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17443551 | Aside from his legal career, Myers was also a businessman, and a director of the Great Northern Lead Company, which was incorporated on September 8, 1852 at Rossie, New York and operated a lead mine for a few years.
He was New York Attorney General from 1860 to 1861, elected on the Republican and American tickets. He was a canal appraiser from 1873 to 1879. Myers died in Ogdensburg at the age of 71. | 402 |
305762 | In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, Abigail's Party was placed 11th. It also appeared in a Radio Times poll to find the top 40 greatest TV shows on British television, published in August 2003.
Some critics, such as Tom Paulin, have responded more negatively, saying that Abigail's Party appears to represent a middle-class schadenfreude, with the only true middle-class character, Sue, looking on at the antics of the couples with disdain. | 549 |
10032566 | The last APTIS-ANT ticket to be issued in the UK using one of the machines was at Upminster station on 21 March 2007.
List of known APTIS machines as of 2004, with name and numbering variants and dates of installation (by route)- archived 23 July 2018 from the original
Fare collection systems in the United Kingdom | 316 |
61591952 | The materials investigated by Huang have applications in catalysis, energy generation and storage; including solar cells, batteries and graphene-based devices. As the performance of nanostructured catalysts and batteries is determined by the atomic arrangement on the surfaces of nanoparticles, Huang uses atom-by-atom electron microscopy to characterise these interfacial atoms. She combines microscopy with transient spectral imaging to understand the reactivity and stability of metallic nanoparticles. She combines atom-by-atom imaging with device measurements and spectroscopy to correlate atomic structure, performance and optical properties. | 648 |
53929937 | Francis Taaloga Owusu (born December 27, 1994) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Stanford.
Owusu attended Oaks Christian high school in California, where he was a four star prospect ranked as the No. 27 player in California, he committed to Stanford over USC, Florida and Nebraska.
Owusu played as a true freshman, played in 12 games and had 2 catches for 56 yards. | 406 |
235301 | Carlson was the third of six children. He has two older siblings (Kurt and Jan) and three younger ones (Mark, Gini, and Edwin). Carlson's elder brother, Kurt, was a major in the United States Army Reserve when, on June 14, 1985, TWA Flight 847 was hijacked by terrorists belonging to Hezbollah. He was brutally beaten (nearly to death) and was held for 17 days aboard the aircraft in Beirut, Lebanon. | 400 |
25896054 | Hillbilly Bone is the first extended play, and seventh studio release overall, by American country music singer/songwriter Blake Shelton. It was released on March 2, 2010 (see 2010 in country music) via Warner Music Group Nashville, his first album under its Reprise label. The only single released was the title track, a duet with Trace Adkins which was released to radio in November 2009. This song reached number one on the U.S. Billboard country singles charts in April 2010. | 479 |
62527932 | After some delay, the City of Dallas finally released the list of Council Members who used the suite at the American Airlines Center:
Monica Alonzo (June 6, 2017 — Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull)
Monica Alonzo (November 12, 2017—Latino Mix Live!)
Casey Thomas (June 3, 2016 — R. Kelly)
Casey Thomas (May 27, 2018 — Justin Timberlake)
Casey Thomas (July 20, 2018 — Sam Smith) | 375 |
24978143 | On August 24, 1967, PPEP was awarded a $19,000 grant from the Committee for Economic Opportunity. Dr. John David Arnold was able to provide practical educational preparation to southern Arizona farm labor camps. This was all done aboard a 1957 Chevy bus. PPEP was officially incorporated on December 10, 1969. | 312 |
1434753 | Contracted with Orbital Sciences Corporation for production in this role and designated the Target Test Vehicle (TTV), , over 50 target launches had taken place, primarily testing the United States Navy's RIM-156 SM-2 Extended Range and RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 missiles; the missile remains in service.
Sounding rockets of the United States
Equipment of the United States Air Force | 384 |
54221105 | The film was shot using 35 mm cameras, with film crews having to gain access to the construction site high above the ground by traversing a ladder from an adjacent building.
Cork International Film Festival, Cork, Ireland: Bronze Statuette of St. Finbarr - First Prize, Documentary, 1966
Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland: Diploma of Honour, 1967
Kraków Film Festival, Kraków, Poland: Diploma of Honour, 1967
Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne: Diploma of Merit, | 477 |
49489708 | The townsite of Hamel is named after him. The land the townsite occupies once belonged to de Hamel, who acquired it in the 1890s when it was opened up for settlement. The land was granted back to the government after his death.
List of mayors of Albany, Western Australia
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly | 327 |
2611501 | The name is thought to mean "homestead associated with a man called Adda", although in the Domesday Book, the village was referred to as "Ediham", which may have referred to Earl Edwin of Bolton Abbey. The 2001 census numbered Addingham's population at 3,599, increasing to 3,730 at the 2011 Census.
