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Andy Miah (; born in Norwich, Norfolk) is an English bioethicist, academic and journalist. His work often focuses on technology and posthumanism.
Early life
Andy Miah was born in Norwich to a Bangladeshi father and an English mother.
Education
Miah earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Leisure Studies from De Montfort ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Miah |
Merzenich is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 4 km north-east of Düren.
Mayor
Georg Gelhausen (CDU) was elected in September 2015, and re-elected in September 2020.
References
Düren (district) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merzenich |
Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some north-east of the town of King's Lynn and west of the city of Norwich. The River Babingley skirts the north of the village separating Castle Rising from the site of the lost village of Babingley.
History
Castle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle%20Rising |
Abraham Lincoln (May 13, 1744 – May 19, 1786) was the paternal grandfather of the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a military captain during the American Revolution, and a pioneer settler of Kentucky. Some historical sources attest his last name as Linkhorn, although neither Abraham nor his children e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20Lincoln%20%28captain%29 |
Niederzier is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km north of Düren, and 10 km south-east of Jülich.
Personalities
Viktor Schroeder (1922-2011), industrialist, patron and honorary citizen
Karl Lauterbach (born 1963), doctor and pol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederzier |
Friesinger may refer to:
People
Janina Urszula Friesinger, née Korowicka, (born 1954), a former ice speed skater from Poland
Anni Friesinger-Postma (born 1977 in Bad Reichenhall), a German female speed skater, daughter of the above
Companies
Friesinger's Candies, an Ohio-based confectionery company
German-language... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesinger |
Nörvenich is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located about east of Düren.
See also
Nörvenich Air Base
References
Düren (district) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B6rvenich |
A seqlock (short for sequence lock) is a special locking mechanism used in Linux for supporting fast writes of shared variables between two parallel operating system routines. The semantics stabilized as of version 2.5.59, and they are present in the 2.6.x stable kernel series. The seqlocks were developed by Stephen He... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seqlock |
Jason Kemper Sears (23 January 1968 – 31 January 2006) was an American punk rock vocalist from Santa Barbara, California, best known for his work with Rich Kids on LSD (RKL), from 1982 to their first breakup in 1990 and again from 1993 to 2006. He was also a nationally ranked snowboarder at one time and sponsored by Ba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Sears |
H.E.A.R. is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing hearing loss, mainly from loud rock music. The acronym stands for Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers. It was founded in 1988 by rock musician Kathy Peck and physician Flash Gordon, M.D. after Kathy developed tinnitus and hearing loss after playing ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.E.A.R. |
Titz is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately north-east of Jülich and south of Mönchengladbach.
Since the local government reform of 1975, Titz Municipality consists from 16 districts: Ameln, Bettenhoven, Gevelsdorf, Hasselsweiler, Hölle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titz |
External counterpulsation therapy (ECP) is a procedure that may be performed on individuals with angina, heart failure, or cardiomyopathy.
Medical uses
The FDA approved the CardiAssistTM ECP system for the treatment of angina, acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock under a 510(k) submission in 1980 Since t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External%20counterpulsation |
The Tempest (Russian: Буря Burya), Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare, Op. 18, is a symphonic poem in F minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed in 1873. It was premiered in December 1873, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein.
It is based on the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Similar in structure to Tchaikov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tempest%20%28Tchaikovsky%29 |
Frontier Southwest Incorporated is a Frontier Communications operating company in Texas. At its peak, Frontier Southwest served Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.
History
Its original name upon founding was State Telephone Company of Texas. It later changed its name to Southwestern Associated Telephone Company... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier%20Southwest |
The Kentucky Bourbon Festival is a weeklong activity consisting of more than thirty events in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States, dedicated to celebrating the history and art of distilling bourbon whiskey. The organizers of the festival promote the strong association between bourbon and the city of Bardstown, and have ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%20Bourbon%20Festival |
Vettweiß (alternative spelling: Vettweiss) is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km south-east of Düren.
