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List of Antarctic expeditions by the Soviet Union is a list of expeditions from the Soviet Union to Antarctica.
Expeditions ordered by date
See also
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
List of Antarctic expeditions
List of Russian explorers
List
Expeditions by the Soviet Union
Soviet Antarctic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Soviet%20Antarctic%20expeditions |
Several tropical nations have participated in the Winter Olympics despite not having the climate for winter sports. Partly because of that, their entries are a subject of human interest stories during the Games. No tropical nation has ever won a Winter Olympic medal.
The first warm-weather, but not tropical, nation p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20nations%20at%20the%20Winter%20Olympics |
In Ancient Rome the month of March was the traditional start of the campaign season, and the Tubilustrium was a ceremony to make the army fit for war. The ceremony involved sacred trumpets called tubae.
Johannes Quasten, however, argues that the common term for war trumpets being tubae is not the same as the tubi for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubilustrium |
Rotersand is a German electronic music act, formed in September 2002 by musician/producer Gun and singer Rascal with dance music producer/DJ Krischan J.E. Wesenberg joining them shortly after. Rotersand's music can generally be described as futurepop; the band themselves refer to it as "industrial pop."
History
Prior ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotersand |
"Into the Void" is a song by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1971 on their album Master of Reality. An early version of "Into the Void" called "Spanish Sid" was released on the deluxe edition of Master of Reality. It is written in the key of C# minor.
Various artists have covered the song, includin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into%20the%20Void%20%28Black%20Sabbath%20song%29 |
Memorial City Mall is a large shopping mall in Houston, Texas, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Houston at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Gessner Road. The mall is in the Memorial City Management District, whose official legal name is the "Harris County Municipal Management District No. 1" un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial%20City%20Mall |
Karel Štěch (1908–1982) was a famous Czechoslovak landscape painter, graphic designer, woodcutter, and illustrator popular during the Communist era of Czechoslovakia.
External links
Woodcuts
Further Work
1908 births
1982 deaths
Czechoslovak painters | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel%20%C5%A0t%C4%9Bch |
John Wilson was the Anglicized name of Captain Frederick Walgren, (8 July 1851-5 August 1899) a Swedish sailor and o-yatoi gaikokujin (foreign professional) who was active in the development of British-Japanese ties in the late 19th century.
Walgren was born in Genarp, Skåne, Sweden on 8 July 1851. He entered into B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Wilson%20%28Swedish%20sailor%29 |
55 Degrees North is a BBC television drama series starring Don Gilet as DS Nicky Cole, a London detective relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne after exposing police corruption. Dervla Kirwan co-stars as Claire Maxwell, an ambitious solicitor.
The first series was originally broadcast on BBC1 in 2004, with the second serie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55%20Degrees%20North |
Tiffany Pollard (born January 6, 1982) is an American television personality. She came to public prominence for her participation on the first two seasons of VH1's Flavor of Love (2006–2007). Pollard was given the nickname "New York" by rapper Flavor Flav. She is also known colloquially by her self-proclaimed nickname ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany%20Pollard |
Spender is a British television police procedural drama, created by Ian La Frenais and Jimmy Nail, that first broadcast on 8 January 1991 on BBC1. The series, which also starred Nail as the titular character, ran for three series between 1991 and 1993, finishing with a feature-length special, The French Collection, bro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spender |
World War II postal acronyms were first used to convey messages between servicemen and their sweethearts back home. They were usually written on the back of an envelope.
The acronyms, possibly including some more recent additions, include:
S.W.A.L.K. — Sealed With A Loving Kiss. A variant is S.W.A.K. ("Sealed With A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20War%20II%20postal%20acronyms |
Harvey Newcomb (September 2, 1803 – August 30, 1863) was an American clergyman and writer.
He was born in Thetford, Vermont. He removed to western New York in 1818, engaged in teaching for eight years, and from 1826 till 1831 edited several journals, of which the last was the Christian Herald.
