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Emirate of Dubai
History
In 1833, the Al Maktoum dynasty of the Bani Yas tribe settled at Dubai creek. From that point on, Dubai was a newly independent emirate. It was always struggling with the emirate of Abu Dhabi. An attempt by the Qawasim pirates to take over Dubai was stopped. In 1835, Dubai and the rest of the Trucial States signed a maritime truce with Britain and a "Perpetual Maritime Truce" about twenty years later. Dubai came under the protection of the United Kingdom (keeping out the Ottoman Turks) by the Exclusive Agreement of 1892. Like four of its neighbours, Abu Dhabi, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwain, its being on the way to India made it an important place.
In March 1892, the Trucial States (or Trucial Oman) were created.
After the Gulf Rupee lost value in 1966, Dubai joined the newly independent state of Qatar to set up a new monetary unit, the Qatar/Dubai riyal. Oil was discovered 120 kilometres off the coast of Dubai, after which the town granted oil concessions.
On 2 December 1971 Dubai formed the United Arab Emirates, together with Abu Dhabi and five other emirates. This was done after former protector Britain left the Persian Gulf in 1971. In 1973, Dubai joined the other emirates to adopt a single, uniform currency: the UAE dirham.
Modern Dubai
Oil supply in Dubai is less than 1/20th as much as the emirate of Abu Dhabi, and oil money is now only a small part of the city's total money. Dubai and its twin across the Dubai creek, Deira (independent at that time), became important ports of call for Western manufacturers. Most of the new city's banking and financial centers were in this area. Dubai kept its importance as a trade route through the 1970s and 1980s. The city of Dubai has a free trade in gold and till the 1990s was the center of a "brisk smuggling trade" of gold ingots to India, where gold import was restricted.
Today, Dubai is an important place for tourists and port (Jebel Ali, built in the 1970s, has the biggest man-made harbour in the world), but also increasingly becoming a center for service industries such as IT and finance, with the new Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Transport links are helped by its rapidly-expanding Emirates Airline, made by the government in 1985 and still state-owned. The airline is based at Dubai International Airport and carries over 12 million passengers every year.
The government has set up industry-specific free zones throughout the city. Dubai Internet City, now combined with Dubai Media City as part of TECOM (Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority) is one such enclave whose members include IT firms such as EMC Corporation, Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM, and media organisations such as Middle East Broadcasting Center, CNN, Reuters, arydigital.tv and Associated Press. Dubai Marina is a master plan development by EMAAR which will be the worlds largest marina when complete. Dubai Knowledge Village (KV) is an education and training hub is also set up to complement the Free Zone’s other two clusters, Dubai Internet city and Dubai Media City, by providing the facilities to train the clusters' future knowledge workers.
Dubai had a property boom when they announced freehold property resulting in large capital investments. With the global recession property prices have fallen dramatically.
Tokushima (city)
Tokushima (徳島市) is the capital city of Tokushima Prefecture in Japan.
Tokushima is on Shikoku island at the mouth of the Yoshino River.
History
Tokushima is a former castle town (joka-machi) of the Hachisuka clan.
Shaw and Crompton
Shaw and Crompton is a town in the North West of England. It is to the north-east of Manchester. Shaw and Crompton was part of Lancashire until the 1970s, but is now part of Greater Manchester. Shaw and Crompton is near to Oldham.
Shaw and Crompton grew during the Industrial Revolution because of its large cotton factories which sent fabric across the world.
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (Crash Bandicoot: The Rise of the Demon Kings in Korean) is a video game. It was published by Universal Interactive Studios along with Konami. It was developed by Traveller's Tales for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube video game consoles. The PlayStation 2 version was released in North America on October 29, 2001, in Europe on November 23, 2001 and in Japan on December 20, 2001.
Wörnitz
Wörnitz is a municipality in the district of Ansbach, in Bavaria, Germany. It is on the river Wörnitz, west of Ansbach.
Republic of Upper Volta
Republic of Upper Volta is an old name for the country in Africa which is known as Burkina Faso today. It was a French colony, which became independent in 1960. Upper Volta existed as a French colony from 1918 to 1932. In 1932, it was disbanded, and its territory was shared between the neighboring countries, French Sudan, Niger and Ivory Coast. In 1947, Upper Volta was restored, with its former borders.
Mark V tank
The Mark V tank is a armored vehicle produced by the British Empire during the First World War.
A new engine, steering system and transmission. It fell short on some areas like ventilation, which was bad, leading to carbon monoxide poisoning. Multiple versions of this tank were issued, including armament like 6-pounder guns and machine guns
The Mark V tank was first sent to battle in July 1918, in the final months of The First World War. It was deployed at the Battle of Hamel, Battle of Amiens, and on the Hindenburg Line
During the Russian Civil War Mark Vs were delivered to Archangelsk, Tallinn, Estonia, and Novorossiysk, where they were captured and used by the Red Army.
