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Jordan Valley () is a neighborhood north of Ngau Tau Kok, which is located in the north-west of Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong. It includes Amoy Gardens.
Features
Jordan Valley is a valley-like place, which is divided into northern and southern sections. The northern Jordan Valley is now Shun Lee Public Housing Area,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%20Valley%2C%20Hong%20Kong |
The singing bush lark or Horsfield's bush lark (Mirafra javanica) is a species of lark which inhabits grassland throughout most of Australia and much of Southeast Asia. It was described by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield.
Taxonomy
The singing bush lark was formally described in 1821 by the American naturalist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing%20bush%20lark |
The San Francisco Centre is a shopping mall located in San Francisco, California, United States, managed and co-owned by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and co-owned by Brookfield Asset Management. It is anchored by Bloomingdale's, and includes the Downtown Campus of San Francisco State University. It connected directly to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Centre |
Trancoso () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 9,878, in an area of . The city (cidade) population is about 3.000.
The municipality is located in the District of Guarda, Region Centro, sub-region Beira Interior Norte.
The present Mayor is Amilcar Salvador. The municipal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trancoso%2C%20Portugal |
The kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos), or simply kalij, is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from Nepal, Pakistan to western Thailand. Males are rather variable depending on the subspecies involved, but all have at least partially glossy bluish-black plumage, while fem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalij%20pheasant |
White Spirit were an English heavy metal band from Hartlepool, best remembered for guitarist Janick Gers who went on to play with Ian Gillan, Bruce Dickinson, and ultimately, Iron Maiden. Other original members of the band were Bruce Ruff (vocals), Malcolm Pearson (keyboards), Phil Brady (bass) and Graeme Crallan (dru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Spirit%20%28band%29 |
Bybrua is a Norwegian word that means "town bridge". It may refer to:
Bybrua, Rogaland, a bridge in the city of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway
Bybrua, Innlandet, a village in Gjøvik municipality in Innlandet county, Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bybrua |
Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith (August 1, 1932 – June 12, 2010) was an American professional wrestler. He was the father of professional wrestlers Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Rockin' Robin, and Sam Houston.
Smith began wrestling in 1958. After retiring in the late-1970s, he held various backstage positions with promotions inc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly%20Smith |
Wheelchair curling at the 2006 Winter Paralympics was played at the Pinerolo Palaghiaccio, in Pinerolo, 30 km southwest of Turin. Wheelchair curling was making its first appearance at the Paralympic Games and took the form of a mixed team event, open to athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair%20curling%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Paralympics |
Lakshmi N. Menon (29 March 1899 – 30 November 1994) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was Minister of State from 1962 to 1966.
Early life
Born in Trivandrum, she was the child of Rama Varma Thampan and Madhavikutty Amma. In 1930, she married Professor V. K. Nandan Menon, who later became vice-chancell... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmi%20N.%20Menon |
Rigobert (died c. 743) was a Benedictine monk and later abbot of the Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Orbais who subsequently succeeded Saint Rieul as bishop of Reims in 698. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Rigobert baptized Charles Martel, but Charles afterwards had him brutally driven from the see and replac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigobert |
Red Rain may refer to:
Blood rain, red precipitation that resembles blood
Red rain in Kerala, a phenomenon observed sporadically during the summers in the southern Indian state
Red rainstorm warning signal in Hong Kong, colloquially called “red rain” in Cantonese()
Books and film
Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, a com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Rain |
Vila Nova de Foz Côa () is a city and a municipality in the district of Guarda, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,312, in an area of . The city population is around 3,300. Main rivers in the municipal territory include the Douro and the Côa.
The municipality includes parts in the Côa Valley Archaeological site, d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vila%20Nova%20de%20Foz%20C%C3%B4a |
Banksia grandis, commonly known as bull banksia or giant banksia, is a species of common and distinctive tree in the south-west of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the tree as beera, biara, boongura, gwangia, pira or peera. It has a fire-resistant main stem with thick bark, pinnatisect leaves with triangular... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia%20grandis |
A promise is a transaction whereby a person makes a vow or the suggestion of a guarantee.
