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6758087 | Sagar Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sagar%20Island | Sagar Island
kata through Kakdwip to Namkhana where at Bakkhali there is a ferry across the Muriganga distributary (Channel Creek) to Sagar Island (Gangasagar).
## Air.
One can reach Gangasagar by availing Helicopter services operated on every Sunday, facilitated by State Government.
# Development proposals.
The Go... | 44,400 |
6758195 | Joe Long | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Long | Joe Long
Joe Long
Joe Long (born Joseph Paganelli; at Westlake Village, California), is an American known to be a great husband, father, friend and a decent Madden Player back in the mid 1990. He was a Married with Children fan and was known to “snap” if the shower lights turned off on a cruise ship.
# Biography.
Jo... | 44,401 |
6758195 | Joe Long | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Long | Joe Long
Seasons in 1965 as a replacement for Charles Calello, who temporarily replaced Nick Massi. Joe Long continued to record, perform and tour with The Four Seasons through the mid-1970s. After leaving the group, Long formed the rock 'n roll group LaBracio and later the jazz band Jersey Bounce. In a recent intervie... | 44,402 |
6758195 | Joe Long | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Long | Joe Long
emporarily replaced Nick Massi. Joe Long continued to record, perform and tour with The Four Seasons through the mid-1970s. After leaving the group, Long formed the rock 'n roll group LaBracio and later the jazz band Jersey Bounce. In a recent interview Long stated that, "I still play an occasional gig. And, I... | 44,403 |
6758221 | Recorder's Court (Detroit) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recorder's%20Court%20(Detroit) | Recorder's Court (Detroit)
Recorder's Court (Detroit)
The Recorder's Court, in Detroit, Michigan was a state court of limited jurisdiction which had, for most of its history, exclusive jurisdiction over traffic and ordinance matters, and over all felony cases committed in the City of Detroit. Its jurisdiction did not ... | 44,404 |
6758221 | Recorder's Court (Detroit) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recorder's%20Court%20(Detroit) | Recorder's Court (Detroit)
Detroit was "The Mayor, Recorder and Alderman of Detroit."
## Sweet family murder trials.
In its 173-year history, it is probable that the Ossian Sweet family murder trials—defended by Clarence Darrow and presided over by Judge Frank Murphy (who became Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan... | 44,405 |
6758221 | Recorder's Court (Detroit) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recorder's%20Court%20(Detroit) | Recorder's Court (Detroit)
by the State Bar of Michigan in the first floor of the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit.
Kevin Boyle's chronicle, was adapted into a play. Mr. Boyle was honored by the Detroit City Council for The Sweet Trials. *"The Sweet Trials: Malice Aforethought" is a play written by Arthur Beer,... | 44,406 |
6758221 | Recorder's Court (Detroit) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recorder's%20Court%20(Detroit) | Recorder's Court (Detroit)
brought by Richard Kuhn opposed the merger, but did not prevail.
Prior to the merger, "judges of Recorder's Court were elected from Detroit, so unsurprisingly, most of them were African-American. Then Detroit Recorder's Court was abolished — or rather, it was merged with Wayne County Circuit... | 44,407 |
6758221 | Recorder's Court (Detroit) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Recorder's%20Court%20(Detroit) | Recorder's Court (Detroit)
and have to run for re-election in Wayne County as a whole, which is predominantly white."
At the time of its merger, and now as reconfigured as a part of the Wayne County Circuit Court, the court has been housed in the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice.
# Notable judges.
- George Crockett Jr.,... | 44,408 |
6758203 | Read's Department Stores | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Read's%20Department%20Stores | Read's Department Stores
Read's Department Stores
Read's Department Stores was a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based retail chain founded in 1857 by D. M. Read. Known for its classy, upscale merchandise, it was once hailed as New England's largest department store.
# Founding and growth.
In 1857, David M. Read and W. B. H... | 44,409 |
6758203 | Read's Department Stores | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Read's%20Department%20Stores | Read's Department Stores
to the corner of Broad and John Streets in downtown Bridgeport, where its flagship store ultimately had over of selling area on five floors. D.M. Read Company became a unit of Allied Stores in 1954.
