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13477919 | Cregeen continued to produce various programmes for the BBC, having previously been the executive producer for BBC TV's Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less in 1990—a two-part miniseries based on Jeffrey Archer's best-selling book—and he also produced for A Question of Guilt in 1993. In 1993 a Doctor Who feature length film to mark the series' 30th anniversary was planned, with Cregeen taking on the role as producer; however production of the film, The Dark Dimension, was terminated by the BBC for "financial and logistical reasons." | 536 |
73002648 | Adding that they were released "as the world music phenomenon was cresting", he considered the marketing emphasis on the term 'mento' to be "an indigenizing move, one that authenticated the encounter between consumers and Jamaican music's 'real' roots and influenced the way people from abroad got to know them", and felt that the Jolly Boys benefitted from becoming known as a mento (rather than calyso) group as it helped their relationship with the Jamaican Tourist Board, who helped facilitate their international publicity trips, and gave them wider international exposure than other mento bands. | 601 |
68733847 | For their first signature challenge, the bakers were given two hours to create a decorated pound cake in any flavour of their choice. For the technical challenge, the bakers had an hour and 45 minutes to make 20 lamingtons, with light, fluffy sponge layers, raspberry jam to hold the layers together, and covered with a layer of chocolate glaze and desiccated coconut. | 369 |
37049403 | The 2014–15 champions, East Dorset were promoted to Dorset & Wilts 1 South along with Salisbury II (2nd) and Swanage & Wareham II (3rd), while North Dorset III and Wimborne III were relegated to Dorset & Wilts 3 South.
When league rugby began in 1987, | 251 |
57094192 | Kastus Technologies is an Irish multinational nanotechnology company which specialises in patented visible light activated, photocatalytic, antimicrobial coatings. The coatings prevent the growth of bacteria on the surface it has been applied to, such as ceramics, glass, and touchscreens, with no negative side effects for the end user. Founded in Dublin in 2014, Kastus’ antimicrobial coatings were in development for over 10 years as part of a collaboration with Dublin Institute of Technology and the Advanced Materials and Bio Engineering Research (AMBER) Centres. | 569 |
36882694 | , also designated , is a magnitude-5.0 trans-Neptunian object that was discovered in 2011. Its orbital elements were very uncertain and it was lost. It was recovered on 6 January 2015 as . has been identified as a member of the Haumea family in a dynamical study led by Proudfoot and Ragozzine in 2019. | 303 |
62417261 | Samarang shared the prize money by agreement with Dover and Cornwallis. Between 29 April and 18 May, Dover, Cornwallis, and Samarang captured the Dutch ships Engelina and Koukiko. Both Pulau Ai and Run were captured without a fight.
After sending all the Dutch officers and troops from Amboyna to Java, Captain Tucker sailed for the Dutch port of Gorontello, in the Bay of Tommine, on the north-east part of the island of Celebes in June 1810. | 443 |
52710925 | The family name, arms, and title are also transcribed in the Golden Book of Italian Nobility, now preserved in the Italian historical archives in Rome.
The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the family is: Red, to the castle battlements and turrets of a piece of silver, instead of the countryside to the natural, the door guarded by an armed warrior of all silver pieces, placed between two dogs on natural, passing, driving from one side right and the other from the left side of the shield. | 498 |
18687127 | After a third round exit at Wimbledon, and first round exit at Flushing Meadows, the partnership was dissolved in September. The change worked immediately for de Jager as he won his very next tournament, the Toulouse Grand Prix, partnering Swede Jonas Björkman. He again had success in Lyon, reaching the final with star compatriot Wayne Ferreira. Beginning 1996 playing mostly with Gary Muller, de Jager played the late spring and summer with some 10 different partners and without reaching a single event final. | 516 |
5377832 | Diving: diving well is part of the Aquatic Centre
Swimming: Aquatic Centre features an indoor 25m 10 lane pool and an indoor learn-to-swim pool
Rowing: Train at Victoria Lake Club and row at Roodeplaat Dam
Equestrian: Girls ride at their own stables.
Golf: Girls play at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club. | 319 |
5693012 | The rescue crew, who were not aware of the cave's existence, decided to pump the water out of the cave. During this process they had discovered that the four individuals had drowned. As a response to the tragedy, the city sealed the entrance of the cave.
"Hike the Y 100th Anniversary" pamphlet distributed by BYU Wellness http://wellness.byu.edu/
BYU History L. Tom Perry Collection - History of Y Days - http://lib.byu. | 421 |
44483996 | Summer Youth Olympics: bronze medalist, 2010
Footballers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics | 90 |
16486542 | The funeral befitted a man loved by man and beast alike, and ended with the birds he loved doing a "flyby".
