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Mei Ju-ao | Education | Mei Ju-ao Education Mei was born in Nanchang, in eastern China's Jiangxi province. At the age of 12, Ju-ao was admitted into a school on the site of what is now Tsinghua University, moving from Nanchang to Beijing in pursuit of a good education. After graduating, he received financial assistance to study literature at Stanford University in California, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1926. While there, he was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society. Mei later received a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago in 1928. After spending a year traveling around Europe, Ju-ao returned |
Mikel Scicluna | Professional wrestling career | Mikel Scicluna Professional wrestling career Scicluna started wrestling during the 1950s, and used the name Mike Valentino early in his career. Scicluna worked primarily in Canada until 1965, when he ventured to the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), now known as WWE, using his most famous moniker "Baron" Mikel Scicluna.
Scicluna was famous for entering the ring with a royal blue cape over his shoulders, indicating that he was of Maltese royal descent. Scicluna was also known for being a master of the "foreign object", mainly utilizing a roll of coins to bash opponents out of sight of the referee. He |
Jubilee City | Plot | Jubilee City Plot The book begins in Andoe’s place of birth Tulsa, Oklahoma, the location of a popular department store in the 1960s, Jubilee City, from which the book takes its name. The first third of the memoir describe his childhood and teen years. Andoe attended college majoring in art. It is during this time that he becomes involved in a turbulent relationship, which after marriage becomes rockier still. Soon thereafter the couple moves to New York, where Andoe and his wife have a child. The wife is the primary provider for the family and Andoe assumes the role of |
Kunaal Roy Kapur | Career | six episodes of British-Indian comedy series Mumbai Calling (2009) as a call centre operator. He has appeared in Aamir Khan Productions' Delhi Belly (2011) alongside Imran Khan and Vir Das . Thereafter, he acted in Nautanki Saala (2013) with Ayushman Khurana and did a small role in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) with an ensemble cast, including Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and his younger brother Aditya Roy Kapur. Then he acted in Action Jackson directed by Prabhu Deva, along with Ajay Devgan, Sonakshi Sinha and Yami Gautam and Gollu Aur Pappu, along with Vir Das and Karishma Tanna. His |
Marina Cooper | Character history & Family | Henry, with Mallet, it was soon revealed that Shayne and his girlfriend Lara were the child's biological parents. After annulling his marriage to Dinah, who fled town to avoid being charged with the murder of a man she thought was Edmund Winslow, Shayne wanted to become a real father to his son. Later, Mallet left town, because he didn't want his son to have two fathers, and left Marina to raise Henry with Shayne. After divorcing Mallet, Marina is shown with Shayne parenting Henry, they are possibly married. Family Marina is the only child of Frank Cooper and Eleni Andros, |
Matthew Hamont | Life | denied the diuinitie of the Sonne of God, and haue not sticked to teare out of the Bible all such places as made against them; such were Hamond, Lewes, and Cole, heretikes of wretched memorie, lately executed and cut off in Norwich.
Other authorities also describe Hamont as an Arian. He was condemned in the consistory court on 13 April, and handed over to the custody of the sheriff of Norwich. His offences were aggravated by a further charge of 'blasphemous words' against the Queen and council, for which he was sentenced to lose his ears, and for his heresy to |
Melilotus officinalis | Habitat & Toxicology | with a pH above 6.5 and can tolerate cold temperatures and drought; it does not tolerate standing water or acidic soils, with a pH of 5.5 as the plant's lowest limit. Common places where it can be found include open disturbed land, prairies, and savannahs, and it grows in full or partial sunlight. It is an invasive species in areas where it has been introduced, especially in open grasslands and woodlands where it shades and outcompetes native plant species. Toxicology Sweet clover contains coumarin that converts to dicoumarol, which is a powerful anticoagulant toxin, when the plant becomes moldy. This |
Mark Noble | 2008–09 season & 2009–10 season | his 100th appearance for the Hammers by scoring against Blackburn at Ewood Park on 21 March 2009 to secure a 1–1 draw. In April, he signed a contract extension tying him to the club until 2013. 2009–10 season Noble began the 2009–10 season well, scoring West Ham's first goal of the new season, in a 2–0 win over Premier League newcomers Wolves. Under Gianfranco Zola, Noble established himself in central midfield in a diamond that included Scott Parker as his partner and Jack Collison and Valon Behrami on the wings. He would only score one other goal during the season – |
Meg Stinks! | Plot | out with Peter as he could ruin her future. Meg dismisses Lois' concerns but Peter's stunts begin to wear on Meg since everything he does is exhausting. When they return, Meg admits that she is having trouble dealing with Peter and asks for help, but Lois insists she work it out on her own as part of growing up. Meg reschedules her interview and tells Peter that she is going on her own, preferring he be her father instead of her friend. Peter wails as Meg departs. Meg's narration revealed that she got into her choice college, contracted HPV her |
Justin Lee Collins | Television and film | Winkleman the following year and the show moved from BBC Three to BBC Two.
In 2005 and 2006, Collins presented The Games: Live At Trackside on E4 alongside Caroline Flack. The series was the companion show to Channel 4's sports-based reality programme The Games.
He was one of the presenters of Channel 4 and Paramount's Flipside TV.
Collins presented The Friday Night Project (later known as The Sunday Night Project) for Channel 4 alongside Alan Carr for three years from 2006 to 2009. He has also hosted a number of Bring Back... shows in which he aims to reunite groups, normally who are |
Marymount School of New York | Extracurriculars | the Drama Club puts on a student talent showcase for the whole school called the Arts Assembly. There also is the chance for vocal performance throughout the divisions, with choruses performing at assemblies, liturgies, and special events. The Upper School's Marymount Singers, who go on a national or international tour every spring, have even sung at CitiField and the Vatican. Individual vocal and instrumental instruction is offered after-school for students in K-XII. There is also a handbell choir, an instrumental ensemble for Upper Middle and Upper School students, and a "School of Rock" band.
The school also offers a wide variety |
Marvin Mandel | Political career | in January 1969, upon the resignation of Governor Agnew, who was sworn in as Vice President later that month. In his short inaugural speech to the legislators, he famously predicted his method and attitude towards the powers of his office putting aside the indirect and unusual way he came to the executive office and the idea of serving as an "acting governor", from the formerly opposing party, saying, "Make no mistake about it, we intend to govern!". After serving 23 months (almost two years of the unfinished Agnew term), he was duly further elected by the entire Maryland state body |
Microglandular hyperplasia | Diagnosis & Incidence | be found merged with MGH areas. This results in difficulty distinguishing between endocervical lesions, and as such should not be used for diagnostic purposes.
