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COBOL (; an acronym for "common business-oriented language") is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is an imperative, procedural and, since 2002, object-oriented language. COBOL is primarily used in business, finance, and administrative systems for companies and governmen... |
Besart Selim Berisha (born 29 July 1985) is a Kosovan retired professional footballer who played as a striker. ==Club career== ===Youth and Hamburger SV=== Berisha began his youth career at German side Berliner VB 49 academies aged nine. He then moved to various German teams, such as Berliner FC Dynamo, TSV Lichtenberg... |
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2004. Entries for each day are listed _alphabetically_ by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if... |
Lieutenant Colonel Albert Ernest Gallagher, CBE, DSO (2 February 1872 – 24 September 1940) was a British Infantry and colonial military police officer of Irish descent, who fought in three wars and who became part of the ruling council of colonial Cyprus. ==Military career== Albert Ernest Gallagher was born in Hyderaba... |
The Maratha Navy was the naval wing of the armed forces of the Maratha Empire, which existed from around mid-17th century to mid-18th century in the Indian subcontinent. ==Formative years== Historian Sir Jadunath Sarkar noted: In Early modern India, the Muslim rulers (such as the Deccan Sultanates and Mughal Empire had... |
The Baháʼí teachings represent a considerable number of theological, ethical, social, and spiritual ideas that were established in the Baháʼí Faith by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the religion, and clarified by its successive leaders: ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Baháʼu'lláh's son, and Shoghi Effendi, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's grandson. The teac... |
The following table is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports statistics. The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end. The number of murders includes nonnegligent manslaughter. This list is based on the reporting agency. In most cases the city and the reporting age... |
The Melbourne–Voyager collision, also known as the Melbourne–Voyager incident or simply the Voyager incident, was a collision between two warships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); the aircraft carrier and the destroyer . On the evening of 10 February 1964, the two ships were performing manoeuvres off Jervis Bay. Mel... |
Pamela Somers Hemminger (born March 20, 1960) is an American Democratic politician serving as mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since December 2, 2015. The owner of a small real-estate company, Hemminger previously served on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education and the Orange County Board of Cou... |
thumb|right|The Berenstain Bears: Papa (top left), Mama (top right), Brother (bottom left), Sister (bottom right), Honey (center) The Berenstain Bears is a children's literature franchise created by the late Stan and Jan Berenstain and continued by their son, Mike Berenstain, who assumed partial authorship in 2002, and... |
Below is an incomplete list of science fiction, fantasy, and horror feature films or miniseries on the theme of World War II. A separate list of TV series appears at the end. ==20th century== Year Country Main title (Alternative titles) Original title (Original script) Director Battles, campaigns, events depicted 1941 ... |
Conan is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Nihilistic Software and published by THQ for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Players take control of the titular hero, Conan the Barbarian, from Robert E. Howard's fantasy literature. In Conan, the hero is on a quest to recover his lost armor and defeat an evil wizard.... |
This is a list of recordings of the Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901).Messa da Requiem at verdisdisco.deJolly 2007, pp. 1122–1126. ==List== Year Orchestra, chorus, conductor Soloists Label, format: catalog no. Notes 1929 Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Carlo Sabajno Maria Luisa Fanelli, Franco Lo ... |
This is a timeline of notable events in the history of non-heterosexual conforming people of Asian and Pacific Islander ancestry, who may identify as LGBTIQGNC (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, third gender, gender nonconforming), men who have sex with men, or related culturally- specific identitie... |
In mathematics, a sequence (s1, s2, s3, ...) of real numbers is said to be equidistributed, or uniformly distributed, if the proportion of terms falling in a subinterval is proportional to the length of that subinterval. Such sequences are studied in Diophantine approximation theory and have applications to Monte Carlo... |
{{Infobox writer |name = Randy Shilts |image = |caption = National Library of Medicine Portrait |birth_date = |birth_place = Davenport, Iowa, U.S. |alma_mater = University of Oregon |death_date = |death_place = Guerneville, California, U.S. |occupation = Journalist, author |period = 1975–1993 |genre = History |spouse =... |
