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2600 | Avintes
Avintes Avintes is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. The population in 2011 was 11,497, in an area of 8.82 km². Some origins of the parish, date back to the early settlement during the Megalithic cultures of the Iberian peninsula; there are references to the area of ""Arcas"", ... |
2601 | Avintes
links specify the association with Neolithic cultures and settlement, although most assume that region was settled by Castro builders, then later invaders from Phoenicia, Greece and Carthage. Roman occupation of the peninsula occurred from the second century B.C., forcing-out many of the indigenous cultures and... |
2602 | Avintes
taken by Arab forces from the south, following the Battle of Guadalete, in 714. The Reconquista that retook the lands south of the Douro, brought the region under the domain of the Galician province of Coimbra temporarily, under the regency of Count Vimara Peres, who organized the defense of the lands for King ... |
2603 | "Rabih az-Zubayr"
Rabih launched a regular series of ""razzias"" to plunder and capture slaves; this was a return to the traditional activity of the sultans of Borno, which had been described in 1526 by Leo Africanus. It is estimated that 1,500–2,000 slaves were exported every year by his vassal Mahdi as-Senoussi, excl... |
2604 | "Rabih az-Zubayr"
with spears or bows. He kept garrisons at Baggara and Karnak Logone. In 1899, Rabih received in Dekoa the French explorer Ferdinand de Béhagle. The talks between them degenerated, and Béhagle was arrested. On July 17, Lieutenant Bretonnet, who had been sent by France against Rabih, was killed with mos... |
2605 | Ouiatenon
Plains. 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 mean... |
2606 | "Rabih az-Zubayr"
Leaving Kousséri in three columns, the French attacked Rabih's camp. Although the commander Lamy was killed in the ensuing battle, Rabih's forces were overwhelmed and, while fleeing across the Chari River, Rabih was killed. With Rabih's defeat, his empire rapidly disintegrated. A year later his son Fa... |
2607 | Denialism
matters, and the term ""climate change denial"" describes denial of the scientific consensus that the climate change of planet Earth is a real and occurring event primarily caused by human activity. The forms of denialism present the common feature of the person rejecting overwhelming evidence and the generat... |
2608 | Denialism
that reality and truth are being denied"", and ""denialism"", which he defines as ""an ideological position whereby one systematically reacts by refusing reality and truth"". Persons and social groups who reject propositions on which there exists a mainstream and scientific consensus engage in ""denialism"" w... |
2609 | Denialism
a 2003 newspaper article, Edwin Cameron—a senior South African judge who has AIDS—described the tactics used by those who deny the Holocaust and by those who deny that the AIDS pandemic is due to infection with HIV. He states that ""For denialists, the facts are unacceptable. They engage in radical controvers... |
2610 | Denialism
notes that a common tactic used by denialists is to ""make great play of the inescapable indeterminacy of figures and statistics"", as scientific studies of many areas rely on probability analysis of sets of data, and in historical studies the precise numbers of victims and other facts may not be available in... |
2611 | Denialism
the David Irving's work which he presented for the defence when Irving sued Deborah Lipstadt for libel: Mark Hoofnagle (brother of Chris Hoofnagle) has described denialism as ""the employment of rhetorical tactics to give the appearance of argument or legitimate debate, when in actuality there is none"". It i... |
2612 | Denialism
that these groups spend the ""majority of their efforts critiquing the mainstream theory"" in an apparent belief that if they manage to discredit the mainstream view, their own ""unproven ideas will fill the void"". In 2009 author Michael Specter defined group denialism as ""when an entire segment of society,... |
2613 | Denialism
that there is truth to the denied claim; polemic since the accuser implies that continued denial in the light of presented evidence raises questions about the other's motives. Some people have suggested that because denial of the Holocaust is well known, advocates who use the term ""denialist"" in other areas... |
2614 | "Catherine Frazee"
dancer, choreographer and impresario Geoff McMurchy, writer/artist Persimmon Blackbridge, and director and filmmaker Bonnie Sherr Klein is one of five Canadian artists with diverse disabilities profiled in Klein's 2006 NFB film """". In 1998, Frazee's lecture about the dangers of contemporary eugenic... |
2615 | "Shaw, Wiltshire"
