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4,946 | Representative rugby league football in Western Australia has history going back to the early days of the WARL. The first interstate match played by Western Australians was against the Northern Territory in 1956, with WA winning the series 2-1. |
4,947 | The Crown Entertainment Complex has a rewards program where members earn points on every dollar spent at most outlets within the Crown complex. There are several nightclubs and restaurants as well as "Galactic Circus", an electronic games arcade, laser 'tag' game and bowling alley. Notable features of the casino includ... |
4,948 | Shunchiqiao Station (), is a station of Line 2 western section of the Tianjin Metro. It started operations on 1 July 2012. |
4,949 | Hayes released a companion DVD, This Delicate Film We've Made, containing music videos for fifteen of the songs on the album, with the audio remastered in 5.1 surround sound. A number of the videos were animations in which Hayes did not appear. |
4,950 | The success of Dharani's Dhill resulted in the film's team collaborating to make a film in a similar genre, Dhool, which also featured Jyothika, Reemma Sen and Vivek. The film saw Vikram play Aarumugham, a villager, who comes to the city seeking help in regard to a water crisis back home but subsequently ends up tackli... |
4,951 | Klintsy is the second largest city of Bryansk oblast and was one of the Old Believers’ centers, now known for its textile industry and its ancient temples. Trubchevsk is noted for its archeological and architectural monuments, in particular the Trinity Cathedral of the 13th-19th centuries with its tomb. The museum cont... |
4,952 | Sybra obliquemaculata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1942. |
4,953 | On the right of the painting is Saint Paul. Paul was one of the major contributors to the Bible, as well the founder of many Christian churches. Paul was born Jewish and lived under these beliefs until he was visited, on the street, by the resurrected Jesus, causing his conversion to Christianity. In El Greco’s pain... |
4,954 | It also owns gazetteers.com, an information service for travel agents; Travolution, a news provider for the digital travel industry; Aspire Travel Club, a media brand for the luxury travel market; and travelGBI, a monthly magazine for UK domestic and inbound tourism. |
4,955 | The first Spanish settlement, Caparra, was founded on 8 August 1508 by Juan Ponce de León, born in Valladolid, Spain, a lieutenant under Columbus, who later became the first governor of the island. |
4,956 | The last will and testament of King Alfred the Great contains reference to Bedwyn. Describing his elder son Edward's inheritance he writes "And I grant him the land at Cannington and at Bedwyn and at Pewsey ..." The Bedwyn of King Alfred was a large estate, whose territory included the modern parishes of Great and Litt... |
4,957 | She came out of retirement to shoot her final adult film, Wanted, later that year. She had already promised the film's director, Stormy Daniels, that she would be part of the film six years prior to shooting it. Besides performing, she had also worked in the adult-film industry as a director, producer, and editor. |
4,958 | An alternative version, possibly a bootleg recording, exists and is viewable online. It features a single fixed camera shot, the same as is seen in the more common video, of the five band members miming to the song. |
4,959 | She had a book of poetry published by L’Oie de Cravan in 2006, À l’école de l’amour. Her current artwork consists of linocuts, collage and papier-mache sculptures. In 2007, Doucet designed the cover for the Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. |
4,960 | The Karamanids or Karamanid dynasty (Modern Turkish: Karamanoğulları, Karamanoğulları Beyliği), also known as the Principality of Karaman and Beylik of Karaman (Karaman Beyliği ), was one of the Anatolian beyliks, centered in south-central Anatolia around the present-day Karaman Province. From the 13th century until it... |
4,961 | Drumkee is a townland in the southeast of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is directly south of the area presently known as Coalisland and east, and slightly north, of Dungannon. It is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Middle and the civil parish of Killyman and covers an area of 285 acres. The barony's ... |
4,962 | During the 2010 election cycle Rauschenberger chose to run against Mike Noland, his successor as state senator and the Democratic incumbent. He was endorsed by Illinois Citizens for Ethics, Illinois Family Action, Illinois Federation of Independent Business, National Rifle Association, the Chicago Tribune and the Unite... |
4,963 | Like her sister ship, the Mesabi Miner, she is owned and operated by the Interlake Shipping Company. |
4,964 | The "Gakfest Question Round" as well as the "Tiebreaker" used the think music from Get The Pictures "Mega Memory" endgame, while the "Action Finale" used the theme from Think Fast. |
4,965 | McGivern Is an anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Uidhrín, a patronymic from a personal name which is from a diminutive of odhar ‘dun’. This surname is also found in Galloway in Scotland, where it is of Irish origin. They belonged to Cenél Fearadhaigh, or 'race of Ferry', descend from Feradach mac Muiredach (Ferry MacMurdoc... |
