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9000 | "Carl Hans Lody"
A post-war report by MI5, the successor organisation to , explains that it was treated this way ""in the hope of learning more."" In this instance was happy to let Lody's letters go through as they contained information that was wildly misleading and caused serious (and needless) worry to the German Hi... |
9001 | "Carl Hans Lody"
admit at his trial, purely from rumours: ""I heard it in the boarding-house and I heard it in the barber's shop."" His second letter, in German, was addressed to ""Herr Stammer"" at German naval intelligence in Courbierestrasse, Berlin, and contained details of British naval losses and vessels statione... |
9002 | "Carl Hans Lody"
he was taking and stated in his letter that he would not go near any place where he could be challenged, or where barricades and restrictions prevented access. His lack of training or preparation meant that these letters, like all of his communications, were written with no attempt at concealment whats... |
9003 | "Carl Hans Lody"
was sojourning in Edinburgh after the outbreak of war had spoiled a holiday in Europe. He was staying there for a few days while he waited for a berth to become available on a ship to America, as all the transatlantic vessels were fully booked with returnees. He said that he wanted to cycle to places a... |
9004 | "Carl Hans Lody"
be cycling about for pleasure!"" For the next week, Lody followed a routine of staying in his room until noon, going out for the afternoon and returning between 5 and 7 pm. He sometimes went out on his bicycle again in the evening. He spent his time looking for information and on 14 September sent a se... |
9005 | "Carl Hans Lody"
a relatively harmless letter, it was forwarded on while the British authorities continued to monitor Lody's communications in the hope of finding out more about the German espionage network. The day after sending it, on 15 September, Lody travelled to London to reconnoitre the city's war preparations. ... |
9006 | "Carl Hans Lody"
send to Berlin. He also wrote a report on 16 September, but claimed that he had never sent it – it was never found by the British – as he felt that it was poorly written. Lody returned to Edinburgh on 17 September, taking the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh. He met a young Scottish woman, Ida McCl... |
9007 | "The Forward Pass"
but fumbles when he discovers he's been tricked, then gets into a fistfight with Kirby in the locker room. Convinced now his rival isn't yellow, Kirby invites Reid to go back to the field and win the big game. The Forward Pass The Forward Pass is a 1929 American Pre-Code football drama musical film d... |
9008 | "Henry C. Morrison"
raised money and financed his education at Dartmouth College. Morrison focused on philosophy while at Dartmouth and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1895. Morrison entered as the teaching principal at Milford High School in New Hampshire from 1895 through 1899. He taught mathematics... |
9009 | "Carl Hans Lody"
while riding from Peebles to Edinburgh, causing her ""some little injury"". He returned his damaged bicycle to the shop where he had rented it. On 27 September, Lody wrote another letter in German to ""Burchard"", enclosing press cuttings about the chivalry of British seamen and the sinking of the crui... |
9010 | "Banning State Park"
Banning State Park Banning State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, stretched along of the Kettle River near Sandstone in Pine County. The centerpiece of the park is of churning rapids, some up to Class IV. The daring kayakers and canoeists who shoot Blueberry Slide, Mother's Delight, Dragon's... |
9011 | "Carl Hans Lody"
September that ""the fear of espionage is very great and every day I see some Germans going to Redford Barracks under the escort of a soldier ... It is advisable for me to vanish for a few days, and to change my place of abode. I can only hope that my telegraphic and letter information have duly arrive... |
9012 | "Delaware Route 30"
of Milton before reaching Milford. DE 30 is signed as an east-west road from the southern terminus to the east end of the DE 24 concurrency in Millsboro and as a north-south road from that point until the northern terminus. What is now DE 30 south of Gravel Hill was built as a state highway in vario... |
9013 | "Delaware Route 30"
to DE 5 in Milton. The route was rerouted to end at DE 14 (now DE 1) south of Milford by 1971. DE 30 was extended southwest to Bi-State Boulevard by 1994 and its northern terminus was moved to DE 1 Bus. by way of a new road by 2003. An interchange with DE 1 was completed in 2014. DE 30 formerly had ... |
9014 | "Delaware Route 30"
