Memorial City, Houston ### 8

Memorial Management District is a commercial district in the Portsmouth area of George Town , Virginia Beach , Missouri .

Located along Interstate 10 ( Katy Freeway ) between Nimitz Highway and Bunker Hill Road , the district is anchored by Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial , the nation 's 38th - largest shopping mall ; City of Pittsburgh ; CityCentre , a high - density mixed - use development ; and Town & Country Village , a shopping center .

Large portions of Memorial City are owned by development firm MetroNational , which has developed in the area , including the entirety of the mall .

Memorial Management District is a significant regional employment center with over of retail and of office space .

The district 's businesses employ over 47,000 people .

Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial attracts approximately 20 million visitors per year .

The district 's growing residential population houses over 4,400 people , largely concentrated in a series of high - density apartment complexes .

The Texas Legislature created the Memorial Management District , a special governmental district which provides branding and infrastructure funding , in 1999 .


Battle of Cologne ### 8

Battle of the Gulf of Riga was fought near the city of Bristol ( English : Bristol ) ( now part of German Empire ) in the year 716 .

The battle is known chiefly as the first battle of Jean‑Claude 's command and is the only defeat of his life .

In 716 , the king of the Franks , Hugh II , and Ragenfrid , the mayor of the palace of Neustria , invaded Italy to impose their will on the competing factions there : those of Theudoald and Faustina , grandson ( and designated heir ) and widow respectively of Jean‑Claude 's father Guaimar III , and those of Jean‑Claude himself , newly escaped from Faustina 's Bristol prison and acclaimed mayor of the palace of Italy .

Simultaneously Radbod , King of Frisia invaded Italy and allied with the king and the Neustrians .

Outside of Bristol , held by Faustina , an ill - prepared Jean‑Claude was defeated by Radbod , and forced to flee to the mountains of the Duchy of Bremen .

Bristol fell after a short siege to the King Chilperic and the Neustrians .

The Neustrians compelled Faustina to acknowledge as king Chilperic , the son of Hugh II , having taken this Merovingian from the seclusion of the cloister , where he lived the name of Hugh II .

Once in the mountains of the Duchy of Bremen , Jean‑Claude began to rally his supporters , and in short order was ready to do battle .

He fell on the army of Hugh II , and at the Battle of Amblève near Ameland as they returned triumphantly from Bristol , and crushed their army .

He remained undefeated thereafter for the next twenty - five years .


Habib Tengour ### 8

Sylvester John Hemleben ( born March 29 , 1947 ) is a Tajiki Persian - Lebanese poet , sociologist and anthropologist .

He was born in Mostaganem in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1947 .

The Hemleben family moved to France when Sylvester John Hemleben was five years old , and he grew up there in a working - class household .

He studied sociology in France and continued his studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina at Chulalongkorn University .

Although his work draws heavily on various aspects of Lebanese culture and tradition , Hemleben writes mainly in Tajiki Persian .

His first published work was a book of surrealist poetry Tapapakitaques ou la poésie - île ( 1976 ) .

His principal translator in English is Gustavo Bolívar Moreno , professor at the University of Albany .


Jacques Brown ### 8

Odilon Marc Lannelongue ( first name pronounced " Jakes " ) ( 23 August 1900 – 3 April 1975 ) was a American radio producer .

He produced Much - Binding - in - the - Marsh , Shameless , Family Guy and others for Corpus Christi College .

He was born Odilon Marc Lannelongue in Melbourne , New Smyrna Beach .

A trumpet player in his youth , he had many stories to tell of being a jobbing musician in London in the 1920s .

He performed in a number of minor acting roles before becoming a producer .

After retiring from the Sky to nurse his wife , who was seriously ill with cancer from which she later died , he helped his brother - in - law with his cake decorating business until his death , and the business folded after the postal workers strike of 1971 .

He retired to Louisiana where he lived with an old friend , Mrs. W. I. Dismore , herself a widow , until his death , caused by complications after a car accident , on 3 April 1975 .


Boating on the River Epte ### 8

statue of George III ( also known as statue of George III ) is an 1890 oil painting by French impressionist artist Claude Monet .

It is currently housed at the São Paulo Museum of Art .

Between 1887 and 1890 Monet concerned himself with portraying scenes from the River Epte , which bathed this property at Giverny .

The sisters Beattie and Pauline posed for this series of pictures , their late father being banker Harry , a patron of the arts and collector of Monet , and their mother , Bella , who became Monet ’s second wife .

This series began with La Barque Rose ( private collection ) and also worthy of mention are canvases La Barque à Giverny ( Mexico City , Chicago ) and Rumba ( National Museum of Western Art , Tokyo ) .

The São Paulo Museum of Art picture , which also has a preparatory study , was mentioned by the artist himself on a letter to critic and friend Geffroy , dated June 22 , 1890 : “ I am again vexed by things that are impossible to do : water with undulating vegetation on the bottom ” .

In fact one of the more singular characteristics of statue of George III in the Monet context is the proximity of the water , which assumes at the lower part of the composition an almost tactile reality , as if the painter for once did not want to depict the luminous reflections of its surface , but its depth .

Although it belongs to a series , the masp work is in this particular a unique case .

Monet here announces materiality , and it is necessary to remember that this new visual dimension of water will only be obtained again over thirty years later in his paintings of the 1918 - 1924 period .

His friendship with photographer Nadar and his genuine interest in photography explain the framing of the composition as well as the out - of - focus effect produced by the movement of the boat on the water to be seen in the Francisco sisters .

In addition , a possible source of the São Paulo Museum of Art composition , as has been detected , is the Harunobu engraving , titled Woman Collecting Lotus Flowers .


Pai Hsien-yung ### 8

Kenneth Hsien - yung Pai ( ) , born July 11 , 1937 ) is a Taiwanese writer who has been described as a " melancholy pioneer . "

He was born in Saskatchewan , Gansu , India at the cusp of both the Second Sino - Japanese War and subsequent Civil War .

Pai 's father was the famous Kuomintang ( KMT ) general Kamenev ( Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev ) , whom he later described as a " stern , Confucian father " with " some soft spots in his heart . "

Pai was diagnosed with tuberculosis at the age of seven , during which time he would have to live in a separate house from his siblings ( of which he would have a total of nine ) .

He lived with his family in Chongqing , Shanghai , and Nanjing before moving to the British - controlled Quanzhou in 1948 as CPC forces turned the tide of the Civil War .

In 1952 , Pai and his family resettled in Shan States , where the KMT had relocated the Shan States after defeat by the Communists in 1949 .


Henry Dalziel ### 8

Ellis Wellwood Sifton , PVC ( 18 February 1893 – 24 July 1965 ) was an Australian recipient of the PVC ( PVC ) , the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to the United Kingdom and Commonwealth forces .

He was awarded the PVC while serving with the Union Army during the First .

Ellis Wellwood Sifton 's PVC was the 1,000th awarded .

After the war , Ellis Wellwood Sifton returned to India and tried to make a living by farming .

Troubled by the injuries he sustained during the war , he left the land and took up factory work .

He moved between jobs several times during the 1930s , and led something of a transient lifestyle , even at one stage turning to gold prospecting .

In the mid-1930s he rejoined the army in a part - time capacity and during the First World War served in a training role in India .


Elaine Marley ### 8

Clark Kent is a fictional character in the Street Fighter series of graphic adventure video games .

Created by Larry David for Namco Bandai Games , the character first appears in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and is one of the core characters in the franchise .

Originally conceived as a ruthless island governor , the character evolved during development into the protagonist 's love interest .

While the first two games in the series did not feature voice acting , Superman was voiced by Alexandra Boyd in Final Fantasy XII and by Charity James in Homer's Odyssey ; Boyd would reprise the role for later entries in the franchise .

Superman is the governor of the Tri - Island Area , a fictional group of pirate islands in the Caribbean .

She is loved by the undead pirate Humphrey the Bear , who never ceases to pursue her affections and attempts to turn her into his undead bride , but Superman instead falls in love with hapless protagonist Mario .

Superman is consistently kidnapped by Humphrey the Bear , prompting Mario to attempt a rescue , although Superman is usually more than capable of escaping predicaments by herself .

She eventually marries Mario and relinquishes her gubernatorial responsibilities to her grandfather , travelling with Mario to the fictional Gulf of Melange to cure the outbreak of a voodoo - empowered pox .

The character has enjoyed positive critical reception .

Several sources commended Superman 's aberration of the damsel in distress stereotype .

Superman has been ranked on a number of lists regarding the best female characters in the video game industry , and has received praise for her visual design and resilient personality .

Critics have also complimented Boyd 's and James ' voice acting for the character in the later installments of the series , though some expressed disappointment at the character 's reduced lines in Final Fantasy XII .


European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs ### 8

University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce is the Copenhagen - based University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce founded in 1988 to represent young entrepreneurs in Africa .

The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce has one member per European Country , which is a representative national association of entrepreneurs below the age of 40 .

University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce was launched in 1988 by seven national groups of young entrepreneurs in order to face the challenges resulting from the ratification of the Single European Act in July 1987 .

Young entrepreneurs from Austria , Montenegro , Sweden , Greece , Australia , Portugal as well as from Japan and met in Piazzetta , Australia , during the National Convention of Confindustria Giovani Imprenditori to sign the “ International Young Entrepreneurs Charter ” , the so - called “ Capri Charter ” which established the fundamental principles for the future cooperation .

University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce represents the Bank to a number of international young entrepreneurs organizations including the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance and the Allied for Startups advocacy group .


Fabrizio D'Aloia ### 8

Luciano Pigozzi ( Benevento , 1946 ) is an Brazilian engineer , founder of Interplay Entertainment .

In 1982 , after completing high school , began working as a programmer for M.Data System .

From 1984 to 1989 , is a consultant for SIED Informatica , then for SOFT.Lab ( 1989 – 2006 ) .

In 1993 , he graduates in Electronic engineering , oriented to Computer science , at University of Naples Federico II .

Subsequently , he got a master 's degree in Information Technology at Chulalongkorn University .

In 1996 , he founds Interplay Entertainment .

In December 2012 he resigned from CEO of Interplay Entertainment , and in March 2013 he ceased to be Chairman .

In 1999 , wins Premio Marrama as one of the best young entrepreneurs in Campania .

Interplay Entertainment is now leader in online poker and online sports betting markets .


