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Patrick Kennedy (folklorist)
Patrick Kennedy (early 1801 – 29 March 1873) was a folklorist from Co. Wexford, Ireland. A bookseller by trade, he is known for his collections of Irish (Leinster) folktales. The tales are told in rusticated English of the Irish peasantry who had established roots in The Pale, the anglicize... |
Seumas MacManus
Seumas MacManus (31 December 1867 – 23 October 1960) was an Irish author, dramatist, and poet known for his ability to reinterpret Irish folktales for modern audiences. |
Irish Fairy Tales
Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustrations and sixteen color plates. The stories are set in a wooded, Medieval Ireland filled with larger-... |
Patrick Kennedy (1823–1858)
Patrick Kennedy (February 16, 1823 – November 22, 1858) was an Irish farmer, businessman, and politician who moved to East Boston, Massachusetts from County Wexford, Ireland. He was born in New Ross, Ireland. He was the father of businessman/politician P. J. Kennedy, paternal grandfather of ... |
The Brown Bear of Norway
The Brown Bear of Norway is an Irish fairy tale collected by Patrick Kennedy which appeared in his "Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts" (1866). It was later included by Andrew Lang in his anthology "The Lilac Fairy Book" (1910), though Lang misattributed his source as "West Highland Tales" (... |
Amy Corzine
Amy Corzine is an American fiction and non-fiction writer and poet. Her first book was a Cadogan travel guide to Ireland for families in which she included stories she wrote based on Irish folktales. After that, Watkins Publishing commissioned her for 'The Secret Life of the Universe: The Quest for the Soul... |
Sport & Leisure Swifts F.C.
Sport & Leisure Swifts Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club hails from Belfast and plays their home games at Glen Road Heights which is in the west of the city. It was founded in 1978 and played in the Co... |
Armagh City F.C.
Armagh City Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. |
Northern Ireland Intermediate League
The Northern Ireland Intermediate League is an amateur intermediate league based in the north-west region of Northern Ireland. As one of the leagues in the 4th tier of Northern Irish football, the league champions can be promoted to the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, providing th... |
NIFL Premier Intermediate League
The NIFL Premier Intermediate League is the third division of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national association football league in Northern Ireland, and the highest intermediate division in Northern Ireland, occupying level three in the Northern Ireland football league syst... |
Portstewart F.C.
Portstewart Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club from Portstewart, County Londonderry. The club was founded in 1968 and currently plays in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club's main colours are sky blue and navy. Portstewart are nicknamed "The Seahawks". The club's ... |
Newington Youth F.C.
Newington Y.C. Football Club (also known as Newington Youth Club, Newington Y.C., Newington F.C. or simply Newington) is an intermediate-level Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club originates in the Newington area of Belfast, although owing to the lack o... |
Lisburn Distillery F.C.
Lisburn Distillery Football Club is a Northern Irish, intermediate football club who are based in Ballyskeagh, County Down and play in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1880, originated in west Belfast, where it was based at Grosvenor Park at Distillery Street off the Gr... |
Northern Ireland Football League
The Northern Ireland Football League (commonly abbreviated to NIFL), also known as the Irish League, is the national football league of Northern Ireland. It was formed in 2013 to assume independent collective management of the top three levels of the Northern Ireland football league sys... |
Queen's University Belfast A.F.C.
Queen's University Association Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1910, a founder member of the Irish League B Division, is affiliated to Queen's University Belfast, and plays home matches... |
Donegal Celtic F.C.
