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4608116 | Having long ago been abandoned by his father, Yuri is taken in by his maternal uncle, Nikolai Nikolaevich Vedenyapin, a philosopher and former Orthodox priest who now works for the publisher of a progressive newspaper in a provincial capital on the Volga River. Yuri's father, Andrei Zhivago, was once a wealthy member of Moscow's merchant gentry, but has squandered the family's fortune in Siberia through debauchery and carousing. | 432 |
7527722 | These include burial sites with urns, lamps, jewellery, coins with the head of Alexander Severus Aurelianus and headstones bearing the names of 13 of the ancient inhabitants of Baška Voda, the loveliest of which commemorates a boy called Ursinus, who died in a shipwreck between 100 and 150 AD.
In ancient times, the little village of Bast nestled by a freshwater spring which supplied the Biokovo area. During the 18th century, after the expulsion of the Turks, its inhabitant left the slopes of St. | 500 |
6654853 | a song by Kiss from their 1987 album Crazy Nights
"No No No", a song by Deep Purple from their 1971 album Fireball
"No No No", a song by Def Leppard from their 1981 album High 'n' Dry
"No No No", a song by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their 2003 album Fever to Tell
"No No No", a 2016 song made by TheFatRat
"No No No", a 2020 song by Flipp Dinero featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
"No No No", also known as "N3", | 404 |
37086716 | When someone was dying or had just died, an appearance in front of these statues, returns them briefly to life before finally expiring. The power of Manav kept the person alive, while Danav took the person's soul to Lord Vishnu's abode.
Another cave near this place is called Dhundhi Odaari in the local Jaunsari language. Dhundi or Dhund means "misty" or "foggy" and odaar or odaari means "cave" or "hidden place". | 415 |
12602772 | The dorsal and caudal fins are light in adults and dark with nearly black margins in juveniles.
Virtually nothing is known of the natural history of the patchwork stingaree. Ecologically, it is apparently the tropical equivalent of the temperate sandyback stingaree. Reproduction is presumably aplacental viviparous like in other stingrays, with the developing embryos sustained by maternally produced histotroph ("uterine milk"). The litter size is probably small, judging by related species. Males mature sexually at under long. | 531 |
27035843 | Get Wild went on to lose the title to Burning (Go Shiozaki and Jun Akiyama) on March 17, 2013. Following the loss, Soya was sidelined with a cervical hernia and an oculomotor nerve palsy. Soya underwent eye surgery on May 29 and shoulder surgery on June 12. While still sidelined from in-ring action, Soya held a press conference on December 27, 2013, to announce his resignation from All Japan. | 395 |
58876143 | As per the 2011 Census of India, Ramchandrapur had a total population of 6,252, of which 3,191 (51%) were males and 3,061 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 567. The total number of literates in Kalua was 5,081 (89.38% of the population over 6 years).
As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Ramchandrapur covered an area of 1.3193 km2. | 352 |
56877120 | His column, Local Business, was published in over 100 newspapers from 1957 to 1972.
Talbert was the author of three academic books on journalism as well as several plays.
Talbert was married to Frances Selzer. They had a son and six daughters.
Talbert died of a heart attack on April 25, 1972, in Oxford, Mississippi. His funeral was held at the Oxford-University Methodist Church, and he was buried at the Oxford Memorial Cemetery. | 432 |
22283867 | after Stauch's wife Ida, Barbaratal and Mariannental, after Stauch's daughters, Stauchlager (Stauch's settlement), and Scheibetal (Scheibe's valley).
The older mining rights held by the Pomona Mining Company were both a blessing and a curse. The German Government of the time started protecting the area only six months after the diamond discoveries, declaring the Sperrgebiet (forbidden zone), a gigantic strip of land 100 km wide, and ranging from 45 km north of Lüderitz all the way to the Orange River. | 506 |
13158758 | Russell Procope – Clarinet, alto saxophone
Dizzy Gillespie – Trumpet on "U.M.M.G." | 82 |
4583302 | Scott Smith (fighter) (born 1979), American mixed martial artist
Scott Smith (speedway rider), English speedway rider
Scott Smith (Arizona politician) (born 1956), mayor of Mesa, Arizona
Scott Smith (Canadian politician) (born 1959), Canadian politician
Scott Smith (Wyoming politician), member of the Wyoming State House
Scott Smith (activist) (1948–1995), Harvey Milk's lover
Scott Smith (futurist) (born 1967), futurist | 422 |
1688801 | In the letter dated 31 August 2020, Council Secretary Paul Nedd informed Cabinet Secretary Konata Lee that the Barbuda Council wished to secede from Antigua in order to determine a separate future for Barbuda and its people.