with Bi-State Boulevard in southwestern Sussex County between the towns of Laurel and Delmar, heading east on two-lane undivided Whitesville Road. A short distance later, the road crosses US 13 at a superstreet intersection, in which DE 30 traffic must turn right, use U-turn ramps along US 13, and t... |
9015 | "Delaware Route 30"
26/DE 54. At this point, DE 30 turns northeast to form a concurrency with DE 26/DE 54 on Millsboro Highway. The road curves north and heads into the residential community Gumboro, where DE 54 splits to the east. DE 26/DE 30 leaves Gumboro and continues back into areas of farms and forests with occas... |
9016 | "Delaware Route 30"
heads into the town of Millsboro. At this point, the road names becomes Laurel Road and it reaches an intersection with US 113/DE 20. Past this intersection, DE 24/DE 30 turns north-northeast on Washington Street. The two routes split into a one-way pair that heads north, following Main Street eastb... |
9017 | "Banning State Park"
hiking trails. A paved bicycling path leads out of the park and connects with the Willard Munger State Trail. In winter of trail are groomed for cross-country skiing and are open for snowmobiling; snowshoeing is allowed anywhere in the park except for the groomed trails. Banning State Park Banning ... |
9018 | "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District"
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 400 F. Supp. 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005) was the first direct challenge brought in the United States federal courts testing a public school district policy that required the teaching of intelligent d... |
9019 | "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District"
the trial was such that the case is sometimes referred to as the Dover Panda Trial, a name which recalls the popular name of the Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee, 80 years earlier. The plaintiffs successfully argued that intelligent design is a form of creationism, and that th... |
9020 | "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District"
that a statement presenting intelligent design as ""an explanation of the origin of life that differs from Darwin's view"" was to be read aloud in ninth-grade science classes when evolution was taught. The plaintiffs were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU... |
9021 | "Delaware Route 30"
paved. DE 30 was rerouted to follow its present alignment north to DE 14 (now DE 1) south of Milford by 1971. By 1994, DE 30 was extended from Millsboro to its current terminus at Bi-State Boulevard. The northern terminus of DE 30 was moved to its current location at DE 1 Business by 2003 when a roa... |
9022 | "Delaware Route 30"
on a superstreet intersection at US 13; this project was completed on May 19 of that year. Delaware Route 30 Alternate (DE 30 Alt.) was a alternate route of DE 30 south of the city of Milford in the Cedar Creek area. It ran from DE 30 northeast to DE 1 along two-lane undivided Johnson Road, passing ... |
9023 | "Delaware Route 30"
to southbound DE 1 while retaining access to DE 30 Alt. from both directions of DE 1. The DE 30 Alt. designation was removed from the road by 2017. Delaware Route 30 Delaware Route 30 (DE 30) is a state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. The route runs from an intersection with Bi-State Boulevard a... |
9024 | "Vasif Adigozalov"
Vasif Adigozalov Vasif Adigozalov (1935–2006) (alternative spellings: Adigezalov, Adygazal) () was one of Azerbaijan's most distinguished composers. Vasif Adigozalov excelled both as composer and performer. He majored in Piano as well as Composition at the Azerbaijani Conservatory (now Baku Music Aca... |
9025 | "Vasif Adigozalov"
both orchestral and solo pieces. He owed his knowledge of traditional music to his father Zulfu Adigozalov (1898–1963), a prominent khananda singer of Azerbaijani mugham. Vasif Adigozalov was greatly influenced by Gara Garayev (1918-1982), the distinguished Azerbaijani composer and teacher with whom ... |
9026 | "Vasif Adigozalov"
the Department of Choral Conducting (1992–2006). Vasif Adigozalov enjoyed official recognition as the recipient of Azerbaijan's highest national awards – People's Artist of Azerbaijan (Khalg Artisti, 1989), State Prize (Dovlat Mukafati, 1990), Glory (Shohrat Order, 1995), and Independence Orders (Ist... |
9027 | "Vasif Adigozalov"
for being a cultural center in Azerbaijan. Vasif Adigozalov's works continue to be appreciated and performed by Azerbaijani pianists of all generations. Operas: The Dead (1963), Natavan (2003). Operettas: Haji Gara (with Ramiz Mustafayev) (1958), The Daily Scenes (1962), Granny's Happiness (1971), Le... |
9028 | "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District"