Allied expanded the store into a chain in the 1950s and 1960s. By then they were up to six stor... | 44,410 |
6758203 | Read's Department Stores | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Read's%20Department%20Stores | Read's Department Stores
vacated by Gimbel's at the nearby Lafayette Plaza Mall. Around 1985 its television and radio commercials featured the jingle, "Reads, Your Something Special Store". Read's operated in its hometown of Bridgeport until 1987 when Campeau Corp. of Canada, which had bought Allied Stores, merged it i... | 44,411 |
6758203 | Read's Department Stores | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Read's%20Department%20Stores | Read's Department Stores
and all but the Trumbull and Jefferson Valley stores were closed by 1992 under the Federated/Allied Stores bankruptcy filing.
In 1993, these remaining two stores were converted to the Abraham & Straus nameplate when that division of Federated Department Stores merged with Jordan Marsh (as they... | 44,412 |
6758203 | Read's Department Stores | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Read's%20Department%20Stores | Read's Department Stores
ocated into the former Filene's store in the Westfield Trumbull shopping center upon the completion of the merger of the Federated and May Department Stores chains. Only the Jefferson Valley Mall store that Read's opened in 1983 has continually operated as a department store to present day.
Th... | 44,413 |
6758236 | Geelong News | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geelong%20News | Geelong News
Geelong News
The Geelong News is a free weekly paper delivered to houses in the Geelong region in Victoria, Australia. It is published on Wednesdays with a circulation of over 70,000 copies. The focus of most
stories are local community issues and sport. Recently the newspaper
started producing differen... | 44,414 |
6758236 | Geelong News | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geelong%20News | Geelong News
and "The Herald". He then worked for the Australian Associated Press in Melbourne, worked with the "Gippsland Times" in Sale, then was appointed editor of the "Traralgon Journal".
The first issues were produced by Mr Horniblow and his wife Helen from their home in Hawthorn Avenue, Belmont. The newspaper m... | 44,415 |
6758236 | Geelong News | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geelong%20News | Geelong News
he entire Geelong area.
1973 saw Horniblow, his brother Brian Horniblow, and business partner purchase the "Ballarat News". The Geelong News moved from High Street to Victoria House in Moorabool Street in 1975, by which time 25 permanent staff were employed by the group.
West Web printers was added to th... | 44,416 |
6758242 | Hugh Alastair Ford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Alastair%20Ford | Hugh Alastair Ford
Hugh Alastair Ford
Dr Hugh Alastair Ford (1946- ) is an Australian ornithologist.
In 1973 he moved to Australia, first to Adelaide and then, in 1977, to the University of New England at Armidale. He is known for studies on honeyeaters, the ecology of woodland birds, and the relationship between bir... | 44,417 |
6758242 | Hugh Alastair Ford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Alastair%20Ford | Hugh Alastair Ford
An Australian perspective". Australian Ecology Series. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Ltd: Sydney.
- Ford, Hugh A.; & Paton, D.C. (Eds). (1986). "The Dynamic Partnership. Birds and plants in southern Australia". Handbooks of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Government Printer: Adelaide.
- Keast, A... | 44,418 |
6758242 | Hugh Alastair Ford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hugh%20Alastair%20Ford | Hugh Alastair Ford
stralian Ecology Series. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Ltd: Sydney.
- Ford, Hugh A.; & Paton, D.C. (Eds). (1986). "The Dynamic Partnership. Birds and plants in southern Australia". Handbooks of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Government Printer: Adelaide.
- Keast, Allen; Recher, H.F.; Ford, H.; ... | 44,419 |
6758277 | Eurobank a.d. | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eurobank%20a.d. | Eurobank a.d.
Eurobank a.d.
Eurobank a.d. is a bank founded in 2006, with headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a subsidiary of the Greek Eurobank Ergasias and has 80 branches in Serbia.
# History.
Eurobank started operating in Serbia in 2003. The first five years were marked by the acquisition of Postbanka, follo... | 44,420 |
6758239 | Arthit Kamlang-ek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthit%20Kamlang-ek | Arthit Kamlang-ek
Arthit Kamlang-ek
Arthit Kamlang-ek (31 August 1925 – 19 January 2015; , ) was a Thai general. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army from 1982 to 1986 and parallel the Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces from 1983 to 1986. He was particularly influential during the 1980s d... | 44,421 |
6758239 | Arthit Kamlang-ek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthit%20Kamlang-ek | Arthit Kamlang-ek
Arthit was a leader of the counter-coup against the Young Turk coup of 1981. Afterwards, he was promoted to Commander of the First Army Region, traditionally regarded as the most strategic post for coups and counter-coups.
