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The Annulipalpia, also known as the "fixed-retreat makers", are a suborder of Trichoptera, the caddisflies. The name of the suborder refers to the flexible terminal segment of the adult maxillary palps, which often has many tiny rings.
The larvae construct fixed retreats in freshwater aquatic environments in which the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annulipalpia |
Todd M. France (born February 13, 1980 in Toledo, Ohio) was a placekicker in the Arena Football League. He is currently a professor at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. In the National Football League, he kicked for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles. In the Arena League, he kicked for the Philadelp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%20France |
The Battle of Arica, also known as Assault and Capture of Cape Arica, was a battle in the War of the Pacific. It was fought on 7 June 1880, between the forces of Chile and Peru.
After the Battle of Tacna and the following Bolivian withdrawal from the war, Peru had to stand alone for the rest of the conflict. The need ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Arica |
Juan Manuel Molina Morote (born March 15, 1979, in Cieza, Murcia) is a male former race walker from Spain. He represented Spain at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. His foremost achievement was a bronze medal in the 20 km walk event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. He competed at seven consecutive editions of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Manuel%20Molina |
Hemingby is a dispersed village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north from the market town of Horncastle and just west from the junction of the B1225 and A158 roads. It is surrounded by the villages of Baumber, Goulceby and West Ashby. The River Bain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemingby |
Plastic shamans, or plastic medicine people, is a pejorative colloquialism applied to individuals who are attempting to pass themselves off as shamans, holy people, or other traditional spiritual leaders, but who have no genuine connection to the traditions or cultures they claim to represent. In some cases, the "plast... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic%20shaman |
Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell M.A. M.B. B.Ch. F.Z.S. (20 June 1877 – 8 November 1918) was a British biologist, physician and author whose work in South America and Africa led to the discovery of several new species.
Family and education
Spurrell was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, where is father, Herbert Spurrell, prac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20George%20Flaxman%20Spurrell |
Hydropsychoidea is a superfamily of caddisflies.
References
Trichoptera
Insect superfamilies | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropsychoidea |
Claude Tresmontant (5 August 1925 – 16 April 1997) was a French philosopher, Hellenist, and theologian.
Biography
Claude Tresmontant taught medieval philosophy and philosophy of science at the Sorbonne. He was a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Science. He was given the Maximilien-Kolbe Prize in 1973 and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20Tresmontant |
Ijaazat () is an 1987 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Gulzar, based on a Bengali story, Jatugriha by Subodh Ghosh. Starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah and Anuradha Patel in leading roles, the film followed the story of couple who are separated and who accidentally meet in a railway station waiting r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijaazat |
The Philopotamoidea are a superfamily level taxon of the order Trichoptera which contains two caddisfly families.
Trichoptera
Insect superfamilies | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philopotamoidea |
Susana Paula de Jesus Feitor, DamIH (born 28 January 1975) is a Portuguese racewalker. She was born in Alcobertas.
Achievements
References
1975 births
Living people
Portuguese female racewalkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susana%20Feitor |
The Action Front of National Socialists/National Activists (German: Aktionsfront Nationaler Sozialisten/Nationale Aktivisten; abbreviated ANS/NA) was a West German neo-Nazi organization founded in 1977 by Michael Kühnen under the name "Action Front of National Socialists" (ANS). It was based around a group of young neo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action%20Front%20of%20National%20Socialists/National%20Activists |
Ovayok Territorial Park (sometimes Uvajuq, formerly Mount Pelly) is a park situated east of Cambridge Bay, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. The park is relatively small and covers an area of approximately . The park can be accessed by vehicle from the community as a gravel road runs directly to it.
