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6,552 | The specific epithet is derived from Latin xiphias (meaning swordfish). |
6,553 | During the Second World War, The Glen was the regimental newspaper of the overseas battalion beginning in September 1939, and The Glen continues to be the regimental journal of the 10th Battalion Calgary Highlanders Association. The Glen is published semi-regularly. |
6,554 | At around 8 am, Officer Bouchier, who was alone by the camp bed, saw Roger Perrin cycling past towards the Grand’Terre. Shortly afterwards, Perrin returned by foot, carrying his bicycle, accompanied by his grandfather and Gaston Dominici. Meanwhile, Gustave asked the officer for permission to go and cover Elizabeth’s b... |
6,555 | Foswiki is an entirely community-driven project, and has no controlling commercial interest behind it. User support is provided by the community, via the mechanisms of IRC and the main website. |
6,556 | The beginning of intensive animal farming is traceable to 1923 in the Delmarva Peninsula, where Celia Steele raised her first flock of chickens for meat. Starting in the 1940s, intensive confinement and genetic selection of chickens for characteristics like growth rate, weight, and feed conversion efficiency allowed fa... |
6,557 | which has an automorphism group of order 60, where η is a primitive element of GF(64) satisfying η = η + 1. In it is shown that these are Subiaco hyperovals. By refining the computer search program, extended the search to hyperovals admitting an automorphism of order 3, and found the hyperoval: |
6,558 | || Sussex 1|-|2008-09 || 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Brighton || Uckfield || No relegation || Sussex 1|-|2009-10 || 12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Crawley || Uckfield || Lewes II || Sussex Spitfire 1 |-|2010-11 || 12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Uckfield || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Burgess Hill || St... |
6,559 | Gil describes his attitude towards politics thus: "I'd rather see my position in the government as that of an administrator or manager. But politics is a necessary ingredient." His political career began in 1987, when he was elected to a local post in Bahia and became the Salvador secretary of culture. In 1988, he was ... |
6,560 | Finland has an almost stable population of 97–106 wolves. In the beginning of 2016 wolf population was approximately 300 to 350 wolves. Wolves are legally hunted only in areas with high reindeer densities. Compensation for livestock losses are paid by the state and insurance companies. The population is connected to th... |
6,561 | During World War II, in 1942, the property of Colloredo-Mandsfeld family including the château in Opočno was confiscated by the Nazis. Until today the restitution claims of the Colloredo-Mansfeld family in Opočno are not definitively solved. |
6,562 | In 2013, The Nittany Valley Society published Conserving Mount Nittany: A Dynamic Environmentalism, a book by Thomas A. Shakely on the history of local conservation efforts in the 20th century that incorporates other histories of the mountain and valley. |
6,563 | On 28 June 2013, Levita returned to Israel as he signed a 3 years contract with Maccabi Netanya. In his first season with the club he helped them win the Liga Leumit as well as reaching the finals of the State Cup. The following season he was loaned to Maccabi Haifa for one season, there he mainly sat on the bench as a... |
6,564 | TEENBEAT 403. COTTON CANDY, "A Souvenir Album", CD |
6,565 | As of 2010 Haynes and Boone has an office in One American Center. |
6,566 | On 24 December 2013, after investigating for more than seven years, the CBI closed the case and filed a report in a court as it did not find any evidence on the allegations. A day before, on 23 December, Defence Ministry headed by AK Antony approved the procurement of additional 262 Barak missiles. The BJP responded by... |
6,567 | He was Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly, 15 November 1871 to 1 September 1873 and 21 January 1879 to 26 July 1883. |
6,568 | The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) is a radio telescope 5,100 meters above sea level, at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, 50 km east of San Pedro de Atacama built and operated by 3 European research institutes. The main dish has a diameter of 12 m and consists of 264 al... |
6,569 | The Revue économique is a peer-reviewed academic journal published six times per year. It covers formal economics and other social sciences including history and sociology of relevance for economics. Articles are in French or English. |
6,570 | Willobie his Avisa was licensed for the press by printer John Windet on 3 September 1594. In the printed text, the poem is preceded by two commendatory poems, the second of which, signed "Contraria Contrariis; Vigilantius; Dormitanus," contains a reference to Shakespeare's poem The Rape of Lucrece, published four month... |