# Clash with Prem.
General Arthit's subsequent rapid rise to the post of Comm... | 44,422 |
6758239 | Arthit Kamlang-ek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthit%20Kamlang-ek | Arthit Kamlang-ek
and retired army officers pressed for constitutional amendments aimed at enhancing their political influence. A showdown between Arthit's camp and Prem's ruling coalition was narrowly averted when General Arthit urged the officers to abandon the amendments.
General Arthit also played a role in the 19... | 44,423 |
6758239 | Arthit Kamlang-ek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthit%20Kamlang-ek | Arthit Kamlang-ek
of Prem's term as Prime Minister. But on March 24, 1986, the government announced that Arthit would be retired as scheduled on September 1, 1986. Then on 27 May, Prem stunned the nation by dismissing Arthit from his position as Army chief and replacing him with General Chaovalit Yongchaiyut, a Prem lo... | 44,424 |
6758239 | Arthit Kamlang-ek | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthit%20Kamlang-ek | Arthit Kamlang-ek
preme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces until September 1986 was not affected by the dismissal order, denied any role in such maneuvers.
# Post-military career.
In early 1991, Arthit was appointed by Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan as Deputy Defense Minister. Early rumors of his appointme... | 44,425 |
6758286 | Sheringham Point Light | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheringham%20Point%20Light | Sheringham Point Light
Sheringham Point Light
Sheringham Point Lighthouse is located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, near the community of Shirley. Built in 1912 following the fatal wreck of the SS Valencia six years earlier, it is still used for navigation.
The lighthouse and surrounding property is currently... | 44,426 |
6758286 | Sheringham Point Light | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheringham%20Point%20Light | Sheringham Point Light
by local residents of Shirley, British Columbia, when the Canadian Coast Guard suggested deeming the Sheringham Point Lighthouse and its surrounding lands as 'surplus'. The SPLPS's mission is “to preserve the Sheringham Point Lighthouse structures and property; to ensure, through education, resea... | 44,427 |
6758286 | Sheringham Point Light | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheringham%20Point%20Light | Sheringham Point Light
declared the lightstation and surrounding lands surplus.
On May 29, 2015, The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced that 74 heritage lighthouses across Canada had been designated under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act.
... | 44,428 |
6758286 | Sheringham Point Light | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheringham%20Point%20Light | Sheringham Point Light
pr 3, 2017 news conference, the SPLS announced the largest ever private donation to a lighthouse in Canada. The Westaway Charitable Foundation will be assisting the restoration with $550,00 over several years.
# Keepers.
- Eustace Travanion Arden (1912 – 1946)
- Tom Charles Cross (1946)
- Alf... | 44,429 |
6758284 | The Plunge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Plunge | The Plunge
The Plunge
The Richmond Municipal Natatorium, commonly known as The Plunge or The Richmond Plunge, is a historic swim center in the Point Richmond neighborhood of Richmond, California. It was closed in August 2001 for seismic retrofitting and reopened in August 2010. It now is back to a regular schedule.
#... | 44,430 |
6758284 | The Plunge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Plunge | The Plunge
grew to over 200,000 during the "war years" and is now about 110,000.
Over the years, the masonry building deteriorated, the hollow-clay-tile walls cracking after 76 years of deferred maintenance. Richmond Friends of Recreation (RFR) was organized in 1979 as a non-profit organization with the purpose of sup... | 44,431 |
6758284 | The Plunge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Plunge | The Plunge
to close the Plunge permanently. However, even though it was unsafe, people were allowed to swim in it until August 2001, although they had to pass "Swim at your own risk" signs.
When the Plunge was slated for demolition, residents protested and RFR stepped in to work with the City in a unique Public/Privat... | 44,432 |
6758284 | The Plunge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Plunge | The Plunge
Friends of Recreation established a "Save the Richmond Plunge Trust" under its tax-exempt status and raised over $154,000 in cash and in excess of $40,000 in kind donations from local business owners. It committed to an ambitious campaign of appeals to corporations, foundations, and individuals and a calenda... | 44,433 |
6758284 | The Plunge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Plunge | The Plunge
ommitted to an ambitious campaign of appeals to corporations, foundations, and individuals and a calendar of community events to recruit workers and raise funds.
