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Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics, took place on 26–29 July, at the Helsinki Swimming Stadium. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-siz... |
William Smith (footballer, born 1865)
William Stevenson Smith (1865–?) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played seven matches in the Football League for Burnley.
Career
Born in Haggate, Lancashire, Smith played amateur local football before joining Burnley in October 1885. He was s... |
Panasonic Lumix 7–14mm lens
The Panasonic Lumix 7-14mm 4 lens is a wide to ultra-wide angle zoom lens for Micro Four Thirds system cameras. The hood is permanently attached, preventing the use of filters.
While reviewers praise its image quality and constant f/ratio despite a small size, it is considered very expen... |
Superslow process
Superslow processes are processes in which values change so little that their capture is very difficult because of their smallness in comparison with the measurement error.
Applications
Most of the time, the superslow processes lie beyond the scope of investigation due to the reason of their supersl... |
List of American Bowl broadcasters
The following is a list of the television networks and announcers to have broadcast the American Bowl, which was a series of National Football League pre-season exhibition games that were held at sites outside the United States between 1986 and 2005. Out of the list, ESPN hosted the ... |
1997 Ameritech Cup – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Katrina Adams and Debbie Graham.
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Lindsay Davenport and Monica Seles.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while tex... |
Charles Richmond
Charles Richmond may refer to:
Charles Wallace Richmond (1868–1932), American ornithologist
Charlie Richmond (referee) (born 1968), Scottish former football referee |
Musivisual language
In art, musivisual language is a semiotic system that is the synchronous union of music and image. The term was coined by Spanish composer Alejandro Román, and for over a century, has appeared in film and other media (television, video or multimedia).
Definition
According to Román:
When film mus... |
Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 30 July and 1 August at the Swimming Stadium. This swimming event used freestyle as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl. Because an Oly... |
Tasos Zembylas
Tasos Zembylas (born 1962 in Cyprus) is a philosopher and social scientist with focus in aesthetics and cultural institution studies.
Life
From 1991 to 1997, Zembylas studied philosophy, history of art and sociology at the University of Vienna. In 1995 he held a research grant at the "Internationales... |
Hydride compressor
A hydride compressor is a hydrogen compressor based on metal hydrides with absorption of hydrogen at low pressure, releasing heat, and desorption of hydrogen at high pressure, absorbing heat, by raising the temperature with an external heat source like a heated waterbed or electric coil.
Advantage... |
Dick Smith (footballer, born 1877)
Richard Smith (29 October 1877 – 10 December 1959) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He started his career with hometown club Workington before moving to Football League side Burnley in 1904.
References
1877 births
Sportspeople from Workington
E... |
Phoenix Beverages
Phoenix Beverages is the largest brewery in Mauritius. Their Phoenix Beer (lager) is widely distributed on the island and is exported to Europe, Australia, Reunion Island, Madagascar, etc. The company also has connections with the Guinness Brewery and is listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius. The... |
Alexis Spectral Data
Alexis Spectral Data is a software developed for colour matching processes that calculates from available spectral data the colour numbers used by computers to display colours on screen. It displays the colour for each spectral reflectance curve and records the calculated trichromatic values and c... |
1997 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia
The 1997 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Villanova University Pavilion in Villanova, Pennsylvania in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1997 WTA Tour. It was the 15th edition of the tou... |
Jere, Nigeria
Jere is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. It has its headquarters in the town of Khaddamari. London ciki is a community in Jere under maimusari ward.
Landscape
It has an area of 868 km.
Population
Jere had a population of 211,204 at the 2006 census. Most of the people in Jere are from... |
Joe Smith (winger)
Joseph Stanley Smith was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.
References
Year of birth missing
People from Keswick, Cumbria
English men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Burnley F.C. players
English Football League players
Year of death missing
Footballers from... |
Kaga, Nigeria
Kaga is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Benisheikh.
It has an area of 2,700 km and a population of 90,015 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 601.
It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state ... |
United Prosperity (organisation)
United Prosperity is a not-for-profit Web-based microcredit organisation.
Unlike most microcredit or person-to-person lending organisations, United Prosperity does not directly lend to the micro-entrepreneur, but instead the micro-loans are used to provide a guarantee to a local bank,... |
Jackie LaVine
Jacqueline Carol LaVine (October 4, 1929 – October 21, 2022) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.
