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2320994 | This "classic" version was only released on initial runs of the LP record and cassette, as well as certain CD pressings manufactured in Japan, up to and including a Japanese-market version released in 1991. It was replaced by the full version of the 7" remix on later LP pressings and all other CD editions. The original version was later remastered and released on the "French Fans' Selection" deluxe box set edition of King of Pop. | 433 |
74029151 | Author Zadie Smith stated that the book "fundamentally challenged some of my oldest and laziest ideas about race". Maria Bustillos, writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books, praised the book as accurate to her lived experience.
American historian and professor of African American studies Walter Johnson praised the book as an incisive and "resolutely materialist" analysis, but criticized it for its limited scope and approach to political mobilization in its conclusion. Both Guy Lancaster of the Marx & Philosophy Review of Books and Hutchison felt that certain parts of the book seemed only tangentially related to the book's subject matter. | 647 |
5042360 | Lack of stronger induction schemas means, for example, that some unbounded versions of the pigeon hole principle are unprovable. One relatively weak one being the Ramsey theorem type claim here expressed as follows: For any and coding of a coloring map , associating each with a color , it is not the case that for every color there exists a threshold input number beyond which is not ever the mappings return value anymore. | 429 |
67955 | In June 1872, Bizet informed Galabert: "I have just been ordered to compose three acts for the Opéra-Comique. [Henri] Meilhac and [Ludovic] Halévy are doing my piece". The subject chosen for this project was Prosper Mérimée's short novel, Carmen. Bizet began the music in the summer of 1873, but the Opéra-Comique's management was concerned about the suitability of this risqué story for a theatre that generally provided wholesome entertainment, and work was suspended. | 470 |
33052254 | Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011 (winners), 2013 | 72 |
19273669 | In January 1910 Léon Gambetta was transferred to the Mediterranean where she was assigned to the 1st DL of the 1st Squadron (). The 1st DL was redesignated as the 2nd DL in August and a new 1st DL was formed with Léon Gambetta as its flagship in October. By 4 April 1911, the 1st DL consisted of all three sisters with Léon Gambetta serving as the flagship of Rear Admiral () Louis Dartige du Fournet. | 401 |
8051939 | Conn – single and double horns, flugelhorns, cornets, trombones, trumpets, tubas, sousaphones, saxophones
Holton – cornets, French horns, trombones, trumpets
King – marching brass, trombones, baritones, cornets, flugelhorns, French horns, mellophones, trumpets, tubas, sousaphones
Prelude – trumpets, marching brass, piccolos, flutes, clarinets, | 345 |
12226986 | On July 6, 2009, he was designated for assignment to make room for the newly acquired Ryan Freel. Hernández was released on January 19, 2010.
On February 3, 2010, Hernández signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets. The Mets purchased Hernández's contract from the Buffalo Bisons on August 27, 2010. Hernández played in 17 games for the Mets in 2010, batting .250 with two home runs with 6 RBI. | 406 |
30238149 | Reconnaissance was its primary mission, however, and the bomb bay was normally filled with a fuel tank, increasing its normal fuel load of 127 Imp gal (580 L) to 209 Imp gal (950 L).
The mission fit was three cameras, one vertical and two 45° oblique, in the fuselage underside.
The unarmed prototype was flight tested in autumn 1942, and exhibited good handling characteristics. | 379 |
74382305 | Ross and Contemporary Moral Theory, Oxford University Press 2019
Sidgwickian Ethics, Oxford University Press 2011
Year of birth missing (living people) | 152 |
25075826 | Robert Sirota wrote his Triptych, a commemoration of the victims of 9/11, for the quartet in 2002.
Other commissions include new quartets from Gabriela Lena Frank, Nico Muhly, Daniel Ott, and Huang Ruo for their 2010–2011 10th anniversary season as a part of their Club Premieres project.
The Chiara Quartet released two shorter-length albums through their self-produced New Voice Singles series and one album of clarinet quintets with clarinetist Håkan Rosengren on the SMS Classical label. | 491 |
83841 | Research shows that the over sexualisation in teen magazines is believed to be a contributing factor of pushing girls into adolescence prematurely. Premature adolescence has proven to lead to a wide range of issues including body image, eating disorders, sexual violence, and self-esteem. Teen magazines are not only over sexualized, but sexually ambivalent as well—that is, messages about sex and sexuality contradict each other. | 432 |
156481 | Clarkson built his "Nissank" out of a Nissan Hardbody, the overall design being very similar to the Toybota, but now with oil drums as stabilizers. Hammond built a near-identical Dampervan, which had many of the same problems as its predecessor. May used the same actual vehicle as before, with only minor improvements (including a retractable daggerboard). The challenge was to drive the cars across the English Channel. Both Hammond and May's vessels sank shortly after departing, and all three presenters ended up making the trip aboard Clarkson's vehicle. | 559 |
16540137 | The Bishop of Bolton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, in the province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester; the See was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888, by Order in Council dated 8 February 1984.