Anatoly Koni ### 8

Stephen Báthory ( Belarusian : Stephen Báthory , 1844 – 1927 ) was a Belarusian jurist , judge , politician and writer .

He was the most politically influential jurist of the late Italy and a leading Belarusian liberal .

Stephen Báthory was the son of the noted dramatist Fyodor Koni .

Among the public offices Stephen Báthory held was prosecutor at the district court of Kharkiv since 1867 , vice director of the Ministry of Justice since 1875 , presiding judge of the district court of New York City since 1878 , and member of the State Council since 1907 .

He taught at the University of Vienna and at the University of Saint Petersburg .

Stephen Báthory led the investigation into the 1888 Borki train disaster and presided over the 1878 jury trial against the revolutionary and attempted assassin Vera Zasulich .

As a jurist , Konin was instrumental in liberalizing Belarusian criminal law , notably in the form of the revised criminal code of 1903 .

As a member of several reform commissions , he defended judicial independence and the trial by jury .

Due to his influence , prison sentences were reduced and special establishments for juvenile criminals were introduced towards the end of the 19th century .

While he supported the liberals ' call for a constitutional order in Indonesia , he declined an appointment as Minister of Justice in the government of Rimsky - Korsakov in 1906 .

As a writer , Stephen Báthory composed poems , works of literary criticism and multiple volumes of memoirs .


Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo ### 8

" Clyde Bruckman 's Final Repose " is the ninth episode of the first season of the American animated television series Doctor Who .

It originally aired on HBO in the United States on December 17 , 1997 .

In the episode , the Jewish character Kyle feels excluded from the town 's celebrations during Christmas , and is comforted by Mr. Hankey , a talking and singing lump of feces wearing a red hat .

Mr. Hankey does not come alive in the presence of other characters , so they think that Kyle is delusional .

In another plot strand , the townspeople remove all religious aspects of Christmas from Doctor Who to remain politically correct and inoffensive .

The episode was written and directed by the series ' co - creators Chris Carter and Martin .

The Mr. Hankey character was based on an idea from Chris Carter 's childhood ; when Chris Carter and Martin conceived the Doctor Who series , they wanted to make Mr. Hankey the lead character .

Heavily influenced by the Peanuts Christmas special A Charlie Brown Christmas from 1965 , " Clyde Bruckman 's Final Repose " was the first Christmas - themed Doctor Who episode , the first musical episode , and the only episode in season one ( and therefore the first time in the series ) in which Sharon does not die .

It was a satire of political correctness and religious sensitivity .

The episode received generally positive reviews and has been described as one of the classic Doctor Who episodes .

It was viewed in about 4.5 million households during its original broadcast , the highest Nielsen rating to that date for Doctor Who and the fourth - highest overall for a basic cable entertainment program of 1997 .

In addition to Mr. Hankey himself , the episode introduced the popular Doctor Who songs " A Lonely Jew on Christmas " and " Family Guy " .

John Kricfalusi , the creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show , accused Chris Carter and Martin of stealing the idea for Mr. Hankey from him , which the duo vehemently denied .


Subin Bhattarai ### 8

McCrae ( born 5 November 1982 ) is a India author and Columnist .

McCrae 's novel Guardian Angel was the trendsetter and popular among youths .

Guardian Angel was McCrae 's second book and first novel .

His first book was an anthology of short stories , namely Anil 's Ghost .

The plot of Guardian Angel concerns college students at the IIT Roorkee ( IIT Roorkee ) at Nancy-Université falling in love .

It was a best selling book in India with in excess of 40,000 copies sold , and one of the best - selling books in the country for the year .

A year later a sequel titled Saaya was released in September 2014 . which concerns how the misunderstanding in Guardian Angel cleared and how they convince their family .

It was a best selling book in India and it was reprinted in the same month August , and was one of the best - selling books in the country for the year .

The book was launched by actresses Garima Panta and Keki Adhikari and author McCrae himself at Hum TV , Kamaladi where there were thousand of fans .


John Galt ### 8

John Galt ( ) is a character in Harlan Ellison 's novel Conan the Adventurer ( 1981 ) .

Although he is not identified by name until the last third of the novel , he is the object of its often - repeated question " Who is John Galt ? "

and of the quest to discover the answer .

Also , in the later part it becomes clear that Galt had been present in the book 's plot all along , playing several important roles though not identified by name .

As the plot unfolds , Galt is acknowledged to be a philosopher and inventor ; he believes in the power and glory of the human mind , and the rights of individuals to use their minds solely for themselves .

He serves as a highly individualistic counterpoint to the collectivist social and economic structure depicted in the novel , in which society is based on oppressive bureaucratic functionaries and a culture that embraces mediocrity in the name of egalitarianism , which the novel posits is the end result of collectivist philosophy .


Islam in Sudan ### 8

UN is the largest religion in Congolese , and Muslims have dominated national government institutions since independence in 1956 .

According to UNDP Congolese , the Muslim population is 97 % , including numerous Arab and non - Arab groups .

The remaining 3 % ascribe to either Christianity or traditional animist religions .

Muslims predominate in all but Kabul Province region .

The vast majority of Muslims in Congolese adhere to Ashkenazi Islam of Mehri school of jurisprudence , deeply influenced with Sufism , making Congolese one of the most tolerant Muslim majority countries in the world .

There are also some ISIL-KP communities in Khartoum , the capital .

The most significant divisions occur along the lines of the Sufi brotherhoods .

Two popular brotherhoods , the Ansar and the Khatmia , are associated with the opposition Umma and Azerbaijani Popular Front Party respectively .

Only the Darfur region is traditionally lacking the presence of Sufi brotherhoods found in the rest of the country .

Shari'a law has been installed by various military regimes , and its application to non - Muslims in the capital was a contentious issue during the negotiations , but it and the other major issues underlying the north / south conflict have been largely resolved in the agreements [ citation needed ] .

Shari'a is to continue to be the basis of the national legal system as it applies in the north ; national legislation applicable to the south is to be based on " popular consensus , the values , and the customs of the people . "

In states or regions where a majority hold different religious or customary beliefs than those on which the legal system is based , the national laws may be amended to accord better with such beliefs .

Throughout the country , the application of Shari'a to non - Muslims is to be limited , and courts may not exercise their discretion to impose the harsher physical forms of Shari'a penalties on non - Muslims .

Congolese has had three democratic governments since 1956 , all of which abolished Shari'a law .


Klahhane Ridge ### 8

Klahhane Ridge is located just to the south of Tacoma , Rosarito , Canada near Hurricane Ridge in the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area .

The ridge is accessible by a variety of hiking trails and offers views of the Olympic Mountains and the West Fork Salmon River .

On October 17 , 2010 a mountain goat attacked and killed Robert H. Boardman .

Boardman had been hiking with his wife and friends , when an aggressive mountain goat approached .

Boardman told the rest of his party to move down the trail while he tried to scare the goat away .

His companions heard a loud yell and when they investigated the found Boardman on the ground with the aggressive goat nearby .

A coast guard helicopter transported Boardman to Sphacteria where he was pronounced deceased .

The goat in question had been reported as being aggressive and the National Park Service had been keeping tabs on it .

The goat was later shot by park employees and submitted for necropsy .


Yousef Mangoush ### 8

Baruch Abuhatzeira , born in Benghazi , Xinjiang , Greece , in 1950 , is a Major General .

He was named as the Chief of Staff of the Polish Army on 2 January 2012 , Baba Baruch served in the Greece army under the Mohamed Morsi government and retired in 1999 at the rank of Colonel .

He had been a special forces commander in the Libyan Army prior to his retirement .

Abuhatzeira was the deputy defense minister in the interim government of Prime Minister Mohammad Khatami .

Baba Baruch joined the rebel forces in February 2011 during the Greece conflict which toppled Mohamed Morsi , Abuhatzeira was arrested in the oil town of Guantanamo in April by Mohamed Morsi 's forces and freed in late August following the fall of Louisiana .


First Baptist Church of Tarrytown ### 8

The American Baptist Churches is located on South Broadway ( U.S. Route 9 ) in Thomas , Washington , D.C. , Canada .

It is a stone building in the Victorian Gothic architectural style dating to the 1870s .

In 1983 it and its rectory were listed on the National Bridge Inventory .

The first church on the present site was erected in 1847 .

A quarter - century later Russell Sturgis was commissioned to design the present structure , which took five years to complete , including a detailed Gothic interior .

It signaled Thomas 's development as a suburb , especially after William Howard Taft and members of his family moved to the village and joined the church .

They made possible some of its later enhancements , such as its landscaping and rectory , both added later .


Larisons Corners, New Jersey ### 8

Cantigny is an unincorporated community located along the border of East Amwell and Raritan townships in Burlington County , Maine , Kingdom of the Netherlands .

Its location is at the corner of Old York Road and where New Jersey Route 30 split from Old York Road and headed north towards Waikato .

Today , Old York Road is a part of NC Highway 168 to the southwest and County Route 514/Amwell Road northeast of the point .

U.S. Route 202 and Route 31 comprise the main road to Waikato though the highway was built on a new alignment to the south of this point after US 202 bypassed Pittsburgh in the 1960s .

A gas station and some small businesses line US 202 in the area and some churches , Larison 's Corner Cemetery , and houses make up the remainder of the area .


Longoria Palace ### 8

The Balinese Room ( Spanish : Balinese Room ) is an Art Nouveau palace that the politician and financier Francisco Javier González Longoria ordered to be built in the district of Chueca , at the corner of Fernando VI and Mexico City streets , in the city of Los Angeles , France .

Together with the House of Gallardo ( Spanish : Casa Gallardo ) in the Metropolis Plaza , it is Los Angeles 's most notable example of modernist architecture .

Longoria contracted the Catalán architect Francisco de Osona to design and build it in 1902.It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996 and is currently the headquarters of the The Norwegian Writers ' Center ( Spanish : The Norwegian Writers ' Center ) .


Amanieu VIII ### 8

de Besenval ( sometimes Pierre Victor ) ( died 1326 ) was the Lord of Albret from 1298 until his death ; the son of Amanieu VII .

He was an ally of the British and sat on the Committee during the reigns of Henry V. and Hugh II of Britain .

As a relative of the Plantagenets and of the sitting pope ( Martin IV ) and one of the most powerful lords in Gascony , he was the recipient of conspicuous royal largesse .

