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900 | "1982 New Brunswick general election"
Restigouche and Gloucester county ridings. Consisting of Carleton, York, Sunbury and Northumberland county ridings. Consisting of Queens, Kings, Saint John and Charlotte county ridings. Consisting of Kent, Westmorland and Albert county ridings. 1982 New Brunswick general election The 30th New Brunswick general election was held on October 12, 1982, to elect 58 members to the 50th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It saw Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party win its largest majority ever to that time. (Bernard Lord beat this record in 1999.) The Opposition Liberal Party had changed leaders four |
901 | "Jim Riordan"
Jim Riordan William James ""Jim"" Riordan (20 April 1882 – 15 September 1955) was an Australian politician and judge. He was born in Mackay to William Riordan and Mary, ""née"" Walsh. After attending Mackay State School he became a labourer on the Cairns–Mulgrave railway line and then a fireman for the Chillagoe Railway Company. While there he became President of the Chillagoe Amalgamated Workers' Union and in 1903 an organiser with the Far North Australia Workers' Union (FNAWU). On 28 March 1907 he married Annie Helen Page, with whom he had a son and two daughters. In 1916 he became |
902 | "Jim Riordan"
state president of the FNAWU, and in 1917 was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council for the Labor Party. Riordan served in the Council until its abolition, according to Labor policy, in 1922. In 1925 he moved from president to secretary of the FNAWU, a position he held until 1933 when he was appointed to the Queensland Industrial Court. He was also involved in the Labor press as director of ""The Daily Standard"" and ""The Worker"", which were published in Brisbane. He served on the court until 1953, and from 1951 to 1952 was chairman of the Royal Commission on |
903 | "Jim Riordan"
Offcourse Betting. He had remarried, to Lyla Elizabeth Boland on 2 October 1943. He died in Brisbane in 1955 and was buried in Lutwyche Cemetery. His brothers Darby and Ernest were also politicians, Darby as federal member for Kennedy from 1929 to 1936 and Ernest as a Queensland MLA from 1936 to 1944 and from 1950 to 1954. Jim Riordan's son Bill was elected to the seat of Kennedy on Darby's death in 1936. Jim Riordan William James ""Jim"" Riordan (20 April 1882 – 15 September 1955) was an Australian politician and judge. He was born in Mackay to William |
904 | "Mark T. Sullivan"
Mark T. Sullivan Mark T. Sullivan is an American author who writes mystery and suspense novels. His eight published works that are solely written by him, include ""The Purification Ceremony"", ""Triple Cross"", and ""Rogue"". Sullivan was born and raised in Medfield, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. He earned a BA in English from Hamilton College in 1980. After graduating, he served as a volunteer in the Peace Corps, teaching English to children of Tuareg nomads in the Sahara Desert. Sullivan returned to the United States in 1982 and studied at the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern University in Evanston, |
905 | "No Need for Bushido"
room on the Inn's register, break into Ina's room by mistake. Yori, alerted by Ina's scream, breaks into her room. Without a working sword, Yorikiro is forced to use his sheath to knock out the first ninja. The second, however, is able to counter his attack and kicks him through a wall into the next room. Yorikiro lands upon Cho Teko, a blind Taoist priest, who offers his assistance. Cho, a martial arts expert, quickly dispatches the second ninja. Yori and Ina leave the inn to avoid further trouble. Cho, lacking any particular goal, decides to join them. Here it |
906 | Apus
has around 48 times the diameter and 928 times the luminosity of the Sun. Marginally fainter is Gamma Apodis, another ageing giant star. Delta Apodis is a double star, the two components of which are 103 arcseconds apart and visible with the naked eye. Two star systems have been found to have planets. Apus was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman who had sailed on the first Dutch trading expedition, known as the ""Eerste Schipvaart"", to the East Indies. It first appeared on a 35-cm (14 in) |
907 | "Benny Bass"
seconds into the second round. The first right, almost at the opening bell, put Morgan to the canvas for a count of nine. After Morgan rose after the count, Bass put him down with the final right to the chin that ended the bout. Bass first defended the title on February 3, 1930, against Davey Abad in a fourth-round technical knockout in St. Louis. According to the ""New York Times"", Bass floored Abad four times in the fourth round. Abad was down twice in the first round from lefts by Bass, though he appeared to win by a shade in |
908 | "Santa Fe Springs, California"
drive train to the Santa Fe shop. Shelby shoe-horned a 260-cubic-inch V8 into the tiny, lightweight British roadster and the Cobra was born: a British sports car with American hot rod power. According to DataUSA, the racial makeup of Santa Fe Springs was 79% Hispanic (13,534), 10% white (1,752), 6% Asian (1,080), and 2.4% Black (424). The 2010 United States Census reported that Santa Fe Springs had a population of 16,223. The population density was 1,819.9 people per square mile (702.7/km²). The racial makeup of Santa Fe Springs was (11.6%) White, (2.3%) African American, 233 (1.4%) Native American, 677 (4.2%) |
909 | "Cuban dissident movement"
change in Cuba. Though amendments to the Cuban Constitution of 1992 decriminalized the right to form political parties other than the Communist Party of Cuba, these parties are not permitted to engage in public political activities on the island. During the ""Black Spring"" in 2003, the regime imprisoned 75 dissidents, including 29 journalists. Their cases were reviewed by Amnesty International who officially adopted them as prisoners of conscience. To the original list of 75 prisoners of conscience resulting from the wave of arrests in spring 2003, Amnesty International added four more dissidents in January 2004. They had been arrested in |
910 | "No Need for Bushido"
the first chapter. After a brief discussion, Masuhiro manages to free the three of them from the ninja cave. He sends the bandits to find Yorikiro Wataro and warn him about the ninja's intentions, and goes himself to find Suzuka for more information. He finds her bathing, and she manages to get the upper hand on him again, drugging him with another needle, sending him right back into the prison. Chapter 10: Kyoto Kaos Chapter 11: Yori's Dead! Chapter 12: Think Like a Ninja Chapter 13: Demons vs. Ninjas Chapter 14: Kabuki Katastrophy Chapter 15: Brothers in Arms Chapter 16: |
911 | "Granite Mountain (King County, Washington)"
summer. Because of maritime influence, snow tends to be wet and heavy, resulting in high avalanche danger. Granite Mountain (King County, Washington) Granite Mountain is a tall peak in the Cascade Range in King County, Washington east of North Bend. A fire lookout on the summit can be reached by trail. The fire lookout was first constructed in 1924 and was then rebuilt 31 years later. It is still maintained by volunteers June through September each year. Granite Mountain is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, |
912 | "Candle snuffer"
Candle snuffer A candle snuffer, candle extinguisher, or douter is an instrument used to extinguish burning candles, consisting of a small cone at the end of a handle. The use of a snuffer helps to avoid problems associated with blowing hot wax. Extinguishers are still commonly used in homes and churches. Candle snuffers date from the 17th–mid 19th centuries. They are scissor-type tools that cut and retain the snuff trimmed from candle wicks. The snuff is partially burned wicks and, with the addition of oxygen, is very flammable, therefore it needed to be isolated so it would not reignite once |