Bradford Dillman as Francis Bernardone of Assisi
Stuart Whitman as Count Paolo of Vandria | 200 |
58963371 | Men's individual winners: Rok Jelen (#1) / Manuel Einkemmer (#2)
October 5 – 7, 2018: ACNC #4 in Fiemme Valley-Predazzo
Men's individual winners: David Mach (#1) / Johannes Lamparter (#2)
Women's individual winners: Jenny Nowak (#1) / Lisa Hirner (#2)
December 21 – 23, 2018: ACNC #5 in Villach | 306 |
46296657 | Drishyam 2 features Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta, Mrunal Jadhav and Rajat Kapoor, who reprise their roles, along with new additions Akshaye Khanna and Saurabh Shukla. | 182 |
1398221 | The main school building, designed in the neo-Gothic style by George Edmund Street, dominates the north of the village. The headmaster's house is on top of Hobb Hill, above the Pig Sty playing fields, so called after their use during the Second World War to provide meat for the school. The late 19th century saw an expansion of residential housing to the north of the village in Strawberry Terrace and along the Banbury Road.
In 1875, the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway opened a railway station on the south side of Bloxham. | 532 |
75092380 | In the meantime, work proceeded on the reconstruction of the façades of the eastern wing, all the offices located there were removed, the prisons from which the prisoners had twice managed to escape were repaired and two staircases were used to move around the palace, one leading into the Audience Hall and the other into the Great Council Hall. On 26 April 1531 it was decided, after some disagreements by the Council of Ten, to divide the Library Hall into two rooms, one for the ducal chancellery and the other for the scrutiny room of the Great Council. | 558 |
403307 | The fourteenth expansion, "Incursion", was released in stages, the second of which introduced the Sansha Incursions, in which Sansha's Nation invaded constellations, disrupting all forms of activity in the area, but provided large rewards for fighting back the incursions, and an overhaul of the character creation tool, paving the way for the Incarna expansion. | 362 |
53525686 | 39th Separate Red Banner Motor Rifle Brigade, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
18th Machine Gun Artillery Division, Goryachy Klyuch
312th Separate Heavy Artillery Battalion, Dachnoe
431st Air Defence Command Post, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 219 |
10791894 | duets and a typical climax. He decided to take a sabbatical from screenwriting, but was under constant pressure from film producers to write for them. It was then that Mahendran began soliciting novels to adapt, one of which was Uma Chandran's Mullum Malarum (1966). First serialised in the Tamil magazine Kalki, it won the first prize in Kalkis novel competition for the magazine's silver jubilee in 1966. | 406 |
633252 | Despite the vernacular name of "meadow saffron", this plant is not the source of saffron, which is obtained from the saffron crocus, Crocus sativus – and that plant, too, is sometimes called "autumn crocus".
The species is cultivated as an ornamental in temperate areas, in spite of its toxicity. The cultivar 'Nancy Lindsay' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.
This herbaceous perennial has leaves up to long. | 443 |
16779616 | The stem consisted of a stack of numerous 5-sided beads (or columnal plates) with a canal at their centre. The stem had flexible appendages (or cirri) that were used to attach an individual. These cirri themselves were connected to specialized columnals called nodals, leaving oval scars after breaking off. The cirri consisted of diamond-shaped plates with a central canal, less flatted further from the stem. The cup-shaped calyx was very small and consisted of two bands of five plates. These were the bases of the five arms. | 528 |
12976114 | Arenz also played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a back for the Boston Redskins during the 1934 season. He appeared in three NFL games, making two receptions, completing one pass, and rushing four times. He also played in the American Football League for the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Rams during the 1934 season.
Following his football career, Arenz served 20 years in the United States Army, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. After retiring from the Army, he worked as a purchasing agent for Tacoma General Hospital until 1975. | 562 |
19755250 | government TIP Report that tracked and evaluated in 194 countries the global routes, patterns, and trends in human trafficking as well as laws, law enforcement, and case law addressing it.
During the drafting of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, from 1998 to 2000, she served as a witness in Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House International Relations Committee hearings held by Representatives Chris Smith and Sam Gejdenson and the late Senator Paul Wellstone and Senator Sam Brownback, testifying on the global nature and scope of the problem of trafficking in persons. | 586 |
8186936 | New Smyrna Speedway is a 1/2-mile asphalt oval racetrack located near New Smyrna Beach, Florida, that races the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series every Saturday night. It also has a smaller track, known as "Little New Smyrna Speedway" in the infield. This track races quarter midgets on Friday nights.
