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1643058 | Helderberg College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helderberg%20College | Helderberg College
in other institutions. At one time they published a monthly magazine called Busblitz. In November 2008 the Business Faculty, under Dr Vincent Injety, published the first edition of Biz Voce. The Theology Forum is active in inviting speakers from many walks of life to address the students in that depa... | 6,141,000 |
1643058 | Helderberg College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helderberg%20College | Helderberg College
like weekend camps, sports and entertainment programmes, and publishes the annual Parade and the weekly Indaba.
# Presidents of Helderberg College.
Until 1974, the chief administrator of the College was known as the “Principal”. From 1975, this position was designated as “Rector”, and in 2001 it wa... | 6,141,001 |
1643058 | Helderberg College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helderberg%20College | Helderberg College
Stickle, 1922
ED Dick, 1923 - 1927
## Helderberg College (First “African Missionary College”) (1928 -).
MP Robison, 1928 – 1933
G Shankel, 1934 – 1941
WE McClure, 1942 – 1954
EL Tarr, 1955 – 1961
PJ van Eck, 1961 – 1965
HE Marais, 1966 – 1972
AO Coetzee, 1973 – 1978
D Birkenstock, 1979 – 19... | 6,141,002 |
1643058 | Helderberg College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helderberg%20College | Helderberg College
of Business Studies
- Faculty of Theology
# Programmes Offered.
Faculty of Arts
Bachelor of Arts in Communication with emphasis in Corporate Communication or Media Studies
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with emphasis in Counseling or Industrial Psychology
Bachelor of Arts in History
Bachelor o... | 6,141,003 |
1643058 | Helderberg College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helderberg%20College | Helderberg College
ounseling or Industrial Psychology
Bachelor of Arts in History
Bachelor of Education in Foundation Phase Teaching
English Language Institute with certificates from Beginners to Advanced; TOEFL preparation
Faculty of Business
Higher Certificate in Office Management
Diploma in Business with empha... | 6,141,004 |
1643077 | National Dental Centre Singapore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Dental%20Centre%20Singapore | National Dental Centre Singapore
National Dental Centre Singapore
The National Dental Centre Singapore (NDCS; ; ) is a facility in Singapore for specialist oral healthcare services. It commenced operations on 1 March 1997 and claims to offer the largest concentration of specialist expertise in a single facility. The C... | 6,141,005 |
1643077 | National Dental Centre Singapore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Dental%20Centre%20Singapore | National Dental Centre Singapore
Endodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Periodontics and Prosthodontics are sub-units which may be found within the Department of Restorative Dentistry. Sub-speciality multidisciplinary services are available through NDC's Centres for Corrective Jaw Surgery, Maxillofacial Rehabilitation and ... | 6,141,006 |
1643077 | National Dental Centre Singapore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Dental%20Centre%20Singapore | National Dental Centre Singapore
Cancer).
# Statistics.
## Operations.
- Annual attendances total : 168,837
- Annual dental procedures total : 160, 214
- Annual day surgeries total : 6,492
(figures as at 31 March 2008)
## Staffing.
- Total staff strength 334 including 153 doctors
## Facilities.
- 92 dental op... | 6,141,007 |
1643077 | National Dental Centre Singapore | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Dental%20Centre%20Singapore | National Dental Centre Singapore
r 200 hours of continuing professional education annually
- Residency programmes in 5 specialties (Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, Orthodontics, Endodontics, Restorative dentistry and Periodontics).
- Auxiliary training courses for dental assistants and technicians
# Awards.
- Singapo... | 6,141,008 |
1643084 | Benihana (skateboarding) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benihana%20(skateboarding) | Benihana (skateboarding)
Benihana (skateboarding)
The benihana is an aerial trick performed on a skateboard.
# History.
The benihana was invented by Lester Kasai and named after the Benihana restaurant chain.
# Features.
A benihana is performed by first getting airborne (for example from a vert ramp or an ollie). ... | 6,141,009 |
1643084 | Benihana (skateboarding) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benihana%20(skateboarding) | Benihana (skateboarding)
ularity.
