of the Class B Tri-State League and began a steady rise through the Cleveland organization.

Kobela

Calleagris kobela, butterfly of the Hesperiidae family, also known as Mrs Raven Flat and Mrs Raven Skipper

Manfreda maculosa

Texas Tuberose is the primary host plant for the caterpillars of the rare Manfreda Giant-Skipper or Aloe Skipper (Stallingsia maculosus (= Stallingsia smithi)).

Mark 14 torpedo

Only in May 1943, after the most famous skipper in the Sub Force, Dudley W. "Mush" Morton, turned in a dry patrol, did Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, Commander Submarine Force Pacific (COMSUBPAC), accept the Mark VI should be deactivated, but waited to see if Bureau of Ordnance commander Admiral William "Spike" Blandy might yet find a fix for the problem.

Marlow Rugby Union Football Club

The 50th Anniversary October 1997 dinner with attendance by guests such as Peter Brooks (President of the RFU) Will Carling (Former England skipper and British Lions) and former Marlow player Paul Burnell (Scotland and British Lions) was a further example of the esteem Marlow is held in Rugby

Mike Sarbaugh

In 2006, he became skipper of the Kinston Indians and won the league championship.

Ochlodes venata

The name was long used for the Large Skipper of Europe, but it actually refers to its Far Eastern sister species and the Large Skipper is now called O. sylvanus.

Piscidia piscipula

Larval host: Florida fishpoison tree is a larval host plant for several butterfly species including: the native cassius blue butterfly (Leptotes cassius) and hammock skipper (Polygonus leo) and the introduced fulvous hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia).

Polites mardon

Other species with very similar attributes include the Sonora skipper (Polites sonora) and the woodland skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides).

Preston Gómez

When Dodger vice president Buzzie Bavasi became president and part-owner of the expansion Padres, he named Gómez the first skipper in the team's major league history.

RCAF Station Guelph

Wing Commander (W/C) Cecil G. W. "Bill" Chapman (pilot, skipper, squadron commanding officer (CO))

Reg Flewin

If Portsmouth won the Double he would have been the first skipper since John Devey to win it.

Sebastian Östling

Ostling made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he paired up with skipper Anton Dahlberg in the men's 470 class.

Shark Island Challenge

Many stand-out invitees had to drop the contest due to previous scheduled trips (Mike Stewart, Spencer Skipper, Jeff Hubbard and Andre Botha).

Silli Stadium

In 2013, Indian cricket team skipper Mahendra Singh Dhonidisplayed his footballing skills as he scored a goal during a friendly match.

Skipper Chuck

Skipper Chuck was the host of a popular local children's television series called Popeye Playhouse, which aired weekday mornings on the American television station WTVJ in South Florida from 1957 until 1979.

Stan Wasiak

He managed in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League from 1973–1976 as skipper of the Albuquerque Dukes, the Dodgers' top minor league affiliate, winning a division title in 1974.

Station Road, Swinton

Britain's comprehensive victory over the French at Swinton was marred by the first double sending-off in World Cup annals, France's skipper Jean Barthe and Britain's second-rower Vince Karalius being despatched by Edouard Martung, a police inspector from Bordeaux.

Sully Island

In 1889 the Norwegian skipper Ragnvald Knudsen explored the northeast coast of Greenland between latitudes 74° and 75°, and in 1891–92 the ship was used by the Danish naval officer, Lieutenant C. Ryder, to explore the inner recesses of Scoresby Sund, finally visiting Angmagssalik.

Surinder Singh Sodhi

However, with only 4 minutes remaining, Spain scored yet again with their skipper Juan Amat completing his hattrick.

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne was extremely pleased with the “largeness of the ground” after his team’s two-run win over Deccan Chargers.

Warta Polpharma

Under the name Warta Polpharma : Finished 4th of The Race in 2000, with skipper Roman Paszke and crew: Robert Janecki, Mariusz Pirjanowicz, Wojciech Dlugozima, Ryszard Block, Dariusz Drapella,Zbigniew Gutkowski, Jaroslaw Kaczorowski, Piotr Cichocki.

Wayde Skipper

Hawthorn felt that new recruit David Hale and the raw talent of Brent Renouf, would make Skipper surplus to requirements for the 2011 season.


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