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George Balabushka ( December 9 , 1912 - December 5 , 1975 ) was a Russian-born billiards ( pool ) cue maker , arguably the most prominent member of that profession , and is sometimes referred to as `` the Stradivarius of cuemakers '' . | George Balabushka ( December 9 , 1912 - December 5 , 1975 ) was a Russian-born billiards ( pool ) cue maker . |
Using a wooden mold , he made himself a replacement plastic finger of such craftsmanship that even his friends did not realize his loss until long after the incident . | Using a wooden mold , he made himself a replacement plastic finger . |
Balabushka 's first job was as a wooden toy designer and maker , working for the Educational Equipment Company , then located at 71 West 23rd St. , in Manhattan , which made building blocks for nurseries and schools . | Balabushka 's first job was as a wooden toy designer and maker at the Educational Equipment Company . |
His cues are highly valued collectors items , made more so after being prominently featured in Martin Scorsese 's 1986 film , The Color of Money . | His cues are highly valued collectors items . |
He was an avid pool player and purchased a pool room with a business partner in 1959 and thereafter started making cues as gifts for friends which quickly blossomed into a business when others wanted to purchase them . | He loved playing pool and bought a pool room with a business partner in 1959 . |
Original Balabushka cues with verified provenance may realize tens of thousands of dollars at auction . | Original Balabushka cues may sell for tens of thousands of dollars at auction . |
Rather , most Balabushka cues are relatively plain and without grand ornamentation flourishes . | Most Balabushka cues look simple . |
Spiny dogfish are bottom-dwellers . | The Spiny dogfish has a slim , long body and a flattened head . |
The spiny dogfish has dorsal spines , no anal fin , and white spot along its back . | There is no anal fin on the Spiny dogfish . |
The spiny dogfish , spurdog , mud shark , or piked dogfish , Squalus acanthias , is one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes . | The Spiny dogfish shark ( Squalus acanthias ) , also known as the Spiny dogfish , is one of the most common and well known species of dogfish . |
News organizations at first reported an explosion or incident at the World Trade Center . | News organizations first reported an explosion at the World Trade Center . |
The capacity of the aircraft was 158 passengers , but the September 11 flight carried 81 passengers and 11 crew members . | Even though it could carry 158 passengers , the September 11 flight carried only 81 passengers and 11 crew members . |
Three other hijackers , Waleed al-Shehri , Wail al-Shehri , and Satam al-Suqami , arrived at Logan Airport at 06:45 , having left their rental car in the airport parking facility . | Three other hijackers , Waleed al-Shehri , Wail al-Shehri and Satam al-Suqami arrived at Logan International Airport by car . |
Waleed al-Shehri and Wail al-Shehri sat in first class seats 2B and 2A . | Waleed al-Shehri and Wail al-Shehri sat in first class . |
The 11 crew members were Captain John Ogonowski , First Officer Thomas McGuinness , and flight attendants Barbara Arestegui , Jeffrey Collman , Sara Low , Karen Martin , Kathleen Nicosia , Betty Ong , Jean Roger , Dianne Snyder , and Amy Sweeney . | The flight attendants were Barbara Arestegui , Jeffrey Collman , Sara Low , Karen Martin , Kathleen Nicosia , Betty Ong , Jean Roger , Dianne Snyder and Madeline Sweeney . |
President George W. Bush was arriving at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota , Florida . | President George W. Bush was arriving at an elementary school in Sarasota , Florida when he was told about the crash . |
The aircraft crashed into the North tower of the World Trade Center at 08:46:40 local time . | It crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center . |
Just stay quiet and you 'll be O.K. . | He said that '' ( They ) have some planes , just stay quiet and you 'll be okay . |
Mohamed Atta sat in business class seat 8D with Abdulaziz al-Omari in 8G and Suqami in 10B . | Mohamed Atta sat in business class with Abdulaziz al-Omari and Suqami . |
At 08:23:38 , Atta tried to make an announcement to the passengers , but pressed the wrong button and sent the message to Boston ARTCC . | At 08:23:38 , Atta tried to talk to the passengers from the cockpit but he pressed the wrong button and sent the message to air traffic control . |
