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15819635 | Under the artillery umbrella, Marine and Army infantry deployed for combat. The versatility of helicopters enabled such forces to be resupplied and maneuvered to numerous points on the field of battle. Firebases could also be "leapfrogged" or shifted in response to an advance or operational needs.
Against such methods the PAVN/VC used a variety of approaches. If the objective was to cause attrition, PAVN regulars would sometimes fight directly with their opponents using conventional tactics, particularly on the DMZ against the US Marines, and in remote border areas near Laos and Cambodia. | 595 |
27755576 | This was inspired by discussions with Henry Stommel who was interested in how differing rates of molecular diffusivity could drive turbulence convection and mixing. The period saw Turner branch out getting involved in rotating experiments on vortices and he even availed himself of an opportunity to descend into the ocean onboard the submersible DSV Alvin. After finishing his tenure at WHOI he would regularly return to work on problems and participate in their Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Summer School. | 506 |
11698964 | The race was closed to fillies and opened to geldings in 1986.
The Prix du Lys was contested over 2,800 metres at Saint-Cloud from 1993 to 1996. In the following years it was run over 2,600 metres at Maisons-Laffitte (1997–98) and Chantilly (1999–2000).
The race's original distance was restored in 2001, and from this point it was staged at Longchamp. It returned to Chantilly in 2009 and was run there until 2016. | 415 |
6033096 | The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1950.
The Chicago Daily News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for the work of George Thiem and Roy J. Harris, respectively, in exposing the presence of 37 Illinois newspapermen on an Illinois State payroll.
Meyer Berger of The New York Times, for his 4,000-word story on the mass killings by Howard Unruh in Camden, New Jersey. | 371 |
27957522 | McGill could only qualify for the China Open during the 2012/2013 season. He beat David Grace, Yu Delu and Martin Gould to reach the venue in Beijing, where he defeated Heydari Nezhad Ehsan 5–3 in the wild-card round. He faced Mark Allen in the last 32 and lost 1–5. McGill had a very good season in the Players Tour Championship events by reaching his first ever minor-ranking final in the European Tour Event 5, played in his homeland of Scotland. | 449 |
14157792 | Dripsey Woolen Mills was founded in 1903, when businessman Andrew O'Shaughnessy purchased a pre-existing flour mill on the banks of the Dripsey River. It provided significant employment in the area, with woollen goods such as cellular blankets, bed-spreads and tweeds being exported to the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. As with the paper mill, a workers' settlement grew close to the mill, with approximately 70 houses becoming known as the 'Model Village'. | 486 |
72541283 | A poem written by journalist and Skerries Sailing Club committee member Liam MacGabhann a year later, after VE Day, lamented the loss of local recreational sailors aboard Carina, Cymric, and other ships during World War II. The poem was displayed in Skerries Sailing Club and other east coast sailing clubs, and published in The Irish Press. | 341 |
52867147 | Forced disappearance in Pakistan originated during the military dictator General Pervez Musharraf (1999 to 2008). The practice continued during subsequent governments. The term missing persons is sometimes used as a euphemism. According to Amina Masood Janjua, a human rights activist and chairperson of Defence of Human Rights Pakistan, there are more than 5,000 reported cases of forced disappearance in Pakistan. Human rights activists allege that the law enforcement agencies in Pakistan are responsible for the cases of forced disappearance in Pakistan. | 558 |
5747275 | 30 in the PRO/AM LMP2 class.
In 2021, RWR formed alliance with Eurasia Motorsport to field the No. 51 Nurtec ODT Ligier for the 24 Hours of Daytona LMP2 class with drivers Cody Ware, Austin Dillon, Sven Müller, and Salih Yoluç.
In 2022, RWR fielded the No. 51 Nurtec ODT Acura in the GTD class for Ryan Eversley and Aidan Read. | 327 |
8774595 | On October 7 the typhoon turned to the northwest and moved through the southern Luzon Strait, passing about southwest of Basco in the Batanes on October 9. Under unfavorable conditions the typhoon steadily weakened over the subsequent days, and dissipated on October 12 over the southern portion of the Taiwan Strait. The minimum pressure associated with the typhoon was a value of at Basco, where winds exceeding were also recorded. Damage was minor over northern Luzon.
A tropical depression was first observed on October 7 to the east-northeast of Guam. | 559 |
5174564 | It is in understanding the truth-value link that one is able to understand what it is for a statement in the past-tense to be true. The truth-value persists in the tense shift – hence the "link."
