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Habib Malik is a retired associate professor of history and cultural studies at the Lebanese American University (LAU). His father Charles Malik was a leading figure in the drafting and adoption of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Life and work
Habib Malik was born in 1954 in Washington, D.C., and recei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habib%20Malik |
Ben Leber (born December 7, 1978) is a retired American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft and later played for the Minnesota Vikings.
Early years
Lining up primarily at running back, Leber was named to several hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Leber |
Aus Italien (From Italy), Op. 16, is a tone poem or program symphony for orchestra by Richard Strauss, described by the composer as a "symphonic fantasy". It was completed in 1886 when he was 22 years old. It was inspired by the composer's visit to Italy (encouraged by Johannes Brahms) in the summer of the same year, w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aus%20Italien |
Marzagão is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Marzagão is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion in the extreme south of the state, less than north of the great Itumbiara reservoir, which forms the boundary with the state of Minas Gerais. There are paved road connections with Água Limpa, , and Cal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzag%C3%A3o |
Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov (; , in Moscow – 30 December 1973, in Leningrad) was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1954).
Somov graduated from the Moscow Hydrometeorological Institute in 1937. In 1939, he was appointed senior researcher at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail%20Somov |
Yakov Khristoforovich Davtyan (Davydov) (, (Давыдов); 10 October 1888 – 28 July 1938) was the first head of the Cheka's Foreign Department from 1921 to 1922, the first head of Soviet foreign intelligence and later a Soviet diplomat.
Biography
He was born in the Nakhichevan region between Russia and Iran to an Armenia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov%20Davydov |
Black family may refer to:
The Black Family, a professional wrestling group in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
The Black Family (band), a Celtic music ensemble
The Black family (1772–1797) of Blacksburg, Virginia
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, a family in the fictional universe of Harry Potter
Black Guerril... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20family |
SS Winfield Scott was a sidewheel steamer that transported passengers and cargo between San Francisco, California and Panama in the early 1850s, during the California Gold Rush. After entering a heavy fog off the coast of Southern California on the evening of December 1, 1853, the ship crashed into Middle Anacapa Isla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Winfield%20Scott |
Red Rocket may refer to:
Red rocket (shotgun slug), a 3D-printed shotgun projectile
Red Rocket 7, a comic book series
Solent Blue Line, a bus services in the Eastleigh area
Matt Bonner, basketball player
Toronto Transit Commission, a nickname for buses and trains operated in the city
G-series (Toronto subway), n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Rocket |
The epoxyeicosatrienoic acids or EETs are signaling molecules formed within various types of cells by the metabolism of arachidonic acid by a specific subset of Cytochrome P450 enzymes termed cytochrome P450 epoxygenases. These nonclassic eicosanoids are generally short-lived, being rapidly converted from epoxides to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoxyeicosatrienoic%20acid |
Ortner's syndrome is a rare cardiovocal syndrome and refers to recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy from cardiovascular disease. It was first described by Norbert Ortner (1865–1935), an Austrian physician, in 1897.
Dysphagia caused by a similar mechanism is referred to as dysphagia aortica (also called Dysphagia megalatrie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortner%27s%20syndrome |
Roger Cook may refer to:
Roger Cook (graphic designer) (1930–2021), American artist
Roger Cook (journalist) (born 1943), New Zealand investigative journalist, best known in the UK
Roger Cook (landscaper), head landscaper on the PBS show This Old House
Roger Cook (politician), politician from Western Australia
Rog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Cook |
Static trapeze, also known as fixed trapeze, is a type of circus art performed on the trapeze. In contrast to the other forms of trapeze, on static trapeze the bars and ropes mainly stay in place.
Most often, the static trapeze is about wide and the bar is generally inches in diameter. The ropes are at least two h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static%20trapeze |
In concurrency control of databases, transaction processing (transaction management), and various transactional applications (e.g., transactional memory and software transactional memory), both centralized and distributed, a transaction schedule is serializable if its outcome (e.g., the resulting database state) is equ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serializability |
Air Marshal Sir Kenneth William Hayr, (13 April 1935 – 2 June 2001) was a senior Royal Air Force commander who served as Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Strike Command and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments).
