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# Kirkwood Range
The Kirkwood Range (76°27′S 162°0′E / 76.450°S 162.000°E) is a massive coastal mountain range in Antarctica, extending north–south between Fry Glacier and Mawson Glacier. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier.
It is south of the Prince A... |
# Second Battle of Tijuana
The Second Battle of Tijuana was fought during the Mexican Revolution in June 1911. The opposing sides were rebel Magonistas and federal Mexican troops of President Francisco León de la Barra with American militia volunteers from Los Angeles, California. Tijuana was retaken by federal forces ... |
# Vatadage
A vaṭadāge (Sinhala: වටදාගෙ) is a type of Buddhist structure found in Sri Lanka. It also known as a dage, thupagara and a cetiyagara. Although it may have had some Indian influence, it is a structure that is more or less unique to the architecture of ancient Sri Lanka. Vatadages were built around small stupa... |
# Trading of East German political prisoners
Häftlingsfreikauf ("Prisoners' ransom") is the term used in Germany for an informal, and for many years, secret, series of transactions between the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the German Federal Republic (West Germany) between 1962 and 1989. Over this peri... |
# May 2008 South Africa riots
The May 2008 South African riots was a wave of xenophobic riots starting in Alexandra, Gauteng (a neighborhood of Johannesburg) on 12 May 2008 and then spreading to other locations across South Africa. The violence started when South African residents of Alexandra attacked migrants from Mo... |
# Mass flux
In physics and engineering, mass flux is the rate of mass flow per unit of area. Its SI units are kg ⋅ s−1 ⋅ m−2. The common symbols are j, J, q, Q, φ, or Φ (Greek lowercase or capital Phi), sometimes with subscript m to indicate mass is the flowing quantity.
This flux quantity is also known simply as "mas... |
# Staines Urban District
Staines was a local government district from 1894 to 1974 named after the English town of Staines.
## Background, functions and boundaries
Apart from the town of Staines itself which included a few rural pockets aside from its large moor until the 1940s, the district also covered the suburban ... |
# Shield Mark BV vs Joost Kist
Shield Mark B.V. vs. Joost Kist is a decision by the 6th Senate of the European Court of Justice, case C-283/01, which dealt with the question whether sound signs may be registered as trademarks, and what requirements those sound signs and their trademark entry have to fulfill to be consi... |
# Sharon Temple
44°06′05″N 79°26′31″W / 44.101332°N 79.441874°W
The Sharon Temple is an open-air museum site, located in the village of Sharon, Ontario, that was in 1990 designated as a National Historic Site of Canada. It is composed of eight heritage buildings and dwellings, and houses 6,000 artifacts on a 1.8 ha. ... |
# Thai royal cremation ceremony
The royal cremation ceremony is the final and most major event during Thai royal funerals.
## Beginning of the cremation ceremony
The cremation proper is preceded by a procession of the Buddha statues and icons and services before the relic urns of past monarchs and deceased members of ... |
# Truncated tetrahexagonal tiling
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# Truncated tetraapeirogonal tiling
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# Village-level operation and maintenance (pumps)
Village Level Operation and Maintenance (VLOM) is an unofficial classification given to handpumps used in developing countries that require minimal maintenance or that can be done "at the village level." Not all maintenance and repair needs to be done by the villagers ... |
# Sibyl's Cave
Sibyl's Cave (Italian: Grotta della Sibilla) is a cave, located at 2,150 m above sea level, carved into the rock, near the summit of Sibillini Mountains in the municipality of Montemonaco, reachable only on foot.
## Description
There, above the peaks of the wild Apennines,
Between the steep cliffs a ca... |
# Maximum score estimator
In statistics and econometrics, the maximum score estimator is a nonparametric estimator for discrete choice models developed by Charles Manski in 1975. Unlike the multinomial probit and multinomial logit estimators, it makes no assumptions about the distribution of the unobservable part of ut... |
# LocalTalk
LocalTalk is a particular implementation of the physical layer of the AppleTalk networking system from Apple Computer.