913 | "Santa Fe Springs, California"
the population living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 17,438 people, 4,834 households, and 3,780 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,992.0 inhabitants per square mile (769.5/km²). There were 4,933 housing units at an average density of 563.5 per square mile (217.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 51.22% White, 3.89% African American, 1.43% Native American, 3.95% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 34.99% from other races, and 4.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 71.38% of the population. As of 2000, speakers of Spanish |
914 | "Cuban dissident movement"
10 June 2010, seventy-four of Cuba's dissidents signed a letter to the United States Congress in support of a bill that would lift the US travel ban for Americans wishing to visit Cuba. The signers include blogger Yoani Sanchez and hunger striker Guillermo Farinas, as well as Elizardo Sanchez, head of Cuba's most prominent human rights group and Miriam Leiva, who helped found the Damas de Blanco, or Ladies in White, a group of wives and mothers of jailed dissidents. The letter supports a bill introduced on 23 February by Rep. Collin Peterson, a Minnesota Democrat, that would bar the |
915 | "Granite Mountain (Utah)"
Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) excavated 600 feet into the north side of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The Granite Mountain facilities feature a dry, environment-controlled facility used for long-term record storage, as well as administrative offices, shipping and receiving docks, a processing facility and restoration laboratory for microfilm. Records stored include genealogical and family history information contained in over 2.4 million rolls of microfilm and 1 million microfiche. This equals about three billion pages of family history records. The vault's library of microfilm increases by up to 40,000 rolls per year. Since 1999, the church has been digitizing the genealogical microfilms stored |
916 | "No Need for Bushido"
page on Wednesdays, and often releasing an alternate script on Fridays. On September 16, ""No Need for Bushido"" contributed a page to the Webcomic Hurricane Telethon, hosted by Blank Label Comics. ""NNFB"" reentered the buzzComix Top 100 in September 2005, and is typically high ranking on TWC. In 2006, early pages were re-written, correcting misspelled words and altering dialogue. On December 3, 2007, ""No Need for Bushido"" moved hosts to Keenspot. In January 2008, the first issue of ""No Need for Bushido"" was released for download at WOWIO. Recently, due to conflicts with his other work, the artist has moved |
917 | "Santa Fe Springs, California"
of $33,413 versus $27,279 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,547. About 8.0% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.9% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over. In the California State Legislature, Santa Fe Springs is in , and in . In the United States House of Representatives, Santa Fe Springs is in . Police services for the city are contracted to the Whittier Police Department, based at the Santa Fe Springs Police Services Center sub-station. The police services center is located on |
918 | "Kingdom of Kush"
classical antiquity, the Kushite imperial capital was located at Meroë. In early Greek geography, the Meroitic kingdom was known as Aethiopia. The Kingdom of Kush with its capital at Meroe persisted until the 4th century AD, when it weakened and disintegrated due to internal rebellion. The seat was eventually captured and burnt to the ground by the Kingdom of Aksum. Afterwards the Nubians established the three, eventually Christianized, kingdoms of Nobatia, Makuria and Alodia. The native name of the Kingdom was recorded in Egyptian as ', likely pronounced /kuɫuʃ/ ""or ""'/kuʔuʃ/ ""in Middle Egyptian when the term is first used |
919 | "Kingdom of Kush"
for Nubia, based on the New Kingdom-era Akkadian transliteration as the genitive ""kūsi"". It is also an ethnic term for the native population who initiated the kingdom of Kush. The term is also displayed in the names of Kushite persons, such as King Kashta (a transcription of ""k3š-t3"" ""(one from) the land of Kush""). Geographically, Kush referred to the region south of the first cataract in general. Kush also was the home of the rulers of the 25th dynasty. The name ""Kush"", since at least the time of Josephus, has been connected with the biblical character Cush, in the Hebrew |
920 | "Kingdom of Kush"
Bible (Hebrew: כוש), son of Ham (Genesis 10:6). Ham had four sons named: Cush, Put, Canaan and Mizraim (Hebrew name for Egypt). According to the Bible, Nimrod, a son of Cush, was the founder and king of Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in Shinar (Gen 10:10). The Bible also makes reference to someone named Cush who is a Benjamite (Psalms 7:1, KJV). Some modern scholars, such as Friedrich Delitzsch, have suggested that the biblical Cush might be linked to the Kassites of the Zagros Mountains (modern Iran). Mentuhotep II, the 21st century BC founder of the Middle Kingdom, is recorded |
921 | "Potential well"
shape formula_4 and resolving the Young-Laplace equation for the new radii formula_5 (nm), we estimate the new formula_6(GPa). The smaller the radii, the greater the pressure is present. The increase in pressure at the nanoscale results in strong forces toward the interior of the particle. Consequently, the molecular structure of the particle appears to be different from the bulk mode, especially at the surface. These abnormalities at the surface are responsible for changes of inter-atomic interactions and bandgap. Potential well A potential well is the region surrounding a local minimum of potential energy. Energy captured in a potential well is |
922 | "Wisden Cricketers of the Year"
Wisden Cricketers of the Year The ""Wisden"" Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication ""Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"", based primarily on their ""influence on the previous English season"". The award began in 1889 with the naming of ""Six Great Bowlers of the Year"", and continued with the naming of ""Nine Great Batsmen of the Year"" in 1890 and ""Five Great Wicket-Keepers"" in 1891. Since 1897, with a few notable exceptions, the annual award has recognised five players of the year. No players were named in 1916 or 1917, as the First World War prevented |
923 | "Wisden Cricketers of the Year"
any first-class cricket being played in England, while in 1918 and 1919 the recipients were five schoolboy cricketers. From 1941 to 1946, the Second World War caused the same issue and no players were named. Three players have been sole recipients: W. G. Grace (1896), Plum Warner (1921) and Jack Hobbs (1926). The latter two selections are the only exceptions to the rule that a player may receive the award only once. Hobbs was first recognised in 1909, but was selected a second time in 1926 to honour his breaking W. G. Grace's record of 126 first-class hundreds; Warner was |
924 | "Sierra Madre, California"
an All-America City in 2007. In approximately 500 CE, Tongva Indians, the native people migrated from the Mojave area to what would become Los Angeles County, (including the San Gabriel Valley). Their name means ""People of the Earth"". Their primary language was Uto-Aztecan Shoshonean. In the 16th century there were about 25 Tongva villages, with a population of approximately 400 people. By 1769, the first Spanish settlers arrived in the region, finding an estimated 5,000 Tongva living in 31 villages. Sierra Madre was the site of a settlement named ""Sonayna"". Two years later, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel was founded in |
925 | "Alfred Molina"
