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Glen Scott Shortliffe (November 12, 1937 – May 4, 2010) was a Canadian diplomat, civil servant, businessman, and Clerk of the Privy Council.
Biography
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in 1960.
From 1977 to 1979, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Indones... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen%20Shortliffe |
Riverview Park is the fourth largest municipal park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The park is located four miles (6 km) north of Downtown in the neighborhood of Perry North and consists of .
Area
Riverview Park appears to be the first park in the city of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, (which since 1907 is a part of the city ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverview%20Park%20%28Pittsburgh%29 |
Slitu is a village in the former municipality of Eidsberg, Norway, now part of the municipality of Indre Østfold. Its population (2005) is 543, of which seven people lived within the border of the neighboring former municipality of Trøgstad. now also part of the municipality of Indre Østfold.
Villages in Østfold | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitu |
Maryland Route 276 (MD 276) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Jacob Tome Memorial Highway, the highway runs from MD 222 in Port Deposit north to U.S. Route 1 (US 1) near Harrisville in western Cecil County. MD 276 connects Port Deposit with Rising Sun. MD 276 was constru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20276 |
Anna Roosevelt Cowles (January 18, 1855 – August 25, 1931) was the older sister of United States President Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt. Her childhood nickname was Bamie (), a derivative of bambina (Italian for "baby girl"), but as an adult, her family began calling her Bye because of her tremend... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamie%20Roosevelt |
Skivika (also called Skeidarvik and Skjærvika) is a village in the municipality of Fredrikstad, Norway. Its population (2005) is 1,117, of which 5 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Sarpsborg.
Villages in Østfold | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skivika |
Stuart Duncan Macdonald Jack (8 June 1949 – 16 February 2022) was a British diplomat, latterly serving as the Governor of the Cayman Islands from 2005 until 2009.
Educated at Westcliff High School for Boys; and then Merton College, Oxford, Jack joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1972 after serving with the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Jack |
Ibbenbüren (Westphalian: Ippenbürn) is a medium-sized town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Ibbenbüren is situated on the Ibbenbürener Aa river, at the northwest end of the Teutoburger forest and rather exactly in between the two cities Rheine in the west and Osnabrück in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibbenb%C3%BCren |
Gregory Raymond Kelly (born December 17, 1968) is an American conservative television anchor, television host, and retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He is the host of Greg Kelly Reports, on Newsmax TV. He was previously the co-host of Good Day New York on Fox 5 NY WNYW, with Rosanna ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Kelly |
Cryptoregiochemistry refers to the site of initial oxidative attack in double bond formation by enzymes such as fatty acid desaturases. This is a mechanistic parameter that is usually determined through the use of kinetic isotope effect experiments, based on the premise that the initial C-H bond cleavage step should be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptoregiochemistry |
CAMY may refer to:
Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, a research and advocacy organization in the United States
Communauté d'agglomération de Mantes-en-Yvelines, an administrative entity in the Yvelines département, near Paris. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMY |
Vik (also Vik i Helgeland) is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sømna in Nordland county, Norway. The village lies along the Norwegian County Road 17, about south of the village of Berg. The local church, Sømna Church, was built in 1876.
The village has a population (2018) of 381 and a population de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vik%2C%20S%C3%B8mna |
Interleukin 7 (IL-7) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL7 gene.
IL-7 is a hematopoietic growth factor secreted by stromal cells in the bone marrow and thymus. It is also produced by keratinocytes, dendritic cells, hepatocytes, neurons, and epithelial cells, but is not produced by normal lymphocytes. A stu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%207 |
Berg is a village in the municipality of Sømna in Nordland county, Norway. The village lies along the Norwegian County Road 17, about north of the village of Vik, just south of the border with Brønnøy Municipality. The village of Trælnes lies just north of Berg (in Brønnøy). The village is home to some agricultural ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berg%2C%20Nordland |
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 92, was composed in autumn 1952. It was premiered in Leningrad in November 1953 by the Beethoven Quartet, to whom it is dedicated.
Structure
It consists of three movements, performed without a break:
Playing time is approximately 30 minutes.