The area around Addingham is thought to have been populated from at least Bronze Age times, indicated by the 'cup and ring' carved stones that can be found on Addingham Moor. | 474 |
351810 | In 1981, Bravo was available to 48,000 subscribers throughout the United States; this total increased four years later to around 350,000 subscribers. A 1985 profile of Bravo in The New York Times observed that most of its programming consisted of international, classic, and independent film. Celebrities such as E. G. Marshall and Roberta Peters provided opening and closing commentary to the films broadcast on the channel.
Performing arts programs seen on Bravo included the show Jazz Counterpoint. | 501 |
25678979 | Vazgen I (1908–1994), Catholicos of Armenia from 1953 to 1994
Manuc Bei, innkeeper, founder of Hanul lui Manuc
Spiru Haret, sociologist, mathematician, physicist, and politician | 177 |
2049641 | and for generations that was adequate for its enrollment. By 2006 it was overcrowded with 1,300 students.
Dorsey Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 12, 1996)
Joyce Giddens-Steadham Elementary School (Rowlett) (opened August 9, 1999)
Handley Elementary School (Garland) (opened 1964) | 290 |
7155791 | The top five players on the Ryder Cup World Points List
Total points earned in Official World Golf Ranking events from 2007 to 2008 and then only in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, which ended on August 31. | 223 |
52758354 | Time Out Market Lisboa is a food hall located in the Mercado da Ribeira at Cais do Sodré in Lisbon, Portugal.
Time Out Market Lisboa opened in May 2014, and is the first of several planned food hall ventures for Time Out magazine.
The Lisbon market has around 36 restaurants and kiosks selling regional specialities, such as Azeitão sheep's cheese, Alentejo ham, custard tarts from Manteigaria, shellfish and grilled fish, wines and chocolates. | 444 |
34035688 | The ancestral house of his family was in 'Kalia' village, Jessore District, Bangladesh. His father, Mahendranath Dasgupta was a teacher at Darjeeling Govt. School. His mother was a social activist in those days.
Sudhindranath, alias Sudhin Dasgupta, was proficient in music from his early years. | 295 |
58209968 | His sons became robber knights during the era of feudal anarchy, at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. One of them Nicholas pillaged the Zoárd lands around 1300, causing a damage of 400 marks. He did not present before the judicial court of Andrew III of Hungary, as a result, the monarch confiscated the late Andrew's lands and the palace guards of Esztergom seized the property and handed over to the Zoárds. | 416 |
2077170 | Born in Tuckerman, Arkansas, and raised in nearby Swifton, Winkles was a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. A right-handed-hitting and -throwing shortstop, he played minor league baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization between 1951 and 1958, hitting .270 with 890 hits in 858 games played before retiring to become Arizona State's head baseball coach at age 29. | 429 |
58216737 | Hambledon Cottage is set back from Hassall Street on its northern side and Gregory Place on its eastern side. It is surrounded by a reserve containing a number of large mature trees. Picket fencing has been placed around the house itself and around the reserve with chains swung between the fence posts on the street frontings. A two rail and post rural style fence is located on the western boundary while a chain wire fence is located on the southern boundary
The main cottage is formed by a hipped roof over a rectangular plan, Georgian style bungalow. | 555 |
206190 | During the following summer, he visited them in Paris where Hemingway introduced him to the intelligentsia, including John Dos Passos, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Ford Madox Ford and Ezra Pound. Hemingway's first book, in our time, was dedicated to Dorman-Smith and includes some anecdotes from "Chink's" memories of the Mons campaign. In March 1924, he paid another visit to Paris and became godfather to Ernest Hemingway's eldest son John. | 442 |
39130396 | BYU turned the ball over on their next two possessions, the first time on downs, the second due to an interception (between the two, WASH punted), allowing WASH to nearly run out the clock at the end of the game, relinquishing the ball on downs back to BYU with 44 seconds left. The Cougars failed to score at the end of the game, and ultimately, Washington won 31–16.
ESPN broadcast the game to a national live viewing audience. | 429 |
10532653 | Shields' most important legacy is three successive series of designs for stained glass and mural decorations for the Chapel of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, seat of the Dukes of Westminster (1876–1888); for the private chapel of William Houldsworth in Kilmarnock (1877–1879) and for the St Elisabeth's Church, Reddish, Stockport (1881–1883); and finally for the Chapel of the Ascension, Bayswater Road, London (1888–1910). | 414 |
30817829 | People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle | 63 |
60165927 | This definition can therefore include property that is found, whether abandoned or incorrectly delivered, where the finder does not take appropriate steps to return it to the lawful owner. Commonly it is accepted in the UK that property is handed in to a Police Station for repatriation, unless the finder can locate the owner directly - such as returning a credit-card to a branch of the issuing bank, or sending a driving-licence back to the DVLA. | 451 |
45571757 | Bollywood figures including Anushka Sharma, Abhishek Kapoor, Sonal Chauhan, Twinkle Khanna and Punit Malhotra condemned the ban on the same day.
