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WaT (pronounced "Watto" ワット, for Wentz and Teppei) was a Japanese duo composed of singers/songwriters Eiji Wentz and Teppei Koike. They met each other in 2002 and formed WaT, playing live street performances with their guitars. Their debut single, "Boku no Kimochi", was released in 2005. Wentz, who is half German-Ameri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaT |
Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeaky, in the County of Cork, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1628 for the eight-year-old the Hon. Lewis Boyle, second son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, with remainder, in default of male issue of his own, to the heirs male of his father. He was killed at the Battle ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount%20Boyle%20of%20Kinalmeaky |
The Buckingham Arm is an English canal that once ran from Cosgrove, Northamptonshire to Buckingham. It was built as an arm of the Grand Junction Canal in two separate phases, a broad canal to Old Stratford, which opened in 1800 and a narrow canal onwards to Buckingham, which opened in 1801. It was disused from 1932, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham%20Arm |
The Behnhaus is an art museum in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Germany, and part of its World Heritage Site.
The Behnhaus as a structure is a neoclassical building with interior design by the Danish architect Joseph Christian Lillie. The museum exhibits furniture from this period, and paintings and sculptures from thi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behnhaus |
Constance Zimmer (born October 11, 1970) is an American actress. She rose to prominence playing Dana Gordon on the HBO series Entourage (2005–11) and Claire Simms on the ABC series Boston Legal (2006–07). She went on to appear on the Netflix series House of Cards (2013–18) and voiced Strongarm on Transformers: Robots i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance%20Zimmer |
Baron Dawson may be:
Baron Dawson (Peerage of Ireland), the third title of the Earl of Portarlington
Baron Dawson of Penn, the former title of the Viscount Dawson of Penn | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron%20Dawson |
Jacques-Philippe Lallemant (c. 1660, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme – 1748) was a French Jesuit, of whom little is known beyond his writings. He took part in the discussion on the Chinese rites, and wrote the “Journal historique des assemblées tenues en Sorbonne pour condamner les Mémoires de la Chine” (Paris, 1700), a defense... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Philippe%20Lallemant |
Thomas Watts may refer to:
Thomas H. Watts (1819–1892), Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War
Thomas Watts (1868–1951) (1868–1951), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament
Thomas Watts (1689–1742) (died 1742), English Member of Parliament, academy master an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Watts |
A phone theme or phone skin refers to the general look and feel of a mobile phone’s user interface (UI). It includes color schemes for menus and highlights, background images and, for Series 60 (S60) themes, user and folder icons. A theme package contains graphics for one or many changeable components of a mobile phone... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone%20theme |
Georgia Olive Cozzini (February 14, 1915 – October 10, 1983) was an American socialist politician. She is best remembered as the first woman to run for Governor of Wisconsin and for two consecutive runs as the vice presidential candidate of the Socialist Labor Party of America, appearing on the ballot in 1956 and 1960.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20Cozzini |
Steve Holt may refer to:
Steve Holt (American musician), guitarist for the band 36 Crazyfists
Steve Holt (Canadian musician) (born 1954), Canadian jazz pianist
Steve Holt (Arrested Development), fictional character on the TV series Arrested Development | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Holt |
Cesar P. Garcia, Jr. is the former Director-General of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency of the Republic of the Philippines. He is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy class of 1970.
On 20 August 2008, Garcia resigned due to arthritis, and was succeeded by Major General Pedro Cabuay.
However, on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar%20Garcia |
The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) also known as California Personality Inventory is a self-report inventory created by Harrison G. Gough and currently published by Consulting Psychologists Press. The text containing the test was first published in 1956, and the most recent revision was published in 1996. It ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Psychological%20Inventory |
The Kukryniksy () were three caricaturists/cartoonists in the USSR with a recognizable style.
"Kukryniksy" is a collective name, which is derived from the names of three caricaturists Mikhail Kupriyanov (Михаил Васильевич Куприянов, 1903–1991), Porfiri Krylov (Порфирий Никитич Крылов, 1902–1990), and Nikolai Sokolov (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukryniksy |
Khewra is the second most populated city of Jhelum District and the neighbor city of Pind Dadan Khan in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan. The city is administratively subdivided into two union councils and is the location of the Khewra Salt Mine. The population of Khewra city is about 35,000 (or 80,000).
