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goons
They are helped by Nina, who has realized Malcolm's intentions; before they can alter the program, Malcolm's goons capture them.
They use her as bait lure the heroes, and capture them with foil.
Scott, along with Amy and his best friend, Randy (Chris Marquette), head to the warehouse to save his family from being brainwashed by Malcolm.
Less than a second remaining before his family is permanently reprogrammed, Scott smashes the main computer with a soccer ball.
Silver Charge uses his powers to (literally) burn away their memories of the heroes' identities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%2C%20Up%20and%20Away%20%28film%29
Up, Up and Away (film)
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viola
They combined viola with strong percussion, sometimes using self-made instruments, to create intense experimental Post-rock music.
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Hangedup was an experimental rock duo from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring Genevieve Heistek on Viola and Eric Craven on drums and percussion.
History Heistek and Craven performed with the band Sackville.
Heistek was also part of The Mile End Ladies String Auxiliary, Set Fire to Flames, HṚṢṬA, and Land of Kush.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangedup
Hangedup
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outfit
They met with top fashion designer, Nathan Jenden and were told they each had to model an outfit on the catwalk.
Lauren, Sherece, Krystal, Carly, and Lucy were upset because they did not find beds for all of them (They eventually found beds downstairs).
The next morning, the girls went to London Fashion Week.
Natalie won the fashion challenge and she chose Dani and Abigail to share the prize, which was attendance at a Gharani Strok Fashion Party.
When they were home, they found Lisa Mail that explained the next photo shoot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s%20Next%20Top%20Model%20%28series%203%29
Britain's Next Top Model (series 3)
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jeep
They take the jeep of the police and flee.
Pandit learns that Nisha is getting married, so he makes his way to the marriage and messes things up, taking Nisha with him.
Though the police succeed in capturing Arjun and his men, but are threatened to stay still and not to shoot since Arjun was pointing a gun at Nisha.
After too many ups and downs, Pandit forces Nisha to marry him by blackmailing her that he will kill her younger brother if she refuses.
Nisha is forced to marry Pandit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjun%20Pandit%20%281999%20film%29
Arjun Pandit (1999 film)
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automobile
They were also given a misdirection by a woman so that she could send them to the spot where her family could see an automobile.
Jackson was unable to buy a new tire, but purchased some used inner tubes.
Going northwards out of Sacramento, the noise of the car covered the fact that the duo's cooking gear was falling off.
The rough trek towards Oregon required them to haul the car across deep streams with the block and tackle.
Somewhere along this route, Jackson lost a pair of his glasses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio%20Nelson%20Jackson
Horatio Nelson Jackson
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worker
They will "Breed" a worker, who will build another tent to live in.
Gameplay The player starts out by saving a man and a woman from drowning.
Once the player leads them to the "Promised Land", they will settle down and build a tent.
By using this strategy, the player will explore the world and improve the population through the ages.
The main feature of this game is that the player is able to redesign the land levels at will.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godus
Godus
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uniform
They wore costumes which collectively formed a band uniform.
Van der Vol (real name Johannes Mager) played the tuba, The Captain (real name Bob Jennings) played the trombone, Buford (George Wallace) played the baritone horn, Jimby (James Aron) and Loois Tooloose (Bob Leach) both played the trumpet.
Often they would play lengths of garden hose with mouthpieces attached.
Aron, for example, wore an aviator's helmet.
They each adopted distinct personas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Brass%20Band
The Brass Band
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woodwind
This Adagio, which already requires triple woodwind, has been edited by Dermot Gault and Takanobu Kawasaki and recorded by Akira Naito with the Tokyo New City Orchestra.
The new edition by Paul Hawkshaw has been premiered by Peter Oundjian with the Yale Symphony Orchestra on 27 October 2017.
Intermediate versions A copy of an intermediate version of the Adagio with an estimated date of 1888 exists in the Austrian National Library.
A MIDI version is also available.
Intermediate versions of the other movements have been edited by William Carragan and performed by Gerd Schaller.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony%20No.%208%20%28Bruckner%29
Symphony No. 8 (Bruckner)
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instruments
This allows users to combine the power of several Macintosh computers to process Logic Pro's built-in software instruments and plug-ins, and 3rd party processing plug-ins.
Logic will then offload the effects and synth processing to the other machines on the network.
If the network is fast enough (i.e. gigabit Ethernet) this can work in near real-time, depending on buffer settings and CPU loads.
As of version 10.0.7, Logic can access 24 processing threads, which is inline with Apple's flagship 12-core Mac Pro.
History Creator and Notator In 1987, C-Lab released Gerhard Lengeling's MIDI sequencer program for the Atari ST platform called Creator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic%20Pro
Logic Pro
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train
This also happened to a Canadian National Railway Railliner passenger train in the 1970s, but the problem was noticed by other crew members and the train safely halted.
While some pedal switches must simply be held down in order for the machine to function (this system is often found on amusement rides, where the operator is likely to remain in a standing position for a lengthy period of time while the ride is in motion), this method has some shortcomings.
In the Waterfall train disaster, south of Sydney, Australia, in 2003, it appeared that the driver slumped on his seat, keeping the pedal depressed when he died suddenly of a heart attack.
There are some solutions to this issue that are now used in modern pedal systems.
The pedal can have a vigilance function built in, where drivers must release and re-press the pedal in response to an audible signal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead%20man%27s%20switch
Dead man's switch
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attire
This attire is often marched with a dupatta of matching or contrasting color.
It differs from the churidar only in the lack of the ruches or the "churis" near the ankle.
The kameez is of thigh length and has a side seam left open below the waist-line.
As with most designer suits, a pencil suit is also embellished with beads, mirror work, zardozi or zari work.
Simple and plain variants of the suit are also available for daily wear.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil%20suit
Pencil suit
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artillery
This bombardment disrupted the first defense zone and partially neutralized the defending artillery.
Brusilov committed all his reserves into the initial assault.
Although Brusilov favoured shorter bombardments, the bombardment preparation for this offensive was more than two days long, from 3am on June 4 (May 22 old style) to 9am on June 6 (May 24).
The first infantry attacks made breakthroughs at 13 points, which were soon increased in width and depth.
Austro-Hungarian response to the unexpected offensive was slow and limited, believing that their existing forces and defenses would prove sufficient; instead, reserve units sent forward to counterattack often found their routes already overrun by the Russians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infiltration%20tactics
Infiltration tactics
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sense
This chance meeting ultimately requires Will to re-evaluate his sense of the past and his family's history.
The Swimming-Pool Library is a 1988 novel by Alan Hollinghurst.
Plot introduction In 1983 London, Will, a privileged, gay, sexually irresistible 25-year-old, saves the life of an elderly aristocrat who has a heart-attack in a public lavatory.
Plot summary William Beckwith is a highly privileged, cultivated and promiscuous young gay man.
He is the grandson and heir of Viscount Beckwith, an elder statesman and a recent peer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Swimming-Pool%20Library
The Swimming-Pool Library
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voice
This deeper "rock"-sounding voice on Once—as well as on the song "In the Picture" of the album Into the Light—was welcomed by critics as a refreshing change.
