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Munstead Wood | null | Munstead Wood Munstead Wood is a Grade I listed house and garden in Munstead Heath, Busbridge on the boundary of the town of Godalming in Surrey, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the town centre. The garden was created first, by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, and became widely known through her books and prolific articles in magazines such as Country Life. The Arts and Crafts style house, in which Jekyll lived from 1897 to 1932, was designed by architect Edwin Lutyens to complement the garden.
Munstead Wood was the first in a series of influential collaborations between Lutyens and Jekyll in |
Monroe (town), Green County, Wisconsin | Demographics | or more races. 0.18% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 358 households out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.4% were married couples living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.1% were non-families. 11.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the town, the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, |
Missing in action | Problems and solutions | later, there was little or no chance of identifying the remains. Starting around the time of the First World War, nations began to issue their service personnel with purpose-made ID tags. These were usually made of some form of lightweight metal such as aluminium. However, in the case of the British Army the material chosen was compressed fiber, which was not very durable. Although wearing ID tags proved to be highly beneficial, the problem remained that bodies could be completely destroyed, burned or buried by the type of high explosive munitions routinely used in modern warfare. Additionally, the combat environment |
Narthamalai | Tourism | medieval era. Narthamalai has six large, skillfully carved of Lord Vishnu in the central hall. A life size portrait of Lord Vishnu will leave the visitors speechless with the levels of skill, effort and the time taken to create it.
The Vijayalaya Choleswara temple at Narthamalai is the most beautiful structure in Narthamalai hills. Vijayalaya Choleeswaram is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Constructed in the Nagara style of architecture and rock cut architecture, the temple is believed to have been built during the 9th century by Muttaraiyar kings, the cardinals of Pallavas, with later expansion from the Cholas. The rock-cut |
Mass drug administration | Direct drug administration | weeks. An additional 300 mg chloroquine and 75 mg pyrimethamine plus 1500 mg sulfadoxine was added to this regimen in the first, fifth, and ninth week. Children received an adjusted equivalent of the adult dose. Follow-up consisted of yearly parasite surveillance. During the seven surveillance years following the MDA, no P.falciparum infections were detected.
MDA is included in the malaria-control policy of the People’s Republic of China. Following the first malaria-control phase from 1955 to 1962, which was mostly focused on malaria surveys, mass administrations were added to vector control measures and improved case management in 10 of China’s 33 provinces. The drugs used |
Neosho, Missouri | Settlement: 1829−1845 | B. Hearrell conducted a school on Hickory Creek, which at times numbered forty pupils. In 1841, Charles S. Yancey became circuit judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District, to which Newton County was attached. The first state representative was John Wilson. In 1842, he opened the first school in Neosho and taught Latin and higher mathematics. The Southern Methodist presence in the area dates to 1845.
During the 1840s, mining became a part of Neosho when lead was discovered. Neosho's early commercial development was dominated by lead and zinc mining and Newton County established one of Missouri's earliest commercial operations. Lead was |
Kamakura shogunate | Mongol invasions & Decline and fall | strained regime. Decline and fall In 1331 Emperor Go-Daigo took arms against Kamakura, but was defeated by Kamakura's Ashikaga Takauji and exiled to Oki Island, in today's Shimane Prefecture. A warlord then went to the exiled emperor's rescue, and in response the Hōjō sent forces again commanded by Takauji to attack Kyoto. Once there, however, Takauji decided to switch sides and support Daigo. At the same time another warlord loyal to the emperor, Nitta Yoshisada, attacked Kamakura and took it. About 870 Hōjō samurai, including the last three Regents, committed suicide at their family temple, Tōshō-ji, whose ruins were found |
Mugaku Sogen | Founding of Engaku-Ji Temple | And so, he appointed Mugaku Sogen chief priest of Engaku-ji. |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Second World War and Lahore Resolution | to give. Despite the rejection, Jinnah and the League saw the Cripps proposal as recognising Pakistan in principle.
The Congress followed the failed Cripps mission by demanding, in August 1942, that the British immediately "Quit India", proclaiming a mass campaign of satyagraha until they did. The British promptly arrested most major leaders of the Congress and imprisoned them for the remainder of the war. Gandhi, however, was placed on house arrest in one of the Aga Khan's palaces prior to his release for health reasons in 1944. With the Congress leaders absent from the political scene, Jinnah warned |
Nan Huai-Chin | Taihu Great Learning Center | and etiquette, traditional Chinese medical theory, and Chinese and English recitation. The name of the school is in reference to the Great Learning, one of the "Four Books" of Confucianism. |
New Holland Machine Company | Historic building & Otto and Columbus engines | New Holland Machine Company Historic building The New Holland Machine Company building located at 146 E. Franklin St. in New Holland, was built in eight sections between 1903 and 1952. It is a two-story, irregularly shaped, evolutionary industrial brick building. The facility closed in 1992.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Otto and Columbus engines Abram Zimmerman began retailing the German Otto four-cycle engine as part of his new business. The Otto was a single-cylinder dual flywheel stationary engine which was manufactured in Philadelphia. After a short while of selling the |
Murray Roston | Biography | Murray Roston Biography Roston was born in London, on 10 December 1928. He won the Open Classics Scholarship to Queens' College, Cambridge, and after obtaining a degree in classics, transferred to English literature for a PhD from the University of London. He taught English, Hebrew and Classics at Carmel College (Oxfordshire), and emigrated to Israel in 1956, to a position at Bar Ilan University where he is now Emeritus Professor of English. Roston taught a number of times as a visiting professor at Stanford University, as well as at the University of Virginia. In 1988–90 he was appointed Dean |
Motocross Maniacs | Gameplay | until the player crashes).
One can also retrieve combos by making frontflips and backflips, and consecutive combos grants the player a flying booster (represented by "JET") that allows the bike to jump up high if several boosts are used.
Many levels offer multiple directions for the player. One usually contains extra powerups that requires the use of boosts and agility to successfully traverse, while the other simply requires jumping obstacles on the ground, often including loose sand and gravel that will slow down the motorcycle. |
Muffie Meyer | Awards and honors | Grey Gardens for National Film Registry
2006, The FREDDIE Awards: International Health and Medical Media Award for The New Medicine.