The presence of subnuclear vacuoles is often observed in MGH, whereas squamous metaplasia, stromal foam cells, mitotic activity, vimentin and MIB‐1 expression are rather more often observed in adenocarcinoma. Incidence MGH is often observed idiopathically in pregnant women, as well as women exposed to diethylstilbestrol both as a contraceptive or in-utero, however this association is not statistically significant. It has been suggested that HPV infection is an initial step towards the carcinogenesis in these lesions. |
Irrigation statistics | Economical significance | In irrigated land one grows crops with higher market values. |
Mike Cestor | Woking & SAS Épinal & International career | end of his contract, due to his slow progress with his injury. SAS Épinal On 2 July 2016, Cestor joined French side SAS Épinal after a year without a club. International career Prior to the 2013 Toulon Tournament, Cestor received a call-up for the DR Congo U20 team. Cestor went on to start all four of DR Congo's games in the Toulon campaign, initially making his debut in a 1–0 defeat against the France U20 side on 30 May 2013. |
Lymore, Montgomery | Building history & Later history and demolition in 1931 | the timber framed reception areas of Lymore Hall. An extensive reconstruction of Lymore must have taken place in the early years of the 19th century, when the number of gables on the north frontage were reduced to three. Later history and demolition in 1931 Lymore was only lived in for one year by Edward Herbert, 3rd Baron Herbert of Chirbury, and he was succeeded by Henry, the 4th Baron, who died in 1691. His widow Lady Catherine continued to live at Lymore until her death in 1714, when the house and estate devolved to Francis Herbert of Dolguog at Penegoes |
Mausam (1975 film) | Production | even shot together, with Sanjeev Kumar playing the lead of an old man in the films. Though Aandhi was released first, it ran into political controversy and portions of it had to be reshot, meanwhile Mausam was completed and released. While the song, "Meri Ishq Ke Lakhon Jhatke" was being shot with Sharmila Tagore, choreographer Saroj Khan was also in the studios for another film, that is when Gulzar requested her to teach a few moves to Tagore. |
Michael J. McGuire | Consulting firms and teaching assignments & Publications | American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. Publications McGuire is a widely published author who has written and presented over 300 professional articles and co-edited five books and collected works. Subject areas for his publications include: treatment plant optimization, activated carbon adsorption of organic compounds, corrosion of distribution system materials, occurrence and control of disinfection byproducts, identification and control of tastes and odors, removal of asbestos fibers, perchlorate removal, control of chloramines and nitrification, removal of hexavalent chromium, compliance with drinking water regulations, oxidation with ozone and PEROXONE and the history of drinking water disinfection. In 2013, his book entitled, |
Karyolysis | null | Karyolysis Karyolysis (from Greek κάρυον karyon—kernel, seed, or nucleus), and λύσις lysis from λύειν lyein, "to separate") is the complete dissolution of the chromatin of a dying cell due to the enzymatic degradation by endonucleases. The whole cell will eventually stain uniformly with eosin after karyolysis. It is usually associated with karyorrhexis and occurs mainly as a result of necrosis, while in apoptosis after karyorrhexis the nucleus usually dissolves into apoptotic bodies.
Disintegration of the cytoplasm, pyknosis of the nuclei, and karyolysis of the nuclei of scattered transitional cells may be seen in urine from healthy individuals as well as in urine containing |
Martin Vunk | Club career & International career | with Persija Jakarta. However, due to financial trouble the 2015 Indonesia Super League season was cancelled and in the end of May Vunk released himself of the contract. International career On 27 February 2008, he debuted for Estonia in a friendly match against Poland, when he came on as a substitute in the 67th minute. He instantly became a regular and was the only player to appear in all 14 matches for the team in that year.
On 6 September 2011, Vunk scored his first International goal for Estonia in a 4–1 victory over Northern Ireland after being very close |
Mike Vernon (ice hockey) | Calgary Flames | Flames fans later in his career, Vernon said, "You've got to have a pretty thick skin to play goal. Fans at hockey games get very emotional. They're very passionate. They don't enjoy watching their team give up goals."
Vernon also battled through recurring back problems that occasionally forced him out of the lineup. Playing through it all, Vernon became the 38th goaltender in league history to win 200 games, reaching the milestone on November 14, 1992, against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He played in his fifth All-Star Game in 1992–93, and was named to play his sixth the following season but |
Luk Keng Village | null | Luk Keng Village Luk Keng Village or Luk Keng Tsuen (Chinese: 鹿頸村) is a village located on the Yam O peninsula on Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong, which links to Cheung Sok, a nearby uninhabited island, via a sandbank. From the Luk Keng Pier there a kai-to transportation service to Tsing Lung Tau in Tsuen Wan. Although nearby areas including Sunny Bay Station have been developed, Luk Keng Village is still preserved as an undeveloped rural heritage area.
In December 2007, archaeologists found a number of Tang dynasty (618–907) kilns in Luk Keng Village, although some of |
Mihail Sebastian | Journal of 1935-1944 & Death & Legacy | his Journal, there are many references to various classical composers and reviews of radio broadcast concerts.
After being kicked out of his home due to the new antisemitic laws, Sebastian moved into a tenement slum where he continued his writing. On August 23, 1944, the Romanian government of Ion Antonescu was overthrown, and Romania joined the Allies (see Romania during World War II). Death Sebastian was hit by a truck and died on May 29, 1945. Legacy In the 2000s, Sebastian's Journal gained a new audience in Western countries due to its lyrical, evocative style and the brutal honesty of its |
Maria Helena da Costa Dias | Biography | wrote in a cultural journal Horizonte.
She married Augusto da Costa Dias, writer and investigator of Portuguese literature and culture in which she took part. She also adapted and translated several works, some of them of the greatest foreign writers, much of them from the Francophony world predominantly France.
She was the daughter of the inventor Raul Pires Ferreira Chaves, brother of the architect Jorge Ferreira Chaves. She was the nephew of the painter Maria Alexandrina Pires Ferreira Chaves, Olímpio Ferreira Chaves and João Carlos Pires Ferreira Chaves. |
Lydia Moss Bradley | Earlier life & Works | husband then moved to Peoria, Illinois. Over the next three decades they prospered in real estate and banking. Despite his death in 1867 and the prior deaths of all six of their children, Bradley continued to work in business and pursued philanthropic interests, particularly in the areas of healthcare and education. Works In 1875 Bradley became the first female member of a national bank board in the United States when she joined the board of directors of the First National Bank of Peoria (now part of Commerce Bank). Bradley was also one of the first American women ever to draft |
Malcolm Turnbull | Asylum seeker policy | the bipartisan stance of Operation Sovereign Borders has been at the forefront the Coalition's asylum seeker policy. Around 1,250 asylum seekers remain in the offshore processing centres on Manus Island and Nauru. In August 2016 protestors called for the closure of camps on Manus and Nauru after The Guardian released leaked incident reports alleging "routine dysfunction and cruelty" on Nauru.
