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In projective geometry an ovoid is a sphere like pointset (surface) in a projective space of dimension . Simple examples in a real projective space are hyperspheres (quadrics). The essential geometric properties of an ovoid are:
Any line intersects in at most 2 points,
The tangents at a point cover a hyperplane (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoid%20%28projective%20geometry%29 |
"Teen Angel" is a teenage tragedy song written by Jean Dinning and her husband, Red Surrey. It was performed by Jean's brother, Mark Dinning, and released in October 1959.
The record was not an instant success, with some radio stations in the U.S. banning the song, considering it too sad. Nevertheless, despite the r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen%20Angel%20%28song%29 |
Thane William Howard Hardcastle Christopher Bettany (28 May 1929 – 7 November 2015) was an English actor and dancer. He was the father of film and theatre actor Paul Bettany.
Early years
Thane Bettany was born in Sarawak, an independent state on the island of Borneo, which was then a British protectorate governed by t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thane%20Bettany |
Final Articles Revision Convention, 1946 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1946 with the preamble stating:
Ratifications
As of 2013, the convention has been ratified by 57 states.
External links
Text.
Ratifications.
International Labour Organization conventions
Treaties con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Articles%20Revision%20Convention%2C%201946 |
Final Articles Revision Convention may refer to either of two International Labour Organization conventions:
Final Articles Revision Convention, 1946
Final Articles Revision Convention, 1961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Articles%20Revision%20Convention |
Robert "Wolfman" Belfour (September 11, 1940 – February 24, 2015) was an American blues musician. He was born in Red Banks, Mississippi. When he was a child, his father, Grant Belfour, taught him to play the guitar, and he continued his tutelage in the blues from the musicians Otha Turner, R. L. Burnside, and Junior Ki... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Belfour |
The Black Hawk State Historic Site, in Rock Island, Illinois, is adjacent to the historic site of the village of Saukenuk, the home of a band of Native Americans of the Sauk nation. It includes the John Hauberg Museum of Native American Life. The state park is located on a bluff overlooking the Rock River in western ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Hawk%20State%20Historic%20Site |
The Bagnolians were a sect in the 8th century, deemed heretical, who rejected the Old Testament and part of the New Testament. They held the world to be eternal, and affirmed that God did not create the soul, when he infused it into the body. They derived their name from Bagnols, a city in Languedoc, France. Their doct... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagnolians |
Magazine Gap Road is a winding road on the affluent and ultra-expensive Mid-Levels and the Peak on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is one of the main access leading to the Peak area.
Description
It starts low from Robinson Road and Garden Road. It runs east and uphill and meets Bowen Road and May Road. It con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magazine%20Gap%20Road |
Wojo is a common nickname for many people with long Polish or other eastern European surnames beginning "Woj-".
Wojo or WOJO could refer to:
People
David Wojcinski (born 1980), former Australian rules footballer
Bob Wojnowski (born 1961), Detroit News sports writer, co-host of Stoney and Wojo with Mike Stone
Stev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojo |
Auto-Sleepers (also spelt as Auto-sleeper) is an English manufacturer of campervan motorhomes, based in Willersey a small village near Broadway, Worcestershire.
History
In 1961, the Trevelyan family and their two young sons, built their own motorhome based on a Morris Commercial J2 van, which they took on holiday to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-Sleepers |
The Whin Sill or Great Whin Sill is a tabular layer of the igneous rock dolerite in County Durham, Northumberland and Cumbria in the northeast of England. It lies partly in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and partly in Northumberland National Park and stretches from Teesdale northwards towards Ber... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whin%20Sill |
Kastellaun is a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality.
Geography
Location
The town lies in the eastern Hunsrück roughly equidistant from the Moselle, the Rhine and the Nahe. The town centre lie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastellaun |
QOR may refer to:
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, a Canadian Forces airborne infantry regiment based in Toronto, Ontario
Quality of results, a term used in evaluating technological processes
QoR Watercolors by Golden Artist Colors, a "Quality of Results" line of modern watercolor paints.