2003, Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Non-fiction Special for Benjamin Franklin
1997, George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism for Liberty! The American Revolution
1997, The Christopher Award for Liberty! The American Revolution.
1997, Nomination, Directors Guild of America Award for Liberty! The American Revolution.
1995, The Christopher Award for Discovering Women: Earth Explorer.
1993, The Japan Prize, International Education Program Contest for "Behind the Scenes" 10-part TV series.
1989, Cine Golden Eagle Film & Video Competition for An Empire of Reason.
1989, Best of Festival, Athens Film |
NA-116 (Jhang-III) | Election 2002 & Election 2008 & Election 2013 | NA-116 (Jhang-III) Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Saima Akhtar Bharwana an Independent candidate won by 56,647 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Saima Akhtar Bharwana an Independent candidate won by 64,759 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Sahibzada Muhammad Nazeer Sultan of PML-N won by 52,106 votes and became the member of National Assembly. |
London bullion market | Gold trading | London bullion market The London bullion market is a wholesale over-the-counter market for the trading of gold and silver. Trading is conducted amongst members of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), loosely overseen by the Bank of England. Most of the members are major international banks or bullion dealers and refiners.
The physical characteristics of gold and silver bars used in settlement in market is described by the Good Delivery specification which is a set of rules issued by the LBMA. It also puts forth requirements for listing on the LBMA Good Delivery List of approved refineries. Gold trading Internationally, gold |
Neosho, Missouri | 20th century & The Flower Box City | obtained the permanent barracks as surplus and adapted them as the core of the community college campus for Crowder College. The Flower Box City Since 1957, Neosho has been locally well known as "The Flower Box City"; that year it earned the All-America City Award for its beautification efforts. In 1955 the town had received a $5,000 grant from the New York Community Trust for that purpose. Local companies provided lumber at cost, and the Jaycees formed an assembly line to build more than 200 wooden flower boxes. Pet Milk Company donated 400 used wooden barrels for container gardens, and |
Muriel Vanderbilt | Early life | Muriel Vanderbilt Early life Muriel was born on November 23, 1900 in New York City. She was the daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878–1944) and Virginia Graham Fair (1875–1935). Her paternal grandparents were William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt was her uncle and Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough until her divorce from Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1921, was her aunt.
Her maternal grandfather, James Graham Fair, was a United States Senator from Nevada who made a large fortune investing in silver mines on the Comstock Lode.
Her parents separated when |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Governor-General | action, and ordered that Pakistani troops move into Kashmir. The Pakistani Army was still commanded by British officers, and the commanding officer, General Sir Douglas Gracey, refused the order, stating that he would not move into what he considered the territory of another nation without approval from higher authority, which was not forthcoming. Jinnah withdrew the order.This did not stop the violence there, which broke into Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.
Some historians allege that Jinnah's courting the rulers of Hindu-majority states and his gambit with Junagadh are evidence of ill-intent towards India, as Jinnah had promoted separation by religion, yet tried |
Made (Big Bang album) | Music and lyrics | that would allowed them "to do and show unexpected things." Commenting about the variety of music genres, G-Dragon explained that "there are performance songs, and then there are songs of various colors. There will always be an unexpected twist." And added "because the album styles were different, it was a bit of a free-for-all."
The record's lyrical content "introduced a more mature style" to the group, but "without losing the images they had enforced through previous releases." In an interview, Taeyang said that the group "focused mostly on the issues that our society is facing and how we look at society." |
Nan Huai-Chin | Early life and military career & Buddhist practice | Military Academy in Nanjing. In the late 1930s at the age of 21 years, Nan became a military commander at the border regions of Sichuan, Xikang, and Yunnan during the Second Sino-Japanese War. There, he led a local group of 30,000 men against the Japanese invasion. Buddhist practice While still young, Nan left his military career so that he could commit himself fully to his study of Buddhism and to meditation. In 1942 at age 24, he went on a three-year meditation retreat in the Emei Mountains. It is said that it was there that he verified his experiences against |
Lyons Government | Foreign policy | Health and Repatriation. Hughes made a memorable speech in the portfolio in 1935 in which he argued that "Australia must... populate or perish". However Hughes was forced to resign in 1935 after his book Australia and the War Today exposed a lack of preparation in Australia for what Hughes correctly supposed to be a coming war. Soon after, the Lyons government tripled the defence budget. In the book, Hughes described sanctions as "either an empty gesture, or war", contradicting Cabinet's decision to support the League of Nations policy of sanctions after Italy had invaded Abyssinia.
Defence issues became |
Nadia Nerina | Professional career | performance for slain president John F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington, D.C.
In 1965, Nerina asked Ashton, then director of the Royal Ballet, to be designated a "guest artist," to enable her to pursue invitations from other companies. Among them was Western Theatre Ballet, based in Bristol, where she created a major role in Peter Darrell's Home, about a young woman in an asylum. She made guest appearances with the Royal Ballet until 1968, dancing in La Fille Mal Gardée and Sylvia, and she was a popular star at ballet galas, usually giving her fees to dancers' benevolent funds. |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Wilderness years; interlude in England | by Lord Reading, who was retiring from the Viceroyalty. He replied: "I prefer to be plain Mr Jinnah."
In 1927, the British Government, under Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, undertook a decennial review of Indian policy mandated by the Government of India Act 1919. The review began two years early as Baldwin feared he would lose the next election (which he did, in 1929). The Cabinet was influenced by minister Winston Churchill, who strongly opposed self-government for India, and members hoped that by having the commission appointed early, the policies for India which they favoured would survive their government. The |
Monoxenous development | null | Monoxenous development A parasite exhibits monoxenous development, or monoxeny, when its development is restricted to a single host species.