Mary Ball Washington
Mary Ball Washington (30 November 170826 August 1789), was an English colonial American woman who was the second wife of Augustine Washington, a planter and iron ore miner. Mary Ball Washington, and her husband were the parents of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Mary Ball was born on November 30, 1708, as the only child of Colonel Joseph Ball (16491711) and his second wife, Mary Johnson Ball. Joseph Ball immigrated to Virginia as a young child. When Augustine Washington died on April 12, 1743, and when the couple's son, George Washington, inherited his father's property of 276 acres on Ferry Farm and eleven slaves, Mary managed the property for her son George until he became of legal age. Mary Washington lived most of her life in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where many monuments were erected in her honor, and a university and other public buildings bear her name.
Larisa Latynina
Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (Лари́са Семёновна Латы́нина; née Diriy; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964, she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals. She holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals by a gymnast, male or female, with 9. She also won 5 silver medals and four bronze medals. Latynina was born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.
Mimlu Sen
Mimlu Sen (born 1949) is an Indian author, translator, musician, composer and producer.
Life and career
Sen was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. During the 1960s and 1970s she studying in Kolkata and participating in street protests demanding an end of Vietnam War. She has been jailed for Naxalite movement.
Sen was published her first book Baulsphere in 2009. The following year it was published as The Honey Gatherers. Piers Moore Ede stated that The Honey Gatherers recounts Sen's adventures in rural Bengal.
As the life partner of Bengali baul musician Paban Das Baul, Sen collaborates with Paban on all his recordings, performing with and managing his group on their concert tours around the world. In 2002 she collaborates in a Bengali song album titled Le Chant Des Bauls - Manuche O Rautan with Paban Das Baul, Gour Khyapa and Nimai Goswami which was released by Brussels based Belgian record company Fonti Musicali.
Hollywood Sign
The Hollywood Sign (formerly the Hollywoodland Sign) is a landmark and American cultural icon located in Los Angeles, California. It is near on Mount Lee, in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The sign overlooks Hollywood, Los Angeles.
"HOLLYWOOD" is spelled out in 45 ft-tall white capital letters and is 350 feet (106.7 m) long. It was originally created in 1923 as an advertisement for a local real estate development, but it gained increasing recognition after the sign was left up.
The sign was a frequent target of pranks and vandalism, but it has since undergone restoration, including the installation of a security system to deter vandalism. The sign is protected and promoted by The Trust For Public Land, a nonprofit organization, while its site and the surrounding land are part of Griffith Park.
America's Next Top Model (season 14)
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 14 is the fourteenth season of America's Next Top Model. This cycle includes 13 contestants. The winner was 24-year-old Krista White from Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Contestants
(In alphabetical order)
Episodes
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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More is a 1944 American romantic comedy movie directed by Joe May and was based on short stories. It stars Simone Simon, James Ellison, Minna Gombell, Chick Chandler, Robert Mitchum, Dorothy Granger, Janet Shaw and was distributed by Monogram Pictures.
Brendan Halligan
Brendan Halligan (5 July 1936 – 9 August 2020) was an Irish economist and politician. He was founder and president of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA). He was president of the Ireland China Institute.
He was also a Board Member of Mainstream Renewable Power. He was General Secretary of the Labour Party, a Teachta Dála (TD), a Senator, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He was born in Dublin.
He died on 9 August 2020, aged 84.
Evergreen, Colorado
Evergreen, Colorado is a community in the United States, about 30 miles from Denver, Colorado.
Ilsinho
Ilsinho (born 12 October 1985) is a Brazilian football player. He plays for Shakhtar Donetsk.
Mathura district
Mathura district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. This district is situated along the banks of the Yamuna River. The historic town of Mathura is the district's headquarters. This district is comes under the Agra division.
Ilsinho
Club career statistics
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Mathura district
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India Mathura district has a population of 2,541,894. This gives it a ranking of 167th in India (out of a total of 640 districts). Mathura is a Jaat dominated region with around 5.30 lakh Jaat.
Grumman F4F Wildcat
The F4F Wildcat was a fighter aircraft made by Grumman. It first flew in 1937, and was introduced in 1940. It was used in the Pacific during the early years of World War II. It could take off from aircraft carriers. During the war, it mainly fought the A6M Zero. Because the Wildcat was not beating the Zero, a new airplane was made called the F6F Hellcat. The Wildcat continued to fight in places where the Hellcat was too big, and was retired in 1945.
Mathura district
Notable sites
Mathura district contains many important pilgrimage centres of Hinduism. The headquarters Mathura is one of the seven most holy places for Hindus in India.
2019 UK Championship
The 2019 UK Championship was a professional snooker tournament. It took place from 26 November to 8 December 2019. It was the 43rd UK Championship, and the seventh ranking tournament and the first Triple Crown event of the 2019–20 season. The event was shown on BBC Sport in the United Kingdom and on Eurosport in Europe. The tournament was sponsored by betting company Betway.
