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James J. P. McShane | Biography | James J. P. McShane James Joseph Patrick McShane (March 17, 1909 – December 23, 1968) was the former chief United States Marshal during part of the Civil Rights Movement. Biography McShane was born in 1909 in New York City.
As head of the Executive Office for U.S. Marshals, he supervised federal agents during the Free... |
Ketene | Applications | a repeat unit of (−O−R−O−CO−R′−CO).
Ethyl acetoacetate, an important starting material in organic synthesis, can be prepared using a diketene in reaction with ethanol. They directly form ethyl acetoacetate, and the yield is high when carried out under controlled circumstances; this method is therefore used industrially... |
John Wilkinson (American colonist) | Burial | remains of 15 kin from the family burying ground to Lake View Cemetery in the village of Skaneateles. A headstone was erected with all the family names, including John and Elizabeth Wilkinson.
In 1971, a contractor began to excavate the old Wilkinson place for a new office building. Two partial skeletons, of a white ma... |
Kat DeLuna | 2009–2011: Move to Universal Music and Inside Out | with a multilayered oh-oh-oh refrain by DeLuna, a solid contribution from Akon on the bridge and a thumping beat that's sure to bring the house down at the club." MTV compared the song to recent releases by Lady Gaga, saying, "Push Push," the first single from DeLuna's Inside Out album starts out with some "oh-oh-oh's"... |
Jens Dowe | Career | Jens Dowe Career Born in Rostock, Dowe had three different spells as a player with his hometown club Hansa Rostock, with whom he won the final staging of the DDR-Oberliga (East German Premier League) in 1991.
He also played in the Bundesliga for TSV 1860 München and Hamburg. Dowe spent spells abroad in the English Firs... |
Julie Hanna | Early life and education & Career | life and career. Career In 1992 Julie Hanna worked at Lotus Development in Mountain View, Calif., after their acquisition of cc:Mail where she worked on a next generation product strategy as part of the integration of the groupware firm with Lotus Notes. She joined Silicon Graphics to develop the first web-oriented pro... |
Kevin McHale (actor) | Music | single, "That Girl". The following month, they opened (with Chantelle Paige) for The Pussycat Dolls. The band also made a guest appearance in the film Bratz: The Movie as an auditioning band. While in the group, McHale, along with Timbaland and his bandmates, co-wrote the song "She Said, I Said (Time We Let Go)". On Ap... |
Justine Musk | Career | Justine Musk Career Musk is the author of the contemporary fantasy novel BloodAngel, published in 2005 by the ROC imprint of Penguin Books. Her second book, Uninvited, was released in 2007 and is an unrelated work intended for young-adult readers. A sequel to BloodAngel, Lord of Bones, was released in 2008. Musk is one... |
Jolgeh Zozan District | null | Jolgeh Zozan District Jolgeh Zozan District (Persian: بخش جلگه زوزن) is a district (bakhsh) in Khaf County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 18,928, in 4,062 families. The District has one city: Qasemabad. The District has two rural districts (dehestan): Keybar Rural District and ... |
Kentucky Route 461 | Pulaski County | Kentucky Route 461 Pulaski County KY 461 begins at an intersection with KY 80 (Hal Rogers Parkway) southeast of Mark, within the central part of Pulaski County. It travels to the north-northwest and curves to the northeast. It crosses over Flat Lick Creek and then passes Bobbitt Cemetery. It intersects the western term... |
Karl Matzek | null | by communist authorities, but in Bosnia he was saved by the influence of the parish priest don Mirko Gazivode. In return he painted two murals in the church. Parishioners liked them and then ordered all other frescoes in the church.
Matzek migrated to Perth, Western Australia, in 1958. There he painted the Stations of ... |
John Stokes (comics) | Biography | on to Black Knight and Doctor Who. In the early to mid-eighties he also worked for other British comics like Warrior and 2000 AD.