The species may be strictly host specific (using only a single host species, such as gregarines) or not (e.g. Eimeria, Coccidia). |
Navaratna Rama Rao | Career | Navaratna Rama Rao Career Born in 1877, Rao descended from Deshastha Madhwa Brahmins. He attended Central College of Bangalore along with C. Rajagopalachari (who would become a lifelong friend), and was greatly influenced by Scottish teacher John Guthrie Tait. He received his law degree in Madras and subsequently practiced in Salem, Tamil Nadu. He retired in 1951 and his memoirs were published by Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, who was a close friend. Rama Rao passed the Mysore Civil Services Examination to join the State Administration in the Princely Mysore where he served in various high positions starting his career as "Amildar" |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Governor-General | the nawab of Junagadh militarily occupied the two states. Subsequently, the Indian army occupied the principality in November, forcing its former leaders, including Bhutto, to flee to Pakistan, beginning the politically powerful Bhutto family.
The most contentious of the disputes was, and continues to be, that over the princely state of Kashmir. It had a Muslim-majority population and a Hindu maharaja, Sir Hari Singh, who stalled his decision on which nation to join. With the population in revolt in October 1947, aided by Pakistani irregulars, the maharaja acceded to India; Indian troops were airlifted in. Jinnah objected to this |
Newspaper Row (Boston) | History | Newspaper Row (Boston) History In its heyday, from the late 1800s to the early 1940s, the area was home to many of Boston's newspapers. As Boston Globe historian Thomas F. Mulvoy Jr. explains, "In the pre-radio era, newspapers along the Row, which began at Milk Street and wound its way down to the Old State House about 200 yards away, spread the news not only in their broadsheet pages but also on blackboards and bulletin boards outside their offices that would lure large crowds anxious to get the very latest telegraphic news flashes on big events like elections, John L. |
Martina Deuchler | Selected works | and Seoul: Hollym, 2004, pp. 43–54.
"Koreanische Musik" (in collaboration with Lee Hye-gyu) in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1980. Second printing in Aussereuropäische Musik in Einzeldarstellungen. München and Kassel: dtv and Bärenreiter Verlag, 1980.
Confucian Gentlemen and Barbarian Envoys: The Opening of Korea, 1875-1885. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1977. 310 pp. Second printing: 1983.
"The Tradition: Women during the Yi Dynasty." In Virtues in Conflict: Tradition and the Korean Woman Today. Ed. by Sandra Mattielli. Seoul: Royal Asiatic Society, 1977. pp. 1–47. Second printing: 1983.
"Neo-Confucianism: The Impulse for Social Action in Early Yi Dynasty Korea, "The Journal of |
Nell Shipman | Film career & Personal life | singer. In 1934 he married actress, Beulah McDonald, who is also credited as Gwynne Shipman in almost all of her films. He later had a successful career as a writer for movies serials, television and feature films.
Shipman's last major project was her autobiography, The Silent Screen and My Talking Heart. It was published posthumously by Boise State University through their Hemingway Western Studies Series. The university also houses the Nell Shipman Collection at Albertsons Library. Many of her films were preserved and are available through the library.
Nell Shipman died in Cabazon, California at the age of 77. Personal life |
NCBI Epigenomics | The Epigenomics database & Content of Epigenomics database | NCBI Epigenomics The Epigenomics database The Epigenomics database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was launched in June 2010 as a means to collect maps of epigenetic modifications and their occurrence across the human genome. This database provides a publicly available resource for maps in stem cells and primary ex vivo tissues that detail genome-wide landscapes of epigenetic factors that occur in human development and disease. Content of Epigenomics database The primary resources for the content of the Epigenomics Database are derived from two archival databases at the NCBI: The Gene |
Navajo Technical University | Academics & Partnerships | and a Master of Arts degree in Diné Studies. Partnerships NTU is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), a community of tribally and federally chartered institutions. NTU was created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians. It generally serves geographically isolated populations that have no other means of accessing education beyond the high school level. |
Mike Sacks | Other Writing | Fair). The book was released August 28, 2010. In February 2011, Sacks authored a collection of humor pieces that were published by Tin House Books. The book, Your Wildest Dreams, Within Reason, contains pieces from The New Yorker, Esquire, Time, Vanity Fair, McSweeney’s, and other publications. The AV Club wrote "The fun in Your Wildest Dreams is watching Sacks unpack his weirdness, and there’s plenty of weirdness to unpack."
Sacks is also the co-editor of the March 2012 advice book, Care to Make Love In That Gross Little Space Between Cars?, featuring contributions from, among others, Louis C.K., Dave Eggers, Zach |
Murō-ji | Overview | period, the temple buildings were repaired by donation of Keishō-in, mother of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
About a kilometer east of the temple is located Ryūketsu Shrine, enshrining the ryūjin. |
Molon Labe (Falling Skies) | Plot | ship) to demand answers. Through Ben the creature reveals that they're after something on Earth though it won't specify what and that the culling of humans was a favor. Humans are a weak self-destructive species that fights over dwindling resources and is ruled by emotions. To prove a point it begins to kill Ben through the link. Tom retaliates by shooting the alien in the neck leaving Anne to try to keep their only bargaining chip alive.
Weaver is furious at Tom's actions but admits if it was Jeannie in that situation he would have done the same. While still uncertain, |
Mission Woods, Kansas | 2010 census | people, 77 households, and 53 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,780.0 inhabitants per square mile (687.3/km²). There were 80 housing units at an average density of 800.0 per square mile (308.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.8% White, 0.6% African American, and 1.7% Asian.
There were 77 households of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone |
National Smallbore Rifle Association | History | Long Rifle cartridge in 1887 it became apparent that principles of marksmanship could be taught and trained using these small calibre “miniature” rifles on local or even indoor ranges located in towns and cities.
