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wikipedia_2018-2000 | represents the temperature in an infinite wire at time t > 0 , if a unit of heat energy is stored at the origin of the wire at time t = | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2001 | As of June 2016 , cumulative sales of highway legal light @-@ duty plug @-@ in electric vehicles by country are led by the United States with a stock of about 474 @,@ 000 cars delivered since 2008 . China ranks second with 389 @,@ 885 units sold between 2011 and May 2016 , followed by Japan with 150 @,@ 142 plug @-@ in... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2002 | The notion that Vikings used A. muscaria to produce their berserker rages was first suggested by the Swedish professor Samuel <unk> in 1784 . <unk> based his theories on reports about the use of fly agaric among Siberian shamans . The notion has become widespread since the 19th century , but no contemporary sources men... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2003 | The Punisher ( Japanese : <unk> , Hepburn : <unk> ) is a 1993 beat ' em up arcade game developed and released by Capcom . It stars the Marvel Comics ' anti @-@ hero the Punisher and co @-@ stars S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury as the second player 's character as they embark on a mission to kill the crime lord the Kingpin... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2004 | Another significant factor affecting petroleum demand has been human population growth . The United States Census Bureau predicts that world population in 2030 will be almost double that of 1980 . Oil production per capita peaked in 1979 at 5 @.@ 5 barrels / year but then declined to fluctuate around 4 @.@ 5 barrels / ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2005 | With the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , Angelou publicly discussed aspects of her personal life . She was respected as a spokesperson for black people and women , and her works have been considered a defense of Black culture . Attempts have been made to ban her books from some U.S. libraries , but her... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2006 | MD 322 temporarily expands to a four @-@ lane undivided highway at its intersection with MD 33 , which heads east as Bay Street toward downtown Easton and west as St. Michaels Road . The MD 322 – MD 33 intersection lies on a crossing of Tanyard Creek just east of its confluence with an unnamed creek to form the North F... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2007 | She moved back to Arizona in early 1984 and gave birth to the couple 's daughter , Meghan , later that year . She subsequently gave birth to sons John Sidney IV ( known as " Jack " ) in 1986 and James ( known as " Jimmy " ) in 1988 . Their fourth child , Bridget , was adopted in 1991 . Cindy McCain 's parents lived acr... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2008 | Despite early victories , Pyrrhus found his position in Italy untenable . Rome steadfastly refused to negotiate with Pyrrhus as long as his army remained in Italy . Facing unacceptably heavy losses from each encounter with the Roman army , Pyrrhus withdrew from the peninsula ( hence the term " Pyrrhic victory " ) . In ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2009 | Plans for the 6 @-@ acre ( 24 @,@ 000 m2 ) complex began as part of the city ’ s 2020 comprehensive plan . Development plans from six teams of developers and architects were submitted to the city in October 2001 . These plans included designs for public plazas , a library branch , residential units , retail space , and... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2010 | The city has three institutions of higher education : the University of Missouri , Stephens College , and Columbia College all of which surround Downtown Columbia . The city is the headquarters of the University of Missouri System , which also operates campuses in St. Louis , Kansas City , and Rolla . The University of... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2011 | Simpson remained in the Army as a reservist . He was posted to the 2 / 14th Infantry on 1 October 1918 , and was promoted to captain on 16 April 1920 . In the post @-@ war reorganisation of the Army , the 2 / 14th was absorbed into the 14th Infantry Battalion in March 1921 . In May , he transferred to the Royal Austral... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2012 | Reviewing All I Want Is You for MSN Music in 2012 , Christgau gave it a " B + " and believed Miguel " front @-@ loaded his Prince @-@ channeling debut " with " five hooky tracks " that were " followed by six pleasant tracks and capped by two hooky novelties " . He viewed the song " Teach Me " as " a treasure hidden in ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2013 | A 1999 – 2005 Australian police survey of detainees reported preliminary findings that self @-@ reported users of benzodiazepines were less likely than non @-@ user detainees to work full @-@ time and more likely to receive government benefits , use methamphetamine or heroin , and be arrested or imprisoned . Benzodiaze... