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Militant (Trotskyist group) | Poll tax | was the 18 million non-payers of the poll tax who were decisive in her [Thatcher's] downfall. Facing electoral massacre if she remained, Tory MPs brought her down after eleven years in power."
Militant MP Terry Fields was criticised by the Labour leader Neil Kinnock for the non-payment of his poll-tax when Fields was imprisoned for 60 days in July 1991 for refusing to pay his £373 poll tax bill. Kinnock said at the time: "Law makers must not be law breakers. I have always made that clear". According to Militant, 219 members had been expelled from the Labour Party by August |
Morbid Tales | Legacy & Track listings | Macabre" was later sampled in the demo track "Totgetanzt" from their 2002 demo album Prototype. Track listings All music by Thomas Gabriel Fischer, all lyrics by Thomas Gabriel Fischer and Martin Ain, except where noted. |
Legal history of China | Legal system under the 1975 Constitution | institutions in the spirit of the 1954 state constitution. The Chinese press began to carry stories about the virtues of the 1954 document and the Gang of Four's abuse of it. Later in the year, Hua announced that China had eight important tasks to fulfill, among them the reconstruction of formal legal institutions.
During the fall of 1977, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and militia began turning over the responsibility for public security to the civilian sector. Judicial and public security workers held meetings to seek ways "to strengthen the building of the legal forces... and socialist legal systems." A theoretical |
National Merit Scholarship Program | Criticism | to stop using PSAT scores as the initial screen for the country’s most prestigious academic awards."
In public letters to the test's co-sponsors, NACAC charged that eliminating 99 percent of test-takers from the National Merit Scholarship competition solely on the basis of a multiple-choice, standardized exam was "at odds with best practices in the use of admissions test scores." To be eligible for scholarships, high school juniors must score among the top 1 percent of test-takers in their home state. The PSAT serves as the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), and measures critical reading ability, mathematics problem solving ability and |
Litigation over global surveillance | ACLU v. Clapper & Planned suit by Sen. Rand Paul | the constitutionality of the data collection program, but did find that the implementation of the mass surveillance program being authorized by section 215 of the Patriot Act was illegal. The court also found ACLU had alleged a concrete, fairly traceable, and redressable injury sufficient to confer standing to assert their First Amendment rights, based on an infringement of freedom of speech and freedom of association. Planned suit by Sen. Rand Paul US Senator Rand Paul has announced plans to file a "class-action lawsuit" over the NSA's mass surveillance.
In February 2015, Paul filed suit against the federal government NSA spying program |
My Life as a Dog | Plot | My Life as a Dog Plot The action takes place in Sweden from 1958 to 1959. 12-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius) gets into all sorts of trouble, which bothers his mother (Anki Lidén); Ingemar does not know that his mother is in fact terminally ill. When he and his older brother become too much for her, they are split up and sent to live with relatives. Ingemar ends up with his maternal uncle Gunnar (Tomas von Brömssen) and his wife Ulla (Kicki Rundgren) in a small rural town in Småland. Gunnar and Ingemar bond over Povel Ramel's recording of "Far, jag |
Michelle Maemone | Early years & College career | Michelle Maemone Early years Maemone was born to Joe and Anita Maemone and grew up in San Jose, California. An early enthusiast of soccer, growing up Maemone played both as a defender and forward for clubs Central Valley Arsenal and MVLA Mercury Black as well as her high school, The King's Academy. College career Maemone played four years for the Pepperdine Waves. During her time at Pepperdine she made 78 appearances, 69 as a starter and finished with 3 goals. Maemone was twice named to the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "bronze" donors and received an All-WCC honourable mention honouree |
Labo Airport | History | and the comeback Philippine Airlines at noon. That day was the memorable event of the airport that officially, it is now capable for Airbus A320 family jet.
On March 25, 2012, Philippine Airlines transferred their Ozamiz routes as PR163 and PR164 to PAL Express (known at that times as Airphil Express). Last Summer 2012, Ozamiz Airport officially known as an Airbus Airport since Cebu Pacific Air and Airphil Express are both using Airbus A319 and Airbus A320 to and from Manila and Cebu. That was also the time when Cebu Pacific Air added its 2nd flight to/from Manila in the late |
Municipalities of Catalonia | null | The "main settlement" is not always the biggest settlement, as new urban developments such as tourist resorts can become very big very quickly without achieving any political recognition.
Boundaries between municipalities have their origins in ancient landholdings and transfers, and may often appear quite arbitrary and illogical, with exclaves common.
Catalonia's municipalities are (as of 2015) grouped into 42 comarques (by the Catalan government) and four provinces (by the Spanish government). Occasional revisions of the boundaries of comarcas have resulted in municipalities moving from one comarca to another; see the list at Comarques of Catalonia. |
Moody National Bank | History | of the bank and ANICO.
By 1962 the bank had outgrown its neo-classical headquarters on Market Street, and a new seven-story building was constructed a block away. The old building, after sitting vacant for several years, was donated in 1972 by Ms. Northen to Galveston County for use as a historical museum dedicated to the memory of her father.
With the legalization of branch banking in Texas in 1988, Moody National Bank merged with sister bank, South Shore National Bank in League City, Texas. South Shore National Bank had been established by the Moody Family to provide financial services to the |
Murder of Sherri Rasmussen | Cold case | later worked with the short-lived television series Murder One on a segment inspired by the case.
Nels in particular was unconvinced that Sherri – who had been six feet (180 cm) tall, had a large frame, and was in good physical shape – had been the victim of a botched burglary. It would have been a struggle for anyone to subdue her in close quarters, and Mayer had told him at one point that the events may have lasted an hour and a half, a long time for burglars primarily after items of value in the home. Further, whoever shot his daughter |
Maria Korp | Euthanasia controversy | that continued treatment was not in her best interests.
An appeal against Mr Gardner's appointment—as a legal means of challenging his decision—as Maria Korp's guardian was reportedly considered by opponents of his decision but no appeal was made. The protest group's spokesperson, Mrs Tighe, reported to the media that they would be willing to give anything a try in order to stop her from dying from starvation. Maria Korp's husband Joe had publicly stated through his lawyers that he would fight in the courts any attempt to withdraw medical treatment. It was for that reason that the hospital sought the appointment |
Melanie Horsnell | Musical career | the lead singer on the song "How Can It Be", music for a J.C. Penney advertisement shown during the 2007 Oscars.
