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1 -- Instituto Nacional de Colonización
2 -- John R. Ellis - Visual Effects Artist
3 -- Alena Kučerová - Artist
4 -- Roxy Chicken Jam - Female snowboarding competition
5 -- Marie Dacke - Professor of Sensory Biology her research focuses on nocturnal and diurnal compass systems
6 -- Crocus (mythology)-a mortal youth who was changed by the gods into a saffron flower
7 -- Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions - a set of jar and plaster inscriptions, stone incisions, and art discovered at the site of Kuntillet Ajrud.
8 -- Amateur telescope making
1 -- Instituto Nacional de Colonización
2 -- John R. Ellis - Visual Effects Artist
3 -- Alena Kučerová - Artist
4 -- Roxy Chicken Jam - Female snowboarding competition
5 -- Marie Dacke - Professor of Sensory Biology her research focuses on nocturnal and diurnal compass systems
6 -- Crocus (mythology)-a mortal youth who was changed by the gods into a saffron flower
7 -- Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions - a set of jar and plaster inscriptions, stone incisions, and art discovered at the site of Kuntillet Ajrud.
8 -- Amateur telescope making
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2. mercy health is a michigan based health care organization.
erli çupi is an albanian professional footballer currently playing for kosovan team ferizaj and the albanian under 21 football team.
Disappearance of Tracy Splinter
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Tracy_Splinter#/random
Splinter is(was?) a trilingual author. She vanished without a trace in August 2016. Splinter's parents have hired a private investigator to search for her. With the popularity of true crime podcasts these days, I wondered "Has anyone done one about Splinter?" Didn't find a podcast. BUT...A German dude who calls himself "The Universal Genius" has a theory:
https://logik-idee.com/2021/01/08/tracy-splinter-mord-und-das-universalgenie-manager-geliebte-in-chur-ihm-nach-vals-in-familienurlaub-nachgereist-sein-doppelleben-gefaehrdet-tot/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Tracy_Splinter#/random
Splinter is(was?) a trilingual author. She vanished without a trace in August 2016. Splinter's parents have hired a private investigator to search for her. With the popularity of true crime podcasts these days, I wondered "Has anyone done one about Splinter?" Didn't find a podcast. BUT...A German dude who calls himself "The Universal Genius" has a theory:
https://logik-idee.com/2021/01/08/tracy-splinter-mord-und-das-universalgenie-manager-geliebte-in-chur-ihm-nach-vals-in-familienurlaub-nachgereist-sein-doppelleben-gefaehrdet-tot/
1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Andhra_Pradesh_cyclone#/random
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.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Andhra_Pradesh_cyclone#/random
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.
Checker Hall
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Hall#/random
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
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum_of_Parts#/random
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.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Hall#/random
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
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum_of_Parts#/random
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.)
Thames Nautical Training College https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Nautical_Training_College#/random
Basically a continually floating school for people interested in becoming naval officers or working seamen. Cue Looking Glass...
The 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_Baseball_Tournament#/random
UCLA won in a clean sweep. It was the school's first national baseball title ever.
1984 Indian vice presidential election
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Indian_vice_presidential_election#/random
R. Venkataraman defeated B. C. Kamble 71.05% to 28.95%.
Some interesting things about India's system of government: It ends up having a lot in common with England's (which makes sense since it was a former British colony) and by extension a lot in common with the U.S. (since us "colonists" stole a lot from England's system of governance as well).
The Vice President serves a 5 year term and would take over if the President is impeached. They have a bicameral legislature. The veep is head of the "higher" house. (The Rajya Sabha)
Basically a continually floating school for people interested in becoming naval officers or working seamen. Cue Looking Glass...
The 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_Baseball_Tournament#/random
UCLA won in a clean sweep. It was the school's first national baseball title ever.
1984 Indian vice presidential election
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Indian_vice_presidential_election#/random
R. Venkataraman defeated B. C. Kamble 71.05% to 28.95%.
Some interesting things about India's system of government: It ends up having a lot in common with England's (which makes sense since it was a former British colony) and by extension a lot in common with the U.S. (since us "colonists" stole a lot from England's system of governance as well).
The Vice President serves a 5 year term and would take over if the President is impeached. They have a bicameral legislature. The veep is head of the "higher" house. (The Rajya Sabha)
1/50 - RENEA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RENEA
2/50 - Project.R - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project.R
3/50 - Kim Kyong-hwa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kyong-hwa
4/50 - Etapalli - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etapalli
5/50 - Hekiru Shiina - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekiru_Shiina
6/50 - Simon Gribelin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gribelin
7/50 - HD 21278 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_21278
8/50 - History of aerodynamics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aerodynamics
2/50 - Project.R - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project.R
3/50 - Kim Kyong-hwa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kyong-hwa
4/50 - Etapalli - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etapalli
5/50 - Hekiru Shiina - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekiru_Shiina
6/50 - Simon Gribelin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gribelin
7/50 - HD 21278 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_21278
8/50 - History of aerodynamics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aerodynamics
IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE (1974 film)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_People_(1974_film)
This West German documentary, directed by Ottokar Runze, has a novel premise: prisoners currently serving time are convened as a court to judge the fate of other prisoners at the same facility who murdered fellow inmates. It won the Silver Bear award at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.
Hazara University
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazara_University
A college in Pakistan seated on the junction of the sub-continent, China and Central Asia established 2001. Its motto is "Get Knowledge". No, I am NOT making that up.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_People_(1974_film)
This West German documentary, directed by Ottokar Runze, has a novel premise: prisoners currently serving time are convened as a court to judge the fate of other prisoners at the same facility who murdered fellow inmates. It won the Silver Bear award at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.
Hazara University
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazara_University
A college in Pakistan seated on the junction of the sub-continent, China and Central Asia established 2001. Its motto is "Get Knowledge". No, I am NOT making that up.
KING OF THE DANCEHALL (SONG)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Dancehall_(song)
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.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Dancehall_(song)
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.
GEOLOGY OF NORFOLK
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Norfolk#/random
Sorry if you're a geology fan but this and the small Polish Town entry are the last interesting so far IMHO. This is a region in eastern England. Oldest rocks from late Mesozoic/Cenozoic period dating back to the split of Pangaea. Sedimentary rocks: muddy limestone and Jurassic must ones.
LIST OF SCULPTURES IN HERĂSTRĂU PARK
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sculptures_in_Her%C4%83str%C4%83u_Park#/random
Park is in Bucharest, Romania. Most interesting one in my opinion is bases on a Romanian folktale about three shepherds and a talking ewe. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miori%C8%9Ba)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Norfolk#/random
Sorry if you're a geology fan but this and the small Polish Town entry are the last interesting so far IMHO. This is a region in eastern England. Oldest rocks from late Mesozoic/Cenozoic period dating back to the split of Pangaea. Sedimentary rocks: muddy limestone and Jurassic must ones.
LIST OF SCULPTURES IN HERĂSTRĂU PARK
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sculptures_in_Her%C4%83str%C4%83u_Park#/random
Park is in Bucharest, Romania. Most interesting one in my opinion is bases on a Romanian folktale about three shepherds and a talking ewe. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miori%C8%9Ba)
GIANT HAWAIIAN DARNER
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Hawaiian_darner#/random
This is one of the biggest of the "modern" dragonfly species but "big" is relative when wingspan is 152mm. 🤷♂️
DAVE CURREY (AMERICAN FOOTBALL)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Currey_(American_football)#/random
So my apologies if you're a big fan of college football coach Currey but it kinda seems like the phrase "meh" was invented just for him. (As a college coach anyhow. His coaching career for high school WAS impressive: 26-6 over 2 years).
He had a 22 year head coaching career beginning in 1967 with his best year in 1980 at Long Beach State with an 8-3 record, undefeated within the conference but 3-3 outside of the PCAA.
So Currey was this massive unstoppable coaching force within the PCAA right? Just ruling it for six years?
Nah. His record was 40-36 INSIDE the conference and 19-17 OUTSIDE of it. So more wins than losses but not THAT impressive.
Nevertheless, this just barely in the W column stretch convinced the University of Cincinnati to take Currey on as coach for five years where in his best years (1985-1986) he led the Bearcats to almost (ALMOST!) break even..5-6 each year.
His career record is 59-72.
2019-20 SUPER LEAGUE GREECE
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Super_League_Greece#/random
Continuing the "football" theme. 1.1 million Greeks watched their games that year.
DUNBAR SCHOOL (FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar_School_(Fairmont,_West_Virginia)#/random
Historic black school in Marion County, West Virginia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Hawaiian_darner#/random
This is one of the biggest of the "modern" dragonfly species but "big" is relative when wingspan is 152mm. 🤷♂️
DAVE CURREY (AMERICAN FOOTBALL)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Currey_(American_football)#/random
So my apologies if you're a big fan of college football coach Currey but it kinda seems like the phrase "meh" was invented just for him. (As a college coach anyhow. His coaching career for high school WAS impressive: 26-6 over 2 years).
He had a 22 year head coaching career beginning in 1967 with his best year in 1980 at Long Beach State with an 8-3 record, undefeated within the conference but 3-3 outside of the PCAA.
So Currey was this massive unstoppable coaching force within the PCAA right? Just ruling it for six years?
Nah. His record was 40-36 INSIDE the conference and 19-17 OUTSIDE of it. So more wins than losses but not THAT impressive.
Nevertheless, this just barely in the W column stretch convinced the University of Cincinnati to take Currey on as coach for five years where in his best years (1985-1986) he led the Bearcats to almost (ALMOST!) break even..5-6 each year.
His career record is 59-72.
2019-20 SUPER LEAGUE GREECE
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Super_League_Greece#/random
Continuing the "football" theme. 1.1 million Greeks watched their games that year.
DUNBAR SCHOOL (FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar_School_(Fairmont,_West_Virginia)#/random
Historic black school in Marion County, West Virginia
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seo_Tai_Ji_(album)
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A647_road
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwierzyniec_Trzeci
Zwierzyniec Trzeci
A village in southern Poland, population 315 as of 2008 (saaaaa-lute!)
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seo_Tai_Ji_(album)
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A647_road
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwierzyniec_Trzeci
Zwierzyniec Trzeci
A village in southern Poland, population 315 as of 2008 (saaaaa-lute!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Mein_Volk
An Mein Volk
German expression meaning “To My People”. Prussian King Frederick William III issued the Au Mein Volk proclamation in 1813 asking for their support against the armies of Napoleon. The document was the start of the German Campaign of 1813 which culminated in Bonaparte’s ouster as ruler of France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm%C3%A9ry
Colméry
A French commune. Most recent census (2004) showed 293 living there. Saaaaaa-lute!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriospermum_paradoxum
Eriospermum_paradoxum
A flowering geophytic plant (“geophytic” means the plant stores extra food below ground) indigenous to South Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Beverages_Philippines
Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines
In the Philippines, Coke bottles and distributes 19 brands out of 19 plants and 50 sales offices/distribution centers. They employ over 9700 Filipinos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Action_Bloc
Popular Action Bloc
A Kuwaiti political party considered to be center-right. Party is headed by Ahmed Al-Sadoun.
An Mein Volk
German expression meaning “To My People”. Prussian King Frederick William III issued the Au Mein Volk proclamation in 1813 asking for their support against the armies of Napoleon. The document was the start of the German Campaign of 1813 which culminated in Bonaparte’s ouster as ruler of France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm%C3%A9ry
Colméry
A French commune. Most recent census (2004) showed 293 living there. Saaaaaa-lute!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriospermum_paradoxum
Eriospermum_paradoxum
A flowering geophytic plant (“geophytic” means the plant stores extra food below ground) indigenous to South Africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Beverages_Philippines
Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines
In the Philippines, Coke bottles and distributes 19 brands out of 19 plants and 50 sales offices/distribution centers. They employ over 9700 Filipinos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Action_Bloc
Popular Action Bloc
A Kuwaiti political party considered to be center-right. Party is headed by Ahmed Al-Sadoun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forzani
Owned largest sporting goods chain in Canada. Ex-Canadian Football League player who ended up as part-owner of his former team (Calgary Stampeders)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0lham_Tanui_%C3%96zbilen
Turkish middle distance runner who is current world junior record holder for the mile run with a time of 3:49.29, set in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Newchurch
Medieval English church dating to the 13th century located on the Isle of Wight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Chai
Currently the Chief Financial Officer of Uber. Alumnus of Harvard Business School.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Montoya
In 1996, Montoya became the first Hispanic to serve as Treasurer of New Mexico. 3 years after leaving office, he was convicted of racketeering and served a 40 month prison sentence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Miller_(poet)
Ohio born poet who won a Fulbright to Queen’s University Belfast in 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Schaus
Schaus was a NCAA/NBA basketball player (West Virginia Mountaineers/Indiana Pistons/New York Knicks), college coach/athletic director (West Virginia/Purdue) and NBA coach/GM (Los Angeles Lakers). First player at West Virginia to score 1,000 career points. First coach to reach the NIT finals, NCAA finals, and the NBA Finals.
Owned largest sporting goods chain in Canada. Ex-Canadian Football League player who ended up as part-owner of his former team (Calgary Stampeders)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0lham_Tanui_%C3%96zbilen
Turkish middle distance runner who is current world junior record holder for the mile run with a time of 3:49.29, set in 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Newchurch
Medieval English church dating to the 13th century located on the Isle of Wight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Chai
Currently the Chief Financial Officer of Uber. Alumnus of Harvard Business School.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Montoya
In 1996, Montoya became the first Hispanic to serve as Treasurer of New Mexico. 3 years after leaving office, he was convicted of racketeering and served a 40 month prison sentence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Miller_(poet)
Ohio born poet who won a Fulbright to Queen’s University Belfast in 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Schaus
Schaus was a NCAA/NBA basketball player (West Virginia Mountaineers/Indiana Pistons/New York Knicks), college coach/athletic director (West Virginia/Purdue) and NBA coach/GM (Los Angeles Lakers). First player at West Virginia to score 1,000 career points. First coach to reach the NIT finals, NCAA finals, and the NBA Finals.