The park ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovayok%20Territorial%20Park |
The Spicipalpia are a suborder of Trichoptera, the caddisflies. The four families included in this suborder all have the character of pointed maxillary palps in the adults. The larvae of the different families have varying lifestyles, from free-living to case-making, but all construct cases in their final larval instar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spicipalpia |
The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) campaigns for the right of all disabled learners (including those with SEN) to be included and fully supported in mainstream education from early years through to further and higher education. It is a national campaigning and information sharing network run by Disabled peop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance%20for%20Inclusive%20Education |
In applied probability, a Markov additive process (MAP) is a bivariate Markov process where the future states depends only on one of the variables.
Definition
Finite or countable state space for J(t)
The process is a Markov additive process with continuous time parameter t if
is a Markov process
the conditional... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov%20additive%20process |
Tigranes III (50s BC–8 BC) was a prince of the Kingdom of Armenia and member of the Artaxiad dynasty who served as a Roman client king of Armenia.
Family background and early life
Tigranes III was the second son born to Artavasdes II of Armenia by an unnamed mother. Tigranes III had an elder brother called Artaxias II... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigranes%20III |
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Gallegos (born 5 January 1967 in Chihuahua) is a Mexican race walker.
Achievements
External links
1967 births
Living people
Mexican male racewalkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20%C3%81ngel%20Rodr%C3%ADguez%20%28racewalker%29 |
The Herefordshire Beacon is one of the highest peaks of the Malvern Hills. It is surrounded by a British Iron Age hill fort earthwork known as British Camp. The fort subsequently had a ringwork and bailey castle built inside its boundary and there is evidence of 120 huts in the area. British Camp has been a scheduled m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herefordshire%20Beacon |
The Glossosomatoidea are a superfamily of the class Insecta and order Trichoptera.
References
Insect superfamilies
Spicipalpia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossosomatoidea |
"Rhyacophiloidea" may also be the name of the entire "Spicipalpia", when these are treated as a superfamily inside the Annulipalpia.
The Rhyacophiloidea are a superfamily in the insect order Trichoptera.
References
Insect superfamilies
Spicipalpia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyacophiloidea |
Gulf of Hammamet () is a large gulf in northeastern Tunisia.
Geography
The Gulf of Hammamet is located south of the Cape Bon peninsula. To the other side of the Cape Bon peninsula is the Gulf of Tunis.
Hammamet, a popular vacation resort city, lies at the northwestern edge of the gulf.
References
Hammamet
Hammamet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf%20of%20Hammamet |
The Swoop! and Other Stories is a collection of early short stories and a novella by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 11 April 1979 by the Seabury Press, New York City, four years after Wodehouse's death.
The collection was edited and introduced by Wodehouse's biographer, David A. Jasen, and fe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Swoop%21%20and%20Other%20Stories |
Parents for Inclusion is a registered charity in the United Kingdom which aims to help parents of children with special educational needs and physical disabilities. The charity is pro-inclusion and was founded in 1984 as Parents in Partnership.
External links
Official website
Educational charities based in the Unite... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents%20for%20Inclusion |
Greatham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish (including Newton Bewley) was taken in the 2011 census was 2,132. Greatham village is located approximately three miles south of Hartlepool town centre.
History
Greatham village is not m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatham%2C%20County%20Durham |
Lade is a coastal hamlet in the county of Kent, England.
Lade is adjacent to, and north of, Lydd-on-Sea. It had a railway station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway which is now closed.
References
Hamlets in Kent
Beaches of Kent
Lydd | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lade%2C%20Kent |
Driton Dovolani (born July 17, 1973), commonly known as Tony Dovolani is an Albanian-American professional ballroom dancer, instructor and judge. He is known for his involvement in the American version of Dancing with the Stars on ABC. Dovolani also portrayed Slick Willy in the hit film Shall We Dance? and spent time c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Dovolani |
Vice Admiral Paul David Stroop (30 October 1904 – 17 May 1995) was an officer of the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator. He held numerous high-ranking staff positions in aviation from the 1930s onward, including World War II service on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. During the late 1940s and early 195... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20D.%20Stroop |
Band on the Wall is a live music venue in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, England.
