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A foiba (from Italian: ; plural: foibe or foibas) — jama () in South Slavic languages scientific and colloquial vocabulary (borrowed since early research in the Western Balkan Dinaric Alpine karst) — is a type of deep natural sinkhole, doline, or sink, and is a collapsed portion of bedrock above a void. Sinks may be a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foiba |
Not the Tremblin' Kind is the debut studio album by the American singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell. It was released in 2000 on Diesel Only Records. The album bears a dedication to "the original Beverly Hillbilly", Zeke Manners.
Critical reception
Pitchfork wrote: "Although not a flawless album, Not the Tremblin' Kind c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not%20the%20Tremblin%27%20Kind |
The Lippmann–Schwinger equation (named after Bernard Lippmann and Julian Schwinger) is one of the most used equations to describe particle collisions – or, more precisely, scattering – in quantum mechanics. It may be used in scattering of molecules, atoms, neutrons, photons or any other particles and is important mainl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippmann%E2%80%93Schwinger%20equation |
The is a prize awarded by the Japan Academy in recognition of academic theses, books, and achievements.
Overviews
An award ceremony has been held every year since 1911. Up to nine of these Prizes are awarded every year. There have been 676 winners and 592 winning works as of 2005. They comprise a certificate, medal,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%20Academy%20Prize%20%28academics%29 |
Lisette Melendez (born 1967) is an American freestyle/Latin pop/dance-pop singer. She is best known for her Top 40 hit "Together Forever", which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, and its follow-up "A Day In My Life (Without You)", which peaked at No. 49. Both songs were dance music hits and are credited ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisette%20Melendez |
Scatha may refer to:
Scatha the Worm, a fictional dragon from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
Scáthach, a Celtic warrior goddess from Scotland
SCATHA (Spacecraft Charging At High Altitudes), a United States Air Force satellite designed to collect data on the electrical charging of spacecraft | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatha |
The following is a list of the forty MPs (members of parliament) who were elected to constituencies of the fifty-fourth parliament of the United Kingdom (UK) within the nation of Wales in 2005 or in subsequent by-elections prior to the dissolution of the 54th Parliament.
(As well as electing MPs to the UK Parliament, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20MPs%20for%20constituencies%20in%20Wales%20%282005%E2%80%932010%29 |
G-P (or Guam-Philippines Fiber Optic Submarine Cable System) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Pacific Ocean linking the two named territories.
It has landing points in:
Batangas Bay, Batangas City, Batangas Province, the Philippines
Tanguisson Point, Tumon Village, Guam
It has a design tran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-P |
The Weapons Cache Case (, ) was a Finnish military plan to continue battle after the ceasefire in 1944, if needed. It concerned a secret and officially unsanctioned military operation following the end of combat on the Soviet–Finnish theater of WWII known as the Continuation War, where a large amount of Finnish Army w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons%20Cache%20Case |
Guy Stephen Chadwick (born 21 March 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of alternative band the House of Love for which he wrote the majority of the band's material.
The son of a soldier, Chadwick was born in Hanover, Germany. He spent his earliest years in various countrie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Chadwick |
The Chief of the Navy () is the Commander–in–chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy.
The Chief of the Navy is head over the Naval Staff, the Coast Guard, The Fleet and the main naval bases. Presiding over close to 3600 soldiers, the Chief of the Navy has great responsibility to lead and defend. With the seas under his disc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief%20of%20the%20Navy%20%28Norway%29 |
Blind Flight is a 2003 British prison film directed by John Furse and starring Ian Hart and Linus Roache. It is based on the true-life story of the kidnapping and imprisonment of the Irish academic Brian Keenan and the English journalist John McCarthy, two of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis. The film is base... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind%20Flight |
Benjamin Franklin House is a museum in a terraced Georgian house at 36 Craven Street, London, close to Trafalgar Square. It is the last-standing former residence of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The house dates from c. 1730, and Franklin lived and worked there for sixteen years. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Franklin%20House |
"A Matter of Time" is the 109th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the ninth episode of the fifth season. It aired in syndication on November 18, 1991.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Matter%20of%20Time%20%28Star%20Trek%3A%20The%20Next%20Generation%29 |
Teach First (also Teach First Cymru) is a social enterprise registered as a charity which aims to address educational disadvantage in England and Wales. Teach First coordinates an employment-based teaching training programme whereby participants achieve Qualified Teacher Status through the participation in a two-year t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach%20First |
Umm Tuba (; ) is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem part of Sur Baher; it is northeast of Har Homa and Bethlehem, and southeast of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. It has a population of 4,000. After the 1967 Six-Day War, Umm Tuba was incorporated into the municipal district of Jerusalem.