Following the success of the British Invasion he got more work with DC Comics and Marvel in the early to mid-nineties. In more recent years he has done inking work for DC's imprint Vertigo o... |
Isydore Hlynka | Career | weekly English language newspaper column for Winnipeg-based Ukrainsky Holos (The Ukrainian Voice), with the title "Behind the Official Languages Curtain", under the pseudonym Ivan Harmata. Selections from that column were published in book form with the title "The Other Canadians." Simultaneously with the newspaper col... |
June Haver | Career | Haver had to drive to the studio an hour earlier for make-up.
The following year, she starred in The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady and I'll Get By. In 1951, Haver was teamed with Fox's newest asset, Marilyn Monroe, and previous co-star William Lundigan (her co-star from I'll Get By), in the low-budget comedy, Love Nest. Th... |
Katarija | Church | was referred to as the "Guardian of the Upper Sava" (Slovene: čuvar zgornje Save) because the boatmen believed that they were protected as long as they had the church in their sight. The church is vaulted, with a rectangular nave and a shallow chancel. Tradition states that the church was built to replace an older chur... |
Keiō Takao Line | Former Goryō Line | Keiō Takao Line Former Goryō Line On March 20, 1930, the Keio Electric Tramway opened the Goryō Line, a 6.3 km branch of the Keio Line, electrified at 600 V DC, between Kitano Station and Goryōmae Station. The terminus, Goryōmae, was a gateway for the tomb of Emperor Taishō.
The line had three intermediate stations: Ka... |
Jonathan Grounds | Birmingham City | to bring in another left back as competition: when Rhoys Wiggins arrived on loan from AFC Bournemouth, BBC WM's Richard Wilford wrote that he became "the first serious challenger to Jonathan Grounds at left-back in two years." Grounds retained his place for some weeks as the team went seven matches unbeaten and provide... |
Kenneth Gandar-Dower | Education & Sporting career | Kenneth Gandar-Dower Education Gandar-Dower was educated at Windlesham House School and Harrow School, where he played cricket, association football, Eton Fives and rackets and, with Terence Rattigan, wrote for The Harrovian. He then received a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1927 to read History, gaining ... |
Katinka Mann | null | Katinka Mann Katinka Mann (born 1925) is an American artist and sculptor. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
Itauguá | History and Toponymy & Demography & Tourism | 1970. Great artists who have participated in the festival include Juan Cancio Barreto, Grupo Generación, Quemil Yambay, Vocal Dos, Oscar Pérez and his band, also the famous band of Juan Carlos Oviedo and the Acuña Brothers.
The city possesses a supply of drinkable water across Meetings of Environmental Reparation and d... |
Jerry Fowler (basketball) | null | Jerry Fowler (basketball) Jerry A. Fowler (June 20, 1927 – June 15, 2008) was a professional basketball player who spent one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Milwaukee Hawks during the 1951–52 season. He also played with the Kansas City Hi-Spots of the National Professional Basketb... |
John Andariese | National work & Return to the Knicks' broadcasting team | broadcast games nationally from 1984–86. He was part of TBS' coverage of the 1985 and 1986 NBA Eastern Conference Finals with Skip Caray. He also spent ten years as a college basketball analyst for NBC Sports. Andariese was also one of the first collegiate basketball color analysts for ESPN. He later became co-host ... |
Jürgen Mossack | Early life & Career | in Panama Erhard Mossack offered his services to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for spying on Communist activity in Cuba. Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, said in 2016, when contacted by journalists, that they had documents related to Erhard Mossack but would not share any information, owing to possible s... |
Jonathan Tropper | Life and career | week of publication (The Book of Joe, How to Talk to a Widower, Everything Changes and This Is Where I Leave You).
The themes of his books appear to stem from his personal experiences: they deal with topics such as being single, growing up, getting married, being married, getting divorced, and living in suburbia. Tropp... |
Kiev Ballet | 1867 to 1930 | a troupe and gave performances with Art Nouveau approaches, containing Spanish and Oriental themes. He was hired by the experimental Kiev Young Theatre between 1916 and 1919, and gained a reputation as an influential teacher of movement and dance.