1. Arthur S Abramson 1/5/21
2. The Star 1/8/21
3. The Tower and The Hive 1/11/21
4. Information Awareness Office 1/13/21
5. Royal Leerdam Crystal 1/15/21
6. Roger de Piles artists from France 1/18/21
7. Muge Angli 1/27/21
8. Elsa Torikka 2/1/21
9. Kristiyan Petkov 2/10/21
10. Juan de Aragon 2/11/21
11. Norfenfluramine 2/23/21
12. Craig Foster 2/23/21
13. Fredrich Gottfried Abel 2/23/21
14. Freienorla 2/24/21
15.Ptosis crutches 2/24/21
16. Cellulin 3/2/21
17. Murder of Zhang Hong Jie 3/2/21
18. Wilemowice 3/15/21
19. Bellingham riots 3/22/21
20. Tom D Crouch 3/22/21
21. Van Hoorn 3/30/21
22. Jaracz, Greater Poland Voivodship 3/30/21
23. Franco Levi 4/8
24. Acmispon procumbens 4/8
25. Balerdi 4/9
26. 1894 Rush Medical football team 4/8
27. George Boardman 4/23
28. Mystic Ballet 4/23
29. Coliseo Polideportivo 4/26
30. Stadelhofen 4/26
31. Pavel Ubri 4/27
32. All Saints Church Thornton Hough 4/27
33. Jebel Al Wakra 5/4
34. Gulab Singh 5/4
35. Cabazon, CA 5/25
36. Nadim Karam 5/25
37. Popovo, Podujevo 5/25
38. Binary file 5/26
39. RNB Research 5/26
40. NGC 6326 6/7
41. Christian Ratsch 6/7
42. Conservative Collegiate Forum 6/8
43. Roman Cieslak 6/8
44. Internal Resources Division 6/9
45. Macrosaccus robiniella 6/9
46. New Century Network 6/9
47. Ancylosis glaphyria 6/17
48. Marin Lapos 6/17
49. Ljubomir Nedic 6/17
50. Synodontis polyodon 6/17
2. The Star 1/8/21
3. The Tower and The Hive 1/11/21
4. Information Awareness Office 1/13/21
5. Royal Leerdam Crystal 1/15/21
6. Roger de Piles artists from France 1/18/21
7. Muge Angli 1/27/21
8. Elsa Torikka 2/1/21
9. Kristiyan Petkov 2/10/21
10. Juan de Aragon 2/11/21
11. Norfenfluramine 2/23/21
12. Craig Foster 2/23/21
13. Fredrich Gottfried Abel 2/23/21
14. Freienorla 2/24/21
15.Ptosis crutches 2/24/21
16. Cellulin 3/2/21
17. Murder of Zhang Hong Jie 3/2/21
18. Wilemowice 3/15/21
19. Bellingham riots 3/22/21
20. Tom D Crouch 3/22/21
21. Van Hoorn 3/30/21
22. Jaracz, Greater Poland Voivodship 3/30/21
23. Franco Levi 4/8
24. Acmispon procumbens 4/8
25. Balerdi 4/9
26. 1894 Rush Medical football team 4/8
27. George Boardman 4/23
28. Mystic Ballet 4/23
29. Coliseo Polideportivo 4/26
30. Stadelhofen 4/26
31. Pavel Ubri 4/27
32. All Saints Church Thornton Hough 4/27
33. Jebel Al Wakra 5/4
34. Gulab Singh 5/4
35. Cabazon, CA 5/25
36. Nadim Karam 5/25
37. Popovo, Podujevo 5/25
38. Binary file 5/26
39. RNB Research 5/26
40. NGC 6326 6/7
41. Christian Ratsch 6/7
42. Conservative Collegiate Forum 6/8
43. Roman Cieslak 6/8
44. Internal Resources Division 6/9
45. Macrosaccus robiniella 6/9
46. New Century Network 6/9
47. Ancylosis glaphyria 6/17
48. Marin Lapos 6/17
49. Ljubomir Nedic 6/17
50. Synodontis polyodon 6/17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Toland
Greg Toland
Twice winner of AP Best Sports Story awards in Pennsylvania and South Carolina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamane_Oumarou
Mamane Oumarou
Nigerian politican, served as Niger’s Prime Minister twice in the 1980s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_South_China_Sea_Parade
2018 South China Sea Parade
A naval parade of the Chinese Communist Party. According to the Party, it was the largest parade of that type in 600 years.
Steven Gan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Gan
Journalist considered an “agitator” by the Malaysian government for publishing news they sought to censor such as a 1995 expose about 59 prison inmates who died in a detention camp of preventable disesases (typhoid and beriberi). Jailed by the government in 1996 after reporting at the Asia Pacific Conference and named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Seeking to circumvent government censorship of print media, he founded the news website Malaysiakini.com in 1999 and grew it to become the 14th most visited Malaysian site. The site has been the victim of several cyberattacks during its existence which Gan has blamed on the Malaysian authorities.
Dhaka Wanderers Club
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka_Wanderers_Club
A Bangladeshi soccer club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. If I am understanding the terminology correctly, they were a sort of regional club or farm club similar to a “AA” minor league baseball team. In 2020, the entire club moved to the Bangladesh Championship League which seems to be the equivalent of a “AAA” minor league for soccer in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Premier League is the top professional league.
Greg Toland
Twice winner of AP Best Sports Story awards in Pennsylvania and South Carolina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamane_Oumarou
Mamane Oumarou
Nigerian politican, served as Niger’s Prime Minister twice in the 1980s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_South_China_Sea_Parade
2018 South China Sea Parade
A naval parade of the Chinese Communist Party. According to the Party, it was the largest parade of that type in 600 years.
Steven Gan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Gan
Journalist considered an “agitator” by the Malaysian government for publishing news they sought to censor such as a 1995 expose about 59 prison inmates who died in a detention camp of preventable disesases (typhoid and beriberi). Jailed by the government in 1996 after reporting at the Asia Pacific Conference and named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Seeking to circumvent government censorship of print media, he founded the news website Malaysiakini.com in 1999 and grew it to become the 14th most visited Malaysian site. The site has been the victim of several cyberattacks during its existence which Gan has blamed on the Malaysian authorities.
Dhaka Wanderers Club
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka_Wanderers_Club
A Bangladeshi soccer club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. If I am understanding the terminology correctly, they were a sort of regional club or farm club similar to a “AA” minor league baseball team. In 2020, the entire club moved to the Bangladesh Championship League which seems to be the equivalent of a “AAA” minor league for soccer in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Premier League is the top professional league.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Lin-Manuel_Miranda
Never knew that he was a McArthur Award “genius” or that he had a Pulitzer I will have to look for the one that got a Pulitzer nom but didn’t win (“In the Heights”) just in case it’s as good as “Hamilton” was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Widows_of_Thursdays
AKA “Las viudas de los jueves” in the original Spanish. It’s a crime drama. No real mention of any notoriety critically though so I probably won’t go to the trouble of watching it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement
An entirely new religion (distinct from the existing “major” religions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism) so it can’t be merely a new denomination of offshoot of those. Depending on the categorizing authority to be “new” it originated either after 1830 (the Latter Day Saint movement being the first of these “NRMs”) or after the Second World War ended in 1945 with some authorities saying after the 1960s. Some of the more widely known NRMs include the Latter Day Saints (“Mormons”), Unification Church (“Moonies”), the Nation of Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Scientology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picton_Road,_New_South_Wales
If you find yourself Down Under in Picton, this will get you to Wollongong. (Sorry there really wasn’t anything of much interest here)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Hardy_Eckstorm
A writer, ornithologist and folklorist particularly renowned as an expert of Maine Founded a National Audubon Society chapter at Smith College (in Massachusetts). Made history in 1889 by becoming the first female school superintendent in Maine.
Never knew that he was a McArthur Award “genius” or that he had a Pulitzer I will have to look for the one that got a Pulitzer nom but didn’t win (“In the Heights”) just in case it’s as good as “Hamilton” was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Widows_of_Thursdays
AKA “Las viudas de los jueves” in the original Spanish. It’s a crime drama. No real mention of any notoriety critically though so I probably won’t go to the trouble of watching it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement
An entirely new religion (distinct from the existing “major” religions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism) so it can’t be merely a new denomination of offshoot of those. Depending on the categorizing authority to be “new” it originated either after 1830 (the Latter Day Saint movement being the first of these “NRMs”) or after the Second World War ended in 1945 with some authorities saying after the 1960s. Some of the more widely known NRMs include the Latter Day Saints (“Mormons”), Unification Church (“Moonies”), the Nation of Islam, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Scientology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picton_Road,_New_South_Wales
If you find yourself Down Under in Picton, this will get you to Wollongong. (Sorry there really wasn’t anything of much interest here)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Hardy_Eckstorm
A writer, ornithologist and folklorist particularly renowned as an expert of Maine Founded a National Audubon Society chapter at Smith College (in Massachusetts). Made history in 1889 by becoming the first female school superintendent in Maine.
6) Paul Aksel Johansen
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Aksel_Johansen#/random
A wheelchair curler. And a pretty good one judging by his Norwegian team making the Paralympic Championship six times.
7) The Batcave
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batcave#/random
Yes, THAT Batcave although there are other articles about its use in a non-literal sense. I like Batman but I'm not a fanboy so there were some cool factoids I learned. Such as to get to the secret entrance behind the grandfather clock you "unlock" the door by setting the clock hands to the exact time when Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered. Or that originally there was no cave at all...just an underground tunnel from Wayne Manor to an old barn where the Batmobile was kept hidden.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Aksel_Johansen#/random
A wheelchair curler. And a pretty good one judging by his Norwegian team making the Paralympic Championship six times.
7) The Batcave
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batcave#/random
Yes, THAT Batcave although there are other articles about its use in a non-literal sense. I like Batman but I'm not a fanboy so there were some cool factoids I learned. Such as to get to the secret entrance behind the grandfather clock you "unlock" the door by setting the clock hands to the exact time when Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered. Or that originally there was no cave at all...just an underground tunnel from Wayne Manor to an old barn where the Batmobile was kept hidden.
5) Besselian elements
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besselian_elements
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_O%27Kelly
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_National_Ballet
One of the four major British ballet companies in operation since 1950.
9) Georgy Roshko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Roshko
Roman Catholic priest who converted from Russian Orthodox Church In 1933. Known for working to assist development of Catholicism in the Orient.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besselian_elements
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_O%27Kelly
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_National_Ballet
One of the four major British ballet companies in operation since 1950.
9) Georgy Roshko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Roshko
Roman Catholic priest who converted from Russian Orthodox Church In 1933. Known for working to assist development of Catholicism in the Orient.
1)Loring, Alaska
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loring,_Alaska
This was a one-time cannery and fishing village on Revillagigedo Island but the post office closed in 1936 leaving this as a Census designated place only. It's located on the archipelago part of the state about 15 miles north of Ketchikan and had a population of 4 in the 2010 Census. READ 2/19/2020
2) Pierre Berès
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Ber%C3%A8s
Berès was a “famous” French bookseller. The inventory of his Paris shop proved worth $35M euros In 2005 at auction. READ 2/20/2020
3) Sweet 'n' Short
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_%27n_Short
This article about a 1991 movie shot in South Africa was so confusing that this is either a true summation of the strangest comedy ever filmed or the article was written while under the influence. It’s disjointed enough that I would consider watching the film In order to restructure the article into something passing for coherence. And dig the tagline: “Oh Schucks...it's the New South Africa!.” READ 2/20/2020
4) Pierazzo (crater)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierazzo_(crater)
This one was kinda heavy on jargon (“The ejecta blanket contains multiple lobate impact melt flows”). About all I really got out of it was that it was named after an Italian scientist who studied impact craters and that it is, itself, an impact crater. I get the idea that it’s a “big deal” among lunar craters because its creation sent out rays for about 50 miles in all directions. READ 2/20/2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loring,_Alaska
This was a one-time cannery and fishing village on Revillagigedo Island but the post office closed in 1936 leaving this as a Census designated place only. It's located on the archipelago part of the state about 15 miles north of Ketchikan and had a population of 4 in the 2010 Census. READ 2/19/2020
2) Pierre Berès
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Ber%C3%A8s
Berès was a “famous” French bookseller. The inventory of his Paris shop proved worth $35M euros In 2005 at auction. READ 2/20/2020
3) Sweet 'n' Short
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_%27n_Short
This article about a 1991 movie shot in South Africa was so confusing that this is either a true summation of the strangest comedy ever filmed or the article was written while under the influence. It’s disjointed enough that I would consider watching the film In order to restructure the article into something passing for coherence. And dig the tagline: “Oh Schucks...it's the New South Africa!.” READ 2/20/2020
4) Pierazzo (crater)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierazzo_(crater)
This one was kinda heavy on jargon (“The ejecta blanket contains multiple lobate impact melt flows”). About all I really got out of it was that it was named after an Italian scientist who studied impact craters and that it is, itself, an impact crater. I get the idea that it’s a “big deal” among lunar craters because its creation sent out rays for about 50 miles in all directions. READ 2/20/2020
A fun way to do something "nerdy"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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50 random articles were read. 50 new pieces of information were learned but sadly not retained. Maybe if the articles had been more exciting!
1. Rolsø Parish
2. James Rooke (British Army officer, born 1770)
3. Schwerer Gustav ( German railway gun)
4. Castelló de la Plana railway station
5. Seishirō Etō
6. Blepharomastix carthaghalis - Peruvian Moth found in 1924
7. Puerto Rico Highway 111
8. List of Kannada films of 1987
9 DeRidder Homestead
10. Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia
11.USS Indian Island (AG-77)
12.BK Astrio
13. The Platinum Collection (a 2006 compilation album by Gary Moore)
14. 1966–67 Cupa României (he 29th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.)
2. James Rooke (British Army officer, born 1770)
3. Schwerer Gustav ( German railway gun)
4. Castelló de la Plana railway station
5. Seishirō Etō
6. Blepharomastix carthaghalis - Peruvian Moth found in 1924
7. Puerto Rico Highway 111
8. List of Kannada films of 1987
9 DeRidder Homestead
10. Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia
11.USS Indian Island (AG-77)
12.BK Astrio
13. The Platinum Collection (a 2006 compilation album by Gary Moore)
14. 1966–67 Cupa României (he 29th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.)
50. Stomatosuchidae
(try and pronounce that!!)
An extinct family of neosuchian crocodylomorphs. It is defined as the most inclusive clade containing Stomatosuchus inermis but not Notosuchus terrestris, Simosuchus clarki, Araripesuchus gomesii, Baurusuchus pachecoi, Peirosaurus torminni, or Crocodylus niloticus. Two genera are known to belong to Stomatosuchidae: Stomatosuchus, the type genus, and Laganosuchus. Fossils have been found from Egypt, Morocco, and Niger. Both lived during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The skulls of stomatosuchids are said to be platyrostral because they have unusually flattened, elongate, duck-shaped craniums with U-shaped jaws. This platyrostral condition is similar to what is seen in the "nettosuchid" Mourasuchus, which is not closely related to stomatosuchids as it is a more derived alligatoroid that existed during the Miocene.
Can't understand a word of this one, but at least he looks cool...
(try and pronounce that!!)
An extinct family of neosuchian crocodylomorphs. It is defined as the most inclusive clade containing Stomatosuchus inermis but not Notosuchus terrestris, Simosuchus clarki, Araripesuchus gomesii, Baurusuchus pachecoi, Peirosaurus torminni, or Crocodylus niloticus. Two genera are known to belong to Stomatosuchidae: Stomatosuchus, the type genus, and Laganosuchus. Fossils have been found from Egypt, Morocco, and Niger. Both lived during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The skulls of stomatosuchids are said to be platyrostral because they have unusually flattened, elongate, duck-shaped craniums with U-shaped jaws. This platyrostral condition is similar to what is seen in the "nettosuchid" Mourasuchus, which is not closely related to stomatosuchids as it is a more derived alligatoroid that existed during the Miocene.
Can't understand a word of this one, but at least he looks cool...
49. Ashkelon dog cemetery
The Ashkelon dog cemetery is a burial ground in the city of Ashkelon in Israel where possibly thousands of dogs were interred in the fifth to third centuries BC. The majority of the dogs were puppies; all had similarities to the modern Canaan Dog, perhaps representing the ancestral population from which the modern breed is descended. It is the largest known cemetery of this kind in the ancient world. Its discoverer suggests that it may have been the product of a religious cult focused on the reputed healing properties of dogs' saliva, and an otherwise obscure reference in the Book of Deuteronomy may refer to similar cultic activities in Jerusalem. Alternatively, it may have been the site of a facility for breeding dogs for trade in the Near East.
