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116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
State University is the largest of the nine schools comprising the state university system in Massachusetts (the five University of Massachusetts campuses are a separate system), with 7,500 undergraduates and 2,500 graduate students; its five campuses encompass and include 33 buildings. The Salem S... | 11,000 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
Education."
Salem State University enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students representing 27 states and 57 foreign countries, and is one of the largest state universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university also offers Continuing Education courses for credit or non-c... | 11,001 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
July 28, 2010 Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick signed into law a bill that transforms Salem State College into Salem State University.
Salem State University plans to build a $36 to $42 million dorm for 350 to 400 students. Construction starts in the spring of 2014. In April 2014, Salem Sta... | 11,002 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
schools include the Bates, Carlton, Horace Mann, Nathaniel Bowditch, Saltonstall and Witchcraft Heights schools. Collins Middle School is located on Highland Avenue.
Nathaniel Bowditch School, and Salem High School are located on Wilson Street. Salem Academy Charter School and Bentley Academy Char... | 11,003 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
of teachers and other staff members. The Massachusetts General Court passed legislation, and residents raised enough money, that averted teacher layoffs. Several dozen support workers were still laid off. Police were investigating what happened to the money in a search for criminal violations of th... | 11,004 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
Apostle School closed in 1973, St. Anne School closed in 1976, St. John the Baptist School closed in 1977 and St. Joseph High School closed in 1980.
# Tourism.
"See also: Chestnut Street District and Salem Maritime National Historic Site"
## Historic homes.
The Pickman House, built circa 1664, ... | 11,005 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
Salem as a historic house museum.
Hamilton Hall is located on Chestnut Street, where many grand mansions can be traced to the roots of the Old China Trade. Hamilton Hall was built in 1805 by Samuel McIntire and is considered one of his best pieces. It was declared a National Historic Landmark by t... | 11,006 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
played the comic witch "Samantha" in the 1960s series "Bewitched". A few special episodes of the series were actually filmed in Salem, and TV Land said that the statue commemorated the 35th anniversary of those episodes. The statue was sculpted by StudioEIS under the direction of brothers Elliott a... | 11,007 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
to be a place of reflection" for the city, a reminder that we are capable of these things. This according to
## Other tourist attractions.
In 2000, the replica tall ship "Friendship of Salem" was finished and sailed to Salem Harbor, where she sits today. The "Friendship of Salem" is a reconstruct... | 11,008 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
Mayor Driscoll launched "The Nathaniel Bowditch", a 92-foot catamaran with a top speed of 30 knots which makes the trip between Salem and Boston in just under an hour.
- Waterfront redevelopment - The first step in the redevelopment was in 2006, when the State of Massachusetts gave Salem $1,000,00... | 11,009 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
was arguably the first American privateer to bring home a prize, and she made 20 more captures before being wrecked in the Bay of Fundy in 1814.
The new "Fame" is a full-scale replica of this famous schooner. Framed and planked of white oak and trunnel-fastened in the traditional manner, the repli... | 11,010 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
Peabody Essex Museum is a leading museum of Asian art and culture and early American maritime trade and whaling; its collections of Indian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese art, and in particular Chinese export porcelain, are among the finest in the country. Founded in 1799, it is the oldest continuou... | 11,011 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
$550 million with plans to raise an additional $100 million by 2016. The Boston Globe reported this was the largest capital campaign in the museum's history vaulting the Peabody Essex into the top tier of major art museums. The Peabody Essex Museum trustees co-chairs Sam Byrne and Sean Healey with ... | 11,012 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
during a winter storm in the 1620s. The islands, in the past, have been home to a club with a golf course and about two dozen cottages. The islands are now uninhabited.