Promise(s) may also refer to:
Places
Promise, Oregon
Promise, South Dakota
Promise City, Iowa
Promise Land, Tennessee or Promise
Film and TV
Promise (1986 film), a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie
Promise (2005 film), a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promise%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Kīkaṭa was an ancient Indian kingdom in what is now India, mentioned in the Vedas.
A section in the Rigveda (RV 3.53.14) refers to the Kīkaṭas, with its ruler Pramaganda. Some scholars have placed them in Bihar (Magadha) because Kikata is used as synonym for Magadha in the later texts; while other scholars dispute thi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikata%20Kingdom |
Petr Zelenka (born 21 August 1967 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech playwright and director of theatre and film. His films have been recognized at international festivals in Moscow and Rotterdam. In 2008, his film Karamazovi was the Czech Republic's official Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film.
Career
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%20Zelenka%20%28director%29 |
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 21.7%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Ward results
Abercromby
Aigburth
Allerton... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Liverpool%20City%20Council%20election |
"Prayer Before Birth" is a poem written by the Irish poet Louis MacNeice (1907–1963) at the height of the Second World War. Written from the perspective of an unborn child, the poem expresses the author's fear at what the world's tyranny can do to the innocence of a child and blames the human race for the destruction t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer%20Before%20Birth |
Khye Bumsa () is named in the Sikkimese migration narratives as a 13th-century prince from the Minyak House in Kham in Eastern Tibet.
His father migrated to the Chumbi Valley along with his family and established a kingdom. Khye Bumsa expanded it further by establishing an alliance with the Lepchas in present-day Sikki... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khye%20Bumsa |
The Baining people are among the earliest continuously located inhabitants of the Gazelle Peninsula of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea; they currently live in the Baining Mountains, from which they take their name. The Baining are thought to have been driven to this area in comparatively recent times by the Tolai tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baining%20people |
The Ranikhola is a river in Sikkim, India, that flows near the state capital Gangtok. It is a tributary of the Teesta River. The Mangar queen committed suicide on this river after the death of her husband at Mangarzong in 1642, so this river is named Ranikhola. Ranikhola originates from Himalayas and flows below Gangt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranikhola |
Bright is a former electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was named in honour of Charles Bright, at various times South Australian Supreme Court Judge, Flinders University Chancellor, Health Commission chairman, and Electoral Boundaries Commission chairman. Prior to its 2018 abolition, the seat cover... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20district%20of%20Bright |
Inert waste is waste which is neither chemically nor biologically reactive and will not decompose or only very slowly. Examples of this are sand and concrete. This has particular relevance to landfills as inert waste typically requires lower disposal fees than biodegradable waste or hazardous waste.
See also
Landfill
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert%20waste |
Walter Kollo (28 January 1878 – 30 September 1940) was a German composer of operettas, Possen mit Gesang, and Singspiele as well as popular songs. He was also a conductor and a music publisher.
Kollo was born in Neidenburg, East Prussia. His best known work, the operetta (1913), was the basis of a 1917 Sigmund Romber... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Kollo |
Playwin is an online lottery run by the Essel Group through PAN India and sanctioned by the Sikkim government. It was one of the first such lotteries to be opened in India. Established in November 2001, it had sales throughout India both through retailers and online. It quickly became known as one of the most popular l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playwin |
Aberrant subclavian artery, or aberrant subclavian artery syndrome, is a rare anatomical variant of the origin of the right or left subclavian artery. This abnormality is the most common congenital vascular anomaly of the aortic arch, occurring in approximately 1% of individuals.
Presentation
This condition is usuall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberrant%20subclavian%20artery |
In alchemy, digestion is a process in which gentle heat is applied to a substance over a period of several weeks.
This was traditionally performed by sealing a sample of the substance in a flask, and keeping the flask in fresh horse dung or sometimes in direct sunlight. Today, practitioners of alchemy use thermostat-c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestion%20%28alchemy%29 |
The Kaska (also Kaška, later Tabalian Kasku and Gasga) were a loosely affiliated Bronze Age non-Indo-European tribal people, who spoke the unclassified Kaskian language and lived in mountainous East Pontic Anatolia, known from Hittite sources. They lived in the mountainous region between the core Hittite region in east... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaskians |
GIJ may refer to:
Generations In Jazz
Gij, Iran
G.I. Joe
Gijima Group
Ghana Institute of Journalism
GNU Interpreter for Java | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIJ |
Otta Helene Maree (née Zille ; born 9 March 1951), known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician. She has served as the Chairperson of the Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance since 20 October 2019. From 2009 until 2019, she was the Premier of the Western Cape province for two five-year terms, and a member ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Zille |
The following lists events that happened during 1902 in Australia.
