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The internal cerebral veins are two veins included in the group of deep cerebral veins that drain the deep parts of the hemispheres; each internal cerebral vein is formed near the interventricular foramina by the union of the superior thalamostriate vein and the superior choroid vein.
They run backward parallel with o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20cerebral%20veins |
Maribel is a Spanish name, formed as a contraction of María Isabel.
Maribel may refer to:
People
Maribel Guardia, actress born in Costa Rica and living in Mexico
Maribel, a fictional character from the video game Dragon Warrior VII
Mother Maribel of Wantage (1887-1970), Anglican nun and artist
Other uses
Maribel, W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maribel |
Tarawera Falls is a 65 m high waterfall on the Tarawera River in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand's North Island.
The Tarawera River flows out of Lake Tarawera and across a rhyolitic lava flow that erupted from Mt Tarawera about 11,000 years ago. The river disappears about 30 metres back from the clifftop into ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarawera%20Falls |
Ananda Shake are a psychedelic trance duo. It is composed of Osher Swissa and Lior Edri, both from the city Qiryat Gat, located southern Israel.
The act is considered one of the most influential in the full-on subgenre of psy-trance. So far, they have produced 4 albums and a large number of works for compilation relea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda%20Shake |
Guillaume or William de Malveisin (also, modern forms Malvoisin or Mauvoisin) was Chancellor of Scotland, Bishop of Glasgow (1199/1200–1202) and then Bishop of St. Andrews (1202–1238).
William Malveisin was probably born in France. It is possible that he was the son of the nephew of the Count of Brittany, however it i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20de%20Malveisin |
David Wellington (born 1971) is an American writer of horror fiction, best known for his Zombie trilogy. He also writes science fiction as D. Nolan Clark.
Biography
Wellington was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Syracuse University and received an MFA in creative writing from Penn State. He also holds a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Wellington%20%28author%29 |
The Treaty of Joinville was signed in secret on 31 December 1584 by the Catholic League, led by France's first family of Catholic nobles, the House of Guise, and Habsburg Spain. The meeting took place in France at the Joinville, Haute-Marne, at a palace of the House of Guise.
Treaty provisions
In the treaty:
Philip I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Joinville |
In human anatomy, the cerebral veins are blood vessels in the cerebral circulation which drain blood from the cerebrum of the human brain. They are divisible into external (superficial cerebral veins) and internal (internal cerebral veins) groups according to the outer or inner parts of the hemispheres they drain into.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral%20veins |
Uffing am Staffelsee (officially, Uffing a.Staffelsee; ) is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. It consists of the two villages of Uffing and Schöffau and is located on Staffelsee, the warmest lake in Germany. The River Ach flows through Uffing.
Names
The name Uffing derives... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffing |
U.S. Route 11 (US 11) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Canada–United States border at Rouses Point, New York. In the state of New York, US 11 extends for from the Pennsylvania state line south of the Southern Tier city of Binghamton to the Canada–Unit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2011%20in%20New%20York |
Air stagnation is a phenomenon which occurs when an air mass remains over an area for an extended period. Stagnation events strongly correlates with poor air quality. Due to light winds and lack of precipitation, pollutants cannot be cleared from the air, either gaseous (such as ozone) or particulate (such as soot or ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20stagnation |
Jeffrey Leon Battle was a member of a terrorist group dubbed the Portland Seven, some members of which attempted to travel to Afghanistan shortly after 9/11 in order to aid the Taliban. He refused to cooperate with the government and was sentenced to eighteen years in prison after pleading guilty to seditious conspirac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Battle |
The cerebellar veins are veins which drain the cerebellum. They consist of the superior cerebellar veins and the inferior cerebellar veins (dorsal cerebellar veins). The superior cerebellar veins drain to the straight sinus and the internal cerebral veins. The inferior cerebellar veins drain to the transverse sinus, th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebellar%20veins |
Barry Brooks (born 24 December 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
Brooks was recruited as the number 15 draft pick in the 2001 AFL Draft from Grassy. He failed to make his debut for Port Adelaide and was traded at the end of the 2002 season t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Brooks |
Iowa Wireless Services LLC, doing business as iWireless, was a mobile network operator founded in 1997, not related to Kroger's service. Headquartered in Urbandale, Iowa, iWireless was a partnership between T-Mobile US, Inc. and Iowa Network Services Inc. iWireless owned licenses to operate GSM cellular networks in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWireless |
David Paul Leiper (born June 18, 1962) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics (1984, 1986–87 and 1994–95), San Diego Padres (1987–89), Montreal Expos (1995 and 1996), and Philadelphia Phillies (1996).
