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8,975 | Prior to European settlement, the area was occupied by the indigenous Wurundjeri tribe of the Kulin nation. The rock falls would have provided the Aboriginal people with a natural river crossing and place to trap migrating fish. It was also a meeting place for many clans where they would trade, settle disputes and exch... |
8,976 | Carswell instead blamed his loss on the "dark evil winds of liberalism" and the "northern press and its knee-jerking followers in the Senate." |
8,977 | Copper amine oxidases catalyze the oxidative conversion of amines to aldehydes and ammonia in the presence of copper and quinone cofactor. This gene shows high sequence similarity to copper amine oxidases from various species ranging from bacteria to mammals. The protein contains several conserved motifs including the ... |
8,978 | Haugen is located at (45.608497, -91.777379). |
8,979 | Since turning 50 in June 2006, Funk has been eligible for Champions Tour events and debuted in the 2006 U.S. Senior Open. When he turned 50, he still featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. |
8,980 | The song was covered by The Kentucky Headhunters in 1990. Their version went to number 8, which was the band's highest-peaking single. |
8,981 | Lower Yafa was ruled by the Al Afifi dynasty and its capital was at Jaar. This former sultanate is now part of the Republic of Yemen. |
8,982 | Kozani was probably founded by Christian settlers who, after the Ottoman conquest, withdrew from the plains of Macedonia into the mountains, during the 14th and 15th centuries. Its secure position soon attracted other Christians expelled from Epirus, in 1392. Together with the settlers from Epirus, many cattle-breeders... |
8,983 | direction, a free body diagram of the beam gives us |
8,984 | Vines studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, obtaining his Bachelor of Science in 1873, Bachelor of Arts in 1876, Master of Arts in 1879, and his doctorate in 1883. He became a member of the Linnean Society of London in 1885. |
8,985 | A story referring to demonic jealousy was told by Erasmus (16th century), who blamed a demon for the fire that destroyed a village in Germany in 1533, saying that a demon loved deeply a young woman, but discovered that she had also sexual relationships with a man. Full of wrath, the demon started the fire. |
8,986 | After the Confederates left in response to an order from Lee to concentrate near Gettysburg, Carlisle was reoccupied by Baldy Smith and a small contingent of New York and Pennsylvania militia from the Department of the Susquehanna, dispatched by the department commander, Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch. The 32nd and 33rd Pen... |
8,987 | The opposition of light and dark first appears in the Night Watch, which is the first of the tableaux vivants represented in the film, in the context of light in a painting. Later on during the Ingres episode, the two women Isabelle and Hanna are described by Jerzy as the opposition of night and day. According to him, ... |
8,988 | Sainikpuri initially had four blocks - A, B, C and D. In early 1980s additional area was added to Sainikpuri and it became the E block. Neredmet Vayupuri is another residential area established and developed on the same lines along with Sainikpuri. Other residential colonies have come up to the north of Sainikpuri. Ma... |
8,989 | On July 13, 1967, Joe Cash was making last-minute preparations to leave for Callaway Gardens and the Masters tournament, in which a number of his students were competing. He had been to every Masters since becoming the Overall Champion at the inaugural event in 1959, either as a contestant or spectator. On his way, h... |
8,990 | The lack of readily available potable water was a constant problem. The high mineral content of the local water made it useless for all but laundry and other cleaning. Even gardening was unsuccessful. Throughout the history of the community, drinking water was imported, first by mule and wagon, and eventually by rail. ... |
8,991 | Aer Lingus operates its United States office in Jericho CDP and in the Town of Oyster Bay. |
8,992 | - GRECO - The Group of States Against Corruption (1998) |
8,993 | Expressionism and Symbolism are broad rubrics encompassing several important and related movements in 20th-century painting that dominated much of the avant-garde art being made in Western, Eastern, and Northern Europe. Expressionist works were painted largely between World War I and World War II, mostly in France, Ge... |
8,994 | The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is the state agency responsible for the restoration and management of fish and wildlife resources, and the promotion of boating safety on Nevada’s waters. NDOW has responsibility for the wildlife resources and enforcement of the wildlife and boating safety laws on of land, of ... |