For the ten following y... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%20Newcomb |
Pittsburg is a town in southern Polk County, Florida, United States at Latitude 27.65361 and Longitude: -81.50278, named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its elevation is . It was mostly known for phosphate mining and a heavy industry rail spur (since abandoned), used mainly for transporting pho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20Florida |
Nico and Dani () is a 2000 Spanish film about the sexual awakening of two teenagers, as one comes to terms with his homosexuality and the other with his heterosexuality. The Spanish title refers to a form of mutual masturbation that the two practice.
Filming took place in the Catalan town of Castelldefels and in vario... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico%20and%20Dani |
Kangilinnguit or Kangilínguit, formerly Grønnedal , is a settlement and location of a former naval base in Greenland's Sermersooq municipality, located at the mouth of Arsuk Fjord in southwestern Greenland. The settlement had 160 inhabitants in 2010, most of whom are Danish Navy personnel, attached to Island Command Gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangilinnguit |
Emery L. Frazier (September 24, 1896 – April 24, 1973) was a Kentucky politician who served as secretary of the United States Senate.
Born in Railey Station in Woodford County, Kentucky, he interrupted his studies at the University of Kentucky in 1917 to enlist in the Army. After serving during World War I, he complet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emery%20L.%20Frazier |
James McNally is a British musician, composer and producer, formerly of the bands Afro Celt Sound System, the Pogues, Storm. and Dingle Spike.
He released a solo album, Everybreath, in 2008, which included covers of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and The Police's "Every Breath You Take".
Awards
M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20McNally%20%28musician%29 |
Henry Cooke (c. 1616 – 13 July 1672) commonly known as Captain Cooke, was an English composer, choirmaster and singer. He was a boy chorister in the Chapel Royal and by the outbreak of the English Civil War was a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. He joined the Royalist cause, in the service of which he rose to the rank of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Cooke%20%28composer%29 |
Carroll County Public Schools is a school district based in Westminster, Maryland. CCPS is the ninth largest county in the state of Maryland. Nearly 26,000 students are enrolled in the county's public schools. The school system includes all of Carroll County, Maryland.
Leadership
The schools are administered by super... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll%20County%20Public%20Schools%20%28Maryland%29 |
Carroll County Public Schools may refer to:
Carroll County Public Schools (Kentucky)
Carroll County Public Schools (Maryland)
Carroll County Public Schools (Virginia), see
Carroll County School District (Georgia)
Carroll County School District (Mississippi) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll%20County%20Public%20Schools |
Tomteboda is a place in northern Stockholm, Sweden, known for its mail terminal and its shunting yard. A new railway tunnel for commuters has been built between Stockholm South Station and Tomteboda.
See also
Stockholm commuter rail
Swedish Railway Museum
External links
Tomteboda hösten 2001 and 2003 informatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomteboda |
Lisa Baker may refer to:
Lisa Baker, Playboy Playmate of the Month for November 1966, and Playmate of the Year for 1967
Lisa Baker, Australian arts administrator, on the board of the Music Australia Council
Lisa Baker (Australian politician) (born 1958)
Lisa Baker (Pennsylvania politician) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Baker |
Pod, released May 4, 2004 by Real World Records, is a remix album by Afro Celt Sound System of their first three albums, Volume 1: Sound Magic, Volume 2: Release, and Volume 3: Further in Time, done by members of the band and new artists as well, including some songs previously unavailable. It is also accompanied by a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pod%20%28Afro%20Celt%20Sound%20System%20album%29 |
Oriflame Holding AG is a Swedish-Swiss multinational multi-level marketing company that sells beauty and personal care products directly to consumers online through a network of independent sellers.
History
Oriflame was founded on January 1, 1967, in Sweden by brothers Jonas af Jochnick and Robert af Jochnick, and th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriflame |
Dr. Moheb Ramzi Stino was the Minister of Tourism and Aviation for Egypt under Anwar Sadat. His brother, Dr. Kamal Stino, was Vice-Prime Minister under Nasser. His other brother, Charles Stino, was the vice Minister of Industry, under Nasser.
