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This is a list of members of the Senate of the United States of Indonesia. The legislature existed only for a brief period during the existence of the federal state, and had 32 members, two from each constituent state.
Speakers and Deputy Speakers
List
Bibliography
References
Lists of political office-holders in ... | english |
Edlaston and Wyaston is a civil parish within the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Edlaston and Wyaston. In 2011 the parish had a population of 220. It is north west of London, north west of the county city of Derby, and south of the market town of ... | english |
This is a list of characters for the manga and anime series Blood Blockade Battlefront.
Libra
A kind and humble young photographer who came to Hellsalem's Lot to help his ailing sister. A mysterious entity gave him the , granting him a variety of powerful ocular powers, at the cost of his sister's sight. His eyes ha... | english |
The 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League was the 28th since its establishment. The competition started on 21 July 2018 with the match between Myr and FC Nikopol.
The competition entered in recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 17 on 11 November 2018 and resumed on 31 March 2019. The season c... | english |
Saint Casilda of Toledo (950–1050) is venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is April 9th.
Casilda was a Muslim princess, the daughter of the ruler of Toledo. She showed great kindness to Christian captives. Like Elizabeth of Hungary and Elizabeth of Portugal, the Mi... | english |
Jessica Jones is a Marvel Comics character.
Jessica Jones may also refer to:
Jessica Jones (comic book), comic book series
Jessica Jones (EastEnders), character in EastEnders
Jessica Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Jessica Jones (TV series), a television series based on the Marvel character
Jessica Leigh Jones... | english |
Coinye, formerly Coinye West, is a scrypt-based cryptocurrency. Cease and desist letters were issued against it for its use of the American hip hop artist Kanye West as its mascot despite West having no affiliation with the project. The project was abandoned by the original developers following West's filing of a trade... | english |
The history of Champa begins in prehistory with the migration of the ancestors of the Cham people to mainland Southeast Asia and the founding of their Indianized maritime kingdom based in what is now central Vietnam in the early centuries AD, and ends when the final vestiges of the kingdom were annexed and absorbed by ... | english |
Whispering is an unvoiced mode of phonation in which the vocal cords are abducted so that they do not vibrate; air passes between the arytenoid cartilages to create audible turbulence during speech. Supralaryngeal articulation remains the same as in normal speech.
In normal speech, the vocal cords alternate between s... | english |
Quercus variabilis, the Chinese cork oak, is a species of oak in the section Quercus sect. Cerris, native to a wide area of eastern Asia in southern, central, and eastern China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.
Description
Quercus variabilis is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree growing to tall with a rather open crown,... | english |
The March 83C is a highly successful and extremely competitive open-wheel race car, designed by and built by March Engineering, to compete in the 1983 IndyCar season. The season was a white-wash and a clean-sweep for March, winning 7 out of the 13 races, and taking 9 pole positions that season. Newey's March 84C chassi... | english |
Amalie Baisch (née Marggraff; 8 October 1859 in Munich – after 1904) was a German writer, best known for her Victorian era guide books on young women's etiquette. She wrote under the pseudonym Ernesta.
Life
Amalie Baisch was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, on 8 October 1859. Her father was Rudolf Marggraff, a pro... | english |
The Journal of Neurology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on diseases of the nervous system. It was established in 1891 as the Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde and was renamed to Zeitschrift für Neurologie in 1947. It obtained its current title in 1971. Publication was interrupted in 1945 an... | english |
HTV-X1 is the first flight and the technical demonstration mission of HTV-X, an uncrewed expendable cargo spacecraft. , it is intended to be launched in January 2024 and to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
Cargo
In addition to the primary mission of carrying the resupply cargo to the ISS, HTV-X1 will... | english |
Otumfuo-Yere Julia Osei Tutu (born on 14 December Julia Ama Adwapa Amaning) is the princess consort of the Ashanti Kingdom. She is the wife of Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II.
Early life
Lady Julia Osei Tutu, wife of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Asantehene, was born as Julia Ama Adwapa Amaning, the last of five children... | english |
The Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) – or, in English, the International Women's Sports Federation – was founded in October 1921 by Alice Milliat because of the unwillingness of existing sports organisations, such as the International Olympic Committee and the International Amateur Athletics Federatio... | english |
Kearneys Spring is a residential locality in Toowoomba in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kearneys Spring had a population of 9,419 people.
Geography
Kearneys Spring is located south of the city centre via Ruthven Street.
Kearneys Spring is divided into western and eastern portions by the wetl... | english |
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.
