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Link Access Procedure for Modems (LAPM) is part of the V.42 error correction protocol for modems.
LAPM is an error control protocol defined in ITU-T recommendations V.42. Like many data link layer protocols, it is a variant of HDLC. Like the Microcom Networking Protocols that preceded it, LAPM uses cyclic redundancy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%20Access%20Procedure%20for%20Modems |
Pershore Town Football Club (generally known simply as Pershore Town) are an English association football club based in Pershore, Worcestershire, England, and are members of the .
History
The club was established in 1988 by the merger of three clubs, Pershore United, Pershore Rec. Rovers and junior club Pershore Bulle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pershore%20Town%20F.C. |
Borough of Darlington, or Darlington borough, is a unitary authority area in County Durham, Northern England. It is named after the town of Darlington and in the Tees Valley mayoral area. The area borders three local authority areas; the County Durham district is to the north and west, Stockton-on-Tees to the east and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough%20of%20Darlington |
Hugh Travers Tracey was an English ethnomusicologist. He and his wife collected and archived music from Southern and Central Africa. From the 1920s through the 1970s, Tracey made over 35,000 recordings of African folk music. He popularized the mbira (a musical instrument of the Shona people) internationally under the n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Tracey |
"Stupid Girls" is a song recorded by American singer Pink from her fourth studio album I'm Not Dead (2006). It was released in February 2006 as the first single from her third studio album on LaFace Records. The song marked Pink's return to LaFace Records under Zomba Label Group via Sony BMG, after Arista Records conso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupid%20Girls |
The Ledberg stone, designated as Ög 181 under Rundata, is an image-stone and runestone located in Östergötland, Sweden.
Description
The Ledberg stone is a partially surviving runestone, similar to Thorwald's Cross. It features a figure with his foot at the mouth of a four-legged beast, below which lies a legless, hel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledberg%20stone |
Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980), was a missionary and musicologist who worked in Zambia during the early 20th century. He was stationed at St Mark's School in Mapanza, a community in the Southern Province of present-day Zambia (called Rhodesia at the time). He is best known for his ethnomusicological work, particularly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Morris%20Jones |
The Boeing Model 15 was a United States single-seat open-cockpit biplane fighter aircraft of the 1920s, manufactured by the Boeing company. The Model 15 saw service with the United States Army Air Service (as the PW-9 series) and with the United States Navy as a carrier-based fighter (as the FB series).
Design and dev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%20Model%2015 |
Paul Hardin Jr. (November 7, 1903 – June 22, 1996) was a bishop in The Methodist Church in the U.S., elected in 1960.
He was Bishop of the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in 1963 when he joined seven other white clergymen to write the letter A Call For Unity, making a thinly veiled refer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Hardin%20Jr. |
London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd.
Episodes
1: Fire and Destiny
(7 May 2004)
Boudicca, Great Fire of London, Blitz,
2: Crowd
(14 May 2004)
Riots, Peasants' Revolt, Gordon Riots
3: Water and Darkness
(21 May 2004)
Sewers, River Thames, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Dimitris Lyacos (; born 19 October 1966) is a contemporary Greek poet and playwright. He is the author of the Poena Damni trilogy. Lyacos's work is characterised by its genre-defying form and the avant-garde combination of themes from literary tradition with elements from ritual, religion, philosophy and anthropology.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris%20Lyacos |
York House may refer to:
Royal residences
York House was traditionally the name given, often temporarily, to houses in London, England occupied by holders of the title of Duke of York:
Albany (London) in Piccadilly
Cumberland House in Pall Mall
Dover House in Whitehall
Lancaster House in Pall Mall
York House, St Jam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York%20House |
Mark Dutiaume (born January 31, 1977), is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger, who played in the minor leagues and in Europe.
Playing career
Dutiaume was selected by the Tri-City Americans in the 1992 WHL Bantam Draft, however, he only played three games with the team, as he was traded to the Brandon Whea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Dutiaume |
Ozyorny (masculine), Ozyornaya (feminine), Ozyornoye (neuter), or Ozyornye (plural for all genders) may refer to:
Ozyorny (inhabited locality) (Ozerny, Ozyornaya, Ozyornoye), name of several inhabited localities in Russia
Ozyornaya (Moscow Metro), a metro station in Moscow, Russia.
