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the fourth Duke of Buccleuch. His father was an Honorary Canon of Canterbury, and his great grandfather was John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury. Section:Military career. Moore joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1860, at the age of thirteen. In 1881 he was given command of the battleship HMS "Invincible" in the Medite... | at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir. In 1884 he was appointed Flag Captain to the Commander in Chief of the East Indies Station. He later took command of the battleship HMS "Dreadnought" in the Mediterranean Fleet before becoming Commandant of HMS "Britannia" at Dartmouth. In 1889 Moore was sent as a British representative t... | 200 |
" was released containing the better known works and some previously unheard versions and remixes of those tunes. In June 2005, Primal Scream played a controversial set at the Glastonbury Festival, throughout which Gillespie was playfully abusive to the crowd and was alleged to have made Nazi salutes during the song "S... | signing a "Make Poverty History" poster which would be auctioned off for charity, lead singer Bobby Gillespie instead altered the poster so that it read "Make Israel History". Gillespie later said that this was to show his support for the Palestinian cause. Section:History.:"Riot City Blues", "Beautiful Future" and "Sc... | 201 |
developed raw materials for nutritional and cosmetics markets in North America. For its part, OPI also extracted a rare excitatory amino acid (kainic acid) and marketed it to some 300 neurological labs, universities and pharmaceutical companies in over 40 countries over the next decade. Shortly after the construction o... | . Ocean Produce International Ltd. is today reviewing the potential for re-purposing and re-development of its 8-acre property at Government Point, which could include high volume saltwater wells and potential wind-turbines at the entrance to Shelburne Harbour and at the tip of the peninsula between the harbour and Jor... | 202 |
ue: Section:Parks and recreation. Spencer Butte Park at the southern edge of town provides access to Spencer Butte, a dominant feature of Eugene's skyline. Hendricks Park, situated on a knoll to the east of downtown, is known for its rhododendron garden and nearby memorial to Steve Prefontaine, known as Pre's Rock, whe... | Skinner Butte Park and the Owen Memorial Rose Garden, which is home to more than 4,500 roses of over 400 varieties, as well as the 150-year-old Black Tartarian Cherry tree, an Oregon Heritage Tree. The city of Eugene maintains an urban forest. The University of Oregon campus is an arboretum, with over 500 species of tr... | 203 |
wa began writing songs at 15. She began to teach herself how to play the guitar after she entered high school, but gave up and paid for professional lessons after discovering she wasn't making much progress on her own. Her high school had a ban on students having part-time jobs. Despite this, Miwa secretly worked, and ... | there). Due to her high school also having a ban on students working in the entertainment business, she had to do these lives in secret (without even telling her school friends). In this time, Miwa released two self-published independent singles, "Song for You/Today" and "Soba ni Itai Kara" in 2007 and 2008. Miwa was s... | 204 |
9:29). Max Bravmann argues that the Quranic usage of the word jizya develops a pre-Islamic common-law principle which states that reward must necessarily follow a discretional good deed into a principle mandating that the life of all prisoners of war belonging to a certain category must be spared provided they grant th... | Montgomery Watt has argued that this document was tampered with by early Muslim historians to reflect a later practice, while Norman Stillman holds it to be authentic. Section:History.:Emergence of classical taxation system. Taxes levied on local populations in the wake of early Islamic conquests could be of three type... | 205 |
Doo leading in announced attendance as well, drawing 16,645 to their eight home games, 800 more than the second-place Philadelphia Soul. The VooDoo started 4–3, before a seven-game losing streak dropped them to 4–10 and eliminated them from the playoff race. The final record of 5–11 included the first ever victory by t... | a 78–34 nationally televised defeat at the Philadelphia Soul that ranks as the worst loss in franchise history, a 69–63 nationally televised loss to the New York Dragons where the VooDoo used some curious strategy to run the clock down before going for the winning score on fourth down, and a narrow 80–79 defeat at the ... | 206 |
of determined goodness, then your idea-horse runs wild within the bounds of the six sense objects ["rokujin" 六塵 < Ayatana: "form, sound, smell, taste, tangibility, and dharma"]. When you wish to enter the gate of scattered goodness, then your mind-monkey gambols and jumps across the branches of the ten evil deeds ["jūa... | views]." The 1223 "Kaidōki" 海道記 "Record of Coast Road Travels" was a travelogue of the Tōkaidō (road) from Kyoto to Kamakura. It used "shinsen" 心船 "heart/mind boat" meaning "imaginary journey" with "iba" 意馬 "idea/will horse" and wrote "arasaru" 荒猿 "wild monkey" for "arasu" 荒す "treat roughly/wildly | 207 |
Saint Fergus Saint Fergus (also Fergustian) (died c. 730 AD) was a bishop who worked in Scotland as a missionary. Section:Life. Ten saints of this name are mentioned in the martyrology of Donegal. No one knows for certain when Fergus was born or where. He was a contemporary of St. Drostan and St. Donevaldus. The name i... | of what is now called Scotland. In the Aberdeen Breviary he is called Fergustian and "he occupied himself in converting the barbarous people." He is thought to have trained in Ireland or the south of Scotland, possibly both. Known in the Irish martyrologies as St. Fergus Cruithneach, or the Pict, the Breviary of Aberde... | 208 |
1967, with the new Lotus 49 still suffering teething trouble, the 33s were deemed more suitable for the tight turns of Monte Carlo. Clark set fastest lap but retired his Climax-engined 33 while Hill drove the BRM-engined car to second place. The 33 was also campaigned in 1965 by DW Racing Enterprises for Paul Hawkins, ... | a 33, with a BRM engine. The 33's final World Championship race was the 1967 Canadian Grand Prix, where privateer Mike Fisher finished in 11th place. Fisher also qualified the car for that year's Mexican Grand Prix, but engine problems prevented him from starting the race. The 33 also met with success outside of the Wo... | 209 |
Guillaume de Steenhuys. On 14 January 1636 he married Walburga Snoy, and became lord of Poederlé in his wife's right. They had 5 children: Section:Career. He studied law and was called to the bar at the Great Council of Mechelen. In 1620 and 1622 he accompanied his father on diplomatic journeys to Germany. On 22 May 16... | this position for one on the Great Council of Mechelen. On 8 July 1648 he was appointed president of the Council of Flanders, but not having been born in the county of Flanders his appointment was not legally secure. On 17 January 1650 he returned to Brussels as a privy councillor. On 24 March 1653, he became a baron, ... | 210 |
com bubble the country's trade deficit grew, the September 11 attacks increased political uncertainties, and the dollar began to depreciate in 2001. Section:History of international financial architecture.:Resurgence of financial globalization.:Flexible exchange rate regimes: 1973-present.:European Monetary System: 197... | creating a smaller scale fixed exchange rate system known as the "snake in the tunnel". The snake proved unsustainable as it did not compel EEC countries to coordinate macroeconomic policies. In 1979, the European Monetary System (EMS) phased out the currency snake. The EMS featured two key components: the European Cur... | 211 |
