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Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism.
A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore, Bose was known for his "Indian style" of painting. He became the principal of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in 1921. He was influenced by the Tagore family... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandalal%20Bose |
Abinoam (a-bin'-o-am, ab-i-no'-am, Biblical Hebrew: אבינעם), from Kedesh-naphtali, was the father of Barak who defeated Jabin's army, led by Sisera. He is mentioned only in Judges 4:6, 4:12 and 5:12.
The name means "the (divine) father is pleasantness or Father of Kindness" Where the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abinoam |
William Colquhoun (December 23, 1814 – September 2, 1898) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Stormont in the 1st Parliament of Ontario.
He was born in Charlottenburgh, Upper Canada in 1814. He settled at Dickinson's Landing where he was postmaster from 1841 to 1863 and operated a general s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Colquhoun |
PSSM may refer to:
Parallel-Split Shadow Map
Position-Specific Scoring Matrix
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, the official English translation of the series, often shortened as Sailor Moon
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, a policy book on mathematics education
Polysaccharide storage myopathy, aka Equin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSSM |
Phat Girlz is a 2006 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Nnegest Likké and starring Mo'Nique, as well as Kendra C. Johnson, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, and Joyful Drake.
Plot
Jazmin Biltmore is a smart-mouthed, plus-sized, aspiring fashion designer and department store employee who is obsessed with h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phat%20Girlz |
Jabin ( Yāḇīn) is a Biblical name meaning 'discerner', or 'the wise'. It may refer to:
A king of Hazor at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Joshua 11:1 - 14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chiefs with whom he had entered into a confederacy against Joshua was the crowning act in the conquest o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabin |
Crossmyloof railway station is a railway station serving the areas of Crossmyloof and Shawlands in Glasgow, Scotland, located from Glasgow Central. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the Glasgow South Western Line.
The overline station building was removed during the late 1990s. The overbri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossmyloof%20railway%20station |
École Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes (also known as Polytech Nantes) is a grande école of engineering of the University of Nantes, accredited by the Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur (CTI), the French agency awarding engineering degrees. It is located in Loire Atlantique, which is in an attractive area of stro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole%20Polytechnique%20de%20l%27Universit%C3%A9%20de%20Nantes |
The border cells are a cluster of 6-8 cells that migrate in the ovariole of the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster, during the process of oogenesis. A fly ovary consists of a string of ovarioles or egg chambers arranged in an increasing order of maturity. Each egg chamber contains 16 central germline, nurse cells surrou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border%20cells%20%28Drosophila%29 |
Matthew Mead (1924 in Buckinghamshire – 2009) was an English poet as well as a translator, with his wife Ruth, of German poets, including Johannes Bobrowski and Nelly Sachs. He edited the magazine Satis and lived in Germany. A selection of his poems appears in Penguin Modern Poets 16, together with Harry Guest and Jack... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Mead%20%28poet%29 |
Provisional Irish Republican Army arms importation in forms of both firearms and explosives began in the early 1970s during the Troubles. With these weapons it conducted an armed campaign against the British state in Northern Ireland.
North American arms
United States
To continue and escalate its armed campaign, the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional%20Irish%20Republican%20Army%20arms%20importation |
Pollokshields East railway station is one of three railway stations serving Pollokshields in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Line.
History
The station opened concurrently with the Cathcart District Railway, on 1 March 1886 and was the first of two stations on the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollokshields%20East%20railway%20station |
Nathaniel Tarn (born June 30, 1928) is a French-American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator. He was born in Paris to a French-Romanian mother and a British-Lithuanian father. He lived in Paris until the age of seven, then in Belgium until age 11; when World War II began, the family moved to England. He emig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel%20Tarn |
Kelville Ernest Irving (6 November 1878 – 24 October 1953) was an English music director, conductor and composer, primarily remembered as a theatre musician in London between the wars, and for his key contributions to British film music as music director at Ealing Studios from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Early life
Irving... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Irving |
Kambiz Norouzi (کامبیز نوروزی in Persian) is a lawyer, university professor, legal advisor of the Association of Iranian Journalists, in which role he spoke out against the closure of newspapers in 2002, and lecturer at Center of Media Education in Iran.