For the album Century Child (2002), she experimented with a more "rock" sounding voice, where she maintained the classical singing technique, but, for example, sang with less vibrato.
Turunen was not satisfied that she had successfully transitioned to this new style until the album Once (2004).
Her first solo album My Winter Storm (2007) contains rock and metal songs as well as songs that resemble classical songs.
Turunen uses both her classical singing voice and a rock-sounding voice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarja%20Turunen
Tarja Turunen
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string
This exaltation theme, in which the Son is contrasted with the angels (1:4), is expanded in the following string of OT quotations (1:5-13).
The first chapter of Hebrews stresses the superiority of the Son to the angels.
The very name 'Son' indicates superiority.
While some have understood the catena as referring primarily to Christ's pre-existence, it is more likely that the verses should be understood, 'as a Christological hymn which traces the entire Christ event, including the pre-existence, earthly life, and exaltation of Christ'.
The overall structure of the catena seems to point to exaltation as the underlying motif... At least it may be concluded that the superiority of the Son is demonstrated by this comparison/contrast with angels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle%20to%20the%20Hebrews
Epistle to the Hebrews
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arm
This guard is generally turned outwards during sport to protect the sword arm from touches.
Like the foil, the maximum legal weight of a sabre is 500 grams.
The hand guard on the sabre extends from hilt to the point at which the blade connects to the pommel.
Hits with the entire blade or point are valid.
As in foil, touches that land outside the target area are not scored.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing
Fencing
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instruments
This has led to the development of TRuPS: debt instruments with the same properties as preferred stock.
United States In the United States, the issuance of publicly listed preferred stock is generally limited to financial institutions, REITs and public utilities.
Because in the U.S. dividends on preferred stock are not tax-deductible at the corporate level (in contrast to interest expense), the effective cost of capital raised by preferred stock is significantly greater than issuing the equivalent amount of debt at the same interest rate.
With the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010, TRuPS will be phased out as a vehicle for raising Tier 1 capital by bank holding companies.
Outstanding TRuPS issues will be phased out completely by 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferred%20stock
Preferred stock
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This implies a major flaw: If no corresponding tengwar font is installed, a string of nonsense characters appears.
Tolkien had used multiple modes for English, including full writing and ómatehtar alphabetic modes, phonetic full modes and phonetic ómatehtar modes known from documents published after his death.
Encoding schemes Legacy encoding The contemporary de facto standard in the tengwar user community maps the tengwar characters onto the ISO 8859-1 character encoding following the example of the tengwar typefaces by Dan Smith.
Since there are not enough places in ISO 8859-1's 191 codepoints for all the signs used in tengwar orthography, certain signs are included in a "tengwar A" font which also maps its characters on ISO 8859-1, overlapping with the first font.
For each tengwar diacritic, there are four different codepoints that are used depending on the width of the character which bears it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar
Tengwar
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muscle
This inhibitory effect serves to protect the muscle from damage that would result from the accumulation of too much acid.
PFK1 is also inhibited by low pH levels which augment the inhibitory effect of ATP.
The pH falls when muscle is functioning anaerobically and producing excessive quantities of lactic acid (although lactic acid is not itself the cause of the decrease in pH).
Finally, PFK1 is allosterically inhibited by PEP, citrate, and ATP.
Phosphoenolpyruvic acid is a product further downstream the glycolytic pathway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphofructokinase%201
Phosphofructokinase 1
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expression
This interaction represses expression from a sigma70-dependent promoter during stationary phase.
It has been shown that 7SK RNA, a metazoan ncRNA, acts as a negative regulator of the RNA polymerase II elongation factor P-TEFb, and that this activity is influenced by stress response pathways.
The bacterial ncRNA, 6S RNA, specifically associates with RNA polymerase holoenzyme containing the sigma70 specificity factor.
Another bacterial ncRNA, OxyS RNA represses translation by binding to Shine-Dalgarno sequences thereby occluding ribosome binding.
OxyS RNA is induced in response to oxidative stress in Escherichia coli.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-coding%20RNA
Non-coding RNA
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muscle
This is an isolation exercise for the calves; it particularly emphasises the gastrocnemius muscle, and recruits the soleus muscle.
Calves Standing calf raise The standing calf raise is performed by plantarflexing the feet to lift the body.
If a weight is used, then it rests upon the shoulders, or is held in the hand(s).
Equipment Body weight, dumbbells, smartbells, doorbells, cowbells, bell peppers, barbell, Smith machine or standing calf raise machine.
Major variants One leg (the other is held off the ground); donkey calf raise (bent over with a weight or machine pad on the lower back).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20weight%20training%20exercises
List of weight training exercises
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weapon
This made Dora Knight invincible as Durandal corrodes any other weapon it clashes with.
He is voiced by Yoshio Kawai.
is a knight Dora Monster and an expert swordsman who used the , an evil sword which Bandora had a 10-year-old boy named Shigeru make at midnight on a full moon.
Dora Knight battles Goushi after Bandora lures him into a trap.
Having Bukbak and Totpat broadcast Goushi's fight to the other Zyurangers, they use the TV to travel to Goushi's location and help him, but are outmatched as Bandora enlarges Dora Knight who then overwhelms Daizyuzin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Ky%C5%8Dry%C5%AB%20Sentai%20Zyuranger%20characters
List of Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger characters
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talent
This made it difficult to lure star talent to WSSU.
Toward the end of his coaching career, Gaines struggled to recruit student players.
The end of the Jim Crow Era laws led to college basketball becoming fully integrated at all levels.
Among Gaines notable student players were Earl Monroe; Cleo Hill, the first African American from an historically Black college or university to be drafted in the first round by the National Basketball Association (St. Louis Hawks, 1961); and Stephen A. Smith, who became a noted commentator and columnist.
Accomplishments and recognition As of April 2010, Gaines stands ninth on the NCAA men's basketball coaches win list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20Gaines
Clarence Gaines
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jersey
This morning, in Cherbourg, a race official came up to me and without a word, he pulled up my jersey to check that I'm not wearing two.
Londres' piece, reproduced largely as a dialogue, appeared under the headline Les Forçats de la Route.
"You wouldn't believe that all this is about nothing more than a few jerseys.
What would you say if I pulled open your waistcoat to see if your shirt was clean?
That's the way these people behave and I won't stand for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri%20P%C3%A9lissier
Henri Pélissier
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violin
This new orchestral version was more violin led than the former, which had made more use of wind instruments, and featured no percussion.
Like the Silly Wizard version, the music for the closing credits also featured a drum roll introduction.
The third version was a different orchestral arrangement and was used from episode 335 in 1986 until episode 727 at the beginning of 1990.
From episode 728 in 1990, the fourth, rock-style, version made its debut and continued to be used until the end of the series.
This version was electric guitar led (played by session guitarist Duncan Finlay) and featured percussion during the "middle" section.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take%20the%20High%20Road
Take the High Road
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horn
This original usage survives in the shofar, a ram's horn, which plays an important role in Jewish religious rituals.
