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Garab Dorje (c. 665) () was the first human to receive the complete direct transmission teachings of Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen from Vajrasattva. The circumstances of his birth are shrouded in different interpretations, with some accounts describing a miraculous birth by a virgin daughter of the king of Uddiyana.
Gara... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garab%20Dorje |
Marco Donadel (born 21 April 1983) is an Italian football coach and a former midfielder.
Club career
Milan
Donadel is a youth product of Milan, playing for the youth side between 1998 and 2002, winning the Torneo di Viareggio in 1999 and 2001 before being promoted to the senior side. On 4 March 2001, he made his deb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco%20Donadel |
DAAA may refer to:
Dominica Amateur Athletic Association
Dwarf Athletic Association of America | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAAA |
William Carey Christian School is an independent non-denominational Christian co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in Prestons, a suburb in South Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The school provides a religious and general education to approximately 1,250 students, from e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Carey%20Christian%20School |
Kunzea ericoides, commonly known as kānuka, kanuka, or white tea-tree, is a tree or shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It has white or pink flowers similar to those of Leptospermum and from its first formal description in 1832 until 1983 was known as Leptospermum ericoides. The flower... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunzea%20ericoides |
Houston Hall can refer to:
Houston Hall, a residential hall at Tufts University
Houston Hall (University of Pennsylvania), the student union building at the University of Pennsylvania
Architectural disambiguation pages | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston%20Hall |
The Evangelical Church or Protestant Church () in Mlynská ulica (Mill Street) in Košice, Slovakia is a Neoclassical church building of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia, a Lutheran denomination. It has Sunday services at 09:30 and 18:00 in Slovak, and at 08:15 in Hungarian.
History
It was b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical%20Church%20of%20Ko%C5%A1ice |
Dolores Keane (born 26 September 1953) is an Irish folk singer. She was a founding member of the group De Dannan following which she pursued a solo recording and touring career.
Background
Keane was born in a small village called Sylane (near Tuam) in rural County Galway in the west of Ireland. From the age of four sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores%20Keane |
The Constitution of the State of Alaska was ratified on April 4, 1956 and took effect with Alaska's admission to the United States as a U.S. state on January 3, 1959.
History and background
The statehood movement
In the 1940s, the movement for Alaska statehood was gaining momentum within the territory, but stymied by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution%20of%20Alaska |
The scintillant hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla) is a hummingbird endemic to Costa Rica and Panama. This species is replaced at higher elevations by its relative, the volcano hummingbird, S. flammula.
Habitat
It inhabits brushy forest edges, coffee plantations and sometimes gardens at altitudes from , and up to w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillant%20hummingbird |
County Kildare in the province of Leinster, Ireland, was first defined as a diocese in 1111, shired in 1297 and assumed its present borders in 1836. Its location in the Liffey basin on the main routes from Dublin to the south and west meant it was a valuable possession and important theatre of events throughout Irish h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20County%20Kildare |
KCLA (1400 AM) was an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. The station was most recently owned by Community Broadcast Group Inc., and the broadcast license held by M.R.S. Ventures, Inc. When it went off the air permanently in early 2007, KCLA broadcast programmi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCLA%20%28Arkansas%29 |
Bose has sold various computer speaker products since 1987. Most models consisted of two small satellite speakers, sometimes with a subwoofer.
Models
MediaMate
The computer speakers from Bose was the "MediaMate" system, which was released in 1987. The MediaMate included magnetic shielding so that they could be pla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Bose%20computer%20speakers |
Luis Miranda (1932 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – 2016 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) was an Ecuadorian master painter.
Miranda was born in 1932 to Pedro Miranda Martinez and Dolores Neira Peñafiel. Miranda's childhood memories were of harvesting honey from his family's many beehives, which they owned all along the route from Empal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Miranda%20%28painter%29 |
Cristian Brocchi (; born 30 January 1976) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Vicenza.
