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2000 | "Concierto heroico"
Concierto heroico The Concierto heroico for piano and orchestra was composed by Joaquín Rodrigo for pianist Leopoldo Querol between 1935 and 1943. Rodrigo began work on the concerto in 1935 and completed the first two movements before setting the work aside; having forgotten about it, he returned an... |
2001 | "Concierto heroico"
in 1999; this removed two virtuosic cadenzas and balanced the relationship between the piano and orchestral parts. The piece is in four movements: A typical performance of the concerto lasts about 30 minutes. Concierto heroico The Concierto heroico for piano and orchestra was composed by Joaquín Rod... |
2002 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
did not expect the severity of damage the occurred. A Trust Territory vessel, the ""MV Errol"", was anchored in the lagoon but left without warning nearby natives on November 29. Striking as a Category 4-equivalent typhoon, Ophelia produced devastating winds across the atoll. Winds estimated at 260 km... |
2003 | "James B. Bullard"
above target. In January 2016, the FOMC clarified that its inflation target is symmetric by adding language in its ""Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy,"" which said that ""the Committee would be concerned if inflation were running persistently above or below this objective.""... |
2004 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
no point was the entire island under water. Initially, Falalop was left under 1.2 m (4 ft) of water, though by the time the eye moved over this had decreased to 0.6 m (2 ft). Along the south shore, waves reached 1.8 m (6 ft) and caused moderate beach erosion. Sand from the coastline was found up to 21... |
2005 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
three people sustained minor injuries. Asor Island experienced most of its flooding as the backside of Ophelia moved through. The island was shortened by 45 m (150 ft) to the north and southern beaches experienced varying degrees of erosion. Mogmog Island, located at the northern end of the atoll's la... |
2006 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
(200 ft) as sand was pushed from other areas. Across Ulithi, 29 homes were destroyed, 64 were damaged, and the remaining 33 were intact. Of the 79 non-residential structures, only 4 were left standing. All four schools and medical buildings were destroyed, with nearly all medical supplies being washed... |
2007 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
were temporarily useless, though they were in recoverable statuses. In the months and years after the typhoon, natives in Ulithi were examined for increased levels of stress. Unexpectedly, only a handful of people reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, with the majority seemingly unfazed ... |
2008 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
of more modern ones. The survival of concrete buildings prompted an overall desire among people to construct all buildings with concrete. Alongside the infrastructural overhaul, a shift in dietary changes to a more western style occurred. Further social changes brought about by the presence of America... |
2009 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
also accelerated a desire for new goods from trading. Store owners requested a wider range of material to have in stock than seen previously. From a societal standpoint, Ophelia prompted great advances in the Ulithian culture. Women, previously limited to agriculture, housework, and eventually shoppin... |
2010 | "Typhoon Ophelia"
following Ophelia's passage. The changes in authority occurred due to spontaneous leadership during the storm by the younger persons in order to protect others. Prior to the typhoon, younger members of tribes never spoke during council meetings; however, by 1961 they made their presence known in such ... |
2011 | "Samuel Ayscough"
Samuel Ayscough Samuel Ayscough (1745–1804) was a librarian and indexer, who was described as the ""Prince of Index Makers"". Samuel Ayscough was the grandson of William Ayscough, a stationer and printer of Nottingham, where he introduced the art of typography about 1710, and died on 2 March 1719, and... |
2012 | "Samuel Ayscough"
Benjamin Wigley of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, by whom he had a son, Samuel, and a daughter, Anne. He inherited a good business, but, instead of devoting his energies to its development, launched into various wild speculations, including one to extract gold from the dross of coals. Having in this way grad... |
2013 | "Samuel Ayscough"
