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Iceland–Ukraine relations are the bilateral relations between Iceland and Ukraine, as well as cooperation between the two countries in international organizations and other international institutions.
Political dialogue
Unlike other Scandinavian countries, Ukraine's political dialogue with Iceland is characterized by... | english |
The 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship was the 19th IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, an international inline hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The World Championship ran alongside the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I tournament and took place between 1 ... | english |
Little Meadows is located at the foot of Meadow Mountain in western Maryland. It was a common stopping point for British troops during the French and Indian War and was frequented by George Washington.
George Washington and Little Meadows
After a failed attempt to ask the French to leave the Ohio territory in 1753,... | english |
Sickboy is the name of a street artist from Bristol, UK, known for his temple logo and his 'Save the Youth' slogan. Sickboy moved to London in 2007 and his street art became prevalent particularly in the East End boroughs of Shoreditch and Tower Hamlets. It is claimed Sickboy was one of the first UK graffiti artists to... | english |
S.Alam Group is a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate. S. Alam Group also has investment in banking, leasing, insurance, stock brokering, and merchant banking. The industries under this group include food and allied products, steel, banking, consumer products, sugar, cement, power, energy, transportation, shipping, man... | english |
Wilfred or Wifred, called the Hairy (in Catalan: Guifré el Pilós), (died 11 August 897) was Count of Urgell (from 870), Cerdanya (from 870), Barcelona (from 878), Girona (from 878, as Wilfred II), Besalú (from 878) and Ausona (from 886). On his death in 897, his son, Wilfred Borrell, inherited these Catalan counties.
... | english |
NLA media access (often shortened to the NLA) is the collecting society for UK newspapers, a privately owned limited company. It undertakes collective rights management on behalf of its members and licenses companies, such as press cuttings agencies and media monitoring firms.
History
The NLA was founded in 1996 by t... | english |
LEP is the Large Electron–Positron Collider, a particle accelerator.
LEP or Lep may also refer to:
Science
Laser Excited Phosphor, great beam distance light powered by a laser
Light emitting plasma, or plasma lamps
Light emitting polymer
Lep, an abbreviation for Lepus (constellation)
LEP, an alias for leptin, a ... | english |
Stephen Gilbert (1910–2007) was a British painter and sculptor.
Steve or Stephen Gilbert may also refer to:
Stephen Gilbert (novelist) (1912–2010), Northern Irish novelist
Stephen Gilbert, Baron Gilbert of Panteg (born 1963), Conservative member of the British House of Lords
Steve Gilbert (born 1976), British poli... | english |
Artista Academy is a Philippine talent and reality show aired on TV5. Hosted by Cesar Montano and Marvin Agustin in cooperation with the Asian Academy of Television Arts (AATA), it premiered on July 30, 2012. The show aims to find new talented actors and actresses, with worth of prizes and an artist management contrac... | english |
The River City Rhythm Drum and Bugle Corps is an Open Class competitive junior drum and bugle corps, based in Anoka, Minnesota. River City Rhythm performs in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions.
History
River City Rhythm began as a competitive drumline, founded in Big Lake, Minnesota in 2009 to compete in the... | english |
Physics of financial markets is a discipline that studies financial markets as physical systems. It seeks to understand the nature of financial processes and phenomena by employing the scientific method and avoiding beliefs, unverifiable assumptions and immeasurable notions, not uncommon to economic disciplines.
Physi... | english |
Eagris hereus, commonly known as the beautiful orange flat, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola and the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of forests.
Adults are attracted to flowers.
Subspecie... | english |
J & W Dudgeon was a Victorian shipbuilding and engineering company based in Cubitt Town, London, founded by John and William Dudgeon.
John and William Dudgeon had established the Sun Iron Works in Millwall in the 1850s, and had a reputation for advanced marine engines. In 1862 they set up as shipbuilders at a yard to ... | english |
The Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was composed between May and August 1888 and was first performed in Saint Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theatre on November 17 of that year with Tchaikovsky conducting. It is dedicated to Theodor Avé-Lallemant.