Biography
Born in Mobile, Alabama, Williams began his professional career at the age of 14 with the Young Family band, which included saxophonist Lester Young. According to Williams h... | english |
Studen is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Studen is first mentioned in 1257 as Studon.
Petinesca: Celtic and Roman remains
The ruins of the Celtic and Roman settlement of Petinesca are still visible in the south-east corner of the municipality on the... | english |
Glendambo is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the Stuart Highway about from the state capital of Adelaide and about from Coober Pedy.
The town was constituted on 13 May 1982 and was derived from the Glendambo Homestead. Boundaries for the locality were established on 23 Octob... | english |
The Shaw River is an ephemeral river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It was named by explorer F.T. Gregory on 21 August 1861 after Norton Shaw, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society.
The headwaters of the river rise below the Chichester Range near Emu Springs and flow in a northerly direction throug... | english |
Chanda Singh Wala is a village in Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Word 'wala' means 'of' in English. It is located at 31°5'0N 74°37'0E with an altitude of 195 metres (643 feet). It is said that Before the Partition it was a Sikh Village But During the 1947 Partition They Migrated to East Punjab India... | english |
Article 181 is an article of the criminal code of Belarus which forbids trafficking in people. Passed in 2001, the specific wording in Article 181 states that performing actions to "turning over or obtaining a dependent person" is considered human trafficking and deemed illegal. Article 181 is part of the Chapter of B... | english |
Eryngium foetidum is a tropical perennial herb in the family Apiaceae. Common names include culantro ( or ), recao, chadon beni (pronounced shadow benny), Mexican coriander, bandhaniya, long coriander, Burmese coriander, sawtooth coriander, and ngò gai. It is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South Ameri... | english |
Kinship analysis is any analysis that deals with kinship. Such analyses are used in many different disciplines of research, where analysis is conducted in different ways.
In anthropology, kinship analysis is normally either the analysis of social practices related to kinship, or the analysis of systems of kinship term... | english |
The Apostolic Datary (Latin: Dataria Apostolica) was one of the five Ufficii di Curia ("Offices of the Curia") in the Roman Curia of the Roman Catholic Church. It was instituted no later than the 14th AD. Pope Paul VI abolished it in 1967.
Origin
According to the De officio et jurisdictione datarii necnon de stylo Dat... | english |
Marian may refer to:
People
Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia
Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name
Marian (surname), a list of people so named
Places
Marian, Iran (disambiguation)
Marian, Queensland, a town in Australia
Marian, a village in toe commune of Hîrtop, Transnistria... | english |
The total population of children in Ghana under the age of 15 is 38.01%. The youth constitute the most important human resource potential that can contribute significantly to the overall development of a nation. The idea of children on the streets violates the children's act which states that under no circumstance shou... | english |
Howard Willoughby (19 June 1839 – 19 March 1908) was an Australian journalist. Notably, he was the first Australian war correspondent, he wrote against penal transportation to Australia and in favour of the federation of Australia.
Willoughby was born at Birmingham, England. He was educated at primary schools at Birmi... | english |
Whiteshield Mountain is located at the northern boundary of Mount Robson Provincial Park on the Alberta-British Columbia border. It was named in 1924 because of the ice and snow on the eastern side of the mountain.
See also
List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
References
Whiteshield Mountain
Whitesh... | english |
Leonard Deadwyler (February 19, 1941 – May 7, 1966) was an African-American man who was shot and killed by LAPD officer Jerold M. Bova after allegedly speeding and running red lights while driving his wife, who was in labor, to the hospital. His wife later sued Los Angeles for wrongful death, and was represented by Joh... | english |
The 2021 Tver Oblast gubernatorial election was held on 17–19 September 2021, on common election day, coinciding with election to the State Duma. Incumbent Governor Igor Rudenya was reelected for his second term.
Background
Igor Rudenya became Governor of Tver Oblast in March 2016 replacing first-term Governor Andrey ... | english |
Mirror's Edge Catalyst is a first-person action-adventure platform game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in June 2016. It is a reboot of the 2008 game that focuses on protagonist Faith Connors.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst received mixed revie... | english |
Delhi Metropolitan Education is an undergraduate college located in Sector 62, Noida. It was established in 2012 and is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. The law college is recognised by the Bar Council of India. The institute provides pro bono legal aid services to the communities nea... | english |
Herman Sidney "Eagle" Day was a punter in the National Football League and a quarterback in the Canadian Football League. Eagle Day may also refer to:
Eagle Day, known in German as Adlertag, the first day of operations in the German Operation Eagle Attack during the Battle of Britain
"Eagle Day", an episode from the... | english |
Alaverdi Futsal (), was an Armenian professional futsal club based in the town of Alaverdi, Lori Province.
