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Automotive X Prize | Vehicle requirements | which have the same requirements for fuel economy and emissions, but differing design constraints. The Alternative class is further divided into tandem and side-by-side classes. Vehicles in the Mainstream Class must meet specifications that are derived from typical small, five-passenger, economy mixed-use vehicles. T... |
Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | Major Sponsors & Beijing Sponsors and Supporters Program (BSSP) | to their website. Beijing Sponsors and Supporters Program (BSSP) Representatives from the 25 key sponsors and supporters were sent to Beijing as a part of the BSSP Program. This experience enabled them to see 7 days of the games and witness sports such as swimming cycling, basketball, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair bask... |
Baldassarre Capra | The hearing | the face of this, Capra stated that he was willing to apologise for his unfounded allegation of plagiarism by publishing a book in which he would acknowledge the offence caused to Galileo. Galileo refused however, wanting to give the widest possible publicity to Capra's eventual condemnation. The hearing continued an... |
Badnjak (Serbian) | Public celebration | twigs are prepared to be distributed to the congregation gathered at the church. Each badnjak is festively taken to the church gate, often transported on carriages. The badnjak may be taken into the churchyard without any ceremony, or it may be followed by a procession, as is the case in parts of Republika Srpska and t... |
Battle of Goose Green | British assault force & Initial contact | at 03:00, but because of delays in registering the support fire from HMS Arrow, only commenced at 03:35. Initial contact On 4 May three Royal Navy Sea Harriers operating from HMS Hermes attacked the airfield and installations at Goose Green. During the operation, a Sea Harrier was shot down by Argentine 35mm anti-aircr... |
Arab–Khazar wars | Aftermath and impact of the Second Arab–Khazar War | rather than attempts at permanent conquest. On the other hand, the British orientalist Douglas M. Dunlop considered that Marwan came "within an ace of succeeding" in his conquest of Khazaria, and that he "apparently intended to resume operations against the khagan at a later date", but this never materialized.
Despite ... |
Ashoknagar | Geography & Climate & Tourism & Chanderi | to the early summer wheat and germ crops.[5] Climate The climate of Ashoknagar is sub-tropical. In summers, the temperature reaches 47 °C, while dropping to 4 °C in the winter. Rainfall is adequate and sometimes less. Tourism There are a number of tourist spots in Ashoknagar Town, including:
vindyvashni temple tumen Ch... |
Awnsham Churchill | Political career | but had little to do with him. He was closer to George Churchill, the Duke's brother. He was returned again unopposed as a Whig at the 1708 British general election. He kept a low profile in Parliament but voted in favour of naturalizing the Palatines in 1709 and for the impeachment of Sacheverell in 1710. This was en... |
Žarko Paspalj | 1993–94 season | his shooting percentage had dipped alarmingly, Paspalj memorably made 3/4 free throws, 12/20 two-point shots and hit a buzzer-beater three-pointer to close the first half. This consistent shooting was reminiscent of his first two, memorable, years, and contrasted sharply with the scenes at the end of Game 1 when, after... |
Attingal Outbreak | Details | threat to the neighbouring countries. The Dutch were also in confusion. He was going to attack the countries with which they had trade of pepper or other goods. |
Arab–Khazar wars | Connection with the Arab–Byzantine conflict | succeeded already at this primary stage in persuading the Muslims that it could not be conquered", and furthermore that the Muslims possessed "a far greater knowledge and understanding of the geography of Europe" than can be demonstrated for the time in question. Mako likewise remarks that such a grand strategic plan i... |
Bambino (ice-cream) | History | Bambino (ice-cream) Bambino is a basic type of ice cream first sold in the Polish People's Republic (PRL). It is shaped as a bar, served on a wooden stick. Many factories produced it, varying its packaging and recipe. The name comes from the Italian word "bambino", which means "child".