Quality of Resilience (Q... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QOR |
Pavonia Terminal was the Erie Railroad terminal on the Hudson River situated on the landfilled Harsimus Cove in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened in 1861 and closed in 1958 when the Erie Railroad moved its passenger services to nearby Hoboken Terminal. The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway also ran co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavonia%20Terminal |
Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1947 with the preamble stating:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the organisation of labour inspection in industry and commerce,...
Ratifications
As of 2021, 148 of the 186... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour%20Inspection%20Convention%2C%201947 |
In mathematics, a 2-valued morphism is a homomorphism that sends a Boolean algebra B onto the two-element Boolean algebra 2 = {0,1}. It is essentially the same thing as an ultrafilter on B, and, in a different way, also the same things as a maximal ideal of B. 2-valued morphisms have also been proposed as a tool for un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-valued%20morphism |
The Short-course Off-road Drivers Association (usually abbreviated as SODA) was a short course off-road racing sanctioning body in the United States.
History
SODA began as a Midwestern United States off-road racing series in the early 1970s. Most races were held in Wisconsin but a few were held in Michigan. The crown... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-course%20Off-road%20Drivers%20Association |
Rheinböllen is a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern. It was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde Rheinböllen.
Geography
Location
Rheinböllen lies some 10 km as the crow flies southwest of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinb%C3%B6llen |
Daara J (pronounced , which means "the school" in Wolof) are a Senegalese rap duet that consists of N'Dongo D and Faada Freddy. Their music takes influence from hip hop, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and reggae and is performed in English, French, Spanish, and Wolof.
Daara J was formed in 1997 and quickly became popular in Sene... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daara%20J |
Barry Innis Posner, (born November 7, 1937) is a Canadian physician, research scientist and Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Medicine and Anatomy & Cell Biology at McGill University, where he also managed the Polypeptide and Protein Hormone Laboratory.
Biography
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he received his Do... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Posner%20%28physician%29 |
The Jiotto Caspita is a prototype mid-engine sports car designed and manufactured by Dome in 1989. The car was billed as the "F1 on the Road." The original design of the car was done by Kunihisa Ito, who was the vice president and chief designer of Jiotto Design Incorporated. Its name is derived from the Italian exclam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiotto%20Caspita |
Sankt Goar-Oberwesel is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 30 km southeast of Koblenz. Its seat was in Oberwesel. On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Hunsr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt%20Goar-Oberwesel |
Ian William Ridpath (born 1 May 1947, in Ilford, Essex) is an English science writer and broadcaster best known as a popularizer of astronomy and a biographer of constellation history. As a UFO sceptic, he investigated and explained the Rendlesham Forest Incident of December 1980.
Life and career
Ridpath attended Bea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Ridpath |
In England and Wales, from 1846 to 1971, a county court judge was a judge appointed under the terms of the County Court Act 1846 to sit in the county courts. Each county court judge was assigned to a county court circuit.
Appointment
They were initially appointed by the Lord Chancellor; after the enactment of the Adm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20Court%20judge |
Night Hunter is a 1996 horror film directed by Rick Jacobson featuring a struggle between vampires and humans.
Plot
Jack Cutter (Don "Dragon" Wilson) is the last in long line of vampire hunters. After killing a few vampires in one L.A. restaurant, he is chased both by police and by other vampires.
References
Externa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20Hunter%20%281996%20film%29 |
The Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is located at the North West tip of the Tarbat Ness peninsula near the fishing village of Portmahomack on the east coast of Scotland. It was built in 1830 by Robert Stevenson and has an elevation of and 203 steps to the top of the tower.
History
At the Battle of Tarbat Ness in the 11th cen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbat%20Ness%20Lighthouse |
The Alfa Romeo 1900 is an automobile produced by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1950 until 1959. Designed by Orazio Satta, it was an important development for Alfa Romeo as the marque's first car built entirely on a production line and first production car without a separate chassis. It was also the first Alf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa%20Romeo%201900 |
District Judge may refer to:
A United States federal judge, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
A judge in a State court (United States), where the state is divided into judicial districts
A judge in the District courts of India
The short name for a Judge of the District Court (Ireland) in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District%20Judge |
Oneida Baptist Institute (OBI) is a coeducational Southern Baptist boarding school in Oneida, Kentucky, affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
History
Oneida Baptist Institute was founded by James Anderson Burns with the intent of bringing an end to the culture of feuds and violence in Clay County, Kentucky.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida%20Baptist%20Institute |
John Lawrence Smith (born November 15, 1948) is an American college football coach. He was the head football coach at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky, a position he held from 2016 until he was fired by the university in 2018.
