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Bernard A. Byrne | Note | of birth as Newport Barracks, Virginia while he was actually born in Newport Barracks, Kentucky (There is actually no such place.) |
Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith | Early life and military service | Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith Early life and military service Roxburgh-Smith was born in Lee, London, on 10 April 1884. By the time World War I broke out he was working as a bank teller in Bromley, then still in Surrey. Though a married man with two children, and old enough to be nicknamed "Dad", he initially joined up as a ... |
Bill Landry | Career & Personal life | contributions to the humanities.
In 2000 the play Einstein the Man was published through a grant and made available to middle and high school students in the state of Tennessee. In 2003, Landry's production of The George Washington Carver Project was also distributed by the Tennessee Department of Education to schools ... |
Beloved (1998 film) | Plot | Sethe is unable to work, having become physically and mentally drained by Beloved's parasitic nature. Denver becomes depressed yet, being inspired by a memory of her grandmother's confidence in her, she eventually musters the courage to leave the house and seek employment.
After Denver finds employment, women from the ... |
Billy Pierce | Peak years & End of peak | players as Miñoso, Aparicio and second baseman Nellie Fox, Pierce was chosen as the player most popular with White Sox fans in a 1957 spring training poll of sportswriters. A separate poll of managers, coaches, writers and broadcasters named him Chicago's best fielding pitcher, best pitcher at holding runners to first ... |
Battle of Long Tan | Clearing the battlefield, 19–21 August 1966 | the figure had risen to 188 VC dead, with shallow graves dug by the Australians to bury them where they were found.
Due to the likely presence of a significant force nearby, the Australians remained cautious as they searched for the VC. Over the next two days, they continued to clear the battlefield, uncovering more de... |
Bairrada DOC | History & Grapes | Anadia, Cantanhede, Mealhada and Oliveira do Bairro. History Viticulture in the Bairrada has existed since at least the 10th century, when the region gained independence from the Moors. Located just south of the major Port wine producing center of Oporto, the fortunes of Bairrada were on the upswing during the 17th cen... |
Binnie Roberts | Storylines | Binnie Roberts Storylines Binnie arrives in Albert Square in June 1994. She is the secret girlfriend of hairdresser Della Alexander (Michelle Joseph). Whilst Della prefers to keep her sexuality hidden, Binne is out and proud and wants everyone to know. She refuses to put up with anyone's bigotry and defends her choice ... |
Battle of Bin Jawad | Battle & Aftermath | mass grave containing the bodies of 170 of the 700 missing rebel fighters was discovered near the town. Aftermath The Battle of Bin Jawad marked the end of the initial rebel offensive. Proving to be the high-water mark of the rebel offensive, it marked the end of the rebel advance westward at the time, and opened the w... |
Birth of the Cool | Davis's nonet | discussion group for the new band, this group eventually becoming the Miles Davis Nonet. Arranger, and baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan joined the project, having previously written for Gene Krupa's orchestra, as it was felt he could bring a lighter sound that Davis and Evans were looking for.
The arrangers came to ... |
Bani Buhair | Location | Bani Buhair Location The borders of Bani Buhair are marked beyond Al-Ghabra, a small village inhabited by people from Bani Suhaim tribe. Primarily, Bani Buhair includes Furi Alabadilah on the Mount Inanin where small villages are also scattered such as Alsahnah and Alghamrah. The tribe embraces Alriyan (or Afas), Alwas... |
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland | Story | Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland Story Atelier Totori takes place 5 years after the previous game, Atelier Rorona. It begins with Totori in the fishing village of Alanya, her hometown, and ends after five years pass.
Totooria Helmold is Rorona's student who is looking for her missing mother. After the events of... |
Bill Daniel | Governorship (1961–1963) & Personal life & Death | a senior US Navy officer based in Washington, D.C.; this often took weeks to obtain. This was obviously an obstacle to development, especially in the area of tourism, and its removal greatly benefited the economy of the territory.
