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Chilseo-myeon is a myeon in northern Haman County, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It is composed of nine ri, and has a total area of 35.96 km². A largely rural area, it has a population of 6,568 (December 2004 reg.)
Local attractions include the temple of Musansa and the dinosaur footprints of Daechi-ri. A water pu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilseo-myeon |
The Philippines is divided into four levels of administrative divisions, with the lower three being defined in the Local Government Code of 1991 as local government units (LGUs). They are, from the highest to the lowest:
Regions () are mostly used to organize national services. Of the 17 regions, only one—the Bangsamo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative%20divisions%20of%20the%20Philippines |
Sebastian Biederlack (born 16 September 1981 in Hamburg) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
The midfielder who played for German club Club an der Alster and Spanish club Club de Campo made his inte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian%20Biederlack |
Xenacanthidae is a family of prehistoric sharks in the order Xenacanthida.
References
Xenacanths
Carboniferous sharks
Permian sharks
Triassic sharks
Prehistoric cartilaginous fish families
Carboniferous first appearances
Triassic extinctions | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenacanthidae |
Shanghai Zobon F.C. () is a defunct football club that predominantly competed in the China League One division. Originally founded by Zhu Jun, the CEO of The9 Limited as an nondescript amateur club, it took over Shanghai Tianna to turn professional before the 2004 season, played their home games in the 16,000 seater Yu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai%20Zobon%20F.C. |
Polyphant (), recorded as Polefant c. 1170, is a village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is north of the civil parish of Lewannick, five miles (8 km) west of the town of Launceston near the convergence of the River Inny and Penpont Water.
The manor of Polyphant (Polefand) was recorded in the Domesday Boo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphant |
Eatons Hill is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Eatons Hill had a population of 7,973 people. Its postcode is 4037.
Geography
South Pine River forms most of the southern boundary of the suburb. Cashs Crossing is a neighbourhood in the east of the suburb (). It takes its name from th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eatons%20Hill%2C%20Queensland |
Electronic Music Laboratories, commonly abbreviated to EML, was a synthesizer company founded in 1968 in Vernon, Connecticut, by four engineers. It manufactured and designed a variety of synthesizers sharing the same basic design but configured in different ways.
The company originated by accident, after Dale Blake, N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20Music%20Laboratories |
According to the 2021 Canadian census, immigrants in Canada number 8.3 million persons and make up approximately 23 percent of Canada's total population. This represents the eighth-largest immigrant population in the world, while the proportion represents one of the highest ratios for industrialized Western countries.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration%20to%20Canada |
Edward Hunloke (d. ) was deputy governor of West Jersey between 1690 and 1692.
Career
Hunloke was appointed deputy governor by absentee Governor Daniel Coxe after Sir Edmund Andros, governor of the Dominion of New England, was deposed and returned to England. Coxe had initially appointed John Tatham, but Tatham, a sus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Hunloke |
Matthias Witthaus (born 11 October 1982 in Oberhausen) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and again at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He played a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias%20Witthaus |
The term Mothmen can mean:
The Mothmen, an English post-punk band.
Mothman, a supernatural being numerously sighted in the 1960s. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothmen |
Stedham with Iping is a civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is approximately two miles (3 km) west of Midhurst and comprises the two villages of Stedham and Iping. There are two churches in the parish: St James' in Stedham and St Mary's in Iping. Its watermill (now disused) was used for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stedham%20with%20Iping |
Albany Creek is a southern suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Albany Creek had a population of 16,385.
Geography
Albany Creek is located approximately 17 kilometres north-west of the Brisbane central business district.
Cashs Crossing is a historic crossing point of the South Pine Rive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany%20Creek |
The Bahamas was represented at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff by one competitor, Tom Robinson, who won gold in the 200 yards dash and silver in the 100 yards dash.
Nations at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958
British Empire and Commonwealth Games | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas%20at%20the%201958%20British%20Empire%20and%20Commonwealth%20Games |
Clifford Eugene Koroll (born October 1, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League between 1969 and 1980. He played in two Stanley Cup Finals with the Black Hawks (1971 and 1973).