Division of the municipality
Vettweiß consists of 11 villages:
Vettweiß with Kettenheim
Froitzheim with Frangenheim
Ginnick
S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vettwei%C3%9F |
Wilson Henry Irvine (28 February 1869 – 1936) was a master American Impressionist landscape painter.
Although most closely associated with the Old Lyme, Connecticut art colony headed by Florence Griswold, Irvine spent his early career near Chicago, a product of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Irvine also ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%20Irvine |
Alfred Morris, Baron Morris of Manchester, (23 March 1928 – 12 August 2012) was a British Labour Co-operative politician and disability rights campaigner.
Political career
Morris served as Member of Parliament for Manchester Wythenshawe from 1964 until 1997, having previously unsuccessfully fought the, then, safe Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf%20Morris |
Karapet Chobanyan (; born 25 February 1927 in Karzakh, Akhalkalaki, Georgia and died on 15 October 1978) was an Armenian scientist and engineer who discovered the phenomenon of Low-Stress in mechanics and developed a new method of welding.
Biography
Karapet Chobanyan was born on February, 1927, as the first child of A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karapet%20Chobanyan |
Eid prayers, also referred to as Salat al-Eid (), are holy holiday prayers in the Islamic tradition. The literal translation of the word "Eid" in Arabic is "festival" or "feast" and is a time when Muslims congregate with family and the larger Muslim community to celebrate.
There are generally two central Eids that tak... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid%20prayers |
The Bangalore Cantonment (1806–1881) was a military cantonment of the British Raj based in the Indian city of Bangalore. The cantonment covered an area of , extending from the Residency on the west to Binnamangala on the east and from the Tanneries on Tannery Road in the north to AGRAM (Army Group Royal Artillery Maida... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore%20Cantonment |
Moshiri is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Farhad Moshiri (born 1955), a British-Iranian businessman
Farhad Moshiri (artist) (born 1963), an Iranian artist
Farnoosh Moshiri, an Iranian novelist, playwright, and librettist
Fereydoon Moshiri (1926–2000), an Iranian poet
Mahshid Moshiri, an Irani... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshiri |
In compilers, live variable analysis (or simply liveness analysis) is a classic data-flow analysis to calculate the variables that are live at each point in the program. A variable is live at some point if it holds a value that may be needed in the future, or equivalently if its value may be read before the next time t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live-variable%20analysis |
Verizon South, Inc. is a Verizon operating company providing local telephone services to portions of Virginia and North Carolina in the United States.
History
Verizon South was originally established in 1947 as The Bluefield Telephone Corporation, providing telephone service to communities in Virginia including its na... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon%20South |
Bongo District is one of the fifteen districts in Upper East Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988; which was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 1446. The municipality is located in the central part of Upper East Region and has Bongo as its capital town.
Geography and cli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongo%20District |
Deglobalization or deglobalisation is the process of diminishing interdependence and integration between certain units around the world, typically nation-states. It is widely used to describe the periods of history when economic trade and investment between countries decline. It stands in contrast to globalization, in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deglobalization |
Albertus Magnus College is a private Roman Catholic university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (now Dominican Sisters of Peace). Its campus is in the Prospect Hill neighborhood of New Haven, near the border with Hamden.
History
Albertus Magnus Coll... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus%20Magnus%20College |
A toxin is a naturally occurring organic poison produced by the metabolic activities of living cells or organisms.
Toxin may also refer to:
Naturally occurring non-organic toxicants such as arsenic.
Synthetic analogs of naturally occurring organic poisons.
Toxin (novel) is a 1998 novel by Robin Cook
Toxin (comics), a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxin%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Norman Ernest Partridge (10 August 1900–10 March 1982) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Warwickshire.
Partridge was born at Great Barr, Birmingham. He was selected by Wisden in 1919, while a schoolboy at Malvern College, as one its five Cricketers of the Year, there being no first-class... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Partridge%20%28cricketer%29 |
This is a list of rank insignia used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran.