In 2008 Melanie went back into the studio with producer Paul Mckercher (Augie March, Magic Dirt, Little Birdy, Eskimo Joe) to lay down 12 new tracks for her album Complicated Sweetheart. The first single from the album features a track "Mary Mary" and two bonus songs, "Christmas in the suburbs" and The Saints song "Massacre", and was released in July 2008. "Mary Mary" received immediate airplay on National Youth Broadcaster Radio Triple J and also FBi Radio, RRR and a |
Mine clearance organization | INTERSOS & Japan Mine Action Service & Mine Awareness Trust | Rome which is in charge of planning and coordination of operations, and various field offices in the countries of operation. Japan Mine Action Service Japan Mine Action Service(JMAS) is a Japanese Nonprofit organization established in 2002 that is headed by a mine expert who retired from the Self-Defense Force. The JMAS is active mainly in Cambodia and Afghanistan. Mine Awareness Trust The Mines Awareness Trust (MAT) is a charitable organisation that endeavours to save the lives and limbs of ordinary people from the unexploded debris of war. Ben Remfrey formed the Trust in May 1999 as a direct response to |
Momus | In classical literature | Momus In classical literature As a sharp-tongued spirit of unfair criticism, Momus was eventually expelled from the company of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is related to μομφή, meaning 'blame', 'reproach', or 'disgrace'. Hesiod said that Momus was a son of Night (Nyx), "though she lay with none", and the twin of the misery goddess Oizys. In the 8th century BCE epic Cypria, Momus was credited with stirring up the Trojan War in order to reduce the human population. Sophocles wrote a later satyr play called Momos, now almost entirely lost, which may have derived from this.
Two of |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Iqbal's influence on Jinnah | solidarity with Iqbal's view: that Indian Muslims required a separate homeland.
Iqbal's influence also gave Jinnah a deeper appreciation for Muslim identity. The evidence of this influence began to be revealed from 1937 onwards. Jinnah not only began to echo Iqbal in his speeches, he started using Islamic symbolism and began directing his addresses to the underprivileged. Ahmed noted a change in Jinnah's words: while he still advocated freedom of religion and protection of the minorities, the model he was now aspiring to was that of the Prophet Muhammad, rather than that of a secular politician. Ahmed further avers that those |
NZR DSA class | Return to service | 258 (DSA 617) at Ravensdown Fertiliser Awatoto. The locomotive was later sold to Ravensdown for use as their plant shunter. |
Nathalie Péchalat | 2010–2011 season | the Grand Prix Final, where they won the silver medal. They followed this by winning French nationals for the second time in their career. Péchalat/Bourzat went on to win the 2011 Europeans, finishing first in both the short dance and the free dance, and breaking the 100-point barrier in the free dance for the first time in their career. It was their first ever medal at an ISU Championship. They produced France's fifth ice dancing European title.
In mid-February 2011, Péchalat/Bourzat performed in galas in North Korea along with other international skaters. Bourzat said, "Traveling there was not a political act |
Mode series | The Cyngdom of Hlahtar & The Horse Mode | people wear clothes Colene describes as "Oriental," and women are required to wear secure halters and diapers under their clothing in order to hide their feminine contours. Sexual expression is an important part of culture: concubines are common, and the age of consent is non-existent.
The Mode series makes a referential crossover into the Xanth series in Question Quest, where the Good Magician Humfrey makes a note in his book about Darius being the "Cyng of Hlahtar". The Horse Mode Seqiro's anchor mode, which remains unnamed, is the home of primitive humans and telepathic horses.
The horses, though of inferior intelligence, rule |
Mass drug administration | Background and history | low acceptance in areas with low malaria endemicity.
Another example of mass drug administration is mass deworming of children to remove helminth infections (intestinal worms). Background and history Reports of attempts to control malaria through mass treatment with antimalarial drugs date back to at least 1932. In the 1950s, the WHO included mass drug administration (MDA) of antimalarial drugs as a tool for malaria eradication ‘in exceptional conditions when conventional control techniques have failed. In 1971, the WHO expert committee on malaria still recommended MDA in special circumstances. Subsequently, MDA was linked to the emergence of drug resistance and its overall |
Mossi people | Land & Family | a path by which one can access the ancestors. Even today, this notion gives a unique value to land in Mossi thought. Land is considered to be much more than simple dust and has a spiritual dimension to it. A Mossi's life depends on his/her land, and it is essential for the family settlement. Family Family is an essential cultural element of the Mossi, who hold collectivism in high regard. Individualism does not exist in traditional Mossi culture: one’s actions and behaviors are always taken to be characteristics of one's family. They must always ask an elder in order to |
Music Hall Strike of 1907 | Pre-strike years | outside both London and provincial theatres.
The strikes ended two weeks later and resulted in a rise in pay and better working conditions for both stage workers and artistes. Pre-strike years Music hall entertainment originated in the plethora of London taverns and coffee houses of 18th century. The atmosphere within the venues appealed mainly to working class men who ate, drank alcohol and initiated illicit business deals together. They were entertained by performers who sang songs whilst the audience socialised. By the 1830s publicans designated specific rooms for patrons to go where they formed musical groups. The |
Music of Nevada | Alternative rock & Alt country | the pop rock Death of a Bachelor in 2016, and Pray for the Wicked in 2018.
The Cab is a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. They've been called "The Band You Need to Know 2008" by Alternative Press and were featured in the "100 Bands You Need to Know in 2010" by the magazine.
Bassist Branden Campbell of Neon Trees grew up in Las Vegas. Singer Aja Volkman (of Nico Vega) resides in Las Vegas with her native husband. Alt country Several alt country bands including The Clydesdale and The Yeller Bellies, both of whom have released multiple albums each, |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Legacy and historical view | based on Jinnah's ideology and alleged that Nehru's desire for a powerful centre led to Partition. Upon the book release, Singh was expelled from his membership of Bharatiya Janata Party, to which he responded that BJP is "narrow-minded" and has "limited thoughts".
Jinnah was the central figure of the 1998 film Jinnah, which was based on Jinnah's life and his struggle for the creation of Pakistan. Christopher Lee, who portrayed Jinnah, called his performance the best of his career. The 1954 Hector Bolitho's book Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan prompted Fatima Jinnah to release a book, titled My Brother (1987), as she |
National New York Central Railroad Museum | History | National New York Central Railroad Museum History Elkhart was a vital link between East and West during the growth of railroading in the U.S. In 1833 the LS&MS built a line through town; it was later acquired by the NYC in 1914.