4,966 | 2010–2011 school year: The fall play was the stage adaption of You Can't Take It with You, and the spring musical was Anything Goes. |
4,967 | In May 2012 the Belles agreed a three-year, six-figure sponsorship deal with Innovation Financial Services, a Bawtry–based company owned by ex-footballer Hugh McAuley & Doncaster businessman Stewart Groves. John Buckley explained that the sponsorship, the largest in the club's history, would allow the club to compete o... |
4,968 | Two out of twelve, Grigori Borisovich Iollos (Poltava province) and Mikhail Herzenstein (b. 1859, d. 1906 in Terijoki), both from the Constitutional Democratic Party, were assassinated by the Black Hundreds antisemite terrorist group. |
4,969 | The race was named for Alfred G. Vanderbilt II's Hall of Fame inductee, Bed O' Roses, the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in 1949 and the American Champion Older Female Horse of 1952. |
4,970 | Bendetsen confused the timing of events—he claims to have arrived at Marshall's office at the time when (according to the movie), Colonel Rufus S. Bratton was desperately trying to reach Marshall with warning of the impending attack. |
4,971 | Greater magic is a ritual performed in order to focus one's emotional energy for a specific purpose. These rites are based on three major psycho-emotive themes, including compassion (love), destruction (hate), and sex (lust). These rituals are often considered to be magical acts, with LaVey's Satanism encouraging the ... |
4,972 | The town and county are named for Gail Borden, Jr., of Houston, the inventor of condensed milk. |
4,973 | Born and educated in London, Ball received an MBA from Kingston University and later an honorary doctorate. |
4,974 | It is not known when Wang Yanxi was born, but it is known that he was the 28th son of Wang Shenzhi, commonly regarded as Min's first ruler and later posthumously honored as Emperor Taizu (although formally, Wang Shenzhi remained a vassal of Tang and Later Liang). Historical accounts did not indicate who his mother was... |
4,975 | The Israeli government generally respects freedom of the press, which is protected by the Basic Laws of Israel and independent judiciary. Hate speech, and publishing praise of violence or issues of national security is prohibited. While Israeli journalists operate with little restriction, the government has placed more... |
4,976 | The first archeological expedition to the region was the 1989 "Three Rivers" expedition, which was carried out by a joint Mongolian–Japanese team with the support of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. The team worked from 1989 to 1992 using ultrasound technology, which enabled them to find 1380 possible graves of Mongolian... |
4,977 | Longipenis deltidius is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in Fujian, China. |
4,978 | Salumbare |
4,979 | The Pakistan national cricket team toured Ceylon in March to April 1949 and played four matches including two internationals against the Ceylon national team. As Ceylon had not then achieved Test status, the internationals are classified as first-class matches. Both games were played at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu St... |
4,980 | The Republican Party candidates, for the first time in Oklahoma history, swept all statewide races, and currently control all eleven statewide offices for the first time ever. |
4,981 | Barbeau-Lavalette was born on February 8, 1979, in Montreal, the daughter of Manon Barbeau, a filmmaker and director, and Philip Lavalette, a cinematographer. She is the granddaughter of the Canadian artist Marcel Barbeau, who studied under Paul-Émile Borduas, and is known for being one of the first non-figurative pain... |
4,982 | Ng entered the movie industry in 1986, the first movie he took part in was Midnight Girls. As a newcomer, he was only able to be minor roles. After becoming a freeman in 1993, he had the chance to be involved in bigger production film such as Flirting Scholar with Stephen Chow and Kung Fu Cult Master with Jet Li. |
4,983 | In 2007–2008, 23 so called "pioneer-municipalities" introduced Rumantsch Grischun as the language of instruction in 1st grade, followed by an additional 11 the following year and another 6 in 2009-2010. However, other municipalities, including the entire Engadine valley and most of the Surselva, continued to use their ... |
4,984 | Northeast of the Little Arkansas, the track abruptly decreased in width from to just over . Photographs suggest what appears to be a re-organization of the tornadic circulation; initially a wedge like appearance, the funnel quickly became tall and narrow. The most significant damage was done in this stage, however. Th... |
4,985 | He took part at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. He was eliminated losing already in the first round. |
4,986 | CNBC's Ben White has called the Hastert Rule "perhaps the most over-hyped phenomena in politics," since Republican speakers "have regularly violated the rule when it was in their interest to do so." |
4,987 | Stepnoski is also a marijuana legalization advocate and is an active member of NORML. His position on this subject made his high school alma mater, Cathedral Preparatory School, rescind his nomination to the school's athletic hall of fame. For that same reason, he immigrated to Canada. |
