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The Geometry Center was a mathematics research and education center at the University of Minnesota. It was established by the National Science Foundation in the late 1980s and closed in 1998. The focus of the center's work was the use of computer graphics and visualization for research and education in pure mathematics... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry%20Center |
Insurable interest exists when an insured person derives a financial or other kind of benefit from the continuous existence, without repairment or damage, of the insured object (or in the case of a person, their continued survival). A person has an insurable interest in something when loss of or damage to that thing wo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurable%20interest |
Fior di latte may refer to:
Mozzarella made from cow rather than buffalo milk
A popular gelato type with no flavor added
Fior di Latte (song), a 2017 song by Phoenix off the album Ti Amo
"Fior Di Latte", a chapter of the serialized Japanese manga comic Agravity Boys
See also
Latte (disambiguation)
Fior (disamb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fior%20di%20latte |
Snelrewaard is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Oudewater, and lies about 2 km east of the city of Oudewater. A small part of the hamlet is in Montfoort.
Snelrewaard was a separate municipality from 1817 to 1989, when it was merged with Oudewater.
It was first mentioned a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snelrewaard |
Ruigeweide is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Oudewater, and lies about 2 km northwest of the city of Oudewater.
It was first mentioned in 1371 as "in de ruwer weyde, ende op ter langher weyde", and means meadow with rough vegetation. Also to distinguish it from Langeweid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruigeweide |
Cromínia is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is famous for its chrome mines.
Geographical Information
Cromínia is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion, which includes the cities in the Meia Ponte River basin. It is approximately 87 kilometers south of the state capital, Goiânia and is 17 kilometers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crom%C3%ADnia |
Vitamin Records is a Los Angeles-based record label founded in 1999 as a subsidiary of CMH Records. The label was formerly home to the Vitamin String Quartet, who are best known for performing string quartet tributes to popular rock and metal acts such as Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and Radiohead. Vitamin Records has also p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin%20Records |
Diemerbroek is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Oudewater, and lies about north of the town of Oudewater.
The statistical district "Diemerbroek", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 150.
References
Populated places in Ut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diemerbroek |
The lex Manilia (Law of Manilius) was a Roman law passed in 66 BC granting Pompey the military command in the East against Mithridates VI of Pontus.
Background
Previously, the war against Mithridates (commonly known as the Third Mithridatic War) had been conducted by Lucius Licinius Lucullus. By the winter of 68–7 BC... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex%20Manilia |
Ballencrieff (Scottish Gaelic: Baile na Craoibhe) is a rural community in East Lothian, Scotland. It is located between the towns of Aberlady, Drem, Haddington and Longniddry and is approximately 20 miles from Edinburgh. The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Baile na Craoibhe meaning "Town of the green".
There is a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballencrieff%2C%20East%20Lothian |
Samite is the stage name for African musician Samite Mulondo. Originally from Uganda, Samite now lives in Tully, New York. He plays the flute and kalimba, a type of thumb piano. Samite is currently married to Sandra Mulondo, who is a teacher in the Tully Central School District in Tully, New York.
Samite likes to attr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samite%20%28musician%29 |
Théophile Voirol September 3, 1781, Tavannes, Canton of Bern – September 15, 1853) was a Swiss general in the French Republican Army, who later became a French nobleman and Governor of Algeria.
He was born into a rich family in Tavannes in the Jura region of the Canton of Bern, the son of Justice David Voirol and Mari... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophile%20Voirol |
Connie Kreski (September 19, 1946 – March 21, 1995) was born Constance Joanne Kornacki. She was an American model and actress. In January 1968, Kreski posed in the centerfold as Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month. She subsequently won Playmate of the Year honors for 1969. She was also Miss January 1969 in the Pla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie%20Kreski |
Steinacleit is a prehistoric archeological site on the west coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
The site consists of an array of boulders which marks what is left of a chambered cairn, and possibly shows a huge hall overlay the site. There are ten large stone slabs surrounding the central mound. Folk leg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinacleit |
Fornells may refer to:
Fornells, Menorca
Fornells de Mar, beach and bay in the Costa Brava (zipcode 17255)
Fornells de la Selva, suburb of Girona, 17458
Fornells de Muntanya, hamlet near Planoles west of the Serra Cavallera, 17536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fornells |
A fish trap is a trap used for catching fish and other aquatic animals of value. Fish traps include fishing weirs, cage traps, fish wheels and some fishing net rigs such as fyke nets.