Ozyornaya railway station, a railway... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozyorny |
The Midland Railway 2000 Class was a class of 40 0-6-4T steam locomotives designed by Richard Deeley. They were known as "flatirons" or "hole-in-the-wall tanks" because of their distinctive shape; their side tanks extended to the front of the smokebox and they had a distinct cut-out in the side tanks to access the moti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland%20Railway%202000%20Class |
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva (), former Pyleva (), née Zamorozova (), (born 7 July 1975) is a former Russian biathlete.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she won an individual gold medal in the 10 km pursuit, as well as the bronze medal in the team relay. She won her second gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in a relay.
Pyle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga%20Medvedtseva |
Marilyn Kaye (born 1949) is an American children's writer. She taught children's literature at St. John's University, New York. She is the author of over 100 children's and young adult novel series, including the successful Replica and Gifted series.
Biography
Marilyn Kaye was born in 1949 in New Britain, Connecticut.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn%20Kaye |
John Halcomb (later Halcombe, 1790 – 3 November 1852) was an English serjeant-at-law, and a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover between 1833 and 1835. Of several written works, his most significant was A Practical Treatise of Passing Private Bills through both Houses of Parliament (1836).
Halcomb, who wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Halcomb |
Kia Abdullah (born 17 May 1982) is a British novelist and travel writer. She is the best-selling author of courtroom dramas Take It Back (HarperCollins, 2019), Truth Be Told (HarperCollins, 2020), Next of Kin (HarperCollins, 2021) and Those People Next Door (HarperCollins, 2023). She has written for The New York Times,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia%20Abdullah |
The Estonian Navy () are the unified naval forces among the Estonian Defence Forces.
With only six commissioned ships and displacement well under 10,000 tonnes, the Estonian navy is one of the smallest navies in the world. Its ship prefix is EML (Eesti Mereväe Laev/Estonian Navy Ship). The Estonian Navy has participat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian%20Navy |
Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA; ) is a Malaysian government agency. It was formed to aid, train, and guide Bumiputra (Malays and other indigenous Malaysians) in the areas of business and industry. MARA was formed on March 1, 1966, under the Rural and National Development Ministry.
History and organization
The Rural Indus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majlis%20Amanah%20Rakyat |
Zemfira is the debut album by Russian rock singer Zemfira. It was released in May 1999 on DMI Records. The album sold over 700,000 copies in Russia.
Track listing
"Почему" (Why)
"Снег" (Snow)
"Синоптик" (The Weatherman)
"Ромашки" (Daisies)
"Маечки" (Shirts)
"СПИД" (AIDS)
"Румба" (Rumba)
"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemfira%20%28album%29 |
Kalindula is a kind of bass guitar which gives its name to a style of popular music in southern-central Africa. It originated in the late 20th century and is popular in Zambia and is also found in Malawi and Zimbabwe. Some people claim it originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo but this cannot be fully supported... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalindula |
"Living with a Hernia" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. The song is a parody of "Living in America" by James Brown, from the film Rocky IV. The song mostly describes the terrible "aggravation" and "back pain" that a hernia causes. The narrator himself claims to be suffering from a hernia, and that he's "Got to have an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living%20with%20a%20Hernia |
After the Truth () is a 1999 German film depicting the fictional trial of Dr. Josef Mengele, known as the "death angel of Auschwitz".
The film, starring Götz George as Mengele and Kai Wiesinger as his lawyer, is based on the original English-language screenplay by American writers Christopher and Kathleen Riley. The Ge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After%20the%20Truth |
Fellows Riverside Gardens (11 acres) are public botanical gardens, part of the Mill Creek Metro Parks system. The gardens are located at 123 McKinley Avenue, in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. They are open daily with no admission fee.
