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Moss Side is a district of Manchester, England.
Moss Side may also refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
Moss-Side, County Antrim, a village in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area of Northern Ireland
Moss Side, Cumbria, a hamlet
Moss Side, Fylde, a hamlet in Westby-with-Plumptons, Lancashire
Moss Side railwa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss%20Side%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The Safe bottle lamp, called sudeepa or sudipa for good lamp, is a safer kerosene lamp designed by Wijaya Godakumbura of Sri Lanka. The safety comes from heavier glass, a secure screw-on metal lid, and two flat sides which prevent it from rolling if knocked over.
History
As surgeon Dr. Godakumbura saw many burn cases ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe%20bottle%20lamp |
Marie Russak (October 7, 1865 – March 4, 1945), also known as Marie Hotchener or Marie Barnard, was an American opera singer and architect.
Biography
Born on October 7, 1865, in the small city of Four Corners, Butte County in northern California, she studied music at Mills College in Oakland. She became a renowned sin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%20Russak |
The Moose Jaw Standard was a Canadian automobile manufactured in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1917.
Five local residents imported the parts to build twenty-five luxury cars from the United States; these were to be powered by Continental engines. Once each investor had a car, they gave up the concern after realizing tha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose%20Jaw%20Standard |
The Etrusco Unico was an association football made by Adidas in the early 1990s. It was the official match ball of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, the 1991 Copa America in Chile, the UEFA Euro 1992 in Sweden and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
The name and intricate design took their inspiration from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas%20Etrusco%20Unico |
The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games.
The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phras... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20sports%20idioms |
Events in the year 2004 in Japan.
2004 was the population "peak" of Japan—the last year in which the national population increased.
Incumbents
Emperor: Akihito
Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi (L–Kanagawa)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Yasuo Fukuda (L–Gunma) until May 7, Hiroyuki Hosoda (L–Shimane)
Chief Justice of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20in%20Japan |
Azteca Mexico () by Adidas was the official match ball of 1986 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico. It was also the first fully synthetic FIFA World Cup ball.
The elaborately decorated design was inspired by the hosting nation’s native Aztec architecture and murals.
External links
Adidas ball history
Azteca
1986 FIFA Wo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas%20Azteca |
The lieutenant governor of Alaska (Iñupiaq: Alaskam Kavanaata Ikayuqtiksrautaa) is the deputy elected official to the governor of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unlike most lieutenant governors in the U.S., the office also maintains the duties of a secretary of state, and indeed was named such until August 25, 1970. Prior t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant%20Governor%20of%20Alaska |
In business or commercial law, an extraordinary resolution or special resolution is a resolution passed by the shareholders of a company by a greater majority than is required to pass an ordinary resolution. The precise figures vary in different countries, but commonly an extraordinary resolution must be affirmed by no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary%20resolution |
Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) are mature lymphocytes that circulate in the blood, rather than localising to organs (such as the spleen or lymph nodes). They comprise T cells, NK cells and B cells.
References
Lymphocytes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral%20blood%20lymphocyte |
White Cross or Whitecross may refer to:
Places
Bewsey and Whitecross, a ward in Warrington, England
Whitecross (Blisland), a location near Blisland, Cornwall
White Cross, Cornwall, a village near St Columb Major, Cornwall
POW Camp 115, Whitecross, St Columb Major
Whitecross, County Armagh, a village in the Newry and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Cross |
Fundacion NYC is a mix album by Welsh DJ Sasha. The album is recorded using the Ableton Live software and the album bears the name of his monthly residency nights in New York and Los Angeles.
Track listing
Badger - "Rise of the Machine" – 2:59
Adam Johnson - "Four Squares" – 5:25
Swayzak - "Another Way" (Richard Da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundacion%20NYC |
Michael McVerry (1 December 1949 – 15 November 1973), was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer and Officer Commanding of the First Battalion of the Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade. He was killed in Keady in 1973.
