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68345387 | Tommy first attracted acclaim for his short film Mariner, which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films in 2016, and was the winner of the Lindalee Tracey Award in 2017.
Tommy is an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre's film program, graduating in 2017.
Tommy's debut feature film, Learn to Swim, premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. | 448 |
1160977 | Sydenham, Leamington Spa, a suburb of Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Sydenham House, Devon, the seat built by Sir Thomas Wise in Marystow parish, Devon
Sydenham Hospital for Communicable Diseases, Baltimore
The former Sydenham Hospital, Harlem, New York City
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham | 310 |
27522414 | Authorization for the Mayor to purchase and deploy surveillance cameras throughout the city, without any type of oversight
Restrictions on public activity, including amplified sound and morning gatherings
Restrictions on parades, including the requirement to purchase an insurance policy worth $1 million and to register every sign or banner that will be held by more than one person
The power to deputize many different types of law enforcement personnel other than the Chicago Police Department
These new ordinances drew protests from the ACLU, Amnesty International, the Occupy Movement (particularly Occupy Chicago), and the anti-abortion movement. | 655 |
13470686 | He is the ruler of werewolfs and the father of Luparo.
Strigus was the leader of the Strix and had the appearance of a giant monstrous owl. The strix that served him had skeleton heads and were the arch-enemies of vampire emperor Vampiro-del-mar and his army.
Akim Samaran was a sculptor who used wax and human skeletons to create living puppets. He held a personal grudge against the Sinclair family and was an ally of the Spook. | 430 |
41113116 | Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 116 |
66348 | This led to the publication in 1963 of a coauthored monograph, Underachievement in Foreign Language Learning, which was published in the International Review of Applied Linguistics.
Through this research, he identified three factors that could be used to calculate language learning aptitude: verbal intelligence, auditory ability, and motivation. Pimsleur was the primary author of the Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery (PLAB) based on these three factors to assess language aptitude. He concluded that low auditory ability was a major factor in underachievement. | 566 |
27452367 | Due to his limited game time for the Sicilians, the club opted to loan the midfielder to newly promoted AC Cesena for the 2011–12 Serie A season.. With the Seahorses, Martinho appeared 18 times in the league, but was unable to help his club avoid relegation to Serie B, as Cesena finished 20th. Martinho returned to Catania on 30 June 2012. | 340 |
33156320 | On August 2, 1917, the Green Corn Rebellion uprising led to an increase in anti-socialist and anti-union sentiment in the state.
After an explosion at the home of J. Edgar Pew, the vice-president of Carter Oil Company, on October 29, 1917, the TCCD announced the creation of a 150 man Home Guard. The TCCD would later call the Home Guard its “right arm of power.” The Home Guard attracted influential members including Eugene Lorton and W. Tate Brady. | 451 |
3082828 | Kegan, along with his fellow co-authors, explore the successful business practices that promote a culture where individual growth and personal satisfaction can flourish.
The book elaborates on three concepts that the authors believe to be critical to the success of a DDO. These three concepts are what they refer to as "edge", "groove", and "home". The "edge" of a DDO is the drive of the organization to uncover weaknesses and to develop. The "groove" is the practices or "flow" of the company from day-to-day that foster development. | 536 |
2672356 | To achieve the results mentioned above, a Lighting Director may use a number or combination of Video Lights. | 108 |
18715613 | Some of the studio-based filming was done at the Dovzhenko Film Studios.
Spaceship pilot Pirx is hired for a mission to test probes to be placed in the Cassini Division, a gap between rings of Saturn, while the real secret goal was to evaluate some nonlinears (androids with "nonlinear" characteristics) for use as crew members on future space flights. The mission meets with a near disaster and the human crew are almost killed.
Upon returning to Earth there is an inquest to determine if Pirx was responsible for the accident. | 528 |
10412202 | In addition to her many scholarly articles, she writes regular columns on economics and current affairs for Frontline magazine, Business Line, the Bengali newspaper Ganashakti, Deccan Chronicle, and Asian Age. She also writes a regular column for the fortnightly national magazine Frontline, focusing mainly on economic issues.
In Spring Term 2011, Ghosh served as the first Ragnar Nurkse Visiting Professor in Development Economics at Tallinn University of Technology's Technology Governance graduate program.