their biology curriculum: ""Students will be made aware of the gaps/problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design. Note: Origins of life is not taught."" On November 19, 2004, the Dover Area School District iss... |
9029 | "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District"
citing the Pennsylvania state code 235.10(2), which requires that ""The professional educator may not ... Knowingly and intentionally misrepresent subject matter or curriculum."" Instead, the statement was read to students by a school administrator. The school board's statemen... |
9030 | "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District"
as though it were a scientific explanation, in contrast to the way that evolution was described. Encouraging students to ""keep an open mind"" about alternatives without offering an alternative scientific explanation implied an invitation to meditate on a religious view, endor... |
9031 | "Carl Hans Lody"
attract her attention, while he smiled broadly and almost broke into laughter at the absurdity of the situation."" Late on 30 October, Lody wrote to a friend in Omaha to tell him about his feelings before he began his defence. He told his friend: The second day of the trial was interrupted when a young... |
9032 | "Carl Hans Lody"
Hall spotted in the public gallery and considered to be ""either a lunatic or a very dangerous person"". As Nairne was being removed into military custody, he attempted to shake Lody's hand in the dock. Lody was then called to give evidence. It was revealed to the public for the first time that he was ... |
9033 | "Carl Hans Lody"
had been sent to the UK ""to remain until the first [naval] encounter had taken place between the two Powers, and to send accurate information as regards the actual losses of the British Fleet"", as well as to observe what he could of Fleet movements off the coast. The court martial went into an ""in c... |
9034 | "Carl Hans Lody"
a member of naval intelligence whom he had previously never met coaxed him into undertaking a mission in the UK on the condition that he could go to the US afterwards. Lody told the tribunal that he was not pressured but that ""I have never been a coward in my life and I certainly would not be a shirke... |
9035 | "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District"
earlier involvement, the Discovery Institute was concerned that this would be a test case and that the defendants had earlier displayed their religious motivations. This tension led to disagreements with the Thomas More Law Center and the withdrawal of three Discovery Institut... |
9036 | "Carl Hans Lody"
early as May 1914 (rather than in August as he claimed), received regular pay rather than being unpaid, and intended to return to Berlin on completing his mission. It is unknown whether he really had any intention of going to the US, and there is no indication from the Admiralstab files that he had bee... |
9037 | "Carl Hans Lody"
mitigation on the grounds that Lody had ""[come] to this country actuated by patriotic German motives, entirely paying his own expenses and carrying his life in his hands, to fulfil the mandate of his supporters."" As one newspaper report put it, The finding of guilt and sentence of death were pronounc... |
9038 | "Carl Hans Lody"
the sentence to be carried out at least 18 hours later. Great secrecy surrounded the proceedings which, when combined with the short timeframe, caused problems for the GOC in finding a suitable place of execution. He contacted Major-General Henry Pipon, the Major of the Tower of London, to tell him: Wh... |
9039 | "Carl Hans Lody"
was one of London's most popular tourist attractions, recording over 400,000 visitors a year by the end of the 19th century, and remained open to tourists even on the day of Lody's execution. During the Tower's heyday, executions had been carried out in the open air on Tower Hill or Tower Green, but Lo... |
9040 | "Carl Hans Lody"
guides rather than active-duty soldiers, so eight men were selected from the 3rd Battalion, to carry out the sentence. Lody was informed of his impending execution on the evening of 5 November and was brought to the Tower in a police van. According to the ""Daily Express"", he ""received the news calml... |
9041 | "Carl Hans Lody"
facilities for prisoners. While at the Tower he wrote a couple of final letters. One was addressed to the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion to thank his captors for their care of him: The Guards apparently never saw the letter; the Adjutant General instead directed the letter to be placed in a Wa... |
9042 | "Carl Hans Lody"
to his ex-wife, which was carried out after his execution. At dawn on the morning of 6 November 1914, in cold, foggy and bleak weather, Lody was fetched from his cell by the Assistant Provost-Marshal, Lord Athlumney. He asked, ""I suppose that you will not care to shake hands with a German spy?"", to w... |
