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21486576 | In 1845, he managed to occupy Colonia del Sacramento and Martín García Island, and led the infamous sacks of Martín García island and Gualeguaychú during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata. Garibaldi escaped with his life after being defeated in the Costa Brava combat, delivered on 15 and 16 August 1842, thanks to the mercy of Admiral William Brown. The Argentines, wanting to pursue him to finish him off, were stopped by Brown who exclaimed "let him escape, that gringo is a brave man." | 504 |
51528602 | on one hand it was accredited in the National Youth Council on whose website the logo of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers stood out and the participants to the more respectable Fenix Generation; on the other hand, there are Italian fascist nostalgic who took part in white supremacist rallies organized by neo-Nazi groups, where they praised the racist slogan White Lives Matter, the ethno-nationalist theory of blood and soil, and sang excerpts from the Gesta Bellica dedicated to the SS and to its commander Erich Priebke, who was the executioner of the Fosse Ardeatine. | 582 |
35824274 | Karl Walter Friedensburg (6 March 1855 in Hamburg – 19 February 1938 in Wernigerode) was a German historian and archivist.
He studied history at the Universities of Göttingen and Breslau, obtaining his habilitation at the University of Marburg in 1878. From 1880 he served as an archivist in Marburg, later working as a university lecturer in Marburg and Göttingen. From 1888 to 1901 he was associated with the Deutsches Historisches Institut Rom (German Historical Institute in Rome). | 485 |
11353409 | In 1998, the Department of Transportation installed 12 neighborhood signs. In 2004, CalTrans agreed to erect a sign on the Hollywood (170) Freeway identifying the location of Valley Glen. In 2008, the US Postal Service officially recognized the neighborhood by designating all or part of 91401 (Van Nuys), 91405 (Van Nuys) and 91606 (North Hollywood) to be Valley Glen. In 2013, the city approved the installation of a monument sign proposed by the Greater Valley Glen Council. | 479 |
14725529 | The chromosomal location of CREM gene is at 10p11.21, where it starts at 35415769 and ends at 35501886 bp from pter ( according to hg19-Feb_2009)
CAMP responsive element modulator has been shown to interact with FHL5.
One study reported the DNA sequence variations in the gene for CREM in panic disorder patients. It showed a significant excess of the shorter eight-repeat allele and of genotypes containing the eight-repeat allele in panic disorder patients. | 459 |
46815160 | During this time he devoted himself chiefly to the practice of the cello, at which, under the influence of a most exacting master, he worked with such diligence as, it is said, permanently to injure his health.
In 1789, his term of apprenticeship came to an end, and the following year he took his first regular engagement at Wertheim, where his uncle, Friedrich Adam Arnold, was established as musical director. He continued to study with unabated energy. | 456 |
49655256 | Bella Tabak Feldman (née Bella R. Tabak; born 1930) is an American sculptor. Her work addresses the themes of sexuality, war, and the persistent anxiety of the industrial age. Feldman is known for pioneering the use of glass with steel. Her work has affinities with Surrealism, Post-Minimalism, and the Feminist art movement, although she has no formal affiliation with these. She is a Professor Emeritus at the California College of the Arts. Feldman lives and works in Oakland, California and in London, England. | 514 |
55440070 | In the finale, Ray Ray and Jazmine decides to skip their high school graduation, leave 5th Ward altogether to pursue his music career and elope.
Nephew Tommy as Robert Kennedy – A police officer, Mina's brother in law and Ray Ray's and James' estranged uncle. Throughout Season 1, Robert has a strained relationship as well with his wife Wanda. In Season 2, he and his partner Sones are under investigation by Internal Affairs after the truce meeting goes awry while awaiting the birth his first baby with his wife Wanda. | 522 |
70197470 | Along with the aforementioned legends; Wataru Inoue, Jushin Liger, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Seiji Sakaguchi, Tiger Hattori, Motoyuki Kitazawa, Milano Collection A.T., Masahito Kakihara, Kazuo Yamazaki, Akira Maeda, Kengo Kimura, Masahiro Chono, Keiji Mutoh, and Riki Choshu took part of the pre-show with Chono and Choshu also providing Japanese commentary for the event. | 365 |
7084809 | Devendra Singh Yadav (born 1 January 1951) is an Indian politician for the Etah (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Uttar Pradesh.
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
Samajwadi Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh | 230 |
45691952 | Shido's classmates. They always seen together and are friends with Tohka, supporting her in her efforts to become Shido's girlfriend, while reprimanding him upon seeing him with other girls. Their given name is a pun for I, My, and Me.
Character bios from the anime adaptation
Character bios from the second game | 313 |
287735 | 82", "20,000 Alarms", and "The Last Men Out: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse" are three of the most famous pieces of FDNY literature.Life on The Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse (Google Books) Accessed:5/1/2012 In addition to memorials, the FDNY has produced a number of educational materials. One of these books is the 177 page "Fire Department of New York- Forcible Entry Reference Guide- Techniques and Procedures".