Early life and flying career
Born in Whangārei, New Zealand, Hayr was educated at Auckland... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Hayr |
Sergey Mikhailovich Spigelglas or Spiegelglass or Shpigelglas () (29 April 1897 – 29 January 1941) was acting head of the Soviet foreign intelligence service, then part of the NKVD, from February to June 1938.
Spigelglas was born into the family of a Jewish bookkeeper in Mosty in present-day Hrodna Voblast, Belarus. A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey%20Spigelglas |
Pietro Lombardo is also the Italian version of the name of the theologian Peter Lombard.
Pietro Lombardo (1435–1515) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect; born in Carona (Ticino), he was the father of Tullio Lombardo and Antonio Lombardo.
In the late 15th century, Pietro Lombardo sculpted many Venetian to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro%20Lombardo |
Historical Atlas of the World is a historical atlas that contains 108 color maps showing religious boundaries, countries, cities, buildings army movements and expeditions. It contains an index to place, peoples, historical and military events and explorers. Covers the span from 3000 BC to ~1970 (Rhodesia, not Zimbabw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical%20Atlas%20of%20the%20World |
The Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) has been present in Ireland since 1224 when the first foundation was established in Dublin, a monastic settlement north of the River Liffey, where the Four Courts is located today. This was quickly followed by Drogheda (also 1224), Kilkenny (1225), Waterford (1226), Limerick (12... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominicans%20in%20Ireland |
Madhusūdana Sarasvatī (c.1540–1640) was an Indian philosopher in the Advaita Vedānta tradition and devotee of Krishna. He was the disciple of Viśveśvara Sarasvatī and Mādhava Sarasvatī, and is the most celebrated name in the annals of the great debate between Dvaita and Advaita schools of Vedanta. The Nyayamruta of Vya... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhus%C5%ABdana%20Sarasvat%C4%AB |
Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith, circa 1946 – 2 December 2013) was a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known for the single "Police and Thieves", produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1976.
Early life
He was born in Saint James Parish, Jamaica, probably in 1946 though some sources state 1949, and moved to Por... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior%20Murvin |
The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens (TYWLS) is a public girls' high school and middle school located in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. The school is administered by the New York City Department of Education. Since 2013 Mala Panday has been the principal and the assistant principals are Jennifer Pineda and Ge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Young%20Women%27s%20Leadership%20School%20of%20Queens |
Back Track is a first-person shooter that was released for Windows PC in 1998 and for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It is notable for being the first 3D shooter to be released on the Game Boy Advance (along with Doom).
Story
Domingoaniax, an evil alien, has built up a large invasion force on the dark side of the Moon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back%20Track |
José Eleazar Ascanio (born May 2, 1985) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Personal life
Ascanio has two children, Jordan and Santiago.
Career
Atlanta Braves
Ascanio was signed as an undrafted free agent in 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Ascanio |
Private is a 2004 minimalist psychological drama film directed by Saverio Costanzo. A debut film by the director, the film is about a Palestinian family of seven suddenly confronted with a volatile situation in their home that in many ways reflects the larger ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Israel.
Initially... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private%20%28film%29 |
Mary Woodville, Countess of Pembroke (c. 1456–1481) was a sister of Edward IV's Queen consort, Elizabeth Woodville, and of Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers. She later became the first wife of William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, by whom she had one daughter.
Biography
She was born in about 1456 to Richard Woodvill... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Woodville |
Martin Gordon (born 3 May 1954) is an English musician who plays bass guitar, double bass, and piano. After a long period as band member and session musician, he embarked on a solo career in 2004. His most recent album release was in 2021.
Biography
Martin Gordon was born in Ipswich, and grew up Hitchin, Hertfordshire... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Gordon |
The is a Japanese dialect spoken in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Along with the Mino dialect in the south, it is one of the two main dialects of Gifu Prefecture.
