Vega program

The Vega program ( Cyrillic : ВеГа ) was a series of Venus missions that also took advantage of the appearance of comet 1P / Halley in 1986 .

Vega 1 and Vega 2 were unmanned spacecraft launched in a cooperative effort among the Soviet Union ( who provided the spacecraft and launch vehicle ) and Austria , Bulgaria , France , Hungary , the German Democratic Republic , Poland , Czechoslovakia and the Federal Republic of Germany in December 1984 .

They had a two - part mission to investigate Venus and also flyby Halley 's Comet .

The flyby of Halley 's Comet had been a late mission change in the Venera program following on from the cancellation of the American Halley mission in 1981 .

A later Venera mission was cancelled and the Venus part of the Vega 1 mission was reduced .

Because of this , the craft was designated VeGa , a contraction of Venera and Gallei ( Венера and Галлея respectively , the Russian words for " Venus " and " Halley " ) .

The spacecraft design was based on the previous Venera 9 and Venera 10 missions .

The two spacecraft were launched on December 15 and 21 , 1984 , respectively .

With their redesignated dual missions , the Vega probes became part of the Halley Armada , a group of space probes that studied Halley 's Comet during its 1985/1986 perihelion .


Norman Boyd

Norman Boyd ( born 16 October 1961 ) is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland .

Boyd was born in Belfast and attended Belfast High School and Newtownabbey Technical College before working in banking .

At the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election , Boyd was elected for the UK Unionist Party ( UKUP ) to represent South Antrim .

In January 1999 , he joined three of the four other UKUP Assembly members in forming the Northern Ireland Unionist Party .

He acted as whip for the new group , and was selected to stand for Westminster under his new party label at the South Antrim by - election , 2000 , but withdrew during the campaign , calling on his supporters to back the Democratic Unionist Party candidate William McCrea .

He did stand for the South Antrim seat at the 2001 general election , but came bottom of the poll , with only 972 votes .

He also failed to be elected to Newtownabbey Borough Council .

At the 2003 Assembly election , Boyd was able to take only 774 votes , and lost his seat , along with all his party colleagues .


Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE

Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE is a crossover role - playing video game developed by Atlus and published by Nintendo for the Wii U home console .

The game combines gameplay , narrative and aesthetic elements from Atlus ' Shin Megami Tensei and Nintendo 's Fire Emblem series .

It was released in Japan in December 2015 , and worldwide in June 2016 .

Taking place in modern - day Tokyo and featuring real - life locations such as Shibuya and Harajuku , the game centers around evil beings known as Mirages who seek to harvest an energy known as Performa from humans and are responsible for several disappearances .

The story follows a group of teenagers who become allied with friendly Mirages , based on characters from the Fire Emblem series , and merge with them to become Mirage Masters .

Under the guise of the Fortuna Entertainment talent agency , the Mirage Masters fight to protect innocent people from the Mirages and find out who is behind the attacks .

The game was first proposed by Nintendo producer Kaori Ando , who envisioned a crossover between the Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei series .

Although initially reluctant due to their workload , Atlus agreed to the collaboration , and much of the early work went into deciding what genre of game it was going to be and how best to incorporate both series while creating an original game .

The production period lasted five years .

A notable feature was musical numbers produced by Japanese entertainment company Avex Group .

The game was announced two months after full development began .

Due to its Japanese setting and aesthetic , its Western release retains the Japanese voice track with subtitles rather than an English dub .

Reception of the game was generally positive ; many praised the battle system , reactions to the story were mixed to positive , and other elements such as dungeon designs and a lack of Fire Emblem - related elements were criticized along with technical problems .

The game was later chosen by critics as one of the best games for the console .


Tyrone Keys

Tyrone Keys ( born October 24 , 1960 ) is a former professional American football player who played defensive lineman for six seasons for the Chicago Bears , Tampa Bay Buccaneers , and San Diego Chargers .

He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season .

He was also a member of the " Shuffling Crew " in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle .

In high school Keys was a member of the Callaway High School Chargers of Jackson , Mississippi which won all 12 of their 1975 season games and won the Big 8 Conference championship ( the Big 8 was at the time the conference of Mississippi 's largest high schools ) .

In college at Mississippi State University Keys played four years at defensive tackle .

In 1980 Keys made a last minute tackle of Alabama quarterback Don Jacobs , causing a fumble which sealed the Bulldogs ' 6 - 3 upset of the # 1 Crimson Tide .


Algester, Queensland

Algester is an outer suburb of City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia .

It is south - west of the central business district .

The suburb 's population was 8,433 at the 2016 census .

The suburbs of Algester , Calamvale and now Parkinson , sit on the southern border or boundary of the City of Brisbane local government area with suburbs of Logan City such as Browns Plains and Regents Park .

The suburb 's name is a corruption of the name of the English town of " Alcester " .

Briefly in the mid - to - late-1970s the suburb was colloquially named Ridgewood Heights after the Ridgewood Heights property development that then made up most of its land area , but had officially been known as Algester from 1972 .


Qarpa

Qarpa ( before 2007 called Faktychno Sami , /fɑk'tɪt͡ʃnɔ sɑ'mi/ ) is an Ukrainian industrial band originally from Ivano - Frankivsk .

The band 's frontwoman is Irena Karpa — Ukrainian singer and writer .

The band took part in many festivals and was a laureate of " Alternative " , " Chervona Ruta " and " Majbutnje Ukrajiny " festivals .

In 2004 the members of " Faktychno Sami " shot the film " Kyiv .

Limited Edition " , which was later presented in Molodist film festival .

Also the band is famous of their antiglamour parties like « Second - hand of the Stars » or « Lucifer wants go home » .

The band 's old name , Faktychno Sami , in Ukrainian means " actually alone " .


Me Musical Nephews

Me Musical Nephews is a 1942 one - reel animated cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel and animated by Tom Johnson and George Germanetti .

The cartoon features Popeye and his nephews Pipeye , Poopeye , Pupeye , and Peepeye .

It is the 113th episode of the Popeye series , which was released on December 25 , 1942 .

All of the cartoon characters ' voices were performed by Jack Mercer , who also co - wrote the cartoon with writer Jack Ward .

Me Musical Nephews was remade in color as Riot in Rhythm in 1950 .

There were a few differences made for these cartoons ; for example , an uncredited Sammy Timberg composed the music for Me Musical Nephews , while the music for Riot in Rhythm was by Winston Sharples .

Also in Riot in Rhythm , there is no mention of Swee'Pea .

The animated cartoon is in the public domain in the United States .


Polonium

Polonium is a chemical element with symbol Po and atomic number 84 .

A rare and highly radioactive metal with no stable isotopes , polonium is chemically similar to selenium and tellurium , though its metallic character resembles that of its horizontal neighbors in the periodic table : thallium , lead , and bismuth .

Due to the short half - life of all its isotopes , its natural occurrence is limited to tiny traces of the fleeting polonium-210 ( with a half - life of 138 days ) in uranium ores , as it is the penultimate daughter of natural uranium-238 .

Though slightly longer - lived isotopes exist , they are much more difficult to produce .

Today , polonium is usually produced in milligram quantities by the neutron irradiation of bismuth .

Due to its intense radioactivity , which results in the radiolysis of chemical bonds and radioactive self - heating , its chemistry has mostly been investigated on the trace scale only .

Polonium was discovered in 1898 by Marie and Pierre Curie , when it was extracted from uranium ore and identified solely by its strong radioactivity : it was the first element to be so discovered .

Polonium was named after Marie Curie 's homeland of Poland .

Polonium has few applications , and those are related to its radioactivity : heaters in space probes , antistatic devices , and sources of neutrons and alpha particles .

This radioactivity makes polonium dangerously toxic .


New Zealand Rally Championship

The New Zealand Rally Championship ( NZRC ) is New Zealand 's leading off - road motor rally competition .

A multi - event national championship has been held each year since 1975 .

Today the championship is held for a variety of classes based on engine capacity and further split by four or two wheel drive .

The top class for a number of years has been the international Group N technical regulations and has been dominated by drivers of turbo - charged four wheel drive Mitsubishi Lancers and Subaru Imprezas .

The New Zealand Rally Championship has been a launching pad for the career of many New Zealand drivers .

Rod Millen and Possum Bourne being the most notable .

Recently Hayden Paddon has used the series as a springboard to international competition , competing in the Asia - Pacific Rally Championship before moving on to the Production and Super 2000 World Rally Championships .

The championship was formed around the then newly created Rally New Zealand when it joined the World Rally Championship in 1977 .

Since then Rally New Zealand has frequently been the starring event of the NZRC and the event is current based in Auckland .

The International Rally of Whangarei is also a round of the NZRC as well as being a round of the Asia - Pacific Rally Championship .

The current six round championship also takes in events based in Otago and Canterbury regions with two events based at Wairarapa .


.cw

.cw is the Internet country code top - level domain ( ccTLD ) for Curaçao .

It was created following the decision on December 15 , 2010 by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency to allocate CW as the ISO 3166 - 1 alpha-2 code for Curaçao .

This decision followed Curaçao 's new status as an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on October 10 , 2010 .

The University of Curaçao , which already was the sponsor for .an was designated as the sponsoring organization .

Registration of .cw domains is available from 1 February 2012 .

Currently , many websites in Curaçao still use the former Netherlands Antilles 's ccTLD , .an .

Domains from .an will be able to switch to .sx ( Sint Maarten ) or .cw , depending on where they are based .


William Busac

William Busac ( 1020 - 1076 ) , son of William I , Count of Eu , and his wife Lesceline .

Count of Eu , Count of Soissons , de jure uxoris .

William was given the nickname Busac by the medieval chronicler Robert of Torigni .

William appealed to King Henry I of France , who gave him in marriage Adelaide , the heiress of the county of Soissons .

Adelaide was daughter of Renaud I , Count of Soissons , and Grand Master of the Hotel de France .

William then became Count of Soissons in right of his wife .

William and Adelaide had four children :

John I , Count of Soissons , married to Aveline de Pierrefonds

Manasses of Soissons , Bishop of Cambrai , Bishop of Soissons ( d. 1 Mar 1108 )

Lithuise de Blois , married to Milo I of Montlhéry

Unnamed daughter , married to Yves I of Nesle , founder of the House of Nesle .

