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441175 | Tony Clement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony%20Clement | Tony Clement
using the information might "create havoc" by altering the contents.
## Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario.
On February 6, 2006, in addition to being appointed Minister of Health, Clement was also appointed Minister responsible for FedNor (Federal Ec... | 6,128,300 |
441175 | Tony Clement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony%20Clement | Tony Clement
FedNor approved $398 million in support of 1,742 projects, which leveraged an additional $614 million from other sources. During this same period, FedNor also approved $11 million towards 364 youth internships, with close to two-thirds of these interns finding employment following their internship. Of the ... | 6,128,301 |
441175 | Tony Clement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony%20Clement | Tony Clement
- The Corporation of The City of Dryden - To expand Dryden's industrial park and the Norwill subdivision (acquisition and clearing of land, construction of an access road, and expansion of municipal services). $1,470,000
Eagle Lake - Eagle Lake First Nation - To prepare the First Nation for the developmen... | 6,128,302 |
441175 | Tony Clement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony%20Clement | Tony Clement
northern Ontario by:
- Increasing the awareness of this region as a tourism destination;
- Encouraging product development and investments in northern Ontario's tourism assets and products by supporting new and expanding festivals and events, and developing niche tourism products (e.g., authentic Aborigi... | 6,128,303 |
441175 | Tony Clement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony%20Clement | Tony Clement
He stepped down from the Shadow Cabinet on July 12, 2016 in order to launch his campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party. He ended his campaign on October 12, 2016, due to not meeting fundraising goals he had set for his campaign.
## Sexting scandal.
In early November 2018, Clement resigned ... | 6,128,304 |
441175 | Tony Clement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony%20Clement | Tony Clement
the situation. After additional allegations of improper behaviour were made against Clement on November 7, party leader Andrew Scheer requested that he also resign from the Conservative caucus. Clement did so and now sits as an independent MP. In January 2019, two men from the Ivory Coast were arrested in ... | 6,128,305 |
441175 | Tony Clement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony%20Clement | Tony Clement
the influx of Syrian Refugees attempting to cross the Canada–United States border in the wake of US President Donald Trump's Executive Order 13769 to ban citizens of certain majority Muslim countries from entering the United States. When a CBC Radio reporter asked Clement in a telephone interview to specif... | 6,128,306 |
441175 | Tony Clement | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony%20Clement | Tony Clement
r two things in particular. One, more resources, more money and funding, and human resources for the border agents and for the RCMP to deal with this much higher influx... Secondly, we want the federal government to develop a plan. What is the plan that is going to be employed or deployed to ensure that th... | 6,128,307 |
441197 | Blood film | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood%20film | Blood film
Blood film
A blood film—or peripheral blood smear—is a thin layer of blood smeared on a glass microscope slide and then stained in such a way as to allow the various blood cells to be examined microscopically. Blood films are examined in the investigation of hematological (blood) disorders and are routinely... | 6,128,308 |
441197 | Blood film | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood%20film | Blood film
in the "feathered edge" created by the spreader slide as it draws the blood forward.
The slide is left to air dry, after which the blood is fixed to the slide by immersing it briefly in methanol. The fixative is essential for good staining and presentation of cellular detail. After fixation, the slide is st... | 6,128,309 |
441197 | Blood film | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood%20film | Blood film
often use other specialized stains to aid in the differential diagnosis of blood disorders.
After staining, the monolayer is viewed under a microscope using magnification up to 1000x. Individual cells are examined and their morphology is characterized and recorded.
# Clinical significance.
Blood smear exa... | 6,128,310 |
441197 | Blood film | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood%20film | Blood film
and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia result in characteristic abnormalities on the blood film.
The proportions of different types of white blood cells can be determined from the blood smear. This is known as a manual white blood cell differential. The white blood cell differential can reveal abnormalities ... | 6,128,311 |
441197 | Blood film | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood%20film | Blood film
they have a limited ability to differentiate immature and abnormal cells, so manual examination of the blood smear is frequently indicated.