Donegal Celtic Football Club is an intermediate football club based in Belfast, Northern Ireland who currently play in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1970, plays its home matches at Donegal Celtic Park. Club colours are green and white in Celtic-style hoops. |
Romeo and Juliet (1954 film)
Romeo and Juliet is a 1954 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was directed by Renato Castellani and stars Laurence Harvey as Romeo, Susan Shentall as Juliet, Flora Robson as the Nurse, Mervyn Johns as Friar Laurence, Bill Travers as Benvolio, Sebastian Cabot ... |
Romeo
Romeo Montague (Italian: "Romeo Montecchi" ) is the protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". The son of Montague and his wife, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet. Forced into exile after slaying Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, in a duel, Romeo commits sui... |
Rory Williams
Rory Williams is a fictional character portrayed by Arthur Darvill in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". Having been introduced at the start of the 5th series, Rory joins the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) as a companion in the middle of Series 5. As Amy Pond's fiancé, ... |
Benvolio
Benvolio is a fictional character in Shakespeare's drama "Romeo and Juliet". He is Montague's nephew and Romeo's cousin. Benvolio serves as an unsuccessful peacemaker in the play, attempting to prevent violence between the Capulet and Montague families. |
Macbeth
Macbeth ( ; full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the... |
Juliet
Juliet Capulet (Italian: "Giulietta Capuleti" ) is the female protagonist in William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet and falls in love with Romeo, a member of the House of Montague (with which the Capulets have a blood feud).... |
Prince Hamlet
Prince Hamlet is the title character and protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet". He is the Prince of Denmark, nephew to the usurping Claudius, and son of King Hamlet, the previous King of Denmark. At the beginning of the play, he struggles with whether, and how, to avenge the murder of his ... |
Shakespearean tragedy
Shakespearean tragedy is the designation given to most tragedies written by playwright William Shakespeare. Many of his history plays share the qualifiers of a Shakespearean tragedy, but because they are based on real figures throughout the History of England, they were classified as "histories" i... |
Anna Devane
Anna Devane is a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, "General Hospital", played by Finola Hughes. Hughes also appeared as Anna on "All My Children", and the "General Hospital" prime time, spin-off series, "". The character first appeared on the April 10, 1985 episode of "General Ho... |
Revenge tragedy
Revenge tragedy (less commonly referred to as revenge drama, revenge play, or tragedy of blood) defines a genre of plays made popular in early modern England. Ashley H. Thorndike formally established this genre in his seminal 1902 article "The Relations of Hamlet to Contemporary Revenge Plays," which ch... |
Nancy Spungen
Nancy Laura Spungen (February 27, 1958 – October 12, 1978) was the American girlfriend of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and a figure of the 1970s punk rock scene. Spungen's life and death have been the subject of controversy among music historians and fans of the Sex Pistols. |
Live at Winterland 1978 (Avengers album)
Live at Winterland 1978 is a live album by the Avengers. It was released through online music stores on February 16, 2010. The album features a recording of their set on January 14, 1978 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, CA, when they opened for the Sex Pistols on wha... |
The Flowers of Romance (band)
The Flowers of Romance were an early punk band, formed in mid-1976 by Jo Faull and Sarah Hall. The band never played live or released any recordings, and, like London SS and Masters of the Backside, are more famed for the number of band members that later became well known, including: Sid ... |
Revolution in the Classroom
"Revolution in the Classroom" was a single released by the Ex Pistols; despite its packaging, the record has nothing to do with the Sex Pistols. The single was released in 1989 on the STP Records label, pressed on various colours of vinyl. The song, along with its B-side "Schools Are Prisons... |
Ex Pistols
The Ex Pistols were a scam act introduced in 1979 by one-time Sex Pistols producer Dave Goodman after his services were substituted for those of professional producers. The Ex Pistols existed as a sound-alike band meant to mislead fans due to the similar music, name, and artwork, that led people to believe t... |
Glen Matlock
Glen Matlock (born 27 August 1956) is an English musician best known for being the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He is sometimes credited as a co-author on 10 of the 12 songs on "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols", although he had left the band ... |
Bodies (Sex Pistols song)
"Bodies" is a Sex Pistols song about the shock of abortion from the 1977 album "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols". The lyrics contain very graphic imagery about a terminated fetus and feature a great deal of profanity for the time: the third and final verse begins with a couplet... |