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, part of the Metal Hero Series franchise created by Toei Co. Ltd. and aired from to . Spielban's footage was used for Saban’s live-action series, VR Troopers. For distribution purposes, Toei Company refers to this television series as Spielvan. ==Plot== The Waller Empire destro... |
Nigel Desmond Norman, (13 August 1929 – 13 November 2002) was an aircraft designer and aviation pioneer. Norman co-founded Britten-Norman in 1954, was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1970, and served as chairman and managing director of AeroNorTec (1988–2002). With his longtime friend and bu... |
This page contains a table listing by elevation all 514 mountains of the Alps that are between 2500 and 3000m m high and which also have a topographic prominence of at least . The list is a continuation of the List of prominent mountains of the Alps above 3000 m, which contains an introduction with statistics and an ex... |
Human rights in India is an issue complicated by the country's large size and population as well as its diverse culture, despite its status as the world's largest sovereign, secular, democratic republic. The Constitution of India provides for fundamental rights, which include freedom of religion. Clauses also provide f... |
Educational data mining (EDM) is a research field concerned with the application of data mining, machine learning and statistics to information generated from educational settings (e.g., universities and intelligent tutoring systems). At a high level, the field seeks to develop and improve methods for exploring this da... |
Most of Chopin's compositions were for solo piano, although he did compose two piano concertos (his concertos No. 1 and No. 2 are two of the romantic piano concerto repertoire's most often-performed pieces) as well as some other music for ensembles. His larger scale works such as sonatas, the four scherzi, the four bal... |
The Gadgil formula is named after Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil, a social scientist and the first critic of Indian planning. It was evolved in 1969 for determining the allocation of central assistance for state plans in India. Gadgil formula was adopted for distribution of plan assistance during Fourth and Fifth Five Yea... |
The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), or Indian rhino for short, also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros or great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as populations are fragmented and restricted to less than . Mor... |
This list of alumni of the University of St Andrews includes graduates, non- graduate former students, and current students of the University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. == Academics == === Educators === Name Year/degree Notability Reference Andrew Bell 1774 Anglican priest, educationalist, founder of Madras College... |
The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston from its founding in 1960 to 1996 before relocating to Memphis to become the Tennessee Oilers for the 1997 and 1998 seasons, and later moving operations to Nashville, Tennessee, becoming the Tennessee Titans. The Oilers began play in 1... |
Christopher Holroyd (born 24 October 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker. Holroyd started his football career at Crewe Alexandra, progressing through the club's youth system. He subsequently joined Chester City for the third year of his scholarship, and signed professional terms in 2006. ... |
Coast to Coast AM is an American late-night radio talk show that deals with a variety of topics. Most frequently, the topics relate to either the paranormal or conspiracy theories. It was hosted by creator Art Bell from its inception in 1988 until 2003 and is currently hosted by George Noory. The program is distributed... |
Colombian Latin rock singer-songwriter Juanes has sold an estimated 15 million records worldwide. ==Albums== ===Studio albums=== List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Sales ARG Peak chart positions for albums on the... |
The state of Telangana, India, has 497 bird species within its boundaries. The official state bird of Telangana is the pala pitta, also known as the Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific na... |
Dwight Twilley (born June 6, 1951) is an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the Top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" (1975) and "Girls" (1984). His music is associated with the power pop style. Twilley and Phil Seymour performed as the Dwight Twilley Band through 1978, and Twilley has performed as a so... |
Jeffrey David Boam (November 30, 1946 – January 26, 2000) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He is known for writing the screenplays for The Dead Zone, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Innerspace, The Lost Boys, and Lethal Weapon 2 and 3. Boam's films had a cumulative gross of over US$1 billion. He was ... |
The "Clone Saga" is an extended comic-book storyline published by Marvel Comics, revolving around the superhero Spider-Man and clones of him, as well as of other characters. The second and best-known story arc of this name ran from October 1994 to December 1996, and quickly became one of the most controversial Spider-M... |
