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Adobe Jenson is an old-style serif typeface drawn for Adobe Systems by its chief type designer Robert Slimbach. Its Roman styles are based on a text face cut by Nicolas Jenson in Venice around 1470, and its italics are based on those created by Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi fifty years later.
Jenson is an organic d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe%20Jenson |
Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, 1st Duke of Genoa (Ferdinando Maria Alberto Amedeo Filiberto Vincenzo; 15 November 1822 – 10 February 1855) was the founder of the Genoa branch of the House of Savoy.
Biography
Prince Ferdinando was born in Florence the second son of Charles Albert, Prince of Carignano and Maria Theresa of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20Ferdinando%2C%20Duke%20of%20Genoa%20%281822%E2%80%931855%29 |
HSC INCAT 046 was a wave-piercing catamaran passenger-vehicle ferry. It operated under various marketing names, including Devil Cat, The Cat, The Lynx, and lastly The T&T Express.
Vessel characteristics
HSC INCAT 046 was a vessel built by InCat Australia in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1997 as hull 046. She was a sister sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSC%20INCAT%20046 |
1832 election may refer to:
1832 Newfoundland general election
1832 United Kingdom general election
1832 United States presidential election | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1832%20election |
1836 election may refer to:
Chilean presidential election, 1836
1836 United States presidential election
1836 United States House of Representatives elections | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1836%20election |
Sully–Morland () is a station of the Paris Métro on line 7 of the Paris metro, located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Location
The station is located under the Quai des Célestins, at the intersection of Boulevard Morland and Boulevard Henri-IV, near the Seine and the Pont de Sully. Oriented along a north-west/sou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully%E2%80%93Morland%20station |
The Type 344 is a multifunctional fire control radar (FCR) developed by the Xian Research Institute of Navigation Technology (西安导航技术研究所)/XRINT/ No. 20th Research Institute.
It can track two batches of target simultaneously and measure the position deviation between the shell and the target, constantly calibrating the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type%20344%20radar |
Juno Doran is a visual and sound artist based in North Dorset, United Kingdom.
Life and work
Juno Doran is a visual and sound artist based in the UK. She was born in 1966 in Abrantes, Portugal, and moved to London, United Kingdom, in 1992.
Selected solo exhibitions
2014 Descent, drawing installation, Cambridge Art S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno%20Doran |
Diacylglycerol kinase (DGK or DAGK) is a family of enzymes that catalyzes the conversion of diacylglycerol (DAG) to phosphatidic acid (PA), utilizing ATP as a source of the phosphate. In non-stimulated cells, DGK activity is low, allowing DAG to be used for glycerophospholipid biosynthesis, but on receptor activation o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacylglycerol%20kinase |
In animal husbandry, feed conversion ratio (FCR) or feed conversion rate is a ratio or rate measuring of the efficiency with which the bodies of livestock convert animal feed into the desired output. For dairy cows, for example, the output is milk, whereas in animals raised for meat (such as beef cows, pigs, chickens, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed%20conversion%20ratio |
Old Scituate Light also known simply as Scituate Light is a historic lighthouse located on Cedar Point in Scituate, Massachusetts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as Scituate Light.
History
In May, 1810, the US government appropriated $4,000 for a lighthouse to be built at the entranc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Scituate%20Light |
Edward Tyll (born February 6, 1956) is an American comedian and radio personality.
Tyll was born in The Bronx, New York USA the only child of Italian-Polish-American parents. He earned a B.S. in Sociology and briefly attended law school before becoming a talk radio host.
He has appeared as a commentator on network T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Tyll |
Rod Keenan (born July 3, 1968, in Great Bend, Kansas) is an American milliner and is the creator of a handcrafted men's headwear collection that is marketed under his label Rod Keenan New York.
Early years and education
Keenan grew up in Great Bend, Kansas; he graduated from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kans... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod%20Keenan |
Ritter Adolf von Liebenberg or Liebenberg von Zsittin (September 15, 1851, in Como, Lombardy, Austrian Empire – May 6, 1920, in Vienna) was an Austrian agriculturalist and researcher into crop production (Getreidewissenschaftler, Agrarfachmann). He taught at Königsberg University and Vienna.