Rank insignia chart
Officers
Enlisted
See also
References
.
Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Iran | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank%20Insignia%20of%20the%20Islamic%20Revolutionary%20Guard%20Corps |
Plutonium-238 (238Pu or Pu-238) is a radioactive isotope of plutonium that has a half-life of 87.7 years.
Plutonium-238 is a very powerful alpha emitter; as alpha particles are easily blocked, this makes the plutonium-238 isotope suitable for usage in radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and radioisotope heat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-238 |
The women's 3000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 12 February, the second day of competition at the Olympics.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20skating%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%203000%20metres |
Rebelde was a Mexican comic book series, published by now defunct Ka-Boom! Estudio, based on the telenovela of the same title. The comic was first published April 2006 and lasted only two issues due to conflicts caused by Ka-Boom's writers. Despite initial demand being high, the amateur writing team from Ka-Boom delive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebelde%20%28comics%29 |
Georgios Samaras (, ; born 21 February 1985) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Samaras started his career at OFI Crete, before moving on to Eredivisie side Heerenveen in 2001. He made his first team debut two years later and after a further three seasons with the club he moved to Premi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgios%20Samaras |
Wetter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ernst Wetter (1877–1963), Swiss politician
Fabian Wetter (born 1989), German footballer
Friedrich Wetter (born 1928), German cardinal archbishop of Munich and Freising
Harry Wetter (1882–1934), Welsh international rugby union player
Herbert Wetter (1891–196... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetter%20%28surname%29 |
Ka-Boom was an Italian children's programming block. It was aimed at children between the ages of 8 and 14.
History
After period of experimental services started 3 July 2013, Ka-Boom was launched on 23 September 2013.
Availability
It was available free to air on digital terrestrial television multiplex Tivuitalia.
P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Boom |
Harry Thomas Burn Sr. (November 12, 1895 – February 19, 1977) was a Republican member of the Tennessee General Assembly for McMinn County, Tennessee. Burn became the youngest member of the state legislature when he was elected at the age of twenty-two. He is best remembered for action taken to ratify the Nineteenth Ame... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20T.%20Burn |
The Sorrows are a rock band formed in 1963 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, by Pip Whitcher, and were part of the British beat boom of the 1960s. They were a fixture in the English mod scene and are sometimes referred to as freakbeat.
Career
The band was formed in 1963, and toured Germany for a month, playing seve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sorrows |
MLS Cup 1997 was the second edition of the MLS Cup, the post-season championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States. It was played on October 26, 1997, between D.C. United and the Colorado Rapids to determine the champion of the 1997 season. The soccer match was played in front of 57,431 spectators... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLS%20Cup%201997 |
Fort Douglas (initially called Camp Douglas) was established in October 1862, during the American Civil War, as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah. Its purpose was to protect the overland mail route and telegraph lines along the Central Overland Route. It was officially closed in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Douglas |
Barnas Sears (November 19, 1802 – July 6, 1880) was an American educational theorist and Baptist theologian.
Biography
Sears graduated from Brown University in 1825 and from Newton Theological Institution in 1827. For a short time, he served as pastor of First Baptist Church in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1833, Sears, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnas%20Sears |
Southill may refer to:
Southill, Bedfordshire, England
Southill Park, a country house in Southill, Bedfordshire
Southill, Limerick, Ireland
Southill, Weymouth, Dorset, England
Southill may also refer to:
Viscount Torrington, Lord Byng of Southill | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southill |
The 2009 World Games () the eighth edition of the World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei) from 16 July 2009 to 26 July 2009. The games featured sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games.
Nearly 6,000 athletes, officials, coaches, referees ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20World%20Games |
Richard Howell (October 25, 1754April 28, 1802) was the third governor of New Jersey from 1794 to 1801.
