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Lechner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alfred James Lechner Jr. (born 1955), American judge
Anton Lechner (1907–1975), German SS officer
Auguste Lechner (1905–2000), Austrian writer
Bernard J. Lechner (1932–2014), American electronics engineer
Corinna Lechner (born 1994), German... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lechner |
Hendrik Jules Joseph "Rik" Daems (born 18 August 1959) is a Belgian painter, wine trader and politician who served as the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2020 to 2022, a 70-year-old body bringing together parliamentarians from 47 nations of the Council of Europe. He is a former mem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik%20Daems |
Nadi Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadi%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
FACTS or F.A.C.T.S. (Fantasy Animation Comics Toys Sciencefiction) is a Belgian speculative fiction convention.
Launched in 1993 in Ghent, it has grown over the years and now welcomes over 30,000 visitors at each edition. From 1998 until 2008 the F.A.C.T.S. convention was held in the I.C.C. in Ghent, Belgium. The 2009... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy%20Anime%20Comics%20Toys%20Space |
Leonid Nikolaevich Gobyato (; 6 February 1875 – 21 May 1915) was a lieutenant-general (awarded posthumously in 1915) in the Imperial Russian Army and designer of the modern, man-portable mortar.
Life and career
Gobyato was born in the city of Taganrog into the noble family of Gobyato. His father, Nikolai Konstantinov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid%20Gobyato |
Ballarat East (initially spelt Ballaarat East) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. Prior to its abolition, it was a 3,323 km² part-urban and part-rural electorate covering areas to the east of the regional centre of Ballarat. It included the Ballarat suburbs of Bal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20district%20of%20Ballarat%20East |
Liberation before education was a slogan of some activists in South Africa from 1976 in rejecting the education offered to black children in Apartheid-era South Africa.
References
External links
From apartheid in education to no education without liberation
Spotlight on missing link in apartheid writing
Apartheid ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation%20before%20education |
The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was the Estadio Panamericano, a multi-use stadium in Havana that holds 50,000 people.
Host city election
Havan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20Pan%20American%20Games |
The Race to the North was the name given by the press to occasions in two summers of the late 19th century when British passenger trains belonging to different companies would literally race each other from London to Edinburgh over the two principal rail trunk routes connecting the English capital city to Scotland – th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race%20to%20the%20North |
Edvin Laine (13 July 1905 – 18 November 1989) was a Finnish film director and actor. Laine was born Bovellán.
Laine directed a comedy Aaltoska orkaniseeraa and family film Sleeping Beauty, both in 1949.
The Unknown Soldier, a film Laine directed in 1955 based on Väinö Linna's novel, was a big sensation in Finland. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvin%20Laine |
There are currently eighteen episodes of Pure Pwnage the web series and eight episodes of a TV series commissioned by Showcase. All the episodes from the original web series are available for streaming on the official Pure Pwnage website. User-contributed subtitles are available in over 30 languages and counting.
Seri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Pure%20Pwnage%20episodes |
Michael James Grant Ireland (born 3 January 1974 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian long track speed skater.
Ireland specialises in the sprint distances (the 500 m and the 1000 m). He participated in the 500 m at the 1994 Winter Olympics (finishing 26th), the 500 m (6th) and 1000 m (14th) at the 2002 Winter Olympics... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Ireland |
Kandel is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Kandel may also refer to:
Kandel (Verbandsgemeinde), a municipality in Germany
Kandel (mountain), a mountain in the Black Forest, Germany
Kandel (surname), including a list of persons with the name
Kandel, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
See also
Ka... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandel%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The optical transfer function (OTF) of an optical system such as a camera, microscope, human eye, or projector specifies how different spatial frequencies are captured or transmitted. It is used by optical engineers to describe how the optics project light from the object or scene onto a photographic film, detector arr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20transfer%20function |
Take a Look Inside is an album by Melbourne-based punk rock outfit, Bodyjar. The line-up were Cameron Baines on guitar, Ben Petterson on vocals and guitar, Grant Relf on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Charles Zerafa on drums. Recorded in 1994 at Sing Sing Studios in Richmond, it was produced and engineered by two... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take%20a%20Look%20Inside%20%28Bodyjar%20album%29 |
Bitch Magnet was an American post-hardcore band who formed in 1986 at Oberlin College in Ohio and later moved to North Carolina, United States. They released their first record in 1988. All of the band's albums were released on Communion Records in the US; they were also signed to the European labels Shigaku/What Goes ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitch%20Magnet |
State Route 167 (SR 167) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California in Mono County. From U.S. Route 395, SR 167 runs along Pole Line Road north of Mono Lake eastward to the Nevada state line where it meets Nevada State Route 359. This road runs almost completely straight, and can be seen almost into the dista... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20State%20Route%20167 |
Albert Wessels (1 October 1908 - 22 July 1991) was a South African industrialist and the founder of Toyota South Africa.