The use of traps are culturally almost universal around the world and seem to have been independently invented many times. There are tw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish%20trap |
Ryan Stewart Theriot ( ; born December 7, 1979) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Francisco Giants.
A shortstop in college, Theriot was converted to second base for h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Theriot |
A Frost diagram or Frost–Ebsworth diagram is a type of graph used by inorganic chemists in electrochemistry to illustrate the relative stability of a number of different oxidation states of a particular substance. The graph illustrates the free energy vs oxidation state of a chemical species. This effect is dependent o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost%20diagram |
Helland Brothers was a fiddle makers' shop in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States, 19051927.
The workshop was founded in 1905 by the brothers Knut Gunnarsson Helland and Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland from Bø in Telemark. They emigrated to America in 1901 and made both Hardanger fiddles and violins. Knut died, suppose... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helland%20Brothers |
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven may refer to:
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608–1697), 1st Baron Craven, created Earl in 1664
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1770–1825), 7th Baron Craven, created Earl in 1801
See also
William Craven (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Craven%2C%201st%20Earl%20of%20Craven |
Edgar Valter (21 September 1929, Tallinn – 4 March 2006, Tartu) was an Estonian graphic artist, caricaturist, writer and illustrator of children's books, with over 250 books to his name, through 55 years of activity (1950–2005). His most famous work is Pokuraamat (The Poku Book).
Life
Edgar Valter was born on 21 Sep... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Valter |
The IBM Basic assembly language and successors is a series of assembly languages and assemblers made for the IBM System/360 mainframe system and its successors through the IBM Z.
The first of these, the Basic Assembly Language (BAL), is an extremely restricted assembly language, introduced in 1964 and used on 360 syst... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20Basic%20assembly%20language%20and%20successors |
Johann Hommel (also Johannes Homelius, Hummelius, Homilius, Hummel; 2 February 1518, Memmingen – 4 July 1562, Leipzig) was a German astronomer and mathematician.
Work
Hommel was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig in 1551.
In 1552 or 1553, Richard Cantzlar introduced transversal dot lines ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Hommel |
MTV Unplugged 2.0 is a live album released by American emo band Dashboard Confessional on 17 December 2002 through Vagrant. This CD/DVD package is the band's first live album. The band is also the first non-Platinum selling artist to be on MTV Unplugged. "Screaming Infidelities" was released as a single.
Songs
The son... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Unplugged%202.0 |
Phlebovirus is one of twenty genera of the family Phenuiviridae in the order Bunyavirales. The genus contains 66 species. It derives its name from Phlebotominae, the vectors of member species Naples phlebovirus, which is said to be ultimately from the Greek , meaning "vein". The proper word for "vein" in ancient Greek ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlebovirus |
Heckmondwike Grammar School (HGS) is an 11–18 mixed, grammar school and sixth form with academy status in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England.
History
The school was built by the Heckmondwike School Board after it was compelled by the Board of Education to replace various schools across Heckmondwike. The Board bega... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckmondwike%20Grammar%20School |
The Northwest Junior Hockey League is a defunct Junior "B" ice hockey league in Manitoba, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The league's only provincial rival, the Manitoba Junior B Hockey League, still exists as the Keystone Junior Hockey League.
In the 13-season history of the league NJHL teams would go on to win... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest%20Junior%20Hockey%20League%20%28Manitoba%29 |
The Uspallata Pass, Bermejo Pass or Cumbre Pass, is an Andean pass which provides a route between the wine-growing region around the Argentine city of Mendoza, the Chilean city Los Andes and Santiago, the Chilean capital situated in the central Chilean valley.
Overview
The pass has been used since colonial times as th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uspallata%20Pass |
Benjamin Franklin Howey (March 17, 1828 – February 6, 1893) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1883 to 1885.
