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Cellach mac Faelan was the eighth of ten Kings of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare, a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750 and 1050, significant in County Kildare History.
References
Ui... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellach%20mac%20Faelan |
Dartmouth Cancer Center (DCC) is a comprehensive cancer research center as designated by the National Cancer Institute. It is located at Dartmouth College and the Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, New Hampshire. Its administrative offices are located within the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Ham... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth%20Cancer%20Center |
The Westphalian frank was a currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813. It circulated alongside the Thaler, was equal to the French franc, and was subdivided into 100 Centimen.
The currency was dissolved upon being recaptured by Prussian forces and its allies in the Napoleonic Wars in 1813.
Currenci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westphalian%20frank |
Domnall mac Lorcáin (died 984), called Dómnall Claen or Domnall Clóen (Domnall the Squinting), was king of Leinster, the south-eastern province of Ireland.
Domnall was a son of Lorcán mac Fáelán and belonged to the Uí Dúnchada branch of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which dominated Leinster from the 8th to the early 11th c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domnall%20Claen |
The Honda CL450 was the dual sport or "scrambler" model of Honda's DOHC parallel-twin engined motorcycle. It was the sister bike to the Honda CB450; the differences between the models were mostly cosmetic, with the CL450 having off-road-style high-level exhaust pipes and braced handlebars, for instance.
History
Initi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda%20CL450 |
Ruth Harriet Louise (born Ruth Goldstein; January 13, 1903 – October 12, 1940) was an American photographer. She was the first woman photographer active in Hollywood, and she ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925 to 1930.
Early life and career
Ruth Harriet Louise was born Ruth Goldstein in New York City... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20Harriet%20Louise |
Tebey Solomon Ottoh (born October 14, 1983), known mononymously as Tebey, is a Canadian-American country music singer and multi-genre songwriter. His debut single, "We Shook Hands (Man to Man)", hit 47 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and remains his only American chart hit. He has composed several singles f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebey |
Donnchad mac Dómnaill Clóen was the tenth and last King of Leinster to be inaugurated and based on Lyons Hill, Ardclough, County Kildare. He was a member of the Uí Dúnchada, one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty which rotated the kingship of Leinster between 750 - 1050 and is a significant figure in County Ki... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnchad%20mac%20Domnall%20Claen |
Tzrifin () is an area in Gush Dan (Dan Region) in central Israel, located on the eastern side of Rishon LeZion and including parts of Be'er Ya'akov. The area proper is defined as an 'area without jurisdiction' between the two cities.
Nearly the entire area of Tzrifin proper was taken up by the central Israel Defense F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzrifin |
The Navajo song ceremonial complex is a spiritual practice used by certain Navajo ceremonial people to restore and maintain balance and harmony in the lives of the people. One half of the ceremonial complex is the Blessing Way, while the other half is the Enemy Way ().
The Blessing Way
The rites and prayers in the Bl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo%20song%20ceremonial%20complex |
A koilocyte is a squamous epithelial cell that has undergone a number of structural changes, which occur as a result of infection of the cell by human papillomavirus (HPV). Identification of these cells by pathologists can be useful in diagnosing various HPV-associated lesions.
Koilocytosis
Koilocytosis or koilocytic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koilocyte |
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with subsequent earthquakes and paleotsunamis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan%20eruption |
Italian Hockey League - Serie A, formerly known as Serie A, is the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1925. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG). The league initially merged with the Inter-National League to become the Alps Hoc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20Hockey%20League%20-%20Serie%20A |
The Vereinsthaler was the currency of the two Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz between 1857 and 1873. It replaced the Mecklenburg Thaler at par and was replaced by the Mark at a rate of 1 Vereinsthaler = 3 Mark. The Vereinsthaler was subdivided into 48 Schillinge, each of 12 Pfenninge.
Cu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg%20vereinsthaler |
The Luck Stone is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, written under the pseudonym Basil Windham. It was compiled from a serial which appeared in Chums: An Illustrated Paper for Boys between 16 September 1908 and 20 January 1909, when Wodehouse was 27 years old.
It was first published as a book long after Wodehouse's 1975 deat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Luck%20Stone |
Cosham ( or ) is a northern suburb of Portsmouth lying within the city boundary but off Portsea Island. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 along with Drayton and Wymering (mainland) and Bocheland (Buckland), Frodington (Fratton) and Copenore (Copnor) on the island.
