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Afşin is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,502 km2, and its population is 80,044 (2022). It is the location of the ancient town Arabissus.
Afşin-Elbistan power stations
Two coal fired power stations are operational and are said to be damaging health via air pollution.
Comp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Af%C5%9Fin |
Çağlayancerit is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 470 km2, and its population is 22,350 (2022).
Etymology
The name of the district comes from the Turkoman tribe of Jerid (Cerit in Turkish).
Composition
There are 19 neighbourhoods in Çağlayancerit District:
Akdere
Aksu
Bay... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87a%C4%9Flayancerit |
Lethbridge School Division is the public school board in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Size
Lethbridge School Division operates 24 schools covering grades ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12.
Governance
A group of seven elected trustees run the Lethbridge School Division. They are elected every three years, in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethbridge%20School%20District%20No.%2051 |
The Phrygian alphabet is the script used in the earliest Phrygian texts.
It dates back to the 8th century BCE and was used until the fourth century BCE ("Old-Phrygian" inscriptions), after which it was replaced by the common Greek alphabet ("New-Phrygian" inscriptions, 1st to 3rd century CE). The Phrygian alphabet was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian%20alphabet |
Ann Bishop Roth (born October 30, 1931) is an American costume designer. She has designed the costumes of various prominent films, and has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, winning twice for The English Patient (1996) and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020). In the 2023 movie Barbie, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20Roth |
The Transnistria conflict (; ; ) is an ongoing frozen conflict between Moldova and the unrecognized state of Transnistria. Its most active phase was the Transnistria War. There have been several attempts to resolve the conflict, although none have been successful. The conflict may be considered as having started on 2 S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria%20conflict |
Herbert Henry Dow High School (H.H. Dow High School) is a public high school located in Midland, Michigan, United States. The school, a part of Midland Public Schools, is a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and in 2008 was named one of the top 20 High Schools in Michigan in a study commissioned by U.S. News & W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20Henry%20Dow%20High%20School |
Sieglinde Hofmann (born 14 March 1945) was a German militant and member of both the Socialist Patients' Collective and the Red Army Faction.
Biography
As a child Hofmann attended a Catholic girls' school and went on to train to become a nurse and then a social worker. She was believed to have joined the Red Army Facti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieglinde%20Hofmann |
The Siebengemeinden (; , ) were seven Jewish communities located in Kismarton (today Eisenstadt, Austria) and its surrounding area. The groups are known as Sheva Kehillot in Hebrew.
History
The communities were established after 1670, when Paul I, 1st Prince Esterházy of Galántha accepted the Jews that had been expell... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siebengemeinden |
XHTY-FM is a commercial radio station located in Tijuana, Baja California, broadcasting to the San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area on 99.7 FM. XHTY-FM airs a regional Mexican music format branded as "La Invasora" which in English translates to "The Invader."
XHTY is owned and operated by Uniradio, which operates stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTY-FM%20%28Baja%20California%29 |
This is a list of the public holidays of the Malaysian state of Sabah and Sarawak. Dates given are those on which the holidays were celebrated in 2006. Some are Malaysian national holidays, while others are celebrated only in Sabah and Sarawak.
List of Holidays
New Year's Day, January 1
Chinese New Year, January - F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20holidays%20in%20Sabah |
Calypso Rose or Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis (born April 27, 1940 in Bethel Village, Tobago) is a Trinidadian calypsonian. She started writing songs at the age of 13; over the years, she has composed more than 1000 songs and recorded more than 20 albums. Considered the "mother of calypso", Rose was the first femal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso%20Rose |
Caffeine citrate, sold under the brand name Cafcit among others, is a medication used to treat a lack of breathing in premature babies. Specifically it is given to babies who are born at less than 35 weeks or weigh less than once other causes are ruled out. It is given by mouth or slow injection into a vein.
Side eff... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine%20citrate |
Dante Ferretti () is an Italian production designer, art director, and costume designer.