As a defensive midfielder, Brocchi was rated for his durability and tackling. He began his career with hometown club AC Milan, but he struggled to break into the firs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian%20Brocchi |
Eitel may refer to
Eitel Friedrich II, Count of Hohenzollern (c. 1452–1512)
Eitel Friedrich of Zollern (1454–1490), German nobleman and Admiral of the Netherlands
Eitel Friedrich III, Count of Hohenzollern (1494–1525)
Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern (1545–1605)
Eitel Frederick von Hohenzollern-Sigmaring... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitel |
The American Academy of Arts is an independent, non-profit film school located in Escondido, California. It specializes in visual and digital media arts education and is staffed by working Hollywood and independent film professionals. As part of its program it conducts a 9-day Indie Filmmaker's Bootcamp which using d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Academy%20of%20Arts |
Apodaca Provincial Park is a provincial park located on the central eastern shoreline of Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada.
History
The park was established 1954, one year after the property was donated to the province by Major J. S. Matthews, a noted Vancouver historian and City Archivist for Vancouver.
The par... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apodaca%20Provincial%20Park |
In the context of places in Trinidad and Tobago, Canaan can refer to either:
Canaan, Tobago, birthplace of Dwight Yorke
Canaan, Trinidad
See also
List of cities and towns in Trinidad and Tobago
Populated places in Trinidad and Tobago | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan%2C%20Trinidad%20and%20Tobago |
A practical joke, or prank, is a mischievous trick played on someone, generally causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort. A person who performs a practical joke is called a "practical joker" or "prankster". Other terms for practical jokes include gag, rib, jape, or shenaniga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical%20joke |
The Achaemenid Empire issued coins from 520 BC–450 BC to 330 BC. The Persian daric was the first gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos (from , , shékel) represented the first bimetallic monetary standard. It seems that before the Persians issued their own coinage, a continuation of Lydian coinag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid%20coinage |
The Taiwanese American Foundation of San Diego is an organization for people of Taiwanese descent in the San Diego, California area.
The Taiwanese American Foundation of San Diego (TAFSD) was founded in 1996 with the dedication and commitment of the Taiwanese American Community in San Diego. TAFSD is incorporated in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese%20American%20Foundation%20of%20San%20Diego |
KTVF, virtual channel 11 (UHF digital channel 26), is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Owned by Atlanta-based Gray Television, it is sister to two low-power stations: primary MeTV and secondary MyNetworkTV affiliate KFXF-LD (channel 22) and Class A CBS affiliate KXDF-CD... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTVF |
Yuri Mikhaylovich Ahronovitch (Юрий Михайлович Аронович) (13 May 193231 October 2002) was a Soviet-born Israeli conductor.
Born in Leningrad, he studied music and the violin from the age of 4. In 1954 he graduated as conductor from the Leningrad Conservatory. He studied with Nathan Rachlin and Kurt Sanderling. Invit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%20Ahronovitch |
Lamy () is a German pen manufacturing company. Josef Lamy, who was a sales representative for Parker Pen in Germany, founded the business in 1930 by purchasing the Orthos pen manufacturer. Lamy was a pioneer in the use of moulded synthetic plastics to make their products.
Lamy was run by Josef Lamy's son, Manfred, unt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamy |
Ecuador is a predominantly Christian country, with adherents of Islam representing a very small minority. Due to secular nature of the Ecuador's constitution, Muslims are free to proselytize and build places of worship in the country. The Pew Research Center estimates that Ecuador has a Muslim population of about 2,000... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20in%20Ecuador |
Tirnavia is a mixed choir from Slovakia founded in 1988, on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Trnava being granted free royal town privileges. The choir was founded by Gabriel Kalapoš. Following conductors were Andrej Rapant and Zuzana Holičková. Current conductor is Michal Stahl. Tirnavia's name is derived from... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirnavia |
Anshel Brusilow (August 14, 1928 – January 15, 2018) was an American violinist, conductor, and music educator at the collegiate level.
Early life and education
Brusilow was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1928, the son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants Leon and Dora Brusilow (see ). He began his violin study at the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anshel%20Brusilow |
Francesco "Franco" Scoglio (; 2 May 1941 – 3 October 2005) was an Italian football manager who coached at both national and international level.