History
Early history
The building dates back to around 1862 when a local brewery, the McKenna Brothers, built it as the flagship pub of their operation. It was called the George and Dragon; the first licence on the site was grante... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band%20on%20the%20Wall |
The Massachusetts Teachers' Oath was a loyalty oath required to teach in Massachusetts from 1935 to 1967.
Passage
In response to political radicalism during the Great Depression, several states passed legislation that required public school teachers to submit signed oaths of loyalty to the state and/or federal Constit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%20Teachers%27%20Oath |
Greatham ( ) is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Liss, just off the A3 road.
The nearest railway station is south of the village, at Liss.
Description
Greatham is a small village, about north of Petersfield, Hampshire, south of Farnham, Surrey and ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatham%2C%20Hampshire |
The Integripalpia are a suborder of Trichoptera, the caddisflies. The name refers to the unringed nature of maxillary palp's terminal segment in the adults. Integripalpian larvae construct portable cases out of debris during the first larval instar, which are enlarged through subsequent instars. These cases are often v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integripalpia |
Last Human is the title of a 1995 science fiction comedy novel written by Doug Naylor. It is part of the Red Dwarf series of novels, based on the popular television show created by Naylor and his partner Rob Grant. Like the other novels, it does not take place within the television series continuity, but instead adapts... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last%20Human |
Also known as the (Moran-)Gamma Process, the gamma process is a random process studied in mathematics, statistics, probability theory, and stochastics. The gamma process is a stochastic or random process consisting of independently distributed gamma distributions where represents the number of event occurrences from t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma%20process |
Johann David Köhler (18 January 1684 – 10 March 1755) was a German historian. His academic focuses were on Roman coins as historical artifacts, ancient weapons, and genealogy. Köhler also served as university librarian at Altdorf and contributed to the early library science literature.
Life
Köhler was born in Colditz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20David%20K%C3%B6hler |
Tormentor is a Hungarian black metal band formed in 1986 in Budapest. They recorded their first album, Anno Domini, in 1988, but were unable to release it until the end of communist rule in Hungary. The album reached Norway through the tape-trading community. Following the suicide of Per Ohlin, Mayhem invited Attila Cs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tormentor%20%28band%29 |
The Princess telephone was introduced by the Bell System in 1959. It was a compact telephone designed for convenient use in the bedroom, and contained a light-up dial for use as a night-light. It was commonly advertised with the slogan "It's little...It's lovely...It lights", which was suggested by Robert Karl Lethin, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20telephone |
Sari Miriam Essayah (born 21 February 1967 in Haukivuori) is a Finnish retired racewalker and a politician, former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Member of Parliament since 2015. She is the president of the Finnish Christian Democrats party. She is serving as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry since 2023... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sari%20Essayah |
High Littleton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about north of Paulton and south-west of Bath. The parish includes the small village of Hallatrow and the hamlets of White Cross, Greyfield and Mearns; the northeastern part of High Littleton village is known as Rotcombe.
High Littleton and Hallatrow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Littleton |
Pamela Mavis Crowe MBE is a former Member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man. Prior to entering politics she was a director of Crowes Ltd and an author of several books. She was the MHK for Rushen from 1997 to 2003, when she was elected to the Legislative Council.
Governmental positions
Chairman of the Is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela%20Crowe |
Xinglong Station () is an observatory (IAU code 327) situated south of the main peak of the Yan Mountains in Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei province, China. Installed are seven telescopes: a Mark-III photoelectric astrolabe; a 60 cm reflector; an 85 cm reflector; a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope; a 1.26-meter infrared tel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinglong%20Station%20%28NAOC%29 |
The Kaufman Astoria Studios is a film studio located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The studio was constructed for Famous Players–Lasky in 1920, since it was close to Manhattan's Theater District. The property was taken over by real estate developer George S. Kaufman in 1982 and renamed Kaufman... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaufman%20Astoria%20Studios |
(; English: "The Hague Central") is the largest railway station in the city of The Hague in South Holland, Netherlands, and with twelve tracks, the largest terminal station in the Netherlands. The railway station opened in 1973, adjacent to its predecessor: Den Haag Staatsspoor, which was subsequently demolished. It is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%20Haag%20Centraal%20railway%20station |
Valeriy Anatolyevich Spitsyn (; born 5 December 1965 in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast) is a retired male race walker from Russia.