Early life and military career
Howell was born in Newark in the Colony of Delaware. He was a lawyer and soldier of the early United States Army. He served as captain and later major of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Howell |
Villeparisis () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris from the centre.
Inhabitants of Villeparisis are called Villeparisiens.
Population
Transport
Villeparisis is served by Villeparisis–Mitry-le-Neuf sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villeparisis |
HNoMS Ørnen was a Royal Norwegian Navy corvette.
Ørnen was commissioned 3 June 1833 and her first commander was capitaine Christian A. Bendz. The ship was used as a cadet-ship until she was refitted to serve as a lodging and guard ship in 1847.
Ørnen was scrapped in 1874.
Sources
Norwegian Navy history page
Corvett... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS%20%C3%98rnen%20%281829%29 |
The different kinds of bows one could encounter at an Eastern Orthodox service are shown in the drawing below.
Strict rules exist as to which type of a bow should be used at any particular time. The rules are very complicated, and are not always carried out in most parishes. Old Believers are generally much more punct... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowing%20in%20the%20Eastern%20Orthodox%20Church |
The Mini is a small economy car made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 to 2000.
Mini may also refer to:
Automobile
Mini (marque), an English automotive marque, subsidiary of German carmaker BMW, successor of the original Mini
Innocenti Mini, an Italian version of the original Mini pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Bernward (c. 960 – 20 November 1022) was the thirteenth Bishop of Hildesheim from 993 until his death in 1022.
Life
Bernward came from a Saxon noble family. His grandfather was Athelbero, Count Palatine of Saxony. Having lost his parents at an early age, he came under the care of his uncle Volkmar, Bishop of Utrecht, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernward%20of%20Hildesheim |
Andrus Veerpalu (born 8 February 1971) is a retired Estonian cross-country skier. He is Estonia's most successful Winter Olympian, having won the gold medal in men's 15 km classical in 2002 and 2006, and silver in men's 50 km classical in 2002.
Career
On 17 February 2006 Veerpalu won his second Winter Olympics gold me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrus%20Veerpalu |
Super Bowl XLVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2012 season. The Ravens defeated the 49ers by the score of 34–31, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Bowl%20XLVII |
132P/Helin–Roman–Alu, also known as Helin-Roman-Alu 2, is a periodic comet in the Solar System.
References
External links
132P/Helin-Roman-Alu 2 – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
132P at Kronk's Cometography
Periodic comets
0132
132P
132P
Comets in 2014
19891026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/132P/Helin%E2%80%93Roman%E2%80%93Alu |
Studio 360 was an American weekly public radio program about the arts and culture hosted by novelist Kurt Andersen and produced by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and Slate in New York City. The program's stated goal was to "Get inside the creative mind" and used arts and culture as a lens to understand the world. The prog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio%20360 |
Civil Liberty is a fundraising organisation for "UK nationalists", that was run by members of the far-right British National Party (BNP) and British Democratic Party (BDP). It has been described as a front organisation.
Organisation
Civil Liberty was set up by Kevin Scott, who was a regional organiser for the BNP unt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20Liberty%20%28UK%29 |
The Nancy Reagan defense is a tactic in corporate finance used to counter a takeover or merger bidder who has made a formal bid to shareholders to buy their shares. When the board of directors of the target company meets to consider the bid, they "just say no."
For example, in a discussion of a takeover of the Walt D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Reagan%20defense |
Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England. The castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains. The initial motte and bailey castle was attacked and destroyed by the Scots in 1174 during the Great ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough%20Castle |
Irene Karlijn (Ireen) Wüst (; born 1 April 1986) is a Dutch former long track speed skater of German ancestry. Wüst became the most successful speed skating Olympian ever by achieving at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearances. Wüst is also the only athlete to win an individual gold ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireen%20W%C3%BCst |
Kim St-Pierre (born December 14, 1978 in Châteauguay, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time IIHF world champion. She was announced as a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee on June 24, 2020. She was named to the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2022.
