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Dimitar Talev () (1 September 1898 – 20 October 1966) was a Bulgarian writer, journalist, political prisoner, and member of the Bulgarian National Assembly.
Biography
Born in Prilep, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia), Talev studied at the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitar%20Talev |
Ough is a four-letter sequence, a tetragraph, used in English orthography and notorious for its unpredictable pronunciation. It has at least eight pronunciations in North American English and nine in British English, and no discernible patterns exist for choosing among them.
History
In Middle English, ough was regula... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ough%20%28orthography%29 |
Beyond the Black Stump is a novel by British author Nevil Shute. It was first published in the UK by William Heinemann Ltd, in 1956.
Plot summary
The story concerns a young American geologist, Stanton Laird, working in the Australian outback in the field of oil exploration. Although he is in a very remote location - ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond%20the%20Black%20Stump |
The Rzav () is a river in southwestern Serbia. The 62 km long left tributary to the Golijska Moravica river, it originates from two headstreams, the Veliki Rzav and the Mali Rzav. The river is sometimes referred to as the Golijski Rzav (Serbian Cyrillic: Голијски Рзав, "Rzav of Golija") to distinguish it from another ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzav%20%28Golija%29 |
Glen Donnelly is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Richard Huggett. The actor joined the cast shortly after leaving E Street, and he relocated from Sydney to Melbourne, where the show is filmed. He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 7 December 1990. Glen w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen%20Donnelly |
Josephine Elisabeth Larissa Alhanko (born 24 April 1981) is a Swedish actress and former Miss Sweden title holder. She is a niece of the ballet dancer, Anneli Alhanko.
Alhanko was Sweden's 28th semi-finalist at the Miss Universe 2006 pageant, held on 23 July in Los Angeles. She was the first Miss Sweden to place in ni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine%20Alhanko |
In medicine, photopheresis (aka extracorporeal photopheresis or ECP) is a form of apheresis and photodynamic therapy in which blood is subject to apheresis to separate buffy coat (WBC + platelets) from whole blood, chemically treated with 8-methoxypsoralen (instilled into a collection bag or given per os in advance), ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photopheresis |
Jeffrey Nielsen is founder of the Democracy House Project, and a published author. He is also a philosophy instructor at Westminster College, Salt Lake City; and Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah. He is perhaps best known for being both a supporter of gay marriage and a practicing Mormon.
Life
In 2006, Nielsen was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Nielsen |
Orangeville District Secondary School is located at 22 Faulkner Street in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, and is the oldest secondary school in the town. It was built in its current state after the old high school (originally built in 1884) burned down in 1948. Currently, grades 9 through 12 are housed at O.D.S.S. Ther... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeville%20District%20Secondary%20School |
Zoo Hypothesis is the title of a studio album by Chicago band Tub Ring, released in 2004. The song "Alexander in Charge" contains a sample from the movie Taxi Driver.
Track listing
"Tiny, Little" (1:39)
"Death of the Robot" (1:30)
"The Promise Keeper" (4:43)
"Sharpening the Sticks" (1:50)
"I Could Never Fall in Love w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo%20Hypothesis%20%28album%29 |
Sepoy/Honorary Captain Baba Harbhajan Singh (1946-1968) was an Indian Army soldier who served from 30 June 1965 to 4 October 1968. He is said to serve the Indian Army even after his death by coming in the dreams of soldiers and telling them the plans of their enemies. There is a temple dedicated to him in East Sikkim.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba%20Harbhajan%20Singh |
Humppa! is a 2001 compilation album by Eläkeläiset, mainly released to the Russian market.
Track listing
Orpopojan jenkka (Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'roll)
Kuumaa humppaa (Hot Stuff)
Elän humpalla (Living On A Prayer)
Pyjamahumppa (Sleeping In My Car)
Luikurihumppa (Personal Jesus)
Humppaa tai kuole (No Limits)
Jääk... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa%21 |
Matthew Timothy Burns (born March 28, 1980), better known by his ring name "Sick" Nick Mondo, is a retired American professional wrestler. Since his in-ring retirement in 2003, he has become a filmmaker, actor and stuntman and, at one point, worked with All Elite Wrestling as director.