History
In 1958, Elizabeth A. Fellows bequeathed the property to Mill Creek Park, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellows%20Riverside%20Gardens |
Ryan Palmer (born 23 January 1974) is a chess player of Jamaican origin; he was the Jamaican National Champion in 1992. During the academic years of 2004-2007, he taught mathematics at Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, and now has moved to the United States, to pursue further studies. In both 2006 and 2007,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Palmer%20%28chess%20player%29 |
Lieutenant General Henry Wase Whitfield (Chinese: 威非路) was the Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong and Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.
Military career
Whitfield was commissioned into the 2nd West India Regiment in 1828. He went on to be commanding officer of his regiment in 18... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Wase%20Whitfield |
Eric Allen Boe (born October 1, 1964) is a retired United States Air Force fighter pilot, Colonel, test pilot, and a current, active NASA astronaut. He flew as the pilot of Space Shuttle missions STS-126 and STS-133.
Early life and education
Boe was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Boe |
In microscopy, negative staining is an established method, often used in diagnostic microscopy, for contrasting a thin specimen with an optically opaque fluid. In this technique, the background is stained, leaving the actual specimen untouched, and thus visible. This contrasts with positive staining, in which the actua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative%20stain |
Miller & Martin PLLC is a midsize Southeastern law firm with offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee, and Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm employs over 130 attorneys and a similar number of support staff.
Miller & Martin's practice was founded in 1867 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%20%26%20Martin |
Congolese rumba, also known as African rumba, is a dance music genre originating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) and the Republic of the Congo (formerly French Congo). With its rhythms, melodies, and lyrics, Congolese rumba has gained global recognition and remains an integral part of African... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congolese%20rumba |
MAFA (Mast cell function-associated antigen) is a type II membrane glycoprotein, first identified on the surface of rat mucosal-type mast cells of the RBL-2H3 line. More recently, human and mouse homologues of MAFA have been discovered yet also (or only) expressed by NK and T-cells. MAFA is closely linked with the type... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAFA |
The Demographic Window is defined to be that period of time in a nation's demographic evolution when the proportion of population of working age group is particularly prominent. This occurs when the demographic architecture of a population becomes younger and the percentage of people able to work reaches its height. Ty... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic%20window |
DirectX Diagnostic Tool (DxDiag) is a diagnostics tool used to test DirectX functionality and troubleshoot video- or sound-related hardware problems. DirectX Diagnostic can save text files with the scan results. These files are often posted in tech forums or attached to support emails in order to give support personnel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX%20Diagnostic%20Tool |
Troy Southgate (born 22 July 1965) is a British far-right political activist and a self-described national-anarchist. He has been affiliated with far-right and fascist groups, such as National Front and International Third Position. He co-created the think tank New Right alongside Jonathan Bowden and is the founder and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy%20Southgate |
Idrimi (meaning "It is my help") was the king of Alalakh c. 1490–1465 BC, or around 1450 BC. He is known, mainly, from an inscription on his statue found at Alalakh by Leonard Woolley in 1939. According to that inscription, he was a son of Ilim-Ilimma I the king of Halab, now Aleppo, who would have been deposed by the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idrimi |
Ashley Renaldo Chambers (born 1 March 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Coalville Town.
Chambers started his career with Leicester City, making his first-team debut in 2005 at the age of 15 in a League Cup match against Blackpool, which made him the youngest player in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley%20Chambers |
York House (formerly Norwich Palace or Norwich Place) was one of a series of grand mansions that formerly stood on the Strand, the principal route from the City of London to the Palace of Westminster.
Norwich Palace
The residence was originally known as Norwich Palace when it was built as the London bishop's palace of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York%20House%2C%20Strand |
Uruaçu is a city and municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil.
Geography
Uruaçu is located north of Anápolis and Goiânia on the important interstate highway BR-153, which links Brasília to Belém. It is 269 km. from Goiânia and 244 km. from Brasília. It belongs to the Porangatu Microregion.
Municipal boundaries are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urua%C3%A7u |
Alan Parkhurst Merriam (1 November 1923 – 14 March 1980) was an American ethnomusicologist known for his studies of music in Native America and Africa. In his book The Anthropology of Music (1964), he outlined and develops a theory and method for studying music from an anthropological perspective with anthropological m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20P.%20Merriam |
Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium, formerly Cardinal Stadium, is a stadium in Naperville, Illinois. It is primarily used for American football, soccer and track and field and has a seating capacity of 5,500. It was home to the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer from 2002 to 2003.
