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3500 | "Galactic Milieu Series"
the history of several family lines with strong metapsychic potential, especially the Remillards. This line begins with twins Rogatien (Rogi) and Donatien (Don), whose mother died giving birth to them. They discover that they have unusual mental abilities (which admittedly turn out to be far le... |
3501 | "Galactic Milieu Series"
entity who commanded Rogi to write his memoirs. The Ghost first rescued Rogi as a child, and many years later rescued Don after Rogi tried to kill him in a rage for stealing his girlfriend. The Ghost tells Rogi that he is sterile, but would have an important role in guiding Don's key descendant... |
3502 | "The Girls Next Door"
to begin filming in September, however it was later confirmed the season had been canceled before the production had begun and that the series would not be returning. The cancellation came about in July when then-new E! president Bonnie Hammer vowed to ""get rid of the more Playboy trashy element"... |
3503 | "The Girls Next Door"
show is also produced by Kevin Burns and his company Prometheus Entertainment. The show was an instant hit for ""E!"" and quickly had its first season expanded from eight to fifteen episodes. The second-season premiere was watched by 1.6 million viewers (which set a 3-year record) and then topped ... |
3504 | "The Girls Next Door"
more pictorials in September 2006 (to celebrate the premiere of the second season) and March 2008 (celebrating them being voted fourth in ""Playboy""s annual ""Sexiest Celebrities"" online poll). The final episode starring Madison, Marquardt, and Wilkinson was watched by 2.535 million viewers. Des... |
3505 | "Fender Duo-Sonic"
Fender Duo-Sonic The Fender Duo-Sonic is an electric guitar launched by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation as a student model guitar, an inexpensive model aimed at amateur musicians. It was referred to as a ""3/4 size"" Fender guitar. The ""Duo-Sonic"" features two single-coil pickups and a verti... |
3506 | "Fender Duo-Sonic"
line has a shorter scale neck than standard models as a concession to younger, beginner guitarists and other players with smaller hands. The Fender Duo-Sonic was introduced in 1956. Like the Musicmaster introduced a few months earlier, it featured basic but effective construction and a 22.5 inch scal... |
3507 | "Fender Duo-Sonic"
helps in screening the single-coil pickups and electronics from interference. In 1959 the Duo-Sonic went through a face lift. The most significant change was a switch from a maple fingerboard to a rosewood one in keeping with changes to other Fender models at this time. These fretboards were original... |
3508 | "Fender Duo-Sonic"
tail-piece. The student guitars now all featured larger and slightly offset bodies, necks with larger headstocks and rosewood fingerboards and plastic pickguards with the volume and tone controls mounted on a separate metal plate. Pickup selection was moved above the pickups on both the Duo-Sonic and... |
3509 | "Fender Duo-Sonic"
re-designed model was renamed Duo-Sonic II although decals with and without the II designation were used occasionally. In addition to white, Daphne Blue and Dakota Red colors added. The Duo-Sonic lasted until 1969 when it was dropped most likely because the Mustang with its tremolo tail piece was far... |
3510 | "Fender Duo-Sonic"
22.7"" scale. It was available in Black, Torino Red and Arctic White. It was dropped from the Fender line in 1997 but was then launched again as a Chinese made Squier Affinity model in 1998 only to be dropped in 1999. The Duo-Sonic was re-released by Fender's Squier brand in the 'Classic Vibe' series... |
3511 | "Fender Duo-Sonic"
Duo-Sonic in a number of ways: basswood was used for the body, the neck differed in being C-shaped and a 24"" scale length, and was fitted with more modern 'medium jumbo' frets; finally, the treble pickup was located 3/4"" further from the bridge. In 2016 Fender re-introduced the Duo-Sonic in two for... |
3512 | "Fender Duo-Sonic"
have a string-through-body hardtail 'Strat' bridge, with vintage-like bent-steel saddles. These guitars, and a re-introduced 'Mustang' range, form the 'Offset Series' and are made in Mexico. The bodies are alder and the necks maple, with maple or rosewood fretboards. Fender Duo-Sonic The Fender Duo-S... |
3513 | "David A. McIntee"
David A. McIntee David A. McIntee (born 31 December 1968) is a British writer. McIntee has written many spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", as well as one each based on ""Final Destination"" and """". He has also written a non-fiction book on """" and on... |
3514 | "Galactic Milieu Series"