Arrest and imprisonment
Norouzi was arrested during the protests... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambiz%20Norouzi |
David Anthony Wevill (born 1935) is a Japanese-born Canadian poet and translator. He became a dual citizen (American and Canadian) in 1994. Wevill is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at The University of Texas at Austin.
Wevill was born in Japan and went to Canada before the outbreak of World War II. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Wevill |
Elmhurst is a small village in Curborough and Elmhurst civil parish within Lichfield District, in Staffordshire, England. It lies approximately 1.5 miles north of Lichfield.
The village is rural in nature, consisting of a few farms and a small number of private houses. It was once the site of Elmhurst Hall, a large co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmhurst%2C%20Staffordshire |
Muirend railway station is an island platform suburban railway station in the Muirend area of Glasgow, Scotland. The station, which opened in 1903, is managed by ScotRail and lies on the branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines.
History
The station was opened by the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on 1 May 1903, as part... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muirend%20railway%20station |
Williamwood railway station is a railway station in the Williamwood area of the town of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines.
The line here forms the boundary which separates Clarkston and Giffnock.
Faci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamwood%20railway%20station |
Respekt is a Czech weekly newsmagazine published in Prague, the Czech Republic, reporting on domestic and foreign political and economic issues, as well as on science and culture.
History and profile
[[Image:respekt cover 1990-01.gif|thumb|upright|Respekt'''s first cover (March 14, 1990)]]Respekt was founded very soo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respekt |
Whitecraigs railway station is a railway station serving the Whitecraigs and Davieland areas of the towns of Giffnock and Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle southwest of Glasgow Central.
The line here fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitecraigs%20railway%20station |
Blank & Jones are a German electronic music duo, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank (born June 15, 1971), known as Piet Blank; René Runge (born June 27, 1968), better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold (N*D*K) (born December 17, 1969). They have released twelve albums and more than two doze... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank%20%26%20Jones |
Patterton railway station is a railway station serving the Patterton, Crookfur and Greenlaw areas of the town of Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire and the Deaconsbank and Jennylind areas of the Glasgow City council area, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterton%20railway%20station |
The Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) is an autonomous physics research institute in India. The institute conducts research in plasma science, including basic plasma physics, research on magnetically confined hot plasmas, and plasma technologies for industrial applications. It is a leading plasma physics organization... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20for%20Plasma%20Research |
James Stewart Parker (20 October 1941 – 2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish poet and playwright.
Biography
He was born in Sydenham, Belfast, of a Protestant working-class family. His birthplace is marked by an Ulster History Circle blue plaque. While still in his teens, he contracted bone cancer and had a leg amputa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart%20Parker |
Neilston railway station is a railway station in the village of Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Lines, southwest of Glasgow Central.
History
The station was originally opened as part of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neilston%20railway%20station |
The austral thrush (Turdus falcklandii) is a medium-sized thrush from southern South America. There are two subspecies, the Magellan thrush (T. f. magellanicus) from south Argentina and south and central Chile, and the Falkland thrush (T. f. falcklandii) from the Falkland Islands.
The austral thrush is similar to the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral%20thrush |
Pollokshields West railway station is one of three railway stations in Pollokshields, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Line. The Cathcart Circle Line has been electrified since 1962 under British Railways.
Services
Up to November 1979
Two trains per... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollokshields%20West%20railway%20station |
Marek Mlodzik is the Chair of the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology and also holds professorships in Oncological Sciences and Ophthalmology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Prior to this (from 1991 to 2000) he was a Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg. In 1997, Mlodzik was elec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek%20Mlodzik |
Aaron Colin Guiel (; born October 5, 1972) is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees from 2002 to 2006 and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows from 2007 to 2011.
