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wikipedia_2018-400 | Exclusion of judicial review has been attempted by the Parliament of Singapore to protect the exercise of executive power . Typically , this has been done though the insertion of finality or total ouster clauses into Acts of Parliament , or by wording powers conferred by Acts on decision @-@ makers subjectively . <unk> clauses are generally viewed restrictively by courts in the United Kingdom . The courts there have taken the view that such clauses are , subject to some exceptions , not effective in denying or restricting the extent to which the courts are able to exercise judicial review . In contrast , Singapore cases suggest that ouster clauses cannot prevent the High Court from exercising supervisory jurisdiction over the exercise of executive power where authorities have committed jurisdictional errors of law , but are effective against non @-@ jurisdictional errors of law . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-401 | All units serving under MACV were awarded the Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm by South Vietnam . Because U.S. Navy units serving in Vietnam were subordinate to MACV this included all Coast Guard Squadron One cutters . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-402 | Alcohol abuse can occasionally cause the development of a chronic , substance @-@ induced psychotic disorder via a kindling mechanism . Alcohol use is not associated with an earlier onset of psychosis . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-403 | Clay called for rotation but the aircraft sped off the end of the runway before it could lift off . It then struck a low earthen wall adjacent to a ditch , becoming momentarily airborne , clipped the airport perimeter fence with its landing gear , and smashed into trees , separating the fuselage and flight deck from the tail . The aircraft struck the ground about 1 @,@ 000 feet ( 300 m ) from the end of the runway . Forty @-@ nine of the 50 people on board perished in the accident ; most of them died instantly in the initial impact . The resulting fire destroyed the aircraft . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-404 | Many oxygen @-@ containing xenon compounds are toxic due to their strong oxidative properties , and explosive due to their tendency to break down into elemental xenon plus diatomic oxygen ( O2 ) , which contains much stronger chemical bonds than the xenon compounds . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-405 | Howard ( Melissa Leo ) quits smoking , and her partner Felton ( Daniel Baldwin ) fears her edginess will endanger his safety . Bayliss ( Kyle Secor ) also tries to quit smoking , but tries to live vicariously through his smoking partner Pembleton ( Andre Braugher ) . Howard and Bayliss petition Gee ( Yaphet Kotto ) to set up a non @-@ smoking section for the squad room , but an amused Gee refuses because most of the detectives smoke . Howard , Felton , Bayliss and Pembleton find they share a common suspect in a Union Square murder , and plan a joint stakeout . Howard and Bayliss decide to ride together so Pembleton and Felton can smoke in the car . Although outwardly critical and skeptical , Pembleton and Felton are actually impressed with their partners ' willpower and discuss the merits of quitting smoking . Howard and Bayliss , however , talk about nothing but smoking , prompting Bayliss to walk to Pembleton 's car window and ask for a cigarette . As the result , the four detectives almost miss the suspect , and have to engage him in a foot chase to arrest him . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-406 | The bulk of the larger states , and some groups of small states , were integrated through a different , four @-@ step process . The first step in this process was to convince groups of large states to combine to form a " princely union " through the execution by their rulers of Covenants of Merger . Under the Covenants of Merger , all rulers lost their ruling powers , save one who became the Rajpramukh of the new union . The other rulers were associated with two bodies — the council of rulers , whose members were the rulers of salute states , and a presidium , one or more of whose members were elected by the rulers of non @-@ salute states , with the rest elected by the council . The Rajpramukh and his deputy <unk> were chosen by the council from among the members of the presidium . The Covenants made provision for the creation of a constituent assembly for the new union which would be charged with framing its constitution . In return for agreeing to the extinction of their states as discrete entities , the rulers were given a privy purse and guarantees similar to those provided under the Merger Agreements . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-407 | Game planning began in summer 2004 . Initially , about six developers started with a " clean slate " to conceptualize a new Star Wars game ; the small group of engineers , artists , and designers spent more than a year brainstorming ideas for what might make a good game . Over 100 initial concepts were whittled down to 20 to 25 that included making the game the third entry in the Knights of the Old Republic series or having the protagonist be a Wookiee " superhero " , Darth Maul , a bounty hunter , a smuggler , a mercenary , or the last member of the Skywalker family . The decision to focus on the largely unexplored period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope helped energize the design team . Consumer feedback helped the developers narrow in on seven concepts , and elements from those seven went into The Force Unleashed 's overall concept . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-408 | Following the 2006 ACC Championship Game , the Gator Bowl Association , which administered the ACC Championship Game during its first two years of existence , was awarded a one @-@ year extension to its two @-@ year contract to host the game . The 2006 game suffered from poor attendance , resulting in over $ 1 million in losses for the Gator Bowl Association . In the off @-@ season , the Gator Bowl Association declared that if sales did not improve for the 2007 ACC Championship game , the game 's Jacksonville future would be in jeopardy . Attendance for the 2006 game was low due to high travel costs stemming from Jacksonville 's distance from the participating schools , and the 2007 participants — Boston College and Virginia Tech — faced the same problem . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-409 | The poem is written from a first person point of view , and contains five quatrains . Below is the text in both its original Middle English , with spelling intact , and a modern translation . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-410 | When the puppet for Marion was first created , he was depicted as having <unk> fur , but looked more like a mouse in the eyes of the crew , so his puppet was changed . Marion 's image was based on topless photos of the comic actor James Corden . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-411 | With star quarterback Brian Brohm having undergone surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament , there were some questions as to how backup Hunter Cantwell would perform under pressure . Cantwell played well in the Cardinals ' season @-@ ending contest against Connecticut , but some commentators predicted that Virginia Tech 's quicker defense would pose problems for him . In that contest , Cantwell completed 16 of 25 passes for 271 yards and a touchdown . In high school , Cantwell passed for 7 @,@ 272 yards and 70 touchdowns . His <unk> career completion percentage ranked 11th in Kentucky state history . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-412 | On the direction of the Government of Singapore , in 1972 , 1973 , 1974 and 1978 the PSA studied the feasibility of reclaiming 5 @,@ 000 square metres ( 54 @,@ 000 sq ft ) of land around the island . Tenders for the project were sought through newspaper advertisements , though eventually the project was not proceeded with . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-413 | In his Northwestern career debut on September 1 versus Miami University , Kafka threw for 106 yards and one touchdown on 13 completions out of 17 attempts . His first touchdown was a 19 @-@ yard pass to running back Tyrell Sutton . He led all players with 89 yards rushing on 17 rushing attempts . His passer rating for that game was 148 @.@ 26 as Northwestern went on to win 21 – 3 . The following week against New Hampshire on September 9 , Kafka went 19 – 32 and threw for 173 yards along with one interception and a fumble . He rushed for 42 yards . The Wildcats ended up losing the game , 34 – 17 . Kafka played the first half of the game against Eastern Michigan in the third week of the season and rushed for 33 yards with a 6 @.