Architect Todd Jersey of Todd Jersey Architecture in Berkeley donated hundreds of hours to the Plunge restoration project, with the hopes of makin... | 44,434 |
6758327 | LTZ | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LTZ | LTZ
LTZ
LTZ or ltz may refer to:
- "Less Than Zero Paintball" AKA "LTZ PAINTBALL", A Professional Paintball Team located in Las Vegas, Nevada
- a high-end trim of Chevrolet vehicles.
- Luxembourgish language ISO 639 code
- "Less Than Zero" (novel), a novel by Bert Eastman Ellis
# See also.
- Less Than Zero (disa... | 44,435 |
6758282 | Interstate 77 in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interstate%2077%20in%20Virginia | Interstate 77 in Virginia
Interstate 77 in Virginia
Interstate 77 (I-77) in the U.S. state of Virginia is a north–south Interstate Highway serving Hillsville, Wytheville, and Bland. Running parallel to U.S. Route 52 (US 52), I-77 passes through the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel and East River Mountain Tunnel, the latter ... | 44,436 |
6758282 | Interstate 77 in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interstate%2077%20in%20Virginia | Interstate 77 in Virginia
77 north is signed with Interstate 81 south and vice versa.
The southernmost 7 miles involve a steep grade, up for northbound and down for southbound traffic. The southbound side has 2 runaway truck ramps. The lower end of the grade coincides with the North Carolina border, where the road exi... | 44,437 |
6758270 | Edward Coates (pirate) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Coates%20(pirate) | Edward Coates (pirate)
Edward Coates (pirate)
Edward Coates (fl. 1689-1695) was a colonial American privateer in English service during King William's War and later a pirate operating in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
# History.
In 1689, Coates originally signed aboard the "Jacob" as a sailor in a privateer expeditio... | 44,438 |
6758270 | Edward Coates (pirate) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Coates%20(pirate) | Edward Coates (pirate)
withholding a portion of the crew's shares, Mason disappeared after stopping at an island in the Indian Ocean; he had actually returned to New York with some of his crew and his quartermaster Samuel Burgess to divide the spoils, later returning to the area as captain of the "Pearl". Coates, later... | 44,439 |
6758270 | Edward Coates (pirate) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Coates%20(pirate) | Edward Coates (pirate)
them.
Upon their arrival in April of the following year, Coates arranged a deal with Governor Benjamin Fletcher to pardon their former acts of piracy, as well as assuring no interference from New York authorities against further attacks, in exchange for $1,800 which would be divided between the ... | 44,440 |
6758270 | Edward Coates (pirate) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Coates%20(pirate) | Edward Coates (pirate)
2800 pieces of eight per man. They secured a pardon by presenting Fletcher with the "Jacob", which he sold for a profit. Some of Coates’ former crew were still on Madagascar when they were killed in a native uprising in 1697.
Fletcher was accused of collusion with pirates, and Coates figured hea... | 44,441 |
6758270 | Edward Coates (pirate) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Coates%20(pirate) | Edward Coates (pirate)
the benefit of an Act of New York, to which they were not entitled. (3) That in consequence thereof the ship came up to New York and was accepted by him as a present and sold by him for £800. (4) That he granted protections to other pirates for money. (5) That there is no mention of securities gi... | 44,442 |
6758270 | Edward Coates (pirate) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20Coates%20(pirate) | Edward Coates (pirate)
etcher's protection. (8) That he granted commissions as privateers to Tew, Hore and Glover, though they had no ship at New York, and spoke openly of making piratical voyages. (9) That he was intimate with the pirate Tew, and received money for the aforesaid commissions. (10) That he granted a lik... | 44,443 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard (formerly Jamaica Bay Boulevard) are two parts of a major boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens. Woodhaven Boulevard runs roughly north–south in the central portion of Queens. South of Liberty A... | 44,444 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Rockaway Peninsula from Brooklyn and most of Queens.