Etymology
The name of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm%20Tuba |
American Spring (known as simply Spring before 1972) was an American pop music duo formed in Los Angeles, California. It consisted of sisters Marilyn Wilson and Diane Rovell, who had earlier been members of girl group the Honeys. As with the Honeys, Brian Wilson (Marilyn's then-husband) played an integral role with Ame... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Spring |
Isidore of Charax (; , Isídōros o Charakēnós; ) was a Greco-Roman geographer of the 1st century BC and 1st century AD, a citizen of the Parthian Empire, about whom nothing is known but his name and that he wrote at least one work.
Name
Isidore's name has been interpreted by his editor and translator W.H. Schoff to ind... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isidore%20of%20Charax |
The Very Best of Sandie Shaw is a compilation album by the British singer Sandie Shaw. Released in 2005 by EMI, it contained digitally remastered versions of all her most popular hit singles from 1964 to 1988. It was the first compilation to feature the original recordings of all her UK chart hits.
Track listing
All t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Very%20Best%20of%20Sandie%20Shaw |
The car that came to be known as the Lotus Mark II was created in 1949, while Colin Chapman was serving with the RAF. For his second car Chapman built on the knowledge gained from building and competing in the Lotus Mark I, so he again used the widely available and inexpensive Austin 7 chassis as a starting point. He... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus%20Mark%20II |
Ashtead railway station is in Ashtead, Surrey, England. It is down the line from .
History
Designed by David Field in 1858 and opened by the Epsom and Leatherhead Railway, part of the London and South Western Railway, it became a joint station between that railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtead%20railway%20station |
Richard Philippe (January 10, 1990 in Valence, Drôme – 22 November 2018) was a French racecar driver who resided in Miami, Florida. He was the younger brother of Nelson Philippe.
After moving up from the go-kart ranks in 2005, at fifteen years old Philippe won the Formula BMW USA championship in his rookie season, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Philippe |
Live XXX TV was an interactive adult chat television channel aired in many western European nations on Sky. The channel was shown between the hours of 21:00 and 05:30 each night, with a subscription required after 23:30.
History
The channel started on Sky Channel 995. When Sky's channels were rearranged in February 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20XXX%20TV |
Nothing Less Than Brilliant is a compilation album by the British singer Sandie Shaw. Released in 1994 by Virgin Records, it contains several new recordings of her hit singles from the 1960s as well as some in their original forms. It also featured some songs recorded in the 1980s.
The album spent one week in November... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing%20Less%20Than%20Brilliant |
Vladyslav Viktorovych Vashchuk (; born 2 January 1975) is a retired Ukrainian football defender who last played for FC Volyn Lutsk.
Vashchuk was also a member of the Ukraine national football team playing 63 times. He mainly played in the centre back position and could also be utilized as a sweeper.
Career
Club care... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladyslav%20Vashchuk |
New Bothwell, originally called Kronsthal, is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Hanover, Manitoba, Canada. It is located approximately northwest of Steinbach on Provincial Road 216, one kilometre south of Provincial Road 311 and six kilometres north of Highway 52. It has a population of approximately... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Bothwell%2C%20Manitoba |
WSYR-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Syracuse, New York, United States, affiliated with ABC. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on Bridge Street (off NY 290) in East Syracuse (a village of DeWitt), and its transmitter is located on Sevier Road in Pompey, New York.