The trick was very popular in the 1990s, with professional skateboarders like Jamie Thomas and Josh Kasper recognised for their proficiency with regard to the benihana. However, since that point, the popularity of the trick has waned.
The trick featured in the Tony Hawk video game se... | 6,141,010 |
1643092 | National Skin Centre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Skin%20Centre | National Skin Centre
National Skin Centre
The National Skin Centre (NSC) is a subsidiary of the National Healthcare Group that is owned by the Ministry of Health.
Incorporated on 9 June 1988, it is the national specialty centre in Singapore providing outpatient dermatological treatment, seeing about 950 patients a da... | 6,141,011 |
1643080 | USS Gwin (DD-71) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gwin%20(DD-71) | USS Gwin (DD-71)
USS Gwin (DD-71)
USS "Gwin" (DD-71) was one of six s built for the United States Navy in the 1910s.
# Description.
The "Caldwell"s were a transitional design between the "thousand-tonners" of the and the mass-produced destroyers built during World War I. They introduced the flush-deck and were known... | 6,141,012 |
1643080 | USS Gwin (DD-71) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gwin%20(DD-71) | USS Gwin (DD-71)
steam provided by four Thornycroft boilers. The turbines developed a total of and were designed to reach a speed of . The ships carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave them a range of at .
The ships were armed with four 4-inch (102 mm) guns in single mounts and were fitted with two 1-pounder guns f... | 6,141,013 |
1643080 | USS Gwin (DD-71) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gwin%20(DD-71) | USS Gwin (DD-71)
Commander William Gwin, was launched 22 December 1917 by the Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. James S. Woods; and commissioned at Puget Sound 18 March 1920, Lieutenant Commander H. H. Bousen in command. "Gwin" departed Puget Sound 26 April for calls at Cali... | 6,141,014 |
1643080 | USS Gwin (DD-71) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Gwin%20(DD-71) | USS Gwin (DD-71)
e Construction & Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. James S. Woods; and commissioned at Puget Sound 18 March 1920, Lieutenant Commander H. H. Bousen in command. "Gwin" departed Puget Sound 26 April for calls at California ports, thence through the Panama Canal for Newport, Rhode Is... | 6,141,015 |
1643090 | Division of Darling | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division%20of%20Darling | Division of Darling
Division of Darling
The Division of Darling was an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. From 1901 until 1922 it was based on Bourke, Cobar, Nyngan, ... | 6,141,016 |
1643090 | Division of Darling | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division%20of%20Darling | Division of Darling
ll, Wentworth and Balranald, was absorbed by Darling along with Hay from Riverina. Dubbo was transferred to Gwydir in 1922 but returned to Darling in 1934. In 1948, Dubbo, Gilgandra and Coonamble were transferred to the new division of Lawson and Hay and Balranald were transferred to Riverina. In 19... | 6,141,017 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
Valiant (film)
Valiant is a 2005 British–American computer-animated epic adventure comedy film produced by Vanguard Animation, Ealing Studios and Odyssey Entertainment, and released by Entertainment Film Distributors in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2005 and by Walt Disney Pictures in the United State... | 6,141,018 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
are flying across the English Channel with the White Cliffs of Dover in sight, carrying vital messages to Great Britain. Despite the poor weather conditions the pigeons have nearly reached their destination. They are, however, suddenly ambushed and attacked by a German enemy peregrine falcon named Genera... | 6,141,019 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
Laurie), a war hero flies into the bar, informing everyone that signups are scheduled the next day in Trafalgar Square, London. In General Von Talon's lair, Mercury resists interrogation by his captors. Valiant flies off to London, bidding his mother and Felix goodbye. In London, Valiant meets an unhygie... | 6,141,020 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
Service Squad F, and are sent to a recruit training facility. Under the command of Sergeant Monty (Jim Broadbent), who declares that he will toughen them up for the RHPS, the training begins. Meanwhile, Von Talon and his henchmen, Cufflingk (Rik Mayall) and Underlingk (Michael Schlingmann), try numerous ... | 6,141,021 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
arrives and tells the Sergeant that the recruits need to leave the next morning, despite their training being vastly incomplete. Bugsy, however, decides not to go on the "highly dangerous" mission and flees the camp that night. The next morning, Valiant and the others prepare to leave and start to board ... | 6,141,022 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
goes down in an inferno of flames, presumably killing Gutsy in the resulting explosion.