Toyota South Africa can trace its roots back to 1961, when Wessels obtained a permit to import ten Toyopet Stout pickup trucks (popularly known as bakkies in South Africa) from Japan. Toyota product... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Wessels |
Nadroga Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadroga%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Metatorbernite (or meta-torbernite) is a radioactive phosphate mineral, and is a dehydration pseudomorph of torbernite. Chemically, it is a copper uranyl phosphate and usually occurs in the form of green platy deposits. It can form by direct deposition from a supersaturated solution, which produces true crystalline met... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metatorbernite |
Boban and Molly (Malayalam: ബോബനും മോളിയും) are the characters of a political satiric Indian weekly comic series created by VT Thomas (known by the pen name Toms) and is one of the longest uninterruptedly running comic series of the world. It was first published in 1962 and has been in print ever since. Boban and Molly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boban%20and%20Molly |
Rauni Mollberg (April 15, 1929 – October 11, 2007) was a Finnish film director who directed movies and TV movies.
In 1963 Mollberg directed movies for YLE. He directed a version of The Unknown Soldier in 1985, 30 years after Edvin Laine directed the original version of it. Mollberg's movie's plot was same as Laine's m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauni%20Mollberg |
Metal Fırtına () is a 2004 novel by Turkish writers Orkun Uçar and Burak Turna. It became an immediate bestseller in Turkey, with several hundred thousand copies sold as of 2006.
The book gained international attention mainly because of its plot about a war between Turkey and the United States (who are NATO allies) an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal%20F%C4%B1rt%C4%B1na |
Etienne de Rocher is a Berkeley, California-based singer songwriter who plays a unique style of indie rock. His eponymous album was released in 2006.
As of 2021, de Rocher is part of Athens, Georgia-based Haunted Shed.
Studio albums
Etienne de Rocher (2006)
Lazybones (unknown)
References
External links
Musicians ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne%20de%20Rocher |
Michel Mathieu may refer to:
Michel Mathieu (French politician) (1944–2010), High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
Michel Mathieu (Canadian politician) (1838–1916), lawyer, judge and member of the Canadian House of Commons
See also
Michael Mathieu (born 1984), Bahamian sprinter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Mathieu |
David Moore Anderson MHK (born 6 February 1954) is a former Member of the House of Keys for Glenfaba. He also served in a number of ministerial posts on the Isle of Man and is therefore a former member of the Council of Ministers.
Political career
Anderson was elected as a Member of the House of Keys in 2001 for Glen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Anderson%20%28Manx%20politician%29 |
The 1995 Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from March 12 to March 26, 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games' first return to the country that hosted the first Games, in 1951.
Overview
The seaside resort city of Mar del Plata hosted the XII Pan American Games. The city of 600,000... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20Pan%20American%20Games |
The 37 mm gun M3 is the first dedicated anti-tank gun fielded by United States forces in numbers. Introduced in 1940, it became the standard anti-tank gun of the U.S. infantry with its size enabling it to be pulled by a jeep. However, the continuing improvement of German tanks quickly rendered the 37 mm ineffective and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37%20mm%20gun%20M3 |
David Clifford Cretney (born 15 January 1954) is a former Manx politician. He was, until March 2014, Minister of Infrastructure in the Isle of Man Government, and had formerly headed the Departments of Community, Culture & Leisure, Trade & Industry, and Tourism & Leisure. He was a Member of the House of Keys for the Ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Cretney |
This is a list of edible flowers.