The New York City Fire Department has also appeared in numerous films and television shows. | 511 |
40140939 | In 2009, He worked with Grammy award-winning Rhymefest on "Destiny & Desire", a song from his first mixtape, "Nightmares & Daydreams". On May 1, 2013, A.J. released "The Reality Of It All", The project features a collaboration with Naledge from the indie hip-hop duo, Kidz in the Hall, entitled, "Nah Mean?". In 2017, he was featured in The Thing I Am a hip-hop musical by Steve Bannon based on Shakespeare's Coriolanus and it was produced and realised by NowThis. | 465 |
16112368 | For comparison, Earth's Moon is even less elliptical, with a flattening of less than 1/825, while Jupiter is visibly oblate at about 1/15 and one of Saturn's triaxial moons, Telesto, is highly flattened, with between 1/3 and 1/2 (meaning that the polar diameter is between 50% and 67% of the equatorial.
Arc measurement is the historical method of determining the ellipsoid.
Two meridian arc measurements will allow the derivation of two parameters required to specify a reference ellipsoid. | 492 |
106012 | In 1973, Burton Malkiel wrote A Random Walk Down Wall Street, which presented academic findings for the lay public. It was becoming well known in the popular financial press that most mutual funds were not beating the market indices. Malkiel wrote:
John Bogle graduated from Princeton University in 1951, where his senior thesis was titled: "The Economic Role of the Investment Company". | 387 |
55140518 | Less than three weeks after her victory in Germany, Timarida made her first appearance in the United States when she ran in the Grade I Beverly D Stakes over nine and a half furlongs on firm turf at Arlington Park in Chicago. | 225 |
454779 | The homeless man was played by Al Waxman, who had been the star of the 1970s sitcom King of Kensington, although the producers claimed that they did not intend for the homeless man to be seen as the same character. Nathan remained in prison throughout the run of the series; the first episode of the second season opened with an Oz parody in which he criticized the hip hop-inspired slam poetry of his cellmate.
Throughout the series, Curtis and Hope's ongoing attempts to find a new roommate to replace Nathan provide one of the show's major plot threads. | 556 |
5097123 | Alias Smith and Jones – episode – Night of the Red Dog – Clarence Bowles (1971)
Bonanza – episode – For a Young Lady – Bufford Sturgis (1971)
Mannix – episode – Scapegoat – Johnny Gunnarson (1972)
Emergency! – episode – Fuzz Lady – Gus 'Pop' William (1972)
Alias Smith and Jones – episode – Three to a Bed – Bronc (1973) | 324 |
36186223 | In the face of starving to death, many of the Cantabri warriors opted instead to commit suicide rather than dying of starvation or being taken prisoner and being turned into slaves.
Traditionally identified as (Campoo de Enmedio), there has never been any concrete discovery of the actual location of the battle.
Much of the information on this page was translated from its Spanish equivalent. | 395 |
52301253 | In an April 2013 poll by AP-GfK, 79 percent responded that the name should not change, 11 percent said it should change, 8 percent had no opinion and 2 percent did not answer.
A June 2014 poll by Rasmussen Reports found 60 percent agreed that the name should not change, 26 percent that it should change, and 14 percent were undecided. In 2018 journalists for the Associated Press questioned Rasmussen's methodology. | 417 |
23174224 | If the graph is unweighted, then instead the goal is to minimize the number of crossing edges; this is equivalent to assigning weight one to each edge. The algorithm maintains and improves a partition, in each pass using a greedy algorithm to pair up vertices of with vertices of , so that moving the paired vertices from one side of the partition to the other will improve the partition. After matching the vertices, it then performs a subset of the pairs chosen to have the best overall effect on the solution quality .
Given a graph with vertices, each pass of the algorithm runs in time . | 594 |
1506950 | Perhaps more importantly, he will receive an exemption from the need to annually re-qualify for a tour card on his home tour, thus giving a tournament golfer some security in an unstable profession. Currently, both the PGA Tour and European Tour give a five-year exemption to all major winners and they receive the highest priority in those rankings.
Independent organizations, and not the PGA Tour, operate each of the majors; The Players Championship is the tour's most important event. Three of the four majors take place in the United States. | 546 |
34506398 | He led the DSL Red Sox in each of those categories, along with hits (75), home runs (3), runs batted in (RBIs; 42), and total bases (101). He was fifth in the DSL in RBIs and tenth in total bases, and he had a .929 fielding percentage. The next year, at age 18, Bogaerts played for the Greenville Drive of the Class A South Atlantic League, where he had a slash line of .260/.324/.509, fielded .924, and hit 16 home runs in 72 games. | 433 |
15880697 | the Wildscreen International Wildlife Film and Television Festival, the Inner London Education Authority, City & Guilds of London Institute, Imperial War Museum and advertising agency WS Crawford. He also designed posters for events and seasons for example, one for a seminar Eckersley gave at the Grafiska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1960.
