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65028817 | Belarusian president Lukashenko congratulated Assad on his victory saying that "...winning the presidential election is an evidence of recognition of the President al-Assad 's national role as a national leader who confidently defends his country against foreign interference, and fights for peace and stability in Syria." | 322 |
5889916 | The old bridge was submerged 3 years later during flooding from Hurricane Agnes, and was not returned to service, since the replacement Manchester Bridge was virtually complete.
In 1972, the Manchester Bridge replaced the old Ninth Street Bridge (also known as the "free bridge" and the "singing bridge", which remained in service during the construction. When almost completed, it was pressed into temporary service earlier than planned during James River flooding as a result of Hurricane Agnes. The bridge is high above the river, and is not considered in danger of flooding during periods when the river periodically floods. | 628 |
228708 | This suspicion had already been a concern during the global protests against the war on Iraq. An audit found that Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) may have overcharged the US government $61 million, on contracts worth billions, for bringing oil products for the US army into Iraq via a Kuwaiti subcontractor, Altanmia Commercial Marketing Co.
Some also argue that foreign contractors are doing work which could be done by unemployed Iraqis, which might be a factor fueling resentment of the occupation. | 522 |
20699814 | The great Coal strike of 1902 in the anthracite fields threatened to cut off fuel for millions of homes and businesses. This led to President Theodore Roosevelt's intervention and his declaration of a "square deal" between labor and management. While this did not mandate collective bargaining rights, it did offer some governmental oversight. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against anthracite railroads in 1908, and the United States Bureau of Mines was created in 1910 to enforce safety regulations. Federal intervention aimed to maintain high levels of coal production while providing some protection for workers. | 624 |
74545138 | The work is scored for a large orchestra comprising three flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), two
oboes, cor anglais, three clarinets, three bassoons, four horns, four trumpets,
timpani, three percussionists (on glockenspiel, rototoms, and tomtoms), harp, and | 254 |
3033525 | Lightcurve Database Query (LCDB), at www.minorplanet.info
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Geneva Observatory, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center | 266 |
16717616 | Vic Dickenson, Just Friends (Sackville, 1986)
Bobby Donaldson, Dixieland New York (World Wide, 1958)
Bobby Donaldson, Dixieland Jazz Party (Savoy, 1959)
Eddie Durham, Eddie Durham (RCA Victor, 1974)
Fletcher Henderson All Stars, The Big Reunion (Jazztone, 1958)
Bud Freeman, The Bud Freeman All Star Swing Sessions (Prestige, 2003)
Marian McPartland, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast (Jazz Alliance, | 419 |
25293983 | The 76th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 76 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane in the Antarctic. The parallel passes through the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 76° south passes through:
! scope="col" | Continent or ocean | 313 |
24565370 | The Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to the north and east coastal areas of the island of Borneo, as well as the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines. The species was first named as the Bornean slow loris in 1892, but lumped into the widespread Sunda slow loris (N. coucang) in 1952. | 366 |
41909065 | Dominic Harington (born 4 June 1984) is an English snowboarder. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people) | 193 |
5899531 | Gilbert praised him as a "fine baritone" and an "excellent actor". He then toured for five years, beginning with another of Workman's Savoy operas, The Mountaineers, and in musicals, including The Chocolate Soldier, The Girl in the Taxi, and The Girl Who Didn't. He appeared in London only once during this period, as Feste in Twelfth Night, in 1913. | 350 |
12042424 | He had 13 complete games in 1938 and finished with a 12–9 record. Gill was traded to the Browns in May 1939 in an 11-player deal that brought Bobo Newsom to the Tigers. Newsom won 17 games for the Tigers in 1939, while Gill never pitched well for the Browns, compiling a 1–12 record for the worst team in Browns' history. He pitched his last big league game on September 27, 1939. | 380 |
46890123 | Total matches played in Moldavian First League: 77 matches - 0 goal | 67 |
1615155 | The eruption produced large quantities of basaltic lava, melting the thick cover of ice that had accumulated while the volcano lay dormant, and "producing a marvelous 'natural laboratory'; for studying lava-ice interactions relevant to the biology of extreme environments as well as to processes believed to be important on Mars."
The activity throughout 2005 marked the highest levels yet. The increase in activity in the fall of 2005 produced an active -long lava flow, extending from the summit cone of Mount Belinda to the sea. The flow spread northeast from the volcanic vent, and then became diverted due north by an arête. | 629 |
30406202 | The W8 was only available with the 4motion four-wheel-drive system and a slightly higher trim than the GLX models. The V6 engine had 4motion as an option, as did the 1.8 T starting in the 2004 model year. The GLX trim was only sold with the V6.