Since 1968 the product is produc... |
Badnjak (Serbian) | Similar European traditions | di Ceppo, literally "feast of log". In the Val di Chiana, the children of the family were blindfolded and commanded to beat the burning log with tongs. Traces of Christmas-log customs can also be found in Germany and Scandinavia. In Thuringia the family placed a Christklotz (Christ log) on the fire before going to bed,... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | June 3 | position.
On the Union right, Smith's men advanced through unfavorable terrain and were channeled into two ravines. When they emerged in front of the Confederate line, rifle and artillery fire mowed them down. A Union officer wrote, "The men bent down as they pushed forward, as if trying, as they were, to breast a temp... |
Arthur Augustus Tilley | Career | false quantity falls there on unheeding ears.
In 1890, Tilley resigned as Junior Tutor of King's College after being held responsible for inciting the throwing into the college fountain of the "long-haired Kingsman" Robbie Ross. Ross developed pneumonia as a result of the incident and subsequently left Cambridge withou... |
Battle of Long Tan | Opening moves, 16/17 August 1966 | the morning of 17 August. Noting signs of significant activity soon afterwards, it located several tracks moving west made approximately six hours earlier, possibly by a VC logistic unit. Yet the patrol was compromised and due to radio interference and faulty equipment the information was unable to be reported until ex... |
Battle of Antietam | Cornfield | also inexperienced, having taken command only two days before. Although he was a veteran of 40 years' service, he had never led large numbers of soldiers in combat. Concerned that his men would bolt under fire, he marched them in a formation that was known as "column of companies, closed in mass," a bunched-up formatio... |
Battle of Goose Green | Attack on the airfield | Harriers came close to being shot down in their bomb run after being misidentified as enemy aircraft by Lieutenant-Commander Nigel Ward and Flight Lieutenant Ian Mortimer of 801 Squadron. According to Lieutenant Braghini's report, and at least one British account, the Harrier strike missed their intended target, but t... |
Battle of Long Tan | Fighting continues | or relayed the direction of the assault, from which Honnor selected targets and ordered the fire, which was then adjusted by Stanley using sound ranging to bring it closer. Despite the rain and the soft ground reducing the impact of the artillery, its effectiveness was aided by otherwise favourable technical conditions... |
Archibald Roane | Early life | a predecessor institution to Washington and Lee University. In Virginia, he married Ann (or Anne) Campbell, whom he had met there, in 1788.
Shortly after his marriage in 1788, Roane moved to Jonesborough, Tennessee, then still a part of North Carolina, where he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law.
In ... |
Amelia Earhart | Early influence | the help of her uncle, she cobbled together a home-made ramp fashioned after a roller coaster she had seen on a trip to St. Louis and secured the ramp to the roof of the family toolshed. Earhart's well-documented first flight ended dramatically. She emerged from the broken wooden box that had served as a sled with a br... |
Barrayar | Plot summary | rejoins Aral, they learn that the replicator containing their child, whom they have named Miles, has been captured. Without proper maintenance, the fetus will succumb within six days, but Aral refuses to attempt a rescue when there are far greater concerns. However, Cordelia's personal bodyguard, Ludmilla Droushnakovi,... |
Arab–Khazar wars | Aftermath and impact of the Second Arab–Khazar War & Later conflicts | of the 740s and the Abbasid Revolution that followed them. Later conflicts The Khazars resumed their raids on Muslim territory after the Abbasid succession, reaching deep into Transcaucasia. Although by the 9th century the Khazars had re-consolidated their control over Dagestan almost to the gates of Derbent itself, th... |
Ashley Peternella | Television & Mr Gay World & UM Sportsman of the Year | Ashley Peternella Television On June 30, 2019, Ashley appeared in the Dutch version of The Big Audition on NPO3. He was auditioning for the role of TV presenter for the European Gay Lifestyle network OUTtv. Ashley was named one of the winners of the audition and was offered a contract with the network. Mr Gay World As ... |
Anthony Stover | College career & Professional career | said in a statement. "We are very disappointed that Anthony has not met his academic requirements. We had high expectations for him, and we were looking forward to getting increased contributions from him during this coming season." Professional career After departing UCLA, Stover joined the Los Angeles D-Fenders of th... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | June 3 | Before that, the Army of Northern Virginia seemed to have acquired a wholesome regard for the courage, endurance, and soldierly qualities generally of the Army of the Potomac. They no longer wanted to fight them "one Confederate to five Yanks." Indeed, they seemed to have given up any idea of gaining any advantage of t... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | June 1 | the right of the VI Corps. The Union cavalrymen retired to the east.