Playing career
McGi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20St-Pierre |
MLS Cup 2005 was the 10th edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS). The soccer match took place on November 13, 2005, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, near Dallas, and was contested between the New England Revolution and the Los Angeles Galaxy. It was a rematch of MLS Cup 2002 and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLS%20Cup%202005 |
Beehive was a Vietnam war era anti-personnel round packed with metal flechettes fired from an artillery gun most popularly deployed during that conflict. It is also known as flechette rounds or their official designation, antipersonnel-tracer (APERS-T). Typically, artillery gunners fire using indirect fire, firing at t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive%20anti-personnel%20round |
Southill, Weymouth is a modern suburb of Weymouth, Dorset, England, and lies about 2 miles (3 km) north of the town centre. It was developed on the western shore of Radipole Lake in several phases from the 1960s onwards.
At its centre lay a post office, confusingly and wrongly named South Hill Post Office, but this cl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southill%2C%20Weymouth |
A secular resonance is a type of orbital resonance between two bodies with synchronized precessional frequencies. In celestial mechanics, secular refers to the long-term motion of a system, and resonance is periods or frequencies being a simple numerical ratio of small integers. Typically, the synchronized precessions ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular%20resonance |
The BRD Trilogy () consists of three films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), Lola (1981) and Veronika Voss (1982). The films are connected in a thematic rather than in a narrative sense. All three deal with different characters (though some actors recur in different roles) and pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRD%20Trilogy |
Reverend Lal Behari Day (also Dey, 18 December 1824 – 28 October 1892) was an Bengali writer and journalist, who converted to Christianity, and became a Christian missionary himself.
Biography
Lal Behari Dey was born on 18 December 1824 to a Bengali Suvarna Banik caste family at Sonapalasi near Bardhaman. His father R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal%20Behari%20Day |
Horse-ripping, or horse slashing, is an animal cruelty phenomenon involving serious injuries in horses, often involving mutilation of their genitalia and slashing of the flank or neck. It has not been established, however, how often these injuries are caused by human cruelty. "Horse-ripping" is not an entirely neutral ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse-ripping |
Juniper, also known as Brother Juniper () (died 1258), called "the renowned jester of the Lord", was one of the original followers of Francis of Assisi. Not much is known about Juniper before he joined the friars. In 1210, he was received into the Order of Friars Minor by Francis himself. "Would to God, my brothers, th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniper%20%28friar%29 |
The Berkeley Heights Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Berkeley Heights in Union County, New Jersey.
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 2,499 students and 230.2 cla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley%20Heights%20Public%20Schools |
Stumptown Coffee Roasters is a coffee roaster and retailer based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The chain's flagship café and roastery opened in 1999. Three other cafes, a roastery and a tasting annex have since opened in Portland, as well as locations in New York, and Los Angeles,. Stumptown is owned by Peet's Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumptown%20Coffee%20Roasters |
Brotherly love may refer to:
General
Philia, a Greek word for love
Brotherly love (philosophy)
The New Commandment of Jesus
The Second greatest commandment: "Love thy neighbor as thyself"
Television
Brotherly Love (1995 TV series), an American television series
Brotherly Love (1999 TV series), a British televi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherly%20love |
136P/Mueller, also known as Mueller 3, is a periodic comet in the Solar System.
References
External links
Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
136P/Mueller 3 – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
136P at Kronk's Cometography
Periodic comets
0136
136P
Comets in 2007
Comets in 2016
19900924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/136P/Mueller |
Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities was a compendium of fraternities and sororities in the United States and Canada, published between 1879 and 1991. One modern writer notes, "Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, was, in essence, the Bible of the Greek letter system."
History
While seeking a Gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baird%27s%20Manual%20of%20American%20College%20Fraternities |
The Transitional National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Assemblée nationale de transition de la République démocratique du Congo) was an appointed body consisting of representatives of the different parties to the peace agreement that ended the Second Congo War.
