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6 unusual facts about Block


Block-Heads

Stock scenes of fighting are then seen followed by the caption 'Armistice'.

Block-transfer instruction

On the PDP-10 mainframe computer, the BLT (Block Transfer) in assembly language programming, is the instruction which copies words from memory to memory.

Handley Page Hampden

Interest in the HP.52 by the Swedish for placing a potential order led to the HP.53 prototype, which was subsequently used as a testbed for a pair of 1,000 hp (750 kW) Napier Dagger VIII 24-cylinder H-block air-cooled inline engines.

Lucilita Bhreatnach

Growing up in Dublin, Bhreatnach joined Sinn Féin at the age of sixteen and was subsequently active in the Anti H-Block campaign, becoming the Chair of the Stop Strip-Searching Campaign.

RAF West Malling

A number of H-block accommodation buildings are also in use as offices.

Zhanna

Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (born 1972), sprinter who has competed in the Olympic Games


811 Stewart Hotel

The site, a three-quarter-block, L-shaped parcel that R. C. Hedreen Co. bought in 1995 for $4.5 million, included a Greyhound Lines bus station that would have been demolished for the hotel.

Adelaide Mansions

The "handsome block", decorated with ornate details, was erected in 1873 to the design of local architect Thomas Lainson.

Agneta Eckemyr

Her most recent designs are featured at Älskling (Swedish for Darling), on Columbus Avenue, New York City; a block from where she lives in an apartment overlooking Central Park.

AH574

AH574 was initially ordered in 1940 for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as part of the Airacobra I serial number block AH570–AH739 (No. 601 Squadron RAF).

Amobarbital

A person under the influence of the drug in this circumstance will relate information that he or she would otherwise "block." As such, the drug was first employed clinically by Dr. William Bleckwenn at the University of Wisconsin to circumvent inhibitions in psychiatric patients.

Anne of France

She makes a fleeting appearance in Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris: we are told that in December 1481, the Archdeacon of Josas, Claude Frollo, unsuccessfully attempts to block her visit to the cathedral cloister because she is a woman, then refuses to attend on her visit.

Antoine Choquet de Lindu

1766–1767 : Matelot barrack-block (second depot) up to the first floor

Barkheda

Barkheda, Raisen, a village in the Obedullaganj block of Raisen District, Madhya Pradesh, India

Biangbiang noodles

The character has not been added to Unicode yet, but is being considered by the IRG for inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E block.

Block Rockin' Beats

The vocals, "Back with another one of those block rockin' beats" is a sample from American rapper Schoolly D's 1989 song "Gucci Again".

Borden System

(north of 62 degrees each minor block represents 20 minutes of longitude)

Burton Agnes Hall

The plan attributed to John Smythson presents a square block with bay windows and a small internal courtyard.

C. Vann Woodward

In 1975-6 Woodward led the unsuccessful fight at Yale to block the temporary appointment of Communist historian Herbert Aptheker to teach a course.

China National Petroleum Corporation

SAPET (a CNPC subsidiary) signed a service contract with the government of Peru to operate Block VII in the Talara basin.

Chris Samuels

Samuels was fined $12,500 for delivering an illegal chop block that injured Antonio Garay of the Chicago Bears during a game in 2007.

Cochran test

Cochran's Q test, a non-parametric test that is applied to the analysis of two-way randomized block designs with a binary response variable.

Connah's Quay High School

When Prince Andrew, Duke of York visited the school to declare the new block officially open, the opening ceremony was interrupted by a fire alarm caused by a hot tea urn.

Egocentric predicament

Since 1710, when George Berkeley broached in his fashion the problem of the egocentric predicament, denying the existence of material substance except as ideas in the minds of perceivers, and thus asserting a problematical relation with reality, hence has this thesis proved a stumbling block.

Feng Dao

For his contribution to block-printing process for printing Chinese written works, scholars have compared him to Johannes Gutenberg.

Gibson ES-335

Released by the Gibson Guitar Corporation as part of its ES (Electric Spanish) series in 1958, it is neither hollow nor solid; instead, a solid maple wood block runs through the center of its body.

Golden Bull of 1356

Secondly, the Bull prescribed that four votes would always suffice to elect a new King; as a result, three Electors could no longer block the election, and the principle of majority voting was explicitly stated for the first time in the Empire.

Harrington Mansion and Events Center

Based in Winona, Minnesota, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota expanded its educational programs to serve the Twin Cities community by establishing a Minneapolis campus in 1983, located at 2500 Park Avenue South, less than one block from the Harrington estate.

Hertfordshire Chorus

Hertfordshire Chorus is renowned for its innovative programming, frequently involving commissions such as "Mass in Blue" and "Ode to a Nightingale" by Will Todd, "Ice" by Orlando Gough and "Solaris" by Steve Block.

Jajpur district

Korai: Korai is a Block of Jajpur district, having a Primary Health Centre, a college, a few high schools, a 125-year-old minor school, and one of the oldest Police Station of the erstwhile Cuttack district.

