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Conversion between SI and legacy units Metric system

during evolution, metric system has adopted many units of measure. introduction of si rationalised both way in units of measure defined , list of units in use. these catalogued in official si brochure. table below lists units of measure in catalogue , shows conversion factors connecting them equivalent units in use on eve of adoption of si. the si brochure catalogues non-si units used si in matters of everyday life or units defined values in terms of si units , used in particular circumstances satisfy needs of commercial, legal, or specialised scientific interests. these units include: cite error: there <ref group=note> tags on page, references not show without {{reflist|group=note}} template (see page).

Murder rates by country Murder

the scene of murder in rio de janeiro. more 800,000 people murdered in brazil between 1980 , 2004. in united states, 666,160 people killed between 1960 , 1996. approximately 90% of murders in committed males. between 1976 , 2005, 23.5% of murder victims , 64.8% of victims murdered intimate partners female. women in us, homicide leading cause of death in workplace. in us, murder leading cause of death african american males aged 15 34. between 1976 , 2008, african americans victims of 329,825 homicides. in 2006, federal bureau of investigation s supplementary homicide report indicated half of 14,990 murder victims black (7421). in year 2007 non-negligent homicides, there 3,221 black victims , 3,587 white victims. while 2,905 of black victims killed black offender, 2,918 of white victims killed white offenders. there 566 white victims of black offenders , 245 black victims of white offenders. white category in uniform crime reports (ucr) includes non-black hispanics. in london in 2006,...

Post-war .281945.E2.80.931969.29 Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken

steef van schaik (1888–1968) chief executive of aku 1948 steef van schaik (1888–1968), had served in various senior management positions in enka , aku 1919, , dutch minister of transport of energy 25 june 1945 2 july 1946, ceo of aku 1 august 1948 1 july 1954. aku began produce cordenka rayon tire yarns in arnhem in 1948. enka retained ownership of american enka, , in 1953 still held 56% of shares, although management american. year american enka began produce nylon @ new plant in asheville. 1957 article in business week said enka believes technical , other information exchange american enka more important profit ownership of enka shares. in 1950 vgf largest german manufacturer of artificial fibers, management team oriented towards united states. year company opened new perlon fiber facility. in 1953 vgf had workforce of 10,840 in germany. in 1957 vgf reported sales of 383 million dm. in 1960 there 17 registered companies in aku group in 8 countries, including vgf. 1965 sales 1,374 mi...

Events 1240 Batu raid of Ruthenia

at end of fall, batu s troops took kiev. during time daniel stayed in hungary conducting negotiations. batu khan moved towards volodymyr. on way batu unsuccessfully tried take fortress of kolodyazhyn (ru:Колодяжин), near sluch river. however, after negotiations, city residents tricked surrendering , slain. batu khan continued kamianets upon sluch (today myropil) , izyaslav, taking both of cities. after batu sacked many other cities including capital cities volodymyr-volynskyi , halych. cities survived kremenets, chełm, , danyliv (non-existing).

History Stollwerck

franz stollwerck in 1839 baker franz stollwerck started business in cologne, germany. diversified chocolate , other candy, having particular success cough drops. local pharmacists requested prevented selling such medicinal items in 1845, rejected. business flourished in germany , opened 2 coffee houses in cologne. 1 of these briefly converted music hall before becoming chocolate , candy factory in 1860s. in 1871 sons registered separate company gebrüder stollwerck (stollwerck brothers) merged original company in 1876, after death of franz stollwerck. stollwerck vending machine, 1887 preferred share of gebrüder stollwerck ag, issued 17. july 1902 stollwerck s 5 sons expanded business multinational corporation plants in europe , america. second youngest of brothers, ludwig stollwerck instrumental in introducing new technology including first vending machines in 1887. these used sell small samples of chocolate, immediate popularity meant used sell entire bars. in 1893 stollwerck selling c...