Career
Minor leagues and Mexico
Gu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20Guiel |
Dumbreck railway station is a railway station in Dumbreck, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 1¾ miles (3 km) west of , close to the M77 motorway. It is accessed from the Nithsdale Road at the bridge over the railway. Dumbreck railway station is also ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbreck%20railway%20station |
9000 may refer to:
9000 (number)
The last year of the 9th millennium, an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday
Business
ISO 9000, a family of standards for quality management systems
TL 9000, a quality management system
Entertainment
BFG 9000, a fictional weapon
HAL 9000, a fictional computer
Techno... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9000 |
Houndsharks, the Triakidae, are a family of ground sharks, consisting of about 40 species in nine genera. In some classifications, the family is split into two subfamilies, with Mustelus, Scylliogaleus, and Triakis in the subfamily Triakinae, and the remaining genera in the subfamily Galeorhininae.
Houndsharks are dis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houndshark |
8000 may refer to:
In general
8000 (number)
A.D. 8000, a year in the 8th millennium CE
8000 BCE, a year in the 8th millennium BC
A.D. 8000s, a decade, century, millennium of the 9th millennium CE
8000s BCE, a decade, century, millennium of the 9th millennium BC
Products
Beretta 8000, a handgun
Delta 8000, spac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8000 |
Tom Moore Jr. (May 16, 1918 – April 16, 2017) was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973 from McLennan County. Moore is most noted for an April Fool's Day prank he played to demonstrate that his fellow legislators often did not read the legislation they were approving and for being ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Moore%20Jr. |
The shatkarmas (Sanskrit: षटकर्म ṣaṭkarma, literally six actions), also known as shatkriyas, are a set of Hatha yoga purifications of the body, to prepare for the main work of yoga towards moksha (liberation). These practices, outlined by Svatmarama in the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā as kriya, are Netī, Dhautī, Naulī, Basti, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatkarma |
No Name is a Slovak rock band. It was formed in Košice on 26 August 1996 by Viliam Gutray and three Timko brothers - Igor, Roman, and Ivan.
Marián Čekovský joined No Name as a keyboardist and was replaced by Zoli Šallai after leaving the band. A few years later, the youngest Timko brother, Dušan, also became a member o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20Name%20%28Slovak%20band%29 |
Iago is the main antagonist in the play Othello by William Shakespeare
Iago may also refer to:
Biology
Iago (fish), a genus of hound sharks
Iago sparrow, endemic to the Cape Verde archipelago
Characters
Iago (Aladdin), a parrot in the 1992 film Aladdin and various Disney media
Iago, a character in the American t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iago%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Ornithomimidae (meaning "bird-mimics") is a family of theropod dinosaurs which bore a superficial resemblance to modern ostriches. Ornithomimids were fast, omnivorous or herbivorous dinosaurs known mainly from the Late Cretaceous Period of Laurasia (now Asia and North America), though they have also been reported from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithomimidae |
Mathieu-Nicolas Poillevillain de Clémanges (or Clamanges) (born in Champagne c. 1360, died in Paris between 1434 and 1440) was a French humanist and theologian.
He studied in the Collège de Navarre, University of Paris, and in 1380 received the degree of Licentiate, and then later received a Master of Arts. He studied... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20of%20Cl%C3%A9manges |
The Lucerne Festival Strings is one of Switzerland's most frequently touring chamber orchestras, which for decades was closely associated with the Lucerne School of Music, being for many years an "ensemble in residence". The orchestra was founded in 1956 by Wolfgang Schneiderhan and Rudolf Baumgartner as part of the L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucerne%20Festival%20Strings |
In computer science, adaptive heap sort is a comparison-based sorting algorithm of the adaptive sort family. It is a variant of heap sort that performs better when the data contains existing order. Published by Christos Levcopoulos and Ola Petersson in 1992, the algorithm utilizes a new measure of presortedness, Osc, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20heap%20sort |
Hugh Emlyn Hooson, Baron Hooson, (26 March 1925 – 21 February 2012) was a Welsh Liberal and then Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Montgomeryshire from 1962 until 1979.
