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an on-the-spot group plays rock band 2 during 2008 penny arcade expo. the primary mode of play in both games band world tour mode (renamed tour rock band 2); in first rock band, limited band of 2 or more players playing locally, rock band 2 expanded number of players, locally or online. after choosing band name , hometown city, band members can create own rock characters, band logo. once setup complete, band can begin playing concerts in small venues in hometown until unlock vans, tour buses , private jets, unlock more cities , different continents. unlocking , completing new gigs unlocks additional songs play across game modes. successful performances earn band fans (used metric of measuring band s popularity), stars (which accumulate based on success of each individual song performed), , in-game cash (which each player can spend @ rock shop ). cities , larger venues require band achieve number of fans , stars before unlocked. in process, bands can loop through cities multiple ti...

logo of party 1985 2007 the party s distinctive logo designed in 1968 painter , poet roland giguère. consists of stylised letter q, represented blue circle broken red arrow. creator meant allegory of parti québécois breaking circle of colonialism claimed canada imposing on quebec , opening quebec upon world , future. pq has made few significant modifications logo during history. in 1985 made circle , arrow thicker, , placed tip of latter @ centre of circle. original saw span whole diameter. when placed upon blue background instead of white one, circle commonly turned white, single main design variation observed. the party revealed new logo on 21 february 2007, @ beginning of 2007 provincial election campaign. while maintaining basic style of past logos, q redesigned , modernized. in addition, tail of q recoloured green.

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1 work 1.1 international multi-media artist. 1.2 solo exhibitions 1.3 group exhibitions 1.4 projects, film , music work owais husain multi-media artist works have been shown in both group exhibitions , solo shows. has worked producer, director , writer film , music. international multi-media artist. as artist has been active since late 80s, has explored numerous mediums through study , produced pieces. husain has used range of mediums, including: poetry, painting, watercolor , sculpture, in varied works. most recently, has combined multiple mediums installations , more diversely textured works. husain international artist, having studied in mumbai , bhopal in india, , new york, usa. works have been shown in art capitals around world, such london, new delhi, new york, , dubai. husain’s recent works have been shown @ institute of contemporary arts singapore , in publica 2016, outdoor sculpture exhibition in new delhi organised floodlight foundation. themes of identity, iconography , myth...

1 racing career 1.1 1989/1990 national hunt season: national hunt flat races 1.2 1990/1991 national hunt season: novice hurdles 1.3 1991/1992 national hunt season 1.4 1992/1993 national hunt season 1.5 later career 1.6 retirement racing career 1989/1990 national hunt season: national hunt flat races granville again began racing career four-year-old in 1990 competing in national hunt flat races (also known bumpers ). made debut @ leopardstown racecourse on 19 march when started @ odds of 4/1 , won 6 lengths 8 opponents. followed @ navan racecourse on 1 may, starting favourite , winning 8 lengths. ten days later @ phoenix park ended first season finishing second dermot weld-trained favourite general idea. 1990/1991 national hunt season: novice hurdles before start of 1990/1991 national hunt season, granvile again sold eric scarth , sent trained in england martin pipe. competed in novice hurdle races, making debut on obstacles @ chepstow racecourse on 22 december finished second five-yea...

reruns of wonder woman aired in syndication during 1980s. aired on fx , sci-fi channel in 1990s , 2000s. beginning on december 28, 2013, show airs saturday evenings on classic tv network me-tv. in uk, series has been syndicated on several channels. in 2006, living broadcast show every weekend part of hangover tv . of 2015, series shown on horror channel , can seen on metv network.

the gasthof löwen in schangnau as of 2011, schangnau had unemployment rate of 0.7%. of 2011, there total of 522 people employed in municipality. of these, there 258 people employed in primary economic sector , 85 businesses involved in sector. 100 people employed in secondary sector , there 28 businesses in sector. 165 people employed in tertiary sector, 38 businesses in sector. there 472 residents of municipality employed in capacity, of females made 37.1% of workforce. in 2008 there total of 338 full-time equivalent jobs. number of jobs in primary sector 174, of 173 in agriculture , 1 in forestry or lumber production. number of jobs in secondary sector 60 of 34 or (56.7%) in manufacturing , 26 (43.3%) in construction. number of jobs in tertiary sector 104. in tertiary sector; 40 or 38.5% in wholesale or retail sales or repair of motor vehicles, 22 or 21.2% in movement , storage of goods, 30 or 28.8% in hotel or restaurant , 7 or 6.7% in education. in 2000, there 49 workers commuted m...