The Swindle Continues
The Swindle Continues is the first album released by the Ex Pistols in 1988. It consists of half Sex Pistols and half Ex Pistols material, and is the only Ex Pistols release that doesn't disguise itself as material completely by the Sex Pistols. |
The Idols with Sid Vicious
The Idols with Sid Vicious is a concert album of former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious performing with The Idols; though recorded in September 1978, it wasn't released until 1993. Steve Dior provided a recording of this performance to the New Rose record label. It was originally released by ... |
Sham Pistols
The Sham Pistols were a short-lived punk rock supergroup composed of guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols with vocalist Jimmy Pursey and bass player Dave Tregunna of Sham 69. Although now referred to as The Sham Pistols no name had been decided upon at the time. There was the poss... |
Docking (animal)
Docking is the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or, sometimes, ears. The term cropping is more commonly used in reference to the cropping of ears, while "docking" more commonly—but not exclusively—refers to the tail. The term tailing is also commonly used. The term arises because the liv... |
STOLport
A STOLport or STOLPORT was an airport designed with STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) operations in mind, usually for an aircraft class of its weight and size. The term STOLport did not appear to be in common usage as of 2008 although was commonly used by pilots flying into Biggin Hill during 1986/87 when the ... |
Trickle valve
Trickle valves, also known as vacuum valves, are commonly used in industrial dust collection applications to maintain an airlock seal on a dust collector hopper while allowing bulk solid material to be automatically discharged. These valves are typically a less expensive alternative to more commonly used ... |
Belling-Lee connector
The Belling-Lee connector or IEC 61169-2 radio-frequency coaxial connector of type 9,52, known colloquially in countries where it is used as a TV antenna connector as a PAL antenna connector, IEC antenna connector, or simply as a TV aerial plug, is commonly used in Europe and Australia to connect ... |
Pox (drink)
"Pox" is a liquor commonly used for ceremonial purposes among the Mayans of Mexico and Central America. "Pox" is a liquor made of corn, sugar cane and wheat, very important in mayan culture for its ceremonial uses and is also known as aguardiente. Besides its religious significance it is also a somewhat pop... |
Yogurt
Yogurt, yoghurt, or yoghourt ( or ; from Turkish: "yoğurt" ; other spellings listed below) is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as "yogurt cultures". Fermentation of lactose by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogu... |
Tensile testing
Tensile testing, also known as tension testing, is a fundamental materials science test in which a sample is subjected to a controlled tension until failure. The results from the test are commonly used to select a material for an application, for quality control, and to predict how a material will react... |
Metandienone
Metandienone (INN) (brand names Averbol, Dianabol, Danabol, Metanabol, Naposim, Vetanabol), or methandienone (BAN), also commonly known as methandrostenolone, is a synthetic, orally active anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) and a 17α-methylated derivative of testosterone which was formerly used medically bu... |
Homeschooling
Homeschooling, also known as home education, is the education of children inside the home. Home education is usually conducted by a parent or tutor. Many families use less formal ways of educating. "Homeschooling" is the term commonly used in North America, whereas "home education" is commonly used in the... |
Methyltestosterone
Methyltestosterone (brand names Agovirin, Android, Metandren, Oreton, Testred, Virilon, others) is a synthetic, orally active anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) which is used in the treatment of androgen deficiency in males and for a number of other indications. It is also used illicitly for physique-... |
George Hammond (Stargate)
Lieutenant General George S. Hammond, USAF (Ret.) is a fictional character in the "Stargate franchise". Played by American actor Don S. Davis, General Hammond serves as the commander of Stargate Command (SGC) in the first seven seasons of the television series "Stargate SG-1". He is relieved o... |
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 (often abbreviated as SG-1) is an adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Stargate" franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 science fiction film "Stargate" by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. ... |
Vala Mal Doran
Vala Mal Doran is a fictional character in the American military science fiction television series "Stargate SG-1", a science fiction show about a military team exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Played by former "Farscape" actress Claudia Black, Vala was created by Damia... |
Don S. Davis
Don Sinclair Davis, PhD (August 4, 1942 – June 29, 2008) was an American character actor best-known for playing General Hammond in the television series "Stargate SG-1" (1997–2007), and earlier for playing Major Garland Briggs on the television series "Twin Peaks" (1990–1991). He was also a theater profess... |
