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Mokhovoye () is a rural locality () in Baninsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Fatezhsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. The population as of 2010 is 22. Geography The village is located on the Gnilovodchik River (a link tributary of the Usozha in the basin of the Svapa) and its tributary, Mokhovoy Brook, 109 km from th...
Roger Gordon Gosden (born 23 September 1948) is a British-American physiologist in the field of female reproductive medicine. His scientific research focused on understanding the basic biology of development and senescence of ovaries in women, including mathematically modeling those processes. He did important transl...
Typhoon Bavi, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Igme, was a powerful tropical cyclone that made landfall in North Korea in August 2020. The eighth named storm and third typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season, Bavi formed from a low pressure area depression on August 21 to the north of the Philippine...
An icosahedral number is a figurate number that represents an icosahedron. The nth icosahedral number is given by the formula The first such numbers are 1, 12, 48, 124, 255, 456, 742, 1128, 1629, 2260, 3036, 3972, 5083, … . History The first study of icosahedral numbers appears to have been by René Descartes, around ...
Boyer Oval is the home headquarters of the New Norfolk District Football Club and the Molesworth Cricket Club. The ground is a former Tasmanian Football League venue, being the host venue of 825 official TFL matches for New Norfolk (and one game for Hobart in 1974) in TFL football from 1947 to 1999 and from 2000 it bec...
Tanya Singh is a former Bollywood actress known for her work in Aaja Meri Jaan (1993) and Dhadkan (2000). She is married to actor and T-Series owner Krishan Kumar. Filmography References External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian film actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema 20th-century...
Air Vice Marshal Malcolm Henderson, (1 June 1891 – 7 March 1978) was a Royal Flying Corps pilot during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Henderson began the First World War as an army private, in the London Scottish battalion, but was commissioned into th...
Christine Rawak is the athletic director at the University of Delaware. She became the university's sixth director of Athletics and the first woman to hold the role on a permanent basis. College At the University of Michigan, Rawak was a member of the swimming and diving team and student government president, before ...
Melbourne Inman (15 July 1878 – 11 August 1951) was the World Billiards Champion in 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1919. Biography He was the Billiards World Champion in 1908–1909, 1912–1914 and 1919. In 1914 he defeated Willie Hoppe. Inman also participated in the 1927 World Snooker Championship reaching the secon...
Isfahan Province (), also transliterated as Esfahan, Espahan, Isfahan, or Isphahan, is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The capital of the province is the city of Isfahan. It is located in the center of the country in Iran's Region 2, whose secretariat is located in Isfahan. At the 2006 National Census, the province's...
Cray railway station served the village of Crai, in the historical county of Breconshire, Wales, from 1870 to 1962 on the Neath and Brecon Railway. History The station first appeared in Bradshaw in February 1870, although it is mentioned as a station in an advertisement from 24 April 1869. It closed on 15 October 196...
Natalia Yuryevna Podolskaya (Natalla Padolskaja, Belarusian: Натальля Юр'еўна Падольская, Russian: Наталья Юрьевна Подольская, born 20 May 1982) is a Belarusian singer who performed for Russia at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest and was ranked No. 15. In 2008, she became a Russian citizen. In 2015, she won the Golden G...
Lại Văn Sâm, born 1957 is a Vietnamese journalist and MC. Biography Lại Văn Sâm studied Hinduism for 12 years in Tashkent. He was host of many television programs, such as Ai là triệu phú? (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?), Trò chơi thi đấu liên tỉnh, SV '96, SV 2000, Đấu Trí (PokerFace), Đấu trường 100 (1 vs 100), Ch...
The list below contains threatened mammals that dwell in or migrate to any region in Europe, the East Atlantic Ocean, and any nearby islands of the Atlantic Ocean. This includes mammals that are found in the East Atlantic Ocean (Azores), Iceland, the Adriatic Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Black and Caspian Sea, Corsica, Cy...
In abstract algebra, a valuation ring is an integral domain D such that for every element x of its field of fractions F, at least one of x or x−1 belongs to D. Given a field F, if D is a subring of F such that either x or x−1 belongs to D for every nonzero x in F, then D is said to be a valuation ring for the field F ...