Some philosophers, including Michael Dummett and John McDowell, have criticized truth-value link realism. They argue that it is unintelligible to suppose that training in a language can give someone more than what is involved in the training, i.e. access to inaccessible realms like the past and the minds of others. | 512 |
3669568 | At this time, no specific incumbent was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Aeronautics, with the Minister of National Defence Santos Costa temporarily assuming the direct management of the SEA. The military head of the Military Aeronautics was the Chief of Staff of the Air Forces, who had the rank of general, reported directly to the Under-Secretary of State and directed both the Directorate General of the SEA and the General Command of the Air Forces.
By a curious coincidence, the President of Portugal at the time was general aviator Craveiro Lopes. | 564 |
35714179 | By targeting the mechanisms behind dormant cell survival and how they acquire drug resistance, it might be possible to induce these dormant cells to their death.
Finally, it is hoped that understanding the mechanism of dormancy will allow researchers to find potential markers of dormancy that might contribute to determining the prognosis of the patient.
There are many questions that remain to be answered in the quest for understanding cancer dormancy more fully. Some of these include:
What is the actual cause of awakening dormant cancer cells?
How closely similar are dormant cancer cells and cancer stem cells? | 621 |
68265887 | The men's normal hill individual competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 5–6 February, at the Snow Ruyi hill in Zhangjiakou. The event was won by Ryōyū Kobayashi of Japan became the Olympic champion. Manuel Fettner of Austria won the silver medal, and Dawid Kubacki of Poland the bronze medal. For Kobayashi and Fettner this was the first ever Olympic medal, and for Kubacki the first individual Olympic medal. | 423 |
213583 | In 1935 the silver coating used since 1917 on the Hooker mirror was replaced with a more modern and longer lasting aluminum coating that reflected 50% more light than the older silver coating. The newer method of coating for the telescope mirrors was first tested on the older 1.5 meter mirror.
Edwin Hubble performed many critical calculations from work on the Hooker telescope. In 1923, Hubble discovered the first Cepheid variable in the spiral nebula of Andromeda using the 2.5-meter telescope. | 498 |
23738499 | Congress, the T&E program assisted the Federation in developing a defensive military capability which ultimately enabled U.S. and NATO forces to reduce their presence in Bosnia. The program was valued at an estimated US$500 million (equivalent to US$ million in ). Additionally, the program reduced the influence of extremist elements in the country, oriented Bosnia toward NATO and Europe, and served as the basis for full military integration within Bosnia, providing for a consolidated Ministry of Defense. | 509 |
8046130 | By and by he eschewed the poles of abstract atonality and indeterminacy that were much in favor in the 1960s and 1970s, turning instead to modality, melody, and counterpoint. His compositional goals are expressivity, depth, and spirituality, yet often with a light heart. In Asia, he advised young composers to borrow from Western traditions, saying it will help them speak to international audiences, but he insisted that the soul of their music as well as many of its techniques must come from their own soil. | 511 |
39085241 | The Color Run is an event series and five kilometer paint race, inspired by the Hindu festival of Holi, that is owned and operated by The Color Run LLC, a for-profit company. It takes place in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, Africa, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The untimed event has no winners or prizes, but runners are showered with colored powder, made of food-grade corn starch, at stations along the run.
In March 2011, it was first held in Phoenix, Arizona with 6,000 people joined. | 532 |
10016933 | July – A civil action is brought against Owen Coffee, an attorney from Clonkeen, County Westmeath by Captain Andrew Armstrong of Castle Armstrong, King's County, for having employed Armstrong's runaway East Indian slave, Peter Kent, while he was still his property. Armstrong is awarded £100 damages.
John O'Keeffe's play The Giant's Causeway.
30 November – Andrew Blayney, 11th Baron Blayney, soldier, politician and peer (died 1832). | 436 |
44401927 | Laia Abril (born 1986) is a Catalan artist whose work relates to bio-politics, grief and women rights. Her books include The Epilogue (2014), which documents the indirect victims of eating disorders; and a long-term project A History of Misogyny which includes On Abortion (2018), about the repercussions of abortion controls in many cultures; and On Rape (2022) about gender-based stereotypes and myths, as well as the failing structures of law and order, that perpetuate rape culture. | 486 |
18321831 | In Kiev, Soviet authorities arrest consul of Poland, Janusz Matuszynski, who vanishes without a trace
October 11. General Kazimierz Sosnkowski reaches Paris
October 12. General Government, with capital in Kraków, is created
October 16. Polish consul in Kaunas, Franciszek Charwat, leaves Lithuania, after both countries broke diplomatic relations when Lithuania incorporated the area of Wilno
October 19. The Germans transport to Berlin archives of the Polish Foreign Ministry | 476 |
18510769 | There are three plains in Hong Kong, in the northern New Territories. These plains are Yuen Long, Fanling, and Tai Po.
