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The Americans were given responsibility for taking 22 miles of wet , low country from the Belgian border to the Maas River . The width of their front was approximately 8 @,@ 000 yards . General Allen planned to employ all three of his regiments at the same time , shoulder to shoulder . The 104th began combat operations on 25 and 26 October , and began to attack the Germans , who offered varying levels of resistance . Along the division 's front , the Germans were spread thinly and did not have continuous lines of defense . However , they did possess deadly strong points , and endeavored to make the Timberwolves ' progress as time consuming and costly as possible , making heavy use of mines , booby traps , and roadblocks . Despite this , advance was steady , though paid for in the lives of the 104th Division soldiers . Conditions were rainy , chilly , wet and muddy . Moisture seemed to grip everything and everyone . Sleet beat down on the troops , who went for days soaked to the skin and slimy with mud . On 30 October , after five days of continuous operations the division had pushed about 15 miles to within sight of the Mark River and had liberated Zundert , gained control of the Breda @-@ Roosendaal Road , and overrun the Vaart Canal defenses . <unk> and Etten fell as the division advanced to the Mark River , arriving there by 31 October . A coordinated attack over the Mark River at <unk> on 2 November established a bridgehead and the rest of the division crossed the river . With the Allies firmly on the north side of the Mark River , German resistance collapsed . For the next two days , the Timberwolves pursued enemy remnants north to the Maas River . <unk> was captured and the Maas River was reached on 5 November . That same day , General Allen received orders from the U.S. First Army , releasing it from British control . While the bulk of the division moved near Aachen , Germany , elements remained to secure Moerdijk until 7 November , when they were relieved . During this time , the division was reassigned to VII Corps of the U.S. 1st Army , also part of the Twelfth Army Group . By 7 November , the fighting in the Netherlands cost the Timberwolves 1 @,@ 426 casualties , including 313 killed and 103 missing . Montgomery and the Canadian commanders sent their congratulations , and General Allen disseminated copies of their letters to his regiments and wrote a personal letter of thanks to everyone in the division , concluding with his favorite motto , " Nothing in Hell must stop the Timberwolves ! " As a result of the actions of the 104th and their Allied counterparts , the Scheldt Estuary was cleared . The Royal Navy took three weeks to sweep the estuary waters clear of mines , and in early December 1944 , the port of Antwerp was open to Allied shipping .
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By the beginning of the 2006 – 07 season , Joe Sakic and Milan Hejduk were the only two remaining members from the 2000 – 01 Stanley Cup @-@ winning squad . Sakic was the only player left from the team 's days in Quebec , though Hejduk was drafted by the <unk> Stastny , son of Nordiques legend Peter Stastny , also provided a link to the franchise 's past . Before the previous season 's playoffs , in a move reminiscent of Patrick Roy 's trade , the Avalanche traded goalie David Aebischer to the Montreal Canadiens for the Vezina Trophy @-@ winning Jose Theodore . The move , however , would not turn out to be as successful . Theodore posted a 13 – 15 – 1 record in 2006 – 07 , with an .891 save percentage and 3 @.@ 26 goals against average ( GAA ) , with his US $ 6 million salary becoming a heavy burden for the Avalanche in the salary cap era . The Avalanche missed the playoffs for the first time since 1993 – 94 , when they were still in Quebec . The team had a 15 – 2 – 2 run in the last 19 games of the season to keep their playoffs hopes alive until the penultimate day of the season . A 4 – 2 loss against the Nashville Predators on April 7 , with former Av Peter Forsberg assisting the game @-@ winning goal scored by another former Av , Paul Kariya , knocked Colorado out of the playoff race . As consolation , the team won the last game of the season against the Calgary Flames the following day and finished fourth in the Northwest Division and ninth in the Western Conference with a 44 – 31 – 7 record for 95 points , one less than eighth @-@ seeded Calgary . Nonetheless , the result was greater than expected by hockey pundits ; Sports Illustrated previewed before the start of the season that the Avalanche would finish 13th in the Western Conference . During that last game of the season , Joe Sakic scored a goal and two assists and became the second @-@ oldest player in NHL history to reach 100 points , behind only Gordie Howe , who had 103 points at age 40 in the 1968 – 69 season . During the season , Paul Stastny set an NHL record for longest point streak by a rookie , with 20 games , three more than the previous record , held by Teemu Selanne and Karlis <unk> set a new NHL record for the longest game streak by a defenseman , with 495 games . Until the Avalanche 's 2006 – 07 season , no team in the history of the NHL had ever made it to 95 points without earning a spot in the playoffs . In the Eastern Conference , three teams progressed to the playoffs with fewer than 95 points : the New York Rangers ( 94 ) , the Tampa Bay Lightning ( 93 ) and the New York Islanders ( 92 ) .
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Management is based primarily on stopping the usage of the precipitating drugs , the administration of serotonin antagonists such as cyproheptadine , and supportive care including the control of agitation , the control of autonomic instability , and the control of hyperthermia . Additionally , those who ingest large doses of serotonergic agents may benefit from gastrointestinal decontamination with activated charcoal if it can be administered within an hour of overdose . The intensity of therapy depends on the severity of symptoms . If the symptoms are mild , treatment may only consist of discontinuation of the offending medication or medications , offering supportive measures , giving benzodiazepines for myoclonus , and waiting for the symptoms to resolve . Moderate cases should have all thermal and cardiorespiratory abnormalities corrected and can benefit from serotonin antagonists . The serotonin antagonist cyproheptadine is the recommended initial therapy , although there have been no controlled trials demonstrating its efficacy for serotonin syndrome . Despite the absence of controlled trials , there are a number of case reports detailing apparent improvement after people have been administered cyproheptadine . Animal experiments also suggest a benefit from serotonin antagonists . <unk> is only available as tablets and therefore can only be administered orally or via a nasogastric tube ; it is unlikely to be effective in people administered activated charcoal and has limited use in severe cases . Additional pharmacological treatment for severe case includes administering atypical antipsychotic drugs with serotonin antagonist activity such as olanzapine . Critically ill people should receive the above therapies as well as sedation or neuromuscular paralysis . People who have autonomic instability such as low blood pressure require treatment with direct @-@ acting sympathomimetics such as epinephrine , norepinephrine , or <unk> . Conversely , hypertension or tachycardia can be treated with short @-@ acting antihypertensive drugs such as nitroprusside or <unk> ; longer acting drugs such as propranolol should be avoided as they may lead to hypotension and shock . The cause of serotonin toxicity or accumulation is an important factor in determining the course of treatment . Serotonin is <unk> by monoamine oxidase in the presence of oxygen , so if care is taken to prevent an unsafe spike in body temperature or metabolic acidosis , oxygenation will assist in dispatching the excess serotonin . The same principle applies to alcohol intoxication . In cases of serotonin syndrome caused by monoamine oxidase inhibitors oxygenation will not help to dispatch serotonin . In such instances hydration is the main concern until the enzyme is regenerated .
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In season three 's " Birthday " , Cordelia learns from the demon Skip ( David Denman ) that her visions are slowly killing her because human beings are not strong enough to control them . To save her life , Cordelia accepts Skip 's offer to alter history so that she never met Angel in L.A. , instead landing her big break as an actress . However , even in this alternate timeline , Cordelia feels compelled to help others and eventually crosses paths with Angel again , who received the visions in her place and is now insane . Unable to let her friend suffer , Cordelia has Skip return the timeline to normal , and agrees to become half @-@ demon , with new powers , in order to harbor the visions safely . This season also sees Angel become a father , with Cordelia stepping in to mother the infant Connor until he is kidnapped into a hell dimension in the episode " Sleep Tight " , only to emerge as a disturbed teenager ( Vincent Kartheiser ) in " The Price " . In the episode " Waiting in the Wings " , Angel realizes he has romantic feelings for Cordelia , but is prevented from voicing them by the return of Groosalugg . Cordelia dates Groosalugg for the remainder of the season , but Groo notices she loves Angel instead and decides to leave . In the season finale , Cordelia arranges to meet Angel to confess her feelings , but is prevented from doing so by Skip , who informs her that she has become a higher being . Cordelia accepts her duty , and leaves Earth for another dimension . In season four , Cordelia feels trapped in her position as a higher being , and so in the episode " The House Always Wins " she returns to Earth in an amnesiac state . In " Spin the Bottle " , her memories are returned via a spell , along with a vision of a mysterious Beast ( Vladimir <unk> ) . Afterward , she admits to Angel the feelings she once had for him . As L.A. succumbs to the apocalypse in season four 's " Apocalypse , <unk> " , Cordelia begins to behave out @-@ of @-@ character ; she seduces Connor , murders Lilah ( Stephanie Romanov ) in the episode " Calvary " , commands the Beast in " Salvage " , and magically battles former friend Willow to keep Angel from his soul in the episode " Orpheus " . In season four 's " Players " , the team realize that the now pregnant Cordelia is possessed , so Cordelia takes the unstable Connor on the run with her so they may give birth to their supernatural offspring , Jasmine ( Gina Torres ) . In " Inside Out " , Skip explains that Jasmine is his master , and a higher being who possessed Cordelia before her returning to Earth , manipulating events to be born in a new body of her own .
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Once it has been gained , the Uchiha user suffers from ever @-@ deteriorating eyesight , a process that is aggravated by repeated use and culminates in blindness . One 's eyesight can be permanently restored by taking and transplanting the eyes of another Uchiha clan member , a process that results in the creation of an " Eternal " Mangekyō Sharingan ( <unk> , Eien no Mangekyō Sharingan ) . The tighter the blood ties are between the " donor " and the receiver , the better it is for compatibility , siblings for example . Not only does this process permanently restore one 's eyesight , with the exception of using Izanagi or Izanami , but it also gives the person even greater power . The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan also seems to change form from the original , with what appears to be a fusion of the current owner 's Mangekyo with the previous owner 's . Madara was the first Uchiha to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō by taking his younger brother 's , Izuna , eyes to regain his sight , which gave him great power . After suffering from onset near @-@ total blindness from overuse of his ocular powers , Sasuke underwent the process himself with Itachi 's eyes , granting him all of Itachi 's ocular powers in addition to his own . However , the side effects of using the Mangekyō might not be applicable to all users , as Obito has been shown to use his Kamui ability nearly all the time and does not become exhausted or suffer from deteriorating eyesight from doing so . Mangekyō Sharingan can also evolve further to become Rinnegan , as in the case of Madara . However , he only managed to achieve that because he was the current reincarnation of one of the Sage of the Six Paths ' son , Indra , and had injected himself with the DNA of Hashirama ( the reincarnation of the Sage 's other son , Asura ) , which would grant the person with the Sage 's own power . The process also happens only near the end of the user 's natural lifespan . However , Sasuke awakened a Rinnegan unique to him in his left eye after receiving the Sage of the Six Paths ' Yin Chakra . His Rinnegan is a Six @-@ Tomoe variant . He has six tomoe on the first to rings of the Rinnegan . Although he awakened the Rinnegan , Sasuke can still access the powers of his Mangekyō Sharingan e.g. Amaterasu and Susano 'o . He also awakened a Perfect Susano 'o ( Complete Body 一 Susanoo ) that rivals Madara 's . His Susano 'o has wings that enable him to fly .
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On the January 6 , 2011 , episode of Impact ! Angle interrupted Jarrett 's $ 100 @,@ 000 Mixed Martial Arts Challenge and signed a contract to face him at Genesis in an MMA exhibition match , since he had promised not to wrestle again . The match was thrown out in the third round after Jarrett blinded Angle . After the match Jarrett bloodied Angle , before announcing that he was ending his mixed martial arts career and promised that his wife , Karen Jarrett ( formerly Karen Angle ) , would join the retirement party . On the January 13 episode of Impact ! Karen made her return and stopped Angle just as he was about to attack Jeff , telling him that she would not allow him to ruin their personal lives and promised to tell all about their divorce the following week . The following week Karen slapped Kurt , providing a distraction which allowed Jeff to beat him down . At the end of the show Crimson saved Angle from a beating at the hands of Immortal and Fortune . The following week Ric Flair reinstated Angle in order to place him and Crimson in a seven – on – two handicap match against Jarrett , James Storm , Robert Roode , Kazarian , Rob Terry , Gunner and Murphy . The match ended with Jarrett pinning Angle for the win . Afterwards , Angle was saved from another beatdown by the returning Scott Steiner . The following week Fortune turned on Immortal and aligned themselves with Angle , Crimson and Steiner . On February 13 at Against All Odds Jarrett defeated Angle in a singles match and as a result Angle was forced to walk Karen down the aisle , when she and Jarrett renewed their wedding vows on the March 3 episode of Impact ! . After the match Angle hinted at a possible retirement by leaving his wrestling boots in the ring . On March 3 Angle proceeded to destroy the wedding set with an axe and forced wedding guest , New York Jet Bart Scott to submit with the ankle lock . On April 17 at Lockdown , Jarrett defeated Angle in an " Ultra Male Rules " Two out of Three Falls steel cage match , with help from Karen . On the May 12 episode of Impact ! , Angle revealed Chyna as his backup in taking care of the <unk> . At Sacrifice , Angle and Chyna defeated the <unk> in a mixed tag team match . Later that same month , Angle signed a new three @-@ year contract with TNA . With Karen out of the picture , Angle defeated Jarrett on June 12 at Slammiversary IX in what was billed as the " final battle " between the two to retain his Olympic gold medal and become the number one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . However , on the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Jarrett challenged Angle to a Parking Lot Brawl and agreed to sign a contract that would force him to move to Mexico without Angle 's children , should he lose the match . Angle ended up winning the fight after choking Jarrett with a shirt , forcing him to say " adiós " .
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In January , Carlsen won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament , which was played mainly in Wijk aan Zee on 9 – 25 January . Carlsen had a poor start to the tournament with two draws and a loss in the third round to Radosław <unk> , which left him in tenth place among the fourteen players . However , a string of six wins in a row thrust Carlsen into clear first place . Drawing the final four games was sufficient to win the tournament with 9 points out of 13 , half a point ahead of Anish Giri , Maxime Vachier @-@ Lagrave , Wesley So and Ding <unk> . In February , Carlsen won the 3rd <unk> Chess Classic in Baden @-@ Baden after a five @-@ game tiebreak with Arkadij Naiditsch . Carlsen finished equal first with Naiditsch on 4 @.@ 5 / 7 , beating Michael Adams , Anand , and David <unk> , and losing to Naiditsch in their classical encounter . This tournament victory meant that Carlsen began 2015 by winning two out of two tournaments . Carlsen continued his streak in April , winning <unk> Chess with a score of 7 / 9 , beating Mamedyarov , Caruana , Vachier @-@ Lagrave , Kramnik , and Rauf <unk> , going + 5 @-@ 0 = 4 . With a performance rating of <unk> , this was Carlsen 's third best tournament result ever . His performance was only bested in Nanjing 2009 ( 3002 TPR ) and London 2012 ( <unk> TPR ) . Carlsen had a poor result in the Norway Chess event of 15 – 26 June . In the first round he obtained a winning position against Topalov after pressing in a long endgame , only to lose on time when he mistakenly thought that he would receive 15 minutes of extra time at move 60 . He was then outplayed by Caruana in the second round , missed a win against Anish Giri in round 3 , and lost to Anand in round 4 . He won against Grischuk in round 5 , drew against Nakamura and Vachier @-@ Lagrave in rounds 6 and 7 , and defeated Aronian in round 8 , but he lost the last round against Jon Ludvig Hammer , leaving him tied for seventh and eighth place . Carlsen finished 2nd place at the 2015 Sinquefield Cup with 5 points , one point below tournament winner Levon Aronian . He defeated the 2014 Sinquefield Cup 's winner Fabiano Caruana , French # 1 Maxime Vachier @-@ Lagrave , and wild @-@ card Wesley So , but lost to Veselin Topalov and Alexander Grischuk .
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The kraits , as they are commonly known , belong to the family Elapidae and the genus Bungarus . The genus is endemic to the continent of Asia . They are morphologically well connected , forming a close @-@ knit and cohesive unit . The genus has 12 @-@ 13 species who are morphologically distinct from the Naja genus and the Afro @-@ elapids according to McDowell ( 1987 ) . McDowell stated " species diversity is greatest in Africa , but the Asiatic Bungarus and Ophiophagus are each so peculiar in anatomy as to suggest an ancient divergence ” . Others , including Slowinski , believed that the kraits ( Bungarus ) , are part of a clade that clusters with a group including the king cobra ( Ophiophagus <unk> ) and oddly enough , with the African mambas ( Dendroaspis ) on the most @-@ parsimonious tree or with <unk> on the maximum @-@ likelihood tree . This result calls into question the monophyly of cobras and underscores the uncertainty of the homology of the hood spreading behavior in cobras and mambas . The relationships of Dendroaspis , Ophiophagus , and Bungarus differed between the parsimony and likelihood analyses , suggesting that more work is necessary to resolve the relationships of these problematic taxa . McDowell 's findings in regard to the sister @-@ group of Bungarus and the sea snakes ( Hydrophiinae ) family , propose that the kraits might just be a per @-@ mutable clade between the <unk> " palatine @-@ erectors " and the <unk> " palatine <unk> " . Two genera within the <unk> family in particular , support McDowell 's hypothesis . The two genera are <unk> and <unk> due to many shared characteristics . Mao et al ( 1983 ) showed that this species , Bungarus multicinctus was slightly distinct from the other members of its genus and was immunologically more similar to Laticauda , terrestrial Australian elapids , and true sea snakes than it is to <unk> sundevalli ( Sundevall 's garter snake ) , Naja <unk> ( <unk> cobra ) or two Micrurus species ( New World or American coral snakes ) . Minton ( 1981 ) , <unk> et al. and <unk> & Gorman ( 1981 ) all suggested similar things to Mao et al . ( 1983 ) based on immunological data . The many @-@ banded krait was more similar to the Australian elapids , Laticauda and true sea snakes than they were to numerous elapids they were compared to .
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The 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held in August at Sydney Olympic Park , and were viewed as a rehearsal for the 2000 Summer Olympics to be held in the same venue . With Thorpe expected to deliver world records at his first international meet in Sydney , the event was shown live on Australian television for the first time . The opening night saw him pitted against Hackett and South Africa 's <unk> <unk> in the 400 m freestyle final . The trio reached the 200 m mark in a group , on world record pace , before Thorpe broke away , recording a split time 1 @.@ 86 s ahead of world @-@ record pace at 300 m . He extended his lead to four body lengths by the 350 m mark and finished in a time of 3 min 41 @.@ 83 s , cutting almost two seconds from the world record , and covering the second half in almost the same time as the first . Talbot reacted to the performance by dubbing Thorpe as " the greatest swimmer we 've [ Australia ] ever had " , whilst four @-@ time American Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines , commentating for NBC , said " ... he went into a balls @-@ out sprint at 250 – and I have never seen anything like that ... I have been around swimming a long time and it 's the most amazing swim I 've ever seen , hands down . " A formula used by the International Swimming Statisticians Association to compare world records in different events gave his performance the highest score of all current world records . Thorpe promptly donated the A $ 25 @,@ 000 <unk> for breaking the first world record in the pool to charity . Later the same night , Thorpe anchored the Australians to a historic victory in the 4 × 100 m freestyle final , the first time the United States had lost the event . Thorpe set an Australian record relay split of 48 @.@ 55 s . Even taking into account a 0 @.@ 6 – 0 @.@ 7 s for a flying relay start , his split time was almost 1 s faster than his individual best of 49 @.@ 98 s . It was to be the first of many occasions in which he would anchor the Australian relay teams to victory over the Americans , with splits consistently faster than his equivalent individual times . The following night , in the semi @-@ finals of the 200 m freestyle , Thorpe broke Hackett 's world record by 0 @.@ 33 s , clocking 1 min 46 @.@ 34 s . The next day in the final , he again broke the record , lowering it to 1 min 46 @.@ 0 s . He finished his competition by leading off the 4 × 200 m freestyle team with Klim , Hackett and Bill Kirby to victory . Their time lowered their own world record by more than three seconds , completing Thorpe 's fourth world record in four nights .
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At the Restoration the Privy Council established a force of several infantry regiments and a few troops of horse and there were attempts to found a national militia on the English model . The standing army was mainly employed in the suppression of Covenanter rebellions and the guerilla war undertaken by the Cameronians in the East . Pikemen became less important in the late seventeenth century and after the introduction of the socket bayonet disappeared altogether , while matchlock muskets were replaced by the more reliable flintlock . On the eve of the Glorious Revolution the standing army in Scotland was about 3 @,@ 000 men in various regiments and another 268 veterans in the major garrison towns . After the Glorious Revolution the Scots were drawn into King William II 's continental wars , beginning with the Nine Years ' War in Flanders ( 1689 – 97 ) . Scottish seamen received protection against arbitrary impressment by English men of war , but a fixed quota of conscripts for the Royal Navy was levied from the sea @-@ coast burghs during the second half of the seventeenth century . Royal Navy patrols were now found in Scottish waters even in peacetime . In the Second ( 1665 – 67 ) and Third Anglo @-@ Dutch Wars ( 1672 – 74 ) between 80 and 120 captains , took Scottish letters of marque and privateers played a major part in the naval conflict . In the 1690s a small fleet of five ships was established by merchants for the Darien Scheme , and a professional navy was established for the protection of commerce in home waters during the Nine Years War , with three purpose @-@ built warships bought from English shipbuilders in 1696 . After the Act of Union in 1707 , these vessels were transferred to the Royal Navy . By the time of the Act of Union , the Kingdom of Scotland had a standing army of seven units of infantry , two of horse and one troop of Horse Guards , besides varying levels of fortress artillery in the garrison castles of Edinburgh , Dumbarton , and Stirling . As part of the British Army , Scottish regiments took part in the War of the Spanish Succession ( 1702 – 13 ) , the Quadruple Alliance ( 1718 – 20 ) , wars with Spain ( 1727 – 29 ) and ( 1738 – 48 ) and the War of the Spanish Succession ( 1740 – 48 ) . The first official Highland regiment to be raised for the British army was the Black Watch in 1740 , but the growth of Highland regiments was delayed by the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion . The bulk of Jacobite armies were made up of Highlanders , serving in clan regiments . The clan gentlemen formed the front ranks of the unit and were more heavily armed than their impoverished tenants who made up the bulk of the regiment . Because they served in the front ranks , the gentlemen suffered higher proportional casualties than the common clansman . The Jacobites often started campaigns poorly armed , but arms tended to become more conventional as the campaigns progressed .
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Briarcliff Manor was historically known for its wealthy estate @-@ owning families , including the Rockefellers , Astors , and <unk> . Many of the extended Rockefeller family lived in and around the neighboring area of Pocantico Hills , and William Rockefeller ( brother of John D. Rockefeller ) lived for some time at Edgehill , his house in Scarborough . U.S. Naval Commodore Matthew C. Perry resided for years in Scarborough and was one of the founders of Saint Mary 's Episcopal Church , and donated a bell he captured in Tabasco , Mexico to the church in 1847 . Captain Alexander Slidell Mackenzie also lived in Scarborough . Businessman William Henry Aspinwall lived in Scarborough , and was sent to England during the American Civil War to prevent the construction of Confederate ironclad warships . He was involved in the Panama Canal ; Panama 's second @-@ largest city ( now known as Colón ) was named Aspinwall after him by emigrants from the U.S. , and Aspinwall Road in Scarborough was later named after him . John Lorimer Worden , a U.S. Navy rear admiral who commanded the USS Monitor against the CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads , was born at Rosemont in Scarborough . Carrie Chapman Catt , a pioneer in the campaign for women 's suffrage ( president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women ) , lived at Juniper Ledge during the 1920s . Carle Cotter Conway , a resident of Linden Circle , was president of the Continental Can Company for 33 years . Banker and businessman James Speyer lived at Waldheim , an estate in Scarborough , with his family . William J. Burns was the penultimate director of the Bureau of Investigation ; his successor , J. Edgar Hoover , transformed the agency into the Federal Bureau of Investigation . Burns established a private @-@ investigation service , the William J. Burns International Detective Agency , and his family moved to <unk> , a house on Scarborough Road , in 1917 . Frank DuMond lived in the village and was the art director of Briarcliff College . Christian Archibald Herter , a physician and pathologist , lived with his wife at the Edgehill estate ; he worked at a separate laboratory building on the property . William Woodward Baldwin , a lawyer and the ninth Third Assistant Secretary of State , rented The Elms ( a house in the village ) from 1897 to 1926 . Further on , Baldwin bought property in the village and built a bungalow , and later bought a concrete house on Pleasantville Road near the Briarcliff train station . He was a trustee of the Briarcliff Congregational Church and district board of education , counsel to the village government , and member of the Mount Pleasant Field Club ( present @-@ day Trump National Golf Club Westchester ) .
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The first scandal to taint the Grant administration in 1869 was Black Friday , also known as the Gold Panic , which was an attempt by two aggressive financiers to corner the price of gold without regard to the nation 's economic welfare . The intricate financial scheme was primarily conceived and administered by Wall Street manipulators Jay Gould and his partner James Fisk . Their plan was to convince President Grant not to sell Treasury gold , in order to increase the sales of agriculture products overseas and increase the shipping business of Gould 's Erie Railroad . Gould and Fisk were able to get Grant 's brother in law Abel Rathbone Corbin involved with the scheme as a way to get access to Grant himself . Gould had also given a $ 10 @,@ 000 bribe to the assistant secretary of the treasury , Daniel Butterfield , in exchange for inside information . On June 5 , 1869 while Grant was traveling from New York to Boston , on The Providence , a ship owned by both Gould and Fisk , the two speculators urged Grant not to sell any gold from the Treasury and attempted to convince Grant that a high price of gold helped farmers and the Erie Railroad . President Grant , however , was stoic , and did not agree to Fisk and Gould 's suggestion to stop releasing Treasury Gold into the market . Grant 's Secretary of Treasury , George S. Boutwell , continued to sell Treasury gold on the open market . In late August 1869 President Grant consulted with businessman , A. T. Stewart , Grant 's initial Cabinet nominee , for Secretary of Treasury , concerning the Treasury selling gold . Stewart advised Grant that the Treasury should not sell gold in order that the Government would not be involved in the Gold market . Grant , accepted Stewart 's advise , and wrote to Boutwell that selling extra Treasury gold would upset agriculture sales . Boutwell on September 1 , had originally ordered $ 9 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 in gold to be sold from the Treasury in order to buy up U.S. Bonds with greenbacks . However , after receiving a letter from Grant , Boutwell cancelled the order to sell gold . Previously Secretary Boutwell had been selling gold regularly at $ 1 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 of gold each week . On September 6 , 1869 , Gould had bought the Tenth National Bank that was used as a buying house for gold , and Gould and Fisk began buying gold in earnest . As the price of gold began to rise , Grant became suspicious of gold manipulation and wrote a letter to Secretary Boutwell on September 12 , " The fact is , a desperate struggle is now taking place ... I write this letter to advise you of what I think you may expect , to put you on your guard . " However , President Grant 's personal associations with Gould and Fisk gave them the clout needed to continue their financial scam on Wall Street .