John Koten

The company is participating in the revival of lower Manhattan from its headquarters one block north of Ground Zero in New York’s first LEED-certified, “green” office building.

Love Comes Quickly

The cover, featuring Chris Lowe in a baseball cap emblazoned with "BOY" in block letters, has become an iconic Pet Shop Boys image.

Mate Recordings

Until recently most releases on Mate Recordings were by Roger®, but the label's 2004 "England vs. Finland" compilation album Music is Better Volume One (Manchester vs Helsinki) features also such British and Finnish artists as Alcohell, A Maze, A.N.I.M.A.L., Boys of Scandinavia, Kompleksi, Nu Science and The Science Block.

MotorStorm: Apocalypse

After watching the title sequence for Smokin' Aces Alan McDermott from Evolution approached VooDooDog to explore developing a Hollywood block buster title sequence for the game.

Nancy Goes to Rio

Nancy Goes to Rio is a remake of the 1940 film It's a Date, also based on the story by Block, Kohner, and Hall, starring Deanna Durbin.

Norristown Transportation Center

It opened in 1989 to replace the older Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100) terminus one block away at Main and Swede Streets, and integrated the former Reading Company DeKalb Street Norristown railroad station (built 1933) into its structure.

Old Chicago Main Post Office

On June 9, 2009, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the postal service was placing the post office on the auction block.

Oldsmobile V8 engine

The Oldsmobile engine block formed the basis of the Repco 3-liter engine used by Brabham to win the 1966 and 1967 Formula One world championships.

Osborne Stable Block

In 1859 Osborne Stable Block was built on the old cricket ground in the grounds of Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

Our Tune

The original speech was an apology for Clegg's promise to block an increase in University tuition fees before the 2010 general election, a pledge on which he later reneged as a member of the post-election coalition government.

Protocol spoofing

Error correction and file transfer protocols typically work by calculating a checksum or CRC for a block of data known as a packet, and transmitting the resulting number at the end of the packet.

Ruskin Square

Throughout September to November 2005, the last office block located on the site, Wettern House, was slowly demolished under a protective wrapper to protect the rail infrastructure and surrounding buildings.

Salviigränd

On the second floor on number 1, the only building in that block not part of the Parliament administration, is a suite of rooms created by Louis Masreliez for the tradesman and bachelor Wilhelm Schwardz in 1795.

Şemdinli

Interior minister, İdris Naim Şahin, explained that the forces were attempting to block the PKK's escape routes into northern Iraq, and that as many as 115 PKK fighters had been killed.

Space Ace

A short-lived cartoon series based on Space Ace was produced in 1984 as part of the Saturday Supercade cartoon block (which was composed of cartoon shorts based on current video games) with Space Ace voiced by Jim Piper, Dexter voiced by Sparky Marcus, Kimberly voiced by Nancy Cartwright, and Commander Borf voiced by Arthur Burghardt.

Spring Street Historic District

In 1988, 7 protesters, include State Representative James V. Oliver, were arrested while trying to block the demolition of an 1857 building on Park Street.

St James' Priory, Bristol

The sundial is a block of Bath stone carved with hour lines and medieval Arabic numerals in a style that suggests it was probably made in the 15th century.

Standing Rules of the United States Senate

The longest filibuster speech in the history of the Senate was delivered by Strom Thurmond, who spoke for over twenty-four hours in an unsuccessful attempt to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

The D-Word

Block continues to be a co-host of The D-Word, together with documentary makers Ben Kempas in Munich (from 2001), John Burgan in the United Kingdom (from 2005) and Marjan Safinia in Los Angeles (from 2009).

The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene

"The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" was first broadcast on December 9, 2012, as part of Fox's Animation Domination programming block, and was preceded by the premiere of the The Simpsons episode "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" and was followed by the premiere of the Family Guy episode "Friends Without Benefits."

Ventura Village, Minneapolis

The southern boundary runs (from west to east) along East 22nd Street from I-35W to Chicago Avenue, along East 24th Street from Chicago Avenue to 17th Avenue South, and then back up to 22nd Street from 17th Avenue to Hiawatha Avenue (this portion is only about a block long).

Websites blocked in the United Kingdom

The technical measures used to block sites include DNS hijacking, DNS blocking, IP address blocking, and Deep packet inspection, making consistent detection problematic.

WGGL-FM

The station's midday classical music block was cut down to 12 noon to 2 p.m., and new offerings included On Point with Tom Ashbrook, two hours of BBC Newshour, and Talk of the Nation, in addition to the already-running Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, and Marketplace.

When Animated Animals Attack

It is now extremely hard to acquire, but aired originally to shocked, delighted reactions on MTV's now legendary adult block Cartoon Sushi, which was created by Afro Samurai producer Eric Calderon in the 1990s when he was Director of Development at MTV Animation.


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