Stargate: Continuum
Stargate: Continuum is a 2008 Canadian-American military science fiction direct-to-video film in the "Stargate" franchise. It is the second sequel to television series "Stargate SG-1" following "". It is directed by Martin Wood, director and producer of many episodes of "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate... |
Lost City (Stargate SG-1)
"Lost City" is the two-part finale to the seventh season of the science fiction television show "Stargate SG-1". It was originally intended to be a second "Stargate" film, and was then to be the show's absolute finale, and finally ended up being the seventh season finale after the series was r... |
Samantha Carter
Samantha "Sam" Carter, USAF is a fictional character in the Canadian–American military science fiction "Stargate" franchise. Played by Amanda Tapping, she appears in all three shows in the franchise: "Stargate SG-1", "Stargate Atlantis", and "Stargate Universe". She was a main character in all ten seaso... |
Stargate SG-1 (season 8)
Season eight of "Stargate SG-1", an American-Canadian military science fiction television series, began airing on July 9, 2004 on the Sci Fi channel. The eighth season concluded on February 22, 2005, after 20 episodes on British Sky One, which overtook the Sci Fi Channel in mid-season. This was... |
Stargate SG-1 (season 1)
The first season of the military science fiction television series "Stargate SG-1" commenced airing on the Showtime channel in the United States on July 27, 1997, concluded on the same channel on March 6, 1998, and contained 22 episodes. The show itself is a spin off from the 1994 hit movie, "S... |
Redemption (Stargate SG-1)
The two-part episode "Redemption" is the Season 6 premiere of the science fiction television series "Stargate SG-1". Airing on June 7 and June 14, 2002, it was the first all-new "SG-1" episode to be broadcast by SCI FI, the new home of "SG-1" after the series' move from Showtime. The episode ... |
Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)
"Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)" is a song written by Dennis Linde and originally recorded by the American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys on their 1991 album "Unstoppable". It was released in August 1995 by American country music group Shenandoah as the third single from the album "In the Vic... |
Sixwire
Sixwire is an American country music group from Nashville, Tennessee. The group is composed of Andy Childs (guitar, piano, lead vocals), Robb Houston (guitar, vocals), John Howard (bass guitar), Steve Mandile (guitar, vocals), and Chuck Tilley (drums, percussion). The band's name references the six strings on a... |
Baby Girl (Sugarland song)
"Baby Girl" is the debut single co-written and recorded by American country music group Sugarland. Originally released in 2003 as part of "Premium Quality Tunes", it was re-released in July 2004 as the first single from the album "Twice the Speed of Life". The single reached a peak position o... |
Hometown News
Hometown News was an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Ron Kingery and Scott Whitehead. Both musicians alternate as lead and background vocalists, in addition to playing guitar, while Kingery also plays the mandolin. Hometown News has recorded two independently released albums, in ... |
The Bama Band
The Bama Band is an American country music group composed of Lamar Morris (vocals, guitar), Wayne "Animal" Turner (guitar), Clifford E. "Cowboy" Eddie Long (steel guitar), Jerry McKinney (saxophone), Vernon Derrick (fiddle), Ray Barrickman (bass), Billy Earheart (keyboards) and William Claude Marshall (dr... |
Hanna–McEuen
Hanna–McEuen was an American country music duo comprising first cousins Jaime Hanna and Jonathan McEuen. Both members of the duo sang, in addition to playing guitar and mandolin; Hanna also played harmonica, while McEuen also played banjo. Their fathers, Jeff Hanna and John McEuen, co-founded the Nitty Gri... |
Candy Coburn
Candy Coburn is an American national performing country music artist who has shared the stage with many notable artists, including Brooks and Dunn, Kellie Pickler, Montgomery Gentry, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Gary Allan, Josh Turner, Lady Antebellum and others. Scheduled to release her third album in... |
Carolina Rain
Carolina Rain was an American country music group composed of Jeremy Baxter (tenor vocals, mandolin), Rhean Boyer (lead vocals, guitar), and Marvin Evatt (baritone vocals, guitar, banjo). Founded in 2003, the band was signed in 2004 as the first act on Equity Music Group, an independent record label owned... |
Highspeed Hayride
Highspeed Hayride is an American country music band established in 2002 in Goliad, Texas. The band consists of Eugene Moreno III on lead vocals and rhythm guitars, Shelby David Stockton, Jr. on bass guitar and harmony vocals, Matthew Groll on drums and Bo Carter on lead guitar and harmony vocals. High... |
Snapback (song)
"Snapback" is a song by American country music group Old Dominion. It was released on January 11, 2016 as the second single from their debut studio album, "Meat and Candy" (2015). "Snapback" peaked at #2 and #4 on the "Billboard" Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts, and was the #2 Country Airpl... |
