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Sir Charles Lanyon DL, JP (6 January 1813 – 31 May 1889) was an English architect of the 19th century. His work is most closely associated with Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Biography
Lanyon was born in Eastbourne, Sussex (now East Sussex) in 1813. His father was John Jenkinson Lanyon, a purser in the Royal Navy, and his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Lanyon |
Omalo () is a principal village in the historical region of Tusheti, Georgia. Administratively, it is part of the Akhmeta District in Kakheti. It lies between the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and the Pirikita Range of Tusheti. Due to Omalo's high mountain location on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Moun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omalo |
, the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly revenge. Arguably the most famous Japanese ghost story of all time, it has been adapted for film over 30 times and continues to be an influence on Japanese horror today. Written in 1825 by as a kabuki play, the original title was . It is n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yotsuya%20Kaidan |
Jeffrey David Lageman (born July 18, 1967) is a former American football player and current sports commentator. He played college football at the University of Virginia and was signed as a defensive end by the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) in the first round of the 1989 NFL Draft. In 1994, he was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Lageman |
The Tamil units of measurement is a system of measurements that was traditionally used in ancient Tamil-speaking parts of South India.
These ancient measurement systems spanned systems of counting, distances, volumes, time, weight as well as tools used to do so. While modern India uses the metric system International... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20units%20of%20measurement |
Annibale Maria di Francia, or Hannibal Mary di Francia, (5 July 1851 – 1 June 1927) is a saint venerated by the Catholic Church. He founded a series of orphanages, and the religious congregations of the Rogationist Fathers and the Daughters of Divine Zeal. His feast day is 1 June.
Childhood
Francia was born on 5 July ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annibale%20Maria%20di%20Francia |
The Cyrillaceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The family comprises two genera, Cliftonia and Cyrilla, each containing a single species, Cliftonia monophylla and Cyrilla racemiflora. However, additional species of Cyrilla are n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillaceae |
The Executioner's Bastion is a bastion situated at Stará baštová Street in the historic center of Košice, Slovakia.
Its name is derived from the fact that the bastion was situated near a medieval executioner's house. It is semicircular building with eight cannon chambers erected around the year 1500. The bastion was c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executioner%27s%20Bastion |
Edmund Heath (September 13, 1813 – January 21, 1883) was a Quebec lumber merchant and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the 1st Canadian Parliament representing Pontiac.
He was born in Bristol, England in 1813. He settled in Clarendon township in Lower Canada, where he entered the timber trade. Heath h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20Heath |
Bulbophyllum fletcherianum, the tongue orchid, Fletcher's bulbophyllum or Spies' bulbophyllum, is a rare orchid native to southern New Guinea. It prefers sunny rock outcrops or mossy tree branches, but besides being lithophytic or epiphytic, it can also be pseudo-terrestrial. The tongue orchid requires high humidity an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbophyllum%20fletcherianum |
X-Men: The 198 is a comic book limited series that was published by Marvel Comics and set in the Marvel Universe shortly after the House of M and Decimation events. The five-issue series began publication in January 2006.
The series focuses on the supporting cast of the X-Men, whose ranks have been severely depleted ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men%3A%20The%20198 |
The Antipodean albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) is a large seabird in the albatross family. Antipodean albatrosses are smaller than wandering albatrosses, and breed in predominantly brown plumage, but are otherwise difficult to distinguish from young wanderers (wandering albatrosses grow lighter in color with age, whi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodean%20albatross |
Victor Reinganum (1907–1995) was a British artist and illustrator, probably best known for his illustrations on book dustjackets, including the first editions of Muriel Spark's The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960) and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961).
Reinganum was born in London, England, on 13 September 1907 and die... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Reinganum |
List of schools in Edinburgh is a list of schools in the City of Edinburgh council area of Scotland. It lists schools both within Edinburgh itself, and in outlying villages within the local government boundary.
State schools
Primary schools
Within Edinburgh
Abbeyhill Primary School
Balgreen Primary School
Blackhal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20schools%20in%20Edinburgh |
Coregonus albula, known as the vendace or as the European cisco, is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in lakes in northern Europe, especially Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Russia and Estonia, and in some lakes of Norway, the United Kingdom, northern Germany, and Poland. It is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coregonus%20albula |
Modern Norwegian () is the Norwegian language that emerged after the Middle Norwegian transition period (1350–1536) and Dano-Norwegian. The transition to Modern Norwegian is usually dated to 1525, or 1536, the year of the Protestant Reformation and the beginning of the kingdoms of Denmark–Norway (1537–1814).