Political parties in Antigua and Barbuda | 265 |
393536 | From 2009 to 2012 Ravalomanana lived in exile in South Africa, where he was engaged in active negotiations with Rajoelina and former heads of state Albert Zafy and Didier Ratsiraka to organize national elections. In December 2012 he declared he would not present himself as a candidate, then a precondition to the elections being viewed as legitimate by the international community. TGV candidate Hery Rajaonarimampianina was elected president in January 2014, defeating Jean-Louis Robinson, the candidate of Marc Ravalomanana's camp. | 534 |
98054 | Both a horizontal-structure and vertical-structure had their proponents and opponents, the Royal Netherlands Navy was historically a proponent of a vertical-structure but the horizontal-structure received increasing support, including from the then Minister of War and the Navy Kees Staf. During the cabinet formation for the Cabinet de Quay the decision was made to go with the horizontal-structure and the first step was made with the combining of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of the Navy. | 499 |
29659622 | British civil servant in the Colonial Service and later a businessman
Sam Spurway (born 1987), English cricketer
Thomas Spurway, English Member of Parliament | 157 |
49750481 | The seventh and final season was released on June 25, 2021.
Lists of American crime drama television series episodes | 116 |
266328 | NIA houses one of the most modern and efficient air cargo facilities in the state. Its two modern air cargo terminals have of space. A ramp provides direct access from the plane to the warehouse.
There are no bus or shuttle services to and from Norfolk International Airport. The nearest bus (HRT Route 15) connection is away at the intersection of Military Highway (Route 165) and Norview Avenue (Route 247). | 411 |
56813756 | The museum was built on the property after the death of the artist in 1955 by Nadia Léger and , to designs by the architect Andreï Svetchine; an earlier design by Paul Nelson had been rejected. Construction began in 1957, and the museum opened in 1960. The gardens were designed by Henri Fish and contain sculptures based on Léger's work.
Art museums and galleries in France | 374 |
20068547 | By the summer of 1942, the U-boat threat in the Gulf began to diminish, with all German submarines being withdrawn from the area by September.
No longer needed in the Gulf, the squadron moved to Gowen Field, Idaho, where it became an Operational Training Unit (OTU) The OTU program involved the use of an oversized parent unit to provide cadres to "satellite groups". The 96th, 381st, 384th and 388th Bombardment Groups were all formed at Gowen in the second half of 1942. | 472 |
72817726 | A "good product" was defined as one that displayed "beauty of design", was technically well executed, was functional (meeting a "real need of use or decoration"), could be part of a ‘line’ of other products, was compatible with fashion trends, and had a reasonable price point for production. In this way, America House provided a "clinical laboratory" and "testing ground" for the SAC artists.
In July 1946 the School for American Craftsmen relocated to Alfred University in Alfred, New York. There it was given space in the former Crandall Hall barn. | 552 |
19893886 | This policy was used until President of the United States Harry S Truman proclaimed that the resources on the continental shelf contiguous to the United States belonged to the United States through an Executive Order on 28 September 1945. Many other nations quickly adapted similar policies, most stating that their portion of the sea extended either 12 or 200 nautical miles from its coast.
Article 1 of the convention defined the term shelf in terms of exploitability rather than relying upon the geological definition. | 521 |
71382692 | It has been founded by League MP Guglielmo Picchi; Daniele Scalea, lecturer at Niccolo Cusano University and former advisor to Picchi when he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2018 - 2019); and Dario Citati, at the time researcher in Political Geography at Sapienza University of Rome.
According to several media outlets, in 2018 the think tank deeply influenced the Italian government's immigration policies. | 416 |
71462780 | Jimmy Herring – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Ricky Keller – bass, disease piano
Jeff Sipe – drums, percussion, underwater devices
Rev. Oliver Wells – organ, piano, synthesizer
Col. Bruce Hampton – Z Phone | 212 |
4203658 | Birštonas is surrounded by pine forests and the Nemunas River, which is very good for the ill. Some hills offer nice views of the Nemunas River. There are also shops, police department, library, theatre, clinic, pharmacy, book store, schools, museums, cafes, restaurants and the City Hall. There are many apartments and rare houses. Birštonas serves as a center of the Nemunas Loops Regional Park. | 397 |
21446390 | Senate seat being vacated by Herb Kohl, Roys left her Assembly seat to run for office in the open 2nd Congressional district. She lost to Mark Pocan in a four-candidate Democratic primary.
Roys declared her candidacy for governor of Wisconsin on December 7, 2017.
Roys gained national attention when a campaign ad in which she breastfeeds her infant daughter went viral. | 370 |
245524 | Guo Tu, however, advocated the opposite: attack Cao Cao's base at Guandu with the hope that Cao Cao will abandon the raid on Wuchao. Yuan Shao used Guo Tu's idea and sent Zhang He and Gao Lan to lead his main army to attack Cao Cao's main camp at Guandu, while only sending a small cavalry unit to reinforce Wuchao.