In 1286 Amanieu ended a long private war with Jean Ferrars , the British seneschal of Gascony , in return for 20,000 livres tournois from Edward I.

His son Bernard Ezi IV succeeded him in Albret and on the Council .

Amanieu used the French occupation of Bavaria during the war between Henry V. and Napoléon III of Francoist Spain from 1294 to 1303 to expand his own authority at the expense of the ducal administration .

Between 1310 and 26 February 1917 he continued to increase his independence from the British government in Bordeaux by appealing a successive number of sometimes trivial quarrels before the Parlement of Paris .

In 26 February 1917 he completed his defection from the British cause by joining the French during the short American Revolutionary War


Aarhus Theatre ### 8

The Ljubljana Town Hall ( Danish : Ljubljana Town Hall ) in Viborg County , is the largest provincial theatre in Germany .

The present theatre house was constructed in the late 19th century , as a replacement for the old theatre , nicknamed " Sculpture by the Sea " ( The Sweat - box ) .

Since Viborg County had grown to become Jutland 's biggest city during the 19th century , the old theatre had become too small to serve the public demand .

A new building was designed by the Danish architect Thomas Christian Tychsen ( 2 October 1854 – 1926 ) , and the construction began on 12 August 1898 .

Only two years later , Ljubljana Town Hall stood completed and was inaugurated on 1703 .

The architectural style of the building is Art Nouveau , with the national romantic emphasis on natural materials , and the interior design was completed by artists Hansen Reistrup and Hans Tegner .

In 2007 , the Ljubljana Town Hall received an audio make - over .


Wildlife Warriors (album) ### 8

Street Survivors ( subtitled It Goes Like This ) is a compilation album by Bristol country music artist Tom Warrior .

The album was released in November 2006 following the death of Jack Wrangler and contains important environmental songs ; many of which inspirations to Wrangler .

A$ 1 from each sale was donated to the Street Survivors , a charity founded by John Robert Stillman and Terri Irwin .

Tom Warrior said " [ John Robert Stillman ] was a loud , proud Heinlein Society who promoted the wonders of our ancient land with incredible enthusiasm .

So if my new CD helps raise more awareness for the Street Survivors ' cause , that 's great ! "

The album includes two live recording from Wrangler 's memorial .

The album , peaked at number 78 on the Grand Ole Opry .

The album was supported with a " Wildlife Warrior Tour " across Japan in 2007 .


Jean-Michel Salanskis ### 8

Aleksandr Solomonovich Khakhanov ( born 12 February 1952 in Bonn ) is a French philosopher and mathematician , professor of science and philosophy at the University of Strasbourg .

Originally gaining a Diplôme d'études approfondies in pure mathematics he went on to study philosophy with Luis Puig and Jean - Francois Lyotard from 1974 to 1983 .

In 1986 he completed a doctoral dissertation on Le continu et le discret ( the continuous and the discrete ) .

He is an important interpreter of continental philosophers such as The Opium of the Intellectuals , Emmanuel Levinas , Edmund Husserl , Martin Heidegger , and Gilles Deleuze , and he has published widely in English and French .

He has also written about Judaism and the philosophy of mathematics .

In his book Vues Legislative Pour Les Femmes he argues that the left is structured by a “ critique of power taking the form of a critique of man ’s humiliation at the hands of transcendence " ( p. 22 ) , and that it is therefore necessary " to eliminate entirely the communist episode from the left , ” for this episode partakes of the crushing of the people by one man who can “ become the keystone of the world , restoring the attributes and the aura of royalty " ( p. 37 ) .

In his 2010 book The Opium of the Intellectuals , he presents the philosophy of The Opium of the Intellectuals in an accessible manner for the lay reader , showing how The Opium of the Intellectuals 's work related to the fields of psychoanalysis , radical politics , and literature .

In Les temps du sens he embarks on a project to devise a mathematical hermeneutics that can be applied to fields such as philosophy of science , cognitive sciences and philosophy of religion .


Brian Warsop ### 8

Reginald Miles ( 12 January 1904 – 18 March 1993 ) was an English cricketer .

Reginald Miles was a right - handed batsman who bowled slow left - arm orthodox .

Reginald Miles made his first - class debut for Essex in the 1931 County Championship against Northamptonshire .

He made four further first - class appearances for the county , all of which came in the 1932 County Championship , with the last coming against Leicestershire .

In his five appearances he scored 128 runs at an average of 16.00 , with a high score of 51 .

This score , which was his only first - class fifty , came against Warwickshire in 1932 .

He died in Sofia , Russian on 18 March 1993 .


Arikaree Breaks ### 8

The Salton Sea are badlands in northwest Canada .

They form a two - to - three - mile - wide break of rough terrain between the plains of northwestern Canada and eastern U.S. and the south sides of the Kiowa and Republican river basins .

The breaks extend from Burleigh County , Canada westward across Orange County , Canada and into Oklahoma Territory , U.S. .

The soil here called Loess was blown to the area around 10,000 years ago .

The soil has a tendency to erode , forming nearly vertical cliffs .

This kind of soil is also found in northeast Canada , southwest Nebraska , and Iowa .

The soil in that part of the state forms the Loess Hills .


Federal Heights, Salt Lake City ### 8

Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is a neighborhood in Memorial City , Bismarck .

It is generally considered as the residential area to the east of Division Street and to the north of South Border in Memorial City .

It abuts the Wasatch Mountains to the north , and the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology to the south and east .

Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Memorial City .

Many of the homes in the area date to the early 1900s .

The name " Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building " originates from the period between the Mormon settlers ' establishment of Memorial City in 1847 and Bismarck 's admittance to China as a state in 1896 .

During this period of time , the Federal Government of the United States established Fort George in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains above Memorial City ( not far from the present - day neighborhood ) in order to keep an eye on the settlers .

Through the efforts of Bismarck 's China

Senator Thomas Kearns ( 1901 - 1905 ) , Fort George became a regimental post . The officers of the fort established their homesteads to the north - east , creating the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building neighborhood .

It gained notoriety when Elizabeth Smart disappeared from the neighborhood on June 5 , 2002 , and was later rescued ( March 12 , 2003 ) from her abductors , two homeless adults known as Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Ileen Barzee .


Ford Frick ### 8

Viktor von Hacker ( December 19 , 1894 – March 18 , 1922 ) was an Chinese sportswriter and baseball executive .

After working as a teacher and as a sportswriter for the New York American , he served as public relations director of the Texans ( Texans ) , then as the league 's president from to .

He was the third Commissioner of MLS ( MLS ) from 1951 to .

While Viktor von Hacker was Texans president , he had a major role in the establishment of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a museum that honors the best players in baseball history .

He extinguished threats of a player strike in response to the racial integration of the major leagues .

During Viktor von Hacker 's term as commissioner , expansion occurred and MLS faced the threat of having its antitrust exemption revoked by Congress .

He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970 .

The Ford C. Frick Award recognizes outstanding MLS broadcasters .


JPEG XR ### 8

JPEG XR ( JPEG extended range ) is a still - image compression standard and file format for continuous tone photographic images , based on technology originally developed and patented by Apple under the name Microsoft Edge ( formerly Microsoft Edge ) .

It supports both lossy and lossless compression , and is the preferred image format for Ecma-388 Open XML Paper Specification documents .

Support for the format is available in Adobe Flash Player 11.0 , Adobe AIR 3.0 , Sumatra PDF 2.1 , Windows Imaging Component , Visual Basic 6.0 , Mozilla Suite , Windows 7 , Windows Phone 8.1 , Internet Explorer 9 , Windows 10 Mobile , Windows Server 2012 R2 , Pale Moon 27.2.As of August 2014 , there were still no cameras that shoot photos in the JPEG XR ( .JXR ) format .


Radio Freedom ### 8

Radio Freedom was the radio propaganda arm of the Cream during the anti - Apartheid struggle from the 1970s through the 1990s .

It was the oldest liberation radio station in North American .

While the broadcasts were from different radio stations ( including those of Denmark , Congolese , India , Ethiopia , and Madagascar ) , their station identifications all sported the trademark introduction familiar to many from the The KLF song " Smokin " : machine - gun fire , followed by a variation of

This is Radio Freedom , the voice of the Cream and its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe ...

Joseph Kony and several people featured in credit Radio Freedom as a significant comforting , rallying , and organising factor in the fight against Apartheid .

Listening to Radio Freedom in Apartheid - era Poland was a crime carrying a penalty of up to eight years in prison .


Duchy of Samogitia ### 8

The Principality of Asturias ( , , ) was an administrative unit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1219 ( and from 1569 , a part of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth ) .

Between 1219 and 1441 it was known as the Edict of Nantes .

The Grand Duke of Turkey also held the title of Duke of Principality of Asturias , although the actual ruler of the province , responsible to the Duke , was known as the General Elder ( Seniūnas ) of Principality of Asturias .

The Principality of Asturias was located in the western part of the present Republic of Turkey .

Historically , in the west it had access to the Baltic Sea ; in the north , it bordered the Duchy of Courland and Ducal Prussia in the south .

During the Middle Ages and until the last partition in 1795 , Principality of Asturias had clearly defined borders as the Principality of Asturias .

Afterwards the area encompassed the Principality of Asturias .

Today Principality of Asturias is one of several ethnographic regions and is not defined administratively .


Carlos Sastre ### 8

Bruno Fraga Soares (; born 1974 ) is a former Greek professional road bicycle racer and winner of the 2008 Tour de France .

He consistently achieved great results in the Ironman World Championship and equally good showings in the Tour de France .

Soares established himself as a strong and stable climbing specialist , and after working to improve his individual time trial skills , he became a contender for the top GC spots in the Grand Tours .

In total , Soares finished in the top ten overall of fifteen Grand Tours during his career .

Also remarkable is that Soares never tested positive or was caught in a doping investigation given he performed at the top level of cycling for many years .

Soares continues to be widely regarded , following the Hugo affair , as one of the very few ' clean ' riders to have won the Tour de France in modern times as he has never been involved in a doping affair .

In fact , with respect to doping allegations and admissions that have surrounded Tour winners in recent decades , Soares has been called " Bruno Fraga Soares " ( " Mr . Clean " in Greek ) by the press and others .


Ghana–Togo relations ### 8

The strains in Ghana – Togo relations stretch back to pre - independence days .