In July 2016 the Obama administration set up a refugee center in Costa Rica in response to a Central American migration crisis. In November, Turnbull and Peter Dutton announced that Australia would accept 1,250 refugees from Central America, in exchange |
Lasiommata maera | Description | hindwings. The forewings always show a single ocellus, while the hindwings bear two or three ocelli. The underside of the forewings is orange and the underside of the hindwings is marbled with gray brown. This species is quite similar to Lasiommata megera, that is smaller and has paler yellow-orange forewings. Seitz P. maera L. (= adrasta Dup.) (45 d). On an average larger than hiera, more evenly coloured, the black markings of the ground less prominent in the nymotypical form with a sooty brown disc; the forewing of the male more pointed, with longer costal margin and more oblique distal |
Limbo | Modern era | is that the ordinary way of salvation is by the sacrament of baptism. None of the above considerations should be taken as qualifying the necessity of baptism or justifying delay in administering the sacrament. Rather, as we want to reaffirm in conclusion, they provide strong grounds for hope that God will save infants when we have not been able to do for them what we would have wished to do, namely, to baptize them into the faith and life of the Church.
Pope Benedict XVI authorized publication of this document, indicating that he considers it consistent with the Church's teaching, though |
Lyons Government | Great Depression & Foundation of United Australia Party | with the differing proposals of the Premier's Plan, Lang Labor, the Commonwealth Bank and British adviser Otto Niemeyer. While Health Minister Frank Anstey supported NSW Premier Jack Lang's bid to default on debt repayments, Lyons advocated orthodox fiscal management. When Labor reinstated the more radical Ted Theodore as Treasurer in 1931, Lyons and Fenton resigned from Cabinet. Foundation of United Australia Party The stance of Joseph Lyons and Trade Minister James Fenton against the more radical proposals of the Labor movement to deal the Depression had attracted the support of prominent Australian conservatives, known as "the Group", whose number included |
Maria Troncatti | Life | over two weeks on a boat to Panama; she then went to Guayaquil in December and then onwards to Ecuador. Her first encounter with them threatened her life: the tribal chief's daughter was wounded from a bullet caught in the crossfire between two warring tribes and she was threatened with death if she could not save the girl; Troncatti operated and saved the girl's life in a move that bought Troncatti the respect of the natives and their admiration. She also served in Ecuador as a catechist and nurse. Before she turned 85 in 1968 she penned a letter to |
Martha Feldman | Qualitative methods | qualitative research stem from her experience doing empirical ethnographic research. She has developed ways of analyzing data that promote systematic interpretation. Her book, Strategies for Interpreting Qualitative Data (Sage, 1995) shows how to use theories of ethnomethodology, semiotics, dramaturgy and deconstruction as meta-theories to organize and examine rich ethnographic data. Later she (with co-authors Kaj Sköldberg, Ruth Nicole Brown, Debra Horner) developed a rhetorical approach to narrative analysis (Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2004) and (with co-author Brian Pentland) developed a narrative network approach to analyzing organizational routines (Organization Science, 2007).
Her book Gaining Access (written with |
Malcolm Turnbull | Shadow Minister (2010–2013) & Minister for Communications (2013–2015) | role, Turnbull stated that a Coalition Government would "demolish" the recently introduced National Broadband Network.
Delivering the 2012 Alfred Deakin Lecture on digital liberty, he spoke out strongly against the Gillard Government's proposed two-year data retention law. In July 2012, Turnbull was criticised by some Liberal MPs for saying that civil unions should be introduced as a first step towards establishing same-sex marriage in Australia. Tony Abbott rejected Turnbull's suggestion of holding a conscience vote on the issue. Minister for Communications (2013–2015) On 9 April 2013, Turnbull and Tony Abbott presented their party's alternative National Broadband Network (NBN) plan. The plan |
Mihail Sebastian | Life | emigrating from his Romanian homeland.
In response to the criticism, Sebastian wrote Cum am devenit huligan (How I Became a Hooligan), an anthology of essays and articles depicting the manner in which For Two Thousand Years was received by the Romanian public and the country's cultural establishment. In the book, he answered his critics by holding up a mirror to their prejudice, detailing and assailing the claims of both his right-wing and left-wing detractors. He addresses the rabid antisemitism of the former in a clear and unaffected manner, underlining its absurdity:
I was born in Romania, and I am Jewish. That makes |
Mike Sacks | Passable In Pink & Other Writing | A lost John Hughes type movie from 1983. In November 2019, Passable in Pink was released as an audiobook via Audible. Sacks once again teamed up with director Eric Martin to adapt the novelization into a fully immersive cinematic audio experience starring Gillian Jacobs, Adam Scott, Bobby Moynihan, Bob Odenkirk, Laraine Newman, Julie Klausner, Judd Nelson. Rhea Seehorn, James Adomian, Justine Bateman, and many others . Other Writing Sacks co-wrote Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk, with the Pleasure Syndicate, a comedy-writing group consisting of Scott Jacobson (Daily Show, Bob’s Burgers), Todd Levin (Conan), Jason Roeder (Onion), and Ted Travelstead (Vanity |
Lovro Šturm | Biography | of any political party, but he is considered close to the New Slovenia party, and has also run for Parliament on the party's list in the 2000 elections. He is a member of the Slovenian liberal conservative civic platform Rally for the Republic. In November 2011, he became its president, replacing Gregor Virant who had resigned previously that year.
He is fluent in German, English and Serbian, and also speaks French, Spanish and Russian. Šturm is a practicing Roman Catholic and a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. |
Liouville's theorem (Hamiltonian) | Ergodic theory | Liouville's theorem (Hamiltonian) In physics, Liouville's theorem, named after the French mathematician Joseph Liouville, is a key theorem in classical statistical and Hamiltonian mechanics. It asserts that the phase-space distribution function is constant along the trajectories of the system—that is that the density of system points in the vicinity of a given system point traveling through phase-space is constant with time. This time-independent density is in statistical mechanics known as the classical a priori probability.