In contra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20Norwegian |
David Novarro is an American television news journalist for WABC-TV in New York City. He is the co-anchor of Eyewitness News @Noon with Shirleen Allicot and the 4 pm newscast with Liz Cho. He is featured on a segment called The Trend on the 4pm newscast.
Novarro returned to WABC-TV in December 2010, he was previously ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Novarro |
Random number generators are important in many kinds of technical applications, including physics, engineering or mathematical computer studies (e.g., Monte Carlo simulations), cryptography and gambling (on game servers).
This list includes many common types, regardless of quality or applicability to a given use case.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20random%20number%20generators |
The Great Liakhvi ( Didi Liakhvi, , Styr Lewakhi) is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in the de facto independent region of South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (Mtkvari). It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The cities of Tskhinvali and Gori l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Liakhvi |
Trevelyan is a Welsh and Cornish name derived from a place-name which originally meant "farmstead 'trev' or Tref (town in Welsh) of Elyan".
People with the surname
Anne-Marie Trevelyan (born 1969), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick upon Tweed since 2015
Sir Charles Trevelya... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevelyan |
The Scheibe Spatz (German: "Sparrow") is a German glider with a mixed metal and wood construction that was built in 1952 until 1962. Later versions were known as the L-Spatz, the letter L standing for Leistung, which is German for "performance".
Scheibe Flugzeugbau built the Spatz A in 1952. Two years later in 1954 th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheibe%20Spatz |
Leif Øgaard (born 5 January 1952) is a Norwegian chess player. He is the ninth Norwegian to achieve the title of Grandmaster. Øgaard won the Norwegian Chess Championship five times, in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1985 and 1993. He gained his IM title in 1974. In 1981 and 1982, Øgaard won two tournaments at Gausdal, each netting ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif%20%C3%98gaard |
A Government House is any residence used by governors-general, governors and lieutenant-governors in the Commonwealth and the British Empire. Government Houses serve as the venue for governors' official business, as well as the many receptions and functions hosted by the occupant. Sometimes, the term Government House i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20Houses%20of%20the%20British%20Empire%20and%20Commonwealth |
Tragopogon pratensis (common names Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, meadow salsify, showy goat's-beard or meadow goat's-beard) is a biennial plant in the family Asteraceae, distributed across Europe and North America, commonly growing in fields (hence its name) and on roadsides. It is found in North America from southern Ontar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragopogon%20pratensis |
Bovis may refer to:
Bovis Homes Group, a national British housebuilding company
Bovis Lend Lease, an international construction management company and subsidiary of Lend Lease Corporation
Bovis Project Management, an national Mexican construction management company, formerly subsidiary of Lend Lease Corporation
Bio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovis |
is an area within Shibuya ward, one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo.
Introduction
Sendagaya is nestled in an urban green area in Shibuya ward between Shinjuku ward and Shinjuku Gyo-en (Shinjuku Imperial Gardens) to the north (an area in Sendagaya, 6-chōme, is actually located within the gardens). The National Stad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendagaya |
Saint Bystrík (Latin Beztertus Nitriensis, Bestredius, Bestridus, Bestricus, Bistridus, Bistritus; Hungarian Beszteréd, Besztrik, Besztríd; died 1046) was a martyr and the Bishop of the Diocese of Nitra.
