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The Teletype Corporation, a part of American Telephone and Telegraph Company's Western Electric manufacturing arm since 1930, came into being in 1928 when the Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Company changed its name to the name of its trademark equipment. Teletype was responsible for the research, development and manufacture of d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype%20Corporation |
David A. Immerglück (born May 3, 1961) is an American multi-instrumentalist who is best known as a guitarist in the alternative rock bands Counting Crows, Camper Van Beethoven and the Monks of Doom, as well as for his tenure with American singer songwriter John Hiatt. A versatile musician, Immerglück plays mandolin, pe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Immergl%C3%BCck |
The Revolutionary Cells (, abbreviated RZ) were a self-described "urban guerrilla" organisation that was active between 1973 and 1995. The West German Interior Ministry described it as one of West Germany's most dangerous leftist terrorist groups in the early 1980s. According to the office of the German Federal Prosecu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary%20Cells%20%28German%20group%29 |
Jason Eric Dawe (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Early life
Dawe was born in North York and grew up in Scarborough. As a youth, Dawe played in the 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Young Nationals minor ice hockey team.
Dawe played his junior ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Dawe%20%28ice%20hockey%29 |
LIRG may refer to:
Luminous infrared galaxy
Guidonia Air Force Base, by ICAO code
See also
LRG (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIRG |
Laurentian Codex or Laurentian Letopis () is a collection of chronicles that includes the oldest extant version of the Primary Chronicle and its continuations, mostly relating the events in the northeastern Rus' principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal.
Compilation
The codex was not just copied by the Nizhegorod monk Lauren... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentian%20Codex |
Juken New Zealand, formerly known as Juken Nissho is a Japanese-owned forestry company operating in New Zealand.
The company
Juken Nissho was formed for the 1990 purchase of licences to run previously publicly owned forests covering nearly 600 km² of Northland, the Wairarapa and East Cape. It operates plants at Kaitai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juken%20New%20Zealand |
Mixed connective tissue disease, commonly abbreviated as MCTD, is an autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of elevated blood levels of a specific autoantibody, now called anti-U1 ribonucleoprotein (RNP) together with a mix of symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), scleroderma, and polymyositis. The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed%20connective%20tissue%20disease |
The Norfolk and Western J class was a class of fourteen 4-8-4 "Northern" streamlined steam locomotives built by the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) at its Roanoke Shops in Roanoke, Virginia between 1941 and 1950. They performed flawlessly, making them the most powerful 4-8-4 steam locomotives ever produced. The class... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk%20and%20Western%20J%20Class%20%281941%29 |
The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter is a 1984 Hong Kong film by Shaw Brothers, directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Gordon Liu, Kara Hui and Alexander Fu (in his final film appearance). It was released as The Invincible Pole Fighters outside of Hong Kong and Invincible Pole Fighter in North America.
Alexander Fu died in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Eight%20Diagram%20Pole%20Fighter |
Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd. is a mining company incorporated in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The company owns and operates Chromite and Magnesite mines in Balochistan Province. It was initially incorporated as Baluchistan Chrome Mines Ltd in 1902 during colonial rule.
The company was owned by Pacific Energy & ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan%20Chrome%20Mines%20Ltd |
A digital cross-connect system (DCS or DXC) is a piece of circuit-switched network equipment, used in telecommunications networks, that allows lower-level TDM bit streams, such as DS0 bit streams, to be rearranged and interconnected among higher-level TDM signals, such as DS1 bit streams. DCS units are available that o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20cross-connect%20system |
Simon Wiggins (born 11 September 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
He was recruited as the number 15 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Glenorchy. He made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 5, 2001 against St Kilda.
Wiggins has battled w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Wiggins |
Miloš Šarčev (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Шарчев; born January 17, 1964) is an IFBB bodybuilder from Bečej, Serbia.
Biography
Šarčev was Mr. Yugoslavia twice and in 1989 he won the Mr. Universe title. Šarčev nearly died when he struck a vein in one of his triceps while injecting Synthol, a popular site enhancement oil.
