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Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock was a Hong Kong dockyard, once among the largest in Asia.
History
Founded in 1866 by Douglas Lapraik and Thomas Sutherland, the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company (known as Hong Kong Kowloon and Whampoa Dock Company). In 1865, it was known as Kowloon Docks and located on the west Kowloon coa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kong%20and%20Whampoa%20Dock |
Pavol Jablonicky is a Slovak International Federation of BodyBuilders professional bodybuilder.
Competitive stats
Height: 5'8 Born: January 24, 1961
Contest history
1987 European Amateur Championships, Light-Heavyweight, 1st
1987 World Amateur Championships, Light-Heavyweight, 1st
1988 World Amateur Championships, H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavol%20Jablonick%C3%BD |
Wahlern is a former municipality of the canton of Bern in Switzerland and seat of the Bern-Mittelland administrative district. On 1 January 2011, the former municipalities of Wahlern and Albligen merged in the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.
Geography
The municipality is called Wahlern, although the chief settleme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahlern |
Pandit Laxmi Ganesh Tewari (born 8 September 1938) is a Hindustani vocalist from India. He is an exponent of the Gwalior gharana (tradition) of vocal music. After studying with Lalmani Misra at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, he pursued education and teaching opportunities in America. At Sonoma State University ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxmi%20Ganesh%20Tewari |
Rincon Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's many hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". The relatively compact neighborhood is bounded by Folsom Street to the north, the Embarcadero to the east, Bryant Street on the south, and Essex Street to the west. Named after R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rincon%20Hill%2C%20San%20Francisco |
Cal State LA Studios is the production area of the Department of Television, Film, and Media Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, the only CSU campus in the Los Angeles basin.
Bachelor of Arts degrees are offered in Telecommunications and Film, Broadcast Journalism and Animation. Master of Arts degree ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal%20State%20LA%20Studios |
Peter Lampert Bergen (born December 12, 1962) is a British and American-based United States journalist, author, and producer who is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor at Arizona State University, and the host of the Audible podcast In the Room with Peter Bergen.
Bergen has wr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Bergen |
Appadurai Muttulingam (Tamil அ. முத்துலிங்கம்) (born 19 January 1937) is a Sri Lankan Tamil author and essayist. His short stories in Tamil have received critical acclaim
and won awards in both India and Sri Lanka.
Biography
Muttulingam was born in the village of Kokkuvil in Jaffna, Sri Lanka to Appadurai and Rasam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appadurai%20Muttulingam |
Horses exhibit a diverse array of coat colors and distinctive markings. A specialized vocabulary has evolved to describe them.
While most horses remain the same color throughout life, a few, over the course of several years, will develop a different coat color from that with which they were born. Most white markings a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine%20coat%20color |
Troy Alves (born September 26, 1966) is an American retired IFBB professional bodybuilder.
Stats
Height:
Off season weight:
Competition weight:
Background
Initially a high school and later a college baseball star, Troy always had a love for weight training that dated back to his sophomore year of high school. W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy%20Alves |
Fotbal Club Zimbru Chișinău, commonly known as Zimbru Chișinău or simply Zimbru, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Chișinău, which competes in the Super Liga, the highest tier of Moldovan football.
Founded in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1947, Zimbru entered the Soviet Top League in 1956 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC%20Zimbru%20Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u |
Zimbru is the Romanian word for the European bison.
Zimbru may also refer to:
FC Zimbru Chișinău, a football club from Moldova
FC Zimbru-2 Chișinău, the second team of the club mentioned above
Zimbru Stadium, the official stadium of the club FC Zimbru Chișinău
Zimbru, a village in Gurahonț Commune, Arad County, R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbru |
Nagore is a town in the Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located approximately 12 km South of Karaikal and 5 km North of Nagapattinam. Nearby towns are Karaikal, Tiruvarur, and Velankanni. It has a population of approximately 39,000. The prime attraction of the town is the Nagore Dargah Shareef. A sixtee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagore |
The 1985–86 Yugoslav First League season was marked by scandal and controversy due to allegedly wide match-fixing during the last week of fixtures.
