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The following events occurred in May 1971:
May 1, 1971 (Saturday)
Amtrak, the U.S. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, began its inter-city rail passenger service in the United States, operating as a successor to the passenger services of private railroad companies that had operated in the U.S. for more than a ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%201971 |
The following events occurred in November 1966:
November 1, 1966 (Tuesday)
Inventor Candido Jacuzzi of Lafayette, California, was granted U.S. Design Patent No. 206,143 for a large "Hydrotherapy Tub" that would bear his family's surname. Jacuzzi, who had immigrated to the United States from Italy at the age of 17, ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%201966 |
Monster Rancher 3 (known in Japan as ) is the third game in Tecmo's Monster Rancher series. It is the first game in the series for the PlayStation 2.
Gameplay
This game uses cel-shaded graphics to give the game a more cartoon-like feel. However, the player may still generate monsters by inserting a disc into the PS2. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster%20Rancher%203 |
The following events occurred in August 1922:
August 1, 1922 (Tuesday)
Britain published the Balfour Note, which declared that Britain would give up reparations claims as well as claims on other Allies to the extent that the United States would do the same with respect to Britain's debts. The Note was met with great a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%201922 |
Trans TV (abbreviation from Televisi Transformasi Indonesia) is an Indonesian free-to-air television network based in South Jakarta that was launched on December 15, 2001, and is owned by Chairul Tanjung. Programming consists of newscasts, movies, drama series, variety shows, quiz shows, and children's television serie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans%20TV |
Jason Roberts may refer to:
Jason Roberts (author), American writer
Jason Roberts (footballer) (born 1978), Grenadian football (soccer) player
Jason Roberts (guitarist) (born 1982), American guitarist
Jason Roberts (indie musician), member of indie pop band The Happy Bullets
Jason Roberts, fiddler in country musi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Roberts |
Launch Complex 19 (LC-19) is a deactivated launch site on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida used by NASA to launch all of the Gemini crewed spaceflights. It was also used by uncrewed Titan I and Titan II missiles.
LC-19 was in use from 1959 to 1966, during which time it saw 27 launches, 10 of which were cre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Canaveral%20Launch%20Complex%2019 |
Carboxypeptidase U (, arginine carboxypeptidase, carboxypeptidase R, plasma carboxypeptidase B, thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Release of C-terminal Arg and Lys from a polypeptide
Pro-carboxypeptidase U in (human) plasma is activated b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxypeptidase%20U |
Vedran Runje (; born 10 February 1976) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A product of Hajduk Split academy, Runje spent the majority of his career abroad with Standard Liège in Belgium, Marseille and Lens in France and Beşiktaş in Turkey. With Standard, he won three Belgian League Goalkeeper ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedran%20Runje |
Desert exploration is the deliberate and scientific exploration of deserts, the arid regions of the earth. It is only incidentally concerned with the culture and livelihood of native desert dwellers. People have struggled to live in deserts and the surrounding semi-arid lands for millennia. Nomads have moved their floc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert%20exploration |
Aubervilliers–Pantin–Quatre Chemins () is a station of the Paris Métro. It is at the crossroads of the Roman road that led from Lutetia to east Flanders (now the N2) and the road between the communes of Aubervilliers and Pantin.
History
Aubervilliers–Pantin–Quatre Chemins opened on 4 October 1979 as part of an extens... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubervilliers%E2%80%93Pantin%E2%80%93Quatre%20Chemins%20station |
Memorial High School, which served as the high school for Victoria Independent School District, was formed in 2000 as a result of the consolidation of Victoria High School (VHS) and Stroman High School. The Senior Campus was warned by the state due to a high dropout rate in 2004. The warning was removed the following y... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial%20High%20School%20%28Victoria%2C%20Texas%29 |
Michael Anthony Sells (born May 8, 1949) is John Henry Barrows Professor of Islamic History and Literature in the Divinity School and in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Chicago.