Toponymy
The name is of Saxon origin (shown... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosham |
Urban Legend is the third studio album by American rapper T.I., released on November 30, 2004, through Grand Hustle Records and Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200, selling 195,000 copies in its first week of release. It also debuted at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%20Legend%20%28album%29 |
The music of ancient Rome was a part of Roman culture from the earliest of times. Songs (carmen) were an integral part of almost every social occasion. The Secular Ode of Horace, for instance, was commissioned by Augustus and performed by a mixed children's choir at the Secular Games in 17 BC. Music was customary at fu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20of%20ancient%20Rome |
Zhongyuan District () is one of 6 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, South Central China. The city government is located in this district.
Zhongyuan is the second most populous district in Zhengzhou with a population of over 900,000. It is the city's industrial ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongyuan%20District |
Meredith Howard Harless (born Florence Meredith Howard; September 6, 1909 – June 19, 1996) was a performer, Miss America contestant, writer, and broadcaster.
Early years
The daughter of Samuel J. and Florence Howard, Harless was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She had three siblings: William, Mary, and her twin sister... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith%20Howard%20Harless |
Johannes (Hannes) Evelinus Sköld (20 September 1886 – 14 September 1930) was a Swedish socialist and anti-militarist. Sköld was also a linguist, a writer and a poet. He also wrote songs.
Johannes Sköld was born in Heby. Large parts of his childhood was spent in China, as his father was a missionary there. His family r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes%20Sk%C3%B6ld |
Joseph Cafasso (; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in Turin. He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" who emerged during that particular era. He is known as the "Priest of the Gallows" due to his extensive work with those prisoners who were condemne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Cafasso |
Alexander Alexandrovich Kornilov (; 30 November 1862 – 26 April 1925) was a Russian historian and liberal politician.
Biography
Prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917, Kornilov was a history professor at the Polytechnicum of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg and author of a definitive history of 19th century Russi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr%20Kornilov%20%28historian%29 |
KFM was an unlicensed radio station based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
History
KFM originally broadcast on 94.2 MHz FM from a studio on Middle Hillgate, Stockport with the transmitter and aerial at Goyt Mill in Marple from November 1983 to February 1985. Its name on the business board was Mersey V... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFM%20Radio |
Light transport theory deals with the mathematics behind calculating the energy transfers between media that affect visibility. This article is currently specific to light transport in rendering processes such as global illumination and HDRI.
Light
Light Transport
The amount of light transported is measured by flux ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light%20transport%20theory |
Daniel Passent (28 April 1938 – 14 February 2022) was a Polish journalist and writer. He was the author of the En passant blog, which was appearing as a column in a Polish weekly Polityka.
Biography
Passent was born in Stanisławów, Poland (modern-day Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine). As a Jewish child he was saved from the H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Passent |
Mrs. Wormwood is a fictional character.
It may refer to:
A minor character in The Sarah Jane Adventures
Miss Wormwood, a minor character in comic strip Calvin & Hobbes
Mrs. Wormwood (Matilda), a minor character in the Roald Dahl novel Matilda | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs.%20Wormwood |
The Thaler was the currency of the two Duchies, later Grand Duchies, of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz until 1857. It was replaced the Mecklenburg Vereinsthaler at par. From the 1750s it was identical to the Hanoverian thaler at 1/12 a Cologne Mark of fine silver. From 1848, it was equal to the Prussian ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg%20thaler |
The Archdiocese of Monterrey () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
The Archdiocese of Monterrey is a metropolitan see; its suffragan dioceses are the Ciudad Victoria, Linares, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, Saltillo and T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Archdiocese%20of%20Monterrey |
Nautilus, Inc., located in Vancouver, Washington, United States, is the American worldwide marketer, developer, and manufacturer of fitness equipment brands BowFlex, Modern Movement, Nautilus, Schwinn Fitness, and Universal. The products are sold globally to customers through a combination of television commercials/inf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus%2C%20Inc. |
The New Hanover Township School District is a consolidated public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from non-military portions of New Hanover Township (including its Cookstown section) and Wrightstown, two communities in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
As of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Hanover%20Township%20School%20District |
The Chevrolet Corvette (C5) is the fifth generation of the Corvette sports car, produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1997 through 2004 model years. Production variants include the high performance Z06. Racing variants include the C5-R, a 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans GTS/GT1 winner... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet%20Corvette%20%28C5%29 |
Maistre is a surname.