In addition to her academic work, Ghosh has been serving on several advisory board. | 594 |
27499031 | He was largely in control of royal affairs, especially after his daughter Anne Hyde married the king's brother James (he became king in 1685). When the Second Anglo-Dutch War ended in failure in 1667, the king removed Clarendon in a severe confrontation; the earl was accused of treason and was banished to France. Charles was willing to talk to every faction in England, Ireland and Scotland, even with the Quakers, who were hated by practically everyone else. | 461 |
4141703 | In economics and finance, market abuse may arise in circumstances where investors in a financial market have been unreasonably disadvantaged, directly or indirectly, by others who:
have used information which is not publicly available (insider dealing)
have distorted the price-setting mechanism of financial instruments
have disseminated false or misleading information (market manipulation)
Market abuse is split into two different aspects (under EU definitions):
Insider dealing: where a person who has information not available to other investors (for example, | 567 |
27535706 | is a retired Japanese football player who is currently the technical director for the Tucker Youth Soccer Association in Tucker, Georgia.
Takada attended Hokkaido Sapporo Daiichi High School and Hokkaido University of Education. He was Hokkaido University's Rookie of the Year in 2002, participated in the national college tournament in 2003 and 2004, and received the Hokkaido College League MVP award after 2005 season. | 421 |
260544 | Rib Mountain is a village located in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 7,313 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Wausau, it is part of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area. The census-designated place of Rib Mountain is located in the village.
Originally part of the Town of Weston, the area was established as the town of Erickson (in honor of George Erickson, the town chairman) in 1905. Later renamed Flieth, the town was renamed the Town of Rib Mountain in 1930. | 494 |
22819957 | was the first album which Clark worked on directly with Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler since Bizaar. Bang! Pow! Boom! was recorded between September 2008 and July 2009 at Clark's Fun House Studio. Bruce listened to music by the progressive rock band Gong for inspiration. In order to ensure the quality of their vocal recordings, Bruce and Utsler drank tea before every take and didn't smoke cannabis while recording. | 417 |
16512775 | A longtime resident of Sorrento, Maine, he was married to Beatrice "Beppie" Noyes (July 20, 1919 – July 3, 2007) an American author and illustrator.
The Noyes family co-owned the Washington Evening Star from 1867 to 1975. His grandfather Frank Brett Noyes served as president of the Star. His father Newbold Noyes Sr. served as associate editor of the paper. | 358 |
5030476 | His descendant Hector Lefuel, son of the architect Hector Lefuel, wrote the monograph, Georges Jacob (Paris, 1923). Two models in beeswax attributed to Jacob, one for a fauteuil and one for a bed 'à la turque', have remained in the family's possession. | 252 |
72375320 | In June and July 2022, Mogwe made Botswana's top ten most played songs list.
Mogwe is married with two children. She is noted to be private about her life.
2003; My African Dream singing category: Runner up
2004: Gabs Kareoke Idols as the Youngest Contestant: Winner
2014: Yarona FM Music Awards (YAMA): Winner Best female Artist of the year
2014: Yarona FM Awards (YAMA): Winner Best Female Artist | 403 |
73122520 | This examination is essential as it ensures that the insertion of foetal cells is done at the target location. The duration of this procedure roughly takes 6 hours. It is operated under general anaesthesia, where the grafts are implanted directly into the striatum. After monitoring the patient's physical state, they are usually discharged from the hospital within a day.
Determinants of success in foetal brain cell graft
The survival of the cells is influenced by the age of the donor tissue and the stage at which cells are extracted. | 539 |
2360432 | This technique is most apparent on the album Highly Refined Pirates, where it is used on every single song (except the electronic interludes.)
Dave is also known for his use of the Line 6 DL-4 delay modeller's sampler capability. The DL-4 can be used to record a phrase which can then be played back instantly by stepping on one of the DL-4's buttons. The sample can also be reversed, slowed down or sped up, effects which Dave makes use of both in the studio (notably on Menos El Oso), but can also be replicated live. | 519 |
73967126 | 1986 Danish Single European Act referendum
1972 Danish European Communities membership referendum
1953 Danish constitutional and electoral age referendum | 153 |
31594812 | In 2012, Sabin was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 33, which includes downtown Little Rock and other neighborhoods. Both Arkansas Democrat-Gazette columnist John Brummett as well as Talk Business Quarterly named him among the top ten legislators of the 2013 legislative session, and the Arkansas Times called him the "Freshman of the session". | 374 |
3844502 | Victor Gruschka Springer (born in Jacksonville, Florida on 2 June 1928) is Senior Scientist emeritus, Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
He is a specialist in the anatomy, classification, and distribution of fishes, with a special interest in tropical marine shorefishes. He has published numerous scientific studies on these subjects; also, a popular book called "Sharks in Question, the Smithsonian Answer Book" 1989.