St. Thomas High School is an all-boys, Catholic college preparatory school in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1900, St. Thomas is the second oldest continuously operating private high school in Houston behind Incarnate Word Academy, which was founded in 1873. The school is operated by the Basilian Fathers in the Archdiocese...
The Seekers, or Legatine-Arians as they were sometimes known, were an English dissenting group that emerged around the 1620s, probably inspired by the preaching of three brothers – Walter, Thomas, and Bartholomew Legate. Seekers considered all organised churches of their day corrupt and preferred to wait for God's reve...
Wilhelm August Streitberg (23 February 1864, in Rüdesheim am Rhein – 19 August 1925, in Leipzig) was a German Indo-Europeanist, specializing in Germanic languages. Together with Karl Brugmann, he founded the Indogermanische Forschungen journal. He studied Germanistics and Indo-European philology at Münster Academy and...
Pezichthys is a genus in the handfish family Brachionichthyidae. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: Pezichthys amplispinus Last & Gledhill, 2009 (Cockatoo handfish) Pezichthys compressus Last & Gledhill, 2009 (Narrowbody handfish) Pezichthys eltanani Last & Gledhill, 2009 (Eltanin handfish)...
Łuka () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rozogi, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Rozogi, south-east of Szczytno, and south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. References Villages in Szczytno County
Right On! is an American teen magazine first published by the Laufer Company in 1971. It was headquartered in New York City. It continued publishing on a regular basis until 2014, focusing on African-American celebrities. The magazine was acquired by Right On! Media Holdings, LLC in 2016, which promotes its digital pla...
The 2020 Atlanta United FC season was the fourth season of Atlanta United FC's existence, and the twelfth year that a professional soccer club from Atlanta, Georgia competed in the top division of American soccer. Atlanta United played their home games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Outside of MLS, the team made their secon...
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also...
New Leipzig is a city in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 218 at the 2020 census. History New Leipzig was laid out in 1910 when the railroad was extended to that point. The city took its name after Leipzig, Germany. A post office has been in operation at New Leipzig since 1910. Geography ...
Olha Kotovska (born 5 December 1983) is a Ukrainian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She competed in the women's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. References External links 1983 births Living people Ukrainian female long-distance runners Ukrainian female marathon runners Place of bir...
Tom Shaka (April 9, 1953, Middletown, Connecticut) is an American blues singer–songwriter. In the 1970s he moved to Europe, and played in the Hamburg jazz club 'Onkel Pö', with musicians such as Udo Lindenberg, Louisiana Red, David Honeyboy Edwards, Abi Wallenstein and Al Jarreau. At the present time Shaka lives and w...
Harry G. Summers Jr. (May 6, 1932 – November 14, 1999) is best known as the author of an analysis of the Vietnam War, On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War (1982). An infantry colonel in the US Army, he had served as a squad leader in the Korean War and as a battalion and corps operations officer in the ...
"One Nation Under a Groove" is a 1978 song by Funkadelic, the title track from their album of the same name. It has endured as a dance funk classic and is probably Funkadelic's most widely known song. "One Nation Under a Groove" was Funkadelic's first million selling single, as well as the third million selling single ...
The Centre for Medieval Studies in Prague (; CMS) is a joint workplace of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University located in Jilská 1 in the Old Town of Prague near St. Giles' Church. The Centre provides a platform for cooperation in advanced research and post-graduate studies between the two founding ins...
Echium nervosum is a species of flowering plants of the family Boraginaceae. It is endemic to Madeira. The specific name nervosum is from Latin and means "veined". Description It is a compact woody shrub, average height , maximum height . The leaves are narrow, densely haired and silver green. Its flowers are pale blu...
Kinfra Textile Park Taliparamba is a textile park situated in Nadukani, near to Taliparamba in Kannur district. The textile park was established by Kinfra to provide infrastructure and other related facilities for the textile industry. There are 50 companies in Nadukani Textile Park. Infrastructure & Facilities Unin...
Darlan Cunha is a Brazilian actor. Better known as Laranjinha from his breakthrough role in Cidade dos Homens and from his part in the film Cidade de Deus. He began his career when he was selected for the short film Palace II, along with Douglas Silva. Filmography Palace II Cidade de Deus (2002) Sítio do Picapau Am...