Biography
Throughout his career, Ferretti has worked with many acclaimed directors, both American and Italian, including; Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elio Petri, Federico Fellini, Liliana Cavani, Terry Gilliam, Franco Zeffirelli, Martin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante%20Ferretti |
Mì Quảng (also spelled mỳ Quảng), literally "Quảng noodles", is a Vietnamese noodle dish that originated from Quảng Nam Province in central Vietnam. In the region, it is one of the most popular and nationally recognized food items, and served on various occasions such as at family parties, death anniversaries, and Tết... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AC%20Qu%E1%BA%A3ng |
SVT was an American power pop/new wave band based in San Francisco in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their bassist, Jack Casady, had played in both Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. Other members were singer Brian Marnell, drummer Bill Gibson (later of Huey Lewis and the News, replaced by Paul Zahl), and Nick Buck, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SVT%20%28band%29 |
This list has details on FC Bayern Munich records and statistics.
Coaches
Until 1963
Information on the club's coaches before the Bundesliga era is hard to come by. The information as given in the following table is from the club's website.
Since 1963
In contrast to the pre-Bundesliga era, a list of coaches since th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20FC%20Bayern%20Munich%20records%20and%20statistics |
Hee-Jung "Gloria" Park (born 27 February 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who played mostly on U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has also used the Westernized name Gloria Park.
Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. After moving to Australia as a teenager, she won the Australian Girls' Amateur three times and won the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park%20Hee-jung%20%28golfer%29 |
General Clark may refer to:
Albert P. Clark (1913–2010), U.S. Air Force lieutenant general
Charles Clark (governor) (1811–1877), Mississippi State Troops major general in the American Civil War
Edward Clark (governor) (1815–1880), Confederate States Army brigadier general
Edwin N. Clark (1902–1982), U.S. Army Reserve ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Clark |
Jacques Villeglé, born Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé (27 March 1926 – 6 June 2022) was a French mixed-media artist and affichiste famous for his alphabet with symbolic letters and decollage with ripped or lacerated posters. He was a member of the Nouveau Réalisme art group (1960–1970). His work is primarily focused on th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Villegl%C3%A9 |
The NCI Metathesaurus is product of the US National Cancer Institute's Enterprise Vocabulary Service, a collaborative effort of the NCI Center for Bioinformatics and the NCI Office of Communications. The NCI Metathesaurus is based on NLM's Unified Medical Language System Metathesaurus supplemented with additional canc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCI%20Metathesaurus |
British rock band Coldplay have released nine studio albums, six live albums, 12 compilation albums, 18 extended plays, 41 singles, 13 promotional singles, and four charity singles. According to Parlophone, their first eight albums have sold a combined total of 100 million copies worldwide as of May 2021, making them t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldplay%20discography |
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) is an association aiming to oversee pipe band competition, and to promote and encourage the development of pipe band culture worldwide. It was founded in 1930.
Overview
The RSPBA sets the rules and guidelines for pipe band contests in the United Kingdom, administers the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Scottish%20Pipe%20Band%20Association |
Lawrence Aldred Mervyn Dundas, 3rd Marquess of Zetland (12 November 1908 – 5 October 1989) was a lawn tennis player of some note in the 1940s, known before 1961 as the Earl of Ronaldshay.
Early life and education
Lord Zetland was born in 1908, the elder son of Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland and his wife Cice... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%20Dundas%2C%203rd%20Marquess%20of%20Zetland |
The Hoftoren (, Court Tower), nicknamed De Vulpen (, The Fountain Pen) is a 29-storey, building in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the third-tallest building in the city, and the eighth-tallest in the country. The Hoftoren was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) in New York City, and built by Heijmans Bouw BV... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoftoren |
WGSR-LD (channel 19) is a low-power independent television station in Reidsville, North Carolina, United States. Owned by the Star News Corporation, it is sister to fellow independent station WMDV-LD in Danville, Virginia. WGSR-LD's studios and transmitter are located on Gilmer Street in downtown Reidsville.
History
T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGSR-LD |
Club Sandwich at the Peveril Hotel was the final release by Six by Seven, made after the group disbanded. Following the split in late 2005, 3 original members of the band (Chris Olley, James Flower and Chris Davis) formed a new band (tentatively called 'Collision') with two additional members (Ady Fletcher and Tony 'Do... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club%20Sandwich%20at%20the%20Peveril%20Hotel |
The Fawcett Society is a membership charity in the United Kingdom which campaigns for women's rights. The organisation dates back to 1866, when Millicent Garrett Fawcett dedicated her life to the peaceful campaign for women's suffrage. Originally named the London National Society for Women's Suffrage, and later as the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawcett%20Society |
The New Zealand rockfish, Acanthoclinus littoreus, is a roundhead of the genus Acanthoclinus, found only in New Zealand from shallow depths to 15 m. Their length is between 5 and 15 cm.
