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Thomas Scott (c. 1828 – 1883) was a Canadian political figure. He represented Grey North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1875.
He was born in Nottingham, England. He served on the council for Grey County and also as mayor of Owen Sound.
External links
The Canadian parlia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Scott%20%28Ontario%20politician%29 |
Daniel Kirkup (born 19 May 1988 in Hexham) is an English football defender playing for Hebburn.
Career
In the summer of 2006 he was offered a pro contract which he accepted after some good performances for the youth and reserve teams he will be pushing for first team appearances. On 28 September 2006 Kirkup went on l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Kirkup |
A sword is a cutting and/or thrusting weapon.
Sword, Swords, or The Sword may also refer to:
Places
Swords, Dublin, a large suburban town in the Irish capital
Swords, Georgia, a community in the United States
Sword Beach, code name for the Normandy Coast landing area on D-day in World War II
Arts, media, and ent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The UST Growling Tigers are the college athletic teams representing the University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. They hold the most UAAP Overall Championships with 45 Seniors' Overall Championships (out of 74 seasons) and 21 Juniors' Overall Championships (out of 26 seasons).... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UST%20Growling%20Tigers |
SKOGA was an airline jointly controlled by China and the Soviet Union, based in Beijing, China, which operated from 1950 to 1954. The name SKOGA () is the acronym of Sovyetsko-Kitaiskoe Obschestvo Grazhdanskoi Aviatsii (Soviet-Chinese Civil Aviation Company in Russian: Советско-Китайское общество гражданской авиации). ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKOGA |
St Michael's Catholic School is a Catholic all-through school located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. In 2023 the school had 1930 pupils. It enrols children aged 3 through 19.
The school's catchment area for many years has included Aylesbury and surrounding areas, which has a high proportion of baptised Cat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Michael%27s%20Catholic%20School%2C%20High%20Wycombe |
Agecroft is a suburban area of Pendlebury, within the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It lies within the Irwell Valley, on the west bank of the River Irwell and along the course of the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal. It comprises a section of Pendlebury's high ground bisected by the A6044 (Agecroft Road)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agecroft |
Maud Howe Elliott (November 9, 1854 – March 19, 1948) was an American novelist, most notable for her Pulitzer prize-winning collaboration with her sisters, Laura E. Richards and Florence Hall, on their mother's biography The Life of Julia Ward Howe (1916). Her other works included A Newport Aquarelle (1883); Phillida (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud%20Howe%20Elliott |
Denis Herbert Howell, Baron Howell (4 September 1923 – 19 April 1998) was a British Labour Party politician. He was a councillor on Birmingham City Council between 1946 and 1956. He was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham All Saints from 1955 to 1959, and MP for Birmingham Small Heath from 1961 to 1992. In 1992, h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis%20Howell |
The University of Burgundy (, uB; formerly known as Université de Dijon) is a public university located in Dijon, France.
The University of Burgundy is situated on a large campus (more than 150 ha) in the eastern part of Dijon called Campus Montmuzard, about 15 minutes by tram from the city centre. The humanities and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Burgundy |
Grahame is a surname or given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
Alan Grahame (1954–2021), British motorcycle speedway rider
Amanda Grahame (born 1979), Australian tennis player
Andy Grahame (born 1957), English motorcycle speedway rider
Bill Grahame (1884–1936), American baseball player
Charlott... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grahame |
Varanosaurus ('monitor lizard') is an extinct genus of early ophiacodontid synapsid that lived during the Artinskian and Kungurian ages of the Permian.
Description
As its name implies, Varanosaurus may have looked superficially similar to present-day monitor lizards, though not related at all.
Varanosaurus had a fl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanosaurus |
The Taipei Mosque may refer to:
Taipei Grand Mosque in Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Cultural Mosque in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei%20Mosque |
Somerset County Cricket Club are an English cricket club based in Taunton, Somerset. The club was founded in 1875 after a match between "Gentlemen of Somerset" and "Gentlemen of Devon" in Sidmouth, Devon. Somerset played their first undisputed first-class cricket match in 1882 against Lancashire. After missing the fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Somerset%20cricket%20captains |
Dipsas indica, also known as the neotropical snail-eater, is a snake species found in South America. It feeds on slugs and snails, which the snake can extract from their shells using its slender jaw.
