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Verné Lesche, married Vanberg (11 October 1917 – 21 April 2002) was a speed skater from Finland who twice won the World Allround Championships.
Lesche was born in Helsinki, Finland, and already skated a world record in 1933 when she was only 15 years old. Her successes continued and she won the world title for the fir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern%C3%A9%20Lesche |
JME or Jme may refer to:
People
Jme (born 1985), English grime MC and record producer
J-Me (born 1985), Burmese rapper
Technology
JME Molecule Editor, a Molecule Editor applet
jMonkeyEngine, a Java scenegraph API
Other uses
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, a neurological disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JME |
The Trondhjem–Støren Line () was Trøndelag's first railway. It opened in 1864, ten years after the Trunk Line between Oslo and Eidsvoll opened. The 49 kilometer long (later 51.1 km) railway line was narrow gauged () and went between Trondheim and the Støren village in Midtre Gauldal municipality in the county of Sør-Tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trondhjem%E2%80%93St%C3%B8ren%20Line |
Ilamchetchenni (Iḷamcēṭceṉṉi; ) was an early Tamil king of the Chola dynasty during the Sangam period. He was a great warrior and ruled the Chola kingdom with Uraiyur as the capital. He married a Velir princess from Alundur and their child was Karikala Chola. Ilamchetchenni Chola was succeeded by his son, Karikala Chol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilamchetchenni |
Ella Chen Chia-hwa (; born 18 June 1981) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host. She is a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E.
Musical career
On 8 August 2000, HIM International Music held a 'Universal 2000 Talent and Beauty Girl Contest' in search of new artists to sign under their label. When Che... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella%20Chen |
The 2006 Slammiversary was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which took place on June 18, 2006 from the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the second event under the Slammiversary chronology and marked the fourth anniversary of the promotion. Seven profes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slammiversary%20%282006%29 |
The serpent eel or sand snake-eel (Ophisurus serpens) is an eel found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, western Mediterranean Sea, western Indian Ocean, western Pacific Ocean and the north-east and west coast of North Island in New Zealand. It is an elongated, slender fish with a length of up to 250 centimetres. It spends... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent%20eel |
Thomas M. French (born January 3, 1958) is an American writer and journalist.
Personal details
Thomas M. French was born Jan. 3, 1958 to Hans and Katherine (née Darst) French in Columbus, Ohio and was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. While at Indiana University, he was the editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20French |
Endorphin is the stage name of Eric Chapus (born ca. 1962, Saint-Tropez, France), an electronic act and music teacher. Since 1984 he has lived in Australia originally at Kuranda, where he started his musical career. He has released six studio albums, Embrace (1998), Skin (1999), AM:PM (2001), Seduction (2003), Shake It... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorphin%20%28band%29 |
Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane (born 14 February 1967) is an Algerian citizen, and former resident of Canada, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
With the assistance of a legal team led by the Burlington, Vermont attorney Robert D. Rachlin, Ameziane launched... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djamel%20Ameziane |
Washington/Wells is a station on the Chicago "L" system, located in downtown Chicago, Illinois on The Loop. The station opened on July 17, 1995. Washington/Wells is located a few blocks from several major attractions and business centers, such as Chicago City Hall, the Civic Opera House, and the Chicago Mercantile Ex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington/Wells%20station |
Theophrastoideae is a small subfamily of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly recognized as a separate family Theophrastaceae. As previously circumscribed, the family consisted of eight genera and 95 species of trees or shrubs, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
Description
The two su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophrastoideae |
Martin Hisao Tanaka (April 22, 1921 – June 30, 1991) was an American professional wrestler better known as Duke Keomuka. He is the father of wrestler Pat Tanaka and referee Jimmy Tanaka.
Biography
Because he was a Japanese American in California during World War II, Tanaka was interned at Manzanar following the signin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke%20Keomuka |
In mathematics and abstract algebra, a relation algebra is a residuated Boolean algebra expanded with an involution called converse, a unary operation. The motivating example of a relation algebra is the algebra 2 X 2 of all binary relations on a set X, that is, subsets of the cartesian square X2, with R•S inter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relation%20algebra |
The melodious blackbird (Dives dives) is a New World tropical bird.