Tom Eckersley retained copies of many of his posters and examples of his original artwork; these form the equivalent of sketches for the working poster maker. Eckersley used these when teaching, as well as a personal reference. | 573 |
287083 | When the wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III died in May 1646, Mademoiselle considered marriage to Ferdinand, but the regent, Queen Anne, under the influence of Mazarin, ignored Mademoiselle's pleas. Louis XIV (then 8 years old) and his younger brother, Philippe, Duke of Anjou (then 6 years old) were too young to be married. Queen Anne suggested her brother, Cardinal Ferdinand of Austria, but Mademoiselle declined. The "wealthiest single princess of Europe" was left without suitable marriage prospects. | 513 |
52273528 | 2000: BOUTRY Philippe, JULIA Dominique (s.d.), Pèlerins et pèlerinages dans l’Europe moderne, École française de Rome, Paris : Éditions de Boccard, 519 p. | 154 |
11933860 | "The corporation is a vital, reality-based counterweight to those for whom politics is primary."
DeMuth announced his retirement as president in October 2007, and became a senior fellow at AEI at the beginning of 2009. His announcement was met with praise and criticism. Conservative writers referred to him as "charming" and "brilliant" and wrote: "It is just remotely possible that there may be someone whose contributions to American intellectual life over the past two decades have equaled those of Christopher DeMuth." Liberal critics have noted their disapproval of DeMuth. | 579 |
11534107 | Marc Aden Gray as Tommy O'Brien
Roger Stephen as Mac the Mouse | 62 |
10984829 | The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, and some of the pitohuis.
The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by flycatching. | 194 |
2127293 | In the late 1970s and early 1980s, June Whitfield appeared in a series of television advertisements for Birds Eye products, featuring the concluding voice-over line: "... it can make a dishonest woman of you!". The series was the brainchild of advertising art director Vernon Howe and was mentioned in several of his obituaries.
Advertising campaigns of the 1980s included one for Potato waffles that had a jingle including the words Waffley versatile. | 452 |
12954531 | One of the top contingents marching past is the contingent representing Malaysian animation (formed by the Animation Society and animation production firm Les' Copaque Production), in recent years this part of the march past has also seen interactive public participation as well.
In every parade, floats representing the various companies and corporations celebrating the occasion drive past the street to the amazement of everyone, due to their intricate designs and various features, as well as the people which are on the floats themselves. | 546 |
20001345 | Steering Gear – Worm and gear
New car price included the following items:
complete set of tools, including Zerk oil gun.
The following was available at an extra cost:
New car prices were available F.O.B. | 204 |
22405290 | The church includes a window dedicated to the memory of Colonel John Rouse Merriott Chard (1847–1897) who was an English soldier who won the Victoria Cross for his role in the defence of Rorke's Drift in 1879.
It is a church within the Seven Sowers benefice which includes Curry Mallet, Beercrocombe, Orchard Portman, Staple Fitzpaine, Stoke St Mary (with Thurlbear) and West Hatch. It is within the archdeanery of Taunton. | 425 |
5636702 | Ginsburg would have applied this principle to the traffic stop in this case, and required reasonable suspicion for the police to transform the routine traffic stop into a more extensive search for drugs. The fact that a dog sniff is sui generis only matters if the sole determinant of what is "reasonable" is the length of time a traffic stop lasts. If the Court had recognized that traffic stops must be limited in what police are searching for as well as how long they take to conduct the search, the sui generis nature of dog sniffs would not have been dispositive of the case. | 580 |
5929423 | Her singing career flourished in the 1990s, with the hit singles "Bintang-Bintang" ("Stars"), "Ekspresi" ("Expression") and "Salahkah Aku" ("Am I Wrong?"). Currently, she is in a group called 3 Diva, with Krisdayanti and Ruth Sahanaya.
In 2010, she appeared as Bunda Ratu in Madame X, an action comedy film about a transgender hairdresser who is also a spy/superhero.