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Historically , there has been uncertainty as to whether the European species known as Battarrea stevenii is a unique species or merely a polymorphic variant of B. phalloides . The taxon has been described as both a variety ( as B. phalloides var. stevenii by Cleland and Cheel in 1916 ) and as a form ( as B. phalloides f. stevenii by Calonge in 2004 ) . In 1995 , mycologist Roy Watling opined that B. stevenii differs in having spores that are colored more orange @-@ tawny , slightly larger ( 5 – 6 @.@ 5 by 5 @.@ 75 – 7 µm , as opposed to 4 @.@ 5 – 5 @.@ 25 by 4 @.@ 5 – 5 @.@ 75 µm ) , and less ornamented . Further , B. stevenii is thought to have a larger fruit body size , a more coarsely scaly stipe , and lack of mucilage in the volva and the innermost parts of the stem . The presence or absence of mucilage has been traditionally considered the significant characteristic separating the species . In 1904 , <unk> <unk> proposed the idea of a single polymorphic species ; in 1942 , Paul Marshall Rea , after studying 25 specimens from southern California , concluded that B. stevenii was conspecific with B. phalloides and represented a single species . An analysis of a number of European specimens — using both macroscopic and microscopic characteristics in addition to molecular analysis of ITS regions of the 5.8S rDNA — also suggested both to be conspecific . The authors of this study considered the differences in spore ornamentation and stipe hyphae to be insufficient to discriminate them as two species ; they did , however , note that their inability to locate the type material for both species limited the conclusiveness of their suggestion . The conspecificity of the species was supported in a later study that used traditional and molecular methods to compare field @-@ collected English specimens and an extensive range of herbarium material collected from around the world . They found that material labeled B. stevenii generally had a greater range of cap and stem sizes , while that labeled B. phalloides was generally more consistent , and smaller . However , the B. phalloides material they studied was generally from similar habitats in the UK , while the B. stevenii material originated from a wide variety of locales and habitats , suggesting that environmental factors influence fruit body morphology . Evidence pointing to conspecificity included the continuum of spore sizes between the two , and the lack of any significant differences between their DNA . In 2006 , however , based on a study of specimens collected in China , other scientists considered them to be independent species .
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Although initially happy in her relationship with Jackson , Lexie is distraught when she learns that Mark has begun a relationship with a woman named Julia . At a charity softball match , her jealousy gets the better of her , resulting in her throwing a ball at Julia . Sensing that Lexie is still in love with Mark , Jackson calls off their relationship . Lexie begins working with Derek 's service and becomes increasingly proficient in neurosurgery , helping Derek with a set of " hopeless cases " - high risk surgeries for patients who had otherwise run out of options . During a surgery , Derek is called away on an emergency , leaving Lexie and Meredith to carry out the procedure on their own . Though Derek had instructed them to merely reduce the patient 's brain tumour , Meredith allows Lexie to remove it completely . The sisters celebrate the successful surgery , but when the patient wakes up , Lexie is devastated to discover that the patient suffered severe brain damage , losing the ability to speak . Alex , Jackson and April Kepner ( Sarah Drew ) move out of Meredith 's house without inviting Lexie to join them , and with Derek and Meredith settling down with baby Zola , Lexie begins to feel increasingly lonely and isolated . After being left babysitting Zola on Valentine 's Day , she decides to try to salvage her relationship with Mark . However , after plucking up the courage to visit his apartment , she finds Mark studying with Jackson and loses her nerve , instead claiming that she was visiting to set up a play date for Zola and Sofia . When Mark confides in Derek that he and Julia have been discussing having a baby , Derek warns Lexie not to miss her chance again , resulting in her professing her love to a shell @-@ shocked Mark , who merely thanks her for her candour . He later confesses to Derek that he feels the same way , but is unsure about how to go about things . Days later , Lexie is named as part of a team of surgeons that will be sent to Boise to separate conjoined twins , along with Mark , Meredith , Derek , Cristina and Arizona Robbins ( Jessica Capshaw ) ; however , while flying to their destination , the doctors ' plane crashes in the wilderness . Lexie is crushed under debris from the plane , but manages to alert Mark and Cristina to help her . The pair try in vain to free Lexie , who realises that she is suffering from a hemothorax and is unlikely to survive . While Cristina tries to find Meredith , Mark takes Lexie by the hand and professes his love for her , telling her that they were " meant to be " . While fantasizing about the future that she and Mark could have had together , Lexie succumbs to her injuries , and dies moments before Meredith arrives . The remaining doctors are left in the woods waiting for rescue , with Mark refusing to let go of Lexie 's hand .
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A faithful Catholic , Robert was married to Gertrude Talbot , daughter of the recusant John Talbot of Grafton . He inherited the Tudor Huddington Court near Worcester , along with a significant fortune with which he was known to be generous . Under Robert , Huddington Court became a known refuge for priests . The proclamation for his capture , issued following the plot 's failure , described him as " a man of mean stature , and rather low than otherwise ; square made , somewhat stooping ; near 40 years of age ; his hair and beard brown ; his beard not much , and his hair short . " The Jesuit John Gerard wrote that he was " esteemed in his life to be one of the wisest and most resolute and sufficient gentlemen in Worcestershire " . Gerard 's appraisal of Thomas was just as complimentary . He was apparently an intelligent , witty and educated man , who could speak Latin , Italian , Spanish and French . " He was of mean stature , but strong and comely and very <unk> , about 33 years old or somewhat more . " Thomas worked as a servant to William Parker , 4th Baron Monteagle . He was educated as a lawyer , but following several years of dissipation travelled to Flanders and enrolled in the English army . He fought against Catholic Spain in the Low Countries , France and possibly against the Turks in Central Europe . However , by 1600 his views had changed ; citing his belief in the injustice of fighting against the power of Catholic Spain , like his elder brother he became a passionate Catholic . Travelling as ' Mr Winter of Worcestershire ' , from 24 February 1601 he spent 13 days in Rome for the jubilee , and later that year and into 1602 travelled to Spain , to petition the Council on behalf of the Catholic rebels left leaderless by the execution of Robert Devereux , 2nd Earl of Essex . Father Henry Garnet , perhaps thinking that the purpose behind Thomas 's visit was to gain financial support for impoverished English Catholics , sent him to Superior Father Joseph Creswell , who made the introductions to the Spanish . This trip to Spain later became the first of two visits to be dubbed by the English government as the Spanish Treason , but Thomas 's timing was unfortunate , coming as it did so soon after Spain 's failed attack in Ireland , and he received only vague assurances of their support . In England he met with the Spanish embassy Don Juan de Tassis , who in August 1603 landed at Dover to help negotiate an Anglo @-@ Spanish treaty . Tassis quickly realised that any chance of a successful Catholic rebellion was unlikely , and discounted Thomas 's claim that , with funding , " 3 @,@ 000 Catholics " would be available for the cause . After meeting with King James he wrote to Spain emphasising the need to prioritise peace with England over the freedom of her Catholics .
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The Poznań protests , although the largest , were not unique in Poland , where social protest resumed its fury that autumn . On November 18 , rioters destroyed the militia headquarters and radio @-@ jamming equipment in Bydgoszcz , and on December 10 , a crowd in Szczecin attacked public buildings , including a prison , the state prosecutor 's office , militia headquarters , and the Soviet consulate . People across the country criticized the security police and asked for the dissolution of the public security committee and the punishment of its <unk> functionaries . Demands were made for the exposure of secret police collaborators , and suspected collaborators were frequently assaulted . In many localities , crowds gathered outside the secret police headquarters , shouted hostile slogans , and broke its windows . Public meetings , demonstrations , and street marches took place in hundreds of towns across Poland . The meetings were usually organized by local Party cells , local authorities , and trade unions . However , official organizers tended to lose control as political content exceeded their original agenda . Crowds often took radical action , in many cases resulting in unrest on the streets and clashes with police and other law @-@ enforcement agencies . Street activity peaked during and immediately after the 19 – 21 October " VIII Plenum " meeting of the Central Committee of the PZPR , but continued until late in the year . A concurrent upsurge in religious and clerical sentiment took place . Hymns were sung , and the release of Stefan Wyszyński and the reinstatement of suppressed bishops were demanded . Nationalism was the cement of mass mobilization and dominated public meetings , during which people sang the national anthem and other patriotic songs , demanded the return of the white eagle to the flag and traditional army uniforms , and attacked Poland 's dependence on the Soviet Union and its military . They demanded the return of the eastern territories , an explanation for the Katyn massacre , and elimination of the Russian language from the educational curriculum . In the last ten days of October , monuments to the Red Army , despised by Poles , were attacked : red stars were pulled down from roofs of houses , factories and schools ; red flags were destroyed ; and portraits of Konstantin Rokossovsky , the military commander in charge of operations that drove the Nazi German forces from Poland , were defaced . Attempts were made to force entries into the homes of Soviet citizens , mostly in Lower Silesia , home to many Soviet troops . However , unlike the protesters in Hungary and Poznań , activists limited their political demands and behavior , which were not purely opposed to communist and the system . The communist authorities were not openly and unequivocally challenged , as they had been in June , and anticommunist slogans that had been prevalent in the June uprising , such as " We want free elections " , " Down with Communist dictatorship " , or " Down with the Party " , were much less prevalent . Party committees were not attacked .
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Bandslam was bought by a studio back in 2004 , but in late January 2007 , Walden Media and Summit Entertainment announced that they would co @-@ finance Bandslam , co @-@ written by Todd Graff and Josh A. <unk> and directed by Graff . Graff was hired to direct in early March 2007 and rewrote the screenplay . Before filming , they had two weeks of music rehearsals . The actors and actresses were designated to play their instruments . Donowho and Michalka had extensive experience with the drums and guitar , respectively , so they were used to their instruments , but Lisa Chung , Scott Porter and Vanessa Hudgens were not . Hudgens told MTV News she didn 't expect there to be as much music , and " they are like , ' We are going to have two weeks of music rehearsals , ' and I was like , ' What ? ' But it was really cool . It 's definitely not the kind of music I do normally . " Principal photography began on February 9 , 2008 in Austin , Texas . Although the film is set in New Jersey , Graff felt strongly that it was important to shoot in a place with a wide array of great live music to choose from . " I 'm a big believer in local scenes , " he says . " I think it 's the lifeblood of music . Austin is renowned as a music town , and rightly so . They have a ton of really great bands just trying to get their music out there . So , it 's great we had an opportunity to use several unsigned local Texas bands . " In an interview with Los Angeles Times , director Todd Graff admitted there were cultural incongruities underlying the film . " I know , it 's demented . Every once in a while on set I would think to myself , ' I can 't believe we got away with this ' . I always thought if it only sent one kid to listen to a Velvet Underground record , it would be worth it to me . " All of the vocals were filmed live by each of the singing cast members , as mentioned by director Graff . One of the requirements for the film was that all actors had to be able to provide their own vocals . Because Aly Michalka was on tour with her sister AJ Michalka and Miley Cyrus , she did not arrive in Austin until midway through rehearsals . Conveniently , the tour 's last stop was in Austin , where rehearsal and filming for the movie took place . All of the instruments and singing in the movie were recorded by the actors , with the exception of the guitar parts of Vanessa Hudgens and Scott Porter , as well as Lisa Chung 's piano parts . Although Hudgens and Porter learned how to play their songs , they were dubbed by guitarists Jason <unk> and JW Wright .
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Half @-@ Safe 's Australian tour began in late October 1955 in Perth , where Carlin grew up , and included a tour of his old school , Guildford Grammar . The Carlins then went to Adelaide , and subsequently progressed to Melbourne , Sydney , and Brisbane . Half @-@ Safe was returned to Calcutta on a steamship in January 1956 . However , Elinore , Carlin 's wife , left the trip in Australia , having finally tired of the long travel and the constant seasickness she was experiencing . Carlin continued his journey alone , with the first leg consisting of a sea voyage from Calcutta to Akyab , Burma , across the Bay of Bengal . At Akyab , he was joined by Barry Hanley , another Australian . The two met on Burma 's coast in late February 1956 , and from there crossed the Arakan Yoma mountain ranges to the Irrawaddy River , where the vehicle was bogged down in mud for two days . After extricating Half @-@ Safe from the mire , the pair progressed to Rangoon , arriving on 11 March . From Burma , Half @-@ Safe was driven overland to Bangkok , Thailand , and from there to Saigon , on the coast of Indochina . From there , Carlin and Hanley set out to sail from Indochina to Japan , passing through several ports and islands in the South China Sea . Upon his arrival in Hong Kong in early May 1956 , Carlin was " mobbed by autograph @-@ seeking girls " , having been delayed on his voyage by engine trouble and headwinds in the South China Sea . He arrived in Kaohsiung , Taiwan , in early June , and from there travelled to Keelung on the northern tip of Taiwan , and Okinawa , part of the American @-@ administered Ryukyu Islands . Carlin and Hanley drove ashore at Kagoshima Prefecture at the southern tip of Japan in July 1956 , and from there drove overland to Tokyo . Hanley returned to Australia at this stage , while Carlin rested in Japan , again performing much @-@ needed repairs . An American journalist for The Japan Times , <unk> Lafayette de Mente ( originally of Phoenix , Arizona ) , offered to accompany Carlin on the journey from Japan to Alaska , departing in early 1957 for the first stage of the trip from Tokyo to Wakkanai , Hokkaidō . The pair left Tokyo on 1 May 1957 to great fanfare , cheered off from the Mainichi and Yomiuri Newspaper buildings . The craft sprung a leak while crossing the Tsugaru Strait , separating the southern island of Honshu from Hokkaidō , and collided with submerged rocks near the port of Muroran . They finally reached Wakkanai on 12 June 1957 , despite what de Mente later described as Carlin 's aggression and " irascible character " during the trip .
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Yesterday Major <unk> Roche , representative in parliament for Tralee ( who is raising a body of men for his Majesty 's service ) began recruiting here , and met with great success , which is not surprising , if we consider his connexions , and the uncommon support he has received from the noblemen and gentlemen of this province . His method of enlisting was as uncommon as it was pleasing to those who viewed the procession , which was as follows : Major Roche , bearing a large purse of gold . Captain Cowley . A great number of likely recruits . An elegant band of music , consisting of French horns , <unk> [ oboes ] , <unk> , and bassoons , playing God Save the King . A large brewer 's dray , with five @-@ barrels of beer , the horse richly caparisoned and ornamented with <unk> . Two <unk> with cockades to serve the beer , The recruiting serjeant . Drums [ and ] fifes . Another division of recruits . The returning soldiers . Prodigious concourse of [ spectators ? ] . The following speech was made by Major Roche to the populace : Being appointed , through the favour of [ our ] most excellent governor , to raise a body of men for the service of his Majesty , I think it [ a ] most happy circumstance of my life to be the instrument of leading you to honour and renown . The laurels fought for and obtained in all parts [ of ] the globe [ through ] war , have procured us a fame so glorious as not to be equalled by people in any fame not to be sullied by the assaults of prejudice , nor the effects of time : not an action in which we were not victorious , not a siege in which we were not honoured . Will you , my dear countrymen , permit those laurels to fade , or those actions to be forgotten ? No , forbid it , heaven ! Let us now that we have it in our power convey to later posterity a renewal of our fidelity , and a confirmation of our loyalty . A more critical period never presented itself , nor had we ever a fairer opportunity of shewing our attachment to the illustrious house of Hanover , than the present , as his Majesty 's deluded subjects in America are in open rebellion , and like unnatural children , wound their ever indulgent parent , forgetting the torrents of blood spilt , and heap of treasure expended for their preservation . His Sacred Majesty now calls and our fidelity obliges us , and I hope your instinct prompts you , to obey the dictates of so [ grand ] a master . Let us then , my brave and loyal countrymen , join hearts and hands and cheerfully step forth in the glorious cause of our Creator , our King and our Country .
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Alexander posted 22 points , 20 rebounds , and 5 blocks in a December 7 66 – 62 victory at UIC Pavilion against USA Today 's Super 25 number 11 ranked Bishop Gorman High School and its highly touted Stephen Zimmerman . Alexander almost had to serve a one @-@ game suspension from the game due to having been assessed two technical fouls on December 1 against St. Rita High School . Alexander had an impressive start to his season . On December 12 , he posted a triple double against Dunbar High School with 30 points , 24 rebounds , and 15 blocked shots . That week ( December 9 – 17 ) , he earned the Midwest player of the week from <unk> As a senior , he finally led Curie past three @-@ time defending tournament champion and four @-@ time defending Class 4A state champion Simeon to win the Pontiac Holiday Tournament with 16 points , 16 rebounds , and 6 blocks , earning tournament MVP honors . Even as a top 5 selection , Alexander 's stock continued to rise as a senior , according to the Chicago Sun @-@ Times ' Joe Henricksen . Some of the stats that Alexander posted were so impressive as to cause disbelief to some , including Chicago Tribune high school basketball writer Mike Helfgot and several of his associates . In early January , Alexander continued to be a leading contender for national player of the year , holding on to second place in the Mr. Basketball USA race . On January 10 , Alexander led Curie past Villa Angela @-@ St. Joseph High School , which featured Rivals.com Class of 2015 number 10 ranked Carlton Bragg . In the January 20 Hoophall Classic , Alexander led Curie to a victory over D 'Angelo Russell , Ben Simmons and Montverde Academy , the number one rated team in the country . Curie trailed by 9 points entering the fourth quarter , but Alexander had 13 of his 30 points in the final 4 minutes and 30 seconds to key the comeback . Alexander also had 12 rebounds and 5 blocks . Following the game , several writers , including CBS Sports college basketball writer Jeff <unk> said that Alexander has a valid case to present in terms of being the best high school basketball player in the country ( along with Okafor , Turner and Mudiay ) . High school basketball writer Ronnie Flores regards the performance as one of the top 5 performances against a nationally highly rated high school basketball team since the turn of the century , ranking it with Louis Williams ( 2005 ) , Kevin Durant ( 2006 ) , Kevin Love ( 2007 ) and LeBron James ( 2001 ) . The win bolted Curie to the number one ranking in the nation according to <unk> Alexander 's performance moved him to the top of the rankings in the Mr. Basketball USA midseason tracker . He was ranked first by a wide margin and held the number one position on 7 out of 10 ballots .
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Sibley and Ahlquist 's molecular study of the evolution of the bird families has put the radiation of the Procellariiformes in the Oligocene period ( 35 – 30 million years ago ) , though this group probably originated earlier , with a fossil sometimes attributed to the order , a seabird known as Tytthostonyx , being found in late Cretaceous rocks ( 70 mya ) . The molecular evidence suggests that the storm petrels were the first to diverge from the ancestral stock , and the albatrosses next , with the <unk> and diving petrels separating later . The earliest fossil albatrosses were found in Eocene to Oligocene rocks , although some of these are only tentatively assigned to the family and none appear to be particularly close to the living forms . They are <unk> ( Middle Eocene of Uzbekistan ) , Manu ( early Oligocene of New Zealand ) , and an undescribed form from the Late Oligocene of South Carolina . Similar to the last was <unk> , formerly often considered a petrel but now accepted as an albatross . It is from the Middle Miocene of France , a time when the split between the four modern genera was already underway as evidenced by Phoebastria californica and Diomedea milleri , both being mid @-@ Miocene species from <unk> Hill , California . These show that the split between the great albatrosses and the North Pacific albatrosses occurred by 15 mya . Similar fossil finds in the Southern Hemisphere put the split between the <unk> and mollymawks at 10 mya . The fossil record of the albatrosses in the Northern Hemisphere is more complete than that of the southern , and many fossil forms of albatross have been found in the North Atlantic , which today has no albatrosses . The remains of a colony of short @-@ tailed albatrosses have been uncovered on the island of Bermuda , and the majority of fossil albatrosses from the North Atlantic have been of the genus Phoebastria ( the North Pacific albatrosses ) ; one , Phoebastria anglica , has been found in deposits in both North Carolina and England . Due to convergent evolution in particular of the leg and foot bones , remains of the prehistoric pseudotooth birds ( Pelagornithidae ) may be mistaken for those of extinct albatrosses ; Manu may be such a case , and quite certainly the supposed giant albatross femur from the Early Pleistocene <unk> Formation at Kakegawa , Japan , actually is from one of the last pseudotooth birds . For more data on fossil species of the living albatross genera , see the genus articles .
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In an NPR interview via affiliate WBUR @-@ FM , Mumbai Mirror columnist Aseem Chhabra called Chak De ! India " an example of a film that 's been made within the framework of Bollywood and yet it is a very different film . It does take up some realistic issues , and what I really liked about the film was that the women who acted , you know , who are part of the team , each one of them got a chance . Their personality , their characters , were very well @-@ written , and so , the superstar in the film was Shahrukh Khan , who was the coach of the team ; he doesn 't sort of take over the whole film . Every supporting character gets a role , and it 's a very inspiring movie that really changed the mood in India . People loved it " . Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India gave the film four out of five stars stating that it was a film of " great performances by a bunch of unknowns . " India Today called Chak De ! India " the most feisty girl power movie to have come out of Bollywood ever . " Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu wrote , " At another level , Chak De is about women 's liberation . It is one of the best feminist films of our times . " Rajeev Masand of CNN @-@ IBN gave the film four out of five stars , saying " Chak De 's ... a winner all the way . " Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express called the film " the most authentic , meticulously researched sports movie India has made " . In Kolkata 's Telegraph , Bharathi S. Pradhan wrote that the film combines " an extremely well @-@ knit screenplay with unrelentingly deft direction , 16 unknown , and not even glamorous , girls simply carried you with them , with one single known actor compelling you to watch Chak De India without blinking " . Jaspreet Pandohar of the BBC gave Chak De ! India four out of five stars stating that " while the tale of the sporting underdog is hardly new , Jaideep Sahni 's screenplay offers a rare look at a popular Indian sport often overshadowed by cricket . " Andy Webster of The New York Times wrote that the film gave a fresh look to the conventional underdog sports film , comparing its premise to the U.S. victory in the 1991 FIFA Women 's World Cup . Derek Elley of Variety called Chak De ! India " a patriotic <unk> that scores some old @-@ fashioned entertainment goals . " In The Hollywood Reporter , Kirk Honeycutt wrote that the " technical credits are first rate with excellent cinematography , quicksilver editing , musical montages of practice and a fine use of locations . "
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IV . Allegro ma non troppo – Presto . The finale has the same structure as that of the previous sonata . Many elements of this movement imply large @-@ scale resolution of harmonic and thematic conflicts established earlier in this and even the two previous sonatas . The main rondo theme opens with an ' empty ' octave on G , which resolves to C minor , subsequently interpreted as ii of V in B @-@ flat major . Brendel asserts that this theme , beginning in the ambiguous G / Cm , functions as a resolution of the troubling G ♭ trill presented in the very beginning of the sonata , using G ♭ to resolve to F major as V of B @-@ flat . The second theme , in ternary form , is written in the traditional key of the dominant , with a central section in D major ; it consists of an extended , characteristically Schubertian stepwise melody played over an uninterrupted flow of semiquavers . This second theme uses the same melodic contour ( 5 @-@ 8 @-@ 7 @-@ 6 @-@ 6 @-@ 5- ( 5 @-@ 4 @-@ 4 @-@ 3 ) ) of the remarkable C major modulation in the final A section of the second movement , implying further connotations of conflict resolution . After an abrupt end to the second theme and a pregnant pause , a minor dotted @-@ rhythm chordal theme in F @-@ minor suddenly enters fortissimo , elaborating and modulating before sublimating into a pianissimo version of itself in the parallel major . This third theme is highly similar in rhythm and melodic contour as well as left hand pattern to the tarantella of the C minor sonata , which may not be a coincidence when considering the overall high level of cyclic connection between the sonatas . This theme evolves into a rhythmic segue that leads seamlessly back to the main theme of the rondo . The development section , based entirely on the rhythmic pattern of the main rondo theme , is characterised by juxtaposed eighth notes and triplets , reaching a climax on C @-@ flat major , from which the bass descends in chromatic modulation eventually to G in an extended diminuendo to return to the main theme . In the coda , the main theme is fragmented in a manner also similar to the finale of the previous sonata ; in a highly chromatic and unstable progression , the octave on G here descends through G @-@ flat to F , in an extension of the G @-@ G ♭ -F resolution of the theme . After finally reaching this dominant preparation for the final time , the movement closes with an exceedingly triumphant and affirming presto section that totally resolves all dramatic conflicts in the sonata and the series .
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Abi begins a relationship with Ben ( now played by Harry Reid ) , which is discovered by Emma <unk> ( Anna Acton ) who informs Max of the relationship . Max demands that Abi does not see Ben anymore , which Abi refuses to do . Abi later discovers that Max used Ben to sign over part of Phil 's businesses to him . In February 2015 , Abi is accused by Max of killing Lucy . Abi did not kill Lucy , but it is revealed that on the night Lucy died , Abi had a confrontation with Lucy about her affair with Max , which resulted in Abi slapping Lucy . After Max tells her that Tanya would like her to move to Devon with her , Abi refuses and instead moves in with Ben and his family . After she moves in , Ben reveals to her that he might still be gay and is worried he will never get over his homosexuality but Abi assures him that they will make things work . She continuously mocks Jay and accuses him of being jealous of her relationship with Ben . Jay tries to make Abi see that Ben is not interested in her , but she pretends not to care about what Jay says . Abi discovers a letter from Sharon 's birth mother and Sharon says that she intends on meeting her birth father after discovering that her mother has died . When Paul Coker ( Jonny <unk> ) arrives in Walford , Abi suspects Ben of cheating on her with Paul . She and Ben have sex , so Ben can convince her he is not gay . Following Ben 's arrest for Lucy 's murder , Abi tells Phil that Max assaulted Lucy to get Ben off . Despite being innocent , Max turns himself in and is formally charged while Ben is released . Stacey visits Max , who tells her that he thinks Abi killed Lucy . Stacey confronts Abi , who attacks Stacey , blaming her for her parents ' split and Bradley 's death , and later vents to Carol that she does not think Max cares about her . Carol visits Max in prison , where he informs her that the reason he thinks Abi killed Lucy is because she attacked and beat her on the night of the murder . After confronting Abi on this , Carol agrees that she has been out of control lately and advises her to call Tanya for moral support . During the phone call , Abi finds out that not only is Oscar ill , but Cora had apparently not stayed with Tanya at her house as she had earlier said . Abi , Carol and Jane Beale ( Laurie Brett ) find Cora living rough and bring her home . She reveals she saw Max and Abi cleaning the car lot after Lucy was killed , forcing Abi to admit that Max and Lucy had argued there and she was helping Max clean Lucy 's blood . Abi then gives a statement to the police . Max is later found guilty of the murder .