Alfred Molina Alfredo ""Alfred"" Molina (born 24 May 1953) is an English actor and voice artist. He is known for his roles in ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"" (1981), ""Prick Up Your Ears"" (1987), ""Enchanted April"" (1992), ""Maverick"" (1994), ""Species"" (1995), ""Boogie Nights"" (1997), ""Chocolat"" (2000), ""Frida"" (2002), ""Spider-Man 2"" (2004), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2006), ""An Education"" (2009), and ""Love Is Strange"" (2014). Molina rose to prominence on the West End, earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play nomination for his performance in the production of ""Oklahoma!"" in 1980. He made his Broadway debut as |
926 | "Daniel al-Kumisi"
to the Diaspora"". As regards Daniel's theories, he denied that speculation could be regarded as a source of knowledge, and, probably in accordance with this tenet, he maintained, in opposition to Anan, the principle that the Biblical laws must not be interpreted allegorically, nor explained contrary to the simple text (see below). He evinces little regard for science, as, for instance, when he asserts that it is forbidden to determine the beginning of the new moon by calculation, after the manner of the Rabbis, because such calculations are condemned like astrology, and the practise of them is threatened with severe |
927 | "Daniel al-Kumisi"
punishment, according to Isaiah xlvii. 13-14. Yet Daniel himself, in his commentary to Leviticus xxvi., indulges in long reflections on the theodicy and on the suffering of the pious. His conception of the angels, also, is most extraordinary. He says that wherever ""mal'akhim"" (angels) are mentioned in the Bible, the designation does not refer to living, speaking beings who act as messengers, but to forces of nature, as fire, fog, winds, etc., by means of which God performs His works (compare Maimonides, ""Moreh,"" ii. 6). This may be due to the influence of the Sadducees (who also denied the existence |
928 | "Sierra Madre, California"
first Mount Wilson Observatory in 1889. The installation of the Harvard telescope in 1889, which brought its own problems of transporting the instrument up the old Wilson trail, caused an interest in a Mt. Wilson roadway, something more than a trail. The Harvard telescope was removed and in July the new toll road was officially opened to the public. The toll was set by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors at 25 cents for hikers and 50 cents for horseback. The new road was called the ""New Mt. Wilson Trail"" and it was more popular at the time than |
929 | "Daniel al-Kumisi"
description in Lev. xxiii. 40 of the trees which, according to Daniel, were used in erecting the sukkah, the phrase ""periez hadar"" (the fruit of goodly trees) is more definitely explained by ""kappot temarim"" (branches of palms), the palm being distinguished for its beauty (Cant. vii. 8). Like Anan, Benjamin al-Nahawandi, and Ishmael al-Ukbari, Daniel forbade in the Diaspora the eating of those animals that were used for sacrifice, adding to the proofs of his predecessors others drawn from Hosea ix. 4 and Isa. lxvi. 3. The prohibition contained in Exodus xxiii. 19 (""Thou shalt not seethe a kid in |
930 | "Sierra Madre, California"
of rain, mudslides, falling trees, soil erosion and rockslides, the regularly monitored trail course changes almost every year, and no official records of running times are kept. The course starts and ends on pavement, but most of the race is run on a dirt path about three feet wide, and the Mt. Wilson Trail has occasional steep vertical drops of hundreds of feet. Due to the trail's narrowness and steepness, the race is limited to 300 male and 300 female runners. The path gains elevation to more than , and at from the start of the race is Orchard Camp, |
931 | "Sierra Madre, California"
the turnaround point. Scout troops hike up to provide water at two locations, at the point and at the Orchard Camp turnaround. The Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team provides emergency support on race day. The Mt. Wilson Trail Race has traditional and historical value to the community. A year after the city's incorporation, Roman Catholic families contacted a priest from Chicago, Father M. W. Barth, who had moved west for his health, to ask if he could celebrate Mass for them. The construction of the first very small church of St. Rita's parish, founded by Barth in 1908, was |
932 | "Abadan, Iran"
1954, that a settlement was reached, which allowed a consortium of international oil companies to manage the production and refining on the island. This continued until 1973, when the NIOC took over all facilities. After total nationalization, Iran focused on supplying oil domestically and built a pipeline from Abadan to Tehran. Whereas Abadan was not a major cultural or religious centre, it did play an important role in the Islamic Revolution. On 19 August 1978 the anniversary of the US backed coup d'état which overthrew the nationalist and popular Iranian prime minister, Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh – the Cinema Rex, a |
933 | "Sierra Madre, California"
overnight. On October 6, 1950, the last Pacific Electric train left from Sierra Madre. In 1951, Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team was established by Larry Shepherd and Fred LaLone. Sierra Madre joined the Pasadena Unified School District in 1961. In 1967, Princess Margaret visited the British Home in Sierra Madre. The Cultural Heritage Committee was established in 1969 by the Sierra Madre City Council with the intent of ""defining cultural and aesthetic landmarks throughout the City of Sierra Madre and to recommend how such landmarks be preserved."" In 1969, the city purchased the Women's Clubhouse, to be demolished and |
934 | "Alfred Molina"
U.S. presidential election. Alfred Molina Alfredo ""Alfred"" Molina (born 24 May 1953) is an English actor and voice artist. He is known for his roles in ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"" (1981), ""Prick Up Your Ears"" (1987), ""Enchanted April"" (1992), ""Maverick"" (1994), ""Species"" (1995), ""Boogie Nights"" (1997), ""Chocolat"" (2000), ""Frida"" (2002), ""Spider-Man 2"" (2004), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2006), ""An Education"" (2009), and ""Love Is Strange"" (2014). Molina rose to prominence on the West End, earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play nomination for his performance in the production of ""Oklahoma!"" in 1980. He made his |
935 | "Public Television Service"
Public Television Service Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS Foundation/Public Television Service Foundation, ), also called Public Television Service (PTS, ), is the first independent public broadcasting institution in Taiwan, which broadcasts the Public Television Service Taiwan. Although first proposed in 1980, it was not until 1984 that the executive-level Government Information Office (GIO), which regulates mass media activities and serves as the government press bureau, attempted to create a separate entity that would produce public interest programs for broadcast on the then-existing three terrestrial networks. Nevertheless, the Executive Yuan (one of Taiwan's five branches of government or ""yuans"", and |
936 | "Daniel al-Kumisi"
this law, the mother also receives one-third. Daniel was possibly influenced here by the shariah (see Quran, sura iv. 12, 175). In other respects Daniel follows the Talmud in holding that the descendants of one entitled to a portion succeed to his entire rights; the children of the son—i.e., grandchildren—taking precedence over the daughter, their aunt. Finally, Daniel holds that responsibility for the observance of the commandments must begin not with the thirteenth, but with the twentieth year; that the New-Year begins on the tenth of Tishri, as follows from Ezek. xl. 1; and that Muslims also may act as |
937 | "Abadan, Iran"