Playing career
After earning all-WCHA honours at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff%20Koroll |
The Nash Rambler is a North American automobile that was produced by the Nash Motors division of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation from 1950 until 1954 in sedan, wagon, and fixed-profile convertible body styles.
On 1 May 1954, Nash-Kelvinator merged with the Hudson Motor Car Company to form American Motors Corporation (AMC)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash%20Rambler |
Wigmore is a village and civil parish in the northwest part of the county of Herefordshire, England. It is located on the A4110 road, about west of the town of Ludlow, in the Welsh Marches. In earlier times, it was also an administrative district, called a hundred.
Name
The placename is attested as Wigemore (1086), W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigmore%2C%20Herefordshire |
"Soup to nuts" is an American English idiom that conveys the meaning of "from beginning to end", derived from the description of a full course dinner.
Soup to nuts may also refer to:
Soup to Nuts, a 1930 feature film starring the trio who later became the Three Stooges
"Soup to Nuts," a 1986 episode of Mama's Family... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup%20to%20nuts |
"How Did it Ever Come to This?" was the last single released by the British band Easyworld. It did not appear on their second and final album Kill the Last Romantic, because it had not yet been written. The band's record label Jive decided the band should record a new track as it was felt none of the tracks on the albu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How%20Did%20It%20Ever%20Come%20to%20This%3F |
The November 1918 insurgency in Alsace-Lorraine is a series of events which occurred when the region of Alsace–Lorraine passed from German to French sovereignty at the end of World War I. During this month, international events were linked to domestic troubles, particularly the German Revolution.
Overview
In the wake... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%201918%20insurgency%20in%20Alsace-Lorraine |
Quantum reflection is a uniquely quantum phenomenon in which an object, such as a neutron or a small molecule, reflects smoothly and in a wavelike fashion from a much larger surface, such as a pool of mercury. A classically behaving neutron or molecule will strike the same surface much like a thrown ball, hitting only ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20reflection |
Myeongjang is a dong in Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea. It is divided into two administrative dong, Myeongjang 1-dong and Myeongjang 2-dong. The total area is 1.78 km2, with a population of 39,656. It borders Geumjeong-gu on the north. The old site of the Dongnae eupseong site is located in Myeongjang-dong.
The nam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myeongjang-dong |
Aaron Edwards (born 2 March 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles, North Melbourne Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Edwards also played for the Frankston Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20Edwards |
This is a list of Canadian islands as ordered by area. It includes all 50 islands with an area greater than . The total area of these islands is 1,545,444 km2.
Islands over 1,000 km2
See also
List of Canadian islands by population
List of islands of Canada
Lists of islands
References
External links
United Nations ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Canadian%20islands%20by%20area |
Tibor Weißenborn (born 20 March 1981 in West Berlin) is a field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics He was also a member of both the teams that won the 10th World Cup in Malaysia in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibor%20Wei%C3%9Fenborn |
Lodsworth is a small village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is situated between Midhurst and Petworth, half a mile north of the A272 road. It lies within the South Downs National Park, just to the north of the valley of the River Rother and a tributary str... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodsworth |
John Stone may refer to:
Politicians
John Stone (Parliamentarian) (before 1632 – after 1659), English politician
John Stone (MP for Wallingford) (before 1679 – after 1685), English politician
John G. Stone (1876–1934), Newfoundland politician
John Hoskins Stone (1750–1804), American politician from Maryland
John Mars... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Stone |
In law, a barrister's chambers or barristers' chambers are the rooms used by a barrister or a group of barristers. The singular refers to the use by a sole practitioner whereas the plural refers to a group of barristers who, while acting as sole practitioners, share costs and expenses for office overheads. The concept ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barristers%27%20chambers |
Namibian Black German, also NBG, (, "kitchen German") is a pidgin language of Namibia that derives from standard German. It is nearly extinct. It was spoken mostly by Namibians who did not learn standard German during the period of German rule. It was never a first language. It is currently spoken as a second language ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibian%20Black%20German |
Gerald Maurice Ronson, CBE (born 27 May 1939) is a British business tycoon and convicted criminal. He became known in the UK as one of the 'Guinness Four' for his part in the Guinness share-trading fraud of the 1980s as a result of which he was convicted and imprisoned.