CNN broke into a commercial at 08:49 with the headline that read `` World Trade Center Disaster '' . | CNN interrupted a commercial at 08:49 with the headline that read `` World Trade Center Disaster . '' |
A webcam set up by Wolfgang Staehle at an art exhibit in Brooklyn to take images of Lower Manhattan every four seconds also captured images of Flight 11 crashing into the North Tower . | A webcam set up at an art exhibition in Brooklyn to take pictures of Lower Manhattan every four seconds also filmed Flight 11 crashing into the North Tower . |
At 08:33:59 , Atta announced , `` Nobody move , please . | Soon after , Atta announced `` Nobody move please , we are going back to the airport , do n't try to make any stupid moves . '' |
At least one elevator shaft carried burning fuel downward , exploding on the 77th floor , the 22nd floor , and at street level on the West Side Lobby . | More than one elevator shaft carried burning fuel downward , exploding on the way down . |
American Airlines Flight 11 was a passenger flight which was hijacked by five al-Qaeda members on September 11 , 2001 , as part of the September 11 attacks . | American Airlines Flight 11 was the first hijacked airplane of the September 11 , 2001 attacks . |
The aircraft , traveling at about 404 knots ( 465 mph ; 748 km\/h ) and carrying about 10,000 U.S. gallons ( 38,000 L ) of jet fuel , hit between the 93rd and 99th floors of the North Tower . | The aircraft , traveling at about 466 miles per hour ( 750 km\/h ) and carrying about 10,000 U.S. gallons of flammable fuel , hit between the 93rd and 99th floors of the North Tower . |
Both hijackers had first class tickets with a connecting flight to Los Angeles ; Atta checked in two bags , Omari none . | Both hijackers had first class tickets for a flight to Los Angeles , California . |
At 08:46:30 , Mohamed Atta intentionally crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the northern facade of the North Tower ( Tower 1 ) of the World Trade Center . | At 08:46:40 , the hijackers crashed Flight 11 into the northern side of the North Tower ( Tower 1 ) of the World Trade Center . |
The aircraft involved , a Boeing 767-223ER , was flying American Airlines ' daily scheduled morning transcontinental service from Logan International Airport , in Boston , Massachusetts , to Los Angeles International Airport , in Los Angeles , California . | It was scheduled to fly from Logan International Airport in Boston to Los Angeles International Airport . |
Jules Naudet , a French cameraman , and Pavel Hlava , a Czech immigrant , videotaped the crash . | Jules Naudet , a French cameraman filmed the crash . |
Mohamed Atta , the ringleader of the attacks , and a fellow hijacker , Abdulaziz al-Omari , arrived at Portland International Jetport at 05:41 Eastern Daylight Time on September 11 , 2001 . | Mohamed Atta , a member of terrorist group al-Qaeda and leader of the attacks , and another hijacker , Abdulaziz al-Omari , flew together from Portland , Maine to Boston early on September 11 , 2001 . |
All stairwells and elevators from the 92nd floor up were rendered impassable , trapping 1,344 people . | All stairs and elevators from the 92nd floor and up were blocked , trapping 1,344 people . |
The domed tower is technically no part of the church , there is no access between church and tower , because both buildings have different proprietors . | The domed tower is technically no part of the church , there is no access between church and tower , because both buildings have different owners . |
The tower , resembling that of Deutscher Dom , was simply built to give the Gendarmenmarkt a symmetric design . | The tower , similar to that of Deutscher Dom , was simply built to give the Gendarmenmarkt a symmetric design . |
Französischer Dom ( German for : French Cathedral ) is the colloquial naming for the French Church of Friedrichstadt ( French : Temple de la Friedrichstadt , German : Französische Friedrichstadtkirche ) located in Berlin on the Gendarmenmarkt across from the Deutscher Dom ( German Cathedral ) , formerly a church of Ger... | Französischer Dom ( German for : French Cathedral ) is the colloquial naming for the French Church of Friedrichstadt ( French : Temple de la Friedrichstadt , German : Französische Friedrichstadtkirche ) in Berlin on the Gendarmenmarkt across from the Deutscher Dom ( German Cathedral ) , formerly a church of German-spea... |