The road is part of the New York City Arterial System, having formerly been given the unsigned reference route designation of New York State Route 908V (NY 908V). However, the reference route has not been listed in NYSDOT documents... | 44,445 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
the neighborhoods of Rego Park, Elmhurst, Middle Village, Glendale, Woodhaven (for which it is named), and Ozone Park. At the intersection with Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park, the name of the street changes to Cross Bay Boulevard. It continues south through Ozone Park, Howard Beach and ... | 44,446 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
to four lanes once it reaches Broad Channel). Cross Bay Boulevard is the only direct connection between the Rockaways, Broad Channel, and the rest of Queens. Cross Bay Boulevard is approximately 7 miles long. Together with Woodhaven Boulevard, which is 4 miles long, makes it one of th... | 44,447 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Ozone Park) had up to six central lanes and four service lanes (10 bi-directional), resembling many other major thoroughfares in the New York City boroughs outside Manhattan, such as Queens Boulevard in Queens; Ocean Parkway, Linden Boulevard, Kings Highway, and Eastern Parkway in Bro... | 44,448 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Cross Bay Boulevards was originally laid out as South Meadow Road in 1668. It originated at the intersection of present-day Queens Boulevard and Grand Avenue, and went as far south as Jamaica Bay. Around the 1850s, South Meadow Road was renamed Trotting Course Lane, after the number o... | 44,449 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Avenue, after the neighboring community. Shortly afterward, Woodhaven Avenue was straightened in the vicinity of Metropolitan Avenue, resulting in the present-day Trotting Course Lane.
Cross Bay Boulevard dates from Patrick Flynn's 1899 proposal to build a road across Jamaica Bay. Th... | 44,450 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
to protect its monopoly. In June 1902, the New York Court of Appeals invalidated the 1892 lease that Flynn's project was based on. The only work that had been performed was a flattening of a plateau south from Liberty Avenue to a point from the bay's northern shore.
In the late 1910s... | 44,451 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
with concrete and asphalt; widening the thruway from 50 feet to ; and connecting the Rockaway, Broad Channel, and mainland portions as part of what was described as "the largest vehicular trestle in the world". The project encountered difficulties, including the presence of oyster bed... | 44,452 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Jamaica Bay connected to mainland Queens east of the location of Flynn's plateau. In conjunction with this extension, Woodhaven Avenue was widened to and renamed Woodhaven Boulevard.
Woodhaven Boulevard's northern end at Queens Boulevard was formerly known as Slattery Plaza, where th... | 44,453 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Harding corridor caused Slattery Plaza to be demolished.
A 1941 proposal would have created an expressway on the route of Cross Bay and Woodhaven Boulevards, connecting Queens Boulevard to The Rockaways.
Once heavily German and Irish, the area is now very ethnically diverse. The hea... | 44,454 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
would also get dedicated bus lanes for Select Bus Service. As part of that segment's bus lane implementation, the NYCDOT would remove the medians separating service-road and main-road traffic in each direction, as well as expand the median separating the two directions of traffic.
# ... | 44,455 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
with the Q52 and Q53, which are Select Bus Service routes. The Q52 and Q53 run down the entire stretch of both Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards to the Rockaway Peninsula; the Q52 terminates in Arverne and the Q53 in Rockaway Park. At Queens Center, the Q11, Q21, and Q52 all terminat... | 44,456 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
Boulevard (IND Queens Boulevard Line), Woodhaven Boulevard (BMT Jamaica Line), and Rockaway Boulevard (IND Fulton Street Line). The Long Island Expressway is also accessible from Woodhaven Boulevard near Queens Center in Elmhurst.
To the east of the boulevard lies the abandoned Rocka... | 44,457 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
and Q21 providing local service on the Woodhaven and Cross Bay portions of the route respectively. The entire line has been planned to be converted for subway service going back to the 1920s blueprints of the Independent Subway System (IND); the portion south of Liberty Avenue was con... | 44,458 |
6757992 | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodhaven%20and%20Cross%20Bay%20Boulevards | Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards
replicate rapid transit service with the current Q52 and Q53 routes. The plan has received mixed reviews, due to the addition of bus-only lanes which could negatively affect traffic flow.
# In popular culture.
Cross Bay Boulevard was mentioned in The Vaccines' song Nørgaard about Da... | 44,459 |
6758258 | Rainbow Beach, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rainbow%20Beach,%20Queensland | Rainbow Beach, Queensland
Rainbow Beach, Queensland
Rainbow Beach is a coastal town in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, east of Gympie. At the , Rainbow Beach had a population of 1,103. It is a popular tourist destination, both in its own right and as a gateway to Fraser Island.
