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301 | The mountain howitzer was designed to be lightweight and highly portable. Because of this, and its ease of disassembly, it did not require roads for transportation making it well suited to Indian fighting and mountain warfare. In addition to the pack carriage, a prairie carriage was also created for traditional draft p... |
302 | Watt & Shand was a department store that operated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1992. |
303 | Mercantile apprentices Peter T. Watt, 28, Gilbert Thompson, 32, and James Shand, 29, of Hartford, Conn., opened the predecessor of Watt & Shand, the New York Store, on March 9, 1878. The New York Store featured lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as upscale merchandise. The first item sold was a 100% wool p... |
304 | In 1880, the store moved into a building located at 8-10 East King Street in Lancaster. In 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand, and the store was expanded to include space in the building at 6 East King Street. In 1889, the store added a ladies' ready-to-wear department which included coats, suits, dress... |
305 | In August 1984, the downtown store completed a $1 million, three-year renovation. By 1991, the downtown store was , cobbled together from seven different buildings. |
306 | The Watt & Shand building was on the southeast corner of Penn Square in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Done in the Beaux Arts style, the building was four stories of buff brick with elaborate terra cotta and marble ornamentation. The oldest section of the building, facing East King Street, dated from 1898 and was designed by... |
307 | "Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940 is a Who's Who book first published by the Nebraska Press Association in Lincoln, Nebraska. According to its ""Foreword,"" the publication includes ""life sketches of men and women who have achieved distinction in the fields of economic, civic and cultural endeavor"" in the state of Nebrask... |
308 | "“Heaven Can Wait"" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson, originally released on his 2001 studio album ""Invincible"". The song was written by Jackson, Teddy Riley, Andreao Heard, Nate Smith, Teron Beal, Eritza Laues and Kenny Quiller." |
309 | "The song was originally written by Teddy Riley for BLACKstreet's 1999 album ""Finally"". However, while writing the song with Jackson, the singer asked Riley to give this song to him for he wanted that song, and needed that song in his life. Riley agreed with him and the song was listed in Michael's 2001 album ""Invin... |
310 | "So the modern day is a little quick."" After receiving a digital release on October 30, 2001, ""Heaven Can Wait"" was scheduled for release to radio stations across the United States, but was cancelled due to unspecified reasons. At a tempo of 59 beats per minute, it is one of Jackson's slowest songs." |
311 | "The song received mixed reviews from most music critics. Mark Anthony Neal of ""SeeingBlack.com"" praised the song, saying, ""[Heaven Can Wait] features arguably one of Jackson's best vocal performance since ""Thriller""'s 'The Lady in My Life.'"" Milena Brown of ""PRessure PR"" thought the song was ""breathless"", an... |
312 | "It has classic 'if I should die tonight' love lyrics and swelling chords, but doesn't add up to all that much."" On April 27, 2002, the song peaked at number seventy-two on ""Billboard"" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs." |
313 | "The song was also recorded by BLACKstreet, originally lined up to their 1999 album ""Finally"". After being released by Jackson, their version did not make into the album. In an interview with ""The Urban Daily"" on December 12, 2010, Riley confirmed that the upcoming album from Blackstreet will feature a cover of ""H... |
314 | Housman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Fictional characters: |
315 | Computational Transportation Science (CTS) is an emerging discipline that combines computer science and engineering with the modeling, planning, and economic aspects of transport. The discipline studies how to improve the safety, mobility, and sustainability of the transport system by taking advantage of information te... |
316 | Thus, CTS provides means to study localized computing, self-organization, cooperation and simulation of transport systems. Several academic conferences on CTS have been held up to date: |
317 | Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford, 295 U.S. 555 (1935), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that ruled the Frazier–Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act unconstitutional in violation of the Fifth Amendment. This unanimous decision was one of the Court's many rulings that overturned President Roosevel... |