References
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Aucklan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20rockfish |
James Patrick Glennie (born 10 October 1963) is the bassist for and eponym of English rock band, James. He is the band's longest-serving member—having been there from the first line-up through to the present day—and now only remaining original member.
He was born in Moss Side, Manchester. He never really had an intere... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Glennie |
Richard "Richie" Supa (born Richard Goodman) is an American songwriter and guitarist best known for his work with Aerosmith, The Rascals and Richie Sambora.
Supa released several albums under his own name, including Supa's Jamboree (1971, Paramount 6009), Homespun (1972, Paramount PAS 6027), Lifelines (1976, Epic PE34... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Supa |
Titan Quest is a 2006 action role-playing game developed by Iron Lore Entertainment and published by THQ for Windows, first physically and then in 2007 through Steam. A mobile port was developed by DotEmu and published in 2016, and versions for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch were released in 2018. All thes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan%20Quest |
Ray's MTB Indoor Park is the world's first and largest multi-terrain indoor bike park, located in the West Boulevard neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
History
Ray Petro opened the original Cleveland location in the second half of 2004. He did so because of his frustration in the inability to ride during... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%27s%20MTB%20Indoor%20Park |
Poproč ([pronunciation: 'poproch]; ) is a village in eastern Slovakia near the town of Košice.
The first written mention about the locality is dated back to 1255 - Poproč is mentioned in the document of the King Béla IV as the royal mining settlement Olchuan.
In the year 2005, Poproč celebrated the 750th anniversary ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popro%C4%8D%2C%20Ko%C5%A1ice-okolie%20District |
Henry Lobe Straus (March 10, 1896 – October 25, 1949) was an American electrical engineer, horse and cattle breeder, sportsman, entrepreneur and computer pioneer.
Biography
Straus was a 1913 graduate of the Baltimore City College high school and a graduate electrical engineer of Johns Hopkins University.
On April 26,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20L.%20Straus |
Lake Placid, New York has been the host to two Winter Olympic Games:
1932 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Placid%20Olympics |
Kongu Vellalar is a community found in the Kongu region of Tamil Nadu, India.
Etymology
The Vellalar of the Kongu country came to be known as Kongu Vellalar. They are also known by names such as "Bupaalan", Gangavamsam, Kudiyaanavar and Vivasaayi, and use the title Gounder as a caste appellation in their personal name... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongu%20Vellalar |
Bürger or Buerger is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Gottfried August Bürger, German poet
Heinrich Bürger, German physicist and biologist
Heinrich Otto Wilhelm Bürger, German zoologist
Karl-Heinz Bürger, German SS-Oberführer
Roland Bürger or Bürgermeista (born 197?), German guitarist and songwrit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCrger |
Subterranea may refer to:
Subterranea (album), album by the band IQ
Subterranea (comics), fictional underground land of the Mole Man in Marvel Comics
Subterranea (game), game for the Atari 2600 published by Imagic
Subterranea (geography), catch-all category for caves, mines, and other subterranean features
Subterranea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterranea |
Knud Enemark Jensen (30 November 1936 – 26 August 1960) was a Danish cyclist who died while participating in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. During his career, he was involved in an early doping scandal.
Biography
Jensen was born in Aarhus. In 1960 he was the winner of the individual Nordic Championship, as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud%20Enemark%20Jensen |
I Shouldn't Be Alive is a documentary television series made by Darlow Smithson Productions, a UK-based production company, that featured accounts of individuals or groups caught in life-threatening scenarios away from civilization in natural environments. The show aired on multiple networks in the United States, Canad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Shouldn%27t%20Be%20Alive |
Black Empire was a tongue-in-cheek speculative fiction novel by conservative African-American writer George S. Schuyler originally published under his pseudonym of Samuel I. Brooks. The two halves of the book originally ran as weekly serials in the Pittsburgh Courier. "Black Internationale" ran in the Courier from Nove... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Empire%20%28novel%29 |
The 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially the 2006 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain on 12 March 2006. The 57-lap race was the opening round of the 2006 Formula One season and the third running of the Bahrain Grand Prix. It was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Bahrain%20Grand%20Prix |
Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet (22 October 1712 – 21 September 1781) was a Scottish merchant, politician and planter.