Major General Charles Edward Luard was at the forefront of this line of thinking and pressured the British Government to sponsor such a movement from 1899 until the 23rd of March 1901 when a meeting of MPs, city Mayors and dignitaries representing many Working Men's Clubs, passed a resolution stating “That the foundation of THE SOCIETY OF WORKING MEN’S RIFLE CLUBS, for facilitating rifle shooting, more especially |
Music in the Civilization video game series | Gods & Kings | The Lass of Aughrim"
7, 8. William of Orange – The Netherlands – "In Naam van Oranje"
9, 10. Maria Theresa – Austria – "Requiem Mass" in D minor; "Still Still Still"
11, 12. Attila – The Huns – "Li Ling Si Han"
13, 14. Dido – Carthage – "Hymn to Nikkal"
15, 16. Theodora – Byzantium – "Phos Hilaron"
17, 18. Haile Selassie – Ethiopia – "Traditional melody"; Selassie's National Anthem
19, 20. Pacal – The Maya – "Traditional melody fragments"
21. Fall of Rome
22. The Medieval World – "Messe de Notre Dame"
23. Smoky Skies |
Nebraska Highway 116 | History | connect to N-15. The road became designated as N-116 by 1953, two years before the official state highway system was created. N-116 was resurfaced in bitumen in 1964. |
Muriel Vanderbilt | Personal life | husband in 1936, she married for a third time in 1944 to John Payson Adams.
Muriel died in Florida on February 3, 1972 at the age of seventy-one. |
Neuro: Supernatural Detective | Public response & Critical response | ask Madhouse and Nippon Television to be more faithful to the original work. In North America, it was also not well received, according to Viz Media's representative Amy Mar who said the show is of low priority since it has not been among the most-watched on VizAnime. Critical response Manga Sanctuary praised the protagonist for being original and unique. It criticized the fact that the reader does not have access to some facts that could help to solve the mysteries. The reviewer said it is unfortunate because the readers feels passive, which is not desirable in a crime series. However, |
Martin Creek (Hiwassee River tributary) | null | Martin Creek (Hiwassee River tributary) Martin Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is a tributary to the Hiwassee River.
Martin Creek was named after the pioneer Martin family, which settled near its banks in the 1830s. |
Mark Walton (bowls) | Bowls career | Mark Walton (bowls) Bowls career Walton won three English National titles in 2004 and 2006 representing the Nafferton Bowls Club and Yorkshire. By winning the National singles title he represented England at the World Singles Champion of Champions event and won the 2005 gold medal in Christchurch, New Zealand defeating Dwayne Cameron of New Zealand in the final. |
National Merit Scholarship Program | null | achievements, awards, and leadership positions. Semifinalists also have to have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed and recommended by a school official, and earn SAT scores that confirm their qualifying test performance. From the Semifinalist group, a certain number of students, varying from year to year, advance to Finalist standing depending on the above criteria. By the conclusion of the competition, a select group of Finalists are chosen to receive prestigious National Merit Scholarships totaling nearly $35 million. Winners are the Finalist candidates judged to have the strongest combination of academic skills and achievements, extracurricular accomplishments, and potential for success |
Murder of Sherri Rasmussen | Background & Crime and investigation | was stalking her on the street. Ruetten and Rasmussen were married in November 1985. Crime and investigation On the morning of February 24, 1986, Ruetten left the couple's condominium on Balboa Boulevard in Van Nuys to go to work. Rasmussen was scheduled to give a motivational speech at work that day, a managerial tactic she did not feel was effective. To avoid it, she told Ruetten she might call in sick, using a back injury she had incurred while doing aerobics the day before as an excuse.
At 9:45 a.m., a neighbor noticed that the Ruettens' garage door was open, with no |
NXT TakeOver: The End | Preliminary matches & Main event | NXT Women's Championship against Nia Jax. In the end, Asuka executed a roundhouse kick, a spin kick and two more kicks on Jax to retain the title. Main event In the main event, Samoa Joe defended the NXT Championship against Finn Bálor in a steel cage match. During the match, Bálor executed a super Sling Blade for a near-fall. Joe executed a muscle buster on Bálor for a near-fall. Balor executed a "Coup de Grâce" on Joe for a near-fall. In the end, Bálor attempted to escape the cage after escaping the "Coquina Clutch", but Joe executed a super muscle |
Miracle of Sound | Collaborative works | provides most of the vocals for his songs himself, plays guitar, bass and keyboard, and can use electronic programs for drums and many other instruments, including orchestral pieces. However, he has collaborated with other artists at times for vocals or other instruments that he cannot play or create electronically.
He has worked with several guest vocalists; with Malukah on the song "Legends of the Frost", with Irish singer Ailín Kennedy on "Lady of Worlds", with YouTuber Sharm on "Fires Fade" and "Mother of Flame", and with Lorna Dollery on "Dream of the Sky", "Dream of Goodbye", and "Evacuate".
He has been featured |
Litigation over global surveillance | Jewel v. NSA & Clapper v. Amnesty International | United States class action lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) against the National Security Agency (NSA) and several high-ranking officials of the administration for 43rd U.S. president George W. Bush, charging an "illegal and unconstitutional program of dragnet communications surveillance". Clapper v. Amnesty International 'Clapper v. Amnesty International, 568 U.S. ___ (2013), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Amnesty International USA and others lacked standing to challenge 50 U. S. C. §1881a of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as amended by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of |
Nicanor Reyes Sr. | null | Nicanor Reyes Sr. Nicanor Reyes founded the Far Eastern University in the Philippines. |
Munstead Wood | House | to the east lay a service wing. On the house's south, garden elevation, the tiled roof extends down to the top of the ground floor, broken by two large gables. On the right of this elevation, a narrow, south-projecting porch wing has an arch, the house's main entrance, on its east side, where this wing forms a continuation of the house's east facade.
The house was built of local Bargate stone, lined inside with brick. The casement windows were set flush with the outside walls to maximise the internal window sills. Oak timbers were extensively used. These were obtained from local |
Murder of Sherri Rasmussen | Trial | it was Lazarus' lost gun, since .38s were in wide use. Since the DNA from the bite mark was central to the prosecution's case, he attacked it vigorously, pointing to improper storage procedures and a hole the tube had left in an envelope that he said would have allowed Lazarus' DNA to be added to it long after it had been collected.
During the two days in which he presented his case-in-chief, Overland focused on the prosecution's theme of a lovelorn Lazarus, presenting friends of hers who denied that she was showing any signs of violence or despondence over her failed |
Miss World Sri Lanka | History | Malaysia.
