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4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
village near Newtown in Powys. They had married at the Methodist chapel in Llanidloes, Powys. However as the long depression at the end of the 19th century caused great hardship in many Welsh farming communities, the young couple found it difficult to make a living from their isolated hilltop farm in C... | 37,000 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
theft and became involved with the world of Chicago street gangs. By the time he had turned 13 years old, Humphreys was in the custody of a Chicago judge by the name of Jack Murray, who apparently attempted to interest the young hoodlum in a law career. While not inspiring Curly to follow in his footst... | 37,001 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
of felony burglary (which would have carried a much stiffer sentence) but Humphreys had convinced the prosecutor to change the charge. According to a later acquaintance of Humphreys, the young criminal's private ultimatum to the prosecutor went something like this: "You try to get me indicted for burgl... | 37,002 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
Everybody will be happy. What's more, you will receive a suitable gift before the case goes to court".
Humphreys then continued his life of crime, primarily one of jewel heists and burglaries. Murray left Chicago for his brother's home in Little Axe, Oklahoma in 1921 after some difficulties. Taking a ... | 37,003 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
short-lived after he met customer Fred Evans.
The college-educated Evans was a small-time Chicago gangster in search of a partner who could help him break into the lucrative field of bootleg liquor. Evans found his partner in Humphreys, and the problem of having no product of their own was solved by t... | 37,004 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
enough by the smooth-talking young hood to give him a job with the Outfit. As an appreciative Capone was later to say of his chance discovery: "Nobody hustles like the Hump."
# Mob career.
He was skinny and dapper and handsome in a sinister sort of way, a representative of the new breed of racketeer,... | 37,005 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
preference for wearing camel hair coats; however, a more likely explanation is that "The Camel," evolved from his other nickname, "The Hump", derived from his surname. The names given to him by his friends, however, were more revealing: "Mr. Einstein", "The Brainy Hood" and "Mr. Moneybags".
From the l... | 37,006 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
income tax evasion, the chief investigator for the State Attorney's office described Murray Humphreys as "'public enemy No. 1' and 'the czar of business rackets in Chicago.'" Later that same year, Humphreys was indicted for income tax evasion himself. On the run for 18 months, he finally gave himself u... | 37,007 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
when the Outfit staged a fake disappearance and framed Capone rival Roger "Terrible" Touhy for allegedly kidnapping Factor. Touhy received a 99-year prison sentence but was released in 1959, only to be murdered several weeks later. Six months after Touhy's death, Humphreys supposedly bought several sha... | 37,008 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
for Humphreys include his discovering and exploiting the intricacies of the legal system's "Double Jeopardy" rule and the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment for the Mob's benefit.
When Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik died in 1956, Humphreys became the Outfit's chief political fixer and financial manager or... | 37,009 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
and his much valued "adviser" had rather dissimilar styles, illustrated by the following: both men were constantly tailed by Federal agents, but when Giancana grew impatient of a car tailing him, he put his foot to the gas and brought about a race between him and his pursuers. Humphreys, however, one d... | 37,010 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
put into operation in 1957 for the purpose of combating organized crime and the Mafia in particular. When Chicago FBI agents under the leadership of William F. Roemer finally discovered that a second-floor tailor shop on North Michigan Avenue, in the heart of what is now "Magnificent Mile", was a frequ... | 37,011 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
workings of the Mafia.
# Family and private life.
"Murray Humphreys:"
Humphreys' first wife Mary Clementine Brendle, known affectionately as "Clemi", was an Oklahoman with part Cherokee ancestry. Together they had one child, a daughter named Llewella. The family's Chicago home was on 7710 Bennett Av... | 37,012 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
nephews and nieces: "I was a small child, and he was always super nice to me," recalled Ray Brendle nearly 60 years later. "He made our Christmases. He would play Santa Claus and come down from the second floor dressed as Santa and carrying presents for all us kids. We were all dirt poor, and he was th... | 37,013 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
by FBI agents, who discovered that Humphreys "was the one gangster who looked after just-released convicts who needed jobs, and who made certain that the Outfit gave pensions to widows and disabled associates." An FBI agent trying to understand his growing regard for "The Camel", guessed that: "it is p... | 37,014 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
her by phone and making occasional visits to Oklahoma. In 1964, Humphreys took his ex-wife and their daughter on a two-month tour of Europe.
