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621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
be ready to sail, and his ships are ready to fight again, when they reach Mauritius. Keating is equally ready. The "Emma" nears the "Boadicea", with many other British sails in view. Tom Pullings comes aboard with the Gazette announcing the birth of a son to Sophia. Aubrey is ecstatic at the news.... | 12,800 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
has committed suicide, unable to face Jack Aubrey, whom he considers a rival. A ceremonial dinner is given at Government House. Maturin spreads rumours about Aubrey's father soon to have power in London, via Mr Peters, which rumours are believed by Bertie. The Admiral gives Aubrey the honour of ta... | 12,801 |
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strong woman.
- Charlotte and Fanny: Jack and Sophie's twin, infant daughters, perhaps six months old when he leaves.
- Baby boy Aubrey: Son born to Sophia while this mission takes place; news is in the Naval Gazette.
- Cecelia: Young daughter of Mrs William's middle daughter. Niece of Sophie a... | 12,802 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
passage to join him at the Cape.
- At the Cape
- Robert Townsend Farquhar, Esquire: temporary governor of La Réunion, trained in the law, skilled in politics, no ear for music, good chess player. He is R T Farquhar when picked up at Plymouth, but oddly William Farquhar, Governor-designate in Adm... | 12,803 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
parts company, appointment confirmed at Cape Town.
- Mr Richardson: Midshipman in "Boadicea", nicknamed Spotted Dick, skilled in mathematics, partner to Aubrey in navigation. Later he takes the aviso "Pearl" to Rodriguez island.
- Mr Buchan: Master in HMS "Boadicea" who is killed by cannon fire ... | 12,804 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
advantage.
- William McAdam: Surgeon in HMS "Néréide", specialist in diseases of the mind, knows Clonfert and knew his father as well.
- Golovnin: Russian fleet lieutenant, captain of sloop "Diana" caught at Cape Town when Russia joined with France for a while (thus an enemy to England), slipped... | 12,805 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
arrived on the "Sirius".
- Colonel McLeod: British army officer leading a brigade in the attack on La Réunion, arrived on the "Boadicea".
- Colonel Saint-Susanne: French army commander on La Réunion, surrendered the island on terms.
- Mr Satterly: Master in HMS "Néréide"
- Mr Webber: Second li... | 12,806 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
is made Master and Commander of "Otter" upon promotion of Clonfert to "Néréide".
- Captain Corbett: Captain of HMS "Néréide" and then HMS "Africaine".
- Captain Eliot: Captain in HMS "Boadicea" while Aubrey sailed in HMS "Raisonable".
- Captain Lambert: Captain of HMS "Iphigenia".
- Captain Lu... | 12,807 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
as Captain of troop ship "Groper", then of "Emma". He is now the father of a son, John.
- Mr Fortescue: Captain of the schooner "Wasp", and a man fond of birds, spent a long time with the albatross, shared specimens with Maturin after carrying him ashore on La Réunion.