right|150px This article about dismissed U.S. attorneys summarizes the circumstances surrounding a number of U.S. attorneys dismissed from office in the United States Department of Justice in 2006. Eight were dismissed In December 2006, and others may have been forced out of office under similar circumstances in 2005 a... |
Western Sydney Stadium, commercially known as CommBank Stadium, is a multi- purpose rectangular stadium in Parramatta, within the Greater Western Sydney region, approximately west of Sydney CBD. It replaced the demolished Parramatta Stadium (1986) which in turn was built on the site of the old Cumberland Oval, home gro... |
Mexico and the United States have a complex history, with war in the 1840s and the subsequent American acquisition of more than 50% of former Mexican territory. Aid from the U.S. contributed to forcing the French invaders out of Mexico in the 1860s. The Mexican Revolution of the 1910s saw many refugees flee North, and ... |
George McAneny (December 24, 1869 – July 29, 1953), was an American newspaperman, municipal reformer and advocate of preservation and city planning from New York City. He served as Manhattan Borough President from 1910 to 1913, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen from 1914 to 1916, and New York City Comptr... |
Le génie du mal (or The Genius of Evil or The Spirit of Evil), known informally in English as Lucifer or The Lucifer of Liège"Le génie du mal" could also be translated as Evil Genius or Evil Spirit. French génie in this sense can overlap in meaning with its English cognate "genie". Geefs may have had in mind the Kantia... |
Epidendrum ,Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 abbreviated Epi in the horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,500 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name (from Greek επί, epi and δένδρον, dendron, "upon trees") refers to its epiphytic grow... |
Right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) is the result of injury to the right cerebral hemisphere.American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2015). Right hemisphere brain damage. Retrieved from http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/RightBrainDamage/ The right hemisphere of the brain coordinates tasks for functiona... |
Clayton & Black were a firm of architects and surveyors from Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. In a career spanning the Victorian, Edwardian and interwar eras, they were responsible for designing and constructing an eclectic range of buildings in the growing town of Brighton and its neighbour Hov... |
A red dwarf is the smallest and coolest kind of star on the main sequence. Red dwarfs are by far the most common type of star in the Milky Way, at least in the neighborhood of the Sun, but because of their low luminosity, individual red dwarfs cannot be easily observed. From Earth, not one star that fits the stricter d... |
Jorge Manuel Oliveria Leite (born 1950) is a former Portuguese Canadian officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) linked to a high-profile case of corruption. ==From Marine to policeman== Leite was born in Portugal and joined the Marine Corps of the Portuguese Navy, leading him to fight in the colonial wars i... |
Adore is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on June 2, 1998, by Virgin Records. After the multi-platinum success of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and a subsequent yearlong world tour, follow-up Adore was considered "one of the most anticipated albums o... |
280px|thumb|Topographic map of the Taunus This list of mountains and hills of the Taunus contains a selection of the highest and most notable mountains and hills in the Taunus and its foothills in the German states of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The Taunus is part of the Rhenish Massif, part of the German Central U... |
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States and the highest professional level of American football in the world. It was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before adopting its current name for the 1922 season. After initially de... |
Moshe Jarden () is an Israeli mathematician, specialist in field arithmetic. ==Biography== Moshe Jarden was born in 1942 in Tel Aviv. His father, Dr. Dov Jarden, was a mathematician, writer and linguist, who transmitted him his love to mathematics. In 1970 he received his Ph.D in Mathematics from the Hebrew University ... |
Zbyněk Zbyslav Stránský (26 October 1926 – 21 January 2016) was a Czech museologist, considered the “father of scientific museology”. Between the years 1960 and 1970, he was responsible for one of the first attempts to structure a theoretical basis for museology, when directing the Department of Museology of the Moravi... |
Much Wenlock is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 104 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The paris... |
There have been 91 gubernatorial elections in the state of New York since 1777, with the most recent being held on November 8, 2022. The next election is scheduled to be held on November 3, 2026. ==General information== Originally the term for governor of New York was three years long and began on July 1, the election ... |