There are two subspecies:
Dipsas indica indica Laurenti, 1768
Dipsas indica ecuadoriensis Peters, 1960
References
C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsas%20indica |
Paul Murray (born 31 August 1976) is an English football coach and former professional player. He is currently academy manager and acting caretaker manager of Oldham Athletic.
Playing career
Murray was born on 31 August 1976, in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. He started his career at Carlisle United and made his Football... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Murray%20%28footballer%29 |
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James Dawson (June 5, 1823 – November 3, 1886) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1871 to 1874.
He served as warden for Lambton County. He died of bladder cancer in 1886. At the time of his death he had been serving as postmaster for Sar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Dawson%20%28politician%29 |
Jennifer Daniel (born Jennifer Ruth Williams; 23 May 1936 – 16 August 2017) was a Welsh actress. Her film appearances included assorted roles in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series, Gideon's Way and the Hammer horror films The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) and The Reptile (1966).
She played Mrs. Linton in the 1992 fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Daniel |
Wilderswil railway station () is a railway station in the village and municipality of Wilderswil in the Swiss canton of Bern. The station is on the Berner Oberland Bahn, whose trains operate services to Interlaken Ost, Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen. It is also the valley terminus of the Schynige Platte Railway, whose t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilderswil%20railway%20station |
Sitalpati (Bengali:শীতল পাটি), also called sital pati and sittal pati, is a kind of mat which feels cold by nature. It is made from murta plants (Schumannianthus dichotomus). It is usually used in Bangladesh (and to a lesser extent, India's West Bengal). Mats with decorative designs are called nakshi pati.
Sitalpati a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shital%20Pati |
The Riddle is a 2004 fantasy novel by Alison Croggon. It is the second in her Pellinor tetralogy, continuing from The Gift.
Overview
As with all books in the series, The Riddle purports to be a translation of the Naraudh Lar-Chanë (The Riddle of the Treesong) from the Annaren. It contains, as a result, linguistic and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Riddle%20%28novel%29 |
The Riddle may refer to:
Music
The Riddle, a 1959 jazz album by Dave Brubeck
The Riddle (album), a 1984 rock album by Nik Kershaw
"The Riddle" (Nik Kershaw song), also covered by many artists including Gigi D'Agostino, and Jack Holiday & Mike Candys
"The Riddle" (Five for Fighting song), 2006
"The Riddle", a song... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Riddle |
Nilesat 102 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched by an Ariane 44LP rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on August 17, 2000, at 23:16 UTC by the European Space Agency. It was manufactured by the European company Matra Marconi Space (Astrium), and started official broadcasting on 12... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilesat%20102 |
Galechirus is an extinct genus of anomodont therapsids. It was about 30 cm (1 ft) long.
Description
Galechirus was lizard-like in appearance. It is considered to be a dicynodont by some paleontologists; others think Galechirus is a younger form of a larger therapsid. Judging from its teeth, it was an insectivore.
Se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galechirus |
Puthenpeedika is a small south Indian village in the Thrissur district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is located 17 km from the town of Thrissur. The towns of Anthikad, Chazhur and Peringottukara are also nearby.
History
Puthenpeedika was an ancient marketplace, destroyed many years ago. The ancient name of Puthe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puthenpeedika |
The Taipei Grand Mosque () or Taipei Zheng He Mosque () is the largest and oldest mosque in Taiwan. Located in the Da'an District of Taipei City, it is Taiwan's most important Islamic structure.
History
First building
After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to China in 1945, the Chinese Muslim Association (CMA) in Na... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei%20Grand%20Mosque |
Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (French: Vice-présidents de la République démocratique du Congo) is a former political position in Congo, which existed between 2003 and 2006 in the country's interim government after the Second Congo War.