6,571 | On Thursday, November 17, 2011, “The Historic Ironwood Theatre Presents H.I.T. Idol” showcased 41 finalists who sang solos in a style similar to American Idol, and six winners were selected to perform the following night as opening acts for 2008 American Idol finalist Matt Giraud. All of the finalists had an opportunit... |
6,572 | The Census' 2005 American Community Survey indicated that 11.4% of Salt Lake County's population living in households (as opposed to group arrangements such as college dormitories) spoke Spanish at home. |
6,573 | His first films were a series of 8 mm films called "The Driver Files" c. 1979, when he was a young teen. He started his career directing music videos for bands like Vicious Rumors, Bad Religion, NOFX, 24-7 Spyz and Monster Magnet working at Palomar Pictures. Verbinski moved from music videos to commercials, where he wo... |
6,574 | value is an atom or number, and dom is a value in the interval [0, 1]. |
6,575 | Malloy displays a "Distinguished Expert" shooting medal, Reed displays a "Sharpshooter" medal. |
6,576 | According to the general definition of specific phobias in DSM-IV or ICD-10, workplace phobia can be stated when an actual or imagined confrontation with the workplace or certain stimuli at the workplace (e.g. persons, objects, situations, events) causes a prominent anxiety reaction in a person. Secondly, avoidance beh... |
6,577 | Freight operations in Niederau were abandoned on 1 July 1964. |
6,578 | In the film Atonement (2007), Robbie Turner's unit during the Battle of France is identified as the 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment: in fact, the 1st Battalion never served in France. |
6,579 | In 1913 he became a member of Riflemen's Association, and in August 1914 has been already a soldier of the Polish Legions in the 2nd Squadron of Uhlans, led by Zbigniew Dunin-Wasowicz. Mączka served there until September 1914. He took part in Carpathian and Bukovinian campaigns. On 1 November 1916 has been promoted to ... |
6,580 | Tsang Tsou Choi, also known as the “King of Kowloon”, was the founder of Hong Kong calligraphy graffiti. His graffiti work is different from general spray painting; he used ink brushes to write words on walls instead of spray painting to express his ideas and thoughts towards society. The aesthetic value of his works ... |
6,581 | Production began in late February 2008 in Boston. Principal photography took place at the Burlington Mall in Burlington, Massachusetts after being denied a permit from Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, New Jersey. From late February until mid-April, the mall and its stores were decorated with Christmas decorations, and there ... |
6,582 | Tom Flood, who became the Gardens' first executive director in 2001, served for two years. Maureen Heffernan joined the small-but-growing staff as executive director in early 2004. She was succeeded in 2011 by horticulturist and author William Cullina, who first joined the staff as director of horticulture in 2008. |
6,583 | Francisco Dagohoy, (born Francisco Sendrijas in 1724) was a Boholano who holds the distinction of having initiated the longest revolt in Philippine history, the Dagohoy Rebellion. This rebellion against the Spanish colonial government took place on the island of Bohol from 1744 to 1828, roughly 85 years. |
6,584 | According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), migration from African countries to more developed states is small in comparison to overall migration worldwide. The BBC reported in 2007 that the International Organization for Migration estimates that around 4.6 million African migrants l... |
6,585 | It was the first theatrical feature film to be edited on Avid Media Composer. |
6,586 | , is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Gospel of John dating palaeographically to the early 3rd century. The papyrus is housed in the British Library. It has survived in a very fragmentary condition. |
6,587 | According to the International New York Times, Kaspersky has "become one of Russia's most recognized high-tech exports, but its market share in the United States has been hampered by its origins." According to Gartner, "There's no evidence that they have any back doors in their software or any ties to the Russian mafia... |
6,588 | The 8th Parachute Assault Engineer Regiment "Folgore" (8° Reggimento Guastatori Paracadutisti) is the unique and special unit manned by para assault engineers belonging to the Italian Army which exists to provide close combat support to the Folgore Parachute Brigade. For this reason it is fully manned, able to deploy w... |
6,589 | Wacky Races is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Heatter-Quigley Productions. The series was possibly inspired by the 1965 slapstick comedy The Great Race, with each driver hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". The cartoon had a large number of regular c... |
6,590 | They are migratory in northern areas and winter as far south as northern South America. They are rare vagrants to western Europe, usually late in the year. |
