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HMS Colchester was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard according to the dimensions specified in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 14 August 1744.
Shipwreck
After being commissioned under Captain Frederick Cornewall, Colche... | english |
Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe is a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, having been appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009. (She was the first ambassador following the referent UN body changing from the predecessor United Nations Commission on Human Rights.) After ... | english |
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school.
The original purpose of medieval grammar schools was the teaching of Lati... | english |
Citioica is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
Citioica anthonilis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) — Ecuador, Mexico
Citioica guyaensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Citioica homonea (Rothschild, 1907) — Ecuador
Citioica rubrocanescens Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Reference... | english |
Nitroethane is an organic compound having the chemical formula C2H5NO2. Similar in many regards to nitromethane, nitroethane is an oily liquid at standard temperature and pressure. Pure nitroethane is colorless and has a fruity odor.
Preparation
Nitroethane is produced industrially by treating propane with nitric a... | english |
Henry Einspruch (born Khaim-Yekhiel Aynshprukh in Tarnów, Galicia, 27 December 1892 – 4 January 1977), was a Galician-born Jew who converted to Lutheranism, becoming a Messianic missionary affiliated with the Hebrew Christian movement. Einspruch translated Christian literature into Yiddish, Hebrew, Polish, Russian, an... | english |
This is a list of seasons completed by the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. It documents the team's season-by-season records, including postseason records, and also includes year-end awards won by the team's players and/or coaches.
With seventeen NBA Championships, the Celtics are tied with the L... | english |
Chauncey Thomas Kirby (October 15, 1871 – October 23, 1950) was a Canadian ice hockey player in the 1890s for the Ottawa Hockey Club of the Ontario Hockey Association and Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC). He was a member of the three-time Ottawa champions from 1891 to 1893. He played in the original Stanley ... | english |
The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec (LHSQ) was the first historical society, and one of the first learned societies, in Canada. It was founded in 1824 by George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie, governor of British North America. Its headquarters are still located in Quebec City.
After several moves and two fires, ... | english |
Spring Grove is a town in Wayne Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 344 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Spring Grove is located at (39.847281, -84.890433).
According to the 2010 census, Spring Grove has a total area of , of which (or 99.69%) is land and (or 0.31%) is water.
Demo... | english |
"So Fine" is a 1982 soul/dance single by Howard Johnson, former lead singer of Niteflyte. The single made it to number one on the dance charts for one week. "So Fine" peaked at number six on the soul singles chart, but failed to make the Hot 100. Fonzi Thornton provided vocals on the single. A music video for the si... | english |
Fairport is an unincorporated community in northeastern DeKalb County, Missouri, United States. The community is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fairport is located at the intersection of Missouri Routes A and E approximately nine miles north of Maysville.
A post office called Fairport wa... | english |
Southside High School is a 5A public high school in the Southside Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas (United States). Southside High School serves the far south side of the city of San Antonio. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Athletics
The Southside Cardinals ... | english |
Quesnelia augustocoburgii is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil (the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro). It was first described by Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee in 1880. It is found in the Atlantic Forest ecoregion of southeastern Brazil. The name is sometimes spelt with a h... | english |
The Chur–Arosa railway line, also called the Arosabahn, Arosalinie, Aroserbahn or Aroserlinie (all meaning Arosa railway or line), is a Swiss metre-gauge railway line, which is owned and operated by the Rhaetian Railway (; RhB). It was built in 1914 by the Chur-Arosa-Bahn (; ChA) to connect the Grisons capital, Chur, w... | english |
Long Plain Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 19 Depot Road in Leverett, Massachusetts. The cemetery is located on the south side of the street about west of Leverett center. The cemetery, whose oldest documented burials date to 1781, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. Its burials inclu... | english |
2014–15 WBFAL was the third edition of Women Basketball Friendship Adriatic League. Participated five teams from three countries, champion became the team of Ragusa Dubrovnik.
Team information
Regular season
Final
External links
Season 2014-15 at eurobasket.com
2014–15
2014–15 in European women's basketball league... | english |
Glazed carrots or candied carrots are a vegetable side dish in Europe and the United States made with carrots caramelized in butter and brown sugar, sometimes with the addition of an acidic ingredient like orange juice. It is considered a traditional food, similar to scalloped potatoes or dinner rolls. Some families in... | english |
The Poeciliini is a tribe of killifishes from the "livebearer" family Poeciliidae, consisting of six genera and just over 100 species.