The phrase「楽しんでください」(Literally "Please have fun") is more commonly「楽しみない」(Literally "Not excited") in Hida-ben
References
Sources
See also
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hida%20dialect |
Emrys Daniel Hughes (10 July 1894 – 18 October 1969) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, journalist and author. He was Labour MP for South Ayrshire in Scotland from 1946 to 1969. Among his many published books was a biography of his father-in-law, Keir Hardie.
Life
Hughes was born in Tonypandy, Wales, the son of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emrys%20Hughes |
Christian hedonism is a Christian doctrine believed by some evangelicals. The term was coined by Baptist pastor and Calvinist John Piper in his 1986 book Desiring God based on Vernard Eller's earlier use of the term hedonism to describe the same concept. Piper summarizes this philosophy of the Christian life as "God is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20hedonism |
Shaare Zedek Congregation is a Conservative Jewish synagogue located in the residential district of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
History
Founded in 1953 as the Orthodox Jewish Congregation of Western N.D.G., the synagogue was established to meet the needs of those Jewish families moving to wester... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaare%20Zedek%20Congregation%20%28Montreal%29 |
Sirasa Superstar was a musical reality show conducted in Sri Lanka by the TV channel Sirasa TV. The first four seasons were inspired by the program called American Idol an American singing competition series, the fifth and sixth seasons are similar to The Voice. The seventh season was finished on 9 July 2016. The show ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirasa%20Superstar |
Carola Unterberger-Probst (born 1978), aka [cup] or Carola Unterberger, is an Austrian media artist and philosopher of art. In addition to video installations and experimental films, her work contains Objet d'art, paintings and digital art. She specializes in the postmodern discourse, deconstruction, and questions on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carola%20Unterberger-Probst |
The Southern Romance languages are a primary branch of the Romance languages.
According to the classification of linguists such as Leonard (1980) and Agard (1984), the Southern Romance family is composed of Sardinian, Corsican, and the southern Lucanian dialects.
This theory is far from universally supported. In fact... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Romance%20languages |
Deanshanger () is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, west-northwest of Milton Keynes. In 2007 it was joined with the civil parish of Wicken to form Deanshanger ward, returning two councillors. The population of the civil parish (including Puxley) at the 2011 census was 3,817. Deanshanger is northwest... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanshanger |
Shaare Zedek ( "Gates of Righteousness"), also spelled Shaarei/Shaaray/Shaarey, Sedek/Tsedec/Tsedek/Tzedec/Tzedek, may refer to:
Canada
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, an Orthodox synagogue in Windsor, Ontario
Shaare Zedek Congregation, a Conservative synagogue in Montreal
Shaarei Tzedec, an Orthodox synagogue in Toronto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaare%20Zedek |
V. K. Balan Nair (born 1947) was the head of Uttar Pradesh Police from 28 June 2003 - 11 Jan 2005. He received the Indian Police Medal for meritorious service and President's Police Medal for distinguished service. He was an IPS officer of the 1971 cadre.
References
1947 births
Living people
Indian police chiefs
Utt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.%20K.%20B.%20Nair |
Lagny-sur-Marne (, literally Lagny on Marne) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France from the centre of Paris (20 minutes away from the centre of Paris).
The commune of Lagny-sur-Marne is part of the Val de Bussy sector, one of the fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagny-sur-Marne |
Bajmok (; , ) is a village located in the municipality of Subotica, in the North Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbered 7,414 inhabitants as of 2011 census.
Name
In Serbian Cyrillic the village is known as Бајмок, in Serbian Latin as Bajmok, in Hungarian as Bajmo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajmok |
Roger Cook (born 6 April 1943) is a New Zealand-born British investigative journalist and television broadcaster. In 1997, he won a British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) special award "for 25 years of outstanding quality investigative reporting", for his show The Cook Report.
Early life
Cook's parents were... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Cook%20%28journalist%29 |
Alexey Fyodorovich Tryoshnikov () (14 April 1914, Pavlovka, Karsunsky Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate – 18 November 1991, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet polar explorer and leader of the 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition.
He was involved in defending the Northern Sea Route during Worl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey%20Tryoshnikov |
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions is the fourteenth studio album by Bruce Springsteen. Released in 2006, it peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 49th Grammy Awards.
