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Admiral Michael Seymour, the commander of the British navy, sent Ye a message on October 27. Seymour demanded that the British be allowed to enter Canton. Before this, foreigners could not enter the city itself. If they wanted to do business or trade they had to do so in the suburbs or harbor. Ye did not answer. Seymour ordered his ships to shoot at the government offices. Ye made a declaration that he would pay 30 pieces of silver for each British person killed.
Ye still had not answered on October 28. The Britlish artillery attacked and destroyed the Southern wall of Canton. Soldiers invaded Ye's office. The soldiers wanted to capture Ye, but they could not find him. They occupied Canton for a short while. They had to leave because they did not have enough soldiers or resources to keep control of the city.
When the news was sent to London, the British government had a big argument on whether to wage war against China. The parliament voted against the proposal. But the British prime minister Palmerston the House of Commons and held an election. His party won the election, so the policy passed. He ordered Lord Elgin to be a new diplomat with China.
Just in time, the French government said their churchman were killed by the Chinese government. It joined the British government and sent armies. English and French armies entered into an alliance.
In October, 1857 the British army general had a plan to invade China. They decided to attack from the south of China, Canton. They would then proceed to attack along the North of China, and proceed to keep moving towards Peking.
Before they went, the Russian minister advised them that only occupying Canton would not make the Qing dynasty give up, and that the better way to make them give in would be by moving onward to Peking. However, the English-French armies still stuck with their first decision, which was to attack Canton. Lord Elgin talked with Seymour and the other generals about their plan. They were certain that they could take Canton.
In November. The English held down the Indian Revolution successfully. They had an army large enough to send to China. The alliance army prepared 10,000 soldiers. The British had 43 warships and the French army had 10.
On December 10, 1857. Canton was blocked. On December 12, the alliance army made their last warning to Ye and made several demands:
On December 14, Ye refused them. After 12 days, The English and French ministers responded by stating that their army are now free to do as they wish. At the same time, the English naval commander sent messages to Ye. This time, he demanded the Qing army should retreat 90 miles away from Canton within 2 days. Ye still refused. Over the course of those 2 days, they took no action.
On December 27, which was the day before the battle, Ye sent messages to the Xianfeng Emperor. He lied to the emperor about their circumstances. In the letter, he stated that the English had begun to beg for peace, and that they only wanted to trade with China, said Ye:
In December 28, the war began. The alliance army had about 5,500 men, 700 French soldiers, and an additional 20 warships. They landed near Canton and approached the city. The alliance army opened fire at the governor's office (Yeh's workplace). The Qing army retreated, but Ye was still sitting in his office and reading the paper.
Andrew Fetterly Wilkes Krier (born May 9, 1979 in Stanford, California), better known by his stage name, Andrew W.K., is an American rock musician. He married his ex-wife, Cherie Pourtabib (who is also known as Cherie Lily). His song "Party Hard" is one of his most famous songs.
The Protestant Reformation was introduced to Themar on October 5, 1544 by the count Ernst von Henneberg. After the Reformation the church received several smaller carved altars from other churches. Since 1541 the church building was frequently converted in the course of the next decades.
On October 16 (Saint Gall's Day) in 1634, Themar was burned down (on the same day as Suhl) after the plundering by the Croats. The town church would have been burned as well, but a pious Italian officer gave the order to extinguish the fire when it came near to the Marienaltar.
Before European settlement the Coburg area was home to the Indigenous Australian Wurundjeri people. The area was first surveyed in 1837-8 by Robert Hoddle. The area was first called Pentridge, after the town of Pentridge, Dorset, England.
Basically, "proxy" means "stands for".
A proxy murder is when a person murders on behalf of someone else. "Proxy" comes from the Latin word "procuratio," which means "to take care of".
A documentary movie called "Murder by Proxy", which looks at mass killings in the US, was made in 2009.
Biggles is a series of young adult adventure books. It was written by W. E. Johns. The series is named after the nickname of the main character, James Bigglesworth, who is a pilot and adventurer. There are around 100 Biggles books in total. The first Biggles book, "The Camels are Coming", was published in 1932 and is a collection of short Biggles stories.
Petrology is a type of geology. It is concerned with rocks, how they form, and how they are used. It is between mineralogy, which is concerned with the minerals, in rocks, and geology, which tries to put rocks into a larger context.
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A plutino is an object in outer space that has an orbit like Pluto's orbit. Plutinos are about 39 or 40 AU from the Sun.
Discovery Family (formerly Discovery Kids ) is a cable, and satellite television network in the United States. Discovery Family replaced the Hub Network, the Hub, and Discovery Kids and has a joint venture of both Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Hasbro Entertainment. The headquarters for the television channel is in Los Angeles, California, United States. on October 16, 2010, the Discovery Kids channel was renamed after a final marathon of Kenny the Shark. The channel is 40% owned by Hasbro and 60% owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.