The work g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20Quartet%20No.%205%20%28Shostakovich%29 |
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101, was composed in 1956. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet but carries no dedication. The Beethoven Quartet recorded this work on the Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga label.
Structure
It consists of four movements:
Playing time is approximately 22 minutes.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20Quartet%20No.%206%20%28Shostakovich%29 |
Blackjack is a video game simulation of blackjack programmed by Bob Whitehead and published by Atari, Inc. for its Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). The game was one of the nine launch titles available when the Atari 2600 went on sale in September 1977. The objective is identical to the card game: ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack%20%28Atari%202600%29 |
Lengerich can refer to two municipalities in Germany:
Lengerich, Westphalia, in the Steinfurt district, North Rhine-Westphalia
Lengerich, Lower Saxony, in the Emsland district, Lower Saxony
Lengerich (Samtgemeinde), a collective municipality in Emsland, Lower Saxony
It can also be a surname:
The Große-Lengerich Fami... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lengerich |
Nordvik is a village area in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies on a municipal border, with the bulk of its area located in Bergen Municipality, but extending over the border into neighboring Bjørnafjorden Municipality. In 2008, the population of the Nordvik urban area was 429, of which 383 people live in Berg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordvik%2C%20Vestland |
This is a list of trails in Ithaca, New York.
Multiuse and commuter trails
Many of the major trails in Ithaca and the surrounding areas lie in abandoned railroad beds. Ithaca was part of the first big railroad boom, in the 1830s. While only one short-haul rail freight line remains in Ithaca (the Ithaca Central Railroa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trails%20in%20Ithaca%2C%20New%20York |
George Washington Preparatory High School is a public four-year high school of Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Founded in 1926, the school has a Los Angeles address but is not located in the city limits of Los Angeles. The mascot is the General, a reference to the s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Washington%20Preparatory%20High%20School |
Eike is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the western shore of the Førresfjorden, just southeast of the town of Haugesund. The village of Eike, lies just south of the border with the neighboring municipality of Tysvær. Eike is considered part of the larger urba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eike%2C%20Rogaland |
Philemon (; c. 362 BC – c. 262 BC) was an Athenian poet and playwright of the New Comedy. He was born either at Soli in Cilicia or at Syracuse in Sicily but moved to Athens some time before 330 BC, when he is known to have been producing plays.
Except for a short sojourn in Egypt with Ptolemy II Philadelphus, he passe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philemon%20%28poet%29 |
The larger Kvernaland area is an amalgamation of villages in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the north end of the lake Frøylandsvatnet. The village is located in both the municipalities of Klepp and Time (and a very small part extends into Sandnes municipality as well). The eastern part of the v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvernaland |
Homeoviscous adaptation is the adaptation of the cell membrane lipid composition to keep the adequate membrane fluidity.
The maintenance of proper cell membrane fluidity is of critical importance for the function and integrity of the cell, essential for the mobility and function of embedded proteins and lipids, diffus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeoviscous%20adaptation |
Alfonso R. Bernard, Sr. (born August 10, 1953) is the founder, CEO and pastor of the Christian Cultural Center Megachurch in Brooklyn, New York. In the 2020s, the CCC is a 37,000+ member church that sits on an -acre campus in Brooklyn, New York.
Early life and education
Bernard was born in Panama, the son of an Afro-P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20R.%20Bernard |
Rykene or Rygene is a village located along the river Nidelva in Agder county, Norway. The village is primarily located in Arendal municipality, but a small portion of the village lies across the river in the neighboring municipality of Grimstad. Rykene is located about north of the town of Grimstad and about the same... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rykene |
Lomaiviti Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 were reser... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomaiviti%20%28Fijian%20Communal%20Constituency%29 |
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102, by Dmitri Shostakovich was composed in 1957 for the 19th birthday of his son Maxim, who premiered the piece during his graduation concert at the Moscow Conservatory. It contains many similar elements to Shostakovich's Concertino for Two Pianos: both works were written to be acc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano%20Concerto%20No.%202%20%28Shostakovich%29 |
The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best (Lead) Actor is one of the annual film awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple winners
Daniel Day-Lewis - 4
Colin Farrell - 2
Denzel Washington - 2
References
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Film awards fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20Society%20of%20Film%20Critics%20Award%20for%20Best%20Actor |
Sutro Heights Park is an historic public park in the Outer Richmond District of western San Francisco, California. It is within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Sutro Historic District.
