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4,843 | In appreciation of his merits with respect to Vietnamese-German relations and his role in the establishment of high performance scientific computing in Vietnam, he was awarded the honorary degree of the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology in 2000. In 2003, he was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Vietnamese Mi... |
4,845 | Guy Henry is an English stage and screen actor, best known as Henrik Hanssen in Holby City, Pius Thicknesse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, and Gaius Cassius Longinus in Rome. |
4,846 | Lapinje (; or Laubbüchel) is a former village in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Its territory is now part of the village of Podlesje. |
4,847 | Freeman considered what Orderic Vitalis called the battlefield, namely Senlac, may have been a corruption of the original Anglo-Saxon name. Other scholars have suggested that the Anglo-Saxon form would have been scen-leag meaning "beautiful meadow". |
4,848 | The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey is the unfinished twenty-first historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in its incomplete form in 2004. It appeared in the United States of America under the simple title of 21. |
4,849 | Designated the “A 100” frame modification, this alteration facilitated the eventual improvement of the Standard pistol by the addition of a bolt hold open device as part of the eventual MK II upgrade. The pistol grip panels and magazines from older Standard models can not be used on post-1971 pistols due to this change... |
4,850 | Speakers have included: John Battsek, Moritz Bleibtreu, Dario Suter & Joel Brandeis, Daniel Espinosa, Jennifer Fox, Stephen Frears, Costa-Gavras, Terry Gilliam, Christopher Hampton, Jessica Hausner, Markus Imboden & Jasmine Hoch, Janine Jackowski, Michael Keaton, Ken Loach, Guneet Monga, Pietro Scalia, Hervé Schneid, M... |
4,851 | Lucille LaRusso (Randee Heller) Daniel's mother. She is portrayed as being a loving and hardworking mother. She is considering becoming a manager through a "two nights a week" training program, with her dialogue implying she is going away from a job in computers to pursue said management career. Lucille is very easygo... |
4,852 | This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Brightwood has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. |
4,853 | While the employer had claimed that the Board's action violated the due process requirements of the Fifth Amendment. Justice Roberts, citing NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel, concluded that Congress could infringe on property rights for reasonable purposes, including the suppression of labor strife. Hence, the Board's or... |
4,854 | Historian Ernest Gellner argues that Continental European countries were far more successful in implementing educational reform precisely because their governments were more willing to invest in the population as a whole. The view that public education contributes to rising literacy levels is shared by the majority of ... |
4,855 | Following the German Instrument of Surrender on 8 May 1945, which formally ended the Second World War in Europe, Germany was split into four occupation zones. The French, American, and British zones would eventually merge to become the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, while the Soviet zone, due to the ensu... |
4,856 | According to a report released by Greenpeace USA in September 2013, climate change denial and the campaigns designed to block adaptation measures grew mainly out of the 1990s negotiations slated to develop a global agreement. During these talks, a number of lobby groups were established with an objective of developing... |
4,857 | Because the tragus faces rearwards, it aids in collecting sounds from behind. These sounds are delayed more than sounds arriving from the front, assisting the brain to sense front vs. rear sound sources. |
4,858 | Knowledge about the Warsaw Uprising, which had been considered inconvenient to Stalin, was twisted by propaganda of the People's Republic of Poland, which stressed the failings of Home Army and the Polish government-in-exile, and forbade all criticism of the Red Army or the political goals of Soviet strategy. Until the... |
4,859 | He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha from the Banke-2 constituency in 1991 and 1999 on a Nepali Congress ticket. |
4,860 | The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) is a research institution specializing in basic biological as well as drug discovery research using high-throughput techniques. The institute was originally known as the Novartis Institute for Functional Genomics and this name is still used sometimes. It ... |
4,861 | A major threat of a Korean conflict is the bombardment of the South Korean capital of Seoul, which is one of the world's largest cities and has nearly forty percent of the country's population living within forty miles of it. With an artillery force of over 12,000 self-propelled and towed weapon systems, though outdate... |
