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The Saint Dominic Parish Church (), also known as Abucay Church, is a 17th-century Baroque Roman Catholic church located at Brgy. Laon, Abucay, Bataan, Philippines. The parish church, established in 1587 and administered by the Dominican Missionary Friars in 1588, is dedicated to Saint Dominic of Guzman. The parish is ...
In the burial practices of ancient Rome and Roman funerary art, marble and limestone sarcophagi elaborately carved in relief were characteristic of elite inhumation burials from the 2nd to the 4th centuries AD. At least 10,000 Roman sarcophagi have survived, with fragments possibly representing as many as 20,000. Altho...
An idle scan is a TCP port scan method for determining what services are open on a target computer without leaving traces pointing back at oneself. This is accomplished by using packet spoofing to impersonate another computer (called a "zombie") so that the target believes it's being accessed by the zombie. The target ...
In the U.S. state of Colorado 519 species of birds have been documented as of September 2022 according to the Colorado Bird Records Committee (CBRC) of Colorado Field Ornithologists. This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 63rd Supp...
The Republic of the Congo competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Games were hosted from October 10, 1964, to October 24, 1964. The delegation of Congo consisted of two athletes. Congo did not receive medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Athletics Men Track & ...
In enzymology, an AMP nucleosidase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction AMP + H2O D-ribose 5-phosphate + adenine Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are AMP and H2O, whereas its two products are D-ribose 5-phosphate and adenine. This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolases, specifically those...
Tom B. Rosenberg (1947/1948) is an American film producer, co-founder of Beacon Pictures; and founder and chairman of Lakeshore Entertainment. He is a recipient of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Picture for the film Million Dollar Baby. Biography Rosenberg grew up on the North Side of Chicago. His father was an alder...
The Vardenis District (; ) was a raion (district) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1930 and later in 1991 of the Republic of Armenia until its disestablishment in 1995. The Vardenis District today constitutes a southeastern part of the Gegharkunik Province (marz). Its administrative centre was the town Va...
The Singapore Slingers are an American 18-member orchestra based in Dallas, Texas that specializes in performing pre-swing American dance music, with a particular focus on popular songs of the 1920s and early 1930s. They have been called the "coolest, quirkiest, retro jazz group" in Dallas by the local press. They are ...
A glass blank is a piece of glass that requires additional decoration before it is considered finished. Types of decoration include cutting, engraving, acid-etching, gilding, and enameling. Often the term blank is used in reference to an uncut piece of glass that will be cut or engraved. "Blank" is used in the same wa...
Zoom (stylized as zoom), also called Zoom Meetings, is a proprietary videotelephony software program developed by Zoom Video Communications. The free plan allows up to 100 concurrent participants, with a 40-minute time restriction. Users have the option to upgrade by subscribing to a paid plan, the highest of which sup...
Aghasi or Aghassi may refer to: Given name Agasi Babayan or Aghasi Babayan (1908-1995), Armenian film director, screenwriter and actor Aghasi Khan (1731-1788), Second khan of Shirvan khanate Aghasi Khanjian (1901-1936), Soviet Armenian politician, Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia Aghasi Mammadov (born 1...
Watching may refer to: Media Watching (TV series), a British television show broadcast from 1987 to 1993 "Watching" (song), a 1983 Thompson Twins song from the album, Quick Step & Side Kick "Watching", a song on the 2016 Ty Dolla Sign mixtape, Campaign Harlan Ellison's Watching, a 1989 compilation of essays and film ...
Henry Goodricke may refer to: Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet (1642–1705) Sir Henry Goodricke, 4th Baronet (1677–1738), of the Goodricke baronets Sir Henry Goodricke, 6th Baronet (1765–1802) Sir Henry Goodricke, 7th Baronet (1797–1833), of the Goodricke baronets Henry Goodricke (1741–1784), MP for Lymington 1778–80
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1844. Explorations Karl Richard Lepsius examines, describes, and maps Meroë; and partially explores the upper passage of tomb KV20 in the Valley of the Kings. Excavations Frances Stackhouse Acton excavates a Roman villa in the grounds of her home at Acton Scot...