The Ashkelon dog cemetery is a burial ground in the city of Ashkelon in Israel where possibly thousands of dogs were interred in the fifth to third centuries BC. The majority of the dogs were puppies; all had similarities to the modern Canaan Dog, perhaps representing the ancestral population from which the modern breed is descended. It is the largest known cemetery of this kind in the ancient world. Its discoverer suggests that it may have been the product of a religious cult focused on the reputed healing properties of dogs' saliva, and an otherwise obscure reference in the Book of Deuteronomy may refer to similar cultic activities in Jerusalem. Alternatively, it may have been the site of a facility for breeding dogs for trade in the Near East.
48. Jensen-Healey
The Jensen-Healey (1972–76) is a British two-seater convertible sports car, the best-selling Jensen of all time. In total 10,503 (10 prototypes, 3,347 Mk.1 and 7,146 Mk.2) were produced by Jensen Motors Ltd. in West Bromwich, England. A related fastback, the Jensen GT, was introduced in 1975.
Launched in 1972 as a fast, luxurious and competent convertible sports car, it was positioned in the market between the Triumph TR6 and the Jaguar E-Type. The 50/50 weight balance achieved by the use of the all alloy Lotus 907 engine led to universal praise as having excellent handling.
The Jensen-Healey (1972–76) is a British two-seater convertible sports car, the best-selling Jensen of all time. In total 10,503 (10 prototypes, 3,347 Mk.1 and 7,146 Mk.2) were produced by Jensen Motors Ltd. in West Bromwich, England. A related fastback, the Jensen GT, was introduced in 1975.
Launched in 1972 as a fast, luxurious and competent convertible sports car, it was positioned in the market between the Triumph TR6 and the Jaguar E-Type. The 50/50 weight balance achieved by the use of the all alloy Lotus 907 engine led to universal praise as having excellent handling.
47. Bee Palmer
Beatrice C. "Bee" Palmer (11 September 1894 – 22 December 1967) was an American singer and dancer born in Chicago, Illinois.
Palmer first attracted significant attention as one of the first exponents of the "shimmy" dance in the late 1910s. She was sometimes credited as the creator of the "shimmy" (although there were other claimants at the time as well).
She first appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1918.
She toured with an early jazz band, which included such notables as Emmett Hardy, Leon Ropollo and Santo Pecora in addition to pianist/songwriter Al Siegel (whom Palmer married). The band was called "Bee Palmer's New Orleans Rhythm Kings". With some personnel changes, the Rhythm Kings went on to even greater fame after parting ways with Palmer.
In 1921, an alleged affair with boxing champ Jack Dempsey created a scandal and a lawsuit.
She is credited as co-composer of the pop song standard "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone".
She made a few recordings which were not issued at the time (including a session with Frankie Trumbauer). Thanks to surviving test pressings/masters, the recordings were finally issued in the 1990s and 2000s.
Beatrice C. "Bee" Palmer (11 September 1894 – 22 December 1967) was an American singer and dancer born in Chicago, Illinois.
Palmer first attracted significant attention as one of the first exponents of the "shimmy" dance in the late 1910s. She was sometimes credited as the creator of the "shimmy" (although there were other claimants at the time as well).
She first appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1918.
She toured with an early jazz band, which included such notables as Emmett Hardy, Leon Ropollo and Santo Pecora in addition to pianist/songwriter Al Siegel (whom Palmer married). The band was called "Bee Palmer's New Orleans Rhythm Kings". With some personnel changes, the Rhythm Kings went on to even greater fame after parting ways with Palmer.
In 1921, an alleged affair with boxing champ Jack Dempsey created a scandal and a lawsuit.
She is credited as co-composer of the pop song standard "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone".
She made a few recordings which were not issued at the time (including a session with Frankie Trumbauer). Thanks to surviving test pressings/masters, the recordings were finally issued in the 1990s and 2000s.
46. Lerala
Lerala is a village in Central District of Botswana. The village is located at the south-eastern end of the Tswapong Hills, 30 km from the Limpopo River and the border with South Africa and approximately 90 km east of Palapye. The population of Lerala was 5,747 in 2001 census.
An Australian company, DiamonEx Limited, is planning to open a diamond mine 15 km north-west of the village. The mine also known as Martins Drift Diamond Project is scheduled to open early 2008 and will employ 230–290 people to produce an estimated 330,000 carats (66 kg) per year. Previously a joint company between De Beers and the Botswana government operated between 1998–2001 a smaller exploratory diamond mine at the same site.
Lerala is a village in Central District of Botswana. The village is located at the south-eastern end of the Tswapong Hills, 30 km from the Limpopo River and the border with South Africa and approximately 90 km east of Palapye. The population of Lerala was 5,747 in 2001 census.
An Australian company, DiamonEx Limited, is planning to open a diamond mine 15 km north-west of the village. The mine also known as Martins Drift Diamond Project is scheduled to open early 2008 and will employ 230–290 people to produce an estimated 330,000 carats (66 kg) per year. Previously a joint company between De Beers and the Botswana government operated between 1998–2001 a smaller exploratory diamond mine at the same site.
45. Comanchero
The Comancheros were traders based in northern and central New Mexico who made their living by trading with the nomadic Great Plains Indian tribes, in northeastern New Mexico, West Texas, and other parts of the southern plains of North America. Comancheros were so named because the Comanches, in whose territory they traded, were considered their best customers. They traded manufactured goods (tools and cloth), flour, tobacco, and bread for hides, livestock and slaves from the Comanche. As the Comancheros did not have sufficient access to weapons and gunpowder, there is disagreement about how much they traded these with the Comanche.
The Comancheros were traders based in northern and central New Mexico who made their living by trading with the nomadic Great Plains Indian tribes, in northeastern New Mexico, West Texas, and other parts of the southern plains of North America. Comancheros were so named because the Comanches, in whose territory they traded, were considered their best customers. They traded manufactured goods (tools and cloth), flour, tobacco, and bread for hides, livestock and slaves from the Comanche. As the Comancheros did not have sufficient access to weapons and gunpowder, there is disagreement about how much they traded these with the Comanche.
44. Missouri Military Academy
The Missouri Military Academy (MMA) is a private preparatory school established on November 22, 1889, in Mexico, Missouri, U.S. It is a selective, all male, boarding school, grades 7 to 12. As a U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Honor Unit With Distinction (as designated by the Department of the Army), it has the privilege of nominating cadets to the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, and U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
The Missouri Military Academy (MMA) is a private preparatory school established on November 22, 1889, in Mexico, Missouri, U.S. It is a selective, all male, boarding school, grades 7 to 12. As a U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Honor Unit With Distinction (as designated by the Department of the Army), it has the privilege of nominating cadets to the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, and U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
44. The Rich-Tone Chorus
The Rich-Tone Chorus is an all-female, barbershop chorus, located in northern Texas in the United States. The group was founded in 1968 in the city of Richardson. The current musical director is Dale Syverson who has held that position since 1976.
The Rich-Tone Chorus is a chapter, located in Northern Texas, of a worldwide non-profit organization known as Sweet Adelines International. This is a group of over 30,000 women committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance.
The members of the Rich-Tone Chorus range in age from 17 to 75 and come from all over the North Texas area. The membership is drawn from a cross-section of society, including accountants, doctors, engineers, homemakers, nurses and teachers.
The Rich-Tones' musical repertoire includes contemporary hits, big band, Broadway and American classics.
The Rich-Tone Chorus is an all-female, barbershop chorus, located in northern Texas in the United States. The group was founded in 1968 in the city of Richardson. The current musical director is Dale Syverson who has held that position since 1976.
The Rich-Tone Chorus is a chapter, located in Northern Texas, of a worldwide non-profit organization known as Sweet Adelines International. This is a group of over 30,000 women committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance.
The members of the Rich-Tone Chorus range in age from 17 to 75 and come from all over the North Texas area. The membership is drawn from a cross-section of society, including accountants, doctors, engineers, homemakers, nurses and teachers.
The Rich-Tones' musical repertoire includes contemporary hits, big band, Broadway and American classics.
43. Battle of Elixheim
The Battle of Elixheim, 18 July 1705, also known as the Passage of the Lines of Brabant was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The Duke of Marlborough successfully broke through the French Lines of Brabant, an arc of defensive fieldworks stretching in a seventy-mile arc from Antwerp to Namur. Although he was unable to bring about a decisive battle, the breaking and subsequent razing of the lines would prove critical to the allied victory at Ramillies the next year.
Early in the campaigning season, Marlborough attempted to launch an invasion of France up the Moselle valley. This effort was halted by a combination of supply shortages and an excellent French defensive position in front of Sierck, and Marlborough and his army were recalled by the Dutch States General when Marshall Villeroi attacked and took the fortress of Huy and threatened Liege. Having rushed back to the Low Countries (and forcing Villeroi to retreat behind his defenses), Marlborough retook Huy, and then planned to break through the lines to bring Villeroi to battle.
The Battle of Elixheim, 18 July 1705, also known as the Passage of the Lines of Brabant was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The Duke of Marlborough successfully broke through the French Lines of Brabant, an arc of defensive fieldworks stretching in a seventy-mile arc from Antwerp to Namur. Although he was unable to bring about a decisive battle, the breaking and subsequent razing of the lines would prove critical to the allied victory at Ramillies the next year.
Early in the campaigning season, Marlborough attempted to launch an invasion of France up the Moselle valley. This effort was halted by a combination of supply shortages and an excellent French defensive position in front of Sierck, and Marlborough and his army were recalled by the Dutch States General when Marshall Villeroi attacked and took the fortress of Huy and threatened Liege. Having rushed back to the Low Countries (and forcing Villeroi to retreat behind his defenses), Marlborough retook Huy, and then planned to break through the lines to bring Villeroi to battle.
42. Amonafide
Amonafide (originally AS1413) (INN, trade names Quinamed and Xanafide) is a drug that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to a novel family of chemotherapeutic drugs called Naphthalimides and is a potential topoisomerase inhibitor and DNA intercalator.
It is being developed as an anti-cancer therapy by Antisoma.[1]
As of 2008, it is in Phase III clinical trials. e.g. In March 2010 it is Phase III trial against secondary acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).[2] In June 2010, it gained an FDA Fast Track Status for the treatment of Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.
Amonafide (originally AS1413) (INN, trade names Quinamed and Xanafide) is a drug that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to a novel family of chemotherapeutic drugs called Naphthalimides and is a potential topoisomerase inhibitor and DNA intercalator.
It is being developed as an anti-cancer therapy by Antisoma.[1]
As of 2008, it is in Phase III clinical trials. e.g. In March 2010 it is Phase III trial against secondary acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).[2] In June 2010, it gained an FDA Fast Track Status for the treatment of Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.
41. Volunteer Point
Volunteer Point is a headland on the east coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, to the north north east (as the crow flies) of Stanley, and east of Johnson's Harbour and Berkeley Sound.
It is at the end of a narrow peninsula, which protects Volunteer Lagoon. At its landward end is Volunteer Shanty, a well maintained outhouse, which was used by trekkers until a few years ago.
Volunteer Point is a headland on the east coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, to the north north east (as the crow flies) of Stanley, and east of Johnson's Harbour and Berkeley Sound.
It is at the end of a narrow peninsula, which protects Volunteer Lagoon. At its landward end is Volunteer Shanty, a well maintained outhouse, which was used by trekkers until a few years ago.
40. Balthazar
Saint Balthazar; also called Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea, was according to tradition one of the biblical Magi along with Gaspar and Melchior who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Balthazar is traditionally referred to as the King of Arabia and gave the gift of myrrh to Jesus. In the Western Christian church, he is regarded as a saint (as are the other two Magi).
Saint Balthazar; also called Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea, was according to tradition one of the biblical Magi along with Gaspar and Melchior who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Balthazar is traditionally referred to as the King of Arabia and gave the gift of myrrh to Jesus. In the Western Christian church, he is regarded as a saint (as are the other two Magi).
39. The Bodmin & Wenford Railway
The Bodmin & Wenford Railway (BWR) is a heritage railway, based at Bodmin in Cornwall, England. It has an interchange with the national rail network at Bodmin Parkway railway station, the southern terminus of the line.
The Great Western Railway opened its branch line from Bodmin Road to Bodmin General 27 May 1887, and on 3 September 1888 a junction line was opened to connect with the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway which had opened its line from Bodmin North to Wadebridge in 1834. The line closed on 3 October 1983 following the demise of freight traffic from Wenford.
In 1984 the Bodmin Railway Preservation Society was formed, and they held their first open day at Bodmin General two years later. 1987 saw the Cornish Steam Locomotive Society move their equipment from Bugle to Bodmin.
A Light Railway Order was granted in 1989, and the following year passenger services recommenced between Bodmin General and Bodmin Road, although by now that station had been renamed "Bodmin Parkway". A new intermediate station known as Colesloggett Halt was brought into use. In 1996 the former junction line was also reopened, with another new station provided as Boscarne Junction.
The Bodmin & Wenford Railway (BWR) is a heritage railway, based at Bodmin in Cornwall, England. It has an interchange with the national rail network at Bodmin Parkway railway station, the southern terminus of the line.
The Great Western Railway opened its branch line from Bodmin Road to Bodmin General 27 May 1887, and on 3 September 1888 a junction line was opened to connect with the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway which had opened its line from Bodmin North to Wadebridge in 1834. The line closed on 3 October 1983 following the demise of freight traffic from Wenford.
In 1984 the Bodmin Railway Preservation Society was formed, and they held their first open day at Bodmin General two years later. 1987 saw the Cornish Steam Locomotive Society move their equipment from Bugle to Bodmin.
A Light Railway Order was granted in 1989, and the following year passenger services recommenced between Bodmin General and Bodmin Road, although by now that station had been renamed "Bodmin Parkway". A new intermediate station known as Colesloggett Halt was brought into use. In 1996 the former junction line was also reopened, with another new station provided as Boscarne Junction.
38. Gillian Barge
Gillian Barge, born Gillian Bargh, (27 May 1940 – 19 November 2003) was an English stage, television and film actress.
She was born in Hastings, Sussex and she started acting at the age of 17, training at the Birmingham Theatre School.
Gillian performed on the stage internationally, as well as in Britain where she has played all the major London theatres. Her stage roles included The Cherry Orchard (as Varya), Measure For Measure (Isabella) and The Winter's Tale (Paulina). In 2001 she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Passion Play at the Donmar Warehouse.
In addition to her theatre work, Gillian Barge has numerous television appearances to her credit. These include guest appearances on episodes of Pie in the Sky (1996), Lovejoy (1994), Midsomer Murders (2002), One Foot in the Grave(1990), All Creatures Great and Small (1980), Van der Valk(1977) and Softly, Softly (1972). Her film credits include The National Health (1973).
Her second husband was the actor Clive Merrison. She died in 2003 of cancer, aged 63.
Gillian Barge, born Gillian Bargh, (27 May 1940 – 19 November 2003) was an English stage, television and film actress.
She was born in Hastings, Sussex and she started acting at the age of 17, training at the Birmingham Theatre School.
Gillian performed on the stage internationally, as well as in Britain where she has played all the major London theatres. Her stage roles included The Cherry Orchard (as Varya), Measure For Measure (Isabella) and The Winter's Tale (Paulina). In 2001 she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Passion Play at the Donmar Warehouse.