4,862 | A similar (but not the same) title was afforded to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's monarch as the Grand Duke of Lithuania by the Lipka Tatars, who used to speak a Turkic language. The title of sire was used "Vatad", as in "homeland" ("Vatan"), which meant "defender of the rights of Muslims in non-Islamic countries... |
4,863 | Big Magic Punjab is an Indian comedy cable and satellite television channel, which is owned by Reliance Broadcast Network. The channel was launched on 2015, with the tagline "Har Panjbi Chatpata". It offers a comical line up of hilarious sitcoms, historical and mythological comedies, weekend specials, stand up acts, fe... |
4,864 | Witt Bluff () is a rock bluff on the southwest side of Eros Glacier in eastern Alexander Island. The bluff is situated at the east end of a spur projecting from Planet Heights. Mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration in cooperation ... |
4,865 | The artwork was illustrated by singer Brittany Bindrim. |
4,866 | The British soap opera Crossroads was set in a motel in the English Midlands which was originally based on American-style motels with chalets but later was transformed into a luxury country hotel. |
4,867 | High Sheriff of Suffolk |
4,868 | (iv)Sukzo, |
4,869 | In September 2006, Lubov Mushnikova joined the band on violin. Guitarist Alexander Borovikh joined prior to the recording of their debut album, Lumikuuro, released 4 August 2007 by BadMoodMan Music. |
4,870 | Because he played many positions as needed for the Giants, he was nicknamed "Old Dependable." |
4,871 | As with many Japanese comedy duos, there exists a boke and a tsukkomi. Matsumoto is the boke of the two and often puts up with light physical abuse (it is common for the tsukkomi to slap the boke on top of his head whenever he says something rude or ridiculous) from Hamada, the tsukkomi. Hamada is also known to attack ... |
4,872 | During the 19th century, the Greek minority built one (Church of St George, Valletta) of the two extant Greek orthodox churches in Valletta. There is also a catholic greek community on the island. |
4,873 | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG shoes were produced with Italian clothier Santoni. |
4,874 | It was the second of three school shootings that have occurred in Finland. The previous incident occurred in 1989 at the Raumanmeri school in Rauma, when a 14-year-old fatally shot two fellow students. On 23 September 2008, 11 people were killed in the Kauhajoki school shooting. |
4,875 | Rikhter trains at the Herzliya firing range, is now a member of Maccabi Ra'anana. He is right-handed, and his "master eye" is his right eye. He is coached by Israeli three-time Olympian Guy Starik and Evgeny Aleynikov. His club is Maccabi Ra'anana Shooting Club. |
4,876 | .Now |
4,877 | Webster Melvin Slaughter (born October 19, 1964) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League from 1986 to 1998. |
4,878 | (with Christina Chitwood) |
4,879 | In 2010, Rasmussen Reports was the first to show Republican Scott Brown had a chance to defeat Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate race. Just after Brown's upset win, Ben Smith at Politico reported, "The overwhelming conventional wisdom in both parties until a Rasmussen poll showed the race in single digits in e... |
4,880 | In 1995, McGraw-Hill, Inc. became The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. as part of a corporate rebranding. |
4,881 | The music department has a Lower School Orchestra and an Upper School Orchestra. It also has brass, strings, rock, concert and swing bands. Also, there's the school choir and the chamber choir- both of which have sung in venues such as Manchester Cathedral, the Royal Albert Hall, Bridgewater Hall and Wells Cathedral. T... |
4,882 | On 30 June 2011, Vickers revealed on her official Tumblr account that she had parted ways with RCA Records due to creative differences. She went on further to assure her fans that the second album is still proceeding and that she is proud of it. It was uncertain whether Vickers would be signed to a new record label or ... |
4,883 | The W.2B/23C engines upon which the Welland was based produced 1,700 lbf (7.58 kN) of thrust each, giving the aircraft a maximum speed of 417 mph (670 km/h) at 3,000 m and a range of 1,006 miles (1,610 km). It incorporated a hydraulically driven engine starter developed by Rolls-Royce, which was automated following the... |
4,884 | The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Attica, (Greece) contains mainly sculptures, discovered in Piraeus and in the area of the Attic coast from Bronze Age to Roman times |
4,885 | Hori was the High Priest of Ptah at the very end of the reign of Ramesses II. Hori succeeded Neferronpet in office. |
4,886 | With Roșu on board, Steaua became the first Romanian side to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage phase, in the 1994–95 season, as he left in 2000 with 159 games played in the first division, all with the same team. He also managed to win three Romanian Cups, adding 43 games and four goals in European competitio... |