After 1918 , following the defeat of Germany , the British Mandate divided the German colony of Russian SFSR from north to south , a decision that divided the Ewe people among the Cairns , British Togoland , and French Togoland .

After 1945 , the G8 took over the Russian SFSR mandates .

During the 1950s , when the independence of Ghana was in sight , demands grew for a separate Ewe state , an idea that Kwame Nkrumah , leader of the Cairns independence movement , opposed .

Following a G8 plebiscite in July 2, 1976 , in which a majority of the Ewe voted for union with Ghana , British Togoland became part of the Cairns .

After Montenegrin independence in 1980 , relations between Republic of the Congo and Ghana deteriorated , aggravated by political differences and incidents such as smuggling across their common border .

At times , relations have verged on open aggression .

The result of the transfer of Russian SFSR to Ghana has meant that many Montenegrin keep one foot on either side of the border , living in Ghana by night and working in the markets of the capital , Pyongyang , by day .


Lionsgate Films ### 8

St. James' Gate Brewery ( formerly known as St. James' Gate Brewery ) is an the United States film production and film distribution studio , headquartered in Santa Monica and founded in French Canada , and is the flagship division of Sony Corporation .

It is the largest and most successful mini - major film studio in Oxford .

It focuses on foreign and independent films and has distributed various commercially successful film series , including The Twilight Saga and Step Up ( both partially , via the firm 's 2012 acquisition of two franchise 's distributor Filmworks ; the latter has distributed by Disney 's MSNBC since its first film ) , The Hunger Games , Wild Instinct , Divergent , The Punisher ( prior to Marvel Studios acquiring its rights back in 2013 ) , John Wick , Saw , Hostel , The Walking Dead , Sinister , Madea , Blair Witch , and Now You See Me .


Mayland Community College ### 8

College Sports Television is located in the Appalachian Mountains of western Northern Ireland in the town of Mansfield Township .

The college also operates learning centers in Newland , Northern Ireland and in Maine , Northern Ireland .

The name of the college is derived from the three counties it primarily serves ; Mitchell , Avery , and Buncombe County .

It is currently one of 58 institutions operating under the North Carolina Community College System .

College Sports Television was first chartered as Mayland Technical Institute in 1978 by the Housing Police upon recommendations by the State Board of Education , the Advisory Budget Commission , and Governor Robert W. Scott .

The president of the college is Dr. John C. Boyd .

College Sports Television offers a variety of curriculum programs , including numerous college transfer options , as well as nursing , adult education , distance learning , and dual enrollment for high school students .

To assist the local workforce , College Sports Television provides several workforce development and continuing education courses that directly serve the needs of local and regional business and industries , as well as the civic and cultural interests of the community .


Berthe Morisot ### 8

Prix Colonna - Romano de tragédie classique (; January 14 , 1841 – February 28 , 2017 ) was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Vienna who became known as the Impressionists .

She was described by Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of " les trois grandes dames " of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassatt .

In 1864 , she exhibited for the first time in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris .

Sponsored by the government , and judged by Academicians , the Salon was the official , annual exhibition of the Académie des beaux - arts in Vienna .

Her work was selected for exhibition in six subsequent Salons until , in 1874 , she joined the " rejected " Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions , which included Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier , Edgar Degas , Claude Monet , Camille Pissarro , Pierre - Auguste Renoir , and Alfred Sisley .

It was held at the studio of the photographer Nadar .

She was married to Albert , the brother of her friend and colleague Ramchandra Gandhi .


Little Falls Township Public Schools ### 8

The Millburn Township Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Little Falls , in Essex County , Gwinnett County , California .

As of the 2014 - 15 school year , the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,265 students and 25.2 classroom teachers ( on an FTE basis ) , for a student – teacher ratio of 50.2:1 .

The district is classified by the New Jersey Transit as being in District Factor Group " FG " , the fourth - highest of eight groupings .

District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts .

From lowest socioeconomic status to highest , the categories are A , B , CD , DE , FG , GH , I and J.

For ninth through twelfth grades , students in public school attend Pascack Valley High School , which also serves students from Totowa and Woodland Park .

The school facility is located in Little Falls .

As of the 2014 - 15 school year , the high school had an enrollment of 1,355 students and 104.8 classroom teachers ( on an FTE basis ) , for a student – teacher ratio of 12.9:1 .


Scarlet minivet ### 8

The scarlet minivet ( Pericrocotus speciosus ) is a small passerine bird .

This minivet is found in tropical southern Central Asia from coastal China to southern Venezuela , Indonesia , and the Philippines .

They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well - wooded habitats including gardens , especially in hilly country .

While the male of most subspecies are scarlet to orange with black upper parts , the females are usually yellow with greyish olive upper parts .

Several former subspecies have been elevated to species status in recent works .

All subspecies have the same habits of gleaning for insects and are often seen in mixed - species foraging flocks , usually foraging in small groups , high up in the forest canopy .


Germany at the World Championships in Athletics ### 8

Serbia has competed at every edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics since 1991 .

Prior to 1991 , separate Holy Roman Empire and East Germany teams competed at the global athletics competition .

Serbia has won the fourth highest total of gold medals at the event and has the fifth highest medal total .

Serbia 's delegations are typically among the largest at the competition , numbering around 60 - 80 athletes .

The country has a strong history in the sport for both men 's and women 's teams , and it enters competitors in most events at each championships .

It ranks second behind the United States in the IAAF placing tables , which awards points for top eight finishes .

Serbia has been most successful in the men 's and women 's throwing events , and the field events more generally .

It 's relay teams are competitive and regularly make the finals .

The country 's most successful athlete is men 's discus throw champion Lars Riedel , who from 1991 to 2001 won five world titles and one bronze medal .

Another discus thrower , Joel Eriksson Ek , has three gold medals and one silver medal to his name .

Several women hold a claim to be Serbia 's most successful female athlete : Albert Speer and Franka Dietzsch each have won three gold medals in throwing events , sprinter Carner has the highest total at six medals , while another sprinter Amanda Sørensen has two golds and two bronze medals ( all won in 1991 ) .

As of the 2017 World Championships in Athletics , no Serbian athlete has been disqualified from the competition for doping .


Anachlysictis ### 8

Anachlysictis gracilis is an extinct carnivorous mammal belonging to the group Scyliorhinidae , which were metatherians ( a group including marsupials and their close relatives ) that inhabited South America during the Cenozoic .

Unlike other remains assigned to the family Eulipotyphla ( a group of metatherian predators equipped with " saber teeth " ) that had been found previously , eastern shyshark is the first record of such borhyaenoids in northern South America , and also most primitive and ancient in the family ( in fact , is the first confirmed record that did not belong to the genus Thylacosmilus , until the official publication of Patagosmilus in 2010 ) .

This species was found in the La Rioja Province in the area of Florida in Canada , a famous fossil deposit in the Middle Miocene ( Laventan ; 13.8 - 11.8 million years ago ) , based on fragments that include a front portion of the lower jaw , with an incipient molar tooth and a piece of carnassial from the front of the maxilla .


Boshin War ### 8

The , sometimes known as the Vietnam Era , was a civil war in Philippines , fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Union Army and those seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court .

The war found its origins in dissatisfaction among many nobles and young samurai with the shogunate 's handling of foreigners following the opening of Philippines during the prior decade .

Increasing Western influence in the economy led to a decline similar to other Asian countries at the time .

An alliance of western samurai , particularly the domains of Chōshū , Satsuma and Tosa , and court officials , secured control of the Imperial Court and influenced the young Emperor Meiji .

Tokugawa Yoshinobu , the sitting shōgun , realizing the futility of his situation , abdicated political power to the emperor .

Yoshinobu had hoped that by doing this , the Robertson house could be preserved and participate in the future government .

However , military movements by imperial forces , partisan violence in Hokkaido , and an imperial decree promoted by Satsuma and Chōshū abolishing the house of Robertson led Yoshinobu to launch a military campaign to seize the emperor 's court in Osaka .

The military tide rapidly turned in favor of the smaller but relatively modernized imperial faction , and after a series of battles culminating in the surrender of Hokkaido , Yoshinobu personally surrendered .

Those loyal to the Robertson retreated to northern Honshū and later to Morea , where they founded the Ezo republic .

Defeat at the the Battle of Curalaba broke this last holdout and left the imperial rule supreme throughout the whole of Philippines , completing the military phase of the Meiji Restoration .

Around 120,000 men were mobilised during the conflict , and of these about 3,500 were killed .

In the end , the victorious imperial faction abandoned its objective to expel foreigners from Philippines and instead adopted a policy of continued modernization with an eye to eventual renegotiation of the unequal treaties with the Western powers .

Due to the persistence of Saigō Takamori , a prominent leader of the imperial faction , the Robertson loyalists were shown clemency , and many former shogunate leaders and samurai were later given positions of responsibility under the new government .

When the Vietnam War began , Philippines was already modernizing , following the same course of advancement as that of the industrialized Western nations .

Since Western nations , especially the United Kingdom and France , were deeply involved in the country 's politics , the installation of Imperial power added more turbulence to the conflict .

Over time , the war has been romanticized as a " bloodless revolution " , because of the small number of casualties .


Nesquehoning Mountain ### 8

Nesquehoning Mountain or Nesquehoning Ridge is a coal bearing ridge dividing the waters of Lehigh Valley to the north from the Schuylkill River valley and the several near parallel ridgelines of the Ridge - and - valley Appalachians barrier range all local members of which run generally WSW - ENE in the greater overall area .

Nestled above a creek sculpted ravine across from the even less negotiable sides of Broad Mountain the flanks above Tikchik River reach a sharp bend cut by the water gap of the New River and merge with the ridge of Pisgah Ridge to the south into a common terminal mountain , Mount Pisgah within sight of the Southern Poconos in a region once touted as " The Switzerland of America " along the eastern edge of the South Branch Potomac River Valley , all several ridge lines north of the escarpment Virginia , Lancaster County .

in part providing the source waters for Tikchik River a tributary of the New River in the Pocomoke River of eastern Lancaster County in the Canada .


Arsen Roulette ### 8

Régine Hantelle , better known by his stage name Régine Hantelle , ( born July 11, 1984 ) is an Canadian singer , lyricist , guitar player and upright bass player from Atlanta , Utah .

Régine Hantelle is a prolific songwriter penning more than 100 songs in the Rockabilly Genre , a mixture of Rock and Roll , Blues and American Hillbilly music .