The 2017 BFD Energy Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rome, Italy between 25 September and 1 October 2017. Singles main-draw entrants Seeds 1 Rankings are as of 18 Septemb...
Riccardo Steinleitner (10 January 1915 – May 1998) was an Italian rower. He competed in the men's single sculls event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References 1915 births 1998 deaths Italian male rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Turin
Willard N. Jones (1869–?) was a civil engineer and timber dealer in the U.S. state of Oregon. He served as a Republican in the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 1903, and was convicted of fraud in 1906. Jones was born in Pennsylvania in 1869 and educated at Alfred University. He moved west in 1887 and became a civil engi...
De finibus bonorum et malorum ("On the ends of good and evil") is a Socratic dialogue by the Roman orator, politician, and Academic Skeptic philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero. It consists of three dialogues, over five books, in which Cicero discusses the philosophical views of Epicureanism, Stoicism, and the Platonism o...
Jinnah Stadium may refer to: Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad, Pakistan Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, in Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, in Sialkot, Pakistan, formerly named Connelly Park See also Quaid-I-Azam Stadium (disambiguation)
Tweety family member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TTYH2 gene. Members of this family function as chloride channels. The encoded protein functions as a calcium(2+)-activated large conductance chloride(-) channel, and may play a role in kidney tumorigenesis. Two transcript variants encoding distinct is...
Diego Drajer (born 26 March 1974) is an Argentine fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. References External links 1974 births Living people Argentine male sabre fencers Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic fencers for Argentina Fencers at the 2000 Summe...
```vue <template> <section class="page page--ui-alert"> <h2 class="page__title">UiAlert</h2> <p>UiAlert shows an inline alert message to the user. Supported types are <code>info</code>, <code>success</code>, <code>warning</code> and <code>error</code>.</p> <p>UiAlert supports keyboard navi...
Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum (iS.CaM) is an independent, artist run museum established in Istanbul in 1997. It is the oldest contemporary art museum in Istanbul. iS.CaM an alternative art organisation that develops, evolves and collaborates with other institutions and networks. One of its tenets is that art and edu...
Thomas Hamilton Osborne (c.1806 – 28 May 1853) was a journalist and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia). Osborne studied Natural Philosophy, Belfast. Mercer was elected to the district of Belfast and Warrnambool in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council in October 1851. Osborne resigned from the Counc...
Owoidighe Ekpoatai (born 1966) is a Nigerian politician, lawmaker and a member of the Federal House of Representative. She represented Eket/Onna/Esit Eket/Ibeno federal constituency of Akwa-Ibom State. She was elected into the National Assembly under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Education Owoi...
Marina M. Romanova is a Russian-American computational astrophysicist, known for her work simulating the magnetohydrodynamics of accretion disks, including their interactions with the stellar magnetic fields of T Tauri stars and other young magnetized stars, and the formation of magnetic towers along the rotation axis ...
Flavius Romulus (died 28 September 351 AD) was a Roman politician, appointed to the high position of consul in 343. The historian Benet Salway tentatively identified him with Romulus, the senior army officer who fought and died for the usurper Magnentius at the Battle of Mursa in 351. Salway suggested Romulus was a le...
Kamran Aziz (1922 – 7 March 2017) was a Cypriot musician and pharmacist. She was the first female composer and the first female pharmacist in Turkish Cypriot society. She made significant contributions to Turkish Cypriot folk music to the extent that she started the genre in its modern sense. She was also one of the fi...
Jay Daniel is an electronic musician, producer, and selector from Detroit, Michigan, United States. In addition to his own label, Watusi High, Daniel has released music on Sound Signature, Wild Oats, and most recently released his debut album, 'Broken Knowz' on Ninja Tune. Son to Naomi Daniel Career In September 2013,...
The JoongAng, formally known as JoongAng Ilbo (), is a South Korean daily newspaper published in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in South Korea, and a newspaper of record for South Korea. The paper also publishes an English edition, Korea JoongAng Daily, in alliance with the International ...
Hasumi (written: , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: , Japanese film director , Japanese middle-distance runner , Japanese film critic , Japanese footballer Hasumi (written: ) is also a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese curler See also...
The Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) is a bullet-resistant vest that has been introduced by the United States Armed Forces in 2018. The Modular Scalable Vest is replacing all other body armor systems in use, including the OTV (Outer Tactical Vest), IOTV (Improved Outer Tactical Vest) and SPCS (Soldier Plate Carrier System)...
Walter Early Craig (May 26, 1909 – June 29, 1986) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Education and career Born in Oakland, California, Craig received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1931 and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School ...
Drienovec () is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1335. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 190 metres and covers an area of 28.70 km². It has a population of about 1840 people. Gene...
Noah Loosli (born 23 January 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for VfL Bochum. Club career Loosli made his professional debut in the Swiss Super League for Grasshoppers on 21 November 2015 in a game against Vaduz. On 17 August 2021, he returned to Grasshoppers on a two-year contract....
Porter Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 294 at the 2020 census. Porter Township was organized in 1840, and was named for Governor of Pennsylvania David R. Porter. Geography The township occupies the southwestern corner of Jefferson County, bordered to the sou...
Tuhbenahneequay (1780–1873) was a Mississauga woman from the Burlington Heights area of Upper Canada. The daughter of chief Wahbanosay and Puhgashkish, she married Augustus Jones in a Mississauga ceremony sometime in the 1790s. Their first child, Thayendanegea, was born in 1798. The same year, Jones married another ...
Inner German relations (German: Innerdeutsche Beziehungen), also known as the FRG-GDR relations, East Germany-West Germany relations or German-German relations (German: deutsch-deutsche Beziehungen), were the political, diplomatic, economic, cultural and personal contacts between the two countries; Federal Republic of ...
Richard "Rick" Marschall (born February 3, 1949) is an American writer, editor, and comic strip historian, described by Bostonia magazine as "America's foremost authority on pop culture." Marschall has served as an editor for both Marvel and Disney comics, plus several syndicates. Work Marschall has written and edited...
Maurice Edgard Vieux (14 April 1884 in Savy-Berlette near Valenciennes – 28 April 1951 in Paris) was a French violist whose teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris plays a key role in the history of the viola in France. Vieux received his 1st Prize Viola in 1902 in the class of Théophile Laforge, the first viola profes...
Melchbourne (foaled 1971) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Despite never winning a Group race, she was the top-rated filly of her generation in Britain in 1973, when she won six of her eight races, many of them by wide margins. She won once from three starts in the following year. Background Melchbo...
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes are awarded each year since 1989 by the Indian National Academy of Letters to writers for their outstanding translations work in the 24 languages. Recipients Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes for their works written in Rajasthani. The award, ...
Phytorellus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, known from the Philippines. Species Phytorellus gibbosus (Lefèvre, 1885) Phytorellus latus (Weise, 1910) Phytorellus latus latus (Weise, 1910) Phytorellus latus mindorensis Medvedev & Moseyko, 2003 References Eumolpinae Chrysomelidae genera Beet...
The M-95 Degman is a prototype Croatian main battle tank, developed in 2003 by the Đuro Đaković company and is largely based on the older M-91 Vihor tank that was based in the M-84 tank. The Đuro Đaković factory is best known for its principal role in the production of the M-84 in the Yugoslav era. The principal impro...
Babis Tennes (; born 17 November 1953) is a Greek professional football manager. Managerial career Tennes began his professional coaching career with Kallithea in 1993 in Gamma Ethniki. After that he built up his career with Super League Greece clubs like Athinaikos, Panelefsiniakos and Kerkyra. Tennes returned to ma...
Malyn District (Raion) () was a raion (district) of Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. Its administrative centre was located at Malyn, which did not belong to the raion and was incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance. The raion covered an area of . The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the...
Klemyachevo () is a rural locality (a village) in Andreyevskoye Rural Settlement, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 1 as of 2010. Geography Klemyachevo is located 26 km east of Alexandrov (the district's administrative centre) by road. Shikhovo is the nearest rural locality. Referen...
Manele is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States, on the island of Lanai. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 7. Manele is one of only two census-designated places on Lanai, the other being the much larger Lanai City. Manele is the site of Four Seasons Resort Lanai. It is t...