Cao Cao ignored pleas to split off his force to deal with the reinforcements and readied his men to fight to the death. | 435 |
10425545 | 1908 - Zyuzino church in Moscow photo
1911-1915 - Cathedral of the Dormition in Moscow Kremlin
1925-1927 - Pashkov House of Russian State Library
Russian: Нащокина М. В. Архитекторы московского модерна М. Жираф, 2005, (Maria Naschokina. All dates are referenced to pp. | 271 |
983047 | from the Pre-Gaelic Celtic language once spoken in this area of Scotland) (no longer part of the Gàidhealtachd) (former speakers shifted to Scots and Scottish English)
Galwegian Gaelic (in Galloway / A' Ghalldachd) (extinct) (former speakers shifted to Scots and Scottish English) (Common Brittonic substrate)
Strathclyde Gaelic (extinct) (replaced by Scots and Scottish English) (in the east part of Strathclyde / Srath Chluaidh, | 430 |
2248449 | Don West initially became involved with television shopping when he applied for a job with the Shop at Home Network as the host of a sports memorabilia show, Sports Collectibles. Despite his degree in sports broadcasting (and the fact that his brother Dale was the chief financial officer of the Shop at Home Network), West was rejected on the basis of his "scrabbly voice". In 1991, West began selling knives on television, and in March 1993, was made host of the Sports Memorabilia Show. | 489 |
2727336 | Daren Sammy, former West Indies cricketer
List of cities in Saint Lucia
List of rivers of Saint Lucia | 101 |
39948567 | The Circuit Court of Cook County, which is a State agency funded, in part, by Cook County, accepts more than 1.2 million cases each year for filing. The Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, under the authority of the Chief Judge of the State court, is the first juvenile center in the nation and one of the largest in the nation.
The Cook County Public Defender provides legal representation in the areas of felony and misdemeanor criminal cases, delinquency, abuse/neglect, some appeals, post-conviction and traffic (non-petty) cases throughout the county. | 559 |
21606043 | 208 (PDF) – brief summary of the published accident report
Photographs of the crash site taken in 1957, 1995 and 2005
Newspaper clippings about the accident at PPRuNe
"Service to mark 50 years since Isle of Wight Plane Crash" at Christian Today – includes brief eyewitness account
"An emotional return", (PDF) Frontline – The newspaper of Hampshire Constabulary, November 2006, p. 15. | 388 |
3959442 | Gariahat and Shyambazar are two shopping districts catering mostly to the middle class and lower middle class of Kolkata. College Street is an area famous for its bookstores.
Kolkata has seen a spurt of shopping malls with the rise of the buying power of the Kolkata populace. Shopping arcades like Forum Mall and Emami Shoppers' City in Central Calcutta have brought international brands from Swarovski to Godiva to the city, breaking the city's dependence on the older market complexes like A.C. | 497 |
8983620 | The colour that is noticeably missing from Michelangelo's ceiling, but not The Last Judgment, is the intense blue of lapis lazuli. This colour, achieved by grinding semi-precious stone, was always applied as a secondary, a secco stage, along with the gold leaf applied as haloes and decoration to robes.
The aspect of the colouring which was most unexpected was Michelangelo's treatment of shadows. The painting of the Libyan Sibyl and the Prophet Daniel, which are side-by-side, are exemplary. | 494 |
35031123 | In total, he played 26 matches and scored four goals during his time with the Dynamo.
Ahead of his junior collegiate season, Urso moved within the PDL and joined Chicago Fire Premier, the affiliate club of Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire. He spent just one season with Fire Premier, scoring five goals and providing four assists in 16 appearances. Urso scored twice in a 5–0 victory over Kalamazoo Outrage in early June, then scored on a free kick in a 2–1 defeat against Michigan Bucks in mid-July. | 502 |
12057841 | In the U.S., the SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2 (formerly known as Math II or Math IIChest, the "C" representing chest) was a one-hour multiple choice test. The questions covered a broad range of topics. Approximately 10-14% of questions focused on numbers and operations, 48-52% focused on algebra and functions, 28-32% focused on geometry (coordinate, three-dimensional, and trigonometric geometry were covered; plane geometry was not directly tested), and 8-12% focused on data analysis, statistics and probability. | 528 |
9813617 | In the end, Marty decides he wants to take Shiloh with him to visit Judd. Marty and Judd start to become friends. Judd starts to gets close with his dogs and he lets them come inside when it starts to rain. | 206 |
51062913 | Aatishbazi ishq is a drama film, Punjabi film directed by Amit Subhash Dhawan and starring Mahie Gill and Roshan Prince with a released date of 14 October 2016. | 160 |
71303564 | At the pre-fight press-conference, Nakamura stated that his fist hadn't yet fully healed from the break he suffered during the Pettas fight, but expected it to heal by October. Nakamura lost the fight by technical knockout. He was dropped by a flurry of punches at the 1:29 minute mark of the second round as was unable to rise from the canvas in time to beat the count.