# Ships.
## The Squadron.... | 12,808 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
– schooner
- HMS "Illustrious" *
## The French.
- "Caroline" * - frigate
- "Bellone" * - frigate
- "Minerve" * - frigate
- "Victor" * - corvette
- "Ceylan" * - captured British Indiaman
- "Wyndham" * - captured British Indiaman
- "Vénus" * - frigate
- "Manche" * - frigate
- "Astrée" * -... | 12,809 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
are directly in the fight. Aubrey makes the strategic decisions and knows the timing of when to act, but must learn how to manage other captains, not only the crew directly reporting to him. One theme is the contrast between Aubrey's development in his career and acceptance of what comes, to the i... | 12,810 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
captain to the power of ten. He’s ridiculous, he lies, but he is brave and does know the waters. And for once we hear Stephen and Jack discuss him, because he’s not a shipmate so Stephen doesn’t feel like an informer talking about him. He’s a psychological curiosity without any doubt, and O’Brian ... | 12,811 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
of army forces under Harry Keating. O'Brian notes this in the preface. Réunion (Île Bourbon or Île Bonaparte) was taken completely in July 1810, and Mauritius (Île de France, earlier called Mauritius by the Dutch) was formally captured on 3 December 1810. Many of the names of people involved in th... | 12,812 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
the project. There are other differences from the historical event, one being that the French captain of the "Vénus" Hamelin survived the encounter, surrendering to the British, going on to honor in France. In contrast, Captain Corbett's reputation and death aboard ship match that of Robert Corbet... | 12,813 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
Pym was taken prisoner by the French in the Battle of Grand Port in August 1810, released only when a later squadron from Cape Town re-took Île de la Passe in December 1810, freeing Pym and others taken prisoner. For the loss of his ship, Pym faced the usual court martial, and was exonerated of bl... | 12,814 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
event, as he led the squadron in December 1810. Some view that defeat as the most serious to the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Wars; the interim defeat and very real loss of ships were cloaked in victory, as the islands were taken. The French mark their victory on the Arc de Triomphe, the only nava... | 12,815 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
Royal Society of Miss Caroline Herschel, famed astronomer and sister to William Herschel, and she aided him in the technique of polishing the lens for his telescope. She was in her sixties at the time period of the novel. In his development as a scientific sailor, Aubrey had presented a paper on h... | 12,816 |
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French empire. The French ship "Caroline" was rechristened as HMS "Bourbonnaise", both because there was already a ship named Caroline in the Royal Navy, and the island where she was taken had that as one of its names.
The story of the Russian Captain Golovnin aboard the ship "Diana", caught at a... | 12,817 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
novo, – novi, eh?"" ("Always something new coming out of Africa".) This is the popular version of a quotation from Pliny the Elder, ""unde etiam vulgare Graeciae dictum semper aliquid novi Africam adferre"" Later Maturin quotes the Earl of Rochester, "Every man would be a coward if he durst" (whic... | 12,818 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
aspects of early nineteenth century life, with impeccable period detail...[Compared to Forester's characters] Aubrey and Maturin are subtler, richer items; in addition Patrick O'Brian has a gift for the comic which Forester lacks.
"Jack's assignment: to capture the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion... | 12,819 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
the writing as having "the poetry of fact on blue-water currents under the trades."
Reviews published at the re-issue in 1991 were favorable and detailed.
"Publishers Weekly" found O'Brian to be "a graceful writer, and the book is full of wonderful period details". The novel's "peculiar narrativ... | 12,820 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
life aboard a sailing ship is vivid and authoritative" and O'Brian presented "the lost arcana of that hard-pressed, cruel, courageous world with an immediacy that makes its workings both comprehensible and fascinating." He noted too that "behind the humor, behind the storms and the broadside duels... | 12,821 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
written down, as when he carefully details the rueful steps by which Stephen Maturin falls out of love." At this time of the re-issues of the novels by W W Norton in the US, Snow recommended that a reader start with the first and keep reading to the last one, then "You will have read what I contin... | 12,822 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
3 April 2011 the BBC broadcast Roger Danes' dramatization of the book, in three one-hour parts, in the "Classic Serial" strand on BBC Radio 4. Produced and directed by Bruce Young, its cast was:
- Captain Jack Aubrey – David Robb
- Doctor Stephen Maturin – Richard Dillane
- Governor Farquhar – ... | 12,823 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
May UK, Fontana Paperback
- 1978, May USA, Stein & Day Hardcover edition
- 1989, February UK, Fontana Paperback
- 1991, May USA, W. W. Norton & Company Paperback Reprint edition
- 1992, December USA, William A. Thomas Braille Bookstore Hardcover edition
- 1993, April UK, ISIS Audio Books Audi... | 12,824 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
December UK, Chivers Paperback Large-print edition
- 2002, September UK, Soundings Audio book (CD), Stephen Thorne (Narrator)
- 2004, USA, Blackstone Audiobooks audio edition, August 2004, MP3 CD, Simon Vance (Narrator)
- 2004, USA, Blackstone Audiobooks audio edition, August 2004, MP3 CD, Simo... | 12,825 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
process of reissuing the novels prior to this novel and "The Letter of Marque" was in full swing in 1991, as the whole series gained a new and wider audience, as Mark Howowitz describes in writing about "The Nutmeg of Consolation", the fourteenth novel in the series and initially published in 1991... | 12,826 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
Binyon, Iris Murdoch, A. S. Byatt, Timothy Mo and the late Mary Renault, but, until recently, this splendid saga of two serving officers in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars was unavailable in this country, apart from the first few installments which went immediately out of print. ... | 12,827 |
621020 | The Mauritius Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Mauritius%20Command | The Mauritius Command
imothy Mo and the late Mary Renault, but, until recently, this splendid saga of two serving officers in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars was unavailable in this country, apart from the first few installments which went immediately out of print. Last year, however, W. W. Norton dec... | 12,828 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Saint-Jérôme () (2011 Population 68,456) is a suburban city located about northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord. The town is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts via the Autoroute des Laurentides.