The museum is situated opposite the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) east-west main line; NS freight trains pass approximately every 15 minutes. Amtrak's Elkhart Station is also within walking distance; daily service is provided by the Lake Shore Limited (Chicago-Boston/New York) and Capitol Limited (Chicago-Washington, D.C.). |
National Merit Scholarship Program | Finalist & Scholarships | that is collected about each Semifinalist is used later in the process to choose scholarship winners. All Finalists receive a Certificate of Merit in recognition of their outstanding performance in the competition. Scholarships Of the 15,000 Finalists, about 8,000 receive Merit Scholarship awards. All Finalists are considered for one of the 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships. National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners are the Finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state's percentage of the |
Motorola Pebl | Design and appearance | line external display, the external screen is mounted vertically, rather than horizontally.
The unit is held closed by magnets, and can be opened with a single hand by pushing the lid of the phone away from the hinge mechanism. The hinge itself is spring-loaded, so that when cracked it actively swings fully open.
Initially, the product was available only in black, but in the second quarter of 2006, Motorola launched four additional colours. It was produced in black, blue, green, red, orange and pink, although the exact colour selection varied per country. Shortly before the new colors became available, |
National Assembly (Bulgaria) | Building | at Parliament Square, some administrative offices of the National Assembly are now housed by the former headquarters of the Bulgarian Communist Party, located at the Largo. There has been a proposal that the entire National Assembly be permanently moved to the old Party house building, with its inner courtyard being converted into an interior space for the plenary chamber. |
Multilinear algebra | Use in algebraic topology | 20th century the study of tensors was reformulated more abstractly. The Bourbaki group's treatise Multilinear Algebra was especially influential — in fact the term multilinear algebra was probably coined there.
One reason at the time was a new area of application, homological algebra. The development of algebraic topology during the 1940s gave additional incentive for the development of a purely algebraic treatment of the tensor product. The computation of the homology groups of the product of two spaces involves the tensor product; but only in the simplest cases, such as a torus, is it directly calculated in that fashion (see Künneth |
Ludovico Gimignani | Biography | in 1669) on the left of the Carmelite church of Santa María in Montesanto. Ludovico also painted the vault frescoes (1685).
In 1672, he joined the Accademia di San Luca, a prestigious association of artists in Rome. He was named curator of the Gallery of the Palazzo Quirinale by pope Alexander VII.
He died in Zagarolo. |
Moritz Thomsen | Other works & Legacy | experiences as a World War II bombardier.
A fifth Thomsen book, Bad News From the Black Coast, is still unpublished.
The San Francisco-based literary journal Zyzzyva published "The Bombardier's Handbook" in Winter 2013. A selection of entries from Thomsen's World War II diaries, "The Bombardier's Handbook" was selected as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2014. According to the introduction by Pat Joseph, Thomsen did not have his journals when he wrote his combat memoir, "My Two Wars." Legacy Thomsen's literary work has been recognized and exalted by writers such as Paul Theroux, his personal friend and the prologue of The |
Mine clearance organization | 6 Alpha Associates & G4S Ordnance Management | based in the UK and operates globally, primarily working with the energy, extractives and construction industries. 6 Alpha also provides advice on security, risk management, business continuity and crisis management. G4S Ordnance Management G4S Ordnance Management is a commercial leader in the environmental remediation of landmine, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) pollution, clearing battlefields and the management of conventional weapons. Over the past 14 years, G4S Ordnance Management has operated in over 20 different countries including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chile, Cyprus, Iraq, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Mozambique, Nepal, Sakhalin Island (Russia) and Sudan. G4S Ordnance Management was originally |
MS Multi-section car (New York City Subway car) | Additional Information | 5 mph/s or 8.0 km/(h⋅s) for the Zephyr) and its "balancing speed" — the maximum speed attainable on level track, running empty — was relatively high (53 mph or 85 km/h for the Green Hornet, 55 mph or 89 km/h for the Zephyr, and 58 mph or 93 km/h for the 25 production units).
The Zephyr was built without couplers, so it could only operate as a single unit.
The Green Hornet subway car was among the first subway cars to incorporate a two-note warning tone, the first two notes of Westminster Quarters, that sounds before the doors begin to close as the train prepares to leave the station. This |
Missing in action | Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 & Animals | to their bunkers. A Pakistani radio news telecast reported (in Urdu) that Maj Waraich hamari hiraasat mein hain (Maj Waraich is in our custody). There was a subsequent report that Maj Waraich was in a North West Frontier jail. Their current status is unknown. They are listed as missing by the Indian Government along with 52 others including a Maj Ashok Suri who wrote a letter to his father in 1975 from Karachi stating that he was alive and well. Pakistan denies holding any of the soldiers Missing in Action. Animals Military animals can also be officially declared Missing |
Moritz Thomsen | Legacy | twentieth century American writers.
Miller calls Thomsen "one of the great American expatriate writers of the twentieth century" and describes him as "A soft-hearted cuss, a man of almost insufferable integrity, a lousy farmer and a terrific writer." He describes Thomsen's style as one that "pledged allegiance to nothing except his station as an expatriate. And as an expat he was free to judge us all, an undertaking he finessed with acute observations, self-deprecation, and a flavorful frame of reference that ranged from a Tchaikovsky symphony to a Sealy Posturpedic mattress."
Thomsen was a descendant of the powerful Thomsen family of |
National Newspaper Syndicate | History | launched Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D. on January 7, 1929; internationally popular for many decades, it ran continuously until July 8, 1967. Dick Calkins' Skyroads also launched in 1929, running until 1942.
Walt Ditzen's Fan Fare was launched in 1947, running until 1961, when it changed titles to Fun Fare, running until 1973.
Cartoonist Dave Gerard began a 35-year relationship with the Dille syndicate in 1949 with his strip Viewpoint, which ran until 1953. That was succeeded by the popular strip Will-Yum, which ran from 1953 to 1966. Gerard's City Hall strip ran from 1967 to 1984.
The Dille syndicate launched |
Narita Yukawa Station | Lines & History & Passenger statistics | Narita Yukawa Station Lines The station is served by the Narita Sky Access Line from Keisei Ueno in Tokyo to Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station. It is located between Inba-Nihon-Idai Station and Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station, a distance of 40.7 kilometers from Keisei-Takasago Station, and 8.4 kilometers from Inba-Nihon-Idai Station. History The station opened on 17 July 2010 coinciding with the start of Narita Sky Access services. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2011, the station was used by an average of 1,054 passengers daily. |
Memories...Do Not Open | Background & Singles | amazing. It's coming out April 7, was I supposed to say that?" before Pall responded "No, but it's alright". Singles The lead single, "Paris", was released on January 13, 2017. The lead single peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song went on to receive multiple certifications.