Shaw, Wiltshire Shaw is a village in the civil parish of Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England. It is about northwest of Melksham on the A365 Melksham to Box road at a point where the B3353 diverges to Corsham. The manor of Shaw was recorded in the 13th century and became a tithing of Melksham parish. ... |
2616 | "Shaw, Wiltshire"
The house was used as a school in the early 19th century, as a home for the elderly in the 20th century, and as of 2015 has returned to residential use. The Anglican Christ Church was built in 1838 to designs by T.H. Wyatt, and served Shaw and Whitley as a chapelry of the parish church at Melksham. Th... |
2617 | "Shaw, Wiltshire"
style and is a Grade II* listed building, having been so designated on 13 February 1985. The village has a primary school, Shaw CE Primary School, built next to the church in 1874 and extended in 1901, 1911, 1973, 2003 and 2009. Children of all ages were educated here until 1953. The Shaw Trust was fo... |
2618 | "Rod Markin"
Rod Markin Dr. Rodney Smith ""Rod"" Markin, M.D., Ph.D. (born 1956), is an American pioneer and leading authority in the field of laboratory automation. In 1993, he designed and created one of the world's first automated clinical laboratory specimen, device and analyzer management systems. In the mid-1990s... |
2619 | "Rod Markin"
field of clinical systems automation. Currently, he serves as the chief operating officier of the University of Nebraska system, associate vice chancellor for business development for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and executive director of the UNeTech Institute of the University of Nebraska Me... |
2620 | "Rod Markin"
UNMC College of Medicine, board chairman and president and CEO of the Nebraska Medicine clinical practice plan (fka UNMC Physicians), an academic medical practice which includes more than 500 physicians, and has held several other administrative and academic positions at the University of Nebraska Medical ... |
2621 | "Hermon, Los Angeles"
established in 1903, when the Free Methodists church group obtained the isolated valley from owner Ralph Rogers to establish a school. He provided an additional one hundred building lots to sell for operating funds. Around the campus was organized the community of Herman named after the biblical M... |
2622 | "Hermon, Los Angeles"
high school, Pacific Christian. It is now under lease to Los Angeles International Charter High School (LAICHS), a secondary school chartered by the Los Angeles County Office of Education (www.laicharter.org). Better links were established between Hermon and the rest of Los Angeles with the constr... |
2623 | "Rod Markin"
were provided to the physician or provider as part of the software management system. LAB-InterLink sold automation systems in North America and internationally, and offices were set up in the United States, Canada and Israel. In 2004, the U.S. company was sold to Cardinal Health and the Canadian company w... |
2624 | "Rod Markin"
R. Angle. In 2005, Markin was named the David T. Purtilo Professor of Pathology and Microbiology. Markin helped develop Children's Specialty Physicians, the pediatric practice plan for the UNMC College of Medicine at Children's Hospital & Medical Center. Markin also holds appointments in the Departments of... |
2625 | "Rod Markin"
as interim dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, Markin led the college's fundraising efforts with alumni and constituents. While president of what then was known as the UNMC Physicians practice plan, Markin led faculty fundraising to help build the Michael F. Sorrell Center for the College of Medicine. Ma... |
2626 | Denialism
deny making the financial contributions, but its spokesman stated that the company's financial support for scientific reports did not mean it influenced the outcome of those studies. ""The recycling of this type of discredited conspiracy theory diverts attention from the real challenge at hand: how to provide... |
2627 | "Rod Markin"
hypertension. On November 10, 2017 Dr. Markin's West Omaha mansion was destroyed by a fire. The home was deemed a total loss. The mansion was 10,868 square feet which included two kitchens, an elevator, an in-door swimming pool and a greenhouse. Rod Markin Dr. Rodney Smith ""Rod"" Markin, M.D., Ph.D. (born... |
2628 | "Lipót Fejér"
1911 Fejér was appointed to the chair of mathematics at the University of Budapest and he held that post until his death. He was elected corresponding member (1908), member (1930) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. During his period in the chair at Budapest Fejér led a highly successful Hungarian sch... |
2629 | "Lipót Fejér"
Carathéodory on entire functions in 1907 and another major work with Frigyes Riesz in 1922 on conformal mappings (specifically, a short proof of the Riemann mapping theorem). Pólya writes the following about Fejér, telling us much about his personality: He had artistic tastes. He deeply loved music and ... |