This is a whole-tone valve arranged so that with the valve in the "up" position the valve loop is engaged, but when the valve is pressed the loop is cut out, raising the pitch by a whole tone.
History As the name indicates, humans originally used to blow on the actual horns of animals before starting to emulate them in metal.
Early metal horns were less complex than modern horns, consisting of brass tubes with a slightly flared opening (the bell) wound around a few times.
These early "hunting" horns were originally played on a hunt, often while mounted, and the sound they produced was called a recheat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20horn
French horn
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uniform
This was due to visibility concerns surrounding the previous red uniform.
They also changed their red alternate uniform to include a black and grey variation of the "blaze" strip inspired from the team's pinwheel logo and a lack of white elements.
In the 2019–20 season, the red "Statement" uniform was updated to feature white letters, white numbers with black trim and a thin white strip above the series of black and grey strips.
In addition to the "Association", "Icon" and "Statement" uniforms, Nike released annual "City" uniform designs.
The Blazers' 2017–18 "City" uniforms were predominantly black with a grayscale plaid pattern (in homage to former head coach Jack Ramsay), 'Rip City' and lettering in red, and a silhouette of the Portland city flag on the beltline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%20Trail%20Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers
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protest
This was the opening act of a youth protest, which protest in a few hours became a nationwide revolt against the government.
His breakthrough role was Imre Madách's Moses, which he had played for 22 years, more than 700 times.
On 23 October 1956 he recited Sándor Petőfi's Nemzeti dal at the Petőfi Square in Budapest in front of a crowd of 20,000 people.
Sinkovits became a member of the Hungarian Theatre and Film Association Revolutionary Committee on 30 October.
After the revolution was crushed, Sinkovits was banned from acting for a half year for his activities, and his membership in the National Theatre was terminated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imre%20Sinkovits
Imre Sinkovits
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tones
This way, the musicians could find the best tones for their instruments.
Album recording Curva de vento was recorded inside an old house in Itamaracá, Pernambuco, which belongs to a friend of the group members.
The band and its technical staff spread microphones around the whole house and each group member decided where he preferred to play (bedroom, bathroom etc.).
The recording period took around ten days.
After recorded all the instruments, the songs were mixed in a musical studio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curva%20de%20Vento
Curva de Vento
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goons
Tiwari's goons show up and kidnap Anjali because Pappu has not returned the money.
Raju, Shyam, and Babu Bhaiya are about to leave the city when Raju remembers that he owes money to a woman named Anjali Patekar.
The three head over to her house and are surprised to find that she is Pappu's sister.
Feeling guilty that he is the one who got Anjali in trouble, Raju decides that he will go to Tiwari and try to get her freed.
Shyam and Babu Bhaiya refuse to leave without them and decide to stay as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phir%20Hera%20Pheri
Phir Hera Pheri
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talent
To achieve this standard of excellence, the LCBL put the quality of the league in the player's hands; enticing superior St. Louis-based talent to be their own promoters.
The convincing requirement for the student-athlete is whether their summer baseball experience will be top-notch.
If Mahrt and Clites could make the domestic product equal or better than anywhere else, people would willingly come back home.
If they come back home to play, and bring a skilled college teammate, it becomes a win-win for all.
Clites coined them "Gateway Players" in a nod to the city's nickname and a play on the tell-a-friend marketing strategy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20%26%20Clark%20Baseball%20League
Lewis & Clark Baseball League
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horn
To distinguish them from other hawkers, he tried playing a tin horn to attract customers.
He wrote about what he learned from them: "how to live—real life and determination."
His first musical performance may have been at the side of the Karnoffskys' junk wagon.
Morris Karnoffsky gave Armstrong an advance toward the purchase of a cornet from a pawn shop.
Fluent in Yiddish, Armstrong wore a Star of David until the end of his life in memory of this family who had raised him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
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engines
To start the engines, triethylborane (TEB), which ignites on contact with air, was injected to produce temperatures high enough to ignite the JP-7.
Research was conducted on a liquid hydrogen powerplant, but the tanks for storing cryogenic hydrogen were not of a suitable size or shape.
In practice, the Blackbird would burn somewhat conventional JP-7, which was difficult to ignite.
The TEB produced a characteristic green flame, which could often be seen during engine ignition.
On a typical SR-71 mission, the airplane took off with only a partial fuel load to reduce stress on the brakes and tires during takeoff and also ensure it could successfully take off should one engine fail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed%20SR-71%20Blackbird
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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To support himself during his studies Holst played the trombone professionally, at seaside resorts in the summer and in London theatres in the winter.
Holst's professors at the RCM were Frederick Sharpe (piano), William Stephenson Hoyte (organ), George Case (trombone), Georges Jacobi (instrumentation) and the director of the college, Hubert Parry (history).
After preliminary lessons with W. S. Rockstro and Frederick Bridge, Holst was granted his wish to study composition with Charles Villiers Stanford.
His daughter and biographer, Imogen Holst, records that from his fees as a player "he was able to afford the necessities of life: board and lodging, manuscript paper, and tickets for standing room in the gallery at Covent Garden Opera House on Wagner evenings".
He secured an occasional engagement in symphony concerts, playing in 1897 under the baton of Richard Strauss at the Queen's Hall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav%20Holst
Gustav Holst
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Toddlers' gowns often featured leading strings, which were narrow straps of fabric or ribbon attached at the shoulder and held by an adult while the child was learning to walk.
Unbreeched boys The first progression, for both boys and girls, was when they were shortcoated or taken out of the long dresses that came well below the feet that were worn by babies—and which have survived as the modern Christening robe.
It was not possible to walk in these, which no doubt dictated the timing of the change.
After this stage, in the Early Modern period it is usually not too difficult to distinguish between small boys and girls in commissioned portraits of the wealthy, even where the precise identities are no longer known.
The smaller figures of small children in genre painting have less detail, and painters often did not trouble to include distinguishing props as they did in portraits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeching%20%28boys%29
Breeching (boys)
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Townshend and Entwistle became friends in their second year of Acton County, and formed a trad jazz group; Entwistle also played French horn in the Middlesex Schools' Symphony Orchestra.
History Background The founding members of the Who, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle, grew up in Acton, London and went to Acton County Grammar School.
Townshend's father, Cliff, played saxophone and his mother, Betty, had sung in the entertainment division of the Royal Air Force during World War II, and both supported their son's interest in rock and roll.
Both were interested in rock, and Townshend particularly admired Cliff Richard's début single, "Move It".
Entwistle moved to guitar, but struggled with it due to his large fingers, and moved to bass on hearing the guitar work of Duane Eddy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Who
The Who
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Trabert said afterwards: "Trying to stop Lew in that final set was like fighting a machine gun with a rubber knife".
In the final against Rosewall, in the second game of the match, Hoad pulled his back while running for a backhand volley and suffered a recurrence of his old back injury, and could no longer run, losing in four sets.
In November, Hoad won the fifth and deciding rubber for Australia against the United States in the final of the inaugural Kramer Cup (the pro equivalent of the Davis Cup) by beating Trabert in four sets.
