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Henri-Georges Clouzot | Personal life | Suzy Delair at the Deus Anes Cabaret. Clouzot waited for Delair at the stage door and after meeting her, the two became a romantic couple for the next 12 years. Clouzot had Delair star in two of his films, The Murderer Lives at Number 21 and Quai des Orfèvres. Delair eventually left Clouzot after working with him on Quai des Orfèvres.
Clouzot met his first wife Vera Clouzot through actor Léo Lapara, who had minor parts in Le Retour de Jean and Quai des Orfèvres. Véra met Clouzot after divorcing Lapara and while working as a continuity assistant on Clouzot's Miquette |
Homer Jordan | Post Playing Career & Honors | played quarterback at Cedar Shoals High School in 2013 and 2014. Homer Jordan married his high school sweetheart, Deborah Arnold and still resides in Athens. Honors In 1993, Jordan was inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame, along with Bobby Conrad, Wayne Mass and Bill McLellan . In 2000, Jordan was inducted into the Athens Athletic Hall of Fame. On August 31, 2013, Jordan served as an Honorary Captain for the Clemson Tigers in their game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Memorial Stadium. |
Hitler and Mannerheim recording | Visit by Hitler | Hitler and Mannerheim recording Visit by Hitler In June 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Despite the initial and overwhelming success of the campaign, the Soviets repulsed the German assault on Moscow and stalled the German advance. Hitler required his allies to tie down as much of the enormous Soviet military machine as possible. In 1942, Hitler, under extreme secrecy, visited Finland, officially to congratulate Mannerheim on his 75th birthday. Mannerheim did not wish to greet Hitler at his headquarters, as it would have appeared like a state visit. Therefore, the meeting occurred at Imatra in Southern Finland. At |
Henri-Georges Clouzot | Later career and failing health (1960–1977) | picture.
Clouzot's return to work reassured the doctors and insurers, and he returned to the film studio to make his final film La Prisonnière. The film began production in September 1967 and was halted when Clouzot fell ill and was hospitalized until April 1968. He began filming La Prisonnière again in August 1968. Clouzot incorporated stylistic elements of his aborted film L'enfer into La Prisonnière. La Prisonnière is about a woman who is introduced to a photographer who takes masochistic submissive pictures of young women. The woman volunteers herself as a model for these pictures and is surprised at her own |
Henri-Georges Clouzot | Return to filmmaking and acclaim (1947–1960) | a documentary film. The Brazilian government took issue with Clouzot filming the poverty of people in the favelas rather than the more picturesque parts of Brazil. The film was never finished because the costs became too high. Clouzot became fascinated with the region and wrote a book, Le cheval des dieux, recounting his trip.
Upon returning to France, he was offered a script written by Georges Arnaud, an expatriate living in South America who had written about his own experiences there. Clouzot found it easy to imagine the setting of the script and was very anxious to film Arnaud's story. He |
George H. Arnold | Life | George H. Arnold George Harrison Arnold (December 25, 1838 – July 14, 1883) was an American pharmacist and politician from New York. Life He was born on December 25, 1838, in Truxton, Cortland County, New York, the son of George Arnold (died 1872) and Clarinda (Russell) Arnold (died 1894). He attended the common schools. Then he engaged in farming, and taught school during winters. During the American Civil War he joined the 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and fought from 1861 to 1864. After the war he ran a drugstore, first in Truxton, and later in Cortland. In 1882, |
Herluf Trolle | Military career | perishing with her. But the Swedish admiral was captured and the remnant of the Swedish fleet took refuge at Stockholm.
Despite the damage done to his own fleet and flagship Fortuna by this great victory, Trolle, on 14 August, fought another but indecisive action with a second Swedish fleet under Finnish born, Swedish nobleman and Naval Admiral Klas Horn (1517–1566), Lord of Joensuu, his distant kinsman, and kept the sea until 13 October. Trolle spent the winter partly at his castle of Herlufsholm completing his long-cherished plan of establishing a school for all classes, and partly at Copenhagen equipping a |
Harry Leitch | Squash career | Harry Leitch Squash career Having trained at the Heriot-Watt Squash Academy and the East of Scotland Institute of Sport, Leitch became Scotland's number one junior in 2002.
He made his debut for the Scottish senior team in 2003 and has since made over 60 international appearances. He competed at the European Championships, the World Championships and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he, and partner John White, were knocked out (8-10 9-2 9-2 3-9 9-6) in the quarterfinals by the eventual champions Lee Beachill and Peter Nicol.
In 2010, Leitch appeared at the Commonwealth Games a second time, playing alongside Alan |
Henri-Georges Clouzot | Early directorial work (1942–1947) & Return to filmmaking and acclaim (1947–1960) | or appeal. During his two-year banishment from filming, Clouzot worked with one of his supporters, Jean-Paul Sartre, who had been one of the first people to defend Le Corbeau. Return to filmmaking and acclaim (1947–1960) After Clouzot's ban was lifted, he reestablished his reputation and popularity during the late 1940s with films such as Quai des Orfèvres and Manon. For Quai des Orfèvres, Clouzot asked the author Stanislas-André Steeman for a copy of his novel, Légitime défense, to adapt into a film. Clouzot started writing the script before the novel arrived for him to read. Quai des Orfèvres was released |
Halvar Jonson | Late life and legacy | Centre for Brain Injury in Ponoka, Alberta In recognition of Jonson’s work in championing legislation that led to the establishment of charter schools in Alberta, the Association of Alberta Public Charter Schools established the Halvar Jonson Award in 2012. The award is presented annually to those who have given of their time, energy, influence and expertise to enhance the success of charter schools in Alberta. Jonson died on December 2, 2016 at the age of 75. |
Hodh Ech Chargui Region | Geography | Hodh Ech Chargui Region Geography Mauritania is mostly covered with desert, with only its western regions around the coast of Atlantic Ocean having some vegetation. There are some oasis in the desert regions. Since it is a desert, there are large shifting dunes forming temporary ranges. The average elevation is around 460 m (1,510 ft) above the mean sea level. The rainfall in the northern regions closer to the Tropic of Cancer receives around 100 mm (3.9 in) of annual rainfall compared to the southern portions that receives around 660 mm (26 in). The average temperature is 37.8 °C (100.0 °F), while during the night it reaches 0 °C |
Harold Bradley (trade unionist) | null | Harold Bradley (trade unionist) Harold Bradley (13 February 1895 – 1979) was a British trade unionist.