his mother to investigate. Upon learning of his mother’s pregnancy, Marc takes it upon himself to hide Teresa and his future brother in the icy Canadian wilderness. Marc realises that Rogi is the only family member who would be empathetic enough to help, and recruits him for this purpose. Marc ... |
3515 | "David A. McIntee"
five-issue series, though some early publicity erroneously quoted it as being four issues long. He is following this title with a four-issue mini-series, ""William Shatner Presents: Quest For Tomorrow"". In 2009, Abaddon Books published McIntee's ""The Light of Heaven"", an entry in the publisher's "... |
3516 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy The Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy concerned a loan from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Clubs given to radio station Air America. The legality of the loan was investigated for several reasons, including the Boys and Girl... |
3517 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
to be a non-profit organization providing services for children and seniors in the Bronx. The amount was later determined to actually be $875,000. On August 2, 2005, the New York Sun reported that the Gloria Wise executive committee estimated a total of $875,000 was transfer... |
3518 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
Girls Clubs of America revoked the group's right to use their name, likeness or logo. At the time the funds were alleged to have been transferred, Evan Montvel Cohen, former chairman of the now-defunct Progress Media, was also Director of Development for Gloria Wise. On Augu... |
3519 | "Galactic Milieu Series"
inhabited planet from a diatreme eruption, using their paramount powers aided by CE. But her lower face is terribly deformed in this heroic act, so after this she always wears a diamond-studded half-mask, and acquires her nickname “Diamond Mask”. By the third book in the series, Marc has mature... |
3520 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
million in damages from Piquant LLC. Piquant LLC reportedly subsequently settled out of court on November 18, 2005. A report issued by the New York City Department of Investigation said it had uncovered evidence that director, Charles Rosen, allegedly collected another $69,0... |
3521 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
his resignation. He pleaded guilty to felony charges of grand larceny and forgery, and obstruction of government administration. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/10/nyregion/10rosen.html?pagewanted=all David Goodfriend said in testimony that Rosen's brother, Jacob Rosen calle... |
3522 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
involving the Rosen brothers and Evan Cohen.” In response to this report, Air America Radio's owners, Piquant LLC, issued a press release stating that the alleged ""mismanagement and corruption at Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club"" was ""absolutely disgraceful."" In addition,... |
3523 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
of this new company Piquant, said OK, we don't legally have to pay it back, because we're a different company I guess, but we morally do, so they start making arrangements to pay it back."" However, Piquant's press release and Franken's paraphrasing of Rob Glaser appear at o... |
3524 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
repayment thereof, were included in the settlement agreement. Al Franken, commenting on the case during his radio show, characterized Cohen as ""a crook"" and said ""I don't know why they did it, and I don't know where the money went. I don't know if it was used for operatio... |
3525 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
network's owner had accelerated its payment schedule and deposited the full $875,000 into the escrow account to settle the loan from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club. Goldberg stated that Al Franken's signature on the agreement between Piquant LLC and Evan Cohen ""was sim... |
3526 | "Air America – Gloria Wise loan controversy"
any responsibility for this loan"", Mr. Goldberg said in a written statement. ""His role at Air America was then and remains today as on-air talent."" The New York City Department of Investigation has commented: In September 2006, Air America paid back the loan. Air America ... |
3527 | "Henry Wechsler"
Henry Wechsler Henry Wechsler is a lecturer at the School of Public Health at Harvard University and was principal investigator of the College Alcohol Study. Wechsler is noted for his studies of drinking by college students and for popularizing the term “binge drinking” to refer to the consumption of f... |
3528 | "Henry Wechsler"