H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo%C5%A1%20%C5%A0ar%C4%8Dev |
Battle of Kabul may refer to:
Battle of Kabul (709), during the Islamic conquest of Afghanistan
Siege of Kabul (1504), during the campaigns of Babur
Kabul Expedition (1842) (August–October 1842), during the First Anglo-Afghan War
Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment (December 1879), during the Second Anglo-Afghan War
During... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Kabul |
Maria Olivia Daytia-Prats (born October 20, 1981), better known by the screen name Isabel Oli, is a Filipina model and actress.
Background
Oli is the youngest of seven children to a Filipino father of Chinese descent and a Filipina mother of Spanish descent. She finished her secondary education at Cebu Eastern College... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel%20Oli |
Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Jr. (September 21, 1817 – August 15, 1888) was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army in several antebellum wars and then in the Confederate States Army as a general in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
Early life and career
Stevenson was born to a promin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter%20L.%20Stevenson |
The 95th Aero Squadron was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. It was the first American pursuit (fighter) squadron to fly in combat on the Western Front, beginning on 8 March 1918.
The squadron was assigned as a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron as part of the 1st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th%20Aero%20Squadron |
Luminous infrared galaxies or LIRGs are galaxies with luminosities, the measurement of brightness, above . They are also referred to as submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) through their normal method of detection. LIRGs are more abundant than starburst galaxies, Seyfert galaxies and quasi-stellar objects at comparable lumino... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous%20infrared%20galaxy |
"Lust for Life" is a 1977 song performed by American singer Iggy Pop and co-written by David Bowie, featured on the album of the same name. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it at 149 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", re-ranking it at No. 325 in their 2021 updated list.
Composition and performance
C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lust%20for%20Life%20%28Iggy%20Pop%20song%29 |
This is a bibliography of works by American writer John W. Campbell Jr.
The bibliography is in chronological order of first publication of the books. In most cases only first editions are shown for each title, with the following exceptions. Both British and US editions are shown for Who Goes There? as the title was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20W.%20Campbell%20bibliography |
Franco Moschino (27 February 1950 – 18 September 1994) was an Italian fashion designer best known as the founder of the Italian fashion house Moschino.
Early years
He was born in Abbiategrasso, Lombardy, located c. 22 km from Milan. Moschino's family owned an iron foundry that his father hoped he would work. However, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco%20Moschino |
Nativism may refer to:
Nativism (politics), a term used by scholars to refer to ethnocentric beliefs relating to immigration and nationalism
Nativism (psychology), a concept in psychology and philosophy which asserts certain concepts are "native" or in the brain at birth
Linguistic nativism, a theory that grammar is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativism |
End of Amnesia is the second studio album by M. Ward. Originally released by Future Farmer Records, it has been reissued on M. Ward Records.
Track listing
References
2001 albums
M. Ward albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End%20of%20Amnesia |
The Juno Awards of 1980, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 2 April 1980 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings at the Harbour Castle Hilton.
CBC Television broadcast the ceremonies throughout Canada from 9pm Eastern Time, and the show was seen by an est... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno%20Awards%20of%201980 |
Norman Abrams (born July 7, 1933) is an American academic, and Professor Emeritus at the UCLA School of Law. He succeeded Albert Carnesale on 30 June 2006 as interim-chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles until his permanent replacement, Gene D. Block, took office on 1 August 2007.
Early life and educ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Abrams |
The following is a list of notable Microsoft Visual Studio Add-ins. Add-ins are software products designed to be used in conjunction with and extend Microsoft Visual Studio. There are many versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, so some of these products may not be compatible with all versions of the product. Managed a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Microsoft%20Visual%20Studio%20add-ins |
Speed Freaks (released as Speed Punks in North America) is a racing video game developed by Funcom Dublin for the PlayStation released in 1999. It supports up to two players (four with a multitap for PlayStation).