Discovery Family tried to advertise towards children and their families by offering a range of content to choose from. These include history, science, food and family living. Movies air as well. The channel maintained some of the Hub's content until it slowly went away. Also, , Littlest Pet Shop, , Pound Puppies, Handy Manny, Jungle Junction, and Dinotrux, however, has stayed on the channel.
Mighty Joe Young is an 1998 adventure movie that was produced by Ted Hartley and Tom Jacobson and was directed by Ron Underwood. It is a remake of the 1949 movie, "Mighty Joe Young". It stars Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, and creature suit actor John Alexander as the title character. In this version, the ape is much larger than in the original. "Mighty Joe Young" was released on December 25, 1998 in North America. The movie received mixed reviews with a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie turned out to be a box office bomb grossing $50,632,037 with a budget of $90,000,000.
It is common in nature and may be found in both soil and water. It lives in dead or . There are many different within the whole species (strains) and the 20% of those can capture nitrogen from the atmosphere and when growing in the absence of oxygen. "K. pneumoniae" also happen in places that aren't feces-contaminated, including industrial wastes that are rich in nutrients (Bagley and Seidler, 1977).
Klebsiella bacteria can transmit between people in hospital environments (for instance, from patient to patient via contaminated hands of healthcare workers or other people) or, less frequently, by environmental pollution. There is no transmission of the bacterium through the air.
The bacteria "Klebsiella pneumoniae" typically lives in the intestines of humans (30-40% of the intestinal tract), where it is not harmful. "K. pneumoniae", however, has the potential to spread to other parts of the body and cause a number of diseases, including bloodstream infections, urinary tract infections (UTI), pneumonia and meningitis.
If inhaled, it can harm both human and animal lungs, resulting in thick mucous being produced in lungs (sputum) that is deep red, brownish, or yellow in colour.
Thiotrichales is a large order of Bacteria. That includes "Francisella tularensis" in the cause of Tularemia and "Thiomargarita nambiensis", the largest known bacterium.
Verbena is a genus of plants in the family Verbenaceae. The type species is vervain, which grows in Europe. Some verbenas are considered weeds. It should not be confused with the related "Lantana", commonly called shrub Verbena
Are We There Yet? is a 2005 family comedy road trip movie that was produced by Matt Alvarez, Ice Cube and Dan Kolsrud and was directed by Brian Levant. "Are We There Yet?" was released on January 21, 2005 in North America. The movie received negative reviews with a 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A sequel for the movie was released in 2007 called "Are We Done Yet?".
Are We Done Yet? is a 2007 family comedy movie that was produced by Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Ted Hartley and Todd Garner and was directed by Steve Carr. "Are We Done Yet?" was released on April 4, 2007 in North America. The movie received negative reviews with a 7% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was the sequel to the 2005 movie "Are We There Yet?" and is a remake of the movie "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House".
Sliver is a 1993 American erotic thriller movie. It stars Sharon Stone and William Baldwin. The movie is focused on mysterious things that happen in a privately owned Manhattan highrise apartment complex. "Sliver" got bad movie reviews, although it did well at the box office.
William Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, writer and producer. His movies include "Internal Affairs" (1990), "Flatliners" (1990) and "Backdraft" (1991). He has also acted in many television programs and movies.
The green sulfur bacteria are a phylum of obligately anaerobic photoautotrophic bacteria. They metabolize (~eat) sulfur.
They are put in their own phylum. They are most closely related to the Bacteroidetes.
Most green sulfur bacteria are mesophilic. They prefer moderate temperatures, and all of them live in water. They are typical of the bacteria which evolved on the early Earth: they live in anaerobic conditions. They are usually found in the top millimeters of sediment, where there is reduced sulfur. They are capable of photosynthesis in low light conditions.
The Black Sea, an extremely anoxic environment, has a large population of green sulfur bacteria at about 100m depth. The light is poor in this region of the sea: here bacteria get most of their energy from chemical reactions. They need very little energy for cellular maintenance.
Sir Sidney Robert Nolan (; 22 April 191728 November 1992) is regarded as one of Australia's great artists. He used many art forms including painting, drawing, printmaking, set design (for theatre), murals, spray painting and collage. He created over 10,000 individual art works, considered a prolific, or large, number of works of art.
Amy Lou Adams (born on August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer and former dancer. She was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2013, and four Oscars, in 2006, 2009, 2011, and 2013.
She started her career as a dancer in 1995. In 1999, she started acting. Her first movie role was Leslie Miller in "Drop Dead Gorgeous".
She again was nominated as "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" for Golden Globe and Oscar but lost to Melissa Leo. She also played Lois Lane in the 2013 movie "Man of Steel" and the 2016 movie "". She also played the part of Lois Lane in "Justice League".