Robert Roy in L'Équipe ranked Hoad as the third-best player of the year.
In July 1961 Gardnar Mulloy rated Hoad as world No.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew%20Hoad
Lew Hoad
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Traditional music instruments such as Béra, Thammátama, Daŭla and Răbān were performed at these dramas.
Naturalised Canadian Michael Ondaatje is well known for his English-language novels and three films.
The earliest music in Sri Lanka came from theatrical performances such as Kolam, Sokari and Nadagam.
The first music album, Nurthi, recorded in 1903, was released through Radio Ceylon.
Songwriters like Mahagama Sekara and Ananda Samarakoon and musicians such as W. D. Amaradeva, Victor Ratnayake, Nanda Malini and Clarence Wijewardene have contributed much towards the progression of Sri Lankan music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Translational repressionRISC can modulate the loading of ribosome and accessory factors in translation to repress expression of the bound mRNA transcript.
5'-to-3' degradation of the transcript occurs by XRN1 exonuclease in cytoplasmic bodies called P-bodies.
3'-to-5' degradation of the transcript is conducted by the exosome and Ski complex.
Translational repression only requires a partial sequence match between the guide strand and target mRNA.
Translation can be regulated at the initiation step by: preventing the binding of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF) to the 5' cap.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA-induced%20silencing%20complex
RNA-induced silencing complex
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Troiano and former student Jeff Furman play tuba while Michael Canipe of the Deer Park School District and Don Sherman of East Northport play euphonium.
Having been created by Troiano some years prior, this brass band, consisting of high school brass students, had the opportunity of performing in venues such as Shea Stadium and West Point.
The Long Island Tuba Quartet Created in 1986 to perform at the 6th Howard Hovey Tuba Day, the brass quartet consists of two euphoniums and two tubas.
Since 1986, the Long Island Tuba Quartet makes an annual appearance at the Tuba Festival.
The quartet has performed all over New York state, but mostly on Long Island.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Troiano
Bill Troiano
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goons
Truck gives Nate Jerry's gun for protection, and then they shoot Blue's goons when they burst in.
Truck frames Annie for shoplifting, and the police arrest her.
Truck visits Nate again in the hospital.
Blue flees, but Truck shoots him.
Blue dies a few minutes later in the driver's seat of his car.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck%20Turner
Truck Turner
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Tun demanded 1,800,000 strings of cash in compensation and the Tang agreed to pay this amount in gold and silk.
During his reign Manichaeism was suppressed, but his successors restored it as the official religion.
In 780 a group of Uyghurs and Sogdians was killed while leaving Chang'an with tribute.
In 789 Tun Bagha Tarkhan died and his son, Tolossu, succeeded him.
The Karluks took this opportunity to encroach on Uyghur territory and annexed the Futu valley.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur%20Khaganate
Uyghur Khaganate
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euphonium
Typically in a drum corps, there will be two baritone parts and one euphonium part, with the euphonium playing the lower parts comparatively.
They are chiefly known now through their mention in the song "Seventy-Six Trombones" from the musical The Music Man by Meredith Willson.
Marching Marching euphoniums are used by marching bands and in drum and bugle corps.
Some corps (such as the Blue Devils) march all-euphonium sections rather than only marching baritone or a mix of both.
In high school marching bands, the two will often be used interchangeably.
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Typically, the first horn played a high part and the second horn played a low part.
The horn choir is especially practical because the extended range of the horn provides the composer or arranger with more possibilities, registerally, sonically, and contrapuntally.
Orchestral and concert band horns A classical orchestra usually has at least two French horn players.
Composers from Beethoven (early 1800s) onwards commonly used four horns.
Here, the first and second horns played as a pair (first horn being high, second horn being low), and the third and fourth horns played as another pair (third horn being high, fourth horn being low).
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UEFI 2.1 defined a "Human Interface Infrastructure" (HII) to manage user input, localized strings, fonts, and forms (in the HTML sense).
Graphics features The EFI 1.0 specification defined a UGA (Universal Graphic Adapter) protocol as a way to support graphics features.
UEFI did not include UGA and replaced it with GOP (Graphics Output Protocol).
These enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) or independent BIOS vendors (IBVs) to design graphical interfaces for pre-boot configuration.
Most early UEFI firmware implementations were console-based.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified%20Extensible%20Firmware%20Interface
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Unable to support himself by his compositions, he played the trombone professionally and later became a teacher—a great one, according to his colleague Ralph Vaughan Williams.
He hoped to become a pianist, but was prevented by neuritis in his right arm.
Despite his father's reservations, he pursued a career as a composer, studying at the Royal College of Music under Charles Villiers Stanford.
Among other teaching activities he built up a strong tradition of performance at Morley College, where he served as musical director from 1907 until 1924, and pioneered music education for women at St Paul's Girls' School, where he taught from 1905 until his death in 1934.
He was the founder of a series of Whitsun music festivals, which ran from 1916 for the remainder of his life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav%20Holst
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Under Dutch law, a notarially executed instrument is probative as of the data certa (vaste datum) and subscription of the parties.
However, under no circumstances may a notary represent clients in court.
Apart from advising, a notary also draws, executes, and retains instruments either by statute or at the parties' request.
Notaries archive the minute (protocol copy, Dutch minuut) and issue exemplifications (authentiek afschrift) to the parties.
The only fully executed copy, known as the engrossment (grosse), is prima facie demonstrative evidence of its contents, similar to a court order.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20law%20notary
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Unhesitatingly, he ran 10 yards to the rear, secured another automatic rifle and continued to fire until his weapon jammed.
Private Hasemoto, an automatic rifleman, challenged these two machine gunners.
After firing four magazines at the approaching enemy, his weapon was shot and damaged.
At this point, Private Hasemoto and his squad leader had killed approximately 20 enemy soldiers.
Again, Private Hasemoto ran through a barrage of enemy machine gun fire to pick up an M-1 rifle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikio%20Hasemoto
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Uniform When the club was first formed the uniform was very different from the one we see today.
Many Petone rowers hold world records for time trails at indoor racing events that are held all over the world, including Izzy Ahearn who in 2016 obtained the world indoor rowing record across a marathon distance for girls aged between 15 and 16.
National achievements Petone Rowing Club was named Rowing New Zealand's club of the year in 2014.
It consisted of white trousers, a white cap with red buttons, a white singlet with a broad red sash, and a boater hat with a red band.
By the 1960s the uniform had changed to gold singlets and black shorts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petone%20Rowing%20Club
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Uniforms and insigniaThe pre-war Australian Army uniform formed the basis of that worn by the AIF, which adopted the broad-brimmed slouch hat and rising sun badge.
The protests which occurred in 1918 over the planned disbandment of several battalions also used similar tactics to those employed in industrial disputes.
Historian Nathan Wise has judged that the frequent use of industrial action in the AIF led to improved conditions for the soldiers, and contributed to it having a less strict military culture than was common in the British Army.