sh" album. His journalism has appeared widely, including in "The Guardian" and "The Daily Telegraph". Section:Early work. Taylor's novel "Cloven" is a dark treatment of the BSE epidemic in Britain in the 1990s. The dystopian satire "Grief" was nominated for Best Book of the Year 2005 by the British Science Fiction Asso... | Light" is set in the e-commerce boom of the late 1990s and features the author's own Primitivist drawings. In Time Out London the novelist Nicholas Royle described Light as 'compelling', and 'delightfully unusual.' Section:The Kev King books. Published by Corsair, an imprint of Constable & Robinson, Taylor's "Premiersh... | 212 |
used. One cannot therefore assume that the right is exercised when it is waived (as one can, subject to the above considerations, with the freedom rights). Although some rights may not be waived, this does not mean that the fact of waiver then becomes legally irrelevant. Waiver may also be relevant when considering the... | agreement to be invalid. On the other hand, if a person is prevented from voting against his or her will, “it may well be appropriate to award damages for the infringement.” “An interesting illustration” of some of the principles discussed above is provided by Garden Cities Inc Association v Northpine Islamic Society. ... | 213 |
womb from Shiva's temple. Nahusha mother Indumati had conception dream. According to Dashakumaracharita Queen vasumati conceiving her first son hamsavahana, dreams that she has bathed in the water of all pilgrimages.while conceiving her second so Rajavahana she dreams that she swallowed the orb of universe. Section:In ... | (such apples, persimmons, cherries, chestnuts), animals (tigers, snakes, goldfish), nature (rivers, rainbows), children and jewels. The dreamer might eat or take fruits, embrace animals, or interact with nature. The topic is believed to influence the gender or the future of the baby; for example, fruits are seen as a s... | 214 |
ities, community organizations, and K-12 schools. The IRC brings world leaders and dignitaries to the metro region to share their international experiences, hosts forums for high-school students to interact with and learn from foreign-policy experts, and creates opportunities for area business leaders to strengthen rel... | , later, as chairman of the IRC Academy and lifetime board member of the IRC. After graduating from Harvard University in 1947, Eliot earned an M.A. (1949) and Ph.D. (1952) from Princeton University. Returning to his hometown, Eliot taught history and government at the University of Kansas City, now UMKC. He then taugh... | 215 |
Tito in 1980, underlying political, ethnic, religious, and economic tensions within Yugoslavia surfaced. In 1989 Slobodan Milošević, Chairman of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia since 1986, became president of Serbia, the largest and most populous of the six Yugoslav republics. As Milošević m... | much constitutional power as possible to each of the republics and autonomous provinces. A series of disagreements among delegates persisted until four of the six republics each made the decision to secede from Yugoslavia. Supported by Germany and the Vatican, Slovenia was among those republics aiming for independence.... | 216 |
are reproducing white desirability and a devaluation of blackness. Internalized racism goes beyond negative attitudes and beliefs about one's own group: one can internalize racism directed towards other races as well. Section:Manifestations.:In education. The educational environment students are surrounded in can resul... | to take on the cultural norms of that group in order to prevent alienation. Furthermore, the predominately white curriculum incorporated into the education system can give minority students the impression that only Eurocentric history is important. This further makes underrepresented students internalize that the histo... | 217 |
Good Time Oldies Good Time Oldies is a 24-hour music format offered to local radio stations across the country that was originally produced by Jones Radio Networks. After the sales of Jones Radio Networks to Dial Global in 2008, the format was absorbed into D.G.`s "Kool Oldies" format. However, due to radio stations de... | of white men age 50 to 64. The majority of the network's playlist is from the 1960s, with roughly a quarter devoted to 1970s music and the remainder devoted to scattered tunes from the 1950s and 1980s. Jones Radio Networks was purchased by Triton Media Group, and "Good Time Oldies" was merged to Dial Global's "Kool Gol... | 218 |
, eventually crossing from the Horn of Africa to Aden on the Arabian coast in 1951, where it replaced the rupee in that territory. In 1961, Kuwait adopted the dinar as a new unit of account to replace the Indian rupee, and in 1965 the dinar unit replaced the shilling in Aden at twenty shillings to the dinar. In 1966 th... | Trucial States, the rupee was replaced by the Saudi riyal which was a direct descendant of the Maria Theresa Thaler. The Maria Theresa Thaler was a variety of the silver Thaler coin first minted in Joachimsthal, Bohemia, and the Thaler is the German coin upon which the Spanish eight real coin was modelled. It is these ... | 219 |
understand why women do not marry, one should examine reasons women "do" marry and why it may be assumed they should marry in the first place. According to Adrienne Rich, "Women have married because it was necessary, in order to economically, in order to have children who would not suffer economic deprivation or social... | ". Section:Popular culture. Spinsters have been a focus of attention from the media and mainstream culture for centuries. They are the "aanissat" in Arabic, "spinsters" or "old maids" in English, "vieilles filles" in French, "zitelle" in Italian, "alte Jungfer" in German, or "dakhtar torsheedeh" in Persian. Section:Pop... | 220 |
the Infiniti. However, early in the 1999 season, Cheever Racing, a well-funded team, was brought on to develop the engine with team owner Eddie Cheever expanding the team to two cars and bringing on his brother Ross Cheever as a test driver. By 2000, the engine had improved markedly and Cheever captured the marque's fi... | powering the league's new Infiniti Pro Series (now Firestone Indy Lights). As part of General Motors' discontinuance of the Oldsmobile name, the Olds engine was rebadged as the Chevrolet starting with the 2002 season. However, the effort could not compete with the Toyota and Honda programs starting in 2003. In August 2... | 221 |
many of the migrants went north to fight against the rebels, draining Gaddafi's major base of support in the city. Those who remained behind were mostly armed young locals and members of the Awlad Suleiman tribe. The Awlad Suleiman bear strong resentment against the regime. Shortly after Gaddafi seized power, members o... | this uprising, resulting in a temporary peace during which many pro-Gaddafi forces fled to the city after the massive rebel gains of late August, turning the city into a bastion of sorts. Section:Lead-up to the battle. In late August there were reports of clashes around the city. Gaddafi loyalists retained control of t... | 222 |
was later sold to the Conservation Department. Today, this property is part of the Busch Memorial Conservation Area and the Weldon Spring Conservation Area. Section:Tourist Attractions. After the various efforts to clean up hazardous materials, the land is now used for fishing, hiking, hunting, and bicycling. Section:T... | 5 million cubic yards of hazardous waste material. Visitors can take the stairs that lead to its peak, where there is a viewing platform and plaques that provide information on the local area, its history, and the construction of the waste preserving site. Visitors can also see the 9,000-square-foot interpretive center... | 223 |
saints, introduced by the Spanish-Mexicans. Section:Figures.:Fetishes. Hand-carved or naturally formed fetishes that are believed to hold spiritual forces specific to certain animals and have been commonly used in Native American religion and practices. The bear represented the shaman, the buffalo was the provider, the... | sacred place. Yellow mountain to the north, blue mountain to the west, red mountain to the south, white mountain to the east, the multi-colored mountain above, and the black mountain below. Each direction is represented by a "Prey God", or guardian animal each having protective or healing powers, and are listed by Cush... | 224 |
