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1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
(Badjao) people, which are often highly individualistic and geometric. The Sama are master carvers, and they made lavish decorations on ritual animistic objects, grave markers (both in wood and stone), and the "lepa" houseboats. These precursor forms of the "okir" designs can still be found in the art traditions o... | 47,600 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
and styled with elaborate "okir" designs, usually that of a "naga" (a sea serpent or dragon). These were meant to drive away evil spirits. "Okir" were also featured in the central housebeam, the "tinai a walai" ("intestine of the house"), which had ritual significance.
Unlike the decorative carving traditions of ... | 47,601 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
silver inlays, and so on. These designs became the standard for what came to be known as "okir".
From the Maranao, this spread to nearby regions through the migrations of the Iranun people (the descendants of the merchant and outcast clans of Maranao). Elements of "okir" have been adopted by the neighboring Magui... | 47,602 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
Elements and motifs.
## Sama.
The older Sama carving traditions ("okil" or "okil-okil", sometimes spelled "ukkil" among Malaysian Sama) differ markedly from the "okir" of the Maranao, although elements of the "okir" were incorporated into later Sama carvings. Sama "okil" aren't bound to rules like the "okir", an... | 47,603 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
in the "okil" versions of the Sama that converted to Islam. Sama "okil" also feature designs which are realistic copies of natural forms, rather than stylized designs like in "okir". Marine themes are particularly common, including depictions of dugongs ("duyong"), usually with a person riding on its back.
Nevert... | 47,604 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. These include some of the oldest examples of "okil", which are usually carved from coral and limestone. Wooden carved grave markers are common later on, usually made from or carved from the boat belonging to the deceased. These are usually carved into human figures that represent the decease... | 47,605 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
worship ("anito") traditions of the Sama.
## Maranao.
Maranao "okir" motifs are so stylized that it is often easy to tell whether a carving is Maranao or not. Other ethnic groups usually introduce other elements or motifs that are non-traditional to the original Maranao "okir" designs. In the past, "okir" design... | 47,606 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
"okir" designs are deliberately stylized when depicting living things, due to Islamic beliefs against idolatry. Traditional creatures featured in "okir" are the "naga" (sea serpent) and the "sarimanok" (feminine "papanok", a rooster-like bird with a fish in its beak and another fish in its claws). The "naga" is co... | 47,607 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
of "okir" include the following:
- Male ("okir-a-dato")
- "Dapal" or "raon" - a leaf
- "Dianawi" - a pattern resembling a "nawi", a bladed carpenter's tool
- "Gaglat" - a pattern resembling a "glat", a small kitchen knife
- "Kianoko" - fingernail-like patterns
- "Matilak" - a circle
- "Naga" - a sea serpent... | 47,608 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
"Biangon" - rectangle
- "Pialang" - square
- "Katimbuang" - diamond
- "Onsod" - zigzag
These elements can be put together to create motifs. Some examples include:
- Male
- Armalis - a combination of a fern, leaf, and bud
- Birdo - a motif of combined complex designs propagating horizontally, vertically, or ... | 47,609 |
1215824 | Okir | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okir | Okir
a central point from which the design radiates outwards
- Female
- Binotoon - star patterns
- Pinagapat - four-sided designs in a series
- Pinatola - a pattern of squares of different colors
- Saragonting - a cross
Complete designs using these motifs are usually given poetic names like "sapak a madanding" ("... | 47,610 |
1215837 | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim%20Razzall,%20Baron%20Razzall | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
Edward Timothy Razzall, Baron Razzall (born 12 June 1943), is a British Liberal Democrat politician and parliamentarian.
# Early life.
He was the son of Humphrey Razzall, a Liberal Party member who stood as Liberal Parliamentary Candidate for Scarborough and Whit... | 47,611 |
1215837 | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim%20Razzall,%20Baron%20Razzall | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
(Argonaut Associates). Frere Cholmeley Bischoff encountered financial difficulties and dissolved shortly after his departure, for which some blame was attributed to Razzall.
