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October 1931

october – caltech department of physics faculty , graduate students meet albert einstein guest. october 4 – dick tracy, comic strip detective character created cartoonist chester gould, makes debut appearance in detroit mirror newspaper. october 5 – american aviators clyde edward pangborn , hugh herndon, jr., complete first non-stop flight across pacific ocean, misawa, japan, east wenatchee, washington, in 41½ hours. october 11 – rally in bad harzburg, germany leads harzburg front being founded, uniting nsdap, dnvp, stahlhelm , various other right-wing fractions. october 17 american gangster al capone sentenced 11 years in prison tax evasion in chicago. leeds bradford international airport opened leeds , bradford municipal aerodrome in england. october 24 – george washington bridge across hudson river in united states dedicated; opens traffic following day. @ 3,500 feet (1,100 m), doubles previous record longest main span in world. october 27 – united kingdom general election results i

Organisation New Zealand Labour Party

1 organisation 1.1 party structure 1.2 affiliated trade unions 1.3 young labour 1.4 local government organisation party structure general , special branches party membership tied geographically-based branches in each parliamentary electorate. general branches must consist of @ least 10 members aged 15 or over. members may form special branches have special community of interest (such university students , academics, young people, women, māori people, pacific islanders , industrial workers). influential branches include princes street labour (this university branch described ideological powerhouse of party , , has contributed many prominent labour politicians) , vic labour (the victoria university of wellington branch). labour party membership, 1917–2002 full (non-affiliate) membership peaked @ 55,000 in 1976. during 1980s , 1990s party membership plummeted levels not seen since before first labour government. decline might attributed disillusionment on part of members economics polici

Flag Inca Empire

chronicles , references 16th , 17th centuries support idea of banner. however, represented inca (emperor), not empire. francisco lópez de jerez wrote in 1534: ... todos venían repartidos en sus escuadras con sus banderas y capitanes que los mandan, con tanto concierto como turcos. (... all of them came distributed squads, flags , captains commanding them, well-ordered turks.) chronicler bernabé cobo wrote: the royal standard or banner small square flag, ten or twelve spans around, made of cotton or wool cloth, placed on end of long staff, stretched , stiff such did not wave in air , on each king painted arms , emblems, each 1 chose different ones, though sign of incas rainbow , 2 parallel snakes along width tassel crown, each king used add badge or blazon preferred, lion, eagle , other figures. (... el guión o estandarte real era una banderilla cuadrada y pequeña, de diez o doce palmos de ruedo, hecha de lienzo de algodón o de lana, iba puesta en el remate de una asta larga, tendida y

External links Spain

definitions wiktionary media commons news wikinews quotations wikiquote texts wikisource travel guide wikivoyage learning resources wikiversity spain . world factbook. central intelligence agency.  spain ucb libraries govpubs spain @ dmoz spain bbc news key development forecasts spain international futures government e-government portal spain maps wikimedia atlas of spain geographic data related spain @ openstreetmap tourism official tourism portal spain

Professional life Jagath Wickramasinghe

during first half of 1990s forwarded application music section of slbc. got selected music producer , played instruments programs , composed own music. made many contributions new creations , got experience young musician. worked visiting lecture of university of visual & performing , lecture in oriental , western music, in music department of youth service council sri lanka. from 1983 1985 performed music consultant of sarvodaya organization , since 1982 performing teacher having experience in music. since 1991 now, has been touring around 40 countries performing there vocalist, instrumentalist , director of music. well, takes special care promote our music , culture in foreign countries. in mid 1990s attached program on tv such prathiba, ridma tharanga, shantha me ra yame, thani tharuwe, , nishanthaya. well, composed music films , teledramas such sthyadewi, re ru, bhawakarma, thunpath rela, bopath ella, isuru tharanaya, pahe kttiya, keetaya , awasan horaawa in 1991, involved hims

References Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

secretariat of convention on biological diversity (2000) cartagena protocol on biosafety convention on biological diversity: text , annexes. montreal, quebec, canada. isbn 92-807-1924-6 secretariat of convention on biological diversity (2004) global biosafety – concepts action: decisions adopted first meeting of conference of parties convention on biological diversity serving meeting of parties cartagena protocol on biosafety. montreal, quebec, canada.