Bradley worked as a weaver in Nelson, Lancashire, and joined the Nelson Weavers' Association (NWA). He first came to attention when he led an unofficial strike at Cornes Mill, successfully demanding recognition of the union. Seth Sagar of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) saw potential in Bradley and persuaded him to join the party, and also to become a collector for the union. Shortly after, Bradley won election to the committee of the NWA.
In 1933, Bradley left Nelson to become |
Flying fox (fish) | Description | Flying fox (fish) Description The flying fox fish has a characteristic long body with a flat abdominal area. Its dorsal area has a coloration ranging from olive to dark brown. The lower half of its body has a yellowish white hue. A brownish-black line is apparent from its mouth, eye and the caudal fins. On top of this brownish-black line is a gold-colored stripe. The eyes of a flying fox may have a reddish iris. Its dorsal, anal and ventral finnage consisting of a black band and a white edge.
Although known to grow up to 6 inches (15.24 cm), flying foxes |
Heffter Research Institute | Founding and history | The institute was founded in 1993 by David E. Nichols. Co-founders included Mark Geyer, Ph.D., George Greer, M.D., Charles Grob, M.D. and Dennis McKenna, Ph.D.
At the time, psychedelic research had been dormant for approximately 20 years and was not eligible to receive government funding, necessitating private funding to restart the field. The institute was created to secure the private funding and to evaluate research projects for their scientific merit. The institute was incorporated as a non-profit organization in New Mexico, and received its 501(c)(3) designation from the Internal Revenue Service in 1994.
The first decade of research primarily focused on the |
Henri-Georges Clouzot | Screenwriting career (1931–1942) | was happening in Germany. In 1934, Clouzot was fired from UFA Studios for his friendship with Jewish film producers such as Adolphe Osso and Pierre Lazareff.
In 1935, Clouzot was diagnosed with tuberculosis and was sent first to Haute-Savoie and then to Switzerland, where he was bedridden for nearly five years in all. Clouzot's time in the sanatorium would be very influential on his career. While bedridden, Clouzot read constantly and learned the mechanics of storytelling to help improve his scripts. Clouzot also studied the fragile nature of the other people in the sanatorium. Clouzot had little money during this period, |
Gowongo Mohawk | null | 1924 at the age of 63 and is buried in Edgewater Cemetery, New Jersey, with her husband Charles W. Charles, an army captain who served with General Custer.
Gowongo’s most famed work, Wep-ton-No-Mah, The Indian Mail Carrier, sparked the interest of audiences and the general public across America and Britain. Playing the role of Wep-ton-No-Mah, a Native American man, Gowongo troubled stereotypes of Indigeneity, race, gender, and sexuality while engaging in the contemporary urge to reimagine the frontier, as seen in the popular Buffalo Bill Wild West Shows, which she also performed in. |
Georgia Ku | Career | Birth of a Nation. At the end of the year, Ku was featured on the Party Favor single, "In My Head", which reached number 7 on the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart. In early 2017, the Martin Garrix and Dua Lipa song "Scared to be Lonely", which Ku co-wrote, was released. It peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. That year, Ku also co-wrote Iggy Azalea's "Switch" featuring Anitta.
In 2018, Ku was featured on several tracks, including Captain Cuts and Zookëper's "Do You Think About Me?" and NOTD and Felix Jaehn's "So Close" (which also featured Captain Cuts). |
Homosexualities | Scientific and academic journals | he considered Homosexualities a helpful work, and useful on a political level, he did not consider it "a sophisticated research study". He wrote that the book was "disappointing and consistent with the downward trend in the quality of reports emanating from the Institute for Sex Research", and criticized its authors for ignoring "issues of growth and the ways in which diversity may lead to insights which might be helpful to all men and women exploring the creative violation of sex roles."
De Cecco dismissed the book, writing that while Bell and Weinberg presented it as definitive, it suffered from the "theoretical |
Han Feizi | The "Two Handles" | officials himself, and must rely on the decentralized (but faithful) application of laws and methods (fa). Contrary to Shen Buhai and his own rhetoric, Han Fei insists that loyal ministers (like Guan Zhong, Shang Yang, and Wu Qi) exist, and upon their elevation with maximum authority. Though Fa-Jia sought to enhance the power of the ruler, this scheme effectively neutralizes him, reducing his role to the maintenance of the system of reward and punishments, determined according to impartial methods and enacted by specialists expected to protect him through their usage thereof. Combining Shen Buhai's methods with Shang Yang's insurance mechanisms, |
Heinie Stafford | Personal plea from John McGraw & Life after baseball | his work in the textile business.
Stafford returned to baseball briefly during World War I, playing in the industrial leagues where his wartime teammates included Chief Bender and Home Run Baker. Life after baseball After the war, Stafford returned to work in the textile business, working on the development of nylon. He retired from the textile business in 1941 and bought a 340-acre (1.4 km²) Vermont dairy farm with a house built in 1832. He gave up farming in the 1950s and went into the real estate business and was later elected to the Vermont General Assembly from Bethel, Vermont. Stafford died |
Holt, Missouri | History & Geography & 2010 census | Holt, Missouri History Holt was platted in 1867. The city was named for Jeremiah Abel Holt (1811-1886), who donated the land in 1837 and who was one of the first settlers in the area, a native of Orange County, North Carolina.
Holt has the distinction of holding the world record for the fastest accumulation of rainfall. On June 22, 1947, Holt received 12 inches (300 mm) of rain in 42 minutes. Geography Holt is located at 39°27′25″N 94°20′12″W (39.456809, -94.336741).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.45 square miles (1.17 km²), all land. 2010 census As |
Herbert Seddon | Peripheral nerve injury | of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. in 1965 he was made the first Professor of Orthopaedics in the University of London. Here he directed research into basic science relevant to orthopaedic disease and he became a member of the Medical Research Council for four years. With his deputy director J.I.P.James he developed innovative postgraduate teaching programmes in orthopaedics which came to be highly regarded nationally and internationally. Because of his previous experience of polio in developing countries he served on the Advisory Medical Council of the Colonial Office.
In 1960 he examined Winston Churchill at the request of Lord Moran, |
Herbert Vianna | Biography & Tragedy | pay homage to his friend. The song became the band's first airplay hit and, shortly after that, they signed with EMI Music Group.
After spending ten years with the band, Herbert released the solo album Ê Batumarê (1992). He recorded two others, Santorini Blues (1997) e O Som do Sim (2000), with Cássia Eller, Nana Caymmi, Sandra de Sá and Marcos Valle.