History
Alaverdi Futsal club was founded in 2015 with the assistance of Alaverdi City Council, as well as the member of Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov who is a native of Alaverdi. The club participated in the 2015... | english |
The World's Largest Tuned Musical Windchime was erected by windchime artist, Ranaga Farbiarz, in the parking area of Celestial Windz Harmonic Bizaar, south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas on Thursday, November 4, 2004.
Construction
With the help of a bucket truck, a tall oak tree, his son David, and numerous friends, the... | english |
A gyn is an improvised three legged lifting device used on sailing ships. It provides more stability than a derrick or sheers, and requires no rigging for support. Without additional support, however, it can only be used for lifting things directly up and down. Gyns may also be used to support either end of a ropewa... | english |
Richard John Barton II (27 December 1879 – 26 May 1931) was a New Zealand pastoralist, runholder, businessman and author in the early 20th century in Wellington and the Wairarapa.
Life
Early life
Richard John Barton was born on 27 December 1879 at Trentham (The Barton Estate) in the Upper Hutt Valley. His family own... | english |
Scandinavica may refer to:
Species
Methylomonas scandinavica, Methylomonas
Primula scandinavica, Primula
Sarcocystis scandinavica, Sarcocystis
Ships
MS Stena Scandinavica, ferry that goes between Gothenburg and Kiel
MS Stena Scandinavica (1973)
Journals
Scandinavica (journal)
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica
A... | english |
Laluna is a music radio station that is licensed to Klaipėda, Lithuania.
History
The station began broadcasting on August 25, 1995 and now it is the most popular radio station in Klaipėda.
Programs
Lalunos Top 40
Gyventi gera
Ant Bangos
Ko širdelė geidžia
Geriausi vakarai
Savaitgalio Žadintuvas
Naktis Su Lal... | english |
Perihypoglossal nuclei (nuclei perihypoglossales), called also perihypoglossal complex or perihypoglossal nuclear complex or satellite nuclei is a group of neurons in the floor of the fourth ventricle, close to the nucleus of the hypoglossal nerve in the gray substance of the medulla oblongata, all of which contain cel... | english |
The 1974–75 St. John's Redmen basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Lou Carnesecca in his seventh year at the school. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden.
Roster
Schedule and results
... | english |
Stanley G. Hilton is an author and former attorney from San Francisco.
Hilton filed a $7 billion class action lawsuit, in 2002, against United States President George W. Bush, members of his administration (including Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld) and others. The lawsuit was composed of 400 plaintiffs... | english |
KBCC may refer to:
KBCC-LP, a defunct low-power radio station (107.9 FM) formerly licensed to serve Cave Junction, Oregon, United States
KUHM-TV, a PBS member station in Helena, Montana, United States, which held the call sign KBCC from 1997 to 1998
KVSJ-FM, a radio station (89.5 FM) licensed to serve Tracy, Califo... | english |
Mustafa Muftak Tahir Tajouri is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the Russian Federation.
Tajouri graduated from the Military College of the Great Jamahiriya in 1982, from which he pursued a career in the Libyan military. After reaching the rank ... | english |
Isi Leibler (Hebrew: ; 9 October 1934 – 13 April 2021) was a Belgian-born Australian-Israeli international Jewish activist.
Leibler's activities and campaign on behalf of Soviet Jewry are documented in the book: Let my People Go: The untold story of Australia and Soviet Jews 1969 – 1989, authored by Sam Lipski and S... | english |
A denim jacket, also called a jean jacket or trucker jacket, is a jacket made from denim. Introduced in the United States in the late 19th century, it has been a popular type of casual apparel with both men and women and has been described as an iconic element of American fashion. Though a staple of western wear, the d... | english |
Elmalı is a village in the Tercan District, Erzincan Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Balaban tribe and had a population of 16 in 2021.
The hamlets of Çamlık, Gümüşsu and Küçükelmalı are attached to the village.
References
Villages in Tercan District
Kurdish settlements in Erzincan Provin... | english |
Château de La Motte-Tilly is a castle in the La Motte-Tilly, south-west of Nogent-sur-Seine, Champagne-Ardenne, France. It is on the left bank of the Seine and has been open to the public since 1978. The château is managed by the Centre des monuments nationaux.