9043 | "Carl Hans Lody"
Yeoman Warders, witnessed it and later described it: At the rifle range Lody was strapped into a chair. He refused to have his eyes bandaged, as he wished to die with his eyes open. A few moments later the inhabitants of the Tower heard ""the muffled sound of a single volley"". His body was taken away ... |
9044 | "Carl Hans Lody"
admiration, a development that neither side had anticipated. Even his captors were captivated; although had recommended his execution as early as 3 October, by the time the trial was over, Kell was said by his wife to have considered Lody a ""really fine man"" of whom Kell ""felt it deeply that so brav... |
9045 | "Carl Hans Lody"
to begin with a patriotic spy like Lody."" According to Robert Jackson, the biographer of Lody's prosecutor Sir Archibald Bodkin, Lody's ""bearing and frankness when caught so impressed Britain's spy-catchers and prosecutors that they talked about trying to get the Government to waive the international... |
9046 | "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District"
nonetheless ... would fit that definition. Yes, astrology is in fact one, and so is the ether theory of the propagation of light, and ... many other theories as well."" His simulation modelling of evolution with David Snoke described in a 2004 paper had been listed by the Disc... |
9047 | "Swaminathaswamy temple, Swamimalai"
the hillock, while the father Shiva's shrine is located at the basement. As per another legend, once all sages and gods assembled in Kailash, the abode of Shiva. It resulted in the tilting of earth towards one direction. Shiva asked sage Agasthya to move towards South to balance the... |
9048 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
was unclear which piece of intelligence marked the initiation of a preemptive strike, which would call for immediate action from the Soviet side, before the U.S. could even get weapons in the air. When the U.S. rolled out a new class of intermediate-range ballistic missiles, the Pershing II, the ... |
9049 | "Swaminathaswamy temple, Swamimalai"
In Tamil language, such an artificial hill is called ""Kattu Malai"". Another name for this place is ""Thiruveragam"". The temple has three ""gopuram"" (gateway towers) and three precincts. Out of the three precincts, one is located in the basement, the second at midway to the top o... |
9050 | "Swaminathaswamy temple, Swamimalai"
and a diamond lance for Swaminathaswamy. There is a shrine of Vinayagar outside the first precinct. The central shrine houses the granite image of Swaminathaswamy. The first precinct has the images of Dakshinamurthy, Durga, Chandikeswarar and the festival image of Swaminathaswamy. T... |
9051 | "Swaminathaswamy temple, Swamimalai"
in the district. The original animal mount of Murugan is believed to have been an elephant, compared to the peacock which is considered to be the most common mount. The white elephant, is considered a powerful, terror striking animal. The iconography is maintained only in two places... |
9052 | "Patricia Broderick"
been her art teacher at the Dalton School in Manhattan. She began writing plays in the 1940s and several of them were performed in New York and London. Her 1996 film, ""Infinity"", was based on the life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Her paintings were displayed in several galler... |
9053 | "NCKU IMBA"
NCKU IMBA The Institute of International Management is the business school of National Cheng Kung University located in Tainan City, Taiwan. NCKU offers full-time, part-time, and executive programs, as well as partnering programs with schools in Canada, USA, and Taiwan granting the M.B.A and Ph.D. NCKU has ... |
9054 | "NCKU IMBA"
1956 and since has established itself as an educational institution both internationally and in Taiwan (Republic of China). In 2001 the Ministry of Education recognized the College of Management at NCKU as ""first place"" as well as ""excellent"" in 2005. The College of Management consists of 5 departments ... |
9055 | "NCKU IMBA"
faculty members and students with an excellent research and learning environment. In 2011, College of Management was accredited by AACSB NCKU offers an International MBA, and an International PhD. The International Master of Business Administration (IMBA) Program was founded in 2003. In addition to its MBA ... |
9056 | "NCKU IMBA"
20% of the student body being local Taiwanese. The remaining students, are made up of internationals from over 40 different countries, having representatives from Asia, Australasia, Africa, both North and South America as well as Europe. All of NCKU IIMBA's professors perform both teaching and research. Mos... |
9057 | "NCKU IMBA"
