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Kihnu Airfield is an airfield on Kihnu island in Estonia. The airfield is situated near the village of Sääre and is southwest of Pärnu. It has no IATA airport code and is owned by AS Pärnu Lennujaam (Pärnu Airport Ltd).
Overview
The airfield has two crossing runways; 04/22 and 15/33 , both with grass surface. There... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihnu%20Airfield |
A lead in hydrocarbon exploration, is a subsurface structural or stratigraphic feature with the potential to have entrapped oil or natural gas. When exploring a new area, or when new data becomes available in existing acreage, an explorer will carry out an initial screening to identify possible leads. Further work is t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%20%28geology%29 |
Villa Lobos is a Mexican vodka which has the unique selling point that the product features the "agave worm" (the larva of the Comadia redtenbacheri moth) more commonly found in Mezcal. The marketing of this product highlights the drinks links with Tequilas and was winner of the silver medal at 'United Vodka' Tasting... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodka%20Villa%20Lobos |
Ruhnu Airfield is an airfield on Ruhnu island in Estonia. The airfield is situated to the south of the island, southeast of Kuressaare, near the village of Ringsu. It is owned by the same company as Kuressaare Airport, located 70km further north, on Saaremaa island.
Overview
The airfield has one runway, 13/31 that i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhnu%20Airfield |
Thomas Schultz Rasmussen (born 16 April 1977) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left wingback. He played eight games for the Denmark national team, both as wingback and attacking midfielder.
Career
Born in Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, Rasmussen started his career in minor Danish club Glostrup ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Rasmussen |
is a fashion magazine published in Japan by Shinchosha. This magazine targets young girls ranging from early- to mid-teens. The magazine is known for its models (called Nicomo). Nicola was first published in 1997 and covers teen fashion trends, hair and make-up, and lifestyles.
With the growing popularity of teen fashi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola%20%28magazine%29 |
Apostasia may refer to:
Apostasia of 1965, a series of political events in Greece, which toppled the legally elected government of George Papandreou, senior
Apostasia (plant), a genus of primitive orchids (family Orchidaceae), comprising 7 terrestrial species
See also
Apostasy, abandonment of one's religion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasia |
Nemadactylus macropterus, the tarakihi, jackass morwong or deep sea perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, traditionally regarded as belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, the members of which are commonly known as morwongs. It is found in the south western Pacific Ocean, in Australia and New Zealand. Althou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemadactylus%20macropterus |
Jason Everett Mumpower (born September 22, 1973) currently serves as Tennessee's 35th Comptroller of the Treasury. He was first elected to the position by the Tennessee General Assembly on January 13, 2021. He is responsible for leading the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, which comprises 12 divisions and mor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Mumpower |
Pärnu Airport (, ) is an airport in Estonia. The airport is situated northwest of Pärnu.
Overview
In October 1937, the Pärnu town council designated an area of for the building of an airport. Operations at the new airport began in 1939.
During the Soviet occupation, the airfield was operated by the Soviet Air Force... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4rnu%20Airport |
Starr King School for the Ministry is a Unitarian Universalist seminary in Oakland, California. The seminary was formed in 1904 to educate leaders for the growing number of progressive religious communities in the western part of the US. The school emphasizes the practical skills of religious leadership. Today, it educ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr%20King%20School%20for%20the%20Ministry |
John F. Kennedy is one of the 37 public high schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school finished construction in 1964 and hosted its first class in 1965. The average enrollment is under 700. The mascot is the Eagle and the school colors are red, white and blue. John F. Kennedy is a comprehensiv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20F.%20Kennedy%20High%20School%20%28Cleveland%2C%20Ohio%29 |
Kärdla Airport (, ) is an airport in Estonia. The airport is situated east of the town of Kärdla on Hiiumaa island.
The airport has one asphalt runway, 14/32, and is . The runway was upgraded in 1998.