Yuen Long (, Pinyin: Yuanlang, formerly, Un Long) is an area and town in the northwest of Hong Kong, on the Yuen Long Plain. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin, and to the north Nam Sang Wai. | 392 |
14672494 | Krasnoshchyokov described his return to Russia in his memoirs: "I arrived in Vladivostok at the end of July 1917, and immediately joined the Bolshevik faction, was elected to the Soviet in August, and in September was elected to the town duma in Nikolsko-Ussuriysk and President of the Soviet of workers' and soldiers' deputies to represent the Bolsheviks." | 357 |
54681439 | | 0 || || MBA-M || 16.8 || 1.3 km || multiple || 2003–2020 || 11 Dec 2020 || 96 || align=left | Disc.: SpacewatchAlt. | 118 |
55204372 | Diese Zurückhaltung ist wenig verständlich, zumal wenn man feststellt, daß auch die veröffentlichten Briefe häufig durchaus „privat-intimen“ Charakters sind."
Rosa Luxemburg continues to fascinate, and despite her powerful political intellect and activism, her love life also attracts attention. In 2008, to the bewilderment of some scholars, Rosa Luxemburg's life formed the basis for a stage-musical at the Grips-Theater (youth theatre) in Berlin. | 449 |
39091029 | Mechelen railway station (, ), officially Mechelen, is a railway station in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 5 May 1835 on railway lines 25, 27 and 53. Train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).
On 5 May 1835, the first public train journey on the European mainland arrived near the station. The train line stopped just south of the station, as there was no bridge over the canal until 1836. | 449 |
2894068 | Dowdy stated that the original foundation—which was required to relinquish all held assets, funds, information and property being held under the resolution—would continue fundraising and providing financial support for OETA as the action did not dissolve the OETA Foundation. The foundation also charged that Friends of OETA's management by OETA board members (with King as its president and Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Chancellor Glen Johnson acting as its secretary) created conflicts of interest that would result in the organization having a "complete absence of financial and ethical accountability." | 621 |
4705522 | The Central Railway Building (CRB) is situated in the scenic hilly area of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is the governing office for the general manager of Bangladesh Railway. Construction started in 1897, it is one of the oldest buildings of the port city. To the east, across CRB Road, is Railway Hospital at CRB, built in 1994. There is a proposal to establish a 50-bed medical college at CRB and up-grade the existing Railway Hospital to 250 beds. There is a residential area for the railway officers surrounding it. | 517 |
49292639 | In 1849, after the Spring of Nations, the Senate of the Russian Empire decreed that the Rector should be appointed by the Minister of National Enlightenment rather than elected by the Assembly of the university. However, Pyotr Pletnyov was reappointed Rector and ultimately became the longest-serving rector of Saint Petersburg University (1840–1861).
The need for translators led to the establishment in 1845 of the departments of Armenian, Georgian and Tatar languages. | 471 |
47320083 | Miquel Carbonell i Selva (23 July 1854, Molins de Rei – 14 May 1896, Barcelona) was a Catalan painter, muralist and poet. He is especially known for his realistic portraits and landscapes of the area around the Llobregat River.
When he was only ten, he developed a tumor on his leg, which kept him bed-ridden for a year and caused permanent damage that required the use of a cane. At the age of thirteen, he was apprenticed to a painter in Barcelona. | 450 |
26725795 | However, the shell of P. visseri has indented grooves on its body whorl instead of the raised ribs that are common to the rest of its genus.
This marine species was found off Phuket Island, Thailand.
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp | 331 |
90605 | Aiguilles Rouges National Nature Reserve –
Bout du Lac d'Annecy National Nature Reserve –
Delta de la Dranse National Nature Reserve –
Roc de Chère National Nature Reserve –
Vallon de Bérard National Nature Reserve – | 224 |
6488697 | The London Traffic Survey was published the following year, and concluded that the Ringways should be built in order to cater for future network traffic, instead of Traffic in Towns which said if a road was not built, there would be no demand along that route anyway. The 1960s plans were developed over a period of several years and were subject to a continuing process of review and modification. Roads were added and omitted as the overall scheme was altered and many alternative route alignments were considered during the planning process. | 544 |
2010687 | Thousands of anti-government protesters, gathered in the Zuwara town square on 24 February, repulsed another Libyan Army attempt to retake the city. Loyalist forces used the pro-government towns of Jumayl and Riqdalin to the south as bases for their attacks on the city. However, from March onwards, the city was under the control of loyalist forces. Amidst the August rebel coastal offensive, rebels took Zuwara on 18 August. | 426 |
70315100 | Past winners and runners-up at The Open Championship in the field
The field included five former winners of The Open Championship, Bob Charles (2nd), Jack Nicklaus (tied 3rd), Gary Player (tied 18th), Tony Jacklin (missed cut) and Arnold Palmer (missed cut).