Nocardiosis is a disease caused by the bacterium "Nocardia Asteroides". It causes a dangerous form of pneumonia. It affects the lungs, brain and skin. It affects mainly people with a weakened immune system, such as people with HIV/AIDS, chronic lung disease, cancer or people who have had a transplant.
Relapsing fever
Slap Shot is an 1977 comedy-sports movie that was produced by Stephen J. Friedman and Robert J. Wunsch and was directed by George Roy Hill. Slap Shot was released on February 25, 1977 in North America. The movie received positive reviews with a 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie is about a minor league ice hockey team that trys to gain popularity for a small town by playing violently. Replica Chiefs jerseys and the Hanson Brothers have become very popular due to the movies success.
The GMC Terrain is a four-door crossover SUV. It is sold by GMC and is their smallest SUV to date. The Terrain replaced the Pontiac Torrent and was sold in the same dealership that replaced the Pontiac brand. While it rides on the same platform as the Equinox the Terrain bares a different look and resembles that of an SUV. The Terrain was shown at the 2009 New York International Auto Show and was sold in Mexico. The marque for the Terrain is also known as a rebadged Opel Antara in the Middle East.
Zookeeper is a 2011 comedy movie that was produced by Todd Garner, Kevin James, Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Walt Becker, Charles Newirth and Barry Bernardi and was directed by Frank Coraci. "Zookeeper" was released on July 8, 2011 in North America. The movie received negative reviews with a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Lalitpur is one of the biggest metropolitan cities of Nepal. It is famous for its religious, cultural, and historical temples.
Lilacs are plants in the genus Syringa, in the family Oleaceae. Lilacs are popular garden plants in many area. Syringas are another name for the Lilac, as well as the generic name. It is the state flower of Idaho.
Modern treatments of the Santalaceae include the family Viscaceae (mistletoes), previously considered distinct.
You can see that the example shows a dark fruit, while the term 'mistletoe' usually means the fruit is white.
There are many species which grow on standing trees. See lianas on another page.
Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908, Brinkley, Arkansas February 4, 1975, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and bandleader. He was most successful in the 1940s in the black music market but he reached also white audiences and recorded several cross over hits in the Pop charts.
A blenny is a member of a large order of teleost fish called the Blenniiformes. The suborder has about 900 species in 151 genera.
The wrasses are a family, the Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera.
They are usually small fish, mostly less than long, although the largest, the humphead wrasse, can measure up to .
"Main article: Cleaner fish"
Cleaner wrasses are the best-known of the cleaner fish.
Pfizer() is an American pharmaceutical corporation. One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, it is ranked 64 on the 2020 "Fortune" 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. It was founded in 1849 in New York City. It is ranked the largest drug company in the world. The company is responsible for the first COVID-19 vaccination. Pfizer is known for its drugs Advil and ChapStick. The company bought Wyeth, which also used to be a drug company. The deal was completed in 2009.
Lobelioideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the family "Campanulaceae". It is sometimes considered a different family Lobeliaceae. The type genus is Lobelia. Lobelias are delightful plants in many area.
No Strings Attached is a 2011 American romantic comedy movie. It stars Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. The movie is about two friends who make a decision to have regular casual sex. The film was released in the United States on January 21, 2011.
Brian Patrick Wilson (born March 16, 1982) is an American baseball player. He was born in Winchester, Massachusetts and grew up in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He played college baseball at Louisiana State University. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 2003 and has played his whole career in the Giants system. He started playing with the Giants in 2006 and became their closer (a pitcher who pitches the ninth inning of the game) in 2008. He has been named an All-Star three times in 2008, 2010 and 2011. In the 2010 season, he starting growing a beard, which he kept after the Giants won the World Series. He led the league in saves in 2010. In 2011, he started slowly, but had 25 saves and six wins before the All-Star break. Due to his beard and his personality, Wilson appeared on many talk shows and commercials, including for MLB 2K11.
Hypersexuality is known as nymphomania when in females and satyriasis when in males. It is a stronger than usual urge to have sexual intercourse. Masturbation causes euphoria (extreme pleasure). It is caused by some stimulant drugs, such as amphetamine. It is also caused by some mental disorders: bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder. Some cases are of unknown cause. Some psychologists think it can be caused by a hormone imbalance. Others believe it is caused by early exposure to pornography and sex.
A Serbian Film is a horror movie which opened to much controversy. When it was released during 2010, the movie was marked with a Refused Classification rating in Australia. A highly censored version was later approved. It was released in the United States with a rating of NC-17 (No Children 17 or Under Admitted) in May 2011. The movie is about a pornographic movie star who agrees to perform in an art film, but then learns that he has been dragged into a snuff movie filled with necrophilia and other adult themes. "A Serbian Film" faced severe censorship problems in many countries because of its mature content.
Hatchet II is a 2010 American slasher movie. The movie picks up where the original "Hatchet" ended. It is set in Louisiana. "Hatchet II" was released with no rating by the MPAA in the United States.
Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 war movie that was produced by Edmund Grainger and was directed by Allan Dwan. "Sands of Iwo Jima" was released on December 14, 1949 in North America. The movie received positive reviews with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie is about a group of United States Marines. The movie follows their training for the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award in 4 categories; Best Actor in a Leading Role (for John Wayne), Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Recording and Best Writing, Motion Picture Story.
Mimosa is a genus of plants. It has around 590 species of herbs and shrubs. It is classified in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. The word "mimosa" comes from the Greek word that means "mimic".
The best known species of mimosa are "Mimosa pudica" and "Mimosa tenuiflora". "Mimosa pudica" is found in Central and South America. When touched or heated, it folds its leaves. "Mimosa tenuiflora" is used by shamans (traditional magical) healer.
It is used in ayahuasca brews (a "magic" drink) because of the psychedelic drug N,N-Dimethyltryptamine DMT in its roots. In general, the production of such a chemical is a defence against herbivory.
The "Mimosa" genus has been split up into smaller groupings or lumped into larger ones. It has over 3,000 names to describe its species. Most of these names are now considered synonyms. Some of the names have been given to other species and genera.
The name "mimosa" has been used for other species that look like mimosa but are not related. Some of the most common unrelated plants called this name are the silk tree ("Albizia julibrissin") and sattle ("Acacia dealbata").
"Mimosa" is related to the genera "Acacia" and "Albizia". The difference between them is that the mimosa's flowers have ten or fewer stamens. The big round flower of the mimosa is actually an inflorescence, a cluster (close group) of many small flowers.
Twelve O'Clock High is a 1949 war movie that was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and was directed by Henry King. "Twelve O'Clock High" was released on December 21, 1949 in Los Angeles and on January 26, 1950 in New York. The movie received positive reviews with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie is about a group of United States Marines. The movie follows aircrews that were in the United States Army's Eighth Air Force and flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II. The movie won 2 Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Dean Jagger), and Best Sound Recording.
Taglish and Englog are used by Filipinos in countries like Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It is used in text messages to write more quickly.
A machinist is a person who uses tools to make modify parts and objects, such as parts for firearms, vehicles such as airplanes, cars, and boats, and plastic injection molds. A machinist can cut metal, plastic, wood, or other materials, such as ice. Machinists may operate manual machines or Numerical control (CNC) machines.
Layout paint may come in red or blue. It is used to coat the side of a part for scribing a path or shape of a cut.
Bar stock is metal that has not yet been machined. It may be referred to as slugs, blanks, or billets. It may be made of different kinds of steel or aluminum.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction movie. It is the third movie in the Transformers series. The movie was directed by Michael Bay and stars Tyrese Gibson, John Malkovich, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. The movie was released late June and early July of 2011 in United States and Canada. It grossed more than 500 million in total while in theaters. The movie was mostly shot in Chicago, Illinois, and in Washington, D.C..
After Imran Khan was removed from office by a motion of no confidence on 10 April 2022, Shahbaz was elected prime minister the next day.
On 12 August 2023, the parliament was set to expire due to the completion of the 5 year tenure. However, to gain more time for elections and other political gains, Sharif and the PDM alliance agreed to dissolve the parliament on 9 August 2023 which was approved by the President of Pakistan.
On 3 March 2024, he was re-elected Prime Minister of Pakistan for a second term, receiving 201 votes to 92 votes for the PTI-backed Omar Ayub Khan.
Nawaz Sharif (, ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and business tycoon. He is 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990-July 1993 and February 1997-October 1999. He leaded the political party, Pakistan Muslim League (N). He is Chief Minister of Punjab from 1985 to 1990. A businessman and lawyer by profession, he owned Ittefaq Group, a private steel mill enterprise.
Nader Shah Afshar () was a Shah, or king, of Iran from 1736 to 1747. He was also the founder of the Afsharid dynasty .
V is an American science-fiction television show from ABC channel. It started November 3, 2009 and ended March 15, 2011.
Francisella tularnsis is the bacterium causing the serious zoonotic disease tularemia. The bacterium is gram-negative, and the causative agent of tularemia or rabbit fever. Due to its ease of spread by aerosol and its high virulence it is classed as a potential bioterrorism agent.
Manilkara, previously known as Sapota, are plants in the family of :Sapotaceae. They are commonly known as Manilkara trees. An important species is Manilkara Chicle, a tree used to make chewing gum. Manilkara zapota is known as the common Sapodilla. Leaves form distinct rosettes at the ends of branches and short lateral shoots, obovate, leathery, glossy green above, paler below. Flowers are greenish-yellow, in small clusters under the new leaves.
A fisherman found Saint Exupery's silver bracelet near Marseille, in 1998. Two years later, the motor of the plane was found nearby.
Guatemala won their first Olympic medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Erick Barrondo took second place in the men's 20 km walking race.