Religion in Ghana
Christianity is the largest religion in Ghana, with approximately 71.2% of the country's population being members of various Christian denominations as of 2010 census. The religious composition of Ghana in the first postindependence population census of 1960 was 25 percent Muslim, 23 percent tradition... |
National Archives of Namibia
The National Archives of Namibia is the national archives of Namibia, located in Windhoek and it was established in 1939. It holds 5600 maps, 61000 photographs, 2000 audio cassettes, 450 films and a complete collection of all local newspapers from 1897 to 1962. It shares a building with the... |
National Archives and Library of Ethiopia
The National Archives and Library of Ethiopia, located in Addis Ababa, is the national library and archives of the country. The library was inaugurated in 1944 by Emperor Haile Selassie and began service with books donated by the emperor. |
National Archives of Bangladesh
The National Archives of Bangladesh (NAB) are based in Dhaka and contain 225,000 volumes of documents in addition to books, microfilm rolls and newspaper clippings. The archives were founded in 1973 by the government of Bangladesh and are administered by the Directorate of National Archi... |
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ, unofficially translated as National Library and Archives of Québec) is a Québec governmental organization who manages the legal deposit and national archives systems of the province as well as its national library, which ... |
National Archives of Zambia
The National Archives of Zambia preserves the archives of the Republic of Zambia and maintains its legal deposit library. The library holds 70,000 volumes. Its headquarters is located in Ridgeway in the city of Lusaka. |
National Archives of Mauritania
The Archives Nationales de Mauritanie (National Archives of Mauritania) is the national archives of Mauritania. It was founded in 1955 and hold 3,000 volumes. As of 2007 it was located on Avenue de l'Indépendance. Directors have included Mohamed Ould Gaouad (circa 1974), Izidh Bih Ould S... |
Gaboš
Gaboš (Serbian Cyrillic: ) is a village in Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia. There are 613 inhabitants, the majority of the population which are Serbs, who make up 95% of the population according to the 2001 population census. |
List of ethnic groups in Ethiopia
This is a list of ethnic groups in Ethiopia that are officially recognized by the government. It is a list taken from the 2007 Ethiopian National Census: Population size and percentage of Ethiopia's total population according to the 1994 and 2007 censuses follows each entry. |
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ "Addis Abäba " ] , "new flower"; Oromo: "Finfinne" , ] "Natural Spring(s)") or Addis Abeba (the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It has a population of 3,384,569 according to the 2007 population census, wit... |
Night Ferry (composition)
Night Ferry is an orchestral composition in one movement by the British-born composer Anna Clyne. The work was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for which Clyne was then composer-in-residence. It was first performed February 9, 2012 at Symphony Center, Chicago by the Chicago Symp... |
Symphony No. 5 (Rouse)
The Symphony No. 5 is a symphony for orchestra by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was jointly commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, and the Aspen Music Festival. It was completed in Baltimore on February 15, 2015, and was first performed by the D... |
Alternative Energy (composition)
Alternative Energy is a symphony for electronica and orchestra in four movements by the American composer Mason Bates. The work was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for whom Bates was then composer-in-residence. It was premiered by the orchestra under conductor Riccardo M... |
The Seamstress (Clyne)
The Seamstress is a concerto for solo violin and orchestra by the British-born composer Anna Clyne. The work was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for which Clyne was then composer-in-residence. It was first performed May 28, 2015 at Symphony Center, Chicago by the violinist Jennife... |
Anthology of Fantastic Zoology
Anthology of Fantastic Zoology is an orchestral symphony by the American composer Mason Bates. The work was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for whom Bates was then composer-in-residence. It was premiered June 18, 2015 at Symphony Center in Chicago, with the Chicago Symphon... |
Proceed, Moon
Proceed, Moon: Fantasy for Orchestra is an orchestral composition by the American composer Melinda Wagner. The work was Wagner's third commission from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which first performed the piece under the conductor Susanna Mälkki at the Symphony Center, Chicago, on June 15, 2017. Wagne... |
Clarinet Concerto (Rouse)
The Clarinet Concerto is a concerto for clarinet and orchestra by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was commissioned for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its principal clarinetist Larry Combs by the Institute for American Music. It was completed December 11, 2000 and premiere... |
Spangled Unicorn