LocalTalk specifies a system of shielded twisted pair cabling, plugged into self-terminating transceivers, running at a rate of 230.4 kbit/s. CSMA/CA was implemented as a random multiple a... |
# Villatina massacre
The Villatina massacre was a massacre of eight children and one young adult by the Colombian police that took place on 15 November 1992 in the city of Medellín. Colombian policemen had been killed by youth gangs before the massacre took place, and the Colombian police were attempting to exact reven... |
# Memory, Truth and Justice processes
Memory, Truth and Justice processes (Spanish: Procesos de Memoria, Verdad y Justicia) is the name with which the processes that culminate in trials for crimes against humanity carried out against those responsible for human rights violations committed in the context of state terro... |
# Memory geometry
In the design of modern computers, memory geometry describes the internal structure of random-access memory. Memory geometry is of concern to consumers upgrading their computers, since older memory controllers may not be compatible with later products. Memory geometry terminology can be confusing beca... |
# Twisted K-theory
In mathematics, twisted K-theory (also called K-theory with local coefficients) is a variation on K-theory, a mathematical theory from the 1950s that spans algebraic topology, abstract algebra and operator theory.
More specifically, twisted K-theory with twist H is a particular variant of K-theory, i... |
# Types of mesh
A mesh is a representation of a larger geometric domain by smaller discrete cells. Meshes are commonly used to compute solutions of partial differential equations and render computer graphics, and to analyze geographical and cartographic data. A mesh partitions space into elements (or cells or zones) o... |
# National Diet Building
The National Diet Building (国会議事堂, Kokkai-gijidō) is the building where both houses of the National Diet of Japan meet. It is located at Nagatachō 1-chome 7–1, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Sessions of the House of Representatives take place in the south wing and sessions of the House of Councillors in the n... |
# Thirupparankundram Rock-cut Cave and Inscription
Thirupparankundram Rock-cut Cave and Inscription, also known as Umai Andar or Umaiyandar temple, is a rock cut cave temple with inscriptions at the foot of the Thirupparankundram rock hill's south face. It is located in the town of Thirupparankundram, about 10 kilometr... |
# Louvain-la-Neuve Cyclotron
The Louvain-la-Neuve Cyclotron is a brutalist architectural complex of the University of Louvain built from 1970 to 1972 in Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Brabant, Belgium, notably holding UCLouvain's CYCLONE particle accelerators. It is the first building completed by the university when it mov... |
# Warren Shire
Warren Shire is a local government area in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Macquarie River and the Mitchell and Oxley Highways. The use of the area is mainly for wool and cotton growing.
The shire was formed on 1 January 1957 through the amalgamation ... |
# Nebraska Library Commission
The Nebraska Library Commission is a Nebraska state government agency. Located in Lincoln, the Library Commission provides reference, resources, training, and consulting for all types of library in the state. The various collections housed at the Library Commission are used to serve librar... |
# Simpsons of Piccadilly
Simpsons of Piccadilly was a large retail store situated at 203–206 Piccadilly in central London, England. It was created by Alexander Simpson and the architect Joseph Emberton. When it opened in April 1936, it was the largest menswear store in Britain, and is now a Grade I listed building due ... |
# Lucy v. Zehmer
Lucy v. Zehmer, 196 Va. 493; 84 S.E.2d 516 (1954) was a court case in the Supreme Court of Virginia about the enforceability of a contract based on outward appearance of the agreement. It is commonly taught in first-year contract law classes at American law schools.
## Facts
Defendant A. H. Zehmer an... |
# Minister of Defence (Hungary)
The minister of defence of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország honvédelmi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Defence. The defence minister appoints the Chief of General Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The current minister is Kristóf Szala... |
# Meroë Head
The Meroë Head, or Head of Augustus from Meroë, is a larger-than-life-size bronze head depicting the first Roman emperor, Augustus, that was found in the ancient Nubian site of Meroë in modern Sudan in 1910. Long admired for its striking appearance and perfect proportions, it is now part of the British Mus... |
# Minister of Health and Population (Nepal)
The Minister of Health and Population (Nepali: स्वास्थ्य तथा जनसंख्या मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Health and Population. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for overall policy formulation, planning, organisation a... |
# Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla
The Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (Spanish: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla) (BUAP) is the oldest and largest university in Puebla, Mexico. Founded on 15 April 1578 as Colegio del Espíritu Santo, the school was sponsored by the Society of Jesus durin... |
# Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy
The Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy was a mid-level position in His Majesty's Government based in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
## History
The office was known as... |
# WNWI
WNWI (1080 AM) is a time brokered radio station broadcasting an ethnic radio format. Licensed to Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States, it serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by the Birach Broadcasting Corporation. WNWI operates on a clear-channel frequency, with WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut; a... |
# Sorapiss
Sorapiss, also referred to as Sorapis or Punta Sorapiss, is a mountain in the Dolomites within the Veneto region of northern Italy. Situated in the comune of Cortina d'Ampezzo, it has an elevation of 3,205 metres (10,515 ft). In its vicinity is a mountain pass of the same name, as well as Sorapiss Lake (Lago... |
# St Paul's College, University of Sydney
St Paul's College (commonly known as Paul's) is an Anglican residential college within the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1856, it is Australia's oldest university college. Its alumni, referred to as "Old Paulines", include prime ministers, deputy prime m... |
# Thai numerals
Thai numerals (Thai: เลขไทย, RTGS: lek thai, pronounced [lêːk tʰāj]) are a set of numerals traditionally used in Thailand, although the Arabic numerals are more common due to extensive westernization of Thailand in the modern Rattanakosin period. Thai numerals follow the Hindu–Arabic numeral system comm... |
# Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is a three-bill package that passed the California state legislature and was signed into California state law by Governor Jerry Brown in September 2014. Its purpose is to ensure better local and regional management of groundwater... |
# Superbutt
Superbutt is a Hungarian rock and heavy metal band. The Budapest-based act started up in 2000, and has released five full-length albums in English, as well as a 4 track EP and a bonus disc for their latest album with 4 new songs in Hungarian. Superbutt has toured all across Europe since 2001 and played over... |
# Little Germany, Manhattan
40°43′34″N 73°58′53″W / 40.72611°N 73.98139°W
Little Germany, known in German as Kleindeutschland and Deutschländle and called Dutchtown by contemporary non-Germans, was a German immigrant neighborhood on the Lower East Side and East Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. Th... |
# Yorkville, Ohio
Yorkville is a village in Belmont and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 968 at the 2020 census. Yorkville lies within two Metropolitan Statistical Areas; the Belmont County portion is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area, while the Jefferson County portion is part of t... |
# Linguasphere Observatory
The Linguasphere Observatory (or the Observatoire, based on its original French and legal title: Observatoire Linguistique) is a non-profit transnational research network, devoted (alongside related programs) to the gathering, study, classification, editing and free distribution online of the... |
# United Arab Emirates Space Agency
The UAE Space Agency (UAESA) (Arabic: وكالة الإمارات للفضاء translit: wikālat al-Imārāt l-lifaḍā') is the space agency of the United Arab Emirates government responsible for the development of the country's space industry. It was created in 2014 and is responsible for developing and ... |
# Silverwater Prison Complex Conservation Area
Silverwater Prison Complex Conservation Area is a heritage-listed complex consisting of a historic house (Newington House) and various prison structures associated with what is now known as the Silverwater Correctional Complex, located at Holker Street, Silverwater, Cumber... |
# Southern Conference for Human Welfare
The Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) (1938–1948) was an organization that sought to promote New Deal-type reforms to the South in terms of social justice, civil rights, and electoral reform. It folded due to funding problems and allegations of Communist sympathies; i... |
# Toroweap Fault
The Toroweap Fault of northwest Arizona and southwest Utah is part of a fault system of the west Grand Canyon region, Arizona, US; also the west perimeter regions of the Coconino and Colorado Plateaus. The Hurricane Fault originates at the Toroweap Fault, in the region of the Colorado River, and strike... |
# Synchronous coefficient of drag alteration
Synchronous coefficient of drag alteration (SCODA) is a biotechnology method for purifying, separating and/or concentrating bio-molecules. SCODA has the ability to separate molecules whose mobility (or drag) can be altered in sync with a driving field. This technique has bee... |
# Systems architect
The systems architect is an information and communications technology professional. Systems architects define the architecture of a computerized system (i.e., a system composed of software and hardware) in order to fulfill certain requirements. Such definitions include: a breakdown of the system int... |
# Unitarian trick
In mathematics, the unitarian trick (or unitary trick) is a device in the representation theory of Lie groups, introduced by Adolf Hurwitz (1897) for the special linear group and by Hermann Weyl for general semisimple groups. It applies to show that the representation theory of some complex Lie group ... |
# Transnationalism
Transnationalism is a research field and social phenomenon grown out of the heightened interconnectivity between people and the receding economic and social significance of boundaries among nation states.