Versions sold in Mexico are the same as their European equivalents. | 312 |
62785837 | The treaty gave the rights to three eastern rivers of the Indus Basin to India, and to make up for this loss of water a network of dams and link canals was built to haul water from the western Indus tributaries Jhelum and Chenab to the eastern Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers. The government of Pakistan built the Tarbela Dam and Mangla Dam and a number of barrages now managed by Punjab Irrigation Department under the Indus Basin Replacement Works. Eight inter-river canals were also built between western and eastern rivers. | 524 |
16566921 | Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist.
She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Opera Ballet before taking the stage. Joyeux started her film career in 1931. Her first notable film was Marc Allégret's Entrée des artistes (1938). During the 1940s she established herself as one of France's most popular cinema actresses; however, she made few film appearances after the 1950s. | 452 |
601429 | They were one of the few couples who both held titles in their own right.
Stewart had contested the Lewisham West constituency in 1931 and 1935, and Fulham East in 1936; after the war he became MP for Fulham East 1945–55, then for Fulham 1955–74, and Hammersmith, Fulham 1974–79. | 279 |
53156667 | Helena told her biographer about a strange event that happened to her in early childhood. She wanted to get a better look at a portrait hanging high on the wall. | 161 |
18316312 | English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956) | 88 |
41316633 | Bridget Chaworth (c. 1542 – 18 April 1621), later Bridget Carr, was a gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber to Elizabeth I and Queen Anne.
Bridget Chaworth, born about 1542, was the daughter of Sir John Chaworth (c. 1498 – 3 September 1558) of Wiverton Hall, Nottinghamshire, and Mary Paston (c. | 291 |
39857859 | Linda Lê (1963 – 9 May 2022) was a French writer. She was a recipient of the Fénéon Prize, the Prix Wepler, the Prix Renaudot du livre de poche, and the Prince Pierre de Monaco literary prize.
Lê was born in 1963 in Da Lat to a Vietnamese father and a French mother. Refugees of the Vietnam War, Lê and her mother moved to France in 1977. Her father stayed back in Vietnam and died in 1995.
She published her debut novel when she was 23. | 437 |
411607 | On formation, Chetwode's Desert Column consisted of three infantry divisions, the 53rd (Welsh) Division, currently serving in the Suez Canal Defences and commanded by A. E. Dallas, and the 42nd (East Lancashire) and the 52nd (Lowland) divisions. Chetwode's mounted force consisted of the Anzac Mounted Division, the 5th Mounted Brigade and the Imperial Camel Brigade. | 367 |
5436326 | Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938)
Danny Phantom - Reign Storm (2005) (TV)
Danny Phantom - The Ultimate Enemy (2005) (TV)
Danny Phantom - Reality Trip (2006) (TV)
Danny Phantom - Phantom Planet (2007) (TV) | 204 |
8297514 | Victor Willis – lead vocal on "Live" (album)
Ray Simpson – lead vocals on "Sleazy" (album)
David "Scar" Hodo – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sleazy" (song)
Alex Briley – backing vocals, lead vocals on "Save Me (Ballad)"
Glenn M. Hughes – backing vocals
Horace Ott – string and horn arrangements, conductor
Michael Hutchinson – mixing on "Sleazy" side | 359 |
19951532 | "Why Tell Me, Why" is a 1981 song performed by Dutch singer Anita Meyer and it is one of her most notable songs. The song was composed by Piet Souer, Gregory Elias and Martin Duiser, and produced by Martin Duiser. It charted for 14 weeks.
The song was covered in 1982 by French singer Julie Pietri as Je veux croire and became a hit in France.
The song was also covered by Swedish singer Carola as Säg mig var du står for her debut album Främling (1983). | 455 |
1458264 | The original wooden pier is believed to have been demolished in 1929, with the iron from the tippler (a mechanism for tipping coal into the barges) being sold as scrap.
A telling of the origin of what really was 'Wigan Pier' goes that in 1891, an excursion train to Southport got delayed on the outskirts of Wigan not long after leaving Wallgate Station. | 354 |
5148704 | Lucky McKee also co-directed the hard-to-find horror film All Cheerleaders Die, which is not currently in print.