Following the end of the Second Congo War, and until December ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice-Presidents%20of%20the%20Democratic%20Republic%20of%20the%20Congo |
The Itinerarium Regis Ricardi (in full, Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi) is a Latin prose narrative of the Third Crusade, 1189-1192. The first part of the book concentrates on Saladin's conquests and the early stages of the crusade, with a long description of the expedition of the Emperor Frederick Barb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itinerarium%20Regis%20Ricardi |
Spencer Trethewy (born 23 December 1971), known since 1998 as Spencer Day, is a asset fund manager and property developer, who is also currently manager of Farnborough F.C.
He first came to recognition as a teenager in 1989 when he saved Aldershot Football Club from closure with a £200,000 signed affidavit. However, h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer%20Trethewy |
This is an incomplete list of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom in 1961. This listing includes the complete, 58 items, "Partial Dataset" as listed on www.legislation.gov.uk (as at March 2014).
Statutory instruments
1-499
The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Appeals to Privy Council) Order in C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%201961 |
Uranium-232 () is an isotope of uranium. It has a half-life of around
69 years and is a side product in the thorium cycle. It has been cited as an obstacle to nuclear proliferation using 233U as the fissile material, because the intense gamma radiation emitted by 208Tl (a daughter of 232U, produced relatively quickly)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-232 |
Grand Detour is an unincorporated census-designated place in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 429. The village is named after an odd turn in the Rock River, which flows north past the village, rather than its normal southwestern course. John Deere invented the steel plow i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Detour%2C%20Illinois |
Trip to Tagaytay is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Filipino comic creator Arnold Arre. It was published by the author under his own Tala Comics Publishing in 2001, and subsequently won a Manila Critics Circle National Book Award in September 2002.
Trip to Tagaytay is a 44-page short story in comics form, s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip%20to%20Tagaytay |
The Monastery of Saint Jovan Bigorski () is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery located in the western part of North Macedonia, near the road connecting the towns of Debar and Gostivar.
The monastery church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. One of its most valuable treasures is the iconostasis, created by Petre Filip... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Jovan%20Bigorski%20Monastery |
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Denno (Dén in local ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denno |
Hincaster is a small hamlet and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, located between Kendal and Milnthorpe. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 195, increasing at the 2011 census to 209.
"Caster" often suggests a Roman origin (from the Old English cæster and Latin castrum for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hincaster |
The Second Statute of Repeal, an act of the Parliament of England (1 & 2 Ph. & M. c. 8) passed in the Parliament of Queen Mary I and King Philip in 1555, followed the First Statute of Repeal of 1553. The first statute had abolished all religious legislation passed under Edward VI and the second statute built on it by a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20Statute%20of%20Repeal |
"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" is the debut single by American hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, from their debut EP Creepin on ah Come Up. It features local Cleveland singer Shatasha Williams. The song reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was included in the soundtrack of the video game True Crime: Streets of LA;... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggish%20Ruggish%20Bone |
"East 1999" is Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's second single released in 1995 from their album E. 1999 Eternal. This is one of five songs on the album to feature member Flesh-n-Bone who wasn't signed to Ruthless with the rest of the group.
Official version
"East 1999" (LP Version) (4:21)
"East 1999" (U-Neek's Last Dayz Remix) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%201999 |
The First Statute of Repeal was an Act of the Parliament of England (1 Mar. Sess. 2. c. 2), passed in 1553 in the first Parliament of Mary I's reign, nullified all religious legislation passed under the previous monarch, the boy-king Edward VI, and the de facto rulers of that time, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Statute%20of%20Repeal |
"If I Could Teach the World" is a hip-hop single released in 1997 by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. It appeared on their album The Art of War and reached number 20 on the U.S. Hot 100. The group also won an AMA for best hip-hop artist for this song.
Music video
Bizzy Bone appears in the song but not the video, while Flesh-n-Bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%20I%20Could%20Teach%20the%20World |
Uranium in the environment is a global health concern, and comes from both natural and man-made sources. Mining, phosphates in agriculture, weapons manufacturing, and nuclear power are sources of uranium in the environment.
In the natural environment, radioactivity of uranium is generally low, but uranium is a toxic m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium%20in%20the%20environment |
Markets in Sydney offer an extensive range of produce and both new and second-hand merchandise. There are both outdoor and covered markets in Sydney, Australia.