External links
Adolf Ritt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf%20von%20Liebenberg |
Nigel Vonas is a film, television, and theatre actor, perhaps best known for his roles on Prison Break and Arrow. He completed his first year of computer engineering at the University of Toronto, before choosing arts over science.
Career
He began his acting career in theatre, starring in several renowned American play... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel%20Vonas |
"Push Upstairs" is a song by British electronic music group Underworld from their fifth album, Beaucoup Fish. It was released as a single on 15 March 1999. In business, to "push upstairs" means to promote someone either unwillingly or with an ulterior motive. The single peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
Tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push%20Upstairs |
David Puente is a TV, print and producer. He is a journalist .He has joined Spain's Sabbah Media headed by veteran Spanish media exec Francoise Sabbah in 2013. Sabbah Media is an independent TV production company based in Spain.
He was a broadcast news executive and a producer at CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°. He was als... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Puente |
Leonard Emanuel Parker (born Leonard Pearlman in 1938) is a distinguished professor emeritus of physics and a former director of the Center for Gravitation and Cosmology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. During the late 1960s, Parker established a new area of physics—quantum field theory in curved spacetime. S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20Parker |
Zhu Ling () is the name of the following Chinese people:
Zhu Ling (Three Kingdoms) (朱靈; died 223), general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period
Zhu Ling (economist) (朱玲; born 1951), Chinese economist
Zhu Ling (volleyball) (朱玲; born 1957), Chinese volleyball player
Zhu Ling (poisoning victim) (朱令; born 1973), vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu%20Ling |
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria is the name of:
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875), ninth child and fourth son of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886–1970), member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach, grandson of the above, historian, author and a German Ambas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20Adalbert%20of%20Bavaria |
Cut Loose is the 1983 debut solo album by Paul Rodgers, of Free and Bad Company fame. Unlike his other work, Rodgers plays all the instruments on this album. It was recorded at his house in Kingstone.
The song "Live in Peace" was later re-recorded by Rodgers with his band The Firm for their second album Mean Business.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut%20Loose |
The Kell antigen system (also known as the Kell–Cellano system) is a human blood group system, that is, a group of antigens on the human red blood cell surface which are important determinants of blood type and are targets for autoimmune or alloimmune diseases which destroy red blood cells. The Kell antigens are K, k, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kell%20antigen%20system |
Liebenberg is a surname, and may refer to:
Adolf von Liebenberg, Austrian scientist
Andreas Liebenberg (1938–1998), South African military officer
Anrune Liebenberg, South African para-athlete
Brian Liebenberg, South African-born French rugby player
Chris Liebenberg, South African banker
Frederik Ludvig Liebenbe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebenberg |
Infanta Amalia of Spain (; 12 October 1834 – 27 August 1905) was the youngest daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain. Her eldest brother, Francisco de Asís married Queen Isabella II of Spain, who was Amalia's first cousin. She was one of only two of five sisters who made a royal marriage. In 1865 she married P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanta%20Amalia%20of%20Spain |
Kell may refer to:
People
Kell (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Kell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Kell (footballer) (José Clebson Augustinho, born 1980), a Brazilian footballer
Places
Kell (volcano), Kamchatka Peninsula... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kell |
Temple Stadium was a stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1928 and hosted the Temple University Owls football team until they moved to Veterans Stadium in 1978.
It was located on a area in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of the city bounded by Cheltenham Avenue, Vernon Road, Michener Avenue, and Mt. Ple... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple%20Stadium |
Cueva de Villa Luz (English: Cave of the Lighted House), also known as Cueva del Azufre and Cueva de las Sardinas, is a cave near Tapijulapa in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco. The springs within the cave are rich in hydrogen sulfide, a gas that is a potent respiratory toxicant and smells like rotten eggs. Within... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva%20de%20Villa%20Luz |
The Greenbush Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system which serves the South Shore region of Massachusetts. The line runs from downtown Boston, Massachusetts through the cities and towns of Quincy, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, and Scituate to the Greenbush neighborhood in southern Scituate. There are ten s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbush%20Line |
Ralph Caplan (January 4, 1925 – June 4, 2020) was an American design consultant, writer, and public speaker.