Khewra City ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khewra%2C%20Jhelum |
John R Pinniger is a former Conservative councillor for the London Borough of Lambeth and an unsuccessful Conservative candidate for the European Parliament. He was a leading activist and political adviser in the right-wing Conservative Monday Club during the early 1980s but found himself at centre of a schism in the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20R.%20Pinniger |
Copnor is an area of Portsmouth, England, located on the eastern side of Portsea Island. The population of Copnor Ward at the 2011 Census was 13,608. As Copenore, it was one of the three villages listed as being on Portsea Island in the Domesday book.
In the late 19th, early 20th century the rapid expansion of Portsmo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copnor |
Lehideux and Isorni v. France (case no. 55/1997/839/1045, application no. 24662/94, Publication 1998-VII, no. 92), was a case heard by the European Court of Human Rights on punishing statements praising collaborators. In a judgement handed down 23 September 1998, the court has held by fifteen votes against six that the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehideux%20and%20Isorni%20v%20France |
Cape Alexander (, also Uvdlerssuak and Sarfalik; ) is a headland in the Baffin Bay, northwest Greenland, Avannaata municipality. It is one of the important landmarks of Greenland.
Geography
Cape Alexander is located in Prudhoe Land, at the western end of Hartstene Bay with the Dodge Glacier to the east and the Storm ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Alexander%2C%20Greenland |
Quirinópolis is a municipality in south Goiás state, Brazil. It is a large producer of cattle and agricultural products.
Location
Quirinópolis is the seat of the Quirinópolis Microregion. It forms boundaries with Gouvelândia (west), Cachoeira Alta (east) and Paranaiguara (south). It is connected to the main regions ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirin%C3%B3polis |
Caledonian Railway Single No. 123 is a preserved Scottish steam locomotive. The unique 4-2-2 was built by Neilson and Company in 1886, works No. 3553, as an exhibition locomotive. In 1914 it was placed on the Caledonian Railway duplicate list, and renumbered 1123. It entered London, Midland and Scottish Railway service... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonian%20Railway%20Single |
Ching Cheung Road (), part of the Route 7, is a dual carriageway in New Kowloon, Hong Kong linking Lung Cheung Road and Tai Po Road near Tai Wo Ping and Kwai Chung Road of Route 5 near Lai Chi Kok, varying between 2+2 lanes and 3+4 lanes for its length. This road was named in honour of Sir David Trench, the Governor of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching%20Cheung%20Road |
Buzy was a Japanese female pop music group, made up of members Nao Tōyama, Mayumi Niwa, Mao Miyazato, Yurisa Asama, Sachiko Iwanaga and Yumi Takeda. The group originally formed in 1998 as COLOR and consisted of Tōyama, Miyazato, Niwa, and Komugi Kadota, and released five singles and two albums between 1999 and 2001. As... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzy%20%28band%29 |
William Covell (died 1613) was an English clergyman and writer.
Life
He was born in Chadderton, Lancashire, England, and proceeded MA at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1588.
In the 1590s Covell took part in the controversy about how far the newly reformed Church of England should abandon the liturgy and hierarchy of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Covell |
Kirillov () is a town and the administrative center of Kirillovsky District in Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lakes Siverskoye and Dolgoye, northwest of Vologda, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
In the 13th century, the territory on which Kirillov now stands was a part of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirillov%20%28town%29 |
The Ames trapezoid or Ames window is an image on, for example, a flat piece of cardboard that seems to be a rectangular window but is, in fact, a trapezoid. Both sides of the piece of cardboard have the same image. The cardboard is hung vertically from a wire so it can rotate around continuously, or is attached to a ve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames%20window |
The Bristol Scout was a single-seat rotary-engined biplane originally designed as a racing aircraft. Like similar fast, light aircraft of the period it was used by the RNAS and the RFC as a "scout", or fast reconnaissance type. It was one of the first single-seaters to be used as a fighter aircraft, although it was not... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol%20Scout |
The 1904–05 season was the tenth competitive season in Belgian football.
Overview
Only one official division existed at the time. It was called Division I. The season was not completed.
Athletic and Running Club de Bruxelles withdrew at the end of the season.