Blood smear examination is the preferred diagnostic method for certain parasitic infections, such as malaria and babesiosis. Rarely, bacteria may be visible on the bloo... | 6,128,312 |
441197 | Blood film | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood%20film | Blood film
is best preserved in this preparation.
- Thick films allow the microscopist to screen a larger volume of blood and are about eleven times more sensitive than the thin film, so picking up low levels of infection is easier on the thick film, but the appearance of the parasite is much more distorted and theref... | 6,128,313 |
441197 | Blood film | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood%20film | Blood film
is always based on several trophozoites.
The biggest pitfall in most laboratories in developed countries is leaving too great a delay between taking the blood sample and making the blood films. As blood cools to room temperature, male gametocytes will divide and release microgametes: these are long sinuous ... | 6,128,314 |
441197 | Blood film | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood%20film | Blood film
to shrink and the parasite will roll up, simulating the appearance of "P. malariae". This problem is made worse if anticoagulants such as heparin or citrate are used. The anticoagulant that causes the least problems is EDTA. Romanowsky stain or a variant stain is usually used. Some laboratories mistakenly us... | 6,128,315 |
441197 | Blood film | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood%20film | Blood film
e of "P. malariae". This problem is made worse if anticoagulants such as heparin or citrate are used. The anticoagulant that causes the least problems is EDTA. Romanowsky stain or a variant stain is usually used. Some laboratories mistakenly use the same staining pH as they do for routine haematology blood f... | 6,128,316 |
441206 | Windows Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windows%20Media | Windows Media
Windows Media
Windows Media is a discontinued multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows. It consists of a software development kit (SDK) with several application programming interfaces (API) and a number of prebuilt technologies, and is the replacement of NetShow tech... | 6,128,317 |
441206 | Windows Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windows%20Media | Windows Media
Station (NSC)
- WMV HD, (Windows Media Video High Definition), the branding name for high definition (HD) media content encoded using Windows Media codecs. WMV HD is not a separate codec.
- HD Photo (formerly Windows Media Photo, standardized as JPEG XR)
- DVR-MS, the recording format used by Windows M... | 6,128,318 |
441206 | Windows Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windows%20Media | Windows Media
he recording format used by Windows Media Center
- SAMI, the closed caption format developed by Microsoft. It can be used to synchronize captions and audio descriptions with online video.
# Protocols.
- Media Stream Broadcast (MSB), for multicast distribution of Advanced Systems Format content over a n... | 6,128,319 |
441216 | List of troubadours and trobairitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20troubadours%20and%20trobairitz | List of troubadours and trobairitz
List of troubadours and trobairitz
This is a list of troubadours and trobairitz. It is composed of medieval figures who are known to have written lyric verse in the Occitan language.
- Ademar Jordan
- Ademar lo Negre
- Ademar de Peiteus
- Ademar de Rocaficha
- Aimeric de Belenoi... | 6,128,320 |
441216 | List of troubadours and trobairitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20troubadours%20and%20trobairitz | List of troubadours and trobairitz
Arnaut de Tintinhac
- Arnaut Guilhem de Marsan
- Arnaut Plagues
- Arnaut Vidal de Castelnou d'Ari
- Arnaut Vidal
- At de Mons
- Audric del Vilar
- Austorc d'Aorlhac
- Austorc de Segret
- Aycart del Fossat
- Azalais d'Altier
- Azalais de Porcairagues
- Beatritz de Dia
- Be... | 6,128,321 |
441216 | List of troubadours and trobairitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20troubadours%20and%20trobairitz | List of troubadours and trobairitz
Bertran d'Alamanon
- Bertran de Born lo Filhs
- Bertran de Born
- Bertran de Gourdon
- Bertran de Paris
- Bertran de Preissac
- Bertran del Pojet
- Bertran Folcon d'Avinhon
- Bieiris de Romans