Smith was previously the head football coach at the University of Idaho (198... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20L.%20Smith |
Whiteinch Victoria Park railway station was a suburban railway station serving Whiteinch in Glasgow, Scotland. It was opened as a goods station known as Whiteinch in 1874 as part of the newly constructed Whiteinch Railway. In 1897, the station was rebuilt as Whiteinch Victoria Park, with services running to Jordanhill ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteinch%20Victoria%20Park%20railway%20station |
The Benton MacKaye Trail or BMT is a footpath nearly in length in the Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States and is blazed by a white diamond, 5″ across by 7″ tall. The hiking trail was created and is maintained by the Benton MacKaye Trail Association, and it is named for Benton MacKaye, the Massachus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benton%20MacKaye%20Trail |
Milltown is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Milltown, County Kildare, Ireland which played a leading role in developing the games in the county.
History
Milltown won the Junior Championship in 2008 defeating Robertstown by a single point. Emmet Mullhall is Milltown's most famous present player, having been a mem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milltown%20GAA%20%28County%20Kildare%29 |
Uja Tirche (literally High Mountain) is a peak close to the Tibetan border in the Nanda Devi group of the Kumaon/Garhwal Himalaya. It was first climbed in 1937 by Lieutenant (later Major-General) R C A Edge, with a surveying party from the Survey of India.
References
Alpine Club Library Himalayan Index
Internationa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uja%20Tirche |
Reda Rekowo railway station is a railway stop serving the town of Reda, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station is located on the Reda–Hel railway. The train services are operated by Przewozy Regionalne.
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
Regional services (R) Władysławowo - Re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reda%20Rekowo%20railway%20station |
Mental Images GmbH (stylized as mental images) was a German computer generated imagery (CGI) software firm based in Berlin, Germany, and was acquired by Nvidia in 2007, then rebranded as Nvidia Advanced Rendering Center (ARC), and is still providing similar products and technology. The company provides rendering and 3D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental%20Images |
"Midnight Special" is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South. The song refers to the passenger train Midnight Special and its "ever-loving light" (sometimes "ever-living light").
The song is historically performed in the country-blues style from the viewpoint of the pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%20Special%20%28song%29 |
Rahway station is an NJ Transit train station in Rahway, New Jersey that is located 20.7 miles southwest of New York Penn Station, with service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines.
History
The station first opened on January 1, 1836. The station is located in downtown Rahway on an embankment comple... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahway%20station |
Mrzezino railway station is a railway station serving the village of Mrzezino, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened on 15 December 1898 and is located on the Reda–Hel railway. The train services are operated by Przewozy Regionalne.
History
The station and the town used to be known as Sellen (Kr. N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrzezino%20railway%20station |
Fully () is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
Fully is first mentioned in the 11th Century as Fuliacum.
Geography
Fully has an area, , of . Of this area, 30.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.7% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 5.7% is settl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully |
Sulsted is a small Danish town with a population of 1,512 (1 January 2023) situated in northern Jutland, 14 km north of Aalborg and 3 km north of the closest other town Vestbjerg.
Church
Sulsted Church was constructed –1200 and features a large number of frescos, all created in 1548 by Hans Maler from Randers.
Nota... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulsted |
James Robert "Loafer" McAleer (July 10, 1864April 29, 1931) was an American center fielder, manager, and stockholder in Major League Baseball who assisted in establishing the American League. He spent most of his 13-season playing career with the Cleveland Spiders, and went on to manage the Cleveland Blues, St. Louis B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20McAleer |
WSEE-TV (channel 35) is a television station in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW Plus. It is the flagship television property of locally based Lilly Broadcasting, and is a sister station to NBC affiliate WICU-TV (channel 12), to which Lilly provides certain services under a local market... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSEE-TV |
Big Bog State Recreation Area, a recent addition to the Minnesota state park system, is located on Minnesota State Highway 72, north of Waskish, Minnesota. It covers 9,459 acres (38.3 km2), primarily swamps, bogs, and upland "islands".