The old castle, was first recorded in 1369. It was surro... | english |
The Zirbitzkogel (), at , is the highest point of the Seetal Alps in Austria. It lies south of the Upper Mur valley in the Styria near its border with Carinthia. The Lavant, a left tributary of the Drau, has its source on the southern slopes of the mountain.
Its name is not derived, as popularly supposed, from the Swi... | english |
Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence, expressed through time.
Music may also refer to:
In music
Musical notation, a system for writing musical sounds with their pitch, rhythm, timing, volume, and tonality
Sheet music, paper with printed or written musical notation on it
Albums
Music (311 album), 1... | english |
The Birmingham Humanist Group was formed on 23 May 1962 at the Arden Hotel, New Street, Birmingham, England, at a meeting convened by Dr Anthony Brierley. It changed its name to Birmingham Humanists (Brum Hums) in 2000 and voted to become a Partner Group of the BHA, which changed its name to Humanists UK in 2017. It ... | english |
Tonga has competed in the IAAF World Athletics Championships six times with their first appearance being in 1983 at Helsinki, Finland with Georges Taniel competing in the men's 100m. As of 2019, the country has not recorded any medals. Tonga best performance was in 1983 when Niulolo Pelesikoti placed eighteenth in the ... | english |
3 Bats Live is a music DVD by rock singer Meat Loaf. Recorded on March 18, 2007 at London, Ontario during his "Seize the Night" tour, it mainly features songs from the Bat Out of Hell trilogy. The DVD was released in the UK on October 15, 2007, and in the UK on November 20, 2007.
Track listing
All songs by Jim Steinm... | english |
These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, including ten non-finishers. The competition started on Monday August 16, 1993, and ended on Tuesday August 17, 1993.
Medalists
Schedule
... | english |
Mohammad Jafar Mahjoub
(23 August 1924 – 17 February 1996) was an Iranian scholar of Persian literature, essayist, translator and teacher.
Life
Mahjoub was born in Tehran in 1924 and graduated from the prestigious Alborz High School in 1944. He obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from Tehran Univers... | english |
The Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt is a fox hunt which hunts in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
History
The Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt was founded in 1827 by Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch who purchased the pack from George Baillie.
The huntsmen of the Duke of Buccleuch's Hunt have been:
Will Wil... | english |
Holloway Road is a road in London, in length. It is one of the main shopping streets in North London, and carries the A1 road as it passes through Holloway, in the London Borough of Islington. The road starts in Archway, near Archway Underground station, then heads south-east, past Upper Holloway railway station, Whit... | english |
Maurice Talvande (1866–1941), self-styled as the Count de Mauny Talvande, was a French-born naturalised British garden designer, writer, and furniture maker. He is best known as the owner of Taprobane Island in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
Early life
Born Maurice Talvande in Le Mans to parents who were not titled, his fath... | english |
Karen Elisabeth Jacobsen is an Australian born and New York based entertainer, singer, motivational speaker, voiceover artist and songwriter.
Early life and career
Born in Mackay, Queensland, Australia and writing songs from the age of seven, Jacobsen was inspired to be a professional singer by her idol Olivia Newton-... | english |
Calpe is the Spanish name for Calp, a coastal town in Valencia, Spain. It may also refer to:
Calpe (monolith), also known as the Rock of Gibraltar or Mons Calpe, a monolithic limestone promontory located in Gibraltar. It was one of the Pillars of Hercules.
Gibraltar: Calpe is an ancient name for Gibraltar, taken fro... | english |
George Colborne Lemmon (born 20 March 1932) was the seventh Bishop of Fredericton.
After an earlier career as a Linotype operator he studied for a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at the University of New Brunswick. He was ordained in 1963 and began his career at Canterbury, New Brunswick. He later held incumbencies at Wilmot, ... | english |
Barrillas Airport is an airport serving Puerto Barillas, a small-craft dockage on an arm of the Bahia de Jiquilisco, southwest of Usulután in Usulután Department, El Salvador.
The El Salvador VOR-DME (Ident: CAT) is located west-northwest of the airport.
See also
Transport in El Salvador
List of airports in El Sa... | english |
The COVID-19 pandemic is the current ongoing global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2.
Coronavirus outbreak may also refer to:
2002–2004 SARS outbreak, caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1)
2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus ... | english |
Oleria is a genus of clearwing (ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jacob Hübner in 1816. They are in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae.