Coaches and staff San Antonio Stars

1 coaches , staff 1.1 owners 1.2 head coaches 1.3 general managers 1.4 assistant coaches coaches , staff owners larry h. miller, owner of utah jazz (1997–2002) peter holt, owner of san antonio spurs (2003–2017) mgm resorts international (2017-present) head coaches general managers jay francis (1997–2004) dan hughes (2005–2015) ruth riley (2016–present) assistant coaches greg williams (1997) fred williams (1998) michael layden (1999) candi harvey (1999–2000) richard smith (1999–2000) tammy reiss (2001–2003) bobby morse (2002) shell dailey (2003–2004) vonn read (2004) brian agler (2005–2007) sandy brondello (2005–2009) vanessa nygaard (2008) olaf lange (2008–2010) vickie johnson (2011–2016) steve shuman (2011–2012) james wade (2013–2016) joi williams (2017-present) latricia trammell (2017-present)

Fictional history Ryan O'Reily

1 fictional history 1.1 season 1 1.2 season 2 1.3 season 3 1.4 season 4 part i 1.5 season 4 part ii 1.6 season 5 1.7 season 6 1.8 murders committed fictional history season 1 he cause of every death in first season of oz: in pilot episode, bribes guards in solitary confinement allow johnny post in burn dino ortolani. betrayed post italian gang. he sets jefferson keane killed. backfires, keane goes death row killing 1 of attackers. along simon adebisi, feeds nino schibetta ground glass on course of few weeks, causing him internal hemorrhaging. with major competition eliminated, o’reily becomes major player in oz s drug scene. plays major role in feeding tobias beecher s heroin addiction, being main supplier. throughout season o reily allies himself italians , homeboys, behind backs, calls italians dagos , wops , homeboys niggers , , latinos spics . season 2 in second season, o’reily enjoying new status in oz drug scene when diagnosed breast cancer. helped through treatment , chemot...

Microsoft Source Code List of RAM drive software

1 microsoft source code 1.1 ramdisk.sys sample driver windows 2000 1.2 ramdisk sample windows 7/8 1.3 native microsoft source code ramdisk.sys sample driver windows 2000 microsoft windows offers demonstration ram disk windows 2000 part of windows driver kit. limited using same physical ram operating system. available free download source code. ramdisk sample windows 7/8 microsoft provides source code ram disk driver windows 7 , 8 native windows has rough analog tmpfs in form of temporary files . files created both file_attribute_temporary , file_flag_delete_on_close held in memory , written disk if system experiences high memory pressure. in way behave tmpfs, except files written specified path during low memory situations, rather swap space. technique used servers along transmitfile render content buffer before sending client.

Description Geeumbi

geeumbi, close-up geeumbi substantial , complex four-level residence of concrete construction set in expansive cultivated grounds on northern side of south street, toowoomba. property situated close escarpment of southern toowoomba range , house oriented take advantage of easterly views. allotment covers area of 1.69 hectares , relationship between house, gardens, garden structures , expansive views critical significance of place. the south street entrance geeumbi marked 2 low concrete walls flanking central driveway, mature hedges extending along front boundary creating distinctive fence line. circular driveway constructed of decorative concrete slabs, , distinguished round garden bed in front of entrance house. circular drive area surrounded tall mature hedges, making entrance house secluded space. the house constructed of solid concrete 30 centimetres thick. built on 4 levels include ground floor, common room, bedrooms , living areas on second floor, den on third floor , flat roof...

Works Dana Seetahal

^ seetahal, dana s., commonwealth caribbean criminal practice , procedure, london : cavendish, 2001, lxii, 524 p., isbn 1-85941-664-0 (pbk.) ^ seetahal, d.s. (2001). commonwealth caribbean criminal practice , procedure. cavendish publishing. isbn 9781859416648. retrieved 2014-11-16.  ^ http://www.routledge.com/books/commonwealth-caribbean-criminal-practice-and-procedure-isbn 978-1-85941-974-8 ^ defining role of civil society in caribbean development (pdf). 6 may 2002. archived original (pdf) on june 16, 2010. retrieved 2014-11-16. 

