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Alie Street is a 400 metre long street located in Aldgate, Central London. It links Mansell Street with Commercial Road in the East End of London.
For much of its history, the western part was known as Great Alie Street, with the eastern part called Little Alie Street.
History
Originally called Ayliff Street, it was ... | english |
The latest Honduran presidential aircraft were an Embraer Legacy 600 jet, donated by the Taiwanese Government; and a Bell 412 helicopter.
History
Since its first purchase of an IAI 1123 Westwind in 1976, the HAF Westwinds have transported the most senior government officials, both civilian and military, to many countr... | english |
American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians (ASPT) is the second oldest certifying agency for Phlebotomy. The ASPT was founded in 1983.
External links
Website of ASPT
See also
Phlebotomy
Bloodletting
List of healthcare occupations
List of medical organizations
References
Medical and health organizations ba... | english |
This is a list of municipalities in Hungary which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
A
Ábrahámhegy
Dobruška, Czech Republic
Ajka
Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania
Donghai County, China
Rovaniemi,... | english |
Giovanni Battista Maini (6 February 1690 – 29 July 1752) was an Italian sculptor of the Late-Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.
He was born in Cassano Magnago in Lombardy, and died in Rome. He may have had contacts with Foggini in Florence. By 1708, he had moved to Rome where he joined the large studio of Camillo ... | english |
The Best of Board Wargaming is a 1980 book edited by Nicholas Palmer and published by Hippocrene Books.
Contents
The Best of Board Wargaming is a book that was published as a follow-up to The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming (1977).
Reception
Steve Jackson reviewed The Best of Board Wargaming in The Space Gamer... | english |
Charles Hale Morgan (1834–1875) was an American soldier who fought in the Utah Expedition and the American Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier-general for services in the field during the Civil War.
Life
Charles Hale Morgan was born in Manlius, New York, on November 6, 1834. He was graduated at the United Stat... | english |
Sun Records was a jazz record company and label created by Sébastien Bernard in 1971 to distribute the label Center of the World Records, begun by the Free Jazz Quartet Center of the World. The quartet consisted of saxophonist Frank Wright, bassist Alan Silva, pianist Bobby Few, and drummer Muhammad Ali.
Discography
... | english |
James Dennis may refer to:
James Dennis, 1st Baron Tracton (1721–1782), lord chief baron of the Exchequer in Ireland
James Dennis (athlete) (born 1976), American discus thrower
James Blatch Piggott Dennis (1815–1861), British paleontologist
James L. Dennis (born 1936), American judge
James U. Dennis (1823–1900), A... | english |
Abdelmalek Sayad (November 24, 1933, in Beni Djellil, Algeria – March 13, 1998, in Paris, France), was a sociologist, first as an assistant to Pierre Bourdieu, then as a research director at the French CNRS and at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. An expert of the North-African community in France... | english |
Frances Ramsay Simpson (ca 1812 – March 21, 1853) was an English diarist.
The daughter of Geddes Mackenzie Simpson, a London merchant, and Frances Hume Hawkins, she was born in London.
She married her cousin George Simpson of the Hudson's Bay Company in February 1830. In March of the same year, the couple set sail fo... | english |
Preparedness department or variations may refer to:
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Canada)
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Canada)
Canadian Center for Emergency Preparedness
Center for Domestic Preparedness (U.S.)
Center for Public Health Preparedness (U.S.)
United ... | english |
Piano Pieces is a ballet choreographed by Jerome Robbins to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The ballet was made for New York City Ballet's Tchaikovsky Festival, and premiered on June 11, 1981, at the New York State Theater.
Choreography
Piano Pieces is danced by seven principal dancers and a corps de ballet of six ... | english |
The Presbyterian Church in Korea HapDongBoSu II was result of a split in the Presbyterian Church in Korea HapDongBoSu I. It had participated in the union movement to restore the unity of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) but the attempt failed and it became an independent denomination. The HapDongBoSu I is a c... | english |
The Baptism of Christ is a painting by Annibale Carracci.