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Sakura has made several appearances outside of the Naruto anime and manga . She is in all ten of the featured films in the series : in the first movie , she battles <unk> <unk> , and later defeats him ; in the second she helps Naruto and Shikamaru Nara in their battle against Haido and his subordinates ; the third has Sakura battling the hired ninja <unk> , whom she defeats using her enhanced strength ; in the fourth , Sakura , alongside Naruto , Rock Lee , and Neji Hyuga are assigned to escort the maiden Shion ; in the fifth , Sakura is assigned alongside Naruto and Hinata Hyuga to help a girl , Amaru , and her sensei , <unk> , return to their village and in the process learning of an upcoming invasion of the Sky Country ; the sixth has Sakura with Naruto desperately following and trying to bring back their sensei , Kakashi who has gone on a suicide mission to prevent the Fourth Great Ninja World War ; in the seventh , Sakura and the rest of Team Kakashi are sent to capture a missing nin , <unk> ; in the eighth , Sakura assists in the battle against the demon Satori who has been released from the Box of Enlightenment ; in the ninth , Sakura and Naruto are transported to an illusion world by Obito Uchiha in which instead of Naruto 's parents , it were Sakura 's parents who had sacrificed their lives in preventing the Nine Tails from destroying Konoha as thus deemed as the village 's heroes ; and finally , in the tenth , Sakura , in her young adult years , sets out alongside Naruto , Sai , Shikamaru , and Hinata to rescue a kidnapped Hanabi Hyuga , Hinata 's younger sister . She is also present in all three of the original video animations produced for the series , helping Naruto and Konohamaru to find a four leaf clover in the first original video animation , joining her team in escorting a ninja named Shibuki to his village and helping him fight the missing @-@ nin that stole the village 's " Hero 's Water " in the second , and participating in a tournament in the third . A light novel titled Sakura Hiden : Thoughts of Love , Riding Upon a Spring Breeze , written by Tomohito <unk> and illustrated by Kishimoto , focuses on Sakura sometime after the events of The Last : Naruto the Movie , where she , now a celebrated medical ninja who is in the middle of opening a new mental clinic with Ino , becomes worried when a conspiracy that threatens to destroy Konoha is using Sasuke as a scapegoat , potentially ruining his chance at redemption amongst the villagers .
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At the burnings of Isabella Condon in 1779 and Phoebe Harris in 1786 , the sheriffs present inflated their expenses ; in the opinion of Simon Devereaux they were probably dismayed at being forced to attend such spectacles . Harris 's fate prompted William Wilberforce to sponsor a bill which if passed would have abolished the practice , but as one of its proposals would have allowed the anatomical dissection of criminals other than murderers , the House of Lords rejected it . The burning in 1789 of Catherine Murphy , a counterfeiter , was impugned in Parliament by Sir Benjamin Hammett . He called it one of " the savage remains of Norman policy " and subsequently , amidst a growing tide of public disgust at the burning of women , Parliament passed the Treason Act 1790 , which for women guilty of treason substituted hanging for burning . It was followed by the Treason Act 1814 , introduced by Samuel Romilly , a legal reformer . Influenced by his friend , Jeremy Bentham , Romilly had long argued that punitive laws should serve to reform criminal behaviour and that far from acting as a deterrent , the severity of England 's laws was responsible for an increase in crime . When appointed the MP for Queensborough in 1806 he resolved to improve what he described as " Our sanguinary and barbarous penal code , written in blood " . He managed to repeal the death penalty for certain thefts and vagrancy , and in 1814 proposed to change the sentence for men guilty of treason to being hanged until dead and the body left at the king 's disposal . However , when it was pointed out that this would be a less severe punishment than that given for murder , he agreed that the corpse should also be <unk> , " as a fit punishment and appropriate stigma . " This is what happened to Jeremiah Brandreth , leader of a 100 @-@ strong contingent of men in the <unk> rising and one of three men executed in 1817 at Derby Gaol . As with Edward Despard and his confederates the three were drawn to the scaffold on sledges before being hanged for about an hour , and then on the insistence of the Prince Regent were beheaded with an axe . The local miner appointed to the task of beheading them was inexperienced though , and having failed with the first two blows , completed his job with a knife . As he held the first head up and made the customary announcement , the crowd reacted with horror and fled . A different reaction was seen in 1820 , when amidst more social unrest five men involved in the Cato Street Conspiracy were hanged and beheaded at Newgate Prison . Although the beheading was performed by a surgeon , following the usual proclamation the crowd was angry enough to force the executioners to find safety behind the prison walls . The plot was the last crime for which the sentence was applied .
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In January 1906 , Morton , as league president , called a meeting of the Ohio – Pennsylvania League . According to Sporting Life , representatives of the clubs were scheduled to meet at Zanesville 's Hotel Rogge on January 16 . " Assurances have been received that representatives from Akron , Youngstown , Zanesville , Newark , Lancaster , Mansfield , New Castle , East Liverpool , Steubenville and Erie , Pa . , will be present " , the paper reported , " and from there an eight or ten club circuit will probably be formed , with McKeesport , Butler and Ashtabula as applicants also " . ( The league eventually formed an eight @-@ team circuit that included teams from Akron , Lancaster , Mansfield , Newark , New Castle , Sharon , Youngstown and Zanesville . ) The paper also noted that William J. Maloney , the center fielder for the Ohio Works club during the previous season , would sign a contract and serve as team captain . Among others , Hogan announced the " engagement " of Utah @-@ born pitcher Roy Castleton . The Ohio Works team opened the 1906 season with 16 players , three of whom had been part of the club during the 1905 season . According to Sporting Life , Hogan predicted the club would win the pennant at the close of the upcoming season . He expressed confidence in a lineup that included Maloney of Bradford , Kentucky ; Will M. Thomas of Morristown , Pennsylvania ; Tommy Thomas of Piqua , Ohio ; Fohl of Allegheny , Pennsylvania ; Schettler of Pittsburgh ; " Dotty " Freck of Columbus , Ohio ; A. C. McClintock of Columbus ; Castleton of Salt Lake City ; Lewis Groh of Rochester , New York ; John Kennedy of Youngstown , Charles Crouse of Detroit ; Roy Chase of Andover , Ohio ; Forrester J. <unk> of Garrettsville , Pennsylvania ; Schwartz of Cleveland ; and Roy Gould of Middlesex , Pennsylvania . Indeed , in 1906 , the Ohio Works team took the league championship once again , with an 84 – 53 record , while new player Roy Castleton gained national recognition by pitching a perfect game against a rival club in Akron . On October 1 , 1906 , Hogan and members of the Ohio Works team were honored at a banquet held at the Elks ' Club in downtown Youngstown . Sporting Life reported that the keynote address was delivered by Father M. T. Kinkead , " who declared himself a fan of Sunday baseball playing " . The article added that Hogan " was presented with a ring and each player was given a pair of gold cuff link inscribed ' O. & P. Champs 1906 ' " . On October 6 , 1906 , Sporting Life summarized the league 's most recent season , reporting that the Ohio Works team had " held the lead continually after the first months of the season and at one time threatened a walkover " .
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On 27 January 1915 , Colonel Martin announced that the 5th Light Infantry was to be transferred to Hong Kong for further garrison duties , replacing another Indian regiment . However , rumours were circulated among the sepoys that they might instead be sent to Europe or to Turkey to fight against their Muslim co @-@ religionists . Three Indian officers , <unk> <unk> Khan , <unk> Christi Khan , and <unk> Ali Khan , were later to be identified by a court of enquiry as key conspirators in this matter . When the final order to sail to Hong Kong aboard the Nile arrived in February 1915 , these and other ring @-@ leaders amongst the sepoys decided that it was time to rebel . On the morning of 15 February , the General Officer Commanding Singapore addressed a farewell parade of the regiment , complimenting the sepoys on their excellent turn @-@ out and referring to their departure the next day , without mentioning Hong Kong as the destination . At 3 : 30 pm on the afternoon of the same day , four Rajput companies of the eight companies making up the 5th Light Infantry and 100 men of the Malay States Guides Mule Battery mutinied . The mostly Pathan sepoys of the remaining four companies did not join the mutiny , but scattered in confusion . Two British officers of the regiment were killed as they attempted to restore order . The mutineers divided themselves into three groups . A party of 100 went to obtain ammunition from Tanglin Barracks , where 309 Germans , including crew members from the German light cruiser SMS Emden , had been interned by the British . The mutineers fired on the camp guards and officers without warning , killing ten British guards , three Johore troops present in the camp and one German internee . Amongst the dead were 2nd Lieutenant J. Love @-@ Montgomerie , Rifles ; Sergeant G. Wald , ( Reserve ) Engineers ; Corporal D. McGilvray , Rifles ; Corporal G.O. Lawson , Cyclist Scouts ; Lance Corporal <unk> Harper , Rifles ; Private B.C. Cameron , Rifles ; Private F.S. Drysdale , Rifles ; Private <unk> Holt , Rifles and Stoker 1c CF Anscombe , HMS Cadmus . Three British and one German were wounded , but survived the attack , as did eight Royal Army Medical Corps personnel in the camp hospital , including one who managed to escape under heavy fire to raise the alarm . The mutineers tried to persuade the Germans to join them , but many of the latter were shaken by the sudden violence and reluctant to do so . Some German sailors and reservists wanted to join with the mutineers , but the majority adopted a neutral stance , refusing to accept rifles from the Indians . Thirty @-@ five Germans escaped but the rest remained in the barracks .
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Through late 1967 and early 1968 , Barrett 's behaviour became increasingly erratic and unpredictable , partly as a consequence of his reported heavy use of psychedelic drugs , most prominently LSD . There is also much speculation that he suffered from schizophrenia . Once described as joyful , friendly , and extroverted , he became increasingly depressed and socially withdrawn , and experienced hallucinations , disorganized speech , memory lapses , intense mood swings , and periods of catatonia . Although the changes began gradually , he went missing for a long weekend and , according to several friends including Rick Wright , came back " a completely different person . " One of the striking features of his change was the development of a blank , empty , dead @-@ eyed stare ( referred to in Pink Floyd 's " Shine on You Crazy Diamond " with the line " now there 's a look in your eye like black holes in the sky " ) . He was unable to recognize old friends that he had known for years , and often did not know where he was . At one point , while on a tour of the city of Los Angeles , Barrett is said to have exclaimed , " gee , it sure is nice to be in Las Vegas ! " Many reports described him on stage , strumming one chord through the entire concert , or not playing at all . At a show at The Fillmore in San Francisco , during a performance of " Interstellar Overdrive " , Barrett slowly detuned his guitar . The audience seemed to enjoy such antics , unaware of the rest of the band 's consternation . Interviewed on Pat Boone 's show during this tour , Syd 's reply to Boone 's questions was a " blank and totally mute stare , " according to Nick Mason , " Syd wasn 't into moving his lips that day . " Barrett exhibited similar behaviour during the band 's first appearance on Dick Clark 's popular TV show American Bandstand . Although surviving footage of this appearance shows Barrett miming his parts of the song competently , during a group interview afterwards , when asked two questions by Clark , Barrett 's answers were terse , almost to the point of rudeness ( though , Clark noted , they had been flying non @-@ stop from London to Los Angeles ) . During this time , Barrett would often forget to bring his guitar to sessions , damage equipment and occasionally was unable to hold his pick . Before a performance in late 1967 , Barrett reportedly crushed <unk> <unk> tablets and an entire tube of Brylcreem into his hair , which subsequently melted down his face under the heat of the stage lighting , making him look like " a <unk> candle " . Nick Mason later disputed the <unk> portion of this story , stating that " Syd would never waste good <unk> " .
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Motor vehicles are a threat to localised populations of non @-@ abundant Tasmanian mammals , and a 2010 study showed that devils were particularly vulnerable . A study of nine species , mostly marsupials of a similar size , showed that devils were more difficult for drivers to detect and thus avoid . At high beam , devils had the lowest detection distance , 40 % closer than the median . This requires a 20 % reduction in speed for a motorist to avoid the devil . For low beam , the devils are the seventh worst in terms of detection distance , 16 % below the median . For avoidance of roadkill to be feasible , motorists would have to drive at around half the current speed limit in rural areas . A study in the 1990s on a localised population of devils in a national park in Tasmania recorded a halving of the population after a hitherto gravel access road was upgraded , surfaced with bitumen and widened . At the same time , there was a large increase in deaths caused by vehicles along the new road ; there had been none in the preceding six months . The vast majority of deaths occurred in the sealed portion of the road , believed to be due to an increase in speeds . It was also conjectured that the animals were harder to see against the dark bitumen instead of the light gravel . The devil and quoll are especially vulnerable as they often try to retrieve roadkill for food and travel along the road . To alleviate the problem , traffic slowing measures , man @-@ made pathways that offer alternative routes for devils , education campaigns , and the installation of light reflectors to indicate oncoming vehicles have been implemented . They are credited with decreases in roadkill . Devils have often been victims of roadkill when they are retrieving other roadkill . Work by scientist Menna Jones and a group of conservation volunteers to remove dead animals from the road resulted in a significant reduction in devil traffic deaths . It was estimated that 3 @,@ 392 devils , or between 3 @.@ 8 and 5 @.@ 7 % of the population , were being killed annually by vehicles in 2001 – 04 . In 2009 , the Save the Tasmanian Devil group launched the " Roadkill Project " , which allowed members of the public to report sightings of devils which had been killed on the road . On 25 September 2015 , 20 immunised devils were microchipped and released in Narawntapu National Park . By 5 October , 4 had been hit by cars , prompting Samantha Fox , leader of Save the Tasmanian Devil , to describe roadkill as being the biggest threat to the Tasmanian devil after DFTD . A series of solar @-@ powered alarms have been trialled that make noises and flash lights when cars are approaching , warning the animals . The trial ran for 18 months and the trial area had two @-@ thirds less deaths than the control .
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The following year , in 1909 , Hogan relocated to Lancaster , Pennsylvania , where he replaced local ball club manager Clarence " Pop " Foster , who had managed the Red Roses since 1907 . Once Hogan signed a contract , Foster moved on to lead another club in Trenton , New Jersey . The Lancaster team 's momentum escalated during the 1909 season , and in July of that year , Sporting Life reported that the Red Roses club was drawing positive attention . " The fast pace at which the Lancaster bunch has been going lately has been the talk of the league " , the paper stated . " Marty Hogan was not given much consideration as a pennant aspirant when the season opened , but the plucky Red Roses manager has been ' sawing wood ' and not talking " . Indeed , by the close of the 1909 season , the Lancaster Red Roses had worked up a 75 – 39 record , seizing the championship of the Tri @-@ State League . As Spalding 's Baseball Guide ( 1910 ) reported : " Lancaster , under manager Marty Hogan , won its first pennant in the league , and the top rung of the ladder was only gained by the hardest kind of fighting " . Sporting Life indicated that Hogan was confident of the outcome early in the season . " After his return from the first trip around the circuit " , wrote reporter G. H. Hartley , " Marty said to your correspondent that he saw nothing in the league that was better than his team " . Hartley noted that , on the closing day of the season , Hogan accepted the Farnsworth Cup , " the Tri @-@ State trophy " , on behalf of his team . " Between the first and second innings the [ Lancaster ] players presented Manager Marty Hogan with a beautiful silver set and a silver loving cup " , he added . The inscribed silver cup reportedly left Hogan " so surprised that he was unable to respond " . On September 7 , 1909 , one day after the contest , the Reading Eagle stated , " A great crowd witnessed the final game , in which Hogan 's gallant band trimmed the Trenton wanderers " . The newspaper added , " The real enthusiasm was awakened , however , by the floating of the championship pennant , awarded by a Phila . [ sic ] paper " . A key participant in the team 's successful performance was a young pitcher named Stan Coveleski , who went on to post a record of 53 wins and 38 losses during his three seasons with Lancaster . He made his professional debut with the Philadelphia Athletics three seasons later . Indeed , the Ogden Standard had praised Hogan as a " live wire " back in February 1909 , when he " grabbed up the three brothers of Harry Coveleski of the Phillies , and had them all sign contracts " . Highlights of the season may have included an exhibition game with the Philadelphia Phillies , which was scheduled to be held in Lancaster on April 2 , 1909 .
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In 2013 , Palmetto Family , a conservative South Carolina group affiliated with Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council , challenged the inclusion of Fun Home as a reading selection for incoming freshmen at the College of Charleston . Palmetto Family president Oran Smith called the book " pornographic " . Bechdel disputed this , saying that pornography is designed to cause sexual arousal , which is not the purpose of her book . College provost George <unk> and associate provost Lynne Ford defended the choice of Fun Home , pointing out that its themes of identity are especially appropriate for college freshmen . However , seven months later , the Republican @-@ led South Carolina House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee cut the college 's funding by $ 52 @,@ 000 , the cost of the summer reading program , to punish the college for selecting Fun Home . Rep. Garry Smith , who proposed the cuts , said that in choosing Fun Home the university was " promoting the gay and lesbian lifestyle " . Rep. Stephen Goldfinch , another supporter of the cuts , said , " This book trampled on freedom of conservatives . ... Teaching with this book , and the pictures , goes too far . " Bechdel called the funding cut " sad and absurd " and pointed out that Fun Home " is after all about the toll that this sort of small @-@ mindedness takes on people 's lives . " The full state House of Representatives subsequently voted to retain the cuts . College of Charleston students and faculty reacted with dismay and protests to the proposed cuts , and the college 's Student Government Association unanimously passed a resolution urging that the funding be restored . A coalition of ten free @-@ speech organizations wrote a letter to the South Carolina Senate Finance Committee , urging them to restore the funds and warning them that " [ p ] <unk> state educational institutions financially simply because members of the legislature disapprove of specific elements of the educational program is educationally unsound and constitutionally suspect " . The letter was co @-@ signed by the National Coalition Against Censorship , the ACLU of South Carolina , the American Association of University Professors , the Modern Language Association , the Association of College and Research Libraries , the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression , the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund , the Association of American Publishers , the National Council of Teachers of English and the American Library Association . After a nearly week @-@ long debate in which Fun Home and Bechdel were compared to slavery , Charles Manson and Adolf Hitler , the state Senate voted to restore the funding , but redirect the funds towards study of the United States Constitution and The Federalist Papers ; the university was also required to provide alternate books to students who object to an assignment due to a " religious , moral or cultural belief " . Governor Nikki Haley approved the budget measure penalizing the university .
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Before the formation lap , Rosberg appeared to have an issue with his car , when he stopped at the end of pit lane on the way to the start grid . However , his mechanics were able to rectify the problem , described by Niki Lauda as " a glitch " , and he made it to the grid . With everyone starting on the super @-@ soft tyre compound , a race with two pit stops was expected for most drivers . At the start , all drivers at the front of the field held their positions , while further back , Nico Hülkenberg , who had a good start , and Sergio Pérez nearly collided while fighting for position . Max Verstappen 's Toro Rosso <unk> stalled on the grid and was pushed back to the pits , only to start his race shortly after , more than one lap down on the leaders . Vettel was able to build a gap to Ricciardo behind him quickly , leading the Red Bull by three seconds after the first lap . Fernando Alonso , who had enjoyed a decent start to move up into eleventh , came under pressure from Sainz by lap four , followed by Grosjean , who lost places at the start because he had to move around the stationary Verstappen . While Vettel 's lead was about five seconds on lap five , Verstappen <unk> himself by lap six and posted fast lap times . Meanwhile , Nico Rosberg held off the two Williams cars of Bottas and Massa , while Lewis Hamilton in front was able to move clear of the pack fighting for sixth place . Kimi Räikkönen in third place was held at a distance by Ricciardo , trailing him by 1 @.@ 6 seconds on lap nine . A lap later , Grosjean became the first driver to pit . More cars came in on lap eleven , leading to heavy traffic that prevented Sainz and Alonso from leaving their pit boxes , costing time . Alonso emerged from pit lane ahead of Grosjean , who moved past him into thirteenth . Felipe Massa had a slow stop of 4 @.@ 8 seconds when he pitted at the end of lap 13 . When he emerged from pit lane , Nico Hülkenberg was approaching on the racing line . Both drivers collided , with Hülkenberg being catapulted off Massa 's front right tyre , causing him to retire from the race . A Virtual Safety Car period ensued , that saw all drivers pit that had not done so before . Since Kvyat had pitted shortly before the safety car was deployed , both Mercedes cars were able to move in front of him , leaving Kvyat in sixth place . Jenson Button 's stop took a long time , dropping him to 16th place . By lap 16 , the virtual was replaced by the actual safety car , which stayed out until the end of lap 18 .
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It was whispered in society that Rasputin had seduced not only the Tsarina but also the four Grand Duchesses . Rasputin had released ardent , though by all accounts completely innocent in nature , letters written by the Tsarina and the four grand duchesses to him . They circulated throughout society , fueling rumors . Pornographic cartoons circulated depicting Rasputin having relations with the empress , with her four daughters and Anna Vyrubova nude in the background . Nicholas ordered Rasputin to leave St. Petersburg for a time , much to Alexandra 's displeasure , and Rasputin went on a pilgrimage to Palestine . Despite the rumors , the imperial family 's association with Rasputin continued until Rasputin was murdered on December 17 , 1916 . " Our Friend is so contented with our girlies , says they have gone through heavy ' courses ' for their age and their souls have much developed " , Alexandra wrote to Nicholas on December 6 , 1916 , a few weeks before Rasputin was killed . However , as she grew older , Olga was less inclined to see Rasputin as her friend and was more aware of how his friendship with her parents affected the stability of her country . Olga wrote in her diary the day after the murder that she suspected Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia , her first cousin once removed and the man she had at one time been expected to marry , was the murderer of " Father Grigory . " Dmitri and Felix Yussupov , the husband of her first cousin Princess Irina of Russia , were among the murderers . In his memoirs , A. A. Mordvinov reported that the four grand duchesses appeared " cold and visibly terribly upset " by Rasputin 's death and sat " huddled up closely together " on a sofa in one of their bedrooms on the night they received the news . Mordvinov reported that the young women were in a gloomy mood and seemed to sense the political upheaval that was about to be unleashed . Rasputin was buried with an icon signed on the reverse side by Olga , her sisters and mother . However , Olga was the only member of the family who did not attend Rasputin 's funeral , according to the diary of her first cousin once removed Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia . According to the memoirs of Valentina Ivanovna Chebotareva , a woman who nursed with Olga during World War I , Olga said in February 1917 , about a month after the murder , that while it might have been necessary for Rasputin to be killed , it should never have been done " so terribly . " She was ashamed that the murderers were her relatives . After Olga and her sisters had been killed , the Bolsheviks found that each was wearing an amulet bearing Rasputin 's image and a prayer around their necks .
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Following a three @-@ year absence from the big screen , Gosling starred in five movies in 2010 and 2011 . " I ’ ve never had more energy , ” Gosling has said . “ I ’ m more excited to make films than I used to be . I used to kind of dread it . It was so emotional and taxing . But I ’ ve found a way to have fun while doing it . And I think that translates into the films . ” He has also spoken of feeling depressed when not working . In 2010 , he co @-@ starred with Michelle Williams in Derek Cianfrance 's directorial debut , the marital drama Blue Valentine . The low @-@ budget film was mainly improvised and Gosling has said " you had to remind yourself you were making a film " . Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle felt he " brings a preternatural understanding of people to his performance " while A.O. Scott of The New York Times found him " convincing as the run @-@ down , desperate , older Dean , and maybe a bit less so as the younger version " . Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly noted that he " plays Dean as a snarky working @-@ class hipster , but when his anger is unleashed , the performance turns powerful . " However , Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe felt the performance was an example of " <unk> misdirected " . He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama . The film was a box office success , grossing over $ 12 million worldwide from a production budget of $ 1 million . Gosling 's second on @-@ screen appearance of 2010 was in the mystery film All Good Things with Kirsten Dunst , based on a true story . He played the role of New York real @-@ estate heir Robert Durst , who was investigated for the disappearance of his wife ( played by Dunst ) . Gosling found the filming process to be a " dark experience " and did not undertake any promotional duties for the film . When asked if he was proud of the film , he replied , " I 'm proud of what Kirsten does in the movie . " Peter Travers of Rolling Stone felt he " gets so deep into character you can feel his nerve endings . " Mick La Salle of the San Francisco Chronicle found the " chameleonic Gosling is completely convincing as this empty shell of a man " . Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times felt that the film belonged to Dunst , but noted that Gosling " is good too " . The film grossed $ 644 @,@ 535 worldwide . Also in 2010 , Gosling narrated and produced <unk> , a documentary that explores the cynicism in today ’ s youth towards social and political causes .
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Subjective volition Passion is that which sets men in activity , that which effects " practical " realization . The Idea is the inner spring of action ; the State is the actually existing , realized moral life . For it is the Unity of the universal , essential Will , with that of the individual ; and this is “ Morality . " The Individual living in this unity has a moral " life ; possesses a value that consists in this substantiality alone . Sophocles in his Antigone , says , " The divine commands are not of yesterday , nor of to @-@ day ; no , they have an infinite existence , and no one could say whence they came . " The laws of morality are not accidental , but are the essentially Rational . It is the very object of the State that what is essential in the practical activity of men , and in their dispositions , should be duly recognized ; that it should have a manifest existence , and maintain its position . It is the absolute interest of Reason that this moral Whole should exist ; and herein lies the justification and merit of heroes who have founded states , however rude these may have been . In the history of the World , only those peoples can come under our notice which form a state . For it must be understood that this latter is the realization of Freedom , i.e. of the absolute final aim , and that it exists for its own sake . It must further be understood that all the worth which the human being possesses all spiritual reality , he possesses only through the State . For his spiritual reality consists in this , that his own essence Reason is objectively present to him , that it possesses objective immediate existence for him . Thus only is he fully conscious ; thus only is he a <unk> of morality of a just and moral social and political life . For Truth is the Unity of the universal and subjective Will ; and the Universal is to be found in the State , in its laws , its universal and rational arrangements . The State is the Divine Idea as it exists on Earth . We have in it , therefore , the object of History in a more definite shape than before ; that in which Freedom obtains objectivity , and lives in the enjoyment of this objectivity . For Law is the objectivity of Spirit ; volition in its true form . Only that will which obeys law , is free ; for it obeys itself ; it is independent and so free . When the State or our country constitutes a community of existence ; when the subjective will of man submits to laws , the contradiction between Liberty and Necessity vanishes . The Rational has necessary existence , as being the reality and substance of things , and we are free in recognizing it as law , and following it as the substance of our own being . The objective and the subjective will are then reconciled , and present one identical homogeneous whole .
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In 2000 , Henry was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) to improve his conditioning and wrestling skills . In OVW , he teamed with Nick Dinsmore to compete in a tournament for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship in mid @-@ 2001 . Later that year , Henry 's mother died , causing him to go on hiatus from wrestling . He felt he had to compete in the " Super Bowl of weight lifting " — the Arnold Strongman Classic — in honor of his mother , who gave him his first weight set when he was a child . Four months prior to the contest , Henry began lifting the heaviest of weights and trained for the first time since 1997 for a major lifting competition . He had never been a professional strongman before , but in the coming contest he was to face the very best of the best of professional strongmen , such as the # 1 ranked strongman in the world , and defending World 's Strongest Man competition winner of 2001 Svend Karlsen , World 's Strongest Man winner of 2006 Phil Pfister , World Powerlifting Champion of 2001 and equipped deadlift world record holder Andy Bolton , World Muscle Power Champion , Olympic weightlifting Champion <unk> <unk> , and reigning America 's Strongest Man of 2001 Brian <unk> . Then on 22 , February 2002 in Columbus , Ohio the competition , consisting of four events , designed to determine the lifter with the greatest overall body power , began . Henry surprised everybody when he won the first event , setting a world record in the process by lifting the Apollon 's Axle three times overhead . Only three men in history had ever been able to press it at all . By <unk> 885 lbs for two reps in the second event and easily pushing a 5 @.@ 000 + lbs Hummer with nearly flat tires in the third event , Henry kept his lead continuously throughout the competition and never gave it up again . In the final " Farmer 's Walk " <unk> Henry quickly carried the roughly 850 lbs of railroad ties up an incline , winning the whole competition convincingly to capture the winning prize — a US $ 75 @,@ 000 Hummer , a vacation cruise and <unk> $ cash . Since Mark had only trained for four months and defeated the crème @-@ de @-@ là @-@ crème of worldwide strongmen , who had been practicing for years , his win was a shock for strongman experts worldwide , but remained basically unnoticed by the wrestling audience . Henry proved to be worthy of the title " World 's Strongest Man " not only by winning the contest , but also by achieving it in record time . By doing so he was again seen as the legit " strongest man in the world " by many lifting experts for a second time since 1996 .