Caplan was born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania in January 1925. In 1941, he entered Earlham College for a semester, then enlisted in the Marine Corps. He was 17 years of age at the time.
After his discharge from th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Caplan |
Zhu Ling (birth and death years unknown), courtesy name Wenbo, was a Chinese military general of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He previously served under the warlords Yuan Shao and then Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty.
Life
Zhu Ling was from Shu County (), Qinghe State ()... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu%20Ling%20%28Three%20Kingdoms%29 |
Ali & Gipp was an American hip hop duo which consisted of St. Louis-based recording artist Ali Jones of St. Lunatics and Atlanta-based recording artist Big Gipp (real name Cameron Gipp) of Goodie Mob. They first appeared together on the single "Grillz" by Nelly featuring Paul Wall, which reached number one on the Billb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20%26%20Gipp |
Sociology of terrorism is a field of sociology that seeks to understand terrorism as a social phenomenon. The field defines terrorism, studies why it occurs and evaluates its impacts on society. The sociology of terrorism draws from the fields of political science, history, economics and psychology. The sociology of te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology%20of%20terrorism |
The Thomas Stone National Historic Site, also known as Haberdeventure or the Thomas Stone House, is a United States National Historic Site located about south of Washington D.C. in Charles County, Maryland. The site was established to protect the home and property of Founding Father Thomas Stone, one of the 56 signers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Stone%20National%20Historic%20Site |
Thomas Joseph Stewart (July 26, 1848 – November 9, 1926) was a Canadian politician.
He was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1907 to 1908. He was a Conservative Member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Hamilton West from 1908 to 1925.
External links
Hamilton Public Library profile
1848 births
19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Joseph%20Stewart |
Archer Mayor is an American author. He wrote the Joe Gunther detective series. Mayor is a Yale graduate and lives in Newfane, Vermont.
Mayor's first Joe Gunther novel Open Season was published in 1988.
External links
Official website
Novelists from Vermont
People from Windham County, Vermont
Living people
American m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer%20Mayor |
Aaron Yates may refer to:
Tech N9ne (Aaron Yates, born 1882), American rapper
Aaron Yates (motorcycle racer) (born 1973), American motorcycle racer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20Yates |
David Alexander Webster Lawson (born 25 September 1978) is an Australian actor and TV personality.
Early life
Lawson grew up in the Bayside area of Melbourne and completed his secondary education at Haileybury College. He performed in the band Born Backwards.
Career
Lawson is known for his long involvement in hostin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Lawson |
Spiral, also known as the Wacoal Art Center, is a multi-use building in Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan, that was designed by architect Fumihiko Maki. It was commissioned by lingerie company Wacoal and completed in 1985.
Spiral includes exhibition spaces, a multipurpose hall, cafes, restaurants and bars, beauty salons, and selec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral%20%28building%29 |
Sanford Dennis Biggar (November 5,1861–March 5, 1920) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1905 to 1906.
Early life
Biggar was born on November 5, 1861, in Saltfleet Township in Hamillton, Ontario, to Christopher Biggar and Ann Dean.
Personal life
Biggar married Charlotte Elizabeth Armstrong and had 6 children.
On M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford%20Dennis%20Biggar |
Wardell Stephen Curry II ( ; born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as the greatest shooter and one of the greatest players of all time, Curry is credited with revolutionizing the sport by inspiring t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Curry |
Wellington Jeffers Morden (September 28, 1837 – December 26, 1928) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from 1903 to 1904.
External links
Hamilton Public Library biography
1837 births
1928 deaths
Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington%20Jeffers%20Morden |
The San Saba River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is an undeveloped and scenic waterway located on the northern boundary of the Edwards Plateau.