There are related mathematical results in symplectic topology and ergodic theory. Ergodic theory In ergodic theory and dynamical systems, motivated by the physical considerations given so |
Man Seeking Woman | Reception | avenues of storytelling in season 3, while maintaining its excellent absurdist humor and imaginative dealings with relatable relationship issues." On Metacritic, the season has a score of 89 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". |
Manuela Sáenz | Relationship with Simón Bolívar (1822–1830) & Years in exile and death (1835–1856) | power after Bolívar's death then exiled Manuela. She went to Jamaica for the early years of her exile. Years in exile and death (1835–1856) When she attempted to return to Ecuador in 1835, the Ecuadorian president, Vicente Rocafuerte, revoked her passport. She then took refuge in northern Peru, living in the small coastal town of Paita. For the next twenty-five years, a destitute outcast, Manuela sold tobacco and translated letters for North American whale hunters who wrote to their lovers in Latin America. While there, she met the American author Herman Melville, and the revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.
In 1847, her husband |
Katharine Sarah Macquoid | Career | white. It was at her husband's suggestion that she began to write. A contributing factor suggested for her career as a professional writer, it has been suggested, was the need to find school fees for two sons at Marlborough College. She began with verse and stories for children, in The Welcome Guest, a weekly paper edited by John Maxwell, for which her husband acted as illustrator. A collection appeared as Piccalilli: a Mixture (1862).
In 1862, Macquoid's first novel was published, A Bad Beginning: a story of a French marriage. It was successful, and was followed by between 50 and 60 |
Midnight (Tor Miller song) | Background and composition & Reception & Music video | background guitar, group harmonies, percussion, a string section, and falsetto by Miller. "Midnight" clocks at 4 minutes 13 seconds. Reception The song has been positively by critics, with Zane Lowe of BBC Radio 1 announcing it to be the "Hottest Record In The World" for the week. Miller's husky, distinctive vocals is regarded as the highlight of the song, while the lyrics are also praise for its vivid and poetic description of the city. Music video The music video for "Midnight" premiered on 9 March 2015. It is a black-and-white video in which Miller, wearing a long coat and neck |
Michael Tshele | Death & Context | pictures. Trial accounts suggest that Tschele's hands were raised high when the officer shot him. He died from injuries a few days later.
Warrant Officer Mophosho was convicted two years later for three of the murders and for two other attempted murders. Context Tshele was killed after the apartheid era, which was a period of racial segregation in South Africa. During the time of the water supply protest where Tshele was killed, three local water pumps were broken down. Hundreds of angry citizens gathered around the pumps to protest the issue, where it soon turned violent when police fired on the |
Marcel Gatsinzi | Biography | Marcel Gatsinzi Biography General Gatsinzi was born on 9 January 1948 in Kigali. He started his formal education at Collège Saint-André in Nyamirambo, Kigali, where he graduated with a diploma in 1968. His military career began at the Kigali Military Academy in the same year, and he was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 31 March 1970.
He pursued his military career courses in Belgium at Heverlee (Louvain) in the School of Logistics in 1971 and in Brussels at the Royal High Institute of Defence from 1974 to 1976.
Beside the military assignments in the Rwandan Army, Colonel Gatsinzi served in the |
Mike Dart | Art career & Community work | including the Cherokee National Holiday Art Show in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Art Under the Oaks Art Show at the Five Tribes Museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma and Trail of Tears Art Show and Sale at the Cherokee Heritage Center in Park Hill, Oklahoma, which is one of the largest Native American art shows in the region. His art is quickly becoming recognized and appreciated by many collectors and institutions within the Native American art circle.
Mike's work can be viewed regularly in the Cherokee National Museum during various art shows and also in the Cherokee Heritage Center in Park Hill, Oklahoma. Community work |
Mário Moniz Pereira | Coaching | Mário Moniz Pereira Coaching Pereira was the only coach for Carlos Lopes who won three World Cross Country Championships as well as the Olympic Gold Medal in the Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. |
Matachines | In America | and the missionaries introduced the dance to show the superiority of the Christians. The dance was adopted by the people, and today many forms of this dance still exist, though the dance steps vary among tribes the dance formations are all similar. Masks continue to be used, but the style changes from village to village, or tribe.
The introduction of the Dance of the Moors and Christians gave rise to a further range of masked dances, one of them recounting the Spanish victory over the Indians and their eventual conversion to Christianity. These dances are called conquest dances (also a Matachín |
Kwangju Foreign School | School philosophy and curriculum & Teaching staff and administration | core subjects are taught as ESL subjects until such a time that the student can make the transition to the regular classes. Teaching staff and administration The teaching staff at Korean International private schools are on what are called E-7 visas as opposed to the E-2 visas (visas issued to English teachers at educational institutes (hagwon) or public schools). The issuance of E-7 visas now requires that applicants have 2 years of relevant experience. There are 3 elementary school teachers, 4 middle school teachers, 4 high school teachers, 1 art teacher, 1 technology/P.E. teacher, 1 Chinese teacher, and 1 music |
Magallanes Region | Climate | the easternmost parts of the region, including much of Tierra del Fuego province, a cold steppe climate prevails. Temperatures are cold while precipitation is lower than areas to the west. Mean precipitation is between 250 to 500 mm (9.8 to 19.7 in), decreasing eastwards and is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. Mean annual temperatures range between 8 to 9 °C (46.4 to 48.2 °F). From December to March, mean temperatures exceed 10 °C (50.0 °F) while during winter, they reach down to 2 °C (35.6 °F).
Corresponding to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, located at higher altitudes, temperatures are cold enough to maintain permanent ice fields. Mean temperatures |
Maria Troncatti | Life & Beatification | her relations back home in Brescia and said that - despite their wishes to reunite with her - her age made travel difficult and she could not leave due to her mission.
Troncatti died on 25 August 1969 in a plane crash in Ecuador. The small plane crashed not long after takeoff on the edge of the forest that she had dubbed the "homeland of the heart". Two other religious were in that plane and managed to survive - the three were en route to Quito for an annual spiritual retreat. Beatification The beatification process commenced in Méndez under Pope John |
Marie Adams | Biography | recognition of her "wide screen" girth. As a mainstay of the Johnny Otis Revue, she recruited sisters Sadie and Francine McKinley to form The Three Tons of Joy, considered "an appropriate name as the three women weighed around 800 pounds together."
In 1957, Johnny Otis signed to Capitol Records. The label released four singles in Otis' name simultaneously, including "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me". This was overdubbed with audience reaction noises, and was credited to Johnny Otis and his Orchestra, with Marie Adams and The Three Tons of Joy. Although the record did not make the |
Martina Deuchler | Research & Selected works | that Korean elite society was structured on the basis of descent groups throughout its long history, and actually up to this day. In premodern Korea, therefore, it was social origin (i.e., birth and descent) rather than political office that served to identify elite status.