6,591 | Follow through and overlapping action is a general heading for two closely related animation techniques which form part of the 12 basic principles of animation, identified by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their authoritative 1981 book on Disney Animation, The Illusion of Life. The term drag is sometimes included t... |
6,592 | Benedetto Accolti is the name of: |
6,593 | Worthington began his managerial career as player-manager of Blackpool in 1997 before he took over as manager of Norwich City in 2000. He guided Norwich into the Premier League in the 2003–04 season as First Division title winners. He left just over two years afterwards, having failed to keep them in the top-flight in ... |
6,594 | Frank B. Brandegee! rowspan=11 | 20 |
6,595 | Harlow was a native of Syracuse, New York. He graduated from Blodgett Vocational High School and attended the NYS College of Forestry (now SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry), receiving a bachelor's degree in 1925, a master's degree in 1926, and a doctorate in 1928. Harlow was a member of the faculty of... |
6,596 | The song has been covered by various other artists and bands: |
6,597 | Ordinarily the Hesperides number three, like the other Greek triads (the Three Graces and the Moirai). "Since the Hesperides themselves are mere symbols of the gifts the apples embody, they cannot be actors in a human drama. Their abstract, interchangeable names are a symptom of their impersonality," Evelyn Harrison ha... |
6,598 | In 1977, the UO-10 was introduced, followed the next year by a slightly heavier road model, the UO-9. The UO-10 was largely the same as the UO-8 but with aluminum alloy cotterless crankset and aluminum alloy rims. The UO-9 was essentially the same as the UO-10 but had cheaper and heavier steel rims. In 1980, the PH-8 ... |
6,599 | Caesium chloride is rarely used in organic chemistry. It can act as a phase transfer catalyst reagent in selected reactions. One of these reactions is the synthesis of glutamic acid derivatives |
6,600 | It is affiliated with Magadh University, bodh gaya |
6,601 | Individual therapy with the child seeks to identify and resolve underlying factors, including familial factors; encourage identification by sex assigned at birth; and encourage same-sex friendships. Parent counseling involves setting limits on the child's cross-gender behavior; encouraging gender-neutral or sex-typical... |
6,602 | Seemingly disparate forms of pathological behavior can be understood by their common function (i.e., attempts to avoid distress). Some examples include: |
6,603 | Boys Ranch High School is public high school located in the Texas Panhandle, 36 miles northwest of Amarillo, Texas and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. The school is a part of the Boys Ranch Independent School District located at Cal Farley's Boys Ranch. In 2013, the school was rated "Not Rated" by the Texas Edu... |
6,604 | The NIIF Program is controlled by the Program Committee and managed by the NIIF Institute (NIIFI), under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education. The Program Committee consists of high-level representatives from, among others, the Ministry of Education, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Cultural Heri... |
6,605 | Vancouver-Little Mountain was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It first appeared on the hustings in the general election of 1966 as a two-member seat. It returned two members from 1966 to 1986 and one member thereafter. |
6,606 | Dennis M. Sweeney, a retired Howard County judge, was appointed to be the judge presiding over the trial. |
6,607 | In , however, religion has not usually formed a major component of either Labour or National platforms. The leaders of both major traditional parties would qualify as agnostic by most definitions, although the deputy leader of the National Party Bill English openly practises Roman Catholicism. |
6,608 | Sanyongkong field camp boasts its very own battalion headquarters, medical post and electricity generator, as well as bunks and proper toilets for five companies' worth of troops. |
6,609 | CRCC Asia has 7 physical offices in operation as of 2016. |
6,610 | Dredmund has a gifted intellect, and is an expert on ancient druidic lore. He possesses rudimentary knowledge of antinatural chemical properties and advanced knowledge of weapons technology. |
6,611 | He was discouraged by several painters of repute, but he was admitted to work in the studio of François-Edouard Picot; he did not remain there long. He was painting by himself when he produced his first picture, The Fifth Battalion of Chasseurs at the Gervais Battery (Malakoff). In 1860 Neuville painted an Episode of t... |
6,612 | Legal methods to restrict breeding include not feeding these ducks, deterring them with noise or by chasing, and finding nests and vigorously shaking the eggs to render them non-viable. Returning the eggs to the nest will avoid re-laying as the female would if the clutch were removed. |