The park was started by local grassroots efforts in 2002, it became a state recrea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Bog%20State%20Recreation%20Area |
Ranganayaki (, ), also known by her epithet Tayar, () is a Hindu goddess. She is the presiding goddess of the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam. She is the chief consort of Ranganatha, the tutelary deity of Srirangam. The goddess is regarded as a manifestation of Lakshmi, while Ranganatha is considered as a manif... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranganayaki |
Żelistrzewo railway station is a railway station serving the village of Żelistrzewo, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened on 15 December 1898 and is located on the Reda–Hel railway. The train services are operated by Przewozy Regionalne.
History
The station and the town used to be known as Sellen ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBelistrzewo%20railway%20station |
Frank Joseph Kush (January 20, 1929 – June 22, 2017) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Arizona State University from 1958 to 1979, compiling a record of 176–54–1. Kush was also the head coach of the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1981, the National Footba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Kush |
Richard Theodore Tarnas is a cultural historian and astrologer known for his books The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View and Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. Tarnas is professor of philosophy and psychology at the California Institute of Integral Stu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Tarnas |
County Route 540 (CR 540) is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from the intersection of U.S. Route 130 (US 130) and Route 140 in Carneys Point Township to Harding Highway (US 40) in Buena Vista Township.
Mile markers on CR 540 continue from Route 140's mileage, which would indicate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20Route%20540%20%28New%20Jersey%29 |
Dushanbe International Airport is an international airport in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. It is the main hub for Somon Air and is the home base for Tajik Air, which also has its headquarters on the property.
History
In 1924, the first airport was built in the country, in the city currently known as Dushanbe.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dushanbe%20International%20Airport |
The municipalities of East Timor are divided into 65 administrative posts (former subdistricts). Each administrative post is divided into several sucos. Sucos are divided into several aldeias, the smallest political division of East Timor.
List
See also
Municipalities of East Timor
Sucos of East Timor
References
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative%20posts%20of%20East%20Timor |
Eastview Mall, located in Victor, New York (near Rochester, New York), is an upscale indoor shopping center owned and managed by Wilmorite Properties. The mall features JCPenney, Macy's, Von Maur, and Dick's House of Sports.
Eastview is located just off New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) Exit 45 on New York State... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastview%20Mall |
The Mozart Fellowship is a composer residency attached to the Music Department of the University of Otago, one of the five Arts Fellowships at the university. It is the oldest full-time composition residency in New Zealand and is currently the only position of its kind; the list of past fellows includes many of New Zea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart%20Fellowship |
New Brunswick is an active commuter railroad train station in the city of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The station services trains of New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and Amtrak's Keystone Service and Northeast Regional. For New Jersey Transit trains, the next station to the southwest (towar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Brunswick%20station |
De La Salle College Waterford is a secondary school in Waterford, Ireland with over 1,000 students and 90 teachers.
De La Salle Teachers Training College
The De La Salle Brothers had a presence in Waterford since the 1870s, and opened a teacher training college at Newtown, Waterford in 1894. In 1894 Mr. J.L. Ahearn wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20La%20Salle%20College%20Waterford |
The Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre, also known as the State Hockey Centre of New South Wales is a multi-use stadium in Sydney Olympic Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1998 to host the field hockey events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Its current capacity is 8,000 people, with seating... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%20Olympic%20Park%20Hockey%20Centre |
Inanam is a suburb and sub-district of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. It is situated 10 kilometres from the city centre.