History of the painting
The work was commissioned in 1583 by Giacomo Canobbi, professor of law at the University of Bologna, for his chapel in the Santi Gregorio e Siro. He was licensed in 1585, the date that appears on the canvas.
This is the second public co... | english |
Psilocybe meridionalis is a psychedelic mushroom which has psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds. This mushroom is closely related to Psilocybe stuntzii but can be distinguished by its smaller spores and the presence of pleurocystidia. This is the only species of Psilocybe from section Stuntzii which has ... | english |
The AAC/AAD 5' leader is a disputed genetic element that was proposed to be a conserved RNA structure that is found upstream of the bacterial aminoglycosides antibiotic-resistant genes and that functions as an aminoglycoside-specific riboswitch. The putative RNA is upstream of aminoglycoside acetyl transferase (AAC) a... | english |
Graeme Otto Hansen (20 March 1934 – 22 August 2007), also known as Hec Hansen, was a New Zealand equestrian.
Career
Hansen was born in Gisborne in 1934 and grew up in Hexton near Gisborne. His parents were Ruie and Eva Hansen, and he had three siblings. His father was riding in the cavalry in WWI and all four children... | english |
The California Highway Commission was established in 1895 and continued until 1978 as the primary state highway bureaucracy in California.
Their first noticeable efforts centered on the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road (eventually to become U.S. Route 50) over the Sierra Nevada. A series of municipal bond issues beginning in 191... | english |
Fort Mitchell National Cemetery is one of the 130 United States National Cemeteries, located in Fort Mitchell, Alabama, adjacent to the state-owned and operated Fort Mitchell Park. It has interred approximately 5,000 individual since it officially opened its site in 1987. It serves as a national cemetery in Federal ... | english |
John Adrian Simpson (August 20, 1854 – September 11, 1916) was a Canadian politician and businessman. Born in Peel County, Canada West, he came west in 1890 and eventually settled in Innisfail, where he opened a lumberyard. He served on Innisfail's first town council, and also in the legislative assemblies of the Nort... | english |
Route 93 or is a national road in the Eastern Region of Iceland. It connects the town of Seyðisfjörður at the coast with the town of Egilsstaðir at the Route 1.
In Seyðisfjörður, the only car ferry port in Iceland, which has international ferry operation, is located. This makes the road to have international signific... | english |
Cytokine is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of cytokines as they relate to multiple disciplines, including molecular biology, immunology, and genetics. It was established in 1989 and is published by Elsevier. It is the official journal of the International Cytokine & Interferon Society. The ... | english |
The New Zealand men's cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in August 2023 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) announced the fixtures for the tour in March 2023. The only previous time that New Zealand played against UAE was in a One Day International (ODI) match at ... | english |
The Braer Storm was the most intense extratropical cyclone ever recorded over the northern Atlantic Ocean. Developing as a weak frontal wave on 8 January 1993, the system moved rapidly northeast. The combination of the absorption of a second low-pressure area to its southeast, a stronger than normal sea surface tempera... | english |
John Adams Sanders (October 16, 1866 – August 14, 1948) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1917 to 1935. He first joined as an associate justice, but was elevated to chief justice in 1921 by Governor Emmet D. Boyle.
Born in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he attended the University of Virginia, an... | english |
Franja may refer to:
La Franja, the area of Catalan-speaking territories of eastern Aragon bordering Catalonia
Franja Transversal del Norte, a region in Guatemala
Antonio Franja (born 1978), Croatian footballer
Ezmiralda Franja (born 1997), Albanian footballer
Franja du Plessis (born 1994), Namibian singer
See a... | english |
The Arrott Building is a skyscraper which is located at Fourth Avenue and Wood Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the list of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 2000.
History and architectural features
Built in 1902, the Arrott Building was designed by Frederic... | english |
Joseph Cummings (March 3, 1817 – May 7, 1890) was an American academic who served as the 5th president of Wesleyan University from 1857 to 1875, the 5th president of Northwestern University from 1881 to 1890, and the president of Genesee College (the predecessor of Syracuse University) from 1854 to 1857.