In addition to her theatre work, Gillian Barge has numerous television appearances to her credit. These include guest appearances on episodes of Pie in the Sky (1996), Lovejoy (1994), Midsomer Murders (2002), One Foot in the Grave(1990), All Creatures Great and Small (1980), Van der Valk(1977) and Softly, Softly (1972). Her film credits include The National Health (1973).
Her second husband was the actor Clive Merrison. She died in 2003 of cancer, aged 63.
37. Treaty of Peace Between Japan and India
The Treaty of Peace Between Japan and India (日本国とインドとの間の平和条約) was a peace treaty signed on June 9, 1952 restoring relations between the two nations.
India, as part of the British Empire, had full diplomatic relations with Japan until end of World War II. After the war Ally Forces occupied Japan and India gained its independence on August 15, 1947. In 1951, the San Francisco Peace Conference was held with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru refusing to attend the conference, because he considered the provisions of the San Francisco Treaty to be limiting Japanese sovereignty. After the conference, on April 28, 1952, Japan regained their sovereignty with the withdrawal of most occupational forces.
The Treaty of Peace Between Japan and India (日本国とインドとの間の平和条約) was a peace treaty signed on June 9, 1952 restoring relations between the two nations.
India, as part of the British Empire, had full diplomatic relations with Japan until end of World War II. After the war Ally Forces occupied Japan and India gained its independence on August 15, 1947. In 1951, the San Francisco Peace Conference was held with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru refusing to attend the conference, because he considered the provisions of the San Francisco Treaty to be limiting Japanese sovereignty. After the conference, on April 28, 1952, Japan regained their sovereignty with the withdrawal of most occupational forces.
36. DVONN
A two-player strategy board game in which the objective is to accumulate pieces in stacks. It was released in 2001 by Kris Burm as the fourth game of the GIPF Project. DVONN won the 2002 International Gamers Award and the Games magazine Game of the Year Award in 2003.
DVONN is played on a board with 49 spaces. The board has a hexagonal layout 5 hexes wide. One player has 23 black pieces to play, the other player has 23 white pieces. There are also 3 neutral red pieces, called DVONN pieces.
The object of the game is to control more pieces than your opponent at the end of the game.
A two-player strategy board game in which the objective is to accumulate pieces in stacks. It was released in 2001 by Kris Burm as the fourth game of the GIPF Project. DVONN won the 2002 International Gamers Award and the Games magazine Game of the Year Award in 2003.
DVONN is played on a board with 49 spaces. The board has a hexagonal layout 5 hexes wide. One player has 23 black pieces to play, the other player has 23 white pieces. There are also 3 neutral red pieces, called DVONN pieces.
The object of the game is to control more pieces than your opponent at the end of the game.
35. Boombox
Boombox (subtitled The Remix Album 2000–2008) is a remix album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by Parlophone on 17 December 2008. The album contains remixes produced between 2000 and 2008, including a remix of the previously unreleased title track, "Boombox".
Boombox (subtitled The Remix Album 2000–2008) is a remix album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by Parlophone on 17 December 2008. The album contains remixes produced between 2000 and 2008, including a remix of the previously unreleased title track, "Boombox".
34. The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a graph that plots the ongoing change in concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere since the 1950s. It is based on continuous measurements taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii that began under the supervision of Charles David Keeling. Keeling's measurements showed the first significant evidence of rapidly increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Many scientists credit Keeling's graph with first bringing the world's attention to the current increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Charles David Keeling, of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, was the first person to make frequent regular measurements of the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, taking readings at the South Pole and in Hawaii from 1958 onwards. According to Dr Naomi Oreskes, Professor, History of Science at Harvard University, it is one of the most important scientific works of the 20th century.
Measurements of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere had been taken prior to the Mauna Loa measurements, but on an ad-hoc basis across a variety of locations. Guy Stewart Callendar had shown a steady increase in concentrations since the 19th century.[4] Keeling had perfected the measurement techniques and observed "strong diurnal behavior with steady values of about 310 ppm in the afternoon" at three locations: Big Sur near Monterey, rain forests of the Olympic Peninsula, and high mountain forests in Arizona. By measuring the ratio of two isotopes of carbon, Keeling attributed the diurnal change to respiration from local plants and soils, with afternoon values representative of the "free atmosphere". By 1960, Keeling and his group had determined that the measurement records from California, Antarctica, and Hawaii were long enough to see not just the diurnal and seasonal variations, but also a year-on-year increase that roughly matched the amount of fossil fuels burned per year. In the article that made him famous, Keeling observed: "at the South Pole the observed rate of increase is nearly that to be expected from the combustion of fossil fuel".
The Keeling Curve is a graph that plots the ongoing change in concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere since the 1950s. It is based on continuous measurements taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii that began under the supervision of Charles David Keeling. Keeling's measurements showed the first significant evidence of rapidly increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Many scientists credit Keeling's graph with first bringing the world's attention to the current increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Charles David Keeling, of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, was the first person to make frequent regular measurements of the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, taking readings at the South Pole and in Hawaii from 1958 onwards. According to Dr Naomi Oreskes, Professor, History of Science at Harvard University, it is one of the most important scientific works of the 20th century.
Measurements of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere had been taken prior to the Mauna Loa measurements, but on an ad-hoc basis across a variety of locations. Guy Stewart Callendar had shown a steady increase in concentrations since the 19th century.[4] Keeling had perfected the measurement techniques and observed "strong diurnal behavior with steady values of about 310 ppm in the afternoon" at three locations: Big Sur near Monterey, rain forests of the Olympic Peninsula, and high mountain forests in Arizona. By measuring the ratio of two isotopes of carbon, Keeling attributed the diurnal change to respiration from local plants and soils, with afternoon values representative of the "free atmosphere". By 1960, Keeling and his group had determined that the measurement records from California, Antarctica, and Hawaii were long enough to see not just the diurnal and seasonal variations, but also a year-on-year increase that roughly matched the amount of fossil fuels burned per year. In the article that made him famous, Keeling observed: "at the South Pole the observed rate of increase is nearly that to be expected from the combustion of fossil fuel".
33. Upper 10
Upper 10 is a caffeine free drink lemon-lime soft drink, similar to Sprite, Sierra Mist, and Bubble Up. It was bottled by RC Cola.
The Upper 10 brand debuted in 1933 as a product of the Nehi Corporation (later Royal Crown Corporation). Upper 10 was one of RC Cola's flagship brands throughout the company's history. However, with the acquisition of RC Cola by Cadbury Schweppes plc in 2000 and subsequent folding of company operations into Dr Pepper, Inc., bottlers have gradually discontinued bottling Upper 10 in favor of the similar, more popular and non-caffeinated 7 Up (which is also owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group).
Upper 10 is still sold outside North America by Cott Beverages, the same company that sells RC Cola internationally.
Upper 10 is a caffeine free drink lemon-lime soft drink, similar to Sprite, Sierra Mist, and Bubble Up. It was bottled by RC Cola.
The Upper 10 brand debuted in 1933 as a product of the Nehi Corporation (later Royal Crown Corporation). Upper 10 was one of RC Cola's flagship brands throughout the company's history. However, with the acquisition of RC Cola by Cadbury Schweppes plc in 2000 and subsequent folding of company operations into Dr Pepper, Inc., bottlers have gradually discontinued bottling Upper 10 in favor of the similar, more popular and non-caffeinated 7 Up (which is also owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group).
Upper 10 is still sold outside North America by Cott Beverages, the same company that sells RC Cola internationally.
32. Wedge Island
Wedge Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located within the island group known as the Gambier Islands near the entrance to Spencer Gulf. It is the largest of the Gambier Islands, covers an area of about 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) and is partly privately owned.
Wedge Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located within the island group known as the Gambier Islands near the entrance to Spencer Gulf. It is the largest of the Gambier Islands, covers an area of about 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi) and is partly privately owned.
31. The Telescope (Magritte)
The Telescope (French: Le Téléscope) is a 1963 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte.
The painting depicts a window through which a partly clouded blue sky can be seen. However, the right side of the window is partially open, revealing a black background where the viewer would expect to see a continuation of the clouds and sky.
The Telescope (French: Le Téléscope) is a 1963 oil on canvas painting by René Magritte.
The painting depicts a window through which a partly clouded blue sky can be seen. However, the right side of the window is partially open, revealing a black background where the viewer would expect to see a continuation of the clouds and sky.
30. Trifolium arvense
Trifolium arvense , commonly known as hare's-foot clover, rabbitfoot clover, stone clover or oldfield clover, is a flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae. This species of clover is native to most of Europe, excluding the Arctic zone, and western Asia, in plain or mid-mountain habitats up to 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) altitude. It grows in dry sandy soils, both acidic and alkaline, typically found at the edge of fields, in wastelands, at the side of roads, on sand dunes, and opportunistically in vineyards and orchards when they are not irrigated.
Trifolium arvense , commonly known as hare's-foot clover, rabbitfoot clover, stone clover or oldfield clover, is a flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae. This species of clover is native to most of Europe, excluding the Arctic zone, and western Asia, in plain or mid-mountain habitats up to 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) altitude. It grows in dry sandy soils, both acidic and alkaline, typically found at the edge of fields, in wastelands, at the side of roads, on sand dunes, and opportunistically in vineyards and orchards when they are not irrigated.
29. Dula-Horton Cemetery
An historic family cemetery located near Grandin, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was established in 1835, and has been the site of interments for five generations (68 members) of the extended Dula-Horton family and their Jones family kinsmen.
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
An historic family cemetery located near Grandin, Caldwell County, North Carolina. It was established in 1835, and has been the site of interments for five generations (68 members) of the extended Dula-Horton family and their Jones family kinsmen.
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
28. Alawa Language
Alawa (Galawa) is a moribund Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Alawa people of the Northern Territory. In 1991, it had 18 remaining speakers and 4 semi-speakers.
Alawa (Galawa) is a moribund Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Alawa people of the Northern Territory. In 1991, it had 18 remaining speakers and 4 semi-speakers.
27. Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison [d̪ʱ əni] (born 1 August 1978) is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and singer-songwriter who is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Harrison debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, Brainwashed, and completing it with the assistance of Jeff Lynne after his father's death in November 2001. (George Harrison went on to win Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the track, "Marwa Blues", at the 2004 Grammy Awards.) Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2002 and has performed at some of the world's most prestigious festivals including Coachella where Spin magazine dubbed their performance as one of the "best debut performance of the festival." The band also played Lollapalooza three times with Harrison joining the festival's founder Perry Farrell on a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" at 2010's event. In 2017 Harrison announced he would be playing his first-ever solo shows at the Panorama Festival in New York City.
In 2013 Harrison was the face of Gap's fall global campaign, entitled "Back To Blue."[4] In the same year Harrison launched his career as a composer, contributing to the score of the Warner Bros. movie Beautiful Creatures. Harrison has gone on to score the music for the TV show Good Girls Revolt, AMC's The Divide, Seattle Road, Learning to Drive, and, most recently, for the Paul Giamatti-produced show Outsiders.
Harrison released his first solo album, In Parallel, in October 2017.
Harrison's music collaborations span a diverse range of genres that have seen him tour with Eric Clapton, appear on the Wu-Tang Clan track "The Heart Gently Weeps", a reworking of The Beatles song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and joining Pearl Jam live on stage several times over the years. One of Harrison's notable collaborations was in 2004 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where he appeared alongside Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Prince on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", which was performed to mark the posthumous induction of his father.
Harrison's dedication to his father's musical legacy resulted in a week long run of shows on Conan dedicated to George Harrison, which culminated in a sold out George Fest event at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, which was later released as an album and documentary.
Harrison is named after the 6th and 7th notes of the Indian music scale, dha and ni. Dhani is also a raga in north Indian classical music. His first name is usually pronounced in English as "Danny."
Dhani Harrison [d̪ʱ əni] (born 1 August 1978) is a British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and singer-songwriter who is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Harrison debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, Brainwashed, and completing it with the assistance of Jeff Lynne after his father's death in November 2001. (George Harrison went on to win Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the track, "Marwa Blues", at the 2004 Grammy Awards.) Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2002 and has performed at some of the world's most prestigious festivals including Coachella where Spin magazine dubbed their performance as one of the "best debut performance of the festival." The band also played Lollapalooza three times with Harrison joining the festival's founder Perry Farrell on a cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" at 2010's event. In 2017 Harrison announced he would be playing his first-ever solo shows at the Panorama Festival in New York City.
In 2013 Harrison was the face of Gap's fall global campaign, entitled "Back To Blue."[4] In the same year Harrison launched his career as a composer, contributing to the score of the Warner Bros. movie Beautiful Creatures. Harrison has gone on to score the music for the TV show Good Girls Revolt, AMC's The Divide, Seattle Road, Learning to Drive, and, most recently, for the Paul Giamatti-produced show Outsiders.
Harrison released his first solo album, In Parallel, in October 2017.
Harrison's music collaborations span a diverse range of genres that have seen him tour with Eric Clapton, appear on the Wu-Tang Clan track "The Heart Gently Weeps", a reworking of The Beatles song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and joining Pearl Jam live on stage several times over the years. One of Harrison's notable collaborations was in 2004 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where he appeared alongside Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Prince on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", which was performed to mark the posthumous induction of his father.
Harrison's dedication to his father's musical legacy resulted in a week long run of shows on Conan dedicated to George Harrison, which culminated in a sold out George Fest event at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, which was later released as an album and documentary.
Harrison is named after the 6th and 7th notes of the Indian music scale, dha and ni. Dhani is also a raga in north Indian classical music. His first name is usually pronounced in English as "Danny."
26. Corpsicle
Corpsicle is a term that has been used in science fiction to refer to a corpse that has been cryonically cryopreserved. It is a portmanteau of "corpse" and "popsicle".
Its earliest printed usage in the current form dates from 1969 in science fiction author Fred Pohl's book The Age of the Pussyfoot, in which a corpsicle is referred to as "a zombie frozen in Alaska." The previous spelling, "corpse-sicle", also attributed to Pohl, appeared in the essay Immortality Through Freezing, published in the August 1966 issue of Worlds of Tomorrow.
Corpsicle is a term that has been used in science fiction to refer to a corpse that has been cryonically cryopreserved. It is a portmanteau of "corpse" and "popsicle".
Its earliest printed usage in the current form dates from 1969 in science fiction author Fred Pohl's book The Age of the Pussyfoot, in which a corpsicle is referred to as "a zombie frozen in Alaska." The previous spelling, "corpse-sicle", also attributed to Pohl, appeared in the essay Immortality Through Freezing, published in the August 1966 issue of Worlds of Tomorrow.
25. Project Socrates
Project Socrates was a classified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983 within the Reagan administration. It was founded and directed by physicist Michael C. Sekora to determine why the United States was unable to maintain economic competitiveness—and to rectify the situation.
According to Project Socrates:
[B]ird’s eye view of competition went far beyond, in terms of scope and completeness, the extremely narrow slices of data that were available to the professors, professional economists, and consultants that addressed the issue of competitiveness. The conclusions that the Socrates team derived about competitiveness in general and about the U.S. in particular were in almost all cases in direct opposition to what the professors, economists and consultants had been saying for years, and to what had been accepted as irrefutable underlying truths by decision-makers throughout the U.S.