Michael Sells studies and teaches in the areas of Qur'anic studies, Sufism, Arabic and Islamic love poetry, myst... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Sells |
Watford Borough Council elections are held three years out of every four, to elect members of Watford Borough Council in Hertfordshire, England. A third of the council is elected each time. Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 36 councillors representing 12 wards, each of which elects three... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford%20Borough%20Council%20elections |
Proprotein convertases (PPCs) are a family of proteins that activate other proteins. Many proteins are inactive when they are first synthesized, because they contain chains of amino acids that block their activity. Proprotein convertases remove those chains and activate the protein. The prototypical proprotein converta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprotein%20convertase |
Proprotein convertase 2 (PC2) also known as prohormone convertase 2 or neuroendocrine convertase 2 (NEC2) is a serine protease and proprotein convertase PC2, like proprotein convertase 1 (PC1), is an enzyme responsible for the first step in the maturation of many neuroendocrine peptides from their precursors, such as t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprotein%20convertase%202 |
Enclosed religious orders or cloistered clergy are religious orders whose members strictly separate themselves from the affairs of the external world. In the Catholic Church, enclosure is regulated by the code of canon law, either the Latin code or the Oriental code, and also by the constitutions of the specific order... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosed%20religious%20orders |
The Sri Kamakshi Amman Temple is an ancient Hindu Temple dedicated to the goddess Kamakshi, one of the highest aspects of Adi Parashakti, the mighty goddess in Shaktism. The temple is located in the historic city of Kanchipuram, near Chennai, India. The temple houses one of the 108 Divya Desams of Vishnu and is called ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakshi%20Amman%20Temple |
Brass Monkey is a 1948 British comedy thriller with musical asides, directed by Thornton Freeland. It stars Carroll Levis, a radio variety show host and talent scout (known as "Britain's favourite Canadian") and American actress Carole Landis in her last film. Also known as The Lucky Mascot, the film features an early ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass%20Monkey%20%28film%29 |
The Palace of Europe () is a building located in Strasbourg, France, that has served as the seat of the Council of Europe since 1977 when it replaced the "House of Europe". Between 1977 and 1999 it was also the Strasbourg seat of the European Parliament.
Background and history
The first assemblies of the Council of Eu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace%20of%20Europe |
İbrahim Akın (born 4 January 1984) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He is a part of the management of Altay.
Career
Akın started his career at Altay S.K. in the Türk Telekom League A before he was transferred to Beşiktaş in June 2004. After three seasons with Beşiktaş he was tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0brahim%20Ak%C4%B1n |
Varadharaja Perumal Temple, also called Hastagiri and Attiyuran, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in the city of Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu believed to have been visited by the 12 poet saints, or the Alvars. It is located in a suburb of Kanchipu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varadharaja%20Perumal%20Temple%2C%20Kanchipuram |
Sir Marcus Lawrence Loane (14 October 191114 April 2009) was an Australian Anglican bishop. He was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1966 to 1982 and Primate of Australia from 1977 to 1982. He was the first Australian-born Archbishop of Sydney and also the first Australian-born archbishop in the Anglican Church o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Loane |
Guided reading is "small-group reading instruction designed to provide differentiated teaching that supports students in developing reading proficiency". The small group model allows students to be taught in a way that is intended to be more focused on their specific needs, accelerating their progress.
Introduction
Gu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided%20reading |
Carboxy-lyases, also known as decarboxylases, are carbon–carbon lyases that add or remove a carboxyl group from organic compounds. These enzymes catalyze the decarboxylation of amino acids, beta-keto acids and alpha-keto acids.
Classification and nomenclature
Carboxy-lyases are categorized under EC number 4.1.1.
Usual... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxy-lyases |
The Australian Dance Council, known as Ausdance or Ausdance National and formerly the Australian Association for Dance Education (AADE), is or was the national dance advocacy organisation in Australia, representing the dance profession and coordinating a network of state organisations, including Ausdance ACT, Ausdance ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Dance%20Council |
Colleen Wing is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Descended from a family of samurai, Wing is a Japanese martial artist who avenged her grandfather's death with the help of the superhero Iron Fist. After arriving in New York City, Wing befriended former police officer ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen%20Wing |
Directional-hemispherical reflectance is the reflectance of a surface under direct illumination (with no diffuse component). Directional-hemispherical reflectance is the integral of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function over all viewing directions. It is sometimes called "black-sky albedo".