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2014 | Daring displaced 1 @,@ 375 long tons ( 1 @,@ 397 t ) at standard load and 1 @,@ 890 long tons ( 1 @,@ 920 t ) at deep load . The ship had an overall length of 329 feet ( 100 @.@ 3 m ) , a beam of 33 feet ( 10 @.@ 1 m ) and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches ( 3 @.@ 8 m ) . She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines , ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2015 | Traditionally , the liverworts were grouped together with other bryophytes ( mosses and hornworts ) in the Division Bryophyta , within which the liverworts made up the class <unk> ( also called Marchantiopsida ) . However , since this grouping makes the Bryophyta paraphyletic , the liverworts are now usually given thei... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2016 | As the glaciers of the Wisconsin glaciation began to recede from the Hudson Valley area , a glacial lake known today as Lake Albany extended across the mid and upper Hudson Valley and a large delta formed west of Albany where the predecessor of the Mohawk River flowed into the lake . Along the shoreline of the lake , l... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2017 | The Book of the Dead first developed in Thebes towards the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period , around 1700 BCE . The earliest known occurrence of the spells included in the Book of the Dead is from the coffin of Queen Mentuhotep , of the 13th dynasty , where the new spells were included amongst older texts kn... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2018 | Levy , Alan H. ( 2003 ) . Tackling Jim Crow , Racial Segregation in Professional Football . Jefferson , NC : McFarland and Co . , Inc . ISBN 0 @-@ 7864 @-@ 1597 @-@ 5 | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2019 | Venus transits are historically of great scientific importance as they were used to gain the first realistic estimates of the size of the Solar System . Observations of the 1639 transit , combined with the principle of parallax , provided an estimate of the distance between the Sun and the Earth that was more accurate ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2020 | Residents and critics have praised the fountain for its artistic and entertainment features . It highlights Plensa 's themes of dualism , light , and water , extending the use of video technology from his prior works . Its use of water is unique among Chicago 's many fountains , in that it promotes physical interaction... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2021 | It was officially established as the United Nations Memorial Cemetery on December 15 , 1955 with the passage of UN General Assembly Resolution 977 ( X ) . Following the war , the cemetery was funded from the United Nations budget , but the Sino @-@ Soviet world objected to this funding . In 1973 , the cemetery was tran... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2022 | The enemy are laughing you to scorn . You must fight them . You must retreat no further . The country expects you to fight . The salvation of the country depends on your doing so . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2023 | At the urging of Groves and Furman , the Alsos Mission was created on 4 April 1944 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Boris Pash to conduct intelligence in the field relating to the German nuclear energy project . The more experienced British considered creating a rival mission , but in the end agreed to participa... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2024 | Alan Sepinwall of The Star @-@ Ledger said he was enjoying the new paper company storyline , but that " Michael Scott Paper Company " was not as funny as " Dream Team " , which aired the same day . Sepinwall praised particular scenes such as Dwight and Andy 's competitive duet and Kelly 's plan to make Charles want her... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2025 | Falkner Island Light was chosen for fog @-@ signal experiments in 1865 and in 1902 . In 1865 , Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution , the Chairman of the Lighthouse Board , set up bells and whistles and tested the distances they could be heard . In 1879 , a steam fog whistle was installed at the cost of $ 5000 .... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2026 | The ships saw service during the Italo @-@ Turkish War of 1911 – 1912 with the Ottoman Empire . They frequently supported Italian ground forces during the campaigns in North Africa and the islands of the eastern Mediterranean Sea . They served during World War I , in which Italy participated from 1915 to 1918 , but the... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2027 | Tolkien approached it as an academic , and he was writing it as an academic effort , not as popular fiction . I ’ m a popular fiction writer , that 's the way I approached it . And I think that you 're right , too , about the fact that I was heavily under the influence of Tolkien when I wrote Sword of Shannara and it s... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2028 | By then , revolutionary examples also inspired the prisoners of Darnytsia to proclaim their own political goals , and openly demand the union of Transylvania with Romania . Their manifesto of April 26 ( April 13 ) , reviewed for publishing by the Transylvanian poet Octavian Goga , was signed by 250 officers and 250 sol... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2029 | Einsatzgruppe A had already murdered almost all Jews in its area , so it shifted its operations into Belarus to assist Einsatzgruppe B. In Dnepropetrovsk in February 1942 , Einsatzgruppe D reduced the city 's Jewish population from 30 @,@ 000 to 702 over the course of four days . The German Order Police and local colla... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2030 | Reginald McKenna , the Home Secretary , visited the colliery on 15 October representing King George V , who was attending the marriage of Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Alexandra , 2nd Duchess of Fife . The king sent a £ 500 donation to a disaster relief fund , while the royal couple displayed their wedding pr... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2031 | On the next drive , ECU brought in a new quarterback , Rob Kass . Kass was initially successful , and gained a few first downs . The Boise State defense stiffened , however , and ECU was forced to punt the ball away . After a touchback , Boise State began on its 20 – yard line . Running back Jeremy Avery rushed for fou... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2032 | Throughout the episode , in scenes where Homer is coping with his loneliness and sorrow , " Clair de Lune " , the third movement of Claude Debussy Suite <unk> , plays as the background music . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2033 | The main problems were the pressure of time and the desire of the U.S. president for secrecy . The Cambodian monsoon , whose heavy rains would hamper operations , was only two months away . By the order of the president , the State Department did not notify the Cambodian desk at the US Embassy , Saigon , the Phnom Penh... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2034 | 4 anion . These unstable salts easily disproportionate into xenon gas and perxenate salts , containing the <unk> − | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2035 | Once the production on the film was completed , Hillenburg wanted to end the series " so the show wouldn 't jump the shark " , but Nickelodeon wanted to do more episodes . Hillenburg said " Well , there was concern when we did the movie [ in 2004 ] that the show had peaked . There were concerns among executives at Nick... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2036 | The Jazz Singer had its European sound premiere at the Piccadilly Theatre in London on September 27 , 1928 . According to film historian Rachael Low , " Many in the industry realized at once that a change to sound production was inevitable . " On January 16 , 1929 , the first European feature film with a synchronized v... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2037 | In the United Kingdom , the album sold over 85 @,@ 000 copies in its first day on sale and 238 @,@ 125 copies in its first week , around 1 @,@ 500 less than the self @-@ titled debut album from JLS , which debuted at number one . The album had the third highest first week sales of 2009 in the UK , behind JLS and Susan ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2038 | The 5th 's subscriber season programming includes six to seven shows per year , a mix of locally produced revivals of musical theatre classics , and premieres of bound @-@ for @-@ Broadway shows , and national touring musicals . The 5th Avenue Theatre has established a tradition of being a " testing ground " for new mu... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2039 | Two years after Young 's debut , the National League moved the pitcher 's position back by 5 feet ( 1 @.@ 5 m ) . Since 1881 , pitchers had pitched within a " box " whose front line was 50 feet ( 15 m ) from home base , and since 1887 they had been compelled to toe the back line of the box when delivering the ball . Th... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2040 | <unk> Morales as Detective Inspector Liam Butterfield : Working at the EX.P.D. , Butterfield has an antagonistic relationship with DS Barkley from her previous stint working in the Homicide Division . The character also was apparently a woman ( Lisa ) when last associated with Barkley , a change about which he is defen... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2041 | Rupert Armstrong was published in 1899 by Harper and Brothers , dedicated to Valentine Fox . In this , the fourth of her novels , Harwood believes her writing and voice became more original . The complicated plot — a mother and daughter struggle for " possession of the [ father 's ] artistic soul " — shows hints of inc... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2042 | Nancy 's eighteenth birthday in November 1922 was the occasion for a grand " coming @-@ out " ball , marking the beginning of her entry into Society . This was followed in June 1923 by her presentation at Court — a formal introduction to King George V at Buckingham Palace — after which she was officially " out " and co... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2043 | James Paul McCartney was born on 18 June 1942 in Walton Hospital , Liverpool , England , where his mother , Mary Patricia ( née Mohin ; 1909 – 1956 ) , had qualified to practise as a nurse . His father , James ( " Jim " ) McCartney ( 1902 – 1976 ) , was absent from his son 's birth due to his work as a volunteer firefi... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2044 | In style and plot structure , the comic often made use of overlapping story threads . According to Hama : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2045 | In recent years several art historians have emphasized the ironic elements of The Garden . Erwin Pokorny concluded after many years of research on the complete work of Bosch , including the drawings , that in The Garden Bosch presented " a moralizing ironical wisdom that is sometimes reminiscent of Sebastian Brant ( 14... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2046 | Several ethnic minority communities have centred on Whitechapel Road . The road was a focal point of the Jewish Community from the 1850s to the 1930s , with many Jewish shops and market stalls . Towards the latter part of the 20th century , the street became an established settlement of the British Bangladeshi communit... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2047 | As the episode opens , Mossad Officer Amir Mantel ( Dove Meir ) is shot dead at point blank range in an American parking garage . At NCIS headquarters , Ziva cancels plans to pursue Eli David 's killer , Ilan Bodnar ( Oded Fehr ) , in Rome , having come to the conclusion that he will relocate to Berlin shortly . Before... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2048 | In late 1818 , however , demand for U.S. goods fell sharply in Europe . Land values also began to fall , touching off the Panic of 1819 . Many persons in the state were unable to repay their loans . A struggle began between creditors seeking to collect money owed to them and debtors seeking relief from obligations they... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2049 | Originally , Kevin worked as a system operator on a herbivore web forum , although he later became the co @-@ owner of his own internet service provider , Hare @-@ Link . Kell worked for Herd @-@ <unk> , a company that hunts down prey . Her job is to hunt down other animals . Originally she hunted down her own prey – a... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2050 | The poem Requiem ( Serbian : <unk> , <unk> ) by poet Ivan V. Lalić is dedicated to the victims of the massacres in Glina . After the war , Yugoslav authorities removed the physical remnants where the church which had been burned down on 30 July had stood . In 1969 , a monument by Antun Augustinčić and a museum ( Croati... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2051 | The 1947 nuclear stockpile consisted of nuclear weapons components , not weapons . Meeting with Truman in April 1947 , Lilienthal informed him that not only were there no assembled weapons , but there were only a few sets of components , and no fully trained bomb assembly teams . By August 1946 , Sandia Base held elect... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2052 | In December 1915 Braithwaite was promoted temporary brigadier general ( his temporary rank of lieutenant colonel was made substantive at the same time ) and took command of the newly formed New Zealand ( Rifle ) Brigade . The brigade consisted of only two battalions at this stage but would be brought up to strength wit... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2053 | Continually deteriorating , Doria made landfall near the Virginia – North Carolina border , and moved south over land . It reemerged over open waters on September 17 , and at around the same time , it weakened to a tropical depression . It curved southeastward as a weak depression , and several days later it was still ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2054 | Miyako Harumi . <unk> ( <unk> ) / The Message . Tokyo : <unk> , 2006 . ISBN 4 @-@ <unk> @-@ 41 @-@ 3 . A book of which about half consists of quotations from interviews with the <unk> singer Harumi Miyako , and the other half of color photographs by Kikai . The photographs are not described or identified ; a handful ar... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2055 | Both before and after her Eurovision win , Wurst had become very involved with the LGBT community . In June 2014 Wurst recorded a message for the It Gets Better Project , an Internet @-@ based project devoted to preventing suicide among LGBT youth by having gay adults convey the message that their lives will improve , ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2056 | As one of the continent 's most significant river systems , the Missouri 's drainage basin borders on many other major watersheds of the United States and Canada . The Continental Divide , running along the spine of the Rocky Mountains , forms most of the western border of the Missouri watershed . The Clark Fork and Sn... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2057 | Social identity theory proposes that people are motivated to achieve and maintain positive concepts of themselves . Some researchers , including Michael Hogg and Dominic Abrams , thus propose a fairly direct relationship between positive social identity and self @-@ esteem . In what has become known as the " self @-@ e... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2058 | The abbey was founded in the late twelfth century as a house for monks of the austere Cistercian order . Over its 350 @-@ year monastic history Cleeve was undistinguished amongst the abbeys of its order , frequently ill @-@ governed and often financially troubled . The sole member of the community to achieve prominence... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2059 | Somervell retired from the Army on 30 April 1946 and moved to Ocala , Florida . His wife Anna had died in January , 1942 and he had married Mrs. Louise Hampton <unk> , a former student at Belcourt , in March 1943 . Somervell accepted an offer to become president of Koppers , a Pittsburgh @-@ based company that mined co... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2060 | The game was named the 2007 BAFTA " Best Action and Adventure Game " and " Best Use of Audio " . and also won the " Best Debut " award at the 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards . The game received the Innovation Award at the 2007 Develop Awards , held by Develop magazine . Game Informer listed it as one of the top 50 g... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2061 | Unlike fossil fuel based technologies , solar power does not lead to any harmful emissions during operation , but the production of the panels leads to some amount of pollution . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2062 | Throughout the 20th century , activists such as Emma Goldman chose to be buried near the Haymarket Martyrs ' Monument graves . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2063 | In 950 BCE Ashdod was destroyed during Pharaoh Siamun 's conquest of the region . The city was not rebuilt until at least 815 BCE . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2064 | There have been a small number of attempts to resurrect the Restoration spectacular as a background to modern cinema : Terry Gilliam 's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen features at its start perhaps the most accurate reconstruction , with painted scenery , mechanisms and lighting effects typical of the period . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2065 | A freeway was proposed for Route 49 in the early 1960s , running from Interstate 295 and U.S. Route 40 at the Delaware Memorial Bridge to Route 55 in Millville . However , this freeway was canceled by 1967 as it closely paralleled the planned Route 60 freeway , which itself was never built . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2066 | The hospital , built between 1857 and 1859 , was a crucial component of Fremantle Prison . Public works during the convict era relied on convict labour , which could only be provided if the convicts were healthy . Located in the north @-@ eastern corner of the prison compound , the building is H @-@ shaped in plan , si... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2067 | The next day , MacArthur authorized Ridgway to advance up to 20 miles ( 32 km ) north of the 38th Parallel . Truman would later report that " I was ready to kick him into the North China Sea ... I was never so put out in my life . " Truman felt that MacArthur 's communiqué , which had not been cleared in accordance wit... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2068 | Johnson goes on to emphasise how the pursuit of worldly power tends to corrupt . After Irene has accepted the Sultan 's offer and abandoned her religious faith , she falls out with her virtuous friend Aspasia : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2069 | News @-@ Press and Gazette Company is affiliated with the sidecar <unk> Media for stations such as <unk> ( which was previously taken over by NPG under Fisher Communications ownership ) and <unk> @-@ TV ( under Cowles Publishing Company ownership ) . Both companies are based in St. Joseph , Missouri . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2070 | The highway passes to the east of the Crown Point State Historic Site and its campground before ascending up the approach to the Lake Champlain Bridge . After making a final curve to the northeast , NY 185 begins to cross Lake Champlain by way of the bridge . The route ends at the Vermont state line at the bridge 's mi... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2071 | Bowfin ( Amia <unk> ) are basal bony fishes related to gars in the infraclass Holostei . Common names include <unk> , mud pike , dogfish , griddle , <unk> , cypress trout and <unk> . They are regarded as taxonomic relicts , being the sole surviving species of the order Amiiformes which dates from the Jurassic to the Eo... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2072 | Leakage flux that escapes from the core and passes through one winding only resulting in primary and secondary reactive impedance . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2073 | On the eve of the 1946 championship game , Bell was notified that Merle Hapes and Frank Filchock of the New York Giants had been implicated in a bribing scandal . Filchock was sanctioned by Bell to play in the game but Hapes was suspended . At the next NFL owners ' meeting , Bell was worried the repercussions from this... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2074 | W. D. Hamilton 's work on kin selection contributed to the emergence of the discipline of sociobiology . The existence of altruistic behaviors has been a difficult problem for evolutionary theorists from the beginning . Significant progress was made in 1964 when Hamilton formulated the inequality in kin selection known... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2075 | Scandinavian and Germanic gold bracteates found in burials of the 5th and 6th centuries , particularly those in Britain , have also been interpreted in light of Charon ’ s obol . These gold disks , similar to coins though generally single @-@ sided , were influenced by late Roman imperial coins and medallions but featu... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2076 | Contributors to Poedjangga Baroe were influenced by the Tachtigers , a Dutch literary movement from the 1880s . Sutherland suggests that the romantic theme prevalent in their works was adapted by the authors to escape the changing realities of Indonesian society . As opposed to earlier works published by Balai Pustaka ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2077 | While Baek San oversees the organization , the acting chief director , Park Sang @-@ hyun ( Yoon Je @-@ moon ) , is the general supervisor and runs the daily operations of the NSS . He fabricated the understanding but also intransigent where failures are concerned , often personally dealing with each and every agent . ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2078 | Hong @-@ sen Yan states that modern replicas of Zhang 's device have failed to reach the level of accuracy and sensitivity described in Chinese historical records . Wang Zhenduo presented two different models of the seismometer based on the ancient descriptions of Zhang 's device . In his 1936 reconstruction , the cent... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2079 | Hoping to preserve his pardon , Bonnet adopted the alias " Captain Thomas " and changed the Revenge 's name to the Royal James . The name Royal James that Bonnet conferred on his sloop was presumably a reference to the younger Prince James Stuart , and may suggest that Bonnet or his men had Jacobite sympathies . One of... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2080 | Around the mid @-@ 1980s , German and Japanese representatives decided to rebuild the old Japanese embassy in Berlin from 1938 . Its remains had remained unused after the building was largely destroyed during World War II . In addition to the original complex , several changes and additions were made until 2000 , like ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2081 | Munich @-@ based security printers Giesecke & Devrient ceased providing banknote paper to the Reserve Bank on 1 July 2008 in response to an official request from the German government and widespread calls for sanctions ; The Jura JSP software end @-@ user licence , issued to the state @-@ owned Fidelity Printers & <unk... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2082 | Death Grips sampled the main riff on their track " I Want it I need it ( Death Heated ) " , from their <unk> mixtape . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2083 | Within weeks of the launch of the telescope , the returned images indicated a serious problem with the optical system . Although the first images appeared to be sharper than those of ground @-@ based telescopes , Hubble failed to achieve a final sharp focus and the best image quality obtained was drastically lower than... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2084 | In 2002 , the Republic of Korea Air Force chose the F @-@ 15K Slam Eagle over the Dassault Rafale , Eurofighter Typhoon and Sukhoi Su @-@ 35 for its 40 aircraft F @-@ X Phase 1 fighter competition . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2085 | While attending high school at Taman Siswa , Sjumandjaja became interested in drama . Together with his schoolmates S. M. Ardan and Savitri ( daughter of dramatist Sanusi Pane ) , he put on a production of <unk> <unk> <unk> 's play " Awal dan Mira " ( " Awal and Mira " ) ; another schoolmate , Misbach Yusa Biran , dire... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2086 | The team were called up to the SmackDown ! roster in January 2007 , where the team underwent a name change to " Deuce ' n Domino . " Three months after their debut , Deuce ' n Domino went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship . After losing the title in August 2007 , the group parted ways with Cherry , but replaced h... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2087 | In the outro , the missiles incident and the ultranationalists ' support of Al @-@ Asad are hushed up , thus causing the events of Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2088 | The common toad can reach about 15 cm ( 6 in ) in length . Females are normally stouter than males and southern specimens tend to be larger than northern ones . The head is broad with a wide mouth below the terminal snout which has two small nostrils . There are no teeth . The bulbous , protruding eyes have yellow or c... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2089 | The English Football Hall of Fame is housed at The National Football Museum in Preston , England . The Hall aims to celebrate and highlight the achievements of top English Footballers and Footballers who have played in England . These players appeared for or managed Middlesbrough at some point in their careers . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2090 | When US 219 was extended into New York c . 1935 , it was overlaid on the pre @-@ existing NY 75 from Great Valley to Hamburg , creating a lengthy overlap with the route . The overlap was eliminated in the late 1930s when NY 75 was truncated on its southern end to the village of Hamburg . Similarly , NY 18A was truncate... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2091 | By the early 18th century , Sandsfoot was in ruins , its stonework taken for use in local building projects . The clay cliffs on which the castle had been built had always been unstable and subject to erosion . The castle 's gun platform began to collapse into the sea and , by the 1950s , had been entirely destroyed . ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2092 | Although March considered quitting Formula One on several occasions , money was always found to support at least one car . Motorsport historian Mike Lawrence credits Mosley with pressing for a six @-@ wheeled March to be built as a draw for sponsors , having seen the popularity with fans of Tyrrell 's six @-@ wheeled <... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2093 | The cover of Dylan 's album Self Portrait ( 1970 ) is a reproduction of a painting of a face by Dylan . Another of his paintings is reproduced on the cover of the 1974 album Planet Waves . In 1994 Random House published Drawn Blank , a book of Dylan 's drawings . In 2007 , the first public exhibition of Dylan 's painti... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2094 | In his review of the PC version , IGN 's Daemon Hatfield stated that And Yet It Moves " manages to make this quarter @-@ century old genre [ 2D platformer ] feel new again . " Hatfield praised the gameplay , which was " challenging but avoids being frustrating " , but felt there wasn 't enough content to warrant the $ ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2095 | Aries is composed of ten tracks , six of which are " romance @-@ themed " ballads . The rest of the album consists of four dance numbers which San Antonio Express @-@ News editor Ramiro Burr describes as " pop groove " and R & B influences , and compared them to Miguel 's earlier recordings before Romance . Miguel said... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2096 | Gen. Grey had been instructed not to attack until he heard the sound of firing from Howe 's column , but after several hours , he became impatient and decided to proceed on his own . He formed his column into three divisions , with the Queen 's Rangers were on the left , the Jägers on each side of the road , and the li... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2097 | The 2011 season , although great by most players ' standards , was a lean year for Federer . He was defeated in straight sets in the semifinals of the 2011 Australian Open by eventual champion Novak Djokovic , marking the first time since July 2003 that he did not hold any of the four major titles . In the French Open ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2098 | Wurst received both praise and criticism following her victory . Many celebrities sent their congratulations and support to Wurst via Twitter and other means , including Elton John , Cher , Lady Gaga , Boy George and Robbie Williams , as well as from fellow Eurovision winners Alexander Rybak , Emmelie de Forest , Lena ... | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2099 | The Machecoul massacre is one of the first events of the War in the Vendée , a revolt against mass conscription and the civil constitution of the clergy . The first massacre took place on 11 March 1793 , in the provincial city of Machecoul , in the district of the lower Loire . The city was a thriving center of grain t... | wikipedia-2018 |
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