It is located above the Cliff House in the Lands End area, with views of the Seal Rocks, Ocean Beach, and the Pacific... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutro%20Heights%20Park |
Kodal is a village and parish in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. Kodal is mostly a rural area, with a population of 971 as of 2014. It is located ten kilometers north of Sandefjord city center and eleven miles south of the town center in Andebu. Kodal has one gas station, an elementary school, a kin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodal |
Poker television programs had been extremely popular, especially in North America and Europe, following the poker boom. This has especially become the case since the invention of the "pocket cam" in 1997 (and its first use in the United States in 2002), which allows viewers at home to see each player's hole cards. How... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker%20on%20television |
"They're Here" is a song by British band EMF from their second album, Stigma. It reached number 29 on the UK Singles Chart.
Track listings
CDR 6321 (CD)
"They're Here" (album version)
"Phantasmagoric"
"The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"
R 6321 (7-inch)
"They're Here" (album version)
"Phantasmagoric"
12R 6321 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%27re%20Here |
Høyjord is a minor village in the municipality of Sandefjord, Norway, with a population of 379 as of 2005. It is famous for the Høyjord Stave Church. Høyjord, which was part of the former municipality of Andebu, was transferred along with Andebu into Sandefjord on 1 January 2017. Some Høyjord residents wanted the villa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B8yjord |
Grills is the plural of grill.
As a surname, Grills may refer to:
Caroline Grills (1890–1960), Australian serial killer
Dave Grills (born 1959), Australian politician
Lee Grills (1904–1982), Canadian politician
Leo Grills, known as Lucky Grills (1928–2007), Australian actor and comedian
See also
Grylls, a surname
G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grills |
Berger is a town in the municipality of Svelvik in Vestfold, Norway. The town has a population of 1 125 (2021), and lies on the western side of the Drammensfjord.
History
The town of Berger grew into an industrial center around the Berger and Fossekleven factories. In 1880, Berger Factory was established by Jens J.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berger%2C%20Vestfold |
Veridian may refer to:
Veridian Corporation, an American aerospace and defense company, acquired by General Dynamics in 2003
Veridian Engineering, Inc., a subsidiary of American aerospace and defense company Veridian Corporation which was acquired by General Dynamics in 2003
Veridian Credit Union, a credit union in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veridian |
The D arm is a feature in the tertiary structure of transfer RNA (tRNA). It is composed of the two D stems and the D loop. The D loop contains the base dihydrouridine, for which the arm is named. The D loop's main function is that of recognition. It is widely believed that it acts as a recognition site for aminoacyl-tR... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%20arm |
Skotselv is a village in the municipality of Øvre Eiker, Norway. Its population (2005) is 684, of which 8 people live within the border of the neighbouring municipality of Modum. It has a railway station on the Randsfjord Line.
History
Skotselv as a small village has existed since the Viking era. At that time the mai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skotselv |
Ashbel Parsons Willard (October 31, 1820 – October 4, 1860) was state senator, the 12th lieutenant governor, and the 11th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. His terms in office were marked by increasingly severe partisanship leading to the breakup of the state Democratic Party in the years leading up to the America... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashbel%20P.%20Willard |
Helgelandsmoen is a village located in Buskerud, Norway.
Helgelandsmoen is situated in Hole on the border between Norderhov in Ringerike. The village had 551 residents as of 1 January 2014, located mainly in the Hole, but extends partially into neighboring Ringerike. The village was the site of Helgelandsmoen Leir, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgelandsmoen |
Abram Adams Hammond (March 21, 1814 – August 27, 1874) was the 12th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. He succeeded to the office upon the death of Governor Ashbel P. Willard and completed the remaining three months of Willard's term.