McKee optioned Jack Ketchum's novel The Lost and produced the film adaptation directed by Chris Sivertson. McKee also adapted Ketchum's Red, and co-directed the film, which premiered out of competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Shooting was halted when Red was almost completed, with McKee as director, in December, 2006. | 444 |
2062908 | Claudius Lysias obtained his Roman citizenship by purchase, and was therefore probably a Greek. (Acts 22:28).
In , a discussion between Paul and Claudius emerges on the topic of Roman citizenship. Part of Claudius' investigation procedure to find out more information was to stretch out the detained for whips and flog them.
Before his flogging begins, Paul questions the centurion given this detail, "Is it lawful for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?" (Acts 22.25). | 491 |
8512348 | In 2016 Olympiacos fans carried out the largest fan movement in the history of the sport in the European continent, as more than 1000 Olympiacos supporters travelled to Budapest for the 2016 LEN Champions League Final in the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Pool.
The large Alfréd Hajós pool was filled with Olympiacos fans from Greece and many other European cities, who provided a passionate support to the team in both the semi-final and the final game of the competition. | 464 |
29151078 | In March 2006, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Personnel) and in July 2007, he was promoted to the three-star general rank in the Air Force as Air Marshal. On 29 March 2009 Air Marshal Hifazat Ullah Khan was appointed Vice Chief of the Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force.
He has also previously served as Air and Naval Attaché at the Pakistan Embassy in Saudi Arabia. | 380 |
40544360 | Eleanor of Viseu (aged 11) was married to her first cousin John, Prince of Portugal (aged 14) in January 1470.
Anne of France (aged 12) was married to Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (aged 36), 1473.
Caterina Sforza was betrothed at age 10 to Girolamo Riario (aged 29/30) in 1473. | 276 |
74037282 | As of 2013, a film adaptation of George Alec Effinger's 1986 novel When Gravity Fails was in development with Derrickson and writer C. Robert Cargill on board to write the script. In a 2016 interview, Cargill announced on Double Toasted that the project was probably in turnaround.
In June 2014, Derrickson was reported to reunite with C. Robert Cargill once again to write a big-screen take on the 1960s sci-fi TV series The Outer Limits for MGM. | 447 |
20349577 | Johann Martin von Rohden received the commission to paint Southern Nature in her Abundant and Majestic Splendor, while the commission for Northern Nature in the whole of her Terrifying Beauty fell to Friedrich. However, as Vasily Zhukovsky in a letter dated 1821 reported, Friedrich –
Accounts of expeditions to the North Pole were occasionally published during those years which is likely how Friedrich became familiar with William Edward Parry's 1819–1820 expedition to find the Northwest Passage. | 499 |
9399025 | | 149088 || || — || February 7, 2002 || Socorro || LINEAR || NAE || align=right | 5.1 km ||
| 149089 || || — || February 7, 2002 || Socorro || LINEAR || — || align=right | 4. | 177 |
3057553 | Banat assumes Saint-Georges met with them again, but Adam Hochschild in Bury the Chains did not find any trace of this. Abbé Grégoire regretted Saint-Georges never joined the radical clubs, like the Jacobins, or the Société des amis des Noirs. It appears Saint-Georges was more a moderate democrat, influenced by the ideas of the Patriotic Society of 1789. | 356 |
58373088 | slow life (soprano and orchestra - version with soprano and 10 instruments also available)
Social sounds from whales at night (soprano and tape)
Virelais (soprano and solo bowed instrument)
Recordingsall spring - CD of chamber music performed by the Seattle Chamber Players and friends - comcon0025 7/15''
Emily Doolittle at the Canadian Music Centre (Composer Showcase)
Emily Doolittle at the Scottish Music Centre | 419 |
1366367 | A study conducted by five reputable scholars analyzed "what factors" are important to the decision making process of women behind reporting sexual assault in prison "in an effort to inform or enhance the implementation of PREA." The study was made up of 179 incarcerated women who experienced "almost 400 incidents of staff sexual misconduct." The study was focused on women because there is a higher volume of women sexually assaulted in prisons, making the majority of the reporting cases studied female.
The study addressed the individual-level factors that contribute to the reporting of sexual assault in prisons. | 618 |
2154786 | Chief Warrant Officer André Feher, with the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Division (CID), was assigned the case in early August 1969. After, he interviewed Haeberle, and was shown the photographs which he described as "evidence that something real bad had happened", he and the Pentagon officials he reported to realized "that news of the massacre could not be contained." They felt the pictures were "the first hard evidence a massacre had taken place, evidence that could be used in court". | 497 |
2577965 | During the repairs, the current closed and warm kiosk hall was built in place of the roof that had been destroyed in the fire.