6,613 | According to Luxenberg the word qur'an ("reading, lectionary") is a rendition of the Aramaic word qeryan-a, a book of liturgical readings, i.e. the term for a Syriac lectionary, with hymns and Biblical extracts, created for use in Christian services. Luxenburg cites the suggestion by Theodor Nöldeke "that the term Qo... |
6,614 | The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Mountain Passages is another large compositional step for Douglas, whose aesthetic ambition is boundless and whose ability to execute that vision is seemingly limitless". On All About Jazz Brand Reiter said "The music is at turns solemn, whimsical, da... |
6,615 | Jean-François Berruyer (25 October 1741, Lyon - 17 April 1804, Paris) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars. |
6,616 | In 2012, she published the storybook Agresti Fiori per la Repubblica italiana and promoted and presented the poet Giorgina Busca Gernetti at the Caffè Giubbe Rosse "Le Giubbe Rosse" in Florence along with Anna Maria Giglio, Enrico Nistri, and Giancarlo Bianchi. |
6,617 | Parental controls were introduced, with specific settings for different age categories, such as "child" or "parent". Within age categories are content categories, such as drugs or violence. Users can manually configure profiles. Filtering profiles can be associated with users. Since content is filtered at the network l... |
6,618 | The series centers on the characters Luc Deveraux and Andrew Scott. Deveraux, portrayed by Jean-Claude Van Damme in the original films and Matt Battaglia in the TV sequels, is an American soldier killed in the Vietnam War and reanimated in the 1990s as a highly advanced Universal Soldier, or "UniSol" for short. Andre... |
6,619 | His Ph.D. is from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland; his M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL; and his B.A. from Augustana College in Rock Island, IL., which is also his hometown. |
6,620 | South Baldy is the highest point of the Magdalena Mountains in central New Mexico, in the United States. It is located in the Magdalena Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest, about 9 mi (15 km) south of Magdalena and 18 mi (30 km) west-southwest of Socorro. It lies just north of the Langmuir Laboratory for Atmo... |
6,621 | By the end of the 19th century, the Palace of the Cortes was remodelled by Ventura Terra. |
6,622 | Boris Ya. Levit is a professor of statistics at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. |
6,623 | The logic of the policy was based on the belief that, even in light of its continuing shortages and economic duress, the North's government will not collapse, disintegrate, or reform itself, even if the South were to apply strong pressure. It was believed that military tensions can be lessened through bilateral and mul... |
6,624 | The Department of Mathematics offers a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics as well as a Master's degree in Mathematics. As of Fall 2014, there were about 36 faculty members and 100 graduate students. |
6,625 | The White House card has fallen out of general use and has been replaced with the popular White House greeting cards. Today, receipt of these cards is restricted to U.S. citizens and requests are only fulfilled for a limited list of specified occasions. |
6,626 | The theory of Causal Dynamical Triangulations faced harsh scrutiny for some years because most physicists preferred models that required more dimensions and a fixed background. |
6,627 | During the early 20th century, Japan realized it was inexperienced in newer military areas, such as aviation and naval aviation. In 1918, Japan invited the fourth French Military Mission, composed of 50 members and equipped with several of the newest types of airplanes, to establish the fundamentals of the Japanese air... |
6,628 | Damdiny Demberel (; born on April 15, 1941 in Mankhan Sum, Khovd Aimag) was the previous Speaker of the State Great Khural of Mongolia. |
6,629 | For many years, Adler was an active member of the Canal Street Association. In the early decades of the 20th century, this body provided reliable sanitation and modern illumination on Canal Street, New Orleans. It also repaired older buildings and helped negotiate work agreements between the city transportation syste... |
6,630 | In addition to impacting relations between Armenians and Turks, the Lisbon attack also prompted changes to U.S. national security strategy. Namely, Ronald Reagan reportedly took note of the embassy attack and reacted emotionally, because it involved a female victim (i.e. Cahide Mihçioĝlu). Reagan is quoted as saying: "... |
6,631 | used in optics and vision for the condition of normal, distortion-free view, from "ortho", straight, right, correct, and "scope", seeing. |
6,632 | Asarta ciliciella is a species of snout moth in the genus Asarta. It was described by Staudinger, in 1879, and is known from Turkey. |
