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The first monastery to be raided was in 793 at Lindisfarne , off the northeast coast ; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle described the Vikings as heathen men . | The first recorded Viking attack in England was in 793 at Lindisfarne . |
The Great Danish Army or The Great Viking Army , known by the Anglo-Saxons as the Great Heathen Army ( OE : mycel heathen here ) , was a group of hitherto uncoordinated bands of vikings that originated from Denmark , Norway and Sweden who came together under a unified command to invade the four Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that constituted England in 865 AD . | The Great Heathen Army , also called the Great Danish Army or The Great Viking Army , was a large force of Danish Vikings that attacked Anglo-Saxon England . |
Numerous testimonies from the Nuremberg Trials along with records in German , Italian and Austrian war archives bear witness to atrocities perpetrated against the civilian population . | Numerous surviving testimonies from the Nuremberg Trials and the German and the Italian war archives bear witness to bestialities perpetrated against the civilian population of the state . |
The Ustaše committed their deeds not only against males of conscript age , but especially against helpless old people , women and children . | The Ustashas committed their deeds in a bestial manner not only against males of conscript age , but especially against helpless old people , women and children . |
The Marseilles Prefect of Police , Jouhannaud , was subsequently removed from office . | The Prefect of Police of Marseilles , Jouhannaud , was subsequently removed from office . |
Early in his high school days , he joined the Pure Party of Rights as well as the Frankovci students ' organization , founded by Josip Frank , father-in-law of Slavko Kvaternik , an Austro-Hungarian colonel . | An extremist even in his youth , he became a member of the organization known as the `` Frankovci '' whose founder , Dr. Josip Frank , was the father-in-law of Slavko Kvaternik , an Austro-Hungarian army officer . |
General Edmund von Glaise-Horstenau reported to the German Army Command OKW on 28 June 1941 : On 10 July , General Glaise-Horstenau added : A report ( to Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler , dated 17 February 1942 ) on increased partisan activities stated that `` Increased activity of the bands is chiefly due to atrocities carried out by Ustaše units in Croatia against the Orthodox population . '' | A Gestapo report to Himmler ( 17 February 1942 ) on increased Partisan activities stated that `` Increased activity of the bands is chiefly due to atrocities carried out by Ustasha units in Croatia against the Orthodox population . |
That the security was lax even though one attempt had already been made on Alexander 's life testified to Pavelić 's organizational abilities ; he had apparently been able to bribe a high official in the Sûreté General . | The singular lack of armed protection afforded to the Yugoslav monarch , and the general laxity of security precautions when it was well-known that one attempt had already been made on Alexander 's life are grim tributes to Pavelić organizational abilities ; he had apparently been able to bribe a high official in the Surete General . |
Pavelić died on 28 December 1959 at the German hospital in Madrid ( Hospital Alemán ) at the age of 70 . | Pavelić died on 28 December 1959 , at the German hospital in Madrid , reportedly from complications due to the bullet in his spine . |
Ante Pavelić ( 14 July 1889 - 28 December 1959 ) was a Croatian fascist leader and politician who led the Ustaše movement and who during World War II ruled the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) , a puppet state of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in part of the occupied Kingdom of Yugoslavia , pursuing genocidal policies against ethnic and racial minorities . | Ante Pavelić ( 14 July 1889 - 28 December 1959 ) was the founding member of the Croatian national socialist\/fascist Ustaše movement and terrorist organization in the 1930s . |
Reports circulated that Pavelić had fled to Paraguay to work for the Stroessner regime ; his Spanish asylum became known only in late 1959 . | Although there were reports that he had fled to work for the Stroessner regime in Paraguay , Pavelić 's whereabouts remained unknown until late 1959 , where it was learned that he had been granted asylum in Spain . |