Bystrík's bishopric
Bystrík was probably of Slavic or Hungarian origin. The exact place and time of birth of St. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystr%C3%ADk |
The Tower Division was a liberty in the ancient county of Middlesex, England. It was also known as the Tower Hamlets, and took its name from the military obligations owed to the Constable of the Tower of London. The term ‘Hamlets’ probably referred to territorial sub-divisions of the parish of Stepney – and its daughte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower%20division |
The Vallée Blanche Cable Car () (), (previously ), is a passenger cable car linking a mountain peak above Courmayeur (Italy) to a peak above Chamonix (France) by passing over the Mont Blanc massif, in the Alps. The engineering was developed by Vittorio Zignoli of Polytechnic University of Turin. No helicopters were use... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vall%C3%A9e%20Blanche%20Cable%20Car |
The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was a pluricontinental monarchy formed by the elevation of the Portuguese colony named State of Brazil to the status of a kingdom and by the simultaneous union of that Kingdom of Brazil with the Kingdom of Portugal and the Kingdom of the Algarves, constituting a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Kingdom%20of%20Portugal%2C%20Brazil%20and%20the%20Algarves |
Natalie Jackson Mendoza (born 12 August 1976) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as one of the main characters, Jackie Clunes, in the British drama series Hotel Babylon (2006–2008) and as Juno in the horror film The Descent (2005), as well as its sequel, The Descent Part 2 (2009). Mendoza has als... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie%20Mendoza |
The Ksani (, , Ĉysandon) is a river in central Georgia, which rises on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in South Ossetia and flows into the Kura (Mtkvari). It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Ksani (both the river and the name) is often associated with the Medieval Georgian Ksani fortr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksani |
The Fisher School of Accounting is the accounting school at the University of Florida.
History
In 1977, the School of Accounting was established by the Florida Board of Regents as a separate school within the Warrington College of Business, and was endowed in 1985 by Frederick Fisher. Dr. John Simmons was the foundi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%20School%20of%20Accounting |
Margaretha "Gret" Loewensberg (born 17 January 1943) is a Swiss architect and the wife of former Swiss Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger.
As an architect, Loewensberg has made a name for herself in particular in the field of domestic architecture. Loewensberg studied architecture at the ETH Zurich and is a member ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gret%20Loewensberg |
Mike "Milton" McDonald is a session guitarist. He has played with Patricia Kaas, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Spice Girls, S Club 7, Ray Davies, Take That, Robert Palmer, M People, Louise, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Atomic Kitten, Hear'Say, Mylène Farmer, and Girls Aloud.
McDonald also played for All Saints, Rick As... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton%20McDonald |
Remineralisation (UK spelling; US remineralization) is the transformation of organic molecules to inorganic forms.
Remineralisation may also refer to:
Bone remodeling (bone metabolism)
Remineralisation of teeth
Rockdust, also known as soil remineralization when applied as a nonsynthetic organic fertilizer
See als... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remineralization%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The 3rd Army (Armata a 3-a Română) was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces active from the 19th century to the 1990s. It fought as part of the German Army Group B during World War II, in Ukraine, the Crimea, and the Caucasus. General Petre Dumitrescu commanded the 3rd Army for much of that time.
World War I
Aft... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third%20Army%20%28Romania%29 |
Joaquin Castro (born September 16, 1974) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who has represented Texas's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. The district includes just over half of his native San Antonio. He currently serves on the United States House Commit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin%20Castro |
State Theatre or State Theater may refer to:
Australia
State Theatre, Adelaide, former cinema in Hindley Street built on the site of the old Wondergraph
State Theatre (Melbourne), a theatre opened in 1984, part of the Arts Centre Melbourne
State Theatre (Sydney), heritage-listed cinema built in the 1920s
United S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20Theatre |
Phat pants, phatties, or phats are a style of pants that are fitted at the waist, but get increasingly wide down the legs, covering the feet entirely due to their width. Phat pants can be made out of a variety of materials, however denim, faux fur, and cotton fabric tend to be the most common. High-end customized ph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phat%20pants |
OPG may refer to:
Osteoprotegerin
Office of the Public Guardian (disambiguation)
Office of HM Paymaster General
Online Policy Group
Ontario Power Generation
Open Government Partnership
Optical parametric generator
Orthopantomograph, a panoramic radiograph
Orthopantogram or Panoramic radiograph | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPG |
Fariborz Kamkari () is a Kurdish Iranian film director and producer.