The establishment of the Abbey Kilwinning Abbey

kilwinning abbey stands today the ancient name of town segdoune or saigtown , derived sanctoun , meaning town of saint . saint winning s festival on 21 january , year of arrival ireland 715 ad. site first church , later abbey revealed saint winning angel in vision. kilwinning tironensian benedictine monastic community, named after tyron in diocese of chartres. abbey dedicated saint winning , virgin mary, , founded sometime between 1162 , 1188 monks coming kelso. patron not known certain, may have been richard de morville, lord of cunninghame , great constable of scotland, perhaps backing , assistance of king william of scotland. story developed sir richard de morville involved in murder of thomas becket founder of abbey, despite likelihood of families being same, dates of events make connection impossible. connection exist founding of arbroath abbey in 1178, tironensian abbey, in memory of thomas becket william lion (1165–1214). saint winning the abbey, located far away in west @ ...

Improved variants Tupolev Tu-142

a tu-142mk (with aft-facing fin-top fairing , smooth nose contour) being escorted navy lockheed p-3 vp-45 (march 1986) as 1970s progressed, silencing technology in submarines rendered acoustic-band sonobuoys , trigger devices ineffective. during 1961 , 1962, soviet union conducted research , development explosive sound system (ess) – used locate deep-diving submarines – under name udar (blow). in 1965, work had started on sonobuoy systems using ess integrated berkut radar. programme postponed when 1 of aircraft intended carry it, ilyushin il-38, found incompatible. developments instead resulted in udar-75, featured in new search , targeting system (sts) of taganrog-built tu-142ms. a new target acquisition system dubbed korshun-k, cornerstone of korshun (kite) radar, installed on subsequent tu-142s. system used detecting surfaced , submerged submarines, communicating other asw aircraft , ground bases, , performing navigational , tactical tasks. first 3 tu-142ms first aircraft equipped s...

1.2C200 V DC.2C third rail .28side-contact.29 Railway electrification in Great Britain

a class 504 (1,200 v dc) train @ manchester victoria station, weeks before closure conversion metrolink light-rail system manchester victoria - bury in 1916, line between manchester victoria , bury electrified using 1,200 v dc third rail (side contact). line between bury , holcombe brook had been electrified using 3,500 v dc overhead in 1913 converted system in 1918. abandoned in 1991, when line converted 750 v dc system , became part of manchester metrolink.

The attack Lachine massacre

daniel d auger de subercase on rainy morning of august 5, 1689, iroquois warriors used surprise launch nighttime raid against undefended settlement of lachine. traveled saint lawrence river boat, crossed lake saint-louis, , landed on south shore of montreal island. while colonists slept, invaders surrounded homes , waited leader signal when attack should begin. attacked homes, breaking down doors , windows, , dragging colonists outside, many killed. when of colonists barricaded within village s structures, attackers set fire buildings , waited settlers flee flames. according 1992 article, iroquois, wielding weapons such tomahawk, killed 24 french , took more 70 prisoners. other sources, such encyclopædia britannica, claim 250 settlers , soldiers lost lives during “massacre.” iroquois wanted avenge 1,200,000 bushels of corn burned french, since unable reach food stores in montreal, kidnapped , killed lachine crop producers instead. lachine main departure point westward-traveling fur tra...

Influences The Hobbit

verne s runic cryptogram journey center of earth tolkien scholar mark t. hooker has catalogued lengthy series of parallels between hobbit , jules verne s journey center of earth. these include, among other things, hidden runic message , celestial alignment direct adventurers goals of quests. tolkien s works show influence norse mythology, reflecting lifelong passion stories , academic interest in germanic philology. hobbit no exception this; work shows influences northern european literature, myths , languages, poetic edda , prose edda. examples include names of characters, such fili, kili, oin, gloin, bifur, bofur, bombur, dori, nori, dwalin, balin, dain, nain, thorin oakenshield , gandalf (deriving old norse names fíli, kíli, oin, glói, bivör, bávörr, bömburr, dori, nóri, dvalinn, bláin, dain, nain, Þorin eikinskialdi , gandálfr). while names old norse, characters of dwarves more directly taken fairy tales such snow white , snow-white , rose-red collected brothers grimm. latter tale ...

History Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery

sexton s residence (devine family), ca. 1886 in march 1875 john devine appointed sexton, initiating 86 years of continuous service 3 generations of devine family sextons of drayton , toowoomba cemetery: john 1875 1898; son william john 1898 1934; , william s son james robert 1934 1961. william , james planted of trees surviving in cemetery grounds, including avenue of trees along entrance driveway south street. 1930, william planted 14 norfolk island pine trees along drive leading anzac avenue west towards sexton s residence, each tree representing 1 member of family. following james devine s retirement sexton s residence removed, , in 1965 lawn cemetery established on site. in interwar period (c. 1930) 3 timber-framed shelter sheds terracotta-tiled roofs , lattice in-fill panels sides, erected in cemetery. larger, earlier shelter shed has been removed site. in 1950s survey of cemetery anticipated existing reserve occupied within 20 years, , in 1957 on 31 acres (13 hectares) adjoining ...

Health Townsville

townsville hospital douglas arterial road the townsville hospital 580-bed university teaching hospital in suburb of douglas. townsville hospital formally located in north ward main building serves example of streamline moderne style of architecture. co-located james cook university school of medicine. hospital caters city of townsville, people in north far thursday island , papua new guinea, west mount isa , south sarina. during year 2010, hospital admitted 54,941 patients, , had 60,676 presentations emergency department. hospital major tertiary maternity centre, 2,308 babies delivered in 2010. the townsville hospital undergoing $437 million redevelopment of 2011, delivering additional 100 beds, four-storey expanded emergency department, expanded neonatal intensive care unit, , expansion of oncology services. emergency department largest in queensland. there 4 other public health campuses in townsville: kirwan health campus, magnetic island health service centre, north ward health ...

Penlops of Trongsa Penlop

trongsa dzong, seat of penlop of trongsa trongsa dzong, interior buildings penlops of trongsa, called tongsab (dzongkha: ཀྲོང་སརབ་; wylie: krong-sarb), based in trongsa, modern day trongsa district in central bhutan. in 19th century, penlop of trongsa emerged 1 of 2 powerful offices in realm, having marginalized others penlop of paro. ascension of jigme namgyel (also called deb nagpo, black deb ) in 1853, office virtually hereditary, held firmly house of wangchuck of nyö clan. many members of family occupied other government offices before, during, or after position of trongsa penlop.

Academic work W. E. B. Du Bois

—du bois, address @ fourth niagara conference , 1908 du bois first african american invited american historical association (aha) present paper @ annual conference. read paper, reconstruction , benefits, astounded audience @ aha s december 1909 conference. paper went against mainstream historical view, promoted dunning school of scholars @ columbia university, reconstruction disaster, caused ineptitude , sloth of blacks. contrary, du bois asserted brief period of african-american leadership in south accomplished 3 important goals: democracy, free public schools, , new social welfare legislation. asserted federal government s failure manage freedmen s bureau, distribute land, , establish educational system, doomed african-american prospects in south. when du bois submitted paper publication few months later in american historical review, asked word negro capitalized. editor, j. franklin jameson, refused, , published paper without capitalization. paper ignored white historians. du bois ...

Merit.2C rules.2C and regulations Menard Correctional Center

1 merit, rules, , regulations 1.1 indeterminate sentencing 1.2 merit system 1.3 rules , regulations 1.4 punishments merit, rules, , regulations indeterminate sentencing in 1897, illinois adopted indeterminate sentencing. 1931, eighty percent of inmates serving indeterminate sentences. merit system in 1903, “grade system” adopted inmates. lasted until 1920, when progressive merit system adopted. using system, time awarded or taken inmates based on behavior. in addition, inmates divided grades, a, b, c, d, , e, based on behavior. disciplinary staff, consisting of warden , deputies, decided on promotions , demotions in grade levels. example, men in grades , b allowed write 2 letters week. in c write once week. d , e inmates write on special permission. rules , regulations silence mandatory in mess hall , in marching lines. smoking permitted in cells , dormitories. prison commissary, around 1930, allowed inmates buy tobacco, candy, toilet articles, canned goods, , fruit. no limit set o...