Playing career
Francesco Scoglio was born in Lipari, in the province of Messina, Italy. He played as a defender or midfielder.
Managerial career
Nicknamed il Professore (th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco%20Scoglio |
Les Dudek is American guitarist Les Dudek's 1976 self-titled solo debut album.
Track listing
Influence
Steve Miller covered "What a Sacrifice" on his album Book of Dreams as "Sacrifice", which included Dudek and James Curly Cooke in the recording.
His early releases influenced by the Southern rock style of the Allma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20Dudek%20%28album%29 |
KFXF, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, was a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. The station was owned by Tanana Valley Television Company. KFXF's transmitter was located north of Fairbanks and its programming was simulcast on low-power digital translator KFXF-LD (UHF chann... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFXF |
Zdeněk Chalabala (18 April 1899 – 4 March 1962) was a Czechoslovak conductor. He conducted orchestras in Prague, Ostrava, Moscow.
Chalabala was born in Uherské Hradiště. He studied conducting at the Brno Conservatory with František Neumann, and after a few years gaining experience was appointed a conductor of the Brno... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk%20Chalabala |
Mary Louise Pratt (born 1948) is a Silver Professor and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures at New York University. She received her B.A. in Modern Languages and Literatures from the University of Toronto in 1970, her M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1971, and h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Louise%20Pratt |
The University of Technology of Compiègne (, UTC) is a public research university located in Compiègne, France. The university has both the status of public university and grande école. It was founded in 1972 as the first experimental Institute of Technology in France. The university is a founding member of Sorbonne Un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Technology%20of%20Compi%C3%A8gne |
Stuart David Challender (19 February 194713 December 1991) was an Australian conductor, known particularly for his work with The Australian Opera, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Early life
Challender was born in February 1947 at Hobart. His initial passion for music came from his gran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Challender |
Horst Walter Stein (born 2 May 1928 in Elberfeld, Germany; died 27 July 2008 in Vandœuvres, Switzerland) was a German conductor.
Biography
Stein's father was a mechanic. At school in Frankfurt, he studied piano, oboe, and singing. Later, he continued studies at the university in Cologne, including lessons in composi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst%20Stein |
Macedonian NLA may refer to:
Macedonian National Liberation Army, a World War II-era Communist resistance army
National Liberation Army (Macedonia), a guerrilla organization operating in 2001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian%20NLA |
This is a list of airports in Italy, grouped by region and sorted by location.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.
See also
Transport in Italy
List of airports by ICAO code: L#LI – Italy (and San Marino)
List of the busiest airports in Italy
Wikipedia:Wiki... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20airports%20in%20Italy |
Radoslav Židek (born October 15, 1981 in Žilina) is a snowboarder who became the first Slovak to win a Winter Olympics medal. He won a silver in Snowboard Cross at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
External links
Slovak male snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders for Slovakia
Living people
1981 births
Snowboarders at the 2006 Win... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radoslav%20%C5%BDidek |
Islam is Brunei's official religion, 82.70 percent of the population is Muslim, mostly Sunnis of Malay origin who follow the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence. Most of the other Muslim groups are Malay Kedayans (converts from indigenous tribal groups), local Chinese and Dayak Iban converts. Islam was introduced to Brunei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20in%20Brunei |
Hermsprong: or, Man As He is Not is a 1796 philosophical novel by Robert Bage. It is the main work for which Bage is remembered and was his last novel. He had previously published a novel entitled Man As He Is.
The novel was regarded as radical at the time it was published. It was shaped by the revolutionary ideas of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermsprong |
Armin Jordan (9 April 1932 – 20 September 2006) was a Swiss conductor known for his interpretations of French music, Mozart and Wagner.
Armin Jordan was born in Lucerne, Switzerland. "Mr. Jordan was a large man, with a slab of a face and a full mouth, often twisted in a sardonic smile, and his powerful physical presen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin%20Jordan |
Myung-whun Chung (born 22 January 1953) is a South Korean conductor and pianist.
