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34727179 | which details the first important LGBT walk in 1979.
In 1984, Schiller and Andrea Weiss founded Jezebel Productions, a nonprofit women's film production company based in New York City. Schiller and Weiss were strongly influenced by both the New Left movement and the women's and gay liberation movements of the 1970s.
In 1985, Schiller directed Before Stonewall, which won two Emmy awards. Before Stonewall was the first gay or lesbian film to be funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. | 497 |
21914692 | Club rated the video highly, writing that "for fans of the graphic novel who grew up on Saturday-morning TV in the '80s, this is a) pretty damn funny, and b) a reminder of just how crappy all those shows we profess to love so dearly really were."
"Husbands and Knives", an episode of The Simpsons featuring the videobox for a fictional cartoon called Watchmen Babies in V for Vacation. | 386 |
4984753 | "The Breakup Song" is reminiscent of American Hi-Fi's song "Flavor of the Weak", "First Date" (2001) by Blink-182, and the music of the Police. The lyrics, which included a reference to "Crimson and Clover" (1968) by Tommy James and the Shondells, discuss relationship issues with the narrator placing more focus on retrieving his record collection rather than his ex-girlfriend.
The acoustic song "Save Me", along with "This Is the Sound", recalls the works of Goo Goo Dolls. | 476 |
52967504 | "Hush-a-Bye" (Ambroise Thomas, Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen) – 6:22
"I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 6:49
"My Ideal" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, Newell Chase) – 6:37 | 185 |
54195817 | His announcement in the state-run quarterly Cultural Language Study said that increasing use of the metric system would "strengthen international exchange and cooperation... in the fields of industry, science, and technology and even in the area of general social life".
The base unit of Korean length is the foot, with other units changing over time based on its dimensions and multiples. Different ancient Korean kingdoms had different exact measurements; that of Sejong the Great (.1418–1450) was 31.22cm. | 508 |
5044448 | Heavily armed police locked down the building and mounted a search. Some 3,000 people, of which 2,000 were police officers, were interviewed by the police but the perpetrator escaped detection. Later, forensic tests found that the DNA on a mask left at the crime scene matched Tsui's.
Leung is survived by his parents and a younger brother and sister. His wedding with Cheng Ling-chi was scheduled to have been held in May. His funeral in Hung Hom was attended by top officials including Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and Police Commissioner Tsang Yam-pui. | 557 |
64702339 | He started his design career in 1985 at Open Design in Torino, an independent studio created by Aldo Sessano, working on various design projects for clients as Mitsubishi Motors, SEAT and Scania, among others.
In 1989, he moved to Japan to work at Design Club International, in Hakone. This 4-year long experience gave him the opportunity to work in many design projects for Japanese and European car manufacturer, and at the same time learning about Japanese culture and sense of aesthetic. | 492 |
60440856 | Challen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Challen Cates (born 1969), American independent film producer and actress
Challen Skeet (1895–1978), English first-class cricketer | 194 |
8335430 | The integration of Luxembourg into the European Coal and Steel Community, and its related treaties, posed a few new constitutional questions for Luxembourg since it required the Community to exercise powers that the Constitution had conferred upon Luxembourg's legislature, executive and judiciary. Thus, Article 49 was introduced to hold that the exercise of powers reserved to the legislature, executive and judiciary may temporarily be vested by treaty in institutions governed by international law.
There have been 26 Amendments to the Constitution since 1972 which reflect the evolving nature of the Luxembourg society. | 624 |
53513462 | The album peaked at number 2 in the UK and at number 1 in Scotland. | 67 |
37957094 | Wickham is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office is closed.
The community was named after Thomas Wickham, the proprietor of a local mine.
Unincorporated communities in Raleigh County, West Virginia | 252 |
12811307 | Stepping into the acting world has always been a vision of mine and doing that with EastEnders as a Slater is a blessing, I'm very grateful. Loving every minute of Freddie so far and can't wait to see what's in store for him in Walford." Producers said that upon his return, Freddie shows traits of his mother through his kindness, but that he is not shy like her and is not afraid to make a scene and cause a stir. Executive producer Chris Clenshaw described Freddie as "a modern-day lad who's in touch with his spiritual side. | 528 |
21704541 | As of August, 2014, the President of the Society is Dr. Robert Fastiggi, a professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI; the Vice President is Sr. Danielle Peters, a Schoenstatt Sister working at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana; and the Secretary is Fr. Thomas Thompson, S.M. of the International Marian Research Institute located on the campus of the University of Dayton in Ohio.(cite newshttp://www.mariologicalsociety.com/council.html). | 469 |
2379249 | The track was very varied, traveling over meadows (2300 meters), gravel roads (1300 meters), through the woods (900 meters) as well as a manicured golf course (3200 meters).