series of unsolved murders of female factory workers. The violence generated by the war of the drug cartels for control of drug routes translated into some 6,000 killings in 2008. More than 1,600 of them occurred in Juárez, three times more than the most murderous city in the United States. As of July 14, 2009, the bod... | 8 until over two months later: September 16. Section:Background.:Declaration of War against The Cartels. On December 1, 2006, President Felipe Calderón assumed office and declared war on drug traffickers. Troops and Federal Police forces were ordered to move into hot zones where drug cartels operated—especially in Mich... | 225 |
wilderness and urban zones in Berlin. Other researchers included Esther Polak (Amsterdam), Aug Annika Lundgren (Gothenburg/Berlin), Martin John Callanan, Katie Paterson (London), Nick Crowe & Ian Rawlinson (Manchester/Berlin), Tim Knowles (London). Section:Notable artworks.:0º00 Navigation, 2008 and 0º00 Navigation Par... | Meridian. Always seen from behind, a figure swims out of the seawater where the meridian hits the south-coast of Britain. The solitary person emerges from the water carrying a hand held GPS device. Using this implement the figure then proceeds to walk directly north along the 0º00 line of longitude. Any obstacle encoun... | 226 |
cooling vests fall into one of 5 primary types: Section:Uses. The effects of cooling vests on athletes to improve their performance has been evaluated on several occasions; at the 2004 Summer Olympics several Americans and Australians were fitted with cooling vests supplied by Nike and Arctic Heat 2004,2008,2012,2016 O... | elinated which leads to pain and discomfort when temperature is elevated. Nerve fibers may also be remyelinating or in the process of repairing themselves and still be sensitive to elevated temperatures. The cooling vest keeps the patient's temperature down, reducing the pain symptoms. In 2005, a 12-week study at the U... | 227 |
economic development. Renewable cleaner transportation fuels, combined with more efficient use of fuels, will help to develop a sustainable transportation strategy. Carefully crafted biofuels industry strategies will help to develop a successful North Carolina biofuels industry sector while simultaneously helping to en... | fuels sector so they can easily find the education they need at schools, community colleges, and universities. The Biofuels Center will also assist in the development of targeted programs to assist technology acceleration so that this sector can stay at the cutting edge. The role education will play was recognized duri... | 228 |
his sandwich, recognizing from its ring that it belonged to Niederman. When the sheriff shuts down production, Black theorizes that the killer may target the crew's hotel; he and Hollis arrive to find the body of the film's publicist hanging from a rope. The next day, a film extra (Gene Simmons) confesses to the killin... | ats cut, while Winston's body hangs nearby in an apparent murder-suicide. Black doubts that Winston is the killer, and while Hollis stays in the hotel, he visits the production's climactic shoot, set during a performance by the band Kiss. As he looks around him, the sheriff's body is thrown down from the rafters; as th... | 229 |
worth £10, adding 217,000 voters to an electorate of 435,000. As many as one man in five (though by some estimates still only one in seven) now had the right to vote. For many conservatives, this effect of the bill, which allowed the middle classes to share power with the upper classes, was revolutionary. Some historia... | Parliamentary reporter) made many people consider fundamental issues of society and politics. The novel "Middlemarch", by Mary Ann Evans ("George Eliot") is set in the 1830s and mentions the struggle over the Reform Bills, though not as a major topic. Eliot's "Felix Holt, the Radical", set in 1832, is a novel explicitl... | 230 |
Mercury's head coach prior to the 2006 season and brought his up-tempo style to Phoenix. Westhead was the first WNBA coach to have won a previous NBA championship (1980 LA Lakers). The Mercury also drafted Cappie Pondexter with the #2 overall selection in the 2006 WNBA Draft. The addition provided Taurasi with a solid ... | The 2006 season was a positive one for the Mercury, as they posted a winning record for the first time since 2000, at 18–16. The Mercury competed for the playoffs all year, but fell just short of a postseason berth. As the 2007 season came, the Mercury were poised and hungry for a deep playoff run. The Mercury would ru... | 231 |
" on Saturday and Sunday mornings on WNBC. On December 31, 2008, Gusoff was let go from WNBC amid station-wide downsizing. Gusoff joined WNYW Fox 5 in the Spring of 2009 and covered breaking news in the metropolitan area for Good Day New York. In January 2012, she was hired by WCBS-TV to cover the Long Island Beat. Bur... | York was released in April 2015. Section:Awards. Her honors include three New York Emmy Awards and fourteen New York Emmy nominations. Most recently, she was part of the winning team that earned WCBS an Emmy for its coverage of Superstorm Sandy. In 2004, she was awarded a New York Emmy Award for On-Camera Performance/G... | 232 |
, and by the Hedgerow Theater (Rose Valley, Pennsylvania) in March–April 2013. An adaptation by Charles Edward Pogue was commissioned by Centre Stage South Carolina and premiered on 30 October 2014. Section:Adaptations and performance history.:Stage.:Czech Republic. Section:Adaptations and performance history.:Stage.:C... | no. Section:Adaptations and performance history.:Stage.:Czech Republic.:Divadlo Na Vinohradech, Prague. Section:Adaptations and performance history.:Stage.:Serbia. Section:Adaptations and performance history.:Stage.:Serbia.:Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade. Translated as "Buba u uhu" and directed by Ljubiša Ristić, the... | 233 |
1920 he was loaned to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Board as a deputy agent and later General Manager. McLean was responsible for starting the first railway electrification scheme in India, at first the Bombay surburban lines and later the electrification of the over 240 miles of main lines. In 1926 he was Knighte... | was responsible for the aviation interests of the company. Vickers purchased the Supermarine Company and McLean encouraged both R J Mitchell and Barnes Wallis in the development of new aircraft. The work of Mitchell lead to the design and production of the Supermarine Spitfire single-seat fighter and Wallis was involve... | 234 |
exhibits the features of the cultural progress of the times; for a person studying the arts or socio-monastic progress, the first "‘tempita vihara’" could be considered a special milestone in the study of the art of temple complexes from their inception to the present. "Kadigamuwa" too exhibits the heritage of a simila... | Various constructions have been carried out within "Kadigamuwa" with the direct and indirect sponsorships of King "Valagamba" to King "Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe". Since it has been constructed alongside the road to the kingdom via "Balana", it has undergone various transformations due to many a socio-cultural factors. The... | 235 |
Overwatch and pornography Blizzard Entertainment's 2016 video game "Overwatch" inspired a notable amount of fan-made pornography. The game's distinct and colorful character designs drew attention of a large number of online content creators, resulting in sexually explicit fanart. Character models were ripped from the b... | through Reddit and (formerly) Tumblr. "Overwatch" pornography usually consists of short pieces of video featuring characters such as Tracer, D.Va, and Mei. Blizzard has been issuing cease-and-desist orders to some prolific creators through an independent security firm, though the game's director has described the situa... | 236 |
" in January 2019. Section:Media.:Anime. A 24-episode anime television series adaptation by Gonzo aired from October 5, 2018 to March 29, 2019. Crunchyroll simulcast the series, while Funimation produced an English dub. The first opening theme is "FIRE GROUND" by Official HIGE DANdism, and the first ending theme is by ... | ad, and the second ending theme is by Yamada Yoshida. Section:Reception. Volume 1 reached 40th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of September 7, 2014, had sold 19,924 copies; volume 3 reached 20th place and, as of February 8, 2015, had sold 27,002 copies. It placed 14th in "Zenkoku Shotenin ga Eranda Osus... | 237 |
