Boston Marathon bombings On April 15, 2013, two pressure cooker bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon at 2:49 pm EDT, killing 3 people and injuring an estimated 264 others.[3] The bombs exploded about 12 seconds and 210 yards (190 m) apart, near the finish line on Boylston Street.[2][8] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) took over the investigation, and on April 18, released photographs and surveillance video of two suspects.[9][10][11] The suspects were identified later that day as Chechen brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Shortly after the FBI released the images, the suspects allegedly killed an MIT police officer, carjacked an SUV, and initiated an exchange of gunfire with the police in Watertown, Massachusetts. Bombings[edit] The blasts (red) occurred near the finish line, along the marathon course (dark blue), the first nearer than the second. Casualties and initial response[edit] Police and other emergency workers on the scene The marathon was halted abruptly. Investigation[edit]
Archie search engine History and name[edit] The archie service began as a project for students and volunteer staff at the McGill University School of Computer Science in 1987,[3] when Deutsch, Emtage, and Heelan were asked to connect the School of Computer Science to the Internet.[4] The earliest versions of archie, written by Alan Emtage, simply contacted a list of FTP archives on a regular basis (contacting each roughly once a month, so as not to waste too much resources of the remote servers) and requested a listing. These listings were stored in local files to be searched using the Unix grep command. Bill Heelan and Peter Deutsch wrote a script allowing people to login and search collected information using telnet protocol at the host "archie.mcgill.ca" [132.206.2.3].[3] Later, more efficient front- and back-ends were developed, and the system spread from a local tool, to a network-wide resource, and a popular service available from multiple sites around the Internet. See also[edit] References[edit]
Jeb Bush Bush grew up in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Texas, where he earned a degree in Latin American affairs. Following his father's successful run for Vice President in 1980, he moved to Florida. In 1986, Bush was named Florida's Secretary of Commerce, a position he held until resigning in 1988 to help his father's successful campaign for the Presidency. In 1994, Bush made his first run for office, narrowly losing the election for governor by less than two percentage points to the incumbent Lawton Chiles. Early years[edit] Jeb Bush was born in Midland, Texas. The origin of the name Jeb is his initials; Jeb is a direct pronunciation of J.E.B. Jeb initially attended Grady Elementary School in Houston.[7] Following in the footsteps of older brother, George, Jeb attended high school at the prestigious Massachusetts boarding school, Phillips Academy. In 1973, Bush graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Latin American Studies. Education[edit]
Kate Sheppard Katherine Wilson Sheppard, also known as Kate, (10 March 1847 – 13 July 1934)[a] was the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage (the movement to allow women to vote in New Zealand), and is the country's most famous suffragette. She also appears on the NZ ten dollar note. Because New Zealand was the first country to introduce universal suffrage, Sheppard's work had a considerable impact on women's suffrage movements in other countries. Early life[edit] Kate Sheppard was born Catherine Wilson Malcolm in Liverpool, England to Scottish parents Jem Crawford Souter and Andrew Will Malcolm. In 1885, Kate Sheppard became involved in establishing the New Zealand Women's Christian Temperance Union, part of the larger temperance movement. Woman's suffrage movement[edit] Discovering that much of the support for moderation came from women, the Temperance Union increasingly became active in advocating the cause of women's suffrage, an area in which Sheppard quickly became prominent.
Frank Sinatra - Singer, Film Actor, Actor Frank Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century, forging a career as an award-winning singer and film actor. Synopsis Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on December 12, 1915, Frank Sinatra rose to fame singing big band numbers. Early Life and Career Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Solo Artist Between 1943 and 1946, Sinatra's solo career blossomed as the singer charted a slew of hit singles. Sinatra made his movie acting debut in 1943 with the films Reveille With Beverley and Higher and Higher. Having regained stardom, Sinatra enjoyed continued success in both movies and music for years to come. Rat Pack and No. 1 Tunes By the mid-1960s, Sinatra was back on top again. The Rat Pack made several films during their heyday: the famed Ocean's Eleven (1960), Sergeants Three (1962), Four for Texas (1963) and Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964). Personal Life Frank Sinatra married childhood sweetheart Nancy Barbato in 1939.
Eric Holder Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. (born January 21, 1951) is the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, in office since 2009. Holder, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, is the first African American to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General.[1] As a result of the Fast and Furious investigation, he became the only cabinet member in US history to be held in contempt of Congress.[2] Early life[edit] Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. was born in the Bronx, New York, to parents with roots in Barbados.[3][4][dead link][5] Holder's father, Eric Himpton Holder, Sr. (1905–1970) was born in Saint Joseph, Barbados and arrived in the United States at the age of 11.[6][7] He later became a real estate broker. Career[edit] After graduating from law school, Holder joined the U.S. Holder stepped down from the bench in 1993 to accept an appointment as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from President Bill Clinton. Deputy Attorney General[edit] Private practice[edit]
Magazin - Millenium Falcon vonóhorgon A fejlesztés korai fázisában a kísérleti motorokat fékpadra szerelik, ahol a főtengelyt egy nagy teljesítményű villanymotorral összekötve tetszőleges fordulatszám és terhelés beállítható. Előbb-utóbb azonban eljön a pillanat, amikor a motor elnyeri méltó helyét egy jármű motorterében, s ettől a pillanattól kezdve ha több gázt adunk, gyorsul, ha kevesebbet, lassul, azaz pontosan úgy viselkedik, ahogy az egy autótól elvárható. Bizonyos esetekben előfordul azonban, hogy az autóban is jó lenne állandó munkapontban (azaz állandó fordulatszámon és terhelésen) járatni a motort, vagy meghatározott terhelési profilt követni, például meredek útszakaszt szimulálva. Csak a nyers erő számít A fejlesztőmérnököket régóta foglalkoztató probléma megoldását első közelítésben a csomagtartóba pakolt homokzsák, időnként pedig a sóderrel rakott utánfutó jelentette. Az általunk tesztelt darab az osztrák AVL cég munkája. Névjegy Az AVL fékutánfutó a duplakerekes Sprinter hátsó hídjára épül. Az első fotó Retarder
George W. Bush 43rd President of the United States George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He had previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. Nationally, Bush was both one of the most popular and unpopular U.S. presidents in history, having received the highest recorded presidential approval ratings in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, as well as one of the lowest approval ratings during the 2008 financial crisis.[13] Bush finished his term in office in 2009 and returned to Texas, where he had purchased a home in Dallas. Early life and career George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946, at Yale–New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, while his father was a student at Yale.[19] He was the first child of George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife, Barbara Pierce. Education In the fall of 1973, Bush entered Harvard Business School. Family and personal life Alcohol abuse Image