The field also included three former runners-up at The Open Championship; Brian Huggett (tied 6th), Simon Owen (tied 6th) and Neil Coles (tied 27th). | 409 |
39836513 | 2008 || Kitt Peak || Spacewatch || L4 || align=right | 12 km ||
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| 243320 Jackuipers || || || September 24, 2008 || Calvin-Rehoboth || Calvin–Rehoboth Obs. | 258 |
3031532 | A retrospective overview of Faith No More's career by Consequence called it a "a definitive left-field release", describing it as "raw, aggressive, altogether creepy". Writing for The Quietus, Dave McNamee considered the song one of King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime more accessible and straightforward entries, but added that it "proves that when Faith No More do ‘ordinary’ they still do it with a million more unexpected catchy twists and malevolent breakdowns than anything one-note imitators [...] could dream of". | 523 |
31499648 | Next, one picks a new representative for each of the new trees and one inserts these into the x-fast trie.
Finding the key k takes O(log log M) time. Deleting k from a balanced binary search tree that contains O(log M) elements also takes O(log log M) time. Merging and possibly splitting the balanced binary search trees takes O(log log M) time. Finally, deleting the old representatives and inserting the new representatives into the x-fast trie takes O(log M) time. | 468 |
5825171 | Thereby Chris Rea and his band imitate the various styles and lyrical topics, creating an instantly recognizable atmosphere on each record, with the first few songs usually setting up the direction in which the record is going and then developing to various styles within the field of each record.
Initially 16 CDs were planned, but Rea noted his initial idea was too intellectual and did not intend for the work to be seen as an academic work, yet as a story. | 460 |
30411478 | "Yoü and I" (Hector Fonseca Remix) – 8:03
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Born This Way. | 96 |
30442122 | Working as a graphic designer as well, Ghahary produced album cover art work for likes of The Orb and Juno Reactor.
In 2007, he worked as Creative Director for Life Water.
At the Raw Coffee Company in the UAE, he managed the brand restructuring (total brand activation), packaging and even the interior of the company headquarters in Dubai.
In 2009-2012, again in the position of Creative Director at Pico International, Ghahary founded the Pico Eco brand identity and initiative under the endorsement of the chairman. | 521 |
9192698 | Charles Arthur Banks, (18 May 1885 – 28 September 1961) was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
In New Zealand, Banks studied engineering at the Thames School of Mines and Colorado School of Mines. After obtaining his degree, Banks immigrated to British Columbia. During World War I, Banks served with the Royal Engineers.
After the war Banks resumed his career in the mining industry. Among other ventures, Banks co-founded the Placer Development Co., later Placer Dome, which was acquired by Barrick Gold in 2006. | 530 |
68431746 | Wang Di (referee), Chinese football referee
Wang Di (wushu), Chinese wushu taolu athlete | 89 |
11397206 | Belgian Second Division Championship winner 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, | 70 |
2028144 | Best War/Vengeance Song 1991: "Temper of Revenge"
Best Filk Song 1992: "God Lives on Terra"
Best Sorcery Song 1997: "The Dark Is Rising" (with Susan Cooper)
Best Classic Filk Song 2004: "Ladyhawke!"
Best Classic Filk Song 2011: "The Phoenix"
Julia's LiveJournal – focuses on her graduate education and interest in animal behavior. | 335 |
21019602 | Boys Over Flowers () is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Koo Hye-sun, Lee Min-ho, Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Bum, Kim Joon, and Kim So-eun. Based on the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. The series tells a story of a working-class girl who gets tangled up in the lives of a group of wealthy young men in her elite high school. It aired for 25 episodes on KBS2 from January 5 to March 31, 2009. | 428 |
2666364 | There he took his degree as doctor of law in 1818, and as doctor of philosophy on 21 June 1821. Three weeks later he married his cousin, Hannah Belmonte, who had been educated in a Christian institution; and soon after, at the instance of Bilderdijk, he was baptized with her at Leyden. At that time he was already well known as a poet. After Bilderdijk's death Da Costa was generally recognized as his successor among Dutch poets. | 431 |
15672426 | In the epilogue he travels back to Scotland where he meets Arthur, who reveals the secret of Jack's life: he needed his clockwork heart to survive for the first few months of life, but after that his heart of flesh and blood functioned normally. Madeleine kept this a secret because she wanted to shelter him.
All songs: music by Dionysos, lyrics by Mathias Malzieu except for where stated.