free grammar school in Nottingham. The son assisted his father in the successive failures of business, speculations and farm. At last, when complete ruin confronted the family, Samuel hired himself to take care of a mill in the neighbourhood, and laboured as a working miller to keep his father and sis... |
2014 | "Samuel Ayscough"
It was doubtless this employment which gave him the capacity for such rude labour as index-making. Soon afterwards Ayscough entered the shop of John Rivington, bookseller, of St Paul's Churchyard, and subsequently obtained an engagement at a very modest salary as assistant in the cataloguing departmen... |
2015 | "Ardis Publishing"
all of Ardis's English-language titles were sold to The Overlook Press in 2002, which has begun reprinting selected titles of the Ardis back catalog. Ardis Publishing is an imprint owned by an American independent publisher Overlook Press. It should be mentioned that Overlook Press purchased only the... |
2016 | "Ardis Publishing"
of Michigan. Ardis Publishing Ardis Publishing (the name of the original company is Ardis Publishers, which is the correct name for the company up until 2002), began in 1971, as the only publishing house outside of Russia dedicated to Russian literature in both English and Russian, Ardis was founded ... |
2017 | "Iowa Archeological Society"
Iowa Archeological Society The Iowa Archeological Society (IAS) is an organization of academic, professional, and amateur archaeologists. The IAS promotes education about Iowa’s cultural past, conducts excavations, and encourages ethical collection and recording of archaeological sites. It ... |
2018 | "Iowa Archeological Society"
identifying numerous archeological sites in Iowa. Keyes also conducted numerous excavations. After a long partnership, both Keyes and Orr died in 1951, the first year of the IAS. Iowa Archeological Society The Iowa Archeological Society (IAS) is an organization of academic, professional, an... |
2019 | "Ambassador Motorcycles"
Ambassador Motorcycles Ambassador Motorcycles is a British motorcycle manufacturer. Founded by racer Kaye Don after the World War II, the company produced lightweight motorcycles with Villiers and JAP engines and imported Zundapps from Germany. Production started in 1947 with a 197 cc Villiers-... |
2020 | "Ambassador Motorcycles"
as ""U.S. Concessionaires Ltd."", the company was started to import American cars. Motorcycle development started with a 494 cc vertical twin JAP-engined prototype. In 1947 the small Villiers engines were introduced and proved successful so were used until 1964. Ambassador motorcycles were cost... |
2021 | "Mitchell Boggs"
Mitchell Boggs Mitchell Thomas Boggs (born February 15, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Colorado Rockies. Boggs played two sports while attending Dalton High School. He played baseball for the Catamounts... |
2022 | "Mitchell Boggs"
He passed for 2,224 yards and 18 touchdowns and added 684 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground that season. Boggs signed a baseball scholarship at the University of Georgia but after one season in which he saw limited playing time, he described himself as ""burned out"" and transferred to the Universi... |
2023 | "Mitchell Boggs"
England Collegiate Baseball League. He appeared in 8 total games, owning a 6–0 record, including a 0.91 regular season earned run average (ERA) and two wins in the playoffs. Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals after his junior year, Boggs left Georgia to begin his professional career. On June 6, 2008, B... |
2024 | "Mitchell Boggs"
going five innings, giving up only four hits and two runs, in picking up his first victory, over the Cincinnati Reds, 7–2 in Cincinnati. Boggs broke out in 2012, having the best year of his career. He had a record of 4 wins and 1 loss with an ERA of 2.21. He also led the National League in holds with 3... |
2025 | "Samuel Ayscough"
of historical letters written during the reigns of James VI and I and Charles I, which Ayscough proposed to publish if he could find 200 subscribers at a couple of guineas apiece. It was left to Mr R. F. Williams to carry the scheme into effect in 1849, when the documents were printed in four volumes ... |
2026 | "Washington Township School District (Warren County, New Jersey)"
comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the W... |
2027 | "Mitchell Boggs"
His brother Matthew Boggs played baseball for Georgia Tech and was a part of the Yellow Jackets' 2002 CWS team. Mitchell Boggs is not related to Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs. Mitchell Boggs Mitchell Thomas Boggs (born February 15, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He playe... |
2028 | "Samuel Ayscough"
rolls in the Tower of London for the Record Commission; but he does not seem to have been concerned in the ""Taxatio Ecclesiastica Nicholai IV"" (1802), also published by the Record Commission and sometimes ascribed to him. Besides the many works already spoken of, he compiled indexes to John Bridges'... |