The Pioneer Village, created in 1930, was America's first living-history museum. The site features a three-acre re-creation of a ... | 11,013 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
shuttered in 1991 when Essex County opened its new facility in Middleton. In 2010, a $12 million renovation was completed. One feature of the reconstruction is the jail keeper's house, a three-story brick, Federal-period building originally built in 1813. The project went into a long phase of stagn... | 11,014 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
1801 to form a shaded walk for patients convalescing at a nearby smallpox hospital. The area became a public park in 1858, and in the twentieth century became a summer destination for residents of Boston's North Shore, many of whom escaped the heat of the city on newly popular streetcars. The beach... | 11,015 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
banks.
# Points of interest.
- Crowninshield-Bentley House (c. 1727–30)
- Gedney House (c. 1665), one of the oldest homes in Salem; located on High Street and Summer Street
- House of the Seven Gables (1668)
- John Tucker Daland House (1851)
- Joseph Story House
- White-Lord House (1811) 31 ... | 11,016 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
Hodges House (1788) Built for the founder of the Salem East India Marine Society who founded what is now the Peabody Essex Museum.
- Derby House (1762) First brick house built in Salem after another man had died of a cold who lived in a brick home. Home of America's first millionaire ranked the 10... | 11,017 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
Salem Common
- Salem Maritime National Historic Site, the only remaining intact waterfront from the U.S. age of sail
- Salem Willows Park (1858), a small oceanfront amusement park
- Stephen Phillips House (1800 & 1821)
- Winter Island, park and historic point of the U.S. Coast Guard in WW2 for ... | 11,018 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
architect and maritime artist
- William Bentley (1759–1819), Unitarian minister, Salem diarist
- Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838), mathematician and navigator; Nathaniel Bowditch School is named in his honor
- Rick Brunson, NBA player and coach
- William Mansfield Buffum (1832-1905), member of Ar... | 11,019 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
US Congressman
- Elias Hasket Derby (1739–1799), merchant, first millionaire
- Elias Hasket Derby Jr. (1766-1826) General of Second Corp Cadets, Engineer of extending the smuggling tunnels in Salem, inventor of first broadcloth loom in America
- Joseph Dixon (1799–1869) Inventor of the SLR, high... | 11,020 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
(c. 1576–1650), early businessman and political leader
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), iconic author of "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables"
- Mary Tileston Hemenway (1820 – 1894) Sponsor of the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition.
- Harriet Lawrence Hemenway (... | 11,021 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
(1757–1811), architect and woodcarver
- Rob Oppenheim (born 1980), professional golfer
- Charles Grafton Page (1812–1868), electrical inventor
- George Swinnerton Parker (1866–1952), founder of Parker Brothers
- Samuel Parris (1653–1720), minister
- Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880), mathematician a... | 11,022 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
Pickering (1745–1829), secretary of state to Washington and Adams, aide de camp to Washington
- Benjamin Pickman, Jr. (1763–1843), early Salem merchant for whom Pickman Street is named
- Dudley Leavitt Pickman (1779–1846), state legislator
- Ernest R. Redmond (1883-1966), Army officer and Chief ... | 11,023 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
in Salem, original Puritan church in North America
- Joseph Story (September 18, 1779 – September 10, 1845) Associate Superior Court Justice
- Steve Thomas, former host of PBS's "This Old House"
- Lydia Louisa Anna Very (1823–1901), American author and illustrator
- Bob Vila, craftsman
- Thoma... | 11,024 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
1991
# References.
- Perley, Sidney. History of Salem, Massachusetts in Three Volumes. Full images at University of Virginia eText Center and the Salem Witch Trial Documentary Archive and Transcription Project.
- 1795 Map of Salem.
- Saunders, Jonathan P. 1832 Map of Salem.
- Beer, D.G. 1872 A... | 11,025 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
1897 Atlas of Salem Massachusetts Index Map.
- Walker. 1911 Atlas of Salem, Massachusetts.
- Salem 1906-1938 Index or Key Map.
- Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to 1849. Published 1916, 1918, 1924, 1925. Transcribed and put online by John Slaugher.