This is Dionysos' first self-produced album. | 435 |
29537380 | Caloptilia stictocrossa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland, Australia. | 103 |
2920514 | Vjenceslav Šoić (8 January 1869 – 21 September 1875) resigned
Juraj Posilović (26 June 1876 – 18 May 1894) appointed Archbishop of Zagreb
Antun Maurović (5 September 1895 – 8 February 1908) died
Roko Franjo Vučić (24 May 1910 – 2 July 1914) died
Josip Marušić (16 June 1915 – 18 April 1930) died | 299 |
3215775 | FC Energie Cottbus, a German football team
FC Edmonton, a Canadian soccer team
FC Eintracht Rheine, a German football team
FCE Ultra, a Nintendo Entertainment System emulator
Ferrovia Circumetnea, a railway on Sicily
Final Cut Express, a video editing application
Finnish Cinema Editors, association of Finnish Cinema Editors, F.C.E. | 339 |
54288777 | These tubes maintain temperatures below 0 °C throughout the year and thus acted as freezers for bison meat in times of bison scarcity likely due to hotter, drier-than-normal periods of time during the Holocene epoch. | 216 |
5178204 | Aïn Sebaâ () is an arrondissement of eastern Casablanca, in the Aïn Sebaâ - Hay Mohammadi district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. As of 2004 it had 155,489 inhabitants. An area on the road to Mohammédia, many major industrial conglomerates of Morocco are based here. 2M TV's headquarters can be found here. | 320 |
288204 | Most of the inhabitants of Tangier speak a very distinctive variety of Moroccan Arabic which differs from other Darija counterparts. The difference resides in pronunciation, tempo, grammar and a unique vocabulary. Arabic is used in government documentation and on road signs together with French. French is taught in primary schools and high schools and used in universities and large businesses. Spanish is well understood and spoken fluently, mainly exclusively by Tangierian locals. English, on the other hand, has been and still is used in tourist sectors. | 560 |
122780 | Avilla had actually started to decline in the 1940s after World War II, when greater numbers of people (especially young adults) from the already small community began moving to larger industrial cities for employment opportunities. The final turning point was in the 1960s, when US Route 66 was bypassed with I-44 (the Interstate Highway System). The lost commerce due to the diverted traffic caused many of the remaining businesses to fail or to be relocated in the 1970s. | 476 |
18206836 | Noah and the Whale were a British indie rock and folk band from Twickenham, formed in 2006. The band's last line-up consisted of Charlie Fink (vocals, guitar), Tom Hobden (violin/keyboards), Matt "Urby Whale" Owens (bass guitar), Fred Abbott (guitar/keys) and Michael Petulla (drums). Doug Fink (drums), the brother of lead singer Charlie, and Laura Marling (backing vocals) were also past members of the band. | 410 |
4001381 | in 1957, as an affiliate of San Miguel Brewery, Inc. which initially held 20% equity share via its Hong Kong subsidiary. In February 2014, San Miguel Corporation and Mahou-San Miguel signed a co-operation agreement to promote jointly San Miguel Beer and expand its global footprint.
The San Miguel escudo (seal) used as the brand logo of all San Miguel branded beer products is based on the original Spanish-era coat of arms of Manila. It is also the corporate logo of San Miguel Corporation and the San Miguel Brewery companies. | 529 |
26865340 | In particular its role in permitting "the values and norms of scientific research to be articulated, shared and controlled". They also note the key role played by the KSA in debates about the need for relevance and indigenization. | 230 |
23212856 | The total cost of the highway is estimated to be over €1bn ($1.4bn). amid allegations of corruption and a growing public debt.
The contract for the construction of road segment between Rreshen and Kalimash, which constitutes one-third of the whole project, was awarded to a joint venture between Bechtel, a US-based engineering company, and Enka, a Turkey-based construction company. | 383 |
1267893 | School Data for the Roselle Park School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Roselle Park High School bio on greatschools.net
Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
Public high schools in Union County, New Jersey | 233 |
66179471 | In 2020, Rackley Roofing CEO, Curtis Sutton, bought out half ownership of the team to form the team into a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team at the start of 2021. | 167 |
32711418 | She proceeded to Wellington and berthed there till 16 October 1914, when it was judged safe to depart. She sailed across the globe, sailing per convoy by way of Hobart, Albany, Colombo, Aden and finally arriving in Alexandria to disembark the soldiers on 3 December 1914. SS Athenic was designated at that time as being (His Majesty's New Zealand Transport) HMNZT 11. She was the largest troopship ever sent from New Zealand transporting New Zealand forces to the Middle East. | 476 |
36820383 | In June 2015, the Air Force created an award to recognize innovation and efficiency within the Service, naming it in honor of Spencer. The General Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award is an outgrowth of two programs Spencer created as Vice Chief of Staff, The Make Every Dollar Count and Airmen Powered by Innovation programs encouraged airmen bring new ideas into Air Force operations, helping to create a culture of innovation throughout the Air Force. The Air Force also presents, the General Larry Spencer Special Acts and Services Award.