Composition
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2009 in sports describes the world events in sport.
Alpine skiing
Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 held at Val d'Isère, Savoy, France
American football
Super Bowl XLIII – the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 27–23 over the Arizona Cardinals (NFC)
Location: Raymond James Stadium
Attendance: 70,774
MVP: Santonio Holm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20in%20sports |
Dagmar bumpers (also known as "bullet bumpers") is a slang term for chrome conical-shaped bumper guards that began to appear on the front bumper/grille assemblies of certain American automobiles following World War II. They reached their peak in the mid-1950s.
Derivation
The term evokes the prominent bosom of Dagmar,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar%20bumper |
Mechernich (, ) is a town in the district of Euskirchen in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the "Naturpark Nordeifel" in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Euskirchen and 55 km from Cologne. Mechernich is a former mining town and had, in 2009, its 700-years celebrati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechernich |
Prime STH were a Swedish alternative rock quartet from Stockholm, Sweden. The band, which included vocalist Noa Modén, guitarist Martin Påhlsson, bassist Jesper Eksjoo, and drummer Kasper Lindgren, was formed while the members were teenagers. They have released two studio albums: Underneath the Surface (2001) and Beaut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20STH |
Stephen Norton (22 December 1951), also known by the nickname of "Knocker", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Fryston ARLFC, Castleford (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Norton |
The following is a list of common non-native pronunciations that English speakers make when trying to speak foreign languages. Many of these are due to transfer of phonological rules from English to the new language as well as differences in grammar and syntax that they encounter.
This article uses International Phone... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglophone%20pronunciation%20of%20foreign%20languages |
Le Mée-sur-Seine (, literally Le Mée on Seine) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, next to Melun. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris from the center.
Geography
The town is located on the right side of the Seine on a limestone plateau.
Hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20M%C3%A9e-sur-Seine |
In broadcasting, a channel or frequency channel is a designated radio frequency (or, equivalently, wavelength), assigned by a competent frequency assignment authority for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel.
See also
Frequency allocation, ITU RR, article 1.17
Frequency... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%20%28broadcasting%29 |
Vlierzele is a village on the Molenbeek, in the Denderstreek, at the edge of the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of East Flanders, Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of Sint-Lievens-Houtem.
Etymologically the name Vlierzele is derived from Fliteritsale (in 639) and Vliendersele (in 1412). This is a comb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlierzele |
Charline Labonté (born October 15, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Labonté played professionally for the Montreal Stars/Les Canadiennes de Montreal of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She was a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team that won three gold medals at the Olympics... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charline%20Labont%C3%A9 |
is a novel by Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata, serialized between 1949 and 1954, and first published as a standalone book in 1954 by Chikuma Shobō, Tokyo.
Plot
Shingo Ogata, a 62-year-old businessman living in Kamakura and working in Tokyo, is close to retirement. He is experiencing temporary lapses of memory, recal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sound%20of%20the%20Mountain |
Sugar glass (also called candy glass, edible glass, and breakaway glass) is a brittle transparent form of sugar that looks like glass. It can be formed into a sheet that looks like flat glass or an object, such as a bottle or drinking glass.
Description
Sugar glass is made by dissolving sugar in water and heating it t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20glass |
Nicholas Joseph Swarbrick (14 November 1898 – 2 February 2006) was, at age 107, the final surviving English merchant sailor of the First World War at the time of his death.
He was born in Grimsargh, near Preston in Lancashire, where his father was a farmer. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was only six and he w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Swarbrick |
On 19 October 1987, a train on the Heart of Wales line derailed and fell into the River Towy due to the partial collapse of the Glanrhyd Bridge near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Four people died as a result of the tragedy; the driver and three of the passengers drowned.