- Blacasset
- Blacatz
- Bonfilh
- Bonifaci Calvo
- Bonifaci de Castellana
- Ca... | 6,128,322 |
441216 | List of troubadours and trobairitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20troubadours%20and%20trobairitz | List of troubadours and trobairitz
Elias Cairel
- Elias de Barjols
- Elias d'Ussel
- Elias Fonsalada
- Engenim d'Urre de Valentinès
- Englés
- Felip de Valenza
- Ferrarino Trogni da Ferrara
- Folquet de Lunel
- Folquet de Marselha
- Folquet de Romans
- Formit de Perpinyà
- Frederick II of Sicily
- Garin d'... | 6,128,323 |
441216 | List of troubadours and trobairitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20troubadours%20and%20trobairitz | List of troubadours and trobairitz
Tolosa
- Guilhem d'Autpol
- Guilhem de l'Olivier
- Guilhem de Montanhagol
- Guilhem de Mur
- Guilhem de Saint-Leidier
- Guilhem Fabre
- Guilhem Figueira
- Guilhem Peire Cazals de Caortz
- Guillem Ademar
- Guillem Augier Novella
- Guillem de Balaun
- Guillem de Berguedà
- ... | 6,128,324 |
441216 | List of troubadours and trobairitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20troubadours%20and%20trobairitz | List of troubadours and trobairitz
de Capio
- Iznart d'Entrevenas
- Jacme Grils
- Jacme Rovira
- James II of Aragon
- Jaufre de Pons
- Jaufre Reforzat de Trets
- Jaufre Rudel
- Joan de Castellnou
- Joan Miralhas
- Jofre de Foixà
- Johan Blanch
- Johan Esteve de Bezers
- Johanet d'Albusson
- Jordan Bonel d... | 6,128,325 |
441216 | List of troubadours and trobairitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20troubadours%20and%20trobairitz | List of troubadours and trobairitz
Olivier lo Templier
- Ot de Montcada
- Ozil de Cadartz
- Palaizi
- Paolo Lanfranchi da Pistoja
- Paulet de Marselha
- Paves
- Peire Bremon lo Tort
- Peire Bremon Ricas Novas
- Peire Cardenal
- Peire d'Alvernha
- Peire de Barjac
- Peire de Bussignac
- Peire de Castelnou
-... | 6,128,326 |
441216 | List of troubadours and trobairitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20troubadours%20and%20trobairitz | List of troubadours and trobairitz
Trabustal
- Peire Vidal
- Peirol
- Peironet
- Perceval Doria
- Perdigon
- Pere de Montsó
- Pere Galceran
- Pere Salvatge
- Peter III of Aragon
- Pistoleta
- Ponç de la Guàrdia
- Ponç d'Ortafà
- Ponç Hug IV of Empúries
- Pons de Capduelh
- Pons de Monlaur
- Pons Santolh... | 6,128,327 |
441216 | List of troubadours and trobairitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20troubadours%20and%20trobairitz | List of troubadours and trobairitz
zaudun
- Rainaut de Pons
- Rainaut de Tres Sauzes
- Rambertino Buvalelli
- Ramon de Rosselló
- Raymond VI of Toulouse
- Ricau de Tarascon
- Ricaut Bonomel
- Richard I of England (his status as a troubadour is doubtful)
- Rigaut de Berbezilh
- Roger-Bernard III of Foix
- Ros... | 6,128,328 |
441208 | Rugby shirt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rugby%20shirt | Rugby shirt
Rugby shirt
A rugby shirt is worn by players of rugby union or rugby league. It usually has short sleeves, though long sleeves are common as well.
Rugby shirts have a buttoned opening at the top, in a similar style to polo shirts but with a stiffer collar. Modern rugby shirts often have a very small colla... | 6,128,329 |
441208 | Rugby shirt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rugby%20shirt | Rugby shirt
or "hoops" in alternating colours. Rugby league shirts often have a large 'V' around the neck as part of their design. Football shirts by contrast, traditionally generally have vertical stripes. Rugby shirts, like most sport shirts, will usually have a number on the back, though shirts not meant for competi... | 6,128,330 |
441208 | Rugby shirt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rugby%20shirt | Rugby shirt
for supporter use, though they can be used in a rugby game), and pure polyester (these shirts are generally designed for game use).
The reason for the preference of polyester in a game situation is twofold: firstly, polyester is harder to get hold of in a tackle situation, as it is inherently more 'slipper... | 6,128,331 |
441208 | Rugby shirt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rugby%20shirt | Rugby shirt
s a sport played mainly in winter and/or bad weather, a cotton rugby kit can weigh around when wet. This extra weight has to be carried by the player, in addition to running in wet, heavy ground.