Course
The river begins in two primary branches. The North Valley Prong runs east through Schleicher County for 37 miles, while the Middle Valley Prong runs 35 mi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Saba%20River |
Johnny Wilson may refer to:
John H. Wilson (Hawaii politician) (1871–1956), Mayor of Honolulu
Johnny Wilson (boxer) (1893–1985), American boxer
Johnny Wilson (American football) (1915–2002), from Ohio, played for the Cleveland Rams in the NFL
Jumping Johnny Wilson (1927–2019), American basketball & baseball player... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Wilson |
Henry de Beaumont (before 1280 – 10 March 1340), jure uxoris 4th Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont, was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Henry de Beaumont was a veteran campaigner who participated in every major en... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20de%20Beaumont |
Type 348 radar is a Chinese fire control radar developed for Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun as CIWS, and it incorporates features of Italian RTN-10X and RTN-20X sold to China in 1992. Type 348 radar is frequently but erroneously confused and misidentified as another Chinese naval radar Type 346 due to the lack of publici... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type%20348%20Radar |
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) () is a humanitarian organization in Ethiopia. It was founded and recognized by the ICRC in 1935. In 2023, it had 6.35 million fee paying adult and youth members and more than 500, 000 volunteers.
Leadership
{{As of April 2018, Abera Tola was president of ERCS and elected for 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian%20Red%20Cross%20Society |
James Vernall Teetzel (March 6, 1853 - August 25, 1926) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, from 1899 to 1900.
Teetzel was born on March 6, 1853, in Fingal, Elgin County. He attended Woodstock College, Galt Collegiate Institute and Osgoode Hall, articling with Osler, Wink & Gwyn. In 1877, after four years in Hamilton, he ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Vernall%20Teetzel |
Edward Alexander Colquhoun (September 14, 1844 – November 16, 1904) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from 1897 to 1898. He represented Hamilton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1902 as a Conservative member.
The son of James Colquhoun, a barrister, he was born in Ayr, Canada West and was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Alexander%20Colquhoun |
The Old Jarrah tree is an exceptionally large and old Eucalyptus marginata (Jarrah) tree near inside the carpark the entrance at the corner Third Road and Church Avenue in Armadale, Western Australia. It is estimated to be between 400 and 800 years old. Trees of such a great size and age are rare in and around the Pert... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Jarrah%20Tree |
The Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra, also known as The Bonne Amie Musical Circle, is a mandolin ensemble which was established in 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are the oldest ensemble of their kind in the United States.
History
The group was founded in 1900 as the Bonne Amie Musical Circle. It reformed in 1982 und... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee%20Mandolin%20Orchestra |
Another Fine Mess is a 1930 short comedy film directed by James Parrott and starring Laurel and Hardy. It is based on the 1908 play Home from the Honeymoon by Arthur J. Jefferson, Stan Laurel's father, and is a remake of their earlier silent film (and debut as an "official" duo) Duck Soup.
Plot
The mansion of Allan Q... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another%20Fine%20Mess |
George Elias Tuckett (December 4, 1835, Exeter, England - February 19, 1900) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1896.
Tuckett built a fortune during the American Civil War, cornering a chunk of the tobacco market. He also founded the Tuckett Tobacco Company in 1857. It was acquired by Imperial Tobacco in 1930.
He is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Elias%20Tuckett |
Enid Mark (1932 in New York City – September 30, 2008 in Philadelphia) was an American editor and publisher.
Life
She attended the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan and Smith College, where she studied English literature and studio art. She pursued painting and print making in the early years of her career, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid%20Mark |
The Devonshire Street Cemetery (also known as the Brickfield Cemetery or Sandhills Cemetery) was located between Eddy Avenue and Elizabeth Street, and between Chalmers and Devonshire Streets, at Brickfield Hill, in Sydney, Australia. It was consecrated in 1820. The Jewish section was used from 1832. By 1860, the cemete... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire%20Street%20Cemetery |
Alexander David Stewart (September 19, 1852 – March 13, 1899) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, from 1894 to 1895.
Biography
Stewart was born in Leghorn, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He trained as a medical doctor at University of Edinburgh, but he never practiced as a doctor. He also studied with Joseph Lister at Aberdeen.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20David%20Stewart |
WCW Main Event is an American televised wrestling program of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) that aired from April 3, 1988 to January 3, 1998. For most of its run, it was the promotion's secondary show and aired on Sunday evenings on TBS. The show originally aired in 1988 as NWA Main Event. The rights to WCW Main Ev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW%20Main%20Event |
The Ozark School District #14 is a public school district in western Arkansas, based in Ozark, Arkansas, serving most of northern Franklin County and a small portion of western Johnson County. The district is a member of the Western Arkansas Educational Service Cooperative, which includes districts in western Arkansas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozark%20School%20District |
Peter Campbell Blaicher (August 1, 1835 – March 20, 1900) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1892 to 1893.