In France, the pigeons meet Charles de Girl (Sharon Horgan) and Rollo (Buckley Collum), two mice from the French Resistance, Mouse Division, who lead them to Saint-Pierre, where they receive the message they have bee... | 6,141,023 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
the plane crash. Valiant takes advantage of his small size and sneaks into the bunker through the gun barrel, retrieves the message, and frees Bugsy and Mercury. Unfortunately, the falcons witness the escape and give chase. As Gutsy and the others fight off Von Talon's henchmen, Valiant flies to London t... | 6,141,024 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
of plans is made; they land in Normandy (Even though Allied Forces were planning to land there since early 1943). After receiving the Dickin Medal, Squad F returns to the local bar in West Nestington, where Valiant reunites and shares a romantic kiss with Victoria.
# Cast.
- Ewan McGregor as Valiant
-... | 6,141,025 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
Underlingk
- Sharon Horgan as Charles de Girl
- Buckley Collum as Rollo
- Sean Samuels as Jacques
# Themes.
"Valiant" sets the Second World War as its backdrop, and thus the film has various factual references to World War II. McGregor himself called it "a good old-fashioned war movie." The film's u... | 6,141,026 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
coat of arms of Germany. Yet this version, unlike the Hoheitszeichen (Nazi Germany's national insignia), has the eagle grasping two bones, whereas the Hoheitszeichen depicts the eagle clutching a swastika. Furthermore, the film's primary antagonist, Von Talon, holds specific links to Adolf Hitler. For ex... | 6,141,027 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
"The Magic Roundabout". John H. Williams of Vanguard Animation stated "we knew a lot of European animators who had worked at Pixar, Disney and DreamWorks, and were interested in going back to Europe. We thought it would be important to be the first company to produce a CGI feature fully made in Europe wi... | 6,141,028 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
Council offered "Valiant" a record-breaking £2.6 million grant. "Valiant"s budget of $35,000,000 is considered low in comparison to other CGI productions, with films which Williams had previously worked on, such as "Shrek 2" having a budget of $150,000,000.
## Director.
Gary Chapman made his directoria... | 6,141,029 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
small group of animators, was created in 106 weeks, in what "The Times" described as "a piece of guerrilla film-making" in comparison to the other CGI animated films created by major studios. At least 5 computer animators worked together for every scene of the 76-minute film, working on effects such as c... | 6,141,030 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
— our problems were feathers", and described them as a "misery in computer animation". Director Gary Chapman insisted that each bird must look distinctive, and as a result, the pigeons came in various colors, including beige, blue, yellow, red and grey. He also requested that each bird be dressed in clot... | 6,141,031 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
work on the film.
# Reception.
"Valiant" received mixed reviews from critics. The film received a 31% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 112 reviews with an average rating of 5/10. The site's consensus reads ""Valiant" has a good collection of voice talents, but the story is strictly by-the-nu... | 6,141,032 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
musical score was composed by George Fenton and mostly performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestral music is in keeping with the military theme of the film, such as through "March of the R.H.P.S.", performed by The Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Tracks were recorded at AIR Recordin... | 6,141,033 |
1643035 | Valiant (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valiant%20(film) | Valiant (film)
orce. Tracks were recorded at AIR Recording Studios and at Angel Recording Studios in London and at Right Track Studios, New York. The only track not composed by Fenton is "Shoo Shoo Baby", performed by R&B girl group Mis-Teeq; originally sung by the popular American wartime group, the Andrews Sisters. A... | 6,141,034 |
1643103 | Lubber line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lubber%20line | Lubber line
Lubber line
A lubber line is a fixed line on a compass binnacle or radar plan position indicator display pointing towards the front of the ship or aircraft and corresponding to the craft's centerline (being the customary direction of movement).