1 geography 1.1 cities, towns, villages 1.2 cemeteries 1.3 major routes geography according united states census bureau, marrs hill township covers area of 20.6 square miles (53 km); land. cities, towns, villages jabur (historical) rickert (historical) viney grove cemeteries the township contains bell cemetery , rose cemetery. major routes the township contains no state highways.

1 past tenses 1.1 recent past 1.2 yesterday s / completed past 1.3 intermediately distant past 1.4 distant past 1.5 general non-recent past 1.6 past continuous 1.7 past habitual 1.8 copulative / associative past past tenses in otjiherero, majority of tenses occur in past. these include recent past the recent past tense includes verbs performed earlier in same day. the following formula describes formation of tense: (optional pronoun/name/noun) + general past subject concord + main alternative conjugation examples simbuli wa kopuwo. simbuli went opuwo. mba zuu. understood. unlike english, verbs still presently occurring still use recent past tense. 1 can interpret verb captures initiation or transition occurring @ beginning of action, , action grammatically understood still taking place if conjugated in recent past tense; however, similar verbs not conjugated in same tense. examples eye wa rara. he/she sleeping. (he/she fell asleep) mba handja. m mad. (i became mad.) yet similar verbs c...

a copper t-shaped iud removal strings an iud seen on pelvic x ray copper iuds work disrupting sperm motility , damaging sperm prevented joining egg. copper acts spermicide within uterus, increasing levels of copper ions, prostaglandins, , white blood cells within uterine , tubal fluids. increased copper ions in cervical mucus inhibit sperm s motility , viability, preventing sperm traveling through cervical mucus, or destroying passes through. copper can alter endometrial lining, studies show while alteration can prevent implantation of fertilized egg ( blastocyst ), cannot disrupt 1 has been implanted. most copper iuds have plastic t-shaped frame wound around pure electrolytic copper wire and/or has copper collars (sleeves). arms of frame hold iud in place near top of uterus. paragard tcu 380a measures 32 mm (1.26 ) horizontally (top of t), , 36 mm (1.42 ) vertically (leg of t). copper iuds have first year failure rate ranging 0.1 2.2%. in eurogine gold t iud, made in spain, t...

specimen in copenhagen zoo, thought nile crocodile until 2013–2014 dna study confirmed true identity the west african crocodile received wider recognition valid species in 2011. consequently, captives have typically been confused other species, nile crocodile. in europe, breeding pairs of west african crocodiles live in copenhagen zoo, lyon zoo , vivarium de lausanne, , offspring of first pair in dublin zoo , kristiansand zoo. study in 2015 included sixteen captive nile crocodiles in 6 zoos (almost 25% of nile crocodiles in aza zoos) found 1 west african crocodiles.

1 political career 1.1 mp 1.2 support soviet union 1.3 electoral results political career as mp he liberal candidate new forest division of hampshire @ 1892 general election, coming second. did not contest 1895 , 1900 general elections. in 1904 contested isle of thanet by-election, 1904 liberal party candidate, coming second. @ 1906 general election liberal candidate again @ thanet, coming second. he elected liberal mp north somerset @ january 1910 general election, holding seat party gained conservatives in 1906. re-elected in december 1910. following outbreak of world war 1, joined union of democratic control group of liberal , labour politicians critical of secret diplomacy blamed cause of conflict. argued britain obliged protest @ german invasion of belgium not go belgium s aid. pacifist , opposed military conscription. constituency abolished part of 1918 boundary changes. at 1923 general election labour candidate @ york, coming second. support soviet union he sympathetic bolshevik...