Early life
J... | english |
Tangja Leela Pakhangba (1445 BC-1405 BC) is the first king of Ancient Manipur (Antique Kangleipak) civilization. He is the father of King Ningthou Kangba (1405 BC-1359 BC) and the grandfather of King Maliyapham Palcha (Koi Koi) (1359 BC-1329 BC). He is the consort of Queen Sinbee Leima, the daughter of the chief of the... | english |
Propertarianism, or proprietarianism, is a political philosophy that reduces all questions of ethics to the right to own property. On property rights, it advocates private property based on Lockean sticky property norms, where an owner keeps their property more or less until they consent to gift or sell it, rejecting t... | english |
Municipal Inn is a historic structure located in LeClaire Park along the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties on March 17, 1999. It is also known as the Levee Inn.
History
According to the records of the city's Levee Improvement... | english |
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1991.
Events
David Malouf won the Miles Franklin Award for The Great World
Major publications
Novels
Peter Carey — The Tax Inspector
Brian Castro — Double-Wolf
Bryce Courtenay — Tandia
Robert Drewe — Our Su... | english |
Sir Roger Beauchamp of Bletsoe was the son and heir presumptive of his father Sir Roger, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Bletsoe who was one of Edward III's leading courtiers and had been summoned to Parliament as Lord Beauchamp of Bletsoe.
The younger Sir Roger died vita patris (c. 1373), perhaps while fighting in France as a... | english |
Döğüşbelen is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Köyceğiz, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,508 (2022).
Geography
Döğüşbelen is at the west of Köyceğiz Lake and considered as the boundary between the geographic regions Mediterranean and Aegean of Turkey. Distance to Köyceğiz is and to Muğl... | english |
Cosmopterix magophila is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States (North Carolina, Arkansas and Michigan) and the Dominican Republic.
Adults have been recorded in May, August and September.
Description
Male. Forewing length 3.3-3.9 mm. Head: frons shining ochreous-grey with greenish a... | english |
Mangalbare is a town located in the Deumai municipality in Ilam District in the Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,593 persons living in 1005 individual households. Now, Mangalbare and dhuseni have become municipality combinedly & has been named as Deumai mun... | english |
The year 1750 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
Thomas Wright suggests that the Milky Way Galaxy is a disk-shaped system of stars with the Solar System near the centre.
Exploration
April 1 – Pehr Osbeck sets out on a primarily botanical expedition to China.
Physics
January 17 –... | english |
Nakatomi was a Dutch happy hardcore act of the mid 1990s, formed by DJs/producers Wessel van Diepen (as DJ Delmundo) and Dennis van Driesschen (as DJ Danski).
Nakatomi began at the end of 1995 with the release of "Free", which spent 6 weeks in the Dutch Top 40, peaking at number 17. The next single, "Children of the N... | english |
Saragossa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species
Saragossa bergi (Kuznezov, 1908)
Saragossa demotica (Püngeler, 1902)
Saragossa incerta (Staudinger, 1896)
Saragossa porosa (Eversmann, 1854)
Saragossa seeboldi Staudinger, 1900
Saragossa siccanorum (Staudinger, 1870)
Saragossa uralica Hacker & Fibig... | english |
Isoglossa ciliata is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae native to southern Africa.
Description
Isoglossa ciliata is a sprawling herbaceous perennial that grows on forest floor and margins, sometimes to 1 meter tall. It occurs from Knysna to KwaZulu-Natal. The leaves are simple, opposite, and ovate. The flow... | english |
The 5000 and 10000 metres distances for men in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup were contested over six races on six occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7–9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lak... | english |
Rose Combe, born Marie-Rosalie Bugne (14 September 1883 – 24 September 1932), was a French railway worker and writer, viewed as an archetype of Proletarian literature. Born into a poor family, despite receiving little education, she was a voracious reader and memorised one of the few books she had access to, an almanac... | english |
(August 5, 1971 – August 2, 2021) was a Japanese professional wrestler, who is best known for his work in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Zero-One.