In 1974 he was elected a Councillor for Mortlake Ward in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames which he represent... | 47,612 |
1215837 | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim%20Razzall,%20Baron%20Razzall | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
Honours and created a Life Peer on 22 October 1997 as Baron Razzall, "of Mortlake in the London Borough of Richmond". In July 2002, he was the best man at the marriage of Charles Kennedy (the then Liberal Democrat Leader) to Sarah Gurling.
From 2000 to 2006, he was chair of the Liberal Democ... | 47,613 |
1215837 | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim%20Razzall,%20Baron%20Razzall | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
Parliamentary Intellectual Property Group in Parliament, he now serves on various parliamentary committees.
# Personal life.
Razzall married first in 1965 (divorced 1974) Elizabeth Christina née Wilkinson, and they had a daughter, Katie Razzall, the BBC Newsnight reporter, and a son James R... | 47,614 |
1215837 | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim%20Razzall,%20Baron%20Razzall | Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
rd Razzall attracted criticism in 2008 when it was revealed that he and his partner, The Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, a fellow life peer, had both claimed House of Lords expenses for a flat that they shared, although it was not claimed that a breach of the rules had occurred. The House... | 47,615 |
1215844 | Bicaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bicaz | Bicaz
Bicaz
Bicaz is a town in Neamț County, Romania situated in the eastern Carpathian Mountains near the confluence of the Bicaz and Bistrița Rivers and near Lake Bicaz, an artificial lake formed by the Bicaz Dam on the Bistrița. Bicaz used to be a border town until 1918. Six villages are administered by the town: C... | 47,616 |
1215844 | Bicaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bicaz | Bicaz
to wood processing facilities in Piatra Neamț.
Building the dam created also a horizontal industry: two cement and aggregate plants were built in Bicaz proper and nearby Tașca. This, together with the construction of the Bicaz-Stejaru Hydro Power Plant (10 km to the east) triggered a relative economic boom durin... | 47,617 |
1215844 | Bicaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bicaz | Bicaz
DN12C while Bicaz railway station is the terminus station on CFR Line 509 with scheduled daily service to Bucharest North.
The town served also as a port with scheduled ferry service with the villages on lake shore in the 1960s and 1970s. Today the facility offers only seasonal leisure cruises.
# Tourism.
The ... | 47,618 |
1215844 | Bicaz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bicaz | Bicaz
also as a port with scheduled ferry service with the villages on lake shore in the 1960s and 1970s. Today the facility offers only seasonal leisure cruises.
# Tourism.
The town is located in the proximity of two important tourist destinations in Romania: Ceahlău Massif (12 km north) and Cheile Bicazului-Hășmaș ... | 47,619 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
Mendrisio
Mendrisio (; ) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Mendrisio is the seat of the Accademia di Architettura of the university of Italian-speaking Switzerland (USI).
The municipality was boosted in size on 4 April 2004 when it incorporated the forme... | 47,620 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
by its German name, "Mendris" though this name is no longer used. However, the area was inhabited during the Roman era. Around thirty tombs, a villa and coins from a Roman settlement have been discovered in the area. Following the collapse of the Roman Empire, Mendrisio was the center of a Lombard district an... | 47,621 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
over Mendrisio until 1335, when Como was brought under Milan's control. Mendrisio then remained under Milanese control until 1402. At some point in the 15th century, the town was given as a fief to the Rusca and Sanseverino families.
In the late 15th and early 16th century, the Swiss Confederation canton of ... | 47,622 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
conquered territory with limited autonomy and rights until the 1798 French invasion and the creation of the Helvetic Republic.
Despite Mendrisio's early growth, it remained a part of the large parish of Balerna until the 15th century. Over the following years, two parishes were formed in the town, under the ... | 47,623 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
Humiliati, the Servite Order, the Ursulines and the Capuchins. The Servites established a boys school in 1644 in the Convent of S. Giovanni. In 1852 that school became a cantonal secondary school. During the 19th century the religious orders' convents and monasteries were all secularized.