8,995 | In March 2010, an International Marian Congress was to be held in Gibraltar, with the themes Mary, a sign of Christian identity; religion, anthropology, history and art. Its object, according to Bishop Charles Caruana, is: |
8,996 | Marty Lee Hoenes is an American rock musician who is best known as the lead guitarist for the Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. He is also a freelance artist and designer, having designed many of the band's albums. He currently resides in North Canton, Ohio. |
8,997 | Theodemir or Theodemar (, ; died 570) was one of the last Suevic kings of Galicia and one of the first Chalcedonian Christians. He succeeded Ariamir sometime between the end of May 561 and the year 566 and ruled until his death. |
8,998 | Historiography would take two main divergent paths since then. On one side, the state would sponsor Ricardo Levene and the National Academy of History into writing a definitive and unquestionable version of national history, which follows the most important basic features of the one designed by Mitre and was deemed as ... |
8,999 | Citybus Simulator Munich, the successor to City Bus Simulator 2010 – New York, includes the whole line 100 also known as “the Museumline”. Starting in front of the Hauptbahnhof (central station), there are 22 museums and sights right next to the street along the way to the final destination Münchner Ostbahnhof (Munich... |
9,000 | Although the PENS terrorist attacks on the Taller Picasso (1971), Catalan libraries (such as the Cinc d'Oros, 1971), the Gran enciclopédia catalana (1974) and libraries and public centers in València (1975), among others, were not prosecuted—mainly due to the fact that the Francoist police and the SECED itself, along w... |
9,001 | In December 2014, Steele appeared as Curly, a Lost Boy, in NBC's Peter Pan Live! where he met his current partner, Charlie Williams. |
9,002 | In September 2011, Martel entered a competition to join Roger Taylor, original drummer for the rock band Queen, on-stage for the Queen Extravaganza Live Tour with a video of Martel singing along with the Queen classic "Somebody to Love". It generated more than one million views on YouTube after being up for only a few ... |
9,003 | An introduction to Arnold Palmer resulted in Cheek receiving several commissions from the Recording Britain project: the counties she was allocated included Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cornwall. The Victoria & Albert Museum holds 14, while three Bedfordshire and one Cornish wate... |
9,004 | Two Class 42s are preserved, D821 and D832. |
9,005 | McRobbie served as interim provost and vice president of academic affairs of the Bloomington campus in 2006. He increased external funding by securing millions of dollars in grants for life science initiatives.On a July 2006 trip through China he established a cooperative research program with Tsinghua University in Be... |
9,006 | Valentina Borrelli (born October 30, 1978 in Milan) is a female volleyball player, who claimed the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2002 World Championship in Germany. She played as a wing-spiker, wearing the number #15 jersey. She made her international debut on 1996-05-17 in a match against the All St... |
9,007 | The Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Upstate New York, anchored by the city of Glens Falls. As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 124,345 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 128,774). |
9,008 | Christian's foreign policy did not suffer from lack of confidence following the Danish defeat in The Thirty Years War. To compensate for lacking export revenues, and also in order to stifle the Swedish advances in the Thirty Years' War, Christian enacted a number of increases in the Sound Dues throughout the 1630s. Chr... |
9,009 | It was originally reported to be the Panamanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. However, when the final list was announced by the Academy, the film was not included. |
9,010 | The Yale was originally built as luxury apartments for the Chicago Exposition. In the late 30's/early 40's, the empty building was purchased and the interior gutted and converted to studio, 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. One top floor apartment had the addition of a staircase up to a rooftop room referred to as the penth... |
9,011 | The plot revolves around a Union Army regiment and a artillery battery from the American Civil War which gets transported to an alien world. The 35th Maine Infantry regiment and the 44th New York Light Artillery battery are being transported by ship from Virginia late in the war when they encounter a mysterious electr... |
9,012 | ETFs are structured for tax efficiency and can be more attractive than mutual funds. In the U.S., whenever a mutual fund realizes a capital gain that is not balanced by a realized loss, the mutual fund must distribute the capital gains to its shareholders. This can happen whenever the mutual fund sells portfolio securi... |