Career
Early career (1991–1993)
An amateur wrestler in his scholastic years, he enrolled in Submission Arts Wrestling in May 1... | english |
Tumut, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
1901
Elections in the 1890s
1898
1895
1894
1891
Elections in the 1880s
1889
1887
1885
1882
1882 by-election
1880
Electi... | english |
The culture of the Ottoman Empire evolved over several centuries as the ruling administration of the Turks absorbed, adapted and modified the various native cultures of conquered lands and their peoples. There was influence from the customs and languages of nearby Islamic societies, while Persian culture had a signific... | english |
Money Mart Financial Services, formerly Dollar Financial Group, is a financial services company with over 600 locations in Canada and the U.S. The company offers a range of financial services, including installment loan, cash advance/payday loan, check cashing, prepaid card, and money transfer services. It focuses on t... | english |
The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 115 was a prototype light, twin-engine, attack helicopter developed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Ottobrunn, Germany, powered by two Allison 250-C20 turboshafts, and 8 anti-tank missiles. It was based on the mechanical elements of the MBB Bo 105.
See also
References
German milita... | english |
John Jones, D.D. was Dean of Bangor from 1727 until 1750.
Jones was born in Anglesey and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He held a living at Abergwyngregyn and a prebendary of St Asaph.
References
People from Anglesey
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
17th-century Welsh Anglican priests
18th-century Wels... | english |
This is a list of software palettes used by computers. Systems that use a 4-bit or 8-bit pixel depth can display up to 16 or 256 colors simultaneously. Many personal computers in the early 1990s displayed at most 256 different colors, freely selected by software (either by the user or by a program) from their wider ha... | english |
The DOS API is an API which originated with 86-DOS and is used in MS-DOS/PC DOS and other DOS-compatible operating systems. Most calls to the DOS API are invoked using software interrupt 21h (INT 21h). By calling INT 21h with a subfunction number in the AH processor register and other parameters in other registers, va... | english |
Épaule du Marboré is a pyrenean summit, culminating at in the Monte Perdido Range, marking the Franco-Spanish border. It lies on the Greenwich meridien.
Geography
Topography
The Tour du Marboré forms part of the range above Cirque de Gavarnie. It marks the border between the Pyrenees National Park of France and the... | english |
Alejo Calatayud (c. 1705 – January 31, 1731) was a Mestizo silversmith from Oropesa, Cochabamba province in present-day Bolivia. In 1730 Calatayud led a violent rebellion, and became a local hero amongst the plebeian masses of the province.
Calatayud belonged to the sector of educated Mestizos, and was a member of the... | english |
Berlin Brandenburger Tor (in German Bahnhof Berlin Brandenburger Tor) – formerly Berlin Unter den Linden (1936-2009) – is an underground railway station in the central Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, located on the Unter den Linden boulevard near Hotel Adlon, Pariser Platz and Brandenburg Gate. It is served by the B... | english |
George Latham (died 1871) was an English architect and surveyor, who practised from on office in Nantwich, Cheshire. His works include churches, country houses, a workhouse, a bank, and a market hall. Hartwell et al. in the Buildings of England series consider that his finest work was Arley Hall. He designed buildin... | english |
Ceca Krasimirova Dimitrova (born 24 January 1980) more commonly known as Ceci Krasimirova, has been a Bulgarian fashion model since 1990. She is currently continuing her modeling career while building her own private business in various fields.
Early life
Ceci Krasimirova was born in Mezdra, Bulgaria. In 1988 she, alo... | english |
Jóvito Villalba Gutiérrez (March 23, 1908 – July 8, 1989), was a Venezuelan lawyer and politician, member of the Generation of 1928, founder of the party URD (Democratic Republican Union) and signer of the Puntofijo Pact.