See also
List of culinary herbs and spices
List of edible nuts
Flower
Edible flowers
List of useful plants
References
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Illis quorum (Illis quorum meruere labores) (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It") is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society.
The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gustav III, and was first awarded in 1785. Prior to 1975, the medal was awarded by the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illis%20quorum |
Chaldean people may refer to:
Ancient Chaldean people, ancient Semitic people in southern Mesopotamia
Modern Chaldean people, modern self-identification of Chaldean Catholics
See also
Chaldean (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaldean%20people |
Longzhou County Zhuang: Lungzcouh Yen) is a county of southwestern Guangxi, China, bordering Cao Bằng province, Vietnam. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Chongzuo.
Longzhou lies in a circular valley at the junction of the Xun and Gui rivers.
Geography and climate
Longzhou has a monsoon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longzhou%20County |
Dominic Chan Chi-ming (; born 1952) is the former vicar general of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. He also serves as parish priest of the city's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Early life
Chan was born in Yim Tin Tsai, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong in 1952. Chan is of A Hakka ancestry... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic%20Chan |
Jam roly-poly, shirt-sleeve pudding, dead man's arm or dead man's leg is a traditional British pudding probably first created in the early 19th century. It is a flat-rolled suet pudding, which is spread with jam and rolled up, similar to a Swiss roll, then steamed or baked and traditionally served with custard. In day... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam%20roly-poly |
Graeme Paul Knowles (born 25 September 1951) is a retired Anglican bishop. He served latterly as the Acting Dean of St Edmundsbury, having previously served as Bishop of Sodor and Man and as Dean of St Paul's.
Biography
Knowles was educated at Dunstable Grammar School and King's College London, spending his final yea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme%20Knowles |
The following are the association football events of the year 2001 throughout the world.
Events
UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich won 5–4 on penalties in the final against Valencia after a 1–1 draw at the end of the match. This was Bayern Munich's 4th European Cup title.
Copa Libertadores 2001: Won by Boca Juniors ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20in%20association%20football |
is an animated Japanese propaganda film produced in 1942 by Geijutsu Eigasha and released March 25, 1943. Running at 37 minutes, it was close to being feature-length, but it was not the first animated feature film in Asia; that honor goes to China's 1941 Princess Iron Fan, which was 73 minutes long. A DVD version witho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D%20no%20Umiwashi |
Melincué is a town (comuna) in the south of the , 287 km from the provincial capital. It has about 2,200 inhabitants as per the and it is the head town of the General López Department. It was founded in 1872 and recognized officially as a town on 3 September 1986.
Melincué is located immediately north of an endorheic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melincu%C3%A9 |
Margaret Ladd (born November 8, 1942) is an American actress, best known for her role as Emma Channing in the CBS primetime soap opera, Falcon Crest (1981–90).
Life and career
Ladd was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She began acting on the 1960s soap opera A Flame in the Wind as Jane Skerba from 1964 to 1965. She l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Ladd |
Leninsky Komsomol can refer to the following vessels:
, lead ship of her class of merchant vessels
- the name of a series of 25 dry cargo merchant tweendeckers with turbine main engines that were built in the USSR. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ships%20named%20Leninsky%20Komsomol |
John Rimington MHK was the Minister of Local Government and the Environment of the Isle of Man Government from 2004 to 2006. He was also Member of the House of Keys between 2000 and 2006 for Rushen, but he was comprehensively defeated in the 2006 general election when he came fifth out of seven candidates in a three-s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Rimington |
Richard Henry Wilde Dillard (October 11, 1937 – April 4, 2023) was an American poet, author, critic, and translator.
Life and career
Richard Henry Wilde Dillard was born in Roanoke, Virginia, Dillard was best known as a poet. He is also highly regarded as a writer of fiction and critical essays, as well as one of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20H.%20W.%20Dillard |
Film censorship is carried out by various countries to differing degrees, sometimes as a result of powerful or relentless lobbying by organizations or individuals. Films that are banned in a particular country change over time.
Rating systems
A motion picture rating system is designated to classify films with regard t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film%20censorship |
Laura Johnson is an American actress. She is best known for playing Terry Hartford in the CBS primetime soap opera Falcon Crest from 1983 to 1986.