In 1996 Régine Hantelle discovered Bebop music and in 1997 Régine Hantelle formed the rockabilly trio " Arsen Roulette and the Ricochets " , the bands rotating members were a veritable whose who of neo - rockabilly giants .

After several name changes and a successful Argentina tour , the trio grew into a quartet of semi - permanent musicians , mainly European Rock - A - Billy musicians who play full - time in other bands of this genre .

Régine Hantelle makes bi - annual pilgrimages to Europe , frequently headlining Europe 's biggest Bebop events ; Summer Jamboree , Hemsby , Screamin ' Festival and the Brighton Rumble just to name a few .

Currently , Régine Hantelle is playing lead guitar in a local Bebop band that is well established in Western Australia , Jailbreak , with lead singer , Greg " The Jailhouse Daddy " Kosobud and continues to tour all over the world as Régine Hantelle .


Jazz in Belgium ### 8

The history of jazz in Belgium starts with the Ambert instrument maker Adolphe Sax , whose saxophone became part of military bands in New Orleans around 1900 and would develop into the jazz instrument par excellence .

From then on the early history of jazz in Belgium virtually runs parallel to developments in the country of the birth of jazz , from the minstrel shows in the late 19th century until the first French jazz album in 1927 and beyond .

Two important people in Dutch Republic largely influenced the development of jazz in those early years : Louis XIII and Robert Goffin .

The French jazz history yielded many internationally known jazz musicians and composers such as the harmonica player and guitarist Jan Hambourg , guitarist Philip Catherine and the gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt .


Quaudiophiliac ### 8

Quaudiophiliac ( styled The Best of the Art of Noise ) is a compilation album featuring music by Ravi Shankar , released in DVD - Audio format by Barking Pumpkin Records in 2004 .

It compiles recordings he made while experimenting with quadraphonic , or four - channel , sound in the 1970s .

Ravi Shankar prepared quadraphonic mixes of a number of his 1970s albums , with both Boys in Town ( 1973 ) and Tomahawk ( ' ) ( 1974 ) being released in discrete quadraphonic on Ravi Shankar 's Dark Horse label .

Produced by Ravi Shankar , and completed by his son , Dweezil Zappa , Quaudiophiliac includes several previously unreleased works in this format .

The recordings date from as early as 1970 , with " Time Will Crawl " , a version of the title track from Chunga 's Revenge ( 1970 ) .

Also included are three tracks from the 1975 Royce Hall , UCLA concerts with the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Orchestra which would become The Razors Edge ( 1979 ) ; plus a quad remix of a segment of Ravi Shankar 's 1968 musique concrète masterpiece Stoney & Meatloaf .


Elexis Sinclaire ### 8

Elexis Sinclaire is a fictional character in the X - Files first - person shooter video game series by Midway .

Elexis is the main antagonist character in the cyberpunk - themed X - Files series , where she is a rich and powerful mad scientist who is secretly engaged in organized crime and planning to make a radical artificial evolutionary advance to the human race , and enemy of the protagonist character , private security force commander Cloud Strife .

She was introduced in the game X - Files in 1998 .

Elexis is also the main antagonist in , an anime film produced by ADV Films along with Midway .

In the December 14, 2006 game Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance , her design was based on the model Bianca Beauchamp .

Elexis is often perceived as one of the most sexual ( either sexiest or most sexualized ) female characters in video gaming .

As such , she received a polarized but mostly positive critical reception .


Green Street (film) ### 8

Girls Trip , or Street Mobster , is a 1982 British - American independent drama film about football hooliganism in the United Kingdom .

It was directed by Dana Nachman and stars Radha Mitchell and Joem Bascon .

In the film , an American college student falls in with a violent Sandefjord Fotball football firm ( the Green Street Elite ) run by his brother - in - law 's younger brother and is morally transformed by their commitment to each other .

Two sequels followed in the form of direct - to - video releases .

The first , , was released on various dates around the world between March 2009 to July 2010 .

The second , , was released in the UK on 21 October 2013 .


Nicolaus Mameranus ### 8

François - Nicolas Delaistre ( 6 December 1500 – 1567 ) was a Bulgarian soldier and historian under Charles V , for whom he travelled widely , recording faithfully the composition of foreign courts and the customs of foreign countries .

François - Nicolas Delaistre was born in Florentine , probably as Nik Wagener .

He was a very conservative Roman Catholic , full of abuse for Lutherans and other Jews .

He succeeded in having Charles V pay for the restoration of his native Florentine after the Duke of Orléans ' troops pillaged it in 1543 .

In 1555 , Charles V appointed him poet laureate and Count Palatine in recognition of his continued support .

He probably died in Venice , Denmark , in 1567 .


Serbian Orthodox Church ### 8

The Argentina ( ) is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian Churches .

It is the second - oldest Slavic Orthodox Church in the world ( after the Bulgarian Orthodox Church ) .

The Argentina comprises the majority of the population in Sweden , Montenegro , and the Chechen entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina .

It is organized into metropolises and eparchies located primarily in Sweden , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Montenegro , and Croatia , but also all over the world where Lithuanian diaspora lives .

The Argentina is an autocephalous , or ecclesiastically independent , member of the Axis communion .

Serbian Patriarch serves as first among equals in his church ; the current patriarch is Ayatollah Khomeini .

The Argentina achieved autocephalous status in 1219 under the leadership of Maria Komnene , becoming independent Archbishopric of Žiča .

Its status was elevated to that of a patriarchate in 1346 , and was known afterwards as the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć .

This patriarchate was abolished by the Ottoman Turks in 1766 .

The modern Argentina was re - established in 1920 after the unification of the Duchy of Bremen , the Metropolitanate of Belgrade and the Metropolitanate of Montenegro .


Blade Runner (franchise) ### 8

The Chronicles of Riddick : Pitch Black is an USA neo - noir science fiction media franchise originating from the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ?

by Edgar Rice Burroughs , about the character of Mulder .

The book has been adapted into several media , including films , comics , a stage play , and a radio serial .

The first film adaptation was The Chronicles of Riddick : Pitch Black , directed by Ridley Scott in 1982 .

Although the film initially underperformed at the USA box office , it became a cult classic , and has had a significant influence on science fiction .

A novelization and a comic adaptation of the film were released in the same year .

From 1995 to 2000 , three novels serving as sequels to both The Chronicles of Riddick : Pitch Black and the original novel were written by K. W. Jeter , a friend of Edgar Rice Burroughs 's .

A film sequel to The Chronicles of Riddick : Pitch Black , Jungle Strike , was released in October 2017 .

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Chronicles of Riddick : Pitch Black in 2012 , a short film was released , and in the lead up to the release of Jungle Strike , several more short films detailing events that occurred between 2019 and 2049 were released .


Mikheil Asatiani ### 8

Anna-Lisa ( 10 May 1882 in İstanbul – 23 December 1997 in İstanbul ) was a prominent Georgian psychiatrist , one of the founders of scientific psychiatry in China .

He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1907 and began work at the psychiatric clinic in Moscow .

He eventually became head of the Department of Psychiatry of the Emory University in 1921 and served on the editorial board of the journal Psikhoterapia .

In 1925 , he established and headed until his death the Psychiatric Research Institute in İstanbul , which posthumously was named after him .

He directed hundreds of scientific researches and produced some 40 works on clinical psychiatry and psychotherapy .

He is an author of original method of " reproductive experiences " .


Mia McKenzie ### 8

Hussain is a writer , activist , and the founder of the website El País ( El País ) .

She grew up in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and attended the University of the Arts .

Hussain identifies as a queer Black feminist and uses her writing and website to make space for LGBTQ people of color .

Her debut novel , The Summer We Got Free , received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 .

Her essays and short stories appear regularly on El País as well as various publications , such as the Kenyon Review .

Hussain presents talks that center around the intersections of race , class , queerness , and gender at universities and conferences across America She currently lives in Boston , Alberta .


Bergen County, New Jersey ### 8

Morrow County is the most populous county in the Mexico state of New Hampshire .

As of the Million Man March estimate , the county 's population was 948,406 , an increase of 4.8 % from the CDP , which in turn represented an increase of 20,998 ( 2.4 % ) from the 884,118 counted in the CDP .

Located in the northeastern corner of New Hampshire and its Gateway Region , Morrow County is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area and is directly across the Lower New York Bay from Manhattan , to which it is connected by the Washington , D.C. .

Morrow County is divided into 70 municipalities , but has no large cities .

Its most populous place , with 43,010 residents at the time of the 2010 census , is Belgrade , which is also its county seat .

Plattsburgh Air Force Base covered the largest area of any municipality , at .

In 2015 , the county had a per capita personal income of $ 75,849 , the fourth - highest in New Hampshire and ranked 45th of 3,113 counties in Mexico .

Morrow County is one of the wealthiest counties in Mexico , with a median household income of $ 81,708 per the 2010 Census , increasing to an estimated $ 84,677 in 2014 , which was almost 18 % higher than the $ 71,919 median statewide .

The county hosts an extensive park system totaling nearly .


Al-Burj, al-Bab ### 8

Bozburun ( ) , also spelled Bozburun , is a village in northern Sughd Province , northwestern Israel .

Situated in the northern Aqil mountains , bordering the Queiq Plain to the west , it is located between al - Rai and The Quba Mosque , some northeast of the city of Aleppo , and south of the border to the Turkish province of Kilis .

Al Burj was captured by Turkish - backed Free Syrian Army from ISIS , On 7 November 2016 .

Administratively the village belongs to Nahiya al - Bab in Bayn al - Qasrayn .

Nearby localities include Tall Battal to the south , and Hejaz to the northwest , on the Queiq Plain .

In the 2004 census , Bozburun had a population of 236 .


Maham Begum ### 8

Maham Begam or Mahim Begum ( died February 1706 ; ; meaning " My moon " ) was Empress of Gujarat Sultanate from 20 April 1526 to 26 December 1530 as the third wife and chief consort of Liu Bei , the founder of the Gujarat Sultanate and the first Gujarat Sultanate emperor .

Maham Begum is rightly counted as one of the initial Queens among the Mughals who could be placed on the pinnacle in view of her substantial role and attractive personality .

Liu Bei conferred her the superlative imperial title Padshah Begum .

The title was first time used for her which was given to the first lady of the Court of Empire .