4,887 | Kuzma Nikolayevich Derevyanko (; ; 1904-Dec. 30, 1954) was a Lieutenant General in the Soviet Army. He was born on November 14, 1904, in the village of Kosenivka, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). |
4,888 | Parascaeas uranophanes is a moth in the Depressariidae family, and the only species in the genus Parascaeas. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Panama and Colombia. |
4,889 | DeGrazia's graduation from Morenci High School was delayed until the age of 23. The family moved back to Italy in 1920. The move was a result of the Morenci Mines closing that same year. DeGrazia's father took his family to the only home they had—Italy. While there, DeGrazia became fascinated with cathedral art and wi... |
4,890 | Cleaver has commented, "Eileen's relationship with Gail is horrendous [...] I love all the scraps in the street with Gail. Helen Worth (who plays Gail) and I love doing all that - we have such a laugh with the abusive comments we make for each other. The constant battle is fun. It's a love-hate relationship." Worth has... |
4,891 | Starring Ray Brooks, Sharon Duce and Lisa Geoghan, the series concentrated on the ups and downs of small-time London gambler Robbie Box (played by Brooks) and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver (Duce) and her daughter Debbie (Geoghan). |
4,892 | William R. Howell is Chairman Emeritus, J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Holds bachelor of business administration degree. Joined J.C. Penney, a department store and catalog chain, in 1958. Held a variety of management positions. Elected Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in 1983. |
4,893 | Chromium(III) hydroxide (Cr(OH)) is amphoteric, dissolving in acidic solutions to form [Cr(HO)], and in basic solutions to form . It is dehydrated by heating to form the green chromium(III) oxide (CrO), a stable oxide with a crystal structure identical to that of corundum. |
4,894 | Although the Professional Lawn Tennis Association issued rankings at the end of 1952 in which they called Segura the world pro no. 1, with Gonzales second, the PLTA rankings were notoriously quirky. The year before, for instance, when Kramer had beaten Segura 64 matches to 28 (or 58-27 according to Kramer) in their cha... |
4,895 | Edelstein was born in London. In 1962 he began working as a trainee designer for Alexon. As well as Alexon and Salvador, he worked for Nettie Vogues, Clifton Slimline, and Biba. In 1970 he launched his own label although it was short-lived. He then went on to spend three years working for the London branch of Christian... |
4,896 | He died on July 31, 1930, in Johnstown, New York; and was buried at the Johnstown Cemetery there. |
4,897 | The long-standing relationship between the United Kingdom and Canada formally began in 1867 when the Canadian Confederation fused together the North American British crown colonies of the Province of Canada, Province of New Brunswick and the Province of Nova Scotia. The Dominion of Canada was formed as a Dominion of th... |
4,898 | The most notable feature of Hickory Run State Park is the huge boulder field located in the northeast corner of the park. The boulder field can be reached by car on Boulder Field Road or by hiking the long Boulder Field Trail from the trailhead on SR 534. The field comprises about ( or ) in area ( east-west by north... |
4,899 | Bewley’s Cafe on Grafton Street closed again for refurbishment in February 2015, with works that were expected to reduce the capacity of the cafe by half. By October of that year, Bewley's announced that the length of the closure was likely to extend to around a year. |
4,900 | Buxton is primarily known for her performance in the NBC daytime soap opera Sunset Beach, which aired from January 6, 1997 to December 31, 1999. Buxton was an original cast member and remained with the show for its entire run, playing the ever-plotting villain Annie Douglas Richards opposite Lesley-Anne Down and Sam Be... |
4,901 | The global brand used for indexable tools is Pramet. Products are also marketed under the affiliate brands of Safety in France and Impero in Italy. The offer includes: |
4,902 | Another notable partnership is the Upromsie MasterCard for earning rewards both online and offline. The MasterCard does generate the same APR as any other credit card, so members can create more debt if they are not financially aware. The Upromise MasterCard generates a 1% rebate on all purchases and up to an additiona... |
4,903 | In the North Atlantic, they primarily eat small schooling fish, demersal fish, and krill. A 2007 study showed that off Spitsbergen they fed almost exclusively on members of the euphausiid genus Thysanoessa (mainly T. inermis), but nearly a fifth also fed on small amounts of capelin. A small percentage of individuals, b... |