2029 | "Samuel Ayscough"
St George's, Bloomsbury, behind the Foundling Hospital. His salary had been recently increased, which, added to his clerical preferment, placed him in a position of comparative comfort. He spent the modest income on charitable purposes and scarcely left sufficient to meet the claims upon his executors... |
2030 | "Sangeeta (Pakistani actress)"
Together, they had a daughter. After some years, this marriage failed and they divorced. Sangeeta then married actor Naveed Butt. Sangeeta (Pakistani actress) Sangeeta (; born 14 June 1947) is a Pakistani film actor, filmmaker and director of TV drama. Parveen Rizvi's (or Sangeeta's) moth... |
2031 | "Samuel Ayscough"
""than whom perhaps a kinder hearted, better humoured man never existed,"" and ""who, although an old bachelor, was a great admirer of beauty"". One of the duties of the assistant librarians was to take round parties of visitors, and Ayscough, unlike some of his fellow officers, seems to have taken an... |
2032 | "Khairlanji massacre"
activist Deelip Mhaske in ""The Times of India"" provided the first mainstream, in-depth coverage of the massacre. In September 2008, six people were given the death sentence for the crime. However, on 14 July 2010, the Nagpur bench of the High Court commuted the death penalty awarded to the six c... |
2033 | "History of the Danish navy"
its existence was to counter the power of the Hanseatic League and secure control in the Baltic Sea. The fleet was one of the largest in Europe under Christian IV with 50-60 larger battle ships and a large number of defensive ships. In the 17th and 18th centuries during the period of absolu... |
2034 | "History of the Danish navy"
on the ships of the line was smaller than the average number of the great sea powers of the time, but it was partly a deliberate decision of the admiralty, in order to make the ships able to navigate in the countless narrow waters around the Danish isles. The navy was considered to be the K... |
2035 | "History of the Danish navy"
was Holmen in Copenhagen, but on different occasions smaller task forces was stationed in Fredriksvern in Norway and in Glückstadt. In 1709 there were about 15,000 personnel enrolled in the common fleet. Of these 10 000 were Norwegian. When Tordenskjold made his raid at Dynekil in 1716, ove... |
2036 | "History of the Danish navy"
of skilled sailors for the navy. The navy was for a large part funded by Norwegian means as a royal resolution dictated that the income from Norway was to be used towards its construction and upkeep. The majority of the ships of the line in the 17th and 18th centuries were named after the r... |
2037 | "Karen Demirchyan"
Karen Demirchyan Karen Demirchyan () (April 17, 1932 – October 27, 1999) was a Soviet and Armenian politician. He served as the First Secretary of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1974 to 1988. Soon after his reemergence into active politics in independent Armenia in the late 1990s, he bec... |
2038 | "Khairlanji massacre"
touched off statewide protests and re-kindled the fury of injustice felt by local Scheduled Caste organizations and the sole survivor, Bhaiyalal Bhotmange. The court ruled that the murders resulted from an act of revenge and was not caste related. Bhotmange was told that the CBI would appeal the c... |
2039 | "Khairlanji massacre"
of the 2006 Khairlanji Scheduled Caste family massacre, Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange died on 20 Jan 2017 due to heart attack. Khairlanji massacre The Kherlanji massacre (or Khairlanji massacre) refers to the 2006 murders of Scheduled Caste citizens by members of the politically dominant Kunbi caste. The k... |
2040 | "Liberty Tax Service"
Liberty Tax Service Liberty Tax Service is an American company specializing in the preparation of tax returns for individuals and small businesses. It is the third largest tax preparation franchise in the United States. The company began in Canada in 1997 when John Hewitt, co-founder of Jackson He... |
2041 | "Liberty Tax Service"
Liberty Tax Service is well known for its wavers, people in Statue of Liberty costumes and Uncle Sam costumes, used as a form of guerrilla marketing. On October 28, 2011, a flash mob of costumed Lady Libertys danced in Times Square to promote Liberty Tax Service and celebrate the anniversary of th... |
2042 | "Battle of Setina"
Bulgarians had many casualties and 200 were taken prisoners. The battle of Setina had no effect on the outcome of the war. In January 1018 Basil II withdrew to his capital Constantinople. The Bulgarians attacked the Adriatic port of Dyrrhachium and after Ivan Vladislav's death under the walls of the ... |