Biography
LaVine won her first medal in international competition, a gold, at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was a member of the winning U.S. team in the w... |
Atta Cave
The Atta Cave () or Attendorn Dripstone Cave (Attendorner Tropfsteinhöhle) in Attendorn is one of the largest dripstone caves in Germany.
The cave was discovered during the quarrying of limestone at the Bigge Valley Limestone Works (Biggetaler Kalkwerk) on 19 July 1907 and was opened up by the owners to tou... |
Henry J. B. Woods
Henry John Bacon Woods (October 20, 1842 – September 1, 1914) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Bay de Verde from 1889 to 1894, from 1895 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1902.
He was born in St. John's, the son of John Woods and Anne Woods (Lang). His father, John Woods, w... |
Vela Spila
The Vela Spila cave (, "Big Cave") is situated above the town of Vela Luka on the island of Korčula, in Croatia on Pinski Rat hill at an elevation of approximately . The cave consists of an elliptically shaped cavern that measures in length, in height, and is approximately wide. There are, similar to th... |
Phoenix Brewery
The Phoenix Brewery (also known as Finns Brewery) was a brewery run by the Finns family in Newbury, Berkshire, UK.
History
The brewery was founded in the early 19th century.
Premises
The brewer's house on Bartholomew Street was built in the 17th century and designed by James Clarke.
The main brewe... |
Albert Smith (footballer, born 1887)
Albert Smith (28 April 1887 – 1929) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger.
References
1887 births
1929 deaths
Footballers from Burnley
English men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
Burnley F.C. players
Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players
R... |
Rijo Shukyu-Dan
was a Japanese amateur football club based in Hiroshima. The club name "Rijo" came from the nickname of the Hiroshima Castle.
History
The club was founded by the students and alumni of the Hiroshima Daiichi Chūgaku, the former Hiroshima Kokutaiji High School, in 1923. It was one of the oldest Japane... |
Vladimir Miklyukov
Vladimir Michaelovich Miklyukov (, also spelled Miklioukov or Mikljukov) (8 January 1944 – October 2013) was a Russian educator in mathematics, and head of the Superslow Process workgroup based at Volgograd State University.
Biography
In 1970, as a student of Georgy D. Suvorov at Donetsk National U... |
Nils Pichinot
Nils Pichinot (born 29 August 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Career
Pichinot began his professional career with FC St. Pauli in 2009, and made his debut in a DFB-Pokal first round victory over FC 08 Villingen, as a substitute for Rouwen Hennings. He scored in his only ... |
Yelena
Yelena or Jelena is a feminine given name. It is the Russian form of Helen, written Елена in Russian.
Notable people called Yelena
Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete) (born 1967), former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres
Yelena Vladimirovna Afanasyeva (born 1975), member of the State Duma of Russia
Yelen... |
Quermançó Castle
The Quermançó Castle is located about 2 km north of Vilajuïga, Spain, situated on top of a remote hill and directly accessible only on foot from a small road that turns off the N-260.
The history of the castle dates back to 1078. It was owned by Counts in the Empúries region. In 1472, during the Cata... |
Marilee Stepan
Mary Louise Stepan (February 2, 1935 – December 15, 2021) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. As a 17-year-old, Stepan represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. She received a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in the 4×100-meter fre... |
Samburu East Constituency
Samburu East is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies of Samburu County. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections. The constituency has four wards, all electing Members of the County Assembly for the Samburu County Government.
Members of Parliam... |
Jody Alderson
Joan Alderson (March 5, 1935 – February 14, 2021), later known by her married name Joan Braskamp, was an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Alderson was born and grew up in Chicago. Her father Edmund had been a collegiate swimmer ... |
1999 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1999 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 4th place in the East Division with a 6–12 record and failed to make the playoffs.
Offseason
CFL Draft
Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule
Awards and records
1999 CFL All-Stars
LB – Maurice Kelley, CFL All-Star
Eastern All... |
Old Colombo Dutch Hospital
The Old Colombo Dutch Hospital (known as The Dutch Hospital) is considered to be the oldest building in the Colombo Fort area dating back to the Dutch colonial era in Sri Lanka. It is now a heritage building and a shopping and dining precinct.
History
Dutch Era
Built as a hospital by the... |
Krystyna Drohojowska
Krystyna (Krzysia) Drohojowska (later Ketling of Elgin) is a fictional character in the novel Fire in the Steppe by Henryk Sienkiewicz. She is a beautiful orphan who marries Hassling-Ketling of Elgin.