Early life
Hooson was born at Colomendy in Denbighshire, the middle child of three sons to Hugh and Elsie Hooson.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emlyn%20Hooson%2C%20Baron%20Hooson |
A sorting algorithm falls into the adaptive sort family if it takes advantage of existing order in its input. It benefits from the presortedness in the input sequence – or a limited amount of disorder for various definitions of measures of disorder – and sorts faster. Adaptive sorting is usually performed by modifyin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20sort |
Hasmonea Lwów was a Polish-Jewish sports club based in the city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine). Created in 1908 in Austria-Hungary, it was the first sports club exclusively for Jewish members. It was named after the Hasmonean royal dynasty. The full Polish name was Żydowski Klub Sportowy Hasmonea Lwów (Jewish Sports Club ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasmonea%20Lw%C3%B3w |
Joel Pettersson (8 June 1892 – 5 January 1937) was a painter and writer on the Åland Islands, Finland. He remained an obscure figure during his lifetime; most of his writings were unpublished for decades after his death.
Biography
Petterssons parents were elderly peasants, Joel's father being well over 50 at the time ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Pettersson |
Abant Izzet Baysal University () is a public university in Bolu, Turkey. It was founded on 3 July 1992 by Izzet Baysal. It has campuses in the city center and three districts of Bolu (Gerede, Mengen, Mudurnu). The main campus of the university, namely the İzzet Baysal Campus, is located in Gölköy, which is 8 km from th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolu%20Abant%20Izzet%20Baysal%20University |
Tim Cavanaugh is an American journalist and screenwriter based in Alexandria, Virginia. He is a news editor for The Washington Examiner. Prior to that, he was News Editor for National Review Online, Executive Editor for The Daily Caller, Managing Editor for Reason magazine, Web editor of the Los Angeles Times opinion ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Cavanaugh |
The West Chester University Poetry Conference is an international poetry conference that has been held annually since 1995 at West Chester University, Pennsylvania, United States. It hosts various panel discussions and poetry craft workshops, which focus primarily on formal poetry, narrative poetry, New Formalism and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Chester%20University%20Poetry%20Conference |
Montgomery was a constituency in the House of Commons of England and later in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member, but was abolished in 1918.
After 1832 the constituency was more usually called the Montgomery Boroughs or Montgomery District of Boroughs.
Boundaries
1885... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery%20%28UK%20Parliament%20constituency%29 |
Antônio Renato Aragão (born January 13, 1935), nicknamed Didi, is a Brazilian comedian actor, producer, filmmaker, TV presenter, singer and writer. He is best known as Didi, because of his leading role in the television series Os Trapalhões.
Didi was born in Sobral, Ceará. He obtained a degree in Law in 1961, but has... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato%20Arag%C3%A3o |
Ludovic-Oscar Frossard (5 March 1889 – 11 February 1946), also known as L.-O. Frossard or Oscar Frossard, was a French socialist and communist politician. He was a founding member in 1905 and Secretary-General of the French Socialist Party (SFIO) from 1918 to 1920, as well as a founding member and Secretary-General of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic-Oscar%20Frossard |
Renato Bayma Archer da Silva (10 July 1922 – 20 June 1996) was a Brazilian naval officer and politician. The Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer (CenPRA), a federal R&D center located in Campinas, state of São Paulo, is named in his honour.
As a politician, he served as a vice-governor and federal representative to the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato%20Archer |
Hubert Scott-Paine (11 March 1891 – 14 April 1954) was a British aircraft and boat designer, record-breaking power boat racer, entrepreneur, inventor, and sponsor of the winning entry in the 1922 Schneider Trophy.
Early life
Hubert Paine was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, England, on 11 March 1891, to Henry Paine and Rosann... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert%20Scott-Paine |
Cristoforo Buondelmonti (c. 1385 – c. 1430) was an Italian Franciscan priest, traveler, and was a pioneer in promoting first-hand knowledge of Greece and its antiquities throughout the Western world.
Biography
Cristoforo Buondelmonti was born around 1385 into an important Florentine family. He was taught Greek by the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristoforo%20Buondelmonti |
The Ministry of Gaming was a Cabinet-level agency of the government of the Canadian province of Alberta that handled policy and legislation relating to liquor and gambling. The agency had three main divisions, the Department of Gaming, the Alberta Gaming Research Council, and the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Gaming%20%28Alberta%29 |
Jiang Tengyi (, born January 30, 1985, in Shanghai) is a Chinese racing driver who drives for A1 Team China.