Kamkari was born in 1971 in Iran, and studied cinema and theater in Tehran, Iran. He has written several scripts for other Iranian directors, and has produced and directed some short films. In 2002, he wrote and directed his first feature film, Blac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fariborz%20Kamkari |
Cedros is a coastal area that lies on a peninsula at the South-Western end of the island of Trinidad. Named by Spanish sailors due to the once heavy presence of cedar trees, it is located at the tip of the peninsula which lies mere miles off the coast of Venezuela and is the most southern point in the Caribbean. The ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedros%2C%20Trinidad%20and%20Tobago |
John Poupore (April 10, 1817 – July 12, 1896) was a Quebec lumber merchant and political figure. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament representing Pontiac from 1878 to 1882. He also represented Pontiac in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1861 to 1874.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Poupore |
The Disputation of Tortosa was one of the famous ordered disputations between Christians and Jews of the Middle Ages, held in the years 1413–1414 in the city of Tortosa, Catalonia, Crown of Aragon (part of modern-day Spain). According to the Jewish Encyclopedia it was not a free and authentic debate, but was an attemp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disputation%20of%20Tortosa |
Planet's Edge is a 1992 space science fiction role-playing video game developed by New World Computing with Eric Hyman as the lead designer. The game's plot centers on investigating the sudden disappearance of planet Earth, by venturing out into the universe from a Moon base. There are two main play modes: real-time ex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet%27s%20Edge |
The Workplace Relations Act 1996 was an Australian law regarding workplace conditions and rights passed by the Howard government after it came into power in 1996. It replaced the previous Labor Government's Industrial Relations Act 1988, and commenced operation on 1 January 1997. In 2005, the Howard government passed t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace%20Relations%20Act%201996 |
Saint-Servan (; often abbreviated as St. Servan; ) is a town of western France, in Brittany, situated 2 miles from the ferry port of Saint-Malo. It is renowned for its shops and restaurants.
History
In June 1758, during the Seven Years' War, British troops captured Saint-Servan as part of the Raid on St Malo. The Bri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Servan |
Emily (Émilie in the original) is a cartoon series broadcast on Antenne 2's Récré A2 block in 1979. The cartoon follows the adventures of Emily, a little girl who wears only red. It is based on the Émilie book series, written and illustrated by Domitille de Pressensé.
Emily has a pet hedgehog named Humphrey (Arthur in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20%28TV%20series%29 |
The Gulating Court of Appeal () is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Bergen. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Vestland and Rogaland plus Sirdal Municipality in Agder county. These areas constitute the Gulating judicial district (). This court can ru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulating%20Court%20of%20Appeal |
Wilfred Shingleton (January 24, 1914 – June, 1983) was an English art director. He enjoyed a distinguished career in the British film industry from his debut in 1937. Some of his early assignments were several George Formby vehicles – hugely popular with wartime audiences.
His career really kicked off into a higher ge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred%20Shingleton |
FANY may refer to:
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), a British all-female charity formed in 1907
Hwanhee (born 1982), South Korean singer and actor, also known as Fany
Tiffany Hwang (born 1989), of South Korean band Girl's Generation
Nancy Estefania Zamora Garcia
See also
Fanny (disambiguation)
Fannie
Fani (d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FANY |
Melbourne Polytechnic, formerly NMIT, is an institute of higher education and vocational education (TAFE) located in Melbourne, Australia that has been operating since around 1910.
In October 2014, the institute was renamed to Melbourne Polytechnic, aided by a $19 million grant from the Victorian Government.
A wide s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne%20Polytechnic |
Kay Elizabeth Burley (; born 1960) is an English broadcaster. She is a presenter on Sky News and hosts Kay Burley, the breakfast slot on the channel. She also worked for BBC Local Radio, Tyne Tees Television, and TV-am.
Early life
Born on 17 December 1960, Burley was brought up in Beech Hill, Wigan, Lancashire, the da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay%20Burley |
The 2005–06 Romanian first division was a very tight season. Steaua, Rapid and Dinamo were very close in the table, and teams like CFR Cluj and FCU Politehnica Timişoara were competitive in their bids for a position to qualify for the European Cups.
The Romania national team did not go to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Div... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306%20in%20Romanian%20football |
Paul Lee Willson (born December 25, 1945) is an American film, television and voice actor well known for many roles, including as Paul Krapence on Cheers.