318 | In 1922 and 1924, Radford and his wife mortgaged a farm to the Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank in Christian County, Kentucky, comprising , with an appraised value of at least $18,000 at that time (approximately $,000 in 2019 dollar). Mortgages were given to secure loans totaling $9,000, to be repaid in installments ov... |
319 | The Bank urged the Radfords to refinance the debt under the provisions of the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act, which they declined to do so. The Bank then declared the entire indebtedness immediately payable, and filed a suit in the circuit court for Christian county in June 1933, against the Radfords and their tenant to f... |
320 | Radford filed a petition asking for an opportunity to submit a composition of his debts, in the federal court for Western Kentucky. The petition was promptly approved and a meeting of the creditors was held, but Radford failed to obtain the acceptance of the requisite majority in number and amount to the composition pr... |
321 | The act was designed to give aid to debt-ridden farmers, allowing them to reacquire farms they had lost from foreclosure, or to petition the Bankruptcy Court within their district to suspend foreclosure proceedings. The legislation's ultimate goal was to help those farmers scale down their mortgages. On August 6, 1934,... |
322 | "Justice Brandeis wrote for a unanimous Court in invalidating the Frazier-Lemke Act, holding that this act unfairly deprived the bank of private property without just compensation, in violation of the Fifth Amendment. The Court cited ""W.B. Worthen Co. v. Kavanaugh"" (1935) where the Court had held unconstitutional pro... |
323 | "Along with ""Humphrey's Executor v. United States"" and ""A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States"", both decided in 1935, this Court decision was a major setback for the Roosevelt administration's New Deal program. Roosevelt became distressed upon learning the unanimity of these three court decisions. However... |
324 | Roosevelt's setbacks with the Supreme Court eventually led to his attempt to pack the court. |
325 | "Cole South (born 1987) is an American professional poker player, author, and entrepreneur from Washington, DC. South is best known for his play online, though he has also made television appearances on ""Poker After Dark"" in season 5 of the show. South graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in economics i... |
326 | South started playing poker online in November 2005 at partypoker under the username CTS, depositing $50. He quickly improved as a player and through intensely studying the game he increased his bankroll to over $13,000 by October 2006. In just two years he went from playing small stakes poker, to building up a bankrol... |
327 | "His mathematical approach to poker, as well as his pursuit of constant improvement and self-analysis are what makes Cole South stand out as a poker player: ""Poker is a game based on mathematics (probability and expectation in particular) and should be treated this way. Bets, folds, raises, bluffs, and all poker decis... |
328 | Exactly one month after winning $1.1 million in a single day, South lost $1 million to Tom Dwan and Ilari Sahamies which is a clear example of his change in fortune at the online tables. Also in the month of March, South lost $785,000 in a single session over a span of almost 2,400 hands against poker player Isildur1. ... |
329 | Ultimately it was determined that South did not share his hand histories or violate the Full Tilt Poker rules in any way and he was not penalized. Townsend was ultimately suspended from his 'Red Pro' status for 30 days for downloading hand histories from a widely used subscription service. |
330 | Cole South has made an appearance in the World Series of Poker, he finished 162nd in the 2009 WSOP Main Event earning him $40,288. |
331 | While he still plays poker, South has shifted his business focus to start-ups and entrepreneurial endeavors. He has invested and managed a variety of businesses including CardRunners, DraftDay, Expert Insight, Hold'em Manager, Terran Marketing, and a documentary on the online poker boom. |
332 | "The ICC AllStars was an early integrated professional basketball team of the barnstorming era led by David DeJernett. In 1935 DeJernett finished his fourth year of eligibility at Indiana Central College (now the University of Indianapolis) and started a pro career with former teammates from Indiana Central as well as ... |
333 | "In the 1930s seven-man professional touring squads of former amateur teammates were not uncommon; the New York Renaissance club, for example, was known as the ""Magnificent Seven"" and included several players who'd been schoolboy teammates in Philadelphia. Similarly, the Harlem Globetrotters originated amongst teamma... |