On 15 March 2023, it was announced that Matthew Porter was to become the next Bishop of Bolton, he took up the post with his episcopal consecration on 22 June 2023. | 494 |
11385688 | This operation was conducted against Yazur and a group of Arab villages east of Jaffa. According to the preparatory orders, the objective was "opening the way [for Jewish forces] to Lydda".
Though there was no explicit mention of the prospective treatment of the villagers, the order spoke of "cleansing the area" []. The final operational order stated: "Civilian inhabitants of places conquered would be permitted to leave after they are searched for weapons." Soldiers were instructed not to harm women and children "insofar as possible" and not to loot captured villages. | 574 |
39076630 | Cowling was elected in the general election in 1951, defeating incumbent Bill Temple by 2,371 votes. Cowling was re-elected in the general elections in 1955, 1959, and 1963. He served as a backbench member of the Leslie Frost and John Robarts majority Progressive Conservative governments and, during each term in office, he served on an average of eight Standing Committees. He was defeated in the 1967 provincial general election, coming in third place and losing to Ontario's Chief Coroner, the very outspoken Morton Shulman. | 528 |
2139512 | His emphasis on observation and dissection helped to establish a scientific approach to medicine that highlighted the importance of empirical evidence and experimentation. Alcmaeon's work on the brain and the senses also helped to establish the importance of understanding the underlying physiological workings of diseases, which created a foundation for later advances in medical science.
Alcmaeon of Croton was a pioneer in the history of medicine and science. | 462 |
5431361 | Metro (formerly the Stages Music Hall and Cabaret Metro) is a concert hall in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that plays host to a variety of local, regional and national emerging bands and musicians. The Metro was first opened in 1982. The capacity is 1,100, divided between the main floor and the balcony. The building housing Metro also houses Smart Bar underneath the main venue.
In the late 1970s, Joe Shanahan, having experienced the art, music and dance culture in New York City, created a club to host creative acts in Chicago. | 537 |
16812282 | 18 October - At the end of the Second Opium War, British and French troops enter the Forbidden City in Beijing.
24 October - Convention of Peking signed by Chinese with Britain and France.
11 February - Rachilde, author (died 1953)
25 June - Gustave Charpentier, composer (died 1956)
16 August - Jules Laforgue, poet (died 1887)
20 August - Raymond Poincaré, statesman, five times Prime Minister of France, | 406 |
44143783 | 1994: Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud for Le Château de verre (Julliard)
1995: Amélie Nothomb for The Stranger Next Door (Les Catilinaires) (Albin Michel)
1997: Jean-Pierre Milovanoff for Le Maître des paons (Julliard)
1998: Dominique Muller for Les Caresses et les Baisers (Seuil) | 283 |
16181538 | See also the various editions of the Episcopal Church Annual, Morehouse Publishing, Harrisburg, PA (current edition, 2009) and The Red Book interactive directory of dioceses, parishes and clergy within the Episcopal Church. | 223 |
3570124 | He was a member of twenty-five clubs, twelve of which were Princeton University undergraduate eating clubs, as well as president of the Princeton township governing board, a member of the New Jersey Public Library Commission, the first president of the earlier Princeton Historical Association, and president of the board of the first Princeton Inn which he helped to finance and build in 1891 on part of the original Morven property. | 434 |
45087556 | He was deemed dangerous enough to be detained in an isolated prison and had to turn his back to the cell doors with his hands behind his head while receiving food. He is also proficient in the art of public speaking, capable of swaying the public opinion to support his goals, as he demonstrated in his speech to the people of Ba Sing Se.
Zaheer is highly skilled in Airbending which utilizes aikido and the chinese martial arts techniques of Baguazhang and Xing Yi Quan. | 471 |
336522 | In 2008, Ngāruawāhia set a world record for the largest haka and by 2010 the town had its own community news.
In 2011, murals were installed for Ngāruawāhia's 150th anniversary in 2013 Ngaruawahia High School (which opened in 1963) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2013.
In May 2016, Heather du Plessis-Allan (an NZME broadcaster) claimed that the "town is rotting". | 369 |
23968919 | These include image-intensifying night-vision equipment, turnkey simulation systems/centers, IR/laser equipment, electronic/electro-optical systems, electronic time fuses, electronic time setters, message terminal units, and minimum metal detectors.
The company's system has been evaluated and certified by ABS Quality Evaluations (ABS QE) and the Ministry of National Defence Quality Management Department. Additionally, it has been awarded a secretary-level factory security certificate by the Ministry of National Defence.
Transvaro is Turkey's first night-vision periscope manufacturer with 100% Turkish capital. | 616 |
67505 | These include the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, built during 1893, and also the Warsaw Philharmonic edifice in Warsaw, built between 1900 and 1901.
The Hanoi Opera House in Vietnam was built 1901–1911 during French Indochina colonial period based upon Palais Garnier. It is considered a representative French colonial architectural monument in Indochina.
The Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro (1905–1909) was also modelled after Palais Garnier, particularly the Great Hall and stairs. | 492 |
24445411 | World War II airfields in France
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in France | 89 |
29015608 | Stephen Nelson Haskell (April 22, 1833 – 1922) was an evangelist, missionary and editor in the Seventh-day Adventist Church who became one of the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific.
He was born in Oakham, Massachusetts on April 22, 1833. He was converted to Christianism at the age of 15 when he joined the Congregational church. | 360 |
4307219 | He also had important role during the inner-party struggle of this communist party. He was elected as a member of Legislative Assembly of West Bengal in 1957 election from Bijpur. After the split in the Communist Party of India, Niranjan remained with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He was also a minister in the coalition ministry of West Bengal in 1967 - 1968 and 1969. | 389 |
13063926 | The chapel on the bridge is one of only three complete bridge chapels that still exist in Britain, the other two being at Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and St Ives, Huntingdonshire. Dating from about 1483, it remained in use as a chapel until the reign of King Edward VI (1547–1553). It was put to use as almshouses during the 17th and 18th centuries, and in 1779 it was used as a prison. | 385 |
25950688 | On Labor Day 2011, TheSpeedGamers once again started TSG 24/7. In the fall of 2011, TSG 24/7 became TSG Present!, a more occasional stream than the previous continuous efforts.
The Legend of Zelda Marathon I (March 14–17, 2008): This was TheSpeedGamers' first marathon, which lasted 72 hours. All the mainstream console Legend of Zelda games were played. They raised $1,090.00 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. | 419 |
44745616 | 1 – was not included in the final bidding
2 – was initially included in the joint bid of Surigao del Norte and Butuan
The logo and theme for the 2015 Palarong Pambansa was unanimously approved and unveiled by the Organizing Committee on 27 January 2015. The official logo of the 2015 Palarong Pambansa is inspired from the games' theme "Sports: Breaking Borders, Building Peace." | 379 |
2969247 | Arterton had to film her character's death scene first day on the set, where she was completely covered head to toe in non-toxic black paint. The character's full name, which is a reference to the Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever", is never actually uttered on screen; when she introduces herself to Bond, she says "Mr Bond, my name is Fields, I'm from the Consulate.". | 376 |
40495050 | Zavřel, Štěpán; Sie folgen dem Stern (Patmos, 1967)
Zavřel, Štěpán; Salz ist mehr als Gold (Nord-Süd Verlag, 1968)
Guardini, Romano; Kreuzweg unseres Herrn und Heilandes (Křesťanská akadmie, 1970) | 199 |
1897837 | Compaq iPaq PM-1 Mini CD MP3 Player
In 2002, Compaq offered a compact, lightweight Mini CD player that made up for the capacity difference between 120 mm and 80 mm audio CDs by using MP3 compression, resulting in 1.1x to 3.5x the capacity of a standard audio CD, depending on compression ratio.
Memorex 8081 Mini CD MP3 Player
Memorex offered a portable CD player that matched the form factor for the 80 mm CD (Model MPD8081). | 426 |
66889707 | Christ Junior-Ray Eneme Bekale (born 20 March 1999) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Future FC.
On 8 February 2023, Sheriff Tiraspol announced the signing of Bekale.
During the summer of 2023, Bekale signed a two-year contract with Future FC.
In March, he is summoned for the first by Patrice Neveu in his list of 23 players to play in the CAN 2023 qualifiers for the double confrontation against Sudan. | 467 |
15743035 | Dying trees have been observed in urban and rural forests and woodlands. The main species of affected overstory plants are coast live oak, California black, and tanoak. The disease has also spread to Shreve's oak, California laurel, California buckeye, bigleaf maple, toyon, huckleberry, honeysuckle, rhododendrons, and arrowroot. Concern now exists that the pathogen may spread throughout California oak forests, be transported to the forests of other western states and even to the eastern United States. | 506 |
23246231 | On 30 November 2009, it was announced to the school that Mr McParland would be departing as headmaster, to take up the role of principal at a new academy to be formed from the old Christ Church C of E School in Ashford, Kent. At the end of the 2009/10 academic year, it was announced that Brendan Wall, a headteacher from a Catholic school in Wiltshire, would take up the post of headteacher from September 2010. | 413 |
61704137 | This is the discography of acid jazz and funk group the Brand New Heavies.
1992: "People Get Ready (Remix)" in Juice
1994: "Close to You" in Prêt-à-Porter
1994: "Higher Learning/Time for Change" in Higher Learning
1996: "World Keeps Spinning" in The Truth About Cats & Dogs
1997: "I Like It" in Love Jones | 305 |
31882860 | With the support of the Welfs and Duke Henry III of Limburg, he was elected archbishop on 25 July 1205, following the deposition of Archbishop Adolf of Altena in 1204. He was consecrated sometime between 24 December 1205 and 17 February 1206.