Early life and career
Ronson was born into a mid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Ronson |
was a Japanese cult novel writer, essayist, and copywriter. He also appeared frequently on Japanese TV as an actor. He was born in Amagasaki City, Hyōgo Prefecture.
He received eighth place in his entrance exam to the prestigious Nada High School, and continued on to the Osaka University of Arts, where he graduated fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramo%20Nakajima |
George Franklin Fort (June 30, 1809 – April 22, 1872) was a physician, judge, and Democratic Party politician who served as the 16th Governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854.
Early life
George Franklin Fort was born on June 30, 1809, near Pemberton, New Jersey. His father, Andrew Fort, was a wealthy farmer in New Hano... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Franklin%20Fort |
ITV Play was a short-lived 24/7 participation television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. The ITV Play name continued as a strand on the main ITV Network until December 2007.
It was launched as a standalone channel on Freeview (taking on the slot which was previously occupied by the Men & Motors channel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV%20Play |
John Thomas Gulick (March 13, 1832 – April 14, 1923) was an American missionary and naturalist from Hawaii. He was one of the pioneers of modern evolutionary thinking based on his studies of Hawaiian snails of the genus Achatinella. He was among the first to describe the formation of species through geographic separati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20T.%20Gulick |
Jacob Fahlström (c.1794–1859), also known as Father Jacob, was the very first Swede to settle in Minnesota. He was known as Ozaawindib or "Yellow Head" to the Ojibwe, and to other white settlers as the "Swede Indian." After working in the fur trade for the Hudson's Bay Company in Manitoba, he joined the American Fur Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20Fahlstr%C3%B6m |
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2008 as the International Year of Planet Earth to increase awareness of the importance of Earth sciences for the advancement of sustainable development. UNESCO was designated as the lead agency. The Year's activities spanned the three years 2006–2009.
Goals
The Year aimed t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Year%20of%20Planet%20Earth |
Commercial tobacco smoke is a mixture of more than 5,000 chemicals. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the following are known human carcinogens found in cigarette smoke:
See also
Composition of electronic cigarette aerosol
Health effects of tobacco smoking
List of additives in cigarett... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20cigarette%20smoke%20carcinogens |
Blister is a television show that aired on G4 in the United States from 2002 to 2004. Hosted by Bill Sindelar, the series featured action/adventure video game previews, reviews, and interviews with game designers and players.
History
Blister was the first show to air on G4 when the network launched in 2002. The series... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blister%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio Alcalde (; born 5 February 1982) is an Argentine professional basketball player and former footballer who played as a second striker. He is the son of José Ramón Palacio, a historic player of Club Olimpo during the 1980s. Palacio holds a Spanish passport, allowing him to be counted as an EU pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo%20Palacio |
MasterChef is a competitive cooking reality show produced by Endemol Shine UK and Banijay and broadcast in 60 countries around the world. In the UK, it is produced by the BBC. The show initially ran from 1990 to 2001 and was revived in 2005 as MasterChef Goes Large. The revival featured a new format devised by Franc R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MasterChef%20%28British%20TV%20series%29 |
A service record is a collection of either electronic or printed material which provides a documentary history of a person's activities and accomplishments while serving as a member of a given organization. Service records are most often associated with the military, but are commonly found in other groups, such as lar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service%20record |
Bobby Leach (born Lancaster, England; 1858 – April 26, 1926) was the second person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, accomplishing the feat on July 25, 1911 —while Annie Taylor did it on October 24, 1901. He spent six months in hospital recovering from injuries he sustained during the fall, which included two broke... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Leach |
Samuel Gardiner Wright (November 18, 1781 – July 30, 1845) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for from March to July of 1845.
Early life
Wright was born in Wrightstown, New Jersey.
Career
In 1830, Wright was elected to the New Jersey Legislative Council ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20G.%20Wright |
Armageddon Dildos is a German electro-industrial-duo originally consisting of Uwe Kanka (vocals) and Dirk Krause (synthesizer). The act was formed in 1988 in Kassel Germany, and the name comes from the slang term for intercontinental ballistic missiles. They perform songs in both German and English.