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The newspaper 's influence grew during 1870 – 1 when it published a series of exposés on William <unk> ( " Boss " ) Tweed , leader of the city 's Democratic Party — popularly known as " Tammany Hall " ( from its early 19th Century meeting headquarters ) — that led to the end of the " Tweed Ring 's " domination of New York 's City Hall . In the 1880s , The New York Times transitioned gradually from editorially supporting Republican Party candidates to becoming more politically independent and analytical . In 1884 , the paper supported Democrat Grover Cleveland ( former Mayor of Buffalo and Governor of New York State ) in his first presidential campaign . While this move cost The New York Times ' readership among its more progressive and Republican readers , the paper eventually regained most of its lost ground within a few years and slowly acquired a reputation for even @-@ handedness and accurate modern reporting , especially by the 1890s under the guidance of its new owner and publisher , Adolph Ochs of Chattanooga , Tennessee . The New York Times was acquired by Ochs , publisher of the Chattanooga Times , in 1896 . The following year , he coined the paper 's slogan , " All The News That 's Fit To Print " , which has since been printed in a box in the upper left hand corner of the front page ; this was a jab at competing papers such as Joseph Pulitzer 's New York World and William Randolph Hearst 's New York Journal which were now being known for a lurid , sensationalist and often inaccurate reporting of facts and opinions known by the end of the century as " yellow journalism " . Under Ochs ' guidance , continuing and expanding upon the Henry Raymond tradition , ( which were from the era of James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald which predated Pulitzer and Hearst 's arrival in New York ) , The New York Times achieved international scope , circulation , and reputation . In 1904 , The New York Times received the first on @-@ the @-@ spot wireless telegraph transmission from a naval battle , a report of the destruction of the Imperial Russian Navy 's Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Port Arthur in the Straits of Tsushima off the eastern coast of Korea in the Yellow Sea in the western Pacific Ocean after just sailing across the globe from Europe from the press @-@ boat <unk> during the Russo @-@ Japanese War ( one of the most important and history @-@ changing naval battles in history ) . In 1910 , the first air delivery of The New York Times to Philadelphia began . The New York Times ' first trans @-@ Atlantic delivery by air to London occurred in 1919 by dirigible . In 1920 , a " 4 A.M. Airplane Edition " was sent by plane to Chicago so it could be in the hands of Republican convention delegates by evening .
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The origins of Madras Presidency lay in the village of Madraspatnam which was obtained in 1640 . This was followed by Fort St David which was acquired in 1690 . Chingleput district , known as the " <unk> " of Chingleput , obtained in 1763 , was the first district in the Madras Presidency . Salem and Malabar districts were obtained from Tipu Sultan in 1792 as per the Treaty of Seringapatam and Coimbatore and Kanara districts after the Fourth Mysore War in 1799 . The territories of the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom were constituted as a separate district in 1799 . In 1800 , the districts of Bellary and Cuddapah were created out of the territory ceded by the Nizam of Hyderabad . In 1801 , the districts of North Arcot , South Arcot , Nellore , Trichinopoly , Madura and Tinnevely were created out of the territories of the erstwhile Carnatic kingdom . Trichinopoly district was made a sub @-@ division of Tanjore district in June 1805 and remained so till August 1808 when its status as a separate district was restored . The districts of Rajahmundry ( <unk> ) , Masulipatnam and Guntur were created in 1823 . These three districts were reorganised in 1859 into two – the Godavari and Kistna districts . Godavari district was further bifurcated into East and West Godavari districts in 1925 . The Kurnool kingdom was annexed in 1839 and was constituted as a separate district of the Madras Presidency . For administrative convenience , the district of Kanara was split into North and South Kanara in 1859 . North Kanara was transferred to Bombay Presidency in 1862 . Between 1859 – 60 and 1870 , the districts of Madras and Chingleput were put together into a single district . A separate Nilgiris district was carved out of Coimbatore district in 1868 . As of 1908 , Madras Presidency was made up of 24 districts each administered by a District Collector who was from the Indian Civil Service . The districts were sometimes sub @-@ divided into divisions each under a Deputy Collector . The divisions were further sub @-@ divided into taluks and union panchayats or village committees . Agencies were sometimes created in British India out of volatile , rebellion @-@ prone areas of the Presidency . The two important agencies in the Madras Presidency were the Vizagapatam Hill Tracts Agency which was subject to the District Collector of Vizagapatam and the Ganjam Hill Tracts Agency subject to the District Collector of Ganjam . In 1936 , the districts of Ganjam and Vizagapatam ( including the Vizagapatam and the Ganjam agencies ) were partitioned between Madras and the newly created province of Orissa .
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For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while a prisoner of war during the period of October 29 , 1963 to September 26 , 1965 in the Republic of Vietnam . While accompanying a Civilian Irregular Defense Group patrol engaged in combat operations in Thoi Binh District , An Xuyen Province , Republic of Vietnam on October 29 , 1963 , Captain Versace and the CIDG assault force were caught in an ambush from intense mortar , automatic weapons , and small arms fire from elements of a reinforced enemy Main Force battalion . As the battle raged , Captain Versace fought valiantly and encouraged his CIDG patrol to return fire against overwhelming enemy forces . He provided covering fire from an exposed position to enable friendly forces to withdraw from the killing zone when it was apparent that their position would be overrun , and was severely wounded in the knee and back from automatic weapons fire and shrapnel . He stubbornly resisted capture with the last full measure of his strength and ammunition . Taken prisoner by the Viet Cong , he demonstrated exceptional leadership and resolute adherence to the tenets of the Code of Conduct from the time he entered into a prisoner of war status . Captain Versace assumed command of his fellow American prisoners , and despite being kept locked in irons in an isolation box , raised their morale by singing messages to popular songs of the day , and leaving inspiring messages at the latrine . Within three weeks of captivity , and despite the severity of his untreated wounds , he attempted the first of four escape attempts by dragging himself on his hands and knees out of the camp through dense swamp and forbidding vegetation to freedom . Crawling at a very slow pace due to his weakened condition , the guards quickly discovered him outside the camp and recaptured him . Captain Versace scorned the enemy 's exhaustive interrogation and indoctrination efforts , and inspired his fellow prisoners to resist to the best of their ability . When he used his Vietnamese language skills to protest improper treatment of the American prisoners by the guards , he was put into leg irons and gagged to keep his protestations out of earshot of the other American prisoners in the camp . The last time that any of his fellow prisoners heard from him , Captain Versace was singing God Bless America at the top of his voice from his isolation box . Unable to break his indomitable will , his faith in God , and his trust in the United States of America and his fellow prisoners , Captain Versace was executed by the Viet Cong on September 26 , 1965 . Captain <unk> extraordinary heroism , self @-@ sacrifice , and personal bravery involving conspicuous risk of life above and beyond the call of duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Army , and reflect great credit to himself and the U.S. Armed Forces .
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Construction began in April 1963 on his Brawner Building ( 888 17th Street NW ) , a 12 @-@ story office building on Farragut Square which incorporated dark bronze panels and solarized windows much as his 1234 19th Street building had . By the late 1960s , it was one of his best @-@ known designs . In January 1964 , Koubek designed what was then the D.C. metropolitan region 's tallest office building , the 19 @-@ story steel @-@ and @-@ black glass clad Barlow Building ( <unk> Wisconsin Avenue ) . In August , the Freed family commissioned him to build the eight @-@ story Chatham Apartments , the first high @-@ rise , medium @-@ income apartment building to be constructed among the two @-@ story Georgian @-@ style townhouses that comprised the 125 acres ( 51 ha ) Buckingham Historic District . His first major D.C. residential structure was a nine @-@ story apartment building ( now turned to condominiums ) at 1800 R Street NW , which opened in October 1964 . In April 1965 , construction began on the seven @-@ story 1325 Massachusetts Avenue NW , a Modernist building with broad horizontal swaths of grey brick and glass . ( The structure was home to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in 2011 . ) Another major office building , 1200 17th Street , NW ( at the time , the headquarters of the American Psychological Association ) , opened in October 1965 . It was a neo @-@ Brutalist structure featuring repetitive polished concrete panels and deeply recessed rectangular windows , and one of the first high @-@ rise office buildings on the downtown business district portion of Connecticut Avenue . That same year his 18 @-@ story Ross Building ( now known as <unk> Plaza ) in Richmond , Virginia , opened — the first high @-@ rise built in the city since 1928 , and the first glass @-@ curtain wall building constructed in the city . Koubek was also lead architect for and an investor in a syndicate ( " Reservation Eleven Associates " ) which designed a new United States Department of Labor ( DOL ) building at 2nd Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW in 1966 . The group proposed an arrangement in which it would construct the building , lease it to the federal government for 30 years , and then donate it to the government . Congress , cutting back on construction funds as well as interested in the build / lease / donate proposal , refused to appropriate funds for the DOL structure . Eventually , however , Koubek 's syndicate lost the commission , and a new DOL building ( jointly designed by the firm of Brooks , Barr , Graeber & White and the firm of Pitts , Mebane , Phelps & White ) was completed in 1974 .
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In December 1941 and January 1942 , Chetniks under Dangić 's command co @-@ operated with the Germans in eastern Bosnia . Between December 1941 and April 1942 , Dangić engaged in direct negotiations with the Germans . During the latter half of December he met with Abwehr representatives numerous times in an effort to reach an agreement with them . In January 1942 , Dangić and other Chetnik leaders met with Renzo Dalmazzo , the commander of the Italian 6th Army Corps . By this time , Dangić 's cooperation with the Germans came to be seen as being even more valuable because of the arrival of Tito and his First Proletarian Brigade to eastern Bosnia . The Germans and Croats launched Operation Southeast Croatia on 17 January . Dangić and Todorović advised other Chetnik commanders that the operation was targeted at the Partisans , and there was no need for the Chetniks to get involved . Following this , their units withdrew from their positions on the front line , let the Germans pass through their areas , or went home . Many withdrew across the Drina river into the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia to avoid being engaged . On 22 January , Dangić ordered his own troops to permit the Germans to pass through Bosnia , saying " they are advancing peacefully and minding their own business without disturbing our unfortunate and long @-@ suffering people . " He urged Chetniks and Serbs to annihilate the Ustaše , Croats and Communists . Within a few days , the Germans and Croats succeeded in pushing the Partisans out of eastern Bosnia and southward into the Italian @-@ occupied zone of the NDH . The Chetnik actions in response to Operation Southeast Croatia severely weakened Partisan defences with the result that they suffered significant casualties and lost a great deal of territory . The result was the severing of any remaining cooperative links that remained between the Chetniks and Partisans in eastern Bosnia . In the same month Dangić 's staff declared that the Partisans " are led by the Kike Moša Pijade , the Turk <unk> <unk> , the Magyar Franjo Vajnert , and that so @-@ and @-@ so Petar Ilić whose real name nobody knows [ emphasis in the original ] " and announced the shared goal of the Partisans and Ustaše was " to break up and destroy Serbdom . That , and that alone ! [ emphasis in the original ] " . In February , Dangić and other former Royal Yugoslav Army officers re @-@ entered eastern Bosnia from the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , where some of them had withdrawn to avoid Operation Southeast Croatia . They started to re @-@ form Chetnik units in eastern Bosnia and began agitating against the Partisans on a " conservative , Serb @-@ nationalist and anti @-@ Muslim basis . "
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The most profitable furs were those of sea otters , especially the northern sea otter , Enhydra lutris <unk> , which inhabited the coastal waters between the Columbia River in the south to the Aleutian Islands in the north . The sea otter was the most hunted during the Maritime Fur Trade during the 17th and 18th centuries . Sea otters possess a thicker fur than any other mammal , and the sea otter 's habit of grooming their coat prevents molting . The reason for their exploitation was due to this ' dark [ thick ] and silver tipped fur ' . The <unk> and demand in fashion of sea otter pelts in China was one of the reasons why it was hunted to the point of disappearance . These mammals of the Pacific are currently ' listed as Threatened under the Canadian Species at Risk Act ' . Sea otter distribution extends from the north of Japan all the way to the vicinity of Cedros Island , Mexico . The species stayed approximately within the arc of the Northern Pacific until the pressure of the maritime trade forced them to move north . The start of their decline with the first Russian expeditions in this region . Aleut hunters were the providers of the skins to the Russians ; the former became ' the main purveyor of prime otter skins to Russian traders and American adventurers ' . Before the exploitation of these mammals , their population ranged from 150 @,@ 000 to 300 @,@ 000 . Sea otters are ' slow breeders , only one sometimes two pups [ are ] being born at a time ' which does not help the population when being pursued . The Chinese sought this mammal 's fur due to its great commercial value and its ' prime coat ' all year long . The pelt was used by the wealthy Chinese as clothing decoration ( robe trimming ) and the Russians used it as an ornamental piece . The other furs that were sent to Europe and America were changed to ' coat collars or hats ' . Due to this great demand and worth of the sea otters pelt , the Russian @-@ America Company ( RAC ) annual expenses was around 1000 @,@ 000 rubles each year and profited over 500 @,@ 000 rubles per year . The fur of the Californian southern sea otter , E. l. nereis , was less highly prized and thus less profitable . After the northern sea otter was hunted to local extinction , maritime fur traders shifted to California until the southern sea otter was likewise nearly extinct . The British and American maritime fur traders took their furs to the Chinese port of Guangzhou ( Canton ) , where they worked within the established Canton system . Furs from Russian America were mostly sold to China via the Mongolian trading town of Kyakhta , which had been opened to Russian trade by the 1727 Treaty of Kyakhta .
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Broccoli earned permission to film in the Fort Knox area with the help of his friend , Lt. Colonel Charles Russhon . To shoot Pussy Galore 's Flying Circus gassing the soldiers , the pilots were only allowed to fly above 3 @,@ 000 feet . Hamilton recalled this was " hopeless " , so they flew at about 500 feet , " and the military went absolutely ape " . The scenes of people fainting involved the same set of soldiers moving to different locations . For security reasons , the filmmakers were not allowed to film inside the United States Bullion Depository , although exterior photography was permitted . All sets for the interiors of the building were designed and built from scratch at Pinewood Studios . The filmmakers had no clue as to what the interior of the depository looked like , so Ken Adam 's imagination provided the idea of gold stacked upon gold behind iron bars . Adam later told UK daily newspaper The Guardian : " No one was allowed in Fort Knox but because [ producer ] Cubby Broccoli had some good connections and the Kennedys loved Ian Fleming 's books I was allowed to fly over it once . It was quite frightening - they had machine guns on the roof . I was also allowed to drive around the perimeter but if you got out of the car there was a loudspeaker warning you to keep away . There was not a chance of going in it , and I was delighted because I knew from going to the Bank of England vaults that gold isn 't stacked very high and it 's all underwhelming . It gave me the chance to show the biggest gold repository in the world as I imagined it , with gold going up to heaven . I came up with this <unk> @-@ type design . I had a big job to persuade Cubby and the director Guy Hamilton at first . " Saltzman disliked the design 's resemblance to a prison , but Hamilton liked it enough that it was built . The comptroller of Fort Knox later sent a letter to Adam and the production team , complimenting them on their imaginative depiction of the vault . United Artists even had irate letters from people wondering " how could a British film unit be allowed inside Fort Knox ? " Adam recalled , " In the end I was pleased that I wasn 't allowed into Fort Knox , because it allowed me to do whatever I wanted . " In fact , the set was deemed so realistic that Pinewood Studios had to post a 24 @-@ hour guard to keep the gold bar props from being stolen . Another element which was original was the atomic device , to which Hamilton requested the special effects crew to get inventive instead of realistic . Technician Bert Luxford described the end result as looking like an " engineering work " , with a spinning engine , a chronometer and other decorative pieces .
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The battalion arrived at the battery at 04 : 00 , where it linked up with the survivors of the pathfinder group who had been hit by the RAF raid against the battery , and began readying for an assault on the battery whilst the pathfinders marked out areas for the Bangalore torpedoes to be placed . The battalion was divided into four assault groups , one for each of the casemates of the battery , and was ready by 04 : 30 , when the gliders carrying the Royal Engineer sappers arrived over the battery . Only two arrived , one having been forced to land immediately after take @-@ off because of mechanical complications , and both were engaged by anti @-@ aircraft and machine @-@ gun fire , causing one to land fifty yards short of the battery and setting the second alight which landed 400 yards ( 370 m ) away . Otway launched the assault as soon as the first glider overshot the battery , ordering the explosives to be detonated to form two paths through the outer perimeter , through which the paratroopers attacked . The defenders were alerted by the explosions and opened fire , inflicting heavy casualties ; only four men assigned to assault Casemate Four survived long enough to reach it , which they disabled by firing into apertures and throwing grenades into air vents . The other casemates were cleared with fragmentations and white phosphorus grenades as the crews had neglected to lock the doors leading into the battery . A number of prisoners were taken by the paratroopers , and explosives were then readied to disable the artillery pieces inside the battery . However , it was discovered that the pieces were not modern 150 mm calibre weapons , but were instead Czechoslovakian First World War @-@ era 100 mm field howitzers . The paratroopers did the best with the explosives they had , using Gammon grenades to disable one gun and jamming shells into the muzzles of other guns , but the job was less than thorough , as at least one gun went back into action when the Germans later reoccupied the battery . Having completed the assault , the paratroopers gathered the German prisoners and their wounded and retreated , having no wish to remain by the battery ; the battalion possessed no radio , and if no signal were received by the light cruiser HMS Arethusa by 05 : 30 it would begin shelling the battery as a back @-@ up plan . The paratroopers had achieved their primary objective , but at a heavy cost , with fifty paratroopers dead and twenty @-@ five wounded , a casualty rate of exactly fifty percent . The battalion then attacked Le Plein , securing the village by expelling the platoon @-@ sized enemy garrison . The survivors retired to a planned rendezvous point at 05 : 30 , the battalion too understrength to achieve its other secondary objectives .
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Banksia aemula is generally a gnarled shrub or small tree to 8 m ( 26 ft ) , although usually smaller . Conversely , individual wallum banksias have been measured at 8 @.@ 3 – 12 @.@ 1 m ( 27 – 40 ft ) high , with a maximum diameter at breast height of 44 cm ( 17 in ) in forest on North Stradbroke Island . The trunk has thick orange @-@ brown wrinkled and warty bark , and the new growth is hairy but becomes smooth as it ages . New shoot growth is in spring and summer . The shiny green leaves are obovate to oblong in shape and measure 3 – 22 cm ( 1 1 ⁄ 4 – 8 3 ⁄ 4 in ) in length , and 1 – 2 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 – 3 ⁄ 4 in ) in width . The leaf ends are truncate and the margins flat and serrated . Flowering is in autumn , from March to June ; the green @-@ yellow flower spikes , known as inflorescences , are terminal , found on the ends of branches and emerging from the foliage . Measuring 4 to 20 cm ( 1 1 ⁄ 2 to 8 in ) in height and 8 to 9 cm ( 3 1 ⁄ 4 to 3 1 ⁄ 2 in ) in width , they are various shades of pale and greenish yellow . Anywhere from 800 to 1700 individual small flowers arise from a central woody spike ( or rachis ) . Initially tipped with white conical pollen presenters , the flowers open sequentially from the bottom to the top of the flower spike over one to two weeks , in a process known as sequential anthesis . Each flower produces nectar for around seven days after opening . The flower spikes turn grey as they age and up to 25 finely furred grey follicles appear , which can be very large , measuring 3 – 4 @.@ 5 cm ( 1 1 ⁄ 4 – 1 3 ⁄ 4 in ) long , 2 – 3 @.@ 5 cm ( 3 ⁄ 4 – 1 1 ⁄ 2 in ) high , and 2 – 3 @.@ 5 cm ( 3 ⁄ 4 – 1 1 ⁄ 2 in ) wide . They split open either after bushfire or spontaneously , and release oval seeds 4 – 4 @.@ 7 cm ( 1 1 ⁄ 2 – 1 3 ⁄ 4 in ) in length , composed of a wedge @-@ shaped body 1 – 1 @.@ 5 cm ( 3 ⁄ 8 – 5 ⁄ 8 in ) long and 1 @.@ 1 – 1 @.@ 6 cm ( 3 ⁄ 8 – 5 ⁄ 8 in ) wide , and curved wing 2 – 3 @.@ 2 cm ( 3 ⁄ 4 – 1 1 ⁄ 4 in ) wide . Banksia aemula resprouts from its woody lignotuber after fire .
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Mangalore is considered as an educational hub of southern India because students from all over India pursue various professional courses in and around the city adding to its cosmopolitan look and appeal . The pre @-@ collegiate medium of instruction in schools is predominantly English and Kannada , and medium of instruction in educational institutions after matriculation in colleges is English . Additionally , other media of instruction exist in Mangalore . Recently , a committee of experts constituted by the Tulu Sahitya Academy recommended the inclusion of Tulu ( in Kannada script ) as a medium of instruction in education . Schools and colleges in Mangalore are either government @-@ run or run by private trusts and individuals . The schools are affiliated with either the Karnataka State Board , Indian Certificate of Secondary Education ( ICSE ) , the Central Board for Secondary Education ( CBSE ) and the National Institute of Open Schooling ( NIOS ) boards . After completing 10 years of schooling in secondary education , students enroll in Higher Secondary School , specialising in one of the three streams – Arts , Commerce or Science . Since the 1980s , there have been a large number of professional institutions established in a variety of fields including engineering , medicine , homoeopathic medicine , dentistry , business management and hotel management . The earliest schools established in Mangalore were the Canara High School ( 1891 ) , Basel Evangelical School ( 1838 ) and Milagres School ( 1848 ) . The Kasturba Medical College established in 1953 , was India 's first private medical college . Popular educational institutions in the city are National Institute of Technology ( Karnataka ) , Srinivas Institute of Technology , Sahyadri Educational Institutions – College of Engineering & Management , Adyar , KS Hegde Medical Academy , A. J. Institute of Medical Science , Father Muller Medical College , Father Muller Homeopathic Medical College , <unk> Medical College , Srinivas Medical College , Mangalore Institute of Technology & Engineering ( <unk> ) , Bearys Institute of Technology , St. Joseph Engineering College , P.A. College of Engineering , <unk> , St. Aloysius College ( 1879 ) , Sharada Vidyalaya , Canara High School , Canara College , Canara Engineering College , <unk> College of Engineering <unk> Education foundation , Dr. M. V. Shetty Institute of Technology , <unk> College , Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Educational Institutions , Alike and Delhi Public School . A public library run by the Corporation Bank , is located at <unk> in Mangalore . Mangalore University was established on 10 September 1980 . It caters to the higher educational needs of Dakshina Kannada , Udupi and Kodagu districts and is a National Assessment and Accreditation Council ( NAAC ) accredited four @-@ star level institution .
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The canon of Wulfstan 's homiletic works is somewhat ambiguous , as it is often difficult to tell if a homily in his style was actually written by Wulfstan , or is merely the work of someone who had appreciated <unk> style and imitated it . However , throughout his episcopal career , he is believed to have written upwards of 30 sermons in Old English . The number of his Latin sermons has not yet been established . He may also have been responsible , wholly or in part , for other extant anonymous Old English sermons , for his style can be detected in a range of homiletic texts which cannot be directly attributed to him . However , as mentioned , some scholars believe that Wulfstan 's powerful rhetorical style produced imitators , whose homilies would now be difficult to distinguish from genuine <unk> homilies . Those homilies which are certainly by Wulfstan can be divided into ' blocks ' , that is by subject and theme , and in this way it can be seen that at different points in his life Wulfstan was concerned with different aspects of Christian life in England . The first ' block ' was written ca . 996 – 1002 and is concerned with eschatology , that is , the end of the world . These homilies give frequent descriptions of the coming of Antichrist and the evils that will befall the world before Christ 's Second Coming . They likely play on the anxiety that surely developed as the end of the first millennium AD approached . The second ' block ' , written around 1002 – 1008 , is concerned with the tenets of the Christian faith . The third ' block ' , written around 1008 – 1020 , concerns archiepiscopal functions . The fourth and final ' block ' , written around 1014 – 1023 , known as the " Evil Days " ' block ' , concerns the evils that befall a kingdom and people who do not live proper Christian lives . This final block contains his most famous homily , the Sermo Lupi ad Anglos , where Wulfstan rails against the deplorable customs of his time , and sees recent Viking invasions as God 's punishment of the English for their lax ways . About 1008 ( and again in a revision about 1016 ) he wrote a lengthy work which , although not strictly homiletic , summarises many of the favourite points he had hitherto expounded upon in his homilies . Titled by modern editors as the Institutes of Polity , it is a piece of ' estates literature ' which details , from the perspective of a Christian polity , the duties of each member of society , beginning with the top ( the king ) and ending at the bottom ( common folk ) .
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Languages differ widely in how much they rely on morphological processes of word formation . In some languages , for example , Chinese , there are no morphological processes , and all grammatical information is encoded syntactically by forming strings of single words . This type of morpho @-@ syntax is often called isolating , or analytic , because there is almost a full correspondence between a single word and a single aspect of meaning . Most languages have words consisting of several morphemes , but they vary in the degree to which morphemes are discrete units . In many languages , notably in most Indo @-@ European languages , single morphemes may have several distinct meanings that cannot be analyzed into smaller segments . For example , in Latin , the word bonus , or " good " , consists of the root <unk> , meaning " good " , and the suffix <unk> , which indicates masculine gender , singular number , and nominative case . These languages are called fusional languages , because several meanings may be fused into a single morpheme . The opposite of fusional languages are agglutinative languages which construct words by stringing morphemes together in chains , but with each morpheme as a discrete semantic unit . An example of such a language is Turkish , where for example , the word <unk> , or " from your houses " , consists of the morphemes , ev @-@ ler @-@ <unk> @-@ den with the meanings house @-@ plural @-@ your @-@ from . The languages that rely on morphology to the greatest extent are traditionally called polysynthetic languages . They may express the equivalent of an entire English sentence in a single word . For example , in Persian the single word <unk> means I didn 't understand it consisting of morphemes na @-@ <unk> @-@ id @-@ am @-@ esh with the meanings , " <unk> " . As another example with more complexity , in the Yupik word <unk> , which means " He had not yet said again that he was going to hunt reindeer " , the word consists of the morphemes <unk> @-@ <unk> @-@ <unk> @-@ ni @-@ <unk> @-@ <unk> @-@ <unk> with the meanings , " reindeer @-@ hunt @-@ future @-@ say @-@ negation @-@ again @-@ <unk> " , and except for the morpheme <unk> ( " reindeer " ) none of the other morphemes can appear in isolation .