Brake types Bicycle brake

1 brake types 1.1 spoon brakes 1.2 duck brake 1.3 rim brakes 1.3.1 advantages , disadvantages 1.3.2 brake pads 1.3.3 self-assisting characteristics 1.4 types of rim brakes 1.4.1 rod-actuated brakes 1.4.2 caliper brakes 1.4.2.1 side-pull caliper brakes 1.4.2.2 centre-pull caliper brakes 1.4.2.3 u-brakes 1.4.3 cantilever brakes 1.4.3.1 traditional cantilever brakes 1.4.3.2 v-brakes 1.4.3.3 roller cam brakes 1.4.4 delta brakes 1.4.5 hydraulic rim brakes 1.5 disc brakes 1.5.1 advantages 1.5.2 disadvantages 1.5.3 hydraulic vs. mechanical 1.5.4 single vs. dual actuation 1.5.5 multiple pistons 1.5.6 caliper mounting standards 1.5.7 advantages , disadvantages of various types of mounts 1.5.8 disc mounting standards 1.5.9 disc sizes 1.6 drum brakes 1.7 coaster brakes 1.8 drag brakes 1.9 band brake brake types spoon brakes spoon brake on antique peugeot open diamond frame le lion model b @ batavus museum in heerenveen, netherlands the spoon brake, or plunger brake first type of bicycle brak

References Aberdeen Ferryhill TMD

sources marsden, colin j. (1987). br depots. motive power recognition. 6. ian allan ltd. isbn 9780711017191. oclc 18685680.  webster, neil; greengrass, robert; greaves, simon (1987). british rail depot directory. metro enterprises ltd. isbn 9780947773076. oclc 20420397. 

Round robin results 2017 Elite 10

1 round robin results 1.1 draw 1 1.2 draw 2 1.3 draw 3 1.4 draw 4 1.5 draw 5 1.6 draw 6 1.7 draw 7 round robin results all draw times listed in atlantic standard time (utc−8). draw 1 thursday, march 16, 12:00 pm draw 2 thursday, march 16, 4:00 pm draw 3 thursday, march 16, 7:30 pm draw 4 friday, march 17, 10:00 am draw 5 friday, march 17, 1:00 pm draw 6 friday, march 17, 4:30 pm draw 7 friday, march 17, 8:00 pm

Results 2009 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup

1 results 1.1 preliminary round 1.1.1 pool a 1.1.2 pool b 1.1.3 pool c 1.1.4 pool d 1.2 medal round 1.2.1 pool e 1.2.2 pool f 1.3 non-medal round 1.3.1 pool g 1.3.2 pool h 1.3.3 pool i 1.4 fifth twentieth place classification 1.4.1 nineteenth , twentieth place 1.4.2 seventeenth , eighteenth place 1.4.3 fifteenth , sixteenth place 1.4.4 thirteenth , fourteenth place 1.4.5 eleventh , twelfth place 1.4.6 ninth , tenth place 1.4.7 seventh , eighth place 1.4.8 fifth , sixth place 1.5 first fourth place classification 1.5.1 semi-finals 1.5.2 third , fourth place 1.5.3 final results all times malaysia time , singapore time (utc+08:00) preliminary round pool a pool b pool c pool d medal round pool e pool f non-medal round pool g pool h pool i fifth twentieth place classification nineteenth , twentieth place seventeenth , eighteenth place fifteenth , sixteenth place thirteenth , fourteenth place eleventh , twelfth place ninth , tenth place seventh , eighth place fifth , sixth place first fourth

