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53324132 | Dry Bones in the Valley () is a book written by Tom Bouman and was originally published by W. W. Norton & Company.
Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 2015
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller IN 2014
Book review: ‘Dry Bones in the Valley,’ exciting debut thriller by Tom Bouman, Washington Post, 13 July 2014
"Rural Noir - Tom Bouman’s ‘Dry Bones in the Valley,’ and More", New York Times, 6 July 2014 | 419 |
14541186 | Who's there? by Sally Grindley (Hamilton, 1985), picture book
Kirsty Knows Best by Annalena McAfee (MacRae, 1987), picture book
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (MacRae, 1988) – an edition of the 1865 classic, highly commended for the Greenaway and winner of the Emil
Trail of Stones by Gwen Strauss (MacRae, 1990), picture book
The Night Shimmy by Gwen Strauss (MacRae, 1991), | 398 |
11814790 | Studios were built at Date Street and Kapiolani Boulevard on land leased from the ʻIolani School.
KPOA began broadcasting on October 17, 1946. Putnam exited the station less than a year later to return to active duty in the Army; though he announced that he would be selling his ownership interest to Keating and McCaw, he did not do so until 1949. In July 1950, KPOA replaced Honolulu station KHON and three other outlets on other islands as Hawaii's Mutual Broadcasting System outlet when the stations opted to focus on local programming. | 540 |
36017704 | Macarena is the traditional and historical name of the area of Seville located north of the Casco Antiguo on the eastern bank of the Guadalquivir. Nowadays, La Macarena is the name of the neighborhood placed on both sides of the north city wall, but also a much bigger administrative district of Seville. Among other monuments, the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza Macarena, the Macarena Gate and the Parliament of Andalusia are in the district. | 455 |
49643948 | Prior to the album's announcement, Simpson stated in an interview with GQ that "what's next is already finished... Quite honestly, I need about six months at home with my family." On March 3, 2016, Simpson released "Brace for Impact (Live a Little)" on YouTube and his website; the next day he released the nine-song track list of A Sailor's Guide to Earth. A week later, he published the music video for "Brace for Impact", which was directed by Matt Mahurin and contains the Grim Reaper, a hot rod coffin and sailboats. | 521 |
478756 | Companies typically hire the salarymen straight out of high school, and they are expected to stay with the company until retirement, around the time they reach the age between 55 and 60. As a reward for the demonstration of their loyalty, companies rarely fire the salarymen unless it is under special "dire" circumstances. There is also a belief that the "amount of time spent at the workplace correlates to the perceived efficiency of the employee." As a result of this intense work-driven lifestyle, salarymen may be more likely to suffer from mental or physical health problems, including heart failure or suicide. | 618 |
23307013 | It is first historically mentioned in a document by the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I in 953 AD, in which he gives some of his belongings in the village to the Moritz monastery in Magdeburg. Archaeological findings point to extensive commercial relations with other regions and a developed craftsmanship in this early period.
In its early days, Gutingi was overshadowed by Grona, historically documented from the year 915 AD as a newly built fortress, lying opposite Gutingi on a hill west of the River Leine. | 505 |
62950256 | Barbara first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1799 with J.Blair, master, Woodyear, owner, and trade London–Saint Kitts. She was a French vessel, launched in 1792, and taken in prize circa 1798. The Royal Navy had her repaired in 1799 in one of its yards, but apparently then did not take her in but rather sold her.
Barbara, Blair, master, sailed from Gravesend on 28 April 1799, bound for Saint Kitts. She returned in late June 1800. | 439 |
56149879 | The women from both countries had a qualification event on the Langer See in Grünau, which had previously been used as the rowing venue for the 1936 Summer Olympics. The West Germans entered the three sculling boat classes only (W1x, W2x, W4x+), and in all events, the East Germans won the competition. East German teams for the coxed four and the eight complemented a complete team.
East Germany nominated its men at the end of July, and following the West German national championships, the West Germans nominated their men's team in early August. | 549 |
182288 | 3 Squadron RAF over northern Germany when they came across an unknown aircraft whose description matched the Do 335's, flying at maximum speed at treetop level. Detecting the British aircraft, the German pilot reversed course to evade. Two pilots fired on the Dornier but Clostermann, despite the Tempests' considerable low altitude speed, decided not to attempt to chase it as it was obviously much faster.