Career
Johnson made her film debut in the 1977 drama film Opening Night directed by John Cassavetes and starring Gena Rowlands. From 1979 to 1980, she had a recurring role ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Johnson |
The following are the association football events of the year 2007 throughout the world.
News
January
1 – The 74th traditional new year match between the Koninklijke HFC and the former Dutch international players ends in a 3–1 win for Oranje that won the confrontation for the fourth consecutive time. The Oranje goal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20in%20association%20football |
Jamie is a unisex name. Traditionally a masculine name, it can be diminutive form of James or, more rarely, other names and is of Scottish Gaelic origin. It is also given as a name in its own right. Since the late 20th century it has been used as an occasional feminine name particularly in the United States.
People
F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie |
Minefields in Croatia cover of territory. As of 2020, the minefields (usually known as "mine suspected areas") are located in 45 cities and municipalities within 8 counties. These areas are thought to contain approximately 17,285 land mines, in addition to unexploded ordnance left over from the Croatian War of Indepen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minefields%20in%20Croatia |
San Cristóbal is a city in the center-north of the , 179 km north-northwest from the provincial capital. It had about 14,000 inhabitants at the and it is the head town of the San Cristóbal Department.
The town was founded in 1890 and the attained the status of comuna (commune) on 1894-01-21. It became a city on 1959-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Crist%C3%B3bal%2C%20Santa%20Fe |
The following are lists of makers of clarinets, clarinet mouthpieces, clarinet ligatures, and clarinet reeds. Note that some of the following are simply brands for instruments from original equipment manufacturers.
Companies by specialty
Clarinets
Mouthpieces
Amati-Denak
AW-Reeds GbR
jj Babbitt
Leblanc
Leitn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20clarinet%20makers |
The Minister for Health and Aged Care is the position in the Australian cabinet responsible for national health and wellbeing and medical research. The incumbent Minister is Labor MP Mark Butler.
In the Government of Australia, the minister is responsible for national health and medical research policy, providing dire... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister%20for%20Health%20and%20Aged%20Care |
"First Aid for Dora" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the July 1923 issue of Cosmopolitan and in the United Kingdom in the August 1923 Strand. It features the irrepressible Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, and was included in the collection Ukridge, published in 1924.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Aid%20for%20Dora |
Worry refers to the thoughts, images, emotions, and actions of a negative nature in a repetitive, uncontrollable manner that results from a proactive cognitive risk analysis made to avoid or solve anticipated potential threats and their potential consequences.
Definition
Worry is a category of perseverative cognition... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worry |
Marouane Chamakh (; ; born 10 January 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "link-up play", "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability". Chamakh is also Bordeaux's eleventh highest goalscorer of all-time.
Chamakh started ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marouane%20Chamakh |
The Catholic Church in Finland () is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
, there were more than 15,000 registered Catholics in Finland out of a total population of 5.5 million. There were also an estimated 10,000 unregistered Catholics in the country. Of the more ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Finland |
The 2005 Eneco Tour of Benelux road cycling race took place from August 3 to August 10. The Eneco tour is the continuation of the Tour of the Netherlands. This first edition covered parts of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. 184 cyclists and 23 cycling teams participated. 20 are UCI ProTour teams, the three remaini... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Eneco%20Tour |
The 2005 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 25th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián cycling classic. Constantino Zaballa gave Saunier Duval–Prodir their second win in this race.
General Standings
13-08-2005: San Sebastián, 227 km.
References
External links
Race website
Clasica de San Sebastian
Clásica de San S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Cl%C3%A1sica%20de%20San%20Sebasti%C3%A1n |
Constantius of Perugia (also known as Costantius, Constance or Costanzo) (died c. 170 AD) is one of the patron saints of Perugia, Italy.
Legend
According to his legend, of which four versions exist, he was arrested during the persecutions of Antoninus (some sources say Marcus Aurelius) and whipped, and then forced int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantius%20of%20Perugia |
The 2005 Deutschland Tour was a men's road cycling stage race which took place from 26 to 29 August 2021. It was the 30th edition of the Deutschland Tour and part of the 2005 UCI ProTour.