City (Central Sydney)
Sydney suburbs
Gallery
References
External links
MarketsAndStallholders.com
MarketsAndStallholders.com — Markets open today
Sydn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20markets%20in%20Sydney |
The Basilica of Saint Sylvester the First, also known as (, ), is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and titular church in Rome dedicated to Pope Sylvester I (d. AD 335). It is located on the Piazza San Silvestro, at the corner of Via del Gambero and the Via della Mercede, and stands adjacent to the central Post Office.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Silvestro%20in%20Capite |
Nilesat 101 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite that was decommissioned in February 2013.
Launch
Nilesat 101 was launched by an Ariane 4 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on 28 April 1998 at 22:53:00 UTC by Arianespace. The satellite is powered by solar arrays, and the power is stored aboard... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilesat%20101 |
World Machine is the sixth studio album by British pop group Level 42, released in 1985. It was the band's breakthrough album internationally and features one of their most successful singles, "Something About You".
Composition
This release marked a transition from their jazz-funk beginnings to the funky pop they are ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Machine |
Thomasia is a mammaliaform from the family Haramiyidae. from the Late Triassic of Europe.
Only its teeth have been found.
Distribution
Fossils of the genus have been found in:
Triassic
Sables and Grès de Mortinsart Formations, Gaume, Belgium
Microlestes Quarry, Frome, England
Exter and Trossingen Formations, Ger... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomasia%20%28animal%29 |
Bulawayo Polytechnic is an academic institution established in 1927 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, initially as a technical school. The current main campus on Park Road in Suburbs was established in 1942. The Division of Art & Design is based at a campus on George Silundika Street in the central business district. This campus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulawayo%20Polytechnic%20College |
Blanche I (; 6 July 1387 – 1 April 1441) was Queen of Navarre from the death of her father, King Charles III, in 1425 until her own death. She had been Queen of Sicily from 1402 to 1409 by marriage to King Martin I, serving as regent of Sicily from 1404 to 1405 and from 1408 to 1415.
Life
Blanche was the second eldest... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche%20I%20of%20Navarre |
Sarvaš (, ) is a village in eastern Slavonia, Croatia, east of Osijek. It has a population of 1,658 (census 2021). It is administratively within the area of the city of Osijek. Szarvas means "deer" in Hungarian.
History
One Scordisci archaeological site in Sarvaš dating back to late La Tène culture was excavated in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarva%C5%A1 |
The Granville Line is a historical and geographic feature in North Carolina. Counties in the coastal region of the Carolina colony began to be formed in the latter 17th century. In 1711, the colony was divided into North Carolina and South Carolina. As settlement moved westward in North Carolina, additional counties... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville%20line |
Bertsolaritza or bertsolarism is the art of singing extemporaneously composed songs in Basque according to various melodies and rhyming patterns. Bertsos can be composed at a variety of occasions but are performed generally by one or various bertsolaris onstage in an event arranged for the purpose or as a sideshow, in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertsolaritza |
Earlswood railway station may refer to:
Earlswood railway station (Surrey), in Earlswood, Surrey, England
Earlswood railway station (West Midlands), near Earlswood, West Midlands, England | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earlswood%20railway%20station |
Artery are a British post-punk band from Sheffield, that was founded in 1978. They were commonly known and often confused as 'The'. In 1985, they split up after several changes in the line-up and the release of a total of four albums. They reformed in 2007 after being invited by Jarvis Cocker to perform at the Meltdown... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artery%20%28band%29 |
Philip Phile (German: Pfeil) ( 1734–1793) was a German-American composer and violinist. His year of birth is uncertain, but believed to be approximately 1734. His works include a lost Violin Concerto (1787), but he is best known for "The President's March", written and performed at the inauguration of President George ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Phile |
Operation Pomegranate was a six-man raid in support of Operation Shingle by the Special Air Service designed to be conducted against German aircraft based on the Italian airfield of Sant'Egidio, near Perugia, on the night of 12 January 1944. The commandos, aboard a C-47 of the USAAF, made their parachute jump on the sl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Pomegranate%20%28SAS%29 |
Terry Slesser (also known as Terry Wilson-Slesser) is a blues rock singer from South Shields, England. He is chiefly known for his role as vocalist in ex-Free guitarist Paul Kossoff's band Back Street Crawler, renamed Crawler after Kossoff's death in 1976.