In 1902 women were finally allowed to vote and stand in federal elections.
Incumbents
Monarch – Edward VII
Governor-General – John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
Prime Minister – Edmund Barton
State premiers
Premier of New South Wales – John See
Premie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902%20in%20Australia |
was a Japanese athlete and the first Japanese Olympic gold medalist. He was the first Asian Olympic champion in an individual event.
Biography
Oda was born in Kaita, Hiroshima Prefecture. At the age of 17, he set a new Japanese record for the triple jump at the 1923 Far Eastern Championship Games held in Osaka, and al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikio%20Oda |
Tintinhull is a village and civil parish near Yeovil, south west of Ilchester, in Somerset, England. The village is close to the A303. It is on the Fosse Way.
In addition to a school of around 100 pupils, Tintinhull has a church, park, swimming pool and other amenities.
History
The village was mentioned in the Domes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintinhull |
Kakkadan Nandanath Rajan (13 May 1924 – 10 February 2010) was an Indian economist. He is popularly known as K. N. Raj. He played an important role in India's planned development, drafting sections of India's first Five Year Plan, specifically the introductory chapter when he was only 26 years old. He was a veteran econ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.%20N.%20Raj |
Exiles Bookshop was a Sydney bookshop which hosted many poetry readings, and was something of a centre for the local poetry scene in the early 1980s. It was established, at 207 Oxford Street, Taylor Square, by Susumu Hirayanagi and Nicholas Pounder in February 1979, and it closed in late 1982. Poetry readings were he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exiles%20Bookshop |
JOP may refer to:
Java Optimized Processor, an implementation of a Java Virtual Machine
Jon Oliva's Pain, an American heavy metal band
Jop van der Linden (born 1990), Dutch footballer
Mariusz Jop (born 1978), Polish footballer
JOP: Journal of the Pancreas, a journal published by the predatory OMICS Publishing Grou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JOP |
The July Column () is a monumental column in Paris commemorating the Revolution of 1830. It stands in the center of the Place de la Bastille and celebrates the — the 'three glorious' days of 27–29 July 1830 that saw the fall of Charles X, King of France, and the commencement of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe, Ki... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July%20Column |
The history of Anatolia (often referred to in historical sources as Asia Minor) can be roughly subdivided into: Prehistory of Anatolia (up to the end of the 3rd millennium BCE), Ancient Anatolia (including Hattian, Hittite and post-Hittite periods), Classical Anatolia (including Achaemenid, Hellenistic and Roman period... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Anatolia |
Patricia Ann Keating (born July 20, 1952) is an American linguist and noted phonetician. She is distinguished research professor emeritus at UCLA.
Life
She received her PhD in Linguistics at Brown University in 1980. In 1980 she joined the faculty of the Linguistics Department at University of California, Los Angeles... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia%20Keating |
A "ring of bells" is the name bell ringers give to a set of bells hung for English full circle ringing. The term "peal of bells" is often used, though peal also refers to a change ringing performance of more than about 5,000 changes.
By ringing a bell in a full circle, it was found in the early 17th century that the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20of%20bells |
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
Medalists
Silver
Bertha Brouwer — Athletics, Women's 200 metres
Jules Ancion, André Boerstra, Harry Derckx, Han Drijver, Dick Esser, Roepie Kruize, Dick Loggere, Lau Mulder, Eddy Tiel, Wim van Heel, and Henk Wery — Field Hockey... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands%20at%20the%201952%20Summer%20Olympics |
Bruce Hayes (born June 9, 1955) is an American linguist and Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Life
He received his Ph.D. in 1980 from MIT, where his dissertation supervisor was Morris Halle.
Hayes works in phonology, and is well known for his book Metrical Stress Theo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Hayes%20%28linguist%29 |
Narciso Jesus Rodriguez III (; born January 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer.
