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The Big Revue was a Canadian variety television show. It was the first ever production of CBC Television when both debuted in 1952. The show was directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Aylesworth and Frank Peppiatt. The pilot episode first aired on 9 September 1952. The series was hosted by actress Toby Robins ...
William Arundel Orchard OBE FRCM (13 April 18677 April 1961) was a British-born Australian organist, pianist, composer, conductor and music educator. Orchard was born in London and educated privately. He attended the University of Durham, graduating Bachelor of Music (BMus) in 1893. In 1896 he left England for Perth, ...
```go //go:build go1.18 // +build go1.18 // Code generated by Microsoft (R) AutoRest Code Generator. // Changes may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if the code is regenerated. package armcompute import ( "context" "errors" "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore" "github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-g...
Dolunay may refer to: Dolunay (TV series) Dolunay, Kemaliye, Turkey Dolunay, Lice, Turkey Dolunay, Şenkaya, Turkey Dolunay Soysert (born 1973), Turkish actress Burcu Dolunay (born 1984), Turkish freestyle swimmer Mehmet Ozan Dolunay (born 1990), Turkish actor
South Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 25,619, up from 24,292 in the 2000 census. It is located in West San Gabriel Valley. It is in area and lies between the much larger city of Pasadena, of which it was once a part, and the metropolis ...
A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die may refer to: A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (album), a 1981 album by The Flesh Eaters A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (film), a 1968 Italian spaghetti western See also "A Minute to Pray and a Second to Die", a 1992 song by Scarface
Wetzel Orson "Judge" Whitaker (September 30, 1908 – November 1, 1985) was a filmmaker and animator. He is most known for his early work as a Disney animator, particularly the animation of the stepsisters from Cinderella (1950 film), and his work as a director for BYU Motion Picture Studios. Most of the films he was i...
The Burlington Street drill hall is a former military installation in Greenheys, Manchester. Since the 1940s it has been used by the Victoria University of Manchester for physical education. More recently it has been used as a Physical Education Centre and Islamic Prayer Hall by the university. History The building w...
The 2010 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos, led by sixth-year head coach Bill Cubit, compete in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference and played their home games at Waldo Stadium. They finished the s...
The Pedestals of Biahmu (also spelled Biyahmū) are the basal remnants of two colossal statues erected by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat III. The ruins, which once stood on the shore of Lake Moeris, are located in the Faiyum Oasis north of the city Faiyum. The actual statues were long ago destroyed and today on...
```shell #!/bin/bash # this function gathers all calls going through the client/server connection. # the result can only be used as a basis or validation for the actual API # documentation, especially because it can't make the difference between # internal and external methods. if ! [ -n "$1" ] then echo "Usage: $0 X...
Pierre Neuville (born 2 January 1943) is a professional poker player from Belgium, known as the Serial PokerStars Qualifier, most notably for his record 23 consecutive EPT Main Event qualifications. Neuville is the oldest PokerStars Team Pro and one of the November Nine in the 2015 World Series of Poker finishing 7th. ...
Ernest Jansen "Red" Ingle (November 7, 1906 – September 6, 1965) was an American musician, singer and songwriter, arranger, cartoonist and caricaturist. He is best known for his comedy records with Spike Jones and his own Natural Seven sides for Capitol. Personal life Ingle was born in Toledo, Ohio, on November 7, 190...
Andrew Dewhurst (born 24 September 1983) is a cricketer who plays for Jersey. He played in the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament. References External links 1983 births Living people Jersey cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)
Al Khor (; also spelled Al Khawr), officially Al Khor and Al Thakhira, is a municipality in coastal northeastern Qatar. Al Khor City, the municipal seat, is located in the northeast coast of Qatar, around from the capital, Doha and it is considered to be one of the major cities in Qatar. Al Thakhira is the second larg...
A fire hydrant, fireplug, or firecock (archaic) is a connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply. It is a component of active fire protection. Underground fire hydrants have been used in Europe and Asia since at least the 18th century. Above-ground pillar-type hydrants are a 19th-century inventio...