Species
Arranged alphabetically within species groups:
Oleria aegle (Fabricius, 1776)
Oleria agarista (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
Oleria alexina (Hewitson, [1859])
Oleri... | english |
Stanley Thomas Henry Williams (13 May 1916 – 2002) was a British motorcycle speedway rider for Sheffield and Coventry.
Career
Born in Blaby, Leicestershire in June 1917, Williams started grasstrack racing at the age of seventeen, pushing his bike the eighteen miles from Leicester to Nottingham to take part in his firs... | english |
Rumatha polingella is a species of snout moth in the genus Rumatha. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1906. It is found in North America, including California, Texas and southern Arizona.
The wingspan is 23–34 mm for males and 26–35 mm for females. The palpi, head, thorax, forewings and abdomen are dark fu... | english |
Jürg Kreienbühl (August 12, 1932, Basel – October 30, 2007, Cormeilles-en-Parisis) was a Swiss and French painter.
Life
After his high school graduation, Jürg Kreienbühl hesitated between pursuing scientific or artistic studies and finally completed an apprenticeship as a house painter in Basel. Earning a scholarshi... | english |
Jackie Shane (May 15, 1940 – February 21, 2019) was an American soul and rhythm and blues singer, who was most prominent in the local music scene of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the 1960s. Considered to be a pioneer transgender performer, she was a contributor to the Toronto Sound and is best known for the single "Any ... | english |
Cerconota tridesma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana.
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with a slight purplish tinge and three light greyish-ochreous lines crossing the wing, the first at two-fifths, bent near the costa, clos... | english |
Peter Tazelaar (5 May 1920 – 6 June 1993) was a member of the Dutch resistance during World War II and worked as an agent for the SOE. Following the war he served in Dutch East Indies, before returning to Europe to work behind the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe for the United States, which served as an inspiration for ... | english |
Jurong Airfield (), may also be romanized as Chuyung (Cantonese), was an air force base serving in defense of former capital city of Nanjing during the Republic of China era on the mainland.
History
During the period of the Nanjing Decade, the Imperial Japanese forces staged the Manchurian Incident, which prompted th... | english |
Athimarapatti is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Demographics
India census, Athimarapatti had a population of 17,527. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Athimarapatti has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with ... | english |
Giuseppina Bozzacchi (23 November 1853 – 23 November 1870) was an Italian ballerina, noted for creating the role of Swanhilda in Léo Delibes' ballet Coppélia at the age of 16 while dancing for the Paris Opera Ballet.
Bozzacchi, who was born in Milan, had come to Paris to study with Mme Dominique. The choreographer Art... | english |
The Barking Abbey Basketball Academy is an elite 16–19 basketball academy, based at Barking Abbey School in London, England.
History
The school established the basketball academy in 2005, after recognising the lack of elite development opportunities for young players in Britain. Almost unique in British basketball an... | english |
Gaius Marcius Censorinus (died 3 November, 82 BC) was a late Roman Republican politician and soldier who participated in the first civil war of the Roman Republic, against Sulla.
Family History
Marcius Censorinus was a member of the plebeian Marcia gens of ancient Rome. The cognomen Censorinus was acquired through G... | english |
Israel Gohberg (; ; 23 August 1928 – 12 October 2009) was a Bessarabian-born Soviet and Israeli mathematician, most known for his work in operator theory and functional analysis, in particular linear operators and integral equations.
Biography
Gohberg was born in Tarutyne to parents Tsudik and Haya Gohberg. His fathe... | english |
The Economic Adjustment Programme for Portugal, usually referred to as the Bailout programme, is a Memorandum of understanding on financial assistance to the Portuguese Republic in order to cope with the 2010–14 Portuguese financial crisis.
The three-year programme was signed in May 2011 by the Portuguese Government u... | english |
The 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2014 PLDT Home TVolution-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2013–14 PBA season. The tournament started on March 5, 2014 and finished on May 15, 2014. The tournament allows teams to hire ... | english |
Herbert H 'Herbie' Hall (16 March 1926 – 26 February 2013) was a British wrestler.
Career
He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.
He represented England and won a silver medal in the -62kg division at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. He also represente... | english |
Major Sir Robert Lister Bower (12 August 1860 – 13 June 1929) was a British Army, colonial and police officer who served as Chief Constable of the North Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary from 1898 until his death in 1929.
Bower came from an old Yorkshire family; his father was Robert Hartley Bower of Welham Hall, Mal... | english |
Joseph Maghull Yates (19 June 1844 – 17 April 1916) was an English first-class cricketer, later a barrister and magistrate.