In the past century... | 47,624 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
60 years of the 19th century. Wealthy industrialists built large villas and the Beata Vergine hospital. The construction of a railroad through the town brought more residents and industry. During the 20th century, a number of service companies opened in the town and industry began to decline. In 2000 almost t... | 47,625 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
the School of Architecture of the Università della Svizzera italiana opened.
# Geography.
Following the 2013 merger, Mendrisio has an area of .
Mendrisio had an area, , of . Of this area, or 14.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 27.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 22.1% is settled (b... | 47,626 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
Of the agricultural land, 3.5% is used for growing crops, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops and 10.2% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Of the unproductive areas, and .
The municipality is the capital of the Mendrisio district. It is located on the s... | 47,627 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 4.8%.
Most of the population () speaks Italian (87.5%), with German being second most common (4.8%) and French being third (1.4%). Of the Swiss national languages (), 285 speak German, 78 people speak French, 5,369 people speak Italian, an... | 47,628 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 57 deaths of Swiss citizens and 12 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 1 while the foreign population decreased by 4. There were 2 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland and 1 Swi... | 47,629 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
rate of 0.2%.
The age distribution, , in Mendrisio is; 986 children or 8.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,069 teenagers or 9.2% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 1,337 people or 11.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,574 people or 13.6% are between 30... | 47,630 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
per household. there were 431 single family homes (or 43.1% of the total) out of a total of 1,000 inhabited buildings. There were 403 multi-family buildings (40.3%), along with 97 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.7%) and 69 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also h... | 47,631 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
list includes three churches; the Church of S. Sisinio alla Torre, the Church of S. Martino, and the complex of S. Giovanni, which includes a convent, the Church of S. Giovanni and the Oratory of S. Maria. There are six stately houses or palaces on the list; the Croci House, the Dei Pagani Tre Buchi House, Pa... | 47,632 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
of Swiss Heritage Sites.
## Sights.
Mendrisio is known in Italian as "il magnifico borgo" (the magnificent town) due to its numerous elegant historical buildings. For two decades the town has had a pioneering role in promoting electric cars. The city's surroundings are the main wine-growing regions in Canto... | 47,633 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
parties were the FDP (27.5%), the SP (13.6%) and the Ticino League (9.24%). In the federal election, a total of 2,738 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 59.3%.
In the "Gran Consiglio" election, there were a total of 4,635 registered voters in Mendrisio, of which 3,292 or 71.0% voted. 63 blank ballots... | 47,634 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
3,236 valid ballots in the election. The most popular party was the PPD which received 1,010 or 31.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were; the PLRT (with 837 or 25.9%), the PS (with 501 or 15.5%) and the SSI (with 401 or 12.4%).
# Sport.
Cycling's 1971 UCI Road World Championships was held... | 47,635 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
in this sector. 3,787 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 133 businesses in this sector. 4,919 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 538 businesses in this sector. There were 2,665 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43... | 47,636 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
Of the working population, 10.3% used public transportation to get to work, and 56.4% used a private car.
, there were 12 hotels in Mendrisio with a total of 239 rooms and 502 beds.
The winemaker Vinattieri Ticinesi, which produces merlot, is the largest in Switzerland. Househould goods multinational Metalt... | 47,637 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
or 4.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. There are 665 individuals (or about 10.82% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and 220 individuals (or about 3.58% of the population) did not answer the question.
# Education.
In Mendrisio about 65.6% of the population (b... | 47,638 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
years and includes both a standard school and a special school. In the municipality, 485 students attended the standard primary schools and 19 students attended the special school. In the lower secondary school system, students either attend a two-year middle school followed by a two-year pre-apprenticeship o... | 47,639 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
or college. In Ticino, vocational students may either attend school while working on their internship or apprenticeship (which takes three or four years) or may attend school followed by an internship or apprenticeship (which takes one year as a full-time student or one and a half to two years as a part-time ... | 47,640 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
while 155 residents attended schools outside the municipality.