Early life
Abram Adams Hammond was born in Brattleboro, Vermont March 21, 1814,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram%20A.%20Hammond |
Dmitri Shostakovich composed his String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108, in 1960. He dedicated it to the memory of his first wife Nina Vassilyevna Varzar, who died in December 1954. This piece was composed in the year that would have marked her 50th birthday. This quartet was premiered in Leningrad Glinka Conce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20Quartet%20No.%207%20%28Shostakovich%29 |
Complete Poems, originally edited and published in 1979 by Nicholas Gerogiannis and revised by him in 1992, is a compilation of all the poetry of Ernest Hemingway. Although Hemingway stopped publishing poetry as his fame grew, he continued to write it until his death in 1961.
Known primarily for novels and short stor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete%20Poems |
Ilseng is a village in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located mostly in Stange Municipality, however, part of the village extends across the border into Hamar Municipality. The Rørosbanen railway line passes through the village, stopping at the Ilseng Station which is the first stop after Hamar Station in Ham... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilseng |
Charles Michel (1832-1913) was an American ophthalmologist best known for publishing the first clinical report of successful electrology in 1875.
Early life and education
Michel was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He received an M.D. degree at the Medical College of the State of South Carolina (now known as Medica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Michel%20%28ophthalmologist%29 |
The All-Polish Youth () refers to two inter-linked Polish far-right ultranationalist youth organizations, with a Catholic-nationalist philosophy. Its agenda declares that its aim is "to raise Polish youth in a Catholic and patriotic spirit".
The inter-war incarnation was created in 1922 as part of the National Democra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Polish%20Youth |
Maryland Route 275 (MD 275) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Perrylawn Drive, the highway runs from MD 222 and MD 824 in Perryville north to MD 276 in Woodlawn in western Cecil County. MD 275 provides an eastern bypass of the town of Port Deposit. The state highway also serves to connect the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20275 |
Aulifeltet is a village in the municipality of Nes, Akershus, Norway. Its population is 2,683, of which 512 people live within the border of the neighboring municipality Sørum.
References
Villages in Akershus
Nes, Akershus | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulifeltet |
Macuata Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 were reserve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuata%20%28Fijian%20Communal%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
High's of Baltimore, LLC, doing business as High's Dairy Stores, is a chain of gas stations and convenience stores in and around Baltimore, Maryland. , the chain has 60 locations, the majority of which are in Maryland, plus four in Pennsylvania. At one time, High's was the largest ice cream store in the world with over... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%27s%20Dairy%20Store |
SodaStream International Ltd. () is an Israel-based manufacturing company best-known as the maker of the consumer home carbonation product of the same name. The company's soda machines, in the style of soda siphons, add carbon dioxide to water from a pressurized cylinder to create carbonated water for drinking. It also... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SodaStream |
Lengerich () is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the southern slope of the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 15 km south-west of Osnabrück and 30 km north-east of Münster.
Transportation
Lengerich is situated at the Wanne-Eickel-Hamburg railway and offers half-hourly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lengerich%2C%20Westphalia |
Råholt is a village in the municipality of Eidsvoll, Norway. It is located at an average elevation of 189 meters above teh sea level. Its population (2022) is 14,830.
Råholt has experienced growth following the airport at Gardermoen, and expansion still takes place.
References
Villages in Akershus | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A5holt |
Altınordu Futbol Kulübü (formerly known as Altınordu Spor Kulübü) is a Turkish professional football club based in İzmir. It was founded in 1923 as a breakaway from Altay SK. Team colours are red and navy. The club also had a basketball team and played in Turkish Basketball League and Turkish Basketball Championship. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt%C4%B1nordu%20F.K. |
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released on the second side of his seventh studio album Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan, and produced by Bob Johnston. Dylan has denied that the song references any specific individual, although critics have ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard-Skin%20Pill-Box%20Hat |
Fosby is the administrative centre of Aremark, Norway. Its population in 2005 is 318.