Early life and education
Rodriguez was born in Newark, New Jersey, the eldest child and only son of Cuban parents. His parents, Narciso Rodríguez Sanchez II, a longshoreman, and Rawedia María Rodríguez. His paternal grandfather was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narciso%20Rodriguez |
Kaifong associations (Chinese: 街坊會) or kaifong welfare associations (Chinese: 街坊福利會) are traditional mutual aid organisations which emerged in Hong Kong after the Second World War. They were set up with the help of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, particularly the Society Welfare Council, of the British colonial go... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaifong%20associations |
Hyacinthoides italica, the Italian bluebell or Italian squill, is a spring-flowering bulbous perennial plant belonging to the family Asparagaceae.
It is one of around 11 species in the genus Hyacinthoides, others including the common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in northwestern Europe, and the Spanish bluebell... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthoides%20italica |
Gera, Géra or GERA can refer to:
Places
Africa
Gera (Egypt) (also Geras or Gerrha), former city and current Latin Catholic titular see
Kingdom of Gera, a former realm in present-day Ethiopia
Gera (woreda), district located in Ethiopia about the same place as the former kingdom
Europe
Gera, a city in Thuringia, G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gera%20%28disambiguation%29 |
St Aloysius' College may refer to:
Asia
St. Aloysius' College (Edathua), Alleppey, Kerala, India
St. Aloysius College, Thrissur, Thrissur, Kerala, India
St. Aloysius' College (Galle), Sri Lanka
St. Aloysius College (Mangalore), India
St. Aloysius College (Ratnapura), Sri Lanka
Europe
Gonzaga College, a Jesuit sc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Aloysius%27%20College |
Vilho "Ville" Immanuel Tuulos (26 March 1895 – 2 September 1967) was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper.
He won a gold medal in the triple jump at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The 14.50 meter jumps he made during the qualifying round was counted for the main event and were enough for the win. Tuulos also ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilho%20Tuulos |
John Arthur Blaikie (1849 – 25 December 1917) was an English poet and journalist, born in Poplar, Middlesex, and died in Kensington.
Works
Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets (1870), co-author Edmund Gosse
Love's Victory (1890)
A Sextet of Singers (1895)
References
Citations
Sources
1881 British Census / Middlesex. UR... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Arthur%20Blaikie |
Wiregrass is a common name for several plants
Wiregrass may refer to:
Poaceae grasses
Aristida (three-awns), especially Aristida stricta (Pineland Three-awn), Aristida junciformis and Aristida purpurea (Purple Three-awn), of subfamily Arundinoideae
Eleusine indica (Indian Goosegrass) of subfamily Eragrostideae
Sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiregrass |
Elspet Jean Gray, Baroness Rix (née Gray; 12 April 1929 – 18 February 2013) was a Scottish actress, who first became known for her partnership with her husband, Brian Rix, and later was cast in many television roles in the 1970s and 1980s. She played Lady Collingford in the television series Catweazle and Mrs. Palmer i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elspet%20Gray |
Eryaman is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Etimesgut, Ankara Province, Turkey. Its population is 30,275 (2022). It is located 28 km west of the city centre of Ankara.
Göksu Park located here is a public park and neighborhood that surrounds the small natural lake
See also
Güzelkent, Etimesgut
Ima... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryaman%2C%20Etimesgut |
Güzelkent (literally "beautiful city" in Turkish) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Akyurt, Ankara Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,384 (2022). It is located near the Eryaman neighbourhood, 25 km far from the city centre of Ankara, and is bordered by Eryaman, Sincan, Fatih and Etimesgut.
Eve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCzelkent%2C%20Etimesgut |
Rotary International offers a number of scholarships worldwide for periods of 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years.
Ambassadorial Mission
The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarship was to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. The scholarship was replaced b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary%20Scholarships |
The Netherlands competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 149 competitors, 115 men and 34 women, took part in 74 events in 18 sports.
Medalists
Athletics
Men's competition
Hans Houtzager
Jan Kleyn
Jan Lammers
Jef Lataster
Nico Lutkeveld
Jan Meijer
Frits de Ruijter
Gabe Scholten
Wim Slijkhuis
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands%20at%20the%201948%20Summer%20Olympics |
The Gera is a river in Thuringia, Germany.