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Kunti is the queen of Pandu , the king of Hastinapur and mother of the three eldest Pandavas . Kunti was daughter of the Yadava king <unk> and was adopted by the childless <unk> , king of Kunti Kingdom . By her service , she propitiated the sage Durvasa , who granted her a mantra by which she could summon a god and have a child by him . She recklessly tests the boon and invites the Sun @-@ god Surya , who grants a son named Karna , whom she abandons . In due course of time , Kunti chooses Pandu in her swayamvara . Pandu abdicates after being cursed by a sage that union with a woman will result in his death . At Pandu 's behest , Kunti uses Durvasa 's boon to mother Yudhishthira , from the god Dharma , then Bhima from the god Vayu , and thirdly Arjuna , from the god Indra . Her co @-@ wife Madri bears the twins <unk> and <unk> , from the <unk> . After the death of Pandu , Madri being cause of Pandu 's death commits sati on same pyre while Kunti returns to Hastinapur and takes care of the five Pandavas . Kunti befriends Vidura , the stepbrother of Pandu and the advisor of the king . When Kauravas , the princes of Hastinapur and the cousins of the Pandavas , try to kill Kunti and her sons , however they escape . She prevents Bhima from killing the demoness <unk> and advices him to marry her and beget a son , Ghatotkacha . She instructs her children to take care of the common people and orders Bhima to kill the demon <unk> . When Arjuna wins Draupadi , Kunti instructs the brothers to share the prize . Kunti and the Pandavas return to Hastinapur . When Pandavas are sent to 12 @-@ year exile when defeated in a game of dice by the Kauravas , Kunti stays in Vidura 's refuge . When an epic war between the Pandavas and <unk> is to ensue , Kunti reveals to Karna - now a Kaurava general - about being his mother and gets him to promise her that he will not kill any other Pandava , except Arjuna . After the war , in which the Kauravas and Karna were killed , Kunti with the parents of the Kauravas left for the forest and spent rest of her life in prayer . She was killed in a forest fire and attained heaven .
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In January 1887 Commodore Perry Owens took office as Sheriff of Apache County , Arizona . He sent two deputies to arrest Ike Clanton . Clanton had instigated the Gunfight at the OK Corral and was charged with the later ambush shooting of Virgil Earp . Wyatt Earp searched for Ike Clanton in his vendetta , but never found him - Ike move north to Apache County to continue rustling cattle and killing . Owens ' two deputies killed Ike Clanton ; Phin Clanton was arrested ; three other gang members were killed ; and the Clanton gang was done . Then Sheriff Owens turned his attention to the Blevins family , the other rustling gang in the county . In June 1887 Old Man Blevins disappeared , presumably killed by the Tewksbury faction of the Pleasant Valley War . The Blevins sons searched for their father and in August Hamp Blevins and another were killed by the Tewksbury side . So Andy Blevins ( aka Cooper ) ambushed and killed John Tewksbury and Bill Jacobs in revenge . Blevins returned to Holbrook and was heard bragging about his killings . Sheriff Owens had inherited a warrant for Andy Blevins ' ( Cooper ) arrest for horse theft so he rode to <unk> on September 2 , 1887 . Sheriff Owens had hunted buffalo for the railroad and could shoot his Winchester from the hip with great accuracy . <unk> his Winchester rifle in his arm , Sheriff Owens knocked on the Blevins ' door . Andy Blevins answered with a pistol in hand , the lawman told him to come out , that he had a warrant for arrest . Blevins refused and tried to close the door . Owens shot his rifle from his hip through the door , hitting Andy Blevins in the stomach . Andy 's half @-@ brother , John Blevins , pushed a pistol out the door to Owens ' right and fired at the Sheriff . He missed and Owens shot John Blevins in the arm , putting him out of the fight . Owens saw Andy Blevins in the window moving to shoot back . Owens shot through the wall , striking Andy in the right hip - he died that night . Mose Roberts , boarding with the family , jumped out of a side window with a pistol . Sheriff Owens shot him through his back and chest , killing him . Fifteen @-@ year @-@ old Samuel Houston Blevins ran out the front door , with his brother 's revolver , and yelled " I 'll get him . " His mother ran out after him . Owens shot and Sam fell backward , dying in his mother 's arms . The shootout took less than one minute and made Owens a legend . In eight months Sheriff Owens had rid Apache County of two notorious gangs of rustlers and killers .
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The defeat at Ardabil was a major shock to the Muslims , who for the first time faced an enemy penetrating so deep within the borders of the Caliphate , and Caliph Hisham appointed the veteran military leader Sa 'id ibn Amr al @-@ Harashi to take command against the Khazars . Although the forces he could muster immediately ( including refugees from Ardabil who had to be paid ten gold dinars to be persuaded to fight ) were small , Sa 'id managed to recover Akhlat on Lake Van . From there he moved northeast to Bardha 'a and south again to relieve the siege of Warthan . Near <unk> Sa 'id came upon a 10 @,@ 000 @-@ strong Khazar army , which he defeated , killing most of the Khazars , and rescuing the prisoners they had with them . The surviving Khazars fled north , with Sa 'id in pursuit . Despite this success , Sa 'id was relieved of his command in early 731 and even imprisoned for a while as a result of the jealousy of Maslama , whom Hisham re @-@ appointed as governor of Armenia and Adharbayjan . Maslama came to the Caucasus with many Jaziran troops and took to the offensive . He restored the provinces of Albania to Muslim allegiance through exemplary punishment of those who resisted his advance , and reached Derbent , where he found a Khazar garrison . Bypassing the fortress , Maslama advanced north , following the retreating Khazars . Although the details of this campaign in the sources may be confused with that of 728 , it appears that he took <unk> , Balanjar , and Samandar before being forced to retreat again after a confrontation with the khagan himself , in which Barjik was reportedly killed and the khagan wounded . The Khazars shadowed Maslama 's march south and attacked him near Derbent , but the Arab army dug a trench and defeated them . Taking advantage of his victory , Maslama evicted the Khazars from Derbent by poisoning their water supply and re @-@ founded the city as a military colony , garrisoning it with 24 @,@ 000 mostly Syrian troops . After that he returned with the rest of his army ( mostly the favoured Jaziran and <unk> contingents ) south of the Caucasus for the winter , while the Khazars re @-@ occupied their abandoned towns . Despite the capture of Derbent , Maslama 's record was apparently unsatisfactory for Hisham , who replaced his brother in March 732 with Marwan ibn Muhammad , who would later reign as the last Umayyad caliph in 744 – 750 .
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The Avon then flows through Bathford , where it is joined by the <unk> River , and Bathampton where it passes under the Bathampton Toll Bridge , joined by the Lam Brook at Lambridge in Bath and then it passes under Cleveland and Pulteney Bridges and over the weir . Cleveland Bridge was built in 1826 by William Hazledine , owner of the Coalbrookdale Ironworks , with Henry Goodridge as the architect , on the site of a Roman ferry crossing . Named after the 3rd Duke of Cleveland , it spans the River Avon at Bathwick , and enabled further development of Georgian Bath to take place on the south side of the river . It was designed by architect Henry Goodridge to take the traffic of his day , horse @-@ drawn vehicles and pedestrians , and was constructed using Bath Stone and a cast iron arched span . Pulteney Bridge was completed in 1773 and is designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building . The bridge was designed by Robert Adam , whose working drawings are preserved in the Sir John Soane 's Museum , and is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across the full span on both sides . It is named after Frances Pulteney , heiress in 1767 of the Bathwick estate across the river from Bath . Pulteney approached the brothers Robert and James Adam with his new town in mind , but Robert Adam then became involved in the design of the bridge . In his hands the simple construction envisaged by Pulteney became an elegant structure lined with shops . Adam had visited both Florence and Venice , where he would have seen the Ponte Vecchio and the Ponte di Rialto . But Adam 's design more closely followed Andrea Palladio 's rejected design for the Rialto . Pulteney Bridge stood for less than 20 years in the form that Adam created . In 1792 alterations to enlarge the shops marred the elegance of the façades . Floods in 1799 and 1800 wrecked the north side of the bridge , which had been constructed with inadequate support . It was rebuilt by John Pinch the elder , surveyor to the Pulteney estate , in a less ambitious version of Adam 's design . 19th century shopkeepers altered windows , or cantilevered out over the river as the fancy took them . The western end pavilion on the south side was demolished in 1903 for road widening and its replacement was not an exact match . In 1936 the bridge became scheduled as a national monument , with plans being made for the restoration of the original façade . The restoration was completed in time for the Festival of Britain in 1951 , with further work being carried out in 1975 . Bath and North East Somerset council have discussed plans to ban vehicles from the bridge and turn it into a pedestrianised zone , however it remains open to buses and taxis .
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The reviews for Lights and Sounds were mostly mixed upon release , particularly from mainstream media , but some critics have stated that the album had fallen well short of the standards of Ocean Avenue , the album 's predecessor . Kelefa Sanneh of the New York Times , in review of the album , wrote : " To listeners on either side of rock 's latest generational divide , there 's a big difference -- the difference of a decade -- between being a loser and being a twerp ... Lights and Sounds is Yellowcard 's attempt to split that difference . " Sanneh reports that the song " Two Weeks from Twenty " , one of the band 's anti @-@ war song , " sounds suspiciously like Green Day ; the lyrics echo the plot of the video for Green Day 's ' Wake Me Up When September Ends ' . " Despite this , Sanneh goes on to say that Yellowcard is still " pretty good " at " writing sweeping , upbeat punk @-@ rock love songs " . Ben <unk> of Kent News wrote : " One thing is certain : The Yellowcard you grew to know and love circa Ocean Avenue is no longer with us . The band has vastly matured when compared to past records , but it comes at a price – members forgot what made them occasionally catchy and addictive in the first place . It 's clearly the right direction for the band , but Yellowcard needs to further refine its new style before it can come up with something above average . " Mike Schiller of PopMatters , who was somewhat displeased with the album , wrote that the album does not " make up for the overabundance of flaccid mediocrity on display throughout most of the album " . Schiller went on to say , " Lights and Sounds may be Yellowcard ’ s attempt at a big , serious album , but the band doesn ’ t sound even remotely ready . " Nick Cowen from Drowned in Sound wrote : " Those who register for Pop @-@ Punk 101 will receive Yellowcard ’ s Lights And Sounds as their first set @-@ work ; the Jacksonville quintet 's new album would be the perfect teaching aid , as it 's technically proficient while being boring and forgettable enough not to inspire the temptation to plagiarise . " Cowen concluded that the album " is a substandard , second @-@ tier album with some strings thrown in for good measure . It 's really not worth the money in your wallet – even if that wallet is attached to a very long chain . " Now magazine claimed that the band " may be in the right place , it 's clear they 're simply incapable of realizing this clumsy faux magnum opus . "
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Geophysical and geological information indicate that the Adriatic Sea and the Po Valley are associated with a tectonic microplate — identified as the Apulian or Adriatic Plate — that separated from the African Plate during the Mesozoic era . This separation began in the Middle and Late Triassic , when limestone began to be deposited in the area . Between the Norian and Late Cretaceous , the Adriatic and Apulia Carbonate Platforms formed as a thick series of carbonate sediments ( dolomites and limestones ) , up to 8 @,@ 000 metres ( 26 @,@ 000 ft ) deep . Remnants of the former are found in the Adriatic Sea , as well as in the southern Alps and the Dinaric Alps , and remnants of the latter are seen as the Gargano Promontory and the <unk> mountain . In the Eocene and early Oligocene , the plate moved north and north @-@ east , contributing to the Alpine orogeny ( along with the African and Eurasian Plates ' movements ) via the tectonic uplift of the Dinarides and Alps . In the Late Oligocene , the motion was reversed and the Apennine Mountains ' orogeny took place . An unbroken zone of increased seismic activity borders the Adriatic Sea , with a belt of thrust faults generally oriented in the northeast – southwest direction on the east coast and the northeast – southwest normal faults in the Apennines , indicating an Adriatic counterclockwise rotation . An active 200 @-@ kilometre ( 120 mi ) fault has been identified to the northwest of Dubrovnik , adding to the Dalmatian islands as the Eurasian Plate slides over the Adriatic microplate . Furthermore , the fault causes the Apennine peninsula 's southern tip to move towards the opposite shore by about 0 @.@ 4 centimetres ( 0 @.@ 16 in ) per year . If this movement continues , the seafloor will be completely consumed and the Adriatic Sea closed off in 50 – 70 million years . In the Northern Adriatic , the coast of the Gulf of Trieste and western Istria is gradually subsiding , having sunk about 1 @.@ 5 metres ( 4 ft 11 in ) in the past two thousand years . In the Middle Adriatic Basin , there is evidence of Permian volcanism in the area of <unk> on the island of Vis and the volcanic islands of Jabuka and <unk> . Earthquakes have been observed in the region since the earliest historical records . A recent strong earthquake in the region was the 1979 Montenegro earthquake , measuring 7 @.@ 0 on the Richter scale . Historical earthquakes in the area include the 1627 Gargano peninsula and the 1667 Dubrovnik earthquakes , both followed by strong tsunamis . In the last 600 years , fifteen tsunamis have occurred in the Adriatic Sea .
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The 1992 Hooters 500 , the final race of the 1992 season , is considered one of the most eventful races in NASCAR history . It was the final race for Richard Petty and the first for Jeff Gordon . Six drivers were close enough in the points standings to win the championship that day . Allison led second @-@ place Kulwicki by 30 points , Bill Elliott by 40 , Harry Gant by 97 , and Kyle Petty by 98 and needed to finish sixth or better to clinch the championship . Kulwicki received approval from NASCAR and Ford to change the " Thunderbird " lettering on his bumper for the race to " <unk> " because he felt like the underdog in the contention for the championship . During Kulwicki 's first pit stop , the first gear in the car 's transmission broke . Andrews said , " We had to leave pit road in fourth gear , because we had broken metal parts in there , and only by leaving it in fourth are you not going to move metal around as much . We could only hope that the loose piece of metal didn 't get in there and break the gears in half . We had three or four pit stops after it broke . I held my breath all day long . " Allison was racing in sixth place , closely behind Ernie Irvan , when Irvan 's tire blew with 73 ( of 328 ) laps left in the event . As a result , Allison ran into the side of Irvan 's spinning car and his car was too damaged to continue . Kulwicki and Elliott were left to duel for the title . While leading late in the race , Andrews calculated the exact lap for his final pit stop so that Kulwicki would be guaranteed to lead the most laps and would gain five bonus points . Kulwicki made his final pit stop only after leading enough laps to guarantee the bonus points . To save time , the pit crew did a fuel @-@ only pit stop . Not changing tires allowed them to be available to push the car to prevent it from stalling , since the car had to start moving in a higher gear . Because the team 's fuel man hurried to add the gasoline during the quick stop , he did not add the desired amount into the tank . As a result , Kulwicki had to conserve fuel to ensure that his car was still running at the end of the race . Elliott won the race and Kulwicki stretched his fuel to finish second . Kulwicki won the 1992 Winston Cup Championship by maintaining his 10 @-@ point lead over Elliott . He celebrated the championship with his second Polish victory lap . Always conscious of his appearance for potential sponsors , Kulwicki combed his hair , making a national television audience wait for him to emerge from his car .
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The sixth aspect of the Six Paths , the Deva Path ( <unk> , <unk> ) , provides five known abilities based on gravitation . The first is Almighty Push ( <unk> , Shinra Tensei , lit . " Heavenly Subjugation of the <unk> God " ) , which uses the user 's body as the epicenter of gravity and pushes away any technique of any force through gravity manipulation , though it has a five @-@ second limit after each use . It can be used for a large @-@ scale effect by placing a titanic gravity over a large area and blowing them ; in this case it can be used to destroy an entire village - at the cost of shortening the user 's lifespan and being unable to use it for several minutes . The second is Universal Pull ( <unk> , <unk> Ten 'in , lit . " Heavenly Attraction of All Creation " ) , a companion of Almighty Push and also manipulates gravity , but instead of pushing force , it pulls all things towards a center point . It also has the same five second limit , though it is unknown whether it can be used for a large @-@ scale effect . The third ability is Planetary Devastation ( <unk> , <unk> Tensei , lit . " Heavenly Body Bursts from the Earth " ) , which musters a large amount of user 's chakra to release a small black orb of energy with intense gravitational pull , enough to uproot trees and destroy mountains , that compacts any thing caught in its pull into an extraterrestrial body that serves to encase whoever is trapped within it . Hagoromo used this technique to seal the Gedo Statue with the moon created as a result . The fourth ability is Shattered Heaven ( <unk> , <unk> Shinsei , lit . " Heavenly Obstacle Quaking Star " ) , which pulls down double meteors to the Earth . The fifth ability is Limbo : <unk> ( <unk> ・ <unk> , <unk> : <unk> , lit . " Wheel Grave : Limbo " ) , which sends as many as five shadowed duplicates of the user to an invisible world known as the Limbo ( <unk> , <unk> , lit . " Wheel Grave " ) . The shadow can attack in accordance with the user , capable of blowing all nine Tailed Beasts at once . It is normally undetectable by people without Rinnegan , however , Naruto is able to sense its presence after receiving some of Hagoromo 's power . Despite being invisible , the shadows can be bound , and if they expire , all damage they sustained are transferred to their user .
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In early 1997 , Warner Bros. approached cult filmmaker and comic book writer Kevin Smith , who had then just finished writing Superman Lives , to script a Green Lantern film . Smith turned down the offer , believing there were more suitable candidates to make a Green Lantern film . At one point Quentin Tarantino was offered the chance to write and direct . Warner also considered the property as an action comedy ; by 2004 , Robert Smigel had completed a script which was set to star Jack Black in the lead role . However , the studio dropped the comedy idea following poor fan reaction from the Internet . David S. Goyer was offered the chance to write and direct either a Green Lantern or Flash film after Warner Bros. was impressed with his screenplay for Batman Begins , but he opted to direct the latter . Actor @-@ writer Corey Reynolds , a comic book fan of the John Stewart character , pitched Warner an idea for a trilogy , with him starring as John Stewart and performing screenwriting duties . Reynolds intended to introduce Hal Jordan , the Green Lantern Corps and Justice League in possible sequels . He finished the script for Green Lantern : Birth of a Hero in June 2007 , receiving positive feedback from Warner Bros. with a potential 2010 release date . However , the studio abandoned Reynolds ' concept , and in October 2007 , Greg Berlanti signed to direct the film and co @-@ write it with comic @-@ book writers Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim . A draft of the trio 's 2008 script , leaked on the Internet , revealed a story that included the hero 's origin and included the characters Carol Ferris , Kilowog , Sinestro , and Guy Gardner in a cameo appearance , and appeared " to set up Hector Hammond as Hal Jordan 's ... first major nemesis .... " Shortly afterward , Guggenheim said that the script would contain characterizations inspired by the Denny O 'Neil @-@ Neal Adams run on the comic in the 1970s , and Dave Gibbons ' work in the early 1980s . He added that he and his co @-@ writers also looked to the 2000s Geoff Johns stories , saying , " It ’ s been interesting because we finished a draft just before [ Johns ' ] ' Secret Origin ' [ story arc ] started up . " So I ’ ve been reading ' Secret Origin ' with a real interest in seeing ' OK , how did Geoff solve this problem ? ' There are certain elements just for anyone trying to retell Hal ’ s origin for a modern day audience has to address and grapple with . For example , why the hell was Abin [ Sur ] flying in a space ship when he 's a Green Lantern ? You don 't ask that question back in the Silver Age , but when you 're writing in the Modern Age , you have to answer these things . "
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As the once great Indian Ocean maritime power of the Chola dynasty in medieval India had waned and declined , Chinese sailors and seafarers began to increase their own maritime activity in South East Asia and into the Indian Ocean . Even during the earlier Northern Song period , when it was written in Tamil inscriptions under the reign of Rajendra Chola I that Srivijaya had been completely taken in 1025 by Chola 's naval strength , the succeeding king of Srivijaya managed to send tribute to the Chinese Northern Song court in 1028 . Much later , in 1077 , the Indian Chola ruler Kulothunga Chola I ( who the Chinese called Ti @-@ <unk> @-@ kia @-@ lo ) sent a trade embassy to the court of Emperor Shenzong of Song , and made lucrative profits in selling goods to China . There were other tributary payers from other regions of the world as well . The Fatimid @-@ era Egyptian sea captain <unk> traveled to a Buddhist site of pilgrimage in Shandong in 1008 , where he presented the Chinese Emperor Zhenzong of Song with gifts from his ruling Imam Al @-@ Hakim bi @-@ Amr Allah , establishing diplomatic relations between Egypt and China that had been lost during the collapse of the Tang dynasty in 907 ( while the Fatimid state was established three years later in 910 ) . During the Northern Song , Quanzhou was already a bustling port of call visited by a plethora of different foreigners , from Muslim Arabs , Persians , Egyptians , Hindu Indians , Middle @-@ Eastern Jews , Nestorian Christians from the Near East , etc . Muslims from foreign nations dominated the import and export industry ( see Islam during the Song dynasty ) . To regulate this enormous commercial center , in 1087 the Northern Song government established an office in Quanzhou for the sole purpose of handling maritime affairs and commercial transactions . In this multicultural environment there were many opportunities for subjects in the empire of foreign descent , such as the ( Arab or Persian ) Muslim Pu Shougeng , the Commissioner of Merchant Shipping for Quanzhou between 1250 and 1275 . Pu Shougeng had gained his reputable position by helping the Chinese destroy pirate forces that plagued the area , and so was lavished with gifts and appraisal from Chinese merchants and officials . Quanzhou soon rivaled Guangzhou ( the greatest maritime port of the earlier Tang dynasty ) as a major trading center during the late Northern Song . However , Guangzhou had not fully lost its importance . The medieval Arab maritime captain Abu Himyarite from Yemen toured Guangzhou in 993 , and was an avid visitor to China . There were other notable international seaports in China during the Song period as well , including Xiamen ( or Amoy ) .
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In the North Pacific , they feed on euphausiids in the genera Euphausia , Thysanoessa , and Nyctiphanes , large copepods in the genus Neocalanus , small schooling fish ( e.g. the genera Engraulis , Mallotus , Clupea , and <unk> ) , and squid . Based on stomach content analysis of over 19 @,@ 500 fin whales caught by the Japanese whaling fleet in the North Pacific from 1952 to 1971 , 64 @.@ 1 % contained only krill , 25 @.@ 5 % copepods , 5 @.@ 0 % fish , 3 @.@ 4 % krill and copepods and 1 @.@ 7 % squid . <unk> ( 1959 ) analysed the stomach contents of about 7500 fin whales caught in the northern North Pacific and Bering Sea from 1952 to 1958 , found that they mainly preyed on euphausiids around the Aleutian Islands and in the Gulf of Alaska and schooling fish in the northern Bering Sea and off Kamchatka . In the northern Bering Sea ( north of 58 ° N ) , their main prey species were capelin ( Mallotus villosus ) , Alaska pollock ( <unk> <unk> ) and Pacific herring ( Clupea pallasii ) ; they also consumed saffron cod ( <unk> gracilis ) . Arctic krill ( Thysanoessa raschii ) was the only species of euphausiid found in the stomachs of fin whales in the northern Bering Sea . Off Kamchatka , they appeared to primarily feed on herring . They also took large quantities of the copepod Neocalanus cristatus around the Aleutian Islands and in <unk> Bay off northeast Kamchatka , areas where the species was abundant . Five species of euphausiid ( Euphausia pacifica , Thysanoessa spinifera , T. inermis , T. raschii , and T. longipes ) were the predominant prey around the Aleutian Islands and in the Gulf of Alaska . Prey varied by region in the Kuril Islands area , with euphausiids ( T. longipes , T. inermis , and T. raschii ) and copepods ( Neocalanus <unk> and N. cristatus ) being the main prey in the northern area and Japanese flying squid ( Todarodes pacificus pacificus ) and small schooling fish ( e.g. Pacific saury , <unk> saira ; and Japanese anchovy , Engraulis japonicus ) dominating the diet in the southern area .
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Burrell became the Phillies ' longest tenured player in 2007 with the departure of Lieberthal via free agency . He hit only one home run in April but had a .292 batting average . On April 6 , he homered and had four RBI ( including the game @-@ winner ) in an 8 – 2 victory over Florida . He began to slump after April , batting <unk> over the next two months . Once again , Manuel began benching him , using Greg Dobbs , Jayson Werth , or Michael Bourn in left field . On May 11 , Burrell hit two home runs and had five RBI in a 7 – 2 victory over the Cubs . Werth was injured at the end of June , however , and Burrell reclaimed his starting job by batting .435 in July , with six home runs and 22 RBI . From July 1 through the end of the season , he batted .300 with 22 home runs and 65 RBI , starting the final 75 games of the season for the Phillies in left field . On July 14 , he had four RBI in a 10 – 4 victory over St. Louis . Three days later , Burrell hit his 200th career home run in a 15 – 3 victory over the Dodgers . He had a 14 @-@ game hitting streak from July 22 to August 5 , tying his career high . On August 17 , in an 11 – 8 victory over the Pirates , Burrell got his 1,000th career hit , a two @-@ run home run . At the end of August , the Phillies faced the Mets , whom they trailed in the NL East by six games , for a four @-@ game series . In the first game of the series , on August 27 , Burrell hit a game @-@ winning two @-@ run home run in a 9 – 2 victory . Two days later , in the third game of the series , he hit a solo home run and had a sacrifice fly ( the game @-@ winning RBI ) against Óliver Pérez in a 3 – 2 victory . He hit two home runs in the fourth and final game of the series as the Phillies won 11 – 10 to sweep the Mets . On September 21 , his two @-@ run home run against Shawn Hill provided the game @-@ winning RBI in a 6 – 3 victory over Washington . Burrell finished the 2007 regular season batting .256 with 30 home runs , 97 RBI , and 114 walks ( a career high ) in 155 games . Burrell , Ryan Howard , and Jimmy Rollins became the second trio of Phillies with 30 or more home runs ( and the first since 1929 ) . On defense , he led major league outfielders in errors , with 10 , and his <unk> fielding percentage was the lowest among left fielders .
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Dark Angel returned to Japan on March 4 , 2012 , to take part in Io Shirai 's fifth anniversary event , which saw her and Shirai defeat Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi in the main event . A week later , Dark Angel made her debut for World Wonder Ring Stardom , during which she affiliated herself with Io Shirai 's Planet stable . In a six @-@ woman tag team match , which celebrated Dark Angel 's ten @-@ year anniversary in professional wrestling , she , Shirai and Arisa <unk> defeated Eri Susa , Hiroyo Matsumoto and Miho Wakizawa . On July 13 , Stardom announced Dark Angel as a participant in the 5 ★ Star <unk> tournament , which ran from August 19 to September 30 . After wins over Saki Kashima , Kairi Hojo and Kyoko Kimura and a loss against Miho Wakizawa , Dark Angel headed to final day of the tournament at the top of her round @-@ robin block , however , a loss to Natsuki ☆ <unk> meant that she missed advancing to the finals of the tournament . In Dark Angel 's final match of the tour on October 3 , she and Io Shirai wrestled Miho Wakizawa and Nanae Takahashi to a twenty @-@ minute time limit draw . Dark Angel was scheduled to return to Stardom on March 3 , 2013 , but due to a visa issue , she had to postpone her return until March 10 , when she , Io Shirai and Yuzuki Aikawa defeated Act Yasukawa , Natsuki ☆ <unk> and Yoshiko in a six @-@ woman tag team main event . On March 24 , Dark Angel entered a four @-@ woman tournament to determine the number one contender to the World of Stardom Championship . After defeating Hiroyo Matsumoto in the semi @-@ finals , she was defeated by Io Shirai in the finals . On April 29 at Ryōgoku Cinderella , Dark Angel defeated Act Yasukawa to win the vacant Wonder of Stardom Championship . Dark Angel made her first successful defense of the title on May 19 against Miho Wakizawa . On June 2 , she made another successful title defense against <unk> . Dark Angel returned to Stardom on August 17 to make her third successful title defense against Takumi <unk> . From August 25 to September 23 , Dark Angel took part in 5 ★ Star <unk> , where she finished with a record of two wins and three losses , failing to qualify for the finals . On November 4 at Stardom 's 100th event , Dark Angel lost the Wonder of Stardom Championship to Act Yasukawa in her fourth title defense .