# Further reading.
- Goff, John, "Looki... | 11,026 |
116759 | Salem, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem,%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts
istoric Site: Official Map and Guide", United States Department of the Interior
- Smith-Dalton, Maggi (Salem History Society) "Stories & shadows from Salem's past : Naumkeag notations,"American Chronicles Series, Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.https://www.worldcat.org/title/stories-shadows-f... | 11,027 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
Hampden, Massachusetts
Hampden is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,139 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The namesake of Hampden is John Hampden, an English patriot.
# Overview.
Hampden is... | 11,028 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
Indians. They sold it to William Pynchon of Springfield in 1674, and the area then became known as Springfield Mountain, but it was not settled (as South Wilbraham) until about 1741. The first European settlers were the Stebbins and Hitchcock families. The first sawmill was erected on the Scantic... | 11,029 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
song "Rattlesnake Mountain".
The settlement was built on the banks of the Scantic River. The first grist and saw mills required the waters of the Scantic to provide them with power. Since their businesses had to be near the river, so also did the owners need to be close to their mills. So many o... | 11,030 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
towns.
Several factors, however, changed the destiny of the town. The lack of transportation to deliver the materials manufactured was probably the greatest deterrent. When the proposed railroad from Stafford to Springfield failed, quarries and mills were forced to use limited facilities, thereb... | 11,031 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
the area, with the herds of milk-producing cows, and with farmers growing their many crops.
At about this time, numerous summer type vacation homes were built for Springfield residents who vacationed in Hampden. From these, many year-round homes developed.
Now the mills and quarries, orchards a... | 11,032 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
the surrounding area.
In August 1955, Hampden was hit by Hurricane Diane. Flooding was the major damage. Most bridges were washed away.
Since 2000, Hampden residents have acquired over of open space and park land, including the peak of Minnechaug Mountain, one of the higher hills in town. A tra... | 11,033 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
was burnt down, but original Burgess' home on the property was untouched by the fire, and still stands.
After a week of rain and an extremely hard rain on the early morning of October 9, 2005, the Scantic River and many of its tributaries overflowed their banks. Many homes, and businesses were f... | 11,034 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
of water, but has several brooks which eventually drain into the Connecticut River.
Hampden is located on the Connecticut border, just north of Tolland County. It is bordered on the north by Wilbraham, on the east by Monson, on the south by Stafford, Connecticut and Somers, Connecticut, and on t... | 11,035 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
to have this distinction. The town does not have stoplights. The nearest state route, Route 83, misses the town by less than a tenth of a mile. The town lies south of two exits of Interstate 90, and approximately east of Interstate 91. There are no means of mass transportation in the town. The ne... | 11,036 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
in January, 1960. In late July, 2006, the temperature reached 100 degrees on a hot afternoon. These are the known recent extremes of temperature in Hampden. On March 14, 1995, after several snowstorms and little melting, a snow depth of 28" was recorded. However, some winters there is little snow... | 11,037 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
town was 96.70% White, 0.50% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.50% of the population.
There were 1,887 households out of which 32.1% had children under the ag... | 11,038 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 18.1% from 25 to 44, 35.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47.1 years.
The median income for a household in the town was $81,130, and the median income for a family was $86,848.
According to the 2000 Census,... | 11,039 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
Health, Planning Board, Conservation Committee, Board of Assessors, Park and Recreation Board, and various other boards and committees common to town governments throughout New England. Hampden's Board of Selectmen is currently composed of Selectman chair John Flynn and Selectman Don Davenport, w... | 11,040 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
residents could read and research at neighboring libraries, town residents could no longer borrow books from many libraries in other towns. The library and senior center were reopened in the summer of 2006. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Hampden spent 0.85% ($76,862) of its budget on its public... | 11,041 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
of worship.
Hampden has three churches of the following faiths: Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Federated which is the (combined United Church of Christ, Congregational and United Methodist).
The Roman Catholic church is named St.Mary's. The Baptist Church is named Bethlehem Church and has particu... | 11,042 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
which was home of author Thornton Burgess.