Place among Tchaikovsky's later symphonies
... | english |
The National Day of Sweden ( ) is the national day of Sweden, observed annually as a public holiday on 6 June. Prior to 1983, the day was celebrated as the Swedish Flag Day (). At that time, the day was named the Swedish National Day by the parliament of Sweden.
History
The tradition of celebrating this date began i... | english |
Ifigenia in Tauride is an opera in five acts composed by Leonardo Vinci to a libretto by Benedetto Pasqualigo. It premiered on 26 December 1724 at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice, with Faustina Bordoni in the title role. The opera was Vinci's first success in Venice and his only five-act opera.
References... | english |
Georges-Henri Halphen (; 30 October 1844, Rouen – 23 May 1889, Versailles) was a French mathematician. He was known for his work in geometry, particularly in enumerative geometry and the singularity theory of algebraic curves, in algebraic geometry. He also worked on invariant theory and projective differential geometr... | english |
WikiProfessional (Wiki for Professionals) was an attempt to create a web-based research environment for semantic searching, providing an intuitive tool for analyzing and relating concepts.
When data is entered, the system semantically analyzed and recognized co-occurrences between different entities. The results were ... | english |
The Baltic Development Forum is an independent think-tank and non-profit high-level and agenda-setting networking organisation with strategic partners and sponsors from large companies, major cities, institutional investors, business associations and academia in the Baltic Sea Region. The network involves more than 8,0... | english |
Micrixalus elegans is a species of frog in the family Micrixalidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats, India, and occurs between the Palakkad Gap and Goa Gap in the states of Kerala and Karnataka. Micrixalus elegans is one of the Micrixalus species showing "foot-flagging" behaviour, hence the common name elegant danci... | english |
Valaya Alongkorn, Princess of Phetchaburi (; ; 16 April 1884 – 15 February 1938), was a princess of Siam (later Thailand), and a member of the Chakri dynasty. She was the daughter of King Chulalongkorn and Savang Vadhana. Her older brother Vajirunhis was the first Crown Prince of Siam. She was also the elder sister of... | english |
Icius minimus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Icius that lives in Ethiopia. It was first described in 2008 by Wanda Wesołowska and Beata Tomasiewicz. The spider is small, with a cephalothorax between long and an abdomen long. The male is smaller than the female, as is recalled in the species name. The spi... | english |
Fred Schwab (August 25, 1917 – May 13, 2000) was an American cartoonist whose humor panels and short features were published in a wide variety of comic books from at least 1938 to 1950, during a period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. His notable comic-book appearances include Timely Comics' Marv... | english |
Sandra is a female name, which is often used as a short form for Alexandra or Cassandra. Alexandra is a feminine form of the male name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros. It is generally interpreted to mean "protector of man" or "defender of man".
The name Cassandra is also... | english |
Oil Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,546 and it contained 531 housing units.
History
Oil Township took its name from Oil Creek.
The Jacob Rickenbaugh House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Geography
... | english |
Kappa Publishing Group, Inc. is a Blue Bell, Pennsylvania-based publishing company concentrating on adult puzzle books and magazines as well as children's magazines and maps. It is a private company founded in 1955 with $11.5 million in annual sales.
History
In January 2012, Kappa announced that they had acquired Mode... | english |
The Nashville South Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the Central Hockey League (CHL) for the 1981–82 season. They then played in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL) for the 1982–83 season and part of the 1983–84 season before the franchise relocated to become the Virginia Lancers.
It had been 10 years ... | english |
Colin Crabbe Racing, also known as Colin Crabbe - Antique Automobiles and Antique Automobiles Racing Team, was a privateer team run by Colin Crabbe, a noted dealer in historic racing cars, that entered a single car in 17 Formula One races in 1969 and 1970. Vic Elford and Ronnie Peterson drove for the team, the cars use... | english |
The A2 motorway (), also known as The Motorway of the Sun (), is a motorway in Romania which links Bucharest with Constanța, a city-port on the shore of the Black Sea, where it merges after an interchange into the A4 motorway. It is 206 km long, and has been operational on its entire length since November 2012.