# Geography.
The... | 44,460 |
6758258 | Rainbow Beach, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rainbow%20Beach,%20Queensland | Rainbow Beach, Queensland
of ilmenite sands, overgrown by dune vegetation, can be found north west of the main town. This is currently being removed for sale in China with complete removal expected to take two years.
The Cooloola Section of the Great Sandy National Park borders the town to the south. A number of walki... | 44,461 |
6758258 | Rainbow Beach, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rainbow%20Beach,%20Queensland | Rainbow Beach, Queensland
to the south of Fraser Island on Wide Bay. It was gazetted as late as 1969 when it was established to service the local sandmining industry. Until that time there was no road to Rainbow Beach, with the only access being via boat from Tin Can Bay.
Sandmining ceased in 1976 and the economic foc... | 44,462 |
6758258 | Rainbow Beach, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rainbow%20Beach,%20Queensland | Rainbow Beach, Queensland
attempts were made to refloat her, she was then stripped of her fittings and left to the elements.
Up until 2007 her rusted hulk was a major tourist drawcard and even boasted its own ice-cream vendor. The huge stainless steel propeller was taken off the vessel and is now on display in the Lau... | 44,463 |
6758258 | Rainbow Beach, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rainbow%20Beach,%20Queensland | Rainbow Beach, Queensland
caters to beach-orientated holiday-makers with hotels, motels, and caravan parks. The town promotes itself as the "Gateway to Fraser Island" as vehicular ferries for Fraser Island depart from Inskip Point, north of town. Double Island Point, a popular destination amongst 4WD enthusiasts, is lo... | 44,464 |
6758258 | Rainbow Beach, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rainbow%20Beach,%20Queensland | Rainbow Beach, Queensland
with the hole size estimated at 100 m+ long and 50 m+ deep.
A large sinkhole opened up near Queensland's Rainbow Beach, affecting campers along Inskip Point in September 2015. Fishermen were the first to notice the shoreline quickly receding into the ocean around 10:30 pm, the Brisbane Times ... | 44,465 |
6758258 | Rainbow Beach, Queensland | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rainbow%20Beach,%20Queensland | Rainbow Beach, Queensland
Beach, affecting campers along Inskip Point in September 2015. Fishermen were the first to notice the shoreline quickly receding into the ocean around 10:30 pm, the Brisbane Times reports. Casey Hughes told ABC news it sounded like thunder as the sinkhole was opening. The sinkhole was 150 metr... | 44,466 |
6758338 | Heidi Miller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heidi%20Miller | Heidi Miller
Heidi Miller
Heidi Miller (born Santa Monica, California, born c. 1958) is an American female bodybuilder who held the title Ms. Natural America in 1981. She is also a former National Gymnastics Champion.
Her other bodybuilding awards include Ms. Natural Universe - NBA, 2nd place 1982; Western America Ch... | 44,467 |
6758338 | Heidi Miller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heidi%20Miller | Heidi Miller
Her other bodybuilding awards include Ms. Natural Universe - NBA, 2nd place 1982; Western America Championships - NPC, LightWeight, 5th place 1983; and Western America Championships - NPC, LightWeight, 1st place 1984. She retired from competitive bodybuilding in 1984.
Miller is currently on the board of t... | 44,468 |
6758288 | Anthony Baez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony%20Baez | Anthony Baez
Anthony Baez
Anthony Ramon Baez (September 20, 1965 – December 22, 1994) was a security guard who died immediately following an altercation with police on December 22, 1994 at the age of 29. His death occurred early in the morning on Cameron Place in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx, New York. The fata... | 44,469 |
6758288 | Anthony Baez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony%20Baez | Anthony Baez
chest. A scuffle ensued, while other officers arrived on scene. Baez was subdued, lost consciousness, and was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead of asphyxiation. Controversy centered over the extent to which officers contributed to his death, specifically whether he was subjected to an illegal... | 44,470 |
6758288 | Anthony Baez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony%20Baez | Anthony Baez
Examiner ruled that Anthony Baez' death was caused by asphyxiation due to "compression of his neck and chest", as well as acute asthma. Dr. Hirsch said that the classification of homicide indicated the death was caused "either entirely or partially" by "the actions of another person".