Agustín Magaldi Coviello (December 1, 1898 – September 8, 1938) was an Argentinian tango and milonga singer. His nickname was "La voz sentimental de Buenos Aires" ("The sentimental voice of Buenos Aires"). Magaldi took part in the opening broadcasts of Argentina's LOY Radio Nacional in July 1924. Magaldi suffered from...
Methamphetamine in the United States is regulated under Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act. It is approved for pharmacological use in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, narcolepsy, and treatment-resistant obesity, but it is primarily used as a recreational drug. In 2012, 16,000 prescr...
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon. Current program Men's individual Women's individual Discontinued event Men's team Athletes The following table shows the most successful athletes in Olympic modern pentathlon by medals won: References International Olympic Committee results dat...
Anna ("Anni") Christine Friesinger-Postma (born 11 January 1977) is a German former speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Her brother Jan is also a speed skater. Her sister Agnes...
Weightless, released in Germany as Die Neue (The New), is a 2015 young adult novel and the debut work of the American author Sarah Bannan. It was first published in the United Kingdom through Bloomsbury Circus on 12 March 2015, followed by a United States release on 30 June through St. Martin's Griffin. The work deals ...
Niall Inman (born 6 February 1978) in Wakefield, England, is an Irish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Peterborough United in the Football League. Honours Republic of Ireland FIFA World Youth Championship Third Place: 1997 External links 1978 births Living people Footballers from Wakefi...
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Ronald Hill is a rocky, ice-free hill, 105 m in height, standing north of Kroner Lake on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was charted, photographed and named by Olaf Holtedahl of the Norwegian expedition 1927–28, after the floating factory SS Ronald, which belonged to the Hektor Whaling...
The suffix -land which can be found in several countries' name and country subdivisions indicates a toponymy—a land. The word came via Germanic "land." Below is the list of places that ends with "-land" or "Lands". Sovereign states Common name: (Germany) Derived name: Sub-national administrativ...
Today Extra is an Australian morning talk show, with an infotainment base, hosted by David Campbell and Sylvia Jeffreys. The show airs between 9:00 am and 11:30 am weekdays and follows the Nine Network's breakfast news program Today, with both programs closely interlinked. The show is broadcast from the Nine Network s...
Music Is My Life is the seventh studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1972. The album contains Preston's first number 1 single, "Will It Go Round in Circles", and a cover of the Beatles' song "Blackbird". It is also the first of his albums to feature his future A&M Records label-mates the Brothers Johnson. Anothe...
Agibalov (; masculine) or Agibalova (; feminine) is a Russian last name. Variants of this surname include Ogibalov/Ogibalova (/) and Ogibenin/Ogibenina (/). All these surnames derive from the nicknames "" (Ogibalo) - or "" (Agibalo) in dialects with akanye - and "" (Ogibenya). The nicknames were in turn derived from ...
The red cabbage (purple-leaved varieties of Brassica oleracea Capitata Group) is a kind of cabbage, also known as Blaukraut after preparation. Its leaves are coloured dark red/purple. However, the plant changes its colour according to the pH value of the soil due to a pigment belonging to anthocyanins. In acidic soils,...
Autotheory is a literary tradition involving the combination of the narrative forms of autobiography, memoir, and critical theory. Works of autotheory involve a first-person account of an author’s life blended with research investigations. Works of autotheory might bring in broader questions in philosophy, literary the...
Maya with Doll (Maya à la poupée) is an oil painting by Pablo Picasso. Created in 1938, the New York Times described it as "a colorful Cubist portrait of Picasso’s daughter (Maya Widmaier-Picasso) as a child clutching a doll." 2007 theft and recovery On February 28, 2007, the painting was one of two stolen from the ho...
Brittany Augustine (born September 19, 1991) is an American former professional tennis player. Augustine was born in Orlando to Sydney and Carol Augustine, who are both originally from Trinidad and Tobago. She grew up in Carson, California. In 2007 she made her only WTA Tour singles main-draw appearance as a wildcard...
Levi McKeen Arnold (L.M. Arnold) (b. February 12, 1813 Poughkeepsie, New York - d. September 27, 1864 Poughkeepsie, New York) was a successful businessman (a foundry manager) and banker in New York who claimed to have received revelations from Jesus Christ beginning in the Spring of 1851, first published in 1852 in a b...