References
Egyptian people of Coptic descent
Coptic politicians
Living peo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moheb%20Stino |
WSOE is a non-commercial student-run college radio station based at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina that broadcasts at 89.3fm. The station serves as a creative outlet for students and as a means for students to develop skills for professional broadcast careers. WSOE offers a variety of opportunities in music sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSOE |
Comair Flight 3272 was a Comair flight from Cincinnati to Detroit on Thursday, January 9, 1997. While on approach for landing, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft crashed nose-down southwest of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport at 15:54 EST. All 29 aboard, 26 passengers and three crew members, were killed.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comair%20Flight%203272 |
Black Dawn is a helicopter-combat simulation, published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment. It was released on the Sony PlayStation in 1996, and the Sega Saturn in 1997.
Plot
Set in 1998, the player controls a helicopter ace recruited into a black ops counterterrorism strike force named Operation Black Dawn. The play... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Dawn%20%28video%20game%29 |
SemBioSys Genetics Inc. was a development stage agricultural biotechnology company. It utilized its patented safflower pharming platform to develop and make proteins and oils for the nutraceutical, functional food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. A University of Calgary spin-off (1994), SemBioSys became a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SemBioSys%20Genetics |
Thomas Seccombe (1866–1923) was a miscellaneous English writer and, from 1891 to 1901, assistant editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, in which he wrote over 700 entries. A son of physician and episcopus vagans John Thomas Seccombe, he was educated at Felsted and Balliol College, Oxford, taking a first in Mod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Seccombe |
Yellow is a color.
Yellow may also refer to:
Biology
Clouded yellow, a common name for a butterfly in genus Colias
Grass yellow, a common name for a butterfly in genus Eurema
Yellow, a common name for a butterfly in subfamily Coliadinae
Yellow baboon, Papio cynocephalus, a species of baboon
Books and comics
Yel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Hallal may refer to:
Root of the Hebrew word Hallelujah
Alternate spelling of Arabic word Halal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallal |
Elizabeth Myers is an American musician, composer, pianist and singer. She co-wrote the Eddie Money song "Shakin'", but is best known for her collaborations with her husband, John Trivers on the music for several award-winning commercials and films. Their music company Trivers Myers Music, established in 1984, has com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz%20Myers |
The Best of Branigan is a greatest hits compilation by singer Laura Branigan to be released in the United States. The 1995 anthology collection also marked the end of Branigan's relationship with her record label, Atlantic Records. Of the thirteen tracks, eight had charted, including her major hit singles "Gloria", "S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Best%20of%20Branigan |
PorSuiGieco y su Banda de Avestruces Domadas, also known as Porsuigieco or PorSuiGieco, was an Argentine folk rock supergroup consisting of Charly García, Nito Mestre (from Sui Generis), León Gieco, Raúl Porchetto and María Rosa Yorio (Garcia's wife). The band was active only in 1975. The only album that they released ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PorSuiGieco |
Henry Knollys Foster MBE (30 October 1873 – 23 June 1950) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University and Worcestershire. He first played for Worcestershire in 1888 at the age of only 14.
The oldest of seven brothers who played cricket for Worcestershire, Foster was a forceful right-handed m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Foster%20%28cricketer%29 |
WGTB is a student-run internet radio station at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
History
The station was founded as an AM station in 1946 by the Reverend Francis J. Heyden, S.J., and moved to FM in 1960. In the late 1960s and through the 1970s, the station attracted attention in the Washington, D.C. area for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGTB |
Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin (January 12, 1895 – March 31, 1952) was an American football player and coach at the collegiate and professional level. He played college football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he was a three-time All-American at quarterback, and led the Centre Praying Colonels to an upset vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%20McMillin |
Brian Ash (born September 29, 1974 in Bronx, New York) is an American producer and screenwriter.
Brian Ash is a writer and co-executive producer of Black Dynamite: The Animated Series on Adult Swim and the author of the graphic novel, Black Dynamite: Slave Island.
Previously, Ash was a writer and producer of Adult S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Ash |
John Trivers (born 1946) is an American songwriter and musician, the recipient of gold and platinum records for his involvement with Blue Öyster Cult and Tina Turner, and the co-writer with his wife and partner Elizabeth Myers of several popular themes for commercials, television programs, and film scores.
Biography
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Trivers |
A superocean is an ocean that surrounds a supercontinent. It is less commonly defined as any ocean larger than the current Pacific Ocean. Named global superoceans include Mirovia, which surrounded the supercontinent Rodinia, and Panthalassa, which surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea. Pannotia and Columbia, along with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superocean |
Volume 5: Anatomic is Afro Celt Sound System's fifth album, released on October 4, 2005 by Real World Records.