The line represents 0 degrees and is therefore the zero-point... | 6,141,035 |
1643103 | Lubber line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lubber%20line | Lubber line
subtract the 45 degrees every few minutes, or recalculate your required heading every time you tack. The main line on the compass reads your current (close-hauled) heading and the leeward lubber line will read the bearing to your destination, regardless of whether you are on port or starboard tack. Lubber l... | 6,141,036 |
1643103 | Lubber line | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lubber%20line | Lubber line
or recalculate your required heading every time you tack. The main line on the compass reads your current (close-hauled) heading and the leeward lubber line will read the bearing to your destination, regardless of whether you are on port or starboard tack. Lubber lines also help you to see windshifts when r... | 6,141,037 |
1643108 | Sharpe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharpe | Sharpe
Sharpe
Sharpe may refer to:
- Sharpe (surname), people with the surname Sharpe
- Sharpe, Kansas, a community in the United States
- Sharpe, Kentucky, a community in the United States
- Sharpe James, American politician, New Jersey
- Sharpe (novel series), series of historical novels written by Bernard Corn... | 6,141,038 |
1643108 | Sharpe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharpe | Sharpe
he United States
- Sharpe James, American politician, New Jersey
- Sharpe (novel series), series of historical novels written by Bernard Cornwell
- Richard Sharpe (fictional character), the title character of the "Sharpe" series by Bernard Cornwell
- "Sharpe" (TV series), the television series based on Cornw... | 6,141,039 |
1643106 | James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Milner,%201st%20Baron%20Milner%20of%20Leeds | James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds
James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds
Major James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds, MC, PC (12 August 1889 – 16 July 1967) was a British Labour Party politician.
# Biography.
Milner was educated at the University of Leeds and became a solicitor. He was a major in World War ... | 6,141,040 |
1643106 | James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Milner,%201st%20Baron%20Milner%20of%20Leeds | James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds
He became Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker and led the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1945.
In 1951, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Douglas Clifton Brown, had stepped down. As Chairman of Ways and Means, Milne... | 6,141,041 |
1643106 | James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Milner,%201st%20Baron%20Milner%20of%20Leeds | James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds
had been contested in the 20th century – and Milner lost.
As some compensation, he was elevated to the House of Lords as Baron Milner of Leeds, of Roundhay in the City of Leeds on 20 December 1951. Denis Healey replaced him in the subsequent by-election.
# Marriage and children... | 6,141,042 |
1643114 | Division of Darling Downs | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division%20of%20Darling%20Downs | Division of Darling Downs
Division of Darling Downs
The Division of Darling Downs was an Australian electoral division in the state of Queensland. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It was named after the Darling Downs region of ... | 6,141,043 |
1643114 | Division of Darling Downs | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division%20of%20Darling%20Downs | Division of Darling Downs
ing Downs region of Queensland, and consisted mainly of the city of Toowoomba and surrounding rural areas. The seat was safely conservative for its entire existence, almost always held by the Country Party (now called the National Party) or the Liberal Party and its predecessors. Its prominent... | 6,141,044 |
1643094 | Supergene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supergene | Supergene
Supergene
A supergene is a group of neighboring genes on a chromosome which are inherited together because of close genetic linkage and are functionally related in an evolutionary sense, although they are rarely co-regulated genetically.