In the 1976 Summer Olympics, 135 contestants, including 111 men and 24 women, competed from 23 countries. The youngest participant was Silvia de Luna from Guatemala at 18 years old, while the oldest rider was the Australian Bill Roycroft at 61 years old. | 428 |
405780 | STOs have the following radial part:
is a natural number that plays the role of principal quantum number, = 1,2,...,
is the distance of the electron from the atomic nucleus, and
is a constant related to the effective charge of the nucleus, the nuclear charge being partly shielded by electrons. Historically, the effective nuclear charge was estimated by Slater's rules. | 377 |
23690513 | It is argued that in developing areas the balance between earnings and costs of having children is changing, because the mean number of children per couple in many developing areas has decreased dramatically, especially in Asia, North Africa and the Near East. According to a 2020 report, 356 million children – 17.5 per cent
– live in extreme poverty (less than | 362 |
9309418 | Boas credited Hunt as co-author in Kwakiutl Texts, second series (1906), one of the numerous volumes published into the 1930s in relation to the work of the Jesup expedition.
Boas and Hunt worked to organize and create an exhibit of Kwakiutl and other Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Hunt collected hundreds of objects for the fair, including a house and a number of carved poles. | 441 |
68072601 | In 1978, Susan Milano produced a major video installation exhibit, Back Seat. As an Interart artist-in-residence a few years later, Shirley Clarke created two innovative video pieces, Savage/Love and Tongues, in collaboration with Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard. PBS's Alive from Off Center aired Tongues in 1985 and, the following year, the Center's award-winning video production of Lee Breuer's "doo-wop opera" Sister Suzie Cinema. | 434 |
44596545 | Jim DeRogatis of WBEZ wrote, "U2 has got its mojo back." Despite doubts about U2 after their previous tour and the release of Songs of Innocence, the band's opening four songs of a Chicago show "convinced [him] that U2 is as ferocious, focused, and no-nonsense committed as it's ever been". DeRogatis believed that "the new songs were much harder-hitting and far more emotional than in the bland, over-produced versions on record". | 431 |
33440622 | About two miles from Lusk are the ruins of Baldongan Church, with impressive views over the surrounding country and sea. This building was probably founded by the Barnewall family late in the thirteenth century from whom it passed by marriage to the De Berminghams. From the De Berminghams it later went to the house of St. Laurence, possibly by the marriage of Lady Elizabeth Bermingham, daughter to Thomas Bermingham, Lord Athenry to Christopher St. Laurance, Earl of Howth. | 476 |
34904167 | Birmingham Museums Trust is the largest independent charitable trust of museums in the United Kingdom. It runs nine museum sites across the city of Birmingham, including Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) and Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, with a total of more than 1.1 million visits per year.
The Trust was founded in April 2012 through the merger of the Birmingham City Council-owned Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery and the Thinktank charitable trust. The underlying buildings and collections remain the property of the City Council, who have the final decision on admission charges. | 602 |
28302161 | The species is probably described after more than one specimen (a number is not given in the original description, but in the dimensions 10–11 mm is given for the shell height). The species has been never recorded again.
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.
Sarasin P. & F. (1899). "Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes". | 359 |
217749 | He appropriated plaster casts of famous sculptures, such as the Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Venus de Milo, by painting them International Klein Blue; he painted a globe, 3D reliefs of areas of France and dowels which he hung from the ceiling as rain. He also stuck sponges to canvases and painted dinner plates. Many of these works were later manufactured as editioned multiples after his death. | 405 |
47541 | "Land for peace" served as the basis of the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, in which Israel withdrew from the Sinai peninsula (Egypt withdrew its claims to the Gaza Strip in favor of the Palestine Liberation Organization). Jordan renounced its claims regarding the West Bank in favor of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and has signed the Israel–Jordan peace treaty in 1994, that established the Jordan River as the boundary of Jordan.
Throughout the 1990s, there were Israeli-Syrian negotiations regarding a normalization of relations and an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights. | 586 |
44955611 | The feudal barony of Loudoun was a feudal barony with its caput baronium at Loudoun Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland. The Loudouns of Loudoun held the barony prior to marriage to the Crauford family whom held the barony, then the Campbells of Loudoun held the lands via marriage.
Paterson, James (1863–66). History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton. I. - I - Kyle. Edinburgh: J. Stillie.
Baronies in the Baronage of Scotland | 420 |
24170061 | This clause was thrown out by the Lords on 1 August; but on the next day they resolved that sixteen persons, among whom Packe was included, should be disqualified from holding in future any public office or employment under penalty of being excepted from the act of pardon. Packe was accordingly, with six other Commonwealth lord mayors, removed from the office of alderman, his last attendance at the court of aldermen being on 7 August 1660. | 443 |
20888401 | Augustin Bernal Community Park is a park in the hills southwest of Pleasanton, California.