The research materials of Martina Deuchler are since 2017 preserved in the Ethnographic Museum of University of Zurich. Selected works "Neo-Confucianism in Early Yi Korea: Some Reflections on the Role of Ye," Korea Journal Vol.15, Nr.5 (May 1975): 12-18. Reprinted in Korean Philosophy: Its Tradition and Modern Transformation, ed. Korean National Commission for UNESCO. Elizabeth, N.J. |
Mike Vernon (ice hockey) | Detroit, San Jose and Florida | the Presidents' Trophy. The Red Wings reached the 1995 Stanley Cup Final – their first appearance in the championship series since 1966 – but were swept in four games by the New Jersey Devils. Vernon and the Red Wings struggled to agree on a new contract following the season. Their dispute went to arbitration after Vernon and his agent accepted an offer of a two-year, US$5.45 million contract that the team claimed to have withdrawn. The arbitrator sided with the Red Wings, making Vernon an unrestricted free agent. The two sides ultimately agreed on a two-year contract, of which the financial |
Judy O'Bannon | Personal life and education | Judy O'Bannon Personal life and education Born Judith Asmus in Downers Grove, Illinois, her family moved to Indianapolis while she was a child. O'Bannon is a graduate of Shortridge High School in Indianapolis. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in social work from Indiana University. She was selected as a Rockefeller Theological Scholar and was the first woman to attend the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Frank and Judy O'Bannon met on a blind date while both were at Indiana University. They were married on August 18, 1957 until his death on September 13, 2003. They |
Mike Sacks | Randy: The Full and Complete Unedited Biography and Memoir of the Amazing Life and Times of Randy S.! & Passable In Pink | Times of Randy S.! A self-published memoir of a thirty-something, Randy, from Maryland found by Mike Sacks at a garage sale and re-published "as is." Randy sold his family farm and commissioned an out-of-work local author, Noah B., to write and type his memoir. A modern-day version of a 15th century biography commissioned by a wealthy Medici patron.
"Randy! is a hilariously, unexpectedly poignant and eminently worthy addition to Sacks’ sociological/anthropological exploration of the American Jackass and his curious ways."--Nathan Rabin, https://www.nathanrabin.com/happy-place/2018/8/15/literature-society-mike-sacks
"A writer mined his ’80s adolescence in the D.C. suburbs. Then came the Kavanaugh hearings." -Washington Post Passable In Pink |
Marguerite Viby | Career | world. In the 1932 George Schnéevoigt film Tretten År (13 Years), Viby was an office girl who plays a thirteen-year-old Lolita to avoid men's advances. Piil wrote that it was only Viby's "fundamental cheerful innocence which saved this erotic farce..."
Viby made her next nine films under the direction of her second husband, Emanuel Gregers. This included four films after they divorced in 1938, and she had married the actor Knud Wold. Her greatest success during this period was Mille, Marie og Mig (Mille, Marie and Me) in which Viby played a woman with three personalities—the prim, bespectacled student Klaus; the |
Mick Roberts | Playing career | Mick Roberts Playing career Roberts played his first first-grade game for the Brisbane Broncos in 2007 after playing most of his career at the Queensland Cup team Redcliffe Dolphins. His position of choice was as a hooker.
Roberts played in 221 games for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup. He scored 71 tries and a total of 552 points. |
Mary Ellen Edmunds | Awards | BYU in 1982 to honor her accomplishments. From that university she also received the Exemplary Womanhood Award in 1984 and the Humanitarian Award in 1986. She was made Elect Lady in 1989 by Lambda Delta Sigma, the national woman's sorority. She was also awarded the Presidential Citation by BYU in 1994. In 2005, the Mary Ellen Edmunds Nursing Endowment for the Healer's Art was made by the BYU College of Nursing to commemorate her. |
Mike McCue | Tellme Networks and Microsoft | a caller to communicate with a client's server by translating voice commands into VoiceXML and then transferring the data through its own network, potentially saving large companies hundreds of thousands of dollars on human operators and their own telecom networks. By 2005 Tellme estimated that 35 million Americans were making calls through their network each month; revenues were more than $100 million. The company became profitable in the second half of 2004.
Tellme was one of the world’s first internet platforms to deliver web data to anyone over any telephone, a platform that inspired the migration of large-scale phone services from |
Mammomonogamus | Symptoms of infection in humans & Pathogenesis | worms are attached in the larynx. Weight loss and pneumonitis have been reported as possible long-term consequences, but not anemia.
Recently, M. laryngeus worms were found in the duodenum of a Thai patient, which was the first gastrointestinal case of ammomonogamiasis. The patient complained of chest pain, haematemesia, melaena, and abdominal bloating, but no respiratory symptoms. Although nothing conclusive was determined, t the adult worms perhaps were dislodged from the larynx, reswallowed, and later found in the duodenum. Pathogenesis Little is known about how M. laryngeus causes disease. Symptoms do not arise until the worms have reached the adult stage and |
Mary Lawson (actress) | Romances and marriage | stated that she broke off the engagement because publicity killed their romance, she had tired of the ridiculous rumours that had circulated in the media and she was opposed to Perry's plans to live permanently in America.
Lawson met her future husband Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont while filming the 1936 film Toilers of the Sea, a film adaption of Victor Hugo's 1866 novel Les Travailleurs de la mer. Hugo's book is set in the British Crown Dependency Guernsey in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy, which includes the island of Sark, a feudal territory ruled by the Seigneur |
Mikkel Aaland | Digital photography instruction | topic in a regular column on the topic for American Photographer, and as West Coast editor of Swedish magazine FOTO. In 1992, Aaland released the book Digital Photography. The book gives instruction and tips on using digital cameras to take unique photographs. He followed that with Still Images in Multimedia (1996) and then Shooting Digital: Pro Tips for Taking Great Pictures with Your Digital Camera (2003), which was named by Designer's Bookshelf as "Best Digital Photography Book of the Year for 2004."
Aaland has been the co-host of the Nordic Light International Festival of Photography since 2011.
Beginning in 2001, Aaland began |
Mike Vernon (ice hockey) | Personal life | joining his father for practices by age four and always focusing on the goaltenders. He considered his mother Lorraine his first coach and claimed his introduction to goaltending came from his family: "I had three brothers and when it came time to play hockey, they always said the same thing: 'Get Mikey, he'll play net.'"