History
OKK Majimbun Majangkin is known as one of the key player in Inanam development. During the World War II, Inanam is also the base where the Kinabalu Guerillas led by Albert Kwok actively ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanam |
The California and Nevada Railroad was a narrow gauge steam railroad which ran in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 19th century. It was incorporated on March 25, 1884. J.S. Emery was listed as the railroad's president - the present day city of Emeryville is named after him. On March 1, 1885, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20and%20Nevada%20Railroad |
Sir William Henry Houldsworth, 1st Baronet (20 August 1834 – 18 April 1917) was a British mill-owner in Reddish, Lancashire. He was Conservative MP for Manchester North West from 1883 to 1906, and sometime chairman of the Fine Cotton Spinners' Association. He was made a baronet in 1887.
Life
William Henry Houldsw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Houldsworth |
William A. Foley (William Auguste "Bill" Foley; born 1949) is an American linguist and professor at Columbia University He was previously located at the University of Sydney. He specializes in Papuan and Austronesian languages. Foley developed Role and Reference Grammar in a partnership with Robert Van Valin.
Career
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20A.%20Foley |
X. J. Kennedy (born Joseph Charles Kennedy on August 21, 1929, in Dover, New Jersey) is an American poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and author of children's literature and textbooks on English literature and poetry. He was long known as Joe Kennedy; but, wishing to distinguish himself from Joseph P. Kennedy, he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.%20J.%20Kennedy |
Kartlis Deda (; Mother of Kartvel or Mother of Georgian) is a monument in Georgia's capital Tbilisi.
The statue was erected on the top of Sololaki hill in 1958, the year Tbilisi celebrated its 1500th anniversary. Prominent Georgian sculptor Elguja Amashukeli designed the twenty-metre aluminium figure of a woman in Ge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartlis%20Deda |
Anna Maria Porter is a Canadian publisher and novelist.
Life and career
Born Anna Szigethy in Budapest, Hungary, she emigrated to New Zealand in 1956. She received a bachelor's degree and Master of Arts degree from the University of Canterbury. She started at McClelland & Stewart in 1969 and became president and publ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Porter |
Richard II (died 1105/06), called the Bald, was the count of Aversa and the prince of Capua from 1090 or 1091. He was under the guardianship of Count Robert of Caiazzo until he came of age in 1093.
The eldest son and successor of Jordan I of Capua and Gaitelgrima, daughter of Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno, he was named... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20II%20of%20Capua |
Wake Up Wal-Mart was a campaign founded by United Food and Commercial Workers Union. It was based in Washington, D.C., and was often critical of the business practices of Walmart, the world's largest retailer, and the largest private employer in the United States. The group claimed Walmart was offering its employees ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake%20Up%20Wal-Mart |
Wilmorite Properties, Inc is a commercial real estate company based in Chili, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York.
A subsidiary of the company owes significant back taxes and fees to the City of Rochester resulting from a loan and tax agreement surrounding the failed development of the Sibley Building.
The comp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmorite%20Properties |
Mambai may be:
Mambai language (Cameroon)
Mambai language (Timor) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambai%20language |
The Rossington Collins Band was an American Southern rock band founded in 1979 by guitarists Gary Rossington and Allen Collins following the 1977 plane crash which killed three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, of which both had been members. The band included two other surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Powell and Le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossington%20Collins%20Band |
An arts festival is a festival that can encompass a wide range of art forms including music, dance, film, fine art, literature, poetry and is not solely focused on visual arts. Arts festivals may feature a mixed program that include music, literature, comedy, children's entertainment, science, or street theatre, and a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts%20festival |
Katzenbach v. Morgan, 384 U.S. 641 (1966), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the power of Congress, pursuant to Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, to enact laws that enforce and interpret provisions of the Constitution.
Background
Prior to the 1960s, many US states and municipa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katzenbach%20v.%20Morgan |
Levent is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beşiktaş, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,911 (2022). It is one of the main business districts of Istanbul located on the European side of the city. It is situated to the north of the Golden Horn, at the western shore of the Bosphorus strait.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levent |
Francis Nguyễn Trọng Trí, penname Hàn Mặc Tử (September 22, 1912 – November 11, 1940), was a Vietnamese poet. He was the most celebrated Vietnamese Catholic literary figure during the colonial era.