After his second marriage Humphreys bought a home in Florida under the alias of, "Mr. Lewis Hart", supposedly a retired Texas oilman. Having at this time develop... | 37,015 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
she had shown fine musical talent, giving her father the idea to send her to Europe where she could further her musical studies but while in Rome Llewella met the Italian actor Rossano Brazzi, and the two became lovers. When Llewella returned to America she gave birth to a son on July 14, 1955, whom sh... | 37,016 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
snarled back at the offending Senator: "Would you like to have people asking questions about "your" family?" F.B.I tapes record Humphreys angrily remembering how Estes Kefauver, the United States Senate for Tennessee asked him outright "is your daughter nuts?" Humphreys said he had barely resisted the ... | 37,017 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
gang boss might reveal in his testimony. When Giancana refused to say anything, he was charged with "Contempt of Court" and sentenced to be jailed "for the duration of the grand jury or until he chooses to answer." Three weeks after Giancana's arrest Humphreys was issued a subpoena to appear before the... | 37,018 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
in one eye Humphreys always visited his family in Oklahoma by train, Roemer promptly checked the Santa Fe Railroad at Dearborn Station and called ahead for agents to stop the Oklahoma bound train. Humphreys was met by federal agents in Norman, who escorted him back to Chicago. At this time Roemer began... | 37,019 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
the paper, the porter had been surprised to see the reader's face displayed on page one, accompanied by an article about his being sought by the grand jury for questioning. Humphreys' subsequent testimony to the grand jury that he had not known about the subpoena when he left the state was thereby disp... | 37,020 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
of the agents is quoted as saying: "Murray, for Christ's sake, you know we're FBI agents, put down the gun". The agents overpowered the aging, 66 years old, mobster without much difficulty and handcuffed him. There was a safe in the apartment, and the agents decided to make a "search" "incident to the ... | 37,021 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
8:30 p.m., Ernest Humphreys found his dead brother lying fully clothed and face down on the floor of the same room where he and the agents had fought. Humphreys had apparently been vacuuming the room at the time of his death. The Cook County coroner Andrew Toman attributed cause of death to an acute co... | 37,022 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
meeting between the family and Bill Roemer at his restaurant. "I told them all how much I respected their husband, father, and grandfather," recalled Roemer, "and that I deeply regretted what had happened."
I had clearly developed an affinity for Hump – more so by far than for anyone else in the mob. ... | 37,023 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
the fruit of my success so much more against Giancana than I did against 'The Camel' ... in Chicago there would be plenty more mobsters to choose as targets. But none like Hump.
"Roemer: Man Against the Mob," by William F. Roemer Jr.
Sandy Smith, the Chicago Tribune's top crime journalist, reported H... | 37,024 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
witness and let me tell you I had the jury, too, just in case. That's the way we got to revert to these days."
- "If you ever have to cock a gun in a man's face, kill him. If you walk away without killing him after doing that, he'll kill you the next day".
# Miscellany.
Chicago tradition has it that... | 37,025 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
is the mausoleum containing the remains of Humphreys and his daughter and first wife.
LINK:http://ndepth.newsok.com/murray-humphreys
"Humphreys was a highly skilled talent scout. According to scholars of such matters, he was the crime syndicate's leading recruiter of young blood, if you'll pardon the... | 37,026 |
4222210 | Murray Humphreys | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murray%20Humphreys | Murray Humphreys
s is the third cousin of Welsh politician Dafydd Wigley.
# Further reading.
- Giancana, Chuck and Corbitt, Michael, "Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America." New York: Warner Books, 1992.
- Hersh, Seymour M., "The Dark Side of Camelot." New York: Little, Brow... | 37,027 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
Armando Estrada
Armando Estrada (born Hazem Ali; December 20, 1978) is an American professional wrestler and manager best known by his ring name Armando Estrada.