The park was donated to the city in 1971 by Walter S. Johnson, and connects to Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park. The park is named for the Spanish settler Augustin Bernal, to whom the land on which the park sits was originally granted.
Access to the park's public staging area is through a gated community, Golden Eagle Farms. | 416 |
49418498 | Swedish people of World War II
Knights First Class of the Order of Vasa
Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog
Recipients of the Sea Gallantry Medal | 147 |
14880735 | It begins with Jackson, Joe Galante (president of Sony BMG's Nashville division at the time, the parent company of Jackson's label) and cinematographer Gerry Aschlag portraying a film director who wants to work in the music video field. The three are in a conference room together with Aschlag discussing his ideas for a new video. Jackson is mostly unimpressed with Aschlag's ideas, but still humors Aschlag by pretending to like his ideas. | 441 |
30953015 | ... For the last two decades, government unions have used their power to drive pensions and benefits and salaries well beyond anything that can be sustained. We are just trying to change that." The group planned an ad campaign in support of Gov. Walker's initiatives.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington claimed Gov. Walker violated Wisconsin law by unlawfully sending state troopers in search of a missing legislator, as well as possibly conspiring with the State Patrol superintendent (the father of Scott Fitzgerald, the Republican Senate Majority Leader, who was appointed by Walker) in order to do so. | 624 |
28797983 | Such petrifaction legends are often associated with stone circles, as is reflected in the folk names of some of the nearby sites, for example, the Tregeseal Dancing Stones, the Nine Maidens of Boskednan, as well as the more distant Hurlers and Pipers on Bodmin Moor.
An Icelandic legend about the island of Drangey says that two night-prowling giants, a man and a woman, were traversing the fjord with their cow when they were surprised by the bright rays of daybreak. As a result of exposure to daylight, all three were turned into stone. | 542 |
1216712 | Shimmy Disc is a New York City-based independent record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, artists like Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween, Gwar, The Semibeings, and Uncle Wiggly recorded on the label. | 303 |
3649351 | After almost six-months out with injury, Higgs returned to Leeds' squad when he was named as a substitute in the loss against Millwall. Higgs returned to the starting line-up in the next game against Norwich City replacing understudy Ankergren. Higgs played an instrumental part as Leeds were promoted to the Football League Championship after finishing in second place in League One and thus earning automatic promotion, however Leeds' signing of Kasper Schmeichel, on 27 May 2010, put Higgs' position as number one under threat. | 530 |
65185224 | Mother Mary Xavier Dooley (19 June 1858 – 4 July 1929) was born Eliza Dooley in Forth, Tasmania, Australia. She was professed as a Sister of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tasmania in 1883. In 1911, she became the first Superior of the amalgamated Hobart and Launceston Presentation Congregations. She died in Launceston, Tasmania.
Eliza Dooley was the second daughter of the late Alice and James Monaghan Dooley, of Latrobe. | 442 |
61823770 | The barn is categorised by English Heritage as being in very bad condition, subject to immediate risk of further rapid deterioration or loss of fabric, and with no solution agreed with the owners. It is not in use, and has visible structural cracking, whilst the gable has temporary shoring. In early 2020 it was reported that the owners were to be issued with a final notice by Reading Borough Council, indicating that if necessary the council would carry out the necessary works on behalf of the owner and pass on the costs to them. | 534 |
49947427 | The Herald also reported Busby's claims that the partnership had been commissioned to design the Royal Sussex County Hospital (his rival Charles Barry was awarded the contract), and Busby's little-known experiments with paddle steamers, as reported in an 1832 edition. Editions of the 1830s detailed the progress of the Kemp Town estate and the financial pressure it put on its developers Thomas Read Kemp (which eventually led to his escape to France and death there) and Thomas Cubitt.
The newspaper reported on all the major events affecting Brighton in the 19th and early 20th centuries, often in detail. | 609 |
2572557 | Charlie Brown" (aka "Charlie's Blues" and "Charlie Brown Blues")
"Joe Cool" (Lead vocal: Vince Guaraldi)
"Apple Jack" (variation of “Linus and Lucy”)
"" (version 3, electric keyboard version)
"Linus and Lucy" (electric guitar version)
"Incumbent Waltz" (piano + electric guitar version)
"" (version 5, wah-wah guitar/end credits)
No official soundtrack for was released. | 371 |
597075 | Bergan, Ronald, The Great Theatres of London. An Illustrated Companion (Prion, 1990) ().
Berry, Patricia Dee, Theatrical London (Britain in Old Photographs series) (Alan Sutton, 1995) (). | 188 |
92221 | He was impressed by the industrial development brought about by Joseph Stalin's first five-year plan but did not advocate closer diplomatic ties with the Communist nation, as some of his colleagues did.