2043 | Bettmeralp
Bettmeralp Bettmeralp is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Betten and Martisberg merged into the municipality of Bettmeralp. Before the merger, Bettmeralp was the name of a village and ski resort in Betten. Bettmeral... |
2044 | "Farm Journal"
Farm Journal Farm Journal is a classical composition by the American composer Douglas Moore. The work was the result of a commission Moore received from the Little Orchestra Society in 1947 and which gave the work's premiere in the following year, conducted by Thomas Scherman. The music derives from Moor... |
2045 | "Farm Journal"
early"", ""Sunday clothes"", ""Lamplight"", and ""Harvest Song"". The composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks described the work thus: ""In a sense nature music, but a peopled landscape, landscape with human figures. It is perhaps this capacity to create vivid moods that is the composer's most outstanding asset..... |
2046 | "Concierto pastoral"
Concierto pastoral The Concierto pastoral is a concerto for flute and orchestra by Joaquín Rodrigo. Rodrigo wrote the work from 1977-1978 on commission from James Galway, who had first encountered the composer's work in 1974 when he asked permission to transcribe the ""Fantasia para un Gentilhombre... |
2047 | "Concierto pastoral"
of grace notes and appoggiaturas. Concierto pastoral The Concierto pastoral is a concerto for flute and orchestra by Joaquín Rodrigo. Rodrigo wrote the work from 1977-1978 on commission from James Galway, who had first encountered the composer's work in 1974 when he asked permission to transcribe t... |
2048 | Ouiatenon
Ouiatenon Ouiatenon () was a dwelling place of members of the Wea tribe of Native Americans. The name ""Ouiatenon"", also variously given as ""Ouiatanon"", ""Oujatanon"", ""Ouiatano"" or other similar forms, is a French rendering of a term from the Wea dialect of the Miami-Illinois language which means ""plac... |
2049 | "PSR B1257+12 A"
Italy. Draugr refers to undead creatures in Norse mythology. PSR B1257+12 A PSR B1257+12 b, alternatively designated PSR B1257+12 A, also named Draugr, is an extrasolar planet approximately 2,300 light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. The planet is the innermost object orbiting the pulsar PSR ... |
2050 | "Sea Dragon (roller coaster)"
Sea Dragon (roller coaster) Sea Dragon is a junior wooden roller coaster located at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio. The ride is in the Jungle Jack's Landing section of the zoo. Built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) under famed designer John C. Allen, the roller coast... |
2051 | "Svatantrika–Prasaṅgika distinction"
they also state that this non-denominational position is very difficult to establish through reason. Svatantrika–Prasaṅgika distinction The Svatantrika–Prasaṅgika distinction is a doctrinal distinction made within Tibetan Buddhism between two stances regarding the use of logic and ... |
2052 | "Matador (Marvel Comics)"
save a falling window washer, and the Matador made his escape. He eventually caught the attention of Daredevil. The two fought each other, resulting in Matador being defeated and handed over to the police. Some time later, Electro recruited the Matador to be one of his Emissaries of Evil in a ... |
2053 | "PSR B1257+12 B"
measurable perturbations in each other's orbits. Detecting such perturbations confirmed that the planets were real. Accurate masses of the two planets, as well as their inclinations, were calculated from how much the planets perturb each other. The convention that arose for designating pulsars was that... |
2054 | "PSR B1257+12 B"
discovered before 1993 tend to retain their B names rather than use their J names, but all pulsars have a J name that provides more precise coordinates of its location in the sky. On its discovery, the planet was designated PSR 1257+12 B and later PSR B1257+12 B. It was discovered before the convention... |
2055 | "PSR B1257+12 B"
July 2014, the International Astronomical Union launched a process for giving proper names to certain exoplanets and their host stars. The process involved public nomination and voting for the new names. In December 2015, the IAU announced the winning name was Poltergeist for this planet. The winning n... |
2056 | "Llandudno RFC"
Llandudno RFC Llandudno Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Llandudno, North Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Scarlets. The team fields a first, seconds, youth and junior teams. Llandudno RFC was established in 1952 when Liverpudlia... |
2057 | "Llandudno RFC"