In 1996 Miss Sri Lanka did not exist but Sri Lanka representatives crowned by another organization.
In 2003 the new pageant built as Miss World Sri Lanka pageant and the winner would be representing Sri Lanka at Miss World pageant. The pageant was hosting by TV Derana. |
National Merit Scholarship Program | Criticism | associated with standardized exams.
Additional criticism exists in that the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) does not publish information regarding scholarship winners by year by state. |
Moutier | Education | Of the primary students, 32.9% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 15.6% have a different mother language than the classroom language. During the same year, there were 17 lower secondary classes with a total of 318 students. There were 29.2% who were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens) and 27.0% have a different mother language than the classroom language.
As of 2000, there were a total of 1,207 students attending any school in the municipality. Of those, 930 both lived and attended school in the municipality, while 277 students came from another |
Nexus 7 (2012) | Commercial & Accolades | versus the iPads' combined market share of 40.1%. The survey cited factors such as price and consumer savvy. In July 2013, during the announcement of the second generation Nexus 7, Google executive Sundar Pichai said that over 70 million Android tablets had been activated and that the first-generation Nexus 7 comprised about 10 percent of those devices (7 million units). Accolades In 2012, the Nexus 7 won T3's "Gadget of the Year" award, beating rival Apple's iPhone 4S, Sony's PlayStation Vita, OnLive, and others. It also won "Tablet of the Year" in the same awards ceremony, beating Apple's new iPad, Sony's Tablet |
Muhammad Waseem | Amateur boxing highlights & Early career | has been nominated for WSB (World Series Boxing) to represent Pakistan from 2010 to 2015, but was denied by PBF each time. Early career Muhammad Waseem turned professional in June 2015 and signed the contract with Korean Promoter Andy Kim at AK Promotion. In his first professional fight, he won the vacant South Korea bantamweight title against Min Wook Lee (2-0) of South Korea by knocking him down in 9th round on 4 October 2015.
In his second professional fight he fought Indonesian boxer Suparyanto Doglo (7-2-1, 4 KOs). Waseem Knocked him down with a strong body shot and won the |
Nexus 7 (2012) | Development phase | idea for the Nexus 7 was conceived at International CES in Las Vegas in January 2012 during a meeting of executives from his company and Google. After agreeing to manufacture the device for Google as the OEM, Asus was tasked with building a tablet that could sell for US$200 and would be "fast, cheap, and good"; according to the concept of the project management triangle, only two of these qualities can be achieved. Asus chairman Jonney Shih said that the software company "ask[ed] a lot" and that "our engineers told me it is like torture". Former Android division manager Andy Rubin commented |
Nick Greiner | Premier of New South Wales | and state assets were sold off. A series of strikes on the part of teachers and the growing unpopularity of Education Minister Terry Metherell caused problems for the Greiner government during the latter stages of its first term. In August 1989, the Industrial Commission ruled against the government in determining that class sizes were an industrial issue rather than the sole discretion of the Director-General. The government also cut rail services to the north coast, deeming them commercially unviable, and cut 8,000 State Rail Authority employees in an effort to offset the authority's $1 billion annual debt — however, this left |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Second World War and Lahore Resolution | League, though Jinnah was pleased that the British had moved towards recognising Jinnah as the representative of the Muslim community's interests. Jinnah was reluctant to make specific proposals as to the boundaries of Pakistan, or its relationships with Britain and with the rest of the subcontinent, fearing that any precise plan would divide the League.
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 brought the United States into the war. In the following months, the Japanese advanced in Southeast Asia, and the British Cabinet sent a mission led by Sir Stafford Cripps to try to conciliate the Indians and cause |
National Bullying Prevention Month | October 2010 | National Bullying Prevention Month & 2009, Oct. 4 -10 | National Bullying Prevention Week | bullying join the cause. Yahoo! Kids features the campaign on their site for the third year and Facebook, Demi Lovato and PACER partner to reach millions on a cyberbullying prevention message. The month is featured on CNN's Anderson Coopers Town Hall meetings. Ellen DeGeneres lists PACER Center as a bullying prevention resource on her website along with several other national media resources, such as CNN.com. 2009, Oct. 4 -10 | National Bullying Prevention Week The fourth annual National Bullying Prevention Week was held Oct. 4 - 10, 2009. The campaign title is condensed and retitled to "National Bullying Prevention Week". |
Nathalie Péchalat | 2011–2012 season | the French Championships, where they won their third national title.
At the 2012 European Championships, Péchalat/Bourzat were second after the short dance, but rallied in the free dance to win their second consecutive European title. Péchalat sustained a broken nose in training on 13 March. She said: "We just made a mistake during our twizzles, and I got knocked out." She began wearing a mask but decided to delay an operation until after the 2012 World Championships. On 25 March, Péchalat/Bourzat confirmed they would compete at the event and said surgery would not be necessary. At the World Championships, they recorded |
Milton J. Durham | Early life and family | read law under Joshua Fry Bell. He attended the University of Louisville School of Law and graduated in March 1850. He was admitted to the bar in the same year and commenced practice in Danville, Kentucky. For several years, he served on the Board of Commissioners for the Kentucky Deaf and Dumb Asylum in Danville.
On June 18, 1850, Durham married Martha J. Mitchell. The couple had five children – Louis H. Durham, Benjamin J. Durham, James Wesley Durham, Robert M. Durham, and Ora B. (Durham) Morris. Martha Durham died in 1879. After the death of his first wife, Durham married |
Navaratna Rama Rao | Literary life | Literary life Though an undisputed authority on Shakespeare and Western literature, he was well versed in Kannada, Sanskrit and French. Rajaji’s Ramayana and Mahabharata, the two cornerstones of Indian literature in the English language, were extensively revised by Rama Rao, as C. Rajagopalachari himself acknowledges in the preface. All these are chronicled in his famous memoir Kelavu Nenapugalu and Masti’s book Navaratna Rama Rao.