Barkley maintained that Hoover's response to the continuing depression and the severe drought in 1930 were inadequate, and pointed out that the $45 million in loans to farmers that he approved amounted to less than half the losses sustained by Kentucky's farmers alone. He was angered that Hoover refused to call a special legislative session to adopt relief measures after the regular congressional adjourned in early March 1931. | 633 |
70445923 | Route M3 is a bus route in Glasgow. It runs from Milton to the city centre via Springburn and Stobhill Hospital. It is operated commercially by First Glasgow.
The service was formerly numbered 3. In October 2015, the frequency of the route was reduced to hourly.
In January 2020, the route began being operated by electric buses. Two Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV-bodied BYD buses were deployed on the route. | 407 |
44120960 | The history of Chinese Canadians in British Columbia began with the first recorded visit by Chinese people to North America in 1788. Some 30–40 men were employed as shipwrights at Nootka Sound in what is now British Columbia, to build the first European-type vessel in the Pacific Northwest, named the North West America. Large-scale immigration of Chinese began seventy years later with the advent of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush of 1858. | 438 |
6588124 | Pompeiu problem at Department of Geometry, Bolyai Institute, University of Szeged, Hungary
Pompeiu problem at SpringerLink encyclopaedia of mathematics | 152 |
94387 | In the early 20th century it became the home of Yiddish theatre, catering to the large Jewish population of the area, and gave birth to the Anglo-Jewish 'Whitechapel Boys' avant-garde literary and artistic movement.
Since at least the 1970s, Whitechapel and other nearby parts of East London have figured prominently in London's art scene. Probably the area's most prominent art venue is the Whitechapel Art Gallery, founded in 1901 and long an outpost of high culture in a poor neighbourhood. | 493 |
25033979 | A video for the track was released in October, 2009. The track "Polar Bear" was streamed on the band's website and MySpace page in the weeks leading to release.
The release of the album itself followed on November 10, 2009 as a digital download only release on iTunes and Amazon.com.
A physical release of the EP was on September 7, 2010. The exclusive 12" vinyl features an additional two bonus tracks. | 403 |
1556660 | By contrast, an overdose from morphine or from high-purity heroin would ordinarily need only one dose. This difficulty is regularly encountered when treating overdoses of high-affinity opioids in the fentanyl chemical family or with buprenorphine. The greater affinity of these substances for the μ-opioid receptor impedes the activity of naloxone, which is an antagonist at the receptor. Increasing the dosage of naloxone or its frequency of administration may be required to counteract respiratory depression. | 511 |
60497352 | Thomas Hervé Basila (born 30 April 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian Challenger Pro League club Oostende.
Basila made his professional debut for Nantes in a 2–1 Ligue 1 win over Lyon on 12 April 2019.
Born in France, Basila is of DR Congolese descent. He represented the France U19s at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He also played at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. | 423 |
7275098 | Kushites Kandake earns a favorable peace treaty and Romans established a new frontier at Hiere Sycaminos (Maharraqa), halting Rome’s southward expansion in Africa.
25 BC - Battle of Vellica - Roman forces under Augustus against the Cantabri people, Roman victory.
25 BC - Siege of Aracillum - Roman forces under Gaius Antistius Vetus against the Cantabri people, Roman victory. | 379 |
34410311 | IRI held its first meeting on February 25, 1938, after the National Research Council established it as a branch within its Division of Engineering and Industrial Research (DEIR). IRI's original membership consisted of fourteen companies; the organization's first president was Maurice Holland, then director of DEIR. On April 17, 1945, IRI separated from the National Research Council and formed a nonprofit, 501(c)(6) organization, incorporated in the State of New York. | 471 |
38911817 | While a high school civics teacher and football coach at Hugo High School in 1935, Doenges taught his classes that then-United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal were just an introduction to Communism. After finishing his coaching work, Doenges ran for the United States Senate. | 299 |
5418600 | The Santa Fe Airline Company provided service in 1973 and 1974 with flights to Santa Fe and Albuquerque. In 1974 and 1975, Mountain Air provided flights to Denver, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque. Zia Airlines from 1975 through 1978 operated flights to Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Mesa Airlines came to Taos from 1987 through 1991 with flights to Albuquerque and seasonal service to Denver using Beechcraft 99, Beechcraft 1300, and Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft. | 452 |
6694032 | Pankratov also finished eighth in the 4 × 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. His only individual win was in a 10 km event in Italy in 2003.
In 2010, Pankratov was allegedly caught with the forbidden substance actovegin when crossing the border to Switzerland.