Burns is best known for his appe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Mondo |
State Route 265 (SR 265) is a state highway in Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States. Referred to as Silver Peak Road, it connects the community of Silver Peak to U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 95 (US 6–95). The route formerly existed as State Route 47.
Route description
SR 265 starts at Silver Peak Road (an unrela... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada%20State%20Route%20265 |
Otto Barić (; 19 June 1933 – 13 December 2020) was an Austrian-Croatian professional football player and manager.
Coaching career
1970s to 1980s
Born in Eisenkappel, near Klagenfurt, Barić started his coaching career in 1969 at West German club Germania Wiesbaden and moved after one season to Austrian club Wacker Inn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Bari%C4%87 |
Petra Cecilia Alexandra Hultgren (born 21 April 1972, in Värmdö, Stockholm County) is a Swedish actress.
She was crowned as Miss Sweden in 1995 and won the Miss Photogenic award at Miss Universe 1995.
Hultgren currently stars in the Swedish series Andra Avenyn. She is known now as Petra van de Voort.
Series
1996 - ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra%20Hultgren |
Zia Fariduddin Dagar (15 June 1932 – 8 May 2013) was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Dhrupad tradition, the oldest existing form of north Indian classical music (Hindustani classical music). He was part of the Dagar family of musicians.
He taught at the Dhrupad Kendra in Bhopal with his elder brother Zia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zia%20Fariduddin%20Dagar |
The Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), commonly known as the STAR Tollway, is a two-to-four-lane controlled-access toll expressway in the province of Batangas in the Philippines. It is operated by STAR Infrastructure Development Corporation (STAR – IDC). The expressway is signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Tagalog%20Arterial%20Road |
The ADT Championship was a women's professional golf tournament on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. The season-ending event on the tour, it became the LPGA Playoffs at The ADT from 2006 through 2008.
History
The tournament was played in its final playoff form for the first time in November 2006; the champion of the event, Ju... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADT%20Championship |
The LNER W1 No. 10000 (also known as the Hush-Hush due to its secrecy) was an experimental steam locomotive fitted with a high pressure water-tube boiler. Nigel Gresley was impressed by the results of using high-pressure steam in marine applications and so in 1924 he approached Harold Yarrow of shipyard and boilermaker... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER%20Class%20W1 |
The Chauncey Street station is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Chauncey Street and Broadway in Brooklyn, it is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J at all other times.
Station layout
There are two side platforms ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauncey%20Street%20station |
The following lists bands or artists that are played on adult album alternative radio stations, or have been cited as part of the adult alternative pop/rock music genre.
0-9
.38 Special
10,000 Maniacs
10cc
The B-52's
A
A Flock of Seagulls
A Tribe Called Quest
A-ha
ABBA
ABC
AC/DC
Ryan Adams
Adele
The Airborne Toxic Ev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20adult%20alternative%20artists |
The Halsey Street station is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Halsey Street and Broadway at the border of Bedford–Stuyvesant and Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the J train at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.
Station layout
This elevated st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halsey%20Street%20station%20%28BMT%20Jamaica%20Line%29 |
Brooklyn August is a poem by Stephen King that first appeared in 1971 in Io magazine and was later collected in King's Nightmares & Dreamscapes in 1993. It also pairs with another story in that collection, "Head Down."
Synopsis
The poem is reflective in tone, a nostalgic look back at what many consider to be the glory... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%20August |
H. R. Keshava Murthy (22 February 1934 – 21 December 2022) was an Indian gamaka exponent and guru. He was honoured with Shantala Natya Sri Award by the Government of Karnataka in 1998 and Padma Shri in 2022 by the Government of India in the field of arts.
Personal life
Murthy was born on 22 February 1934 in a family ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.%20R.%20Keshava%20Murthy |
Georg Wiegner (April 20, 1883 – April 14, 1936) was a colloid chemist. He was born in Leipzig and died in Zurich.
Georg Wiegner studied natural sciences at the University of Leipzig, and received a doctorate in 1906. He was an assistant to Wilhelm Fleischmann at the University of Göttingen from 1907. He was appointed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Wiegner |
FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared.