Summary
After the last week was played, FK Partizan was crowned champion due to better goal difference than second-placed Red Star Belgrade. However, after weeks of public... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386%20Yugoslav%20First%20League |
Herman Henry Hanneken (June 23, 1893 – August 23, 1986) was a United States Marine Corps officer and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Beginning his career as an enlisted man, Hanneken served in the Banana Wars of the 1910s and 1920s. During the United States occupation of Hait... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman%20H.%20Hanneken |
The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 72) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted self-government to the Colony of New Zealand. It was the second such Act, the previous 1846 Act not having been fully implemented.
The Act remained in force as part of New Zealand's constitution... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20Constitution%20Act%201852 |
The twin-engine F5L was one of the Felixstowe F series of flying boats developed by John Cyril Porte at the Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe, England, during the First World War for production in America.
A civilian version of the aircraft was known as the Aeromarine 75.
Design and development
Porte had tak... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felixstowe%20F5L |
The Ocros Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region in Peru.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:are listed below:
Political division
Ocros is divided into ten districts, which are:
Acas
Cajamarquilla
Carhuapampa
Cochas
Congas
Llipa
Ocros
San Cristób... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocros%20Province |
Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president. This requirement was intended to protect the nation from foreign influence.
The U.S. Constitution uses but does not define th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen%20clause%20%28United%20States%29 |
War Front: Turning Point is a real-time strategy video game set in an alternate World War II. It was developed by Digital Reality, and published by CDV and released in 2007 for Microsoft Windows.
The game is set in a fictional, alternate World War II in which Adolf Hitler is assassinated in the early days of the war, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20Front%3A%20Turning%20Point |
The Standard Electric Time Company was a Springfield, Massachusetts company founded in 1884, and was a manufacturer of synchronized clock systems and fire alarm systems. They were the oldest manufacturer of electric clocks in the United States. The company was acquired by Johnson Controls in 1970 and then Faraday in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20Electric%20Time%20Company |
Ian Lenagan (born 1946, Scholes, Wigan) is a business entrepreneur. He was the chairman of Wigan Warriors from 2006 to 2023.
Early life
Born in Scholes, Wigan, Lenagan attended St Patrick's Primary School as a child and gained an appreciation for rugby league, playing for the local amateur club also named St Patrick'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Lenagan |
Pseudechis is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. It contains the group of elapid species commonly referred to as the black snakes. Species of Pseudechis are found in every Australian state with the exception of Tasmania, and some species are found in Papua New Guinea. They inhabit a variety of habitat t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudechis |
The Independent Republicans (, RI) were a liberal-conservative political group in France founded in 1962, which became a political party in 1966 known as the National Federation of the Independent Republicans (Fédération nationale des républicains et indépendants, FNRI). Its leader was Valéry Giscard d'Estaing.
In 197... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20Republicans |
Louder Than Live is a home video by the American rock band Soundgarden, featuring songs performed live at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California on December 7 and 10, 1989. It was directed by Kevin Kerslake, and released on May 22, 1990.
Overview
Louder Than Live features five live tracks filmed during the Loud... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louder%20Than%20Live |
Léo Landreville (February 23, 1910 – 1996) was a Canadian politician and lawyer, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario in 1955 and 1956 before being appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario as a judge. He later became the first Ontario Supreme Court justice ever to be removed from the bench, after being implicated ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20Landreville |
Horse behavior is best understood from the view that horses are prey animals with a well-developed fight-or-flight response. Their first reaction to a threat is often to flee, although sometimes they stand their ground and defend themselves or their offspring in cases where flight is untenable, such as when a foal wou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse%20behavior |
Comedian is a 2002 American documentary film focused primarily on comedian Jerry Seinfeld as he develops a new stand-up comedy act.