In 1998 he took part in the Chinese KART Cup and raced to third place. In 2000, he repeated his performance in the KART Title Match (International A Grade). He bettered his performance in 2001 with second place... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang%20Tengyi |
This is a list of number-one hits by Australian artists in the United States from the Billboard Hot 100. Australian artists are listed in bold.
See also
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by British artists
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by Canadian artists
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by European a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Billboard%20Hot%20100%20number-ones%20by%20Australian%20artists |
Richard Mulcaster (ca. 1531, Carlisle, Cumberland – 15 April 1611, Essex) is known best for his headmasterships of Merchant Taylors' School and St Paul's School, both then in London, and for his pedagogic writings. He is often regarded as the founder of English language lexicography. He was also an Anglican priest.
Ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Mulcaster |
Raymond James French, MBE (born 23 December 1939) is an English former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. French played at international level in both codes. He won four caps for England in rugby union in 1961 as a lock forward, then moved to rugby league as a and played for his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20French |
Digitus quintus literally means fifth digit and can refer to:
Little finger (fifth finger)
little toe (fifth toe) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitus%20quintus |
Gaete is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Drimmelen, about 1 km southeast of the town of Lage Zwaluwe.
Gaete is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Lage Zwaluwe. Gaeta has no place name signs. It was home to 214 people in 1840. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaete |
The Talking Animals is an album by T Bone Burnett, released in 1988.
The guest musicians include Peter Case, Bono, and Tonio K, among others.
Reception
Brett Hartenbach of AllMusic thought that "even with a few less than stellar songs, The Talking Animals is a strong, inspired record." Trouser Press called the album ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Talking%20Animals |
The HSL 1 (, , ) is a high-speed rail line which connects Brussels, Belgium, with the LGV Nord at the Belgium–France border. It is long with of dedicated high-speed tracks and of modernised lines. Service began on 14 December 1997.
The line has appreciably shortened journey times, the journey from Paris to Brussels... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL%201 |
Laser scanning is the controlled deflection of laser beams, visible or invisible.
Scanned laser beams are used in some 3-D printers, in rapid prototyping, in machines for material processing, in laser engraving machines, in ophthalmological laser systems for the treatment of presbyopia, in confocal microscopy, in las... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser%20scanning |
Taura Danang Sudiro or better known as Tora Sudiro (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on 10 May 1973) is an Indonesian actor and comedian of Javanese descent.
Personal life
After his divorce, Tora married Mieke Amalia in 2009 with both having two children each from previous marriages. In 2012, they had a daughter.
His moth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora%20Sudiro |
North Carolina Highway 740 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The southern terminus is in Albemarle, from which it runs northeast into the town of Badin, then turns northwest to terminate in New London. The entire route lies within Stanly County.
Route description
NC 740 is a two-lane ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20Highway%20740 |
Rebecca Rigg is an Australian actress. She is known for her roles in television and film. She started out as a child actor in Fatty Finn (1980), before also being featured in the films Hunting (1991), Spotswood (1992) and Ellie Parker (2005).
Early life and career
Rebecca Rigg was born in Sydney, New South Wales.
H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca%20Rigg |
Devika Parikh (born November 3, 1966) is an American actress, best known for her recurring role as Bonnie in the NBC political drama series The West Wing from 1999 to 2003.
Life and career
Parikh was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She is of Indian and Black American origin, bor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devika%20Parikh |
The Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer (CTI) is a research and development center of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), previously named Fundação Centro Tecnológico para Informática (CTI), which was founded 1982. It is located in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, at the Rodovi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro%20de%20Pesquisas%20Renato%20Archer |
Kotla is a village located at the northernmost border of Lower Silesia, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Głogów and north-west of the regional capital Wrocław.
Kotla is part of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and of Głogów County. It is also the administrative seat of Gmina Kotla (Kotla Commun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotla%2C%20Poland |
The Baitul Futuh (English: House of Victories) is a mosque complex of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, situated in Morden, London. It is one of the largest mosque complexes in Europe. Completed in 2003 at a cost of £15 million, entirely from donations of Ahmadi Muslims, the Mosque can accommodate a total of 13,000 wors... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baitul%20Futuh%20Mosque |
Palmanova () is a town and (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northeast Italy. The town is an example of a star fort of the late Renaissance, built up by the Venetian Republic in 1593.