It may refer to:
Persons
Joseph de Maistre (1753 – 1821), French-language Savoyard political philosopher and diplomat
Casimir Maistre (1867-1957), French geographer
François Maistre (1925-2016), French actor
François-Xavier Maistre (1705-1789), Savoyard politician, father of Joseph and Xavi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maistre |
is a heliport in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, mainly used for flights in the Greater Tokyo Area. It is used by both government organizations and private companies.
History
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government opened a Tokyo Heliport in the nearby Tatsumi area in 1964. That heliport was replaced by the current Tokyo Heliport in Ju... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo%20Heliport |
The Vereinsthaler was the currency of the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) between 1858 and 1873. It replaced the Thaler at par and was replaced by the German Mark at a rate of 1 Vereinsthaler = 3 Mark.
The Vereinsthaler was subdivided into 30 Silbergroschen, each of 12 Heller.
References
External links
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesse-Kassel%20vereinsthaler |
Otis Chandler (November 23, 1927 – February 27, 2006) was the publisher of the Los Angeles Times between 1960 and 1980, leading a large expansion of the newspaper and its ambitions. He was the fourth and final member of the Chandler family to hold the paper's top position.
Chandler made improvement of the paper's qual... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis%20Chandler |
Nándor Wagner (7 October 1922 – 15 November 1997) was a Hungarian artist and sculptor. He was the son of a dentist, and was born in Oradea (Nagyvárad in Hungarian), Romania. Wagner studied at the Budapest Art Academy before and after World War II. He had three art periods as living in Hungary (1945–56), Sweden (1956–71... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1ndor%20Wagner |
A groin attack is a deliberate strike to the groin area of one's opponent. The technique can be quickly debilitating due to the sensitivity of the groin area and genitalia and is sometimes used as a self-defense technique. The technique is often banned in sports. Groin attacks have been popularized as a comedic device ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groin%20attack |
The Barlaeus Gymnasium is a secondary school in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is one of the five categorial gymnasia in Amsterdam, the other four being Vossius Gymnasium, Ignatius Gymnasium, Het 4e gymnasium and Cygnus Gymnasium. It offers a classical curriculum, including studies in Latin and Greek. The school stan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlaeus%20Gymnasium |
Megat Junid bin Megat Ayub (8 December 1942 – 24 January 2008) was a Malaysian politician and direct descendant of Megat Terawis, a Bendahara of Perak.
Early life
Junid was born in Teluk Intan in 1942.
Politics
Megat Junid was a teacher by profession and first met Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in the early 1970s. M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megat%20Junid |
Area code 616 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan. The numbering plan area also includes the towns of Holland, Greenville, and Grand Haven. This comprises all of Kent and Ottawa counties, and parts of neighboring counties, including the western and c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area%20code%20616 |
The Human Defense Corps are a comic book military organization published by DC Comics. They first appeared in Human Defense Corps #1 (July 2003), and were created by writer Ty Templeton and artist Clément Sauvé.
Publication history
Human Defense Corps is a six-issue limited series published by DC Comics in 2003, writ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Defense%20Corps |
The Cologne Carnival () is a carnival that takes place every year in Cologne, Germany.
Traditionally, the "fifth season" (carnival season) is declared open at 11 minutes past 11 on the 11th of the 11th month November. The Carnival spirit is then temporarily suspended during the Advent and Christmas period, and picks u... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne%20Carnival |
Magic Juan (born July 27, 1971) is an American merengue and hip hop artist. He was the lead singer and rapper of Dominican-American merengue group Proyecto Uno. The group gain huge success with hits like "Brinca", "El Tiburon", "25 Horas", among others. Later on he pursued a solo career.