In 8 seasons he had a win–loss record... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Leiper |
Boneyard was an American quarterly comic book series created by Richard Moore, published by NBM Publishing, which ran 28 issues from 2001 to 2009. It is currently on hiatus.
Publication history
There are currently 28 issues of Boneyard which have been published as a quarterly comic book title. In addition an un-number... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boneyard%20%28comics%29 |
The 1964 Copa de Campeones de América was the fifth edition of South America's premier club football tournament. For the first time since its inception, every member of CONMEBOL was represented in the competition. Deportivo Italia became the first club from Venezuela to participate, providing an unexpectedly impressive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964%20Copa%20Libertadores |
October Martinique Lewis was a member of a terrorist group dubbed the Portland Seven, some members of which attempted to travel to Afghanistan shortly after 9/11 in order to aid the Taliban. Lewis was sentenced to three years in federal prison after cooperating with the government and pleading guilty to six counts of m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%20Lewis |
School Tycoon is a video game developed by Cat Daddy Games and published by Global Star Software in 2004. The game was designed to appeal to a younger audience as it is easier and less complicated than other business simulation games by removing the spreadsheets and statistics of game management.
Overview
The game ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School%20Tycoon |
Marlette may refer to:
People
Bob Marlette (born 1955), American record producer
Doug Marlette (1949–2007), American cartoonist and writer
Places
Marlette Lake Water System
Marlette, Michigan, a city
Marlette Township, Michigan
See also
Marlet, surname
Marlett, typeface | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlette |
Firebug is the name of three DC Comics supervillains.
Publication history
The Joe Rigger version of Firebug debuted in Batman #318 and was created by Len Wein and Irv Novick.
The Harlan Combs version of Firebug debuted in Gotham Central #3 and was created by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark.
The unnamed Firebug debuted ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebug%20%28comics%29 |
Jon Pylypchuk (born 1972) is a Canadian painter and sculptor, living and working in Los Angeles.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Pylypchuk studied in 1996 at the Yale University Summer School of Music and Art, New Haven, earned a BFA with Honors in 1997 at the University of Manitoba, and an MFA in 2001 at the Univ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Pylypchuk |
Perfect Day is a 1929 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy.
Plot
Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic in their Ford Model T, but manage to run into a variety of issues with the temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect%20Day%20%281929%20film%29 |
Standing in the Way of Control is the third studio album by American indie rock band Gossip, which was released on January 24, 2006. The album was produced by Guy Picciotto and Ryan Hadlock It reached number 1 on the UK indie chart and also reached Gold status in the United Kingdom.
Irish Times described Beth Ditto's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing%20in%20the%20Way%20of%20Control |
Patrice Lumumba Ford has been accused of membership in a terrorist group dubbed the Portland Seven, members of which attempted to travel to Afghanistan shortly after 9/11 in order to aid the Taliban. He refused to cooperate with the government and was sentenced to eighteen years in prison (avoiding a possible life sent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice%20Lumumba%20Ford |
"The Tachypomp" is a short story by Edward Page Mitchell originally published January 1874 anonymously in The Sun, a New York City daily newspaper. It was Mitchell's first science-fiction story. Mitchell was known for his editorial work on The Sun, but because his science-fiction stories were published anonymously, his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tachypomp |
John Peter Michael Scawen Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton, 18th Baron Wentworth, (born 7 June 1950), styled Viscount Knebworth between 1951 and 1985, is a British chartered surveyor, peer, and member of the House of Lords.