International competitions
References
1965 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Magnitogorsk
Russian male racewalkers
Olympic athletes for Russia
Olympic athletes for the Unified Tea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriy%20Spitsyn |
Thomas Young (1507 – 26 June 1568) was a Bishop of St David's and Archbishop of York (1561–1568).
Life
He was the son of John Young and Eleanor his wife, and was born at Hodgeston, Pembrokeshire, in 1507. He became a student at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, and graduated B. A. 14 June 1529, M. A. 19 March 1533, as secular ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Young%20%28bishop%29 |
Jeff Meyer is an American television director. He has directed episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond, So Little Time, Coach, The Faculty, Still Standing and numerous episodes of Yes, Dear.
References
External links
American television directors
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Meyer%20%28director%29 |
SHK might refer to:
Schempp-Hirth SHK aerobatic glider
Speaker of the House of Keys of Isle of Man
Sun Hung Kai (disambiguation), groups of property and finance companies in Hong Kong
Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens Haverikommission)
Stichodactyla toxin, a toxin from a sea anemone | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHK |
"Bisclavret" ("The Werewolf") is one of the twelve Lais of Marie de France written in the 12th century. Originally written in French, it tells the story of a werewolf who is trapped in lupine form by the treachery of his wife. The tale shares a common ancestry with the comparable Lay of Melion, and is probably referenc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisclavret |
Lobaria is a genus of foliose lichens, formerly classified in the family Lobariaceae, but now placed in the Peltigeraceae. They are commonly known as "lung wort" or "lungmoss" as their physical shape somewhat resembles a lung, and their ecological niche is similar to that of moss.
Lobaria are unusual in that they have... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobaria |
The Shoreditch Twat fanzine was published and edited by club promoter Neil Boorman on behalf of the Shoreditch nightclub 333 between 1999 and 2004.
History
Starting life as a listings magazine for the club, it quickly grew to become an irreverent, satirical fanzine at the centre of the creative boom in East London. P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoreditch%20Twat |
Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (; August 24, 1863 – August 9, 1940) was a Av beis din (rabbinical chief justice), posek (halakhic authority), and Talmudic scholar in Vilnius, Lithuania in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for over 55 years. He played an instrumental role in preserving Lithuanian yeshivas during the Communi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim%20Ozer%20Grodzinski |
Leptoceroidea is a superfamily of caddisflies.
References
Insect superfamilies
Integripalpia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptoceroidea |
Olga Kardopoltseva (; born 11 September 1966 in Almaty, Kazakhstan) is a Belarusian race walker.
International competitions
References
1966 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Almaty
Belarusian female racewalkers
Soviet female racewalkers
Olympic athletes for Belarus
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga%20Kardopoltseva |
Samuel Raymond Scottron (February 1841 – October 14, 1908) was a prominent African-American inventor from Brooklyn, N.Y. who began his career as a barber. He was born in Philadelphia in 1841. He received his engineering degree from Cooper Union in 1878.
He was a community leader in New York, setting up organizations t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20R.%20Scottron |
The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 13) is an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain which requires that the clerk of the Parliaments endorse every act of Parliament with the date on which the act passed and the date on which the same received royal assent and that the date is p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts%20of%20Parliament%20%28Commencement%29%20Act%201793 |
Limnephiloidea is a superfamily of Trichoptera caddisflies.
References
Insect superfamilies
Integripalpia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnephiloidea |
NGC 4565 (also known as the Needle Galaxy or Caldwell 38) is an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It lies close to the North Galactic Pole and has a visual magnitude of approximately 10. It is known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile. First reco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%204565 |
Sericostomatoidea is a superfamily in the order Trichoptera, the caddisflies.