For the upcoming attack, Meade was concerned that the corps of Wright and Smith would not be sufficient, so he attempted to convince Warren to send reinforcements. He wrote to the V Corps commander, "Generals Wright and Smith will attack this evening.... |
A2 milk | Australia and New Zealand | with predominantly A2 protein were developed, including thickened cream, infant formula, ice cream, yogurts, and other dairy products.
In 2014, Lion, a beverage and food company that operates in Australia and New Zealand, and is owned by Kirin, relaunched their "Pura" milk product with a new label stating: "Naturally c... |
Winding number | Turning number & Winding number and Heisenberg ferromagnet equations | through time, this would be the winding number with respect to the origin of the velocity vector. In this case the example illustrated at the beginning of this article has a winding number of 3, because the small loop is counted.
This is only defined for immersed paths (i.e., for differentiable paths with nowhere vanis... |
BNS Durbar | Design | top speed of 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph). |
Arthur Cogswell | Education & Career | Arthur Cogswell Education He graduated in drama in 1952 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received an architectural degree from the Design School at North Carolina State University in 1959. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War. Career Following his graduation, Cogswell worked for Don ... |
Batagor | History and origin & Varieties | in Bandung. According to legend, batagor was created as a way to salvage unsold bakso meatballs. It is said that one day the bakso did not sell well, and a seller was stuck with too many leftovers. In order to cut his losses, he then came up with the idea to grind the meatballs, stuff them into tofu, deep fry them, and... |
Ashoknagar | Culture | one of the pilgrim center for Jains. It is about 32 km from Ashoknagar. In the south, about 35 km from Ashoknagar, is the famous Karila Mata Mandir, which is known to be the birthplace of Luv and Kush, sons of Lord Rama and Sita Mata. A huge fair is organized every year on Rangpanchmi in which the Rai Dance is performe... |
Battle of Landshut (1809) | The battle | Austrians were pushed back into Landshut. The French now quickly seized the northern bridge over the river, and the Austrians withdrew into the main part of the town to defend the southern bridge. The Austrians tried to set fire to this second bridge, but owing to the rainfall over the previous days, this was only part... |
Anna Leonowens | Literary career | critical eye over court life; the account is not always a flattering one, and has become the subject of controversy in Thailand; she has also been accused of exaggerating her influence with the king.
There have also been claims of fabrication: the likelihood of the argument over slavery, for example, when King Mongkut... |
Battle of Goose Green | Attack on the airfield | flanked, nearly surrounded ... So when there was a pause in the firing I decided that it was the time to stop, and I gave the order to disengage.
The RI 25 platoon defending the airfield fell back into the Darwin-Goose Green track and was able to escape. Sergeant Sergio Ismael Garcia of RI 25 single-handedly covered... |
Barbara Bush | Personal life and interests | affection for her pet English Springer Spaniel Millie and wrote a children's book about Millie's new litter of puppies. She even included Millie in her official White House portrait, painted by Candace Whittemore Lovely.
She was struck every day by "how much things had changed" for her and her husband since they became... |
Avenida Corrientes | History | reduced much of the allure of Corrientes, and saw the closing of several famous cinemas and theatres. Yet sidewalks were widened and beautified in 2005 to facilitate retail activity along the avenue, which had declined since the 1970s. and today Corrientes is once again thriving at night - specially among theatre goers... |
April Richardson | Television & Podcasts | Chelsea Lately, and on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit. Podcasts Richardson created and hosts a podcast called Go Bayside—a Saved by the Bell podcast in which she invites a friend (usually a fellow comedian) over to her apartment to watch an episode and critically deconstruct it. As of September 15, 2015, there have been 85 ... |
Baltik vairas | History | into Šiauliai bicycle–engine factory Vairas. By 1982, it employed 3,500 people.