Genera
The genera classified in this tribe are:
Limia Poey, 1854
Micropoecilia Hubbs, 1926
Pamphorichthys Regan, 1913
Phallichthys Hubbs, 1924
Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801
X... | english |
Cindy Wright is an artist who was born in Herentals, Belgium on November 29, 1972. She earned a Master in the Visual Arts (painting) from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) in 1996 and a laureate at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp in 2006. She currently lives and works in Antwerp.
She is best known... | english |
Diego Cabeza de Vaca (died 1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Crotone (1623–1625).
Biography
A native of the diocese of Seville (Hispalis) in Spain, he was a doctor of theology and a Canon of the cathedral Chapter of Tuy (Tudensis) in Spain. He served as Visitor General of the bishop of Segovi... | english |
Quixey was a company located in Mountain View, California. Quixey search, which it called "functional", allowed apps to be searched for by the actions the app can perform instead of requiring the user to know the name of the app. In 2015, Quixey raised a $60 million investment round at a valuation of approximately $600... | english |
The 2014–15 Idaho State Bengals women's basketball team represented Idaho State University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bengals, led by seventh year head coach Seton Sobolewski, played ten of their home games at Reed Gym. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished th... | english |
Bulgaria competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
Boys
Girls
Biathlon
Boys
Girls
Mixed
Cross-country skiing
Boys
Figure skating
Singles
Ice hockey
Mixed NOC 3x3 tournament
Boys
Nino Tomov
Girls
Maria Runevska
Luge
Boys
Sh... | english |
Mickael Korvin is a Franco-American author and translator. He is the creator of a French spelling reform called "nouvofrancet", an extremely simplified orthography for French.
Works
Fluent in the English and French languages, Korvin has alternated between writing novels in French and English, and translating foreign t... | english |
The Conservatório Dramático e Musical de São Paulo (Musical and Dramatic Conservatory of São Paulo) was a conservatory for students of music in São Paulo, Brazil.
The Conservatory was founded on February 15, 1906, and inaugurated officially on March 12 of that year. In 1909 it moved to its last location on Avenida Sã... | english |
is a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's marathon event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. She finished in 11th place. She also competed in the 2017 Tokyo Marathon and the 2018 Tokyo Marathon held in Tokyo, Japan.
References
External links
1991 births
Living people
Japanese fe... | english |
The Utsubo Tennis Center is a tennis complex situated in the Utsubo Park, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan. The complex was the host of the HP Open (WTA International tournaments) from 2009 through 2014. The stadium court has a capacity of 5,000 people, second court has a capacity of 500 people.
External links
Utsubo Tennis Ce... | english |
Medhurst Green is a hamlet in Cheshire, England that forms part of the civil parish of Brereton. It consists mainly of two farms, Upper and Lower Medhurst Green Farm, which were also known as Meadowsgreen Farm and Lower Meadowsgreen Farm. The former is located on the A534 road about west of Congleton where a minor roa... | english |
Magna may refer to:
Companies
Magna (bicycle company)
Magna Corporation, an American public company
Magna Entertainment Corp., gaming and horse racing company
Magna Home Entertainment, entertainment distributor also known as Magna Pacific
Magna International, Canadian automotive supplier
Magna Publishing Group, ... | english |
The Bangkok Art Biennale is a biennial contemporary art exhibition held in Bangkok, Thailand, following the biennale format. The event was first held in 2018, and features exhibits by local and international artists spread across multiple venues including temples, shopping malls and public spaces, held over a period of... | english |
Channelized in a telecommunications environment means that the line that communications have been transmitted over contains more than one message thread, separated in some fashion.
Typical channelization methods include packetizing, frequency-division multiplexing, and time-division multiplexing.
See also Channel (co... | english |
"I Thought About You" is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
Background
It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the Mercer-Morris publishing company started by Mercer and former Warner Bros. publisher Buddy Morris. The other two were called "Blue Ra... | english |
Colorvision may refer to:
Color vision, the ability of an organism or machine to distinguish objects based on the wavelengths (or frequencies) of the light they reflect, emit, or transmit.
Color Visión, a television network based in the Dominican Republic
Romtec Colorvision, an tabletop/handheld video game console f... | english |
The Australian–American Memorial is in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, and commemorates the help given by the United States during the Pacific War.