Mendrisio is home to the "Università della Svizzera Italiana" library. The library has () 141,291 books or other media, and loaned out 26,915 items in the same year. It was open a total of 270 days with average of 62 hours per week during that ye... | 47,641 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
architect, winner of the 2009 Pritzker Architecture Prize, professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio
- Mario Botta (born 1943 in Mendrisio) architect, professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio
- Fabio Pusterla (born Mendrisio, 1957) a Swiss translator and writer in Italian
- Mau... | 47,642 |
1215783 | Mendrisio | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendrisio | Mendrisio
ive Grands Prix
- Rocco Travella (born 1967 in Mendrisio) cyclist, competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics
- Patrick Foletti (born 1974 in Mendrisio) former Swiss goalkeeper, now goalkeeper coach for the Switzerland national football team
- Michael Rogers (born 1979) a retired Australian professional... | 47,643 |
1215874 | 200 More Miles: Live Performances 1985–1994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=200%20More%20Miles:%20Live%20Performances%201985–1994 | 200 More Miles: Live Performances 1985–1994
200 More Miles: Live Performances 1985–1994
200 More Miles: Live Performances 1985–1994 is a 1995 album by the Canadian alt-country band Cowboy Junkies.
The album is a compilation of live performances by the band, dating from the band's earliest years as a local independent... | 47,644 |
1215843 | CCGS Alexander Henry | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CCGS%20Alexander%20Henry | CCGS Alexander Henry
CCGS Alexander Henry
CCGS "Alexander Henry" is a former Canadian Coast Guard light icebreaker and buoy tender that served on the Great Lakes from 1959 to 1984. In 1986, the vessel was handed over to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston, Ontario for preservation as a museum ship. Previo... | 47,645 |
1215843 | CCGS Alexander Henry | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CCGS%20Alexander%20Henry | CCGS Alexander Henry
displaces and is measured at . The ship is long overall and long between perpendiculars with a beam of and a draught of . The ship is powered by two Fairbanks-Morse 10-cylinder 2-cycle 37F16 diesel engines driving two shafts creating . This gives the ship a maximum speed of . No helicopter faciliti... | 47,646 |
1215843 | CCGS Alexander Henry | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CCGS%20Alexander%20Henry | CCGS Alexander Henry
Ship". Named after Alexander Henry the elder, an 18th-century British explorer and fur trader, she was transferred in 1962 to the newly created Canadian Coast Guard and given the new prefix Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS).
CCGS "Alexander Henry" served her entire coast guard career on the Great L... | 47,647 |
1215843 | CCGS Alexander Henry | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CCGS%20Alexander%20Henry | CCGS Alexander Henry
to cargo ships was never approved and though the experiment failed, self-propelled hovercraft are now utilised for icebreaking. "Alexander Henry" retired from service in 1984 after entered service.
## As a museum ship.
In 1986, "Alexander Henry" was turned over the Marine Museum of the Great Lake... | 47,648 |
1215843 | CCGS Alexander Henry | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CCGS%20Alexander%20Henry | CCGS Alexander Henry
ship was temporarily housed by a local entrepreneur until the former Coast Guard vessel's fate can be determined. The icebreaker was moved to a wharf near Prinyer's Cove in Prince Edward County, Ontario. The city of Kingston was given three options to deal with the ship; offer to sell "Alexander He... | 47,649 |
1215843 | CCGS Alexander Henry | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CCGS%20Alexander%20Henry | CCGS Alexander Henry
d, for $50,000. This was the cheapest alternative in disposing of the ship, as converting it to an artificial reef would cost over $422,000 and to scrap the vessel, $326,000.
The Lakehead Transportation Museum Society purchased the vessel for $2 and on 11 April 2017, received $125,000 provided by ... | 47,650 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
Joe Profaci
Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (; October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was an Italian-born New York City La Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what is today known as the Colombo crime family. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organized. He was the family's boss for over ... | 47,651 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
daughters married the sons of Detroit Partnership mobsters William Tocco and Joseph Zerilli.
Profaci's brother was Salvatore Profaci, who served as his consigliere for years, and is known to have been heavily into dealing of pornographic materials. One of Profaci's brothers-in-law was Joseph Magliocco, who... | 47,652 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
and did things like buy tickets to a Broadway play for us cousins. But he didn't buy two or three or even four seats, he bought a whole row.