His appointment resulted in the first occasion in which brothers simultaneously held gov... |
Battle of Rossbach | Trap | already formed their line of battle facing north, then his attack would strike their right flank; if they were still on the move in columns eastwards or northeastwards, the heads of their columns would be crushed before the rest could deploy in the new direction, deployment being a lengthy affair for most armies.
The A... |
Arrow (season 1) | Filming | a lot. It's actually incredibly ambitious to do these flashbacks every week, every single episode. Because like Andrew [Kreisberg] said, it's almost like it's its own show." Hatley Castle, located in Royal Roads University was used for exterior shots for the Queen family mansion. Hatley Castle had previously been used ... |
Before I Sleep (album) | Background & Singles | confirmed as "Alive", which is due for release in June 2013. The track was co-written by Bruce, Danny O'Donoghue and James Barry.
The artwork for the album was shot by photographer Eliot Lee Hazel, with Bruce describing his work as "gritty, cinematic and raw". Bruce also credits Hazel with helping to select the locatio... |
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | History | Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust History Ashford Hospital was developed from the former Staines (Poor law union) Workhouse Infirmary founded under the requirement of statute for each workhouse to offer a separate infirmary (the Poor Law Amendment Act 1867). The hospital had followed the usual devel... |
Battle of Long Tan | D Company reinforced | for the VC to mount another attack. Although snipers continued to engage the Australians there were no further assaults and the battle came to a conclusion. The APCs formed a hollow square around D Company. With the VC at least temporarily driven off, the Australian position was now more strongly held and additional am... |
Battle of Cold Harbor | June 3 | Union left flank, where Hancock's corps was able to break through a portion of Breckinridge's front line and drive those defenders out of their entrenchments in hand-to-hand fighting. Several hundred prisoners and four guns were captured. However, nearby Confederate artillery was brought to bear on the entrenchments, t... |
Ashoknagar | Chanderi Fort & Kaushak Mahal | and 24.6 meters high. In its center, the rock has been sculpted into the shape of a gate, with a pointed arch, and flanked by sloping towers. Kaushak Mahal The Kaushak Mahal of Chanderi is also known as Tawarikh-i-Ferishta. According to history, in 1445 AD Mehmood Shah Khilji of Malwa was passing through Chanderi, when... |
Beauty Mark | Plot | Beauty Mark Plot Set in the Portland area of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, the film follows Angie Simms (Auden Thornton), a poverty-stricken young mother taking care of her three-year-old son Trey (Jameson Fowler) and her alcoholic mother (Catherine Curtin). She works at a convenience store which Lorraine (Laura Bell... |
Billy Pierce | San Francisco Giants (1962–64) | started Game 3, and went into the bottom of the seventh inning with no score; but he allowed three runs in the seventh inning (one of them unearned after two outfield errors), and took the 3–2 loss. He came back with another brilliant outing in Game 6 at Candlestick Park against Whitey Ford, not allowing a baserunner u... |
Black Lives Matter | Internet and social media | also used memes to criticize and parody the movement.
By September 2016, the phrase "Black Lives Matter" had been tweeted over 30 million times, and Black Twitter has been credited with bringing international attention to the BLM movement. Using the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter has helped activists communicate the scale o... |
Bello, Antioquia | Demographics & History | Bello, Antioquia Demographics The city has a population of over 500,000, making it the second largest city in the Antioquia Department after Medellín. Bello has a population density of 2496 per km. Bello is also one of several municipalities that make up part of the metropolitan area around Medellín. History Meaning "t... |
Annuit cœptis | Classical source of the motto | seclorum (meaning "new order of the ages") can both be traced to lines by the Roman poet Virgil. Annuit cœptis comes from the Aeneid, book IX, line 625, which reads, Iuppiter omnipotens, audacibus adnue coeptis. It is a prayer by Ascanius, the son of the hero of the story, Aeneas, which translates to, "Jupiter Almight... |
Billy Pierce | Development of style | control; Pierce later recalled, "I learned to control my fastball better [...] Developing the slider helped me tremendously because it gave me a third out pitch. I threw it almost as hard as my fastball, but I could throw it for strikes better than the fast ball or good curve ... Richards made me work on it, and it too... |
Battle of Goose Green | Darwin Parks | was posthumously awarded the Military Medal and Grayling was decorated with the Queen's Gallantry Medal. With the enemy machine gun out of action, the paras were able to clear the Argentine platoon position under Lieutenant Horacio Muñoz Cabrera, but at the cost of three Paras killed.