## Overview
The term "trans-national" was popularized in the early 20th century by writer Rando... |
# Spajić Cabinet
The Spajić Cabinet is the 44th cabinet of Montenegro. It was elected on 31 October 2023 by a majority vote in the parliament. The government is composed of Europe Now, Democratic Montenegro, For the Future of Montenegro (NSD-DNP), Bosniak Party, Socialist People's Party, Albanian Forum, Albanian Allian... |
# Supersymmetry algebras in 1 + 1 dimensions
A two dimensional Minkowski space, i.e. a flat space with one time and one spatial dimension, has a two-dimensional Poincaré group IO(1,1) as its symmetry group. The respective Lie algebra is called the Poincaré algebra. It is possible to extend this algebra to a supersymmet... |
# United States v. Gotcher
United States v. Gotcher, 401 F.2d 118 (5th Cir. 1968), is a tax case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
## Facts
This case involved a twelve-day expense-paid trip to Germany for Mr. and Mrs. Gotcher to tour Volkswagen facilities in Germany. The trip cost $1,372.3... |
# Phase stretch transform
Phase stretch transform (PST) is a computational approach to signal and image processing. One of its utilities is for feature detection and classification. PST is related to time stretch dispersive Fourier transform. It transforms the image by emulating propagation through a diffractive medium... |
# Southern white-fringed antwren
The southern white-fringed antwren (Formicivora grisea) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
## Taxonomy and systematics
The southern white... |
# Wignacourt Aqueduct
The Wignacourt Aqueduct (Maltese: L-Akwedott ta' Wignacourt) is a 17th-century aqueduct in Malta, which was built by the Order of Saint John to carry water from springs in Dingli and Rabat to the newly built capital city Valletta. The aqueduct carried water through underground pipes and over arche... |
# Solar Decathlon Europe
The Solar Decathlon Europe (SDE) is an international student-based Competition that challenges collegiate Teams to design, build and operate highly efficient and innovative buildings powered by renewable energy. The winner of the Competition is the Team able to score the most points in 10 conte... |
# Leininger Sporn
The Leininger Sporn is a highly prominent ridge in the northeast of the Palatinate Forest in western Germany, mainly composed of the rock formations of the Middle and Upper Bunter. It forms the western edge of Upper Rhine Plain between Grünstadt in the north and Leistadt, a village in the county of Ba... |
# Starving for honesty climate hunger strike, Berlin, Germany
Starving for honesty (original German: Hungern bis ihr ehrlich seid and abbreviated: HE!) was a hunger strike and protest camp in Berlin, Germany in mid‑2024 that also served as a meeting point for climate activists. The hunger strikers called on German Fede... |
# Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress
The Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress system is a passenger-operated self-service railway ticket issuing system developed and manufactured by the German systems development and production group Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH, based in the city of Mönchengladbach. Since the first trial instal... |
# Pharmaceutical Society of GB v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1953] EWCA Civ 6 is a famous English contract law decision on the nature of an offer. The Court held that the display of a product in a store with a price attached is not suf... |
# Thiruvanchikulam Temple
Thiruvanchikulam Siva Temple (medieval Thiruvanchaikkalam Temple) is a Hindu temple situated in Kodungallur in Thrissur district of Kerala state, India.
Constructed in the Kerala style of architecture, the temple is believed to have been built during the Chera period . Shiva is worshipped as ... |
# Uruguayan Aeronautical Law Code
Aeronautical Law Code (Spanish: Código de Legislación Aeronáutica) was a legal code that codified the rules about aeronautical law matters in Uruguay. It was promulgated on 3 December 1942 and came into force on 3 March 1943. It was repealed by the 1974 Aeronautical Code, which superse... |
# Uthal (opera)
Uthal is an opéra comique in one act by the French composer Étienne Méhul. The libretto, by Jacques-Benjamin-Maximilien Bins de Saint-Victor is based on the Ossian poems of James Macpherson. It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 17 May 1806. Méhul tried to give the work a dark "Scottis... |
# Triple pipes
This article focuses on the Gaelic-tradition instrument. For the Sardinian instrument see launeddas.