Released from prison in 1921, Profaci emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City on September 4. Profaci settled in Chicago, where he opened a grocery ... | 47,653 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
that would make him an organized crime boss in Brooklyn. In October 1928, Brooklyn boss Salvatore D'Aquila was murdered. An important part of the Cleveland meeting, attended by mobsters from Tampa, Florida, Chicago, and Brooklyn, was to appoint Profaci as Aquila's replacement so as to maintain calm among th... | 47,654 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
his olive oil business. Cleveland police eventually raided the meeting and expelled the mobsters from Cleveland, but Profaci's business was accomplished.
By 1930, Profaci was controlling numbers, prostitution, loansharking, and narcotics trafficking in Brooklyn. In 1930, the Castellammarese War broke out i... | 47,655 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
Magliocco as underboss and Salvatore Profaci as consigliere.
When Luciano created the National Crime Syndicate, also known as the Mafia Commission, he gave Profaci a seat on the governing board. Profaci's closest ally on the board was Bonanno, who would cooperate with Profaci over the next 30 years. Profac... | 47,656 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
his nickname as "Olive Oil King". As the demand for olive oil skyrocketed after World War II, his business thrived. Profaci owned 20 other businesses that employed hundreds of workers in New York.
Profaci owned a large house in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, a home in Miami Beach, Florida, and an estate near Hight... | 47,657 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
a thief stole valuable jeweled crowns from the Regina Pacis Votive shrine in Brooklyn. Profaci sent his men to recover the crowns and reportedly kill the thief. However, accounts of the thief being strangled with a rosary are unfounded.
In 1949, the Vatican received a petition from a group of New York Cath... | 47,658 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
citizenship. The government claimed that when Profaci entered the United States in 1921, he lied to immigration officials about having no arrest record in Italy. In 1960, a U.S. Court of Appeals reversed Profaci's deportation order, ending the legal action.
In 1956, law enforcement recorded a phone convers... | 47,659 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
the crate. Profaci was never prosecuted for this crime.
In 1957, Profaci attended the Apalachin Conference, a national mob meeting, at the farm of mobster Joseph Barbara in Apalachin, New York. While the conference was in progress, New York State Troopers surrounded the farm and raided it. Profaci was one ... | 47,660 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
money. One reason for their rancor was that Profaci required each family member to pay him a $25 a month tithe, an old Sicilian gang custom. The money, which amounted to approximately $50,000 a month, was meant to support the families of mobsters in prison. However, most of this money stayed with Profaci. I... | 47,661 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
stopped paying tribute to Profaci and owed him $50,000. Profaci allegedly promised Joseph Gallo, who worked with Abbatemarco, his lucrative rackets if Gallo killed him. After the murder Profaci split the bookmaking business, but left nothing for Gallo and his crew.
Infuriated by Profaci's duplicity, the Ga... | 47,662 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
concessions from Profaci, the Gallos finally released the four hostages. However, while negotiating with the Gallos, Profaci made a secret deal with Persico to switch sides. In August 1961, Persico lured Larry Gallo to a bar in Brooklyn, where he and his men attempted to strangle him to death. However, Gall... | 47,663 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
Gallo brothers and wanted to take control of his family. Profaci vehemently refused to resign; furthermore, he warned that any attempt to remove him would spark a wider gang war. Gambino and Lucchese did not pursue their efforts.
## Death.
On June 6, 1962, Profaci died in South Side Hospital in Bay Shore,... | 47,664 |
1215815 | Joe Profaci | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Profaci | Joe Profaci
gliocco out of office and installed Joseph Colombo as family boss. At this point, the Profaci crime family became the Colombo crime family.
Profaci's legacy is reflected in the novel and the film, The Godfather, in which the title character, Vito Corleone, owns an olive oil importing business to conceal hi... | 47,665 |
1215861 | John Bouvier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Bouvier | John Bouvier
John Bouvier
John Bouvier (1787–November 18, 1851), was an American jurist and legal lexicographer, is known for his legal writings, particularly his "Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union" (1839). It is believed... | 47,666 |
1215861 | John Bouvier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Bouvier | John Bouvier
du Gard, to Jean Bouvier (1760-1803) and Marie Benezet (1760-1823). They were members of the Quakers. John Bouvier was educated in Nimes.