# Structure.
Supergenes have cis-effects due to multiple loci (which ... | 6,141,045 |
1643094 | Supergene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supergene | Supergene
in "Papilio memnon" butterflies. For example, pin and thrum morphs of Primula have effects on genetic compatibility (pin style x thrum pollen, or thrum style x pin pollen matings are successful, while pin x pin, and thrum x thrum matings are rarely successful due to pollen-style incompatibility), and have dif... | 6,141,046 |
1643094 | Supergene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supergene | Supergene
called segmental duplication if the duplicates remain side-by-side). Here, each gene has similar though slightly diverged function. For example, the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region is a complex of tightly linked genes all acting in the immune system, but has no claim to be a supergene, eve... | 6,141,047 |
1643094 | Supergene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supergene | Supergene
less tightly-linked genes coming together via chromosomal rearrangement or reduced crossing over, due to selection for particular multilocus phenotypes. For instance, in Batesian mimicry supergenes in species such as "Papilio memnon", genes are required to affect hind-wing, fore-wing, and body colour, and als... | 6,141,048 |
1643094 | Supergene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supergene | Supergene
easily. They also occur in "Apotettix eurycephalus" where they form two tightly linked groups, between which there is 7% crossing-over. Furthermore, in "Paratettix texanus" there appears to be complete suppression of crossing-over among 24 out of 25 of the colour-pattern genes, which can be distinguished by c... | 6,141,049 |
1643094 | Supergene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supergene | Supergene
involve suppression of crossing-over, translocation of chromosome fragments and possibly occasional cistron duplication. That crossing-over can be suppressed by selection has been known for many years; Detlefsen and Roberts were able to reduce recombination between the loci for white eyes (w) and miniature wi... | 6,141,050 |
1643094 | Supergene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supergene | Supergene
is initially needed to select for tighter linkage, and linkage disequilibrium requires both the previous existence of polymorphisms via some other process, like natural selection, favouring gene combinations. If genes are weakly linked, it is probable that the rarer advantageous haplotype dies out, leading to... | 6,141,051 |
1643094 | Supergene | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Supergene | Supergene
other locus.
Most people, following J.R.G. Turner, therefore argue that supergenes arose "in situ" due to selection for correlated and epistatic traits, which just happened to have been possible to select via the existence of suitable loci closely linked to the original variant. Turner calls this a "sieve" e... | 6,141,052 |
1643120 | Hubert Curien | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hubert%20Curien | Hubert Curien
Hubert Curien
Hubert Curien (30 October 1924 – 6 February 2005) was a French physicist and a key figure in European science politics, as the President of CERN Council (1994–1996), the first chairman of the European Space Agency (ESA) (1981–1984), and second President of the Academia Europæa and a Preside... | 6,141,053 |
1643120 | Hubert Curien | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hubert%20Curien | Hubert Curien
to 1984. He was also head of the French space agency from 1976 to 1984, and first chairman of the board of ESA from 1981 to 1984.
Curien was the Minister of Research of France from 1984 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1993. He entered the French Academy of Sciences in 1994.
Curien was the President of the Fond... | 6,141,054 |
1643120 | Hubert Curien | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hubert%20Curien | Hubert Curien
bert Curien Partnerships" or "PHC". The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has such "Hubert Curien Partnerships" with more than 60 countries in the World.
The 2004 Forum Engelberg also paid tribute to their President Curien for the occasion of his upcoming 80th birthday.
In honour of his contribution to... | 6,141,055 |
1643128 | Welshpool railway station, Perth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Welshpool%20railway%20station,%20Perth | Welshpool railway station, Perth
Welshpool railway station, Perth
Welshpool railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Armadale line, 9.5 kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of Welshpool.
# History.
Welshpool station opened in 1889 as one of the original station... | 6,141,056 |
1643130 | Pear-shaped | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pear-shaped | Pear-shaped
Pear-shaped
Pear-shaped is a metaphorical term with several meanings, all in reference to the shape of a (European) pear, i.e. tapering towards the top.
# Body shape.
The comparison is more or less literal when the term is applied to people, where it means narrow at the shoulders and wide at the hips, a ... | 6,141,057 |
1643130 | Pear-shaped | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pear-shaped | Pear-shaped
se of the term evolved. When said of someone's voice, "pear-shaped" means rich and sonorous. The "Oxford English Dictionary" (OED) dates this use to 1925.
# Failure.
The third meaning is mostly limited to the United Kingdom, also Ireland, South Africa and Australasia. It describes a situation that went aw... | 6,141,058 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
California (Mr. Bungle album)
California is the third and final studio album by American experimental rock band Mr. Bungle. It was released on July 13, 1999, through Warner Bros.
# Musical style and writing.
In keeping with the band's other output, "California" incorporates a wide varie... | 6,141,059 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
to the band, conjuring up the surly dance moves of Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire; digging through the graveyard of riffs to find English pop, Elvis, Neil Diamond and Michael Jackson. The album is sure to alienate those expecting weird meter-changes and heartless vulgarities. To be sure, th... | 6,141,060 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
our projected direction. We never sat down and said, 'ok the last record was like that so now let’s attempt this.' Instead we individually brought things to the collective table that somehow coalesced without premeditation." He goes on to state that "the recording of "California" was a bit... | 6,141,061 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
a bit sooner."