Phil Caruso, the pre... | 44,471 |
6758288 | Anthony Baez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony%20Baez | Anthony Baez
already limp when cuffed.
Livoti was the subject of several civilian complaints for excessive force, though none had been substantiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
In his defense, Livoti denied that he had used a choke hold, asserting that any choking was unintentional and that he had not cau... | 44,472 |
6758288 | Anthony Baez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony%20Baez | Anthony Baez
that the district court failed to consider that Baez at least contributed to the confrontation by resisting his (Livoti’s) efforts to handcuff him (Baez) behind his back. Prosecutors countered that there was no probable cause for the arrest in the first place, it not being a crime to accidentally hit a pol... | 44,473 |
6758288 | Anthony Baez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony%20Baez | Anthony Baez
indicted Livoti on charges of manslaughter in the second degree. Homicide charges were initially thrown out after an indictment with an incorrect charge was noted.
In December 1995, Livoti was reindicted for criminally negligent homicide. Livoti's trial began in September, 1996. He had waived his right to... | 44,474 |
6758288 | Anthony Baez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony%20Baez | Anthony Baez
survived) in an act of "revenge".
Federal prosecutors charged Livoti with civil rights violations, similar to cases brought against Los Angeles police officers Stacey C. Koon and Laurence Powell for the beating of Rodney King. Officer Daisy Boria was considered a distant relative of the Baezes and was pre... | 44,475 |
6758288 | Anthony Baez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony%20Baez | Anthony Baez
officers, Mario Erotokritou and Anthony Farnan, involved in the death of Anthony Baez. Both officers were summarily dismissed.
# Conclusion.
On June 26, 1998, Livoti was convicted in Manhattan's Federal Court of violating Anthony Baez’s civil rights, and was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal... | 44,476 |
6758288 | Anthony Baez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anthony%20Baez | Anthony Baez
ed in Manhattan's Federal Court of violating Anthony Baez’s civil rights, and was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison. Livoti was released in April 2005, after serving six and a half years.
Baez's widow filed a $13 million wrongful death claim in 1995. She settled with the NYPD for $3 mi... | 44,477 |
6758344 | Urchfont Manor College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Urchfont%20Manor%20College | Urchfont Manor College
Urchfont Manor College
Urchfont Manor College was a residential college for adult education near the village of Urchfont in Wiltshire, England, about from the market town of Devizes. The college opened in 1947 and closed in 2012. Also used as a conference centre, it was owned and operated by Wil... | 44,478 |
6758344 | Urchfont Manor College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Urchfont%20Manor%20College | Urchfont Manor College
in gratitude for Pitt's opposition to a new tax of ten shillings on each hogshead of cider. Pitt kept the Somerset estates at Burton Pynsent but sold his new property at Urchfont to the third Duke of Queensberry, and the house was then occupied by tenants until it was bought by Simon Watson Taylo... | 44,479 |
6758344 | Urchfont Manor College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Urchfont%20Manor%20College | Urchfont Manor College
were offered in visual and performing arts and media, also family learning. Most programmes were accredited. In its final years, more than one thousand students were enrolled at any time. Some courses were provided directly by the Local Education Authority and some by partners such as the Workers... | 44,480 |
6758344 | Urchfont Manor College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Urchfont%20Manor%20College | Urchfont Manor College
n one thousand students were enrolled at any time. Some courses were provided directly by the Local Education Authority and some by partners such as the Workers Educational Association or by other agencies, some within the voluntary sector.
# Management.
The college was managed by a Management ... | 44,481 |
6758358 | Coptic Orphans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coptic%20Orphans | Coptic Orphans
Coptic Orphans
Coptic Orphans (CO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1988 to empower fatherless Coptic children in Egypt through education. Coptic Orphans has offices in Australia, Canada, Egypt, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
# History.
Coptic Orphans incorporated as a US 501(c)3 no... | 44,482 |
6758358 | Coptic Orphans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coptic%20Orphans | Coptic Orphans
who visited the families. This formed the core structure of Coptic Orphans' flagship program, which would later become known as "Not Alone."
As the organization grew, it incorporated life skills workshops and other means of targeting educational, vocational, and personal potential.