Avanindra Pandey, the friend of the victim who was injured in the attack, said, "The facts are hidden and the content is fake. Only Jyoti and I know what happened on that night and the documentary is far from truth." | 361 |
9226751 | Because he was too weak to climb back in his seat, he asked other crew members to prop him up so he could read his charts and instruments. For more than two hours he directed the navigation of his plane back to its home station with no further damage. Shortly after being removed from his plane, Lt. Femoyer died of his injuries.
The group flew its last combat mission on 21 April 1945 against a marshalling yard at Ingolstadt, Germany. Two days earlier, it lost a B-17 to an attack by a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. | 523 |
10016889 | EP (with Ian Astbury) CD/LP (2010 Southern Lord Records)
EROS (with Endon) Cassette (2015 fangsanalsatan/New Noise Literacy)/LP (2016 Daymare Recordings)
Low End Meeting (with GOTH-TRAD) CD/12" (2015 fangsanalsatan)
Refrain (with Z.O.A) CD/LP (2020 Fangs Anal Satan)
Boris/Barebones Split EP – 10-inch/CD (1996, | 311 |
4381944 | Am Cyfan Dy Pethau Prydferth (August 2003; Japanese re-release August 2004)
Look Away Now (If You Don't Want to Know the Score) (November 2008)
A Step in the Left Direction (Boobytrap Records) (August 2001)
New Welsh Talent 2003 - Music Week Magazine (August 2003)
Gigs, Chips a 'Trip' Mewn Tacsi! | 297 |
13691023 | is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Karatsu, Saga and graduate of the University of Tokyo she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005. She represented the 3rd District of Saga prefecture from 2005 until 2009. | 351 |
10637250 | Bushell was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he spent his teenage years in Yorkshire after growing up in northern Hertfordshire, attending school in Stevenage and Ashwell. When he was 8 he started his own newspaper, called the Daily Owl and sold it and delivered it to friends in the village for a penny. He once got into trouble for giving away his new Christmas present as a prize for a competition. He played chess for Hertfordshire and ran in the county cross country team. | 476 |
57689174 | The Montreal Canadiens' third-round pick went to the Columbus Blue Jackets as the result of a trade on October 6, 2020, that sent Josh Anderson to Montreal in exchange for Max Domi and this pick.
The Arizona Coyotes' third-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on October 6, 2020, that sent Carolina's first-round pick in 2020 (22nd overall) to Washington in exchange for a first-round pick in 2020 (24th overall) and this pick. | 454 |
7332932 | L'Accademia clementina: la funzione pubblica, l'ideologia estetica. Bologna: Nuova Alfa.
Fabia Farneti, Vincenza Riccardi Scassellati (1997). L'Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. Fiesole: Nardini.
Michelangelo L. Giumanini (2002). Tra disegno e scienza: gli studenti dell'Accademia di belle arti di Bologna, 1803–1876. | 321 |
57956333 | In the main cave were found two inscriptions of Ashoka: a version of the Minor Rock Edict n°1, one of the Edicts of Ashoka, and another inscription mentioning the visit of Piyadasi (honorific name used by Ashoka in his inscriptions) as Maharahakumara (Prince).
According to the inscription, it would seem that Ashoka visited this Buddhist monastic complex while he was still a prince, and viceroy of the region of Madhya Pradesh, while his residence was to be at Vidisha. | 471 |
1166647 | Fatima Ebrahimi to propose a plasma thruster that uses fast magnetic reconnection to accelerate plasma to produce thrust for space propulsion.
Sawtooth oscillations are periodic mixing events occurring in the tokamak plasma core. The Kadomtsev model describes sawtooth oscillations as a consequence of magnetic reconnection due to displacement of the central region with safety factor caused by the internal kink mode. | 419 |
44579235 | The centre is part of a trend of medical tourism, attracting many of its patients from overseas.
The Hope Rehab Centre is located on a seven-acre estate in Si Racha near the Gulf of Thailand. It contains 35 beds and is licensed by the Thailand Ministry of Health, the United Kingdom's Federation of Drug and Alcohol Practitioners and the U.S.-based Association for Addiction Professionals. The centre uses modern and holistic rehabilitation methods and treats a variety of drug, alcohol, and process addictions. | 511 |
55704224 | In 1993 she represented Ecuador at Encuentro de Jóvenes Escritores Literatura y Compromiso, that included the participation of Jorge Amado, José Saramago, Juan José Arreola, Wole Soyinka, Ana Matute, and others.