during a heat burst in June 1967, with a temperature of . The lowest recorded temperature in the city range is . which was recorded on January 20, 1964 and February 3, 1967 while the highest is , recorded on July 11, 1951 and August 9, 1981. The Abadan Institute of Technology was established in Abadan in 1939. The school specialized in engineering and petroleum chemistry, and was designed to train staff for the refinery in town. The school's name has since changed several times, but since 1989 has been considered a branch campus of the Petroleum University of Technology, |
938 | "Sierra Madre, California"
as a California city. Sierra Madre also won the All-America City Award given by the National Civic League. That same year, the refurbished World War I cannon in Memorial Park was dedicated. In March 2008, the Milton & Harriet Goldberg Recreation Area was dedicated, as the city's first such pocket park in over 30 years. In 2009, the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society published ""Southern California Story: Seeking the Better Life in Sierra Madre"", by Michele Zack. In the California State Legislature, Sierra Madre is in , and . In the United States House of Representatives, Sierra Madre is in |
939 | "Sierra Madre, California"
. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Monrovia Health Center in Monrovia, serving Sierra Madre. The city has 69 traffic signals within its city limits. The Sierra Madre Police Department patrols the city, providing 24/7 protection for the citizens of Sierra Madre. In July 2003, the MTA began operation of the Gold line from Union Station to Sierra Madre Villa. Sierra Madre expanded local transit service as part of the new operation. Sierra Madre is the last city in Los Angeles County to provide paramedic service to its residents.<ref name=""history""/. Sierra Madre is considering contracting out |
940 | "Kingdom of Kush"
Kingdom of Kush's proximity to Ancient Egypt — the first cataract at Elephantine usually being considered the traditional border between the two polities — and because the 25th dynasty ruled over both states in the 8th century BC, from the Rift Valley to the Taurus mountains, historians have closely associated the study of Kush with Egyptology, in keeping with the general assumption that the complex sociopolitical development of Egypt's neighbours can be understood in terms of Egyptian models. As a result, the political structure and organization of Kush as an independent ancient state has not received as thorough attention from |
941 | "Kingdom of Kush"
scholars, and there remains much ambiguity especially surrounding the earliest periods of the state. Edwards has suggested that study of the region could benefit from increased recognition of Kush as a state in its own right, with distinct cultural conditions, rather than merely as a secondary state on the periphery of Egypt. Kingdom of Kush The Kingdom of Kush or Kush () was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, located at the Sudanese and southern Egyptian Nile Valley. The Kushite era of rule in Nubia was established after the Late Bronze Age collapse and the disintegration of the New Kingdom of |
942 | "Alexander Fleming"
and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He and many of his colleagues worked in battlefield hospitals at the Western Front in France. In 1918 he returned to St Mary's Hospital, where he was elected Professor of Bacteriology of the University of London in 1928. In 1951 he was elected the Rector of the University of Edinburgh for a term of three years. During World War I, Fleming witnessed the death of many soldiers from sepsis resulting from infected wounds. Antiseptics, which were used at the time to treat infected wounds, often worsened the injuries. In an article he submitted for the |
943 | "Alexander Fleming"
medical journal ""The Lancet"" during World War I, Fleming described an ingenious experiment, which he was able to conduct as a result of his own glass blowing skills, in which he explained why antiseptics were killing more soldiers than infection itself during World War I. Antiseptics worked well on the surface, but deep wounds tended to shelter anaerobic bacteria from the antiseptic agent, and antiseptics seemed to remove beneficial agents produced that protected the patients in these cases at least as well as they removed bacteria, and did nothing to remove the bacteria that were out of reach. Sir Almroth |
944 | "Alexander Fleming"
Wright strongly supported Fleming's findings, but despite this, most army physicians over the course of the war continued to use antiseptics even in cases where this worsened the condition of the patients. At St Mary's Hospital Fleming continued his investigations into antibacterial substances. Testing the nasal secretions from a patient with a heavy cold, he found that nasal mucus had an inhibitory effect on bacterial growth. This was the first recorded discovery of lysozyme, an enzyme present in many secretions including tears, saliva, skin, hair and nails as well as mucus. Although he was able to obtain larger amounts of |
945 | "Alexander Fleming"
lysozyme from egg whites, the enzyme was only effective against small counts of harmless bacteria, and therefore had little therapeutic potential. By 1927, Fleming had been investigating the properties of staphylococci. He was already well-known from his earlier work, and had developed a reputation as a brilliant researcher, but his laboratory was often untidy. On 3 September 1928, Fleming returned to his laboratory having spent August on holiday with his family. Before leaving, he had stacked all his cultures of staphylococci on a bench in a corner of his laboratory. On returning, Fleming noticed that one culture was contaminated with |
946 | "Alexander Fleming"
a fungus, and that the colonies of staphylococci immediately surrounding the fungus had been destroyed, whereas other staphylococci colonies farther away were normal, famously remarking ""That's funny"". Fleming showed the contaminated culture to his former assistant Merlin Price, who reminded him, ""That's how you discovered lysozyme."" Fleming grew the mould in a pure culture and found that it produced a substance that killed a number of disease-causing bacteria. He identified the mould as being from the genus ""Penicillium"", and, after some months of calling it ""mould juice"", named the substance it released ""penicillin"" on 7 March 1929. The laboratory in |
947 | "Alexander Fleming"
which Fleming discovered and tested penicillin is preserved as the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum in St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington. He investigated its positive anti-bacterial effect on many organisms, and noticed that it affected bacteria such as staphylococci and many other Gram-positive pathogens that cause scarlet fever, pneumonia, meningitis and diphtheria, but not typhoid fever or paratyphoid fever, which are caused by Gram-negative bacteria, for which he was seeking a cure at the time. It also affected ""Neisseria gonorrhoeae,"" which causes gonorrhoea, although this bacterium is Gram-negative. Fleming published his discovery in 1929, in the British ""Journal of Experimental Pathology,"" but |
948 | "Apertura and Clausura"
next calendar year. Like most Latin American leagues, it crowns two separate champions in each season. However, its format is significantly different from that of most other leagues, being more similar to the system used by Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada. In the first split season (2012–13), the league's 12 teams were divided into two six-team zones. During the first half of the season, every team played a double round-robin within its zone, plus single games against four teams from the opposite zone, resulting in a 14-game schedule. The top two teams from each zone qualified |
949 | Stipule