In Jerzy Hoffman's 1969 film adaptation, Krzysia is portrayed by Barbara Brylska.
Story
Krystyn... |
Charles Thompson (rugby union)
Charles Edward Thompson (1874 – ?) was an English international rugby union fullback who played club rugby for Manchester and county rugby for Lancashire. Thompson was selected for the British Isles team on its 1899 tour of Australia, but despite representing Great Britain, never played ... |
Kjersti Toppe
Kjersti Toppe (born 20 October 1967) is a Norwegian doctor and politician representing the Centre Party. She has served as minister of children and families since 2021, and an MP from Hordaland since 2009.
Career
Parliament
Toppe was her party's top nominee for Hordaland in the 2009 election and was el... |
Conyers Clifford
Sir Conyers Clifford (c. 1566 – 1599) was an English politician and military commander.
Life and career
He was the son of George Clifford, esq., of Bobbing Court in Kent, by his wife Ursula, daughter of Roger Finch. His elder brother, Henry Clifford, Esq., alienated the manor of Bobbing to Conyers. ... |
1992 Kremlin Cup
The 1992 Kremlin Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 3rd edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Commonwealth of Independent States, from 9 November through 15 No... |
Sonny Bradshaw
Cecil "Sonny" Bradshaw CD (28 March 1926 – 10 October 2009), known as the "dean of Jamaican music", and the "musician's musician", was a Jamaican bandleader, trumpeter, broadcaster, and promoter who was a major figure in Jamaican music for more than sixty years.
Biography
Bradshaw was born in Kingston,... |
Athlone Castle
Athlone Castle, sometimes known as Adamson Castle, is a castle located in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, dating from the 12th century.
History
The earliest recorded "castle" of Athlone was a wooden structure built in 1129, by King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair of Connacht, possibly on the site of th... |
Ángel Sánchez
Ángel Sánchez may refer to:
People in association football
Ángel Sánchez (footballer, born 1982), Spanish manager and former player
Ángel Sánchez (footballer, born 1997), Spanish player for Salamanca CF
Ángel Sánchez (referee) (born 1957), Argentinian, former referee
Other people
Ángel Sánchez (fashion... |
1997 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles
Jana Novotná was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Lindsay Davenport.
Martina Hingis won in the final 7–5, 6–7, 7–6 against Davenport.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that see... |
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers
Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers () is a 2002 French drama film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
Ariane Ascaride as Marie-Jo
Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Daniel
Gérard Meylan as Marco
Julie-Marie Parmentier as Julie
Jacques Boudet as Jean-... |
Church of Santa Maria Assunta (Esine)
Santa Maria Assunta is a church in the north-west of Esine, in the province of Brescia, northern Italy, listed as national monument.
The building was originally constructed around 1480, and initially had a gabled façade with a round window (oculo), replaced by the current struc... |
Boldine
Boldine is an alkaloid of the aporphine class that can be found in the boldo tree. It is the most abundant aporphine alkaloid found in Boldo. Boldine is also found in Lindera aggregata.
Pharmacology
Boldine has been investigated for its cyto-protective, anti-tumour promoting, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabeti... |
Kala/Balge
Kala/Balge is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. It is the easternmost LGA of Nigeria. It has its headquarters in the town of Rann.
Landscape
It has an area of 1,896 km
Population
and a population of 60,797 at the 2006 census.
Postal Code
The postal code of the area is 611.
History
I... |
Samburu West Constituency
Samburu West is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies of Samburu County. The constituency was established for the 1969 elections.
Members of Parliament
Wards
References
Constituencies in Samburu County
Constituencies in Rift Valley Province
1969 establishm... |
Ulrich Schindel
Ulrich Schindel (September 10, 1935 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German classical philologist.
He earned his doctorate from the University of Göttingen in 1961, his thesis being Demosthenes in the 18th century (Demosthenes im 18. Jahrhundert). In 1971, Schindel received his habilitation. From 1974 to 19... |
Kwaya Kusar
Kwaya Kusar is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Kwaya Kusar.
It has an area of 732 km and a population of 56,500 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 603.
The inhabitants speak the Bura language. They are mostly subsistence farmers.
It i... |
Mafa
Mafa is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. It has its headquarters in the town of Mafa.