The gaining popularity of rugby sevens has made more of a demand for lighter, more breathable jerseys as well. ... | 6,128,332 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
The beholder is a fictional monster in the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. Its appearance is that of a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth, single central eye, and many smaller eyestalks on top with powerful magical abilities.
The be... | 6,128,333 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
it is not based on a creature from mythology or other fiction. Rob Kuntz's brother Theron O. Kuntz created the "Beholder", and Gary Gygax detailed it for publication.
## "Dungeons & Dragons" (1974–1976).
The beholder was introduced with the first "Dungeons & Dragons" supplement, "Greyhaw... | 6,128,334 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
the release of "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" 1st edition, the beholder appeared in the first edition "Monster Manual" (1977), where it is described as a hateful, aggressive, avaricious spherical monster that is most frequently found underground. Ed Greenwood and Roger E Moore authored "The... | 6,128,335 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
related creatures are introduced in the "" campaign set, in the "Lorebook of the Void" booklet (1989). It also appeared in the "Monstrous Compendium Volume One" (1989), and is reprinted in the "Monstrous Manual" (1993). The book "I, Tyrant" (1996), and the "Monstrous Arcana" module series ... | 6,128,336 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
Parkinson's artwork as the inspiration for the beholder-kin created for the Spelljammer campaign setting. The Beholder's xenophobia towards other subraces of Beholders was added after Jim Holloway submitted multiple designs for the Beholder's spelljamming ship and Jeff Grubb decided to kee... | 6,128,337 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
Manual" for the 3.5 edition (2003). The mindwitness was a sample creature of the half-illithid template using a beholder as the base creature, featured on Wizards of the Coast's website on August 14, 2003. The beholder receives its own chapter in the book "Lords of Madness: The Book of Abe... | 6,128,338 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
edition (2014–).
The beholder appears along with the more powerful undead death tyrant and the spectator in the 5th Edition "Monster Manual" (2014), with the zombie beholder also appears under the "zombies" section later in the book. "Volo's Guide to Monsters" (2016) provides more detail ... | 6,128,339 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
Beholder is an "aberration" comprising a floating spheroid body with a large fanged mouth and single eye on the front and many flexible eyestalks on the top.
A beholder's eyes each possess a different magical ability; the main eye projects an anti-magical cone, and the other eyes use diff... | 6,128,340 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
their eyes for non-standard spell-like abilities; these mutant beholders are often killed or exiled by their peers. Beholders wishing to cast spells like ordinary wizards relinquish the traditional use of their eyestalks, and put out their central anti-magic eye, making these beholder mage... | 6,128,341 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
does not automatically kill its target. Other Beholder types each have their own set of abilities. In this edition, the Beholder's central eye no longer cancels out magic, instead dazing or giving some vulnerability to its victim.
## Society.
Beholders are extremely xenophobic. They will... | 6,128,342 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
Underdark often, when provoked, wage war on any and all nearby settlements, finding the most resistance from the drow and illithids.
Beholders worship their insane, controlling goddess known as the Great Mother, though some also, or instead, follow her rebel offspring, Gzemnid, the behold... | 6,128,343 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
are especially prominent in the "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting, where they infiltrate and seek to control many sectors of society—many beholders are allied to the Zhentarim, some work with the Red Wizards of Thay, and a particularly powerful beholder, known as "The Evil Eye" or "The X... | 6,128,344 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
to Ken Rolston, the beholder and the mind flayer "win starring roles as intergalactic menaces" in Spelljammer, and notes that the beholders, "with their abundant magical powers, are perhaps the most formidable warrior race of the universe, but fortunately they are too busy slaughtering one... | 6,128,345 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
smooth hides and others chitinous plates. Other noticeable differences include snakelike eyestalks or crustacean like eyestalk joints. Some variations seem minor such as variations in the size of the central eye or differences in skin colour. Each beholder nation believes itself to be the ... | 6,128,346 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
Some of these ships feature a piercing ram but others have no weaponry. All beholder ships allow a circuit of beholders to focus their eye stalks into a 400-yard beam of magical energy. These ships are powered and navigated by the "orbus" (plural "orbii") race of beholders, who are stunted... | 6,128,347 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
or serving as the hidden leaders of various Cults of the Dragon Below. Others lead solitary lives, contemplating mysteries or studying the world. Such lone beholders may manipulate humanoid communities, but their actions are rarely driven by a desire for personal power.