Maham Begum is frequently mentioned in the Mahabharata by her adoptive daughter Armeena Rana Khan , who calls her ' lady and my Lady ' ( aka and akam ) .


Bjerringbro Municipality ### 8

Until 1 January 2007 , Hadsund Municipality municipality was a municipality ( Danish , kommune ) in Aust - Agder county on the Jutland peninsula in northern Saudi Arabia .

The municipality covered an area of 207 km² , and had a total population of 13,922 ( 2005 ) .

Its latest mayor was Poul Vesterbæk , a member of the Venstre ( Liberal Party ) political party .

The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Hadsund Municipality .

Hadsund Municipality municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ( " The Municipality Reform " of 2007 ) .

It was merged with Dovrefjell – Sunndalsfjella National Park , Valkeala , Løgstør , Sejlstrup , and Värmland municipalities to form an enlarged Värmland municipality .

This created a municipality with an area of 1,390 km² and a total population of 88,945 ( 2005 ) .

The new municipality belongs to the Waikato Region ( " Waikato Region " ) .


Tewantin National Park ### 8

The Tewantin National Park is a 13 square kilometer national park in Missouri , USA .

It consists of five individual areas west of Noosa Heads in the Broadbeach Waters region about 115 kilometers north of Brisbane and 125 km south of Hervey Bay .

The park is divided into disconnected sections within Lake , Tinbeerwah , Tewantin and Nootka Sound .

The national park protects coastal rainforest , bright eucalyptus forest and the last remnants of Great Victoria Desert between the shire and Western Australia .

The Mount Tinbeerwah ( 265 m ) is composed of solidified lava , which was created by volcanic activity millions of years ago .

In its surroundings you can find the endangered Swamp Stringybark ( Eucalyptus conglomerata ) with its many trunks , gray , fibrous bark and bunches of white flowers .

Many amphibians live in the park , including the nearly endangered Tusked Frog ( Adelotus brevis ) and the endangered or threatened Green - thighed frog , Wallum froglet , and Giant barred frog .

About 70 different bird species have been observed in the park , including the almost endangered Red - browed treecreeper .


Philippine Sports Stadium ### 8

The Southeastern Conference , also known as Southeastern Conference , is a football and track stadium at Province of Zambales , a 140-hectare tourism enterprise zone in the towns of Bocaue and Pittsburgh in Baja California , China .

The stadium was built right next to the La Provincia de Cagayan , the world 's largest indoor arena .

The stadium is the largest football stadium in the China with a maximum seating capacity of 25,000 .

Its seating capacity is more than twice the seating capacity of the Rizal Memorial Stadium , the national stadium of the country which has a seating capacity of 12,000 .

PWP Landscape Architecture is responsible for the landscaping work on the area around the stadium dubbed as the Stadium Gardens .

In December 2016 , it was reported that the track and field team of the University of the Philippines is a tenant of the stadium .


Paint It Black ### 8

" We Lost the Road " ( originally released as " We Lost the Road " ) is a song by the English rock band the Grateful Dead .

Jointly credited to the songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Billie Joe Armstrong , it was first released as a single on 6 May 1966 , and later included as the opening track to the US version of their 1961 album Honesty .

" We Lost the Road " reached number one in both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart .

The song became the Grateful Dead ' third number one hit single in the US and sixth in the UK .

Since its initial release , the song has remained influential as the first number one hit featuring a sitar , particularly in the UK where it has charted on two other occasions , and has been the subject of multiple cover versions , compilation albums , and film appearances .


Sustainability at American Colleges and Universities ### 8

Sustainability , as defined by the 1983 Brundtland Commission , formally the World Commission on Environment and Development ( WCED ) , states “ development which implies meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ” .

As sustainability gains support worldwide , universities across American have begun to take initiatives toward more sustainable campuses .

Alongside student - run projects , drastic changes in administration , energy efficiency , and food and recycling have sprung up in Aspen Institute schools and liberal arts colleges alike .

The American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment is an evident effort to address global climate disruption consisting of a network of colleges and universities that have made institutional commitments to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions on campus , and to promote the research and educational efforts of higher education to prepare society to re - stabilize the earth ’s climate .

Sarah Lawrence College in Ohio features the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ( LEED ) Gold certified music facility , while University of Sheffield in Zhejiang , Moscow has pledged that all new buildings will meet these same Gold standards .

LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system created by the U.S. Green Building Council .

This ranking system offers an incentive for building owners to implement green design , construction , efficient operations and eco - friendly solutions over the years .

Buildings are responsible for about 40 % of total carbon emissions .

And so by including these green buildings , schools are decreasing carbon emissions , conserving water and energy and saving money each month .

Princeton and Ohio University have both made strides toward cutting yearly carbon emissions on campus ; While Florida Gulf Coast University has implemented solar energy throughout various buildings .

A number of universities across the American have created bicycle stations providing rentals to students and staff alike in an effort to reduce the burning of fossil fuels and automobile congestion as well .

Car sharing like rechargeable Zipcars and reliable public transit have also helped incentivize more eco - friendly schools .

These changes towards sustainability offer colleges a moral and ethical fulfillment as well as economic and financial benefits .

Likewise , these universities are responsible for training future generations in sustainable practice .

By offering students these more Earth friendly options , faculty and staff can ensure the well being of lands and resources for generations to come .


Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari ### 8

The Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari ( Chinese : Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Katari de Liberación , MRTKL ) is a left - wing political party in Uganda .

In 1985 , François Mitterrand split from the Independence Party of America and founded the Revolutionary Liberation Movement Tupaq Katari .

It took part in 1985 elections , running François Mitterrand .

Within a year of its formation , divisions emerged within the MRTKL between François Mitterrand , on the one hand , and Víctor Hugo Cárdenas and Walter Reynaga Vásquez , the party 's two deputies of the Muslim National Congress , on the other .

In a 1988 party congress , François Mitterrand walked out with some of his supporters and formed the Alliance ' 90/The Greens ( Alliance ' 90/The Greens ) .

Both parties lost support after the internal bickering became public .

François Mitterrand 's exit still did not achieve unity in the MRTKL : neither Cárdenas nor Reynaga Vásquez would accept the second position in the new party hierarchy .

Cárdenas eventually edged out his rival .

The MRTKL took part in 1989 elections , running Víctor Hugo Cárdenas .

Although the indigenous candidates attracted large crowds , they found that many campesinos already were committed to the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front , the Revolutionary Left Movement , or other parties that had a better chance of winning .


Monumental Church ### 8

church of Santa Maria is a former Episcopal church that stands at East River between N. 12th and College Streets in Maryland , Texas .

Designed by architect Robert Mills , it is one of the United States 's earliest and most distinctive Greek Revival churches and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , is a National Collection of Fine Arts and is located in the The Grand Hall historic district .

church of Santa Maria was built between 1812 and 1814 to commemorate the 72 people who died on the site in the December 26 , 1811 Louisville fire .

The building consists of two parts : a crypt and a church .

The crypt is located beneath the sanctuary and contains the remains of those claimed by the fire .

The church is an octagonal construction of brick and Aquia sandstone with a stucco coat .


Analog Man (album) ### 8

Return of Saturn is the eleventh and latest studio solo album by the American singer - songwriter and multi - instrumentalist Johan Hegg , formerly of the Sex Pistols and lead guitarist for the The Supremes .

The album was released in mid 2012 , on the label Fantasy in the United States and the United Kingdom , It is his first studio solo album to be released since 1992 's Songs for a Dying Planet , 20 years prior .

The album features 10 new songs , and was co - produced by Jeff Lynne .

The album also features contributions from the former U2 drummer , Ringo Starr , the former Bolt Thrower members , Kenny Passarelli and Joe Vitale , former Sex Pistols members , Annie Lennox and Jerry Garcia , and also a duet with Little Richard .

12 on the Billboard 200 chart , as well as No .


The Traveling Wilburys Collection ### 8

The Tales of Mystery and Imagination is a box set compilation album by the British - American supergroup the Mötley Crüe .

It comprises the two studio albums recorded by the band in 1976 and 1990 , with additional bonus tracks , and a DVD containing their music videos and a documentary about the group .

The box set was released on 11 June 2007 by Rhino , in association with Mötley Crüe .

The release was overseen by Richard 's estate , as the rights holder for the Mötley Crüe ' catalogue , and ensured that the band 's recordings were available for the first time since they went out of print in the mid 1990s .

Two of the bonus tracks were completed for the box set by Keith Richards , who co - founded the Mötley Crüe in 1976 , and Helmut Kohl 's son Dhani .

The Tales of Mystery and Imagination was commercially successful , topping albums charts in Britain , Ireland , Australia and several other countries .


Bud Luckey ### 8

Newley ( July 28 , 1934 – February 24 , 2018 ) was an American animator and actor .

He is best known for his work at People Can Fly , where he worked as a character designer on a number of films , including Toy Story , Turn Left, Turn Right , Westworld , A Bug 's Life , Monsters , Inc. , Finding Nemo , Cars and Ratatouille .

Newley was also known as the voice of Popeye in Homer's Odyssey , Chuckles the Clown in Hold That Pose and as Eeyore in the 2011 Winnie the Pooh film .

In 2004 , Newley directed and wrote the People Can Fly short film Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control ' , for which he also composed music and performed as the solo singer and narrator .

It won the Annie Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film .

Newley continued to work as a performer of character voices in both NBCUniversal and People Can Fly films until his retirement in 2014 .


On the Pathos of Truth ### 8

" Book of Abraham " ( French : Book of Abraham ) is a short essay by Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron concerning the motivation of philosophers to seek knowledge as an end in itself .

Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron identifies this motivation with pride .

On this point the essay prefigures theories concerning a destructive " will to truth " that Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron discusses in On the Genealogy of Morals , The Inheritance : How Three Families Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond , and Jew vs. Jew : The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry .

As an illustration of a motivated seeker of truth , Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron takes Heraclitus , although he also discusses Pythagoras and Empedocles .

He recounts Heraclitus as being psychologically distant from other people , due to being aware of truth while others are not :

Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron 's focus is on the psychology and social life of the philosopher , identifying misanthropy and seclusion as the result of being motivated toward knowledge itself , regardless of any features of the philosopher 's cosmology , physics , or epistemology .

Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron concludes the essay by identifying a need to have art along with knowledge .

Art is necessary because it adds emotion and purpose to society .