Nakamura faced the 3–3 Sumiya Ito on the undercard of RISE 163 on December 10, 2022. | 455 |
2949575 | According to Kaga, while role-playing games had strong stories but limited protagonists, tactical games had multiple characters but a weak story: Fire Emblem was his solution, combining the two to create a fun gameplay experience with relatable characters. This lack of emphasis on a single character was intentional, to the point that even Marth was not considered by Kaga to be the main character. The setting and characters drew inspiration from Classical mythology. During the early story draft, there were two dragons that acted as bosses: the Earth Dragon Gaia and the Water Dragon Neptune. | 596 |
28287838 | The Texas Railroad Commission accepted this argument and permitted the Missouri Pacific to end the Texas portion of the Texas Eagle. The Texas Railroad Commission ruling was handed down less than a month before President Nixon signed Railpax legislation which placed a moratorium on passenger train discontinuances in anticipation of the start-up of Amtrak. The St. Louis–Texarkana truncation of the Texas Eagle continued running until the advent of Amtrak on May 1, 1971, when it was discontinued. | 498 |
536179 | Robie House is the subject of a 2013 PBS documentary and companion book, "10 Buildings that Changed America."
In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, the Robie House was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component (AIA Illinois).
At the time Robie House was commissioned in 1908, the lots surrounding the house's site were mostly vacant except for the lots immediately to the north on Woodlawn Avenue, which were filled with large homes. | 512 |
35108868 | At 60' the Ignatof and 66' the Pintseli tried to beat Kozáčik no avail intermixed to 63 Jan Rezek and 68'o Vučićević tried to beat Edin Nuredinoski, but to no avail. | 165 |
376393 | Others totally abandoned the traditional element and in this area particularly influential were the Scottish artists Donovan, who was most influenced by emerging progressive folk musicians in America like Bob Dylan, and the Incredible String Band, who from 1967 incorporated a range of influences including medieval and eastern music into their compositions. Some of this, particularly the Incredible String Band, has been seen as developing into the further subgenre of psych or psychedelic folk and had a considerable impact on progressive and psychedelic rock. | 563 |
47425 | Two rubber cords – the "bungees" – are tied around the participant's waist to a harness. Those bungee cords are linked to steel cables along which they can slide due to stainless pulleys. The participants bicycle, sled or ski before jumping.
SCAD diving (Suspended Catch Air Device) is similar to bungee jumping in that the participant is dropped from a height, but in this variation there is no cord; instead the participant free-falls into a net. Untrained SCAD divers use a special free fall harness to ensure the correct falling position. | 542 |
26209986 | In 2011 Greco was named as a monthly contributor to Longitude, the international journal of foreign affairs and international business. In 2012 he was appointed to the board of advisors of the Marconi University Graduate School of Business in Rome, Italy, where he also holds the rank of Professor of Business Administration and Political Economy. He is also a senior advisor at The Scowcroft Group, a business advisory firm assisting companies in emerging markets founded and managed by General Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor of the United States. Richard Greco Jr. | 588 |
11415582 | Weighted least-connection, a scheduling algorithm used by load balancing software such as Linux Virtual Server
Live Mesh (formerly Windows Live Core), a data synchronization system for computing devices
Windows Live Calendar, a time-management web application by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live services
Wireless LAN Controller, computer networking device
Wireless charging (a.k.a. inductive charging) of mobile devices
Comorian language, Mwali dialect (ISO 639-3 code) | 475 |
54357899 | Clarke reached the semi-finals in the mixed doubles with Harriet Dart beating the first seeds in the third round.
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) | 224 |
4080167 | Morris Cowley was a name given to various cars produced by Morris from 1915 to 1958.
The Continental Cowley, shown to the press in April 1915, was a larger engined (1495 cc against 1018 cc), longer, wider and better-equipped version of the first Morris Oxford with the same "Bullnose" radiator; in addition it could carry a four-passenger body. To reduce the price, many components were bought from United States suppliers. | 423 |
33612937 | In October 2011, Activ Solar commissioned the 80 MW Okhotnykovo Solar Park. Installation consisting of approximately 360,000 ground-mounted PV-modules and spanning over able to generate 100 GWh of electricity per year.