Louis Cayart and Abraham Quesnay built the first parts of the actual French Church from 1701 to 1705 for the Huguenot ( Calvinist ) community . | The first parts of the actual French Church were built from 1701 to 1705 for the Huguenot ( Calvinist ) community . |
IZArc ( as of version 4.1.2 ) currently supports the following file formats : 7-Zip , A , ACE , ARC , ARJ , B64 , BH , BIN , BZ2 , BZA , C2D , CAB , CDI , CPIO , DEB , ENC , GCA , GZ , GZA , HA , IMG , ISO , JAR , LHA , LIB , LZH , MBF , MDF , MIM , NRG , PAK , PDI , PK3 , RAR , RPM , TAR , TAZ , TBZ , TGZ , TZ , UUE ,... | IZArc ( as of version 3.81 ) can support and open the following file formats : 7-Zip , A , ACE , ARC , ARJ , B64 , BH , BIN , BZ2 , BZA , C2D , CAB , CDI , CPIO , DEB , ENC , GCA , GZ , GZA , HA , IMG , ISO , IZE , JAR , LHA , LIB , LZH , MBF , MDF , MIM , NRG , PAK , PDI , PK3 , RAR , RPM , TAR , TAZ , TBZ , TGZ , TZ ... |
IZArc does not support ISO editing . | IZArc does not support ISO editing and does not support Unicode . |
IZArc ( pronounced `` easy-arc '' ) is a freeware file archiver for Microsoft Windows developed by Bulgarian programmer Ivan Zahariev . | IZArc is a file archiver for Microsoft Windows developed by Bulgarian programmer Ivan Zahariev . |
It includes all features and functions of the permanently installed version , except explorer shell-menu integration and the ability to associate file types with it . | It includes all features and functions of the permanently installed version , except explorer `` shell-menu '' and the ability to associate file types with it . |
In addition to the most commonly used archive formats , like zip , rar , gzip , tar . | IZarc can open the most commonly used archive formats , like zip , rar , gzip , tar . |
gz , bzip2 , and 7z , IZArc handles a large number of less common formats ( 48 in total , see below ) . | gz , bzip2 , and 7z , and others many less common formats ( 48 in total ) . |
IZArc has incomplete 7-Zip support and lacks the add , move , or update actions , as well as encryption and parameter modification . | Many IZArc users had problem with `` 7-Zip '' format in the encryption and parameter modification . |
The January 31 - February 2 , 2011 North American winter storm , also called the 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard , was a powerful and historic winter storm , situated around the US and Canadian holiday Groundhog Day . | The blizzard was also called the 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard because it happened close to Groundhog Day . |
The heaviest snow fell in the eastern half of the state . | Half of Ohio saw an ice storm and half saw heavy rain . |
The north and south of Holland were reunited as the province of Holland . | South Holland is a province in the west of the Netherlands . |
The provincial capital is The Hague , while its largest city is Rotterdam . | The biggest cities are Rotterdam and The Hague . |
In 1793 he married Jane Jarvis , daughter of the Chief Justice of Antigua . | In 1793 he married Jane Jarvis . |
Macquarie was ordered by the British government to arrest both John Macarthur and Major George Johnston , two of the leaders of the Rum Rebellion . | He was ordered to arrest John Macarthur and George Johnston who were the leaders of the Rum Rebellion but they had already sailed to England before he got to Australia . |
He served as the last autocratic Governor of New South Wales , Australia from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social , economic and architectural development of the colony . | He had a leading role in the social , economic and architectural development of Australia . |
Lachlan Macquarie was born on the island of the Ulva off the coast of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides , a chain of islands off the West Coast of Scotland . | Macquarie was born on the island of Ulva , in the Inner Hebrides , Scotland . |
After her divorce , Kennedy battled alcoholism and suffered from tongue cancer . | The couple had four children , all born in Santa Monica , California : After her divorce , Kennedy battled alcoholism and suffered from tongue cancer . |
Kennedy was born in Brookline , Massachusetts , the sixth of nine children born to Rose ( née Fitzgerald ) and Joseph P. Kennedy , Sr. . | She was the sixth of nine children born to Rose ( nee Fitzgerald ) and Joseph P. Kennedy , Sr. . |