His son Renaud became Count of Soissons upon William ’s death , and he was succeeded by his brother John .


You Wouldn't Know Love

" You Would n't Know Love " is a song written by Michael Bolton and Diane Warren appearing contemporaneously in 1989 on Bolton 's Soul Provider album and Cher 's Heart of Stone album .

The song was only released as a single in Europe and Australasia by Cher in 1990 .

Cher 's version of the song , produced by its writer , Michael Bolton , became the fourth and final European single release from Cher 's nineteenth album in 1990 by Geffen Records .

It was a minor hit in the UK , faring better in Ireland .

Cher 's album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA in 1998 for sales of over 3 million in the U.S. alone , with worldwide sales exceeding 11 million .

Steve Lukather played the guitar solo in the middle of the song .


Al-Mustansiriya University

Mustansiriyah University ( Arabic : الجامعة المستنصرية ) is a university in Baghdad , Iraq .

The original Mustansiriya Madrasah , was established in 1227 ( or 1232/34 A.D. by some accounts ) by the Abbasid Caliph Al - Mustansir and was one of the oldest universities in the world .

Its building , on the left bank of the Tigris River , survived the Mongol invasion of 1258 and has been restored .

The modern Mustansiriyah University was established with the help and financial support of the Republic of Ίrāq Teacher ’s Union in 1963 , mainly providing evening courses .

In 1964 , the University was given the status of a semi - state institution and some state financial support .

At the same time it absorbed Al - Sha’ab University , another private university that had been founded by the Ίrāqi Association of Economists , and then moved to a new campus to the north of the city centre .

Initially , the University also managed colleges in Mosul and Basra .

In 1966 a law was passed under which the private universities were converted into public universities .

Mustansiriyah thus became , briefly , a College within the University of Baghdad .

In 1967 a major reorganisation of higher education was initiated , with the intention that by 1969 all previous institutions would be abolished and reconstituted .

Mustansiriyah was designated as a separate University in 1968 , and its branch campuses were detached to form part of the University of Mosul and the University of Basra .


Live in Berlin

Live in Berlin is the title or subtitle of several albums and videos recorded in Berlin , Germany by various artists .

In Berlin , also released as Live in Berlin , a 1981 live album by Blurt

The Wall Live in Berlin , a 1990 concert staging of Pink Floyd 's The Wall by Roger Waters

Live aus Berlin , a 1998 concert album by Rammstein

Live in Berlin ( Rozz Williams album ) , a 2000 album by Rozz Williams

Acoustic Trio Live in Berlin , a 2002 album by Willy DeVille .

Live in Berlin ( Sting album ) , a 2010 live album by Sting

Live in East Berlin , a video by German thrash metal band Kreator .

La Ultima / Live in Berlin , a live album and concert movie of the German rock band Böhse Onkelz .

Live in Berlin ( Jennifer Rostock album ) , a 2012 live album by Jennifer Rostock .

Depeche Mode Live in Berlin , a 2014 live album and concert movie of the English electronic band Depeche Mode .


Dwight Tillery

Dwight Tillery is an American politician of the Democratic Party who is active in local politics of Cincinnati , Ohio .

Tillery grew up in the city 's West End and attended the University of Cincinnati in the 1960s , where he helped found the university 's United Black Association and graduated with a degree in political science .

He also holds a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School .

Tillery served as mayor of Cincinnati from 1991 to 1993 .

He briefly ran for the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1992 before dropping out of the race in order to focus on his mayoral duties .

He was a member of the Cincinnati City Council for many years , until 1998 , when term limits forced his retirement .

He remains active in the Democratic Party , most notably working on public health issues and supporting the election campaigns of African American candidates .

In 2004 Tillery founded the nonprofit organization The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati to actively engage local hospitals , social advocates , and health care leaders to combat higher rates of obesity , diabetes , heart disease , HIV and cancer occurring in vulnerable populations .


Cyrenaics

The Cyrenaics or Kyrenaics (; Kyrēnaïkoí ) were a sensual hedonist Greek school of philosophy founded in the 4th century BCE , supposedly by Aristippus of Cyrene , although many of the principles of the school are believed to have been formalized by his grandson of the same name , Aristippus the Younger .

The school was so called after Cyrene , the birthplace of Aristippus .

It was one of the earliest Socratic schools .

The Cyrenaics taught that the only intrinsic good is pleasure , which meant not just the absence of pain ( as it did for Epicurus ) , but positively enjoyable sensations .

Of these , momentary pleasures , especially physical ones , are stronger than those of anticipation or memory .

They did , however , recognize the value of social obligation and that pleasure could be gained from altruistic behaviour .

The school died out within a century and was replaced by the philosophy of Epicureanism .


Bolita

Bolita ( Spanish for Little Ball ) , is a type of lottery which was popular in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries in Cuba and among Florida 's working class Hispanic , Italian , and black population .

In the basic bolita game , 100 small numbered balls are placed into a bag and mixed thoroughly , and bets are taken on which number will be drawn .

Many variations on this theme were created .

Bets were typically very small and sometimes sold well in advance , and the game could be rigged , by having extra balls of a given number or not including others at all .

Other means of cheating included having certain balls filled with lead so they would sink to the bottom of the bag , or putting certain balls in ice beforehand so they would be cold and therefore easy for the selector to find by touch .

Over time , Hispanics developed a name for each number in a system called La Charada or Las Charadas , creating a superstitious method for interpreting game outcomes or placing bets , many times in accordance with one 's dreams the previous night .

Today Bolita is played in Puerto Rico and , in the United States , among Cuban and Puerto Rican groups .


DADVSI

DADVSI ( generally pronounced as dadsi ) is the abbreviation of the French Loi sur le Droit d'Auteur et les Droits Voisins dans la Société de l'Information ( in English : " law on authors ' rights and related rights in the information society " ) .

It is a bill reforming French copyright law , mostly in order to implement the 2001 European directive on copyright ( known as EUCD ) , which in turn implements a 1996 WIPO treaty .

The law , despite being initially dismissed as highly technical and of no concern to the average person , generated considerable controversy when it was examined by the French Parliament between December 2005 and June 30 , 2006 , when it was finally voted through by both houses .

Most of the bill focussed on the exchange of copyrighted works over peer - to - peer networks and the criminalizing of the circumvention of digital rights management ( DRM ) protection measures .

Other sections dealt with other matters related to copyright , including rights on resale of works of art , copyright for works produced by government employees and exceptions to copyright for education and the handicapped , among other issues .

The law was highly controversial within France because of fears that it could significantly hamper free software and might also significantly restrict the right to make copies of copyrighted works for private use .

Some amendments to the bill , not present in the original version , would potentially require manufacturers to share their proprietary digital music formats with other software developers ( by way of the need to provide the documentation necessary for interoperability ) .

Because of this , a controversy arose with Apple Computer and associated US industry groups , who loudly protested in the US press ; therefore , the DADVSI bill was sometimes referred to as the iTunes law or iPod law in the English - language press ( see Interoperability and Apple controversy ) , although the law is not referred to in this way in France .


Radama II

Radama II ( September 23 , 1829 – May 12 , 1863 [ contested ] } ) was the son and heir of Queen Ranavalona I and ruled from 1861 to 1863 over the Kingdom of Madagascar , which controlled virtually the entire island .

Radama 's rule , although brief , was a pivotal period in the history of the Kingdom of Madagascar .

Under the unyielding and often harsh 33-year rule of his mother , Queen Ranavalona I , Madagascar had successfully preserved its cultural and political independence from French and British designs .

Rejecting the queen 's policy of isolationism and Christian persecution , Radama II permitted religious freedom and re - opened Madagascar to European influence .

Under the terms of the Lambert Charter , which Radama secretly contracted in 1855 with French entrepreneur Joseph - François Lambert while Ranavalona still ruled , the French were awarded exclusive rights to the exploitation of large tracts of valuable land and other lucrative resources and projects .

This agreement , which was later revoked by Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony , was key to establishing France 's claim over Madagascar as a protectorate and , in 1896 , as a colony .

The dramatic contrast between Ranavalona 's isolationism and her son 's pro - European stance represented an abrupt reversal of policy that threatened the traditional sociopolitical order .

Radama 's absolutism in pursuing dramatic reforms in disregard of the advice of his ministers ultimately turned them against him .

In a coup led by his Prime Minister , Rainivoninahitriniony , Radama II was strangled on May 12 , 1863 .

His wife Rabodo , who took the throne name Rasoherina , was allowed by the ministers to succeed her husband on the condition that she and future sovereigns would no longer rule unilaterally , but rather in concert with the Hova ( the class of free citizens ) as represented by the position of Prime Minister .

The public was informed that Radama had committed suicide and that his body had been unceremoniously interred in a tomb in Ilafy .

However , there soon emerged rumors – believed by prominent foreigners Jean Laborde and William Ellis – that Radama lived and was making plans to reclaim the throne .

A strong case has since been made on the basis of significant evidence that Radama may indeed have revived after the strangling and lived to old age in anonymity near Lake Kinkony in the northwestern part of the island .


The historic county of Middlesex in south east England was represented in Parliament from the 13th century .

This article provides a list of constituencies constituting the Parliamentary representation from Middlesex .

From early times the City of London and the rest of Middlesex had different sheriffs and other administrative arrangements .

However apart from this the historic county was not divided , for administrative purposes , until 1889 .

In that year the urbanised east of the county became part of the new administrative county of London ; administered by the London County Council .

The less built up north and west of the county formed the administrative county of Middlesex ; administered by Middlesex County Council .

In 1965 the Greater London Council was formed .

Greater London absorbed the administrative county of London and surrounding territory , including almost all of the administrative county of Middlesex .

The south west part of the historic county ( then the Staines Urban District and the Sunbury on Thames Urban District but from 1974 the borough of Spelthorne ) was transferred to the administrative county of Surrey .

A smaller part of the historic county , in the Potters Bar area , was transferred to the administrative county of Hertfordshire .

In 1995 the village of Poyle , which had been a small area in the north of Spelthorne , was transferred to Berkshire .

The first part of this article covers the constituencies wholly or predominantly within the area of the historic county of Middlesex , both before and after the administrative changes of 1889 and 1965 .