See also
List of Venezuelans
References
Biography at Venezuelatuya.com
Biography of the Jo... | english |
Gentiana autumnalis, the pine barren gentian, is a tall flowering plant in the Gentianaceae family. It is native to eastern North America coastal pinebarrens from New Jersey to South Carolina. Fire suppression, invasive weeds, and the altering of natural water flows all pose threats to rare native populations of G. au... | english |
Caribou is the second largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. Its population was 8,189 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
Nylander Museum is a well known musuem in the area.
References
Other websites
City... | english |
Wellsoceras is a tetragonoceratid that starts off with an evolute shell in which whorls are in contact, but has a mature living chamber that diverges and becomes free. The whorl section is slightly wider than high and is faintly subquadrangular. Flanks are slightly convex and tend to converge very slightly toward the... | english |
The John the Baptist Mountains are a small mountain range in western Pima County, Arizona, approximately southwest of the town of Ajo, Arizona. The range is approximately long and about wide at its widest point. The highpoint of the range is 2,161 feet above sea level and is located at 32°15'24"N, 112°54'24"W (NAD 1... | english |
Alcetas I (390/385 – 370 BC) was a king of Epirus, the son of Tharrhypas.
Biography
Alcetas was expelled from his kingdom for unknown reasons, and took refuge with Dionysius I of Syracuse, by whom he was reinstated.
After Alcetas' restoration, he allied with the Athenians, and with Jason of Pherae, the Tagus of The... | english |
The Los Rios Historic District is an historic district and neighborhood in the city of San Juan Capistrano, California. With buildings dating to 1794, it is the oldest continually occupied neighborhood in the state. The nearby Mission San Juan Capistrano was the first of the 21 California Missions to have Indians, sol... | english |
Peace and Offerings is the fourth extended play by English singer and songwriter Katy B, released on 5 November 2021 through Rinse. It is her first release in five years, following 2016's Honey. The EP is a departure from Katy B's previous dance and house style, marking a move into neo soul and R&B territory. It was pr... | english |
The culture of capitalism or capitalist culture is the set of social practices, social norms, values and patterns of behavior that are attributed to the capitalist economic system in a capitalist society. Capitalist culture promotes the accumulation of capital and the sale of commodities, where individuals are primaril... | english |
Lamport railway station on the Northampton and Market Harborough railway opened on 16 February 1859 serving the villages of Lamport, Maidwell, Hanging Houghton as well as Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, England. It ran half a mile (ca.800 m) west of the village towards Maidwell just north of the road which was crossed ... | english |
Lycée Molière may refer to:
In France:
in Paris
Outside France (includes two schools in Spain also known as Liceo Molière or Liceo Francés Molière):
Lycée Molière de Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lycée Français Molière de Villanueva de la Cañada in Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
Lycée Français Molière... | english |
The 2014 Toyota Premier Cup was the 4th Toyota Premier Cup. It's a single-game cup competition organized by the Toyota and Football Association of Thailand. It features Buriram United the winners of the 2013 Thai League Cup and Nagoya Grampus an invited team from the 2013 J.League Division 1 (Japan). It features at Tha... | english |
Carrollton High School is the high school for the Carrollton Community Unit School District #1, located in Carrollton, Illinois.
History
The current high school was dedicated in 1956.
Athletics
Carrollton High School's athletic teams are known as the Hawks, and field 13 athletic teams (7 boys and 6 girls). They are m... | english |
François de Clermont-Tonnerre (1629 – 15 February 1701) was a French aristocrat and cleric. He served as the Count of Noyon, Bishop of Noyon, a pair de France and a member of the Conseil d'État.
Early life
Jean François de Clermont-Tonnerre was born in 1629. He was the younger son of comte François de Clermont-Tonnerr... | english |
Terry L. Huitink (December 2, 1951 – June 22, 2014) was an American jurist.
