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wikipedia_2018-2200 | Wagiman is a morphologically rich language and each part of speech has its own set of associated bound morphemes , some of which are obligatory , while others are optional . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2201 | Early on March 15 , hours after the NCAA and NIT fields were announced , Duquesne accepted a bid into the CBI . This would be Duquesne 's 23rd postseason appearance and first in the CBI , which started in 2008 . This also marked the first time since 1981 that the Dukes made two consecutive postseason appearances . It was announced that the Dukes would face off against the Princeton Tigers at Jadwin Gymnasium on March 17 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2202 | Moustache , a black poodle , was born in Falaise in Normandy , France in approximately September 1799 . At the age of six months Cano states that he was sent to Caen to live with a grocer and whilst there encountered a group of grenadiers on parade . He goes on to say that Moustache followed behind the regiment , which had no other dogs , as it left the town and , on the approval of the drum major , was allowed to accompany the unit on campaign . The regiment was headed to Italy as part of the Italian Campaign fought by France against Austria during the French Revolutionary Wars . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2203 | Trans Polar issued new shares worth NOK 825 @,@ 000 on 25 November 1970 . At the same time , the airline 's shareholders issued guarantees to the bank for NOK 1 @.@ 2 million . This was increased by NOK 300 @,@ 000 in December . The company was insolvent at this time , but the creditors chose to instate a lawyer as chairman and continue operations . The airline met with its largest creditors on 25 February in an unsuccessful attempt to refinance the company 's debt . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2204 | Large head , with high crown of skull ; thick , bushy hair ; large and deep eye @-@ caverns ; heavy eyebrows ; a large nose ; large ears ; large mouth ; thin upper and somewhat thick under lip ; very high and prominent cheek @-@ bones ; cheeks thin and sunken ; strongly developed jawbone ; chin slightly upturned ; a thin but sinewy neck , rather long ; long arms ; large hands ; chest thin and narrow as compared with his great height ; legs of more than proportionate length , and large feet . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2205 | This film was originally set to be released in 2009 but was pushed back to March 5 , 2010 . Principal photography was scheduled for May 2008 , but did not begin until September and concluded in three months . Scenes set in the Victorian era were shot at Torpoint and Plymouth from September 1 to October 14 . Two hundred and fifty local extras were chosen in early August . Locations included Antony House in Torpoint , Charlestown , Cornwall and the Barbican , however , no footage from the Barbican was used . Motion capture filming began in early October at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City , California , though the footage was later discarded . Filming also took place at Culver Studios . Burton said that he used a combination of live action and animation , without motion capture . He also noted that this was the first time he had filmed on a green screen . Filming of the green screen portions , comprising 90 % of the film , was completed after only 40 days . Many of the cast and crew felt nauseated as a result of the long hours surrounded by green , and Burton had lavender lenses fitted into his glasses to counteract the effect . Due to the constant need for digital effects to distort the actors ' physical appearances , such as the size of the Red Queen 's head or Alice 's height , visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston cited the film as being exhausting , saying it was " The biggest show I 've ever done , [ and ] the most creatively involved I 've ever been . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2206 | Prior to the American Revolution , the path of modern NY 21 north of Canandaigua was part of an old Native American trail connecting Seneca Lake to Lake Ontario by way of Canandaigua Lake . The trail began in the vicinity of Geneva and went west to Canandaigua on a path now occupied by US 20 and NY 5 . It continued north from Canandaigua , passing through the village of Palmyra and the hamlet of Marion before reaching the Lake Ontario shoreline at Pultneyville . Construction to convert the Canandaigua – Marion section of the trail into a road was completed in 1794 . The remainder of the trail north to Pultneyville was converted into a road approximately three years later . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2207 | " The Son Also Draws " and the complete first and second seasons of the series were released under the title Family Guy Volume One ; this standard four @-@ disc DVD box set debuted in Region 1 on April 15 , 2003 , three months before the premiere of the third season . Distributed by 20th Century Fox Television , it included several DVD extras such as episode commentaries , behind @-@ the @-@ scenes footage , and online promo spots . The same episodes , without the special features , were released in Region 2 on November 12 , 2001 and in Region 4 on October 20 , 2003 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2208 | Norris had similarly scouted settings for his novel and chose the upstairs of a building on the corner of Polk and California street as McTeague 's dentist office , as well as many of the saloons and lunch counters in the area . Stroheim discovered that many of the locations that Norris had described , such as Polk Street , had been destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , but he was able to find suitable period locations on Hayes and Laguna streets . For authenticity , Stroheim had no sets built in San Francisco and only redecorated existing locations , such as saloons , butcher shops , and wooden shacks , thus saving on construction costs . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2209 | In his brief retirement , he focused on his horse racing career , sending Talk is Money to the 2001 Kentucky Derby although the thoroughbred did not complete the race . Borislow 's most successful horse yet has been Toccet , who won four graded stakes , among which are the Champagne and Hollywood Futurity in 2002 . After selling most of his horses in 2004 , Borislow set forth plans for a new voice @-@ over @-@ IP business which became the magicJack . Invented in 2007 , the magicJack is a small product which can be plugged into a computer 's USB port and allows for unlimited calling from regular telephones . In 2010 , YMAX , the company behind the magicJack , merged with an Israeli company and became a publicly traded corporation . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2210 | The nearest major airport is Durham Tees Valley Airport approximately 15 mi ( 24 km ) north of the town , lying just to the east of Darlington . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2211 | Ian <unk> , <unk> , Q.C. , <unk> ; member of the English Bar ; Chairman of the UN International Law Commission ; Emeritus Chichele Professor of Public International Law , University of Oxford ; member of the Institut de Droit International ; Distinguished Fellow , All Souls College , Oxford ( Counsel and Advocate ) ; | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2212 | Parliament called the Westminster Assembly during a time of increasing hostility between Charles I , monarch of England and Scotland , and the Puritans . Puritans could be distinguished by their insistence that worship practices be supported implicitly or explicitly by the Bible , while their opponents gave greater authority to traditional customs . They believed the Church of England , which had separated itself from the Catholic Church during the English Reformation , was still too heavily influenced by Catholicism . They sought to rid the church and nation of any of these remaining influences . This included the Church 's episcopal polity , or rule by a hierarchy of bishops . Puritans , unlike separatists , did not leave the established church . Under Charles , the Puritans ' opponents were placed in high positions of authority , most notably William Laud who was made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633 , even though these " high churchmen " were in the minority . Puritans were forced to keep their views private or face fines and imprisonment . Laud promoted advocates of Arminianism , a theological perspective opposed to the Reformed theology of the Puritans . Worship practices such as kneeling at communion , bowing at the name of Christ , and the placement of communion tables at the East end of churches were also reinstated . To the Puritans , these seemed to be a step in the direction of Catholicism . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2213 | An adult collared brown lemur can reach a head @-@ body length of 39 and 40 cm ( 15 and 16 in ) and have a tail length of 50 and 55 cm ( 20 and 22 in ) for an overall length of 89 and 95 cm ( 35 and 37 in ) . It has an average body weight of 2 @.@ 25 and 2 @.@ 5 kg ( 5 @.@ 0 and 5 @.@ 5 lb ) , making it a medium @-@ sized lemur . The only form of sexual dimorphism exhibited by the collared brown lemur is dichromatism . The following table illustrates the coloration differences between the sexes : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2214 | Lorde 's music consists of subgenres such as dream pop and indietronica . She has earned two Grammy Awards , a Brit Award and ten New Zealand Music Awards . In 2013 , she was named among Time 's most influential teenagers in the world , and in the following year , she was in Forbes 's " 30 Under 30 " list . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2215 | ( * ) The interview was filmed for AOL Music at <unk> Studios in New York on August 3 , 2006 . It touches on the creative process of recording The Open Door as well as Lee and <unk> 's musical opinions . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2216 | Fair dealing is a defence after the fact . If sued for copyright infringement , one can rely on fair dealing as a defence in court , but the defence " only comes into play once a claimant has established that copyright has been infringed . Where this occurs , the onus of proof [ then ] falls on the defendant to prove that one of the exceptions applies " . This is done first by proving that the infringement falls within one of the three categories , which are liberally interpreted by the courts . The courts will not , however , give any consideration to what the infringer thought his work was for , or rely on a subjective test in any way ; as in Hyde Park Residence v Yelland , it is not seen as necessary " for the court to put itself in the shoes of the infringer of the copyright " . Instead , a more objective test is used , to avoid providing " any encouragement to the notion that all that is required is for the user to have a sincere belief , however misguided , that he or she is criticising a work or reporting current affairs " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2217 | The Spanish <unk> Santiago Ramón y Cajal was among the first to suggest a mechanism of learning that did not require the formation of new neurons . In his 1894 Croonian Lecture , he proposed that memories might instead be formed by strengthening the connections between existing neurons to improve the effectiveness of their communication . Hebbian theory , introduced by Donald Hebb in 1949 , echoed Ramón y Cajal 's ideas , further proposing that cells may grow new connections or undergo metabolic changes that enhance their ability to communicate : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2218 | Snake scales occur in variety of shapes . They may be cycloid as in family Typhlopidae , long and pointed with pointed tips , as in the case of the Green Vine Snake <unk> <unk> , broad and leaf @-@ like , as in the case of green pit vipers <unk> spp or as broad as they are long , for example , as in Rat snake <unk> <unk> . In some cases , scales may be keeled weakly or strongly as in the case of the Buff @-@ striped <unk> <unk> <unk> . They may have bidentate tips as in some spp of Natrix . Some snakes , such as the Short <unk> Lapemis curtus , may have <unk> and juxtaposed scales while others may have large and non @-@ overlapping knobs as in the case of the Javan <unk> <unk> javanicus . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2219 | Fusible plugs are sometimes fitted to the receivers of air compressors as a precaution against the ignition of any lubricating oil vapour that might be present . Should the action of the compressor heat the air above a safe temperature the core will melt and release the pressure . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2220 | <unk> Vachon , who served as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Kings during the early part of the Hextall 's playing career , praised his goaltending ability , but felt that his aggressive conduct " shouldn 't be in hockey and I think it tarnishes his image , too . He can play . He doesn 't need that ( stuff ) . " His view was shared by many , leading Hextall to be tagged as one of the most " revered and reviled " players in the league . Former NHL goaltender John Davidson commented that Hextall " thrived " on being a villain ; he further described him as a " great character " , and noted that " when he came to town , fans would want to race to the arena to boo him . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2221 | In the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , the city 's geographical coordinates are shown as 35 @.@ <unk> ° N 97 @.@ <unk> ° W / 35 @.@ <unk> ; <unk> ( 35 ° 13 ' 21 " N 97 ° 26 ' 22 " W ) . This is a location in downtown Norman . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2222 | A little to the south of the last cave is another cave in worse condition , with water damage . It is a portico in which each end probably had a chapel or room with pillars in front . Two of them have cells at the back . The central door at the back of the portico leads to a damaged shrine . The shrine door has door @-@ keepers at each side , leaning on dwarfs with flying figures over the head , with door @-@ keepers and demons on the jamb and architrave . The shrine is a plain room 6 m ( 20 ft ) deep by 5 @.@ 7 m ( 19 ft ) wide with a low altar , holding a Linga . South of this cave is a cavern that may be used as a cistern . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2223 | M. M. Keeravani composed the film 's soundtrack . It features six songs including the remixed version of his own composition " Bangaru Kodipetta " from the film Gharana Mogudu . The soundtrack of the Tamil dubbed version , Maaveeran , had three additional tracks . The Telugu soundtrack was launched at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad on 28 June 2009 . The Tamil version was launched on 25 April 2011 in Chennai . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2224 | Manta rays are large rays belonging to the genus Manta . The larger species , M. birostris , reaches 7 m ( 23 ft 0 in ) in width while the smaller , M. alfredi , reaches 5 @.@ 5 m ( 18 ft 1 in ) . Both have triangular pectoral fins , horn @-@ shaped cephalic fins and large , forward @-@ facing mouths . They are classified among the Elasmobranchii ( sharks and rays ) and are placed in the family Myliobatidae ( eagle rays ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2225 | The planet 's discovery was published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics on April 14 , 2011 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2226 | The magician , Prospero , rightful Duke of Milan , and his daughter , Miranda , have been stranded for twelve years on an island after Prospero 's jealous brother Antonio ( aided by Alonso , the King of Naples ) deposed him and set him adrift with the 3 @-@ year @-@ old Miranda . Gonzalo , Alonso 's counselor , had secretly supplied their boat with some food , fresh water , " rich garments , linens , stuffs and necessaries " , and " volumes " ( books ) that Prospero prizes . Possessing magic powers due to his great learning , Prospero is reluctantly served by a spirit , Ariel , whom Prospero had rescued from a tree in which he had been trapped by the cruel witch , Sycorax , after he had refused to obey her . Prospero maintains Ariel 's loyalty by repeatedly promising to release the " airy spirit " from servitude . Sycorax had been exiled from Algiers to the island for wreaking havoc with her magic , and had died before Prospero 's arrival and without releasing Ariel . Sycorax ' son , Caliban , a deformed monster and the only non @-@ spiritual inhabitant before the arrival of Prospero , was initially adopted and raised by him . He taught Prospero how to survive on the island , while Prospero and Miranda taught Caliban religion and their own language . In slavery , Caliban has come to view Prospero as a usurper and has grown to resent him and his daughter . Prospero and Miranda in turn view Caliban with disappointment , contempt and disgust . Prospero only performs one act of magic himself directly on stage : he disarms Ferdinand , causing his nerves to become " in their infancy again " . The rest of his magic is through controlling spirits ( or mentioned as happening previously ) , which is how magicians of the time were believed to operate . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2227 | Despite its dormancy , Mauna Kea is expected to erupt again , although there would be sufficient warning to evacuate . The telescopes on Mauna Kea 's summit would be the first to detect the minute amounts of deformation resulting from the volcano 's swelling , acting like expensive tiltmeters . Based on prior eruptions , such an event could occur anywhere on the volcano 's upper flanks and would likely produce extended lava flows , mostly of a 'a , of 15 – 25 km ( 9 – 16 mi ) in length . Long periods of activity could build a cinder cone at the source . Although not likely in the next few centuries , such an eruption would probably result in little loss of life but significant damage to infrastructure . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2228 | Wilson suffered a stroke in 1999 , from which he never recovered . He died on January 16 , 2000 , at the age of 85 , at a nursing home in Ithaca , New York , and was buried at the 19th @-@ century Pioneer Cemetery on the Fermilab site . He was survived by his wife , Jane ; his three sons , Daniel , Jonathan and Rand ; and his sister , Mary Jane Greenhill . His papers are in the Cornell University Library . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2229 | PA 402 soon reaches the village of Poplar Bridge , reaching the Middle Smithfield Township Park at the north end of the village . Passing the Country Club of the Poconos , the route turns northward through a residential area surrounded by woods . This soon recedes to just woods , soon crossing over the Bush Kill , right next to <unk> Falls , which drop less than a 0 @.@ 25 @-@ mile ( 0 @.@ 40 km ) from the roadway . North of the Bush Kill , the route passes Timber Mountain Drive and soon returns to the dense woods before crossing the county line from Monroe County to Pike County . Now in Porter Township , crossing through the dense woods until passing Twelvemile Pond . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2230 | In 1963 , teen @-@ aged Frank Abagnale ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) lives in New Rochelle , New York with his father Frank Abagnale , Sr. ( Christopher Walken ) , and French mother Paula ( Nathalie Baye ) . When Frank Sr. is denied a business loan at Chase Manhattan Bank due to unknown difficulties with the IRS , the family is forced to move from their large home to a small apartment . Paula carries on an affair with Jack ( James Brolin ) , a friend of her husband . Meanwhile , Frank poses as a substitute teacher in his French class . Frank 's parents file for divorce , and Frank runs away . When he runs out of money , he begins relying on confidence scams to get by . Soon , Frank 's cons increase and he even impersonates an airline pilot . He forges Pan Am payroll checks and succeeds in stealing over $ 2 @.@ 8 million . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2231 | There are about 120 frost @-@ free days annually . Annual mean temperature is 7 ° C ( 45 ° F ) , with temperatures in January falling below − 10 ° C ( 14 ° F ) Annual precipitation is about 440 millimetres ( 17 in ) , with autumn rainfall of 310 millimetres ( 12 in ) . The county is agriculturally rich and was used by the Tibetan kings as a source of food for Lhasa . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2232 | In June 1933 Albert Kesselring visited Heinkel 's offices . Kesselring was head of the Luftwaffe Administration Office : at that point Germany did not have a State Aviation Ministry but only an aviation commissariat , the <unk> . Kesselring was hoping to build a new air force out of the Flying Corps being constructed in the Reichswehr and required a modern force of aircraft . Kesselring convinced Heinkel to move his factory from Warnemünde to Rostock and turn it over to mass production with a force of 3 @,@ 000 employees . Heinkel began work on the new design , which garnered urgency as the American Lockheed 12 , Boeing 247 and Douglas DC @-@ 2 began to appear . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2233 | The Dole effect describes trends in δ18O arising from trends in the relative importance of land @-@ dwelling and oceanic photosynthesizers . Such a variation is a plausible cause of the phenomenon . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2234 | Myself and family for many years have derived support from Singapore , our dependence is wholly on the English Government , and we hope to merit the protection of , and be favoured by the Company on all occasions consistent with propriety . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2235 | The Daily Vault believed Selena made a mistake with " Captive Heart " , stating that " the song was a surprising and painful flaw , because it showcases a mistake of exerting too much throat , which many popular singers currently do " . The Daily Vault instated that it was a one @-@ way ticket to voice destruction . Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News stated while reviewing " I 'm Getting Used To You " that the songs " are a bit more uptempo , bordering on that New Jill Swing sound popularized by Mary J. Blige and Jade " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2236 | The East Side is a region comprising the neighborhoods of Blackstone , Hope ( aka Summit ) , Mount Hope , College Hill , Wayland , and Fox Point . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2237 | Endecott used some of his properties to propagate fruit trees ; a pear tree he planted still lives in Danvers , Massachusetts . He also engaged in one of the earliest attempts to develop a mining industry in the colonies when copper ore was found on his land . His name is found on a rock in Lake Winnipesaukee , carved by surveyors sent to identify the Massachusetts colony 's northern border in 1652 . Places and institutions are named for him , and ( like many early colonists ) he has several notable descendants . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2238 | I am afraid my men will be very angry when they see it . I cannot understand why the old man cannot do justice to those to whom he owed so much and the whole thing is so absolutely inconsistent with what he had already cabled . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2239 | Jan Dekert or Jan <unk> ( 1738 – 4 October 1790 ) was a Polish merchant of German descent and political activist . Starting in the 1760s , he rose to become one of the most prominent merchants in the Polish capital of Warsaw . He was an activist arguing for more rights for the burghers in the Polish @-@ Lithuanian Commonwealth while opposing Jewish merchants . As the representative of Warsaw , he was elected a deputy to the Sejms of 1784 and 1786 , as well as to the Great Sejm ( 1788 – 1892 ) . He was the mayor of Warsaw ( 1789 – 1790 ) , during which period he organized the Black Procession on 2 December 1789 ( a march of burghers who delivered a petition to the king ) . This was a major step towards the passing of the Free Royal Cities Act enfranchising burghers , as one of the reforms of the Great Sejm and part of the Constitution of the 3rd May , 1791 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2240 | According to Genesis , Abraham brought Isaac to Mount Moriah , where , at God 's command , Abraham built a sacrificial altar to sacrifice Isaac . This event served as a test of Abraham 's faith . At the last moment , Abraham was stopped by the angel of the Lord . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2241 | George Calvert went up to Trinity College , at Oxford University matriculating in 1593 / 94 , where he studied foreign languages and received a bachelor 's degree in 1597 . As the oath of allegiance was compulsory after the age of sixteen , he would almost certainly have pledged conformity while at Oxford . The same pattern of conformity , whether pretended or sincere , continued through Calvert 's early life . After Oxford , he moved to London in 1598 , where he studied municipal law at Lincoln 's Inn for three years . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2242 | All the major painters of the period were to varying degrees influenced by forms of Neoclassicism , which revived Greek and Roman form of artistic expression . Italy became an important point of reference for Scottish artists , with over fifty artists and architects known to have travelled there in the period 1730 – 80 as part of a Grand Tour , to paint , sample the art and learn from Italian masters . With so many artists visiting or resident , Rome became almost a " Third Academy ) " for Scots . In the second half of the century Scots became the major figures in the trade in antique sculpture , particularly Gavin Hamilton , Colin Morison ( 1732 – 1801 ) and James <unk> ( 1734 – 1817 ) , making them the arbiters of British taste in this area . However , the only major Scottish collection of marble before the nineteenth century was that of James Johnstone , 2nd Marquess of Annandale . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2243 | There are forces that are frame dependent , meaning that they appear due to the adoption of non @-@ Newtonian ( that is , non @-@ inertial ) reference frames . Such forces include the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force . These forces are considered fictitious because they do not exist in frames of reference that are not accelerating . Because these forces are not genuine they are also referred to as " pseudo forces " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2244 | As of April 2015 , the museum 's music exhibits include instruments used by some of New Orleans ' notable jazz musicians , photographs , and posters , and are planned to open as the Louisiana Music Museum . The site is also a performance venue for jazz concerts , in partnership with the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the private " Music at the Mint " organization . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2245 | Cyrus performed the song during the Gypsy Heart Tour . She also performed the song during her ongoing Bangerz Tour . She wore a black sequined bra and furry monochrome chaps with falconry gloves during the performance . She was also accompanied by an enormous replica of her dog , Floyd . The performance received positive reviews from critics . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2246 | As a major industrial city into the mid @-@ 20th century , Omaha shared in social tensions of larger cities that accompanied rapid growth and many new immigrants and migrants . By the 1950s , Omaha was a center for illegal gambling , while experiencing dramatic job losses and unemployment because of dramatic restructuring of the railroads and the meatpacking industry , as well as other sectors . Persistent poverty resulting from racial discrimination and job losses generated different crimes in the late 20th century , with drug trade and drug abuse becoming associated with violent crime rates , which climbed after 1986 as Los Angeles gangs made affiliates in the city . Gambling in Omaha has been significant throughout the city 's history . From its founding in the 1850s through the 1930s , the city was known as a " wide @-@ open " town , meaning that gambling of all sorts was accepted either openly or in closed quarters . By the mid @-@ 20th century , Omaha reportedly had more illicit gambling per capita than any other city in the nation . From the 1930s through the 1970s the city 's gambling was controlled by an Italian criminal element . Today , gambling in Omaha is limited to keno , lotteries , and parimutuel betting , leaving Omahans to drive across the Missouri River to Council Bluffs , Iowa , where casinos are legal and there are numerous businesses operating currently . Recently a controversial proposal by the Ponca tribe of Nebraska was approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission . It will allow the tribe to build a casino in Carter Lake , Iowa , which sits geographically on the west side of the Missouri River , adjacent to Omaha , where casinos are illegal . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2247 | The Leaf launch was scheduled for July 2013 , with pre @-@ orders starting in the middle of June . The price was announced to start at 8 @,@ 774 @,@ 500 ft . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2248 | 18 July 2009 – Died aged 113 years 42 days , the second oldest man ever to die in Europe , behind only Joan <unk> of Spain who died in 2004 aged 114 years and 81 days . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2249 | Six singles were released from the album . Its lead single " Fantasy " became the first single by a female artist to debut at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and went on to top the chart for eight weeks and became the second best @-@ selling single of 1995 in the country . The song topped the charts in Australia , Canada , and New Zealand and became a top @-@ five hit in Finland , France , and the United Kingdom . The second single " One Sweet Day " topped the Billboard Hot 100 for sixteen weeks and became the longest @-@ running number one single in American history , a record it still holds . It also topped the charts in Canada and New Zealand and peaked within the top five in Australia , France , Ireland and the Netherlands . Jointly , the singles from Daydream spent a combined six months at the top of the Hot 100 . To promote Daydream , Carey embarked on the short but successful , Daydream World Tour , visiting Japan and Europe . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2250 | Morse was unfamiliar with the show . After watching several House episodes , he was surprised that the show had a strong audience with " [ such ] a total jerk " as the lead character . It was not until Morse told a few long @-@ time friends about the job offer that their enthusiastic reaction convinced him to take the role . Katie Jacobs , executive producer of House , was impressed by Morse 's performance . In a 2006 TV Guide interview , Morse said that , although he discussed the possibility with House writers , it would be " practically impossible " to get the character to return in any later seasons . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2251 | In April 1941 , the division was assigned to IV Corps and had moved to Sussex , the 18th Infantry Division having replaced them around Liverpool . In Sussex , the division was held in reserve and placed behind the 47th ( London ) Infantry Division and the 55th ( West Lancashire ) Infantry Division which were defending the coast between Bognor Regis – in the west – to Beachy Head in the east . Despite being in reserve , historians Michael Glover and Jonathan Riley note that the Royal Welch Fusiliers battalions of the 115th Brigade all took part in coastal defence duties . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2252 | Personnel from local Viet Cong units infiltrated Kontum and Pleiku to spread rumours of a ‘ big Communist offensive ’ on the aforementioned districts . In response to the rumours , the ARVN 45th Infantry Regiment was sent out to sweep the areas near Ban Me Thuot , Thuan Man , and Duc Lap . To maintain the secrecy of their operations , the North Vietnamese Tay Nguyen Front ordered the 320A Infantry Division , which had by then set up camp west of Ban Me Thuot , to avoid contact with the South Vietnamese . Upon their arrival from Laos , the 316th Infantry Division received similar orders , and was not allowed to open fire under any circumstances . As the events in South Vietnam ’ s II Corps Tactical Zone were beginning to unfold , intelligence reports from Saigon continued to warn General Phu of an imminent Communist onslaught on Ban Me Thuot . Despite the numerous warnings which he had received from the CIA and his own military intelligence , General Phu remained convinced that Pleiku would be North Vietnam ’ s next target . As a result , on February 18 , 1975 , he ordered the 23rd Infantry Division to remain at their positions in Kontum and Pleiku , thereby reversing his earlier decision to bolster South Vietnamese defences at Ban Me Thuot . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2253 | Peggle is considered to be an addictive game . The game is stated to have a simple premise that follows the KISS principle , but requires some amount of repeating playing to master , similar in fashion to early arcade games , leading to its addictive qualities . Peggle is also claimed to entice the user to play " just a few more minutes " . The accessibility of the game across multiple platforms is also considered to contribute to its addictiveness . MSNBC named Peggle one of the " Top 5 most addictive computer games of all time . " Despite its addictive nature , the game , like many of PopCap 's casual games , is also considered a stress reliever . A study underwritten by PopCap at East Carolina University found that across 132 subjects , Peggle was found to increase their mood by 573 % across all subjects , with a 45 % reduction in depression . Peggle along with other PopCap games were also found to help children with ADHD improve their attention span and memory recall , in a survey done by Information Solutions Group on behalf of PopCap . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2254 | During the 29 days of the patrol , Carlson 's raiders hiked approximately 150 mi ( 240 km ) to cover a straight @-@ line distance of about 40 mi ( 64 km ) from Aola Bay to the Matanikau River . Carlson claimed that his troops killed 488 Japanese soldiers and captured or destroyed large amounts of equipment , including two howitzers and various small arms and ammunition . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2255 | In a 2010 Oprah interview , Presley admitted that they spent four years after the divorce " getting back together and breaking up " , until she felt she " had to push it away . " She described the parallels between the lives of Jackson and her father Elvis , and said Jackson constantly asked her about the details of Elvis ' death because he felt that he was " going to end up the same way . " She had described such a conversation in a blog post the day after Jackson died , wherein she shared her feelings about his death . According to Presley , the last " coherently good conversation " she had with Jackson was in 2005 . She said Jackson told her she had been right about certain people around him , whom she called " vampires . " She replied that she was indifferent when he asked if she still loved him . But Presley also said his death made her realize he loved her . She acknowledged his efforts in the relationship , saying , " He honestly tried so hard and went through so much with me " , but " I didn ’ t appreciate it then and I wish I did . " At the end of the conversation , he reportedly told her " he felt that someone was going to try to kill him to get a hold of his catalog and his estate " and named some names she didn 't want to say in the interview . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2256 | In 2012 , MDOT announced a construction project along the US 23 / US 223 freeway in southern Monroe County what would rebuild the northbound lanes of the freeway between exits 1 and 5 in addition to improving the interchange ramps in the area . The interchange between US 223 the freeway at exit 5 will also be upgraded to contain a pair of roundabouts in a configuration known as a dumbbell interchange . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2257 | Some works published in the late 20th century about vigilante activity in Alder Gulch portray the vigilantes and their leaders as conspirators with political motives rather than restoring law and order , making an argument that victims were not afforded due process prior to their execution and evidence was insufficient to prove their guilt or innocence . Two works , of Ruth E. Mather and F. E. Boswell , Hanging the Sheriff @-@ A Biography of Henry Plummer ( 1987 , 1999 ) and Vigilante Victims : Montana 's 1864 Hanging Spree ( 1991 ) have been criticized as revisionist , and received poor reviews by Montana historians such as Michael P. Malone and Richard B. Roeder . Additional criticism came from later authors such as Mark C. Dillon and Carol Buchanan . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2258 | England batted on for five minutes on the final morning , adding three runs in two overs before Yardley declared at 8 / 365 . Johnson ended with 1 / 85 from 21 overs and was the most uneconomical of the Australian bowlers , conceding runs at a rate of 4 @.@ 04 per over while the others averaged 3 @.@ 26 . Batting into the final day allowed Yardley the right to ask the groundsman to use a heavy roller , which would help to break up the wicket , make it more likely to spin and therefore more difficult for Australia to bat on . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2259 | After winning the second race , Kenseth drove to the victory lane ; earning $ 56 @,@ 726 for the victory . Kenseth 's victory gave his team Roush Fenway Racing its first win in the Gatorade Duels . Kenseth said , " Jimmie Johnson gave me a huge push there and really worked nice for me the whole race . Without that push it never would 've got there . Greg lost his drafting partner . We were able to separate him and the # 78 [ Regan Smith ] and we had such a big run that Greg was kind of a sitting duck . " Smith , who finished second , stated , " It would have been nice to put the Furniture Row / CSX Play it Safe Chevrolet in Victory Lane , but no complaints . " , and , " It ’ s good to know that we have a car capable of running up front . " Johnson , who finished third , said , " It was an awesome race . We really had a shot to win that one . It was unfortunate there at the end that there were some lapped cars that were kind of mixed in with the leaders . It would have been nice if they would have let us race there ; at least from the white flag on . " It took 46 minutes and 23 seconds to complete the second race , and the margin of victory was 0 @.@ 209 seconds . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2260 | In 2011 , Patrick Stump covered the song in an a cappella mash @-@ up tribute along with several other Michael Jackson songs over pre @-@ recorded backing vocals . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2261 | Polish historian Władysław Konopczyński , who wrote a monograph on Pulaski in 1931 , noted that he was one of the most accomplished Polish people , grouping him with other Polish military heroes such as Tadeusz Kościuszko , Stanisław Żółkiewski , Stefan Czarniecki , and Prince Józef Poniatowski . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2262 | After the British had withdrawn , the Germans reoccupied the battery position . Steiner was unable to see Sword Beach from his command bunker , so even though he was able to get two of his guns back in action , he was unable to direct accurate fire onto the landings . However , observers with the 736th Infantry Regiment , holding out at La <unk> , were able to direct his guns until that position was neutralised . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2263 | In 1992 , two PILs were filed in the High Courts ; one in the Kerala High Court on 13 February 1992 by Balaji Raghavan and another in the Madhya Pradesh High Court ( Indore Bench ) on 24 August 1992 by Satya Pal Anand . Both petitioners questioned the civilian awards being " Titles " per an interpretation of Article 18 ( 1 ) of the Constitution . On 25 August 1992 , the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued a notice temporarily suspending all civilian awards . A Special Division Bench of the Supreme Court was formed comprising five judges ; A. M. Ahmadi C. J. , Kuldip Singh , B. P. Jeevan Reddy , N. P. Singh , and S. Saghir Ahmad . On 15 December 1995 , the Special Division Bench restored the awards and delivered a judgement that the " Bharat Ratna and Padma awards are not titles under Article 18 of the Constitution " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2264 | When deciding the band 's next single , Ray Davies pushed for " Come Dancing " to be released rather than " Don 't Forget to Dance , " which had been suggested by the record company as the first single from State of Confusion . The UK branch of Arista Records approved this decision , releasing 7 @-@ inch and 12 @-@ inch versions of the new single on 19 November 1982 with " Noise " as the B @-@ side . However , Clive Davis initially had reservations ; Davies recalls that Davis " didn 't want to put it out because it was too much of an English subject matter " . Davis also thought it was just a " ditty " and did not have enough substance to be a single . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2265 | <unk> , Patrick ( 2005 ) . Smashing The Atlantic Wall : The Destruction Of Hitler 's Coastal Fortresses . Casemate Publishers . ISBN 978 @-@ 1 @-@ 84415 @-@ 256 @-@ 8 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2266 | In 1965 Constantine became a founding member of the Sports Council , which aimed to develop sport in Britain . Two years later , he was appointed to the three @-@ person Race Relations Board , formed through the Race Relations Act , to investigate cases of racial discrimination . In this role he spoke out against the Commonwealth Immigrants Act , a stance that led to an offer from the Liberal Party , which he declined , to stand as parliamentary candidate for Nelson . Later , he was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate the release , after a military coup , of Abubakar <unk> Balewa , the overthrown Prime Minister of Nigeria . Constantine was appointed to the BBC 's General Advisory Committee in 1966 and became a BBC Governor two years later , although declining health restricted his involvement . The following year the students of St Andrews University elected Constantine as Rector , but again his health prevented him performing effectively in this role . In his last years , Constantine was criticised for becoming part of the Establishment ; Private Eye mocked him , while the new generation of West Indian immigrants believed he was out of touch . More radical black spokesmen disapproved of his conciliatory approach to racist incidents . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2267 | " Ice Princess " received positive reviews from critics . Pitchfork Media gave the song their " Best New Track " honor , with Jordan Sargent commenting that it displayed " Banks at her best : doing something unexpected simply because she can . " While Brennan Carley of Spin described the song as having the potential to " be the single that finally breaks the Harlem MC on the radio , and it 's about time . " Kate Beaudoin from Mic commented on the song , praising Banks ' flow , " It 's a captivating video and an even better song . Her flow is unbelievable : ' You broke honey , and they call me Banks cause I can loan money / Colder than December , my diamonds on Anna Wintour / So that 's fly ice in my life / I don 't see no limits so I strive and I shine twice , ' Banks raps . Anyone who can fit Anna Wintour into a rhyme about winter automatically gets points . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2268 | Secondary dysfunction results from factors that follow from the injury , such as loss of bladder and bowel control or impaired movement . The main barrier to sexual activity that people with SCI cite is physical limitation ; e.g. balance problems and muscle weakness cause difficulty with positioning . Spasticity , tightening of muscles due to increased muscle tone , is another complication that interferes with sex . Some medications have side effects that impede sexual pleasure or interfere with sexual function : antidepressants , muscle relaxants , sleeping pills and drugs that treat spasticity . Hormonal changes that alter sexual function may take place after SCI ; levels of prolactin heighten , women temporarily stop menstruating ( amenorrhea ) , and men experience reduced levels of testosterone . Testosterone deficiency causes reduced libido , increased weakness , fatigue , and failure to respond to erection @-@ enhancing drugs . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2269 | The coloring of the fruit bodies is quite variable , ranging from violet to amethyst , or violet shaded with brown or red . The colors may be variable over the fruit body ; in one instance the outside branches were brown while the inner branches in the center of the bundle were light violet . Dried specimens may lose their coloring almost entirely , as the pigments may be sensitive to light or dryness . The fruit body is typically 5 to 10 cm ( 2 @.@ 0 to 3 @.@ 9 in ) tall and 4 to 7 cm ( 1 @.@ 6 to 2 @.@ 8 in ) wide . The stem , or base , is short , and the branching starts a short distance above the ground . The surfaces of the fragile branches are smooth and dry ; the branches are 2 – 6 thick , typically with rounded tips . It has no distinguishable odor , and a taste somewhat like radishes or cucumber . Although edible in small quantities , the fragile fruit bodies are of limited culinary value , and may have a laxative effect . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2270 | On Chapman 's return to the team she scored two goals in a Cyprus Cup win over South Africa in March 2009 . It was her first appearance for England since October 2007 , due to the birth of her second child . In May 2009 , Chapman was one of the first 17 female players to be given central contracts by The Football Association . She was an ever @-@ present in midfield during England 's run to the 2009 UEFA Women 's Championship final . In 2010 Chapman was named FA International Player of the Year for the second time . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2271 | The <unk> : a movement where the horse balances on its hind legs and then essentially " hops , " jumping with the forelegs off the ground and hind legs together . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2272 | Ninja Gaiden 's story spans 16 chapters , each beginning and ending with a cutscene . At the start of the game , the player takes control of Ryu as he infiltrates the Shadow clan fortress . Ryu is there to visit his uncle , the clan leader Murai . During their chat , Ayane delivers news of a raid on the Hayabusa village . Fighting his way back to his village , Ryu encounters Doku , who has killed the Hayabusa shrine maiden Kureha and has taken the Dark Dragon Blade . Ryu is cut down by Doku with the stolen Blade , but he is brought back to life as a " soldier of revenge " by a falcon , the spiritual animal of the Hayabusa clan . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2273 | Described as Andrew Schwab 's opus the record promises to be a fresh take on the P86 sound . Schwab said , " On this record I was really able to take the reins of the creative process in a direction I was passionate about . I was able to write songs that pushed me to grow as an artist . It was also insanely fun to have so many of my friends involved in the process and at this point in the game that is what its about . I am really looking forward to people hearing this album . " With concert goers noting the new energy of the songs and new band members Scott Davis on drums , <unk> Lowry on guitar and <unk> " Norman " Williams on bass it seems P86 has benefited from a back to basics reinvention . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2274 | After breaking from Gardner 's Bricket Wood coven , Valiente formed her own coven with Grove as High Priest , still following the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca , albeit without the Wiccan laws , which she believed to be entirely an invention of Gardner 's . This coven however failed to last , breaking up amid arguments between its founders . In 1956 , Valiente , along with her husband and her mother , moved into a basement flat in Lewes Crescent , Kemptown , in the southern coastal town of Brighton , although in 1968 they moved into a flat nearer to the town centre . She befriended another Kemptown resident , the journalist Leslie Roberts , who shared her interest in the supernatural . He attracted much attention to himself in the local press through his claims that practitioners of black magic were also operating in the area . Valiente remained a good friend to Roberts until his death from heart disease in 1966 . She also got back in touch with Gardner , and mended their friendship , remaining on good terms until his death in 1964 , when he left her £ 200 in his will . During the early 1960s she also developed a correspondence with two Gardnerian initiates in Sheffield , Patricia Crowther and her husband Arnold Crowther , finally meeting them when the latter couple visited Brighton in 1965 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2275 | Their semi @-@ final was a rematch of the 1966 Football League Cup Final , with West Ham United the opposition over two legs . Albion took a commanding lead in the first leg with a 4 – 0 victory , a goal from Dennis Clarke and a hat @-@ trick from Jeff Astle . West Ham captain Bobby Moore urged his team to push Albion hard in the second leg , even in the closing stages of the match when they still had all four goals from the first leg to catch up with . Goals from Geoff Hurst and Johnny Byrne for West Ham were cancelled out by goals from Stanley Jones and Clarke by the 60th minute . The match finished with 2 – 2 , thus Albion progressed due to a 6 – 2 aggregate victory . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2276 | Rupert was accordingly a prominent figure in Parliamentary propaganda . He faced numerous accusations of witchcraft , either personally or by proxy through his pet dog , Boye . Boye , a large white hunting poodle , accompanied Rupert everywhere from 1642 up until the dog 's death at Marston Moor and was widely suspected of being a witch 's familiar . There were numerous accounts of Boye 's abilities ; some suggested that he was the Devil in disguise , come to help Rupert . Pro @-@ Royalist publications ultimately produced parodies of these , including one which listed Rupert 's dog as being a " Lapland Lady " transformed into a white dog ; Boye was able , apparently , to find hidden treasure , possessed invulnerability to attack , could catch bullets fired at Rupert in his mouth , and could prophesy as well as the 16th century soothsayer , Mother Shipton . Similar stories from the period relate to Rupert 's pet monkey . Like his dog , the monkey was featured in newsprint of the day and was also reputed to have shape shifting powers , being able to disguise itself behind enemy lines . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2277 | Derek Malcolm in The Guardian was broadly approving of Licence to Kill , liking the " harder edge of the earlier Bonds " that the film emulated , but wishing that " it was written and directed with a bit more flair . " Malcolm praised the way the film attempted " to tell a story rather than use one for the decorative purposes of endless spectacular tropes . " Writing in The Guardian 's sister paper , The Observer , Philip French noted that " despite the playful sparkle in his eyes , Timothy Dalton 's Bond is ... serious here . " Overall French called Licence to Kill " an entertaining , <unk> film " . Ian Christie in the Daily Express excoriated the film , saying that the plot was " absurd but fundamentally dull " , a further problem being that as " there isn 't a coherent storyline to link [ the stunts ] , they eventually become tiresome . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2278 | HMS Decoy was a D @-@ class destroyer of the Royal Navy . Ordered in 1931 , the ship was constructed by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company , and entered naval service in 1933 . Decoy was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet before she was transferred to the China Station in early 1935 . She was temporarily deployed in the Red Sea during late 1935 during the Abyssinia Crisis , before returning to her duty station where she remained until mid @-@ 1939 . Decoy was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet just before the Second World War began in September 1939 . She briefly was assigned to West Africa for convoy escort duties in 1940 before returning to the Mediterranean . The ship participated in the Battles of Calabria without significant damage and escorted ships of the Mediterranean Fleet for most of the rest of the year . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2279 | Paoli spent the last 20 years of his life teaching voice and singing in San Juan , while also working for the establishment of a music conservatory in that city . He would not see this last dream come true , because he developed cancer and died at age 75 . He was buried in San Juan , but his remains were later transferred to a mausoleum in his birth town of Ponce . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2280 | In a 6 – 2 decision issued on March 28 , 1898 , the Supreme Court held that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth and that " the American citizenship which Wong Kim Ark acquired by birth within the United States has not been lost or taken away by anything happening since his birth . " The opinion of the Court was written by Associate Justice Horace Gray and was joined by Associate Justices David J. Brewer , Henry B. Brown , George Shiras Jr . , Edward Douglass White , and Rufus W. Peckham . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2281 | In June 2012 , after a resolution passed by the Michigan Legislature was signed by Gov. Rick Snyder , a portion of I @-@ 94 in Taylor between Inkster and Pelham roads was named the " Auxiliary Lt. Dan Kromer Memorial Highway " after a 20 @-@ year veteran of the Taylor Police Department , who was killed in 2010 while helping motorists who had car trouble . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2282 | Terpenes and isoprenoids , including the carotenoids , are made by the assembly and modification of isoprene units donated from the reactive precursors isopentenyl pyrophosphate and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate . These precursors can be made in different ways . In animals and archaea , the mevalonate pathway produces these compounds from acetyl @-@ CoA , while in plants and bacteria the non @-@ mevalonate pathway uses pyruvate and glyceraldehyde 3 @-@ phosphate as substrates . One important reaction that uses these activated isoprene donors is steroid biosynthesis . Here , the isoprene units are joined together to make squalene and then folded up and formed into a set of rings to make lanosterol . Lanosterol can then be converted into other steroids such as cholesterol and ergosterol . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2283 | On the opposite side of NY 251 , NY 64 becomes Pittsford – Mendon Road . Outside of the hamlet , the highway maintains a consistent northerly alignment as it runs through slightly more populated areas of the town of Mendon and passes over the New York State Thruway ( Interstate 90 or I @-@ 90 ) . The route enters the town of Pittsford a short distance north of the Thruway , at which time NY 64 becomes Mendon Road . Within Pittsford , NY 64 passes through increasingly more populated areas as it approaches the village of Pittsford . Directly south of the village , the highway enters an intersection with South Main Street , Stone Road and Mendon Center Road at a sharp angle . NY 253 once entered this junction on Mendon Center Road and followed NY 64 into Pittsford ; however , today , NY 64 continues alone onto South Main Street . The route ends just under 1 mile ( 1 @.@ 6 km ) later at the junction of South Main Street and Jefferson Road , where it meets NY 96 and NY 252 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2284 | At the US Open , Federer lost a much @-@ anticipated semifinal match with Novak Djokovic , after squandering two match points in the fifth set , which repeated his previous year 's result against Djokovic and added a second loss from two sets up in Grand Slam tournament play to his record . The loss at Flushing Meadows meant that Federer did not win any of the four majors in 2011 , the first time this has happened since 2002 . Later that month , in September 2011 , in a South African poll , Federer was voted the second most trusted and respected person in the world , next to Nelson Mandela . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2285 | Ramarayaningar , however , strongly opposed what he perceived as the monopolisation of education by Brahmins . On being interviewed by Katherine Mayo , he responded : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2286 | de Waal , Thomas ( 2003 ) . Black Garden : Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War . New York : New York University Press . ISBN <unk> . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2287 | The high radioactivity of einsteinium has a potential use in radiation therapy , and organometallic complexes have been synthesized in order to deliver einsteinium atoms to an appropriate organ in the body . Experiments have been performed on injecting einsteinium citrate ( as well as fermium compounds ) to dogs . Einsteinium ( III ) was also incorporated into beta @-@ diketone chelate complexes , since analogous complexes with lanthanides previously showed strongest UV @-@ excited luminescence among <unk> compounds . When preparing einsteinium complexes , the Es3 + ions were 1000 times diluted with <unk> + ions . This allowed reducing the radiation damage so that the compounds did not disintegrate during the period of 20 minutes required for the measurements . The resulting luminescence from Es3 + was much too weak to be detected . This was explained by the unfavorable relative energies of the individual constituents of the compound that hindered efficient energy transfer from the chelate matrix to Es3 + ions . Similar conclusion was drawn for other actinides americium , berkelium and fermium . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2288 | In 1909 , President @-@ elect Taft announced his intent to nominate Senator Philander C. Knox to be Secretary of State . Shortly after the announcement , the Clause emerged as a problem that caught those involved by surprise : Knox had been elected to serve a term that would not end until 1911 , and during that term Congress had voted to increase executive branch pay . Members of Congress considered reverting the fix after the appointed nominee had resigned and assumed the post so that Knox would not have to forgo any emoluments . Members of Congress also discussed reverting the salaries of all United States Cabinet members . At the suggestion of the Senate Judiciary Committee , Congress passed a bill reducing only the Secretary of State 's salary to the level it had been at before Knox 's term began , believing this would cure the problem . The Senate passed the bill unanimously , but there was much more opposition in the U.S. House of Representatives , where the same measure failed to get a required two @-@ thirds vote under a motion to suspend the rules and pass , a procedure normally reserved for uncontroversial matters . After a different procedural rule was applied , it passed by a 173 – 115 majority vote and President Roosevelt subsequently signed the bill . On March 4 , the first Saxbe fix became effective when the salary of the Secretary of State ( but not that of other Cabinet members ) was reverted from $ 12 @,@ 000 to $ 8 @,@ 000 . The Senate confirmed all of Taft 's Cabinet appointees on March 5 , and Knox took office on March 6 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2289 | Like the Beatles track , " This Guitar " is structured around short , minor @-@ key verses ( in this case , in the key of G minor ) that conclude with the song title , rather than distinct choruses . Author Ian Inglis also notes the " evident similarity " between the melody of the two compositions . As with Harrison 's lyrics for " While My Guitar Gently Weeps " , Inglis writes , " This Guitar " follows in a tradition established by Woody Guthrie , Pete Seeger and Bo Diddley , of attributing emotions and actions to a musical instrument . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2290 | Clinton 's desire to appoint a woman to the post engendered some criticism for devaluing the position to an affirmative action post , and Stephanopoulos later conceded that " we put ourselves in a box " . The failure of the Baird and Wood picks , along with Lani <unk> 's failed nomination ( for unrelated reasons ) to Assistant Attorney General for Department of Justice Civil Rights Division a few months later , made Congressional Democrats cautious in endorsing future Clinton personnel choices . When federal judge Stephen Breyer was first considered for a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy in mid @-@ 1993 , he was not selected , in part because he too had a ' Zoë Baird problem ' ( he would be nominated and confirmed the following year , following another vacancy ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2291 | The US plan had been delayed by the wartime need to build smaller vessels . Nevertheless , estimates by the Admiralty were that by the early 1920s the Royal Navy would be behind in ships . By the beginning of 1920 , the Americans had completed one battleship since the end of World War I and had five more building . Seven more were intended to be laid down in 1920 – 21 , six of these were the very large and powerful South Dakota class , armed with twelve 16 @-@ inch guns . The Japanese had finished one battleship since the end of the war and had three more under construction . To correct this state of affairs , the Admiralty initially planned to build three battleships and one battlecruiser in Fiscal Year ( FY ) 1921 – 22 and again in FY 1922 – 23 , but this was changed to four G3 @-@ class battlecruisers to be built first , presumably to be followed by the same number of battleships the following year . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2292 | Paul d 'Albert de <unk> ( April 5 , 1756 ) – Cardinal @-@ Priest of S. Tommaso in <unk> ; archbishop of Sens | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2293 | Two hours later , Henson finally agreed to go to New York Hospital in New York City . By the time he was admitted shortly after 4 : 00 am , he could no longer breathe on his own , and an X @-@ ray revealed he had abscesses in his lungs . He was placed on a mechanical ventilator to help him breathe , but his condition deteriorated rapidly despite aggressive treatment with multiple antibiotics . Less than 24 hours later on May 16 , 1990 , Henson died at the age of 53 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2294 | She resumed her original name on 31 May 1943 . After the war there were several plans to reconstruct her , using the bow of the Frunze , but they were not accepted and were formally cancelled on 29 June 1948 . She was renamed Volkhov , after the nearby river , on 28 November 1950 and served as a stationary training ship until stricken on 4 September 1953 . The ship was subsequently broken up . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2295 | Shackleton had served in the Antarctic in Captain Scott 's Discovery Expedition , 1901 – 04 , and had led the British Antarctic Expedition , 1907 – 09 . In this new venture he proposed to sail to the Weddell Sea and to land a shore party near Vahsel Bay , in preparation for a transcontinental march via the South Pole to the Ross Sea . A supporting group , the Ross Sea party , would meanwhile establish camp in McMurdo Sound , and from there lay a series of supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf to the foot of the Beardmore Glacier . These depots would be essential for the transcontinental party 's survival , as the group would not be able to carry enough provisions for the entire crossing . The expedition required two ships : Endurance under Shackleton for the Weddell Sea party , and Aurora , under Aeneas Mackintosh , for the Ross Sea party . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2296 | While at Busen , Abbe also enrolled in Hajime Tanabe 's philosophy class at Kyoto University ( then known as Kyoto Teikoku Daigaku , or ' Kyoto Imperial University ' ) . During this period , his sister <unk> began studying <unk> @-@ ryū <unk> under a female instructor named <unk> Chiyo ( in Japan , arts focusing on the handling of <unk> have been practiced almost exclusively by women since the Edo period ) , and she would continue practicing that art for the rest of her life . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2297 | As a legal deposit library , the British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland , including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the UK . It also has a programme for content acquisitions . The British Library adds some three million items every year occupying 9 @.@ 6 kilometres ( 6 @.@ 0 mi ) of new shelf space . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2298 | Santoso went to The Hague , in the Netherlands , in 1929 with her father , who was furthering his studies . Santoso then enrolled at Leiden University in Leiden , from which she graduated in 1933 with a Meester in de <unk> ( Master of Laws ) degree ; this made her the first Indonesian woman to earn a law degree . During her studies , she became involved with the Indonesian nationalist movement and its leaders , including Mohammad Hatta and Sutan Sjahrir . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-2299 | The Soviet government consequently ordered Tupolev and other aircraft design bureaus to study possible dedicated anti @-@ submarine warfare ( ASW ) designs . Tupolev initially designed the Tu @-@ <unk> ( <unk> <unk> , or ASW ) , a development of the Tu @-@ 95 equipped with sonobuoys , anti @-@ submarine mines and torpedoes . It was to carry a 9 @,@ 000 kg ( 19 @,@ 841 lb ) payload with a maximum loiter time of 10 @.@ 5 hours . The design was dropped , however , because it lacked a powerful radar , thermal imaging ( infrared ) system and magnetic anomaly detector ( MAD ) . On 28 February 1963 , the Council of Ministers ( the highest executive and administrative body of the Soviet Union ) issued a directive to Tupolev requiring his bureau to develop a long @-@ range ASW aircraft . | wikipedia-2018 |
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