In 2014 Alemán won the first place CIESPAL de Crónica award, for her article "Los limones del huerto de Elisabeth", and the Joaquín Gallegos Lara award, for her book of stories "La Muerte silba un blues" in 2014. | 424 |
21578125 | Zethner See is a lake in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. At an elevation of 58.5 m, its surface area is 0.35 km2. | 158 |
70403614 | Four of his letters to the Cultivator were about peach trees, one of which addressed a treatise on greenhouses for cultivating fruit written by Thomas Rivers.
Humorously, Ticknor expressed his regret that he could not thank Rivers by sending him a Shanghai peach to grow, Ticknor opining that Chinese fruit varieties grew well in the soils of Georgia, which would grow rapidly to fill Rivers's greenhouse and "knock to shivers / the house of Rivers". | 450 |
265510 | Medway, Kent, UK (since 26 August 1998)
Bharatpur, Nepal , (since 15 march 2023)
Yokosuka has a friendship-city relationship with one city:
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan (since 17 April 2005)
Sarushima is an uninhabited island in the Tokyo Bay, accessible by ferry from Yokosuka. | 284 |
36137274 | On February 2, 2011, she formed the "Anoma Fonseka Foundation". It was said that the foundation was not involved in any political work, but social causes to help the underprivileged.
On August 25, 2007, Anoma Fonseka was honoured with the title of Shasanamamaka Deshabhimani Diriya Maatha by Sabaragamuwa Amarapura Siri Saddhammawansa Maha Nikaye Eknaligoda as a tribute for her service to the nation as the president of the Army Seva Vanitha Unit. | 448 |
73165684 | The song has since soundtracked in many TikTok videos which recreate his performance and poke fun at his haircut; Superstar has said he finds them "hilarious". In February, having been used in over 38,000 videos on TikTok and reached over four million official streams in the United States, the song began to chart, soon becoming Superstar's first Top 25 hit in March 2023. At the height of its popularity, it was briefly removed from streaming services due to sample clearance issues. | 485 |
5389174 | Count Yegor Petrovich Tolstoy ; 19 July 1802 – 12 March 1874) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant-general, senator, and governor of Taganrog, Kaluga, and Penza.
Son of Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Yegor Tolstoy was born on 9 July 1802 (Old Style) in the Tolstoy family. He received home education and in 1819 enrolled to serve in the Uglitsk regiment. | 351 |
2304915 | The Gentlemen becoming competitive coincided with the career of W. G. Grace, whose performances were so outstanding that the Gentlemen could enjoy some long-awaited success (their previous win prior to Grace's career had come in 1853).
The prestige of the fixture was in decline through the inter-war years, partly due to social change after the First World War and then during the Great Depression. The main reason was that there was much greater interest in Test cricket and the County Championship. | 501 |
31451564 | Julian Talbot (born 1961) is an Australian writer, speaker and consultant on risk management. He is co-author of the book Security Risk Management Body of Knowledge.
Talbot graduated with a Master in Risk Management degree from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, in 2006. He is a Certified Protection Professional, the security industry's highest level of professional achievement.
In the period 1995-2001, Talbot served as head of security for Woodside Energy's North West Shelf Venture, Australia's largest natural resources project. | 541 |
314352 | The junction stations at Epping and Chatswood both underwent major redevelopments to incorporate the new link.
It was in service for less than a decade, opening in February 2009 and closing in September 2018 for conversion. The vast majority of the infrastructure was incorporated into the Metro North West Line of the Sydney Metro network. The conversion took place as part of the Sydney Metro Northwest project. | 413 |
1706529 | He was one of the two people who the pope mentioned in his last will and testament, in which he stated: "How can I fail to remember the rabbi of Rome, and the numerous representatives of non-Christian religions?" The only other living person to be named was John Paul's longtime personal secretary, Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz. | 329 |
23489390 | David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace 1989) - for David Drake's Fleet series
"Klaxon" (1988, The Fleet, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace 1988) - for David Drake's Fleet series
"Legend of Conquistadors" (2003, The Magazine of Fantasy and SF 2003/4) | 246 |
364266 | After finishing his Japanese Military Training, Razak, as an aristocrat and son of a respected Malay leader in Pahang, was posted to his home-state Pahang as an assistant to District Officer and at the same time as a bridge for the Japanese to gain the trust of local Pahang Malays. Using his privileges as an aristocrat, Razak started networking with the Japanese Imperial Forces while maintaining his connection with Yeop Mahidin. His role as an informant inside the Japanese Administration was known only to a few of Wataniah members including Mahidin. | 555 |
52172875 | with Lhérie and Léon Lévy Brunswick
1832: L'Audience du Roi, one-act comédie en vaudevilles
1832: Une Course en fiacre, two-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Ernest Jaime
1834: La Gueule de lion, one-act comedy, mingled with singing, with Brunswick
1834: Le Prix de vertu, ou les Trois baisers, comédie en vaudevilles in 5 tableaux, with Brunswick | 346 |
20567875 | Entry into the "Section Internationale – Britannique" at Collège and Lycée Victor Hugo rests with the school authorities. However, pupils who are selected by the school to follow the International (British) programme must belong to English 31. English 31's participation in the selection process is limited to an assessment of a pupil's ability to follow the programme.