Nicole Müller (born 14 November 1994) was a German group rhythmic gymnast. She represented her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She also competed at world championships, including at the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. References External l...
Thayawthadangyi Kyun, also known as Elphinstone Island, is an island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. Geography Thayawthadangyi is irregular in shape, hilly and thickly wooded. It is part of the northern group of islands of the archipelago. Thayawthadangyi's area is . The highest points, both rising on the western p...
Pishin Valeh (, also Romanized as Pīshīn Vāleh) is a village in Valupey Rural District, in the Central District of Savadkuh County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 69, in 21 families. References Populated places in Savadkuh County
General elections were due to be held for the Legislative Council in Nyasaland on 28 April 1964, and would have been the first in the country under universal suffrage. However, there were no opposition candidates to either the Malawi Congress Party in the general roll seats (the Nyasaland Asian Convention had dissolved...
Willingdon may refer to: People Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866–1941), Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India Places Canada Burnaby-Willingdon, a former electoral district for British Columbia, Canada from 1966 to 2009 Willingdon, Alberta, Canada Willingdon (electoral district)...
Cacín is a city located in the province of Granada, Spain. It lies to the east of the Río Cacín, from which it takes its name. According to the 2005 census (INE), the city has a population of 697 inhabitants. References Municipalities in the Province of Granada
Drekale () was according to tradition the chieftain (vojvoda, "duke") of the Kuči tribe and founder of the Drekalovići brotherhood which produced the chieftains of Kuči for three centuries. Name There are differing views on the etymology of Drekale. One view maintains that it is derived from the archaic Slavic Verb dr...
Dicrastylis soliparma is a species of plant within the genus, Dicrastylis, in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. Description Dicrastylis soliparma is spreading shrub, growing from 30 cm to 1.5 m high, on sandy soils, on sandplains and road verges. Its stems are roughly circular in cross section...
USS Grand Island (PF-14), a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Grand Island, Nebraska. Construction Grand Island, a patrol frigate, was originally classified as PG-122 and launched by the Kaiser Cargo, Inc., shipyard in Richmond, California, on 19 February 1944, as PF-14, sponsored by Mrs. W...
The Socialist is the official newspaper of the Socialist Party in Ireland. Published once a month, it is also available online. The newspaper first appeared intermittently in the early 1990s following the expulsion of members of Militant tendency from the Labour Party. The grouping became known as Militant Labour and ...
Kandurugoda is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. See also List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka External links Populated places in Nuwara Eliya District
Old Bedians Sports Centre is a mixed use sports centre located in East Didsbury, being home to Didsbury Old Bedians RUFC rugby club, Bedians AFC football club and Oisins CLG Gaelic Football club. Old Bedians is located south of Manchester, on the north bank of the River Mersey. It is the principal Gaelic games sports ...
An agricultural museum is a museum dedicated to preserving agricultural history and heritage. It aims to educate the public on the subject of agricultural history, their legacy and impact on society. To accomplish this, it specializes in the display and interpretation of artifacts related to agriculture, often of a spe...
Signifyin' (sometimes written "signifyin(g)") is a practice in African-American culture involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words. A simple example would be insulting someone to show them affection. Other names for signifyin' include: "Dro...
A neurological syndrome of unknown cause was identified as a potential novel degenerative disease in a cluster of individuals with similar clinical signs and symptoms in the Canadian province of New Brunswick beginning in 2019. Symptoms listed on the New Brunswick Public Health (NBPH) website include memory problems, m...
Locked hands style is a technique of chord voicing for the piano. Popularized by the jazz pianist George Shearing, it is a way to implement the "block chord" method of harmony on a keyboard instrument. The locked hands technique requires the pianist to play the melody using both hands in unison. The right hand plays a...
The 1952 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1952 college football season. In their second year under head coach Jess Hill, the Trojans compiled a 10–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the Pacific Coast Conference championship, and outscored their oppon...
Dalmatianism, Dalmatianness or Dalmatian nationalism refers to the historical nationalism or patriotism of Dalmatians and Dalmatian culture. There were significant Dalmatian nationalists in the 19th century, but Dalmatian regional nationalism faded in significance over time in favor of ethnic nationalism. 17th century...