The joint Lithuanian–German company Baltik vairas was founded on 18 March 1993. It purchased a portion of the state-owned enterprise and became one of the holdings of Panther International GmbH. By 1999, the company produced one million bic... |
Awnsham Churchill | Publications | more volumes came out in 1732, when the first four volumes were reissued; a "third edition" of the six volumes is dated 1744–6; and another by Thomas Osborne, 1752. A Collection from the Library of the Earl of Oxford, London, T. Osborne, 1745 and 1747, 2 vols, known as the "Harleian Collection", and a similar collectio... |
Bartolino da Padova | Music | like the ballate, they are mostly for two voices, however there are two pieces for three, and one of them (La Fiera Testa) has a macaronic text which is trilingual, one strophe in Italian, one in Latin and the final Ritornello section in French. This practice was common in the high Middle Ages but had become rare by th... |
Austrian Empire | Metternich era & Revolutions of 1848 & The Bach years | stable economy and reached an almost balanced budget, despite having a major deficit following the Napoleonic Wars. Revolutions of 1848 From March 1848 through November 1849, the Empire was threatened by revolutionary movements, most of which were of a nationalist character. Besides that, liberal and even socialist cur... |
Barbara Bush | Personal life and interests | disclosed that she was suffering from Graves' disease, which is an overactive thyroid ailment; the condition coincidentally affected her husband. It is rare for two biologically unrelated people in the same household to develop Graves disease within two years of each other. In June of that year, President Bush said of ... |
Anna Karenina (2012 film) | Production | Macdonald, Olivia Williams, Matthew Macfadyen, Michelle Dockery, and Tannishtha Chatterjee. Saoirse Ronan and Andrea Riseborough were initially cast in the film, but dropped out and were replaced by Alicia Vikander and Ruth Wilson, respectively. Ronan, stated that her reasoning behind turning down the role of Kitty was... |
Battle of Antietam | Sunken Road: "Bloody Lane" | the last of Sumner's three divisions, which had been held up in the rear by McClellan as he organized his reserve forces. Richardson's fresh troops struck the first blow.
Leading off the fourth attack of the day against the sunken road was the Irish Brigade of Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Meagher. As they advanced with emerald... |
Badnjak (Serbian) | Similar European traditions | man of the family goes on the Eve into a forest to cut down an oak, elm, or pear tree, which will be used as the badnik (бъдник). After the man brings it into the house, a hole is bored in one end of the badnik and filled with wine, cooking oil, and incense. The hole is plugged, and that end of the log is wrapped with ... |
Anna Dostoevskaya | Philately | Dostoyevsky, who made some critical comments about female inconstancy. Anna was annoyed that her husband did not consider women of her generation capable of persistence or devotion to anything. She told her husband that she would prove him wrong and show him that a woman may pursue one goal for years. She decided to co... |
Battle of Jao Modo | Aftermath | time the Chinese military had successfully tamed warring tribes at its frontier. At the same time it ended Galdan's dreams of reviving a pan-Mongolian central Asian empire. Much of modern-day Mongolia fell under Qing control where it would remain for the next 200 years. Although Galdan had been defeated, the Dzungars... |
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta | Congregation History & Commencement of Construction and First Stone-Laying Ceremony | congregation in the greater Atlanta area first started meeting in the 1980s at various devotees’ houses. In 1988, the congregation purchased a skating rink in Clarkston, Georgia and renovated it into a mandir. The twenty-nine acre plot of the current mandir was purchased in February 2000 in Lilburn, Georgia. Pramukh Sw... |
Arab–Khazar wars | Later conflicts | journey south, while a different story is reported by al-Tabari, whereby the Khazars were invited to attack by a local Arab magnate in retaliation against the execution of his father, the governor of Derbent, by the general Sa'id ibn Salm. According to the Arab sources, the Khazars then raided as far as the Araxes, ne... |
Alicia Keys | Philanthropy and activism & Personal life | the Gordon Parks Foundation, which permanently preserves the work of Gordon Parks, the pioneering photographer, filmmaker, musician and activist. The couple acquired what is now the largest private holding of Gordon Parks's images, part of the Dean Collection, the couple's philanthropic organization and family collecti... |
Bartolino da Padova | Life & Music | be either satirical or in support of the Carrara family. Music The Squarcialupi Codex, the largest source of Italian music of the 14th century, contains 37 pieces by Bartolino. A few other sources contain pieces by him, and his music was evidently widespread, indicating his reputation.