- Minnechaug Mountain: Hiking trails and nature walks on a town owned reserve. Parking at the trailhead on South Rd.
- Algonquin Trail: Also known as the old "Boy Scout Trail", or the "Ridge Trail", it traverses the town from north to south. Goes throu... | 11,043 |
116798 | Hampden, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampden,%20Massachusetts | Hampden, Massachusetts
ct with other regional trail systems through the towns of Wilbraham, MA, and Somers, CT, sometime in the future.
- Mountain View (also known as Snappy's, Sullivan's, and Sully's): A popular restaurant to Hampden and Springfield area residents during the summer (also in late spring). It includes ... | 11,044 |
511889 | Lake Abaya | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake%20Abaya | Lake Abaya
Lake Abaya
Lake Abaya (Abaya Hayk in Amharic) is a lake in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Main Ethiopian Rift, east of the Guge Mountains.
The town of Arba Minch lies on its southwestern shore, and the southern shores are part of the Nechisar Nati... | 11,045 |
511889 | Lake Abaya | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake%20Abaya | Lake Abaya
1162 square kilometers. There are a number of islands in this lake, the largest being Aruro; others include Gidicho, Welege, Galmaka, and Alkali. The lake is red due to a high load of suspended sediments.
The lake is fed by three medium-sized rivers. First there is the Bilate which rises on the southern slo... | 11,046 |
511889 | Lake Abaya | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake%20Abaya | Lake Abaya
northwest of Bule Hora Town. Tributary streams also rise on the eastern and northern slopes of the Amaro Mountains. The Gelana then flows northwards through the "Gelana Graben" in the middle between both mountain ranges before it enters the Bore swamps and finally drains on the eastern side into the lake.
T... | 11,047 |
511889 | Lake Abaya | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake%20Abaya | Lake Abaya
vel oscillates somewhat, in 2017 it was at 1,175 m, 15 m below the overflow level. In the last 50 years, the lake level oscillated only ±1.5 m around a mean value which is well below the overflow level. Consequently, the maximum depth of the lake changes only slightly from year to year, in the year 2002 the ... | 11,048 |
511892 | Gerrit P. Judd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerrit%20P.%20Judd | Gerrit P. Judd
Gerrit P. Judd
Gerrit Parmele Judd (April 23, 1803 – July 12, 1873) was an American physician and missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii who later renounced his American citizenship and became a trusted advisor and cabinet minister to King Kamehameha III.
# Life.
Judd was born April 23, 1803 in Paris, On... | 11,049 |
511892 | Gerrit P. Judd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerrit%20P.%20Judd | Gerrit P. Judd
couple sailed to Hawaii (then known as the 'Sandwich Islands') that same year, on the ship "Parthian", the third company from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
He was assigned to the mission at Honolulu on the island of Oahu, as a missionary physician, and continued in that emplo... | 11,050 |
511892 | Gerrit P. Judd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerrit%20P.%20Judd | Gerrit P. Judd
of Representatives from 1858 to 1859. He was commissioned in 1849 as Minister Plenipotentiary to England, France and the United States.
He was one of the founders of the Punahou School for children of the missionaries in 1841. He founded Hawaii's first medical school in 1870, and was the author of one o... | 11,051 |
511892 | Gerrit P. Judd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerrit%20P.%20Judd | Gerrit P. Judd
children:
- 1. Gerrit Parmele II born March 8, 1829, died November 13, 1839, buried in Oahu Cemetery.
- 2. Elizabeth Kinau born July 5, 1831 died August 9, 1918. Married September 29, 1857 to Samuel Gardner Wilder (1831–1888) from Leominster, Massachusetts, six children.
- 3. Helen Seymour born August... | 11,052 |
511892 | Gerrit P. Judd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerrit%20P.%20Judd | Gerrit P. Judd
to Joshua Gill Dickson (1830–1880), four children.
- 6. Albert Francis born January 7, 1838 died May 20, 1900. Married April 4, 1872 to Agnes Hall Boyd (1844–1934) nine children. Last child Lawrence M. Judd became Governor of the Territory of Hawaii in 1929–1934.