Histor... | english |
William Paul Schaefer (9 October 1925 – 20 July 2003) was a New Zealand field hockey player. He represented New Zealand in field hockey between 1956 and 1964, including at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games.
References
External links
1925 births
2003 deaths
Sportspeople from Masterton
New Zealand male field hocke... | english |
Cherokee County is located in the US state of Georgia. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 266,620. The county seat is Canton. The county Board of Commissioners is the governing body, with members elected to office. Cherokee County is included in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area.
History
Original territory
Cherok... | english |
This is a complete list of women's medalists of the European Athletics Championships.
Track
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
100 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase
4 × 100 metres relay
4 × 400 metres relay
Road
Half marathon
Marath... | english |
The Icon Brickell complex is an urban development center in Miami, Florida, United States. It is located on the south side of the Miami River in Downtown's northern Brickell Financial District. The complex consists of three skyscrapers and the Icon Brickell Plaza, connecting the towers at their base. The first two towe... | english |
George Bagration of Mukhrani, Giorgi Bagration-Mukhraneli or Prince Georgi Alexandrovich Bagration-Mukhranski ( – 29 September 1957) was a Georgian nobleman, and a titular head of the House of Mukhrani, a collateral branch of the former royal dynasty of Bagrationi.
Biography
George was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia... | english |
The China Grand Rally (also known as China Silk Road Rally) was a rally raid held in China from 2013 to 2016. It was promoted by the former Dakar Rally winner Hubert Auriol.
With about 6.000 km of distance and 12 timed stages crossing the regions of Shaanxi, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, and Xinjiang, it was the se... | english |
Mount Cameron is a mountain summit located in the Chugach Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The peak is situated west-northwest of Valdez, Alaska, on the boundary of Chugach National Forest. Although modest in elevation, relief is significant since the southern aspect of the mountain rises up from the tidewater... | english |
The or , previously known as the Via Regia or King's Highway, was an ancient Roman road built by Emperor Trajan in the province of Arabia Petraea, from Aqaba on the Red Sea to Bostra. It was specifically known as the Via Traiana Nova in order to distinguish it from the Via Traiana in Italy. It is occasionally also re... | english |
The Dow Partbooks (Christ Church, Mus. MSS 984–988) are a collection of five partbooks compiled by Robert Dow in Oxford around 1581–88. The collection includes mostly choral but also some instrumental pieces. At the end is an instrumental La gamba and a canon, both a 3 and apparently copied from Vincenzo Ruffo's book p... | english |
Susan Sunderland born Susan Sykes and known as the Calderdale Nightingale (30 April 1819 – 7 May 1905) was a British singer. Some years after she retired the annual Mrs Sunderland Music Festival was organised in Huddersfeld and it is still running in the 21st century.
Life
Sunderland was born in Brighouse in 1819. Her... | english |
The 1932 WANFL season was the 48th season of the Western Australian National Football League. The premiership was won by for the first time since 1905. The Cardinals' win ended both a run of four consecutive premierships by , which won its fifth of seven successive minor premierships but lost both finals it played to ... | english |
"Just Because" is a song written by Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin and Bob Shelton and originally recorded by Nelstone's Hawaiians (Hubert Nelson and James D. Touchstone) in 1929 and later recorded by The Shelton Brothers in 1933. Some sources say that Sydney Robin wrote the song alone and the Sheltons added their name whe... | english |
The Jatco JF506E/F5A5 transmission is an electronic/hydraulic five-speed automatic transmission for passenger cars and deployed in a variety of cars from Jaguar, Rover, Land Rover, Ford, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen and SEAT. This gearbox is known as 09A / 09B on Volkswagen vehicles.