Background and education
Lytton is the son of Noel Lytton, 4th Earl of Lytton and the former Clariss... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Lytton%2C%205th%20Earl%20of%20Lytton |
A snow coach is a specialized passenger transport vehicle designed to operate over snow or ice, similar to a large, multi-passenger snowcat that is equipped with bus-style seating. These vehicles may have multiple sets of very large, low-pressure tires, or they may have tracks. Snow coaches may seat ten or more passeng... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow%20coach |
In January 2004, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced the United Kingdom government's Expansion plans for Milton Keynes. However, the change of government in 2010 and the abolition of the Regional Spatial Strategy (SE Plan) in 2012/13 saw these plans revoked and a planned expansion of up to 44,000 dwellings re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion%20plans%20for%20Milton%20Keynes |
JHC may refer to:
JHC (), a Christogram
Jaffna Hindu College, a boys' public national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Jesus H. Christ, an example of slang serving as a profanity
Jesus Henry Christ, a 2012 comedy based on Dennis Lee's Student Academy Award-winning short film of the same name
John Hancock Center, a 100... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JHC |
The Chrysalis Years is a three-disc compilation that includes all five of the Ramones albums on Chrysalis Records (or also the band's final five releases): Brain Drain, Mondo Bizarro, Acid Eaters, ¡Adios Amigos! and Loco Live (some versions include "Animal Boy" from Loco Live). It was released in 2002.
Track listing
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Chrysalis%20Years |
William Hayes may refer to:
In politics
William Hayes (Irish politician), Irish Sinn Féin politician
William Hayes (Canadian politician) (1879–1939), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
William P. Hayes (1866–1940), American lawyer and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts
In sport
William Hayes (American fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Hayes |
Penney (also spelled Penny) is a common surname of British origin.
The name Penney dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was derived from the Old English "Penig," denoting a coin (cognate with German "Pfennig"). The penny was the only unit of coinage in England until the early 14th century; as such... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penney |
Erythemis is a genus of dragonflies in the Libellulidae family, commonly known as pondhawks. These medium- to large-sized skimmers are voracious predators of other insects up to their own size, including other dragonflies.
The genus contains the following species:
Erythemis attala – black pondhawk
Erythemis carmelit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythemis |
The Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company (often known as simply Colonial Penn) is an American life insurance company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded by philanthropist and AARP co-founder Leonard Davis, owned by CNO Financial Group. Colonial Penn, originally focused on people over 65 who became the origins ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial%20Penn |
The actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt took place on the Western Front in World War I from 13 to 19 October 1915, at the Hohenzollern Redoubt () near Auchy-les-Mines in France. In the aftermath of the Battle of Loos (25 September – 8 October 1915), the 9th (Scottish) Division captured the strongpoint and then lost it ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions%20of%20the%20Hohenzollern%20Redoubt |
Miguel Ángel Diloné Reyes (born November 1, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball switch hitting outfielder. He played 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres.
Diloné represented the Dominican Republic at the 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Dilon%C3%A9 |
Marshall W. Mason (born February 24, 1940) is an American theater director, educator, and writer. Mason founded the Circle Repertory Company in New York City and was artistic director of the company for 18 years (1969–1987). He received an Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in 1983. In 2016, he received the Tony Awar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%20W.%20Mason |
Erythemis simplicicollis, the eastern pondhawk, also known as the common pondhawk, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae, native to the eastern two-thirds of the United States and southern Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is a dragonfly of ponds and still waters. The species is distinguished in that the female is bri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythemis%20simplicicollis |
Midnight Express may refer to:
Midnight Express (book), a 1977 book by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer
Midnight Express (film), a 1978 film dramatization of the book
Film and television
The Midnight Express (film), a 1924 romantic film
Music
Albums
Midnight Express, alternate title of the album Oh, Boy! by Brot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%20Express |
The 2004 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match played on 26 May 2004 to decide the winner of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. AS Monaco, a Monaco-based club representing the French Football Federation, faced Portuguese side Porto at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Porto won the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20UEFA%20Champions%20League%20final |
This is a list of seasons completed by the Houston Astros, originally known as the Houston Colt .45s, a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas; they played in the National League from their inception in 1962 to the 2012 season; in 2013, the team was moved to the American League.