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). | 347 |
67585733 | Because the film was shot digitally, it had to be transferred to 15/70 and 65/70mm celluloid prints by RPG Productions and FotoKem, respectively, for IMAX purposes. Cinelicious did the telecine and restoration of the 16mm format. Terwilliger wanted an A-list narrator and score composer for the film, and wanted the narrator to have experience with aviation. Harrison Ford, who is also a pilot, recognized Terwilliger from One Six Right and accepted his offer to narrate the film, which was done over three days in early 2014. | 526 |
39109372 | Cicerone is an archaic term for a guide.
Cicerone Field, a baseball field in Irvine, California, United States
An American trademarked term for beer sommelier, a professional beer server
Bear-leader (guide), a travel guide for young men of rank or wealth | 254 |
35861947 | The 4chan boards quickly dubbed the character "Derpy Hooves" (based on the Internet slang word "derp") and created a more detailed personality for her, despite having minimal screen time. Faust responded to the fans, and the production team has kept the "Derpy" character with the cross-eyed look starting with "Feeling Pinkie Keen", where the team incorporated her into a slapstick sight gag. The character has since become a mascot of the fandom. According to supervising director Jayson Thiessen, the teams considered the character "like a little Easter egg for people to catch". | 582 |
8616149 | Eulji Mundeok maneuvered the Goguryeo troops so that they engaged the Sui army seven times a day, each time faking defeat and retreat. The strategy would draw the Sui army deeper south with the perception of victory. The Sui army eventually advanced to about 20 km from Pyeongyang. Yu Zhongwen later recognized that his advancing troops were suffering from exhaustion, and that fortifications of Pyeongyang made for an impossible campaign.
Yu was caught in a dilemma and could not decide on advance or retreat. | 510 |
28333714 | Local versions of Clash of the Choirs have subsequently aired in 19 countries, including France, Spain, Poland, India, Colombia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and China. In October 2008 Friday TV opened an office in Los Angeles. In September 2009 NBC commissioned a second format from Friday TV, the game show Minute to Win It. Minute to Win It has to date been sold to broadcasters in 68 countries, including Germany, Spain, India, Sweden, Australia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Peru, Chile, Belgium, Poland, and Brazil. | 527 |
2042567 | Volume II, Part 2: E.Medicine (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1971), p. 261-3 no. 448
Lutz Richter-Bernburg, Persian Medical Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles: A Descriptive Catalogue, Humana Civilitas, vol. 4 (Malibu: Udena Publications, 1978), pp. | 272 |
64685062 | She experimented with thick tin-glazing in greyish white tones as in her lidded dish (Laagfad, 1913) and flowered bowl (Blomsterskaal 1919). Inspired by techniques from the Renaissance and Rococo periods, her personalized style is reflected in her naturalistic decorations of fruits and flowers. Some works represent the fruits themselves, for example Pineapple and Artichoke (Ananas og Artiskok, 1923).
In 1996, Hannover's work was included in Vejen Art Museum's exhibition "De frie Billedhuggere". | 499 |
598296 | Maltese Art Nouveau architect (died 1960)
January 11 – Baron Haussmann, French civic planner notable for the rebuilding of Paris in the 1860s (born 1809)
January 15 – John Wellborn Root, Chicago architect (born 1850; pneumonia)
January 22 – Miklós Ybl, Hungarian architect (born 1814)
January 23 – Friedrich von Schmidt, Austrian architect working in Vienna (born 1825)
March 19 – Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, | 410 |
23209354 | Mari (; or ) is a village in the Larnaca District of Cyprus, located 5 km west of Zygi. The village was largely populated by Turkish Cypriots before 1974. In Turkish, it is known as ("sweet water").
Turkish Cypriot villages depopulated after the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus | 279 |
49740872 | Fasil Bizuneh (born May 5, 1980) is an American long-distance runner born in Germany.
Bizuneh won individual and team gold medals at the 2007 NACAC Cross Country Championships. He also competed in the Senior men's race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
German emigrants to the United States | 308 |
1885698 | Ministers of Internal Affairs of India
Chief ministers from Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh
Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh
Commerce and Industry Ministers of India | 220 |
1712177 | Studios were on the seventh floor of a building at Seventh and Bixel near his Cadillac dealership. A few years later, the transmitter was moved atop what is now called Mount Lee. An early reference to this name is in a June 1939 article in a magazine published by the California Chamber of Commerce: "Lee has bought a 20-acre site on a mountain top at the eastern boundary of Griffith Park, widening the transmission field of the Don Lee equipment to take in new thousands of homes in the Hollywood hills and the San Fernando Valley. | 534 |
26947391 | He was appointed to the Senate in 1972 and 1977, and re-elected to the House of Assembly in 1982. In 1972, Foulkes was one of the four Opposition delegates to the Bahamas Independence Constitution Conference in London in 1972.