In Italy , ragù alla bolognese is often referred to simply as ragù . | It is called Ragù alla bolognese in Italy . |
The Los Angeles River 's official beginning is at the confluence of two channelized streams - Bell Creek and Arroyo Calabasas - in the Canoga Park section of the city of Los Angeles , just east of California State Route 27 , at 34 ° 11 ′ 43 ″ N 118 ° 36 ′ 07 ″ W \ / 34.1952 ° N 118.601838 ° W \ / 34.1952 ; -118.601838 . | Bell Creek and Calabasas Wash ( Arroyo Calabasas or Calabasas Creek ; Calabasa is Spanish for `` pumpkin '' ) flow from opposite sides of the valley to a point ( 34 ° 11 ′ 43 ″ N 118 ° 36 ′ 07 ″ W \ / 34.1952 ° N 118.601838 ° W \ / 34.1952 ; -118.601838 ) where the Los Angeles River officially begins . |
Before the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct , the river was the primary source of fresh water for the city . | With the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913 , the Los Angeles River was no longer needed as a water source . |
It now flows through a concrete channel on a fixed course . | Today , the Los Angeles River runs in a fixed course through a concrete channel for nearly its whole length . |
Bell Creek flows east from the Simi Hills , and Arroyo Calabasas flows north from the Santa Monica Mountains . | The Santa Monica Mountains and smaller Simi Hills border it on the east side . |
Cruz situates in the Northern part of Davao del Sur . | The town is in the northern part of Davao del Sur . |
After undergoing several political subdivisions , 27,960 hectares of land was left representing 6.7 % of the total land area of Davao del Sur . | The municipality covers 6.7 % of the total land area of Davao del Sur . |
Cruz is a 1st class municipality in the province of Davao del Sur , Philippines . | It is part of the province of Davao del Sur , on the island of Mindanao . |
One of the municipalities which broke off from the town , Digos , became the capital town of the newly created Davao del Sur province in 1967 ; thirty-three years later it would become a city and will be the most populous in the entire province , excluding Davao City . | It is south of Davao City , the capital of the province . |
The most common sources of animal protein are chicken , chicken eggs and fresh water fish . | The most common sources of protein are chicken , chicken eggs and fresh water fish . |
Typical of West African cuisine , Burkina Faso 's cuisine is based on staple foods of sorghum , millet , rice , maize , peanuts , potatoes , beans , yams and okra . | The food of Burkina Faso , typical of west African cuisine , is based around staple foods of sorghum , millet , rice , maize , peanuts , potatoes , beans , yams and okra . |
There is also a large artist community in Burkina Faso , especially in Ouagadougou . | There is also a large artist community , especially in Ouagadougou . |
It is surrounded by six countries : Mali to the north ; Niger to the east ; Benin to the southeast ; Togo and Ghana to the south ; and Ivory Coast to the southwest . | It is next to Mali , Niger , Benin , Togo , Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire . |
Its capital is Ouagadougou . | The capital is Ouagadougou . |
On 4 August 1984 , as a final result of President Sankara 's activities , the country 's name was eventually changed from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso . | It used to be called Upper Volta and the name was changed to Burkina Faso in 1984 . |
Soon after coming to power , Yaméogo banned all political parties other than the UDV . | After he became the president , Yaméogo banned other political parties . |
The northwestern part of today 's Burkina Faso was populated by hunter-gatherers between 14,000 and 5000 BC . | People have lived in the area of Burkina Faso for thousands of years . |
It was a very small town but it grew in importance and population when the railway from town to La Vega ( in La Vega province ) began to run across the rich region of the Cibao . | It was a very small town but it grew in importance and population when the railway from town to La Vega ( in the La Vega province ) began to run across the rich region of the Cibao . |
The port has lost its importance because when other ports in the country grew in importance , Sánchez lost its importance as a port . | The port has lost its importance When other ports in the country grew in importance . |
Sánchez , Dominican Republic is a Dominican municipality in the Samaná province , on the south coast of the peninsula of Samaná . | Sánchez is a Dominican municipality in the Samaná province , on the south coast of the peninsula of Samaná . |