The town is named after Saint Jerome (ca. 347 – Septemb... | 12,829 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
From the 1760s to the 1840s, the seignory was owned by the Dumont and Lefebvre de Bellefeuille families, living in the town of Saint-Eustache, to the south. The Dumont and the Lefebvre conceded the farmland to colonists coming mostly from the region lying north of Montreal. The emerging town was th... | 12,830 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
death, in 1891. Eight years after his arrival, he had a railway built linking Saint-Jérôme and Montreal.
Antoine Labelle was the parish priest of Saint-Jérôme for 22 years, from 1868 until his death, at 57 years of age, on January 4, 1891. He was called "the king of North, the apostle of colonizat... | 12,831 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
was seen as a way to meet the needs for firewood and construction materials for urban centres like Montreal and Quebec.
In 2002 Saint-Jérôme amalgamated with the municipalities of Bellefeuille (2001 census population 14,066), Saint-Antoine (2001 population 11,488) and Lafontaine (2001 population 9... | 12,832 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Exo, the Greater Montreal Region's public transit system's exo2 line. Commuter trains to Montreal began to serve the station in January 2007, with four trains in each direction each business day.
Since upgrades to the line were made in 2013, which included work to double the track between Sainte-R... | 12,833 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
well as three private intercity bus companies.
## Trails.
Saint-Jérôme is an important stop on the north-south trunk of the "route verte" cycling path which makes it possible for nature lovers who are also pedaling enthusiasts to make short trips or excursions lasting several days from as far sou... | 12,834 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
production
- In 1926, the industry is renamed Dominion Rubber.
- In the 1950s, 37,000 shoes where produced for all over the world.
- In 1966, the company is renamed UNIROYAL LTD.
- In 1968, the company changed its production for automobile parts, crashpad.
- In 1981, the company was sold to ma... | 12,835 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
the CLSC and long-term care facilities.
By its regional vocation, it serves the entire Laurentides region. The history of the CSSS of Saint-Jerome begins with the construction of the hospital in 1949 and its opening the following year.
The main purpose of the establishment is to offer care and hi... | 12,836 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
du Québec en Outaouais.
The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools. Secondary schools in the community operated by this school district include:
- École secondaire Cap-Jeunesse
- École secondaire des Hauts-Sommets
- École secondaire des-Studios
- Écol... | 12,837 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
public library
- Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides
- Statue of Antoine Labelle, known as curé Labelle, who was principally responsible for the settlement of the Laurentians
- Several summer festivals
- Carrefour du Nord, a regional shopping mall
- Melançon Arena, an indoor arena
# Demo... | 12,838 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
dwelling in Saint-Jérôme is $200,049 which is lower than the national average at $280,552. The median household income (after-taxes) in Saint-Jérôme is $40,544, a fair bit lower than the national average at $54,089.
Saint-Jérôme is mostly made up of European descents. The racial make up of Saint-J... | 12,839 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
with no religion (11.1%). The remaining 0.8% affiliate with another religion.