Career
Performer
Chung studied piano with Maria Curcio and won joint second-prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition. He performed in the Chung Trio with his sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung and cellist Myung-wha Chung.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myung-whun%20Chung |
Corumbaíba is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil.
Location and connections
Corumbaíba is located 222 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is south of Caldas Novas and north of the Itumbiara reservoir.
Connections from Goiânia are made by BR-352 / Bela Vista de Goiás / GO-147 / Piracanjuba /... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corumba%C3%ADba |
Christine Wachtel (born 6 January 1965) is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run. Her time of 1:56.64 put her second to her training partner Sigrun Wodars.
Wachtel was born in Altentreptow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Her... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine%20Wachtel |
Roxborough may refer to:
Places
Roxborough, Manchester, Jamaica
Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, a neighborhood
Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago Island, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Roxborough Castle, Ireland
Roxborough Park, Colorado, a census-designated place in Douglas County, Colorado, US... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxborough |
Hisham Ali Hafiz (28 April 1931 - 26 February 2006) was a Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher and author. He is best known for co-founding Arab News and his Saudi Research and Publishing Company published 16 newspapers and magazines at the time of his death. He has also written a number of collections of poetry and nonf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisham%20Hafiz |
Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford (1 April 1274 – 24 June 1314), of Appleby Castle, Westmorland, feudal baron of Appleby and feudal baron of Skipton in Yorkshire, was an English soldier who became 1st Lord Warden of the Marches, responsible for defending the English border with Scotland.
Origins
He was born at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Clifford%2C%201st%20Baron%20Clifford |
HNoMS Brage was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1874, with build number 58. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were Vale, Nor, Uller and Vidar.
Brage was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small 'Q... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS%20Brage%20%281878%29 |
Junction 10, formerly Ten Mile Junction, is a shopping centre in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore located at the junction of Choa Chu Kang Road and Woodlands Road.
Background
The mall was opened in 1998 as Ten Mile Junction (). It is owned by Far East Organization.
It was accessible via the then-operational Ten Mile Junction... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junction%2010 |
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 2006. Although the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front received the most votes, the Nationalist Republican Alliance emerged as the largest party, winning 34 of the 84 seats.
Results
References
Legislative elections in El Salvador
El Salvador
Legislativ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Salvadoran%20legislative%20election |
Charles Dean Dixon (January 10, 1915November 3, 1976) was an American conductor.
Career
Dixon was born in the upper-Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem in New York City to parents who had earlier migrated from the Caribbean. He studied conducting with Albert Stoessel at the Juilliard School and Columbia University. Whe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Dixon |
Limnanthes alba is a species of flowering plant in the meadowfoam family known by the common name white meadowfoam. It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in wet grassy habitat, such as vernal pools and moist spots in woodlands. It generally grows in poorly drained soils. It is an annual herb producing a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnanthes%20alba |
A Korpsabteilung (engl. Corps Detachment) was a division size infantry formation established by the German Wehrmacht during World War II.
History
During summer and autumn 1943, Wehrmacht suffered heavy losses in men and materiel at the hands of the Red Army on the Eastern Front. Simultaneously, it had to build-up mil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpsabteilung |
HNoMS Nor was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1878. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were Vale, Brage, Uller and Vidar.
Nor was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and a 37mm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS%20Nor%20%281878%29 |
Phen may refer to:
Phen, an abbreviation for the chemical compound phenethylamine
Phen, an abbreviation for the chemical compound phenanthroline
Phen, an abbreviation for phentermine in the pharmaceutical drug known as fen-phen
Phen District, a district in Udon Thani Province, Thailand
Pyen language, also known ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phen |
Cornelia Oschkenat, (née Riefstahl; born 29 October 1961) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She competed at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. At the 1987 World Championships in Rome, she won a bronze medal in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.46s as well as silver medal as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia%20Oschkenat |
HNoMS Uller was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat constructed for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Karljohansverns Verft Naval Yard in Horten in 1874-1876 and had yard build number 55. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were Vale, Brage, Nor and Vidar.