Ronnie O'Sullivan had won the 2018 event. O'Sullivan was beaten in the last 16 by Ding Junhui. Ding played Stephen Maguire in the final. Ding beat Maguire 10–6 to win his third UK championship.
Tournament draw
The results of the event are shown below. The winners of each match are indicated in bold.
Tommy Trouble and the Magic Marble
Tommy Trouble and the Magic Marble is a children's novel written by Ralph Fletcher with drawings by Ben Caldwell. It was first published in 2000.
Plot summary
Tommy who loves collecting needs ten dollars to buy a magic marble from another boy. He tries to pick flowers from his mother's rose garden to sell to a neighbor. He also tries to trade his little brothers snake. Tommy finally decides that the magic marble is not worth the trouble.
Hyloscirtus tigrinus
The Hyloscirtus tigrinus is a frog. It lives in Ecuador and Colombia. Scientists have seen it between 2620 and 3467 meters above sea level.
The adult male frog is about 54.2-60.7 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 62.9–63.2 mm long. The skin of the frog's head, back, and legs is yellow-green with black stripes or bars. The bars go underneath the body too. There are also orange spots on some parts of the body. The bottoms of the feet can be gray in color. The iris of the eye is gray with black marks. Parts of the climbing disks on its toes are black.
This frog lives in forests high in the Andes Mountains. Scientists found them in plants near streams and ponds. These frogs sit on plants .5 m above the ground.
The scientific name for this frog comes from the word "tiger." The first frogs the scientists found had stripes like tigers.
Ilsinho
International career statistics
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Venus, Texas
Venus, Texas is a town in the United States. Around 4,361 people lived there (about 2,860 males and 1,500 females) in 2020.
Alicia Rhett
Alicia Rhett (February 1, 1915 – January 3, 2014) was an American painter and actress. She appeared in several movies, but was more known for painting portraits. She played India Wilkes in Gone with the Wind.
She was born in Savannah, Georgia. She died at age 98 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Mirzapur district
Mirzapur district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The district occupies an area of 4521 km2. Mirzapur town is the district headquarters. Mirzapur district is a part of Mirzapur division.
The district consists of four tehsils. These are Mirzapur (sadar), Lalganj, Marihan and Chunar. These four tehsils are further divided into twelve blocks.
According to the 2011 census Mirzapur district has a population of 2,494,533.
Notable sites
This district is known for the Vindhyavasini temple in Vindhyachal.
Carroll Hardy
Carroll William Hardy (May 18, 1933 – August 9, 2020) was an American professional athlete. He played in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers (1955) and in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1958–1960), Boston Red Sox (1960–1962), Houston Colt .45s (1963–1964) and Minnesota Twins (1967).
He was born in Sturgis, South Dakota. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6 ft tall and 185 lb.
Hardy died on August 9, 2020 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado from dementia-related problems at the age of 87.
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a county in North West England. It has 2.7 million people living there. It was created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. It is made up of ten Metropolitan boroughs: the cities of Manchester and Salford and the large towns of Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Stockport, Wigan and Bolton.
Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts)
Interstate 84 is an Interstate Highway in the United States. It goes from Dunmore, Pennsylvania east to Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The route is 232.39 mi long.
Jefferson Memorial
Construction began in December 1938. It was complete in 1939 with a ceremony attended by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As a National Memorial it was administratively listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
Magic carpet
A magic carpet, also called a flying carpet, is a carpet that can fly. It is also a common trope in fantasy fiction. It is usually used as a form of transportation and can quickly carry its users to their destination.
Stefan Reuter
Club career statistics
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International career statistics
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Osamu Adachi
Osamu Adachi (born 19 August 1972) is a former Japanese football player.
Swiss Psalm
"Swiss Psalm" (Schweizerpsalm, ; Cantique suisse,, literally "Swiss Song"; Salmo svizzero, ; Psalm Svizzer, ) is the national anthem of Switzerland.
Lyrics
The original lyrics were in German, but because Switzerland has four official languages, there are also lyrics in the three other official languages; French, Italian and Romansh. There anthem also has English translations.
Scylla serrata
Scylla serrata is a type of crab. It is often called a mud crab or mangrove crab or black crab. It is found in Africa, Australasia and Asia. It lives in estuaries and mangroves.
Vox (political party)
Vox is a Spanish far-right and nationalist party founded by Alejo Vidal-Quadras and led by Santiago Abascal since 2014.
2 States (2014 movie)
2 States is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film based on Chetan Bhagat's 2009 novel 2 States: The Story of My Marriage and written by Abhishek Varman and Bhagat. Directed by Varman in his directorial debut, the film was jointly produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in lead roles and Ronit Roy, Revathi, Amrita Singh and Shiv Kumar Subramaniam in supporting roles.
It was released on 18 April 2014 to positive reviews and became a huge critical and commercial success. Everyone loved the music, cast performances, story and direction, and as a result, the film earned inr 1750000000 in worldwide markets.