Rama Rao’s literary work included his translation of Masti’s Kannada novel Chenna Basava Nayaka to English, translation of Niccolò Machiavelli’s book The Prince to Kannada, his Sanna Kathegalu and his chronicled life-sketches of the dynasty of Mysore |
Mönchpfiffel-Nikolausrieth | History | Saxony. |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Legacy and historical view | Ferozuddin Ahmed. It became an official title by effect of a resolution passed on 11 August 1947 by Liaquat Ali Khan in the Pakistan Constituent Assembly. There are some sources which endorse that Gandhi gave him that title. Within a few days of Pakistan's creation Jinnah's name was read in the khutba at mosques as Amir-ul-Millat, a traditional title of Muslim rulers.
The civil awards of Pakistan includes a 'Order of Quaid-i-Azam'. The Jinnah Society also confers the 'Jinnah Award' annually to a person that renders outstanding and meritorious services to Pakistan and its people. Jinnah is depicted on all Pakistani |
M-36 (Michigan highway) | Route description | as 9 Mile Road at exit 54 on US 23 in Whitmore Lake.
M-36 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) like other state highways in Michigan. As a part of these maintenance responsibilities, the department tracks the volume of traffic that uses the roadways under its jurisdiction. These volumes are expressed using a metric called annual average daily traffic, which is a statistical calculation of the average daily number of vehicles on a segment of roadway. MDOT's surveys in 2010 showed that the highest traffic levels along M-36 were the 15,226 vehicles daily in Mason; the lowest count was 657 vehicles per day |
Medea (Pacini) | Performance history | 20th century became a vehicle for Maria Callas.
However, it has had some modern revivals, most notably the 1993 performance at the Teatro Comunale Chiabrera in Savona conducted by Richard Bonynge with Jolanta Omilian in the title role (a live recording was released on the Agora label), and the 2006 semi-staged production at the Teatro Antico in Taormina conducted by Tyrone Paterson with Simona Baldolini in the title role. |
Nell Shipman | Film career | Country unless you want to prove the Nude is NOT Rude."
The 73-minute film (at 18 frames per second) was shot in Los Angeles, San Francisco and on location near Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada by director David M. Hartford. The cameramen were Dal Clawson and Joseph B. Walker, who later gained fame as the chief cinematographer for Frank Capra, who became a noted Hollywood director. Back To God's Country was a major Canadian and international silent film hit.
Although the movie was extremely successful and earned a 300% profit, the businessmen made no further investment in the company. Curwood was |
Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1986) | International career | national side eventually failed Olympic qualification. He also appeared at the 2006 edition's final stages, and was an active member in the 2009 qualifying campaign.
Fernandes received his first call-up to the senior team in February 2005. He scored his first senior international goal on 26 March in a friendly match with Canada, and played his first official game against Armenia on 17 November 2007, a 1–0 win in Leiria for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers.
Although not part of the list of 24 players initially selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Fernandes was one of the six players named in |
National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Physics | Mission & Research | and innovation, and to enhance the extent and breadth of interdisciplinary researches as well as the collaboration with scientists in the experimental fields. Research Scientists at NCTS work on the following major research subjects and research topics:
High Energy Phenomenology, String and Gravity: dark matter, dark energy, nature of electroweak symmetry breaking, neutrino physics, collider physics, holographic and quantum informatic property of gravity, scattering amplitudes, inflationary cosmology, quantum geometry and branes, exact results in QFT.
Condensed Matter Physics: first principle calculations of new quantum materials, topological materials, spintronics, strongly correlated system, DMRG and tensor network, emergent symmetry, quantum transport.
Atomic, Molecular and Optical |
Megacorpstate | Influence of Saudi Arabia & OPEC stability and performance | 30% of total OPEC output. Consequently, it is the most influential member of the organization. OPEC stability and performance OPEC claims to generate profits for oil firms by adjusting the petroleum supply and supporting prices. However, the strategy does not help it to substantially dominate the Megacorpstate in order to obtain gradual rise of income and revenues. If the organization decides to adjust supply to increase revenues, the nation states will benefit from temporary gain and simultaneously give rise to macroeconomic variation. Nevertheless, the greater effect of this action will be deceleration of the world economy. If OPEC's oil economy |
Mykola Tsybulenko | null | of Soviet Union, Gen. Tsybulenko made a major contribution to the creation of the armed forces of newly independent Ukraine, especially in Crimea. He was an active participant of the Union of Officers of Ukraine.
Gen. Tsybulenko was the founder and the first chief of the Odessa Army Institute. He was the first head of the foreign affairs department of the Ukrainian General Staff.
Gen. Tsybulenko took part in several armed conflicts. He had numerous decorations and medals of Soviet Union, and many foreign states. He was decorated with the Cross of the Union of former Ukrainian warriors in Canada, and |
Netkey | History | was inducted into the Kiosk Industry Hall of Fame and in 2007 received the Kioskcom "Kiosk Innovator of the Year" award for his interactive store window innovations. The company has been awarded three patents for technology related to kiosk software. In 2002, the company was named the "premier provider of kiosk software" and the market share and technology leader by industry analysts Frost & Sullivan. In 2007 Netkey acquired Webpavement, a provider of digital signage software. On November 2, 2009, it was announced that NCR Corporation purchased Netkey. |
Lurgan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania | Demographics | 71.8% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.18.
In the township the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. |
Nad's | Background and history & Laser clinics | bring it in for them to take unwanted hair from their eyebrows and upper lips -- and everybody loved it".
The process of developing the gel was completed in a large pot, later to be undertaken in Ismiel's garage which she made into a factory. She received her own stall at a market in Flemington, New South Wales, New South Wales, and soon got stalls in local shopping centres throughout Australia. The product's commercial success came from an investment in a television advertising campaign, in which a call centre was developed to take the orders of the product. Laser clinics Nad's |
Marvin Mandel | Political career & Governor | of voters in a special gubernatorial election for a full four-year term in November 1970, and re-elected in a regular state election in November 1974. Governor Mandel's executive administration was notable for many reasons. While he was governor, the executive branch of the Maryland state government was reorganized, combining the recent 20th-century growth of commissions, boards, offices, bureaus and agencies into twelve departments headed by supervising secretaries with several administrative levels in each executive department. Each secretary and their assistants and deputies reported directly to the governor and their chief-of-staff, reflecting the current American federal presidency and presidential cabinet system.
