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Kinakuta has always been a "meeting-place of cultures." Its original inhabitants were Malays. In the 17th and 18th centuries, under the name Queenah-Kootah, it was home to a dynasty of white sultans, beginning with one Mr. Foote, an ex-privateer. It was at this time that the capital, Kinakuta City, was constructed. Following the white sultanate, Kinakuta became a German colony for a while. (Borneo at that time was part of the Dutch East Indies, and Palawan part of the Spanish empire.) The Germans ceded it to the Japanese following World War I as part of the South Pacific Mandate; but both imperial powers maintain ...

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The next year the Thunderbirds performed their first overseas air shows, in a tour of South America. A year later, 1955, they moved to the F-84F Thunderstreak aircraft, in which they performed 91 air shows. The aircraft of the squadron was again changed in June, 1956, this time to the F-100 Super Sabre, which gave the pilots supersonic capability. This switch was accompanied by a move of headquarters to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on June 1 with their first show after the move being held on June 23. It also signaled a shift in their ...

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Sweden - Pre-history. For details, see: Prehistoric Sweden Soon after the recession of the last ice age, Sweden became populated by hunters and gatherers, during the Stone Age (6000 BC – 4000 BC). The region developed rather slowly compared to southern Europe; while the Romans wrote poetry, Scandinavia had just entered the Iron Age. Sweden was first mentioned in the 1st century, by Roman historian Tacitus, who wrote that the Suiones tribe lived out in the sea and were powerful in both arms ...

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Speed limit - Australia. Speed limits in Australia range from 10 km/h (6.25 mph) Shared Zones to 110 km/h (68.75 mph). Speed limit signage is always displayed in km/h, and speeds increase or decrease by a minimum interval of 10 km/h. That is, the last digit in all speed signs will be a zero, excepting advisory speed signs for curves or other road obstacles, which end in the digit five. The general "rules of thumb" are: Shared zones (areas where pedestrians and motorised traffic share the same ...

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The ancient Greeks and Romans used solar design features in their housing, but the first passive solar houses of the modern era were built in Germany after World War I, when the Allies occupied the Ruhr area, including most of Germany's coal mines. These designs were studied in the United States, but had little influence on builders. The first passive solar house in the US was designed in 1940 by George F. Keck for a Chicago area real estate developer named Howard Sloan. Keck had designed an all-glass house for the 1933 Century of Pro ...

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In 1965, the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, or DOSCO (then a subsidiary of the Hawker-Siddley Group) announced that its mines had only 15 years of production left and concluded that the expense of opening new underground mines in the Sydney Coal Field would be too expensive. The company made its intentions clear that it would be exiting the coal mining business within months. In response to a vast public outcry in industrial Cape Breton County, the Minority government of Prime Minister Lester Pearson announced J.R. Donald would ...

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See also: Government of the Río de la Plata, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, May Revolution Europeans arrived in the region with the 1502 voyage of Amerigo Vespucci. Spanish navigator Juan Díaz de Solís visited the territory which is now Argentina in 1516. Spain established a permanent colony on the site of Buenos Aires in 1580 as part of the Viceroyalty of Peru; initial settlement was primarily overland from Peru. The natural port of the Río de la Plata estuary could not be used because all communications and c ...

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In late 1957 Yamani was invited by Faisal, then Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to work as a legal adviser to his office. However, when King Saud returned to full power in 1960 with the support of the Free Princes, Faisal resigned as Prime Minister and Yamani returned to his law practice and began teaching at the University of Riyadh. According to Yamani, King Saud then offered him the position of Oil Minister but this was declined. Several months later a new cabinet was formed with Faisal as Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister and in March 1962 the incumbent Oil Minister and founding father of OPEC, Abda ...

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Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Ahmed Zaki Yamani - Early life, Ahmed Zaki Yamani - In office, Ahmed Zaki Yamani - 1973 oil crisis, Ahmed Zaki Yamani - Death of King Faisal, Ahmed Zaki Yamani - Hostage incident, Ahmed Zaki Yamani - Continuation of Saudi oil policy, Ahmed Zaki Yamani - Removal from office, Ahmed Zaki Yamani - Other activities, Ahmed Zaki Yamani - Notes and references

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In the early 1960s, Maserati's reputation was at a high. With growing sales, Prince Karim Aga Khan ordered a special Maserati 5000 WP, chassis no. 103,060, designed by Pietro Frua. The following year, Maserati showed the first-generation Quattroporte of 1963, which bore a striking resemblance to the earlier drawing. Also designed by Frua, the 1963 'Tipo 107' Quattroporte (Italian for 'four doors') joined two other notable grand tourers, the Facel Vega and the Lagonda Rapide, which could comfortably do 200 km/h on the new motorways of Europe. However, the Quattroporte could be s ...