Scylla serrata
Distribution
Scylla serrata is found from South Africa to Sri Lanka to the Southeast Asian Archipelago. It is found from southern Japan to south-eastern Australia, northern New Zealand, and as far east as Fiji and Samoa. The species has also been introduced to Hawaii and Florida.
Nordingrå
Nordingrå is a locality in Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County in Sweden. In 2010, 306 people lived there.
It is also a parish of about 50 villages, with about 1,500 people living there. Nordingrå is a part of the Höga Kusten (High Coast) World Heritage Site.
Puzzle & Dragons
Puzzle & Dragons is a Japanese mobile game. It was developed by GungHo Online Entertainment. There is a role-playing game at the top where the player gets to fight dragons and other monsters. The lower part of the screen is a puzzle game. Players have to replace the gems and connect three gems of the same color.
Akihiro Kameda
Akihiro Kameda (born 16 December 1966) is a former Japanese football player.
Vox
Vox (Latin for 'voice') may refer to:
Crash Twinsanity
Crash Twinsanity is a video game. It was published by Vivendi Universal Games. It was developed by Traveller's Tales for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox. It was released in North America on October 1, 2004, in Europe on October 8, 2004 and in Japan on November 9, 2004. A Nintendo GameCube version was planned but it was later canceled.
Polka
The polka is a dance for couples which originated in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). It was a "craze" in Europe for a time in the mid to late 19th century. and in the United States. The craze spread in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, of which the Czechs were part.
The dance is done with a one-two-three-hop style: The dance soon spread to London and was introduced to America in 1844. It remained a popular ballroom dance until the late 19th century.
Culinary name
Culinary name is the name of an ingredient when used in the kitchen for preparing food. Sometimes the kitchen name is used because it sounds more attractive than the real name, or because a cheaper ingredient can be linked with a more expensive one. The culinary name may also refer to a way of cooking or to a region, or using a particular ingredient
Miguel Gila
Miguel Gila Cuesta (12 March 1919 in Madrid - 13 July 2001 in Barcelona, Catalonia) was a Spanish comedian, cartoonist, writer, and actor.
Early life
When Gila was 13 years old he left school because his father died. His first job was in a garage in Madrid. Several years later he went back to school to finish his studies. He got a degree in aircraft mechanics. He worked in the Elizalde of Barcelona Workshops. Later he was milling in Construcciones SA Aircraft (CASA) in Getafe.
Spanish Civil War
Gila was a member of Unified Socialist Youth (JSU). When the Spanish Civil War began, he joined the republican troops. He came close to being shot by the rebel volunteers. He was able to survive. According his own words: "the fascist troops take me among others to be executed ("Paseo": Walking in English), but they were too drunk for shoot us, so they failed". Therefore he left JSU.
Career
Gila made his debut as vignettist in 1945. He become famous as a monologuist in 1951. Most of his repertory was about war histories. Gila's most known catchphrase was: "Está el enemigo?, que se ponga [al teléfono]" (Are the enemy there?, take him at phone).
<BLOCKQUOTE> "According to his own autobiography, success came in 1951 when he starred in Madrid as spontaneous theater Fontalba, where he told an impromptu monologue about his experience as a volunteer in a war. From there his career took off." </BLOCKQUOTE>
Screenplays
Gila worked on the scripts of "Cinderfella" and "The man traveling slowly". He took part in the animated film, Tales of love and slaughter in 1975. It was directed by Já (Jordi Amoros). Gila wrote the screenplay with with Chumy Chúmez, Ivà and Jaume Perich. They all worked on the drawings, or animations for the movie.
Later in life
Gila died in Barcelona from respiratory failure. He had a chronic lung illness.
Resolved White
Resolved White (1615 – 1687) was a passenger on the Mayflower. Resolved was the oldest child and given his name as the family resolved or "determined" to make a new life for themselves. They were Separatists and did not believe in the teachings of the Church of England.
Voyage
Resolved left Plymouth, England on 16 September 1620. There were 102 passengers and 30–40 crew. On 19 November 1620, the Mayflower spotted land. The Mayflower was supposed to land in Virginia Colony, but the ship was too damaged and they were forced to land at Cape Cod now called Provincetown Harbor. They landed on November 21. They wrote the Mayflower Compact, which made rules on how they would live and treat each other.
Life in Plymouth Colony
William White, died in 1621. Resolved's mother married Edward Winslow, another Mayflower passenger. The family grew and he had five step-brothers and sisters. One of his step-brothers became Plymouth Colony Governor Josiah Winslow.
When Resolved became a young man he was given 100 acres of land and later he was granted more land. In 1658 he was made a Freeman of Plymouth Colony. This gave him many rights such as the right to vote.
In 1676, Resolved was a soldier in King Philip's War of 1676 and in 1680.