Warsaw Accordion Quintet since 1999 Warsaw Accordion Quintet

1 warsaw accordion quintet since 1999 1.1 awards 1.2 current members 1.3 past members 1.4 discography warsaw accordion quintet since 1999 since 1999 warsaw accordion quintet has performed on 1 hundred concerts, participating in chamber music festivals in poland , abroad. quintet has made numerous recordings radio , television. the album classical released in 2004 received nomination fryderyk 2004 polish music award in category of best album - chamber music. awards 3rd place: yehudi menuhin bronze prize - 5th osaka chamber music competition & festa 2005 1st place: 9th international competition of contemporary chamber music kraków 2005 final: 4th osaka chamber music competition & festa 2002 1st place: premio citta di castelfidardo (2001) 2nd place: accordion music festival soloists orchestra in mława / poland (2001) 2nd place: international accordion meeting-festival in sanok / poland (2000) current members maciej kandefer – 1st accordion (since 1999) jacek małachowski – 2nd acco...

Description Mammoth Mountain Ski Area

1 description 1.1 terrain aspects 1.2 logistics 1.3 airline service description the ski area located on north side of mammoth mountain in volcanic long valley caldera. overnight guests stay in town of mammoth lakes, california , in neighboring towns such bishop , june lake. june lake s ski area owned mammoth mountain ski area. top of mountain has challenging chutes , groomed mogul runs. there 8 unbound terrain parks. unbound main, adjacent main lodge, highly praised extreme snowboarding , skiing enthusiasts, , 1 of major attractions of ski resort. many of top professionals in sport, including 2006 , 2010 winter olympics gold medalist shaun white, come practice , compete in 18 ft (5.5 m) super pipe , 22 ft (6.7 m) super-duper pipe. mammoth mountain has 1 of longest ski seasons in north america, averages november june. resort enjoys longer season, in 2005, when opened in october , did not close until 4th of july. 1994–95 season mammoth mountain s longest, on ten months...

History Toronto Lynx

1 history 1.1 a-league/usl first division 1.2 usl premier development league 1.3 club data history a-league/usl first division the toronto lynx announced expansion rights in toronto on june 24, 1996, , played first a-league game in jacksonville, florida, on april 12, 1997. toronto lynx set a-league record of 10 consecutive wins during first season in 1997. in 2000, lynx proceeded eastern conference finals , 1-0 loss rochester raging rhinos kept lynx out of a-league championship game. despite these temporary successes, on years spent in a-league (later renamed usl-d1), team fared relatively poorly on field , failed consistently draw crowds of more 2000 people. peter pinizzotto toronto lynx head coach 1997 2003. team made 1 playoff appearance under reign. next season hired assistant coach rivals montreal impact. in september 2003, duncan wilde appointed new toronto lynx head coach 2004 season bringing new philosophy , vision club. wilde holds position of director of toronto lynx premier ...

References Cameron Murray (rugby union)

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Features OpenSceneGraph

overview of openscenegraph architecture. features in version 1.0: a feature-rich , adopted scene graph implementation support performance increasing features support opengl, 1.1 through 2.0 including latest extensions tightly coupled support opengl shading language, developed in conjunction 3dlabs support wide range of 2d image , 3d database formats, loaders available formats such openflight, terrapage, obj, 3ds, jpeg, png , geotiff particle effects support anti-aliased truetype text seamless support framebuffer objects, pbuffers , frame buffer render-to-texture effects multi-threaded database paging support, can used in conjunction 3d database , image loaders large scale, whole earth geospatial terrain paged database generation introspection support core libraries allowing external applications query, get, set , operate on classes in scene graph, via generic interface multi-threaded , configurable support multiple cpu/multiple gpu machines features in version 2.8.3 mac os x 10.6 (snow...