The second single, "Something Just Like This", which is a collaboration with British alternative rock band Coldplay, was released on February 22, 2017, along with the pre-order of the album. The single peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. During the week of March 18, 2017, "Something Just |
Mustafa Ismail | Egyptian radio & Visit to Turkey 1961 and 1969 | Sheikh Mustafa Ismail of his life. Visit to Turkey 1961 and 1969 Sheikh Mustafa Ismail arrived in Turkey in the year 1969, scheduled to stay in Ankara for 15 days, 15 days in Istanbul and then to visit the other major cities. Sheikh Mustafa Ismail wasn't very happy with his initial reception, especially the number of people in the audience. He decided to shorten his stay in Ankara and he set off for Istanbul. When he arrived in Istanbul, Sheikh Mustafa Ismail was mesmerized. The President of Turkey invited him to the Royal Palace and gave a golden lettered |
Justin Verlander | 2019: Third no-hitter, 3,000 strikeouts | last four starts. He also surpassed 2,900 career strikeouts in the game, finishing his night at 2,902.
On August 4, Verlander struck out 10 batters over 6 innings in a 3–1 win over the Seattle Mariners. With the 10-K performance, Verlander surpassed 200 strikeouts in a season for the ninth time in his career. He joined Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, Tom Seaver, Pedro Martinez, and Bob Gibson as the only pitchers with 9 or more seasons of 200+ strikeouts. All but Clemens are in the Hall of Fame.
On August 16, Verlander struck out 11 batters over 7 innings against |
Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane | Early life and education & Career | Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane Early life and education Adeane was the son of Captain Henry Robert Augustus Adeane (1882–1914), by his wife Hon. Victoria Eugenie Bigge (d.1969). His paternal grandfather was Admiral Edward Stanley Adeane, and his maternal grandfather was Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham, Private Secretary to Queen Victoria and King George V. Adeane was educated at Eton College and graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1934 with a Master of Arts degree. Career After graduating Adeane travelled to Canada and was aide-de-camp to Lord Bessborough, Governor General of Canada from 1934 to 1935, and then to his successor, |
Mike Vernon (ice hockey) | Calgary Flames | in the series. The game went to overtime, during which Vernon was forced to make a spectacular glove save on a Stan Smyl breakaway. That save came to be a defining moment of Vernon's career, and was later called "the save that won the Cup". The Flames defeated Vancouver when Joel Otto scored the winner, then went on to defeat the Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks and Montreal Canadiens to win Calgary's first Stanley Cup championship.
Vernon remained among the NHL leaders in wins the following seasons, finishing sixth in 1989–90 with 23 and second in 1990–91 with 31. |
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo | Troubles | John Bartleson. Half of the group was staying with Dr. John Marsh north of Mount Diablo, while the rest had continued on to San José. They were arrested before reaching the pueblo for illegally entering Mexico and brought to Vallejo at the mission. Vallejo's orders from Mexico City were clear. Americans entering Mexico without valid passports were to be sent back to the United States. However, after the Graham affair, Vallejo was reluctant to deport another group of Americans, especially those with skills useful for colonizing the northern frontier. These reasons, coupled with his disillusionment with the Mexican government, led |
More Like Her | Content & Critical reception | More Like Her Content "More Like Her" is a love ballad in the key of B major backed primarily by an acoustic guitar. In it, the narrator describes the details of a woman whose lover returns to his old girlfriend, who takes him back despite his cheating. The woman realizes she "should've been more like her" to keep him, but she could not, because she does not forgive him ("I should have never let you lie"). Critical reception Brady Vercher of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs-up" and said, "Lambert sounds great and sells the song with her performance, |
Mine clearance organization | Crosstech SA & The Development Initiative | who prefer to deal with a commercial entity, rather than a non-governmental organisation. The aim of Crosstech SA is to provide mine action services, and to provide services to FSD. Even though Crosstech SA is a commercial company, it has to exercise its activity under the supervision of the Swiss government's department for foundations. The Development Initiative The Development Initiative (TDI) is a project management organisation providing expertise in managing difficult projects in remote, extreme or post-conflict environments. TDI provided landmine clearance, battle area clearance, explosive ordnance disposal and consultancy, detection dogs, logistics and remote operations support. TDI has experience |
Michel Brière | Playing career | Michel Brière Playing career Brière was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third round of the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft. During his junior career with the Shawinigan Bruins, he scored 129 goals and 191 assists, for 320 points in 100 games. According to the Penguins' general manager Jack Riley, during the contract negotiations with Brière prior to the 1969–70 season "He asked for a bigger bonus and said, 'It's not really that much extra money, because I'll be playing for the Penguins for the next 20 years..."
On November 1, 1969, Brière scored his first NHL goal against the Minnesota |
Movie production incentives in the United States | Rhode Island | and that the funds would be better spent elsewhere. |
Mihail Sebastian | Life | Mihail Sebastian Life Sebastian was born to a Jewish family in Brăila. After finishing his secondary studies, Sebastian went on to study law in Bucharest, but was soon attracted to the literary life and the exciting ideas of the new generation of Romanian intellectuals, as epitomized by the literary group Criterion which included such luminaries as Emil Cioran, Mircea Eliade and Eugène Ionesco. Sebastian published several novels, including Accidentul ("The Accident") and Oraşul cu salcâmi ("The Acacia Tree City"), heavily influenced by French novelists such as Marcel Proust and Jules Renard.
Although initially an apolitical movement, Criterion came under the increasing |
Mode series | Julia | The peasant class has few rights, and women are expected to marry and produce offspring. Because even peasants are expected to possess the magic of simple illusion, those who do not become outcasts, or "rabble," and are forced to live under the land's surface.
Every few generations, the source of power on each planet shifts between animus, the male force, and anima, the female force. When the animus is in power, firstborn men possess the greater magic and a woman loses her magic as she gives birth to more children. When the anima is in power, lastborn women possess the greater |
National Council of Resistance of Iran | Global reception | Iran" on its list of terrorist organisations.
On January 26, 2009, EU Council of Ministers agreed to remove the MEK from the EU terror list. The group said it was the outcome of a "seven-year-long legal and political battle". The European Union had previously listed the MEK on its list but excluded the NCRI itself from the list of organizations considered to be terrorist organizations.