In 1944, Junkers helped Dornier with work on the Do 335 Zwilling or Dornier Do 635. | 491 |
45059419 | In late-mid-August, Japan's Famitsu magazine revealed the game would be released on December 18, 2014, in Japan, and on August 29, 2014, Bandai Namco released a second trailer for the game. On November 18, 2014, the third trailer was released by Bandai Namco. On December 5, the game's Japanese demo was released to the Japanese PlayStation Network. | 349 |
23550007 | | 201081 || || — || April 4, 2002 || Socorro || LINEAR || PHO || align=right | 1.6 km ||
| 201082 || || — || April 15, 2002 || Kitt Peak || Spacewatch || — || align=right | 1.8 km ||
| 201083 || || — || April 5, | 216 |
8045115 | At the time of his death, he was retired and had been diagnosed with dementia.
1962: The Outer View - George Russell
1965: Slightly Latin - Roland Kirk
1965 Hold On, I'm Coming - Art Blakey | 189 |
65854862 | In 2016, Schulz failed in his attempt to walk over a 650-meter-long polyamide highline over the volcano Roches Tuilieres et Sanadoire in the French Auvergne. The attempt had to be interrupted because gusts of wind with wind peaks of over 120 km/h caused amplitudes of up to 100 meters in the highline, making the crossing impossible. The project was successful one month later and Schulz broke the world record for the longest polyamide highline. | 446 |
1160260 | Alexis Petridis of The Guardian responded well to parts of the record saying "American Lifes best tracks make a mockery of virtually all other current pop music" however his conclusive point in the review was that there was not enough of good songs. The Village Voices Jessica Winter called Madonna's voice "redundant" and commented that "she ironizes 'the American dream' only to pitch woo at her English husband and articulate a vague yet fiery frustration with her outrageously privileged station in the world". | 514 |
3692376 | Because of the shortage of coal in the northeastern United States, especially in New York City and Ohio, Garfield's administration of the office was severely criticized in the press, but an investigation by the United States Congress showed that the shortage was due to failure of the railroads to meet the extra demands upon them, and federal control of the roads was instituted on December 28, 1917.
Garfield also issued his "idle Mondays" order in January 1918, which closed non-essential industries for five consecutive days beginning January 18 and on every Monday thereafter up to March 25. | 596 |
43256884 | Junkin was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in 1996, representing Mid Ulster, and held his council seat in 1997, but lost out in the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, to fellow party member Billy Armstrong.
Although Junkin was re-elected to Magherafelt Council in 2001, he then resigned from the UUP and stood as an independent in 2005. He lost his seat, defeated by new UUP candidate Jackie Crawford. | 414 |
4256806 | The rise in popularity of conceptual art made him change his career path. He then spent four years in Angers and two in Paris, where he worked for some months at the ORTF.
He started writing in 1967, to be able to express himself freely and create his repertoire. In may 1968, he discovered the Breton political problems after meeting Serge Bihan, from Groix, and makes a parallel with the struggles a friend from Occitania told him about. | 439 |
3694432 | First Taylor talks to the communists, who try to convince him to further commit to marching by adding his name to the pamphlets they distribute. Taylor gives them only vague answers. He then talks to the mayor and the sheriff, who try to convince him not to march. Again, Taylor is unsure of what to do as he feels that adding his name will threaten not only himself but his community. He successfully gets both groups out of the church without their paths crossing. Then he talks to his deacons. | 496 |
54452477 | At the conclusion of the event, some sponsors retained their wolf sculptures, which may still be seen at various locations in the City of Wolverhampton today. Many of the Wolves in Wolves exhibits were sold at a celebratory Public Auction at Wolverhampton Wanderers' Molineux stadium on 2 November 2017.
More than 150 people attended the auction led by Fielding Auctioneers Ltd’s Will Farmer, who is well known for his appearances on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. | 459 |
9528660 | In September 2007, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon estimated that the Tribunal would cost US$120 million over three years. During the Opening Ceremony for the Tribunal, which was held on 1 March 2009, UN officials indicated that contributions were in hand to cover the estimated costs of the first year ($51.4 million USD). Eventually, the investigation and trial cost nearly $1 billion, of which Lebanon paid 49% while other nations paid the rest. | 449 |
4711546 | He was part of the triumvirate which presided the Fédération de la Gauche Démocrate Socialiste (FGDS), a party directed by Mitterrand, who entrusted him, among other things, with the negotiations with the Communist Party (PCF). In 1974, Grossouvre became the godfather of Mazarine Pingeot, Mitterrand's daughter, whose existence was kept secret until the 1990s. | 361 |
7428291 | Elected Doge at the age of 77, he remained in office until his death in 1553. | 77 |
47674587 | For similarly-named pubs in London see
Grade II listed pubs in Merseyside
Buildings and structures in St Helens, Merseyside | 124 |
7120558 | Harris could expect about 800 serviceable heavy bombers for each raid, equipped with new and sophisticated navigational devices such as H2S radar. The USAAF, having recently lost many aircraft in attacks on Schweinfurt, did not participate. The Main Force of Bomber Command attacked Berlin sixteen times but failed in its object of inflicting a decisive defeat on Germany. The Royal Air Force lost more than 7,000 aircrew and 1,047 bombers, (5.1 per cent of the sorties flown); a further 1,682 aircraft were damaged or written off. | 531 |
5323168 | Just a few months after Pook finished training for fitness with Forest Green he signed for the Conference National club on 27 January 2012 as cover for the injured Al Bangura. Pook made his Forest Green debut the next day in a 1–2 home loss against Fleetwood Town. At the end of the season, having made 8 appearances, Pook was released by Forest Green.