Description
The adult is a medium-sized blackbird with a rounded tail. The male is long and weighs . The slightly smaller female is long and weighs . The adult plumage is entirely black with a bluish gloss, and the bill, legs and feet are also blac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodious%20blackbird |
Gene dosage is the number of copies of a particular gene present in a genome. Gene dosage is related to the amount of gene product (proteins or functional RNAs) the cell is able to express. Since a gene acts as a template, the number of templates in the cell contributes to the amount of gene product able to be produced... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20dosage |
Jacquinia pungens (syn. Jacquinia macrocarpa subsp. pungens) is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to southern Mexico. It is a shrub growing to 4 m tall, with lanceolate to oblong evergreen leaves 4–7 cm long, with a sharply pointed apex. The flowers are yellow, orange, or red, produced in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquinia%20pungens |
Barro Alto is a municipality in northern Goiás state, Brazil, famous for its nickel mine and production of rubber. The population was 6,446 in 2007 and the total area of the municipality was 1,231.8 km2.
Location
Barro Alto is in the Ceres Microregion and is in an underpopulated region south of the Serra de Mesa arti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barro%20Alto%2C%20Goi%C3%A1s |
"Whatever Will Be" is the second song released by Australian actress Tammin from her first album, Whatever Will Be (2005). Issued as a CD single on 28 March 2005, "Whatever Will Be" reached number 13 on the Australian Singles Chart.
Background
The song is about how you should not take life too seriously and just to ta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatever%20Will%20Be%20%28song%29 |
The long-finned worm eel or short-headed worm eel, Scolecenchelys breviceps, is a snake eel of the genus Scolecenchelys, found in southern Australia between Rottnest Island and Tasmania, and around New Zealand, to depths of about 50 m, on sandy or muddy bottoms. Its length is between 40 and 60 cm.
The Long-finned wor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-finned%20worm%20eel |
Jacquinia is a genus of evergreen shrubs and trees in the family Primulaceae, native to Central America and the Caribbean.
The genus was established by Linnaeus in 1760 and named by him in honor of Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin.
Species
There are about 86 species. IPNI.
External links
See also images of Jacquinia on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquinia |
Havering and Redbridge is a territorial constituency represented on the London Assembly by one Assembly Member (AM). The constituency was created in 2000 at the same time as the London Assembly and has elections every four years. It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Havering and the London Borough ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havering%20and%20Redbridge%20%28London%20Assembly%20constituency%29 |
Lambeth and Southwark is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.
It consists of the London Borough of Lambeth and London Borough of Southwark.
Since the first assembly elections in 2000 it has been represented by the Labour Party, firstly by Val Shawcross, then by Florence Eshalomi (subsequently MP for Vau... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeth%20and%20Southwark%20%28London%20Assembly%20constituency%29 |
West Central is a constituency represented on the London Assembly. The seat is currently held by Tony Devenish, a Conservative.
It covers the combined area of the City of Westminster, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
History
Since the seat's creation in 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Central%20%28London%20Assembly%20constituency%29 |
Merton and Wandsworth is a constituency in the London Assembly. Since the 2016 election, it has been represented by Labour's Leonie Cooper.
As its name suggests, the constituency consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Merton and the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Constituency profile
Created in 2000, M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton%20and%20Wandsworth%20%28London%20Assembly%20constituency%29 |
Clara Louisa Wells (29 October 1838 – 28 December 1925) was an American writer and inventor.
Biography
She was born in Maine, studied in Boston and took a degree in science. She had very good knowledge of Latin, Greek, Italian and French.
She started work with her first publication, "Alban Hills - Vol. I - Frascati".... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara%20Louisa%20Wells |
Old Town Bridge (Norwegian: Gamle Bybro or Bybroa) is located in Trondheim, Trøndelag County, Norway.
History
Gamle Bybro crosses the Nidelva River from the south end of the main street Kjøpmannsgata connecting to the Trondheim neighborhood of Bakklandet. Gamle Bybro was constructed by Johan Caspar von Cicignon in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Town%20Bridge |
Shamwari Game Reserve is located 75 km outside Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), Eastern Cape, South Africa. It has been voted the World's Leading Safari and Game Reserve and Conservation Company for several consecutive years.