4,904 | Duan formulated an ambitious four-prong counterattack against Later Tang, with the main forces being put under the command of Duan himself and Du Yanqiu, to confront the Later Tang emperor himself in Tianxiong territory. The Later Tang emperor took the advice of the former Later Liang officer Kang Yanxiao and his chie... |
4,905 | Of value are the natural resources and landscapes. North of the town, the Mountain Pelpi reaches , on top of which there is a huge cross. It is a pilgrimage site after a miracle of the Virgin Mary occurred over a century ago.In the center of the village a river runs (Pelpirana) which converges a few miles after into th... |
4,906 | 5. Drying and Ignition: The purpose of drying (heating at about 120-150 oC in an oven) or ignition in a muffle furnace at temperatures ranging from 600-1200 oC is to get a material with exactly known chemical structure so that the amount of analyte can be accurately determined. |
4,907 | Balanchine shortened the title to Apollo in the 1950s, which Stravinsky himself came to prefer. Despite the popularly considered Balanchine-Stravinsky Greek link due to Balanchine's later work with Stravinsky scores in Orpheus and Agon, the music for Apollo was commissioned by the Library of Congress. Orpheus may be co... |
4,908 | MEL is run by volunteers and curated by musician and device-builder Kraus. The library was inspired by the work of Nicolas Collins and Bob Widlar. Musicians using equipment from MEL include Hermione Johnson, Kraus, Pumice, Diana Tribute, Samuel Flynn Scott, the MEL Orchestra, Piece War, Ducklingmonster, the Biscuits, P... |
4,909 | EBT was next a major topic of discussion at a 2010 workshop held at Johns Hopkins University on 21st century validation for 21st century methods. The enthusiasm for EBT at this workshop inspired the EBTC’s formation. The North American EBTC branch held its inaugural conference on March 10, 2011 as a satellite to the ... |
4,910 | A spur connection connects FM 3 in central Normangee to SH OSR to the south. While signed as Spur 3 using the standard state "Spur" shield, it is not related to the route officially designated , located in Nueces County. |
4,911 | 河南 may refer to: |
4,912 | Hall had his real start with mountaineering when he participated in the Australian National University Mountaineering Club expeditions to New Zealand from 1975 to 1978. This culminated in the ANUMC 1978 expedition to the Himalayan peak Dunagiri (7066m) in India. Hall and his climbing partner Tim Macartney-Snape (Austra... |
4,913 | Significant changes to the format were made in summer 2013 for the tenth series. Teams of four, rather than just being strictly pairs, can now play the game. At each question, the player(s) can swap positions with their team mates – two backstage watching, the other two at the Drop answering the questions. Unlike previ... |
4,914 | The first two Canadian teams to visit England arrived in the 1880s. In the 1880 season they played 17 minor matches with a 5–6 win/loss record; while the 1887 team played 19 minor matches with a 5/5 record. |
4,915 | He played and scored for the Republic of Ireland national football team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. |
4,916 | Alfred P. Thorne was an outstanding scholar and excelled in the British education system. He passed the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board in 1929. He was fluent in English, Spanish, French, Latin and also proficient at reading and writing classical Greek and Latin to Oxford/Cambridge standards. During World War II, he c... |
4,917 | Ruderman earned his BS in biology from Pennsylvania State University. |
4,918 | On Der(A), one can define a bracket via: |
4,919 | In 1966, the Royal Air Force built a large housing estate on the opposite side of the River Witham. The houses were intended for servicemen at RAF Cottesmore, but were taken instead by personnel at RAF North Luffenham. The village trebled in size virtually overnight, and the primary school was similarly increased in si... |
4,920 | The remainder of Cryogenic then based themselves in Los Angeles and re-launched itself under the name of In The Name Of after recruiting vocalist Ryan David. That band broke up in early 2005, with Jenkins returning to Australia. He now works as a producer and sound engineer. Maloney, Ford and Pell reformed Mortality in... |
4,921 | The rule that emigration from cities was negligible has an important exception, in Naples. The city went from being the capital of its own kingdom in 1860 to being just another large city in Italy. The loss of bureaucratical jobs and the subsequently declining financial situation led to high unemployment. In the early ... |
4,922 | In April 2013, a bill was introduced to legalize same-sex marriage while eliminating civil unions and converting them to marriages by July 2014 if not dissolved earlier. W. Francis Malooly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Wilmington, wrote a letter to legislators on April 15 that said that marriage is not "just about love and... |
4,924 | Carousel Productions, the organizer of Miss Philippines Earth, changed the ranking of the runners up and winners since 2009. The judges selected 10 finalists who competed for the top five. The top five candidates vied for the grand crown (Miss Philippines Earth) and the four other equal crowns. The remaining five final... |