Teams
UCI Pro Tour Teams
Schedule
Stages
Stage 1
15 August 2005 – Altenburg to Plauen,
Stage 2
16 August 2005 – Pegnitz to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Deutschland%20Tour |
Monkey patching is a technique used to dynamically update the behavior of a piece of code at run-time. A monkey patch (also spelled monkey-patch, MonkeyPatch) is a way to extend or modify the runtime code of dynamic languages (e.g. Smalltalk, JavaScript, Objective-C, Ruby, Perl, Python, Groovy, etc.) without altering t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%20patch |
The 95th Reconnaissance Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the 55th Operations Group, Air Combat Command, stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. The squadron is equipped with several variants of the Boeing C-135 aircraft equipped for reconnaissance missions.
The 95th is on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th%20Reconnaissance%20Squadron |
These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Vuelta a España cycling race. Roberto Heras was the original champion but the win was awarded to Russian Denis Menchov after Heras tested positive in a doping test. Heras made an appeal through the Spanish courts, which ruled in his favour in June 2011 and this decisio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Vuelta%20a%20Espa%C3%B1a |
The Zürich Bible (Zürcher Bibel, also Zwinglibibel) is a Bible translation historically based on the translation by Huldrych Zwingli. Recent editions have the stated aim of maximal philological exactitude.
It is thought to be the first Bible to contain a map.
Froschau Bible
Zwingli's translation grew out of the Proph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich%20Bible |
The oriental scops owl (Otus sunia) is a species of scops owl found in eastern and southern Asia.
Description
This is a small, variably plumaged, yellow-eyed owl with ear-tufts which are not always erect. It can be distinguished from the collared scops owl by its whitish scapular stripe, well-marked underparts, and la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental%20scops%20owl |
Saint Valerius of Treves (†320) was a semi-legendary Bishop of Trier. His feast day is 29 January.
Legend
According to an ancient legend, St. Valerius was a follower of Saint Eucharius, the first bishop of Trier. Eucharius was sent to Gaul by Saint Peter as bishop, together with the deacon Valerius and the subdeacon ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius%20of%20Tr%C3%A8ves |
Morris Cowley was a name given to various cars produced by Morris from 1915 to 1958.
Morris Cowley Bullnose (1915)
The Continental Cowley, shown to the press in April 1915, was a larger engined (1495 cc against 1018 cc), longer, wider and better-equipped version of the first Morris Oxford with the same "Bullnose" rad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris%20Cowley |
is a 1989 video game developed by Micronet for the Mega Drive video game console. It is a horizontally scrolling shooter with five levels. Although an American release was planned, it was never officially released outside Japan.
Plot
The story takes place in an alien solar system and focuses on the history of its two ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse%20%28video%20game%29 |
The 2005 GP Ouest-France was the 69th edition of the GP Ouest-France cycle race and was held on 28 August 2005. The race started and finished in Plouay. These are the results, in which American George Hincapie edged out AG2R's Alexandre Usov.
General Standings
References
External links
Race website
2005 UCI ProTour... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20GP%20Ouest-France |
The Bengal eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis), also widely known as the Indian eagle-owl or rock eagle-owl, is a large horned owl species native to hilly and rocky scrub forests in the Indian Subcontinent. It is splashed with brown and grey, and has a white throat patch with black small stripes. It was earlier treated as a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20eagle-owl |
The Diocese of Helsinki () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church based in Helsinki, which comprises the whole of Finland. The diocese is divided into eight parishes.
The bishopric has been vacant since May 2019 when Bishop Teemu Sippo resigned due to poor health. As of 2018 there are 15,000 registered and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Helsinki |
The mottled wood owl (Strix ocellata) is a species of large owl found in India. They are found in gardens and thin deciduous forests adjacent to dry thorn forests or farmland. They are easily detected by their distinctive tremulous, eerie calls at dawn and dusk. The characteristic call is a duet of the male and female,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mottled%20wood%20owl |
Christine "Chrissie" Williams (also Levy) is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, played by Tina Hobley. She first appeared in the third series episode "The Road Less Travelled", broadcast on 5 June 2001. Hobley decided to leave Holby City and Chrissie's final appearance occurred in the sixteent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissie%20Williams |
Marie Henrie Mackenzie (August 3, 1878 in Rotterdam – December 30, 1961 in Hilversum) was a Dutch painter.