WWTI (channel 50) i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSYR-TV |
Henry Fool is a 1997 American black comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Hal Hartley, featuring Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, and Parker Posey. Set like previous Hartley films in less affluent parts of Long Island, it recounts how the lives of a fatherless family are overturned by a mysterious outside... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Fool |
The NASA Orbital Debris Program Office is located at the Johnson Space Center and is the lead NASA center for orbital debris research. It is recognized world-wide for its leadership in addressing orbital debris issues. The NASA Orbital Debris Program Office has taken the international lead in conducting measurements of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA%20Orbital%20Debris%20Program%20Office |
The Arches was a bar, arts venue, theatre, live music venue and nightclub in Glasgow, Scotland, which first opened in 1991. It was a not-for-profit organisation, and was situated in the City Centre under Glasgow Central station and the West Coast Main Line in the brick arches of the viaduct leading into the station, wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Arches%20%28Glasgow%29 |
Babalon A.D. (So Glad for the Madness) is a DVD single by Cradle of Filth, released on 3 March 2003 by record label Sony.
It reached number 35 in the UK Singles Chart.
Content
Babalon is not a misspelling of Babylon, but refers to the "Scarlet Woman", "Great Mother" or "Mother of Abominations" from Aleister Crowley... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalon%20A.D.%20%28So%20Glad%20for%20the%20Madness%29 |
Extrachromosomal DNA (abbreviated ecDNA) is any DNA that is found off the chromosomes, either inside or outside the nucleus of a cell. Most DNA in an individual genome is found in chromosomes contained in the nucleus. Multiple forms of extrachromosomal DNA exist, and, while some of these serve important biological func... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrachromosomal%20DNA |
The Karkheh or Karkhen کرخه (perhaps the river known as the Gihon—one of the four rivers of Eden/Paradise to the Bible and as the Choaspes in ancient times; also called Eulæus; Hebrew: אולי Ulai) is a river in Khūzestān Province, Iran (ancient Susiana).
Description
The river rises in the Zagros Mountains, and passes w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karkheh%20River |
St John's College, or the College of St John the Evangelist, is a residential college within the University of Sydney.
Established in 1857, the college is the oldest Roman Catholic, and second-oldest overall, university college in Australia. St John's is a co-educational community of 252 undergraduate and postgraduate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20John%27s%20College%2C%20University%20of%20Sydney |
Fay Grim is a 2006 espionage thriller film written and directed by Hal Hartley. The film is a sequel to Hartley's 1997 film Henry Fool, and revolves around the title character, played by Parker Posey, the sister of Simon Grim (James Urbaniak). The plot revolves around Fay's attempt to unravel an increasingly violent m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay%20Grim |
The fascia lata is the deep fascia of the thigh. It encloses the thigh muscles and forms the outer limit of the fascial compartments of thigh, which are internally separated by the medial intermuscular septum and the lateral intermuscular septum. The fascia lata is thickened at its lateral side where it forms the iliot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascia%20lata |
The Wigner distribution function (WDF) is used in signal processing as a transform in time-frequency analysis.
The WDF was first proposed in physics to account for quantum corrections to classical statistical mechanics in 1932 by Eugene Wigner, and it is of importance in quantum mechanics in phase space (see, by way o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner%20distribution%20function |
WSYR may refer to:
Current stations:
WSYR (AM), a radio station (570 AM) licensed to Syracuse, New York
WSYR-FM, a radio station (106.9 FM) licensed to Solvay, New York
WSYR-TV, a television station (channel 17 / virtual 9) licensed to Syracuse, New York, United States
Former stations:
WPHR-FM, a radio station ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSYR |
(Spanish for "The Massacre") refers to a communist-indigenous rebellion that took place in El Salvador between 22 and 25 January 1932. After the revolt was suppressed, it was followed by large-scale government killings in western El Salvador, which resulted in the deaths of 10,000 to 40,000 people.
On 22 January 1932,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Matanza |
Mitchell is a local urban district and population centre located in the Rural Municipality of Hanover, Manitoba, Canada. It is located three kilometers west of Steinbach, Manitoba along Provincial Highway 52. The community has a population of 3,136 as of 2016, making Mitchell the 19th largest population centre in Manit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell%2C%20Manitoba |
Lotus Mark III was a single-seater sports car built by Colin Chapman as a 750 Racer. It was the first car to ever be called a "Lotus".