Early life and career
Howey was born in Pleasant Meadows, near Swedesboro, G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Franklin%20Howey |
Matthew Taylor (born 1968, Miami, Florida, United States) is an American musician and artist.
Taylor was a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there he studied music composition and improvisation under John Corbett.
He is a founding member of the Sicilian American ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Taylor%20%28musician%29 |
James Chalmers McRuer (August 23, 1890 – October 6, 1985) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, commissioner and author in Ontario.
Biography
Born in Ayr, Oxford County, Ontario, he received his law education from the Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1913. During World War I, he served in the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Chalmers%20McRuer |
Reaper, in comics, may refer to:
Reaper (Marvel Comics):
Reaper (Pantu Hurageb), a Marvel Comics character who has appeared in X-Force
Reaper (Gunther Strauss), a Marvel Comics fictional Nazi spy
Reaper (DC Comics), a number of DC Comics characters
See also
Grim Reaper (comics)
Reaper (disambiguation)
Referenc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaper%20%28comics%29 |
Fátima Lopes, ComIH (born 8 March 1965) is a Portuguese fashion designer.
Early life
Fátima comes from the Portuguese island of Madeira. She was born and grew up in its capital city, Funchal. Since an early age she showed an interest in fashion and during her adolescence, unhappy with what the shops had to offer in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1tima%20Lopes |
Major Gen. Henry Gene "Hank" Skeen (May 26, 1933 – January 12, 2006) was a general of the United States Army.
A native of Dale County, Alabama, Skeen entered the Air Force in 1949 and transferred to the United States Army in 1953. Upon completion of Officer Candidate School that year, he was commissioned a second lieu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Gene%20Skeen |
The Best of Fad Gadget is a double compilation album of singles and 12" mixes released by Fad Gadget (the stage name of Frank Tovey). The album is split between singles and B-sides on disc one, and 12" mixes and song reworkings on disc two. Mute Records released the album in December 2001, a few months before Frank To... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Best%20of%20Fad%20Gadget |
Reaper is the name of three characters in the DC Comics universe.
Publication history
The Pre-Crisis Reaper debuted in Batman #237 (Dec. 1971) and was created by Denny O'Neil. The character was inspired by science-fiction writer Harlan Ellison suggesting to O'Neill that he writes a story about Nazi war criminals.
Cre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaper%20%28DC%20Comics%29 |
Human rights in Vietnam () are among the poorest in the world, as considered by various domestic and international academics, dissidents and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
This has lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Vietnam |
Deacon Joseph Blackfire is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Blackfire is stated as being over 100 years old, and is often portrayed as a power-crazed charismatic con artist and cult leader skilled in manipulation and brainwashing. Blackfire claimed to be a Native American shaman ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon%20Blackfire |
RRT or Rrt may refer to:
Radio Reconnaissance Platoon
Railroad Tycoon (series)
Rainbow Round Table
Rapidly exploring random tree
Reference Rendering Transform (Academy Color Encoding System)
Registered Respiratory Therapist
Renal replacement therapy
Randomized response technique
Rational root theorem in mathematics
Re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRT |
Top of the Pops Reloaded (TOTP Reloaded), is a weekly children's music show broadcast as part of the Saturday morning CBBC schedule on BBC Two. It was based on the show, Top of the Pops, and was originally known as Top of the Pops Saturday from 2002 to 2005.
It was shown on BBC Two at 11am on Saturdays and repeated at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top%20of%20the%20Pops%20Reloaded |
Doctor Death (Dr. Karl Hellfern) is a supervillain appearing in publications by DC Comics. The character was created by Gardner Fox and Bob Kane as an enemy of the superhero Batman, and first appeared in Detective Comics #29 (July 1939). He is notable as the first traditional supervillain to be encountered by the Batma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20Death%20%28character%29 |
Obrint Pas (, "Breaking Through") was a Spanish band from Valencia, Valencian Community. Their music is a mixture of rock, ska and reggae with dolçaina rhythms, a traditional Valencian instrument, often with social and political lyrics promoting Catalan nationalism.