The PokerStars Big Game, also known as the PokerStars.net Big Game or simply the Big Game, was a poker television program sponsored by Pokerstars.net originally airing on Fox Network. The program had a tie-in to the Pokerstars North American Poker Tour (NAPT), which was shut down by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the S...
Devmanus 2 (-God Figure 2) is an Indian Marathi language crime thriller television series which aired on Zee Marathi. The show premiered from 19 December 2021 by replacing Ti Parat Aaliye. It is produced by Shweta Shinde and directed by Raju Sawant under the banner of Vajra Production. It starred Kiran Gaikwad and Asmi...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Djibouti. The avifauna of Djibouti include a total of 388 species, of which one is endemic, and 3 have been introduced by humans. 19 species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclatur...
Children of the Sun () is a 1905 play by Maxim Gorky, written while he was briefly imprisoned in Saint Petersburg's Peter and Paul Fortress during the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. Gorky appears to have written the play chiefly during the last eight days of his imprisonment, before his February 2, 1905 release,...
INS Kavaratti (P31) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the last of four Kamorta-class corvettes. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, and launched on 19 May 2015. Kavaratti represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at indi...
Lüqiu Luwei (, born 19 September 1969), also known as Rose Luqiu, is a Chinese television journalist and the executive news editor for Phoenix Television . She was the first female reporter to cover the 2001 Afghan war. Career Lüqiu was born into an ordinary worker's family in Shanghai on September 19, 1969. Her fathe...
Adi Alsaid (born June 30, 1987) is a Mexican-born author of young adult fiction. His debut novel, Let's Get Lost, was a YALSA Teens' Top Ten Nominee in 2015. His second stand-alone novel, Never Always Sometimes, was nominated as a Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015. Biography Adi Alsaid is a Mexican-born author of yo...
Clova is an intelligent personal assistant for Android and iOS operating systems developed by Naver Corporation and Line Corporation (a subsidiary of Naver). Clova, short for "cloud virtual assistant", was officially introduced on 1 March 2017. It was first launched in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store as intel...
The Peter Walker House is a historic colonial house located at 1679 Somerset Avenue in Taunton, Massachusetts. Description and history Built in about 1727, this -story, Georgian style, wood-framed house is the oldest documented house in the city. It is five bays wide and two bays deep, with a side-gable roof and a la...
The Court of Appeal of Yukon () is the highest appellate court for Yukon. It hears appeals of both criminal and civil cases from the Supreme Court of Yukon and Yukon Territorial Court. The Court of Appeal sits in both Whitehorse and Vancouver. Cases are mostly heard by a panel of three judges. The court consists of j...
In S v Shiburi, an important case in South African criminal procedure, the court held that judicial officers have a duty to inform an unrepresented accused of his legal rights, which include the right to the docket or State witnesses' statements, unless there is a ground for refusal. Where the appellant is undefended,...
Battle of Balikpapan may refer to several actions in the Pacific campaign of World War II: Naval Battle of Balikpapan, on 24 January 1942, in which American destroyers damaged a Japanese troop convoy in the Makassar Strait, near Balikpapan in the Dutch East Indies Battle of Balikpapan (1942), on 23-25 January 24, 194...
The 1984 Annual World's Best SF is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Arthur W. Saha, the thirteenth volume in a series of nineteen. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in June 1984, followed by a hardcover edition issued in August of the same year by the same pu...
Ian Gouveia (born October 27, 1992) is a Brazilian professional surfer who competes on the World Surfing League Men's World Tour since 2017. Career Victories WSL World Championship Tour References External links Brazilian surfers 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from São Paulo World Surf League surfers
In computer programming, self-documenting (or self-describing) source code and user interfaces follow naming conventions and structured programming conventions that enable use of the system without prior specific knowledge. In web development, self-documenting refers to a website that exposes the entire process of its ...
Klizin-Brzezinki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kodrąb, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. References Klizin-Brzezinki
Carol Jerrems (14 March 1949 – 21 February 1980) was an Australian photographer/filmmaker whose work emerged just as her medium was beginning to regain the acceptance as an art form that it had in the Pictorial era, and in which she newly synthesizes complicity performed, documentary and autobiographical image-making o...