New Smyrna Speedway hosts the annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing, featuring nine consecutive nights of racing that runs during Speedweeks every February. | 474 |
41895846 | Wide Bay: Ovens, Templeman, Kirby, Lalli, Kinsela, Jones, Ward, Reddacliff, Gerrard, McGrath, Sempf, Schulte, March. Res - Graving, Ryan
Great Britain: Ian Wilkinson, Carl Gibson, Andy Currier, Darren Wright, Henderson Gill, Mike Ford, Paul Hulme, Brian Case, Paul Groves, Hugh Waddell, Roy Powell, Karl Fairbank, Roy Haggerty. | 327 |
74114510 | David Caon (born 1977) is an Australian industrial designer and creative director. He is active in the fields of furniture, product, interior, and transportation design.
David Caon was born in Adelaide, Australia to a family of Italian origin. He graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design and subsequently travelled to Europe to further his studies. In 2000 he enrolled in the Automotive and Transport Design Master's programme at Coventry University, however, he quickly became disillusioned with the course and left after several weeks. | 591 |
19399920 | She was later a contributing editor of The National Lampoon, a performer on The National Lampoon Radio Hour and worked and appeared in the High School Yearbook Parody. Her also work appeared in Titters, A Book of Humor by Women. She was a writer for, and briefly a cast member of Saturday Night Live in 1981. Although she did not appear in the single episode for which she was credited as a featured player (the last episode of the 1980–1981 season, with Jr. | 459 |
4769084 | Following an inspection in April 2019, the school is now rated as 'Good' in all areas, with Ofsted noting that "strong leadership" had "led to rapid improvement over the past three years".
The table below shows the percentage of students hitting the key measure of 5+ A*-C GCSEs including English and Mathematics.
The City Academy Bristol - Performance Sport
The City Academy Bristol - Sports Centre | 399 |
23183353 | In 2000 he received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from IAAFA for his contribution to Advertising and Film Art.
Prahlad Kakar founded Genesis Film Production Pvt. Ltd. in 1977, after having assisted Shyam Benegal, one of India's most renowned filmmakers. Clients of the company include Nestlé, PepsiCo, Brittania, Levers. Prahlad has won several awards for technical excellence, Innovation and creativity in advertising over the years in India. | 457 |
437919 | pendulum, was first sold by Knight & Perry's exotic nursery in Chelsea, England, before 1850 when the name was published by W.H. Baxter in the Supplement to Loudon's Hortus Brittanicus, but no specimens of this cultivar are known to survive.
The sycamore is noted for its tolerance of wind, urban pollution, salt spray, and low summer temperatures, which makes it a popular tree for planting in cities, along roads treated with salt in winter, and in coastal localities. | 470 |
61898461 | 4 Bradley Zimmer 8 Jordan Luplow 30 Tyler Naquin 31 Josh Naylor 35 Oscar Mercado
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; | 306 |
5802280 | Most Lutherans in Australia live in rural areas, although this is changing. The very earliest Lutherans came to Australia under August Kavel in 1839 as a result of the Prussian Union. Later immigrants show much more diversity, which resulted in many splits and the formation of many small Lutheran synods throughout Australia. Lutherans are most prominent in South Australia, Queensland, and Victoria. After many years of discussion, in 1966 the two main synods and therefore most Lutheran congregations joined to form the Lutheran Church of Australia. | 552 |
3854972 | – (PDF downloadable from given URL)
– 1643 to 1660 and index | 62 |
394289 | Seventy seven percent are occupied in the commerce and service sectors, most of which are jobs in retail. 20.3% are employed in industry, mostly pharmaceuticals and products for industry. Half of the population works between 33 and 48 hours per week with 29% working more than 48 hours per week. Benito Juárez is the only borough in the city ranked with high level of socioeconomic development, compared to four ranked with a medium level, ten with a low level and one with a very low level. | 491 |
20626234 | He then married Armida Bastianini with whom he had two daughters, Luisa and Elena.
Munier was a prolific composer. His catalogue includes more than 350 published works. With the exception of a few works, including the "Trio for mandolin, violoncello and piano" and the "Three quartets for 2 mandolins, mandola and lute", Munier wrote primarily for mandolin and guitar. | 368 |
6731829 | As network programming moved to television in the 1950s and 60s, WSYR 570 switched to a full service, middle of the road format of popular adult music, news, sports and talk. In the 1980s, the talk programming increased, and music shows were reduced. By 1990, WSYR was an all-talk radio station.
WSYR and WYYY were acquired by Clear Channel Communications in the 1990s. | 371 |
29208994 | Saale never attended court but resided in a house beside the square in Spangenberg.