History
Obrint Pas was formed in 1993. One year late... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obrint%20Pas |
Shay Knuth (born May 29, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for September 1969. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker. At the time of the photo shoot, she was studying sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and working as a Bunny at the Playboy Resort in La... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay%20Knuth |
Rope of Sand is a 1949 American adventure-suspense film noir directed by William Dieterle, produced by Hal Wallis, and starring Burt Lancaster and three stars from Wallis's Casablanca – Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre. The film introduces Corinne Calvet and features Sam Jaffe, John Bromfield, and Kenny Washi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope%20of%20Sand |
Fawkham is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. Fawkham is defined as a hamlet by Sevenoaks District Council, with a population of 429. Fawkham is a low density, linear settlement along the bottom of a dry chalk valley some in length, with secondary lanes intersecting. There is no dis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawkham |
Baron Lovelace, of Hurley in the County of Berks, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 31 May 1627 for Sir Richard Lovelace, who had earlier represented Berkshire, Abingdon and Windsor in Parliament. The second Baron served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. The third Baron sat as Member of Parliament... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron%20Lovelace |
Thomas Rupprath (born 16 March 1977 in Neuss) is an Olympic swimmer from Germany, who is nicknamed "The New Albatross".
Biography
He held the world record for the 50 m backstroke (short course) with a time of 23.27 seconds set on 31 November 2002. This was broken by Robert Hurley of Australia on 26 October 2008. He al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Rupprath |
The Central Experimental Farm (CEF), commonly known as the Experimental Farm, is an agricultural facility, working farm, and research centre of the Science and Technology Branch, formerly the Research Branch, of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. As the name indicates, this farm is centrally located in and now surrounde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Experimental%20Farm |
The orange clingfish (Diplocrepis puniceus) is a clingfish, the only species in the genus Diplocrepis. It is found all around New Zealand from low water to about 5 m, on rocky coastlines. This species grows to a length of SL.
References
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange%20clingfish |
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (known as Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed in German) is a 1926 German animated fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film; two earlier ones were made in Argentina by Quirino Cristiani, but they are considered lost. The Adventures of Prince Achmed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Adventures%20of%20Prince%20Achmed |
Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell was an engineering company in Bolton, England. Set up in 1822, the partners became interested in the production of steam locomotives after the Rainhill Trials. The company's first engine was Union, a vertical boiler, with horizontal cylinders for the Bolton and Leigh Railway of which Hick a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothwell%2C%20Hick%20and%20Rothwell |
Palais Royale is a dance hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Shore Boulevard at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue on Lake Ontario. Originally built as a boat works, it became notable as a night club in the now-defunct Sunnyside Amusement Park, hosting many prominent 'big band' jazz bands. Since the Park's d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais%20Royale |
Agnethe Davidsen (29 August 1947 – 25 November 2007) was a Greenlandic judge who was the first female government minister in Greenland and only the second female mayor of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, where she was mayor for more than 14 years until she died suddenly at the age of 60.
Early years
Agnethe was born i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnethe%20Davidsen |
Rock català (, "Catalan Rock") is a type of music popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s involving Catalan lyrics and many different musical styles.
The last years of Spain under Franco were shattered by a generation of singers that claimed and called for democracy. In this context, La Nova Cançó is the protest son... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20catal%C3%A0 |
is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Sekigawa and Kajirō Yamamoto (who was also co-writer). It was produced to illustrate the purpose of the workers' union at the Toho film studios, as the Allied Forces endorsed the formation of unions as part of the democratisation process during the post-World Wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those%20Who%20Make%20Tomorrow |
Fawkham Green see Fawkham
External links
Parish church
Villages in Kent | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawkham%20Green |
Pretty...Slow is an album by the American indie rock band Fuck, and their first to see wide release. It was released by their own label, Rhesus Records, in 1996, and contains new material as well as songs originally released on their first album, the cassette Fuck.
Pretty...Slow was reissued by Smells Like Records in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty...Slow |
Jamestown Public Schools is a system of public schools located in Jamestown, North Dakota.
History
Robert Lech, previously superintendent of Pleasant School District and Beulah Public Schools, became superintendent effective July 1, 2013. He was ranked North Dakota Superintendent of the year in 2016.