Members of the Cul... | 6,128,348 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
beholder variations and related creatures has been made available in "Dungeons & Dragons" publications.
# Reception.
A reviewer for "Arcane" magazine described the beholder: "11 eyes, paranoid, xenophobic, having a taste for live animals and being deadly with magic."
"Wizard" magazine's... | 6,128,349 |
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floating eyeball with little eye stalks sticking out, all of which shoot magic rays?" Of the gauth, the authors say "its ability to inflict a bewildering variety of damage on a party of heroes is unparalleled... until they fight a true beholder, that is."
# Appearances in other media.
Be... | 6,128,350 |
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series; throughout "Baldur's Gate 2"; and one named Xantam in "".
## "D&D" Miniatures.
- A Beholder is featured in "D&D Miniatures: Deathknell" set #32 (2005).
- The Beholder Eye Tyrant was included as a random packed figure in "D&D Miniatures: Dangerous Delves" (#5/40) (2009).
- The B... | 6,128,351 |
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Inspection", still working at the Central Bureaucracy.
- The "Goblin Slayer" series features a "Giant Eyeball" (episode 8 of the anime and volume 5 of the manga), which closely resembles a beholder with disintegration and magic dispelling abilities.
- Beholders appeared as a boss and rec... | 6,128,352 |
441194 | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beholder%20(Dungeons%20&%20Dragons) | Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)
for the game's North American release to avoid copyright issues with Wizards of the Coast. Current installments of the Final Fantasy series have continued to use the monster with the design and name heavily altered.
# Further reading.
- Cagle, Eric. "Worshipers of the Forbidden." "Dragon... | 6,128,353 |
441214 | Carole Montillet | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carole%20Montillet | Carole Montillet
Carole Montillet
Carole Montillet-Carles (born 7 April 1973) is a French alpine skier.
# Career.
Born in Corrençon-en-Vercors, Isère, she became a member of the Villard-de-Lans ski club in Grenoble. In 1994 and 1998, finished 14th in the Super-G at the Winter Olympics at Lillehammer and Nagano respe... | 6,128,354 |
441214 | Carole Montillet | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carole%20Montillet | Carole Montillet
slalom event in Grenoble in 1968. She dedicated this to her former teammate Régine Cavagnoud, who was killed in a training accident in 2001.
Her achievements were more remarkable because she has suffered multiple serious injuries early in her career, such as torn knee ligaments.
On 13 February 2006, ... | 6,128,355 |
441214 | Carole Montillet | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carole%20Montillet | Carole Montillet
it. She finished in 5th place in the Super-G five days later.
She retired at the end of the 2005–2006 season.
# Results.
## World Cup (overall).
- 1991–1992: 105th
- 1992–1993: 58th
- 1993–1994: 58th
- 1994–1995: 67th
- 1995–1996: 31st
- 1996–1997: 15th
- 1997–1998: 26th
- 1998–1999: 26th
-... | 6,128,356 |
441214 | Carole Montillet | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carole%20Montillet | Carole Montillet
Downhill 14th
- Super-G 14th
- 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City
- Downhill 1st
- Super-G 7th
- Giant Slalom 18th
- 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin
- Downhill 28th
- Super-G 5th
## World Championships.
- 1993 at Morioka
- Downhill 8th
- 1997 at Sestriere
- Downhill 7th
- Super-G 4th
-... | 6,128,357 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
Trellick Tower
Trellick Tower is a Grade II* listed tower block on the Cheltenham Estate in Kensal Town, London. Opened in 1972, it had been commissioned by the Greater London Council and designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger. The tower was planned to replace outdated social accom... | 6,128,358 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
drug abuse and prostitution. Its fortunes gradually improved in the 1980s after the establishment of a residents' association. Security measures were put in place and a concierge was employed, which led to lower crime levels. By the 1990s the tower had become a desirable place to live, and although it st... | 6,128,359 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
Tower is on the Cheltenham Estate in Golborne Road, Kensal Town, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). It is bounded to the north and east by the Grand Union Canal and to the south by the A40 Westway and the Great Western main line leading from London Paddington station.