# Professional wrestling career.
## World Wrestling Entertainment.
### Ohio Valley Wrestling (2004–2006).
Ali began his WWE career wrestl... | 37,028 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
OVW, he expanded Osama's name to "Osama Rodriguez Alejandro", revealing him to actually be half Cuban and half Palestinian. Along with being an active wrestler he became a backstage interviewer, conducting interviews with wrestler Robbie Dawber as a sidekick, for his own storyline Spanish language versi... | 37,029 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
up to the main WWE roster and placed on the Raw brand. He debuted on the April 3, 2006 edition of "Raw" as "Armando Alejandro Estrada", a Cuban businessman, and the heel manager for the also debuting Umaga. Estrada was given a backstory where his immediate family exploited its ties with Fidel Castro to ... | 37,030 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
a period of squashing jobbers, before and after which Estrada would cut promos about his charge's greatness. During this time, he stopped introducing himself before promos, as his use of long rolling r's and a short "ha ha" laugh was beginning to get him cheered instead of booed. On top of this, his nam... | 37,031 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
on at least one occasion. The feud seemingly came to an end when, on the October 9, 2006 "Raw", Estrada's interference helped Umaga defeat Kane in a Loser Leaves "Raw" match.
During December, Umaga, and thus Estrada, began a feud with John Cena over the WWE Championship. In the opening stages Estrada i... | 37,032 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
Adjustment").
In February 2007, he managed Umaga to his first title, the Intercontinental Championship, and stood beside him during his partnership with Vince McMahon and feud with Bobby Lashley. As the Umaga and Lashley feud intensified, Lashley targeted Estrada after being banned from putting his han... | 37,033 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
for the Umaga-Lashley match at WrestleMania 23.
### ECW (2007–2008).
On August 14, 2007, Estrada was announced as the General Manager of the ECW brand, giving him (kayfabe) power to book matches and make arrangements for the brand. In early 2008, he was placed into a feud with Colin Delaney—an indepen... | 37,034 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
the victory. He was removed from his position as General Manager of the "ECW" brand on June 3 and replaced by Theodore Long, as the WWE Board of Directors (kayfabe) decided that paying Estrada as both a General Manager and an active wrestler was too much of an expense.
Estrada was then primarily used a... | 37,035 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
edition of ECW, losing to Finlay. On November 18, 2008, Estrada was released from his WWE contract after months of inactivity.
## Independent circuit and semi-retirement (2008–2012).
Following his WWE release, Ali returned to the independent circuit. On January 3, 2009, Ali, wrestling under his Armand... | 37,036 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
AE", defeated Al Snow for the GLCW Heavyweight Championship. On October 12, 2012 at a PWS Event, Estrada faced Jim Duggan in a losing effort. On October 20, 2012 at a Great Lakes Championship Wrestling's event, AE lost the GLCW Heavyweight Championship to Robbie E in a 3-way match. on December 1, 2012 a... | 37,037 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
Estrada had shed his previous image (including the Estrada character's previous accent), instead being presented as more of a professional businessman. The union proved to be brief, as Kidd's hunt for the right manager continued the following week.
Although he was not seen on TV again, Estrada actually... | 37,038 |
4222184 | Armando Estrada | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armando%20Estrada | Armando Estrada
nued the following week.
Although he was not seen on TV again, Estrada actually remained contracted until June 26, 2012, before being let go by WWE, officially on July 2, 2012.
# Personal life.
After his first departure from WWE, Estrada opened a restaurant, "Baby's Steak and Lemonade," in Glendale, ... | 37,039 |
4222500 | Min Xiao-Fen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Min%20Xiao-Fen | Min Xiao-Fen
Min Xiao-Fen
Min Xiao-Fen () is an Asian-American pipa player, vocalist, and composer known for her work in traditional Chinese music, contemporary classical music, and jazz.
# Life.
Min Xiao-Fen studied with her father, Min Ji-Qian, a professor and pipa instructor at Nanjing University, and performed a... | 37,040 |
4222500 | Min Xiao-Fen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Min%20Xiao-Fen | Min Xiao-Fen
e jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. Min worked with Björk on the song "I See Who You Are" on Björk's album "Volta", released on May 7, 2007.
Min lives in New York. She is also a founder of Blue Pipa, Inc.