conducted several national surveys of college and university students across the United States and published extensively on the subject. His most recent book, is ""Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses"". (Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, 2002). He graduated from Washington ... |
3529 | "Buena Vista, Amador County, California"
Buena Vista, Amador County, California Buena Vista (formerly, The Corners) is a census-designated place in Amador County, California. It lies at an elevation of 295 feet (90 m). It is located south-southeast of Ione, at . The community is in ZIP code 95640 and area code 209. The... |
3530 | "Buena Vista, Amador County, California"
Pope Rhonda Morningstar. The 2010 United States Census reported that Buena Vista had a population of 429. The population density was 264.5 people per square mile (102.1/km²). The racial makeup of Buena Vista was 365 (85.1%) White, 1 (0.2%) African American, 23 (5.4%) Native Amer... |
3531 | "A Change Would Do You Good"
garage band singer. Notable guests include Mary Lynn Rajskub, Heather Matarazzo, Jeff Garlin, Ellen DeGeneres, Molly Shannon, Andy Dick and Toby Huss. This video appears on the DVD compilation """". This video received negative reaction from critics due to too much dialogue during the song,... |
3532 | "Slab allocation"
Slab allocation Slab allocation is a memory management mechanism intended for the efficient memory allocation of kernel objects. It eliminates fragmentation caused by allocations and deallocations. The technique is used to retain allocated memory that contains a data object of a certain type for reuse... |
3533 | "Slab allocation"
motivation for slab allocation is that the initialization and destruction of kernel data objects can actually outweigh the cost of allocating memory for them. As object creation and deletion are widely employed by the kernel, overhead costs of initialization can result in significant performance drops... |
3534 | "Slab allocation"
allocate memory for a data object of a certain type is received, it can instantly satisfy the request with an already allocated slot. Destruction of the object does not free up the memory, but only opens a slot which is put in the list of free slots by the slab allocator. The next call to allocate mem... |
3535 | "Slab allocation"
memory chunks. Understanding the slab allocation algorithm requires defining and explaining some terms: When a program sets up a cache, it allocates a number of objects to the slabs associated with that cache. This number depends on the size of the associated slabs. Slabs may exist in one of the follo... |
3536 | "Slab allocation"
allocates a new slab from contiguous physical pages and assigns it to a cache. The new object gets allocated from this slab, and its location becomes marked as ""partial"". The allocation takes place quickly, because the system builds the objects in advance and readily allocates them from a slab. A sl... |
3537 | "Buena Vista, Amador County, California"
average family size was 2.93. The population was spread out with 109 people (25.4%) under the age of 18, 21 people (4.9%) aged 18 to 24, 91 people (21.2%) aged 25 to 44, 139 people (32.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 69 people (16.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was... |
3538 | "Buena Vista, Amador County, California"
133 (73.9%) were owner-occupied, and 47 (26.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 8.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 25.8%. 289 people (67.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 140 people (32.6%) lived in rental housing units. In t... |
3539 | Hanswurst
Hanswurst Hanswurst was a popular coarse-comic figure of German-speaking impromptu comedy. He is ""a half doltish, half cunning, partly stupid, partly knowing, enterprising and cowardly, self indulgent and merry fellow, who, in accordance with circumstances, accentuated one or other of these characteristics."... |
3540 | "Campanus of Novara"
him. Campanus wrote a Latin edition of Euclid's ""Elementa"" in fifteen books. This work by Campanus was very influential and was the most frequently used compilation of Euclid until the 16th century. It was based on a compilation by Robert of Chester and also includes material from: ""Arithmetica"... |
3541 | Hanswurst
comedies and to raise their social status, holding a public ""banishing"" of Hanswurst. This met with resistance, especially in Vienna. However, the staged banishment has generally been regarded as an emblematic moment in German theater history for the transition from popular, improvised, so-called ‘Stegreift... |
3542 | "Campanus of Novara"
horoscopes that divides the prime vertical into equal 30° arcs, or houses, is often attributed to him but the method is known to have been described by others before his time. Campanus of Novara Campanus of Novara ( 1220 – 1296) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and physician wh... |