A large majority of Iran's population regards it as a terrorist group, disliking the assistance it provided to Iran's enemy Saddam Hussein in the wake of the Iraqi invasion of Iran. It has an active |
Michael D. Knox | HIV/AIDS | from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
As the Principal Investigator, Knox directs the Florida/Caribbean AETC, which is one of several centers based at leading universities around the country. The F/C AETC's mission is to ensure that physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, pharmacists, and other health professionals in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands receive state-of-the-art information, training, and consultation on the prevention and treatments of HIV and AIDS. Knox supervises the work of over 80 expert faculty in the field of HIV/AIDS as the Center works collaboratively with the University of South Florida, the |
Militant (Trotskyist group) | Labour Party and press responses to entryism | Trot... Express dossier of the unknowns behind the Red challenge to Jim." The Times carried three articles in early December 1976 and an editorial about the danger of the Militant tendency, which it exposed as wanting to "establish a group of MPs". Ted Grant, writing in Militant, was optimistic at the time: "This witch hunt will fail, among other reasons, because of the justified hatred and distrust of the Labour Party for the capitalist press and their day to day poisonous propaganda against the labour movement." Andy Bevan faced a demonstration from his Labour colleagues outside Transport House when |
Naval Air Station Richmond | null | Naval Air Station Richmond The Richmond Naval Lighter Than Air Station was a South Florida military installation about 18 miles (29 km) south of Miami, and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of US 1. It was an active base during World War II.
In September 15, 1942, the US Navy purchased 2,000 acres (810 ha); the base was used as a blimp base. Among the ten LTA bases across the nation, 17 large wooden hangars were built, of which Richmond NAS had more (3) than any other base.
On September 15, 1945, a hurricane caused a fire in one of the hangars. The fire quickly |
Mounir Yemmouni | null | Mounir Yemmouni Mounir Yemmouni (born 12 October 1983 in Ouirine, Morocco) is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters.
He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the finals. At the end of 2005 he finished eleventh in 3000 meters at the World Athletics Final.
In 2006 he competed at the World Indoor Championships and the European Championships, again without reaching the finals. |
Nathan Pretty | Career | Utes series where he has been instantly competitive.
Pretty occasionally goes by the non-de-plume of Randy Corners where he parodies motor racing culture and racing drivers. |
Music in the Civilization video game series | Civilization III & Overview | Music in the Civilization video game series Civilization III Civilization III is a 2001 strategy game from Firaxis Games. As the game progresses, the music changes to reflect the era. There are five different mixes that represent the five major cultural groupings of the Civs in the game (European, North American, Middle Eastern, Greco-Roman, and Asian).
During diplomatic negotiations with leaders of other civilizations, there are both aggressive and passive tracks for each culture grouping that play depending on the mood of the civilization the player negotiates with. All the music in the game is stored in MP3 format. Overview Original |
Naval Air Station Richmond | null | Miami has used it as a research facility and storage area. Buildings currently house: the Global Public Health Research Group, Miami Institute for Human Genomics, D.U.I. Laboratory (for analysis of motorist blood samples), and Microbiology & Immunology.
Starting in 1956 the railroad tracks on the base were used for the Gold Coast Railroad Museum. In 1984, the museum moved to the area previously occupied by Hangars #1 and #2. In 1968, after Ramparts magazine exposed CIA operations on other campuses, JM/WAVE was moved off the Miami South campus out of concern for embarrassing the university. |
Munstead Wood | Cenotaph of Sigismunda | Cenotaph of Sigismunda A garden seat built by Lutyens for Jekyll at Munstead Wood, consisting of a large block of elm set on stone, was 'christened' the Cenotaph of Sigismunda by their friend Charles Liddell. He was a librarian at the British Museum, and a cousin of Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He was probably referring to the tragic story of King Tancred's daughter Sigismunda, from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. Jekyll later wrote:
The name was so undoubtedly suitable to the monumental mass of Elm, and to its somewhat funereal environment of weeping Birch and |
Muhammad Waseem | World title challenge | last year, Waseem said, “It has been a roller-coaster ride. I had troubles even after getting Pakistan the first WBC title, but I didn’t give up. And now this is my big chance, if it’s not the WBC title then it will be the IBF title.” Waseem would become the first Pakistani boxer to challenge for an IBF world title. Waseem lost to Mthalane via unanimous decision thus failing to capture his first world title. Waseem dropped Mthalana with a powerful left hand in round 11 just as the round was coming to and end. Mthalane beat the count as |
Monastery of Saint Mina | History | his sick daughter to the shepherd to be cured, and credits her with finding Mina's body, after which Constantine ordered the construction of a church at the site. Some versions of the story replace Constantine with the late-5th century emperor Zeno, but archaeologists have dated the original foundation to the late 4th century. According to the Zeno version, his daughter was leprous and his advisors suggested that she should try that place, and she did. At night Saint Mina appeared to the girl and informed her that his body was buried in that place. The following morning, Zeno's daughter was |
Maria Alyokhina | Biography | "so-called" trial. And I am not afraid of you. I am not afraid of lies and fiction, of the thinly disguised fraud in the sentence of this so-called court. Because you can only take away my so-called freedom. And that is the exact kind that exists now in Russia. But nobody can take away my inner freedom.
Alyokhina was released from prison on December 23, 2013 under an amnesty bill passed by the Russian Duma, allowing the release of several inmates. Following her release, Alyokhina and fellow Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova announced their intention to campaign for prisoner's rights in |
Nakaseke District | Overview & Population | as of 2010.
Access to clean water is possible through a network of boreholes and a protected springs. One of the major health concerns is the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the district. As of March 2014, the prevalence rate of the disease in the district was estimated at about 8%, compared to the national average of 6.5%. Nakaseke District has the sixth-highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the entire country's 112 districts. Population The 1991 Uganda national census estimated the population of Nakaseke District at about 93,800. The 2002 national census put the district population at about 137,300 inhabitants, |
NZR DSA class | Introduction to service | NZR DSA class The New Zealand Railways DSA class was a class of 0-6-0DM diesel-mechanical locomotives built by W. G. Bagnall, Hunslet, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Vulcan Foundry for the Drewry Car Co. They were built between 1953 and 1968. Introduction to service Following on from the success of the initial batch of DS class 0-6-0DM shunting locomotives, NZR management decided to acquire further locomotives of this type. These locomotives would be similar to the DS class and would be allocated to the major centres where they would be used primarily as shunting locomotives. As they would be slightly heavier, |
Michel L'Affilard | Biography | Michel L'Affilard Michel L'Affilard (c.1656-1708) was a French tenor singer and the writer of a notable book on singing. Biography Affilard sang in the choir of Louis XIV from 1683 to 1708, with a salary of 900 livres. He also composed airs de cour.