Vernon and his wife Jane were married three days after his 1994 trade to Detroit. The couple have four children: daughter Amelia and three sons, Matthew, John and William. Matthew is currently a goalie with the Aberdeen Wings of the North American Hockey League. The couple |
Gary and His Demons | Premise & Improvisation & Animation & Release | would mean fighting until he turns 60. The show revolves around Gary's adventures in demon hunting while also dealing with the frustration of being unable to retire. Improvisation Improvisation plays a heavy role in recording the show, and the final product is a marriage of the script and improvisation. The creative team has said that they include as many improvisers in recording as possible. Animation Animation director Louis Solis has said that the team used Flash to animate the show, saying that it provides the best way to capture the improvisational spirit of the show. Release The first season was |
Mexico–Switzerland relations | Bilateral agreements & Education & Transportation & Trade relations | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (2013); Memorandum of Understanding in Health Cooperation (2016) and an Agreement of Cinematographic Cooperation (2017). Education Colegio Suizo de México, a Swiss international primary and secondary school in Mexico catering to expatriate Swiss families; has campuses in Cuernavaca, Mexico City, and Querétaro City. Transportation There are direct flights between Cancún and Zürich with Edelweiss Air. Trade relations In 2001, Mexico signed a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association which includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. In 2018, two-way trade between Mexico and Switzerland amounted to $2.6 billion USD. Between 1999-2016, Swiss |
Martin Roberts (designer) | Early Life and education & Career | Martin Roberts (designer) Early Life and education Martin David Roberts was born in Wokingham, England, the son of Gilbert Roberts and Hilda Bird. Roberts was educated at the Hornsey College of Art and Design and Central School of Art and Design, London. He has diplomas in Design for Technical Illustration, Industrial Design, and was awarded a Diploma and Membership (MSIA) in the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, United Kingdom. Career Roberts joined Terence Conran’s fledgling Conran Associates in 1965, where he created Conran’s Habitat Furniture and household products for the 20-store chain.
Roberts emigrated from the U.K. to the United |
Mark McCullough | Law career & State Representative | Special Victims Unit of the Indianapolis, Indiana Prosecutor's Office. Upon being elected to the legislature in 2006, McCullough opened up a solo law practice in Sapulpa concentrating in estate planning. State Representative In July 2006, Mark McCullough faced a three-way Republican primary. McCullough won the primary and advanced to the general election where he defeated Democratic Party candidate Melinda Johnson Ryan. McCullough became only the second Republican in the history of House District 30 to be elected to the legislature. In 2008, McCullough sought re-election and faced-off against former Sapulpa Public Schools superintendent, Joe Crowder. McCullough won re-election, defeating |
Mike Cestor | Leyton Orient & Woking | His league debut came three days later in the 3–1 defeat to Charlton Athletic.
On 11 January 2011, Cestor went on a month's loan to Boreham Wood, making his debut on 15 January in the 2–0 win over Chelmsford City. Woking On 19 August 2011, he went on a month's loan to Woking, and made his debut the following day in the 0–0 draw at home to his old club Boreham Wood. He made seven appearances for Woking before returning to Orient and coming on as a substitute in their 3–2 League Cup defeat at Blackburn Rovers on 20 September. He |
Major League Baseball on ABC | 1983-1989 television package | the League Championship Series was a best-of-five series), Game 5 on Sunday October 7, would have been a 1 p.m. ET time start instead of being in prime time. This would have happened because one of the presidential debates between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale was scheduled for that night. In return, ABC was going to broadcast the debates instead of a baseball game in prime time. Al Trautwig interviewed the Detroit Tigers from their clubhouse following their pennant clinching victory in Game 3.
In 1985, ABC announced that every game of the World Series would be played under the lights |
Matinee (2012 film) | Reviews | critic stated: "One occasionally stumbles upon a rotten canvas with strokes of a genius or a great canvas tarnished by splashes of awkwardness. Matinee is neither of the extremes; it simply appears to have been created either by two different painters or one with opposing moods / sensibilities."
Rating the film , Veeyen of Nowrunning.com said, "Matinee is a dark parable that splendidly traces the ever changing contours of human lives. It reaffirms that the human power of endurance is immense and that as individuals we wobble along alleys of hope, fear, distress, anger and regret before turning around and walking |
Michel Brière | Playing career | Stanley Cup Finals, by losing to the St. Louis Blues in the semifinals. During the playoffs, Brière led the team in scoring with eight points, which included five goals and three assists. Three of his five goals were game-winners.
Despite being named the Penguins' rookie of the year, Brière received no votes for the Calder Memorial Trophy, which was won by the Chicago Black Hawks' goaltender Tony Esposito. At this time, many scouts were predicting that Brière would develop into a top NHL player. Brière drew comparisons to Phil Esposito and Bobby Clarke, both of whom were inducted into the Hockey |
Mihail Sebastian | Legacy | accounts. The manuscript of the journal was obtained by Harry From, who arranged for their publication in 1996, by the Romanian publishing house Humanitas. In 2004, American playwright David Auburn wrote a one-man play based on Sebastian's diary titled, The Journals of Mihail Sebastian. It debuted the same year in New York City and starred Stephen Kunken in the role of Mihail Sebastian.
Sebastian's niece, Michelle Hechter, a French writer and translator, published in 2000 an autobiographical work titled M. et M. dealing extensively with her uncle's life and writings.
In 2006, Mihail Sebastian was posthumously awarded the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis for Voller Entsetzen, |
Michael J. McGuire | Professional associations & Honors | has participated in several committees of the National Research Council of the National Academies. Honors McGuire received the George Warren Fuller Award in 1994 from AWWA. In 2001, he received the Publications Award from AWWA which is given to “recognize and honor the most notable contribution, scientific or practical, to the public water supply profession as published in the Journal AWWA….” In 2005 he received the George A. Elliot Award from the CA-NV Section AWWA and he was selected as an Honorary Member of AWWA in 2006. In 2009, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. and |
Luc Bessala | null | Luc Bessala Luc Bessala (born September 21, 1985 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian association footballer currently playing for Metropolitanos F.C. of the Segunda División in Venezuela. |
Mike Vernon (ice hockey) | Junior | Vernon made his professional debut following the tournament, appearing in one playoff game for the Central Hockey League's Oklahoma City Stars.
Vernon spent a third season with the Wranglers in 1982–83, however injuries during the season to Reggie Lemelin and Don Edwards forced the Flames to recall him to the NHL. Vernon made his NHL debut on December 12, 1982, against the Detroit Red Wings. A poor effort by the Flames resulted in Vernon surrendering six goals in the first two periods before being pulled in a 7–3 loss. Vernon appeared in one additional game, also a loss, before returning |
Like a Prayer (album) | Legacy | than a mere pop singer". Glen Levy from Time stated: "Madonna has always been a keen student of pop-culture history, and her creative powers were probably at their peak in the late 1980s on the album Like a Prayer." Hadley Freeman from The Guardian opined that Like a Prayer shaped "how pop stars, pop music, music videos, love, sex and the 80s were and should be". Jon Pareles, from The New York Times, said that " [Like a Prayer] defiantly grabbed Christian language and imagery". According to the list of "All-TIME 100 Albums" by Time magazine's critics, Like a Prayer |
Middlebury, Connecticut | History & Geography | Middlebury, Connecticut History Middlebury incorporated as a town in 1807, and named from its central position relative to Waterbury, Woodbury and Southbury. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 18.5 square miles (48 km²), of which 17.8 square miles (46 km²) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²), or 3.79%, is water.