Triple pipes are reedpipes used in Europe, played in a set of three (two chanters with fingerholes and one drone). Once played in the medieval era in Ireland, Scotland, England, France and Spain (as evide... |
# That Roundhouse
That Roundhouse is a roundhouse sited in woods within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park near the town of Newport in Wales. It was constructed without planning permission during the winter of 1997/1998 by Tony Wrench and Jane Faith and helpers as part of the then secret Brithdir Mawr intentional co... |
# Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (Timor-Leste)
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (Portuguese: Ministro da Agricultura e Pescas, Tetum: Ministru Agrikultura no Peskas) is a senior member of the Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste heading the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
## Functions
Under ... |
# San Francisco garter snake
The San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) is a slender multi-colored subspecies of the common garter snake. Designated as an endangered subspecies since the year 1967, it is endemic to San Mateo County and the extreme northern part of coastal Santa Cruz County in Cali... |
# École européenne de chimie, polymères et matériaux
The École européenne de chimie, polymères et matériaux (ECPM; European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials Science) of Strasbourg is a public engineering school in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace, France. It was founded in 1948, and is located on the Cronen... |
# Shakespeare garden
A Shakespeare garden is a themed garden that cultivates some or all of the 175 plants mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare. In English-speaking countries, particularly the United States, these are often public gardens associated with parks, universities, and Shakespeare festivals. Shakesp... |
# Small cancellation theory
In the mathematical subject of group theory, small cancellation theory studies groups given by group presentations satisfying small cancellation conditions, that is where defining relations have "small overlaps" with each other. Small cancellation conditions imply algebraic, geometric and al... |
# Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, (abbr. TUCEMEMS)is a research Centre of the University of Turku. The Centre encourages research in the fields of medieval and early modern studies. To achieve this aim, the Centre coordinates research of the differe... |
# Type 91 torpedo
The Type 91 was an aerial torpedo of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was in service from 1931 to 1945. It was used in naval battles in World War II and was specially developed for attacks on ships in shallow harbours.
The Type 91 aerial torpedo had two unique characteristics. Firstly, it used wooden ... |
# UML state machine
UML state machine,
formerly known as UML statechart, is an extension of the mathematical concept of a finite automaton in computer science applications as expressed in the Unified Modeling Language (UML) notation.
The concepts behind it are about organizing the way a device, computer program, or ot... |
# Tall Zira'a
The Tall Zira'a (also Tell Zera'a and Tall Zar‘a) (Arabic: تلّ زَرعة) is an archaeological tell in Jordan. Surveys and geophysical investigations showed the site's great potential for excavations.
Tall Zira´a contains evidence of over 5000 years of settlement – almost without cultural gaps, at the point a... |
# Luhansk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
The Luhansk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Luhansk CPU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Luhansk Oblast (until March 5, 1958, and again from January 5, 1970, until May 4, 1990, as the Voro... |
# T. Y. Lee
T.Y. Lee was an architect in Malaysia who played a significant role in the country's architectural development from the 1930s through the 1980s. He was the founder of T.Y. Lee and Sons Architect. T.Y. Lee was the architect of record for the Central Market, the finest Art Deco building in Kuala Lumpur that d... |
# Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue Group
Whitford's Volunteer Sea Rescue Group is a not for profit group based in Perth, Western Australia that provides emergency assistance, safety training, and search and rescue services for water users. It is similar in role to the different Auxiliary Coastguard and Coastwatch organis... |
# Population viability analysis
Population viability analysis (PVA) is a species-specific method of risk assessment frequently used in conservation biology.
It is traditionally defined as the process that determines the probability that a population will go extinct within a given number of years.
More recently, PVA has... |
# United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
The United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights is one of eight subcommittees within the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was previously known as the Subcommittee on Anti... |
# M*A*S*H Goes to Maine
M*A*S*H Goes to Maine is a novel written by Richard Hooker and originally published in 1971. A sequel to 1968's book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, it features several of that novel's characters back in rural Maine after the Korean War armistice. An attempt to adapt M*A*S*H Goes to Main... |
# Černava (mountain)
Černava (German: Schwarz Küppel) is a mountain in the Hrubý Jeseník mountain range in the Czech Republic. It has an elevation of 1,103 m (3,619 ft) above sea level. It is located in the municipality of Ostružná, near the village of Ramzová.
## Description
### Location
Černava is located in the no... |
# Tate conjecture
In number theory and algebraic geometry, the Tate conjecture is a 1963 conjecture of John Tate that would describe the algebraic cycles on a variety in terms of a more computable invariant, the Galois representation on étale cohomology. The conjecture is a central problem in the theory of algebraic cy... |
# The Smell of Apples
The Smell of Apples is a 1993 debut novel by South African Mark Behr, published in Afrikaans as Die Reuk van Appels then published in 1995 in English.