Herbert married the British journalist Lucy Needham (a former BBC journalist whom he met when she came to interview him for a documentary), with whom he had three children: Luca, Hope and Phoebe. Tragedy Herbert always liked to pilot helicopters |
Geology of Germany | Regional geological setting & Central European Depression | appearance of external and internal forces over the past c. 20 million years. Germany can be divided into three physiographic regions: the Central European Depression, the Central European Blocks and the Alps. Central European Depression The northern third of Germany is part of the Central European Depression (German: Mitteleuropäische Senke), corresponding roughly to the North German Plain. The Central European Depression is a long-term subsiding area containing a sedimentary rock sequence, several thousand metres thick, of Late Palaeozoic to Cenozoic age and is characterised by a strong glacial overprint as well as salt tectonics of Permian salt diapirs together with |
Hospital pharmacy | Sterile production | Some hospital pharmacies have decided to outsource high-risk preparations and some other compounding functions to companies that specialize in compounding. |
Harleth Kuusik | Career | Harleth Kuusik Career Kuusik debuted in 2013, walking for Proenza Schouler; In the next year she appeared in ads for Schouler, Valentino, Coach Inc., and Edun. She’s also appeared in ads for Vera Wang and Emilio Pucci. Casting director Ashley Brokaw is deemed to have launched her career. She has walked the runway for designers including Prada and Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, Giambattista Valli (which she opened), Acne Studios, Alexander McQueen, Emanuel Ungaro, Gareth Pugh, Lanvin, Maison Martin Margiela, Paco Rabanne, Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, Alexander Wang, Givenchy, Michael Kors, Roberto Cavalli, Rick Owens, Versace, Nina Ricci, Sonia Rykiel, Chanel, |
Highgate, Birmingham | Highgate Park & Stratford House & The Turnpike Road & St Alban’s Church and School | also home to Birmingham's King Edward VII Memorial.
Alongside the park, is the 'Paragon Hotel'. This was originally a Rowton House for single working men. It is now attracting business people attending the many conventions in Birmingham and tourists visiting the city. Stratford House Stratford House, a Grade II* listed building dating from 1601, is located near Camp Hill traffic island. The Turnpike Road Until 1851 there was a toll gate across Stratford Road, known as the Balsall Heath Gate. It was owned by the Alcester Turnpike Trust which had been founded in 1767 to maintain the road. St Alban’s |
Heinie Stafford | New York Giants (1916) & Personal plea from John McGraw | at the end of the 1916 season. Stafford sat on the bench for the Giants until October 5 – the last day of the season. With two outs in the top of the ninth inning, the Giants trailing by two runs, and the bases empty, the rookie from Vermont was sent in as a pinch hitter for the Giants' pitcher. Stafford hit into a game- and season-ending out for the Giants, as the Brooklyn Dodgers won the pennant. Personal plea from John McGraw His pinch-hit out on the last day of the 1916 season turned out to be his only |
Governorship of Mitt Romney | Transportation policy and the "Big Dig" | Salvatore DiMasi, Senate President Robert Travaglini, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, the chairman of both the house and senate transportation committees and the editorial boards of the Boston Globe and Herald, Amorello once again refused to step aside. Romney responded by filing emergency legislation to wrest control of the inspection of the Big Dig tunnel system from the Turnpike Authority. The Massachusetts State Legislature overwhelmingly approved the legislation, which Romney signed on July 14, 2006. The Department of Transportation began immediate inspections of the I-90 tunnel and pledged a "stem to stern" review of the entire Big Dig Tunnel System. Meanwhile, |
Federal Dependencies of Venezuela | Biogeographical area | Island, into an area it calls the "Venezuelan Antilles" (Level 3 code "VNA"). |
High Sheriff of Warwickshire | null | also the Sheriff of Leicestershire. |
Hasegawa Shigure | null | Hasegawa Shigure Hasegawa Shigure (長谷川 時雨, 1879-1941) was a Japanese playwright and editor of a literary journal. Hasegawa was the only female to be featured in three volumes of the Meiji bungaku zenshū ("Collected works of Meiji literature"), a collection published by Chikuma Shobō, and she had the title joryū bundan no ōgosho ("great writer of the woman’s literary community’"); Barbara Hartley, author of "The space of childhood memories: Hasegawa Shigure and Old Nihonbashi," cited these facts when describing Hasegawa as "a major literary figure" of the era prior to World War II.
Hartley wrote that "Shigure’s work has been largely |
Hitchcock (film) | Plot | says she is happy with her family life.
Hitchcock's cut of Psycho is poorly received by the studio executives, while Alma discovers Whitfield having sex with a younger woman at his beach house. Hitchcock and Alma reconcile and set to work on improving the film. Their renewed collaboration yields results, culminating in Alma persuading Hitchcock to accept their composer's suggestion for adding Bernard Herrmann's harsh strings score to the shower scene.
After maneuvering Shurlock into leaving the film's content largely intact, Hitchcock learns the studio is only going to open the film in two theaters. Hitchcock arranges for special theater instructions to |
Henrik Florinus | History | seen that proverbs are pagan in the same was as folk poetry.
In 1699, Florinus succeeded in getting his position back in Paimio as a stand-in for an official and soon became a permanent member of the clergy. His oldest son was appointed clergyman of Kimito. Florinus spent the rest of his years in Paimio. He published a book in Finnish in 1705 Yxi lyhykäinen opetus oikiasta wanhurscaudesta ("One brief lesson about true righteousness"). However, not one copy of this text, as far as is known, has been salvaged. Florinus died that same year. |
Home Sweet Home (2014 film) | Plot | Home Sweet Home (2014 film) Plot The film is about John D' Silva, who migrates to U.S. after the death of his parents leaving his ancestral house in Goa called "Home Sweet Home" to be looked after by his one and only friend Kaytan. When he returns to Goa after 20 years, he is shocked to see a huge residential complex standing in place of his ancestral house. Only the famous landmark, old Holy Cross outside the complex, stands there to convince the taxi driver Raj that it is the same location for certain.