Biography Joe Wineke

1 biography 1.1 career 1.2 house of representatives election 1.3 chair , post-chair career 1.4 personal biography early career wineke graduate of verona high school in 1975. graduated b.a. in political science university of wisconsin-madison in 1980. served on verona city council 1980 1983. elected wisconsin state assembly , served 1983 1993, when elected wisconsin state senate in april 1993 special election. wineke reelected in 1994. house of representatives election in 1998, wineke ran open seat being vacated united states representative scott klug in u.s. house of representatives. defeated in democratic primary, receiving 27 percent of vote. tammy baldwin won both primary , general election. chair , post-chair career wineke elected chairperson of democratic party of wisconsin in 2005. served limit of 2 terms, , succeeded mike tate, elected in june 2009. went on serve executive director of construction labor-management council of greater wisconsin inc. council created in 1990 joint e

References Himalayan black-lored tit

gill, frank b.; slikas, beth & sheldon, frederick h. (2005): phylogeny of titmice (paridae): ii. species relationships based on sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. auk 122: 121-143. doi: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0121:potpis]2.0.co;2 html abstract grimmett, richard; inskipp, carol, inskipp, tim & byers, clive (1999): birds of india, pakistan, nepal, bangladesh, bhutan, sri lanka, , maldives. princeton university press, princeton, n.j.. isbn 0-691-04910-6 harrap, simon & quinn, david (1996): tits, nuthatches & treecreepers. christopher helm, london. isbn 0-7136-3964-4 rasmussen, p.c., , j.c. anderton. 2005. birds of south asia. ripley guide. volume 2: attributes , status. smithsonian institution , lynx edicions, washington d.c. , barcelona.

Works Kenneth C. Springirth

^ arcadia publishing inc. http://www.arcadiapublishing.com retrieved march 14, 2017 ^ fonthill media inc. http://fonthillmedia.com retrieved march 14, 2017 ^ https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/9780738539386 ^ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/east-broad-*top-railroad-pennsylvania-kenneth-c-springirth/ ^ https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/9781625450715

Climate Boracay

map of boracay island. weather in boracay divided 2 seasonal weather patterns known locally amihan , habagat seasons. in visayan language, amihan means cool northeast wind, , habagat means west or southwest wind; southwest monsoon. amihan season characterized moderate temperatures, little or no rainfall, , prevailing wind northeast. habagat season characterized hot , humid weather, frequent heavy rainfall, , prevailing wind west. on boracay, main indicator of switch between amihan , habagat seasonal patterns switch in wind direction. in years transition abrupt , occurs overnight. in years there period of perhaps week or 2 wind switch between amihan , habagat patterns several times before settling pattern new season. rule of thumb, boracay in amihan weather pattern sometime in october sometime in june , in habagat weather pattern remainder of year. daytime temperatures on boracay range 77–90 °f (25–32 °c) beginning of amihan season february or march, , increase 82–100 °f (28–38 °c) rang

State Route 789 Former state routes in Arizona

state route 789 state highway in eastern part of state of arizona, starting in town of nogales , ending @ new mexico state line near gallup on old u.s. route 66 (presently interstate 40). route cosigned other routes, including u.s. route 89 north nogales tucson, u.s. route 80/u.s. route 89 north tucson u.s. route 60 , u.s. route 70 @ florence junction, east on 60/70 globe , 60 past show low state route 61, east on 61 u.s. 666 north of springerville, overlapped u.s. 666 , u.s. 66 gallup n.m. first appeared on arizona state map in 1956 , decommissioned around 1965 when route decertified. state route 789 leg of proposed u.s. 789, number proposed canada mexico highway. boosters wanted route new highway marked nogales, arizona, north sweetgrass, montana. since highway routed along existing u.s. highways majority of journey, application route signed u.s. highway denied aashto. 1 remnant of u.s. 789 in wyoming remains day wyoming 789. u.s 789 continue north u.s. 666 through farmington cortez,