In December 2011, Activ Solar completed the 105.56 MW Perovo Solar Park, amongst the largest in the world. Perovo's more than 440,000 crystalline solar PV modules can produce as much as 132.5 GWh) of electricity per year. | 442 |
2143999 | DNN 7.0 and above has a minimum requirement of Windows 7, SQL Server 2008, and .NET 4.0 and IIS 7+. These product's latest versions are supported. As of version 6.0, DNN can also be installed in an Azure cloud computing environment. Numerous web hosting companies offer DNN as an offering, and a 1 step installation process is available through Microsoft. However DNN's requirement for an IIS medium trust environment has prevented broader adoption among some mainstream hosting companies. | 489 |
50864060 | The 1986 IPSC Handgun World Shoot VII held in Florida, United States was the seventh IPSC Handgun World Shoot, and was won by Rob Leatham of United States.
Shooting competitions in the United States
International sports competitions hosted by the United States | 260 |
2319587 | Sibasa is a village in Limpopo Province, South Africa and the former capital city of Venda bantustan. When Venda was declared independent in 1979, the capital was moved to Ṱhohoyanḓou.
Town 72 km north-north-east of Louis Trichardt. It was named after a Venda chief, Tshivhase.
Populated places in the Thulamela Local Municipality | 332 |
6264567 | 1970: Johnny Hart, for Best Cartoonist of the Year — first time this award was given to an American cartoonist
1971: Mauricio de Sousa, for Best Cartoonist of the Year. His work, the first edition of Monica's Gang, also won Best Publication.
Hergé, for "una vita per il cartooning" (lifetime award) | 300 |
34840398 | Joe Ludwig, ALP member of the Australian Senate
Graham Perrett MP, Federal Member for Moreton
Keith Pitt MP, Federal Member for Hinkler
Bernie Ripoll MP, member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Oxley
Stuart Robert MP, Federal Member for Fadden
Wayne Swan MP, Federal Member for Lilley and former Treasurer of Australia
Chris Trevor MP, Federal Member for Flynn
Amy Lubik City Councillor for Port Moody | 441 |
13750886 | Georgi Yaskevich, Sergei Kopylets, Sergei Sheleg, Aleksei Golubev, Nikolai Goncharov, Dmitry Korobov, Aleksandr Syrei, Roman Ladik, Aleksandr Korotkevich, Pavel Razvodovski, Kirill Brikun, Andrei Kolosov, Aleksandr Pavlovich, Artem Demkov, Igor Voroshilov, Nikita Komarov, Mikhail Stsefanovich, Vladimir Mikhailov, Dmitry Gorbunov, Pavel Dashkov, Andrei Stas, Yuri Eliseenko | 374 |
30407681 | Singapore participated in the 2011 Asian Winter Games in Almaty and Astana, Kazakhstan from January 30, 2011 to February 6, 2011. This marks Singapore's debut at a major winter sporting event. The nation sent only one athlete.
Nations at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
Singapore at the Asian Winter Games | 301 |
1341656 | After the defeat, and upon seeing the disease-ridden Athenian camp, Demosthenes suggested that they immediately give up the siege and return to Athens, where they were needed to defend the city against a Spartan invasion of Attica. Nicias, the Athenian commander in charge, at first refused, until still, more Spartans arrived. However, while preparing to leave, there was a lunar eclipse, which delayed the departure as this was considered a bad omen. | 452 |
12564716 | The park comprises dense semi-evergreen lowlands, montane forests, upland savannah, bamboo thickets, and occasional patches of mixed deciduous forest. Most of the area lies above 400 meters up to 1,500 meters. | 209 |
409699 | Persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD), previously called persistent sexual arousal syndrome, is spontaneous, persistent, unwanted and uncontrollable genital arousal in the absence of sexual stimulation or sexual desire, and is typically not relieved by orgasm. Instead, multiple orgasms over hours or days may be required for relief.
PGAD occurs in people of all sexes. It has been compared to priapism in male and female genitalia. PGAD is rare and is not well understood. The literature is inconsistent with the nomenclature. It is distinguished from hypersexuality, which is characterized as heightened sexual desire. | 625 |
394763 | When Osbourne was 11, the family moved back again to Southern California, this time to Beverly Hills. In spite of moving so many times at a young age, Osbourne did not find it disruptive.
One aspect of his life that constant moving did affect was his school life, and Osbourne soon despised going to school, which was not helped by the fact that he was diagnosed with a form of dyslexia at the age of eight, and ADHD at the age of 10. At the time, he was studying at a Christian school in Los Angeles. | 501 |
18588848 | Cels, a work that described flora in the botanical garden of Jacques Philippe Martin Cels (1740–1806), and in 1803 he published Le Jardin de la Malmaison, being written at the request of Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763–1814), who wished to immortalize the rare species of plants found in the gardens and greenhouses of Château de Malmaison. The illustrations in the two aforementioned works were performed by famed botanical artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840). | 465 |
474578 | Also called a straight legbar or kneebar, it is performed similarly to an armbar by holding the opponent's leg in between the legs and arms so the opponent's kneecap points towards the body. The wrestler pushes the hips forward, the opponent's leg is straightened, and further leveraging hyper-extends the opponent's knee. Commonly used as a counter to an attack from behind. | 375 |
67932233 | Delle Cose Gentilesche e Profane Trasportate Ad Uso, e Adornamento delle Chiese. Stamperia di Niccolò e Marco Pagliarini, 1744.