2 Para continued its advance south... |
Arnold Flammersfeld | Career | While at the KWImF, he worked with Bothe on these matters and published classified reports (see below, the Internal Reports section). From 1941, he was employed at the KWIC.
In 1947, Flammersfeld completed his Habilitation at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and then from 1948 a Privatdozent there. He also wor... |
Anti-ballistic missile | American Nike-X and Sentinel & Defense against MIRVs | over the merit of ABMs began. Difficulties that had already made an ABM system questionable for defending against an all-out attack. One problem was the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) that would give little warning to the defense. Another problem was high altitude EMP (whether from offensive or defensive ... |
Blue-throated hillstar | Distribution & Conservation | Blue-throated hillstar Distribution The species is endemic to an area of about 114 km² where it is found along bush-lined creeks on small ridges not surpassing 3700 m. The range of this species is restricted by the Jubones-León river valley to the north and northeast and the Puyango-Catamayo drainage basin to the south... |
Black Lives Matter | 2015 | Pennsylvania, Janelle Monáe, Jidenna, and other BLM activists marched through North Philadelphia to bring awareness to police brutality and Black Lives Matter. Around August 9, the first anniversary of Michael Brown's death, BLM rallied, held vigil and marched in St. Louis and across the country.
In September, over fiv... |
Amelia Earhart | Transatlantic solo flight in 1932 | her by journalist Stuart Trueman, intended to confirm the date of the flight. She intended to fly to Paris in her single engine Lockheed Vega 5B to emulate Charles Lindbergh's solo flight five years earlier. Her technical advisor for the flight was famed Norwegian American aviator Bernt Balchen who helped prepare her a... |
Badnjak (Serbian) | Felling and preparing & Public celebration | as in Ozren and Romanija of Bosnia, the badnjak is cut into three logs associated respectively with the men, the women, and the children. Public celebration The badnjak ceremony, originally performed only within the family, became a more public celebration. A custom developed before World War I in the Kingdom of Serbia... |
Arnie Ferrin | Early life and playing career | Arnie Ferrin Early life and playing career Ferrin attended high school in Ogden, Utah. In college at Utah, he won the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player award in 1944 when the Utes won the NCAA Championship over Dartmouth. Ferrin also helped Utah win the 1947 National Invitation Tournament. He became th... |
Armstrong Siddeley | Motor cars & Clubs | Sapphire, with a 4-litre engine, and automatic transmission. The Armstrong Siddeley was a casualty of the 1960 merger with Bristol; the last car left the Coventry factory in 1960. Clubs Like many British cars of this era, there are active owners' clubs supporting their continued use in several countries, e.g. the UK, A... |
Bhuj | Etymology & History | Bhuj Etymology According to legend, Kutch was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, who was married to King Bheria Kumar, rose up against Bhujanga, the last chieftain of Naga. After the battle, Bheria was defeated and Queen Sagai committed sati. The hill where they lived later came ... |
Black Lives Matter | Democrats | Sanders stated, "Black lives matter." Martin O'Malley said, "Black lives matter," and that the "movement is making is a very, very legitimate and serious point, and that is that as a nation we have undervalued the lives of black lives, people of color." In response, Hillary Clinton pushed for criminal justice reform, a... |
Anatole Vakhnianyn | Life | the main journal of the Ukrainophile movement in western Ukraine, and from 1870-1878 he edited Prosvita's journal.