In 2018, she joined the judging panel of season 3 of The Voice Indonesia. | 441 |
45037028 | List of airports in the State of Palestine
List of airports in Saudi Arabia
List of airports in the United Arab Emirates | 120 |
21657843 | Some support also came from native kingdoms mainly around Bomberai Peninsula which had extensive relationship with Sultanate of Tidore, these efforts was led by Machmud Singgirei Rumagesan, King of Sekar. These sentiments were also reflected in the popular Indonesian revolutionary slogan "Indonesia Merdeka- dari Sabang sampai Merauke" "Indonesia Free—from Sabang to Merauke. The slogan indicates the stretch of Indonesian territory from the most western part in Sumatra, Sabang, and the most eastern part in Merauke, a small city in West New Guinea. | 552 |
2636473 | Lyrics of cover of "Wishing Well" by Queen + Paul Rodgers at Queen official website (from Return of the Champions)
Free - Heartbreaker (1973) album review by Matthew Greenwald, credits & releases at AllMusic
Free - Heartbreaker (1973) album releases & credits at Discogs
Free - Heartbreaker (1973, Remastered 2002 with Bonus Tracks) album to be listened as stream on Spotify | 377 |
29881283 | Paul's High School, Musami in Murehwa District
St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School in Dhaka (since 1912)
Andhra Loyola College in Vijayawada (since 1953)
Loyola High School, Vinukonda in Guntur (since 1960)
Loyola Public School in Guntur (since 1964) | 272 |
36063203 | In Vulture, Nate Jones commented that despite Swift's intention to dedicate the track to her bandmates and fans, the "adolescent self-mythologizing" lyrics are universal enough to be taken as a graduation song. Jonathan Keefe from Slant Magazine commented that the track features fairy-tale imagery recalling Swift's 2008 album Fearless. In an analysis for the New Statesman, Anna Leszkiewicz deemed the imagery of crowns, kings, and queens in "Long Live" a representation of Swift's optimism towards her life and career, and her earnestness with her fans. | 556 |
46596410 | The boundaries for the five town councils were untouched from the last parliament term, namely Aljunied-Hougang (AHTC), East Coast-Fengshan (ECTC; renamed to East Coast), Holland-Bukit Panjang (HBPTC), Jurong-Clementi (JCTC) and Tanjong Pagar (TPTC), with the exception of East Coast GRC due to Fengshan SMC being absorbed into, four out of the five GRCs had experienced no boundary changes. | 391 |
7824586 | Raja, also known as raia, is a genus of skates in the family Rajidae containing 16 species. Formerly a wastebasket genus, many species historically categorized here have been moved to other genera in the family, such as Amblyraja, Beringraja, Dipturus, Leucoraja and Rostroraja. Raja are flat-bodied, cartilaginous fish with a rhombic shapes due to their large pectoral fins extending from or near from the snouts to the bases of their tails. | 443 |
66365110 | Moorgreen is a hamlet in the Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England. It is north west of London, north west of the city of Nottingham, and north east of the nearest town Eastwood. It is a linear settlement within the civil parish of Greasley.
Moorgreen is surrounded by the following local areas:
Felley and Underwood to the north
Newthorpe and Beauvale to the south
Greasley and Bogend to the east | 411 |
2275475 | This final chamber is rectangular in shape and features two pillars.
A basalt bust of a woman, who may be Ahmose-Nefertari was discovered in the tomb. The statue is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (M.M.A. 21.7.9).
Fragments of stone vessels with inscriptions of Ahmose I, Ahmose-Nefertari and Amenhotep I (M.M.A.21.7.1-8.) where found in the tomb, as well as a fragment inscribed for King Apepi and a daughter named Herti. | 428 |
1986977 | Isaac Beverly Lake Sr. (1906–1996), was an American jurist, law professor at Wake Forest University and Campbell University, and politician. He was born in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
A graduate of Wake Forest College and Harvard Law School, Lake joined the staff of North Carolina Attorney General Harry McMullan in 1950. There, he drew upon his knowledge of public utility law to handle rate cases before the state Utilities Commission, which earned him a reputation as a consumer advocate. | 493 |
23505817 | 6- Pete Hamilton (1 lap behind)
43- Richard Petty (2 laps behind)
99- Fred Lorenzen (5 laps behind)
11- Buddy Baker (6 laps behind)
72- Benny Parsons (8 laps behind)
39- Friday Hassler (9 laps behind)
2- Dave Marcis (10 laps behind)
22- Dick Brooks (10 laps behind)
The 1971 Myers Brothers 250 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that took place on August 6, 1971, | 366 |
40601443 | Library patrons must consent to the terms of the Pasco County Liability Waiver and Permission Form and the Maker Safety Playbook before they can use The Foundry, but it is otherwise open to all.
Studio H is a makerspace located at the Hudson Regional Library that was opened in 2019. It is a multimedia recording studio that provides users with access to equipment, software, and musical instruments. A wide variety of musical instruments are available including electric and acoustic guitars, basses, drum kits, a keyboard, a virtual synthesizer, a banjo, and a mandolin. | 572 |
58827430 | Marta Galimany Guasch (born 5 October 1985) is a Spanish long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.