The test takes place in the Lycée/Collège Victor Hugo during May. The test is a two-hour test comprising a piece of extended writing (i.e. an essay) and a comprehension test. | 544 |
69576792 | The Falconer is a 2021 Omani adventure drama film written and directed by Adam Sjöberg and Seanne Winslow and starring Rami Zahar and Rupert Fennessy.
Tariq and Cai are two best friends who work at a zoo. Their friendship deteriorates when Tariq decides to sell animals to the smugglers on whose money he plans to save his sister from an abusive marriage. | 355 |
57692252 | It took advantage of the local hardwoods for its main members and was a solid and durable design
2. McDonald Truss - Built from 1886 to 1893, the McDonald truss improved upon the Old PWD type by addressing several of its particular shortcomings. These included the placement of cast-iron shoes at the junctions between timber beams, the end members were doubled and splayed for better lateral stability and wrought-iron rods were utilised for vertical tension members. | 468 |
3798103 | Rainer Strecker as Detective Chief Inspector Ingo Fischer (season 1)
Erdoğan Atalay as Detective Chief Superintendent Semir Gerkhan
Almut Eggert as Police Chief Katharina Lamprecht (main: season 1; recurring: season 2)
Mark Keller as Detective Chief Inspector André Fux (main: seasons 2–4; guest: season 19)
René Steinke as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Kranich (seasons 5–8, | 376 |
18053619 | Members of the Calimala were the elite of Florence: the families of the Bardi, Cerchi, Pazzi, Peruzzi, Mozzi, Pulci, Canigiani and Spini. Only after the 1348 plague they allowed new members to join. | 198 |
5554292 | The ULi 1575 Southbridge was the other preferred Southbridge until nVidia took over ULI. As a result, high expectations was placed on ATI to design a Southbridge that was on-par or greater than the ULI 1575. As reference boards for Socket AM2 trickled out, many sites commented that ATI had an even footing against nVidia with great improvement in the SB600 southbridge.
As of the completion of the acquisition of ATI, AMD has currently moved to rename all ATI chipsets for the AMD platform. | 491 |
37512850 | Tuungafasi made his debut for New Zealand in the third test of the series, which was a 46-6 thrashing of Wales where Tuungafasi replaced Blues teammate Charlie Faumuina off the bench after 53 minutes. Tuungafasi was one of three forwards to debut against Wales that day, doing so alongside Elliot Dixon and Liam Squire. Tuungafasi made four more appearances for the All Blacks off the bench that year. | 401 |
259803 | Levi Ward, the pioneer physician. Jared Merritt built the first sawmill. Dr. Ward was also proprietor of the first store, in 1808. The first inn was opened in 1809 by Samuel Butler. Colonel W. H. Ward was the first postmaster.
Bergen was erected from the town of Murray (which was divided into three towns) on April 2, 1813. It was also part of the town of Northampton. The town of Byron was part of Bergen until 1820. | 418 |
58005 | On 19 October 1901 he flew his airship Number 6, from the Parc Saint Cloud to and around the Eiffel Tower and back in under thirty minutes. This feat earned him the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize of 100,000 francs. Many inventors were inspired by Santos-Dumont's small airships. Many airship pioneers, such as the American Thomas Scott Baldwin, financed their activities through passenger flights and public demonstration flights. Stanley Spencer built the first British airship with funds from advertising baby food on the sides of the envelope. | 543 |
26905233 | Because Mike [Ford, crew chief] never really gave me an alarm we were going to be stretching it on fuel." In the subsequent press conference, Hamlin's crew chief said,
"Towards the end of last season, where I said the best is yet to come, I strongly felt that way because towards the end of last season we closed out the season strong. I knew that was a catalyst to really turn up the team, to get a little bit more out of everyone. Denny goes down with his knee injury. He comes back, obviously not 100 percent. The team steps up. | 531 |
10984721 | The award is named in honor of the first recipient, William O. Baker. To celebrate each award recipient, INSA holds an annual William Oliver Baker Award Dinner.