A humorous mention of "Finland's fastest fire brigade" remains as an urban legend from the fire. During the fire, the fire brigade of the municipality of Joutseno, currently part of the rescue department of Southern Karelia, was at the Helsinki capital region to fetch a new fire engine. The firemen fetching the new fire engine decided to stop at the railway station for coffee and thus were the first fire brigade present when the fire broke out. | 575 |
4051619 | An early use of the term referred to NCR's takeover defense against AT&T in 1991.
The term refers to the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign of the early 1980s and repeated by former United States First Lady Nancy Reagan advocating abstinence from recreational drug use.
"Hostile Tender Offers and the `Nancy Reagan Defense': May Target Boards `Just Say No'? Should They Be Allowed To?" | 384 |
55442151 | In the 1774 general election Owen was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Pembroke. He succeeded to Great Nash on the death of his nephew Wyrriot Owen in 1780. He was re-elected MP for Pembroke in the 1780 and 1784 general elections. When his cousin Sir Hugh Owen, 5th Baronet died in 1786 leaving an infant heir, Hugh Owen became acting head of the Orielton family interest. He was on poor terms with Sir Hugh's widow and his opposition politics were against the family's interest. | 495 |
72777237 | Hymenolepis indivisa is a species of plant endemic to South Africa.
This slender and single branched shrub grows up to tall. The stem splits into a few sparse branches from about halfway up the plant. The small thread-like leaves roll outward and downward.
The yellow or golden-brown flowers are present between September and November. They are found clustered in round inflorescences. The stems bearing the flowers are clearly visible and the bracts are hairless.
This plant is endemic to the Eastern Cape of South Africa. | 525 |
54389488 | K. N. Singh as Major Durjan
The music was composed by S. D. Burman, while Sahir Ludhianvi wrote the lyrics for the songs. | 121 |
112308 | There were 328 households, of which 40.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 8.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.4% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. | 393 |
164892 | Twelve airframes, designated " He 177 A-1/U2", carried twin 30 mm MK 101 cannon in an enlarged ventral gondola and was intended for ground attack, train busting, and possibly long-range anti-shipping raids. They also were intended for use in a bomber destroyer role, intercepting Allied long-range bombers and maritime patrol aircraft threatening the Kriegsmarines submarines. | 376 |
3552112 | Francis Swann (July 16, 1913 – August 27, 1983) was a playwright, novelist, and a film and television writer. He wrote several Broadway plays, most notable of which was Out of the Frying Pan. He wrote a number of screenplays for Warner Bros. and other studios, including the screenplay for 711 Ocean Drive (1950). Swann also wrote several books including The Brass Key and Royal Street. He was one of the early writers for the television soap opera Dark Shadows. | 462 |
64417287 | Warta Bhakti was the successor to a previous Indonesian language newspaper, Pantja Warta, which itself had been a renamed version of the long-lasting Chinese Indonesian newspaper Sin Po, founded in 1910. Meanwhile, Sin Po's Chinese language edition Xin Bao (and all other Chinese language newspapers in Indonesia) had been closed by the government of Indonesia in 1958 after a failed regional rebellion in Sumatra which the government believed to have been supported by Taiwan, and due to widespread anti-Chinese sentiment in Indonesia at that time. | 550 |
13973382 | Jim McGrath - Degrassi: The Next Generation - What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost? (Bell Media/Epitome Pictures)
Schaun Tozer - Intelligence - Down But Not Out (Haddock Entertainment)
Tom Third - ReGenesis - Strangers in the Night (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)
Ron Sures - Slings & Arrows - The Promised End (Rhombus Media)
Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series | 405 |
23849449 | "The Striding Place" is a short story by American writer Gertrude Atherton. The story was first published in 1896 under the title "The Twins". After improving the story, Atherton renamed the story and republished it in The Bell in the Fog in 1905. It was included in the list "The 13 Most Terrifying Horror Stories" by R. S. Hadji.
Oates, Joyce Carol American Gothic Tales New York City: Plume, 1996 | 401 |
41122131 | A medley of studies have started to investigate the differences between these steps in humor processing and the neural circuitry that underlie these mechanisms. The pun-intended phrase "the right hemisphere has the last laugh" has been adopted by scientists in this field due to its significance during appreciation, but it is widely accepted that humor appreciation and detection rely on neural circuitry from temporal and prefrontal regions from both hemispheres. These brain areas also contribute to humor processing in three distinct spatiotemporal stages: surface level semantic analysis and two phases of the interpretative integrative processes. | 652 |
23402189 | She wrote The Women Who Made Inglewood because "I got so tired of all these biographies written about men that end with one sentence: On such a such a day, he married so and so."