1 history 1.1 incident 1.2 reaction 1.3 trial , legacy history incident yasmin akhter 14 year old domestic in dhaka. returning hometown in dashmile area in dinajpur on 24 august 1995. offered lift members of bangladesh police in police van. raped , killed 3 members of bangladesh police. reaction on 25 august 1995, manoranjan shill gopal, local member of parliament had informed matiur rahman editor of local newspaper, daily uttarbangla, police had raped , killed girl. rahman learned identity of victim on 26 august , wanted publish news article warned police not to. @ night police cut electric supply news office. rahman borrowed electricity of neighbor , used publish news. following publication of news mass protest erupted. local police station attacked , looted. curfew declared in area. police fired on protesters killing 17 , injuring 100 people. trial , legacy three police officers accused in case. 2 of police officers arrested in 1997. tried , found guilty. sentenced death in 2004. am...

^ clements, jonathan; helen mccarthy (november 1, 2006). anime encyclopedia, revised & expanded edition: guide japanese animation since 1917 (2nd ed.). berkeley, california: stone bridge press. p. 116. isbn 978-1-933330-10-5. oclc 71237342.  ^ guder, derek (october 9, 2007). adult reviews . in thompson, jason. manga: complete guide. new york, new york: del rey. pp. 459–460. isbn 978-0-345-48590-8. oclc 85833345.  ^ clements, jonathan; helen mccarthy (november 1, 2006). anime encyclopedia, revised & expanded edition: guide japanese animation since 1917 (2nd ed.). berkeley, california: stone bridge press. p. 343. isbn 978-1-933330-10-5. oclc 71237342.  ^ ＹＵＩ ＳＨＯＰ（１） 唯登詩樹 講談社 . shop.kodansha.jp. retrieved 2013-07-10.  ^ かごめかごめ 1 (1) (ヤングジャンプコミックス) (コミック) (in japanese). amazon.co.jp. retrieved 2009-02-20.  ^ かごめかごめ 3 (3) (ヤングジャンプコミックス) (コミック) (in japanese). amazon.co.jp. retrieved 2009-02-20.  ^ ＭＡＩの部屋（１...

1 events 1.1 place 1.1.1 greece 1.1.2 roman republic 1.1.3 parthia events by place greece epirus joins macedonia in latter s fight against rome. however, greek leagues remain neutral. thanks efforts of eumenes ii of pergamum while in rome, romans declare war on macedonia , send troops thessaly, beginning third macedonian war. in resulting battle of callicinus macedonians, led king, perseus, victorious on roman force led consul publius licinius crassus. roman republic the first roman colony outside italy founded @ carteia in southern hispania after iberian-born descendants of roman soldiers appear before roman senate request town live in , given carteia, named colonia libertinorum carteia. lucius postumius albinus sent rome ambassador king masinissa of numidia, , carthaginians in order raise troops war against perseus of macedonia. parthia mithradates succeeds brother phraates king of parthia.

1 work (1964–1972) 1.1 ozone photochemistry 1.2 atmospheric tides 1.3 quasi-biennial oscillation 1.4 superrotation of venus early work (1964–1972) lindzen s work concerned ozone photochemistry, aerodynamics of middle atmosphere, theory of atmospheric tides, , planetary waves. work in these areas led him number of fundamental scientific discoveries, including discovery of negative equivalent depths in classical tidal theory, explanations both quasi-biennial oscillation of earth s stratosphere , four-day period of superrotation of venus atmosphere above cloud top. ozone photochemistry his phd thesis of 1964 concerned interactions of ozone photochemistry, radiative transfer , dynamics of middle atmosphere. formed basis of seminal radiative , photochemical processes in mesospheric dynamics published in 4 parts in journal of atmospheric sciences between 1965 , 1966. first of these, part i: models radiative , photochemical processes, co-authored harvard colleague , former phd thesis advisor,...

a flock foraging @ farm in northern ireland the common starling largely insectivorous , feeds on both pest , other arthropods. food range includes spiders, crane flies, moths, mayflies, dragonflies, damsel flies, grasshoppers, earwigs, lacewings, caddisflies, flies, beetles, sawflies, bees, wasps , ants. prey consumed in both adult , larvae stages of development, , common starlings feed on earthworms, snails, small amphibians , lizards. while consumption of invertebrates necessary successful breeding, common starlings omnivorous , can eat grains, seeds, fruits, nectar , food waste if opportunity arises. sturnidae differ birds in cannot metabolise foods containing high levels of sucrose, although can cope other fruits such grapes , cherries. isolated azores subspecies of common starling eats eggs of endangered roseate tern. measures being introduced reduce common starling populations culling before terns return breeding colonies in spring. an adult foraging , finding food young chicks t...