The INSA Achievement Awards were established in 2010. INSA holds the Achievement Awards annually, granting six awards that differ in their mission and service requirements. | 333 |
63749253 | On 22 December 1767, he departed to China with the East Indiaman Berryer. He then made a second journey on Gange. After the French East India Company disbanded, he sailed on several merchantmen. Although he had not passed the required exams, he received certificates from the Crown on 20 December 1779 authorising him to captain a ship, and took command of Marie-Anne de Sartines, a merchantman from Nantes bound for Isle de France (Mauritius). | 445 |
12750933 | Ghostface then reveals herself to be Sam, wearing Billy's robe and mask, who then ultimately kills Bailey by stabbing him in the eye.
Jackson, who voices Ghostface in all the Scream films, was chosen for the part after weeks of local casting in Santa Rosa, California. He was intended only as a temporary voice, to be replaced in the post-production phase of the film with a dubbed voice, but his contribution was retained because Craven felt he imbued the voice with a truly evil malevolence. | 493 |
55615782 | Rosemary Park (March 11, 1907 – April 17, 2004) was an American scholar, academic leader, advocate for women's education and the first American woman to become president of two colleges and vice chancellor of a major university. During her career Park served as the 5th president of Connecticut College from 1947 to 1962, the 6th president of Barnard College from 1962 to 1967 and the first female vice chancellor in the University of California system at UCLA from 1967 to 1970. | 479 |
237585 | A suspected contributor to this increased risk is circulating insulin concentration such that diabetics with poor insulin control or on treatments that elevate their insulin output (both states that contribute to a higher circulating insulin concentration) show far greater risk of hepatocellular carcinoma than diabetics on treatments that reduce circulating insulin concentration. On this note, some diabetics who engage in tight insulin control (by keeping it from being elevated) show risk levels low enough to be indistinguishable from the general population. | 564 |
1112132 | former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boris Tadić – President of the Republic of Serbia
Cvijetin Mijatović a.k.a. Majo – politician and one-time President of the Collective Presidency of the SFR Yugoslavia
Irfan Ljubijankić – surgeon, composer, politician and diplomat
Jovan Divjak – general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 1992–1995 war, poet
Mladen Ivanić – politician and diplomat | 426 |
57442600 | Unlike in the special where Williams was the heavy favorite, Congressman Dowdy was viewed as the stronger contender for re-election while Reagan's numbers sagged nationally. Dowdy was able to fend off both Williams and an independent African American challenger and comfortably won re-election by over 11,000 votes. Dowdy continued to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives until he decided to run for the open U.S. Senate seat in 1988 and lost to Congressman Trent Lott. | 475 |
481718 | In a letter to Reverend Charles Clay, he described his results:
Jefferson never referred to his work as a Bible, and the full title of this 1804 version was The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth, being Extracted from the Account of His Life and Doctrines Given by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; Being an Abridgement of the New Testament for the Use of the Indians, Unembarrased [uncomplicated] with Matters of Fact or Faith beyond the Level of their Comprehensions. | 462 |
3739627 | Schneider, J.G. (1799). Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae Fasciculus Primus continens Ranas, Calamitas, Bufones, Salamandras et Hydros. Jena: F. Frommann. xiii + 264 pp. + corrigenda + Plate I. (Hydrus colubrinus, new species, pp. 238–240). (in Latin). | 264 |
4974066 | People living inside the "Atomic Triangle" became hardened nearly soulless creatures, balanced on the edge of death and became numb because of the great suffering of the whole nation. Meanwhile, the Soviets had some minor border conflicts with China, Sweden and Prussia.
The status quo lasted until 1988, when Xavras Wyżryn appeared. He quickly organised a considerable guerrilla force, commanded his troops with uncommon charisma and valour and fought the Soviets on their own ground. His legend quickly spread around the world, and his victories inspired other nations to fight against the Soviets. | 600 |
2206647 | The tribe acted as the custodians of Mecca before the Quraysh. They were the ruling kings of the Emirate of what is now Southern Iraq, until the invasion of the Ottoman Empire in the late 1800s and were the rulers of the kingdom of the Middle Euphrates until the early 20th century.
The Banū Khuzāʿah fought in the Battle of the Trench. The Banu Nadir began rousing the nomads of Najd. | 385 |
31391720 | Araxá won the Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II in 1966, 1978, 1990 and in 2012, and the Campeonato Mineiro Segunda Divisão in 2007 and in 2011. | 139 |
9159352 | In March 1913 he was appointed an alderman on London County Council as a member of the Liberal-backed Progressive Party. He remained a member of the council until 1920.