Bronislava Nijinska, sister of Vaslav Nijinsky and a former soloist with... |
Judicial elections in Pennsylvania | History | be held accountable to the will of the people, i.e. the voters. During a Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, there were more talks about going to an elected judiciary. However, it did not have enough votes to make any substantial change; the tenure for Supreme Court justices was reduced, though, from life to fiftee... |
Kevin Matisyn | Biography | release was set for February 11, 2014. |
Kerry Ligtenberg | Professional career | 2.73 ERA. Based on information provided by former Braves catcher and Loons' manager Greg Olson, Atlanta purchased his contract on January 27, 1996. The purchase price was $720 worth of baseball equipment.
His major league career began in 1997. He has played for the Atlanta Braves and Arizona Diamondbacks of the Nationa... |
John Pendlebury | Student at the British School & Director at Knossos and Amarna | effective immediately. Piet de Jong opposed this move, claiming Duncan did not drink. The truth of the story made little difference to Duncan. He was so ill that he had to be placed in the care of his family, and could not be moved from Athens. Director at Knossos and Amarna In the autumn of 1929 Arthur Evans appointed... |
Julie McLarnon | Record producer and recording engineer | Sky (Rough Trade, 2017)
Brad Gallagher, Bill Lowman & Alasdair Roberts – Missed Flights & Fist Fights (2015)
Alasdair Roberts – Pangs (Drag City, 2017)
Ulaid and Duke Special - A Note Let Go (2017)
King Creosote – Astronaut Meets Appleman (Domino Records, 2016)
King Creosote – Analogue Catalogue EP (BOER, 2013)
King ... |
Jade Hassouné | Early years & Carrer | Jade Hassouné Early years Jade Hassouné was born in Lebanon but grew up in Switzerland, then in Montreal, Canada where he spent most of his life. He studied at John Abbott College where he graduated in the Professional Theater program. He is also a member of the Canadian Film Center since 2012.
He was a member of the d... |
Joseph Silverman | null | also president (1900–1903) of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Eastern Council 1918- and was founder and president of the Emanu-El Brotherhood.
Silverman published many articles and books, including A Catechism on Judaism (1886) and The Renaissance of Judaism (1918). An article from the New York Times Apr... |
Kütahya | Economy & Traditional ceramics | from Kütahya there are important mines extracting lignite.
Kütahya is linked by rail and road with Balıkesir 250 km (155 mi) to the west, Konya 450 km (280 mi) to the southeast, Eskişehir 70 km (43 mi) northeast and Ankara 300 km (186 mi) east. Traditional ceramics A small ewer, now in the British Museum, gave its name... |
KAHR | History | KAHR History The station went on the air as KXOQ on 16 January 1985. On 23 November 1987, it changed its call sign to the current KAHR. |
Josef and Ctirad Mašín | Books and documentaries | wanted to catch the "fascist bandits", no matter what the cost.
After reading Mittmann's report, two German journalists decided to find and interview the Mašíns . Their documentary "Der Luckauer Krieg" (The Luckau War) met with severe criticism because they "displayed murderers as heroes".
In 2004 the Czech-American wr... |
Kia Stevens | Ring of Honor (2007, 2010) & Independent circuit (2007–2010) | did not secure the pin. Consequently, they had a singles rematch the following night, with Kong finally defeating Del Rey one-on-one. At the end of the year, ROH held their live PPV Final Battle 2010, which saw Del Rey challenge Daizee Haze to bring more competition to ROH. Haze responded by bringing Kong back for the ... |
Joseph Barth | Achievements | of the "Beer's knife" that was subsequently modified and popularised by his student. His clinical renown led to his appointment as Imperial Oculist after he successfully treated Kaiser Joseph II of a stubborn "ophthalmitis".