3543 | Hanswurst
German film comedy ""The Comedians"" (1941) by GW Pabst, which was marked by the ideology of the war, portrayed Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, a German national poet, in a victorious battle against the foul-mouthed Hanswurst. The historical Lessing had written Hanswurst into the Hamburg Dramaturgy, and called the ... |
3544 | "J. W. Spear & Sons"
J. W. Spear & Sons J. W. Spear and Sons was a significant manufacturer of board games during the 20th century. The company was founded by Jacob Wolf Spier (1832-1893) in Fürth, near Nuremberg, Germany in 1879, producing goods such as table mats, photo frames, and waste-paper baskets. By the turn of... |
3545 | "J. W. Spear & Sons"
With the rise to power of the Nazis and the Spier family being Jewish, some members of the family moved to Britain and subsequently changed anglicised their name to Spear. The Nuremberg factory was forcibly ""purchased"" by a German businessman, and survived most of World War II under Nazi control ... |
3546 | "J. W. Spear & Sons"
toy. The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1966 and was taken over by Mattel in 1994 after a bidding war with Hasbro. Mattel closed the UK factory and while it still produces ""Scrabble"", most of the traditional Spear's Games are no longer made. About 2000 old games were collecte... |
3547 | "American Negro Theater"
permission to use their basement stage. The basement theatre held 150 seats and Hill charged 49 cents a seat. The first show they produced, ""Hits, Bits, and Skits,"" opened on July 17, 1940. The first major play that the ANT put into rehearsal was ""On Strivers' Row"" which Hill put into rehea... |
3548 | "American Negro Theater"
Johnson, and the choreography of Leonard Harper. It ran at the Apollo Theatre for one week. In 1944, the ANT applied to the General Education Board of the Rockefeller Foundation for a financial grant. The proposal they submitted asked for salaries to be paid to the company's officers. It also i... |
3549 | "American Negro Theater"
Polish family in Pennsylvania whose daughter is a waterfront prostitute, but could not find a company to perform it. So he rewrote it to feature a black family. It was performed by the ANT in 1944. According to a notice in The Brooklyn Eagle on March 30, 1944, the sets for that initial producti... |
3550 | "American Negro Theater"
the play. Yordan agreed to sign a Dramatists Guild contract that would make Hill the coauthor of ""Anna Lucasta"". This gave Hill a five percent author's royalty. The ANT itself received few royalties for ""Anna Lucasta"" and the next three ANT plays to appear on Broadway were not successful. D... |
3551 | "American Negro Theater"
ANT was first founded in 1940, the group created a 30-page constitution for themselves that reflected the ideals of the Federal Theater Project. The constitution also drew upon W.E.B. Du Bois's belief that African-American theatre should be by, about, for, and near African-Americans. The follow... |
3552 | "American Negro Theater"
thousands. Unhappily, we have been trained to think of the theatre mostly in terms of commercial enterprise that is too expensive when it is worthy, and too cheap and boring when it is not. We know it too frequently as an investment for gambling show men, or as a playground for dilettantes and ... |
3553 | "American Negro Theater"
support. Realizing the reluctance of the people to assume this responsibility, the essential burden of stimulating the development of such a project rests upon the shoulders of those individuals who are willing to assume this obligation, those who feel sincerely the call in a genuine quest for ... |
3554 | "Capalaba bus station"
Capalaba bus station The Capalaba Bus Station, at Capalaba, Queensland, is serviced by TransLink bus routes. It is part of the Capalaba Shopping Precinct and is the primary interchange for TransLink's Eastern Region. It is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. The Interch... |
3555 | "Capalaba bus station"
the opposite side of Redland Bay Road and it services morning express routes and some school services. Capalaba Bus Station is serviced by Transdev Queensland and Mt Gravatt Bus Service. Following is a list of the public routes using the station: 260, 262, 263, 264, 266 N250, 250, 251, 252, 254 2... |
3556 | Phenytoin/pentobarbital
Phenytoin/pentobarbital Phenytoin/pentobarbital (trade name Beuthanasia-D Special) is an animal drug product used for euthanasia of non-food animals, which contains a mixture of phenytoin and pentobarbital. It is administered as an intravenous injection to give animals a quick and humane death. ... |
3557 | Phenytoin/pentobarbital