He was a student of the Art School in Rotterdam and later on of the famous Dutch painter George Hendrik Breitner in Amsterdam.
Having made a career at an oil company, Mackenzie completely devoted himself after 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%20Henry%20Mackenzie |
Ivolginsky Datsan () is the center of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia. It is a Buddhist temple located in Buryatia, Russia, 23 km from Ulan Ude, near Verkhnyaya Ivolga village.
The spiritual activity of the datsan is manifested in temple rites, medical practice, and a traditional system of Buddhist education... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivolginsky%20Datsan |
"Kooks" is a song written by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, which appears on his 1971 album Hunky Dory. Bowie wrote this song to his newborn son Duncan Jones. The song was a pastiche of early 1970s Neil Young because Bowie was listening to a Neil Young record at home on 30 May 1971 when he got the news of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kooks%20%28song%29 |
Neeli Cherkovski (born Nelson Cherry; July 1, 1945) is an American poet and memoirist, who has resided since 1975 in San Francisco.
Biography
Born in Santa Monica, California, Cherkovski grew up in San Bernardino, California. In the 1970s he was a political consultant in the Riverside area, who came to San Francisco t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neeli%20Cherkovski |
No Rest for the Wicked may refer to:
A translated proverb From the Book of Isaiah verses 48:22 and 57:20-21 Quoted in biblical sense for centuries, humorous secular sense popularized from 1930s,
Music
Albums
No Rest for the Wicked (Helix album) (1983)
No Rest for the Wicked (New Model Army album) (1985)
No Rest fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20Rest%20for%20the%20Wicked |
Vongo was a video on demand service, owned by Liberty Media/The Weinstein Company's Starz Entertainment, parent company of the Starz network, that allowed users to download and view movies for a fixed price per month. As of August 1, 2008, Vongo stopped accepting new subscribers and was discontinued on September 30, 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vongo%20%28video%20on%20demand%20service%29 |
A surgeon-superintendent was a position, held by a surgeon officer of the Royal Navy, on board convict transport ship and ships transporting indentured labour, with overall authority in all non-nautical matters.
Before 1792, authority over convicts during transportation was wielded by the ship captain. For various rea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeon-superintendent |
The Catholic Church in Iceland () is part of the Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope. The island is served by a single diocese, the Diocese of Reykjavík, having a total of seven parishes. , the ordinary is bishop Dávid Bartimej Tencer. The diocese is directly subject to the Holy See.
Statistics... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Iceland |
"Quicksand" is a song written by English singer-songwriter David Bowie and released on his 1971 album Hunky Dory.
Background
"Quicksand" was recorded on 14 July 1971 at Trident Studios in London. This ballad features multi-tracked acoustic guitars and a string arrangement by Mick Ronson. Producer Ken Scott, having rec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksand%20%28David%20Bowie%20song%29 |
Sónar is a festival dedicated to music, creativity and technology, founded in Barcelona in 1994 by Ricard Robles, Enric Palau, and Sergi Caballero. The festival has been divided into two parts since its inception: Sónar by Day and Sónar by Night, with a three-day congress, Sónar+D dedicated to Creativity, Technology an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B3nar |
Raphana (Ραφάνα in Ancient Greek), was one of the Decapolis cities mentioned by Pliny the Elder, within his Naturalis Historia (Book V.74).
Raphana was sought for the last two millennia, after no one could identify this ancient settlement, as it was mostly omitted from maps or in scientific literature.
Some connect... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphana |
Martin Albrecht may refer to:
Martin Albrecht (businessman), Australian businessman
Martin Albrecht (chemist) (born 1971), Swiss chemist
Martin Albrecht (musician), German musician; former member of Mystic Prophecy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Albrecht |
William Woods University is a private university in Fulton, Missouri. Founded in 1870, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Expanding its mission to address the need for graduate and adult-oriented programs, the institution became known as William Woods University in 1993. It began offering g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Woods%20University |
Niki Barr is an American musician from Denton, Maryland. Starting in 2013, she is the lead singer for The Last Year, a Baltimore, Maryland-based alternative band.