Synopsis
The film follows comedian Jerry Seinfeld as he develops an entirely new act, having retired his old stand-up comedy act after wrapping production on his enormously successful sit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedian%20%28film%29 |
David Ellenson is an American rabbi and academic who is known as a leader of the Reform movement in Judaism. Ellenson is currently director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and visiting professor of Near Eastern and Judaic studies at Brandeis University and interim president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Ellenson |
Wohlfahrt or Wohlfart () is a surname, and may refer to:
Franz Wohlfahrt (composer) (1833–1884), German violin teacher
Franz Wohlfahrt (footballer) (born 1964), Austrian footballer
Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt (born 1942), a German sport medicine specialist
Harald Wohlfahrt (born 1953), German chef
Joseph Wohlfa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wohlfahrt |
The Early effect, named after its discoverer James M. Early, is the variation in the effective width of the base in a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) due to a variation in the applied base-to-collector voltage. A greater reverse bias across the collector–base junction, for example, increases the collector–base deple... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20effect |
The Boeing Model 40 was a United States mail plane of the 1920s. It was a single-engined biplane that was widely used for airmail services in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s, especially by airlines that later became part of United Airlines. It became the first aircraft built by the Boeing company to carry pass... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%20Model%2040 |
Emmelichthys nitidus, the Cape bonnetmouth, bonnetmouth, redbait, pearl fish, picarel, red baitfish, red herring or Southern rover, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers and bonnetmouths. This species is found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. This species is of min... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmelichthys%20nitidus |
Tito () is an Egyptian action movie produced in 2004 starring Ahmed El Sakka, Hanan Tork, Amr Waked, Ashraf Dwedar, and Khaled Saleh. It was directed by Tarek Al Eryan. The movie is about a criminal who, as a young boy, didn't find anyone or anything to help or guide him, turning him into a vicious, yet kind hearted, c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito%20%282004%20film%29 |
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party is a 2004 American documentary film about the making of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), released and produced by Kevin Smith's View Askew Productions. Co-directed by Malcolm Ingram, it marks the directorial debut of Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (credited as Jennifer Schwalbach), Kevin Sm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%2C%20What%20a%20Lovely%20Tea%20Party |
Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) is the consortium which operates the Ferrovías Central railway in Peru linking the Pacific port of Callao and the capital Lima with Huancayo and Cerro de Pasco. As one of the Trans-Andean Railways it is the second highest in the world constructed by the Polish engineer Ernest Malinowsk... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrocarril%20Central%20Andino |
Delegatura may refer to two Polish organizations:
Delegatura Sił Zbrojnych na Kraj (Armed Forces Delegation for Poland)
Delegatura Rządu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na Kraj (Government Delegation for Poland) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegatura |
The N-Word is a 2004 American documentary film directed and written by Todd Larkins Williams. The movie looks into the history and usage of the word nigger and its variations.
Interviews
Awards
2004 Peabody Award winner
See also
Guilty or Innocent of Using the N Word
References
External links
Documentary fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20N-Word |
Woodville Oval (currently Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval and formerly Unleash Solar Oval) is primarily an Australian rules football and cricket oval found on Oval Avenue in the western Adelaide suburb of Woodville South in South Australia. It is the home ground of South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville%20Oval |
Pantauchus () (late 4th century BC - 3rd century BC), (son of Nicolaus, from Aloros) was a Macedonian trierarch of Nearchus's fleet and general during the short reign of Demetrius Poliorcetes (294 - 288 BC).
He was considered to be the bravest as well as physically the strongest among Demetrius' army commanders. When ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantauchus |
Aubrey E. Haynie (born March 27, 1974) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle and mandolin. In his career, he has recorded three studio albums for the Sugar Hill Records label, all three of which contained mostly songs that he wrote himself. He also holds several credits as a session fiddler and mandoli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey%20Haynie |
The following is a list of notable shopping centres in New Zealand.
For comparison, the largest mall in Canada, the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has a retail space of 350,000 m2. The largest in the United States of America is the 230,000 m2 Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Melbourne's Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20shopping%20centres%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Van Briggle Art Pottery was at the time of its demise the oldest continuously operating art pottery in the United States, having been established in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1901 by Artus and Anne Van Briggle. Artus had a significant impact on the Art Nouveau movement in the United States, and his pottery is found... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Briggle%20Pottery |
Helen Fairbrother (born c. 1964) is an English beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 1986.
Miss International 1986
Fairbrother represented England at the Miss International 1986 pageant when it was held in Nagasaki, Japan on 31 August 1986. She bested 1st runner-up Pia Rosenberg Larsen of Denmark, who would ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Fairbrother |
In the card game bridge a pass-or-correct bid (or convertible bid), is a non-forcing bid that asks the partner to pass or bid differently based on her/his holding. Pass-or-correct bids are generally used as responses to multiway bids.