Landscape
It has a total landscape area of 2,869 km
Population
It has a total population of 103,518 at the 2006 census.
Climate
The weather throughout the year fluctuates greatly, with the dry season being... |
Magumeri
Magumeri is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Magumeri.
It has an area of 4,856 km and a population of 140,231 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 602.
It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state loca... |
1997 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions and won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
M... |
Dugandan railway line
The Dugandan railway line was a branch railway in the Scenic Rim region of South East Queensland, Australia. It was also known as the Fassifern railway line. It operated from 1882 to 1964.
Geography
The line began west of Ipswich station on the Main Line 39 km west of Brisbane and proceeded gen... |
Mobbar
Mobbar is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Damasak.
It has an area of 2,790 km and a population of 116,654 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 602.
It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Borno Emirate, a traditional state located ... |
Ben Cramer
Ben Cramer (born Bernardus Kramer; 17 February 1947) is a Dutch singer who represented the Netherlands in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest.
Music career
Early years
Cramer was born in Amsterdam. He made his television debut in 1966 with his backing group the Spaklings, and was spotted by singer Annie de ... |
Monguno
Monguno is one of the LGAs Local Government Area of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria.
Landscape
Monguno has a total landscape area of 1,913 km
Population
Monguno has a population of 109,851 at the 2006 census.
Postal Code
The postal code of the area is 612.
History
It is one of the sixteen LGAs th... |
Believe (Katherine Jenkins album)
Believe is the seventh studio album by classical crossover artist Katherine Jenkins and was released on 26 October 2009 in the UK.
Jenkins described this album as her most accessible to date, with many more popular songs such as Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life".
Track listing
Inter... |
1998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 4th place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and failed to make the playoffs.
Offseason
CFL Draft
Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule
Awards and records
CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award – Glen Scrivener ... |
Ngala
Ngala is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria, adjacent to the border with Cameroon. Its headquarters are in the town of Gamboru Ngala.
It has an area of 1,465 km and a population of 237,071 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 611.
It is one of the sixteen LGAs that constitute the Di... |
Maya Dunietz
Maya Dunietz (; April 16, 1981 in Tel Aviv), is an international musician and artist, combining a solo career with collaborations with renowned musicians: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Roscoe Mitchell, John Tilbury, Habiluim, and many others. Her works are exhibited in venues such as Centre Pompidou Paris... |
Nganzai
Nganzai is a Local Government Area of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. Nganzai LGA has an administrative headquarters in Gajiram town with the area council consisting communities and villages of Nganzai, Badu, Alarge, Damaram, Gadai, Kuda, Kurnawa, Maiwa, Miye, Sugundure, Gajiram and Sabsabuwa.
It's an Is... |
The Uncertainty Principle (film)
The Uncertainty Principle () is a 2002 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
Leonor Baldaque - Camila
Leonor Silveira - Vanessa
Isabel Ruth - Celsa
Ricardo Trêpa - Jose Feliciano
Ivo Canelas - Antonio Clara
... |
Richard Craddock
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Walter Craddock KBE CB DSO (3 August 1910 – 14 February 1977) was a senior officer of the British Army who achieved high office in the 1960s.
Military career
Educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Richard Craddock was commissioned int... |
Dillwynia cinerascens
Dillwynia cinerascens, commonly known as grey parrot-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect to low-lying shrub with linear or thread-like leaves and orange or yellow flowers.
Description
Dillwynia cinerascens is a low... |
Brick House (EP)
Brick House is an EP by Canadian rapper Saukrates, released February 5, 1997 in the United States. It was released independently on Serious Entertainment and Capitol Hill Music. The EP was popular among underground hip hop fans, with 20,000 copies sold. It features appearances by American rappers Comm... |
Blue Rain
Blue Rain may refer to:
"Blue Rain", the musical, written by Choo, Junghwa, music by Huh, Soohyun, and produced by Choi, Soomyoung & C101 in South Korea.
Blue Rain, album by Japanese group The Checkers (Japanese band)
Blue Rain, album by Korean group Fin.K.L
"Blue Rain", song by Glenn Miller and His Orchest... |
Shani, Nigeria
Shani is a Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Shani.