Mark Behr describes the Afrikaner mentality in apartheid South Africa as seen through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy called Marnus, the son of an A... |
# Wind power forecasting
A wind power forecast corresponds to an estimate of the expected production of one or more wind turbines (referred to as a wind farm) in the near future, up to a year. Forecast are usually expressed in terms of the available power of the wind farm, occasionally in units of energy, indicating th... |
# Sarla Mudgal, & others. v. Union of India
Sarla Mudgal v. Union Of India is a Supreme Court of India case. Its judgement in 1995 laid down the principles against the practice of solemnizing second marriage by conversion to Islam, with first marriage not being dissolved. The verdict discusses issue of bigamy, the con... |
# Standards in Public Office Commission
The Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) (Irish: Coimisiún um Chaighdeáin in Oifigí Poiblí) is an independent body established in December 2001 by the Irish Government under the Standards in Public Office Act 2001. It replaced the Public Offices Commission which had been... |
# VPB-44
VPB-44 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44) on 3 June 1941, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 44 (VPB-44) on 1 October 1944 and disestablished on 20 June 1945.
## Operational history
- 3 June 1941: VP-44 was established at NAS San Diego,... |
# Tikal–Calakmul wars
The Tikal–Calakmul wars were a series of wars, mainly between Tikal and Calakmul on the Yucatán Peninsula, but also with vassal states in the Petén Basin such as Copán, Dos Pilas, Naranjo, Sacul, Quiriguá, and briefly Yaxchilan had a role in initiating the first war.
## Background
In 537 the Ajaw... |
# The Artillery Museum of Finland
The Artillery Museum of Finland (Suomen Tykistömuseo in Finnish) is a special military museum dedicated to the history of the artillery from the 15th century to the present day. It was located in Niinisalo from 1977 to 1997. In 1997 it was relocated to Hämeenlinna.
## History
A museum... |
# Schinkel (Osnabrück district)
Schinkel is a district of Osnabrück, Germany, first mentioned in records in 1332. It is situated in the east of the city, into which it was incorporated on 1 April 1914. There are roughly 13,300 people in Schinkel.
The name Schinkel is possibly a reference to the flank-like (Schenkel) fo... |
# Tikal Temple V
Tikal Temple V is the name given by archaeologists to one of the major pyramids at Tikal. Tikal is one of the most important archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization and is located in the Petén Department of northern Guatemala.
Temple V stands south of the Central Acropolis and is th... |
# Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area
Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area is a National Wildlife Area on Bathurst Island within Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is on federal Crown land, and is administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service, a division of Environment Canada, with respect to the Canada Wildlife Ac... |
# Temple of the Delians
37°24′01″N 25°16′01″E / 37.40038°N 25.26695°E
The Temple of the Delians is the largest of the three Greek temples dedicated to Apollo within the temenos of the Sanctuary of Apollo on the Greek island of Delos. This was one of slightly more than a dozen Panhellenic sanctuaries in Ancient Greek ... |
# Static VAR compensator
In electrical engineering, a static VAR compensator (SVC) is a set of electrical devices for providing fast-acting reactive power on high-voltage electricity transmission networks. SVCs are part of the flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) device family, regulating voltage, power factor, harm... |
# Private sector involvement
In the context of sovereign debt crisis, private sector involvement (PSI) is, broadly speaking, the forced contribution of private sector creditors to a financial crisis resolution process, and, specifically, to the private sector incurring outright reductions ("haircuts") on the value of i... |
# Prince Heng
Prince Heng of the First Rank, or simply Prince Heng, was the title of a princely peerage used in China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1644–1912). As the Prince Heng peerage was not awarded "iron-cap" status, this meant that each successive bearer of the title would normally start off with a title do... |
# Wistariahurst
Wistariahurst is a historic house museum and the former estate of the Skinner family, located at 238 Cabot Street in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It was built in 1868 for William Skinner, the owner of a successful silk spinning and textile business, and is named for the abundant wisteria vines which cascade... |
# Swedish Coast Guard
The Swedish Coast Guard (Swedish: Kustbevakningen) is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with:
- maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea.
- co-ordinate the civilian needs for maritime surveillance and maritime i... |
# Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park
The Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park is an open-air museum of Hungarian history in Ópusztaszer, Hungary. It was established in 1982 and is most famous for being the location of the Feszty Panorama, a cyclorama by Árpád Feszty and his assistants, depicting the beginning of the Hu... |
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