Stipule In botany, stipule (Latin ""stipula"": straw, stalk) is a term coined by Linnaeus which refers to outgrowths borne on either side (sometimes just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole). A pair of stipules is considered part of the anatomy of the leaf of a typical flowering plant, although in many species the stipules are inconspicuous or entirely absent (and the leaf is then termed exstipulate). In some older botanical writing, the term ""stipule"" was used more generally to refer to any small leaves or leaf-parts, notably prophylls. The position of stipules on a plant varies |
950 | Stipule
widely from species to species, though they are often located near the base of a leaf. Stipules are most common on dicotyledons, where they appear in pairs alongside each leaf. Some monocotyledon plants display stipule-like structures, but only display one per leaf. A relationship exists between the anatomy of the stem node and the presence or absence of stipules: most plants with ""trilacunar"" nodes have stipules; species with ""unilacunar"" nodes lack stipules. Stipules are morphologically variable and might appear as glands, scales, hairs, spines, or laminar (leaf-like) structures. If a single stipule goes all the way around the stem, it |
951 | Stipule
is known as an ochrea. The three types of stipules according to duration are caducous, deciduous and persistent. Caducous stipules fall off before the leaf unfolds, while deciduous stipules fall off immediately after the leaf unfolds. Persistent stipules remain attached to the plant. Stipules can be considered free lateral, adnate, interpetiolar, intrapetiolar, ochreate, foliaceous, bud scales, tendrillar or spiny. A stipule can be fused to the stem, or to the other stipule from the same node. A stipule is ""adnate"" if it's fused together on part of the petiole length, but the anterior is still free. A stipule is ""interpetiolar"" |
952 | "Sierra Madre, California"
place to sequester his team from the temptations of Los Angeles. The Mater Dolorosa monastery in Sierra Madre offered secluded serenity, along with a small company of black-robed friars to make sure the team didn't get into any mischief. The Buckeyes won the game. Other team coaches have followed suit. Bobby Bell, a Minnesota linebacker, remembered the team bus pulling into the monastery one late night, with only the headlights and police escort lights shining against the religious statues. He remarked to his coach: ""You don't have to worry about bed-check tonight, Coach."" Forty-eight properties are listed on Sierra Madre's |
953 | "Sierra Madre, California"
Designated Historical Properties List, including Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery (1884), Old North Church (1890) of Sierra Madre Congregational Church (1928), the Episcopal Church of the Ascension(1888), and Hart's house (1884) in Sierra Madre Memorial Park. Sierra Madre is served by two local newspapers, ""Sierra Madre Weekly"" and the ""Mountain Views News"", the online ""Sierra Madre Tattler"" blog, and Sierra Madre News.Net. Sierra Madre is at (34.165, −118.051). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.7 km²). 3.0 square miles (7.7 km²) of it is land, and 0.15% is water. Sierra |
954 | "Sierra Madre, California"
Madre has warm, dry summers, and cool, wet winters (Mediterranean climate type). Annual precipitation is just under 18 inches, mostly falling between November and March. In fall months, a Southern California phenomenon called the Santa Ana winds can bring daytime temperatures into the 80s year round, and keep overnight lows above 60, even in winter. Winter, however, mostly consist of cool, rainy days followed by warm sunny ones. Frosts are not very common, with snow only being recorded 3 times. By May, Pacific storms no longer visit the region. In May and June, hot desert temperatures combined with cool ocean |
955 | "Sierra Madre, California"
waters bring in low hanging clouds each morning called the Marine Layer. They dissipate by noon. These clouds make June the cloudiest month for Sierra Madre, even though it only receives an average .21"" of rain per June. From July through October, hot temperatures grip the region, with September being the hottest month, unlike the rest of the nation. During this period, it rarely rains. The 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake was a M 5.8 tremor that hit at on June 28, 1991. It caused regional damage, such as knocking over chimneys and rearranging cinder block walls that run along major |
956 | "Sierra Madre, California"
roads in the area. Sierra Madre lies between Santa Anita Blvd. to the east and Michillinda Ave. to the west. To the south, it is bordered by Orange Grove Blvd.. Its principal road is Sierra Madre Blvd.. City of Sierra Madre offers transportation on a Gateway bus. The City is served by Metro Local lines 268 and 487; Pasadena ARTS routes 60 with connection to the Metro Gold Line bus station on Sierra Madre Villa Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. The 2010 United States Census reported that Sierra Madre had a population of 10,917. The population density was 3,692.0 people per |
957 | "Apertura and Clausura"
worth as many points as winning the spring split. Apertura and Clausura The and tournaments is a split season format for sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is divided in two sections per season, each with its own champion. ' and ' are the Spanish words for ""opening"" and ""closing"". In French-speaking Haiti, these are known as the ' and the ', while in English-speaking Belize, they are respectively the ""Opening"" and ""Closing"" seasons. The North American Soccer League (NASL) adopted |
958 | "Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory"
Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory The Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory is the argument that U.S. Government officials had advance knowledge of Japan's December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Ever since the Japanese attack; there has been debate as to how and why the United States had been caught off guard, and how much and when American officials knew of Japanese plans for an attack. In September 1944, John T. Flynn, a co-founder of the non-interventionist America First Committee, launched a Pearl Harbor counter-narrative when he published a forty-six page booklet entitled ""The Truth about Pearl Harbor"". Several writers, |
959 | "Xiu Xiu"
""The Air Force"" also contained the band's first album-based song without vocals by Stewart – with McElroy singing ""Hello From Eau Claire"". A third EP – ""Tu Mi Piaci"" (""I like you"") – of songs originally recorded by acts such as Bauhaus, Nedelle, Big Star, The Pussycat Dolls, and Nina Simone was released in 2006, along with a collaboration with ambient artist Grouper, entitled ""Creepshow"". Shortly thereafter, Xiu Xiu would record their sixth album, 2008's ""Women as Lovers"". Their longest LP to date, ""Women as Lovers"" attempts to home in on the synth-pop influences of the group's sound. Stewart's and |
960 | "Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse"
descriptions of Sparky as a common mutt. When Monk asks where he was the previous night, Dumas says he was at home on Friday night, watching the firehouse to make sure Sparky didn’t try anything again. While watching, he saw a lone firefighter come out of the firehouse. When Natalie brings this up on a date with Joe later, Joe says that this is impossible: all of the on-duty firemen were at Esther Stoval's house that night and they never sent anyone back for supplies. Monk figures that perhaps Dumas saw the killer. In questioning Dumas, Monk also notices a |
961 | "Xiu Xiu"
Cold Cave, which she soon after departed from in 2010. With the vacancies left by both Hoff and McElroy, Stewart and Smith recruited Angela Seo in late 2009. Thereafter, the group would begin work on its seventh LP ""Dear God, I Hate Myself"", recording in both Oakland, California as well as Durham, North Carolina. Once again shifting motifs, Xiu Xiu would this time choose to experiment with video game-based programming, utilizing the Nintendo DS to write many of the songs which appear on their 2010 release. The music video for the song ""Dear God, I Hate Myself"" received attention online |