References
S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional-hemispherical%20reflectance |
Bi-hemispherical reflectance is the reflectance of a surface under diffuse illumination (with no direct component). Bi-hemispherical reflectance is an important part of the Bidirectional reflectance distribution function over all viewing and illumination directions of a hemisphere. It is sometimes called "white-sky alb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-hemispherical%20reflectance |
The Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) () is an independent body established in December 2001 by the Irish Government under the Standards in Public Office Act 2001. It replaced the Public Offices Commission which had been established in November 1995 by the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995.
Functions of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standards%20in%20Public%20Office%20Commission |
Christie Ellen Claridge (born November 21, 1962, in Chatsworth, California) is an American model, actress, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 1982.
Miss International
Hailing from California and representing the Golden State, Claridge also earned the Miss Photogenic award at the Miss International com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie%20Claridge |
Aminoacyltransferases () are acyltransferase enzymes which act upon an amino group. For instance, aminoacyl tRNA synthetases attach an aminoacid through esterification to the corresponding tRNA. The activation of amino acids it aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase requires hydrolysis of ATP to AMP plus PPi. The aminoacyl-tRNA mol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminoacyltransferase |
Polonus means "Pole" or Polish in Latin. In Polish it refers to a Pole living outside of Poland, a member of Polonia, the Polish diaspora. Regarding persons, Polonus was attributed to
People
Alexius Sylvius Polonus (1593–c. 1653), Polish Jesuit astronomer
Martin of Opava (died 1278)
Benedykt Polak
Jeremias Falck (1610... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonus |
Carl Chang may refer to:
Carl Chang (businessman) (born 1969), American entrepreneur and former tennis coach
Carl Chang (computer scientist), professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science at Iowa State University | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Chang |
John Rudyard (frequently seen as Rudyerd) (1650-c. 1718) was contracted to build the second Eddystone Lighthouse, following the destruction of the original building in the Great Storm of 1703. He was neither an architect nor professional engineer, but a silk merchant and a property developer. Rudyard owned a silk-merch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Rudyard |
A joint address is a special procedure of the Canadian Parliament, in which members of the House of Commons and Senate sit jointly in the former chamber, the latter acting, for the occasion, as an auditorium. The speaker of the House of Commons takes his chair, as normal, with the speaker of the Senate seated to their ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20address%20%28Canada%29 |
Katherine Patricia Ruth is an American beauty queen. Ruth is the 1978 Miss International.
Career
On November 10, 1978, Ruth represented United States in the Miss International 1978 pageant that was held at the Mielparque in Tokyo, Japan and won the Miss International title.
References
External links
Katherine Ruth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine%20Ruth |
The Elder Statesman is a play in verse by T. S. Eliot first performed in 1958 and published in 1959.
Synopsis
When the play opens, the setting is that of Lord Claverton's drawing room. Lord Claverton is a man of distinction, who is well known and well respected in society, where he exerts considerable influence. In th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Elder%20Statesman |
Alejandro Peña Vásquez (born June 25, 1959) is a Dominican former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Listed at 6' 1" , 200 lb. , he batted and threw right-handed.
Peña made his Major League debut on August 13, 1981 (in time to be included on the roster for the 1981 National League Championship Series, although ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro%20Pe%C3%B1a |
TV Edukasi (Educational TV, formerly TVE) was an Indonesian television station owned by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. It serves to spread information to the education sector.
History
The station was made official by the Minister of National Education Abdul Malik Fadjar on 12 October 2004.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV%20Edukasi |
Ardeosaurus is an extinct genus of basal lizards, known from fossils found in the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Plattenkalk of Bavaria, southern Germany. It was originally thought to have been a species of Homeosaurus.
Ardeosaurus was originally considered to be a distant relative to modern geckos, and had a similar physic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeosaurus |
Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 508 U.S. 476 (1993), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that enhanced penalties for hate crimes do not violate criminal defendants' First Amendment rights. It was a landmark precedent pertaining to First Amendment free speech arguments for hate crime legislation. In effect, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin%20v.%20Mitchell |
AIDS-related complex (ARC) was introduced after discovery of the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) when the medical community became aware of the inherent difficulties associated with treating patients who have an advanced case of HIV which gave rise to the term acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The necessit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS-related%20complex |
Buck Mitty, known as Humbug, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Humbug was originally a supervillain but later became a superhero and a member of the Heroes for Hire.