History
In the early 1970s, Slesser joined Beckett, replacing... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Slesser |
Staré Sedlo may refer to places in the Czech Republic:
Staré Sedlo (Sokolov District) a municipality and village in the Karlovy Vary Region
Staré Sedlo (Tachov District), a municipality and village in the Plzeň Region
Staré Sedlo, a village and part of Orlík nad Vltavou in the South Bohemian Region
Staré Sedlo, a vill... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%C3%A9%20Sedlo |
Seven tennis events were held at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, including a team event for the first time.
Medalists
By Country
(Host nation in bold.)
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Men's team
Women's team
Pan American Games
1991
Events at the 1991 Pan ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis%20at%20the%201991%20Pan%20American%20Games |
Zuzana Martináková (born 5 May 1961 in Púchov, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak politician and a former journalist. She is the leader of the political party Free Forum.
Life
Martináková is a graduate of the Comenius University in Bratislava. She has worked for Slovak Radio (1988–1993) and for the BBC (1993–2001). She joine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuzana%20Martin%C3%A1kov%C3%A1 |
Priority to the right is a right-of-way system in right-hand traffic, in which the driver of a vehicle is required to give way to vehicles approaching from the right at intersections. The system is stipulated in Article 18.4.a of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic for countries where traffic keeps to the right and a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority%20to%20the%20right |
Robert Meier (March 10, 1897 – January 29, 2007) was, aged 109, Germany's oldest living man, a combat-wounded veteran of the First World War and one of Germany's last surviving veterans of that war. Meier became Germany's oldest living man on March 2, 2005, when he was age 107, following the death of 111-year-old Herma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Meier |
Robert Swanson may refer to:
Bob Swanson (1912–1940), American race car driver
Robert Swanson (inventor) (1905–1994), Canadian whistle inventor
Robert A. Swanson (1947–1999), American venture capitalist and co-founder of Genentech
Robert H. Swanson, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Linear Technology | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Swanson |
Charlotte Despard (née French; 15 June 1844 – 10 November 1939) was an Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist. She was a founding member of the Women's Freedom League, Women's Peace Crusade, and the Irish Women's Franchise League, and an activist in a wide range of political organ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%20Despard |
Eutelsat 16B, formerly known as Hot Bird 4, Nilesat 103, Atlantic Bird 4, and Eurobird 16, is a communications satellite owned and operated by Eutelsat. The satellite was retired in 2015 and was moved into a graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt.
Spacecraft
Hot Bird 4 was a geostationary communications spacecr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutelsat%2016B |
Crusafontia is an extinct genus of mammal from the Cretaceous Camarillas, El Castellar and La Huérguina Formations of Spain. The name of the animal was given in honour of the Spanish paleontologist Miquel Crusafont Pairó.
Crusafontia was a long creature that may have looked and lived like a squirrel, but this is unce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusafontia |
Achille Loria (March 2, 1857 in Mantua – November 6, 1943) was an Italian political economist.
He was educated at the lyceum of his native city and the universities of Bologna, Pavia, Rome, Berlin, and London and graduated at the University of Bologna (1877). He became professor of political economy in the University ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achille%20Loria |
Tudorel Stoica (born 7 September 1954, in Brăila, Brăila County, Romania) is a Romanian footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is the most capped player in the history of Steaua București.
He is one of the most famous and successful players who has ever played in the Romanian First League. He is 2nd in an a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudorel%20Stoica |
Poznań is a city in west-central Poland.
Poznań or Poznan may also refer to:
Poznań, Lublin Voivodeship, a village in eastern Poland
Poznan, another name for Pozan, an extinct breed of horse found in Poland
ORP Poznań, a minelayer-landing ship of Polish Navy
The Poznań, a football supporters' celebration
Poznań ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozna%C5%84%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The yellowbanded perch (Acanthistius cinctus), also known as the yellowbanded wirrah and girdled rock cod, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It is native to the southern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs along the coasts of eastern Australia and New Zealand.