Bartolino's music, unlike that of... |
Battle of Antietam | Disposition of armies & Terrain and its consequences | two divisions and A.P. Hill with one division. Terrain and its consequences McClellan's plans were ill-coordinated and were executed poorly. He issued to each of his subordinate commanders only the orders for his own corps, not general orders describing the entire battle plan. The terrain of the battlefield made it dif... |
Battle of Long Tan | D Company reinforced | without lights, the operation went smoothly and was finally completed after midnight. The last of the casualties were taken out by 00:34, and were flown to the Australian hospital at Vũng Tàu.
During the night the artillery continued to fire on likely VC forming-up points, although 11 Platoon's final position was avoid... |
Battle of Long Tan | Fighting continues | the area so it could resume firing. Townsend directed the aircraft to attack the forward slopes of Nui Dat 2 instead, believing the VC command element to be located there. The artillery began to fall again as the VC formed assault waves, preventing D Company being overrun. Major Harry Honnor—officer commanding 161st Ba... |
Battle for Jerusalem | Operation Nachshon & Food rationing | Quarter surrendered to the Arab Legion on 28 May 1948, this leading to the forced evacuation of all Jewish inhabitants. Food rationing Starting in early 1948, the Arab forces had severed the supply line to Jewish Jerusalem. On 31 March, Dov Yosef introduced a draconian system of food rationing. The bread ration was 200... |
Arthur Abraham | Abraham vs. Stieglitz | be in line to challenge WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KOs). Sauerland Event confirmed the fight would take place on 25 August in Berlin at the O2 World. Abraham won a twelve-round unanimous decision over Stieglitz to capture the WBO championship in a spectacular battle which made Abraham a ... |
Armstrong Siddeley | Motor cars | shape of a sphinx with namesake Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire jet engines attached. The 234 and 236 Sapphires might have looked to some of marque's loyal customers like a radical departure from the traditional Armstrong Siddeley appearance. However, in truth, they were simply too conservative in a period of rapidly devel... |
Battle of Goose Green | Attack on the airfield | trouble, but it must have been damaged in some way as the whole thing went off and damaged him badly in the face and chest. As he was only a few feet away I went across to administer first aid to him, but as I moved, I got a bullet in my helmet, which took a chunk of it away. There was no way I was going to try going a... |
Apocephalus borealis | Life cycle & Effect of seasons | yet to be observed. However, many dead bees have been observed near light sources, and when collected many of these bees show evidence of being parasitized, leading to the conclusion that parasitized bees might be drawn to light sources at night. The mechanisms of this phenomenon have yet to be analyzed, but possible c... |
Battle of Goose Green | Commanders & BBC incident & Brutal field punishments | of the battalion. BBC incident During the planning of the assault of both Darwin and Goose Green, the Battalion Headquarters were listening in to the BBC World Service. The newsreader announced that the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment were poised and ready to assault Darwin and Goose Green. This caused great tr... |
Barbara Bush | Post–White House years | "never expected to set foot in what had been North Vietnam. The Bushes first went to Hanoi and then to Ho Chi Minh City. They met with President Lê Đức Anh and party secretary Đỗ Mười. On September 28, 1995, the Bushes drove to Portland, Maine, for the announcement of the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital. Bush said her... |
American Dream (Casting Crowns song) | Background and recording | American Dream (Casting Crowns song) Background and recording Casting Crowns' lead vocalist Mark Hall said that "[American Dream] song was written from every student I’ve ever ministered to, to their dads. It’s everything they could never say. It’s the story of a dad who provided financially, but was never there physi... |
American automobile industry in the 1950s | Concept cars & Notable failures | for the electrical components such as the motorized trunk and front hood, although some of its innovations appeared later in the Lincoln Premiere.