Jillian Shirley Segal is an Australian lawyer and business executive. She is known for her contributions on the boards of government, commercial and non-profit organisations. Early life and education Segal was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Moving to Sydney, Australia, she completed her education at Kambala Sch...
Paul di Resta (born 16 April 1986) is a British racing driver from Scotland, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot Sport in their LMH entry. He drove in Formula One for Force India from to , and became a reserve driver for the Williams F1 team in , driving a single race for them as a substitute...
Korka or Kodka is a village in the Tehsil of Raniwara, Jalore District, Rajasthan State, India. It belongs to Jodhpur division. It is located 66 KM south of the district headquarters in Jalore and 486 KM from the state capital Jaipur. Demographics Total 525 families residing in Korka. Korka village has the population...
Berta Castañé García (born 5 November 2002 in Sabadell) is a Spanish actress and model known for her participation as Nuria Vega Valverde in the series Bajo sospecha (2015) and Carolina Solozábal in the series El secreto de Puente Viejo (2019–2020), both on Antena 3. Biography Berta Castañé was born on November 5, 20...
The Santalaceae, sandalwoods, are a widely distributed family of flowering plants (including small trees, shrubs, perennial herbs, and epiphytic climbers) which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants. Its flowers are bisexual or, by abortion ("flower drop"), unisexual. Modern treatme...
Pictocolumbella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. Species Species within the genus Pictocolumbella include: Pictocolumbella ocellata (Link, 1807) References External links Columbellidae
Fergus William McMahon (1898 – 28 August 1941) was an Australian professional golfer. He won the 1935 Australian Open at Royal Adelaide, having been the runner-up there in 1932. He also won the 1932 Australian Professional Championship at Royal Adelaide. He died in 1941, aged 42. Professional career McMahon was an ama...
WDAC (94.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, known as "Hope 94.5." It is owned by the WDAC Radio Company and broadcasts a Christian radio format. Christian Adult Contemporary music is heard in morning drive time and late evenings. Other hours feature Christian talk and teaching sh...
Curio Barbasetti, Count of Prun (Orsara di Puglia, 12 March 1885 – 4 December 1953) was an Italian general during World War II, Chief of Staff of the Italian High Command in North Africa in 1942-1943 and Governor of Montenegro from July to September 1943. Biography He was born in Orsara di Puglia on March 12, 1885, t...
The Nua Dunia is a Odia weekly newspaper published in Odisha, India. It is the official organ of the Odisha State Council of the Communist Party of India. Ramesh Chandra Padhi is the editor of Nuadunia. Nuadunia was established in 1942, and was initially published from Cuttack as the organ of the Utkal State Council o...
Hyposmocoma obscura is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui. The type locality is Olinda and Haleakalā, where it was collected at an elevation of . External links obscura Endemic moths of Hawaii Biota of Maui M...
"Galanin dibinda" (, ) is an Azerbaijani folk lyric song. It belongs to the round dance genre named "yalli". The form of the song "Galanin dibinda" is the most popular in the folklore structure (in particular in Azerbaijani) consisting of a pair of periodicities (ААBB). Corresponding to the double holding of a pair of...
Everett Jerome Murphy (July 24, 1852 – April 10, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was born in Nashville, Washington County, Illinois. Murphy moved with his parents to Sparta, Illinois when quite young. He attended the public and high schools. He worked as a city clerk for Sparta in 1877, but resigned ...
The Book of Qi (Qí Shū) or Book of Southern Qi (Nán Qí Shū) is a history of the Chinese dynasty Southern Qi covering the period from 479 to 502, and is one of the Twenty-Four Histories of Chinese history. It was written by Xiao Zixian during the succeeding Liang Dynasty. This book was the only one of the Twenty-Four ...
Monatepil is a calcium channel blocker and α1-adrenergic receptor antagonist used as an antihypertensive. References Alpha-1 blockers Calcium channel blockers Carboxamides Dibenzothiepines Fluoroarenes Phenylpiperazines
The decemviri or decemvirs (Latin for "ten men") refer to official 10-man commissions established by the Roman Republic. The most important were those of the two Decemvirates, formally the "decemvirate with consular power for writing laws" () who reformed and codified Roman law during the Conflict of the Orders betwe...