Families include:
Anomalopsychidae
Antipodoeciidae
Barbarochthonidae
Beraeidae
Calocidae
Chathamiidae
Conoesucidae
Helicophidae
Helicopsychidae – snail-case caddisflies
Hydrosalpingidae
Petrothrincidae
Ser... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sericostomatoidea |
Frants Kostyukevich (; born 4 April 1963) is a male race walker who represented the USSR and later Belarus.
Achievements
External links
1963 births
Living people
Belarusian male racewalkers
Soviet male racewalkers
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union
World Athletics Championships athletes for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frants%20Kostyukevich |
Hubert Léonard (7 April 1819 – 6 May 1890) was a Belgian violinist and composer.
Biography
Léonard was born in Liège, Belgium on April 7 1819. His earliest preparatory training was given by a prominent teacher of the time, , after which he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1836. There he studied for three years unde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert%20L%C3%A9onard |
Joe Purdy is an American singer/songwriter who has released fourteen albums over the last fifteen years. In 2017, Purdy made his acting debut in American Folk.
Career
Purdy's albums Paris in the Morning and You Can Tell Georgia have sold a combined 80,000 single downloads online worldwide. His catalog of music has so... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Purdy |
WJYY (105.5 FM, "105.5 JYY") is a radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Concord, New Hampshire, United States, the station serves the Concord and Manchester areas. The station is owned by Binnie Media and licensed to WBIN Media Co., Inc.
History
The station was assigned the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJYY |
Kokanee is a word from the Okanagan language referring to land-locked lake populations of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). It may also refer to:
Kokanee Range, a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada
Kokanee salmon, a landlocked type of sockeye salmon
Kokanee Creek Provincial Park, Brit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokanee |
Phryganeoidea is a giant caddisfly superfamily that may be paraphyletic with Limnephiloidea.
References
Insect superfamilies
Integripalpia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyrganeoidea |
Permit may refer to:
Permit (fish), a game fish of the western Atlantic Ocean belonging to the family Carangidae, Trachinotus falcatus
Various legal licenses:
License
Work permit, legal authorization which allows a person to take employment
Learner's permit, restricted license that is given to a person who is learning... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permit |
Back to Times of Splendor is the full-length debut album by the German band Disillusion. It contains a concept-based story, written by Vurtox; with each song dividing the story into separate conjoined sections (or chapters). The album received critical acclaim upon release and is considered by many to be a modern metal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back%20to%20Times%20of%20Splendor |
François Antoine Habeneck (22 January 1781 – 8 February 1849) was a French classical violinist and conductor.
Early life
Habeneck was born at Mézières, the son of a musician in a French regimental band. During his early youth, Habeneck was taught by his father, and at the age of ten played concertos in public. In 18... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Habeneck |
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is an independent professional body and a registered charity in the United Kingdom that works internationally to advance the science and practice of water resource management and environmental resource management for sustainability. It is licensed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered%20Institution%20of%20Water%20and%20Environmental%20Management |
Lake Burgas (, Burgasko ezero) or Lake Vaya (езеро Вая, ezero Vaya), located near the Black Sea west of the city of Burgas, is the largest natural lake in Bulgaria, with an area of 27.60 km2, a length of 9.6 km and a width of 2.5 to 5 km. It is up to 34 m deep.
The lake's waters contain relatively little salt (about 4... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Burgas |
Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov (; born 26 July 1980) is a retired Russian race walker. Between 2008 and 2014 he held the world record over 50 km distance, with a time of 3:34:14. He competed in this event at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal, respectively.
In May 2016, Nizhegorodov became... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis%20Nizhegorodov |
Parzival Copes, (22 January 1924 – 8 September 2017) was a Canadian economist with a particular interest in regional science and specialization in fisheries economics and management.