When Reagan's presidential term ended and the Bush administration came to the White House, Project Socrates was labeled as "industrial policy", and began to fall from favor. As a result, in April 1990, the program was defunded.
Project Socrates was a classified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency program established in 1983 within the Reagan administration. It was founded and directed by physicist Michael C. Sekora to determine why the United States was unable to maintain economic competitiveness—and to rectify the situation.
According to Project Socrates:
[B]ird’s eye view of competition went far beyond, in terms of scope and completeness, the extremely narrow slices of data that were available to the professors, professional economists, and consultants that addressed the issue of competitiveness. The conclusions that the Socrates team derived about competitiveness in general and about the U.S. in particular were in almost all cases in direct opposition to what the professors, economists and consultants had been saying for years, and to what had been accepted as irrefutable underlying truths by decision-makers throughout the U.S.
When Reagan's presidential term ended and the Bush administration came to the White House, Project Socrates was labeled as "industrial policy", and began to fall from favor. As a result, in April 1990, the program was defunded.
24: Tees Transporter Bridge
The Tees Transporter Bridge, often referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees, England. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a travelling 'car', or 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road. Locally the bridge is often referred to simply as 'the Transporter'.
The Tees Transporter Bridge, often referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees, England. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a travelling 'car', or 'gondola', suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds. The gondola can carry 200 people, 9 cars, or 6 cars and one minibus. It carries the A178 Middlesbrough to Hartlepool road. Locally the bridge is often referred to simply as 'the Transporter'.
23. Villmark
A 2003 Norwegian thriller/horror film. It was nominated for an Amanda award in the categories of best film and best actor (Kristoffer Joner). The tagline of the film, "De skulle holdt seg unna det vannet", translates to "They should've stayed away from that lake".
The film was seen by over 150,000 Norwegians when it first premiered, and could be said to have re-introduced the thriller genre back into Norwegian film.
A 2003 Norwegian thriller/horror film. It was nominated for an Amanda award in the categories of best film and best actor (Kristoffer Joner). The tagline of the film, "De skulle holdt seg unna det vannet", translates to "They should've stayed away from that lake".
The film was seen by over 150,000 Norwegians when it first premiered, and could be said to have re-introduced the thriller genre back into Norwegian film.
22. ULTRA AP
A concept combat vehicle that was unveiled in September 2005 by the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology, under contract from the Office of Naval Research. This was followed in 2009 with the ULTRA II, which was more focused on further developing the crew compartment.
The Ultra AP was reviewed in Rolling Stone magazine, Fortune Magazine, USA Today, and Car and Driver magazine among many other publications. Currently, the U.S. military and the Department of Defense are in the process of replacing the HMMWV or Humvee, because they are being fielded in situations they were not designed for, such as taking on small arms fire, rocket propelled grenades, and improvised explosive devices. The Ultra AP is a concept vehicle, and is not part of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program to replace the Humvee.
A concept combat vehicle that was unveiled in September 2005 by the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology, under contract from the Office of Naval Research. This was followed in 2009 with the ULTRA II, which was more focused on further developing the crew compartment.
The Ultra AP was reviewed in Rolling Stone magazine, Fortune Magazine, USA Today, and Car and Driver magazine among many other publications. Currently, the U.S. military and the Department of Defense are in the process of replacing the HMMWV or Humvee, because they are being fielded in situations they were not designed for, such as taking on small arms fire, rocket propelled grenades, and improvised explosive devices. The Ultra AP is a concept vehicle, and is not part of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program to replace the Humvee.
21. HMS Tilbury
A 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 2 June 1733.
The Tilbury was part of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet and took part in the expedition to Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Tilbury was accidentally burnt in 1742
A 60-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Chatham Dockyard to the dimensions of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 2 June 1733.
The Tilbury was part of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon's fleet and took part in the expedition to Cartagena de Indias during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
Tilbury was accidentally burnt in 1742
20. Dudle
A village in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
19. Dew's Ponds
A 6.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) south of Halesworth in Suffolk. It is a Special Area of Conservation.
This site has a variety of types of grassland, hedges and ditches, on chalk overlain by boulder clay. However, it has been designated an SSSI primarily because it has twelve ponds with one of the largest breeding populations of great crested newts in Britain. There are also grass snakes, smooth newts and slowworms.
The site is private land with no public access.
A 6.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) south of Halesworth in Suffolk. It is a Special Area of Conservation.
This site has a variety of types of grassland, hedges and ditches, on chalk overlain by boulder clay. However, it has been designated an SSSI primarily because it has twelve ponds with one of the largest breeding populations of great crested newts in Britain. There are also grass snakes, smooth newts and slowworms.
The site is private land with no public access.
18. Armand Nicolet
A Swiss luxury watch manufacturer located in Tramelan, a mountain village in the Bernese Jura. Its history dates to its foundation in 1875.
A Swiss luxury watch manufacturer located in Tramelan, a mountain village in the Bernese Jura. Its history dates to its foundation in 1875.
17. Beach Cops
An Australian factual television series produced by and screened on the Seven Network. The series is filmed on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and follows the New South Wales Police Force operating in the local area while performing their duties.
The program is narrated by Layne Beachley. Northern Beaches local area commander Superintendent Dave Darcy had veto power over content in the series. This series follows on from other observational documentary series featuring police on the Seven Network such as The Force: Behind The Line and Highway Patrol.
An Australian factual television series produced by and screened on the Seven Network. The series is filmed on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and follows the New South Wales Police Force operating in the local area while performing their duties.
The program is narrated by Layne Beachley. Northern Beaches local area commander Superintendent Dave Darcy had veto power over content in the series. This series follows on from other observational documentary series featuring police on the Seven Network such as The Force: Behind The Line and Highway Patrol.
16. Mediterranean Pine Vole
A species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in France, Andorra, Portugal, and Spain where it lives in a network of shallow tunnels.
It has a head and body length of 3.5 to 4.25 inches (89 to 108 mm) and a short tail measuring 0.75 to 1.75 inches (19 to 44 mm). It weighs approximately 1 ounce (28 g). The head is broad, the ears small and the eyes medium-sized. The fur is soft and dense, the upperparts being yellowish grey-brown and the underparts somewhat paler. Young animals are rather more grey.
A species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in France, Andorra, Portugal, and Spain where it lives in a network of shallow tunnels.
It has a head and body length of 3.5 to 4.25 inches (89 to 108 mm) and a short tail measuring 0.75 to 1.75 inches (19 to 44 mm). It weighs approximately 1 ounce (28 g). The head is broad, the ears small and the eyes medium-sized. The fur is soft and dense, the upperparts being yellowish grey-brown and the underparts somewhat paler. Young animals are rather more grey.
15. Polyptych of Miglionico
A large, multicompartment Renaissance-style altarpiece painted in 1499 by Cima da Conegliano and now housed in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in the town of Miglionico, province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy.
The large altarpiece consists of 18 wooden panels painted with tempera and oil in a style pioneered by Giovanni Bellini. In the center of the work is an Enthroned Madonna with Child. To the left of the center panel is a standing St Francis of Assisi and St Jerome. To the right, St Peter and St Antony of Padua. Above are half-busts of St Clare, St Louis of Toulouse, St Bernardino of Siena, and St Catherine of Alexandria. Atop the piece is a Christ with an Annunciation. In the base are a series of Franciscan proto-martyrs. The central panel with a nativity scene is missing.
The work was originally present in a Franciscan structure in the Veneto, but acquired in 1598 by the Archbishop Marcantonio Mazzone. The center panel is signed by a JOANES BAPTISTA, which in 1907, along with the stylistic elements, led Martin Wackernagel to attribute the work to Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano.
A large, multicompartment Renaissance-style altarpiece painted in 1499 by Cima da Conegliano and now housed in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in the town of Miglionico, province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy.
The large altarpiece consists of 18 wooden panels painted with tempera and oil in a style pioneered by Giovanni Bellini. In the center of the work is an Enthroned Madonna with Child. To the left of the center panel is a standing St Francis of Assisi and St Jerome. To the right, St Peter and St Antony of Padua. Above are half-busts of St Clare, St Louis of Toulouse, St Bernardino of Siena, and St Catherine of Alexandria. Atop the piece is a Christ with an Annunciation. In the base are a series of Franciscan proto-martyrs. The central panel with a nativity scene is missing.
The work was originally present in a Franciscan structure in the Veneto, but acquired in 1598 by the Archbishop Marcantonio Mazzone. The center panel is signed by a JOANES BAPTISTA, which in 1907, along with the stylistic elements, led Martin Wackernagel to attribute the work to Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano.
14. Susan Spencer-Churchill
Susan Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (10 April 1767 – 2 April 1841), formerly Lady Susan Stewart, was the wife of George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough.
Lady Susan Stewart was the daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, and his second wife, the former Anne Dashwood. She married the future duke on 15 September 1791, when he was styled Marquess of Blandford. They were married at her father's house in St James's Square, London, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Moore.
In 1817 the marquess inherited the dukedom from his father, George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, at which point his wife became Duchess of Marlborough.
The duchess died at her house in Park Lane, London, aged 73. In the previous year two of her sons, Charles and Henry John, had died, along with Charles's wife and her husband the duke himself. She was buried in the chapel of Blenheim Palace.
Susan Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (10 April 1767 – 2 April 1841), formerly Lady Susan Stewart, was the wife of George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough.
Lady Susan Stewart was the daughter of John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway, and his second wife, the former Anne Dashwood. She married the future duke on 15 September 1791, when he was styled Marquess of Blandford. They were married at her father's house in St James's Square, London, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Moore.
In 1817 the marquess inherited the dukedom from his father, George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, at which point his wife became Duchess of Marlborough.
The duchess died at her house in Park Lane, London, aged 73. In the previous year two of her sons, Charles and Henry John, had died, along with Charles's wife and her husband the duke himself. She was buried in the chapel of Blenheim Palace.
13. Spiny Giant Frog
A species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola and known from the Massif de la Hotte, Massif de la Selle, and Sierra de Baoruco, occurring in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It is named after James W. Norton who accompanied Albert Schwartz in his 1974 expedition to Hispaniola and collected the holotype.
A species of frog in the Eleutherodactylidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola and known from the Massif de la Hotte, Massif de la Selle, and Sierra de Baoruco, occurring in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It is named after James W. Norton who accompanied Albert Schwartz in his 1974 expedition to Hispaniola and collected the holotype.
12. Oranjewoud
A small village in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Heerenveen, Friesland. Oranjewoud had a population of 1570 in January 2017. It is known for Oranjewoud Palace.
Oranjewoud Palace was built for the royal family. In 1676 Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau bought a country seat in the woods as a buitenplaats or summer residence. She was a Princess of Orange, and a widow of the Frisian Stadtholder Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz.
After her death, her daughter Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau owned the palace. Her architect Daniel Marot, known for Het Loo Palace, designed a new palace. Two wings were built, but the central building was never built.
After Princess Henriëtte's death, John William Friso, Prince of Orange lived in the palace. He died very early, and his wife, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel stayed at Oranjewoud after his death. Until 1747 the palace was often visited by the stadhouders. At that time William IV, Prince of Orange lived in Oranjewoud. William V, Prince of Orange visited the palace one last time in 1777.
Beside Oranjewoud Palace the royal family had another residence called Carolineburg. This was a small castle. Probably it was named after Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, who lived there. In 1774 it was demolished.
During the French Revolution the palace was demolished and the estate was sold to the Frisian nobility.
One of them was Hans Willem de Blocq van Scheltinga. In 1834 he built a new buitenplaats on the previously royal estate called Oranjewoud, after Oranjewoud Palace. This new buitenplaats was not longer owned by the royal family. It was occasionally visited by members of the royal family. King William I of the Netherlands, King William III of the Netherlands and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands all stayed at Oranjewoud.
Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince Claus of the Netherlands visited the buitenplaats as well. Later, the buitenplaats is owned by the Friesland Bank. now it is owned by the Bopper Fryslan Foundation.
A small village in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Heerenveen, Friesland. Oranjewoud had a population of 1570 in January 2017. It is known for Oranjewoud Palace.
Oranjewoud Palace was built for the royal family. In 1676 Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau bought a country seat in the woods as a buitenplaats or summer residence. She was a Princess of Orange, and a widow of the Frisian Stadtholder Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz.
After her death, her daughter Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau owned the palace. Her architect Daniel Marot, known for Het Loo Palace, designed a new palace. Two wings were built, but the central building was never built.
After Princess Henriëtte's death, John William Friso, Prince of Orange lived in the palace. He died very early, and his wife, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel stayed at Oranjewoud after his death. Until 1747 the palace was often visited by the stadhouders. At that time William IV, Prince of Orange lived in Oranjewoud. William V, Prince of Orange visited the palace one last time in 1777.
Beside Oranjewoud Palace the royal family had another residence called Carolineburg. This was a small castle. Probably it was named after Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, who lived there. In 1774 it was demolished.
During the French Revolution the palace was demolished and the estate was sold to the Frisian nobility.
One of them was Hans Willem de Blocq van Scheltinga. In 1834 he built a new buitenplaats on the previously royal estate called Oranjewoud, after Oranjewoud Palace. This new buitenplaats was not longer owned by the royal family. It was occasionally visited by members of the royal family. King William I of the Netherlands, King William III of the Netherlands and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands all stayed at Oranjewoud.
Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince Claus of the Netherlands visited the buitenplaats as well. Later, the buitenplaats is owned by the Friesland Bank. now it is owned by the Bopper Fryslan Foundation.
11. Egerton Collection
The Egerton Collection is a collection of historical manuscripts held in the British Library. The core of the collection comprises 67 manuscripts bequeathed to the British Museum in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, along with £12,000 (the Bridgewater fund). To this sum a further £3000 (the Farnborough Fund) was added in 1838 by Egerton's cousin, Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough. The income from the bequests is devoted to the purchase of further manuscripts, which are added to the original collection. This means that the Egerton series, unlike most other named series of manuscripts held by the Library, remains open to new accessions.
The Egerton Collection is a collection of historical manuscripts held in the British Library. The core of the collection comprises 67 manuscripts bequeathed to the British Museum in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, along with £12,000 (the Bridgewater fund). To this sum a further £3000 (the Farnborough Fund) was added in 1838 by Egerton's cousin, Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough. The income from the bequests is devoted to the purchase of further manuscripts, which are added to the original collection. This means that the Egerton series, unlike most other named series of manuscripts held by the Library, remains open to new accessions.
10. John Pople
Sir John Anthony Pople, KBE FRS (31 October 1925 – 15 March 2004) was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry.
After obtaining his PhD, he was a research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge and then from 1954 a lecturer in the mathematics faculty at Cambridge. In 1958, he moved to the National Physical Laboratory, near London as head of the new basics physics division. He moved to the United States of America in 1964, where he lived the rest of his life, though he retained British citizenship. Pople considered himself more of a mathematician than a chemist, but theoretical chemists consider him one of the most important of their number. In 1964 he moved to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had experienced a sabbatical in 1961 to 1962. In 1993 he moved to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where he was Trustees Professor of Chemistry until his death.
Pople received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1961. He was made a Knight Commander (KBE) of the Order of the British Empire in 2003. He was a founding member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.
An IT room and a scholarship are named after him at Bristol Grammar School, as is a supercomputer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.
Sir John Anthony Pople, KBE FRS (31 October 1925 – 15 March 2004) was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry.