worldwide and #20 in Asia. Lecture Rooms, Research Center, Dormitories and Sports Center. To satisfy various kind of student interest, the sports facility is equipped with various modern facilities, such as main court, general court, swimming pool, gym, tennis court, basketball court, squash court, martial ... |
9058 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
1983, and his health was bad enough that he had to start staying in a hospital frequently. Andropov spent his last few days in a hospital before he died in February 9, 1984. Andropov wanted to clean up Soviet corruption Andropov and attempted a systemic reform. He dismissed many party ministers a... |
9059 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
Andropov thought invading Afghanistan and starting a war was a mistake. He believed it was not in the Soviet Union's best interest, and he gave four main reasons to UN Secretary Javier Pérez de Cuéllar as to why the invasion is not important. Andropov even visited Afghanistan toward the end of 19... |
9060 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
economy because it was struggling toward the end of Brezhnev's leadership. Gosplan Baibakov presented the 1983 annual plan of economic and social development, and V. F. Garbuzov presented the economic performance of 1982 for the 1983 budget. After listening to these two plans, Andropov had severa... |
9061 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
he also wanted to create better ones. The Soviet Union's leaders also struggled to find different ways to solve multiple problems. Andropov's death meant his economic vision was never fully developed. After Yuri Andropov's death, Konstantin Chernenko was elected as the next leader for the Soviet ... |
9062 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
some of Brezhnev's economic ideals, but he was not open about his economic development plans. Chernenko wanted to improve the Soviet Union's agriculture methods, production and distribution to help jump start the economy. One of Chernenko's major achievements was negotiating and signing a new tra... |
9063 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States. After the Soviet Union ended the intermediate-range nuclear force negotiations in Geneva, all strategic arm talks ceased and neither side talked to the other for the next 12 months. Nonetheless, Chernenko, contacted recently re-elec... |
9064 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
and space weapons. This new agreement was one way Chernenko helped the Soviet Union's relationship with the United States. However, Chernenko did not end the Afghanistan invasion, which could have started the process to end the Cold War. Even after the agreement between the Soviet Union and the U... |
9065 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
The Soviet Union's boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics was also a direct response to the United States' boycott to the 1980 Summer Olympics, which the Soviet Union hosted in Moscow. The United States and other countries were boycotting the Soviet Union because of the Afghanistan invasion. But Che... |
9066 | "Cold War (1979–1985)"
man-to-man to global thermonuclear war. Historical conflicts include the Falklands War, the Iran–Iraq War, the invasion of Grenada, and the Angolan Civil War. The vast majority of titles concerned contemporary World War III ""what-if"" scenarios wherein the Cold War turns hot and focused on a pre... |
9067 | "Shinsen Jikyō"
Shinsen Jikyō The is the first Japanese dictionary containing native ""kun'yomi"" ""Japanese readings"" of Chinese characters. The title is also written 新選字鏡 with the graphic variant ""sen"" ( ""choose; select; elect"") for ""sen"" ( ""compile; compose; edit""). The Heian Period Buddhist monk Shōjū (昌住... |
9068 | "Shinsen Jikyō"
543 CE) ""Yupian"", which enters 12,158 characters under a system of 542 radicals (""bùshǒu"" ), and the (601 CE) ""Qieyun"" rime dictionary, which enters 16,917 characters categorized by tones and syllable rimes. Don C. Bailey says: In general, the ""Shinsen jikyō"" resembles the [""Yupian""], but Shō... |
9069 | "Building a Better Legal Profession"
been created. BBLP uses data from 11 major markets in the United States to show prospective attorneys what they can expect from a potential law firm should they receive a job offer. Rankings cover an array of information that is important to future lawyers including firms’ minimum b... |
9070 | "Building a Better Legal Profession"
Job"". Including much of what BBLP publishes online, the guide gives career guidance and stories from the professionals already at the legal firms reviewed. Integrating expert advice and knowledge from big law attorneys and professionals, the guide was written for and by law student... |
9071 | "Building a Better Legal Profession"