The Armageddon Dil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon%20Dildos |
Thornton Steward is a small village and civil parish in the Richmondshire
district of North Yorkshire, England, near Wensleydale, with a population of 100–200, measured at 199 in the 2011 Census. The name derives from Old English relating to a hawthorn tree on a farm (or settlement) and Steward. The village was formerl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton%20Steward |
Proença-a-Nova () is a municipality in the district of Castelo Branco in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,314, in an area of 395.40 km2.
The present mayor is João Lobo. The municipal holiday is June 13.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):
Montes da Senhor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proen%C3%A7a-a-Nova |
The European Heavyweight Championship is a name used for various top titles competed for throughout the European professional wrestling circuit.
The title was recognised as official by UK national TV network ITV for the purposes of their coverage of the UK wrestling scene and by its listings magazine TVTimes in accomp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Heavyweight%20Championship |
Fox Sports was a Turkish television channel owned by Fox Networks Group. It was launched on 10 April 2007 and broadcast live events such as NCAA, NFL, NHL, MLB, NASCAR and golf. The channel closed on March 1, 2020.
Programming rights
American Football
National Football League
Australian Rules Football
Australian Foo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Sports%20%28Turkish%20TV%20channel%29 |
The GMT900 is a General Motors full-size pickup and SUV platform used from the 2007 to 2014 model years. The platform was introduced at the 2006 North American International Auto Show, as the replacement for the GMT800 platform. The first GMT900 vehicle introduced was the next-generation Chevrolet Tahoe.
GMT900 had be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMT900 |
Pennsylvania Route 663 (PA 663) is a state highway in Montgomery and Bucks counties in southeast Pennsylvania. Its southern terminus is at PA 100 in the borough of Pottstown and its northern terminus is at PA 309 and PA 313 in the borough of Quakertown, where the road continues eastward as PA 313. Along the way, PA 66... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania%20Route%20663 |
The Liturgical Movement was a 19th-century and 20th-century movement of scholarship for the reform of worship. It began in the Catholic Church and spread to many other Christian churches including the Anglican Communion, Lutheran and some other Protestant churches.
History
Background to the Mass of the Roman Rite
De... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical%20Movement |
Phantom Tollbooth may refer to:
The Phantom Tollbooth, a children's book written by Norton Juster
The Phantom Tollbooth (film), a 1970 film adaptation of the novel
Phantom Tollbooth (band), an American post-punk band
See also
Tollbooth (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom%20Tollbooth%20%28disambiguation%29 |
John Runk (July 3, 1791 – September 22, 1872) was an American Whig Party politician, who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847.
Runk was born in Milltown (later, Idell), Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He attended the district schools and took... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Runk |
Luck egalitarianism is a view about distributive justice espoused by a variety of egalitarian and other political philosophers. According to this view, justice demands that variations in how well-off people are should be wholly determined by the responsible choices people make and not by differences in their unchosen c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck%20egalitarianism |
RoadRUNNER is a bimonthly publication covering motorcycle touring. It is based out of Winston-Salem, NC, and first appeared in the bookstores in 2001. It is also available via subscription in the U.S. and Canada. Contents include coverage of tours, product reviews, and maps for the featured tour. In addition to sports... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadrunner%20%28magazine%29 |
Juraj Jakubisko (30 April 1938 – 24 February 2023) was a Slovak film director. He directed fifteen feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often took on the dual role of cinematographer, and is often also credited as a screenplay writer as he usually co-writes or writes the scripts of his movies. In 2000 he was named ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juraj%20Jakubisko |
Left Bank generally refers to the bank of a river or other body of water that is on the left side when facing downstream. It may specifically refer to:
Places
Left Bank of the Rhine, the western bank of the Rhine, formerly part of the Holy Roman Empire
Left Bank (Biscay), the left bank of the Nervión in Biscay, Spai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left%20Bank |
Freedom of education is the right for parents to have their children educated in accordance with their religious and other views, allowing groups to be able to educate children without being impeded by the nation state.