Spencer is the author of two books. | 576 |
52423233 | He was also involved in other ventures such as in oil processing, perfumery, film production, and jute sack processing companies.
With his business initially involvement in sugar plantations, Araneta changed Filipino cultural awareness in the 1930s, when he purchased two American television stations and begun broadcasting local content for the first time.
During the Second World War, he secretly supported the independence movement from the Empire of Japan and became involved in funding the war efforts. After the war, and the independence of the Philippines, Araneta began to diversify his holdings and contributed to the recovery of the country. | 651 |
72412569 | The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)
Sir Thomas Whinfield Scholar, , lately Permanent Secretary, H.M. Treasury. For Public Service.
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)
Lieutenant General Charles Roland Vincent Walker,
Dr. John Stuart Benger, Clerk to the House of Commons. For services to Parliament. | 366 |
3824471 | Yukio appears in Marvel Anime: Wolverine, voiced by Romi Park in the Japanese version and by Kate Higgins in the English dub. This version wields retractable, circular throwing blades. After rescuing Wolverine from Yakuza thugs working for Shingen Yashida, she assists the former in his quest to rescue Mariko Yashida as part of her quest to seek revenge against Shingen for killing her parents. Yukio is later killed in battle by Shingen.
Yukio appears in The Wolverine, portrayed by Rila Fukushima. | 501 |
17054519 | "Magnaura." In The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, edited by Alexander Kazhdan. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Mango, Cyril. The Brazen House: A Study of the Vestibule of the Imperial Palace of Constantinople. Copenhagen: I kommission hos Munksgaard, 1959
Rosser, John Hutchins. Historical Dictionary of Byzantium, second edition. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2012 | 364 |
12068143 | He was also on the board of Directors of the Japan Sumo Association and worked as a judge of tournament bouts. He left the Sumo Association in 2000 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of sixty-five. He died in 2010 from cancer of the liver.
Kitabayama's favoured techniques were hidari-yotsu (a right hand outside, left hand inside grip on his opponent's mawashi), yori kiri (force out) and utchari (ring edge throw). | 425 |
66655006 | Formica lusatica is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae.
It is native to Northern Europe. | 105 |
70486637 | A benefit was held to support her, and the Melbourne Argus, harking back to Rigo's generous nature, started a fund with the same object.
In the first instance she was brought into the home of A. C. Bartleman, the well-known music teacher and associate of Browning Mummery. As an American by birth, she was free to be adopted by relatives in America, and J. C. Williamson offered his assistance if that action were taken. | 420 |
63226952 | Completing these requests in a short amount of time scores additional points. The player is ranked on a five-star scale based on their total score during the set. To achieve a high score, the player has the opportunity to customize the contents of the crate to be as efficient as possible in switching between tracks.
Fuser also includes both cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes that let players collaborate on creating a mix, or battle against each other. Players can also participate in weekly mix events that tasks players with creating a mix based around a particular musical genre or instrument that is then voted on by other players. | 649 |
72047853 | There was no individual scoring reported from the match at Grey Lynn Park between Richmond and Marist.
Before the matches at Carlaw Park the teams stood in silence to remember former Kiwi and Newton Rangers player Billy Dervan who had passed away.
Prior to the commencement of the main matches all 4 teams lined up and stood in silence for one minute after Mr. J.W. Watson "referred feelingly to the recent death of Mr. | 419 |
4150239 | Biscoe'''s first visit to Halley Research Station, in 1959/60 was under the veteran captain, Bill Johnston.
From 1975, joint Masters of John Biscoe were Malcolm Phelps and Chris Elliott. Chris Elliott had joined BAS as Third Officer on John Biscoe'' in 1967, becoming Second Officer in 1970. He established the successful Offshore Biological Programme cruises and helped superintend the building of replacement . Elliott was awarded the Polar Medal in 2004 and an MBE in 2005. | 476 |
2786591 | The British fleet commenced a close blockade of Cadiz and in Spring 1798 Brenton's actions while commanding a detachment of boats under attack from Spanish gunboats earned enthusiastic praise from Jervis. As a consequence he was made commander of HMS Speedy in September 1798, a sloop that he had previously served in and remembered with fondness.