significant media attention in traditional media with coverage from ""The Wall Street Journal"", ""The New York Times"", the Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe, BBLP has been covered in legal newspapers and journals as well including articles from Legal Times, the ABA Journal, ... |
9072 | "L. Thomas Hopkins"
L. Thomas Hopkins L. Thomas Hopkins (1889 in Truro, Massachusetts – 1982), was a progressive education theorist, consultant, and curriculum leader. He completed all of his major writings while he was a professor and the laboratory school director at the Teachers College, Columbia University. He rece... |
9073 | "L. Thomas Hopkins"
to join the faculty of Teachers College, Columbia University as a professor of education. He stayed at Teachers College, Columbia University for the next 25 years. He retired from Teachers College in 1954. He was also a Fulbright scholar in Egypt from 1956-1957. He surveyed Italian schools in 1957 a... |
9074 | "L. Thomas Hopkins"
Cape Cod. There he continued to write and speak. He completed his memoirs and organized his papers until right before he passed in 1982. Until this day his papers are still located at the University of Colorado library in Boulder, Colorado. Hopkins's major ideas are outlined in three of his numerous... |
9075 | "L. Thomas Hopkins"
expand the idea of the development of the individual or personal organism. In the Emerging Self in School and Home (1954), Hopkins showed that education is not a function of schooling alone. In this book, he developed the image of an organic group, contrasting it with a mere aggregate group, to depi... |
9076 | "L. Thomas Hopkins"
self-selects for personal growth."" He explained the curriculum as what a student takes from a teacher and takes a better understanding of it to help them grow in higher maturity. L. Thomas Hopkins L. Thomas Hopkins (1889 in Truro, Massachusetts – 1982), was a progressive education theorist, consult... |
9077 | "Zariski's connectedness theorem"
Zariski's connectedness theorem In algebraic geometry, Zariski's connectedness theorem (due to Oscar Zariski) says that under certain conditions the fibers of a morphism of varieties are connected. It is an extension of Zariski's main theorem to the case when the morphism of varieties ... |
9078 | "Zariski's connectedness theorem"
in that of ""X"". Then Zariski's connectedness theorem says that the inverse image of any normal point of ""Y"" is connected. An alternative version says that if ""f"" is proper and ""f"" ""O"" = ""O"", then ""f"" is surjective and the inverse image of any point of ""Y"" is connected. ... |
9079 | "Mehmed Alagić"
Mehmed Alagić Mehmed Alagić (8 July 1947 – 7 March 2003) was a general in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was on trial for war crimes in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Mehmed Alagić graduated from the JNA military academy in Banja Luka... |
9080 | "Mehmed Alagić"
1993 he served in the 17th Krajina Brigade of the 3rd Corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 8 March 1993 he became commander of the Operational Group (OG) Bosnian Krajina within the 3rd Corps. He became commander of the 3rd Corps on 1 November 1993. In March 1996, as a member ... |
9081 | "Richebourg (wine)"
Richebourg (wine) Richebourg is an ""Appellation d'origine contrôlée"" (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, with Pinot noir as the main grape variety. It is situated within the commune of Vosne-Romanée, and borders La Romanée and Romanée-Conti in the ... |
9082 | "Richebourg (wine)"
film Sideways. ""Richebourg has more opulence than finesse ... Richebourg is the more massive and Le Romanée[-Conti] finer"" The main grape variety for Richebourg is Pinot noir. The AOC regulations also allow up to 15 per cent total of Chardonnay, Pinot blanc and Pinot gris as accessory grapes, but ... |
9083 | "Tacking into the Wind"
Tacking into the Wind ""Tacking Into the Wind"" is the 172nd episode of the television series """", the sixth in the final ten-episode arc of the series. The title refers to tacking, a sailing maneuver. This television episode was written by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Mike Vejar. Chancellor... |
9084 | "Tacking into the Wind"
are meant to humiliate Martok's command abilities, with no thought of the consequences for the Klingon Empire as a whole. He urges Martok to challenge Gowron, but Martok refuses to even talk about it. Garak tells Kira that Odo has been hiding the true extent of his illness; Kira says she knew bu... |
9085 | "Djinn (novel)"
as such. It tells the story of Simon Lecoeur, a thirty-year-old man, who allies himself with an American woman named Jean (Djinn) to act as a counteragent to technology. Djinn/Jean seems to lead Simon on a wild chase through Paris, but as with many of Robbe-Grillet's other works, all is not as it appear... |