In 1802, Jean and Marie Bouvier, John Bouvier, and his brother Daniel emigrated to America and settled in Philadelphia. Bouvier's father died within a year of yellow fe... | 47,667 |
1215861 | John Bouvier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Bouvier | John Bouvier
and cookbook author Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson (1811-1870).
Bouvier became a citizen of the United States in 1812.
By 1814, Bouvier was living in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, where on Wednesday, November 9, 1814, he published the first issue of "The American Telegraph". In the weekly newspaper, he resolv... | 47,668 |
1215861 | John Bouvier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Bouvier | John Bouvier
Bouvier began to study law, under the tutelage of Andrew Stewart.
He was admitted to the bar in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1818. In 1822, he was admitted to serve as an attorney in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. In 1823, he moved back to Philadelphia. Bouvier was appointed Recorder of the City of... | 47,669 |
1215861 | John Bouvier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Bouvier | John Bouvier
to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America and of the Several States of the American Union" (1839). He hoped that being "written entirely anew, and calculated to remedy those defects, [it] would be useful to the profession". It is believed to be the first legal dictionary to be based on A... | 47,670 |
1215861 | John Bouvier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Bouvier | John Bouvier
k Supreme Court and Justice Joseph Story of the United States Supreme Court. Bouvier himself revised and published new editions in 1843 and 1848. After his death, it continued to be updated and published, and was retitled "Bouvier's Law Dictionary" by Francis Rawle in 1897. Bouvier also published an editio... | 47,671 |
1215867 | Sebeș | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sebeș | Sebeș
Sebeș
Sebeș (; German: "Mühlbach"; Hungarian: "Szászsebes"; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: "Melnbach") is a city in Alba County, central Romania, southern Transylvania.
# Geography.
The city lies in the Mureș River valley and it straddles the river Sebeș. It is at the crossroads of two main highways in Romania: ... | 47,672 |
1215867 | Sebeș | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sebeș | Sebeș
south
- Lancrăm ("Langendorf"; "Lámkerék") – 2 km north
- Răhău ("Reichau"; "Rehó") - 6 km east.
# History.
It is believed that there has been an earlier rural settlement in this area, with Romanian and Pecheneg population, situated east of today's city. The city itself was built by German settlers - later re... | 47,673 |
1215867 | Sebeș | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sebeș | Sebeș
voivode John I Zápolya died in Sebeș in 1540. The Transylvanian Diet met in Sebeș in 1546, 1556, 1598 and 1600. The location of the meetings, the Zápolya House, is now a museum.
After the union with Romania in 1918, the first mayor of the city was Lionel Blaga, the brother of the Romanian poet and philosopher Lu... | 47,674 |
1215867 | Sebeș | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sebeș | Sebeș
last decade important foreign investments: wood processing and leather goods manufacturing are the chief domains of the local industry.
As of March 2015, the unemployment rate is under 2%.
# Population.
According to the 2011 census, Sebeș has 24,165 inhabitants, of which:
- Romanians: 22,551, representing 93.... | 47,675 |
1215890 | Tau function | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tau%20function | Tau function
Tau function
Tau function may refer to:
- Ramanujan tau function, giving the Fourier coefficients of the Ramanujan modular form
- Divisor function, an arithmetic function giving the number of divisors of an integer | 47,676 |
1215882 | Thorold Tunnel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thorold%20Tunnel | Thorold Tunnel
Thorold Tunnel
The Thorold Tunnel is an underwater tunnel in Thorold, Ontario, Canada carrying Highway 58 underneath the Welland Canal. Built between 1965 and 1967, the tunnel is 840 metres in length and consists of two separate tubes each containing two lanes of traffic. The westbound tube has a sidewa... | 47,677 |
1215882 | Thorold Tunnel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thorold%20Tunnel | Thorold Tunnel
has a sidewalk for pedestrians.