An essential focus is the management, development and rehabilitation of an ecosystem that has b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamwari%20Game%20Reserve |
"It's a Beautiful Thing" is the third and final single released by Australian actress Tammin from her first album, Whatever Will Be (2005). Andrew and Michael Tierney from Australian pop group Human Nature helped produce the song's vocals. Released on 25 July 2005, "It's a Beautiful Thing" entered the Australian ARIA S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s%20a%20Beautiful%20Thing%20%28Tammin%20song%29 |
Islam in Hungary has a long history that dates back to at least the 10th century. The influence of Sunni Islam was especially pronounced in the 16th century during the Ottoman period in Hungary.
History
Early history
In the old form of the Hungarian language, Muslims were called Böszörmény, cognates with Turkish Boz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20in%20Hungary |
Merchandise Mart is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the Near North Side neighborhood at 350 North Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 320 north, 200 west). The station is elevated above street level, on a steel structure. The turnstiles and customer assistant b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchandise%20Mart%20station |
The Reverend Stephen Arena Privett, S.J. ( ; born 1942 San Francisco, California) is a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus. Father Privett was the 27th president of the University of San Francisco. Father Privett currently serves as the 5th President of Verbum Dei High School, a member of the Cris... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Privett |
The Euganean Hills ( ) are a group of hills of volcanic origin that rise to heights of 300 to 600 m from the Padovan-Venetian plain a few km south of Padua. The Colli Euganei form the first Regional park established in the Veneto (1989), enclosing fifteen towns and eighty one hills.
History
The name memorializes that ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euganean%20Hills |
The Battle of Krasny Bor was part of the Soviet offensive Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda in the Eastern Front of World War II. It called for a pincer attack near Leningrad to build on the success of Operation Iskra and completely lift the siege of Leningrad, in the process encircling a substantial part of the German 18th ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Krasny%20Bor |
Miss Globe is a global beauty pageant group that holds annual events. Currently, Miss Globe is produced simultaneously by three various organizations claiming to be the "official" organizers. The Miss Globe was first known to the public in 1925 with the name Dream Girl International. In 2010, the pageant was split into... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss%20Globe%20International |
Steve Duemig (November 26, 1954 – May 16, 2019) was an American sports media personality and had a daily local sports talk show on AM 620 WDAE in Tampa since 1996 which has been the #1 rated sports talk show in the area, and worked for AM 910 WFNS for 5 years prior to WDAE. The on-air name given to himself was "The Big... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Duemig |
Pachira quinata, commonly known as pochote, is a species of flowering tree in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It inhabits dry forests in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia. Pochotes bear large, stubby thorns on their trunk and branches and are often planted as living fenceposts with barbed wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachira%20quinata |
Dominia may refer to:
Dominia (band), a Russian melodic death metal band
Dominia, one of the cable-laying ships that produced the All Red Line
The original name for the Multiverse, the fictional universe of Magic: The Gathering
See also
Domina (disambiguation)
Dominica, an island country in the Caribbean | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominia |
The history of Azerbaijan is understood as the history of the region now forming the Republic of Azerbaijan. Topographically, the land is contained by the southern slopes of the Caucasus Mountains in the north, the Caspian Sea in the east, and the Armenian Highlands in the west. In the south, its natural boundaries are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Azerbaijan |
SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) is the membership organisation for all academic and national libraries in the UK and Ireland.
History
SCONUL was founded in 1950 as the Standing Conference of National and University Libraries. In 1994 when British polytechnics became universities it merge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCONUL |
Suwwah (, plural of = traveller, wanderer, itinerant) are Coptic Christian anchorites in Egypt.
In folklore the suwwah are considered to have attained the highest level of spirituality, feeling no bodily pain, hunger, thirst, or sexual desire. They are also capable of keeping themselves invisible except when they cho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwwah |
Early Days is the annual academic journal of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society. The journal has been published regularly since 1927 and includes articles relating to the history of Western Australia written by society members or delivered at the monthly general meetings. Before 1938 it bore the title Jour... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20Days%20%28journal%29 |
3D rendering is the 3D computer graphics process of converting 3D models into 2D images on a computer. 3D renders may include photorealistic effects or non-photorealistic styles.
Rendering methods
Rendering is the final process of creating the actual 2D image or animation from the prepared scene. This can be compared... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D%20rendering |
Mervyn Richard Crossman (7 April 1935 – 20 June 2017) was an Australian field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Four years earlier, when Rome, Italy hosted the Games, he made his Olympic debut.