In 1951, Chapman began to focus on a car for road racing, rather than trials, to compete in the 750 Motor Club formula, which used the Austin 7 as a basis. To conform to the rules, Cha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus%20Mark%20III |
A telecommand or telecontrol is a command sent to control a remote system or systems not directly connected (e.g. via wires) to the place from which the telecommand is sent. The word is derived from tele = remote (Greek), and command = to entrust/order (Latin). Systems that need remote measurement and reporting of info... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommand |
Monte Cristo was a French computer game developer and publisher, based in Paris. It was established in 1995 by former Credit Suisse First Boston vice-president Jean-Marc de Fety and former Mars & Co strategy senior consultant Jean-Cristophe Marquis. The company was led by Jean-Christophe Marquis and Jérome Gastaldi sin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte%20Cristo%20%28company%29 |
James Yancy Callahan (December 19, 1852 – May 3, 1935) was an American politician, and a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899, representing the Oklahoma Territory He was a member of the Free Silver party, and is the only third party politician to represent Oklahoma at the federal lev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Yancy%20Callahan |
Lotus Mark IV was a trials car by Colin Chapman built on an Austin 7 chassis. Chapman's success at building trials cars brought another previous customer, Mike Lawson, to order a second trials car in 1952 to replace his Lotus Mark II, in which he won the Wrotham Cup. Once again Chapman chose an Austin Seven as the star... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus%20Mark%20IV |
The Wild Coast can refer to:
WildCoast is an international conservation non-profit organization based in California and Mexico. WILDCOAST conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses climate change with natural solutions.
The Wild Coast Region, Eastern Cape, a coastal region in Eastern Cape Province of Sou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild%20Coast |
Frontier Midstates, Inc. is a telephone operating company of Frontier Communications serving Indiana and Michigan. It was originally owned by Contel, and later purchased by GTE, Verizon, and then sold to Frontier.
History
The company was established in 1956 to provide telephone service in Georgia. As a subsidiary of C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier%20Midstates |
The Choaspes (also called Zuastus and Guræus) is a river that rises in the ancient Paropamise range (now the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan), eventually falling into the Indus river near its confluence with the Cophes river (which is usually identified with the Kabul river). Strabo's Geography, Book XV, Chapter 1, § 26 inc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choaspes%20River%20%28Afghanistan%29 |
Lotus Mark V was a prototype single seater sports car by Colin Chapman that was never built.
Chapman said that he believed a 100-mph road sports car could be developed using an un-supercharged Austin 7 engine. The Lotus Mark V was designed for it.
External links
Motorbase Accessed 17 February 2006.
Mark V | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus%20Mark%20V |
Cridland is a family surname from Somerset in England. The name may refer to:
People
John Cridland (born 1961), British businessman
John Cridland Latham (1888–1975), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Tim Cridland, an American sideshow performer with stage name Zamora the Torture King
Ansel Cridland, m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cridland |
"Danny Says" is a ballad written by Joey Ramone. The song was originally released as the third track on the Ramones' 1980 album, End of the Century. The 2002 Expanded Edition CD of the album includes a demo version of "Danny Says" among the bonus tracks. The song has since been covered and released by the Foo Fighters ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Says |
SoulO is Nick Lachey's debut album as a solo artist, after leaving the boy band 98 Degrees. The album was released in the US on November 11, 2003 on Universal Records.
"Could You Love" was recorded earlier by Youngstown on their second album, Down For the Get Down (2001).
Track listing
"Shut Up" (Nick Lachey, Lauren... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoulO |
Bryan Charles Fogarty (June 11, 1969 – March 6, 2002) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played for the Quebec Nordiques, Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens. A great star in the junior leagues and a high draft choice in the National Hockey League (NHL), his career was marred by persistent alcohol and drug... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan%20Fogarty |
The Penrose interpretation is a speculation by Roger Penrose about the relationship between quantum mechanics and general relativity. Penrose proposes that a quantum state remains in superposition until the difference of space-time curvature attains a significant level.
Overview
Penrose's idea is inspired by quantum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose%20interpretation |
Man from Wareika was the first album recording for Rico Rodriguez led by his own artistic imagination, and his first recording created for album release. It is notable for being the only roots reggae album to be released on Blue Note Records.