Population trend:
- Population in 2011: 68,456 (2006 to 2011 population change: 7.4%)
- Population in 2006: 63,729
- Population in 2001: 59,614
- Saint-Jérôme: 24,583
- Bellefeuille: 14,066
- Saint-Antoine: 11,488
... | 12,840 |
621028 | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint-Jérôme,%20Quebec | Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
ne: 10,232
- Lafontaine: 7,365
The 2006 census found that 95.6% of residents spoke French as their mother tongue.
The next most common languages were English (1.4%) and Spanish (1.0%).
# Notable people.
- Tod Campeau, Professional hockey player
- Jonathan Huberdeau, Professional hockey player... | 12,841 |
621045 | Three Sisters tomato | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Three%20Sisters%20tomato | Three Sisters tomato
Three Sisters tomato
The Three Sisters is a variety of tomato, so named because the plant grows vegetables in three different shapes, each given plant producing only one of the three:
- a large single-pleated size (most common)
- a more cylindrical shape, like a Roma tomato
- a pleated, flatten... | 12,842 |
621037 | Fiat Multipla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Multipla | Fiat Multipla
Fiat Multipla
The Fiat Multipla (Type 186) is a compact MPV produced by Italian automaker Fiat from 1998 to 2010. Based on the Brava, the Multipla was shorter and wider than its rivals. It had two rows of three seats, where its competitors had two across front seating. The Honda FR-V, which shares the se... | 12,843 |
621037 | Fiat Multipla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Multipla | Fiat Multipla
Multipla was marketed 2008-2013 under license in China as the Zotye M300 Langyue, using CKD (Complete Knock Down) kits from Italy. Zotye marketed a total of 220 all-electric versions of the M300.
# Design.
The exterior and interior design of the Multipla were displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)... | 12,844 |
621037 | Fiat Multipla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Multipla | Fiat Multipla
Car of the Moment".
In March 2004, upon its subsequent restyling, "The Telegraph" reported designers were "desperately sad that the new Multipla no longer resembles a psychotic cartoon duck," and "while passengers loved the adaptability of the clever interior, they were less keen on the sarcastic sneers ... | 12,845 |
621037 | Fiat Multipla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Multipla | Fiat Multipla
restrained look.
This was under the intention of attracting more buyers, which made it arrive to critical acclaim.
# Engines.
A 1.6 engine, that could be powered on either methane or standard petrol, was offered in certain markets.
# United Kingdom trim levels.
- Multipla SX: basic model available wi... | 12,846 |
621037 | Fiat Multipla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Multipla | Fiat Multipla
was praised by journalists at its launch for its flexibility. The Multipla’s three abreast seating configuration allows for adjustment of the front seats, and the removal and relocation of the rear seats into many formats. It also affords a big of luggage space, which can increase to of flat floor load sp... | 12,847 |
621037 | Fiat Multipla | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiat%20Multipla | Fiat Multipla
location of the rear seats into many formats. It also affords a big of luggage space, which can increase to of flat floor load space, with the rear three seats removed from the vehicle.
# Zotye M300 (Chinese rebadged version).
From December 2008 to September 2010, Zotye Auto had assembled Multipla 2 fro... | 12,848 |
621035 | Yoshimi P-We | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshimi%20P-We | Yoshimi P-We
Yoshimi P-We
Yoshimi is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms.
Alongside her drum playing skills with the Boredoms, she also performs on the vocals for OOIOO and also plays trumpets, guitars and keyboards as well.
Born in Okayama... | 12,849 |
621035 | Yoshimi P-We | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshimi%20P-We | Yoshimi P-We
She appeared as a session player and vocalist on the Flaming Lips' 2002 album, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots". Yoshimi participated as drummer one in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance, which occurred on July 7, 2007, at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.