Waddingham died April 15, 1997, in Alhambra, California. A Los Angeles Times reporter wrote in her obituary:
As Inglewood changed racially and faced growing crime problems, Waddingham was sometimes criticized for ignoring the efforts of black politicians in recent years. | 450 |
1592517 | Thus, on the day of the fight, he went with them to the site where the fight was to take place, and just before they could start, he placed himself between them, and holding up his crucifix, requested that they throw their first stones at him. Ashamed, the two boys gave up their fight. Dominic then persuaded them to go to Confession.
John Bosco records that once a boy who was visiting had brought with him a "magazine with bad pictures", and a group of fascinated boys were looking. | 485 |
57917330 | From 1904 to 1905 Barclay participated in the Barclay-McPherson expedition to survey the Northern Territories, and in 1911 surveyed prospective routes for railways in Queensland and New South Wales. He was noted for being critical of the Hermannsburg Mission's activities in the Northern Territories. He died in the United Kingdom in 1917.
In 2017 a cache of equipment (dated to 1904) belonging to Barclay was discovered in the Simpson Desert of Central Australia. | 464 |
34991523 | Following the 2015 World Cup, Tolkin returned to coaching the New York Athletic Club, achieving an undefeated record for the 2016 season. Tolkin was retained as the temporary Head Coach for Rugby United New York (RUNY), New York City's Major League Rugby (MLR) franchise, for the 2018 exhibition season. In August 2018, Tolkin was appointed as the team's permanent Head Coach. Tolkin Led RUNY to a successful 2019 season, finishing with eleven wins and five losses. | 465 |
36647733 | Karolina Jarzyńska-Nadolska (born September 6, 1981 in Oleśnica) is a Polish long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 36th with a time of 2:30:57.
She also represented her country at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but did not finish the marathon distance. She took a career break from mid-2014 to late-2015 to have a child and returned to competition in late 2015. | 423 |
60315315 | Heguri-uji no Iratsume (平群氏女郎) was a Japanese waka poet of the Nara period.
Poems 3931–3942 of the Man'yōshū are attributed to her. All 12 of them are tanka. She sent this group of poems to Ōtomo no Yakamochi around Tenpyō 18 (746), when he was governor of Etchū Province. | 272 |
45614993 | Tengku Muda Perempuan: The consort of the Heir Presumptive.
Tengku: The other sons, daughters and descendants of Sultans, in the male line: They would be styled as Tengku (personal name) ibni al-Marhum (father's title and personal name).
Yang di-Pertuan Muda: The ruling prince of Riau, with the style of His Highness. | 320 |
4660138 | 2,500 members in 16 troops of the Catholic Scout Association in Israel | 70 |
1476267 | Wieland is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.
In the Young Christian Democrats Gerlingen, Wieland was local chaiman from 1975 to 1980 and chairman of the Young Christian Democrats Ludwigsburg from 1981 to 1983. From 1985 to 1988 he was deputy district chairman of the Young Christian Democrats Nord-Württemberg and from 1990 to 1992 deputy state chairman of the Young Christian Democrats Baden-Württemberg. | 465 |
15488086 | During her 1999 tour in the United States for which Ulfah was accompanied by Anne Rasmussen, her trip was hosted by the Middle East Studies Association of North America. | 169 |
5412937 | Ronald A. Sarasin, former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1979) from Connecticut.
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey Sr. (born November 17, 1961), U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. (Native of Providence, Rhode Island. Portuguese-American mother). He is a member of the Republican Party, and succeeded Arlen Specter. He served as the U.S. | 347 |
14184165 | Upon parting from these ships three days later, America raced on alone and reached Hoboken on the evening of 3 August.
Her eighth voyage began on 18 August with America's sailing in company with George Washington and Von Steuben. She reached Brest on the 27th, discharged her troops, and embarked the usual mix of passengers. On this trip, she took on board 171 army officers, 165 army enlisted men, 18 French nuns, 10 YMCA secretaries, a Red Cross official and two nurses, two civilians and two sailors before sailing on 30 August. | 532 |
24057456 | The UK Albums Chart is a record chart based on weekly album sales; during the 1950s, a total of 17 different albums reached number one. The longest run at number one was the original soundtrack of the movie South Pacific, which held on to the top spot for 60 consecutive weeks in the 1950s, and went on to attain another 55 weeks in 1960 and 1961, totalling a record of 115 weeks at number-one in the UK. It was number-one for the entire year in 1959. | 451 |
53121950 | Publishers Weekly added, "Unfortunately, the characterization remains opaque, though the novel entertains and informs with its panorama of Catalan politics and social life, the advent of cinema and flying machines, and amusing cameos of Rasputin and Mata Hari."