The game involves racing around a variety of tracks while using several weapons; including items that mak... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20Freaks |
The Juno Awards of 1981, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 5 February 1981 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by multiple co-presenters at the O'Keefe Centre. The first co-hosts were Andrea Martin and John Candy of SCTV fame, then Frank Mills and Ginette Reno, and fin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno%20Awards%20of%201981 |
Richard Durst is an academic administrator who served as the eighth and last president of Baldwin-Wallace College located in Berea, Ohio. He became president in 2006 and remained until 2012. Durst was replaced by Robert C. Helmer in July 2012 as the school converted to Baldwin Wallace University
Childhood, education, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Durst |
The Juno Awards of 1982, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 14 April 1982 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings at the Harbour Castle Hilton Convention Centre in the Grand Metropolitan Ballroom.
The biggest winner this year was Loverboy with a record si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno%20Awards%20of%201982 |
The Juno Awards of 1983, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 5 April 1983 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Burton Cummings and Alan Thicke at the Harbour Castle Hilton in the Metropolitan Ballroom.
Western Canadian artists have proven to be a major force in the mus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno%20Awards%20of%201983 |
The Juno Awards of 1984, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 5 December 1984 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Joe Flaherty and Andrea Martin of SCTV at Exhibition Place Automotive Building. The ceremonies were broadcast on CBC Television from 8pm Eastern Time.
1984... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno%20Awards%20of%201984 |
The following is a list of the episodes of the HBO television drama Oz. Each episode addresses a particular theme, which is addressed during Augustus Hill's narratives as well as during various points in the actual episode. During the first six episodes of season 6, Hill shares the narration with another inmate. In the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Oz%20episodes |
Mr. Nobody (Eric Morden) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the founder of the Brotherhood of Dada and an enemy of the Doom Patrol. Introduced as Morden in Doom Patrol #86 (March 1964), the character was re-envisioned as Mr. Nobody for Doom Patrol vol. 2 #26 (September 198... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Nobody%20%28comics%29 |
This is a list of German weapons of World War I.
Infantry weapons
Bayard M1908 (semi-automatic pistol)
Beholla M1915 (semi-automatic pistol)
Bergmann–Bayard M1910 (semi-automatic pistol)
Bergmann MP 18-I (submachine gun)
Dreyse M1907 (semi-automatic pistol)
Flachmine 17 (anti-tank mine)
Frommer M1912 Stop (pis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20German%20weapons%20of%20World%20War%20I |
Smash is the debut studio album by Jackson and His Computerband. It was released via Warp in 2005.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66% based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable revie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash%20%28Jackson%20and%20His%20Computerband%20album%29 |
Trent Sporn (born 23 September 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Sporn was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from North Adelaide. Although recruited from South Australia, he grew up in the Victorian town of Murrayville.
Primaril... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent%20Sporn |
Kaabu (1537–1867), also written Gabu, Ngabou, and N'Gabu, was a federation of Mandinka kingdoms in the Senegambia region centered within modern northeastern Guinea-Bissau, large parts of today's Gambia, and extending into Koussanar, Koumpentoum, and the Casamance in Senegal.
It rose to prominence as an imperial milita... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaabu |
Ted Slampyak is an American comic strip cartoonist who drew Little Orphan Annie until its cancellation in 2010. He also draws the color webcomic Jazz Age Chronicles, a comic based in 1920s Boston. He is now the artist contributor to the Art of Manliness, a popular blog.
Slampyak was born in Philadelphia and is a 1987 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Slampyak |
was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama through early Edo periods. Also known as Teruzumi, Zentō, or Naritoyo. Retainer of Ukita Naoie, the major daimyō of Bizen Province. Also known by his court title, .
Takenori also served as a strategist under Naoie's son Ukita Hideie. At the Battle of Sekigahara, he fought ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi%20Takenori |
Bill Wilmore is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder.
About
Wilmore was born in 1971 in Pennsylvania. This professional bodybuilder stands at tall. He weighs during his off season but his competition weight is . Wilmore is married.