In July 2012, it was announced that after leaving Forest Green that Pook had signed on for a second spell with Maidenhead United. | 482 |
62875510 | He became his roadie and performed with him. Brock also met Memphis Minnie in Walls and jammed with her at house parties.
Brock moved to St. Louis in 1950 where he was an amateur boxer for a while. In 1952, boxer Sonny Liston was training at a gym alongside Brock. Liston challenged Brock to sparring match. Brock won the fight in the second round, recalling that "he'd just come out of the pen. He thought he was pretty tough." | 428 |
577986 | He further describes the sense of failure that due to the village not being completed and the construction being halted, the theory of mud brick construction was seen even more cranky and impractical. Despite the theory being completely lost, that there wasn't anyone that tried to find other practical ways of getting peasant houses built efficiently. There were more issues he came across, such as him stating "This is because no architect knows the real cost of building." Although he dives further into that thought, by speaking on how nobody realistically knows the price or cost, because we’re at the mercy of the economy. | 628 |
359708 | Devil May Cry, claiming that it is a "last-gen" game.
The animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
For comedic purposes, the X-Play writers have portrayed the show as an exceedingly violent working environment; interns are often depicted as suffering from sexual harassment and physical abuse at the hands of the hosts (such as being forced to use a bucket to relieve themselves - instead of the bathroom - or retrieving items suspended over the "X-Play snake pit"). | 470 |
70311425 | including J&E Hall, Thermotank Ltd and Searle Products. Glasgow concentrated on consultancy, design, supply installation and commissioning of marine air conditioning, heating and ventilating equipment. Dartford provided a refrigeration contracting service from cargo room plant to refrigeration machinery for air conditioning systems.
In 1976, The Hall Thermotank Groups was purchased by APV Holdings and renamed APV Hall. In 1994, APV Hall sold to Malaysian group OYL and the name J&E Hall was reinstated. In 2006, Daikin Industries Ltd acquired the Group. | 557 |
549334 | During Süleyman I's reign (1520-66) the janissaries had a white flag while the timariot cavalry had a red flag. It was used as the Ottoman civic and merchant flag from 1793 to 1923.
Following the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the crescent moon and star symbol started being used on Turkic peoples flags. Ottoman flags were originally commonly green, but the flag was defined as red by decree in 1793 and an eight-pointed star was added. | 442 |
67238710 | is a 1994 fighting video game developed by BEC and published by Bandai for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² add-on. Based upon Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise, it is a retelling of Goku's seven major battles over the course of the series up to the conclusion of the Cell Games saga. Idainaru Son Goku Densetsu was created by most of the same team at BEC that would go on to work on Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu. | 429 |
319111 | Eric Flint is noted as a co-founder and editor of the Baen Free Library, an ongoing experiment in electronic publishing (e-books in multiple unencrypted formats) where Flint and Jim Baen convinced authors to post entirely unprotected free copies of various works for download over the internet. One early goal was to see if the release of free electronic content would increase the sales of their traditional print or (for-pay) electronic editions. As part of the initial phase, Flint has published a series of essays that in form have been part blog and part letters to the editor tracking the experiment and championing the practice. | 635 |
58708458 | High respiration rates deplete the oxygen in the water column to concentrations of 2 mg/L or less forming the OMZ. OMZs are expanding, with increasing ocean deoxygenation. Under these oxygen-starved conditions, energy is diverted from higher trophic levels to microbial communities that have evolved to use other biogeochemical species instead of oxygen, these species include Nitrate, Nitrite, Sulphate etc. Several Bacteria and Archea have adapted to live in these environments by using these alternate chemical species and thrive. | 533 |
40402638 | These original items which mostly have been donated by the artist and non-artist or their estates, cover the beginnings of R&B and Black Music from its early days in the 1930s to the present day.