White married Judith Vassall in 1640. They had seven children: William, John, Resolved Samuel, Anna, Josiah, Susanna,
White died in 1687 at Winslow Cemetery and was bured by his first wife Judith. The burial place of his second wife Abigail is unknown. There is also a monument in the Winslow Cemetery to "The Settlers of Green Harbor Marshfield" with Resolved White, his wife Judith, and his brother Peregrine White are mentioned.
Korean barbecue
Gogigui, Korean barbecue, or Korean short ribs, is marinated beef rib cross-sections cooked over direct heat. It comes from Korea originally but is now popular in many countries. Although Korean barbecue refers to a number of meat-based Korean entrées including bulgogi (beef) and spicy pork, the most common form of meat associated with the term is of the short rib variety. Korean BBQ comprise various spices including onion, soy sauce, and pepper to create a pleasant, unique blend of flavors.
Types of Korean BBQ Meats
There are many types of Korean barbecue meats. Galbi (Grilled Ribs), Samgyeopsal (Pork Belly), Thinly sliced brisket point, Sirloin, and Ribeye steak meat...etc. Pork belly sam gyeob sal, sam gyeob sal which translates to "three layers of flesh." It’s more well known than bacon in Korea. Marinated beef bulgogi, Another classic dish, bulgogi, or "fire meat," is sweet and chewy. Galbi is Korean BBQ Short Ribs, takes grilled short ribs and cut different than all others and a sweet and salty marinade.
Difference between American Barbecue and Korean Barbecue
American Barbecue tends to emphasize big hunks of meat like brisket and pork shoulder cooked low and slow behind closed doors.The Korean way of grilling beef, pork, chicken, or other kinds of meat, usually means having a grill right on the table, where people can talk, cook, and eat at the same time. Commonly  the meat is already cut into small pieces before grilling, and are then wrapped into bite-sized lettuce leaf packages ssam with garlic, vegetables, seasoning sauce, salt, and/or sesame oil
Recipe
Bulgogi Recipe
Ingredients: 1/2 pounds rib eye beef (thinly sliced),2 tablespoons soy sauce,2 teaspoons sesame oil,2 teaspoons crushed garlic,2 tablespoons brown sugar,1 tablespoon rice wine (sake), Pinch of black pepper and 1/2 piece of fresh kiwi, juice in a blender.
Step 1- Add all the ingredients into a bowl or container one by one Step 2- Let the marinade sit overnight or an hour Step 3- Get the meat and massage the meat in the marinade to make it tender Step 4- Put the meat on the grill Step 5- Enjoy!
Side Dishes
The side dishes are the other fun part. The raw, sliced meats come to the table pre-marinated (usually in soy sauce, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil, and sugar) and share the spotlight with a slew of high-flavor accompaniments. Known as banchan, these allow customizing your Korean BBQ to your taste preferences. On the table, there is a bowl of funky kimchi made with cabbage or radishes, some spicy gochujang (fermented chile pepper paste), a dish of sweet-and-sour cucumbers, a fresh watercress or mung bean salad, a bowl of steamed rice, a dish of sesame salt, a savory dipping sauce dotted with chopped Asian pears, and some crisp lettuce leaves for wrapping it all up. It’s like a taco bar with lettuce as the wraps. The many, varied garnishes bring the grilled meat alive. Grill the strips of meat over the charcoal embers just until they are charred by fire and kissed with smoke, then wrap them up with a bit of sweet, a shot of salty, a spark of spice, a lick of acidity, some crunch, and a boatload of savory for what eventually becomes a minor feast of culinary fireworks. There are many other side dishes, some are kongnamul muchim (seasoned bean sprouts), Oi muchim (spicy cucumber salad), Musaengchae (Spicy Radish Salad), Sukju Namul (Seasoned Bean Sprouts), Gamja-salad (potato salad) and so much more side dishes.
La Paz, Baja California Sur
La Paz is the largest and capital city of the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The city had a census population in 2010 of 215,178 people.
On a Magical Night
On a Magical Night (Chambre 212) is a 2019 French Belgian Luxembourgian comedy movie directed by Christophe Honoré and starring Chiara Mastroianni, Vincent Lacoste, Benjamin Biolay, Camille Cottin, Carole Bouquet, Marie-Christine Adam.
Electrostatic loudspeaker
An electrostatic loudspeaker is a design of speaker. The sound is generated by force placed on a membrane suspended in an electrostatic field. The electrostatic loudspeaker is almost like magnetostatic loudspeaker but it does not use high currents, it uses high voltages. The membrane (a thin film) is controlled by voltage, and it moves between metal plates which are full of small holes.
The sound quality from modern models of electrostatic loudspeaker is good.
Luke Cage
Luke Cage (Power Man) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Luke Cage first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972) and was created by Archie Goodwin, George Tuska, Roy Thomas, and John Romita Sr. He was the first black superhero to be featured as the protagonist and title character of a comic book.
Since his debut in the comics, the character has appeared in numerous media, such as in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where he was portrayed by Mike Colter.
