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4654422 | Five Votes Down | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Five%20Votes%20Down | Five Votes Down
be President...and you won't be." He also encourages Tillinghouse to speak with the four other Congressmen who were compelled to vote yes (all of whom are looking for a little political retribution). After the bill is signed, all five of the Congressmen pile the credit upon the Vice President, making th... | 34,500 |
4654422 | Five Votes Down | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Five%20Votes%20Down | Five Votes Down
features one of the longest and most ambitious steadicam walk-and-talk scenes of the series. Over four minutes in length, it was shot on location at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Director of photography Tom Del Ruth recalls, "It started out on the dance floor, went into the lobby, through the to... | 34,501 |
4654422 | Five Votes Down | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Five%20Votes%20Down | Five Votes Down
a motorcade. The shot involved more than 500 extras and nearly all of the major cast members, and it was all done in one seamless Steadicam shot. Each take required one magazine of film, and the actors had to pass off dialogue from one person to another. It required quite a bit of orchestration. It was ... | 34,502 |
4654422 | Five Votes Down | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Five%20Votes%20Down | Five Votes Down
r cast members, and it was all done in one seamless Steadicam shot. Each take required one magazine of film, and the actors had to pass off dialogue from one person to another. It required quite a bit of orchestration. It was about a five-page scene and took us half the night [to shoot]." This required ... | 34,503 |
4654434 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado%20outbreak%20of%20April%206–8,%202006 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006
Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006
The tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006, was a major tornado outbreak in the central and parts of the southern United States that began on April 6, 2006, in the Great Plains and continued until April 8 in South Carolina, with most of the activity ... | 34,504 |
4654434 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado%20outbreak%20of%20April%206–8,%202006 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006
In total, 10 deaths were reported as a result of the tornadoes, and over $650 million in damage was reported, of which over $630 million was in Middle Tennessee. It was the third major outbreak of 2006, occurring just days after another major outbreak on April 2. It was also consider... | 34,505 |
4654434 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado%20outbreak%20of%20April%206–8,%202006 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006
Prediction Center issued a high risk for severe weather for both April 6 and 7 in the areas likely to be affected. Conditions were favorable for an extremely strong tornado outbreak on both days.
Activity was not as great as expected on April 6, as only 13 tornadoes were confirmed, ... | 34,506 |
4654434 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado%20outbreak%20of%20April%206–8,%202006 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006
the system moved eastward, with the cold front entering a more conducive environment. The increased wind shear, combined with the high heat and humidity, produced tornadoes late that morning and continued throughout the afternoon, evening, and overnight hours. By day's end, a total o... | 34,507 |
4654434 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado%20outbreak%20of%20April%206–8,%202006 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006
overnight into the early morning of April 8.
Despite a lower risk of activity on April 8, the severe weather continued in Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia — mostly in the early morning hours, with another 13 tornadoes reported before the outbreak finally ended as the system move... | 34,508 |
4654434 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado%20outbreak%20of%20April%206–8,%202006 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006
order in the community. There were a total of 23 arrests made. The United States National Guard was called in after the tornado hit to help with security and the removal of the excessive debris. It would take 10 days for Volunteer State Community College to re-open after the tornado ... | 34,509 |
4654434 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado%20outbreak%20of%20April%206–8,%202006 | Tornado outbreak of April 6–8, 2006
ntal cooperation after the tornado. The quick response by other local authorities, counties and cities was congratulated.
In early October, an episode of featured a family from Hendersonville that had their home being rebuilt after it was destroyed by the tornado. However, insurance... | 34,510 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
Sattāreh Farmānfarmā'iān ( December 23, 1921 – May 23, 2012), also Sattareh Farman-Farmaian, was one of the daughters of Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma of the Qajar dynasty.