Overview
Kärdla Airport opened in 1963. During the next years there was fairly high activity at the airport, with re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4rdla%20Airport |
A Passage A Day () is a Chinese language reading scheme for all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong, founded by Ho Man Koon of the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000. It is the most populated web learning platform in Hong Kong. Between January and May 2004, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Passage%20a%20Day |
In Judaism, the High Priest of Israel (; ) was the head of the Israelite priesthood. He played a unique role in the worship conducted in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple in Jerusalem, as well as in some non-ritual matters. Like all priests, he was required to be descended from Aaron (the first biblical priest). ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Priest%20of%20Israel |
Christopher Ryan Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer. He hosts Talking Dead, an hourlong aftershow on AMC affiliated with the network's zombie drama series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, as well as Talking with Chris Hardwick, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Hardwick |
Tech Mahindra is an Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company. Part of the Mahindra Group, the company is headquartered in Pune and has its registered office in Mumbai. Tech Mahindra is a 6.0 billion company with over 148,000 employees across 90 countries. The company was ranked #5 in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech%20Mahindra |
Bai Virbaijee Soparivala (BVS) Parsi High School is a private school in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It opened in 1859 as Karachi Parsi Balak Shalla, by the Zoroastrian residents of Karachi.
History
The Zoroastrian residents of Karachi, feeling the need for imparting religious education and knowledge of Gujarati, opened... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.%20V.%20S.%20Parsi%20High%20School |
Demoiselle may refer to:
Demoiselle crane, a crane (bird) of central Asia
Demoiselle, Calopterygidae, a family of damselflies, in the suborder Zygoptera
Demoiselle Stakes, a horse race held in New York
Demoiselle Creek, New Brunswick
Santos-Dumont Demoiselle, an early aircraft
Some species of fish in the damself... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoiselle |
In differential geometry, the notion of torsion is a manner of characterizing a twist or screw of a moving frame around a curve. The torsion of a curve, as it appears in the Frenet–Serret formulas, for instance, quantifies the twist of a curve about its tangent vector as the curve evolves (or rather the rotation of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion%20tensor |
Bevier or BeVier may refer to:
People
Isabel Bevier (1860-1942), an early scholar in home economics
Lillian BeVier (born 1939), a professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law
Lottie Gertrude Bevier, the maiden name of the Zimbabwean politician Trudy Stevenson
Robert Bevier (1834-1889), a Confedera... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevier |
The Dennis Dragon (also sold as the Dennis Condor) is a three-axle step-entrance double-decker bus manufactured by Dennis in England between 1982 and 1999.
History
The Dennis Dragon was originally built for Kowloon Motor Bus. In Hong Kong there is an area known as "Kowloon" which translates into English as "Nine Drago... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis%20Dragon |
The Beaver First Nation () is a First Nation government or band, made up of members of the Danezaa people, also known as the Beavers. The Beaver First Nation is one of only two Danezaa bands in Alberta (the other being the Horse Lake First Nation), but there are several others nearby in British Columbia. The band con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver%20First%20Nation |
Below is a list of notable defunct retailers of the United States.
Across the United States, a large number of local stores and store chains that started between the 1920s and 1950s have become defunct since the late 1960s, when many chains were either consolidated or liquidated. Some may have been lost due to mergers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20defunct%20retailers%20of%20the%20United%20States |
Lars Mads Jørgensen (born 10 February 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and won two Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup trophies with Brøndby IF. He started his career with AGF, before moving to Brøndby, and afterwards abroad to play for Italian club An... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mads%20J%C3%B8rgensen |
James Joseph Colbert (born March 9, 1941) is an American professional golfer.
Colbert was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965.
Colbert won eight times on the PGA Tour, in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Colbert |
London Buses route 4 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Archway station and Blackfriars station, it is operated by Metroline.
History
On 25 September 1993, the contract for route 4 was won by London Suburban Bus, who operated the route with Leyland Titans.
On 27 April ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Buses%20route%204 |
This is a selective list of scholarly works related to Muhammad Iqbal, the poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent.
The literature on Iqbal is extensive : critic Rauf Parekh, basing himself on the works of Prof Dr Haroonur Rasheed Tabassum, talks of at least 300 books while, when it comes to articles, a team from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Iqbal%20bibliography |
Çifte Minareli Medrese () is an architectural monument of the late Seljuk period in Erzurum City, Erzurum Province, Turkey. Built as a theological school a few years before 1265, it takes its name, Twin Minaret Madrasa, from the two fluted minarets that crown the monumental façade.