334 | The Cokes, featuring Purdue captain Ray Eddy, Indiana University stars Woody Weir and Vic Dauer, and Akron Firestone veteran Tom Rea, had defeated the AllStars 33-31 in an earlier match and the next year beat the powerful New York Rens 57-53. |
335 | "KWSO (91.9 FM, ""Warm Springs Radio"") is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary music format. Licensed to Warm Springs, Oregon, United States, the station is currently owned by Confederated Tribes Warm Springs Reservation. Historically, KWSO was an AM station in Wasco, CA, operating on 1050 kHz (1950's... |
336 | Camill Hoffmann was a Jewish Czechoslovak diplomat and writer born in 1878. An ardent Czechoslovak nationalist, Hoffmann was appointed to the diplomatic corps as a cultural attache in Berlin. As the rising Nazi Party became increasingly belligerent, Hoffmann began using his political clout and connections to help Germa... |
337 | "The Chicago Crusaders were an all-black barnstorming basketball club whose history ran from 1933 through 1947. Commonly billed as the ""Western World's Colored Champions"" the team's roster over the years featured about a dozen players who also were members of the better-known Harlem Globetrotters and New York Renaiss... |
338 | In the 1933-34 season Dick Hudson, who had previously managed the seminal Giles Post Legion and Savoy Big Five squads that had helped birth Abe Saperstein's Globetrotters, converted his Hottentots into the Chicago Crusaders as something of a travelling name for the Savoy Big Five. Players that season included Jackie Be... |
339 | In 1934-35 the Crusaders made a highly successful barnstorming tour of the Eastern USA, in contravention of the more-common practice of Eastern Seaboard clubs such as the Original Celtics and Rens touring the cavernous MidWestern gyms. Their record that year was reported to be 112-10, including wins over such clubs bac... |
340 | "After a successful 1935-36 campaign, the 1936-37 Crusaders, now managed by Mahlon Roles, adopted the moniker of the Palmer House Indians, competing locally in Chicago's Windy City League. The Indians played their home games at then-brand-new DuSable High School, winning a dozen straight to start the season before drop... |
341 | "In 1939-40 the Crusaders presented perhaps their strongest edition ever, as DeJernett and Al Johnson continued to start along with legendary Rens star Fats Jenkins plus Agis Bray and Hillery Brown, both former Chicago Collegians. Late in the season the Crusaders were reported to have been ""sidestepped"" by the promot... |
342 | "This may have been a decisive factor in ""sidestepping"" the Crusaders' chances to compete in the local tournament." |
343 | "In November 1940 the Harlem Globetrotters, who had won the '40 World's title, announced that they had entered a type of player-exchange agreement with the now-redubbed Savoy Big Five. Most of the 1940 Crusaders -- DeJernett, Bray, Johnson, Brown -- were listed as parties to this exchange agreement. Although Abe Sapers... |
344 | Over the next six years the Crusaders occasionally played with one of their oldtime names such as Bray or Johnson as stars. Crusader-related players such as Brown or Mann also were commonly found to play for Thirties-reminiscent squads called the Chicago Collegians, the Olde-Tymers, or under the new moniker of the Chic... |
345 | Kale District (also called Kalemyo District) is the westernmost district in Sagaing Division of Myanmar (Burma). Its administrative center is the city of Kalay (Kalaymyo). The district consists of three townships Kale Township, Kalewa Township, and Mingin Township. |
346 | To the west Kale District borders Falam District in Chin State, to the north Mawlaik District, to the east Shwebo District, to the south Monywa District and finally Gangaw District of Magway Division. |
347 | The area is supported by rice farming, fisheries and timbering. The main towns are Kalaymyo, Kalewa and Mingin. |
348 | Kale District is one of the most affluent Christian areas of Burma. 99% of inhabitants in Tahan are Christian even though Burma is a Budhhist country and 90% of the national population are Buddhist. Only 4% of the Burmese population are Christian. Kale has 116 Buddhist Monasteries, 508 Churches, a Mosque, two Hindu Tem... |
349 | "The sharktooth moray eel (""Gymnothorax maderensis"") is a moray eel found in the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean." |
350 | "Zaav, Zav or Zou () is the tenth Shah of the Pishdadian dynasty of Persia according to ""Shahnameh"". He was a descendant of Nowzar and ruled over Iran about five years." |