2630 | "Lipót Fejér"
and what he is saying is a topological mapping of the truth'. He had a quick eye for foibles and miseries; in seemingly dull situations he noticed points that were unexpectedly funny or unexpectedly pathetic. He carefully cultivated his talent of raconteur; when he told, with his characteristic gestures... |
2631 | "Adriaen Hanneman"
her son, Willem III. Mary is painted wearing a South American cloak of colored feathers, and a headdress of pearls and ostrich feathers. Such cloaks had been brought to the Netherlands from Brazil as early as 1644. Adriaen Hanneman Adriaen Hanneman (c. 1603 – buried 11 July 1671) was a Dutch Golden A... |
2632 | "Michalis Hatzigiannis"
Michalis Hatzigiannis Mihalis Hatzigiannis (Greek: Μιχάλης Χατζηγιάννης; born 5 November 1978 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a popular Greek Cypriot recording artist. From 2000 to 2009, Hatzigiannis has received over 30 certifications in Greece alone, making him one of the most successful artists of the... |
2633 | "Lipót Fejér"
difficult problems or to build vast conceptual structures. Yet he could perceive the significance, the beauty, and the promise of a rather concrete not too large problem, foresee the possibility of a solution and work at it with intensity. And, when he had found the solution, he kept on working at it wi... |
2634 | Denialism
yet this view is often met with opposition by biblical literalists. The alternative view is often presented as a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis's creation myth. Many fundamentalist Christians teach creationism as if it were fact under the banners of creation science and intelligent design. Beli... |
2635 | "John Battely"
John Battely John Battely (also spelt 'Batteley') (1646–1708) was an English antiquary and clergyman, Archdeacon of Canterbury 1688–1708. He was the author of two antiquarian works published after his death: ""Antiquitates Rutupinae"" (‘Antiquities of Richborough’) and ""Antiquitates S. Edmundi Burgi ad ... |
2636 | "John Battely"
the King Edward VI Grammar School, Bury St. Edmunds, he was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1662 (B.A. 1665–6; Fellow, 1668; M.A. 1669; D.D. 1684). He was ordained at Ely in 1675 and became domestic chaplain to Archbishop Sancroft and subsequently to Archbishop Tillotson. Battely was Rector of ... |
2637 | "John Battely"
Norwich Cathedral and gave him nominal pastoral oversight of his native county. He was installed as Archdeacon of Canterbury on 24 March 1688 and became Master of the Eastbridge Hospital in the same year. On 5 November 1688 (the same day William of Orange landed at Torbay), he became a canon of Canterbur... |
2638 | "John Battely"
the work on Bury St. Edmunds in 1745. John Battely John Battely (also spelt 'Batteley') (1646–1708) was an English antiquary and clergyman, Archdeacon of Canterbury 1688–1708. He was the author of two antiquarian works published after his death: ""Antiquitates Rutupinae"" (‘Antiquities of Richborough’) a... |
2639 | "Keith Parsons"
Keith Parsons Keith Alan Parsons (born 2 May 1973, Taunton, Somerset) is an English cricketer who played first-class for Somerset between 1992 and 2008. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. Parsons made his first-class debut in 1992 against the Pakistanis and his Championship d... |
2640 | "Keith Parsons"
11 August 2008 he retired from first-class cricket having not represented the Somerset first-team during the 2008 season. Parsons retires being only the second person in Somerset history (alongside Ian Botham) to score 5,000 runs and take 100 wickets in both first-class and List A cricket. Parsons playe... |
2641 | "Wyc Grousbeck"
Wyc Grousbeck Wycliffe ""Wyc"" K. Grousbeck (born June 13, 1961) is an American entrepreneur who is the Lead Owner and Governor of the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics. Grousbeck graduated from Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts. He continued his education at Princeton U... |
2642 | "David Rhind"
spent most of his working life (plus living with his family until retiral in 1877) at 54 Great King Street in the Second New Town of Edinburgh. He was responsible for training John Dick Peddie, Robert Morham, James W Smith, Hippolyte Blanc, John Russell Walker and James McGlashen Ross. He is buried with h... |
2643 | "David Rhind"
of the most modest in its row. David's name is listed low on the stone, and easily missed. David Rhind David Rhind FRSE (1808 – 26 April 1883) was a prominent Scottish architect, mainly remembered for his public buildings, banks, churches and schools, most of which are now listed buildings. Rhind was born... |
2644 | Yuvraj