National team
Belgium won its first official game agains... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305%20in%20Belgian%20football |
Labib Habachi (لبيب حبشي; April 18, 1906 – February 18, 1984) was a Coptic Egyptian egyptologist.
Dr Habachi spent 30 years in the Antiquities Department of the Egyptian Government, ending his career as Chief inspector. During this period he spent an enormous amount of time in numerous dig sites in Egypt and the Sudan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labib%20Habachi |
, better known by his stage name Tama or is a Japanese musician, lyricist and composer from Innoshima and a bass guitarist of Porno Graffitti in September 1999. After leaving the band in June 2004, he released the album Great Pleasure in December 2005.
Profile
Main use bass guitars:
Fender Customshop Custom Jazz B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masami%20Shiratama |
Toby Dawson (; Kim Soo-cheol; born Kim Bong-seok; ; May 4, 1979) is an American retired mogul skier. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Dawson is a featured athlete on the sports medicine show Athlete 360. He is currently a coach for the Korean national freestyle skiing team.
Early life
Dawson was born... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby%20Dawson |
Wolstenholme Fjord () is a fjord in Avannaata municipality, Northwest Greenland. It is located to the north of the Thule Air Base and adjacent to the abandoned Inuit settlement of Narsaarsuk.
The area was contaminated in 1968 with plutonium and other radioactive elements following a B-52 bomber crash.
Geography
Wolst... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolstenholme%20Fjord |
York Street, also known as The Jakemans Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Boston, England, and was the former home of Boston United. Originally called Shodfriars Lane, football was first played on the site since the late 19th century by a variety of Boston teams, but it was only used by Boston ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York%20Street |
Bindoon is a town from Perth city on the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Chittering. The name Bindoon is thought to be Aboriginal in origin and to mean "place where the yams grow". The name has been in use in the area since 1843 when an early settler, William Brockman, named the property he had surveyed as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindoon%2C%20Western%20Australia |
The Salisbury Glacier () is a glacier in Greenland.
Geography
This glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fjord (sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine"). The other glaciers are the Chamb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury%20Glacier |
The Chamberlin Glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fjord. The other glaciers are the Salisbury Glacier, the Knud Rasmussen Glacier, and the Harald Moltke Glacier. The Chamberlin Glacier is the longest of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlin%20Glacier%20%28Greenland%29 |
The Knud Rasmussen Glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fjord (sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine"). The other glaciers are the Salisbury Glacier, the Chamberlin Glacier, and the Har... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud%20Rasmussen%20Glacier |
The Harald Moltke Glacier () is a glacier in Greenland.
Geography
The Harald Moltke Glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fjord (sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine"). The other glaci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald%20Moltke%20Glacier |
Edwin Durwood Merrill (March 12, 1938 – January 11, 2003) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League for 23 seasons (1977–1999).
Merrill was born in Cloud Chief, Oklahoma. In 1998 he wrote a collection of his experiences called You're Out and You're Ugly, Too!.
Career
Mer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durwood%20Merrill |
The Emigrants () is a 1992 collection of narratives by the German writer W. G. Sebald. It won the Berlin Literature Prize, the Literatur Nord Prize, and the Johannes Bobrowski Medal. The English translation by Michael Hulse was first published in 1996.
Summary
In The Emigrants, Sebald's narrator recounts his involveme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Emigrants%20%28Sebald%20novel%29 |
The Idle Toad was a registered English political party which fought elections in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England.
History
The party originated in 1997, when Labour Party councillor Tom Sharratt was deselected. He started printing a local newsletter, named the Idle Toad, and stood thereafter under th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle%20Toad |
David Alden Lambert (June 19, 1917 – October 3, 1966) was an American jazz lyricist, singer, and an originator of vocalese. He was best known as a member of the trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. Lambert spent a lifetime experimenting with the human voice, and expanding the possibilities of its use within jazz.
Career
La... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Lambert%20%28American%20jazz%20vocalist%29 |
A lending library is a library from which books and other media are lent out. The major classifications are endowed libraries, institutional libraries (the most diverse), public libraries, and subscription libraries. It may also refer to a library or other institution that sends materials on request to another library,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lending%20library |
Alan Lakein was an American author on personal time management, including How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life which has sold over 3 million copies.