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The invasion of the Soviet Union began on 22 June 1941 . II . Gruppe flew its first missions on the Eastern Front shortly before 04 : 00 , flying low attacks against Soviet airfields in the vicinity of Lvov , now Lviv in Ukraine . At 06 : 30 the Gruppe fought its first aerial battles . 4 . Staffel claimed three victories and the Gruppenstab four . One of these victories was credited to Gollob , who claimed a Polikarpov I @-@ 16 fighter shot down at 07 : 00 . On 25 June , II . Gruppe claimed 17 victories , 6 of which were credited to 4 . Staffel . The Staffel engaged Ilyushin DB @-@ 3 bombers escorted by I @-@ 16 " <unk> " on a free chase mission west of Lutsk . The Soviet bombers targeted the German advance roads from Hrubieszów through Volodymyr @-@ Volynskyi to Lusk . Gollob was credited with two victories over DB @-@ 3s in this encounter . On 26 June 1941 , Gruppenkommandeur Keller was killed in a mid @-@ air collision . The next day , Gollop succeeded Keller in this position and turned over command of 4 . Staffel to Oberleutnant Karl Faust . In the beginning of July 1941 , the front in the vicinity of the northern sector of Heeresgruppe Süd became increasingly fluid . This necessitated the relocation of II . Gruppe to Volodymyr @-@ Volynskyi . By this time the war of attrition had reduced the Gruppe to 50 percent of its authorized strength . One reason for this was the almost complete lack of new aircraft or of engines and other spare parts . Another factor was overwork of the ground crews and signs of exhaustion were apparent . Flying combat air patrols over Berdychiv and Zhytomyr on 1 July , II . Gruppe claimed four victories . On this day at 19 : 42 , Gollob claimed his tenth aerial victory over a Petlyakov Pe @-@ 2 light bomber . The following day , the Gruppe claimed 23 aerial victories for the loss of one in combat . The first victory of the day was claimed by Gollob who shot down a <unk> @-@ 19 — a German alias for the Polikarpov I @-@ 17 fighter , possibly a misidentified Mikoyan @-@ Gurevich MiG @-@ 1 or Mikoyan @-@ Gurevich MiG @-@ 3 — at 05 : 52 in the morning . On another mission that day , he claimed two Vultee V @-@ 11 attack aircraft shot down at 11 : 30 and 11 : 43 .
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When the Avars resumed their operations with a large invasion in autumn 597 , they appear to have caught Priscus , who was probably operating with his army at the eastern Stara Planina , off guard . They advanced quickly , and even managed to bottle up and besiege Priscus and his men at the port of Tomi , until the approach of a freshly raised army under Comentiolus forced them to abandon the siege on Easter day , 30 March 588 . Priscus , however , remained strangely inactive , and Comentiolus 's inexperienced army was routed in battle . The Avars then advanced south into Thrace , forcing Maurice to garrison the Anastasian Wall to prevent an attack on Constantinople . The Avar army , however , was decimated by a plague , and a treaty was quickly concluded , whereby the Avars retreated beyond the Danube in exchange for an increased annual tribute of 120 @,@ 000 solidi . The Byzantines used the time to regroup their forces , and in the summer of 599 , two armies under Priscus and Comentiolus headed west along the Danube . At Viminacium , Comentiolus fell ill and Priscus assumed sole command of the campaign . His army crossed the river , and fought three successive battles over ten days . These battles were won by the Byzantines , who , according to the account of Theophylact Simocatta , killed 28 @,@ 000 barbarians in total , including some of the sons of the khagan . Priscus pursued the fleeing khagan and invaded the Avar homeland in Pannonia . There , a fourth battle was fought near the river Tisza , which was also won by the Byzantines . On the very next day , Priscus dispatched a reconnaissance force across the river , which attacked three Gepid settlements by surprise . According to Simocatta , 30 @,@ 000 were killed and many were taken captive . Nineteen days later , another great battle was fought by the Tisza , which ended in a decisive Byzantine victory : the Avars and especially their Slavic allies suffered greatly , and Priscus took 3 @,@ 000 Avars , 8 @,@ 000 Slavs , and 6 @,@ 200 other barbarians captive , who were sent south as slaves . Maurice , who had not yet realized the extent of his army 's victory , ordered their release as a gesture of goodwill to the khagan . Nevertheless , Priscus 's campaign was a remarkable act of aggressive defence . In the words of Michael Whitby , the main modern expert on Maurice 's reign , it was " without parallel in the sixth century " for the Danube frontier , and which essentially decided the war for Byzantium .
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Urquhart decided to land Brigadier Gerald Lathbury 's 1st Parachute Brigade and Brigadier " Pip " Hicks ' 1st Airlanding Brigade on the first day of the operation . The Airlanding Brigade plus 1st Airlanding Light Regiment , Royal Artillery , Royal Engineer and medical units and Divisional HQ would land on LZs ' S ' and ' Z ' and move to secure the drop zones and landing zones for the following days drops , whilst the three battalions of the parachute brigade would arrive at DZ ' X ' and follow three separate routes into Arnhem to secure the bridges . The 2nd Battalion — under the command of Lt. Col. John Frost — would follow the riverside roads to the centre of Arnhem ( codenamed the Lion route ) and secure the main road and railway bridges , as well as a pontoon bridge between the two . The 3rd Battalion of Lt. Col. Fitch would head through Oosterbeek to Arnhem ( Tiger route ) , assist in the capture of the road bridge and take up positions in the east of the town . Lt. Col. Dobie 's 1st Battalion would follow Leopard route north of the railway line to occupy high ground north and north west of Arnhem . The whole advance would be led by a troop of Reconnaissance jeeps from the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron , under Major Frederick Gough on Leopard who would attempt a coup de main on the road bridge . On the second day , Brigadier " Shan " Hackett 's 4th Parachute Brigade would arrive at DZ ' Y ' , accompanied by extra artillery units and remaining elements of the Airlanding Brigade on LZ ' X ' . Hackett 's three battalions would then reinforce the positions north and north west of Arnhem . On the third day , the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade would be dropped south of the river at DZ ' K ' . Using the road bridge , they would reinforce the perimeter east of Arnhem , linking up with their own artillery who would be flown in by glider to LZ ' L ' . 1st Airlanding Brigade would fall back to cover Oosterbeek on the western side of the perimeter and 1st Parachute Brigade would fall back to cover the southern side of the bridges . Once XXX Corps had arrived and advanced beyond the bridgehead , the 52nd ( Lowland ) Infantry Division would be flown into Deelen airfield to support the ground forces north of the Rhine . The remaining units of the division would follow XXX Corps on land in what was known as the sea tail . The whole operation would be re @-@ supplied by daily flights by No 's . 38 and 46 Group RAF who would make the first drop on LZ ' L ' on day 2 , and subsequent drops on DZ ' V ' .
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On August 23 , a moderate tropical storm developed 200 miles ( 323 km ) east of Sint Maarten . Operationally , the system was treated as an easterly wave until it moved through the Bahamas . It is believed that the system originated near the Cape Verde islands . On August 24 , the tropical storm passed north of the Leeward Islands and San Juan , Puerto Rico , and then strengthened to a minimal hurricane with 75 mph ( 120 km / h ) winds on August 25 . Subsequently , it strengthened rapidly , and the cyclone was noted as " well developed " when it passed near Nassau with 115 mph ( 185 km / h ) winds on the morning of August 26 . At the time , it was the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir @-@ Simpson Hurricane Scale . The storm strengthened further over the Gulf Stream , and it moved ashore over the city of West Palm Beach as a strong Category 4 hurricane around 7 : 20 p.m. EDT . The city 's airport reported calm conditions from 7 : 20 – 7 : 40 p.m. , and the minimum central pressure of 954 mbar ( 28 @.@ 18 inHg ) was measured at the site . Peak gusts were recorded at 125 mph ( 205 km / h ) before the anemometer blew away . A maximum sustained wind of 153 mph ( 246 km / h ) was reported from the Jupiter Inlet Light station prior to the loss of the anemometer ; although conditions were slightly more severe after the reading , reliable estimates are unavailable . The Atlantic hurricane database lists the cyclone as a strong Category 4 hurricane at landfall . The wind reading is the basis for the Category 4 designation in the Atlantic hurricane database , although a reduction from the anemometer 's elevated location lends credence to the concept of a weaker system . Originally , the system was designated as a Category 3 hurricane in the state of Florida , based on the minimum central pressure reading of 954 mbar ( 28 @.@ 18 inHg ) ; this pressure corresponds to the original classification of a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir @-@ Simpson Hurricane Scale . However , modern analysis applies Saffir @-@ Simpson rankings based on maximum sustained wind speeds . The 1949 Florida hurricane will be eventually reanalyzed by the Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project , which may find a weaker hurricane in Florida . The central pressure of 954 mbar ( 28 @.@ 18 inHg ) is unusually high for a strong Category 4 hurricane ; the reanalysis project has discovered that hurricanes erroneously featured stronger winds than the typical pressure / wind relationship in the 1940s – 1960s , unlike subsequent hurricanes in the 1970s – 1980s . The evidence suggests wind speeds may have been overestimated for hurricanes in the 1940s – 1960s .
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Mehmed sent messengers in all directions to assemble an army , ' in which in numbers and armaments must have been equal to that which he had employed on the siege of Constantinople . ' On April 26 or May 17 , 1462 , the sultan moved with his army from Constantinople with the objective of conquering Wallachia and annexing the land to his empire . The Sultan himself wrote in a letter addressed to one of his grand viziers , that he took 150 @,@ 000 men with him . The Greek historian <unk> Chalkokondyles wrote of Mehmed 's army as " huge , second in size only to the one that this sultan had led against Constantinople . " He estimated the force at 250 @,@ 000 , while the Turkish historian <unk> Bey mentioned 300 @,@ 000 . The same numbers were put by an anonymous Italian chronicle found in Verona , believed to have been written by a certain merchant named Cristoforo <unk> . A letter of a Leonardo Tocco to Francesco I Sforza , duke of Milan , wrote that Mehmed had recruited 400 @,@ 000 men from Rumelia and Anatolia , with 40 @,@ 000 being <unk> of bridges armed with axes . Another point is the one given by Venetian envoy at Buda , <unk> , who mentioned a regular force of 60 @,@ 000 and some 30 @,@ 000 irregulars . These consisted of the janissaries ( the elite troops ) ; infantry soldiers ; <unk> ( the feudal cavalry ) ; <unk> ( the sacrificial units composed of slaves who would win their freedom if they survived ) ; <unk> ( the archers ) ; <unk> ( the custodians of the sultan 's weapons who also protected the flanks ) ; <unk> ( the pikemen ) ; <unk> ( who handled the firearms ) ; and the praetorian guard that served as the sultan 's personal bodyguards . Vlad 's half @-@ brother , Radu the Handsome , who willingly served the sultan , commanded 4 @,@ 000 horsemen . In addition to this , the Turks brought with them 120 cannon , engineers and workers that would build roads and bridges , priests of Islam ( ulema ) and muezzin , who called the troops to prayer , astrologers who consulted Mehmed and helped him make military decisions ; and women " reserved for the night pleasures of the men . " <unk> reported that the Danube shipowners were paid 300 @,@ 000 gold pieces to transport the army . In addition to this , the Ottomans used their own fleet that consisted of 25 triremes and 150 smaller vessels .
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Hinduism was the predominant religion in the presidency and practised by around 88 % of the population . The main Hindu denominations were Saivite , Vaishnavite and Lingayat . Among the Brahmins , the Smartha doctrine was quite popular . Worship of village gods was strong in the southern districts of the presidency while the mathas at Kanchi , Sringeri and Ahobilam were regarded as the centres of the Hindu faith . Of the Hindu temples , the largest and most important were the Venkateswara temple at Thirupathi , the Brihadeeswarar temple at Tanjore , the Meenakshi Amman temple at Madurai , the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam , the Krishna temple at Udupi and the <unk> temple in the princely state of Travancore . Islam was brought to the southern part of India by Arab traders although most converts were made from the 14th century onwards , when Malik Kafur conquered Madurai . Nagore was the holiest city for the Muslims of the Madras Presidency . The presidency also had one of the oldest Christian populations in India . Branches of the Syrian church , contrary to historical evidence , are popularly believed to have been instituted by St. Thomas , an apostle of Jesus Christ who visited the Malabar coast in 52 AD Christians were mainly concentrated in the Tinnevely and Malabar districts of Madras Presidency with native Christians forming over one – quarter of the total population of the princely state of Travancore . Hill tribes of the Nilgiris , Palani and Ganjam regions such as the Todas , <unk> , <unk> , <unk> and the <unk> , worshipped tribal gods and were often classified as Hindus . Until the early years of the 20th century , the Pallar , Paraiyar , <unk> , <unk> , <unk> , <unk> and <unk> Hindu communities were regarded as untouchable and were not allowed inside Hindu temples . However , along with the emancipation of Indian women and removal of social evils , untouchability was slowly eradicated through legislation and social reform . The Raja of Bobbili who served the Premier from 1932 to 1936 , appointed untouchables to temple administration boards all over the presidency . In 1939 , the Congress government of C. Rajagopalachari introduced the Temple Entry Authorization and Indemnity Act which removed all restrictions on untouchables entering Hindu temples . <unk> Thirunal of Travancore had issued a similar had earlier introduced similar legislation , the Temple Entry Proclamation at the advice of his Diwan , Sir C. P. Ramaswamy <unk> , in 1937 .
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The adult interest in the show is comparable to that of The Magic Roundabout , Tiny Toon Adventures , Rocko 's Modern Life , Animaniacs , <unk> Laboratory , The Powerpuff Girls , SpongeBob SquarePants , Yo Gabba Gabba ! , and Phineas and Ferb : older audiences appreciate jokes aimed at adult viewers and a sense of nostalgia for older cartoons and animated films . Many of the aforementioned shows had attracted college @-@ aged fans who , when Friendship Is Magic was airing , would be raising children of their own . The show references works that older viewers would recognize , such as I Love Lucy , The Benny Hill Show , X @-@ Men , 2001 : A Space Odyssey , Diamond Dogs , The Big Lebowski , The Avengers , Star Wars , and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . Most of these fans are surprised by their fondness for the show . Shaun Scotellaro , operator of Equestria Daily , one of the main fan websites for the show , said , " Honestly , if someone were to have told me I 'd be writing a pony blog seven months ago , I would have called them insane . " He commented that the spread among adults was accelerated by its presence in online gaming . Mike Fahey , an editor for the gaming website Kotaku , noted that the fandom was " building friendships among a diverse group of people that otherwise might have just sat on either side of the Internet , flinging insults at each other " . Dr. Patrick Edwards , who performed several " Brony Studies " to survey and analyze the fandom , observed that the brony fandom is unlike most other fandoms which " aren 't welcoming to people who are different " , and promote the show 's message of love and tolerance . Further interest came from the furry community , which includes a large number of animation fans . One contributor to " The Brony Study " ( below ) , Dr. Marsha Redden said that the adult fans are " a reaction to the US having been engrossed in terrorism for past ten years " in a manner similar to the Cold War , and are " tired of being afraid , tired of angst and animosity " ; the show and its fandom are outlets from those strifes . She compared the brony fandom to that of the bohemian and beatniks after World War II and of the hippies after the Vietnam War . In a similar vein , Amy Keating Rogers , one of the show 's writers , believes that the fans have come to like Friendship Is Magic due to " so much cynicism and negativity out there in so many [ other ] shows " , while the show " has such a positive message " that counters this .
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Ziggler then began feuding with John Cena after he sided with Vickie Guerrero to help defame Cena and AJ Lee by alleging they had a romantic relationship . On December 16 at TLC : Tables , Ladders and Chairs , Ziggler retained his Money in the Bank briefcase in a ladder match after AJ interfered and turned on Cena . The following night on Raw , while trying to diffuse an argument between Vickie and AJ , AJ unexpectedly kissed Ziggler , leaving him confused . Ziggler then attempted to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Big Show after Show was assaulted by Sheamus , but he was attacked by Cena before the match could start . Later , Ziggler teamed with AJ to face Cena and Vickie Guerrero , however , the match ended in a disqualification after the debuting Big E Langston attacked Cena , also starting an on @-@ screen relationship between Dolph and AJ . Ziggler ended 2012 having wrestled the second most TV / PPV matches that year with 90 ; however , he had the most TV / PPV losses with 57 . Ziggler ended his feud with Cena after losing to him on the January 7 , 2013 , episode of Raw , in a singles match and in steel cage match the following week , despite outside interference from AJ and Langston in both matches . On the January 21 episode of Raw , Ziggler won a Beat the Clock Challenge to earn the right to choose what number he can enter in the Royal Rumble match , first or second . Six days later at the Royal Rumble , Ziggler entered at number one and lasted nearly fifty minutes before being eliminated by Sheamus . During the match , Ziggler resumed his feud with the returning Chris Jericho , who Ziggler managed to eliminate . The following night on Raw , Ziggler and Jericho were placed in a " Strange Bedfellows " match against WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No ( Daniel Bryan and Kane ) . The match ended with Ziggler being chokeslammed and pinned by Kane after Jericho framed him for pushing Kane . On the February 18 episode of Raw , Ziggler was defeated by World <unk> Champion Alberto Del Rio via submission in a non @-@ title match . Afterwards , Langston attacked Del Rio and then Ziggler made a failed attempt to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase after Del Rio 's ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez ran off with it . After defeating WWE Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan and Kane in singles matches due interference from Langston , Ziggler and Langston were given a shot at their titles . The title match took place on April 7 at WrestleMania 29 , where Ziggler and Langston unsuccessfully challenged Bryan and Kane for the WWE Tag Team Championship .
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Vikram did not sign up to a film for sixty five days after the release of Sethu , to ensure that he made the right career move . Vikram spent time completing projects he had agreed to feature in before the release of Sethu and hence made a couple of appearances in the Malayalam films , Red Indians and the horror film <unk> . He also played a leading role in <unk> , a rare Tamil telefilm produced and featuring Radhika Sarathkumar , which was shot entirely in the suburbs of London . Furthermore , he also completed two Telugu films during the period ; 9 <unk> and Youth . 9 <unk> featured Vikram as the husband of the character played by Soundarya , who faces the challenges of being a surrogate mother . The film won positive reviews , with a critic mentioning that Vikram gave a " controlled performance ; while Vikram 's newfound popularity in Tamil films saw the film dubbed into Tamil soon after as <unk> <unk> , with an inserted comedy track by comedian Vivek . His next release was <unk> 's <unk> <unk> , alongside Sarath Kumar , Kushboo and <unk> , which revolved around an ordinary boy falling in love with an actress . Vikram has since mentioned his displeasure at being a part of the film , claiming that he had arguments with the director for every single shot and that " everything in that film , right from the first shot was wrong " ; the film became a failure commercially . His next film was Dhill where he played an aspiring police officer , <unk> , who tackles a corrupt policeman . To appear trim in the role of the aspiring police officer , Vikram went on a strict diet eating only fruits and drinking juice . The film opened to positive reviews with a critic from The Hindu claiming that " Vikram has the ability and potential " and that " Vikram has once again proved that his success in Sethu was not a fluke " . Dhill subsequently went on to become Vikram 's first success in the masala film genre and led the way for more such films in the same genre for him . Vikram 's portrayal of a blind folk singer in <unk> 's Kasi won him the Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award and the film also did well commercially . For the movie , he <unk> on the terrace of his beachside home in Chennai for a sunburnt look and got dizzying headaches while practising to look blind . Again , Vikram 's performance won positive reviews from critics with a reviewer describing it as an " extraordinarily detailed performance " and that " as the blind singer , he brings laughter , tears and a lump in one ’ s throat " .
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The show was mainly divided into four acts with different themes : The Circus , House of Fun ( Anything Goes ) , Freakshow – Peepshow , Electro Circ and ended with the encore . It began with " Welcome to the Circus " , a video introduction featuring Perez Hilton as Queen Elizabeth I. In the middle of the video , the cylinder screen started to rise , while Spears appeared on the video and shot Hilton with a crossbow , causing him to fall backwards onto the floor . As the video ended , Spears descended from the ceiling on a suspended platform , wearing the headdress , a ringmaster jacket , black shorts , high @-@ heeled boots and carrying a whip . She started with a performance of " Circus " , which featured acrobats taking the stage and spun on giant rings in the air . The song ended with Spears taking off her ringleader jacket to reveal the <unk> @-@ crystal corset and running into the center of the main stage , as she was surrounded by jets of smoke . She entered a golden cage , where she performed " Piece of Me " , dancing and attempting to escape from her dancers . A brief interlude followed , featuring a performance by acrobats twirling from suspended fabric , simulating a <unk> before Spears went into " Radar " which featured her pole dancing on each of the stage 's rings . The first intermezzo showcased her dancers doing a martial arts inspired dance to the <unk> remix of " Gimme More " . In the next section , Ed Alonzo took the stage and Spears played her assistant in " Ooh Ooh Baby " entering a box and being sawed in half . After she came out , she entered another box in the middle of the stage and the performance ended with Alonzo dropping the curtains and showing that Spears had escaped from it , while the top of the box exploded in a shower of sparks . At the same time , Spears reappeared with four female dancers in one of the satellite stages , dancing to " Hot as Ice " . The next song was the Co @-@ Ed Remix of " Boys " , which Spears performed wearing a military costume , while surrounded by her dancers , some of them riding bicycles . At the end of the song she performed a military drill with her male dancers before moving into " If U Seek Amy " , which featured her pushing them with a giant pink mallet , in a similar way to Whac @-@ A @-@ Mole . After a brief interlude , she returned to continue the act with a Bollywood @-@ inspired remix of " Me Against the Music " . She briefly talked with the audience before she sat on a giant umbrella and was lifted into the air to perform " Everytime " .
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After two years of discussions , Vikram began a film under the direction of Selvaraghavan in a project dubbed by the media as <unk> . The film began shoot and completed a schedule by early 2010 in the Himalayas with Swati Reddy appearing as the female lead . However , the film was reported to be momentarily shelved and subsequently never took off again after the producer <unk> Ramesh walked out . Vikram then agreed terms to feature in Vikram Kumar 's 24 produced by Mohan Natarajan , with Ileana D 'Cruz signed on to play the female lead role . The film progressed briefly with shots being canned in caves , before the director was ousted from the project , cancelling the film . Vikram then also shot briefly for a third successive shelved project directed by <unk> Pandian for the same producer , featuring him in the role of an investigative cop ; however the film failed to progress and instead Natarajan financed Vikram 's next . His 2011 release , Deiva Thirumagal directed by A. L. Vijay , saw Vikram portray a father with a developmental disability having the mental maturity of a seven @-@ year @-@ old . To prepare for the role , Vikram visited homes for the mentally challenged such as Vidya Sagar and Vidya Sudha for a month , watching their body language and taking notes . He also communicated with the patients , to pick up the nuances of people with impaired speech . Vikram has since gone on to describe his role as Krishna as the best character he has ever portrayed . The film which also featured Sara Arjun , Anushka Shetty and Amala Paul in supporting roles , opened to predominantly positive reviews from critics and enjoyed commercial success at the box office . The reviewer from The Deccan Chronicle described that the film was " Vikram ’ s show all the way " and that " his rendition of a mentally @-@ challenged man trying to cope with the everyday realities of raising a child is a work of art " , praising his " fiery , complex performance as one of the more viciously honest depictions of mental illness cinema has seen " . Similarly another critic described that the on @-@ screen chemistry between Vikram and his daughter , played by Sara Arjun , is " magic " and their performances " are sure to leave a lump in your throat " . The critic from The Hindu praised the film and Vikram 's performance but analysed that " a problem arises only when you stop looking at Krishna as a character , and begin to see him as Vikram , the hero " and that Vikram should have " underplayed a little here and there and it would have worked better " . However Vikram once again completed a sweep of the top acting awards that year , with further recognition at the Vijay and Filmfare Awards .
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Perry and Doofenshmirtz at first seem to loathe each other in the beginning of the series , and have been arch @-@ nemeses since the day they met . However , they are often cordial and friendly towards one another and it is said by Doofenshmirtz that Perry is his best friend , and Perry will often act to save Doofenshmirtz 's life when his plot inevitably blows up in his face . <unk> , their daily brawls involve Doofenshmirtz devising a scheme , which Perry goes to stop after being briefed by Major Monogram . He is trapped by Doofenshmirtz while trying to do so and is told of the doctor 's scheme , usually pertaining to some backstory or pet peeve . He then escapes and the two fight , Perry coming out victorious . The two rely on this daily structure , Doofenshmirtz even specifically mentioning it in " Journey to the Center of Candace " and in episodes such as " It 's About Time ! " in which Doofenshmirtz temporarily replaces Perry with secret agent Peter The Panda and they become depressed about not having each other to fight . Perry realizes he misses <unk> too . When Perry does not arrive on the scene of Doofenshmirtz 's evil plan , the doctor hesitates to execute his plans and fears for where Perry has gone , though he notes that he " hopes something terrible has happened to him . " . Sometimes , they decided not to fight and have fun , as shown in " Happy New Year ! " and " Candace Disconnected " . On other occasions , depending on whatever situation Doofenshmirtz is facing , Perry would often help Doofenshmirtz with his non @-@ evil plans , such as helping him overcome evil scientist 's block , helping him put on a birthday party for his 16 @-@ year @-@ old daughter Vanessa , impressing a square dancing girl with programmable square dancing boots that <unk> created , working together to stop a raging platypus hunter from hunting them down , or helping him convince his rich ex @-@ wife to help pay off his mortgage debt . Also , Perry tends to use Doofenshmirtz 's inventions to erase evidence of whatever contraptions Phineas and Ferb had made , leaving Candace unable to bust them . Examples include when Perry asked to borrow Doofenshmirtz 's robot Norm to pick up footage from the city surveillance cameras in order to preserve his job as an agent , as well as using Doofenshmirtz 's Pick @-@ Him @-@ Up @-@ <unk> to rescue a lost Candace and bring her home .
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Glastonbury 2007 ( 20 – 24 June ) was headlined by Arctic Monkeys , The Killers , and The Who on Friday , Saturday and Sunday , respectively . Dame Shirley Bassey was also featured . In 2007 , over 700 acts played on over 80 stages and the capacity expanded by 20 @,@ 000 to 177 @,@ 000 . This was the first year that " The Park " area opened . Designed by Emily Eavis , its main stage featured extra sets by several artists playing on the main stages including Pete Doherty and Gruff Rhys , whilst the BBC launched their new " Introducing " stage in the area . The festival had the largest attendance since the construction of the security fence , and the largest legitimate attendance to date : ticket allocation was raised by 27 @,@ 500 to 137 @,@ 500 , which were charged at £ 145 and sold out in 1 hour 45 minutes . As an extra precaution against touts ( scalpers ) , purchasers had to pre @-@ register , including submission of a passport photo which was security printed into the ticket . Continued periods of rain throughout much of the festival caused muddy conditions , though without the flooding of 2005 , in part due to the new £ 750 @,@ 000 flood defences . However this constant rain made the general conditions within the site worse than 2 years before and more like the mud plains of 1998 . It was difficult to find anywhere to sit down that had not turned to mud and key choke points , such as the thoroughfare at the front right of the Pyramid stage , turned into a quagmire . Muddy conditions on the temporary roads on the periphery of the site led to delays for people leaving the site . On 25 June , when the vast majority of festival goers were attempting to leave the festival , cars in the western car parks took over nine hours to exit the site . There was no stewarding provision in these areas , no information was disseminated regarding the delays , no organised marshalling of traffic was undertaken by the festival organisers , and no provision of drinking water was made to people stranded in their vehicles . Verbal and physical violence was witnessed between festival goers . When cars were finally allowed to leave the site the surrounding roads were found to be clear . Reported crime was down from 2005 but the number of arrests were " well up " , after a proactive operation of the police and security on site . There were 236 reported crimes , down from 267 in 2005 ; of these , 158 were drug related ( 183 in 2005 ) . 1 @,@ 200 people required medical aid with 32 hospitalised , most of which were accidents caused by the mud . There was one fatality : a West Midlands man found unconscious early on the Saturday morning died in Yeovil District Hospital of a suspected drugs overdose .