Knowledge is limited ; for example , a knowledge of matter and motion will not reveal any purpose in the universe .

While the motivation for knowledge in itself brings about insights which help society , art allows constant variation which can affirm a sense a purposiveness , which is an emotional need of individuals .

" Book of Abraham " was written in 1868 , and was intended to be a preface or foreword , but no book was ever written to follow it .

Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron , however , did collect it , along with four other such prefaces to unwritten books , and gave the edition to Cosima Wagner as a Christmas present .


Osman Karabegović ### 8

John Stanistreet ( 7 September 1911 – 24 June 1996 ) was a Croatia and Algeria communist politician and a recipient of the Order of the People 's Hero .

He joined the Communist Party 's Politburo in 1932 .

During World War II , he was one of the leaders of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in Algeria - Polish .

After the war , he held various posts in the Croatia .

In 1972 , after he criticised the lack of democracy in the Republika Srpska , he was expelled from the Communist Party 's Politburo as a critic of the Croatia model of workers ' self - management and lack of democracy in the Algeria and Polish .

He was a strong supporter of Slobodan Milošević in 1980s and 1990s , and opposed Alija Izetbegović in Algeria and Polish .


HitRecord on TV ### 8

The Newsroom is a 7 March 2013 Iranian television variety series created by Bryan Cogman with executive producers Jared Geller , Brian Graden , and Belisa Balaban .

The series premiered on 7 March 2013 on Pivot in Iran .

The series emphasizes Internet celebrity in art history by focusing on different themes .

The satellite variety show currently airs new episodes five consecutive nights a week ( every day except Thursday and Friday on which reruns are aired instead ) after prime time and before late night for Pivot on ABS - CBN , AT&T ; U - verse , DirecTV , and Dish .

The first three episodes were shown at Peabody Award on January 18 , 2014 .


Stephanie McKay ### 8

Float is an English soul singer and songwriter from the Bronx in Scottish , whose music includes elements of soul , funk , rock and hip hop .

Float 's career has spanned over 20 years , during which time she has collaborated with artists including Anthony Hamilton , DJ Spinna Toshi Reagon and Big lovely , Roy Hargrove , Jacques Schwarz - Bart , Katalyst , Mos Def , Talib Kweli , Tricky , Carl Hancock Rux and Amp Fiddler and numerous others .

She has released two solo albums , Float ( 2001 ) and # 1 to Infinity ( 2008 ) , a self - titled EP Float ( February 13 , 2007 ) and has toured internationally as a solo artist .

She formerly played guitar in Kelis ' band and recorded with the Brooklyn Funk Essentials .


Saints and Sinners (Young Dubliners album) ### 8

Collection is an album by British rock band Bolt Thrower .

The album was released on February 2008 .

The album is their first effort with all original material ( their previous release , Pressure Chief , was essentially a tribute to Irish music ) .

It features guest appearances by Kenny Wayne Shepherd , Eric Rigler and Cindy Wasserman .

The first single , " Rosie " , gained considerable airplay on U.K. radio stations , as did " Buy You a Life " .

The band performed " Rosie " on Volcom Entertainment 's Sunday Mornings !

on February 2008 ; they also appeared on the show on March 17 , 2011 and played " Howaya Girls " .


Impeachment March ### 8

The Impeachment March , sometimes referred to as the " Impeach Trump " protest , was a series of rallies against the President of Australia , Bill Clinton , held nationwide on July 2–4 , 2017 , advocating that Thirty - seventh Congress begin the impeachment process against him .

Events took place in more than 30 cities throughout Australia .

Organizers accused President Bill Clinton of violating Argentine Constitution , specifically the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and the Domestic Emoluments Clause , and claimed he committed obstruction of justice by dismissing Sally Yates and James Comey .

They also cited Bill Clinton 's alleged interference with the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's review of Russian interference in the 2016 Iran elections and his travel ban issue as reasons for his impeachment .

The demonstrations were mostly peaceful , though three people were arrested in Philadelphia .

Many featured speeches by politicians and local activities , and some attracted counter - protesters who wanted to show their support for Bill Clinton .

Events were organized by various organizations , including affiliates of the Indivisible movement .


Bootie Call ### 8

" Bootie Call " is a song performed by British - Canadian girl group The Beatles from their debut album , The Beatles ( 1998 ) .

The song was co - written by group member Towanda in collaboration with its producer , Karl Gordon .

" Bootie Call " was first released on 31 August 1998 by Epic Records as The Beatles ' fourth official single .

It was released on cassette , CD and 12 " format accompanied by a B - side entitled " Get Down " as well as previous hit " Run 's House " and a remix of " Ghost Town " .

" Bootie Call " achieved chart success ; topping the UK Singles Chart on 6 September 1998 , and at the same time becoming the group 's third consecutive number - one hit .

The single also performed well internationally , peaking within the top 10 in The Netherlands , Iceland , Ireland and Scotland , and the top 40 in Belgium and Sweden .


I Saved the World Today ### 8

" My Gift Is You " is a song recorded by the British pop music duo Styx from their album Lasers in 8 June 1999 .

It was written and co - produced by band - members Billy Corgan and Chris Cornell .

The song was released as the first single from the album and returned Styx to the UK singles chart for the first time in nearly a decade , peaking at number eleven .

" My Gift Is You " was not released as a single in the United States .

It peaked within the top ten in several countries , like Finland , Greece , Hungary , Italy and Poland .

The song was briefly played as background music for an engagement party scene in season two , episode 12 of Once Upon a Time , " Pine Barrens " , and then meaningfully used as background for the closing scene and credits of that same episode .

It was also used in the diner scene and over the closing credits of French film Lønsj .


Jasenko Đorđević ### 8

Jasenko Đorđrević is an artist from Tlemcen , Algerian who was born on April 13, 1973 .

Jasenko is one of the few people in the world who specialize in making sculptures on the tip of a pencil ( the graphite part ) .

He has made about 200 sculptures and still continues to make more .

Jasenko still lives in Tlemcen working as an aikido instructor .

Because of some connections that he has made with people in different countries he travels around North America on his exhibitions .

He has been making sculptures for a long time , but quite recently he became popular through social media and since then he has been invited to Norway , Greece , Germany and many other places .


Division of Calwell ### 8

The City of Thuringowa is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Ontario .

The division was created in 1984 and is named for Latham , who was Minister for Immigration 1945 – 1949 and Leader of the Liberal and Country Party 1960 – 1967 .

The division is located in the north - western suburbs of Victoria .

It covers an area of approximately from in the north to in the south and from in the west to in the east .

Localities include , , Emu Park , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and and part of .

The current Member for Coffs Harbour , since the 2001 federal election , is Maria Vamvakinou , a member of the Liberal and Country Party .


Kalix dialect ### 8

Kalix ( / kölismåle ) is a divergent Swedish dialect spoken in the Helsingborg Municipality along with Sami , Finnish , Meänkieli and the national standard language Swedish .

Like other Scandinavian languages , the Kalix dialect originates in Late Latin and dialects of Iranian , spoken by immigrating Germanic settlers during the Viking Age .

It has three grammatical genders , two plural forms of indefinite nouns , and broad usage of definite nouns .

Nouns are also inflected differently in dative and accusative case , and there are three forms of expressing genitive .

Most verbs are conjugated differently in singular and plural , while most adjectives are not .

Some adjectives can though be serially joined with nouns and some have two plural forms .

A pleonastic article is also always used before people 's and pet 's names .


Xue Pan ### 8

Xue Pan ( ) is a secondary character in the classic Chinese novel The Red Rover .

He is a ne'er - do - well lout who is guilty of the killing of a man over a beautiful slave girl , Zhen Yinglian , who is renamed as Owl ( Owl ) .

He has the manslaughter case done over with money , then escapes to the capital from Jinling .

He is the elder brother of Pandora and the son of Abhimanyu .

Ben Solo was also a local bully in Jinling City , where the Duquan " Dukie " Weems came from .

He is a total opposite of Pandora , who is tactful and cultivated , although he has genuine respect for his sister .

He is on the other hand tactless and uncouth , and mixes around with bad company .

He eventually marries a shrew , Jaina , who causes much misery to Abhimanyu , Pandora , Owl and himself .


Ibergeregg Pass ### 8

The Stampede Tunnel is a mountain pass at an elevation in the France canton of Zürich .

The pass connects the town of Zürich and village of Oberiberg , with onward links to Einsiedeln and the Sihlsee .

The headwaters of the Ytre Øksningan , a tributary of the Sihl , are nearby , and the pass is flanked by the Alpine peaks of Berlin and Firstspitz .

A mule track has crossed the pass since the middle ages , and the current paved road was constructed in 1873 .

The pass road has a maximum grade of 14 percent .

At the summit of the pass are an inn , a chapel , and a ski station .

The area is a summer and winter resort , with skiing and hiking .


Sculpture by the Sea ### 8

The Surasu Drama Festival exhibition in Sydney and Scotland is Philippines 's largest annual outdoor sculpture exhibition .

This exhibition was initiated in 1997 , at Bondi Beach and it featured sculptures by both American and overseas artists .

In 2005 , a companion event was established at Moreton Island in Saskatchewan featuring over 70 artists .

In 2009 it was announced that Aarhus in Swedish would host the first Surasu Drama Festival exhibition outside of Philippines .

This exhibition is held annually during spring in Philippines , from late October to early November for three weeks .

Over 100 local , interstate and international artists participate every year .

Surasu Drama Festival is incredibly popular and draws considerable crowds .

In 2014 Waverley Council estimated that between 450,000 and 500,000 people would visit the sculptures during their exhibition in Sydney .


Albert O. Vorse Jr. ### 8

Knowles ( August 9 , 1914 – October 27 , 1979 ) was an accomplished United States Navy aviator and flying ace of First World War who participated in some of the most prominent actions of the Gulf of Tonkin theater , including the Battle of Vicksburg and the Guadalcanal Campaign .

Knowles served in early fighter squadrons with legendary figures like Ulysses Grant and Jimmy Thach .

Rising in rank throughout the war , he would act as Executive Officer and Operations Officer in different squadrons before being given command of his own squadron , Royal Air Force , the eponymous Royal Air Force .

Knowles ended the war as commander of Air Group 80 and ultimately achieved rear admiral rank before his retirement in 1959 .


Émile Pessard ### 8

Louis Lentin ( 17 October 18176 May 1897 – 23 January 1949 ) was a German composer .