In 1890 he helped initiate the "New Era" movement, dedicated to forging a rapproachment between Poles and Ukrainians in east Galicia. After most of the other Ukrainophiles broke with the Poles in 1894, Vak... |
Bhuj | History | 7000 houses with a loss of an estimated 1140 human lives. About one-third of the buildings that escaped ruin were heavily damaged, and the north face of the town wall was leveled with the ground.
Bhuj is home to one of the first Swaminarayan Sampraday temples, built in 1822. In 1837, Bhuj is said to have had a populat... |
Baldassarre Capra | Plagiarism accusation against Galileo | workshop of Marc'Antonio Mazzoleni, the craftsman who made Galileo’s instruments for him. By these means they were able to learn how the compass was made.
In 1607 Baldassarre Capra published the tract Usus et fabrica circini cuiusdam proportionis, per quem omnia fere tum Euclidis, tum mathematicorum omnium problemata f... |
Battle of Long Tan | 12 Platoon attempts to link up with Buick | minutes later. But with the route largely dictated by the terrain, the possibility of the relief force being ambushed concerned Townsend and Jackson. Regardless, given the dire situation, they saw no alternative; and considered it unlikely, given the ground had been covered by frequent patrols, the proximity of D Compa... |
Arizona House of Representatives | Leadership of the House | authority of all expenses charged to the House of Representatives, further, the Speaker the individual responsible for approving House expense accounts. The minority party selects a Minority Leader, an Assistant Minority Leader and a Minority Whip in a closed caucus. |
Biriyani (soundtrack) | Reception | loads of fun composing his 100th ! You too have fun listening !" and rated the album 3/5. IndiaGlitz wrote "Alright the feast is served, wait it's only the audio that is out. The movie will have to wait another month, till then get ready to sync your iPod with Yuvan's 100thalbum, which is sure to spice you up. A Venkat... |
Bello, Antioquia | History | Lady of the Rosary, demolished in 1788 in order to build the Chapel of Hatoviejo in 1792, which still stands. At the end of the eighteenth century, in 1788, Hatoviejo was elevated to the status of party, assigned to the jurisdiction of the town of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria in Medellin.
In Hatoviejo the land was o... |
AutoCAD | Introduction | AutoCAD Introduction AutoCAD was derived from a program that began in 1977, and then released in 1979 called Interact CAD, also referred to in early Autodesk documents as MicroCAD, which was written prior to Autodesk's (then Marinchip Software Partners) formation by Autodesk cofounder Michael Riddle.
The first version... |
Bina Nusantara University | Courses & Regular program & Master degree & Doctorate level & International lecture courses | Bina Nusantara University Courses Bina Nusantara University has 3 types of courses: regular, international, and online. Regular program There are 3 levels of regular courses provided by Bina Nusantara University: undergraduate, master and doctorate levels. Master degree Bina Nusantara University offers master courses w... |
Battle of Goose Green | Brutal field punishments | his post as president of Human Rights Department of Corrientes Province. Other veterans were sceptical about the veracity of the accusations, with Colonel José Martiniano Duarte, an ex-601 Commando Company officer and decorated veteran of the Falklands War, saying that it had become "fashionable" for ex-conscripts to a... |
Billy Pierce | End of peak | I was rooting for the White Sox." In a 1982 interview, Pierce said, "The book on Fitz Gerald was that he was a fastball hitter on the first ball and liked it inside where he could pull it. So we threw him a curve away and he hit into right for a solid hit. I didn't feel that badly about it, really. It didn't mean that ... |
Bazaar Township, Chase County, Kansas | Geography | Bazaar Township, Chase County, Kansas Geography Bazaar Township covers an area of 113.13 square miles (293.0 km²). The streams of Baker Creek, Den Creek, East Branch Sharpes Creek, Folsom Creek, Kirk Creek, Nickel Creek, Norton Creek, Rock Creek, Sharpes Creek and Yeager Creek run through this township.