History
The athletic fields for North Central... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetti%E2%80%93Wehrli%20Stadium |
The Boeing F2B was a biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy in the 1920s, familiar to aviation enthusiasts of the era as the craft of the Three Sea Hawks aerobatic flying team, famous for its tied-together formation flying.
Design and development
Initially the Boeing Model 69, it was inspired by the resul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%20F2B |
The following is a list of demons, ghosts, and other legendary creatures that are notable in Japanese folklore and mythology.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
M
N
O
R
S
T
U
W
Y
Z
See also
Japanese mythology
References
External links
Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist and Shinto Deities
百物語怪談会 Hyakum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20legendary%20creatures%20from%20Japan |
Frances Theresa Densmore (May 21, 1867 – June 5, 1957) was an American anthropologist and ethnographer born in Red Wing, Minnesota. Densmore is known for her studies of Native American music and culture, and in modern terms, she may be described as an ethnomusicologist.
Biography
As a child Densmore developed an appre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20Densmore |
Terebratulids are one of only three living orders of articulate brachiopods, the others being the Rhynchonellida and the Thecideida. Craniida and Lingulida include living brachiopods, but are inarticulates. The name, Terebratula, may be derived from the Latin "terebra", meaning "hole-borer". The perceived resemblance o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebratulida |
New Meadow, also known as The Croud Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is a stadium situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, between the districts of Meole Brace and Sutton Farm, and close to the A5. It serves the home ground of English football club Shrewsbury Town.
It was completed in the summer o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Meadow |
Johnny Edward Morris (born September 26, 1935) is an American former professional football flanker and halfback who played for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). He spent his entire ten-year career with the Bears, and is the franchise's all-time leader in receiving yards with 5,059. He attended t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Morris%20%28American%20football%29 |
The Art Museum Partnership (2005–2012) was a New York City-based non-profit organization that provided the nonprofit art museums with educational opportunities that facilitate the sharing of information, resources, and collections. The Partnership was primarily established to benefit the small to medium-sized museums t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%20Museum%20Partnership |
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands and cays of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
A
Abaco Island
Abner Cay
Abraham's Bay
Acklins Island
Adderley Cay
Alcorine Cay
Alder Cay
Allan Cays
Allans Cay
Ambergris Cay(s)
Andrew island
Andros Island - largest island of the Bahamas
Angel Cays
Angle and Fish Cay
A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20islands%20of%20The%20Bahamas |
Coleshill Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Pack Meadow.
History
The club was established in 1885 as Coleshill & District, playing their first match against Acocks Green in November that year. After being re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleshill%20Town%20F.C. |
Continental Star Football Club is a football club based in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Hub on Holford Drive.
History
The club was established in 1973 as Villa Star Football Club. They were renamed Continental Star in 1975 and joined a le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental%20Star%20F.C. |
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an allergic inflammatory condition of the esophagus that involves eosinophils, a type of white blood cell. In healthy individuals, the esophagus is typically devoid of eosinophils. In EoE, eosinophils migrate to the esophagus in large numbers. When a trigger food is eaten, the eosinop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eosinophilic%20esophagitis |
Mt. Hope High School is a regionalized secondary school that is located on 199 Chestnut Street in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA. Mt. Hope educates grade 9-12 students from both Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island, and is operated by the Bristol Warren Regional School District. Mt. Hope High School's seal contains a shield de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt.%20Hope%20High%20School |
The Margolin or (MCM pistol) Practice Shooting Pistol () is a .22 LR pistol primarily used for competitive target shooting in 25m Standard Pistol class under the rules of the International Shooting Sport Federation for bullseye round-target shooting at 25 m. The Margolin has been used since the 1950s, and complies with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCM%20pistol |
Wan Jifei (; born 1948) is a Chinese politician, and the former Chairman of the China International Trade Promotion Committee and China International Chamber of Commerce. He is the fourth son of Wan Li.
Education
He is a graduate of Beijing University's Politics and Administration Management Department. He holds a mas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan%20Jifei |
Alpha Chi Omega (, also known as Alpha Chi or A Chi O) is a national women's fraternity founded on October 15, 1885.