Delle Memorie Sagre e Civili dell'Antica Citta di Novana, oggi Civitanova, nella Provincia del Piceno. Stamperia di Giovanni Zempel. 1743. | 267 |
31050128 | Summer (March–June): Hot & dry (temperatures rise to , sometimes ); low relative humidity (20%); dust laden winds.
Monsoon (June–October): 85% of average annual rainfall of . Fall in temperature on rainy days.
Winter (November–February): Cool (morning temperatures drop to , sometimes below ); clear skies; foggy conditions in some tracts.
Given significant climatic differences, U.P. has been divided into two meteorological sub-divisions – U.P. East and U.P. West. | 466 |
11490196 | The same sexagesimal approximation to , 1;24,51,10, was used much later by Greek mathematician Claudius Ptolemy in his Almagest. Ptolemy did not explain where this approximation came from and it may be assumed to have been well known by his time.
It is unknown where in Mesopotamia YBC 7289 comes from, but its shape and writing style make it likely that it was created in southern Mesopotamia, sometime between 1800BC and 1600BC. | 430 |
9146037 | Members of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
Regional theatre in the United States | 92 |
51531891 | Instead of both the bank and its depositors being the owners of the capital (rabb al-mal), and the entrepreneur the mudarib, the bank and the entrepreneur are now both mudarib, and if there are any losses after meeting the overhead and operational expenses, they are passed on to depositors. One critic (Ibrahim Warde) has dubbed this 'Islamic moral hazard' in which the banks are able 'to privatise the profits and socialize the losses'.
Another critic (M.A. Khan), has questioned the mudarabah's underlying rationale of fairness to the mudarib. | 546 |
101202 | Though she is always portrayed last (rightmost) in the group, she is sometimes referred to as the leader of the group. While other Matrikas are considered as Shaktis (powers) of male divinities and resemble them in their appearance, Chamunda is the only Matrika who is a Shakti of the great Goddess Devi rather than a male god. She is also the only Matrika who enjoys independent worship of her own; all other Matrikas are always worshipped together. | 450 |
3604328 | He also penned the dialogues for Andru Peytha Mazhaiyil (1989), which was directed by the National award-winning cinematographer Ashok Kumar.
After K. Balachander's Punnagai Mannan (1986), Vairamuthu and Ilaiyaraaja parted ways. After their split, Vairamuthu's career stalled for the next five years, when he worked largely on lyrics for other language films that were dubbed in Tamil. | 385 |
2231257 | All five volumes of the book series are supposedly written at "Hacker College, Oxford", an institution apparently named after him.
In 2003, Jay and Lynn wrote an obituary for Hacker for The Politico's Book of the Dead. It gives his dates of birth and death as 18 June 1927 and 4 November 1995, the same as Paul Eddington, the actor who portrayed him. The obituary states that Hacker was Minister of Administrative Affairs (the events of the three series of Yes, Minister) for a period of two years. | 498 |
17905918 | In February 2015, Media Temple's managed WordPress offering evolved into a full-featured solution with four new customized plans.
In December 2014, the web hosting company joined Google for Work Partner Program to resell and support Google Apps for Work.
In July 2015, Media Temple joined the AWS Advanced Consulting Partner Program and launched new managed cloud hosting services for AWS. That same month, Rod Stoddard joined the company as its new president.
In October 2015, the company refreshed its shared hosting product, Grid, and relaunched it as a software-managed solution with enhanced ease-of-use and speed. | 619 |
60427111 | József Doncsecz (born 16 January 1950) is a Hungarian wrestler. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics | 209 |
7054072 | Martis scored his first goal for West Brom in their first match of the new Championship season on 8 August 2009, opening a 1–1 draw with fellow relegated team Newcastle United.
He also equalised in a 3–1 home win over Plymouth Argyle on 12 September.