Bruno was supported by Otto of Brunswick and the townspeople, but the House of Berg, the provost Engelbert and suffragan bishops continued to support Adolf. In September 1205, Otto's rival for the German throne, Philip of Swabia, began to besiege the city. | 499 |
53492451 | In 1902 the couple moved to Rome and bought a villa, known as the Villa Sciarra-Wurts, which they spent the rest of their lives renovating and decorating with a variety of art works. They frequently entertained the wealthy, ambassadors, and aristocratic members of society. After her husband’s death in 1928 Tower gave their villa to the city of Rome on the condition that the vast garden be turned into a public park and cultural center in honor of the German poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. (Included with this was a gift of $50,000 to maintain the property.) | 563 |
1986394 | The castle has three divisions or wards. The lower and middle wards served economic purposes, while the upper ward housed the royal family. The lower ward had the stables and the living quarters for the men-at-arms. The Prince John tower sits on a cliff high above the lower castle.
The upper ward was surrounded by a 1.4 metre-thick Byzantine wall, made of rough masonry. The entrance is through a pointed arch built by the Lusignans. This was protected by a semicircular tower to the east. | 491 |
61744712 | 27 (1:36) "La man di Clarice d'Ecclitico sia" (Cecco, Ecclitico, Buonafede, Clarice, Ernesto, Flaminia, Lisetta)
28 (2:39) "Buonafede tondo" (Ecclitico, Cecco, Ernesto, Clarice, Flaminia, Lisetta, Buonafede) | 207 |
57946461 | John Constable, eldest son of the painter, resided at number 17, which was the first house to be completed. Roseate House London, a luxury boutique hotel, occupies numbers 3–5.
Numbers 33–77 were developed by William Kingdom, whose architect was Thomas Marsh Nelson. They are Grade II listed. Admiral Charles Bethune lived at number 53. The Chilworth, a boutique hotel, occupies numbers 55–61.
The terrace of 79–119 was built around 1840, probably by William King and William Kingdom. | 486 |
453286 | From there the roads were unfolding to advance towards the southernmost boundaries of the Tawantinsuyu. One branch headed towards the current Mendoza region of Argentina, while the other penetrated the ancient territories of the Diaguita and Atacama people in Chilean lands, who had already developed basic road networks. From there, crossing the driest desert in the world, the Atacama Desert, the Qollasuyu route reached the Maipo river, currently in the Santiago metropolitan region. From there no vestiges of the Inca advance have been found. | 546 |
4367748 | Once there, she began taking gold seekers, nicknamed argonauts, on the Panama Route (between San Francisco and Panama). After the demise of the New York and San Francisco Steamship Company Line (which had been renamed as the New York and California Steamship Company in May 1853), the ship's ownership was again transferred on July 8, 1853, this time to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
Winfield Scott, bound for Panama, departed from San Francisco on the morning of 1 December 1853. | 487 |
74881205 | This species of shrub grows on coastal dunes and coastal heath from Shoalwater Bay on the coast of Queensland to Botany Bay in New South Wales.
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller | 179 |
1915743 | Jake grows angry with the imaginary Maggie, which frightens Sheila. She eventually runs out of the house screaming.
After an Imaginary reunion between Julie and Molly, the real Maggie informs Jake that she has dinner plans with someone and that she believes that person is going to propose, leading to an argument between Jake and Maggie, and eventually Maggie's departure.
Suddenly, Jake hears the voice of his late mother. She informs him of her forgiveness and love of him and then disappears. All of the other imaginary characters reappear and say goodbye to Jake. | 568 |
54498179 | A Saudi donor Shaykh Abdullatif al Fozan (ranked 51 in 2013 on the Forbes' list of richest Arabs) sponsored (4,000,000 euro) the construction of the "Center of a Muslim Culture" in Warsaw. The building is fully equipped; has a store, a restaurant, library, prayer hall and even a gym. While officially promoting (Sunni) Islam, the Center adheres to Salafi principles. Originally, it was meant to be built as a "Centre of Arabic Studies" adjacent to the University of Warsaw, but the University's staff refused the offer. | 520 |
11160140 | Insomniatic remained on the charts for 18 weeks in total, dropping out after the fourteenth week, only to re-enter again six weeks later. Insomniatic has sold 700,000 copies domestically and has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.
Kathi Kamen Goldmark of Common Sense Media gave the album four out of five stars, praising the duo's vocals and the "gentle undertone of self-esteem and standing up for yourself in relationships" as "refreshing". | 450 |
1485789 | This makes it difficult to tell whether these pixels represent wider than 4x3 or 16x9 (as they would do if following Rec.601), or represent exactly 4x3 or 16x9 (as they would do if created using one of the fudged 720-referenced pixel aspect ratios).