In 1992, Foulkes became the Bahamas' High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, serving also as ambassador to France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and the European Union, before becoming the first Bahamian ambassador to China and Cuba in 1999. | 463 |
70384134 | The strike led to discussion between students and instructors, and also to a new study program, which was more in line with what the students had been looking for: more connection between aesthetic and technical subjects, and more society-related tasks. Graduate theses from this time show strong inspiration from functionalism.
For a short time during her studies, Melandsø was an assistant to professor Sverre Pedersen. He was also her advisor during her thesis project. | 472 |
3468188 | 1996–99: Formation and Canción de Alerta
Cultura Profética originally began as a cover band, performing popular reggae songs in small bars and clubs before beginning to perform original music in Spanish. Shortly after transitioning to perform original music, the group adopted the name Cultura Profética, which was inspired by the view that "music is a voice of culture and is prophetic because the reggae music that we love, and that influenced us, is from the '70s with themes of what's happening now that can affect our future", according to guitarist/bassist Omar Silva. | 574 |
3157639 | The earliest construction of venues commenced in April 2008 with the start of the main build on the Olympic Stadium by McAlpine, with the nearby energy centre to be constructed by EDF Energy. Work on the Aquatics Centre began later the same year. During the construction phase the workforce on-site is expected to peak at 9,000 operatives. Accidents during construction of the venues resulted in no deaths - the only time this has happened in the history of Olympic construction. | 479 |
46233607 | Politehnica thereby qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where it managed to eliminate Celtic Glasgow (1–0 and 1–2), before being defeated by West Ham United (1–0 and 0–4) in second leg. In spite of losing another Romanian Cup final in 1981, the club qualified once more for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost to Leipzig 2–5 on aggregate. | 350 |
19734235 | The Award, in the form of a citation, shall be made annually, unless no book of that particular year is deemed worthy of the honor. The translation should be true to original work and retain the viewpoint of the author.
The translation should reflect the style of the author and of the original language.
The book should not be unduly "Americanized." The book's reader should be able to sense that the book came from another country.
Picture books are not eligible unless the text is substantial and at least as important as the pictures. | 541 |
54526520 | Ctenitis pallatangana is a species of fern. The only known collection was made more than a century ago, near Pallatanga in Chimborazo province, Ecuador, in high Andean forest above 1 500 m altitude. Lack of any further collections and widespread destruction of its habitat has resulted in it being listed by the IUCN as "Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)". The main threat to the species is believed to be habitat destruction by agricultural expansion. | 459 |
67072338 | K League Young Player of the Year (K League 2): 2022
K League 2 Best XI: 2022
South Korea men's youth international footballers | 127 |
17824548 | Prior to the 2009 contest, Norway had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 47 times since its first entry in 1960. Norway had won the contest on two occasions: in 1985 with the song "La det swinge" performed by Bobbysocks! and in 1995 with the song "Nocturne" performed by Secret Garden. | 294 |
110630 | The median income for a household in the city was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $40,000. Males had a median income of $31,875 versus $24,688 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,861. About 2.8% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. | 370 |
21496038 | High levels of prolactin during pregnancy and breastfeeding also increase insulin resistance, increase growth factor levels (IGF-1) and modify lipid metabolism in preparation for breastfeeding. During lactation, prolactin is the main factor maintaining tight junctions of the ductal epithelium and regulating milk production through osmotic balance.
Human placental lactogen (HPL) – from the second month of pregnancy, the placenta releases large amounts of HPL. This hormone is closely associated with prolactin and appears to be instrumental in breast, nipple, and areola growth before birth. | 594 |
14237313 | House of the Count De la Torre Cosío y la Cortina, Mexico City
Krickeberg, Walter (2000). Mytos y leyendas de los Aztecas, Incas, Mayas y Muiscas (Myths and Legends from the Aztecs, Incas, Mayas and Muisca). Fondo de Cultura Económica. México. . | 246 |
30611995 | While Kiyomori starts to build a dream city and international port in Fukuhara, he also starts to work his way into the Imperial Court, eventually marrying his daughter Tokiko to the Emperor. With this new power the Heike grow fierce and unpopular with the court and people of Kyoto. Shanao, now named Yoshitsune after his rite of manhood, is living under the guardianship of Fujiwara no Hidehira and decides to join his exiled older brother Minamoto no Yoritomo and throws himself into the feud between the Heike and Genji. | 524 |
415576 | After the war, a letter-writing campaign enabled the garden to be formally reinstated as the Japanese Tea Garden in 1952. In January 1953, "a classical Zen garden was added to the Tea Garden" as well as the Lantern of Peace. The Lantern of Peace, weighing 9,000 pounds, was a gift from the Japanese Government as a way to mend the relationship between the U.S. and Japan that was damaged from World War II. | 406 |
57610 | From there, he gathered 97.7% of the vote share, making it one of the biggest in Kazakhstan's history. In his victory speech, he empathized the top priority in Nurly Zhol stimulus package that was designed in softening the social blow caused by economic troubles. At a later news conference, Nazarbayev speaking about the electoral results remarked, "I apologize that for superdemocratic states such figures are unacceptable. But I could do nothing. | 449 |
1667068 | As specified in the detailed note of the Act, it is identified as an Act to eliminate ragging and other forms of violent and cruel inhuman and degrading treatment from educational institutions. The Act specifies the relevant Higher Educational Institutions coming under the Act and that includes all the Higher Educational Institutions established under the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978.