Brenton's command of Speedy offered him several opportunities to distinguish himself. In February 1799 Speedy was escorting a convoy of supply ships that were ambushed by 23 Spanish gunboats in the Bay of Gibraltar. | 563 |
2308525 | The first found that the use of armed officers breached national guidelines, that the raid team had been inadequately trained, and that the officers in charge of it had received no training for their roles and had misrepresented intelligence to gain authorisation for the operation. The second inquiry accused Whitehouse, Deputy Chief Constable Mark Jordan, and Sussex's two assistant chief constables of colluding to obstruct the first. It suggested that Whitehouse knowingly gave false statements in his press conference, and recommended criminal charges against three of the four. | 583 |
20839109 | A maember of the French Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, she is also the chairwoman of the music associations ARKOncerts and A.R.K., which promote young talent. | 185 |
51192375 | The Navy purchased Selby in 1798. Between 5 April and 3 May she was at Perry & Co., Blackwall, undergoing fitting-out. Commander Thomas Palmer commissioned Selby in May 1798 at Sheerness. She moved to Woolwich Dockyard on 16 July for further work.
Selby was anchored at the Nore when, at 7:30 in the morning of 3 May 1800, Palmer shot himself. | 343 |
20765894 | The people live in twenty enormous circular cities, which have radii of a hundred miles; there are triple-decker highways and monorails. The capital, "Bardo-Cito-Uno" (which was Boston), has fully a quadrillion inhabitants. The countryside beyond these megalopolises is kept verdant and park-like. College education is universal, and is followed by a three-year vacation, then graduate school. The people are vegetarians (Howard even provides an illustrative menu); they practice free love. | 490 |
4667888 | Magwasha/Enock 19. Nhova 20. Tavengwa 21. Takawira 22. Chandidzora/Mereki. | 74 |
30229554 | Chester Emanuel "Chet" Falk (May 15, 1905; Austin, Texas – January 7, 1982; Austin, Texas), nicknamed "Spot", was an American Major League baseball player who pitched for the St. Louis Browns from 1925 to 1927. | 210 |
43999164 | Tenzing Norbu Thongdok is an Indian politician from the North Eastern state Arunachal Pradesh.
In the 2014 election he was elected as a Member of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kalaktang. Prior to entering politics he was Chief Engineer in PWD, Government of Arunachal Pradesh and retired from service as Secretary to Government of Arunachal Pradesh. On being elected as Member of legislative Assembly he was appointed Principal Advisor to Chief Minister and Parliamentary secretary for PWD. | 508 |
58990908 | The properties were relatively inexpensive to rent with the Maritime Services Board paying rates, taxes and insurance, and making it worthwhile for the family to retain the lease. The lease was subsequently taken on by Florence Avery (possibly John's daughter) for a short period in mid-1944 and transferred to Gertrude Crutcher (née Avery), continuing the house's connection to the family.
In 1945 Joseph Edward William "Teddy" Avery took over the lease of 2 Atherden Street. | 476 |
5143977 | court painter for Frederick I of Prussia
Georg Lindemann (1884–1963), cavalry officer and field commander
Rudolf Bamler (1896–1972), Wehrmacht general and later Stasi officer | 176 |
29898075 | Boudreau (the caretaker of Graymoss Plantation)
Hannah Lord (the president of the Bogue City Historical Society and Jonathan's grandmother)
Ava Phillips (woman living in an old cabin in Graymoss Plantation)
Sheriff (takes care of the crime) | 243 |
60606694 | It was also Roger Federer's first clay court tournament since the 2016 Rome Masters.
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. | 142 |
1142128 | St Mary's Hospital is an NHS hospital in Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, founded in 1845. Since the UK's first academic health science centre was created in 2008, it has been operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which also operates Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital and the Western Eye Hospital.
Until 1988 the hospital ran St Mary's Hospital Medical School, part of the federal University of London. | 481 |
71592523 | The platform has between 17 and 34 million visitors per month, making it one of the ten largest free browser gaming platforms worldwide. While the primary focus is on the English-speaking market, the platform also offers quite a few localized versions (23 in total). In 2018, CrazyGames.com was the fourth most blocked website in American schools.
The platform allows game developers to publish and monetize HTML5 games that may or may not use the technology WebGL.