composition: 390 mg/mL pentobarbital sodium, 50 mg/mL phenytoin sodium, 10% ethyl alcohol, 18% propylene glycol, 0.003688 mg/mL Rhodamine B, 2% Benzyl alcohol, water and sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid as needed to achieve desired pH. This drug combination causes painless and rapid euthan... |
3558 | Phenytoin/pentobarbital
component produces reduced central nervous system funciton and cardiovascular collapse, causing hypotension. When used to euthanise dogs in a veteranary context, 1 mL of the drug is administered per 10 pounds of the animal's body weight. The dose is given as a single bolus. Intravenous injection... |
3559 | "Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig"
Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig (died 1039) was a Prince of Gwynedd. He was also referred to as ""King of the Britons"" in the ""Annals of Ulster"". On the death of Llywelyn ap Seisyll in 1023, the rule of Gwynedd returned to the ancient dynasty with the accession of Iago, who ... |
3560 | "Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig"
Gwynedd, and because his father, Cynan ab Iago, was little known in Wales, Gruffudd was styled ""grandson of Iago"" rather than the usual ""son of Cynan"". Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig Iago ab Idwal ap Meurig (died 1039) was a Prince of Gwynedd. He was also referred to as ""King of the Britons"" in... |
3561 | "John Codman Ropes"
John Codman Ropes John Codman Ropes (April 28, 1836 - October 28, 1899) was an American military historian and lawyer, and the co-founder of the law firm Ropes & Gray. Ropes was born on April 28, 1836 in St. Petersburg, Russia, the son of a leading merchant of Boston who was engaged in business in R... |
3562 | "John Codman Ropes"
historical, and these remained with him throughout life, his career as a lawyer being conspicuous and successful. But it was the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861 which fixed his attention principally on military history. He ceaselessly assisted with business and personal help and friendship th... |
3563 | "John Codman Ropes"
Gray with John Chipman Gray. In this work his clear and unprejudiced legal mind enabled him to sift the truth from the innumerable public and private controversies, and the ill-informed allotment of praise and blame by the popular historians and biographers. The focus of his work was the Military Hi... |
3564 | "John Codman Ropes"
officers of great distinction, it was from first to last maintained and guided by Ropes, who presented to it his military library and his collection of prints and medals. He died at Boston, Massachusetts on October 28, 1899. His principal work is an unfinished ""Story of the Civil War"", to which he... |
3565 | "John Codman Ropes"
John Porter. Outside America, Ropes is known chiefly as the author of ""The Campaign of Waterloo"", which is one of the standard works on the subject. The greater part of his studies of the Civil War appears in the Military Historical Society's publications. Papers on the Waterloo campaign appeared ... |
3566 | "Wind of Change (Scorpions song)"
Wind of Change (Scorpions song) ""Wind of Change"" is a power ballad by the German rock band Scorpions, recorded for their eleventh studio album, ""Crazy World"" (1990). The song was composed and written by the band's lead singer Klaus Meine and produced by Keith Olsen and the band. It... |
3567 | "Wind of Change (Scorpions song)"
August 31, 1991 and number two in the United Kingdom. It later appeared on the band's 1995 live album ""Live Bites"", their 2000 album with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, ""Moment of Glory"", and on their 2001 unplugged album ""Acoustica"". With estimated sales of 14 million copies... |
3568 | "Simple Kid"
""Rolling Stone"" also featured Simple Kid as a breakthrough act for 2007. The track ""Lil' King Kong"" from two was featured in a Saturn automobile advertisement in the US, as well as in an advertisement in the UK for the mobile phone operator Orange. ""Lil' King Kong"" also featured in the film, ""Jumper... |
3569 | "Simple Kid"
(US) Released October 2006 (UK), August 2007 (US) Simple Kid Simple Kid, real-name Ciarán McFeely, is an Irish-born solo musical artist. Simple Kid's approach to recording involved recording to an 8-track cassette player then fed into his computer where he applied more modern techniques to create finished ... |
3570 | "Wind of Change (Scorpions song)"
The band also recorded a Russian-language version of the song, under the title """" (""Veter Peremen"") In 2005, viewers of the German television network ZDF chose this song as the song of the century. Europe US US and Canada 7"" single Wind of Change (Scorpions song) ""Wind of Change"... |
3571 | "Snake River (Red River of the North tributary)"