The Astros in total ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Houston%20Astros%20seasons |
Salem Speedway is a long paved oval racetrack in Washington Township, Washington County, near Salem, Indiana, United States, approximately south of Indianapolis. The track has 33° degrees of banking in the corners. Major auto racing series that run at Salem are ARCA and USAC.
History
It opened in 1947; two drivers w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem%20Speedway |
A fibroepithelial neoplasm (or tumor) is a biphasic tumor. They consist of epithelial tissue, and stromal or mesenchymal tissue. They may be benign or malignant.
Examples include:
Brenner tumor of the ovary
Fibroadenoma of the breast
Phyllodes tumor of the breast
References
External links
- "Premalignant Fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibroepithelial%20neoplasm |
Gary Richardson (born February 5, 1941) is an American lawyer who was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma from 1981 to 1984. He is also a perennial candidate for elected office in Oklahoma. As of 2018 he is a partner in the Richardson Law Firm, P.C., a plaintiff law firm in Tulsa.
Career
Ri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Richardson%20%28lawyer%29 |
Drop Dead Gorgeous or drop-dead gorgeous may refer to:
"Drop Dead Gorgeous" (song), a 1997 song by Republica
Drop Dead Gorgeous (film), a 1999 film directed by Michael Patrick Jann
Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series), a 2006 BBC television series
Drop Dead, Gorgeous, a post-hardcore band from Colorado, founded in 2004
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop%20Dead%20Gorgeous |
Clark Lake is a lake located in Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Clark Lake is one of about two dozen clear, clean lakes located in the Sylvania Wilderness of Ottawa National Forest a few miles (6 to 8 km) to the west of the town of Watersmeet. The shoreline is undeveloped except for a picnic area and bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark%20Lake%20%28Gogebic%20County%2C%20Michigan%29 |
The Wyoming House of Representatives is the lower house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 62 Representatives in the House, representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the state, each with a population of at least 9,000. The House convenes at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming%20House%20of%20Representatives |
Jean-Pierre Hébert (1939 – March 28, 2021) was an American artist of French origin. He specialized in algorithmic art, drawings, and mixed media. He co-founded the Algorists in 1995 with Roman Verostko. From 2003 until his death, he held an artist-in-residence position at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20H%C3%A9bert |
Lashkar-e-Omar (The Army of Omar) is an Islamic fundamentalist terrorist organisation. The group, which was formed in January 2002, is a mixture of elements from three other terrorist groups: Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Jaish-e-Mohammed. It also includes members of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashkar-e-Omar |
is a leading House of Lords decision on the doctrine of frustration in English contract law.
Facts
Fibrosa was a textile company based in Wilno, Poland (today Vilnius, capital of Lithuania). In July 1939, it entered into a contract with Fairbairn, a British firm, to buy industrial machinery for its plant in Gdynia for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrosa%20Spolka%20Akcyjna%20v%20Fairbairn%20Lawson%20Combe%20Barbour%20Ltd |
"The End" is the first episode of science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, which was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 15 February 1988. The episode introduces the main characters and sets up the story backbone of the series. On the mining ship Red Dwarf, Dave Lister is placed in stasis for refusing to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20End%20%28Red%20Dwarf%29 |
Unplugged is an acoustic live album by Canadian musician Bryan Adams. The album was recorded completely on September 26, 1997, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Recorded by David Hewitt and Bob Clearmountain on the Remote Recording Silver Truck. Adams was joined by Irish piper Davy Spillane and Michael Kame... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unplugged%20%28Bryan%20Adams%20album%29 |
Goran Hadžić (, ; 7 September 1958 – 12 July 2016) was a Croatian Serb politician and President of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina, during the Croatian War of Independence. He was accused of crimes against humanity and of violation of the laws and customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goran%20Had%C5%BEi%C4%87 |
Dame Shirley Anne Pearce (born February 1954) is a British academic and psychologist. She is Chair of Court and Council at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a member of the Higher Education Quality Assurance Panel for the Ministry of Education (Singapore).
