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wikipedia_2018-4200 | Unlike other girl detectives , Nancy does not go to school ( for reasons that are never explained , but assuming because she has finished ) , and she thus has complete autonomy . Similar characters , such as Kay Tracey , do go to school , and not only lose a degree of independence but also of authority . The fact of a character 's being a school @-@ girl reminds " the reader , however fleetingly , of the prosaic realities of high @-@ school existence , which rarely includes high adventures or an authoritative voice in the world of adults . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4201 | The third season begins with Magnus forcing Wexford to step down as head of the Sanctuary Network , thereby putting herself back in command , while the rest of the team deal with the tsunami . Though they are not happy that Big Bertha is still alive , the other Sanctuary house heads decide to keep Magnus in charge , while also firing Wexford for breaking several protocols . She learns from Will that when he talked to Kali , the avatar manifestation of Big Bertha , into stopping the tsunami , he saw her father , who left her clues leading to a map leading to Hollow Earth , thought to be the home of every abnormal species on the planet . In " Breach " Magnus learns Adam Worth is still alive , and he also intends to find Hollow Earth , having been there before and resurrected . After finding an entrance to Hollow Earth in Tibet , she and the team venture to the underground city of Praxis , where leader Ranna ( Polly Walker ) executes her and her team for trespassing . However , they are later resurrected as she wants their help in saving the city , which is facing destruction because a <unk> abnormal is not controlling the city 's geothermal energy . After saving it , Magnus and her team and Ranna part in good terms . It is also revealed Worth also came to the city to steal a power source with unlimited capabilities . Though it was assumed Druitt killed him before he could leave with it , it is later revealed in the season finale that Druitt kept him alive and that he is using the power source to create a time machine and cure his daughter 's leukemia , which could cause untold consequences on the planet . His first failed attempt causes the destruction of Praxis , and a time dilation bubble in Carentan , France . Magnus fails to stop him from succeeding , but does follow him through a time portal to London in 1898 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4202 | Kain 's appearance undergoes " pretty dramatic changes " throughout the games as he ages , but core personality attributes cited by Defiance 's developers include his intelligence and cynicism , arrogance and regality , and his defiant nature . In the series ' fictional universe , he is described as the guardian of balance , a being responsible for preserving the health and integrity of Nosgoth ( the games ' setting ) , but left incapable of realizing this duty due to spiritual corruption he inherited at birth . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4203 | The first nontrivial example with i > n concerns mappings from the 3 @-@ sphere to the ordinary 2 @-@ sphere , and was discovered by Heinz Hopf , who constructed a nontrivial map from S3 to S2 , now known as the Hopf fibration ( Hopf 1931 ) . This map generates the homotopy group π3 ( S2 ) = Z. | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4204 | The Andersons sold their intellectual and profit participation rights to Thunderbirds and their other productions in the 1970s . As a result , they had no developmental control over subsequent adaptations of their works . Thunderbirds was first remade for TV in the early 1980s as Thunderbirds 2086 . In this anime re @-@ imagining , set 20 years after the original , the vastly expanded IR is based within an <unk> and operates 17 Thunderbird machines . It was inspired by Thunderhawks , an updated story concept by Gerry Anderson and Reg Hill that later served as the basis for Anderson 's Supermacromation series Terrahawks . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4205 | Although the United States Navy was prevented from developing fortifications on the Aleutian Islands due to the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty , the Navy believed that at some point the United States ' treaty obligations would no longer apply , and began to scout the Aleutians for possible naval bases . In 1923 , two scouting ships investigated the possibility of establishing anchorages off the Islands , and attempted to claim the United States Army 's bases on the Aleutians for the purposes of national security . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4206 | In addition to developing the atomic bomb , the Manhattan Project was charged with gathering intelligence on the German nuclear energy project . It was believed that the Japanese nuclear weapons program was not far advanced because Japan had little access to uranium ore , but it was initially feared that Germany was very close to developing its own weapons . At the instigation of the Manhattan Project , a bombing and sabotage campaign was carried out against heavy water plants in German @-@ occupied Norway . A small mission was created , jointly staffed by the Office of Naval Intelligence , OSRD , the Manhattan Project , and Army Intelligence ( G @-@ 2 ) , to investigate enemy scientific developments . It was not restricted to those involving nuclear weapons . The Chief of Army Intelligence , Major General George V. Strong , appointed Boris Pash to command the unit , which was codenamed " Alsos " , a Greek word meaning " grove " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4207 | The first phase of the battle lasted about one hour , and cost Burgoyne nearly 400 men , including the capture of most of the grenadiers ' command , and six of the ten field pieces brought to the action . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4208 | Hollywood used skyscrapers extensively in popular films . The Skyscrapers of New York in 1906 became the first of many , and in the 1920s Harold Lloyd produced his five " skyscraper films " , most prominently Safety Last ! , in which the hero dangles from a clock on the side of a Los Angeles building . In these early silent movies , skyscrapers were closely associated with masculine identity ; Lloyd 's climbing of skyscrapers closely associated with his characters ' transformation from young men into mature adults , and the winning of the heroine . The 1933 film King Kong included another iconic use of the early skyscraper in its final scenes , as the giant ape scaled the Empire State Building shortly before his death ; the scene can be interpreted as contrasting natural instinct with the insensitive rationality of the modern building and wider New York . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4209 | Littlewood , Thomas B. ( 1990 ) . Arch : A Promoter , not a Poet : The Story of Arch Ward . Ames , IA : Iowa State University Press . ISBN 0 @-@ <unk> @-@ <unk> @-@ 6 | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4210 | In Kamal Jit Singh v. Minister for Home Affairs ( 1992 ) , the statutory provision in question was section 30 of the Criminal Law ( Temporary Provisions ) Act ( " CLTPA " ) , which states as follows : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4211 | Operation of a transformer at its designed voltage but at a higher frequency than intended will lead to reduced magnetizing current . At a lower frequency , the magnetizing current will increase . Operation of a transformer at other than its design frequency may require assessment of voltages , losses , and cooling to establish if safe operation is practical . For example , transformers may need to be equipped with ' volts per hertz ' over @-@ excitation relays to protect the transformer from <unk> at higher than rated frequency . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4212 | In addition to walking or running on four limbs and climbing , Geoffroy 's spider monkey uses several forms of suspensory locomotion . <unk> , or swinging from the arms with assistance from the prehensile tail , is the most common form of suspensory locomotion . Less common forms include swinging while suspended by the tail , and walking on four limbs under a branch . Studies have indicated the Geoffroy 's spider monkey uses suspensory locomotion less frequently than other spider monkey species . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4213 | The opening track , " Give Life Back to Music " , features guitar work by Rodgers and Paul Jackson , Jr . , drums by John " J.R. " Robinson , and lyrics performed by Daft Punk using vocoders . The song reflects the duo 's goal to create a light yet polished and elegant record . As stated by NME , the album begins with " a stupendously vast rock intro that obliterates any trace of Human After All 's brittle techno " . The following track , " The Game of Love " , also features vocoder singing by the duo . Bangalter said , " There ’ s this thing today where the recorded human voice is processed to try to feel robotic . " He explained that the duo 's intention was to produce robotic vocals with expressiveness and emotion . " Giorgio by Moroder " was created to serve as a metaphor about musical freedom . The duo believed that a monologue by Moroder about his career would be an analogue for music 's history regarding exploration of genres and tastes . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4214 | Smyth 's early research was in spectroscopy , focusing on ionization of gases by impact with electrons as a means to study the gases ' critical energy levels . He published his first research article , on the radiating potentials of nitrogen gas , in 1919 ; this became the basis of his first dissertation . In a 1922 article , he described a method for determining the ionization energy of a molecule using anode rays and demonstrated the method on mercury vapor . In the following year he used this same method to study nitrogen . He also published on the ionization of hydrogen , carbon dioxide , nitrous oxide , nitrogen dioxide , water vapor , sulfur dioxide , and carbon disulfide . As Robert H. Dicke , Val Logsdon Fitch , and <unk> Sherr wrote in 1989 , " By 1935 his 30 published papers established him as a leading experimentalist " in the field . In 1929 Kenneth Bainbridge completed his Ph.D. dissertation at Princeton working under Smyth , using anode rays to search for element 87 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4215 | When Longacre began work on the two new coins in early 1849 , he had no assistants . He completed work on the gold dollar first , anxious to show that he could create a coin design . In May , he requested that Patterson hire another engraver to assist him . The director declined , willing only to have engraving work contracted out . This was unsatisfactory to Longacre , who was responsible under the law for the proper execution of coinage dies , and who could not supervise outside work . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4216 | Apart from the more conventional ironclads , which the Brazilian navy could order from Britain or France , as noted the Americans had invented the monitor , an armoured , shallow draft , turreted vessel that presented little superstructure to enemy fire ; monitors could be and were built in Brazil . Thus by the time Lopez II fired the first shots against Brazil ( December 1864 ) the Humaitá defences were obsolescent to the latest naval weaponry that could be manufactured or purchased . Brazil was an enormous country and after the war broke out it could have ( and soon did have ) at least 10 ironclads . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4217 | The Financial Times describes Millennium Park as " an extraordinary public park that is set to create new iconic images of the city " , and further notes that it is " a genuinely 21st @-@ century interactive park [ that ] could trigger a new way of thinking about public outdoor spaces " . Time magazine views both Cloud Gate and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion as part of a well @-@ planned visit to Chicago . Frommer 's lists exploring Millennium Park as one of the four best free things to do in the city , and it commends the park for its various artistic offerings . Lonely Planet recommends an hour @-@ long stroll to see the park 's playful art . The park is praised as a " showcase of art and urban design " by the San Francisco Chronicle , while Time refers to it as an " artfully re @-@ arranged [ ... ] civic phantasmagoria like Antonio Gaudí 's Park Güell in Barcelona , with the difference that this one is the product of an ensemble of creative spirits " . The book 1 @,@ 000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die describes Millennium Park as a renowned attraction . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4218 | Stone 's first wife Maria died in Washington , D.C. , shortly after Stone 's release from Fort Hamilton . While serving in New Orleans during 1863 , Stone fell in love with Jeanne Stone and they had two daughters and a son , John Stone Stone , who later became a pioneer in the field of wireless telegraphy . Stone was also an original founding member of the Aztec Club of 1847 , a social organization for officers who served in the Mexican – American War . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4219 | During the Middle Ages , much of what became Greater Manchester lay within the hundred of Salfordshire – an ancient division of the county of Lancashire . Salfordshire encompassed several parishes and townships , some of which , like Rochdale , were important market towns and centres of England 's woollen trade . The development of what became Greater Manchester is attributed to a shared tradition of domestic flannel and fustian cloth production , which encouraged a system of cross @-@ regional trade . In the late @-@ 18th century , the Industrial Revolution transformed the local domestic system ; mechanisation enabled the industrialisation of the region 's textile trade , triggering rapid growth in the cotton industry and expansion in ancillary trades . Infrastructure such as rows of terraced housing , factories and roads were constructed to house labour , transport goods , and produce cotton goods on an industrial scale for a global market . The townships in and around Manchester began expanding " at an astonishing rate " around the turn of the 19th century as part of a process of unplanned urbanisation brought on by a boom in industrial textile production and processing . This population increase resulted in the " <unk> concentric growth " of a conurbation between Manchester and an arc of surrounding mill towns , formed from a steady <unk> of houses , factories and transport infrastructure . Places such as Bury , Oldham and Bolton played a central economic role nationally , and by the end of the 19th century had become some of the most important and productive cotton @-@ producing towns in the world . However , it was Manchester that was the most populous settlement , a major city , the world 's largest marketplace for cotton goods , and the natural centre of its region . By 1835 " Manchester was without challenge the first and greatest industrial city in the world " ; and by 1848 urban sprawl had fused the city to its surrounding towns and hinterland to form a single continuous conurbation . In the 1910s , local government reforms to administer this conurbation as a single entity were proposed . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4220 | Biden became the 47th Vice President of the United States on January 20 , 2009 , when he was inaugurated alongside President Barack Obama . Biden is the first United States Vice President from Delaware and the first Roman Catholic to attain that office . Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens administered the oath of office to Biden . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4221 | Thoroughbreds born in the Northern Hemisphere are officially considered a year older on the first of January each year ; those born in the Southern Hemisphere officially are one year older on the first of August . These artificial dates have been set to enable the standardization of races and other competitions for horses in certain age groups . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4222 | Trail Blazers broadcasts have been criticized on several fronts . The broadcast personalities , all of whom are Trail Blazers employees , have been criticized in the media for being " homers " ; further it has been alleged that the 2005 departure of Steve Jones was due in part to team displeasure with Jones ' sometimes frank analysis of the team 's on @-@ court performance and off @-@ court decisions . Furthermore , the team 's television contract with CSN Northwest has been criticized due to the channel 's lack of carriage on satellite television providers such as DirecTV and Dish Network , both of which compete with Comcast 's cable television operations . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4223 | One further proposal was made to rebury Lody in the 1960s . In 1959 the British and German governments agreed to move German war dead who had been buried in various locations around the UK to a new central cemetery at Cannock Chase in Staffordshire . The German War Graves Commission ( VDK ) asked if it would be possible to disinter Lody 's body and move it to Cannock Chase . By that time , the plot had been reused for further common graves , buried above Lody 's body . The VDK was told that it would not be possible to disinter the other bodies without the permission of the relatives , which would have been an almost impossible task where common graves were concerned . The proposal was abandoned and Lody 's body remains at Plaistow . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4224 | Following the 2006 live release I 'm Going to Tell You a Secret , Madonna released her second live album , The Confessions Tour . The album was recorded at Wembley Arena on August 15 and 16 , 2006 , during the London stop of her 2006 Confessions Tour , which was promoting her 2005 studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor . It was the first release from her new production company , Semtex Films and was released in both DVD and CD formats , capturing the tour as directed by Jonas Åkerlund . The DVD release consists of the full twenty @-@ one song set list of the tour , while the CD captures thirteen highlights from the same . The tour was first shown on NBC during the Thanksgiving of 2006 . This broadcast was edited , cutting the likes of " Paradise ( Not For Me ) " . Madonna 's performance of " Live to Tell " , while hanging from a glass embellished crucifix , faced strong reaction from the media and religious groups . " Live to Tell " was followed by the performance of " Forbidden Love " from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album , where Madonna took off a crown made of thorns from her head . Asian media and services company <unk> reported that the album was banned in Singapore , Malaysia and parts of East Asia , because of the inclusion of the performances in the DVD . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4225 | The Roman Senate also gave to Hasekura the honorary title of Roman Noble and Roman Citizen , in a document he brought back to Japan , and which is preserved today in Sendai . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4226 | Shawn Michaels became involved in a feud with his former tag team partner , Marty Jannetty . The team had split up earlier in the year when Michaels attacked Jannetty . Michaels defeated Jannetty at Royal Rumble 1993 , but the two traded the Intercontinental Championship back and forth in subsequent rematches . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4227 | The Lesser Antillean macaw or Guadeloupe macaw ( Ara guadeloupensis ) is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw that is thought to have been endemic to the Lesser Antillean island region of Guadeloupe . In spite of the absence of conserved specimens , many details about the Lesser Antillean macaw are known from several contemporary accounts , and the bird is the subject of some illustrations . Austin Hobart Clark described the species on the basis of these accounts in 1905 . Due to the lack of physical remains , and the possibility that sightings were of macaws from the South American mainland , doubts have been raised about the existence of this species . A phalanx bone from the island of Marie @-@ Galante confirmed the existence of a similar @-@ sized macaw inhabiting the region prior to the arrival of humans , and was correlated with the Lesser Antillean macaw in 2015 . Later that year , historical sources distinguishing between the red macaws of Guadeloupe and the scarlet macaw ( A. macao ) of the mainland were identified , further supporting its validity . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4228 | The nature of the longer @-@ wavelength afterglow emission ( ranging from X @-@ ray through radio ) that follows gamma @-@ ray bursts is better understood . Any energy released by the explosion not radiated away in the burst itself takes the form of matter or energy moving outward at nearly the speed of light . As this matter collides with the surrounding interstellar gas , it creates a relativistic shock wave that then propagates forward into interstellar space . A second shock wave , the reverse shock , may propagate back into the ejected matter . Extremely energetic electrons within the shock wave are accelerated by strong local magnetic fields and radiate as synchrotron emission across most of the electromagnetic spectrum . This model has generally been successful in modeling the behavior of many observed afterglows at late times ( generally , hours to days after the explosion ) , although there are difficulties explaining all features of the afterglow very shortly after the gamma @-@ ray burst has occurred . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4229 | The third highest grossing film of its decade , Mom and Dad was claimed by Babb to have made $ 63 @,@ 000 for every $ 1 @,@ 000 the original investors contributed , and the Los Angeles Times estimated that it grossed anywhere from $ 40 million to $ 100 million . Its success spawned a number of imitations , such as Street Corner and The Story of Bob and Sally , that eventually flooded the market , but it was still being shown around the world decades later and ultimately was added to the National Film Registry in 2005 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4230 | In July 1950 , there were about 20 @,@ 000 Hispanics in the armed forces . Over the next three years , nearly 148 @,@ 000 Hispanic @-@ Americans volunteered for or were drafted into military service . As in other conflicts , Hispanics fought as members of the Armed Forces , most Hispanic @-@ Americans served in the Army and Marine Corps . On September 15 , 1950 , the 1st Marine Division , under the command of Major General Oliver P. Smith , led the first major United Nations force strike in North Korean @-@ occupied territory , with a surprise amphibious assault at Inchon . On November 27 , 1950 , elements of the Chinese Communist People 's Liberation Army struck Marine positions in force . The Chinese and Marine Corps forces engaged in some of the fiercest fighting of the Korean War . Hispanics in the 1st Marine Division distinguished themselves in combat even though they , and their comrades , lacked warm clothing during the cold and harsh winters . Five Marines of Hispanic descent were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in the Korean War . All five were members of the 1st Marine Division . They were PFC Fernando Luis Garcia , PFC Edward Gomez , Staff Sergeant Ambrosio Guillen , First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez and PFC Eugene Arnold Obregon . Two of the four Marine Navy Cross recipients were also members of the 1st Marine Division . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4231 | In the spring of 1979 , Eaton started a feud with Chris Colt , designed to establish Eaton as more than just a good tag team competitor . The feud between the two was so heated that it saw Colt suspended for <unk> Eaton on the concrete floor , making it appear Eaton had been seriously injured . Eaton suffered no injuries , however . At that time , the piledriver was banned in most federations and treated as a move that could potentially paralyze a wrestler . This was done to give the move more " shock value " . Eaton conclusively defeated Colt , earning a place as one of the top faces ( good guys ) in NWA Mid @-@ America . During 1979 and 1980 , Eaton worked a series of singles matches against Dennis Condrey , a man he would later team up with to gain worldwide fame . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4232 | Transfer speculation linked Kisnorbo to Wigan Athletic at the end of the 2005 – 06 season , but he decided to extend his stay with Leicester by signing a new three @-@ year contract , less than 12 months after joining the club . Kisnorbo began the 2006 – 07 season well , scoring two goals and putting in fine rear @-@ guard displays against Coventry City and Southend United , helping the club survive relegation yet again . He was linked with a move to Fulham during the January transfer window . His performance in the 2006 – 07 season earned him the players ' player of the season award from his teammates . It was also at this point that he became a fan favourite . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4233 | Hovering effects : When the user moves his or her mouse over the smiley face 's nose , it turns blue . This is called a hovering effect , and while it has traditionally been used for hyperlinks , it should work on a wide variety of HTML elements . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4234 | The revolt was led by 28 @-@ year @-@ old Lieutenant Colonel Vương Văn Đông , a northerner , who had fought with the French Union forces against the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War . Later trained at Fort Leavenworth in the United States , Đông was regarded by American military advisers as a brilliant tactician and the brightest military prospect of his generation and he served in the Airborne Division . Back in Vietnam , Đông became discontented with Diệm 's arbitrary rule and constant meddling in the internal affairs of the army . Diệm promoted officers on loyalty rather than skill , and played senior officers against one another in order to weaken the military leadership and prevent them from challenging his rule . Years after the coup , Đông asserted that his sole objective was to force Diệm to improve the governance of the country . Đông was clandestinely supported by his brother @-@ in @-@ law Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Trieu Hong , the director of training at the Joint General Staff School , and Hong 's uncle Hoang Co Thuy . Thuy was a wealthy Saigon @-@ based lawyer , and had been a political activist since World War II . He was the secretary @-@ general of a minority opposition party called the Movement of Struggle for Freedom , which had a small presence in the rubber @-@ stamp National Assembly . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4235 | The recitative for tenor , " Der Heiland ist <unk> " ( The Saviour has come ) , begins secco but continues as an arioso , with tenor and continuo imitating one another . This more lyrical style of recitative derives from early Italian operas and cantatas , where it was known as <unk> <unk> – half aria . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4236 | Carbonaceous asteroids , as their name suggests , are carbon @-@ rich . They dominate the asteroid belt 's outer regions . Together they comprise over 75 % of the visible asteroids . They are more red in hue than the other asteroids and have a very low albedo . Their surface composition is similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites . Chemically , their spectra match the primordial composition of the early Solar System , with only the lighter elements and volatiles removed . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4237 | When the compacted mass of the inert core exceeds the Chandrasekhar limit of about 1 @.@ 4 M ☉ , electron degeneracy is no longer sufficient to counter the gravitational compression . A cataclysmic implosion of the core takes place within seconds . Without the support of the now @-@ imploded inner core , the outer core collapses inwards under gravity and reaches a velocity of up to 23 % of the speed of light and the sudden compression increases the temperature of the inner core to up to 100 billion kelvin . Neutrons and neutrinos are formed via reversed beta @-@ decay , releasing about 1046 joules ( 100 foe ) in a ten @-@ second burst . The collapse of the inner core is halted by neutron degeneracy , causing the implosion to rebound and bounce outward . The energy of this expanding shock wave is sufficient to disrupt the overlying stellar material and accelerate it to escape velocity , forming a supernova explosion . The shock wave and extremely high temperature and pressure rapidly dissipate but are present for long enough to allow for a brief period during which the production of elements heavier than iron occurs . Depending on initial size of the star , the remnants of the core form a neutron star or a black hole . Because of the underlying mechanism , the resulting nova is also described as a core @-@ collapse supernova . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4238 | Brooks began writing The Sword of Shannara in 1967 when he was twenty @-@ three years old . He started writing the novel to challenge himself and as a way of staying " sane " while he attended law school at Washington and Lee University . Brooks had been a writer since high school , but he had never found ' his ' genre : " I tried my hand at science fiction , westerns , war stories , you name it . All those efforts ... weren 't very good . " When he was starting college , he was given a copy of Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings to read for the first time . From then on , Brooks knew that he had found a genre he could write in . Writing Sword took seven years , as Brooks worked on it only sporadically while also completing his law school courses and rewrote it many times . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4239 | Music in early modern Scotland includes all forms of musical production in Scotland between the early sixteenth century and the mid @-@ eighteenth century . In this period the court followed the European trend for instrumental accompaniment and playing . Scottish monarchs of the sixteenth century were patrons of religious and secular music , and some were accomplished musicians . In the sixteenth century the playing of a musical instrument and singing became an expected accomplishment of noble men and women . The departure of James VI to rule in London at the Union of Crowns in 1603 , meant that the Chapel Royal , Stirling Castle largely fell into disrepair and the major source of patronage was removed from the country . Important composers of the early sixteenth century included Robert Carver and David Peebles . The Lutheranism of the early Reformation was sympathetic to the incorporation of Catholic musical traditions and vernacular songs into worship , exemplified by The Gude and Godlie Ballatis ( 1567 ) . However , the Calvinism that came to dominate Scottish Protestantism led to the closure of song schools , disbanding of choirs , removal of organs and the destruction of music books and manuscripts . An emphasis was placed on the Psalms , resulting in the production of a series of <unk> and the creation of a tradition of unaccompanied singing . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4240 | In 1974 , Tattersall spotted what he thought was a color variant of the silky sifaka north of Vohemar in northeast Madagascar . Describing it as such eight years later in The Primates of Madagascar , he not only cited its mostly white fur , but also uncharacteristic traits such as a patch of orange on its crown and tufted ears . It was not observed again until 1986 , when a team led by paleoanthropologist Elwyn L. Simons captured specimens for captive breeding and identified it as a new species , named as the golden @-@ crowned sifaka ( Propithecus tattersalli ) in 1988 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4241 | The song makes direct reference to FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) , the two main characters of the popular sci @-@ fi TV series The X @-@ Files who work on cases linked to the paranormal , called X @-@ Files . Although the title and refrain reference the popular show , the song has little to do with the two characters . The use of Mulder and Scully are used to represent a metaphor for a relationship being so " strange " that it could be " a case for Mulder and Scully " , a reference to the paranormal cases — the titular X @-@ Files — the two investigate on the show . Cerys Matthews , the co @-@ writer of the song , explained that the conceit of the song was " about asking Mulder and Scully to figure out this thing called love . I like the idea of two people going round the planet investigating odd phenomena , in this case love " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4242 | Progress was slow . There were not enough mules to transport all of the supplies , and many of the teamsters , all civilians , quit when their pay was delayed . The large number of <unk> – women and children who followed the army – consumed much of the already scarce supplies . The soldiers were soon reduced to partial rations . On February 12 they crossed the Rio Grande . Temperatures in Texas reached record lows , and by February 13 an estimated 15 – 16 inches ( 38 – 41 cm ) of snow had fallen . <unk> , dysentery , and Comanche raiding parties took a heavy toll on the Mexican soldiers . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4243 | By the beginning of 1526 , Charles was faced with demands from Venice and the Pope to restore Francesco II Sforza to the throne of the Duchy of Milan , and had become anxious to achieve a settlement with the French before another war began . Francis , having argued to retain Burgundy without result , was prepared to surrender it to achieve his own release . On 14 January 1526 , Charles and Francis agreed to the Treaty of Madrid , by which the French king renounced all his claims in Italy , Flanders , and Artois , surrendered Burgundy to Charles , agreed to send two of his sons to be hostages at the Spanish court , and promised to marry Charles ' sister Eleanor and to restore to Bourbon the territories that had been seized from him . Francis , who held the title of " Most Christian King " , also agreed to persuade Henry to relinquish the throne of Navarre in favor of Charles " in order to uproot the errors of the Lutheran sect and the rest of condemned sects " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4244 | The commercial exploitation of the series for the home video market achieved record sales and remained strong over a decade later . The fame of the show has grown through home video sales , which exceeded two or three times the sales of other contemporary anime series and films . The series contributed significantly to the spread of the DVD format in Japan and generated a considerable impact on the Japanese economy , calculated in billions of yen . A 2007 estimate placed the total value of the franchise at over 150 billion yen . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4245 | Geoffrey A. Landis . Laser @-@ powered Interstellar Probe on the Geoffrey A. Landis : <unk> papers available on the web | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4246 | The 5th Avenue Theatre ( often referred to as 5th Avenue or the 5th ) is a landmark theatre building located in Seattle , Washington . It has hosted a variety of theatre productions and motion pictures since it opened in 1926 . The building and land is owned by the University of Washington and was once part of the original campus . It is operated as a venue for nationally touring Broadway and original shows by the non @-@ profit 5th Avenue Theatre Association . The theatre , located at 1308 Fifth Avenue in the historic Skinner Building , has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places since 1978 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4247 | Sir George Ralph Collier , 1st Baronet KCB ( 1774 – 24 March 1824 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , and the War of 1812 . He had an eventful early life , being shipwrecked early in his career and later captured by the French . Nevertheless , he saw enough service to attract the attention of powerful patrons that secured his rise through the ranks . An officer of considerable ability , he won a noteworthy victory against a stronger French opponent , before embarking on a period of distinguished service off the Spanish and Portuguese coasts , working closely with the British generals fighting the Peninsular War , and markedly contributing to their success . His good service led to a prime posting in command of a squadron despatched to hunt down and neutralise the American super frigates during the War of 1812 . He came close to capturing the USS Constitution , but lost her in circumstances that were unclear and would later return to haunt him . The years of peace that followed the end of the Napoleonic Wars saw him rewarded with a baronetcy , and his continued to serve in the navy where he was tasked with the suppression of the slave trade . The publishing of William James 's account of the War of 1812 , which lambasted him for incompetence and cowardice in his failure to catch the Constitution , broke his personal peace . Having failed to clear his name , and increasingly depressed by the accusations , Collier took his own life . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4248 | 1956 , Bengal <unk> , vol 1 , 2 & 3 . Comilla Academy ( now the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development ) , Comilla , Bangladesh . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4249 | In August 1969 Drake recorded five songs , only three of which ( " Cello Song " , " Three Hours " , and " Time of No Reply " ) were broadcast – for the BBC 's John Peel show . Two months later , he opened for Fairport Convention at the Royal Festival Hall in London , followed by appearances at folk clubs in Birmingham and Hull . Remembering the performance in Hull , folk singer Michael Chapman commented : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4250 | Radar measurements show that , immediately before the crash , Lidle 's aircraft was flying at 112 mph ( 180 km / h ) at 700 feet ( 210 m ) altitude in the East River VFR corridor , an area which former NTSB official Peter Goelz described as " very tricky " due to its narrow width and frequent congestion . The VFR corridor ends abruptly at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island . Aircraft must receive an air traffic control clearance to proceed beyond the boundaries of the corridor , or else make a sharp U @-@ turn and return the way they came . Lidle 's plane flew north along the corridor almost to the end before executing a turn and hitting the north face of the building along the river . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4251 | Born in Waukegan , Illinois , Graham 's first interest growing up was music . Encouraged by his parents , both of whom were music teachers , he took up several instruments : the piano , violin , cornet and French horn . Graham also excelled in athletics , and attended Northwestern University on a basketball scholarship in 1940 . There he played on the varsity basketball team as a freshman and continued to study music . Graham did not take up football until his sophomore year , when Northwestern coach Pappy Waldorf saw him throwing in an intramural game and invited him to practice with the team . Northwestern 's coaches were impressed with his running and passing , and Waldorf convinced him to sign up . Although football became Graham 's primary sport , he also played baseball and continued on the basketball team . As a senior , he was named a first @-@ team basketball All @-@ American , part of a squad selected by news outlets comprising the best players at each position . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4252 | The government emergency plan for an eruption therefore assumes that the worst case will be an eruption of similar size and type to the 1631 VEI 4 one . In this scenario the slopes of the mountain , extending out to about 7 kilometres ( 4 @.@ 3 mi ) from the vent , may be exposed to pyroclastic flows sweeping down them , whilst much of the surrounding area could suffer from tephra falls . Because of prevailing winds , towns to the south and east of the volcano are most at risk from this , and it is assumed that tephra accumulation exceeding 100 kg / m ² – at which point people are at risk from collapsing roofs – may extend out as far as Avellino to the east or Salerno to the south east . Towards Naples , to the north west , this tephra fall hazard is assumed to extend barely past the slopes of the volcano . The specific areas actually affected by the ash cloud will depend upon the particular circumstances surrounding the eruption . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4253 | Wail checked in together with Waleed at the Park Inn Hotel in Chestnut Hill , Massachusetts on September 5 , 2001 , staying in room 432 . While staying at the Park Inn , Wail and Waleed al @-@ Shehri may have called a prostitute . Wail al @-@ Shehri accompanied his brother on September 9 to the <unk> at Logan International Airport , where Waleed attempted to wire $ 5 @,@ 000 to the United Arab Emirates . Waleed had insufficient documentation , so Wail and Waleed returned the next day to complete the transaction . Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad received the funds on September 11 at Al @-@ Ansari Exchange in Sharjah . <unk> Abdulaziz al @-@ Omari possibly spent a night at the Park Inn before leaving with Mohamed Atta for Portland , Maine on September 10 . When Wail and Waleed al @-@ Shehri checked out on September 11 , they left a sheet of instructions for flying a jet behind in their hotel room . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4254 | Mouton 's proposals were taken seriously by , amongst others , the seventeenth @-@ century scientists Jean Picard and Christiaan Huygens , but a hundred years were to elapse before the French again took interest in the underlying theory of the development of systems of measure . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4255 | Helena Wayne is the biological daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle of an alternate universe established in the early 1960s ( Multiverse ) where the Golden Age stories took place . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4256 | Gay references have been made to the relationship between the two characters of the show . House has made a comment about the relationship ( " I 'm gay ! ... Oh that 's not what you meant . It would explain a lot , though : no girlfriend , always with Wilson , the obsession with sneakers ... " ) . Barbara Barnett said that " House is the needy one in the relationship , and Wilson the doormat " Verne Gay of Newsday described House 's love for Wilson as " touching and genuine " . However , Robert Sean Leonard compared the relationship between the two to that of Cesar Millan and his Pit Bull , while Hugh Laurie said that it 's " not just <unk> " . The two characters appeared on the October 13 , 2008 , cover of TV Guide . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4257 | Starting at 09 : 30 , Enterprise landed many of the damaged and fuel @-@ depleted CAP fighters and returning scout aircraft from both carriers . However , with her flight deck full , and the second wave of Japanese aircraft inbound , which was detected on radar at 09 : 30 , Enterprise ceased landing operations at 10 : 00 . Fuel @-@ depleted aircraft then began ditching in the ocean as the carrier 's escorting destroyers rescued the aircrews . One of the ditching aircraft , a damaged TBF from Enterprise 's strike force that had been attacked earlier by Zuihō Zeros , crashed into the water near the destroyer USS Porter . As Porter rescued the TBF 's aircrew , she was struck by a torpedo , perhaps from the ditched aircraft , causing heavy damage and killing 15 crewmen . After the task force commander ordered the destroyer scuttled , the crew was rescued by the destroyer USS Shaw which then sank Porter with gunfire ( 08 ° 32 ′ S 167 ° 17 ′ E ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4258 | New York City Police Department Commissioner William J. Bratton and author of Fixing Broken Windows , George L. Kelling , however , stated the police played an " important , even central , role " in the declining crime rates . The trend continued and Giuliani 's successor , Michael Bloomberg , stated in a November 2004 press release : " Today , the subway system is safer than it has been at any time since we started tabulating subway crime statistics nearly 40 years ago . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4259 | Trigg and his wife had three sons and two daughters . His daughter Mary married General David Logan , and was the mother of was Stephen Trigg Logan , who would serve in the Illinois state legislature and become Abraham Lincoln law partner in Springfield , Illinois . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4260 | Several species coined in genera other than Allosaurus are also now thought to be synonymous with A. fragilis . Labrosaurus ferox was named in 1884 by Marsh for an oddly formed partial lower jaw , with a prominent gap in the tooth row at the tip of the jaw , and a rear section greatly expanded and turned down . Later researchers suggested that the bone was pathologic , showing an injury to the living animal , and that part of the unusual form of the rear of the bone was due to plaster reconstruction . It is recognized as most likely a specimen of A. fragilis . Allosaurus valens is a typo for Antrodemus valens accidentally used by Friedrich von Huene in 1932 ; Antrodemus valens itself may also pertain to Allosaurus fragilis , as Gilmore suggested in 1920 . <unk> <unk> , based on a scrap of vertebra Marsh first thought to be a mammalian jaw , may or may not be the same as Allosaurus . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4261 | Artillery and long @-@ range machine gun fire continued to riddle the wrecks and the combined crews were ordered to evacuate as the officers set the scuttling charges which would sink the blockships in their current , useless locations . As men scrambled down the side of the cruisers into Coastal Motor Boats which would relay them to the Offshore Squadron , destroyers moved closer to Ostend to cover the retreat and the monitors continued their heavy fire . Godsal was the last to leave , picked up by launch ML276 commanded by Lieutenant Rowley Bourke . With the main assault a complete failure , the blockading forces returned to Dover and Dunkirk to assess the disaster . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4262 | On the 3rd of April , the Pakistani government declared victory and the end of the operation after clearing 640 square kilometers in Shawal , killing some 250 terrorists . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4263 | The Medal of Honor confers special privileges on its recipients . By law , recipients have several benefits : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4264 | " Mothers of the Disappeared " was performed again on the fourth leg of the Vertigo Tour , on 26 February 2006 in Santiago and 2 March in Buenos Aires . Although it was rehearsed by the full band , it was played only by Bono and the Edge in an arrangement similar to the one from the PopMart Tour . The Edge performed the song on a charango that Chilean President Ricardo Lagos had given to Bono earlier that day . It was played at three concerts on the third leg of the U2 360 ° Tour in place of " MLK " . One performance in Istanbul , Turkey , was dedicated to <unk> <unk> , an ethnic Kurd who was kidnapped in October 1995 and subsequently disappeared . The abduction was witnessed by his wife and daughter ; no information regarding his disappearance has ever been released . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4265 | Marshall sought reelection in 1810 , but was defeated by George Adams by a margin of 76 votes . From 1812 to 1813 , he served on the Board of Trustees for the city of Frankfort . He made another unsuccessful run for the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1813 , losing to John Arnold . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4266 | " You Know My Name " , performed by Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell , is the theme song to the 2006 James Bond film , Casino Royale . Cornell wrote it jointly with David Arnold , the soundtrack 's composer . The film producers went after Cornell because they wanted a strong male singer . Cornell and Arnold tried to make the song a replacement theme for the character instead of the " James Bond theme " reflecting the agent 's inexperience in Casino Royale , as well as an introduction to Daniel Craig 's grittier and more emotional portrayal of Bond . The single sold 148 @,@ 000 copies in 2006 in the UK . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4267 | The miniseries made its international debut on Cartoon Network in Australia and New Zealand on January 18 , and concluded airing on January 21 , 2016 . Stakes premiered on Cartoon Network UK and Ireland on March 14 , 2016 , and concluded on March 17 , 2016 . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4268 | Rudra and Agni have a close relationship . The identification between Agni and Rudra in the Vedic literature was an important factor in the process of Rudra 's gradual development into the later character as Rudra @-@ Shiva . The identification of Agni with Rudra is explicitly noted in the <unk> , an important early text on etymology , which says , " Agni is also called Rudra . " The interconnections between the two deities are complex , and according to Stella Kramrisch : | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4269 | Combining the strengths of the both companies was not successful in bus chassis production because of strategic mistakes by SAT . The Vanaja LK @-@ series with a large , centrally mounted engine was discontinued , which led to the loss of the main customer , Väinö <unk> Oy . SAT offered Sisu chassis to replace the Vanaja models , but a number of bus operators , including <unk> , rejected them . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4270 | The city , which already had a strong volunteering tradition with the annual Calgary Stampede , also relied heavily on volunteers to run the Olympics . Over 22 @,@ 000 people signed up to fill 9 @,@ 400 positions , no matter how inglorious : doctors , lawyers and executives offered to clean manure dropped by horses at the opening ceremonies . Many residents participated in a " <unk> " program , opening their homes to visitors from around the world and renting rooms to those who could not stay in a hotel . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4271 | The Industrial Revolution brought large @-@ scale steel making to Sheffield in the 18th century . Much of the medieval town was gradually replaced by a mix of Georgian and Victorian buildings . Large areas of Sheffield 's city centre have been rebuilt in recent years , but among the modern buildings , some old buildings have been retained . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4272 | By January 10 , Marvel Studios had commissioned screenwriter Robert Rodat to rewrite the sequel and Hiddleston stated that filming was expected to begin in London in the summer of 2012 . Hemsworth later confirmed that filming was scheduled to begin in August . Hemsworth also revealed that the film would have a more Viking @-@ influenced feel , elaborating " I think the science fiction element to Thor … the danger is it falls a little bit into the world of it 's ' tough to throw a light to . ' I think of big waterfalls and mountains and a Viking influence , where the Norse mythology kind of grew from . Having that in Asgard is going to make it all the more special and that 's what Alan [ Taylor ] wants to bring to it . " Feige said " while the relationship between Loki and Thor certainly has changed [ after the events of the movie The Avengers ] and has progressed , a lot of Thor 2 is picking up where it left off in terms of Jane , who you just saw for a moment on a computer monitor , and also what 's been going on in the nine realms without the Asgardians being able to use the Bifrost . " Feige also said that while Loki has a part , " there will be a different villain , another big villain " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4273 | Facilities in the area include the St Georges Centre , a multi @-@ use building that houses health services including a minor injuries unit and drop @-@ in centre , a library , and a neighbourhood housing office . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4274 | In his book Drawn to Television – Prime @-@ time Animation from the Flintstones to Family Guy , Keith Booker wrote : " The episode details in a rather sentimental fashion the early struggles of the irresponsible Homer to support his new family [ ... ] Such background episodes add an extra dimension to the portrayal of the animated Simpson family , making them seem oddly real and adding weight to their status as a family with a long history together . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4275 | By spring 1918 , Transylvanian @-@ Bukovinan prisoners held in France and Italy proceeded to form their own abjurers ' units , based upon the existing Romanian Corps . Luciano ( Lucian ) <unk> became Commander of the newly formed Romanian Legion in Italy ( Legione <unk> d 'Italia ) which took its ceremonial flag from the Regio <unk> on July 28 and contributed the Austrians ' defeat at Vittorio Veneto . On the Western Front , a similar formation was being created , mainly by Romanian citizens who resented their country for surrendering , but also by soldiers who clandestinely left Romania to continue the fight . Its Transylvanian @-@ <unk> membership was small , reflecting the number of Austro @-@ Hungarian prisoners in France , who had been taken mainly in the Serbian and Macedonian operations . The 135 who signed up in October 1918 were put off by the refusal of French officials to recognize their Austro @-@ Hungarian officer 's ranks . Their unit was attached to the French Foreign Legion , to be joined by the various other categories of Romanian recruits , but the effort was stopped midway ; in November , the Entente 's victory over Germany ended World War I for both France and Romania . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4276 | Jack Black as Jeff Portnoy : A drug @-@ addicted comedian @-@ actor well known for portraying multiple parts in films that rely on toilet humor , particularly jokes about flatulence . In the film @-@ within @-@ a @-@ film , he plays a raspy @-@ voiced soldier named Fats . He fears he is only considered an actor because of his comical delivery and nothing else . Portnoy 's faux trailer for The <unk> : Fart 2 , about a family ( with each member played by Portnoy ) which enjoys passing gas , spoofs Eddie Murphy 's portrayal of multiple characters in films such as Nutty Professor II : The Klumps . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4277 | Participants in est are told that they cannot take notes during the course , and at the end of the seminar the instructor declines to go over a review of the training . In order to participate in the course , trainees must adhere to agreements which include : they may not exit the course facility except during specified break time , they cannot sit next to someone they knew before coming to the course , and they cannot take <unk> medications or alcohol for the week prior to the training . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4278 | Since the British Nationality Act 1948 and the subsequent mass immigration to the United Kingdom from the Commonwealth and elsewhere in the world , " the expression and experience of cultural life in Britain has become fragmented and reshaped by the influences of gender , ethnicity , class and region " . Furthermore , the United Kingdom 's membership of the European Economic Community in 1973 eroded the concept of Britishness as distinct from continental Europe . As such , since the 1970s " there has been a sense of crisis about what it has meant to be British " , exacerbated by growing demands for greater political autonomy for Northern Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4279 | Selfe 's contempt for the liberal arts tradition and the priority he accorded practical skill have certain implications which cannot be commended . These reflected and augmented ... one of the less attractive features of the Australian ethos – indifference to higher learning and advanced attainments , an indifference shading into contempt and suspicion ... Selfe may have lost a battle but before long , the liberal arts tradition faced still greater defeats . To these , Selfe certainly contributed , and what must be recognised is that in the vehemence of the struggle , and in the lauding of efficiency over culture , much that was valuable in the liberal arts tradition was lost . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4280 | William Allen " Bill " Stein ( born January 21 , 1947 in Battle Creek , Michigan ) is a retired professional baseball player and manager . His playing career spanned 17 seasons , 14 of which were spent in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) with the St. Louis Cardinals ( 1972 – 73 ) , the Chicago White Sox ( 1974 – 76 ) , the Seattle Mariners ( 1977 – 1980 ) , and the Texas Rangers ( 1981 – 85 ) . Over his career in the majors Stein batted .267 with 122 doubles , 18 triples , 44 home runs , and 311 runs batted in ( RBIs ) in 959 games played . Stein played numerous fielding positions over his major league career , including third base , second base , first base , left field , right field , and shortstop . He also spent significant time as a pinch hitter . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4281 | A number of customers have reported safety problems with the <unk> brakes : after an emergency braking event , and once the driver has released the brake pedal , the brakes remain in full force for some amount of time , increasing the risk of rear collisions . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4282 | Director Rob Bowman made bold decisions in designing the confrontation sequence . The scripted version showed the fight between Worf and Korris taking place entirely on the first deck of the engineering section . Instead , Bowman had them fight on the upper deck and , using camera angles never before seen the show , filmed vertical sequences in that part of the set . He also altered the script so that Konmel needed to be hit by three phaser blasts . Bowman used a steadicam to film the scenes on the freighter in order to give a rough effect to the footage . He was pleased with the outcome , describing it as the easiest of all of the Next Generation episodes he directed . He said that it was a show where " every hand we had was a 21 . It just worked . " | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4283 | In Shinkai 's previous films , the music was produced by Tenmon ; however , The Garden of Words features music by Daisuke Kashiwa . Kashiwa had been a fan of Shinkai 's 5 Centimeters Per Second and had sent him several of his albums . Shinkai listened to these albums while writing the screenplay and then elected to base the film 's music off of the songs from one of the albums . In an interview , Shinkai said that the music was primarily responsible for making the movie seem " unlike other anime " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4284 | The band headlined the 2008 Lollapalooza festival , the 2008 Virgin Festival , and the first Pemberton Music Festival . In May 2008 , Nine Inch Nails announced that premium seating for all the upcoming 2008 tour shows would be offered in a pre @-@ sale for fans who registered at the official Nine Inch Nails website . In an effort to combat ticket scalpers , each concert ticket will list the purchaser 's legal name . The ticketing process was previously used for smaller pre @-@ sales and was available exclusively to fan club members . On July 26 , Reznor introduced an " unplugged " portion into the live show in which the band steps to the front of the stage about an hour into the show , with Reznor on vibraphone and bassist Meldal @-@ Johnsen playing an upright bass . The 20 @-@ minute jazzy , acoustic set is taken mostly from Ghosts I - IV . The stage show also featured mesh LED curtains that projected various visuals , ranging from falling rain to static to a ruined city , and made the band appear to be playing on " a stage that appeared to be constructed entirely out of lights . " Nine Inch Nails later confirmed that the tour was to extend to South America and it was thought this would be the last Americas set of dates but soon after Reznor announced yet more North American dates including two dates in tourist capital Florida . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4285 | The similar OR.230 required a " long range bomber " with a 2 @,@ 000 nautical miles ( 2 @,@ 300 mi ; 3 @,@ 700 km ) radius of action at a height of 50 @,@ 000 ft ( 15 @,@ 000 m ) , a cruise speed of 575 mph ( 925 km / h ) , and a maximum weight of 200 @,@ 000 lb ( 91 @,@ 000 kg ) when fully loaded . Responses to OR.230 were received from Short Brothers , Bristol , and Handley Page ; however , the Air Ministry recognised that developing an aircraft to meet these stringent requirements would have been technically demanding and so expensive that the resulting bomber could only be purchased in small numbers . As a result , realising that the majority of likely targets would not require such a long range , a less demanding specification for a medium @-@ range bomber , Air Ministry Specification B.35 / 46 was issued . This demanded the ability to carry the same 10 @,@ 000 lb bomb @-@ load to a target 1 @,@ 500 nmi ( 1 @,@ 725 mi , 2 @,@ 800 km ) away at a height of 45 @,@ 000 – 50 @,@ 000 ft ( 13 @,@ 700 – 15 @,@ 200 m ) at a speed of 575 mph . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4286 | On 23 October , the BBC said it was " too early " to confirm how much more airtime would be given to the BNP in the future ; The Times reported on 24 October that the BBC had " no plans " to have Griffin on Question Time before the next general election . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4287 | The Tom Swift of this third series is less of an inventor than his predecessors , and his inventions are rarely the main feature of the plot . Still , according to Molson , " Tom the inventor is not ignored . Perhaps the most impressive of his inventions and the one essential to the series as a whole is the robot he designs and builds , Aristotle , which becomes a winning and likeable character in its own right . " The books are slower @-@ paced than the Tom Swift , Jr. adventures of the second series , and include realistic , colloquial dialogue . Each volume begins where the last one ended , and the technology is plausible and accurate . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4288 | His autobiographical pieces , marked by acid comments on Greek @-@ language education , and , in this respect , similar to the writings of his friend Costache Negruzzi , also display a dose of self @-@ irony . The enduring polemic with Grigore Alexandrescu , as well as his quarrel with Bolliac , formed the basis of his pamphlet <unk> <unk> <unk> ( " Mr. Old Nick , the Author " ) , an attack on what Heliade viewed as writers whose <unk> contrasted with their actual mediocrity . In other short prose works , Ion Heliade Rădulescu commented on the caricature @-@ like nature of parvenu Bucharesters ( the male prototype , <unk> <unk> , was " an ennobled hoodlum " , while the female one , <unk> <unk> , always wished to be the first in line for the unction ) . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4289 | Groves did not relish the prospect of explaining the loss of a billion dollars worth of plutonium to a Senate committee , so a cylindrical containment vessel codenamed " Jumbo " was constructed to recover the active material in the event of a failure . Measuring 25 feet ( 7 @.@ 6 m ) long and 12 feet ( 3 @.@ 7 m ) wide , it was fabricated at great expense from 214 long tons ( 217 t ) of iron and steel by Babcock & Wilcox in Barberton , Ohio . Brought in a special railroad car to a siding in Pope , New Mexico , it was transported the last 25 miles ( 40 km ) to the test site on a trailer pulled by two tractors . By the time it arrived , however , confidence in the implosion method was high enough , and the availability of plutonium was sufficient , that Oppenheimer decided not to use it . Instead , it was placed atop a steel tower 800 yards ( 730 m ) from the weapon as a rough measure of how powerful the explosion would be . In the end , Jumbo survived , although its tower did not , adding credence to the belief that Jumbo would have successfully contained a fizzled explosion . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4290 | The long delay strained Broussard and Miller 's relationship , and by the end of 2006 , Broussard appeared to become serious about shipping the title . On January 25 and May 22 , 2007 , Broussard posted two Gamasutra job ads with small screenshots of Duke Nukem and an enemy , which he later confirmed were real in @-@ game screenshots . The team doubled in size within a short timeframe . Among the new hires was project lead Brian Hook , who became the first person to successfully resist Broussard 's requests for changes . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4291 | Forests cover about 57 % of the Potlatch River watershed , while about 38 % is used for agriculture and ranching . 78 % of the land is privately owned while 14 % lie within national forests . 7 % is owned by the state , while the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Affairs each have a 1 % share . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4292 | Of equal profile was Rutherford 's government 's management of the province 's railways . Alberta 's early years were optimistic ones , which manifested itself in a pronounced enthusiasm for the construction of new railway lines . Every town wanted to be a railway centre , and the government had great confidence in the ability of the free market to provide low freight rates to the province 's farmers provided sufficient charters were issued to competing companies . The legislature passed government @-@ sponsored legislation setting out a framework for new railways in 1907 , but interest from private firms in actually building the lines was limited . In the face of public demand and support by legislators of all parties for as rapid as possible an expansion of the province 's lines , the government offered loan guarantees to several companies in exchange for commitments to build lines . Rutherford justified this in part by his conviction that railways needed to expand along with population , rather than having railway expansion follow population growth as would be the case without government intervention . The Conservatives argued that this strategy didn 't go far enough , and called for direct government ownership . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4293 | Antananarivo was founded from about 1610 to 1625 , when the Merina king Andrianjaka ( 1612 – 1630 ) expelled the Vazimba inhabitants of the village of Analamanga at the highest meeting point of two forested ridges rising above the surrounding highland plains . Declaring it the site of his capital , Andrianjaka built a rova ( fortified royal dwelling ) that expanded to become the royal palaces of the Kingdom of Imerina . According to oral history , he deployed a garrison of 1 @,@ 000 soldiers to capture and guard the site ; the hill and its city retained the name Analamanga until the reign of King Andriamasinavalona ( 1675 – 1710 ) , who renamed it Antananarivo ( " City of the Thousand " ) in honor of Andrianjaka 's soldiers . The city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Imerina from its founding until 1710 , when Imerina split into four warring quadrants . Antananarivo was declared the capital of the southern quadrant ; it remained thus until King Andrianampoinimerina of Ambohimanga captured the province and restored its role as capital of a united Kingdom of Imerina in 1794 . His diplomatic and military successes extended Imerina far beyond its traditional borders , bringing the lands of neighboring ethnic groups under Merina control . These conquests were continued under his son , Radama I , whose control ultimately extended over two thirds of the island , leading him to be considered the King of Madagascar by European diplomats , with Antananarivo as the island 's capital . Antananarivo remained the island 's capital after Madagascar was colonized by the French in 1897 and remained thus after independence in 1960 . The French killed off many of the original inhabitants of the island and made French the native language . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4294 | In its operatic context the lament takes the form of an extended recitative of more than 70 vocal lines , delivered in five sections divided by choral comments . Some of the wording is prefigured in the immediately preceding scene in which the First Envoy describes Arianna 's plight to a sympathetic chorus of fishermen . The lament depicts Arianna 's various emotional reactions to her abandonment : sorrow , anger , fear , self @-@ pity , desolation and a sense of futility . Cusick draws attention to the manner in which Monteverdi is able to match in music the " rhetorical and syntactical gestures " in Rinuccini 's text . The opening repeated words " <unk> morire " ( Let me die ) are accompanied by a dominant seventh chord which Ringer describes as " an unforgettable chromatic stab of pain " ; Monteverdi was one of the first users of this musical device . What follows , says Ringer , has a range and depth " comparable to Shakespeare 's most searching soliloquies " . The words " <unk> morire " are followed by " O Teseo , O Teseo mio " ( O Theseus , my Theseus " ) ; the two phrases represent Arianna 's contrasting emotions of despair and longing . Throughout the lament indignation and anger are punctuated by tenderness , until the final iteration of " O Teseo " , after which a descending line brings the lament to a quiet conclusion . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4295 | According to the French magazine L <unk> nouvelle , apart from several non @-@ sensitive components sourced from the United States , the Rafale is manufactured almost entirely in France . Different elements are produced in numerous factories across the country , and final assembly takes place near Bordeaux – Mérignac Airport . For example , the flight control surfaces are fabricated in Haute @-@ Savoie , the wings and avionics in Gironde , the centre fuselage in Val @-@ d 'Oise , and the engines in Essonne . Roughly 50 percent of the Rafale is produced by Dassault and the other half divided between two major partners , Thales and Safran , who rely on a network of 500 subcontractors . Altogether , the programme employs 7 @,@ 000 workers . As of 2012 , the fabrication process of each fighter took 24 months , with an annual production rate of eleven aircraft . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4296 | That October , a meeting concerning Sandwedge was arranged between Haldeman , Mitchell , Magruder and Strachan . As a result of this meeting , control of the operation was passed along to G. Gordon Liddy , because Mitchell wished to have a lawyer in charge of the campaign 's intelligence @-@ gathering . Another factor in Caulfield 's removal from the helm was the belief of several White House officials , including Dean , was that Caulfield 's Irish @-@ American , non @-@ college educated background was at odds with " an Administration of WASP professional men " . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4297 | Matt Groening first conceived Maggie and the rest of the Simpson family in 1986 in the lobby of James L. Brooks 's office . Groening had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts for The Tracey Ullman Show , and had intended to present an adaptation of his Life in Hell comic strip . When he realized that animating Life in Hell would require him to rescind publication rights for his life 's work , Groening decided to go in another direction , and hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family . The baby of the family was named Maggie after Groening 's youngest sister . Maggie then made her debut with the rest of the Simpsons family on April 19 , 1987 in the short " Good Night " . In 1989 , the shorts were adapted into The Simpsons , a half @-@ hour series that would air on the Fox Broadcasting Company . Maggie and the rest of the family remained the main characters on this new show . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4298 | Roberts also includes the motif of jealousy . Dee is given a rival for Travis 's affections – an over @-@ sophisticated woman who is essentially Dee 's antithesis . Roberts reused this plot point in other novels , including Song of the West . | wikipedia-2018 |
wikipedia_2018-4299 | The new construction project attracted hundreds of <unk> ( <unk> ) , traditional Japanese construction workers who specialized in the construction of high @-@ rise structures . The Takenaka Corporation broke ground in June 1957 and each day at least 400 laborers worked on the tower . It was constructed of steel , a third of which was scrap metal taken from US tanks damaged in the Korean War . When the 90 @-@ metre antenna was bolted into place on October 14 , 1958 , Tokyo Tower was the tallest freestanding tower in the world , taking the title from the Eiffel Tower by 13 metres . Despite being taller than the Eiffel Tower , Tokyo Tower only weighs about 4 @,@ 000 tons , 3 @,@ 300 tons less than the Eiffel Tower . While other towers have since surpassed Tokyo Tower 's height , the structure was still the tallest artificial structure in Japan until April 2010 , when the new Tokyo Skytree became the tallest building of Japan . It was opened to the public on December 23 , 1958 at a final cost of ¥ 2 @.@ 8 billion ( $ 8 @.@ 4 million in 1958 ) . Tokyo Tower was mortgaged for ¥ 10 billion in 2000 . | wikipedia-2018 |
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