In 1940, then president of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, Jean Hersholt, found 48 acres ( 194, 000 m² ) of walnut and orange groves in the southwest end of the San Fernando Valley that was selling for US $ 850 an acre ($ 0. 21 / m² )($ 40, 800 ).

Frimley Business Park is situated just to the west of the town on the A331 Blackwater Valley Relief Road.

The town is situated close to the junction of the A325 Farnborough Road and A331 Blackwater Valley Relief Road, which provides a link to the M3 Motorway junction 4.

Relief Reservoir, Emigrant Wilderness

* Both the books Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages, which were written by Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling as a way to raise funds for Comic Relief, are written as reference books for the wizarding world.

There were, however, also moves towards reunion, beginning with the unification of some secessionist churches into the United Secession Church in 1820, which united with the Relief Church in 1847 to form the United Presbyterian Church, which in turn joined with the Free Church in 1900 to form the United Free Church of Scotland.

The Irish first came over in large numbers as convicts ( 50, 000 were transported between 1791 and 1867 ), to be used as free labour ; even larger numbers of free settlers came during the 19th century, partly due to the Donegal Relief Fund.

Relief statues in St Stevenskerk in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, were attacked and defaced in the Beeldenstorm.

Relief only came the following year when the Spartans were able to raise the siege.

Leftover funds from her work selling Liberty Bonds were put toward its creation, and in 1921, the Motion Picture Relief Fund ( MPRF ) was officially incorporated, with Joseph Schenck voted its first president and Mary Pickford as its vice president.

The region's trade flows had been thoroughly disrupted ; millions were in refugee camps living on aid from United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and other agencies.

Its efforts were hampered by the Second World War, during which United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration also played a role in international health initiatives.

Societal legacies are showcased in the way many institutions responded to the people left destitute because of the wars, some of the oldest homeless shelters in London were a direct response to this, such as The Society for the Relief of the Homeless Poor.

During a gun-battle with Islamic Jihad militants whom Israel says were firing at troops from inside the UN compound, an Israeli military sniper shot and killed a UN Relief and Works Agency ( UNRWA ) employee, Iain Hook ( 54 ) on November 22, 2002.

July 6 saw the Methodist Relief and Development Fund ( MRDF ) aid experts say that more than 1, 500, 000 Nigerians were at risk of famine due to a month long heat wave that was hovering over Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Morocco.

In 1936, as outlined in that year ’ s Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, public facilities became a focus ; parks and associated facilities, public buildings, utilities, airports, and transportation projects were funded.

Additionally, the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation ( FSRC ) was created after more than six million pigs were slaughtered to stabilize prices.

The remaining cattle were given to the Federal Surplus Relief Corporation ( FSRC ) to be used in food distribution to families nationwide.

The proceeds for the benefit were donated to the United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF ) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ( UNRWA ).

In 1939 Hersholt helped form the Motion Picture Relief Fund to support industry employees with medical care when they were down on their luck.

It is probable, that this Settlement miscarry'd for want of timely Supplies from England ; or thro ' the Treachery of the Natives, for we may reasonably suppose that the English were forced to cohabit with them, for Relief and Conversation ; and that in process of Time, they conform'd themselves to the Manners of their Indian Relations.

It is probable, that this Settlement miscarry'd for want of timely Supplies from England ; or thro ' the Treachery of the Natives, for we may reasonably suppose that the English were forced to cohabit with them, for Relief and Conversation ; and that in process of Time, they conform'd themselves to the Manners of their Indian Relations.

Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders of Rorke's Drift, seven of them to soldiers of the 2nd / 24th Foot – the most ever received in a single action by one regiment ( although not, as commonly thought, the most won in a single action or the most won in a day: 16 were won at the Battle of Inkerman, on 5 November 1854 ; 28 were won during the Second Relief of Lucknow, 14 – 22 November 1857 ).

Other disaster relief agencies that were active in Hancock County include Samaritan's Purse, Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief, Red Cross, and Salvation Army.

Taken along with the highly significant Catholic Relief Act 1829 which O ' Connell had also vigorously campaigned for, and which saw amongst other things repeal of the remaining Penal Laws, many of the substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom were now lifted.

The killings were reported to the UN General Assembly on 15 December 1956 by the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Henry Labouisse, who reported from " trustworthy sources " that 275 people were killed in the massacre of which 140 were refugees and 135 local residents.

He supports the DREAM Act the ( Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act ), which would allow certain U. S. high school grads who had arrived in the U. S. illegally as children, conditional legal status so they could attend college or enlist in the military.

Reed has a keen interest in playing sport and encouraging others to do so, the " sports mad MP " persuaded MPs to run a mile in support of Sport Relief.

The show was so successful that the BBC decided to screen a celebrity version in 2003 for Comic Relief.

This became known as ' The First Relief of Lucknow ', as this force was not strong enough to break the siege or extricate themselves, and so was forced to join the garrison.

The center of Tamale hosts regional branches of Ghana's financial institutions and a considerable number of international non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ) like the Catholic Relief Services ( CRS ), CARE International, ActionAid and World Vision, so much so that Tamale is often referred to as the NGO capital of Ghana.

Relief valves are sized to release pressure fast enough to prevent the pressure from increasing beyond the strength of the vessel, but not so fast as to be the cause of an explosion.

Example: the Technisches Hilfswerk ( German Federal Agency for Technical Relief ) uses its abbreviation THW, so the plates read THW-80000, for example.

The donations were made by Thrivent Financial members through Lutheran World Relief, ELCA Domestic Disaster Response, LCMS World Relief / Human Care, and WELS Committee on Relief received supplemental funds when so designated.

Upon his return to the United States, he founded Heifers for Relief, an organization dedicated to providing permanent freedom from hunger by giving families livestock and training so that they " could be spared the indignity of depending on others to feed their children.

The Refugee Policy Group ( NGO in Washington ) in November 1994 " Lives Lost, Lives Saved: Excess Mortality and the Impact of Health Interventions in the Somalia Emergency " believes that any assessment of the success of Operation Provide Relief is " so fraught with methodological problems that it is rarely attempted.

* Relief valve: A valve set to open at a specified pressure so as to not exceed safe operating pressure in hoses or pumps.

In doing, so they raised a final total of £ 2, 406, 648 for Comic Relief, which is an average of £ 46, 282 for each hour they were on air.

Under those Circumstances, and with these Sentiments we have turned our Eyes to you Gentlemen for Relief, We are informed there is a very large Magazine in your Island under a very feeble Guard ; We would not wish to in volve you in an Opposition, in which from your Situation, we should be unable to support you: -- We knew not therefore to what Extent to sollicit your Assistance in availing ourselves of this Supply ; -- but if your Favor and Friendship to North America and its Liberties have not been misrepresented, I persuade myself you may, consistent with your own Safety, pro mote and further this Scheme, so as to give it the fairest prospect of Success.

Barber wrote of the High Relief pieces to Landis, " Mr. Hart has put the mill into operation and I send you two pieces showing the result ; these are not selected as all the coins now made are the same as these two, which gives me alarm as they are so well made that I fear the President may demand the continuance of this particular coin.

Relief Supplies encourages volunteer support in assembling and distributing the kits so that volunteers can become more connected to the actions of UMCOR.