Background
In 1948 the Australian-American Association proposed "to establish a Memorial in Canberra in the form of a monument or statue, to perpetuate the se... | english |
Weinmannia tomentosa, the encenillo, is a tree native of the highlands of the Andean region of Colombia, which belongs to the family Cunoniaceae. A synonym for Weinmannia tomentosa is Windmannia tomentosa.
Description
It is a large tree, with small light green leaves (), with white backside, and raquis with small win... | english |
"Active class" may refer to:
, a class of eight fifth-rate frigates operated by the British Royal Navy from 1780 to 1830
Active-class schooner, a class of six schooners operated by the United States Revenue Cutter Service from 1867 to 1874
, a class of three scout cruisers operated by the British Royal Navy from 191... | english |
Discoid meniscus is a rare human anatomic variant that usually affects the lateral meniscus of the knee. Usually a person with this anomaly has no complaints; however, it may present as pain, swelling, or a snapping sound heard from the affected knee. Strong suggestive findings on magnetic resonance imaging includes a ... | english |
Gleichen was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1963.
History
Gleichen was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 19... | english |
The Guts and Glory series is a four-book series written by Ben Thompson between 2014 and 2017. The series is written to appeal to children between the ages of eight and twelve, and focuses on violent and dramatic events. The books are all illustrated by C.M. Butzer.
Guts & Glory: The American Civil War
On October 28, ... | english |
The Postal and Telecommunications Workers' Union was a trade union representing communication workers in Ireland.
The union was founded in 1923 when the Irish Postal Union merged with the Irish Postal Workers' Union and the Irish Post Office Engineering Union (IPOEU), and was initially named the United Postal Union. ... | english |
Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based on the River Tyne at Wallsend, North East England.
History
Charles Algernon Parsons founded the company in 1897 with £500,000 of capital. It specialised in building the steam turbine engines that he had invented for marine use. The first vess... | english |
Diederimyces is a genus of fungi in the family Verrucariaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Diederimyces fuscideae.
The genus name of Diederimyces is in honour of Paul Diederich (b.1959) Luxemburg born mathematician and botanist (Mycology and Lichenology).
The genus was circumscribed by Javier Et... | english |
Magda Rurac (née Berescu;11 July 1918 – 9 May 1995) was a Romanian tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s.
Rurac was ranked in the top 10 in unofficial world rankings in 1948 and 1949. For that reason, she is considered by many to be one of the best female players to come out of Romania. She played for Romania's Federat... | english |
Becker's sign, or Becker's phenomenon, is the presence of visible (through an ophthalmoscope) pulsation of retinal arteries, found in patients with aortic insufficiency or Graves' disease.
The sign was named after Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker.
See also
Corrigan's pulse
De Musset's sign
Muller's sign
Quincke's sign
... | english |
Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram (13 April 1930 – 8 October 1959) also known as Pattukottaiyar was an Indian Tamil poet and lyricist. Considered to be one of the most popular Tamil lyricist of the 1950s. He is particularly remembered for the philosophy-tinged lyrics he penned for M. G. Ramachandran's movies.
Early life
H... | english |
Laughlin is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad west-southwest of Potter Valley, at an elevation of 863 feet (263 m).
A post office operated at Laughlin for a time in 1892, and from 1903 to 1911. The name honors James H. Laughlin, Jr., a land... | english |
The Britannia class was the Cunard Line's initial fleet of wooden paddlers that established the first year round scheduled Atlantic steamship service in 1840. By 1845, steamships carried half of the transatlantic saloon passengers and Cunard dominated this trade. While the units of the Britannia class were solid perf... | english |
Ramkrishna Biswas (16 January 1910 – 4 August 1931) was an Indian revolutionary and martyr. He was an active member of Surya Sen's revolutionary group.
Early life
Biswas was born in Saroatali, Chittagong in British India. His father's name was Durga Kripa Biswas. In 1928, Biswas came first in an entrance examination a... | english |
Telax Hosted Call Center, is the trading name of Telax Voice Solutions Inc., formerly Telax Systems Inc. A privately held application service provider delivering automatic call distribution (ACD), self-service IVR, business intelligence tools and VoIP services, to a network of enterprises, government organizations, IS... | english |
013NEWS is a South African provincial online newspaper, published by Mfiso Media in Mpumalanga. It was founded on 1 August 2016 to focus on Mpumalanga news, politics, government, local lifestyle and business. The site is developed by the Southern Sons Group.