10,000 metres – 33:11.41 (Torrevieja 2021)
10 km – 33:08 (Valencia 2018) | 183 |
274110 | Shortly after a 2009 scandal in Portland, Oregon, involving openly gay mayor Sam Adams and Beau Breedlove, who had allegedly turned 18 almost immediately before the two began a sexual relationship, Savage created a companion rule to the "campsite rule", now known as the "tea and sympathy rule". The rule is a reference to a line in the play of the same name, in which a much older woman asks of a high-school-age boy, right before having sex with him: "Years from now, when you talk about this – and you will – be kind." | 521 |
28980339 | He witnessed the French Revolution of 1848, and in later years emphasized its positive qualities in disputes with the more conservative politicians. This period of Știrbei's life also overlapped with a Wallachian Revolution, which toppled his uncle Bibescu from the throne. Having conceded the 1842 election to his brother, Barbu Știrbei accepted government office, but maintained his independence. He had been sidelined by the time of the revolt, keeping silent during its outbreak. However, as noted by his son, he privately resented it as an experiment in socialism. | 569 |
50610821 | Robert Curvin (February 23, 1934 – September 30, 2015) was an advocate for Newark, New Jersey, activist, and historian, who had a key role in the 1967 Newark riots. He lived in the Vailsburg section of Newark and devoted much scholarly effort to the issue of urban poverty.
Curvin was born in Belleville, New Jersey and raised in the township's Silver Lake section, where he graduated from Belleville High School in 1952 before enlisting in the United States Army. | 464 |
5006565 | The Aerojet M-1 was one of the largest and most powerful liquid-hydrogen-fueled liquid-fuel rocket engine to be designed and component-tested. It was originally developed during the 1950s by the US Air Force. The M-1 offered a baseline thrust of 6.67 MN (1.5 million lbf) and an immediate growth target of 8 MN (1.8 million lbf). If built, the M-1 would have been larger and more efficient than the famed F-1 that powered the first stage of the Saturn V rocket to the Moon. | 473 |
1748521 | Some of the objectives of the G-15 are:
To harness the considerable potential for greater and mutually beneficial cooperation among developing countries
To conduct a regular review of the impact of the world situation and of the state of international economic relations on developing countries
To serve as a forum for regular consultations among developing countries with a view to coordinate policies and actions
To identify and implement new and concrete schemes for South-South cooperation and mobilize wider support for them
To pursue a more positive and productive North-South dialogue and to find new ways of dealing with problems in a cooperative, constructive and mutually supportive manner. | 705 |
33375709 | Large scale rice production in the state of Arkansas became a significant industry in the late 19th/early 20th century with its wide scale propagation within the state by entrepreneur W.H. Fuller around 1896. Arkansas has historically been the largest rice producer in the entire United States, and accounted for nearly 45% of U.S. rice production in 2001, as well as just less than half of the total number of acres of rice harvested nationwide. | 446 |
69790143 | July 31 — Bill Russell, 88, American Hall of Fame NBA player (Boston Celtics) and coach (Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Sacramento Kings), Olympic gold medalist (1956). 11-time NBA champion.
August 1 — Carlos Blixen, 85, Uruguayan Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
August 6 — Steve Courtin, 79, American NBA player (Philadelphia 76ers).
August 6 — Gene Visscher, 81, American college coach (Weber State, Northern Arizona). | 430 |
37994011 | The Criterion Restaurant is an opulent restaurant complex facing Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London. It was built by architect Thomas Verity in Neo-Byzantine style for the partnership Spiers and Pond, which opened it in 1873. Apart from fine dining facilities it has a bar. It is a Grade II* listed building and is among the most historic and oldest restaurants in the world.
In the first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, Dr. Watson is told of his prospective roommate after he meets a friend at the Criterion. | 528 |
1073229 | The magistrate was Henry Fielding (1707–54), who had used similar character material in his earlier novel Tom Jones. He allowed dubious evidence from Elizabeth Canning (1734–73) and an even less credible account from a young lady named Virtue Hall. Squires and Wells were tried and convicted. | 293 |
1413441 | Since plebeians were not able to take political actions themselves, the Tribunes had the opportunity to make lasting impacts through their political office. Tribunes were responsible for organizing support for legislation, organizing contiones, a form of discourse or assembly, as well as prosecute criminals before the council. Their position as leaders of the Plebeian Council gave the Tribunes great control over the city in their ability to organize the plebeians into a political weapon.
The Comitia Tributa was a tribal assembly which organized citizens by place of residence. | 582 |
26852016 | Dominick Browne, Mayor of Galway, 1688–1689.
Browne was a grandson of Sir Dominick Browne and a member of The Tribes of Galway. He was one of the first Catholics to become Mayor since 1654, and would be one of the last of the mayors who was a member of the tribal families.