Harley Earl helped develop the General Motors Firebird, a series of three concept cars shown at Motorama auto shows in the 1950s. The Firebird I, II and III were part of a ... |
Battle of Antietam | "Burnside's Bridge" | had been removed. Jones had only about 3,000 men and 12 guns available to meet Burnside. Four thin brigades guarded the ridges near Sharpsburg, primarily a low plateau known as Cemetery Hill. The remaining 400 men—the 2nd and 20th Georgia regiments, under the command of Brig. Gen. Robert Toombs, with two artillery batt... |
Barrio Chino (Lima) | Origins & Decline | of benevolent societies and temples, often according to place of origin. For example, the Ku Kong Chao Association was established in 1868 by immigrants from rural Guangdong, the Pun Yui Society by Cantonese immigrants in 1887, and the Tungshin Society in 1898 by Hakka immigrants. The Chinese Central Benevolent Societ... |
Battle of Goose Green | Attack on the airfield | at Cóndor airfield, reporting the loss of two guns and Elta radar to Milan missiles or mortar fire, with three defenders from Grupo 1 de Artillería Antiaérea de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina (G1AA) killed (Privates Mario Ramón Luna, Luis Guillermo Sevilla and Héctor Walter Aguirre from G1AA and Privates Roque Evaristo Sánc... |
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta | Mandir and Daily Rituals & Congregation History | BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta Mandir and Daily Rituals The mandir is a type of ‘Shikarbaddha’ mandir, built according to principles laid out in the Shilpa Shastras, Hindu texts prescribing standards of sacred architecture. Within the mandir, murtis (sacred images of the deities) have been ritually installed. Th... |
Batman: Bad Blood | Plot | and sets out to return to Gotham. Batwoman's civilian alter-ego, Katherine Kane, meets with her father Jacob, explaining she feels responsible for Batman's apparent death. In the past, Katherine was traumatized by an incident in which her sister Elizabeth and mother Gabrielle were abducted, held for ransom, and eventua... |
Barsam | Literacy & Workers profile | village has increased by 15%. Male literacy has gone up by 11% and female literacy rate has gone up by 19%. Workers profile Barsam has 31% (787) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 48% male and 12% female population are working population. 48% of total male population are main (full-time) workers and 1... |
Areolate grouper | Description & Reproduction and feeding & Commercial production | have common names for this fish, as well. It is often confused with the brownspotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma) found in the Persian Gulf and several other many-spotted species. Reproduction and feeding Like other groupers, the areolate grouper is a sex-changing species; young are female, and some change to ma... |
Battle of Goose Green | Times and nomenclature & Terrain and conditions | Battle of Goose Green Times and nomenclature British forces worked on UTC (Zulu) time and many reports and sources quote the timing of events based on Zulu time. All times stated in this page are reflected as local, Falkland Island time (UTC−3), the same as Argentine time. On the day of the battle, sunrise was at 08:3... |
Arkansas Razorbacks football | Early history (1894–1957) & Ken Hatfield era (1984–1989) | the game. During this period, Arkansas developed rivalries with Texas and Texas A&M because of the closeness of those campuses. Ken Hatfield era (1984–1989) Ken Hatfield replaced Holtz in 1984. Hatfield played defensive back for Broyles on the 1964 national championship team. He had a record of 55–17–1 and won back-to-... |
