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wikipedia_2018-1600 | In July 1980 ( 1980 @-@ 07 ) the airline had 2 @,@ 100 employees and a fleet of three Boeing 707 @-@ <unk> , one Boeing 720B , one DC @-@ 9 @-@ 30 and three Fokker F @-@ 27 @-@ 200s . At this time , Addis Ababa , Athens , Bombay , Cairo , Copenhagen , Frankfurt , Jeddah , Kampala , Karachi , Khartoum , London , Lusaka , Mauritius , Mogadishu , Rome , Salisbury , Seychelles and Zurich were part of the airline 's list of international destinations , whereas domestic services radiating from Nairobi to Kisumu , Malindi , Mombasa and <unk> were also operated . A Nairobi – Bombay nonstop route was launched in 1982 using Boeing 707 @-@ 320B equipment . A year later , the company commenced serving Tanzania . Flights to Burundi , Malawi and Rwanda were launched in 1984 . Capacity on the European routes was boosted in November 1985 ( 1985 @-@ 11 ) with the incorporation of an Airbus A310 @-@ 200 leased from Condor . Kilimanjaro was first served in March 1986 ( 1986 @-@ 03 ) . That year , the airline ordered two Airbus A310 @-@ 300s . Kenya Airways became the first African carrier in acquiring the type , and they were the first wide @-@ bodies ordered by the company . Funded with a US $ 20 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 ( equivalent to $ 43 @,@ 175 @,@ 471 in 2015 ) loan , the delivery of these two aircraft took place in May and September 1986 ( 1986 @-@ 09 ) . They were put on service on the Kenya – Europe corridor , and permitted Kenya Airways to return the A310 @-@ 200 to the lessor . In early 1988 , the carrier ordered two Fokker 50s ; aimed at operating domestic routes , the airline received the first of these aircraft at the end of the year . Also in 1988 , the lease of a third A310 @-@ 300 was arranged with the International Lease Finance for a ten @-@ year period ; the aircraft joined the fleet in November 1989 ( 1989 @-@ 11 ) . Leased from Ansett Worldwide , the first Boeing 757 @-@ 200 was handed over to the company in January 1990 ( 1990 @-@ 01 ) , whereas a third Fokker 50 was incorporated in October the same year . By late 1991 , two Boeing 737 @-@ 200s had been leased from <unk> Peat Aviation . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1601 | I had the chills . I had a great feeling about it when we finished writing the song , and I was flying back from Atlanta at some crazy hour of the morning ... But we were listening to it on the plane ride on the way home , and even from the demo version , I really felt something very special . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1602 | U.S. Route 80 ( US 80 ) was a U.S. highway in California that continued east across the country to Georgia . The western terminus was in San Diego , California , and US 80 continued east through the city on several different alignments through the years . The highway went through the Cuyamaca Mountains , encountering many switchbacks , before descending to El Centro . After passing through the sand dunes , the highway crossed the Colorado River into Yuma , Arizona . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1603 | Coutances was elected to the see of Lincoln on 8 May 1183 , selected by King Henry over three other candidates . He was ordained a priest on 11 June 1183 and consecrated bishop on 3 July 1183 at Angers by Richard of Dover , the Archbishop of Canterbury . He was enthroned at Lincoln Cathedral on 11 December 1183 . While at Lincoln , Coutances took part in the election of Baldwin of Forde as the new Archbishop of Canterbury , which took place at a council held in Westminster in 1184 . Writing about Coutances ' time at Lincoln , Gerald of Wales accused the bishop of increasing the debt of the diocese of Lincoln and of squandering its resources . Coutances helped the schools in the city of Lincoln , acting as the patron for scholars such as John of Tynemouth and Simon of Southwell . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1604 | One of the city 's most recent sports @-@ related attractions is the Covelli Centre , which was funded primarily through a $ 26 million federal grant . Located on the site of an abandoned steel mill , the large , high @-@ tech facility opened in October 2005 . It was formerly called the Chevrolet Center , and during planning it was known as the Youngstown Convocation Center . The Centre 's main tenants are the Youngstown Phantoms , who play in the United States Hockey League . Previously , it was home to the Youngstown <unk> hockey team , who played in the CHL . The city plans to develop vacant land adjacent to the Centre for a park , a riverwalk ( the Mahoning River flows through the site ) , an amphitheater , or an athletic stadium for the city 's public and private high schools . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1605 | The tie @-@ breaking rules have changed over the years , with the most recent changes being made in 2002 to accommodate the league 's realignment into eight four @-@ team divisions ; record vs. common opponents and most of the other criteria involving wins and losses were moved up higher in the tie @-@ breaking list , while those involving compiled stats such as points for and against were moved to the bottom . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1606 | The Cleveland Area Rapid Transit , operated by the University of Oklahoma , provides bus service throughout the 191 @-@ square @-@ mile ( 490 km2 ) Norman area . CART also provides service to the Social Security Administration offices in Moore , OK , as well as to Oklahoma City 's Metro Transit hub in downtown Oklahoma City . Metro Transit maintains a fleet of buses and trolleys serving the greater Oklahoma City area , including Will Rogers World Airport . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1607 | In June 1945 , Bradman faced a financial crisis when the firm of Harry Hodgetts collapsed due to fraud and embezzlement . Bradman moved quickly to set up his own business , utilising Hodgetts ' client list and his old office in Grenfell Street , Adelaide . The fallout led to a prison term for Hodgetts , and left a stigma attached to Bradman 's name in the city 's business community for many years . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1608 | In 2012 , Andy Heath & Iestyn Evans won the Royal Television Society Craft and Design Award 2011 / 12 for special effects in Mongrels Series 2 , beating Downton Abbey and Great Expectations in the process . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1609 | Meanwhile , director Sam Mendes had been working on a film version of the story for several years , and in June 2003 Sondheim was approached to write the script . Although he turned down the offer , Mendes and producer Walter F. Parkes obtained his approval to use writer John Logan instead . Logan had previously collaborated with Parkes on Gladiator , and claimed his biggest challenge in adapting the Sondheim stage play " was taking a sprawling , magnificent Broadway musical and making it cinematic , and an emotionally honest film . Onstage , you can have a chorus sing as the people of London , but I think that would be alienating in a movie . " Mendes left to direct the 2005 film Jarhead , and Burton leaped at taking over the direction after his project , Ripley 's Believe It or Not ! , fell apart due to its excessive budget . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1610 | Director Hideo Kojima confirmed in 2006 that a film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid was in development . He also hinted that the movie may be set in Alaska , the original setting for the game . Despite pitching his ideas regarding the movie , the voice of Solid Snake , David Hayter , will not be writing the final script , appearing in the movie or directing the film . However , a petition has been started by fans to get Hayter involved in writing the script . The movie 's producers hoped to invite Kurt Wimmer to write the movie , but the final decision has not yet been announced , but producer Michael DeLuca dismissed the claim . According to an interview in Nuts magazine actor Christian Bale is interested in playing Solid Snake in the film . In late August 2012 , Konami issued a press release stating that a live @-@ action film was in pre @-@ production . The film is being produced by Avi Arad and Ari Arad , with their production company Arad Productions as well as Columbia Pictures . Distribution and production will be handled by Sony Pictures Entertainment . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1611 | On 23 March 2007 , Knut was presented to the public for the first time . Around 400 journalists visited the Berlin Zoo on what was dubbed " Knut Day " to report on the cub 's first public appearance to a worldwide audience . Because Knut became the focus of worldwide media at a very young age , many stories and false alarms regarding the cub 's health and well @-@ being were circulated during his first year . For example , on 16 April 2007 , Knut was removed from display due to teething pains resulting from the growth of his right upper canine tooth , but initial reports vaguely stated that he was suffering from an unknown illness and subsequently put on antibiotics . Much ado was also made about a death threat that was sent shortly before 15 : 00 local time on Wednesday 18 April 2007 . The zoo had received an anonymous letter by fax which said " Knut ist tot ! Donnerstag Mittag . " ( " Knut is dead ! Thursday noon . " ) In response , the police increased their security measures around the bear . The time frame for the threat passed without incident or harm to Knut . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1612 | The royal commission reported months after Rutherford had already resigned . The majority did not find Rutherford or his cabinet guilty of any wrongdoing , but criticized them for poor judgment , both in relation to the loan guarantees and in relation to the exemptions the A & GW received from provincial legislation ; a minority report was more sympathetic , and declared the allegations against them " disproved " . James Cornwall , a Liberal backbencher who supported Rutherford , fared somewhat worse : his personal financial involvement in the railway gave rise to " suspicious circumstances " , but he too was not proven guilty of any wrongdoing . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1613 | It also features in the title and central metaphor of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird , by Harper Lee . In that novel , mockingbirds are portrayed as innocent and generous , and two of the major characters , Atticus Finch and Miss Maudie , say it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because " they don 't do one thing for us but make music for us to enjoy . They don 't eat up people 's gardens , don 't nest in <unk> , they don 't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1614 | By 1967 , as Hendrix was gaining in popularity , many of his pre @-@ Experience recordings were marketed to an unsuspecting public as Jimi Hendrix albums , sometimes with misleading later images of Hendrix . The recordings , which came under the control of producer Ed Chalpin of PPX , with whom Hendrix had signed a recording contract in 1965 , were often re @-@ mixed between their repeated reissues , and licensed to record companies such as Decca and Capitol . Hendrix publicly denounced the releases , describing them as " malicious " and " greatly inferior " , stating : " At PPX , we spent on average about one hour recording a song . Today I spend at least twelve hours on each song . " These unauthorized releases have long constituted a substantial part of his recording catalogue , amounting to hundreds of albums . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1615 | Sebaceous glands are also found in hairless areas ( glabrous skin ) of the eyelids , nose , penis , labia minora , the inner mucosal membrane of the cheek , and nipples . Some sebaceous glands have unique names . Sebaceous glands on the lip and mucosa of the cheek are known as Fordyce spots , and glands on the eyelids are known as meibomian glands . Sebaceous glands of the breast are also known as Montgomery 's glands . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1616 | De Havilland 's career spanned fifty @-@ three years , from 1935 to 1988 . During that time , she appeared in forty @-@ nine feature films , and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood . She began her career playing demure <unk> opposite popular male stars , including Errol Flynn , with whom she made her breakout film Captain Blood in 1935 . They would go on to make seven more feature films together , and became one of Hollywood 's most popular romantic on @-@ screen pairings . Her range of performances included roles in most major movie genres . Following her film debut in the Shakespeare adaptation A Midsummer Night 's Dream , de Havilland achieved her initial popularity in romantic comedies , such as The Great Garrick and Hard to Get , and Western adventure films , such as Dodge City and Santa Fe Trail . Her natural beauty and refined acting style made her particularly effective in historical period dramas , such as Anthony Adverse , The Adventures of Robin Hood , Gone with the Wind , and The Heiress , and romantic dramas , such as Hold Back the Dawn and To Each His Own . In her later career , she was most successful in drama films , such as In This Our Life and Light in the Piazza , and psychological dramas playing unglamorous characters in films such as The Dark Mirror , The Snake Pit , and Hush ... Hush , Sweet Charlotte . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1617 | The aye @-@ aye is almost universally viewed unfavorably across Madagascar , though the tales vary from village to village and region to region . If people see an aye @-@ aye , they may kill it and hang the corpse on a pole near a road outside of town ( so others can carry the bad fortunes away ) or burn their village and move . The superstitions behind aye @-@ aye fady include beliefs that they kill and eat chickens or people , that they kill people in their sleep by cutting their aortic vein , that they embody ancestral spirits , or that they warn of illness , death , or bad luck in the family . As of 1970 , the people of the Marolambo District in the Toamasina Province feared the aye @-@ aye because they believed it had supernatural powers . Because of this , no one was allowed to mock , kill , or eat one . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1618 | World Vision Indonesia visited East Timor in October 1978 and claimed that 70 @,@ 000 East Timorese were at risk of starvation . An envoy from the International Committee of the Red Cross reported in 1979 that 80 percent of one camp 's population was malnourished , in a situation that was " as bad as Biafra " . The ICRC warned that " tens of thousands " were at risk of starvation . Indonesia announced that it was working through the government @-@ run Indonesian Red Cross to alleviate the crisis , but the NGO Action for World Development charged that organisation with selling donated aid supplies . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1619 | When Brigadier General Augustine Prevost arrived from Saint Augustine in mid @-@ January 1779 , he assumed command of the garrison there , and on the 22nd sent a force under Campbell to take control of Augusta and raise Loyalist militia companies . Prevost decided thereafter to send a force to occupy Port Royal Island just up the coast in South Carolina , where he had been led to believe that Loyalist sentiment was strong . On January 29 the HMS Vigilant , an unseaworthy ship of the line that had been converted to a floating battery , was towed by Royal Navy crews in longboats through the channel separating Hilton Head Island from the mainland . She was accompanied by a flotilla of smaller ships that carried 200 infantry from the 16th and 60th Regiments under Major William Gardner , who had orders to take control of Beaufort , the island 's main settlement . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1620 | In 1849 , a few years before his death in 1852 , Mantell realised that iguanodonts were not heavy , <unk> @-@ like animals , as Owen was putting forward , but had slender forelimbs ; however , his passing left him unable to participate in the creation of the Crystal Palace dinosaur sculptures , and so Owen 's vision of the dinosaurs became that seen by the public for decades . With Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins , he had nearly two dozen lifesize sculptures of various prehistoric animals built out of concrete sculpted over a steel and brick framework ; two iguanodonts ( based on the Mantellodon specimen ) , one standing and one resting on its belly , were included . Before the sculpture of the standing iguanodont was completed , he held a banquet for twenty inside it . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1621 | The first season of The Simpsons had finished as high as 4th in the weekly ratings and was the Fox network 's first series to rank among a season 's top 30 highest @-@ rated shows and Bart quickly became one of the most popular characters on television in what was termed " Bartmania " . Due to the success of the first season of the show , the Fox Network decided to switch The Simpsons ' timeslot in hopes that it would steal ratings from NBC 's " powerhouse " line up , generate more advertising revenue , and result in higher ratings for Beverly Hills , 90210 and Babes , which would follow the show . The show was moved from its from 8 : 00 p.m. EST Sunday night slot to the same time on Thursday , where it would compete with NBC 's The Cosby Show , the number one show at the time . Many of the producers of The Simpsons , including James L. Brooks , were against the move . The show had been in the top 10 while airing on Sunday and they felt the move would destroy its ratings . He commented that " Suddenly a show that was a hit is fighting for its survival , [ ... ] We 're not fighting ' Cosby , ' we just want to get healthy ratings . There have been two weeks in my life when a show I was associated with was number one in the ratings , and on Sunday night , we had a chance to be the number one show in the country . I don 't think we have a chance on Thursday night . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1622 | Due to a large number of wrestlers leaving the company in the summer of 1992 the middleweight championship was vacated , forcing CMLL to hold a tournament . They opted to start out with a 16 @-@ man battle royal elimination match as a means to qualify for the final match the following week . Negro Casas and El Dandy outlasted a field of wrestlers that included Guerrero Maya , Águila <unk> , <unk> , Guerrero del Futuro , Plata , <unk> de <unk> , <unk> Jr . , Oro , Javier Cruz , Kung Fu , Kato Kung Lee , Ringo Mendoza , Bestia Salvaje and Último Dragón . The following week El Dandy defeated Casas to start his first of three championship reigns . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1623 | " ... was worse at generating swings and misses . His strikeout rate declined by 2 @.@ 6 percent and his overall swinging strike rate declined by 2 @.@ 1 percent . That doesn ’ t seem like a whole lot , but consider that opposing hitters swung at 1 @,@ 774 pitches during the 2013 season . A 2 @.@ 1 percent decrease means 37 fewer swings and misses . That 's a combination of 37 more balls in play or foul balls prolonging an at @-@ bat . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1624 | For the last two years of his life , Hubbard lived in a luxury Blue Bird motorhome on Whispering Winds , a 160 @-@ acre ranch near Creston , California . He remained in deep hiding while controversy raged in the outside world about whether he was still alive and if so , where . He spent his time " writing and researching " , according to a spokesperson , and pursued photography and music , overseeing construction work and checking on his animals . He repeatedly redesigned the property , spending millions of dollars remodeling the ranch house — which went virtually uninhabited — and building a quarter @-@ mile horse @-@ racing track with an observation tower , which reportedly was never used . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1625 | Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and two others were injured in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan Agency at night after their vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device . In Pakistani counter @-@ retaliation , the military launched a search @-@ operation killing seven militants in the pursuing fire @-@ exchange . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1626 | He paved the way as a role model for the first three Panamanian Major League All @-@ Stars , Ben <unk> and Manny <unk> also from Colón , and Rod Carew a <unk> born in neighboring Gatun . López recorded many firsts among Panamanian baseball players ; he was the first regular major leaguer , since 1955 was his rookie season , whereas Robinson did not qualify as a rookie until 1958 ( the season in which he recorded his 50th career inning pitched ) and <unk> Clarke , who also debuted in 1955 , never qualified as a rookie . López ' 1955 rookie season , when he batted .290 , was also the first by a Panamanian to qualify for baseball 's statistical leadership by recording the minimum number of plate appearances or innings pitched . Thus , although he was not the first to appear in the major leagues , he was in a sense the first Panamanian everyday player . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1627 | An unnamed narrator , while gazing upon his pet cat , begins to reminisce about a law in the town of Ulthar that forbids the killing of cats and relates the story of how this law came to be . The tale begins with the introduction of an old cotter and his wife who delight in trapping and violently killing any cats who venture onto their property . The people of the town are too afraid of the couple to speak against these acts , so they instead focus their efforts on keeping their felines from approaching the cotter 's house . One night a caravan of travelers from a distant land arrives and passes through the village . They bring with them an orphan named Menes who , having lost his family to a plague , has only a small , black kitten to keep him company . After being unable to find his kitten on the third day of his stay , Menes hears the stories of the old cotter and his wife , and decides to take action . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1628 | Judicial - The nearest Supreme Court of British Columbia venue is the New Westminster Law Courts . Provincial Court of British Columbia cases were formerly handled through the Coquitlam Provincial Court , but this was closed in 1996 and moved to the new Port Coquitlam Provincial Court . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1629 | Epigenetic changes — such as alteration of DNA methylation , histone tail modification , or microRNA regulation — may lead to inactivation of tumor suppressor genes . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1630 | Douglas 's output included new churches , restoring and renovating existing churches , church furnishings , new houses and alterations to existing houses , and a variety of other buildings , including shops , banks , offices , schools , memorials and public buildings . His architectural styles were eclectic . Douglas worked during the period of the Gothic Revival , and many of his works incorporate elements of the English Gothic style . He was also influenced by architectural styles from the mainland of Europe and included elements of French , German and Dutch architecture . However he is probably best remembered for his incorporation of vernacular elements in his buildings , in particular half @-@ timbering , influenced by the black @-@ and @-@ white revival in Chester . Other vernacular elements he incorporated include tile @-@ hanging , <unk> , and the use of decorative brick in diapering and the design of tall chimney stacks . Of particular importance is Douglas 's use of joinery and highly detailed wood carving . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1631 | The spelling of Meyers ' name has been inconsistent in the show . His last name was spelt both Myers and Meyers in " Itchy & Scratchy & Marge , " and Myers the later episode " The Day the Violence Died . " His name is spelt Meyers in " The Front , " as well as in the book The Simpsons : A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1632 | Jim is eventually found by American soldiers and placed in an orphanage . Here , the film ends with a deeply traumatized Jim reuniting with his mother and father over the sound of the Welsh lullaby . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1633 | In the face of their failing war plans , Japanese and German representatives more and more began to deceive each other at tactical briefings by exaggerating minor victories and <unk> losses . In several talks in spring and summer 1943 between Generaloberst Alfred Jodl and the Japanese naval attaché in Berlin , Vice Admiral <unk> Nomura , Jodl downplayed the afore described defeats of the German Army , e.g. by claiming the Soviet offensive would soon run out of steam and that " anywhere the Wehrmacht can be sent on land , it is sure of its <unk> , but where it has to be taken over sea , it becomes somewhat more difficult . " Japan , on the other hand , not only evaded any disclosure of its true strategic position in the Pacific , but also declined any interference in American shipments being unloaded at Vladivostok and large amounts of men and material being transported from East Siberia to the German front in the west . Being forced to watch the continued reinforcement of Soviet troops from the east without any Japanese intervention was a thorn in Hitler 's flesh , especially considering Japan 's apparent ignorance with respect to the recent Casablanca Conference at which the Allies declared only to accept the unconditional surrenders of the Axis nations . During a private briefing on 5 March 1943 , Hitler remarked : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1634 | Rona , Elizabeth ( 1978 ) . How it came about : radioactivity , nuclear physics , atomic energy . Oak Ridge , Tennessee : Oak Ridge Associated Universities . ISBN 978 @-@ 0 @-@ 930 @-@ <unk> @-@ 6 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1635 | Rider Haggard 's writing style was the source of much criticism in reviews of She and his other works . His harshest critic was Augustus Moore , who wrote " God help English literature when English people lay aside their Waverley novels , and the works of Defoe , Swift , Thackeray , Charlotte Brontë , George Eliot , and even Charles Reade for the penny dreadfuls of Mr Haggard " ; adding , " The man who could write ' he spoke to She ' can have no ear at all " . A more common sentiment was expressed by the review of She in Blackwood 's Edinburgh Magazine : " Mr. Rider Haggard is not an exquisite workman like Mr. [ Robert Louis ] Stevenson , but he has a great deal of power in his way , and rougher qualities which are more likely , perhaps , to ' take the town ' than skill more delicate " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1636 | When Lum met Voltairine de Cleyre in 1888 , he was twenty @-@ seven years her elder and had lived a life rich in experience . They forged an " unshakable " friendship , and Lum had a profound influence on Voltairine de Cleyre 's political development , which evolved in an opposite direction to his ; she started out as an orthodox <unk> individualist , but became increasingly involved with the radical labor movement and ultimately called for a <unk> " anarchism without adjectives " movement . Their relationship ended after five years of intense involvement , leaving their planned collaborative project — a lengthy social and philosophical anarchist novel — ultimately unpublished . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1637 | Literary critic Ioana <unk> agreed that there was a link between Mitică and other characters in Caragiale 's sketches ; she subsequently argued that formed an integral part of the writer 's caricature of Romania in its entirety , and that the measure to which they reflected reality is impossible to detect . In her 2007 volume of essays , titled În Ţara <unk> . De <unk> ori Caragiale ( " In the Land of the <unk> . Seven Times Caragiale " ) , she stressed that the character was both more human and more artificial than his usual interpretations in 20th century commentary . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1638 | Tijori has also been the housemate on Bigg Boss 1 ( 2006 ) . His wife is a fashion designer and his brother @-@ in @-@ law Kabir Sadanand is a film director . In 2009 Tijori 's daughter was kidnapped for a few hours . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1639 | The Battle of Solachon was fought in 586 CE in northern Mesopotamia between the East Roman ( Byzantine ) forces , led by Philippicus , and the Sassanid Persians under Kardarigan . The engagement was part of the long and inconclusive Byzantine – Sassanid War of 572 – 591 . The Battle of Solachon ended in a major Byzantine victory which improved the Byzantine position in Mesopotamia , but it was not in the end decisive . The war dragged on until 591 , when it ended with a negotiated settlement between Maurice and the Persian shah Khosrau II ( r . 590 – 628 ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1640 | M @-@ 130 was commissioned in 1929 . At the time , US 23 followed Ida – Maybee Road , and M @-@ 130 followed North Custer Road from there to an intersection with US 24 / US 25 ( Telegraph Road ) in Monroe . Later the next year , M @-@ 130 was extended southward from its western terminus when US 23 was rerouted to follow M @-@ 50 . The highway was returned to local control in late 1955 or early 1956 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1641 | A high definition remaster of the PlayStation 2 version was released for PlayStation Network on 2 October 2012 and for Xbox Live Arcade on 5 October 2012 . A Microsoft Windows version was released via Steam on 17 December 2012 . This version of the game introduces online high score leaderboards and includes the option to play either with enhanced graphics or with the original Saturn version 's graphics . The HD version also includes Christmas Nights and the original game 's two player versus mode , but the Sonic the Hedgehog level of Christmas Nights was removed . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1642 | The church is designed in late Byzantine cross @-@ in @-@ square style . It was constructed from stones and brickwork , a construction technique known as opus <unk> , and measures 16 by 6 @.@ 90 metres ( 52 @.@ 5 ft × 22 @.@ 6 ft ) , 16 by 6 @.@ 70 metres ( 52 @.@ 5 ft × 22 @.@ 0 ft ) , or 14 @.@ 20 by 4 @.@ 80 metres ( 46 @.@ 6 ft × 15 @.@ 7 ft ) , depending on the source . The walls of the church are 0 @.@ 80 metres ( 2 @.@ 6 ft ) thick . The colour of the bricks gives the church a ruddy appearance . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1643 | Over the same period , Mosley was attempting to delay European legislation banning tobacco advertising . At this time all leading Formula One teams carried significant branding from tobacco brands such as Rothmans , West , Marlboro and Mild Seven . The Labour party had pledged to ban tobacco advertising in its manifesto ahead of its 1997 General Election victory , supporting a proposed European Union Directive . The Labour Party 's stance on banning tobacco advertising was reinforced following the election by forceful statements from the Health Secretary Frank Dobson and Minister for Public Health Tessa Jowell . Ecclestone appealed " over Jowell 's head " to Jonathan Powell , Tony Blair 's chief of staff , who arranged a meeting with Blair . Ecclestone and Mosley , both Labour Party donors , met Blair on 16 October 1997 . Mosley argued that the proposed legislation was illegal by EU rules , that Formula One needed more time to find alternative sources of funding and that the prompt introduction of a ban would lead to races being held outside Europe , while the coverage , including tobacco logos , would still be broadcast into the EU . He also argued that : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1644 | The characters would also contrast with the typical procedural genre show ; rather than having clearly defined roles episode to episode , they instead " have an emotional memory and an emotional investment " , as stated by Orci . This also allowed for , as necessary , characters to be removed or introduced to the show and have a larger impact on the other characters . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1645 | The theorem can be proved algebraically using four copies of a right triangle with sides a , b and c , arranged inside a square with side c as in the top half of the diagram . The triangles are similar with area <formula> , while the small square has side b − a and area ( b − a ) 2 . The area of the large square is therefore | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1646 | To counter the threat the British commander in the region , Captain Peter Rainier ordered two of his ships to blockade the island during the summer of 1794 . Rainer 's force comprised the 50 @-@ gun fourth rate ship 50 @-@ gun HMS Centurion under Captain Samuel Osborne and the large 44 @-@ gun frigate HMS Diomede under Captain Matthew Smith . Together the ships sailed from Madras on 30 August 1794 , stopping at the allied port of Trincomalee in Dutch Ceylon and the undefended French @-@ controlled island of Rodrigues before arriving off Île de France in October . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1647 | Nassau and the rest of the I Squadron were again engaged by British light forces shortly after 22 : 00 , including the light cruisers Caroline , Comus , and Royalist . Nassau followed her sister Westfalen in a 68 ° turn to starboard in order to evade any torpedoes that might have been fired . The two ships fired on Caroline and Royalist at a range of around 8 @,@ 000 yd ( 7 @,@ 300 m ) . The British ships turned away briefly , before turning about to launch torpedoes . Caroline fired two at Nassau ; the first passed close to her bows and the second passed under the ship without exploding . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1648 | Despite being originally written in English , a Spanish version of the song titled " Abre Tu Corazón " was recorded by Venezuelan rock singer Melissa , who released it in March 1986 on her " Melissa III " album . Considering Madonna first released the song on the " True Blue " album three months afterwards , Melissa 's " Abre Tu Corazón " can be considered the first released version of the song , although it is possible that Madonna 's version ( for which she received a co @-@ writer 's credit ) was recorded first . The Madonna tribute compilation Virgin Voices : A Tribute To Madonna , Vol . 2 contained a cover by the late Israeli singer Ofra Haza . A eurodance version was recorded by the group Mad 'House for the album " Absolutely Mad " . A hi @-@ NRG dance version was recorded by Who 's That Girl for the album Exposed , released through Almighty Records . In 2004 Platinum Blonde NRG , Vol . 2 : <unk> Madonna Classics , a hi @-@ NRG cover is performed by In @-@ Deep . The song appears in the opening of the 2002 film Crossroads . Britney Spears ' character lip syncs to the song in her room with a brush in her hand , pretending its a microphone . A Madonna poster is visible during the scene . In 2010 , the TV show Glee covered it in the episode " The Power of Madonna " as a mash @-@ up with the song " Borderline " , performed by Cory Monteith and Lea Michele . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1649 | In 1912 , the city of Albany commissioned a study by notable architect Arnold W. Brunner and landscape architect Charles Downing Lay for beautification of the city ; it was published as Studies for Albany . Brunner and Lay proposed using the Rensselaer Lake waterworks property as the core of a new 1 @,@ 000 @-@ acre ( 400 ha ) natural park , preferably leaving much of the grounds in their natural state ; " [ i ] n fact the less done to it the better . " The city never acquired more land for a park here , and portions of the original waterworks property were sold off piecemeal and developed over the following century . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1650 | The album 's artwork was photographed by Harry Langdon in the swimming pool of the Jackson family 's home . Jackson described Langdon as " the sweetest man imaginable " . She took inspiration from a photograph of actress Elizabeth Taylor submerged in a swimming pool which was taken early in her career . In the photograph , nothing could be seen apart from Taylor 's face above the water ; her body was hidden beneath the surface . Jackson thought the pose was dramatic and loved the fact that she could do the same thing , and not to have to reveal anything except for her face . With the photographer , his assistant and other people around the pool , she was still reluctant to take off her robe , and stand there in her bathing suit . She waited until everybody got distracted to slip into the pool . After they took the photos , she waited until everybody was gone to get out of the pool . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1651 | Several USAAF bomber formations operated under NEA 's control in early 1942 , including A @-@ 24 Banshees of the 8th Squadron from Port Moresby , and B @-@ 17 Flying Fortresses of the 435th Squadron ( initially known as the " Kangaroo Squadron " ) from Townsville . As of 20 April , operational authority over all RAAF combat infrastructure , including area commands , was invested in the newly established Allied Air Forces ( AAF ) Headquarters under South West Pacific Area Command ( SWPA ) . One result of this was the integration of USAAF and RAAF staff at area headquarters . According to the official history of the RAAF , though " more a diplomatic gesture than a practical method of war organisation " , it gave personnel from the two services the opportunity to quickly become acclimatised to each other and " in North @-@ Eastern Area , as an example , the atmosphere was happy and the staff extremely cooperative " . Following the Battle of the Coral Sea in May , USAAF units no longer operated under RAAF control in the NEA but were commanded directly by senior American officers of the AAF . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1652 | The first school in the city , a Greek language school , was erected in the city in 1663 . It was sponsored by local merchants and functioned under the supervision of the local bishop . In 1821 , when the Greek War of Independence broke out , it was destroyed , but it was reopened in 1830 . In 1727 a madrasa started to function in the city , and it worked uninterruptedly for 240 years until 1967 , when it was closed due to the Cultural Revolution applied in communist Albania . In 1861 – 1862 a Greek language school for girls was founded , financially supported by the local Greek benefactor Christakis Zografos . The first Albanian school in Gjirokastër was opened in 1886 . Today Gjirokastër has seven grammar schools , two general high schools ( of which one is the Gjirokastër Gymnasium ) , and two professional ones . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1653 | Rational treatment is based on an understanding of these principles : body unity , self @-@ regulation , and the interrelationship of structure and function . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1654 | A new routing on the eastern end was designated in late 1956 or early 1957 ; this routing shifted the eastern terminus out of Otisville to its current location . The last gravel section of highway was paved near <unk> by the Gratiot – Saginaw county line in the late 1950s . The last change to M @-@ 57 's routing came in 1973 . Then @-@ Congressman Gerald R. Ford opened a section of US 131 freeway on September 21 . The freeway ran between the two M @-@ 57 junctions along US 131 near Rockford and Cedar Springs . Afterwards , M @-@ 57 was truncated to the Rockford area , and the segment previously part of M @-@ 57 between Kent City and Cedar Springs was made part of M @-@ 46 afterwards . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1655 | In fact , the Confederates had lost militarily and also politically . During the final hours of the battle , Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens was approaching the Union lines at Norfolk , Virginia , under a flag of truce . Although his formal instructions from Confederate President Jefferson Davis had limited his powers to negotiate on prisoner exchanges and other procedural matters , historian James M. McPherson speculates that he had informal goals of presenting peace overtures . Davis had hoped that Stephens would reach Washington from the south while Lee 's victorious army was marching toward it from the north . President Lincoln , upon hearing of the Gettysburg results , refused Stephens 's request to pass through the lines . Furthermore , when the news reached London , any lingering hopes of European recognition of the Confederacy were finally abandoned . Henry Adams wrote , " The disasters of the rebels are unredeemed by even any hope of success . It is now conceded that all idea of intervention is at an end . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1656 | During her career , de Havilland won two Academy Awards ( To Each His Own and The Heiress ) , two Golden Globe Awards ( The Heiress and Anastasia : The Mystery of Anna ) , two New York Film Critics Circle Awards ( The Snake Pit and The Heiress ) , the National Board of Review Award and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup ( The Snake Pit ) , and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination ( Anastasia : The Mystery of Anna ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1657 | The film also stars Cary @-@ Hiroyuki Tagawa as Khat , the Senator of Cambodia ; <unk> <unk> as Nung , Tony 's partner on the Thai police force ; and Bryce Hodgson as Dex , a petty criminal from New Jersey . The film 's co @-@ writer , Steven Elder , appears in a minor role as Dragovic 's attorney . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1658 | Because the fox returns to her husband each night as a woman but leaves each morning as a fox , she is called Kitsune . In classical Japanese , kitsu @-@ ne means come and sleep , and ki @-@ <unk> means always comes . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1659 | The film received praise from critics with The Moving Picture World stating , " [ It is a ] picture which touches the heart and arouses the strongest emotions . It can be readily understood how a man might become a maniac under such circumstances . The loss of a wife and daughter is sufficient to overthrow reason . That a man should be a hermit afterward seems not unusual . Then comes the excitement of the runaway , the rescue of the baby and the discovery of his daughter , with returning reason and love to follow during his declining years . The emotions will be strongly aroused by this picture , and that will make it popular . Whatever touches the heart is always popular , and this seems to appeal with unusual power . " The New York Dramatic Mirror offered minor praise for the film for the production and its acting . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1660 | There are two distinct , though connected , regions of ER that differ in structure and function : smooth ER and rough ER . The rough endoplasmic reticulum is so named because the cytoplasmic surface is covered with ribosomes , giving it a bumpy appearance when viewed through an electron microscope . The smooth ER appears smooth since its cytoplasmic surface lacks ribosomes . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1661 | Brummer was ready for service with the fleet by May 1916 , though she did not steam with the rest of the High Seas Fleet for the Battle of Jutland at the end of the month . Despite the fact that they had been built as minelaying cruisers , Brummer and Bremse were never used in this capacity . In the autumn of 1917 , Admiral Reinhard Scheer , the chief of the Admiralstab , decided to supplement the U @-@ boat campaign with surface raiders to attack the British convoys to Scandinavia . In addition to damaging British shipping , Scheer sought to divert escorts from the Atlantic theater , where his U @-@ boats were concentrated . Brummer , commanded by Fregattenkapitän <unk> , and Bremse , commanded by Fregattenkapitän <unk> , were selected for the first such operation . Their high speed and large radius of action , coupled with their resemblance to British light cruisers , made them suited to the task . In preparation for the raid , their crews painted the ships dark gray to further camouflage them as British vessels . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1662 | The Māori were the first people to reach New Zealand , followed by the early European settlers . Following colonisation , immigrants were predominantly from Britain , Ireland and Australia because of restrictive policies similar to the white Australian policies . There was also significant Dutch , Dalmatian , Italian , and German immigration , together with indirect European immigration through Australia , North America , South America and South Africa . Following the Great Depression policies were relaxed and migrant diversity increased . In 2009 – 10 , an annual target of 45 @,@ 000 – 50 @,@ 000 permanent residence approvals was set by the New Zealand Immigration Service — more than one new migrant for every 100 New Zealand residents . Just over 25 % of New Zealand 's population was born overseas , with the majority ( 52 % ) living in the Auckland region . The United Kingdom remains the largest source of New Zealand 's overseas population , with a quarter of all overseas @-@ born New Zealanders born there ; other major sources of New Zealand 's overseas @-@ born population are China , India , Australia , South Africa , Fiji and Samoa . The number of fee @-@ paying international students increased sharply in the late 1990s , with more than 20 @,@ 000 studying in public tertiary institutions in 2002 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1663 | A global effort to eradicate polio , led by the World Health Organization , UNICEF , and The Rotary Foundation , began in 1988 and has relied largely on the oral polio vaccine developed by Albert Sabin and Mikhail Chumakov ( Sabin @-@ Chumakov vaccine ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1664 | Rogers has said that he aspires for Action Button Entertainment to make games that share his preferred gaming styles and his hobbies . In finding that the common link between his top 25 video games ( including Panzer Dragoon , Cave Story , Canabalt , and his favorite , Out of This World ) was minimalist aesthetics with no overt story to tell other than through game mechanics , Rogers wanted Ziggurat and future games to live up to those expectations and used his gut to fine @-@ tune design decisions . The games also reflect aspects of Rogers 's personality , such as in the " scream sound effect " on Ziggurat made and distorted from his guitar based on sounds made by eccentric Japanese musicians whose records he owned . He also called Ziggurat a descendant of his hobbies : the video game Ibara : Black Label and the Rubik 's Cube . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1665 | Zhou ( or <unk> ) Tong ( Chinese : <unk> and <unk> ; pinyin : Zhōu <unk> ) ( died late 1121 CE ) was the archery teacher and second military arts tutor of famous Song Dynasty general Yue Fei . Originally a local hero from Henan , he was hired to continue Yue Fei 's military training in archery after the boy had rapidly mastered <unk> under his first teacher . In addition to the future general , Zhou accepted other children as archery pupils . During his tutelage , Zhou taught the children all of his skills and even rewarded Yue with his two favorite bows because he was his best pupil . After Zhou 's death , Yue would regularly visit his tomb twice a month and perform unorthodox sacrifices that far surpassed that done for even beloved tutors . Yue later taught what he had learned from Zhou to his soldiers and they were successful in battle . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1666 | Two months later , Kariya joined Team Canada for the 1994 Men 's World Championships in Italy . He was the lone player on the team to have continued on from the Olympics , as well as the youngest , while playing on a line with Jason Arnott and Brendan Shanahan . During round @-@ robin play , he netted a hat trick against Austria in a 6 – 1 win . In the quarterfinal , he added a goal and an assist in a win over the Czech Republic . Canada advanced to the final , where they defeated Finland 2 – 1 to capture the gold medal . It marked the first championship at the tournament for Canada in 33 years . Kariya finished the tournament with a team @-@ high five goals and 12 points over eight games and received Best Forward and All @-@ Star Team honours on the latter , he was joined by Canadian goaltender Bill Ranford . With his success at the 1994 Winter Olympics and World Championships , Wayne Gretzky heralded Kariya as the next NHL superstar . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1667 | By the war 's end in 1945 , Bruce had become tired of the High Commission posting and hinted to Curtin 's successor Ben Chifley that he would not object to being replaced in the position . In the last years of the war he had envisaged a post @-@ war order based on a continuing alliance of the four powers – the United States , the British Empire , the Soviet Union and China – that could evolve into a new international body with a similar function as the League of Nations , but with a stronger role and authority in international matters . Bruce had rejoined Frank McDougall and John Boyd Orr in these years in reviving their proposals for international cooperation on nutrition and agriculture . He wrote and made representations at all levels on the subject , and became a leading voice once more advocating the creation of an international body to examine social and economic questions , much as he had done during his years with the League of Nations . The efforts of McDougall , Bruce and Orr finally paid off when their work came to the attention of Eleanor Roosevelt , and subsequently the American government , and their proposals would find expression at the Food and Agriculture Conference that Franklin Roosevelt convened in Hot Springs , Virginia , in May 1943 . This conference agreed to the establishment of the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) , which became an associated institution with the United Nations when it was established formally in October 1945 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1668 | Stone later returned to the United States , where he worked as an engineer for the Florida Ship Canal Company in 1883 . He also served as the Chief Engineer for the construction of the Statue of Liberty 's pedestal and concrete foundation . He fell ill after the dedication ceremony and died in New York City . Stone is buried in West Point National Cemetery . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1669 | Sir Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes KBE , MVO , MC ( 12 June 1895 – 31 July 1970 ) was an Australian soldier , Olympian and Olympic Games organiser , author and federal and state government minister . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1670 | José Toribio Medina ( 1852 – 1930 ) , who was a writer and historiographer , spent most of his life in Colchagua Province , and completed his first archeological investigations in Pichilemu . In 1908 , he published Los <unk> Indígenas de Pichilemu ( English : The Indigenous Remains of Pichilemu ) , in which he stated that the Indians that were inhabiting Pichilemu when the Spaniards arrived at Chile were Promaucaes , part of the Topocalma encomienda , given on 24 January 1544 , by Pedro de Valdivia to Juan Gómez de Almagro , therefore establishing Pichilemu . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1671 | Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof , a real @-@ life AIDS patient who smuggled unapproved pharmaceutical drugs into Texas when he found them effective at improving his symptoms . In an interview with CBS News ' Lee Cowan in February 2014 , McConaughey said that he selected the role because he thought it was not just a normal story , but it was a story of a " wild man . " McConaughey was born and raised near Dallas , so he was very familiar with the culture . Additionally , he thought that the script was " incredibly human , with no sentimentality . " McConaughey lost nearly 50 pounds ( 22 kilograms ) to play Woodroof in the film . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1672 | Revenge of the Sith eventually became the first Star Wars film in which Anakin Skywalker and the suited Darth Vader were played by the same actor in the same film . As Christensen recounted , it was originally intended to simply have a " tall guy " in the Darth Vader costume , but after " begging and pleading " Christensen persuaded Lucas to have the Vader costume used in the film created specifically to fit him . The new costume featured shoe lifts and a muscle suit . It also required Christensen ( who is 6 feet 1 inch or 1 @.@ 85 metres tall ) to look through the helmet 's mouthpiece . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1673 | There have been many players who can be called notable throughout Aston Villa 's history . These can be classified and recorded in several forms . The Halls of Fame and PFA Players of the Year are noted below . As of 2014 , Aston Villa , jointly with Tottenham Hotspur , hold the record for providing the most England internationals with 73 . Aston Villa have had several players who were one @-@ club men . In 1998 , to celebrate the 100th season of League football , The Football League released a list entitled the Football League 100 Legends that consisted of " 100 legendary football players . " There were seven players included on the list who had formerly played for Villa : Danny Blanchflower , Trevor Ford , Archie Hunter , Sam Hardy , Paul McGrath , Peter Schmeichel and Clem Stephenson . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1674 | Lexus sales operations vary in structure by region . In many markets , such as the U.S. , the dealership network is a distinct organization from corporate headquarters , with separately owned and operated Lexus showrooms . By contrast , in Japan all 143 dealerships in the country are owned and operated by Lexus . Several markets have a designated , third party regional distributor ; for example , in the United Arab Emirates , sales operations are managed by Al @-@ <unk> Motors LLC , and in Costa Rica , Lexus vehicles are sold via regional distributor Purdy Motors S.A. Other officially sanctioned regional distributors have sold Lexus models prior to the launch of , or in absence of , a dedicated dealership network . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1675 | These so @-@ called non @-@ coding RNAs ( " <unk> " ) can be encoded by their own genes ( RNA genes ) , but can also derive from mRNA introns . The most prominent examples of non @-@ coding RNAs are transfer RNA ( tRNA ) and ribosomal RNA ( rRNA ) , both of which are involved in the process of translation . There are also non @-@ coding RNAs involved in gene regulation , RNA processing and other roles . Certain RNAs are able to catalyse chemical reactions such as cutting and ligating other RNA molecules , and the catalysis of peptide bond formation in the ribosome ; these are known as ribozymes . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1676 | The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority , a subsidiary agency of the state @-@ run Metropolitan Transportation Authority . Opened in 1904 , the New York City Subway is one of the world 's oldest public transit systems , one of the world 's most used metro systems , and the metro system with the most stations and the most trackage . It offers service 24 hours per day and every day of the year . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1677 | One would have thought that claims dating back for more than a century and a half would have been barred long ago . As our opinion indicates , however , neither petitioners nor we have found any applicable statute of limitations or other relevant legal basis for holding that the Oneidas ' claims are barred or otherwise have been satisfied . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1678 | Bach is believed to have written Christ lag in Todes Banden in 1707 . He was a professional organist aged 22 , employed from 1703 in Arnstadt as the organist of the New Church ( which replaced the burned <unk> , today known as the Bach Church ) . At age 18 , he had inspected the new organ built by Johann Friedrich Wender , was invited to play one Sunday , and was hired . The organ was built on the third tier of a theatre @-@ like church . Bach 's duties as a church musician involved some responsibility for choral music , but the exact year he began composing cantatas is unknown . Christ lag in Todes Banden is one of a small group of cantatas that survive from his early years . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1679 | Even before the C & SLR extension had been completed in 1926 , possibilities for the northward extension of the Piccadilly tube began to reappear . From 1922 , a series of press campaigns called for the improvement of services at the GNR 's Finsbury Park station where interchanges between tube lines , mainline trains , buses and trams were notoriously bad . In June 1923 , a petition from 30 @,@ 000 local residents was submitted to parliament , and , in 1925 , the government called a public inquiry to review options . Pick presented plans to relieve the congestion at Finsbury Park by extending the Piccadilly tube north to Southgate . Opposition from the London and North Eastern Railway ( successor to the GNR following the 1923 grouping of railway companies ) was again considerable and based on claims that the new Underground line would take passengers from the mainline services . Using data from the Bakerloo tube , Hampstead tube and C & SLR extensions , Pick demonstrated that the route planned for the new line would stimulate new residential development and increase passenger numbers for all rail operators in the area , increasing those on the Piccadilly tube by 50 million per year . Parliamentary approval was granted in 1930 to extend the Piccadilly tube north beyond Southgate to a terminus at Cockfosters . The approval also included complementary extensions of the Piccadilly tube from its western terminus at Hammersmith to supplement District Railway services to Hounslow and South Harrow . The development was again financed with government backed loans , this time through the 1929 Development ( Loan Guarantees and Grants ) Act . To ensure the most efficient integration between the new tube line and the UERL 's bus and tram operations , the stations were located further apart than in central areas and where road transport services could be arranged to deliver and collect the most passengers . At Manor House , the station was designed with subway exits directly on to pedestrian islands in the road served by the local trams . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1680 | On February 11 , 2016 , Eberle scored his first career hat @-@ trick against the Toronto Maple Leafs . All three goals were assisted by Connor McDavid . This also happened to be the final hat @-@ trick scored at Rexall Place . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1681 | The plot is focused on an eccentric samurai , Gintoki Sakata ( aka Odd Jobs Gin ) who helps a teenager named Shinpachi Shimura save his sister Tae from a group of aliens who want to make her part of a brothel . Impressed with Gintoki , Shinpachi becomes his apprentice and works with him as a freelance odd @-@ jobs man in order to pay the monthly rent on Gintoki 's combination home and office , as well as to know more about him . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1682 | There are parts of its range where the common toad seems to be in decline . In Spain , increased aridity and habitat loss have led to a diminution in numbers and it is regarded as " near threatened " . A population in the Sierra de Gredos mountain range is facing predation by otters and increased competition from the frog Pelophylax perezi . Both otter and frog seem to be extending their ranges to higher altitudes . The common toad cannot be legally sold or traded in the United Kingdom but there is a slow decline in toad numbers and it has therefore been declared a Biodiversity Action Plan priority species . In Russia , it is considered to be a " Rare Species " in the provinces of <unk> , <unk> , Yamal @-@ Nenets Autonomous County and Irkutsk , but during the 1990s , it became more abundant in Moscow Province . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1683 | confirmation of extensive volcanic activity on Io — which is 100 times greater than that found on Earth ; the heat and frequency of eruptions are reminiscent of early Earth ; | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1684 | The CD single contains both " Computer City " and " Perfume " . The artwork features Perfume , posing for the song 's music video ; Perfume member A @-@ Chan is sitting down , Nocchi is leaning behind A @-@ Chan , and Kashiyuka is standing behind them both . The maxi CD features an extra lyric booklet , printed on plain white paper . Musically , " Computer City " is a technopop song , influenced by electronic music . A staff editor from Amazon Japan noted that the song contained elements of technopop and 8 @-@ bit music . Ian Martin from AllMusic stated that the song , alongside their back catalogue from Tokuma Japan Communications , " adopt [ ed ] a vocoder @-@ heavy production style strongly influenced by European electro and house " . Similarly , a staff editor at CD Journal labelled the songs composition as " addictive technopop " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1685 | Vildanden AS ( " The Wild Duck " ) was a virtual , regional airline based at Skien Airport , Geiteryggen in Norway , where it was the only airline . With operations starting in 2005 , it flew to Bergen , Trondheim and Stavanger using a Jetstream 32 and an ATR 42 , which is wet leased from Danish Air Transport ( DAT ) and Helitrans . Previously , the airline has also served Stockholm and Molde , and has also operated Saab 340 aircraft , operated by Coast Air , Air Aurora and Avitrans . The airline <unk> in conflict with Coast Air about terminating the wet lease agreement . The company has had to be bailed out several times , including by the municipality , until it managed to make its first profit in 2009 . It ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy in January 2011 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1686 | Edo ( modern Tokyo ) became the seat of government for the military dictatorship in the early 17th century . The merchant class at the bottom of the social order found themselves the greatest beneficiaries of the city 's rapid economic growth . Many indulged in the entertainments of kabuki theatre , courtesans , and geisha of the pleasure districts . The term ukiyo ( " floating world " ) came to describe this hedonistic lifestyle . Printed or painted ukiyo @-@ e images of this environment emerged in the late 17th century and were popular with the merchant class , who had become wealthy enough to afford to decorate their homes with them . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1687 | By 1157 , the castle was owned by William de Chesney , an Anglo @-@ Norman lord who had supported King Stephen in the region during the civil war of the Anarchy , and then Henry II after the peace in 1154 . William rebuilt much of the castle , constructing a strong stone curtain wall around the inner bailey , 2 metres ( 6 ft 7 in ) thick and made from mortared ironstone rubble . The wall was cut through the motte , the inner part of the mound being dug away to make room for the wall . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1688 | Similar to Cajal bodies are Gemini of Cajal bodies , or gems , whose name is derived from the Gemini constellation in reference to their close " twin " relationship with CBs . Gems are similar in size and shape to CBs , and in fact are virtually indistinguishable under the microscope . Unlike CBs , gems do not contain small nuclear ribonucleoproteins ( snRNPs ) , but do contain a protein called survival of motor neuron ( SMN ) whose function relates to snRNP biogenesis . Gems are believed to assist CBs in snRNP biogenesis , though it has also been suggested from microscopy evidence that CBs and gems are different manifestations of the same structure . Later ultrastructural studies have shown gems to be twins of Cajal bodies with the difference being in the coilin component ; Cajal bodies are SMN positive and coilin positive , and gems are SMN positive and coilin negative . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1689 | The euro was founded on 1 January 1999 , when it became the currency of over 300 million people in Europe . For the first three years of its existence it was an invisible currency , only used in accountancy . Euro cash was not introduced until 1 January 2002 , when it replaced the national banknotes and coins of the countries in eurozone 12 , such as the Belgian franc and the Greek drachma . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1690 | The game centers around simultaneously controlling the Overlord and an army of goblin @-@ like minions to traverse the 3D gameworld and defeat the seven heroes who slew the Overlord 's predecessor , and who have since been corrupted by power . Each one represents one of the seven deadly sins . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1691 | Allan Girdler and Glynn Kerr nonetheless still favor the Roper , even by Cameron 's criterion . The reason , they say , is that it did in fact pioneer successful motorcycle technologies , including the <unk> throttle control , and the frame geometry and engine placement used by the motorcycle as we know it today , while the Reitwagen was exceedingly crude , failing to employ the well understood principles of rake and trail to remain upright by movements of the front fork , and turn by leaning . Rake and trail are created by having the steering axis angled to varying degrees , rather than perfectly vertical , and by having the steering axis slightly offset , creating trail . This subtle engineering makes it possible for the rider to turn the bicycle or motorcycle by the counterintuitive , and typically unconscious , technique of countersteering , in which the handlebar is turned slightly to the left , causing the machine to lean to the right , and turning the vehicle to the right . Trail , also called fork offset , is an element contributing to the stability of bicycle and motorcycle dynamics , and the lack of it was one reason why the Reitwagen had to rely on two outrigger wheels to keep it from falling down , so it remained vertical and was steered much like a tricycle . David Burgess @-@ Wise called the Daimler @-@ Maybach test bed " a crude makeshift " , saying , " as a bicycle , it was 20 years out of date . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1692 | In 1872 , Congress created the crime of mail fraud . Rev. Stat . § <unk> authorized the United States Postmaster General , " upon evidence satisfactory to him " that mail fraud was being committed , to instruct the post master at the fraudster 's local post office to return registered mail addressed to the fraudster to the sender with the word " Fraudulent " written or stamped on the envelope . In 1895 , this authority was extended to all mail . Further , Rev. Stat . § <unk> authorized the Postmaster to also bar suspected fraudsters from cashing postal money orders . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1693 | The fungus was first described provisionally ( denoted by ad interim ) as Aseroe coccinea by the Japanese mycologists Yoshimi and Tsuguo Hongo in a 1989 publication with a Japanese description , based on a specimen collected on September 29 , 1985 in Utsunomiya , Tochigi Prefecture , Japan . The name , however , was not published validly ( nomen <unk> ) , according to Article 36 @.@ 1 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature , which requires that " in order to be validly published , a name of a new taxon ( algal and all fossil taxa excepted ) must ... be accompanied by a Latin description or diagnosis or by a reference to a previously and effectively published Latin description or diagnosis " . Taiga <unk> reexamined the type specimen and validated the species in a 2007 Mycoscience publication . The holotype specimen is kept at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1694 | For further promotion , the songs " Ambulances " and " Mirage " were released as digital downloads on 21 June and 9 August , respectively . The video for " Mirage " was filmed at the Callanish Stones , a five @-@ thousand @-@ year @-@ old stone circle near the Scottish village of Callanish . The video was co @-@ directed by Michael Sherrington and Daniel Hunt . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1695 | The foramen spinosum is a foramen through the sphenoid bone situated in the middle cranial fossa . It is one of two foramina in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone . The foramen ovale is one of these two cranial foramina , situated directly anterior and medial to the foramen spinosum . The spine of sphenoid falls medial and posterior to the foramen . Lateral to the foramen is the mandibular fossa , and posterior is the Eustachian tube . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1696 | Marcus also involved himself in issues of civil rights and social justice . One unusual case involved three male students at W. W. Samuell High School who , in 1966 , were stopped at the school 's front door and ordered to cut their hair in order to be admitted to the school . The young men filed a lawsuit against the Dallas Independent School District , claiming the restriction interfered with their constitutional freedom of expression . Despite not knowing the boys involved , Marcus stepped forward to champion their case before the public , taking out a newspaper ad defending the choice as a simple fashion decision rather than rebellion against authority . Additionally , he offered legal support if needed , noting in a telegram to school board president Lee McShan , Jr . , " I don ’ t like long hair any more than the principal does , but I will fight for the rights of those students to wear hair any way they choose . " Though the case was lost and appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court without success , decades letter the men still appreciated Marcus ' support . Paul Jarvis , one of the plaintiffs , said of Marcus after his death in 2002 : " He was just a nice man and a great contributor to Dallas and to the arts . He wanted to do what was right . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1697 | Like many parrots , the kakapo has a variety of calls . As well as the booms ( see below for a recording ) and <unk> of their mating calls , it will often <unk> to announce its location to other birds . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1698 | Middleton was a township and chapelry dependent on Holy Trinity Church in the ancient parish of Rothwell in the wapentake of <unk> and Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire . It became an ecclesiastical parish after 1849 . Between 1866 and 1920 it was a civil parish . Middleton was part of the Great Preston Gilbert Union from 1809 until 1862 which provided a workhouse and poor relief for the parishes within its jurisdiction . The Gilbert unions were exempt from the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 but disbanded in 1862 and after that Middleton became part of the Kirkstall Poor Law Union until 1869 when it joined the Hunslet Poor Law Union until 1920 , the same year it was incorporated into the City of Leeds . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-1699 | According to Moreau 's narrative , he intended to force Kray to either come to battle outside Ulm , or to abandon the city . Ulm obstructed unfettered French access into Bavaria , and blocked the main force of the Army of the Rhine . To keep his forces secure , accepted military wisdom required that Moreau secure at least half of the crossings of the river , and that his troops follow a line of march perpendicular to the river . This would prevent them from having to fight a battle ( or a skirmish ) with their backs to the river . The more bridges his force could take , the more secure the approach on Ulm . | wikipedia-2018 |
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