Types of Transition Teams in Iraq Military transition team

1 types of transition teams in iraq 1.1 military transition teams, mitts 1.2 national police transition teams, nptts 1.3 police transition teams, ptts 1.4 border transition teams, btts 1.5 port of entry transition teams, poetts 1.6 other tts types of transition teams in iraq military transition teams, mitts the preponderance of transition teams known military transition teams, mitts. these teams responsible training , advising iraqi army (ia). national police transition teams, nptts in 2005, in order provide similar mentorship iraq’s other security forces, multinational corps-iraq (mnc-i) began embed transition teams ministry of interior’s paramilitary iraqi national police (np) , regular iraqi police service (ips). formerly known special police training teams, sptts, these national police teams - called national police transition teams, nptts - identical supporting iraqi army , consist of 10-12 american soldiers on each team tasked train entire iraqi national police battalion. police ...

Facilities Capital Power Corporation

1 facilities 1.1 alberta 1.2 british columbia 1.3 ontario 1.4 united states facilities alberta genesee generating station - warburg, ab clover bar energy centre - edmonton, ab clover bar landfill gas plant - edmonton, ab halkirk wind project - halkirk, ab shepard energy centre - calgary, ab british columbia island generating station - campbell river, bc quality wind - tumbler ridge, bc ontario kingsbridge wind power project - goderich, on port dover , nanticoke wind project - counties of haldimand & norfolk, on united states southport - north carolina roxboro - north carolina macho springs wind - new mexico ^ capital power announces major expansion plans in alberta (pdf). news release. system electronic document analysis , retrieval (sedar). retrieved january 14, 2013.  ^ alberta s largest natural gas-fuelled electricity generation facility operational (pdf). news release. system electronic document analysis , retrieval (sedar). retrieved march 12, 2015.  ^ capital po...

Development since the 2000s Waterford Airport

aer arann atr 72-201 in waterford on 12 may 2010, aer arann announced expansion of services waterford london , galway. airline said there high demand services london luton, , load factors of galway flights high. seen welcome boost airport, passenger numbers still down. on 14 march 2012, aer arann announced transfer of of waterford routes aer lingus regional brand, effective 25 march 2012. flybe launched daily service birmingham on 25 march 2012. in november 2012, aer arann , aer lingus regional announced closure of services waterford effective january 6, 2013. flybe continue operate 4 times weekly birmingham. waterford hoped gain services, particularly flights london. flybe announced route manchester starting on 22 may 2013, dropped aer lingus regional on 6 january 2014. on 12 august 2013, reported 150m extension of runway funded department of transport limit of €400,000. airport have raise remaining €850,000 take place. vlm airlines announced terminate flights london luton @ short not...

Honours List of Molde FK records and statistics

1 honours 1.1 domestic 1.1.1 league 1.1.2 cup 1.2 european performances honours molde fk s first major trophy 1994 norwegian football cup lyn beaten 3-2 in final. recent trophy came in november 2014, when won norwegian football cup fourth time. domestic league norwegian top flight: 3 tippeligaen (level 1): 3 2011, 2012, 2014 1. divisjon (level 2): 3 1973, 1983, 2007 cup norwegian football cup: 4 1994, 2005, 2013, 2014 european performances uefa champions league groupe stage: 1 1999–00 uefa europa league group stage: 2 2012–13 (gs), 2015–16 (round of 32)

Honours Wes Foderingham

^ league 2 review: swindon win title in style macclesfield drop out of league . daily mail. dmg media. 28 april 2012.  ^ burke, andy (5 april 2016). rangers 1-0 dumbarton . bbc sport. bbc. retrieved 5 april 2016.  ^ english, tom (10 april 2016). rangers 4-0 peterhead . bbc sport. bbc. retrieved 10 april 2016.  ^ golden glove award winners announced . football league. 7 june 2012. retrieved 10 january 2013. 

United States of America Arbor Day

arbor day community festival in rochester, minnesota arbor day founded in 1872 j. sterling morton in nebraska city, nebraska. 1920s, each state in united states had passed public laws stipulated day arbor day or arbor , bird day observance. national arbor day celebrated every year on last friday in april; civic holiday in nebraska. other states have selected time of year in celebrate own arbor day. the customary observance plant tree. on first arbor day, april 10, 1872, estimated 1 million trees planted.