The Gera is a right tributary of the Unstrut. It originates in the Thuringian Forest, west of Ilmenau. The Gera is formed in Plaue, by the confluence of the Wilde Gera and the Zahme Gera. It empties into the Unstrut in Straußfurt. The total length of the Gera (including Wilde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gera%20%28river%29 |
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke KG (c. 142327 July 1469), known as "Black William", was a Welsh nobleman, soldier, politician, and courtier.
Life
He was the son of William ap Thomas, founder of Raglan Castle, and Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam, and grandson of Dafydd Gam, an adherent of King Henry V of England. His fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Herbert%2C%201st%20Earl%20of%20Pembroke%20%28died%201469%29 |
The Def Leppard E.P. is the debut EP by English rock band Def Leppard. The EP was recorded at Fairview Studios in Hull, in November 1978 and self-produced by the band. The EP's cover is a parody of the painting His Master's Voice, with a leopard in place of the painting's dog, Nipper. The record was first released with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Def%20Leppard%20E.P. |
Torsten Wustlich (born 2 February 1977 in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony) is a German former luger who competed from 1998 to 2010. Together with André Florschütz, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Wustlich also won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten%20Wustlich |
Scarnagh Cross or Scarnagh () is a small hamlet in north County Wexford in Ireland. It is located four miles from the sea, on the R772 regional road between Gorey and Arklow. The village of Coolgreany is nearby. The townlands of Scarnagh Lower () and Scarnagh Upper (Scearnach Uachtarach) lie in the historic barony of G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarnagh |
The Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS, German: Berner Fachhochschule BFH, French: Haute école spécialisée bernoise HESB) is a public vocational university with a strong national and international profile. It comprises six departments and also incorporates the Higher Technical School of Wood, which is affiliate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bern%20University%20of%20Applied%20Sciences |
Horticultural therapy (also known as garden therapy or social and therapeutic horticulture or STH) is defined by the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) as the engagement of a person in gardening and plant-based activities, facilitated by a trained therapist, to achieve specific therapeutic treatment goal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticultural%20therapy |
André Florschütz (born 6 August 1976 in Sonneberg) is a German luger who competed from 1993 to 2010. Together with Torsten Wustlich, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Florschütz also won nine medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with six golds (Men's doubles... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9%20Florsch%C3%BCtz |
Simon Jacoblivitch Skidelsky (; 4 July 1904 – 27 July 1948), also known as S. J. "Skid" Simon, Seca Jascha Skidelsky, and Simon Jasha Skidelsky, was a British journalist, fiction writer and bridge player. From 1937 until his death, he collaborated with Caryl Brahms on a series of comic novels and short stories, mostly ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.%20J.%20Simon |
Güzelyalı is a seaside village in the Çanakkale District of Çanakkale Province of western Turkey. Its population is 1,641 (2021). It is 15 km from the Çanakkale city centre. Güzelyalı is surrounded by pine woods in the east and by the Çanakkale Strait (the Dardanelles) in the west.
Distances from Güzelyalı: Bozcaada (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCzelyal%C4%B1%2C%20%C3%87anakkale |
Gerhard Plankensteiner (born 8 April 1971 in Sterzing, South Tyrol) is an Italian former luger who competed from 1986 to 2010. Together with Oswald Haselrieder he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Plankensteiner also won six medals at the FIL World Luge Championships... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard%20Plankensteiner |
Maria Mercè Marçal i Serra (13 November 1952 – 5 July 1998) was a Catalan poet, professor, writer and translator from Spain.
Biography
Marçal was born in Barcelona but spent her childhood in Ivars d'Urgell (Pla d'Urgell), which she considered her home. Her mother was Maria Serra, a woman who loved theater and songs, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Merc%C3%A8%20Mar%C3%A7al |
Alberto Pier Anthony Profumo, 4th Baron Profumo, KC (20 April 1879 – 27 March 1940), was an English barrister.
The Profumo family is of Italian origin. Albert Profumo held the title of 4th Baron Profumo in the nobility of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Profumo was born in Lambeth, London, England in 1879.