Martis signed for Doncaster Rovers on 1 February 2010, on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut five days later in a 2–1 home loss to Reading. | 430 |
68380006 | Thiyagu and Paaru's brother; Nandhini's husband; Karthi and Malar's father
Magesh as Dinesh – Meenakshi's close friend
Gayatri Devi as Devagi – Kalai's mother
Salma as Devi – Mahesh's sister-in-law
Arun as Bharathi – Pavithra’s son; Visalatchi and Velayadhum's grandson | 273 |
28985877 | A number of local authority changes were made by the Irish government in June 2014; however, these were not reflected in the NUTS 3 statistical units until June 2018, when appropriate updates were made following the implementation of Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066. North Tipperary and South Tipperary were unified into a single local government area in 2014; however Tipperary remained divided between two NUTS 3 regions for statistical purposes. In June 2018 Tipperary was transferred in its entirety to the Mid-West Region. | 532 |
51321662 | During the trial, prosecutors argued that the second shot fired by Heaggan-Brown was unjustifiable since Smith was already on the ground gun-free, wounded and therefore unable to escape or resist, so the officer's fear for his life was unfounded. The defense countered that, in firing the second shot, Heaggan-Brown followed a police protocol to assume that if a person has one weapon, he might have another. On June 20, closing arguments were delivered and jury deliberations began.
On June 21, 2017, Heaggan-Brown was acquitted. | 530 |
55061489 | John Skinner (died after 1395) was a member of the Parliament of England for the constituency of Maldon in Essex in the parliaments of January 1390 and 1393. | 157 |
59658 | Since scientific points of view do not arise from using a universal method which guarantees high quality conclusions, he thought that science has no intrinsic claim to intellectual authority over other intellectual traditions like religion or myths.
Based on these arguments, Feyerabend defended the idea that science should be separated from the state in the same way that religion and state are separated in a modern secular society He envisioned a free society in which "all traditions have equal rights and equal access to the centres of power." For example, parents should be able to determine the ideological context of their children's education, instead of having limited options because of scientific standards. | 720 |
47516951 | Shah Nawaz sent Jalhe Khan,a Pashtun commander from Kasur,to oppose Durrani's forces. However instead Jalhe Khan defected to the Afghan side and Joined Ahmad Shah Durrani. Ahmad Shah sent 1,000 of his musketeers to fire upon the Mughal forces and to retreat beyond the enemies range. Shah Nawaz soon consulted a astrologer to know the result of the battle.The astrologer told Shah Nawaz that there should not be any fighting that day and to instead attack the Afghans the next day. | 481 |
43179247 | Allen's Flying Toward the Sound effectively fits that description—daring, vulnerable, and breathtaking".
"Refraction I: Flying Toward the Sound" - 6:02
"Refraction II: Red Velvet in Winter" - 5:56
"Refraction III: Dancing Mystic Poets at Midnight" - 4:20
"Refraction IV: God's Ancient Sky" - 16:03
"Refraction V: Dancing Mystic Poets at Twylight" - 3:22 | 366 |
25365816 | Character and Map Pack 01 contains the three previously pre-order exclusive characters, Demolishor, Jazz and Shockwave, as well as two new characters, Onslaught and Scattershot. Four new multiplayer maps are also included. Two maps are exclusive to the game's Escalation mode, while the other two are used in all other game modes. It was released July 27, 2010. The second pack, known as Character and Map Pack 02, adds the characters Dead End and Zeta Prime and five new maps. It was released September 7, 2010. | 514 |
18870561 | How to Make Gravy is a four-track EP by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly and was originally released on 4 November 1996 on White Label Records in Australia. The title track was written by Kelly and earned him a 'Song of the Year' nomination at the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Music Awards of 1998. It tells the story of a newly imprisoned man writing a letter to his brother, in which the prisoner laments that he will be missing the family's Christmas celebrations. | 494 |
9073781 | Benedito Nunes (November 21, 1929 - February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian philosopher and literary critic. He was born Benedito José Viana da Costa Nunes in Belém, a major city in the north of Brazil, where he was a professor at the Federal University of Pará. He has also lectured at other universities in the south of Brazil, France and the United States. In 1987, he was awarded the Prêmio Jabuti, regarded as the most prestigious literary prize in Brazil. | 456 |
24241627 | The 2010 e-Boks Sony Ericsson Open was the first edition of the tennis tournament e-Boks Danish Open, an International-level tournament on the 2010 WTA Tour. It took place on indoor hard courts in Farum, Denmark from August 2 to August 8, 2010. The Danish top player Caroline Wozniacki won the singles title.
Seedings are based on the rankings of July 19, 2010. | 362 |
46831345 | RITA Award for Best Historical Romance for His At Night
2012: Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Innovative Historical Romance for Tempting the Bride
2012: Library Journal Librarian's Best Romance Books of the Year for Tempting the Bride
2013: Library Journal Top 10 Romances of the year for The Luckiest Lady in London
2014: Library Journal Top 10 Romances of the year for My Beautiful Enemy
She has received starred reviews for several titles from Booklist, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal and as of 2015, | 534 |
43213806 | By 1711, Johnstone had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He died in September that year after being seriously wounded at the Siege of Tournai, and since his two marriages had produced a daughter, Philadelphia, but no sons, his baronetcy and estates passed to his brother William. | 294 |
72101824 | Chan School of Public Health. After graduate school, she taught international nutrition and global food resources courses at Yale University, Harvard University, and Tufts University.