Springer gained his first degree, B.A. | 530 |
56098650 | A. J. Tyronne Benildus Fernando (born 8 May 1969) is a Sri Lankan athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people) | 232 |
1932063 | Although its conversion efficiency is less than the best thin-film cells, in theory its price/performance ratio should be good enough to allow them to compete with fossil fuel electrical generation by achieving grid parity. Commercial applications, which were held up due to chemical stability problems, had been forecast in the European Union Photovoltaic Roadmap to significantly contribute to renewable electricity generation by 2020. | 437 |
12069122 | SEPTA announced plans in its 2010 Capital Budget to purchase new trolley cars and restore the rails between 2011 and 2018, allowing for the future return of streetcar service on the line. However, in 2011 it was pushed back to 2015–2022 and the proposed 2012 budget pushed it back even further to 2016–2023. The budgets do not include allocated funds to build a new trolley depot and maintenance facility. | 405 |
1830096 | Players of American football from Pompano Beach, Florida | 56 |
33949413 | This process causes the internal pH of the RBC to increase through the outwards movement of and inwards movement of . The net consequence of alkalizing the RBC is an increase in Hb-O2 affinity via the Bohr effect. The net influx of ions and the compensatory activation of -ATPase to maintain ionic equilibrium within the RBC results in a steady decline in cellular ATP, also serving to increase Hb-O2 affinity. As a further result of inward movement, the osmolarity of the RBC increases causing osmotic influx of water and cell swelling. | 540 |
30641368 | Kurt Louis Daudt (born September 26, 1973) is an American politician and former Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He is a former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 27B, which includes portions of Anoka, Isanti, and Sherburne counties in east-central Minnesota, north of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He lives on his family farm in Crown, Minnesota.
Daudt attended Princeton High School, where he graduated in 1992. | 530 |
5040899 | Anjuman Talaba-e-Islam ("Islamic Organization of Students") is the non-political student organization founded on 20 January 1968 with respect to 20th Shawwal 1387 A.H at Sabz Masjid Sarafa Bazaar, Karachi, Pakistan by a group of students. In 1986 student union elections in all cities of Pakistan, ATI came forward as the leading victorious Student Organization by taking more than 80% results. The current President is Mubashar Hussain from karachi, Pakistan. | 460 |
12866361 | In an interview with the Olympian newspaper at the beginning of his new job, Manhas announced that "one of his goals for the district, besides academic improvement, is to foster a school system that helps students develop socially and emotionally." Over the next seven years, Manhas led the District to improve student academic performance and test scores while persuading local voters to approve a 20-year, $175 million bond measure to remodel five schools and build a new middle school. Manhas retired as Superintendent in June 2016.
Seattle PI newspaper, October 7, 2003. | 574 |
14929970 | Gmina Lubsko is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. Its seat is the town of Lubsko, which lies approximately north-west of Żary and south-west of Zielona Góra.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2019 its total population is 18,452.
Apart from the town of Lubsko, Gmina Lubsko contains the villages and settlements of Białków, Chełm Żarski, | 412 |
57103611 | "Long Time Coming" was released in April 2017, prior to the album's June release date. In addition to being issued as a promotional single, it was made available as an instant download with all pre-orders of the digital version of the album. Speaking of the song to Billboard, Nielsen commented: "It's our interpretation of Slade and MC5 and AC/DC and Aerosmith - a lot of riffs that are reminiscent of the Move, but they're not steals. It's just, like, all the bands we like." | 477 |
21076972 | He was forced to move home five times after giving evidence as a prosecution witness at the High Court in Airdrie and was sentenced to 100 hours community service after being caught with a machete he was using as protection. He made eight appearances in the 1996–97 season. Rovers were relegated and the next season McGill was used more frequently in the First Division. He bagged a brace on his return to Douglas Park, as Academicals had achieved promotion the previous season.
In September 1998, McGill completed his Scottish Football League set by dropping into the Third Division with Queen's Park. | 602 |
2100271 | He is considered a liberal leftist and a staunch anti-fascist, always rejecting any kind of collaboration with FPÖ or BZÖ. He served as President of the Social Democratic University Alumni Association, as well as of one of the European social partners CEEP and its Austrian section VÖWG. In October 2012, Einem publicly announced becoming one of the board members of the chartered airplane provider Jetalliance and to withdraw from politics.