Yuvraj Yuv(a)raj(a) (Hindi: युवराज), or Jubraj (Bengali: যুবরাজ) in various languages of India, especially Sanskrit, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, and Sinhala, is an Indian title for crown prince, the heir apparent to the throne of an Indian (notably Hindu) kingdom or (notably in the Mughal Empire or British... |
2645 | Yuvraj
was used for all the princely sons of the ruler, the title ""Yuvraj"" was applied only to the eldest son and heir apparent to a (Hindu) throne. Similarly, for Indian princesses, the word used was Rajkumari viz. Maharajkumari""', literally meaning ""daughter of the (Great) King"". In India, princesses generally c... |
2646 | Yuvraj
Sikhs. Narendra Modi Message To Yuvraj Singh Yuvraj Yuv(a)raj(a) (Hindi: युवराज), or Jubraj (Bengali: যুবরাজ) in various languages of India, especially Sanskrit, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, and Sinhala, is an Indian title for crown prince, the heir apparent to the throne of an Indian (notably Hindu) kingdo... |
2647 | "Si Sakhon District"
Si Sakhon District Si Sakhon (, ) is a district (""amphoe"") of Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand. Originally Tambon Sa Ko was a part of the Rueso District, but the development division of the Thai military settled in the area from 1963–1974, thus developing the infrastructure of Tambon Sa Ko.... |
2648 | "Si Sakhon District"
district. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Rueso, Ra-ngae and Chanae of Narathiwat Province, and Than To and Bannang Sata of Yala Province. The district is divided into six sub-districts (""tambon""), which are further subdivided into 39 villages (""muban""). The township (""the... |
2649 | "Gerald Carew, 5th Baron Carew"
Gerald Carew, 5th Baron Carew Gerald Shapland Carew, 5th Baron Carew (26 April 1860 – 3 October 1927) He was the son of Shapland Francis Carew, younger son of Sir Robert Shapland Carew, 1st Baron Carew, and his wife Lady Hester Georgiana Browne, daughter of Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marques... |
2650 | "Spider's Web (play)"
empty for a moment and Costello re-enters through the French windows. Like Jeremy before, he starts to go through the contents of the desk with the secret drawer. Behind him, the door of the hidden recess opens and an unseen hand clubs him down. He falls to the ground behind a sofa. After Clarissa... |
2651 | "Spider's Web (play)"
quarter of an hour later)"" Pippa has been put to bed with a sleeping draught. Clarissa has set up a card table for bridge when her three guests arrive back, summoned by a phone call from her. She asks them to move the body to Costello's car which she knows is parked some distance from the house t... |
2652 | "Graeme Welch"
resigned from the role in June 2016. From there, he spent a short spell as assistant coach at Leicestershire, before retaking his former position at Warwickshire in 2018, shortly after the return of Giles as Sport Director. Graeme Welch Graeme Welch (born 21 March 1972) is a former English cricket player... |
2653 | "Jim Neilson"
Rangers in the book ""100 Ranger Greats"" (John Wiley & Sons). Jim Neilson James Anthony ""Chief"" Neilson (born November 28, 1941) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, California Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons... |
2654 | "Spider's Web (play)"
blackmail. During the questioning of Jeremy, the Inspector finds the gloves used to move Costello that were hurriedly hidden in the drawing room by the three men when the police arrived. He also finds one of the playing cards from the pack dropped accidentally by Pippa earlier (In Act I when playi... |
2655 | "Spider's Web (play)"
the truth. Desperate to shield Pippa, most of the story she tells is truthful except for the confession of her stepdaughter. Under some duress from Lord, she if forced to change her tale again and this time confesses to the crime herself, albeit stating that she killed Costello thinking he was a b... |
2656 | Matrikas
ills, that carried off so many children before they reached adulthood. They come to play a protective role in later mythology, although some of their inauspicious and wild characteristics still persist in these accounts. Thus, they represent the prodigiously fecund aspect of nature as well as its destructive f... |
2657 | "Johann Friedrich Böttger"
he got hold of the formula to make porcelain. On March 20, 1709 Steinbrück signed the list of assets before a notary and met Böttger, who suddenly on March 28, 1709 notified the king about the invention of porcelain. Böttger became head of the first porcelain manufacture in Europe. His/(thei... |
2658 | "James Hepburn Campbell"
practice of law. He died on his estate ""Aeola,"" near Wayne, Pennsylvania, in 1895. He was interred in Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia. Retrieved on 2008-02-14 James Hepburn Campbell James Hepburn Campbell (February 8, 1820 – April 12, 1895) was an Opposition Party and Republican member of ... |
2659 | "Proofpoint, Inc."