Kennedy died at the age of 82 on September 17 , 2006 in her Manhattan home from pneumonia . | Lawford died at her Manhattan home from pneumonia at the age of 82 . |
The formal name `` Nix '' , from the Greek goddess of darkness and night and mother of Charon , was announced on June 21 , 2006 on IAU Circular 8723 , where the designation Pluto II is also given . | The formal name `` Nix '' , from the Greek goddess of darkness and night , and mother of Charon , was announced on June 21 , 2006 on IAU Circular 8723 , where the designation Pluto II is also given . |
Nix was found by the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team , composed of Hal A. Weaver , S. Alan Stern , Max J. Mutchler , Andrew J. Steffl , Marc W. Buie , William J. Merline , John R. Spencer , Eliot F. Young , and Leslie A. Young . | It was found along with Hydra in June 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team , composed of Hal A. Weaver , S. Alan Stern , Max J. Mutchler , Andrew J. Steffl , Marc W. Buie , William J. Merline , John R. Spencer , Eliot F. Young , and Leslie A. Young . |
Together with Hydra ( Pluto 's third moon ) the initials are those of the New Horizons probe . | Together with Hydra , Pluto 's third moon , the initials are those of the New Horizons probe . |
The discovery images were taken on May 15 , 2005 , and May 18 , 2005 ; Nix and Hydra were independently discovered by Max J. Mutchler on June 15 , 2005 , and Andrew J. Steffl on August 15 , 2005 . | The discovery images were taken on May 15 , 2005 and May 18 , 2005 ; the moons were independently found by Max J. Mutchler on June 15 , 2005 and Andrew J. Steffl on August 15 , 2005 . |
Early research appeared to show that Nix was reddish like Pluto and unlike the other moons , but more recent reports have been that it is gray like the remaining satellites . | Early research appeared to show that Nix was reddish like Pluto and unlike the other moons , but more recent reports have been that it is gray like the remaining moons . |
Nix follows a circular orbit in the same plane as Charon . | The moon follows a circular orbit in the same plane as Charon . |
The initial proposal was to use the classical spelling Nyx , but to avoid confusion with the asteroid 3908 Nyx the spelling was changed to Nix . | The initial proposal was to use the Classical spelling Nyx , but to avoid confusion with the asteroid 3908 Nyx , this was changed to `` the Egyptian spelling of the Greek name '' . |
Although its size has not been directly measured , Nix has been calculated to have a diameter of between 46 km ( if its geometric albedo is similar to Charon 's 35 % ) and 137 km ( if it has a reflectivity of 4 % , like the darkest Kuiper belt objects ) . | Although its size has not been directly measured , the moon is calculated to have a diameter of between 46 km , if its reflectivity is similar to Charon 's 35 % , and 137 km , if it has a reflectivity of 4 % , like the darkest Kuiper Belt Objects . |
They were provisionally designated S\/2005 P 1 ( Hydra ) and S\/2005 P 2 ( Nix ) . | The moons were designated S\/2005 P 1 ( Hydra ) and S\/2005 P 2 ( Nix ) . |
It was discovered along with Hydra in June 2005 , and is to be visited along with Pluto by the New Horizons mission in July 2015 . | Nix is to be visited along with Pluto by the New Horizons mission in 2015 . |
Nix is a natural satellite of Pluto . | Nix is a non-spherical moon of Pluto . |
His scholarly work on internal Cuban politics , notably on the 1996 purge of Havana 's Centre for American Studies ( CEA ) ( contained in the book `` El Caso CEA '' published in 1998 ) , has been the object of academic reviews , as it exposed the internal conflicts between Cuba 's political apparatus and the country 's... | His scholarly work on internal Cuban politics , notably on the 1996 purge of Havana 's Centre for American Studies ( CEA ) ( contained in the book `` El Caso CEA '' published in 1998 ) , has been the object of academic reviews , as it exposed the internal conflicts between Cuba 's political apparatus and the country 's... |
He lived among other countries in Cuba , Chile and Indonesia . | He lived in Cuba , Chile , and Indonesia , among other countries . |