- 7. Alan Wilkes born April 20, 1840 an... | 11,053 |
511892 | Gerrit P. Judd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerrit%20P.%20Judd | Gerrit P. Judd
basis of the novel "The White King". A biography, "Dr. Judd, Hawaii’s Friend" which was written by his great-grandson Gerrit P. Judd IV (1915–1971) and published in 1960. His papers were kept under restricted access at the Bishop Museum until his great-grandson Albert Francis Judd III died in 2006.
# Fu... | 11,054 |
511892 | Gerrit P. Judd | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerrit%20P.%20Judd | Gerrit P. Judd
awaii’s Friend" which was written by his great-grandson Gerrit P. Judd IV (1915–1971) and published in 1960. His papers were kept under restricted access at the Bishop Museum until his great-grandson Albert Francis Judd III died in 2006.
# Further reading.
- Buckminster, Lydia N.H., The Hastings Memori... | 11,055 |
511893 | John McCarthy (journalist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20McCarthy%20(journalist) | John McCarthy (journalist)
John McCarthy (journalist)
John Patrick McCarthy (born 27 November 1956) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis. McCarthy was the United Kingdom's longest-held hostage in Lebanon, where he was a prisoner for more than five years... | 11,056 |
511893 | John McCarthy (journalist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20McCarthy%20(journalist) | John McCarthy (journalist)
Keenan for several years. While a prisoner, he learned that his girlfriend, Jill Morrell, was actively campaigning for his release, launching a group called "Friends of John McCarthy".
By the time of McCarthy's release, his mother Sheila had died of cancer, unaware of his fate. Following his... | 11,057 |
511893 | John McCarthy (journalist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20McCarthy%20(journalist) | John McCarthy (journalist)
with Toksvig's brother, Nick. He co-presented the BBC Radio 4 programme "Excess Baggage", also with Sandi Toksvig. On 29 March 2014, McCarthy hosted the ceremony for the "I Do To Equal Marriage" event which celebrated the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales. Toksvig renewed... | 11,058 |
511893 | John McCarthy (journalist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20McCarthy%20(journalist) | John McCarthy (journalist)
of Series 1 of "Drop the Dead Donkey", first aired in 1990, included a copy of a "Wanted" poster with McCarthy's photograph released during the campaign on his behalf. It is displayed on the wall in the news room and is frequently in shot, but not mentioned in the programme.
- The 1993 HBO f... | 11,059 |
511893 | John McCarthy (journalist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20McCarthy%20(journalist) | John McCarthy (journalist)
Ben Kaye to create "Thoughts Scribbled on a Blank Wall", an exploration of the mental torture he underwent during his long incarceration. Commissioned by JAM (John Armitage Memorial), the work premiered in Fleet Street to critical acclaim in 2007 and was described by BBC Radio 3's Sean Raffer... | 11,060 |
511893 | John McCarthy (journalist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20McCarthy%20(journalist) | John McCarthy (journalist)
jor Sky Arts series, "Art of Faith", presented by McCarthy, was broadcast in 2008. The series, produced by Illuminations, was an exploration of the art and architecture of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. In 2009, production of a follow up series of "Art of Faith" began, featuring Buddhism, H... | 11,061 |
511901 | IBM 1442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IBM%201442 | IBM 1442
IBM 1442
IBM 1442 was a combination IBM card reader and card punch. It read and punched 80-column IBM-format punched cards and was used on the IBM 1440, the IBM 1130, the IBM 1800 and System/360 and was an option on the IBM System/3.
# Overview.
The 1442 could read up to 400 cards per minute. Cards were rea... | 11,062 |
511901 | IBM 1442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IBM%201442 | IBM 1442
were two output hoppers, or stackers, located in the photo on the left lower side. One could program to select the output hopper for each card read, so it was possible to read cards and separate them into two groups. Cards were placed in the top hopper ("face down, nine-edge leading") and a plate was added on ... | 11,063 |
511901 | IBM 1442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IBM%201442 | IBM 1442
1 read cards at 80 cards per minute (cpm) and punched at 50 to 270 cpm, depending on the number of columns punched. One stacker was standard and a second was optional.