The difference between 702/704 and 720 pixels/line is referred to as nominal analogue blanking. | 345 |
51207547 | Ion Pătrașcu, "Le professeur G. H. Fontanin de Craiova et son 'École linguistique'", in Analele Universității din Craiova: Științe filologice, vol. 10/1982, pp. | 160 |
30006570 | The program has appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments and one College World Series. In conference postseason play, it has been EIBL Champion twelve times and has appeared in the Ivy League Baseball Championship Series 11 times, winning twice. 30 former Big Green have appeared in Major League Baseball.
Brad Ausmus – catcher in Major League Baseball; attended, | 357 |
19893747 | Ambrosini's Schittar House (1904) is a fine example of Art Nouveau. In 1909, Ambrosini proved his urban planning abilities by projecting the apartment complex Sambalino-Plöch on Potok Street.
In the last years of his life he supported -in a mild way- the Italian irredentism.
Although Ambrosini died in Vienna during his most productive period, he was buried at the Trsat Cemetery in Sušak, an outskirt of Fiume (now Croatia). | 426 |
4921945 | In 1926 two German engineers, Dr Gustav Bauer and Hans Wach, had increased the efficiency of a triple expansion engine by adding a turbine driven by exhaust steam from the low-pressure cylinder, and adding the power from the turbine to the same propeller shaft via a fluid coupling and double-reduction gearing. This increased both fuel efficiency and power, and gave ship operators the option of either more speed or greater economy. By 1928, British ships such as were also being built with Bauer-Wach machinery. | 515 |
67894190 | Between 1937 and 1940 Yallourn entered two teams into the Central Gippsland Football Association, under the names of Yallourn Blue and Yallourn Gold, with Yallourn Blue winning the 1939 Central Gippsland Football Association premiership.
In 1947, Yallourn had two sides in the Central Gippsland Football League Seconds competition, Yallourn and Yallourn Youths.
Yallourn FC and Yallourn North FC merged in 1977 to form the Yallourn Yallourn North FC. | 450 |
8547570 | 2001 || Socorro || LINEAR || — || align=right | 7.1 km ||
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| 140071 || || — || September 20, 2001 || Desert Eagle || W. K. Y. Yeung || WIT || align=right | 1. | 253 |
30865362 | He wrestled his final match on April 14, 2012, in Toronto, teaming with his protege Shane Douglas to defeat Lord Zoltan and Shawn Blanchard at Pro Wrestling Superstars.
After ending his career as an active professional wrestler, he trained Moondog Spot, Mick Foley, Shane Douglas, Preston Steele and Brian Hildebrand among others. DeNucci is featured in Mick Foley: "Madman Unmasked", where he is seen training Mick Foley and reminiscing about Foley in the days of his training. | 478 |
27476163 | The amplifier had a very simple circuit and used only a single channel with a two-stage preamp, with just a volume and (treble-cut) tone control. The Harvard was a fixed bias amplifier, using a basic cathodyne phase inverter, but did include a selenium rectifier in the bias circuit. The 5F10 was discontinued in 1961. | 318 |
200053 | In the show, Crockett's partner was Ricardo Tubbs, played by Philip Michael Thomas.
Johnson's work on Miami Vice earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, in 1986. Johnson was nominated for the same award in 1987. He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1985.
Between seasons on Miami Vice, Johnson gained further renown through TV miniseries such as the 1985 remake of The Long, Hot Summer. | 494 |
6057079 | Gentle highlighted the 2006 decision to refuse permission for Prince Harry to serve in Iraq as part of the British Army, as hypocritical saying "If it is too dangerous for Harry, it is too dangerous for the rest of the troops out there."
In 2011 it was revealed by The Daily Telegraph that bereaved relatives of Iraq War soldiers had been victims of the News International phone hacking scandal. Phone numbers and voicemails of deceased soldiers had been discovered in private investigator Glenn Mulcaire's personal files. In reaction, Gentle called for immediate persecution of those responsible. | 597 |
5665273 | Ministers reported that the colonists were typically inattentive, uninterested, and bored during church services. According to the ministers' complaints, the people were sleeping, whispering, ogling the fashionably-dressed women, walking about and coming and going, or at best looking out the windows or staring blankly into space. By 1740, the acute shortage of clergy was easing, and by 1776, there were more Anglican clergy living in Virginia than there were parishes. Devout parishioners used the Book of Common Prayer for private prayer and devotion. | 555 |
67357261 | Within the Khao Khiao–Khao Chomphu Wildlife Sanctuary, Chonburi Province, central Thailand, there is lowland evergreen forest (up to 600m altitude), with an upper canopy 40m high dominated by Dipterocarpus alatus, Pterospermum diversifolium, Walsura pinnata, Irvingia malayana, Ficus annulata, Ficus capillipes, and Ficus sundaica. U. dulcis is one of the vines and small climbers found in this community. | 405 |
624771 | also published in Dutch as Spectrum Sterrengids (1976) and as Prisma Sterrengids (1979)
The Place on Jennings Creek (1977)
Leslie Peltier's Guide to the Stars (1986)
The Binocular Stargazer: A Beginner's Guide to Exploring the Sky (1995)
Leslie C. Peltier at the AAVSO
Obituary in JAVSO 9 (1980) 32 | 303 |
7483112 | The All-Woman Supreme Court in Texas was convened to deal with the results of a secret trust. | 93 |
107358 | There were 111 (5.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 15 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 413 households (19.5%) were one person and 188 (8.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.61. There were 1,570 families (74.3% of households); the average family size was 2.99. | 335 |
1830725 | In its seemingly dedicated efforts, Twentieth Century-Fox, the producer, has come up with an Eastern Western that is plagued by an excess of stilted, stylized dialogue and a minimum of genuine, colorful action that recently has been typical of cinematic forays into our storied past. ... A viewer now can see by what means the Persians and the Greeks annihilated each other, but beyond that it is shallow stuff no more memorable than a weather report, dated 480 B. C." | 468 |
2464235 | Majda and Jean-Sébastien Scharl became his physical trainers in November 2004.