Born in Nakusp, British Columbia, he moved with his family to the Netherlands in 1933 and was educated at Vierde Vijfjarige H.B.S. in A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parzival%20Copes |
India competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
India didn't win a medal but the Games are remembered for bringing Indian women athletes centre stage.
P. T. Usha lost the bronze medal in 400 metre hurdles by one-hundredth of a second. Earlier in the Games, Shiny Abraham reached the semifinals... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%20at%20the%201984%20Summer%20Olympics |
Hucking is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Maidstone District of Kent, England. It is located north-east of Maidstone and south-west of Sittingbourne. The parish is governed by a parish meeting.
The settlement sits atop the North Downs in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) near the village... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hucking |
The Honkbal Hoofdklasse (Dutch for Major League Baseball) is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation (KNBSB).
Games are played principally on weekends. The season ru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honkbal%20Hoofdklasse |
Elisabetta Perrone (born 9 July 1968) is a former race walker from Italy who won eighteen medals, eight of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
Biography
Elisabetta Perrone won six medals, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions. She participated at four editions... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabetta%20Perrone |
Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) is the organic compound with the formula (CH2)6(NCO)2. It is classified as an diisocyanate. It is a colorless liquid. It has sometimes been called HMDI but this not usually done to avoid confusion with Hydrogenated MDI.
Synthesis
Compared to other commercial diisocyanates, HDI is prod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexamethylene%20diisocyanate |
Boulby is a hamlet in the Loftus parish, located within the North York Moors National Park. It is in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is located off the A174, near Easington and west of Staithes.
It was in the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, followed by the county of Cle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulby |
Isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) is an organic compound in the class known as isocyanates. More specifically, it is an aliphatic diisocyanate. It is produced in relatively small quantities, accounting for (with hexamethylene diisocyanate) only 3.4% of the global diisocyanate market in the year 2000. Aliphatic diisocyanat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isophorone%20diisocyanate |
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Dana () is a village near the city of Tafilah, in the Feynan area in central-western Jordan (Tafilah Governorate). It is situated on the edge of Wadi Dana, a large natural canyon, and has views over Wadi Araba. It is host to Dana Biosphere Reserve, one of Jordan's premiere nature re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%2C%20Jordan |
WFHN (107.1 FM), better known as Fun 107, is a contemporary hit radio station that serves the New Bedford-Fall River, Massachusetts, market along with (to a lesser extent) the Providence, Rhode Island, market. The station is licensed to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and is owned by Townsquare Media. The studio is located i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFHN |
, also known by his stage names Violent Onsen Geisha and Hair Stylistics, is a Japanese musician, writer and actor. He was described by Allmusic as "one of those musical entities that defy categorization." He co-starred in Shinji Aoyama's 2005 film My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? with Tadanobu Asano.
Discog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaya%20Nakahara |
Mr. Green may refer to:
Mr. Green (Clue), is the character in the game of Cluedo/Clue
Mr. Green Jeans, Hugh Brannum's role on the children's television show Captain Kangaroo
Mr. Green (record producer), an American Disc jockey and hip hop record producer
Mr Green (company), an online gambling company
Mr. Green Tea Ice ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Green |
The 1975 Chadian coup d'état was in considerable part generated by the growing distrust of the president of Chad, François Tombalbaye, for the army. This distrust came in part from the Chadian Armed Forces (FAT) incapacity to deal with the rebellion that was inflaming the Muslim north from when the rebel insurgent gro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975%20Chadian%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat |
Easington is a village in the Loftus civil parish and is part of the North York Moors National Park. It is in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the A174 road, east of Loftus, east of Guisborough, and north-west of Whitby.
History
The village is mentioned in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easington%2C%20North%20Yorkshire |
George Eglinton Alston Dix (4 October 1901 – 12 May 1952), known as Gregory Dix, was a British monk and priest of Nashdom Abbey, an Anglican Benedictine community. He was a noted liturgical scholar whose work had particular influence on the reform of Anglican liturgy in the mid-20th century.