Spangled Unicorn is a composition for brass ensemble by the British-born composer Anna Clyne. The work was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, for which Clyne was then composer-in-residence. It was first performed on March 21, 2011 at Symphony Center, Chicago by the brass section of the Chi... |
Soundings (Carter)
Soundings is an orchestral composition by the American composer Elliott Carter. The work was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for their final season with the conductor Daniel Barenboim as music director. It was first performed on October 6, 2005 at the Symphony Center, Chicago, by Baren... |
Symphony Center
Symphony Center is a music complex located at 220 South Michigan Avenue in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. Home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Civic Orchestra of Chicago; and the Institute for Learning, Access, and Training; Symphony Center includes the 2,522-seat Orches... |
VMF-413
Marine Fighting Squadron 413 (VMF-413) was a fighter squadron of the Marine Forces Reserve during the Cold War. It descended from bombing squadron VMB-413, which was the Marine Corps' first medium bomber squadron and had fought during World War II. Best known as “Night Hecklers” and the “Shamrocks”, the squadro... |
VMF-215
Marine Fighting Squadron 215 (VMF-215) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps that was activated and fought during World War II. Known as "The Fighting Corsairs", they fought in many areas of the Pacific War, including the Battle of Bougainville. During their four-and-a-half month tour, the sq... |
VMF-222
Marine Fighting Squadron 222 (VMF-222) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps that was activated and fought during World War II. Known as “The Flying Deuces”, they fell under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14) and fought in many areas of the Pacific War, including the Philippines... |
VMF-111
Marine Fighting Squadron 111 (VMF-111) was a reserve fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. Nicknamed the “Devil Dogs”, the squadron was one of the first aviation squadrons in the Marine Corps and gained national attention in the 1930s as the Marine Corps show unit. The squadron fought in World War... |
VMF-511
Marine Fighting Squadron 511 (VMF-511) was a fighter squadron of the Marine Corps and Marine Forces Reserve during World War II and the Cold War which flew aircraft types such as the F6F Hellcat, F4U Corsair, and the F-8 Crusader. They were originally activated during World War II and fought during the Battle o... |
VMF-221
Marine Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps in World War II. During the war, they flew the Brewster F2A-3, and after reconstitution in 1943, the F4U Corsair. The squadron, also known as the “Fighting Falcons”, is most notable for its actions on June 4, 1942, d... |
VMF-512
Marine Fighting Squadron 512 (VMF-512) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II. The squadron was aircraft carrier during the last year of the war and supported combat operations during the Okinawa and the Battle of Balikpapan (1945). Following the end of World War II they we... |
VMF-213
Marine Fighting Squadron 213 (VMF-213) was a reserve fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. Nicknamed the "Hell Hawks", the squadron fought during World War II in the Philippines and at the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. With its assignment to the USS Essex (CV-9) and "Air Group 4", VMF-213 along... |
VMF-236
Marine Fighting Squadron 236 (VMF-236) was a fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as the “Black Panthers”, was part of the Marine Forces Reserve for a short time following World War II and were based at Naval Air Station Denver, Colorado until their disestablishment. Orig... |
VMF-452
Marine Fighting Squadron 452 (VMF-452) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps that was commissioned and fought during World War II. Known as the “Sky Raiders”, they flew the F4U Corsair, and the Grumman TBF Avenger, fell under the command of Marine Carrier Group 5 (MCVG-5) and fought in the Ba... |
Davey Tree Expert Company
The Davey Tree Expert Company, also known as Davey Tree, is an American multinational employee-owned corporation that provides tree, utility, lawn care, and environmental consulting services in the green industry throughout the United States and Canada. It is the largest residential tree care ... |
Nitrogen assimilation
Nitrogen assimilation is the formation of organic nitrogen compounds like amino acids from inorganic nitrogen compounds present in the environment. Organisms like plants, fungi and certain bacteria that cannot fix nitrogen gas (N) depend on the ability to assimilate nitrate or ammonia for their ne... |
Pachypodium lealii
The Bottle tree ("Pachypodium lealii" Welw.) is a species of plant included in the "genus" "Pachypodium". The scientific name derives from the 19th century Portuguese geologist Fernando da Costa Leal, who described the Bottle tree during an exploration in southern Angola. |
Parkia timoriana
Parkia timoriana is a species of flowering plant in the legume family. English common names include tree bean. Common names in other languages and regions include petai hutan in Borneo, yongchak in Manipur, India, nitta tree and riang in Thailand, kedawung and peundung in Java, alai in Sumatra, petai k... |
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