Freedom of education is a constitutional (legal) concept that has been included in the European Con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20of%20education |
Hugh Gallagher is an author and musician from New York City. He is best known for his satire, including his band Von Von Von, his award-winning satire on the college application essay, "3A Essay", and the novel Teeth.
Early life and work
Gallagher was born in New York City and grew up in Pennsylvania. While in high s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Gallagher%20%28humorist%29 |
Hugh Gallagher (October 17, 1932 – July 13, 2004) was an author and international disability advocate. Born in Palo Alto, California, he grew up in Chicago, New York City and Washington, D.C.
He contracted polio in 1952 at age 19 while studying at Haverford College. He drafted the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Gallagher%20%28advocate%29 |
David Briggs may refer to:
Music people
David Briggs (American musician) (born 1943), American keyboardist and record producer
David Briggs (Australian musician) (born 1951), Australian guitarist with Little River Band and record producer
David Briggs (English musician) (born 1962), English organist and composer
D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Briggs |
The Acid Survivors Foundation is a Bangladeshi non-governmental organisation dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks and providing survivors with medical and legal aid.
History
The Foundation was founded in Dhaka in 1999 by British physician Dr John Morrison with considerable assistance from Britis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid%20Survivors%20Foundation |
Sleaford railway station serves the town of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the Peterborough–Lincoln line. The station is south of Lincoln Central.
The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway who provide all rail services.
History
Early proposals
The Sleaford Navigat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleaford%20railway%20station |
Mark Anthony Hughes (born 9 December 1986) is an English former professional footballer who is assistant manager at Plymouth Argyle. An Everton academy graduate, Hughes also played for clubs Northampton Town, Walsall, North Queensland Fury, Bury and Morecambe.
Career
Early senior career
Born in Liverpool, he joined E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Hughes%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201986%29 |
Carlos Chaile (born 14 January 1975 in Bella Vista in Tucumán Province) is an Argentine football player, currently playing for Austrian team.
In Argentina, Chaile played with Ferro Carril Oeste, Club Almagro, and Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta, before moving to Europe in 2001, to join St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Chaile |
Vidya Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) is a privately financed engineering college in Thrissur District in Kerala. The college offers a degree in Bachelor of Technology and courses in six branches of engineering - Production, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidya%20Academy%20of%20Science%20and%20Technology%2C%20Thrissur |
Vagusstoff (literally translated from German as "Vagus Substance") refers to the substance released by stimulation of the vagus nerve which causes a reduction in the heart rate. Discovered in 1921 by physiologist Otto Loewi, vagusstoff was the first confirmation of chemical synaptic transmission and the first neurotra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagusstoff |
Khan Sardar Bahadur Khan () (8 July 1908 – 31 December 1975) was a Pakistani politician. He was the 9th Chief Minister of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (then called Northwest Frontier Province).
Personal life
He was the son of Risaldar Major Mir Dad Khan and the brother of former military dictator and president Ayub Khan, (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar%20Bahadur%20Khan |
is an racing simulation game released by Namco for arcades in 1990. It is the arcade sequel to Final Lap and runs on Namco System 2 hardware.
Gameplay
Much like the original title (and Four Trax), it allows up to eight players to play simultaneously when four two-player sit-down cabinets are connected together, but th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Lap%202 |
DCV can mean:
605 (DCV in Roman numerals), a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar
605 (number), a harshad number in Roman numerals
Basque Christian Democracy (Democracia Cristiana Vasca), a Basque Country Christian-democratic party
DCV, a a generic ship prefix for deepwater construction vessels
D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCV |
An electrostatic fieldmeter, also called a static meter is a tool used in the static control industry. It is used for non-contact measurement of electrostatic charge on an object. It measures the force between the induced charges in a sensor and the charge present on the surface of an object. This force is converted to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic%20fieldmeter |
Yulha-dong is a dong in Dong District, Daegu, South Korea. Its name literally means "beneath the chestnut tree." It lies just north of the Geumho River. Yulha-dong is the legal dong; its boundaries coincide with the administrative entity Ansim 1-dong.