Villages in Østfold
Aremark | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosby |
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 117, was composed in 1964 and premiered by the Beethoven Quartet. The Ninth Quartet was dedicated to his third wife, Irina Antonovna Shostakovich, a young editor he married in 1962.
Background
The final version of the Ninth Quartet was preceded by another... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20Quartet%20No.%209%20%28Shostakovich%29 |
Missingmyr is a village in the municipality of Råde, Norway. In 2019, its population was 908.
References
Villages in Østfold | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missingmyr |
The following lists events that happened during 1893 in Australia.
Incumbents
Premiers
Premier of New South Wales – George Dibbs
Premier of South Australia – John Downer (until 16 June) then Charles Kingston
Premier of Queensland – Samuel Griffith (until 27 March), Thomas McIlwraith (until 27 October) then Hugh Nelso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893%20in%20Australia |
, sometimes referred to as , is a Japanese tokusatsu television series broadcast on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from October 7, 2005, to March 31, 2006, lasting 25 episodes (with one additional "Overview" special, summarizing the events of episodes 1 through 13, aired before episode 14). The series was created and dire... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Waipio Valley is a valley located in the Hamakua District of the Big Island of Hawaii. "Waipio" means "curved water" in the Hawaiian language.
The valley was the capital and permanent residence of many early Hawaiian Aliʻi (chiefs/kings) up until the time of King Umi. This was a place celebrated for its nioi tree (Eug... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waipio%20Valley |
In semiotics, the study of sign processes (semiosis), the meaning of a sign is its place in a sign relation, in other words, the set of roles that the sign occupies within a given sign relation.
This statement holds whether sign is taken to mean a sign type or a sign token. Defined in these global terms, the meaning ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning%20%28semiotics%29 |
"Hopeful" is a song by Japanese recording artist Ami Suzuki, taken from her fourth studio album (and first in Avex) Around the World. The up-tempo, dance-pop song was written by Ami Suzuki (lyrics) and Shunsuke Yazaki (music).
Background
The original version of the song, arranged by its composer Shunsuke Yazaki, was f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopeful%20%28Ami%20Suzuki%20song%29 |
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat major, Op. 118, was composed from 9 to 20 July 1964. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet in Moscow and is dedicated to composer Mieczysław (Moisei) Weinberg, a close friend of Shostakovich. It has been described as cultivating the uncertain mood of his earlier... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20Quartet%20No.%2010%20%28Shostakovich%29 |
Unexplained EP is an extended play (EP) by English band EMF. One of the tracks on the EP is a cover of Iggy & the Stooges' 1973 song "Search and Destroy". Released on 20 April 1992, the EP peaked at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart, number 16 on the Irish Singles Chart, and number 10 on the Portuguese Singles Chart.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexplained%20%28EP%29 |
Frederick James Koenekamp, A.S.C. (November 11, 1922 – May 31, 2017) was an American cinematographer. He was the son of cinematographer Hans F. Koenekamp.
Koenekamp worked in television and feature films from the 1960s, earning two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. He was nominated for an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20J.%20Koenekamp |
Ochtrup () is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km west of Rheine and 20 km east of Enschede.
History
An early mention of the town was „Ohtepe“ (the eastern Epe or Ostepe) in the year 1143. A Christian church was established there in 1203.
Between... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochtrup |
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 was finished on January 30, 1966, in Moscow. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet and is the first in a series of four quartets to be dedicated to members of the Quartet. was the dedicatee of the Eleventh, the quartet's second violinist, who died on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20Quartet%20No.%2011%20%28Shostakovich%29 |
Paul Earl Heinbecker (born 1941) is a Canadian retired career diplomat and a former Canadian ambassador to Germany and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York City. He currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
Heinbecker is married to Ayşe Köymen. They have two daughters, Yasemin and Céline.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Heinbecker |
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133, was composed in 1968. It is dedicated to Dmitri Tsyganov, the first violinist of the Beethoven Quartet, which premiered the work in Moscow on June 14.