Ziegler joined the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 1979, was tenured in 1987, and has served most recently as a senior investigator in the epidemiology and biostatistics program. Ziegler’s research has focused broadly on dietary, nutritional, anthropometric, and hormonal determinants of cancer risk. | 488 |
9710330 | The term 'dondake' in the song title "Dondake Fanfare" is a term in Osaka dialect which is used to express surprise at a large amount of something (generally positively) that was popularized through many comedians and J-Pop artists, and thus would equate in English as, "What the?!" | 282 |
10794156 | However, the Kalil facility was destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, while the other facility halted its production, which put an end to the project.
In 1956, the government of Jordan collaborated with some Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Libya to establish the Arab Potash Company, in order to extract and produce potash and other minerals from the Dead Sea, of which the government of Jordan kept the majority of the stake. One year later, the government of Jordan granted the company the exclusive rights for all mining operations at the Dead Sea for 100 years. | 597 |
66187223 | He punted for 3,583 yards on 80 punts for an average of 44.8 yards in his junior season. As a senior, Harvin punted 45 times for an average of 48.0 yards, breaking both the school and ACC record, and was named first team All-ACC. He was also a unanimous first team All-America selection and won the Ray Guy Award as the nation's top collegiate punter, becoming the first African American player to win the award. | 412 |
2288900 | Open Wounds and Other Paintings about Vulnerability, OX-OP Gallery, Minneapolis, 2003
I am Your Piñata and Other Paintings about Love and Sacrifice, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA, 2002
Dumb Luck and Other Paintings About Lack of Control, Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
The Door is Always Open (Shanghai chi K11 art museum catalogue)
The Door is Always Open (MOCA Taipei catalogue) | 398 |
41032132 | Macià Alavedra Moner (26 March 1934 – 29 September 2018) was a Spanish politician from Convergence and Union. He served as a member of the constituent, first and third legislatures of the Congress of Deputies, representing Barcelona Province.
In October 2009 he was arrested on suspicion of involvement in corruption.
He died of leukemia in 2018. | 346 |
6484877 | The Rogue Valley AVA includes the drainage basin of the Rogue River and several tributaries, including the Illinois River, the Applegate River, and Bear Creek. Most wineries in the region are found in the valleys formed by one of these three tributaries, rather than along the Rogue River itself. The region is wide by long (though much of the land within the AVA is not suitable for grape cultivation); there are fewer than 20 wineries with only planted. Each river valley has a unique terroir, and grows different varieties of grapes. | 542 |
37657526 | He has never remarried or doesn't plan too. He teaches cooking classes from his kitchen at home. He treats Sun Qi-ming as a son and originally wanted Yi-ru to choose him, but accepts her decision when she chooses Shi-de. He later supports Qi-ming's relationship with Cai-rong by telling him to get over his doctor phobia.
Lan Shi-de and Lan Shi-yun's aunt. Works alongside Shi-de at Hao Sheng as the Deputy Manager. | 416 |
21040957 | Haliotis ancile (Shield Abalone; found in the Gulf of Suez and the northwest Indian Ocean)
Haliotis aquatilis (Japanese Abalone; found between Japan and Korea)
Haliotis asinina (Ass's Ear Abalone; found in the southwest Pacific)
Haliotis assimilis (Threaded Abalone; found between Southern California and Baja California) | 321 |
66090858 | It was the first top-flight soccer championship for the region since the New York Cosmos won the 1982 Soccer Bowl; the cross-town New York Red Bulls had played in MLS Cup 2008, but lost to the Columbus Crew. The title was also the first for any of the city's major professional sports team since the New York Giants won Super Bowl XLVI in 2012. As MLS Cup champions, NYCFC qualified for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, where they were eliminated in the semifinals by Seattle Sounders FC. | 491 |
2062405 | British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Lieutenant Governors of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791) | 150 |
1267459 | Volume I appeared in 1795, and volume II in 1805. Santiago Ramírez, his student and later his biographer, described it as "a monumental work, which... will be an object of veneration and consultation".
German naturalist, Alexander von Humboldt, making a survey of resources in Spanish-held colonies for Spain, reported favorably that it was in Mexico where the best work of mineralogy in Spanish had been published, the Elementos de Orictognosia of Señor Del Rio. | 464 |
63185697 | | 17 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 6 || 14 || 2 || 7 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 2.7 || 2.0 || 4.7 || 0.7 || 2.3 | 94 |
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