4,988 | German far-left activists suggested using the riots as a role model to be applied to their political activities in Germany as well. |
4,989 | A blue flag with a red saltire (diagonal cross), to indicate that a lapped driver must pull in to the pits. |
4,990 | He married his wife Andra on April 24, 2004. Andra gave birth to their first child, Kaylee Keller, in September 2006. They are expecting their second child in late February 2009. |
4,991 | These are the formats and track listings of single releases of "Q.I": |
4,992 | He entered Kagoshima Jitsugyō High School, and batted 4th in his 1st year. From his third year onwards, he doubled as a pitcher, and with a fastball that surpassed 140 km/h, became the school's ace. Unfortunately, his team always got eliminated during the prefectural tournament. He recorded a total of 29 home runs duri... |
4,993 | Although relatively rare, it has a widespread distribution in Europe, limited by the presence of its preferred tree hosts. Its first recorded appearance in Mexico was 1984. |
4,994 | The "strut braced" design concept was chosen to allow the minimum possible weight for the wing, saving approximately 45 kg (100 lb) over a cantilever spar design. This allows a correspondingly greater maximum payload for a given empty weight. The configuration also provides a very “crashworthy” structure to provide a g... |
4,995 | is a railway station operated by JR East’s Abiko Branch Line of the Narita Line located in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture Japan. It is 18.3 kilometers from the terminus of the Abiko Branch line at Abiko Station. |
4,996 | The Folland Midge private venture, which however had only a short lifespan, but served as a proof-of-concept design. It failed to interest the RAF as a combat aircraft, but they encouraged the development of a similar aircraft for training purposes.<ref name = 'Fred 133'>Frédriksen 2001, p. 133.</ref> The Midge first f... |
4,997 | He returned east after the Stanley Cup series and joined the Senators, whom he would play for until 1930, an important part of the dynasty of the 1920s winning four more cups in 1920, 1921, 1923, and 1927. He had his best season in 1916–17, scoring 41 goals in 19 games, finishing tied for the league lead with Joe Malon... |
4,998 | Helsø served his conscription in 1968 and initially became sergeant and officer of the reserve. In 1974 he becomes lieutenant and served the following four years at King's Artillery Regiment. In 1982-83 he is - as a captain - at the General Staff Course in the United States. In 1990 he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel ... |
4,999 | In later life, she made women's rights her top priority and headed Bangladesh's largest women's organisation, Mahila Parishad, for many years. She did not see the oppression of women as mainly a class issue. She was also the first Chairperson of BRAC (1972–1980). |
5,000 | Following residency, Bowman served as chair of pathology at Provident Hospital. He was drafted again and spent 1953 to 1955 as chief of pathology for the Medical Nutrition Laboratory at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. After leaving the military Bowman decided to move overseas. “My wife and I decided that ... |
5,001 | Pseudohypertension, also known as pseudohypertension in the elderly, noncompressibility artery syndrome, and Osler's sign of pseudohypertension is a falsely elevated blood pressure reading obtained through sphygmomanometry due to calcification of blood vessels which cannot be compressed. There is normal blood pressure ... |
5,002 | At the western corner of the building is a marble foundation stone or plaque with the inscription: This foundation stone was laid by the Bishop of Brisbane October 17th 1891. JH Buckeridge, architect. John Quinn, contractor. |
5,003 | The most famous member of this family was Don Diego de Gardoqui Arriquibar (1735-1798), who was the first Ambassador of Spain to the United States and Spanish Finance Minister in 1792, after the death of Don Pedro López de Lerena, Count of Lerena. |
5,004 | In August 2010, Ruger announced that the rifle would be offered in the 6.8mm Remington SPC cartridge. |
5,005 | In response to the Goshal Thesis, the Burmese government ordered a crack-down on the Communist Party. The party responded by calling on its leaders to head for the country-side and led guerrilla warfare from there. At this point, Goshal argued in favour of retaining the presence of the party in the cities and to mobili... |
5,006 | In 1746, under the leadership of Admiral La Bourdonnais, French forces captured and plundered Madras, the fort and surrounding villages. However, they returned the town along with the port to the British under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. The British then strengthened the fort to defend the port not only from... |
5,007 | In the show's last 13 weeks, the audience was told the category of the question before selecting celebrities. |
5,008 | The song has so far charted at number 6 on the Triple A chart and number 34 on the Rock Songs chart. |
5,009 | The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Milena Todorova in the R4 – 10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2 event. |