Structure
The work lasts approximately 26 minutes and is in two movements:
The piece contains tw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20Quartet%20No.%2012%20%28Shostakovich%29 |
Assyrians in Turkey (, Syriac: ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ܕܛܘܪܩܝܐ) or Turkish Assyrians are an indigenous Semitic-speaking ethnic group and minority of Turkey who are Eastern Aramaic–speaking Christians, with most being members of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Pentecostal Church, Assyrian Evangelical Churc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrians%20in%20Turkey |
Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138, was first conceived in 1969, and completed in 1970 as Shostakovich was undergoing treatment at the Russian Ilizarov Scientific Center for Restorative Traumatology and Orthopaedics in Kurgan.
The work consists of one movement:
Playing time is approx... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20Quartet%20No.%2013%20%28Shostakovich%29 |
Henry XIII (19 November 1235 – 3 February 1290), member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Duke of Lower Bavaria.
Family
He was the younger son of Otto II and Agnes of Brunswick.
Biography
In 1254, he succeeded his father together with his brother Louis II in Bavaria and the Palatinate.
The brothers divided their land... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20XIII%2C%20Duke%20of%20Bavaria |
"The Children's Crusade" is the over-arching title of a seven-issue comic book crossover and limited series, and specifically the two bookends thereof. It was published in 1993 and 1994 by DC Comics as a part of the Vertigo imprint.
The two bookends which open and close the crossover were written by Neil Gaiman and Al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Children%27s%20Crusade%20%28comics%29 |
The Taita falcon (Falco fasciinucha) is a small falcon found in central and eastern Africa. It was first described from the Taita Hills of Kenya from which it derives its name.
Description
The Taita falcon is a small, rare raptor species. The biology and ecology of this falcon is not well-understood. It is robust, l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taita%20falcon |
Nadroga Navosa Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 were ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadroga%20Navosa%20%28Fijian%20Communal%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Panio Gianopoulos (born July 7, 1975) is an American writer and editor.
Career
Panio Gianopoulos is the author of How to Get Into Our House and Where We Keep the Money, a short story collection about men and women struggling to find and keep love, received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus praised the stori... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panio%20Gianopoulos |
Parnon or Parnonas () or Malevos (Μαλεβός) is a mountain range, or massif, on the east of the Laconian plain and the Evrotas valley. It is visible from Athens above the top of the Argive mountains. The western part is in the Laconia prefecture and the northeastern part is in the Arcadia prefecture. The Parnon range sep... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnon |
TCDD (Turkish Republic Railways) 45171 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives. The class was formed when 50 USATC S160 Class were bought in 1947.
TCDD also acquired USATC S200 Class 2-8-2s which formed the 46201 Class.
Two examples are preserved: 45172 at Çamlık Railway Museum and 45174 at the TCDD Open Air Ste... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCDD%2045171%20Class |
Mary Burnett Talbert (born Mary Morris Burnett; September 17, 1866 – October 15, 1923) was an American orator, activist, suffragist and reformer. In 2005, Talbert was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Career
Mary Morris Burnett was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1866. As the only African-American woman in her... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Burnett%20Talbert |
The Canton Tower (), formally Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower (), is a -tall multipurpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou (alternatively romanized as Canton). The tower was topped out in 2009 and it became operational on 29 September 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games. The tower briefly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton%20Tower |
Pitt is a fictional character who appears in a comics series by American publisher Full Bleed Studios. Created by Dale Keown, Pitt is a human/alien hybrid, created by an alien race known as the Creed, genetically engineered to serve as a killing machine. He appears more alien than human, with red, pupil-less eyes, gray... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitt%20%28character%29 |
Aldona Zofia Wos (born March 26, 1955) is a Polish-American former physician and Republican politician who served in various positions at several government agencies under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump and nonprofit organizations. She was the United States Ambassador to Estonia from 2004 until early Decemb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldona%20Wos |
Donald J. Bonebrake (born December 8, 1955) is an American musician who first emerged as the drummer of the punk rock band the Eyes (also featuring Charlotte Caffey of the Go-Go's). He is best known as an original member of and drummer for punk band X, of which he is still an active member.