The paper was named 2020's best Mpumalanga newspaper by MEA ... | english |
The Mail, known as The Madras Mail till 1928, was an English-language daily evening newspaper published in the Madras Presidency (later Madras State, and then, Tamil Nadu) from 1868 to 1981. It was the first evening newspaper in India which is now operating as a news and media website.
History
The Madras Mail was sta... | english |
The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Sierra Madre, California is an historic church that was built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is site #7 on Sierra Madre designated historical landmarks list. There are forty-eight properties listed on Sierra Madre's Designated His... | english |
The New York Metropolitans were a Major League Baseball team that played in New York City. They played in the American Association from 1883 through 1887. During their time as a Major League team, the Metropolitans employed five different managers. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership o... | english |
Nellie A. Goodhue (September 20, 1869 – July 19, 1957) made pioneering contributions to the education of handicapped and exceptional children. Working with the University of Washington Goodhue participated in studies to evaluate the background and educational abilities of children with special needs and conducted clini... | english |
The 23rd Dáil was elected at the February 1982 general election on 18 February 1982 and met on 9 March 1982. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. On 4 November 1982, President Patrick Hillery dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoi... | english |
The Olivetti company, an Italian manufacturer of computers, tablets, smartphones, printers and other such business products as calculators and fax machines, was founded as a typewriter manufacturer by Camillo Olivetti in 1908 in the Turin commune of Ivrea, Italy.
Olivetti was a pioneer in computer development, startin... | english |
Duranbah Beach ( ), officially known as Flagstaff Beach, is the northernmost beach in New South Wales. Located in the Tweed Shire, Duranbah Beach is situated between the mouth of the Tweed River and the rocky headland Point Danger which also marks the Queensland-New South Wales border. The beach is 350 meters in length... | english |
Coleophora fuscocuprella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, Albania and Romania and from Ireland to Russia.
The wingspan is . The head is shining dark bronzy-fuscous, and the antennae are dark fuscous; apical half white with dark fuscous rings, indistinct towar... | english |
Vidin-Progresul is a neighborhood located in the NNE of Brăila, Romania roughly between "Calea Galaţi" (eastern boundary) and Izlaz (southern boundary).
History
Vidin-Progresul is a new area built over the existing neighborhood in the mid-to-late 1970s. Old houses have been demolished and new buildings, block-houses, ... | english |
Doman is a surname. It is of English Origin and means "doom-man" or judge.
Notable people with the surname include:
Amanda Doman (born 1977), Australian softball player
Brandon Doman (born 1976), American college football quarterback, coach and offensive coordinator
David Doman, American engineer
Cătălin Doman (born ... | english |
Giulio Masetti (died 2 September 1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1585–1592).
Biography
On 7 October 1585, Giulio Masetti was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Reggio Emilia.
On 13 October 1585, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardi... | english |
The Car of the Century (COTC) was an international award given to the most important car of the Twentieth Century. The election was run by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation. The winner was the Ford Model T. It was announced at an awards event on 18 December 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The final results
Refer... | english |
Cibea is one of 54 parishes in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.
Villages
L'Abechera
Ḷḷamera
La Riela de Cibea
La Reguera'l Cabu
Sigueiru
Sonande
Surrodiles
Vaḷḷáu
Viḷḷar de los Indianos
Viḷḷeirín
References
Parishes in Cangas d... | english |
Blocked is a 2009 puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch made by Joel Rosenberg.
Development
The game was based on the puzzle game Rush Hour.
Game description
The player maneuvers around gray blocks until a blue rock can escape. Blocks can only move left and right or up and down. The game has 100 challenges in 20 ... | english |
Andersons Primary School is a state run Primary school serving the town of Forres, Scotland.
History
In 1814 a local man by the name of Jonathan Anderson founded Anderson's Free School on the site of Forres House Community Centre. This later became Anderson's Institute, then Forres Academy before being converted to a ... | english |
Toivola Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 170. Toivola is a name Finnish in origin.
Saint Louis County Highway 5 (CR 5) serves as a main route in Toivola Township.
CR 5 runs north–south through the middle of the township.