Schools
Element... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown%20Public%20Schools%20%28North%20Dakota%29 |
Bridge of Earn () is a small town in Perthshire, Scotland.
Often referred to simply as 'The Brig' (Scots for 'bridge'). The village grew up on the south bank of an important crossing of the River Earn, whose sandstone bridge existed from at least the early 14th century, when it is known to have been repaired by order o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge%20of%20Earn |
RDFa or Resource Description Framework in Attributes is a W3C Recommendation that adds a set of attribute-level extensions to HTML, XHTML and various XML-based document types for embedding rich metadata within Web documents. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) data-model mapping enables its use for embedding RDF s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa |
Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 is an International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention adopted in Geneva on 29 June 1949. Its preamble states:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals concerning labour clauses in public contracts ....
The convention requires subscribing states to ensu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour%20Clauses%20%28Public%20Contracts%29%20Convention%2C%201949 |
David Harel (; born 12 April 1950) is a computer scientist, currently serving as President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He has been on the faculty of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel since 1980, and holds the William Sussman Professorial Chair of Mathematics. Born in London, England, he ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Harel |
Robert Johnson (1540 – 1625) was a Church of England cleric and the founder of both Oakham School and Uppingham School.
He was the Puritan rector of North Luffenham, Rutland, for 51 years, from 1574 until his death. He was also and Archdeacon of Leicester from 1591 to 1625. Using the income from these and other church... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Johnson%20%28archdeacon%20of%20Leicester%29 |
Yuri Matveyevich Mikhaylov () (born 25 July 1930 in Ulitino, Russia – died 15 July 2008 Tver, Russia) was a speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.
Born in the village of Ulitino in Staritsky District of Tver Oblast, Yuri Mikhaylov took up boxing when he was young and in 1949, he became champion of Kalininsky ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%20Mikhaylov |
The Williston Public School District #1 was a school district serving Williston, North Dakota.
While most of the district was in Williams County, where it served almost all of Williston, a section was in McKenzie County.
History
In 2020 a vote was held on whether it was to merge with the Williams County Public School... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williston%20Public%20School%20District |
Charles D. Hyatt Jr. (February 28, 1908 – May 8, 1978) was a collegiate basketball player in the late 1920s.
The Syracuse, New York native played three seasons at University of Pittsburgh under coach Clifford Carlson (1927–30). An exceptional shooter, Hyatt scored then-outstanding 880 points throughout his college car... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley%20Hyatt |
The New Zealand urchin clingfish (Dellichthys morelandi) is a clingfish. It is found around New Zealand wherever sea urchins are present. Its length is between 2 and 3 cm.
This species was described by John C. Briggs in 1955 and was thought to be the sole species in the monotypic genus Dellichthys until 2018 when a n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20urchin%20clingfish |
The Protection of Wages Convention, 1949 is an International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention.
It was established in 1949, with the preamble stating:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals concerning the protection of wages,...
This convention is referred to in the preamble to the Abolition of For... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection%20of%20Wages%20Convention%2C%201949 |
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were some of the leading military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge. They mark... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles%20of%20Lexington%20and%20Concord |
Alfândega da Fé () is a municipality in northeast Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,104, in an area of 321.95 km2.
History
Early archaeological sites, such as Castro hill fort-settlements, can be found scattered throughout the municipality.
The municipality has an origin that comes from mixed Moorish influences ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf%C3%A2ndega%20da%20F%C3%A9 |
Sir Ian James Carruthers is a British healthcare and academic administrator who was senior director for the National Health Service (NHS). Having first joined the NHS in 1969 as an administrator at Garlands Hospital, Carlisle, he rose through a career which included six months as the interim Chief Executive of the NHS... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Carruthers |
Fein or FEIN may refer to:
People
Adrian Fein (born 1999), German footballer
Benjamin Fein (fl. 1910s), Jewish American gangster
Bruce Fein (born 1947), American lawyer
Clinton Fein (born 1964), South African artist, writer and activist
Ellen Fein, co-author of the book The Rules
Ephraim Fein, aka Ephraim Eitam ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fein |
Burke William Moses (born December 10, 1959, New York City) is an American actor. His older brother is actor Mark Moses.