History
It was – after the establishment of FC Swarovski Tirol in 1986 – the second split-off of FC Wacker Innsbruck, whose Bundesliga license it adopted at the end of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC%20Tirol%20Innsbruck |
Montague Wilmot (c. 1709/10 - died May 23, 1766) was an 18th-century British colonial Governor of Nova Scotia.
Early life
Little is known of Wilmot's origins, such as his exact place of birth, although he was born in England. His father was a physician to the Prince of Wales and his mother was a Montagu; Wilmot's uncl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montague%20Wilmot |
Zapp is the debut studio album by the American funk band Zapp, released on July 30, 1980, by Warner Bros. Records. The album's style and sound bears a striking resemblance to Parliament-Funkadelic, as the band was working with and being mentored by P-Funk members William Earl "Bootsy" Collins and George Clinton during ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapp%20%28album%29 |
The Gates Avenue station is a local station on the elevated BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Gates Avenue and Broadway at the border of Bedford–Stuyvesant and Bushwick, Brooklyn. It is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and by the J train at all oth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates%20Avenue%20station |
() is a county located in central Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Quanzhou City and covers an area of with a total population of 300,000.
History
Dehua is rich in kaolin and famous for ceramic products, especially crafts and dinnerware, including candle holders, Piggy b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehua%20County |
Thomas Joseph Winning (3 June 1925 – 17 June 2001) was a Scottish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Glasgow from 1974 and President of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland from 1985 until his death. Winning was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994.
Early years
Tom Winning was the oldest ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Winning |
Amos Doolittle (May 18, 1754 – January 30, 1832) was an American engraver and silversmith, known as "The Revere of Connecticut." His engravings included portraits and maps, made in his New Haven, Connecticut studio. He became famous for his four engravings depicting the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which were base... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos%20Doolittle |
Centro also formerly known as Central is an Indian department store chain operated by Reliance Group. Reliance Retail (RRL) has changed Future Group’s Central department store model into Centro in areas where RRL took over the lease after Future Group lapsed on rentals and relinquished the property. On 9th May 2023, th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20%28Department%20Store%29 |
This is a list of all the golfers who represented Europe in the Solheim Cup from the first staging in 1990 through to 2023.
Players
+ Selected or qualified for the team but withdrew and was replaced.
* Lisa Hackney later became Lisa Hall. Kathryn Marshall later became Kathryn Imrie.
Playing record
Source:
O = Ov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20European%20Solheim%20Cup%20golfers |
The Kosciuszko Street station is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the J train at all times. The Z train skips this station when it operates.
Station layout
This elevated station has two side platforms and three tracks; the center express track is not used in regular... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosciuszko%20Street%20station |
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, abbreviated as DHEA sulfate or DHEA-S, also known as androstenolone sulfate, is an endogenous androstane steroid that is produced by the adrenal cortex. It is the 3β-sulfate ester and a metabolite of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and circulates in far greater relative concentrations than... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehydroepiandrosterone%20sulfate |
Giuseppe d'Annibale (22 September 1815 – 18 July 1892) was an Italian Catholic cardinal and theologian.
Biography
He was appointed professor in the Seminary of Rieti and later vicar-general of the diocese. He was preconized Titular Bishop of Caryste by Pope Leo XIII on 12 August 1881, was created Cardinal-Priest of S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe%20d%27Annibale |
POMS or Poms may refer to:
Production and Operations Management is an academic society and a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on all topics in product and process design, operations, and supply chain management.
Pom-pons, a hand-held decoration used in cheerleading or a related sport also called "pom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poms |
Sensitivity and specificity mathematically describe the accuracy of a test that reports the presence or absence of a condition. If individuals who have the condition are considered "positive" and those who do not are considered "negative", then sensitivity is a measure of how well a test can identify true positives and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity%20and%20specificity |
used rosePatrina loukoumia or loukoumia Patron (Greek Λουκουμια Πατρών) is Turkish delight (lukum) produced in Patras, Greece.
History
The Aggelopouloi Bros company was the birthplace and only major producer of Patrina Ioukoumia in the early 20th century. The company was closed in the early 1990s.
The company V. Ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrina%20loukoumia |
Midanbury is a small suburb of Southampton, England, bordering Bitterne, Bitterne Park and Townhill Park.