The novel was adapted into a 1999 Spanish film of the same name, with Olivier Martinez as Onofre Bouvila and Emma Suárez as Delfina. | 394 |
68184314 | The next day, Reese and Fusco reconcile and Reese decides to tell him everything about Samaritan and the Machine. Reese and Fusco meet with Finch along the East River near the Queensboro Bridge. Root joins them, as well as Shaw, surprising the team, now fully back together again.
In its original American broadcast, "Sotto Voce" was seen by an estimated 5.49 million household viewers and gained a 0.8/3 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. | 480 |
53915700 | LHS 1140 b is an exoplanet orbiting within the conservative habitable zone of the red dwarf LHS 1140. Discovered in 2017 by the MEarth Project, LHS 1140 b is about 5.6 times the mass of Earth and about 70% larger in radius, putting it within the super-Earth category of planets. | 278 |
20445291 | They are taken up at one region of the astrocyte and then distributed throughout the cytoplasm of the cell, and further to its neighbors via gap junctions. This keeps extracellular potassium at levels that prevent interference with the normal propagation of an action potential.
Glial cells, once believed to have a passive role in CNS, are active regulators of numerous functions in the brain, including clearance of the neurotransmitter from the synapses, guidance during neuronal migration, control of neuronal synaptic transmission, and maintaining an ideal ionic environment for active communications between neurons in central nervous system. | 648 |
41980342 | In 1807 he was promoted to Brigadier, and became Royal Inspector of the Army and of the military workshops and laboratories.
Napion accompanied the court of John VI of Portugal when it moved to Brazil in 1807-08.
He was charged with establishing the industry required for national defense.
This included production and storage of equipment. Napion created the Unit of Battle Equipment organization of the Brazilian Army.
In 1808 he established the first gunpowder factory in Brazil on the shore of the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, and became director of the factory. | 564 |
10751232 | It is one of two major cotillion balls in Saint Louis.
Veiled Prophet Ball - St. Louis's other debutante cotillion
Jewel Ball - another debutante cotillion in Missouri
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis | 209 |
9329109 | After her sister Eline’s death in 1532, Lucie cared for Eline’s children and ultimately conceived a child by Nils Lykke. Nils was subsequently put to death for incest by Archbishop Engelbrektsson in 1535. Lucie married Jens Tillufssøn Bjelke in 1540, and his correspondence thereafter came from Austrått Manor. Lady Ingerd formally transferred the title of Austrått to Lucie and Jens; records show that the transfer was confirmed by the king in 1552. | 451 |
25280631 | Effective at the close of the acquisition, LaserBand's operations became a subsidiary of Zebra.
With the acquisition, Zebra widened its product and patent portfolio, particularly in the healthcare market. Zebra continues to market products acquired through LaserBand with the LaserBand brand name.
Health care companies based in Missouri | 338 |
3854143 | This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy with its counterpart, a view from the house overlooking the lake and the newly landscaped parkland This painting shows Barret being influenced by Richard Wilson and moving towards a picturesque scene centred around a lake.
William Lock, a connoisseur and art critic, commissioned Thomas Sandby in 1774 to build a new house for him at Norbury Park near Mickleham in Surrey. Lock was in correspondence with William Gilpin and the house was sited to take full advantage of the picturesque qualities of the area. | 557 |
52701034 | Robert Bell 1841–1856 (Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick, 1856)
For sheriffs after 1856 see Sheriff of Haddington and Berwick | 127 |
9492814 | Other notable street-side shopping districts include The Village on Kercheval Avenue in Grosse Pointe and the downtown areas of Birmingham, Royal Oak, Northville, Rochester, and Plymouth.