Peak caps were initially also worn by the infantry, while light horsemen often wore a distinctive emu plume in their slouch hats.
A standard khaki puggaree was worn by all arms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Australian%20Imperial%20Force
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Union artillery bombarded the Confederates with a battery of eight Coehorn mortars; the Confederates responded by depressing the trail of a 24-pound howitzer and lobbing shells over the Union positions.
The two opposing armies faced each other for nine days of trench warfare, in some places only yards apart.
Sharpshooters worked continuously, killing many.
Although there were no more large-scale attacks, casualty figures for the entire battle were twice as large as from the June 3 assault alone.
The trenches were hot, dusty, and miserable, but conditions were worse between the lines, where thousands of wounded Federal soldiers suffered horribly without food, water, or medical assistance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Cold%20Harbor
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Unmasking the mastermindBabman captures the goons and gathers the residents in a meeting to explain the whole plot.
Babman learns the awful truth - the people he had been defending are professional squatters.
He tries to determine who the legitimate squatters were and also interviews the lots' former owners, before getting into a showdown with Doña Fe and her goons.
He prevails on the residents to cooperate when he brings the case to the Solicitor-General, in order for the lots to be returned to their rightful owners.
He, however, decides not to reveal the identities of the professional squatters just yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babman
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Usage of alternative instruments leading to completion of the examination has been investigated, including use of pediatric colonoscope, push enteroscope and upper GI endoscope variants.
Alternatively, body position changes and abdominal support from external hand pressure can often "straighten" the endoscope to allow the scope to move forward.
In a minority of patients, looping is often cited as a cause for an incomplete examination.
For screening purposes, a closer visual inspection is then often performed upon withdrawal of the endoscope over the course of 20 to 25 minutes.
Lawsuits over missed cancerous lesions have recently prompted some institutions to better document withdrawal time as rapid withdrawal times may be a source of potential medical legal liability.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonoscopy
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Using these balus, players handle the agung similar to the way a brass tom-tom is played.
Technique The agung is usually performed while standing beside the instrument, holding the upper edge of its flange between the thumb and other fingers with the left hand while striking the knob with the right hand.
The mallets, called balu, are made from short sticks about half a foot in length and padded with soft but tough material such as rubber at one end.
A series of solid, fast decaying sounds are produced using dampening techniques.
The desired effect is produced after striking the knob, by leaving one's hand or knee or the mallets themselves on it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agung
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Valcke subsequently issued a statement denying he had suggested it was bribery, saying instead that the country had "used its financial muscle to lobby for support".
As a result of the investigation both Bin Hammam and Warner were suspended.
Warner reacted to his suspension by questioning Blatter's conduct and adding that FIFA secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, had told him via e-mail that Qatar had bought the 2022 World Cup.
Qatar officials denied any impropriety.
Bin Hammam also responded by writing to FIFA, protesting unfair treatment in suspension by the FIFA Ethics Committee and FIFA administration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA
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Vaughan also had the honour of being the 1000th player to pull on a Blues jersey.
On 13 September, Vaughan was named in the 2017 Prime Minister's XIII squad.
2018 In 2018, Vaughan was named in The NSW Blues squad for The 2018 State of Origin series.
On 5 June, Vaughan told the Sydney Morning Herald that "The best thing I did in my career was to leave Canberra and go to St George Illawarra."
Vaughan went on to play in all 3 games of the 2018 State of Origin series as The Blues won the shield 2-1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Vaughan%20%28rugby%20league%29
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VC actionHenry received the second Victoria Cross awarded to the Royal Regiment of Artillery for successfully defending his gun at the Battle of Inkerman against heavy odds.
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Andrew Henry VC (1 November 1823 – 14 October 1870) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Although severely wounded for this action he was also commissioned in the field.
He was at the time of the action a sergeant major of 'G' Battery Royal Artillery when on a foggy November morning in 1854 Russian troops launched a surprise attack on the British lines and quickly surrounded the Battery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Henry%20%28VC%29
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Very much later Vallinachiyar found this shattered weapon (Chakrayathan) was ceremoniously placed at a temple and worshipped and this place of worship of chakrayutham was called Vallipuram.
Where the battle was fought was at Mayakkai, Vadmaradchi.
Where his Vishnu's weapon chakrayutham broke up and fell was the village of Valli nachchi.
This place of worship Vallipuram was called Vallipura alvar Kovil.
Intellectual opinion like those of Pandithamani Kanapathipillai referred to Jaffna's culture as Kandapurana Culture, is suggestive of this consecration of the above his body.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvai
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Vincent originally played the tuba but was directed towards the drums by his father, who said there were no career prospects for a tuba player.
Early years Vincent Paul Abbott was born in Abilene, Texas, on March 11, 1964.
His parents were Jerry, a country music songwriter and producer, and Carolyn Abbott.
His father bought him his first drum kit.
Abbott cited Peter Criss, Alex Van Halen and Tommy Aldridge as his biggest influences as a drummer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie%20Paul
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Voice actor Paul Frees filled in for all three (no voice was needed for Harpo).
The special featured animated re-workings of various famous comedians' acts, including W. C. Fields, Jack Benny, George Burns, Henny Youngman, the Smothers Brothers, Flip Wilson, Phyllis Diller, Jack E. Leonard, George Jessel and the Marx Brothers.
Most of the comedians provided their own voices for their animated counterparts, except for Fields and Chico Marx (both of whom had died) and Zeppo Marx (who had left show business in 1933).
The Marx Brothers' segment was a re-working of a scene from their Broadway play I'll Say She Is, a parody of Napoleon that Groucho considered among the brothers' funniest routines.
The sketch featured animated representations — if not the voices — of all four brothers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%20Brothers
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We can never be sure, he contends, that a silenced opinion does not contain some element of the truth.
Freedom of speech On Liberty involves an impassioned defense of free speech.
Mill argues that free discourse is a necessary condition for intellectual and social progress.
He also argues that allowing people to air false opinions is productive for two reasons.
First, individuals are more likely to abandon erroneous beliefs if they are engaged in an open exchange of ideas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Stuart%20Mill
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Weaver was pulling off his uniform for the last time.
The news had been in the headlines and the back of everyone's mind all season, yet it was almost forgotten as the Orioles chased the Brewers down the stretch.
Now, suddenly, the moment was at hand.
And the fans weren't going to let him go without a salute.
Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%20Baltimore%20Orioles%20season
1982 Baltimore Orioles season
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Weeks later Kirwan decided to pull on the green and gold Marist jersey once again and he played in a match against City Rovers which Marist won 14–10.
He had retired from the playing field and said "I think we have done our bit… and the aim of the club now is to give the most promising of the juniors a chance."
At a dinner for the touring England team on 4 August Kirwan was presented with a medallion for being a "loyalist" on the 1927–27 tour of England.
He then played in Marist's successful Roope Rooster campaign where they beat Richmond Rovers 14–9, Devonport United 10–5, and Ponsonby United to claim the title.
He then played 4 further matches in the Labour Day competition which stretched over two weekends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Kirwan%20%28rugby%29
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What exactly are you hearing" -in the sense that one asks the subject to describe not the external references of the sound it perceives but the perception itself."