He returned to the House of Commons in 1915 at an uncontested by-election for the Shipley constituency in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The vacancy occurred during the First World War, when the sitting MP, Percy Illingworth, died. Under an agreement between the parties vacant seats were to be uncontested for the duration of the conflict, with only a candidate of the party holding the seat being nominated. | 577 |
14458743 | restored the territories. On February 22, 1819, Spain and the United States signed the Adams–Onís Treaty, which ceded the Floridas in return for the assumption by the United States of claims of American citizens against Spain to an amount not exceeding $5,000,000. The treaty also contained a definition of the boundary between Spanish and American possessions on the North American continent. | 393 |
33154313 | Shafer, Stephen C. British popular films, 1929–1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. Routledge. 1997. | 96 |
51695563 | On January 24, 2022, Torba announced that Gab would sponsor the America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) run by white nationalist commentator Nick Fuentes. Torba also criticized the Conservative Political Action Conference and Turning Point USA, saying that "CPAC is sponsored by Facebook and Google among other billionaires" and "TPUSA is sponsored by atheist libertarian billionaires." Torba has also entered into a partnership with Fuentes' livestreaming service. | 475 |
21905958 | Olympic weightlifters for the United States
Columbia University School of Nursing alumni
Sportspeople from Westchester County, New York | 135 |
71863177 | The List for Sandžak won three seats in total and served in opposition to Serbia's government, which was dominated by Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia (Socijalistička partija Srbije, SPS).
Kučević called on citizens to boycott the 1998 Serbian foreign mediation in Kosovo referendum, charging that it was both unconstitutional and counterproductive. The following year, he called for an upcoming summit meeting of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe to discuss the Sandžak's request for greater autonomy and closer ties to Bosnia and Herzegovina. | 558 |
96147 | The Fred J. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department, located in the Main Library Branch, is the largest public genealogy department in the United States, home to more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items of microfilm and microfiche. | 243 |
59017969 | On 19 March, soon after the nominations ended, the Elections Commission with its powers postponed the elections. The proposed date which was initially mentioned as 25 April 2020 was pushed back until 20 June 2020 due to the virus outbreak, and was later postponed further to its final date. Sri Lanka also joined countries such as Poland, South Korea, Singapore, Syria and Serbia to have held the elections in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sri Lanka is also the first South Asian nation to hold elections in the middle of the pandemic. | 542 |
44674508 | Fondazione TESECO per l'Arte, Pisa, Italy
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, U.S.A. | 190 |
66079039 | Tim Thompson, Ranulf Rayner. David& Charles c1993
Yachting - a Turn of the Century Treasury. Ed Tony Meisel. Castle 1988
The Man Who Invented Himself James Mackay. Mainstream 1998
An America’s Cup Treasury Gary Jobson. The Mariners Museum 1999
A Full Cup Michael d’Antonio. Riverhead Books 2010
G L Watson Martin Black. Peggy Bawn Press 2011 | 350 |
347021 | USAir had previously assigned the Piedmont Airlines name to Henson Airlines in 1993.
Also in November 1995, USAir moved the headquarters of the new PSA Airlines to Vandalia, Ohio.By March 1996, the last Jetstream aircraft was replaced and PSA's fleet of 25 Dornier 328 aircraft was the largest in the world.
In February 1997, USAir changed their name to US Airways, and PSA transitioned to operating under the name of US Airways Express.
On August 11, 2002, US Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. | 512 |
343554 | Magazines including Men's Health, Vanity Fair and FHM have included her on their lists of the world's most beautiful women.
Jessica Marie Alba was born in Pomona, California on April 28, 1981, to Catherine Louisa (née Jensen) and Mark David Alba. Her mother has Danish, Welsh, German, English and French ancestry, while her paternal grandparents, who were born in California, were children of Mexican immigrants. She has a younger brother, Joshua. Her third cousin, once removed, is writer Gustavo Arellano. | 507 |
72341010 | It has not yet been evaluated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Its average length varies between 11.7 and 14.6 millimeters in males and between 14 and 16.7 in females. The length of its head is longer than its width, its snout is tapered when viewed dorsally and more prominent than the jaw when viewed laterally. The distance between the nostrils is slightly smaller than the eyes, and the eardrum is not visible. | 443 |
39204295 | In 1888, with failing health, Stawell subdivided and sold land from the property then known as the d'Estaville Estate along Princess Street, and a land company subdivided the remainder of the estate, which failed to sell, so the house and the steeply sloping land to the river stayed with the family until subdivided and sold in 1904.