History
The Çifte Minareli Medrese i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87ifte%20Minareli%20Medrese%20%28Erzurum%29 |
Derrick Dukes (born January 4, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler and boxer. He best known for his appearances in the American Wrestling Association in the late-1980s as one-half of the tag team "The Top Guns" with Ricky Rice.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1986–1988)
Dukes and Rice, who... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick%20Dukes |
In numerical analysis, given a square grid in one or two dimensions, the five-point stencil of a point in the grid is a stencil made up of the point itself together with its four "neighbors". It is used to write finite difference approximations to derivatives at grid points. It is an example for numerical differentiati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-point%20stencil |
Bertrand Renouvin (born 15 June 1943 in Paris) is a French political figure, who is the founder and president of French political movement Nouvelle Action Royaliste.
Family
Renouvin's father, Jacques Renouvin, was a hero of the French Resistance of World War II. His father was captured and deported to Mauthausen con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand%20Renouvin |
Deena M. Mistri (21 May 1925 27 January 2011) was an educator from Pakistan.
Early life and education
Mistri was a member of the Parsi or Zoroastrian Community. She was born in Hyderabad, Sindh, on 21 May 1925, to Dhunmai & Seth Pestonjee Jamshedji Soparivala.
She married Minoo Mistri in 1949 who was an architect... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deena%20M.%20Mistri |
The Battle of Camarón () which occurred over ten hours on 30 April 1863 between the Foreign Legion of the French Army and the Mexican army, is regarded as a defining moment in the Foreign Legion's history.
A small infantry patrol, led by Captain Jean Danjou and Lieutenants Clément Maudet and Jean Vilain, numbering jus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Camar%C3%B3n |
Primauguet may refer to:
Hervé de Portzmoguer, nicknamed "Primauguet", fifteenth century Breton captain
See French ship Primauguet for six ships of the French Navy named in his honour | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primauguet |
The Duguay-Trouin-class were the first major French warships built after World War I. They were excellent steamers and proved successful and seaworthy over a quarter century of service. All three achieved on trials and could easily maintain in service. Twenty-year-old Duguay-Trouin could still maintain at her post-w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duguay-Trouin-class%20cruiser |
"Me and My Uncle", often also written as "Me & My Uncle," is a song composed by John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas, and popularized in versions by Judy Collins and the Grateful Dead. It relates the journey of a narrator and his uncle from southern Colorado towards west Texas, involving standard cowboy song themes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%20and%20My%20Uncle |
Andrey Borisovich Soloviev (; 7 October 1953 – September 27, 1993) was a Soviet war photographer.
He was killed by sniper fire while covering the battle for Sukhumi in the War in Abkhazia.
Soloviev studied at the Moscow Institute of Architecture but never graduated. Instead, he became a photojournalist, joining the I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey%20Soloviev |
Trond Andersen (born 6 January 1975) is a former Norwegian footballer, who played as a central defender or holding midfielder. He played professionally for Molde, Wimbledon, AaB and Brøndby.
Club career
Andersen was born in Kristiansund and played for Clausenengen before he joined Molde ahead of the 1995 season. He pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trond%20Andersen |
The Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein were titles of the Frankish Empire. The dynastic family came from the County of Schauenburg near Rinteln (district Schaumburg) on the Weser in Germany. Together with its ancestral possessions in Bückeburg and Stadthagen, the House of Schauenburg ruled the County of Schauenburg and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counts%20of%20Schauenburg%20and%20Holstein |
Nuclear blast may refer to:
Nuclear explosion
Nuclear Blast, a record label | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20blast |
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut is a market town in central Austria, in the Salzkammergut region of Upper Austria, named after Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg.
Geography
The town is located in central Austria. It is on the northern shore of the Wolfgangsee lake (close to the towns of Strobl and St. Gilgen, both in the Stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Wolfgang%20im%20Salzkammergut |
Dunne is an Irish surname, derived from the Irish Ó Duinn and Ó Doinn, meaning "dark" or "brown."
The name Dunne in Ireland is derived from the Ó Duinn and the Ó Doinn Gaelic septs who were based in County Laois, County Meath and County Wicklow. These septs in turn are descendants of the O'Regan noble family. It is in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunne |
Mervin Matthew (born 23 September 1985) and was a member of the West Indies cricket team who took part in the Under 19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh in 2004. He was born in Dominica has played first-class and List A cricket for the Windward Islands.