# Family.
Sattareh Farman-Farmaian, a daughter of Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanf... | 34,511 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
in Tehran until its closing in 1933 by Reza Shah Pahlavi. Beginning in 1933, she attended the American School for Girls in the Presbyterian missionary compound in Tehran, renamed the Nurbaksh School. In 1943 she was accepted to Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, obtaining a visa to the United S... | 34,512 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
day Dr. Samuel M. Jordan (who had been involved with the American School in Tehran) met her in Los Angeles and convinced the admissions director of the University of Southern California to admit her. Farman-Farmaian was the first Iranian to attend and graduate from the University of Southern Cal... | 34,513 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
In 1952, her husband returned to India in an attempt to find film work through family connections. Several months later, he wrote to tell her he was unable to find work and, in effect, was deserting her.
# Move to New York.
Farman-Farmaian left Los Angeles in September 1952 for New York City, ... | 34,514 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
nomadic Arabic tribes in the desert. In the same year, with the assistance of a Cities Service Oil attorney, she applied for and was granted a divorce from Arun Chaudhuri. In June 1954 she left first for Tehran to visit her family, and then for Iraq to take on her new position. She had been able... | 34,515 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
The school was the first of its kind in Iran. Soon after, she assisted in the founding of the Family Planning Association of Iran which, with assistance from the Pathfinder Fund (now Pathfinder International), attempted to educate young mothers on family planning and the use of birth control in ... | 34,516 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
or killed by the military, the Tehran School of Social Work was asked by Premier Asadollah Alam to identify the families of victims so that reparations could be paid. As a result of the school's successful effort, it received a regular budget from the government and was able to move to a more su... | 34,517 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
Work and had become a vice president of the International Planned Parenthood Federation through which she became a member of the "Forward Look Study" task force and the International Planned Parenthood Federation special mission to China. In addition, she served as a delegate to the Bucharest Po... | 34,518 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
the Silver Achievement Award from the Greater Los Angeles YWCA and special commendations from both the County and City of Los Angeles.
# Publications.
In addition to her autobiography, "Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem through the Islamic Revolution" (1992), she pu... | 34,519 |
4654348 | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sattareh%20Farmanfarmaian | Sattareh Farmanfarmaian
of Iranian Family Planning and Social Welfare" (1965), and "Children's Needs" (1960). She lectured widely worldwide and in 1997 established a website to publicize and facilitate discussion of her autobiography.
# See also.
- History of Iran
- Iran Teymourtash
# Sources.
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# External links.... | 34,520 |
4654504 | Clinton R. Nixon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clinton%20R.%20Nixon | Clinton R. Nixon
Clinton R. Nixon
Clinton R. Nixon is a designer and publisher of indie role-playing games.
# Career.
He is the designer and publisher of "The Shadow of Yesterday", "Donjon", "Paladin", and others.
He co-administered the Forge with Ron Edwards, after they resurrected the site in early 2001 at indie-... | 34,521 |
4654504 | Clinton R. Nixon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clinton%20R.%20Nixon | Clinton R. Nixon
# Career.
He is the designer and publisher of "The Shadow of Yesterday", "Donjon", "Paladin", and others.
He co-administered the Forge with Ron Edwards, after they resurrected the site in early 2001 at indie-rpgs.com, and over the next six years they made the site successful. Nixon is a proponent of ... | 34,522 |
4654514 | Aspenhoff, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aspenhoff,%20Missouri | Aspenhoff, Missouri
Aspenhoff, Missouri
Aspenhof is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately nine miles (14 km) south of Warrenton on Route 47. | 34,523 |
4654501 | Mark V. Olsen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark%20V.%20Olsen | Mark V. Olsen
Mark V. Olsen
Mark V. Olsen (born 1962) is a U.S. TV producer and screenwriter. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the HBO series "Big Love" along with writing partner and husband Will Scheffer. In 2007, Olsen and Scheffer won a TV Writers Guild of America Award for the pilot and first episod... | 34,524 |
4654501 | Mark V. Olsen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark%20V.%20Olsen | Mark V. Olsen
rn 1962) is a U.S. TV producer and screenwriter. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the HBO series "Big Love" along with writing partner and husband Will Scheffer. In 2007, Olsen and Scheffer won a TV Writers Guild of America Award for the pilot and first episode of "Big Love".