media and security compliance vendor. On Nov 4, 2015 Proofpoint acquired Socialware Inc a compliance workflow & content capture and review technology company. The 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant identified Proofpoint, Inc. as a leader in the “Magic Quadrant for Secu... |
2660 | "German submarine U-99 (1940)"
and took one vessel as a prize. German Type VIIB submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIA submarines. ""U-99"" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The s... |
2661 | "German submarine U-99 (1940)"
propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to . The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for at ; when surfaced, she could travel at . ""U-99"" was fitted with five torpedo tubes (four fitted ... |
2662 | "Departments of Chad"
the Ouaddaï region's former Sila and Djourf Al Ahmar departments. Created in 2008 from the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region's former Tibesti department. N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is also a special statute region. It has no departments, but is divided into 10 ""arrondissements"". Departments... |
2663 | "German submarine U-99 (1940)"
repaired. During this patrol, ""U-99"" sank six ships. A seventh was captured.(The Estonian Steam Merchantman SS Merisaar, 2,348-ton, carrying a load of Timber inroute from New Orleans, to Cork, Ireland.) An attack on the was called off on 7 July, when the armed merchant ship fired upon t... |
2664 | "Dermot Earley Snr"
in the Recruit Training Depot at the Curragh and in 1969 he was appointed an Instructor at the Army School of Physical Culture (ASPC). Two years later, in 1971, Earley obtained a specialist diploma in physical education at St. Mary's College, Twickenham. Earley's service record included overseas ser... |
2665 | "German submarine U-99 (1940)"
West Approaches on 30 October 1940; four ships were sunk. The patrol ended on 8 November. On 27 November, ""U-99"" departed Lorient for the North Atlantic. Four ships were sunk. The patrol ended on 12 December. ""U-99"" departed Lorient on 22 February 1941 to patrol in the North Atlantic;... |
2666 | "German submarine U-99 (1940)"
approximate position . He immediately ordered a dive, contrary to Kretschmer's standing orders, but once the boat was under it was quickly fixed on ASDIC and attacked by and . ""U-99"" was driven deep by the attack but was nonetheless severely damaged. Kretschmer had no choice but to surf... |
2667 | "2008 Zanzibar power blackout"
that links the Tanzanian mainland and Zanzibar. The power was eventually restored on 19 June 2008, however, concerns remained about the fragility of the island's transmission infrastructure, its near total dependence on the mainland for its electricity generation, and the capacity and con... |
2668 | "2008 Zanzibar power blackout"
lack of preparedness and dependence on power from mainland Tanzania. On 10 December 2009, Zanzibar was again plunged into darkness because of failure of the undersea cable. On 23 December 2009, the Isles Minister of Energy and Construction, Mansour Yussuf Himid, was quoted in the Daily Ne... |
2669 | "Apocalypse of Golias"
fictional ""Bishop Golias"", but these poems are not all by the same author. The poet narrates a vision, a summer dream, in which Pythagoras offers to act as his guide, and gives him a quick view of the scholars and writers of the classical world from Priscian to Hippocrates. An angel then appear... |
2670 | "Ceres Fruit Juices"
Ceres Fruit Juices Ceres Fruit Juices Pty Ltd, trading as The Ceres Beverage Company, is a beverage company based in Paarl, South Africa. It produces fruit juice and other fruit based products and is a subsidiary of Pioneer Foods. Ceres advertises their products being made from 100% fruit juice wit... |
2671 | "Dermot Earley Snr"
to 2–8. Both sides met again at the same stage of the championship the following year, however Mayo won by 1–13 to 2–3. Earley was eligible for the under-21 grade again in 1969 and, furthermore, he was appointed captain for the year. The provincial decider that year saw Roscommon face Galway in the ... |