Now it becomes very crucial for John |
Horatia (gens) | Praenomina & Branches and cognomina | the praenomina Publius, Marcus, Lucius, and Gaius. Branches and cognomina The Horatii of the Republic bore the surnames Barbatus, Cocles, and Pulvillus. Of these, Barbatus and Pulvillus were family names, while Cocles appears to have been a personal cognomen, given to the hero of the Sublician bridge. Plutarchus supposes that it was derived from the Greek cyclops, because he had lost an eye, or because the shape of his face made it appear as if he had but one eye. Cocles is said to have been the nephew of Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, and if he left any issue, they do |
History of Landsbanki | 1916–1925: In temporary premises & 1926–1935: The country’s leading bank | exports. The major economic crisis caused widespread defaults on loans, especially at Íslandsbanki. It lost its monopoly to issue banknotes and after a two-year dispute the question was resolved and Landsbanki was granted this right. From 1924 onwards, Landsbanki regained its vitality and re-opened in new and even more imposing premises built on its former Austurstræti location. The building was designed by State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson and decorated with murals by painters Jón Stefánsson and Jóhannes Kjarval. 1926–1935: The country’s leading bank By the beginning of 1927, Landsbanki had become Iceland's largest bank. Its financial situation was considerably more solid |
Giles Deacon | Style | and sexy and has stated that he wants diversity in among them. He said, "My dresses should be worn by young, cool girls just as much as by 55 to 60 year old women". Deacon often designs "structured big-entrance" dresses, which are aimed at women who want to be noticed. At the 2008 London Fashion Week, Deacon presented a collection with a futuristic theme based on the 1980s arcade game Pac-Man. The character was embellished on many of the dresses and the models wore oversized helmets in the shape of Pac-Man. The designer's New Look menswear collections have been described |
Generosity | Other uses & Etymology | generosity should not be limited to times of great need such as natural disasters and extreme situations. Etymology The modern English word generosity derives from the Latin word generōsus, which means "of noble birth", which itself was passed down to English through the Old French word généreux. The Latin stem gener– is the declensional stem of genus, meaning "kin", "clan", "race", or "stock", with the root Indo-European meaning of gen being "to beget". The same root gives the words genesis, gentry, gender, genital, gentile, genealogy, and genius, among others.
Most recorded English uses of the word generous up to and during |
Hacker (card game) | History & Gameplay | for computer crime".
In 1992, SJG made a card game called Hacker based on the Secret Service's beliefs.
In 1993, SJG released the supplement Hacker II: The Dark Side, which added new rules and new cards to the gameplay. Gameplay The original game has 110 cards, 172 die-cut cardboard counters, 53 thin cardstock counters, two network ID cards, and a plastic ziplock bag.
The players use cards to construct a computer network, and then roll dice to try and infiltrate the system. Successful entry gains access to new systems, or the ability to crash the system or upgrade the player's |
History of Landsbanki | 1886–1895: Banking as a sideline | bank notes was transferred to the newly established Central Bank of Iceland in 1961, Landsbanki continued to develop as a commercial bank, expanding its branch network in the ensuing decades.
Liberalisation of financial services, beginning in 1986, opened up new opportunities, which the bank managed to take advantage of despite some economic adversity. In 1997, Landsbanki was incorporated as a limited-liability company, and the ensuing privatisation finally concluded in 2003. Landsbanki now operates as a privately owned bank, competing in a free market, with substantial international activities added to its traditional Icelandic operations. 1886–1895: Banking as a sideline Created by an |
Gino Martino | Second return to CW (2011–present) | Mike Poulin, and Seth Drakin. He promoted an upcoming interpromotional show for Independent Wrestling Entertainment and NWA on Fire during the show, where he was to face former tag team partner Johnny Primer, as well discussed his recent appearances on Italian television and Stan Lee's Superhumans on the History Channel. After a five-year absence, Ferraro was also ranked #500 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the 2011 PWI 500.
In early 2012, Ferraro also wrestled shows for Powerhouse Wrestling and UFO Wrestling. On April 20, 2012, Ferraro (with B.A. Tatum) defeated "The Sure Thing" Mark Shurman at the Elks |
He's A Smoothie | 1967 Horse of the Year & 1968 | pounds to carry that the great Damascus and race winner Fort Marcy. On December 9, He's A Smoothie was sent to Aqueduct Racetrack to compete in the Display Handicap. Once again he was high-weighted, given a handicap of nine pounds more than winner Quicken Tree. Nonetheless, he still came from far back in the two-mile race to finish second, just three-quarters of a length behind the winner.
He's a Smoothie was voted 1967 Canadian Horse of the Year honors. 1968 Wintered in Florida, at Gulfstream Park He's a Smoothie ran second in a division of the January 24, 1968 Palm |
Haan station | History & Transport services | Haan station History The station was opened in 1885 on the Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway, which was completed between Gruiten and Opladen by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company on 25 September 1867. The station building, which is a replica of a station in Massachusetts, was finished in 1899. Since 26 May 1993, it has been heritage-listed. Until the 1980s, there was a freight yard located at the present site of the construction market in Böttingerstraße. In 2007, the station surroundings were redesigned and bicycle parking and additional car parking were built. Transport services The station is served by the Rhein-Wupper-Bahn (RB 48) between |
Hirola | Taxonomy | the genus Damaliscus with the topi and given the scientific name Damaliscus hunteri. Newer theories have classified it as a sub-species of the topi (Damaliscus lunatus hunteri) and placed it within its own genus as Beatragus hunteri.
Recent genetic analyses on karyotypic and mitochondrial DNA support the theory that the hirola is distinct from the topi and should be placed in its own genus. They also indicate that the hirola is in fact more closely related to Alcelaphalus than to Damaliscus.
Placing the hirola in its own genus is further supported by behavioural observations. Neither Alcelaphalus nor Damaliscus engage |
Farashganj | Points of interest | that time. In 1832 the collector of Dhaka, Mr. Walter put up work for a single-span hanging bridge over the canal at Sutrapur (Farashganj) for facilitating passage from Dhaka to Narayanganj. |
Gokaigers | Ranger Keys | the first Zangyack fleet as Datas Hyper and ended up unable to fight along with the Super Sentai. Gunmazin may have also fought as a giant, however due to the fact that he has to serve whoever holds his key (good, neutral, or evil), he may not have participated in the war at all. Zubaan was able to survive the giant battle and went on to participate in the war in normal size, thus having his own Ranger Key.
Some Ranger Keys have other special abilities within them. In episode 40, the Gokaigers use the Time Yellow key to enable Goujyu |
Hamilton County, New York | History | Hamilton County, New York History On April 12, 1816, Hamilton County was created by partitioning 1,800 square miles (4,700 km²) from Montgomery County, but due to low population it remained unorganized and administered from Montgomery County, N.Y. until it was recognized as sufficiently prepared for self-government on January 1, 1838. The organization process was completed by summer 1847.