She is the former Vice-Chancellor of L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley%20Pearce |
Christos may refer to:
Jesus of Nazareth
Christ (title), a title for the Jewish Messiah in Christianity
Christos (surname)
Christos (given name)
, a Greek owned, Liberian flagged cargo ship in service 1962-71
See also
Christ (disambiguation)
Christo (disambiguation)
Christa (disambiguation)
Christus (disamb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christos |
Winchester Speedway is a half-mile paved oval motor racetrack in White River Township, Randolph County, just outside Winchester, Indiana, approximately northeast of Indianapolis. It seats 5,000 spectators. It is also known as the "World's Fastest 1/2 mile".
The track's 37 degree banking is one of the steepest in moto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester%20Speedway |
Errington is a small community on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located on Errington Road, off Highway 4, just south of Parksville and Qualicum Beach.
The unincorporated rural community is part of the Regional District of Nanaimo's Electoral Area F. In 2016, this rural residential and farming community h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errington%2C%20British%20Columbia |
The 1908 season was the first in the history of the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (now known as the Sydney Roosters). Eastern Suburbs competed in the inaugural match of the inaugural season, of the newly formed New South Wales Rugby Football League, reaching the final which they lost to South Sydn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908%20Eastern%20Suburbs%20season |
The Foresthill Bridge, also referred to as the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge or the Auburn Bridge, is a road bridge crossing over the North Fork American River in Placer County and the Sierra Nevada foothills, in eastern California. It is the highest bridge by deck height in California, the fourth highest in the United Stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foresthill%20Bridge |
Jason Blake (born 15 March 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). An "undersized tall defender and occasional ruckman", he held the record for the most games played (209) without receiving any Brownlow Medal votes until he eventually receive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Blake%20%28footballer%29 |
Toledo Speedway is a half-mile paved oval racetrack located in Toledo, Ohio, United States. It is owned jointly by Roy Mott and ARCA President Ron Drager. It is operated by ARCA and run as the sister track to Flat Rock Speedway in Flat Rock, Michigan.
History
Toledo Speedway opened in 1960 and was paved in 1964. In 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo%20Speedway |
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American biotechnology company headquartered in Westchester County, New York. The company was founded in 1988. Originally focused on neurotrophic factors and their regenerative capabilities, giving rise to its name, the company then branched out into the study of both cytokine and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneron%20Pharmaceuticals |
Stojan Župljanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Стојан Жупљанин; born 28 September 1951) is a former Bosnian Serb police commander.
Župljanin was born in Maslovare, a village in the Kotor Varoš municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As commander of the Bosnian Serb police during the Bosnian war, Župljanin had operational control... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stojan%20%C5%BDupljanin |
Moivre may refer to:
Abraham de Moivre
de Moivre's formula
28729 Moivre
Moivre, Marne | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moivre |
The Briscoe Brothers or the Briscoes were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of American brothers Jay Briscoe (Jamin "Jay" Pugh, 1984–2023) and Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh, born 1985). They were known for their 20-year tenure with the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where they were ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briscoe%20Brothers |
Berlin Raceway is a 7/16-mile-long paved oval race track in Marne, Michigan, near Grand Rapids. The track races weekly as part of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. It has also held touring series events on the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, American Speed Association National Tour, USAC Stock... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%20Raceway |
The Revolution of 1930 () was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent President Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolutionary leader Getúlio Vargas, concluding the political hegemony of a four-decade-old oligarchy and beginning the Varg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian%20Revolution%20of%201930 |
Zdravko Tolimir (Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Толимир; 27 November 1948 – 9 February 2016) was a Bosnian Serb military commander and war criminal, convicted of genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, extermination, murder, persecution on ethnic grounds and forced transfer. Tolimir was a commander of the Army of Republika... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdravko%20Tolimir |
Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one mile long clay oval motor racetrack on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, the state capital. It is frequently nicknamed The Springfield Mile. Constructed in the late 19th century and reconstructed in 1927, the track has hosted competitive auto racing since 1910,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%20State%20Fairgrounds%20Racetrack |
The Illinois State Fairgrounds is located in Springfield, Illinois. It hosts the annual Illinois State Fair in the summer as well as other events throughout the year. The fairgrounds encompasses 366 acres of land and was added as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Notable venues in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%20State%20Fairgrounds |
Gdynia Rzeźnia is a no longer operating PKP railway station in Gdynia (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Lines crossing the station
References
Gdynia Rzeźnia article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 17 June 2006
Rzeznia
Disused railway stations in Pomeranian Voivodeship | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdynia%20Rze%C5%BAnia%20railway%20station |
In the military of ancient Rome, fustuarium (Greek ξυλοκοπία, xylokopia) or fustuarium supplicium ("the punishment of cudgeling") was a severe form of military discipline in which a soldier was cudgeled to death.
