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This page lists nationwide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2003 presidential elections in the Czech Republic.
Lawmakers poll
SC&C made in February 2002 a poll among lawmakers to find out who has the highest chance to be elected. Václav Klaus (ODS) had support of 90% Civic Democratic Party... | english |
MerchantCircle is a Walnut Creek, California-based digital company which helps small and midsize businesses network with other local businesses and reach local customers through free marketing tools and social media features.
History
MerchantCircle was co-founded in 2004 by former CEO Ben T. Smith IV, and announced in... | english |
This article contains notable highlights from the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.
Calendar
September 6
Opening Ceremony
Day 1: September 7
The first gold medal of the Beijing Paralympics went to Slovakia's Veronika Vadovicova in shooting, in the 10 metre air rifle competition.
In swimming, Natalie du ... | english |
Sir Ronald Stanley Russell FRSA (29 May 1904 – 6 April 1974) was a British journalist, author and Conservative politician.
Early life
Russell was born on 29 May 1904, the son of J Stanley Russell of Seahouses, Northumberland. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Gonville and Caius College, Ca... | english |
Saint-Georges Aerodrome is a general aviation aerodrome located west-southwest of Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada, near the border with Maine. The airport has a long, paved runway, suitable for use by jets.
The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agen... | english |
Praline can refer to
Praline (nut confection), a caramelised sugar heated to 160°C and combined with a roasted nut combination. Commonly made with sugar, corn syrup, milk, butter, and nut halves.
Chocolate praline, chocolates with a soft filling.
The praline's origins may date back as far as the early 17th century.... | english |
General elections were held in Mauritius on 5 May 2010. The coalition comprising Mauritius Labour Party under Navin Ramgoolam, the Militant Socialist Movement under Pravind Jugnauth and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party under Xavier Luc Duval, won a majority with 41 seats in the parliament. The Mauritian Militant Mov... | english |
The 2020 Bett1Hulks Indoors is a ATP tournament organised for male professional tennis players, held in Cologne, Germany, in mid-October 2020 on indoor hard courts. It was primarily organised due to the cancellation of many tournaments during the 2020 season, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first ed... | english |
The seventh season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother was announced in March 2011, along with confirmation of an eighth season. The seventh season premiered on CBS on September 19, 2011, with two episodes airing back to back, and concluded on May 14, 2012.
Cast
Main cast
Josh Radnor as Te... | english |
The Population, Resources and Environment Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is one of ten special committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party's united front system.
History ... | english |
General Vance may refer to:
Jack Vance (general) (1933–2013), Canadian Army lieutenant general
Jamil Rahmat Vance (fl. 2010s), Pakistan Army major general
Jonathan Vance (born 1964), Canadian Army general
Joseph Vance (Ohio politician) (1786–1852), Ohio State Militia major general
Robert B. Vance (1828–1899), Confeder... | english |
In physics, a Super Bloch oscillation describes a certain type of motion of a particle in a lattice potential under external periodic driving. The term super refers to the fact that the amplitude in position space of such an oscillation is several orders of magnitude larger than for 'normal' Bloch oscillations.
Bloch ... | english |
Ion Marin Sadoveanu (born Iancu-Leonte Marinescu; June 15, 1893 – February 2, 1964) was a Romanian playwright.
Biography
Born in Bucharest, he started his education at a grammar school in Constanța, where his father practiced medicine. He continued at the Mircea cel Bătrân Gymnasium, from which he graduated in 1908. ... | english |
Christianity in France is the largest religion in the country. France is home to The Taizé Community, an ecumenical Christian monastic fraternity in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy. With a focus on youth, it has become one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage with over 100,000 young people from a... | english |
Douglas Behl Fairbairn (December 20, 1926 – October 2, 1997) was an American author who mainly wrote about South Florida. He wrote novels and a memoir.
Early life
Born Douglas Behl in Elmira, New York, to Jean Melissa "Missy" (née Fairbairn) and Martin E. Behl. His father was born in Westphalen, Germany, and came to ... | english |
The Colony was a restaurant in New York City known as a meeting place of café society. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph L. Pani, who later sold it to a group of employees. It closed in 1971.
History
Located on Sixty-first Street off Madison Avenue, The Colony was founded in 1919 by Joseph Pani, who sold it to employe... | english |
Juan Ossio Acuña has been the Peruvian Minister of Culture under President Alan García since September 2010. He studied at the National University of San Marcos, and at Linacre College, Oxford. Prior to that, he was a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
References
1943 births
Living people
Polit... | english |
The Dartmouth Steam Railway, formerly known as the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway, is a heritage railway on the former Great Western Railway branch line between and in Devon, England. Much of the railway's business is from summer tourists from the resorts of Torbay, who travel to Kingswear, where the Dartmouth... | english |
Richard Verney, 13th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 21st Baron Latimer (1693 – 11 August 1752) was a peer in the peerage of England.
Richard Verney was born in 1693, the second son of George Verney, 12th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1659–1728), and Margaret Heath, daughter of Sir Thomas Heath at the Verney family... | english |
Grayson is primarily a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name "Grayson" include
Grayson Allen (born 1995), American basketball player
Grayson Barber (born 2000), American soccer player
Grayson Bell (born 1997), Australian swimmer
Grayson Boucher (born 1984), American st... | english |
Clan Jardine is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.