Kateretes pusillus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Kateretidae. It is native to Europe. References Kateretidae Beetles described in 1794
Ecotutu limited is a Nigeria-based company that provides solar-powered cold storage for large and small scale farmers. The Cleantech company is recognized amongst the major top three (3) in Nigeria agriculture/food and health cold value chain. History Ecotutu, is a Nigerian Cleantech company that is pioneering a re...
The 2001 State of Origin series was the 20th year that the annual three-game series between the Queensland and New South Wales representative rugby league football teams was contested entirely under 'state of origin' selection rules. The series was notable for marking the first time an England-based player was selected...
The 2015 Maltese Super Cup was the 31st Maltese Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Maltese Premier League and the FA Trophy. The match was contested by Hibernians, champions of the 2014–15 Maltese Premier League, and Birkirkara, winners of the 2014–15 FA Trophy again...
Michałowo () is a town in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Michałowo. It lies approximately east of the regional capital Białystok. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of Białystok Voivodesh...
Mapaseka Makhanya (born 9 April 1985) is a South African middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race, formerly in the 800 and 1500 metres. In global events, she competed at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the 2004 World Junior Championships without reaching the final, and placed lowly ...
Maxi (released as Maxi Priest in the United States and Canada) is the third studio album by English reggae vocalist Maxi Priest, released in 1987. It contains the singles "Some Guys Have All the Luck", "How Can We Ease the Pain?", "Wild World" and "Goodbye to Love Again". Reception Spin wrote, "Maxi shows that when le...
Umuara is a genus of South American anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Antônio Brescovit in 1997. Species it contains six species: Umuara fasciata (Blackwall, 1862) – Venezuela, Brazil Umuara freddyi Oliveira & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil Umuara junin Brescovit, 1997 – Peru Umuara juquia Brescovit, 1997 – Brazil ...
Braun Music Center, known colloquially as Braun, is a music education building at Stanford University in California. Opening its doors in 1984, Braun serves as both the epicenter for music at Stanford, as well as a link between Stanford's main residential and activities centers. As the main building for the Department ...
La Rive is a former restaurant that was located in the InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one or more Michelin stars from 1993 to 2016. GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 18.0 points (out of 20 possible). The restaurant closed in 2020. Last head chef was Ro...
Olympia "Lia" Vissi (born 15 May 1955) is a Greek-Cypriot singer, songwriter and composer who most notable for her two participations in the Eurovision Song Contest and being older sister of Greek Cypriot singer Anna Vissi. Career Vissi participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice. In 1979, she was a supporting s...
Sideburns () is a 1990 Russian comedy film directed by Yuri Mamin. Background The film was inspired by the activities of the group Pamyat, which emerged at the end of the 1970s and became widely known in the late 1980s as an ultra patriotic movement and a prominent champion of newly revived Russian nationalism. The g...
```c++ // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #include "gin/runner.h" namespace gin { Runner::Runner() : weak_factory_(this) { } Runner::~Runner() { } Runner::Scope::Scope(Runner* runner) : isolate_scope_(runner->GetContextHolder()->isolate()), ...
Kinsey Lea Schofield (born March 27, 1985) is an American journalist. She was a contestant on E! Television's Party Monsters Cabo reality show. She parlayed her reality TV fame into television and digital presenting. She has been an entertainment reporter for RadarOnline.com, YoungHollywood.com and E! Television. She ...
Bromosyl trifluoride is an inorganic compound of bromine, fluorine, and oxygen with the chemical formula . Synthesis Synthesis of bromosyl trifluoride is by reaction of anhydrous HF with at –78 °C. Also it can be formed by a reaction of with . Physical properties Bromosyl trifluoride forms a colorless liquid at ro...
Nemanja Arsenijević (; born 6 January 1986) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career After an impressive debut season with the Sloboda Užice in the Serbian League West, Arsenijević was transferred to OFK Beograd in the summer of 2004. He spent four years at the club, including l...
Matthiola parviflora, the smallflower stock, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, Israel and Jordan. It has been discovered invading the Sonoran Desert, beginning around Tucson, Arizona. References parviflora Flora of t...
is an Autobahn in Germany. It is noncontiguous and split in several parts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, an extension to Kassel in Hesse was planned but has been abandoned. Exit list |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:Center;"| N297 | Netherlands |- |colspan="3"| |- |colspan="3"| |- |colspan="3"| ...