References
Hamilton Public Library biography
1835 births
1900 deaths
Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Campbell%20Blaicher |
George Street is a major street located in the Brisbane CBD in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
George Street extends from the Queensland University of Technology's Garden Point campus and City Botanic Gardens at its south-east end (), through the commercial centre of Brisbane (Queen Street and Queen Street... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Street%2C%20Brisbane |
"Jumbo" is a song by Underworld that appears on the album Beaucoup Fish. The single peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 21.
Track listings
CD : Junior Boy's Own; JBO5007193 (UK) Part 1/2
"Jumbo (Edit)" – 4:07
"Jumbo (Rob Rives & Francois K Main Dish)" – 8:26
"Jumbo (Jedis Electro Dub Mix)" – 6:02
CD : Junio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo%20%28Underworld%20song%29 |
In mathematics, an open book decomposition (or simply an open book) is a decomposition of a closed oriented 3-manifold M into a union of surfaces (necessarily with boundary) and solid tori. Open books have relevance to contact geometry, with a famous theorem of Emmanuel Giroux (given below) that shows that contact geom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20book%20decomposition |
William Doran (November 13, 1834 – November 12, 1903) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1888 to 1889.
External links
1834 births
1903 deaths
Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Doran |
WCW Pro is an American televised wrestling show that was presented by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Along with WCW WorldWide, it was part of the WCW Disney tapings. The rights to WCW Pro now belong to WWE and 161 episodes of Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling are available for streaming on NBCUniversal's Peacock... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCW%20Pro |
The Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Routledge and formerly by Brunner/Mazel. Its editor-in-chief is R. Taylor Segraves.
Scope
The Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy covers:
Sexual Dysfunctions—ranging from dyspareunia to autogynephilia to pedophilia
Therapeutic Te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Sex%20%26%20Marital%20Therapy |
Men O' War is the third sound film starring Laurel and Hardy, released on June 29, 1929.
Plot
Stan and Ollie are two sailors on leave who happen upon two attractive girls strolling through a park. The sailors invite the ladies for a soda, but soon realize that they only have enough money for three people. Ollie spends... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%20O%27%20War |
David McLellan (January 11, 1841 – March 16, 1892) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1890 to 1891.
He was born in Toronto, the son of Malcolm McLellan and Agnes Bennett, both natives of Scotland. McLellan was educated there and worked in Toronto for four years before moving to Buffalo and then Louisville, Kentucky. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20McLellan%20%28Ontario%20politician%29 |
Frederick Charles Blair, ISO (1874 – May 28, 1959) was the director of the Government of Canada's Immigration Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources from 1936 to 1943. Blair developed and rigorously enforced strict immigration policies based on race and is most remembered for his successful effort to keep Jewi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Blair |
Josiah Franklin Sr. (December 23, 1657 – January 16, 1745) was an English businessman and the father of Benjamin Franklin. Born in the village of Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, Josiah was the ninth child of blacksmith Thomas Franklin (b. 1598), and his first wife, Jane White.
Thomas was the son of Henry Franckline... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah%20Franklin |
Mėnuo Juodaragis ( or Moon of the Black Horn, sometimes abbreviated as BHM (MJR)) is an annual Baltic culture, alternative music, folk music and experimental music festival organized in Lithuania. It has been running since 1995 and is visited by 5,000 to 6,000 people each year, making it one of the biggest and oldest f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%97nuo%20Juodaragis |
The Midnights were a contemporary New Zealand reggae band from Auckland's Grey Lynn. The band consisted of guitarist and vocalist Leo Horgan, backup vocalist Erena Hodgkinson, guitarist Tisyn Watts, keyboardist Chris Varnham, bassist Tobias Wright, drummer Berin Hunter and percussionist Patrick Iwobi. They are unusual ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Midnights |
Alexander McKay (April 19, 1843 – April 21, 1912) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1886 to 1887.