2016 Billboard K-Town

local k-pop dance teams vie @ kaja kon dance/concert, miami beach convention center, gleason room backstage, october 30, 2016 in 2016, k-town reported on study found america becoming priority touring korean acts. study conducted concert kickstarter website, mymusictaste.com while gauging local fan interest future concerts. study examined number of k-pop concerts held between 2013 , approximately may 2016, found east asia still had concerts, numbers tapering, while north america, south america , europe showing consistent growth. top 3 countries concerts abroad japan, china , usa. number 1 touring act in study all-male group big bang. in july, forbes reported made $44 million in pretax earnings on past year, compared $33.5 million made current highest-paid american all-male arena pop group, maroon 5 , no. 54 on forbes celebrity 100. still without designated k-pop chart, column continued feature articles on k-pop s performance on billboard charts, continued watched closely , rehashed so

State Route 166 Former state routes in Arizona

state route 166, known sr 166, state highway in north-central part of arizona, starting @ junction u.s. route 66 , ended @ walnut canyon national monument. first appeared on state map in 1957 , decommissioned in 1970 when route through national monument taken on forest service. appeared in older state maps on route winslow second mesa. known winslow-toreva highway, route became part of state route 65, state route 87. there historical marker highway north of winslow.

Kinsey scale Bisexuality

in 1940s, zoologist alfred kinsey created scale measure continuum of sexual orientation heterosexuality homosexuality. kinsey studied human sexuality , argued people have capability of being hetero- or homosexual if trait not present in current circumstances. kinsey scale used describe person s sexual experience or response @ given time. ranges 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, 6, meaning exclusively homosexual. people rank anywhere 2 4 considered bisexual; not 1 extreme or other. sociologists martin s. weinberg , colin j. williams write that, in principle, people rank anywhere 1 5 considered bisexual. the psychologist jim mcknight writes while idea bisexuality form of sexual orientation intermediate between homosexuality , heterosexuality implicit in kinsey scale, conception has been severely challenged since publication of homosexualities (1978), weinberg , psychologist alan p. bell.

A Boy and His Dog A Boy and His Dog

1 boy , dog 1.1 plot 1.2 reception 1.3 film adaptation a boy , dog plot vic, aged 15, born in , scavenges throughout wasteland of former southwestern united states. vic concerned food , sex; having lost both of parents, has no formal education , not understand ethics or morality. accompanied well-read, misanthropic, telepathic dog named blood, helps him locate women, in return food. blood cannot forage himself, due same genetic engineering granted him telepathy. 2 steal living, evading bands of solos , mutants. blood , vic have antagonistic relationship, though realize need each other. at movie house, blood claims smell woman, , pair track abandoned ymca building. there, meet quilla june holmes, teenage girl downunder, society located in large underground vault. before vic can rape her, blood informs pair roverpak (a gang) has tracked them building , have fight them off. after killing number of them, trio hides in boiler , set structure on fire. vic has sex quilla june, , though pr

Round summaries 1999 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

1 round summaries 1.1 first round 1.2 second round 1.3 third round 1.4 final round round summaries first round thursday, june 3, 1999 friday, june 4, 1999 source: second round friday, june 4, 1999 source: third round saturday, june 5, 1999 source: final round sunday, june 6, 1999 source:

Ukraine List of nuclear and radiation fatalities by country

the abandoned city of pripyat, ukraine chernobyl nuclear power plant in distance. april 26, 1986 – chernobyl disaster. fifty-six direct deaths (47 accident workers, , 9 children thyroid cancer), , estimated there 4,000 cancer deaths among approximately 600,000 highly exposed people.   ^ iaea report . in focus: chernobyl. retrieved 2008-05-31.  ^ benjamin k. sovacool. costs of failure: preliminary assessment of major energy accidents, 1907–2007, energy policy 36 (2008), p. 1806. ^ benjamin k. sovacool. critical evaluation of nuclear power , renewable electricity in asia, journal of contemporary asia, vol. 40, no. 3, august 2010, p. 396.