Einem was married; the couple had a son. He died at age 73. | 501 |
74235276 | Ramadan O Fazail-e-Nafil Roja (Assamese; )
Khatme Nabuwwater O Qadianiater Gumrahir Akatya Dalil Samooh (Bengali; )
Zuhur-e-Mahdi O Nuzool-e-Isa (Urdu and Bengali; )
Fuyūz-e-Madani (Urdu translation of Ahmed Ali's book Salasil-e-Tayyiba, written in Bengali) | 260 |
6815090 | Tuomey assumed a central role in the ensuing investigations, and, with fellow Aldermen E. Harrison Reed and William Tucker, shielded the dairies and turned the hearings into one-sided exercises designed to make dairy critics and established health authorities look ridiculous, even going to the extent of arguing that swill milk was actually as good or better for children than regular milk. With Reed and others, Tuomey successfully blocked any serious inquiry into the dairies and stymied calls for reform. For the rest of his career, he was caricatured as "Swill Milk" Tuomey. | 581 |
23145227 | Maksim Mikhailovich Cheltsov (; born 4 September 1970) is a former Russian professional footballer.
He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for FC Torpedo Moscow.
Soviet Top League bronze: 1988, 1991.
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1993–94: 4 games. | 266 |
2178091 | The follicles then transition to tertiary, or antral, follicles. At this stage in development, they become dependent on hormones, particularly FSH which causes a substantial increase in their growth rate. The late tertiary or pre-ovulatory follicle ruptures and discharges the oocyte (that has become a secondary oocyte), ending folliculogenesis.
Follicle ‘selection’ is the process by which a single ‘dominant’ follicle is chosen from the recruited cohort or wave for preferential growth. | 489 |
46454229 | According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has an impact factor of 2.539 and a 5-year impact factor of 2.775.
This journal had a supplement titled Radiation Research Supplement which appeared in 8 volumes between 1959 and 1985.
Titus C. Evans, Vol. 1–50Oddvar F. Nygaard, Vol. 51–79Daniel Billen, Vol. 80–113R. J. Michael Fry, Vol. 114–147John F. Ward, Vol. | 369 |
5765560 | Armstrong guns were used against British and Indian troops during the Second Anglo-Afghan War in the Battle of Charasiab, in which Howard Hensman describes six being captured by a combined Anglo-Indian expedition under the command of Brigadier-General Baker.
In 1863 an Ordnance Select committee met to consider the merits of muzzle-loading and breech-loading guns. In 1864, even before they had concluded their investigations, the Government stopped the manufacture of Armstrong breech-loaders. | 495 |
2192537 | The Upper Wardha Dam is located on the Wardha river near Morshi. It is considered a lifeline for the city of Amravati and the Morshi and Warud Talukas. The Lower Wardha Dam is located near Warud Bagaji and Dhanodi in Amravati District. It caters to Wardha District. A dam on the Bembala River has been constructed near Babhulgaon in Yavatmal district, and is considered a lifeline for part of Yavatmal. | 402 |
44370624 | Sakhakkale Munnoottu is a 1977 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by T. K. Balachandran. The film stars Prem Nazir, KPAC Lalitha, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair and Jose Prakash. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan. | 253 |
44827925 | As such the Kingdom of Heaven would be part of the Kingdom of God, but not constitute the entirety of it.
When the phrase was first used, it was clearly intended to be eschatological with the kingdom of heaven referring to the end times. However, when the last judgment failed to occur within the era of the early Church, Christian scholars came to understand the term in reference to a spiritual state within (confer with Luke 17:21), or a much delayed end time (confer with Matthew 24:36). | 491 |
41388409 | Tucker West profile at United States Luge Association
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers for the United States
Lugers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Youth Olympic gold medalists for the United States | 287 |
2532229 | It was his last album recorded for Warner Music Group, the only major music company for which he worked, this time it was recorded for Giant Records imprint of Warner Bros. Records label.
All tracks produced by Erotic D, except where noted.
"Return of Da Livin' Dead" - Contains a sample of "It's Funky Enough" by The D.O.C. | 324 |
19399653 | Many notable performers of the day appeared at the Oxford Music Hall, including Marie Lloyd, Marie Loftus, George Robey and Arthur Roberts, and the hall was famous for its lively barmaids. The barrister Arthur Munby visited the hall in March 1862 and found that:
The hall burned down on 11 February 1868 and again on 1 November 1872; each time it was rebuilt by the same firm of architects; and over the years the hall was enlarged. | 432 |
21833930 | As of 2020, he is the last Democratic appointee to serve on the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, and also the last judge appointed by a Democratic president to that court.