1 places of worship 1.1 garudan kavu 1.2 alathiyur hanuman kavu temple 1.3 chamravattom sastha temple 1.4 triprangode kalasamharamurthy temple 1.5 vyrankodu bhagavathi temple 1.6 trikkandiyoor maha-siva temple 1.7 bhayankavu bhagavathi temple 1.8 puthiyangadi masjid places of worship garudan kavu situated 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) tirur, garudan kavu temple in india dedicated garuda, bird deity. garuda temple 1800 years old. worshipping here meant easy recovery diseases , relief serpent poisons. sundays important here 41 days of mandalakalam (from 16 november 28 december). said legendary perumthachan architect of garuda statue in temple. permuthachan built temple raja of kingdom of tanur (vettathunad). rare ecological practice live snakes offered before lord garuda here. people affected snakes arrive @ temple live snakes caught in earthen pots covered cotton clothes. when temple open gopura pot thrown temple. snake stand aggressively after event. shanthi of temple come garuda panchaksa...

the wreck of majesty s sloop persian , philip john ouless, jersey heritage trust on 3 april 1813, persian sailed west indies, still under bertram s command. on 16 june wrecked on silver cays (or keys) bank, north of island of hispaniola, after having set out port-au-prince earlier day. persian ran aground while pursuing american privateer schooner saucy jack, captained john p. chazal out of charleston, sc. bertram tried lighten persian throwing guns , stores overboard result floated off, hit reef. eventually, despite crew s exertions, broke , foundered. on 27 june crew crowded 4 boats (a makeshift raft broke apart) , on 28 june came ashore between cabo frances (formerly called cap français) , cabo cabron in san domingo. none of crew of 126 men lost. however, 11 seamen took advantage of opportunity desert navy. bertram , part of crew arrived @ saint thomas s on 23 july aboard sloop governor hodgson, darrell, master, had been sailing porto plate. the court martial, under captain frederi...

schematic of drum-type aircraft altimeter, showing small kollsman windows @ bottom left , bottom right of face. in aircraft, aneroid barometer measures atmospheric pressure static port outside aircraft. air pressure decreases increase of altitude—approximately 100 hectopascals per 800 meters or 1 inch of mercury per 1000 feet near sea level. the aneroid altimeter calibrated show pressure directly altitude above mean sea level, in accordance mathematical model atmosphere defined international standard atmosphere (isa). older aircraft used simple aneroid barometer needle made less 1 revolution around face 0 full scale. design evolved altimeters primary needle , 1 or more secondary needles show number of revolutions, similar clock face. in other words, each needle points different digit of current altitude measurement. design has fallen out of favor due risk of misreading in stressful situations. design evolved further drum-type altimeters, final step in analogue instrumentation, each rev...

the canal in taunton @ end, near old railway depot boating on canal encouraged, although lack of link river parrett @ bridgwater restrictive. @ point, parrett salt water river, , laden silt, whereas canal contains fresh water. not there risk of silt entering canal, salt water cannot allowed contaminate fresh, canal still used transport of drinking water population of bridgwater. canal forms part of local flood relief system, in winter taking water river tone @ taunton , discharging parrett @ sluice in western fringe of bridgwater, near bridgwater canalside centre. bridgwater docks, in tidal basin, locks, quaysides, bridges , fittings listed buildings, marina, , old warehouse, built in 1840–50 has been converted apartments, new apartment blocks built nearby. commercially active industry located @ docks bowering s animal feed mill. towpath forms part of sustrans national cycle network route ncr-3 connecting bath , cornwall, , attracts numerous travellers. plans have been proposed upgrad...