The second part refers to constituencies mostly in another historic county , which included some territory from the historic county of Middlesex .

The summaries section only refers to the constituencies included in the first section of the constituency list .


Lego House

" Lego House " is a song by English singer - songwriter Ed Sheeran .

It was released on 11 November 2011 as the third single lifted from his debut studio album + ( pronounced " plus " ) of 2011 .

It was released as the second single in the US on 11 February 2013 .

It was written by Sheeran , Jake Gosling and Chris Leonard , and produced by Jake Gosling .

The song received its first radio play on Zane Lowe 's BBC Radio 1 show on 8 September 2011 and was Sheeran 's first song to make the BBC Radio 2 playlist .

The remix featuring P Money premiered on MistaJam 's BBC Radio 1Xtra show on 30 September 2011 .

The music video features Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint , as a play on their similar appearance .

The song did well worldwide , reaching top 5 on Australia , Ireland , New Zealand , and the UK Singles Chart , and top 50 on other countries including United States .


Mexico (Jefferson Airplane song)

" Mexico " is a single released in May 1970 by San Francisco rock band Jefferson Airplane , produced by the band at Pacific High Recording Studios with Phill Sawyer as the recording engineer .

Written and sung by Grace Slick , it is a tuneful rant against then - President Richard Nixon and his anti - drug initiative , Operation Intercept , that he had implemented to curtail the flow of marijuana into the United States from Mexico .

The song closes with an exhortation for the young to realize the power of their numbers , as shown by the gathering of " half a million people on the lawn " at Woodstock .

The song received little radio airplay , being banned in some states , but did reach # 102 on the Billboard charts .

The version on the 2400 Fulton Street LP and CD is a completely different mix from that on the single .

Five months after the release of " Mexico " , President Nixon requested that songs relating to drug abuse not be broadcast .

Live versions of " Mexico " and its B - side , " Have You Seen the Saucers " , were intended to be released on the next Airplane album ; however , Marty Balin left the band before production of Bark was completed , forcing a change in some of the planned material .

A live version of " Have You Seen the Saucers " appeared as the opening track of the live album Thirty Seconds Over Winterland ; the two studio tracks were finally released on an album when the Early Flight compilation was released .


Vaastav: The Reality

Vaastav is a 1999 Indian crime action drama written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar and starring Sanjay Dutt and Namrata Shirodkar .

It also features Sanjay Narvekar , Mohnish Behl , Paresh Rawal , Reema Lagoo and Shivaji Satam in supporting roles .

" The Reality " as described by the film 's tagline , refers to the harsh realities of life in the Mumbai underworld .

The film is said to be loosely based on the life of Mumbai underworld gangster Chhota Rajan .

The film was very well received by both critics and audiences .

It is the 14th highest grossing Bollywood film of the 1990s decade and the amongst the highest grossing rated R certificate Hindi films of all time .

A scene of Sanjay Dutt 's character Raghu shooting the Parsi man 's wife after she spits in his face was cut out in order for the film to get a 15 certificate for DVD and TV .

Sanjay Dutt was nominated for the Filmfare best actor category for the fourth time in his then 18 year old film career and finally winning it , regarded by critics unanimously amongst being one of Indian cinema 's most memorable and most quated onscreen characters .

The film was extremely successful both in India and overseas .

It was nominated for and won many awards .

Over the years it has become a cult film .

The film was followed by the 2002 sequel Hathyar .


List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart

This is a list of artists that have reached number - one on the UK Singles Chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company .

Artists are listed alphabetically and separately if more than one artist is credited on a song ( e.g.

John Travolta and Olivia Newton - John each get separate credits for their duets from Grease ) .

Artists who performed on a song but not credited are not included although notable cases may be recorded in the Notes column .

In the 20th century guest musicians or singers were sometimes credited and sometimes not , while it became more common to include featured artists in the early 21st century .

This list covers all chart weeks up to the week ending 10 September 2015 .


Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph II ( Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam ; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790 ) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 1780 until his death .

He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband , Emperor Francis I , and the brother of Marie Antoinette .

He was thus the first ruler in the Austrian dominions of the House of Lorraine , styled Habsburg - Lorraine .

Joseph was a proponent of enlightened absolutism ; however , his commitment to modernizing reforms subsequently engendered significant opposition , which resulted in failure to fully implement his programmes .

He has been ranked , with Catherine the Great of Russia and Frederick the Great of Prussia , as one of the three great Enlightenment monarchs .

His policies are now known as Josephinism .

He died with no sons and was succeeded by his younger brother , Leopold II .


Christian Church of Southern Sumatra

The Christian Church of Southern Sumatra is a Protestant church in Indonesia , based on the southern part of the island of Sumatra , the Provinces of Lampung , Jambi , South Sumatra , and Bengkulu .

The synod office is located in Lampung .

The denomination was officially founded on 6 August 1987 .

It has 30,000–35,000 members , 65 parishes , 40 house fellowships and 13 Classis .

The church connected and established formal link to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands .

The church has long history since the migrating of millions of Javanese to the island of Sumatra .

The Christian Church of Central Java began mission work among these Javanese population in Sumatra .

In 1952 5 congregations formed a classis and joined the Javanese Christian Church .

In the 1950s the Reformed Church in the Netherlands took over this work .

Two Dutch missionaries worked in the field .

It belong to the World Communion of Reformed Churches .


Black drongo

The black drongo ( Dicrurus macrocercus ) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae .

It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia .

It is a wholly black bird with a distinctive forked tail and measures in length .

It feeds on insects , and is common in open agricultural areas and light forest throughout its range , perching conspicuously on a bare perch or along power or telephone lines .

The species is known for its aggressive behaviour towards much larger birds , such as crows , never hesitating to dive - bomb any bird of prey that invades its territory .

This behaviour earns it the informal name of king crow .

Smaller birds often nest in the well - guarded vicinity of a nesting black drongo .

Previously grouped along with the African fork - tailed drongo ( Dicrurus adsimilis ) , the Asian forms are now treated as a separate species with several distinct populations .

The black drongo has been introduced to some Pacific islands , where it has thrived and become abundant to the point of threatening and causing the extinction of native and endemic bird species there .


Susan McCann

Susan McCann ( born 2 February 1949 ) is an Irish - born country and Irish singer , with an enduring and international popularity , who has recorded some 650 songs and toured around the world and performed at numerous prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall and Dollywood McCann has had recording deals in South Africa and toured Russia , has been recording of over 40 years , and has sung for former US President George H. W. Bush .

Her 1977 hit " Big Tom is Still the King " become a Number 1 in the Irish pop charts .

She made her first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry in 1979 , and won the European Star Award in 1980 .

She continue to release new albums , including " Through the Years " a compilation triple disc album in 2015 .


Savoy Truffle

" Savoy Truffle " is a song by the English rock group the Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles ( also known as " the White Album " ) .

The song was written by George Harrison and inspired by his friend Eric Clapton 's fondness for chocolate .

The lyrics list the various flavours offered in Mackintosh 's Good News chocolates and serve as a warning to Clapton about the detrimental effect that his gorging would have on his teeth .

Along with Clapton 's guest appearance on the White Album track " While My Guitar Gently Weeps " and Harrison reciprocating on Cream 's " Badge " , it is one of several songs that mark the start of a long - lasting musical association between the two guitarists .

The Beatles recorded " Savoy Truffle " in October 1968 , towards the end of the five - month sessions for the album .

An upbeat rock track in the soul genre , the song reflects Harrison 's return to the guitar as his main musical instrument after two years of studying the Indian sitar .

The recording includes a Chris Thomas - arranged horn section , and introduced the horn - heavy sound that became a feature of Harrison 's music as a solo artist .

Through the lyrics ' reference to " Ob - La - Di , Ob - La - Da " , the song is also an example of the Beatles ' use of self - quotation in their later work .

On release , " Savoy Truffle " was viewed by many commentators as a sign of Harrison 's growing maturity as a songwriter .

Among more recent assessments , Ian MacDonald cited it as an example of the lesser material found on The Beatles , while Daryl Easlea of BBC Music describes it as one of the " doodles that delight " and " a fine counterweight " to " While My Guitar Gently Weeps " .

Ella Fitzgerald , Terry Manning and They Might Be Giants have also recorded the song .


Bidar

Bidar is a hill top city in the north - eastern part of Karnataka state in south India .

It is the headquarters of the Bidar which borders Maharashtra and Telangana .

It is a rapidly urbanising city in the wider Bidar Metropolitan area .

The city is well known for its many sites of architectural , historical and religious importance .

Being located at the farthest of around from the state capital Bengaluru , it has been neglected by the state government for a long time .

However , owing to its rich heritage , the city has a prominent place on the Archaeological Map of India .

Picturesquely perched on the Deccan plateau , the Bidar fort is more than 500 years old and still standing strong .

According to the book " Bidar Heritage " published by the state Department of Archaeology , Museums and Heritage , of the 61 monuments listed by the department , about 30 are tombs located in and around Bidar city . , explaining its nickname , " City of Whispering Monuments " .

The heritage sites in and around Bidar have become the major attraction for film shooting in recent years with Bollywood making visits apart from kannada film industry

Bidar is home for the second biggest Indian Air Force training centre in the country .

The IAF Station Bidar is used for advanced jet training of prospective fighter pilots on BAe Hawk aircraft .

Bidar city is known for its Bidri handicraft products , and its rich history .

Bidar is also considered one of the holiest place for Sikh pilgrimage .

Unlike other places in the region , Bidar is the coldest and wettest place in north Karnataka .

For the year 2009 - 10 , Bidar was ranked 22nd among the cleanest cities in India , and 5th cleanest in Karnataka .

SH4 passes through Bidar and the whole city is integrated with 4 lane road .

Ancient Karez System in the city have been recently discovered .

The Karez ( Qanat ) is an underground network of aqueducts for water supply .

The Bidar Karez , built in the 15th century , is more than long with 21 air vents .

Underground canals , built to connect underground water streams , were meant to provide drinking water to civilian settlements and the garrison inside the Bidar fort .

This was necessary in a city where the soil was rocky and drilling wells was difficult .


UniCredit Banca

UniCredit Banca S.p . A. was the retail banking division of UniCredit Group .