Aru Valley enriches the glory of Jammu and Kashmir tourism by being the starting point of trekking expeditions to Kolahoi Glacier and Sonmarg. Apart from the trekkers, the village also caters to the skiing desires of tourists who love to visit the place during winters.
The location of the village among the grasslands, make this place a tourist delight. It is reachable by walking along a mountain path. The village also serves as the start point for trekking to Kolahoi glacier. Another long trek for the serious trekker is to Sonmarg, which can be covered in 3 days! Besides, the valley is also known to be a good site for camping.
The Haitian shooting team placed third in 1924. At the 1928 Summer Olympics Silvio Cator won a silver medal in men's long jump. While Haiti has been in several Olympic games since 1928, no other medals have been won. Haiti has been in the Winter Olympics since Beijing 2022.
This is a list of countries by oil use mostly based on The World Factbook website .
The Digital Living Network Alliance is a trade-association, which was established by Sony in 2003. As of 2011, over 250 companies are part of this organization. The idea of the association is to develop standards and technologies that make it possible that several devices at home interact, so that the consumer has a better feeling. An example might be a television, that can be used to play a film on a computer, or to show photos stored on a mobile phone.
Jejemons started to appear because of cellphones. Cellphones can only use 160 characters so people who use them write shorter words to save space. Jejemons don't want this so they made their words longer.
Jejemons speak Jejenese based on Taglish and Englog. Jejenese is also referred to as "street language". Their alphabet, Jejebet, is based on Leet. Words are created by mixing letters in a word, mixed large and small letters, using the letters H, X or Z many times, and mixing of numbers in words. The spelling is the same as Leetspeak.
Swardspeak is a form of slang. It changes a lot and the meaning of words are hard to know. The rules are explained below.
Marika Lagercrantz (1954) is a Swedish actress. she has appeared in a number of movies including "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (2009), Gossip (2000), "I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now" (1999) and "Dreaming of Rita" (1993).
Kallima, also known as the Oakleaf or Dead leaf butterfly, is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae. They are found in Asia.
A team from Puerto Rico was first at the Olympic Games in 1948. They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Puerto Rico has also been in the Winter Olympic Games since 1984, but missed the Games of 2006, 2010, and 2014.
Puerto Rican athletes have won a total of ten medals. Most are in boxing.
The Pakistan National Field Hockey Team also known as the Green Shirts represent the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) in international field hockey competitions. Field Hockey is the National sport of Pakistan. Pakistan has been one of the most successful teams in international competitions, having won a world record four Hockey World Cup titles.
The West Indies Federation were at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy by the name "Antilles" (ANT).
It happened during a time when many foreign countries were scrambling for concessions in China in the aftermath of the first Sino-Japanese war. These countries were Japan, Britain, Germany, and Russia. China had lost the First Sino-Japanese war a few years earlier over Korea.
The interior inner city of Beijing was known as the Tartar city because it was majority Manchu and half of all Manchus in the Qing lived in Beijing's inner city. Japan, Russia, Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy made an alliance to conduct an expedition against the Boxers in Beijing . While they did that, the Empress Dowager Cixi declared war on all of them and sent the Gansu Army to help the Boxers. The first foreign expedition to Beijing, the Seymour expedition, was defeated. The foreign legations in Beijing were surrounded for 55 days before the foreign reinforcements got through in the second Gaselee expedition and got to the legations in Beijing. Manchus suffered tremendously as the foreign soldiers went around raping their women and killing their men. The rest of China outside of Manchuria and Zhili province was not affected since the Han governor generals such as Yuan Shikai, Li Hongzhang, Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong signed a pact called the Mutual Protection of Southeast China to keep their provinces out of the war and did not help the Qing court and neither did the foreigners attack them.
The foreigners were very angry with the Qing . They said that China had to pay them even more money and execute officials responsible for supporting the Boxers like the Manchu bannerman governor Yuxian, Qixiu, Captain Enhai (En Hai) and Manchu Zaixun, Prince Zhuang and Han general Dong Fuxiang. China agreed to execute all the Manchu officials like Yuxian, Qixiu, Enhai and Zaixun but refused to execute Han general Dong Fuxiang. A few years later in 1911, the Qing Empire collapsed and China had a new government, but the foreigners still influenced China, especially Japan.
The quadrille was a type of social dance. It was a sequence dance, a lively dance by four couples arranged in the shape of a square. It became popular in France around 1760. It became popular in England in 1813. American square dancing is a later adaption of the quadrille. In Australia, the bushranger Ned Kelly danced in a quadrille during the siege at Glenrowan, Victoria.
Lindsay Greenbush and Sidney Greenbush were born on May 25, 1970 in Hollywood, California. They are twins and when they were children, they were actresses. Their most known television series is "Little House on the Prairie", where they together played Carrie Ingalls. It all happened in the 1970s. Later, they tried to go on acting but finally decided not to.