After obtaining his PhD, he was a research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge and then from 1954 a lecturer in the mathematics faculty at Cambridge. In 1958, he moved to the National Physical Laboratory, near London as head of the new basics physics division. He moved to the United States of America in 1964, where he lived the rest of his life, though he retained British citizenship. Pople considered himself more of a mathematician than a chemist, but theoretical chemists consider him one of the most important of their number. In 1964 he moved to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he had experienced a sabbatical in 1961 to 1962. In 1993 he moved to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois where he was Trustees Professor of Chemistry until his death.
Pople received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1998. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1961. He was made a Knight Commander (KBE) of the Order of the British Empire in 2003. He was a founding member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.
An IT room and a scholarship are named after him at Bristol Grammar School, as is a supercomputer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center.
9. 9th Bomb Squadron
A squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 7th Operations Group, Global Strike Command, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron is equipped with the B-1B Lancer bomber.
Formed in June 1917, the 9 BS is the oldest bomb squadron in the Air Force. During World War I, the squadron was the first American night reconnaissance squadron to be organized. Later, it served with the Army Air Service and Army Air Corps in the Inter-War period and then served in Australia, Egypt and India during World War II. A part of Strategic Air Command during the Cold War, today the squadron is engaged as part of the Global War on Terrorism.
A squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 7th Operations Group, Global Strike Command, stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The squadron is equipped with the B-1B Lancer bomber.
Formed in June 1917, the 9 BS is the oldest bomb squadron in the Air Force. During World War I, the squadron was the first American night reconnaissance squadron to be organized. Later, it served with the Army Air Service and Army Air Corps in the Inter-War period and then served in Australia, Egypt and India during World War II. A part of Strategic Air Command during the Cold War, today the squadron is engaged as part of the Global War on Terrorism.
8. Ellis River
A 23-mile-long (37 km) river in Oxford County in western Maine. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River.
The river begins at the outlet of Ellis Pond in the northwest corner of Roxbury and flows southwest via a meandering course into Andover, passing the village of East Andover before turning more to the southeast near South Andover. The river enters the corporate limits of Rumford and joins the Androscoggin at the village of Rumford Point.
From South Andover to the river's mouth, the Ellis River is followed by Maine State Route 5. U.S. Route 2 crosses the river just above its outlet to the Androscoggin.
A 23-mile-long (37 km) river in Oxford County in western Maine. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River.
The river begins at the outlet of Ellis Pond in the northwest corner of Roxbury and flows southwest via a meandering course into Andover, passing the village of East Andover before turning more to the southeast near South Andover. The river enters the corporate limits of Rumford and joins the Androscoggin at the village of Rumford Point.
From South Andover to the river's mouth, the Ellis River is followed by Maine State Route 5. U.S. Route 2 crosses the river just above its outlet to the Androscoggin.
7. The Power Sword
A fictional sword from the Masters of the Universe toyline, sometimes also referred to as the Sword of Power and the Sword of Grayskull. It started out as a mystical object in the early stories, in which Skeletor tries to obtain both halves and put them together in order to gain control over Castle Grayskull, while He-Man's role is to stop him by using more regular weapons such as an axe and a shield.
With the arrival of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated series, the Power Sword became the means by which Prince Adam transforms into He-Man. The weapon kept the same basic shape during most of the 1980s, but then it was radically redesigned twice: for The New Adventures of He-Man as well as the 2002 remake of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
A fictional sword from the Masters of the Universe toyline, sometimes also referred to as the Sword of Power and the Sword of Grayskull. It started out as a mystical object in the early stories, in which Skeletor tries to obtain both halves and put them together in order to gain control over Castle Grayskull, while He-Man's role is to stop him by using more regular weapons such as an axe and a shield.
With the arrival of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated series, the Power Sword became the means by which Prince Adam transforms into He-Man. The weapon kept the same basic shape during most of the 1980s, but then it was radically redesigned twice: for The New Adventures of He-Man as well as the 2002 remake of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
6. Petrophila laurentialis
A moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1924. It is found in the north Saharan Desert.
A moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1924. It is found in the north Saharan Desert.
5. Wayne Robbins
Windom Wayne Robbins (July 22, 1914 – January 18, 1958) was an American author of horror and weird fiction. His work was primarily published in the Popular Publications catalog of weird menace pulp fiction. His first published short story was Horror's Holiday Special in the July 1939 issue of Dime Mystery Magazine.
Robert Kenneth Jones reported that Robbins "excelled in explosive chaos," and remarked on his "credible" speculative fiction, namely Test Tube Frankenstein, from the May 1940 issue of Terror Tales, a tale of biological mimicry along the lines of Don A. Stuart's Who Goes There?. Test Tube Frankenstein is featured in Sheldon Jaffery's anthology Sensuous Science Fiction of the Weird and Spicy Pulps, where it is offered as his prime example: "one of the best of its kind to be published."
Weird menace stories often dealt with conventional themes required by the publisher, themes in which an author might specialize. Stories involving "Inescapable Doom" were supplied by Donald Dale (Mary Dale Buckner); Mindret Lord handled the "Woman Without Volition"; Ray Cummings delivered stories about the "Girl Obsessed"; and many of Wayne Robbins' stories portrayed the "Man Obsessed," and a subsequent descent into madness.
Windom Wayne Robbins (July 22, 1914 – January 18, 1958) was an American author of horror and weird fiction. His work was primarily published in the Popular Publications catalog of weird menace pulp fiction. His first published short story was Horror's Holiday Special in the July 1939 issue of Dime Mystery Magazine.
Robert Kenneth Jones reported that Robbins "excelled in explosive chaos," and remarked on his "credible" speculative fiction, namely Test Tube Frankenstein, from the May 1940 issue of Terror Tales, a tale of biological mimicry along the lines of Don A. Stuart's Who Goes There?. Test Tube Frankenstein is featured in Sheldon Jaffery's anthology Sensuous Science Fiction of the Weird and Spicy Pulps, where it is offered as his prime example: "one of the best of its kind to be published."
Weird menace stories often dealt with conventional themes required by the publisher, themes in which an author might specialize. Stories involving "Inescapable Doom" were supplied by Donald Dale (Mary Dale Buckner); Mindret Lord handled the "Woman Without Volition"; Ray Cummings delivered stories about the "Girl Obsessed"; and many of Wayne Robbins' stories portrayed the "Man Obsessed," and a subsequent descent into madness.
4. Bounce Music
An energetic style of New Orleans hip hop music which is said to have originated as early as the late 1980s. Bounce is characterized by call-and-response-style party and Mardi Gras Indian chants and dance call-outs that are frequently hypersexual. These chants and call-outs are typically sung over the "Triggerman beat" which is sampled from the songs "Drag Rap" by the Showboys, "Brown Beat" by Cameron Paul, "Gin In My System" by Big Freedia, and also Derek B's "Rock The Beat". The sound of bounce has primarily been shaped by the recycling and imitation of the "Drag Rap" sample: its opening chromatic tics, the intermittent shouting of the word "break," the use of whistling as an instrumental element (as occurs in the bridge), the vocoded "drag rap" vocal and its brief and repetitive melody and quick beat (which were produced with use of synthesizers and drum machines and are easily sampled or reproduced using like-sounding elements). Typical of bounce music is the "shouting out" of or acknowledgment of geographical areas, neighborhoods and housing projects, particularly of the New Orleans area.
An energetic style of New Orleans hip hop music which is said to have originated as early as the late 1980s. Bounce is characterized by call-and-response-style party and Mardi Gras Indian chants and dance call-outs that are frequently hypersexual. These chants and call-outs are typically sung over the "Triggerman beat" which is sampled from the songs "Drag Rap" by the Showboys, "Brown Beat" by Cameron Paul, "Gin In My System" by Big Freedia, and also Derek B's "Rock The Beat". The sound of bounce has primarily been shaped by the recycling and imitation of the "Drag Rap" sample: its opening chromatic tics, the intermittent shouting of the word "break," the use of whistling as an instrumental element (as occurs in the bridge), the vocoded "drag rap" vocal and its brief and repetitive melody and quick beat (which were produced with use of synthesizers and drum machines and are easily sampled or reproduced using like-sounding elements). Typical of bounce music is the "shouting out" of or acknowledgment of geographical areas, neighborhoods and housing projects, particularly of the New Orleans area.
3. Wasi
An American punk/pop band fronted by Jessie Meehan (vocals), (bass guitar), (synthesizer) and Merilou Salazar (vocals), (guitar), (synthesizer). They combine their influences of social conscious lyrics, alternative hip hop production and infectious pop melodies to create their self defined genre: riot pop.
An American punk/pop band fronted by Jessie Meehan (vocals), (bass guitar), (synthesizer) and Merilou Salazar (vocals), (guitar), (synthesizer). They combine their influences of social conscious lyrics, alternative hip hop production and infectious pop melodies to create their self defined genre: riot pop.
2. Shimoa Hunan Centre
A supertall skyscraper under construction in Changsha, Hunan, China. It will be 347 metres (1,138.5 ft) tall. Construction started in 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2018.
A supertall skyscraper under construction in Changsha, Hunan, China. It will be 347 metres (1,138.5 ft) tall. Construction started in 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2018.
1. George Claessen
A Sri Lankan artist and poet whose art was characterised by his mystical outlook and beliefs. He was a founding member of the Colombo '43 Group. Claessen was born in Colombo and was a largely self-taught artist who began to paint professionally when, aged 29, he joined the Colombo Port Commission as a draughtsman. In 1943 Claessen was among the founding members of the Colombo '43 Group, who embranced modern European artistic forms over traditional Sri Lankan forms. During World War II the War Artists' Advisory Committee acquired a work by Claessen under a scheme for artworks by colonial artists. Claessen's painting was displayed at the National Gallery in 1945.
A Sri Lankan artist and poet whose art was characterised by his mystical outlook and beliefs. He was a founding member of the Colombo '43 Group. Claessen was born in Colombo and was a largely self-taught artist who began to paint professionally when, aged 29, he joined the Colombo Port Commission as a draughtsman. In 1943 Claessen was among the founding members of the Colombo '43 Group, who embranced modern European artistic forms over traditional Sri Lankan forms. During World War II the War Artists' Advisory Committee acquired a work by Claessen under a scheme for artworks by colonial artists. Claessen's painting was displayed at the National Gallery in 1945.
1.Resolutie 1924 veiligheidsraad VN -> troepen in Ivoorkust (2010)
2. Cladiella Krempfi -> zachte koraalsoort
3. Oyón -> provincie in Peru
4. Hippasa -> soort wolfspin
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6. Hästgrundreven -> Zweeds eiland
7. Frans Withoos -> Nederlands kunstschilder (1665-1705)
2. Cladiella Krempfi -> zachte koraalsoort
3. Oyón -> provincie in Peru
4. Hippasa -> soort wolfspin
5. Anterocythere purii -> mosselkreeftsoort
6. Hästgrundreven -> Zweeds eiland
7. Frans Withoos -> Nederlands kunstschilder (1665-1705)
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The R513 is a Regional Route in South Africa. It is an east-west route. The western origin is just north of Hartbeespoort, North West from the R511. From there it heads east, quickly crossing the border to Gauteng, and entering the city of Pretoria in the north-west. It meets with Pretoria's M17 at a staggered junction continuing through the suburbs of Akasia (as Brits Road) and Pretoria North (as Rachel de Beer Street). It then becomes co-signed with Pretoria's M1 and the R101 before emerging as the east-bound Sefako Makgatho (Zambesi) Drive, which runs through Annlin and Montana before forming an interchange with the N1 and exiting the city. Just east of the city, the R573 is given off, heading north-east. Continuing east it passes through the town of Cullinan where the R515 is given off, heading south. At Ekangala, the road meets the north-south R568 road at a t-junction. It is co-signed to the south for a short time, before the R513 leaves to the south-east to end at the R104 near Bronkhorstspruit.
43) ENMAX Centrium
The ENMAX Centrium is a two-tier 7,111-seat multi-purpose arena in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. It was built in 1991 and is the home arena of the Red Deer Rebels hockey team. The arena can hold a maximum of 7,819 people when floor seating is used. "Half house" seating is 3,357 when floor to ceiling divider curtains are used to mask off unused seating.
Located in Westerner Park in the south end of Red Deer, the Centrium is the largest indoor venue in Red Deer and Central Alberta. Besides hockey, it also hosts concerts, basketball, motor sports, ice shows, major curling events, circuses, boxing, rodeos, professional wrestling, trade shows and conventions.
Various notable artists have performed here, including Snoop Dogg, Mötley Crüe, Nickelback, Hilary Duff, Elton John, Bryan Adams, Billy Talent, Skillet, Rush, and Hedley.
The arena is currently named for ENMAX Consolidated, a utility services company which purchased the naming rights.
It was the primary site for the 1995 World Junior Hockey Championship, the 2004 and 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Game 7 of the 2007 Super Series
In 2012, the ENMAX Centrium expansion was completed. The recent expansion offers 13 more luxury suites, a new 40 seat club suite and an additional 1,000 seats.
The Centrium was the primary site for the 2016 Memorial Cup.
44) John Black
John Black (c. 1520–1587) was a Scottish singer and composer active in the Middle Renaissance period. Black was based in Aberdeen, working as a singer and assistant organist, and eventually became Master of the Song School in the city. Black at first refused to give up Catholicism during the Reformation, but by 1575 had abandoned holy orders and taken a wife.
Black wrote consorts and "lessons" on psalms as part of his work as a teacher, some of which are published in the Scottish manuscript The Art of Music, compiled in the late 1570s. A Pavan and Galliard dedicated to William Keith have also survived in Scottish manuscripts
45) CASP
Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction, or CASP, is a community-wide, worldwide experiment for protein structure prediction taking place every two years since 1994.[1] CASP provides research groups with an opportunity to objectively test their structure prediction methods and delivers an independent assessment of the state of the art in protein structure modeling to the research community and software users. Even though the primary goal of CASP is to help advance the methods of identifying protein three-dimensional structure from its amino acid sequence, many view the experiment more as a “world championship” in this field of science. More than 100 research groups from all over the world participate in CASP on a regular basis and it is not uncommon for entire groups to suspend their other research for months while they focus on getting their servers ready for the experiment and on performing the detailed predictions.
46) Paul de Vigne
Paul de Vigne (1843–1901), Belgian sculptor, was born at Ghent. He was trained by his father, a statuary, and began by exhibiting his Fra Angeico da Fiesole at the Ghent Salon in 1868. In 1872 he exhibited at the Brussels Salon a marble statue, Heliotrope (Ghent Gallery), and in 1875, at Brussels, Beatrix and Domenica. He was employed by the government to execute caryatides for the ornate facade of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. In 1876 at the Antwerp Salon he had busts of E. Hid and W. Wilson, which were afterwards placed in the communal museum at Brussels. Until 1882 he lived in Paris, where he produced the marble statue Immortality (Brussels Gallery), and The Crowning of Art, a bronze group on the facade of the Palais des Beaux-Arts at Brussels. His monument to the popular heroes, Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck, was unveiled at Bruges in 1887. At his death he left unfinished his principal work, the Anspach monument, which was erected at Brussels under the direction of the architect Janlet with the co-operation of various sculptors. Among other notable works by De Vigne may be mentioned Volumnia (18~5); Poverella (1878); a bronze bust of Psyche (Brussels Gallery), of which there is an ivory replica; the marble statue of Marnix de Ste Aldegonde on the Sablon Square, Brussels; the Metdepenningen monument in the cemetery at Ghent; and the monument to Canon de Haerne at Kortrijk.