2008 California wildfires | Summer Fires | reached 801,726 acres (324,447 ha), exceeding the estimated 800,000 acres (320,000 ha) burned by the 2003 California wildfires, making the Summer 2008 wildfires the greatest wildfire event in Californian history, in terms of burned area. On that date 20,274 personnel had been committed to fight the fires. Total resourc... |
Battle of Long Tan | Patrolling east of Nui Dat, 18 August 1966 | positions of the mortars and RCLs, while discarded clothing and bloodstains found nearby confirmed the accuracy of the Australian artillery. At Nui Dat D Company, 6 RAR prepared for its patrol, test firing weapons and packing equipment. Despite the earlier bombardment only the standard ammunition load would be taken. L... |
1974 Formula One season | Race 15: United States | marred by the death of young Austrian Helmut Koinigg when his car crashed into the wall after a puncture on the 10th lap. The barrier which the car hit split on impact, and Koinigg was decapitated. |
Wheelchair | Powered wheelchairs | user or an attendant, most commonly via a small joystick mounted on the armrest, or on the upper rear of the frame. For users who cannot manage a manual joystick, headswitches, chin-operated joysticks, sip-and-puff controllers or other specialist controls may allow independent operation of the wheelchair. Ranges of ove... |
Apple Bottoms | null | Apple Bottoms Apple Bottoms is a fashion brand for women launched in 2003 by rap artist Nelly, Yomi Martin and Ian Kelly. The brand was initially a denim label, but has since expanded to include other women's and girl's clothing, perfume and accessories.
The brand was launched with a model search televised on VH1. It q... |
Battle of Antietam | Disposition of armies | his attack for a day. This gave the Confederates more time to prepare defensive positions and allowed Longstreet's corps to arrive from Hagerstown and Jackson's corps, minus A.P. Hill's division, to arrive from Harpers Ferry. Jackson defended the left (northern) flank, anchored on the Potomac, Longstreet the right (sou... |
B-Prolog | Tabling | the minimum weight is tabled for each pair of nodes. |
Atacama Cosmology Telescope | Design and location | minimises contamination from microwave radiation emitted by the ground. The design, manufacture and construction of the telescope were done by Dynamic Structures in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Observations are made at resolutions of about an arcminute (1/60th of a degree) in three frequencies: 145 GHz, 215 GHz and 280... |
Arthur Dorros | null | Arthur Dorros Arthur Dorros (born 1950) is an author and illustrator of children's books. He attended Pacific Oaks College and graduated from the University of Wisconsin.
Arthur Dorros was born in Washington, D.C, 1950.. He is an American author of children's books. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin and lea... |
Battle of Long Tan | A Company and 3 Troop fight through | the radio, he again chose to disregard the order. Mollison concurred, and they proceeded to cross the creek. After crossing without incident, Roberts left one carrier and its infantry to secure the point (and to act as a guide for Townsend), while the remaining seven APCs moved towards the battle. Advancing another 1 k... |
Badnjak (Serbian) | Interpretation | Day by sprinkling wheat upon them. Čajkanović characterizes the pre-Christian badnjak as a divinity who dies by burning to be reborn, comparing it in this respect with Attis, Osiris, Adonis, and Sandan. He also proposes that the crosses made from the thicker end of the log may have originated from idols representing de... |
Battle of Jao Modo | Background | Mongolia and seek the protection of the Kangxi Emperor.