Life
He was the son of Thomas Dundas and Bethia Baillie. He made his first fortune as Commissary General: supplying goods to the British Army during the Jacobite rising of 1745 and the Seven Years' W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20Lawrence%20Dundas%2C%201st%20Baronet |
Banya Bashi Mosque (, ; ) is a mosque in Sofia, Bulgaria.
History
The mosque was designed by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan and completed in 1566, during the years the Ottomans had control of the city. The mosque derives its name from the phrase Banya Bashi, which means many baths. In the Turkish language B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banya%20Bashi%20Mosque |
Amana German ( or , lit. Colony German) is a dialect of West Central German that is still spoken by several hundred people in the Amana Colonies in Iowa.
The Amana Colonies were founded in 1856 by Inspirationalists of German origin who came from West Seneca near Buffalo in New York. Amana is derived from the Hessian d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amana%20German |
Valadier is a surname. People with that name include:
Giuseppe Valadier (1762-1839), Italian architect and designer, urban planner and archeologist
Jean Valadier (1878-1959), French lawyer, administrator and politician
See also
The Valadiers, American vocal group, active intermittently from 1959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valadier |
Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), also referred to as antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, is a mechanism of cell-mediated immune defense whereby an effector cell of the immune system kills a target cell, whose membrane-surface antigens have been bound by specific antibodies. It is one of the m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody-dependent%20cellular%20cytotoxicity |
In mathematics, Fredholm theory is a theory of integral equations. In the narrowest sense, Fredholm theory concerns itself with the solution of the Fredholm integral equation. In a broader sense, the abstract structure of Fredholm's theory is given in terms of the spectral theory of Fredholm operators and Fredholm kern... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredholm%20theory |
Boulevard Maisonneuve is an important arterial in the heart of downtown Gatineau, Quebec. It serves as connector route between the Portage Bridge from Ottawa to Quebec Autoroutes 5 and 50 as well as Boulevard Fournier towards the Gatineau sector of the city, northern portions of the Hull sector and the northern east su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard%20Maisonneuve |
Apolipoprotein E (Apo-E) is a protein involved in the metabolism of fats in the body of mammals. A subtype is implicated in the Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular diseases. It is encoded in humans by the gene APOE.
Apo-E belongs to a family of fat-binding proteins called apolipoproteins. In the circulation, it is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolipoprotein%20E |
Fort Road may refer to:
Fort Road, Edmonton, a road in Alberta, Canada
Minnesota State Highway 5, US, known as Fort Road
Fort Road Bridge, a bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minnesota, US
Fort Road, Kannur, a road in Kerala, India
Fort Road, Lahore, a road in the Old Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan
Fort Road ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Road |
The Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain was a political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded prior to the February 1974 general election by Tom Keen and Harold Smith, both business owners in Manchester.
Keen was the party's leader. He had become a millionaire through property development, and before formin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign%20for%20a%20More%20Prosperous%20Britain |
Zang Dhok Palri Phodang is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kalimpong in West Bengal, India. The monastery is located atop Durpin Hill, one of the two hills of the town. It was consecrated in 1976 by the visiting Dalai Lama.
The monastery houses many rare scriptures that were brought into India after the annexation of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zang%20Dhok%20Palri%20Phodang |
Sally-Joy Taylor-Isherwood (born March 23, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress.
Private life
Taylor-Isherwood is the younger sister of actress Emma Taylor-Isherwood. She has graduated from Canterbury High School, with a focus in the dramatic arts. Taylor-Isherwood who has dual Canadian and Britis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%20Taylor-Isherwood |
Maltby is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It forms part of Raithby cum Maltby civil parish, and is situated on the A153, south-west from Louth. It is in the civil parish of Tathwell.
The Knights Templars had a preceptory here, later owned by the Knights Hospitallers.
External links
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltby%2C%20Lincolnshire |
Otto Schreier (3 March 1901 in Vienna, Austria – 2 June 1929 in Hamburg, Germany) was a Jewish-Austrian mathematician who made major contributions in combinatorial group theory and in the topology of Lie groups.