Early life
He was born in Fairmont, Minnesota, the son of Doris Geraldine and Lee Wilford Willson, and was raised in San Francisco, California. He attended Reed Col... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Willson |
El Maíllo () is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y Leon, Spain. It is situated some from Salamanca, the provincial capital. As of 2016 the municipality has a population of 287 inhabitants. The municipality has an area of . It sits at above sea level. Its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Ma%C3%ADllo |
Bruce Power Limited Partnership is a Canadian business partnership composed of several corporations. It exists (as of 2015) as a partnership between TC Energy (31.6%), BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust (61.4%), the Power Workers Union (4%) and The Society of United Professionals (1.2%). It is the licensed operator of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Power |
A float switch is a type of level sensor, a device used to detect the level of liquid within a tank. The switch may be used to control a pump, as an indicator, an alarm, or to control other devices.
One type of float switch uses a mercury switch inside a hinged float. Another common type is a float that raises a rod t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Float%20switch |
A custard cream is a type of sandwich biscuit popular in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland filled with a creamy, custard-flavoured centre. Traditionally, the filling was buttercream (which is still used in most home-made recipes) but nowadays cheaper fats have replaced butter in mass-produced biscuits. The fil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custard%20cream |
The judiciary of Norway is hierarchical with the Supreme Court at the apex. The conciliation boards only hear certain types of civil cases. The district courts are deemed to be the first instance of the Courts of Justice. Jury (high) courts are the second instance, and the Supreme Court is the third instance.
Courts
T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary%20of%20Norway |
Enoch George (c. 1767 – 1828) was an American who distinguished himself as a Methodist circuit rider and pastor, as a presiding elder, and as a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1816.
Birth and spiritual re-birth
Enoch was born on March 10, 1767, or 1768 (his family records were destroyed by acciden... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch%20George |
The Renault Magnum is a heavy-duty truck that was produced by the French Manufacturer Renault Véhicules Industriels and later Renault Trucks (also part of Renault, now Volvo) from 1990 to 2013. The Magnum was available in articulated and rigid configurations, both configurations could be bought with a 6×2 or 4×2 drivet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault%20Magnum |
Lazaropole () is a village in the Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia. Situated on a plateau at Mount Bistra and surrounded by beech and oak forest; at 1,350 m altitude, it is one of the highest settlements in the country.
Culture
The traditional Macedonian folk dance Teškoto is from the area of Laza... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazaropole |
is a role-playing video game for the Game Boy Color released by Namco on November 10, 2000, selling 136,000 copies. Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon's characteristic genre name is . It is the first sequel in the Tales series, which normally does not have connected storylines. The story begins 205 years after the be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales%20of%20Phantasia%3A%20Narikiri%20Dungeon |
The Tooheys New Cup, or TNC, was a rugby union competition established by the New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) in 2002. Played in the second half of the rugby season after the Super 12 competition was completed, it was intended as a stepping stone between the existing grade rugby (see Shute Shield) and Super Rugby c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooheys%20New%20Cup |
Gatelawbridge is a hamlet in the region of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is situated two and a half miles east of Thornhill and near the gorge Crichope Linn. The origin of the name is unknown though in the past the locals called it Gateley Bridge, so perhaps it takes its name from a type of bridge over the Cample... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatelawbridge |
Alain Baxter (born 26 December 1973) is a Scottish former alpine skier who was formerly a professional specialising in the slalom discipline. He is best known for failing a drug test after finishing third in the men's slalom of the 2002 Winter Olympics, resulting in him being controversially stripped of the bronze meda... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain%20Baxter |
Chandra Crawford (born November 19, 1983) is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001 at the age of 16. Prior to this, she was a biathlete for five years. She was born in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.
Career
On February 22, 2006, she became the surprise gold medal winner in the women's cross-country sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra%20Crawford |
Lisbon Region (, ) is one of the seven NUTS II designated regions of Portugal, which coincides with the NUTS III subregion Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The region covers an area of 3001.95 km2 (the smallest region on mainland Portugal) and includes a population of 2,815,851 inhabitants according to the 2011 census (the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon%20Region |
George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (2 May 1675 – 2 August 1758) was an English peer and landowner, who amassed a fine collection of silver.