the team played all matches away. The next year Conwy Football team disbanded and after some negotiation Llandudno were allowed to take over the Conway Morfa ground. In 1957 a fire destroyed the changing rooms at the Morfa ground and the club were forced to move to a new pitch founded on the local Maesd... |
2058 | "Brad Watson (ice hockey)"
Brad Watson (ice hockey) Brad Watson (born October 4, 1961 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a National Hockey League referee, who wears uniform number 23. As of the end of the 2007–08 NHL season, he has officiated 542 regular season games and 62 playoff games. He officiated on December 8, 2009 whe... |
2059 | "Brad Watson (ice hockey)"
Toronto Maple Leafs and the Colorado Avalanche. On May 3, 2015, Montreal Canadiens player Brandon Prust accused Brad Watson of insulting him after he took a roughing call in the first period. Prust later apologized for the accusations. Brad Watson (ice hockey) Brad Watson (born October 4, 196... |
2060 | "PSR B1257+12 C"
PSR B1257+12 C PSR B1257+12 C, alternatively designated PSR B1257+12 d and also named Phobetor, is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12 approximately 2,315 light-years (710 parsecs, or nearly km) away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. It was one of the first planets ever dis... |
2061 | "PSR B1257+12 C"
their host stars. The process involved public nomination and voting for the new names. In December 2015, the IAU announced the winning name was Phobetor for this planet. The winning name was submitted by the Planetarium Südtirol Alto Adige in Karneid, Italy. Phobetor is, in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"", on... |
2062 | "Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party"
for inclusion on the ""Clerks X"" DVD were scrapped for similar reasons. It has since been screened at several of Smith's ""Vulgarthon"" film festivals. According to an early 2009 Q&A session with Smith in Vancouver, the full film would be included on a future Blu-ray release of ""Clerks""... |
2063 | "Ferrocarril Central Andino"
Ferrocarril Central Andino Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) is the consortium which operates the Ferrovías Central railway in Peru linking the Pacific port of Callao and the capital Lima with Huancayo and Cerro de Pasco. As one of the Trans-Andean Railways it is the second highest in the w... |
2064 | "Ferrocarril Central Andino"
South east railways , a concession to operate the former Ferrocarril del Centro for 30 years. Investors in Ferrocarril Central Andino include RDC, Juan Olaechea & Company, Minas Buenaventura, ADR Inversiones, and Inversiones Andino. The line starts at the port city of Callao and goes throug... |
2065 | "PSR B1257+12 C"
theories have been proposed for how the planets around PSR B1257+12 formed. One theory suggested that the planets actually had existed before the host star exploded in a supernova about 1 billion years ago, however, this is inconsistent as the ejected material from a supernova would be enough to vapori... |
2066 | "Ferrocarril Central Andino"
the Andes, to reduce the spectacular Lima - Huancayo journey to 4 hours. In 1851, engineer Ernest Malinowski proposed to extend the newly opened Lima to Callao railroad as far as the valley of Jauja. Malinowski, a Polish expatriate, was voluntarily exiled in Peru by political problems in hi... |
2067 | "Ferrocarril Central Andino"
The Peruvian Congress named a new commission to make recommendations on alternate construction plans. This second commission delivered a meticulous report of the four possible routes that it had explored and evaluated: According to the report, construction of the proposed line was possible ... |
2068 | "German Emperor"
Holstein and of Crossen, Duke of Magdeburg, of Bremen, of Guelderland and of Jülich, Cleves and Berg, Duke of the Wends and the Kashubians, of Lauenburg and of Mecklenburg, Landgrave of Hesse and in Thuringia, Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia, Prince of Orange, of Rugen, of East Friesland, of Paderb... |
2069 | "German Emperor"
Veringen, Lord of Frankfurt. German Emperor The German Emperor ( ) was the official title of the head of state and hereditary ruler of the German Empire. A specifically chosen term, it was introduced with the 1 January 1871 constitution and lasted until the official abdication of Wilhelm II on 28 Novem... |
2070 | "Supernova (2000 film)"
Supernova (2000 film) Supernova is a 2000 Swiss-American science fiction horror film written by David C. Wilson, William Malone and Daniel Chuba and directed by Walter Hill, credited as ""Thomas Lee."" ""Thomas Lee"" was chosen as a directorial pseudonym for release, as the name Alan Smithee had... |
2071 | "Supernova (2000 film)"