Satlsar (, also Romanized as Saţlsar and Saţlesar) is a village in Layl Rural District, in the Central District of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,020, in 307 families. References Populated places in Lahijan County
Mary Adelaide Dickey (1882-1960) was an American vaudeville performer, who performed as Adelaide or La Petite Adelaide. She was best known in the 1910s and 1920s as half of 'Adelaide and Hughes', a husband-and-wife dance partnership with Johnny J. Hughes. Life Mary Adelaide Dickey was born in Cohoes, New York, in 1882...
Phone Zaw Han is a former mayor of Myanmar's second largest city, Mandalay. He was concurrently appointed as the mayor of Mandalay and chairman of the Mandalay City Development Committee. He also became the minister for Development of the Mandalay Region in Thein Sein's Government. Han is known for his legacy of devel...
Teddington (1848–1866) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from April 1850 to October 1853 he ran eighteen times and won ten races. Teddington won important races in each of his four seasons, most notably the Derby in 1851. In the next two years he proved himself to be a formidable st...
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Muthaiga is an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. In 2019, media reports indicated that it was the most affluent and most expensive neighbourhood in the entire country. Location Muthaiga is located approximately , by road, north of the city's central business district. The geographical coordinates of Mutha...
The Tung Po Tor Monastery is situated at the foot of Tin Fat Shan in Lo Wai, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. Parts of the monastery are listed as Grade II historic buildings. History The Tung Po Tor Monastery was founded in 1932 by the Buddhist Mau Fung for the worship of the Kwun Yum (Goddess of Mercy) including a main hall ca...
Giorgi Chankotadze (; born 4 October 1977) is a retired Georgian professional football player. External links 1977 births Living people Men's footballers from Georgia (country) Georgia (country) men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Place of birth missing (living people)
Jocelyn Hagen is an American composer. She composes primarily for voice: solo, chamber and choral, but also has composed for chamber, wind, and orchestral ensembles. She has explored large-scale multimedia works, electro-acoustic music, dance, and opera. Hagen is the co-founder and co-owner of Graphite Publishing, an ...
Rudan County () is in Hormozgan province, Iran. Its capital the city of Rudan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 104,222 in 21,923 households. The following census in 2011 counted 118,547 people in 29,066 households. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 124,522 in 34,561 households. Administr...
The Governor John S. Barry House is a private house located at 280 N. Washington Street in Constantine, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It currently houses the Governor John S. Barry Museum. History John S. Barry was born and educated in New England in 1802. While there, he...
The Riverdale Review was a newspaper serving the Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City. It was published by the Metro North Media Group, which also published the weekly Bronx Press-Review. It is uncertain when these newspapers ceased publishing, but probably some time in 2017. The Riverdale Review was initi...
The interior of São Paulo is an informal term to describe the zone that covers the entire area of the state of São Paulo outside the Metropolitan Region and the coast of São Paulo. The interior stands out for having a very rich cultural set, including several unique accents different from those of the capital and the c...
The Cooney sisters were three Irish sisters, notable for their involvement in Irish Nationalism and Cumann na mBan. Biographies Anne, Lily and Eileen were born in Dublin to Michael Cooney and Mary Higgs who lived in Usher's Quay, Dublin. Their father was an engine driver. The three sisters were involved with the nat...
The Alpine race is a historical race concept defined by some late 19th-century and early 20th-century anthropologists as one of the sub-races of the Caucasian race. The origin of the Alpine race was variously identified. Ripley argued that it migrated from Central Asia during the Neolithic revolution, splitting the Nor...
Evan Klamer (15 January 1923 – 28 April 1978) was a Danish cyclist. He competed in the tandem event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References External links 1923 births 1978 deaths Danish male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Denmark Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Copenhagen
Capital punishment in Iraq is a legal penalty. It was commonly used by the government of Saddam Hussein (who was himself ultimately executed), was temporarily halted after the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq that deposed Saddam, and has since been reinstated. Executions are carried out by hanging. Iraqi law states that n...
Center on Business and Poverty (COBAP) is a non-profit organization that supports writing and community projects related to employers which participate in social enterprise or employee ownership. While it was an initiative of The College of Letters & Science at the University of Wisconsin Madison, it is now a private n...