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14 Dec, 21

1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone

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This windstorm over India formed Nov. 4,1996 over the Bay of Bengal and lasted 3 days causing nearly $602 million in damages, leveling two villages in the process and leaving 1077 dead.

Greg

12 Dec, 21

Checker Hall
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Checker Hall is the largest city in the northernmost parish of the island nation Barbados. (The country is subdivided into eleven of these corresponding to how the Church of England separated the country around a main cathedral for each parish ["region"]. The parish terminology is a reminder of Barbados' history as a British colony.) Fun fact: The government of Barbados is a republic similar in nature to that of England and another former British colony. (The U.S.)

Sum of Parts
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Sum of Parts is the third studio album from electronic artist Eon. (Eon is credited by some as a pioneer in the rave scene, being a link between early Detroit techno and more contemporary dance music thanks to his 1990 acid techno composition "Spice" from his debut.) (less) (less)

Greg

27 Nov, 21

Thames Nautical Training College https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Nautical_Training (...more)

Karen

25 Sep, 21

1/50 - RENEA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RENEA
2/50 - Project.R - https://en.wikipedia (...more)

Greg

19 Aug, 21

IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE (1974 film)
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Greg

19 Aug, 21

KING OF THE DANCEHALL (SONG)
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A song by dancehall singer Beenie Man from his BACK TO BASICS album. Not really my thing. If I listen to Jamaican music, it tends to be Ska, rocksteady or "old-style" reggae.

Greg

15 Aug, 21

GEOLOGY OF NORFOLK
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Greg

31 Jul, 21

GIANT HAWAIIAN DARNER
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Greg

22 May, 21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Mitch_Mitchell_Floodway

MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway

Nicknamed “The Big Ditch” by people opposed to the plan, it really IS a big ditch designed to help divert waters in times of flooding away from central Wichita. It takes on water from Chisholm Creek, the Little Arkansas River and the Arkansas River and was built beginning in May 1950 after a history of serious flooding in the area wrapping up in 1959. Article doesn’t specifically address but it looks like no serious floods since it was built. Named in honor of a key engineer for the project in 2019.

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Seo Tai Ji (album)

Eponymous 1998 debut album from Korean alternative metal performer Seo Taiji. The album is entirely self-created including all instrumentation and production. The only part of it not created by Taiji was the packaging design. Despite little promotion, it sold over 1.3 million units making it a top-seller in South Korea. Three music videos were made for it but Taiji does not appear in them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Lutheran_Church

Taiwan Lutheran Church

With roots extending back to 1954, this denomination currently has over 11,000 members and 40 local congregations in the country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obin

Obin

Indonesian textile designer Josephine Komara’s pseudonym. Most renowned for her work in reviving an ancient Indonesian dying technique known as “batik” which uses a small tool that looks like a small paintbrush with a hook on one end to pipe hot liquid wax onto the fabric as part of the patterning process. Batik is believed to date back to the 6th or 7th century.

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A647 road

A so-called “A road” going from Leeds to Halifax approx. 17 miles (27 km) long. As a Yank, I had no idea what an “A” road was so I looked that up. If I understand correctly, it appears the “A” roads with single digits all proceed outward from London like spokes of a wheel numbered clockwise. Other A roads with multiple digits may branch from those first Londoncentric A roads or not. A647 branches off from the A6 (Luton to Carlisle). Fun fact: It boasts England’s first HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lane although that may be a bit of a misnomer as it's not just for large passenger vans and buses: “high” occupancy is classified as a driver and one or more passengers so basically a carpool lane.