May 1985 Jennifer steffin played little girl at the stable on Highway to Heaven
The Greeks made early use of injection.
Hot wings are pieces of chicken that are fried and cooked, then smothered in sauce. Hot wings can vary in how hot they are, from being mild to very spicy. They are sometimes called Buffalo Wings because they are thought to have originated from Buffalo, New York.
Some notable animals have no threat display, but do have a defence all the same. A male horse has a terrific kick backwards, no doubt developed as a defence against predators. People who ride horses have to be told not to walk close behind a male horse, even if they have ridden it before.
Why threat display? Economy, because the threat may go away without a fight.
A mutagen is a substance or a process that changes the genetic material of an organism. Mutagens also increase the number of mutations that occur. Many mutagens also cause cancer, so they are also carcinogens. Examples of mutagens are ionizing radiation, many bromine compounds, benzene. A test to detect mutagens is the Ames test.
Vespoidea is a superfamily of the insect order Hymenoptera in class of insects. The members of this group are wasps and ants.
Voyeurism is when a person gets sexual pleasure from the fact that they can see other people doing things that are normally private, These include getting undressed, being naked or having sex. The people being watched are usually not aware of the voyeur (watcher). Voyerurism is an important concept in movies. Some movies can be voyeuristic, even if they do not have sex or nudity in them.
URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web in which a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) may be made substantially shorter in length and still direct to the required page. This is achieved by using an HTTP Redirect on a domain name that is short, which links to the web page that has a long URL. For example, the URL <nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening</nowiki> can be shortened to <nowiki>https://goo.by/GvR7j</nowiki>. This is especially convenient for messaging technologies such as Twitter and Identi.ca, which severely limit the number of characters that may be used in a message. Short URLs allow otherwise long web addresses to be referred to in a tweet. In November 2009, the shortened links on one URL shortening service were accessed 2.1 billion times.
URL shortening also has problems:
Brian Jossie (born July 4, 1977) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the stage name, Abraham Washington. He made his WWE debut on June 30, 2009 on the now-defunct ECW where he had an in-ring interview segment called the "Abraham Washington Show" under his ring name, Abraham Washington. The shows set-up took place one the stage with Tony Atlas acting as a sidekick and announcer.
Return of Saturn is the fourth studio album by the American rock band No Doubt, released on Interscope Records on April 11, 2000. It was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards. Four tracks from it were released as singles. The album entered the US "Billboard" 200 at No.2. It also reached the top ten in Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, and Canada.
The "Naturalis Historia" is one of the largest works on natural history to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day. It claims to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. He claims to be the only Roman ever to have undertaken such a work. It includes the fields of botany, zoology, astronomy, geology and mineralogy as well as the exploitation of those resources. It remains a standard work for the Roman period and the advances in technology and understanding of natural phenomena at the time.
The "Natural History" consists of 37 books. Pliny devised his own table of contents. The table below is a summary based on modern names for topics.
Sometimes the term sea loch is used for saltwater lochs. Many other lochs are normal freshwater lakes, like Loch Lomond.
The spelling "lough" is often found in place names. In Lowland Scots and Scottish English, the spelling "loch" is always used.
Robinson Cano (born October 22, 1982) is a Dominican second baseman for the Seattle Mariners. He started playing for the New York Yankees in 2005. He has been named an All-Star three times. For the last few years, he has been one of the best-hitting second baseman in the league. He won the 2011 Home Run Derby.
Bryan Jesus Kelly (born August 20, 1981 in Burke, Virginia) is an American professional wrestling commentator and interviewer. He is also a former wrestler. He is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Kelly is currently working under the stage name Byron Saxton. He has also worked as a commentator for the now-defunct ECW brand where he worked alongside Josh Matthews. He was was a part of the fourth season of NXT. His pro was Chris Masters.
She grew up in both Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria. When she turned eight years old, she and her mother moved to Michigan, USA. There, she studied ballet, and began working as a model and appearing in small parts in local theatre.
This led to her starring in other films, including: 'Time of the Comet' (2005) 'Blood: The Last Vampire' (2006) and 'Muertas' (2007) Her performances won her two Young Artist Awards for best actress.
As an author, Lusha wrote seven books in two languages. As a humanitarian, Lusha is an animal rights enthusiast and is a patron for a number of children's charities.
In June 1845, the United States decided to add Texas to the United States. President Polk sent the United States military to take over the area. The two sides fought for two years. Finally, Mexico surrendered. On February 2, 1848, it signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war. It also gave the United States all of the land above the territory. This meant the United States had gained all of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico; parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado; and northern California.
The Mitsubishi Carisma is a car produced by Mitsubishi Motors between 1995 and 2004 with a facelift in 1999. It was related to the first generation Volvo S40/V40 and both cars were produced in the Netherlands.
John McCarthy Roll (8 February 1947 - 8 January 2011) was an American judge.