His descendants would include Baron Oranmore and Browne, Garech Browne and Tara Browne. | 361 |
108060 | Due to the moderating influence of the nearby Pacific, temperatures rarely fall below freezing in winter and above 100 degrees F. in summer. Like most of coastal San Diego County, cool overcast from the Pacific is common in May and June ("May gray", "June gloom"). July through September are usually the warmest months, although hot and dry Santa Ana winds can strike any month (most commonly August) and raise risks of severe wildfires. Most of the rain falls between November and March, averaging about 13 inches per year, with up to 20 inches falling in the San Marcos Hills. | 578 |
34767270 | In June of that year he was suspended from preaching, in company with the other leaders of the party (John Aston and Nicholas Hereford), by Archbishop Courtney, then Chancellor of the University of Oxford. A mandate was also issued against him in the same year by Bishop Brantingham, of Exeter, to whom complaints had been made of his activity as a preacher of false doctrine in Cornwall (Boase, xiv, '"sq"'. | 408 |
24816634 | Baixiang may refer to the following Chinese places:
Baixiang County (柏乡县), a county in Hebei Province, China
Baixiang, Yueyang (柏祥镇), a town of Yueyang County, Hunan Province | 174 |
1901355 | A fire was extinguished on an extension road in Astral Drive between Curson and Nichols Canyon in September 1956. Three years later, residents had to flee another blaze that whipped through Laurel land Nichols canyons and destroyed homes.
Fire believed started in a homeless encampment, or by a homeless man cooking dinner in the brush above Hollywood Boulevard, threatened between forty and sixty homes in August 2005 but was quelled by firefighters.
In 1913 the canyon was centered by a natural channel, or a wash, which crossed Sunset Boulevard at the south. | 561 |
11212963 | Robert William Keith (1787–1846), English musical composer and writer
Robert Alba Keith, better known as Brian Keith
Robert J. Keith, company vice-president and writer on the history of marketing | 196 |
4837703 | When, therefore, Archbishop Hermann, felt himself committed to a far-reaching reform of ecclesiastical affairs in his archdiocese, and invited the Straßburg Reformer Martin Butzer for that purpose, Gropper came forward as the spokesman of the clergy of Cologne in opposition to the plans for Protestant reform proposed by his former patron; as a representative of the cathedral chapter he sought in the Landtag of March and July, 1543, to persuade the Estates to oppose Hermann and Butzer. | 489 |
55517016 | Pierre Hemmer (6 April 1912 – 23 November 1976) was a Luxembourgian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics | 211 |
20896324 | R-254: Maikop - Guzeripl’ - Caucasian state Biosphere Reserve; redesignated as A159
R-263: Neftekumsk - Zelenokumsk - Mineral’nye Vody; became a portion of A167
R-285: Kochubey - Neftekumsk; became a portion of A167 | 215 |
1070521 | In the late 70s and early 80s he traveled around as a Christian Science lecturer, and in 1983, he became the church's president, a one-year position which he referred to as "honorary", joking that he hadn't "been elected Pope or anything".
Kyser supported various philanthropic causes after his retirement from music including health care, educational television, and highway safety. Kyser supported the construction of a wing in St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, and there is a portrait of him at the entrance of its medical library. | 537 |
3755908 | A further instance of his ability to win over new champions for TI's cause, Eigen won the support of retired Global Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Jermyn Brooks, who then dedicated pro bono much of his time to TI and among others spearheaded the adoption of the Wolfsberg Anti-Money Laundering Principles, led TI's work towards the private sector and developed TI's Business Principles for Countering Bribery on which PACI was later modelled. | 454 |
1882465 | Characters sometimes needed to be completely redesigned, such as Tolten. The main characters' clothing was designed by Final Fantasy artist Hideo Minaba: the clothing was designed not to reflect any nationality or historical era. While they tried not to limit the designers' creative abilities within the game's hardware, Minaba was asked to limit fluffy or swinging clothing. The character models were hard to create, especially considering the surrounding environments. In contrast, the use of Unreal Engine 3 lessened the technical restrictions on the team. | 560 |
56389000 | Nigeria received a quota of two athletes to compete by the tripartite committee.
Nigeria qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the African Continental Qualifier.
Based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships Nigeria has two female wrestlers in a qualifying position. | 309 |
611011 | During the first half of the year Greece was chiefly occupied with establishing its position at Smyrna and in taking over the other territories which had been allotted to it by the Supreme Council. | 197 |
67867557 | It has done nothing for Huch's posthumous reputation that after they came to power the National Socialists exploited the social criticism of the petty bourgeoisie the ooze from the pages of his novels to denigrate their political adversaries and infer endorsement of their state-mandated antisemitism. It is, however, hard to see Huch's books as inherently antisemitic, given the popularity they enjoyed within the German-Jewish community during the years of the republic. As political polarisation spilled onto the streets and the Reichstag became deadlocked, Huch was nevertheless one of those who moved towards Hitlerism. | 628 |
17921762 | Babdo is a village in the Ipelce Department of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 813.
Populated places in the Centre-Sud Region | 166 |
28344756 | It was created from territory that was formerly part of Sud Department. Using current boundaries as a reference, the department occupied all of what is today La Mé Region, with the exception of Alépé Department.
In 1997, regions were introduced as new first-level subdivisions of Ivory Coast; as a result, all departments were converted into second-level subdivisions. Adzopé Department was combined with Agboville Department to form Agnéby Region.