According to some reviews , the book , a work of investigative journalism complemented by academic analysis , dealt a strong blow to hard-liners within the regime , by exposing for the first time the internal conflicts between Cuba 's apparatus and its intelligentsia . | According to some reviews , the book , a work of investigative journalism helped by academic analysis , dealt a strong blow to hard-liners within the regime , by exposing for the first time the internal conflicts between Cuba 's apparatus and its intelligentsia . |
While on 30 October 2002 , he was reportedly detained and manhandled by Israeli authorities while crossing the Allenby Bridge . | And on 30 October 2002 , he was reportedly detained and manhandled by Israeli authorities while crossing the Allenby Bridge . |
At that time , some his writings were intended to influence the positions of the Italian Government on certain human rights issues , as was the case with material that he wrote on North Korea . | At that time , at least some of his writings were also intended to influence the positions of the Italian Government on certain human rights issues , as was the case with material that he wrote on North Korea . |
Besides work on Cuba , other countries Giuliano covered in his journalistic work include East Timor and Myanmar ( Burma ) . | Besides work on Cuba , other countries Giuliano covered in his journalistic work include East Timor and Myanmar ( formerly known as Burma ) . |
In an article published in the British academic journal Democratization in 1998 , he focused in particular on how the US embargo against Cuba helps create `` empathy '' by third parties towards Cuba , which is then domestically perceived as support towards Cuba 's regime . | In an article published in the British academic journal Democratization in 1998 , he focused in particular on how the US embargo against Cuba helps create `` empathy '' by third parties towards Cuba , so that Cubans think it is support for Cuba 's government . |
He authored two books and some academic articles on Cuban politics , focusing among other things on the US embargo , which he claimed ( in the book `` La Transición Cubana y el `` Bloqueo '' Norteamericano '' and other works ) has a strong counter-productive effect , in supporting the continuation of Cuba 's regime . | He wrote two books and some articles on Cuban politics , especially on the US embargo ( which usually stops Americans from doing business with Cubans ) , which he thinks ( in the book `` La Transición Cubana y el `` Bloqueo '' Norteamericano '' and other works ) is not good . |
In 2000 , he visited North Korea and published an essay about his visit , essentially describing his tour around the country as a mise en scène by the North Korean authorities . | In 2000 , he visited North Korea and published an essay about his visit , essentially describing his tour around the country as being like a movie made by the North Korean authorities . |
He argued , hence , that the US Government - in addition to the embargo 's direct influence on supporting Cuba 's regime - indirectly inhibits potentially constructive pressures towards change , insofar as third countries , foreign non-governmental organizations and prominent individuals lend support to Cuba 's resista... | That is because third countries , foreign non-governmental organizations and prominent individuals lend support to Cuba 's resistance to the US embargo , and this offsets external pressures for democracy , thereby allowing the Cuban regime to convert such `` empathy '' into a source of legitimacy at home . |
At University College , Oxford he studied Philosophy , Politics , and Economics , specialising in Latin America and eastern Europe . | At Oxford , he studied at University College to know about Oxford 's inter-disciplinary course in Philosophy , Politics , and Economics ( PPE ) , especially Latin America and eastern Europe . |
After completing high school in Milan and in Manchester , he earned a degree from the University of Oxford in 1996 and a master 's degree from the University of Cambridge in 1997 . | He went to school in Milan and Manchester , and then studied at the University of Oxford in 1996 and the University of Cambridge in 1997 . |
Maurizio Giuliano ( born 1975 ) is an Italian traveller , author and journalist . | Maurizio Giuliano ( born 1975 ) is a person from Italy and England , who travels a lot , writes books , and writes in newspapers . |
As of 2004 he was , according to the Guinness Book of World Records , the youngest person to have visited all sovereign nations of the world ( at 29 years of age ) . | In 2004 he was in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest person who has been to all the countries in the world . |