Track listing
"When I Still Needed You"
"My Secret Bliss"
"Mojave"
"Sené (Working The Land)"
"Beautiful Rain"
"Anatomic"
"Mother"
"Dhol Dogs"
"Drake"
References
Anatomic
Anatomic
Real World Records... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume%205%3A%20Anatomic |
Streptomycetaceae is a family of Actinomycetota, making up the monotypic order Streptomycetales. It includes the important genus Streptomyces. This was the original source of many antibiotics, namely streptomycin, the first antibiotic against tuberculosis.
Genomics
Sequence alignments of actinomycetotal genomes have l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptomycetaceae |
Pittsburg is a former mining town from the late 19th century located about 9 miles north of Crested Butte, Colorado. While Pittsburg is sometimes considered a ghost town, none of the original structures still exist. The only cabins that still exist in the area were built after 1973 and are strictly summer vacation home... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20Colorado |
The 51st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1978 and took place on April 9, 1979, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (common... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st%20Academy%20Awards |
Spectrum is the debut solo album by jazz fusion drummer Billy Cobham.
The song "Stratus" appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV of the radio station "Fusion FM", as well as being the main sample in the Massive Attack hit "Safe from Harm".
Recording
The recording process took place at Electric Lady Studios. Acc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum%20%28Billy%20Cobham%20album%29 |
Robert of Chester (Latin: Robertus Castrensis) was an English Arabist of the 12th century. He translated several historically important books from Arabic to Latin, such as:
Book on the Composition of Alchemy (): translated in 1144, this was the first book on alchemy to become available in Europe
Compendious Book on C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20of%20Chester |
Queenborough Castle, also known as Sheppey Castle, is a 14th-century castle, the remnants of which are in the town of Queenborough on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent in England. The castle and the associated planned town were built on the orders of King Edward III from 1361 and named in honour his wife, Queen Philippa. It wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenborough%20Castle |
Aileen Francis Paterson (née Henderson) MBE (30 November 1934 – 23 March 2018) was a Scottish writer and illustrator, best known for her series of children's books about Maisie MacKenzie, the kitten.
Biography
Aileen Paterson was born in the Fife town of Burntisland to William and Helen Henderson. As a child, she mov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen%20Paterson |
Gladys Swain (1945–1993) was a French psychiatrist who is remembered today for her books about the history of french Psychiatry and her critique of the views of Michel Foucault on the changing attitudes towards madness in western civilization.
Swain's best known works are Le subject de la folie (1977), Dialogue avec l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys%20Swain |
The blue knifefish (Labracoglossa nitida) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a member of the subfamily Scorpidinae of the sea chub family Kyphosidae. It is native to the Pacific Ocean waters off eastern Australia over to New Zealand, where it occurs at depths reaching from the surface to in inshore waters over r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20knifefish |
Baltasar and Blimunda (, 1982) is a novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author José Saramago.
It is an 18th-century love story intertwined with the construction of the Convent of Mafra, now one of Portugal's chief tourist attractions, as a background. Two young lovers interact naturally with historical charact... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltasar%20and%20Blimunda |
Christen Christensen (9 September 1845 – 16 November 1923) was a Norwegian shipyard and ship-owner. He was the founder and chairman of the world's largest whaling company, A/S Oceana.
Early life
Christen Christensen was born in Sandefjord, as a son of ship-owner Søren Lorentz Christensen (1810–1862) and his wife Othil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christen%20Christensen%20%28shipowner%29 |
Wenzel Lorenz Reiner (; 8 August 1686 or 1689 – 9 October 1743) was a Baroque painter who lived and died in Prague, Bohemia.