Affilard's work on sight-singing, Principes trés faciles pour bien apprendre la musique, passed through seven editions (Paris, 1691; Amsterdam, 1717). In it, the tempo of the airs is regulated by Joseph Sauveur's pendulum, the precursor of the metronome. The book has become an important source on music practice of the time.
A facsimile edition was produced in |
Mood (psychology) | Types of mood | encounter an untrustworthy or dislikable source rather than a trustworthy or likable source.
Negative mood
Like positive moods, negative moods have important implications for human mental and physical wellbeing. Moods are basic psychological states that can occur as a reaction to an event or can surface for no apparent external cause. Since there is no intentional object that causes the negative mood, it has no specific start and stop date. It can last for hours, days, weeks, or longer. Negative moods can manipulate how individuals interpret and translate the world around them, and can also direct their behavior.
Negative moods can affect an |
Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1986) | Everton | indicated Everton were willing to pay £12 million for 100% of the rights.
On 14 August, it was reported that Fernandes had flown to the Merseyside to complete the deal after being left out of the squad in Benfica's game, and he attended Everton's match against Blackburn 11 days later. Adding to the fact the player's rights were partly owned by an agency, the Premier League did not agree to the transfer as Everton would only half-own the player's contract – the English were not too happy about this as the league had previously let Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano move to |
Masaan | Plot | all purpose in life. He retains her ring as a souvenir. Deepak is eventually able to overcome his grief and discards Shaalu's ring in the Ganges. He gains a placement as a civil engineer in Allahabad. Later that same ring is picked up by Jhonta who loses consciousness underwater while collecting coins. He regains consciousness in hospital and gives the ring to a remorseful Vidyadhar, who decides to stop playing with Jhonta's life. He sells the ring and is finally able to pay off Inspector Mishra.
Marred by the parochial mindset of people regarding her situation, Devi leaves Varanasi and joins |
National Smallbore Rifle Association | History & Bisley Rifle Meeting | score at the British Airgun Championships in 2013. Most notable however was the financial strain that this large facility placed on the NSRA, which had no experience operating a dedicated range complex. With the prohibition on both centrefire and smallbore pistols in 1997, visitor numbers from air gun and rifle shooters to the centre were insufficient to cover the operating costs, resulting in the Association's commercial arm seeking other sources of income, including wedding receptions and a long-term deal that saw the upstairs hall configured as a roller-hockey rink. Bisley Rifle Meeting The first meeting was held in 1922 and |
Mark McCullough | Early life & Law career | Mark McCullough Early life Mark McCullough was born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma on August 7, 1967. McCullough graduated from Sapulpa High School in 1985 and earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Oklahoma State University (OSU) in 1989. After receiving a master's degree in technology education from OSU in 1992, McCullough joined the Peace Corps. McCullough was stationed in Botswana, as a high school teacher. Law career Mark McCullough earned a JD in 1998 from the University of Tulsa College of Law and served as an Assistant Attorney General of Illinois. In 2001, McCullough began work as deputy prosecutor in the |
Joseph Walker (cinematographer) | Life and work | Vegas, Nevada. |
Molarity (comic strip) | Molarity Redux webcomic, 2010 onward & Characters | as "Molarity Classic", also run on Notre Dame Magazine's site. Characters Molarity's central character is Jim Mole, a student everyman. His roommates include Mitch, a football player; Chuck Mason, an anarchic political activist; and Dion Wicker III, who comes from a wealthy and privileged family. Mitch's intelligent girlfriend, Cheryl, is a roommate of the self-involved and fashion-conscious Brenda. Notre Dame's diverse student body included Alfie, a dolphin.
Years later, in Molarity Redux, Jim is a tweed-clad Notre Dame professor. Also teaching is Brenda, who is married to Mitch, now an assistant football coach. Chuck Mason has become a |
Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2014 | Procedural history & Debate and discussion | was referred to the United States House Committee on Financial Services. The bill was passed in a voice vote on May 6, 2014. The United States Senate voted with unanimous consent to pass the bill on August 1, 2014 and President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on August 8, 2014. Debate and discussion On May 6, 2014, Rep. Ellison said that "passage of the Money Remittances Improvement Act is cause for celebration for all diaspora communities, including the Somali and Hmong communities I am proud to represent in Minnesota."
Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN), another supporter of the bill, argued |
Mynydd Illtud | Geology & Access | history of this area over the last 10,000 years. Access Walkers can freely access the entire common as it is open access land, though horseriders and mountain-bikers are restricted to the minor roads, restricted byways and bridleways which criss-cross this area. Other than along the public road network there is no legal right for the public to take motor vehicles (including motorbikes) across the common. Landowners and those with commoners' rights do have certain vehicular rights over Mynydd Illtud. The Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre stands next to Mynydd Illtud on its eastern side and provides advice for visitors wishing to |
National Council of Resistance of Iran | Global reception | the State Department added the MEK to a list of global terrorist organizations as "a signal" of the US's desire for rapprochement with Tehran's reformists, said Martin Indyk, who at the time was assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs. President Khatami's government "considered it a pretty big deal," Indyk said.
The European Union in May 2004 implied that NCRI is part of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (rather than vice versa) and excluded the NCRI itself from a list of organisations considered to be terrorist organisations, including the People's Mujahedin of Iran "minus the National Council of Resistance of |
Julie Rotblatt-Amrany | Early life and training & Italy | figurative studies at the College of Marin. As part of her studies, Rotblatt-Amrany dissected cadavers at the Indian Valley campus in a program intended for medical students. She also studied from the model under sculptor Manuel Neri at the University of California, Davis.
Rotblatt-Amrany participated in several art projects in the Bay area, including assisting on a mural for the Oakland Art Museum. Italy Under Neri, Rotblatt-Amrany developed an interest in carving marble. In 1985, she traveled to Perugia in Italy as part of a program offered by Boston University, drawing from life and experimenting with stone.
Rotblatt-Amrany she moved |
Mammomonogamus | Morphology | this “Y” formation as they settle on the mucosal epithelium of the larynx, trachea, or bronchi.