He studied under Hideto Kishida and Shozo Uchida . | Hideto Kishida and Shozo Uchida were two of his teachers . |
In 1942 , Tange entered a competition for the design of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Memorial Hall . | Tange won a contest to design the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere Memorial Hall in 1942 . |
, 4 September 1913 - 22 March 2005 ) was a Japanese architect , and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture . | He was the 1987 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize . |
In 1935 Tange began the tertiary studies he desired at University of Tokyo 's architecture department . | In 1935 , he began studying architecture at the University of Tokyo . |
In the initial design the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum was dominated by adjoining utility buildings , which were linked to it by high-level walkways . | He designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum . |
Tange won a Pritzker Prize for the design ; the citation described the gynasium as `` among the most beautiful buildings of the 20th century '' . | In 1987 , Tange won the Pritzker Prize . |
Up-and-over or overhead doors are often used in garages . | An up-and-over door is often used in garages . |
Inward opening doors are doors that can only be opened ( or forced open ) from outside a building . | A blind door is a fake door that is really part of the wall . |
Freedom of Worship is the second of a series of four oil paintings entitled , Four Freedoms painted by Norman Rockwell . | Freedom of Worship is a painting of Norman Rockwell and is one of his series of four paintings called the Four Freedoms . |
This work from the series was published in the February 27 , 1943 Issue of The Saturday Evening Post alongside an essay by a prominent thinker of the day Will Durant . | This painting was made public in The Saturday Evening Post of February 27 , 1943 , along with an essay of Will Durant . |
This work also included many descriptions of insect anatomy . | This work included many descriptions of insect anatomy . |
Jan Swammerdam ( February 12 , 1637 - February 17 , 1680 ) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist . | Jan Swammerdam ( 12 February 1637 - 17 February 1680 ) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist . |
By examining larvae , he identified underdeveloped adult features in pre-adult animals . | By examining larvae , he identified adult features in pre-adult animals . |
Swammerdam used these observations to bolster his case for epigenesis in his 1669 publication , Historia Insectorum Generalis ( The Natural History of Insects ) . | Swammerdam used these observations in his 1669 publication , Historia Insectorum Generalis ( The Natural History of Insects ) . |
He wanted to dispel the seventeenth-century notion of metamorphosis-the idea that different life stages of an insect ( e.g. caterpillar and butterfly ) represent different individuals or a sudden change from one type of animal to another . | He wanted to dispel the seventeenth-century idea that different life stages of an insect ( e.g. caterpillar and butterfly ) were different individuals . |
For example , he noticed that the wings of dragonflies and mayflies exist prior to their final molt . | For example , he noticed that the wings of dragonflies and mayflies exist before their final molt . |
His work on insects demonstrated that the various phases during the life of an insect-egg , larva , pupa , and adult-are different forms of the same animal . | His work on insects showed that the stages an insect life - egg , larva , pupa , and adult - are different forms of the same animal . |
Swammerdam 's principal interest in this area was demonstrating that insects develop in the same gradual manner as other animals . | Swammerdam showed that insects develop in the same gradual manner as do other animals . |
Swammerdam is credited with the enhancement of the study of biology due to his work dissecting insects and studying them under microscopes . | Swammerdam dissected insects and studied them under microscopes . |
As part of his anatomical research , he carried out experiments on muscle contraction . | He did experiments on muscle contraction . |
He garnered evidence against this claim from his dissections . | He got evidence from his dissections . |
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