Additionally, |
Mister Ed | Sponsorship & Remakes | Lark convertible served as the official pace car at the 1962 Indianapolis 500, Connie Hines attended the race as part of the promotion.
Studebaker's sales dropped dramatically in 1961 and, despite their exposure via sponsoring this program, never recovered. Studebaker ended U.S. motor vehicle production on December 20, 1963. Later, Studebaker's sponsorship and vehicle-supply agreement ended, and The Ford Motor Company provided the vehicles seen on-camera starting at the beginning of 1965. (Studebaker vehicle production ended in March 1966.) Remakes In 2004, a remake was planned for the Fox network, with Sherman Hemsley as the voice of Mister Ed, David Alan |
Mine clearance organization | The HALO Trust & Humanity and Inclusion & Horizon | and UXOs around the world. HALO's mission statement: "Getting mines out of the ground, now!" Humanity and Inclusion Humanity and Inclusion (formerly Handicap International) is one of the 6 founding members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. Handicap International France and Belgium are involved into Mine Risk Education and demining projects in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Mozambique, and Somalia. Horizon Horizon Organisation for Post Conflict Environment Management (OPCEM) is an ex-servicemen's endeavour NGO (Charitable Trust) founded by senior retired Indian Army Officers in 2001. Horizon OPCEM is the first Indian NGO by, of |
Neosho, Missouri | Hatchery springs & 2010 census | Spring was added to supply the hatchery's fish rearing ponds, after its condemnation under the governmental power of eminent domain. In 1964, after the closing of nearby Fort Crowder, additional water was supplied by Elm Spring and Bartholic Spring. With Hearrell Spring producing nearly the same volume of water as Big Spring, the combined flow of these four springs is about 2,000,000 gallons per day as it arrives at the hatchery. While Hearrell Spring arises at the hatchery, water from the other springs is piped several miles by pipeline from their origins to the hatchery. 2010 census As of |
Nick Florence | College career | passing yards record.
After completing his Baylor career in the 2012 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl, Florence elected not to pursue the NFL and focussed instead on completing his master's degree at Baylor |
New Vienna, Ohio | 2000 census | females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $31,750, and the median income for a family was $36,339. Males had a median income of $31,471 versus $21,042 for females. The per capita income for the village was $13,966. About 9.1% of families and 10.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over. |
Money on the Side | Plot | Money on the Side Plot Janice Vernon (Karen) is married to traveling salesman Nelson (Richard Masur), and has a son with special needs. The couple are experiencing severe financial hardships, and Janice lists her home for sale by Karen's Gordon's realty firm. When her house doesn't sell, Karen offers Janice a way to become a prostitute. Janice feels she can't do it, but eventually the need for money overcomes her feelings and she begins working as an "escort" for Karen.
Michelle Jamison (Jamie Lee) is a highly educated secretary that likes the thrill of hooking. She sees it as being in |
Murder of Sherri Rasmussen | Background | had sex — "to give her closure," Ruetten testified years later — for what he says was the only time before Rasmussen's death. Later that night, Lazarus awoke a fellow officer she roomed with to commiserate.
During their engagement, Lazarus brought her skis to the apartment Ruetten shared with Rasmussen and asked him to wax them, and despite Rasmussen's objections, he complied. Rasmussen felt this was a little strange, since Lazarus was dressed in flattering workout clothes, and after Lazarus left asked her fiancé if their relationship was truly over. Ruetten convinced her the two were just friends. A few days |
Nùng people | From the Middle Ages to the Present | the Song. After the defeat of Nùng Trí Cao, Many of the Nùng rebels fled to Vietnam, concentrating around Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn provinces and became known as the Nùng. Barlow (2005) suggests that many of the original 11th-century rebels who fled to Vietnam were absorbed by the related Tày peoples of the region.
The Nùng, although lacking a leader of the stature of Nùng Trí Cao, rose up in 1352, 1430, 1434 and many other unrecorded rebellions.
In the 16th century the Zhuang, principally from Guangxi and perhaps from southeast Yunnan, began migrating into Vietnam. This movement was quickened by |
Mister Ed | Synopsis | inadvertently causing harm to himself and others. According to Lubin, Young was chosen for the lead role because he "just seemed like the sort of guy a horse would talk to".
The other main character throughout the series is Wilbur's generally tolerant young wife, Carol (Connie Hines). The Posts also have two sets of neighbors, to whom Ed delights in making Wilbur appear as eccentric as possible. They included the Addisons, Roger (Larry Keating) and his wife Kay (Edna Skinner), who both appeared from the pilot episode until Keating's death in 1963; thereafter, Skinner continued appearing as Kay, without mention |
María Elena Moyano | Activism and Organizations | leaders are being detained; the entire town is being obliterated". Villa El Salvador, despite being a shantytown twenty years earlier was now a place of many organizations such as women's clubs. Moyano was one of the people who helped found FEPOMUVES in 1983 or The Popular Women’s Federation of Villa El Salvador, comprising seventy women’s clubs. Each club represented what they called a residential group, comprising 384 families. There were many women’s federations across the country as soon as a new shantytown appeared Moyano would send some of her representatives to organize another federation. Their objective included the evaluation |
Montgomery, Minnesota | Arts and culture | included a trap shooting tournament, a parade, sports and races, and a football game between Montgomery and Le Sueur Center (now Le Center).
In 1931 Miss Leatta Ehmke (later Leatta Trnka) was crowned the first Kolacky Queen by Mayor Henry Westerman. For the 1934 celebration, a novelty button, sold by the Kolacky girls, was devised and is still in use today. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Kolacky Day retreated to the background until the Montgomery Community Club revived the celebration in 1948. Kolacky Day officially became a summer festival in 1966 when the traditional date, the |
Moutier | Climate & Education | driest month of the year was February with an average of 75 mm (3.0 in) of precipitation over 10.4 days. Education In Moutier about 48.6% of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 14.8% have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 721 who had completed some form of tertiary schooling listed in the census, 61.4% were Swiss men, 22.9% were Swiss women, 8.6% were non-Swiss men and 7.1% were non-Swiss women.
