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wikipedia_2018-3700 | During the tour , Johnston had few opportunities with the bat , invariably batting at either No. 10 and No. 11 alongside Toshack , another tail @-@ ender with little batting <unk> Neither player ever passed 30 in their first @-@ class career , and they were the only two Australians who failed to pass 50 during the tour . As Australia 's other frontline bowlers were Miller , Lindwall , Colin McCool , Ian Johnson and Doug Ring , all of whom scored centuries and more than 20 fifties each during their first @-@ class career , Toshack and Johnston were rooted at the bottom of the batting order . As Australia often won by an innings , and declared in the first innings many time due to their batting strength , Johnston only had 18 innings in his 21 first @-@ class fixtures and scored 188 runs at 18 @.@ 80 , the third lowest average and aggregate . He scored 62 runs in the Tests at 20 @.@ 66 , including his highest first @-@ class score of 29 in the Second Test at Lord ’ s . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3701 | Villa Somalia is the official residential palace and principal workplace of the President of Somalia , Hassan Sheikh Mohamud . It sits on high ground that overlooks the city on the Indian Ocean , with access to both the harbour and airport . The Governor 's Palace of Mogadishu was the seat of the governor of Italian Somaliland , and then the administrator of the Trust Territory of Somalia . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3702 | Saint @-@ Just was arrested in the violent episode of 9 Thermidor and executed the next day with Robespierre and their allies . In many histories of the Revolution , their deaths at the guillotine mark the end of the Reign of Terror . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3703 | Fossett 's interest in adventure began early . As a Boy Scout , he grew up climbing the mountains of California , beginning with the San Jacinto Mountains . " When I was 12 years old I climbed my first mountain , and I just kept going , taking on more diverse and grander projects . " Fossett said that he did not have a natural gift for athletics or team sports , so he focused on activities that required persistence and endurance . His father , an Eagle Scout , encouraged Fossett to pursue these types of adventures and encouraged him to become involved with the Boy Scouts early . He became an active member of Troop 170 in Orange , California . At age 13 , Fossett earned the Boy Scouts ' highest rank of Eagle Scout . He was a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow , the Boy Scouts ' honor society , where he served as lodge chief . He also worked as a Ranger at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico during the summer of 1961 . Fossett said in 2006 that Scouting was the most important activity of his youth . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3704 | Repulse was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet when she recommissioned in April 1936 . She transported 500 refugees from Palma , Majorca to Marseilles , France in late 1936 after the start of the Spanish Civil War . The ship was present at the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead on 20 May 1937 for George VI . Repulse was sent to Haifa in July 1938 to maintain order during the Arab Revolt . She was selected to convey the King and Queen during their May 1939 Canadian Tour and she was refitted between October 1938 and March 1939 for this role . The twin 4 @-@ inch AA guns were replaced by two more Mark V guns and two additional quadruple .50 @-@ calibre mounts were added . The King and Queen ultimately traveled aboard the liner RMS Empress of Australia while Repulse escorted them on the first half of the journey . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3705 | She is also the youngest U.S. Women 's Amateur qualifier , surpassing <unk> Stone 's 2012 record age of 10 years , 11 months and 2 days by beginning the first day of the tournament at age 10 years , 10 months and 4 days old on August 5 , 2013 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3706 | The official mission countdown began on Monday , April 10 , 1972 , at 8 : 30 AM , six days before the launch . At this point the Saturn V rocket 's three stages were powered up and drinking water was pumped into the spacecraft . As the countdown began , the crew of Apollo 16 was participating in final training exercises in anticipation of a launch on April 16 . The astronauts underwent their final preflight physical examination on April 11 . On April 15 , liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants were pumped into the spacecraft , while the astronauts rested in anticipation of their launch the next day . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3707 | Lemur behavior is as variable as lemur morphology . Differences in diet , social systems , activity patterns , locomotion , communication , predator avoidance tactics , breeding systems , and intelligence levels help define lemur taxa and set individual species apart from the rest . Although trends frequently distinguish the smaller , nocturnal lemurs from the larger , diurnal lemurs , there are often exceptions that help exemplify the unique and diverse nature of these Malagasy primates . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3708 | Daltrey , Entwistle and Townshend have each performed the song at solo concerts . Townshend has re @-@ arranged the song for solo performance on acoustic guitar . On 30 June 1979 , he performed a duet of the song with classical guitarist John Williams for the 1979 Amnesty International benefit The Secret Policeman 's Ball . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3709 | While with Doenia Bergerak , Kartodikromo wrote an attack on the Dutch Advisor on Native Affairs R.A. <unk> ; in his editorial , he wrote that the Dutch loved themselves far more than the natives they were subjugating . On 26 January 1915 , Kartodikromo came under investigation by the Justice Office of the Dutch East Indies for publishing several further anti @-@ Dutch editorials . The journalist unsuccessfully attempted to raise money to protest this at the Dutch parliament in The Hague . He was convicted of revolutionary activity and sentenced to nine months at <unk> Prison ; however , due to public outcry he was released after 100 days . When Doenia Bergerak went bankrupt , <unk> then headed the Saro Tomo . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3710 | The documentary chronicles Guru Maharaj Ji , the Divine Light Mission , his followers and anti @-@ Vietnam War activist Rennie Davis at " Millennium ' 73 " , an event held at the Houston Astrodome in November 1973 . Rennie Davis , a follower of Guru Maharaj Ji , was one of the spokespersons and speakers at the " Millennium ' 73 " event . His speech is featured in the documentary . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3711 | A snow called the Unity was added to the fleet , and used as a tender , but was abandoned during an encounter with a man of war named the Mermaid . As Low 's success increased in the Caribbean , so did his notoriety . Eventually , a bounty was placed on his head , and Low set out for the Azores , again teaming up with Charles Harris . As they terrorised the Azores , the pressure increased from the authorities , who by then had taken special notice of Edward Low , despite the hordes of pirates in operation at the time . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3712 | The church of St. Michael , Sutton Court was designed by W. D. Caroe in 1908 – 1909 . It is a red brick building on Elmwood road , in Tudor style . St Paul 's Church , Grove Park is a Gothic style stone building designed by H. Currey . It was built largely at the Duke of Devonshire 's expense in 1872 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3713 | Clarkson shares writing credits on six songs from Breakaway . " Breakaway " was included as the album 's opening and title track . She described it as a simple song , and further explained , " I think that it 's simplicity is what 's beautiful about it . Whenever writers or producers come to work with me , they take advantage of the fact that I can really belt it out . What 's cool about ' Breakaway ' is that it doesn 't take advantage of that . The song just uses the simplicity of my voice . I 've done country music , I 've done pop , I 've done gospel ... all of my singles have sounded different . But this song was different from everything I 've done ; people didn 't even know it was me ! " Written by Martin and Dr. Luke , Clarkson described the second track " Since U Been Gone " , as " not as " smooth " as pop or R & B. Clarkson said of the track , the very last to be recorded for the album , " It 's very emotional . Vocally , it can be a lot more challenging , but is very fun to play live . " Written by Clarkson , Dr. Luke , and Martin , the third track " Behind These Hazel Eyes " , was the last song she had co @-@ written for the album . She recalled , " I wrote ' Behind The Hazel Eyes ' about my last boyfriend . It 's the last song I wrote for the album , I almost didn 't make the deadline . " The fourth track , " Because of You " , was originally intended for Thankful . Clarkson wrote a draft of the song after a late night talk with a friend who had hard time with her family , with Moody and Hodges providing additional writing . " Gone " , the fifth track , was written by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks . Clarkson admits she cannot relate thoroughly on the song , but felt that it should be heard nonetheless . The sixth track , " Addicted , was written by Clarkson , Moody , and Hodges . Clarkson revealed that the song was inspired by the songs featured on Evanescence 's debut album Fallen ( 2003 ) . She remarked , " I wanted to work on them with someone as passionate about music as I am . And then I heard that Evanescence record ... I loved their record because of the passion behind it . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3714 | Back in England in 1957 he was joined at Taunton by another Australian , Bill Alley , but still finished as the leading scorer for the county with 1 @,@ 678 runs in all matches , to go with 44 wickets . In the wet summer of 1958 Somerset finished third in the Championship , their highest position since 1892 . McCool 's contribution was 1 @,@ 590 runs and 46 wickets at , for him , the low average of 23 runs each . In this season , McCool made his highest score for Somerset – 169 out of a total of 314 against Worcestershire at Stourbridge – and in the last match of the season he produced his best bowling figures of his career , taking eight second @-@ innings Nottinghamshire wickets for 74 runs on what Wisden described as " a sporting pitch " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3715 | In 2000 , " Like a Virgin " , was honored by Rolling Stone and MTV , as the fourth song on their list of the " 100 Greatest Pop Songs " . It was voted ten on VH1 's 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years . The song was listed at ninety @-@ five on Billboard Hot 100 All @-@ Time Top Songs . In 2003 , Madonna fans were asked to vote for their ' Top 20 Madonna singles of all @-@ time ' , by Q magazine . " Like a Virgin " was allocated the fifth spot on the list . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3716 | Illmatic is also credited with reviving the Queensbridge rap scene . Once home to prestigious pioneers such as Marley Marl , MC Shan , Roxanne Shanté , Queensbridge had been one of the most productive hip hop scenes in the country during the 1980s . In an April 2006 article , an XXL columnist wrote of the history and impact of the Queensbridge hip hop scene , stating " Since the 1980s , New York City 's Queensbridge Housing Projects has been documented perhaps better than any other geographic location . Starting with super producer Marley Marl 's dominant Juice Crew in the ’ 80s all the way through ’ 90s mainstays like Nas , Cormega and Capone , the Bridge has produced the highest per @-@ capita talent of any ’ hood . " Yet during the early 1990s , the Queensbridge rap scene was otherwise stagnant . According to Nas : " I was coming from the legacy of Marley Marl , MC Shan , Juice Crew kind of vibe . Knowing these guys out in the neighborhood . At that time , the Queensbridge scene was dead . Dropping that album right there said a lot for me to carry on the legacy of the Queensbridge pioneers . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3717 | The largest part of Croatia — 62 % of its territory — is encompassed by the Black Sea drainage basin . The area includes the largest rivers flowing in the country : the Danube , Sava , Drava , Mura and Kupa . The rest belongs to the Adriatic Sea drainage basin , where the largest river by far is the Neretva . The longest rivers in Croatia are the 562 @-@ kilometre ( 349 mi ) Sava , 505 @-@ kilometre ( 314 mi ) Drava , 296 @-@ kilometre ( 184 mi ) Kupa and a 188 @-@ kilometre ( 117 mi ) section of the Danube . The longest rivers emptying into the Adriatic Sea are the 101 @-@ kilometre ( 63 mi ) Cetina and an only 20 @-@ kilometre ( 12 mi ) section of the Neretva . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3718 | The first modern computers were the massive code breaking machines of the Second World War ( such as Z3 , ENIAC and Colossus ) . The latter two of these machines were based on the theoretical foundation laid by Alan Turing and developed by John von Neumann . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3719 | At both of those rugged , mountainous sites , salvage efforts removed the more accessible and valuable wreckage , but scattered and sometimes substantial portions of the TWA DC @-@ 3 and Bonanza Air Lines Fairchild F @-@ 27 were left behind , including the DC @-@ 3 's radial engines . The United Airlines DC @-@ 7 crash site , however , has been cleared of all but the smallest artifacts , and is threatened by development . In 1958 the site was at least a mile from the nearest paved road ; today the spot where the DC @-@ 7 hit is adjacent to a developed neighborhood near the intersection of Decatur Boulevard and Cactus Avenue . Five decades after the events of April 21 , 1958 , a small makeshift marker placed in the sandy soil was the only sign of the loss of United Airlines Flight 736 , but preliminary efforts were in motion to encourage public officials to build a permanent memorial to those who died . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3720 | Nikephoros ' scheme had backfired dramatically : instead of peace , a new and formidable foe had appeared in the Balkans , and a large part of the Bulgarian nobility appeared to side with the Rus ' prince . The emperor , however , was murdered in December 969 , and it fell to his successor , John I Tzimiskes ( r . 969 – 976 ) , to deal with the Rus ' threat . Sviatoslav now turned his sights on Byzantium , and to John 's entreaties for peace he allegedly answered that the Empire should abandon its European territories to him and withdraw to Asia Minor . Tzimiskes himself was preoccupied with consolidating his position and with countering the unrest of the powerful Phokas clan and its adherents , and delegated the war in the Balkans to his brother @-@ in @-@ law , the Domestic of the Schools Bardas Skleros , and to the eunuch stratopedarches Peter . They were to winter in Thrace and raise an army , whilst sending spies to discover Sviatoslav 's intentions . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3721 | Legendary European chanteuse Greta Keller was the room 's first star . When Donald Smith reopened the Oak Room in 1980 , the first regular and star was singer @-@ pianist Steve Ross . Other performers who have appeared at the Oak Room include Julie Wilson , Mary <unk> Haran , Karen Akers , KT Sullivan , Barbara Carroll , Sandy Stewart , Bill Charlap , Diana Krall , Jessica <unk> , and John <unk> . Andrea <unk> performed there over a span of 25 years , sometimes with her mother Helen <unk> ( né Stuart ) , becoming effectively an Algonquin institution . The Oak Room helped launch the careers of Harry Connick Jr. and Michael Feinstein . Sylvia Syms collapsed and died on stage there during a performance in 1992 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3722 | " Coming Home " is a downtempo hip @-@ hop and pop song , that opens with a " simple piano intro " and a " delicate vocal verse from Skylar Grey " . It was written by Diddy , Skylar Grey , Jay @-@ Z , <unk> , and Alex " da Kid " Grant , and produced by Jay @-@ Z and Grant . When speaking to Kid about what he wanted , Diddy said , " I want a beat that makes me feel like a white man in a basement in Atlanta " . Diddy later called " Coming Home " a gift from Jay @-@ Z and Kid . According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com , by EMI Music Publishing , the song was written in the key of D major with a time signature of common time and a tempo of 69 beats per minute . It follows the basic chord progression of G – D – Bm – F ♯ m . Jayson Rodriguez of MTV noted that the concept and theme of the song were similar to events in Diddy 's life , " referencing mistakes he has made in the past and that he wants to put behind him . " Rodriguez also noted the song 's tribute to The Notorious B.I.G , in the line " I miss you , B.I.G. " The chorus features vocals from the group 's female members , Kalenna Harper and Dawn Richards , as well as background vocals from fellow Bad Boy Records recording artist Cassie . The trio use a vocal range of A3 – A4 . Grey also sings some of the vocals , predominately during the song 's opening chorus . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3723 | Later in 2010 when recording her third album , Here I Am ( 2011 ) , Rowland credited both Guetta and the song for inspiring her to pursue a new sound . Rowland relates : " I spent about a year of my life in Europe really listening to a whole bunch of Europeans DJs and hearing dance music a lot on the radio and really loving it . ' When Love Takes Over ' it was my first introduction to dance music [ and ] it was a whole other monster . It 's really a culture and I love it . " In 2010 , following the success of " When Love Takes Over " and the duo 's musical chemistry , Guetta was asked to work on Rowland 's third studio album . He co @-@ produced a couple of the songs including the album 's first single , " Commander " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3724 | In 1913 , only eight years after it moved to One Times Square , the Times moved its corporate headquarters to 229 West 43rd Street , which served as its home from 1913 to 2007 . The Times has since moved to The New York Times Building on nearby Eighth Avenue . After leaving One Times Square , the Times still maintained ownership of the tower . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3725 | In Doctor Who Magazine , Graham Kibble @-@ White gave " Hide " a positive review , describing it as " simply terrific . " He said that it was the first " out @-@ and @-@ out ghost story " in the series , and claimed that fact " wonderful . " Also , he described the story as " fascinating in the way it portrays the ghosts of the living , " and said it " transcends Neil Cross ' other story , The Rings of Akhaten , and even rises above the unfortunate mispronunciation of Metebelis Three . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3726 | After his girlfriend Jan Levenson ( Melora Hardin ) sues her former employer Dunder Mifflin for wrongful termination , Michael Scott ( Steve Carell ) finds himself forced by Jan to be a witness against his employer . Ryan Howard ( B. J. Novak ) wants to make sure Michael won 't say anything against Dunder Mifflin because Jan 's his girlfriend . Toby Flenderson ( Paul Lieberstein ) comes along as the HR representative , against Michael 's protests . The deposition goes well for Jan at first , as she claims that she was terminated due to discrimination over her breast augmentation . To counter evidence that she had a romantic relationship with Michael before they disclosed it to corporate , Jan submits Michael 's personal diary , which she brought to the deposition without his knowledge or permission . Michael is further incensed against Jan when he learns that she gave him a scathing performance review after they had begun dating . Michael learns he was never a contender when interviewing for Jan 's former position at the corporate office , with the CFO insisting repeatedly that he is a nice guy , but ultimately unsuited for the position . Michael defends the company anyway , and later states that " you expect to get screwed by your company , but you never expect to get screwed by your girlfriend . " Jan and Michael drive home , clearly angry at each other over the events of the day . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3727 | Kartodikromo was born in Blora , Central Java , Dutch East Indies , in 1890 to a low @-@ ranking priyayi ( noble ) family . At the age of fifteen , he took up a job at the Nederlandsch @-@ Indische <unk> , the national railway company of the Indies , in Semarang . In 1911 he chose to leave the company as he was disgusted by its racist policies , including the use of race as a basis for the amount paid in wages . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3728 | Air transport particularly favors light , expensive and small products : electronic media rather than books , for example , and refined drugs rather than bulk food . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3729 | Hough , Richard ( 1996 ) . Victoria and Albert . New York : St. Martin 's Griffin . ISBN 0 @-@ 312 @-@ <unk> @-@ 8 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3730 | Able to attack the HEIC ships individually , Caroline pulled alongside Europe at 06 : 30 and began a heavy fire into the merchant ship , which intermittently replied with her available guns . Within 30 minutes , Europe 's rigging was tattered , many of her guns dismounted and a number of her crew wounded or killed . Moving past his now disabled opponent , Féretier next attacked Streatham , which had slowed in an unsuccessful attempt to support Europe . Now alone against the frigate , Streatham came under heavy fire at 07 : 00 and by 08 : 00 was badly damaged , with casualties in her crew , her guns all dismounted and her lascars hiding below decks . With further resistance hopeless , Dale hauled down the company flag and surrendered . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3731 | At about the same time , the Prussian 5th , 14th , and 16th Brigades were starting to push through Plancenoit , in the third assault of the day . The church was by now on fire , while its graveyard — the French centre of resistance — had corpses strewn about " as if by a whirlwind " . Five Guard battalions were deployed in support of the Young Guard , virtually all of which was now committed to the defence , along with remnants of Lobau 's corps . The key to the Plancenoit position proved to be the <unk> woods to the south . Pirch 's II Corps had arrived with two brigades and reinforced the attack of IV Corps , advancing through the woods . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3732 | In late 1967 , an acetate of fourteen of Dylan 's compositions was made , from which demos circulated among music groups who might be interested in recording some of the songs . Artists including Peter , Paul and Mary , Manfred Mann and the Byrds eventually did . Dylan 's demo tapes were soon heard by music journalists , including Rolling Stone 's Jann Wenner , who wrote a front @-@ page story in that magazine entitled " Dylan 's Basement Tape Should Be Released " . This made the general public hungry to hear the music , and in July 1969 a bootleg called Great White Wonder , which included some of the Big Pink songs , came out . Other Basement Tape bootlegs followed . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3733 | To remedy the defects revealed by the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts , Madison called for citizens to have an absolute right to free speech . Madison writes that the ability to prosecute speech amounts to " a protection of those who administer the government , if they should at any time deserve the contempt or hatred of the people , against being exposed to it . " Freedom of the press was necessary , because " chequered as it is with abuses , the world is indebted to the press for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression . " The Report supported a strict interpretation of the First Amendment . While the Federalists interpreted the amendment as limiting the power of Congress over the press , but implying that such power existed , Madison argued that the First Amendment wholly prohibited Congress from any interference with the press . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3734 | From the start of the 20th century through the 1970s , the American tuna fishing fleet and tuna canning industry were based in San Diego , " the tuna capital of the world " . San Diego 's first tuna cannery was founded in 1911 , and by the mid @-@ 1930s the canneries employed more than 1 @,@ 000 people . A large fishing fleet supported the canneries , mostly staffed by immigrant fishermen from Japan , and later from the Portuguese Azores and Italy whose influence is still felt in neighborhoods like Little Italy and Point Loma . Due to rising costs and foreign competition , the last of the canneries closed in the early 1980s . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3735 | Archaeological findings at the Alder Creek camp proved inconclusive for evidence of cannibalism . None of the bones tested at the Alder Creek cooking hearth could be conclusively identified as human . According to Rarick , only cooked bones would be preserved , and it is unlikely that the Donner Party members would have needed to cook human bones . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3736 | Bell wished to write a " down @-@ and @-@ dirty " horror story about a snake @-@ handling church . Furthermore , Bell wanted the true antagonist of the episode to remain hidden until the very end . In order to do this , the script was written so that Mulder suspected the wrong individual . According to executive producer Frank Spotnitz , the theme of the episode was " intolerance can be good " , in some cases . The episode used live rattlesnakes ; at any one time , there were between six and fifty snakes on the set . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3737 | Bette 's co @-@ conspirator in the destruction of the Hulot family is beautiful and greedy Valérie Marneffe , the unsatisfied wife of a War Department clerk . They develop a deep friendship , which many critics consider an example of lesbian affection . Because of their relationship and similar goals , the critic Frederic Jameson says that " Valérie serves as a kind of emanation of Bette " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3738 | Carabott felt Charlotte 's death could have been explored further , but as there was so much happening in the episode not enough time was made for her death . Alan Sepinwall of The Star @-@ Ledger noted it was Jeremy Davies portrayal of Faraday 's grief that made him care about her death . Cynthia Littleton from Variety said this was one of the few times Charlotte did not annoy her , as she acts as a translator for Jin , " finally do [ ing ] something worthwhile " . Noel Murray of The A.V. Club felt distracted by Charlotte in this episode , because her reaction to time travel was different from what was shown in " The Constant " , and found it " incredibly awkward " when Charlotte explained her whole backstory to Faraday . TV Guide 's Mickey O 'Connor praised Mader 's acting , saying " Well done , Rebecca Mader , who has really done some fine work on Lost " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3739 | Price elasticity of demand ( PED or Ed ) is a measure used in economics to show the responsiveness , or elasticity , of the quantity demanded of a good or service to a change in its price , ceteris paribus . More precisely , it gives the percentage change in quantity demanded in response to a one percent change in price ( ceteris paribus ) | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3740 | The actors began working on the game in 2010 . Their performances were mostly recorded using motion capture technology . Dialogue for scenes with characters seated in vehicles was recorded in studios . Because the actors had their dialogue and movements recorded on @-@ set , they considered their performances were no different from those of film or television roles . Their dialogue was scripted so that it did not allow the actors to ad @-@ lib ; however they sometimes made small changes to the performance with approval from the directors . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3741 | In the early 12th century , additional earthworks were thrown up to divide the western half of the castle into an outer bailey of around 3 hectares ( 7 @.@ 4 acres ) and an inner bailey on the east end , comprising around 0 @.@ 4 hectares ( 0 @.@ 99 acres ) . The earthworks pushed up against the older hall , and partially buried its western walls . It is uncertain exactly why the new earthworks were constructed , but it may have been to strengthen the fortification in response to either the threatened invasion of Duke Robert of Normandy in 1101 , or alternatively to the sinking of the White Ship and the subsequent dynastic crisis in 1120 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3742 | A music video for the song was directed by Lil X on the weekend of July 4 , 2010 in Los Angeles . Minaj took to her Twitter , asking fans who they would like to see portray her love interest in the video . Minaj was interviewed on the set of " Your Love " by MTV News while wearing a pink and purple kimono as a geisha for the video . In the interview , Minaj said , " We wanted to have geisha themes , samurai themes , stuff like that . I wanted to tell a love story . It 's just kinda liking a guy , where he 's not really for you to like — the forbidden fruit — and me and this other girl happen to like him and we go to war . " The video premiered July 21 , 2010 on MTV.com. Actor Michael Jai White portrays Minaj 's love interest in the video . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3743 | <unk> Castle ( 1693 – 94 ) near Randers was designed by the Danish architect Ernst Brandenburger with assistance of the Swede Nicodemus Tessin who was invited to decorate the facade . The more sophisticated first @-@ floor apartments with their higher ceilings were designed for use by royalty . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3744 | In March 1997 E / R Partners settled with Aetna receiving around US $ 300 million . After the legal issues were settled E / R Partners announced the building would be dismantled . With the announcement of the demolition the city dropped its lawsuit against the owners . Unable to implode the building because of the building density of the area , E / R Partners began an eighteen @-@ month , US $ 23 million process to dismantle the building . Early in the process , which began in 1998 , the owners hoped someone would buy the property as is or with the damaged portion of the structure removed , but that hope was soon abandoned . The process was finished in 1999 . At the time of the demolition it was the third tallest habitable building destroyed and is currently the seventh , ranking after the World Trade Center 's twin towers , the Singer Building , and the original Seven World Trade Center in New York , the Morrison Hotel in Chicago , and 130 Liberty Street in New York . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3745 | The Maxwell Centre at the University of Cambridge , dedicated to academia @-@ industry interactions in Physical Sciences and Technology . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3746 | Thirteen Marines of Hispanic descent have been awarded the Medal of Honor – the highest military decoration of the United States : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3747 | The Holy Jesus Hospital was built in 1681 by public subscription to house retired Freemen , their widows or unmarried sons or daughters . The hospital was commonly known by local people as the " Freeman 's Hospital " and the " Town 's Hospital " but on 26 March 1684 the building was incorporated by the name of the master , brethren , and sisters of the Hospital of the holy Jesus . The Mayor , alderman and Common Council of Newcastle were appointed as visitors and charged with setting the rules for the hospital . Shortly afterwards the founders bought a quay and garden , in the Close for £ 700 and an estate in <unk> , County Durham for £ 1610 , and another estate at Whittle , Northumberland for £ 1300 and the master and brethren of the hospital were settled across these properties . The building itself was constructed using brick construction which was then a relatively new method ( brick was usually used as an infill for timber @-@ framed buildings ) . Indeed the structure is one of only two 17th @-@ century brick buildings in Newcastle upon Tyne , the other being nearby Alderman Fenwick ’ s House in Pilgrim Street . To be allocated a room , one had to meet the committee ’ s criteria and once were admitted one had to abide by the master ’ s rules . It remained in use until 1937 , when the new hospital was built at Spital Towers . Strict rules governed the " inmates " including being locked in their rooms at 9 pm and having their doors unlocked again at 6 am . There were no children allowed , and the inmates were instructed to attend church each week and take the sacrament . Each year the residents would have been given a free suit of clothing , a measure of coal and , if the charity allowed it , some pocket money ( Alms ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3748 | Before the start of the voyage Nansen decided to deviate from his original plan : instead of following Jeannette 's route to the New Siberian Islands by way of the Bering Strait , he would make a shorter journey , taking Nordenskiöld 's North @-@ East Passage along the northern coast of Siberia . Fram left Christiania on 24 June 1893 , seen on her way by a cannon salute from the fort and the cheers of thousands of well @-@ wishers . This was the first of a series of farewells as Fram sailed round the coast and moved northward , reaching Bergen on 1 July ( where there was a great banquet in Nansen 's honour ) , Trondheim on 5 July and Tromsø , north of the Arctic Circle , a week later . The last Norwegian port of call was Vardø , where Fram arrived on 18 July . After the final provisions were taken on board , Nansen , Sverdrup , Hansen and Blessing spent their last hours ashore in a sauna , being beaten with birch twigs by two young girls . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3749 | While noise music is often nowadays associated with extreme volume and distortion and produced by electronic amplification , the tradition dates back at least to the Futurist Luigi Russolo , who rejected melody , constructed original instruments known as intonarumori and assembled a " noise orchestra " in 1917 . It was not well received . In his 1913 manifesto The Art of Noises he observes : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3750 | Following their graduation , the two have disclosed they will possibly get back to their acting careers and take time to pursue their other interests such as photography and modeling . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3751 | Like its predecessor , Dig Me Out also features songs that show frustration with sexism and gender stereotypes . " Little Babies " is a protest against the traditional maternity role , while the title song " Dig Me Out " exposes a woman in a dominant role . The album 's title was inspired by the fact that the band had to literally dig out the recording studio after a heavy snowstorm that took place in Winter 1996 in Seattle . Musically , the song " Words and Guitar " was said to " [ leap ] and [ skit ] with the just @-@ released repression of early Talking Heads " , while " Dance Song ' 97 " was said to " sport Devo @-@ esque keyboards of a distinctly ' 80s vintage " . Jenn Pelly of Pitchfork Media described " Heart Factory " as a song that " roars over synthetic emotions of the Prozac Nation . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3752 | The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word cunt as " The female external genital organs " and notes " Its currency is restricted in the manner of other taboo @-@ words : see the small @-@ type note <unk> FUCK v. " During the Middle Ages the word may often have been considered merely vulgar , having been in common use in its anatomical sense since at least the 13th century . In The Miller 's Tale , Geoffrey Chaucer writes " And <unk> he <unk> hire by the <unk> " ( and intimately he caught her by her crotch ) , and <unk> ( 1603 ) mentions " put doun thy hand and <unk> hir cunt . " Gradually though the word became used more as the obscenity it is generally considered to be today . In John Garfield 's <unk> Whore II ( 1660 ) the word is applied to a woman , specifically a whore — " this is none of your <unk> <unk> and <unk> that will offer a sturdy C — but eighteen pence or two shillings , and repent of the business afterwards " . Francis Grose 's A Classical Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue ( 1785 ) lists the word as " C * * t . The <unk> of the Greek , and the <unk> of the Latin dictionaries ; a nasty name for a nasty thing : un con <unk> . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3753 | Omaha was not projected to become a great city or bigger than its neighbor across the Missouri River , Council Bluffs , Iowa . In 1856 a land speculator reported to his East Coast concerns that , | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3754 | Bombing of Normandy began around midnight with over 2 @,@ 200 British and American bombers attacking targets along the coast and further inland . Some 1 @,@ 200 aircraft departed England just before midnight to transport the airborne divisions to their drop zones behind enemy lines . Paratroops from 101st Airborne were dropped beginning around 01 : 30 , tasked with controlling the causeways behind Utah Beach and destroying road and rail bridges over the Douve . Gathering together into fighting units was made difficult by a shortage of radios and by the bocage terrain , with its hedgerows , stone walls , and marshes . Troops of the 82nd Airborne began arriving around 02 : 30 , with the primary objective of destroying two additional bridges over the Douve and capturing intact two bridges over the Merderet . They quickly captured the important crossroads at Sainte @-@ Mère @-@ Église ( the first town liberated in the invasion ) and began working to protect the western flank . Generalleutnant Wilhelm <unk> , commander of 91st Infantry Division , was trying to return to his headquarters near <unk> from war games at Rennes when he was killed by a paratrooper patrol . Two hours before the main invasion force landed , a raiding party of 132 members of 4th Cavalry Regiment swam ashore at 04 : 30 at Îles Saint @-@ Marcouf , thought to be a German observation post . It was unoccupied , but two men were killed and seventeen wounded by mines and German artillery fire . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3755 | The race result meant that Michael Schumacher 's lead in the World Drivers ' Championship was reduced to two points . Häkkinen 's second finish place finish resulted in him moving into second place , tied on points with teammate Coulthard . Both drivers were eight points ahead of race winner Barrichello . Despite not finishing Fisichella maintained fifth place with 18 points . In the Constructors ' Championship McLaren 's strong result reduced Ferrari 's lead to four points . Williams , with 22 points , increased the gap to their rivals Benetton to four points , whilst BAR maintained fifth place on 12 points , with six races of the season remaining . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3756 | The <unk> cipher uses a Caesar cipher with a different shift at each position in the text ; the value of the shift is defined using a repeating keyword . If the keyword is as long as the message , chosen random , never becomes known to anyone else , and is never reused , this is the one @-@ time pad cipher , proven unbreakable . The conditions are so difficult they are , in practical effect , never achieved . <unk> shorter than the message ( e.g. , " Complete Victory " used by the Confederacy during the American Civil War ) , introduce a cyclic pattern that might be detected with a statistically advanced version of frequency analysis . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3757 | Green Lantern is a 2011 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name . The film stars Ryan Reynolds , Blake Lively , Peter Sarsgaard , Mark Strong , Angela Bassett , and Tim Robbins , with Martin Campbell directing a script by Greg Berlanti and comic book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim , which was subsequently rewritten by Michael Goldenberg . Green Lantern tells the story of Hal Jordan , a test pilot who is selected to become the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps . Hal is given a ring that grants him superpowers and must confront Parallax , who threatens to upset the balance of power in the universe . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3758 | Havelock was completed without a director @-@ control tower ( DCT ) so the three remaining 4 @.@ 7 @-@ inch low @-@ angle guns fired in local control using ranges provided by a rangefinder . She was fitted with an ASDIC set to detect submarines by reflections from sound waves beamed into the water . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3759 | The 1st Brigade had just 33 tanks remaining after losing 20 tanks . This prompted Second Army command to transfer a battalion of 21 tanks on October 18 from the 2nd Infantry Division to the north to reinforce the dwindling tank numbers in 16th Division 's bridgehead . As the battalion moved south , a large number of Israeli aircraft attacked the formation , forcing it to undertake evasive maneuvers , turning eastwards and fanning out in the desert terrain , thereby avoiding losses . The battalion was then attached to the 21st Division . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3760 | Over the course of the next five months , the 39th Battalion rotated between the front line and rear areas , holding the line in Belgium throughout winter . In the spring of 1918 , when the German Army launched its last effort at victory , known as the Spring Offensive , the 39th was among the many Australian battalions that were hurriedly moved south to France in order to stem the tide of the German onslaught towards Amiens ; fighting a series of defensive actions in the Somme between late March and early June . When the Allies launched their own offensive – the Hundred Days Offensive – on 8 August 1918 , the battalion along with the rest of the 10th Brigade , was serving as the divisional reserve and they did not participate in the advance that has since become known as one of the greatest days for the Allies on the Western Front . On 10 August , the battalion was committed to battle once more , undertaking an attack on the village of Proyart , but this attack was ill @-@ conceived and ultimately failed . Despite this , the battalion remained in the line throughout August and early September as the 3rd Division advanced through the Somme Valley . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3761 | Despite universal praise of Bobby by critics , Beaver commented on his blog that a minority of fans dislike the character . Don Williams of BuddyTV , however , defended him — he believes Bobby to be the show 's " most important recurring guest star " — and noted that " people will complain about anything " . In his response to the criticism — an article entitled " Why We Love Bobby Singer " — Williams wrote , " I think it 's a shame when people like Jim Beaver or Eric Kripke have to step forward to address this vocal minority , especially when the minority is just a handful of people gathering at a certain TV website that 's known for being snarky and negative about everything . The complaints of these supposed fans aren 't even worth addressing , in my opinion . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3762 | In Vietnam , Podul produced heavy rainfall , peaking at 973 mm ( 38 @.@ 3 in ) in two districts in Quảng Ngãi Province . The rains caused flooding that forced over 78 @,@ 000 people to flee their homes , including 1 @,@ 400 the resort town Hội An where floodwaters reached 1 @.@ 6 m ( 5 @.@ 2 ft ) deep . High volumes of flooding caused water to be released from reservoirs , which some local officials credited for the widespread flooding . About 260 km ( 160 mi ) of canals and dykes were washed away during the storm . The high rainfall increased water levels along rivers , with the Ba River in Gia Lai Province reaching 410 mm ( 16 in ) higher than the record set in 1981 . Flooding also damaged over 6 @,@ 000 ha ( 15 @,@ 000 acres ) of crops , mostly to rice . Podul damaged or flooded about 280 @,@ 000 m2 ( 3 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 sq ft ) of roadways and bridges , resulting in traffic jams , and halted three train lines . The storm damaged or destroyed 427 @,@ 258 houses , and overall damage was estimated at 1 @.@ 5 trillion ₫ ( 2013 Vietnamese dong , $ 72 million 2013 USD ) . Throughout Vietnam , Podul killed 42 people and injured 74 others . By November 20 , the floods began receding from most locations . Newspapers described the flooding as the worst in Vietnam since 1999 . After the storm , the Vietnamese provincial governments assisted in rebuilding houses and roads . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3763 | Writing in an obituary for The Guardian , the then Archbishop of Canterbury , Rowan Williams , wrote , " ' The Anglican church , ' it was said , ' may not have a Pope , but it does have Henry Chadwick . ' " and further described him as an " aristocrat among Anglican scholars " . Other obituaries and appreciations describe how he was generous with his time and knowledge , and always ready to point students in the right direction . The Independent credits his capacious memory and a personal library of around 20 @,@ 000 books as the foundation of his broad scholarship . According to The Times , when reviewing others ' writing he was usually generous , though capable of a courteous demolition job when well @-@ deserved . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3764 | The group found the writing process easier and more enjoyable than ... And Then There Were Three .... Rutherford summarised his time writing songs for Duke as " getting back to the basic stage of ideas being worked on jointly " . Banks reasoned much of the band 's refreshed attitude was " down to not having worked together in a while " which resulted in " good ideas " being put forward , something that he said had not " happened for some time . " Collins felt the band interacted " as a group much better ... there 's definitely a side to us coming out which wasn 't on the last album ; the playing side " . In contrast to earlier Genesis albums , most tracks were short with the exception of the ten @-@ minute " Duke 's Travels " / " Duke 's End " suite that closed the album . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3765 | On a yearly basis , Raëlian members organize seminars that are often attractive to the sexually adventurous . News KNBC called the annual Raëlian seminars " a cross between a nudist camp and new @-@ age retreat . " A Spanish television agency reported Raëlian men and women in cross @-@ dressing plays . Activities such as observations of one 's own genitals and masturbation with them disturbed Brigitte McCann , a Calgary Sun reporter who entered one of the Raëlian seminars . Susan J. Palmer said a French journalist went to a Raëlian Seminar in 1991 and taped couples having sexual intercourse in tents . These tapes gained widespread negative publicity — with news stories that described these practices as perverted and a form of brainwashing . The tents were actually put up for the privacy of attendees who were sharing dormitories , and the person was ejected by the Raëlians for misrepresentation of their so @-@ called research for the sake of sensationalism . So @-@ called infiltration is encouraged by the Raëlians to clear up myths perpetrated by the media and rogue researchers . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3766 | In the centuries before the arrival of European settlers , the area that became Warren County was on the boundary between the Miami and Kickapoo tribes . By the late 18th century , many Miami had moved further south ; most of Indiana north of the Wabash was then occupied by the Potawatomi people . The first non @-@ indigenous settler in the area was probably Zachariah Cicott , a French @-@ Canadian who first traded with the Kickapoo and Potawatomi people around 1802 . When General William Henry Harrison took an army from Vincennes to the Battle of Tippecanoe in late 1811 , Cicott served as a scout ; the trail taken by Harrison 's army passed through the area that later became Warren County on its way to and from the battle site in Tippecanoe County . Following the War of 1812 , Cicott resumed his trading on the Wabash ; the state of Indiana was established in 1816 , and Cicott built a log house in 1817 at the location where he later founded the town of Independence . Other settlers came to the area , but probably not until around 1822 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3767 | In 2011 , the theatre was threatened with closure after the city cut funding . The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities took over management and began searching for new management . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3768 | Lyme Park is a large estate located south of Disley , Cheshire . The estate is managed by the National Trust and consists of a mansion house surrounded by formal gardens , in a deer park in the Peak District National Park . The house is the largest in Cheshire , and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3769 | Because Lichfield had been established by the papacy , any change in its status required papal assent . Coenwulf 's first embassy to Leo III in 797 about demoting Lichfield did not succeed , mainly because Leo seems to have resented the implied criticism of his predecessor Hadrian I , who had approved the elevation of Lichfield . Coenwulf 's embassy bore a letter to the pope that asked for papal advice on how to resolve the problems surrounding Lichfield and Canterbury . The letter reminded the papacy of Pope Gregory the Great 's old scheme to have two metropolitans in Britain , one in the north and one in the south , with the southern one being based in London . The letter implied that Coenwulf was asking for Æthelhard 's metropolitan see to be moved to London . The same embassy carried a letter from Æthelhard also , which has not survived . The pope , however , did not agree with the embassy . The papal reply to Coenwulf stated that the southern archbishopric must remain at Canterbury , as well as excommunicated Eadberht and authorised his expulsion from Kent if he persisted in keeping Æthelhard from Canterbury . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3770 | Viribus Unitis , along with her sister ships Tegetthoff , Prinz Eugen and the remainder of the Austro @-@ Hungarian Navy , was mobilized on the eve of World War I to support the flight of SMS Goeben and Breslau . The two German ships were stationed in the Mediterranean and were attempting to break out of the strait of Messina , which was surrounded by British troops and vessels and make their way to Turkey . After the Germans successfully broke out of Messina , the navy was recalled . The fleet had by that time advanced as far south as Brindisi in south eastern Italy . Viribus Unitis also participated in the bombardment of the Italian city of Ancona in May 1915 . Following these operations Viribus Unitis remained in Pola for most of the remainder of the war . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3771 | IPA symbols are composed of one or more elements of two basic types , letters and diacritics . For example , the sound of the English letter 〈 t 〉 may be transcribed in IPA with a single letter , [ t ] , or with a letter plus diacritics , [ t ̺ ʰ ] , depending on how precise one wishes to be . Often , slashes are used to signal broad or phonemic transcription ; thus , / t / is less specific than , and could refer to , either [ t ̺ ʰ ] or [ t ] , depending on the context and language . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3772 | In cinema , the 2009 disaster film 2012 was inspired by the phenomenon , and advance promotion prior to its release included a stealth marketing campaign in which TV spots and websites from the fictional " Institute for Human Continuity " called on people to prepare for the end of the world . As these promotions did not mention the film itself , many viewers believed them to be real and contacted astronomers in panic . Although the campaign was heavily criticized , the film became one of the most successful of its year , grossing nearly $ 770 million worldwide . An article in The Daily Telegraph attributed the widespread fear of the 2012 phenomenon in China to the film , which was a smash hit in that country because it depicted the Chinese building " survival arks " . Lars von Trier 's 2011 film Melancholia featured a plot in which a planet emerges from behind the Sun on a collision course with Earth . Announcing his company 's purchase of the film , the head of Magnolia Pictures said in a press release , " As the 2012 apocalypse is upon us , it is time to prepare for a cinematic last supper " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3773 | The murders had a powerful effect on the Russian intelligentsia , destroying the Acmeist poetry group , and placing a stigma on Akhmatova and her son Lev ( by Gumilev ) . Lev 's later arrest during the purges and terrors of the 1930s was based on being his father 's son . From a new Marxist perspective , Akhmatova 's poetry was deemed to represent an introspective " bourgeois aesthetic " , reflecting only trivial " female " preoccupations , not in keeping with these new revolutionary politics of the time . She was roundly attacked by the state , by former supporters and friends , and seen to be an anachronism . During what she termed " The Vegetarian Years " , Akhmatova 's work was unofficially banned by a party resolution of 1925 and she found it hard to publish , though she didn 't stop writing poetry . She made acclaimed translations of works by Victor Hugo , Rabindranath Tagore , Giacomo Leopardi and pursued academic work on Pushkin and Dostoyevsky . She worked as a critic and essayist , though many USSR and foreign critics and readers concluded she had died . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3774 | The strained relations escalated rapidly and led to an armed clash between the two forces in Novi Travnik on 18 October . Low @-@ scale conflicts spread in the region , and the two forces engaged each other along the supply route to Jajce three days later , on 21 October , as a result of an ARBiH roadblock set up the previous day on authority of the " Coordinating Committee for the Protection of Muslims " rather than the ARBiH command . Just as the roadblock was dismantled , a new skirmish occurred in the town of Vitez the following day . On 29 October , the VRS captured Jajce due to the inability of ARBiH and HVO forces to construct a cooperative defense , against the VRS which held the advantage in troop size and firepower , staff work and planning was significantly superior to the defenders of Jajce . Six days prior the first major battle in the impending Croat – Bosniak war broke out when the HVO pushed ARBiH from Prozor and expelled the Bosniak population after carrying out rapes , attacking the local mosque , and torching the property of Bosniaks . Initial reports indicated about 300 Bosniaks were killed or wounded in the attack , but subsequent reports by the ARBiH made in November 1992 indicated eleven soldiers and three civilians were killed . Another ARBiH report , prepared in March 1993 , revised the numbers saying eight civilians and three ARBiH soldiers were killed , while 13 troops and 10 civilians were wounded . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3775 | Also in early 1960 , Romney served on the Fair Campaign Practices Committee , a group also having Jewish , Catholic , mainline and evangelical Protestant , and Orthodox Christian members . It issued a report whose guiding principles were that no candidate for elected office should be supported or opposed due to their religion and that no campaign for office should be seen as an opportunity to vote for one religion against another . This statement helped pave the way for John F. Kennedy 's famous speech on religion and public office later that year . Romney briefly considered a run in the 1960 Senate election , but instead became a vice president of the constitutional convention that revised the Michigan constitution during 1961 and 1962 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3776 | Skiers , who have tested positive for EPO or other performance @-@ enhancing drugs , include ( date of sanction ) : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3777 | Then the accompanist returns to Life 's A Funny Proposition until the father is sitting down in the house . What 's the Use of Dreaming leads to Gee , But It 's Great to Meet a Friend with the arrival of a friend . A waltz accompanies the gallery scene until the picture is shown , leading to Some Day When Dreams Come True as the artist becomes famous . The introduction with the society woman is accompanied by How Do You Do Miss Josephine and then by So Long Mary as she exits . No Place Like Home begins the next scene until the wife recognizes the emotional distancing of her husband when All I Ask is Love is played . The studio scene begins with I Love My Wife , But Oh You Kid and leads to Be Sweet to Me Kid or Next to your Mother ... with Nobody 's Little Girl during the crying scene . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3778 | Friedrich Eckoldt had an overall length of 119 meters ( 390 ft 5 in ) and was 114 meters ( 374 ft 0 in ) long at the waterline . The ship had a beam of 11 @.@ 30 meters ( 37 ft 1 in ) , and a maximum draft of 4 @.@ 23 meters ( 13 ft 11 in ) . She displaced 2 @,@ 171 metric tons ( 2 @,@ 137 long tons ) at standard and 3 @,@ 190 metric tons ( 3 @,@ 140 long tons ) at deep load . The Wagner geared steam turbines were designed to produce 70 @,@ 000 metric horsepower ( 51 @,@ 000 kW ; 69 @,@ 000 shp ) which would propel the ship at 36 knots ( 67 km / h ; 41 mph ) . Steam was provided to the turbines by six high @-@ pressure Benson boilers with superheaters . Friedrich Eckoldt carried a maximum of 752 metric tons ( 740 long tons ) of fuel oil which was intended to give a range of 4 @,@ 400 nautical miles ( 8 @,@ 100 km ; 5 @,@ 100 mi ) at 19 knots ( 35 km / h ; 22 mph ) , but the ship proved top @-@ heavy in service and 30 % of the fuel had to be retained as ballast low in the ship . The effective range proved to be only 1 @,@ 530 nmi ( 2 @,@ 830 km ; 1 @,@ 760 mi ) at 19 knots ( 35 km / h ; 22 mph ) . The ship 's crew consisted of 10 officers and 315 sailors . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3779 | In the late 1950s Auden 's style became less rhetorical while its range of styles increased . In 1958 , having moved his summer home from Italy to Austria , he wrote " Good @-@ bye to the Mezzogiorno " ; other poems from this period include " Dichtung und Wahrheit : An Unwritten Poem " , a prose poem about the relation between love and personal and poetic language , and the contrasting " Dame Kind " , about the anonymous impersonal reproductive instinct . These and other poems , including his 1955 – 66 poems about history , appeared in Homage to Clio ( 1960 ) . His prose book The Dyer 's Hand ( 1962 ) gathered many of the lectures he gave in Oxford as Professor of Poetry in 1956 – 61 , together with revised versions of essays and notes written since the mid @-@ 1940s . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3780 | — ( 1987 ) . Spontaneous Apprentices : Children and Language ( Tree of Life ) . Seabury Press . ISBN 978 @-@ <unk> . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3781 | The main sites of copper accumulation are the liver and the brain , and consequently liver disease and neuropsychiatric symptoms are the main features that lead to diagnosis . People with liver problems tend to come to medical attention earlier , generally as children or teenagers , than those with neurological and psychiatric symptoms , who tend to be in their twenties or older . Some are identified only because relatives have been diagnosed with Wilson 's disease ; many of these , when tested , turn out to have been experiencing symptoms of the condition but have not received a diagnosis . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3782 | SS El Oriente was a cargo and passenger steamship launched on 11 May 1910 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Newport News , Virginia ( yard no . 132 ) , and delivered to the Atlantic division of the Morgan Line on 24 October 1910 . She was the third of four sister ships ; the other three being El Sol , El Mundo , and El Occidente . El Oriente was 6 @,@ 008 gross register tons ( GRT ) , was 430 feet 2 inches ( 131 @.@ 11 m ) long by 53 feet 1 inch ( 16 @.@ 18 m ) abeam , and made 16 knots ( 30 km / h ) . The vessel sailed for the Morgan Line , the brand name of the Southern Pacific Steamship Company ( a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad ) , which employed her to carry cargo and a limited number of passengers between New York ; New Orleans , the eastern terminus of the Southern Pacific line ; and Galveston , Texas . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3783 | The Angel of Darkness was unveiled under its official name in March 2002 , with a fuller demonstration appearing at E3 that year . Problems with the game were sensed at an early stage , as Heath @-@ Smith forgot himself and began swearing at the game while trying to demonstrate the opening level at a buyer 's conference . A release date was announced for November 2002 , but the game got delayed into spring 2003 . Eidos believed The Angel of Darkness would benefit from additional marketing support from Lara Croft Tomb Raider : The Cradle of Life , the sequel to the original 2001 movie . Despite the delays , the company pushed Core Design to release the game in time for the marketing support . In order to meet the deadline , areas of the game containing key narrative elements had to be cut ; one of the losses was the explanation of how the character survived the events of The Last Revelation . Among other concepts that needed to be cut were two further locations , character animations , sound bites , and unique gameplay elements involving Kurtis . Some completed environmental assets also ended up being cut by mistake . Some of those elements were also deliberately left out by the team , who wished to bring them into future games . The team at Core Design later said that they felt Eidos forced them to get the game out before it was ready . The game was also reportedly submitted eight times to Sony before its release . The game went gold on 18 June 2003 , two days before its original release date , although there was some confusion as the game had reportedly gone gold on 2 June . The game was finally released in the summer of 2003 , alongside The Cradle of Life . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3784 | In contrast , experimental work comparing the effect of deep stops observed a significant decrease in vascular bubbles following a deep stop after longer shallower dives , and an increase in bubble formation after the deep stop on shorter deeper dives , which is not predicted by the existing bubble model . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3785 | Critics were generally positive towards Phantom Hourglass . Its control scheme was praised , while criticism focused on its online features , which were considered too simple . The game received several video game industry awards , including the Nintendo DS Game of the Year award from GameSpot , GameSpy , and IGN . Phantom Hourglass was the best @-@ selling game in its first month in Japan , with 302 @,@ 887 copies sold . In the United States , it was the fifth best @-@ selling game in the month it debuted , with 262 @,@ 800 copies sold . 4 @.@ 13 million copies of Phantom Hourglass were sold worldwide by March 2008 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3786 | In February 1917 , the revolution started in Petersburg ( then named Petrograd ) ; soldiers fired on marching protestors , and others mutinied . They looked to a past in which the future was " rotting " . In a city without electricity or sewage service , with little water or food , they faced starvation and sickness . Her friends died around her and others left in droves for safer havens in Europe and America , including Anrep , who escaped to England . She had the option to leave , and considered it for a time , but chose to stay and was proud of her decision to remain . : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3787 | On January 29 , 2007 , the Giants finalized a contract with Bonds for the 2007 season . After the commissioner 's office rejected Bonds ' one @-@ year , $ 15 @.@ 8 million deal because it contained a personal @-@ appearance provision , the team sent revised documents to his agent , Jeff Borris , who stated that " At this time , Barry is not signing the new documents . " Bonds signed a revised one @-@ year , $ 15 @.