Singi station and Yulha station on Daegu Metro Line 1 are locate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulha-dong |
, as the name suggests, is the third title in the Final Lap series, released worldwide by Namco in 1992; like its precursors (as well as Four Trax, and Suzuka 8 Hours), it runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and allows up to eight players to play simultaneously when four two-player cabinets are linked together.
It featur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Lap%203 |
Heckington railway station is located in the village of Heckington in Lincolnshire, England. The old station building houses the Heckington Station Railway and Heritage Museum.
History
The station was opened by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway on 13 April 1859. It is now owned by Network Rail and mana... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckington%20railway%20station |
Dirleton Castle is a medieval fortress in the village of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland. It lies around west of North Berwick, and around east of Edinburgh. The oldest parts of the castle date to the 13th century, and it was abandoned by the end of the 17th century.
Begun in around 1240 by John De Vaux, the castle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirleton%20Castle |
A fill device or key loader is a module used to load cryptographic keys into electronic encryption machines. Fill devices are usually hand held and electronic ones are battery operated.
Older mechanical encryption systems, such as rotor machines, were keyed by setting the positions of wheels and plugs from a printed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fill%20device |
K College, also known as South & West Kent College, was an English college of Further Education and Higher Education with facilities across Kent, formed in April 2010, by the merger of South Kent College with West Kent College. In 2014 it was split again, between Hadlow College and East Kent College, with West Kent Col... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%20College |
The Moulins Triptych, c. 1498, oil on panel, Moulins Cathedral
Jean Hey (or Jean Hay) (fl. c. 1475 – c. 1505), now generally identified with the artist formerly known as the Master of Moulins, was an Early Netherlandish painter working in France and the Duchy of Burgundy, and associated with the court of the Dukes of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Hey |
Phantom Tollbooth was a post-punk/noise rock band from New York City. They played a style of post punk that included elements from jazz, noise rock, and art rock. This allowed Phantom Tollbooth to make sudden starts, stops, and tempo changes in their music. All of their albums were released in a four-year window betw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom%20Tollbooth%20%28band%29 |
The Pistoia Mountains Astronomical Observatory (; obs. code: 104), also known as the San Marcello Observatory and the Pian dei Termini Observatory (), is an astronomical observatory in San Marcello Piteglio, Tuscany, central Italy.
The observatory uses a 0.4- and 0.6-meter Newton-Cassegrain telescope and is the home o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistoia%20Mountains%20Astronomical%20Observatory |
Mossie may refer to:
People
Mossie Carroll (born 1957), Irish former hurler
Mossie Dowling (born 1946), Irish former hurler
Maurice Enright (died 1920), Irish-American gangster
Maurice Mossie Finn (1931-2009), Irish hurler
Mossie Guttormsen (1916–1998), Australian cricketer
Mossie Lyons, Irish Gaelic football ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossie |
Maurice Dailey "Toby" Atwell (March 8, 1924 – January 25, 2003) was an American professional baseball player who was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (–), Pittsburgh Pirates (–) and Milwaukee Braves (). Atwell, listed at tall and , batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Leesbu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby%20Atwell |
Esteban Benzecry (born 1970) is an Argentine classical composer.
Early years
Benzecry was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1970 to Argentine parents. He grew up in Argentina where he studied musical composition with Sergio Hualpa and Haydee Gerardi. He moved to Paris in 1997, where he studied composition with Jacques Char... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban%20Benzecry |
Methyl isothiocyanate is the organosulfur compound with the formula CH3N=C=S. This low melting colorless solid is a powerful lachrymator. As a precursor to a variety of valuable bioactive compounds, it is the most important organic isothiocyanate in industry.
Synthesis
It is prepared industrially by two routes. Ann... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl%20isothiocyanate |
Yeşilırmak (, ), known as Iris in antiquity (), is a river in northern Turkey. From its source northeast of Sivas, it flows past Tokat and Amasya, crosses the Pontic Mountains and the Çarşamba Plain, reaching the Black Sea east of Samsun after .
Its tributaries include the Çekerek (ancient Scylax) and the Kelkit (anci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye%C5%9Fil%C4%B1rmak%20%28river%29 |
Swineshead railway station serves the village of Swineshead in Lincolnshire, England. Although named Swineshead, the station is, in reality, located in the hamlet of Swineshead Bridge some miles north of Swineshead. The line was opened by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway.