This spec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowbanded%20perch |
The Adventures of Twizzle is a British children's television series produced by AP Films (APF) which premiered on the ITV network in 1957. Conceived by author Roberta Leigh, later a co-producer, it was filmed between July 1957 and January 1958. The series follows a young boy named Twizzle and his companions on various ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Adventures%20of%20Twizzle |
Contrast is the difference in luminance or colour that makes an object (or its representation in an image or display) visible on a background of different luminance or color. The human visual system is more sensitive to contrast than to absolute luminance; we can perceive the world similarly regardless of the huge chan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast%20%28vision%29 |
Joseph Goss was an English bare knuckle boxer. After defeating Tom Allen in Boone County, Kentucky, he held the American and what many boxing historians now consider the World Heavyweight boxing championship from 7 September 1876 to 30 May 1880. Although he rarely scaled more than 160 pounds, the clever and aggressive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Goss |
Basement 5 were a reggae punk fusion band from London founded in 1978. Their first vocalist was Winston Fergus, then Don Letts. One of their early performances was a support for Public Image Ltd.'s London debut at the Rainbow on Christmas Day 1978. Finally in 1979 Dennis Morris - photographer of Bob Marley and the Sex ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basement%205 |
The Zulu royal family, also known as the House of Zulu () consists of the king of the Zulus, his consorts, and all of his legitimate descendants. The legitimate descendants of all previous kings are also sometimes considered to be members.
History
King Misuzulu kaZwelithini's great-great-great-great-grandfather, King ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu%20royal%20family |
Butana and Kenana breeds are part of the shorthorned Zebu group of breeds of eastern Africa. What makes them unusual is that they are dairy breeds, unlike other breeds like the Boran, Baggara, Fung, etc. The Butana breed is found to the east of Khartoum in central Sudan, in the Butana region. The Atbarah Research St... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butana%20and%20Kenana%20cattle |
Cladosictis is an extinct genus of South American metatherian from Patagonia, Argentina (Chichinales, Cerro Bandera, Sarmiento and Santa Cruz Formations) and Chile (Río Frias Formation).
Description
Cladosictis was a fox-like creature that was around long. Cladosictis probably hunted for eggs and small animals in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladosictis |
Longowal is a town with municipal council in Sangrur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Longowal is unique in the history of East Punjab.
Overview
Longowal village was first brought into existence by Baba Alla ji Singh, in whose name a very old Gurudwara is still running in its original place, now almost at the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longowal |
France Musique is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz.
History
The channel was launched by Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (RTF) in 1954 as La Chaîne Haute... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%20Musique |
Metz is a city in the northeast of France at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.
Metz may also refer to:
Places
United States
Metz, California
Metz, Indiana
Metz, Iowa
Metz, Missouri
Metz, West Virginia
Metz, Wisconsin
Metz Township, Michigan
Australia
Metz, a former mining town now part of Hillgro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metz%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The Orleans-Franklin-1 Representative District is a one-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. Ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orleans-Franklin-1%20Vermont%20Representative%20District%2C%202002%E2%80%932012 |
The House of Dlamini is the royal house of the Kingdom of Eswatini. Mswati III, as king and Ngwenyama of Eswatini, is the current head of the house of Dlamini. Swazi kings up to the present day are referred to as Ingwenyama and they rule together with the Queen Mother who is called Indlovukati. The Swazi kings, like ot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Dlamini |
In music and musical form, contrast is the difference between parts or different instrument sounds. The three types of contrast are rhythmic contrast, melodic contrast, and harmonic contrast. Procedures of contrast include stratification, juxtaposition, and interpolation. Procedures of connection include gradation, ama... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast%20%28music%29 |
Borhyaena is an extinct genus of South American metatherian, living between 17.5 and 15.5 million years ago in Patagonia, Argentina (Santa Cruz and Sarmiento Formations) and Chile (Río Frias Formation).
Description
Borhyaena was a predator and had a large head and a long, powerful neck similar to living hyenas. Its le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borhyaena |
The Gover Stream (, meaning stream) is an approximately long stream located in mid south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The source of the stream is at the north eastern side of Blackpool China clay pit at . The stream flows south east through the Gover Valley into the town of St Austell where it joins the St Aus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gover%20Stream |
In semantics, contrast is a relationship between two discourse segments.