On 1 July 2002 , Rolo Banca , Banca CRT , Cariverona Banca , Cassamarca , Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto and Cassa di Risparmio di Trieste were merged into Credito Italiano S.p . A. ( a new subsidiary of UniCredit incorporated in December 1999 ) , with Credito Italiano was renamed into UniCredit Banca S.p . A .. On 1 January 2003 UniCredit Private Banking and UniCredit Banca d'Impresa were spin off from UniCredit Banca

After UniCredit acquired Capitalia Group in an all - share deal in 2007 , UniCredit Group gained the brand Banca di Roma and Banco di Sicilia .

UniCredit Banca exchanged branches with the two sister companies ( as well as absorbed Bipop Carire ) , making UniCredit Banca was specialized in the northern Italy .

3 branches of former UniCredit Banca were sold to Banca Carige .

In 2010 , UniCredit Banca was absorbed by the parent company UniCredit S.p . A. , becoming the retail division of the company .


Gustavo Montoya

Gustavo Montoya ( b. July 9 , 1905 – d. July 12 , 2003 ) was a Mexican artist considered to be a late adherent to the Mexican School of Painting , most often associated with Mexican muralism .

He was born in Mexico City , from a family associated with the Porfirio Díaz regime and who had to hide during part of the Mexican Revolution .

He attended the Academy of San Carlos despite his father ’s objections .

He later met and married artist Cordelia Urueta , with whom he lived in Paris , developing his artistic talents .

He was not heavily involved in Mexico ’s artistic circles but was a founding member of the Liga de Escritores y Artistas Revolucionarios and the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana .

His best - selling work was that of children in regional traditional Mexican clothing , but he also painted many street scenes in Mexico City as well as portraits and still lifes .


Petschek Palace

The Petschek Palace ( in Czech Petschkův palác or Pečkárna ) is a neoclassicist building in Prague .

It was built between 1923 and 1929 by the architect Max Spielmann upon a request from the merchant banker Julius Petschek and was originally called " The Bank House Petschek and Co. " ( Bankhaus Petschek & Co. ) Despite its historicizing look , the building was then a very modern one , being constructed of reinforced concrete and fully air - conditioned .

It also had tube post , phone switch - board , printing office , a paternoster lift ( which is still functioning ) , and massive safes in the sublevel floor .

The building was sold by the Petschek family before the occupation of Czechoslovakia , and the family left the country .

It was during the war years that the place gained its notoriety , as it immediately became the headquarters of Gestapo for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia .

It was here where the interrogations and torturing of the Czech resistance members took place , as well as the courts - martial established by Reinhard Heydrich which sent most of the prisoners to death or to Nazi concentration camps .

Many people were put to death in the building itself .

A Blue plaque that commemorates the spirit of these war heroes was unveiled on the corner of the building .

In 1948 the building was acquired by the then - Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Trade .

Today it is the residence of a part of the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade .

In 1989 the building became a National Cultural Monument ( Národní kulturní památka ) .


Cabinet Mountains Wilderness

The Cabinet Mountains Wilderness , created by an act of Congress in 1964 , is located in the U.S. state of Montana .

Protecting the wildest portions of the Cabinet Mountains and an integral part of Kootenai National Forest and Kaniksu National Forest , the wilderness had enjoyed more limited protection since 1935 as a Primitive Area .

U.S. Wilderness Areas do not allow motorized or mechanized vehicles , including bicycles .

Although camping and fishing are allowed with proper permit , no roads or buildings are constructed and there is also no logging or mining , in compliance with the 1964 Wilderness Act .

Wilderness areas within National Forests and Bureau of Land Management areas also allow hunting in season .

There are many mountain lakes and sky scraping peaks located in the Cabinets , the highest of the peaks being Snowshoe Peak .


Michael Helm

He was born in Eston , Saskatchewan , and received degrees in literature from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Toronto .

His debut novel , The Projectionist ( 1997 ) , was nominated for the Giller Prize and the Trillium Book Award .

His second novel , In the Place of Last Things ( 2004 ) was a finalist for the regional Commonwealth Prize for Best Book and the Rogers Writers ' Trust Fiction Prize .

His 2010 novel Cities of Refuge was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers ' Trust Fiction Prize , longlisted for the Giller Prize , and named a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year and a Now Magazine Top Ten of 2010 .

Helm 's essays on fiction , poetry , and the visual arts have appeared in various magazines , including Brick , where he serves as an editor .

Helm currently teaches in the Department of English at York University in Toronto .


Islam in Angola

Islam in Angola is a minority religion .

Most sources estimate the population at 90,000 , although some give a higher figure .

They are generally foreign migrants from West Africa and the Middle East , although a few are local converts .

There exist several Islamic organizations that run mosques , schools and community centers .

The Association of the Development of Islam in Angola is the primary proselytizing organization .

Muslim Angolans are represented by the Supreme Council of Angolan Muslims of Luanda .

As of late 2013 , the Angolan government does not legally recognize any Muslim organizations ; as a result , mosques in the country have faced restrictions and many have been shut down by the government .


Athos de Oliveira

Athos Procópio de Oliveira Júnior ( born January 3 , 1943 in Catanduva ) is a former international freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Brazil .

At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago , he finished 7th in the 100 metre backstroke .

At the 1960 Summer Olympics , in Rome , he swam the 100-metre backstroke and the 4×100-metre medley , not reaching the finals .

At the 1963 Pan American Games , in São Paulo , he won two bronze medals in the 100-metre backstroke , and in the 4×200-metre freestyle .

At the 1964 Summer Olympics , in Tokyo , he swam the 100-metre freestyle and the 4×100-metre medley , not reaching the finals .

Among other achievements , he was part of the Brazilian team champion of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay in the 1964 South American Absolute Championship , in Guayaquil , Ecuador .

Team composed of Alvaro Pires , Athos Procópio de Oliveira , Paulo Salles Cunha , and Antonio Celso Guimarães .


Charles M. Stein

Charles M. Stein ( March 22 , 1920 – November 24 , 2016 ) was an American mathematical statistician and professor of statistics at Stanford University .

He received his Ph . D in 1947 at Columbia University with advisor Abraham Wald .

He held faculty positions at Berkeley and the University of Chicago before moving permanently to Stanford in 1953 .

He is known for Stein 's paradox in decision theory , which shows that ordinary least squares estimates can be uniformly improved when many parameters are estimated ; for Stein 's lemma , giving a formula for the covariance of one random variable with the value of a function of another when the two random variables are jointly normally distributed ; and for Stein 's method , a way of proving theorems such as the Central Limit Theorem that does not require the variables to be independent and identically distributed .

He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences .

He died in November 2016 at the age of 96 .


Oleg of Drelinia

Oleg was a Rurikid ruler of the Drevlyans from 969 to his death in 977 .

He was the second son of Sviatoslav I of Kiev .

Date of birth is not known , but is probably before 957 .

Sviatoslav split up his domains , and gave the Drevlyan lands to Oleg .

Oleg and his brother Yaropolk went to war after their father 's death .

According to Primary chronicle , Oleg killed Lyut , the son of Yaropolk 's chief adviser and military commander Sveneld , when he hunted in the Drevlyan lands which Oleg regarded as his own .

In an act of revenge and at the insistence of Sveneld , Yaropolk went to war against his brother Oleg and killed him in Ovruch .

Oleg was killed incidentally on the run in moat , and Yaropolk did regret this .

Then , Yaropolk sent his men to Novgorod , from which his other brother Vladimir had fled on receiving the news about Oleg 's death .

Yaropolk became the sole ruler of Rus ' .

In 1044 Yaroslav I the Wise had Oleg 's bones exhumed , christened , and reburied in the Church of the Tithes .


Parish of Bherwerre

The Parish of Bherwerre is a parish of the County of St Vincent in New South Wales which formerly included the area that is now the Jervis Bay Territory , which was transferred to the Commonwealth of Australia in 1915 .

Because of this , the parish is now less than half the size it was in the nineteenth century .

The Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act of 1915 mentions that of the parish were transferred to the Commonwealth .

The Seat of Government Acceptance Act of 1909 mentions that three separate parcels in the parish were planned to be transferred to the Commonwealth from Bherwerre , along with land in other nearby parishes , although the actual land transfer in 1915 was only made up of land in the Parish of Bherwerre .

The land mentioned in the 1909 act was a portion , a portion , and the of Bowen Island .

At the time , the parish was located in Clyde Shire .

The parish now includes the towns of Sanctuary Point and Vincentia , and also the village of Hyams Beach .

The parish is bounded by St Georges Basin at Erowal Bay in the south , the Jervis Bay Territory in the south - east , Jervis Bay in the east and Moona Moona creek in the north .


Hometown Glory

" Hometown Glory " is the debut single by British singer Adele , released on 22 October 2007 in the United Kingdom .

The song appears on her debut studio album 19 ( 2008 ) .

In 2008 , the song was re - released as her fourth single .

Adele wrote the song in 10 minutes after her mother tried to persuade her to leave her home suburb of West Norwood in London for university .

" Hometown Glory " is the first song that Adele ever wrote .

In 2007 , " Hometown Glory " was released on singer Jamie T 's Pacemaker Recordings label as a limited edition 7 " vinyl single , of which only 500 copies were made .

However , due to high downloads of the song during the release week of 19 , the song managed to chart inside the UK Singles Chart top 40 for the first time .

In 2010 , the song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance , but lost to Beyoncé 's " Halo " .


Field Marshals' Hall of the Winter Palace

The Field Marshals ' Hall of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg was built to honor Imperial Russia 's greatest military leaders — Russian generals who attained the rank of Field Marshal .

( The only higher rank was that of Generalissimo , attained by four generals and , in the Soviet period , bestowed on Joseph Stalin ) .

This great hall and the adjacent throne room are part of the suite of rooms that were created in the western part of the Winter Palace for Tsar Nicholas I in 1833 by architect Auguste de Montferrand .

The great fire , which destroyed the interior of the Winter Palace , began in this hall on 17 December 1837 .

It destroyed all in its path for over thirty hours .

Following the fire , the hall was rebuilt in its original style by the architect Vasily Stasov .

Today , as part of the State Hermitage Museum , this room retains its recreated decoration by Stasov .


Medical treatment during the Second Boer War

The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 , between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic ( Transvaal Republic ) .