Life
His parents were the architect Theodor Schreier (1873-1943) and his wife Anna (b. Turnau) (1878-1942).... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Schreier |
Super G is a proprietary method to increase the throughput of an IEEE 802.11g (Wi-Fi) wireless LAN. Atheros uses frame-bursting, compression, and channel bonding technology to improve performance. The throughput transmission speed limit when using Super G is claimed to be up to 40 Mbit/s-60 Mbit/s at a 108 Mbit/s sign... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20G%20%28wireless%20networking%29 |
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (; OCW) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for education, culture, science, research, gender equality and communications. The Ministry was created in 1918 as the Ministry of Education, Arts and Sciences and had several name changes before it became the Education, Culture an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Education%2C%20Culture%20and%20Science%20%28Netherlands%29 |
Kieran Martin West (born 18 September 1977) is a retired English rower and Olympic champion who represented Great Britain.
Education
Born in Kingston upon Thames, West was educated at Dulwich College, in south-east London, before going to Christ's College, Cambridge in 1995, to study for a BA in Economics and Land E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieran%20West |
Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) is a public tribal land-grant community college in Brimley, Michigan. It is chartered by the federally recognized Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan with a total enrollment of approximately 500 on-campus and online students. The students come primarily from Michigan's eastern Up... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20Mills%20Community%20College |
176 (one hundred [and] seventy-six) is the natural number following 175 and preceding 177.
In mathematics
176 is an even number and an abundant number. It is an odious number, a self number, a semiperfect number, and a practical number.
176 is a cake number, a happy number, a pentagonal number, and an octagonal numbe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/176%20%28number%29 |
Chhurpi () otherwise known as durkha and chogo/chugo is a traditional cheese consumed in Bhutan and Nepal. The two varieties of chhurpi are a soft variety (consumed usually as a side dish with rice) and a hard variety (chewed like betel).
Preparation
Chhurpi is prepared in a local dairy or at home from buttermilk. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhurpi |
The Istarski mih or Istrian mih is a bagpipe native to the regions of Istria and Kvarner, Croatia.
It consists of a bag made most often from goat skin and a double-chanter with two single reeds. This type of bagpipe is distinct in that it has no drones, but a double-chanter with finger-holes on both bores, allowing b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istarski%20mih |
The University of Arizona Press, a publishing house founded in 1959 as a department of the University of Arizona, is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and regional books. As a delegate of the University of Arizona to the larger world, the Press publishes the work of scholars wherever they may be, concentrating upon sc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Arizona%20Press |
Wokha is a town and municipality in the Indian state of Nagaland. It is the headquarters of Wokha District and is located about 75 km north of the state capital Kohima. Wokha literally means head count or census in Lotha language. It has a population of 35,004 and is predominantly inhabited by the Lotha Nagas.
History... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wokha |
"Step by Step" is a song by American boyband New Kids on the Block, released on May 10, 1990 as the first single from the album of the same name (1990). It is the group's biggest-selling hit single. The lead vocals were sung by Jordan Knight. Danny Wood sang "Step 1", Donnie Wahlberg sang "Step 2", Jordan Knight sang "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step%20by%20Step%20%28New%20Kids%20on%20the%20Block%20song%29 |
Pigalle may refer to:
Places
Paris, France
Quartier Pigalle, an area in Paris around the Place Pigalle, on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements
Place Pigalle, public square in the Quartier Pigalle at the foot of the Montmartre hill
Pigalle (Paris Métro), a station on lines 2 and 12 of the Paris Métr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigalle |
Magnetogram may refer to:
Solar magnetogram, a pictorial representation of the spatial variations in strength of the solar magnetic field produced by a solar magnetograph
Survey magnetogram, a pictorial representation of the time-variation in the geomagnetic field produced by a survey magnetograph
Magnetic devices | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetogram |
Asgard is a gaff-rigged yacht. She was owned by the English-born writer and Irish nationalist Erskine Childers and his wife Molly Childers. She is most noted for her use in the Howth gun-running of 1914.