On contrast
Contrast is often overtly marked by markers such as but or however, such as in the following examples:
It's raining, but I am not taking an umbrella.
We will be giving a party for our new students. We won't, however, be serving dr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast%20%28linguistics%29 |
The Monastery of St. Bogorodica Prečista (Immaculate Mother of God) (Macedonian: Света Богородица Пречиста, Sveta Bogorodica Prečista) is a Macedonian Orthodox monastery situated near the city of Kicevo, North Macedonia. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Mother of God.
In 1924 Dositej, later the first Archbishop of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki%C4%8Devo%20Monastery |
In statistics, particularly in analysis of variance and linear regression, a contrast is a linear combination of variables (parameters or statistics) whose coefficients add up to zero, allowing comparison of different treatments.
Definitions
Let be a set of variables, either parameters or statistics, and be known co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast%20%28statistics%29 |
Gavril Pele "Gabi" Balint (born 3 January 1963) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who was part of the hugely successful Steaua team of the 1980s.
Club career
Born in Sângeorz-Băi, Bistrița, Balint made his Divizia A debut with Steaua București in 1981 where he played until 1990 winning the league title... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabi%20Balint |
White Dot is an anti-television organisation based in the UK. It encourages people to not watch television, and also to switch off televisions in cafés and pubs with devices such as the TV-B-Gone. It also organises what it calls zocalo (a Mexican term for a town square) events where people are requested to turn off the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Dot |
Pramana (Sanskrit: प्रमाण, ) literally means "proof" and "means of knowledge". In Indian philosophies, pramana are the means which can lead to knowledge, and serve as one of the core concepts in Indian epistemology. It has been one of the key, much debated fields of study in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism since ancient... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramana |
In statistics, the Ramsey Regression Equation Specification Error Test (RESET) test is a general specification test for the linear regression model. More specifically, it tests whether non-linear combinations of the explanatory variables help to explain the response variable. The intuition behind the test is that if no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey%20RESET%20test |
Brandon Chang (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chong Tsok-nâm; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhāng Zhúonán; born 28 December 1982) is a Taiwanese musician and actor.
Early life
Chang was born on 28 December 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He began taking piano lessons at age five and guitar at age 10. Though he mainly spoke English with his siblin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon%20Chang |
Variations on "I Got Rhythm" is a set of variations for orchestra and piano solo composed by George Gershwin in 1933–34. The piece is dedicated "to [his] brother Ira".
Gershwin composed the new piece for his forthcoming concert tour with the Leo Reisman Orchestra, as an alternative to his Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variations%20on%20%22I%20Got%20Rhythm%22 |
Kalami can refer to:
Kalami language, spoken in Pakistan
Kalami, Aptera, a village in Chania regional unit, Greece
Kalami, Deliana, a village in Chania regional unit, Greece
Kalami, Heraklion, a village in Heraklion regional unit, Greece
Kalami, Corfu, a village in Corfu, Greece
Kalami, Laconia, a village in Lac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalami |
The Mocking Program is a science fiction novel by American author Alan Dean Foster, published in 2002.
Plot
A hard-boiled police procedural set in a megalopolis called the Montezuma Strip, which stretches along the old U.S.-Mexican border. When police inspector Angel Cardenas investigates the case of a male corpse fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mocking%20Program |
The Korean People's Army Ground Force (KPAGF; ) is the main branch of the Korean People's Army, responsible for land-based military operations.
History
The Korean People's Army Ground Force was formed on August 20, 1947. It outnumbered and outgunned the South Korean army on the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%20People%27s%20Army%20Ground%20Force |
Elections to Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Labour 28
Conservative 13
Liberal Democrats 12
Independent 1
Election result
Ref... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Calderdale%20Metropolitan%20Borough%20Council%20election |
Pinus durangensis, the Durango pine, is a pine tree species endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range of north-western Mexico.
This species is related to Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine), and included in the same subsection Ponderosae.
Distribution
The tree is found from Chihuahua and Sonora, southwards t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus%20durangensis |
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