Lakein graduated from Johns Hopkins University and Harvard Business School and resided in Santa Cruz, California.
Lakein is credited for several quotes, includ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Lakein |
Lindsey Jacobellis (born August 19, 1985) is an American snowboarder from Roxbury, Connecticut. The most decorated female snowboard cross athlete of all time, she dominated the sport for almost two decades as a five-time World Champion and ten-time X Games champion. In her Olympic debut at the 2006 Winter Olympics in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey%20Jacobellis |
Elektrėnai () is a city of about 11,000 inhabitants in Vilnius County, Lithuania; since 2000 it has been the capital of the Elektrėnai Municipality. It is situated between the two largest cities in Lithuania – Vilnius and Kaunas.
History
Historically, two villages were located in the area; one of those was Perkūnkiemi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektr%C4%97nai |
William Le Lacheur or Guillaume Le Lacheur (15 October 1802 – 27 June 1863), was a Guernsey sea captain who played an important role in the economic and spiritual development of Costa Rica.
Le Lacheur is widely credited in Costa Rica with having transformed the economy of the country by establishing a direct regular t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Le%20Lacheur |
Butter lamps or butterlamps (; ) are a common feature of Tibetan Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout the Himalayas. The lamps traditionally burn clarified yak butter, but now often use vegetable oil or vanaspati ghee.
The butter lamps help to focus the mind and aid meditation. According to the Root tantra of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter%20lamp |
In general, the academic dress of the University of Nottingham dates from the award of its Royal Charter in 1948. Prior to this date, (the then) University College, Nottingham taught students for University of London examinations and "Nottingham graduates" were actually London graduates and wore the appropriate dress. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic%20dress%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Nottingham |
Henry Rayner (19 September 1902 25 April 1957) was an Australian artist known for his drypoint etchings.
Biography
Hewitt Henry Rayner was born in Melbourne, Australia and trained as an artist in Britain.
He worked with Walter Sickert and was a friend of Augustus John. He was injured during the London blitz and ther... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Rayner |
Mrs. Santa Claus is a 1996 American made-for-television musical fantasy comedy film directed by Terry Hughes, with a score by Jerry Herman, starring Angela Lansbury in the title role.
First broadcast as a Hallmark Entertainment presentation on CBS on December 8, 1996, the film was billed as the first original musical ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs.%20Santa%20Claus |
Wallan railway station is located on the North East line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Wallan, and opened on 18 April 1872.
History
The station opened as Wallan Wallan on 18 April 1872, the North East line to Wodonga having opened a few months earlier. The main town on the Hume Highway has since become... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallan%20railway%20station |
Heraea or Heraia can refer to:
Heraea, an obsolete name of the genus Saturnia
Heraea (Arcadia), an ancient Greek city in the Peloponnese
Heraean Games, an ancient Greek athletic festival
Hybla Heraea, an ancient city in Sicily | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraea |
Williamsdale is a town in the district of Tuggeranong, in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. Is situated on the northwest side of the Australian Capital Territory border abutting the town of Williamsdale in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The Monaro Highway and the former Bomba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsdale%2C%20Australian%20Capital%20Territory |
The Source was originally an alias for the songwriting team of Anthony B. Stephens, Arnecia Michelle Harris and John Bellamy.
Biography
The Source wrote the 1986 single release "You Got the Love", which featured Candi Staton on vocals. This was released on Source Records.
In 1989, DJ Eren, a club DJ in London, put Ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Source%20%28musician%29 |
The Source established in 1993 in Trondheim, Norway, is a Norwegian jazz band known for its many recordings and collaborations in musical fusion concepts. Their Christmas concerts are considered a tradition in Norway.
The band, a quartet was made up of Trygve Seim (saxophone), Øyvind Brække (trombone), Ingebrigt Håke... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Source%20%28band%29 |
Abraham Rapoport (Schrenzel) was a Polish Talmudist; born at Lemberg (currently Lviv, Ukraine) in 1584; died in 1651 (June 7); son of Rabbi Israel Jehiel Rapoport of Cracow and son-in-law of R. Mordecai Schrenzel of Lemberg. Rapoport was a pupil of R. Joshua Falk ha-Kohen.