Gear ratios
Applications
2002-20... | english |
Congress created the Chama River Canyon Wilderness in New Mexico in February 1978. The wilderness area covers approximately on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest and the Carson National Forest.
The water in the Rio Chama brings the canyon area to life. Lush vegetation that supports abundant ... | english |
James (Jim) Joseph Mannion (1 August 1912 – 18 September 1968) was a renowned policeman and soldier who worked in the Northern Territory of Australia. He is best known for an act of bravery clearing a burning building of occupants, an act which saw him awarded a George Medal.
Early life
Mannion was born in Broken Hil... | english |
Aptenoperissus is a genus of extinct wasp with eight described species, placed into the monotypic family Aptenoperissidae. The type species Aptenoperissus burmanicus resembles a mix between a grasshopper, an ant, and a wasp. It was described by a group of researchers from Oregon State University in a paper released onl... | english |
From a legal point of view, a contract is an institutional arrangement for the way in which resources flow, which defines the various relationships between the parties to a transaction or limits the rights and obligations of the parties.
From an economic perspective, contract theory studies how economic actors can and... | english |
The Indian Ocean coastal belt is one of the nine recognised biomes of South Africa. They are described in terms of their vegetation and climatic variations.
Location and description
The Indian Ocean coastal belt is a region of coastal dunes and coastal grassy plains in KwaZuluNatal and the Eastern Cape, from sea leve... | english |
Parlatoria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It just contains one species, Parlatoria cakiloidea
Description
It is an annual, growing up tall, with a stem that is glabrous (smooth) or with short simple hairs.
It has basal leaves that are ovate-cordate shaped, with acute t... | english |
Cambell Crawford Nalder (20 December 1937 – 14 March 1987) was an Australian politician who served as a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1986 to 1987, representing the seat of Narrogin.
The son of Crawford Nalder, who later served as the state's Deputy Premier, Nalder was bor... | english |
The flag of North Western Province, was adopted for the North Western Province of Sri Lanka in 1987.
Symbolism
The flag of the North Western Province is of a brown Lion with a sun and moon symbol on a white background. On the background there 15 small eight-pointed cross-stars. The whole flag is surrounded by a green ... | english |
Self-medication is a human behavior in which an individual uses unprescribed drugs to treat untreated and/or undiagnosed ailments.
Self-medication may also refer to:
Self Medication (album), a 2008 album by the Slackers
"Self-Medication" (The Venture Bros.), an episode of The Venture Bros
Zoopharmacognosy, self-m... | english |
The N.K. Boswell Ranch is one of the oldest ranches on the edge of the Laramie Plains along the Big Laramie River in Albany County, Wyoming, USA. The ranch was established in the early 1870s, possibly by a man named C.T. Waldron. The ranch is significant for its association with Nathaniel K. Boswell, who was Albany Cou... | english |
The 801 was an experimental central processing unit (CPU) design developed by IBM during the 1970s. It is considered to be the first modern RISC design, relying on processor registers for all computations and eliminating the many variant addressing modes found in CISC designs. Originally developed as the processor for ... | english |
Home composting is the process of using household waste to make compost at home. Composting is the biological decomposition of organic waste by recycling food and other organic materials into compost. Home composting can be practiced within households for various environmental advantages, such as increasing soil fertil... | english |
In computer hardware, a word mark or flag is a bit in each memory location on some variable word length computers (e.g., IBM 1401, 1410, 1620) used to mark the end of a word. Sometimes the actual bit used as a word mark on a given machine is not called word mark, but has a different name (e.g., flag on the IBM 1620, be... | english |
The Carta dominica is an apocryphal text of the New Testament. Although it was widely copied as a kind of chain letter, and hence details change between individual manuscripts, the text largely purports to be a letter written by Jesus emphasising the importance of Sunday as the day of Sabbath for Christians. It was wri... | english |
Charles George Wynch (24 July 1833 – 21 May 1876) was an English cricketer. Wynch was a right-handed batsman, though his bowling style is unknown. He was born at Calcutta in the British Raj and was educated at Rugby School and Haileybury and Imperial Service College.