Background
This is Springsteen's first album of entirely non-Springsteen mater... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%20Shall%20Overcome%3A%20The%20Seeger%20Sessions |
Magazine is the second studio album by American rock band Heart. It was originally released on April 19, 1977, by Mushroom Records in unfinished form, without the band's permission. A second authorized version of the album was released on April 22, 1978. The album has been certified platinum in both the United States a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine%20%28Heart%20album%29 |
Seri Gemilang Bridge is a ceremonial bridge in Putrajaya, Malaysia. It connects Heritage Square with Putrajaya Convention Centre.
The bridge has a main span 120 metres (394 ft) long, with a 60-metre (197 ft) span at each end, for a total length of 240 metres (787 ft). There are six traffic lanes, each 3.5 metres (11.5... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seri%20Gemilang%20Bridge |
Thrifty PayLess Holdings, Inc. was a pharmacy holding company that owned the Thrifty Drugs and PayLess Drug Stores chains in the western United States. The combined company was formed in April 1994 when Los Angeles-based TCH Corporation, the parent company of Thrifty Corporation and Thrifty Drug Stores, Inc., acquired ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrifty%20PayLess |
The Irish Ice Hockey League was the highest league tier of ice hockey in Ireland, founded in 2007. The official league was founded in 2007, yet amateur leagues have existed since the early 1980s. The league collapsed in 2010 due to funding issues as they were unable to maintain the major arenas they played in. The leag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20Ice%20Hockey%20League |
Nanci Bowen (born March 31, 1967, in Tifton, Georgia) is an American professional golfer. She attended the University of Georgia and her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1991. Her highlight victory on the Tour came at one of the major championships, the 1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore. As of 2015, Bowen is a teaching profes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanci%20Bowen |
Nicholas Brimble (born 22 July 1944) is an English actor whose long career has spanned theatre, television, film, and voice work.
Early life
Brimble was born in Bristol. His father was a schoolteacher who was also a keen amateur actor, an activity in which Nick was involved on occasions as a child. For several summers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Brimble |
Aleksandr Semyonovich Panyushkin (; 14 August 1905, Samara – 12 November 1974, Moscow) was Soviet ambassador to the United States (and simultaneously resident) from 1947, transferring in July 1952 to ambassador to China. He headed the First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence) of the KGB from July 1953 to June 1955... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr%20Panyushkin |
Debit card cashback (also known as cash out in Australia and New Zealand) is a service offered to retail customers whereby an amount is added to the total purchase price of a transaction paid by debit card and the customer receives that amount in cash along with the purchase. For example, a customer purchasing $18.99 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit%20card%20cashback |
A damper is a device that deadens, restrains, or depresses. It may refer to:
Music
Damper pedal, a device that mutes musical tones, particularly in stringed instruments
A mute for various brass instruments
Structure
Damper (flow), a mechanical device in a duct or chimney that regulates airflow
Stockbridge damper,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damper |
Mark Thomas Bridges, 3rd Baron Bridges, KCVO (born 25 July 1954), is the solicitor to, among others, the Princess Royal, the Duchy of Lancaster, and formerly Queen Elizabeth II.
He is the son of Thomas Edward Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges. He was educated at Eton College, Berkshire, and at Corpus Christi College, Cambri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Bridges%2C%203rd%20Baron%20Bridges |
Some mortgage lenders, particularly in the United Kingdom, give a one-off lump sum payment to new borrowers at the beginning of a mortgage.
Called cashback, this lump sum is often marketed as free cash, but it is in fact funded by the mortgage interest paid by the borrower.
Amount
The size of the lump sum is depende... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgage%20cashback |
The International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning (IJCAR) is a series of conferences on the topics of automated reasoning, automated deduction, and related fields. It is organized semi-regularly as a merger of other meetings. IJCAR replaces those independent conferences in the years it takes place. The confere... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Joint%20Conference%20on%20Automated%20Reasoning |
Joseph Leutgeb (or Leitgeb; October 6, 1732 – February 27, 1811) was an outstanding horn player of the classical era, a friend and musical inspiration for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn.