# Overview.
M... | 34,525 |
4654525 | Asuka Hinoi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asuka%20Hinoi | Asuka Hinoi
Asuka Hinoi
# Biography.
Asuka's musical career began in 2002, when she was chosen with two other girls, Hikaru Koyama and Miho Hiroshige, to form the group LOVE & PEACE. Their song "Drifter" became the theme for the movie "Dodge Go! Go!" and the trio had minor roles in the movie. LOVE & PEACE, however, o... | 34,526 |
4654525 | Asuka Hinoi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asuka%20Hinoi | Asuka Hinoi
Sonic Groove label, a sub-label of avex trax. The song was used as the ending theme for the drama "Ashita Tenki ni Naare". The single only made it to position 60 on the Oricon charts but did give Asuka much needed exposure. Five months later, her second single , was written by the songwriter behind Speed, H... | 34,527 |
4654525 | Asuka Hinoi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asuka%20Hinoi | Asuka Hinoi
and vocal school Caless, where Asuka and Hikaru had previously studied singing and dance. Originally, the other members consisted of Hikaru, Keika Matsuoka, and Mizuki Inoue, but it was decided that Rina Takenaka would be in the group instead of Mizuki.
Hinoi Team's debut was set for February 5, 2005, but ... | 34,528 |
4654525 | Asuka Hinoi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asuka%20Hinoi | Asuka Hinoi
has been no group work since.
In the spring of 2007, Asuka released a new solo single, . The title track was the ending theme for the anime . She has not released any singles since then, but has continued to model for some fashion magazines. However, she contributed a song, , to the compilation album "", r... | 34,529 |
4654525 | Asuka Hinoi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asuka%20Hinoi | Asuka Hinoi
Girl's Gestation" (2014) (as Chisato)
- "Sharing" (2014)
- "Kabukicho Love Hotel" (2014)
- "Black Widow Business" (2016) (as Risa Sugimura)
- "A Beautiful Star" (2017)
- "Flea-picking Samurai" (2018)
- "Sōshiki no Meijin" (2019)
## TV Drama.
- "My Relentless Wife 2" (2007)
- "" (2013) (as Mitsuru T... | 34,530 |
4654540 | Treloar, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treloar,%20Missouri | Treloar, Missouri
Treloar, Missouri
Treloar is an unincorporated community in southern Warren County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 94, twelve miles south of Warrenton, near the Missouri River.
# History.
A post office called Treloar has been in operation since 1897. The community has the name of W... | 34,531 |
4654556 | Targowica | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Targowica | Targowica
Targowica
Targowica may refer to:
- the Targowica Confederation of 1792, which opposed the Polish Constitution of 1791
- Targowica/Torgovitsya, once a town now a village in Ukraine, claimed as the place of the above confederation (actually held in Saint Petersburg)
- four other villages in Ukraine
- Targ... | 34,532 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
Marbella City Council dissolution
The dissolution of the Marbella City Council on April 7, 2006, was an unprecedented movement of the Spanish Government to put an end to the long-standing corruption in the city, which had taken the council near to its bankruptcy while many mayors and ... | 34,533 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
city. However, his open disregard for the Andalusian regulations and the still standing former urban plan made the Junta de Andalucía start rejecting all his new plans. Moreover, he was soon accused of diverting public funds to his soccer club, Atlético Madrid, while international mafi... | 34,534 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
Madrid, and after his inhabilitation for public service, some proposed dissolving the whole council in response to the claims of deeply rooted corruption in Marbella, but José María Aznar's PP government was unwilling to use such a drastic reserve power for the first time in Spanish de... | 34,535 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
of 15-12 due to the use of the D'Hondt method and the opposition fragmentation. However, the party was in turmoil and Muñoz proved unable to control the council: a severe floor crossing created more than four independent groups springing not only from the GIL but also from the PSOE and... | 34,536 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
with urban development advisor Juan Antonio Roca and many councillors, were arrested on charges of public funds malversation, prevarication, bribery and traffic of influence. Second Deputy Mayor Tomás Reñones took office on April 1, but he already knew that the council was going to be ... | 34,537 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
and the Spanish governments based their actions on the Local Regime Framework Act, which defines the powers of not only the cities, but also many Constitution-created institutions, such as the provincial governments. The act clearly specifies, on its article 61.1, that
# The dissoluti... | 34,538 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
serving less than a full term (because, unlike that of the general election, the date of local elections is fixed at the same for all Spanish municipalities), but the Electoral Regime Organic Act explicitly states, in its 183rd article, that