References
1985 births
Living people
Windward Islands cricketers
P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervin%20Matthew |
The U880 is an 8-bit microprocessor that was manufactured by VEB Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" Erfurt (abbreviated as MME; part of Kombinat Mikroelektronik Erfurt) in the German Democratic Republic. Production of the U880 started in 1980 at VEB Funkwerk Erfurt (abbreviated as FWE; the plant was renamed to VEB Mikroelektr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U880 |
() is a revolutionary and war song written by Étienne Méhul (music) and Marie-Joseph Chénier (words) in 1794. It was the official anthem of the French Empire, and it is currently the unofficial regional anthem of French Guiana and the presidential anthem of France.
The song was nicknamed "the brother of the Marseillai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chant%20du%20d%C3%A9part |
Francine Tacker (born September 15, 1946) is a retired American actress known for appearing as Jenna Wade in two episodes of the soap opera Dallas in 1980. Tacker was the second actress to play the character, succeeding Morgan Fairchild and preceding Priscilla Presley. She was also a regular on the television series Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine%20Tacker |
Terence Ernest Britten (born 17 July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many others. Britten (along with co-writer Graham Lyle) won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Britten |
Tamara Natanovna Press (10 May 1937 – 26 April 2021) was a Soviet athlete who dominated the shot put and discus throw in the early 1960s. She won three gold medals and one silver medal at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and three European titles in 1958–1962. Between 1959 and 1965, she set 11 world records: five in the shot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara%20Press |
Donald Starr (September 20, 1917 – July 11, 1995) was an American actor who became known for his recurring role as oil baron Jordan Lee in the CBS-TV primetime soap opera series Dallas.
Life and career
Starr was born and raised in Riverside, California; he studied acting in 1938–39 under scholarship at the Pasadena (C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Starr |
The President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site is located in Hope, Arkansas. Built in 1917 by Dr. H. S. Garrett, in this house the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton, spent the first four years of his life, having been born on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20William%20Jefferson%20Clinton%20Birthplace%20Home%20National%20Historic%20Site |
FitzMartin or Fitz Martin was the surname of a Norman family based in England and Wales between 1085 and 1342.
Earliest Generations
The earliest well-documented progenitor of this family was Robert, whose charter to the monks at Montacute from around 1121 names his parents, Martin and Geva. Geva is known to have been ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FitzMartin |
The New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae) is a species of sandburrower endemic to the waters around New Zealand where it can be found in tide pools and areas with sandy substrates down to a depth of . This species can grow to a length of TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
References
New Z... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20sand%20diver |
Charles Robert Saunders (July 12, 1946May 2020) was an African-American author and journalist, a pioneer of the "sword and soul" literary genre with his Imaro novels. During his long career, he wrote novels, non-fiction, screenplays and radio plays.
Life and work
Charles Robert Saunders was born on July 3, 1946, in E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20R.%20Saunders |
William Edward Hanley Stanner CMG (24 November 19058 October 1981), often cited as W.E.H. Stanner, was an Australian anthropologist who worked extensively with Indigenous Australians. Stanner had a varied career that also included journalism in the 1930s, military service in World War II, and political advice on coloni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Edward%20Hanley%20Stanner |
Randolph Powell (born April 14, 1950) is an American actor, best known for his roles on television. He was a leading cast member of the science fiction series Logan's Run also being known for the role of Alan Beam in the soap opera Dallas.
Life and career
Born in Iowa City, Iowa, Powell was raised in nearby Mason City... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph%20Powell |
Most of the Norwegian counties and municipalities have their own flag. They are based on the respective coat of arms of the subdivision. However they are seldom used. Most public buildings and private homes use the National flag. Note: As of 2020, many municipalities and counties have been merged. Because of this many ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags%20of%20Norwegian%20subdivisions |
Systemic therapy is a type of psychotherapy that seeks to address people in relationships, dealing with the interactions of groups and their interactional patterns and dynamics.
Early forms of systemic therapy were based on cybernetics and systems theory. Systemic therapy practically addresses stagnant behavior patter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic%20therapy%20%28psychotherapy%29 |
Major General Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II GCSI GCIE (born Sawai Mor Mukut Singh; 21 August 1912 – 24 June 1970) was an Indian prince, government official, diplomat and sportsman.