Early life and education
Magic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic%20Juan%20%28musician%29 |
Tebbe's reagent is the organometallic compound with the formula (C5H5)2TiCH2ClAl(CH3)2. It is used in the methylidenation of carbonyl compounds, that is it converts organic compounds containing the R2C=O group into the related R2C=CH2 derivative. It is a red solid that is pyrophoric in the air, and thus is typically ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebbe%27s%20reagent |
William Stone Hubbell (April 19, 1837 – August 28, 1930) was a United States Army captain during the American Civil War, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Biography
Hubbell entered army service at North Stonington (New London County), Connecticut.
Captain Hubbell served in Company A of the 21st Connecticut Infan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Stone%20Hubbell |
is a railway station in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, operated jointly by Tokyo Metro, East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (TWR).
Lines
Shin-Kiba Station is served by the following lines:
Station layout
Each of the three lines has its own station facilities.
JR East platforms
The JR E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-Kiba%20Station |
The North German thaler was the currency of the Landgravate, then Electorate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) until 1858. Until 1807, the Thaler was subdivided into 32 Albus, each of 12 Heller. It was worth th a Conventionsthaler from 1754 to 1841.
Between 1807 and 1813, the Westphalian Thaler and Westphalian Frank c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesse-Kassel%20thaler |
Metallica is an American heavy metal band.
Metallica may also refer to:
Metallica (album) or The Black Album, a 1991 album by Metallica
Guitar Hero: Metallica
as well as:
Metallica (beetle), a beetle genus
Metallica Resources, a Canadian mineral exploration and development company
De re metallica, a 1556 catalog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Wakefield High School may refer to:
Wakefield High School (Kansas) in Wakefield, Kansas
Wakefield Memorial High School in Wakefield, Massachusetts
Wakefield High School (Nebraska) in Wakefield, Nebraska
Wakefield High School (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Wakefield High School (Arlington County, Virginia)
Wakefield Girls' ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakefield%20High%20School |
Joe Feeney (August 15, 1931 – April 16, 2008) was an American tenor singer who was a member of The Lawrence Welk Show television program.
Early years
Born to an Irish-American family in Grand Island, Nebraska, Feeney had two brothers. He started singing as a boy soprano in St. Mary Cathedral, his parish church choir a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Feeney |
The Kids & Me is the ninth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1974, after his famous tour in Europe. This album included "You Are So Beautiful", later covered by Joe Cocker, and the hit single "Nothing from Nothing".
The album's dedication, reflected in the title, was to St. Elmo's Village, an inner-city child... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kids%20%26%20Me |
Christopher O'Dowd (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, which ran for four series between 2006 and 2010. He has also starred in several films, Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bridesmaids, Friends wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20O%27Dowd |
Hardware Management Console (HMC) is a Physical / Virtual appliance used to manage IBM Systems including IBM AS/400, IBM System p, IBM System z, and IBM Power Systems. HMC supports command line (ssh) as well as web (https) user interfaces and REST API. Using an HMC, the system administrator can manage many systems an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20Hardware%20Management%20Console |
Marie McDonald (born Cora Marie Frye, July 6, 1923 – October 21, 1965) was an American singer from Burgin, Kentucky. She started her career at a young age, participating in beauty pageants and gaining attention as "The Queen of Coney Island" and "Miss New York State." She ventured into show business by debuting in Geor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%20McDonald |
The Windsor Hotel (opened 1878, closed 1981) was a hotel located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is often considered to be the first grand hotel in Canada, and for decades billed itself as "the best in all the Dominion".
Early years
The hotel was constructed between 1875 and 1878 by the Windsor Hotel Company consort... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor%20Hotel%20%28Montreal%29 |
Milorad Dodik (, ; born 12 March 1959) is a Bosnian Serb politician serving as the 8th president of Republika Srpska since 2022. Previously, he served as the 7th Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2018 to 2022.
Dodik has also been serving as the president of the Alliance of Independent Social... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milorad%20Dodik |
Ernst Constantin Fetterlein (3 April 1873 – June 1944) was a Russian cryptographer who later defected to Britain.
Fetterlein was born in St Petersburg, the son of Karl Fedorovich Fetterlein, a German-language tutor, and Olga Fetterlein, née Meier. He studied a variety of eastern languages at the University of St Peter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20Fetterlein |
The town of Wittlich (; Moselle Franconian: Wittlech) is the seat of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its historic town centre and the beauty of the surrounding countryside make the town a centre for tourism in southwest Germany.