On April 6, 1860, Fulton County was partitioned, with 10 square miles (26 km²) of land in Sacandaga Park transferred to Hamilton County. On May 24, 1915, land was swapped between Hamilton and Essex counties, with Hamilton ceding Fishing Brook Mountain for Indian Lake. Hamilton |
Harrison McIntosh | Education & Career | and Deese worked together as business partners and friends for the next 50 years, first in the Foothill Boulevard space from 1950 to 1958, and then in a studio at Padua Hills until 2006. In addition to his lasting relationship with Deese, McIntosh was also close with many other Claremont artists such as Jim Hueter, Karl Benjamin, and Sam Maloof. Career For various intervals between 1956 and 1959, McIntosh taught at the Los Angeles Country Art Institute, now the Otis College of Art and Design, where he became friends with fellow teacher Peter Voulkos. Here he met Paul Soldner, John |
Haakon County, South Dakota | 2000 census | all households were made up of individuals and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.00.
The county population contained 25.70% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 25.20% from 25 to 44, 24.10% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 96.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.30 males.
The median income for a household in |
Go Ask Alice | Treatment of book as fiction and non-fiction | Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental."
Despite the classification and the disclaimer, Go Ask Alice has frequently been taught as non-fiction in schools and sold as non-fiction in bookstores. The publishers also continued to suggest that the book was true by including the "Editors' Note" stating that the book was based on an actual diary, and listing the author as "Anonymous", with no mention |
Hinduism in Indonesia | Tourism & Symbolism | or is absent. Symbolism The National emblem of Indonesia is called Garuda Pancasila. Garuda, the discipled carrier or vehicle (vahana) of Lord Vishnu, appears in many ancient Hindu temples of ancient Indonesia. Garuda Pancasila was designed by Sultan Hamid II from Pontianak, supervised by Sukarno, and was adopted as the national emblem on 11 February 1950. |
Geology of Germany | Regional geological setting | Geology of Germany The geology of Germany is heavily influenced by several phases of orogeny in the Paleozoic and the Cenozoic, by sedimentation in shelf seas and epicontinental seas and on plains in the Permian and Mesozoic as well as by the Quaternary glaciations. Regional geological setting Germany is located between the geologically very old (Precambrian) East European Craton (Baltica) to the north and north-east (that further north is exposed as the Baltic Shield), and the geologically young (Cenozoic) Alpine-Carpathian Orogen to the south. The corresponding crustal provinces of Germany are thus geologically "middle-aged" and were accreted onto the East |
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton | Early life and military career | marriage, Henry FitzRoy was created Baron Sudbury, Viscount Ipswich, and Earl of Euston; in 1675 he was created Duke of Grafton, and Charles II made him a Knight of the Garter in 1680. He was appointed colonel of the Grenadier Guards in 1681.
FitzRoy was brought up as a sailor and saw military action at the siege of Luxembourg in 1684. In that year, he received a warrant to supersede Sir Robert Holmes as Governor of the Isle of Wight, when the latter was charged with making false musters. However, Holmes was acquitted by court-martial and retained the governorship. In 1686 |
Herluf Trolle | Military career | new fleet for the ensuing campaign. On 1 June 1565 he set sail with twenty-eight liners, which were reinforced off Fehmarn by five Lübeck vessels. Horn had put to sea still earlier with a superior fleet and the two admirals encountered off Fehmarn on 4 June. The fight was severe but indecisive, and both commanders finally separated to repair their ships. Trolle had been severely wounded in the thigh and shoulder, but he would not let the ship's surgeon see to his injuries until every one else had been attended to. This characteristic act of unselfishness was his undoing, for |
Herbesthal railway station | The First World War and its aftermath 1914–1944 | outbreak of war brought an end to civilian passenger transport, and the border crossing passed from the control of the national railway company into that of the army, who also took control of the railways in occupied Belgium. Herbesthal became critically important as a transit location and as a replenishment location for the armies on the western front. At the same time, thousands of wounded soldiers stranded on the way home from the front received medical care and treatment here. Additionally, more than 70,000 forced labourers from Belgium were channeled into Germany through Herbesthal. |
Guy Gaunt | Naval career | the Hindu–German Conspiracy during the war. Gaunt headed the intelligence network operated by Courtenay Bennett's intelligence and liaised with the Czech intelligence network operated by E. V. Voska. On learning of the plot from the Czech European network at the outbreak of the war, Voska passed on the information to Gaunt and to Tomáš Masaryk who further passed on the information the American authorities. Voska's American network was a counter-espionage network of nearly 80 members who, as Habsburg subjects, were presumed to be German supporters but were involved in spying on German and Austrian diplomats.
When the U.S. entered the World |
Green Liberal Party of Switzerland | History | the Green Party in the previous Parliament.
A month later, it won a seat in the Council of States, with Verena Diener representing Zurich. Along with the first appearance of the Green Party, this was the first time a minor party had won representation in the Council of States since 1995. When the Federal Assembly convened, the glp joined the Christian Democrats/EPP/glp Group, making it the second-largest group, behind the Swiss People's Party. In 2010 the party got an additional seat in the Council of States with Markus Stadler from Uri.
There are now eighteen cantonal parties: Zurich, St. Gallen, |
Fu Bingchang | Semi retirement and later years | Anti-Corruption Board and Vice President of the Judicial Yuan in Taiwan until 1965. Fu died in Taiwan in 1965.
For much of his life, Fu was an avid amateur photographer. His informal photos of leading politicians and their families are now collected and available online. |
HMS Maori (F24) | Service history | she sailed to Iceland looking for German warships and also served briefly in the Faroe Islands.
In May 1941, she participated in the pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck. While escorting Convoy WS-8B to the Middle East, Maori, along with the destroyers Cossack, Sikh and Zulu broke off on 26 May and headed towards the area where Bismarck had been reported. They found her that evening and made several torpedo attacks in the evening and into the next morning. No hits were scored but they kept her gunners from getting any sleep, making it easier for the battleships to attack |
Friedrichshafen FF.71 | Design and development | Friedrichshafen FF.71 Design and development The FF.71 was a four-seat biplane powered by a Benz Bz.IV. The prototype first flew in April 1919; despite the fact that the aircraft was intended for civilian buyers, it was painted in military rhombic camouflage. Initially, passengers were located in an open cockpit, but after an accident the aircraft was rebuilt with an enclosed passenger cabin.
In 1921, five more slightly modified aircraft were produced by LFG, receiving the designation FF.71a. |
Gairloch Bridge | Heritage listing | Bridge is an example of the earliest use of concrete, where it was restricted to applications requiring only compressive strength such as piers and abutments. The introduction to Queensland of reinforced concrete a few years after the bridge was built broadened the applications of concrete to include components requiring tensile strength.