# Discography.
- "Mao, Monk and Me" (2017, Blue Pipa)
- "Dim Sum" (2012, Blue Pipa)
- "Min Xiao-Fe... | 37,041 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
Great Lakes Aquarium
The Great Lakes Aquarium opened in 2000 and is located on the Duluth waterfront. A 501(c)(3) private nonprofit, its mission is to inspire people to explore their connection to Lake Superior and waters of the world. Great Lakes Aquarium features animals and habitats found withi... | 37,042 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
Saint Louis River, Baptism River, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Kakagon Slough, Isle Royale and Otter Cove can all be viewed up close.
# Permanent fixtures.
## Isle Royale.
The Isle Royale is the main exhibit located in the very center of the building, and it extends to both the first and s... | 37,043 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
/ Kakagon Slough.
Pictured Rocks and Kakagon Slough are inside of a netted area and feature sandstone cliffs, a heron, and native turtles
## Otter Cove.
Otter Cove is an exhibit featuring two North American river otters, Agate and Ore. The female otters, believed to be sisters, arrived at the Aq... | 37,044 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
a crow named Freeway.
## Amazing Amazon.
Amazing Amazon opened in the summer of 2008. It features freshwater creatures from the largest river in the world. This includes Pacu, Arowana, Piranha, Catfish, Electric Eels, Discus.
## Unsalted Seas.
Opened in 2016, Unsalted Seas explores large lakes ... | 37,045 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
such as fish, frogs, salamanders and snakes. There is also a wide variety of interactive electronic exhibits located throughout the museum. Great Lakes Aquarium also features a local history center, a science center and cultural exhibits.
# Rotating Exhibits.
In May 2010, Great Lakes Aquarium ope... | 37,046 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
"The Abyss: the Great Unknown" which ended in 2010, "Africa's Lake Victoria" which ended in 2003 and "Hunters of the Sky" which ended in September 2001. The next exhibit was scheduled to open in July 2014. Titled "Shipwrecks Alive!" It will feature how sea life makes their home in shipwrecks. It wi... | 37,047 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
harbor views from this area and other parts of the museum. When visitors enter the museum, they are encouraged to ride the escalator to the upper level first through Sensory Immersion Experience and continue onto the lower level later.
## Main Floor.
The main floor contains the following features... | 37,048 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
Slough
- Classrooms
## Basement.
The basement of this building is closed to the public. It contains offices and storage, as well as an animal care area and pumps for the aquarium
# History.
Great Lakes Aquarium opened its doors on July 29, 2000. It was built (on land donated by Duluth philanth... | 37,049 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
control of the Aquarium and briefly closed it.
In May 2003, management of Great Lakes Aquarium was turned over to Ripley's Entertainment, Leisure Entertainment Corporation, best known for its "Believe it or Not" museums. The company eliminated 2/3 of aquarium staff and cut costs, bringing it back ... | 37,050 |
4222492 | Great Lakes Aquarium | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great%20Lakes%20Aquarium | Great Lakes Aquarium
to return management of the facility back to local control and recruited Jack LaVoy to serve as executive director. Since 2008, a philosophy of continuous improvement has been adopted starting with a program called "The Three R's"; repair, replace or remove all defective exhibits from the exhibit f... | 37,051 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
Kaunos
Kaunos (Carian: "Kbid";
Lycian: "Khbide"; Ancient Greek: ; ) was a city of ancient Caria and in Anatolia, a few km west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey.
The Calbys river (now known as the Dalyan river) was the border between Caria and Lycia. Initially Kaunos was a separate state; t... | 37,052 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
"Küçük Kale" and the inner port at its northwest (the present "Sülüklü Göl", Lake of the Leeches). The southern port was used from the foundation of the city till roughly the end of the Hellenistic era, after which it became inaccessible due to its drying out. The inner or trade port could be closed by chains. T... | 37,053 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
continued up to the present day, and are now supervised by Prof. Cengiz Işık.
The archeological research is not limited to Kaunos itself, but is also carried out in locations nearby e.g. near the Sultaniye Spa where there used to be a sanctuary devoted to the goddess Leto.