It is one of three tunnels under the Welland Canal (the other two being the Main Street and Townline Tunnels in Welland), and the only tunnel to be constructed after the waterway opened.
The tunnel has been used as a filming location due to its relatively low traffic lev... | 47,678 |
1215875 | Aldwincle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aldwincle | Aldwincle
Aldwincle
Aldwincle (sometimes Aldwinkle or Aldwinckle) is a village and civil parish located in the district of East Northamptonshire, with a population at the time of the 2011 census of 322. It is situated on a bend of the River Nene, to the north of Thrapston.
In 1879, two ecclesiastical parishes, Aldwin... | 47,679 |
1215875 | Aldwincle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aldwincle | Aldwincle
s and Aldwinkle St Peter merged after the parish church of the former was declared redundant in 1971. All Saints, a designated Grade I listed building, is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Also listed Grade I are St Peter's Church, Lyveden New Bield (and gardens) and Lyveden Old Bield.
The smal... | 47,680 |
1215893 | Tonga national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tonga%20national%20football%20team | Tonga national football team
Tonga national football team
The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.
# Information.
## Football in Tonga.
Tonga's greatest football triumph to date was their triumph in the first ever Polynesian Cup held in 1993... | 47,681 |
1215893 | Tonga national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tonga%20national%20football%20team | Tonga national football team
in the country's first Goal project. This development work will ensure that all of the Tonga Football Associations needs are fully satisfied. Local matches will be held at the football academy, while the administration's requirements, including the needs of players, officials and spectators... | 47,682 |
1215893 | Tonga national football team | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tonga%20national%20football%20team | Tonga national football team
were called up for the 2017 Pacific Mini Games from 2 to 15 December."Caps and goals updated as of 15 December 2017, after the game against Tuvalu."
# List of Coaches.
- Rudi Gutendorf (1981)
- Umberto Mottini (1997–1998)
- Gary Phillips (2001)
- Heinave Kaifa (2002–2003)
- Milan Jank... | 47,683 |
1215884 | Frederic Dan Huntington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederic%20Dan%20Huntington | Frederic Dan Huntington
Frederic Dan Huntington
Frederic (or Frederick) Dan Huntington (May 28, 1819, Hadley, Massachusetts – July 11, 1904, Hadley, Massachusetts) was an American clergyman and the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York.
# Early life, education and career.
Fre... | 47,684 |
1215884 | Frederic Dan Huntington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederic%20Dan%20Huntington | Frederic Dan Huntington
1842 to 1855 he was pastor of the South Congregational Church of Boston, and in 1855-1860 as preacher to the university and Plummer professor of Christian Morals at Harvard; he then left the Unitarian Church, with which his father had been connected as a clergyman at Hadley, resigned his profess... | 47,685 |
1215884 | Frederic Dan Huntington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederic%20Dan%20Huntington | Frederic Dan Huntington
the bishopric of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine when, in 1868, he was elected to the Diocese of Central New York. He was consecrated on April 9, 1869, and thereafter lived in Syracuse, New York.
## Consecrators.
- The Most Reverend Benjamin B. Smith
- The Right Reverend Manton Eastburn
- The... | 47,686 |
1215884 | Frederic Dan Huntington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederic%20Dan%20Huntington | Frederic Dan Huntington
on July 11, 1904, aged 85.
# Publications.
His more important publications included:
- "Lectures on Human Society" (1860)
- "Memorials of a Quiet Life" (1874)
- "The Golden Rule applied to Business and Social Conditions" (1892)
From 1845 to 1858 he was the editor of "The Monthly Religious ... | 47,687 |
1215884 | Frederic Dan Huntington | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederic%20Dan%20Huntington | Frederic Dan Huntington
also.
- List of Bishop Succession in the Episcopal Church
# References.
## Further reading.
- "Christian Believing and Living: Sermons by Frederic Dan Huntington" (Harvard, 1860), Original from Harvard, digitized by google books on Oct. 19, 2006.