The bigamy between Margarethe and Philip had a negative effect upon the Reformation.
Philipp, Count zu Dietz (12 March 1541 – 10 June 1569).
Hermann, Count zu Dietz (12 February 1542 – ca. 1568).
Christopher Ernst, Count zu Dietz (16 July 1543 – 20 April 1603). | 348 |
575850 | Physico-theology, or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God (1723 edition)
Christo-Theology: Or, a Demonstration of the Divine Authority of the Christian Religion (1730 edition)
A defence of the churches right in leasehold estate, London: W. Innys 1731.
Astro-theology: or, A demonstration of the being and attributes of God, | 341 |
4572708 | It is also found in Thailand, southern China, northern Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, peninsular and eastern Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia (Kalimantan and northern Sumatra).
It is not rare in Sikkim though considered rare in India by Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth. While not known to be threatened as a species, the nominate subspecies is protected by law in India.
This is a butterfly of hilly regions but also found at lower elevations. It is plentiful in the pre-monsoon and monsoon period and becomes scarce later on. | 515 |
2287985 | Moritz Steinschneider and David Cassel, Jüdische Typographie, in Ersch and Johann Gottfried Gruber, Encyc. section ii., part 28, pp. 78 et seq.
By : Richard Gottheil, A. Freimann, Joseph Jacobs, Max Seligsohn
The Gerald J. Oppenheimer Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York, contains original materials dating back to 1719 on life in the Jewish community of Frankfurt. | 378 |
44024549 | Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "A Monster Like Me" written by Kjetil Mørland. The song was performed by Mørland and Debrah Scarlett. The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2015 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. Eleven entries competed in a show that took place on 14 March 2015 and the winner was determined over two rounds of public televoting. | 493 |
1530619 | In 2004, the entire series was re-aired in full.
In Vietnam, it was aired on VTV3 twice through from 1998 to 1999 and had a total 81 episodes (instead of 78). It is unknown why this was done, but presumably scenes from several episodes were edited out and made into extra installments.
In recent years, the show was repeated on the ABC in Australia, as part of their ABC Kids afternoon block of children's programs. The series began airing in 2011 on children's channel ABC3. | 475 |
18348006 | The English colony was also important in the northern zone of the country during the saltpeter boom, in the ports of Iquique and Pisagua. The King of Saltpeter, John Thomas North, was the principal backer of nitrate mining. The English legacy was reflected in the streets of the historic district of the city of Iquique, with the foundation of various institutions, such as the Club Hípico (Racing Club). Nevertheless, said presence came to an end with the saltpeter crisis during the 1930s. | 491 |
23291665 | The team signed the noted Chinese basketball star, Sun Mingming, in 2008.
In July 2015 it was announced that the team will compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League, which will commence from October 2016. Accordingly it was changed the club name to "SAN-EN NEOPHOENIX", and transferred to the home arena to Toyohashi. | 353 |
2271024 | Hagio primarily authors works in the science fiction, fantasy, and boys' love genres, though her works explore a wide variety of themes and subjects. This is especially true of her short stories, which have depicted a variety of topics and genres including comedy, historical drama, and social and environmental issues. Though her works are primarily aimed at a female audience, she does also attract a male readership. | 419 |
1558857 | As well as performing and recording, she continues teaching at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as associate professor in piano.
McCallum has released 18 solo CDs, and her recordings of the music of Liszt and her CDs of French piano music have recently been re-released as boxed sets. Her recording of all of Beethoven's bagatelles for piano contains the published sets of Bagatelles, Opp. 33, 119 and 126, Bagatelle No. | 422 |
17985376 | Notes on a Scandal - 2006 - character of Barbara Covett play by Judi Dench
Obsessed – 2009 – character of Lisa Sheridan played by Ali Larter
Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 – character of Tiffany Maxwell played by Jennifer Lawrence
Welcome to Me – 2014 – character of Alice Klieg played by Kristen Wiig
Tommy – 1975 – character of Tommy played by Roger Daltrey
What About Bob? – 1991 – character of Bob Wiley played by Bill Murray | 429 |
256485 | Even though this phenomenon alerted the officials and the public, Mayon remained at an Alert Level 2 out of 5. The Alert Level 2 was lowered to Alert Level 1 on July 17, 2020. And on July 30, 2021, PHIVOLCS-DOST lifted the alert level status of the volcano.
On October 1, Mayon released 391 tons of sulfur dioxide, and its edifice was also slightly inflated.
PHIVOLCS observed a faint crater glow at the summit of Mayon. | 420 |
2882278 | Sometimes a 'long list' is prepared beforehand, from which the later short list will be selected. This is also sometimes made public.