On January 8, 2011, Roll was shot dead at the Casas Adobes Safeway supermarket. He had stopped at an Arizona shopping center to meet Democrat Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was holding an informal meeting. A gunman attempted to assassinate Giffords, and Roll and four other people were killed. Another 12 people were wounded, Gifford surviving being shot in the head.
Sidney Raymond Eudy (born December 16, 1960) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names Sid Justice, Sid Vicious, and Sycho Sid in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).
Sid started his career in 1989, hired by World Championship Wrestling. During these years, Sid competed as one of the members of the team known as "The Skyscrapers" with "Mean" Mark Callous (who later became famous in the WWF/E as The Undertaker) and then later with Dan Spivey; he used the powerbomb as his maneuver fight. After recovering from an injury, Sid returned to the ring in May 1990 as a member of the team of Ric Flair. After leaving WCW Sid jouned the World Wrestling Federation, he made his presentation as Sid Justice on the July 20, 1991 episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling and was also was chosen as the referee for the main fight at SummerSlam that year in a tag team match between The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan versus Sgt. Slaughter and Col. Mustafa billed as "The Match Made In Hell." At the 1992 Royal Rumble he was one of the last two in the ring with Ric Flair when Hogan, who was already eliminated pulled Sid over the top rope with Flair assisting from behind helping Flair win his first WWF title. His crowning moment came at WrestleMania VIII, where Sid faced Hulk Hogan, Sid lost the fight by disqualification when Papa Shango interrupted to help Sid. Sid returned to WCW in May 1993. That year he teamed with Big Van Vader. After leaving WCW again, Eudy joined the United States Wrestling Association July 16, 1994, defeating Jerry Lawler and getting the World Heavyweight Championship.
In 1995 Sid returned to the WWF on Monday Night Raw. Time after time he confronted Shawn Michaels for the title and at Survivor Series in 1996, where Sid applied a powerbomb to Michaels and won the WWF Championship. At the 1997 Royal Rumble in Michaels' hometown of San Antonio, the two fought again for the title with Michaels winning his 2nd title. One month later Sid captured his second WWF title by defeating Bret Hart on Raw,who had defeated Vader, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker in a Fatal Four Way match the night before. At WrestleMania 13 in Chicago, Sid lost the title to the Undertaker. Sid's last match in the WWF was on June 9, 1997.
After leaving the WWF, Sid was hired by Extreme Championship Wrestling. Soon after, he found himself back with his former company, WCW. There he joined his former colleagues of the WWF: Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Bret Hart, and new WCW superstars Bill Goldberg and Chris Benoit. His best moment was when he won the WCW championship by defeating Kevin Nash twice.
Otto von Habsburg (given names: "Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius", ; 20 November 1912 4 July 2011), was the last Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Charles, was the Emperor of Austria and the King of Hungary. The murder of his great uncle, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the event that led to the start of World War I. His family fled Austria in 1919 after the war.
The Scimitar oryx or Scimitar horned oryx ("oryx dammah") is a species of oryx that is extinct in the wild. They can be seen in zoos, wildlife parks and reserves. They used to live all over north Africa. A baby scimitar oryx is called a calf. Both male and female scimitar horned oryx have long curved horns. They are herbivores and are diurnal. They are the only species of oryx that does not have black markings. A male scimitar horned oryx is called a bull.
The Washington Navy Yard is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore base of the U.S. Navy. It has the offices of the Chief of Naval Operations, the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Historical Center, the Department of Naval History, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Naval Reactors, Marine Corps Institute, the United States Navy Band, and many other naval commands. Before 2006, it was the headquarters to the Marine Corps Historical Center, but that center moved to Quantico. The Washington Navy Yard was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It became a National Historic Landmark on May 11, 1976.
Stakhanov was born in Lugovaya near Oryol. In 1927, he began working in a mine called "Tsentralnaya-Irmino" in Kadievka (Donbass). In 1933, Stakhanov became a jackhammer operator. In 1935, he took a local course in mining. On 31 August 1935, it was reported that he had mined a record 102 tonnes of coal in 5 hours and 45 minutes (14 times his quota). On 19 September, Stakhanov was reported to have set a new record by mining 227 tonnes of coal in a single shift. His example was held up in newspapers and posters as a model for others to follow, and he even appeared on the cover of Time Magazine.
Stakhanov was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the first convocation. He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner, and numerous medals. The last Sunday of August was designated "Coal Miner's Day", also apparently in his honor. The town of Kadievka in eastern Ukraine where he started his work was renamed Stakhanov in his honour in 1978, after his death.
The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was the eastern-most tip of the Ancient Greek world. It lasted between 250-125BC. It covered Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Pakistan. It covered a region originally conquered by Alexander the Great. The Inhabitants wer called Indo-Greeks.