Soviet Union.2FRussia List of nuclear and radiation fatalities by country

^ samuel upton newtan. nuclear war , other major nuclear disasters of 20th century 2007, pp. 237–240. ^ timeline: nuclear plant accidents bbc news, 11 july 2006. ^ strengthening safety of radiation sources archived 2009-06-08 @ webcite p. 14. ^ cite error: named reference johnston2007 invoked never defined (see page). ^ worst nuclear disasters

Teams and venues 2015 Ghanaian Premier League

locations of 2015 ghana premier league participating clubs (2015) team movements teams promoted following 2013–2014 glo premier league season brong ahafo stars, (sunyani, brong-ahafo) accra great olympics f.c., (accra, greater accra) west african football academy, (gomoa fetteh, central) runner-up of 2015 ghanaian fa cup qualifies 2016 caf confederation cup. winner of runner-up of 2014–15 ghanaian fa cup qualifies 2016 caf confederation cup.

New Zealand List of smoking bans

the first building in world have smoke-free policy old government building in wellington, new zealand, in 1876. on concerns threat of fire, second largest wooden building in world. new zealand passed amendment smoke-free environments act 1990 law on 3 december 2003 (effective in 2004) covers indoor public workplaces , inside hospitality venues (pubs, bars, restaurants , casinos). studies have shown high levels of compliance law. air quality inside hospitality venues compared similar settings in other countries smoking still permitted. in new zealand, tobacco , tobacco products cannot sold or supplied under 18. outdoor smoke-free laws cover grounds of schools, grounds of hospitals, stadiums , 2 university campuses (massey university, , university of auckland, in 2010). victoria university of wellington has restricted smoking rules specified areas 1 may smoke. government has not moved restrict smoking in cars has run mass media campaigns promote smoke-free cars , homes. there increasing

History Walton Castle, Suffolk

1 history 1.1 roman era 1.2 viking / saxon period 1.3 medieval period 1.4 erosion , loss sea history roman era walton castle, drawn in 1623 walton castle saxon shore type fort, built in late 3rd century. of our knowledge of fort derives outline drawing , plan of 1623, 18th-century literary accounts. 1623 drawings show plan similar burgh castle north. forward projecting curvilinear towers present @ corners of fort. walls have flint facing brick bonding courses. presence of forward-projecting towers rounded corners thought evidence construction date contemporary other saxon shore forts such burgh castle , othona. in 1722 remains described as: tis 100 yards long, five-foot above ground, 12 broad @ each end , turned angle. composed of pepple , roman bricks in 3 courses, round footsteps of buildings, , several large pieces of wall cast down upon strand seas undermining ye cliff have roman brick. @ low water mark of visible distance in sea. there 2 entire pillars balls, cliff 100-foot high

Greater Los Angeles Demographics of Filipino Americans

historic filipinotown sign. filipino pensionados began arriving region in 1903, including in ventura county. in 1920s, area known little tokyo known little manila, first concentration of filipino immigrants in los angeles lived. in 1930, 1 in 5 filipinos in united states called los angeles county home, number of filipinos in area expanding in winter season work temporary jobs. in 1937, first filipina american graduated ucla. in 1940, there 4,503 filipinos living in city of los angeles. little manila extended bunker hill , civic center areas of los angeles, forced relocate temple-beverly corridor in 1950s , 1960s, , has since been largely forgotten. in 20th century, filipino sailors united states navy began stationed in oxnard , long beach, developing military related filipino enclaves; long beach community beginning in 1940s, , oxnard community saw significant growth after 1960s. according 1970 united states census, los angeles-long beach metropolitan area had third largest filipino am

Operational history 6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)