Adult M. laryngeus worms are red to reddish-brown in color due to their hemophagous nature. They possess spicules ranging from 23-30 μm in length and cup-shaped buccal capsules (mouths) that open at the anterior end. Located deep in the buccal cavity are eight to 10 teeth that are not thought to be used for attachment.
The adult male is about half the length of the female. Case reports have found male worms ranging from 3-6.3 mm in length and 360-380 μm in width. The larger females were |
Malcolm Turnbull | Energy policy | emissions intensity schemes. This only hardened when South Australia faced large blackouts which Turnbull had blamed on the state's 'ambitious' renewable energy target. In response to the gas and energy crisis that occurred in March 2017, Malcolm Turnbull announced a 50% increase in the capacity of Snowy Hydro through 'pumped hydro' technology.
In April 2017, Turnbull announced that he would use the Commonwealth government's powers to place export restrictions on the nation's liquified natural gas ("LNG") industry. He announced that these changes were in response to the high wholesale gas prices that were a result of a shortage of gas in |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Postwar | Wavell cut the conference short in mid-July without further seeking an agreement; with a British general election imminent, Churchill's government did not feel it could proceed.
The British people returned Clement Attlee and his Labour Party later in July. Attlee and his Secretary of State for India, Lord Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, immediately ordered a review of the Indian situation. Jinnah had no comment on the change of government, but called a meeting of his Working Committee and issued a statement calling for new elections in India. The League held influence at the provincial level in the Muslim-majority states mostly by alliance, and |
National Council of Resistance of Iran | Global reception | Washington office was closed by the US State Department in 2002 on the grounds that it was only a front group for the MEK by then listed as a terrorist organisation in the US. It has been alleged that the inclusion of NCRI and MEK in the list was a token offered to the theocratic regime of Iran rather than based on the facts of the matter. According to the Wall Street Journal "Senior diplomats in the Clinton administration say the MEK figured prominently as a bargaining chip in a bridge-building effort with Tehran." The Journal added that: In 1997, |
Maine State Route 151 | Route description | Maine State Route 151 Route description SR 151 begins near the town center of Palmyra at US 2 (Main Street) at a stop-controlled intersection. It first heads north-northwest along Warren Hill Road through a mostly rural area passing to the west of Whites Pond. At an intersection surrounded by three houses, SR 151 turns west and turns towards the north at a small farm. It makes one more 90-degree curve to the west through wooded areas before gently curving towards the northwest into the limits of Hartland. After passing a few small businesses and a school (at this point carrying the name Elm |
Melanie Copeland | Club career | Melanie Copeland Club career As a teenager, Copeland joined the Cowgate Kestrels, which later went on to become Sunderland. During the 2002–03 season, she scored 17 goals and shared the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division Golden Boot with Oldham Curzon's Kelly Dean. The following season, she won the Golden Boot again. During the 2004–05 season she scored 16 goals in 22 appearances, helping the Lady Black Cats win the Northern Division. In her last season at Sunderland, she made 18 appearances, scoring 5 goals.
Copeland joined Newcastle United in 2006. She scored 9 goals in 4 appearances for the reserves |
Munstead Wood | Garden | a plant nursery from which she supplied plants to her clients. She also bred improved varieties of plants such as Munstead bunch primroses.
The garden of Munstead Wood became widely known as a result of Jekyll's descriptions and photographs, in her books such as Wood and Garden (1899), Home and Garden (1900), and Colour in the Flower Garden (1908), and in her many articles, particularly in Country Life and William Robinson's magazines The Garden and Gardening Illustrated. William Robinson was a frequent visitor. Jekyll's long relationship with Country Life began when proprietor Edward Hudson first visited Munstead Wood in 1899. Her |
London bullion market | Gold trading | prices and interest rate differentials, similar to foreign exchange markets, rather than underlying supply and demand dynamics. This is because gold, like currencies, is borrowed and lent by central banks in the interbank market. Interest rates for gold tend to be lower than US domestic interest rates. This encourages gold borrowings so that central banks can earn interest on large gold holdings. Except in special circumstances the gold market tends to be in positive contango, i.e. the forward price of gold is higher than the spot price. Historically this has made it an attractive market for forward sales by gold |
Mildred Callahan Jones | Flag making | Flags business outside of her home in 1983, when she purchased and renovated a rundown property at 322 W. Broad Street in Richmond. The new facility allowed for the rapid expansion and manufacture of her decorative flags, banners, pennants and wall decorations. The building also housed left apartments which helped to redevelop the then declining neighborhood.
Over the years Jones and Festival Flags produced thousands of flags and other related products. Her flags were used in a wide array of public events and venues around the world and beyond, including art exhibitions, colleges, churches, such as the National Cathedral, museums, playgrounds |
Muniria | Description & Distribution | slightly curved tube with five lobes on the end, the upper lobes slightly shorter than the lower ones. There are four stamens with the lower pair shorter than the upper ones. The fruit is dry, does not release its seeds when mature and has ridges or calluses. Distribution All species of Muniria are endemic to the Northern Territory. |
Nea Roda | Ancient history | Nea Roda Nea Roda is a village 115 km (71 mi) southeast of Thessaloniki, on the narrowest point of the Athos peninsula in the municipality of Stagira-Akanthos, Chalkidiki, Greece. Ancient history In 480 BC, Xerxes, King of Persia, opened a canal for his fleet to pass through. He did this in order to avoid rounding the edge of Athos peninsula, where Mardonius saw his fleet being destroyed ten years earlier due to extreme weather conditions. This is the place where the first attempt of the Persians to conquer the Greek cities-states had failed. The canal needed several years to be built and |
Motorola Pebl | Design and appearance | Motorola Pebl The Motorola Pebl (styled PEBL, pronounced pebble) is a series of clamshell/flip mobile phones from Motorola, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. Design and appearance The body of the Pebl U6 is primarily made out of metal, although everything other than the hinge has a colour coating which makes it matte rather than shiny. The external texture is polished but not quite smooth, resisting finger prints and smudges. Buttons and connectors are kept flush in order to maintain the phone's smooth appearance. In contrast to many other products with a one |
Michael D. Knox | Mental health | variety of leadership positions in national and state professional organizations and has been honored many times for his work.