aniards as "Guaterral". Spain and England were not at war, but relations were tense. Raleigh also suffered El Dorado fever, even studying Spanish to be able to personally read the chronicles that were published in America about America, he himself recognizes in 1596 that he had known for many years the search for El Do... | defended by 28 soldiers is taken, taking as hostages Berrio and his lieutenant, Alvaro Jorge, after which Raleigh burns the city. His next act will be to try to locate El Dorado going up the Orinoco, with Berrio as a guide. Berrio took them through the territories already explored by him years ago, El Dorado still did ... | 238 |
ution of the 16th Fighter Group, the squadron was subordinated directly to the XXVI Fighter Command. Section:History.:Replacement training. The squadron continued on at Madden Field until 25 March 1944, when the unit moved to Lincoln Army Airfield, Nebraska and being assigned to IV Fighter Command as a replacement trai... | 80 Shooting Star jet aircraft based at Muroc Dry Lake (later Edwards Air Force Base). The early jets provided USAAF pilots and ground crews with valuable data about the difficulties and pitfalls involved in converting to jet aircraft. This information proved quite useful when more advanced jet fighters finally became a... | 239 |
Dakota Square Mall Dakota Square Mall is an enclosed shopping center in the city of Minot, North Dakota. Section:Overview. At , as of 2005, the Dakota Square Mall is the largest mall within a radius. It is the third largest mall in North Dakota, boasting 70 shops, with four major anchor stores, a food court, and a nine... | & Suites directly attached to the mall itself, which opened in November 2003. The hotel also features Splashdown Dakota Super Slides, a water park complex which opened in April 2004. Dakota Square is one of only a few shopping malls in the United States to feature an attached hotel. Dakota Square also includes several ... | 240 |
3 she was sold to the British Admiralty. She was renamed "Waterwitch" and rated as a sloop for survey work. Section:Career.:Royal Navy survey vessel. "Waterwitch" was converted for use as a survey vessel, which included replacing her engine and boilers to provide 450 horsepower. She commissioned in 1894 for service on ... | insula in preparation for the running of telegraph cables. Between 1898 and 1907 she worked the coast of China, including Hong Kong, Weihaiwei and the Yangtze River. In early 1900 Commander Willoughby Pudsey Dawson was in command, succeeded by Lieutenant W. O. Lyne when she was re-commissioned on 16 February 1900. She ... | 241 |
venerated men, including Tenskwatawa "the Shawnee Prophet", frequently visited at the mission. The Prophet was the younger brother of Tecumseh, who had led a war against the United States earlier in the century. Tenskwatawa led the Shawnee in Tecumseh's absence at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Following defeat in t... | 12. Tenskwatawa was eventually allowed to return to the Shawnee to help them remove from Ohio to Kansas; he died in 1836 at his village (the present site of Kansas City, Kansas). Section:The new mission. The mission was located at its original site from 1830 to 1839. In 1839, the mission was moved and built at its pres... | 242 |
dwelling modifications exist into the 21st century. William Chinnery was exposed as the embezzler of a small fortune from the British Treasury where he worked and was dismissed from all his posts on 12 March 1812. Margaret Chinnery was forced to sign over Gilwell Estate to the Exchequer on 2 July 1812. The Chinnery fam... | ent, who later became George IV, was a regular visitor. George III's seventh son, Prince Adolphus, became a family friend, lived at Gilwell for a while, and tutored their eldest son George. Gilpin Gorst bought the estate in 1815 at public auction, and his son sold it to Thomas Usborne in 1824. When London Bridge was re... | 243 |
lish them as Air National Guard units. The modern Washington ANG received federal recognition on 1 July 1946 as the 116th Fighter Squadron at Felts Field, Spokane. It was equipped with F-51D Mustangs and its mission was the air defense of the state. 18 September 1947, however, is considered the Washington Air National ... | 1948 and was later redesignated as a combat communications squadron, operating out of Boeing Field in Seattle for its first 60 years. Additional combat communications units were added throughout the Cold War years under the umbrella of the 252nd Combat Communications Group, which was federally recognized in 1953. On 1 ... | 244 |
50.5% male and 49.5% female. Section:Demographics.:2000 census. As of the census of 2000, there were 608 people, 257 households, and 159 families residing in the village. The population density was 267.8 people per square mile (103.4/km²). There were 328 housing units at an average density of 144.5 per square mile (55.... | 98.19% White, 0.16% Native American, 1.15% Asian, 0.16% from other races, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.49% of the population. There were 257 households out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a... | 245 |
the School for Advanced Studies, of which the Almo Collegio Borromeo is a founding member and, indeed, the admission test is valid for access to IUSS courses to the extent of space reserved for the College. Nevertheless, it is important to note that the gaining a place at Borromeo does not automatically secure a place ... | The first part of the competition includes a written test administered by the IUSS, divided into the following disciplines: Italian, Latin, History, Philosophy, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry problems were recently introduced. One can choose the track and the exercises r... | 246 |
four out of five employees experienced burn out and 73 percent expected a rise in work stress levels. In addition to stress, 72 percent of the industry professionals reported office tension as a contributor to stress levels and that they were overloaded and understaffed. Those surveyed believed that employers could rem... | a study on workplace productivity and found that American employees on average only spend 45 percent of their work time on what they were hired to do. The 2,000 survey participants, listed inefficient meetings and excessive emails as interruptions. Another 36 percent reported that a lack of process keeps them from comp... | 247 |
more diversified, pressure mounted for more classes in English. Today, the university's Language Policy promotes multilingualism as a means to increase equitable access for all students and staff. Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa are used in academic, administrative, professional and social contexts, and classes are off... | are lectured bilingually and the language of most handouts or prescribed material is determined by the student. At postgraduate level the language of tuition is determined by the composition of the class. Most advanced postgraduate courses are conducted in English. According to the 2016 language profile of the universi... | 248 |
regulator shuts off delivery, which is extremely rare, and free-flow, where the delivery will not stop and can quickly exhaust a scuba supply. Section:Accessories and special features. Section:Accessories and special features.:Anti-freezing modification. As gas leaves the cylinder it decreases in pressure in the first ... | closing, a free-flow may ensue that can empty a full cylinder within a minute or two, and the free-flow causes further cooling in a positive feedback loop. Generally the water that freezes is in the ambient pressure chamber around a spring that keeps the valve open and not moisture in the breathing gas from the cylinde... | 249 |