It is described by the Greek historian Polybius in a passage observing that Roman soldiers were motivate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fustuarium |
Michael Rix (born 8 January 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Originally rookie listed with Hawthorn for the 2004 season, Rix did not play a game for the club but continued to be an important ruckman in the Vict... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Rix |
Vlastimir Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Властимир Ђорђевић; born 17 November 1948) is a Serbian former police colonel general. For his role in the Kosovo War, he was found guilty of war crimes against Kosovo Albanians before the ICTY.
Early life and education
Đorđević was born in Koznica, Vladičin Han, PR Serbia. He gra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlastimir%20%C4%90or%C4%91evi%C4%87 |
Neurotrophic factors (NTFs) are a family of biomolecules – nearly all of which are peptides or small proteins – that support the growth, survival, and differentiation of both developing and mature neurons. Most NTFs exert their trophic effects on neurons by signaling through tyrosine kinases, usually a receptor tyrosin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotrophic%20factors |
Winter Harbour is the western-most settlement on the west coast about from the northwest tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This unincorporated community on Winter Harbour is on the northern side of Quatsino Sound at the mouth.
First Nations & seafarers
The harbour name has been used at least since 1871, bei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter%20Harbour |
The Battle of the Birds is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands. He recorded it in 1859 from a fisherman near Inverary, John Mackenzie and was, at the time, building dykes on the Ardkinglas estate. Joseph Jacobs took it from there for his Celtic Fairy Tale... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Battle%20of%20the%20Birds |
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Guraura is a village located eleven miles from the center of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It lies close to Amausi Airport; some of its fields touch the runways. It is about a mile and a half from Kanpur Road. Guraura has a very small Hindu shrine, but no mosque.
History
The village had been founded by a Pashun f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guraura |
Jens Martin Knudsen (born 11 June 1967) is a former Faroese footballer who played as a goalkeeper and a businessman.
He was perhaps best known for wearing a hat in his matches as a result of an injury he suffered at age 14. He later become known as "the bobble hat goalkeeper".
Club career
Knudsen started his career a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens%20Martin%20Knudsen%20%28footballer%29 |
The Municipal Buildings are historic buildings in Corporation Street, Taunton, Somerset, England. The buildings, which were the home of Taunton Grammar School before becoming the headquarters of Taunton Borough Council, are Grade II* listed.
History
Taunton Grammar School
The east end of the current building, which w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal%20Buildings%2C%20Taunton |
Verbum may refer to:
Word, the smallest element that may be uttered in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content
Verb, from the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word (part of speech) that in syntax conveys an action or a state of being
Logos, an important term in philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and religion
Dei ver... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbum |
The Wyoming Senate is the upper house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 31 Senators in the Senate, representing an equal number of constituencies across Wyoming, each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senate meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.