Barth was very much a clinical teacher and was responsible for the training of several renowned... |
Kiwiana | Origins | Kiwiana Origins Items of kiwiana are generally either unique to, or particularly common to New Zealand, particularly from the early and mid twentieth century. Although the term is sometimes used to describe any and all New Zealand icons, it is more commonly used to describe pop culture items such as toys or branded foo... |
Kathleen Ferrier (politician) | Career | 23, 2002, to September 19, 2012, she focused on matters of development aid, education, public health, welfare and sports. In 2017, Ferrier joined Asian University for Women (AUW) as an honorary visiting professor. |
John Cunliffe (author) | Biography | Greendale as an idyllic village where everyone was nice to each other, in contrast to the bullying he had suffered when growing up. Following the success of Postman Pat, Cunliffe subsequently became something of a local celebrity, having a room dedicated to him at Kendal's Museum of Lakeland Life.
In the 1990s, Cunliff... |
Jubal Early | Death and legacy | half-mast over the Capitol the afternoon of the funeral, and cannons boomed 36 times at five minute intervals. A procession of VMI cadets, 300 Confederate veterans and local militia accompanied the flag-draped casket and riderless horse with reversed stirrups to St. Paul's Church. During the brief service, Rev. T. M. C... |
Knockout rat | Production challenges | neural regeneration, diabetes, transplantation, autoimmune disorders (rheumatoid arthritis), cancer, and wound & bone healing. While the completion of the rat genome sequence provides very key information, how these diseases relate to gene function requires an efficient method to create knockout rat models in which spe... |
Kazuhiro Koizumi | Biography | Kazuhiro Koizumi Biography Born in Kyoto, Koizumi is a graduate of the Tokyo University of the Arts and the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1973, he was awarded first prize at the Herbert von Karajan International Conducting Competition in Berlin. From 1983–1988 he was music director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestr... |
Jobs for the Boys | Plot | gift.
En route to Broadcasting House, Hacker questions Bernard on Sir Humphrey's motives. The Principal Private Secretary finds himself unable to offer any explanation in plain English, but does prevail upon the Minister to follow Sir Humphrey's advice.
During the recording, Hacker pointedly expands on the perceived vi... |
Kiltooris Lough | Geography and hydrology & Natural history | Kiltooris Lough Geography and hydrology Kiltooris Lough is about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of Ardara. It measures about 1.5 km (1 mi) long north–south and 0.5 km (0.3 mi) wide. Kiltooris Lough is oligotrophic. Natural history Fish species in Kiltooris Lough include salmon, three-spined stickleback and the criticall... |
Kat DeLuna | 2007–08: Early success with 9 Lives | October 2008, "Breathing Your Love", a collaboration with Swedish singer Darin Zanyar, was released and went on to reach number 2 in Sweden and number 13 in Finland. DeLuna was dropped from Epic Records in 2008, and signed a record deal with Universal Motown. She began work on her second album, and premiered a new song... |
John Kippen Watson | Life & Family | He is buried in the grave of George Watson RSA (who appears to have been his uncle) at St Cuthberts Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street. The grave lies in the southmost section against the western wall. His parents are also buried there. Family He was married to Jane Elderton Warren.
He was cousin to the arti... |
Judy (dog) | Medan | War, after Frank William's intervention to protect the dog from the guards, who would often threaten to shoot Judy as the dog growled and barked at them. Williams managed to convince the camp Commandant, who was drunk on sake, to sign the registration papers with the promise of one of Judy's future puppies. Judy's offi... |
Jubal Early | Early military, legal and political careers | his Virginians arrived too late to see battlefield combat. Major Early was assigned to logistics, as inspector general on the brigade's staff under West Pointers Col. John F. Hamtramck and Lt. Col. Thomas B. Randolph, and later helped govern the town of Monterrey, bragging that the good conduct of his men won universal... |
Kadhal Parisu | Plot | the reason behind the fight. Years earlier, Mohan and Malini were classmates, Malini had a crush on him which Mohan never reciprocated. While on a class trip, Malini gives a note to Mohan that asks him to meet her in his room. Malini claims that, that night, Mohan entered her room and they had consensual sex, but Mohan... |
José Gabriel García | Los Amantes de las Letras Society & Printing and Publishing Company García Hermanos | was a member of the Junta Nacional Colombina (1893); corresponding member of the Academia Nacional de la Historia de Venezuela and honorary member of the Academia Nacional de la Historia de la República de Colombia