It was a lengthy war involving large numbers of troops which ended with the conversion of the Boer republics into British colonies , with a promise of limited self - government .

These colonies later formed part of the Union of South Africa .

During the Boer war , 22,000 troops were treated for wounds inflicted during battle .

The surgical facilities provided by the British Army were vastly more effective than in previous campaigns .

The Medical Department of the army mobilised 151 staff and regimental units .

Twenty eight field ambulances , five stationary hospitals and 16 general hospitals were established to deal with casualties .

Numerous voluntary organizations set up additional hospitals , medical units and first aid posts .

Around one thousand Indians from Natal were shipped to South Africa to help in the recovery effort by transporting the wounded off the battlefields .

Even Mahatma Gandhi , who was practising as a lawyer at the time in Durban , was a volunteer , helping recovery efforts in the Battles of Colenso and Spionkop .

A second unit was established by Johannesburg and Cape Town Jews and aided both armies .


Grow into One

Grow into One ( stylized as grow into one ) is the second studio album released by Japanese R&B ;- turned - pop singer Koda Kumi , released on March 19 , 2003 .

It barely peaked in the Top 10 on Oricon , coming it at # 8 , and charted for forty - three weeks .

The album also contained , at the time , one of her best - selling singles , " Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba " .

Combined with the singles , the album has sold over half a million copies in Japan .

The album featured rap duo Clench & Blistah and urban contemporary singer and producer Lisa , who had been featured on Kumi 's single " Maze " , after having just split from her founded hip - hop group M - Flo .


Set Them Free

Set Them Free ( foaled February 11 , 1990 , in Kentucky , died October 30 , 2018 ) was an American thoroughbred mare racehorse .

She is sired by stakes winner Stop The Music , who in turn was sired by the 1960 U.S. Champion 2-Yr - Old Colt , Hail To Reason , out of the Tyrant mare Valseuse .

She was purchased as a two - year - old by Ann and Jerome Moss at the 1992 Fasig - Tipton Calder sale for $ 45,000 through the late trainer Brian Mayberry and was named for a song by the recording artist Sting .

Known as a sprint specialist , at age two Set Them Free won the Pasadena Stakes at Santa Anita Park and the Debutante Breeders ' Cup Stakes at Bay Meadows Racetrack .

She placed 11th in the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile Fillies .

Set Them Free was best known for her success as a broodmare .

She was the dam of two Kentucky Derby entrants : 2005 winner Giacomo , by Holy Bull , and Tiago , by Pleasant Tap .


Zayn Malik

Zain Javadd Malik ( , ; born 12 January 1993 ) , known mononymously as Zayn , is an English singer and songwriter .

Born and raised in Bradford , West Yorkshire , Malik auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition The X Factor in 2010 .

After being eliminated as a solo performer , Malik was brought back into the competition , along with four other contestants , to form the boy band that would become known as One Direction .

Malik left the group in March 2015 and subsequently signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records .

Adopting a more alternative R&B ; music style with his debut studio album Mind of Mine ( 2016 ) and its lead single , " Pillowtalk " , Malik became the first British male artist to debut at number one in both the UK and US with a debut single and debut album .

Malik is the recipient of several accolades , including an American Music Award , Billboard Music Award and MTV Video Music Award .


Karl Mayr

Captain Karl Mayr ( 5 January 1883 in Mindelheim – 9 February 1945 in Buchenwald concentration camp ) was a General Staff officer and Adolf Hitler 's immediate superior in an army Intelligence Division in the Reichswehr , 1919 – 1920 .

Mayr was particularly known as the man who introduced Hitler to politics .

In 1919 , Mayr directed Hitler to write the Gemlich letter , in which Hitler first expressed his anti - semitic views in writing .

Mayr later became Hitler 's opponent , and wrote in his memoirs that General Erich Ludendorff had personally ordered him to have Hitler join the German Workers ' Party ( DAP ) and build it up .

As far as it is known , his last rank was major .

In 1933 , he fled to France after the Nazis came to national power .

Mayr was tracked down by the Gestapo , arrested , imprisoned , and later murdered at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in 1945 .

A fact - based portrayal of Mayr is dramatized in the 2002 film Max , a fictional account of Hitler 's life in Munich just prior to joining the German Workers ' Party .


Stantec Tower

Stantec Tower is a mixed - use skyscraper currently under construction in the Ice District in downtown Edmonton , Alberta .

, when it reached a construction height of , it surpassed the JW Marriott Edmonton Ice District & Residences and became the tallest building in Edmonton .

The office area of the tower is expected to open in 2018 , and the residential portion in 2019 .

Once completed , Stantec Tower will be tall , making it the tallest building in Canada outside Toronto .

The 66-storey tower will consist of retail space , offices , and 454 residential units .

It will house the headquarters of Stantec .

Located close to Rogers Place , home of the NHL 's Edmonton Oilers , it will be in the heart of the newly created Ice District .


Theology (album)

Theology is the eighth full - length album by Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor .

It was released in 2007 on Rubyworks ( and Koch Records in the US ) .

The album consists of two discs , the acoustic " Dublin Sessions " and the full - band " London Sessions " .

The first single from Theology is " I Do n't Know How to Love Him " ( an Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice song from Jesus Christ Superstar ) .

In the issue dated 14 July 2007 , the album entered the US Billboard 200 chart at number 168 .

The album also debuted in the top 20 of Billboard 's Independent Albums list at number 15 .

First - week sales of the album in the US amounted to 4,700 units , while the record also charted in Ireland , France and Italy .

The album sold 375,000 copies worldwide .


Ray Monette

He started his career as a songwriter and musician in Detroit .

In 1967 with a band called The Abstract Reality , a 45 rpm single " Love Burns Like A Fire Inside " was released .

With Mike Campbell , Bob ' Babbitt ' Kreinar and Andrew Smith he formed Scorpion .

His name appears on Scorpion and Meat Loaf 's debut album Stoney & Meatloaf ( 1971 ) .

For this recording , he cowrote four songs .

In that same year , he played tenor guitar on " Evolution " by Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band , and played a guitar solo on Funkadelic 's " I Got a Thing , You Got a Thing , Everybody 's Got a Thing " .

He was a guitarist and singer of the Rare Earth from 1971 until 2004 ( with a break around 1977 ) .

In 2010 he played on the Phil Collins album Going Back .


Abrakurrie Cave

Abrakurrie Cave is a wild cave on the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia .

It is located about north west of Eucla and is reported to have the largest single cave chamber in the southern hemisphere , and that stencils in the cave are the deepest penetration of Aboriginal art of any cave system in Australia .

Visits to the cave occurred as early as the 1880s .

The cave was explored by an expedition led by Captain J. M. Thompson in 1935 .

The explorers described a cave that was in length , wide and deep .

After progressing a further the group found the passage forked into two passages one of which continued a further leading to a huge cavern .

Photographs of the cave were published after the 1935 expedition .

It was a well documented cave by the 1960s .


Samuel Bigger

Samuel Bigger ( March 20 , 1802 – September 9 , 1846 ) was the seventh Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from December 9 , 1840 to December 6 , 1843 .

Bigger was nominated to run for governor because he had no connection to the failed public works program .

The state had entered a severe financial crisis in his predecessor 's term and the government became insolvent during his first year in office .

He oversaw the state 's bankruptcy negotiations , but the bankruptcy he negotiated was only able to return the state to solvency briefly .

By the time of his reelection campaign , the Whig Party had become the target of public blame for the debacle , and Bigger was defeated .


Mirosław Bałka

Miroslaw Balka ( born 1958 , Warsaw , Poland ) , is a contemporary Polish sculptor and video artist .

He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 1985 .

He currently works in Otwock and Warsaw , Poland .

From 1986 to 1989 , Balka worked in the group Consciousnes Neue Bieriemiennost .

He was the 1991 winner of the Mies van der Rohe Stipendium from the Kunstmuseum Krefeld and he is a member of Akademie der Künste , Berlin .

Balka runs the Spatial Activities Studio at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts .

In 2009 , Balka installed How It Is , the 10th Unilever Series commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern , London , which opened on 13 October of that year .


Zee ETC Bollywood

Zee ETC Bollywood Channel is a Bollywood trade television channel .

The channel caters to audiences in the Asia Pacific region and has shows that are hosted in English and Hindi .

The channel features reviews , previews , box office collections , details of new and upcoming releases , trade speculations of Hindi films .

Talks with Bollywood actors , trade pundits , directors , producers , distributors and film marketers etc .

give audiences the insights about a particular film from a business perspective .

Well known film critic , Komal Nahta stepped into film critic Taran Adarsh 's shoes as a host of one of the most prominent shows of the channel , B Biz Reviews in April 2010 .

ETC is an India - based satellite television channel based in Mumbai , Maharashtra , ETC was a 24-hour Indian Music Channel .

Zee Network was founded by Subhash Chandra and was launched in India on 1 October 1992 .


Nops (spider)

Nops is a genus of medium - sized caponiid spider native to South America , Central America , and the Caribbean islands .

The genus currently counts 27 extant species plus one fossil in Dominican amber , but probably the real number of extant species is greater .

Nops have a great richness on the Caribbean islands ( 14 species ) .

Even species of Central America ( 4 ) and South America ( 15 ) are located in high proportion toward the area of the Caribbean Sea .

Most species of South America are known only from the coast of Colombia and Venezuela , including the islands of Aruba , Curaçao , Bonaire and Trinidad .

The genus is not revised yet , but apparently have a Neotropical distribution .


Pari Khan Khanum

Pari Khan Khanum ( , also spelled Parikhan Khanum ; 1548 – 1576 ) was a Safavid princess , the daughter of the Safavid king ( shah ) Tahmasp I ( 1524 – 1576 ) and his Circassian consort , Sultan - Agha Khanum .

An influential figure in the Safavid state , Pari Khan Khanum was well educated and knowledgeable in traditional Islamic sciences such as jurisprudence , and was an accomplished poet .

She played a crucial role in securing the succession of her brother Ismail II ( r. 1576 – 1577 ) to the Safavid throne .

During Ismail 's brief reign , her influence lessened , but then increased during the reign of Ismail 's successor , Mohammad Khodabanda ( r. 1578 – 1587 ) , even becoming the de facto ruler of the Safavid state for a short period .