## Calls for elections.
PP leader Mariano ... | 34,539 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
He based his calls on the grounds that:
- The provincial assembly of Málaga, which would appoint the committee, is dominated by PSOE and IU, so the impartiality of the new committee is not guaranteed.
- Many PSOE councillors, including the one that ran for mayor in the last election,... | 34,540 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
against calling an election citing the time pressure as the determinant factor. The PP, nevertheless, proposed to modify the current election law to ease such restrains, citing this as "the most democratic path of action, consulting the people" and criticizing the PSOE government for i... | 34,541 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
of Marbella and commanding the Málaga provincial legislature to appoint the management committee.
In response to Rajoy's declarations, Public Administrations Minister Jordi Sevilla has announced that, as mandated by Royal Decree 707/1982, the Committee members' political affiliation w... | 34,542 |
4654482 | Marbella City Council dissolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marbella%20City%20Council%20dissolution | Marbella City Council dissolution
finally did change the 2003 power balance: the socialists appointed 6 members (amongst them the President), the same as the PP, while the PA and IU were represented by 2 members each, for a total of 16.
# Normalization.
The appointed management committee ruled the city since early Ap... | 34,543 |
4654592 | PUID | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PUID | PUID
PUID
PUID may refer to:
- PRONOM's Persistent Unique Identifier, a digital file locator used by The National Archives of the United Kingdom
- Passport Unique Identifier, which is the unique element of a profile in Microsoft's .NET software development kit
- Portable Unique IDentifier, an identifier associated ... | 34,544 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
Caribbean region of Colombia
The Caribbean region of Colombia or Caribbean coast region is in the north of Colombia and is mainly composed of eight Departments located contiguous to the Caribbean. The area covers a total land area of including the San Andres Island Archipelago of San André... | 34,545 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
and Cartagena. The administration of the region is covered by eight department governments; Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Sucre, Córdoba, Magdalena, La Guajira and San Andrés y Providencia. These 8 departments also cover approximately 182 municipalities, 1093 "corregimientos" and 493 "caserios... | 34,546 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
Gulf of Urabá. Chocó is the only Department of Colombia with coasts on both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
# Demographics.
The predominant ethnic group in the region is the pardo, a mixture of European, mainly Spanish, the indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian. During the early 20th cen... | 34,547 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
the Arhuacos, Koguis and Arsarios. Black population is mostly concentrated near Cartagena predominantly in the town of San Basilio de Palenque, which was proclaimed Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO for preserving its African heritage.
There are 9,746,88... | 34,548 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
of natural resources such coal and natural gas, salt, agricultural products mainly bananas, coffee and oil palm, cotton, tropical fruits among many other products, livestock raising which is practiced extensively in almost all the territory, in Córdoba, Sucre, Atlántico, Magdalena, Bolívar,... | 34,549 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
a warm climate and a clean and calm seaboard which is the main pillar of their identity. The men and women of the region are festive, easygoing and very peaceful, often choosing to ignore or refuse confrontation whilst keeping a healthy attitude of debate and passionate argumentation withou... | 34,550 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
of the latest administrations has been to develop technology and science as a tool for increased productivity and sustenance as well as economical development and progress.
