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unusual facts about The Calls


The Calls

The areas decline began in the early 20th century when Leeds' industry moved away from the centre out towards Hunslet, Holbeck, Armley and Kirkstall.



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Charles Rubia

Kenneth Matiba, Rubia led the calls for multi-party democracy and was subsequently detained by President Daniel arap Moi.

Fraser Thomson

Fraser Thomson is the current presenter of the Real Radio Scotland Football Phone In, fielding the calls for Alan Rough and Derek Johnstone.

History of Poland during World War I

The defection of Russia from the Allied coalition gave free rein to the calls of Woodrow Wilson, the American president, to transform the war into a crusade to spread democracy and liberate the Poles and other peoples from the suzerainty of the Central Powers.

I.O.I.O.

The title "I.O.I.O." is derived from the calls on the chorus sung by Maurice accompanied by Colin's drumming, and Barry sings the verses and plays guitar.

KZGL

In 2006, the calls and format briefly moved to 98.3 FM in Prescott Valley, the former home of KKLD, until the signal was moved closer to the Phoenix market (with City of license in Mayer) and became the new home for KKFR.

Mobile Station Roaming Number

A MSRN is assigned for every mobile terminated call, not only the calls where the terminating MS lives on a different MSC than the originating MS. Although this seems unnecessary since many vendors' VLR's are integrated with the MSC, the GSM specification indicates that the MSC and VLR (Visitor Location Register) do not need to reside on the same switch.

Newmarket Railway Station, New Zealand

Before closure, the head of the Newmarket Business Association had compared the situation at the dilapidated station as akin to Whangamomona, a railway ghost town in Taranaki, adding to the calls for a redevelopment of the station.

North Carolina Democratic primary, 2008

Voters and watchdog groups complained that it was a turnout-suppression effort, and the state Attorney General Roy Cooper ordered them to stop making the calls.

Spoils system

After the assassination of James A. Garfield by a rejected office-seeker in 1881, the calls for civil service reform intensified.

Steller's Jay

It often will imitate the calls from birds of prey such as the Red-tailed Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, and Osprey, causing other birds to seek cover and flee feeding areas.

WKSA

A few years later, the station was sold to Willis Broadcasting who changed the calls to WMYK and instituted a hard-core rap & hip hop format as 92.1 Kiss.

Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem

According to local legend it takes its name from the 12th Century Crusades to the Holy Land: legend has it that knights who answered the calls of Richard I to join the crusades stopped off at this watering hole for a pint on their way to Jerusalem.

Zino's Petrel

The Portuguese name Freira means "nun"; the inhabitants of Curral das Freiras (Nun's Valley) near the breeding site claimed that the nocturnal wailing of the petrels in the breeding season were the calls of the suffering souls of the nuns.