He was born Nguyễn Trọng Trí, at Lệ Mỹ Village, Đồng Hới District, Quảng Bình Province. His pen names included Minh Duệ,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A0n%20M%E1%BA%B7c%20T%E1%BB%AD |
Hidden Camera Jihad also known as Jihad Hidden Camera is a propaganda film widely available on the internet. The film features clips of American & British soldiers being killed by IEDs and snipers and is overdubbed with slapstick style sound effects and an applause/laugh track.
It is often aired on Al-Zawraa TV, a TV ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden%20Camera%20Jihad |
This is a list of editorial cartoonists of the past and present sorted by nationality. An editorial cartoonist is an artist, a cartoonist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. The list is incomplete; it lists only those editorial cartoonists for whom a Wikipedia article... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20editorial%20cartoonists |
Monk Dawson is a film that was released in 1998, directed and produced by Tom Waller and starring John Michie, Benedict Taylor, Martin Kemp, Rhona Mitra, and Paula Hamilton. It was based on the 1969 novel of the same name written by Piers Paul Read.
The film is about Eddie Dawson, a monk who has led a sheltered existe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk%20Dawson |
Philip Chandler Gale (November 15, 1978 – March 13, 1998) was an American pioneering Internet software developer, computer prodigy, and sophomore student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was notable for having written Total Access while at MIT, and was hired by EarthLink at the age of 16 to work o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Gale |
Tino Rodríguez is a Mexican-American painter. Born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, Rodriguez was influenced by the symbolism and themes evident in the Catholic churches of his youth. His work was also influenced by his absorption of fairy tales.
His work incorporates fantastical imagery combining animal and human... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tino%20Rodr%C3%ADguez |
Love Is Hell may refer to:
Love Is Hell, a Life in Hell anthology by cartoonist Matt Groening
Love Is Hell (Kitchens of Distinction album), 1989
Love Is Hell (Ryan Adams album), 2004
Love Is Hell (Phora album), 2018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20Is%20Hell |
Rivermont Collegiate, formerly St. Katharine's/St. Mark's School, is a nonsectarian, independent, multicultural, college preparatory school for students two years old through twelfth grade, located in the Quad Cities in Bettendorf, Iowa, in the United States. Rivermont Collegiate is a member of the National Association... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivermont%20Collegiate |
In the United States, the processes of government procurement enable federal, state and local government bodies in the country to acquire goods, services (including construction), and interests in real property.
In fiscal year 2019, the US Federal Government spent $597bn on contracts. The market for state, local, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20procurement%20in%20the%20United%20States |
Constantine L. Seferlis (1930–2005) is acknowledged as a master sculptor and stone carver whose works exemplified a group of public monumental artists in the United States during the second half of the 20th century. Many of these stone masters were immigrants, primarily from southern Europe, including Italy and Greece... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine%20Seferlis |
The men's 20 metre rapid fire (or military) pistol was one of the competitions in the 1900 Summer Olympics shooting events in Paris. It was held from August 1 to August 4, 1900. Six athletes from 2 nations competed. This event was contested for prize money by professionals. It is no longer included in the International... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting%20at%20the%201900%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%2020%20metre%20rapid%20fire%20pistol |
The Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D is a small turbofan engine built by Pratt & Whitney Canada. It was introduced in 1971 at thrust, and has since undergone a series of upgrades to just over thrust in the latest versions. It is the primary powerplant for a wide variety of smaller jet aircraft, notably business jets.
De... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt%20%26%20Whitney%20Canada%20JT15D |
The Church of the Annunciation (, , ), sometimes also referred to as the Basilica of the Annunciation, is a Catholic church in Nazareth, in northern Israel. It is one of two claimants to the site of the Annunciation – in which angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced that she would give birth to Jesus – ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica%20of%20the%20Annunciation |
Perinatal mortality (PNM) is the death of a fetus or neonate and is the basis to calculate the perinatal mortality rate. Perinatal means "relating to the period starting a few weeks before birth and including the birth and a few weeks after birth."
Variations in the precise definition of the perinatal mortality exist,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perinatal%20mortality |
The Kutta condition is a principle in steady-flow fluid dynamics, especially aerodynamics, that is applicable to solid bodies with sharp corners, such as the trailing edges of airfoils. It is named for German mathematician and aerodynamicist Martin Kutta.