Description
The event took place early on Monday ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glanrhyd%20Bridge%20collapse |
Blankenheim may refer to:
Places
Blankenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, a municipality in western Germany
Blankenheim, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in eastern Germany
Blankenheim Castle, a schloss above the village of Blankenheim in the Eifel mountains of Germany
People
Clara Elisabeth of Manderscheid-Blankenheim (163... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenheim |
Blankenheim is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Blankenheim is located in the Eifel hills, approximately south-west of Euskirchen. The river Ahr has its source in the centre of Blankenheim, in the cellar of a half timbered house.
History
In the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenheim%2C%20North%20Rhine-Westphalia |
H6N2 is an avian influenza virus with two forms: one has a low and the other a high pathogenicity. It can cause a serious problem for poultry, and also infects ducks as well. H6N2 subtype is considered to be a non-pathogenic chicken virus, the host still unknown, but could strain from feral animals, and/or aquatic bird... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza%20A%20virus%20subtype%20H6N2 |
Gillian Ferrari (born June 23, 1980 in Thornhill, Ontario) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Her mother is from Wales and her father was born in Italy.
Playing career
As a child, her parents tried to sign her up for hockey and the Community Centre ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian%20Ferrari |
"Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos" (English: Bare Feet, White Dreams) is the third single from Shakira's third studio album Pies Descalzos (1996). Written and composed by her, "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos" talks about all the rules that the human race has invented since Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. It is a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pies%20Descalzos%2C%20Sue%C3%B1os%20Blancos |
Choseley is a tiny hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated between the villages of Titchwell and Docking and about from each. The town of Fakenham is to the south-east, the town of King's Lynn is to the south-west, and the city of Norwich is to the south-east.
The villages name mea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choseley |
Mangowal Gharbi (), or West Mangowal in English, is a town and Union Council headquarters in Gujrat District in Punjab province, Pakistan. This town is famous for rice and flour mills, Outclass Marriage Halls as Akbar Marriage Hall Mangowal.
Geography
According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, its population is 19,735.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangowal%20Gharbi |
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of elected legislative councilors who created bills to be passed up to the Legisl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative%20Assembly%20of%20Lower%20Canada |
Payton's Place is an album by the jazz trumpet player Nicholas Payton, released in 1998.
Track listing
All songs compositions by Nicholas Payton, except as indicated.
Zigaboogaloo – 5:53
The Three Trumpeteers – 5:26
Back to the Source – 6:27
A Touch of Silver – 5:12
Concentric Circles – 7:08
Li'l Duke's Strut –... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payton%27s%20Place |
Derrick Clifton Harriott OD (born 10 February 1942) is a Jamaican singer and record producer. He was a member of the Jiving Juniors with Herman Sang before embarking on a solo career. He has produced recordings by Big Youth, Chariot Riders, The Chosen Few, Dennis Brown, The Ethiopians, Keith & Tex, The Kingstonians, Ru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick%20Harriott |
Lords of Madness is an official supplement for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game.
Contents
The book includes new content for aberrations including new aberration monsters and monsters related to them, and information on how to hunt aberrations. It is split into the following chapters:
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords%20of%20Madness |
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer is the eponymous debut album by pop rock band Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer. It was originally released by Break Even Records / Wonka Vision, but was later re-issued by Law of Inertia / Reignition Records. The songs feature Anthony Green on vocals. Several of the tracks were re-recorde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolof%20the%20Rock%20%26%20Roll%20Destroyer%20%28album%29 |
The Legislative Council of Lower Canada was the upper house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The upper house consisted of appointed councillors who voted on bills passed up by the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. The legislative council was created by the Constitution... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative%20Council%20of%20Lower%20Canada |
West High School (commonly West, West High, or WHS) is a public high school located in Sioux City, Iowa with an enrollment of approximately 1,404 students. The school is a part of the Sioux City School District and is one of three public high schools in Sioux City.
History
West High School first opened its doors in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20High%20School%20%28Sioux%20City%2C%20Iowa%29 |
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