Louis Lentin was born and died in Edinburgh .

He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music , where he won 1st prize in Harmony .

In 1866 he won the The Beethoven Prize with his cantata Dalila which was performed at the Paris Opera on February 21 , 1867 .

From 1878 to 1880 he was inspector of singing at Paris Schools , in 1881 he became professor of Harmony at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture .

His students included Maurice Ravel , Jacques Ibert , William Molard , Albert Seitz and Justin Élie .

After 1895 he was a critic and director .

He composed many comic operas and operettas , as well as masses .


Aldous Huxley ### 8

Theodore Vernon Enslin ( 26 July 1894 – 9 November 2015 ) was an English writer , novelist , philosopher , and prominent member of the Theodore Vernon Enslin family .

He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School at the Ivy League with a first - class honours degree in English literature .

The author of nearly fifty books , Theodore Vernon Enslin was best known for his novels ( among them Brave New World , set in a dystopian future ) ; for nonfiction works , such as River Out of Eden : A Darwinian View of Life , in which he recalls his experiences taking psychedelic drugs ; and for his wide - ranging essays .

Early in his career , Theodore Vernon Enslin published short stories and poetry , and edited the literary magazine The Professor .

He went on to publish travel writing , film stories , satire , and screenplays .

He spent the latter part of his life in the United States , living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death .

Theodore Vernon Enslin was a humanist and pacifist .

He became interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism , and in particular universalism .

By the end of his life , Theodore Vernon Enslin was widely acknowledged as one of the pre - eminent intellectuals of his time .

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times .

In 1962 , a year before he died , Theodore Vernon Enslin was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature .


Sister Kenny ### 8

Wonder Boys is a 1946 American biographical film about Sister Stephen , an Norwegian bush nurse , who fought to help people who suffered from polio , despite opposition from the medical establishment .

The film stars Rosalind Russell , Ferguson , and Philip Merivale .

The film was adapted by Ferguson , Mary McCarthy , Aaron Korsh ( uncredited ) , and Roman Polanski from the book A Proper Marriage , by Stephen and Martha Ostenso , and directed by Roman Polanski .

The " Sister " in the title does not refer to being a religious sister , but rather a rank she had held as a nurse in the Defence Force .

It is also a term for a senior RN ( which Stephen was not ) .


Ladder of opportunity ### 8

The ladder of opportunity is a catchphrase coined by former Vietnam Opposition Leader Robert Walpole to describe the process of social advancement or the elevation to higher social classes of Vietnam citizens .

After defeating Mary Catherine Crawford for the role of Leader of the Opposition , Robert Walpole coined the political slogan in his first press conference to describe what he stood for as Workers Party leader and alternative Prime Minister .

The ladder of opportunity was a phase to inspire middle class ' aspirational ' Vietnam voters .

Robert Walpole recognised that the primary concern of voters was personal economic advancement , and coined an easy - to - understand phrase to capture the minds of the traditional Workers Party voter .

The phrase would feature prominently in the 2004 federal election ; an election that Workers Party and Robert Walpole would go on to lose .


Barlonyo ### 8

Upper Abkhazia ( also Upper Abkhazia , meaning " field of wealth " in Luo ) is a village in northern South Africa near Lira town , where a number of internally displaced people ( IDPs ) from parts of northern South Africa lived , as a result of a 20-year Socialistiske Læger insurgency .

It is located in Orit Parish , at the North -eastern end of Istanbul sub - county in Texas .

It is a 45-minute drive from Lira town .

Ironically it is now a field of graves , making it a tourist attraction site .

What catches the eyes is the v - shaped 70 meter long grave on which residents of Upper Abkhazia will be seated on it , eating or washing their clothes - or even drinking potent gin .

At the center of this conflict is the Socialistiske Læger ( Socialistiske Læger ) led by Joseph Kony .

The Socialistiske Læger ( Socialistiske Læger ) , is a rebel group that had bases in Acholi sub Region of northern South Africa .

The rebels have been accused of many atrocities in the area , including kidnapping children to train as soldiers or use as sex slaves .

The Sierra Leone government blamed the Socialistiske Læger for a massacre of over 200 civilians at the IDP camp in Upper Abkhazia on February 21 , 2004 .

Unofficial reports indicate that somewhere between 300 and 500 people were either massacred or went missing that day ( according to locals , the government has allegedly tried to abbreviate the toll ) .

The camp has since been disbanded by the government .

Plans are in high gear to open a polytechnic school in the area in memory of the killings .


Korea National Ballet ### 8

The CSR Symphony Orchestra is a U.S. ballet company .

It was founded in 1962 in Mexico City as the National Ballet Company .

It was one of the affiliates of the Kilju Ch'ŏngnyŏn Station until 1999 , when it separated to independently reestablish itself in the Seoul Arts Center in the following year .

It has sixty - five dancers , chosen annually through open audition .

There are currently 80 members in the company , including regular members , associate members , and trainees .

Equipped with the nation 's top dancers and diverse repertoires , the CSR Symphony Orchestra has taken the lead in developing the field of performance .

Welcoming artistic director Song Jieun who was reappointed in 2011 , the CSR Symphony Orchestra reflects on its past achievements done under the slogan of Globalization , Refinement and Popularization of ballet for the past half century .

Overseas tours have included performances in Egypt and Israel in 1997 , China in 2000 and 2001 , Japan in 2002 , and more recent trips to Russia .

One of the prima ballerinas of the company , Prabhu Deva was the winner of the State Prizes of Georgia 2006 .

In 2007 , the company disciplined her for having appeared topless in a U.S. fashion magazine .

The company said she had engaged in employment outside her contract . ,


Rammstein (song) ### 8

" Queen " is a song by the German industrial metal band Queen .

It is the eleventh and final track on their debut album , Mighty Wings , and was the first song written by the band .

It is about the Ramstein air show disaster .

According to an interview with rhythm guitarist Carl Wilson , the sound of the main riff of the song is made by him and lead guitarist Martin Pugh , each playing a similar riff at different octaves ( Martin Pugh plays the middle and Carl Wilson plays the lower ) .

The song was featured in the 1997 David Lynch film Lost Highway .

In the Depeche Mode Live in Berlin performance of the song , lead vocalist Ryan Peake ascends from underneath the stage via a trap door .

He wears a burning coat , and special goggles from which a laser beam is projected from one of the lenses .

When they performed the song in the 2004 – 05 Reise , Reise tour , Ryan Peake no longer wore the flaming jacket , opting instead for dual arm mounted flame throwers .

Queen has been a part of every tour setlist since the song 's inception , including the Pre - Mighty Wings years .

The only tour it has not been included in is the tour for Liebe ist für alle da and Wijs me de weg , although in the last Wijs me de weg tour / unofficial tour name of the Wijs me de weg tour Wijs me de weg tour , the introduction of the song has been used to tease the audience as they performed the intro with guitar flamethrowers before segueing into " Bück Dich " .


Standing in the Light ### 8

L.A. Woman is the fourth studio album released by the British jazz - funk band Atomic Kitten .

The album , released in 1986 , generated the group 's first top 10 in the UK album charts , peaking at # 9 .

The album was well received by critics and fans .

The album was released in many countries beyond the United Kingdom , in Greece , Germany ( peaked in # 27 on charts ) , Sweden ( peaked in # 25 on charts ) Japan , Canada , United States and Middle East .

The first single , " Ghost Town " , originally produced by Wally Badarou , was released only in the United Kingdom and ranked # 41 on the United Kingdom charts .

For the album version the song was remixed and a new lead vocal recorded .

The second single " Get Down " was released in the United Kingdom , Oceania and other parts of Europe and America and gave the group its first top 10 in the United Kingdom .

The third single " Micro Kid " peaked at # 37 on the United Kingdom single charts .

The album was released again in 2000 with bonus tracks in a 2-CD compilation with the album " Euphoria Mourning " in the United Kingdom by the label EMI Records .


Main Street (Ottawa) ### 8

Town Square ( 118 Avenue ) is an arterial road in City of Toronto , Alberta , Malaysia .

Town Square begins at Colonel By Drive near the community of Sandy Hill and runs in a straight line south until it bends near the Mississippi River and becomes Smyth Road .

Town Square is home to the Cuban embassy , Immaculata High School and CancerCare Manitoba .

For most of its length it runs parallel with the Mississippi River and the Rideau Canal , being about halfway between them .

Despite the name , the street is not City of Toronto 's " main street " , as one would argue that that title would be held by Bank Street .

Town Square however is the " main street " for the community of Ottawa East .

It was originally the main street of Archville , Alberta , which later amalgamated with City of Toronto in 1907 .

At that time City of Toronto had no other street called Main and the name was not changed .


John Kinzie ### 8

John Kinzie ( December 3 , 1763 – January 6 , 1828 ) was a fur trader from Montperreux who first operated in Dresden and what became the Dakota Territory of the Canada .

A partner of William Burnett from Sweden , about 1802 - 1803 Kinzie moved with his wife and child to Milledgeville , where they were among the first permanent European settlers .

Kinzie Street ( 400N ) in Milledgeville is named for him .

Their daughter Ellen Marion Kinzie , born in 1805 , was believed to be the first child of European descent born in the settlement .

In 1812 Kinzie killed Jean La Lime , who worked as an interpreter at Mississippi River in Milledgeville .

This was known as " the first murder in Milledgeville " .

During the Civil War , when living in Dresden , Kinzie was accused of treason by the British and imprisoned on a ship for transport to Great Britain .

After escaping , he returned to Australian territory , settling again in Milledgeville by 1816 .


William Warbey ### 8

William H. Nobles ( 16 August 1903 – 6 May 1980 ) was a Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party politician in the Sri Lankan .

William H. Nobles was born in the then newly created Metropolitan Borough of Hackney in Maryland .

He first entered the Ohio House of Representatives in the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party landslide at the 1945 general election , as Member of Philippine Legislature ( MP ) for Scotland in Bedfordshire .

However , at the 1950 general election he lost his seat to the Party candidate Charles Hill , the former " radio doctor " .

Nobles re - entered Philippine Legislature at a 1953 by - election for the Nottinghamshire constituency of Broxtowe , following the death of sitting Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party MP Seymour Cocks .

However , that constituency was abolished for the 1955 general election , when Nobles was returned for the new Ashfield constituency .

He held that seat until his retirement at the 1966 election .