Life
Leutgeb was born in Neulerchenfeld, but little is known of his early years. The composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Leutgeb |
Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Wheelchair curling is governed by the World Curling Federation, and is one of the sports in the Winter Paralympic Games.
Overview
Wheelchair curling is played with the same rocks and on the same ice as re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair%20curling |
Hajdukovo (, , ) is a village located in the Subotica municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,482 people (2002 census).
Historical population
1981: 2,829
1991: 2,627
See als... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajdukovo |
Telegraph Hill is a largely residential conservation area bounded by Nunhead and Brockley and is an electoral ward just south of New Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham in southeast London, England.
History
Telegraph Hill rises to around at its highest point and was formerly known as Plowed Garlic Hill. It gain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph%20Hill%2C%20Lewisham |
The 49th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 28, 1977, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Richard Pryor, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, and Warren Beatty. Network and All the President's Men were the two biggest winners of the ceremony with four Oscars ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th%20Academy%20Awards |
Wisma Putra is a metonym for the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is also the name of the RM170 million Ministry of Foreign Affairs complex located at the country's administrative capital, Putrajaya.
The name Wisma Putra was given to the original Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Jalan Wisma Putra, Kual... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisma%20Putra |
Philip St. John Russell, FRS, (born March 25, 1953, in Belfast) is Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, Germany. His area of research covers "photonics and new materials", in particular the examination of new optical materials, especially of photonic crystal fibres, and m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Russell%20%28physicist%29 |
The House of Clare was a prominent Anglo-Norman noble house that held at various times the earldoms of Pembroke, Hertford and Gloucester in England and Wales, as well as playing a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland.
They were descended from Richard Fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare (1035-1090), a kinsman of Wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Clare |
In the United States, a master limited partnership (MLP) or publicly traded partnership (PTP) is a publicly traded entity taxed as a partnership. It combines the tax benefits of a partnership with the liquidity of publicly traded securities.
To obtain the tax benefits of a pass through, MLPs must generate at least 90%... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20limited%20partnership |
Janne Mikael Happonen (born 18 June 1984) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 2001 to 2014, representing Puijo Ski Club.
Career
Happonen made his World Cup debut on 23 November 2001 in Kuopio, finishing an impressive eleventh in the individual large hill competition. Five years later he scored his first W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janne%20Happonen |
Dog & Butterfly is the fourth studio album by American rock band Heart, released in September 1978, by Portrait Records, following a legal dispute with Mushroom Records over the release of the band's second studio album, Magazine, in April 1978. Dog & Butterfly peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 and has been c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog%20%26%20Butterfly%20%28album%29 |
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Phi2 Pavonis (φ2 Pav, φ2 Pavonis) is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Pavo (the Peacock). It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.10. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 40.55 mas as seen from Earth, it is located 80.4 light years ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi2%20Pavonis |
Bernard Cooper (October 3, 1951) is an American novelist, essayist and short story writer. His writings are in part autobiographical and influenced by his own experiences as a gay man. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and five volumes of The Best American Essays. Two of Cooper's novels have receiv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Cooper |
Antonio Lombardo (c.1458–1516) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor.
Life
Lombardo was born in Venice, the son of Pietro Lombardo and brother of Tullio Lombardo. The Lombardo family worked together to sculpt church decorations and tombs such as the funerary monument of Pietro Mocenigo. Their work can be observed in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Lombardo%20%28sculptor%29 |
Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov (; 9 February 1913 – 3 December 1987) was a Soviet polar explorer who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1955 for heading the station "North Pole 4" for a year starting in April 1954. He led the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition and one of the first manned drifting ice station... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny%20Tolstikov |
Bébé le Strange is the fifth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on February 14, 1980, by Epic Records. It was the first album without founding member Roger Fisher on lead guitar, who had left the band months prior along with his brother Michael.
The album was a commercial success, peaking at number fiv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9b%C3%A9%20le%20Strange |
The Seri Bestari Bridge () is a large arch bridge in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The eastern end of the bridge starts in Precinct 16 and the western end starts near Wisma Putra on Core Island.