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The first real Ford Capri was introduced in January 1969 at the Brussels Motor Show, with sales starting the following month. The intention was to reproduce the success of the North American Ford Mustang in Europe, to produce a European pony car. It was mechanically based on the Cortina and built in Europe at the Dagenham and Halewood plants in the UK, the Genk plant in Belgium, and the Saarlouis and Cologne plants in Germany. The car was named Colt during development stage, but Ford were unable to use the na ...

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Some scholars consider the Saginaw Valley, particularly in the vicinity of Flint, to be the oldest continually inhabited part of Michigan. Regardless of the validity of this claim, the region was home to several Ojibwa tribes at the top of the 19th century, with a particularly significant community established near present-day Montrose. The Flint River had several convenient fording points which became a point of contention among rival tribes, as attested by the presence of a ...

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In September 1939 World War II began, and the tanker markets became very strong. Even though sailing under a neutral flag the Viking Tanker Company vessels were able to trade as they followed British regulations. Næss travelled to Norway in April 1940, as he had been requested by the British Ministry of Trade to contact Norwegian shipowners that did not fully support the blockade of Germany. He would also meet his colleagues in Sandefjord, Johan Rasmussen and Torger Moe. Næss managed to have a meeting 8 April 1940 with the Norwegian ...

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Current members of the board of directors of General Motors are: Percy Barnevik, Erskine Bowles, John Bryan, Armando Codina, George Fisher, Karen Katen, Kent Kresa, Ellen Kullman, Philip Laskawy, E. Stanley O'Neal, Eckhard Pfeiffer, and Rick Wagoner (chairman). Rick Wagoner is also the chief executive officer of the company (since June 1, 2000), succeeding John F. Smith, Jr. General Motors - Social policies. General Motors was named one of the 100 Best Companie ...

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In the case of government intervention in the market, there is always a trade-off, with positive and negative effects. For example, a price ceiling may cause a shortage, but it will also enable a certain portion of the population to purchase a product that they couldn't afford at market costs. More generally, regardless of their cause, shortages may result in: Black markets - illegal markets in which products that are unavailable in conventional markets are sold, or in which products with excess demand are sold at higher ...

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Sustrans was formed in Bristol in July 1977 as Cyclebag by a group of cyclists, and environmentalists motivated by the 1973 oil crisis and their perception of poor provision for cyclists in British cities[4]. A decade earlier the Beeching axe had closed many British railways that the government considered to be underused and too costly. One such railway was the former London, Midland and Scottish Railway line from central Bristol to Bath, which had been closed as it competed with the form ...

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New Egyptian president Anwar Sadat's regime was quite unstable and threatened by student demonstrations. They were unable to force through economic reforms that they felt were necessary to Egypt's survival. In an attempt to restore Egyptian morale and secure the regime's position President Sadat decided to attempt to defeat Israel on the battlefield. Egypt had, for many years, suffered repeated defeat at the hands of the Israelis, most dramatically in the Six-Day War of 1967 where much of the Egyptian military had been destroyed and the Sinai peninsula acro ...

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Urville fictional city - Antiquity. In the 12th century B.C., Qart-Sous-Yam, "Sea Horse City", (in Latin, Carsutia, and in English Carsoucia) is founded by the Phoenicians. From the 7th century to 125 BC, the Carsoucia province is fighting with Carthage for the control of trade between the Western Mediterranean and Tyr and Sydon in Phoenicia. During this war, Carthage takes advantage over the Carsoucia, but it's a ...

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1970s - Emerging social perspectives in the Seventies. In the wake of the 1960s many of the social dimenisions and perspectives towards issues were increasingly seen in liberal perspectives. Universities became more friendly and less authoritative towards students. This was reflected in the corporate culture of the 1970s, where the hierarchy between supervisor and subordinates became increasingly flat. This had influence in social interaction and family relationship as well. The nuclear family rose to prominence ...

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In a market economy the price of energy supplies such as oil, gas or electricity is driven by the principle of supply and demand which can cause sudden changes in the price of energy if either supply or demand changes. However in some cases an energy crisis is brought on by a failure of the market to adjust prices in response to shortages. In other cases, the crisis might be influenced by the lack of a free market. Some economists have argued that the 1973 ener ...

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Red Arrows - Predecessors. The Red Arrows are not the first RAF aerobatics team; in fact the first RAF biplane pageant was held at Hendon in 1920. The biplane teams were made up of Gauntlets and Gladiators from front-line squadrons. In 1938, three Gladiators flew with their wing-tips tied together. The Second World War largely stopped formation aerobatics, as planes were clearly needed elsewhere. In 1947, the first jet team of three Vampires came from Odiham Fighter Wing. Various teams flew the Vampire, an ...

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