4,925 | A study undertaken by Chan & Partners Consulting Group (CPCG) shows that the mortgage brokering industry is still largely a new concept to the Singapore financial consumers. However this will set to change as more consumers realize that taking up a housing loan with the mortgage broker does not increase the consumer's ... |
4,927 | According to the American Morris News (2005), "It is most commonly thought that the origin and function of blackface in Morris dancing lies in primitive disguise rather than an imitation of black men. However, this is not definitely the case. Accounts of the Morris of Shakespeare's time make no mention of blackface, wh... |
4,928 | Oksigen () was a youth-orientated radio station operated by NATO from studios located in the Ramići Metal Factory in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 1999 to 2005. Set up after the Yugoslav Wars the late 90's, the objective of Oksigen was to unite Serbians, Croats, and Bosnians in a tolerant multicultural state... |
4,929 | He is 23, from Montpellier, France. He is married to Marie, although to protect this secret he is pretending to be in a relationship with Aurélie, who is actually in a relationship with Geof. |
4,930 | 2001 Yokohama F. Marinos season |
4,931 | Early imports from Colombia to Australia were designated Hylocereus ocampensis (supposedly red fruit) and Cereus triangularis (supposedly yellow fruit). It is not quite certain to which species these taxa refer, though the latter is probably the red pitahaya. |
4,932 | In the past two decades, cultured pearls have been produced using larger oysters in the south Pacific and Indian Ocean. The largest pearl oyster is the Pinctada maxima, which is roughly the size of a dinner plate. South Sea pearls are characterized by their large size and warm luster. Sizes up to 14 mm in diameter are ... |
4,933 | Dolac is a village in the municipality of Bela Palanka, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 72 people. |
4,934 | The Stacked ABR is a valuable screening tool for the detection of small acoustic tumors because it is sensitive, specific, widely available, comfortable, and cost-effective. |
4,935 | He served as Prothonotary clerk of Common Bench for the Duchy of Lancaster from 1608 to 1635. During that time he was elected MP for Liverpool in 1626. |
4,936 | The Technical Institute was promoted to Yasouj University and was separated from Shiraz University at May 1992. The Yasouj University was started with three faculties of Science, Engineering, and Agricultural. Furthermore, a high school and college center affiliated with the University. |
4,937 | The hunt for Pancho Villa ended unsuccessfully for the Americans. War was raging in Europe, and following several months in Mexico, Pershing was called back to Fort Bliss to begin preparing his troops for this much larger conflict. In April 1917, President Wilson requested that Congress declare war, which they did. The... |
4,938 | Randall John Gregg (born February 19, 1956 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who spent 10 seasons in the National Hockey League, and is a family physician in Edmonton. He is best known for his time with the Edmonton Oilers, where he spent most of his career and won five Stan... |
4,939 | Total spending: 25.000 € |
4,940 | After peak intensity, Chapala skirted the Yemeni island of Socotra on 1 November. Drier air and increased wind shear weakened the cyclone, although it maintained much of its intensity upon entering the Gulf of Aden on 2 November, becoming the strongest known cyclone in that body of water. After bypassing northern Somal... |
4,941 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel was appointed engineer—he was also engineer to the GWR—and his assistant William Gravatt surveyed the route, leading to presentation of a Parliamentary Bill for the 1836 session. The Bill had an easy passage and was enacted on 19 May 1836. The Act did not specify the gauge of the track; branches... |
4,942 | Newton was appointed the Bishop of Bristol in 1761 and in 1768 became the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London. He has been considered a Christian universalist. |
4,943 | Since version 4.9, Video DownloadHelper has introduced an additional video capture method through direct grabbing on the screen. This feature relies on CamStudio when running on the Windows platform and on RecordMyDesktop when on Linux, Video DownloadHelper providing a one-click capture start capability, without the ne... |
4,944 | The introduction of gunpowder led to musketeers being included in the procession. When the procession halted outside the horses of the principal citizens, the musketeers would fire a volley over the house, whereupon the principal citizen was expected to offer cakes and ale to those in the procession. |
4,945 | Found on Jan 19, 2016 by Beijing Guoan and new shareholder Letv. |
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