thumb|General Khalil Jassim Major-General Khalil Jassim Dabbagh or ( 1916–1969) was an Iraqi senior officer from the first era of the old Iraqi Army, the Commander of the Mosul zone, the Commander of the Light regiments Jash, the commander of the Iraqi commando units in the Iraqi army between 1963 and 1968, the command... |
Vahid Asghari (), is an Iranian political prisoner, advocate for freedom of expression and a women’s rights activist. He was detained by a group of Islamic Republic Guards Corps (IRGC) commandos on May 8, 2008, on his way to the Imam Khomeini International Airport, because of his human rights activities and held in sol... |
Kris Stadsgaard (born 1 August 1985) is a Danish former professional football central defender. Most recently, he played for F.C. Copenhagen. He has previously played for Danish club FC Nordsjælland, Italian club Reggina Calcio, and Rosenborg BK in Norway, winning two Norwegian Premier League championships with Rosenbo... |
Suvorov's Swiss campaign took place on Swiss territory between September and October 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition. Russo-Austrian troops, who had already repeatedly defeated the French in Italy between April and August, crossed St. Gotthard under the command of Field Marshal Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov... |
This article lists the indigenous languages of South America. Extinct languages are marked by dagger signs (†). ==Demographics by country== Demographics of indigenous languages of South America by country as of 2012, as reported by Crevels (2012): Language Alternate names Family Branch Population Speaker number Degree ... |
The APRA Music Awards of 2022 are the 40th annual series, known as the APRA Awards. The awards are given in a series of categories in three divisions and in separate ceremonies throughout the year: the APRA Music Awards, Art Music Awards and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards are provided by APRA AMCOS (Austral... |
The Sweden women's national football team () represents Sweden at international women's association football competitions and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. == History == The Swedish team has been traditionally recognized as one of the world's best women's teams and won the 1984 European Competition... |
The partition of the Ottoman Empire (30 October 19181 November 1922) was a geopolitical event that occurred after World War I and the occupation of Istanbul by British, French and Italian troops in November 1918. The partitioning was planned in several agreements made by the Allied Powers early in the course of World W... |
Club de Fútbol Lobos de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla were a Mexican football club based in Puebla, Mexico. The club represented the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. The club's history goes back to the early 1930s when it was known as Preparatoria, formed exclusively by players who attended the... |
Franz Leopold Neumann (23 May 1900 – 2 September 1954) was a German political activist, Western Marxist theorist and labor lawyer, who became a political scientist in exile and is best known for his theoretical analyses of National Socialism. He studied in Germany and the United Kingdom, and spent the last phase of his... |
thumb|Illustration of a ballista being loaded and drawn The ballista (Latin, from Greek βαλλίστρα ballistra and that from βάλλω ballō, "throw"), plural ballistae, sometimes called bolt thrower, was an ancient missile weapon that launched either bolts or stones at a distant target. Developed from earlier Greek weapons, ... |
Pleasantville is a 1998 American teen fantasy comedy-drama film written, co- produced, and directed by Gary Ross. It stars Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, and Reese Witherspoon, with Don Knotts, Paul Walker, Marley Shelton and Jane Kaczmarek in supporting roles. The story centers ... |
thumb|alt=Southfield City Centre|Southfield City Centre Logo thumb|alt=Red Pole Park in Southfield City Centre|Art Installation: Red Pole Park thumb|alt=Eat to the Beat|Eat to the Beat food truck and music event (Sept. 2018) thumb|alt=LTU Athletes|Athletes from Lawrence Technological University Southfield City Centre i... |
In the history of virtual learning environments, the 1990s was a time of growth, primarily due to the advent of the affordable computer and of the Internet. ==1980s== ===1985=== The Free Educational Mail (FrEdMail) network was created by San Diego educators, Al Rogers and Yvonne Marie Andres, in 1985. More than 150 sch... |
Richard Mille is a Swiss luxury watch company founded in 2001 by Dominique Guenat and Richard Mille, based in Les Breuleux, Switzerland. The brand specialises in very high-priced clockwork watches which have been criticised by some as "ridiculous" and "unnecessarily extravagant." ==Company history== After studying mark... |
The hybrid log–gamma (HLG) transfer function is a transfer function jointly developed by the BBC and NHK for high dynamic range (HDR) display. It's backward compatible with the transfer function of SDR (the gamma curve). It was approved as ARIB STD-B67 by the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB). It is... |