Publication history
Humbug first appeared in Web of Spider-Man #19 (Oct 1986).
Fictional character... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbug%20%28character%29 |
Jason Roberts is an American author acclaimed for his work in fiction and narrative nonfiction. He is a former journalist and technologist.
The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Anthony Kalani Roberts and the actress Gloria Neil, Roberts grew up in Southern California and Hawaii. A graduate of the Universi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Roberts%20%28author%29 |
Bicycles Are for the Summer () is a Spanish play written by Fernando Fernán Gómez in 1984 that deals with the effects of Spanish Civil War on citizens of Madrid. It was released as a popular film in the same year, directed by Jaime Chávarri.
Plot
The play starts in 1936 just before the Spanish civil war starts,
In Ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycles%20Are%20for%20the%20Summer%20%28play%29 |
Ian Robert Brown (born 14 August 1965) is a former freestyle swimmer who twice represented Australia at the Summer Olympics. He made his debut in 1988. His best Olympic result was the fifth place, four years later in Barcelona, Spain, in the men's 400 m freestyle.
See also
List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Brown%20%28swimmer%29 |
Pilar Medina Canadell (born ) is a Spanish teacher and beauty queen who was the first Spanish delegate to win the Miss International title in 1977.
In 1976, she competed in the Miss Spain pageant, representing Región Centro. As the first runner-up, she earned the ticket to compete as Spain's delegate to the 1977 Miss ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar%20Medina |
Sir Jonathan Elliott Asbridge is an English nurse who was the first president of the UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council and a registrant member for England (Nursing).
His first introduction to the caring profession was as a St John Ambulance Cadet at Cardiff Castle Division, Cardiff, South Wales. He studied to be a st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Asbridge |
The World Juggling Federation (WJF) is the world's only organization devoted to the promotion and advancement of juggling as a sport (competitive juggling).
History
In 2000, long-time IJA member Jason Garfield founded the WJF. Garfield attracted interest and membership by framing the skills of juggling as a sport. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Juggling%20Federation |
Ehab Tawfik (born January 7, 1966; ) is an Egyptian singer and actor. He performs mostly in the shababi genre of Egyptian popular music. He has also recorded songs in the watani (nationalistic) tradition, among them "Set saʿat" ('Six Hours'), released as an overtly pro-military video shortly after the military coup d'é... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehab%20Tawfik |
Live in L.A. (Death & Raw) is a live album released by Death. It was recorded on December 5, 1998, in Los Angeles at the Whisky a Go Go and released on October 16, 2001, through Nuclear Blast. The album was also released in DVD format. The album was not remastered for sound and captured the original sound from the live... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20in%20L.A.%20%28Death%20%26%20Raw%29 |
The Microsoft Institute for High Performance Computing was created in November 2005 at the University of Southampton. The only one of its kind in the UK. It is one of nine such institutes worldwide.
History
The creation of the institute was announced by Bill Gates during the International Supercomputing Conference in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Institute%20for%20High%20Performance%20Computing |
Dermott's law is an empirical formula for the orbital period of major satellites orbiting planets in the Solar System. It was identified by the celestial mechanics researcher Stanley Dermott in the 1960s and takes the form:
for
Where T(n) is the orbital period of the nth satellite, T(0) is of the order of days an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermott%27s%20law |
Iris Klein is a German model and beauty queen who is the second delegate from her country to win the Miss International title in 1989.
In 1986, she competed in the Miss Germany pageant, representing Schleswig-Holstein. She wound up as the first runner-up. She was sent to Kanazawa, Japan to participate in the Miss Inte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris%20Klein |
Margherita Buy (; born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and seven-time Nastro d'argento winner.
Overview
After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's Una grande storia d'amore (1986), whic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margherita%20Buy |
Pluggable look and feel is a mechanism used in the Java Swing widget toolkit allowing to change the look and feel of the graphical user interface at runtime.