962 | "Xiu Xiu"
in 2010. The video consists of Angela Seo inducing vomiting over the course of the three-minute song, culminating with her vomiting on Stewart, who has been eating a chocolate bar during the entire video. Seo and Stewart have defended the video online and in interviews, stating that the video illustrates the subject of the song in an extreme and visceral fashion. In 2010, Xiu Xiu left Kill Rock Stars and signed with Bella Union and Polyvinyl. Xiu Xiu released ""Always"" on these new labels in 2012. It was called ""magnificent"" and given 5 stars by The Independent and given a |
963 | "Xiu Xiu"
9/10 by Drowned in Sound. In April 2013, Stewart and Eugene Robinson of Oxbow released the collaborative album ""Xiu Xiu & Eugene S. Robinson Present: Sal Mineo"" on Important Records after having toured Europe together in February to promote the project. In an email sent to fans on January 28, 2013, Xiu Xiu announced that ""Ches Smith, Mary Halvorson, Tim Berne, Tony Malaby, Andrea Parkins and Jamie Stewart just finished recording an album in NYC of free jazz and art song versions of all Nina Simone songs."" The album, ""Nina"", was released on Graveface Records on December 3, 2013. In |
964 | "Sierra Madre, California"
town, the population was spread out with 18.9% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males. The median income for a household in the town was $65,900, and the median income for a family was $79,588. Males had a median income of $61,635 versus $42,527 for females. The per capita income for |
965 | "Xiu Xiu"
The announcement was accompanied with lead single ""Wondering"", signifying a return to more pop-orientated songwriting. Xiu Xiu performed a long piece ""Deforms the Unborn"" based on the demonic possession of children at the Guggenheim Museum in May 2018. Xiu Xiu have announced a new album titled 'Girl with Basket of Fruit' which will be released February 8, 2019 via Polyvinyl. The band's name comes from the film """". The band found its first tracks to match the ""rotten realness"" spirit of the film, ""that sometimes life turns out with a worst possible case scenario"". Stewart said Tracy Chapman's ""Fast Car"", |
966 | "Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse"
a development plan by Lucas Breen, a local real estate tycoon, to demolish the houses on Esther's side of the street, and build an upscale condominium block. Now that she’s dead, the other residents are delighted to take their buyout from Breen and vacate the neighborhood. Neighbors on both sides of Esther's street show similar stories - one of her next-door neighbors, who works at a local think tank, claims he had to research every new cat that Esther bought, and also mentions that Esther bought a type of cat known as a Turkish Van a few days before she |
967 | "Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse"
was killed. He also notes that her house was like an enormous litterbox (as the dander would blow when it was windy out). A neighbor who lived across the street from Esther tells Monk and Natalie that Esther ratted him out to the cable company for hijacking their signal with an illegal converter box to watch a baseball game. He notes that he also sells antique cars to make some money (as he is unemployed), and when Esther saw people buying restored antique vehicles from him, she filed a complaint with the city clerk, who fined him for operating a |
968 | "Signal Hill, California"
named after is 365 feet (110 m) above the surrounding town of Long Beach. Because of this height, it was used by the local Tongva Indians for signal fires that could be seen throughout the surrounding area and even out to Catalina Island, away. After the Spanish claimed ""Alta California"" (""Upper California,"" or what is now the state of California), Signal Hill eventually became part of the first large rancho grant to be allotted under Spanish rule in Alta California. The Rancho San Pedro (Dominguez Rancho) land grant exceeded as granted to a soldier, Juan Jose Dominguez, who accompanied Junipero |
969 | "Xiu Xiu"
teenage girls ask for Stewart's autograph. Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu () is an American experimental band, formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. Currently, the line-up consists of Stewart (the only constant member since formation), Angela Seo, Thor Harris, and Devin Hoff . The band's name comes from the film """" and has influenced the sound of their music according to Stewart. Jamie Stewart formed Xiu Xiu in 2002 after his previous band, Ten in the Swear Jar, disbanded. Stewart and Cory McCulloch continued from the previous group, and were joined by Yvonne Chen and Lauren |
970 | "United Nations Security Council Resolution 446"
United Nations Security Council Resolution 446 United Nations Security Council resolution 446, adopted on 22 March 1979, concerned the issue of Israeli settlements in the ""Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem"". This refers to the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip as well as the Syrian Golan Heights. In the resolution, the Security Council determined: ""that the policy and practices of Israel in establishing settlements in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967 have no legal validity and constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting |
971 | "United Nations Security Council Resolution 446"
peace in the Middle East"" The resolution was adopted by 12 votes to none, with 3 abstentions from Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Resolution 446 affirms ""once more that the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 is applicable to the Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem"". Tomis Kapitan reports that: Israel's argument against the applicability of the Convention was formulated by Meir Shamgar and is based on an interpretation of Article 2, which reads: The government's argument (first made by |
972 | "Signal Hill, California"
a mix of residential and commercial areas. The city was incorporated on April 22, 1924. Among the reasons for incorporation was avoiding annexation by Long Beach with its zoning restrictions and per-barrel oil tax. Proving to be a progressive city, Signal Hill elected as its first mayor, Mrs. Jessie Nelson. She was California's first female mayor. On the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Signal Hill is represented by 4th District Supervisor Janice Hahn. In the United States House of Representatives, Signal Hill is in . In the California State Legislature, Signal Hill is in , and in . The |
973 | "Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory"
was passed to Captains Walter Anderson and Dudley Knox, two of Roosevelt's military advisors, on October 7, 1940, there is no evidence to suggest Roosevelt ever saw it, while Stinnett's claims of evidence he did is nonexistent. Moreover, although Anderson and Knox offered eight specific plans to aggrieve the Japanese Empire and added, ""If by these means Japan could be led to commit an overt act of war, so much the better,"" of the eight ""plans"" (actions to be taken) offered in the memo, many if not all were implemented, but there is considerable doubt the McCollom memo was the |
974 | "United Nations Security Council Resolution 446"
states that ""The High Contracting Parties undertake to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention ""in all circumstances"""" (emphasis added). On 15 July 1999 a conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention met at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. It ruled that the Convention did apply in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem. In 2001, at a one-day conference of High Contracting Parties, 114 countries adopted a three-page declaration re-affirming that the terms of the Convention applied to the Palestinian territories. In August 2004 an Israeli justice ministry team set up by Attorney |