She was strangled to death on 12February 1578 at Qazvin because her influence and power were perceived as dangerous by the Qizilbash .


Odeon Sky Filmworks

Odeon Sky Filmworks is a joint venture between Odeon Cinemas and British Sky Broadcasting designed to bring film titles to UK audiences in cinemas and at home .

Called ‘ Odeon and Sky Filmworks’ ( FILMWORKS ) , the collaboration between SKY and ODEON will act as a UK - based film distributor , signing up titles directly from filmmakers .

Filmworks plans initially to sign up to six films for release per year .

Films will have a theatrical release at ODEON , as well as at other cinema chains , prior to DVD retail ( including ODEON foyer sales ) and DVD rental ( including ODEON Direct ) .

Sky will retain all UK TV rights – and will make the films available to Sky viewers across its download service – Sky Movies By Broadband , as well as Sky Box Office , before their UK Television Premiere on Sky Movies .


Tervel of Bulgaria

Khan Tervel ( ) also called Tarvel , or Terval , or Terbelis in some Byzantine sources , was the Khan of Bulgaria during the First Bulgarian Empire at the beginning of the 8th century .

In 705 Emperor Justinian II named him Caesar , the first foreigner to receive this title .

He was a Christian like his grandfather Khan Kubrat .

Tervel played an important role in defeating the Arabs during the Siege of Constantinople in 717 – 718 .

The Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans states that Tervel belonged to the Dulo clan and reigned for 21 years .

According to the chronology developed by Moskov , Tervel would have reigned 695–715 .

Other chronologies place his reign in 701 – 718 or 700 – 721 , but can not be reconciled with the testimony of the Imennik .

The testimony of the source and some later traditions allow identifying Tervel as the son and heir of his predecessor Asparukh , who had perhaps died in battle against the Khazars .

The Emperor Tervel is a Bulgarian Saint , painted in many medieval and renaissance frescoes in many churches and monasteries in Bulgaria .


Mount Carmel Cemetery (Hillside, Illinois)

Mount Carmel Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in the Chicago suburb of Hillside , Illinois .

Mount Carmel is an active cemetery , located within the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago .

It is located near the Eisenhower Expressway ( Interstate 290 ) at Wolf and Roosevelt Roads .

Another Catholic cemetery , Queen of Heaven , is located immediately south of Mount Carmel , across Roosevelt Road .

Mount Carmel Cemetery was consecrated in 1901 and is currently in size .

It maintained its own office until 1965 , when it combined operations with Queen of Heaven Cemetery .

There are more than 226,275 remains at Mount Carmel and about 800 remains are interred there annually .

Mount Carmel Cemetery is also the final resting place of numerous local organized crime figures , the most notorious of these being Al Capone .

In all , the cemetery grounds contain over 400 family mausoleums .

Many remains at the cemetery are people of Italian ancestry .

The cemetery contains hundreds of headstones and monuments adorned with statues and elaborate engravings of religious figures such as Jesus , The Blessed Mother and many saints as well as angels .

Many of the tombstones contain photographs of the inhabitants , reflecting a custom common in Italian cemeteries .

The cemetery contains Commonwealth war graves of two World War I soldiers of the Canadian Army .


The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom ( situation comedy ) television series originally broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971 .

The show had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen , Irene Ryan , Donna Douglas , and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts , a poor backwoods family from the Ozarks region who move to posh Beverly Hills , California , after striking oil on their land .

The show was produced by Filmways and was created by writer Paul Henning .

It was followed by two other Henning - inspired " country cousin " series on CBS : Petticoat Junction , and its spin - off Green Acres , which reversed the rags - to - riches , country - to - city model of The Beverly Hillbillies .

The Beverly Hillbillies ranked among the top 20 most - watched programs on television for eight of its nine seasons , twice ranking as the number one series of the year , with a number of episodes that remain among the most - watched television episodes in history .

It accumulated seven Emmy nominations during its run .

The series remains in syndicated reruns , and its ongoing popularity spawned a 1993 film remake by 20th Century Fox .


Tholing

Tholing ( , literally " high place " ; ) , Toling , Tuolin , or Toding , alternatively Zanda , Tsanda , Tsada , or Zada , is a town and seat of Zanda County , Ngari Prefecture , in the west of Tibet Autonomous Region , People 's Republic of China .

The town was the former capital of Guge Kingdom in western Tibet when it was ruled by Langdarma .

Now an isolated military town , it has a well laid out new street , a post office , and telecommunication facilities .

The Tholing Monastery , established in 997 AD , is in the suburbs of the town , in the Grand canyon of the Langchen Tsangpo ( Sutlej River ) .

Historically , this was an important monastery ; the second dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet emanated from it .


Break Away (Gail Davies song)

" Break Away " is a song written by Wayland Holyfield and Gary Nicholson .

It was originally recorded and released as a single by American country artist Gail Davies .

" Break Away " was recorded at the " Emerald Sound Studio " in June 1984 , which is located in Nashville , Tennessee , United States .

Davies recorded her entire sixth studio album ( Where Is a Woman to Go ) during this session .

The session was co - produced by Davies and Leland Sklar .

" Break Away " was released as the album 's fourth single in August 1985 via RCA Records .

The single peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart .

The single was Davies ' final major hit on the latter chart .


Carl Anderson

Carl Anderson ( American musician ) ( born 2005 ) , jazz saxophonist better known as yung jarl

Carl Anderson ( American football ) ( 1898 – 1978 ) , American college football coach

Carl Anderson ( art director ) ( 1903 – 1989 ) , American art director

Carl Anderson ( basketball ) ( 1913 – 2001 ) , American professional basketball player

Carl Anderson ( North Dakota politician ) ( 1897 – 1945 ) , North Dakota State Treasurer

Carl Anderson ( South Carolina politician ) , member of the South Carolina House of Representatives

Carl Anderson ( singer ) ( 1945 – 2004 ) , American singer , film and theatre actor

Carl A. Anderson ( born 1951 ) , Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

Carl C. Anderson ( 1877 – 1912 ) , U.S. Representative from Ohio

Carl David Anderson ( 1905 – 1991 ) , physicist

Carl Thomas Anderson ( 1865 – 1948 ) , cartoonist


On Your Mark (song)

On Your Mark is a song by the Japanese rock duo Chage & Aska .

The song was released in 1994 as part of the single Heart .

It became a million selling hit single upon its release and has been performed in concert by the duo .

The song has been included on a variety of their albums .

Originally written with Japanese lyrics an English language adaptation was created and released under the title Castles in the Air .

It was notably performed by Chage and Aska during their recorded MTV Unplugged session , the first such session by an act from Asia .

In 1995 a music video was created by Studio Ghibli .

Hayao Miyazaki wrote and directed the animated short film as a side - project after having writer 's block with Princess Mononoke .

The short film , with the title Ghibli Experimental Theater On Your Mark was played in concert in June 1995 and had a theatrical release in July together with Whisper of the Heart .


John Udell

John Udell ( 22 June 1795 – 30 June 1874 ) was an American farmer and Baptist lay preacher who is primarily known for two detailed diaries he kept of his travels to California across the Great Plains of the United States .

He traversed the overland route four times between 1850 and 1859 , returning by sea on his first three trips .

After his fourth and final trip to California he remained there , settling in Solano County and later in Sonoma County .

His first diary , Incidents of Travel to California Across the Great Plains , was published in 1856 .

His second diary , Journal of John Udell , Kept During a Trip Across the Plains , was first published in 1859 and is an account of his last trip to California as a member of the Rose - Baley Party .


The Bonaparte Pottery Archeological District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Bonaparte , Iowa , United States .

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 .

At the time of its nomination it contained four resources , which included one contributing building , one contributing site , and two non - contributing buildings .

The contributing resources include the remains of two kilns from Bonaparte Pottery , which operated from 1866 to 1895 .

It also includes the factory building ( 1876 ) that replaced a building that was destroyed in a fire in November 1875 .

The non - contributing resources include two buildings that are associated with the lumberyard that took over the site after the pottery closed .

They were built after the period of historical significance .

While modest in size compared with Red Wing Pottery in Minnesota and Western Stoneware in Illinois , Bonaparte Pottery was mid - sized operation associated with the pottery industry in Iowa .

Pottery had a significant economic impact on the state from the mid to the late 19th - century .

The Des Moines River Valley had the greatest concentration of potteries in the state because of the abundant coal deposits located there .

Fire clay , which is used to manufacture ceramics , was a by - product of coal mining .

Sidney Parker and Thomas Hanback founded the business in 1866 .

Robert Wilson and Henry Jones joined the business in its later years .

The pottery went out of business in 1895 for a variety of reasons .

The financial panic of 1893 undoubtedly played a part , but Bonaparte experienced a severe decline in manufacturing that began in the 1890s .

Other pottery operations had improved their mechanization , they had a better quality of clay , and they were located closer to population centers where they could sell their products .


Workers Party (United States)

The Workers Party ( WP ) was a Third Camp Trotskyist group in the United States .

It was founded in April 1940 by members of the Socialist Workers Party who opposed the Soviet invasion of Finland and Leon Trotsky 's belief that the USSR under Joseph Stalin was still innately proletarian , a " degenerated workers ' state . "

They included Max Shachtman , who became the new group 's leader , Hal Draper , CLR James , Raya Dunayevskaya , Martin Abern , Joseph Carter , Julius Jacobson , Phyllis Jacobson , Albert Glotzer , Stan Weir , B. J. Widick , and Irving Howe .

The party 's politics are often referred to as " Shachtmanite . "

At the time of the split , almost 40 % of the membership of the SWP left to form the Workers Party .

Although it recruited among workers and youth during World War Two it never grew substantially , despite having more impact than its numbers would suggest .


Pentti Linnosvuo

Pentti Tapio Akseli Linnosvuo ( 17 March 1933 – 13 July 2010 ) was a Finnish sport shooter .

Together with Alfred Lane , he is the only Olympic competitor to win gold medals in both 50 m pistol and 25 m rapid fire pistol – the technique differs much between these two events , and hence few modern top - level shooters attempt to excel in both .

He competed at five consecutive Olympics in 1952 – 1968 , winning two gold medals and a silver .