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.
The Gairloch Bridge is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of submersible bridges: it is a low level bridge, crossing only the main channel of the river, and is designed to present the least possible |
History of Cagliari | Pisan domination & Conquest by the King of Aragon | to the King of Aragon. At that time the Kingdom of Sardinia was born and Cagliari became its capital. Conquest by the King of Aragon In 1324 the Kingdom of Aragon conquered Cagliari (Castel di Castro) after a battle against the Pisans. When Sardinia was finally conquered by the Catalan-Aragonese army, Cagliari (Castel de Càller or simply Càller in Catalan) became the administrative capital of the newborn Kingdom of Sardinia, one of the many kingdoms forming the Crown of Aragon, which later came under the rule of the Spanish Empire.
Since 1326, the city, having expelled the Pisans and been repopulated |
Het Anker Brewery | Distillery De Molenberg | a grain whisky was distilled. Gouden Carolus Single Malt was introduced on November 23 2013 and has already won several international prizes. |
Hollywood station (Florida) | Seaboard Air Line Railway & Tri-Rail commuter service | the building with copper signs. The station is virtually identical to the Fort Lauderdale Seaboard station to the north.
The station was served by, among other Seaboard trains, the Orange Blossom Special until 1953, and the Silver Meteor beginning in 1939. Amtrak maintained Silver Meteor service to the station when it took over intercity passenger train service in 1971. Both the Silver Meteor and Amtrak's Silver Star continue to use the station. Tri-Rail commuter service In 1988, through an agreement with CSX Transportation, the successor to Seaboard, the Florida Department of Transportation acquired the station as part of the state's |
Herbesthal railway station | Rail nationalisation and expansion 1880–1914 & The First World War and its aftermath 1914–1944 | though some westbound trains were routed to avoid the southbound stretch because of the gradient of the Ronheider incline south of Aachen. The First World War and its aftermath 1914–1944 On 2 August 1914 war on the western front was launched with a German invasion of Luxembourg, although it was only on 4 August 1914 that Germany declared war on Belgium. In the Edinburgh Evening News a reader provided a vivid account of her problem-free crossing of the frontier at Herbesthal from Germany into Belgium during the early morning hours of 2 August 1914. Nevertheless, the |
Geoffrey Ma | Reception & Family | constitutional rights," Law said. "Of course we were disappointed about some cases, but I don't think he is going out of the way to side with the government. I hope he understands that his role is very important. Hong Kong doesn't have democracy. We expect there is at least one branch of government that serves as the last protector of our rights and interests." Family Geoffrey Ma is married to Maria Yuen Ka-ning, who is also a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court. They have one daughter. To avoid any possible conflict of interest, |
Hinton House | History | Hinton House Hinton House is a large country house near Hinton St George in Somerset, England. History The house started life as a medieval hall house and was rebuilt around 1500 by Sir Amias Paulet. Alterations were made for successive Lords Poulett by Matthew Brettingham, John Soane, James Wyatt, and Jeffry Wyattville. The Tower House was added around 1814.
The design of the south front is based on Inigo Jones's Banqueting House in Whitehall. The South Range is Grade II* listed.
The former stable block which was built in the late 18th century, designed by John Soane, is also a Grade II |
Gambling in New Jersey | Minimum age | legal age for other forms of licensed gambling (e.g., lottery, horse race) is 18, but a person under 18 may take part in amusement games where the prize is an item (e.g., a stuffed animal), and not cash. There is no minimum age for social gambling. |
Hendley, Nebraska | 2010 census | of 2010, there were 24 people, 14 households, and 4 families residing in the village. The population density was 114.3 inhabitants per square mile (44.1/km²). There were 22 housing units at an average density of 104.8 per square mile (40.5/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 100.0% White.
There were 14 households of which 28.6% were married couples living together and 71.4% were non-families. 50.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.71 and the average family size was 2.50.
The |
Hirayama Station | History & Station layout | Hirayama Station History Hirayama Station was opened on March 25, 1936. It was closed from December 16, 1944 to April 1, 1947. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the JNR on April 1, 1987. Station layout Hirayama Station has a single side platform serving bidirectional traffic. The platform is short, and can only handle trains with a length of three carriages or less. The station is unattended. |
How Far Do You Wanna Go? | Critical reception & Music video | it was a more energetic performance than the band's debut single "Wild at Heart." He also called the song's spoken-word bridge "inspired." Jessica Phillips of Country Standard Time said that it had "has an infectious groove that Christian group Hillsong [sic] or rocker Rick Springfield would commend." Engine 145 critic Brittney McKenna gave it a thumbs-up, saying that it was "slick, highly produced and clearly geared to a certain demographic" but "catchy and fun." Music video A music video directed by Kristin Barlowe was released on October 19, 2009. It was shot on both a soundstage, and on location. The |
Holy Trinity Church, Kingswood | History | known as a "Waterloo Church". The foundation stone was laid by the Bishop of Gloucester on 9 June 1819, but there followed a dispute over the title of the site which meant that building did not begin in earnest until 1820. The completed church was consecrated on 11 September 1821. The architect was James Foster.
The church was damaged by fire in 1852 and the panelled ceiling in the nave was never replaced. The present chancel was added 1897-1900. It contains a Sweetland Organ built in 1903. There are two bells in the tower however these are no longer ringable.
The churchyard |
History of Cagliari | Prehistory & Phoenician colony and Punic era | nuraghes of Antigori Sarroch, inspired the hypothesis that the Nuragicals settled in Cagliari, entertained intense commercial and cultural ties with the Mycenaeans, and are a testimony that their ports were already vital and busy. Inside the urban area no nuraghic building was found until 2012, when in Monte Claro some ruins of a sacred well were discovered. All around the city, east and west, there are nuraghes, giants' graves and sacred wells. Phoenician colony and Punic era Krly or Karel started as a store or trading post around the tenth century BC when the Phoenicians began to frequent the area |
Holy Family Parish, Pittsfield | History | The cost of rebuilding, repair and equipment amounted to approximately $60,000. In 1924, Pittsfield witnessed the consecration of new church, which acquired a new name of the Holy Family Parish. The lower part of the building was converted into a school. Classes began in 1922 and were held three times a week. |
Hadiah Daripada Hati | Background | Musical which was a tribute to the legendary Malay actor Tan Sri P. Ramlee. "Melawan Kesepian" is picked as the second single. And just a few weeks before the 15th Anugerah Industri Muzik, Siti choose to release her third single from the album, "Cintamu". The song won the Best Musical Arrangement In A Song, defeating her other two songs "Hati" and "Sekian Lama". The fourth which is believed to be the final single from this album is "Wanita". |
Hillsdale, Vanderburgh County, Indiana | Geography | Hillsdale, Vanderburgh County, Indiana Geography Hillsdale is located at 38°04′58″N 87°33′02″W. |
Gravity (Big & Rich album) | Pre-release & Critical | be releasing in September 2014. The publication acknowledged that the album finds the duo "taking their lyrical prowess and signature harmonies to new levels." On September 13, Big & Rich announced via their Facebook that the entirety of Gravity would be available for streaming a full week before release exclusively through Pandora Radio. In anticipation of the Gravity's release, Big & Rich hosted a release party in New York City on release date and another in Los Angeles on October 1. Each ticket purchased included a free copy of the album. Critical The album has received |
Gungsong Gungtsen | Life | bza' khri mo mnyen ldong steng), the noble woman from the Mang or Mong clan of Tölung (Wylie: stod lung), a valley to the west of Lhasa.