Swing allows an application to specialize the look and feel of widgets by modifying the default (via runtime parameters), deriving from an existing one, by creat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluggable%20look%20and%20feel |
"Black Diamond" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, written by rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley. "'Black Diamond' was written almost exactly as it is," he said, "except that the riff wasn't there; Gene [Simmons] brought that part in… It's all about arrangement and embellishment. That's what you're supposed to do in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Diamond%20%28Kiss%20song%29 |
Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Edleston Wheeler CIE CBE (22 June 1897 – 1 February 1990) was a British soldier and an historian of Central Asia.
Life
Geoffrey Edleston Wheeler was born in Bromley, Kent, England to Owen Wheeler, a Captain Army Reserve Officer, and his wife Eugenie. Wheeler followed in the footsteps of h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey%20Wheeler%20%28historian%29 |
The Kalambo River forms part of the border between Zambia and Songwe Region, Tanzania. It is a comparatively small stream which rises on the Ufipa Plateau north-east of Mbala at an elevation of about 1800 m and descends into the Albertine Rift, entering the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika at an elevation of about 7... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalambo%20River |
The Israeli Air Defense Command (in Hebrew: מערך ההגנה האווירית) is the Israeli Air and Space Force unit responsible for the surface front of Israel's air defense, complementing the air defense provided by Fighter squadrons. Initially a part of the IDF Artillery Corps, since 1970 the Air Defense Command has been subord... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%20Air%20Defense%20Command |
Commensurability is the property of two orbiting objects, such as planets, satellites, or asteroids, whose orbital periods are in a rational proportion.
Examples include the 2:3 commensurability between the orbital periods of Neptune and Pluto, the 3:4 commensurability between the orbital periods of the Saturnian sate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commensurability%20%28astronomy%29 |
Fr. Lorenzo Cadieux, SJ (November 10, 1903 – 1976) was a Canadian Jesuit priest, historian and academic.
Born in Granby, Quebec, he was educated in Montreal, Quebec and Edmonton, Alberta, studying literature, philosophy, theology and history, and was ordained in 1924.
In 1940, he moved to Sudbury, Ontario to teach hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo%20Cadieux |
was a Japanese scholar and lawyer.
He was active in characterising the legal systems of the Japanese state, and his writings especially focused on the Meiji Constitution.
Education
Hozumi entered University of Tokyo at the age of nineteen after studying English for six years because many professors were foreigners wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hozumi%20Yatsuka |
Cash-flow return on investment (CFROI) is a valuation model that assumes the stock market sets prices based on cash flow, not on corporate performance and earnings.
For the corporation, it is essentially internal rate of return (IRR). CFROI is compared to a hurdle rate to determine if investment/product is performing... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash-flow%20return%20on%20investment |
Jay Creek is in the MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory in Australia. It was a government reserve for Aboriginal Australians which for a time in the late 1920s and early 1930s included 45 children from a home named "The Bungalow"(37 of whom were under the age of 12) temporarily housed in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Creek%2C%20Northern%20Territory |
The Butana (Arabic: البطانة, Buṭāna), historically called the Island of Meroë, is the region between the Atbara and the Nile in the Sudan. South of Khartoum it is bordered by the Blue Nile and in the east by Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It should not be confused with the Gezira, the region west of the Blue Nile and east of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butana |
The Miss Washington competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss America pageant.
Vanessa Munson of Clark County was crowned Miss Washington 2023 on July 1, 2023, at Capital High School Performing Arts Center in Olympia, WA. She will compete for the title of Miss A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss%20Washington |
The ramped powered lighter (RPL) was a type of landing craft formerly operated by the Royal Corps of Transport of the British Army, from the 1960s until the 1990s. Performing similar tasks to the ramped cargo lighter of the Second World War, it had a vehicle deck that was wide and long, and a load capacity of 30.5 to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramped%20powered%20lighter |
Science for the People (SftP) is an organization that emerged from the antiwar culture of the United States in the late 1960s. Since 2014 it has experienced a revival focusing primarily on the dual nature of science. The organization advocates for a scientific establishment that is not isolated from society, rather on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science%20for%20the%20People |
Keith Beavers (born February 9, 1983) is a backstroke and medley swimmer from Canada who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. In 2006, at the Pan Pacific Trials, he lowered his 200-metre backstroke record to 1:58.97.