Career
On top of competing professionally, Wilmore is also a personal trainer.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Wilmore |
Jake Edwards (born 6 January 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Edwards played TAC Cup football with the Western Jets, and was selected in the 2005 AFL National Draft by the Carlton Football Club with its third round draft pick (#36 overa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake%20Edwards%20%28Australian%20footballer%29 |
Town Shoes Ltd. was a Canadian chain of shoe stores founded by Leonard Simpson in 1952.
The business had 38 locations operating across Canada.
Timeline
In 2014, DSW, Inc., now Designer Brands, Inc., acquired a 44% stake in Town Shoes.
In May 2018, DSW purchased the remainder of the company.
On August 28, 2018, D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town%20Shoes |
This is a gallery of national flags of Oceania.
Flags of Oceanian sovereign states
Flags of Oceanian dependencies and other territories
Flags of Oceanian sub-divisions
States of Australia
Territories of Australia
Associated states of New Zealand
Regions of New Zealand
Components of the Federated States of Micro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags%20of%20Oceania |
Al-watan (), meaning homeland, heimat, country, or nation, may refer to:
Politics
Al-Watan means 'national' in Arabic and in Persian (وطن), the articles titles on Wikipedia for political parties are sometimes translated as 'national', sometimes as 'al-watan', 'al-watani' or 'watani'. Wataniyya may also refer to State-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Watan |
In ancient Roman religion, the Compitalia (; ) was an annual festival in honor of the Lares Compitales, household deities of the crossroads, to whom sacrifices were offered at the places where two or more ways met.
This festival is more ancient than the building of Rome. It is said by some writers to have been institu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compitalia |
The culture of Montenegro is as pluralistic and diverse as its history and geographical position would suggest. Montenegro's culture has been influenced by the Serbian Empire, the Byzantine Empire, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Christianity, the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, Austria-Hungary, and Yugoslavia.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20Montenegro |
Strummin' with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen is a tribute album released on June 6, 2006. It features artists (including original Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth) performing covers of Van Halen songs of the Roth era, done in bluegrass style music. Roth appeared on several late night talkshows to promote t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strummin%27%20with%20the%20Devil%3A%20The%20Southern%20Side%20of%20Van%20Halen |
Andrew Carrazzo (born 15 December 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Junior career
Carrazzo played junior football with the St Simons Football Club in Rowville and with the Knox Eagles Football Club in Ferntree Gu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Carrazzo |
LeAnne Howe (born April 29, 1951, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) is an American author and Eidson Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at the University of Georgia, Athens. She previously taught American Indian Studies and English at the University of Minnesota and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeAnne%20Howe |
p21Cip1 (alternatively p21Waf1), also known as cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1 or CDK-interacting protein 1, is a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (CKI) that is capable of inhibiting all cyclin/CDK complexes, though is primarily associated with inhibition of CDK2. p21 represents a major target of p53 activity and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P21 |
Toney Freeman (born August 30, 1966) is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder and brand ambassador residing in Atlanta, Georgia.
Biography
Freeman's nickname is The X-Man because his body characterizes the "X-frame" of classical bodybuilding: broad shoulders, narrow waist, and flaring thighs. He has been featured ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toney%20Freeman |
Royal is a ghost town that existed in the early 1900s as a small coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, United States. Originally called Bear Canyon, the town was renamed Cameron, Rolapp, and finally Royal when the Royal Coal Company purchased it, changing names each time a new owner took over. All that remains of Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%2C%20Utah |
Cosmopolitan Dock () was one of the major dockyards in Hong Kong.
History
Founded in 1880 and located on the exterior of former Tai Kok Tsui peninsula in Kowloon, the dockyard belonged to then-British owned Hutchison Whampoa. The dockyard was created from land reclamation in the 1870s.
Amid the Sino-French War in 18... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan%20Dock |
Macleod is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Banyule and Darebin local government areas. Macleod recorded a population of 9,892 at the 2021 census.