signs in the United States Coast Guard, as well as Bachelor of Science degrees. For that reason the academy maintains a core curriculum of science and professional development courses in addition to major-specific courses. Each cadet takes two semesters of classes during the school year and then spends the majority of ... | basic flight training as student naval aviators, with the training conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Navy. Those that are assigned afloat serve as either deck watch officers or student engineers. Professional maritime studies courses help prepare cadets in piloting, voyage planning, deck seamanship, and all aspe... | 250 |
ed with cultivating the live oak tree for shipbuilding. He was perhaps our country's first federal forester. Brackenridge returned to Pennsylvania in 1832 and became owner of a large tract of land upon which he founded the town of Tarentum, 22 miles northeast of Pittsburgh on the Allegheny River. The adjacent Allegheny... | 3, 1840, to March 3, 1841. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1840. After politics he pursued literature until his death in Pittsburgh on January 18, 1871. He is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Brackenridge's published works include "Views of Louisiana" (1814), part of which w... | 251 |
Tampa, Florida, he wrote a letter to "The Evening Independent" newspaper, boasted that he had written a fine lipogrammatic work, and suggested the paper hold a lipogram competition, with $250 for the winner. The paper turned him down. Wright struggled to find a publisher for the book, and eventually used Wetzel Publish... | copies of the ill fated novel". The blog post says the book was never reviewed "and only kept alive by the efforts of a few avant garde French intellos and assorted connoisseurs of the odd, weird and zany". The book's scarcity and oddness has seen original copies priced at $4,000 to $7,500 by book dealers. Wright died ... | 252 |
David Griffiths (rugby league) David Griffiths is a former rugby player who turned coach in 1998, having been forced to retire early after being injured whilst playing Rugby Union Sevens in Hong Kong (1997). As a Physical Education teacher, he contributed initially to developing youth rugby union and rugby league, coac... | 2007) and Doncaster (2008/2009). During the same period he supported the development of Amateur University Rugby League and Union, supporting Sheffield Hallam University, Leeds University, and the Celtic Nations select side that defeated England 31-18 at Belle Vue Stadium. He also held the voluntary position; Director ... | 253 |
allow for a proficient method of turning grains into flour. Another type of metate called a grinding slab may also be found among boulder or exposed bedrock outcroppings. The upper face of the stone is used for grinding materials, such as acorns, that results in the smoothing of the stone's face and the creation of poc... | artifacts from Costa Rica. They come in many different forms, and morphological variation corresponds to different regions and time periods. They can be rectangular, circular, flat, or curved. They may or may not have rims and between three and four legs. Some exhibits show signs of use-wear while others show no signs ... | 254 |
BizChair.com BizChair.com is an internet retailer of office chairs, office furniture, restaurant furniture, church furniture, school furniture, home furniture, and medical furniture. It was one of the first online-only office furniture retailers. BizChair.com is operated by Belnick, Inc. Their corporate headquarters is... | . In 2007, total revenue was $37.5 million. In 2008, Belnick reached $42 million in revenue. Section:History. BizChair.com was created in 2001 by its then fourteen-year-old founder Sean Belnick. With a $500 investment and the advice of his stepfather Gary Glazer, a veteran of the office furniture business, Sean began r... | 255 |
is also co-chairman of the PECC's Financial Market Development Project, a member of the U.S.-Korea Wisemen Council, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Korea Economic Institute. Stevenson has been honored by the government of Japan with the Order of the Sacred Treasure with gold and silver star and is an Honorary... | practitioners from the real world of politics together with scholars and experts from many parts of the world to address systemic challenges to democratic systems of government and other subjects of public concern. Stevenson is author of "The Black Book"—which records American history and culture from within its politi... | 256 |
constitutional document for ASEAN, which was signed in November 2007. Subsequently, he co-authored a book entitled "The Making of the ASEAN Charter" (2009). Woon stepped down as Attorney-General on 10 April 2010 after a two-year term. In a media interview, he said that the post "was not a job I really wanted or enjoyed... | the powers that be", he said: He subsequently clarified that when he said he had outstayed his welcome he had been "thinking more about the people I prosecuted rather than anything else", and that "I was kidding, I was being facetious". Section:Career.:Return to academia. Woon returned to academia at NUS, and was appoi... | 257 |
watershed in the northern Vosges. Always generally running from southwest to northeast it initially heads eastwards past Eppenbrunn and Pirmasens over the Großer Schiffelskopf () and reaches the region of Gräfenstein Land. From there it runs up the Hortenkopf () in the central Frankenweide. Several kilometres it passes... | area. There are two options for the northern course of the Palatine Watershed, depending on whether the confluence of the Nahe at Bingen is counted as part of the Upper Rhine or is seen as belonging to the Middle Rhine. If the former is assumed, it runs south of the catchment area of the Nahe; if the latter, it runs to... | 258 |
school at Ben Lomond High School when his father moved to Hill Air Force Base near Ogden, Utah. Out of high school, he was a 20th round selection in the 1975 MLB draft and was promoted to the major leagues in 1978. Hubbard hit his first major league home run on September 23, . Hubbard's career with the Braves lasted fr... | and 1989. In 1983, Hubbard had his best season; he hit .263 with 14 home runs and 70 RBI as he earned his only All-Star Game appearance. During his 7th inning at-bat, announcers Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola made numerous light-hearted comments about his full beard, as beards were not in fashion at the time. Hubbard got... | 259 |
close ground support to the British Expeditionary Force as they withdrew from the beaches of Dunkirk. Aircraft R3162 from No. 38 Squadron RAF was shot down near the town of Veurne in Belgium and the six-man crew were killed. On 31 May 1940, the co-pilot, Flying Officer Vivian Rosewarne, was reported missing, believed k... | ension (West Vlaanderen Belgium). Section:Historical accuracy.:Publication. His station commander, Group Captain Claude Hilton Keith, found a letter among the missing airman's personal possessions. It had been left open, so that it could be passed by the censor. Keith was so moved by the letter that, with the mother's ... | 260 |
Meč vojščaka naj varuje, kar si pridnost zadobi; bistri duh pa premaguje z umetnijo, znanostmi! Slava naj deželi klije, blagor bod' pri nas doma: vsa, kar solnce se obsije, cveti mirna Avstrija! Trdno dajmo se skleniti: sloga pravo moč rodi; vse lahko nam bo storiti, ako združimo moči. Brate vode vez edina nas do | cilja enega: živi cesar, domovina, večna bode Avstrija! In s cesarjem zaročnica, ene misli in krvi, vlada milo cesarica, polna dušne žlahtnosti. Kar se more v srečo šteti, večni Bog naj podeli: Franc Jožefu, Lizabeti, celi hiši Habsburški!/poem Section:Romanian. poemDoamne sânte, întăreşce Pră al nostru | 261 |
970s the community grew rapidly and attracted the involvement of such notables as Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, and many others. As the decade wore on, the hippies and sixties counterculture members who comprised the large part of the membership were asked by Trungpa to experiment with more formal modes of behavior, at... | head of the Nyingma Lineage) in 1976, and the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in 1981. In 1976 Trungpa Rinpoche began his cycle of Shambhala teachings and, with his students, manifesting forms of Shambhala society. In 1986 he moved the international headquarters of Vajradhatu to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he died the following ... | 262 |