In US politics, short list is most frequently used in two instances: first a list of prospective vice presidential nominees compiled for the benefit of a party's presidential nominee, and a list of people who might be nominated by an executive office holder to a judicial or lower executive office. | 432 |
1845026 | Pensions (Chairman: John A. Key; Ranking Member: Sam R. Sells)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: Halvor Steenerson)
Printing (Chairman: Henry A. Barnhart; Ranking Member: Edgar R. Kiess)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Frank Clark; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin)
Public Lands (Chairman: Scott Ferris; Ranking Member: Irvine L. Lenroot)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: Clement Brumbaugh; Ranking Member: William L. | 463 |
287859 | He now openly sympathized with National Socialism and was convinced that Germany would win the war. For that reason, Laval felt France needed to emulate the Third Reich and its totalitarian regime as much as possible. To that end, when he was included in the Cabinet as minister of state, Laval set about with the work for which he is remembered: dismantling the Third Republic and its democracy and taking up the fascist cause.
In October 1940, Laval understood collaboration more or less in the same sense as Pétain. | 518 |
39170155 | Wanzer was also a practicing pediatrician, and helped establish the San Francisco Children's Hospital.
Wanzer continued to practice into her 80s, and died on October 13, 1930, at the age of 89.
University of California, San Francisco alumni
Healthcare in the San Francisco Bay Area | 281 |
3195299 | The company made significant contributions to pacemaker technology including the first definition of the relationship between surface area of the heart electrodes & pacing pulse characteristics, the first use of integrated circuits and the first hermetic titanium encapsulation.
The company's first model, designated P1, was implanted in three volunteer terminally ill patients in December '64 - January'65, while 2 control samples were retained in a 37 °C. saline bath. | 471 |
2502830 | government classified the following bands as Uintah when they were relocated to the reservation: Sanpits (San Pitch), Pahvant that were not assimilated into the Paiute, Timpanogos, and Seuvarits.
White River Utes consists of Yampa and Parianuche Utes.
Uncompahgre, formerly called the Tabeguache Utes.
The Southern Ute Indian Reservation is located in southwestern Colorado, with its capital at Ignacio. The area around the Southern Ute Indian reservation are the hills of Bayfield and Ignacio, Colorado. | 507 |
443930 | It was later shortened to Badger Brook. (It does not flow into Badger Bay.)
The history of human settlement in what is now Badger can be traced back to the Beothuck, who are known to have lived where Badger Brook flows into the Exploits River. There are remains of Beothuck sites known in the area. A strategically important point with regards to transportation by water, the Mi'kmaq are also known to have used this area as a camp site when traveling to the Exploits River and on to Halls Bay. | 494 |
16681969 | 7 in his Famous Criminal Cases of Sri Lanka series. His last work was The Murder of a Mystery Man: Charles-Christophe Taschereau, published in July 1998, at age 87.
Works on Sri Lanka's insurrection and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) [People's Liberation Front].
Insurgency – 1971 : An Account of the April Insurrection in Sri Lanka by Justice A.C. Alles
The JVP 1969 - 1989 by A.C. | 387 |
23152060 | A round-arm fast-medium left hand bowler, who skilfully varied his speed off a run of merely two paces, Wootton was exactly suited to the rough Lord's wickets of the 1860s. On these wickets, where no heavy roller was ever used and the grass was cut by a scythe that left rough tufts on the surface, there were typically stones formed from the drying of the clayey soils and balls which hit these stones could either become dead shooters or fly right over a batsman's and wicket-keeper's head. | 492 |
17577512 | Bülend Özveren (1943 – 18 October 2022) was a Turkish television presenter and sports commentator.
Özveren completed his secondary education at (Istanbul) and higher education at Galatasaray High School. He graduated from Istanbul University, faculty of Law.
Özveren started working at TRT on 31 July 1965, first as a television presenter before becoming the sports commentator in 1972.
From 1973 to 2012, he intermittently served as the Turkish commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest. | 492 |
38581590 | The Sura as Sermon: Generic Questions and the Composition of the Qur'an, delivered at the University of Chicago Divinity School, November 9, 2012.
The Theory of Love: Ibn Da'ud al-Zahiri's Book of the Flower, delivered at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory, March 27, 2003.
Texts and Studies on the Qurʾān, with Gerhard Böwering and Bilal Orfali. Leiden: Brill Publishers. | 391 |
43746718 | Metamesia incepta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in South Africa. | 94 |
64461365 | Changes the amendment would have made included giving broad powers to the Supreme Court of Illinois and creating an appellate court.