A typical example is the 2 response on a multi 2 diamonds opening that asks the part... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass-or-correct%20bid |
The Boeing 80 was an American airliner of the 1920s. A three-engined biplane, the Model 80 was built by the Boeing Airplane Company for Boeing's own airline, Boeing Air Transport, successfully carrying both airmail and passengers on scheduled services.
Development and design
Boeing Air Transport was formed on February... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%2080 |
Talaiasi Labalaba BEM (13 July 1942 – 19 July 1972) was a British-Fijian sergeant in the SAS who was involved in the Battle of Mirbat on 19 July 1972. Labalaba initially served in the British Army in the Royal Ulster Rifles.
Battle of Mirbat
On 19 July 1972 the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talaiasi%20Labalaba |
Michael Weyman (born 13 September 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Weyman is the older brother of former Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player, Tim Weyman.
Playing career
Born in Moruya, New South Wales, Weyman played his junior football for the Moruya Sharks. While attending Carroll Col... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Weyman |
Logan Park is a sporting venue in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It lies on land reclaimed from the former Lake Logan.
Features
The park contains both football and rugby grass and artificial pitches, known as both Dunedin Artificial Turf and Logan Park Turf, two artificial hockey turfs, bowling green, and tennis ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan%20Park%2C%20Dunedin |
The Théâtre Libre (French for "Free Theatre") was a theatre company that operated from 1887 to 1896 in Paris, France.
Origins and History
Théâtre Libre was founded on 30 March 1887 by André Antoine. The primary goal of the theatre was to present new plays that were untried and unproduced by the commercial houses. An... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre%20Libre |
The rubyfish (Plagiogeneion rubiginosum), also known as the cosmopolitan rubyfish, red ruby or ruby rover, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers, bonnetmouths and rubyfishes. This species is found from the southeastern Atlantic Ocean off South Africa through the Ind... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubyfish |
The Railroad Development Corporation is an American railroad holding company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It operates several short line railroads outside the United States and acts as an investor, with management and institutional investors as partners. It was founded in 1987 by former Conrail employee Henry Pos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad%20Development%20Corporation |
Pamela "Pam" Snelgrove-Paul is a Canadian politician who has served various positions on the provincial and municipal levels of government. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 to 2001 sitting with the Liberal caucus and later as an Independent in opposition.
Early life
Paul was born... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela%20Snelgrove-Paul |
Linda Hooks (born 1952) is a British actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss International crown in 1972, three years after Valerie Susan Holmes earned the title.
She won Miss International 1972 as "Miss Britain" then competed in Miss United Kingdom 1974, failing to make the final 15. During the mid-1970s, sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20Hooks |
John David Hennessey (1847 – 31 July 1935), also known as Rev. J. D. Hennessey and David Hennessey, journalist and author, was born in London and went to Australia in 1875. He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Hennessey was a Methodist and Congregational minister and preached at the Wharf street Congr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20David%20Hennessey |
Victoria Avenue is one of the main east-west streets in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Victoria Avenue is named in honour of Queen Victoria and crosses Albert Street, (named in honour of the Queen's consort and husband, Prince Albert) in downtown. It is the main eastern entrance into Regina.
Route description
Victoria... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Avenue%20%28Regina%2C%20Saskatchewan%29 |
Christina Lekka (, born c. 1972) is a Greek model and beauty queen who became the first and only woman from her country to win the Miss International pageant.
B Miss Hellas
She won the "Ellinida" 1994 title () at the Miss Star Hellas pageant. Her Miss International victory came a few months later, when the pageant was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina%20Lekka |
Littleton and Badsey railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line, near the town of Evesham, Worcestershire in England. It was located in Blackminster, and served the villages of Badsey and the Littletons (North and Middle Littleton and South Littleton).
The sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littleton%20and%20Badsey%20railway%20station |
The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) is a conservative 501(c)(3) non-profit group that monitors and reports on the ethics of public officials, supporters of liberal causes, and labor unions in the United States. The Center files complaints with government agencies, legally challenges what they view as abuse and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Legal%20and%20Policy%20Center |
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja is an action adventure game for the Xbox 360 with high emphasis on fighting and platforming mechanics, like with most Naruto games, it features cel-shaded graphics. The game was developed by Ubisoft Montreal, making it the first Naruto game to be developed by a non-Japanese company. The game is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto%3A%20Rise%20of%20a%20Ninja |
Wolf Emil Wohlwill (24 November 1835 in Seesen – 2 February 1912 in Hamburg) was a German-Jewish engineer of electrochemistry. He invented the Wohlwill process in 1874.
Literary works
Galilei und sein Kampf für die copernikanische Lehre, the 1st volume, 1909
the 2nd volume, 1926
See also
Wohlwill process
Wohlwi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Wohlwill |
The 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 58th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 17 races for the MotoGP class and 16 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, beginning with the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix on 26 March 2006 and ending ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Grand%20Prix%20motorcycle%20racing%20season |
North Bay City Council is the governing body of the city of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Unlike many Canadian city councils, North Bay does not elect its council on a ward system. Instead, all councillors are elected at-large, and the ten candidates with the most votes are declared elected to council. Unlike the simila... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Bay%20City%20Council |
Sara Lee or Sarah Lee may refer to:
Sarah Bowdich Lee (1791–1856), English writer and naturalist
Sarah Lee (reporter) (born 1971), Korean American reporter for CNN
Sarah Lee (golfer) (born 1979), South Korean professional golfer
Sarah Tomerlin Lee, magazine editor and interior designer
Sarah Lee (cyclist) (born 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Lee |
The Boeing Model 200 Monomail was an American mail plane of the early 1930s.
Design and development
The aircraft marked a departure from the traditional biplane configuration for a transport aircraft, instead featuring a single, low set, all metal cantilever wing. Retractable landing gear and a streamlined fuselage a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%20Monomail |
The Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant, held annually in Oshkosh, that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Wisconsin in the annual Miss America pageant.
Wisconsin has won the Miss America crown three times (1973, 2012, and 2023).
Grace Stanke of Wausau was crowned Miss Wisconsin 2022 on June 18, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss%20Wisconsin |
Anthony Hordern & Sons was a major department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With 52 acres (21 hectares) of retail space, Anthony Hordern's was once the largest department store in the world. The historic Anthony Hordern building, which was located on a block bounded by George Street, Liverpool, Pitt and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Hordern%20%26%20Sons |
A Panamax port is a deepwater port that can accommodate a fully laden Panamax ship. With the completion of the Panama Canal expansion project in 2016, this list will need to be significantly revised due to larger "post panamax" ships transiting Panama. Other lists are required for even bigger Valemax and Chinamax ship... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Panamax%20ports |
Constance Catharina Margarethe (Stanny) van Baer (born 1942) is a Dutch model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1961.
References
External links
Stanny van Baer dancing at a Jewish festival in Amsterdam, 1957/1958. Photo by Leonard Freed in de Volkskrant, 2 Nov. 2015
Two other photos of van Baer by Leonard... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanny%20van%20Baer |
Trumpet or The Trumpet is a village in Herefordshire, England. The village is named after the timber-framed Trumpet Inn.
The inn is located at a major crossroads of the A438 and A417/A4172 from where:
the City of Hereford is to the west on the A438
Ledbury is to the east on the A438
Leominster is to the northwes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet%2C%20Herefordshire |
Barbara Epstein ( Zimmerman; August 30, 1928 – June 16, 2006) was a literary editor and founding co-editor of The New York Review of Books.
Life and work
Epstein, née Zimmerman, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a Jewish family, and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1949. In 1953, she and editor Jason Epstein be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Epstein |
Ernst Wahle (March 25, 1889, in Magdeburg – January 21, 1981) was a German archaeologist.
He taught at Heidelberg University. In 1937 he joined the Nazi Party.
Literary works
Die Besiedelung Südwestdeutschlands in vorrömischer Zeit nach ihren natürlichen Grundlagen. Ber. RGK 12, 1920, 1-75.
Deutsche Vorzeit (Germ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20Wahle |
This list of gurdwaras in the United Kingdom shows the location of major gurdwaras (Sikh places of worship) in the United Kingdom.