And the Yuna River has been filling the Samana Bay with solid material and only small boats can get to the port . | And the Yuna River has been filling the Samaná Bay with solid material and only small boats can get to the port . |
They covered my body in fat to help it regenerate warmth , and wrapped it in felt as an insulator to keep warmth in . '' | Beuys claimed that he had been saved by a nomadic tribe of Tartars who , sympathetic to the Germans after persecution by the Soviets , ` covered my body in fat to help it regenerate warmth , and wrapped it in felt as an insulator to keep warmth in ' . |
The only major retrospective of Beuys work to be organised in Beuys 's lifetime opened at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1979 . | Famous works are for example : In 1979 , a large retrospective of Beuys ' work at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City confirmed his reputation as one of the most important artists of his time . |
The performance directly relates and even includes elements of the Fluxus movement that Beuys was a part of . | In 1962 Beuys was member of the `` Fluxus movement '' . |
On several occasions he visited the studio of the Flemish painter and sculptor Achilles Moortgat . | He first saw modern art when visiting the studio of Achilles Moortgat . |
English valedictions typically contain the possessive pronoun `` yours '' . | English valedictions often contain the possessive pronoun `` yours '' ; for example , Yours truly . |
`` Yours sincerely '' is a shorter form of the archaic `` I am yours sincerely '' , while similarly `` Yours faithfully '' is a contraction of `` I remain , Sir , your faithful and obedient servant '' `` Yours sincerely '' is typically employed in English when the recipient is addressed by name ( e.g. `` Dear John '' ) and is known to the sender to some degree , whereas `` Yours faithfully '' is used when the recipient is not addressed by name ( i.e. the recipient is addressed by a phrase such as `` Dear Sir\/Madam '' ) or when the recipient is not known personally by the sender . | Yours faithfully is used when the person who is receiving the letter is not known by name ( i.e. the recipient is addressed by a phrase such as `` Dear Sir\/Madam '' ) . |
A valediction ( derivation from Latin vale dicere , ` to say farewell ' ) , or complimentary close in American English , is an expression used to say farewell , especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message , or the act of saying parting words whether brief or extensive . | It comes from the Latin vale dicere , which means `` to say farewell '' . |
`` Yours faithfully '' , `` Yours truly '' , or `` Yours sincerely '' ( or its American English variant , `` Sincerely yours '' ) . | In the United Kingdom , Yours sincerely or Yours faithfully are most common . |
Valedictions normally immediately precede the signature in written correspondence . | Valedictions are normally written before the signature in a written message . |
The word or words used express respect , esteem , or regard for the person to whom the correspondence is directed , and the exact form used depends on a number of factors - including : Conventions also change over time and differ according to language . | The words used usually express respect or regard for the person to whom the message is written . |
Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink . | At first , the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink . |
This position is commonly referred to by the side of the rink that the winger normally takes , i.e. `` left wing '' or `` right wing . '' | This position is commonly referred to by the side of the rink that the winger normally takes . |
Winger , in the game of ice hockey , is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area . | Winger , in hockey , is a forward position of a player who is on either side of the center forward , often along the playing area . |
Nowadays , there are different types of wingers in the game - out-and-out goal scorers , checkers who disrupt the opponents , and forwards who work along the boards and in the corners . | Now , there are different types of wingers in the game : they either are mainly goal scorers , or help stop the other team from scoring . |
Toots and the Maytals , originally called The Maytals , are a Jamaican musical group and one of the best known ska and rock steady vocal groups . | Toots and the Maytals , originally called The Maytals , are a Jamaican musical group . |