Lambiel missed the 2004–05 ISU Grand Prix season but returned in time for the 2005 European Championships where he placed fourth. At the 2005 World Championships, held in Moscow, Russia, Lambiel was ahead of Evgeni Plushenko after the qualifying round and short program. Plushenko then withdrew from the competition with an injury. | 410 |
1549583 | With the exception of Philadelphia and Allegheny County, counties are governed by three to seven county commissioners who are elected every four years; the district attorney, county treasurer, sheriff, and certain classes of judge ("judges of election") are also elected separately. Philadelphia has been a consolidated city-county since 1854 and has had a consolidated city-county government since 1952. Allegheny County has had a council/chief executive government since 2001, while still retaining its townships, boroughs and cities. | 536 |
58604576 | Cui switched coaches from Tom Zakrajsek to Natalia Linichuk in Newark, Delaware during the offseason. She did not compete at either 2020 Skate America or the 2021 U.S. Championships.
While appearing on Polina Edmunds's podcast, on an episode that was released in February 2021, Cui said she was training in Lake Placid, New York with Paul Wylie and was still recovering from her injury. She said she was working on getting her triples consistent and looking to return and compete for the next season. | 500 |
63515817 | After the meeting, the government keeps imposing stricter laws to oppress the people in an effort to eradicate the revolutionary thoughts of the people. At the mental hospital, Matigari decides to dig up his weapons and fight the oppressors with violence, as he has realized that words and reasoning alone do not affect them.
Again, with the help of Guthera and Muriuki, he manages to escape from the mental asylum. He plans to get his weapons and attack Mr. Williams' house to take what is his. | 495 |
1251136 | Arles; Solo Exhibition, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Exhibition with D. Brihat, J. P. Sudre, and L. Clergue, Musée Cantini de Marseilles
1972 Solo Exhibition, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
1972 Exhibition with Edouard Boubat, Brassaї, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Izis, and Willy Ronis, French Embassy, Moscow
1974 Solo Exhibition, University of California at Davis. | 416 |
51963 | In 2003, Steinway celebrated its 150th anniversary at Carnegie Hall with a three-day concert series with performances by Peter Cincotti, Art Garfunkel, Herbie Hancock, Ben Heppner, Ahmad Jamal, Ramsey Lewis, Randy Newman, Roger Williams, Nancy Wilson, and the Eroica Trio, among others. The first concert featured classical music, the second jazz, and the third pop. As part of the 150th anniversary, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld created a commemorative Steinway limited edition grand piano. | 494 |
8208783 | Some of these doors receive custom weatherstripping at the factory.
Pre-weatherstripped doors for private homes are usually made of fiberglass or a similar material and are shipped from the factory weatherstripped. The doors have a kerf in the door stop so that a foam, rubber, or vinyl strip can be placed inside for the door to rest against when closed. These doors also have the threshold — usually a molded piece of plastic — nailed to the frame in the factory. These units are not difficult to install and require only very little skill. | 542 |
33613816 | It has received several awards and nominations from the British Academy Television Awards, including nominations for the British Academy Television Award for Best Mini-Series and the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jasmine Jobson as well as wins for the British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Music, British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Director: Fiction, and British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Scripted Casting.
The series follows the plight of Ra'nell as he navigates the pitfalls of living on the crime-filled Summerhouse estate after his mother, Lisa, is admitted to a mental hospital. | 664 |
26612667 | As part of her education, Anne even studied with the humanist printer Henri Estienne.
In 1561, Anne de Marquets attended the Colloquy at Poissy, an event which would influence her poetry. Following the colloquy, she wrote several poems and prayers in verse for Catholic leaders. This first collection of poems, entitled Sonets, prières et devises, was published in 1562, and dedicated to Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine. Following this, she began to collaborate with the irenic theologian, Claude D'Espence. | 505 |
2351475 | Larvae in diapause do not spin cocoons but rather enter a stage of decreased metabolism and vital activity. Once the temperature drops below 0 degrees Celsius, the caterpillar turns lifeless and becomes a blob of mush. The caterpillar becomes so soft that if poked, the place where it is poked will remain caved in, as if it is made out of heated wax or clay.