It seems most unlikely that Songtsen Gampo handed over power to his son after his marriage to Princess Wencheng in 641, as she was married to the ruling monarch and there is no mention of such an event in the Chinese or Tibetan Annals. If Gungsong Gungtsen was married and had a son before 641, he was most probably born sometime before 625.
He is traditionally said to have been born at a nine-storied |
Daz Eden | Storylines | Rushworth). Jack was unhappy about Billy having contact with Daz, even after he saved Victoria Sugden's (Isabel Hodgins) life, but Daz and Billy bonded as father and son, regardless. Daz even took baby Sarah to see him when she returned to the village but Andy was angry and made Daz promise not to do it again. Unfortunately, Daz's relationship with Billy was damaged when he found out that Billy was having an affair with Diane. When Victoria accidentally set fire to the house, injuring herself, Billy and Jack, Billy rescued Andy and Jack. All three were taken to hospital and |
How Far Do You Wanna Go? | Music video | location shots were filmed in downtown Nashville. The soundstage was also in Nashville. The video starts with a girl, who is leaving her apartment, while her boyfriend chases her throughout the video. In between these shots, are Gloriana performing the song, with their band, on the soundstage. The video ends with the two characters finally catching up to each other. They stop, hug, and ride off again, this time together. |
Generosity | In religion & Research and scholarship | record this as a saying of Jesus. In his first letter to Timothy, Paul tells rich Christians that they must be "generous and willing to share". (1 Timothy 6:18) Later Christian tradition further developed the concept of the virtue of charity. Research and scholarship Research has shown that generosity is associated with empathy. In this research, by Paul J. Zak and colleagues and published in Public Library of Science ONE, the peptide oxytocin or placebo was given to about 100 men and then they made several decisions regarding money. One, the Dictator Game, was used to measure altruism |
Heat burst | Causes | of approximately 10 °C per 1000 meters (5.5 °F per 1000 feet) of descent. The warm air from the cluster replaces the cool air on the ground. The effect is similar to someone blowing down on a puddle of water.
On 4 March 1990, the National Weather Service in Goodland, Kansas detected a system that had weakened, containing light rain showers and snow showers. It was followed by gusty winds and a temperature increase. A heat burst was being observed. The detection proved that heat bursts can occur in both summer months and winter months. The occurrence also proved that a |
Herbesthal railway station | Postwar revival | the position before the war, there were now no local trains operating to Aachen. Locomotive switching between Belgian and German locomotives returned to Hebesthal. It was not till 1947 that, initially only for a small number of trains, operators reverted to switching locomotives at Aachen, and Herbesthal retained its importance as the principal locomotive switching location through most of the 1950s.
Before the war the locomotives housed and maintained at Herbesthal had been those used for local passenger and goods trains, but during the later 1940s there were fewer of these, initially because of austerity and then |
Gairloch Bridge | History | perform well initially. On 11 June 1892, The Queenslander reported that it required "rather a large amount of money to keep it in repair". A major flood in 1894 resulted in two sections of iron troughing being lifted and doubled over by the force of the flood. This necessitated the complete renewal of the roadway with layers of concrete and tarred metal. Then, in 1927, a record flood completely destroyed the northern approach to the bridge. In 1929, the bridge roadway was resurfaced and the hardwood curbing was replaced with concrete.
The inconvenience incurred by the periodic inundation of the bridge |
Herluf Trolle | Early life | Herluf Trolle Herluf Trolle (14 January 1516 – 25 June 1565) was a Danish naval hero, Admiral of the Fleet and co-founder of Herlufsholm School (Herlufsholm Skole og Gods), a private boarding school at Næstved on the island of Zealand in Denmark. Early life Herluf Trolle was born at Lillö in Norra Åsum parish in Scania. He was born into the noble Trolle line of Swedish-origin. He was the son of Kirsten Herlufsdatter Skave and Sir Joachim Arvidsen Trolle, Lord of Lillö; grandson of justiciar Arvid Trolle (c. 1440–1505), Lord of Bergkvara, and the latter's second wife |
Helah Kiprop | Early career & Marathon running | was the victor at the Zwolle Half Marathon. She travelled to South America for the first time and came third at the Bogotá Half Marathon. A close third at the Delhi Half Marathon in November was her last big road race that year. Marathon running The 2013 season marked a career breakthrough for Kiprop as she achieved new personal bests and ran in her first major marathon race. She began the year with a win at the Egmond Half Marathon. The RAK Half Marathon proved to be a very fast race, with four women under 67 minutes – Kiprop's personal |
History of Landsbanki | 1946–1955: Trade protectionism | war, foreign currency was in such short supply that a variety of restrictions were imposed on trade and commerce. In an attempt to cope with the difficult economic situation, the currency was devalued, but correcting the persistent current account deficit proved difficult. A severe housing shortage prompted the introduction of state funding for housing mortgages implemented through Landsbanki's mortgage division to help rectify the situation.