His family made th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Profumo |
Schifferstadt (, Schiffaschdad, or Schiwwerschdadt) is a town in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. If not including Ludwigshafen (the district free city that is the capital of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis), Schifferstadt is the only urban municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis.
It is situated approximately ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schifferstadt |
Oswald Haselrieder OMRI (born 22 August 1971 in Völs am Schlern, South Tyrol) is an Italian former luger who competed internationally from 1988 to 2010. He achieved success at junior level, taking two bronze medals in singles and a gold in doubles at the World Junior Championships, the latter achieved in partnership wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald%20Haselrieder |
The Rosenwald School project built more than 5,000 schools, shops, and teacher homes in the United States primarily for the education of African-American children in the South during the early 20th century. The project was the product of the partnership of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish-American clothier who became part-ow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenwald%20School |
English case may refer to:
A legal case brought under English law
The use of grammatical case in the English language | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20case |
Altrip is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 7 km southeast of Ludwigshafen.
Sister city
Altrip has one sister city:
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
References
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altrip |
Bobenheim-Roxheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km south of Worms, and 13 km northwest of Ludwigshafen. It is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobenheim-Roxheim |
Acrodermatitis enteropathica is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting the uptake of zinc through the inner lining of the bowel, the mucous membrane. It is characterized by inflammation of the skin (dermatitis) around bodily openings (periorificial) and the tips of fingers and toes (acral), hair loss (alop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrodermatitis%20enteropathica |
Böhl-Iggelheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It has about 8,200 inhabitants and is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Ludwigshafen, and 10 km northwest of Speyer.
Geography
Böhl-Iggelheim is in the very middle part of the flood plain of the River Rhine and is a t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6hl-Iggelheim |
Marada were a group of autonomous communities living on Mount Lebanon during the Middle Ages.
Marada may also refer to:
Marada (comics), a fantasy comic book character created in 1982 by John Bolton and Chris Claremont
Marada (mammal), a genus of prehistoric mammals
The Marada Brigade, a Maronite militia in the Le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marada%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Levi Ruggles Church (May 1836 – August 30, 1892) was a Quebec doctor, lawyer, judge and political figure.
He was born in Aylmer in Lower Canada around May 24, 1836, the son of a doctor. He first studied medicine at Victoria College in Cobourg, the Albany Medical College in New York state and McGill College, then studi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi%20Ruggles%20Church |
Ravensburg University of Cooperative Education is a public university with campuses in Ravensburg, Stuttgart and Friedrichshafen, Germany. It offers vocational studies in the fields of business sciences, engineering and media design. The school works with more than 1100 partner companies to provide students with simul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravensburg%20University%20of%20Cooperative%20Education |
Lambsheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Lambsheim-Heßheim.
Geography
Lambsheim is situated approximately 6 km southwest of Frankenthal, and 11 km northwest of Ludwigshafen.
History
Lambsheim was first mentioned as Lammundisheim in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambsheim |
Limburgerhof is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 7 km southwest of Ludwigshafen.
It is known in the region because of an Agrochemical Center of the world's largest chemical company BASF, which has its headquarters in Ludwigshafen. The village with a population of about 10 000 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburgerhof |
The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) is a magnetic fusion device based on the spherical tokamak concept. It was constructed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Columbia University, and the University of Washington at Seattle. It entered se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Spherical%20Torus%20Experiment |
Major General George Alan Vasey, (29 March 1895 – 5 March 1945) was an Australian Army officer. He rose to the rank of major general during the Second World War, before being killed in a plane crash near Cairns in 1945.
A professional soldier, Vasey graduated from Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1915 and served o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Alan%20Vasey |
Mutterstadt is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Though classified as rural the municipality does contain urbanized areas.
It is situated approximately 7 km southwest of the city center of Ludwigshafen.