Macleod West refers to the predominantly residential locality to the west of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macleod%2C%20Victoria |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a 1993 collection of interconnected short stories by Sherman Alexie. The characters and stories in the book, particularly "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona", provided the basis of Alexie's screenplay for the film Smoke Signals.
The collection was originall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lone%20Ranger%20and%20Tonto%20Fistfight%20in%20Heaven |
John Rowswell (May 18, 1955 – August 31, 2010) was a Canadian politician who served as the mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario from 2000 to 2010. He was first elected in the 2000 municipal election, defeating Steve Butland, and in 2006 he was re-elected for his third term with approximately 56.5% of the vote. He was a c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Rowswell |
Oberweis Dairy, headquartered in North Aurora, Illinois, is the parent company of several dairy-related and fast food restaurant operations in the midwest region of the United States. Its businesses include a home delivery service available in parts of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberweis%20Dairy |
Beasts of No Nation is a 2005 novel by the Nigerian-American author Uzodinma Iweala, that takes its title from Fela Kuti's 1989 album of the same name. The book won the 2005 Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and was adapted as a movie in 2015.
The novel follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to jo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beasts%20of%20No%20Nation |
The Ethiopian News Agency ( Ye-Ityopya Zéna Agelgelot (IZA) or ENA) is the official news agency of the government of Ethiopia. It is the oldest news organisation in Ethiopia.
Creation
The ENA's inception dates back to 1942, when a news distribution service was opened as part of the Press Department, which was within t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian%20News%20Agency |
In the Catholic Church, liturgy is divine worship, the proclamation of the Gospel, and active charity. Catholic liturgies are broadly categorized as the Latin liturgical rites of the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic liturgies of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
Liturgical principles
The Catholic Church understands ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20liturgy |
The G1/S transition is a stage in the cell cycle at the boundary between the G1 phase, in which the cell grows, and the S phase, during which DNA is replicated. It is governed by cell cycle checkpoints to ensure cell cycle integrity and the subsequent S phase can pause in response to improperly or partially replicated ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G1/S%20transition |
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Caribbean%20folk%20music%20traditions |
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20South%20American%20folk%20music%20traditions |
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Central%20American%20folk%20music%20traditions |
This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20North%20American%20folk%20music%20traditions |
The Folkston Railfan Platform is located in Folkston, Georgia along CSX Transportation's Nahunta Subdivision, and provides a location where railfans can safely view and photograph trains. With the help of a $30,000 state grant, the city built the train-watching platform in 2001 and is promoted by county and state touri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkston%20Railfan%20Platform |
Conrad Editora (also known as Conrad) is a book publishing company in Brazil. Generally known as one of the most popular distributors of manga and manhwa in the Brazilian Portuguese language.
Publishing history
Manga
Absolute Boyfriend, by the name of Zettai Kareshi: O Namorado Perfeito
Adolf (2006 - 2007)
Bambi a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad%20Editora |
The gonfalon, gonfanon, gonfalone (from the early Italian confalone) is a type of heraldic flag or banner, often pointed, swallow-tailed, or with several streamers, and suspended from a crossbar in an identical manner to the ancient Roman vexillum. It was first adopted by Italian medieval communes, and later, by local ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonfalon |
Al-Watan (in Arabic الوطن meaning The Homeland) was a Kuwaiti Arabic language daily published by the Al Watan publishing house. The editor in chief was Khalifa Al Ali Al Sabah, a member of the Kuwaiti ruling family, Al Sabah. The paper was in circulation between 1974 and 2015.
History and profile
The paper was launche... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Watan%20%28Kuwait%29 |
Vern Oliver Knudsen (December 27, 1893 – May 13, 1974) was an American acoustical physicist.
Biography
Knudsen received his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University (BYU) with an A.B. in 1915. Following his graduation from BYU Knudsen served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern%20Oliver%20Knudsen |
Walta Media and Communication Corporate S.C. or Walta, previously called Walta Information and Public Relations Center S.C., or Walta Information Center, is an Ethiopian commercial media conglomerate owned and operated by the Ethiopian government. Walta, located in Addis Ababa, was founded in 1994 and supplies the Ethi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walta |
Ann Mulvale (born 1949) is a Canadian politician. She served as mayor of Oakville, Ontario for 18 years, from 1988 to 2006.