Asgard is sometimes mistaken for Dulcibella, the boat in Robert Erskine Childers's classic novel The Riddle of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgard%20%28yacht%29 |
Mataguayo–Guaicuru, Mataco–Guaicuru or Macro-Waikurúan is a proposed language family consisting of the Mataguayan and Guaicuruan languages. Pedro Viegas Barros claims to have demonstrated it. These languages are spoken in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
Genetic relations
Jorge Suárez linked Guaicuruan and Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mataco%E2%80%93Guaicuru%20languages |
Theatre in Dlouha Street () is a repertoire theatre with a permanent group of actors established in 1996 as a set financed by the Municipality of Prague. The group of actors comprises graduates of the Theatre Academy of Musical Arts, part of the actors have studied in the Department of Alternative and Marionette Theatr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre%20in%20Dlouha%20Street |
The Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities (popular as CRAMRA) is a treaty that is part of the Antarctic Treaty System. The convention was concluded at Wellington on 2 June 1988. The government of New Zealand is the depository of the treaty.
The convention was signed by 19 states, but no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention%20on%20the%20Regulation%20of%20Antarctic%20Mineral%20Resource%20Activities |
The Scottish Seabird Centre is a marine conservation and education charity, that is supported by a 5 star visitor attraction in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland. Opened by HRH Duke of Rothesay in 2000 and funded by the Millennium Commission. The showpiece of the centre is the interactive live cameras out to the wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Seabird%20Centre |
Kamtapur is an autonomous area in the Assam state of India administered by the Kamatapur Autonomous Council.
History
Kamtapur is a very ancient city, it was known as "Kampilya" according to Purana and Mahabharata.
Kamatapur emerged as a sovereign state in the middle of the 13th century, and it continued through fluctu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamtapur |
Gale D. Candaras (born January 1, 1949) was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from 2006 to 2014, representing the First Hampden and Hampshire District. She is an attorney and a former five-term member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where she served as a Division Leader.
Candaras was born ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale%20D.%20Candaras |
Gallipoli (Turkish title Gelibolu) is a 2005 Turkish documentary film written and directed by Tolga Örnek. It is a documentary about the 1915 Gallipoli campaign, narrated by both sides, the Turks on one side and the British soldiers and Anzacs (soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) on the other side.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli%20%282005%20film%29 |
Farnsworth Wright (July 29, 1888 – June 12, 1940) was the editor of the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the magazine's heyday, editing 179 issues from November 1924 to March 1940. Jack Williamson called Wright "the first great fantasy editor".
Life and career
Early life and Army service
Wright was born in California... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnsworth%20Wright |
The Halifax rating was a valuation of the Spanish dollar in the £sd accounting system. It set the Spanish dollar at a value of 5 shillings (60 pence) and was established c.1750 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The rating was set 6 pence higher than the actual silver content of the coins, in an effort to keep the coins in circu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax%20rating |
Etsy, Inc. is an American e-commerce company focused on handmade or vintage items and craft supplies. These items fall under a wide range of categories, including jewelry, bags, clothing, home décor and furniture, toys, art, as well as craft supplies and tools. Items described as vintage must be at least 20 years old. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etsy |
Selsius Systems was a telecommunications company in Dallas, Texas that developed and marketed some of the first IP telephony gear. It was co-founded by Richard Platt and David Tucker. Selsius was incorporated in 1997 and acquired by Cisco Systems in November, 1998.
Products
Selsius designed an IP PBX system consisting... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selsius%20Systems |
Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the Princess Rajasarini Siribajra (, , also known as Princess Pa or Patty, born 7 December 1978) is a Thai princess and diplomat of Thailand, the first grandchild of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, and the only one of the seven children of King Maha Vajiralongkorn born to his first... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajrakitiyabha |
28 Costumes, also known as the Cossies, are a Liverpool pop band. They signed to Spank Records in late 2003 and released four singles and an album with the label. Their album, The Fake Death Experience was reviewed positively in, amongst other publications, The Independent and Artrocker magazine. The band have since... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28%20Costumes |
Borowski v Canada (AG), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 342 is the leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on mootness of an appealed legal issue. The Court declined to decide whether the fetus had a right to life under sections 7 and 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Had they found in favour of Borowski, laws agai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borowski%20v%20Canada%20%28AG%29 |
The York rating was a valuation of the Spanish dollar in the £sd accounting system. It set the dollar equal to 8 shillings (1 real = 1 shilling). The rating was named after the colony of New York where it was adopted (see New York pound). It was also used in Upper Canada by United Empire Loyalists following the America... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York%20rating |
Maret may refer to:
Maret (name)
Les Marêts, a commune in the Seine-et-Marne département in the Île-de-France region in north-central France
Maret School, a private, secular, co-educational, college-preparatory school located in northwest Washington, D.C., USA
March, in Indonesian month calendar
See also
Mar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maret |
Iceberg B-9 was an iceberg that calved from Antarctica in 1987. It measured long and wide; it had a total area of , and is one of the longest icebergs ever recorded. This calving took place immediately east of the future calving site of Iceberg B-15; it carried away Little America V which had been closed in December ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg%20B-9 |
Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the gene. It is commonly used to detect risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Function
Apolipoprotein B is the primary apolipoprotein of chylomicrons, VLDL, Lp(a), IDL, and LDL particles (LDL—commonly known as "bad cholesterol" when in refer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolipoprotein%20B |
Toompea castle () is a medieval castle on Toompea hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. In modern times, it houses the Parliament of Estonia.