* 2015 Induction ceremony in Clarksdale MI
** 2015 Induction ceremony in Detroit
*** Inducted as a 20th Century Early Music Influence
* 2015 Induction ceremony in Clarksdale, | 370 |
70738703 | In this capacity, he was also chairman of the Rectors' Conference of Germany's conservatoires and vice-president of the Association Européen des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC). From 1992 to 2004, Redel was President of Jeunesses Musicales Germany, which subsequently appointed him its Honorary President and on whose behalf he directed the composition courses for young people at Schloss Weikersheim for more than 40 years. | 455 |
5865521 | Three days of fun and music, all for only $12.00 advance/ $15.00 at the gate! As a result of the disturbance the event created in this rural community, the county instituted laws to control outdoor music festivals. The popularity of Stompin 76 is a contributing factor to the growth of the Galax Fiddler's Convention in the late 1970s.
Promoter Hal Davidson, a Maryland native, was a mere 20 years old at the time. | 414 |
116538 | The estate was first subdivided during and immediately after World War II, and was developed as a planned community by Pierre Ghent & Associates of Washington, D.C. The last major section would be developed in 1963. Because of the wartime and immediate postwar demand for housing, the estate was quickly developed for low-rise apartment homes, semi-detached, and single family homes. Starting in 1949, a 1,542 garden apartment complex, Langley Park Apartments, now located along 14th Avenue, was built to house the exploding postwar population. That same year, M.T. | 567 |
23611588 | The production of this specialty used to be the sole means of income for many villagers in the past. There remain very few family producers still in operation.
Brooms used to be made here, but production has stopped due to factory methods being primary means of production today. | 280 |
50901390 | Shrimpton denies that he is mentally ill or a compulsive liar, and a psychiatric evaluation at his 2014 bomb hoax trial showed no criminally relevant evidence of mental illness. His defence counsel nonetheless suspected him to be suffering from a developmental or personality disorder such as autism or narcissistic personality disorder.
The unsolved disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann was a particular interest of Shrimpton's. He referred to himself as the "unofficial representative" for parents Kate and Gerry McCann, and claimed responsibility for setting up a meeting between them and Pope Benedict XVI. | 615 |
3232672 | Nottinghamshire then narrowly lost their final match of the season and were pipped for the Championship by Essex.
After his playing career ended he served as the Director of Cricket at the Friends of Arundel Castle Cricket Club, in tandem with the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation (1986–2020).
He has been a successful tour manager, as he took the England Under-19's, the England A's and also managed the England team for two tours. | 433 |
75189309 | During the martial law period in Taiwan, in an environment where secret societies were viewed with suspicion for potentially compromising security, the operation of Literary Friends Communications was indeed valuable. It represented a groundbreaking attempt to overcome the limitations of mainstream publications that found it challenging to publish works by Taiwanese writers. In literary history, it holds a special significance. | 431 |
31960012 | Caçadores is the plural of caçador, the Portuguese word for "hunter". It has also been used to designate each one of the elite light infantry soldiers of the Portuguese Army. As such it is a direct equivalent of the German military term Jäger and the French military term chasseur. It may also be considered comparable to the English language term ranger.
The origins of the Caçadores can be found in several light infantry units created in the Portuguese Army during the 18th century, such as the Royal Volunteers Regiment and the Light Troops Legion. | 552 |
28802031 | Louis Cardinals, Easley appeared in four games, and was hitless in six at bats. On November 2, Easley was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to the Triple–A Memphis Redbirds. In the 2015 offseason, he elected free agency.
Easley signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates in January 2016, and the Pirates invited Easley to spring training. He played for the Class AAA Indianapolis Indians, and was released on June 26, 2016. | 454 |
37083435 | While in China, Helliwell commanded, among others, future CIA officer E. Howard Hunt
According to the Seagraves, Edward Lansdale found a large cache in caves and tunnels in the Philippines after World War II ended. Ray Cline believes that both Paul Helliwell and Robert Anderson created 176 "black gold" banking accounts in 42 countries after moving loot from The Philippines by ship to support future United States operations.
In 1947, Helliwell joined the CIA. | 462 |
40807597 | The bridge also provided area residents access to the Thompson Mill, a corn mill and sawmill which operated from 1843 to 1914.
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1975. It is now one of only five historic covered bridges remaining in Illinois. The bridge has been closed to automobile traffic but remains open to pedestrians. | 367 |
50962843 | Brazil national under-20 football team managers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia | 97 |
67974139 | 2012 || Mount Lemmon || Mount Lemmon Survey || || align=right data-sort-value="0.68" | 680 m ||
| 554047 || || — || April 27, 2012 || Kitt Peak || Spacewatch || || align=right | 1.3 km ||
| 554048 || || — || March 15, | 223 |
18514704 | Most music schools in America today follow this model, which was intentionally developed by conservatory directors like Combs and George Chadwick of the New England Conservatory, who modeled their schools after the European conservatories so that Americans could obtain an equivalent to the European education in their own country.