9086 | "Djinn (novel)"
is named ""Le Rendez-vous"" (""The Appointment""), which differs from the name of the novel. While the title ""Djinn"" seems to allude to a Genie or mystical spirit, it instead refers to the lead woman of the novel, Jean. In French, the name spelled ""Jean"" is pronounced and is the equivalent of the ma... |
9087 | "Djinn (novel)"
Djinn/Jean physically reminds him of a fictional actress ""Jane Frank"" (""Jane"" being a feminine form of ""John"" or """"Jean""""). The young boy that Simon meets in the Rue Vercingetorix III is named ""Jean."" Little Marie's mother is named ""Jeanne."" The Prologue opens with what we assume to be a p... |
9088 | "Prayers (duo)"
Prayers (duo) Prayers is a Chicano electronic rock duo founded in 2013 by Rafael Reyes and Dave Parley. Prayers are the first musicians/artists to use the term Cholo goth to define their genre of music which lyrically explores the harsh realities of gang and street life over throbbing beats and swirling... |
9089 | "Djinn (novel)"
is subject to some kind of seizure. The narrator asks about the boy and the girl's parents, and the girl shows the narrator a photograph of a Russian sailor who died at sea and whom she claims is their father. Marie gives the narrator a letter written by Djinn/Jean. In it, he reads that the train statio... |
9090 | "Djinn (novel)"
unable to come up with a story that meets her specifications, she proceeds to tell her own tale. The time comes for the narrator to leave with Jean. He is made to wear dark glasses and carry a cane as if he were blind. Jean is his guide, and they get into a taxi. In the taxi, Jean gives the narrator a d... |
9091 | "Djinn (novel)"
and computers will control the earth. The narrator manages to move the glasses while scratching his nose, and he sees that there are many other young men just like him, with dark glasses, canes, and little boys as guides. He also realizes that Djinn/Jean is not present. They are listening to a tape reco... |
9092 | "Djinn (novel)"
needs to go to the Gare du Nord. Again, he stops at the same café, which sparks some memory of which he is unsure. The server has changed to a lady named Marie. He notices a picture of a Russian sailor, and Marie remarks that this is her father, who died at sea. Simon notices a cane at the table next to... |
9093 | "Djinn (novel)"
from Amsterdam, the two start running, and Simon trips and falls on the boy, who looks as though he were dead. Simon decides to take the boy into the nearest house. Inside the home, he places the boy on the bed and sees a young woman who looks like Djinn/Jean. She explains that the boy can see visions o... |
9094 | "Djinn (novel)"
a meeting across town involving an anti-machinery terrorist organization. She reveals that the narrator will become the boy's father and that he will die at sea. The narrator is now a woman. She answers a newspaper ad looking for a babysitter. Another applicant comes, and each mistakes the other for the... |
9095 | "Prayers (duo)"
Prayers song as the title track. A documentary about the making of the EP, ""Beyond and Back,"" written and directed by Kenny Ochoa and Bryan Ray Turcotte and shot by Estevan Oriol and Ramez Silyan, was released on the same day. Prayers (duo) Prayers is a Chicano electronic rock duo founded in 2013 by R... |
9096 | "Delta Ceti"
Delta Ceti Delta Ceti, Latinized from δ Ceti, is a single, blue-white hued star in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is positioned very near the celestial equator and is located about 0.74 degrees WNW of the spiral galaxy M77. With an apparent visual magnitude of +4.06, it is a faint star but visib... |
9097 | "Delta Ceti"
Cephei variable with a stellar classification of B2 IV. It varies in brightness with a period of 0.16114 days. The star is about 7−18 million years and has a low projected rotational velocity of around 7 km/s, suggesting it is either rotating slowly or is being viewed from nearly pole on. It has 8.4 times ... |
9098 | "Seraphin Marion"
Seraphin Marion Seraphin Marion (1896–1983) was a Canadian professor, historian and literary critic. He was born in Ottawa on November 25, 1896. He was a vocal advocate of francophone rights outside Quebec. Marion graduated from the University of Ottawa with a BA in 1918 and MA in 1922. After receivin... |
9099 | "Seraphin Marion"
Les Lettres canadiennes d’autrefois (published between 1939 and 1958). He served as head translator and later as director of historical publications at the Public Archives of Canada (1923-1953). He was a member of the Royal Society of Canada (1934), the Académie canadienne-française and the Société de... |
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