His writings have been published in newspapers and magazines in Venezuela, Curaçao, Cuba, Spain, the Unit... |
Julius Berger (cellist) | Career | and Leonardo Leo. He recorded all cello concertos by Boccherini in 1992, including a twelfth concerto which was then recently rediscovered, on Boccherini's own Stradivari instrument. Berger is interested in the oldest music written for cello by Pietro degli Antonii and Domenico Gabrielli. He has also played and recorde... |
Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade | Plot summary | Ghote discovers that the stepmother spent every penny on funding the village's holy day fiesta. Despairing, Ghote chances upon Singh digging something up. Singh flees but Ghote chases and arrests him. Inspector Patel of Indian Customs and Excise meets Ghote at the Bombay railway station. Patel takes Singh into his own ... |
Karlo Štajner | Biography | Karlo Štajner Biography Štajner was born Karl Steiner in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 15 January 1902. He worked as printing worker when he joined the communist movement in the First Austrian Republic in 1919. He became a member of the Communist Youth of Austria and later became a member of the organization's Central Com... |
Kia Stevens | Japanese promotions (2002–2007) | evented the final Gaea show before the promotion closed down. In the final match of Fifth Anniversary, Kong teamed with Ayako Hamada and Mayumi Ozaki in a winning effort against Akino, Dynamite Kansai and Gami with Ayako picking up the victory.
After the closure of Gaea, W Kong went on to wrestle for a number of Japane... |
June 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) | null | June 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) June 8 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 10
All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 22 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.
For June 9th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 27. |
Ivan Đaja | Public image | have done". This was in line with his understanding that "life, by itself is more perfect than any human achievment".
During his tenure at the helm of the University of Belgrade in 1934-1935, a major anti-government student protest was organized and to quench it, the police stormed the University. Đaja then supported t... |
Iran Scout Organization | Difficulties and rebirth & Ideals and program | the goals and the methods of the director of the Iranian Scouting Organization, and also the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
The current Iranian Scouting uniform likely has longer shirt sleeves and full-length trousers, in accordance with Islamic edicts. Ideals and program The Cub Scout Motto is Koushesh Kon!, t... |
Irish Sea | Environment | be and where they go is somewhat sketchy. About a dozen species have been recorded since 1980, but only three are seen fairly often. These are the harbour porpoise, bottlenose dolphin and common dolphin. The more rarely seen species are minke whale, fin whale, sei whale, humpback whale, North Atlantic right whales whic... |
Kaiaphas | Biography | 1995. The band's leader, Aphazel, was impressed by the work Kaiaphas had made with his prior American black metal bands - Grand Belial's Key and Thokk, so, therefore, Kaiaphas (then known as Lord Vlad Luciferian) replaced Ancient's previous member, Grimm. At this time, he changed his name to Lord Kaiaphas and began per... |
Iris cathayensis | Taxonomy & Distribution and habitat & Range | Taxonomy It is written as 华夏鸢尾 in Chinese script and known as hua xia yuan wei in China.
It has the common name of 'China Iris', or Cathay Iris.
The Latin specific epithet cathayensis refers to Cathay, the Anglicized version of "Catai" and an alternative name for China.
It was published and described by Hisao Migo, in ... |
Kia Stevens | Other media & Personal life | Jenji Kohan (creator of Orange Is the New Black), which was inspired by the 1980s female professional wrestling league Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
Stevens also made an appearance in Katy Perry's "Swish Swish" music video. Personal life Stevens grew up in Carson, California. Her mother, Phyllis Durant, was an actress ... |
Japan (horse) | 2019: three-year-old season | on 1 June 2019 and Japan, one of a seven-horse O'Brien entry, started at odds of 20/1. Ridden by Lordan, Japan raced towards the rear and turned into the straight in eleventh place before making strong progress on the wide outside. Despite Lordan dropping his whip inside the final furlong the colt finished third to Ant... |
Henri Temianka | The Paganini Quartet | original members were Gustave Rosseels, second violin; Robert Courte, viola; and Robert Maas, cello. Subsequent members included Charles Libove, Stefan Krayk and Harris Goldman, violin; Charles Foidart, David Schwartz and Albert Gillis, viola; and Adolphe Frezin and Lucien Laporte, cello.