Formed in the early 1960s when ska was hot , the Maytals had a reputation for having strong , well-blended voices . | They had a reputation for having strong , well-blended voices . |
It comprises the states of Acre , Amapá , Amazonas , Pará , Rondônia , Roraima and Tocantins . | This region is formed of seven states : Acre , Amapá , Amazonas , Pará , Rondônia , Roraima and Tocantins . |
The North Region of Brazil ( Portuguese : Região Norte do Brasil ) is the largest Region of Brazil , corresponding to 45.27 % of the national territory . | The North Region corresponds to 45.27 % of the national territory , the most of Brazilian regions . |
Ethics may be divided into three major areas of study : Related fields are moral psychology and descriptive ethics . | Ethics is part of other fields of study in many ways . |
Van Beneden discovered how chromosomes combined at meiosis , during the production of gametes , and discovered and named chromatin . | Van Beneden discovered how chromosomes combined at meiosis , during the production of gametes . |
This idea , if true , rules out the inheritance of acquired characteristics as proposed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck . | This idea , if true , rules out the inheritance of acquired characteristics as proposed by Lamarck . |
Eduard Strasburger , Walther Flemming , Heinrich von Waldeyer and the Belgian Edouard Van Beneden laid the basis for the cytology and cytogenetics of the 20th century . | Eduard Strasburger , Walther Flemming , and the Belgian Edouard Van Beneden laid the basis for the cytology and cytogenetics of the 20th century . |
The effect is one-way : germ cells produce somatic cells and are not affected by anything the somatic cells learn or therefore any ability the body acquires during its life . | The effect is one-way : germ cells produce somatic cells , and more germ cells ; the germ cells are not affected by anything the somatic cells learn or any ability the body acquires during its life . |
His main contribution was the germ plasm theory , according to which ( in a multicellular organism ) inheritance only takes place by means of the germ cells-the gametes such as egg cells and sperm cells . | Weismann advocated the germ plasm theory , according to which ( in a multicellular organism ) inheritance only takes place by means of the germ cells-the gametes such as egg cells and sperm cells . |
Weismann was one of the first biologists to deny soft inheritance entirely . | Weismann was one of the first biologists to deny the inheritance of acquired characters entirely . |
Strasburger , the outstanding botanical physiologist of that century , coined the terms nucleoplasm and cytoplasm . | Strasburger , the outstanding botanical physiologist of that century , coined the terms nucleus and cytoplasm . |
Weismann 's work on the demarcation between germ-line and soma can scarcely be appreciated without considering the work of ( mostly ) German biologists during the second half of the 19th century . | Weismann 's work on the demarkation between germ-line and soma can scarcely be appreciated without considering the work of ( mostly ) German biologists during the second half of the 19th century . |
Friedrich Leopold August Weismann ( 17 January 1834 - 5 November 1914 ) was a German evolutionary biologist . | Friedrich Leopold August Weismann ( Frankfurt am Main , 17 January , 1834 - Freiburg , 5 November , 1914 ) was a German evolutionary biologist . |
Ernst Mayr judged him to be the most important evolutionary thinker between Darwin and the evolutionary synthesis around 1930-40 , and was `` one of the great biologists of all time '' . | Ernst Mayr judged him to be `` one of the great biologists of all time '' . |
If two angles of a triangle have measures equal to the measures of two angles of another triangle , then the triangles are similar . | This is because triangles can be similar if only their angles are equal , or only their sides are proportional . |
The combined power stations feature a chimney which is one of the taller structures in the UK , and six hyperbolic cooling towers , which can be seen from much of the surrounding landscape . | The combined power stations feature a chimney which is one of the taller structures in the United Kingdom , and six hyperbolic cooling towers , which can be seen from much of the surrounding area . |
They are situated immediately adjoining one another in the civil parish of Sutton Courtenay , next to the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire ( formerly in Berkshire ) , in the UK . | They are right next to one another in the civil parish of Sutton Courtenay , next to the town of Didcot in Oxfordshire ( formerly in Berkshire ) , in the UK . |