- The 1442 Model 2 read cards at 400 cpm and punched from 91 to 360 cpm. Two stackers were standard.
- The 1442 Model 6 attached to an IBM Sy... | 11,064 |
511901 | IBM 1442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IBM%201442 | IBM 1442
stacker was standard on the Model 3.
- The 1442 Model 4 attached to an IBM 1440 computer system. It read cards at 400 cpm, and, like the Model 3, had no punch feature.
## Punch only.
- The 1442 Model 5 was a punch-only device that attached to an IBM 2922 Programmable Terminal. It had one stacker and could p... | 11,065 |
511901 | IBM 1442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IBM%201442 | IBM 1442
a maximum rate of 91 cpm.
# 2501/1442 combination.
The 1442 has two weaknesses for those wanting more throughput:
- Maximum input speed is 400 cards per minute
- The 1442 needs attention for every column of data.
By combining the higher speed IBM 2501 card reader and a punch-only IBM 1442, the 1442's limi... | 11,066 |
511900 | Best boy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Best%20boy | Best boy
Best boy
In a film crew there are two kinds of best boy: best boy electric and best boy grip. They are assistants to their department heads, the gaffer (in charge of electricals) and the key grip (lighting and rigging), respectively. In short, the best boy acts as the foreman for his department. A woman who p... | 11,067 |
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completing timecards and other paperwork; stocking of expendables; loading and unloading production trucks; planning and implementing the lighting or rigging of locations and/or sound stages; coordinating with rigging crews and additional photography units (if applicable); handling relations with the other pro... | 11,068 |
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when he or she is on break or otherwise away from the set.
On films with very small crews, the electric (lighting) department often consists of only a gaffer, a best boy, and a few electricians. The grip department may include only a key grip, a best boy, and a few grips. Large-scale productions such as major... | 11,069 |
511900 | Best boy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Best%20boy | Best boy
member of a ship's crew, but confirmatory evidence for either of these theories appears to be lacking." The earliest known appearance of the phrase in print is 1931 from the "Albuquerque Journal": "Among the electricians .. the department head is the gaffer, his first assistant is the best boy."
As the gaffer... | 11,070 |
511900 | Best boy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Best%20boy | Best boy
The title is accepted for use in credits by the BBC.
The end credits of the 1980 comedy film "Airplane!" named the Best Boy, then the next line was "Worst Boy", naming Adolf Hitler in that position.
# Usage outside English.
Many French language films made in Canada use "Best Boy" in the credits. The term ha... | 11,071 |
511890 | Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jewish%20Anti-Fascist%20Committee | Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC, "Yevreysky antifashistsky komitet", ЕАК) was organized by the Jewish Bund (labor union) leaders Henryk Erlich and Victor Alter, upon an initiative of Soviet authorities, in fall 1941; both were released from prison in c... | 11,072 |
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of Jews in the last year part of Stalin's rule (for example, the "Doctors' plot"), most prominent members of the JAC were arrested on trumped-up spying charges, tortured, tried in secret proceedings, and executed in the basement of Lubyanka Prison. Stalin and elements of the KGB were worri... | 11,073 |
511890 | Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jewish%20Anti-Fascist%20Committee | Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
of antisemitism in the Soviet Union. In 1943, Mikhoels and Itzik Feffer, the first official representatives of the Soviet Jewry allowed to visit the West, embarked on a seven-month tour to the United States, Mexico, Canada and the United Kingdom to increase their support for the Lend-Lease... | 11,074 |
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Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise. Among others, they met Chaim Weizmann, Charlie Chaplin, Marc Chagall, Paul Robeson and Lion Feuchtwanger.