# Mythology.
According to mythology ... | 37,054 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
for him and tried to commit suicide. Mythology says that the Calbys river emerged from her tears.
# History.
The oldest find at the Kaunos archeological site is the neck of a Protogeometric amphora dating back to the 9th century BC, or even earlier. A statue found at the western gate of the city walls, pieces ... | 37,055 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
during the Persian invasion of 546 BCE. Herodotus writes that the Kaunians fiercely countered Harpagus' attacks but were ultimately defeated. Despite the fact that the Kaunians themselves said they originated from Crete, Herodotus doubted this. He thought it was far more likely that the Kaunians were the origina... | 37,056 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
and children alike- had get-togethers over a good glass of wine.
Herodotus mentions that Kaunos participated in the Ionian Revolt (499–494 BCE).
Some important inscriptions in Carian language were found here, dating to c. 400 BC, including a bilingual inscription in Greek and Carian found in 1996. They helped ... | 37,057 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
possibly due to increased agriculture and the demand for Kaunian export articles, such as salt, salted fish, slaves, pine resin and black mastic – the raw materials for tar used in boat building and repair – and dried figs. During the 5th and 4th centuries BC the city started to use the name Kaunos as an alterna... | 37,058 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
changed. This was particularly the case during the reign of the satrap Mausolos (377–353 BC). The city was enlarged, was modeled with terraces and walled over a huge area. The city gradually got a Greek character, with an agora and temples dedicated to Greek deities. Alexander the Great's 334 BC brought the city... | 37,059 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
number of Hellenistic kingdoms. In 189 BC the Roman senate put Kaunos under the jurisdiction of Rhodes. At that time it was known as the Rhodian Peraia.
In 167 BC this led to a revolt by Kaunos and a number of other cities in western Anatolia against Rhodes. As a result, Rome discharged Rhodes from its task. In... | 37,060 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
for this action by the Romans, who again put Kaunos under Rhodian administration. During Roman rule Kaunos became a prospering sea port. The amphitheater of the city was enlarged and Roman baths and a palaestra were built. The agora fountain was renovated and new temples arose.
## Byzantine era.
Kaunos was chr... | 37,061 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
appearance. In the 14th century the Turkish tribes had conquered part of Caria, which resulted in a dramatic decrease in sea trade.
The resulting economical slump caused many Kaunians to move elsewhere. In the 15th century the Turks captured the entire area north of Caria and Kaunos was hit by a malaria epidemi... | 37,062 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
again.
# Ecclesiastical history.
Kaunos was christianized at an early date and when the Roman Empire officially adopted the Christian faith, its name changed into Caunos-Hegia.
Residential Bishops are known beginning from the 4th century. Four bishops are mentioned by Lequien :
- Basil, who attended the Coun... | 37,063 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
under the Latinized form of its name, Caunus, among the Latin titular bishoprics recognized by the Catholic Church. since it was nominally restored (no later than 1911), as a suffragan of the Lycian Metropolitan of the capital's Archdiocese of Myra.
It vacant since 1972, having had the following incumbents, bot... | 37,064 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
of Esmeraldas (Ecuador) (1957.11.14 – 1972.09.17).
# Main archeological sites.
Kaunos is a site that is interesting for both its archeological and ecological importance. Situated in the Köyceğiz-Dalyan Special Environmental Protection Area, it offers outstanding vistas and is rich in wildlife. The ruins of the... | 37,065 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
Hellenistic and Roman characteristics
- The palaestra with its Roman baths, a wind measuring platform and a domed Byzantine basilica
- The port agora, the stoa and the nymphaeum
- The temples
Outside the official Kaunos archeological site, there are:
- Six rock tombs on the Dalyan river (4th – 2nd century B... | 37,066 |
4222333 | Kaunos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaunos | Kaunos
e:
- Six rock tombs on the Dalyan river (4th – 2nd century BC), which are Dalyan's prime sight
- The Kaunos city walls
- The niche tombs at the port of Çandır
# Notable people.
- Protogenes, Greek painter, 4th century BC
- Zeno of Kaunos, secretary in Ptolemaic service, 3rd century BC
# External links.
-... | 37,067 |
4222505 | Manhasset Secondary School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhasset%20Secondary%20School | Manhasset Secondary School
Manhasset Secondary School
Manhasset Secondary School is a six-year public high school and middle school located in Manhasset, Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. Manhasset High School consistently ranks among the top 100 high schools in America. In addition, the schoo... | 37,068 |
4222505 | Manhasset Secondary School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhasset%20Secondary%20School | Manhasset Secondary School
lunch.