County Road 52 (Ar... | english |
A rhombic antenna is made of four sections of wire suspended parallel to the ground in a diamond or "rhombus" shape. Each of the four sides is the same length – about a quarter-wavelength to one wavelength per section – converging but not touching at an angle of about 42° at the fed end and at the far end. The length ... | english |
Kral Turkey Music Awards (previously known as Kral TV Video Music Awards between 1995 and 2009, Kral Music Awards between 2009 and 2012, and Turkey Music Awards between 2013 and 2016) were the annual music awards in Turkey. The first awards were given in 1995. Award ceremony was held in Haliç Congress Center in last tw... | english |
The Bodstedter Bodden is a lagoon, of the type known as a bodden, that is part of the Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain and the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park in northeastern Germany. It lies south of the peninsula of Fischland-Darß-Zingst on the coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The heavily indented, reed fringed... | english |
Francesco Rondinelli (4 October 1589 – 30 January 1665) was a Florentine scholar and academic of the Seicento.
Biography
Francesco Rondinelli was born in Florence on October 4, 1589 to Raffaello and Ortensia Rondinelli. He studied at the University of Pisa. Rondinelli was a prominent member of the Accademia Fiorenti... | english |
Governor Williams may refer to:
Abraham J. Williams (1781–1839), 3rd Governor of Missouri
Arnold Williams (American politician) (1898–1970), 21st Governor of Idaho
Benjamin Williams (1751–1814), 11th Governor of North Carolina
Charles K. Williams (1782–1853), 20th Governor of Vermont
David Rogerson Williams (1776–1830... | english |
The Brunswick and Pensacola Railroad was a logging line established in 1894. Owned by the Suwannee Canal Company, the railroad ran from Folkston, Georgia, to the Suwanee Canal on the East edge of the Okefenokee Swamp near Camp Cornelia, Georgia.
Logging railroads in the United States
Defunct Georgia (U.S. state) rail... | english |
The American Henley Regatta was a popular and inclusive regatta for the sport of rowing in the United States. Unlike the national championship regattas of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, which focussed primarily on boat clubs as participants, the American Henley included, in addition to boat clubs, college... | english |
Asio is a genus of typical owls, or true owls, in the family Strigidae. This group has representatives over most of the planet, and the short-eared owl is one of the most widespread of all bird species, breeding in Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands. Its geographic ra... | english |
Tall Khosrow (, also Romanized as Tal-e Khosrow; also known as Tal-e Khosravī, Tall-e Khosrow-ye Soflá, and Tall Khosravī Pā'īn) was a village in Sarrud-e Jonubi Rural District of the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,82... | english |
Naupactus leucoloma is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.
Description
The adult of Naupactus leucoloma is dark grey in colour with two lighter-coloured bands running longitudinally down its thorax and head. They are between 8-12mm long, and 4mm wide at the abdomen. The body of N. leuco... | english |
Loewen is a spelling variant of the word Löwen which means "lions" in German. This spelling is uncommon in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (as in the most common German language dialects ö is used usually instead of oe, while in English ö and oe are the same thing) and a surname with this spelling is usually used by ... | english |
Kim Yoon-ok, also called Kim Yun-ok, (, born 26 March 1947) is the wife of Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea .
Her family runs a construction company in Daegu. She and her husband Lee Myung-bak met at the College of Health Education at Ewha Womans University.
On December 19, 1970, after graduation fro... | english |
Maurice Jay is a radio and television personality in Northern Ireland. He is currently the Programme Controller for U105, a Belfast-based radio station that is part of the Wireless Group. Jay played lead roles in over 100 UK-wide performances of West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein. He was included in the Sound of 2008... | english |
Kansas's 34th Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Ed Berger since 2017; Berger was defeated in the 2020 Republican primary by Mark Steffen.
Geography
District 34 covers all of Reno County and parts of Kingman County to the west of Wichita, including the co... | english |
Sphegina angustata is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae found in Nepal. It's similar to S. abbreviata, though it's differentiated by having only a dorsal sublobe posteriorly on the male superior lobe instead of both dorsal and ventral, and by having the dorsal sublobe be long and pointed instead of apically... | english |
Ophryotrocha craigsmithi is a species of polychaete worm. O. craigsmithi is named after Craig R. Smith. This species is similar to Palpiphitime lipovskyae and O. Platykephale, among others, in having branchial structures dorsally and ventrally. It differs from O. platykephale in the shape of its prostomium and parapodi... | english |
The 2018–19 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represents the University of Richmond during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spiders, led by fourteenth year head coach Michael Shafer, play their home games at the Robins Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished... | english |
General Sir James Willcocks, (1 April 1857 – 18 December 1926) was a British Army officer who spent most of his career in India and Africa and held high command during the First World War.