In what remains... |
Battle for Jerusalem | Blockade at Latrun and Bab al-Wad | January the Committee estimated 4,500 tons a month was needed. They were given 50,000 Palestine pounds credit with the Histadrut's wholesalers, Hamashbir Hamerkazi. In January 1948 the number of trucks supplying Jewish Jerusalem had fallen to thirty per day. By March the daily average number of trucks reaching Jerusale... |
Anna Karenina (2012 film) | Plot | Anna Karenina (2012 film) Plot In 1874 Russian Empire, Prince Stephan "Stiva" Oblonsky's wife, Princess Darya "Dolly," banishes her husband from their home due to his infidelity. Stiva's sister, Anna Karenina, a well-off and well-liked socialite living in St. Petersburg with her older husband, Count Alexei Karenin, and... |
Battle of Long Tan | Background | VC movements, potentially creating an opportunity to attack Nui Dat without warning.
Meanwhile, the VC continued to observe the base from the Nui Dinh hills. Movement was heard around the perimeter over the first few nights as they attempted to locate the Australian defences under the cover of darkness and heavy rain. ... |
Alun Cairns | Secretary of State for Wales & Views | a motion of no confidence in Cairns at the Welsh Assembly, a vote that if passed would not have forced Cairns to resign as Welsh Secretary but rather would serve as symbolic disapproval. The motion was defeated, with 9 in favour to 40 against, on 27 June.
In Parliament, Cairns has previously served on the Public Admini... |
Ben Speer | Ben Speer's Stamps Baxter School of Music & Honors | 1998 brochure summarized key elements of the school as follows: "theory, harmony, song writing, sight reading, ear training, performance training, conducting, voice, piano, guitar, bass and drums are taught." The school continues to be operated by members of the Speer family following Speer's death with the school bei... |
Billy Beane | Playing career & Front office career | Athletics, appearing in 37 games with the 1989 Athletics, batting .241 in 79 at bats. Beane spent most of the season with the Class-AAA Tacoma Tigers of the PCL. He re-signed with the Athletics for the 1990 season, and was sent down to the minor leagues at the end of spring training. Front office career Weary of the li... |
Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 100 metres | Results | Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 100 metres Results Results were published. |
Battle of Antietam | "Burnside's Bridge" | to carry this bridge; you are the third or fourth one who has been to me this morning with similar orders."
The third attempt to take the bridge was at 12:30 p.m. by Sturgis's other brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero. It was led by the 51st New York and the 51st Pennsylvania, who, with adequate artillery s... |
Battle of Long Tan | 11 Platoon isolated | to extricate itself, 11 Platoon was almost surrounded as the VC continued to assault their position. Taking heavy casualties and running short of ammunition, Buick radioed for assistance. Soon after the aerial of the platoon's radio was shot away and communications lost. Meanwhile, Smith requested aerial fire support f... |
Birth defects of diethylstilbestrol | Third generation | was also noted. The NCI study provides limited evidence of an increased risk of birth defects in the sons or daughters of women who were exposed prenatally to DES. An increased risk of ovarian cancer in the daughters of women exposed in utero was observed, but it was based on three cases of almost 800, so the finding i... |
A2 milk | Health effects | metabolise to β-casomorphin 7 (BCM-7).