and Francis Ford Coppola was brought in for editing purposes. Various sources suggest that little of Hill's work remains in the theatrical cut of the film. The film shares several plot similarities with the film ""Event Horizon,"" released in 1997, and ""Alien Cargo,"" released in 1999. The cast... |
2072 | "Supernova (2000 film)"
and its six-member crew, which includes captain and pilot A.J. Marley (Robert Forster), co-pilot Nick Vanzant (James Spader), medical officer Kaela Evers (Angela Bassett), medical technician Yerzy Penalosa (Lou Diamond Phillips), search and rescue paramedic Danika Lund (Robin Tunney) and compute... |
2073 | "Supernova (2000 film)"
the path of Titan 37's debris cloud, some of which damages the ship and causes the loss of 82 percent of its maneuvering fuel. Worse still, Titan 37 orbits a blue giant, and its high gravity field will pull the ship to the point where it will be incinerated in 17 hours, 12 minutes — which happen... |
2074 | "Woodville Oval"
of around 15,000 people, with seating for up to 2,000 in two covered stands located on the western side of the ground, with the players changerooms located under the Barry Jarman Stand on the centre wing. Most of the spectator areas around the ground are grass banks, with the exception of the outer (ea... |
2075 | "Ginés de Lillo"
Ginés de Lillo Ginés de Lillo (1566, Murcia - 24 January 1630, Arauco), a high-ranking officer in the Spanish army, was in 1603 nominated official visitor to the lands between the towns of Los Cauquenes and Choapa, part of modern-day Chile. The post was created in 1602 by Governor Alonso de Ribera wit... |
2076 | "Ginés de Lillo"
the encomienda pseudo-feudal system. Alonso de Ribera initially named Juan Morales de Negrete official visitor, but he turned the post down; the Governor's second choice was Melchor Jufré del Aguila, but he too was not interested. Thus the title went to Ginés de Lillo. On 21 August 1603 Ginés de Lillo... |
2077 | "Ginés de Lillo"
direction of Tango, on the northern bank of the Maipo River, Chiñigue, Pomaire, Melipilla, the Puangue valley, Curacaví, Mallarauco and Ibacache, ending in Pudahuel where he stayed as a guest of the Society of Jesus. He then measured the farms of Quilicura owned by Don Bartolomé Blumenthal. The same y... |
2078 | "Ginés de Lillo"
document de Lillo produced is now a source of historical information on indigenous seats of power in central Chile, their authority and toponymy, as well as the encomienda system and forced movement of these people. Bárbola de Oropesa, widow of Don Juan, Cacique of Macul, testified that she was 'aggri... |
2079 | "Ginés de Lillo"
land allocation. Ginés de Lillo Ginés de Lillo (1566, Murcia - 24 January 1630, Arauco), a high-ranking officer in the Spanish army, was in 1603 nominated official visitor to the lands between the towns of Los Cauquenes and Choapa, part of modern-day Chile. The post was created in 1602 by Governor Alo... |
2080 | "Stevenage Borough Council"
Stevenage Borough Council Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) is the local authority for the Stevenage non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Stevenage is located in the north-east of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The Council consists of 39 elected members, rep... |
2081 | "Stevenage Borough Council"
as a non-metropolitan district in 1973. The Conservative Group hold 9 seats and Liberal Democrat Group hold 4 seats. The Leader of the Labour Group and the Council is Councillor Sharon Taylor with the Conservative Group becoming the main opposition group in the 2015 local election after the ... |
2082 | "Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie"
Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie (c. 1674 – 6 June 1738) was a French-born naval officer who was important in Canadian history for various roles he took on in the New World. Louis-Simon's family came to Canada and he entered the re... |
2083 | "Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie"
efforts, most particularly at his concession along La Petite Brador. La Boularderie was desingnated a Canadian National Historic Person by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada in October 1964. Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boularderie Louis-Simon le Poupet de la Boula... |
2084 | "Dacorum Borough Council"
Dacorum Borough Council Dacorum Borough Council is the local authority for the Dacorum non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Dacorum is located in the north-west of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The Council itself is based in Hemel Hempstead, the largest set... |
2085 | "Supernova (2000 film)"
are political. ""Are you saying you won't preview the movie?"" I said ""You own the God damn thing. If you want to preview it, I can't prevent you, but I won't go."" They saw this as defiance. Taking this into consideration and after more arguments with MGM, Hill quit the project. After test scr... |