Life
Dix was born on 4 Oc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20Dix |
Saint John the Evangelist's Catholic Church may refer to:
Church of St John the Evangelist, Liège, Belgium
San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna, Italy
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Frederick, Maryland), U.S.
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Silver Spring, Maryland), U.S.
St. John the Evangelist Cat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20John%20the%20Evangelist%20Catholic%20Church |
Skinningrove is a village in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.
Its name is of Old Norse etymology and is thought to mean skinners' grove or pit.
History
The village had an agricultural and fishing economy until the opening of local ironstone workings in 1848 initiated an industrialisation boom.
A railw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinningrove |
Madeline: Lost in Paris is a 1999 American direct-to-video animated musical adventure comedy-drama film produced by DIC Entertainment, L.P. It was released on August 3, 1999, to VHS by Buena Vista Home Video under the Walt Disney Home Video imprint. In 2009, the film was released on iTunes for the film's 10th anniversa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline%3A%20Lost%20in%20Paris |
Carlin How is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
Notable people
Alfred Myers, ironstone miner, one of the Richmond Sixteen
References
External links
Villages in North Yorkshire
Places in the Tees Valley
Loftus, North Yorkshire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlin%20How |
Khokhropar or Khokhrapar (; ) is a border town situated in Tharparkar District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is located at 25°41 North 70°12 East and has an altitude of .
Railway
Khokhrapar railway station was established in 1916. Before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Sind Mail was run between Hyderabad, Pakistan an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khokhropar |
Kilton is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Lockwood.
History
The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as Chiltune, which is possibly derived from a combination of Old Norse and Old English of "narrow-valley far... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilton%2C%20North%20Yorkshire |
Kilton Thorpe is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
Noted for evidence of early settlement. The outlines of an ancient village are visible in fields adjacent to the present village.
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilton%20Thorpe |
Trevor Lionel Penney (born 12 June 1968 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, noted particularly for his fielding. He was a substitute fielder for England during the 2005 Ashes series. He had a first class career average of 39.28 runs per innings. Penn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor%20Penney |
The Roman Baths (), situated northeast of the Charlottenhof Palace in the Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, reflect the Italiensehnsucht ("Sehnsucht/longing for Italy") of its creator Frederick William IV of Prussia. Various classical Roman and antique Italian styles were melded into an architectural ensemble, created betwee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Baths%20%28Potsdam%29 |
Umerkot (Urdu: ; Sindhi: عمرڪوٽ; IPA: [ʊmərkoːʈ], formerly known as Amarkot) is a city in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
The local language is Dhatki, one of the Rajasthani languages of the Indo-Aryan language family. It is most closely related to Marwari. Sindhi, Urdu and Punjabi are also understood by the citizens... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umerkot |
Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 individual medals (22 also with team events), at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
Biography
He was the 1980 Olympic Champion and the 1987 and 1991 World Champion in the 20 km race walk. He has 60 caps in nationa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurizio%20Damilano |
Andrejs Pumpurs ( on the left bank of the Daugava, in Lieljumprava civil parish, now Birzgale Parish – in Riga) was a poet who penned the Latvian epic Lāčplēsis (The Bear Slayer, first published in 1888) and a prominent figure in the Young Latvia movement. Working in the land before volunteering to fight in Serbia aga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrejs%20Pumpurs |
In many countries, the term principal investigator (PI) refers to the holder of an independent grant and the lead researcher for the grant project, usually in the sciences, such as a laboratory study or a clinical trial. The phrase is also often used as a synonym for "head of the laboratory" or "research group leader".... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%20investigator |
Thomas Leverton Donaldson (19 October 1795 – 1 August 1885) was a British architect, notable as a pioneer in architectural education, as a co-founder and President of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a winner of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
Life
Donaldson was born in Bloomsbury Square, London, the eldest s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Leverton%20Donaldson |
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