@ 8 million contract on February 15 and reported to the Giants ' Spring training camp on time . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3788 | Pupils who live in Bellaire inside of the 610 Loop are zoned to Paul W. Horn Academy for elementary school , while students in Bellaire outside of the 610 Loop are zoned to either Condit Elementary School or Lovett Elementary School , the latter of which is in Houston . In addition , all Bellaire pupils are zoned to Pershing Middle School in the <unk> Place neighborhood of Houston and Bellaire High School in Bellaire . In addition , a middle school called Pin Oak Middle School , which was built in 2002 , is located in Bellaire . Students zoned to Johnston , Long , and Pershing Middle Schools may choose to attend Pin Oak instead ; therefore Bellaire students may attend Pin Oak . Pin Oak was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2008 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3789 | After the war Wiśniowiecki engaged in a number of conflicts with neighbouring magnates and nobles . Jeremi was able to afford a sizable private army of several thousands , and through the threat of it he was often able to force his neighbours to a favourable settlement of disputes . Soon after his return from the Russian front , he participated on the side of the <unk> family in the quarrel over the estate of <unk> against another magnate , Samuel Łaszcz , located on his lands ; soon after the victorious battle against Łaszcz he bought the lands from the <unk> and incorporated them into his estates . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3790 | The Antankarana split off from the Sakalava in the early 17th century following a succession dispute . The group settled at the northern end of the island where they established sovereignty over and integrated the existing communities . During periods of conflict with Sakalava in the 17th century and the Kingdom of Imerina in the 19th century , the community periodically sought refuge in the natural stone shelters and caves of the modern Ankarana Reserve , eventually taking their name from the locale and holding it as sacred . In the early 19th century an Antankarana king signed a treaty with French envoys in Reunion that mobilized French troops to expel the Merina from Antankarana territory in exchange for French control over several small islands off Madagascar 's west coast . They also aided the French in staging attacks on the Merina monarchy that resulted in the 1896 French colonization of Madagascar . The Antankarana are one of the few communities that continues to honor a single king and reaffirm his sacred ancestral role through traditional ceremonies that date back centuries . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3791 | On September 9 , 2006 , Gainax confirmed a new animated film series called Rebuild of Evangelion , consisting of four movies . The first film retells the first five episodes from the series but from the second film onward the story is completely different , including new characters , EVAs and Angels . The first film , Evangelion : 1 @.@ 0 You Are ( Not ) Alone was released in Japan on September 1 , 2007 , with Evangelion : 2 @.@ 0 You Can ( Not ) Advance and Evangelion : 3 @.@ 0 You Can ( Not ) Redo released on June 27 , 2009 and November 17 , 2012 . The final film , titled Evangelion : 3 @.@ 0 + 1 @.@ 0 , was said to be released in winter 2015 , but a final release date is still unknown . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3792 | The City and South London Railway ( C & SLR ) was the first deep @-@ level underground " tube " railway in the world , and the first major railway to use electric traction . The railway was originally intended for cable @-@ hauled trains , but owing to the bankruptcy of the cable contractor during construction , a system of electric traction using electric locomotives — an experimental technology at the time — was chosen instead . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3793 | The authors of the book I Can 't Believe It 's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide , Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood , wrote , " Probably the least satisfying of Sideshow Bob 's <unk> - but there 's enough slapstick and satire to keep things ticking along nicely . " Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star listed " Brother From Another Series , " amongst other Sideshow Bob episodes , as one of the best episodes of The Simpsons , writing " forget Frasier , these are Kelsey Grammer 's best roles . " DVD Movie Guide 's Colin Jacobson wrote that " Though it doesn ’ t compete with the best Bob shows , it has more than a few nice moments . " He added that he enjoyed R. Lee Ermey 's guest appearance as well as the jokes about the Fox network . Jennifer Malkowski of DVD Verdict considered the best part of the episode to be when Milhouse was playing in the fighter jet at the air show . The website concluded its review by giving the episode a grade of B − . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3794 | Through September 2009 , the Working on a Dream Tour was in the top five in grosses of 2009 tours worldwide , alongside the U2 360 ° Tour , Coldplay 's Viva la Vida Tour , and AC / DC 's Black Ice Tour . For all of 2009 , the Working on a Dream Tour was the third @-@ highest grossing tour , trailing only U2 360 ° and Madonna 's Sticky & Sweet Tour . It grossed over $ 156 million , was seen by over 1 @.@ 7 million ticket holders , and sold out 42 of 72 non @-@ festival shows . Unlike the past Magic and Devils & Dust Tours , the Working on a Dream Tour failed to win any Billboard Touring Awards . The tour completed a busy ten years on the road for Springsteen , who ranked fourth among pop artists for the decade in terms of total touring grosses . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3795 | Secondary Highway 525 , commonly referred to as Highway 525 , is a provincially maintained secondary highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . It is a short , remote secondary highway that links Highway 596 to the Wabaseemoong First Nations reserve . It is the second @-@ westernmost secondary highway in the province , Highway 673 being the first . The route was commissioned by 1982 along what was formerly Highway 596 ; a former use of the route number existed between 1956 and 1973 in Gravenhurst . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3796 | Antarctica , on average , is the coldest , driest , and windiest continent , and has the highest average elevation of all the continents . Antarctica is a desert , with annual precipitation of only 200 mm ( 8 in ) along the coast and far less inland . The temperature in Antarctica has reached − 89 @.@ 2 ° C ( − 128 @.@ 6 ° F ) , though the average for the third quarter ( the coldest part of the year ) is − 63 ° C ( − 81 ° F ) . As of 2016 , there are about 135 permanent human residents , but anywhere from 1 @,@ 000 to 5 @,@ 000 people reside throughout the year at the research stations scattered across the continent . Organisms native to Antarctica include many types of algae , bacteria , fungi , plants , <unk> , and certain animals , such as mites , nematodes , penguins , seals and tardigrades . Vegetation , where it occurs , is tundra . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3797 | After performing for the short @-@ lived Washington , D.C. band State of Alert in 1980 , Rollins fronted the California hardcore punk band Black Flag from August 1981 until mid @-@ 1986 . Following the band 's breakup , Rollins established the record label and publishing company 2 @.@ 13 @.@ 61 to release his spoken word albums , and formed the Rollins Band , which toured with a number of lineups from 1987 until 2003 , and during 2006 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3798 | Mitchell and Galle were terminated from WCMH in June 2009 . A few days later , both nurses were arrested . They were charged with misuse of official information , a felony that carries the possibility of ten years imprisonment and fines up to $ 5 @,@ 000 . Roberts said that the nurses filed the complaint as a personal vendetta rather than as a good faith reporting of facts . He also noted that Mitchell and Galle sent the medical records of ten patients to the TMB without their consent ; however , the reports did not include the names of patients and federal law exempts medical board reports from patient privacy laws . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-3799 | Bryennios had camped at the plain of <unk> ( a name deriving from the Latin <unk> ) on the road to Constantinople . His army comprised 12 @,@ 000 mostly seasoned men from the regiments ( tagmata ) of Thessaly , Macedonia and Thrace , as well as Frankish mercenaries and the elite tagma of the Hetaireia . Alexios 's forces included 2 @,@ 000 Turkish horse @-@ archers , 2 @,@ 000 Chomatenoi from Asia Minor , a few hundred Frankish knights from Italy , and the newly raised regiment of the Immortals , which had been created by Michael VII 's chief minister <unk> and was intended to form the nucleus of a new army . Estimates of Alexios 's total force vary from 5 @,@ 500 – 6 @,@ 500 ( Haldon ) to some 8 @,@ 000 – 10 @,@ 000 ( Birkenmeier ) , but it is clear that he was at a considerable disadvantage against Bryennios ; not only was his force considerably smaller , but also far less experienced than Bryennios 's veterans . | wikipedia-2018 |
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