# Promotion and touring.
To support the album, Mr. Bungle embarked on a large scale tour covering North America, Europe and Australia. They also notably appeared on the 2000 edition of the SnoCore Tour, performing alongside alternative metal acts whom they had influenced, ... | 6,141,062 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
going, 'Well … I guess … this’ll be an … adventure?' And that was the whole spirit we went into it with. You know, there’s this thing of, 'Yeah, man, we’ll reach all these other people! We can expand the audience!' I didn’t fucking believe that for a second. That kind of logic—it doesn’t g... | 6,141,063 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
but Warner Bros. Records pushed it back so as not to coincide with the Red Hot Chili Peppers similarly titled album, "Californication", which was to be released on the same day. Following the album release date conflict, Red Hot Chili Peppers vocalist Anthony Kiedis had Mr. Bungle removed ... | 6,141,064 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
with the band aside from Mike Patton. Patton himself stated "the rest of the band doesn't care. It's something to do with Anthony."
As a result of the concert removals, Mr. Bungle parodied the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Pontiac, Michigan (coincidentally the home state of Anthony Kiedis) on ... | 6,141,065 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
the Halloween show, Trey Spruance said "It was pretty weird, having been fans of the first two RHCP albums, realizing that somehow something personal had gone amiss somewhere. So amiss that a decade and a half after we’d liked this now hugely popular band’s music (and hadn't thought much a... | 6,141,066 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
would not have given two fucks if they played there with us. But after I heard about [the] Halloween show where they mocked us, fuck him and fuck the whole band.” Patton went on to claim that Kiedis' actions had "ruined" Mr. Bungle's career, while Trevor Dunn remarked "It really screwed us... | 6,141,067 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
"California" usually featured Dunn dressed as a blonde girl resembling Goldilocks or The St. Pauli Girl, although for the other members this period was largely devoid of masks and outfits due to the increased demands of the music.
As with the previous "Disco Volante Tour", songs from the ... | 6,141,068 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
review came from Pitchfork, who called it "one of those albums that you can't believe a major label had anything to do with", writing, "the more I listen to "California", the more I'm convinced that Mike Patton is really the devil on holiday." Steve Huey of AllMusic similarly remarked that... | 6,141,069 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
Avenged Sevenfold released a studio cover of the "California" track "Retrovertigo".
# Personnel.
## Mr. Bungle.
- Trevor Dunn – bass guitar, artwork concept and production
- Danny Heifetz – percussion, drums, keyboards and production
- Clinton "Bär" McKinnon – saxophone, keyboards, Fr... | 6,141,070 |
1643117 | California (Mr. Bungle album) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=California%20(Mr.%20Bungle%20album) | California (Mr. Bungle album)
a Hughes – cello
- Eyvind Kang – violin, viola
- Carla Kihlstedt – violin and viola
- Michael Peloquin – harmonica
- David Phillips – pedal steel guitar
- Larry Ragent – French horn
- Jay Stebley – cymbalom
- Aaron Seeman – piano on "Pink Cigarette"
- William Winant – timpani, mall... | 6,141,071 |
1643127 | SwePol | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SwePol | SwePol
SwePol
SwePol is a -long monopolar high-voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine cable between the Stärnö peninsula near Karlshamn, Sweden, and Bruskowo Wielkie, near Słupsk, Poland.
SwePol is a high voltage cable with a cross section of . It runs for as underground cable from Stärno HVDC Station to the shore o... | 6,141,072 |
1643127 | SwePol | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SwePol | SwePol
inductance smoothing rectifiers of 225 mH and a weight of 27.5 tonnes, with filters for the 11th, 13th, 24th, and 36th harmonics. Each filter consists of a coil and a capacitor switched in row. The filters for the 11th and 13th harmonics are adjustable. The filters deliver a reactive power of 95 Mvar. Additional... | 6,141,073 |
1643127 | SwePol | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SwePol | SwePol
jointly owned by the state-owned Swedish power company Svenska Kraftnät (51%), Vattenfall (16%), and Polish transmission system operator PSE-Operator (33%), but the company was liquidated and the cable was acquired by Svenska Kraftnät for the Swedish and PSE-Operator for the Polish part of the cable.