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Zwierzyniec Trzeci

A village in southern Poland, population 315 as of 2008 (saaaaa-lute!) (less) (less)

Greg

29 Jan, 21

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An Mein Volk

German expression meaning “To My Pe (...more)

Greg

14 Jan, 21

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Owned largest sporting goods chain in Canada. E (...more)

Juleigh

05 Jan, 21

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2. The Star 1/8/21
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11 Dec, 20

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Greg Toland

Twice winner of AP Best Sports Story (...more)

Greg

18 Nov, 20

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11 Sep, 20

6) Paul Aksel Johansen

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Greg

27 Feb, 20

5) Besselian elements

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A set of mathematical values, named after 19th century German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, used to predict the shape of “occultations”. No they don’t have anything to do with human sacrifice. Astronomers have decided that saying “eclipse” is just too basic so they chose this more florid and exclusionary term for it. There are a separate more complicated set to figure out where the occultation would be observed.

6) Paul O'Kelly

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Bio about a guy who briefly headed up a team in the Gaelic football league. For those reading Stateside, the ball used resembles a volleyball but the game rules are a mixture of Australian rules football, American football and soccer in that you can advance the ball by passing or carrying as in American football, kicking as in soccer, bouncing it or “soloing”…dropping the ball and then kicking it up into the hands.

7) Tydeus eriophyes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tydeus_eriophyes A mite, 300 microns long, indigenous to South Africa

8) English National Ballet

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One of the four major British ballet companies in operation since 1950.

9) Georgy Roshko

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Roman Catholic priest who converted from Russian Orthodox Church In 1933. Known for working to assist development of Catholicism in the Orient.

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Greg

22 Feb, 20

1)Loring, Alaska

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Greg

18 Jan, 20

A fun way to do something "nerdy"

Aurora

23 Jul, 19

41. The Sixpenny Office [1] was one of the British admiralty's smaller offices. Established in 1696, it was originally based at Tower Hill, London. The office's main responsibility was the collection of six pence from all serving seaman's wage's on a monthly basis that was used to fund Greenwich Hospital's provision of care for sick and aged seaman.

42. A fringing reef is one of the four main types of coral reef recognized by most coral reef scientists. It is distinguished from the other main types (barrier reefs, platform reefs and atolls) in that it has either an entirely shallow backreef zone (lagoon) or none at all. If a fringing reef grows directly from the shoreline (see photo, right) the reef flat extends right to the beach and there is no backreef. In other cases (e.g., most of the Bahamas), fringing reefs may grow hundreds of yards from shore and contain extensive backreef areas with numerous seagrass meadows and patch reefs.

This type of coral reef is the most common type of reef found in the Caribbean and Red Sea. Darwin believed that fringing reefs are the first kind of reefs to form around a landmass in a long-term reef growth process.

43. Don Treadwell (born June 10, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator at Michigan State University. Treadwell served as the head football coach at Miami University from 2011 to 2013 and as the offensive coordinator at Michigan State University from 2007 to 2010, where he also acted as interim head coach after Mark Dantonio suffered a heart attack during the 2010 season.

44. "Suffer Little Children" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. It was included on The Smiths in February 1984 and as a B-side to the May 1984 single "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now".

45. Kenneth Lee Salazar (born March 2, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 50th United States Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez (R-Florida) were the first Hispanic U.S. Senators since 1977; they were joined by Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) in 2006. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, he served as Attorney General of Colorado from 1999 to 2005.

On December 17, 2008, President-elect Obama announced he would nominate Salazar as U.S. Secretary of the Interior. The environmentalist movement's reaction to this nomination was mixed.[1][2] Previously, Salazar supported the nomination of Gale Norton to Secretary of the Interior,[3] President George W. Bush's first appointee who preceded Salazar as Colorado Attorney General. On January 20, 2009, Salazar was confirmed by unanimous consent in the Senate.

46. The Hadley Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Hadley Mountain at Hadley in Saratoga County, New York. The tower is a prefabricated structure built by the Aermotor Corporation in 1917.

It is one of the initial ten towers purchased by the State Commission to provide a front line of defense in preserving the Adirondack Forest Preserve from the hazards of forest fires. The tower may be manned in summer months by a steward who will answer questions from hikers.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

47. Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire"; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo]; officially Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur, Spanish for "Land of Fire, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands") is an Argentine province.