History
In 1790 Southampton was a spa town whose popularity led to the construction of several country houses in the surrounding area, one of which was at Midanbury, situated on the summit of a hill to the east of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midanbury |
Falstaff – Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68, is an orchestral work by the English composer Edward Elgar. Though not so designated by the composer, it is a symphonic poem in the tradition of Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss. It portrays Sir John Falstaff, the "fat knight" of William Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 and 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falstaff%20%28Elgar%29 |
The 2006 Clipsal 500 Adelaide was the first round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It took place from 23 to 26 March 2006 and was the eighth in a sequence of "Adelaide 500" events for V8 Supercars to be held at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia.
Qualifying
Qualifying
The qualifyi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Clipsal%20500%20Adelaide |
Jacques Baron (1905–1986) was a French surrealist poet whose first collection of poems was published in Aventure in 1921. Although he was initially involved with the Dada movement, he became a founding member of the Surrealist movement following his meeting with André Breton in 1921, and contributed to La Révolution su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Baron |
Ralph B. Peña is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater Company, an Obie Award and Drama Desk winning Asian American theatre group based in New York City. As a playwright, his works include Flipzoids, Project: Balangiga, This End Up, and Loose Leaf Bindings. He received an Obie Award for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Pe%C3%B1a |
The Peary caribou (Rangifer arcticus pearyi) is a subspecies of caribou found in the High Arctic islands of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Canada. They are the smallest of the North American caribou, with the females weighing an average of and the males . In length the females average and the males .
Like ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peary%20caribou |
Solus was an American comic book series written by Barbara Kesel and illustrated by George Pérez. It was published by CrossGen Entertainment from April to December 2003. It ran for eight issues until it was cancelled when Crossgen went bankrupt in 2004. This series was a late comer to the Crossgen line-up, but was inte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solus%20%28comics%29 |
Robert Watson Claiborne, Jr. (1919–1990) was an American writer, folk singer, and labor organizer.
Overview
Robert Claiborne, grandson of John Herbert Claiborne, was a folk singer and union organizer in the 1940s and 1950s. He travelled and performed with fellow folk musicians including Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Claiborne |
Wiegand is a German surname. It originated from the Old High German verb wîgan, meaning to fight, through the past participle form wîgant, meaning the fighter. The word comes from wîg (battle/war). The name was in use by the Middle Ages, also as a first name.
People with the name Wiegand or von Wiegand:
Charmion... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegand |
Bashir Hameed (born James Dixon York on December 1, 1940; died August 30, 2008) was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army.
York was born December 1, 1940, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. It was in 1968 while living in Oakland, California that York joined the Black Panther Party. He returned to N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashir%20Hameed |
The swimming competition during the 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, was a long course event (50 m), and took place in Messina, on the island of Sicily, Italy from August 24 till August 30, 1997.
Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
References
Results on FISU-site
swimrankin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming%20at%20the%201997%20Summer%20Universiade |
Charles Edward Young (December 30, 1931 – October 22, 2023), nicknamed Chuck Young, was an American university administrator and professor. A native of California, Young led the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for 29 years as chancellor and the University of Florida for more than four years as president.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20E.%20Young |
Heteroduplex analysis (HDA) is a method in biochemistry used to detect point mutations in DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) since 1992. Heteroduplexes are dsDNA molecules that have one or more mismatched pairs, on the other hand homoduplexes are dsDNA which are perfectly paired. This method of analysis depend up on the fact ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroduplex%20analysis |
In molecular biology, an annexin A5 affinity assay is a test to quantify the number of cells undergoing apoptosis. The assay uses the protein annexin A5 to tag apoptotic and dead cells, and the numbers are then counted using either flow cytometry or a fluorescence microscope.
The annexin a5 protein binds to apoptotic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexin%20A5%20affinity%20assay |
Boryspilska (, ) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Syretsko-Pecherska Line.