Wynch made his first-class debut for Sussex against... | english |
Fireman's Hall is a historic fire hall located at Alfred in Allegany County, New York. It was built in 1890-1891 by volunteer firemen as the first home of the A.E. Crandall Hook & Ladder Co. It is a massive three story brick and sandstone structure that features an imposing bell / clock tower. The clock, designed by ... | english |
Carl Hårleman (23 June 1886 – 20 August 1948) was a Swedish gymnast and track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he was part of the Swedish gymnastics team that won the all-around gold medal. Four years later he finished twelfth in the pole vault competition.
In 1913 Hårleman ... | english |
Orville Wayne Rollins (1912–1991) is the co-founder, with his younger brother John W. Rollins, of Rollins Inc., the US's largest pest control conglomerate.
Early life
Rollins was born in Ringgold, Georgia, in 1912, the son of John William Rollins and Claudia Nance Rollins, a farmer father and a schoolteacher mother. H... | english |
Pabellón de Arteaga is a municipality of 11 municipalities in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes and located in the central part of it, its capital is the city of Pabellón de Arteaga with a population of 47,646 inhabitants in 2020.
References
Other websites
Ayuntamiento de Pabellón de Arteaga Official website
A... | english |
Jøssingfjorden is a fjord in Sokndal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The long fjord is narrow and deep and is surrounded by mountains. It sits about southeast of the municipal centre of Hauge. There is some settlement on the southeastern side of the fjord: the villages of Li, Vinterstø, and Bu. There is ... | english |
The Mitsubishi Electric Koalas are a basketball team based in Nagoya, Aichi, playing in the Women's Japan Basketball League.
Notable players
Teresa Edwards
Maki Eguchi
Michiko Miyamoto
Risa Nishioka
Asako O
Chika Sakuragi
Asami Tanaka
Coaches
Hiroko Tanabe
Practice facilities
Mitsubishi Electric Nagoya Gymnasium
Re... | english |
The Machaa ( in short Macha, Amharic: ሜጫ) are a subgroup of the Oromo people in western and Central Oromia . They live south of the Blue Nile (Abbai) in the northwestern part of the region of Oromia and in parts of West Shewa Zone, South West Shewa Zone, Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinnee, West Welega Zone, East... | english |
The Brodie Lee Celebration of Life was a professional wrestling memorial event and television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event took place on December 30, 2020, at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida and was broadcast on TNT as a special episode of Dynamite. It paid tribute to AEW wrestler Bro... | english |
Claude Richard Beresford also known as Claude Richard de la Poer Beresford (9 March 1888 – 19 September 1945) was a journalist in South Australia. He wrote more than 2,000 pieces of topical verse for The News and The Mail under the pen name "Seebee".
History
Beresford was a son of Richard de la Poer Beresford, a desc... | english |
Väyrynen is a surname originating in Finland.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 92.3% of all known bearers of the surname Väyrynen were residents of Finland.
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,875) in the following regions:
1. Kainuu (1:251)
2. Northern Ostrobothnia... | english |
Lime Rock is a village and historic district (listed as Lime Rock Historic District) in the town of Salisbury, Connecticut, United States, situated on the Salmon Kill. The village center and the historic district are substantially similar. The surrounding area is also generally referred to as Lime Rock.
History
Forme... | english |
Vieru may refer to:
Igor Vieru (1923 – 1988), Moldovan painter
Anatol Vieru (1926 – 1998), Romanian composer
Grigore Vieru (1935 – 2009), Moldovan poet
Andrei Vieru (born 1958), pianist, writer and philosopher (son of Anatol)
Valerian Ciobanu-Vieru (born 1958), Moldovan writer
Ioan Vieru (poet) (born 1962), a Romanian... | english |
St. James' Episcopal Church, or St. James' in-the-City, as it is commonly called, to distinguish it from the St. James' Episcopal Church in South Pasadena, is a historic Episcopal church, located in the Wilshire Center area of Los Angeles, California, between Koreatown and Hancock Park. St. James' in-the-City Episcopa... | english |
The 1988 Atlantic hurricane season was an event in the annual Atlantic hurricane season in the north Atlantic Ocean. It was an active season during which twelve tropical cyclones formed. The season officially began on June 1, 1988 and ended November 30, 1988. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe th... | english |
Magnesium salicylate is a common analgesic and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to treat mild to moderate musculoskeletal pain such as in tendons and muscles. It is also used to treat joint pain like arthritis, general back pain, and headaches.