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Frazier made his sophomore debut on November 7 , 2010 , in an exhibition game against East Stroudsburg . He added 10 points , 6 assists , and two steals . Frazier also recorded a team @-@ high 4 turnovers . DeChellis commented , " Offensively we were poor tonight and we had too many turnovers ... something we 've struggled with in practice . " On November 12 , 2010 , Frazier made his second appearance as a sophomore with 6 points , 7 rebounds , 6 assists , and 1 steal . He shot 1 @-@ of @-@ 5 on field goals , while going a perfect 4 @-@ of @-@ 4 from the free @-@ throw line . Frazier was named the game 's starting shooting guard and was allowed 30 minutes of playing time . He made his first @-@ ever appearance as Penn State 's starting point guard on November 19 vs. Fairfield , and contributed 3 points , 4 rebounds , 7 assists , and 1 steal . The team 's coach commented on Frazier 's powerful defensive performance , " thought Tim Frazier did a very nice job defensively on the point guard for Fairfield who is a really good player . He bothered him all night . " Frazier made his first impression above the 10 @-@ points barrier on January 15 , 2011 vs. Ohio State , with 11 points , 6 rebounds , and 5 assists . He shot 4 @-@ of @-@ 4 from the field and made three of four free throws . On March 12 , 2011 , Frazier scored 22 points against Michigan State , his season @-@ high as a sophomore , helping the team pull off the upset victory in the semifinals of the 2011 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament . He played in his first NCAA Tournament game against Temple , contributing 15 points , 7 assists , 5 rebounds , and 2 steals . He made a late miscue guarding Juan Fernández , allowing the opposing guard to close out the game with under one second remaining in regulation . Frazier recalled the moment , " I closed out high end so he wouldn 't be able to shoot over me . ( He ) made a great move , pivoted a couple of times and then stepped through . " Fernández said , " I was thinking about shooting a jump shot but I killed my dribble and ( Tim ) Frazier was right there . For some reason he jumped over to my right and that gave me the space to go left . " By the end of the season , Frazier averaged 6 @.@ 3 points , 5 @.@ 1 assists , 3 @.@ 9 rebounds , 1 @.@ 0 steals , and 0 @.@ 1 blocks per game . He was named to the Academic All @-@ Big Ten following 2010 – 11 .
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On July 28 , 1862 , gold was discovered along Grasshopper Creek , a tributary of the Beaverhead River , in a remote part of eastern Idaho Territory , leading to the establishment of the town of Bannack . Bannack was a gold rush boomtown that was the first territorial capital of Montana Territory for a brief period after the territory was established in 1864 . Less than a year after the Grasshopper Creek find , on May 26 , 1863 , gold was discovered along Alder Gulch , a tributary creek northeast of the Ruby River that lies between the Tobacco Root Mountains and the <unk> Range and 70 miles ( 110 km ) east of Bannack . The Alder Gulch find became one of the largest placer mining gold fields in the western U.S. The mining settlements of Virginia City and Nevada City , Montana , which sprang up in Alder Gulch , boasted thousands of prospectors and fortune seekers by the end of 1863 . These new settlements generally lacked justice systems found in populated portions of the territory , such as in the territorial capital in Lewiston , Idaho . In 1863 , gold was the preferred form of currency in western frontier communities and had a value , fixed and guaranteed by the U.S. Government , of $ 20 @.@ 67 per ounce . Almost all economic transactions in western mining communities were accomplished with gold nuggets , flakes or dust as currency and not surprisingly , the more gold one had , the more wealth one possessed . During the early years of the territory , there was no secure way to transport wealth out of the region . The only means of transporting wealth out of the Alder Gulch gold fields was via horseback or slow moving wagons and stagecoaches on a limited number of trails and primitive roads leading south and west to Salt Lake City and San Francisco or east to Minnesota . Roads and trails leading to Alder Gulch included the Bozeman and Bridger Trails connecting to the Oregon Trail from the east , the Mullan Road from points west and from Fort Benton , Montana the head of navigation on the Missouri River and the Corinne Road from Corinne , Utah and points south . Additionally , there was a single track , 70 @-@ mile ( 110 km ) stage road that connected Alder Gulch with Bannack . Several commercial freight and two passenger stage companies — Peabody and Caldwell 's and A.J. Oliver 's — operated on this route . <unk> had to stop at several different ranches during the trip to water and change horses , feed passengers and provide overnight lodging . One of these ranches , the Rattlesnake Ranch , was owned by Bill Bunton and Frank Parish , who were later hanged by the vigilantes as road agents and members of the Plummer gang .
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Poulenc 's principal works for large orchestra comprise two ballets , a Sinfonietta and four keyboard concertos . The first of the ballets , Les biches , was first performed in 1924 and remains one of his best @-@ known works . Nichols writes in Grove that the clear and tuneful score has no deep , or even shallow , symbolism , a fact " accentuated by a tiny passage of mock @-@ Wagnerian brass , complete with emotive minor <unk> " . The first two of the four concertos are in Poulenc 's light @-@ hearted vein . The Concert champêtre for harpsichord and orchestra ( 1927 – 28 ) , evokes the countryside seen from a Parisian point of view : Nichols comments that the fanfares in the last movement bring to mind the bugles in the barracks of Vincennes in the Paris suburbs . The Concerto for two pianos and orchestra ( 1932 ) is similarly a work intended purely to entertain . It draws on a variety of stylistic sources : the first movement ends in a manner reminiscent of Balinese gamelan , and the slow movement begins in a Mozartian style , which Poulenc gradually fills out with his own characteristic personal touches . The Organ Concerto ( 1938 ) is in a much more serious vein . Poulenc said that it was " on the outskirts " of his religious music , and there are passages that draw on the church music of Bach , though there are also interludes in breezy popular style . The second ballet score , Les Animaux modèles ( 1941 ) , has never equalled the popularity of Les biches , though both Auric and Honegger praised the composer 's harmonic flair and resourceful orchestration . Honegger wrote , " The influences that have worked on him , Chabrier , Satie , Stravinsky , are now completely assimilated . Listening to his music you think – it 's Poulenc . " The Sinfonietta ( 1947 ) is a reversion to Poulenc 's pre @-@ war frivolity . He came to feel , " I dressed too young for my age ... [ it ] is a new version of Les biches but young girls [ biches ] that are forty @-@ eight years old – that 's horrible ! " The Concerto for piano and orchestra ( 1949 ) initially caused some disappointment : many felt that it was not an advance on Poulenc 's pre @-@ war music , a view he came to share . The piece has been re @-@ evaluated in more recent years , and in 1996 the writer Claire <unk> rated it as the composer 's finest concertante work .
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In the mid @-@ 1860s , C. P. Higgins and Frank Worden began plotting what would become the town of Missoula along the Mullan Military Road , which ran parallel to the Clark Fork River . Through downtown Missoula , the route of the road is now Front Street . It is intersected by Higgins Avenue , to which a bridge across the Clark Fork was added in 1873 . The intersection of these two streets became the default center of the city , and remains the numerical center regarding city street addresses . The arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1883 led to a housing boom along the tracks , particularly on the northern side where many of the railway workers would reside . When the Higgins Avenue Bridge was replaced in 1893 , they debated whether the bridge should continue southwest toward the Bitterroot Valley as it had earlier , or due south . Attorneys W. M. Bickford and W. J. Stephens had already laid out plots of land five years earlier for what they hoped would be a new town of " South Missoula " . The streets there were perpendicular to the Bitterroot Wagon Road while Judge Hiram Knowles who owned the land just south of the river preferred the north @-@ south plan and did not want to become part of South Missoula . The result was a 7 × 14 – block area along the west side of Higgins Avenue commonly referred to as the Slant Streets centered along what is now Stephens Avenue . Stephens Avenue and Brooks Street are the only arterials to traverse the city diagonally along with the Bitterroot Branch of Montana Rail Link . The rest of the city , with the exception of Downtown , where streets follow the angle of the river , and newer expansions into the hills , strictly follow the grid plan . With the establishment of the University of Montana in 1893 and the announcement that the now @-@ defunct Milwaukee Road would be located south of the river , houses began to spread quickly throughout the university and south side districts . The area near the university was promoted as high @-@ end and luxurious homes appeared on Hammond Avenue ( then nicknamed " Millionaires Row " and known today as Gerald Avenue ) . The arrival of Interstate 90 in the mid @-@ 1960s forced the removal of 60 homes , including the Greenough Mansion . The north side of Missoula became isolated between the Interstate and the tracks while the Greenough Mansion was moved to a South Hills golf course and converted to a restaurant . This dichotomy has prevailed with the North Side feeling neglected by the city while the South Hills became an upscale neighborhood . With the release of the latest Missoula Downtown Master Plan in 2009 , increased emphasis was directed toward redeveloping the North Side 's former rail yard and the area just south of the tracks .
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The episode opens in the " red reality " ( where Hannah is alive and Rex is not from the car accident ) , and Michael Britten ( Jason Isaacs ) is jogging around Los Angeles . When Michael gets home , he talks to his wife Hannah ( Laura Allen ) , who is in Oregon looking at a university . Later in the " green reality " ( where Rex is alive and Hannah is not ) , Michael and Rex ( Dylan Minnette ) are stuck in traffic , and Michael is later called into work . His partner in the " green reality " , Isaiah " Bird " Freeman ( Steve Harris ) talks to Michael , then Michael goes for a run at the Griffith Park . He goes to the top of a hill overlooking the city , while a dog appears from behind a bush and barks at him . Michael notices human flesh in him , and goes to investigate , where he finds a corpse sitting against a tree . Michael goes to the police station , and shows Captain Harper similar cases starting in 1999 . In each case , a killer , nicknamed Gemini ( Salvator Xuereb ) , vertically slashed the victim 's wrists and carved a Roman numeral in their chests . The murders have taken place all across the United States , but everyone believes that Gemini is dead after an FBI agent Elizabeth Santoro ( Megan Dodds ) had shot him . Michael wants to cover the area as much as they can and Captain Tricia Harper ( Laura Innes ) agrees , telling Michael to pick up the profiler that the FBI has sent . Michael goes to Brentwood and meets with FBI agent Elizabeth Santoro . They discuss his history and she admits that she has been focused solely on the " Gemini Killer " for the last 12 years . Michael confirms that they did not find one on the body , so she figures that it is a copycat . Michael goes to the crime scene , while Bird is already there . The partners go over the hillside and find the dog . They take him to Dr. Banks ( Chris McGarry ) and have him check his stomach , where he finds a United States two @-@ dollar bill in it . When Michael takes the evidence to Harper and Santoro , Santoro insists that it only means that someone with classified information to the case is involved . She suggests they check anyone who has recently laid off law enforcement officers with psych problems . Bird and Santoro create a database if the killer is alive . Santoro lets Harper decide and she tells the detectives to pull the files on law officers . As Santoro leaves , Michael approaches her and says that he understands the implications if the man she shot was Gemini . Meanwhile , the killer prepares a set of medical tools , a wad of two @-@ dollar bills , and a syringe .
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Part of the legacy associated with the fu is its use as a form of sociopolitical protest , such as the theme of the loyal minister who has been unjustly exiled by the ruler or those in power at the court , rather than receiving the promotion and respect which he truly deserves . In the Verses of Chu , one of the works attributed to Qu Yuan is the " Li Sao " , which is one of the earliest known works in this tradition , both as ancestral to the fu as well as its incorporation of political criticism as a theme of poetry . The theme of unjust exile is related to the development of <unk> poetry , or the poetry stylistically or thematically based upon lamenting the unjust exile of the poet , either directly , or allegorically through the use of the persona of a friend or historical figure ( a safer course in the case of a poet @-@ official who might be punished for any too blatant criticism of the current emperor ) . During the Han Dynasty , along with the development of the fu stylistically , the idea that it incorporate political criticism through indirection and allegory also developed . Han Dynasty historian and author Ban Gu in his Book of Han pointedly refers to a fu by Qu Yuan as a literary example of the use of the theme of the loyal minister who has been unjustly exiled , rather than receiving the promotion and respect which he truly deserves . As Hellmut Wilhelm puts it : " ... the Han fu can easily be classified into a limited number of types . All types have one feature in common : almost without exception they can be and have been interpreted as voicing criticism — either of the ruler , the ruler 's behavior , or certain political acts or plans of the ruler ; or of the court officials or the ruler 's favorites ; or , generally , of the lack of discrimination in the employment of officials . The few examples that are positive in tone recommend the authors or their peers for employment , or even contain specific political suggestions . In short , almost all fu have a political purport , and , in addition , almost all of them deal with the relationship between the ruler and his officials . " Seen in context , Ban Gu 's discussion of Qu Yuan and the Chu <unk> style is less to the point of the actual evolutionary path of the fu and more to the point that the main purpose of the fu is political and social criticism through poetic indirection : thus , in fu , paradoxically , the " fantastic descriptions and an overflowing rhetoric ... can be reduced to ... restraint " , as the sociopolitical criticism which was key to the fu was constrained within a very subtle , elaborately indirect , occasional , and allusive mode .
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However , as the number of sequences increases and especially in genome @-@ wide studies that involve many MSAs it is impossible to manually curate all alignments . Furthermore , manual curation is subjective . And finally , even the best expert cannot confidently align the more ambiguous cases of highly diverged sequences . In such cases it is common practice to use automatic procedures to exclude <unk> aligned regions from the MSA . For the purpose of phylogeny reconstruction ( see below ) the <unk> program is widely used to remove alignment blocks suspect of low quality , according to various cutoffs on the number of gapped sequences in alignment columns . However , these criteria may excessively filter out regions with insertion / deletion events that may still be aligned reliably , and these regions might be desirable for other purposes such as detection of positive selection . A few alignment algorithms output site @-@ specific scores that allow the selection of high @-@ confidence regions . Such a service was first offered by the SOAP program , which tests the robustness of each column to perturbation in the parameters of the popular alignment program <unk> . The T @-@ Coffee program uses a library of alignments in the construction of the final MSA , and its output MSA is colored according to confidence scores that reflect the agreement between different alignments in the library regarding each aligned residue . Its extension , TCS : ( Transitive Consistency Score ) , uses T @-@ Coffee libraries of pairwise alignments to evaluate any third party MSA . <unk> projections can be produced using fast or slow methods , thus allowing a trade @-@ off between speed and accuracy . Another alignment program that can output an MSA with confidence scores is FSA , which uses a statistical model that allows calculation of the uncertainty in the alignment . The <unk> ( Heads @-@ Or @-@ Tails ) score can be used as a measure of site @-@ specific alignment uncertainty due to the existence of multiple co @-@ optimal solutions . The <unk> program calculates a similar site @-@ specific confidence measure based on the robustness of the alignment to uncertainty in the guide tree that is used in progressive alignment programs . An alternative , more statistically justified approach to assess alignment uncertainty is the use of probabilistic evolutionary models for joint estimation of phylogeny and alignment . A Bayesian approach allows calculation of posterior probabilities of estimated phylogeny and alignment , which is a measure of the confidence in these estimates . In this case , a posterior probability can be calculated for each site in the alignment . Such an approach was implemented in the program <unk> @-@ <unk> .
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In 2008 Ohio experienced an unintended consequence of a new statute that resulted in a brief period of overlap voting , when absentee voting has started and before the close of voter registration . This period ran from September 30 until October 6 , due to the newly instituted early voting policy . On August 13 , 2008 , Brunner ordered county election board officials to establish procedures to enable voters who register to be immediately issued an absentee ballot . Because a voter could show up with only a cell phone bill , give any four digits and claim they were the last four digits of his or her Social Security Number , and then immediately vote and have such ballots put into the same pool as other votes with no procedure for more rigorous scrutiny of their validity , the Republican Party opposed the same day voting plan and fought it in several Ohio Courts . Ohio Republican Party officials and Republican voters argued in separate lawsuits that Ohio law requires voters to be registered for 30 days before they cast an absentee ballot . On September 29 , 2008 ( a day after lower state and federal courts overruled GOP objections to same @-@ day registration and voting or GOP requests for mandated ballot segregation and verification ) the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati , Ohio rejected Republican efforts to stop the plan . United States district court judge James Gwin in Cleveland , Ohio also ruled against the Republicans and issued a restraining order to enforce Brunner 's plan . In Columbus , Ohio , U.S. District Judge George Smith declined to rule on another statewide challenge , deferring to the state Supreme Court 's decision . The rulings , which opened a window to register and vote on the same day until the absentee ballot deadline on October 6 , 2008 , was upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court in a 4 @-@ 3 decision in which two Republican jurists who were on the November 2008 ballot recused themselves and were replaced by one Republican and one Democrat by Chief Justice Thomas Moyer . The normal roster of Ohio Supreme Court jurists is all Republican and the lone Democrat replacement , William H. Wolff , Jr . , cast the tie @-@ breaking vote . The dissenters noted that Ohio 's Constitution requires that a person register to vote 30 days in before voting . Brunner ordered segregation of same @-@ day @-@ registration ballots and verification of them before counting them on Election Day , November 4 , 2008 . In related proceedings on September 30 , 2008 , Judge Smith of The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Columbus had granted an Ohio Republican Party request for a restraining order that would mandate election observers during early voting . Brunner prevailed in the appellate court which ruled that the district court “ abused its discretion ” in granting the restraining order .
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Caryn Ganz of Spin wrote : " Beyoncé is the greatest performer of her generation and she knows it well . Her Revel concerts were more Liza with a Z than MTV — predicated on nothing but the tour de force of its creator . Saturday night 's two @-@ hour show featured no gimmicks , no backing tracks , no hard @-@ to @-@ follow narratives , no whipped cream cannons . It was old school Vegas @-@ style Entertainment with a capital E : singing , dancing , and charisma wrapped up in a few sparkly Ralph & Russo outfits . " Dan DeLuca of Philadelphia Inquirer praised Beyoncé 's singing with earnest commitment and impassioned intensity further writing that the concert was a " relentlessly entertaining , highly energetic two hours " . Jim Farber of Daily News was positive about the show , praising the performance of the ballads as well as the up @-@ tempo songs , adding that she was " shimmying , sashaying and gyrating like she had everything to prove . " He further said , " Beyoncé didn 't shirk on the razzle or the dazzle in this two @-@ hour event . In fact , this run of shows featured the flashiest lighting , fiercest dancing and most animated theatrics of her starry career ... The assurance of the performance , as well as the enormity of the production , makes it unlikely that Beyoncé ’ s latest show will die with this weekend . " Ben Ratliff of The New York Times commented that " The show lasted two hours and allowed a dip in the middle for ballads , but otherwise ran rampant , functioning as an almost continuous high point " . Celia L. Smith of Essence magazine wrote that , " She sang , danced and put on a show like no other " . A writer for Rap @-@ Up noted that Beyoncé didn 't miss a step during the choreography and added that " Sasha Fierce is alive and well " . Writing that she didn 't disappoint , a journalist of Black Entertainment Television described the concert as " phenomenal " further praising the high @-@ energy performance of her up @-@ tempo songs and adding that she " dazzled " her fans . The journalist added that " Though she made it look easy , keeping up to the beat of the vibrant tunes was no easy task " and marked it as " [ the ] pop queen ’ s return to her throne " . Dawn Fallik of The Wall Street Journal praised Beyoncé 's dancing and voice during the show saying that they were in " enviable form " . Rebecca Thomas of MTV News described the performances as a " spectacular fitting her [ Beyoncé 's ] rising icon status " .
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Verne Gay of Newsday described it as " another fine , fine Lost " . The San Diego Union @-@ Tribune 's Karla Peterson gave the episode an " A " , calling it " one of those dense , chewy episodes in which a lot of stuff happened to a lot of people , and the foundation was laid for one hell of a season finale . " She praised Fox , Evangeline Lilly , Jorge Garcia , Elizabeth Mitchell and Jeremy Davies 's work in " Something Nice Back Home " , while Tom <unk> of The Daytona Beach News @-@ Journal deemed Jeremy Davies 's performance deserving of an Emmy Award . The Palm Beach Post 's Kevin Thompson " thought [ that ] Matthew [ Fox ] did a nice job conveying a wide range of emotions — scared , haunted , frustration , horny , jealousy , just to name a few . " Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly said that " Something Nice Back Home " " was partly a transitional passage in the Lost saga , a busywork episode designed to put all the characters in position for the year 's big finale " and " [ Jack 's ] appendicitis [ was ] the kind of hardcore castaway survival plotline we haven 't really seen since season 1 . Combined with a strong character @-@ driven flash story , it was very old school Lost . " Jensen also " liked how the episode neatly neutralized one of [ his ] least favorite season 4 moments , the Jack @-@ Juliet smooch " . TV Guide 's Michael Ausiello wrote that " Fox quietly solidified his status as one of the tube 's most reliable and unshowy stalwarts " and deemed him deserving of a Primetime Emmy Award nomination . Oscar Dahl of BuddyTV gave the episode a positive review , saying that he was " shocked and baffled " and writing that " Lost … can give me an exciting , well @-@ done episode while making me fear where the series is going … [ because ] ghosts aren 't my thing . " The Huffington Post 's Jay Glatfelter decided that " what made this episode great was the fact that it just contained so much story [ with ] Jack 's flashforward [ making ] this one of his most interesting ' centric ' episodes . … Not only was Jack 's story interesting for a change , but the inclusion of [ many ] other characters … and giving them great story and character development [ was also intriguing ] . " Daniel of TMZ graded " Something Nice Back Home " as a " B " . In his recap , he wrote that " if that 's the last we ever see of Claire again , that would be <unk> awesome . "
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In her first year in the Swimsuit Issue ( 1999 ) , she painted Rebecca Romijn , Heidi Klum , Sarah O 'Hare , Michelle <unk> , Yamila Díaz @-@ Rahi , and Daniela <unk> in a variety of <unk> . The first Gair Sports Illustrated body paintings occurred at Richard Branson 's Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands . Some of these also appeared in a 2001 Sports Illustrated calendar , and Heidi Klum 's tie @-@ dyed swimsuit bodypainting earned her and Gair the cover of the German edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue . In 2001 , the Swimsuit Issue had a goddess theme . The cover featuring Elsa Benítez used the caption " Goddess of the Mediterranean " . Gair contributed to this theme by body painting the models as statues of goddess : Klum ( Athena ) , Díaz @-@ Rahi ( Thalia ) , Veronika <unk> ( Aphrodite , Venus ) , Molly Sims ( Flora ) , Noémie Lenoir ( Luna ) , Fernanda Tavares ( Aurora ) , and <unk> <unk> ( Diana ) as goddesses . At about the same time in 2001 , her work featuring Klum was featured on the cover of the tenth anniversary of Shape Magazine . In 2003 , she painted a seven continent world map on Rachel Hunter , a fellow New Zealander , and purposely represented Australia and New Zealand " down under " ( on the buttocks ) . In the 2004 issue , when she painted Jessica White , Petra <unk> , Marisa Miller , <unk> Lenoir , Melissa Keller , and Hall , the paintings featured both body painting and real bathing suit portions in most images . However , bathing suit portions were not apparent in all images . In the 2005 issue , she painted Bridget Hall , White , Miller , Anne V , and <unk> with athletic team outfits . In the 2006 issue , she painted multiple bathing suits on Klum . One of these appeared on the cover of the German edition of Sports Illustrated . It was the ninth time that Gair and Klum worked together and the seventh time that they did so for Sports Illustrated . In the 2007 issue , where music was the theme and Beyoncé Knowles was featured on the cover , she painted rock and roll related tee shirts and bikini bottoms on Daniella <unk> , Miller , <unk> and Ana Paula Araujo . In the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue , when she painted bathing suits on Quiana Grant , Jessica Gomes , Marisa Miller , and Tori <unk> , the average sitting time for the subjects / objects was thirteen hours .
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Broadway lyricist Lee Adams and his wife have lived in Briarcliff Manor since the early 2000s . Alice Low , who along with her family has lived in Briarcliff Manor since the 1950s , is an author of children 's books , poems , and screenplays . <unk> painter Brice Marden grew up in the village , and is a 1965 graduate of Briarcliff High School . Biomechanics researcher and Columbia University professor Van C. Mow lives in Briarcliff Manor . His brother , architect Donald Mow , lived in Briarcliff and constructed his own house there . Warren Adelson lived with his family at Rabbit Hill , a Georgian Revival mansion in Scarborough designed around 1929 by Mott Schmidt . Robert Klein , a comedian , singer , and actor , has been living in Briarcliff Manor since the 1980s . Robert <unk> , cartoon editor for The New Yorker magazine , lives in Briarcliff Manor . Simon Schama is a British historian and professor at Columbia University , and writer and host of the BBC series A History of Britain . John Batchelor , host of The John Batchelor Show radio news program , lives in the village with his family . He is an active member of the Briarcliff Congregational Church ; his wife , Dr. Bonnie Ann <unk> , is the church 's pastor . Roz Abrams is a national @-@ news anchor known for her work with WABC and WCBS . Director , writer and producer Joseph Ruben lives in Briarcliff Manor , and musician Clifford Carter is a graduate of Briarcliff High School . William N. <unk> and Yuji Yoshimura both lived and taught in Briarcliff Manor , where they ran the Yoshimura School of Bonsai from 1972 to 1995 . Thomas Fitzgerald is a senior creative executive at Walt Disney Imagineering . Tom Ortenberg , CEO of Open Road Films and former president of Lionsgate Films , was born and raised in Briarcliff Manor . Doris Downes , a botanical artist and widow of art critic Robert Hughes , owns a farmhouse in the village ( where they lived for many years ) . Radio journalist and host of Marketplace Kai Ryssdal is from Briarcliff Manor . Curler Bill <unk> has lived in the village for over a decade , minor league baseball player Bobby Blevins grew up in the village and graduated from its schools in 2003 , and Olympic swimmer Paola <unk> grew up in Briarcliff Manor . Susanne Rust , an award @-@ winning investigative journalist , was born and raised in the village .