In 2005, Adzopé Department was divided in order to create Akoupé Department. | 525 |
3266013 | Power in the African colonies was handover to selected former independentist guerrilla movements, which acted as the spark for the appearance of civil wars or the introduction of single party regimes in the newly independent states. This decolonization also prompted a mass exodus of Portuguese citizens from Portugal's African territories (mostly from the then overseas territories of Angola and Mozambique), creating over a million Portuguese destitute refugees – the retornados. | 481 |
23238571 | On the outbreak of World War I, Butt enlisted in the 5th Hampshire Regiment and spent much of the next four years serving in India, where he played cricket for his regiment. On returning to Southampton at the end of the war, he found employment with the Thornycroft shipbuilding works at Woolston. Butt played for the works team, who were then one of the finest non-league teams in Southern England, and was paid ten shillings a game. | 434 |
53495557 | He started doing drag when he was 10 years old and had paid professional gigs starting in 2003. His cousin is singer Lisa Loeb. He is of Romanian-Jewish descent. He comes from the same drag mother as season 10 contestant Dusty Ray Bottoms. He was seen wearing a Dusty T-shirt in the workroom in one of the episodes of season nine, and Bottoms wore an Alexis T-shirt in season 10. He auditioned for Drag Race eight times before being selected for season nine. | 458 |
28882749 | The Congressional Research Service provides detailed, up-to-date and non-partisan research for senators, representatives, and their staff to help them carry out their official duties. The franking privilege allows members of Congress to send official mail to constituents at government expense. Though they are not permitted to send election materials, borderline material is often sent, especially in the run-up to an election by those in close races. Indeed, some academics consider free mailings as giving incumbents a big advantage over challengers.
In 2008, rank and file members of Congress earned $169,300 annually. | 622 |
1740284 | He and Freed discussed casting; Lerner favored Audrey Hepburn, who had starred in the Broadway production written by Loos, but Freed preferred
MGM contract star Leslie Caron, who had co-starred in An American in Paris for him. Both agreed Maurice Chevalier would be ideal for aging boulevardier Honoré Lachaille, and Lerner proposed Dirk Bogarde for Gaston. Lerner agreed to write the lyrics if Freed could convince Bogarde and designer Cecil Beaton to join the project. | 471 |
57123243 | Tiananmen Exiles has received many positive reviews:
“Rowena He herself is an example of someone who has battled for years, sometimes in the face of angry criticism, to keep alive the memories of an idealism that emerged in full force in 1989. And she’s determined not to let us forget.” -Christian Science Monitor by Dan Southerland
"A compelling account of idealism and the price it exacts" - Kirkus
“Bold attempt to reclaim Chinese history from the state” -The Independent by Edward Wilson | 494 |
39740602 | This repurposing fits within a larger history of African-American music and culture developing the art of "signifying, recontextualization, collective memory and resistance" by fashioning icons of opposition to harmful stereotypes and racial conceptions. For Monáe in "Dance Apocalyptic", dancing operates on both a physical and a cerebral level that fits within the historical context of black popular music while also altering how race and gender are conceived and performed.
The cover art was painted by Sam Spratt, a New York-based illustrator. | 548 |
1071289 | Formally, a finite transducer T is a 6-tuple () such that:
is a finite set, the set of states;
is a finite set, called the input alphabet;
is a finite set, called the output alphabet;
is a subset of , the set of initial states;
is a subset of , the set of final states; and
(where ε is the empty string) is the transition relation. | 343 |
18386007 | Directs assessment of the condition of water resources and related ecosystems in New England to identify problems and needs for restoring, preserving, and protecting New England water resources, ecosystems, wildlife, and fisheries.
Amends WRDA 1992 to redefine areas authorized for the construction of: (1) a visitors center at Fort Smith, Arkansas; and (2) an interpretive site in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Authorizes participation in the planning and management associated with the CALFED Bay- Delta Program, an ecosystem restoration program for the San Joaquin and Sacramento River basins, California. | 603 |
51337144 | On 15 April 1686, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Francesco Casati, Titular Archbishop of Trapezus, and Marcantonio Barbarigo, Archbishop of Corfù, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Cagli until his death in January 1694. | 305 |
53722873 | He is also Vice President Research of euRobotics, the European Association which has also functioned as the private side of the public private partnership branded as SPARC, the biggest civil robotics program in the world which has been running until the end of the H2020 Program. He was also the funder and chair of the first robotics center in the Netherland started in 2008, first called Romech and then LEO Center of Service Robotics. | 437 |
2901722 | This procedure resulted in Amygdala becoming exceedingly angry and was the opposite of what the surgery was intended to achieve. Easily led due to his childlike nature, Amygdala has been the pawn of a number of Batman villains, but when properly medicated, he can be peaceful.
Amygdala first appeared in Shadow of the Bat #3 in 1992 during the story arc Batman: The Last Arkham. In the issue, Amygdala was forced to attack Batman by the maddened Jeremiah Arkham. Batman subdued Amygdala, but was then forced to face more inmates. | 529 |
7004373 | While he was in that role, the team won the 1963 Argentine Primera División, the Copa Libertadores in 1964 and 1965 and the Campeonato Nacional in 1967.