Uller was, in addition to the heavy, muzz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS%20Uller%20%281876%29 |
Dioctyl sebacate (also di(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate, commonly abbreviated as DOS, DEHS, and BEHS) is an organic compound which is the diester of sebacic acid and 2-ethylhexanol.
It is an oily colorless liquid and is used as a plasticizer, including in the explosive C4. It has also found use in Dot 5 brake fluid, in ester-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioctyl%20sebacate |
Ceratomia is a genus of hawkmoths (family Sphingidae). The genus was erected by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839. Species include:
Species
Ceratomia amyntor (Geyer 1835)
Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval 1875)
Ceratomia hageni Grote 1874
Ceratomia hoffmanni Mooser 1942
Ceratomia igualana Schaus, 1932
Ceratomia sonorensis H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratomia |
Valeri Viktorovich Kamenski () (born 18 April 1966) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League, and internationally for the Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team, and the Russia men's national ice hockey team. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2016.
Pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri%20Kamensky |
HNoMS Vidar was a Vale-class Rendel gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy at Horten Naval Yard in 1878. She was one of a class of five gunboats - the other ships in the class were Vale, Brage, Nor and Uller.
Vidar was, in addition to the heavy, muzzle-loading main gun, armed with a small 'Quick Fire' gun and a 3... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS%20Vidar%20%281878%29 |
This is a species list for the family Sphingidae of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk-moths. This list contains all known species of Sphingidae in order of subfamily. There should be about 1,288 species listed. There are three subfamilies:
Subfamily Macroglossinae
Subfamily Smerinthinae
Subfamily Sphingina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Sphingidae%20species |
Die Heilsleër is the Afrikaans branch of The Salvation Army. In South Africa some Corps (Churches) may conduct all or part of their services in Afrikaans whereas other Corps, which are in more English speaking areas, may conduct services in English.
The Salvation Army by region
Christian denominations in South Africa
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20Heilsle%C3%ABr |
Alexei Vasilievich Gusarov () (born July 8, 1964) is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues.
Playing career
Born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Gusarov was a veteran of the Soviet national team before playing in the NHL.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei%20Gusarov |
Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos or Philopappus (; 65 – 116), was a Prince of the Kingdom of Commagene who lived in the Roman Empire during the 1st century and 2nd century. He was one of the most prominent Greeks in the Empire.
Ancestry, family and early life
Philopappos was a man of aristocratic and well-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philopappos |
Lee Kang-seok (Korean: 이강석, Hanja: 李康奭, born 28 February 1985) is a South Korean speed skater. He is the 2007 and 2009 World Champion for 500 m. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the 500 m. He is the second South Korean person to win a medal in an event outside of short track speedskating, and he h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Kang-seok |
, also known as Nextworld, is a Japanese science fiction manga series, written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka in 1951.
Plot
Created in a time when the Cold War was becoming hotter, Nextworld is Osamu Tezuka's parody of the tense relationship between the USA (represented as the 'Nation of Stars') and USSR (known in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextworld |
James Robert Russell (born October 27, 1953) is a scholar and professor in Ancient Near Eastern, Iranian and Armenian Studies. He has published extensively in journals, and has written several books.
Russell served as Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20R.%20Russell |
Wringing may refer to:
Wringing (gauge blocks), the temporary attachment of gauge blocks to each other
Wringer, a device that extracts liquid by action of twisting or squeezing (see: mangle (machine))
Neck wringing (see: strangling)
See also
Rett syndrome, a genetic postnatal neurological disorder
Danny Wring, Englis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wringing |
Martina Helga Hellmann ( Opitz; born 12 December 1960) is a retired German track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She was the Olympic champion in the discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She also won the World Championship in that event in 1983 and again in 1987.