Designed by architects V. Gnevyshev, T. Tselikovska and A. Yukhnovsky, the station is a shallow level single-vault (Kharkiv Technology). Although planned to open in the late 1990s, financial offsets put off the date to 23 August 2005, when it was o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boryspilska%20%28Kyiv%20Metro%29 |
Ewerthon Henrique de Souza (born 10 June 1981) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward or right winger. He was best known for his pace, trickery and long shots, and played for clubs in Brazil, Germany, Spain, Russia and Qatar. He made seven appearances for the Brazil national team a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewerthon |
Surinder Kaur (25 November 1929 – 14 June 2006) was an Indian singer and songwriter. While she mainly sang Punjabi folk songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre, Kaur also recorded songs as a playback singer for Hindi films between 1948 and 1952. For her contributions to Punjabi music, she... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinder%20Kaur |
{{Infobox writer
| name = Niyi Osundare
| birth_date = March 12, 1947 (age 76)
| occupation = Poet • playwright • literary critic • linguist
| notable_works = Songs of the Marketplace (1983), The Eye of the Earth (1986), Waiting Laughters (1990), Green: Sighs of Our Ailing Planet (2022)| awa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niyi%20Osundare |
"Abdel Kader" () is an Algerian traditional song made famous by the Algerian raï artist Khaled. It is mistakenly thought to be about the Emir `Abd al-Qādir al-Jazā'irī, a famous Algerian Muslim religious leader and freedom fighter who resisted the French conquest of Algeria, but is actually about the 12th century Sufi ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel%20Kader%20%28song%29 |
The 2007 IIHF Women's World Championships were held from April 3 to 10, 2007 in Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada. There were no championships in 2006 due to the Torino Olympic tournament. Games were played at the MTS Centre and Selkirk Recreation Complex.
It was the tenth event, and it was run by the Internati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20IIHF%20Women%27s%20World%20Championship |
Bacchylus was a second century Bishop of Corinth who was known for supporting Papal claims, and writings on the passover.
References
2nd-century bishops in the Roman Empire
Bishops of Corinth | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchylus |
Lewis Hayden (December 2, 1811 – April 7, 1889) escaped slavery in Kentucky with his family and escaped to Canada. He established a school for African Americans before moving to Boston, Massachusetts to aid in the abolition movement. There he became an abolitionist, lecturer, businessman, and politician. Before the Am... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20Hayden |
RalliSport Challenge 2 is a rally racing video game developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox in 2004. Released as a sequel to the 2002 video game RalliSport Challenge, the game introduced several new features, including a career mode, additional cars, and track types with n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RalliSport%20Challenge%202 |
Bachiarius was an early fifth-century Christian writer, known only through his two writings which suggest he was a Galician monk.
Writings
"Liber de Fide" - an apologetic letter to the Pope.
"Ad Januariam liber de reparatione lapsi" - an appeal to an abbot on behalf of an incontinent monk.
References
Roman Catholic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachiarius |
Bayville is a village in the town of Boothbay Harbor in Lincoln County, Maine, United States.
The village of Bayville was formed in 1911. Bayville consists largely of summer residents and has approximately 43 houses at the head of Linekin Bay. The Bayville lineage of several families stretches back some six generatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayville%2C%20Maine |
House R 128 is a modernist single-family house in Stuttgart, Germany, built in 1999/2000 by architect Werner Sobek.
The house features a modular and recyclable design, is completely glazed and has no interior dividing walls.
It is computerized and meets its own energy requirements completely.
Overview
The name of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20R%20128 |
Arthur Harold Collins, fullback for the All Blacks (1932, 1934) and for Taranaki (1927-1937), was born in Stratford, New Zealand on 19 July 1906. Weighing in at just 73 kg, and only 1.70m in height, Collins made a name for himself playing club rugby for Stratford and Clifton, and in 1927 was selected for the Taranaki R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Collins%20%28rugby%20union%29 |
Poe v. Lynchburg Training School & Hospital, 518 F. Supp. 789 (W.D. Va. 1981), concerned whether or not patients who had been involuntarily sterilized in Lynchburg Training School and Hospital, a state mental institution in Virginia, as part of a program of eugenics in the early and mid-20th century had their constitut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%20v.%20Lynchburg%20Training%20School%20%26%20Hospital |
Peter Hubert Evermode Backx (1805–1868) was a 19th-century abbot of Tongerlo Abbey, in Belgium.