England
West Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
East of England
South East England
South West England
Greater London
West Midlands
Wales
Scotland
See also
List of gurdwaras worldwide
Ref... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20gurdwaras%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom |
On 3 March 1942, PK-AFV, a Douglas DC-3-194 airliner operated by KNILM, was shot down over Western Australia by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service fighter aircraft, resulting in the deaths of four passengers and the loss of diamonds worth an estimated A£150,000–300,000 (the equivalent of A$9.5–19 million in 2010). It i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942%20KNILM%20Douglas%20DC-3%20shootdown |
The New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition was a world's fair held in Dunedin, New Zealand from 17 November 1925 until 1 May 1926, which celebrated that country and the South Seas. It was the third such exhibition held in Dunedin, with earlier exhibitions in 1865 and 1889. The exhibition had over 3 million... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20and%20South%20Seas%20International%20Exhibition |
Ty Andrew Taubenheim (born November 17, 1982) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is 6'6", ., and throws and bats right-handed. Taubenheim features a sinking fastball, a slider, and a changeup.
Playing career
Taubenheim was drafted in the 19th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft by the Milwauke... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty%20Taubenheim |
Leslie Crocker Snyder (born 1942) is an American lawyer and former judge, most notable for her challenge of Robert Morgenthau in the Democratic Party primary for the Manhattan District Attorney election in 2005. Morgenthau did not seek re-election in 2009. Snyder ran again. Once again she finished second, this time lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Crocker%20Snyder |
Nagoor may refer to the following places in India:
Nagore, a town in Tamil Nadu
Nagoor, Medak, a village in Medak district, Telangana
Nagoor, Aurad, a village in Aurad, Bidar, Karnataka
Nagoor, Bhalki, a village in Bhalki, Bidar, Karnataka
Nagoor, a rural locality in Byndoor, Karnataka, India
See also
Nagur, a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagoor |
Larapinta is an outer southern industrial suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Larapinta had a population of 0 people.
Larapinta is on the boundary with Logan City. The industrial area has become a new addition to the expansion of Brisbane's industry, including the purpose-built South Brisba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larapinta%2C%20Queensland |
Tazewell High School (THS) is a public secondary school in Tazewell, Virginia, United States. It is part of Tazewell County Public Schools and is located on 627 Fincastle Road. As of the 2007-2008 school year, enrollment is around 500 students.
History
Prior to the current location, Tazewell High School was located ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazewell%20High%20School |
Human trafficking and the prostitution of children has been a significant issue in the Philippines, often controlled by organized crime syndicates.
Human trafficking is a crime against humanity.
With the Philippines having a large migrant population, the men are used for fishing, construction, and farming. Women are e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20trafficking%20in%20the%20Philippines |
Schaub is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bernhard Schaub (born 1954), Swiss holocaust denier
Brendan Schaub (born 1983), American professional mixed martial artist
Buddy Schaub (21st century), American punk rock trombonist
Christoph Schaub (born 1958), Swiss film director and screenwriter
D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaub |
Acid alpha-glucosidase, also called α-1,4-glucosidase and acid maltase, is an enzyme () that helps to break down glycogen in the lysosome. It is functionally similar to glycogen debranching enzyme, but is on a different chromosome, processed differently by the cell and is located in the lysosome rather than the cytosol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid%20alpha-glucosidase |
Ngātīmoti or Ngatimoti is a town near Motueka in New Zealand's South Island.
The town lies on the banks of the Motueka River and has been inhabited since 1855 when the Salisbury brothers arrived in the river valley. The local economy includes forestry, apple orchards and sheep and dairy farming. It is connected to the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C4%81t%C4%ABmoti |
Banyo is a northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Banyo had a population of 5,868 people.
It is a community split between residential and industrial land usage, the latter being attracted by the accessibility of local transport, including the Gateway Motorway.
Geography
Banyo and the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyo%2C%20Queensland |
Camberwell is a small village just off the New England Highway in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is 196 kilometres north of Sydney and 15 kilometres northwest of Singleton in Singleton Shire.