In 1970 his Lista Roja lost the club's elections, and he left the club until his return as president in 1976, when he defeated the ruling José Epelbóim in the elections. | 322 |
6929907 | Anvil of Dawn is a 1995 fantasy role-playing video game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by New World Computing. Anvil of Dawn was named the best role-playing game of 1995 by Computer Gaming World and Computer Game Review.
The game was released 1995 for MS-DOS and was one of the last dungeon crawl RPGs with blockstep movements and semi-3D environment. The game presents a real-time, three-dimensional view from the character's perspective. It was released on CD and features fully spoken dialogue and several pre-rendered cutscenes. | 554 |
46204528 | Hsiao Sa (Xiao Sa) (; born March 4, 1953) is the pen name of Hsiao Ching-yu/Hsiao Ch’ing-yü (), a Taiwanese educator and writer.
Hsiao Sa's family was from Nanjing and went to Taiwan where she was born. She studied at the Girl's Teacher Institute and then taught primary school in Taipei. Her first collection of stories was published when she was 17. Hsiao married director Chang Yi; the couple divorced in 1986. | 413 |
1066323 | In 1870 he was appointed secretary to the St. Paul's Cathedral Completion Fund, and, in 1873, secretary to the Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships, and held for some time a commission in the Essex yeomanry. He was selected by the Earl of Carnarvon, in 1875, to proceed with Lord Garnet Wolseley on a special mission to Natal, as colonial secretary of that colony. | 365 |
10286635 | "Goodling improperly subjected candidates for certain career positions to the same politically based evaluation she used on candidates for political positions," the report concluded. In one instance, Justice investigators found, Goodling initially objected to hiring an assistant prosecutor in Washington because "judging from his resume, he appeared to be a liberal Democrat type." In another, she rejected an experienced terrorism prosecutor to work on counterterrorism issues at a Justice Department headquarters office "because of his wife's political affiliations." | 570 |
13743847 | Nationals may be denaturalized in Egypt for having dual nationality or serving in the military of another state without government authorization; performing actions against state interests; having been a Zionist; failure to perform military obligations; performing actions indicating one is a national of another state; committing serious crimes, disloyal acts, or crimes against the state or state security; residing abroad without authorization; or for fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment in a naturalization petition. | 525 |
64257256 | The renovations and upgrade to the power station cost US$212 million.
List of power stations in Angola
Power Generation in Angola As of 3 January 2020. | 153 |
1994869 | On the next ball, Hayden was out, caught by Pietersen for 6. Symonds survived the next ball, but odds had improved for England, as the visitors were now 23 for 2. What followed was an Australian collapse – Michael Clarke went for a golden duck to Lewis, a slightly dubious decision, but that gave the English the needed momentum. | 329 |
19326484 | The semi-final matches were played on 31 March 1962 with a replay being required between Burnley and Fulham on 9 April 1962. Tottenham and Burnley came through the semi-final round to meet at Wembley.
The 1962 FA Cup final took place on 5 May 1962 at Wembley Stadium and was won by Tottenham Hotspur over Burnley, by a 3–1 scoreline. | 333 |
4576685 | The indicative cargo would encompass (as one possible loadout): 14 Pinzgauer Light Operational Vehicles, 16 NZLAV light armoured vehicles, 7 Unimog trucks, 2 ambulances, 2 flatbed trucks, 7 vehicle trailers, 2 rough terrain forklifts, 4 ATV-type vehicles and up to 33 20 ft TEU containers.
The ship is equipped to embark up to eight containers of ammunition and up to two with hazardous materials, and also has an extensive fire sprinkler system.
The ship also carries two Landing Craft, Medium. | 495 |
44206482 | As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of this object has been obtained from photometric observations. The object's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.
This minor planet has not been numbered by the Minor Planet Center and remains unnamed.
2000 DG8 at MISAO, Seiichi Yoshida
Minor planets with a retrograde orbit | 323 |
1737695 | These precursors are not further converted in the adrenal cortex if the cells lack 17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. Instead, they are released into the blood stream and taken up in the testis and ovaries to produce testosterone and the estrogens respectively.
ACTH partially regulates adrenal androgen secretion, also CRH.
In humans the reticularis layer does contain 17α-hydroxylase; this hydroxylates pregnenolone, which is then converted to cortisol by a mixed function oxidase. | 482 |
1559628 | Between 1997 and 2012, Hegewisch was also served by the South Chicago-based Southeast Chicago Observer. The paper was distributed in Hegewisch, albeit to a lesser extent. Both papers come out on even-numbered weeks.
Glenn Dawson, Democratic member of the Illinois General Assembly. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 1981 and the Illinois Senate from 1981 to 1987. He lived in Hegewisch during his legislative tenure. | 447 |
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