with an open-truss fuselage, equal-span unstaggered wings, and a four-wheeled undercarriage. Power was provided by a 45 hp (30 kW) de Havilland Iris flat-four engine (custom-built by the Iris Car Company for ₤220) driving two pusher propellers mounted behind the wings. A fin and stabiliser were carried to the rear, wit... | illand's wife, Louise, sewed the linen surfaces of the wings. With construction continuing at Fulham, de Havilland and Hearle looked for a site to test the aircraft. During a visit to Crux Easton in the summer, they discovered unused sheds that had been built on Lord Carnarvon's estate at Seven Barrows by John Moore-Br... | 263 |
gradually was refined into an alphabet. Thomsen (1893) connected the script to the reports of Chinese account ("Records of the Grand Historian", vol. ) from a 2nd-century BCE Yan renegade and dignitary named Zhonghang Yue (). Yue "taught the Chanyu (rulers of the Xiongnu) to write official letters to the Chinese court ... | transmitted a message, they made cuts on a piece of wood ("gemu"). They also mention a "Hu script". At the Noin-Ula burial site and other Hun burial sites in Mongolia and regions north of Lake Baikal, the artifacts displayed over twenty carved characters. Most of these characters are either identical with or very simil... | 264 |
doll offers flowers to the principal deities in the palanquins. After the "Poochorithal", the palanquins left for their respective places. The seven temples are This temple is one of the 7 shrines associated with "Saptamartrikas"(seven female deities in Siva temple). As per legends, Shiva is believed to have destroyed ... | an. There are Ashta Veeratanam temples built signifying each of his victories in the war, and also as places where he is believed to have performed with fury. The eight temples are: Tiruvadigai Veerattaaneswarar Temple at Thiruvadigai, Tirukkovilur Veerateshwarar Temple at Tirukoilur, Veerateswarar temple at Korukkai o... | 265 |
Southern Cross Nine. Section:History. Section:History.:Origins. The station's history can be traced back to 19 May 1958, when "Canberra Television Limited" (or CTL), a public company, was formed by executives of The Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty. Ltd. (owner of "The Canberra Times" newspaper) and Canberra Broa... | into the business in order to apply for the Canberra-area commercial television licence. The first chairman of the newly formed company was Arthur Shakespeare, founder of "The Canberra Times". Alongside four other applicants, CTL submitted their licence application to the Australian Broadcasting Control Board (ABCB) in... | 266 |
1956, and appointed chairman on January 2, 1957 (her new position becoming effective January 21). While serving in this role she called for more women to seek employment in public affairs. She resigned this position in August 1962 to resume her law practice and to serve as a lecturer at Portland State University and th... | Press Club selected her as one of the nation’s six most distinguished women in April 1949. She was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Mills College in Oakland in June 1949. Section:Personal life. Lee had two children, adopted as infants, David Scott Lee (born July 4, 1936, and received by the Lees five days... | 267 |
. Anri is voiced by Yuko Mizutani in Japanese and by Katherine Burton in English. Section:AD Police. Section:AD Police.:Leon McNichol. An AD Police officer, Leon McNichol is a dedicated cop with a tendency to rush in without thinking. He is a skilled powered armor pilot, one of the AD Police force's aces in its K-11 an... | Police. As the series progresses, he discovers that she is a Knight Saber but continues to help the team as best as he can. Priss and Leon's relationship grows closer during the series, and in a side story audio drama, written by series author Toshimichi Suzuki, she confesses that she loves him, though this is not refe... | 268 |
Clermont Club The Clermont Set was an exclusive group of rich British gamblers who met at the Clermont Club, originally at 44 Berkeley Square, in London's fashionable Mayfair district. It closed in March 2018. Section:Premises. The house at 44 Berkeley Square was built in 1740 (to the design of the architect William Ke... | a, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (1647–1730). It is famed for its theatrical staircase and large "Grand Saloon", "one of the finest rooms of its scale and period in London", the design of which was based on the famous "Double Cube Room" at Wilton House in Wiltshire. She never married but became Lady of the Bedchamber to Princ... | 269 |
-A-Lot grocery stores. It has a small group following around the U.S. Its taste is closer to Surge than Mountain Dew. Ingredients of Mountain Holler are: Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, sodium benzoate, natural flavor, concentrated orange juice, caffeine, gum arabic, sodium citrate, EDTA, bromi... | ler Red Howl is similar to Code Red or even the limited time Game Fuel, and Mountain Holler Avalanche is similar to Whiteout. Diet Mountain Holler is also available. Section:Mountain Lightning. Mountain Lightning is a Wal-Mart soft drink brand that resembles Mountain Dew. On the can, there is a picture of two mountains... | 270 |
when chivalry was a living institution, when men acted chivalrically, when chivalry was alive and not dead, the imitation of which period would much improve the present. This is the mad mission of Don Quixote, protagonist of the most chivalric novel of all time and inspirer of the chivalry of Sir Walter Scott and of th... | back in time "The Age of Chivalry" is searched for, it is always further in the past, even back to the Roman Empire. From Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi: We must not confound chivalry with the feudal system. The feudal system may be called the real life of the period of which we are treating, possessing its advantage... | 271 |
the General List on 23 April 1916 to serve in a trench mortar battalion, where he was briefly appointed an acting-captain between 28 July and 15 August 1916, and then served as acting-lieutenant, until leaving the trench mortar battalion on 4 September 1916. He returned to the Royal Warwickshires, and was promoted to l... | 9 September 1917. He spent two months based at Turnberry serving in No. 82 Squadron, before being posted to No. 62 Squadron to fly the Bristol F.2 two-seater fighter. He travelled with No. 62 Squadron to France at the end of January 1918, taking part in patrols, bomber escort, and ground attack missions during the enem... | 272 |
TY-90 TY-90 () is the first air-to-air missile specifically developed for military helicopters in dogfights. Contrary to the erroneous claims, the missile is not developed from MANPAD missiles such as QW-1 Vanguard, but instead, it is designed as an air-to-air missile from the start. It is the world first air to air mi... | Section:Development. Chinese determined that the MANPAD missiles converted for helicopter use in dogfights was not adequate, so a brand new air-to-air missile specifically for helicopter use was sanctioned, and TY-90 was the resulting product. The 3 kg warhead of the missile is specially designed to sever the rotary wi... | 273 |
, as he wanted it preserved as the family seat and a museum to himself. This proved to be a wise move as although he left moveable estate of £358,971, the death duties on this amounted to £207,581. After personal bequests to family totalling £27,000 the residue went to Margaret Lauder. Section:Posthumous. Websites carr... | the A199 Portobello bypass opened, it was named the "Sir Harry Lauder Road". On 28 July 1987, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh hosted a luncheon at the Edinburgh City Chambers to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Lauder receiving the Freedom of the City. On 4 August 2001 Gregory Lauder-Frost opened the Sir Harry Lauder ... | 274 |