European miners drove Chinese off the diggings at Rocky River in New England ( Australia ) in 1856 . | European miners forced the Chinese off the diggings at Rocky River in New England in 1856 . |
At the end of the affair , Burrangong was quiet and the Chinese were still there . | At the end of the year , Burrangong was quiet and the Chinese were still there . |
They occurred on the goldfields at Spring Creek , Stoney Creek , Back Creek , Wombat , Blackguard Gully , Tipperary Gully , and Lambing Flat ( now Young , New South Wales ) , in 1860-1861 . | It was part of the Burrangong goldfields which also included Spring Creek , Stoney Creek , Back Creek , Wombat , Blackguard Gully , and Tipperary Gully . |
Then in 1860 the Chinese and British governments signed the Convention of Peking , a diplomatic agreement that subjects of the Chinese and British Empires would have reciprocal rights under their respective countries ' laws . | In 1860 the Chinese and British governments signed the Convention of Peking . |
A new Chinese Immigration Regulation Bill was being drafted for debate in Parliament while the first gold miners were arriving at Burrangong . | A new law , the Chinese Immigration Regulation Bill , was being talked about in Parliament when the first gold miners were getting to Burrangong . |
Disputes between European and Chinese miners flared into brawls at Daylesford and Castlemaine . | There were fights between European and Chinese miners at Daylesford and Castlemaine . |
The most notorious of these incidents , and the one which has generated more folklore than any other , was the so-called Lambing Flat Riot , actually a drawn-out series of incidents on the Burrangong Goldfield in New South Wales between November 1860 and September 1861 . | This was just one of a number of riots on the Burrangong goldfields between November 1860 and September 1861 . |
There were two triggers for the violence : in Sydney the Legislative Council rejected the anti-Chinese bill , and a false rumor swept the goldfield that a new group of 1,500 Chinese were on the road to Burrangong . | The story said that a new group of 1,500 Chinese were on the road to Burrangong . |
Trouble began late in 1860 with the formation of a Miners Protective League , followed by roll-ups ( mass meetings ) of European diggers evicting Chinese miners from sections of the field . | Trouble began in 1860 with the starting of the Miners Protective League . |
Several place names are sometimes used interchangeably when describing these events . | Several place names are sometimes used hi when talking about these events . |
A banner from the period , painted on a tent-flap in 1861 , is now on display at the Lambing Flat museum in Young , New South Wales . | Lambing Flat was the name of a gold field in New South Wales , Australia . |
A party of Chinese en route to the Victorian diggings from Robe discovered a new goldfield at Ararat , and were driven off their find by Europeans . | A group of Chinese on their way to the Victorian goldfields found gold at Ararat . |
The first anti-Chinese demonstration occurred in Bendigo in July 1854 . | The first public display of anti-Chinese feelings took place in Bendigo in July 1854 . |
Serious confrontations followed at Adelong in 1857 and Tambaroora in 1858 . | Serious fights took place Adelong in 1857 and Tambaroora in 1858 . |
Rollback is a feature of the MediaWiki software that runs Wikipedia . | The rollback feature is a part of the MediaWiki software . |
To request rollback rights , ask at Wikipedia : Requests for permissions\/Rollback or ask one of the administrators listed here . | You may ask for rollback at Wikipedia : Requests for rollback or on an administrator 's talk page . |
It is also possible to use rollback with an explanatory edit summary ( instead of the default or standard generic edit summary ) . | The rollback tool has an edit summary that is given by default . |
Grover , also known as Grover Monster , is a Muppet character on the popular television show Sesame Street . | Grover is a Muppet character on the popular television show Sesame Street . |
Grover was originally performed by Frank Oz from his earliest appearances until 2001 . | Grover was first performed by Frank Oz . |
Eric Jacobson began performing Grover in 1998 ; he has performed the character regularly since 2002 , although Oz still performs him occasionally . | Eric Jacobson began performing Grover in 1998 . |