351 | John E. EchoHawk (Pawnee, born August 12, 1945) is a Native American attorney and founder of the Native American Rights Fund, established in 1970. He is a leading member of the Native American self-determination movement. |
352 | John E. EchoHawk was born on August 12, 1945, into a Pawnee family and is an enrolled member of the tribe. In 1970 EchoHawk received his J.D. degree, becoming the first Native American to graduate from the University of New Mexico School of Law. He decided to use his knowledge to benefit Native Americans who do not und... |
353 | EchoHawk is the older brother of Idaho politician Larry EchoHawk, who served as Idaho's State Attorney General 1991-1995, and as director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the President Barack Obama administration. John was influential in encouraging Larry to follow him in gaining a J.D. degree. John EchoHawk served o... |
354 | After law school, EchoHawk joined the staff of California Indian Legal Services. EchoHawk joined other lawyers and tribal members to form the Native American Rights Fund in 1970, which was similar in goals to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (both were based on civil rights activis... |
355 | Through the group, EchoHawk has had a range of civil rights successes, from government recognition of the reach of tribal sovereignty to passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act; the Native American Rights Fund embodies the mission to: preserve tribal existence, protect tribal natural resou... |
356 | "Demon Knight is the official soundtrack to the 1995 horror film, ""Demon Knight"". It was released on January 10, 1995 through Atlantic Records and mostly consisted of heavy metal and alternative rock, with ""1-800 Suicide"" by the Gravediggaz being the only hip-hop song. The soundtrack peaked at 157 on the ""Billboar... |
357 | "The Instituto Superior de Tecnologia em Ciências da Computação do Rio de Janeiro (""Superior Institute of Technology in Computer Science of Rio de Janeiro"" - ""IST-Rio"") is a technological university maintained by the FAETEC. IST-Rio is one of the newest and innovative universities of technology of Brazil, using new... |
358 | "The spotjaw moray (""Gymnothorax mareei"") is a moray eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It was first named by Max Poll in 1953." |
359 | "Norris Church Mailer (born Barbara Jean Davis; January 31, 1949 – November 21, 2010) was an American novelist, actress, artist, and model. Norris published two novels, ""Windchill Summer"" and ""Cheap Diamonds"", and a memoir, ""A Ticket to the Circus"", which focuses on her nearly thirty-year marriage to Norman Maile... |
360 | Barbara Jean Davis grew up in Atkins, Arkansas, where her mother owned the local beauty shop and her grandparents were sharecroppers. As a child, she was severely affected by her mother's bouts of depression and was hospitalized and given electroshock treatments. Davis and her family were simple country people who atte... |
361 | "Shortly after her divorce from Norris, she claimed to have ""had a fling"" with future U.S. President Bill Clinton. Norris and her young son moved to Russellville, Arkansas and she explored her love of the arts by working as a high school art teacher; however, everything changed when she met Norman Mailer." |
362 | "Norris was interested in writing and wrote about a hundred pages of a novel loosely based on herself as a young girl growing up in Arkansas. Still in the early days of their relationship, Norris showed her rough draft to Mailer for his opinion, to which he responded, ""It's not as bad as I thought it would be"", causi... |
363 | "In 2007, Norris followed with the sequel, ""Cheap Diamonds"", a story about a young woman leaving her small town home and moving to New York to become a model in the tumultuous 1970s. Church's last work was her own memoir, ""A Ticket to the Circus"", published in 2010, explaining that the title described her life with... |
364 | Barbara Davis, then a single mother living in Russellville, Arkansas and teaching high-school art, met her soon-to-be second husband, Pulitzer Prize winning author Norman Mailer, at a book signing event. Although Davis was married when she met him, she and her son moved to New York to continue her relationship with Mai... |
365 | "She described Norman Mailer as ""the Henry Higgins to my Eliza Doolittle,"" and often defended Norman against critics who claimed he was a misogynist; she also asked for his feedback on drafts of her novels, though his response was sometimes negative." |
366 | "After moving to New York, Barbara Davis changed her first name to Norris (her first husband's last name), and her middle name to Church as suggested by Mailer, who decided the name suitable because of her faithful attendance of church while growing up. Norris soon began a successful career as a Wilhelmina model. Altho... |