Gilbert Combs’ success and popularity as a teacher, and his desire to provide pupils with these advantages, led him to found the Combs Broad Street Conservatory of Music in Philadelphia. Combs founded the Conservatory in 1885 and remained its head for many years. The Conservatory was considered successful from the outset. | 656 |
46336408 | Amidst the celebrating Rangers supporters, Graham Roberts was seen to wave towards the fans, as if he was "conducting" their singing; songs which included sectarian chants. Three days later, the Procurator Fiscal ordered a Police enquiry into the events of the match.
The Rangers trio of Woods, Butcher and Roberts, and Celtic's McAvennie, were later charged with breach of the peace and appeared at Court. After a trial lasting several days, Butcher and Woods were convicted and fined, Roberts was found not proven and McAvennie was found not guilty. | 553 |
137498 | The Appamatuck historically lived somewhat to the east of the present town, around the area of present-day Petersburg. At the time of European encounter, the area of Appomattox County above the Fall Line was part of the territory of the Manahoac tribe, who spoke a Siouan language. | 281 |
5166417 | The National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly known as the Pilgrim Monument, commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims. Dedicated on August 1, 1889, it honors their ideals as later generally embraced by the United States. It is thought to be the world's largest solid granite monument.
Located at 72 Allerton Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the monument was commissioned by the Pilgrim Society. The original concept dates to around 1820, with actual planning beginning in 1850. | 482 |
10687175 | Ambient Music Design / Additional Music
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
The Dark Knight: 2-CD Special Edition
Shrek 4-D Universal Studios Theme Park Ride
Various TV-series, theatrical teaser trailers, production music CD's, music albums, | 240 |
2918156 | According to the former deputy director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Frances Lindsay, members of this group continue to be 'productive and innovative after many decades of practice.
Robert Dickerson was born in 1924 and grew up in Sydney during the 1930s Depression era. By the time he was 14 he was working in a factory while he trained as a boxer. He toured for four years with the Jimmy Sharman Boxing Troupe. "Boxing was purely about money. | 452 |
20179839 | The Athletic Nautical Club of Glyfada , or "ANOG" (Greek: Αθλητικός Ναυτικός Όμιλος Γλυφάδας, "ΑΝΟΓ") was founded by 20 local sportsmen in 1946 and is located in Glyfada, Athens. | 179 |
56067768 | Bernard died in the Oranienburg concentration camp, while Helene was deported to the Beendorf salt mines as a slave labourer; she died in April 1945 on a train en route to Sweden.
In January 1945, Nanette was transferred to a part of Bergen-Belsen known as the "small women’s camp". From there, she saw Anne Frank in a "large field of women" through the barbed wired fence. These two camps become one section and it was then that Nanette was reunited with Anne and her sister Margot. | 483 |
24467148 | Johan Verweij is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.
Verweij made his full All Whites debut in a 1–0 win over Australia on 13 June 1979 and ended his international playing career with five A-international caps and one goal to his credit, his final cap a substitute appearance in a 2–0 win over Ghana on 7 June 1983.
Verweij played youth football in his father's country, the Netherlands in the mid 1970s and won the Dutch Youth Cup with Feyenoord. | 497 |
30482859 | The 653d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Defense Sector, Air Defense Command, stationed at England Air Force Base, Louisiana. It was inactivated on 1 August 1963.
The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States. | 362 |
66231 | The first two consisted of "full-time members": undercover operatives, living mostly in urban settings under false identities (most senior Home Army officers belonged to this group); and uniformed (to a certain extent) partisans, living in forested regions (leśni, or "forest people"), who openly fought the Germans (the forest people are estimated at some 40 groups, numbering 1,200–4,000 persons in early 1943, but their numbers grew substantially during Operation Tempest). | 476 |
31670801 | In 2022 an Australian White ram was sold for AU$240,000, thought to be a record price for a meat sheep. | 103 |
18636964 | Elkosh () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The village was established in 1949 by immigrants from Yemen. It is located on the land of the Palestinian villages of Dayr al-Qassi and Al-Mansura, both depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. | 388 |
7194080 | Route 10 was extended to the back of Holloway garage via York Way and Brecknock Road. Initially this section did not run during early mornings, late evenings or Sundays, but a Sunday service was later added. Some journeys were then extended to Archway rather than terminating in Tufnell Park. These were then withdrawn, but were reinstated following the withdrawal of local route C12 in 1998. | 392 |
87578 | Additionally, Paul James, better known as The Rev, former guitarist of English punk band Towers of London who is now in the band Day 21 and plays guitar live on tour for The Prodigy; Chris Acland, drummer of the early 1990s shoegaze band Lush; Tom English, drummer of North East indie band Maxïmo Park and Steve Kemp, drummer of the indie band Hard-Fi.