Metro Detroit has many major enclosed shopping malls and open-air lifestyle centers with many restaurants. The upscale Somerset Collection mall in Troy is among the top privately held mall properties in the U.S. with 2004 annual sales of about $600 million and sales per square foot at $620 compared to the national average of $341. The Mall at Partridge Creek is an upscale open-air lifestyle center located in Clinton Township. | 617 |
131393 | 1938), Silver Age comic book artist, magazine publisher and escape artist
J. Henry Stump (1880–1949), socialist mayor of Reading 1927–1931, 1935–1939 and 1943–1947
John Updike (1932–2009), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist | 238 |
2736687 | Alexander McDonald's grant extended northward from Parramatta River to approximately present-day Stevens Street, and westward to present-day Spurway Street. His house is still standing near Parramatta River at 15-17 Honor Street. In 1809 he acquired an extra . He used his land to grow wheat, which he ground, dressed and sold to a baker in Sydney. After McDonald's death, his widow sold part of the land of about 45 acres to Seargent George MacDonald (no relation), who in turn sold it to Henry Bowerman and Charles Campbell. | 526 |
46735387 | On 24 November, Barcelona beat Roma 6–1 in the Champions League with Barcelona wins Group E.
On 14 December, in the draw for the round of 16 of Champions League, Barcelona will face Arsenal as the Group E winner. On 20 December, the club won a record third FIFA Club World Cup title after defeating Argentine side River Plate 3–0 in the final. Luis Suárez scored a record five goals in the tournament including two goals in the final and a hat trick in the semi-final. | 468 |
476217 | Since 1985, the Guerrilla Girls have worked for an increased awareness of sexism and greater accountability on the part of curators, art dealers, collectors, and critics. The group is credited, above all, with sparking dialogue, and bringing national and international attention to issues of sexism and racism within the arts.
Many feminist artists in the 1970s dared to imagine that female artists could produce authentically and radically different art, undoing the prevailing visual paradigm. | 495 |
51250764 | Anandamohan Bose depicted this conference as the first stage towards the formation of a National Indian Parliament. The Conference demanded introduction of representative assemblies for the advancement of the people of India.
The second Indian National Union was also held in Kolkata from 25 to 27 December 1885. Along with the Indian Association, the National Mohammadan Association and the British Indian Association were also conveners of this meeting. On its last day, the second National Conference sent a message of goodwill to the Indian National Congress. | 563 |
1928245 | Tong Ren Tang products are often counterfeited both inside and outside China. China's Ministry of Commerce notes that "Tongrentang...and others have had their names and brands illegally registered by other Chinese and overseas manufacturers, resulting in a predicament in exports, multinational exchanges and potential economic losses."
Tong Ren Tang Website (Chinese and English)
Beijing Tongrentang Biological Development Company (Chinese and English)
Сайт на русском языке о Тун Жэнь Тан | 490 |
3088213 | McGovern-Fraser Commission and George McGovern's presidential campaign (1969–1972)
Following the party's defeat in 1968, the McGovern-Fraser Commission proposed and the party adopted far-reaching changes in how national convention delegates were selected. More power over the presidential nominee selection accrued to the rank and file and presidential primaries became significantly more important. In 1972 The Democrats moved left and nominated Senator George McGovern (SD) as the presidential candidate on a platform which advocated, among other things, immediate U.S. | 572 |
1097860 | This makes the weapon advantageous in dogfights, where pilots often have a very small window for engaging the enemy. Ignition is electrical, as with the smaller GSh-6-23.
On the MiG-27 "Flogger" the GSh-6-30 had to be mounted obliquely to absorb recoil. The gun was noted for its high (often uncomfortable) vibration and extreme noise. | 335 |
58460106 | IV liga Pomerania group (pl. grupa pomorska) is one of the groups of IV liga, the 5th level of Polish football league system. The league was created in season 2000-01 after introducing new administrative division of Poland. Until the end of the 2007-08 season, IV liga was 4th tier of league system, but this changed with the formation of the Ekstraklasa as the top level league in Poland.
In this group compete football clubs from Pomeranian Voivodeship. | 455 |
474123 | Over the Labor Day weekend in 1969, they appeared at the Texas International Pop Festival, in Lewisville, Texas. In November, they released the album Changing Horses, which was generally seen as a disappointment after their earlier work. By late 1969, they had established a communal base at Glen Row near Innerleithen. In April 1970 they released the album I Looked Up.
The ISB's performances were more theatrical than those of most of their contemporaries. | 458 |
196270 | Amongst the fruits of his industry may be mentioned a laborious investigation of the disturbances of Jupiter by Saturn, the results of which were employed and confirmed by Euler in his prize essay of 1748; a series of lunar observations extending over fifty years; some interesting researches in terrestrial magnetism and atmospheric electricity, in the latter of which he detected a regular diurnal period; and the determination of the places of a great number of stars, including at least twelve separate observations of Uranus, between 1750 and its recognition as a planet. | 576 |
6963028 | The High Court Division replaced the Dhaka High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan was preceded by the Appellate Division.