As Pierre Schaeffer writes in his Treatise on Musical Objects "The concealment of the causes does not result from a technical imperfection, nor is it an occasional process of variation: it becomes a precondition, a deliberate placing-in-condition of the subject.
It is toward it, then, that the question turns around; "what am I hearing?...
That music is acousmatic is determined more by how it is listened to, than by whether it is being played from a loudspeaker or not.
In understanding the term 'acousmatic' appropriately, it is necessary to distinguish clearly between sound source and sound identity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acousmatic%20music
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When fedayeen goons came in from Egypt, we blamed the Egyptians.
When murderous infiltrators slipped in from Lebanon, we blamed the Lebanese.
When P.L.O. killers launched raids from Jordan, we blamed the Jordanians.
But when we send a bloodthirsty gang into a refugee camp, we blame everyone in the world except ourselves.
Whether it was omission or commission, we've got something to atone for this Yom Kippur.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry%20Bones%20%28comic%20strip%29
Dry Bones (comic strip)
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engines
When he told the drivers to start their engines, he said "Drivers, energize your groundcraft."
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Felix Scott in The Crown (2019) Motorsports Aldrin served as the grand marshal in the 1994 DieHard 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Video games Aldrin was a consultant on the video game Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space.
Works Aldrin, Edwin E. Jr. 1970. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz%20Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin
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When Inspector Kaale comes to investigate the matter, he argues with an angry Shankar, who tells the inspector to inform the goons that their end will come soon.
Inspector Kaale is always at loggerheads with the commissioner (Kiran Kumar), who is an honest officer.
The basti rallies against Lukka's thuggery but to no avail as the leader of the rally is killed by Lukka in broad daylight.
Shankar later meets Lukka and they become sworn enemies.
Geeta, an aide of Mustafa (Shakti Kapoor) gets to know about the open challenge that Shankar posed to Lukka.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loha%20%281997%20film%29
Loha (1997 film)
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When Li Yuhe, a railroad worker who was engaging in underground work, is taken away by special agents, and Grandma Li has a premonition of being arrested.
According to Lu Xing, the 'class enemies' in all of the model operas were depicted as 'cruel' and 'oppressive'.
Summary The play concentrated on the exploits of the communist underground activities under Japanese occupation in 1939, though history traces back to the 1920s.
Grandma tells the protagonist, Li Tiemei, the true story about her family.
Grandma Li tells Li Tiemei how her parents have sacrificed their lives in the revolutionary struggle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Legend%20of%20the%20Red%20Lantern
The Legend of the Red Lantern
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When orchestras perform music from the 20th century or the 21st century, occasionally instruments such as electric guitar, theremin, or even an electronic synthesizer may be used.
When orchestras perform baroque music (from the 17th century and early 18th century), they may also use a harpsichord or pipe organ, playing the continuo part.
When orchestras perform Romantic-era music (from the 19th century), they may also use harps or unusual instruments such as the wind machine or cannons.
Jazz ensembles Three parts In jazz, there are several types of trios.
One type of jazz trio is formed with a piano player, a bass player and a drummer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical%20ensemble
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When Ory was living on Jackson Avenue, he was discovered by Buddy Bolden, playing his first new trombone, instead of an old Civil War trombone.
Ory was a banjo player during his youth, and it is said that his ability to play the banjo helped him develop "tailgate", a particular style of playing the trombone with a rhythmic line underneath the trumpets and cornets.
His use of glissando helped establish it as a central element of New Orleans Jazz.
Ory's sister said he was too young to play with Bolden.
He moved his six-piece band to New Orleans in 1910.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid%20Ory
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When Saradindu confronts Samaresh once again to extract the truth, Subol's goons shoot at Samaresh and Samaresh was admitted to BIMS.
When Krishnendu, Juni and Meghna left for BIMS, Subol tried to Kill Arunima; but Arunima fled from the house.
Saradindu rescued her from the street and took her to his secret hiding.
Subol finds out Saradindu's secret hiding and came to kill Arunima.
Finally it was revealed that Subol is the main culprit and Arunima is Meghna's mother!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Care%20Kori%20Na
Care Kori Na
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When the brass was poured into the vat for melting, a series of small explosions erupted, sending everyone ducking for cover from the sound of gunfire.
Huffman called a few days later to report a minor setback.
It appeared that not all of the shell casings from the firing range were empty.
Thankfully, the only "casualties" were the walls of the foundry.
As a precaution, Huffman replaced the remaining casings with navy gun metal brass from the foundry's stock, which was stronger and safer than the brass the cadets had collected.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper%20%28cannon%29
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When the lights were struck the Davenports were found to be on opposite sides of the stage waving musical instruments around in the air.
The performance was being given in Ithaca, New York, and many Cornell College students were in the audience.
They had brought "pyrotechnic balls so made as to ignite suddenly with bright light."
According to the magician Harry Houdini, Ira had confessed to him that he and his brother had faked their "spirit" phenomena.
Houdini in his book A Magician Amongst the Spirits (1924) also reproduced a letter from Ira claiming "we never in public affirmed our Belief in spiritualism."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport%20brothers
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When the Major notices the new vehicle, she comments to Batou that "his tastes had changed."
Togusa refers to Batou's love of the car as a comeback after Batou chides him for using a revolver instead of a more modern weapon.
In Solid State Society, Batou drives a yellow Ford GT with black racing stripes.
References Further reading Ghost in the Shell characters Anime and manga sidekicks Martial artist characters in anime and manga Fictional characters from Kantō Fictional characters who can turn invisible Fictional cyborgs Fictional Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel Fictional Japanese people in anime and manga...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batou
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jeep
When the tow truck leaves the jeep there, some scrupulous men take the jeep apart, leaving only its chassis.
Payback One day, Patrolman Gagancho parks his jeep in front of a fire hydrant, which is not allowed.
While his back is turned, his jeep is towed away to a place called Radium in the suburb of San Andres Bukid.
Meanwhile, Patrolman Oonse drives the wrong way in a one-way street when he feels his jeep's tires have been punctured.
He stops to see iron spikes on his jeep's path.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oplan%20Paglalanse
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When this happens, the replay system signals the scheduler to stop, then repeatedly executes the failed string of dependent operations until they have completed successfully.
(Among other things, the scheduler assumes all data is in level 1 "trace cache" CPU cache.)
The most common reason execution fails is that the requisite data is not available, which itself is most likely due to a cache miss.
Performance considerations Not surprisingly, in some cases the replay system can have a very bad impact on performance.
Under normal circumstances, the execution units in the Pentium 4 are in use roughly 33% of the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replay%20system
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Which is the reason that this opinion has been long suppressed and is now entertained by men in a modest manner, and as it were with a veiled face."
"Now can there a better or more commodious hypothesis be devised than this of Copernicus?
For this cause many modern authors are induced to approve of, and follow it: but with much hesitancy and fear, in regard that it seemeth in their opinion so to contradict the Holy scriptures, as that it cannot possibly be reconciled to them.