It also incorporated... | 44,483 |
6758358 | Coptic Orphans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coptic%20Orphans | Coptic Orphans
in 2003 based on her work at George Washington University towards an MA in international education. The program pairs "big sisters" in secondary school with "little sisters" for academic mentoring at a village or neighborhood center, often a church or a school. It later developed organically to create a ... | 44,484 |
6758358 | Coptic Orphans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coptic%20Orphans | Coptic Orphans
nsion in Egypt.
## B'edaya.
B’edaya is a microfinance initiative designed equip women to do business in a hostile economic and social conditions. It tailors small loans for mothers of orphans in our Not Alone program, allowing them to start a business in anything from animal husbandry to selling grocer... | 44,485 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
Piracy in the Strait of Malacca has for long been a threat to ship owners and the mariners who ply the 900 km-long (550 miles) sea lane. In recent years, coordinated patrols by Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore along with increased security on ... | 44,486 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
and is an outlet for many rivers, making it ideal for pirates to evade capture.
# History.
Piracy in the Strait of Malacca was not only a lucrative way of life but also an important political tool. Rulers relied on the region's pirates to maintain control. For example, it was through t... | 44,487 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
in his work "Daoyi Zhilüe". The pirates of Long Ya Men were said to leave Chinese junks going west through the strait undisturbed, but waited until the Chinese junks were on their way back to China laden with goods before they attacked with two to three hundred boats.
Between the 15th a... | 44,488 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
handling.
The 18th and 19th centuries saw an increase of piracy in the strait, spurred in part by the economic imperative to control the lucrative spice trade with European colonisers. According to Charles Corn, author of "The Scents of Eden: A Narrative of the Spice Trade", "Spices dro... | 44,489 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
and the Dutch Empire, agreed to curb the rampant piracy. This decision, embodied in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 led to the creation of the British Straits Settlements of Malacca, Dinding, Penang, and Singapore, seats of British administration aimed at controlling piracy and enabling m... | 44,490 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
in the region, eventually allowed the European powers to greatly curb piracy in the region by the 1870s.
# Modern piracy.
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reports worldwide pirate attacks fell for the third year in a row in 2006. Attacks on ships at sea in 2006 fell to 239 vesse... | 44,491 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
11 September attacks also heightened the perceived threat of terrorism-related piracy, but US Maritime Administration (MARAD) experts distinguish terrorism from piracy, and piracy from shore gangs who rob ships in port. Some observers argue that there is no single problem of violence at ... | 44,492 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
the Federation of ASEAN Shipowners' Associations has launched a database system to provide updated information on location, types of attacks, and outcomes. The system, called the "Information Sharing Centre (ISC)", is part of a 14-nation pact to combat pirates. According to the Singapore... | 44,493 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
to ship's stores, engine parts, and crew members' cash and personal property. Piracy also has indirect costs, including increased security measures and spikes in shipping insurance premiums.
For instance, Lloyd's of London declared the strait a high war-risk area for insurance purposes,... | 44,494 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
and air patrols.
Pirate attacks have not stopped the 50,000 ships that annually transit the narrow passage. Forty percent of the world's trade passes through it and it has become the most important route of transport for oil from the Middle East to markets in East Asia.
According to th... | 44,495 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
looking only for easy profit are usually criminals of opportunity. They search for easy targets, robbing ships and their crews of money and valuables. Those belonging to organised criminal syndicates attack with more sophistication and planning. Their operations, which require skill, co-... | 44,496 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
Multi-national collaboration.
In 2004, the four countries in the region, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, increased efforts to patrol the strait in an attempt to curb piracy. While Singapore wants international support in this effort, Indonesia and Malaysia are opposed to f... | 44,497 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard finally agreed to join the multinational piracy patrol in the Strait of Malacca in 2006.
India is also building a UAV-patrol base in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to monitor the Andaman Sea adjacent to the Strait of Malacca.
Due to co-operation ... | 44,498 |
6758287 | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piracy%20in%20the%20Strait%20of%20Malacca | Piracy in the Strait of Malacca
e-to-zero incident level" due to the collaboration among the countries in the Malacca Straits Patrol (MSP) — Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand.
# Prominent pirates in the Strait of Malacca.
- Chen Zuyi (15th century), whose fleet was destroyed during battle with Ming China
... | 44,499 |
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