Crossman played 32 times for Australia at the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn%20Crossman |
Xenon trioxide is an unstable compound of xenon in its +6 oxidation state. It is a very powerful oxidizing agent, and liberates oxygen from water slowly, accelerated by exposure to sunlight. It is dangerously explosive upon contact with organic materials. When it detonates, it releases xenon and oxygen gas.
Chemistry
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon%20trioxide |
The President of the Victorian Legislative Council, also known as the presiding officer of the council, is the presiding officer of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria and equivalent to the President of the Australian Senate. When there is a vacancy in the office of preside... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20the%20Victorian%20Legislative%20Council |
Manuel Asur (Manuel Asur GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA) (Güeria Carrocera, San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Asturias, 1947) is a Spanish essayist and poet in Asturian. He's considered to be one of the first modern poets in this language. He has a PhD degree in Philosophy. His book, Cancios y poemes pa un riscar ('Songs and Poems to a Daw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Asur |
The East India Docks were a group of docks in Blackwall, east London, north-east of the Isle of Dogs. Today only the entrance basin and listed perimeter wall remain visible.
History
Early history
Following the successful creation of the West India Docks which opened in 1802, an Act of Parliament in 1803 set up the E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20India%20Docks |
Kanal 1 can refer to:
SVT1 or Kanal1, a Swedish television channel
Kanal 1 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) or K1 Sarajevo, a Bosnian-language cable music television channel
Kanal 1 (Turkey), a Turkish-language public television station and channel of an international version of Wheel of Fortune
BNT 1, a Bulgarian television c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanal%201 |
Frednes Bridge () is a double-leaf bascule bridge on Highway 356 in Porsgrunn Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The long bridge crosses the Porsgrunn River (Porsgrunnselva) just before it flows out into the Frierfjord at the site of Norsk Hydro's factory complex on Herøya.
The bridge was completed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frednes%20Bridge |
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 20 cross-country skiing events were contested at Pragelato.
Medal table
Events
Men
5 km
Sitting
Standing
Visually impaired
10 km
Sitting
Standing
Visually impaired
15 km
Sitting
20 km
Standing
Visually impaired
1×3.75 km + 2×5 km relay
open
Women
2.5 km
Sitting
5 km... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-country%20skiing%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Paralympics |
The ISU Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised annually by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86. Every year during the winter season, a number of competitions on different distances and on different locations are held. Skaters can earn points at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISU%20Speed%20Skating%20World%20Cup |
Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 4 May 2006. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.
All London borough council seats were up for election. Mayoral contests were held in the London Boroughs of Hackney, Lewisham, and Newham.
The London Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20London%20local%20elections |
Jesús Rafael Soto (June 5, 1923 – January 17, 2005) was a Venezuelan op and kinetic artist, a sculptor and a painter.
His works can be found in the collections of the main museums of the world, including Tate (London), Museum Ludwig (Germany), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), (Roma) and MoMA (New York). One of the ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs%20Rafael%20Soto |
Senna, the sennas, is a large genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, tribe Cassieae ser. Aphyllae ). This diverse genus is native throughout the tropics, with a small number of species in temperate regions. The number of species is estimated to be from about 260 to 350. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senna%20%28plant%29 |
Nova, stylized as NOVA and previously marketed as NTV or Nova Television, is a Bulgarian free-to-air television network launched on 16 July 1994 ( 28 years ago ). Nova TV, alongside the channels Kino Nova, Nova News, Nova Sport, DIEMA, Diema Family and Diema Sport are part of Nova Broadcasting Group and owned by United... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20%28Bulgarian%20TV%20channel%29 |
Brian Alan Glencross OAM (1 May 1941 – 30 December 2022) was an Australian field hockey player and coach. As a member of the Australian National Men's Hockey Team, he won a bronze medal and a silver medal at consecutive Olympic Games – the bronze at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the silver four years later, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Glencross |
Ahaṁkāra (Sanskrit: अहंकार), 'I-making' is a Sanskrit term in Saṃkhyā philosophy that refers to the identification of Self or Being with 'Nature' or any impermanent 'thing'. It is referred to as ego and evolves from Mahat-tattva, It is one of the four Antaḥkaraṇa (functions of the mind).