Kurt Luedtke
Kurt Luedtke (September 28, 1939August 9, 2020) was an American screenwriter and executive editor. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was known for working with Sydney Pollack on many movies.
He worked for the Detroit Free Press. He wrote Out of Africa (1985), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also wrote Absence of Malice (1981) and Random Hearts (1999).
Luedtke died on August 9, 2020 at a hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan from multiple organ failure, aged 80.
Capacitance Electronic Disc
History
The first CED was made in 1964 but were not available for purchase until 1981. About 200 movies were made available on CED. Each movie that was on CED was about $15 to $35 depending on the length of the movie. The CED did not sell well for many reasons; one is because the disc was not recordable, unlike video tape. The production of the CED stopped in 1986.
Details of a CED
CEDs are conductive vinyl platters that are 30.0 cm (11.8 in) in diameter. To avoid using the metric system to name their discs, they were called "12 inch discs" even though they were actually slightly smaller. Each side of the disc has grooves that are about 19 miles long and are 37 times smaller than the grooves on a regular phonograph record. When the disc is playing, it spins at about 450 times per minute and each rotation of the disc contained several frames of audio and visual information.
To read the disc, a titanium needle was placed very lightly on the outer edge of the disc. A small electric current was then passed through the center of the needle, where it would touch the bottom of the groove and read the audio information, which was stored in small holes. The needle would read these by detecting how much air was between the needle and the pit and then the electronics of the player would convert these into audio. The visual information was stored in the grooves and were read like a regular phonograph record. As the needle passed over the grooves, it would vibrate and the player would convert the vibrations into the pictures.
Kōchi, Kōchi
Kōchi (高知市) is a Japanese city in Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It is the capital city of the prefecture.
The city of Kōchi is at Urado Bay on the Pacific coast.
It has been recognized as a core city since 1998.
History
Kōchi developed as a castle town which was the center of Tosa Province.
Michael Tarnat
Michael Tarnat (born 27 October 1969) is a former German football player. He has played for Germany national team.
Club career statistics
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Public address system
A public address system, commonly known as a PA system, is a network of sound devices that can play sound to several people. They are often used to make announcements in large buildings or neighbourhoods. In big spaces outdoors, amplifiers and loudspeakers have to be very loud. Otherwise the volume would be too small to be heard by everybody.
List of governors of Oregon
This article lists the individuals who have served as Governor of Oregon between 1841 and 1843 to the present day.
Marble Hill, Missouri
Marble Hill is the county seat of Bollinger County, Missouri, United States.
Province of Alessandria
Alessandria is a province in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
Mitsubishi A6M Zero
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero, often called just the A6M Zero or simply the Zero was a long range carrier ship-based fighter aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The aircraft was built by Mitsubishi, making its first flight in 1939, and entering naval service in 1940.
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was an amazing performing and nimble aircraft from the Japanese, most widely remembered for its performance in the Pacific War. The Mitsubishi A6M Zero (also known as ‘The Zero’) was a versatile fighter aircraft, usually used as ambush aircraft, bomber attackers and sometimes escorts. People would often rate the A6M a ‘Zero’ out of 10.
It was the primary fighter used by Japan during the war. It was the primary enemy of US Naval aircraft such as the Grumman F4F Wildcat, Vought F4U Corsair, and later the Grumman F6F Hellcat, which was specifically designed to combat the Zero. The A6M Zero was the best fighter at the beginning of the Pacific war. However, late in the war, new American fighters were able to defeat it.
Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla
Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla (born 1955) is a Burkinabe politician, lawyer and writer. In October 2022, he became the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, following the September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état.
Franchising
Franchising is a business method that involves the licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business. That can be chain stores, which are retail outlets which share a brand and central management, but also an exclusive right to sell branded merchandise. A similar case is a media franchise, the ownership of the characters and setting of a movie, video game, book, or toys etc., particularly in North American usage. Examples include Pokémon, Harry Potter or Barbie.
Gill (unit)
The gill (pronounced like the girl's name Jill) is a unit for measuring volume. It is equal to a quarter of a pint. People do not use it much now apart from old spirit measures in the United Kingdom: usually a fifth or a sixth of a gill. .
Merchants' Exchange Building (Philadelphia)
The Merchants' Exchange Building is a building in the city of Philadelphia which is in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. It is in a historical neighborhood called Old City. Architect William Strickland designed the building. It was built starting in the year 1832 and was done in 1834. The Merchants' Exchange Building was the first office building in the city. It used to be a brokerage house. In 1875, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange moved into the building.
In the year 2001 it became a National Historic Landmark.
IFK Luleå
IFK Luleå is an sports club in the town of Luleå in Sweden. It was founded on 20 September 1900. The club played in the Swedish men's top association football top division in 1971.
List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso
This is a list of prime ministers of Burkina Faso since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of the Republic of Upper Volta in 1971 to the present day.
A total of thirteen people have served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta/Burkina Faso.