Mayor of Oakville
Mulvale was first elected mayor in 1988, defeating incumbent Bill Perras, after unsuccessfully running against him in 1985. Mulvale was acclaimed mayor in 1991 and re-elected th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20Mulvale |
Rock TV is an Italian music TV channel based in Milan. It is devoted to rock, alternative rock, heavy metal and punk rock, and launched in Italy on SKY Italia channel 718 in 2001. Produces also Rock Wave, a radio program on air on Rai Radio 2.
The owner is Seven Music Entertainment, owned by Gianluca Galliani, son of A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20TV |
Khandaq () is a village in Charuymaq-e Sharqi Rural District, Shadian District, Charuymaq County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 20, in 5 families.
References
Populated places in Charuymaq County | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khandaq |
Albligen (former French name: Albenon) is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged into the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.
History
Albligen is first mentioned in 1346 as Alb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albligen |
The steely-vented hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
Taxonomy and systematics
The steely-vented hummingbird was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study publ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steely-vented%20hummingbird |
The blue-vented hummingbird (Saucerottia hoffmanni) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
Taxonomy and systematics
The blue-vented hummingbird was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia as a subspecies of the steely-vented hum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-vented%20hummingbird |
The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) is the part of the Ethiopian government which regulates the telecommunications and Postal sectors of Ethiopia. Its primary objective is to promote the development of high quality, efficient, reliable and affordable communications services in Ethiopia. It is also accountable ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian%20Telecommunication%20Agency |
Live in Tokyo 25th November 2005 is a 2005 (see 2005 in music) album by Underworld. It is a recording of Underworld's live performance at the Electraglide festival in Tokyo on 25 November 2005.
This limited edition 3-CD set was originally available to order only at the 2005 Electraglide shows in Tokyo and Osaka. It ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20in%20Tokyo%2025th%20November%202005 |
Unknown Man #89 is a crime novel written by Elmore Leonard, published in 1977, just after his novel Swag, and preceding The Hunted. It is a sequel to The Big Bounce.
Plot summary
Detroit process server Jack Ryan has a reputation for finding men who don't want to be found. A string of seemingly unrelated crimes leads ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown%20Man%20No.%2089 |
Joseph J. Fabbro (June 14, 1914 – January 16, 1978) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1957 to 1959, 1964 to 1965 and 1968 to 1975, and as chair of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury from 1975 to 1977.
Fabbro also ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Sudbury elector... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Fabbro |
Rüschegg is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is also a Swiss Reformed Church parish.
History
Rüschegg is first mentioned around 1417-28 as Ruesseg. Until 1860 Rüschegg was part of Guggisberg. The village church was built in 1813. In 1860, when it b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCschegg |
Robert Little may refer to:
Robert Little (journalist), American journalist for the Baltimore Sun
Robert Little (minister) (1762–1827), English-American Unitarian minister
Robert A. Little (1895–1918), Australian pilot
Rob Little (born 1972), American stand-up comedian and actor
Robert Little (architect) (1919–200... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Little |
John S.S. Graham (1915, in Belfast, Ireland – 29 December 1997) was an important Irish Republican Army (IRA) activist in the 1940s.
He was a member of a Protestant group (including George Gilmore and George Plant) who joined the IRA, and for a time in the 1940s they formed a company of the IRA in Belfast. He rose to b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Graham%20%28Irish%20republican%29 |
The Charaka Samhita (, “Compendium of Charaka”) is a Sanskrit text on Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine). Along with the Sushruta Samhita, it is one of the two foundational texts of this field that have survived from ancient India. It is one of the three works that constitute the Brhat Trayi.