The village has an historic Anglican church, St Clements, which was opened in 1844. The area also has nume... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camberwell%2C%20New%20South%20Wales |
Motofen is the brand name for an antiperistaltic anti-diarrheal medication, containing 1.0 mg difenoxin HCl and 0.025 mg atropine (U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Schedule IV Combination). It was invented by Kendra Clark. Atropine is purposely added at 25 micrograms per tablet, or 1/24 to 1/40 of the usual therapeut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motofen |
"Warum nur, warum?" (; "Just why, why?") was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964, sung in German by Udo Jürgens.
"Warum nur, warum?" was succeeded as the Austrian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 by "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen" ("Tell her, I send my love"), also performed by Jürgens.
The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warum%20nur%2C%20warum%3F |
Membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase-1 (, matrix metalloproteinase 14) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Endopeptidase activity. Activates progelatinase A by cleavage of the propeptide at Asn37-Leu. Other bonds hydrolysed include Gly35-Ile in the propeptide of collagenase 3, and As... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane-type%20matrix%20metalloproteinase-1 |
Razorlight is the second studio album by English indie rock band Razorlight. The album was released on 17 July 2006 in the United Kingdom and debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
The band achieved their first and only number one hit from this album, with "America" peaking at the top of the UK Singles Chart in O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razorlight%20%28album%29 |
D-arginase () is an enzyme with systematic name D-arginine amidinohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
D-arginine + H2O D-ornithine + urea
See also
Arginase
References
External links
EC 3.5.3 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-arginase |
State funerals () in Ireland have taken place on the following occasions since 1922.
List
State funerals declined and refused
Former Taoisigh John A. Costello and Liam Cosgrave did not receive state funerals, at the request of their respective families. Similarly, a 1948 press release at the repatriation by LÉ Macha ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Irish%20state%20funerals |
Marriage in Korea mirrors many of the practices and expectations of marriages in other societies. Modern practices are a combination of millennia-old traditions and global influences.
Marriage in Pre-Modern Korea
Marriage during the Goryeo period (918–1392)
Marriages during the Goryeo period were made primarily on t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage%20in%20Korea |
The following events occurred in September 1975:
September 1, 1975 (Monday)
The Republic of the North Solomons was declared on Bougainville Island, two weeks before Papua New Guinea was to become independent from Australia. District Commissioner Alexis Sarei was named as President. After failing to get recognition fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September%201975 |
Ashton, Gardner and Dyke were a British rock trio, most popular in the early 1970s. They are best remembered for their song, "Resurrection Shuffle", a transatlantic Top 40 one-hit wonder in 1971.
History
Founding band member Tony Ashton first met the drummer Roy Dyke when playing with various Blackpool-based groups.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton%2C%20Gardner%20and%20Dyke |
Collagenases are enzymes that break the peptide bonds in collagen. They assist in destroying extracellular structures in the pathogenesis of bacteria such as Clostridium. They are considered a virulence factor, facilitating the spread of gas gangrene. They normally target the connective tissue in muscle cells and ot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collagenase |
Neutrophil collagenase (, matrix metalloproteinase 8, PMNL collagenase, MMP-8) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Cleavage of interstitial collagens in the triple helical domain. Unlike EC 3.4.24.7, interstitial collagenase, this enzyme cleaves type III collagen more slowly than type ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrophil%20collagenase |
Sabana Grande de Palenque is a municipality (municipio) of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic.
History
It was elevated to the category of municipal district of the San Cristóbal municipality on January 1, 1945 and to the category of municipality in 1997 by the Dominican Congress.
Geography
Palenque ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabana%20Grande%20de%20Palenque |
The following events occurred in October 1972:
October 1, 1972 (Sunday)
Publication of the first reports of the production of a recombinant DNA molecule marked the birth of modern molecular biology methodology.
Singapore Airlines (SIA), with 10 aircraft, and Malaysia Airlines, were created with the breakup of Malaysia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%201972 |
Microbial collagenase (, Clostridium histolyticum collagenase, clostridiopeptidase A, collagenase A, collagenase I, Achromobacter iophagus collagenase, collagenase, aspergillopeptidase C, nucleolysin, azocollase, metallocollagenase, soycollagestin, Clostridium histolyticum proteinase A, clostridiopeptidase II, MMP-8, c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial%20collagenase |
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