The bridge has a total length of 152.6 meters with a main span of 60 meters.
See also
Transport in Malaysia
Bridges in Putrajaya | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seri%20Bestari%20Bridge |
BMG Heritage Records was the record label of the BMG Strategic Marketing Group reissue division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment which handled the reissue of recordings first issued on the RCA Victor, Arista, Buddah, Windham Hill and Jive Records (when BMG bought Zomba in 2003), as well as other labels BMG or predecesso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMG%20Heritage%20Records |
The Seri Bakti Bridge () is one of the main bridges in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The bridge links the secondary road to Seri Satria, the Deputy Prime Minister's Residence, connecting the Government Precinct in the north to Precinct 16 in the south.
The concept design was developed from several shorter span, with a precast ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seri%20Bakti%20Bridge |
Tullio Lombardo (c. 1455 – November 17, 1532), also known as Tullio Solari, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. He was the brother of Antonio Lombardo and son of Pietro Lombardo. The Lombardo family worked together to sculpt famous Catholic churches and tombs. The church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo contains the Monumen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio%20Lombardo |
Woodville Historic District in Woodville, Mississippi is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was initially listed in 1982 and expanded on three later occasions. It includes Office and Banking House of West Feliciana Railroad and it may include Rosemont (Woodville, Mississippi), bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville%20Historic%20District%20%28Woodville%2C%20Mississippi%29 |
Seri Setia Bridge is a main bridge in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
The Seri Setia Bridge is located in the southeastern corner of Putrajaya, providing a vital link between Precinct 19 and the Commercial Precinct and the main route to the core island from the southeast. Made up of eight equal spans of 30 metres each, the bridg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seri%20Setia%20Bridge |
Greatest Hits/Live is a compilation album of greatest hits, live recordings and new tracks by American rock band Heart, released on November 29, 1980, by Epic Records. The album was issued in North America as a double LP. The first disc is a collection of the band's greatest hits, while the second is mostly a live albu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest%20Hits/Live |
Gordon Sherman Haight (6 February 1901 in Muskegon, Michigan – 28 December 1985 in Woodbridge, Connecticut) was an American professor of English at Yale University from 1950 to 1968. He was the author of George Eliot: A Biography and the editor of The George Eliot Letters.
"[Haight] was completely absorbed in the life... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20S.%20Haight |
Elyasaf Kowner () (born 1970) is an Israeli interdisciplinary artist who explores issues of abuse, loss, control and love for people. He has made over 30 poetic short films that were screened in festivals and museums internationally. Kowner was described as a "multidisciplinary who can convert anything to art, design,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elyasaf%20Kowner |
Belo Blato (; or ; , , , or ) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 1,477 people (2002 census).
Name
In Serbian the village is known as Belo Blat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belo%20Blato |
Route 49 is a state route in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Known as Podunk Pike, the highway runs from U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in Sturbridge north to Route 9 in Spencer. Route 49 provides a connection between US 20 and Route 9 in southwestern Worcester County.
Route description
Route 49 begins at US 20 (Charlton Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%20Route%2049 |
Jennifer Lucy Bate (11 November 1944 – 25 March 2020) was a British concert organist. She is known for recording the complete organ works by Olivier Messiaen, guided by the composer, but also recorded, among others, English organ music, and the complete organ works of César Franck, Felix Mendelssohn and Peter Dickinso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Bate |
Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin (; 3 November 1911 – 2007) was a Soviet oceanologist, geographer and polar explorer. He was a leader of the Fourth Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the Seventh Soviet Antarctic Expedition. He also worked on the North Pole-4 drifting ice station (1954–1957) in the Arctic Ocean. Dralkin died ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr%20Dralkin |
Private Audition is the sixth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on May 20, 1982, by Epic Records. The album reached number 25 on the US Billboard 200, spending 14 weeks on the chart. It spawned the single "This Man Is Mine", which peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is the last Heart album... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private%20Audition |
Shispare () is one of the high mountain peaks of the Batura Muztagh, the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram range in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.