# Building history.
The secondary school building was built in 1934-1939 as a project of the Works Progress Administration. The building was designed by the firm Tooker & Marsh with Roger H. Bullard (of Manhasset) as an associate architect. John H. Esile & Co. was contracted as the b... | 37,069 |
4222505 | Manhasset Secondary School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhasset%20Secondary%20School | Manhasset Secondary School
Office, now located in the new office facility
- The Superintendent of Schools
- Offices for the District Coordinators of Mathematics, Foreign Languages, Science, English, Athletics, Technology and Social Studies
# Sports.
- Manhasset's team nicknames are the Indians and "Set," but the sc... | 37,070 |
4222505 | Manhasset Secondary School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhasset%20Secondary%20School | Manhasset Secondary School
first HS lacrosse team on Long Island while Garden City followed shortly after in 1934. A yearly lacrosse tradition known as the "Woodstick Classic" emerged between the schools, an event which is attended by thousands every year, and is currently the nation's longest continuous boys lacrosse ... | 37,071 |
4222505 | Manhasset Secondary School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhasset%20Secondary%20School | Manhasset Secondary School
and 2010, the boys lacrosse team won the Class C state championship, making back-to-back state titles for the first time in school history.
## Rowing.
- In 2008, the Boys Junior 4+ boat won the Scholastic National Regatta in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the prestigious Stotesbury Cup regatta, and ... | 37,072 |
4222505 | Manhasset Secondary School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhasset%20Secondary%20School | Manhasset Secondary School
4+ boat won New York State Championship regatta and the Scholastic National Regatta. They also took second place Second at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta.
# Music.
Eight choirs involve over 300 students in singing:
Symphonic Choir, Concert Choir I, Men's Chorus, Women's Chorus, Vocal Jazz Ense... | 37,073 |
4222505 | Manhasset Secondary School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhasset%20Secondary%20School | Manhasset Secondary School
Classic)
- 2016 Golds with Distinction: Women's Chorus, Symphonic Choir, Symphonic Orchestra
- 2009 Golds with Distinction: Women's Chorus, Symphonic Choir, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen, Orchestra
- 2008 Golds with Distinction: Women's Chorus, Concert Choir, Select Ensemble, Kinsmen
- 2007 Go... | 37,074 |
4222505 | Manhasset Secondary School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhasset%20Secondary%20School | Manhasset Secondary School
E. Gary, (1937–2006) former dean of Albany Medical College, Executive Vice President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and dean of its F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine.
- Ken Howard (1944–2016), actor best known for the TV series "The White Shadow" and Chancellor... | 37,075 |
4222505 | Manhasset Secondary School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manhasset%20Secondary%20School | Manhasset Secondary School
(1937–2006) former dean of Albany Medical College, Executive Vice President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and dean of its F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine.
- Ken Howard (1944–2016), actor best known for the TV series "The White Shadow" and Chancellor of the N... | 37,076 |
4222518 | Pickpocket (EP) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pickpocket%20(EP) | Pickpocket (EP)
Pickpocket (EP)
Pickpocket was a six-track cassette tape by Manchester post-punk band Ludus, released by New Hormones in 1981. It came packaged with a limited-edition booklet and badge.