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Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix was born in Culiacán , Sinaloa , on 24 October 1949 , to Benjamín Francisco Arellano Sánchez ( father ) and Norma Alicia Félix <unk> ( mother ) . His father was from the state of Durango but emigrated to Sinaloa , where he met his wife , in the 1940s . The couple had eleven children , Francisco Rafael being the eldest of his seven brothers ( Benjamín , Carlos Alberto , Eduardo , Ramón Eduardo , Luis Fernando , Francisco Javier ) and four sisters ( Alicia María , <unk> , Norma Isabel and Leticia ) . He also had two half @-@ brothers , Jesús and Manuel Arellano , but their second surnames remain confidential . Francisco Rafael grew up in a modest house in Miguel Hidalgo St. # 566 in Culiacán , blocks away from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa , and lived there for about 20 years . Neighbors recall that the Arellano Félix brothers were " cheerful boys " without addictions and inclined to selling clothes , <unk> , and candy that they brought illegally from the United States . Francisco Rafael went to " Álvaro Obregón " elementary school a couple of streets away from their house . He later attended " Emilio <unk> " middle school in the same neighborhood . At a young age , Francisco Rafael dropped out of middle school to help out his father , a mechanic . Alongside his brothers Benjamín and Ramón , however , he also smuggled contraband from Tijuana . His affinity towards music led him and his two brothers to form a musical group known as " Sonido Escorpión " and later renamed as " Los Escorpiones " . By the 1970s , his family moved to Guadalajara , Jalisco , but Francisco Rafael stayed in Culiacán , where he owned an event center known as " El <unk> " . He then moved years later to Mazatlán and created the discothèque Frankie Oh . Francisco Rafael 's discothèque was a major nightlife attraction in Mazatlán during the mid @-@ 1980s . With an estimated US $ 5 million investment to build it , Frankie Oh had the capacity to host 2 @,@ 500 people ; it had an internal waterfall and a large dance floor surrounded by a fish tank . The nightclub 's theme also mirrored a zoo because it had several exotic animals , including two lions , in the entrances and in the surroundings . The only non @-@ living animal inside Frankie Oh was a scorpion , which was found as a giant metal statue at a water fountain and as the logo of the nightclub . Francisco Rafael usually carried a diamond @-@ encrusted scorpion necklace in reference to his astrological sign , the Scorpio .
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Aeroflot , as the single state owned and governed airline , operated without any competitors and expanded according to the Soviet central government and central planning . By the beginning of World War II , Aeroflot , and the entirety of the Soviet civil aviation industry , was primarily a domestic freight carrier . In fact , in 1939 , they surpassed the U.S. in volume of <unk> . Despite Stalin 's strong xenophobia , Aeroflot commenced its first international route in 1936 , operating between Moscow and Prague . After World War II , the Soviet government wanted to continue expansion by starting and increasing services from Moscow to the capitals of other Soviet republics . The ever @-@ growing Soviet air transportation network began to shrink the railroad 's importance in Soviet nations . As years passed , the Soviet regime recognized the aviation industry 's increasing value , and officials in transportation planning attempted to establish regular air service to nearly every city in the union . By 1968 , after Soviet engineers helped pioneer the introduction of jets and the jet age , Aeroflot and its subsidiaries served roughly 3 @,@ 500 cities . At that time , " the thirty largest Soviet cities were connected with all cities with a population of 500 @,@ 000 or more " ( including nearly 80 percent of those with populations from 100 @,@ 000 to 499 @,@ 999 , and 60 percent of the cities with 50 @,@ 000 to 99 @,@ 999 people ) . By joining these cities , infrastructure and industry benefitted heavily . The jet age and the introduction of new , faster and more reliable ways of air travel greatly changed Soviet aviation . Jets not only further shortened travel times ; they allowed nonstop service between cities that had been otherwise out of reach for nonstop flights . Before the jet age , the longest nonstop service from Moscow was Yekaterinburg ( Sverdlovsk ) ( roughly 1 @,@ 100 miles ) ; sometime after the introduction of jets , mail could be delivered from Moscow to Vladivostok ( nearly 4 @,@ 000 miles east ) , the same day . The Soviet Union put the first jet in the world into service in 1956 on a Moscow to Irkutsk route ( of about 2 @,@ 600 miles ) using a Soviet built Tupolev Tu @-@ 104 . The Soviet government established a " <unk> " system unlike the West ; in the Soviet Union , most cities had a direct link with Moscow . In the United States , most small cities were ( and still are today ) connected to larger cities and their airports ; airlines then use these larger airports — or " hubs " — to connect passengers to their flight and onto their destination . Because the Soviet Union essentially revolved around Moscow , this networking technique proved effective .
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Imperial Bedrooms also breaches several new territories . When compared to Less Than Zero , its " huge shift " is a technological one . The novel picks up on many aspects of the early 21st century culture , such as Internet viral videos which depict executions . The novel reflects how technology changes the nature of interpersonal relationships . Additionally , Clay is text @-@ stalked throughout the book ; Ellis himself had been " text @-@ stalked " before in real life . Ellis feels this was an unconscious exploration of the dynamics brought on by the new technology . The author also predicts that " fans of Less Than Zero " may " feel betrayed " ; Imperial Bedrooms ' thrust is its " narrative ... of exploitation " . One reviewer describes the novel 's " central theme " as " Hollywood is an industry town running on exploitation " , and criticizes this theme for being unoriginal in 2010 . An Irish Times review notes positively however that Ellis ' " vision of society is bleak ; his dark studies of the human animal as shocking as ever . " The new setting poses questions , such as " Is Hollywood intended as a variation of ancient Rome ? Is the movie industry a coliseum ? " Another review found that the celebrity setting , as visited before in his novel Glamorama ( 1998 ) , allows Ellis to make a number of observations about contemporary pop culture via Clay , such as when he asserts " that exposure can ensure fame " . Ellis comments how in Less Than Zero , Clay 's passivity worked to protect him from the " bleak moral landscape he was a part of " , which he views as Clay 's major flaw . Ellis developed this into the more unabashedly ' guilty ' Clay of the new novel . Ellis says that " a portrait of narcissism was the big nut that I had . Of entitlement . This imperial idea . " The difference he notes between this " portrait of a narcissist " and his earlier ones , such as American Psycho and Lunar Park , come in the form of its more moral bent : " This time " , Ellis comments , " the narcissist reaches a dead end . " To one reviewer , Clay 's world at its most exaggerated , in the scenes of torture , reach <unk> heights of dystopian fantasy , comparing Imperial Bedrooms to Brave New World ( 1932 ) , " where the " command economy " now manifests as rampant , late @-@ capitalist consumerism , where <unk> is the new soma and humans are zombies : one character 's face is " unnaturally smooth , redone in such a way that the eyes are shocked open with perpetual surprise ; it 's a face mimicking a face , and it looks agonized . "
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The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children , " an important part of Brighton life and a well known local landmark " , was officially opened on 21 July 1881 and was used until 22 June 2007 , when a new children 's hospital opened on the Royal Sussex County Hospital campus elsewhere in the city . Designed by Thomas Lainson , it was a three @-@ storey Queen Anne @-@ style building of red brick with terracotta dressings and mouldings , enlivened by Dutch gables , cupolas and a moulded cartouche . Extensions included a colonnade of balconies ( later enclosed ) by the Clayton & Black firm in 1906 and a Vernacular @-@ style recessed wing of two storeys in 1927 – 28 , partly tile @-@ hung and with timber decoration to the gables . The first mention of its potential closure came in 2001 , when the Government allocated £ 28 million towards new facilities at the Royal Sussex County Hospital on Eastern Road in Kemptown . By 2004 , it seemed likely that the building would be demolished and the site redeveloped with luxury flats . Montpelier residents were unsuccessful in their attempt to get the former hospital listed by English Heritage , who stated that Lainson 's original design had been altered so much that much of its character had been lost . Taylor Wimpey , a housebuilding company , bought the hospital in December 2006 , but their proposals to clear the site and build a combined residential development and GP surgery were refused twice by the city council , in 2007 and 2008 . In 2009 Taylor Wimpey appealed against the latest refusal to grant planning permission for 149 flats and a four @-@ day public inquiry was held at Brighton Town Hall in May 2009 . The local conservation group , the Montpelier and Clifton Hill Association , led the opposition to Taylor Wimpey 's plans to demolish the hospital . The planning inspector , John Papworth , turned down Taylor Wimpey 's appeal , praising the architectural quality of Thomas Lainson 's main building . " I consider that the main block and particularly its southern façade and the southern end of the Dyke Road frontage contribute positively to the character and appearance of the conservation area , ” said Papworth . In 2010 Taylor Wimpey abandoned its plans to clear the site and put forward a compromise plan , which kept the main Lainson building but demolished the later ancillary buildings on the site . This plan , which was supported by the Montpelier and Clifton Hill Association was approved by the council in 2011 . Flats on the site went on sale ( marketed as Royal Alexandra Quarter ) in 2012 . The iconic main hospital building , to be called the Lainson building , is currently being restored and converted to provide 20 flats .
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Ambystoma mexicanum , an aquatic salamander , is a species protected under the Mexican UMA ( Unit for Management and conservation of wildlife ) as of April 1994 . However , there are a number of factors that work against their preservation and conservation methods . The most profound factors are that the waters in which they are endemic are severely polluted and that even if they were found in the wild again they would be fished up for either research or exotic animal sells on the black market . Another detrimental factor is that the axolotl lost their role as a top predator since the introduction of locally exotic species such as Nile tilapia and carp . Tilapia and carp directly compete with <unk> by consuming their eggs , larvae , and juveniles . Climate change has also immensely affected <unk> and their populations throughout the southern Mexico area . Due to its proximity to Mexico City , officials are currently working on programs at Lake Xochimilco to bring in tourism and educate the local population on the restoration of the natural habitat of these creatures . This proximity is a large factor that has impacted the survival of the axolotl , as the city has expanded to take over the Xochimilco region in order to make use of its resources for water and provision and sewage . However , the axolotl has the benefit of being raised in farms for the purpose of research facilities . So there is still a chance that they may be able to return to their natural habitat . The recent decline in population has substantially impacted genetic diversity among populations of axolotl , making it difficult to further progress scientifically . It is important to note that although there is a level of limited genetic diversity due to Ambystoma populations , such as the axolotl , being <unk> species , it does not account for the overall lack of diversity . There is evidence that points towards a historical bottlenecking of Ambystoma that contributes to the variation issues . Unfortunately , there is no large genetic pool for the species to pull from unlike in historical <unk> there is severe concern for inbreeding due to lack of gene flow . One way researchers are looking into maintaining genetic diversity within the population is via cryopreservation of the spermatophores from the male axolotl . It is a safe and non @-@ invasive method that requires the collection of the spermatophores and places them into a deep freeze for preservation . Most importantly , they have found that there in only limited damage done to the spermatophores upon thawing and thus it is a viable option . As of 2013 , it is a method that is being used to save not only the axolotl but also numerous other members of the salamander family .
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Prior to the 1988 – 89 curling season , Schmirler and Jan <unk> found themselves curling with different teammates , attempting to put together a stable squad . After a disappointing season , Schmirler decided to skip for the 1990 – 91 season , with <unk> playing third . They recruited Joan Inglis ( McCusker ) to play second , and McCusker recommended Marcia <unk> as a lead . This rink won the provincials in their first year together and finished in fourth place at the Scott Tournament of Hearts . In 1993 , the Schmirler rink again won the provincial title to move on to the Tournament of Hearts . Her rink defeated Maureen Bonar in the finals , giving Saskatchewan its first national women 's curling championship since Marj Mitchell 's win in 1980 . The rink moved on to the World Championship and defeated Janet Clews @-@ Strayer from Germany in the final that year , winning Canada its sixth world women 's title . The next season , she and her rink competed at the Tournament of Hearts as defending champions . The team finished first in the round robin , and defeated Connie Laliberte in the final to clinch a second consecutive Canadian championship . She and her team then represented Canada at the World Women 's Curling Championship , where they finished first in the round robin . She then advanced to the playoffs , and won the semifinal against Josefine <unk> of Germany and the final against Christine Cannon of Scotland . With her win in the final , she and her team clinched their second world championships , equalling their run from the previous season . At the time , no other Canadian rink ( men or women ) had won consecutive world championships . Schmirler returned to the Tournament of Hearts the next year as the defending champion . She and her team finished with an 8 – 3 win @-@ loss record and advanced to the playoffs as the second seed . She lost her next two games , however , and failed to advance to the final , losing a chance to win a third consecutive title . In 1997 , Schmirler and her rink returned to the Tournament of Hearts , where they finished with a 9 – 2 win @-@ loss record in the round robin . They advanced to the playoffs , and defeated Alison Goring of Ontario twice en route to winning her third Canadian championship . They then went to the World Championships , where they again finished first in the round robin and advanced to the playoffs , defeating Helena <unk> <unk> of Denmark in the semifinals and Andrea <unk> of Germany in the final to win a third world title . After each of these three seasons , her rink was named " Team of the Year " by Sask Sport .
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Deshastha Brahmins fall under the Pancha Dravida Brahmin classification of the Brahmin community in India . Other Brahmin sub @-@ castes in the region are <unk> Brahmin , <unk> , Konkanastha and Goud Saraswat Brahmin , but these sub @-@ castes only have a regional significance . Goud Saraswat Brahmins fall under the Pancha <unk> Brahmin classification , i.e. North Indian Brahmins . The Vedas are the world 's oldest texts that are still used in worship and they are the oldest literature of India . Four Vedas exists of which the Rig Veda is the oldest . They were handed down from one generation of Brahmins to the next verbally and memorised by each generation . They were written down sometime around 400 BC . Other Vedas include the Yajur Veda , the Atharva Veda and the Sama Veda . Two different versions of the Yajur Veda exist , the White ( Shukla in Sanskrit ) and the black or ( Krishna in Sanskrit ) . The Shukla Yajur Veda has a two different branches ( Shakha in <unk> ) called the <unk> and the Madhyandin . Deshastha Brahmins are further classified in two major sub @-@ sects , the <unk> Rigvedi and the Deshastha Yajurvedi , based on the Veda they follow . The Yajurvedis are further classified into two groups called the <unk> and the <unk> . The <unk> follow the Madhyandin branch of the Shukla Yajur Veda . The word Madhyandin is a fusion of two words Madhya and din which mean middle and day respectively . They are so called because they perform Sandhya Vandana at noon . Almost without exception , the several regional groups of the Madhyandin Brahmins are indistinguishable from the Kshatriya Marathas due to similar physical features . A similar study of four groups that have been resident in Mumbai and surrounding areas for generations , using blood group markers , found the Deshastha Rigvedi and the Marathas to be genetically closer to each other than to the Gujarati Patel and the Parsi communities . <unk> Brahmins were traditionally located in and around Nasik , and they call themselves <unk> or followers of the first branch of the White <unk> . The Madhyandin Yajurvedis arrived in the Nashik district of Maharashtra from Gujarat about 500 years ago .
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IM Normae is one of only ten recurrent novae known in the Milky Way . It has erupted in 1920 and 2002 , reaching magnitude 8 @.@ 5 from a baseline of 18 @.@ 3 . It was poorly monitored after the first eruption , so it is possible that it erupted in between . Norma hosts two faint R Coronae Borealis variable stars of magnitude 10 — RT Normae and RZ Normae — rare degenerate stars thought to have formed from the merger of two white dwarfs that fade by several magnitudes periodically as they eject large amounts of carbon dust . A faint object of magnitude 16 , QV Normae is a high mass X @-@ ray binary star system 15 @,@ 000 – 20 @,@ 000 light @-@ years distant from Earth . It is composed of a neutron star orbiting a blue @-@ white supergiant approximately 20 times as massive as the Sun . The stellar wind from the more massive star is drawn to the magnetic poles of the neutron star , forming an accretion column and producing X @-@ rays . Located 19 @,@ 000 light @-@ years away , <unk> Normae is an active low mass X ray binary composed of a neutron star and its companion star that is smaller and cooler than the Sun . The neutron star is 1 @.@ 74 ± 0 @.@ 14 times as massive as the Sun , yet its radius is a mere 9 @.@ 3 ± 1 @.@ 0 km . <unk> @-@ 5055 is a neutron star found in the centre of <unk> supernova remnant . A periodic X @-@ Ray source with a period of 6 @.@ 67 hours , it is approximately 2000 years old and 10 @,@ 000 light @-@ years away from Earth . It is unusual in that it is spinning much too slowly for its young age , behaving instead like a multi @-@ million @-@ year @-@ old star . SGR <unk> @-@ <unk> is a soft gamma repeater ( SGR ) — a magnetar that is emitting gamma ray flares , located some 30 @,@ 000 light @-@ years distant from Earth . The rotation period , of approximately 2 @.@ 07 seconds , is the fastest yet observed for a magnetar . <unk> <unk> @-@ 564 is another X @-@ ray binary , this time composed of a large black hole around 10 times as massive as the Sun and a cool orange donor star . The black hole is a microquasar , firing off jets of material most likely from its accretion disk .
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Moreno organized two military expeditions to counter the threat of the plazas that resisted the Junta . The first one , headed by Francisco Ortiz de Ocampo , would move to Córdoba and attack the counter @-@ revolution organized by the former viceroy Santiago de Liniers ; they next went to Upper Peru . Ocampo 's initial orders were to capture the counter @-@ revolutionary leaders and send them to Buenos Aires , so that they could be judged . When the counter @-@ revolution became stronger Moreno called the Junta and , with support from Castelli and Paso , proposed that the enemy leaders should be shot as soon as they were captured instead of brought to trial . The Junta accepted the new proposal , and delivered it to Ocampo . The counter @-@ revolution was defeated the following August , but Ocampo did not execute his prisoners . Gregorio Funes , head of the patriotic party of Córdoba , persuaded him to spare them , because the prisoners were popular in Córdoba and the people would not support their deaths . Besides Liniers , the prisoners included the governor of Córdoba and the bishop of the city . Ocampo stuck to the initial orders and delivered the prisoners to the city . Moreno did not accept it , and told Ocampo that a general should simply obey orders . He called a new meeting of the Junta , and produced a paper left at his home which said , " If Liniers does not die , LET HIM LIVE ! " ( note : the second part was written in capital letters in the original ) . The Junta agreed to fire Ocampo and replace him with Castelli , with Nicolás Rodríguez Peña as secretary and Domingo French leading the escort . They intercepted the convoy at Cabeza de Tigre and executed them , except for Bishop Orellana , because of his religious endowment . The Auxiliary Army , commanded by Ocampo and Castelli , was renamed as the Army of the North , and launched the First Alto Perú campaign . Moreno gave harsh new instructions for it : monitor the activities of the rich ; kill Goyeneche , Nieto , Paula Sanz and the bishop on sight ; and allow soldiers to pillage the enemies at the first patriot victory , to generate terror . The context was not favourable : only Cochabamba and Charcas made a genuine support of the revolution , and some indigenous people hesitated in joining , fearing the consequences of a possible royalist counter @-@ attack . The Morenist projects for Upper Peru , which included the emancipation of the indigenous peoples and the nationalization of the mines of Potosi , were resisted by the local populations that were benefiting from the system already in force . Castelli proposed to advance the military campaign even closer to Lima , but Moreno asked him to stay at his position .
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In the Zagreb Corps area , the HV moved across the Kupa River at two points towards Glina — in and near <unk> , using the 20th Home Guard Regiment and the 153rd Brigade . Both crossings established bridgeheads , although the bulk of the units were forced to retreat as the ARSK counter @-@ attacked — only a battalion of the 153rd Brigade and elements of the 20th Home Guard Regiment held their ground . The crossings prompted the ARSK General Staff to order the 2nd Armoured Brigade of the Special Units Corps to move from Slunj to the bridgeheads , as the HV advance threatened a vital road in Glina . The HV 2nd Guards Brigade and the 12th Home Guard Regiment were tasked with the quick capture of Petrinja from the ARSK 31st Motorized Brigade in a pincer movement . The original plan , involving thrusts six to seven kilometres ( 3 @.@ 7 to 4 @.@ 3 miles ) south of Petrinja , was amended by <unk> to a direct assault on the city . On the right flank , the regiment was soon stopped by minefields and forced to retreat , while the bulk of the 2nd Guards Brigade advanced until it wavered following the loss of a company commander and five soldiers . The rest of the 2nd Guards Brigade — reinforced by the 2nd Battalion , elements of the 12th Home Guard Regiment , the 5th Antitank Artillery Battalion and the 31st Engineers Battalion — formed Tactical Group 2 ( TG2 ) operating on the left flank of the attack . TG2 advanced from <unk> , a short distance from Petrinja , but was stopped after the 2nd Battalion 's commander and six soldiers were killed . The ARSK 31st Motorized Brigade also panicked but managed to stabilize its defences as it received reinforcements . The HV 57th Brigade advanced south of Petrinja , intent on reaching the Petrinja – Hrvatska Kostajnica road , but ran into a minefield where the brigade commander was killed , while the 101st Brigade to its rear suffered heavy artillery fire and casualties . In the Sunja area , the 17th Home Guard Regiment and a company of the 151st Brigade unsuccessfully attacked the ARSK 26th Infantry Brigade . Later that day , a separate attack by the rest of the 151st Brigade also failed . The HV 103rd Brigade advanced to the Sunja – Sisak railroad , but had to retreat under heavy fire . The Zagreb Corps failed to meet any objective of the first day . This was attributed to inadequate manpower and as a result the corps requested the mobilization of the 102nd Brigade and the 1st and 21st Home Guard Regiments . The 2nd Guards Brigade was reinforced by the 1st Battalion of the 149th Brigade previously held in reserve in Ivanić Grad .
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<unk> <unk> of Daily News and Analysis noted in her article titled Forget political will , Raj has state support , stated , " Ever since its birth on 9 March 2006 , MNS has been nurtured by the ruling Congress and Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP ) with an ulterior motive of splitting the Shiv Sena . Ironically , the Sena itself was given a ' protected childhood ' in the late 1960s by the then Congress as a tool to war with the Communist Party of India , which had a strong presence in Mumbai . Not surprisingly , covertly the administration has provided Raj adequate platform to consolidate the political forum through an emotive Marathi plank . The purpose is to split the 26 % Marathi voters in Mumbai , which is rather loyal to the Shiv Sena . The electoral merit of the MNS remains untested but its ability to bond with sons of the soil cannot be cursorily dismissed in Mumbai , Thane , Nashik and Pune . " She further noted , " Under chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh , the Congress sees a double advantage in the strategy : A proactive MNS will divide Sena voters on the one hand and drive Mumbai ’ s North Indian community — which was being targeted as " outsiders " by the MNS — to Congress ’ s lap . North Indians , who dominate 48 essential services in Mumbai , constitute a sizeable — and hence decisive — vote bank . Forget political will , it is well @-@ calculated political design which has withheld the Democratic Front government from taking stern action against Raj . Or else , how does one explain home minister RR Patil engaging in a telephone conversation urging him to slow down instead of arresting his men indulging in violence on streets ? " She also said , " ( Vilasrao ) Deshmukh is no better . He has often said , " My administration will not tolerate divisive forces . Nobody is above the law " . " She expressed her views in reference to , Bombay High Court on lashing out at the Maharashtra government over the threat given by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena about displaying the Marathi signboard on the shops and establishments in the metropolis . " If you don 't have political will , then give that message to the people that we can not do anything , " Division Bench of Justice J N Patel and K K <unk> said dissatisfied about government 's inaction against hooliganism of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists . " Why no action has been taken against respondent number six ( Raj Thackeray ) ? Are some people ' untouchable ' for you ? " Justice Patel asked as government failed to file a proper reply regarding the action taken .
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The third series , titled Warriors : Power of Three , was released from 2007 to 2009 and consists of The Sight , Dark River , Outcast , Eclipse , Long Shadows , and Sunrise . The plot is centered on the prophecy , " there will be three , kin of your kin , who hold the power of the stars in their paws " , which was given to Firestar in Firestar 's Quest by <unk> . The series details the experiences of Hollyleaf , Jayfeather , and Lionblaze , Firestar 's grand kits , and thus kin of his kin . Jayfeather is blind , but has the unique ability to feel emotions and memories coming off of other cats and to enter their dreams , where he is then able to see . Lionblaze has the power to never get hurt in a fight . Hollyleaf found her power in being completely loyal . A loner cat called Sol warns Jayfeather and Leafpool that the sun will disappear . During a battle involving all four Clans , the sun disappears in an eclipse . Sol then persuades ShadowClan to lose faith in StarClan , using his warning as evidence that he knows more than StarClan . Jayfeather , Lionblaze , and Hollyleaf fake a sign from StarClan to convince Blackstar , leader of ShadowClan , that StarClan is real and should be followed , but StarClan cats come , making it a true sign . Sol is banished . Ashfur tries to kill Hollyleaf , Lionblaze , and Jayfeather during a fire because he is angry with Squirrelflight , whom he had wanted as a mate in Sunset , but Squirrelflight reveals that they are not her kits . Ashfur threatens to reveal this deception , but Hollyleaf kills Ashfur to keep him quiet . Jayfeather , Hollyleaf , and Lionblaze learn that their true parents are Leafpool and Crowfeather , not Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw ; this makes their birth against the warrior code and medicine cat code , codes of honour followed by Clan cats and medicine cats , respectively . During a Gathering , Hollyleaf reveals the truth about their parents to all the Clans , then runs away into a set of tunnels under the Clans ' territories because she can not stand the fact that her birth is against the warrior code , which means a lot to her . The tunnels then collapse on Hollyleaf , and she is presumed dead . Jayfeather realizes that Hollyleaf was never meant to be part of the Three and that either <unk> or <unk> , <unk> of Firestar 's nephew <unk> , is meant to be the third cat of the prophecy .
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For XIII @-@ 2 , Toriyama wanted a dark and serious tone to the world and story , in contrast to the jovial atmosphere of Final Fantasy X @-@ 2 , and the story was scripted to play out as " pieces of drama " like a television series . Its story and characters were focused around the concepts of mortality and , in Toriyama 's words , the " wish for rebirth " : the latter theme was directly inspired by the Great East Japan earthquake . Watanabe stayed as one of the game 's writers , with writer and novelist Emi Nagashima , better known under her pen name of Jun Eishima , coming on as a story consultant . Lightning 's outfit for the game was designed by Isamu Kamikokuryo , who worked from a rough outline done by Nomura , who also designed the characters ' facial features . Two new character designers were brought in : Hideo Minaba , who contributed to new character outfits such as Hope and Alyssa 's , and Yusuke Naora , who designed outfits for Serah , Noel and Caius . Lightning and Serah 's designs were created to directly reflect the environments they start out from . The character of Noel was added at a later stage in the original planning , since the original plan for Serah to travel alone with the moogle Mog seemed to clash too much with the game 's serious nature . For Lightning Returns , the developers decided to have Lightning as the sole protagonist so that players could get to know her better . The story was created to bring closure for the characters of the series . The core themes of the game were the " salvation of souls " , and the " rebirth of Lightning " , the latter being the main reason the game was not called XIII @-@ 3 . <unk> returned to design Lightning and Snow 's new looks and Kamikokuryo returned to design new outfits for Lightning and help with the world design . Two new designers brought in were Toshitaka Matsuda , an artist for Final Fantasy XII : Revenant Wings , and Toshiyuki Itahana , who had worked on Final Fantasy IX and the Crystal Chronicles series . Both designed multiple battle costumes for Lightning , many of them inspired by the artwork of Yoshitaka Amano . Itahana and Matsuda also respectively designed Lumina and Bhunivelze . Watanabe returned as the main scenario writer , while also receiving ideas for scenes from Toriyama and other members of staff . His work on the script was slow , causing problems from the rest of the development team : in response to this , he worked hard to create an appropriate finale . During his work , he had a strong nostalgic feeling while writing the characters ' lines .
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