The province had been inhabited by indigenous people for more than 12,000 years, since they migrated south of the mainland. It was first encountered by a European in 1520 when spotted by Ferdinand Magellan. Even after Argentina achieved independence, this territory remained under indigenous control until the nation's campaign known as the Conquest of the Desert in the 1870s. After slaughtering most of the native population in the desert part of Patagonia, Argentina organized this section in 1885 as a territory. European immigration followed due to a gold rush and rapid expansion of sheep farming on large ranches in the area. Tierra del Fuego is the most recent Argentine territory to gain provincial status, which occurred in 1990.

48. Talamancalia is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.

49. Gustavia longifuniculata is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Colombia.

50. Koala retrovirus (KoRV)[1] is a retrovirus that is present in many populations of koalas. It has been implicated as the agent of Koala Immune Deficiency Syndrome (KIDS), an AIDS-like immunodeficiency that leaves infected koalas more susceptible to infectious disease and cancers. The virus is thought to be a recently introduced exogenous virus that is also integrating into the koala genome (becoming endogenous). Thus the virus can transmit both horizontally (from animal to animal in the classic sense) and vertically (from parent to offspring as a gene). The horizontal modes of transmission are not well defined but are thought to require close contact. (less) (less)

Aurora

23 Jul, 19

26. Passenger miles per gallon (PMPG) is a metric to evaluate the energy efficiency of a vehicle or transportation mode.[1] The PMPG can be obtained by multiplying the miles per gallon of fuel (MPG) by either the passenger capacity or the average occupancy.

27. The mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum), also known as the mistletoe flowerpecker,[2] is a species of flowerpecker native to most of Australia (though absent from Tasmania and the driest desert areas) and also to the eastern Maluku Islands of Indonesia in the Arafura Sea between Australia and New Guinea. The mistletoebird eats mainly the berries of the parasitic mistletoe and has adapted its digestive system to help spread the mistletoe seeds.

28. An aluminum Christmas tree is a type of artificial Christmas tree that was popular in the United States from 1958 until about the mid-1960s. As its name suggests, the tree is made of aluminum, featuring foil needles and illumination from below via a rotating color wheel. The aluminum Christmas tree was used as symbol of the commercialization of Christmas in the highly acclaimed and successful 1965 television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, which discredited its suitability as holiday decoration. By the mid-2000s aluminum trees found a secondary market online, often selling for high premiums. The trees have also appeared in museum collections.

29. The Human Flame is a comic book character, a supervillain in DC Comics' main shared universe.

30. Moods Condoms is a manufacturer of condoms made from natural rubber latex. It is manufactured HLL Lifecare Limited, a Government of India undertaking. HLL was started off in 1966 with the objective of producing condoms for the National Family Planning Program. Moods Condoms came into existence in mid-1968, when HLL Lifecare Limited decided to develop a product to target the premium and upper middle class segment of the urban population in India. HLL today is one of the world's largest manufacturers of condoms. As of December 2012, its annual production totals around 800 million pieces across the globe.

31. The Elephant Rocks in Antarctica are a group of three prominent rocks connected by shoals, located between Torgersen Island and the north-west entrance to Arthur Harbour, off the south-west coast of Anvers Island. The name became established locally among UdARP personnel at nearby Palmer Station in about 1971, as the rocks provide habitat favoured by elephant seals.

32. Spaghettieis (German pronunciation: [ʃpaˈɡɛtiˌaɪs]) is a German ice cream dish made to look like a plate of spaghetti. In the dish, vanilla ice cream is extrudedthrough a modified Spätzle press or potato ricer, giving it the appearance of spaghetti. It is then placed over whipped cream and topped with strawberry sauce (to simulate tomato sauce) and either coconut flakes, grated almonds, or white chocolate shavings to represent the parmesan cheese.

