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Public figures who refused to take the oath Hitler oath

thousands of military officers reportedly claimed ill avoid taking oath, forced after returning duty. refused so: karl barth (swiss theologian); consequences: loss of professorship martin gauger (probationary judge state prosecutor in wuppertal); consequences: forced retirement of position state prosecutor franz jägerstätter (austrian conscientious objector); consequences: execution in 1943; beatified in 2007 josef mayr-nusser (from bozen), after call-up duty in waffen-ss; consequences: death penalty, died on way dachau concentration camp joseph ruf (de) („brother maurus“ of christkönigsgesellschaft (rel.)), consequences: death penalty franz reinisch (pallottines padre austria), after call-up duty in german wehrmacht; consequences: execution beheading in 1942 ^ knickerbocker, h. r. (1941). tomorrow hitler s? 200 questions on battle of mankind. reynal & hitchcock. p. 9. 

Frank Butcher List of EastEnders characters (1987)

frank butcher, played mike reid, makes first appearance on-screen guest character in 1987 but, due positive viewer reception, reintroduced in 1988 regular character. reid took long hiatus eastenders in 1994. frank returns recurring character december 1995 january 1998, , becomes regular once again may 1998 november 2000, when reid quit. frank makes 3 brief reappearances after that, final 1 in december 2005. given widespread identification of mike reid frank, reid s death in july 2007 led bbc bosses deciding not possible character return in future. in november 2007, announced character die off-screen , in april 2008 funeral screened part of special set of episodes, dubbed frank week.

Notable alumni Flushing High School

^ ymca of greater new york, flushing branch ^ grimes, william. godfrey cambridge, /2007/01/05/nyregion/05sardi.html vincent sardi jr., restaurateur , unofficial ‘mayor of broadway,’ dies @ 91 , new york times, january 5, 2007. accessed november 30, 2007. in 1926, sardis moved flushing, queens, vincent graduated flushing high school. entered columbia university intending become doctor, failed chemistry examination, in part because, short of pocket money, had sold textbook @ barnes & noble attend dance. transferred columbia business school , earned degree in 1937. ^ backyard style accounts new high jump record . eugene register-guard. february 9, 1931. retrieved june 19, 2013. 

Ghost stations elsewhere Ghost station

1 ghost stations elsewhere 1.1 argentina 1.2 australia 1.3 austria 1.4 brazil 1.5 bulgaria 1.6 canada 1.7 chile 1.8 czech republic 1.9 china 1.10 denmark 1.11 france 1.12 germany 1.13 hong kong 1.14 japan 1.15 malaysia 1.16 new zealand 1.17 north korea 1.18 norway 1.19 portugal 1.19.1 lisbon metro 1.20 russia 1.20.1 moscow metro 1.20.2 novosibirsk metro 1.20.3 saint petersburg metro 1.21 singapore 1.22 south korea 1.23 spain 1.24 sweden 1.25 ukraine 1.26 united kingdom 1.27 united states ghost stations elsewhere argentina the buenos aires underground has 4 ghost stations. 2 stations on line 2 single-platform stations closed in 1953 since close proximity meant trains had stop in quick succession , frequencies reduced. opposing platforms, located metres away each of ghost stations, still remain open pasco , alberti stations. stations preserved maintain original appearance , can still seen when travelling on line, being used display time. on line e, 2 stations closed in 1966 when line re-...

History and etymology Galvanization

galvanized nails the earliest known example of galvanized iron encountered europeans on 17th-century indian armor in royal armouries museum collection. named in english via french name of italian scientist luigi galvani. in 19th century, term galvanizing used describe administration of electric shocks; called faradism. usage origin of metaphorical use of verb galvanize , such galvanize action meaning stimulating complacent person or group take action. in modern usage, term galvanizing has largely come associated zinc coatings, exclusion of other metals. galvanic paint, precursor hot-dip galvanizing, patented stanislas sorel, of paris, in december 1837.

Macros Windows Speech Recognition

an aero wizard interface displaying options create speech recognition macros. windows speech recognition supports custom macros through separate utility released microsoft enables use of commands further based on natural language processing. example of functionality, e-mail macro released microsoft enables natural language command user can state send e-mail contact subject, opens microsoft outlook compose new message designated contact , subject automatically inserted within application. microsoft has released sample macros speech dictionary, windows media player, microsoft powerpoint, speech synthesis, switch between multiple microphones, customize various aspects of audio device configuration such volume levels, , general natural language queries such as, weather forecast? time it? , s date? answers these queries spoken user via speech synthesizer. users , developers can create own custom macros can based on text transcription , substitution, program execution (with support c...

Vicki Fowler List of EastEnders characters (1986)

vicki fowler, played emma herry character s birth in 1986 1988, samantha leigh martin 1988 1995, , scarlett johnson 2003 2004, daughter of michelle fowler (susan tully). character born in serial, , conceived in controversial storyline teenage pregnancy. exploiting whodunnit angle, @ time of first showing, viewers not told father, , press interest in fledgling show escalated journalists attempted guess. audience discovered identity in october 1985 in episode 66. written series co-creator/script-editor tony holland , directed co-creator/producer julia smith, considered landmark episode in show s history. 4 possible suspects seen leaving square in episode: tony carpenter (oscar james), ali osman (nejdet salih), andy o brien (ross davidson), , den watts (leslie grantham). michelle waits rendezvous point, car pulls , fluffy white legs of soap landlord s poodle roly leap out of car , give away: den watts father michelle s baby. after storyline programme started appear in newspaper cartoons m...