For first generation larvae, a greater percentage of the caterpillars entered diapause if they did not pupate by the end of June or beginning of July. | 510 |
30010285 | Ski winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Magdalena Schwertl (f)
February 16 – 18: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #3 in Martin | 123 |
31643549 | The River Bladnoch flows into the estuarial section of the Cree near Wigtown. The Water of Fleet is a third significant river which enters Wigtown Bay via Fleet Bay on its eastern shore. At the mouth of Fleet Bay are the Islands of Fleet include Ardwall Island, Barlocco Isle and Murray’s Isles. The western shore of the bay is formed by The Machars peninsula. This coast is itself indented by Rigg (or Cruggleton) Bay and by Garlieston Bay on which the village of Garlieston sits. | 481 |
71502990 | Love and her property, which were at the center of the Fisher v. Allen case, and Chickasaw traditional inheritance and property customs, are widely credited as creating the common law precedent to pass the first married women's property legislation in the United States.
Almost all of Love's surviving children eventually self-emigrated to Indian Territory. Around 1835, Mississippi and her husband Calvin Colbert, who died in 1842, arrived. After his death, she married Jackson Juzan and she died in 1865. | 506 |
11665571 | In 2003, he played for the advanced A-ball Inland Empire 66ers and the AAA Tacoma Rainiers. In 2004 he played for Inland Empire and the AA San Antonio Missions. In 2005, Cate spent the entire season with Inland Empire and became a free agent at seasons end.
Cate signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals organization in the 2005/2006 offseason, and spent 2006 with the advanced A-ball Palm Beach Cardinals and AA Springfield Cardinals. | 454 |
24545491 | The Custom CB60 CMAX was released in 2007, first deliveries going to Busways Western Sydney on Scania K230UB Euro 3 chassis.
(They are not referred to as CMAX in the fleetlists).
The original CB60 ended production around 2008.
The CB60 Evo II was introduced in 2005 for State Transit on Volvo B12BLE Euro 5 chassis. The Evo II featured weight reductions compared to the original CB60 as well as new headlight styling, a slightly modified rear and minor interior changes. | 470 |
14260687 | Research has shown that these low-level systems may contain a range of security vulnerabilities permitting malicious base stations to gain high levels of control over the mobile device.
Mobile operating systems have majority use since 2017 (measured by web use); with even only the smartphones running them (excluding tablets) having majority use, more used than any other kind of device. Thus traditional desktop OS is now a minority-used kind of OS; see usage share of operating systems. However, variations occur in popularity by regions, while desktop-minority also applies on some days in countries such as United States and United Kingdom. | 645 |
23265423 | As a result, the wing was withdrawn from the Illinois ANG and was inactivated on 31 October 1950. The 126th Composite Wing was established by the National Guard Bureau, allocated to the state of Illinois, recognized and activated 1 November 1950; assuming the personnel, equipment and mission of the inactivated 66th Fighter Wing.
Constituted as the 5th Air Defense Wing on 25 March 1943
Re-designated 66th Fighter Wing on 3 July 1943. | 437 |
5594204 | It peaked at #26 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and features Jay Z, Lil' Kim and Bristal. In 2005, Lil' Cease, Banger and MC Klepto reunited Junior M.A.F.I.A. and released the group's second album, Riot Musik. In January 2009, Lil' Cease released "Letter to B.I.G.", which sampled "Letter to B.I.G." by Jadakiss from the soundtrack to the feature film Notorious. | 390 |
11994587 | John Ritchie (abolitionist) (1817–1887), American abolitionist
John Ritchie (American Civil War) (1836–1919), American Union Army officer, traveler and diarist
John Ritchie (composer) (1921–2014), New Zealand composer
John Ritchie (Maryland politician) (1831–1887), U.S. Representative from Maryland
John Ritchie (merchant) (c. 1745–1790), Scottish-born Canadian merchant, | 372 |
4622454 | The structure of the limbs and the density of the bone are designed for a sprawling stance. The temporal opening is more advanced than Estemmenosuchidae, but less advanced than Inostrancevia.