The Secchia (; ; called by Pliny ) is an Italian river. One of the main right bank tributaries of the Po, it flows through the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is long, and has a drainage basin with a catchment area of , alternating between aridity in the dry summer months and higher flows during the wet s...
Niella Belbo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 424 and an area of . Niella Belbo borders the following municipalities: Bossolasco, Feisoglio, Gorzegno, Momba...
John Deydras (died 1318), also known as John of Powderham, was a pretender to the English throne during the reign of Edward II. He was executed by hanging and his body was burnt. Background By 1318, Edward II of England was increasingly unpopular in England as a result of his style of government and his defeats while...
Castelgrande may refer to: Castelgrande, Basilicata, a town in the Province of Potenza, Italy Castelgrande (castle), one of the Three Castles of Bellinzona, Switzerland
The name Romero is a nickname type of surname for a Roman or an Italian. The name was originally derived from the Latin word Romaeus and the Greek word Romaios, which mean Roman. A person on a religious journey or pilgrimage from Rome (possibly to Jerusalem) Other variations of the surname Roemer, a Middle High Germa...
Varenets (), sometimes anglicised as stewler or simmeler, is a fermented milk product that is popular in Russia. Similar to ryazhenka, it is made by adding sour cream (smetana) to baked milk. Production Varenets is a fermented dairy drink with a caramel taste and creamy color. Varenets was traditionally produced by b...
The G90, otherwise known as the Group of 90, is an alliance between the poorest and smallest developing countries, many of whom are part of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The G90 emerged as a strong grouping at the WTO’s Ministerial conference at Cancun in September 2003, taking common positions representing the l...
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Malacca, after the region of Malacca, now in modern-day Malaysia: was a 36-gun fifth rate, that the British East India Company built at Prince of Wales Island as Penang. She was renamed to Malacca before launch in 1810 but sailed to England as Penang. She was commi...
```javascript import React from 'react'; import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-native-safe-area-context'; import { useKeepAwake } from 'expo-keep-awake'; import html from './source'; import { TRenderEngineProvider, RenderHTMLConfigProvider } from 'react-native-render-html'; import Benchmark from './Benchmark'; cons...
Postmodern Marketing is a term derived from postmodern philosophical movements where there are cultural tendencies of inherent suspicion towards a global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. Postmodern marketing takes this same philosophical perspective and applies it to the way advertising initiatives are handled in...
Bestie may refer to: Best friend Bestie (group), a South Korean band "Bestie" (DaBaby and YoungBoy Never Broke Again song), 2022 "Bestie" (Yungen song), 2017 "Bestie", a 2019 song by Bhad Bhabie "Bestie", a song by Jay Park from his 2011 album Take a Deeper Look Bestie (film), a 2022 Indian film George Best, I...
Raxruhá is a town and municipality in the north of the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. The municipality, which was formerly a part of Chisec, was founded in 2008. History Franja Transversal del Norte The Northern Transversal Strip was officially created during the government of General Carlos Arana Osorio in ...
Parveen Rizvi, better known as Sangeeta, (; born 14 June 1947) is a Pakistani film actress, filmmaker and director of television drama serials. Early life Parveen Rizvi was born on 14 June 1947 in Karachi, British India. Parveen Rizvi's (or Sangeeta's) mother Mehtab Rizvi also had a career in show business. Additional...
Bird Creek is a stream in Hickman County, Tennessee, United States. It is a tributary of Piney River. Bird Creek was named for William Bird, a pioneer who settled at the creek in 1807. See also List of rivers of Tennessee References Rivers of Hickman County, Tennessee Rivers of Tennessee
The Spanish missions in Louisiana were religious outposts in Spanish Louisiana (La Luisiana) region of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, located within the present-day U.S. states of Louisiana and East Texas. They were established by Spanish missionaries for Indian Reductions of the local Native Americans. Mission Nuestr...
Shusha Museum of History () was one of 8 museums located in Shusha, Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1969 and contained up to 5,000 exhibits. The museum was closed after the capture of Shusha on May 8, 1992. History The idea of establishing Shusha Museum of History dates back to 1967. At that time, Arif Agakishiyev, who...
Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim (1586–1633) was the Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1623 to 1633. He was known as the "Hexenbrenner" (witch burner) and the "Hexenbischof" (witch-bishop) for presiding over the most intensive period of witch trials in early modern Bamberg. Biography Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim was bor...
Ottopé is a village in southern Ivory Coast. It is in the sub-prefecture of Attobrou, Agboville Department, Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District. Ottopé was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. Notes Former communes of Ivory Coast Populated places in Lagun...
Dohani is a village development committee in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. When the 1991 Nepal census came around, Dohani had a population of 4253 people living in 716 individual households. This village is the head quarter of Kapilvastu ward no.8. References Populated places in Kapilvas...
Barra de Santana is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil. See also List of municipalities in Paraíba References Municipalities in Paraíba
Kozów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Złotoryja, within Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately east of Złotoryja and west of the regional capital Wrocław. References Villages in Złotoryja County
Weasel Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. Weasel Brook flows west to east through Clifton, particularly its namesake Weasel Brook Park, originally designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903). See also List of rivers of New Jersey It flow...
```java package sfBugsNew; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.SQLException; import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NoWarning; public class Bug1179 { @NoWarning("OBL_UNSATISFIED_OBLIGATION") public void bug(Connection connection) throws SQLException { Prepa...
The Norwich Cadets women's ice hockey team represents Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. The school's women's team competes in NCAA Division III women's ice hockey, as part of the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC). Norwich alumna Sophie Leclerc has served as head coach of the program since the 2019–20 season...
The 1968 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. Led by third-year head coach Paul Dietzel, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a mark of 4–3 in confe...
October 4 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 6 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on October 18 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For October 5th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on September 22. Saints Hieromartyrs Dionysius of Alexandria, Bi...
Primoži (; , Gottscheerish: Handlarə) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. Name The German name Handlern—and the Slovene name Handlerji, based on it—are b...
Caroline Samuel (born 22 November 1982), better known as Maheeda, is a Nigerian singer, nude model and former prostitute. According to her, she began her musical career as a hip hop singer but became a gospel singer after becoming "born again". She is widely known for sharing raunchy photos on Instagram and making cont...
The Mattei Affair () is a 1972 Italian drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It depicts the life and mysterious death of Enrico Mattei, an Italian businessman who in the aftermath of World War II managed to avoid the sale of the nascent Italian oil and hydrocarbon industry to US companies and developed them in the Eni...
Ri Chol-guk (; born December 25, 1985, in Pyongyang) is a North Korean table tennis player. As of May 2012, Ri is ranked no. 86 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Ri is a member of the table tennis team for Kigwancha Sports Club, and is coached and trained by Kim Jin Myong. He is also rig...
Penrhiwceiber is a small Welsh village and community (and electoral ward) in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf that lies south of the town Aberpennar and north of the village of Tyntetown, and is one of many villages that lies within the Cynon Valley. Prior to 1870 the area was heavy woodland, but the opening of ...
Vernons is a town in Saint Peter Parish, Antigua and Barbuda. Vernons takes up 43% of Saint Peter's land area excluding the offshore islands that are also a part of the town. Demographics Vernons has one enumeration district, ED 51300. Census Data (2011) References Saint Peter Parish, Antigua and Barbuda Populat...
Unnatural or The Unnatural(s) may refer to: Film Alraune (1952 film), also known as Unnatural, a West German science fiction horror film The Unnaturals, a 1969 Italian-West German gothic horror film directed and written by Antonio Margheriti. Television The Unnaturals (TV show), a sketch comedy program that aired be...
Jean Childs Young (July 1, 1933 – September 16, 1994) was an educator and advocate for equal access to education in the United States. Young also dedicated much of her life to involvement in children's rights, and served as the American chairwoman of the United Nation's International Year of the Child in 1979. Young wo...
James H. Dolan, S.J. (June 4, 1885 – August 1, 1977) was one of the founders and the 2nd President of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, from 1944 to 1951. He was born to James B. and Ellen T. (Mulry) Dolan in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and entered the Society of Jesus on August 14, 1905, at St. Andrew-on-Hu...