1 operational history 1.1 normandy 1.2 advance seine 1.3 ardennes 1.4 rhine 1.5 germany 1.6 post war operational history from june december 1943, 6th airlanding brigade, part of 6th airborne division, prepared operations, , trained @ every level section division day , night. airborne soldiers expected fight against superior numbers of enemy equipped artillery , tanks. training designed encourage spirit of self-discipline, self-reliance , aggressiveness. emphasis given physical fitness, marksmanship , fieldcraft. large part of training consisted of assault courses , route marching. military exercises included capturing , holding airborne bridgeheads, road or rail bridges , coastal fortifications. @ end of exercises, troops march barracks, distance of around 20 miles (32 km). ability cover long distances @ speed expected: airborne platoons required cover distance of 50 miles (80 km) in 24 hours, , battalions 32 miles (51 km). in april 1944, under command of airborne corps, brigade took p

1933 to 1945 Siemens

prisoners around 1944 working @ siemens factory in kz bobrek, subcamp of auschwitz concentration camp. a siemens truck being used nazi public address vehicle in 1932 siemens (at time: siemens-schuckert) exploited forced labour of deported people in extermination camps. company owned plant in auschwitz concentration camp. during final years of world war ii, numerous plants , factories in berlin , other major cities destroyed allied air raids. prevent further losses, manufacturing therefore moved alternative places , regions not affected air war. goal secure continued production of important war-related , everyday goods. according records, siemens operating 400 alternative or relocated manufacturing plants @ end of 1944 , in 1945. in 1972, siemens sued german satirist f.c. delius satirical history of company, unsere siemenswelt, , determined of book contained false claims although trial publicized siemens history in nazi germany. company supplied electrical parts nazi concentration camp

Stateless address autoconfiguration .28SLAAC.29 IPv6

ipv6 hosts can configure automatically when connected ipv6 network using neighbor discovery protocol via internet control message protocol version 6 (icmpv6) router discovery messages. when first connected network, host sends link-local router solicitation multicast request configuration parameters; routers respond such request router advertisement packet contains internet layer configuration parameters. if ipv6 stateless address auto-configuration unsuitable application, network may use stateful configuration dynamic host configuration protocol version 6 (dhcpv6) or hosts may configured manually using static methods. routers present special case of requirements address configuration, sources of autoconfiguration information, such router , prefix advertisements. stateless configuration of routers can achieved special router renumbering protocol.

References Usman, Russia

sources Липецкий областной Совет депутатов. Закон №382-ОЗ от 28 апреля 2010 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Липецкой области и порядке его изменения», в ред. Закона №343-ОЗ от 5 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые Законы Липецкой области в связи с объединением сельских поселений Добринский сельсовет и Сафоновский сельсовет Добринского муниципального района Липецкой области». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: Липецкая газета , №88, 7 мая 2010 г. (lipetsk oblast council of deputies. law #382-oz of april 28, 2010 on administrative-territorial structure of lipetsk oblast , on procedures change, amended law #343-oz of december 5, 2014 on amending various laws of lipetsk oblast due merger of rural settlements of dobrinsky selsoviet , safonovsky selsoviet in dobrinsky municipal district of lipetsk oblast. effective of the day 10 days after day of official publication.). Липецкий областной Совет депутатов. Закон

Maine U.S. Route 1A

1 maine 1.1 york 1.2 portland 1.3 rockland 1.4 bangor 1.5 milbridge 1.6 whitneyville 1.7 aroostook county maine york this 1a segment in york travels along coast , serves areas of york harbor , cape neddick. length of segment 7.0 miles. portland in portland, maine s largest city, original routing of 1a has largely been eliminated short section still exists along portland s waterfront. begins @ exit 7 on i-295 freeway (also known franklin street). travels east along franklin street arterial until intersection commercial street , maine state pier. @ point makes 90-degree turn onto commercial street, follow through entire waterfront area passing such landmarks becky s diner , customs service portland office. passes under 4 lane me 77/casco bay bridge roadway, , continues along commercial street (and waterfront) until intersection valley street , veteran s memorial bridge road. 1a follows neither routing instead turns west , north following fore river parkway loops meet i-295 again @ exit 5