975 | "United Nations Security Council Resolution 446"
General Menachem Mazuz to study the ramifications of a ruling by the World Court recommended that the Israeli government should consider applying the Fourth Geneva Convention to the West Bank and Gaza. Israel argues that it is not in violation of it. Firstly, Israel argues that the article was created in the context of World War II only. Secondly, it is only intended to cover ""forcible"" transfers and to protect the local population from displacement. Article 49(1)of the Convention specifically covers ""[i]ndividual or mass ""forcible"" transfers"" whereas the Israelis who live in the settlements have moved there voluntarily, and argue |
976 | "United Nations Security Council Resolution 446"
that settlements are not intended to, nor have ever resulted in, the displacement of Palestinians from the area. However, Article 49(6) also prohibits Israel to 'transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies', which would cover the Israeli settlements. Thirdly, Israel claims that some of the settlers have returned to areas where Jewish settlements existed before 1948 (such as Gush Etzion) and therefore it is an entirely different issue. Fourthly, Israel claims that the Geneva Convention only applies in the absence of an operative peace agreement and between two powers accepting the Convention. Since the Oslo |
977 | "United Nations Security Council Resolution 446"
Accords leave the issue of settlements to be negotiated later, proponents of this view argue that the Palestinians accepted the temporary presence of Israeli settlements pending further negotiation, and that there is no basis for declaring them illegal. Israel left the Gaza Strip in September 2005, and removed all of the settlements and military forces that were in it. Parts of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights remain under control of Israel as of today. Israel remains in control of Gaza's airspace and territorial waters. It has not controlled the Rafah crossing into Egypt since the unilateral |
978 | "Andrew Carnegie"
owned shares in the landmark Eads Bridge project across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri (completed 1874). This project was an important proof-of-concept for steel technology, which marked the opening of a new steel market. In 1901, Carnegie was 66 years of age and considering retirement. He reformed his enterprises into conventional joint stock corporations as preparation to this end. John Pierpont Morgan was a banker and perhaps America's most important financial deal maker. He had observed how efficiently Carnegie produced profit. He envisioned an integrated steel industry that would cut costs, lower prices to consumers, produce in greater |
979 | "Signal Hill, California"
outdoor concerts during the summer. ""Hilltop Park"" is at the top of Signal Hill and is very popular for its great views. There are several telescopes in the park. There is also some public artwork in the park and a mist tower. This park is a popular location for hiding geocaches. On a clear day you can see as far as the Santa Monica mountains, downtown LA, the large mountains behind it, all of the communities in between, most of Long Beach, down the South Bay area to Newport Beach, and out to sea Catalina Island. It is a view |
980 | "Battle of Island Number Ten"
mortars. At the same time, the Union forces at New Madrid were digging a canal across the neck of land east of the town to bypass Island No. 10. Several transports were sent to the Army of the Mississippi when the canal was finished, which provided the army with a way to cross the river and attack the Confederate troops on the Tennessee side. Pope persuaded Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote to send a gunboat past the batteries, to assist him in crossing the river by keeping off any Southern gunboats and suppressing Confederate artillery fire at the point of |
981 | "Battle of Island Number Ten"
attack. The , under Commander Henry Walke, slipped past the island on the night of April 4, 1862. This was followed by the , under Lieutenant Egbert Thompson two nights later. With the support of these two gunboats, Pope was able to move his army across the river and trap the Confederates opposite the island, who by now were trying to retreat. Outnumbered at least three to one, the Confederates realized their situation was hopeless and decided to surrender. At about the same time, the garrison on the island surrendered to Flag Officer Foote and the Union flotilla. The Union |
982 | "Battle of Island Number Ten"
victory marked the first time the Confederate Army lost a position on the Mississippi River in battle. The river was now open to the Union Navy as far as Fort Pillow, a short distance above Memphis. Only three weeks later, New Orleans fell to a Union fleet led by David G. Farragut, and the Confederacy was in danger of being cut in two along the line of the river. Island No. 10 owed its name to the fact that it was at one time the tenth island in the Mississippi River south of its junction with the Ohio. An evanescent |
983 | "Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory"
as: was this official privy to information about the U.S. government? Did he have communications with high-level administration figures such as President Roosevelt or Ambassador Joseph Grew? Is this just a strongly held personal opinion? Or were there measures justifying this view? If Britain, did, indeed know and chose to conceal, ""withholding this vital intelligence only ran the risk of losing American trust"", and with it any further American aid, which would be reduced after the attack in any event. There is also a claim, first asserted in Toland's ""Infamy"", that ONI knew about Japanese carrier movements. Toland cited entries |
984 | "Andrew Carnegie"
management of the library project by 1908 to his staff, led by James Bertram (1874–1934). The first Carnegie library opened in 1883 in Dunfermline. His method was to build and equip, but only on condition that the local authority matched that by providing the land and a budget for operation and maintenance. To secure local interest, in 1885, he gave $500,000 to Pittsburgh for a public library, and in 1886, he gave $250,000 to Allegheny City for a music hall and library; and $250,000 to Edinburgh for a free library. In total, Carnegie funded some 3,000 libraries, located in 47 |
985 | "Battle of Island Number Ten"
by wading or using makeshift rafts, but an army trying to do so would not be able to move its heavy equipment, and also would lose cohesion. For these reasons, Island No. 10 was considered to be invulnerable to land attack from the Tennessee side. It also meant, however, that the only route for either reinforcement or escape was the Tiptonville road. The land on the Missouri side was higher, although not high enough to give guns mounted there the advantage of plunging fire. The river banks, about above low water, were roughly only one-third as high as the bluffs |
986 | "Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory"
incorrect claims about the diary during lectures at the Holocaust denial organization the Institute for Historical Review. The diary states at 02:00 (6-12-41) Turner fears a sudden Japanese attack on Manila. At 14:00 the diary states ""Everyone present on O.N.I. I speak to Director Admiral Wilkinson, Captain MacCollum, Lt. Cdr. Kramer ... They show me – on my request – the place of the 2 carriers (see 2–12–41) West of Honolulu. I ask what the idea is of these carriers on that place. The answer was: 'perhaps in connection with Japanese rapports [sic] on eventual American actions'. There is not |
987 | "Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory"