# Discography.
## Yosh... | 12,850 |
621035 | Yoshimi P-We | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yoshimi%20P-We | Yoshimi P-We
" (2007)
- "Bor-Cozmik" (2009)
## Yoshimi and Yuka.
- "Flower with No Color" (2003)
## OOIOO.
- "OOIOO" (1997)
- "Feather Float" (1999)
- "Gold and Green" (2000)
- "Kila Kila Kila" (2003)
- "Taiga" (2006)
- "OOEYヨOO -EYヨ REMIX" (Eye Remix EP) (2007)
- "COCOCOOOIOO: The Best of Shock City 1997–20... | 12,851 |
621040 | Bread bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bread%20bowl | Bread bowl
Bread bowl
A bread bowl is a round loaf of bread which has had a large portion of the middle cut out to create an edible bowl. They are typically larger than a roll but smaller than a full sized loaf of bread.
Bread bowls can be used to serve chili, New England-style clam chowder, and other thick stews (of... | 12,852 |
621040 | Bread bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bread%20bowl | Bread bowl
add considerably to a soup's calorie count. Calorie counts posted at Au Bon Pain, for example, state that the bread bowl contains 620 calories in addition to those in the soup itself.
# Variations.
In 2008 "The Daily Telegraph" reported that a company in Birmingham, UK, was making a naan bread version.
On... | 12,853 |
621040 | Bread bowl | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bread%20bowl | Bread bowl
, was making a naan bread version.
One of the traditional recipes that uses a bread bowl is Knorr Spinach dip made with their vegetable mix package. This classic recipe in a bread bowl is make with a round pumpernickel bread loaf.
## Coffin Lid.
"Coffin Lid" () is a Taiwanese variant developed in Tainan. ... | 12,854 |
621043 | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan%20Meteorological%20Agency%20seismic%20intensity%20scale | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Seismic Intensity Scale is a seismic intensity scale used in Japan to categorize the intensity of local ground shaking caused by earthquakes.
The JMA intensity scale should not... | 12,855 |
621043 | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan%20Meteorological%20Agency%20seismic%20intensity%20scale | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
shaking. Values are derived from peak ground acceleration and duration of the shaking, which are themselves influenced by factors such as distance to and depth of the hypocenter (focus), local soil conditions, and nature of the geology in between, as well as the event... | 12,856 |
621043 | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan%20Meteorological%20Agency%20seismic%20intensity%20scale | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
JMA first defined a four-increment intensity scale in 1884 with the levels , , , and . In 1898 the scale was changed to a numerical scheme, assigning earthquakes levels 0–7.
In 1908, descriptive parameters were defined for each level on the scale, and the intensities... | 12,857 |
621043 | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan%20Meteorological%20Agency%20seismic%20intensity%20scale | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
the scale into one of 10 increments: 0–4, lower/upper 5 (, "weak/strong" 5), lower/upper 6 ( "weak/strong" 6), and 7. This scale has been in use since 1996.
# Scale overview.
The JMA scale is expressed in levels of seismic intensity from 0 (weakest) to 7 (strongest)... | 12,858 |
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and intensity (it also depends on the duration of shaking), the ground-acceleration values in the following table are approximations.
# Comparison with other seismic scales.
A 1971 study that collected and compared intensities according to the JMA and the Medvedev–S... | 12,859 |
621043 | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan%20Meteorological%20Agency%20seismic%20intensity%20scale | Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
whereas for larger earthquakes the correlation was MSK = JMA1.5 + 0.75.