In 2013, in a redistricting case heard by a three-judge panel, Thompson disagreed with its decision contending it was an illegal use of racial quotas. | 340 |
4454494 | In January 1861, the report was quite different: "The population at the new diggings (Mountain Creek) is yet daily increasing, and from the fact of payable ground having already been found extending over a large area, together with new discoveries of frequent occurrence, .... Lamplough, and all the other sections of my division (in consequence of this rush), are now quite denuded of their European alluvial mining population".
In March 1864, 160 alluvial miners were reported to be working at Lamplough of a total of 1,605 miners working within the Avoca Division. | 567 |
12383309 | | class="fn org" | Upper Blainslie
| class="fn org" | Upper Boat
| class="adr" | Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
| class="fn org" | Upper Boddam | 133 |
45317875 | At the time, she had a 13–4 record with a 1.97 earned run average (ERA). She was also nationally ranked in several statistical categories: 12th in saves (4), 38th in walks allowed/seven innings (1.40), 61st in ERA (1.97), 61st in hits allowed/seven innings (5.41), and 73rd in strikeouts/seven innings (7.6). Douglass was the only OVC player to be named a finalist. | 365 |
1595168 | Anchors Aweigh (1945) as Cafe Manager
Fun and Fancy Free (1947) as Willie the Giant (voice)
The Kissing Bandit (1948) as General Felipe Toro
Bride of Vengeance (1949) as Beppo (uncredited)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953) as King Jilouili
Paradise Alley (1962) as Julius Wilson
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) as Sultan / Auctioneer (final film role) | 361 |
27294477 | He appeared in 26 games for Rochester in 1985, 19 of which were starts. He had a 7–4 record, a 3.75 ERA, 63 strikeouts, and 123 hits allowed in innings.
That would be Welchel's last year in the Orioles' organization. He spent 1986 with the Oklahoma City 89ers, the Triple-A American Association affiliate of the Texas Rangers. He tied with Rodger Cole and Doug Potestio for third in the league with 12 wins, behind Pete Filson's 14 and Alan Hargesheimer's 13. | 460 |
22857744 | After infection of the crab, the parasite becomes a dormant cystacanth until the crab is eaten by a suitable bird, such as the surf scoter Melanitta perspicillata or herring gull, Larus argentatus (the final or definitive host). Once the parasite cystacanth has passed through the stomach of the bird, it develops into the adult worm and attaches to the intestines of the bird. Eggs produced by the parasite are released from the bird with bird feces and enter the ocean. | 471 |
257316 | Wellesley () is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Wellesley is part of Greater Boston. The population was 29,550 at the time of the 2020 census. Wellesley College, Babson College, and a campus of Massachusetts Bay Community College are located in the town.
Wellesley was settled in the 1600s as part of Dedham, Massachusetts. It was subsequently a part of Needham, Massachusetts called West Needham, Massachusetts. | 436 |
46984340 | 2010 - Quant'è bello lu primm'ammore e altri successi
People from the Province of Foggia | 89 |
207301 | Metro, free, printed in four editions: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Skåne and National (), which was distributed in 67 towns and cities throughout the country. Cancelled in August 2019.
Stockholm City, free, distributed in Stockholm, defunct since June 2011
These are distributed as morning newspapers. | 297 |
10552455 | Uralla-Walcha was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, including the towns of Uralla and Walcha. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished, and the three member district of New England was largely divided between Uralla-Walcha, Armidale and Bingara. The district was abolished in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which reduced the number of members of the Legislative Assembly from 125 to 90, and was divided between Armidale and Bingara. | 555 |
67565869 | The 2021 BBL Playoffs were the concluding postseason of the 2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga season. The playoffs started on 19 May and ended on 13 June 2021.
The quarterfinals were played in a best of five format from 19 to 27 May 2021. | 234 |
62430662 | The rebels advanced to the village of Bawshar and gathered at the village of al-Khuwayr. The two forces merged and advanced to al-Watayyah by the 10th. They were opposed by 750 British Indian Army troops, consisting of detachments of the 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers (led by Colonel S. M. Edwardes and stationed at Bayt al-Falaj) and the 95th Russell's Infantry (commanded by Colonel F. F. Major and stationed at Ruwi village). | 437 |
1728510 | In alkene oxidations one intermediate is a cyclic Mn(V) species:
The fatal dose of permanganate is about 10 g, and several fatal intoxications have occurred. | 157 |
41134607 | Moderate vertical wind shear initially hampered intensification, though the BoM designated the system Tropical Low 16U; at the time, it was centred roughly northwest of Karratha, Western Australia. At 2300 UTC on 12 March, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert. With increasingly favourable environmental conditions—including warm ocean waters and dwindling wind shear—the low organised significantly between 12 and 13 March, and at 0600 UTC on the 13th, TCWC Perth upgraded the low to Tropical Cyclone Lua. | 552 |
1098169 | Having shipped on more than 20 million machines, it is the most familiar version of the program. This version of Graphing Calculator was secretly developed at Apple by Ron Avitzur, an abandoned contractor who felt obligated to complete the project, and their friend and colleague Greg Robbins. They also made a version for older 680x0 Macintosh computers called NuCalc 1.0. In 2005, This American Life featured Avitzur's story in episode 284, Should I Stay or Should I go?