In order for constitutional amendments to be passed by voters, they required either two-thirds support among those specifically voting on the measure or 50% support among all ballots cast in the elections. | 338 |
205135 | These painters looked back to 19th-century artists such as William Blake and Samuel Palmer, but were also influenced by French cubist and post-cubist artists such as Pablo Picasso, André Masson, and Pavel Tchelitchew. This movement was motivated in part as a response to the threat of invasion during World War II. Artists particularly associated with the initiation of this movement included Paul Nash, John Piper, Henry Moore, Ivon Hitchens, and especially Graham Sutherland. | 479 |
53840 | It was, for a time, Texas' largest city, known as the "Queen City of the Gulf". It was devastated by the unexpected Galveston Hurricane of 1900, whose effects included massive flooding and a storm surge which nearly wiped out the town. The natural disaster on the exposed barrier island is still ranked today as the deadliest in United States history, with an estimated death toll between 6,000 and 12,000 people. | 413 |
27119667 | After the construction of the Long Beach Freeway, the line crossed over the freeway on a two track plate girder bridge then crossed the Union Pacific San Pedro Branch (Cota crossing) at grade. A long single track deck girder bridge carried the line over the Los Angeles River towards Willow Street (North Long Beach). This was the only single track section on the line.
At Willow Street (North Long Beach) the Balboa Line branched to the southeast and the Long Beach Line ran south in the center lane of American Avenue (Long Beach Boulevard) to Ocean Avenue in Long Beach. | 573 |
4826849 | The domestic-style leaded glass announced the intimacy of the interior and hinted at the luxurious willow theme to be found inside.
Following the death of her husband in 1917, Miss Cranston sold her businesses. The Willow Tearooms continued in use under a new name until they were incorporated into Daly's department store in 1928. By 1938 the others had passed into the hands of Cranston's Tearooms Ltd. | 404 |
9766548 | Boat Harbour is a sheltered, sandy bay. Kingsley Beach is just to the south and is popular with surfers. | 104 |
5121243 | Newase where Dnyaneshwari was written, Shri Saibaba's Shirdi, one of Ashtavinayaks at Siddhatek, the famous Kanifnath temple, attract devotees. The Palace of Chand Bibi, the Bhandardara dam, Harishchandragad Fort, the Maldhok (Indian Bustard) sanctuary and the Rehkuri sanctuary are some of the places of tourist attraction.
Ahmednagar district consists of fourteen talukas. | 374 |
6339656 | Serious Shock! Yes Madam! (1993) as Coco
The Avenging Quartet (1993) as Oshima
Project S (1993, cameo) as Terrorist
Kakambal ko sa tapang (1993) as Michelle
Angel Terminators II (also known as The Best of Lady Kickboxers, | 221 |
23895201 | The tie was also the first time that the final had been played in the south of Wales.
During the 1960s, the competition gained new interest when the winner was handed a place in the qualifying rounds of the European Cup Winners' Cup. This gave amateur Welsh league sides and the Welsh sides playing in the lower levels of the Football League the chance to compete in European competitions and the tournament was subsequently dominated by the fully professional Football League sides Cardiff City, Swansea City and Wrexham who were keen on reaching the Cup Winners' Cup for lucrative ties against European sides. | 611 |
7722078 | Some came back to the agricultural field while many left.
Anayadi Branch. Kerala Gramin Bank or KGB in short, is India’s largest Regional Rural Bank, headquartered at Malappuram in Kerala, India. The bank is jointly owned by Central and State Governments & sponsored by Canara Bank. Address: Vilayil Kesava Kurup Memorial Building, Kollam-Theni Highway. | 353 |
10967933 | James Alexander McQuirter (born and also known as James Tavian Alexander) is a former Grand Wizard of the Canadian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1981, he was charged, along with Wolfgang Droege and other white supremacists, with plotting to overthrow the government of Dominica.
McQuirter joined the white supremacist Western Guard as a teenager and first met Droege at the age of 16 in 1975. | 395 |
1084487 | The event highlighted the growth of the Kopernik facility from a local observatory into a science education center of national significance.
Fortunes changed by 2005 when the Kopernik Space Education Center operated at a $45,000 loss.
The Roberson Museum and Science Center, under severe financial strain, was seriously considering cutting major funding and programs at the Observatory while continuing its summer program and Friday night astronomy sessions in 2006. | 467 |
47130926 | Possum Corner is an unincorporated community in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States.
The Homochitto River flows north of the settlement.
Several oil fields are located nearby, including the Possum Corner Oil Field, the West Possum Corner Oil Field, and the South Possum Corner Oil Field.