Since comi... | 6,141,074 |
1643127 | SwePol | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SwePol | SwePol
2016, SwePol had an available technical capacity of 87%. The technical capacity not used was 25%. Totally, 2.8 TWh (52.4% of the technical capacity) was exported from Sweden to Poland and 0.2 TWh (3.3%)
of the technical capacity) was imported to Sweden.
In 2017, SwePol had an available technical capacity of 94... | 6,141,075 |
1643127 | SwePol | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SwePol | SwePol
chnical capacity) was exported from Sweden to Poland and 0.2 TWh (2.9 % of the technical
capacity) was imported to Sweden.
# Cultural meaning.
Swepol Link is also the name of a local soccer team in the town of Bruskowo Wielkie.
# See also.
- Baltic Cable, cable between Germany and Sweden
- Konti-Skan, cabl... | 6,141,076 |
1643138 | Division of Darwin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division%20of%20Darwin | Division of Darwin
Division of Darwin
The Division of Darwin was an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania.
The division was created in 1903 and abolished in 1955, when it was replaced by the Division of Braddon. It was named after Charles Darwin, who visited Australia in 1836.
It was located in north-western and... | 6,141,077 |
1643136 | Last Rights (miniseries) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Last%20Rights%20(miniseries) | Last Rights (miniseries)
Last Rights (miniseries)
Last Rights is a British television political thriller mini-series, written by Clive Bradley and directed by Bill Anderson, which first aired on Channel 4. Despite the subject matter, all three episodes were broadcast back-to-back from 9am on 24 March 2005, as part of ... | 6,141,078 |
1643136 | Last Rights (miniseries) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Last%20Rights%20(miniseries) | Last Rights (miniseries)
Iddo Goldberg, Stephen Graham and Colin McFarlane. Aside from a single rerun during the T4 strand of programming in 2006, the series has never been repeated since and has never been released on DVD. Due to the timeslot of broadcast, no viewing figures were recorded for any of the three episodes... | 6,141,079 |
1643136 | Last Rights (miniseries) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Last%20Rights%20(miniseries) | Last Rights (miniseries)
just days after being appointed as Wheeler's right-hand-man and spin-doctor, his laptop is stolen by Tariq (Sonnell Dadral), a young tearaway. Concerned that the laptop contains potentially sensitive and confidential information, Speers sets about trying to recover it. Meanwhile, Tariq's best f... | 6,141,080 |
1643136 | Last Rights (miniseries) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Last%20Rights%20(miniseries) | Last Rights (miniseries)
d of corruption and political conspiracy as he goes in search of his missing friend. Max subsequently discovers information which threatens to ruin the government's plans, but will he realise it's significance in time?
# Cast.
- Philip Glenister as Speers
- Charles Dance as Wheeler
- Ashley... | 6,141,081 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
Samuel Holden Parsons
Samuel Holden Parsons (May 14, 1737 – November 17, 1789) was an American lawyer, jurist, general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country. Parsons was described as "Soldier, scholar, judge, one of the strongest arms on ... | 6,141,082 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
of the First Great Awakening, took charge of the town's new Presbyterian congregation.
Parsons graduated from Harvard College in 1756 and returned to Lyme to study law in the office of his uncle, Connecticut governor Matthew Griswold (governor). He was admitted to the bar in 1759, and started his... | 6,141,083 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
of New London's Committee of Correspondence. In March 1772, he wrote to Massachusetts leader Samuel Adams, suggesting a congress of the colonies: "I take the liberty to propose for your consideration", he wrote, "whether it would not be advisable in the present critical situation to revive an inst... | 6,141,084 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
landed in America, were as independent of the crown or king of Great Britain, as if they hade never been his subjects; and the only rightful authority derived to him over this people, was by explicit covenant contained in the first charters."