Man Singh II was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jaipur in the British Raj from 1922 to 1947. In 1948, after the state was ab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%20Singh%20II |
A Kestrel for a Knave is a novel by English author Barry Hines, published in 1968. Set in an unspecified mining area in Northern England, the book follows Billy Casper, a young working-class boy troubled at home and at school, who finds and trains a kestrel whom he names "Kes".
The book received a wider audience when ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Kestrel%20for%20a%20Knave |
Sultan Muhammad may refer to:
People
Sultan Muhammad II ibn Mahmud (1128–1159), sultan of the Seljuq Empire, 1153–1159
Prince Sultan Muhammad, governor of Derbent under Shirvanshah Keykubad I
Sultan Muhammad Shah Tughluq, ruler of the Muslim Tughlaq dynasty, 1390–1394
Sultan Muhammad (Badakhshan), 15th-century r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan%20Muhammad |
Talpa is a genus in the mole family Talpidae. Among the first taxa in science, Carolus Linnaeus used the Latin word for "mole", talpa, in his Regnum Animale to refer to the commonly known European form of mole. The group has since been expanded to include 13 extant species, found primarily in Europe and western Asia.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpa%20%28mammal%29 |
This is a list of irredentist claims or disputes. Irredentism is any political or popular movement that seeks to claim or reclaim and occupy a land that the movement's members consider to be a "lost" (or "unredeemed") territory from their nation's past. Not all territorial disputes are irredentist, although they are of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20irredentist%20claims%20or%20disputes |
The long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis) or tommyfish, is a species of sandburrower endemic to the coastal waters around the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about , on sandy or gravelly bottoms. It can reach a length of TL.
References
long-finned sand diver
Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
Fish... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-finned%20sand%20diver |
Douglas Duane Somerson (September 22, 1951 – May 16, 2017) was an American professional wrestler known by his ring name "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers. He worked in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the mid-1980s as part of a tag team with "Playboy" Buddy Rose, managed by Sherri Martel, and twice held the AWA World... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug%20Somers |
The Navajo I is a secure telephone built into a briefcase that was developed by the U.S. National Security Agency. According to information on display in 2002 at the NSA's National Cryptologic Museum, 110 units were built in the 1980s for use by senior government officials when traveling. It uses the linear predictive ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo%20I |
Safe-haven laws (also known in some states as "Baby Moses laws", in reference to the religious scripture) are statutes in the United States that decriminalize the leaving of unharmed infants with statutorily designated private persons so that the child becomes a ward of the state. All fifty states, the District of Colu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe-haven%20law |
Ramat HaTishbi () is a relatively small neighbourhood in Haifa, Israel, located on the western slopes of Mount Carmel, adjacent to the French Carmel neighbourhood. It includes the streets of Hatishbi, Beit El, Shounamit, and Ovadia.
Neighborhoods of Haifa
Mount Carmel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramat%20HaTishbi |
Alice Hirson (born March 10, 1929) is an American actress best known for her roles on television. She began her career on stage, before roles on daytime soap operas. She is best known for her roles as Mavis Anderson in the CBS prime time soap opera Dallas and as Lois Morgan, the mother of the title character on the ABC... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Hirson |
Sir William Martin of Athelhampton, near Dorchester, Dorset (c. 1446 – 24 March 1503/4) was MP for Dorset in 1478. He built the current Great Hall of Athelhampton in or around 1485. He also received licence to enclose 160 acres (647,000 m2) of deer park and licence to fortify his manor.
William Martin was born about 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Martin%20%28Athelhampton%29 |
If I Could Only Remember My Name is the debut solo album by American singer-songwriter David Crosby, released in February 1971 on Atlantic Records. It was one of four high-profile albums released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu. Guests on the album in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%20I%20Could%20Only%20Remember%20My%20Name |
North Carolina Highway 7 (NC 7) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Entirely within Gaston County, it connects the towns of Lowell, McAdenville, and Belmont with the city of Gastonia.