In addition to the funds for the Soviet war effort – US$16 million raised in the US, $15 million in England, $1 million in Mexico, $750,000 in Mandatory Pal... | 11,075 |
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Persecution.
Towards the end and immediately after the war, the JAC became involved in documenting the Holocaust. This ran contrary to the official Soviet policy to present it as atrocities against all Soviet citizens, not acknowledging the specific genocide of the Jews.
Committee member... | 11,076 |
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Black Book was indeed published in New York City in 1946, but no Russian edition appeared. The typeface galleys were broken up in 1948, when the political situation of Soviet Jewry deteriorated.
In January 1948, Mikhoels was killed in Minsk by Ministry of State Security agents who staged ... | 11,077 |
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"Hitler wanted to destroy us physically, Stalin wants to do it spiritually." On 12 August 1952, at least thirteen prominent Yiddish writers were executed in the event known as the "Night of the Murdered Poets" ("Ночь казненных поэтов").
# List of notable JAC members.
The size of JAC fluc... | 11,078 |
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a poet
- Ilya Ehrenburg, a writer
- Eli Falkovich, a writer
- Solomon Bregman, a deputy minister of State Control
- Aaron Katz, a General of the Stalin Military Academy
- Boris Shimeliovich, the Chief Surgeon of the Red Army and director of Botkin Hospital
- Joseph Yuzefovich, a hist... | 11,079 |
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and humanist and the first female full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Israel Fisanovich, submarine commander, Hero of the Soviet Union
# See also.
- History of the Jews in Russia and Soviet Union
- Yevsektsiya
- Doctors' plot
- History of anti-Semitism
- Vasily Grossman... | 11,080 |
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nt to Mikhail Suslov in June 1946 (Library of Congress archives)
- JAC case (in Russian language) at International Democracy Fund Archives
- Stalin's secret pogrom: Commies who became politically incorrect (By Chuck Morse)
- Beyond the Pale: The history of Jews in Russia
- Group photo ... | 11,081 |
511885 | Tully, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tully,%20Queensland | Tully, Queensland
Tully, Queensland
Tully is a town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is adjacent to the Bruce Highway, approximately south of Cairns by road and north of Townsville. At the , Tully had a population of 2,436, and at the , the population was 2,390.
The Tully River (p... | 11,082 |
511885 | Tully, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tully,%20Queensland | Tully, Queensland
base of the region is agriculture: sugar cane and bananas are the dominant crops. The sugar cane grown at the many farms in the district is processed locally at the Tully Sugar Mill, and the raw sugar produced is shipped elsewhere for further refining.
# History.
The Tully River area was slowly sett... | 11,083 |
511885 | Tully, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tully,%20Queensland | Tully, Queensland
within the Cardwell Division, which became the Shire of Cardwell in 1903. The first headquarters for the division/shire were in older town of Cardwell. In 1929, the decision was taken to relocate the shire council's headquarters to the newer but more populous town of Tully. The first council meeting h... | 11,084 |
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disease. Follow-up testing confirmed the results. One of the strains of the disease affects all types of bananas and has previously only been detected in the Northern Territory. Harvesting continued on the property with strict protocols allowing the farm to continue to operate and distribute product w... | 11,085 |
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Australia. However, a rivalry exists between Tully and the nearby town of Babinda for that title, which Babinda mostly wins. Although Tully's average rainfall is less than that of Babinda, a giant gumboot (the "Golden Gumboot") was erected in Tully in 2003, as a monument to the town's high rainfall. I... | 11,086 |
511885 | Tully, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tully,%20Queensland | Tully, Queensland
sustained severe façade and or roof damage. As daybreak came, reports from the town stated that about 90 percent of the structures along the main avenue sustained extensive damage.
# Amenities.
The Cassowary Coast Regional Council operates the Dorothy Jones Library at 34 Bryant Street, Tully.