Alternate forms of the name of this peak include Shispare Sar, Shisparé Sari "Fiak Ting" فیاک ٹنگ or Tegh Sar تیغ سر (which means means Sharp Head in the loca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shispare |
Piano Sonata No. 11 may refer to:
Piano Sonata No. 11 (Beethoven)
Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart)
Piano Sonata No. 11 (Prokofiev) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano%20Sonata%20No.%2011 |
MS Westerdam is a owned by Holland America Line. She is the third ship of the class to be operated by the line, as well as being the third ship to bear the name Westerdam. Her sister ships are , , and . The beginning of the four ships' names represent the four directions of the compass in Dutch.
Construction and car... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS%20Westerdam |
Đurđevo (; ; ) is a village located in the Žabalj municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 5,137 people (2002 census). Besides Serbs (numbering 3,538 people), the village also has a la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90ur%C4%91evo |
The 48th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 29, 1976, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, and Gene Kelly. This year, ABC took over broadcast rights from NBC and has maintained the rights to thi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th%20Academy%20Awards |
Paralympic cross-country skiing is an adaptation of cross-country skiing for athletes with disabilities. Paralympic cross-country skiing is one of two Nordic skiing disciplines in the Winter Paralympic Games; the other is biathlon. Competition is governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Classification... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralympic%20cross-country%20skiing |
Passionworks is the seventh studio album by American rock band Heart, released in August 1983, by Epic Records. The album marks a shift in musical direction from hard rock and folk to mainstream rock. It is the first Heart album to feature Denny Carmassi and Mark Andes, who had replaced longtime members Mike Derosier a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passionworks |
"Wissenschaft des Judentums" (literally in German the expression means "Science of Judaism"; more recently in the United States it started to be rendered as "Jewish Studies" or "Judaic Studies," a wide academic field of inquiry in American universities) refers to a nineteenth-century movement premised on the critical i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wissenschaft%20des%20Judentums |
Marshall Maynard Fredericks (January 31, 1908 – April 4, 1998) was an American sculptor known for such works as Fountain of Eternal Life, The Spirit of Detroit, Man and the Expanding Universe Fountain, and many others.
Early life and education
Fredericks was born of Scandinavian descent in Rock Island, Illinois, on Ja... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%20Fredericks |
Knock (French title: Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine) is a 1923 French satirical play about modern medicine, written by Jules Romains. It was performed for the first time at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on 15 December 1923 in a production by Louis Jouvet. The play was presented with set designs by a youn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock%20%28play%29 |
Heart is the eighth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on June 21, 1985, by Capitol Records. The album continued the band's transition into mainstream rock, a genre that yielded the band its greatest commercial success. Marking the band's Capitol Records debut, it became Heart's only album to top the US... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart%20%28Heart%20album%29 |
Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. The sport evolved from the efforts of disabled veterans in Germany and Austria during and after the Second World War. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee Sports Committee. The primary equipment used in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para-alpine%20skiing |
The XML Bookmark Exchange Language (XBEL), is an open XML standard for sharing Internet URIs, also known as bookmarks (or favorites in Internet Explorer).
An example of XBEL use is the XBELicious application, which stores Del.icio.us bookmarks in XBEL format. The Galeon, Konqueror, Arora and Midori web browsers use XB... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBEL |
The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research is a research institute of the University of Cambridge in England.
History
The institute was established in 1990 through a benefaction from the late Dr Daniel McLean McDonald, a successful industrialist: the endowment totalled approximately £11 million. McDonald (1905... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%20Institute%20for%20Archaeological%20Research |
Bad Animals is the ninth studio album by American rock band Heart, released in May 1987, by Capitol Records. The album continues the mainstream hard rock style from the band's 1985 self-titled release, all while enjoying similar success. It peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 in August 1987, and at number seve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Animals |
The A36 is a road in Northern Ireland. It travels through County Antrim, connecting the large towns of Ballymena and Larne.
The road is a single-carriageway primary route.
Route
The A36 commences at the Junction 10 roundabout of the M2 Ballymena by-pass. The road passes through the village of Moorfields, the hamlets... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A36%20road%20%28Northern%20Ireland%29 |
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