As of 2023, there are more than 140 collegiate and 170 alumnae chapters represented across the United States, and the fraternity counts more than 300,000 members initiated throughout its history.
Alpha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%20Chi%20Omega |
Coventry Copsewood F.C. are a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. In 2005, they changed their name from Coventry Marconi to their present name. Currently they are members of the .
History
Name
The club was formed in 1922 by employees of Peel Connor, and was known as the 'Connor'. They played in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry%20Copsewood%20F.C. |
Mario Marín may refer to:
Mario Marín (politician) (born 1954), Mexican politician
Mario Marín (footballer) (born 1991), Spanish footballer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Mar%C3%ADn |
Coventry Sphinx Football Club is a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at Sphinx Drive.
History
The club was established in 1946 as a works team for Armstrong Siddeley under the name Armstrong Siddeley Motors Football Club. In 1960 they were renamed Sphi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry%20Sphinx%20F.C. |
He Zhizhang (, ca. 659–744), courtesy name Jizhen (季真), was a Chinese poet and politician born in Yongxing, Yue Prefecture (越州永兴, present-day Xiaoshan, Zhejiang) during the Tang dynasty. He entered the civil service after achieving a jinshi degree in 695 during the reign of Empress Regnant Wu Zetian, and continued ser... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%20Zhizhang |
Dudley Sports Football Club is a football club based in Dudley, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at Hillcrest Avenue in Brierley Hill.
History
The club was established in 1979 after the Marsh & Baxter company folded and was initially named Dudley Employees Sports & Social Club. They ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley%20Sports%20F.C. |
At the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, allegations arose that the pairs' figure skating competition had been fixed. The controversy led to two pairs teams receiving gold medals: the original winners Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia and original silver-medalists Jamie Salé and David Pelleti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Winter%20Olympics%20figure%20skating%20scandal |
Social dumping is a practice of employers who use cheaper labour than is usually available at their site of production or sale, for example where production is moved to a low-wage country or area, or where poorly-paid migrant workers are employed. Employers thus save money and potentially increase their profits. System... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20dumping |
Apparat Organ Quartet was founded in 1999 in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is a band that originally included the musicians Hörður Bragason, Músikvatur, Úlfur Eldjárn and Jóhann Jóhannsson. They were soon joined by drummer Þorvaldur Gröndal, replaced in 2001 by Arnar Geir Ómarsson, drummer of the Icelandic rock band HAM. Lac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparat%20Organ%20Quartet |
The Korean terms hyeong, pumsae, poomsae and teul (meaning "form" or "pattern") are all used to refer to martial arts forms that are typically used in Korean martial arts such as Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do.
Hyeong is often romanized as hyung. This term is used primarily in earlier styles of taekwondo, often referred to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyeong |
Jesse Woods Johnson (born June 1, 1960) is an American musician best known as the guitarist in the original 1981 lineup of The Time (known since 2011 as Original 7ven).
Life and career
Johnson was born in Rock Island, Illinois. He moved to East St. Louis, Illinois at the age of nine and was raised by foster parents af... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20Johnson%20%28musician%29 |
Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson (born May 12, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut and a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Johnson is a veteran of two space flights, STS-123 and STS-134. He served as pilot on his first mission, which delivered the Kibo logistics module and the Dextre robot arm to the Internation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20H.%20Johnson |
Michael L. Chyet (born 1957) is an American linguist.
He is a cataloguer of Middle Eastern languages at the Library of Congress. Formerly he was senior editor of the Kurdish Service of the Voice of America and professor of Kurdish at the University of Paris and at the Washington Kurdish Institute.
He has written a Ku... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20L.%20Chyet |
RIS may refer to:
Radio Information Service, a reading service for the blind in Pennsylvania, US
Radiological information system
Radiologically isolated syndrome, suggesting multiple sclerosis
Rail Integration System, for attaching accessories on firearms
Microsoft Remote Installation Services, booting computers ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIS |
Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Assam. The constituency consists of three autonomous districts namely Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong district.