47) Hal Reid
Hal Reed was the second head football coach for the University of Missouri Tigers located in Columbia, Missouri and he held that position for the 1891 season. His career coaching record at Missouri was 3 wins, 1 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 28th at Missouri in total wins and fourth at Missouri in winning percentage
48) 1925 Indianapolis 500
The 13th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1925.
Race winner Peter DePaolo became the first driver to complete the 500 miles in under five hours, and have an average over 100 mph. Norman Batten drove 21 laps of relief (laps 106-127) while DePaolo had his hands bandaged due to blisters and bruises.
49) Muriel Coleman
Muriel Evelyn Coleman (1917–2003) was an American designer who was a member of the Pacific Design Group based in California. She designed furniture through the material scarcity of post-World War II, and used rebar, metal rods and strips in her minimalist designs.Her works were included in the Autry National Center's California’s Designing Women, 1896–1986 exhibition.
Coleman received her MFA from Teachers College, Columbia University and studied in Paris with Andre Lhote. During World War II, prior to the invasion of Normandy, she helped decipher photographs of the French coastline while working for the forerunner of the CIA. She was President of the East Bay Artists' Association
50) Campus Community School
Campus Community School is a tuition free, public charter school located at 350 Pear Street in Dover, Delaware, in the United States.
He was also known as Dizi and was an Indian painter, cartoonist and sculptor. He was one of the most interesting Modern Artists in India.
2) The Order of the Belt of Hope!
I found out that this was a Knighthood Order which was founded in 1389 by King Charles VI of France and it was dedicated to "Our Lady who brings back home the lost hunters".
3) The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway.
This is a 2 feet (610mm) narrow gauge railway in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and it is laid on the trackbed of the former Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch of the Caledonian Railway which led off the main line between Carlisle and Glasgow at Elvanfoot.
4) The Goephanes Pictus.
This is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fairmaire in 1896.
5) The Razih District.
This is a district of the Sa'dah Governate, Yemen. As of 2003, it has a population of 62,915 inhabitants.
6) The Oath of Office (Judges) Order, 2000.
This is an order issued by then Chief Executive of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf in January 2000. It requires the Judge to take a fresh oath of office swearing allegiance to military rule. Judges must swear that they will make no decisions against the military rule.
7) Karacaahmet, Polath.
This is a village in the District of Polatli, Ankara Province, Turkey
8) John Rennie.
John Alexander Rennie is a former Zimbabwean cricket player who played 4 tests and 44 ODI's from 1993 to 2000. He used to wear prescription spectacles. He always played with the utmost heart and enthusiasm.
9) Lasiocampinae.
This is a subfamily of the Moth family Lasiocampidae.
10) Stolp Island.
This is a small island in the Fox River in Aurora, Illinois. In 1986, the island and its 41 buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Stolp Island Historic District. It covers 0.03 square miles (0.1 square km) of land area.
11) Women in (E)motion.
This is an album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 2002. It was recorded live for the Women in (E)motion Festival in Bremen, Germany in 1990.
12) Second Circle.
This is a song by the American electro-indrustrial band Finite Automata.It was released on May 1, 2015 by the band as a self-release in digital format. The track is a reference to the Second Circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno and deals with the concept of perversion and blind lust as a means of control.
13) Barry Bingham Jr.
He was an American newspaper publisher and television/radio executive. He was also the third and last generation of the Bingham family that controlled the Louisville daily newspaper, a television station and 2 radio stations.
Barry Jr. was the surviving son of Barry Bingham, Sr. The original plan by Bingham Sr. was for his son to control the family's broadcast properties, as well as the Standard Gravure rotogravure print plant. Robert Worth Bingham III , the brother of Barry Jr., was slated to run the newspapers, but Worth was killed in a freak driving accident at the age of 34 that broke his neck and killed him instantly in 1966 which changed the elder Bingham's plans, and Barry Jr. took over management of the newspapers in 1971.
He was a different breed of newspaper publisher. He insisted on professionalism at all levels, even to the point of insisting on the removal of his own wife, mother, and two sisters from the company board of directors. This ongoing struggle, particularly with sister Sallie Bingham, eventually led Bingham Sr., who remained chairman, to sell off the family media empire in 1986, with the newspapers being sold to Gannett Company, the radio stations to Clear Channel Communications, and WHAS-TV to The Providence Journal.
Barry sadly died of respiratory failure. He was survived by his wife, the 2 daughters he had from their marriage, 2 stepsons and 2 sisters, whom he fought for control of the media properties.
14) Roman Catholic Diocese of Kavieng
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kavieng is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabaul. It was erected Vicariate Apostolic in 1957 and elevated to a diocese in 1966.
15) Richard Mapuata N'Kiambi
Richard Mapuata N'Kiambi Esola (born 27 February 1965) is a retired Zaire international footballer, who played as a forward.
16) Constituency PP-147 (Lahore-XI)
PP-147 (Lahore-XI) is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab.[1]
17) Honorable Order of Molly Pitcher
The Honorable Order of Molly Pitcher is bestowed by the U.S. Field Artillery Association and the Air Defense Artillery Association to recognize women who have voluntarily contributed in a significant way to the improvement of the U.S. Field Artillery or Air Defense Artillery Communities. The award is named after Molly Pitcher who distinguished herself during the American revolutionary war.
18) Daryl Roth
Daryl Roth is an ten time Tony Award-winning Broadway producer who has produced over 90 productions on and off Broadway.
19) Roadkill Ghost Choir
Roadkill Ghost Choir is an American alternative rock band from DeLand, Florida.
In January 2014 they performed on Late Night with David Letterman, and have had notable appearances at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Governors Ball festivals. In August 2014, the band released their debut full-length album In Tongues, produced by Doug Boehm (Powderfinger, The Vines, Booker T. Jones).
Their sound has been described as "combining the experimental edge of Radiohead and the dusty roots-rock of Tom Petty, tailor-made for arena-sized, prog-rock festivals and grassy, pastoral stages alike
20) Different Fur
Different Fur Studios is a recording studio located in the Mission District area of San Francisco, California. Since 1968, Different Fur has recorded music from a wide range of artists, including major Grammy and Oscar-winning musicians as well as many important independent musicians.
21) Shingo La
Shingo-la is a mountain pass in India, on the border between Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. There is a shallow lake or pool 20m below the pass. The pass is on a long-distance footpath linking Zanskar and Lahaul, used often by locals and trekkers alike. For trekkers it is one of the technically easiest 5000m passes in Indian Himalaya, involving no glacier trekking nor steep climbs. There is snow on the pass all year round, although in the summer only a small stretch of snow has to be passed. There is no official sign proclaiming height of the pass. The height indicated by various trekking website varies from 4900 to 5100 meters.
This pass may be considered as an entry point to Lugnak Valley in Zanskar. The nearest inhabited village on Zanskar side is Kurgiak and on the Lahaul side is Chikka. Both the villages generally involves two days trekking from the pass. The base camp for crossing the pass are set up at Chumik Nakpo from Darcha side and Lakham from Padum side.
The Indian government is planning to build a road over Shingo La. Currently there is no road going south from Zanskar. However there is an unmetalled road till Zanskar Sumdo which is 9-10 hrs from this pass towards Darcha side. The four-wheelers however can come till Palamo which is around 8 km from Zanskar Sumdo towards Darcha side.
August 2016, the road now extends all the way to Shingo La, with plans for it to continue up the Zanskar Valley over the next two to four years.
22) Neven Jurica
Neven Jurica (born 4 April 1952) is a Croatian politician who worked in Croatian diplomacy between 1992 and 2009. Between February 2008 and September 2009 he was the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations.
23) Courtalain
Courtalain is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
24) Lucky, West Virginia
Lucky was an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
25) Philippe Contamine
Philippe Contamine (born 7 May 1932 in Metz) is a French historian of the Middle Ages who specialises in military history and the history of the nobility.
Contamine is a past president of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, the Société de l'histoire de France, and the Societé des Antiquaires de France. He taught at the Université de Nancy, the Université de Paris X at Nanterre and Université de Paris IV . He is an officer of the Légion d’Honneur and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
26) Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) is a labor union in the United States, that is affiliated with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU, AFL-CIO, CLC). It is certified by the NLRB and currently represents air traffic controllers who work in private sector air traffic control towers, and is actively organizing controllers nationwide. PATCO signed an Alliance Agreement with the Teamsters Airline Division on October 15, 2008. The union also includes hundreds of former controllers fired during the 1981 strike by the previous union of the same name. PATCO uses the Federally Registered Trade Mark original union's logo to strengthen its claim to the PATCO lineage.
27) Today's Farmer
Today's Farmer is an agricultural tabloid newspaper, published every other Tuesday, and serving approximately 18,000 rural households in the counties of Essex, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex and Elgin counties in Southwestern Ontario.
28) Sue Welfare
Susan Welfare (born 1963) is an English romantic fiction writer who also writes under the pseudonyms Kate Lawson and Gemma Fox. She is also the creator of BBC Radio Norfolk's first audio drama Little Bexham. She attended Downham Market Grammar School and has lived in Norfolk all her life.
29) Boston Afghanan railway station
Boston Afghanan railway station is located in Boston Afghanan village, Narowal district of Punjab province of the Pakistan.
30) Borrisoleigh
Borrisoleigh (Irish: Buiríos Ó Luigheach, meaning "O'Lea's Borough") is a village/small town in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 708, an increase of 82 people on the 2006 census. In recent years the population has exceeded 1,000 and historically the population has been around 8,000. It is in the ecclesiastical parish of Borrisoleigh and Ileigh in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
31) Arboretum des Quintes
The Arboretum des Quintes (5 hectares) is an arboretum located in Laigné-en-Belin, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. It contains several hundred trees and shrubs, consisting of oaks, chestnuts, fruit trees, and so forth, as well as one hectare planted with representative landscapes of the Sarthe, including hedges and orchards.
32) Ako nisam dobra šta ćemo onda?
Ako nisam dobra, šta ćemo onda? (And If I'm Not Good, What Do We Do?) is the sixth studio album by the Serbian indie/alternative rock band Obojeni Program released by the Serbian independent record label UrbaNS in 2001.
33) Vicente García González
Vicente García González was a General in the Cuban Ten Years' War (Spanish: Guerra de los Diez Años, also known as the Great War) and later a Cuban President who was assassinated by the Spanish after the war. García was born on January 23, 1833 in Las Tunas, and died on May 4, 1886.
34) Kurram Tangi Dam
Kurram Tangi Dam is planned dam on the Kurram River in Bannu and North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan.
It will irrigate a command area of 84,380 acres and will have hydro-power generation capacity of 83.4 MW. The dam will also supplement 278,000 acres of existing system of Civil and Marwat Canals. USAID offered funds for the project in January 2013 and construction is slated to begin in March
35) Day One Christian Ministries
Day One Christian Ministries is a Christian organisation based in the United Kingdom that lobbies for no work on Sunday, the day that many Christians celebrate as the Sabbath, a day of rest — a position based on the fourth (by the Hebrew reckoning) of the Ten Commandments. Day One incorporates Day One Publications (its publishing arm) and the Daylight Christian Prison Trust. Vicars, Fathers, Deacons, etc, are exempt from this lobbying and will work on Sundays.
36) Bawshi, Balkh
Bawshi is a village in Balkh Province in northern Afghanistan
37) Bruce Carter
Bruce Carter is a prominent South Australian businessman. He is Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a founding partner at Ferrier Hodgson, and is considered to be one of the state's most influential people.
38) Markku Kukkoaho
Markku Juhani Kukkoaho (born 11 November 1946) is a Finnish former sprinter. Kukkoaho placed fourth in men's 400 metres at the 1971 and 1974 European Championships and sixth at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where he set the still-standing Finnish national record of 45.49 seconds. He won bronze at the 1974 European Championships in the 4 × 400 metres relay as part of the Finnish team.
39) Nicholas Graham
Nicholas Graham (born 1958) is a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, originally from Calgary, Alberta. He was sometimes known as Doug Scot.
Graham emigrated to the United States in 1980. He moved to San Francisco at the age of 27, and, with $1000, started a small business making men's novelty ties. The business began producing a line of boxer shorts in a range of unexpected designs, most notably the Imperial Hoser, the infamous red tartan boxer that came with a detachable raccoon tail.
A shrewd marketer, Graham designed underwear silk-screened with US$ 100 bills. The United States Secret Service confiscated 1,000 pairs because the imprints were reportedly in violation of anti-forgery laws. Graham's official title was Chief Underpants Officer (CUO). The company grew to a US$100,000,000 business, but by 2001, faced with massive debt, it was sold to Windsong Allegiance, which signed an exclusive deal with Kmart to sell Joe Boxer products ranging from underwear and sheets to shower curtains and watches.
Graham purchased the title Lord of Balls in 1998 from the Manorial Society of Great Britain for $4,000
40) Benin women's national handball team
The Benin women's national handball team is the national team of Benin. It is governed by the Fédération Béninoise de Handball and takes part in international handball competitions.
41) Herbert Blumer
Herbert George Blumer (March 7, 1900 – April 13, 1987) was an American sociologist whose main scholarly interests were symbolic interactionism and methods of social research. Believing that individuals create social reality through collective and individual action,he was an avid interpreter and proponent of George Herbert Mead’s social psychology, which he labelled 'symbolic interactionism'. Blumer elaborated and developed this line of thought in a series of articles, many of which were brought together in the book Symbolic Interactionism. An ongoing theme throughout his work, he argued that the creation of social reality is a continuous process.Blumer was also a vociferous critic of positivistic methodological ideas in sociology.
42) R513 road (South Africa)
The R513 is a Regional Route in South Africa. It is an east-west route. The western origin is just north of Hartbeespoort, North West from the R511. From there it heads east, quickly crossing the border to Gauteng, and entering the city of Pretoria in the north-west. It meets with Pretoria's M17 at a staggered junction continuing through the suburbs of Akasia (as Brits Road) and Pretoria North (as Rachel de Beer Street). It then becomes co-signed with Pretoria's M1 and the R101 before emerging as the east-bound Sefako Makgatho (Zambesi) Drive, which runs through Annlin and Montana before forming an interchange with the N1 and exiting the city. Just east of the city, the R573 is given off, heading north-east. Continuing east it passes through the town of Cullinan where the R515 is given off, heading south. At Ekangala, the road meets the north-south R568 road at a t-junction. It is co-signed to the south for a short time, before the R513 leaves to the south-east to end at the R104 near Bronkhorstspruit.
43) ENMAX Centrium
The ENMAX Centrium is a two-tier 7,111-seat multi-purpose arena in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. It was built in 1991 and is the home arena of the Red Deer Rebels hockey team. The arena can hold a maximum of 7,819 people when floor seating is used. "Half house" seating is 3,357 when floor to ceiling divider curtains are used to mask off unused seating.
Located in Westerner Park in the south end of Red Deer, the Centrium is the largest indoor venue in Red Deer and Central Alberta. Besides hockey, it also hosts concerts, basketball, motor sports, ice shows, major curling events, circuses, boxing, rodeos, professional wrestling, trade shows and conventions.