# Military career.
In April 1775, immediately after t... | 6,141,085 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
1770. In 1775, he was commissioned Colonel of the 6th Connecticut Regiment, a new regiment raised "for the special defence and safety of the Colony". In June he was ordered to lead his regiment to Boston, where he fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He remained in Boston until the British evacuat... | 6,141,086 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
New York. Parsons successfully transported his men from Long Island, joining the main body of the army as it withdrew from the city.
While in New York, Parsons played a central role in the American efforts to destroy the British fleet. David Bushnell, an inventor from Connecticut, had devised a s... | 6,141,087 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
the ship.
After the retreat from New York, Parsons' brigade was assigned to General Israel Putnam's division north of the city. He fought in the battle of White Plains. In January 1777, he returned to Connecticut to help recruit the Connecticut Line to bolster depleted Continental forces. He led ... | 6,141,088 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
building its fortifications. At the end of 1778, he joined Connecticut troops at winter quarters in Redding. In December 1779, Parsons took command of Putnam's Division, and spent the following months recruiting, training, and trying to engage British General Sir Henry Clinton in battle. The high ... | 6,141,089 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
and New Jersey, and took part in efforts to clear out Tory militias in Westchester, north of New York. After months of containing the British troops in New York, American forces, now bolstered by French reinforcements, departed for Virginia. Parsons and his troops were left behind to keep the Brit... | 6,141,090 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
River. He returned there during the summer of 1782, hoping to revive his law practice, his political career, and his depleted finances. Something of a celebrity, Parsons was elected to the legislature, became involved in organizing the Connecticut branch of the Society of the Cincinnati, and was a... | 6,141,091 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
aspiring to the governorship—which was later awarded to General Arthur St. Clair—Parsons was appointed Chief Justice. In the midst of this, Parsons was also an active member of the Connecticut Convention for adopting the U.S. Constitution.
# Frontier jurist.
In March 1788, Parsons and his son En... | 6,141,092 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
and purchasing choice parcels for himself and his family.
On November 1, 1789, Parsons wrote to his wife in Connecticut from Pittsburgh, stating that he was about to "set out for Lake Erie to survey the Connecticut lands (Connecticut Western Reserve)."
A letter written by Richard Butler, dated N... | 6,141,093 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
had encamped the night before, and directed him to tell Lieut. McDowell, who commanded the Block House below the falls of Beaver, that he (General Parsons) would be there to dinner. A snow had fallen in the night which had retarded the progress of the man with the horses. At one place on the Beave... | 6,141,094 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
search made for the body of the General, but made no discovery.
Parsons' body was found the following May and was buried with the expectation that it would be more suitably interred. Because of the series of mishaps, the location of his burial was lost. The General now lies in an unknown/unmarked... | 6,141,095 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
Parsons' children.
Parsons' surviving children included:
- William Walter Parsons (1762–1802). Served as a midshipman during the Revolution, wherein he was taken prisoner by the British during the disastrous Penobscot Expedition. He eventually settled in Bangor, Maine.
- Enoch Parsons (1769–184... | 6,141,096 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
Stephen Titus Hosmer, Chief Justice of Connecticut. Her daughter, Sarah Mehitabel Hosmer (1793-1834), married Major Andre Andrews (1792–1834), second Mayor of Buffalo.
- Mehetable Parsons (1772–1825). Married William Brenton Hall, Middletown physician.
- Margaret Parsons (1785-?). Married 1st St... | 6,141,097 |
1643119 | Samuel Holden Parsons | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel%20Holden%20Parsons | Samuel Holden Parsons
Hall, Charles S.: "Hall Ancestry." G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, New York (1896).
- Hall, Charles S.: "Life and Letters of Samuel Holden Parsons, Major General in The Continental Army and Chief Judge of the Northwestern Territory", Otseningo Publishing Co., Binghamton, New York (1905).
- Heitman... | 6,141,098 |
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op Publishing Co., Washington, D.C. (1914).
- Hildreth, Samuel P.: "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio", H. W. Derby and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (1852).
- Hinman, Royal R.: "A Historical Collection of the part sustained by Connecticut during the War of the Re... | 6,141,099 |
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