He was born in London, Ontario, and grew up in the town of Or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Beavers |
Maria of Jülich-Berg (3 August 1491 – 29 August 1543) was the Duchess of Jülich-Berg, as the daughter of Wilhelm IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg and Sibylle of Brandenburg. She became heiress to her father’s estates of Jülich, Berg and Ravensberg after it had become apparent that her parents’ marriage would not produce any mor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20of%20J%C3%BClich-Berg |
Kersbrook (formerly Maidstone) is a town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area. At the 2006 census, Kersbrook had a population of 367.
History
The first settlers established farms in the Kersbrook area in the early 1831s due to its relatively gentle slopes. J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kersbrook |
A sitting disability is a condition in which a person has difficulties sitting or is unable to do so at all; usually due to pain. This can affect people who face little or no chronic problems with standing, as well as those who do, such as mobility aid users.
It is also known as reduced ability to sit, sitting problem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting%20disability |
Rauland is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1860 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Vinje Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Raulandsgrend (also known as Rauland) which is where Rauland Church is located. The municipality was a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauland |
The IFBB Hall of Fame was established in 1999 to honor outstanding athletes and officials in the sport of bodybuilding. There have been no inductees since 2011.
Induction years
1999
Carla Dunlap
Cory Everson
John Grimek
Lee Haney
Rachel McLish
Sergio Oliva
Reg Park
Bill Pearl
Steve Reeves
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Larry ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFBB%20Hall%20of%20Fame |
Randesund is a village and district within the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The district is located within the borough of Oddernes along the southern coastline between the two fjords Kvåsefjorden and Topdalsfjorden and south of the districts of Søm and Hånes. There are several small islands just off th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randesund |
Anthranilic acid is an aromatic acid with the formula C6H4(NH2)(CO2H) and has a sweetish taste. The molecule consists of a benzene ring, ortho-substituted with a carboxylic acid and an amine. As a result of containing both acidic and basic functional groups, the compound is amphoteric. Anthranilic acid is a white solid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthranilic%20acid |
Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria (; born 13 January 1933, Sofia) also known as Marie Louise Borisova Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, is the daughter of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Ioanna and the older sister of Simeon II of Bulgaria. Her baptism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church caused controversy at the time because her mother had... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Marie%20Louise%20of%20Bulgaria |
Temario "Temy" C. Rivera is a Filipino educator. Rivera was formerly professor of political science at the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he served as Chair of the Department of Political Science from 1993 to 1998. He was educated at the University of the Philippines Diliman (A.B., M.A.) and the Universit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temario%20Rivera |
Wahls is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jessica Wahls (born 1977), German pop singer, songwriter, and television host
Matthias Wahls (born 1968), German chess grandmaster and poker player
Terry Wahls (born 1955), American physician
Zach Wahls (born 1991), American politician, activist, and author
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahls |
This is a list of some of the mountains in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, including those in the mountain range known as the Berkshires.
Mount Greylock is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet (1,064 m) in elevation. As such, no mountains in Massachusetts are recognized by the Appalachian Mountain Club in its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mountains%20in%20Massachusetts |
Wahlberg may refer to:
Wahlberg (surname), including a list of people with the name
Wahlberg's cormorant (bank cormorant, Phalacrocorax neglectus), a medium-sized cormorant
Wahlberg's eagle (Aquila wahlbergi), a medium-sized raptor named after the Swedish naturalist Johan August Wahlberg
Wahlberg's epauletted frui... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahlberg |
The New Zealand Midland Railway Company partially constructed the Midland line between Christchurch and Greymouth and the Nelson railway in the South Island. It was one of the few private railway companies in New Zealand, and it did not match the success of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company.
History
In the 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20Midland%20Railway%20Company |
Wöhler may refer to:
People
August Wöhler (1819–1914), German engineer
Cordula Wöhler (1845–1916), German writer and hymnwriter
Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), German chemist
Otto Wöhler (1894 in Burgwedel – 1987 in Burgwedel), German general
Jürgen (Otto) Wöhler (born 1950 in Oberlahnstein), German lawyer and man... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%B6hler |
Wohlers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Eliza Wohlers (1812 – 1891), English missionary in New Zealand
Florian Wohlers (born 1976), German canoeist
Horst Wohlers (born 1949), German football player and manager
Johan Wohlers (1811–1885), New Zealand missionary
Jürgen Wohlers (born 1945), Ger... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wohlers |
Onsøy is a peninsula and a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre was Gressvik.