The Canton of Bern school system provides one year of non-obligatory Kindergarten, followed by six years of Primary school. This is followed by |
Meg Stinks! | Reception | most watched show on Animation Domination that night, beating American Dad!, Bob's Burgers and The Simpsons. |
Laurence Muir | Philanthropy | and was Co-Patron with Sir Ninian Stephen. Earthwatch has now funded and organised some 3000 scientific missions to save the Planet.
With Dr Bernard O'Brien, Sir William Kilpatrick, and Dr "Weary" Dunlop, he helped to establish the Micro Surgery Foundation in the early seventies. Various fundraising appeals and representation to State and Federal Government resulted in the opening of a first class research centre at St. Vincents Hospital. This centre is a world leader and is flourishing thanks to the skill of Bernard's successor Prof Wayne Morrison and the leadership of Ronald Walker the current chairman. Sir |
Lojban | Loglan | meaning "normal".
Loglan and Lojban still have essentially the same grammars, and most of what is said in the Grammar section above holds true for Loglan as well. Most simple, declarative sentences could be translated word by
word between the two languages.
In the new phonology for Lojban, the consonant q and the vowel w were removed, and the consonant h was replaced by x. The consonant ' (apostrophe) was added with the value of [h] in the International Phonetic Alphabet, but its distribution is such that it can appear only intervocally, and in discussions of the morphology and phonotactics, it is described |
Netkey | History | Netkey History Netkey was founded by Alex Richardson in 1983 at Yale University’s Science Park technology incubator. The original name of the company was Lexitech. In 2000, Alex Richardson changed the name of the company from Lexitech to Netkey after raising substantial Venture Capital from five (5) leading institutional venture capital firms. Richardson established Netkey's software development center, its operational management team, recruited both its Board and Advisory Board of Directors, and established its worldwide direct and indirect sales organization. He also established the company's IP (Intellectual Property) program. Richardson is co-holder of two multi-channel technology patents. In 2006, he |
Martha Feldman | Qualitative methods | co-authors Jeannine Bell and Michele Berger and contributions from numerous scholars) is an inside look at the issues confronting qualitative researchers who try to gain access to research sites. The book takes a dynamic approach to the issues of access and develops the idea that access is not just about getting in the door, but also about developing relationships that enable a researcher to have a deep experience of the context. The “behind the scenes” access stories show how such relationships develop.
More recently Feldman (with co-authors Karen Locke and Karen Golden-Biddle) has tried to demystify the scholarly process by |
Nepenthes rhombicaulis | Related species | the Montanae/Nobiles clade, together with N. benstonei. |
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat | Synopsis | Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" is a short story by Roald Dahl that first appeared in the 1959 issue of Nugget. The story is Dahl's variation on a popular anecdote dating back at least to 1939: a married woman receives a glamorous mink coat from a man with whom she had an affair. She hopes to sneak the coat into her home without arousing her husband's suspicions, but soon discovers that her husband has his own plans. Synopsis Mrs. Bixby and her dentist husband live in a New York apartment. Once a month, |
Mynydd Illtud | Geology | from the mudstones and sandstones of the St. Maughans Formation of the Old Red Sandstone laid down during the Devonian period. The sandstones have been quarried in places such as at Allt Lom.
The area was overrun by ice during the last ice age and evidence of this is seen in the glacial till which is spread across this undulating plateau and the occasional erratic block of sandstone. Traeth Mawr and Traeth Bach, two rock hollows towards the south-western end of the common are now filled with peat, core sections of which have proved valuable in unravelling the climatic and vegetational |
National Bullying Prevention Month | 2006, Oct. 22 - 28 | National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week Empowers Schools, Parents to End Childhood Harassment | a national parent center located in Minnesota. "It can cause school absenteeism, mental and physical stress, poor school performance, poor self-esteem, and, in some cases, school violence. Statistics show that 160,000 children in the United States miss school each day as a result of being bullied. That's not acceptable. "Teachers and parents can play a critical role in creating a climate where bullying is not tolerated. When adults and children stand together, bullying ends," Goldberg said. |
Nell Shipman | Film career | barges up to Priest Lake, Idaho, where she made several short films at Lion Head Lodge. Van Tuyle became increasingly unstable, and hostile locals killed her animals. Shipman and Van Tuyle got lost in the wild for two days during a violent snow storm in January 1924. They encountered and were saved by two brothers, Joseph and Fred Gumaer.
Later that same year, Shipman's company went bankrupt and she broke up with Van Tuyle. She sent her surviving animals to the San Diego Zoo because she was unable to pay for their maintenance.
She moved across country and also traveled. Eventually, |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Governor-General & Illness and death | country of Bangladesh. Illness and death From the 1930s, Jinnah suffered from tuberculosis; only his sister and a few others close to him were aware of his condition. Jinnah believed public knowledge of his lung ailments would hurt him politically. In a 1938 letter, he wrote to a supporter that "you must have read in the papers how during my tours ... I suffered, which was not because there was anything wrong with me, but the irregularities [of the schedule] and over-strain told upon my health". Many years later, Mountbatten stated that if he had known Jinnah was so physically ill, |
Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary | Flora and fauna & Threats and conservation issues | about 78 Indian elephants. The vulnearble yellow-throated bulbul is present in the sanctuary. Apart from Indian elephant], some of the animals found in the sanctuary are: sloth bear, panther, cheetal, chowsingha, sambar, porcupine, wild boar, jungle cat, jackal, jungle fowl, starred tortoise and slender loris. Threats and conservation issues The threats faced in the sanctuary are man-animal conflict, over-grazing, illegal collection of wood. Insufficient fodder in the forest due to over-grazing by livestock, and availability of crops like sugarcane, sorghum and ragi attracts elephants, resulting in man-animal conflict. Till 2002, 42 people have been killed by elephants, and 12 elephants |
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