It has been always a basis of the culture the cultivation of intellectual traits and virtues. It is why taxicab drive... | 34,551 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
academia and intellectual activities. The city is known to many for this and it is said that "even the poorest man in the city is rich in wisdom in the country" for this cultural trait.
## Sports.
Like in the rest of Colombia, football is by far the most popular sport in the zone, with te... | 34,552 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
its popularity has been fading in the last few years. Nevertheless, the region has produced major league players like Édgar Rentería and Orlando Cabrera.
The region also is known for its love of combat sports. Boxing is a popular sport in certain zones and the region had produced many worl... | 34,553 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
Other genres include "porro.
Traditional dances are mostly of Afro-Colombian origin with the influence in cumbia and the mapalé.
## Myth and legend.
The Caribbean region has a rich tradition of myths and legends that include "La Llorona", "El Hombre Caimán", "La Ciguapa", the Vallenato L... | 34,554 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
typical food of the Caribbean region varies according to the geographical location in the sabanas the typical meal is the sancocho made with rabo (cow's tail) and accompanied with coconut rice. In the coast, the typical meal is fish, sometimes fried or sometimes cooked in coconut milk. A po... | 34,555 |
4654440 | Caribbean region of Colombia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean%20region%20of%20Colombia | Caribbean region of Colombia
region varies according to the geographical location in the sabanas the typical meal is the sancocho made with rabo (cow's tail) and accompanied with coconut rice. In the coast, the typical meal is fish, sometimes fried or sometimes cooked in coconut milk. A popular soup is also prepared wi... | 34,556 |
4654590 | Mineola, Missouri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mineola,%20Missouri | Mineola, Missouri
Mineola, Missouri
Mineola is an unincorporated community in western Montgomery County, Missouri, United States. The community is located approximately six miles south of Montgomery City on Missouri Supplemental Route J and is about one mile from Interstate 70.
Mineola was platted in 1879. A post off... | 34,557 |
4654568 | Will Scheffer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will%20Scheffer | Will Scheffer
Will Scheffer
Will Scheffer is an American playwright and co-creator and executive producer of "Big Love" with longtime life-partner Mark V. Olsen. He is President and CEO of Anima Sola Productions, which he founded with Olsen in 1992 to create television and film content.
His writing credits include "B... | 34,558 |
4654568 | Will Scheffer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will%20Scheffer | Will Scheffer
where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Theater.
## Career.
In 1997, Scheffer was honored with the "Variety" magazine "One of the Rising Writers to Watch" award. He has also taught and lectured at Bernard M. Baruch College, Lewis and Clark College and School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, New... | 34,559 |
4654568 | Will Scheffer | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will%20Scheffer | Will Scheffer
ege, Lewis and Clark College and School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, New York City.
## Personal life.
Scheffer is openly gay; he and Olsen have been married to each other since the early 1990s. About their collaborative process, Scheffer said: "Mark and I talk everything through but don't actually write t... | 34,560 |
4654517 | Ivor Stanbrook | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivor%20Stanbrook | Ivor Stanbrook
Ivor Stanbrook
Ivor Robert Stanbrook (13 January 1924 – 18 February 2004) was a British Conservative party politician and barrister. He represented Orpington as its Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1992.