Towns that border Middlebury are Southbury, Woodbury, Watertown, Waterbury, Naugatuck and Oxford. |
Mars Needs Moms | Production | for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He also worked on Back to the Future Part II and III and later worked on The Polar Express, which was why he was attracted to making Mars Needs Moms. The production designer was Doug Chiang, and the supervising art director was Norm Newberry. The title of the film is a twist on the title of American International Pictures' 1966 film Mars Needs Women. After spending six weeks outfitted in a special sensor-equipped performance-capture suit while simultaneously performing Milo's lines, Seth Green's voice sounded too mature for the character and was dubbed over by that |
Matten bei Interlaken | Education | may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.
During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 348 students attending classes in Matten bei Interlaken. There were 3 kindergarten classes with a total of 55 students in the municipality. Of the kindergarten students, 16.4% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 21.8% have a different mother language than the classroom language. The municipality had 11 primary classes and 187 students. Of the primary students, 16.6% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 20.3% have a different mother language than the classroom language. |
Kent Lambert | Biography and early career | Southern California in 1981, a master's in strategic and tactical sciences from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1983, and a graduate studies certification in command, control, and communications from Air Force Institute of Technology. His awards include the Legion of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Southwest Asia Service Medal with star, and the Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster. He is also a lieutenant colonel with the Colorado Civil Air Patrol.
Lambert and his wife, Gretchen, have three children and six grandchildren. He has served as a |
Love dart | Anatomical context & Occurrence within the pulmonate snails and slugs & Calcareous darts | species have several. Snails in the family Bradybaenidae have more than one dart sac, and some species of Hygromiidae and Helmintoglyptidae have four dart sacs. Some Urocyclidae have up to 70 darts. Occurrence within the pulmonate snails and slugs All pulmonate land snails are hermaphrodites, and have a complete and rather elaborate set of both male and female reproductive organs (see the simplified anatomical diagram above), but the majority of pulmonate land snails have no love darts and no dart sac. Calcareous darts Calcareous (composed of calcium carbonate) darts are found in a limited number of pulmonate families within the |
Martin Talty | Trivia | playing time there. After discussing that with local business man Tom Malone, they decided to found a new club named Clonbony GAA. Milltown Malbay GAA however objected, and they had to appeal with the Munster Council in Thurles, Tipperary. They had to cycle up there and stay the night, but won the appeal. |
Make Me (Janet Jackson song) | Background & Critical reception | In October 2009, Universal Music Enterprises issued a press release stating "Make Me" would be included in Jackson's second greatest hits album, Number Ones, a compilation of her 33 global number one singles. Critical reception Following her performance at the VMA's, Gil Kaufman of MTV reported, "Janet gave the ultimate thank you to her beloved sibling by posting a new single, 'Make Me,' on her Web site ... Easing up on the darker S&M themes of her recent albums, 'Make Me' is a fun, breezy tune with an elastic disco beat" adding that "[t]he chorus twists Michael's refrain into a Janet-worthy, |
Maria Elisabeth of Saxony (1736–1818) | Biography | Maria Elisabeth of Saxony (1736–1818) Biography Maria Elisabeth was born at the Wilanów Palace in Poland. The eleventh child of fourteen. Her father, Augustus III of Poland, was the Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (as Augustus II). Her mother Maria Josepha, born an Archduchess of Austria, was a first cousin of Empress Maria Theresa. She came from a close family and her parents made sure they put emphasis on a good education. The young princess was educated in Latin, French, Polish, philosophy, geography, religion, drawing, music and dance.
Her sisters included |
Lost Soul Mountain | null | Lost Soul Mountain Lost Soul Mountain is a summit in Lincoln County, Montana, in the United States. With an elevation of 6,155 feet (1,876 m), Lost Soul Mountain is the 1880th highest summit in the state of Montana. |
Marie Adams | Biography | Marie Adams Biography She was born in Linden, Texas, and when young sang in gospel groups. After marrying, she began performing in Houston as Ollie Marie Adams, later dropping her first name. She made her first recordings for Don Robey's Peacock Records, with Bill Harvey's band. Her single "I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks" coupled with "My Search Is Over", with the writing of both songs credited to Robey, reached number 3 on the Billboard R&B chart in mid-1952, becoming the most successful record on Peacock at that point. In all, she released seven singles |
Michel Adanson | Later life & Death and legacy | on a small pension it had conferred on him. Of this he was deprived in the dissolution of the Academy by the Constituent Assembly in 1793, and was consequently reduced to such a depth of poverty as to be unable to appear before the French Institute when it invited him to take his place among its members. (It is said that he possessed neither a white shirt, a coat nor a whole pair of breeches.) Afterwards he was granted a pension sufficient to relieve his simple wants. Death and legacy He died at Paris after months of severe suffering, requesting, |
Militant (Trotskyist group) | Open Turn | Labour' at the subsequent by-election. Militant endorsed the decision, but the Militant executive Ted Grant and Rob Sewell opposed it. Mahmood came third, just saving her deposit. It was the group's first electoral step outside the Labour Party.
Majority and Minority resolutions were presented to the Militant National Editorial Board meeting of 14–16 July 1991 on the question of this "open turn", and a faction formed around Ted Grant's Minority position. The National Editorial Board comprised representatives from all regions and areas of work of Militant, and functioned as a National Executive Committee. The Majority resolution, in support of the open |
Mary Lawson (actress) | Romances and marriage | heir to a cigar importing fortune, ended tragically with her fiancé's sudden death. In May 1934 Lawson announced she was to marry a Mr H Glendenning, a cameraman on the set of Money in the Air, a film that Lawson had a part in and that was eventually distributed as Radio Pirates. But only a few months later in August 1934 Lawson caused a national sensation when it was announced that she was engaged to Fred Perry, the world's premier tennis player and winner of multiple Grand Slam tournaments. The couple first met when Perry visited the London studies of |
Matinee (2012 film) | Reviews & Controversies | down the hope street all over again." IBN Live rated the film and said that the film "stands out for its realistic approach." Controversies The film courted considerable controversy with the item dance by Mythili. Another row originated when anti-tobacco activists turned against the film, thanks to the movie posters portraying Mythili with a lit cigarette and a bottle of booze. Activists of the Ernakulam district Anti-tobacco Council protested against the film and blackened several posters of the movie in the city. They also filed a petition before the police and the district collector against the movie posters. "When |
Mike Vernon (ice hockey) | Junior & Calgary Flames | Hawks, who were hosting the tournament, after turning them down. Winning all three games he started, Vernon led Portland to the championship. He was named recipient of the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the most valuable goaltender of the tournament while the Winter Hawks became the first American team to win the Memorial Cup. Calgary Flames Turning professional in 1982–83, Vernon spent most of the season with the CHL's Colorado Flames where he was named to the league's second all-star team after posting a 30–13–2 record in 46 games. He returned to the Flames in 1983-84 but had |
Militant (Trotskyist group) | Early editions of Militant | the "Walton Young Socialists" indicated the significance with which Taaffe and Militant viewed the young socialists, and began the practice of Militant members identifying themselves with their local Labour Party or trade union. With Taaffe in Liverpool, Roger Protz, Keith Dickinson, Ted Grant and others did most of the work on the first few issues.