Route description
Gastonia, Ranlo, and Lowell
NC 7's western terminus is at U.S. Route 321 (US 321), just... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20Highway%207 |
Lovers is the first album by the Australian band The Sleepy Jackson. The album entered the ARIA Album charts at #21, the UK Album Charts at #69 and the French Album Charts at #117.
The album was a minor commercial success, selling around 100,000 copies worldwide.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2003, the album was nomin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovers%20%28The%20Sleepy%20Jackson%20album%29 |
In mathematics, a surface is a mathematical model of the common concept of a surface. It is a generalization of a plane, but, unlike a plane, it may be curved; this is analogous to a curve generalizing a straight line.
There are several more precise definitions, depending on the context and the mathematical tools tha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20%28mathematics%29 |
Reasin Beall (December 3, 1769February 20, 1843) was an American politician. He was an Ohio Congressman and a Militia General during the War of 1812.
Beall was born in 1769 in Frederick County in the Province of Maryland (in the portion of which would be later separated as Montgomery County in 1776), and his family mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasin%20Beall |
Three Rock Mountain (; archaic: Sliabh Ruadh) is a mountain in Co Dublin, Ireland. It is high and forms part of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Two Rock, Three Rock, Kilmashogue and Tibradden Mountains. The mountain takes its name from the three groups of granite rocks at the summit. It was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Rock%20Mountain |
The All-Ireland League (AIL), known for sponsorship reasons as the Energia All-Ireland League, is the national league system for the 50 senior rugby union clubs in Ireland, covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The league was inaugurated in the 1990–91 season.
Cork Constitution F.C are the only c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Ireland%20League%20%28rugby%20union%29 |
Glebionis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe and the Mediterranean region. The species were formerly treated in the genus Chrysanthemum, but a 1999 ruling of the International Botanical Congress has resulted in that genus being redefined to cover the species related to the e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glebionis |
An antidromic impulse in an axon refers to conduction opposite of the normal (orthodromic) direction. That is, it refers to conduction along the axon away from the axon terminal(s) and towards the soma. For most neurons, their dendrites, soma, or axons are depolarized forming an action potential that moves from the st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidromic |
Giovanni Battista Buonamente (ca. 1595 – 1642) was an Italian composer and violinist in the early Baroque era. He served the Gonzagas in Mantua until about 1622, and from about 1626 to 1630 served the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor in Vienna. Notably, in 1627 he played for the coronation festivitie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni%20Battista%20Buonamente |
Texas Pacifico Transportation Ltd. is a Class III railroad operating company in West Texas owned by Grupo México. The company operates over the South Orient Rail Line under a lease and operating agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation and Texas Pacifico Transportation, Ltd. The Texas Pacifico company b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Pacifico%20Transportation |
Cornet was originally the lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, the modern equivalent being a second lieutenant. The rank was abolished by the 1871 Cardwell Reforms, which replaced it with sub-lieutenant. Although obsolete, the term is still used as an internal title of address when referrin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornet%20%28rank%29 |
An orthodromic impulse runs along an axon in its anterograde direction, away from the soma.
In the heart, orthodromic may also refer to an impulse going in the correct direction from the dendrites to axon terminal (from the atria to the ventricles) in contrast to some impulses in re-entry.
See also
Antidromic
Action ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodromic |
"Saving the World" is a song by Brooke Fraser, released as the third single from Fraser's debut album, What to Do with Daylight, in 2004. "Saving the World" is a song about avoiding apathy in a relationship by discussing one's religious belief or faith.
The song debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart on March 21, 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving%20the%20World |
PC Brian John Bishop (24 July 1947 – 27 August 1984) was a British police officer who was shot in the head by an armed robber in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, on 22 August 1984. He died from his injuries five days later in a London hospital.
Background
Brian Bishop joined the former Essex Constabulary in 1962 as a fifteen-ye... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%20of%20Brian%20Bishop |
August Emil Algot Holmgren (10 November 1829 – 30 December 1888) was a Swedish entomologist mainly interested in the Hymenoptera, especially Ichneumonidae.
He was professor in the Forstakademie in Stockholm.