He identifies 6 classes of statements in the Bible that are taken to oppose the movement of the world: the Earth stands still, and does not move the sun moves and rotates about the earth Heaven is above, and the Earth beneath Hell is in the Centre of the World Heaven is always opposed to the Earth the sun, after the da...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo%20Antonio%20Foscarini
Paolo Antonio Foscarini
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While at Purdue, Slayter marched tuba in the Purdue All-American Marching Band.
At age 20 he married Maude Marie Foor (1917).
He graduated from Purdue University in 1921 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering.
Slayter was a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio.
Career Slayter joined Owens-Illinois Glass Co. (Toledo, Ohio) in 1931, and began working on a commercial process for producing glass fibers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games%20Slayter
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While at sea, a sailor fails to properly secure his cannon, which rolls out of control and damages the ship.
The troop's commander, Sergeant Radoub, convinces them to look after the family.
Meanwhile, at sea, a group of Royalist "Whites" are planning to land the Marquis de Lantenac, a Breton aristocrat whose leadership could transform the fortunes of the rebellion.
The sailor risks his life to secure the cannon and save their ship.
Lantenac awards the man a medal for his bravery and then executes him (without trial) for failing in his duty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-Three
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While characterizing the outer membrane porin in E.coli, some of the promoter clones observed were capable of repressing the expression of other membrane porin such as .
Discovery and history in drug development Some of the earliest asRNAs were discovered while investigating functional proteins.
An example was micF asRNA.
The region responsible for this repression function was found to be a 300 base-pair locus upstream of the promoter.
This 300 base-pair region is 70% homologous in sequence with the 5' end of the mRNA and thus the transcript of this 300 base pair locus was complementary to the mRNA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisense%20RNA
Antisense RNA
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hand
While deployed overseas, twenty members of the crew contracted hand, foot, and mouth disease.
The vessel completed the FELEX modernisation in June 2014.
On 27 June 2016 Charlottetown sailed from Halifax to join NATO's Operation Reassurance in the Mediterranean Sea.
In October, Charlottetown took part in the multinational naval exercise Joint Warrior off the coast of Scotland.
The vessel returned to Canada on 13 January 2017 and conducted a full crew change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS%20Charlottetown%20%28FFH%20339%29
HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339)
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While Freed was in high school, he formed a band called the Sultans of Swing in which he played the trombone.
Early years Freed was born to a Russian Jewish immigrant father, Charles S. Freed, and Welsh-American mother, Maude Palmer, in Windber, Pennsylvania.
In 1933, Freed's family moved to Salem, Ohio, where Freed attended Salem High School, graduating in 1940.
Freed's initial ambition was to be a bandleader; however, an ear infection put an end to that dream.
While attending Ohio State University, Freed became interested in radio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Freed
Alan Freed
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While Myles, Smart, and Alton were securing the rifle and keys, other inmates ambushed the only other two guards in Cellblock 1, threatening them with knives.
Smart and Alton lit a broom and tossed it onto the catwalk behind Byars, who, with his vision blurred by the gasoline, saw he was surrounded by fire.
He quickly surrendered his keys and rifle and allowed himself to be led to the hole.
The guards surrendered their keys and were also led to the hole.
At this point, the inmates were in full possession of three guards, a rifle, and keys to the facility, though they still had no ammunition for the weapon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana%20State%20Prison
Montana State Prison
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While performing this task, the locomotive and some of the Parkdale-bound cars were struck by the remaining portion of its train which had rolled away from its parked position.
It is also a busy thoroughfare on the west side of Toronto, connecting to the Gardiner Expressway and Lake Shore Boulevard.
Notable events 1813 - April 27, 1813 - United States troops land on Parkdale shores to attack Fort York in the Battle of York 1853 - Construction of Great Western Railway along waterfront 1856 - Opening of Parkdale railway station at Queen and Dufferin Streets 1879 - Incorporation of Village of Parkdale 1879 - Op...
1898 - Opening of Masaryk Hall 1902 - Construction of original Holy Family church and school 1910 - Sunnyside railway station opens at Queen and Roncesvalles 1910-1912 - 'Parkdale Grade Separation' project - lowering rail lines through Parkdale 1911 - Demolition of South Parkdale railway station 1912 - Founding of...
1922 - Opening of Sunnyside Beach and Amusement Park 1954 - September 9 - Marilyn Bell is first to swim Lake Ontario and comes ashore in Parkdale 1955-1964 - Construction of Gardiner Expressway, 170 houses are demolished in Parkdale, demolition of Sunnyside Amusement Park 1971 - Closure of Sunnyside railway station ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkdale%2C%20Toronto
Parkdale, Toronto
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While recording the song, Steve Marker played a tuba, and recorded the output of the audio being run through a wah-wah pedal.
Written just as Garbage were about to begin mixing their third album, "Cherry Lips" was a late inclusion to the album.
The song began as a keyboard melody, and was originally known by the working title "Wonderjam".
Daniel Shulman, at the end of his second set of scheduled bass sessions for the album, quickly created a sub-hook bassline for the chorus on a Sabre bass run through an Ampeg B15 amplifier.
The band was happy with the bassline and used it on the final mix of "Cherry Lips".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry%20Lips
Cherry Lips
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While Soviet agents may have recovered the vehicle, it is more likely that the capsule landed in water and sank.
The U.S. Geological Survey hosts more than 860,000 images of the Earth's surface from between 1960 and 1972 from CORONA, ARGON, and LANYARD programs.
Launches Photo gallery In popular culture The 1963 thriller novel Ice Station Zebra and its 1968 film adaptation were inspired, in part, by news accounts from 17 April 1959, about a missing experimental CORONA satellite capsule (Discoverer 2) that inadvertently landed near Spitzbergen on 13 April 1959.
See also KH-5 ARGON, KH-6 LANYARD, KH-7 GAMBIT, KH-8 GAMBIT 3 KH-9 Hexagon "Big Bird" KH-10 DORIAN or Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL program) KH-11, KH-12, KH-13.
SAMOS Satellite imagery Cold War Zenit Deep Black (1986 book) Richard M. Bissell Jr. References Bibliography Burrows, William E., This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age, New York, Random House, 1998 Chun, Clayton K.S., Thunder Over the Horizon: From V-2 rockets to Ballistic Missiles, Westport, Prae...
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Whilst remaining de jure UVF leader after he was jailed for murder, he no longer acted as Chief of Staff.
This uniform, based on those of the original UVF, was introduced in the early 1970s.
Chiefs of Staff Gusty Spence (1966).
Sam "Bo" McClelland (1966–1973) Described as a "tough disciplinarian", he was personally appointed by Spence to succeed him as Chief of Staff, due to his having served in the Korean War with Spence's former regiment, the Royal Ulster Rifles.
He was interned in late 1973, although by that stage the de facto Chief of Staff was his successor, Jim Hanna.
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Whitney was described as "a teenage drama queen, unable to engage brain before mouth and constantly finding herself in and out of trouble".