The T... | 11,087 |
511885 | Tully, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tully,%20Queensland | Tully, Queensland
has serviced students in the Tully district (comprising Cardwell, Kennedy, Mission Beach, Wongaling Beach, Tully, Feluga, El Arish and various other small centres) since its establishment in 1964. Tully State High School has an enrolment of approximately 630 students. As of 2016, Richard Graham is the... | 11,088 |
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Cyclone Yasi in 2011. B Block was completely destroyed and G Block was damaged. Both have since been rebuilt.
## Tully State School.
Tully State School caters to the educational needs of the town's primary school children. When erected in 1924, it was known as Banyan Provisional and has since gone t... | 11,089 |
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is the local Rugby League club. One of their most famous juniors is former Cowboys forward Peter Jones. Tully was once one of the biggest sporting hubs in Far North Queensland, but since the economic crisis has hit, they are looking for more and more ways to support their clubs.
Tully is the last pla... | 11,090 |
511885 | Tully, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tully,%20Queensland | Tully, Queensland
lack rugby player Keith Murdoch has been sighted.
# Attractions.
The Golden Gumboot is in the park on corner of Butler Street and Hort Street. Built in 2003, the Gumboot is 6.1 metres long and 7. 9 metres high; the height corresponds to highest annual rainfall in a populated area of Australia, which... | 11,091 |
511882 | Daisy (advertisement) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daisy%20(advertisement) | Daisy (advertisement)
Daisy (advertisement)
"Daisy", sometimes known as "Daisy Girl" or "Peace, Little Girl", was a controversial political advertisement aired on television during the 1964 United States presidential election by incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign. Though only aired once (by the campaign)... | 11,092 |
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a daisy while counting each one—repeating some numbers and counting some in the wrong order. After she reaches "nine", she pauses, as if trying to remember the next number, and a male voice is then heard saying "ten", at the start of a missile launch countdown. Seemingly in response to the countdo... | 11,093 |
511882 | Daisy (advertisement) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daisy%20(advertisement) | Daisy (advertisement)
a detonation similar in appearance to the near surface burst Trinity test of 1945. The scene then cuts to footage of a mushroom cloud and then to a final cut of a slowed close-up section of the incandescence in the nuclear explosion.
A voiceover from Johnson plays over all three pieces of nuclear... | 11,094 |
511882 | Daisy (advertisement) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daisy%20(advertisement) | Daisy (advertisement)
on November 3rd", then adding, "The stakes are too high for you to stay home."
Though regarded as a negative ad against Johnson's opponent, Barry Goldwater, Goldwater is never mentioned in the ad.
# Background.
In the 1964 election, Republican Barry Goldwater campaigned on a right-wing message ... | 11,095 |
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and wipe out 300 million people before sundown." In turn, Goldwater defended himself by accusing Johnson of making the accusation indirectly, and contending that the media blew the issue out of proportion. While Johnson wished to de-escalate the Vietnam War, Goldwater was a supporter and even sugg... | 11,096 |
511882 | Daisy (advertisement) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daisy%20(advertisement) | Daisy (advertisement)
leader Robert Creel supported him, and "Confessions of a Republican" also noted the KKK ties. Another notable ad of the Johnson campaign, "Eastern Seaboard", took aim at Goldwater's statement: "Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the eastern seaboard and let... | 11,097 |
511882 | Daisy (advertisement) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daisy%20(advertisement) | Daisy (advertisement)
a sound designer and media consultant whom they hired to work on the project. The DDB team consisted of Art Director Sid Myers, Producer Aaron Ehrlich, Senior Copywriter Stan Lee and Junior Copywriter Gene Case. The concept, using the counting of a child leading into a launch pad countdown and ult... | 11,098 |
511882 | Daisy (advertisement) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daisy%20(advertisement) | Daisy (advertisement)
telecast of "David and Bathsheba" on "The NBC Monday Movie". Johnson's campaign was widely criticized for using the prospect of nuclear war, as well as for the implication that Goldwater would start one, to frighten voters. The ad was immediately pulled, but the point was made, appearing on the ni... | 11,099 |
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