For forty-five years he was at the head of a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20Rapoport |
Thailand competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Results by event
Athletics
Men's 100m metres
Visut Watanasin
Heat — 10.72 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Seaksarn Boonrat
Men's 400 metres
Aktawat Sakoo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%20at%20the%201992%20Summer%20Olympics |
Mobile marketing is a multi-channel online marketing technique focused at reaching a specific audience on their smartphones, feature phones, tablets, or any other related devices through websites, e-mail, SMS and MMS, social media, or mobile applications. Mobile marketing can provide customers with time and location s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20marketing |
Thailand competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. For the first time, a beauty queen accompanied the Thai athletes to march the Olympic Stadium in the person of Pornthip Nakhirunkanok, Miss Universe 1988, during the opening ceremonies.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%20at%20the%201988%20Summer%20Olympics |
The Kawasaki C-1 (川崎 C-1) is a twin-engined short-range military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by the Japanese conglomerate Kawasaki Heavy Industries. It is solely used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).
Development of the C-1 commenced in 1966 in response to a requirement from the JASDF, whi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki%20C-1 |
Miss United Kingdom is a title held by the highest-ranked contestant from the UK in the Miss World pageant. The winner sometimes competes at Miss International the following year under the Britain or United Kingdom banner. From 1958 to 1999, Miss United Kingdom was a national beauty pageant held to choose a representat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss%20United%20Kingdom |
Viscount Lorton, of Boyle in the County of Roscommon, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 28 May 1806 for General Robert King, 1st Baron Erris. He had already been made Baron Erris, of Boyle in the County of Roscommon, on 29 December 1800, also in the Peerage of Ireland. King was the second son of R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount%20Lorton |
George Baker Selection was a pop-rock band from Assendelft, the Netherlands. The band is best-known for the 1969 song "Little Green Bag" and the 1975 world-wide hit "Paloma Blanca".
History
In 1968, Hans Bouwens from Wormerveer joined the band "Soul Invention", a soul band that had been founded the previous year by H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Baker%20Selection |
Thailand competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Thirty-three competitors, all men, took part in 21 events in seven sports.
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Anat Ratanapol
First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Boontud Jeanl, Surapong Ariyamongkol, Panus Ariyamongkol, and Anat Ra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%20at%20the%201972%20Summer%20Olympics |
Thailand competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 41 competitors, all men, took part in 18 events in 6 sports.
Boxing
Men's Flyweight
Prapan Duangchaoom
Men's Bantamweight
Cherdchai Udompaichitkul
Men's Light Welterweight
Niyom Prasertsom
Cycling
Seven cyclists represented Thailand in 1968.
I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%20at%20the%201968%20Summer%20Olympics |
Thailand competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 54 competitors, 47 men and 7 women, took part in 41 events in 8 sports.
Athletics
Boxing
Five boxers represented Thailand in 1964.
Flyweight
Veerapan Komolsen
Bantamweight
Cherdchai Udompaichitkul
Light welterweight
Niyom Prasertsom
Welterweig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%20at%20the%201964%20Summer%20Olympics |
Greenwich and Lewisham is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.
It consists of the combined area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.
Overlapping constituencies
In elections to Westminster it is traditionally a strong Labour-voting area, with all constituencies returning ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich%20and%20Lewisham%20%28London%20Assembly%20constituency%29 |
Thailand competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Twenty competitors, all men, took part in sixteen events in four sports.
Athletics
Boxing
Sailing
Shooting
Six shooters represented Thailand in 1960.
25 m pistol
Prateep Polphantin
Sumol Sumontame
50 m pistol
Chalermsakdi Inswang
Amorn Yuktanandan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%20at%20the%201960%20Summer%20Olympics |
Thailand competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
It was the first time that Thailand national football team and Thailand national basketball team joined the Olympics.
Results by event
Sailing
Star
and Luang Pradiyat Navayudh 12th place.
References
Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 195... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%20at%20the%201956%20Summer%20Olympics |
Thailand competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. It sent a delegation of eleven athletes, who competed only in the men's track-and-field event.