The fortifications were included in UNESCO's World Heritage Site list as part... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmanova |
Province was the largest territorial subdivision in medieval and Renaissance-era Poland, and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The term designated each of the two largest constituents of the state: depending on the period, including Greater Poland, Lesser Poland and (upon the formation of the Commonwealth) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20%28Poland%29 |
The 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup (officially IRB Rugby World Cup 2006 Canada) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The tournament began on 31 August and ended on 17 September 2006. The 2006 tournament was the third World Cup approved by the IRB, the previous two being held 2002 in Spain and in the Netherlands, in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Women%27s%20Rugby%20World%20Cup |
Howard Ferguson (21 October 1908 – 31 October 1999) was an Irish composer and musicologist from Belfast. He composed instrumental, chamber, orchestral and choral works. While his music is not widely known today, his Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 8 and his Five Bagatelles, Op. 9, for piano are still performed. His works ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20Ferguson%20%28composer%29 |
Mark Connelly is a professor and Head of the School of History, at the University of Kent in Canterbury, where he is both a military historian, and the Reuters Lecturer in Media History. Connelly specialises in the 19th Century and First World War.
He is also the author of a book on the Second World War and the Britis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Connelly |
Ivan Šimonović (; born 2 May 1959) is a Croatian diplomat, politician and law scholar. In October 2008 he was appointed Justice Minister of Croatia. On 3 May 2010, Šimonović was appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. As of 1 October 2016, Šimonović has been appointed as the Secretary-General’s Speci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%20%C5%A0imonovi%C4%87 |
Moutsouna (in Greek: Μουτσούνα) is a small seaside village on the eastern coast of the island of Naxos, Greece. It has a relatively open bay and limited port facilities. It is located approximately 39 km from the capital of the island, and 11 km from the village of Apiranthos.
History
Until the early 1980s, Moutsouna... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moutsouna |
25th London Film Critics Circle Awards
9 February 2005
Film of the Year:
Sideways
British Film of the Year:
Vera Drake
The 25th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2004, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 9 February 2005.
Winners and nominees
Film of the Year
S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Film%20Critics%20Circle%20Awards%202004 |
Härkingen is a municipality in the district of Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
History
Härkingen is first mentioned in 1080 as quendam comitatum nomine Härichingen in pago Buchsgeowe situm (Kopie). In 1101 it was mentioned as 03 apud Harichingen.
Geography
Härkingen has an area, , of . Of this area,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4rkingen |
Kristvallabrunn is a locality situated in Nybro Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 246 inhabitants in 2010.
It lies about 30 km from Kalmar and the nearest city is Nybro. It has several woodworking industries. The village has a preschool and a primary school. Kristvallabrunn gained popularity for its health spa ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristvallabrunn |
Saint Anna of Kashin (; – 2 October 1368) was a princess consort of Mikhail of Tver. She was canonized as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1650.
Life
Anna was a daughter of Prince Dmitry Borisovich of Rostov and a great-granddaughter of Prince Vasily of Rostov. From her earliest years, Anna was brought up ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20of%20Kashin |
Hootenanny was an American musical variety television show broadcast on ABC from April 1963 to September 1964. The program was hosted by Jack Linkletter. It primarily featured pop-oriented folk music acts, including The Journeymen, The Limeliters, the Chad Mitchell Trio, The New Christy Minstrels, The Brothers Four, I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hootenanny%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Rocks Riverside Park is a park by the Brisbane River in Seventeen Mile Rocks, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The park was opened on 7 December 2003, and features industrial artefacts from its previous use by the Queensland Cement and Lime Company. Public art which draws upon the park's industrial heritage are also fe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocks%20Riverside%20Park |
Virginia Harrington Knauer (née Wright; March 28, 1915 – October 16, 2011) was an American Republican politician. She served as the Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs and Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs (1969–1977 and 1981–1989). In 1959 she became the first Republican woman to be e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%20Knauer |
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 36, commonly referred to as Highway 36 and officially named Veterans Memorial Highway, is a north-south highway in eastern Alberta, Canada that extends from Highway 4 near Warner to Highway 55 in Lac La Biche. Lac La Biche County is lobbying the Government of Alberta to renumber Highway 8... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Highway%2036 |
The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas is a diocese of the Episcopal Church (United States) which was formed on December 20, 1895, when the Missionary District of Northern Texas was granted diocesan status at the denomination's General Convention the preceding October. Alexander Charles Garrett, who had served as the first bi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20Dallas |
Suicidal Final Art is a 2001 compilation album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. The name is taken from a line in the title track of the Slaughter of the Soul album.