Gallery
External links
Short biography
Gallery
Neue Deutsche Biographie
1689 births
1743 deaths
German Bohemian people
18th-century German painters
18th-century German male artists
German ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzel%20Lorenz%20Reiner |
Latris may refer to:
Latris, a Greek word meaning "slave"
Latris, an island in the Bay of Kiel
Latris (fish), a genus of fish in the family Latridae | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latris |
Örebro Airport is located 10 kilometers southwest of Örebro and is Sweden's 23rd-largest passenger airport and the fourth-largest cargo airport. It was opened in 1979. The airport handled approximately 150,000 passengers in 2019.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
The following airlines operate regular scheduled a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rebro%20Airport |
Ryan Molloy (born 21 November 1972) is a British actor, singer and songwriter. He has been successful in stage and musical theatre at West End and Broadway, appearing in a number of hit musicals, like Taboo, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Tonight's the Night, Godspell and six years in Jersey Boys playing as Frankie Valli ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Molloy |
The Fourth Soviet Antarctic Expedition was an expedition in Antarctica led by Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin.
According to Soviet News:
The expedition ... made a scientific trek from the shores of the Indian Ocean to the Geographical South Pole and back, covering a distance of nearly 2500 miles to the Vostok Station.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th%20Soviet%20Antarctic%20Expedition |
James Oliver Richardson (born 29 May 1966 in Bristol) is an English television presenter and journalist.
He is best known as a former presenter of Channel 4's Football Italia programme and former host of The Guardian Football Weekly podcast. He currently hosts BT Sport's The UEFA Champions League Goals Show, World's S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Richardson%20%28presenter%29 |
Monika Zehrt (later Landgraf, born 29 September 1952) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400m. At the 1972 Olympics she won gold medals in the individual 400m and 4 × 400m relay, setting an Olympic and a world record, respectively. Zehrt also won relay golds at the 1971 European Championships and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika%20Zehrt |
The 52nd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1979 and took place on April 14, 1980, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (common... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd%20Academy%20Awards |
Abramo Basevi (December 1818 – November 1885) was an Italian musicologist and composer.
Basevi was born in Livorno. He began as a physician in Florence (1858) but then devoted himself exclusively to music. His first attempts as a composer failed but in time he composed operas (Romilda ed Ezzelino 1840; and Enrico How... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abramo%20Basevi |
The Ferrari Mythos is a mid-engine, rear wheel drive concept car based on the mechanical underpinnings of the Ferrari Testarossa. Designed by Italian design house Pininfarina and developed by automobile manufacturer Ferrari, its world premiere was at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show.
Design
The design was implemented on the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari%20Mythos |
King George Secondary School is a public secondary school located in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The school is located in the West End, with two elementary schools feeding in. Some students are from other areas of Vancouver who wish to be in a smaller school environment.
Since July 2006, King... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20George%20Secondary%20School |
Lützelflüh is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the Swiss canton of Bern.
History
Lützelflüh is first mentioned in 1225 as Lucelfluo.
The area around Lützelflüh was probably inhabited during the Roman era. However, only a single hoard of coins has been discovered, near the ruins of Brandi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCtzelfl%C3%BCh |
Double disk or double-disk may refer to:
Double album, a double CD album
Double Album (NOFX Album), 2022
Double-disk diffusion test
Vertisoft DoubleDisk, a DOS disk compression software by Vertisoft | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20disk |
A telegraph hill is a hill or other natural elevation that is chosen as part of an optical telegraph system.
Telegraph Hill may also refer to:
England
A high point in the Haldon Hills, Devon
Telegraph Hill, Dorset, a hill in the Dorset Downs
A hill in the Chalk Downs of Hamphire
Telegraph Hill, Hertfordshire, a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph%20Hill |
Shahpura is a town and district headquarters of Shahpura district, near the city of Bhilwara, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was made a district on 17 March 2023.
Governance
Shahpura is a Municipality city and district headquarters of Shahpura district, Rajasthan. Shahpura city is divided into 35 wards for whic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahpura%2C%20Bhilwara |
The 53rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1980 and took place on March 31, 1981, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled to take place originally on the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd%20Academy%20Awards |
The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) is an international sports organisation that governs sports for athletes with physical impairments.
IWAS is a registered charity with its headquarters located at Aylesbury College in Buckinghamshire. It is the international governing body for the Paraly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Wheelchair%20and%20Amputee%20Sports%20Federation |
Michael Therriault is a Canadian actor. He attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Sheridan College in Oakville, and was a member of the inaugural season of the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training in Stratford, Ontario.