# Biography and early life.
Stanbrook was born in Willesden, North London, the son of a laundry m... | 34,561 |
4654517 | Ivor Stanbrook | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivor%20Stanbrook | Ivor Stanbrook
then left for Nigeria in 1950 where he worked for ten years in the Colonial Service as District Officer in various regions of Northern and Western Nigeria, including Ilorin, Western Region. On his return, he was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1960 and practised criminal law, and was also a night la... | 34,562 |
4654517 | Ivor Stanbrook | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivor%20Stanbrook | Ivor Stanbrook
a combative and chronically rebellious backbencher, a man who knew his own mind and spoke it, and who was often critical of his own front bench. He was a member of the 92 Group and was initially regarded as being well to the right in the Conservative Party, but it is probably fairer to categorise him as ... | 34,563 |
4654517 | Ivor Stanbrook | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivor%20Stanbrook | Ivor Stanbrook
its chairman in 1987 by the Labour MPs on the committee. He was a leading member of the Conservative backbench committees on Home Affairs and Northern Ireland and chaired the Conservative backbench Constitutional Committee.
Less predictably, except to those who knew his earlier career, he took the chair... | 34,564 |
4654517 | Ivor Stanbrook | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivor%20Stanbrook | Ivor Stanbrook
Persons Group to end apartheid and subsequently urged that sanctions should be strengthened, arguing that the South Africans had no intention of changing and that they could only be induced to do so by pressure, and backed their continuance in 1990.
It was not the only issue where he was at odds with Th... | 34,565 |
4654517 | Ivor Stanbrook | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivor%20Stanbrook | Ivor Stanbrook
to support him in the second ballot. As a result, he faced efforts to deselect him in Orpington and these probably played some part in his decision not to fight another election.
In 1979 he had argued that the BBC should be prosecuted under the prevention-of-terrorism legislation and he remained an advo... | 34,566 |
4654517 | Ivor Stanbrook | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivor%20Stanbrook | Ivor Stanbrook
to racism.
Served as the secretary of the Home Affairs Committee from 1974 to 1977, as its vice-chairman, 1979–82, and as the secretary, 1979–81, vice-chairman, 1981–89, and chairman, 1990–91, of the Northern Ireland Committee. He also chaired the Constitutional Committee from 1984 until he stood down f... | 34,567 |
4654517 | Ivor Stanbrook | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivor%20Stanbrook | Ivor Stanbrook
Colleagues described a much more considerate, even gentle figure, revelling in books and music, pleasant and amusing. Too rebellious perhaps ever to become a minister, he nevertheless left an ineffaceable mark on the parliamentary life of his time.' John Barnes for "The Independent".
# Family life.
Sta... | 34,568 |
4654517 | Ivor Stanbrook | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ivor%20Stanbrook | Ivor Stanbrook
t. He had seven grandchildren. Clive's children are Fleur, Sophie, Ivor and Isabella. Lionel's children are Jessie, Ella and Gwen.
# Later life.
For a decade after 1980, he became a partner in Stanbrook and Hooper, the European law firm based in Brussels and founded by his son Clive. He gave up the leg... | 34,569 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
Jacobi Medical Center
Jacobi Medical Center (NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi) is a municipal hospital operated by NYC Health + Hospitals in affiliation with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The facility is located in the Morris Park neighborhood of The Bronx in New York City and is named in... | 34,570 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
continues to this day. Jacobi is a primary clerkship site for 3rd- and 4th-year medical students from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Jacobi offers residency training programs in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Radiology. It also offers many joint residency programs with Montefiore Medi... | 34,571 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
a "Level III neonatal intensive care unit" and FDNY EMS Station 20 (formerly NYC*EMS Station 23). Jacobi had over 320,000 clinical visits and over 100,000 emergency department visits in 2016. Jacobi also houses the only "Snakebite Treatment Center" in the tri-state area.
# History.
At the turn o... | 34,572 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
Hospitals to establish a tertiary care facility and teaching hospital with a campus-like health care environment – one which would be located well away from urban congestion, traffic noise and fumes. This campus of healthcare services was originally called the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, prov... | 34,573 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
was built on a site ideally suited for use as a large war-time evacuation center, and its placement in an outer borough with plans calling for the creation of vast sub-basements were deliberate measures to avoid fallout from a possible nuclear attack.