Life
Born at Mere Hall, Cheshire, on 2 May 1675, the second son of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, by Mary Langham, daughter of Sir James Langham Bt, of Cottesbrooke, he wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Booth%2C%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Warrington |
The McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences is one of six faculties at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The faculty was established in 1974 to oversee the School of Nursing, the School of Medicine, and Graduate programs in health sciences. Today, the Faculty of Health Sciences oversees 5,000 students, 770... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMaster%20Faculty%20of%20Health%20Sciences |
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is the common collective name for human betaherpesvirus 6A (HHV-6A) and human betaherpesvirus 6B (HHV-6B). These closely related viruses are two of the nine known herpesviruses that have humans as their primary host.
HHV-6A and HHV-6B are double-stranded DNA viruses within the Betaherpesvir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20herpesvirus%206 |
The 58th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 12 February 2005 and honoured the best films of 2004.
The Aviator won Best Film, Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hair. Jamie Foxx and Imelda Staunton won... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/58th%20British%20Academy%20Film%20Awards |
Great Southern Bank (formerly Credit Union Australia or CUA) is a customer-owned bank based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. As of 2013, it is the largest Credit Union in Australia. It provides banking and insurance services to 420,000 customers in 2021.
Overview
Great Southern Bank is a mutual bank. It is Australi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Southern%20Bank |
A sight glass or water gauge is a type of level sensor, a transparent tube through which the operator of a tank or boiler can observe the level of liquid contained within.
Liquid in tanks
Simple sight glasses may be just a plastic or glass tube connected to the bottom of the tank at one end and the top of the tank at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight%20glass |
The Bistra (, is a massif in North Macedonia. The massif has several summits higher than 2,000 metres, with the highest being Medenica at 2,163 metres above sea level.
Limestone erosion on the mountain has created limestone fields. In the limestone region of the Bistra, there are fourteen limestone fields: Tonivoda, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bistra%20%28mountain%29 |
Popular Liberalism (Liberalismo Popolare, LP), subsequently known also as Houses of the Citizen (Case del Cittadino, CdC), was a liberal faction within Forza Italia, a political party in Italy.
The group was basically composed of those Liberals (former members of the Italian Liberal Party, PLI) who formed the Union of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular%20Liberalism |
Esja (often Esjan, with the feminine definite article) is a mountain situated in the south-west of Iceland, about ten kilometres north of Iceland's capital city Reykjavík.
Esja is not a single mountain, but a volcanic mountain range, made from basalt and tuff.
Etymology
The name is likely related to an archaic word... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esja |
The Czech Cup (), officially known as the MOL Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the major men's football cup competition in the Czech Republic. It is organised by the Czech Football Association.
The Czech Cup was first held in 1961. The winner would then face the winner of the Slovak Cup in the Czechoslovak Cup final. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech%20Cup |
Suzanne Bing (10 March 1885 – 22 November 1967) was a French actress. She was a founding member of Jacques Copeau's Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris during the first season 1913-14. Later she worked with the troupe in New York from 1917–19 and again in Paris, 1920-24.
Early life and formative years
Suzanne Bing was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne%20Bing |
Liga Veneta Repubblica (Łiga Vèneta Republica, Venetian Republic League, LVR) is a Venetist political party in Veneto, Italy. The party maintains a mildly separatist position and campaigns for the self-government of Veneto.
The party's founder and long-time leader is Fabrizio Comencini.
The LVR emerged in 1998 as a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga%20Veneta%20Repubblica |
The South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) operated during the Troubles in south County Armagh. It was organised into two battalions, one around Jonesborough and another around Crossmaglen. By the 1990s, the South Armagh Brigade was thought to consist of about 40 members, roughly half of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional%20IRA%20South%20Armagh%20Brigade |
Pererius may refer to:
Benedict Pereira (1535–1610), Spanish Jesuit philosopher, theologian, and exegete
Isaac La Peyrère (1596–1676), French Millenarian theologian and formulator of Pre-Adamite theory | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pererius |
Július Jakoby (born as Gyula Jakoby, Košice, Kingdom of Hungary, 28 March 1903 – Košice, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 15 April 1985) was a Slovak painter of Hungarian ancestry. Jakoby was a prominent figure of Slovakia's modernist art.
His image is that of a loner, living on the fringe of society, struggling for s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BAlius%20Jakoby |
The Clubs of Reformist Initiative (Circoli di Iniziativa Riformista) was a social-democratic faction within Forza Italia, a political party in Italy.