Motivated by the threat posed by a strong, unified Mongol state under Dzungar rule, the Kangxi Emperor began preparations to defeat Galdan. After the Qing successfully lured Galdan's forces closer to Beijing with promises of negotiating a peace treaty, Khalkha tr... |
Army Medical Department (United States) | Medical Corps (MC) | his/her Chain of Command. Many operational physicians serve as Division, Brigade and Battalion level surgeons (the word "surgeon" is used to identify a physician that is assigned to a unit as a primary care provider and not necessarily as a General Surgeon). These physicians are either assigned through the "PROFIS" sys... |
Battle of Long Tan | A Company and 3 Troop fight through | moved off again. A machine-gun then engaged three of the APCs in the left hand section, none of which had gun shields. One of the crew commanders was fatally wounded and the vehicle forced to a halt, but not before the VC machine-gunner was crushed to death by the driver. Under heavy fire, the troop sergeant ran betwee... |
Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | Media coverage | in place many initiatives to publish, broadcast and promote the games and Paralympic achievements. In order to distribute content they worked with the Australian Associated Press (AAP), “to maximise distribution of key stories, developing relationships with editors and key journalists, developing a program of events a... |
Amelia Earhart | Gardner Island hypothesis | was ordered to send the remains to Fiji. On 4 April 1941, Dr. D. W. Hoodless of the Central Medical School examined the bones, took measurements, and wrote a report. Using Karl Pearson's formulas for stature and the lengths of the femur, tibia, and humerus, Hoodless concluded that the person was about 5 feet 5.5 inches... |
Barrayar | Plot summary | Barrayar Plot summary Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan are expecting their first child. Before crafty old Emperor Ezar Vorbarra died, he maneuvered a very reluctant Aral into agreeing to serve as regent for Ezar's young grandson Gregor. A plot to assassinate the Vorkosigans with poison gas fails, but the antidote, while ef... |
Azov percarina | Geographic demography & Characteristics | Azov percarina Geographic demography It is found in the eastern and northeastern parts of the Sea of Azov, in the Gulf of Taganrog and Temryuk Bay, Bolshoi Akhtanizovski Liman, Kuban River delta, rare in Don River delta. Characteristics It is distinguished from the closely related common percarina, Percarina demidoffii... |
B.J. Annis | Stampede Wrestling & B.J's Gym | several tag teams together with Mr. Hito, Con Kovidis, Rick Patterson, George Skaaland and brothers-in-law Keith and Owen Hart, respectively. During his time wrestling for Stampede Wrestling he also challenged for the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship with George Skaaland and participated in a Batt... |
Battle of Port Midi | Insurgency | shelling and clashes with government forces in Midi district.
Houthi forces retreated from the contested town of Midi, following clashes on December 5, according to pro-Hadi government sources.
In January 2017, pro-Hadi loyalists pushed back the Houthis and Saleh troops more than 40 km and secured the Midi and Harad fr... |
Ateneo Art Gallery | Collection | Ateneo Art Gallery Collection The Ateneo Art Gallery holds over 500 artworks that include paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs and posters. The collection traces its roots to the late Fernando Zóbel (1920–1984). Painter, art scholar and teacher at the Ateneo, Zóbel donated over 200 artworks to form a st... |
Battle of Long Tan | D Company regroups | up to their south on a broad frontage which threatened to engulf them. The assault commenced at 18:35, with several bugle blasts marking the beginning of a series of human wave attacks against D Company. Well spaced, the assault force stepped-off at a fast walk supported by a company in reserve which moved 90 metres (9... |
Battle of Goose Green | Argentinian defences | Lieutenant Carlos Marcelo Morales) as an advance screen forward of RI 12's A Company towards Coronation Ridge while RI 12's C Company were deployed south of Goose Green to cover the approaches from Lafonia. To replace his B Company left on Mount Kent, he created a composite company from headquarters and other staff an... |
Battle of Antietam | Battlefield preservation & Mathew Brady's gallery, "The Dead of Antietam" (1862) | Cornfield and the Dunker Church, when it purchased the Wilson farm for about $1 million. The preservation organization has since removed the postwar house and barn that stood on the property along Hagerstown Pike and returned the land to its wartime appearance. Mathew Brady's gallery, "The Dead of Antietam" (1862) On S... |
2009 International Bowl | Buffalo | score of the game, to take a 28–24 lead with only 38 seconds remaining. Taking over at their own 40-yard line after the kickoff went out of bounds, the Bulls drove down the field, scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 35-yard desperation heave from Drew Willy to wide receiver Naaman Roosevelt with no time remaining o... |
Attingal Outbreak | Details | Attingal Outbreak Details The Attingal revolt of 1721 was the first organised uprising against the English East India Company in Kerala. But, there is an opinion among a group of historians that the revolt took place with the prior permission of the queen. Whatever it may be, it is an indisputable fact that local peopl... |
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