Self-described as lovable , cute and furry , he is a monster who almost never uses contractions when speaking or singing . | He is a monster who almost never uses contractions when speaking or singing . |
In 1930 he was elected to the national legislature , the Reichstag . | In 1930 , he was elected to the national legislature , the Reichstag . |
He was arrested again in late 1944 , and he was in Neuengamme concentration camp when the British arrived in April 1945 . | He was arrested again in 1944 and stayed in the concentration camps until the British set them free in April 1945 . |
Schumacher was arrested in July and was severely beaten in prison . | He was beaten badly in prison . |
Kurt Schumacher was born in Kulm in West Prussia ( now Chełmno in Poland ) , the son of a small businessman , member of the liberal German Free-minded Party and deputy in the municipal assembly . | Dr. Kurt Schumacher ( born 13 October 1895 in Kulm , West Prussia ( now Chełmno in Poland ) - died 20 August 1952 in Bonn ) was a German politician . |
The Öresund or Øresund Bridge ( Danish : Øresundsbroen , Swedish : Öresundsbron , joint hybrid name : Øresundsbron ) is a double-track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel across the Øresund strait between Scania ( southernmost Sweden ) and Denmark . | The Øresund Bridge ( Danish : Øresundsbroen , Swedish : Öresundsbron , joint hybrid name : Øresundsbron ) is a bridge and tunnel across the Øresund strait . |
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden met midway across the bridge-tunnel on 14 August 1999 to celebrate its completion . | When it was finished in 1999 , Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden met in the middle . |
Its official dedication took place on 1 July 2000 , with Queen Margrethe II , and King Carl XVI Gustaf as the host and hostess of the ceremony . | Queen Margrethe II and King Carl XVI Gustaf led the ceremonies together . |
The district is bounded by the Indian Kashmir in the east , and by Mirpur District in the south and Rawalakot to its north . | The district is bounded by the Indian part of Kashmir in the east , and by Mirpur District in the south and Rawalakot to its north . |
Kotli District ( Urdu : ضلع کوٹلی ) is one of the ten districts of Azad Kashmir , Pakistan . | Kotli ( Urdu : ضلع کوٹلی ) is one of the eight districts of Azad Kashmir , Pakistan . |
The district is divided into Five tehsils ( sub-divisions : District Kotli has five seats ( Constituencies ) in Azad Kashmir assembly , The district covers a total area of 1862 square kilometres . | The district is divided into three tehsils ( sub-divisions ) The district covers a total area of 1862 square kilometres . |
Kotli the chief town of the district , was originally a minor town between Mirpur and Muzaffarabad , but has recently seen major growth . | Kotli used to be a small town between Mirpur and Muzaffarabad , but has recently grown in size . |
சிங்கப்பூர் குடிமக்களாகிய நாம் , இனம் , மொழி , மதம் ஆகிய வேற்றுமைகளை மறந்து , ஒன்றுபட்டு , நம் நாடு மகிழ்ச்சி , வளம் , முன்னேற்றம் ஆகியவற்றை அடையும் வண்ணம் சமத்துவத்தையும் , நீதியையும் அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட ஜனநாயக சமுதாயத்தை உருவாக்குவதற்கு உறுதி மேற்கொள்வோம் . | சிங்கப்பூர் குடிமக்களாகிய நாம் இனம் , மொழி , மதம் ஆகிய வேற்றுமைகளை மறந்து ஒன்றுபட்டு , நம் நாடு மகிழ்ச்சி , வளம் , முன்னேற்றம் ஆகியவற்றை அடையும் வண்ணம் சமத்துவத்தையும் , நீதியையும் அடிப்படையாக கொண்ட ஜனாயக சமுதாயத்தை உருவாக்குவதற்கு உறுதி மேற்கொள்வோம் ! |
The National Pledge was written by Sinnathamby Rajaratnam in 1966 shortly after Singapore 's independence . | The Singapore 's National Pledge was written by Sinnathamby Rajaratnam in 1966 , not long after Singapore 's Independence . |
The National Pledge is : We , the citizens of Singapore , pledge ourselves as one united people , regardless of race , language or religion , to build a democratic society based on justice and equality so as to achieve happiness , prosperity and progress for our nation . | These are the words of the pledge : We , the citizens of Singapore , pledge ourselves as one united people , regardless of race , language or religion , to build a democratic society based on justice and equality so as to achieve happiness , prosperity and progress for our nation . |
The draft text was handed to the then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew , who polished the text before submitting it to the Cabinet . | A draft was submitted to the then Prime minister Lee Kuan Yew , before he made it better and passed it to the Cabinet . |
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