Members of the Senate serve four year terms w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming%20Senate |
Ice Records is a record label based in Barbados owned by musician Eddy Grant. In addition to Grant's music, the label also seeks "to record, promote and market classic calypso, soca and ringbang (Grant's fusion of various Caribbean music forms)." Ice Records lays claim to owning the largest catalog of Caribbean music i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20Records |
Amlaíb mac Illuilb ( ; died 977) was a tenth-century King of Alba. He was one of three sons of Illulb mac Custantín, King of Alba, and a member of Clann Áeda meic Cináeda, a branch of the Alpínid dynasty. Amlaíb's paternal grandfather possessed strong connections with the Scandinavian dynasty of Dublin, and there is ev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amla%C3%ADb%2C%20King%20of%20Scotland |
Gdynia Port Centralny is a PKP freight railway station in Gdynia (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Lines crossing the station
References
Gdynia Port Centralny article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 16 Mar 2006
Port Centralny | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdynia%20Port%20Centralny%20railway%20station |
Bromine monochloride, also called bromine(I) chloride, bromochloride, and bromine chloride, is an interhalogen inorganic compound with chemical formula BrCl. It is a very reactive golden yellow gas with boiling point 5 °C and melting point −66 °C. Its CAS number is 13863-41-7, and its EINECS number is 237-601-4. It is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromine%20monochloride |
Dmytro Anatoliiovych "Dmitri" Khristich (, ; born July 23, 1969) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey player.
Khristich played 811 games in the NHL in his career, for the Washington Capitals, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was most recently the Head coach of EIHL side the Edinb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri%20Khristich |
Donald Ward Lathrap (4 July 1927 - 13 May 1990) was an American archaeologist who specialized in the study of neolithic American culture. He was a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at the time of his death.
Education
Lathrap was raised in the area north of Berkeley, California. He graduated from... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Lathrap |
"Can't Change Me" is the first single released from Chris Cornell's debut solo album, Euphoria Morning (1999). The song peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks, and at No. 7 on the Alternative Songs chart. A music video was produced for the song. "Can't Change Me" was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t%20Change%20Me |
The Rutland-4 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. Census. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutland-4%20Vermont%20Representative%20District%2C%202002%E2%80%932012 |
A Tyrolean traverse is a method of crossing through free space between two high points on a rope without a hanging cart or cart equivalent. This is used in a range of mountaineering activities: rock climbing, technical tree climbing, caving, water crossings and mountain rescue. A zip-line is in essence a Tyrolean trave... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrolean%20traverse |
Justin Sweeney (born 25 December 1987) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
He was recruited as the number 71 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft from Tyabb. He made his debut in round 8 of 2007 against Hawthorn at the MCG in slippery conditions. Sweeney was a marking half-forward who was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin%20Sweeney |
Roger Creager (born July 25, 1971) is an American Texas country music singer and songwriter from Corpus Christi, Texas.
Biography
Creager aspired to become a country music singer since he was six years old. He started learning how to play piano in the second grade and began to learn guitar as a student at Tuloso-Midwa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Creager |
Loon Lake is a lake located in Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Loon Lake is one of about two dozen clear, clean lakes located in a special wilderness area known as the Sylvania Wilderness, which in turn is located within the Ottawa National Forest a few miles to the west of the town of Watersmeet. The s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon%20Lake%20%28Gogebic%20County%2C%20Michigan%29 |
Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus was a Roman senator. Originally a member of the gens Calpurnia, which claimed descent from Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, a Calpurnius Piso Frugi, he was adopted by Marcus Pupius, when the latter was an old man. He retained, however, his family-name Piso.
Life
Piso had a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Pupius%20Piso%20Frugi%20Calpurnianus |
Gdynia Pogórze is a PKP freight railway station in Gdynia (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Lines crossing the station
References
Gdynia Pogórze article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 17 June 2006
Pogorze | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdynia%20Pog%C3%B3rze%20railway%20station |
Troy Schwarze (born 23 December 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
He was recruited as the number 53 draft pick (traded by Carlton for Matthew Lappin and number 58, Ian Prendergast), in the 1998 AFL Draft from Dingley. At the time Schwarze was the youngest player on an AFL... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy%20Schwarze |
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