thumb|Paul Lilienfeld Paul Frommhold Ignatius von Lilienfeld-Toal (; ; 1829–1903) was a Baltic German statesman and social scientist of imperial Russia.The Bibliothèque nationale de France gives Lilienfeld’s date of birth as 1828 instead of 1829; 1829 may be found in e.g. Capozzi (2004: 92), the Library of Congress, Re... |
Armour (Commonwealth English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or from a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g. cycling, const... |
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Adrasteia (; , ), also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestea, Adastreia or Adrasta, originally a Phrygian mountain goddess, probably associated with Cybele, was later a Cretan nymph, and daughter of Melisseus, who was charged by Rhea with nurturing the infant Zeus in secret, to p... |
The Wellington Post Office is a heritage-listed post office located at 21 Maughan Street, Wellington in the Dubbo Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Colonial Architect’s Office, under the direction of James Barnet, and built between 1869 and 1904. The property, whic... |
The Border–Gavaskar Trophy is an International Test cricket series played between India and Australia. The series is named after distinguished former captains, Australia's Allan Border and India's Sunil Gavaskar. It is played via the International Cricket Council's future tours. , India retained the trophy after defeat... |
The Kinneloa Fire was a destructive wildfire in October 1993, in Los Angeles County, California. The fire burned 196 structures in the San Gabriel Mountains foothill communities of Altadena, Kinneloa Mesa, and Sierra Madre. At the time it was the 12th most destructive wildfire in recorded California history, and though... |
Skadarlija () is a vintage street, an urban neighborhood and former municipality of Belgrade, Serbia, located in the Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad (Old Town). Skadarlija partially preserves the ambience of traditional urban architecture, including archaic urban organization, and is known as the main bohemian quar... |
The Wichita Wild were a professional indoor football team based in Wichita, Kansas. They were members of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL). The team was founded in 2006 as an independent indoor football franchise. In 2008, the team joined United Indoor Football (UIF). They joined the Indoor Foot... |
thumb|260px|Big Ten logo in Wisconsin's colors The Wisconsin Badgers are the athletic teams representing the University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin). They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) sub- level), primarily... |
On April 2–5, 1957, a significant, deadly tornado outbreak sequence affected the Southern United States. This list details all confirmed tornadoes in this tornado outbreak sequence. ==Confirmed tornadoes== *In addition to confirmed tornadoes, a possible tornado may have destroyed a home in the Woodlawn community, near ... |
Ramsay Bolton, previously known as Ramsay Snow, is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. Introduced in 1998's A Clash of Kings, Ramsay is the bastard son of Roose Bolton, the lord of the Dreadfo... |
Harry Steppe (born Abraham Stepner), March 16, 1888 – November 22, 1934Abe Stepner's obituary, "Feature News," Billboard magazine, Dec. 1, 1934, pg 5. was a Russian Jewish"Variety Opener Has Cast of 40: Red Hot Gets Under Way Sunday Night," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Newspaper), Aug 25, 1934, pg.78. Excerpt:"...Joe DeRit... |
The Miami Hurricanes football team represents the University of Miami in college football. The Hurricanes compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The program began in 1926 and has won five AP nat... |
Amateur Gardening is a British weekly magazine dedicated to gardening. It includes news, advice, feature articles, and celebrity columns and interviews. ==History and the early years== Amateur Gardening was founded in London in May 1884 by Shirley Hibberd, who edited it until 1887.Shirley Hibberd biography site. Retrie... |
right|thumb|300x300px|Four types of sensory neuron Sensory neurons, also known as afferent neurons, are neurons in the nervous system, that convert a specific type of stimulus, via their receptors, into action potentials or graded potentials. This process is called sensory transduction. The cell bodies of the sensory n... |
The culture of Hunan (湖湘文化) refers to the culture of the people based in the Hunan province of China.李兵教授：湖湘文化与湖南人的精神 The mountainous terrain of Hunan separates it from the surrounding Chinese provinces, resulting in its own distinct characteristics. As the Xiang River runs through the province from south to north, Hun... |
Most Wanted is the first compilation album by American actress and singer Hilary Duff. It was released on August 10, 2005, by Hollywood Records. The album comprises ten previously released tracks (three of which are in a remixed form), and three new recordings: "Wake Up", "Beat of My Heart", and "Break My Heart". A del... |