McVerry was born and raised in the townland of Skerriff near Cullyhanna, County Armagh, Nort... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20McVerry |
The New Delhi Congress or Declaration of Delhi was an international gathering of over 185 judges, lawyers, and law professors from 53 countries all over the world, united as the International Commission of Jurists that took place in New Delhi, India in 1959. The theme of the New Delhi Congress was "The Rule of Law in a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration%20of%20Delhi |
The forest owlet (Athene blewitti) is endemic to the forests of central India. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2018, as the population is estimated at less than 1,000 mature individuals. It is threatened foremost by deforestation.
It is a member of the typical owl family Strigidae, and was first ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20owlet |
This is a list of current state leaders ordered by their continuous tenure in a position of national leadership. For countries in which the head of state and head of government are separate, both offices are listed. For leaders who held the same office prior to their state's independence, the start of their tenure is u... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20current%20state%20leaders%20by%20date%20of%20assumption%20of%20office |
The Divine Twins are youthful horsemen, either gods or demigods, who serve as rescuers and healers in Proto-Indo-European mythology.
Like other Proto-Indo-European divinities, the Divine Twins are not directly attested by archaeological or written materials, but scholars of comparative mythology and Indo-European stud... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine%20twins |
David Goode (born 1971) is a British organist and composer.
Life and career
Goode was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral, briefly attended Wells Cathedral School, was then a music scholar at Eton College and then organ scholar at King's College, Cambridge 1991–94. While there, he studied the organ with David Sanger an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Goode%20%28organist%29 |
Burnden is a district in the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located about southeast of Bolton town centre.
Historically a part of Lancashire, Burnden derives its name from two Old English words. The first part "burn" means a stream or a brook and is more popularly used in the Scottish Lowlands. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnden |
Emily Kernan Rutherfurd (born September 18, 1974) is an American actress. She played Christine "New Christine" Hunter in the CBS sitcom, The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10).
Personal life
Rutherfurd was born and raised in New York City, New York. She is the daughter of Mary Spratt (née Kernan) Rutherfurd an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Rutherfurd |
David Fanning may refer to:
David Fanning (footballer) (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
David Fanning (loyalist) (1755–1825), loyalist of the American Revolution in North Carolina
David Fanning (musicologist), music professor and musicologist specializing on the music of Carl Nielsen and Dmitri Shostakovich... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Fanning |
Watchmen were organised groups of men, usually authorised by a state, government, city, or society, to deter criminal activity and provide law enforcement as well as traditionally perform the services of public safety, fire watch, crime prevention, crime detection, and recovery of stolen goods. Watchmen have existed si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchman%20%28law%20enforcement%29 |
A vacuum flange is a flange at the end of a tube used to connect vacuum chambers, tubing and vacuum pumps to each other. Vacuum flanges are used for scientific and industrial applications to allow various pieces of equipment to interact via physical connections and for vacuum maintenance, monitoring, and manipulation f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum%20flange |
Millbank, London is a street in the City of Westminster, or its immediate area.
Millbank may also refer to:
People with the surname
Aaron Millbank (born 1995), English footballer
Joe Millbank (1919–2002), English footballer
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen of Millbank (1869–1939), British art dealer
Places
Austr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millbank%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (8/9 RAR) is a motorised infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was originally formed in 1973 by linking together both the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment. Over the next twenty-four years the battalion would remain on the Australian Order o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th/9th%20Battalion%2C%20Royal%20Australian%20Regiment |
Menno is a Dutch language given name of Old Frisian origin. It was made popular by the influential Frisian religious reformer Menno Simons (West Frisian: Minne Simens), and the name was spread by his followers, the Mennonites.
Menno is the Dutch version of Frisian Meine. Like other Germanic names with mein-, it stems ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menno |
Merna may refer to:
Merna (name)
Merna, Illinois, an unincorporated community in the United States
Merna, Nebraska, a village in the United States
Merna Mora, a pastoral lease in Australia
Miren (Italian: Merna), an urbanized settlement in Slovenia, on the border with Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merna |
Vicente Noble is a municipality in Barahona province in the Dominican Republic.
It is bordered on the north by Padre Las Casas municipality, Azua Province and Vallejuelo in San Juan Province; to the east by the Azua de Compostela municipality; to the south by the Jaquimeyes section in Barahona Province; and to the we... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente%20Noble |
Langage Power Station is a combined-cycle power plant near the city of Plymouth in Devon, England.