Born in Hamilton, Canada West, McKay was the son of William McKay and Jane Reid, both natives of Ireland. He was educated there and entered business as a hotel manager and then a grain merchant. In 1871, McKay married C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20McKay%20%28politician%29 |
John James Mason (4 February 1842 – 15 June 1903) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1884 to 1885.
References
1842 births
1903 deaths
Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario
Canadian Militia officers
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) officers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20James%20Mason |
John Yarker (17 April 1833 – 20 March 1913) was an English Freemason, author, and occultist. He was born in Swindale, Shap, Westmorland, in the north of England. He moved with his parents to Lancashire and on to Manchester in 1849. Ηe was descended from Reinhold Yarker de Laybourne who lived in the mid 17th century.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Yarker |
Multiple master fonts (or MM fonts) are an extension to Adobe Systems' Type 1 PostScript fonts, now superseded by the advent of OpenType and, in particular, the introduction of OpenType Font Variations in OpenType 1.8, also called variable fonts.
Multiple master fonts contain two or more "masters"—that is, original fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20master%20fonts |
Andrzej Białynicki-Birula (26 December 1935 – 19 April 2021) was a Polish mathematician, best known for his work on algebraic geometry. He was considered one of the pioneers of differential algebra. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Białynicki-Birula was born in Nowogrodek, Polish Republic, currently ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej%20Bia%C5%82ynicki-Birula |
1986 in Japan was the first year of the Japanese asset price bubble.
Government incumbents
Emperor: Hirohito
Prime Minister: Yasuhiro Nakasone (L–Gunma)
Chief Cabinet Secretary: Masaharu Gotōda (L–Tokushima)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Kōichi Yaguchi
President of the House of Representatives: Michita Sakat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%20in%20Japan |
Accubitum (plural: accubita) was one name for the ancient Roman furniture couches used in the time of the Roman emperors, in the triclinium or dining room, for reclining upon at meals. It was also apparently sometimes the name of the dining room itself, or a niche for a couch. Sometimes it denotes a multi-person curv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accubitum |
The history of Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, covers a period of approximately 200 years. The church's early history traces to the "grove experience" of Joseph Smith, who prayed in the woods near his home in Palmyra, New York, in the early-19th centur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Community%20of%20Christ |
The OpenSky M-02/M-02j is a Japanese primary glider/jet-powered motor glider inspired by the Möwe aircraft flown by the protagonist in the Hayao Miyazaki anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. It is a tail-less design intended to be powered on take off and climb for a duration of 10 minutes, then flown unpowered a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSky%20M-02 |
Global Underground 025: Deep Dish, Toronto is a DJ mix album in the Global Underground series, compiled and mixed by Deep Dish. The compilation reached the Billboard #1 Top Electronic Albums, #20 Independent Albums, and #29 Top Heatseekers. The release also has two Afterhours mixes, each mixed by Sharam and Dubfire ind... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Underground%20025%3A%20Toronto |
James Edwin O'Reilly was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1869, and from 1879 to 1881.
External links
Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Edwin%20O%27Reilly |
Them Thar Hills is a 1934 American comedy short film directed by Charley Rogers and starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The film was so well received by audiences that producer Hal Roach and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer made a sequel, Tit for Tat, which was released five months later, in January 1935.
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At the advice of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them%20Thar%20Hills |
The Yuen Long Plain, in the northwestern corner of the New Territories, is the largest alluvial plain in Hong Kong. With an area of , it was formed between the time of the Tang dynasty (618907) and Song dynasty (9601279). It covers Yuen Long Town, Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan, Ping Shan, Shap Pat Heung, Hung Shui Kiu, Sa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuen%20Long%20Plain |
Francis Edwin Kilvert (December 17, 1838 – August 21, 1910) was a lawyer and mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1877 to 1878.