Unlike in India, there is no official anti-ragging movement in Sri Lanka. | 464 |
363908 | The sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) or Northern sharp-shinned hawk, commonly known as a sharpie, is a small hawk, with males being the smallest hawks in the United States and Canada, but with the species averaging larger than some Neotropical species, such as the tiny hawk. The taxonomy is far from resolved, with some authorities considering the southern taxa to represent three separate species: white-breasted hawk (A. chionogaster), plain-breasted hawk (A. ventralis), and rufous-thighed hawk (A. erythronemius). | 525 |
15750112 | Dawn of Ashes is an American industrial metal band founded in 2000 from Los Angeles, California, United States. The band’s style consists of horror-based lyrical and visual themes presented through industrial and melodic black metal structures.
The name Dawn of Ashes is an allegorical metaphor meaning "beginning of the end". | 326 |
32104138 | During the early 1980s, as a result of the formation of Manxline with its RO-RO vessel , the side-loading car ferries of the Steam Packet were seen as becoming increasingly inefficient, and the decision was made to retire both the Manx Maid and the Ben-my-Chree. Whilst their higher fuel consumption would initially be seen as the cost to dispose, the reality was the steam plants were very expensive to maintain, and just not as efficient. The Steamers averaged 9 tons of fuel on a Douglas - Liverpool trip whilst the motor ships and less than 4. | 549 |
24882088 | | 58 || June 8 || Astros || 4–3 || López (3–0) || Belisle (1–2) || Lindstrom (14) || 26,201 || 30–28
| 59 || June 9 || Astros || 6–2 (10) || Lyon (5–1) || Belisle (1–3) || || 27, | 178 |
12724203 | In addition to performing the traditional string quartet repertoire, the Ariel Quartet regularly collaborates with many Israeli and non-Israeli musicians and composers, including pianists Roman Rabinovich, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Stefano Miceli and Yaron Kohlberg; the Jerusalem String Quartet; composers Matan Porat, Matti Kovler, and Menachem Wiesenberg; clarinetist Moran Katz; violist Roger Tapping; and the Zukerman Chamber Players. The Ariel Quartet has been the quartet-in-residence at the Yellow Barn Music Festival in Vermont. | 532 |
5199516 | Desensitizing toothpastes containing potassium nitrate have been used since the 1980s while toothpastes with potassium chloride or potassium citrate have been available since at least 2000. It is believed that potassium ions diffuse along the dentinal tubules to inactivate intradental nerves. However, as of 2000, this has not been confirmed in intact human teeth and the desensitizing mechanism of potassium-containing toothpastes remains uncertain. | 452 |
63236155 | Sandakphu, rising to a height of , on the Singalila Ridge, is the highest point in West Bengal. In Darjeeling Sadar subdivision 61% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39% of the population lives in the urban areas. There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), producing and largely exporting Darjeeling tea in the district. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as census towns or villages. | 542 |
337389 | The lookup procedure is different for recursive name servers such as those of many ISPs, and for stub resolvers such as those included by default in mainstream operating systems. Microsoft Windows uses a stub resolver, and Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 in particular use a non-validating but DNSSEC-aware stub resolver.
Using the chain of trust model, a Delegation Signer (DS) record in a parent domain (DNS zone) can be used to verify a DNSKEY record in a subdomain, which can then contain other DS records to verify further subdomains. | 544 |
149454 | There he was received by the Emperor Charles VI, on whose advice, according to the singer's first biographer, Giovenale Sacchi, Farinelli modified his style, singing more simply and emotionally. After further seasons in Italy, and another visit to Vienna, during which he sang in oratorios in the Imperial chapel, Farinelli came to London in 1734. | 348 |
7036975 | While in college was a member of the USL Premier Development League (PDL) with the West Michigan Edge and set franchise records for goals (14) and points (34 points) and was named to the 2001 All PDL team. Maher was then 1 of 2 Division II players asked to take part in the MLS Combine.