367 | "In 2010, Mailer portrayed herself in the documentary, ""Norman Mailer: The American"". She also played in the daytime soap ""All My Children.""" |
368 | In 2000, Norris was diagnosed with a malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor and was told she would probably only live for two more years. Norris beat the odds and over the next 11 years had six major operations to fight the cancer, while taking care of her ailing husband. Norris died on November 21, 2010, aged 61, at... |
369 | On June 26, 2004, Wilkes University established the Norris Church Mailer Fellowship in Creative Writing. This is a summer workshop program to honor Norris Church Mailer as a writer and a board member. The workshop is an annual opportunity for creative writing students to receive financial assistance. |
370 | KOAC-FM (89.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Astoria, Oregon, United States. The station is owned by Oregon Public Broadcasting, and airs OPBs news and talk programming, consisting of syndicated programming from NPR, APM and PRI, as well as locally produced offerings. |
371 | "Take My Tip is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Herbert Mason (who stage managed some musical revues in the past), produced by Michael Balcon and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Harold Huth and Frank Cellier. It was made at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were design... |
372 | A pair of aristocrats adopt various disguises to unmask a confidence trickster. |
373 | """Britmovie"" called the film a ""hilarious rapid-fire musical farce.""" |
374 | "The blotch-necked moray eel (""Gymnothorax margaritophorus"") is a moray eel found in coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, and is also commonly known as the blackpearl moray, pearly moray, pearly reef-eel, or the trunk-eyed moray." |
375 | "KLJN (105.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. The station is currently owned by Roger Morgan and Jim Deatherage, through licensee Coos Radio Incorporated. From 2001, the station was branded as ""105.9 The Wave"" as a smooth jazz format. After a 15-year run, John Hunt bought this stati... |
376 | The record stands at 8 days and 6 hours. |
377 | Blairdaff is a parish in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, next to the villages of Kemnay and Monymusk. Until 1986, Blairdaff had a grocery store, a post office, and both gas and diesel pumps until they were relocated to Blindburn Farm. Blairdaff Parish Church (Church of Scotland) is linked to the church in the Chapel ... |
378 | Chad–China relations (also, Sino-Chadian relations) refers to the current and historical relationship between the Republic of Chad and the People's Republic of China. Bilateral relations were initially established in 1972 but were severed by China in 1997 due to Chad's recognition of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Rel... |
379 | Chad–China relations have played an important role in the economic development of Chad. The Republic of Chad is a poor, landlocked country in West Africa. A former French colony, it gained independence on August 11, 1960, under President Francois Tombalbaye. Following independence, Chad has oscillated between engaging ... |
380 | During this time, The People's Republic of China supported the Chadian National Union (CNU), a revolutionary group opposed to the French-backed government. Despite this, by 1972, France and China had established ambassadorial level diplomatic relations, and, soon after, the Tombalbaye government established diplomatic ... |
381 | Taiwan's support allowed Chad to develop its infrastructure and expand its oil industry. In return, Chad acknowledged Taiwan's government and Taiwan gained potential access to markets and resources as they were developed. However, in August 2006, Chad informed Taiwan that it would resume relations with China, and Taiwa... |
382 | In 2006, Chadian rebels backed by Sudan almost succeeded in ousting the Deby government. Although the rebels denied that they were linked to China, they carried weapons supplied by China to Sudan. In August 2006, as Chad resumed relations with China, Taiwan publicly stated that Chad reestablished relations with China b... |
383 | Over time, as Chinese assets increased in Chad, it became more vulnerable to regional instability. In 2008, another coup attempt by rebels backed by Sudan forced the evacuation of over 210 Chinese nationals from the capital. China assumed a diplomatic role to improve Chad-Sudan relations as well as enhancing its milita... |
384 | China and Chad are working to expand their bilateral cooperation in the development of infrastructure, trade, and investment. More recently, Xi Jinping has offered China's assistance to Chad in strengthening its counter-terrorism efforts to ensure stability. |