Michael Knox joined the USF faculty in 1986. For nine years, until 1995, Knox headed the only academic department of community mental health in the United States. As Department Chair, he directed an 80-member staff and oversaw an annual budget of $2.3 million. In 1995, and again in 1996, he was elected President of the USF Faculty Senate. With over 46,000 students and 2,000 faculty, USF is the 9th largest university in the nation. He was elected Chair of the |
Mugaku Sogen | Early Life and Priesthood | Mugaku Sogen Early Life and Priesthood Mugaku Sogen was born in 1226 in south Song (during the Song dynasty; 1127–1279) and became a priest at age 11. He entered the priesthood at Ching-tz'u-ssu temple when he was just 13 years old, and soon afterward, in 1239, he visited Wu-chun Shih-fan, under whom he studied the Zen teachings. In order to further his studies of Zen, he met with many different teachers. In 1279, he was invited to spread Zen in Japan by Hojo Tokimune, the eighth regent of the Kakamura Shogunate. Once in Japan, he lived at Kenchō-ji temple in |
Native POSIX Thread Library | History | complied with POSIX, particularly in the areas of signal handling, scheduling, and inter-process synchronization primitives.
To improve upon LinuxThreads, it was clear that some kernel support and a new threading library would be required. Two competing projects were started to address the requirement: NGPT (Next Generation POSIX Threads) worked on by a team which included developers from IBM, and NPTL by developers at Red Hat. The NGPT team collaborated closely with the NPTL team and combined the best features of both implementations into NPTL. The NGPT project was subsequently abandoned in mid-2003 after merging its best features into NPTL.
NPTL was |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Second World War and Lahore Resolution | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari deemed Jinnah's views on partition "a sign of a diseased mentality". Linlithgow met with Jinnah in June 1940, soon after Winston Churchill became the British prime minister, and in August offered both the Congress and the League a deal whereby in exchange for full support for the war, Linlithgow would allow Indian representation on his major war councils. The Viceroy promised a representative body after the war to determine India's future, and that no future settlement would be imposed over the objections of a large part of the population. This was satisfactory to neither the Congress nor the |
Miles Coolidge | Group (museum) | California Art, Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), Fisher Gallery (USC, Los Angeles), Fotomuseum Wintertur (Switzerland), Nederlands Fotos Instituut, University Art Museum, CSULB (Long Beach, CA), Ursula Bickele Stiftung (Germany), MASS MoCA (Massachusetts), Kunsthalle Krems (Austria), Long Beach Museum of Art (California), Aldrich Museum of Art, (Connecticut), Institute of Contemporary Art (London), SFMOMA (San Francisco), Walker Art Center (MN), Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh), Albright-Knox Gallery (Buffalo, NY), Santa Monica Museum (CA).
Coolidge's work has also been shown in solo and group exhibitions in a variety of commercial galleries in the United States and Europe (for example, ACME., Los Angeles; Casey Kaplan, |
Nadia Nerina | Professional career | flavor. She was also warmly appreciated by Scottish audiences in Edinburgh and Glasgow, where she often performed during the Sadler's Wells Ballet tours in the 1950s. In 1960, after her January triumph at Covent Garden, she was invited to perform as guest ballerina with both the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad. Partnered by Nikolai Fadeyechev in Swan Lake in Moscow in 1960 and by Konstantin Sergeyev in Giselle in Leningrad in 1961, she won acclaim in both ballet-loving cities. She was also well loved in America. In 1964, she represented Great Britain at the commemoration |
Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1986) | Beşiktaş & Lokomotiv | a permanent three-year contract was arranged for a €2 million transfer fee. Lokomotiv On 2 June 2014, free agent Fernandes signed a long-term contract with Russian club FC Lokomotiv Moscow. Sporting director Kirill Kotov referred to the player's "perfect technique and high playing intellect" as being the main reasons for his acquisition in order "to boost creativity in midfield". Due to his performances, he was named his team's Player of the Month in October 2014.
On 28 September 2017, Fernandes became the fastest-ever player to score a hat-trick in the history of the UEFA Europa League, achieving the feat in 17 |
Marymount School of New York | Academics | Metropolitan Museum of Art and Central Park, located directly across the street from the Fifth Avenue Campus, provide resources that are integral to the School’s academic and extracurricular programs. Several studio art, humanities, and art history classes meet in the Museum’s Carroll Classroom. The School also has a partnership with the Online School for Girls (OSG) so students can participate in online courses such as iOS App Development and AP Psychology.
During the summer between junior and senior year, students complete an internship as one of their graduation requirements. Students practice their knowledge and skills in a tangible work environment - |
National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Physics | Programs & Some of the representative programs | goal of solving some of the outstanding problems of the subject, or to engage in rigorous interaction in order to foster collaboration across conventional boundaries and traditionally defined disciplines. These groups have been the breeding ground for a number of young brilliant PhD students and postdoctoral researchers who have gone on for a successful career in physics. Some of the representative programs NCTS Annual Theory Meeting on Particles, Strings and Cosmology, Dec 9-12, 2015
Forum on Future of High Energy Physics,Dec 11, 2015
Israel-Taiwan Workshop on Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics, and Quantum Matters, Dec 14-15, 2015
NCTS Annual Theory Meeting 2015: Condensed Matter |
Little Anderson Island | Fauna | species are little penguin, sooty oystercatcher and pied oystercatcher. Reptiles present include the metallic skink, spotted skink and Bougainville's skink. |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Illness and death | was the last public event he attended.
On 6 July 1948, Jinnah returned to Quetta, but at the advice of doctors, soon journeyed to an even higher retreat at Ziarat. Jinnah had always been reluctant to undergo medical treatment, but realising his condition was getting worse, the Pakistani government sent the best doctors it could find to treat him. Tests confirmed tuberculosis, and also showed evidence of advanced lung cancer. He was treated with the new "miracle drug" of streptomycin, but it did not help. Jinnah's condition continued to deteriorate despite the Eid prayers of his people. He was moved |
Music Information Centre Lithuania | Database & Publishing | catalogue of works and/or discography) with music samples provided.
Lithuanian music manuscripts started to be collected at 1946 by the USSR Lithuanian Music Fund and in 1996 this function was given to newly established MICL. The collection of Lithuanian composers’ scores is the main and the biggest archive of this kind in the country.
MICL on-line database is one of the oldest Lithuanian electronic information resources devoted to culture (it was launched in 1997). It has been expanding across a broad variety of musical genres since 2006, currently including information about Lithuanian music and musicians of six diverse genres. Publishing To make |
National Highway 116 (India) | Route | National Highway 116 (India) Route NH 116 connects Kolaghat, Mecheda, Nandakumar and Haldia port. |
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