History
The Toompea castle's predecessor, an ancient Estonian stronghold had been in use since at least the 9th century AD. In 1219, the castle was taken ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toompea%20Castle |
St. Andrew's Episcopal School is a coeducational college preparatory independent school for preschool, beginning at age two, through grade twelve. St. Andrew's is located at 8804 Postoak Road, Potomac, Maryland, in Montgomery County. As of 2022-2023, total enrollment is 704. The student to faculty ratio is 7:1.
Academ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Andrew%27s%20Episcopal%20School%20%28Maryland%29 |
The prophetic perfect tense is a literary technique used in the Bible that describes future events that are so certain to happen that they are referred to in the past tense as if they had already happened.
History
The category of "prophetic perfect" was already suggested by medieval Hebrew grammarians, such as David K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophetic%20perfect%20tense |
Principia Ethica is a book written in 1903 by British philosopher, G. E. Moore. Moore questions a fundamental pillar of ethics, specifically what the definition of "good" is. He concludes that "good" is indefinable because any attempts to do so commit the naturalistic fallacy. Principia Ethica was influential, with Moo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principia%20Ethica |
Anthro is a fictional superhero character published by DC Comics, presented as the "first boy", a caveman born to Neanderthal parents. Anthro was created by cartoonist Howard Post; he first appeared in Showcase #74 (March 1968).
Publication history
After a single Showcase appearance, Anthro was given his own title, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthro%20%28comics%29 |
Chibougamau () is the largest town in Nord-du-Québec, central Quebec, Canada. Located on Lake Gilman, it has a population of 7,504 people (2016 Canadian Census). Chibougamau is surrounded by, but not part of, the local municipality of Eeyou Istchee James Bay.
Its remoteness from Lac Saint-Jean (over south-east) and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibougamau |
Tandjilé () is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-west of the country. Its capital is Laï. It corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name.
Geography
The region borders Chari-Baguirmi Region to the north, Moyen-Chari Region and Mandoul Region to the east, Logone Occidental Region and Logone O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandjil%C3%A9%20%28region%29 |
Savary is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Amandine Savary (born 1984), French pianist
Alain Savary (1918–1988), French Socialist politician
Alfred William Savary (1831–1920), Nova Scotia member of the 1st Canadian Parliament
Anne Jean Marie René Savary (1774–1833), French general
Charlotte S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savary |
The canton of Valréas, sometimes called the enclave des Papes ("Enclave of the Popes"), is a canton of the Vaucluse department, a part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region in Southern France. It consists of four communes: Grillon, Richerenches, Valréas and Visan.
Location
The Enclave des Papes is surrounde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton%20of%20Valr%C3%A9as |
François Morellet (30 April 1926 – 10 May 2016) was a French contemporary abstract painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical abstract art and post-conceptual art.
Career
Morellet began to make still-lif... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Morellet |
Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu (; 17 June 1887, in Ödemiş – 27 December 1953, in Istanbul) was a Turkish politician, the fifth prime minister of Turkey and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs during the early stages of World War II. He signed the German–Turkish Treaty of Friendship in 1941, which would prevent Turkish invo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCkr%C3%BC%20Saraco%C4%9Flu |
Kaka Hathrasi (18 September 1906 – 18 September 1995) was a Hindi satirist and humorist poet of India.
Life and career
Hathrasi was born as Prabhu Lal Garg. He wrote under the pen name Kaka Hathrasi. He chose "Kaka", as he played the character in a play which made him popular, and "Hathrasi" after the name of his hom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaka%20Hathrasi |
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