It has an area of and a population of 102,317 as of the 2006 census. Shani Local Government Area is located in the southeastern axis of Borno state. It is bordered by Bayo, Hawul, and Kwaya Local Gove... |
Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place between 29 and 30 November. There were 34 competitors from 19 nations. Nations had been limited to three swimmers each since the 1924 Games. The event was won by Jon Henricks of Aus... |
Wickford Harbor Light
Wickford Harbor Light, now officially Wickford Harbor Light 1, was built in 1882 as a square wood tower attached to a -story keeper's dwelling on Old Gay Rock on the south side of the entrance to Wickford Harbor on the west side of Narragansett Bay. It was deactivated and torn down in 1930 and re... |
Reticuline
Reticuline is a chemical compound found in a variety of plants including Lindera aggregata, Annona squamosa, and Ocotea fasciculata (also known as Ocotea duckei). It is based on the benzylisoquinoline structure.
Reticuline is one of the alkaloids found in opium, and experiments in rodents suggest it posses... |
Maxwell (surname)
Maxwell is a Scottish surname, a habitational name derived from a location near Melrose, in Roxburghshire, Scotland. This name was first recorded in 1144, as Mackeswell, meaning "Mack's spring (or stream)" (from the Old English well[a]). The surname Maxwell is also common in Ulster, where it has, in ... |
List of Spanish Broadcasting System radio stations
The radio stations operated by Spanish Broadcasting System and their programming formats are:
Being Sold to SBS
Houston
KROI Praise 102.1 HD2 (Black Gospel)
Current
Orlando
WPYO El Zol 95 (Spanish Tropical)
Tampa
WSUN (FM) El Zol 97 (Spanish Tropical)
Los Angele... |
Vasili Yakovlevich Zinger
Vasili Yakovlevich Zinger () (February 11, 1836 – March 2, 1907) was a prominent Russian mathematician, botanist and philosopher. His name is sometimes spelled Wasili Jakowlewitsch Zinger.
Biography
Zinger was born in Moscow (Russia). His father was a teacher of mathematics. Zinger graduated... |
Zodiac Maritime
Zodiac Maritime Ltd is an international ship management company. Zodiac is also a large ship owner and charters out these vessels. It is part of Ofer Global, based in Monaco, and the chairman is Eyal Ofer.
Zodiac was involved in the MSC Napoli, the container ship that ran into difficulty in the Engli... |
Akamkpa
Akamkpa is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Akamkpa.
It has an area of and a population of 151,125 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 542.
References
Local Government Areas in Cross River State |
Akpabuyo
Akpabuyo is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ikot Nakanda.
It has an area of 1,241 km and a population of 271,395 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 541.
Akpabuyo was established as a separate local government area in 1991.
Elizabe... |
Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe
The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe is located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on Leopold Takawira Avenue.
Designed by architect James Whalley, the museum officially opened in 1964, the museum contains exhibits illustrating the history, mineral wealth and wildlife of Zimbabwe, including ... |
Paul Tierney
Paul Tierney may refer to:
Paul Tierney (footballer) (born 1982), English-born Irish footballer
Paul Tierney (referee) (born 1980), English football referee
Paul Tierney (rugby league) (1919–1973), Australian rugby league footballer
Paul Tierney (hurler) (born 1982), Irish hurler and Cumbria-based fellru... |
Miller Brittain
Miller Gore Brittain (November 12, 1912 – January 21, 1968) was a Canadian artist from Saint John, New Brunswick.
Early life
Brittain was born and raised in Saint John. He studied art with Elizabeth Russell Holt in Saint John and under Harry Wickey in New York City. In 1932, after living in New York, ... |
Postage stamps and postal history of Barbados
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Barbados.
The first Europeans to arrive on the island were probably the either the Spanish or Portuguese in about the year 1500. In 1605 Sir Olave Leigh landed on the island and claimed it for King James. The fi... |
Congress (A)
Congress (A) was a political party founded by A. K. Antony when he split from the Indian National Congress (U) a splinter group of the Indian National Congress. The party was primarily active in Kerala. The party merged with the Congress (I) in 1982.
See also
List of Indian National Congress breakaway pa... |
Kaltchev Guitar Duo
Kaltchev Guitar Duo is a guitar duo from Bulgaria.
Biography
Couple Ivo and Sofia Kaltchev completed their studies at the University of Music - "Franz Liszt" in Weimar with Prof. Jürgen Rost. During their studies, they won six first prizes at international chamber music competitions. Numerous prod... |
1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1997 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 3rd place in the East Division with a 4–14 record and failed to make the playoffs. This ended the second longest playoff streak in CFL history at 17 years (1980–1996).