Pan-Arabism
Pan Arabism is a political movement and belief system that promotes the idea that all Arabs should unite to form one country or state. The idea of Pan Arabism was first created during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Pan Arabism’s popularity grew throughout the early 1900s, and in the 1950s Middle Eastern leaders, including Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser, became major supporters of the Pan-Arab movement. Pan Arabists generally believe that all countries with Arab populations should come together or unify and that Western powers, like the United States or Great Britain, should not have any political power or influence in North Africa or the Arabian Peninsula.
Origin & Development
During the late 1800s, the Ottoman Empire controlled most of the Middle East. The Middle East, at the time, was very diverse. Many different ethnic and cultural groups of people lived in the region. By 1900, the Ottoman Empire was in decline and many of the different groups of people living in the Empire wanted to form independent governments managed by people living within their own communities.
One group that began to form their own ideas about a self-governed or self determined community were Arabs. Many educated Arab students and professors working at universities, like Al-Azhar University, began to publish magazines and form clubs promoting the idea of a unified Arab community or nation. These ideas became very popular across Arab regions of the former Ottoman Empire. By 1913, Arab organizations from all around the Middle East met to form the first Arab Congress in Paris, France. At the Congress, Arabs from around the Ottoman Empire discussed the possibility of freeing themselves from the Ottoman Empire and establishing Arab-governed countries.
The Ottoman Empire responded to the Arab Congress by punishing Arab nationalists. In some territories of the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists were put in jail and even killed for their activities.
During World War One, many Arab groups support the Allied powers’ military campaign against the Ottoman Empire. At the end of World War I, the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and the Allied Powers met together to decide what would happen to the territory formerly under Ottoman control. Despite supporting the Allies during the war, many Arab countries were not granted their freedom by the Allies. Still eager to gain Independence, Arabs living in occupied countries began to form ideas about what a free Arab state would look like. These ideas would eventually become the backbone of Pan Arabism.
Philosophy
After World War One, many Arab-speaking scholars and students in the former Ottoman Empire began to write about the history of the Arab people. One of these writers, Darwish-Al Maqdidi, wrote a school textbook that outlined the beliefs of the early Pan-Arab movement. The textbook was used in many schools all across the Arab Middle East, and it suggested that the Arab homeland was not restricted to the Arabian peninsula, but extended to wherever Arabs lived. Moreover, Miqdadi, as well as other Arab scholars, believed that a free and unified Arab nation could only exist if western influence was removed from the Arab Middle East. Generally, the core of Miqdadi’s beliefs, and others like his, became the philosophy of Pan Arabism.
Attempts at Arab Union
Pan Arabism’s popularity began to grow after many Arab countries gained independence in the 1940s and 1950s. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (1956-1970) was a big supporter of Pan Arab nationalism. Nasser believed that the Arab world in both Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula should be unified, since many of these countries shared a common culture, religion, and language, During his presidency, Nasser helped establish the United Arab Republic with Syria. The republic lasted three years. Its collapse was largely due to Nasser’s efforts to rapidly change the Syrian and Egyptian economies; also, many Syrians disliked that Nasser wanted to centralize government power and operations in Egypt.
After the fall of the UAR, Nasser attempted to rally other Arab countries to the Pan-Arabist cause. During the Six Days War in 1967, Nasser led an Arab coalition (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq) to battle Israel. Israel won the war, and the Arab coalition and Nasser’s efforts to create a unified Arab Middle East suffered a major setback.
Decline
After the Six Day's War, Egypt's role, as the leader of the Pan-Arab movement, was severely weakened. Other Arab nationalist organizations started to branch out on their own, independent of Egypt and other Arab countries. The Palestinians, in particular, began to form their own organization that was centered on Palestinian nationalism, and not a Pan-Arab one. Furthermore, Gamal Nasser's sudden death in 1970, left the Pan-Arab movement without a clear leader.
Reemergence
Since the late 1970s, many professors and Middle East experts have claimed that Pan Arabism no longer exists Fouad Ajami suggests that Pan Arabism collapsed because Gamel Nasser, the clear leader of the movement, lost momentum after the Arab defeat in the Six Day War. Moreover, other Arab groups, most notably the Palestinians, lost faith in the Pan-Arab movement and tried to branch out on their own. More recently, though, after the events of the Arab Spring of 2011, many scholars and journalists argue that Pan Arabism is coming back in different ways. Susan De Muth suggests that the Pan Arabism of the Arab Spring is different than it was thirty years ago. She suggests that the Pan Arabism of Gamel Nasser’s era was tied to the idea of keeping the Arab World free of foreign and western influence, while today’s Pan Arabism is mostly led by young people who are dedicated to reforming or making governments in Arab countries less oppressive or controlling. This new form of Pan Arabism has been strengthened by technology, like social media. According to De Muth, protesters from different countries have been able to strengthen their cause and even coordinate protests with movements in other Arab countries using social media. Other scholars are not as optimistic as De Muth; Marc Lynch suggests that the protests of the Arab Spring were long overdue, and that the political movements in the Arab Middle East have been slowly building strength for the last thirty years.