Wittlich is the middle centre for a feeder area of 56 m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittlich |
The County Ground (currently known as the Energy Check County Ground for sponsorship purposes) is a stadium located near the town centre of Swindon, Wiltshire, England, and has been home to Swindon Town Football Club since 1896. The current capacity of 15,728, all-seated, has been at that level since the mid-1990s. A r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20Ground%20%28Swindon%29 |
Valentina Sergeyevna Stenina (; born 29 December 1934) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.
Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk (which is now part of Belarus), she fled to Sverdlovsk – taken by her mother – in 1941 because of World War II. In Sverdlovsk, she took up speed skating, training at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina%20Stenina |
Buttercrambe is a small village in the Buttercrambe with Bossall civil parish, in North Yorkshire, England.
The village is situated approximately to the north-east of York and near the border with the East Riding of Yorkshire. It, with Bossall parish, had a recorded population of about 100 in the 2001 Census.
The vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttercrambe |
Vindobona (; from Gaulish windo- "white" and bona "base/bottom") was a Roman military camp (or ) in the province of Pannonia, located on the site of the modern city of Vienna in Austria. The settlement area took on a new name in the 13th century, being changed to Berghof, or now simply known as Alter Berghof (the Old B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindobona |
Guilderland High School is a public senior high school, located in Guilderland Center, New York. It is part of the Guilderland Central School District. Constructed in 1953, the high school has since undergone additions in 1955, 1960, 1997, 2010, and 2021. Originally, the building functioned as a Junior-Senior High S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilderland%20High%20School |
Bavaria used the South German gulden (also called 'Florin') as its currency until 1873. Between 1754 and 1837 it was a unit of account, worth of a Conventionsthaler, used to denominate banknotes but not issued as a coin. The Gulden was worth 50 Conventionskreuzer or 60 Kreuzer Landmünze.
The first Gulden coins were i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian%20gulden |
The Royal Swedish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in Europe. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, King Gustav III founded the ballet in 1773 as a part of his national cultural project in response to the French and Italian dominance in this field; he also founded the Royal Swedish Opera and the Royal Dramatic Theatr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Swedish%20Ballet |
Guilderland Center is a hamlet in the town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York, United States. The hamlet lies along New York Route 146 and the Black Creek, a tributary of the Normans Kill.
History
Guilderland Center includes the factories established at French's Mills, the first of these was built in 1795 by Pet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilderland%20Center%2C%20New%20York |
The Münchener Post (Engl. Munich Post) was a socialist newspaper published in Munich, Germany, from 1888 to 1933. The paper was known for its decade-long campaign against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party before their accession to power. It was shut down by Hitler in March 1933 immediately after he became the Reich Chanc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnchener%20Post |
Shanbeh ( Šanbe; Tajik: Шанбе Šanbe) is the name of the first day of the week in the Persian language and the Solar Hijri calendar, mainly used in Iran and Afghanistan. The week names are also used in Tajik, a Cyrillic based standard of Persian, though Tajikistan does not use the Solar Hijri Calendar. It is equivalent ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanbeh |
The Archdiocese of Hermosillo () is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Its area is 90,959 sq. miles, and its population (2004) 1,067,051. The bishop resides at Hermosillo.
The Archdiocese of Hermosillo is a Metropolitan Archdiocese. Until 2006, its suffragan dioceses were the dioceses ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Archdiocese%20of%20Hermosillo |
Mother Brook is a stream that flows from the Charles River in Dedham, Massachusetts, to the Neponset River in the Hyde Park section of Boston, Massachusetts. Mother Brook was also known variously as East Brook and Mill Creek in earlier times. Digging the brook made Boston and some surrounding communities an island, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%20Brook |
The complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes) occurs in the southern Chinese provinces Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan. The common name refers to the teeth, which differ from those of other species of flying squirrels.
Description
Trogopterus xanthipes looks much like other flying squirrels, b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex-toothed%20flying%20squirrel |
The French Parliamentary Commission on Rwanda was invested in the beginning of 1998, following a press-led campaign and articles by journalist Patrick de Saint-Exupéry in the Figaro newspaper, which called for an examination into the role of the French government in the events surrounding the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20Parliamentary%20Commission%20on%20Rwanda |
The Virginia Creeper Trail is a multi-purpose rail trail. Located in southwestern Virginia, the trail runs from Abingdon to Whitetop, Virginia, near Mount Rogers National Recreation Area and the North Carolina state line.