Offseason
CFL Draft
Ottawa Rough Riders Dispersal Draft
Regular season... |
HomeGrocer
HomeGrocer.com, Inc. was an online supermarket business.
The company was originally started in 1997 by Terry Drayton, Mike Donald, James Fierro and Ken Deering.
History
The product selection was a complete alternative to the traditional supermarket at comparable prices with a reputation they earned fo... |
VDK Gent Dames
VDK Gent Damesvolleybalteam is a volleyball team from Ghent, Belgium.
VDK Gent-Heusden was founded in 1990, after a merger between VDK Wondelgem, Nova Smash Sint-Amandsberg and VBK Heusden. The new club had men's and women's teams. In 1993, White Star Sint-Amandsberg and VOM Gentbrugge joined, and the ... |
Kilgoris Constituency
Kilgoris Constituency is an electoral constituency in Narok County, Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in the county. It used to be the only constituency in the former Trans Mara District. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections. The constituency has 18 wards, all electing co... |
The Guts!
is a series of eroge video games developed by May-Be SOFT and Complet's.
Plot
Akiyoshi Nakajima is a young man who has just been rejected by his girlfriend for not being athletic enough. The newly dumped Akiyoshi struggles to find a way to obtain a "strong and manly aura", and on an impulse, begins working ... |
Grupo Financiero Galicia
Grupo Financiero Galicia is a financial services holding company based in Buenos Aires, and its banking operations are the fifth largest in Argentina, as well as the largest among all domestically-owned private banks in the country.
Overview
The bank was founded in 1905 as the Banco de Galici... |
Postage stamps and postal history of Brazil
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world. It was a colony of Portugal from 1500 until 1815.
Brazil was the second country in the world, after Great Britain, to issue postage stamps valid within the entire country (as opposed to a local issue). Like Great Britain's f... |
Bekwarra
Bekwarra is a Local Government Area in northern Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is Abuochiche (or Abuo Chiche); a town on the A4 highway. Other towns in the LGA are Abuagbor-Iye, Nyanya-Ulim, Nyanya-Idigwe, Gakem, Itekpa, Ugboro, Ibiragidi, Utukwe, Afrike and Ukpah, ijibor, Beten, Ugboro, Anyika... |
C20H19NO5
The molecular formula C20H19NO5 (molar mass: 353.37 g/mol, exact mass: 353.1263 u) may refer to:
Chelidonine
Lennoxamine
LY-341,495
LY-344,545
Protopine
Molecular formulas |
The Battle for God
The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is a book by author Karen Armstrong published in 2000 by Knopf/HarperCollins which the New York Times described as "one of the most penetrating, readable, and prescient accounts to date of the rise of the fundamentalist movements ... |
Surangani
"Surangani" was originally a Sinhalese Baila song. The Tamil version was written and sung by A E Manoharan. The song has been dubbed in many languages.
Manoharan did a bilingual Sinhala /Tamil rendition of the song which became quite popular in Tamil Nadu, mainly due to Radio Ceylon. Ilayaraja then made a T... |
Biase
Biase is a Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Akpet Central. It has an area of 1,310 km2 and a population of 169,183 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 542.
References
Local Government Areas in Cross River State |
C20H17NO6
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The molecular formula C20H17NO6 (molar mass: 367.35 g/mol, exact mass: 367.1056 u) may refer to:
Bicuculline
Sibiricine |
Kenraalimajuri
Kenraalimajuri (Major General) is an officer's rank in Finland, immediately above (Brigadier General) and below (Lieutenant General). In Finland, the rank is translated as major general. Finnish Defence Forces rank of is comparable to Ranks of NATO armies officers as OF-7. In Finland a typically com... |
Ahmede Hussain
Ahmede Hussain (born 16 July 1978) is a Bangladeshi writer.
His ancestors hail from the former Portuguese enclave of Patherghata, Chittagong in Bangladesh. He was the Literary Editor of The Daily Star (Bangladesh).
He edited The New Anthem: The Subcontinent in its Own Words, an anthology of fiction fr... |
Postage stamps and postal history of Chile
Chile has produced stamps for national use since 1853. The first stamps of Chile were inscribed Colon Chile.
In 1894, Chile was one of the few countries to issue a stamp for the Avis de réception service.
See also
List of people on stamps of Chile
References
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