Centrica, the original owners of the site, announced on 16 June 2006 that the natural gas fired power station was to be constructed on their behalf by Alstom. Section 36 consent was granted in 2000 and Reserved Matters w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langage%20Power%20Station |
Langage may refer to:
Langage, Devon, a settlement in England
Langage Power Station
langage, a French word for language as a general phenomenon, or to the human ability to have language (see Langue and parole) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langage |
Mesita is the musical project of James Cooley, a musician who grew up in Littleton, Colorado, and is now based in Brooklyn.
History
Cooley writes, performs, and produces all of the music under the Mesita moniker himself. The project began in 2008 when he released the debut album Cherry Blossoms. He released the album ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesita%20%28musical%20project%29 |
Sophie Sonia Perin (born 1957) is a French model and beauty queen who was the first Miss International winner from her country.
Before her victory in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976, she competed as France's representative in the Miss Universe 1975 in San Salvador, El Salvador, and in the Miss World 1975 in London, United Kingd... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%20Perin |
Meshoppen can refer to:
Meshoppen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
The borough of Meshoppen, Pennsylvania | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshoppen |
The 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (2/4 RAR) was an Australian Army infantry battalion. 2/4 RAR was formed on 15 August 1973 by linking 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. 2/4 RAR was unlinked to re-form 2 RAR and 4 RAR on 1 February 1995. Throughout its e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd/4th%20Battalion%2C%20Royal%20Australian%20Regiment |
"Valenti" is a song by South Korean singer BoA, for her second Japanese studio album of the same name (2003). It was released by Avex Trax as her sixth Japanese single on August 28, 2002, and features "Realize (Stay With Me)" as a B-side. A Korean version of "Valenti" was further promoted off of her compilation album M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenti%20%28song%29 |
The Order of the Temple of the Rosy Cross (OTRC) was an early 20th century theosophical group. It was founded in 1912 by leaders of the Theosophical Society, including Annie Besant, Marie Russak and James Ingall Wedgwood.
According to Gregory Tillett, in Charles Webster Leadbeater 1854-1934, both Russak and Wedgwood w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order%20of%20the%20Temple%20of%20the%20Rosy%20Cross |
is a 1967 Japanese comedy film by film director Yoji Yamada.
Plot summary
The movie begins in an old castle in Europe with a very old woman lying in a bed, most likely dying. A priest, a nun and a man are praying in front of her bed. As they are praying, another man enters. He is a Japanese actor who, in broken German... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu-chan%20no%20Dekkai%20Yume |
Nate Myles (born 24 June 1985) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s, he last played for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League. A Queensland State of Origin and Australia national representative forward, he previously played for Canterbury-Bankstown, Sydney Rooster... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate%20Myles |
The 2006 end of year tests, also known as the 2006 Autumn Internationals, refers to several international rugby union matches that took place during November 2006 principally between touring teams from the southern hemisphere – Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and South Africa – and one or more te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20end-of-year%20rugby%20union%20internationals |
Tuula Anneli Björkling (born 1952) is a Finnish beauty queen who was adjudged Miss International 1973 on 13 October, held at the Exposition Hall Fairgrounds in Osaka, Japan. She is the first Finn to win the title.
Björkling joined the Miss World 1972 pageant in London, United Kingdom, wherein she placed sixth. She is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneli%20Bj%C3%B6rkling |
Järna (also Dala-Järna to distinguish it from Järna in Södertälje Municipality) is a locality situated in Vansbro Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,413 inhabitants in 2010.
The last traditional player of the Swedish bagpipes, Gudmunds Nils Larsson (died 1949) was from Järna.
Notable people
Mikael Strandb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4rna%2C%20Vansbro%20Municipality |
"Judicial scrivener" is a term used to refer to similar legal professions in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Judicial scriveners assist clients in commercial and real estate registration procedures and in the preparation of documents for litigation.