Unincorporated communities in Wilkinson County, Mississippi | 356 |
204259 | The modern name of the locality, San Vittorino, recalls the martyr Victorinus, who is looked on as the first bishop of Amiternum, allegedly of the time of the persecution by Roman Emperor Nerva (AD 30-98), although other sources put the bishopric's foundation in ca. AD 300. Around AD 400 it gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Pitinum. | 348 |
12255159 | An economy can also be divided along different lines:
Private sector or privately run businesses
North American Industry Classification System – a sample application of sector-oriented analysis | 195 |
47539221 | At 46 minutes and 45 seconds, the main event was the longest match in January 4 Tokyo Dome Show history and was awarded a six-star rating by Dave Meltzer.
Professional wrestling at the Tokyo Dome
The official New Japan Pro-Wrestling website | 240 |
3578707 | In addition, CD burners write data sequentially, while a CD pressing plant forms the entire disk in one physical stamping operation, similar to record pressing.
All CDs are pressed from a digital data source, with the most common sources being low error-rate CD-Rs or files from an attached computer hard drive containing the finished data (e. g., music or computer data). Some CD pressing systems can use digital master tapes, either in Digital Audio Tape, Exabyte, Digital Linear Tape, Digital Audio Stationary Head or Umatic formats. | 536 |
44008634 | Out of these individuals 65 percent were completely unaware that they could potentially utilize free public food dispensaries or social agencies.
The Welfare Federation of Cleveland recommendations based on this survey included the implantation of long-term rehabilitation and vocational programs, promotion of economic employment inclusion, and preventive efforts to reduce the number of individuals becoming disabled from accidents and diseases. They also recommended special federal institution be made for the severely disabled that "cannot place themselves". While though whom they classified as capable of work be provided more employment opportunities based on their skill sets. | 685 |
21351205 | List of casinos in the United States
Original Majestic Star Casino design by STRADA, LLC
City of Pittsburgh's Traffic Report for Majectic Star Casino
PA Gaming Control Board's Order Granting PITG's application
PA Gaming Control Board's Final Adjudication on challenges to PITG's application | 290 |
249289 | He played guitar for the metal band Angel Rot from 1988 to 2003, releasing the album Unlistenable Hymns of Indulgent Damage in 1999. He was also performed in the band Sonic Medusa and in the Black Sabbath tribute band Rat Salad. | 228 |
21019712 | The 427th Reconnaissance Squadron is an active United States Air Force (USAF) unit assigned to Beale Air Force Base, California.
The squadron's roots go back to World War I, when it was organized as the 38th Aero Squadron, a training unit that served in Texas and Illinois. When the United States Army Air Service reorganized its training units in July 1918, the squadron was renamed Squadron A, Chanute Field. Following the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the squadron was demobilized in December. | 497 |
15570492 | In 1904, he was witness to the Russo-Japanese War, in which Germany was neutral.
On 10 August 1904, Funke witnessed the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and as a safe haven, Tsing Tao received the damaged Russian battleship Tsesarevich. The bridge had been hit twice, and Admiral Wilhelm Witthöft had died, along with several other high ranking Russian Officers. The Tsesarevich was joined during the night by the cruiser Novik and destroyers Bezstrashny, Bezshumny, and Bezposchadny. | 477 |
14895103 | The highest peak in the municipal territory is Sokolník , which is located on the border with Poland.
Rokytnice nad Jizerou was founded in 1574. The first inhabitants engaged in logging and metal mining (copper, lead and silver). The mining stopped paying off at the beginning of the 20th century and ceased. Other important economic activity was glassmaking.
In winter, Rokytnice's two ski resorts in Studenov and at Mt. Lysá hora are among the most famous ski resorts in the Czech Republic. | 492 |
1087961 | Her first class accommodation was amidships, spread over her main, upper, shelter and promenade decks and included two cabins de luxe, each with its own bathroom. Her second class accommodation was aft, and third class accommodation was in the forward part of the ship.
Much of Niagaras interior décor was in historicist styles. One of her first class cabins de luxe was in Louis XIV style. Her other cabin de luxe and her first class music room were in Adam style. Her first class dining saloon, lounge and library, and second-class music and smoking rooms were all in Louis XVI style. | 586 |
354588 | There is both aquatic and land organism consideration to be made when evaluating the environmental effects of hydrothermal vent mining.
There are three mining waste processes known as the side case sediment release, dewatering process and sediment shift or disturbance, that would be expected with the deep-sea mining processes and could result in the accumulation of a sediment plume or cloud which, can lead to substantial environmental implications. | 452 |
7455510 | Differential diagnosis is very important to have a definitive diagnosis as some radiographic or histologic features of dentine dysplasia may bear a resemblance to different disorders: | 183 |
61899264 | Before admittance into the PMA, Dormitorio was a freshman Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering student at Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan.