Yates was born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy (now a suburb of Manchester) and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He played cricket for Cambridge University and appeared in one... | english |
Examples of headline letter spacing
Letter spacing, character spacing or tracking is an optically consistent typographical adjustment to the space between letters to change the visual density of a line or block of text. Letter spacing is distinct from kerning, which adjusts the spacing of particular pairs of adjacent ... | english |
John Macleod, sometimes John Macleod of Gartymore, (8 August 1862 – 1 April 1931) was MP for Sutherland, representing the Crofters Party (allied to the Liberal Party).
Macleod was born at Helmsdale in 1862 (though he often stated 1863 in later life), the son of John and Ann McLeod. His father was a fish-curer. He trai... | english |
A referendum on divorce was held in Malta on 28 May 2011. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new law to introduce allowing divorces, as at that time, Malta was one of only three countries in the world (along with the Philippines and the Vatican City) in which divorce was not permitted. The proposal was approv... | english |
The Oratorio di Beleo is a rural Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic chapel-church located in the frazione of Beleo, outside of the town of Casina, province of Reggio Emilia, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
History
Documents from 980 record the Ottone II, Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor granting the chapel to the bishop of ... | english |
The World Chess Championship 2018 was a match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and the challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organised by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, was played at The College in Holborn, London, between 9 and 28 Nov... | english |
The gas-generator cycle, also called open cycle, is one of the most commonly used power cycles in bipropellant liquid rocket engines. Part of the unburned propellant is burned in a gas generator (or preburner) and the resulting hot gas is used to power the propellant pumps before being exhausted overboard, and lost. Be... | english |
The Hochgern is a mountain found in the Bavarian district of Traunstein, in Germany. It is part of the Chiemgau Alps and has a height of 1748 meters above sea level. The Hochgern marks the junction of the municipalities of Unterwössen, Marquartstein and Ruhpolding, as well as the Urschlau Forest district.
Geography
... | english |
The Moscow Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. It was held on May 29, 1988 – June 3, 1988. Reagan and Gorbachev finalized the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) after the U.S. Senate's ratificat... | english |
The stump or tree stump is a small remaining part of the trunk with the roots still in the ground. Stumps may show the ages of a tree through its rings. The study of these rings is known as dendrochronology. Sometimes stumps are able to grow again into new trees. Sometimes a tree is cut to a stump on purpose to grow ag... | english |
Walter C. "Steel Arm" Davis (June 22, 1896 – November 30, 1941) was an American Negro league baseball player from 1920 to 1938. He played for the Dayton Marcos, Detroit Stars, Chicago American Giants, Nashville Elite Giants, Gilkerson's Union Giants and Brooklyn Eagles.
During the off-season, Davis often returned to h... | english |
The 13th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in
the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in Georgetown, Cayman Islands between 10–12 July 1998.
Records
A total of 19 new championship records were set.
Key
†: Electronic timing. Still better hand timing results.
Medal summary
Complete results ar... | english |
Based in Oakland, California, the No Kill Advocacy Center is a non-profit organization led by Nathan Winograd, dedicated to expanding no kill animal sheltering across the United States.
History
The No Kill Advocacy Center was founded in 2004 by Nathan Winograd, after he had "created the nation's first—and at the time... | english |
Henry the Young King (28 February 1155 – 11 June 1183) was the eldest son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine to survive childhood. In 1170, he became titular King of England, Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine. Henry the Young King was the only English king since the Norman Conquest to be crowned d... | english |
John Waddell (1828–1888) was a Scottish railway contractor based in Edinburgh. He was born in the parish of New Monkland on 16 August 1828, the son of George Waddell and his wife Elizabeth Shanks, of the farm of Gain or Gane. He married Margaret Donald (1831-1892) on 15 June 1852.
Biography
He ran the enterprising an... | english |
Shades of white are colors that differ only slightly from pure white. Variations of white include what are commonly termed off-white colors, which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme.
In color theory, a shade is a pure color mixed with black (or having a lower lightness). Strictly speaking, a "shade of w... | english |
Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock is a survival horror video game developed by Human Head Studios for Microsoft Windows. It is a sequel to Blair Witch Volume I: Rustin Parr and was followed by Blair Witch Volume III: The Elly Kedward Tale.
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Blair Witch Volume II: The Legend of Coffin Rock rece... | english |
In quantum Darwinism and similar theories, pointer states are quantum states, sometimes of a measuring apparatus, if present, that are less perturbed by decoherence than other states, and are the quantum equivalents of the classical states of the system after decoherence has occurred through interaction with the enviro... | english |
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