d'Estaville is one of the few Melbourne mansions built out of bluestone. | 408 |
28028615 | The compensation committee here was provided with a term sheet for all the key points of the employment contract. TransUnion's senior management completely opposed the merger, but here everyone saw hiring Ovitz as a 'boon for the Company'. So Poitier and Lozano did not 'intentionally disregard a duty to act, nor did they bury their heads in the sand knowing a decision had to be made. They acted in a manner that they believed was in the best interests of the company. | 470 |
1953734 | The fiber is produced by dissolving the polymer in a solvent such as N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) or aqueous sodium thiocyanate, metering it through a multi-hole spinneret and coagulating the resultant filaments in an aqueous solution of the same solvent (wet spinning) or evaporating the solvent in a stream of heated inert gas (dry spinning). Washing, stretching, drying and crimping complete the processing. | 409 |
417211 | Elam scored at least once in every game to extend his scoring streak to 220 games, in every game of his career, marking the second-longest such streak in league history. He accounted for all of the Broncos points as he connected on three of four field goals, including a 39-yarder in overtime, in the home opener versus Kansas City. He tied Eddie Murray for eighth on the league all-time points scored list with 352 successful field goals as he hit his lone attempt against Indianapolis and became the fastest player in NFL history to reach the 1,600-point mark in 211 games. | 575 |
1827032 | The duties and privileges on the members of each particular caste—rigid enough to prohibit someone sharing a meal with those of another order—might have affected the roles members were expected to play in the state, regardless of the formality of the institutions. A central tenet of democracy is the notion of shared decision-making power. The absence of any concrete notion of citizen equality across these caste system boundaries leads many scholars to claim that the true nature of s and 's is not comparable to truly democratic institutions. | 546 |
13896700 | Arisia Rhab was overjoyed to see him alive.
Sodam Yat returns as a Green Lantern (sporting his Ion costume) in the final issue of Green Lanterns. He is one of the Green Lanterns who arrive on Earth to help Hal Jordan fight Cyborg Superman. When Cyborg Superman claims that no one can stop him because he has the powers of Superman, Sodam Yat refutes this by sending Henshaw crashing into a car with a single blow and blasting him with heat vision. | 447 |
46602410 | Other notable Latvian athletes included heptathlete and 2015 world bronze medalist Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa, reigning European javelin throw champion Zigismunds Sirmais, and world-ranked freestyle wrestler Anastasija Grigorjeva.
Latvia failed to win a single medal for the first time in Olympic history since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. | 356 |
34006363 | Wishing to get closer to the idols she admires, Arisa decided to take an audition and become an idol herself.
Umi is an athletic and energetic girl who can't stand staying inactive for a long time. Said to be capable of doing almost every kind of sport, Umi believes that she is blessed with having good legs. When she was younger, she took ballet lessons, which is why her body is very flexible. While highly athletic and enjoying sports, she doesn't mind having to wear girly idol costumes. | 493 |
2513912 | In Japan, Game Machine listed Double Dragon for Neo Geo on their April 15, 1995 issue as being the thirteenth most-popular arcade game at the time. According to Famitsu, the Neo Geo CD version sold over 3,851 copies in its first week on the market.
The Neo Geo AES version was met with mixed reception from critics, although Andreas Knauf of German magazine MAN!AC regarded it to be better than Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls on Super Nintendo. | 447 |
39447488 | Goals by Xavi, Neymar and a brace by Sánchez turned the result around after Valladolid's Javi Guerra opener in the tenth minute. On 19 October, Barcelona drop their first points of the season after a goalless draw with Osasuna at El Sadar that draw mean Barça failed to match La Liga's best ever start to a season and put an end to an eight-game winning run. On 22 October, Barcelona failed to clinch a spot in knockout rounds of the Champions League against Milan after a 1–1 draw in Italy. | 491 |
60341844 | Formerly Swiss Smile used to run branches in other European cities like London from 2007 to 2010, but they partly closed them down, focussing mostly on Switzerland with the exception of keeping their clinic in Moscow.
The Swiss company runs — apart from their dental clinics — a sortiment of oral hygiene products. It offers toothpaste -brushes and dental floss. The products are settled in the upper price class, offering luxurious designs and ingredients such as gold- or diamond particles in their toothpastes. Mostly aimed at the US market, South America, Asia, Russia. | 573 |
67608513 | All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties were required to cross a five per cent electoral threshold (of all votes, not only of valid votes) in 2016, although this requirement was waived for parties representing national minority communities.
The Serbian Progressive Party's coalition, which won majority victories at the republic and provincial levels, also won most of the local elections.
Local elections were held in all seventeen of Belgrade's municipalities. | 603 |
18864501 | On March 10, 1849, Brigham Young ordered 30 families to colonize Utah Valley, with John S. Higbee president and Dimick B. Huntington and Isaac Higbee counselors. The group of about 150 people headed for Timpanogos territory, and the Timpanogos viewed this as an invasion of their territory and sacred land. As the colonizers entered the valley, they were blocked by a group of Timpanogos led by An-kar-tewets and warned that trespassers would be killed. | 453 |
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