Later models of Power Macintosh computers included newer versions of the Graphing Calculator program. | 576 |
16952532 | South Pier (originally known as Victoria Pier) is one of three piers in Blackpool, England. Located on South Promenade on the South Shore, the pier contains a number of amusement and adrenaline rides. It opens each year from March to November and is owned by The Sedgwick family.
The Blackpool South Shore Pier & Pavilion Co. Ltd. was registered in November 1890 and work began to build the pier in 1892. | 404 |
22180501 | Judges Rationale for Award of Israel Prize (in Hebrew) on University of Haifa Faculty website
Israeli people wounded in the 1947–1949 Palestine war
Academic staff of the University of Haifa | 189 |
11168802 | In the early years of the 20th century, the Eastern became part of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies which incorporated many other telegraph companies from around the world.
Porthcurno's telegraphic code name was "PK". In 1929 the company began to operate world radio communications through a merger with Marconi's radio network and it was renamed Imperial and International Communications. In 1934 the name changed once again to Cable & Wireless. At its height, Porthcurno was the world's largest cable station, with fourteen telegraph cables in operation. | 570 |
20093088 | Isaac Yamma (or Yama) (1940 – January 1990) was a country singer from Central Australia. He was a Pitjantjatjara man who was born by a waterhole near Docker River (Kaltukatjara). He started his musical career as a member of Areyonga Desert Tigers. He later performed with his band the Pitjantjatjara Country Band, a band made up of his sons Hector, Frank, Peter and Paul and his cousin Russell Yamma. His song were mostly sung in Pitjantjatjara. | 445 |
54734187 | Pannaway Plantation was the first European settlement in what is now currently the state of New Hampshire. By 1630, the plantation was abandoned, and the settlers moved to Strawbery Banke in what is now Portsmouth. Pannaway Plantation was settled on land that is now in Odiorne Point State Park in the town of Rye.
Pannaway is an Abenaki word likely to mean "place where the water spreads out". | 394 |
38023260 | | wickets-team1-inns2 = Syed Rahim 3/67 (19 overs)
| score-team2-inns2 = 98/8 (26 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Balbir Khanna 43
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Khalid Qureshi 5/21 (9 overs)
| venue = Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
| toss = Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat. | 293 |
1001880 | In 1859, Hill created the Southwark detachment of the Army Cadet Force, its first independent unit, which gave training along military lines for local boys. Hill considered that such an organisation would be more like the "real thing" than such existing outfits as the Church Lads' Brigade and therefore more attractive to young men "who had passed the age of make-believe". She invited a serving officer of the Derbyshire Regiment to set up the company, and such was its popularity that its numbers had to be capped at 160 cadets. | 531 |
27128442 | The name of the temple is associated with tiger stripes, which can be seen on the rock.
There are two large rocks below the temple which are stated to "represent male and female jachung" or garudas. The location of a pond Padmasambhava used for ablutions is also marked. The cremation grounds are located near a "two legged khonying" or "two-legged archway chorten". is about away from the temple.
The temple itself was founded by Pema Lingpa in the 14th century, right under the cliff. | 487 |
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69607442 | From August 2014 to April 2016, Denkov was Deputy Minister of Education and Science in the Borisov II government, responsible for higher education and the European Structural Funds, including the implementation of the Operational Program Science and Education for Smart Growth. From 27 January 2017, to 4 May 2017, he was Interim Minister for Education and Science in Gerdzhikov's interim government. | 400 |
197760 | In 1979, David Lett took his wines to a competition in Paris, known in English as the Wine Olympics, and they placed third among Pinots. In a 1980 rematch arranged by French wine magnate Robert Drouhin, the Eyrie vintage improved to second place. The competition established Oregon as a world-class Pinot Noir-producing region.