It is found in a variety of over-the-counter (OTC) medica... | english |
Hagan is an originally Irish surname related linguistically to Hogan (see details on that page).
Notable people with the surname include:
Alexandra Hagan (born 1991), Australian rower
Alfie Hagan (1895–1980), English footballer
Art Hagan (1863–1936), American baseball player
Barry Hagan (1957–1993), American figure s... | english |
Eskdale Drive is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network, in the district of Broxtowe and suburb of Chilwell. It is situated on reserved track adjacent to Eskdale Drive, and has side platforms flanking the track. Trams run at frequencies that vary between 4 and 8 trams per hour, depending on the day... | english |
Danbury High School is a public high school in Danbury, Connecticut, with approximately 3000 students. It is part of the Danbury Public Schools district. Despite Danbury's population of 86,518 (as of 2020), there is only one public high school, along with several small private schools, and one vocational high school in... | english |
Luxembourg competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Eight competitors, all men, took part in seven events in four sports.
Athletics
Men's High Jump
Marc Romersa
Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
Lucien Faber — 1:36:21 (→ 28th place)
Cycling
Two cyclists rep... | english |
On July 24, 2022, a mass shooting took place at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, leaving three people dead and three others injured, including the assailant. The attacker, identified as Chao-Tiao Yumol, successfully targeted former Mayor Rose Furigay of Lamitan, Basilan, who wa... | english |
Ulhasnagar is a city located, just 26 km from Thane City in Thane district, Maharashtra, India. This city is a part of Mumbai Metropolitan Region managed by MMRDA. It had an estimated population of 506,098 at the 2011 Census. Ulhasnagar is a municipal city and the headquarters of the Tahsil bearing the same name. It ha... | english |
The Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people in Michigan named for a 19th-century Ojibwe chief. They were formerly known as the Gun Lake Band of Grand River Ottawa Indians, the United Nation of Chippewa, Ottawa and Pottawatomi Indians of Michi... | english |
Ezzatollah Sahabi (9 May 1930 – 31 May 2011) was an Iranian politician and journalist. He was a parliament member from 1980 to 1984.
Early life
Sahabi was born on 9 May 1930 in Tehran, Iran. His father, Yadollah Sahabi, was an influential figure in the 1979 Iranian revolution. His brother, Fereydun Sahabi, was the fir... | english |
The Second Treatise of the Great Seth is a Gnostic text. It is the second tractate in Codex VII of the Nag Hammadi library. The Coptic papyrus, translated from a Greek original, is entirely preserved and written clearly. The text likely was written near Alexandria c. 200 AD. Seth is not mentioned in the text; instead t... | english |
Yung-Ping Chen (November 24, 1930 – May 10, 2022) was an American economist and gerontologist of Chinese origin. He pioneered the concept of home equity conversion (reverse mortgages) in the United States and developed innovative approaches to the funding of Social Security benefits and long-term care. His scholarship ... | english |
Jedburgh railway station served the town of Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1856 to 1964 on the Jedburgh Railway.