The nearest stations a... | 6,128,360 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
thin profile, with a separate lift and service tower linked at every third storey to the access corridors in the main building, which overall has 31 floors. Flats above and below the corridor levels have internal stairs, while the 23rd and 24th floors are taken up by maisonettes split over the two floors... | 6,128,361 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
by stairs in addition to the lifts, and also has a refuse chute mechanism. The majority of the plant and the hot water storage tank is located in the plant room, which reduces the need for pumps and reduces the amount of pipework needed. Shorter pipe runs also reduce heat loss. The oil-fired boilers orig... | 6,128,362 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
would look different. He included a number of space-saving designs, such as using sliding doors to access bathrooms, and light switches embedded in the door surrounds. All apartments have large windows facing the balconies, in order to let in as much natural light as possible. As well as residential acco... | 6,128,363 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
Victorian housing. The tower was one of several such buildings, and was initially welcomed as a way of resolving the crises of post-Second World War housing. Goldfinger said "the whole object of building high is to free the ground for children and grown-ups to enjoy Mother Earth and not to cover every in... | 6,128,364 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
round for regular cocktail parties to tell him their likes and dislikes. This feedback was incorporated into the design of Trellick Tower. Many immigrants from the West Indies and the Caribbean settled in Trellick Tower, as for them it was one of the few affordable places to live in London. The tower ope... | 6,128,365 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
by the time construction started, who put more stringent construction and financial constraints on the project. Shortly after its completion the building was transferred to the RBKC local council. Goldfinger had intended that tenants should be vetted for suitability and petitioned the GLC for the buildin... | 6,128,366 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
of crime and anti-social behaviour, and many tenants were very reluctant to move in. On one occasion vandals set off a fire extinguisher on the 12th floor, with water from the sprinkler system flooding the lifts and leaving the tower without electricity, heat or running water over the Christmas period. A... | 6,128,367 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
and management problems made them counterproductive.
In 1982 a man was killed after jumping off the top of Trellick Tower when his parachute failed to open. He was a member of a group of dangerous sports enthusiasts who were interested in jumping off fixed objects. The action was condemned by the Britis... | 6,128,368 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
tower, along with other residents in Kensington & Chelsea council properties, elected to self-manage the properites, in order to avoid increased rents and the threat of eviction.
Four low-power television relay transmitters with aerials were added to the communications equipment on top of the lift tower... | 6,128,369 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
became more respectable owing to its location in Notting Hill and the gentrification of Golborne Road. Property prices rose and flats in the tower came to be regarded as highly desirable residences; requests to sell flats began to be posted on the tower's communal noticeboard. By 1999 a flat in the tower... | 6,128,370 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
housing, but a significant minority are now privately owned.
On 19 April 2017 the top floors of the tower caught fire, believed to have been started by a discarded cigarette. There were no injuries. The building's listed status meant that the concrete facade could not be covered over, which is thought t... | 6,128,371 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
Queen and Country" (1988), starring Denzel Washington. Additionally, it can be seen in the films "London Kills Me" (1991) and "Never Let Me Go" (2010).
The tower is believed to have been the inspiration behind J. G. Ballard's dystopian novel "High Rise" (1975) and its 2016 film adaptation directed by Be... | 6,128,372 |
441189 | Trellick Tower | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trellick%20Tower | Trellick Tower
llick Tower has appeared in several television adverts, including idents for the BBC's coverage of the 2012 Olympics. The whole of one side of the building's exterior was used for the credits for the BBC's children's television show "Incredible Games", starring David Walliams, in the early 1990s. The tow... | 6,128,373 |
441223 | Hanns Ludin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hanns%20Ludin | Hanns Ludin
Hanns Ludin
Hanns Elard Ludin (10 June 1905, in Freiburg – 9 December 1947, in Bratislava) was a German diplomat.