one of ours who speaks about a possible air attack on Honolulu. I myself did not think of it because I believed everyone on Honolulu to be 100% on the alert, as everyone here on O.N.I. There prevails a tense state of mind at O.N.I."" These diary entries are provided (in Dutch) in the photo section in George Victor's ""The Pearl Harbor Myth: Rethinking the Unthinkable"". CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow had a dinner appointment at the White House on 7 December. Because of the attack he and his wife only ate with Mrs. Roosevelt, but the president asked Murrow |
988 | "Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse"
a Marmaduke cartoon in which Marmaduke chases a cat up a tree, he realizes that they still have a chance to arrest Breen. He explains his theory to Stottlemeyer, who is willing to bet on it, even though he knows that this is risky. He points out that the chief just reprimanded him that morning for what he has done, and he risks losing his badge or possibly even demotion. Randy offers to come along, but Stottlemeyer says he won’t risk Randy’s badge along with his own. Stottlemeyer and Natalie confront Breen in his penthouse office, while Monk remains in |
989 | "Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse"
the lobby. Monk calls up on a cell phone, and on cue, Natalie produces a white cat. Breen starts to sneeze, and Monk reveals his ace in the hole: Breen was sneezing explosively when they confronted him at his house. He claimed to have a cold, but Monk has just proven that he and Breen have one thing in common: they're both allergic to cats! The cat Natalie is carrying is one that Esther Stoval purchased just a few days before she was killed. Monk also remembers that he had a sneezing fit when he first met the homeless man |
990 | "Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse"
who was later killed, and later had a similar fit when he was at the dead man's encampment. He initially thought that the man lived with cats, but there were no cat litters anywhere near the encampment. Now he realizes that cat dander collected on Breen's overcoat during the fire. Stottlemeyer reveals that they're already searching Breen's car and house they are going to match the danders they find to Esther's cats. Breen cracks and makes a run for it, escaping the office in a private elevator. Stottlemeyer curses, knowing that if Breen manages to get out of the building |
991 | "Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory"
The memo remained classified until 1994 and contains the notable line, ""If by these means Japan could be led to commit an overt act of war, so much the better."" Sections 9 and 10 of the memo are said by Gore Vidal to be the ""smoking gun"" revealed in Stinnett's book, suggesting it was central to the high level plan to lure the Japanese into an attack. Evidence the memo or derivative works actually reached President Roosevelt, senior administration officials, or the highest levels of U.S. Navy command, is circumstantial, at best. Theorists challenging the traditional view that Pearl Harbor |
992 | "Battle of Island Number Ten"
losing the garrison and its equipment, General Beauregard ordered that the position be abandoned as quietly as possible. The process began on February 24, when the first members of the Columbus garrison arrived at Island No. 10. Two days later, its new commander, Brig. Gen. John P. McCown, arrived, and immediately set to work to strengthen the position from Battery No. 1 to Point Pleasant. McCown, with adequate resources, was able to transform the island and nearby mainland into a formidable obstacle for any fleet attempting to pass. By the middle of March, five batteries containing 24 guns had been |
993 | "Battle of Island Number Ten"
built on the shore above the island; 19 guns were in five batteries on the island itself; and the floating battery ""New Orleans,"" with nine guns, was moored at the west end of the island. In addition, two forts had been set up at New Madrid: Fort Thompson to the west, with 14 guns, and Fort Bankhead with 7 guns to the east, where St. John's Bayou met the Mississippi. The Confederate Navy also supported the position. Flag Officer George N. Hollins commanded six gunboats in the river between Fort Pillow and Island No. 10. All of these were unarmored; |
994 | "South El Monte, California"
South El Monte, California South El Monte is a city in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,116, down from 21,144 at the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.4 km²), virtually all land. The 2010 United States Census reported that South El Monte had a population of 20,116. The population density was 7,061.5 people per square mile (2,726.4/km²). The racial makeup of South El Monte was 10,136 (50.4%) White (3.4% |
995 | "Andrew Carnegie"
Club in 1881. Prior to the flood, speculators had purchased the abandoned reservoir, made less than well-engineered repairs to the old dam, raised the lake level, built cottages and a clubhouse, and created the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club. Less than downstream from the dam sat the city of Johnstown. The dam was high and long. Between 1881 when the club was opened, and 1889, the dam frequently sprang leaks and was patched, mostly with mud and straw. Additionally, a previous owner removed and sold for scrap the 3 cast iron discharge pipes that previously allowed a controlled release |
996 | "Andrew Carnegie"
of water. There had been some speculation as to the dam's integrity, and concerns had been raised by the head of the Cambria Iron Works downstream in Johnstown. Such repair work, a reduction in height, and unusually high snowmelt and heavy spring rains combined to cause the dam to give way on May 31, 1889 resulting in twenty million tons of water sweeping down the valley causing the Johnstown Flood. When word of the dam's failure was telegraphed to Pittsburgh, Frick and other members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club gathered to form the Pittsburgh Relief Committee for |
997 | "Andrew Carnegie"
assistance to the flood victims as well as determining never to speak publicly about the club or the flood. This strategy was a success, and Knox and Reed were able to fend off all lawsuits that would have placed blame upon the club's members. Although Cambria Iron and Steel's facilities were heavily damaged by the flood, they returned to full production within a year. After the flood, Carnegie built Johnstown a new library to replace the one built by Cambria's chief legal counsel Cyrus Elder, which was destroyed in the flood. The Carnegie-donated library is now owned by the Johnstown |
998 | "Andrew Carnegie"
Area Heritage Association, and houses the Flood Museum. The Homestead Strike was a bloody labor confrontation lasting 143 days in 1892, one of the most serious in U.S. history. The conflict was centered on Carnegie Steel's main plant in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and grew out of a labor dispute between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (AA) and the Carnegie Steel Company. Carnegie left on a trip to Scotland before the unrest peaked. In doing so, Carnegie left mediation of the dispute in the hands of his associate and partner Henry Clay Frick. Frick was well known in industrial |
999 | "Andrew Carnegie"
circles for maintaining staunch anti-union sentiment. With the collective bargaining agreement between the union and company expiring at the end of June, Frick and the leaders of the local AA union entered into negotiations in February. With the steel industry doing well and prices higher, the AA asked for a wage increase; the AA represented about 800 of the 3,800 workers at the plant. Frick immediately countered with an average 22% wage decrease that would affect nearly half the union's membership and remove a number of positions from the bargaining unit. The union and company failed to come to an |
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