In the editorial of the first issue of the Militant in October 1964, Taaffe made the strategy of entryism clear:
The job is to carry the message of Marxism to the ranks of the labour movement and to its young people. There is room for all |
Limbo | Modern era & In other denominations and religions | in Hell. At any rate, these theories are not the official teaching of the Catholic Church, but are only opinions that the Church does not condemn, permitting them to be held by its members, just as is the theory of possible salvation for infants dying without baptism. In other denominations and religions Neither the Eastern Orthodox Church nor Protestantism accepts the concept of a limbo of infants; but, while not using the expression "Limbo of the Patriarchs", the Eastern Orthodox Church lays much stress on the resurrected Christ's action of liberating Adam and Eve and other righteous figures of the |
Mili Mili World Music | Live appearances | KXLU FM Los Angeles. The single "Mili Mili" (performed in Arabic and Portuguese) has aired on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles and received rave reviews from Europe and was aired on P3 Swedish National Radio. |
Militant (Trotskyist group) | Origins & Early editions of Militant | I accepted those ideas." Taaffe, together with Ted Mooney and other founding Militant supporters, participated in an apprentices' strike, leading apprentices in English Electric on Merseyside's East Lancashire Road. Early editions of Militant "Drive Out the Tories" was the headline of the first issue of Militant, published just before the general election of 1964 with an article written by the business editor, S. Mani. Below the Militant logo were the words "For Youth and Labour". Inside, above the Editorial, was printed: "Militant. Editor: Peter Taaffe (Walton Young Socialists). All correspondence to the business manager: S. Mani". The addition of |
Mare Winningham | Acting | of Poland, New Hampshire. Also in 2001, she appeared in the made-for-TV movie Snap Decision with Felicity Huffman. She also appeared in the independent film Dandelion, which was a staple of film festivals worldwide between 2003 and 2004 and had a limited American release in October 2005.
In 2006, she landed the role of Susan Grey on the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy where she played the stepmother of one of the main characters, Dr. Meredith Grey. Her character was killed off in May 2007. In 2006, Winningham voiced the audio version of Stephen King's Lisey's Story. In 2007, she voiced Alice |
Mikkel Aaland | Beginning career | Indian & Eskimo Sweat Lodge. The book was the culmination of a three-year travel and photo-journalistic tour of the world's various bathing customs. Aaland continues to be an active proponent and historian of sweat bathing.
Aaland published his second nonfiction book, County Fair: Portraits (1981) after spending nine years traveling the United States visiting county fairs. Jon Carroll wrote in New West magazine, "(County Fair) is a chronicle of people being who they are. These faces become historical." The photographer Mary Ellen Mark said of the book: "Such moving photographs, funny and sad. It's real Americana. Aaland is a latter |
Ma'ruf Amin | Vice presidential candidacy and victory & Vice-presidency & Views | extensive experience in government and religious affairs.
The General Elections Commission announced Widodo and Ma'ruf's victory, with the pair securing 55.5 percent of the votes, on 21 May 2019, though Ma'ruf's status as Vice President-elect was pending any lawsuits to the Constitutional Court. Vice-presidency Ma'ruf was sworn in as vice president on 20 October 2019. Aged 76 years, 223 days when inaugurated, he is the oldest-ever vice president in Indonesia's history to be sworn-in. Views As MUI chair, Ma'ruf gave his support to regulations prohibiting pornography and supported a decree banning Ahmadiya activities. In addition, Ma'ruf "regretted" the Constitutional Court's ruling to reject |
Make Me (Janet Jackson song) | Background | motion picture soundtrack. Darkchild, who produced music from Jackson's tenth studio album Discipline (2008), co-produced the song with her. He reported to MTV that he had been working on new material with Jackson since her departure from Island Records in September 2008. Of the new material, he commented, "It's about dancing ... It's all about her. It's about [saying], 'Listen, if you really want to get with me, you gotta make me feel a certain way' ... We're going back to basics and fundamental sounds of Janet. We're trying to target her fans [by making] the records that her fans will embrace." |
Militant (Trotskyist group) | Early editions of Militant | climb down over its proposed anti-trade union legislation" in the first issue of the Militant International Review (Autumn 1969), Militant's quarterly theoretical journal. Several strikes had taken place, the "first directly political strikes" in what threatened to be an "irreparable breach between the Labour leaders and their base in the Labour Movement".
Militant argued that the struggle between the Labour Party leadership and the trade unions arose from the poor economic performance of Britain compared to its competitors. For them, the "capitalist class" wished to make the working class pay for this "crisis" through a policy to restrict workers' incomes: "For |
London bullion market | Allocated accounts & Unallocated accounts | a specific customer and segregated from other metal held in the vault. The client has full title to this metal with the dealer holding it on the client's behalf as custodian. To avoid any doubt, metal in an allocated account does not form part of a precious metal dealer's assets. Unallocated accounts Unallocated accounts represent the most popular way of trading, settling and holding gold, silver, platinum and palladium. Transactions may be settled by credits or debits to the account while the balance represents the indebtedness between the two parties. Credit balances on the account do not entitle the creditor |
Martin Hinton | Career | Martin Hinton Career Hinton joined the staff of the Natural History Museum in 1910, working on mammals, in particular rodents. He became Deputy Keeper of Zoology in 1927 and Keeper in 1936, retiring in 1945.
Hinton is among those associated with the Piltdown Man hoax, a composite of an altered human skull and ape jawbone planted, and subsequently 'discovered', at a dig in Piltdown, England, and presented as a missing link between man and ape. A trunk belonging to Hinton left in storage at the Natural History Museum and found in 1970 contained animal bones and teeth carved and stained in |
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