# See also.
- Earthquake engineering
- Japanese Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction
- List of earthquakes in Japan
- Nuclear power in Japan (seismicity section)
- Seismic intens... | 12,860 |
621022 | Alice (TV series) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20(TV%20series) | Alice (TV series)
Alice (TV series)
Alice is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985. The series is based on the 1974 film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start life over again, and finds a job... | 12,861 |
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thereafter) heads from their New Jersey home to Los Angeles so that she can pursue a singing career. Her car breaks down on the way in Phoenix (from a presumed engine fire, as seen in the opening credits), and we meet her soon after she has taken a job as a waitress at Mel's Diner, on the outskirts of... | 12,862 |
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invariably started inside the diner, and most if not all subsequent scenes took place there as well. A frequent set for non-diner scenes was Alice's one-bedroom apartment in the Desert Sun apartments. (Tommy used the bedroom and Alice slept on a sleeper sofa in the living room.) Vera and Mel's studio ... | 12,863 |
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made jokes about Mel's cooking. Henry's oft-mentioned wife Chloe was seen in one episode, played by Ruth Buzzi. Celebrities playing either themselves or other characters (including Martha Raye, George Burns, Robert Goulet, Art Carney, Desi Arnaz, and Jerry Reed) were a hallmark of the show.
Polly Hol... | 12,864 |
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on "Alice" after beginning "Flo", although flashbacks including Flo were shown in the final episode of "Alice". Vic Tayback made one guest appearance on "Flo".
Diane Ladd, who received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Flo in the film version joined the cast in 1980 as Isabelle "Belle"... | 12,865 |
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she had taken a job as a backup singer in Nashville, Tennessee. It has been said that Ladd clashed with her co-stars, and no flashbacks including Belle were shown during the final episode of the series.
Theatre actress Celia Weston then joined the cast as the good-natured, boisterous truck driver Jol... | 12,866 |
621022 | Alice (TV series) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20(TV%20series) | Alice (TV series)
who had only three or four teeth. Jolene also mentions her distant relative Jefferson Davis "Boss" Hogg, a character from the concurrent CBS series "The Dukes of Hazzard." In one episode Sorrell Booke guest stars in this role, along with fellow "Dukes" character Enos (Sonny Shroyer).
The latter years... | 12,867 |
621022 | Alice (TV series) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20(TV%20series) | Alice (TV series)
arbitrary foreign origin. The final story arc began in the spring of 1985, when country singer Travis Marsh (played by Lavin's real-life husband Kip Niven), discovering that he's falling for Alice, "kidnaps" her to take her to Nashville, telling her it's time to follow her dream there. Bewildered at t... | 12,868 |
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after nine years of trying, finally gets a recording contract and is moving to Nashville with Travis Marsh. Vera announces she is pregnant and decides to be a full-time mother, Elliott having been promoted from officer to detective. Jolene's "Granny Gums" has died and leaves her granddaughter enough m... | 12,869 |
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and many of the big stars who had appeared on the show, including Polly Holliday. Finally, while cleaning out her locker, Alice finds the "Waitress Wanted" sign that first drew her to the diner. The series' regular customers, including Henry, Chuck and Earl say their emotional farewells, followed by E... | 12,870 |
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any laughs. (In the original film, Flo, as played by Diane Ladd, tells Mel in one scene to, "Kiss me where the sun don't shine.") Another of Flo's catchphrases was, "When donkeys fly!" Since her portrayal of Flo, Polly Holliday has refused to repeat her famous "grits" line.
In an attempt to duplicate... | 12,871 |
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"Belle", or "Blondie" (in reference to Jolene). He would also bark, "Bag it, Blondie!" to Jolene. He eventually gave Vera the nickname "Dinghy" and would occasionally bellow "Stow it, Dinghy" at her. Jolene would sometimes say, "When pigs wear perfume."
In a handful of episodes, Alice put on a double... | 12,872 |
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tree which landed on the diner, Mel accidentally having the building targeted for demolition, and the waitresses crashing a hot air balloon through the roof (upon which Jolene cries, "We went to the bad place and it looks just like Mel's!"). In one episode, a wrecking ball destroyed the front of the d... | 12,873 |
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the end of each episode.