"A2 MILK" is a trademark of the a2 Milk Company in multiple countries, including the United States. Health effects The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reviewed the scientific literature and published their results in 2009. As part of their evaluation, the EFSA looked at the ... |
Battle of the Hatpins | Background | reinstated in 1927. Regulation 17 was apologized for by the Ontario government over 100 years later. Background The stated rationale for Regulation 17 was to ensure quality English-language instruction, but it was perceived as a xenophobic reaction to the arrival of a significant number of French speakers from neighbou... |
Belgrade Cooperative | History | Belgrade Cooperative History The construction of Belgrade Cooperative coincided with the change of political regime in Serbia. After the assassination of the king Aleksandar Obrenović, the Karadjordjevic dynasty came to power, which led to a change in the system of governance. Autocratic regime was replaced by liberal ... |
Belgrade Cooperative | The building | Cooperative building was built using mixed techniques. Cellars, which extend beneath the entire building, are made of reinforced concrete, with Prussian vaults. Most of the building was built using a standard procedure, brick in lime mortar, and only partly in reinforced concrete. Bridging is architrave for the side wi... |
Avaya | Acquisition and return to private corporation & Bankruptcy (2016–2017) | that Avaya would buy Aurix. Shareholders approved the acquisition of Radvision for about $230 million on April 30, 2012, and the deal closed in June. Bankruptcy (2016–2017) According to May 2016 news articles citing "internal sources", Avaya's private-equity owners (Silver Lake Partners and TPG Capital) considered a sa... |
Baby Fox | null | Baby Fox Baby Fox was a 1990s British trip hop band made up of members Christine Ann Leach, Alex Gray and Dwight Clarke. They produced two albums. |
Alain Resnais | 1969–1980 | relate to a long-cherished but unfulfilled idea for a film based on the Harry Dickson stories by Jean Ray.
After contributing an episode to L'An 01 (The Year 01) (1973), a collective film organised by Jacques Doillon, Resnais made a second collaboration with Jorge Semprun for Stavisky (1974), based on the life of the n... |
Bill Zito | Sports agent & Team management | Tim Thomas, Tuukka Rask, Antti Niemi and Brian Rafalski, as well as several prominent professional ice hockey players in Europe. In 2013, Acme World Sports was listed as the 8th highest grossing hockey agency in the world. Zito negotiated several precedent-setting contracts, including a 6-year, $38 Million (USD) contra... |
Bellerive, Tasmania | History | boats would cross between Bellerive and Sullivans Cove every day.
Early on, farming and slaughterhouses where the main businesses in the area. In 1834 there were four known hotel/inn/taverns: Clarence House (1835-1838), Golden Fleece Inn (1823-1838), Highlander (1835-1861) and the Plough (1835-1866). The Wheat Sheef (1... |
Baron Altham | null | of James II he was restored and allowed to take his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1695. He was succeeded by his son James, the second Baron, who died as an infant shortly after his father. The late Baron was succeeded according to the special remainder by his uncle Richard Annesley, the third Baron. He was a cler... |
Black Lives Matter | Loose structure & Guiding principles & Broader movement | label used to describe a wide range of protests and conversations focused on racial inequality." Guiding principles According to the Black Lives Matter website, there are thirteen guiding principles that should apply to those who choose to become involved under the Black Lives Matter banner, among them Diversity, Globa... |
Blind Woman's Curse | Plot & Release | Blind Woman's Curse Plot Akemi (Kaji) is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang, Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat and the victim of the slashing go on to seek revenge on Akemi's gang, leaving a trai... |
Bhuj | History & Geography | states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, with Kutch becoming part of Gujarat state as Kutch district. Bhuj is the district headquarters of Kutch District, the largest district in India.