Provincial road 34-27 (), named the Samadıra–Kartal connector (), is a highway that connects the otoyol O-4 to the state highway D.100 in Istanbul, Turkey. A provincial road is governed under the responsibility of the respective Turkish provincial government, and bears the license plate number of that province in the ...
1q21.1 duplication syndrome or 1q21.1 (recurrent) microduplication is a rare aberration of chromosome 1. On chromosome 1, a human cell typically has one pair of identical chromosomes. One of the pair of chromosomes in the 1q21.1 duplication syndrome is overcomplete because a portion of its sequence has been duplicated...
dnata Singapore Pte Ltd is a ground handling provider at Singapore Changi Airport, providing ground, passenger and cargo handling services, in-flight catering and security services to 69 scheduled and 45 non-scheduled airlines. Ground handling operations began in Singapore in December 1977 with the incorporation of Ch...
The Pathfinder series is a completed series of novels by Orson Scott Card that is notable for its unusual fusion of the themes of science fiction and fantasy, with some elements of historical fiction. One significant aspect of the Pathfinder series is its uniquely complex but well documented set of time travel rules. ...
Martin Carbaugh (born October 28, 1979) is an American politician who has served in the Indiana House of Representatives from the 81st district since 2012. References 1979 births Living people Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians
Édith Scob (21 October 1937 – 26 June 2019) was a French film and theatre actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in Eyes Without a Face (1960). Early life and family Scob was born Édith Helena Vladimirovna Scobeltzine, the granddaughter of a Russian Army general and White Russian émigr...
Celia Amorós Puente (born 1 January 1944 in Valencia) is a Spanish philosopher, essayist and supporter of feminist theory. She is a key figure in the so-called equality feminism and focused an important part of her research in the building of relations between Enlightenment and feminism. Her book Hacia una crítica de l...
Juan José Urruti (born May 24, 1962, in Rosario) is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain, Bolivia and Chile. Career Urruti started his professional career in 1979 with Racing de Córdoba. In 1980 Racing got to the final of the Nacional championship but eventually lost to Ro...
Cornell Anthony Gowdy (born October 2, 1963) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Morgan State University. Early years Gowdy attended Central High School. He accepted a football scholarship from Morgan State U...
Phoenix Assurance or Phoenix Fire Office was a fire insurance company founded in 1680 in England. The history of the company includes the nostalgia of red-coated attendants clattering to the fires of London on horse-drawn tenders. The Phoenix figured in case law. In 1796, the company refused to pay damages awarded of...
Narcotic Thrust are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of producers Stuart Crichton and Andy Morris. The name Narcotic Thrust is an anagram of "Stuart Crichton". Their song "Safe from Harm" hit No. 1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart in 2002, featuring the lead vocals of Yvonne John Lewis. It was also...
Carlo Loffredo, C.R. (31 March 1635 – January 1701) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Capua (1698–1701), Archbishop of Bari-Canosa (1691–1698), and Bishop of Molfetta (1670–1691). Biography Carlo Loffredo was born in Cardito, Italy on 31 March 1635 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Cl...
The Aero-Club des Cheminots Aerofer was a French-built light utility aircraft of the mid-1950s. Design and development The Aerofer was designed and built by members of the Aero-Club des Cheminots as a co-operative project. It was a small single-seat low-winged aircraft. The Aerofer had a two-spar wooden wing with fab...
The Minnesota State Mavericks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Minnesota State University, Mankato located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The team plays in NCAA Division II and is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. Since 1962, they have played in Blakeslee S...
Danila Anatolyevich Sokirchenko (; born 15 October 1996) is a Kyrgyz professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dordoi Bishkek, and the Kyrgyzstan national team. Club career On 1 August 2022, Dordoi Bishkek announced the signing of Sokirchenko on a contract until the end of the year. Career statistics Int...
Achenyo Idachaba (born c. 1970) is an American-born entrepreneur working in Nigeria. She won the Cartier Initiative Award for women in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2014. Her TED talk had over 1.8 million views as of 2020. Life Idachaba came to notice after she moved to Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2009 to set up an environmental con...