Career
Moses attended Boston University and Carnegie Mellon University. He performed the role of "Joe" at the New York City Opera in The Most Happy Fella in 1991. He appeared in the musical 1776 at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke%20Moses |
The Green Party of Prince Edward Island is a registered provincial political party and one of the three major parties in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The party was founded by Sharon Labchuk, a political organizer for the federal Green Party of Canada. It is a party in the international green political tradition, espou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Party%20of%20Prince%20Edward%20Island |
The title Baron Mordaunt was created in 1529 for Sir John Mordaunt. The fifth baron was created Earl of Peterborough in 1628 and the title then passed to his son, the second earl, in 1644. On his death in 1697, the earldom was inherited by his nephew, Charles and the barony was inherited by his only child, Mary, the es... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron%20Mordaunt |
The Toyota Sports Center (formerly the HealthSouth Training Center) is a practice facility for the Los Angeles Kings, and the Ontario Reign, located on 555 North Nash Street in El Segundo, California. The $24 million, facility broke ground on April 28, 1999, and officially opened on March 5, 2000.
The facility is loc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota%20Sports%20Center |
Carrazeda de Ansiães () is a municipality in the district of Bragança in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,373, in an area of 279.24 km2.
History
The territory began its historical journey, from ancient vestiges discovered, during the Neolithic period, from dolmens from Zedes and Vilarinho da Castanheir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrazeda%20de%20Ansi%C3%A3es |
Hairy lobster is an imprecise term which could refer to either of the two taxa:
Furry lobsters of the family Synaxidae
Kiwa hirsuta of the family Kiwaidae
Animal common name disambiguation pages | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy%20lobster |
Protection of Workers' Claims (Employer's Insolvency) Convention, 1992 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1992, with the preamble stating:
Modification
The convention revised the principles contained in ILO Convention C95, Protection of Wages Convention, 1949.
Ratifications
A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection%20of%20Workers%27%20Claims%20%28Employer%27s%20Insolvency%29%20Convention%2C%201992 |
The Norwalk River is a river in southwestern Connecticut, United States, approximately long. The word "Norwalk" comes from the Algonquian word "noyank" meaning "point of land".
Description
The Norwalk River originates in ponds located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. These ponds empty into Ridgefield’s approximately "Gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwalk%20River |
Poor Knights names various groups:
The Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, or Knights Templar, a major Catholic military order, 1129–1312
The Poor Knights of Windsor, or Military Knights of Windsor, military pensioners in the UK, ~1346–present
The Poor Knights of Christ, Militia Templi, a Catholic lay... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor%20Knights |
Four Songs is the debut EP of London-born Alexi Murdoch. It was released in November 2002. Three songs from the EP ("Orange Sky", "Blue Mind" and "Song for You") were later re-recorded for Alexi Murdoch's debut album Time Without Consequence.
Uses in other media
The song "Orange Sky" has been featured in the televisio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20Songs%20%28Alexi%20Murdoch%20EP%29 |
Butuan Bay is a bay and extension of the Bohol Sea or Mindanao Sea, in the northeast section of Mindanao in the Philippines. Its main river source is the Agusan River, which empties into the bay at the coastal city of Butuan. Butuan Bay is completely contained with the Agusan del Norte province.
Ports of Butuan Bay
B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butuan%20Bay |
Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery (Agriculture) Convention, 1951 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1951, with the preamble stating:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to minimum wage fixing machinery in agriculture,...
The convention was followed up ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum%20Wage%20Fixing%20Machinery%20%28Agriculture%29%20Convention%2C%201951 |
John Travers (ca. 1703 – June 1758) was an English composer who held the office of Organist to the Chapel Royal from 1737 to 1758. Before filling several parochial posts in London he had been a choir boy at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and a pupil of Johann Christoph Pepusch.
Life
He received his early musical educat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Travers%20%28composer%29 |
Stu Klitenic is an American sports radio and television personality.