Snake River (Red River of the North tributary) The Snake River is a tributary of the Red River of the North in northwestern Minnesota in the United States. It is one of three streams in Minnesota with this name (see Snake River (Minnesota)). Snake River is the English tr... |
3572 | "Corus Québec"
CKAC for more details), a deal with Corus Entertainment was finally approved in early 2005 and took effect in May of that year. Corus Entertainment, which already owned all-news station CINF (Info 690) in Montreal, promptly renamed Radiomédia as Corus Québec, and simultaneously dismantled the local CKAC... |
3573 | "Corus Québec"
CHMP-FM in January 2010, following the closure of CINF and its English-language sister station, CINW 940 AM. On April 30, 2010, it was announced that all Corus Québec stations, with the exception of CKRS, will be sold to Cogeco for $80 million, pending CRTC approval. Corus's reason for the sale is that ... |
3574 | "Beau Vallon, Seychelles"
the oldest as well, having been built directly on the beach prior to restrictions being put in place by the government. Towards the north is also the newly renovated Hilton-Northolme Hotel in the Glacis area. The Coral Strand has the island's most popular and only air conditioned Indian Restau... |
3575 | "Corus Québec"
Communication Inc., a company owned by Quebec City businessman Jacques Leclerc, owner of Laura Secord Chocolates and Biscuits Leclerc. CJTS-FM would cease operations on December 6, 2011, when Cogeco was unable to find a buyer for the station by the deadline. The CorusNouvelles news service will also be ... |
3576 | "National Social Norms Resource Center"
National Social Norms Resource Center The National Social Norms Resource Center (NSNRC) is an independent US-American organization that promotes the use of the social norms approach (often called the social norms marketing approach) to reducing a wide range of health, safety and ... |
3577 | "National Social Norms Resource Center"
of Virginia, is funded by Anheuser Busch. National Social Norms Resource Center The National Social Norms Resource Center (NSNRC) is an independent US-American organization that promotes the use of the social norms approach (often called the social norms marketing approach) to re... |
3578 | "Back-to-back house"
Back-to-back house Back-to-backs are a form of terraced houses in the United Kingdom, built from the late 18th century through to the early 20th century in various guises. Many thousands of these dwellings were built during the Industrial Revolution for the rapidly increasing population of expandin... |
3579 | "Back-to-back house"
supplies were shared with multiple households in enclosed courtyards. Back-to-backs gained an unfavourable reputation for poor levels of health and hygiene. Around the mid-19th century, this form of housing was deemed unsatisfactory and a hazard to health. The passage of the Public Health Act 1875 ... |
3580 | "Back-to-back house"
clearances, although many remain in Leeds and Bradford. Birmingham and Liverpool, where many thousands of these homes were built, each chose to retain a single example as a tourist attraction. The Birmingham Back to Backs is now operated as a historic house museum by the National Trust; other museu... |
3581 | "Back-to-back house"
floor, while later houses were two-up two-down. Every house shared a rear wall, whether with a house directly behind or with an industrial building. Given that the house usually shared three of its four walls with neighbouring buildings, back-to-back houses were notoriously ill-lit and poorly venti... |
3582 | "Back-to-back house"
back-to-back. Back-to-back houses can also be known as blind-backs, particularly when built up against factory walls, or occasionally as a terrace of houses standing on its own. Population in the city of Leeds was around 30 000 by 1800, which later doubled and then tripled, creating a problem of in... |
3583 | "Back-to-back house"
how the houses should be constructed; the worst (and often earliest) had a single room on each floor and no damp proofing. Sanitation comprised earth toilets in whatever available space existed, which may have been underneath bedrooms, and a public water supply from intermittent standpipes. Initial... |
3584 | "Back-to-back house"
Town authorities were well aware that back-to-backs were undesirable, but seemed unable to prevent their construction. The Building and Improvement Committee reported to Bradford Council that more than three-quarters of new dwellings were ""laid out upon that objectionable principle"". The passage ... |
3585 | "Back-to-back house"
Advocates of the design suggested that they were easier to keep warm owing to their single outside wall, but the absence of rear yards meant there was no space for exterior toilets, only communal ones that spread diseases rapidly. In the oldest parts of Birmingham, early back-to-back houses were as... |