Rachel J. Watkins is an American biocultural anthropologist and educator. Her research focuses on the physiological impact of poverty and inequality on the human body, with an emphasis "on the biological and social history of African Americans living in the 19th and 20th century urban US". Watkins currently is an ass...
The Cello Concerto No. 1 ("Grande Concerto No. 1"), Op. 50, was composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos in 1915 according to the manuscript, though the printed score of the piano reduction gives 1913. It is the composer's first large-scale work, and shows the unmistakable influence of Tchaikovsky. The first performance was at ...
Hanahan High School is a public high school located in Hanahan, South Carolina, United States. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Berkeley County School District. The principal is Tom Gallus. History Hanahan High School was opened in the fall of 1958 with 282 students, but demand quickly exceeded its c...
Pekan Nanas (literally meaning Pineapple Town) is a town located in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia famous for its Pineapple plantation industry. It was Malaysia's largest production base for pineapple planting area. Tourist attractions The Pineapple Museum () is a museum dedicated to the town's Pineapple plantatio...
Patchakán is a town in Corozal District, in northern Belize. The name Patchacan means "behind the shavanna" in Yucatec Maya. Demographics At the time of the 2010 census, Patchakán had a population of 1,374. Of these, 93.2% were Mestizo, 3.9% Mixed, 1.2% Yucatec Maya, 0.7% Caucasian, 0.7% Creole, 0.2% Ketchi Maya, 0.1%...
A number of steamships have been named Germania, including:- , in service with Austrian-Lloyd 1847-73 , in service with Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfarhrt Aktien-Gesellschaft 1856-78 , in service with Sveabolaget 1908-11 , in service with Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfarhrt Aktien-Gesellschaft 1870-76 and Hamburg-Sudam...
The International Social Science Council (ISSC) was an international non-governmental organization promoting the social sciences, including the economic and behavioural sciences. It was founded in Paris, France between 6 and 9 October 1952, under the auspices of UNESCO, following a Resolution at the 6th UNESCO General...
Naruto stable (鳴戸部屋 Naruto-beya) is a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Nishonoseki ichimon or group of stables, and founded by former sumo wrestler Kotoōshū Katsunori on 1 April 2017. History Naruto stable was established on 1 April 2017 by the Bulgarian-born former ōzeki Kotoōshū Katsunori, who branched out from...
Fred Lowen AM (1919–2005), born Fritz Karl Heinz Lowenstein, was a German-Australian designer and an inductee into the Design Institute of Australia Hall of Fame. Biography Lowen was born as Fritz Karl Heinz Loewenstein in 1919 in Upper Silesia, then a part of Germany. Being Jewish, he fled Germany in 1938 to Belgium....
The Nerves were an American power pop trio formed in San Francisco California in 1974 and later based in Los Angeles, California featuring guitarist Jack Lee, bassist Peter Case, and drummer Paul Collins. All three members composed songs and sang. They managed an international tour in the U.S. and Canada, including d...
The Konovalyuk Commission, officially, the "Temporary Commission of the Parliament of Ukraine on Clarifying the Circumstances and Investigating the Facts of Supplies of Ukrainian Military Equipment to Georgia in Violation of Ukrainian Legislation and International Law" (), was an ad hoc commission formed in the Ukraini...
Kalikakhetu is a village development committee in Jumla District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1825 persons living in 334 individual households. References External links UN map of the municipalities of Jumla District Populated places in Jumla...
The Estádio Edgar Borges Montenegro, nicknamed Edgarzão, is a football stadium located in the city of Assu, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, it belongs to the Liga Assuense de Desportos and has a maximum capacity of 4,000 people. It is the home stadium of Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida. References Sports ven...
Ljeutrim "Trimi" Makolli (, ) (born 7 June 1992) is a Yugoslavian-born Swedish footballer who played as a forward. During the 2009 pre-season, he was moved up from Djurgården's youth team to the senior team. Makolli debuted for Djurgårdens IF in a friendly match against IK Sirius on 12 February 2009 and also scored a ...
Sergio Orduña Carrillo (born 4 April 1954) is a Mexican football manager and was a former manager Altamira of Ascenso MX. Career Orduña was a star football player for Tigres before becoming a manager. References External links DT profile at Medio Tiempo 1954 births Living people Mexican men's footballers Footballe...