The quartet made its world de... |
Iglas | Geography & Demographics | Iglas Geography Iglas is located along Aligarh-Mathura Road at a distance of 24 km from Aligarh. Iglas is located at 27.72°N 77.93°E. It has an average elevation of 178 metres (584 feet). It is one of the Tehsils in Aligarh district. The town area extends from Karban River (towards Mathura) to old canal (towards Aliga... |
Kinabatangan River | Etymology and history & Geology and ecology | Kinabatangan settlement leader married with the Sultan of Brunei. During the era of British North Borneo, the river serves as the route for goods and timber exports, navigable for steam launches as well for smaller boats. William Burgess Pryer did attempt to establish a market at one location called Domingol in the riv... |
Jon Wurster | Early music career | Jon Wurster Early music career Wurster grew up in the southeastern Pennsylvania town of Harleysville and began playing drums at the age of ten, taking lessons for a few years before playing in local bands. In 1984 Wurster joined the psychedelic punk band Psychotic Norman. The band shared bills with the Minutemen, Die K... |
Humanin | Discovery & Research | Humanin was independently found by three different labs looking at different parameters. The first to publish, in 2001, was the Nishimoto lab, which found humanin while looking for possible proteins that could protect cells from amyloid beta, a major component of Alzheimer's disease. The Reed lab found humanin when s... |
Josep Tous Soler | Life | Josep Tous Soler Life Josep Tous Soler was born on 31 March 1811 in Saint Joseph Street as the ninth of twelve children of Nicolau Tous Cerreras and Francesca Soler Ferrer. He was named and baptized on 1 April with his godfather being his older brother Nicholas Tous Soler (21 August 1795 - 20 December 1870).
In 1824 he... |
John MacDonald of Garth | Fur Trade | he had his portrait done. In 1805, he established New Chesterfield House and continued to spend his winters in the north until 1808 when he fell ill. Returning to Montreal, he stayed with his sister, Magdalen, and her husband William McGillivray at Chateau St. Antoine, one of the early estates of the Golden Square Mile... |
Judy (dog) | HMS Gnat | via signal lamp, but they insisted that they had not seen her. The following morning, the crew heard from a Chinese trader that Judy was on board the Panay after all. In retaliation, a party boarded the American vessel and stole the ship's bell. Afterwards they contacted the Panay and offered them the bell back in retu... |
Ken Brown (filmmaker) | Art and ephemera & Goofy Garden Golf | Ken Brown (filmmaker) Art and ephemera His artwork has been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, Zurich and Tokyo. He often works in collage, and many of his images lean toward surrealism. Much of his output has been marketed on postcards, T-shirts, rubberstamps, wrapping paper, mouse pads and kitchen towel... |
José Gabriel García | Printing and Publishing Company García Hermanos | Among its famous publications are "Décimas" (1927) by Juan Antonio Alix as well as the first works of Domingo Moreno Jimenes, "La Promesa" (1916) and "Vuelos y Duelos" (1916). The youngest son of Manuel de Jesús and Josefa, Eduardo García Reina, eventually took charge of the company.
In the 1910s, J.R. Vda García beca... |
John Horton Conway | Conway and Martin Gardner & Combinatorial game theory | the Penrose tiles and is based on a sketch by Conway.
Conferences called Gathering 4 Gardner are held every two years to celebrate the legacy of Martin Gardner, and Conway himself has often been a featured speaker at these events, discussing various aspects of recreational mathematics. Combinatorial game theory Conway ... |
Kailash Chandra Meher | Career | thousands of artisan families survive their livelihood by following his innovative creative designs & paintings for their bread & butter.
For the poorest girls & women of KBK district, he has started many social organisations with the help and support of The Collector (District Magistrate) for giving them training & em... |
KMVT | History | commercial "1984" shortly before midnight, to ensure the ad would qualify for industry awards which were only eligible for ads that aired during 1983. Tom Frank, the director-operator at the time, said that the station may have been chosen due to its remote location, and its proximity to Sun Valley, which he described ... |
Kiymbi Dam | Planning & Dam and power plant | in total.