5,010 | Technically not a "cannon", the Minigun is more correctly classified as a rotary machine gun.During the Vietnam War, the 7.62 mm caliber M134 Minigun was originally created to arm rotary-wing aircraft, and could be fitted to various helicopters as either a crew-served or a remotely operated weapon. With a rate of fire... |
5,011 | In one version of applying the analogy, the analogue of the bucket is a counter or variable, separate from the flow of traffic or scheduling of events. This counter is used only to check that the traffic or events conform to the limits: The counter is incremented as each packet arrives at the point where the check is b... |
5,012 | Quiles is the author of the novels Time Ashes (on the Spanish Civil War) and El carnaval del relajo, which reflects their experience in Latin America. Quiles lived in Mexico City from 1972 to 1975 where he taught screenwriting at the Latin American Institute for Educational Communication, wrote Philip II, Freud and Tri... |
5,013 | The language of the novel has not only intrigued critics but has also been a major factor in the emergence of the modern African novel. Because Achebe wrote in English, portrayed Igbo life from the point of view of an African man, and used the language of his people, he was able to greatly influence African novelists, ... |
5,014 | The three-bay nave has a south aisle and includes Norman herringbone stonework. The tower can be dated to 1434 from a will bequeathing money for its construction. It was extended in the 14th century. The chancel has a south transept chapel and a north chapel which has been turned into a vestry. |
5,015 | The show was set in San Francisco and revolved around teenager Raven Baxter, played by Raven-Symoné, her friends Eddie (Orlando Brown) and Chelsea (Anneliese van der Pol), her family members; mother Tanya Baxter (T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh) father Victor Baxter (Rondell Sheridan) and brother Cory (Kyle Massey). The title c... |
5,016 | Sun Country Vacation packages are offered to a wide range of destinations including Cancun, Cozumel, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Ixtapa, Cabo San Lucas, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, San Juan, Orlando, New York, Palm Springs, Phoenix, San Diego, West Palm Beach, Seattle, Las Vegas, Tampa, Fort Myers, Harlingen, Miami, Punta ... |
5,017 | Gwin departed Pearl Harbor 15 July 1942 to operate in the screen of fast carriers who pounded Japanese installations, troop concentrations and supply dumps as Marines invaded Guadalcanal in the Solomons on 7 August 1942. In the following months Gwin convoyed supply and troop reinforcements to Guadalcanal. Joining a cru... |
5,018 | In Never Satisfied (1986), Schwartz surveys the history of dieting fads and changing fashions in body types, with attention to major cultural shifts around the turn of the 20th century attendant on the rise of consumer culture. |
5,019 | Colonel Soosai transported 1,200 cadres with Balraj behind enemy lines into Jaffna Peninsula. This was the first attack in which LTTE used sea to transport cadres for an attack which was likely to be unsuccessful. Soosai said this mission was a do or die mission because Balraj had to take control of Elephant Pass in or... |
5,020 | On 24 August 1847, in Port Louis, Mauritius, Anson married secondly Caroline Octavia Emma Staveley, daughter of Major-General William Staveley, Commander British Forces in Hong Kong and with her had another four children, Adelaide Frances Mary, Sarah Constance (1849–1925), William Staveley Stuart (1853–1873), and Charl... |
5,021 | The 2015 Canarian parliamentary election was held on Sunday, 24 May 2015, to elect the 9th Canarian Parliament, the unicameral regional legislature of the Spanish autonomous community of the Canary Islands. At stake were all 60 seats in the Parliament, determining the President of the Canary Islands. |
5,022 | The Long Night of Museums (or the Night of Museums) is a cultural event in which museums and cultural institutions in an area cooperate to remain open late into the night to introduce themselves to new potential patrons. Visitors are given a common entrance pass which grants them access to all exhibits as well as comp... |
5,023 | Eleazar Lord (September 9, 1788 – June 3, 1871) was an American author, educator, deacon of the First Protestant Dutch Church and first president of the Erie Railroad, also known from his literal interpretations of the creation–evolution controversy. |
5,024 | In 1984 Linz became director of the American University in Cairo Press, first for two years, and then from 1995 until 2011. On returning to Cairo in 1995 he collaborated with Naguib Mahfouz to establish the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, an annual literary prize for a work of fiction in Arabic, with the guarantee... |
5,025 | Kellett holds two master's degrees in the art and history of cartooning: First, at the University of California San Diego; and then at the University of Kent, UK, at its Centre for Cartoon and Caricature Studies, on a full academic scholarship from the Rotary Foundation. After working for Mattel Toys as the head write... |