Career
Early years
Niki began writing, performing, and recording at age 15 and soon after, began working with Mike Marucci of Marucci Artist Management, I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki%20Barr |
Saint-Sever-de-Rustan is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
See also
Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
References
Communes of Hautes-Pyrénées | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Sever-de-Rustan |
Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC) is a public community college in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It also has campuses in Sidney, Nebraska, and Alliance, Nebraska.
WNCC was previously known as Scottsbluff Junior College, Scotts Bluff County College, and Nebraska Western College. Its athletics teams are known as the Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Nebraska%20Community%20College |
Marie Stillman (née Spartali) (Greek: Μαρία Σπαρτάλη; 10 March 1844 – 6 March 1927) was a British member of the second generation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Of the Pre-Raphaelites, she had one of the longest-running careers, spanning sixty years and producing over one hundred and fifty works. Though her work wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%20Spartali%20Stillman |
No Rest for the Wicked is a fantasy webcomic by Andrea L. Peterson. The characters are loosely based on characters from traditional fairy tales, including those by Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, and the Brothers Grimm. The plot revolves around a princess who has been an insomniac since the disappearance of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20Rest%20for%20the%20Wicked%20%28webcomic%29 |
Bridges Hall may refer to:
Bridges Hall of Music, at Pomona College, Claremont, California, U.S.
Ruby Bridges Hall (born 1954), an American civil rights activist
Bridges Hall, a hall of residence at the University of Reading, England
Bridges Hall, at Pace Academy, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridges%20Hall |
Eriswil is a municipality in the Emmental administrative district in the Swiss canton of Bern.
History
Eriswil is first mentioned in 1256 as Erolzwile.
Very little is known about the early history of the village. By the High Middle Ages a local noble family, the von Eriswil family, were a Ministerialis (unfree knigh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriswil |
The président à mortier () was one of the most important legal posts of the French Ancien Régime. The présidents were principal magistrates of the highest juridical institutions, the parlements, which were the appeal courts.
They numbered 11 in 1789. They were spread over chambers, comprising those who were counsellor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9sident%20%C3%A0%20mortier |
The Ministry of Trade () was a government department of Greece. From August 8, 1991, until September 15, 1995, the Minister for Trade was also Minister for Industry, Energy and Technology. From February 1, 1996, the Ministry of Trade was officially merged with the Ministry for Industry, Energy and Technology and the Mi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Trade%20%28Greece%29 |
"Song for Bob Dylan" is a song written by English singer-songwriter David Bowie for his 1971 album Hunky Dory. The song references Bob Dylan's 1962 homage to Woody Guthrie, "Song to Woody". Yet while Dylan opens with "Hey, hey, Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song," Bowie addresses Dylan by his birth name saying, "Now, h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song%20for%20Bob%20Dylan |
John Dorrington Apthorp (born 25 April 1935) is a British businessman specializing in frozen food and alcoholic beverages, as well as a philanthropist.
Career
He first enjoyed success as a founding member and managing director of the family business of frozen food stores Bejam, which became a market leader in the Un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Apthorp |
David Prentis, Baron Prentis of Leeds (born 29 May 1948) is a British trade unionist and former General Secretary of UNISON, the United Kingdom's largest trade union. He was originally elected in 2000. He was re-elected in March 2005, with 77% of the vote, in 2010 (with 67% of the vote), and in 2015 (with 49% of the vo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Prentis |
John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (8 July 14822 June 1536) was the regent of the Kingdom of Scotland and the count of Auvergne and Lauraguais in France.
Early life
John was a son of Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, son of King James II of Scotland. He was the only son of his father's second marriage, to Anne de la To... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Stewart%2C%20Duke%20of%20Albany |
Hamat Gader (; , ; , or , ; , meaning "the Syrian Hamma") is a hot springs site in the Yarmouk River valley, used since the classical antiquity. It is located in an area under Israeli control, in what was a demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria from 1949 to 1967. The site is next to the Jordanian border, and ab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamat%20Gader |
Thorpdale is a town in the Gippsland area of eastern Victoria in the Shire of Baw Baw. Famous for its potatoes, it is located amongst the rich farmland of the Latrobe Valley. Thorpdale spuds are eaten around the country and also exported overseas. The name "Thorpdale" means "village in a valley". The soil in the area i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpdale%2C%20Victoria |
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