The eight competitors (with three substitutes in addition) were: Adul Wanasatith, Boonterm Pakpuang, Arun San... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%20at%20the%201952%20Summer%20Olympics |
Cresta is a suburb of Randburg, South Africa, situated near the border of Johannesburg.
Although it is mostly a residential area, in the middle is Cresta Shopping Centre, for which the suburb of Cresta is most well-known.
Cresta is close to the N1 highway, which passes nearby, as well as Beyers Naude Drive, both mai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cresta%2C%20Gauteng |
Baffins is an administrative district of Portsmouth, England, located on the eastern side of Portsea Island. The district is mainly composed of 1930s housing. The population of the Baffins ward at the 2011 Census was 15,121.
Before the area became developed for housing, it had been occupied by a farm of the same name.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baffins |
Hugo Victor Flinn (8 September 1879 – 28 January 1943) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and businessman.
He was born in Peel, Isle of Man in 1879, one of four children of Hugo Flinn, wholesale fish merchant with wide interests in Ireland and Liverpool, and his wife (Mary) Kate (née Condren or Condran). The family's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%20Flinn |
Solomon (or Salomon) Buber (2 February 1827 – 28 December 1906) was a Jewish Galician scholar and editor of Hebrew works. He is especially remembered for his editions of Midrash and other medieval Jewish manuscripts, and for the pioneering research surrounding those texts.
Biographical data
Solomon Buber was born at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon%20Buber |
Branko Horvat (24 July 1928 – 18 December 2003) was a Croatian economist and politician.
Horvat was born in Petrinja on 24 July 1928. In 1944 during World War II, Horvat and his father Artur Horvat joined the Partisan movement in Croatia. He worked a long time at the Institute of Economic Sciences, the former Planning... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branko%20Horvat |
This is a list of extinct languages of Africa, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers and no spoken descendant.
There are 49 languages listed; 11 from Eastern Africa, 8 from Middle Africa, 17 from Northern Africa, 3 from Southern Africa, 10 from Western Africa.
Eastern Africa
Eritrea
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20extinct%20languages%20of%20Africa |
Sang Linggo nAPO Sila (They Are Now On All Week) is a Philippine daily noon-time variety show of ABS-CBN that aired from January 30, 1995, to November 28, 1998, replacement of Eat Bulaga! and followed by Magandang Tanghali Bayan or MTB. It was hosted by the APO Hiking Society (Danny Javier, Jim Paredes and Boboy Garrov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Sang%20Linggo%20nAPO%20Sila |
Baron Kingston is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in 1660 when the military commander Sir John King was made Baron Kingston, of Kingston in the County of Dublin. He was the elder brother of Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron%20Kingston |
Block Truncation Coding (BTC) is a type of lossy image compression technique for greyscale images. It divides the original images into blocks and then uses a quantizer to reduce the number of grey levels in each block whilst maintaining the same mean and standard deviation. It is an early predecessor of the popular har... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%20Truncation%20Coding |
Exploration Place is a science museum located on the west side of the Arkansas River in the Delano neighborhood of Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit institution.
History
During the 1980s, a plan to consolidate the city-owned Wichita Omnisphere and Science Center and the Children's Museu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration%20Place |
Real World or The Real World may also refer to:
Real life, a phrase to distinguish between the real world and fictional, virtual or idealized worlds
Television
The Real World (TV series), 1992–2017
"The Real World" (Stargate Atlantis), a 2006 episode
Music
Real World (album), by Kokia, 2010
Da Real World, an al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20World |
Remexido, the nickname of José Joaquim de Sousa Reis (Estômbar, 19 October 1796 – Faro, 2 August 1838), was a civil servant and wealthy heir and land tenant who became a notorious guerrilla leader of the Algarve in Portugal, defending the rights of king Miguel to the Portuguese throne and the antiliberal absolute monar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remexido |
Ahmad Shabery bin Cheek (Jawi: ; born 10 December 1958) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) since July 2023. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry, Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Minister of Youth and Sports and Parlia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20Shabery%20Cheek |
Calvin Kingsley (8 September 1812 – 6 April 1870) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church elected in 1864.