Social engagement Patrick Augustine Sheehan

a letter of sheehan s doneraile parish, without acrimony or agitation , on terms satisfactory both landlord , tenant. on, sheehan concentrated on promoting modern agricultural methods, in tillage , dairy farming. same meetings resulted in long series of social improvements in town of doneraile saw installation of modern water supply system , building of advanced electrification plant. he took advantage of irish labourers act (1883) pursue plan have cabins demolished , replaced modern housing scheme. in of these enterprises, sheehan count on support of lord castletown of upper ossory (bernard edward barnaby fitzpatrick, 2nd baron castletown), had married lord doneraile s child, honourable emily ursula clare st. leger. perhaps not coincidental of these social projects ruminated on sheehan s fictional parish priest in, perhaps successful novel, new curate. one of canon shehan s inherited pastoral duties in doneraile, acquitted, act independent intermediary between viscount doneraile , ten...

Vital Signs Junaid Jamshed

finally, first album, vital signs 1, released nationwide , aired on ptv. debut hit singles, dil dil pakistan , tum mil gaye , released on 14 august 1987, gave them national fame , prominence. both songs big commercial hits , garnered high critical acclaim. songs in first album instant sleeper hit , gained huge nationwide success, shocked band. in interview given ptv, jamshed said not turn him professional musician. jamshed maintained plans gain degree in engineering work pakistan air force, didn t want have music other treat hobby. in 1990, jamshed graduated engineering degree, , worked in air force civil contractor short time before resigning air force. however, rohail , shahzad managed convince him otherwise. after string of chart-topping songs , albums, band split in 1998 , jamshed began solo career, achieving increasing commercial success. first album contained many hit songs , band approached several international companies write songs , advertise products pakistani public. suc...

Player stats 2000 Milwaukee Brewers season

1 player stats 1.1 batting 1.1.1 starters position 1.1.2 other batters 1.2 pitching 1.2.1 starting pitchers 1.2.2 other pitchers 1.2.3 relief pitchers player stats batting starters position note: pos = position; g = games played; ab = @ bats; h = hits; avg. = batting average; hr = home runs; rbi = runs batted in other batters pitching starting pitchers other pitchers relief pitchers

History Friar Street, Reading

friar street looking west, c. 1875 henry taunt excavations carried out on friar street in 1997 @ location of proposed extension marks , spencer store oxford archaeological unit revealed successive layers of old buildings, of date 13th century. the frank matcham-designed royal county theatre, built in 1895, located on south side of friar street. burned down in 1937. the opening of sainsbury s supermarket in 1963 led closure of many smaller shops.

Origins Arbor Day

1 origins 1.1 first arbor day in world 1.2 first american arbor day 1.3 mccreight , theodore roosevelt origins the naturalist miguel herrero uceda @ monument first arbor day in world, villanueva de la sierra (spain) 1805. first arbor day in world the spanish village of mondoñedo held first documented arbor plantation festival in world organized mayor in 1594. place remains alameda de los remedios , still planted lime , horse-chestnut trees. humble granite marker , bronze plate recall event. additionally, small spanish village of villanueva de la sierra held first modern arbor day, initiative launched in 1805 local priest enthusiastic support of entire population. while napoleon ravaging europe ambition in village in sierra de gata lived priest, don juan abern samtrés, which, according chronicles, convinced of importance of trees health, hygiene, decoration, nature, environment , customs, decides plant trees , give festive air. festival began on carnival tuesday ringing of 2 bells of c...

Geography Athens Township, Jewell County, Kansas

1 geography 1.1 adjacent townships 1.2 cemeteries 1.3 major highways 1.4 airports , landing strips geography athens township covers area of 39.47 square miles (102.24 square kilometers). streams of ash creek, middle limestone creek , west limestone creek run through township. adjacent townships ionia township (north) calvin township (northeast) browns creek township (east) glen elder township, mitchell county (south) cawker township, mitchell county (southwest) erving township (west) odessa township (northwest) cemeteries the township contains 1 cemetery, athens. major highways k-128 airports , landing strips rose port airport

Transport Westerland, Germany

inauguration of new railway connecting westerland mainland in 1927 sylt, , thereby westerland, cannot reached road mainland. instead, there shuttle train carries cars, sylt-shuttle, runs between niebüll , westerland. railway line, called marsh railway (marschbahn), runs across 11.3 km-long hindenburgdamm, causeway across wadden sea joining sylt mainland. passenger trains, both local , long-distance, serve westerland, reaching across causeway. westerland can reached air through sylt airport, , car ferry nearby danish island of rømø.