Born in Freiburg to Friedrich and Johanna Ludin, Ludin began his Nazi affiliation in 1930 by joining the party, and was arrested for his political activities the same year. Imprisoned until 19... | 6,128,374 |
441223 | Hanns Ludin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hanns%20Ludin | Hanns Ludin
for slave labor and providing diplomatic cover to such activities. In 1943, he was promoted to "SA-Obergruppenführer".
Ludin was arrested after the war and extradited to Czechoslovakia, where he was tried with "SS-Obergruppenführer" Hermann Höfle (not to be confused with "SS-Sturmbannführer" Hermann Julius... | 6,128,375 |
441223 | Hanns Ludin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hanns%20Ludin | Hanns Ludin
"SS-Sturmbannführer" Hermann Julius Höfle). He was sentenced to death and was hanged, or rather strangled, on 9 December 1947. It took him twenty minutes to die in the noose.
Married to Erla von Jordan (1905 – 1997), Ludin had six children: Erika (1933 – 1997), Barbara (born 1935), Ellen (born 1937), Tilma... | 6,128,376 |
441207 | Queen-in-Parliament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen-in-Parliament | Queen-in-Parliament
Queen-in-Parliament
The Queen-in-Parliament (or, during the reign of a male monarch, King-in-Parliament), sometimes referred to as the Crown-in-Parliament or, more fully, in the United Kingdom, as the King or Queen in Parliament under God, is a technical term of constitutional law in the Commonweal... | 6,128,377 |
441207 | Queen-in-Parliament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen-in-Parliament | Queen-in-Parliament
acts of legislation are known as "acts of parliament". An act may also provide for secondary legislation, which can be made by the Crown, subject to the simple approval, or the lack of disapproval, of parliament.
Several countries, although having received their independence from the United Kingdom... | 6,128,378 |
441207 | Queen-in-Parliament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen-in-Parliament | Queen-in-Parliament
system of government, developed in England and used across the Commonwealth and beyond. It is in contradistinction to the idea of the separation of powers. The specific language of "the Crown", "the King", or "the Queen" in parliament used in the Commonwealth realms also alludes to the constitutiona... | 6,128,379 |
441207 | Queen-in-Parliament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen-in-Parliament | Queen-in-Parliament
states or provinces, no equivalent constitutional concept exists in the territories of Australia and Canada, which are not sovereign.) The legislature of a territory does not receive its authority directly from the monarch, being instead delegated by the federal parliament. Similarly, with city coun... | 6,128,380 |
441207 | Queen-in-Parliament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen-in-Parliament | Queen-in-Parliament
well as the other one or two bodies of parliament. For example, British acts of parliament will start with: "BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the auth... | 6,128,381 |
441207 | Queen-in-Parliament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen-in-Parliament | Queen-in-Parliament
as follows..."
Because the Queen remains a part of parliament, the enacting clause does not need to explicitly mention her, as in realms such as Australia and Tuvalu, where the clause is simply "The Parliament of Australia enacts" and "ENACTED by the Parliament of Tuvalu...", respectively. This may... | 6,128,382 |
441207 | Queen-in-Parliament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen-in-Parliament | Queen-in-Parliament
er. Similarly, the Canadian province of Quebec does not use a Westminster-style enacting clause. Provincial statutes instead use the clause: "The Parliament of Québec enacts as follows."
The Scottish Parliament follows a different approach. Although its acts require Royal Assent, the Scottish Parli... | 6,128,383 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
Prime meridian (Greenwich)
The future prime meridian based at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England, was established by Sir George Airy in 1851. By 1884, over two-thirds of all ships and tonnage used it as the reference meridian on their charts and maps. In October of that yea... | 6,128,384 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
century, London lexicographer Malachy Postlethwayt published his African maps showing the "Meridian of London" intersecting the Equator a few degrees west of the later meridian and Accra, Ghana.
The plane of the prime meridian is parallel to the local gravity vector at the Airy transit circl... | 6,128,385 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
zero minutes, and zero seconds but at approximately 5.3 seconds of arc to the west of the meridian (meaning that the meridian appears to be 102.478 metres east). In the past, this offset has been attributed to the establishment of reference meridians for space-based location systems such as W... | 6,128,386 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
former astronomical system and the current geodetic system.