Lancaster continues to produce bands and musicians such as singer-songwriter Jay Diggins, and acts like The Lovely Eggs, receiving considerable national radio play and press coverage in recent years. | 552 |
56186449 | They have a good time, but Kayla spots her father spying from afar and orders him to leave, mortified. While Olivia's friend Riley is giving Kayla a ride home, he initiates an awkward game of truth or dare in which he asks about her sexual experience and takes off his shirt before encouraging her to remove hers. When she refuses, he angrily claims he was just trying to help her gain some sexual experience. Kayla breaks down at home and is comforted by Mark. | 461 |
66428282 | Tuong Tony Huu Pham (born 1973) is an American attorney who served as an Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from August 25, 2020 to December 31, 2020. A Vietnamese refugee, Pham emigrated from Saigon to the United States with his family in 1975, gaining citizenship in 1985. He graduated from William & Mary Law School in 1995 and from University of Richmond School of Law in 1999, becoming a prosecutor and earning awards from the Old Dominion Bar Association and Style Weekly. | 503 |
14035261 | Conscious of the prestige of his mother's family name, young Syrgiannes chose to use that in order to advance himself in the imperial hierarchy. Syrgiannes also had a sister, Theodora, who married Guy de Lusignan, later King of Armenian Cilicia as Constantine II. Syrgiannes makes his appearance in history in 1315, when he was placed as military governor of a Macedonian province near the Serbian border. Despite the existing treaties, and against his instructions, he resolved to attack both Serbia and Epirus. | 512 |
3924801 | He won the Milan–San Remo classic race on two occasions and took 26 stage wins in the three Grand Tours. His twenty-stage wins in the Giro d'Italia makes him the third most successful foreign rider in the "Giro" behind Eddy Merckx (25) and Roger De Vlaeminck (22). Poblet was of short stature who had great power, he was the first Spanish rider to be a specialist in one day races in an age when Spain only produced climbers. | 425 |
11455612 | The German-language dub of the film, in which I. Y. Yunioshi mispronounces the word Rauschgift, was sampled on the album's first track.
"Nur in deinem Kopf" – 3:44 | 163 |
1358628 | Kyrrie Blenkinsop (sport and weekend presenter)
Angelina Anictomatis (sport and weekend presenter)
Lisa Andrews (sport and weekend presenter)
Zara James (weekend presenter, now with Nine News Sydney)
Tim Arvier (now with Nine News Queensland)
Theona Mitaros (her daughter, Elle Georgiou, | 287 |
13610152 | Myron J. Cotta (born 1953), American Roman Catholic prelate
Myron Jackson (born 1964), American retired NBA player
Myron Just (born 1941), American politician and farmer
Myron Kolatch (born 1929), American magazine editor
Myron Korduba (1876–1947), Ukrainian historian, professor, | 280 |
56866690 | Misia Candle Night 2015 was a concert tour by Japanese singer Misia and the fourth installment of the Misia Candle Night concert series. The tour started with two back-to-back dates at Kawaguchiko Stellar Theater in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi on September 21-22, 2015, and concluded with two consecutive dates at the World Heritage Site Mount Kōya in Kōya, Wakayama, held as part of the World Heritage Theater project to celebrate the temple's 1200th anniversary, on October 10-11, 2015. | 487 |
10625628 | Bellisario is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Andrew E. Bellisario (born 1956), American Roman Catholic bishop
Donald P. Bellisario (born 1935), American television producer and screenwriter
Michael Bellisario (born 1980), American actor
Troian Bellisario (born 1985), American actress
Belisario, an 1836 opera by Gaetano Donizetti | 360 |
45584910 | 4 township on the south side of Streaked Mountain, thence on the line of said township to the south west corner thereof, thence on land granted to Jeremiah Green, to the north westerly corner of said grant, thence south westerly to the north east corner of the township aforesaid granted to the Honorable James Otis Esq., thence on the easterly line of said township to Bakerstown, thence on said Bakerstown north line to Sylvester Canada aforesaid, thence on Sylvester Canada line to the stake and stones first mentioned. | 522 |
46762015 | On 18 October 2013 conquest the Title ABF of the Weigh feather in state of vacancy in front of Diego Tejerina, fight that would win Wheel in the round 6 by technical knockout.
On 8 March 2014 makes his first defense of the Title in front of Jorge Luis Rodríguez litigates that Rueda won by technical knockout in the round 7. | 324 |
16879763 | Because there is a pressure gradient from the aorta to the pulmonary artery throughout systole and diastole, a small aortopulmonary defect may produce a murmur similar to a patent ductus arteriosus.
When a large defect is left unrepaired, Eisenmenger syndrome will develop with reversal of the shunt.