Japan
In Japan, are authorized to represent their clients in real est... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial%20scrivener |
The Hopetoun Monument is a monument in the Garleton Hills, near Camptoun, East Lothian, Scotland. It is tall and is situated on Byres Hill near Haddington.
History
The monument was erected in 1824 in memory of John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (1765–1823). The foundation stone was laid on May 3, 1824. There is an insc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopetoun%20Monument |
Houstoun is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
John Houstoun (1744 – 1796), American lawyer and statesman from Savannah, Georgia
Dr. William Houstoun (botanist) (1695–1733), British surgeon and botanist
William Houstoun (lawyer) (1755–1813), American lawyer, Continental Congressman for Georgia
Sir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houstoun |
Jalo Walamies (born June 1, 1975 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a Finnish musician and songwriter. Walamies' music has numerous influences, including country, folk, 1970s rock, and artists such Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Lynne and Francis Rossi. His lyrical influences include Kari Peitsamo, J. Karjalainen, Pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalo%20Walamies |
The chestnut-breasted partridge (Arborophila mandellii) is a partridge species endemic to the eastern Himalayas north of the Brahmaputra, and occurs in Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and south-eastern Tibet at elevations from . It is listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List, as the estimated popula... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-breasted%20partridge |
Banff () is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Macduff across the estuary of the River Deveron. It is a former royal burgh, and is the county town of the historic county of Banffshire.
Etymology
The origin of the name is not certain. While ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff%2C%20Aberdeenshire |
Tom Brands (born April 9, 1968) is an American former Olympic wrestler and is currently the head coach of the University of Iowa men's wrestling team. He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
An intense competitor, Brands' wrestling career with the University of Iowa included a record of 158-7-2 and an undefe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Brands |
Lidija Vera Manić (Pirot, 1953) was a Serbian model and beauty queen who became the first woman from Yugoslavia to win a major international title after being crowned Miss International 1975 in Motobu, Japan.
Miss International
Manić was succeeded by French delegate Sophie Perin as Miss International in 1976. Inciden... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidija%20Mani%C4%87 |
Michie may refer to:
People with the surname
Archibald Michie (1813–1899), Australian lawyer, journalist, Agent-General, Attorney-General of Victoria and politician
Bill Michie (1935–2017), British politician
Chris Michie (1948–2003), American musician and composer
David Michie (1928–2015), Scottish painter
Denni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michie |
Politechnika Metro is a station on Line M1 of the Warsaw Metro, located near the main campus of Warsaw University of Technology (Polish: Politechnika Warszawska) in Central Warsaw.
The station was opened on 7 April 1995 as the northern terminus of the inaugural stretch of the Warsaw Metro, between Kabaty and Politechn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politechnika%20metro%20station |
is a legal profession in Japan which files government licenses and permits, drafts documents, and provides legal advice around such interactions. They are also known as Immigration Lawyers, Gyosei-shoshi Lawyers or Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialists, although they are not allowed by the law to repres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative%20scrivener |
Appollo may refer to:
Appollo Hospital, K.G.Koppal, Mysore, India
Appollo Fibres Limited, merged to form Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
Appollo, codename for v4.0 of Railo, a web-scripting compiler
Idea-Fly Appollo, a drone from Idea-Fly UAV
Appollo Co., Ltd, a sanitary ware company in Guangzhou, China... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appollo |
Middle Point may refer to:
Middle Point, Ohio, United States
Middle Point, West Virginia, United States
Middle Point, Northern Territory, Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20Point |
Macduff () is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Banff across the estuary of the River Deveron. Macduff is a former burgh and was the last place in the United Kingdom where deep-water wooden fishing boats were built.
History
The settlement... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macduff%2C%20Aberdeenshire |
Configurators, also known as choice boards, design systems, toolkits, or co-design platforms, are responsible for guiding the user through the configuration process. Different variations are represented, visualized, assessed and priced which starts a learning-by-doing process for the user. While the term “configurator”... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configurator |
Metro Pole Mokotowskie is a station on Line M1 of the Warsaw Metro, located in the Mokotów district of Warsaw. It is named after the Pole Mokotowskie park nearby. It is located very close to the Warsaw School of Economics.