The plant was eventually built and operated by the Forces de L'Est du Congo (FEC), a company that began operations in 1955 to provide power to the eastern Congo. It began delivering power from two of the five planned turbines in 1959. Additional turbines were to be installed as needed to meet demand. The arch... |
Indian copper plate inscriptions | History | Indian copper plate inscriptions Indian copper plate inscriptions play an important role in the reconstruction of the history of India. Prior to their discovery, historians were forced to rely on ambiguous archaeological findings such as religious text of uncertain origin and interpretations of bits of surviving tradit... |
Japanese eel | Life history and habitat | in the ocean, the leptocephali are carried westward by the North Equatorial Current and then northward by the Kuroshio Current to East Asia. In the open ocean, the larvae feed on marine snow, before they metamorphose into the glass eel stage. The glass eels then enter the estuaries and headwaters of rivers and many tra... |
Koda Glover | Minor leagues | by the Washington Nationals in the eighth round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft specifically to pitch in relief. He made his professional debut that year with the Auburn Doubledays and was promoted to the Hagerstown Suns after three games.
Glover started 2016 with the Potomac Nationals and was promoted to the H... |
Judy (dog) | Post war and awards | immediately to London. A ceremony was organised by the Kennel Club, with chairman Arthur Croxton Smith awarding her a "For Valor" medal.
During his posting to Sunninghill Park with Judy, where he underwent refresher training from the RAF, Frank would sell photographs of the dog to raise money for the People's Dispensar... |
Julien Inc. | History & Current Markets | were marked by the computerization of production and the use of more advanced technology, including modernized management processes, design and manufacturing facilities, digitally controlled equipment, and a laser cutter. Everything was put in place to begin exploring the new industrial subcontracting market. In 1995, ... |
Kia Stevens | Japanese promotions (2002–2007) & Championship pursuits (2006–2010) | team to hold WWWA World Tag Team Championship before AJW shut down. In early 2007, Kong also won the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Women's Championship in Tokyo, Japan and held it from January to May. She lost it to Nanae Takahashi in a three-way match, which also included Wesna. Championship pursuits (2006–2010) H... |
Keron Williams | Professional career | in 2014. Williams, an eight-year veteran defensive end in the Canadian Football League who has spent the past four seasons with the B.C. Lions, designed the 102nd Grey Cup Festival brand, the Roar on the Shore, which was unveiled at a press conference in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday. Jamie Pitblado, the general mana... |
Henrietta Phelps Jeffries | Biography | Henrietta Phelps Jeffries Biography Henrietta Phelps was born the daughter of a slave, Elija "Phelps", and Charlotte Ann Bennett, a midwife. Henrietta was the oldest daughter in a family of 7 children. She grew up in her family home with her parents until her first marriage to George Lawson of Milton, North Carolina, o... |
Jubal Early | Gettysburg and the Overland Campaign | corps in the Battle of Cold Harbor.
However, Union Gen. David Hunter had burned the VMI in Lexington on June 11, and was raiding through the Shenandoah Valley Confederate breadbasket, so Lee sent Early and 8,000 men to defend Lynchburg, an important railroad hub (with links to Richmond, the Valley and points southwest)... |
Group C nerve fiber | Vanilloid receptor | vanilloid receptor (VR-1, TRPV1) is a receptor that is found on the free nerve endings of both C and Aδ fibers that responds to elevated levels of heat (>43 °C) and the chemical capsaicin. Capsaicin activates C fibers by opening a ligand-gated ion channel and causing an action potential to occur. Because this receptor ... |
Jed Johnson Jr. | Career & Death | night with the new house member was legendary comedian and guest panelist Groucho Marx.
Johnson served as a Democrat to the 89th Congress from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the 90th Congress. He served as special assistant to the Director of the Office ... |
Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming | Court life | the widow Fleming was appointed governess or nurse to her infant half-niece Mary, Queen of Scots (her new mistress having been fathered by her late half-brother). Her own daughter, Mary Fleming, also joined the queen's household as a lady-in-waiting.