Born in Hamilton Township, Northumberland County, Upper Canada, the son of Richard Kilvert, he was educated in Cobourg. In 1863, he married Fanny Young Cory. Kilvert was called to the bar in 1867 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Edwin%20Kilvert |
Skála Ítróttarfelag (Skála ÍF) is a Faroese football club based in Skáli, municipality of Runavík. The club was founded on 15 May 1965. They currently play in the Betrideildin, which is the top football league of the Faroe Islands. They were promoted to the top league after winning the 2015 season of 1, deild with 70 p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%A1la%20%C3%8DF |
Lehigh Parkway is a large, 629-acre public park along the Little Lehigh Creek in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is the most prominent park in the city and follows the Little Lehigh Creek southward for three miles from center city Allentown to Cedar Crest Boulevard in nei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh%20Parkway |
George Roach was a Canadian politician and the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1875 to 1876.
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Bath v Alston Holdings Pty Ltd, is a High Court of Australia case that discusses the application of the freedom of interstate trade, as specified in Section 92 of the Constitution of Australia. This case followed the unanimous decision of Cole v Whitfield, regarding the interpretation of section 92 as about free trade ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath%20v%20Alston%20Holdings%20Pty%20Ltd |
Sir Roy Malcolm Anderson (born 12 April 1947) is a leading international authority on the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases. He is the author, with Robert May, of the most highly cited book in this field, entitled Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control. His early work was on the population e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20M.%20Anderson |
The Jan H. Hofmeyr School of Social Work was the first institution to train black social workers in South Africa.
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The Jan H. Hofmeyr School of Social Work started operating on January 15, 1941 in Eloff Street, Johannesburg, under directorship of Congregational minister Rev. Ray Phillips. It was opened in 1941... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20H.%20Hofmeyr%20School%20of%20Social%20Work |
John Daniel Bergin (17 January 1921 – 22 July 1995) was a distinguished neurologist and Catholic anti-abortion apologist. He was born in Stratford, New Zealand, to Martin Bernard Bergin and Minni Bergin (née Hignett). Martin Bergin was a barrister and solicitor in Stratford. Minni was a full-time mother and homemaker... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Bergin%20%28neurologist%29 |
Benjamin Ernest Charlton (April 12, 1835 - March 12, 1901) was born in Brant County, Upper Canada. He was the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario twice; in 1867 and from 1873 to 1874. In addition to his activities as a politician, Charlton was also a teacher and manufacturer.
Charlton is buried in Hamilton Cemetery.
Tribute... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Ernest%20Charlton |
Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), also termed primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the central nervous system (DLBCL-CNS), is a primary intracranial tumor appearing mostly in patients with severe immunodeficiency (typically patients with AIDS). It is a subtype and one of the most aggressive of the di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary%20central%20nervous%20system%20lymphoma |
Daniel Black Chisholm (November 30, 1832 – September 22, 1898) was a farmer, lawyer and mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1871–1872. In the 1872 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing Hamilton as a Liberal-Conservative. He was re-elected in Halton in 1874 but unseated in 1875 after... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Black%20Chisholm |
Ultra (Urban Light Transit) is a personal rapid transit podcar system developed by the British engineering company Ultra Global PRT (formerly Advanced Transport Systems).
The only public system opened at Heathrow Airport in London in May 2011. It consists of 21 vehicles operating on a route connecting Terminal 5 to i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ULTra%20%28rapid%20transit%29 |
Saint-Bernard () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
It is located on the banks of the river Saône approximately 20 km north of Lyon. It has a small castle which overlooks the river and the village church.
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The artist Maurice Utrillo is reported to have lived in the castle a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bernard%2C%20Ain |
George Murison (1819–1889) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1870 and also served on city council for over 15 years.
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Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario
1820 births
1889 deaths | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Murison |
Ticlio (or Anticona) is a mountain pass and the highest point (4,818 m or 15,807 ft) of the Central Highway of Peru (km 120), located in the Andes Mountains in the Chicla District, Huarochirí Province, Department of Lima. It used to be a railway crossing loop on the Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) in Peru, whose main... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticlio |
The University of Belize (UB) is an English-speaking multi-locational institute for higher education, and the national university of Belize. The institution offers certificates, diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and a graduate degree. The UB Central Campus is in Belmopan City.
The university's colors a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Belize |
Wilhelm Wirth (26 July 1876, Wunsiedel - 13 July 1952, Amberg) was a German psychologist. He was taught by Wilhelm Wundt.
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1876 births
1952 deaths
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German psychologists
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20t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm%20Wirth |
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