9,013 | Since the team was formed in , there have been 14 head coaches for the Bucks franchise. The franchise won its only NBA championship in the 1971 NBA Finals under the leadership of its first coach, Larry Costello. Don Nelson is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular season games coached (884), most regular ... |
9,014 | Dyersburg State Community College offers the following: |
9,015 | Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet (1 July 1821 – 5 June 1902) was the first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales and a noted philatelist. |
9,016 | After the death of Naoise, Conchobar took Deirdre as his wife. After a year, angered by Deirdre's continuing coldness toward him, Conchobar asked her whom in the world she hated the most, besides himself. She answered "Éogan mac Durthacht," the man who had murdered Naoise. Conchobar said that he would give her to Éogan... |
9,017 | Bureau of Indian Affairs |
9,018 | Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World, originally published with the subtitle Learning From Ladakh, is a book by Helena Norberg-Hodge. It was first published in 1991. |
9,019 | The toponym "Chipping" is derived from the Old English cēping meaning "market". In 1238 Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln obtained royal letters from Henry III revoking Chipping Warden's right to hold a market. This was because the Bishops of Lincoln controlled the market at Banbury and earned tolls from it, and Gr... |
9,020 | Rapper Eminem was born in St. Joseph and also lived in Savannah and Kansas City. |
9,021 | Rolfe began filming Nintendo video game reviews as a child in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He has created more than 270 films during his career. His career fully took off in 2004 with the beginning of the Angry Video Game Nerd. Two years later, Rolfe gained mainstream attention when one of his videos went viral afte... |
9,022 | Robert E. Lee, now besieged in Petersburg, was concerned about Hunter's advances and sent Jubal Early's corps to sweep Union forces from the Valley and, if possible, to menace Washington, D.C., hoping to compel Grant to dilute his forces around Petersburg. Early got off to a good start, driving back Hunter's force in t... |
9,023 | The Green Lanterns' new base of operations following the destruction of Oa became Mogo. |
9,024 | The US 12–St. Joseph River Bridge is a three-span camelback bridge in Mottville, Michigan, that carried U.S. Route 12 across the St. Joseph River. Built in 1922, it is the fourth bridge to cross the river at this location. It has served as a pedestrian bridge since 1990 when a new bridge opened alongside to carry the h... |
9,025 | It has an area of 144 km² and a population of 123,846 at the 2006 census. |
9,026 | Spruce Valley Township was organized in 1888, and named for the spruce groves within its borders. |
9,027 | The Kid (1996-1999) |
9,028 | Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. |
9,029 | Justin E. H. Smith wrote of the novel in a review in n+1: "If Roche has hit on something true and heretofore unsaid, it is the insight that to write about bodily fluids is not to describe something exceptional in the course of human life. It is, rather, to describe something that is always there and always felt to be t... |
9,030 | His sisters are Raja Eminah Alliyah and Raja Bainunisa Safia. |
9,031 | The room under the dome to dictate the various courses of astronomy, with a capacity for 20 people it is equipped with various media and tools built demonstration by members of the observatory that allow virtually experience the various astronomical phenomena |
9,032 | After university Thompson composed a body of solo and instrumental ensemble works for concert hall as well as working as a freelance composer of music for TV, films and the theatre. She set up the Shirley Thompson Ensemble in 1994 and this became the main vehicle for her instrumental and vocal works that fused contempo... |
9,033 | The finale, dubbed as MasterChef Pinoy Edition: The Live Cook-Off, was aired live on February 9, 2013 at the SM North EDSA Skydome in Quezon City. Kris Aquino and Richard Gomez helped Santos-Agoncillo and the three chef-judges in judging. JR Royol, a band vocalist from Benguet was proclaimed as the winner of the show w... |
9,034 | Sometime in the mid-1840s, he settled in Cologne and became a member of the Kölnischer Kunstverein. Through his friendship with Jakob Götzenberger, he also maintained contact with the kunstverein in Mannheim. In 1856, he participated in another exhibit at the Prussian Academy. |
9,035 | The Städelschule is an international academy; this applies to both teachers and students: 40% of the student body, and many of the professors, comes from abroad.The exhibition space Portikus has also added to the school's international reputation. In 1987, the contemporary exhibition space Portikus was established, as ... |
9,036 | In 1974, the major part of Gaya and Sapi islands was gazetted as Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, covering an area of . In 1979, the park was increased to with the inclusion of the three nearby islands of Manukan, Mamutik and Sulug. |