The High Court Division can hear a case or suit as Court of first instance.
Any law may confer appellate jurisdiction on any matter. For example, CrPC and CPC have conferred on the HCD appellate jurisdiction. | 332 |
2277474 | Although the term's literal meaning is not known, in 1985 Kim began to use the term "living tones" to describe this attitude toward melodic material as she applied it in her work. Thus, her compositions use newly developed forms of notation to indicate various types of vibrato, pitch bends, etc. in order that, as in Korean traditional music, each musical tone is given a unique expression and development. | 407 |
26808862 | | rev2Score = Spotlight Pick<ref name="Billboard">{{cite news|title=Billboards Top Album Picks|date=1970-02-14|work=Billboard|page=62}}</ref>
}}Andy Williams' Greatest Hits''' is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in early 1970 by Columbia Records. | 288 |
33744703 | עֲדִינֹו, ʻAdīnō), was chief of the Three Mighty Warriors, and an officer appointed under King David in charge of the first division of 24,000 men, on duty for the first month of the year, according to the list given in 1 Chronicles 27. Jashobeam was a Benjamite from Hakmon (he is variously called a "Hakmonite" or "Tahkemonite"). His father was Zabdiel, a descendant of Korah. | 378 |
183919 | In some cases the infection may recur or become chronic.
Coccidioidomycosis is a mammalian fungal disease caused by Coccidioides immitis or Coccidioides posadasii. It is commonly known as cocci, Valley fever, as well as California fever, desert rheumatism, or San Joaquin Valley fever. Coccidioidomycosis is endemic in certain parts of the United States in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and northern Mexico. | 431 |
1148043 | Nineteenth-century British settlers in New Zealand tried as much as possible to reproduce the foods of their homeland. In the early stages of colonization this was difficult as many ingredients were unavailable. Pākehā settlers ate native birds and fish, and used local ingredients in substitution for those which were unavailable, for example brewing tea and beer using unconventional plants. Most of these innovations were abandoned as the Pākehā population increased and conventional ingredients began to be mass-imported or produced in New Zealand. | 552 |
69362316 | Sonny Tufail Perkins (born 10 February 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Oxford United on loan from club Leeds United.
In 2019, Perkins joined West Ham United from Leyton Orient at under-15 level. On 25 November 2021, Perkins was involved in a West Ham senior matchday squad for the first time, being named on the bench for a UEFA Europa League group game against Rapid Wien, coming on as a 78th minute substitute. | 459 |
26032519 | Lompoc to Goleta (3 trips in each direction)
Lompoc to Santa Barbara (2 trips in each direction)
Santa Maria to Goleta (3 trips in each direction)
Santa Maria to Santa Barbara (2 trips in each direction)
Solvang and Buellton to Goleta (1 trip in each direction)
Public transportation in Santa Barbara County, California | 319 |
71546111 | They lost in the semifinal round of the GMC tournament, but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 7 seed in the Midwest region. The Billikens were defeated by No. 10 seed Maryland in the second round.
Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball seasons | 264 |
46760298 | Interviewed during the Homecoming, Rachel Jacobs, a Detroit expat living in New York said, "Detroit doesn’t need ideas. It has phenomenal ideas. It needs doers," referring to her own organization, Detroit Nation, a web-based group of former Detroiters working to help their hometown.
Economic development organizations in the United States | 339 |
208341 | Treaties of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Treaties of São Tomé and Príncipe | 78 |
31535647 | This established the following organizations to manage the federal workforce within the executive branch of government:
These cover most of the three million federal workers within the United States.
The MSPB is a quasi-judicial organization with enforcement authority for prohibited personnel actions. MSPB is also responsible for reimbursing legal fees in some situations.
Issues that involve discrimination and harassment are pursued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This may include failure to accommodate disability, in addition to inequities involving gender or race. | 588 |
64086371 | On January 28, 2017, he stopped Alejandro Valdez inside of two minutes in Indio, California to capture the vacant WBC Youth Silver super featherweight title and move to 13–0. He dedicated the win to his recently-deceased cousin Jermaine, who had accompanied him to his first boxing session more than a decade earlier. He successfully defended the belt against Jesús Valdez five months later, also in Indio. | 406 |
3646665 | Official releases are available for streaming at Bandcamp. | 58 |
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