The teeth are large with 12 large palate incisors followed by 2 canines and various smaller back teeth. The lower palate is the same as the upper but without the canine teeth. The appearance of Titanophoneus is reminiscent to the sphenacodontid pelycosaurs, which included Dimetrodon. | 476 |
5593386 | Rosguill (Irish language and official name: Ros Goill) is a peninsula situated in north-north-west County Donegal, Ireland. Lying between the peninsulae of Fanad to the east and Horn Head to the west, Rosguill is a dichotomy of heathland and ocean. With the great Sheephaven Bay with its mellow waters and pure-white strands on the one hand, and the treacherous sand banks of Mulroy Bay on the other. | 400 |
1984769 | Siblicide is regularly observed in raptorial birds, including unrelated families like owls and skuas and is common, even typical, in Aquila eagles. The behaviour is most commonly explained as a kind of insurance policy, with the second nestling existing both to act as a backup if the first egg or nestling perishes and to mitigate the stressful workload demanded of the parent raptors in feeding, brooding and defending the young. | 431 |
2794567 | When Corelli died in 1713, he left his estate, which included some valuable pictures, to the Cardinal, who distributed the sizable funds among Corelli's relations and erected a princely tomb for the musician in the Pantheon. Other protégés of the cardinal were Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Vivaldi and Antonio Caldara. As his father Antonio Ottoboni also did, Pietro Ottoboni wrote texts of cantatas and librettos for oratorios, such as for Scarlatti's La Giuditta of 1693. | 474 |
2031373 | guitar on "October Song", "Womankind", "Dandelion Blues", "Smoke Shovelling Song" & "Good As Gone"; tin whistle on "When The Music Starts to Play", "Whistle Tune" & "Empty Pocket Blues"; fiddle on "Schaeffer"s Jig"; mandolin on "How Happy I Am" & "Everything"s Fine Right Now"; backing vocals on "Maybe Someday", "When The Music Starts to Play", "How Happy I Am", | 363 |
7029743 | Albert Ssempeke was a musician known for Baganda Music. He was also a royal musician to the Kabaka of Buganda, presumably Mutesa II of Buganda. Albert's album Ssempeke! is music from the pre-independence era of Buganda.
At age 11, Albert began playing the endere flute. He was tutored by the royal flautists and rose as a court musician. He also added the lyre, drums, and the eight-stringed kiganda harp to his repertoire. | 423 |
14231978 | Sypharochiton torri is a species of chiton in the family Chitonidae found in New Zealand. | 89 |
59233722 | According to Nan, the Dweller-in-Darkness has been impersonating Li so Wenwu will use the ten rings to open the Gate. Shang-Chi, Xialing, Katy, Slattery, and Morris join the villagers in training and preparing for Wenwu's arrival, using outfits and weapons crafted from dragon scales that are effective against the soul eaters.
Wenwu and the Ten Rings arrive and attack. Wenwu overpowers Shang-Chi, pushes him into the nearby lake, and attacks the Gate with the rings. | 468 |
13130092 | After several years, King Edward dies suddenly, leaving his young son Edward V as heir.
It is soon discovered that the late King had betrothed marriage to another, making his marriage to Queen Elizabeth invalid, and barring her children from the throne. Richard, and a reluctant Anne assume rule as King and Queen. Anne worries about the health of her young son, and her own imbalances of illness which leads her to believe that Richard is attracted to his niece Elizabeth of York. When Edward dies, Anne's health takes a turn for the worse. | 541 |
14330374 | After the Second World War, he is best known as a writer of films about great figures of Christian charity, hence his reputation in the profession of official Catholic filmmaker.
He does not neglect the social subjects, nor even the series B. Maurice Cloche also realizes several documentaries on art: Terre d'amour, Symphonie graphique, Alsace, Franche-Comté, Gothic images. | 375 |
11748285 | This article covers the non-directionally labeled numbered east–west streets in the New York City borough of Brooklyn between and including 1st Street and 101st Street. Most are offset by about 40 degrees from true east–west, that is they run southeast–northwest, but by local convention they are called east–west.
With avenues numbered from 1 to 28, they form a street grid. While similar to Manhattan's grid, this Brooklyn grid does not have strict rules of traffic direction based on whether a street number is odd or even. | 526 |
33963248 | Cwm-yr-Eglwys can also be reached by a direct footpath (a little over a mile in length) through the valley that almost divides Dinas Head from the mainland, and is suitable for wheelchairs.
There are two car parks and public toilets, and the boat-park has a slipway for launching dinghies. Dogs are allowed on the beach.
Close to the beach is an old pub, now a bar/restaurant called the Old Sailors. | 400 |
23307580 | 24 (June 1993), 25 (July 1993), 27 (September 1993), 30 (December 1993), 31 (January 1994), 32 (February 1994). A column further detailing Shon Howell's experiences with Gainax.
Leonard, Andrew (April 1995). "Heads Up, Mickey". Wired, issue 3.04. An article on anime, focusing on the history of Gainax. | 305 |
57802386 | Kilnam Chon (Hangul: 전길남; born 3 January 1943) is a South Korean computer scientist. As a result of his contributions, South Korea became the second country in the world to have the IPv4 network (the Internet), after the United States.<IEEE Communications Magazine, February 2013>
Born in [Japan], in 1943. He graduated from Osaka University with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1965, and then a Ph.D. in systems engineering from UCLA in 1974. | 469 |
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