9,037 | Throughout the article, unless otherwise stated, |
9,038 | In 1996, she made her first feature in English: Things I Never Told You (Cosas que nunca te dije). In this moving drama, the cast was made up of American actors led by Lili Taylor and Andrew McCarthy. Coixet achieved her second nomination at the Goya Awards for Best Original Screenplay. Then, in 1988, in association wi... |
9,039 | The Tun Teja Mausoleum (Malay: Makam Tun Teja) is the mausoleum of Tun Teja located in Merlimau, Jasin, Malacca, Malaysia. |
9,040 | As a part of the suggestion of making a bridge across Kattegat, a maglev connection between Copenhagen and Århus was proposed. |
9,041 | Giuda believes the Patriot Act "is is the worst form of destruction done to the Constitution, I think, in our country's history. |
9,042 | The company was required by the Chester Tramways Act, 41 & 42 Vict. c. clxxiv, 1878, to pay to the Dee Bridge Commissioners an annual sum for the use of Grosvenor Bridge. The Improvement Act of 1884 gave the Company the option of either contributing £1,000 towards freeing the tolls, or paying £85 per annum to Chester C... |
9,043 | Many patients who suffer from aphasia retain the ability to produce formulaic language, including conversational speech formulas and swear words—in some cases, patients are unable to create words or sentences, but they are able to swear. Also, the ability to pronounce other words can change and evolve during the proces... |
9,044 | Nagler has served as the co-Chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Association since 2008. |
9,045 | Something Magic, by Procol Harum, was released in 1977. |
9,046 | Umapathy, born on 10 June 1959 in Coimbatore in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, graduated in chemistry from Kongunadu Arts and Science College of the University of Madras and joined PSG College of Technology from where he passed MSc in applied science in 1981. Subsequently, he moved to New Zealand for his doctora... |
9,047 | Historically, coal mining has been a very dangerous activity and the list of historical coal mining disasters is a long one. In the US alone, more than 100,000 coal miners were killed in accidents over the past century, with more than 3,200 dying in 1907 alone. In the decades following this peak, an annual death toll o... |
9,048 | The are an order of powerful warriors from the ice lands of Bluegrad (known as Sinigrad in English publication), who also draw their strength from their Cosmo. Their order was formed centuries ago by mighty warriors who, in the same way as Athena's Saints, were capable of rending the skies with their fists and splitti... |
9,049 | AFCA was reassigned to HQ Air Force Space Command, the Air Force's designated lead for cyber, on May 4, 2009, and redesignated the Air Force Network Integration Center on July 15, 2009. AFNIC works closely with Twenty-Fourth Air Force on cyber issues. |
9,050 | Head of Missions outside the Republic of Lebanon have the right to issue visas to the Republic of Lebanon given that the visa grant is "under the responsibility of the Head of Mission" , except in the cases of Palestinian refugees or holders of passports issued by the Palestinian Authority or Jordan without a national ... |
9,051 | Composed of one central building, which, along with the original gym, was completed in 1919 at a total cost of $285,000. The building features brick walls, a slate roof and other stone features. The building was planned to be opened at an earlier date but it was postponed because of World War I. The building was design... |
9,052 | Weeks after taking over the new quarters, the matter of Sunday openings was before the Library Commissioners. In 1918, the Board maintained the policy of Sunday openings, despite the presence of city detectives, who (according to Pagett, 1934) would "visit the library, parade around on Sunday and subject the librarian ... |
9,053 | The 2001 NFL season was the 82nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). |
9,054 | Although it is not what he is best known for, Vincenzo and his brothers were most active as painters of religious subjects. Pordenone’s influence can be clearly seen in Vincenzo’s 1575 altarpiece, Christ Before the Crucifixion that shows the artist’s developing Lombard naturalism. The crucifixion is unconventionally de... |
9,055 | The building consists of three components: the tower, which rises to 20 stories, the 4-story commercial center, and a car parking block which is also 4-stories tall. As of 2013 the tower is the tallest building in Kigali and Rwanda. The total retail floor space is around while office space is . |
9,056 | De Modderige Bol is what the Dutch describe as an spinnenkop -. It is a hollow post mill on a single storey square roundhouse. The mill is winded by tailpole and winch. The roundhouse is clad in pantiles and mill body is covered in vertical boards, while the roof of the mill is boarded and covered in felt. The sails ar... |