Although he had a fairly loyal clientele, Mel's food and cooking were constantly criticized by his waitresses and customers alike—especially Henry, who always blamed it for his indigestion. However, Mel's chili was popular and became a plot point of several episodes. During t... | 12,874 |
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venture. The popularity of Mel's Chili also led to an appearance on Dinah Shore's talk show, which led to some bickering among the waitresses because Mel could take only one person along, but everyone ended up going. Mel refused to reveal his "secret ingredient" to Dinah and her TV audience during the... | 12,875 |
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McKeon as Tommy Hyatt (Alfred Lutter reprised his role from the film but was replaced after the pilot episode)
- Polly Holliday as Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry (Seasons 1–4: 1976–1980)
- Beth Howland as Vera Louise Gorman Novak
- Diane Ladd as Isabelle "Belle" Dupree (Seasons 4–5: 1980–1981) (La... | 12,876 |
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Victoria Carroll as Marie Massey (Mel's girlfriend) (1978–1984)
- Martha Raye as Carrie Sharples (Mel's mother) (1978–1984)
- Doris Roberts as Mona Spivak (Alice's mother) (1981–1982)
- Robert Picardo as Officer Maxwell, a police officer and Elliott's partner (1982–1984)
- Pat Cranshaw as Andy (di... | 12,877 |
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Feldman, Robert Goulet, Joel Grey (as himself), Florence Halop, Eileen Heckart (as Rose Hyatt, Alice's interfering mother in-law), Florence Henderson, Jay Leno, Bill Maher, George Wendt, Nancy McKeon (Philip's sister, appeared twice in different roles), Frank Nelson, Donald O'Connor (as himself), Jani... | 12,878 |
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series' run; the lyrics were altered after the second season.
The Mel's Diner set made changes over the years; in the pilot the diner contained a blue refrigerator, but in the series the refrigerator was a dirty stainless steel, then later was changed to clean and shiny stainless steel in 1979–81 and... | 12,879 |
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later be and said "Private" on it during the 1976–77 season. The storeroom from 1977 to 1985 was confined to the back of the diner. Here, the waitresses took their breaks, had their lockers, and stored their uniforms. Mel also conducted his business from this space.
The payphone was a touch tone and ... | 12,880 |
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that was a few steps away from the entrance to the diner.
In the first season, the diner was decorated in an Aztec and cowboy motif to accommodate the feel of Arizona. For the second season, the walls had pink wallpaper with red lines on it. For the third season, the walls had wallpaper with orange l... | 12,881 |
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seen. (The set for Flo's trailer was also used on the spinoff "Flo".)
The pilot episode was taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood, California. After this, the series was taped at The Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.
# Differences in premise between film and television series.
"Alice... | 12,882 |
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replacing "Whew!" (before being replaced with "Child's Play");
- via syndication on many local broadcast stations beginning in the fall of 1982. Notable stations that purchased and aired reruns of "Alice" included WPIX in New York City; KTTV in Los Angeles; WGN-TV in Chicago; WTHR in Indianapolis; KO... | 12,883 |
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Worth; WOAI-TV in San Antonio; WPTY in Memphis;WFIE-TV in Evansville, Indiana; and WSTM-TV in Syracuse, New York, among others;
- in the late 1980s on superstation TBS (WTBS) from Atlanta;
- sporadically from the mid-1990s until early 1998 on E! Entertainment Television;
- on TNN from late June 199... | 12,884 |
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episodes at 7:00pm EST Monday through Thursday, and continued until the entire series' episodes had been aired. It was replaced by "Family Feud" on April 7, 2008.
- Logo TV started airing episodes in April 2017.
- Antenna TV starting airing episodes in January 2018.
## International.
"Alice" was s... | 12,885 |
621022 | Alice (TV series) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20(TV%20series) | Alice (TV series)
compilation series. The episodes were hand picked by fans at SitcomsOnline.com and are as follows:
- "Alice Gets a Pass", September 29, 1976 – First non-pilot episode.
- "The Odd Couple", February 26, 1977 – When Flo's trailer is stolen, Alice allows Flo to move in with her and finds Flo's habits di... | 12,886 |
621022 | Alice (TV series) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20(TV%20series) | Alice (TV series)
during the same weekend.
- "Flo's Farewell", February 24, 1980 – Flo leaves Mel's Diner for a hosting job at a restaurant in Texas.