33. I'm Losing You is a 1998 American film written and directed by Bruce Wagner. The film starred Andrew McCarthy and is an adaptation of Wagner's 1996 novel I'm Losing You.

34. Dermestes maculatus is a species of beetle with a worldwide distribution, being present on all continents except Antarctica. In Europe, it is present in all countries.

35. The Photographer or Mr. Photographer (Spanish: El señor fotógrafo) is a 1953 Mexican comedy thriller film directed by Miguel M. Delgado and starring Cantinflas, Rosita Arenas and Ángel Garasa.[1]

36. "Epic Split" is a 75-second-long commercial released in late-2013 by Volvo Trucks. It features Jean-Claude Van Damme performing gymnastic splits between two moving trucks set to the music "Only Time" by Enya

37. "Cyber racism" is a term coined by Les Back in 2002[1] to capture the phenomenon of racism online, particularly on white supremacist web sites. The term encompasses racist rhetoric that is distributed through computer-mediated means and includes some or all of the following characteristics: Ideas of racial uniqueness, nationalism and common destiny; racial supremacy, superiority and separation; conceptions of racial otherness; and anti-establishment world-view.

38. Fissurina nigrolabiata is a species of lichen in the family Graphidaceae. Found in the Philippines, it was described as new to science in 2011.

39. Mount Harkness (86°4′S 150°36′WCoordinates: 86°4′S 150°36′W) is a mountain, 1,900 metres (6,200 ft) high, standing 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) south of the Organ Pipe Peaks and forming part of the east wall of Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named at that time by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd for Bruce Harkness, a friend of Richard S. Russell, Jr., a member of that party.

40. The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe.[12] It has an area of 4,475,757 km2 (1,728,099 sq mi) and an estimated population of about 513 million. The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where members have agreed to act as one. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services and capital within the internal market,[13] enact legislation in justice and home affairs and maintain common policies on trade,[14] agriculture,[15] fisheries and regional development.[16] For travel within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished.[17] A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency.

The 28 member states are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the UK.

22 of the 28 EU member states participate in the Schengen Area. Of the six EU members that are not part of the Schengen Area, four—Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, and Romania—are legally obliged to join the area in the future, while the other two—Ireland and the United Kingdom—maintain opt-outs. The four European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, are not members of the EU, but have signed agreements in association with the Schengen Agreement. Three European microstates—Monaco, San Marino, and the Vatican City—are de facto part of the Schengen Area. (less) (less)

Aurora

23 Jul, 19

1. Amatorculus is a genus of the jumping spiders, with two described species from Brazil. The genus name means "small friend" in Latin. The name stygius is Latin for "from hell". Amatorculus stygius

2. Ballistic foam is widely used in the manufacture and repair of aircraft to form a light but strong filler for aircraft wings. The foam is used to surround aircraft fuel tanks to reduce the chance of fires caused by the penetration of incendiary projectiles. Ballistic foam prevents fires, adds strength to the structure, slows down the speed of shrapnel during attacks, and offers cost-effective protection.

Ballistic foam is placed in the dry bays to provide a barrier between the spark and the fuel. As bullets or shrapnel penetrate the mold line skin surrounding the outermost portions of the dry bay, the ballistic foam deprives sparks of oxygen. Thus when the article punctures the fuel tank, a fire is not started. Not only does the foam displace oxygen, but all gases, including explosive vapors which could magnify the destructive effects of ballistic attack. Dry bays, voids, may also contain “onboard ignition sources” like hot surfaces and electrical sparks which benefit both from a lack of gases and the fire-retardant nature of the foam.

Ballistic foam strengthens aircraft by protecting it from fire as well as fluid while adding very little weight. The protection from fluid involves resisting damage by “moisture, hydrocarbon fuels, hydraulic fluids, and most common solvents”. The density of the foam varies with the type being used; Type 2.5 is a white to light amber foam weighing 2.5 pounds per cubic foot, while Type 1.8 is a pale blue to green foam weighing 1.8 pounds per cubic foot.