Early life and education
Willcocks was born in Baraut, Meerut District, British India, the son of an officer in the East India Co... | english |
The House of Catargiu is the name of an old and influential Moldavian noble family of the Tupilați region, whose members played important political role in the history of Wallachia, Moldavia and Romania.
Notable members
Alexandru Ștefan Catargiu (18251897), a Romanian politician
Barbu Catargiu (18071862), a conser... | english |
Towaninny is a locality in the Victoria, Australia, located approximately 35 km from Wycheproof, Victoria.
Towaninnie (sic) Post Office opened on 1 October 1864 and closed in 1953. The pastoral run here was known as Towaninnie, but when the area was surveyed and gazetted as a parish in 1871 the spelling was Towaninny.... | english |
1808 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
March 13 – Frederick VI becomes king of Denmark. The next day, Denmark declares war on Sweden.
March 19 – Charles IV of Spain leaves the throne for his son, Ferdinand VII.
November 15 – Mahmud II (1808–1839) succeeds Mustafa IV (1807–1808) as... | english |
MSC Armonia is a Lirica-class cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises. Originally built in 2001 for the now defunct Festival Cruises as MS European Vision, she has operated for MSC since 2004. At 58,600 gross tons, she can accommodate 2,065 passengers in 783 cabins and 760 crew members.
History
European Vision ... | english |
The 2022 Women's EuroHockey Club Trophy will be the 45th edition of the women's Women's EuroHockey Club Trophy, Europe's secondary club field hockey tournament organized by the EHF. It will be held from 15 to 18 April 2022 at HC Argentia in Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy.
Teams
The following seven teams will compete for... | english |
Paweł Kubisz (12 May 1907 – 19 August 1968) was a Polish poet, writer, journalist, and activist. He was one of the most important poets from the Trans-Olza region of Cieszyn Silesia.
Biography
Kubisz was born to a poor worker's family in the village of Końska. He attended pedagogic schools in Cieszyn-Bobrek and Ostrz... | english |
The broad ligament of the uterus is the wide fold of peritoneum that connects the sides of the uterus to the walls and floor of the pelvis.
Structure
Subdivisions
Contents
The contents of the broad ligament include the following:
Reproductive
uterine tubes (or Fallopian tube)
ovary (some sources consider the ova... | english |
Kamarajar Road is an arterial road in city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. This road connects Singanallur and Hope College.It acts as a major link between Avinashi Road and Trichy Road,the two major arterial roads in Coimbatore city.
Alignment
The road is a two lane road from Hope College to Singanallur.
Bus termin... | english |
Nationalarenan, currently known as Friends Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Located next to the lake Råstasjön in Solna, just north of the City Centre, it is the largest stadium in Scandinavia. Since its opening, the venue has served as Sweden's national s... | english |
Douglas Noel Sargent (1907–1979) was the third Bishop of Selby.
Biography
Sargent was born near London, and educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys, King's College, Cambridge and the London College of Divinity; and ordained in 1932. His first post was as Curate at Willian, Hertfordshire. Subsequently, he embarke... | english |
Credner Glacier is on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, on the northwest slope of the peak and is a remnant of an icecap which once crowned the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. The glacier is situated at an elevation of between . Credner Glacier is one of the largest glaciers on the mountain and descends from the Northern Ice Fi... | english |
Manydeng is a boma in Baidit payam, Bor West County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, about 30 kilometers north of Bor. The village is located at the southern extent of the sudd, South Sudan's vast central wetlands.
Education
Some of the most prominent schools in Jonglei State are based in Mach-Deng. Mach Deng primary s... | english |
James Arthur Hadfield (1882–1967) was a pioneer of psychodynamic psychotherapy in Britain, who became an influential figure at the interwar Tavistock Clinic.
He is perhaps best known as being the analyst of W. R. Bion, while Bion was analysing Samuel Beckett.
Technique
Coming from an academic background, Hadfield was... | english |
Cosmopterix pentachorda is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from Ecuador and Peru.
Adults have been recorded in June and August.
Description
Male, female. Forewing length 3.8-4.2 mm. Head: frons shining ochreous-white with reddish reflection, vertex and neck tufts shining greyish brown with reddish ... | english |
Elzira de Fátima Borges Tavares Barros (born May 13, 1980 in Benguela), is a former Angolan handball player. Elzira represented Angola at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, where Angola finished 9th. She also participated in the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in Beijing. She participated at the 2011 Wor... | english |
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