6,633 | The new system improved the cost efficiency of shipping the chemicals by over 300%, resulting in an immediate profit for the company and the nickname "Jackpot Nielsen" for the new method's inventor. The maiden voyage of the new tanker system was made on board the Freddy. This was the prototype for the "parcel tanker", ... |
6,634 | Jet aircraft fly faster than conventional propeller-driven aircraft. However, they use more fuel, so that for the same fuel consumption a propeller installation produces more thrust. As fuel costs become an increasingly important aspect of commercial aviation, engine designers continue to seek ways to improve aero-eng... |
6,635 | Rukometni Klub Lokomotiva Zagreb () is a Croatian women's handball team from Zagreb. |
6,636 | The words Taoiseach () and Tánaiste (the title of the deputy prime minister) are both from the Irish language and of ancient origin. Though the Taoiseach is described in the Constitution of Ireland as "the head of the Government or Prime Minister", its literal translation is chieftain or leader. Although Eamon de Valer... |
6,637 | Bruce Township may refer to the following places: |
6,638 | In 1999 De Margheriti realised that to really help the Australian games industry grow, not only for Micro Forté’s needs, but to solve the problem that the nation had, a wider support infrastructure was needed for the Australian industry. He established, personally funded and launched the inaugural Australian Game Devel... |
6,639 | Jean Absil composed his Piano Concerto op.30 for the competition. |
6,640 | Following the negative reaction from series fans that Command & Conquer would not have a single-player campaign, EA President Frank Gibeau stated that a single-player storyline would still be a possibility. "The beauty of free-to-play is that we can adjust and adapt to what we're hearing as opposed to, 'I'm sorry, it's... |
6,641 | In the early 1960s, Cafe Wha? provided a stage for amateur acts such as Bob Dylan and Bill Cosby. David Lee Roth, best known as the lead vocalist for the band Van Halen, is his nephew. Some biographical information, as well as several of Manny's stories, are chronicled in Crazy From The Heat, an autobiography written ... |
6,642 | David Fraser Charnley (10 October 1935 – 3 March 2012) was an English lightweight boxer considered to be one of the greatest British fighters in his weight class. Known as "The Dartford Destroyer", the left-handed Charnley had a 10-year career lasting from 1954 to 1964. |
6,643 | Soon the abbey became one of the most renowned and powerful of the times. As the number of monks increased, several important foundations were made at Sedlitz and Ossegg in Bohemia, at Walderbach, near Regensburg, and in other places. In 1147, Conrad III, King of Germany, granted it reichsunmittelbar status, making it ... |
6,644 | In 1997, the outpost Amona was established on private lands belonging to inhabitants of the villages of Silwad, Deir Jarir and Taibeh. In 2006, Amona was evacuated, accompanied with violent clashes. Eventually, the state refused to demolish the outpost. the case remains in dispute following the purchase by Jewish res... |
6,645 | The United States also remains a major financial contributor to international and regional organizations that assist Vanuatu, including the World Bank, UNICEF, WHO, the UN Fund for Population Activities, and the Asian Development Bank. |
6,646 | After retiring from singing in 1989, Crespin focused mainly on teaching. She had joined the faculty at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1974 and continued to teach there until 1995. She had also begun teaching at the San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program during the latter part of her career, and was involved with tha... |
6,647 | A referendum on self-determination was held in Tokelau on 20 October and on 22–24 October 2007, with the result being that self-governance was rejected. Had it been successful, the referendum would have changed Tokelau's status from an unincorporated New Zealand territory to a self-governing state in free association w... |
6,648 | Today the site is a public park. A small section of the exterior brick facade (along the first-base side) still stands, as well as the old ticket office behind what was the right field corner. The last remnant of the grandstand, crumbling and presumably unsafe, was taken down ca. 2002 as part of a renovation process to... |
6,649 | After gaining support, the LGBT community suffered a setback when a bill formerly written to protect women from rape and sexual abuse was changed by social Christians in the National Assembly. The change imposed a sentence of up to three years in prison for "anyone who induces, promotes, propagandizes, or practices sex... |
6,650 | On December 14, 1914, a few months after the outbreak of war in Europe, Taylor became chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, with the rank of Rear Admiral on December 14, 1914. He held that post throughout the war, along with the title of Chief Constructor of the Navy. |
6,651 | The top 10 CNN Heroes of 2011 (in alphabetical order): |
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