3586 | "Back-to-back house"
of inadequate foundations and with substandard materials to reduce costs. Each house was separated by a single brick depth with a small room on each floor; ground-floor rooms served multiple purposes, as the remaining available space was used for bedrooms. By the 1830s, back-to-back houses had gain... |
3587 | "Back-to-back house"
to abolish their construction in about 1880, by which time population density had improved to 200 people living in 50–60 houses per acre. Significant change came with the introduction of the byelaw terraced house to comply with the Public Health Act 1875. Further improvements were introduced in 189... |
3588 | "Back-to-back house"
Figures from 1899 suggest that 72 per cent of all houses constructed annually in that city were back-to-back, identical to 15 years prior, a percentage that did not decrease until 1914. Small families with children in the city had little choice but to live in back-to-back houses, as they dominated ... |
3589 | "Back-to-back house"
ahead of build quality. Consequently, the density of housing in some areas, as well as its manner of construction, had adverse effects on sale and rental prices, particularly as other towns offered houses with greater space and improved sanitation; a new property built in Sunderland would have been... |
3590 | "Back-to-back house"
cited were health and ventilation, as statistics were revealing that residents of back-to-back houses suffered from relatively poor health. In Manchester, Dr James Niven noted that mortality rates among those living in back-to-back houses exceeded those from through-houses by 40 per cent, along wit... |
3591 | "Back-to-back house"
with the beginning of mass demolition of back-to-back houses and the construction of ""homes fit for heroes"". In Leeds during the early 20th century, the local council had spent about £1 million (equivalent to £ in ) in acquiring older, inadequate back-to-back houses for demolition, while continui... |
3592 | "Back-to-back house"
as unfit for many years by that time, despite still being lived in; only 12 000 (less than 17 per cent) were given a moderate health pass by Neville Chamberlain's Unhealthy Areas Committee. Other cities had smaller numbers, such as Bradford and Nottingham (5000) respectively. MP Sir John Birchall d... |
3593 | "Back-to-back house"
external walls per property would alleviate the ventilation concerns that plagued earlier residences. Following the Second World War and the Blitz aerial bombing of industrial cities, Britain was ready for a new wave of slum demolition and construction of more suitable housing. For example, Birming... |
3594 | "Back-to-back house"
were inhabited during 1951, compared to a further 28 000 slightly better houses, which had been constructed between 1844 and 1874. The pre-1844 houses were by that time in a state of disrepair and overcrowding was a concern, particularly when families were occupying what was originally intended for... |
3595 | "Dave at Night"
thing Dave has left from his father, a wood carving of his family boarding Noah's Ark. However, Dave enjoys the art lessons and explores his talented, creative side. Sick of the austere lifestyle, Dave sneaks out of the orphanage in the middle of the night and roams the streets of Harlem. He finds a nea... |
3596 | "Dave at Night"
attracted to. However, Dave needs to return to the orphanage every morning, but this new lifestyle isn't always what it seems. Boychik- a little boy Landsman- a fellow Jew Mazel Tov- congratulations Gonif- somebody who fools people out of their money Shayneh shvartzeh maidel- pretty black girl Meshuggen... |
3597 | "Dave at Night"
a ""real American"". The Hebrew Orphan Asylum was the name of the actual orphanage that Levine's father grew up in not the Hebrew Home for Boys. The Hebrew Orphan Asylum took in boys and girls and the process to enter was done in a more legal manner than simply signing papers for the children as the boo... |
3598 | "Dave at Night"
Award 2000-2001 Masterlist (1 of 30) ""Outstanding Achievement"" Honor Book for 1999 by Parent's Guide to Children's Media One of Amazon.com's 1999 Top Ten Best Books for ages 9–12 School Library Journal Best Book Book Sense Pick Denmark Germany Italy France Dave at Night Dave at Night is a young adult,... |
3599 | "Wicklow Street"
Wicklow Street Wicklow Street () is an established shopping street located in Dublin city centre, running from Grafton Street in the east to Exchequer Street and South William Street in the west. In 1776, the street was part of Exchequer Street, named after the old Exchequer which was sited there, havi... |
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