After recording one track ("Africa") in London with engineer Dick Cuthell as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%20from%20Wareika |
The St. Joseph Peninsula is located in Gulf County, Florida, in the Florida Panhandle, at coordinates . It is a 15-mile long spit, extending northward from Cape San Blas between the Gulf of Mexico to the west and St. Joseph Bay to the east. It is 6 miles west of Port St. Joe at its closest point. The peninsula is also ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Joseph%20Peninsula |
The Great Northern Peninsula (Inuttitut: Ikkarumiklua) is the largest and longest peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada, approximately 270 km long and 90 km wide at its widest point and encompassing an area of 17,483 km2. It is defined as that part of Newfoundland from Bonne Bay northwards around Cape Norman and Cape Bauld... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Northern%20Peninsula |
Muhammad Hassan Abu Tir (, also known as-Sheikh Abu Mus'ab, 1951) is a member of Hamas and a representative on the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) for his East Jerusalem constituency. He was elected to the position in the Palestinian legislative elections that were held on 25 January 2006. Abu Tir is known for hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Abu%20Tir |
PRRS can refer to:
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, a disease of pigs
Radical Socialist Republican Party, a former Spanish political party
See also
PRR (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRRS |
Brooks College was a for-profit college in Long Beach and Sunnyvale, California. Brooks College closed in 2008 after 35 years.
History
Brooks College had two campuses owned by Career Education Corporation: in Long Beach, California, and in Sunnyvale, California.
Brooks College was founded in 1964 as Collegiate Inn t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks%20College |
Integrated injection logic (IIL, I2L, or I2L) is a class of digital circuits built with multiple collector bipolar junction transistors (BJT). When introduced it had speed comparable to TTL yet was almost as low power as CMOS, making it ideal for use in VLSI (and larger) integrated circuits. The gates can be made small... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20injection%20logic |
Oleksandr Yevhenovych Rybka (; born 10 April 1987) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Obolon Kyiv.
Career
He was a goalkeeper for the Ukrainian national under-21 football team along with Bohdan Shust becoming the vice-champion at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr%20Rybka |
Helfenstein Castle represents the remnants of the fortified castle (burg) Helfenstein of the counts of Helfenstein located above the city of Geislingen an der Steige, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was destroyed in 1552.
See also
List of castles in Baden-Württemberg
House of Helfenstein
References
External links
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helfenstein%20Castle |
IIL may stand for
Indian Independence League
Integrated injection logic
The Insurance Institute of London
The Institut International de Lancy
II-L or IIL, a subtype of Type II supernova | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IIL |
Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy (HMTCA) (formerly Hartford Magnet Middle School, HMMS) is a magnet school in Hartford, Connecticut which was named a Blue Ribbon School in 2006 and operates as part of the Hartford Public Schools. Starting July 1, 2011, HMMS was renamed Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford%20Magnet%20Trinity%20College%20Academy |
Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, Baron van der Capellen (Utrecht, 15 December 1778 – De Bilt, 10 April 1848) was a Dutch statesman. He held several important posts under the Kingdom of Holland and the Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands, before he was appointed as one of the Commissioners-General of the Dut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godert%20van%20der%20Capellen |
Antiochia in Sittacene () was an ancient city founded in the Hellenistic period, possibly by Antiochus I. Pliny in his Natural History, Book 6, § 206, describes it as an important town in the western part of the ancient region of Sittacene, between the Tigris and Tornadotus rivers. Its present site is in Iraq.
Refer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochia%20in%20Sittacene |
The Agricultural University of Athens (AUA; ) is the third oldest university in Greece. Since 1920, it has made contributions to Greek agricultural and economic development, by conducting basic and applied research in Agricultural Science and Technology.
The university is situated in the neighborhood of Votanikos, on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural%20University%20of%20Athens |
Hockey Manitoba is the governing body of amateur ice hockey in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Hockey Manitoba was founded in 1914 as the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association and is a branch affiliate of Hockey Canada.
As part of its mandate, Hockey Manitoba oversees junior and senior hockey (excluding major junior),... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey%20Manitoba |
Scindian is widely considered the first convict ship to transport convicts to Western Australia. She was launched in 1844 and sank in 1880.
Career
Scindian was constructed at Sunderland, England, in 1844 and named after the Indian Scindia dynasty. She appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1844 with J.Terry, master, J. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scindian |
A petit gâteau (; plural: petits gâteaux), is a small cake created by Michel Bras and Erick Jacquin in 1981. In French-speaking countries a dessert of a petit gâteau with chocolate is referred to as "gâteau fondant au chocolat" or simply "chocolat fondant" ("melting chocolate").