Reference in Bhagavad Gita
Ah... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahamkara |
Zagreb Cathedral, located at Kaptol, Zagreb, is a Roman Catholic cathedral-church. It is the second tallest building in Croatia and also the most monumental sacral building in Gothic style southeast of the Alps. It is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and to kings Saint Stephen and Saint Ladislaus. The cathedral is t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb%20Cathedral |
Richard Bagot (8 November 1860 – 11 or 12 December 1921) was an English novelist and essayist with a prominent Italian background. He was known most widely for his articles and reviews of Italian art and letters. His best known works of fiction were Donna Diana, Love's Proxy, and The Passport. To many, however, he was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Bagot%20%28writer%29 |
Senna covesii (desert senna, Coues' senna, rattleweed, rattlebox, dais, or cove senna) is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert in southeastern California, southern Nevada, and Arizona in the United States, and northern Baja California in Mexico. It is found on dese... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senna%20covesii |
The carrot fly (Chamaepsila rosae) is a pest of gardens and farms, and mainly affects the crop of carrots, but can also attack parsnips, parsley and celery. It is a member of the family Psilidae (order Diptera).
Larvae
Crop damage is caused by the creamy-yellow larvae (maggots) feeding on the outer layers of the carro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot%20fly |
DIRFOR stands for Sindacato nazionale dei dirigenti e direttivi forestali, an Italian trade union of the Forestry Police. It is no longer active since December 2016.
Trade unions in Italy
Forestry in Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIRFOR |
Sophia of Bavaria (; ; 1376 – 4 November 1428) was a Queen of Bohemia and the spouse of Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia and King of the Romans. She was briefly interim regent of Bohemia after the death of Wenceslaus in 1419.
Early life
Sophia was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and was the youngest child and only dau... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia%20of%20Bavaria |
Panamá is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Panamá is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion and is about 25 kilometers north of the border with the state of Minas Gerais. It is a short distance west of the important BR-153 highway which links São Paulo to Belém. Panamá is 26 kilometers south of G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panam%C3%A1%2C%20Goi%C3%A1s |
Hunas were a tribe close to Himalayas that, because of limited interaction with Indian kingdoms, were mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. They belonged to the Xinjiang province of China, east of Jammu-Kashmir. However, they were nomadic people who changed their settlements from time to time.
References in Mahabharata
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huna%20Kingdom |
Mam'zelle Nitouche is a vaudeville-opérette in three acts by Hervé. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud. This story of a respectable musician, transforming himself into a songwriter at night, is partly inspired by the life of the composer of the piece Hervé, who as Florimond Ronger, his real name, was t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mam%27zelle%20Nitouche |
The Red Tree is the third full-length album by the rock band Moneen. There was also a documentary that chronicled the writing and recording of this album. A music video was released for If Tragedy’s Appealing, Then Disaster’s An Addiction, and it has had some play-time on MuchMusic and FUSE.
Track listing
Additional ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Red%20Tree%20%28album%29 |
Prato della Valle (Prà de ła Vałe in Venetian) is a 90,000-square-meter elliptical square in Padua, Italy. It is the largest square in Italy, and one of the largest in Europe. Today, the square is a large space with a green island at the center, l'Isola Memmia, surrounded by a small canal bordered by two rings of statu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prato%20della%20Valle |
Slate Fell is a low hill in the North Western part of the English Lake District. It lies only about a mile from the busy market town of Cockermouth, and as such is a popular walk for local dog walkers, the amount of climb being only about 80 metres (250 feet). A public right of way passes over the summit. It is an outl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate%20Fell |
Erling Mathias Havnå (born 2 November 1957) of Arendal, Norway, is a former kickboxer and convicted criminal.
In 2005, Erling Havnå was charged and prosecuted for participating in the NOKAS armed robbery of 2004, together with David Toska and twelve other men. On 10 March 2006 the Stavanger court of law sentenced Hav... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling%20Havn%C3%A5 |
At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, the ice sledge hockey events were contested at the Torino Esposizioni.