Karl Gottlieb Pfander (1803–1865), spelt also as Carl Gottlieb Pfander or C.G. Pfander, was a Lutheran Christian priest, missionary and apologist; he served as a missionary in Central Asia and Trans-Caucasus under the Basel Mission, and as a polemicist to the North-Western Provinces of India under the Church Missionary... |
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL reconstruction) is a surgical tissue graft replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament, located in the knee, to restore its function after an injury. The torn ligament can either be removed from the knee (most common), or preserved (where the graft is passed inside the p... |
Northwood and Tinkersley is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. Named for its main settlements, with a mix of rural and built up areas, it had a population of 665 residents in 2011. The parish is north west of London, north west of the county city of Derby, and nor... |
Mark Brian Roberts (born 20 May 1961) is an English archaeologist specialising in the study of the Palaeolithic. He is best known for his discovery of, and subsequent excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Boxgrove Quarry in southern England. Mark Roberts is Principal Research Fellow at the UCL Institute of Arch... |
The following is a list of water parks in the Americas sorted by region. == North America == === The Bahamas === * Aquaventure, Nassau (part of Atlantis Paradise Island) * Baha Bay Water Park (part of Grand Hyatt Baha Mar) * Castaway Cay * CocoCay === Canada === thumb|A Canadian waterslide park ==== Alberta ==== * Worl... |
Eun Ji-won (; born June 8, 1978)) 네이버 인물검색 - 은지원 Naver. December 22, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016. is a South Korean rapper, singer, actor and entertainer. He is the leader of the first generation idol group Sechs Kies (). He is recognized as an ancestor of the K-pop world, paving the way for hip-hop in the Korean... |
The Isha Upanishad (Devanagari: ईशोपनिषद् IAST ), also known as Shri Ishopanishad, is one of the shortest Upanishads, embedded as the final chapter (adhyāya) of the Shukla Yajurveda. It is a Mukhya (primary, principal) Upanishad, and is known in two recensions, called Kanva (VSK) and Madhyandina (VSM). The Upanishad is... |
Charles Ball (real name Charles Gross; 1780 – unknown) was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive slave, Slavery in the United States (1836). ==Autobiography== The main source for Ball's life is his autobiography, Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Ad... |
thumb|Pilar Paz Pasamar, 2012 Pilar Paz Pasamar (13 February 1932 - 7 March 2019) was a Spanish poet and writer whose work has been translated into Italian, Arabic, French, English and Chinese. She was a member of the Cádiz branch of the 1950s poetic generation. She was a member of the Real Academia Hispano Americana d... |
(born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until 1989, as well as his 13 solo albums and tours. Friedman has resided in Tokyo, Japan since 2... |
Aleksander Kamiński, assumed name: Aleksander Kędzierski. Also known under aliases such as Dąbrowski, J. Dąbrowski, Fabrykant, Faktor, Juliusz Górecki, Hubert, Kamyk, Kaźmierczak, Bambaju (born 28 January 1903 in Warsaw, died 15 March 1978) – a teacher, educator, professor of humanities, co-founder of Cub Scouts method... |
The Kingdom Hearts video game series, developed by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney, is set in a universe consisting of numerous self- contained worlds based on intellectual properties from both companies. Most worlds are based on different Disney films, although several original worlds appear throughout the se... |
Date rape is a form of acquaintance rape and dating violence. The two phrases are often used interchangeably, but date rape specifically refers to a rape in which there has been some sort of romantic or potentially sexual relationship between the two parties. Acquaintance rape also includes rapes in which the victim an... |
Erbium is a chemical element with the symbol Er and atomic number 68. A silvery-white solid metal when artificially isolated, natural erbium is always found in chemical combination with other elements. It is a lanthanide, a rare- earth element, originally found in the gadolinite mine in Ytterby, Sweden, which is the so... |
Bradley Allan Smith (born April 13, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 222 games over nine National Hockey League seasons with the Vancouver Canucks, Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was also a member of the Central Hockey League's Adams Cu... |
Shane Edwards (born 25 October 1988) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a three-time premiership player, an All-Australian and has three times placed in the top five in Richmond best and fairest awards. He holds the Richm... |
==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *AD 69 - The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors. *1124 - Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope Celestine II. *1140 - After a siege of several weeks, the city of Weinsberg and its c... |
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