The trail accommodates hikers, cyclists and equestrians on its descent from Abingdon to Damascus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%20Creeper%20Trail |
Khutsong is a township on the West Rand of South Africa, and scene of widespread unrest starting in February 2006. It is situated close to the town of Carletonville, in the Merafong City Local Municipality of the Gauteng province. With a terrible history of violence and gangsterism, the main factors causing crime rates... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khutsong |
Bahdinan or Badinan was one of the most powerful and enduring Kurdish principalities. It was founded by Baha-al-Din originally from Şemzînan area in Hakkari in sometime between 13th or 14th century CE. The capital of this emirate was Amadiya for a long time. The rulers of the Bahdinan emirate governed over the Emirate ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahdinan |
Vance Aaron Law (born October 1, 1956) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1980–81), Chicago White Sox (1982–84), Montreal Expos (1985–87), Chicago Cubs (1988–89), and Oakland Athletics (1991). He also played one season in Nippo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance%20Law |
Gedeon (Gideon) Barcza (August 21, 1911, in Kisújszállás – February 27, 1986, in Budapest) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster. He was eight-time chess champion of Hungary.
Chess career
In 1940, Barcza took third place, behind Max Euwe and Milan Vidmar, at Maróczy Jubiläum in Budapest. In September 1942, he took sixth p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedeon%20Barcza |
Yeon Namgeon (淵男建, 연남건) (635 ~ ?) was the second son of the Goguryeo military leader and dictator Yeon Gaesomun (Unknown-665), and third Dae Magniji of Goguryeo during the reign of Goguryeo's last ruler, King Bojang.
Fall of Goguryeo
Following the death of his father in 666, Namgeon became embroiled in a power struggl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeon%20Nam-geon |
Vacallo is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. It is the first (or last) village of the Valle di Muggio.
History
Like nearby Chiasso, Vacallo was formerly a suburb of Como, until, along with the rest of Ticino it was then annexed from Italian cities in the 15th century ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacallo |
Boris Ivanovich Nicolaevsky () (20 October 1887 – 22 February 1966) was a Russian Marxist activist, archivist, and historian. Nicolaevsky is best remembered as one of the leading Menshevik public intellectuals of the 20th century.
Biography
Early years
Boris Nicolaevsky was born on October 20, 1887 N.S. in Belebey, B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20Nicolaevsky |
In marine engineering, a ship motion test is hydrodynamic test performed with ship models for the purpose of designing a new (full sized) ship, or refining the design of a ship to improve its performance at sea. Tests are carried out in a ship model basin or "towing tank". There are various types of test: the model may... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%20motion%20test |
Cerball mac Muirecáin (died 909) was king of Leinster. He was the son of Muirecán mac Diarmata and a member of the Uí Fáeláin, the descendants of Fáelán mac Murchado (died 738), of one of three septs of the Uí Dúnlainge of modern County Kildare in Ireland.
Cerball succeeded his distant cousin Muiredach mac Brain of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerball%20mac%20Muirec%C3%A1in |
The Most Exciting Organ Ever is the second album by Billy Preston. The fully instrumental album was released in 1965, several weeks before Preston's nineteenth birthday, at a time when he was a regular performer on the ABC TV pop music series Shindig! The album includes "Billy's Bag", which was a favorite among Britis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Most%20Exciting%20Organ%20Ever |
Transmission is the fourth album recorded by the Canadian band The Tea Party, released in 1997. The band expanded on the mix of rock, blues and world music found in their previous albums by adding electronic instruments and recording techniques to their repertoire.
While still using several exotic instruments and main... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission%20%28The%20Tea%20Party%20album%29 |
Quetzal is a group of colourful birds of the trogon family found in the Americas.
Quetzal (sometimes spelled quezal) may also refer to:
Resplendent quetzal, the best-known species
The Resplendent Quetzal, a 1977 short-story by Margaret Atwood
Quetzal, a character on the Dragon Tales animated series
Quetzal (band)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzal%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Charles Anthony D'Ambrosio, Jr (born 1958) is an American short story writer and essayist.