Medalists
Qualification
Team rosters
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Classification round
Bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Medal round
Brac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20sledge%20hockey%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Paralympics |
The 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 2nd MLG was formerly known as 2nd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), reorganized with its sister FSSGs into Marine Logistics Groups in 2005. The 2nd MLG... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd%20Marine%20Logistics%20Group |
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a loosely defined collection of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, comprising the Kangyur or Kanjur ('Translation of the Word') and the Tengyur or Tanjur ('Translation of Treatises').
Tibetan Buddhist canon
In addition to earlier foundational Buddhist texts f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangyur |
The Orto Botanico di Padova is a botanical garden in Padua, in the northeastern part of Italy. Founded in 1545 by the Venetian Republic, it is the world's oldest academic botanical garden that is still in its original location. The garden – operated by the University of Padua and owned by the Italian government – encom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orto%20botanico%20di%20Padova |
TUXIS was a boys' program similar to the Scouting movement promoted by Canadian Protestant churches. There are a number of variations of what the acronym TUXIS is said to stand for. Most commonly, it is said to stand for "U ('you') and I in Training and Service with Christ ('X'; the first letter of Christ in Greek) in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUXIS |
Sơn Tây () is a district-level town ("thị xã") in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It was the capital of Sơn Tây province before merging with Hà Đông province to form Hà Tây province in 1965. Sơn Tây lies 35 km west of the capital Hanoi. It had a city status in Hà Tây province. However, when Hà Tây was absorbed into Ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C6%A1n%20T%C3%A2y%2C%20Hanoi |
Basileiades was one of the most historic Greek machine building companies and the largest in its field in the country (as well as one of the most important Greek companies) during the second half of the 19th century. It was founded in Piraeus in 1859, and along with similar companies like Ifaistos and Kouppas in the sa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basileiades |
Opera IX is an Italian symphonic black metal band, founded in the city of Biella by the guitarist Ossian in 1988.
History
Early years: 1990–1995
In 1990 the band made the first demo tape "Gothik". There were many line-up changes, eventually settling with Cadaveria's vocals, Ossian at guitar, Vlad at bass and Flegias... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera%20IX |
Thamar Angelina Komnene (; died ) was a princess consort of Taranto by marriage to Prince Philip I.
Life
Thamar was the daughter of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas of the Despotate of Epirus and his second spouse Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene, niece of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. She was one of five ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamar%20Angelina%20Komnene |
"Aces High" is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, written by the band's bassist Steve Harris. It is Iron Maiden's eleventh single release and the second from their fifth studio album, Powerslave (1984).
The first B-side is a cover of Nektar's "King of Twilight", from their 1972 album A Tab in the Ocean. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aces%20High%20%28song%29 |
David Gibbins (born 1962) is an underwater archaeologist and a bestselling novelist.
Early life
Gibbins was born in 1962 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, to British parents who were academic scientists. He is related to the Victorian historian Henry de Beltgens Gibbins and to Brigadier Henry John Gordon Gale, DSO a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Gibbins |
Sir Felix Booth, 1st Baronet, FRS (16 July 1780 Clerkenwell – 24 January 1850 Brighton, Sussex) was a wealthy British gin distiller, and promoter of Arctic exploration, with various places in Nunavut, Canada, being named after him.
Life and family
Sir Felix Booth's ancestry traces back beyond the 13th century when his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix%20Booth |
Hara-Huna (White Huns) was an ancient kingdom and inhabited by the Hara Hunas tribe close to the Himalayas who had limited interaction with the Indian kingdoms, thus they were identified in the epic Mahabharata.