Aoife Maud Budd (born 10 May 1980) is an Irish former cricketer who represented the Irish national team between 2000 and 2001. Her sister Una also represented Ireland between 1998 and 2005. Budd made her Women's One Day International debut in 2000 in a match against Pakistan women; she made 4*, her highest score in an ...
The Yucatan deer mouse (Peromyscus yucatanicus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. The species is found in Mexico and Guatemala; an example habitat is the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of the Yucatan. References G.G.Musser and M. D. Carleton. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species o...
Throughout China, many organizations have their workers gather outdoors before their shift for a pre-work assembly. They stand at attention in formation, wearing their work uniforms, grouped by position in the company. They face one or two managers, who give guidance, critique, or encouragement. Other assemblies engage...
Know Your Enemy: Japan is an American World War II propaganda film about the war in the Pacific directed by Frank Capra, with additional direction by experimental documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens. The film, which was commissioned by the U.S. War Department, sought to educate American soldiers about Japan, its people, ...
Vernon E. "Skip" McCain (June 4, 1908 – April 5, 1993) was an American football and basketball coach and mathematics professor. He served as the head football coach at Maryland State College—now known as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore—from 1948 to 1963, compiling a record of 100–21–5. McCain was inducted into...
(German for King's Children or “Royal Children”) is a stage work by Engelbert Humperdinck that exists in two versions: as a melodrama and as an opera or more precisely a Märchenoper. The libretto was written by Ernst Rosmer (pen name of Else Bernstein-Porges), adapted from her play of the same name. In 1894, Heinrich ...
Alexander Vasilievich Pribylev (1857–1936) was a revolutionary in the Russian Empire, member of the party "Narodnaya Volya, member of the Party of Socialist Revolutionaries, a bacteriologist and later a Soviet public figure. Biography Born in the family of archpriest of the only city Orthodox Cathedral Vasily Pribylev...
Richard Saumarez FRS FRSE FSA FRCS (13 November 1764 – 28 January 1835) was a British surgeon and medical author. Saumarez was a prolific writer, with advanced ideas regarding the subject of medicine and medical education. Coleridge identified and praised Saumarez for his "masterly force of reasoning, and the copiousn...
The Harold H. Anthony House is a historic house located on Gardner's Neck in Swansea, Massachusetts. Built in 1922 to a design by R. Clipston Sturgis, it is a high quality local example of Georgian Revival architecture, unusual in the town for its use of brick. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
The Princess Casamassima is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1885 and 1886 and then as a book in 1886. It is the story of an intelligent but confused young London bookbinder, Hyacinth Robinson, who becomes involved in radical politics and a terrorist assassination plot. The...
George Ellis Gomme (January 16, 1912 – March 3, 1996) was a Canadian politician, who represented Lanark in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1958 to 1971 as a Progressive Conservative member. Background Gomme was born in London, England in 1912. He was the owner and operator of a local business, Almonte Lumber ...
Je Seong-tae (born 28 September 1975) is a South Korean sports shooter. He competed in the men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. References External links 1975 births Living people South Korean male sport shooters Olympic shooters for South Korea Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Place of ...
Anthony R. (Tony) Forrester (born 1953) is an English bridge player and writer. He is a British and English international and a World Bridge Federation World International Master. Forrester was a bridge columnist for The Daily Telegraph from 1993 until 2019 and for The Sunday Telegraph from 1996 until 2019. Personal l...
Rawle Cecil Brancker (19 November 1937 – 27 July 2021) was a Barbadian cricketer. A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, Brancker was an all rounder for Barbados between 1956 and 1970. He made 47 appearances in first class cricket, scoring 1,666 runs at an average of 27.31 with five centuries and...
John Evans (10 September 1875 – 18 April 1961) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore at a by-election in 1946, but stood down at the 1950 general election. John Evans, a fluent Welsh speaker, was elected MP for Ogmore in 1946, following a by-electio...
Khushkhera is an industrial area located within the Tijara Tehsil of the Alwar district within the Indian state of Rajasthan. The area falls within the Delhi NCR region. Geography Khushkhera is 210 km from Jaipur, 75 km from Alwar, and 45 km from Gurgaon. Transport RSRTC, gramin bus, local auto and bus service are a...