Initial reports indicated that Dormitorio died from continuous vomiting after complaining of stomach pain while in his barracks in Fort Del Pilar, Baguio. However, subsequent reports revealed that he was found unconscious in Room 209 at the PMA's Mayo Hall Annex, at around 3:40 AM of September 17, 2019. | 452 |
4050205 | | 2 hours 10 minutes (42 rounds)
A fictionalised Tom Sayers appeared in a series of weekly adventures penned for the story paper The Marvel by Amalgamated Press writer Arthur S. Hardy (real name Arthur Joseph Steffens, b. 28 September 1873) in the first decade of the twentieth century. | 286 |
1620141 | According to Michaels's book, Jannetty had claimed that World Championship Wrestling were willing to give them a very high guaranteed contract but when Michaels inquired about it, it turned out to be an exaggeration. Jannetty disputes this saying that Michaels was the driving force suggesting to quit the WWF, but had Jannetty do the phone call to ask for a release from their contract. | 387 |
1208280 | Vitkovic had obtained a shooter's licence and had bought the gun a few weeks before the shooting. He had illegally modified the .30 M1 carbine, by reducing the barrel's length. It was loaded with jacketed ammunition.
In the note, addressed to his parents and dated the day of the massacre, he wrote "Today is going to be the day. The anger in my head has got too much for me. I've got to get rid of my violent impulses. The time has come to die. There is no other way out." | 473 |
45035807 | "Following the incident involving the Surat vessels (said to have been carried out by Amir Ibrahim, a cousin to the Al Qasimi Ruler Hassan Bin Rahmah) an investigation took place and the 'Ariel' was despatched to Ras Al Khaimah from Bushire, to where it returned with a flat denial of involvement in the affair from the Al Qasimi who were also at pains to point out they had not undertaken to recognise 'idolotrous Hindus' as British subjects, let alone anyone from the West Coast of India other than Bombay and Mangalore. | 522 |
17582698 | The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Connecticut:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
State delegation to the U.S. Senate
State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. | 386 |
28109653 | Maurice Bloch, Esq., J.P. For political and public services in Glasgow.
Muirhead Bone, Esq., LL.D. For services to art.
Paul Malone Booth, Esq., Chairman of the Management Committee of the National Liberal Club. For political and public services.
William Bradshaw, Esq., J.P., President of the Co-operative Wholesale Society.
Clement Edmund Royds Brocklebank, Esq., M.P., Member of Parliament for the Fairfield division of Liverpool since 1931 and for East Nottingham 1924 to 1929. For political and public services. | 516 |
72051245 | Alexander Pope thought so when he declared that "some beauties cannot yet be explained in precepts," and that "there are nameless graces which no method teaches, and which only the hand of a master can reach," qualities that could only be judged by "taste," a subtle element that in Voltaire's words is "a quick discernment, a sudden perception which, like the sensations of the palate, anticipates reflection, and accepts what gives a voluptuous and rare impression and rejects what seems coarse and disgusting.
In sum, for a better understanding of Rococo painting, | 567 |
161591 | Additional features include a separate wireless touchscreen control tablet located upon the credenza for controlling lighting, window blinds and service calls, a Lalique personal amenity kit, an inbuilt personal closet and bag storage area, and a power socket and USB port all a single panel. There is a dedicated first class lavatory on the second deck with additional Lalique amenities.
Introduced on 9 July 2013, the current first class layout is offered on refitted Boeing 777-300ERs. | 488 |
26535534 | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 12 February 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 1. Infanterie Division
827th Oak Leaves on 12 April 1945 (Posthumously) as General der Infanterie and commander of XVI. | 238 |
27078069 | They do not assess whether water is safe to drink, sufficient in quantity, continuously available or affordable.
Another important source of information is the annual "impact report" published by the water regulatory agency WASREB since 2008. Through this report much more detailed information is publicly available today on many water service providers than in the past and than in many other countries. However, data in the report refer only to the population served by Water Service Providers, which is not the entire population of Kenya, omitting particularly parts of rural areas. | 586 |
4982981 | According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Gadžin Han has 8,389 inhabitants. | 105 |
7488141 | In 1653, Lady Tong entered the Forbidden City and became a concubine of the Shunzhi Emperor. She never received any title or rank during his reign. On 4 May 1654, she gave birth to the emperor's third son, Xuanye.
When the Shunzhi Emperor died on 5 February 1661, Xuanye was chosen to be the new emperor and was enthroned as the Kangxi Emperor. | 344 |
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