Northwestern College (NC), formerly Northwestern Business College, is a college in Illinois. It has no affiliation with Northwestern University. Northwestern College has campuses in Bridgeview, Chicago, and Napeville.
The Bosporan Kingdom (often called Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus) was an ancient empire, covering the Crimea and a lot of the north coast of the Black Sea. It is regarded as the first 'Hellenistic' country to speak Greek.
The Getty Center, located in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, is a campus founded by oilman J. Paul Getty. It is used for cultural exhibitions.
The center which cost $1.3 billion to build opened on December 16, 1997.
One of the paintings on display is "Irises" by Vincent van Gogh. Besides the museum, the center's buildings house the Getty Research Institute (GRI), the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, and the administrative offices of the J. Paul Getty Trust. The Trust owns and operates the center.
The construction was significantly delayed, with the planned completion date moved from 1988 to 1995 (in 1990). By 1995, however, the campus was described as only "more than halfway complete".
The center finally opened to the public on December 16, 1997. Although the total project cost was estimated to be $350 million in 1990, it was later estimated to be $1.3 billion. After the center opened, the villa closed for extensive renovations and reopened on January 28, 2006, to focus on the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. Currently, the museum displays collections at both the Getty Center and the site (called the Getty Villa) in Pacific Palisades.
In 2005, the "Los Angeles Times" printed a series of articles about how the Getty Trust and its president Dr. Barry Munitz were spending money. The California Attorney General investigated the Getty Trust and found that no laws had been broken. The trust agreed to appoint a person from outside the Trust to review how money would be spent in the future. The Getty Trust experienced financial difficulties in 2008 and 2009 and cut 205 of 1,487 budgeted staff positions to reduce expenses. Although the Getty Trust endowment reached $6.4 billion in 2007, it dropped to $4.5 billion in 2009.
Throughout the campus, many fountains provide white noise as a background. The initial design has remained intact; however benches and fences have been installed around the plaza fountains to discourage visitors from wading into the pools. Some additional revisions have been made because of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The J. Paul Getty Trust has the most money of any art institution in the world. In April 2009, it owns $US 4.2 billion. The Trust's office is in Los Angeles, California. It operates the J. Paul Getty Museum at two locations, the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades district of Los Angeles, California. The Trust's other programs are the Getty Foundation, the Getty Research Institute, and the Getty Conservation Institute.
The collection has 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD. Among the outstanding items is Victorious Youth, one of few life-size Greek bronze statues to have survived to modern times. The Lansdowne Heracles is a Roman sculpture that was probably copied from an older Greek statue. The Villa also has jewelry and coin collections. The Villa's library has 20,000 books covering art from these periods. The Villa also displays the 'Getty kouros', which the museum lists as "Greek, about 530 B.C., or modern forgery" because scientific analysis is inconclusive as to whether the marble statue can be dated back to Greek times. If genuine, the Getty kouros is one of only twelve remaining intact kouroi. The Marbury Hall Zeus is a tall marble statue that was recovered from the ruins at Tivoli near Rome.
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Yi Ui-bang
Yi Ui-bang (, ? - 1174) was a Korean Goryeo dynasty soldier and politician. He was the father-in-law of King Gangjong and grandfather of King Gojong.
His younger brother Yi In was the ancestor of Yi Seonggye, the founder of the Joseon dynasty.
Ivy City
Ivy City is a small neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C. It is dominated by warehouses and the Ivy City Yard, a railroad coach yard and maintenance facility for Amtrak. The area has undergone some renewal. But Ivy City still remains among the poorest parts of the city.
In 1831, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had a plan approved to build its Washington Branch. Passenger train service between Baltimore and Washington began in 1835. As part of the construction, the railroad company built its last roundhouse (the current Amtrak yard) one mile outside the city limit. The railroad then worked with land speculators to develop the land next to the roundhouse as "Ivy City". Ivy City became an early Washington suburb. It housed railroad employees.
The economic status of Ivy City went up and down with the economic success of the railroads. After World War II, U.S. rail travel suffered terrible declines due to the rise of the commercial airline industry and the Interstate Highway System. In 1963, Baltimore and Ohio was bought by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad; the two were combined in the Chessie System in 1973. Three years after that, the Ivy City yard was acquired by the newly created Amtrak, which leased it to commuter rail services.
Ivy City had suffered a lot from the railroad industry's decades-long downturn. Even after Amtrak took over the train yard, Washington entered a period of poor city management and economic blight. This was hard on low-income neighborhoods. Those who could afford to leave Ivy City did. Its population decreased by a third in the 1990s.
Ivy City remains home to many of the poorest residents of the district. It is largely occupied by old warehouses, abandoned and decrepit homes, and large expanses of parking lots, and crime. By mid-2005, the city's recent trend toward gentrification had only just begun to reach some parts of Ivy City. Only 20 percent of Ivy City residents own their own homes. In 2011, Habitat for Humanity built or rennovated 23 houses in Ivy City.