Kuethe and Schetzer state the Kutta condition as follows:A body... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutta%20condition |
Lewis Oliver Hartman (May 3, 1876 – June 30, 1955) was an American bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1944.
Biography
He was born in LaGrange, Indiana. Lewis married Helen Marion Nutter December 21, 1922, in Newton, Massachusetts. She was born November 2, 1894.
Lewis entered the traveling ministry of the Cin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.%20O.%20Hartman |
DR Movie Co., Ltd. is a South Korean animation studio that was established in Seoul in 1990 and frequently works with Japanese companies on anime titles. Since 1991, the studio has been in an exclusive partnership with the Japanese animation studio Madhouse, and in 2001, Madhouse became a partial owner/investor. In 200... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR%20Movie |
Shaharpara () is a village of historical importance in the south-eastern part of Sunamganj District, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1315 CE by Shah Kamal Quhafah and his disciples. It is approximately one hour drive away from the city of Sylhet and also from Sunamganj. The village is at the heart of the Sylhet Division ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaharpara |
Ashgabat International Airport () , formerly known as Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy International Airport, is one of five international airports in Turkmenistan. It is located within the city limits of Ashgabat (Ashkhabad). The old airport, with its air traffic control tower and a precision approach runway (12L-30R), opened ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashgabat%20International%20Airport |
Juan Marsé Carbó (8 January 1933 – 18 July 2020) was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and screenwriter who used Spanish as his literary language. In 2008, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, "the Spanish-language equivalent" to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Biography
Marsé was born Juan Faneca Roca in Barcelona. His ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Mars%C3%A9 |
John Joseph O'Connor (June 2, 1866 – November 14, 1937), also known as Peach Pie, was a utility player in Major League Baseball in the American Association, the National League, and the American League, primarily used as an outfielder. O'Connor appeared in games across four decades.
O'Connor was involved in a scandal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20O%27Connor%20%28catcher%29 |
Suri may refer to:
Places
Suri, Birbhum, a town in West Bengal, India
Suri I, community development block in West Bengal, India
Suri II, community development block in West Bengal, India
Suri Sadar subdivision, administrative subdivision in West Bengal, India
Suri (Vidhan Sabha constituency), an assembly constitu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suri |
Sur, are a historical Pashtun tribe from among the Kakar living primarily in what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan. They claim descendance from Arab general Khalid ibn al-Walid. The founder of the Suri Empire in India, Sher Shah Suri, belonged to the Sur tribe. They ruled the Suri Empire from 1540 until they were remove... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sur%20%28Pashtun%20tribe%29 |
New York State Route 214 (NY 214) is a long state highway through the Catskill Park sections of Ulster and Greene counties. The route begins at an intersection with NY 28 in the town of Shandaken, just southwest of the hamlet of Phoenicia. The route runs through the narrow mountain pass called Stony Clove Notch before... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%20214 |
Mambai may refer to:
Mambai people, a people group also known as Mambae, Manbae or Maubere from Timor-Leste
Mambai language (Timor), the language spoken by Mambai people from Timor-Leste
Mambai language (Cameroon), a language also known as Mangbai or Mamgbay language from northern Cameroon and southern Chad
See al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambai |
Karl Theodor Vahlen (30 June 1869 – 16 November 1945) was a mathematician and professor who was a member of the Nazi Party. He served as the first Gauleiter of Pomerania and was a member of both the SA and SS.
Early years
Theodore Vahlen was born in Vienna, the son of a German classical philologist Johannes Vahlen (1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor%20Vahlen |
Misha Dichter (born September 27, 1945) is an American pianist.
Biography
Misha Dichter was born in Shanghai to Polish-Jewish parents who fled during WWII. He moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, at the age of two and began studying piano at the age of five. He studied with Aube Tzerko, a pupil of Artur S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misha%20Dichter |
This is a list of alcoholic drinks. An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic drinks are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and distilled beverages. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over one hundred countries have laws regulating their produ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20alcoholic%20drinks |
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