Following several years of construction, Van ... | 34,574 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
of Regents to establish a new medical school. When it came time for site selection, University advisers recommended establishment of the school adjacent to and affiliated with the new municipal hospital in the Bronx, construction of which was by then well underway. Hospital representatives similar... | 34,575 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
hospital which provided an emergency department staffed with pediatric house officers as well as medical house officers. Van Etten, its chronic care affiliate, established several new protocols for the treatment of tuberculosis patients, most notably the eventual elimination of the face masks whic... | 34,576 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
in infants. Jacobi psychiatrists were the first to create a psychiatric day hospital in a municipal facility, allowing patients to receive treatment during the day while living at home.
In the 1960s, surgeons at Jacobi performed the world's first successful clinical coronary artery bypass surgery... | 34,577 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
Autopsy was not performed, and the long-term patency of the anastomosis was not established. They established the first NIH Clinical Research Center for the care and study of critically injured patients in the country. The center's work with severely burned patients led it to develop a new, highly... | 34,578 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
genetic disorders, such as atherosclerosis and Wilson's Disease. Jacobi anesthesiologists developed the Gertie Marx Spinal Needle, a standard still used today for administration of the epidural block during labor. Jacobi neurologists isolated chemical markers which made it possible to identify car... | 34,579 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
first to use advanced burn care products such as artificial skin. Jacobi founded the first Emergency Medicine (EM) residency in New York City, a program which is also one of the oldest and most respected EM training programs in the country. Jacobi's Emergency Department (ED) was one of the first i... | 34,580 |
4654529 | Jacobi Medical Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacobi%20Medical%20Center | Jacobi Medical Center
taples in the U.S., and the first to use mini-computers to monitor blood circulation and lung function. Its work in AIDS care and research led Jacobi to the establishment of the first hospital-based pediatric AIDS Day Care Program in the United States.
In winter 2005, Jacobi opened a new 344-bed ... | 34,581 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
Role-playing game theory
A role-playing game theory is the ludology of role-playing games (RPGs) where they are studied as a social or artistic phenomenon. RPG theories seek to understand what role-playing games are, how they function, and how the process can be refined in order to improve the... | 34,582 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
miniature war gaming", referring to games like "Warhammer 40,000", played on a table top with miniature figures. The battles unfold by rolling dice, using rulers, tokens and various other devices to perform a wide array of desired actions. The second RPG to be analyzed is known as CSG or collec... | 34,583 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
even pinback buttons". These types of games are played using special attributes which are associated with the particular collectible being used. You can place these collectibles in an attack or defensive position, roll dice to perform a specific action and much more. Note that this type of RPG ... | 34,584 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
games played cooperatively via large networked servers were available. Current examples of these games include "World of Warcraft" (Blizzard), "Rift" (Trion Worlds), and "" (BioWare).
# History.
The first organized critical reflection on role-playing games and academic research on them from t... | 34,585 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
"Role Playing Mastery: Tips, Tactics and Strategies" in 1989, and "Master of the Game" in 1990.
In 1994–95 Inter*Active (later renamed Interactive Fiction) published a magazine devoted to the study of RPGs. In the first issue Robin Laws called for the creation of a critical theory for role-pla... | 34,586 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
was featured prominently, called the Knutepunkt. The first Knutepunkt was held in Oslo in 1997 and the annual convention is still being organized today.
In the 21st century, self-defined "Indie role-playing" communities such as the Forge grew on the internet, studying role-playing and developi... | 34,587 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
proposed by Mary Kuhner, and FAQed by John Kim. It hypothesizes that any GM decision will be made for the purpose of game, or drama, or simulation. Thus, player preferences, GMing styles, and even RPG rulesets can be characterised as Game-oriented, Drama-oriented or Simulation-oriented, or more... | 34,588 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
because it can be used to explain why players play certain games.