The station was opened on 7 April 1995 as part of the inaugural stretch of the Warsaw Metro, bet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole%20Mokotowskie%20metro%20station |
Middle Valley may refer to:
Middle Valley, New Zealand, a locality in the Mackenzie District
Middle Valley, New Jersey, United States
Middle Valley, Tennessee, United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20Valley |
Midville may refer to:
Midville, Georgia, a city in the United States
Midville, Lincolnshire, a village in the United Kingdom
See also
Mudville (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midville |
Pseudolaguvia is a genus of South Asian river catfishes. These species inhabit hill streams and large rivers. P. tenebricosa is found in fast running, clear water; the river has a sandy bottom and numerous rocks and boulders and aquatic vegetation is absent. P. inornata is from clear, shallow, moderately flowing stream... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudolaguvia |
The National Women's Service (; SERNAM) is a public service in Chile, a functionally decentralized organization, with its own funding, which is part of the cabinet-level Ministry of Planning and Cooperation under the President of Chile, created January 3, 1991 by the Law N° 19,023, with the goal of promoting the equali... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Women%27s%20Service%20%28Chile%29 |
Folgore is the Italian word for lightning. It may refer to:
Military
Macchi C.202 Folgore, an Italian fighter of World War II
Breda Folgore, an Italian anti-armor weapon
Traditional name for parachute units of the Italian Army
185th Parachute Division Folgore, a World War II Italian Army unit
Folgore Brigade, the mode... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folgore |
Sainte-Adèle () is a municipality in Quebec, Canada, and is part of the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality. It lies on Route 117 about north-west of Montreal. Its tourism-based economy centres on its skiing and hotel industry. Sainte-Adèle had a population of 12,137 as of 2011.
History
In 1842 Augustin-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Ad%C3%A8le |
Milam, can refer to:
Dream yoga, (T:rmi-lam; S:).
People
J. B. Milam, chief of the Cherokee Nation
William Milam, American diplomat
Benjamin Milam, Texas Revolution figure
Carl H. Milam, American librarian
Marcus A. Milam, businessman from Florida
Lorenzo Milam, American writer and activist
Places
Milam, Tex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milam |
Woolton Picture House (also known as Woolton Cinema) is a privately owned cinema in the Woolton area of Liverpool, England. It is the only remaining single-screen cinema in the city, and is popular with cinema enthusiasts because of its old-fashioned atmosphere. The music of Mantovani plays before the main programme an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolton%20Picture%20House |
Christian Heinrich Arthur Drews (; 1 November 1865 – 15 July 1935) was a German writer, historian, philosopher, and important representative of German monist thought. He was born in Uetersen, Holstein, in present-day Germany.
Biography
Drews became a professor of philosophy and German language at the Technische Hochsc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Drews |
Milden may refer to the following places:
MILDEN, Turkish Navy's national Reis-class submarine project
Milden, Angus, Scotland
Rural Municipality of Milden No. 286, Saskatchewan, Canada
Milden, Saskatchewan, Canada
Milden Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
Milden, Suffolk, England
Moudon, Canton Vaud, Switzerland
Sharps, Virg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milden |
Tornik may refer to:
Places
Tornik (peak), a mountain in Zlatibor, Serbia
Tornik ski resort
Tornik, Ljubovija, a village in Mačva District, Serbia
Other uses
Tornike, a Georgian masculine given name | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornik |
Montague James Furlong (22 July 1868 – 14 March 1913), commonly known as Jim Hall, was an Australian middleweight boxer. He won the Australian middleweight title in 1887 before moving to the United States in an attempt to take the World title from Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey. Described as "one of the best little fighters ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Hall%20%28boxer%29 |
Mount Nicholson () is a tall mountain located in Wan Chai District, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The hill is believed to be named for Hong Kong Volunteer Corps Adjunct Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson.