The brothers Raf and Tomas Mertens founded CrazyGames in 2014 as a hobby project. | 548 |
7236467 | In 588/89 the Turks were defeated by Persians near Herat in the First Perso-Turkic War. In 599–603 he gained the eastern half of the Khaganate, but after his death the two halves were definitely split. Heshana Khagan (603–611) was driven out of Dzungaria and then defeated by Sheguy (610–617), Tardush's grandson, who conquered the Altai, reconquered Tashkent and raided Ishfahan. | 381 |
65605180 | Hendry was released by Celtic at the end of the 2018–19 season, and he subsequently signed for Raith on a two-year contract. In a very successful stint with the club, Hendry would win the Scottish League One with Raith, and helped the club in a very impressive season in the Scottish Championship. Hendry would impress in these two seasons, and would be named in the Championship Team of the Season by both PFA Scotland and the SPFL in 2021. He left the club at the end of his contract in summer 2021. | 501 |
73100331 | However, as a staunch Roman Catholic, he left Ireland in 1703 owing to the Penal Laws.
Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kerry constituencies | 216 |
9982811 | purchased a controlling interest in the team for $6 million. The sale was completed on January 10, 1964. During Ford's ownership tenure, which extended to his death in 2014, the Lions won just a single playoff game.
The team would improve the next year, finishing 7–5–2. Despite this, they missed the playoffs. The Lions began losing its defense when Yale Lary retired following the 1964 season, while both Schmidt and Lane would retire a year later. | 451 |
73327239 | Juozas Kasperavičius (codenames: Angis, Visvydas, Šilas) (17 August 1912 – 9 April 1947) was a Lithuanian partisan and pilot, founder of the partisan Kęstutis military district.
He was educated in the Kaunas War School as well as in the Lithuanian military aviation school, and served as a pilot both during interwar Lithuania and the first Soviet occupation. During Operation Barbarossa Kasperavičius stayed in Lithuania, where he was captured and interned by the German forces until 1941. | 490 |
18752288 | Prince Chunk (also known as Princess Chunk and Captain Chunk, real name: Powder) (1998 – November 21, 2010) was a domestic shorthair cat, who at one time was alleged to weigh 44 pounds (20 kg), a world record. He was found in Voorhees, New Jersey, on July 26, 2008, by Animal Control, who nicknamed him "Captain Chunk". After a search for his owner, it was found that his name was Powder and that he was abandoned by Donna Oklatner, an elderly Voorhees resident. | 462 |
4155456 | [ 11, 12] From 1980 to 1986 the birth prevalence of Down syndrome was quite stable (i.e., 1.35–1.59 per 1,000 live births [27–31 cases]). In 1987, 46 cases were diagnosed (prevalence = 2.11 per 1,000 live births) and most of the increase resulted from a cluster of 12 children born in January 1987. | 298 |
186601 | Minakata was worried that the consolidations would not only ruin historical buildings and antiquities but, by cutting trees, also damage the scenery and the natural life around them. He contributed an opinion to every edition of a local paper, Muro Shinpo. He also sent objection letters to major papers in Tokyo and Osaka and appealed to leading researchers for support, including Jinzo Matsumura, a notable botanist and professor of Tokyo University, to whom Minakata wrote long letters criticizing the deeds done by the central and prefectural governments. | 559 |
4300503 | "Meltdown", by Motionless in White from Scoring the End of the World, 2022
"Meltdown", by AC/DC from Stiff Upper Lip, 2000
"Meltdown!", by the Aquabats from Charge!!, 2005
"Meltdown", by Live from The Distance to Here, 1999
"Meltdown", by Loverboy from Keep It Up, 1983 | 273 |
50009965 | | 464325 || || — || February 16, 2010 || Kitt Peak || Spacewatch || 7:4 || align=right | 3.0 km ||
| 464326 || || — || March 4, 2005 || Kitt Peak || Spacewatch || — || align=right data-sort-value="0. | 202 |
5298171 | Thereafter, until November 2019, Hillsbus operated the North West Night Bus to supplement the Metro North West Line on Sunday to Wednesday nights. Like Station Link, it was jointly operated with Transdev NSW.
As of July 2022, Hillsbus operated 601 buses across four depots:
Foundry Road (F) in Seven Hills – Head Office of Hillsbus – 204 buses
Seven Hills (V) - another depot also in Seven Hills, | 398 |
1931036 | After his contract with Lyngby expired, he was training with his old club Viking. He played the second half of 2013 for Førde IL.
Soma played 22 matches for the Norwegian under-21 team before he was capped five times while playing for Norway between 2004 and 2005. | 264 |
41258717 | The decision on the unilateral declaration of autocephaly by the Bulgarian Church was not accepted by the Patriarchate of Constantinople. In this way, the term phyletism was coined at the Holy pan-Orthodox Synod that met in Istanbul on 10 August. The Synod issued an official condemnation of ecclesiastical nationalism, and declared on 18 September the Bulgarian Exarchate schismatic.
Having achieved religious independence, Bulgarian nationalists focused on gaining political independence as well. | 500 |
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