References
External links
Catholic Encyclopedia article
1805 births
1868 deaths
Belgian abbots
People from Westerlo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Hubert%20Evermode%20Backx |
Wiegert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gerald Wiegert (1944–2021), American automobile designer and manufacturer
Ingolf Wiegert (born 1957), East German handball player
Paul Wiegert (born 1967), Canadian astronomer
Zach Wiegert (born 1972), American football player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegert |
Federation CJA is a Canadian Jewish organization that raises and distributes funds by facilitating and overseeing the delivery of services and programs.
History
Federation CJA is one of the oldest Canadian Jewish organizations. CJA was founded in 1916 with the hope of uniting Montreal's Jewish community and providing ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation%20CJA |
David William Bacon (September 15, 1813 – November 5, 1874) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Portland in Maine and New Hampshire from 1855 until his death in 1874.
Biography
Early life
David Bacon was born on September 15, 1813, in New York City. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20William%20Bacon |
Oksana Vasilyevna Lyapina (; born 28 April 1980 in Armavir, Russian SFSR) is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Career
Lyapina competed in the 1995 Junior European Championships and helped her team win gold.
In 1996, she competed at the Olympic Games, along with Rozalia Ga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oksana%20Lyapina |
Adolf Richard Hölzel (13 May 1853 – 17 October 1934) was a German painter. He began as a Realist, but later became an early promoter of various Modern styles, including Abstractionism.
Biography
Hölzel was born in Olmütz. His father was the publisher, Eduard Hölzel. In 1868, he completed a three-year apprenticeship a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf%20H%C3%B6lzel |
Raymond Polin (July 7, 1910, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes – February 8, 2001) was a French philosopher.
He taught at the Paris University (since 1961).
He was the president of the University of Paris from 1976 to 1981.
Literary works
La création des valeurs, 1944
La compréhension des valeurs, 1945
Du laid, du mal, du f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Polin |
Wiegers is a Dutch patronymic surname. The given name Wieger is a forms of the Germanic Wichard, from Wîh- ("battle") and -hard ("strong"). People with this surname include:
Ben Wiegers (fl. 2006), Dutch curler and curling coach
Jan Wiegers (1893–1959), Dutch expressionist painter
Karl Wiegers (born 1953), American so... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegers |
Norman Reginald Warner, Baron Warner, (born 8 September 1940) is a British member of the House of Lords. A career civil servant from 1960, he was created a life peer in 1998. He was Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department of Health from 2003 to 2007, and a Minister of State at the Department of Health from 200... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Warner%2C%20Baron%20Warner |
Castle Chanonry of Ross, also known as Seaforth Castle, was located in the town of Fortrose, to the north-east of Inverness, on the peninsula known as the Black Isle, Highland, Scotland. Nothing now remains of the castle. The castle was also known as Canonry or Chanonrie of Ross, the former county.
Construction
The Ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanonry%20of%20Ross |
Jan Schultsz (born 1965 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch pianist and conductor. He is an accompanist in lieder recitals.
Biography
Schultsz first took piano lessons at the age of 4 and commenced horn lessons at the age of 10. Emphasis was laid on both these instruments during his student years under Jan Wijn and Adriaan van W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Schultsz |
Andrew Jennings (3 September 1943 – 8 January 2022) was a British investigative reporter. He was best known for his work investigating and writing about corruption in the IOC and FIFA.
Early life
Jennings was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, on 3 September 1943. His father worked as a school headmaster; his mother was a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Jennings |
Fritz Feigl (15 May 1891 – 23 January 1971) was a Jewish Austrian-born chemist. He taught at the University of Brazil.
Biography
Feigl was born and studied in Vienna, but owing to his military service in the First World War he had to interrupt his studies. He received his Ph.D. for work with Wilhelm Schlenk in 1920. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz%20Feigl |
Manuel Lora Lee (born June 17, 1965) is a former shortstop and second baseman for Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays (1985–92), Texas Rangers (1993–94) and St. Louis Cardinals (1995). He was originally signed as an amateur free agent with the New York Mets in 1982.
He helped the Blue Jays win the AL Eastern Di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Lee |
Roger Vitrac (; 17 November 1899 – 22 January 1952) was a French surrealist playwright and poet.
Early life
Roger Vitrac was born in Pinsac on 17 November 1899, before his family moved to Paris in 1910.:527 As a young man, he was influenced by the period's theatre and poetry, in particular the works of Lautréamont an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Vitrac |
Jonathan Hornblower (5 July 1753 – 23 February 1815) was an English pioneer of steam power.