Linnosvuo was born in Vaasa , but grew up in Helsinki , where he played ice hockey with Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , and basketball and football with Sudet .

He took up shooting aged 15 , first with a rifle , but then changed to pistol , which was easier to handle for a left - handed person .

In 1951 he won his first national title , and at the 1952 Olympics placed fifth in the 25 m rapid fire event .

He later won 15 more national titles in 1952 – 1967 and served as the Finnish flag bearer at the 1968 Olympics .

He took part in five world championships , but medalled only in his first one in 1954 .

While competing , in 1957–65 Linnosvuo was employed by S Group , a Finnish retailing organization .

After that he worked with M - real Corporation , a Finnish pulp and paper company , and coached Finnish , West German , Swiss and Norwegian national pistol teams .

From 1983 to 1999 he served as president of the Finnish Hunting Association and in 1995–98 headed the Finnish Olympic Winners Association .


James William Murphy

James William Murphy ( April 17 , 1858 – July 11 , 1927 ) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin .

Born in Platteville , Wisconsin in 1858 , Murphy graduated from the State Normal School ( now the University of Wisconsin – Platteville ) in 1873 and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1880 .

He practiced law in Platteville , and served as district attorney of Grant County , Wisconsin from 1887 to 1891 .

He was elected mayor of Platteville for a two - year term in 1904 , and was then elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1906 , defeating Joseph W. Babcock for the seat from Wisconsin 's 3rd congressional district .

Murphy served one term as part of the 60th United States Congress , but was defeated for reelection in 1908 by Arthur W. Kopp .

He ran unsuccessfully for Congress once more , in 1920 .

He died in Rochester , Minnesota in 1927 .


Livia Bitton-Jackson

Livia Bitton - Jackson ( born February 28 , 1931 ) is an author and a Holocaust survivor .

She was born as Elli L. Friedmann in Samorin , Czechoslovakia , She was 13 years old when she , her mother , father , aunt and brother Bubi , were taken to Ghetto Nagymagyar .

Eventually , they were transported to Auschwitz , the largest German concentration camp , where her brother and aunt were separated from Livia and her mother .

Her aunt perished but her brother survived .

She , her mother and brother were liberated in 1945 .

Bitton - Jackson came to the U.S. on a refugee boat in 1951 to join Bubi , who was studying in New York .

She then studied at New York University , from which she received a Ph.D. in Hebrew Culture and Jewish History .

She also wrote her 1997 memoir I Have Lived a Thousand Years .


Jordan, Ontario

Jordan , Ontario , is a community located on the eastern edge of the Town of Lincoln , in the Niagara Region .

Jordan is bordered by the Twenty Mile Creek and Vineland to the west , Lake Ontario to the north , St. Catharines to the east , and Pelham to the south .

Lying roughly 100 km from Toronto and 65 km from Buffalo by road , Jordan is located along a major transportation corridor between Canada and the United States .

In January 2014 Jordan was brought to international attention when Al - Qaeda - directed terrorists were arrested for plotting to derail a passenger train traveling from Toronto to New York on a rail - bridge crossing the Jordan Harbour .

Jordan is home to many wineries due to its climatically advantageous grape - growing conditions in the Niagara Region , and is one of the premier icewine - producing destinations in Canada .

Also located in Jordan is the Ball 's Falls Conservation Area , which is maintained by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority , and the home of the second - tallest waterfall in the Niagara Region .


Apatornis

Apatornis is a genus of prehistoric birds endemic to North America during the late Cretaceous .

It currently contains a single species , Apatornis celer , which lived around the Santonian - Campanian boundary , dated to about 83.5 million years ago .

The remains of this species were found in the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Formation in Kansas , United States .

It is known from a single fossil specimen : a synsacrum , the fused series of vertebrae over the hips .

While the known fossil remains are very incomplete , enough has been found to reasonably estimate that the body length of this bird was between .

The type specimen of A. celer , YPM 1451 , was reportedly discovered by Othniel Charles Marsh in October 1872 at Butte Creek in Logan County , Kansas .

This location is now recognized as falling between Marker Units 15 and 19 of the Smoky Hill Chalk geological formation .

An additional , more complete specimen had also been referred to Apatornis celer by Marsh .

This more complete specimen had historically been the one used almost exclusively to form the basis of what was known about Apatornis .

However , Julia Clarke noted in 2004 that because the second specimen did not preserve any of the same bones as the first , the two could not be scientifically compared .

Clarke therefore reclassified the second specimen as its own genus and species , Iaceornis marshi .


Cannonsville Reservoir

The Cannonsville Reservoir is a reservoir in Delaware County , New York , that was formed by the Cannonsville Dam at the west end of the reservoir , impounding over half of the West Branch of the Delaware River .

It is the westernmost of New York City 's reservoirs , being at the western portion of the Delaware Watershed .

Placed in service in 1964 , it is the most recently constructed New York City - owned reservoir .

The town of Cannonsville was destroyed to make room for the reservoir .

The reservoir lies within the towns of Tompkins and Deposit .

It has the largest drainage basin of all of the NYC reservoirs , being at 455 square miles ( 1178 km ) .

This water flows over halfway through the reservoir to enter the West Delaware Tunnel in Tompkins , New York .

Then it flows through the aqueduct into the Rondout Reservoir , where the water enters the Delaware Aqueduct .

The Delaware Aqueduct then continues through the West Branch Reservoir and the Kensico Reservoir in Westchester and Putnam counties north of the city .

The aqueduct continues further south through the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers , and then continues through The Bronx , Queens , and Brooklyn , eventually ending in Staten Island , providing New York City with about 50 % of their drinking water .

The Cannonsville Dam is being considered as a site for a 14.08MW hydroelectric generating station .


Yvonne Printemps

Yvonne Printemps (; 25 July 1894 – 19 January 1977 ) was a French singer and actress who achieved stardom on stage and screen in France and internationally .

Printemps went on the stage in Paris at the age of 12 , and at 21 she was singled out by the actor , director and playwright Sacha Guitry as a leading lady .

In 1919 they were married , and worked closely together until 1932 , when they divorced .

Printemps never remarried , but had a personal and professional partnership with the actor Pierre Fresnay which lasted until his death in 1975 .

As a performer , Printemps was famed for the quality of her singing voice and for her personal charm .

Among those who composed for her were André Messager , Reynaldo Hahn , Noël Coward and Francis Poulenc .

Her voice could have led her to an operatic career , but guided by Guitry she concentrated on operette and other types of musical show , along with non - musical plays and films .

In addition to her many successes in Paris she appeared to great acclaim in the West End of London , and on Broadway in New York .


Gaetano Cecere

Gaetano Cecere , ( November 26 , 1894 – 1985 ) American sculptor , born , educated and worked in New York City .

He studied with Hermon A MacNeil , with work in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City , and Gaetano , known as Guy attended the Beaux - Arts Institute of Design and the National Academy of Design .

In 1920 he won the Prix de Rome and studied at the American Academy in Rome for several years .

During this period a " tendency to simplify forms for decorative effects was developed . " .

Cecere has works collected by many major museums , from Classical to Contemporary , including the Smithsonian Institution , the " National Collection of Fine Arts " and the Archives of American Art " .

He was a member of the National Sculpture Society .


Souha Bechara

Souha Fawaz Bechara also spelled Souha Bechara or Soha Bechara ( Arabic : سهى فواز بشارة ) ( born June 15 , 1967 ) is a Lebanese national .

In 1988 , at the age of twenty one , she attempted to assassinate General Antoine Lahad of the South Lebanon Army , a Christian militia funded by Israel .

Bechara was quickly arrested and held in the infamous Khiam prison .

She was released on September 3 , 1998 , following an intense Lebanese and European campaign .

In 2000 , she published her autobiography , Résistante , relating her early life and her years in jail .

English and Arabic translations following in 2003 .

In 2011 , Bechara published another autobiography , whose Arabic title translates as I Dream of a Cell of Cherries .

Her co - author , Cosette Elias Ibrahim , is a Lebanese journalist who was also detained in the Khiam prison .

She was released on 22 May 2000 , when Israel pulled out of the south of Lebanon and the South Lebanon Army forces abandoned the Khiam prison .

Parts of Bechara 's story were used in Wajdi Mouawad 's 2003 play , Incendies , which Denis Villeneuve adapted to the screen in his 2010 film by the same name .


Technique (album)

Technique is the fifth studio album by English rock band New Order , released on 30 January 1989 by Factory Records .

Partly recorded on the island of Ibiza , it incorporates Balearic beat and acid house influences into the group 's dance - rock sound .

The album was influenced by the then growing acid scene , and Sumner 's experiences in the 500 Club in New York and Shroom in London .

It was the first in a few of their albums where Peter Hook 's bass sound was predominant .

Technique was also New Order 's final studio album to be released under Factory Records ( though not their final Factory release , that being the following year 's " World in Motion " ) ; the label would declare bankruptcy in 1992 following a severe financial downturn caused primarily by the significant commercial failure of Happy Mondays ' Yes Please !

Technique was the first New Order album to reach number one on the UK charts , and " Fine Time " , the first single from the album , reached number 11 .

Remixed versions of " Round & Round " and " Run " were also released as singles .


Dany Morin

Dany Morin ( born December 19 , 1985 ) is a Canadian businessman and former politician , who served in the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015 .

He represented the electoral district of Chicoutimi — Le Fjord as a member of the New Democratic Party .

A chiropractor , he was one of five openly gay candidates elected to Parliament in the 2011 election .

He served as the NDP associate critic for lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender , and transsexual issues , alongside lead critic Randall Garrison .

Morin was defeated in the 2015 election by Liberal Denis Lemieux .

Following his electoral defeat , he launched Monsieur Fulgence , an e - commerce project to promote local artisans and craftspeople from the Saguenay – Lac - Saint - Jean region .


Technical University of Madrid

The Technical University of Madrid or sometimes called Polytechnic University of Madrid ( , UPM ) is a Spanish university , located in Madrid .

It was founded in 1971 as the result of merging different Technical Schools of Engineering and Architecture , originating mainly in the 18th century .

Over 35,000 students attend classes during the year .

According to the annual university ranking conducted by El Mundo , the Technical University of Madrid ranks as the top technical university in Spain , and second overall .