In 1548, mother and daughter accompanied the young queen to France. T... |
Kobzar (poetry collection) | Word definition | (Thought), "Нащо мені чорні брови" (Why should I have Black Eyebrows), "До Основ'яненка" (To Osnovyanenko), "Іван Підкова" (Ivan Pidkova), and "Тарасова ніч" (Taras's night).
The author also published two more books under the same name in 1844 and 1860. Also, in 1844, another version of the original Kobzar, titled Chyh... |
Kia Stevens | Knockouts Tag Team Champion (2009–2010) | TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions Taylor Wilde and Sarita, when Kong pinned Rayne. On the first Impact! episode of 2010, Kong and Hamada defeated Sarita and Wilde to win the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship.
In a non-storyline incident Bubba the Love Sponge claimed on his January 19 radio show that Stevens had attack... |
Joaquín Sorolla García vestido de blanco | Description | family before, such as of his wife, Clotilde García del Castillo and even his ancestors. His son Joaquin also appears, for example, in the portrait Mi familia along with his wife Clotilde and his daughters María and Elena. In the year 1917, he again painted a portrait of his now adult son, Joaquín Sorolla García, entit... |
Kafeŕoor | null | Kafeŕoor Kafeŕoor is a "mythical vanishing island" location in Pacific and Polynesian mythology, recorded in the traditional celestial navigation techniques of the Caroline Islands. Part of the Trigger fishes tied together mnemonic-navigational system, it is sometimes grouped with Fanuankuwel as a 'ghost island'. |
Ian Aird | Surgical teacher & War service | detailed notes which he handed out to students on the course, all carefully annotated and referenced, were in great demand. These notes were to form the basis for his later best-selling textbook, A Companion in Surgical Studies. War service With the outbreak of the Second World War, Aird was called up for service with ... |
Kathleen Lockhart Manning | null | Kathleen Lockhart Manning Kathleen Lockhart Manning (24 October 1890 – 20 March 1951) was an American composer. She was born on a ranch in Hollywood, California, and studied piano and composition in Paris with Moritz Moszkowski, and later with Elizabeth Jordan Eichelberger and de Sales. She sang during the 1911-1912 se... |
Jack Deveraux and Jennifer Horton | 1989–90 | ended up having a huge effect on Jack. The newspaper business was also a very good influence on him, and before he knew it, he found himself wanting to do good things for the sake of doing them, and not for the sake of being thought a hero. He tried to subtly get closer to Steve, Adrienne and Jo; Steve was very leery... |
Judy (dog) | Post war and awards | was awarded the Dickin Medal, which is often referred to as the animal metaphorical equivalent of the Victoria Cross. Williams was given the White Cross of St Giles, with each awarded by Major Viscount Tarbat MC, chairman of the Returned British POW Association. Judy was enrolled as the association's only canine member... |
James L. Brooks | Television | themselves and eventually ended it of their own accord. The Mary Tyler Moore Show became a critical and commercial success and was the first show to feature an independent-minded, working woman, not reliant on a man, as its lead. Geoff Hammill of the Museum of Broadcast Communications described it as "one of the most a... |
Jughril | null | Jughril Asad al-Dīn Jughrīl ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Kāmilī (Arabic: أسد الدين جغريل بن عبد الله الكاملي) was the Ayyubid Emir of Mecca from 1235 to 1238.
In 1235 Sultan al-Kamil sent Emir Jughril to capture Mecca from Sharif Rajih ibn Qatadah, an ally of Sultan al-Mansur Umar of Yemen. Jughril captured the city in Ramadan 6... |
Katharine Balfour | Stage & Screen & Writings | of Troy in 1964's Helen, a performance that the New York Times review found "properly sinuous and sultry." Screen Her first credited film role was as Elsa in the wartime MGM drama-musical Music for Millions (1944). In addition to her role as Oliver Barrett's mother in Love Story (1970), she appeared as Sophia Kebabian ... |
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