In the United States a dessert by the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit%20g%C3%A2teau |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Critical Hour is a 2006 tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft exclusively for the Xbox. It is the fifth game in the Rainbow Six series. The game's plot, set during John Clark's retirement as leader of international counterterrorist organi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Clancy%27s%20Rainbow%20Six%3A%20Critical%20Hour |
The Chief of Defence (Forsvarssjefen) is the highest-ranking officer of the Norwegian Armed Forces, second only to the King of Norway. Even though he holds the same rank as the King of Norway, according to the Norwegian Constitution the King holds the highest command of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Home Guard.
The Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief%20of%20Defence%20%28Norway%29 |
Sittacene was an ancient region of Babylonia and Assyria situated about the main city of Sittace. Pliny in his Natural History, Book 6, §§ 205-206, places Sittacene between Chalonitis, Persis and Mesene and also between Arbelitis and Palestine (or that it also bore those names, id., vi. 27. s. 31). Besides Sittace, S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sittacene |
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl of Waterford, 8th Baron Talbot, KG (12 December 1413 – 10 July 1460) was an English nobleman and soldier. He was the son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot, 10th Baron Strange of Blackmere, and Maud Neville, 6th Baroness Furnival... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Talbot%2C%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Shrewsbury |
An Artist of the Floating World (1986) is a novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro. It is set in post-World War II Japan and is narrated by Masuji Ono, an ageing painter, who looks back on his life and how he has lived it. He notices how his once-great reputation has faltered since the war and how attitudes towards him... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%20Artist%20of%20the%20Floating%20World |
The Lotus Mark VI is the first production car by Lotus Cars. It was introduced by Colin Chapman in 1952 after previously building multiple trials and road racing cars. The heart of the Mark VI is a semi-space frame chassis. Rather than a complete car, it was available to the general public as kit, wherein the customer ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus%20Mark%20VI |
Spetsnaz (named for the Russian word for "Special Forces") is an EBM duo, formed in Örebro, Sweden by Stefan Nilsson and Pontus Stålberg in 2001.
Inspired by pioneering artists such as Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Die Krupps and DAF, Spetsnaz was formed as a reaction against Futurepop and to revive what Nilsson and Stålberg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spetsnaz%20%28band%29 |
Tornadotus () or Tornadatus or Physcon is a small river of Assyria (now in Iraq) that falls into the Tigris at Opis.
Pliny the Elder uses the name Tornadotus, but it is probably the same stream as that noticed by Xenophon under the name of the Physcus or Physcon. Writing in the early 9th century, Theophanes the Confes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadotus |
Pieter "Piet" Kleine (born 17 September 1951) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands who specialized in the longer distances.
Short biography
At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Piet Kleine became Olympic Champion on the 10,000 m, beating world record holder Sten Stensen – who won silver – in a close race... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%20Kleine |
Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi (also transliterated Milevskyy, , ; born 12 January 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a second striker.
Milevskyi is known both for his technical ability and physicality which allows him to play with a quicker forward. He holds a degree of Master of Sports... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artem%20Milevskyi |
is a Japanese idol. She has had the role of Sailor Mercury and Berthier in the Sailor Moon Musicals or Seramyu. She held the role of Mercury from 2002 to 2005, graduating from the role with the musical Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu - Kaiteiban. She has also released several idol DVDs and appeared in various other musicals... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manami%20Wakayama |
North Platte High School may refer to:
North Platte High School (Missouri), Dearborn, Missouri, US
North Platte High School (Nebraska), North Platte, Nebraska, US | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Platte%20High%20School |
A Symposium on Popular Songs is a special cartoon featurette made by Walt Disney Productions in 1962. It features songs that were written by the Sherman Brothers, with music arrangements by Tutti Camarata. The Shermans also co-wrote the screenplay but are not credited for this. Host Ludwig Von Drake invites his audien... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Symposium%20on%20Popular%20Songs |
The Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market, officially Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market, also simply known as the Fruit Market, is a wholesale fruit market in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Etymology
It is known as gwo laan () in Cantonese. gwo () means fruit while laan () means wholesale market, derived from railing and enclosed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yau%20Ma%20Tei%20Fruit%20Market |
Voulí Tileórasi (, Parliament TV) is a Greek network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage of government proceedings and public affairs programming. The name comes from Greek Βουλή Voulí, meaning 'assembly', 'council', or 'parliament'; and Tileórasi, meaning television.