cleveland burke lakefront airport s terminal cleveland burke lakefront airport covers area of 450 acres (180 ha) contains 2 asphalt paved runways: 6l/24r measuring 6,198 x 150 ft (1,889 x 46 m) , 6r/24l measuring 5,197 x 100 ft (1,584 x 30 m). airfield capable of handling large jets including, 737s, 757s, , a320s along smaller general aviation aircraft operations. signature flight support serves airport s fixed-base operator. in 2005, airport had 96,658 aircraft operations, average of 264 per day: 76% general aviation, 24% air taxi, 1% military , <1% scheduled commercial. there 4 flight schools located on grounds of burke lakefront. these schools are, premier flight academy, t & g flying club, inc., top gun flight training, , precision helicopters. the international women s air & space museum located throughout terminal @ bkl. facilities @ kbkl inside control tower @ kbkl control tower , employee parking @ kbkl

the series has spawned 14 spin-off games, 8 pc, 1 game boy color, 2 game boy advance , 3 original playstation. pc games educational games aimed preschool , kindergarten. games game boy color , advance include land before time , land before time: mysterious beyond, in original 6 characters must search chomper. games playstation include land before time: big water adventure, spin-off of journey big water, land before time: great valley racing adventure , land before time: return great valley.

unofficial 412th bombardment squadron emblem training in united states the squadron constituted in 1942 22d reconnaissance squadron. however, renamed 412th bombardment squadron before activating @ barksdale field, louisiana in june 1 of 4 original squadrons of 95th bombardment group. squadron began training in august @ geiger field, washington, equipped boeing b-17 flying fortresses. unit trained combat operations until moving overseas starting in march. the air echelon processed @ kearney army air field, nebraska , flew forts via southern route, flying florida, trinidad, northern coast of brazil, dakar, senegal, , marrakesh, morocco raf alconbury in united kingdom. ground echelon moved camp kilmer, sailed on rms queen elizabeth scotland, arriving in may. squadron reunited @ raf framlingham. combat eighth air force 95th bombardment group b-17 on germany showing square b tail marking the squadron arrived in england equipped late model b-17f aircraft equipped tokyo tanks , additional fu...

1 game summaries 1.1 week 1 1.2 week 2 1.3 week 3 1.4 week 14 game summaries week 1 at rich stadium, orchard park, new york date: september 16 game time: 9:00 p.m. est game weather: 59 f, wind 13 mph box score week 2 date: september 22 location: oakland–alameda county coliseum, oakland, california game start: 1:00 p.m. game weather: 60°f • wind 9 week 3 date: september 29 location: 3 rivers stadium, pittsburgh, pennsylvania game start: 4:00 p.m. game weather: 63°f • wind 15 week 14 date: december 14 location: oakland–alameda county coliseum, oakland, california game start: 6:00 p.m. game weather: 53°f • wind 7

1 contemporary iceland 1.1 surveys 1.2 tourism 1.3 road construction stopped 1.4 other incidents 1.5 changing beliefs contemporary iceland surveys Árni björnsson, former director of ethnological department of national museum of iceland, did study of icelanders born between 1870 , 1920. disappointed find 10% believed in supernatural beings. according 1975 survey psychologist erlendur haraldsson, icelanders’ level of belief in hidden people , fairies can broken down following percentages: impossible, 10% unlikely, 18% possible, 33% probable, 15% certain, 7% no opinion, 17% there 1995 survey pétur pétursson, looked @ people interested in alternative belief systems , alternative medicine rather general population. according survey, among people of group, belief in elves broke down follows: 70% believed in existence, 6% did not believe in existence, 23% unsure, , 1% not answer. a july 1998 survey dagblaðið vísir found 54.4% of icelanders surveyed claimed believe in elves, while 45.6% did no...