They lived in the Xinjiang province of China, east of Kashmir. However they were nomadic people who changed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hara%20Huna%20Kingdom |
Cleopatra's Night is a short opera in two acts by American composer Henry Kimball Hadley. Its libretto is by Alice Leal Pollock based on the 1838 short story "One of Cleopatra's Nights" by French author Théophile Gautier. The opera premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on January 31, 1920. The opera was revived the follo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra%27s%20Night |
Gaden Tharpa Choling Monastery is a Gelugpa monastery situated at the hilltop in Kalimpong, India. The monastery was founded by Domo Geshe Rinpoche Ngawang Kalsang in 1912. History says that Domo Geshe Rinpoche lived in Kalimpong in 1906 when he came to India for pilgrimage and to collect medicinal plants from India, N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tharpa%20Choling%20Monastery |
Rishika was an ancient kingdom inhabited by the Rishikas who were originally a tribe north to Himalayas who had limited interaction with early Indian kingdoms and mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. They belonged to the Xinjiang province of China, east of Kashmir. The Pandava hero, Arjuna visited this place during his n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishika%20Kingdom |
Kokopo is the capital of East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea. It is administered under Kokopo/Vunamami Urban LLG. The capital was moved from Rabaul in 1994 when the volcanoes Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted. As a result, the population of the town increased more than sixfold from 3,150 in 1990 to 20,262 in 2000.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokopo |
Ostorhinchus fleurieu (flower cardinalfish, gold cardinalfish, bullseye cardinalfish, cardinalfish, ring-tail cardinalfish or ringtailed cardinalfish) is a species of cardinalfish native to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and the waters around East Africa, Seychelles, India, Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostorhinchus%20fleurieu |
This page discusses each of the main elements in the mixture of fission products produced by nuclear fission of the common nuclear fuels uranium and plutonium. The isotopes are listed by element, in order by atomic number.
Neutron capture by the nuclear fuel in nuclear reactors and atomic bombs also produces actinides... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fission%20products%20%28by%20element%29 |
Ben or Benjamin Griffin may refer to:
Ben Griffin (British Army soldier) (born 1977), former British SAS soldier and anti-war activist
Ben Griffin (soccer) (born 1986), Australian football (soccer) player
Ben Hill Griffin Jr. (1910–1990), Florida politician
Benjamin Griffin (actor) (1680–1740), dramatist and actor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Griffin |
A Million to Juan is a 1994 romantic comedy film starring comedian Paul Rodriguez. It was also his directorial debut. The story is a modern spin on Mark Twain's 1893 story "The Million Pound Bank Note".
Plot
Alejandro Lopez narrates the events of his father Juan Lopez's life, and how by selling oranges he changed the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Million%20to%20Juan |
The Iran–United States Claims Tribunal (IUSCT) is an international arbitral tribunal established by the Algiers Accords, an international agreement between the U.S. and Iran embodied in two Declarations by the Government of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria issued on 19 January 1981, to resolve the crisis in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United%20States%20Claims%20Tribunal |
Hermann Heller may refer to:
Hermann Heller (legal scholar) (1891–1933), German legal scholar and philosopher
Hermann Heller (Swiss politician) (1850–1917) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Heller |
Knifefish may refer to several knife-shaped fishes:
The Neotropical or weakly electric knifefishes, order Gymnotiformes, containing five families:
Family Gymnotidae (banded knifefishes and the electric eel)
Family Rhamphichthyidae (sand knifefishes)
Family Hypopomidae (bluntnose knifefishes)
Family Sternopygidae (glass... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knifefish |
The black baza (Aviceda leuphotes) is a small bird of prey found in the forests of Northeast India, the eastern Himalayas, China and Southeast Asia. Many populations are migratory, including those in the Indian region, which winter in the south of the Peninsula and Sri Lanka. Black bazas have short, stout legs and feet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20baza |
Parama Chinas were a kingdom to the north east of the Himalayas. The Parama Chinas were mentioned in Mahabharata along with another kingdom named China.
See also
Kingdoms of Ancient India
References
Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Kingdoms in the Mahabharata | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parama%20China%20Kingdom |
Turners Hill or Turner's Hill is the highest hill in the county of West Midlands, United Kingdom at above sea level. The hill is in the Rowley Hills range, situated in Rowley Regis, near the boundary with Dudley.
The hill can be seen from many miles away, and offers good views to Clent Hills, Kinver Edge, Shatterford... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turners%20Hill%2C%20West%20Midlands |
The states called Syro-Hittite, Neo-Hittite (in older literature), or Luwian-Aramean (in modern scholarly works), were Luwian and Aramean regional polities of the Iron Age, situated in southeastern parts of modern Turkey and northwestern parts of modern Syria, known in ancient times as lands of Hatti and Aram. They aro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syro-Hittite%20states |
Hermann Heller (28 January 1850, in Lucerne – 25 June 1917) was a Swiss politician, mayor of Lucerne, member of the Swiss National Council (1891–1917) and its president in 1899 (June–December).
External links
1850 births
1917 deaths
People from Lucerne
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians
Members of the N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Heller%20%28Swiss%20politician%29 |
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