The text is based on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charaka%20Samhita |
William Carlton Lanyon Dawe, generally known as Carlton Dawe (30 July 1865 – 30 May 1935), was a prolific Australian author of over 70 books including romance, mystery and crime.
Biography
William was born in Moonta, South Australia in 1865 to Henry Dawe and Francis Lanyon. Dawe was born in Adelaide and came from an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton%20Dawe |
The Albert Memorial Bridge is a beam bridge that spans across the north and south banks of Wascana Creek along Albert Street
in Regina, Saskatchewan. This functional war memorial is 256 metres (840 feet) long and 22 metres (72 feet) wide.
History
The Albert Memorial Bridge's construction was part of a larger relief p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Memorial%20Bridge%20%28Regina%2C%20Saskatchewan%29 |
The Sushruta Samhita () is an ancient Sanskrit text on medicine and surgery, and one of the most important such treatises on this subject to survive from the ancient world. The Compendium of Suśruta is one of the foundational texts of Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine), alongside the Charaka-Saṃhitā, the Bhela-Saṃh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushruta%20Samhita |
Equine anatomy encompasses the gross and microscopic anatomy of horses, ponies and other equids, including donkeys, mules and zebras. While all anatomical features of equids are described in the same terms as for other animals by the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature in the book Nomina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine%20anatomy |
The 33rd G8 summit was held at Kempinski Grand Hotel, 6–8 June 2007. The summit took place in Heiligendamm in the Northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the Baltic Coast. The locations of previous G7 / G8 summits to have been hosted by Germany include Bonn (1978, 1985), Munich (1992), and Cologne (1999).
O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd%20G8%20summit |
Mustafa Mohammad (born January 1, 1968) is a retired IFBB professional bodybuilder. He came in tenth place in the championship of Mr. Olympia held in Las Vegas in 2005. He was elected in 2013 as Assistant President of the Austrian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, and Assistant to the President of the European Fe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa%20Mohammad |
Cherunniyoor is a village in Varkala Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India.It is situated 3.4km south of Varkala Town center and also one of 5 panchayats that shares border with Varkala municipality. Palachira and Vadaserikonam junctions in cheruniyoor panchayat is two of the fastest urban... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherunniyoor |
The World Karate Federation (WKF) is the largest international governing body of sport karate with 198 member countries. It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than a hundred million members. The WKF organizes their Junior and Senior Karate World Championships,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Karate%20Federation |
Manikonda Chalapathi Rau (1908 or 1910 – 25 March 1983) was an Indian journalist and author who served as the Editor-in-chief of the English daily National Herald from 1946 to 1978. He is regarded as one of the greatest editors in the history of Indian journalism. He worked as an assistant editor of Hindustan Times ear... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20Chalapathi%20Rau |
Johnnie Otis Jackson (born January 30, 1971, in Hammonton, New Jersey) is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder and powerlifter. Jackson has been said to have one of the best developed upper bodies in professional bodybuilding in the world. He is known for training in Arlington, Texas, with fellow American IFBB pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnnie%20O.%20Jackson |
Kwame Montsho Ajamu Somburu (born Paul Benjamin Boutelle; October 13, 1934 – May 3, 2016) was an activist, politician, black nationalist, and member of the Socialist Workers Party. In 1979, he changed his name to Kwame Montsho Ajamu Somburu.
Activism
Boutelle campaigned as a socialist candidate for Mayor of New York ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Boutelle |
PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri, commonly known as Indosiar, is an Indonesian over-the-air television network. It broadcasts nationwide on UHF and can be received throughout the Indonesian archipelago on analog PAL television sets, established on 19 July 1991, later began test broadcast on 18 December 1994, and officially l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indosiar |
"The Lotus Eaters" is a science fiction short story by American writer Stanley G. Weinbaum originally published in the April 1935 issue of Astounding Stories. "The Lotus Eaters" was Weinbaum's fifth published story, and is a sequel to "Parasite Planet".
Plot summary
A month after the events in "Parasite Planet", Ham... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lotus%20Eaters%20%28Weinbaum%29 |
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