Born in Leipzig, Saxony, Hellmann... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina%20Hellmann |
CEMS may refer to:
Capillary electrophoresis–mass spectrometry
Conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy
Continuous emissions monitoring system
CEMS – The Global Alliance in Management Education, since 1988
CEMS, Inc. v. United States, a government contracting suit
Church of England Men's Society
Rochester Area Colle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEMS |
Stax Ltd. (有限会社スタックス Yugen-gaisha Sutakkusu) is a Japanese company that makes high-end-audio equipment. Stax is best known for their electrostatic and electret headphones, which they call “earspeakers.” Electrostatic headphones work similarly to electrostatic loudspeakers, but on a smaller scale. In December 2011, Chin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stax%20Ltd |
The prime minister of North Macedonia (, ), officially the President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia (, ), is the head of government of North Macedonia.
The prime minister is the head of the cabinet and is usually the leader of a political coalition in parliament.
The current prime minister is D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Minister%20of%20North%20Macedonia |
Pēteris Stučka, sometimes spelt Pyotr Stuchka; ( – 25 January 1932), was a Latvian jurist and communist politician, leader of the pro-Russian Bolshevik puppet government in Latvia during the 1918–1920 Latvian War of Independence, and later a statesman in the Soviet Union.
Biography
Stučka was born in Latvia, in the G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%93teris%20Stu%C4%8Dka |
Piero Camporesi (15 February 1926, in Forlì – 24 August 1997 in Bologna) was an Italian historian of literature and an anthropologist. He was a professor of Italian literature at the University of Bologna.
Works
(English translations)
Il Brodo Indiano (Exotic Brew, English translation by Christopher Woodall)
La casa ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piero%20Camporesi |
Musa ka Musalla ( ) is a peak standing at an altitude of about at the junction of Siran and Kaghan Valleys in Himalayas. It is situated north of the city of Abbottabad in Balakot Tehsil of Mansehra District.
Etymology
The name Musa ka Musalla translates to Moses' mat. The legend has it that a shepherd named Musa use... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa%20ka%20Musalla |
The Reprieve () is a 1945 novel by French author Jean-Paul Sartre.
It is the second part in the trilogy The Roads to Freedom. It concerns life in France during the eight days before the signing of the Munich Agreement and the subsequent takeover of Czechoslovakia in September 1938.
Sartre explores the reactions of nu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Reprieve |
The musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna) is a lorikeet, now the only species in the genus Glossopsitta. It inhabits south-central/eastern Australia. The little lorikeet and the purple-crowned lorikeet were previously included in the genus. The musk lorikeet was first described by ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk%20lorikeet |
Troubled Sleep (, published in the United Kingdom as Iron in the Soul is a 1949 novel by Jean-Paul Sartre. It is the third part in the trilogy Les chemins de la liberté (The Roads to Freedom).
"The third novel in Sartre's monumental Roads to Freedom series, Troubled Sleep powerfully depicts the fall of France in 1940,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled%20Sleep |
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549, known in Japan as , is a 2005 Japanese feature-length film and manga series focusing on the adventures of a modern-day Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) element that accidentally travels through time to the Warring States period of Japanese history.
Both the film and manga are bas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai%20Commando%3A%20Mission%201549 |
Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece, with the song "Zjarr e ftohtë" performed by Luiz Ejlli. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2005. To this point, the nation had p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania%20in%20the%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%202006 |
CONCANACO is Mexico's Confederation of the National Chambers of Commerce. Along with its counterpart CONCAMIN, it is a public institution with complete autonomy that coordinates and represents the local chambers of commerce (CANACO's) before the Federal Government. Its main tasks are to encourage the private sector to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONCANACO |
Reduction of Hours of Work (Textiles) Convention, 1937 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1937:
Withdrawn
The convention was never brought into force, and was withdrawn at the ILO General Conference May 30, 2000.
Ratifications
No countries ratified this convention.