Holmgren was the author of:
Hymenoptera, species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa om... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%20Holmgren%20%28zoologist%29 |
The rue de la Paix (English: Peace Street) () is a fashionable shopping street in the center of Paris. Located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, running north from Place Vendôme and ending at the Opéra Garnier, it is best known for its jewellers, such as the shop opened by Cartier in 1898. Charles Frederick Worth wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue%20de%20la%20Paix%2C%20Paris |
Sir Richard Gardiner (died 19 December 1489) was, in 1478, elected Lord Mayor of London. He was Alderman of Walbrook Ward, and had been Sheriff of the City of London in 1469. He was also elected in 1478 a Member of Parliament for the City of London, one of the two aldermanic representatives of the city.
Life and death... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Gardiner%20%28politician%29 |
"Arithmetic" is a single by Brooke Fraser released in 2004. The song is the first track of Fraser's debut album What to Do with Daylight. The song was later included on the Sony BMG compilation More Nature, a collection of songs from the New Zealand Sony BMG catalogue.
The song debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic%20%28song%29 |
The King Edward Mine at Camborne, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom is a mine wholly owned by Cornwall Council.
At the end of the 19th century students at the Camborne School of Mines spent much of their time doing practical mining and tin dressing work in the local tin mines. The industry was almost in terminal decline... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Edward%20Mine |
The Mazda BT-50 is a compact/mid-size pickup truck produced by the Japanese manufacturer Mazda since 2006. It is a larger version of the predecessor B-Series pickup and is not sold in the Japanese and North American markets. The second-generation Ranger has been designed by Ford Australia, with a Mazda derivative sold ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda%20BT-50 |
The 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Magdeburg in a final victory against defending champions Milan. It was the first–and only–win for an East German side in a European tournament.
First round
Albania refused to play.
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First leg
Second leg
Sunderland won 3-0 on aggregate.
S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374%20European%20Cup%20Winners%27%20Cup |
Louis Lejeune Ltd. is a small bronze foundry in England, producing mainly car mascots (hood ornaments). It is the only surviving maker of custom car mascots from the art deco era of the 1920s and 1930s when many new cars were fitted with a mascot.
History
The company was founded in London in 1910 as AE Lejeune (AEL),... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Lejeune%20Ltd. |
"Without You" is a single by Brooke Fraser released in 2005. The song debuted and peaked on the New Zealand Singles chart at number sixteen on 24 January 2005 and spent just nine weeks on the chart.
Track listing
"Without You" (Album version)
"Honest"
"Woodstock"
Charts
References
2005 singles
Brooke Fraser songs
2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without%20You%20%28Brooke%20Fraser%20song%29 |
Sand is the administrative centre of Nord-Odal municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village lies between two lakes: Råsen and the northwestern arm of Storsjøen. The village of Mo lies about to the east of Sand. Sand Church lies in the village. This village is the eastern terminus of the Norwegian County Road ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%2C%20Innlandet |
Flannelled Fool: A Slice of a Life in the Thirties is an autobiography by T. C. Worsley, published in 1967. It takes its title from a phrase in "The Islanders", a poem by Rudyard Kipling.
Though Flannelled Fool is subtitled A Slice of a Life in the Thirties, much of it treats the author's childhood and education at Ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannelled%20Fool |
Flaming Creatures is a 1963 American experimental film directed by Jack Smith. The film shows performers dressed in elaborate drag for several disconnected scenes, including a lipstick commercial, an orgy, and an earthquake. It premiered April 29, 1963 at the Bleecker Street Cinema in New York City.
Because of its gra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming%20Creatures |
Peter Day (20 August 1938 – 19 May 2020) was a British inorganic chemist and Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University and later at University College London (UCL).
Early life and education
Day was born 20 August 1938 in Wrotham, Kent. He was educated at Maidstone Grammar School and Wadham College, Oxford where he w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Day%20%28chemist%29 |
ELODIE was an echelle spectrograph installed on the 1.93m reflector at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence in south-eastern France. Its optical instrumentation was developed by André Baranne from the Marseille Observatory. The purpose of the instrument was extrasolar planet detection by the radial velocity method.
ELOD... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELODIE%20spectrograph |
Mo is a village in the municipality of Nord-Odal in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located at the northern end of the lake Storsjøen. The village of Knapper lies about to the north of Mo and the village of Sand lies about to the west of Mo. Mo Church and an elementary school are both located in this village.
The v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%2C%20Innlandet |
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