Untreated cases with major malformations have a poor prognosis, with 40% dying within their first year of life.
Physical examination findings, ECG, and imaging are used to diagnose aortopulmonary window. | 505 |
59740682 | In January 2019, Virgin released the first details of Scarlet Lady's itineraries with revisions from earlier plans. She was now scheduled to sail shorter itineraries, ranging from four to five nights round-trip from Miami to the Caribbean and visiting various ports including Havana, Puerto Plata, and Costa Maya, in addition to Bimini. | 336 |
37508623 | Bootleg Access consists of in Washington County, Missouri about south of Potosi. The access is owned and managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation and provides access to the Big River along Missouri Route 21.
There is a trail, three parking lots, viewing deck, and three campsites in the area.
Protected areas of Washington County, Missouri | 352 |
168935 | Liepāja's population grew fastest before World War I, almost tenfold in 50 years. It doubled during the 50 years of Soviet occupation, when population growth was hampered by the existence of the closed military port. Until World War I there was a high proportion of Baltic Germans, until World War II there was a high proportion of Jews, and during the Soviet occupation the number of Russians increased. The proportion of Latvians increased from 16% in 1863 to 85% in 1943 until World War II, but decreased again after the war. | 528 |
40332979 | The result was a House that was unable to elect a speaker for two months. When they finally agreed on the election of Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts, the House quickly turned to the matter of Kansas. Preventing the expansion of slavery to Kansas was the one issue that united Banks's fragile majority, and the House resolved to send three members to investigate the situation in that territory; Sherman was one of the three selected.
Sherman spent two months in the territory and was the primary author of the 1,188-page report filed on conditions there when they returned in April 1856. | 589 |
62755502 | In contrast, George Brauchler, who previously served as a district attorney for Colorado's 18th Judicial District, disagreed, stating that he has "little sympathy for someone who turns down a reasonable plea bargain offer, and then goes to trial and bemoans the fact that the worst thing that could happen to them happened" and that the sentence was reasonable given that Aguilera Mederos killed four people. | 408 |
1467480 | However, the records of Kanem do not mention Zaghawa, and it is likely that they were displaced and they then moved into the region they are currently found. This region is called Dar Zaghawa, or the "land of the Zaghawa".
Although Zaghawa power was broken by the rise of Kanem in the Lake Chad region, Zaghawa retained control over a considerable portion of the lands lying east of Kanem, and it is only in the late 14th century that Darfur is mentioned as an independent state by the Egyptian historian and geographer Maqrizi. | 528 |
1954012 | The frustrated Australia team faced a fearless England side who challenged them at every turn, and recovered nicely even after the dismissals of Trescothick and Vaughan, who couldn't resist smacking a full toss from Katich straight to McGrath at the boundary. Vaughan was dismissed after 166 runs, which was destined to be the highest individual score in the series. Australia were also faced with a more defiant Ian Bell, who had struggled in the first two Tests. | 464 |
8244892 | Nāma, term for "name" in Sanskrit and Indic languages
Naam (1953 film), a 1953 Indian film
Naam (1986 film), a 1986 Indian Hindi-language film, starring Sanjay Dutt, Kumar Gaurav and Nutan
Naam (2003 film), a 2003 Indian film
Naam (2018 film), a 2018 Indian film
Northwest African American Museum in Seattle, Washington, USA | 329 |
68008870 | In 1798, Hallander sold the property to the English-born sea captain and general trader John Christmas. Christmas had already bought the Barchmann Mansion in 1800 and did therefore not himself live in the building. He had married Johanne Henriette Heinrich (1771–1808) in 1797, daughter of former director of the Danish West India Company Johan Friedrich Heinrich (1730-1819) and Birgitte née Lexmond (1738–1811). | 413 |
2915793 | Stondon means "stone hill", a Saxon settlement was established near to the site of the 12th-century church of St Peter's & St Paul's, where William Byrd, the Tudor composer is likely to be buried. A low gravel hill was known as a ‘down’. Hence the name Stondon. Massey is derived from the surname of Serlo de Marcy, a Norman knight who lived in Marks Hall, Margaret Roding.
There have been three successive manor houses, the oldest of which is Stondon Hall, near the church. | 474 |
66264686 | Heppingstone was sent on horse to alert the Bussell family and Molloy of Layman's death. They were at the Bussell's house having a prayer meeting at the time as it was a Sunday. Milligan also went to the Bussell's house to report on what had happened.