External l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduction%20of%20Hours%20of%20Work%20%28Textiles%29%20Convention%2C%201937 |
Andorra participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Sense tu" written by Rafael Artesero and Joan Antoni Rechi. The song was performed by Jenny, who was internally selected by the Andorran broadcaster Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA) to represent Andorra at the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece. The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra%20in%20the%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%202006 |
Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 (VMAQ-3) was one of four Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadrons in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron consisted EA-6B Prowler jets and was tasked with conducting airborne electronic warfare. The squadron was based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMAQ-3 |
Armenia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Without Your Love" written by Armen Matirosyan and Catherine Bekian. The song was performed by André, who was selected internally by the Armenian broadcaster Public Television of Armenia (AMPTV) to represent Armenia in the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%20in%20the%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%202006 |
Belarus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Mum" written by Andrey Kostyugov and Sergey Sukhomlin. The song was performed by Polina Smolova. The Belarusian entry for the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece was selected through a national final organised by the Belarusian broadcaster National Stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus%20in%20the%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%202006 |
Safety Provisions (Building) Convention, 1937 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1937:
Ratifications and denunciations
As of January 2023, the convention had been ratified by 30 states. However, eleven of the ratifying states have automatically denounced the treaty because of s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety%20Provisions%20%28Building%29%20Convention%2C%201937 |
Edward "Gunboat" Smith (February 17, 1887 – August 6, 1974) was an Irish American boxer, film actor and later a boxing referee. During his career, Smith faced twelve different Boxing Hall of Famers a combined total of 23 times. Among the all-time greats he faced were Jack Dempsey, Harry Greb, Sam Langford, and Georges ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat%20Smith |
The League of Communists of Serbia (, abbr. SKS), known as the Communist Party of Serbia (, abbr. KPS) until 1952, was the ruling political party of Serbia from 1945 to 1990. It was the Serbian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
Under a new constitu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League%20of%20Communists%20of%20Serbia |
EV Zug is a professional men's ice hockey team from Zug, Switzerland. It is a member of the National League and plays its home games at the Bossard Arena.
History
EV Zug won its first championship in the 1997–98 season, and the second one in the 2020-21 season.
On October 3, 2011, the club defeated the New York Range... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EV%20Zug |
OTT were an Irish boy band of the mid-late 1990s. The five members were Niall O'Neill, Alan Fitzsimons, Alan Mates (known as 'Adam' in the band), Glen Clarke and Keith Cox. They were signed to Sony Music and had a number of chart hits in Ireland and the UK.
Career
After three top ten single releases in Ireland, the gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTT%20%28group%29 |
The cuisine of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo varies widely, representing the food of indigenous people. Cassava, fufu, rice, plantain and potatoes are generally the staple foods eaten with other side dishes.
History
Common Congolese dishes
Less than two percent of the land is cu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congolese%20cuisine |
A table hockey game, also called rod hockey game, stick hockey, bubble hockey, and board hockey, is a game for two players, derived from ice hockey. The game consists of a representation of a hockey rink; the players score goals by hitting a small puck into the opposing "net" with cutout figures that represent hockey p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%20hockey |
The is a breed of dog originating from Japan. Other names for the breed include Ainu-ken, Seta, Ainu dog, Hokkaidog. In Japan, its name is sometimes shortened to Dō-ken (道犬). The Hokkaido is native to the prefecture of the same name in Japan.
Appearance
The dog is medium in size, with small, triangular, upright ears... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaido%20%28dog%29 |
The Convention Concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work, 1938 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1938:
Ratifications
As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 34 states. Of the ratifying states, 20 have denounced the treaty by means of an automatic process that de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention%20Concerning%20Statistics%20of%20Wages%20and%20Hours%20of%20Work%2C%201938 |
The Adelaide Lightning is an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The club is based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The club was formed in 1993 and they play in the 8,000-seat Titanium Security Arena.
History
The Adelaide Lightning were f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide%20Lightning |
The wonga pigeon or wonga wonga (Leucosarcia melanoleuca) is a pigeon that inhabits areas in eastern Australia with its range being from Central Queensland to Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
Distribution and habitat
Previously they could be found as far north as Cairns and as far south as the Dandenongs, but d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonga%20pigeon |
Operation Uzice was the first major counter-insurgency operation by the German Wehrmacht on the occupied territory of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II. The operation was directed against the Užice Republic, the first of several "free territories" liberated by the Yugoslav Partisans. It was named after the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Uzice |
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