History
The 1st Rover Moot in Hong Kong was held by The Scout Association of Hong Kong in August 1940 at Mount Nichols... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Nicholson |
Citizen Dog (; ; ) is a 2004 Thai romance film, directed by Wisit Sasanatieng and based on a novel by Wisit's wife, Koynuch (Siriphan Techajindawong), which was illustrated by him. The second film by the director of Tears of the Black Tiger, it is a colorful story set in contemporary Bangkok, where a boy (Pod) without ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%20Dog%20%28film%29 |
Mildred may refer to:
People
Mildred (name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
Saint Mildrith, 8th-century Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet
Milred (died 774), Anglo-Saxon prelate, Bishop of Worcester
Henry Mildred (1795–1877), South Australian politician
Henry Hay Mildred (1839–192... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred |
Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism is a 1991 book by Fredric Jameson, in which the author offers a critique of modernism and postmodernism from a Marxist perspective. The book began as a 1984 article in the New Left Review. It has been presented as his "most wide-ranging and accessible book".
Con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism%2C%20or%2C%20the%20Cultural%20Logic%20of%20Late%20Capitalism |
Higher-order volitions (or higher-order desire), as opposed to action-determining volitions, are volitions about volitions. Higher-order volitions are potentially more often guided by long-term beliefs and reasoning. A higher-order volition can go unfulfilled due to uncontrolled lower-order volitions.
The philosopher ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher-order%20volition |
Mill Village may refer to:
Mill village, a settlement that developed around one or more mills or factories
Mill Village, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mill Village, Pennsylvania, United States
See also
Mooresville Mill Village
Peppermill Village, Maryland
Spring Mill Village, Indiana | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill%20Village |
Paul Gottfried Drews (8 May 1858, Eibenstock, Kingdom of Saxony – 1 August 1912, Halle) was a German Lutheran theologian.
He studied theology at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig and at the University of Göttingen, then served as a pastor in Burkau (from 1883) and Dresden (from 1889). In 1894 he became an associate professo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Drews |
The Formartine and Buchan Way is a long-distance trail in Scotland, extending from Dyce north to Peterhead and Fraserburgh in the Buchan and Formartine districts of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It follows the track of a former railway line, the Formartine and Buchan Railway, and is open to walkers, cyclists and horse rid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formartine%20and%20Buchan%20Way |
Surface feet per minute (SFPM or SFM) is the combination of a physical quantity (surface speed) and an imperial and American customary unit (feet per minute or FPM). It is defined as the number of linear feet that a location on a rotating component travels in one minute. Its most common use is in the measurement of cut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20feet%20per%20minute |
Khanna may refer to:
Places
Khanna, Ludhiana, a city in the Ludhiana district of Punjab, India
Khanna, Firozpur, a village in Firozpur district of Punjab, India
Khanna Chamaran, a village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India
Khanna Majra, a village in Ambala district of Haryana, India
Name
Khanna (name), a sur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanna |
Millen may refer to:
Geography
Millen, Georgia, a city
Millen Township, Michigan
Millen, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Millen (Belgium), a village in the municipality of Riemst
Millen (Germany), a village in the municipality of Selfkant
Millen Range, a mountain range in Antarctica
People
Millen ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millen |
Surf art is visual art about or related to the sport of surfing, waves, and the culture that surrounds beaches.
There is a strong connection between art and surf culture, which reaches back 3,000 years to Peru, where some of the world's first historians carved bas-reliefs of surfers. The intersection of surf and art re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf%20art |
Siby is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of southern Mali. The commune contains 21 villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 26,632. The village lies 50 km southwest of the capital, Bamako, on the plain to the south of the Monts Mandingues. The RN5 road that links Bama... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siby%2C%20Mali |
Riesz's lemma (after Frigyes Riesz) is a lemma in functional analysis. It specifies (often easy to check) conditions that guarantee that a subspace in a normed vector space is dense. The lemma may also be called the Riesz lemma or Riesz inequality. It can be seen as a substitute for orthogonality when the normed space ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riesz%27s%20lemma |
Millerville can refer to a location in the United States:
Millerville, Alabama
Millerville, California, former name of Millersville, California
Millerville, Minnesota
Millerville Township, Douglas County, Minnesota | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millerville |
A yacht broker is a specialist who serves yacht or boat sellers and/or buyers as a representative for the sale or purchase of a yacht or boat. The yacht broker is paid an agreed commission by the seller to market the yacht for sale, field interest and inquiries from buyers, handle negotiations, attend inspection and w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht%20broker |
This is an incomplete list of Philippine college team nicknames:
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See also
College basketball in the Philippines
List of Philippine men's collegiate basketball champions
Team nicknames
Philippine college
Sports culture in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Philippine%20college%20team%20nicknames |
Anne of Bohemia may refer to:
Anne of Bohemia (1204–1265), Duchess consort of Silesia
Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313), eldest surviving daughter of Venceslaus II of Bohemia, first wife of Henry of Carinthia, 1306–1310 king of Bohemia
Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Austria (1323–1338), daughter of John of Bohemia, second w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20of%20Bohemia%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Boris Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum (; 16 October 1886 – 2 November 1959) was a Russian Empire and Soviet literary scholar and historian of Russian literature. He is a representative of Russian formalism.