Reign as the monarch of Eastern Wu Sun Quan

1 reign monarch of eastern wu 1.1 reign 1.2 middle reign 1.3 late reign reign monarch of eastern wu early reign sun quan early in sun quan s reign, wu administration known efficiency, sun showed knack listening correct advice , delegating authorities proper individuals. example, correctly trusted faithful lu xun , zhuge jin, so made duplicate imperial seal , left lu xun; whenever correspond shu s emperor liu shan or regent zhuge liang, deliver letter lu xun first (as lu s post near shu border), , if, in lu s opinion, changes needed, revise letter , restamp sun s imperial seal. further, lu xun , zhuge jin authorised coordinate actions shu without prior imperial approval. sun quan treated high-level officials friends , addressed them accordingly (with courtesy names), , in accordance dedicated effort wu s preservation. knew proper roles officials trusted; example, in 225, when selecting chancellor, while key officials respected zhang zhao , wanted him chancellor, sun quan declined, reaso...

Life Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska

maria pawlikowska-jasnorzewska witkacy (pastel) fluent in french, english, , german, in youth, kossak divided time between painting , poetry. during marriage jan pawlikowski — after annulment of first marriage władysław bzowski — literary interests prevailed, inspired couple s discussions poetic output , world of literature in general. passionate relationship based on shared interests , mutual love endless source of poetic inspiration her. however, second marriage failed. following divorce, maria pawlikowska became associated warsaw-based skamander group of poets: julian tuwim, jan lechoń, kazimierz wierzyński, , other renowned writers such jarosław iwaszkiewicz, irena krzywicka, kazimiera iłłakowiczówna , tadeusz boy-Żeleński. in inter-war period pawlikowska-jasnorzewska published twelve volumes of poetry , established herself 1 of innovative poets of era. she began career playwright in 1924, first farce, archibald chauffeur, produced in warsaw. 1939 had written fifteen plays treatmen...

Geography Penang Hill

1 geography 1.1 topography 1.2 land use 1.3 accessibility geography 1884 map of northeast penang island showing penang hill @ top-left, labelled government hill. topography penang hill hilly granitic mass. hill system higher towards northern part highest point @ western hill, @ elevation of 833 m (2,723 ft) above sea level. other western hill, there number of peaks in region, such bukit laksamana (malay admiral hill), tiger hill, flagstaff hill, haliburton s hill , government hill. flagstaff hill 735 m (2,450 ft) above sea level. number of small rivers , streams originate region. sungai pinang (malay penang river) largest of rivers, , starts number of tributaries in area. land use because penang hill has cooler environment, has been popular holiday retreat. number of bungalows built around flagstaff hill. northern part of hills not developed. government hill, bukit timah (malay tin hill) , others designated water catchment areas , no development permitted. some recre...

In culture Helen of Troy

christopher marlowe s play tragical history of doctor faustus (1604) source of famous quote face launched thousand ships / , burnt topless towers of ilium? , although line derived quotation in lucian s dialogues of death. helen appeared in athenian comedies of fifth century bc caricature of pericles s mistress aspasia. in hellenistic times, associated moon due similarity of name greek word Σελήνη (selēnē), meaning moon . 1 pythagorean source claimed helen had come colony on moon, people larger, stronger, , fifteen times more beautiful ordinary mortals. dio chrysostom absolved helen of guilt trojan war making paris first, original husband , claiming greeks started war out of jealousy. virgil, in aeneid, makes aeneas 1 spare helen s life, rather menelaus, , instead portrays act lofty example of self-control. meanwhile, virgil makes helen more vicious having betray own husband deiphobos , give him on menelaus peace offering. satirist lucian of samosata features helen in famous dialogu...