Anthony Maher started his professional soccer career with the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division in 2002. He was the Hammerhead's team MVP and an All League selection his rookie season, leading the team to the National Championship Game. | 541 |
36622171 | After some years, and following teasing for his disfigurement by the King of France, Sanquhar's followers murdered the fencing master. Turner was killed by a pistol shot on 11 May 1612, while he was drinking with some of Lord Sanquhar's followers. One called Carlisle fired the fatal shot. After four days Lord Sanquhar went to the Archbishop of Canterbury and declared that he was innocent of the murder. King James issued a proclamation of a reward of £500 for Sanquhar alive, and £300 dead. | 493 |
37590681 | The 3-valve single-shaft distribution allows optimizing the inlet of the fuel-air mixture and the outlet of the exhaust gases, as well as mounting the spark plug in an optimal position, improving the thermal efficiency in combustion and at the same time ensuring optimal cooling of the parts inside the header. Bearings have been used for all moving parts in order to reduce internal friction. The 3-valve distribution solution compared to the 2-valve one is more effective as it improves intake. | 496 |
63377394 | Also known as "Conca della Fabbrica", with obvious reference to the Duomo factory, the basin was then demolished by Ferrante Gonzaga to make room for the ramparts, and again built around the mid 16th century. The construction was completed in 1558 and the fifteenth-century tombstones in the newsstand are still visible as evidence of the basin. | 345 |
21270083 | Arthur Alden Kimball (1908 – 1996) was an American civil servant and lawyer who was part of the prosecution staff for the Nuremberg Trials, and also helped establish the Economic Cooperation Administration for administering the Marshall Plan.
Kimball was born in Washington, D.C. His father, Arthur H. Kimball, was a prominent ophthalmologist and his grandfather, Judge Ivory Kimball, was a Civil War veteran who was appointed judge of the Washington, D.C. Police Court by President Grover Cleveland in 1893. | 508 |
65418949 | List of former Trump administration officials who endorsed Joe Biden
List of Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign endorsements
List of Jo Jorgensen 2020 presidential campaign endorsements
List of Howie Hawkins 2020 presidential campaign endorsements
News media endorsements in the 2020 United States presidential primaries | 322 |
10553723 | Years roll by, and Gopal Das marries Shyama and secretly rears Rani (Leena Chadravakar). In college, she loves a smart guy Rajesh (Jeetendra) the brother of her close friend Shobha (Aruna Irani). After completion of their education, they all go back to their home towns. Gopal Das accommodates Rani separately and comforts her with a job as his personal secretary but on the condition that no one should know she is his daughter. | 429 |
454779 | Set in the Toronto, Ontario neighbourhood of Kensington Market, the series is about Curtis (Don McKellar), a television addict who refuses to leave his apartment, and his friends Nathan (Daniel MacIvor), Hope (Molly Parker) and Newbie (Callum Keith Rennie). McKellar was also one of the show's creators.
In the first episode, Nathan is sent to prison for killing a homeless man with a can of cat food. | 401 |
4755327 | The game was a major advancement in Sega baseball games in that it included licensed MLB players and teams (the first baseball video game to have both such licenses [previous baseball video games only had one license]; they are based on the rosters for the 1994 MLB season), and relatively accurate gameplay.
The series concluded with World Series Baseball 2K3 on the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox. After that, Sega contracted with 2K Games to take over their sports game contracts and the line continued as the Major League Baseball 2K franchise.
San Diego Padres broadcaster Jerry Coleman provides the play-by-play for the game. | 627 |
26615199 | Geraldine Peacock was the first chair of the Charity Commission.
Geraldine was appointed Chief Charity Commissioner and the Charity Commission's first Chair-designate in 2004, with the remit of making the Commission 'fit for purpose' to implement the new Charities Act (which, among other things, replaced the role of Chief Charity Commissioner with those of Chair and Chief Executive). She left the Commission in July 2006, having laid firm foundations for the Charities Bill and with the Commission charged and invigorated to implement it. | 542 |
1756682 | François-Xavier Garneau, une figure nationale, Québec: Éditions Nota bene, 39 p. ()
Bergeron, Gérard (1994). Lire François-Xavier Garneau, 1809-1866 : historien national, Québec: Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture, 244 p. | 234 |
2159632 | The KiMo Theatre is a theatre and historic landmark located in Albuquerque, New Mexico on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and Fifth Street. It was built in 1927 in the extravagant Pueblo Deco architecture, which is a blend of adobe-style Pueblo Revival architecture building styles (rounded corners and edges), decorative motifs from indigenous cultures, and the soaring lines and linear repetition found in American Art Deco architecture.
The KiMo was conceived by Italian-American entrepreneur Oreste Bachechi (c. 1860–1928) and his wife, Maria Franceschi Bachechi (c. | 578 |
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