On 22 February Dr Green came to ascertain the cause of Layman's death. Bussell and Molloy prepared warrants. | 360 |
613055 | In actuality, the broadcasts were concocted in Miami by Guatemalan exiles, flown to Central America, and broadcast through a mobile transmitter. The Voice of Liberation made an initial broadcast that was repeated four times, after which it took to transmitting two-hour bulletins twice a day. The transmissions were initially only heard intermittently in Guatemala City; a week later, the CIA significantly increased their transmitting power, allowing clear reception in the Guatemalan capital. The radio broadcasts have been given a lot of credit by historians for the success of the coup, owing to the unrest they created throughout the country. | 647 |
74839667 | The victory opened a golden period for the Tartuca, which won consistently six more times until 1817, including an extraordinary Palio run with horses without a rider in 1809. Leading the victories in 1813 and 1817 was the celebrated Niccolò Chiarini known as Caino, one of the most successful jockeys in the centuries-long history of the Palio of Siena.
The winning streak came to an abrupt halt, and the Contrada remained dry for nineteen years. | 447 |
44750526 | In 2011, portrayed Pargalı İbrahim Pasha on the historical TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl and has appeared in 82 episodes, though he does voiceovers in later episodes for his character.
In 2015, he was cast in atv's period series Analar ve Anneler directed by Mehmet Ada Öztekin, and was part of the main cast alongside Sinem Kobal, Hazar Ergüçlü and Binnur Kaya. But, due to low ratings, the series ended after 9 episodes. | 418 |
27346819 | Teslin Lake is an unincorporated area in the Yukon Territory, Canada, located a few kilometres northwest from the Village of Teslin (Teslin Post), which is also on the east shore of Teslin Lake. | 194 |
4975740 | [3] The Carritt family were also friends with another family of left-wing activists which lived close to them called the Thompsons, whose famous members included the historian E. P. Thompson and his brother Frank Thompson.[1] The children of both families attended Dragon School together.[4]
Arthur Evans had Jarn Mound built (by hand), built to create a viewpoint from which to see the famous vistas that had been hidden by development. The surrounding trees have continued to grow taller, and the views are again obscured. | 524 |
4530530 | Larrañaga attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, where he started on the varsity basketball team under coach Jack Curran and graduated in 1967.
He went on to play college basketball at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was the team captain as a senior in the 1970–71 season and led the Friars to a 20–8 record and an NIT appearance. | 367 |
56217312 | Tigranes the Great (140 – 55 BC) King of Armenia
Tigrane, opera by Antonio Maria Bononcini 1710 | 95 |
5965000 | During his senior year, Pope ran for 2,230 rushing yards and 36 touchdowns, enough to help him win the "Southern Ohio Player of the Year" Award.
During Pope's career at Bowling Green State University, he managed to become the school's third all-time leading rusher. He became the only player in the school's history to record 3,000 rushing and 1,000 receiving yards. | 366 |
31228870 | A new Alpine Centre was set to be built in the Spray Lake area on Mount Sparrowhawk and Mount Shark at a cost of million to host alpine skiing events. In the lead-up to the Games, OCO'88 relocated each proposed venue, except the Olympic Oval.
In the days leading up to the selection, OCO'88 made a number of changes to entice the IOC delegates to choose Calgary. OCO'88 committed million to subsidize travel for athletes participating in the Games, this came after concerns from European delegations that travel to North America would be more expensive than the two European bids. | 582 |
9431755 | At the end of the episode, she says to Quinn that even though the gang does not like her, she likes them and enjoys spending time with real friends, even though she is not their friend. Quinn then tells her that she considers Alex a friend.
Stephen Colletti portrayed Chase Adams in a recurring role from Season 4 through 8, before being upgraded to a regular from the Episode 11 of Season 8. He was another member of the Clean Teens who got close to Brooke after she and Rachel joined the Clean Teens. | 502 |
4215299 | Rafael Molina Sánchez (November 27, 1841 – August 1, 1900), called Lagartijo (lizard), was a Spanish bullfighter.
Rafael Molina was born in Córdoba on November 27, 1841.
On September 29, 1865, Lagartijo became a full bullfighter (he took the alternativa) at Úbeda. | 264 |
25137382 | Fenech made his international debut for Malta, and gained his first cap in a friendly on 18 November 2009, in the 4–1 home defeat to Bulgaria.
Scores and results list Malta's goal tally first.
Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games | 236 |
9461222 | including ash tunnel for locomotive ash handling
1949 – upgrading facilities for crew amenities
1953 – the only fatality in the depot's history when Hendrikus Trip killed walking on the main line
1957 – electric locomotives take over from steam locomotives as bank engines
1960s – improvements to allow for servicing and repairs to electric locomotives, members room/meal room, | 380 |
52055816 | Amber Midthunder On Her ‘Reservation Dogs’ Cameo And The Future Of Indigenous Representation On Screen - Sep 2022 Interview
Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes people | 169 |
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