The majority of its Engineering Schools are consistently ranked as leading academic institutions in Spain in their fields , and among the very best in Europe .

The UPM is part of the TIME network , which groups fifty engineering schools throughout Europe .


Prayer in the Hebrew Bible

Prayer in the Hebrew Bible is an evolving means of interacting with God , most frequently through a spontaneous , individual , unorganized form of petitioning and/or thanking .

Standardized prayer such as is done today is non - existent , though beginning in Deuteronomy , the Bible lays the groundwork for organized prayer , including basic liturgical guidelines , and by the Bible 's later books , prayer has evolved to a more standardized form , although still radically different from the form practiced by modern Jews .

Individual prayer is described by the Tanakh two ways .

The first of these is when prayer is described as occurring , and a result is achieved , but no further information regarding a person 's prayer is given .

In these instances , such as with Isaac , Moses , Samuel , and Job , the act of praying is a method of changing a situation for the better .

The second way in which prayer is depicted is through fully fleshed out episodes of prayer , where a person 's prayer is related in full .

Many famous biblical personalities have such a prayer , including every major character from Hannah to Hezekiah .


Nisei (The X-Files)

" Nisei " is the ninth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series The X - Files .

It was directed by David Nutter , and written by Chris Carter , Frank Spotnitz and Howard Gordon .

" Nisei " featured guest appearances by Steven Williams , Raymond J. Barry and Stephen McHattie .

The episode helped explore the series ' overarching mythology .

" Nisei " earned a Nielsen household rating of 9.8 , being watched by 16.36 million people in its initial broadcast .

The episode received largely positive reviews from critics .

The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) who work on cases linked to the paranormal , called X - Files .

In this episode , Mulder and Scully investigate the origins of an alien autopsy Mulder believes is real .

The investigation uncovers Japanese involvement and sees Mulder smuggle himself onto a secret cargo train to find out more .

" Nisei " is a two - part episode , with the plot continuing in the next episode , " 731 " .

Inspired by the atrocities committed by Unit 731 , a Japanese research program during World War II , " Nisei " was originally intended to be a stand - alone mythology episode , but was lengthened into two separate parts .

The episode featured several scenes that required stunt work , which David Duchovny performed himself .

The episode 's title refers to the term nisei , meaning the son or daughter of an Issei couple born outside Japan .


State Jewish Theater (Romania)

Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat ( TES , the State Jewish Theater ) in Bucharest , Romania is a theater specializing in Jewish - related plays .

It is the oldest Yiddish - language theater with uninterrupted activity in the world .

Its contemporary repertoire includes plays by Jewish authors , plays on Jewish topics , and plays in Yiddish ( which are performed with simultaneous translation into Romanian , using headphones installed in the theater in the 1970s ) .

Many of the plays also feature Jewish actors .

A precursor , the Teatru Evreiesc Baraşeum operated as a Jewish theater through most of World War II , although they were closed during the few months of the National Legionary State , and thereafter performed in Romanian rather than Yiddish through until the fall of Ion Antonescu .


Zlatni Rat

The Zlatni Rat , often referred to as the Golden Cape or Golden Horn ( translated from the local Chakavian dialect ) , is a spit of land located about west from the harbour town of Bol on the southern coast of the Croatian island of Brač , in the region of Dalmatia .

It extends southward into the Hvar Channel , a body of water in the Adriatic Sea between the islands of Brač and Hvar , which is home to strong currents .

The landform itself is mostly composed of a white pebble beach , with a Mediterranean pine grove taking up the remainder .

Zlatni Rat has been regularly listed as one of the top beaches in Europe .

Its distinctive shape can be seen in many travel brochures , which made it one of the symbols of Croatian tourism .


Mötley Crüe discography

The discography of Mötley Crüe , a heavy metal band from Los Angeles , California , consists of nine studio albums , two live albums , three EPs , six compilation albums , three box sets , nine DVD , 30 singles , and 31 music videos .

Mötley Crüe were an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles , California in 1981 .

The band was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee , who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil .

Mötley Crüe has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide , including 25 million in the US .

The band members have often been noted for their hard - living lifestyles ; all members have had numerous brushes with the law , have spent time in jail , have suffered long addictions to alcohol and drugs , have had countless escapades with women , and are heavily tattooed .

Their ninth studio album entitled Saints of Los Angeles was released on June 24 , 2008 .

In 2013 , the band announced a retirement and a farewell tour .


Doctors to Be

Doctors to Be is a biographical documentary series that was first broadcast on BBC Two by BBC Television and is also the name of a book , published by BBC Books , that accompanies the series .

The television series follows 10 medical students who enrolled at St Mary 's Hospital Medical School ( now a part of Imperial College School of Medicine ) in the 1985 intake of students .

It starts in 1984 with their admission interviews , then follows them through five or six years as medical students , and ends with their first experiences of working as busy junior hospital doctors in the National Health Service .

The BBC decided to make the series in 1983 and the BBC contacted several medical schools .

The BBC selected St Mary 's Hospital Medical School , London , England , partly because the dean , Prof Peter Richards , was enthusiastic about filming and thought that medical education was of public interest .

Filming began in November 1984 when applicants were applying for university and going to interviews for the 1985 intake at St Mary 's Hospital Medical School .

St Mary 's Medical School interviewed 419 applicants and 100 of these interviews were filmed .

In the autumn of 1985 , when studies had started , every student in the year was asked if they wanted to take part in the television series , and 10 students , who were thought to be outgoing and resilient to the pressures of filming , were chosen by the BBC .

Each of the 10 medical students was filmed regularly and about 300 hours of film accumulated in total .

The series was one of the nominations for the best factual series at the 1992 British Academy Television Awards , although it did not win an award .

An update , , was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2007 .


Luciano Pigozzi

Luciano Pigozzi , also known professionally as Alan Collins ( 10 January 1927 – 14 June 2008 ) , was an Italian character actor .

A long - time staple of Italian genre cinema , Pigozzi was known for such films as Human Cobras , Yor , the Hunter from the Future , Ivanhoe , the Norman Swordsman , Blood and Black Lace , Libido and perhaps his goriest role in Baron Blood .

Born in Novellara , province of Reggio Emilia , in Italy ; he appeared in more than one hundred films between 1954 and 1989 , including many 1960s Italian thrillers such as Terror - Creatures from the Grave , Werewolf in a Girls ' Dormitory and The Whip and the Body .


Vietnam Era

Vietnam Era is a term used by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to classify veterans of the Vietnam War .

Various departments of federal , state and local governments as well as private employers often give Vietnam Era veterans special consideration regarding employment and sometimes assign extra qualifying points .

For VA purposes , in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 38 Paragraph 3.2 ( f ) , the Vietnam Era is " The period beginning on February 28 , 1961 and ending on May 7 , 1975 , inclusive , in the case of a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period .

The period beginning on August 5 , 1964 and ended on May 7 , 1975 inclusive , in all other cases . "

The U.S. Congress , U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs elected to designate those years as such to accord special privileges to all persons who served the country 's armed forces during that time .

Similar designations have been made for other periods of war .

The date August 5 , 1964 is significant because it was the day of the start of U.S. bombing of North Vietnam at the Gulf of Tonkin .

Two days later , on August 7 , 1964 , Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution , giving the Johnson Administration significant powers to make war in Vietnam .

The Gulf of Tonkin battle is seen as the beginning of the dramatic escalation of U.S. operations in Vietnam .

The end of the war is noted as May 7 , 1975 because President Gerald R. Ford announced the end of the war on that day .


Marc Kimmich

Marc Kimmich ( born 21 January 1983 ) is a former professional tennis player from Australia .

Kimmich was born in West Germany , but moved to Australia when he was five .

He received a wildcard entry into the 2005 Australian Open and played Mariano Zabaleta in the first round , losing in four sets .

In the men 's doubles he and partner Adam Feeney lost in the opening round to the Russian pairing of Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko .

In the 2006 Australian Open , Kimmich was again given a wildcard , but he once more was n't able to progress to the second round , with 26th seed Jarkko Nieminen proving too strong .

He was also eliminated in the first round of the mixed doubles with Lisa McShea .


Bobby Jack Oliver

Bobby Jack Oliver ( January 9 , 1936 - December 15 , 2012 ) was an American Canadian Football League defensive tackle .

Graduating from Baylor University , Oliver was a second round pick of the Chicago Cardinals in the 1958 NFL Draft .

He chose to play in the CFL , starting a 3-year stint with the Toronto Argonauts in 1958 .

He intercepted 2 passes for the Double Blue and in 1961 was traded to the Montreal Alouettes , along with Paul Fedor and linebacker Ron Brewer , for defensive end Doug McNichol and tackle Billy Shipp .

Oliver enjoyed his greatest success as a Lark , being named an all - star in 1961 and 1962 , and winning the Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy as the CFL East MVP .

He added kicking to his repertoire , scoring 103 points and punting 22 times .

In 1964 , he was traded to the Hamilton Tiger - Cats , where he played 2 games ; his contract was promptly sold to the Edmonton Eskimos , where he finished the season and his career .

Oliver married Elizabeth Ann " Betty " Trentham on June 4 , 1954 ; settled in Texas , they have two grown children and one deceased .


Vera Matveyeva

Vera Ilyinichna Matveyeva ( , 1945 - 1976 ) was a Russian poet and singer - songwriter .

Matveyeva was born in Kuybyshevka - Vostochnaya in the east of Russia on 23 October 1945 .

Her father was a military officer , and the family moved along the country , settling in the 1950s in Khimki near Moscow .

She graduated from high school in 1963 , starting occasional jobs and travelling around Russia .

In 1965 , Matveyeva enrolled in Moscow Institute of Construction Engineering , graduating in 1970 .

In 1970 , she was diagnosed with brain cancer , from which she died in 1976 in Khimki .

She started to write songs , both music and lyrics , in the 1960s .

She also performed them , playing guitar and singing .

Most of her records date between 1965 and 1973 .

At the time , the author song was popular in the Soviet Union .

Matveyeva was close to Viktor Luferov , Vladimir Berezhkov , and Alexander Mirzayan , they often performed together .

It was noted , however , that since she has written many of her songs where she was already terminally ill , they are different from the mainstream Soviet author song and are characterized by a greater openness .

No records of Matveyeva were released in her lifetime .