The booklet, titled "SheShe", contains black-and-white photos by photographer Birrer, showing singer Linder Sterling... | 37,077 |
4222518 | Pickpocket (EP) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pickpocket%20(EP) | Pickpocket (EP)
my kind", "come find me when I'm hiding/hiding but still not knowing" (Mutilate), "can I see me/I throw up screens/I am messy", "am I your death/behind my flesh/does my skull smile", "it is not I/ who seeks the fool/it is the fool/who seeks I" (The Fool) and "life is too short/still we make a show/we ar... | 37,078 |
4222518 | Pickpocket (EP) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pickpocket%20(EP) | Pickpocket (EP)
g Ludus' best and most accessible work, showing that they were able to stay original and imaginative while recording very melodic, 3-minute-long pop songs
The first track on the cassette, "Patient", is a mostly instrumental song (apart from the chorus "anaesthetize, anaesthetize"), which would be short... | 37,079 |
4222589 | Frederick Ward | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick%20Ward | Frederick Ward
Frederick Ward
Frederick Ward may refer to:
- Frederick Townsend Ward (1831–1862), American sailor and mercenary
- Frederick Wordsworth Ward "aka", Captain Thunderbolt (1833–1870), Australian bushranger
- Frederick William Ward (1874–1934), Australian newspaper editor
- Frederick Ward (football mana... | 37,080 |
4222589 | Frederick Ward | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick%20Ward | Frederick Ward
(1873–1954), Australian senator
- Frederick Ward (cricketer) (1881–1948), English cricketer, played one first class game for Yorkshire
- Fred Ward (rugby league) (1932–2012), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s
- Fred Ward (born 1942), American a... | 37,081 |
4222614 | Chapter 2: World Domination | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chapter%202:%20World%20Domination | Chapter 2: World Domination
Chapter 2: World Domination
Chapter 2: World Domination is the third studio album by American hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. The album was released on November 4, 1997, by Hypnotize Minds, with distribution from RED. This was their first widely distributed album and also Three 6 Mafia's first... | 37,082 |
4222614 | Chapter 2: World Domination | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chapter%202:%20World%20Domination | Chapter 2: World Domination
ation is the third studio album by American hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. The album was released on November 4, 1997, by Hypnotize Minds, with distribution from RED. This was their first widely distributed album and also Three 6 Mafia's first Gold-RIAA certified album, having sold over 800,00... | 37,083 |
4222266 | Tantalum pentoxide | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantalum%20pentoxide | Tantalum pentoxide
Tantalum pentoxide
Tantalum pentoxide, also known as tantalum(V) oxide, is the inorganic compound with the formula . It is a white solid that is insoluble in all solvents but is attacked by strong bases and hydrofluoric acid. is an inert material with a high refractive index and low absorption (i.e.... | 37,084 |
4222266 | Tantalum pentoxide | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantalum%20pentoxide | Tantalum pentoxide
was discovered by Anders Gustaf Ekeberg at Ytterby, Sweden, and Kimoto, Finland. The minerals microlite and pyrochlore contain approximately 70% and 10% Ta, respectively.
## Refining.
Tantalum ores often contain significant amounts of niobium, which is itself a valuable metal. As such, both metals ... | 37,085 |
4222266 | Tantalum pentoxide | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantalum%20pentoxide | Tantalum pentoxide
are then removed from the aqueous solution by liquid-liquid extraction using organic solvents, such as cyclohexanone or methyl isobutyl ketone. This step allows the simple removal of various metal impurities (e.g. iron and manganese) which remain in the aqueous phase in the form of fluorides. Separat... | 37,086 |
4222266 | Tantalum pentoxide | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantalum%20pentoxide | Tantalum pentoxide
as described in these idealized equations:
Natural pure tantalum oxide is known as the mineral tantite, although it is exceedingly rare.
## From alkoxides.
Tantalum oxide is frequently used in electronics, often in the form of thin films. For these applications it can be produced by MOCVD (or rela... | 37,087 |
4222266 | Tantalum pentoxide | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantalum%20pentoxide | Tantalum pentoxide
provides less structural information.
At least 2 polymorphs are known to exist. A low temperature form, known as L- or β-TaO, and the high temperature form known as H- or α-TaO. The transition between these two forms is slow and reversible; taking place between 1000-1360 °C, with a mixture of struct... | 37,088 |
4222266 | Tantalum pentoxide | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantalum%20pentoxide | Tantalum pentoxide
form ("Z"-TaO) has also been reported, in which the Ta atoms adopt a 7 coordinate geometry to give a monoclinic structure (space group C2).