2086 | "Van Briggle Pottery"
sculpting and experimented with recreating the lost Ming Dynasty glazes. In 1899, struggling with health issues due to tuberculosis, Artus left Rookwood and moved to the drier air of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Upon befriending the Holmes family of Chico Basin, he stayed at the HOP Ranch during th... |
2087 | "Van Briggle Pottery"
One of the matte glazes perfected by Artus was the matte blue glaze, based on an ancient Chinese process that had long been lost to history. Artus opened Van Briggle Pottery in 1901 and was joined by Anne Gregory, who took a position as a high school art teacher in Colorado Springs. In 1903, Artus... |
2088 | "Supernova (2000 film)"
in Northern California. This work included digitally placing Bassett's and Spader's faces on the bodies of (a computer-tinted) Tunney and Facinelli so that their characters could enjoy a love scene. But even Coppola's re-edited version had negative test screening and didn't get the PG-13 rating ... |
2089 | "Van Briggle Pottery"
July 1904, at the age of 35. Anne continued the pottery using the forms created by Artus as a foundation and adding more designs of her own. In 1907, Anne and pottery stockholder and city-founder William Jackson Palmer began construction on a new pottery on Uintah Street. The Van Briggle Memorial ... |
2090 | "Van Briggle Pottery"
Curtis, who ran it until 1916. She sold the company in 1922 to J.F. and I.H. Lewis and moved to Denver the following year, where she would concentrate on painting and where she remained until her death in 1929. In her absence, the pottery fell under financial hardships and was sold at sheriff's au... |
2091 | "Van Briggle Pottery"
the opportunity to modernize and expand the facility beginning in 1920 and stabilized the production and financial aspects of the pottery for the first time. Despite damage from the flood of 1935the most destructive flood in Colorado Springs history that destroyed much of the company's records and... |
2092 | "Van Briggle Pottery"
would run through the Memorial Plant site. Although the freeway eventually was planned to avoid destroying the historic pottery, Mr. Lewis nonetheless put into action plans to relocate the pottery to a higher-traffic area of Colorado Springs. In 1955, Mr. Lewis and Clem Hull brought a new facility... |
2093 | "Supernova (2000 film)"
monster-like look, and Karl's original death sequence. Walter Hill said in an interview some years after the film was released that his version was much darker, had a very different setup and that ending was much different. He also expressed strong dislike for the way the studio ruined the film,... |
2094 | "Supernova (2000 film)"
script, which Phillips liked and accepted the role. Problem was, when the filming began, Hill was forced to keep rewriting the script while studio executives were on set watching over him. Hill also heavily rewrote the original script because he wanted to distance the film from ""Alien"" (1979),... |
2095 | "Van Briggle Pottery"
Higman, Clem Hull, Gene Hopkins, Fred Wills, Nelson Curtis, Joe Jezek, Craig Stevenson, Mark Sucharski, Lori Keenan, and Becky Hansen. Collectors identify Van Briggle pottery by its distinctive glazes, shapes, and bottom markings. At left are samples of typical Van Briggle bottoms markings. Most s... |
2096 | "Van Briggle Pottery"
Colorado"" most frequently abbreviated, artist marks indicating the artist who threw the piece or finished it, or both, clay batch numbers, and year of manufacture indicators. The variety of marks is broad and beyond the scope of an encyclopedia article to list. Van Briggle Pottery Van Briggle Art... |
2097 | "Helen Fairbrother"
Helen Fairbrother Helen Fairbrother is an English beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 1986. She was the third woman from England to win the title of Miss International. Fairbrother reprsented England at the Miss International 1986 pageant when it was held in Nagasaki, Japan on 31 August ... |
2098 | "Helen Fairbrother"
Rivera of Puerto Rico the following year. In September 1987, no sooner had Fairbrother relinquished her title of Miss International than she competed in Miss United Kingdom 1987 to vie for the right to compete in the Miss World 1987 which was to be held later that year. Fairbrother represented Swind... |
2099 | Exterminator!
as ""Rolling Stone"", ""Village Voice"", ""Evergreen Review"", and ""Esquire"". The title story is about an insect exterminator, a job Burroughs himself once held. Certain aspects of this story were used in the film version of ""Naked Lunch"", with the main character William Lee (a portrayal of Burroughs)... |
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