Born in Orange City, Iowa, Huitink moved with his family to Ireton, Iowa in 1961. He graduated from West Sioux High School in 1970. He received his bachelor's degree from University of Iowa and his law degree from Drake University. He practice... | english |
The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. During the French Revolution, in 1790, the county of Flanders was annexed to France and ceased to exist. In the 19th cent... | english |
Chang Hsiu-ya (; September 16, 1919 – June 29, 2001) was a renowned female writer from Taiwan, also known by her baptismal name Cecilia (則濟利亞). She used pen names such as Chen Lan (陳藍), Chang Ya-lan (張亞藍), Hsin-ching (心井, literally "Well of Heart"), and others. Born in Cang County, Hebei Province, China, her family mov... | english |
The ceremonial county of Norfolk has returned nine MPs to the UK Parliament since 2010.
Number of seats
The table below shows the number of MPs representing Norfolk at each major redistribution of seats affecting the county.
1Prior to 1950, seats were classified as County Divisions or Parliamentary Boroughs. Since 1... | english |
Lakebay is an unincorporated community in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Lakebay is located at the head of Mayo Cove on the east side of the Key Peninsula, south of Home. Lakebay has a post office with ZIP code 98349.
The community derives its name from nearby Bay Lake.
References
External links
Unincor... | english |
The (JSPS), also known as Gakushin, is an independent administrative institution in Japan.
JSPS exists to contribute to the advancement of all fields of the natural and social sciences and the humanities.
History
The Society was created in 1932. An endowment given by Emperor Shōwa helped establish Gakushin.
Popula... | english |
The Old Crow Review was an English-language literary magazine established in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1990 by publisher John Gibney, owner of FkB Press, and its editor-in-chief Tawnya Kelley-Tiskus. It published infrequently and distributed locally with a very small circulation; between 1993 and 2005 thirteen issues w... | english |
Slovakia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia.
The Slovak Olympic Committee fielded a team of 51 athletes, 32 men and 19 women, ac... | english |
Givskud is a little town in southern Jutland with a population of 605 (1 January 2023). The town is located in Vejle Municipality in the Region of Southern Denmark.
Other than Givskud Church it consisted of only a few farms, a school and a rectory in the 19th century. Later an inn was built. It was not until 1969 that... | english |
The Patriarchal text, or Patriarchal Text (PT), originally officially published as The New Testament, Approved by the Great Church of Christ (Greek: Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη ἐγκρίσει τῆς Μεγάλης τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἐκκλησίας), is an edition of the New Testament published by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on 22 February ... | english |
A lucet is a tool used in cordmaking or braiding which is believed to date back to the Viking and Medieval periods, when it was used to create cords that were used on clothing, or to hang items from the belt. Lucet cord is square, strong, and slightly springy. It closely resembles knitted I-cord or the cord produced on... | english |
Lake Byllesby is a 1,432-acre (580 ha) artificial lake on the Cannon River in Dakota and Goodhue counties, in the U.S. State of Minnesota. The lake was formed as a result of construction of the Byllesby Dam by the H.M. Byllesby & Company, which would later become Northern States Power Company for hydroelectric power ge... | english |
Thein Maung (; January 2, 1891—May 23, 1946) was a Burmese politician and a medical doctor. He was the first Burmese ambassador to Japan and was one of the 21-leader members of the YMBA and the GCBA.
Early life
Thein Maung was born on January 2, 1891, in Paungde, Myanmar. He attended Paungde Government Middle School, ... | english |
Albert Clanton Spaulding (August 13, 1914 – May 29, 1990) was an American anthropologist and processual archaeologist who encouraged the application of quantitative statistics in archaeological research and the legitimacy of anthropology as a science. His push for thorough statistical analysis in the field triggered a... | english |
John Fleeming or John Fleming was a printer, publisher and bookseller in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century.