Overview
The primary aim of the channel is to g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vouli%20Tileorasi |
Antiochia Paraliou () is an ancient city known only from its coinage which bears the legend "ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΟΥ". Although the location is considered unknown, some numismatists equate the city with Antiochia ad Cragum, but the association is not universally accepted.
External links
homepage.uibk.ac.at
Ancient G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochia%20Paraliou |
Sumita Devi () was a Bangladeshi actress. In 45 years of her career, she acted in around 200 films and 150 radio and television dramas. She was an artist at the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra in 1971.
Early life and career
Devi was born in Manikganj District in the then Bengal Presidency. She moved with her parents, firs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumita%20Devi |
The Egoist is a tragicomical novel by George Meredith published in 1879.
Synopsis
The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patterne and his attempts at marriage; jilted by his first bride-to-be, he vacillates between the sentimental Laetitia Dale and the strong-willed Clara Middleton. More importa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Egoist%20%28novel%29 |
The lingual nerve carries sensory innervation from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue. It contains fibres from both the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (CN V) and from the facial nerve (CN VII). The fibres from the trigeminal nerve are for touch, pain and temperature (general sensation), and the ones fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingual%20nerve |
"What's Left of Me" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer Nick Lachey. It was released on February 21, 2006, as the lead single from his second album, What's Left of Me. To date, it is Lachey's most successful single as a solo artist, reaching number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The song has also b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s%20Left%20of%20Me%20%28song%29 |
Edmunds may refer to:
People
Edmunds (given name)
Edmunds (surname)
Places
Edmunds Center, an arena in Deland, Florida
Edmunds County, South Dakota
Companies
Edmunds (company), provider of automotive information
See also
Edmonds (disambiguation)
Edmund (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmunds |
Maëlle Danica Ricker (; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian retired snowboarder, who specialised in snowboard cross. She won an Olympic gold medal in the snowboard cross event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, to become the first Canadian woman to win a gold medal on home soil at the Olympics. She is also the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%ABlle%20Ricker |
Bryan High School may refer to:
Bryan High School (Ohio), located in Bryan, Ohio
Bryan High School (Texas), located in Bryan, Texas
Omaha Bryan High School in Omaha, Nebraska
See also
Bryan Station High School in Lexington, Kentucky
Bryant High School (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan%20High%20School |
The Iowa Field House is a multi-purpose arena in Iowa City, Iowa. Opened in 1927, it held up to 13,365 people at its height. At one time, it housed all Iowa athletic teams and coaching offices before the construction of additional facilities. The Field House was a regional site for the NCAA basketball tournament four t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa%20Field%20House |
Hyrrokkin (Old Norse: ) is a female jötunn in Norse mythology. According to 13th-century poet Snorri Sturluson, she launched the largest of all ships at Baldr's funeral after the Æsir gods were unable to budge the vessel.
Hyrrokkin was a relatively important figure in the last decades of paganism in Iceland. She appea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrrokkin |
Vashon Island High School (VHS) is a public high school located on Vashon Island, Washington. Vashon Island High School, a part of the Vashon Island School District, is the only high school to serve the island. VHS runs 9th through 12th grade. The school has two language courses available: French and Spanish. VHS puts ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vashon%20Island%20High%20School |
The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) is an agency within the United States Department of State that is responsible for the U.S. government's relations with countries in the South and Central Asian region. The bureau is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, who re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau%20of%20South%20and%20Central%20Asian%20Affairs |
A female queen, diva queen, or hyper queen is a drag queen who is a woman. These performers are generally indistinguishable from the more common male drag queens in artistic style and techniques.
Terminology
Other terms still used both by performers and in the media are considered offensive. The term "faux queen" is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female%20queen%20%28drag%29 |
Chemistry Education Research and Practice is a quarterly peer-reviewed open access academic journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry covering chemistry education. The editor-in-chief is Gwen Lawrie of the University of Queensland. The Associate Editors are Ajda Kahveci of DePaul University, Scott E. Lewis of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry%20Education%20Research%20and%20Practice |
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