@ 6 yards per run average , along with his first career rushing touchdown , a 6 @-@ yard run . He passed for 76 yards and completed 10 out of 18 passes with an interception . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-414 | Land use records show that two fields on the farm were once leased and used by Mortimer <unk> , but the fields surrounding or on the Brainard Homestead State Park continue to be actively farmed . Leary writes that the park preserves the Brainard Homestead and notes that the foundations and cellar pits are visible and provides a picture of the fieldstone foundation . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-415 | Route 64 begins at an intersection with County Route 526 , County Route 571 , and Mercer County Route 615 in the community of West Windsor . From this point , County Routes 526 and 571 continue along the right @-@ of @-@ way towards U.S. Route 130 . The route heads north crosses over the Amtrak and New Jersey Transit @-@ used Northeast Corridor Line and passes to the north of a local bus depot . Route 64 continues westward for a short distance , crossing through a local woodland and behind several local homes . The route makes a gradual curve to the west off the railroad bridge and passes behind a couple of homes before heading to the south slightly at an intersection . Route 64 reaches its northern terminus and County Route 526 and County Route 571 make a right turn to head northwest toward U.S. Route 1 and Princeton . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-416 | A closely related question is what counts as a good scientific explanation . In addition to providing predictions about future events , society often takes scientific theories to provide explanations for events that occur regularly or have already occurred . Philosophers have investigated the criteria by which a scientific theory can be said to have successfully explained a phenomenon , as well as what it means to say a scientific theory has explanatory power . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-417 | The gradual development of blue to violet pigmentation as one progresses from species to species is an interesting phenomenon deserving further study . The climax is reached in L. indigo which is blue throughout . L. <unk> and its variety <unk> , L. paradoxus , and L. <unk> may be considered as mileposts along the road to L. indigo . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-418 | During this voyage Arniston had just anchored at Benkulen on 27 June 1800 , when the 26 @-@ gun French privateer Confiance attacked her . Arniston cut her anchor and gave chase , firing several broadsides into the other ship , but the faster French ship was able to make an escape . On 9 October 1800 , the East Indiaman Kent would be less fortunate ; Confiance would capture Kent after a two @-@ hour engagement . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-419 | " Smooth Criminal " was the most highly praised number of the night . Both Slezak and Lynch gave it an " A + " : the former called it " an instant Glee classic " that " had me on the edge of my musical chair from start to finish " , and Lynch wrote , " Santana declared herself the winner , but the actual victors were 2Cellos , the real @-@ life Croatian cellists whose manic intensity stole the scene . " Slezak was similarly impressed by 2Cellos — " this was really a duet between Santana and those amazing black cellos " — and Futterman called them " furiously awesome " and said of the song , " It 's the perfect soundtrack for the show 's slickest villains : Santana wails , Sebastian channels his Chuck Bass and we are sold . " Bell described it as " easily one of the best performances of the night " and added " Santana was flawless " . Chaney dissented from the acclaim with a " D " grade . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-420 | Murray and Laura Robson lost in the round @-@ robin stage 2011 Hopman Cup , losing all three ties even though Murray won all of his singles matches . Then Murray , along with other stars such as Federer , Nadal , and Djokovic , participated in the Rally for Relief event to help raise money for the flood victims in Queensland . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-421 | In 2014 Volkswagen published the results of life @-@ cycle assessment of its electric vehicles certified by <unk> NORD , and independent inspection agency . The study found that CO | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-422 | With 9 @,@ 000 fans in attendance , the All @-@ Americans played an APFA opponent , the Columbus Panhandles . At the end of the first quarter , the Panhandles were winning 7 – 6 . After that , the game " proved disastrous " , according to football historian Chris Willis , to the Panhandles . The final score was 43 – 7 . The Panhandles ' only score was a receiving touchdown from Homer Ruh . The All @-@ Americans had six rushing touchdowns , four of which came from Smith . The other two came from Anderson and Hughitt . From these six rushing touchdowns , five of the extra points were converted , and the All @-@ Americans ' defense got a safety . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-423 | The route originated as part of New Jersey Route 4 during construction of a new state highway in 1917 . Route 4 was built northward to the current Route 167 northern terminus in 1926 , which was designated as part of U.S. Route 9 that year . The highway was 2 @.@ 64 miles ( 4 @.@ 25 km ) long along an iron truss bridge . The route remained intact until construction of the Garden State Parkway and a new bridge over the Mullica River in 1948 . When the bridge was finished , Route 9 was realigned off the roadway and the prior alignment became Route 167 during the New Jersey state highway renumbering . The route was split twice since 1953 , first by the removal of the old Mullica River bridge in 1962 as part of a sale to the National Park Service for a refuge in Virginia , then the northern portion was dismantled except for a 0 @.@ 12 miles ( 0 @.@ 19 km ) long alignment for a wetland mitigation project . Today , the route remains in half and the road is still maintained by the state . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-424 | " Mr. Hankey , the Christmas Poo " is the first episode in which Kenny was not killed . Parker and Stone deliberately included several scenes that looked like they might lead to Kenny 's death , but they decided because it was Christmas that they would not kill him . The episode was also the first time Mr. Garrison was portrayed as an anti @-@ semite and racist , particularly when he asks Mayor McDaniels if she can get rid of all the Mexicans in South Park . Parker said this decision was made because , " Garrison at that point had already shown himself to be the most messed up person in the entire town , and there 's obviously so much wrong with him mentally . A person that disturbed being a racist is funny to us . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-425 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone was published by Bloomsbury , the publisher of all Harry Potter books in the United Kingdom , on 30 June 1997 . It was released in the United States on 1 September 1998 by Scholastic — the American publisher of the books — as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer 's Stone , after Rowling had received US $ 105 @,@ 000 for the American rights — an unprecedented amount for a children 's book by a then @-@ unknown author . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-426 | Following the success of Mom and Dad , Babb renamed his company Hallmark Productions , continuing the marketing approaches of Hygienic Productions while going beyond health and sex education films . He would later set up a larger distribution company , named Hallmark 's Big @-@ 6 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-427 | The second form of " non @-@ competitive antagonists " act at an allosteric site . These antagonists bind to a distinctly separate binding site from the agonist , exerting their action to that receptor via the other binding site . They do not compete with agonists for binding at the active site . The bound antagonists may prevent conformational changes in the receptor required for receptor activation after the agonist binds . <unk> has been shown to act as a reversible non @-@ competitive antagonist of <unk> receptor . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-428 | Little was born on 19 July 1895 at Hawthorn , a suburb of Melbourne , to Canadian James Little , a seller of medical and surgical books , and his Victorian @-@ born wife Susan . His family heritage was Scottish , and he was educated at Camberwell Grammar School and Scotch College , Melbourne , where he was a swimming medallist . He entered his father 's business as a travelling salesman , and was living with his family at Windsor when World War I broke out in August 1914 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-429 | Many theories have been advanced in way of explanation for decline of the Roman Empire , and many dates given for its fall , from the onset of its decline in the 3rd century to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 . Militarily , however , the Empire finally fell after first being overrun by various non @-@ Roman peoples and then having its heart in Italy seized by Germanic troops in a revolt . The historicity and exact dates are uncertain , and some historians do not consider that the Empire fell at this point . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-430 | Six moments musicaux is a sophisticated work that is of longer duration , thicker textures , and greater virtuosic demands on the performer than any of Rachmaninoff 's previous solo piano works . It is similar to Alexander Scriabin 's momentous Étude in D @-@ sharp minor ( Op. 8 , No. 12 ) — in both compositions , detail is more functional than <unk> in their musical argument . It is here , rather than in Morceaux de fantaisie ( Op. 3 , 1892 ) or Morceaux de salon ( Op. 10 , 1894 ) , that Rachmaninoff places specific qualities of his own playing into his music . There is passionate lyricism in numbers three and five , but the others require a pianist with virtuoso technique and musical perception . These were composed during the middle of Rachmaninoff 's career , and created a foundation of inner voices that he would elaborate on in his Preludes ( Op. 23 ) and Études @-@ Tableaux ( Op. 33 ) . Although he usually gave the première of his own piano works , he was not the first to perform these , and the date of the first public performance has not yet been determined . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-431 | Tanner began appearing in films as part of the Ted Weems Orchestra in 1936 ; his first film role was in The Hatfields and McCoys , In 1938 he appeared in the movie Swing , Sister , Swing with the Weems outfit . Tanner also featured with Ted Weems and his Orchestra in a 1942 musical film short , Swing Frolic . During this time period Tanner appeared on the popular radio show Beat the Band with Weems ; the program ran from January 28 , 1940 until February 23 , 1941 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-432 | Here is buried Isaac Newton , Knight , who by a strength of mind almost divine , and mathematical principles peculiarly his own , explored the course and figures of the planets , the paths of comets , the tides of the sea , the dissimilarities in rays of light , and , what no other scholar has previously imagined , the properties of the colours thus produced . Diligent , sagacious and faithful , in his expositions of nature , antiquity and the holy Scriptures , he vindicated by his philosophy the majesty of God mighty and good , and expressed the simplicity of the Gospel in his manners . Mortals rejoice that there has existed such and so great an ornament of the human race ! He was born on 25 December 1642 , and died on 20 March 1726 / 7 . — Translation from G.L. Smyth , The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul 's Cathedral , and of Westminster Abbey ( 1826 ) , ii , 703 – 4 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-433 | Many events are anchored in the downtown Arts District , centred around Churchill Square ( named in honour of Sir Winston Churchill ) . On the south side of the river , the University district and Whyte Avenue contain theatres , concert halls , and various live music venues . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-434 | When Selman returned , Scully scolded him and told him that he had to apologize to the mayor of East St Louis , who , unbeknownst to Selman , was portrayed by Marc Wilmore . Wilmore , a former writer on the television comedy The PJ 's , had been asked by Scully to participate in a practical joke , in which he would play the mayor of East St Louis and confront Selman about his controversial statement . According to Selman , Wilmore gave an " Oscar @-@ worthy performance " . " I was terrified " , he stated in the DVD commentary for the episode , " [ we had ] a twenty @-@ minute discussion in which [ Wilmore ] said that [ his ] children were teased at school [ because of Selman 's comments ] , and that the Fox affiliate were gonna be thrown off the air ... " According to Wilmore , Selman immediately blamed the other writers . Said Selman , " Well , everyone participates , you know [ ... ] Have you never heard of the word ' collaboration ' ? " Selman realized the joke when he turned around and saw " all the other writers laughing " . " I was so relieved " , he said , " I was soaked with sweat [ ... ] I had betrayed my fellow writers , tried to get them in trouble , and they all knew me for the turn @-@ coat that I was . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-435 | Within weeks Army Chief of Staff , General George Marshall , implemented sweeping changes to the War Department designed to reduce the number of people reporting to him so as to free his time for planning and conducting a global war . Three huge new commands were created by Executive Order Number <unk> of 28 February 1942 , " <unk> the Army and the War Department " : the Army Air Forces under Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold , the Army Ground Forces under Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair and the Services of Supply , under Somervell . As such , he was not only promoted to the rank of lieutenant general over the heads of many more senior officers , but some of them , including Reybold , now found themselves his subordinates . He was answerable to two men : Marshall , and Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson . Somervell built up a good working relationship with both . Senator Harry S. Truman of the Truman Committee disapproved of Somervell 's cost overruns , declaring : " I will say this for General Somervell , he will get the stuff , but it is going to be hell on the taxpayer . He has a WPA attitude on the expenditure of money . " The Services of Supply were renamed the Army Service Forces in March 1943 , as the term " supply " was felt to be too narrow a description of the broad range of logistic activities carried out by the organization . As head of Army Service Forces , Somervell became responsible for the implementation of the Army Supply Program . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-436 | With the advent of industrialization in the 19th century , riverways beneath the Metacomet Ridge were dammed to provide power as the labor force expanded in nearby cities and towns . Logging to provide additional fuel for mills further denuded the ridges . Traprock and sandstone were quarried from the ridge for paving stones and architectural brownstone , either used locally or shipped via rail , barge , and boat . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-437 | According to another historian , Justin Daniel King , radical democracy benefited people individually , but harmed the state . On the other hand , Donald Kagan asserts that the democratic measures Pericles put into effect provided the basis for an unassailable political strength . After all , Cimon finally accepted the new democracy and did not oppose the citizenship law , after he returned from exile in 451 BC . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-438 | Cognitive behavioral therapy is currently the most effective clinical treatment for psychostimulant addictions . Additionally , research on the neurobiological effects of physical exercise suggests that daily aerobic exercise , especially endurance exercise ( e.g. , marathon running ) , prevents the development of drug addiction and is an effective adjunct therapy ( i.e. , a supplemental treatment ) for amphetamine addiction . Exercise leads to better treatment outcomes when used as an adjunct treatment , particularly for psychostimulant addictions . In particular , aerobic exercise decreases psychostimulant self @-@ administration , reduces the reinstatement ( i.e. , relapse ) of drug @-@ seeking , and induces increased dopamine receptor D2 ( DRD2 ) density in the striatum . This is the opposite of pathological stimulant use , which induces decreased striatal DRD2 density . One review noted that exercise may also prevent the development of a drug addiction by altering ΔFosB or c @-@ Fos <unk> in the striatum or other parts of the reward system . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-439 | Ultimately , B Company succeeded in holding their hastily constructed defensive positions throughout the night and until 05 : 00 on 8 October when the Chinese finally gave up . In order to preserve its remaining strength , the Chinese 191st Division was forced to pull back by 3 kilometres ( 1 @.@ 9 mi ) , surrendering the control of Hill 217 without a fight . At first light more than 120 Chinese dead and wounded lay around the Australian defences and in contrast to the savage fighting during the night , Chinese stretcher parties were allowed to come forward and collect their wounded under a flag of truce . The Australians had been victorious but were now exhausted after five days of heavy fighting . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-440 | It is important not to over @-@ interpret these diagrams . Nothing is implied about how a particle gets from one point to another . The diagrams do not imply that the particles are moving in straight or curved lines . They do not imply that the particles are moving with fixed speeds . The fact that the photon is often represented , by convention , by a wavy line and not a straight one does not imply that it is thought that it is more wavelike than is an electron . The images are just symbols to represent the actions above : photons and electrons do , somehow , move from point to point and electrons , somehow , emit and absorb photons . We do not know how these things happen , but the theory tells us about the probabilities of these things happening . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-441 | A few species of Lepidoptera are secondary consumers , or predators . These species typically prey upon the eggs of other insects , aphids , scale insects , or ant larvae . Some caterpillars are cannibals , and others prey on caterpillars of other species ( e. g . Hawaiian <unk> ) . Those of the 15 species in <unk> that mirror inchworms , are the only known species of butterflies and moths that are ambush predators . Four species are known to eat snails . For example , the Hawaiian caterpillar , ( H. <unk> ) , uses silk traps , in a manner similar to that of spiders , to capture certain species of snails ( typically <unk> ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-442 | Two scenes during this episode were censored for television broadcasting . When Quagmire meets Joan and invites her out on a date , Cleveland asks , " Is that a banana in your pocket , or a erection in your pocket ? " Although this entire scene was not censored , Fox Broadcasting Company bleeped " erection " , which , according to DVD commentary , made what Cleveland said sound worse than what was intended . The scene where Peter is promoting ' Crystal Pepsi ' was shown only on the DVD , because it is prohibited to promote one product over another on television . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-443 | Ball 's final major league team was ironically the one he turned his unassisted triple play against . The player who was final out of that play , Jake Stahl , became his manager and teammate . The Red Sox signed Ball with the intention of using him only as a utility player who would be a competent substitute to any injured players on the team . As a result , he rarely started a game for the Red Sox . The team advanced to the World Series at the end of that season , where they defeated the New York Giants 4 – 3 . Although he struck out in his only plate appearance of the series , he still received the prize money of $ <unk> rewarded to players on the winning team . This prompted the Ottawa Citizen to label him " the luckiest man in baseball . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-444 | The karyotype has been recorded in various populations of the marsh rice rat and O. couesi and is apparently stable within the genus at 56 chromosomes , with the fundamental number of chromosomal arms ranging from 56 to 60 ( 2n | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-445 | The San Antonio Spurs and the Lakers , developed what some would classify as a rivalry in the late 1990s and early 2000s . Since 1999 , the teams have met in the NBA Playoffs five times , with the clubs combining to appear in seven consecutive NBA Finals ( 1999 – 2005 ) . Additionally , the teams combined to win five NBA championships from 1999 – 2003 . The Spurs won the NBA championship in 1999 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 and 2014 while the Lakers won the championship in 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2009 and 2010 . From 1999 to 2004 the clubs ' rivalry was often considered the premier rivalry in the NBA , and each time the clubs faced each other in the playoffs the winner advanced to the NBA Finals . In 2008 the teams met again in the Western Conference Finals where the Spurs were handily defeated only to beat LA when they met again in 2013 ( though against a Lakers team without an injured Kobe Bryant ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-446 | Naval Special Warfare Development Group ( DEVGRU ) , referred to as SEAL Team Six , the name of its predecessor which was officially disbanded in 1987 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-447 | Wilson 's disease may be suspected on the basis of any of the symptoms mentioned above , or when a close relative has been found to have Wilson 's . Most have slightly abnormal liver function tests such as a raised aspartate transaminase , alanine transaminase and bilirubin level . If the liver damage is significant , albumin may be decreased due to an inability of damaged liver cells to produce this protein ; likewise , the prothrombin time ( a test of coagulation ) may be prolonged as the liver is unable to produce proteins known as clotting factors . Alkaline phosphatase levels are relatively low in those with Wilson 's @-@ related acute liver failure . If there are neurological symptoms , magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) of the brain is usually performed ; this shows <unk> in the part of the brain called the basal ganglia in the T2 setting . MRI may also demonstrate the characteristic " face of the giant panda " pattern . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-448 | Tyldesley is an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan electing three councillors to the 75 @-@ member metropolitan borough council , Wigan 's local authority . As of 2015 , two ward councillors represent the Labour Party and one is an Independent . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-449 | The big change is that Billy is not being the big ' I do this — I do that ' . It 's much better . The band arranged a lot of songs for this record , and the song writing process was organic . The circumstances of the last record and the way that we worked was really bad . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-450 | With thousands of lakes , over 14 @,@ 000 kilometres ( 8 @,@ 700 mi ) of fish bearing rivers and over 3 @,@ 700 kilometres ( 2 @,@ 300 mi ) of coastline , Ireland is a popular angling destination . The temperate Irish climate is suited to sport angling . While salmon and trout fishing remain popular with anglers , salmon fishing in particular received a boost in 2006 with the closing of the salmon <unk> fishery . Coarse fishing continues to increase its profile . Sea angling is developed with many beaches mapped and signposted , and the range of sea angling species is around 80 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-451 | Fleury co @-@ wrote Playing with Fire , a best @-@ selling autobiography released in October 2009 , in which he revealed that he had been sexually abused by former coach Graham James . Fleury filed a criminal complaint against James , who subsequently pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault . Fleury has since become an advocate for sexual abuse victims and developed a career as a public speaker . He was a recipient of the <unk> Award in the sports category in 2013 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-452 | The combined sales of new plug @-@ in cars reached a market share of 23 @.@ 4 % of all new passenger cars sold in 2015 , with the all @-@ electric car segment reaching 17 @.@ 1 % , up from 12 @.@ 5 % in 2014 , while the plug @-@ in hybrid segment reached 5 @.@ 2 % , up from 1 % in 2014 . The VW e @-@ Golf , with 8 @,@ 943 units sold , was the best @-@ selling plug @-@ in electric car in Norway in 2015 , ahead of the Tesla Model S ( 4 @,@ 039 ) and the Nissan Leaf ( 3 @,@ 189 ) . The top selling plug @-@ in hybrid in 2015 was the Mitsubishi Outlander P @-@ HEV with 2 @,@ 875 units , followed by the Volkswagen Golf GTE with 2 @,@ 000 , and the Audi A3 e @-@ tron with 1 @,@ 684 units . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-453 | In 2006 the Seahawks had a 9 – 7 record and hosted the Dallas Cowboys in the wild card round of the playoffs . The Seahawks trailed 20 – 13 with less than 7 minutes remaining but came back to win 21 – 20 . In 2007 , the team won seven of their eight home games and clinched their fourth consecutive division title . CenturyLink Field was again the site for their wild card game , and they defeated the Washington Redskins 35 – 14 . In 2008 , the Seahawks went 4 – 12 and had only two home wins . Holmgren left the organization after the season . When he was interviewed about memorable moments and the fans , he said that CenturyLink Field was " a remarkable place to compete in and to play professional football . " He called a game at the stadium " an experience . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-454 | Panthère , named after the eponymous feline , was ordered on 26 February 1923 from Arsenal de Lorient . She was laid down on 23 December 1923 , once the slipway was vacated by her sister ship Jaguar . Launched on 27 October 1924 , commissioned on 1 November 1926 , completed on 4 January 1927 and entered service a month later . Completion was delayed by problems with her propulsion machinery and late deliveries by sub @-@ contractors . The ship was assigned to the 1st Large Destroyer Division ( 1ère division de contre @-@ torpeilleurs ) ( DCT ) of the Mediterranean Squadron ( renamed 5th Light Division ( Division légère ) ( DL ) of the First Squadron ( 1ère Escadre ) on 1 February 1927 ) based at Toulon upon completion , together with her sisters Jaguar and Chacal . On 27 April 1927 , Panthère participated in a naval review by Gaston Doumergue , President of France , off Marseilles . The ship was also present when he next reviewed the fleet on 3 July 1928 off Le Havre . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-455 | To try and win immediate promotion during the 1983 – 84 season Bremner signed veteran forward Ernie Moss ( who had won three promotions out of the division ) , Andy Kowalski , left @-@ back John Breckin , experienced defender Bill Green , and young midfielder Mark Miller . Investment by new director Peter Wetzel allowed Bremner to spend £ 120 @,@ 000 on three players in March : £ 60 @,@ 000 on Stirling Albion defender John <unk> , £ 25 @,@ 000 on young Celtic midfielder Jim Dobbin , and £ 35 @,@ 000 on Shrewsbury Town defender Alan Brown . Promotion was secured in comfortable fashion , as they finished as runners @-@ up to runaway champions York City , ten points above fifth @-@ place Aldershot . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-456 | When Millennium Park first opened in 2004 , Metra police stopped a Columbia College Chicago journalism student working on a photography project , and confiscated his film because of fears of terrorism . In 2005 , Cloud Gate attracted some controversy when a professional photographer without a paid permit was denied access to the piece . As is the case for all works of art currently covered by United States copyright law , the artist holds the copyright for the sculpture . The public may freely photograph Cloud Gate , but permission from Kapoor or the City of Chicago ( which has licensed the art ) is required for any commercial reproductions of the photographs . Initially the city charged photographers permit fees of $ 350 per day for professional still photographers , $ 1 @,@ 200 per day for professional videographers and $ 50 per hour for wedding photographers . The policy has been changed so permits are only required for large @-@ scale film , video and photography requiring 10 @-@ person crews . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-457 | The earthen mound that once covered the tomb is now visible only as an undulation approximately 1 foot , 6 inches in height . In the nineteenth @-@ century , the mound was higher on the western end of the tomb , although this was removed by excavation to reveal the sarsens beneath during the 1920s . It is likely that in the Early Neolithic , the mound had a quarry ditch surrounding it , and it is inside this ditch that the kerb @-@ stones now sit . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-458 | For the show 's characters , Hillenburg started to draw and used character designs from his comic book — including starfish , crab , and sponge . He described Patrick as " probably the dumbest guy in town " . The character was conceived as a starfish to embody the animal 's nature ; according to Hillenburg , starfish look " dumb and slow " , but they are " very active and aggressive " in reality , like Patrick . Hillenburg incorporated character comedy rather than topical humor on the show to emphasize " things that are more about humorous situations and about characters and their flaws . " He designed Patrick and SpongeBob as such because " they 're whipping themselves up into situations — that 's always where the humor comes from . The rule is : Follow the innocence and avoid topical [ humor ] . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-459 | In 1809 , Richard Salisbury , writing under Joseph Knight 's name in the controversial On the cultivation of the plants belonging to the natural order of Proteeae , published the name <unk> [ sic ] flabellifolia , listing A. cuneata as a synonym . As no type specimen was given , and no specimen annotated by Knight could be found , this was treated as a nomenclatural synonym of A. cuneata and was therefore rejected on the principle of priority . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-460 | Some Black Hebrews renounced their American citizenship to try to prevent more deportations . In 1990 , Illinois legislators helped negotiate an agreement that resolved the Black Hebrews ' legal status in Israel . Members of the group are permitted to work and have access to housing and social services . The Black Hebrews reclaimed their American citizenship and have received aid from the U.S. government , which helped them build a school and additional housing . In 2003 the agreement was revised , and the Black Hebrews were granted permanent residency in Israel . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-461 | The Yugoslav Navy decided to order a single large destroyer rather than a repeat pair of smaller Beograd @-@ class destroyers in the late 1930s because the Navy 's planners didn 't believe that the smaller ships could adequately support the raiding strategy that it intended to conduct in the event of a war with Italy . The staff decided on a much larger equivalent of the flotilla leader Dubrovnik that could out @-@ gun any Italian destroyer and cover the escape and return to base of the raiding forces . The French company Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire was selected and based the new ship on their design for the 2 @,@ 610 @-@ metric @-@ ton ( 2 @,@ 570 @-@ long @-@ ton ) Le Fantasque @-@ class destroyer . She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders at their shipyard in Split and was named after her place of construction . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-462 | Dugan FM . ( 2011 ) . " Conspectus of World <unk> " . St. Paul , Minnesota : American <unk> Society . ISBN 978 @-@ 0 @-@ <unk> @-@ 395 @-@ 5 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-463 | 2013 would bring a return of Woods ' dominating play . He won the Farmers Insurance Open in January 2013 by four shots for his 75th PGA Tour win . It was the seventh time he had won the event . In March , he won the WGC @-@ Cadillac Championship , also for the seventh time , giving him his 17th WGC title and first since 2009 . Two weeks later , he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational , winning the event for a record @-@ tying 8th time . The win moved him back to the top of the world rankings . To commemorate that achievement , Nike was quick to launch an ad with the tagline " winning takes care of everything " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-464 | The difficulties with Garrard 's election over Benjamin Logan in 1795 added to a litany of complaints about the state 's first constitution . Some believed that it was undemocratic because it required electors to choose the governor and state senators and many offices were appointive rather than elective . Others opposed life terms for judges and other state officials . Still others wanted slavery excluded from the document , or to lift the ban on ministers serving in the General Assembly . In the aftermath of the disputed 1795 election , all parties involved agreed that changes were needed . The present constitution provided no means for amendment , however . The only remedy was another constitutional convention . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-465 | The unemployment rate in the area tends to be higher than in the Highlands as a whole , and is seasonal in nature , in part due to the impact of tourism . The population is growing and in common with many other scenic rural areas in Scotland , significant increases are expected in the percentage of the population aged 45 to 64 years . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-466 | The Church of Scientology has a history of conflict with groups on the Internet . In 1995 , attorneys for the Church of Scientology attempted to get the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology ( <unk> ) removed from Usenet . This attempt backfired and generated a significant amount of press for <unk> The conflict with <unk> led the hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow to declare war on the Church of Scientology . The Church of Scientology mounted a 10 @-@ year legal campaign against Dutch writer Karin Spaink and several Internet service providers after Spaink and others posted documents alleged to be secret teachings of the organization . The Church of Scientology 's efforts ended in a legal defeat in a Dutch court in 2005 . This series of events is often referred to as " Scientology versus the Internet " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-467 | In December 2014 , during the International Defence Exhibition and Seminar in Karachi , Nigeria was reportedly buying between 25 and 40 JF @-@ 17s from Pakistan . Nigerian Air Force chief Air Marshal <unk> <unk> <unk> had visited Pakistan earlier in October 2014 . Nigeria became the second customer in 2016 by placing an order for 3 planes . However , as the news reports value the deal at US $ 25 million , so it is not clear if the item is <unk> . June 2016 article in Jane 's re @-@ affirmed NAF budget for 3 JF @-@ 17 , 10 Super <unk> , and 2 Mi @-@ <unk> aircraft in 2016 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-468 | The team traveled to Lafayette , Indiana to open its conference schedule against the Purdue Boilermakers and came away with a fifth straight shutout and a score of 16 – 0 . The game was played in front of a crowd of 2 @,@ 000 at Purdue 's Stuart Field . One newspaper described the game as " the most desperate game that has ever been played on Stuart Field " and concluded that " Michigan won by superior weight . " The same account noted that " the prettiest play of the game " was a 40 – yard run by Ferbert and has tackle by Marshall . Michigan 's scoring came on two touchdowns by Caley and one by Hogg . Michigan 's lineup was Loomis Hutchinson ( left end ) , Giovanni Villa ( left tackle ) , Carey ( left guard ) , Wombacher ( center ) , Bennett ( right guard ) , Henninger ( right tackle ) , Farnham ( right end ) , Greenleaf ( quarterback ) , Ferbert ( left halfback ) , Caley ( right halfback ) , and Hogg ( fullback ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-469 | Fitna is a 2008 short film written and commissioned by Wilders that explores Koranic @-@ inspired motivations for terrorism , Islamic universalism , and Islam in the Netherlands . Its title comes from the Arabic word <unk> , which describes " disagreement and division among people " or a " test of faith in times of trial " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-470 | The main job of the Drain is to gather the waters pumped from the Kesteven Fens , the Holland Fens and the Weir Dyke , a soak dike in Bourne North Fen , alongside the Bourne Eau and River Glen , northwards and eastwards to the Black Sluice at Boston , where they are discharged to the tidal waters of The Haven . The Weir Dyke takes its name from a weir in the bank of the Bourne Eau at Tongue End , which was constructed by the Black Sluice Commissioners , to allow water from the Bourne Eau to overflow the bank when excess water could not flow into the River Glen in times of flood . The <unk> weir became redundant when the Tongue End pumping station was constructed in 1966 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-471 | " Hollywood A.D. " was written and directed by series star David Duchovny , his second writing and directing credit after the sixth season episode " The Unnatural . " The episode — written with a " self @-@ referential " tone — features a myriad of guest stars , including , most notably , Garry Shandling and Téa Leoni , who portray Mulder and Scully , respectively , in the episode 's fictional movie . The episode itself contains several in @-@ jokes and references deliberately placed by Duchovny . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-472 | Potter 's family ran The White Lion pub in Bramber , and as a teenager , his first attempt at taxidermy was to preserve the body of his own pet canary . At the age of 19 , inspired by his sister , Jane , who showed him an illustrated book of nursery rhymes , Potter produced what was to become the centrepiece of his museum , a diorama of " The Death and Burial of Cock Robin " , which included 98 species of British birds . This was so well @-@ received that in 1861 , he opened a separate display in the summer house of the pub . While satisfying the Victorian demand for traditional stuffed animals to earn a living , Potter continued creating his dioramas and expanded into new premises in 1866 , and again in 1880 . As his museum expanded , Potter married a local girl , Ann Stringer <unk> , and they had three children , Walter , Annie and Minnie . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-473 | <unk> is a music festival hosted annually at Andrews Park . On the last Sunday in September , the music festival is held to help raise awareness about human rights . The event was established in 1986 by the University of Oklahoma chapter of Amnesty International . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-474 | The head puppet sculptor was Christine Glanville , who also served as the lead puppeteer . Glanville 's four @-@ person team built the 13 members of the main cast in six months at a cost of between £ 250 and £ 300 per puppet ( approximately £ 4 @,@ 569 and £ 5 @,@ 483 today ) . Since pairs of episodes were being filmed simultaneously on separate stages , the characters needed to be sculpted in duplicate . Facial expressions were diversified by means of replaceable heads : as well as a head with a neutral expression , each main character was given a " smiler " , a " <unk> " and a " blinker " . The finished puppets were approximately 22 inches ( 56 cm ) tall , or 1 ⁄ 3 adult human height . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-475 | Building upon the gene @-@ chromosome theory of heredity that originated with Gregor Mendel ( 1822 – 1884 ) , August Weismann ( 1834 – 1914 ) proved that inheritance only takes place through gametes . No other cells can pass on inherited characters . The work of Katherine Esau ( 1898 – 1997 ) on plant anatomy is still a major foundation of modern botany . Her books Plant Anatomy and Anatomy of Seed Plants have been key plant structural biology texts for more than half a century . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-476 | By 1916 , the threat from submarines in the Baltic convinced the German navy to withdraw the elderly Wittelsbach @-@ class ships from active service . Wittelsbach was initially used as a training ship based in Kiel . The ship was then transferred to Wilhelmshaven for use as a fleet tender . Wittelsbach was converted into a depot ship in 1919 for minesweepers in the newly constituted Reichsmarine . She carried 12 of these shallow draft vessels . The ship served in this capacity for little more than a year ; on 8 March 1921 , Wittelsbach was stricken from the Navy List and sold four months later , on 7 July , for 3 @,@ 561 @,@ 000 Marks . The ship was then broken up for scrap in Wilhelmshaven . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-477 | From early on in his career , Parsons took an interest in socialism and communism , views that he shared with his friend Malina . Under the influence of another friend , Sidney Weinbaum , the two joined a communist group in the late 1930s , with Parsons reading Marxist literature , but he remained unconvinced and refused to join the American Communist Party . Malina asserted that this was because Parsons was a " political romantic " , whose attitude was more anti @-@ authoritarian than anti @-@ capitalist . Parsons would later become critical of the Marxist @-@ Leninist government of the Soviet Union led by Joseph Stalin , sarcastically commenting that | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-478 | The assembly of these extracellular structures is dependent on bacterial secretion systems . These transfer proteins from the cytoplasm into the periplasm or into the environment around the cell . Many types of secretion systems are known and these structures are often essential for the virulence of pathogens , so are intensively studied . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-479 | Arthur Vaughan Williams died suddenly in February 1875 , and his widow took the children to live in her family home , Leith Hill Place , Wotton , Surrey . The children were under the care of a nurse , Sara Wager , who instilled in them not only polite manners and good behaviour but also liberal social and philosophical opinions . Such views were consistent with the progressive @-@ minded tradition of both sides of the family . When the young Vaughan Williams asked his mother about Darwin 's controversial book On the Origin of Species , she answered , " The Bible says that God made the world in six days . Great Uncle Charles thinks it took longer : but we need not worry about it , for it is equally wonderful either way " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-480 | The Assembly worked in the Reformed Protestant theological tradition , also known as Calvinism . It took the Bible as the authoritative word of God , from which all theological reflection must be based . The divines were committed to the Reformed doctrine of predestination — that God chooses certain men to be saved and enjoy eternal life rather than eternal punishment . There was some disagreement at the Assembly over the doctrine of particular redemption — that Christ died only for those chosen for salvation . The Assembly also held to Reformed covenant theology , a framework for interpreting the Bible . The Assembly 's Confession is the first of the Reformed confessions to teach a doctrine called the covenant of works , which teaches that before the fall of man , God promised eternal life to Adam on condition that he perfectly obeyed God . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-481 | Eraserhead 's sound design has been considered one of its defining elements . Although the film features several hallmark visuals — the deformed infant and the sprawling industrial setting — these are matched by their accompanying sounds , as the " incessant mewling " and " evocative aural landscape " are paired with these respectively . The film features several constant industrial sounds , providing low @-@ level background noise in every scene . This fosters a " threatening " and " unnerving " atmosphere , which has been imitated in works such as David Fincher 's 1995 thriller Seven and the Coen brothers ' 1991 drama Barton Fink . The constant low @-@ level noise has been perceived by James Wierzbicki in his book Music , Sound and Filmmakers : Sonic Style in Cinema as perhaps a product of Henry Spencer 's imagination , and the soundtrack has been described as " ruthlessly negligent of the difference between dream and reality " . The film also begins a trend within Lynch 's work of relating diegetic music to dreams , as when the Lady in the Radiator sings " In Heaven " during Spencer 's extended dream sequence . This is also present in " Episode 2 " of Twin Peaks , in which diegetic music carries over from a character 's dream to his waking thoughts ; and in 1986 's Blue Velvet , in which a similar focus is given to Roy Orbison 's " In Dreams " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-482 | On May 3 , 2007 , the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Nancy Reagan hosted the first 2008 Republican primary debate in the Library 's Air Force One Pavilion . The candidates present included Kansas Senator Sam Brownback , former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore , former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani , former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee , Representative Duncan Hunter of California , Senator John McCain of Arizona , Representative Ron Paul of Texas , former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney , Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado , and Tommy Thompson , former Governor of Wisconsin and President George W. Bush 's first Secretary of Health and Human Services . Mrs. Reagan , California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger , and Fred Ryan , Chairman of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation were among those in attendance . Candidates discussed the War in Iraq , the War on Terror , taxes , healthcare , abortion , stem @-@ cell research , gay rights , illegal immigration , and made at least 20 individual references directly or in passing , to Ronald Reagan and his presidency . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-483 | She explained that " i cant separate myself from others ... i feel connected to everybody ... like they were distant family , " and cited Carl Sagan , Richard Feynman and Elie Wiesel . She said she hoped the material would lead to " hopefully worldwide discussion , debates , and <unk> if not ... than [ sic ] we 're doomed as a species . " She said she had downloaded the material onto music CD @-@ <unk> , erased the music and replaced it with a compressed split file . Part of the reason no one noticed , she said , was that staff were working 14 hours a day , seven days a week , and " people stopped caring after 3 weeks . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-484 | In February 2009 , Alabama signed the No. 1 recruiting class according to Rivals and the No. 2 recruiting class according to Scout . Spring practice began on March 13 and concluded with the annual A @-@ Day game on April 18 . Televised live by ESPN , the Crimson team defeated the White team by a score of 14 – 7 before 84 @,@ 050 fans in Bryant – Denny Stadium . Greg McElroy and Marquis Maze were named co @-@ MVPs of the game . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-485 | In 1988 and 1989 , Eye found himself making friends with Sonic Youth and also worked extensively with John Zorn 's <unk> Naked City project , serving as guest vocalist . After the release of Boredoms ' album Soul Discharge in the United States , the band was able to parlay their growing popularity into long term record deals with Warner Bros. Records in Japan and its United States imprint Reprise Records . With the release of the band 's critically acclaimed Pop Tatari , generally seen as one of the strangest albums ever released by a major label , Boredoms took to the road and toured with Sonic Youth in 1992 , Nirvana for eight consecutive shows in late October and early November 1993 , and Brutal Truth in 1993 . During this period , the band was asked by Steve Albini to record a track for a compilation he was recording . Shortly after Eye again collaborated with John Zorn on an EP under the name Mystic <unk> Orchestra , which was notably the first album released on Zorn 's <unk> Records . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-486 | As Olivia enters the park , she is passed by a man riding a penny @-@ farthing bicycle . As these have not been shown elsewhere , it does not seem likely that they are a common means of transportation in the alternate universe , but rather that this is a reference to The Prisoner , in which similar mind @-@ games were used against an agent being held prisoner . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-487 | Jerry Fodor , Putnam , and others noted that , along with being an effective argument against type @-@ identity theories , multiple realizability implies that any low @-@ level explanation of higher @-@ level mental phenomena is insufficiently abstract and general . Functionalism , which identifies mental kinds with functional kinds that are characterized exclusively in terms of causes and effects , abstracts from the level of <unk> , and therefore seemed to be a better explanation of the relation between mind and body . In fact , there are many functional kinds , such as <unk> , software and bookshelves , which are multiply realized at the physical level . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-488 | The name of the city can be traced to Mer , an ancient storm deity of northern Mesopotamia and Syria who was considered the patron deity of the city , Georges Dossin noted that the name of the city was spelled identically like the name of the storm god and concluded that Mari was named after him . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-489 | The game was released alongside the SNES in Japan on November 21 , 1990 , in North America in August 1991 , and in Europe in 1992 . Only it and Super Mario World were initially available for the Japanese launch . In North America , Super Mario World shipped with the console , and other initial titles included F @-@ Zero , Pilotwings , SimCity , and Gradius III . The game was produced by Shigeru Miyamoto . It was downloadable over the Nintendo Power peripheral in Japan and was also released as a demo onto the Nintendo Super System in 1991 . Takaya Imamura , one of the art designers for the game , was surprised to be able to so freely design F @-@ Zero 's characters and courses as he wanted since it was his first game . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-490 | Washington tried his hand at cattle ranching in Guatemala in 1906 or 1907 while , in the meantime , developed his instant coffee process . Washington returned to New York City after only a period of about a year in Guatemala , and then began pursuing the main part of his career in coffee manufacture . His father remained in Guatemala and died there in 1912 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-491 | Jardine himself had to face bodyline bowling in a Test match . The West Indian cricket team toured England in 1933 , and , in the second Test at Old Trafford , Jackie Grant , their captain , decided to try bodyline . He had a couple of fast bowlers , Manny Martindale and Learie Constantine . Facing bodyline tactics for the first time , England first suffered , falling to 134 for 4 , with Wally Hammond being hit on the chin , though he recovered to continue his innings . Then Jardine himself faced Martindale and Constantine . Jardine never flinched . With Les Ames finding himself in difficulties , Jardine said , " You get yourself down this end , Les . I 'll take care of this bloody nonsense . " He played right back to the bouncers , standing on tiptoe , and played them with a dead bat , sometimes playing the ball one handed for more control . While the Old Trafford pitch was not as suited to bodyline as the hard Australian wickets , Martindale did take 5 for 73 , but Constantine only took 1 for 55 . Jardine himself made 127 , his only Test century . In the West Indian second innings , Clark bowled bodyline back to the West Indians , taking 2 for 64 . The match in the end was drawn but played a large part in turning English opinion against bodyline . The Times used the word bodyline , without using inverted commas or using the qualification so @-@ called , for the first time . Wisden also said that " most of those watching it for the first time must have come to the conclusion that , while strictly within the law , it was not nice . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-492 | As such , three candidates appeared on the general election ballot : Peduto , Wander and Ludwig . From the outset , Peduto was heavily favored by local media and political observers to win the election owing to the Democratic Party 's voter registration advantage in Pittsburgh , although Wander stated that it was not his sole intention to win the race , but rather to " convey a message that there is a choice . " Two debates had been scheduled in October 2013 , but Wander — who had been running his campaign from Israel , where he was working as a security consultant — and Ludwig did not attend . As a result , Peduto was the only candidate to attend the events , reformatting them as town hall events , and local television station WTAE @-@ TV cancelled an October 29 debate as Wander did not confirm that he would be able to attend . Ultimately , Bill Peduto defeated both Wander and Ludwig to be elected as the 60th Mayor of Pittsburgh and was inaugurated to succeed Luke Ravenstahl in January 2014 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-493 | " Vincent Kartheiser [ Connor ] had a challenging year playing Angel ’ s errant son , to say the least . While audiences may have hoped for a reconciliation between the two , it was never meant to be . Connor instead started and remained [ .. ] as petulant and unsympathetic as many teens are in real life . [ His pairing with ] Cordelia completely fouled just about everyone and made him the whipping boy for fan ire . But [ Vincent ] earns serious kudos for his amazing last inning transformation of Connor from brat to tragic figure worthy of pity and understanding in Peace Out and Home . That Vincent was able to redeem Connor in such a short time is a true feat in itself and it was singularly responsible for making the finale as heartbreaking and haunting as it ended up being . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-494 | Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare is a 2007 first @-@ person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows , OS X , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , and Wii . A handheld game was made for the Nintendo DS . The game was released in North America , Australia , and Europe in November 2007 for video game consoles and Microsoft Windows . It was released for OS X in September 2008 , then released for the Wii in November 2009 , given the subtitle Reflex Edition . It is the fourth installment in the Call of Duty video game series , excluding expansion packs , and is the first in the Modern Warfare line of the franchise , followed by a direct sequel , Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 as well as the first game in the series to have a Mature rating . The game breaks away from the World War II setting of previous games in the series and is instead set in modern times . Developed for over two years , the game uses a proprietary game engine . On September 10 , 2009 , it was published in Japan by Square Enix . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-495 | Old Sleaford was in the possession of Ramsey Abbey at the time of Domesday and later Haverholme Priory , and was eventually served by a vicar ; the church was dedicated either to St Giles or to All Saints . At the Dissolution of the Monasteries ( 1536 – 1541 ) , the king took over collection of the tithes , eventually leasing them to Thomas Horseman and then selling them to Robert Carre . In the 17th century , the rectory of Quarrington and the vicarage were combined to form the parish of Quarrington with Old Sleaford ; the current rector of Quarrington is the Rev. Sandra Benham . The parish boundaries of New Sleaford and Quarrington with Old Sleaford were last altered in 1928 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-496 | " Signal 30 " is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series Mad Men and the 57th episode of the series overall . It was written by series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and writer Frank Pierson , and directed by main cast member John Slattery . It originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on April 15 , 2012 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-497 | Tiberius died in Misenum on 15 March AD 37 , in his seventy eighth year . Tacitus records that upon the news of his death the crowd rejoiced , only to become suddenly silent upon hearing that he had recovered , and rejoiced again at the news that Caligula and Macro had smothered him . This is not recorded by other ancient historians apart from Suetonius and is most likely apocryphal , but some historians consider it indicative of how the senatorial class felt towards the Emperor at the time of his death . After his death , the Senate refused to vote him divine honors , and mobs filled the streets yelling " To the Tiber with Tiberius ! " — in reference to a method of disposal reserved for the corpses of criminals . Instead the body of the emperor was cremated and his ashes were quietly laid in the Mausoleum of Augustus , later to be scattered in AD 410 during the Sack of Rome . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-498 | The Appalachian Trail is relatively safe . Most injuries or incidents are consistent with comparable outdoor activities . Most hazards are related to weather conditions , human error , plants , animals , diseases , and fellow humans encountered along the trail . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-499 | News reports linked Caspersen with financial problems and accusations of alleged large @-@ scale tax evasion that were discovered in the course of federal investigations into offshore tax shelters managed by financial firms UBS and LGT Bank , and used by wealthy American clients . Near the end of his life , Caspersen was subjected to an IRS audit with a possible focus on alleged offshore accounts . An attorney for Caspersen ’ s estate claimed that in 2013 the IRS effectively exonerated Caspersen posthumously — with no penalties or fines for offshore accounts or anything else . | wikipedia-2018 |
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