385 | The COVID-19 Pandemic has introduced tension into the relations between African nations and China. China has been reluctant to support the G-20's decision to suspend payments on debt through the end of the year. During the 1990s, thousands of African Expatriates moved to China, especially to the city of Guangzhou, for ... |
386 | In response, Zhao Lijian, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson, issued conciliatory remarks calling for unity. The first case of COVID-19 in Chad occurred on March 19, 2020. The head of China's medical team in Chad was invited to help coordinate the response to the epidemic by the Chad National Anti-epidemic Technical Commi... |
387 | China has an influential role in Africa. Researchers have offered varying views of the phenomena. Some describe China as a rising hegemon that sees Africa as a means of exerting its diplomatic and political influence in the world order. AidData notes that China appears to reward African countries that vote with it at t... |
388 | In the 1990s, Western corporations had renewed interest in the oil deposits in Chad. The IFC, the World Bank, Western investors led by ExxonMobile, and the government of Chad under Idriss Deby, signed onto the Chad Cameroon Pipeline Project that would bring the crude oil from Chad to the Gulf of Guinea in Cameroon. The... |
389 | Chad took the Chinese offer and thus rejected the World Bank's conditionalized loans. In 2007, China purchased rights to explore for oil in Block H, in the Bongor Basin. China had an interest in obtaining oil from Chad to support its economic growth. In return, China would provide loans and expertise to improve the eco... |
390 | Ownership of the refinery is split 60-40 between China and Chad. The refinery produces 20,000 barrels a day of gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil, and its associated power system supplies electricity to the capital, allowing Chad to become more self-sufficient in energy. |
391 | In the mid-1970s before breaking ties with Chad, China provided a US$50 million loan to Chad to build a bridge across the Chari River to open a route to Cameroon. Over US$50 million of additional support was provided in the 1980s under agreements between China and the government of President Hissene Habre. After reesta... |
392 | This project was funded by a preferential loan from the Exim Bank of China. In 2011, Chad also signed a US$919 million deal with the Chinese Engineering Corporation (CAMC) to build a new international airport in Djermaya and the 40 km road to connect it to N’Djamena; the project is ongoing. China Civil Engineering Cons... |
393 | All of these projects show the diverse and extensive involvement of China in Chad. |
394 | The trade between China and Chad is not one-directional. Chad's top exports are crude petroleum, insect resins, other oily seeds, and cotton. In 2017, China was the second-largest importer of goods from Chad, at an estimated US$251 million. In the same year, China exported US$114 million worth of goods to Chad, making ... |
395 | Although China's support for countries in Africa, such as Chad, is met with much skepticism by some, others point out the contributions made to Africa. During the cholera epidemic of 1971, China donated cholera vaccines and US$2.5 million to Chad to fight the outbreak. In 1977, China and Chad signed an agreement to sen... |
396 | The Chinese embassy is located in N'Djamena. The Chadian embassy is located in Beijing. There are no additional consulates in either country. |
397 | Algeria participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. The Algerian team consisted of 21 athletes competing in 10 sports: Athletics, Badminton, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Judo, Sailing, Swimming, Table Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling. |
398 | The destruction of the Firdos Square statue was an event in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 that marked the symbolic end of the Battle of Baghdad. The event occurred on April 9, 2003. |
399 | "In April 2002, the statue was erected in honor of the 65th birthday of Saddam Hussein. In the afternoon of April 9, 2003, a group of Iraqi civilians began to attack the statue. One such futile attempt by sledgehammer-wielding weightlifter Kadhem Sharif particularly caught media attention. Shortly after, an advance uni... |
400 | Someone pointed out that if the cable snapped, it might whiplash and kill people. The alternate method chosen was to wrap a chain around the neck. Eventually, the M88 was able to topple the statue which was jumped and stomped upon by Iraqi citizens who then decapitated the statue and dragged it through the streets of t... |
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