Théo Ngwabidje Kasi
Théo Ngwabidje Kasi (born 27 March 1971) is a politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who is Governor of South Kivu Province since 9 April 2019.
Popol Vuh (band)
Popol Vuh was a German Krautrock band that was founded by pianist and keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1970 together with Holger Trulzsch (percussion) and Frank Fiedler (electronics).
Biography
The first album, Affenstunde, released in 1970, can be regarded as one of the earliest Ambient music, space music or New Age music works, featuring the then new sounds of the Moog synthesizer together with ethnic percussion.
Emory Tate
Emory Andrew Tate II (December 27, 1958 – October 17, 2015) was an American chess player. His son is Emory Andrew Tate III.
Biography
Tate II was born in Chicago to Emory Andrew Tate I, an attorney and soldier of the United States army.
Legacy
The American black grandmaster Maurice Ashley termed Tate "a trailblazer for African-American chess".
Harlequin (color)
Harlequin is the name of the colour that is halfway between green and chartreuse green on the Colour wheel. On color plate 17 in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Colour, the colour harlequin is shown as being on the colour wheel precisely halfway between green and yellow-green (the colour which was formerly called yellow-green is now called chartreuse green).
The first recorded use of harlequin as a color name in English was in 1923.
Gringo Gazette
The Gringo Gazette is a newspaper in the English language founded by Carrie Duncan, published every other week for the American expatriate communities in Baja California and Baja California Sur, Mexico.
It has been published since 2001. Most of its contributors are Americans living in Mexico or Americans with a second home in Mexico. Most of the subscribers of this newspaper are located in San Felipe, La Paz and Cabo San Lucas.
Bishop Hills, Texas
Bishop Hills is a small town in Potter County, Texas, United States.
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic comedy-drama romance movie. It is based on the 1986 book of the same name by Winston Groom. Forrest Gump is the main character of both the movie and book. The movie earned much money in theaters. It earned $677 million worldwide during its theatrical run. It earned more money than any other movie in North America that year. The movie was nominated for a total of 13 Academy Awards. It won six of these, including Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), and Best Actor (Tom Hanks).
Mel Daniels
Melvin Joe Daniels (July 20, 1944 – October 30, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the Minnesota Muskies, Indiana Pacers, and Memphis Sounds, and in the National Basketball Association for the New York Nets. Daniels was a two-time ABA Most Valuable Player and a seven-time ABA All-Star. He was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.
Forrest Gump
The movie is set in Alabama. It tells the story of a man with an IQ of 75 and his epic journey through life. It tells about him meeting historical people, affecting popular culture and being a part of historic events. While all this happened, Forrest does not know the importance of the events were because of his naiveté and much lower than average intelligence. There are many differences between the story in the movie and the story in the novel.
Mel Daniels
Daniels died on October 30, 2015, at the age of 71. He had recently undergone heart surgery.
Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti (January 14, 1919 – May 6, 2013) was an Italian politician of the Christian Democracy party. He was the 41st Prime Minister of Italy from 1972 to 1973, from 1976 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1992. He was also Minister of the Interior (1954 and 1978), Defense Minister (1959–1966 and 1974) and Foreign Minister (1983–1989). He was a Senator for life from 1991 until his death in 2013. He was also a journalist and author.
Andreotti was born on January 14, 1919 in Rome, Italy. He studied at the University of Rome La Sapienza. Andreotti was married to Livia Danese from 1945 until his death in 2013. They had four children. Andreotti died on May 6, 2013 in Rome from respiratory complications, aged 94.
Hwajeong Museum
Hwajeong Museum (화정박물관) is a museum in Jongno District, Seoul. It was opened in 1999. It has many relics of Korea, China, and Tibet.
New World oriole
Males are typically black and vibrant yellow or orange with white markings, females and immature birds duller. They moult annually. New World orioles are generally slender with long tails and a pointed bill. They mainly eat insects, but also enjoy nectar and fruit. The nest is a woven, elongated pouch. Species nesting in areas with cold winters are strongly migratory, while subtropical and tropical species are more sedentary (do not migrate.
The name "oriole" was first recorded (in the Latin form oriolus) by Albertus Magnus in about 1250, which he stated to be onomatopoeic, from the song of the European golden oriole.
The genus name Icterus as used by classical authors, referred to a bird with yellow or green plumage. In modern times this has been identified as the golden oriole. Brisson mistakenly re-applied the name to the New World birds because of their similarity in appearance.
Epte
Claude Monet lived at Giverny near the river for more than forty years. In his garden, by diverting a branch of the Epte, he established a water garden with its famous water-lily pond and a Japanese-style bridge. The river appears in several of his works, including Peupliers au bord de l'Epte (Poplars on the Banks of the Epte).