Chopped fiberglass strands embedded in the foam add to the structural integrity through physical support and shrapnel mitigation. The layer that strengthens the foam in turn strengthens the airframe. The layer of fiberglass also prevents shrapnel and bullets from rupturing the foam. The fiber glass then allows the damage caused by projectile penetration to heal more effectively.

The passive protection afforded by ballistic foam is very simple and inexpensive compared to active protection. One method of active protection is done by filling large dry bays with inert gases which will not sustain a flame. This process is very expensive and complex. Active protection only offers a “one time” chance for ballistic protection while the ballistic foam is always available.

3. The Henry Dorley Zoo is one of the best zoos in the world. So is the San Diego Zoo and the Zoo of Parrots in Spain, which also has orcas, and a few of those orcas have attacked their trainer, resulting in 1 trainer dying. Two orcas (not related to Parrot Zoo) in the US have been captured and attempt to relase them- one release was successful, the other was interrupted by native persons with canoes preventing the orca from being caged to be moved and eventually the orca went to rub up on a tugboat because that's how he got his "affection" and the motor sucked it in and the orca died.

4. In April 2011 there was a bombing (by bomb left in a backpack) at a cafe in Marrakesh, Morocco that killed 17 people and injured 25. Morrocco blamed Al Qaeda but Al Qaeda says they're innocent.

5. South Korea is ranked as the 43rd (2014) least corrupt country in the world, in 2016 it was downgraded to the 52nd least corrupt (more corrupt than previously). Almost 70% of South Koreans don't trust their government and less than 30% of the country is confident in the judicial system. South Korea is working to correct the problem. Denmark and New Zealand are the least corrupted countries in the world, tied for 1st. 3rd - 5th is Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland. The US ranks in 18th place. Somalia is the most corrupt country in the world, in 176th place. The 10 other countries at the bottom of the list are Iraq, Venezula, Guinea-Bissau, Afghanistan, Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, N Korea, and S Sudan.

6. Afognak is an island that is part of Alaska. It is about 670 square miles in size, which makes it the US's 18th largest island. Brown bears, Roosevelt elk, and Sitka black-tailed deer live on the island. 169 people live on the island and many more come to hunt and fish.

7. Megachile pereziana is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae

8. Body Rock is a 1984 film directed by Marcelo Epstein about a young man "from the streets" with a talent for break-dancing. It stars Lorenzo Lamas in the lead role of 'Chilly'. In his book The Official Razzie Movie Guide, John J. B. Wilson, founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards, listed the film as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.[2]

9. Adam Clayton Powell Jr was the first person of African-American descent to be elected from New York to Congress. He represented Harlem in the US House of Representatives from 1945-71 as a Democrat as supported civil rights and social issues along with urging the US to support emerging nations in Africa and Asia as they gained independence after colonialism. In 1961, after 16 years in the House, Powell became chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, the most powerful position held by an African American in Congress. Toward the end of his time in the House, he was removed from his position because of corruption allegations, but he got it back 2 years later in a Supreme Court ruling.

10. Christian Dornier is a French mass murderer, who shot to death his sister and mother and wounded his father with a 12-gauge shotgun on July 12, 1989. He then drove through the village of Luxiol and the adjacent area, shooting people at random. A total of 15 people were killed and seven others injured in his half-hour rampage, before police managed to subdue him. He was diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and thus could not be held accountable for his crime according to French law. He has been treated in a psychiatric hospital since April 1991.

11. Howie Hawkins is an American politician and activist with the Green Party of the United States who has ran in 20 elections, in 22 years, for various positions and has never won.

12. Giv'at Ze'ev is an Israeli settlement (founded on confinscated Palestinian land) in the West Bank, five kilometers northwest of Jerusalem. The town was founded in 1977 on the site of the abandoned Jordanian military camp, adjacent to the site of ancient Gibeon. In 2015 it had a population of 16,123. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. The religious population in mixed and includes Chardal, Dati Leumi, Charedi and Secular. There are about 20 orthodox synagogues in the town, with more expected to be built as the community expands.