Sports
Klitenic was a standout basketball player at Northwood High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was named "All-Met" in 1973 and in 2008 was named one of the top Montgomery County shooters of the 1970s. From 1973 through 1977, Klitenic played... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu%20Klitenic |
Palmeiras de Goiás is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Palmeiras de Goiás is located in the statistical micro-region of Vale do Rio dos Bois at a distance of 88 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is 26 kilometers from Cezarina and the important BR-060 highway. Connections with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmeiras%20de%20Goi%C3%A1s |
The Convention concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value, or Equal Remuneration Convention is the 100th International Labour Organization Convention and the principal one aimed at equal remuneration for work of equal value for men and women. States parties may accomplish this throu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal%20Remuneration%20Convention |
The Acolin () is a long river in France. It is a left tributary of the Loire, which it meets near Decize. It flows through the departments of Allier and Nièvre.
Course
The Acolin has its source south of the town of Mercy (Allier) in a wooded area covered with many ponds. The source is some south-east of Moulins. Its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acolin |
Vale do Rio dos Bois Microregion is a statistical region in central Goiás state, Brazil. It lies west of the state capital, Goiânia. It takes its name from the Rio dos Bois, a river that flows through the microregion.
Municipalities
The microregion consists of the following municipalities:
Acreúna
Campestre de Goiás
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microregion%20of%20Vale%20do%20Rio%20dos%20Bois |
Typhoon Maemi () or (), known in the Philippines as Typhoon Pogi, was the most powerful typhoon to strike South Korea since record-keeping began in the country in 1904. Maemi formed on September 4, 2003 from a disturbance in a monsoon trough in the western Pacific Ocean. It slowly intensified into Tropical Storm Maemi ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon%20Maemi |
Dickinson Public Schools is a system of public schools located in Dickinson, North Dakota.
Schools
Elementary schools
Berg Elementary School
Heart River Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School
Junior high school
Hagen Junior High School
High schools
Dickin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickinson%20Public%20Schools |
Jerry Reuss (born June 19, 1949)—pronounced "royce"—is an American former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, best known for his years with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Reuss played for eight teams in his major league career; along with the Dodgers (1979–87), he played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1969–71), Hous... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Reuss |
Śmigły Wilno was a Polish association football team. Founded in 1933 in Wilno, Second Polish Republic (now Vilnius, Lithuania). Śmigły's full name was Wojskowy Klub Sportowy "Śmigły" Wilno (Military Sports Club "Śmigły" Wilno). The club enjoyed full support of Wilno's military garrison of the Polish Army, located in pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Amig%C5%82y%20Wilno |
Kinship care is a term used in the United States and Great Britain for the raising of children by grandparents, other extended family members, and unrelated adults with whom they have a close family-like relationship such as godparents and close family friends because biological parents are unable to do so for whatever... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinship%20care |
Victor Arthur Hanson (July 30, 1903 – April 10, 1982) was an American football player and coach, basketball player, and baseball player. A three-sport college athlete, he played football, basketball, and baseball at Syracuse University in the 1920s, serving as team captain in all three sports. The Watertown, New York... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic%20Hanson |
Victor Hanson may refer to:
Vic Hanson (1903–1982), American college athlete and coach
Victor Davis Hanson (born 1953), American classicist, military historian and political commentator
Victor Henry Hanson (1876–1945), American publisher
See also
Victor M. Hansen, American lawyer and military officer
Victor Hans... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Hanson |
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire. Since 1711, the function of Custos Rotulorum has been carried out by the Lords Lieutenant of the county.
John Mordaunt, 1st Baron Mordaunt bef. 1544 – aft. 1547
Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso bef. 1558 – 1582
John St John, 2n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custos%20Rotulorum%20of%20Bedfordshire |
The Bugojno group () was the name of a Croatian separatist paramilitary cell which was infiltrated into SFR Yugoslavia on 20 June 1972 to raise a rebellion against the socialist Yugoslav government.
Background
The Bugojno group was organized by the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood (Hrvatsko revolucionarno bratstvo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugojno%20group |
Blade of Tyshalle is a science fantasy novel by American writer Matthew Stover, set seven years after the events of its predecessor Heroes Die. It is the second book in the ongoing Acts of Caine novel cycle. Like Heroes Die, it focuses on Hari Michaelson and his struggles on Earth and Overworld.
Plot summary
Seven ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade%20of%20Tyshalle |
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