History
The station opened on 17 July 1856 by the Jedburgh Railway Company. To the east was a locomotive shed and to the north was a goods yard. To the northeast was the signal box. The station ... | english |
There are annual world championship events in the sport of motorcycle speedway for individual riders - the Speedway Grand Prix - and for national teams - the Speedway World Cup. Each has a counterpart for riders under 21: the Speedway World Under 21 Championship and the Team Speedway Junior World Championship. A pairs ... | english |
The James Pass Arboretum was established by the City of Syracuse, New York through the philanthropy of Adelaide Salisbury Pass and family with the guidance and cooperation of the State College of Forestry (now SUNY-ESF) to be a classic arboretum in the tradition of the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, that is... | english |
Bhavani Narayanrao Krishnamurti Sharma (9 June 1909 – 2 July 2005), commonly known as B. N. K. Sharma or B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma, was an Indian writer, scholar, professor, and Indologist. Sharma was a professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit in Ruparel College, Bombay from (1953–1969). Sharma was one of the ... | english |
The Vought XF2U was a prototype biplane fighter aircraft evaluated by the United States Navy at the end of the 1920s, but was already outclassed by competing designs and never put into production.
Development and design
Vought's O2U Corsair, first delivered in 1927, was a successful design that set several speed and a... | english |
The Anglican Church of St Vigor in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Saint Vigor was a French bishop and Christian missionary. After the Norman conquest of England, his cult moved from France to England. This church is one of only... | english |
Puig de Pastuira is a mountain of Catalonia, Spain. It can be found to the north-west of the village of Setcases in the eastern Pyrenees.
Its exact location and summit is identified differently by different maps and sources.
Some sources state that it is an alternative name for the mountain Les Borregues. This summit... | english |
The Mather School is the oldest public elementary school in North America. It is located in the Dorchester region of Boston, Massachusetts and was named after Richard Mather. Mather was an English-born American Congregational minister who emigrated to Boston and settled in Dorchester in 1635.
On The Dorchester Town R... | english |
Arthur Tracy Lee (June 26, 1814 – December 29, 1879) served as an officer in the regular army before and during the American Civil War. He was also an author, painter, musician, and an architect.
Early life and career
Lee was born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, to James Lee and Catharine Shriner. As a youth, he stud... | english |
Bonnaya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae.
Its native range is Eastern Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Tropical and Subtropical Asia to Northern Australia. .
Species:
Bonnaya aculeata
Bonnaya antipoda
Bonnaya cephalantha
Bonnaya ciliata
Bonnaya cowiei
Bonnaya milindii
Bonnaya mu... | english |
Reiner Hanschke (9 December 1940 – 30 June 2015) was a German field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1940 births
2015 deaths
German male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for the United Team of Germany
Field hockey players at ... | english |
USS Jarvis (DD-799) was a of the United States Navy, the third Navy ship named for Midshipman James C. Jarvis (1787–1800), who was killed at the age of 13 during the historic engagement between the famed frigate and the French frigate La Vengeance.
Jarvis was laid down by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seatt... | english |
Ouvrage Col des Banquettes is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the "Little Maginot Line". The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks and one infantry block facing Italy at the top of the Col des Banquettes, 2 km northwest of Saint-Agnès. The position cont... | english |
László Menyhárth (30 May 1849 – 16 November 1897 in Boroma, South Africa) was a Hungarian missionary and botanical collector.
He studied theology and philosophy in Innsbruck, later serving as a gymnasium teacher in Kalocsa. Here he conducted investigations of the local flora. From around 1890, he worked as a missionar... | english |
The White Earth River is a tributary of the Wild Rice River of northwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Wild Rice River, the Red River of the North, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the Hudson Bay watershed. It rises at the outlet of White Earth Lake and flows northwest through Mahnomen ... | english |
Kaithamukku is a neighbourhood in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), India. Kaithamukku is home of the Trivandrum Passport Office.
Kaithamukku is a busy residential and commercial area in Thiruvananthapuram. It is bordered by Pulimoodu on the east, Fort on the south, Pettah on the north, and Palkulangara on ... | english |
A Night with the Jersey Devil is a song by the American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen.
The song was released as a download-only single, accompanied by a video, on October 31, 2008, as a "Halloween treat" on the artist's website. This release featured a handwritten note by Springsteen:
Dear Friends and Fans... | english |
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