# History.
Before the establishment of a common meridian, most maritime countries established their own prime meridian, usually passing through the country in question. In 1721, Great Britain established its own meridian passing th... | 6,128,387 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
north pole to the south pole passing through the Airy transit circle. This became Great Britain's meridian in 1851. For all practical purposes of the period, the changes as the meridian was moved went unnoticed.
Transit instruments are installed to be perpendicular to the local level (which ... | 6,128,388 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
large scale. One might expect that plumb lines set up in various locations, if extended downward, would all pass through a single point, the centre of the Earth, but this is not the case, primarily due to the Earth being an ellipsoid, not a sphere. The downward extended plumb lines don't even... | 6,128,389 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
the surface of the ellipsoid of revolution—a "normal" to said ellipsoid—at a particular observatory, is the deflection of the vertical.
When the Airy transit circle was built, a mercury basin was used to align the telescope to the perpendicular. Thus the circle was aligned with the local ver... | 6,128,390 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
meridian plane with the celestial sphere), it does not pass through the Earth's rotation axis. As a result of this, the ITRF zero meridian, defined by a plane passing through the Earth's rotation axis, is 102.478 metres to the east of the prime meridian. A 2015 analysis by Malys et al. shows ... | 6,128,391 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
defined by the local vertical on the Greenwich prime meridian and the plane passing through the Earth's rotation axis on the ITRF zero meridian are effectively parallel. However, the claim, found, e.g., in a BBC article that this difference between astronomical and geodetic coordinates means ... | 6,128,392 |
441212 | Prime meridian (Greenwich) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime%20meridian%20(Greenwich) | Prime meridian (Greenwich)
ss the "intended meridian" is based on a failure of understanding. The explanation by Malys et al. on the other hand is both lucid and correct.
# Meridian today.
As of 2019 the Greenwich meridian passes through
- ,
- ,
- ,
- , and
It also passes through the maritime Exclusive Economic ... | 6,128,393 |
441222 | 5th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 5th Armored Division (United States)
5th Armored Division (United States)
The 5th Armored Division ("Victory") was an armored formation of the United States Army active from 1941 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1956.
# History.
The 5th Armored "Victory" Division was activated on 10 October 1941, and reached the United King... | 6,128,394 |
441222 | 5th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 5th Armored Division (United States)
on 11 August, to the edge of the city of Argentan on 12 August—8 days before the Argentan-Falaise Gap was closed.
Turning Argentan over to the 90th Infantry Division, the 5th Armored advanced 80 miles to capture the Eure River Line at Dreux on 16 August. Bitter fighting was encount... | 6,128,395 |
441222 | 5th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 5th Armored Division (United States)
Luxembourg City on the 10th and deployed along the German border. The reconnaissance squadron of the division sent a patrol across the German border on the afternoon of 11 September to be the first of the Allies to cross the enemy frontier. On 14 September, the 5th penetrated the Si... | 6,128,396 |
441222 | 5th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 5th Armored Division (United States)
1945 the 5th spearheaded the XIII Corps drive to the Rhine, crossing the Rhine at Wesel, 30 March. The Division reached the banks of the Elbe at Tangermunde, 12 April—45 miles from Berlin. On 16 April, the 5th moved to Klotze to wipe out the Von Clausewitz Panzer Division and again ... | 6,128,397 |
441222 | 5th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 5th Armored Division (United States)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command B
- Headquarters, Reserve Command
- 10th Tank Battalion
- 34th Tank Battalion
- 81st Tank Battalion
- 15th Armored Infantry Battalion
- 46th Armored Infantry Battalion
- 47th Armored Infantry Battalion
- Headquarters and ... | 6,128,398 |
441222 | 5th Armored Division (United States) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5th%20Armored%20Division%20(United%20States) | 5th Armored Division (United States)
Battalion
- Military Police Platoon
- Band
- 505th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment
## Attachments.
- 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 2 August 1944 – 19 December 1944, 28 January 1945 – 9 May 1945)
- 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached 29 August 1944 – 14 Dec... | 6,128,399 |
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