Biography
Eikhenbaum was born in Voronezh, the grandson of Jewish mathematician and poet Jacob Eichenbaum. His childhoo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20Eikhenbaum |
The National Tainan Girls' Senior High School () is a public senior high school in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was established in 1917 and is considered one of the most prestigious high schools in Taiwan, usually only accepting students who rank in the top 3 percentile of the Taiwan Basic Scholastic Test.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Tainan%20Girls%27%20Senior%20High%20School |
Diocese of Turku may refer to the following ecclesiastical jurisdictions with episcopal see in Turku (Åbo), in Finland :
the former Roman Catholic Diocese of Turku (Åbo)
Bishopric of Turku, originally Roman Catholic, later Lutheran
the present Lutheran Archdiocese of Turku | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese%20of%20Turku |
The Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral () is the main Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It is located in the city center, overlooking Plaza de Mayo, on the corner of San Martín and Rivadavia streets, in the San Nicolás neighbourhood. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and the primati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos%20Aires%20Metropolitan%20Cathedral |
Rogge is a German and Dutch surname. It originates from the word rogge, meaning rye, and referring to a grower, baker or merchant of rye or rye bread. it may also be derived from a short version of the given name Roger. Notable people with the surname include:
Bernhard Rogge (1899–1982), German naval officer
Benjamin ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogge |
William David Davies (1 April 1948 – 10 February 2021) was a Welsh professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper between 1969 and 1987. He made 52 appearances for the Wales national team and played for Everton, Wrexham (twice), Tranmere Rovers and at Swansea City (three spells).
Background
Born William David Dav... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai%20Davies%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201948%29 |
Jane Foster is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writers Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #84 (September 1962). Jane Foster was introduced as a love interest of the superhero Thor Odinson until becoming... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Foster |
Sweetie is a 1989 Australian black comedy drama film directed by Jane Campion, and starring Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, and Jon Darling. Co-written by Campion and Gerard Lee, the film documents the contentious and chaotic relationships among a woman in her twenties, her parents, and her emotionally unsta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetie%20%281989%20film%29 |
Leo Blech (21 April 1871 – 25 August 1958) was a German opera composer and conductor who is perhaps most famous for his work at the Königliches Opernhaus (later the Berlin State Opera / Staatsoper Unter den Linden) from 1906 to 1937, and later as the conductor of Berlin's Städtische Oper from 1949 to 1953. Blech was k... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20Blech |
Space (Hyperspace in the United States) is a 2001 BBC documentary which ran for six episodes covering a number of topics in relation to outer space. The series is hosted and narrated by actor Sam Neill.
Episodes
DVD releases
The series was released on region 2 DVD in 2001 by BBC Video.
In 2002, the series was release... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20%282001%20TV%20series%29 |
The 2006 Barnet Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
Background
The last election in 2002 saw the Conservatives gain a majority of seats ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Barnet%20London%20Borough%20Council%20election |
Tikkurila Oyj is a Finnish manufacturer of paints and lacquers. The main office and most of the production is located in Kuninkaala (neighboring district to Tikkurila), Vantaa near Helsinki.
The company was founded in 1862 as Dickursby Oljeslageri to produce linseed oil and varnish, and was acquired by the Helsinki co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikkurila%20%28corporation%29 |
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