Birth and family
Kingsley was born in Annsville, Oneida County, New York, US, the first child and eldest son of Oren (Jr.) and Margaret (Buchanan) Kingsley. His family were of early Connecticut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin%20Kingsley |
The culture of Kolkata concerns the music, art, museums, festivals, and lifestyle within Kolkata. It is the former capital of India and, , the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Geir Heierstad writes that Bengalis tend to have a special appreciation for art and literature.
Arts
The city has a long traditio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20Kolkata |
Surajpur is a Nagar Palika Parishad situated in the bank of Rihand River in Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh state in Central India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Surajpur district, located 334 km away from the state's capital city, Raipur. The National Highway 43 has its route through Surajpur.
Geogra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surajpur%2C%20Chhattisgarh |
Stockholms Fria Tidning (SFT) is a weekly newspaper started in May 2001. The founders of the newspaper believe that Sweden suffers from similarity of reporting and concentration of ownership in the mainstream media. SFT is owned by a cooperative of the people working with the paper. All employees have the same salary r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholms%20Fria%20Tidning |
A.J. Meerwald, later known as Clyde A. Phillips, is a restored dredging oyster schooner, whose home port is in the Bivalve section of Commercial Township in Cumberland County, New Jersey. The schooner was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1995 for her significance in architecture, commerc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20J.%20Meerwald |
St Patrick's College, Bearnageeha was a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys aged between 11 and 19 situated on the Antrim Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The college's catchment area encompassed the New Lodge, Ardoyne, the Antrim Road and various other areas of North Belfast. In 2006, St Patrick's celebrated its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Patrick%27s%20College%2C%20Belfast |
Brithdir Mawr is an intentional community in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
Community
The community is based on an farm. It is currently home to 10 adults and 7 children who live in individual family flats around the farmyard. The land is farmed organically (although not certified, partly due to cost, mostly due to the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brithdir%20Mawr |
This is a list of extinct languages of Asia, languages which have undergone language death, have no native speakers, and no spoken descendant.
There are 114 languages listed. 8 from Central Asia, 21 from East Asia, 9 from North Asia, 14 from South Asia, 26 from Southeast Asia, 36 from West Asia.
Central Asia
Avestan
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20extinct%20languages%20of%20Asia |
Video logging is a process in which video footage is watched and labeled according to its content.
Logging in post-production
If a video has a high shooting ratio, it can be impractical to remember exactly where each shot is on each source tape or source file. Finding a particular source shot by searching through hou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20logging |
Riverton is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Riverton is named for the southern Perth suburb of Riverton, which falls within its borders.
History
Riverton was created at the 1988 redistribution, replacing the abolished district of Clontarf, which had been a safe Liberal seat since a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20district%20of%20Riverton |
Basdei is a village in India. It is located in Surajpur District of the state of Chhattisgarh. Surajpur district was declared a district on 15 August 2011 by the State Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh along with eight other new districts. Basdei village was part of Surguja district earlier. This village is known in the r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basdei |
A train protection system is a railway technical installation to ensure safe operation in the event of human error.
Development
Train stops
The earliest systems were train stops, as still used by the New York City Subway, the Toronto subway, the London Underground, the Moscow Subway (only on the older lines) and the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train%20protection%20system |
Triuridaceae are a family of tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including nine genera with a total of approximately 55 known species. All members lack chlorophyll and are mycoheterotrophic (obtain food by digesting intracellular fungi, often erroneously called 'saprophytes'). The heterotrophic lifestyle of thes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triuridaceae |
Kolkata (or Calcutta) has many festivals throughout the year. Durga Puja is the largest festival of West Bengal, and it features colourful pandals, decorative idols of Hindu goddess Durga and her family, lighting decorations and fireworks. Other major festivals are Diwali, Kali Puja, Holi, Saraswati Puja, Poush Parbon,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivals%20in%20Kolkata |
A Chief of Staff or Chiefs of Staff is defined as the senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations and may refer to:
The United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
The British Chiefs of Staff Committee
The Canadian chiefs of staff committee, replaced after Unification in 1968 by the Armed F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiefs%20of%20Staff |
This article contains information on rugby league played in 2006. The season commenced with the World Club Challenge in England in February and concluded with the Tri-Nations Final in Australia in November.
January
World Club Challenge
Bradford Bulls won the one-off match against Wests Tigers 30–10 at Galpharm Stadi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20in%20rugby%20league |
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