History
Mutterstadt was first mentioned in the Lorsch codex in the year 76... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutterstadt |
The Rosenwald Fund (also known as the Rosenwald Foundation, the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and the Julius Rosenwald Foundation) was established in 1917 by Julius Rosenwald and his family for "the well-being of mankind." Rosenwald became part-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company in 1895, serving as its president from 1908 to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenwald%20Fund |
Closing time may refer to:
Books
Closing Time (novel), a 1994 novel and sequel to Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder, a 1977 book by Lacey Fosburgh
"Closing Time", a short story by Neil Gaiman included in the 2006 collection Fragile Things
Music
Closing Time (album), a 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing%20time |
is a Japanese television drama which ran weekly for three months in 2003. The drama, which stars Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS, centers on the lives of the last four virgins left in their highschool as they struggle to lose their virginity over their final high school summer vacation. A 6-D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand%20Up%21%21%20%28Japanese%20TV%20series%29 |
Banksia serrata, commonly known as the saw banksia, the old man banksia, the saw-tooth banksia or the red honeysuckle and as wiriyagan by the Cadigal people, is a species of woody shrub or tree of the genus Banksia, in the family Proteaceae. Native to the east coast of Australia, it is found from Queensland to Victoria... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia%20serrata |
Moses Mendes da Costa (died 1747), also called Anthony da Costa, was an English banker.
In 1727, Costa brought an action against the Russia Company, which refused to admit him to membership on the ground of his being a Jew. The attorney-general decided that he must be admitted, whereupon the company petitioned Parliam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses%20da%20Costa |
Hellenic Vehicle Industry (ELVO, also spelled in English as ELBO) is a Greek vehicle manufacturer based in Thessaloniki.
History
The Hellenic Vehicle Industry started business as Steyr Hellas S.A. assembling and manufacturing trucks, motorbikes and farm tractors (Steyr and Puch models). Significant orders for trucks ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic%20Vehicle%20Industry |
Neuhofen is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 7 km south of Ludwigshafen.
History
Starting point of Neuhofen was the declined village Medenheim, east of Neuhofen. Being property of the monastery Wissembourg since the 10th century, 1194 Medenheim was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuhofen |
Samuel Devons FRS (30 September 1914 – 6 December 2006) was a British physicist and science historian.
Biography
Devons, son of a Lithuanian immigrant, David Isaac Devons 1881-1926 and Edith Edelston from York 1891-1938
Sam was born in Bangor, Wales. When he turned 16, he was awarded a scholarship for physics at Trin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Devons |
Cyril Domb FRS (9 December 1920 – 15 February 2012) was a British-Israeli theoretical physicist, best known for his lecturing and writing on the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena of fluids. He was also known in the Orthodox Jewish world for his writings on science and Judaism.
Early life
Domb was born... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril%20Domb |
"Stop It Girl" is a 1986 single from New Kids on the Block. Written and produced by Maurice Starr, it was the second release from their debut album New Kids on the Block.
Track listing
US Vinyl, 12"
A Stop It Girl [Extended Dance Mix] 5:18
B Stop It Girl [Radio Edit] 3:47
Personnel
Danny Wood
Donnie Wahlberg
Jo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop%20It%20Girl |
Elephant fish may refer to:
Fish
Callorhinchidae, a family of marine fish also known as elephant sharks or plough-nose chimaeras
Mormyridae, a family of African freshwater fish that sometimes are kept in aquariums
Other
Gajamina, an elephant-fish mythical figure used in funeral ceremonies in Bali, Indonesia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant%20fish |
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Edington Rhoden OBE, ED (23 December 1914 – 13 March 2003) was an Australian Army officer in the Second World War and a lawyer. He was commanding officer of the 2/14th Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF) from 21 November 1943 to 8 November 1945. While commanding the battalion, i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Rhoden |
Dayron Robles (born 19 November 1986) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.
He won his first major medal (a silver) in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 season having improved his outdoor best to 13 seconds and become the Central A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayron%20Robles |
Jack David Dunitz FRS (29 March 1923 – 12 September 2021) was a British chemist and widely known chemical crystallographer. He was Professor of Chemical Crystallography at the ETH Zurich from 1957 until his official retirement in 1990. He held Visiting Professorships in the United States, Israel, Japan, Canada, Spain a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20D.%20Dunitz |
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (5 March 145116 July 1491) was an English nobleman and politician.
Early life
He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Devereux. His paternal grandparents were William ap Thomas and Gwladys, daughter of Dafydd Gam, and his maternal grandparents were Walter ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Herbert%2C%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Pembroke |
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