Various notable artists have performed here, including Snoop Dogg, Mötley Crüe, Nickelback, Hilary Duff, Elton John, Bryan Adams, Billy Talent, Skillet, Rush, and Hedley.
The arena is currently named for ENMAX Consolidated, a utility services company which purchased the naming rights.
It was the primary site for the 1995 World Junior Hockey Championship, the 2004 and 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Game 7 of the 2007 Super Series
In 2012, the ENMAX Centrium expansion was completed. The recent expansion offers 13 more luxury suites, a new 40 seat club suite and an additional 1,000 seats.
The Centrium was the primary site for the 2016 Memorial Cup.
44) John Black
John Black (c. 1520–1587) was a Scottish singer and composer active in the Middle Renaissance period. Black was based in Aberdeen, working as a singer and assistant organist, and eventually became Master of the Song School in the city. Black at first refused to give up Catholicism during the Reformation, but by 1575 had abandoned holy orders and taken a wife.
Black wrote consorts and "lessons" on psalms as part of his work as a teacher, some of which are published in the Scottish manuscript The Art of Music, compiled in the late 1570s. A Pavan and Galliard dedicated to William Keith have also survived in Scottish manuscripts
45) CASP
Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction, or CASP, is a community-wide, worldwide experiment for protein structure prediction taking place every two years since 1994.[1] CASP provides research groups with an opportunity to objectively test their structure prediction methods and delivers an independent assessment of the state of the art in protein structure modeling to the research community and software users. Even though the primary goal of CASP is to help advance the methods of identifying protein three-dimensional structure from its amino acid sequence, many view the experiment more as a “world championship” in this field of science. More than 100 research groups from all over the world participate in CASP on a regular basis and it is not uncommon for entire groups to suspend their other research for months while they focus on getting their servers ready for the experiment and on performing the detailed predictions.
46) Paul de Vigne
Paul de Vigne (1843–1901), Belgian sculptor, was born at Ghent. He was trained by his father, a statuary, and began by exhibiting his Fra Angeico da Fiesole at the Ghent Salon in 1868. In 1872 he exhibited at the Brussels Salon a marble statue, Heliotrope (Ghent Gallery), and in 1875, at Brussels, Beatrix and Domenica. He was employed by the government to execute caryatides for the ornate facade of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. In 1876 at the Antwerp Salon he had busts of E. Hid and W. Wilson, which were afterwards placed in the communal museum at Brussels. Until 1882 he lived in Paris, where he produced the marble statue Immortality (Brussels Gallery), and The Crowning of Art, a bronze group on the facade of the Palais des Beaux-Arts at Brussels. His monument to the popular heroes, Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck, was unveiled at Bruges in 1887. At his death he left unfinished his principal work, the Anspach monument, which was erected at Brussels under the direction of the architect Janlet with the co-operation of various sculptors. Among other notable works by De Vigne may be mentioned Volumnia (18~5); Poverella (1878); a bronze bust of Psyche (Brussels Gallery), of which there is an ivory replica; the marble statue of Marnix de Ste Aldegonde on the Sablon Square, Brussels; the Metdepenningen monument in the cemetery at Ghent; and the monument to Canon de Haerne at Kortrijk.
47) Hal Reid
Hal Reed was the second head football coach for the University of Missouri Tigers located in Columbia, Missouri and he held that position for the 1891 season. His career coaching record at Missouri was 3 wins, 1 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 28th at Missouri in total wins and fourth at Missouri in winning percentage
48) 1925 Indianapolis 500
The 13th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1925.
Race winner Peter DePaolo became the first driver to complete the 500 miles in under five hours, and have an average over 100 mph. Norman Batten drove 21 laps of relief (laps 106-127) while DePaolo had his hands bandaged due to blisters and bruises.
49) Muriel Coleman
Muriel Evelyn Coleman (1917–2003) was an American designer who was a member of the Pacific Design Group based in California. She designed furniture through the material scarcity of post-World War II, and used rebar, metal rods and strips in her minimalist designs.Her works were included in the Autry National Center's California’s Designing Women, 1896–1986 exhibition.
Coleman received her MFA from Teachers College, Columbia University and studied in Paris with Andre Lhote. During World War II, prior to the invasion of Normandy, she helped decipher photographs of the French coastline while working for the forerunner of the CIA. She was President of the East Bay Artists' Association
50) Campus Community School
Campus Community School is a tuition free, public charter school located at 350 Pear Street in Dover, Delaware, in the United States.
Using http://listen.hatnote.com/ for random wikipedia pages (and beautiful music too)
1. Llandaff Cathedral - an Anglican cathedral in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.
2. Iskoolmates - a youth debate show in the Philippines.
3. LunchMoney Lewis - an American hiphop recording artist.
4. Queen Mary's Dolls' House - built in 1920s for Queen Mary showing the finest modern goods for the period.
5. Upendra - Indian actor.
6. Omar - a caramel candy in Finland.
7. Esther Bloom - a fictional character from the British soap opera, Hollyoaks.
8. Buried valley - an ancient river or stream valley that has been filled with gravel, sand, silt and clay.
9. Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí - a leading figure in the thirteenth-century Kingdom of the Isles.
10. Adelochus - (786–823) the founder of the church and the first bishop of Strasbourg.
11. E. W. Emo - an Austrian film director specializing in comedies.
12. Bembo - a 1929 old-style serif typeface most commonly used for body text.
13. Gouy-lez-Piéton - a part of the Belgian municipality of Courcelles and home to the Church of Saint-Martin.
12. Arpita - an Indian name for a female. In Hindi language, it means dedication to the divine (God).
13. Lavandula - common name: lavendar.
14. Fanny Bullock Workman - (1859-1925) One of the first female professional mountaineers; she not only explored but also wrote about her adventures.
15. WizzyPro - Nigerian sound engineer.
16. Reveille - a collie dog, and official mascot of Texas A&M University.
17. Rockingham Pottery - manufacturer of 19th century gaudy/roccoco porcelain for the aristocracy in England
18. Cloud seeding - weather modification to increase precipitation by dispersing substances in to the air.
19. The Black Dog of Newgate - a legend concerning the haunting of the former Newgate Prison of London.
20. Ethmia burnsella - a moth found in northern Texas.
21. Mügeln railway network - former narrow gauge railway lines in Saxony.
22. Walker's Cay - the northernmost island in the Bahamas.
23. Caitlin Ryan (born 9 February 1992) is a New Zealand canoeist.
24. Interlaken is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey
25. Fiston Nasser Mwanza Mujila (born 1981 in Lubumbashi) is a Congolese writer.
26. Kama Chinen (知念 カマ Chinen Kama?, 10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010) was a Japanese supercentenarian
27. Brunei Malay is the socially dominant national language of Brunei
28. The Great Elephant Chase is a 1992 children's novel by British author Gillian Cross.
29. Archaeopteryx - a genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian feathered dinosaurs and modern birds.
30. Olivia Ong is a Singaporean singer and actress.
31. Euspira heros - large sea snail
32. monito del monte - diminutive marsupial native only to southwestern South America
33. Gryfina of Halych was a Princess of Kraków by her marriage to Leszek the Black in 1265
34. Sjögren's syndrome - autoimmune disease resulting in dry mouth & eyes
35. Akkaraipattu - a town in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka
36. Vaporwave - early 2010s electronic music characterized by a nostalgic or surrealist fascination with retro cultural aesthetics
37. Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia) - historic cemetery
38. Dundo - mining town in Angola
39. Inker - one of the two line artists in traditional comic book production. The penciller creates the initial drawing or sketch.
40. Oadby is a small town in Leicestershire
41. Red knot - a type of sandpiper
42. Artemisia Gentileschi - Baroque painter, first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence
43. Schwingen - Swiss wrestling, a national sport in Switzerland
44. Oulart the Ballagh are a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Wexford
45. Barrackpore Mutiny occurred in November 1824 and is an incident during the First Anglo-Burmese War
46. Cigarettes and Valentines is an unreleased album by punk rock band Green Day
47. New Routemaster - a hybrid diesel-electric double-decker bus in London
48. Claire Niesen (1920 - October 4, 1963) was an actress in the era of old-time radio.
49. Kott (Kot) language - a language in Siberia which became extinct in the 1850s
50. Tower mill is a cotton mill in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester
1. Llandaff Cathedral - an Anglican cathedral in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.
2. Iskoolmates - a youth debate show in the Philippines.
3. LunchMoney Lewis - an American hiphop recording artist.
4. Queen Mary's Dolls' House - built in 1920s for Queen Mary showing the finest modern goods for the period.
5. Upendra - Indian actor.
6. Omar - a caramel candy in Finland.
7. Esther Bloom - a fictional character from the British soap opera, Hollyoaks.
8. Buried valley - an ancient river or stream valley that has been filled with gravel, sand, silt and clay.
9. Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí - a leading figure in the thirteenth-century Kingdom of the Isles.
10. Adelochus - (786–823) the founder of the church and the first bishop of Strasbourg.
11. E. W. Emo - an Austrian film director specializing in comedies.
12. Bembo - a 1929 old-style serif typeface most commonly used for body text.
13. Gouy-lez-Piéton - a part of the Belgian municipality of Courcelles and home to the Church of Saint-Martin.
12. Arpita - an Indian name for a female. In Hindi language, it means dedication to the divine (God).
13. Lavandula - common name: lavendar.
14. Fanny Bullock Workman - (1859-1925) One of the first female professional mountaineers; she not only explored but also wrote about her adventures.
15. WizzyPro - Nigerian sound engineer.
16. Reveille - a collie dog, and official mascot of Texas A&M University.
17. Rockingham Pottery - manufacturer of 19th century gaudy/roccoco porcelain for the aristocracy in England
18. Cloud seeding - weather modification to increase precipitation by dispersing substances in to the air.
19. The Black Dog of Newgate - a legend concerning the haunting of the former Newgate Prison of London.
20. Ethmia burnsella - a moth found in northern Texas.
21. Mügeln railway network - former narrow gauge railway lines in Saxony.
22. Walker's Cay - the northernmost island in the Bahamas.
23. Caitlin Ryan (born 9 February 1992) is a New Zealand canoeist.
24. Interlaken is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey
25. Fiston Nasser Mwanza Mujila (born 1981 in Lubumbashi) is a Congolese writer.
26. Kama Chinen (知念 カマ Chinen Kama?, 10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010) was a Japanese supercentenarian
27. Brunei Malay is the socially dominant national language of Brunei
28. The Great Elephant Chase is a 1992 children's novel by British author Gillian Cross.
29. Archaeopteryx - a genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian feathered dinosaurs and modern birds.
30. Olivia Ong is a Singaporean singer and actress.
31. Euspira heros - large sea snail
32. monito del monte - diminutive marsupial native only to southwestern South America
33. Gryfina of Halych was a Princess of Kraków by her marriage to Leszek the Black in 1265
34. Sjögren's syndrome - autoimmune disease resulting in dry mouth & eyes
35. Akkaraipattu - a town in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka
36. Vaporwave - early 2010s electronic music characterized by a nostalgic or surrealist fascination with retro cultural aesthetics
37. Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia) - historic cemetery
38. Dundo - mining town in Angola
39. Inker - one of the two line artists in traditional comic book production. The penciller creates the initial drawing or sketch.
40. Oadby is a small town in Leicestershire
41. Red knot - a type of sandpiper
42. Artemisia Gentileschi - Baroque painter, first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence
43. Schwingen - Swiss wrestling, a national sport in Switzerland
44. Oulart the Ballagh are a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Wexford
45. Barrackpore Mutiny occurred in November 1824 and is an incident during the First Anglo-Burmese War
46. Cigarettes and Valentines is an unreleased album by punk rock band Green Day
47. New Routemaster - a hybrid diesel-electric double-decker bus in London
48. Claire Niesen (1920 - October 4, 1963) was an actress in the era of old-time radio.
49. Kott (Kot) language - a language in Siberia which became extinct in the 1850s
50. Tower mill is a cotton mill in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester
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The Amathole Museum, formerly the Kaffrarian Museum, in King William's Town, Eastern Cape province of South Africa, houses the second largest collection of mammals in South Africa and includes Huberta, the hippopotamus
6. Silvia Olmedo, (Silvia Olmedo MacMahon), Psychologist PhD, MA on Sexology, TV-host, producer and author. She has worked in Spain, USA, UK, Netherlands, Australia and Mexico, where currently hosts two TV shows named Cuentamelove and Amor-didas. Both shows are focused on educating people on psychology, sexology and health habits.
6. Silvia Olmedo, (Silvia Olmedo MacMahon), Psychologist PhD, MA on Sexology, TV-host, producer and author. She has worked in Spain, USA, UK, Netherlands, Australia and Mexico, where currently hosts two TV shows named Cuentamelove and Amor-didas. Both shows are focused on educating people on psychology, sexology and health habits.
30/05/2016 - Caterina Galli, an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano (c.1723 - 1804) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_Galli)
15/03/2016 - The Shag (haristyle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_(hairstyle)
04/01/2016 - George Frederick Root, an American songwriter (August 30, 1820 – August 6, 1895) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root
15/03/2016 - The Shag (haristyle) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_(hairstyle)
04/01/2016 - George Frederick Root, an American songwriter (August 30, 1820 – August 6, 1895) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root
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13.Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert
14.Pinlaung Township
15.Michael S. Hopkins
16.Ensisheim
17.Malagasy constitutional referendum, 1975
18.CHNA20
19.Ossala
20.Robert Satiacum
21.Suicide of Rodney Hulin
22.Tsitre
23.Hold-And-Modify
24.Ningalenne Communistakki
25.Baria State
26.Hugo Gutiérrez Vega
27.Joseph Wolfinger
28.Bodychoke
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43.Cal Poly Universities Rose Floa
44.Indonesia Accuses
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46.Stone (1974 film)
47.Pedro Oliveira (footballer)
48.General Service Code
49.Jan Frans Vonck
50.Rita of Armenia
2.St. Nicholas Church, Tehran
3.Ruin Arm
4.Hyacinthe de Valroger
5.Taxi 4
6.Sar Gust-e Bala
7.94124
8.Smoking in Brazil
9.Castelculier
10.Cossano Canavese
11.Leonidas Berry
12.M. R. Bhattathiripad
13.Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert
14.Pinlaung Township
15.Michael S. Hopkins
16.Ensisheim
17.Malagasy constitutional referendum, 1975
18.CHNA20
19.Ossala
20.Robert Satiacum
21.Suicide of Rodney Hulin
22.Tsitre
23.Hold-And-Modify
24.Ningalenne Communistakki
25.Baria State
26.Hugo Gutiérrez Vega
27.Joseph Wolfinger
28.Bodychoke
29.Saint-Genès-de-Blaye
30.Hong Kong Champion Middle-distance Horse
31.Dresden 45
32.Rupesh Laxman Mhatre
33.Melville (electoral district)
34.Petrophila premalis
35.A Fifth of Beethoven
36.Berta Scharrer
37.NFATC3
38.Videlles
39.Prehistoric Megastorms
40.Mazı Underground City
41.Mesitornis
42.Ian Anderson (Scottish footballer)
43.Cal Poly Universities Rose Floa
44.Indonesia Accuses
45.Aurec-sur-Loire
46.Stone (1974 film)
47.Pedro Oliveira (footballer)
48.General Service Code
49.Jan Frans Vonck
50.Rita of Armenia
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