2672 | "Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter"
with over 150 projectile points, in addition to Paleo-Indian uniface tools such as scrapers and knives, found during the 1961 survey season. The projectile points include both Paleo-Indian (lanceolate Dalton points) and Archaic (side-notched Big Sandy points) specimens. Other artifacts ... |
2673 | "Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter"
porcupines. In addition, remains of the extinct passenger pigeon have been found. Although the animals which the Dalton occupants hunted are similar to those hunted by Archaic peoples, there is no evidence in the zone of shellfish collection or seed processing, traits of established Arc... |
2674 | "Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter"
contained specimens from the Archaic through Mississippian periods. The excavation of the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter commenced in 1960, after gaining approval of the property owner, Robert B. Stanfield. The project was under the guidance of the North Alabama Project, a partnership b... |
2675 | "Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter"
the excavation of the site. In this technique, individual blocks are created by digging trenches in a defined pattern. The exposed sides of the resulting blocks allow excavation to proceed by individual zones or strata. The trenches and blocks are pictured in the photograph on the upper... |
2676 | "Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter"
its ability to establish an accurate timeframe for Dalton projectile points. This resulted in references to the site in almost every summary of eastern North American prehistory. With over 150 projectile points recovered in the 1960 season alone, the site provided invaluable information... |
2677 | "Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter"
Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter The Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, located on private property in Colbert County in northwestern Alabama, United States, is one of the most important prehistoric sites excavated in the state due to the archeological evidence deposited by the Paleo-Indians... |
2678 | "Jared Y. Sanders Sr."
Jared Y. Sanders Sr. Jared Young Sanders Sr. (January 29, 1869 – March 23, 1944) was an American journalist and attorney from Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana, who served as his state's House Speaker (1900–1904), lieutenant governor (1904–1908), the 34th Governor (1908–191... |
2679 | "Dermot Earley Snr"
an All Star winner, he played his football for Kildare. Dermot Earley Snr Lieutenant-General Dermot Earley DSM (24 February 1948 – 23 June 2010) was a high-ranking military official in Ireland and with the United Nations. He was the Irish Defence Forces Chief of Staff from 2007 to 2010. Earley was b... |
2680 | "Jared Y. Sanders Sr."
1890 to 1893. He launched his law practice in New Orleans in 1893, and his firm included a cousin, former Governor Murphy J. Foster Sr., grandfather of future Republican Governor Murphy J. ""Mike"" Foster Jr. (1996–2004). On May 31, 1891, Sanders married the former Ada Veronica Shaw of Fouke in M... |
2681 | "Percy E. Lambert"
vehicle's name, he acquired the Nickname 'Pearly Lambert'. It is however more likely that he had the nickname at school, as a result of his 'Pearly White' Teeth. In his short career he became a popular driver, winning seven races and being placed in six more. He drove a range of vehicles including Au... |
2682 | "Percy E. Lambert"
Lambert became the first person to cover a hundred miles in an hour. The record was set at Brooklands Weybridge, Surrey, England on 15 February 1913 when driving his 4.5 litre side valve Talbot. He actually covered 103 miles and 1470 yards in sixty minutes. There is a film of his exploits at the Broo... |
2683 | "Jared Y. Sanders Sr."