The Willamette Valley of Oregon is at the same latitude as the Burgundy region of France and has a similar climate in which the finicky Pinot Noir grapes thrive. | 489 |
5161996 | Walzer also considered the war a case of justified intervention. Legal scholar Noreen Burrows wrote that while Tanzania's attack on Uganda violated strictly construed international law, it was justified by moral and political arguments. International law scholar Sean D. Murphy characterised Tanzania's invasion of Uganda as "one of mixed reasons of self-defense and protection of human rights". Belgium later cited the Uganda–Tanzania War as an example of justified intervention when explaining its decision to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's intervention in the Kosovo War. | 589 |
21162481 | Like other settlements that share the name (e.g., Kostanjevica, Kostanjevica na Krki), it is derived from the Slovene common noun kostanj 'chestnut', referring to the local vegetation. The name was changed to Kostanjevica na Krasu (literally, 'Kostanjevica on the Karst Plateau') in 1952. During the interwar period it was known as Castagnevizza del Carso in Italian. | 367 |
41527771 | He edited and wrote commentaries on texts by Marko Marulić (1994), and provided a modern poetic rendition of Marulić's Judita. He also published a fictionalized biography of the Croatian humanist Fran Trankvil Andreis (Krvava rijeka, 1979) and a number of papers and theater critiques.
Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts | 338 |
2192882 | Most deinotheres were lumped into Deinotherium until the studies of Harris, who concluded that morphology separated them into two genera, Prodeinotherium and Deinotherium. As the earliest description of a small deinothere in Europe, P. bavaricum became the type species of Prodeinotherium. Prodeinotherium was named in 1830 by Ehik, and its name is derived from pro – "before" Deinotherium – "terrible beast".
Another early description of Prodeinotherium is that of Kaup (1832). | 478 |
32223597 | It was the first post-World War II novel whose openly gay and well-adjusted protagonist is not killed off at the end of the story for defying social norms. It is also recognized as one of the "definitive war-influenced gay novels", being one of the few books of its period dealing directly with male homosexuality. The book's publication caused a major literary scandal, with the New York Times refusing to publish it and Vidal's books being blacklisted from most major critical publications for the next six years, forcing Vidal to write and publish under pseudonyms until his reputation recovered. | 599 |
2346470 | Counterforce – A strategy used in nuclear warfare of targeting military infrastructure (as opposed to civilian targets)
Countervalue – The opposite of counterforce; targeting of enemy cities and civilian populations. Used to distract the enemy. | 245 |
4662160 | In 1986, a former technician, Mordechai Vanunu, at the Israeli nuclear facility near Dimona revealed information about the Israeli nuclear weapon program to the British press, confirming widely held notions that Israel had an advanced and secretive nuclear weapons program and stockpile. Israel has never acknowledged or denied having a weapons program, and Vanunu was abducted and smuggled to Israel, where he was tried in camera and convicted of treason and espionage. | 470 |
9791224 | A 2021 review described two clinical trials with positive results for diabetic polyneuropathy and concluded that more research is needed.
As of 2017, benfotiamine was marketed as a pharmaceutical drug in many countries under the following brand names: Benalgis, Benfogamma, Benforce, Benfotiamina, Biotamin, Biotowa, Milgamma, and Vilotram. | 340 |
317717 | The gneiss has been dated at 1.33 to 1.30 Ga and was metamorphosed about 1.29 Ga, earlier than any other Llano metamorphic rocks. Coal Creek domain also contains diorite plutons, gabbro, amphibolite, mafic schist, minor talc, and smaller serpentinite bodies, all of which were metamorphosed about 1.26 Ga. The Coal Creek domain appears to represent fragments of an island arc with a slice of oceanic mantle faulted into it. | 423 |
59631763 | “Direct identification of the site of binding on the chaperone SecB for the amino terminus of the translocon motor SecA.” Protein Sci. 19(6):1173-9. [PubMed]
Crane JM, Lilly AA, Randall LL. (2010). “Characterization of interactions between proteins using site-directed spin labeling and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.” Methods Mol Biol. 619:173-90. [PubMed]
Lilly AA, Crane JM, Randall LL. (2009). | 415 |
1865553 | Depending on the scenario played, the player's forces can be entirely American, or mostly American with some British Commonwealth elements. The solitaire rules attempt to recreate the incomplete knowledge that admirals had about the exact location of the opposing forces, and subsequent decisions that were taken with inexact or faulty intelligence.