Personal life
The son of Jonathan Hornblower the Elder and the brother of Jabez Carter Hornblower, two fellow pioneers, the young Hornblower was educated at Truro Grammar School. He was baptised at Trelever on 25 July 1773, age... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Hornblower |
is a Japanese musician and fashion model best known as the lead vocalist for new wave band Plastics who then went on to form Melon with Plastics bandmate Toshio Nakanishi. The duo became a prominent fixture in the Tokyo club and fashion scenes, serving as trendsetters responsible for bringing British, American new wave... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chica%20Sato |
The United States Penitentiary, Allenwood (USP Allenwood) is a maximum security United States federal prison in Pennsylvania. It is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
FCC Allenwood i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Penitentiary%2C%20Allenwood |
Gaildorf is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Kocher, 13 km south of Schwäbisch Hall. Gaildorf is the approximate center of the Limpurger Land district, formerly a county of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the counts Schenk von Limpurg until their extinc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaildorf |
"Why You Wanna" is a song by American rapper T.I., released as the second official single from his fourth album King (2006). It samples a slowed down keyboard chord from Crystal Waters' "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)". The chorus also interpolates rapper Q-Tip's vocals from "Got 'Til It's Gone" with Janet Jackson and "F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why%20You%20Wanna |
The Orange-Addison-1 Representative District is a two-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Cens... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-Addison-1%20Vermont%20Representative%20District%2C%202002%E2%80%932012 |
Ewell Albert "Reb" Russell (March 12, 1889 – September 30, 1973) was an American Major League Baseball player for the Chicago White Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Career
MLB
Russell was drafted by the White Sox as a pitcher in 1912. In his rookie season, his won-loss record was 22–16 and he led the league in games p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reb%20Russell |
The Addiko Bank is an Austrian banking group with numerous cross-border activities in the Alps-Adriatic region. The group is active in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. However, the bank itself did not have a banking license in Austria, which now owned by Austrian Anadi Bank, another ban... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiko%20Bank |
Yelena Nikolayevna Grosheva (; born April 12, 1979) is a Russian former competitive gymnast. She won silver in the team event at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two team medals at the World Championships.
Personal life
Grosheva was born on April 12, 1979, in Russia.
Honors and awards
Master of Sports of Russia
Inte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena%20Grosheva |
Echyridella menziesii, the New Zealand freshwater mussel, also known by its Māori names , , and , is a species of freshwater mussel endemic to New Zealand. E. menziesii is an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
They were an important food source for the Māori, but like many freshwater m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echyridella%20menziesii |
Henry Dudley Wysong, Jr. (May 15, 1939 – March 29, 1998) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s.
Wysong was born, raised and lived all his life in and around McKinney, Texas. One of the people who taught Wysong how to play golf was Byron Nelson. In 1961, Wysong lost the final round... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley%20Wysong |
The 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying was held in several continental zones. Four countries qualified automatically— as tournament hosts, as reigning champions, as runners-up in the previous tournament, and as winners of the third-place playoff in the previous tournament. Repechage was first introduced for the 1999 c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20Rugby%20World%20Cup%20qualifying |
Gary Mex Glazner (born 1957), is a poet and author. He was the Managing Director of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, 2007 to 2010.
In 1990, Glazner working as a florist in San Francisco. As poet and organizer in that city's ever-evolving spoken word community, he was instrumental in organizing the first ever N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Mex%20Glazner |
The Broadcasting Act (), given royal assent on 1 February 1991, is an act of the Parliament of Canada regarding broadcasting of telecommunications in the country.
The Broadcasting Act outlines broadcasting policy of Canada; defines the role of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting%20Act%20%28Canada%29 |
Lappersdorf is a municipality in the district of Regensburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Regen, 4 km north of Regensburg.
References
Regensburg (district) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lappersdorf |
Stapled hemorrhoidopexy is a surgical procedure that involves the cutting and removal of anal hemorrhoidal vascular cushion, whose function is to help to seal stools and create continence. Procedure also removes abnormally enlarged hemorrhoidal tissue, followed by the repositioning of the remaining hemorrhoidal tissue ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapled%20hemorrhoidopexy |
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