13. Arthur Storer (c. 1648 – 1686) was America's first colonial astronomer. He came to Maryland from England. He was among the first observers to sight and record data about a magnificent comet that passed over in 1682. Storer's work shows up in a number of Newton's writings. The comet became known as Storer's Comet, until Edmund Halley later predicted the comet's return; thereafter this celestial marvel was known as Halley's Comet. His observations of the great comet of 1680 are mentioned twice in Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. A planetarium bearing Storer's name is located in Maryland.

14. Holly Louise Colvin is a retired English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She currently holds the record of being the youngest Test cricketer of either sex to play for England.

15. Scotland has over 790 offshore islands, most of which are to be found in four main groups: Shetland, Orkney, and the Hebrides, sub-divided into the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides.[1] There are also clusters of islands in the Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, and Solway Firth, and numerous small islands within the many bodies of fresh water in Scotland including Loch Lomond and Loch Maree.

16. Minutiae are, in everyday English, minor or incidental details. In biometrics and forensic science, minutiae are major features of a fingerprint, using which comparisons of one print with another can be made.

17. The Justice for All Party (JFAP) is a political party in Guyana.

18. Mister Bones (Robert Todd) is a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe, created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, and Todd McFarlane, in Infinity, Inc.#16 (July 1985). A former low-level supervillain, he reformed and joined the Infinity Inc. team, then later the (fictional) Department of Extranormal Operations (a government agency which regulates superhero activity) as a bureaucrat, eventually rising to the rank of Regional Director for the Eastern Seaboard. Thus, he now wears a suit and tie instead of a costume, and is also known as Director Bones.[1] A chain-smoker, he had a habit of speaking in rhyme in early appearances; however, he no longer does so.

19. A warded lock (also called a ward lock) is a type of lock that uses a set of obstructions, or wards, to prevent the lock from opening unless the correct key is inserted. The correct key has notches or slots corresponding to the obstructions in the lock, allowing it to rotate freely inside the lock.

20. "If I Fall You're Going Down with Me" is a song written by Matraca Berg and Annie Roboff, and recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was released in February 2001 as the sixth single from their album Fly. The song peaked at number 3 on the U.S. country charts.[1] It also reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100.

21. Mount Logan (9,087 feet (2,770 m)) is located in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington.[4] Mount Logan is in a remote location of North Cascades National Park that requires hiking 20 mi (32 km) from a trailhead to reach the peak. The mountain itself is not a difficult climb, though the easiest approaches require traversing glaciers and ropes are recommended.[3] The peak supports three glaciers including Banded Glacier to the north, Fremont Glacier to the southwest and Douglas Glacier on the southeast slopes.

22. Raphitoma arnoldi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae

23. The Mt. Hope Family Center, located in Rochester, NY, is a research center affiliated with the University of Rochester that integrates its research with clinical therapy methods. The Center focuses on helping at-risk impoverished families overcome challenges such as childhood maltreatment, trauma, and major depressive disorder.

24. Ghost in Love (Hangul: 자귀모; RR: Jagwimo; aka Suicide Ghost Club) is a 1999 South Korean film written by Li Hong-zhou and directed by Lee Kwang-hoon. The film stars Kim Hee-sun in the title role as the girlfriend of a man she suspects of cheating on her. She throws herself underneath an oncoming train (with some help from nearby ghosts), and discovers that in the afterlife she can roam as a ghost and take revenge, if she wants to, on her former boyfriend, who has quickly moved on. Lee Sung-jae also stars as Kantorates, a ghost who befriends the protagonist. The film was released on August 14, 1999.

25. 826 Boston is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center located in Egleston Square, a community situated between the Jamaica Plain and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. It is dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. (less) (less)

Makaeyla Zamora

15 Jul, 19

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Makaeyla Zamora