In the 21 July 1956 as well as in the 26 January 2001, the city suffered great losses of life and property due to earthquakes. Many parts of... |
Belton-Honea Path High School | Extracurriculars | and field, volleyball, baseball, competitive cheerleading, marching band, softball, and football. |
Billy Pierce | San Francisco Giants (1962–64) | described it as "the most satisfying game I ever pitched." Former NL umpire Babe Pinelli, watching from the press box, remarked, "Look at him fire that fast one! He's been in so many clutch games that they're nothing to him!" After the Dodgers tied the series in Game 2, he came back in Game 3 on October 3 to pitch the ... |
Alejandro Galindo (footballer) | International career | the match ended in a 0–1 defeat. He played another friendly match on 2 June 2012 against Costa Rica, where he played 79 minutes, that ended in a 1–0 victory. His first match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was on 8 June 2012, in a 2–1 defeat against Jamaica. |
Barrio Chino (Lima) | Origins | Barrio Chino (Lima) Barrio chino (Chinese: 利马唐人街; pinyin: Lì mǎ tángrénjiē) is a neighborhood in Lima, Peru that is centered on two blocks – 7 and 8 – of Jirón Ucayali (Ucayali Street) in downtown. The neighborhood was founded in the mid-19th century by Chinese immigrants, but it was heavily damaged in the late 19th ce... |
Bo Le | Huainanzi | Bo Le. Each had articulated a single corner but did not comprehend the full domain of the myriad techniques." The second (9, tr. Major et al. 2010:324) mentions another famous charioteer Wang Liang 王良: "Thus is Bo Le selects the steeds and Wang Liang drives them, and enlightened ruler can ride without the trouble of se... |
Bo Le | Huainanzi | above horse physiognomers: "Thus it is said, 'Obtaining ten sharp swords is not as good as attaining the skill of Ou Ye; obtaining one hundred fleet horses is not as good as attaining the arts of Bo Le … The assessment methods of Bo Le, Han Feng, Qin Ya, and Guan Qing were all different, but their understanding of hors... |
Armaan (2003 film) | Plot & Reception | him divorce and walks out of his life, freeing him to marry and settle down with Neha. Reception Armaan was a highly anticipated 2003 release mainly due to its cast. The film upon release met with mixed critical reviews. The films production and performances were lavishly praised. Most of the praise was directed towar... |
Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work | Synopsis | Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work Synopsis The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle. The title is somewhat misleading; it could more accurately have been called Aunt Jane's Nieces in Politics. (Uncle John Merrick tells his nieces that p... |
Babylonian cuneiform numerals | Characters & Zero | 12 and 120), was chosen due to its prime factorization: 2×2×3×5, which makes it divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 60. Integers and fractions were represented identically — a radix point was not written but rather made clear by context. Zero The Babylonians did not technically have a digit for, nor ... |
Auto Europe | Travel services & Travel industry awards | Auto Europe Travel services International car rental is the main service sold by Auto Europe. In addition to traditional self-driven rental cars, Auto Europe books luxury and sport vehicles, motorhome and campervan rentals, motorcycle rentals, long term rentals of factory new Peugeots (through the Peugeot Open Europe p... |
Bassegli | null | Bassegli The Bassegli or Basilio was a Ragusan noble family. It originated from Cattaro (Kotor), and seems to have been related to the Drago family, as the founder of all Basilio was Basilius Dragonis (fl. 1266–70). The Ragusan branch of the family was founded by Basilius de Basilio who was mentioned in a document dat... |
Anthony Pratt (businessman) | Career | same year, Pratt opened a 100% recycled paper mill near Chicago, adding about US$1 billion to his wealth. It was officially opened by then-Governor Mike Pence. In March, 2017, Pratt opened his 68th factory, a box-making plant, with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in Beloit. On May 4th, 2017, Pratt pledged in the presen... |
Bo Le | Zhanguo ce | came to a halt. He heaved on the shafts but could no longer climb. Po Lo came upon him there and leaping from his chariot he cradled (the horse's head) in his arms and wept. He took off his cape and covered the beast with it. Then Chi lowered his head and snorted, raised it and neighed with a sound that carried to the ... |
Black Jack, Missouri | 2010 census | 81.2% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.7% of the population.
There were 2,591 households of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were married couples living together, 21.4% ha... |
Agnes Sillars Hamilton | Life | she toured throughout Britain and Ireland. Where she gathered interest she may spend some months in that town but in other cases she would quickly move on.