Life and career
After spending seven seasons at the Stratford Festival... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Therriault |
Alén Diviš (26 April 190015 November 1956) was a Czech painter known for his melancholic art. Having spent much of his life abroad, often working in solitude, he remained rather unknown during his life but has had a postmortem revival in the art world.
Early life and career
Diviš was born in Blato u Poděbrady but in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%A9n%20Divi%C5%A1 |
Aloândia is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 1,986 in 2020 and the municipal area was 102.1 km2, one of the smallest in the state of Goiás.
Geographical information
Aloândia is located in the Meia Ponte Microregion, 35 kilometers south of Pontalina and 35 kilometers west of the importan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alo%C3%A2ndia |
Ephraim Downs (1787–1860) was an early America wooden movement clockmaker. In business from 1810 through 1842, he worked with Eli Terry, Silas Hoadley, and Seth Thomas in the early Connecticut clock trade.
During the 1830s, Ephraim supplied nearly seven thousand wood-movement clocks to the wholesale trade. Eighty perc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim%20Downs |
Osmani Urrutia Ramírez (also spelled Osmany) (born June 29, 1976 in Jobabo, Las Tunas Province, Cuba) is a Cuban baseball player. He plays right field for the Las Tunas Magos of the Cuban National Series and for the Cuba national baseball team.
Career in Cuba
Playing for Las Tunas, Urrutia hit over .400 in the Cuban N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmani%20Urrutia |
The grey knifefish (Bathystethus cultratus) is a species of sea chub native to the Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands. This species is a plankton eater which swims constantly within a few meters of the surface of the ocean. This species can reach a length of .
References
Scorpidina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey%20knifefish |
Leslie Lincoln Henson (3 August 1891 – 2 December 1957) was an English comedian, actor, singer producer for films and theatre, and film director. He initially worked in silent films and Edwardian musical comedy and became a popular music hall comedian who enjoyed a long stage career. He was famous for his bulging eyes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Henson |
Maria Amalia (Maria Amalia Josepha Johanna Antonia; 26 February 1746 – 18 June 1804) was duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla by marriage to Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma. She was born an archduchess of Austria as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.
Early life
Maria Amalia, known as Amélie, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Amalia%2C%20Duchess%20of%20Parma |
World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR) is the international governing body for the sport of wheelchair rugby.
WWR is a volunteer-run organisation that supervises the international competitions and development of wheelchair rugby.
It was created in 1993 as a sport section of the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sport... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Wheelchair%20Rugby |
James Henry Cecil Collins MBE (23 March 1908 – 4 June 1989) was an English painter and printmaker, originally associated with the Surrealist movement.
Life and works
Collins was born in Plymouth and worked first as a mechanic at a firm based in Devonport. From 1924 to 1927 he attended Plymouth School of Art. In 1927 h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil%20Collins%20%28artist%29 |
Pryce may refer to:
Surname
David Pryce-Jones (born 1936), British author and commentator
Deborah Pryce (born 1951), United States, Ohio congresswoman
Guto Pryce (born 1972), Welsh bass guitarist for Super Furry Animals
Sir John Pryce, 1st Baronet (c. 1596–c. 1657), Welsh parliamentarian
Jonathan Pryce (born 1947), We... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pryce |
Newlands is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in the province of Gauteng.
History
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Waterval. The suburb was established in 1897 by J.J.P. Ackermann.
See also
Newlands, a suburb o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newlands%2C%20Johannesburg |
Clare Castle is a high-mounted ruinous medieval castle in the parish and former manor of Clare in Suffolk, England, anciently the caput of a feudal barony. It was built shortly after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by Richard Fitz Gilbert, having high motte and bailey and later improved in stone. In the 14th ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare%20Castle |
The 54th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1981 and took place on March 29, 1982, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (common... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th%20Academy%20Awards |
A treefall gap is a distinguishable hole in the canopy of a forest with vertical sides extending through all levels down to an average height of above ground. These holes occur as result of a fallen tree or large limb. The ecologist who developed this definition used two meters because he believed that "a regrowth hei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treefall%20gap |
Parkview School can refer to:
Parkview Community College of Technology — Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England
Parkview High School (Georgia) — Lilburn, Georgia
Parkview High School (Missouri) — Springfield, Missouri
Parkview High School (Wisconsin) — Orfordville, Wisconsin
Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School —... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkview%20School |
Pittsburg, Georgia refers to three places in the state of Georgia in the United States:
Pittsburgh, Georgia (Fulton County)
Pittsburg, Georgia (DeKalb County)
Pittsburg, Georgia (Walker County) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20Georgia |
Black Dawn (also known as Foreigner 2: Black Dawn) is a 2005 American action film directed by Alexander Gruszynski in his feature film directorial debut. It was produced by, and stars, Steven Seagal, who reprises his role as Jonathan Cold. It is a follow-up to the 2003 film The Foreigner.