Purely amorphous tantalum pentoxide has a similar local structure to the crystalline polymorphs, built from TaO and TaO polyhedra, while the molten liquid phase... | 37,089 |
4222266 | Tantalum pentoxide | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantalum%20pentoxide | Tantalum pentoxide
the greater its observed band gap.
These observed values are significantly higher than those predicted by computational chemistry (2.3 - 3.8 eV).
Its dielectric constant is typically about ~25 although values of over 50 have been reported. In general tantalum pentoxide is considered to be a high-k ... | 37,090 |
4222266 | Tantalum pentoxide | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantalum%20pentoxide | Tantalum pentoxide
tantalum pentoxide has found a variety of uses in electronics, particularly in tantalum capacitors. These are used in automotive electronics, cell phones, and pagers, electronic circuitry; thin-film components; and high-speed tools. In the 1990s, interest grew in the use of tantalum oxide as a high-k... | 37,091 |
4222266 | Tantalum pentoxide | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tantalum%20pentoxide | Tantalum pentoxide
es in electronics, particularly in tantalum capacitors. These are used in automotive electronics, cell phones, and pagers, electronic circuitry; thin-film components; and high-speed tools. In the 1990s, interest grew in the use of tantalum oxide as a high-k dielectric for DRAM capacitor applications.... | 37,092 |
4222554 | Danger Came Smiling | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danger%20Came%20Smiling | Danger Came Smiling
Danger Came Smiling
Danger Came Smiling was the final LP released by Manchester post-punk group Ludus. It was first issued by New Hormones in September 1982.
The album stands apart in the band's discography, being a lot more experimental, improvisational and intentionally less accessible than thei... | 37,093 |
4222554 | Danger Came Smiling | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danger%20Came%20Smiling | Danger Came Smiling
Ian Devine as a therapeutic exercise, and by Linder as a "personal exorcism".
# Track listing.
- 1. Foaming at the Bit
- 2. Howling Comique
- 3. You Open My Legs Like a Book
- 4. Flogging Cully
- 5. Mememoremee
- 6. Invasion of Compulsory Sex-Morality
- 7. I Stabbed at the Sheep
- 8. Mistre... | 37,094 |
4222554 | Danger Came Smiling | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danger%20Came%20Smiling | Danger Came Smiling
eutic exercise, and by Linder as a "personal exorcism".
# Track listing.
- 1. Foaming at the Bit
- 2. Howling Comique
- 3. You Open My Legs Like a Book
- 4. Flogging Cully
- 5. Mememoremee
- 6. Invasion of Compulsory Sex-Morality
- 7. I Stabbed at the Sheep
- 8. Mistresspiece
- 9. Bloody C... | 37,095 |
4222567 | BN-350 reactor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BN-350%20reactor | BN-350 reactor
BN-350 reactor
The BN-350 was a sodium-cooled fast reactor located at Aktau Nuclear Power Plant.
The power plant was located in Aktau (formerly known as Shevchenko in 1964–1992), Kazakhstan, on the shore of the Caspian Sea.
Construction of the BN-350 fast breeder reactor began in 1964, and the plant f... | 37,096 |
4222567 | BN-350 reactor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BN-350%20reactor | BN-350 reactor
0 was also used for producing plutonium and for desalination to supply fresh water (120,000 m³ fresh water/day) to the city.
The project lifetime of the reactor officially finished in 1993, and in June 1994, the reactor was forced to shut down because of a lack of funds to buy fuel.
By 1995, the plant'... | 37,097 |
4222645 | Dogfeiling | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dogfeiling | Dogfeiling
Dogfeiling
Dogfeiling was a minor sub-kingdom and later a commote in north Wales.
It formed part of the eastern border of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in early medieval Wales. The area was named for Dogfael, one of the sons of the first King of Gwynedd, Cunedda. It existed from 445 until sometime around the year... | 37,098 |
4222531 | Michigan Central Railway Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michigan%20Central%20Railway%20Bridge | Michigan Central Railway Bridge
Michigan Central Railway Bridge
The Michigan Central Railway Bridge is a steel arch bridge spanning the Niagara Gorge between Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York. The bridge was designed by William Perry Taylor, Chief Engineer J.L. Delming and consulting Norwegian-born en... | 37,099 |
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