5,026 | St. Katherine's Historic District is located on the east side Davenport, Iowa, United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the location of two mansions built by two lumber barons until it became the campus of an Episcopal girls' school named St. Katharine's Hall and later as St. Kat... |
5,027 | In 2013, Res signed with Javotti Media/EOne Records and her long-awaited third studio album "Reset" is set to be released September 15, 2016. |
5,028 | On 29 April 1916, following the Tigris Corps' failure to break the Turkish siege and the sinking of the steamer Julnar as it attempted to steam upriver past the Turkish defenders, the Kut garrison surrendered. The 13th Division spent the rest of the spring, summer, and early fall recovering from the fighting, and prepa... |
5,029 | Starting in 1962, Arnold also taught Engineering Drawing, the “study and application of the language of vision as it applies to the engineer and scientist,” as part of the general Engineering School curriculum. Because of his sabbatical in 1963, it was the only course he was scheduled to teach in 1963-64. Following Arn... |
5,030 | The American Hockey League was once represented in Fredericton, with the Fredericton Express playing between 1981 and 1988, and the Fredericton Canadiens between 1990 and 1999. Fredericton has 5 permanent rink facilities which have a combined seven ice surfaces. On the Northside, the York Arena, opened in 1947, is the ... |
5,031 | Smith recorded and toured with Hue & Cry, led by brothers Pat and Greg Kane, the American vibist Joe Locke, percussionist Trilok Gurtu and bassist Andersen, among many others. In addition to his jazz-based commitments at this point, Smith also examined classical composition, leading to his first saxophone concerto, Uni... |
5,032 | 1982: Bjorn Borg – Richmond 6–4 3–6 7–5 6–3 |
5,033 | Several sea ports in the area sustained moderate damage – such as cracks and wall collapse – due to lateral ground spreading caused by liquefaction. Some 123 coastal fishing ports and facilities in eastern Hokkaidō reported significant damage, with an additional 25 ports damaged in Iwate. At least three major ports wer... |
5,034 | Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes debuted in Japanese arcades on the Sega NAOMI arcade platform in early 2000. The game was soon released on the Dreamcast in Japan on March 30, 2000, and North America on June 29; the European version, which was released on July 16, 2000, was published by Virgin Interactive. Marvel... |
5,035 | In 1977 Bar Mitzvah Boy won the British Academy Television Award for 'Best Single Play', and in 2000 it was placed 56th in a BFI poll of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century, voted on by industry professionals. The play is available on DVD with Rosenthal's other BBC work. |
5,036 | They then arrive at the Money Bin (given a lift by Gus Goose), with the top of the shaft about to erupt like a volcano. Gyro is able to stop the eruption with the Omnisolve umbrella, which causes the magma to be reduced into a super-dense dust that kept falling back on itself. Scrooge also gets the super-pure diamonds ... |
5,037 | Abdessalam served as Prime Minister of Algeria from 8 July 1992 until 21 August 1993. During his tenure, the Algerian government intensified its conflicts with Islamist rebels, and because of this he eventually resigned. |
5,038 | By utilizing the AnvilNext engine, the development team is able to work with one engine for both the next-gen and current-gen versions of the game, as the AnvilNext engine was designed with next-gen capabilities in mind, while still working on current-gen systems. In addition, each system will have their own intricacie... |
5,039 | Mundair’s poetry has tackled varied themes including the deaths of Stephen Lawrence and Ricky Reel, the Iraq war, domestic violence, sexuality, gender, migration, immigration and the idea of "hidden histories": where she imagines Queen Victoria’s relationship with her Sikh man servant, India maid servants in British In... |
5,040 | The pre-show usually employs the use of recent TV or media personalities as the hosts, who interview the nominees and attendees and sometimes introduce special segments in the moments preceding the ceremony. Below is a listing of the hosts of the pre-show since the 1st ARY Film Awards ceremony held in 2014: |
5,041 | From 1885 to 1907 director of the Prussian Institute of Meteorology at the University of Berlin. As a scientist, he was mainly interested in the physics of the atmosphere, and he contributed much to the theory of electrical storms. |
5,042 | Darebin has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Hurstbridge line services. |
5,043 | Royal Blind (founded in 1793) is a British charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The charity provides care, education and employment for people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted.Royal Blind provides the following services: Royal Blind School, Forward Vision, Braeside House, Scottish Braille Press and Kidsc... |
5,044 | She graduated in 1905. |
5,045 | Iran's purchases from the United Kingdom prior to the 1979 revolution included 1 decommissioned and modernized British destroyer (), 4 British-built frigates () and a vast array of missiles such as the Rapier and Seacat missile systems. Additionally Iran purchased several dozen hovercraft in the SR.N6 variety, 250 FV10... |
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