9,057 | It was partially mimed by the band for the BBC and aired on Top of the Pops. The Top of the Pops version also has drummer Roger Taylor singing Mike Stone's line. |
9,059 | Li Hsün (Li Xun) was known for his poetry . He was the author of Hai Yao Pen Tshao. He and his brother Li Hsien (Li Xian) were well known perfume merchants who lived in the 900s AD. They lived at the state of Shu's court. |
9,060 | In 1978 he joined Port Adelaide, where he was a member of two premiership teams, in 1979 and 1980. He won Port Adelaide's best and fairest award in the first of those premiership years. While at Port Adelaide he represented his state in three interstate matches. |
9,061 | Human trafficking in Mauritania is considered to be a controversial human rights issue. Mauritania is a suspected source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Supposedly some women, men, and ... |
9,062 | Different discoveries of the 19th century proved the Gallo-Roman origins of the town. Finds include pottery kilns and effigies of Nero and Posthumous. At this time, the territory was populated by the Veromandues, a Gallic tribe of Belgian origin, who lived in an environment of woodland and marshes.In the 13th century,... |
9,063 | The 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet standards encompass a number of different Ethernet physical layer (PHY) specifications. A networking device may support different PHY types by means of pluggable modules. Optical modules are not standardized by any official standards body but are in multi-source agreements (MSAs). One agreem... |
9,064 | The Molalla River corridor offers opportunities for outdoor activities, including fishing, hunting, and hiking. Along the corridor to the east, Table Rock is a favorite local rocky promontory that provides visitors with a view of Molalla and the surrounding countryside for miles in every direction. Neighborhood and com... |
9,065 | Minogue re-emerged on stage in a Cher-esque evening suit performing "No More Rain". Many songs were added and swapped around during this act including "The One", "Love at First Sight", "I Should Be So Lucky" and the acoustic rendition of "All I See".For the first two performances in South America, Minogue performed "So... |
9,066 | Alton photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period. He began as a lab technician in Los Angeles in the 1920s, later becoming a cameraman within four years. He moved to France with Ernst Lubitsch to film backgrounds for The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) and ended up staying for one ye... |
9,067 | Chen is a Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and has owned a few horses, including Carpe Diem, Seize The Day and Take the Current. |
9,068 | Masahiko Tanaka is the name of: |
9,069 | The Four Aces was begun in 1966 by Newton Dunbar (now known as DJ Newton Ace), a migrant to London from Jamaica a decade earlier, who set up the club – named after a then popular cigarette brand - to provide a live music venue catering for people from the West Indies. It at first operated from a run-down basement in Hi... |
9,070 | Though Notre Dame would have just a 21–20 lead over heavy underdog UMass, the Irish would score 41 consecutive points to put the game out of reach. Notre Dame would accumulate 681 total yards of offense, 457 of it from rushing and would score 62 points. It was the most points the Irish would score since 1996, when they... |
9,071 | Since ridgelines are easy to see and agree about, drainage divides are often natural borders defining political boundaries, as with the 18th century North America Royal Proclamation of 1763 that preceded the American Revolution. |
9,072 | Looking at how Russian literature affected G.B. Senanayake's works it seems that Anton Chekhov's works have influenced him. Especially exploring the artistic beauty of his own short stories was a path he found from Russian literature. |
9,073 | Gibson was born in Grant City, Missouri on November 28, 1888. He was the son of W. J. (William Jesse) and Mollie (Huntsman) Gibson. He attended the University of Missouri, graduating in 1912 with both an AB and LLB. He moved to Los Angeles in 1922, establishing a practice and becoming active in Democratic politics. He... |
9,074 | With the help of SRF operator Welch Vineyard, the trio continue the mission of exploration. They head to planet Lemuris and begin exploring. The group meet Lymle Lemuri Phi, a little girl and grand daughter of the village elder, Ghimdo, who is suffering from an illness that's slowly turning him to stone. The group even... |
9,075 | Strangury is the symptom described in Western medicine and Chinese traditional medicine, characterized by painful, frequent urination of small volumes that are expelled slowly only by straining and despite a severe sense of urgency, usually with the residual feeling of incomplete emptying. The origin of the term is lat... |
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