Plot
Jonathan Cold is a forme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Dawn%20%28film%29 |
Black Dawn may refer to:
Black Dawn (album), a 2016 album by Cactus
Black Dawn (film), a 2005 film starring Steven Seagal
Black Dawn (video game), a PlayStation and Sega Saturn video game
Black Dawn (1993 video game), a 1993 game for the Amiga personal computer; see
Black Dawn, the seventh novel in the Night World ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Dawn |
Daniel Benjamin Adams (born 3 January 1976) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Adams turned professional in 1999 and played for clubs including Macclesfield Town, Stockport County and Huddersfield Town.
On 12 January 2007, the Huddersfield manager Peter Jackson told Adams al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Adams |
Wheelchair rugby league is a wheelchair-based version of rugby league football, one of two recognised disability versions of the sport. It was developed by French rugby league player, coach and official, Wally Salvan in 2004. Unlike other wheelchair sports, people without disabilities are allowed to compete in top-leve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair%20rugby%20league |
Potyvirus is a genus of positive-strand RNA viruses (named after its type species, Potato virus Y (PVY)) in the family Potyviridae. Plants serve as natural hosts. Like begomoviruses, members of this genus may cause significant losses in agricultural, pastoral, horticultural, and ornamental crops. More than 200 species ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potyvirus |
Márta Mészáros (born 19 September 1931) is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. The daughter of László Mészáros, a sculptor, Mészáros began her career working in documentary film, having made 25 documentary shorts over the span of ten years. Her full-length directorial debut, Eltavozott nap/The Girl (1968), was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rta%20M%C3%A9sz%C3%A1ros |
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool is a compilation album in the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series with performers from jazz, pop, rock, and rap. "Stolen Moments" is a jazz standard composed by Oliver Nelson, and is best known for its inclusion on the 1961 album The Blues and the Abstract Truth.
Background
This album was one of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen%20Moments%3A%20Red%20Hot%20%2B%20Cool |
NEHS or Nehs may refer to:
Schools
National Experimental High School, Hsinchu, Taiwan
New Egypt High School, New Jersey, United States
New Era High School, Panchgani, India
Northeast High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), United States
Nueva Ecija High School, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Other... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEHS |
Porsuigieco is the only album by PorSuiGieco, a supergroup consisting of Charly García, Nito Mestre, León Gieco, Raúl Porchetto and María Rosa Yorio, released in 1976. In the first edition of the LP, the song "Antes de Gira" was substituted for a censured song: "El fantasma de Canterville". But, in 1993, the album was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsuigieco%20%28album%29 |
Milwaukee Magazine is a monthly city magazine serving the Milwaukee metropolitan area in Wisconsin, United States. It bills itself as "Southeastern Wisconsin's most authoritative source for Events and Dining," and reports a readership of 200,000.
History and profile
A magazine named Milwaukee (sometimes Milwaukee, the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee%20Magazine |
Kanagae Sanbee () in historical sources, was a Korean potter who is said to have captured and forced to be moved from Korea during Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598). He is considered the father of Arita ware porcelain. He is honored in Sueyama Shrine of Arita as the father of Arita ware.
Popular narrative
Alth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi%20Sam-pyeong |
Martha Stewart Baby was a childcare magazine published between 2000 and 2003. The magazine, of which first issue appeared in March 2000, specialized in projects and topics for parents related to the care of newborns to toddlers. It was published biannually by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
The first issue of Martha ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Stewart%20Baby |
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