The station is now owned by N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swineshead%20railway%20station |
Eugene Otto "Buck" Zumhofe (born March 21, 1951) is a convicted sex offender and former American professional wrestler better known as "The King of Rock n' Roll" Buck Zumhofe. In 2014, Zumhofe was sentenced to 25 years in prison for criminal sexual conduct.
Professional wrestling career
Zumhofe was trained by Verne Ga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck%20Zumhofe |
The Bordentown Secondary was originally a freight railroad line in New Jersey, running from Pavonia Yard in Camden to Trenton. Today, a large portion of the line from Bordentown to Camden is used for New Jersey Transit's River Line light rail service. Conrail Shared Assets Operations continues to operate freight trains... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordentown%20Secondary |
Pavonia Yard is a Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) rail yard in Camden, New Jersey.
The yard begins just north of where the Vineland Secondary tracks cross the Cooper River near the intersection of State and Federal Streets, and continues north until approximately 36th Street, ending near the 36th Street River... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavonia%20Yard |
The New Zealand bigeye (Pempheris adspersa) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweeper from the family Pempheridae. It is endemic to the waters around New Zealand. It inhabitants rocky shores with plentiful overhangs and crevices at depths of from near the surface to .
Description
The New Zealand bigeyes has la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20bigeye |
Hubberts Bridge railway station serves the village of Hubberts Bridge in Lincolnshire, England. It is located on the to section of the to line. Opened along with the line by the Boston, Sleaford and Midland Counties Railway in 1859, The eastbound platform is longer than the westbound platform: it can accommodate a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubberts%20Bridge%20railway%20station |
Stewart of Darnley, also known as the Lennox Stewarts, were a notable Scots family, a branch of the Clan Stewart, who provided the English Stuart monarchs with their male-line Stuart descent, after the reunion of their branch with the royal Scottish branch.
In 1565 the Darnley branch was re-united with the Royal House... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart%20of%20Darnley |
Blank Noise is a community/public art project that seeks to confront street harassment, commonly known as eve teasing, in India. The project, initiated by Jasmeen Patheja in August 2003, started out as a student project at Srishti School of Art Design and Technology in Bangalore and has since spread out to other cities... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank%20Noise |
GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars is the first fourth edition book in the GURPS Traveller role-playing game series, by Steve Jackson Games, set early in the history of the Traveller universe.
Setting
The transition between the First Imperium, governed by the Vilani, and the Rule of Man, led by the Terran Confederatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS%20Traveller%3A%20Interstellar%20Wars |
Lettuce necrotic yellows cytorhabdovirus (LNYV) is a plant virus belonging to the virus order Mononegavirales, family Rhabdoviridae and genus Cytorhabdovirus. It was first identified in Australia in the plant species Lactuca sativa in 1963 by Stubbs et al. Since then it has been identified in many other plant species i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettuce%20necrotic%20yellows%20cytorhabdovirus |
Joseph Lucien Jean Gonzague DeBlois (born June 21, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing / centre. He featured in the 1979 Stanley Cup Finals with the New York Rangers and the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals with the Montreal Canadiens.
Career
Born in Joliette, Quebec, DeBlois was selected in the 1977 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien%20DeBlois |
Francesco Colonnese (born 10 August 1971) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a full-back.
Club career
Born in Potenza, Colonnese began his career in Potenza - where he played from 1989 to 1991 – before moving first to Giarre Football and then to Cremonese, where he made 66 appearances.
In the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco%20Colonnese |
Hadley P. Arkes (born 1940) is an American political scientist and the Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College, where he has taught since 1966. He is currently the founder and director of the James Wilson Institute on Natural Rights & the American Founding in Washi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadley%20Arkes |
Douglas James Davies, (born 11 February 1947) is a Welsh Anglican theologian, anthropologist, and academic, specialising in the history, theology, and sociology of death. He is Professor in the Study of Religion at the University of Durham. His fields of expertise also include anthropology, the study of religion, the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Davies |
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