In 1992, a new scenario by Alan Arvold, The Battle of Rennell Island, was published in The General. | 449 |
22320587 | During her final years, Dworkin suffered fragile health, and she revealed in her last column for The Guardian that she had been weakened and nearly crippled for the past several years by her weight and severe osteoarthritis in the knees. Shortly after returning from Paris in 1999, she had been hospitalized with a high fever and blood clots in her legs. A few months after being released from the hospital, she became increasingly unable to bend her knees, and underwent surgery to replace her knees with titanium and plastic prosthetics. | 539 |
1477831 | Similitude is a concept applicable to the testing of engineering models.
"Similitude" (Star Trek: Enterprise), an episode from the television series Star Trek: Enterprise | 171 |
31756842 | Elena violently rejects that idea, telling Peyton that she's her absolute best friend, that they need to be in each other's lives, and that Peyton can have "all of (her) except for that (meaning physically romantic encounters)." Subsequently, however, Elena begins to rapidly examine her own feelings. Elena calls Peyton after exploring lesbian websites, saying that she's not attracted to them and doesn't think she's a lesbian, leaving the viewer aware that she is attracted to Peyton. | 487 |
7028360 | The orientation of the main camera was changed since the 1983 Open Conference, with the team benches moved at the bottom of the screen. This is to accommodate additional advertisement when the main camera pans at the basketball court. Team huddles during timeouts were also included since 1984.
After the PBA's transfer to The ULTRA in 1985, Ronnie Nathanielsz, Sev Sarmenta and Ed Picson were later added as additional play-by-play commentators. | 446 |
12813383 | Ace is about to go to prison for his part in the theft of the bonds. He arranges a deal to reduce his sentence by testifying, angering his former partner in crime, Fly Feletti (Elisha Cook, Jr.).
A cop, Bob Simms (Lloyd Nolan), is assigned to accompany Ace on the train from Los Angeles to New York. The passengers include Ricki, who is falling for Ace and wants to help, and Fly, who wants to keep Ace from making it to New York. | 431 |
28808483 | To help build faculty experience and a catalogue of online material, Vice Provost Mitchell launched a faculty seed grant program in Summer 2012. This program has helped faculty across campus transform their Stanford campus courses and release public courses to the world, generating informed discussion and debate among faculty in the process.
In addition to supporting delivery of digital course content, the VPTL engineering team is working to expand the features of Lagunita, Stanford's instance of the open-source release of the edX platform. | 546 |
49705978 | University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design alumni | 68 |
5314009 | ": Diaries: 1910-1917 - by active disputant in the controversy with the Imiabozhie
Paul Ladouceur, “The Name of God Conflict in Orthodox Theology," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, 56, 4 (2012), 415-436. | 208 |
51399698 | Thought vector is a term popularized by Geoffrey Hinton, the prominent deep-learning researcher, which uses vectors based on natural language to improve its search results. | 172 |
622799 | The fruit grow in clusters at the base of the plants, and are edible in many species, with a reddish-brown scaly skin covering a white pulp and one to two large inedible seeds. The Salak (S. zalacca) or snake fruit is the species most widely grown for its fruit; the firm white pulp has a slight acidic taste. The skin of the snakefruit has a unique texture not unlike that of a snake's skin, rough to the touch in one direction but smooth in the other. | 453 |
49779347 | Erick Wolf (born 1974 in Delaware) is a 3D printing evangelist and a patent attorney. He is the co-founder and the current CEO of Airwolf 3D, a professional-grade 3D printers company. He was awarded the Outstanding Enterprise Hardware & Device Award at the OC Tech Alliance 21st Annual High Tech Awards dinner for the HDx 3D Printer.
Wolf was raised in Pennsylvania and graduated from St. Andrew's School. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997. | 512 |
11015153 | former General Manager of the Islanders, and TV analyst for ESPN, NBC, TSN, and NESN
Joey Mormina (2005), defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins
Cory Murphy (2001), defenseman for the New Jersey Devils
Mark Murphy (1977), former safety, Washington Redskins, former athletic director at Colgate and Northwestern University, president of the Green Bay Packers
Lyndsay Meyer (1996), competitive ski mountaineer
Clem Neacy (1924), former end and tackle, Milwaukee Badgers and Chicago Bears
John Orsi (1932), All-American football player, | 539 |
146167 | Their divorce was visually reflected in Nas' song, "Bye Baby", and in the music video with him holding his ex-wife's green wedding dress in a black leather chair, which would also be the backdrop of the album cover for Life Is Good (2012). In 2018, Kelis accused Nas of being physically and mentally abusive during their marriage. Nas replied to the accusations on social media, accusing Kelis of attempting to slander him in the time of a custody battle and accusing Kelis of abusing his daughter, Destiny.
Nas also briefly dated Mary J. Blige and Nicki Minaj respectively. | 574 |
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