- GEN Theory : Developed at Gaming Outpost in 2001 largely by Scarlet Jester. It hypothesizes a top and bottom "tier" of play, with the top tier being dominated by "Intent" which is divided into Gamist, Explorative, and Narrativ... | 34,589 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
agenda, Gamist, Narrativist, and Simulationist agendas. It is detailed in the articles "GNS and Other Matter of Role Play Theory," "System Does Matter," "Narrativism: Story Now" "Gamism: Step on Up" and "Simulationism: The Right to Dream" by Ron Edwards, at the Forge's article page. The Big Mod... | 34,590 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
Red for consistency, with notions like adaptability, tenacity, brightness, and visibility being extensions of the metaphor.
- Channel Theory : Developed by Larry Hols in 2003; hypothesizes that game play is made up of "channels" of various kinds such as "narration," "moral tone" or "fidelity t... | 34,591 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
as a "cabinet of curiosities" (Wunderkammer), a metaphor for their capacity to smoothly incorporate any player-suggested concepts into their imaginary space.
- The Turku School : Developed in Turku, Finland, especially by Mike Pohjola from 1999 to the present. It advocates immersion ("eläytymi... | 34,592 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
Finland, by Jaakko Stenros and Henri Hakkarainen from 2002 to the present. It defines role-playing in a way that encompasses many different forms, and shuns normative choices about what the right or best forms are. "A role-playing game is what is created in the interaction between players or be... | 34,593 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
Morten Gade, Line Thorup & Mikkel Sander (eds.): As Larp Grows Up. Knudepunkt 2003. . https://web.archive.org/web/20060718051716/http://www.laivforum.dk/kp03_book/
- Mackay, Daniel. "The Fantasy Role-Playing Game: A New Performing Art" McFarland, 2001. ()
- Fine, Gary Alan "Shared Fantasy: Ro... | 34,594 |
4654588 | Role-playing game theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Role-playing%20game%20theory | Role-playing game theory
As Larp Grows Up. Knudepunkt 2003. . https://web.archive.org/web/20060718051716/http://www.laivforum.dk/kp03_book/
- Mackay, Daniel. "The Fantasy Role-Playing Game: A New Performing Art" McFarland, 2001. ()
- Fine, Gary Alan "Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds" University of ... | 34,595 |
4654579 | The Decay of the Angel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Decay%20of%20the%20Angel | The Decay of the Angel
The Decay of the Angel
# Explanation of the title.
In Buddhist scriptures, Devas (天部 "tenbu") are mortal angels. The five signs of the decay of an angel are:
- 1. The flowery crown withers,
- 2. Sweat pours from the armpits,
- 3. The robe is soiled,
- 4. They lose self-awareness, or become ... | 34,596 |
4654579 | The Decay of the Angel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Decay%20of%20the%20Angel | The Decay of the Angel
finds Tōru (ch. 1-10).
The novel opens on Saturday, 2 May 1970, with a seascape off the coast of the Izu Peninsula. Tōru Yasunaga is an orphaned 16-year-old boy working in Shimizu as a signalman, identifying ships by telescope and notifying the offices at Shimizu harbour. He works a 24-hour shif... | 34,597 |
4654579 | The Decay of the Angel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Decay%20of%20the%20Angel | The Decay of the Angel
midnight, at his house in Hongō, Honda dreams about angels flying over the Miho Pine Grove, which he had visited that day.
At 9am, Tōru's shift ends and he takes the bus home to his apartment. He has a bath, and we see that he has the same three moles as Kiyoaki. In Chapter 7, it is explained th... | 34,598 |
4654579 | The Decay of the Angel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Decay%20of%20the%20Angel | The Decay of the Angel
and Honda calls it a "freezer full of vegetables".
They visit the Miho Pine Grove, a tourist-trap Honda already saw and disliked. They have their picture taken, sticking their heads through holes in a board painted to make them look like Jirōchō and his wife Ōchō, who were bosses of Shimizu Harb... | 34,599 |
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