- "Elim: or, Hymns of Holy Refreshment", ed.... | 47,688 |
1215939 | Târgu Neamț | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Târgu%20Neamț | Târgu Neamț
Târgu Neamț
Târgu Neamț (; , , , ) is a town in Neamț County, Romania, on the Neamț River. It had, , a population of 20,496. Three villages are administered by the town: Blebea, Humulești and Humuleștii Noi.
# History.
Originally a market town, hence its name (in Romanian "târg" = "market"), it had an im... | 47,689 |
1215939 | Târgu Neamț | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Târgu%20Neamț | Târgu Neamț
including B. P. Hașdeu consider that Târgu Neamț was probably a German settlement from the 13th century, when the Teutonic Order made incursions from Transylvania against the Cumanic peoples that were living in Moldavia.
Nowadays, historians disagree with this possibility mostly because of the long-lasting... | 47,690 |
1215939 | Târgu Neamț | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Târgu%20Neamț | Târgu Neamț
is the terminus station of CFR Line 517 linking it to Pașcani via an electrified railway.
# Tourism and attractions.
- The Neamț Fortress ("Cetatea Neamțului") was built in the 14th century by Voivode Petru I (possibly on the ruins of a smaller Teutonic castle), and is located on the north bank of the Nea... | 47,691 |
1215939 | Târgu Neamț | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Târgu%20Neamț | Târgu Neamț
s born and where he spent his childhood. The stories from Ion Creangă's masterpiece "Amintiri din copilărie" ("Memories of my childhood") revolve around Humulești, Târgu Neamț and in the surrounding villages.
- "Monumentul Eroilor" (Heroes' Monument): an obelisk that commemorates the Romanian soldiers from... | 47,692 |
1215905 | Benjamin Huntsman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin%20Huntsman | Benjamin Huntsman
Benjamin Huntsman
Benjamin Huntsman (4 June 170420 June 1776) was an English inventor and manufacturer of cast or crucible steel.
# Biography.
Huntsman was born the fourth child of William and Mary (née Nainby) Huntsman, a Quaker farming couple, in Epworth, Lincolnshire. Some sources suggest that h... | 47,693 |
1215905 | Benjamin Huntsman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin%20Huntsman | Benjamin Huntsman
Sheffield. Eventually, after many experiments, Huntsman was able to make satisfactory cast steel, in clay pot crucibles, each holding about 34 pounds of blistered steel. A flux was added, and they were covered and heated by means of coke for about three hours. The molten steel was then poured into mou... | 47,694 |
1215905 | Benjamin Huntsman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin%20Huntsman | Benjamin Huntsman
of the steel prohibited by the British government, were compelled to use it in the interests of self-preservation. Huntsman had not patented his process, and his secret was discovered by a Sheffield iron-founder called Walker. Walker, according to legend, entered Huntsman's works in the disguise of a ... | 47,695 |
1215905 | Benjamin Huntsman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin%20Huntsman | Benjamin Huntsman
s, and his secret was discovered by a Sheffield iron-founder called Walker. Walker, according to legend, entered Huntsman's works in the disguise of a starving beggar asking to sleep by a fire for the night.
In 1770, Huntsman moved his enterprise to Worksop Road in Attercliffe, where he prospered unt... | 47,696 |
1215943 | Brock University Students' Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brock%20University%20Students'%20Union | Brock University Students' Union
Brock University Students' Union
The Brock University Students' Union (BUSU) is the students' union representing the over 17,000 undergraduate students of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. BUSU is a member of the Canadian Alliance of Students Associations and a found... | 47,697 |
1215943 | Brock University Students' Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brock%20University%20Students'%20Union | Brock University Students' Union
strategies to implement policy set by the board of directors and BUSAC (see below) and collectively providing leadership and direction for the organization via the executive committee.
## Administrative Council.
The Brock University Students Administrative Council (BUSAC) is a popular... | 47,698 |
1215943 | Brock University Students' Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brock%20University%20Students'%20Union | Brock University Students' Union
full council meetings as well as a variety of standing committees. Furthermore, the activities and operations of the Brock University Students' Union are reported to BUSAC by the BUSU executive.
## Board of Directors.
The Brock University Students' Union Board of Directors comprises s... | 47,699 |
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