Warner Home Video has released all nine seasons on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. These are manufacture-on-demand (MOD) releases, available throug... | 12,887 |
621022 | Alice (TV series) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice%20(TV%20series) | Alice (TV series)
a restaurant in Texas.
Warner Home Video has released all nine seasons on DVD in Region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. These are manufacture-on-demand (MOD) releases, available through Warner's online store Warner Archives Collection (only sold in the US). The complete ninth and final season ... | 12,888 |
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Ed Templeton
Ed Templeton (born July 28, 1972) is an American professional skateboarder, skateboard company owner, photographer and contemporary artist. He is best known for founding the skateboard company, Toy Machine, a company that he continues to own and manage. He is based in Huntington Beach, Califo... | 12,889 |
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kid skating down the street and he ollied up a curb; that was, you know, the thing that got me started. I thought that was the coolest thing ever, like, how could this guy just keep cruising down the street and not have to stop and pick up his board. By luck, [professional skateboarder and company owner] M... | 12,890 |
621041 | Ed Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed%20Templeton | Ed Templeton
... so we followed him [Gonzales], ahh, back to his house, like stalkers, and, uh, and started skating the quarter-pipe [ramp] and he had disappeared, but then he came back down, did, like, a three, four-foot high "judo air" ... I remember being pretty floored, floored by that.
# Professional skateboardin... | 12,891 |
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entrepreneur, Tod Swank, agreed to support the idea. As of January 2013, Toy Machine is distributed by Swank's Tum Yeto company—Tum Yeto also distributes the Dekline skate shoe brand, the Pig skate wheel brand, the Ruckus skate truck brand, and the Foundation skateboard deck brand.
Templeton, who does all... | 12,892 |
621041 | Ed Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed%20Templeton | Ed Templeton
kid, 'cause I thought ... the board I am potentially buying ... was made by the guy whose name's on that board. He put his own artistic touch, or, or, his effort into that board. It wasn't just some hired artist.
In a January 2013 article, by Andrew Reilly for "The Huffington Post", the ethos behind Toy M... | 12,893 |
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of January 2013, the company has released a total of eleven videos (including tour and promotional videos), and sponsors a team of eleven skateboarders, including Leo Romero, "Thrasher" magazine's "Skater of the Year" in 2010.
While running Toy Machine in the mid-1990s, Templeton joined a now-defunct skat... | 12,894 |
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end of the twentieth century, Templeton became sponsored by the Emerica shoe company, a brand that was launched by Sole Technology, also responsible for the etnies and eS brands (as of January 2013, the latter is on a protracted hiatus). Templeton joined other professional skateboarders, such as Andrew Rey... | 12,895 |
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exhibition, later entitled "Memory Foam", that was opened in January 2013.
In 2012, along with numerous other team riders from the RVCA clothing brand, Templeton left RVCA and joined a newly started clothing brand named "eswic".
## Influence.
Templeton identified the following five skateboarders as his ... | 12,896 |
621041 | Ed Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed%20Templeton | Ed Templeton
look at all the industry changes, and the trends, and the videos, and X Games, and whatever, and think, start thinking, "Oh, skateboarding's different"; but that's not skateboarding at all. Skateboarding is still simply skateboarding.
Templeton was identified by "Transworld Skateboarding" magazine as the ... | 12,897 |
621041 | Ed Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed%20Templeton | Ed Templeton
and cool and keep it true to the people that skateboard and keep it true to the thing I love.
Templeton also identified his teenage skateboarding area, Huntington Beach, as an influence on the progression of street-based skateboarding, stating, "I can say that for certain, that there was, something happen... | 12,898 |
621041 | Ed Templeton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ed%20Templeton | Ed Templeton
identifies Templeton as "probably the most influential contemporary photographer". Templeton's signature model skateboards for the New Deal company were self-designed and he subsequently became the head designer for his own brands—Templeton produces all of the art work for the Toy Machine skateboard compan... | 12,899 |
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