Life
The son of Charles D'Ambrosio, Sr (1932-2011), a professor of finance at the University of Washington, D'Ambrosio grew up with two brothers and four sisters in Seattle, Washington. He attended Oberlin College and graduated ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20D%27Ambrosio |
The Challenge Index is a method for the statistical ranking of top public and private high schools in the United States, created by The Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews. It is also the only statistical ranking system for both public and private high schools. The ranking is determined by the extent of availability ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge%20Index |
This is a list of islands of Romania.
Balta Ialomiței
Insula Ada Kaleh
Insula Ceaplace
Insula Golu
Insula Mare a Brăilei
Insula Mică a Brăilei
Insula Moldova Veche
Insula Popina
Insula Sacalinu Mic
Insula Sacalinu Mare
Insula Şimian
Insula Belina
Insula Cighineaua
Insula Ciobanu
Insula K
Ostrovul Calinovăţ
Ostrovul Mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20islands%20of%20Romania |
The Four Branches of the Mabinogi or are the earliest prose stories in the literature of Britain. Originally written in Wales in Middle Welsh, but widely available in translations, the is generally agreed to be a single work in four parts, or "branches." The interrelated tales can be read as mythology, political them... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20Branches%20of%20the%20Mabinogi |
Yeon Namsan (淵男産, 연남산) (639–701) was the third son of the Goguryeo military leader and dictator Yeon Gaesomun (603?–665).
The course of his career shadowed closely that of his elder brother Yeon Namsaeng. From an early age he was appointed Seonin (선인, 先人), and rising through the ranks of sohyeong (소형, 小兄), daehyeong (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeon%20Namsan |
Gregg Hammann (born 1963) is an American businessman who was the president of the Nautilus Corporation from 2003–2007 and a vice president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1996 to 2000.
Early life
Hammann grew up on a farm near Bellevue, Iowa and attended Bellevue High School. He received a BBA from the University of Iow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg%20Hammann |
Freedom of the press in the United States is legally protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
History
Thirteen Colonies
In the Thirteen Colonies before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the newspapers and the works produced by printing presses in general was subject to a ser... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20of%20the%20press%20in%20the%20United%20States |
The 46th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1993, honoured the best films of 1992.
James Ivory's Howards End won the awards for Best Film and Best Actress (Emma Thompson). Robert Downey Jr. won Best Actor for his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin while Best S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th%20British%20Academy%20Film%20Awards |
The World Christian Conference (WCC) is an annual conference that is held near Santa Cruz, California. The stated purpose is to mobilize Christians to become strategically involved in God's plan to make disciples of all nations.
History
The conference started in 1985 as the World Christian Conference for Chinese Grad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Christian%20Conference |
Hussein Chalayan, (; ; born 12 August 1970) is a British-Cypriot fashion designer. He has won the British Designer of the Year twice (in 1999 and 2000), and he was awarded the MBE in 2006.
Chalayan is currently teaching at HTW Berlin.
Early life and education
Hussein Chalayan was born in Nicosia in 1970 and gradua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein%20Chalayan |
Superman: Ultimate Flight is the name of three flying roller coasters currently operating at three Six Flags amusement parks in the United States, those being Six Flags Over Georgia, Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Great America. Each of these steel coasters were designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bollige... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman%3A%20Ultimate%20Flight |
Edmundo Desnoes (Havana, Cuba, 1930), is a Cuban writer author of the novel Memorias del subdesarrollo (Memories of Underdevelopment), a complex story depicting the alienation of a Cuban bourgeois intellectual struggling to adapt to the process of the Revolution staying on the island after his family decides to leave... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundo%20Desnoes |
The Uí Dúnlainge, from the Old Irish "grandsons (or descendants) of Dúnlaing", were an Irish dynasty of Leinster kings who traced their descent from Dúnlaing mac Énda Niada a fifth century King of Leinster. He was said to be a cousin of Énnae Cennsalach, eponymous ancestor of the rival Uí Chennselaig.
Their claims to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C3%AD%20D%C3%BAnlainge |
Kröv-Bausendorf is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. On 1 July 2014 it merged into the Verbandsgemeinde Traben-Trarbach. Its seat of administration was in the village Kröv, which is situated on the river Moselle, approx. 15 km ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%B6v-Bausendorf |
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