Connell Fort, later the mayor of Minden, as the conservation agent for northwestern Louisiana. On July 5, 1910, the Louisiana legislature named Sanders to finish the U.S. Senate term of Samuel D. McEnery, but he declined the position in order to finish his term as governor. He tried in vain to ha... |
2684 | "Percy E. Lambert"
was buried in a streamlined coffin to match his car at Brompton Cemetery, London. His Epitaph read: ""A modest friend, a fine gentleman and a thorough sportsman. The first man to cover 100 miles in one hour. Killed by accident at Brooklands Motor Racing Track whilst attempting further records."" On h... |
2685 | "Heřmanův Městec"
Heřmanův Městec Heřmanův Městec (Czech pronunciation: ]; German: Hermanmiestetz, Hermannstädt(e)l) is a town in Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the northern foothills of the Iron Mountains (about 10 km west of Chrudim and 87 km east of Prague) at an altitude of 275 meters above s... |
2686 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
rallied to Free France (), the others joined Morocco under the command of général Béthouard. Joining later the camp, where were regrouped the garrisoned Free French Forces, the 13 DBLE participated to the July 14 parade in London. The units of the Free French Forces took temporaril... |
2687 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
Following the failure of the disembarking in Senegal, the unit finished by disembarking, under the command of lieutenant-colonel Cazaud, in Equatorial French Africa () to partake, in November 1940, to the Battle of Gabon () and the rallying of Gabon to Free France (), under the com... |
2688 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
on March 27, 1941, then Massaoua on April 8, 1941. In the following month, the unit joined Palestine in order to participate to the Syria–Lebanon Campaign. The demi-brigade entered into Syria on June 8 and following harsh combats, managed to enter into Damascus on June 21. On Septe... |
2689 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
1941, excellent instructor of men, René Babonneau assumed command of the 2nd battalion, which at Bir Hakeim, on May 27, 1942, held back more than 70 tanks of the division Ariete, by destroying 35 out of them. His battalion received a citation at the orders of the armed forces. Rema... |
2690 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
occasion for Pierre Messmer, captain commanding a company to write later, a book: ""the lost patrol"" (). Then the ""13"" took part to the Second Battle of El Alamein, during which the commanding officer of the unit was killed. During the assembly of the 1st Free French Division (1... |
2691 | "Cross River bushbaby"
15m from the ground. It often sits in the trees above swarming ants to catch the invertebrates escaping the swarm. During the day it roosts in tangles of lianas and young may be left in these while the mother is foraging. They are territorial with both sexes holding territories of with home range... |
2692 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
Hloba, who had shot their German officers and surrendered to the Haute-Saône arm of the FFI in the Confracourt Woods. They brought with them 45-mm antitank guns, 82-mm and 50-mm mortars, 21 heavy machine guns, as well as large amounts of small arms and small-caliber ammunition. Tha... |
2693 | WATQ
WATQ WATQ (106.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to Chetek, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Eau Claire area. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and features programming from CBS Radio and CNN Radio. The station went on the air as WVXD on 1992... |
2694 | "Heřmanův Městec"
After design changes, the synagogue provided access to the women’s gallery via a covered passageway from the school building next door. A stone-hewn image of the Ten Commandants adorned the top of the building. Due to the reduction in size, the building was not really sufficient to support the larg... |
2695 | "The Mind and Society"
The Mind and Society The Mind and Society () is a 1916 book by the Italian sociologist and economist Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923). In this book Pareto presents the first sociological cycle theory, centered on the concept of an elite social class. Pareto divided the elite class into two groups: the... |
2696 | "Heřmanův Městec"
status, a positive relationship with the landowning gentry of the town, and had a rabbi in residence. While the town itself had less than a 100 Jewish inhabitants, it served a broader Jewish community of 500 Jews in the region including Chrast, Chrudim, Hroubovice, Přestavlky, Slatiňany, Hlinsko, S... |
2697 | "John Forest"
John Forest John Forest (1471 – 22 May 1538) was an English Franciscan Friar and martyr. Confessor to Queen Catherine of Aragon, Forest was burned to death at Smithfield for heresy, in that he refused to acknowledge the King as head of the church. Born in the Oxford area in 1471, John Forest became a Fran... |
2698 | "Heřmanův Městec"
to the Tereźin concentration camp two days later. Many of those were eventually transported to Auschwitz. During the occupation by Nazi Germany, Jewish ritual objects, including over a dozen Torah scrolls, were transported to the Jewish Museum in Prague. These eventually became part of the Memorial... |
2699 | "Heřmanův Městec"
Torah scrolls probably were sent to the synagogue in Heřmanův Městec. Thus, by 1940, Heřmanův Městec had a large inventory of Torah scrolls. In 1945 at the end of World War II, only two members of the Jewish community returned to Heřmanův Městec. The once thriving Jewish community in the town was n... |
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