She was well received but she was not able to retire and she attracted varying reviews from acknowledged phrenologists George Combe and Andrew Combe of the Edinburg... |
Black Spring (EP) | Background and recording | more "technically minded" and create "some more interesting sounds" without sounding overproduced. Lush began recording Black Spring in September, choosing Guthrie as a producer; he had produced Mad Love for the band in 1990. The recording sessions were held at September Sound, Guthrie's own recording studio in southwe... |
Battle of Long Tan | D Company reinforced | and moved through the artillery fire called in by Smith on D445 Battalion as it had attempted to outflank D Company. As they moved closer to D Company the carriers were engaged by small arms and RPGs, one of which exploded near the tracks of one of the advancing APCs, albeit without doing any damage. The three carriers... |
Black Lives Matter | 2015 | one of the men arrested, Allen Scarsella, was convicted of a dozen felony counts of assault and riot in connection with the shooting. Based in part on months of racist messages Scarsella had sent his friends before the shooting, the judge rejected arguments by his defense that Scarsella was "naïve" and sentenced him in... |
Benji Madden | Career | but later closed.
In 1996 Madden started a band with his twin brother Joel named Good Charlotte. The band still tours.
While still playing in Good Charlotte, Madden and Joel wrote and produced for other artists. Madden was a co-writer and co-producer of some of the songs on Hilary Duff's Most Wanted (2005) compilation ... |
Black Lives Matter | Loose structure | to a Twitter hashtag, a slogan, a social movement, or a loose confederation of groups advocating for racial justice. As a movement, Black Lives Matter is decentralized, and leaders have emphasized the importance of local organizing over national leadership. Activist DeRay McKesson has commented that the movement "encom... |
Badnjak (Serbian) | Felling and preparing | you", makes the Sign of the Cross, says a prayer, and kisses the tree. He may also explain to the badnjak why it will be cut: "I have come to you to take to my home, to be my faithful helper to every progress and improvement, in the house, in the pen, in the field, and in every place." He then cuts it slantwise on its ... |
Benji Madden | Personal life | and his brother became big fans of the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Redskins. He has the Orioles O's tattooed by his ear. He owns a Bengal cat named Danzig and has a collection of both new and old cars, including a Porsche 911, 1964 Chevrolet Impala, Lamborghinis, Audi R8, Jeep Grand Cherokee, and a 1963 Ford G... |
Battle of Long Tan | A Company and 3 Troop fight through | VC. With visibility limited by the low vegetation of the young rubber trees and the heavy rain, they suddenly encountered a company moving west in arrowhead dressed in greens, cloth hats and webbing. Uncertain of their identity, the Australians paused. Realising they were VC attempting to outflank D Company to attack i... |
Bo Le | Zhuangzi & Huainanzi | array them evenly with moon-mirrors on their foreheads, all they know is to try to break the cross-bar, twist out of the yoke, smash the chariot cover, expel the bit, and bite through the reins. Therefore, to take the knowledge of a horse and make it behave like a brigand is the crime of Poleh. (tr. Mair 80-82) Huainan... |
Berechiah ha-Nakdan | Fox Fables | before the Lion an accusation, as a monster worthy of detestation. Said His Majesty, "If he uses his teeth as you say, and causes scandal in this terrible way, I'll punish him in such a way as to save his neck, if I may, and yet prevent you becoming his prey." Said Lion to Wolf, "Attend me to-morrow, see that you come,... |
Billy Pierce | Progress interrupted | was part of a rare defensive shift; leading 4–2 in the ninth inning, he was moved to first base, with Harry Dorish entering in relief. Pinch hitter Don Bollweg barely beat out a bunt single to first base, but Pierce than recorded a putout on Gil McDougald's grounder to third base. He then retook the mound, and after is... |
Bo Le | Zhanguo ce & Zhuangzi | measures of gold to defray the expenses of your horses' fodder. (70, tr. Crump 1979:514)
The horse allegorizing Su Dai is called a junma 駿馬 "excellent horse; splendid steed", and Spring (1988:185) says Bole, "because of his ability to recognize merit, functions as a mediator." Zhuangzi Unlike most classical texts that... |
Battle of Long Tan | 12 Platoon attempts to link up with Buick | hovered in the heavy rain just above the rubber trees near a small clearing. Because they were to be dropped from some height, the wooden outer crates—which were still banded with metal straps—were wrapped in blankets for the wounded. Aboard the helicopters the 6 RAR Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officer Class One... |
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