The constituency seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Vidhan Sabha cum Assembly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous%20District%20Lok%20Sabha%20constituency |
The Lonely Guy is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Steve Martin. The screenplay is credited to Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels (of Taxi) as well as Neil Simon (for "adaptation"), and is based on the 1978 book The Lonely Guy's Book of Life by Bruce Jay Friedman.
Martin portray... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lonely%20Guy |
Oxford Text Archive (OTA) is an archive of electronic texts and other literary and language resources which have been created, collected and distributed for the purpose of research into literary and linguistic topics at the University of Oxford, England.
The OTA was founded by Lou Burnard and Susan Hockey of Oxford Un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford%20Text%20Archive |
Torino 2006 is the official video game of the XX Olympic Winter Games, hosted by Torino, Italy in 2006. Developed by German studio 49Games and published by 2K (and I-play), it was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. It is the first licensed Olympic video game to be released on a Microsoft home co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino%202006%20%28video%20game%29 |
Alone () is a 1999 Spanish film written and directed by Benito Zambrano which stars María Galiana, Ana Fernández, Carlos Álvarez, and Antonio Dechent.
The film explores the lives of a mother and daughter and their struggle for survival and happiness. Both of the women in the story are portrayed as alone (sola, plural ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone%20%281999%20film%29 |
Terry W. Virts (born December 1, 1967) is a retired NASA astronaut, International Space Station Commander and colonel in the United States Air Force.
Background and education
Virts was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but considers Columbia, Maryland, to be his hometown. He graduated from Oakland Mills High School in 198... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20W.%20Virts |
Kasaba or Kasabaköy is a village in the Kastamonu District, Kastamonu Province, Turkey. Its population is 84 (2021). It is 17 kilometres outside Kastamonu, Turkey. It had a population of about 23,000 in 1905, when it had considerable local trade, but has since shrunk to only a few dozen households. Kasaba does not cont... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasaba |
Cassaba is:
an alternate spelling of the town of Kasaba, located in Turkey
an alternate spelling of casaba, a fruit | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassaba |
Uffculme (, ) is a village and civil parish located in the Mid Devon district, of Devon, England. Situated in the Blackdown Hills on the B3440, close to the M5 motorway and the Bristol–Exeter railway line, near Cullompton, Uffculme is on the upper reaches of the River Culm. The population of the parish, according to a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffculme |
Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled that citizens of the United States may not be deprived of their citizenship involuntarily. The U.S. government had attempted to revoke the citizenship of Beys Afroyim, a man born in Poland, because he ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afroyim%20v.%20Rusk |
Loring Cheney Christie (January 21, 1885 – April 8, 1941) was a Canadian diplomat who was the Canadian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States from 1939 until his death in office in 1941.
Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, the oldest son of James Alexander Christie and Evelyn Read, Christie re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loring%20Christie |
Deng Weizhi (born 1938) is a Standing Committee Member of the 9th CPPCC National Committee. He is also the Vice Chairman of the 10th Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy.
Mr. Deng is also a professor at the Department of Sociology, Shanghai University. He is the author of more than 20 bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng%20Weizhi |
"Forever Love" is the fourteenth single released by Japanese singer Ami Suzuki in August 2004. This single was her first and only single released by her independent label Amity. It included a B-side called "Chain Love" and the two songs from the single are J-pop tunes. The single performed relatively well, despite poor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever%20Love%20%28Ami%20Suzuki%20song%29 |
Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant). It is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction in an ordinary thermal reactor and, depending on its point along the nuclear fuel cycle, it will have diffe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spent%20nuclear%20fuel |
The Indian dribble is a field hockey technique, first appearing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The base of the technique is the continuous pushing of the ball from left to right and back in a rapid fashion. The movement of the ball is achieved by repeatedly turning the hockey stick from a legal left shot to a legal right... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20dribble |
Within communication protocols, TLV (type-length-value or tag-length-value) is an encoding scheme used for informational elements. A TLV-encoded data stream contains code related to the record type, the record value's length, and finally the value itself.