Biography
Fleeming moved from Scotland to Boston around 1764. In 1765 he worked with William M'Alpine as a publisher/bookseller on Marlborough Street. A few years later, with John Mein he published the... | english |
Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour is a non-fiction book by UK-based journalist and author Hsiao-Hung Pai, first published in 2008. It is about the lives of migrant workers from China in the UK. The book was shortlisted for the 2009 Orwell Prize and reviewed by The Wall Street Journ... | english |
is a former professional sumo wrestler from Lesozavodsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia. After an initial influx of Russian wrestlers from the early 2000s, he was the last ethnic Russian in top level sumo. He made his debut in May 2002 and, after a serious knee injury in 2012 sent him down the rankings, reached the top makuuc... | english |
Here is a list of mergers in Gunma Prefecture, Japan since the Heisei era.
Mergers from April 1, 1999 to Present
On April 1, 2003 - the town of Manba, and the village of Nakasato (both from Tano District) were merged to create the town of Kanna.
On December 5, 2004 - the town of Ōgo, and the villages of Kasukawa and... | english |
The Western Canada Cup (WCC); was the Junior 'A' ice hockey championship for western Canada from 2013 to 2017. The annual five-team event consisted of the host team and the champions from the four western leagues (Alberta Junior Hockey League, British Columbia Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League, and Saskatche... | english |
Midrash Esfah (Hebrew: מדרש אספה) is one of the smaller midrashim, which as yet is known only from a few excerpts in Yalkut Shimoni and two citations in Sefer Raziel and Ha-Roḳeaḥ.
It receives its name from Numbers 11:16: "Gather unto me ["Esfah-li"] seventy men of the elders of Israel." In Yalkut Shimoni §736 a citat... | english |
The Czech National Road Race Championships are held annually to decide the Czech cycling champions in the road race discipline, across various categories. The event was first held in 1994.
Men
Under-23
Women
See also
Czech National Time Trial Championships
National Road Race Championships
References
National road... | english |
Surduc may refer to the following places in Romania:
Surduc, a commune located in Sălaj County
Surduc, a village in Copăcel Commune, Bihor County
Surduc, a village in Iara Commune, Cluj County
Surduc Pass, a mountain pass in the Gorj and Hunedoara counties of Southwestern Romania
Surduc (Bega), a river in Timiș C... | english |
Andrey Kuznetsov was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to participate in the juniors.
Márton Fucsovics defeated Benjamin Mitchell in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.
Seeds
Jason Kubler (third round)
Agustín Velotti (first round)
Tia... | english |
The 1992 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday 12 March 1992. It was the 65th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Cool Ground. The winner was ridden by Adrian Maguire and trained by Toby Balding. The pre-race favourite Carvill's Hill finished fifth.
It was a ... | english |
In organic chemistry, peptide synthesis is the production of peptides, compounds where multiple amino acids are linked via amide bonds, also known as peptide bonds. Peptides are chemically synthesized by the condensation reaction of the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another. Protecting group st... | english |
The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) leadership election of 2005 happened when incumbent Vladimír Špidla resigned as a result of party's poor performance in European Parliament election. Stanislav Gross and Zdeněk Škromach duelled in the election. Gross was front-runner and was endorsed by 12 regional organisations... | english |
Ogle is a village in and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whalton, Northumberland, England, north-west of Ponteland and south-west of Morpeth. The surname Ogle comes from here, where the Ogle family built Ogle Castle and owned Kirkley Hall. In 1951 the parish had a population of 122.
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Ogle was form... | english |
The Gasport Formation is a geologic formation in the Appalachian Basin and Michigan Basin. This is one of the reef formations separating the Appalachian Basin from the Michigan Basin and the Ohio Basin. It is a part of the Lockport Group of carbonates. It is the lowest and oldest formation within the Lockport. The Gasp... | english |
Rhode Island Hospital is a private, not-for-profit hospital located in the Upper South Providence neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the largest academic medical center in the region, affiliated with Brown University since 1959. As an acute care teaching hospital, Rhode Island Hospital is the principal pro... | english |
Seraphim Rose (born Eugene Dennis Rose; August 13, 1934 – September 2, 1982), also known as Seraphim of Platina, was an American hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who co-founded the Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, California. He translated Eastern Orthodox Christian texts and authored... | english |
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