Below is a list of state and regional California high school basketball champions sanctioned by the California Interscholastic Federation. Boys State Champions Girls State Champions Boys Northern California Champions Girls Northern California Champions Boys Southern California Champions Girls Southern California ...
The Eve of Saint (St.) Mark is an English language poem by John Keats. It was left unfinished in 1819. It is related to his earlier poem written in the same year, The Eve of Saint Agnes. Legend St. Mark's Eve falls on April 24, the day before the feast day of St. Mark the Evangelist. In northern English folklore, it ...
Thomas Ward Wilson (1 April 1849 – 4 January 1924) was an English first-class cricketer active 1869–1871 who played for Cambridge University. He was born in Nocton and died in Broadstone, Dorset. He appeared in eight first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled fast or medium pace roundarm. Wilson scored 17...
Leucanopsis oruboides is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Peru. References oruboides Moths described in 1909
David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk (11 June 1701 – 24 June 1741) was the son of David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk and Lady Margaret Wemyss. He died at the age of 40, unmarried. He had, by Isabel Rarity, a son, Sylvester who was born on 16 January 1732, and married Margaret Peter on 9 June 1755. References 1701 b...
Soot is the black, impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon. Soot may also refer to: Soot (software), a language manipulation and optimization framework Soot (surname), list of people with the surname Sööt, list of people with the surname See also Soot blower Soot Canal ...
The Evert–Navratilova rivalry was a tennis rivalry in the 1970s and 1980s between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, widely regarded as two of the greatest tennis players of all time. It is considered to be one of the greatest rivalries in tennis history and sports in general. The pair contested 80 matches between 19...
A constitutional referendum was held in Turkey on 6 September 1987 to amend the "temporary article" 4 of the constitution, which had forbidden the leaders of banned parties (a total of 242 people) from taking part in politics for 10 years. The governing party ANAP agreed to the referendum after a compromise with the op...
Evette Ríos is an American bilingual lifestyle expert, writer, television host, designer and native New Yorker of Puerto Rican heritage. Ríos is currently the host of a hugely successful Facebook Live series called "Slice", a collaboration with The Little Things, a viral Facebook channel. She has received over 1 mill...
Adel Labib () is the former governor of Alexandria, and Beheira Governorate, and the current governor of Qena Governorate since 4 August 2011. He was appointed as the minister of local development in the interim government of Egypt. He was later removed as Minister of Local Development in 2015. See also Timeline of A...
García de Toledo Osorio or García Álvarez de Toledo Osorio, 6th Marquess of Villafranca, (25 April 1579 in Naples – 21 January 1649 in Madrid), Prince of Montalbano, 3rd Duke of Fernandina was a Spanish-Italian nobleman, military and a Grandee of Spain. He was the son of Pedro de Toledo Osorio, 5th Marquess of Villafr...
Artia may refer to: Artia, Virginia Artia (plant), a genus of Apocynaceae Artia (publisher), a Czech publisher
In fractal geometry, the open set condition (OSC) is a commonly imposed condition on self-similar fractals. In some sense, the condition imposes restrictions on the overlap in a fractal construction. Specifically, given an iterated function system of contractive mappings , the open set condition requires that there ex...
North Dakota State University District is a historic district on the campus of North Dakota State University, in Fargo, North Dakota, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Also known as North Dakota Agricultural College, it was built in Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Moderne, and ...
"They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)" is a protest song composed by English musician Sting and published first on his 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun; the song was the fifth and final single released from the album. The song is a metaphor referring to mourning Chilean women (arpilleristas) who dance the Cueca, the nationa...
Madea's Big Happy Family is a 2010 American stage play created, produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry. It stars Tyler Perry as Mabel "Madea" Simmons and Cassi Davis as Aunt Bam. The play also marks the debut appearance of Aunt Bam played by Davis. Perry began writing the show after the death of his mother Will...
The theorem of the gnomon states that certain parallelograms occurring in a gnomon have areas of equal size. Theorem In a parallelogram with a point on the diagonal , the parallel to through intersects the side in and the side in . Similarly the parallel to the side through intersects the side in and the s...