Career
Bonebrake, born in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.%20J.%20Bonebrake |
Encounter was a literary magazine founded in 1953 by poet Stephen Spender and journalist Irving Kristol. The magazine ceased publication in 1991. Published in the United Kingdom, it was an Anglo-American intellectual and cultural journal, originally associated with the anti-Stalinist left. The magazine received covert ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter%20%28magazine%29 |
James Ramsay Hunt (1872 – July 22, 1937) was an American neurologist.
Early life and education
James Ramsay Hunt was born in Philadelphia in 1872. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1893. He then studied in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin, and returned to practice neurology... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Ramsay%20Hunt |
Southside 1-1000 is a 1950 semidocumentary-style film noir directed by Boris Ingster featuring Don DeFore, Andrea King, George Tobias and Gerald Mohr as the off-screen narrator. It is about a Secret Service agent (Don DeFore) who goes undercover and moves into a hotel run by a beautiful female manager (Andrea King), so... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southside%201-1000 |
Eric Andrew Posner (; born December 5, 1965) is an American lawyer and legal scholar who has served as a counsel for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division since 2022. As a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School, Posner has taught international law, contract law, and bankruptcy, among other areas. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Posner |
Aingae, commonly known as Cofán or Kofán, is the primary language of the Ai (Cofán) people, an indigenous group whose ancestral territory lies at the interface between the Andean foothills and Amazonia in the northeast of Ecuador (Sucumbíos province) and southern Colombia (Putumayo & Nariño provinces).
While past clas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cof%C3%A1n%20language |
William (Bill) Teron, (November 15, 1932 – March 12, 2018) was a Canadian real estate executive who was known as the "Father of Kanata".
Born in Gardenton, Manitoba, he moved to Ottawa when he was eighteen. He started his own company, Golden Ridge Developments Ltd. He is responsible for two suburban developments in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Teron |
Peerage of England
|Duke of Cornwall (1337)||None||1377||1399||
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|Duke of Lancaster (1362)||John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster||1362||1399||
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|Duke of York (1385)||Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York||1385||1402||New creation
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|Duke of Gloucester (1385)||Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester||1385||139... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20peers%201380%E2%80%931389 |
Billy Zoom (born Stuart Tyson Kindell; February 20, 1948) is an American guitarist, best known as one of the founders of the punk rock band X.
At 68 years old, Zoom was diagnosed in 2015 with an aggressive form of bladder cancer and began immediate treatment. He has since stated that he is "cancer-free" but will conti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Zoom |
Maryland Route 274 (MD 274) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Joseph Biggs Memorial Highway, the state highway runs from MD 273 in Rising Sun east to MD 272 in Bay View. In conjunction with MD 272, MD 274 connects Rising Sun with Interstate 95 (I-95) in central Cecil Cou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20274 |
Alan Hake is the co-founder of Must Destroy Records, but was also a key figure in many important Scottish underground bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was a key member of Exploding Tortoise. Hake went on to be a founder member of 18 Wheeler, signed to Creation Records in the early 1990s, and continued to con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Hake |
Michael William Head (born 24 November 1961) is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Liverpool, England. He is most famous as the lead singer and songwriter for Shack and the Pale Fountains, both of which also feature his younger brother John Head. Though the bands never achieved mainstream success, they have... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Head%20%28musician%29 |
The Communauté d'agglomération Saumur Val de Loire is an intercommunal structure in the Loire Valley gathering 45 communes including Saumur. It is located in the Maine-et-Loire département, in the Pays de la Loire région, western France. It was formed on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former Communauté d'aggloméra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communaut%C3%A9%20d%27agglom%C3%A9ration%20Saumur%20Val%20de%20Loire |
Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (FFLAG) is a voluntary organisation and registered charity in the United Kingdom which offers support to parents and their lesbian/gay/bisexual and transgender children. They have a national telephone helpline (0300 688 0368 <changed in 2020>) as well as several parent support... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Families%20and%20Friends%20of%20Lesbians%20and%20Gays |
Naitasiri Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 were reser... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naitasiri%20%28Fijian%20Communal%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
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