Details
The type and length are fixed in size (typically 1–4 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type%E2%80%93length%E2%80%93value |
This is a list of notable organizations related to beer:
American Homebrewers Association (AHA)
Australian International Beer Awards
Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP)
Brewers Association (BA)
Brewers of Europe
Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
Deutscher Brauer-Bund (DBB)
European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU)
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20beer%20organizations |
Time Bandit is a maze shoot 'em up written for the TRS-80 Model I by Bill Dunlevy and Harry Lafnear and published by MichTron in 1983. It was ported to the TRS-80 Color Computer and Dragon 32, but enjoyed its greatest popularity several years later as an early release for the Atari ST. It was also released for the pse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20Bandit |
Ayvacık is a town in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Ayvacık District. Its population is 9,710 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of . During the Gallipoli campaign in World War I, it was the target of several allied attacks.
References
External links
Municipality's official ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayvac%C4%B1k%2C%20%C3%87anakkale |
Bayramiç is a town in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Bayramiç District. Its population is 15,760 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of .
References
External links
Road map of Bayramiç and environs
Various images of Bayramiç, Çanakkale
Populated places in Çanakkale Province... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayrami%C3%A7 |
Çan is a town in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çan District. Its population is 30,970 (2021). The town lies at an elevation of .
References
External links
Road map of Çan and environs
Various images of Çan, Çanakkale
Populated places in Çanakkale Province
Çan District
Distri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87an |
Eceabat, formerly Maydos (Madytos, ), is a small town in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara Region of Turkey, located on the eastern shore of the Gelibolu Peninsula, on the Dardanelles Strait. It is the seat of Eceabat District. Its population is 5,636 (2021). The town lies at sea level. It is an almost entirely modern ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eceabat |
"21st Century Schizoid Man" is a song by the progressive rock band King Crimson from their 1969 debut album In the Court of the Crimson King. Often regarded as the group's signature song, it has been described by sources such as Rolling Stone as "a seven-and-a-half-minute statement of purpose: rock power, jazz spontane... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st%20Century%20Schizoid%20Man |
The Würm is a river in Bavaria, Germany, right tributary of the Amper. The length of the river is , or including the Steinbach, the main feed of Lake Starnberg. It drains the overflow from Lake Starnberg and flows swiftly through the villages of Gauting, Krailling, Planegg, Gräfelfing and Lochham as well as part of Mu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrm |
Siwan is a Lok Sabha constituency in the state of Bihar in India. The Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament of India. The constituency was formed following the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 and the constituency boundaries were readjusted by the Delimitation Order of 2008. The constituency consists of 6 Ass... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siwan%20Lok%20Sabha%20constituency |
Lapseki (from Greek: Λάμψακος, Lampsakos) is a town in Çanakkale Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Lapseki District. Its population is 14,984 (2021). The mayor is Eyüp Yılmaz (AKP).
The district of Lapseki is known for its cherries, and a cherry festival is held annually in the town.
History
The town was founded b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapseki |
Ezine is a town in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Ezine District. Its population is 15,408 (). The town lies at an elevation of . Ezine is famous for its white cheese, made with cow, goat or sheep milk and called Ezine Peyniri.
References
External links
Road map of Ezine and en... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezine%2C%20%C3%87anakkale |
Yenice (literally "new town," formerly also written Yenidje or Yenidze) may refer to:
Places
Turkey
Ankara Province
Yenice, Çubuk, a village in Çubuk district, Ankara Province
Yenice, Nallıhan, a village in Nallıhan district, Ankara Province
Yenice, Polatlı, a village in Polatlı district, Ankara Province
Yenice Dam,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yenice |
Ağlasun (from Greek Αγαλασσός Agalassos, in turn from Koine Greek Σαγαλασσός Sagalassos, in turn from Hittite Salawassa) is a town in Burdur Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Ağlasun District. Its population is 3,645 (2021). The mayor is Ali Ulusoy (AKP).
The town is 7 km from the ruins... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C4%9Flasun |
"Lasagna" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of "La Bamba", a traditional song popularized by Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos.
Track listing
"Lasagna" – 2:45
"Velvet Elvis" – 4:27
Writing and release
When Yankovic began writing the song, he claimed:
Under U.S. law, Yankovic can parody any song as long a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasagna%20%28song%29 |
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