Speaking of the announcement of Melinda's arrival, an EastEnders source told Digital Spy: "Ricky returns to the Square for his dad Frank's funeral and turns up with Melinda—but is it true love or just a fling between them?"
Whitney Dean Whitney Dean, played by Shona McGarty, is the adopted daughter of long-running character Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), and was introduced in April 2008 when Palmer returned to the series after a six-year absence.
She made her first appearance on 1 April 2008.
Her storylines have revolved around her fractured family life, including her sexual abuse by Bianca's partner Tony King (Chris Coghill), and a sexual exploitation storyline involving Rob Grayson (Jody Latham).
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Willis, a former medical student, was working as hired muscle for Two-Face and had disappeared suspiciously following a botched assignment.
The son of Catherine and Willis Todd, Jason lives on the East end of Gotham City in the Park Row district called Crime Alley.
Catherine was a drug addict who died of an overdose some time before he began living on the street.
Bruce Wayne sees to it that Todd is placed in a school for troubled youths, which turns out to be Ma Gunn's School for Crime.
Jason earns the Robin mantle a short while later by helping Batman apprehend the gang of thieves.
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With Acosta he learned to play the euphonium, a wind instrument which is essential in the execution of the danza.
The love that he developed for the Puerto Rican Danzas came about at a young age because of the influence which he received from his musically inclined family.
He received his first musical instructions from the maestro Juan F. Acosta.
He also learned to play the trombone and tuba.
Musical career Upon finishing his musical instruction, Alers went to play for various national and international bands and Symphony Orchestras.
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With Dr.Kadar now dead, Tom becomes distressed by the deaths suffered during the attack and turns to Tector and asks him for his rifle to attack the Overlord.
With the survivors now gathered, Tom orders them to evacuate to an underground bomb shelter and tells them that the attack won't stop until the Espheni believe they are dead.
But before Tom can evacuate himself, he is faced with tragedy when he discovers that Dr.Kadar has suffered a fatal shrapnel wound.
Tector however tricks Tom and sends him away before attacking the Overlord himself while dressed as the Ghost and then blows himself up.
With Chinatown now in ruin, Tom awakens under the rubble unharmed and discovers a distressed Dingaan while attempting to escape.
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With the instrument he has performed along with the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.
Páll is also working as a musician with a unique idiophone, a large xylophone-like instrument made of stones called the Steinharpa.
He crafted the instrument himself using stones found around his home.
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With the realization that fuel pumped into the plane will also return to normal, Brian has the plane refueled and he manages to start the engines.
As Dinah reports that the sound is growing closer, Craig relates to Dinah and Laurel that the sound is emitted by the "Langoliers", which are said by his oppressive father to hunt and devour negligent and unmotivated boys.
Albert theorizes that time is still flowing inside the plane, which is proven when food brought onto the plane is restored to its normal properties.
Meanwhile, Craig frees himself from his bonds and stabs Dinah, perceiving her to be the main Langolier.
Despite this, Dinah insists that Craig must not be killed as the group needs him alive.
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With the shortage of pistols in the American Civil War, many soldiers on both sides carried an Allen & Thurber pepperbox as a back-up arm.
Holding several patents, Allen and Thurber pepperboxes were the most popular multi-shot pistols of the 1830s and 1840s, slowly losing market share in the 1850s to Colt's 1849 Pocket and 1851 Navy revolvers.
The later revolver pepperboxes were produced well into Allen and Wheelock era.
Harley Van Cleve and his son Phillip collected and categorized 22 distinct models/variations of the Allen pepperbox, and were an invaluable early 20th century resource for these interesting pistols.
Patent dates of 1837 and 1845 help to demarcate sub-models to a limited extent, but many improvements were incorporated on the fly to reduce manufacturing costs and/or create a more reliable product.
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Within this ensemble, the only professional musicians required were the tenor soloist, a string quintet to lead the other strings, and the percussionists.
42, from December 1947 to May 1948 for the centennial celebrations of Lancing College in Sussex.
Writing specifically for the resources available to him on this occasion, Britten scored the piece for mixed choir, tenor soloist, four boys, strings, piano duet, organ and percussion.
Saint Nicolas marks Britten's first professional work intended primarily for performance by amateur musicians.
Now the cantata is frequently performed by youth and amateur ensembles.
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Saint Nicolas (Britten)
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Without benefit of printed lyrics, he asked tongue-in-cheek about some of the Hawaiian place names and phrases in the song: "What does it mean?
It remains a standard for ukulele, again a popular instrument.
Lyrics J. P. McEvoy, a popular magazine writer and humorist in the 1920s and 1930s, wrote to the songwriters after hearing "My Little Grass Shack" on the radio.
What are connies and weenies?
How do ka-chewbas sway?
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Woodward played the cello, and the euphonium, sometimes in procession.
On 21 December 1874 he was ordained deacon by the Bishop of London, to serve as Assistant Curate at St Barnabas, Pimlico.
In September 1882 he moved to St Mary and All Saints, Little Walsingham with Houghton St Giles, in Norfolk.
Other hobbies included bellringing and beekeeping and he also published and printed booklets of his own verse.
In 1889 he married Alice Dorothy Lee Warner, at St Barnabas, Pimlico, having moved to Chelmondiston, near Ipswich, in 1888.
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wu - percussive instruments: led dancing and movement, kettle drum "conducts" the whole orchestra, gongs signal audience to sit, appearance of female lead, anger, and fighting.
The two extra notes functioned similarly to accidentals within western notation.
Instruments The instruments in the orchestra were divided into two categories: wen - string and wind instruments: characterized as clear, soft, or gentle and typically used during vocal pieces.
String Instruments Traditional Chinese string instruments used in Chinese Opera include: Gaohu Erhu Pipa Sanxian Yangqin Yueqin Jinghu Jing erhu Banhu Erxian Percussion Instruments Traditional Chinese percussion instruments used in Chinese Opera include: Paiban Bo Bangu Daluo Xiaoluo Woodwind Instruments Traditional ...
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XTH SenseThe XTH Sense is a wearable instrument that uses muscle sounds from the human body (known as mechanomyogram) to make music and sound effects.
Eigenharp The Eigenharp is a large instrument resembling a bassoon, which can be interacted with through big buttons, a drum sequencer and a mouthpiece.
The sound processing is done on a separate computer.
As a performer moves, the body produces muscle sounds that are captured by a chip microphone worn on arm or legs.
The muscle sounds are then live sampled using a dedicated software program and a library of modular audio effects.
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Yüksel is critical of Islamic creationists, such as the jailed cult leader Harun Yahya.
He then settled in the United States of America, where he began his career as a lawyer.
In the US, he worked with Rashad Khalifa, who claimed to have discovered a Quran code, also known as Code 19, in the Quran and called on Muslims to return to the Quran alone and to abandon all hadiths.
Professor Aisha Musa, from Florida International University, says in her book Hadith as Scripture about Yüksel: References External links 1957 births Living people People from Güroymak American people of Kurdish descent Writers from Tucson, Arizona Turkish emigrants to the United States Turkish Kurdish people Tu...
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