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title page of historia del mondo nuovo benzoni, while not unsuccessful in undertook, conceived inveterate hatred of spanish people , government , in return protection given him , favors compelled reluctantly acknowledge, wrote , published book of diatribes , accusations against spain in america. contains interesting details countries visited, abounds in errors , in intentional misstatements. benzoni states antilles clumsy rehash of las casas. reports on conquest of mexico , conquest of peru bristle errors. the book of benzoni historia del mondo nuovo published @ venice in 1565. dedicated pope pius iv. @ time when controversy concerning treatment of native americans hottest, , work, written 1 had returned new world after stay of fifteen years not fail attract attention. in writing it, no standard of criticism applied; not in spirit of times. the ultra-philanthropists found benzoni welcome auxiliary, , foreign nations, more or less leagued against spain sake of supplanting mastery of ind...

it not long before improvements in chip manufacturing allowed more circuitry placed on die, , designers started looking ways use it. 1 of common add ever-increasing amount of cache memory on-die. cache fast memory, memory can accessed in few cycles opposed many needed talk main memory. cpu includes cache controller automates reading , writing cache, if data in cache appears , whereas if not processor stalled while cache controller reads in. risc designs started adding cache in mid-to-late 1980s, 4 kb in total. number grew on time, , typical cpus have @ least 512 kb, while more powerful cpus come 1 or 2 or 4, 6, 8 or 12 mb, organized in multiple levels of memory hierarchy. speaking, more cache means more performance, due reduced stalling. caches , pipelines perfect match each other. previously, didn t make sense build pipeline run faster access latency of off-chip memory. using on-chip cache memory instead, meant pipeline run @ speed of cache access latency, smaller l...

acute glaucoma, angle closure type airborne contaminants or irritants tiredness drug use including cannabis usually urgent acute angle closure glaucoma - implies injury optic nerve potential irreversible vision loss may permanent unless treated quickly, result of increased pressure within eyeball. not forms of glaucoma acute, , not associated increased intra-ocular pressure. injury keratitis - potentially serious inflammation or injury cornea (window), associated significant pain, light intolerance, , deterioration in vision. numerous causes include virus infection. injury contact lenses can lead keratitis. eye iritis showing ciliary flush iritis - ciliary body , choroid, iris makes uvea, part of middle, pigmented, structures of eye. inflammation of layer (uveitis) requires urgent control , estimated responsible 10% of blindness in united states. scleritis - serious inflammatory condition, painful, can result in permanent vision loss, , without identifiable cause in half of presentin...

stanford racing , victor tango @ intersection in darpa urban challenge finals. starting area: 34°35′05″n 117°22′08″w / 34.5846°n 117.369°w / 34.5846; -117.369 the final event darpa urban challenge took place on november 3, 2007, , included 11 teams made past semi-final national qualification event. event broadcast on live webcast via darpa urban challenge website, narrated marty reid (racing sportscaster) , grant imahara (of mythbusters acclaim), sideline reporting jamie hyneman (also of mythbusters). the final event consisted of 3 missions, approximately 55 miles (89 km) in total, given each team. team s score each mission computed taking total time taken complete mission, , adding , subtracting penalties , bonuses. penalties assessed excessive delay, violating traffic rules, exhibiting dangerous behavior, etc. vehicles manually paused safety reasons; if vehicle not root cause of such pause duration of pause not counted in final score. in order officially complete race, vehic...

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1 playing career 1.1 stoke city 1.2 blackpool 1.3 return stoke 1.4 england international career playing career stoke city wolverhampton wanderers, birmingham city, aston villa , west bromwich albion rumoured interested in matthews in wake of appearance england schoolboys. stoke city manager tom mather persuaded matthews father allow stanley join club s staff office boy on 15th birthday pay of £1 week. matthews played stoke s reserve team during 1930–31 season, coming first against burnley. after game father gave usual realist assessment: ve seen play better , ve seen play worse . matthews played 22 reserve games in 1931–32, shunning social scene focus on improving game. in 1 of these games, against manchester city, attempted run @ left-back , take him on deft swerve defender committed himself challenge, rather follow accepted wisdom of day first wait defender run @ attacker – new technique worked treat . national press predicting bright future teenager, , though have joined club in ...