Track listing
Credits
Anders Björler - guitar
Jonas Björler - bass
Adrian Erlandsson - drums
Alf Svensson - guitars
Martin Larsson - gui... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicidal%20Final%20Art |
Brandberg may refer to:
Austria
Brandberg, Austria, a municipality in the district of Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria
Namibia
Brandberg Constituency, the former name of Dâures Constituency in the Erongo region of Namibia
Brandberg Massif, a dome-shaped plateau in the Namib Desert, Namibia
Brandberg Mountain, in the Brandberg ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandberg |
Salmagundi is a US quarterly periodical, featuring cultural criticism, fiction, and poetry, along with transcripts of symposia and interviews with prominent writers and intellectuals. Susan Sontag, a longtime friend of the publication, referred to it as "simply my favorite little magazine." In The Book Wars, James Atl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmagundi%20%28magazine%29 |
Field pansy is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
Viola arvensis, also called the European field pansy
Viola bicolor, also called the American field pansy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20pansy |
Pevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey in the English county of East Sussex. The site is a scheduled monument in the care of English Heritage and is open to visitors. Built around 290 AD and known to the Romans as Anderitum, the fort appears to have been the base for a fleet ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pevensey%20Castle |
Jaakan (Anglicized, já-a-kan), meaning "he twists", is a Hebrew name. In the Hebrew Bible, Jaakan is one of the sons of Ezer, the son of Seir the Horite (1 Chronicles 1:42). Jaakan is spelt "Akan" in .
There is also a reference to a location Be'eroth Bene-Jaakan, the wells of the children of Jaakan, in and , a place ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakan |
Palacky or Palacký (Czech feminine: Palacká) is a Czech language surname. It may refer to:
People
František Palacký (1798–1876), Czech historian and politician
Other uses
Palacký Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic
Palacky Township, Ellsworth County, Kansas, USA
Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
40444 Palacký, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacky |
Carmo do Rio Verde is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 8,897 (2007) in a total area of 457.5 km2. Carmo do Rio Verde is a major producer of sugar cane for production of alcohol.
Location
The city is located 176 km. northwest of the capital, Goiânia, 22 kilometers west of Ceres, the m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmo%20do%20Rio%20Verde |
NO PLAN is a Japanese konto style comedy group, and is also occasionally known for their music. The group appeared regularly on the late night owarai show Uchimura Produce (内村プロデュース) until late 2005, when the show was cancelled. The group consists of 6 male members; Kazuki Ōtake and Masakazu Mimura of Summers, Red Yosh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20Plan%20%28owarai%29 |
Pardes Hanna-Karkur () is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of .
History
An Arab village named Karkur had stood at this location by the time the Palestine Exploration Fund had compiled its first maps in 1878.
In 1913, 15 square kilometers of land was purchased by the Hachsharat Hayishuv ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardes%20Hanna-Karkur |
Addicks may refer to:
People
J. Edward Addicks, Philadelphia gas magnate
Johannes Addicks, Dutch chess player
Karl Addicks, German politician
Lawrence Addicks, president of the Electrochemical Society
Other uses
Charlton Athletic F.C., a football club in south-east London
Addicks, Houston, Texas
Addicks Reservoir, T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addicks |
Lake Shetek State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, on Lake Shetek, which is the largest lake in southwestern Minnesota and the headwaters of the Des Moines River. It is most popular for water recreation and camping. However the park also contains historical resources related to the Dakota War of 1862... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Shetek%20State%20Park |
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