Its members were mainly former members of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), a centrist social-democratic party which had been a minor but influential politi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubs%20of%20Reformist%20Initiative |
In automotive and aerospace engineering, a fuel gauge is an instrument used to indicate the amount of fuel in a fuel tank. In electrical engineering, the term is used for ICs determining the current State of Charge of accumulators.
Motor vehicles
As used in vehicles, the gauge consists of two parts:
The sending un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel%20gauge |
The river Elliðaár (, "Elliði's river") is situated in the Reykjavík area in the south-west of Iceland. Two small rivers have their source in the volcanic mountain range of Bláfjöll and stream down to Elliðavatn lake at the eastern suburban border of the city, its outlet forming the river. On their way, they pass throu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elli%C3%B0a%C3%A1r |
Aimee Echo (né Rodrigues; born March 27, 1970) is an American singer and ashtanga yoga teacher. She rose to prominence as the singer of Human Waste Project, who she fronted between 1994 until the band's dissolution in 1998. Afterwards, she became the frontwoman of theSTART, which she co-founded with her husband Jamie M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee%20Echo |
The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (), abbreviated as UAECNE, is an autonomous body of Armenian Evangelical churches comprising 25 congregations throughout Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Iran, Iraq and Australia.
History
Origin
Beginning in the second decade of the 19th century as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20of%20the%20Armenian%20Evangelical%20Churches%20in%20the%20Near%20East |
The Research Defence Society was a British scientific society and lobby group, founded by Stephen Paget, in 1908, to fight against the anti-vivisectionist "enemies of reason" at the beginning of the 20th century. At the end of 2008, after being active for 100 years, it merged with the communications group Coalition for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research%20Defence%20Society |
Donald Hanks McMorran RA FRIBA FSA (3 May 1904 – 6 August 1965) was an English architect who is known today for his sensitive continuation of the neo-Georgian and classical tradition in the period after the Second World War. His buildings include halls of residence at the University of Nottingham, Wood Street Police St... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20McMorran |
We Reformers (Noi Riformatori) was a social-democratic association connected to New Centre-Right (NCD), a political party in Italy.
Francesco Colucci is the president of the association, while his son Alessandro, a regional minister of Lombardy, is its national secretary.
The faction was organized in 2005 within Forz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%20Reformers |
Rugby union in Australia has a history of organised competition dating back to the late 1860s. Although traditionally most popular in Australia's rugby football strongholds of New South Wales, Queensland and the ACT, it is played throughout the nation.
The principal competition in Australian rugby is Super Rugby, whic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20Australia |
Stephen Spurr (born 9 October 1953) is an independent consultant and expert in UK and international education. From 2014 to August 2019, he was the Global Education Director of Inspired, an international education network of over 60 premium K-12 schools on five continents. A British teacher, classicist, and academic, f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Spurr |
Peter Hacks (21 March 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a German playwright, author, and essayist.
Hacks was born in Breslau (Wrocław), Lower Silesia. Displaced by World War II, Hacks settled in Munich in 1947, where he made acquaintance with Thomas Mann and Bertolt Brecht. Hacks then followed Brecht to East Berlin in 1955.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Hacks |
Dibromoethane can refer to either of two isomeric organobromides with the molecular formula C2H4Br2:
1,1-Dibromoethane (ethylidene dibromide)
1,2-Dibromoethane (ethylene dibromide)
See also
Dibromoethene | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibromoethane |
Grande Lisboa () or Greater Lisbon is a former Portuguese NUTS III subregion integrated in the Lisboa Region. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision. It is part of the historical Estremadura Province. It includes the capital and prime city of Portugal, Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese). It is the main economi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande%20Lisboa |
Jacqueline Cooper (born 6 January 1973) is an Australian motivational speaker and retired freestyle skier.
Skiing career
Cooper started skiing aerials at age 16 and was on the Australian team for 20 years. During her career she had many injuries, including a shattered knee, elbow, hip, shoulder and a broken back.
She... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqui%20Cooper |
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest is a turn-based strategy computer game by Accolade. The game was officially released in 1996. The story revolves around eight races' struggle for control over the planet Gallius IV, which came to a deadlock.
Tommo purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its Ret... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlock%3A%20Planetary%20Conquest |
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