History
The parish of Onsø was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). A part of Onsøy with 170 inhabitants was moved to the neighboring municipality Fredrikstad on 1 Janu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ons%C3%B8y |
Michael Mintenko (born November 7, 1975) is a former competition swimmer who represented Canada in butterfly and freestyle events in various international championships, including the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is a ten-time medallist, spanning the FINA world championships, Pan Pacific Championships, and Common... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Mintenko |
Germantown High School was a secondary school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Germantown High School graduated its final class on June 19, 2013 and closed its doors that week.
GHS, located in Germantown, was a part of the School District of Philadelphia.
The school was built in 1914. Its students were mostly Af... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown%20High%20School%20%28Philadelphia%29 |
Rolvsøy is a village, an island, and a former municipality in Viken county, Norway.
It was created by a split from Tune on 1 January 1911. At that time Rolvsøy had a population of 2,381. On 1 January 1994 Rolvsøy was incorporated into the municipality of Fredrikstad, the neighboring municipality to the south. Prior t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolvs%C3%B8y |
Johann Wilhelm of Jülich-Cleves-Berg () (28 May 1562 – 25 March 1609) was the last Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.
Biography
His parents were William the Rich, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516–1592) and Maria of Austria (1531–1581), a daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. He grew up... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20William%2C%20Duke%20of%20J%C3%BClich-Cleves-Berg |
Gökhan Zan (born 7 September 1981 in Antakya) is a retired Turkish footballer.
Club career
Zan started his career with Hatayspor and then moved on to Çanakkale Dardanelspor before joining Beşiktaş in 2003. He needed time to make his mark with the Turkish giants, and spent a spell on loan with Gaziantepspor before retu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6khan%20Zan |
Waddill Catchings (September 6, 1879 – December 31, 1967) was an American economist who collaborated with his Harvard classmate William Trufant Foster in a series of economics books that were highly influential in the United States in the 1920s. His influential books, written with Foster, were Money (1923), Profits (1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddill%20Catchings |
Torsnes is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. It is the site of Torsnes Church (Torsnes kirke).
History
Torsnes was created by a split from Borge on 1 January 1910. At that time Torsnes had a population of 1,538.
On 1 January 1964, Gansrød and Ulfeng, with 30 inhabitants, were incorporated into Fredrik... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsnes |
Grove Hill is an area of the Middlesbrough's Longlands and Beechwood ward in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a historic part of the North Riding of Yorkshire. The area's main shopping area is off Marton Road at the junction with Marton Burn Road and Belle Vue.
The majority of the area wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove%20Hill%2C%20Middlesbrough |
The ramped craft logistic (RCL) is a type of landing craft operated by 17 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC of the Royal Logistic Corps of the British Army. From the early 1980s onwards it was deployed to replace the RPL (ramped powered lighter). One of their first roles was to provide logistical support during the settin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramped%20craft%20logistic |
Cyprichromis is a genus of cichlids with five species. They are also known as the herring cichlids or sardine cichlids, since they form large schools in the open water of Lake Tanganyika. Of the known species, only C. microlepidotus has been recorded outside Lake Tanganyika (in eastern Tanzania).
Species
The currentl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprichromis |
Glemmen is a parish and former municipality with the city of Fredrikstad, Østfold county, Norway.
History
The parish of Glemminge was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). A part of Glemmen with 2,013 inhabitants was moved to Fredrikstad 1 January 1867. The island of Kråkerøy was sep... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glemmen |
Igbobi College is a college established by the Methodist and Anglican Churches in 1932, in the Yaba suburb of Lagos, Lagos State, South-western Nigeria. It is still on its original site and most of the original buildings are intact. It is one of the oldest colleges in Nigeria, and has been the alma mater of a number of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbobi%20College |
Nanochromis is a genus of small cichlids endemic to the Congo River Basin in Central Africa.
Species
The genus Congochromis was split from Nanochromis in 2007. The following species remain in Nanochromis:
Nanochromis consortus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
Nanochromis minor T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanochromis |
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