Concerned about sluggish economic growth, the government sought ways to support industry – recognising that fisheries was the key sector – and a Fisheries Credit Department was established under Landsbanki's auspices. As a result of |
Higher education controversy in Odisha | Alleged discrimination in establishing new institutions | Higher education controversy in Odisha Alleged discrimination in establishing new institutions India's recent rapid economic expansion has created the need for more world-class talent. The Human Resources and Development ministry has undertaken the need to set up several more institutions of international quality. A total of twenty-three institutions were announced, including more IITs, IIMs, Central Universities, as well as the new Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISERs) and the Indian Institutes of Engineering Science & Technology (IIESTs), all under the 11th Five Year Plan. As before, the state of Odisha has not been allocated any institution of national |
History of Landsbanki | 1906–1915: Weathering the storms | been the focus of political disputes. A change in government in 1909 meant difficulties for Tryggvi Gunnarsson, Landsbanki's managing director and prominent member of the outgoing Home Rule party led by his nephew, Hannes Hafstein. Within a year Hafstein's successor, Björn Jónsson, dismissed Gunnarsson, together with the bank's two appointed supervisors. He followed up by appointing a fellow Independence Party member, the merchant Björn Kristjánsson, as managing director of the bank. Soon it was decided to divide responsibility for the bank's affairs between two men, and two directors were appointed.
Both the Minister's motivation and methods brought forth highly vocal |
Human rights in the British Virgin Islands | Orders-in-council & Human rights conventions and covenants | imposed certain laws upon the BVI, including human rights protections, the spirit of which is contrary to the desires of the majority of BVI residents. For example, the UK abolished the BVI's death penalty for murder in 1991, and decriminalised homosexuality on the islands in 2000. Human rights conventions and covenants The following UN human rights conventions and covenants apply to the BVI:
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination,
1965 (CERD)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 (ICESCR)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 (ICCPR)
United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms |
Heinkel HE 5 | Operational history | quantity soon thereafter, but they did not remain in service long, being phased out by 1930.
In Germany, however, the type remained in service until 1933, with machines licence-built by Focke-Wulf equipping clandestine naval aviation units disguised as training schools for airlines.
A S5 scored the only kill during WWII for the Swedish Air Force. On 21 April 1940 a S5A piloted by Lt Curt Andersson and the Observer/gunner second lt H Olsen, shot down a Heinkel He 111P (B3+FN) of 5./KG 54 at Marstrandsfjorden. Andersson fired his fixed 7.7 mm gun and hit the right engine of the He 111. The |
Hochtief | Revival and international expansion | the Commerzbank Tower, which overtook the Messeturm to become Europe's tallest building, losing the record to Triumph-Palace in Moscow in 2003.
The 1990s brought an opportunity to expand operations in the airport management sector, as many countries privatised their airports. When Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport needed upgrading in the early 1990s, LOT Polish Airlines was unable to afford the cost, so a complex financing arrangement was established whereby a bank would pay Hochtief two thirds of the costs to upgrade the airport, while the airline assigned to the bank the revenues from aircraft using Polish airspace for a period. The company |
Harry C. Aderholt | Evacuation of the Hmong | a decade had comprised the "secret army" in Laos assisting the United States in fending off the North Vietnamese Army in the Lao Civil War. He located one American C-130 (leaving star and bar marking) transport aircraft and two CASI C-46 aircraft and pilots in Thailand. He had the planes "sheep dipped" to remove all markings identifying them as American-owned and sent them to Long Tieng. In four days of intense activity, the transport planes evacuated more than 2,000 Hmong, including General Vang Pao and Jerry Daniels, his CIA case officer.
During the last few years of his life, from 2002 |
History of Landsbanki | 1956–1965: Central bank separated from commercial operations & 1966–1975: Expansion despite economic downturn | banking operations continued to grow during these years.
Landsbanki's branch in eastern Reykjavík moved into new premises and a new branch was opened in western Reykjavík. Another branch in the city centre, and a suburban one as well, enabled the bank it to serve the growing capital at four locations. A new branch was also opened in Húsavík, in northeast Iceland, the first rural addition since 1918. 1966–1975: Expansion despite economic downturn During the latter part of the 1960s, the Icelandic economy suffered a series of setbacks. The herring stocks collapsed in 1967–1968 and prices for other principal seafood exports |
Hitler and Mannerheim recording | Microphone | defeats in Africa, Yugoslavia, and Albania, his surprise of the Soviet Union's ability to produce thousands of tanks, and his strategic concerns about Romanian petroleum wells.
Damen had been assigned to record Hitler's official speech and birthday message to Mannerheim. Hitler was unaware that the microphone was still recording after the official speeches, but Damen continued to record the now-private conversation. After 11 minutes, Hitler's SS guards realized what Damen was doing. They made a cutthroat gesture to demand that he cease recording. The SS guards demanded the tape be destroyed, but Yle was allowed to keep the tape in a |
Hinduism in Indonesia | Hinduism in the modern era | umbrella also used by Indonesians whose faith was Buddhism and Confucianism, but when neither of these two were officially recognized. Furthermore, Hindu political activists of Indonesia worked to protect people of those faiths under rights they had gained at the Indonesian Ministry of Religion.
To gain official acceptance and their rights in a Muslim-dominated country, Hinduism in Indonesia was politically forced to adapt. Currently Hindu Dharma is one of the five officially recognized monotheistic religions in Indonesia.
Folk religions and animists with a deep concern for the preservation of their traditional ancestor religions declared their religion to be Hinduism, considering it a |
Harry Livesey | null | Harry Livesey Sir Harry Livesey GBE (30 May 1860 – 21 June 1932) was a British civil engineer.
Livesey served as Deputy Director of Inland Waterways and Docks at the War Office from August 1916 to May 1917, when he became Director of Contracts at the Admiralty, holding the post until December 1918.
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1918 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.
He built Trull's Hatch, originally as a stud farm on his father's estate in Rotherfield and later |
HMS Bonne Citoyenne (1796) | French service and capture | HMS Bonne Citoyenne (1796) French service and capture Bonne Citoyenne (French for 'good citizen') was built and launched in 1794, put into service in 1795 and served in the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.
On 4 March she left Rochfort under the command of Capitaine de vaisseau Mahé-La Bourdonnais. She was in the company of the French frigates Forte, Seine, and Regenerée, and the brig Mutine. They were sailing for the Île de France with troops and Bonne Citoyenne also had a great deal of soldiers' clothing on board.
Bonne Citoyenne had the misfortune to be damaged in a storm |
Giacomo Puccini | Edgar | version that was well received in Ferrara and was performed in Turin and in Spain. Puccini made further revisions in 1901 and 1905, but the work never achieved popularity. Without the personal support of Ricordi, Edgar might have cost Puccini his career. Puccini had eloped with his former piano student, the married Elvira Gemignani, and Ricordi's associates were willing to turn a blind eye to his life style as long as he was successful. When Edgar failed, they suggested to Ricordi that he should drop Puccini, but Ricordi said that he would stay with him and continued his allowance until |
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