Benjamin Powell Benjamin W. "Ben" Powell (born 1978) is the director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University and Professor of Economics at Texas Tech University's Rawls College of Business. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and the North American Editor of the Review of Austrian Econ... | ics at Texas Tech University's Rawls College of Business and the director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at Suffolk University and an Assistant Professor of Economics at San Jose State University. He has performed numerous other professional... | 275 |
0 oxen and dozens of cattle, horses, and mules, and hired famed wagon master John Creighton to organize his pack train. To scout the route ahead, Mullan relied on Kolecki, Sohon, and Engle, as well as a new topographer, Walter W. DeLacy. Scouting of the route began on May 16, and Mullan lead the work crew out on July 1... | ed during the crossing. After crossing the Snake, the crew began leaving wooden mile markers, sometimes also inscribed with information about distance to the nearest water or other useful information. An old branding iron with the letters "M" and "R" on it was used to inscribe each marker. Mullan intended the initials ... | 276 |
Sammarinese lira The lira (plural "lire") was the currency of San Marino from the 1860s until it was replaced by the Euro in January 1, 2002. It was equivalent and pegged to the Italian lira. Italian coins and banknotes and Vatican City coins were legal tender in San Marino, while Sammarinese coins, minted in Rome, wer... | centesimi, issued in 1864. These were followed by copper 10 centesimi, first issued in 1875. Although these copper coins were last issued in 1894, silver 50 centesimi, 1, 2 and 5 lire were issued in 1898, with the 1 and 2 lire also minted in 1906. The Sammarinese coinage recommenced in 1931, with silver 5, 10 and 20 li... | 277 |
ora la Reina de los Ángeles ("The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels") was founded on August 18, 1814, by Franciscan Fray Luis Gil y Taboada. He placed the cornerstone for the new church in the adobe ruins of the original "sub-station mission" here, the "Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles Asistencia" (founded 1784... | was dedicated on December 8, 1822. A replacement chapel, named "La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles" – for Mary, mother of Jesus or "The Church of Our Lady of the Angels" – was rebuilt using materials of the original church in 1861. The title "Reina", meaning "Queen," was added later to the name. For years, the... | 278 |
s opera "King Goldemar" (1902). But Holland composed in almost all major classical forms. For orchestra he wrote "Gavotte Pastorale", the tone poem "Evening on the Lake" (1908), a violin concerto in one movement, "Ellingham Marshes" for viola and orchestra, the "Spring Sinfonietta" (1943) and the "Threnody" for cello a... | a concert in Watford. String quartets in C minor and E minor were published in 1933 and 1938, and piano trios in 1935 and 1943.. He also wrote "Cortege" for four cellos (1939, published 1941) and a Suite in D for viola and piano (1938). Miniatures for violin and piano included "Four Fancies" (1923), "Fireflies" (Op. 18... | 279 |
this time he designed stained glass windows for Guthrie and Wells. In 1895 Gauld appears to have split from Mann, and their friendship ended. Gauld then took new premises at 138 West George Street in Glasgow. He also lived at various locations in Kirkcudbright, Glasgow and North Berwick. In 1889 he returned to the Glas... | Associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1918 and became a full member of the Academy in 1924. He was sculpted by William Shirreffs in 1896. Gauld died on 18 June 1936 at Lymekilns Nursing Home in East Kilbride. He is buried in East Kilbride Cemetery. Section:Works. Gauld has works in most Scottish galleries, ... | 280 |
unemployed. In Algeria, there was no middle class, there were the rich and there were the poor, leaving many young people no hope for the future. The GIA was able to act as a place for young men to feel a part of something larger. Section:History.:Founding.:Abdelhak Layada. Leveilley was replaced in January 1993 by Abd... | spiritual guide, and Layada affirmed that "political pluralism is equivalent to sedition". He also believed jihad in Algeria was "fard ayn", or an individual obligation of adult male Muslims. Layada threatened not just security forces but journalists ("grandsons of France") and the families of Algerian soldiers. From i... | 281 |
531:2, who helps up a wounded comrade. Although the other Amazon along this part of the frieze not already pitted against a foe is standing directly left of Telamon (BM 533:3), she cannot be his target, for she stands on a different ground line from Telamon and must be understood to be in a deeper spatial plane. As Tel... | is about to drag off an Amazon. The Amazon Telamon is aiming at is dressed like Melanippe in an overgirt peplos, again probably a signifier of royalty. As Hippolyte will be seen later fighting Herakles, and Melanippe has already been slain, this Amazon may be identified as Antiope. The three slabs that comprise the sou... | 282 |
Copa Merconorte The Copa Merconorte () was an international football competition organized by CONMEBOL from 1998 to 2001 by clubs from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela and starting in 2000 clubs from the CONCACAF confederation were invited including Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States. The competit... | profits through the television contracts by inviting the most marketable clubs from each country. Therefore, participation was based on invitation of individual clubs. The competition—along with the Copa Mercosur—was discontinued following the conclusion of 2001. A football competition to be called the Copa Pan-America... | 283 |
-2005) was also included in 2001 catalogue for the West Baffin Eskimo Co-Operative. Section:Career.:Later career. Mikkigak’s first solo exhibition of drawings and prints was held in September of 2010 at Feheley Fine Arts in Toronto, Ontario. He had another solo show at Feheley Fine Arts in November of 2012 called "Ohot... | -scale drawings alongside the works of fellow Canadian artist Jack Bush at the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at the University of Toronto. Mikkigak’s other group exhibitions include: Section:Selected exhibits. Section:Collections. Mikkigak’s work is featured in several collections including: Section:Major influences. Mik... | 284 |
the shelling, landed a SEAL platoon and a demolition unit that planted explosives on one of the platforms to destroy it. The SEALs next boarded and searched a third platform . Documents and radios were taken for intelligence. Section:Operations.:Operation Praying Mantis. On 14 April 1988, east of Bahrain, the frigate h... | S. forces launched Operation Praying Mantis, attacking the Iranian frigates and and Revolutionary Guard bases in the Sirri and Sassan oil fields. After U.S. warships bombarded the "Sirri" base (located on an oil platform) and set it ablaze, a UH-60 helicopter with a SEAL platoon flew toward the platform but was unable ... | 285 |
reformation of planning inevitably leads any Festival to discourage itself into maintaining bargaining power in performing arts market and finally to be forgotten, lose sponsorship and disappear in the market. For an arts festival, the core competence in programming is said to work like the investment of seed money in ... | F has discovered so many young artists. However, a Korean or even Asian market is so narrow that the market capacity cannot technically hold all the discoveries. Considering that Asia is still the periphery of western music business, European and American markets should be conquered to allow young discoveries to expand... | 286 |
s victory against the crumbling Mughal Empire in the East meant that he could afford to turn to the West and face the Ottomans. The Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I initiated the Ottoman-Iranian War (1743–1746), in which Muhammad Shah closely cooperated with the Ottomans until his death in 1748. Nader's Indian campaign alerted,... | uum. Section:Conquest of Central Asia. During the mid-eighteenth century the Iranian empire of Nader Shah embarked upon the conquest and annexation of the Khanates of Bukhara and Khiva . The initial engagements were fought in the late 1730s by Nader Shah's son and viceroy Reza Qoli Mirza who gained a few notable victor... | 287 |
Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt (formerly: "Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt") is a regional railway company, a subsidiary of Transdev Germany. It has provided passenger services on the North Harz network since December 2005 under the name HEX ("HarzElbeExpress"). Section:History. "Connex Sachsen-Anhalt Gm... | transferred to Connex Regiobahn in the preceding March by the state of Saxony-Anhalt. On 11 December 2005 the Harz-Elbe Express began operations and in 2006 was followed by the takeover of the Klesener bus service, which then continued to be operated under the name "SalzlandBus". In February 2009 the bus service was so... | 288 |
Bart Simpson (filmmaker) Bart Simpson is a Canadian producer and director of documentary and fiction films. He started his education in political science and philosophy, however quickly transferred those interests to a variety of media arts. Simpson is best known for producing the feature documentary "The Corporation" ... | the top 40 documentaries in the U.S. Simpson acted as Canadian producer on Moebius Redux featuring illustrator Jean Giraud, which won Best Film at Comicon International, and acted in the same capacity for the feature documentary "Bananas!*" with Swedish director Fredrik Gertten. The film was hit with a lawsuit from Dol... | 289 |
claiming dominion over the kingdom. Mithridates VI of Pontus likewise sent an embassy to Rome, seeking Roman approval of his dominion over Cappadocia. The Roman Senate, however, did not assign the kingdom to either. Instead, the Senate demanded both Pontus and Bithynia withdraw from Cappadocia and guarantee its indepen... | I installed on the throne in 95 BC, Cappadocia became a client kingdom under the Roman Republic. In 93 BC, troops from the Kingdom of Armenia under Tigranes the Great, son-in-law of Mithridates VI, invaded Cappadocia at the behest of the Pontic king. Tigranes dethroned Ariobarzanes I, who fled to Rome, and crowned Gord... | 290 |
player's remote control. There was a widespread "fading" issue, in which the text of the remote slowly disappeared. This issue was rectified by the rapid recall of all faulty remotes and free replacements. Section:Products.:iAUDIO U2. The iAUDIO U2 was introduced in July 2004. It was also Cowon's first player to featur... | Section:Products.:iAUDIO G3 and G2. The iAUDIO G3 was introduced November 2004. The internal hardware was very similar to that of the iAUDIO U2. Both players used the same Sigmatel chipset. The only difference between the two players was that the G3 was powered by an AA battery, allowing a playing time of up to 50 hour... | 291 |
my ideas to a wider audience", Goot said at the media launch. In 2010, he collaborated with the Sydney Dance Company in Rafael Bonachella’s "6 Breaths". Goot worked with artist and designer Jonathan Zawada on a print-based, unisex identity for the production. Section:Australian Identity. Josh Goot has been integral to ... | these core ideals of modernity, modernism and a sense of sport, and I wanted it to capture an Australian point of view in a new way that hadn’t been expressed before." Goot’s collections are Australian made and fabricated in Italian textiles. In 2013, Goot spoke at the Australian Financial Review’s Bespoke Summit at th... | 292 |
-style swing and formations. Beyoncé performed the reggae dancehall song "Baby Boy" and during a "giddy" version of "Crazy in Love" she wore a cropped, spangled top and a mini skirt. During the performance of the song, pre-recorded vocals by Jay-Z who is featured on it were played. "Diva" was performed as the sixth son... | your body requires responsibility". During the performance of the song she also included a sample of the groans and coos from Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby" and sang a snippet of it as a tribute to the singer following her death. During the performance of the eighth song, "Party", confetti were dropped on stage... | 293 |
on the day Dennis returns, Liberty Savage asks how Blessing Chambers is and he tells her they are not together anymore. Section:Joel Dexter. Joel Dexter (Andrew Still; Rory Douglas-Speed) debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 22 November 2011. He is the long-lost son of established character Warren Fox (Jamie ... | 2011. A spokesperson for the serial said that "Jodie is ambitious to a fault - she'll allow nothing to stand in the way of her dreams to be a dancer. Let's hope she's not setting herself up for a fall." In her early appearances she shared scenes with fellow characters Doug Carter (PJ Brennan) and Dodger Savage (Danny M... | 294 |
dive-bombing missions against airfields, communications, and troop concentrations until Axis defeat in Tunisia in May 1943. The unit participated in the reduction of Pantelleria (May–June 1943) and the conquest of Sicily (July–August 1943). The squadron supported the British Eighth Army's landing at Termoli and subsequ... | , patrol, and escort missions. In 1944, converted to P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft and flew interdiction operations in Italy. They moved to Corsica on 30 March 1944 to operate as a separate task force. It flew interdiction missions against railroads, communication targets, and motor vehicles behind enemy lines, providing a... | 295 |
Merensky was married to Marie Liers from Breslau. Seven children were born to this union, among them as fourth child Hans Merensky. They lived in Kgalatlou until May 1864 and with the permission of Sekhukhune, the leader of the Bapedi, founded the mission station Ga-Ratau, approximately 15 km from the Bapedi capital. T... | ation in the night of 23. November 1864 from Ga-Ratau. Merensky bought from own means in January 1865 a farm in the district of Middelburg in the Transvaal Republic (ZAR). Together with Missionary Grützner he built the mission station Botshabelo - a Northern Sotho word for "place of refuge". On the hill overlooking Bot... | 296 |
pair given in the "Summarium Heinrici", an 11th-century revision of Isidore of Seville, stating the Old High German equivalents of some Latin words, including "Ripuarii: Riphera". The latter is textually reconstructed to "*ripfera", except that "phonetically *ripf- cannot come from rip-;" A third possibility is that th... | in which Gallo-Roman "*ribbar" replaces Roman "ripa". From the Gallo-Roman came the French "rive", "bank," and a group of words based on it. Section:History. The term Franks first appears in the 3rd century on the right bank of the Rhine. Tribes who had lived in the same area in Roman times included the Sicambri, Chama... | 297 |
was erected in 1840. Sixteen columns and fourteen beams from this structure were retrieved in 2013 and given to the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth, Wales for use in a planned railway museum. Before completing the train shed, the London and Greenwich Railway entered into an agreement with the proposed London and... | to London Bridge and was not able to build a sufficiently large station for the traffic for both companies, and so in July 1836 it sold some land adjacent to its station (then still under construction) to the Croydon railway to build their own independent station. Section:History.:London and Croydon Railway station. Th... | 298 |
Books.:The Little Master of the Elephant. The Little Master of the Elephant (1984) tells the story of a parched land, where people are dying or leaving. Chintu and his elephant Vivek go in search of water to save a dying uncle. They come back with a retinue of people and animals and a river of water instead of first a ... | looking for. Section:Writings.:Books.:Top Dog. Top Dog (1985) has more stories about Ranjha, the dog detective. They live in Mumbai and Ranjha has been so skilfully trained in the art of tracking that he has become famous for the crimes he has solved. All the stories in this book are based on real cases and Ranjha tell... | 299 |