History
Origins of the clan
The surname Jardine is derived from jardin which is French for garden or orchard. However the genealogist, Black, has suggested that this does not mean that they were gardeners, but that they resided near to a garden.
The du Jardon... | english |
A cofferdam is an enclosure built within a body of water to allow the enclosed area to be pumped out or drained. This pumping creates a dry working environment so that the work can be carried out safely. Cofferdams are commonly used for construction or repair of permanent dams, oil platforms, bridge piers, etc., built ... | english |
The year 1994 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.
Archaeology and paleontology
March 31 – The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull, significant in the study of human evolution.
December 18 – Chauvet Cave discovered... | english |
This is a complete list of past and present members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines whose last names begin with the letter N.
This list also includes members of the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916), the Commonwealth National Assembly (1935–1941), the Second Republic National Assembly (1943–1944) and ... | english |
The Rapid Fire Arena is a skating facility located in Moriches, New York. It is the home of the Suffolk Sting of the Professional Inline Hockey Association Pro Division (PIHA Pro) and the Professional Inline Hockey Association Minor League (PIHAML).
References
External links
Rapid Fire Arena official site
Brookh... | english |
Gertrude of Comburg (died 1130/1131) was the first queen consort of Conrad III of Germany. She was a daughter of Henry, Count of Rothenburg, and Gepa of Mergentheim.
Marriage
Her marriage to Conrad of Swabia is estimated to have occurred c. 1115. Her new husband was the second son of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia and Ag... | english |
Servia was a town in Adams County, Washington. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
When the Milwaukee Railway was built through Servia, the officials named the station after the Kingdom of Serbia. Consequently, the community derived its name from Serbia.
References
Ghost towns in Adams County, Washington
Gh... | english |
Wasserzug Étienne Bronislaw (born 1 August 1860 in Motol; died 1888) was a French biologist of Polish origin.
Biography
1863-1870 after the defeat of the Polish uprising against Russia, his father was sentenced to death. He managed to escape with one of their children-Etienne. He finds refuge in Neuchâtel (Switzerlan... | english |
Ernst Heeger (1783, Perchtoldsdorf1866, Laxenburg), was an Austrian amateur entomologist. He was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, a "Privatcadet" in the Napoleonic Wars, and from 1816 an employee of the Magistrat (administrative authority) of Vienna Later he founded a school of languages and drawing in... | english |
Eunice do Monte Lima Katunda (Catunda) (14 March 1915 – 3 August 1990) was a Brazilian pianist, music educator and composer.
Life
Katunda was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied piano with Oscar Guanabarino and Marieta Lion, composition with Furio Franceschini, Camargo Guarnieri and Hans-Joachim Koellreutter. Beginnin... | english |
HD 70642 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 70642 at a distance of 3.23 AU, taking 5.66 years to complete an orbit. This planet may have systems of moons like Jupiter. This planet was discovered on July 3, 2003. It is located about 95 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. In 2023, the inclination and true m... | english |
Wilson Dam is a dam on the Tennessee River between Lauderdale and Colbert counties in Alabama. Completed in 1924 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, it impounds Wilson Lake, and is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dams on the Tennessee River. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on Novembe... | english |
The 1932–33 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1932–33 NCAA men's basketball season and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. The Bruins were led by 12th year head coach Caddy Works. They finished the regular season with a record of 10–11 and were ... | english |
Petunia Peak is a mountain summit located in Jefferson County of Washington state.
Description
Petunia Peak is set in the northeastern Olympic Mountains, and is situated on the boundary shared by Olympic National Park with the Buckhorn Wilderness, on land partially managed by the Olympic National Forest. Precipitati... | english |
Klosterbräu Bamberg is the oldest brewery in Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Germany. It is located in the so-called Mühlenviertel near the river Regnitz. The annual output is about 4,000 hectoliters.
History
Klosterbräu was named after the nearby Franciscan monastery of Bamberg and was founded as a Prince-Bishopric's dark... | english |
The Burnley and District Weavers', Winders' and Beamers' Association was a trade union representing workers in the cotton industry in the Burnley area of Lancashire, in England. As cotton manufacturing dominated the town's economy, the trade union played an important role in the town, and several union officials becam... | english |
Ashdown Radio is a community radio station in East Sussex, broadcasting from transmitters in Uckfield and Crowborough. It is owned by Ashdown Radio Limited.
The station began as Uckfield FM in 2003 and operated under 28-day restricted service licences (RSLs) each year from 2003 to 2009. It then returned to the air und... | english |
North American Cold Storage Co. v. Chicago, 211 U.S. 306 (1908), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that no hearing was necessary prior to the seizure, condemnation, and destruction of food which was unwholesome and unfit for use.
Facts
A Chicago ordinance allowed inspectors to inspect cold stora... | english |
The GE 477L Nuclear Detection and Reporting System (NUDETS, NUDETS 477L, Program 477L) was a Cold War "Nuclear Detonation and Radioactive Fall-out Reporting System" for the National Military Command System. Planning/development began "by September 1, 1959, when NORAD had taken over responsibility from CONAD." In Febr... | english |
The Thomas Coram Foundation for Children is a large children's charity in London which uses the working name Coram (formerly Coram Family).
It originated as part of England's oldest children's charity, the Foundling Hospital, established by royal charter in 1739.
Activities
Coram is structured as an umbrella group o... | english |
Cora accipiter is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. It was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Bibiana Moncada, Santiago Madriñán, and Robert Lücking. The specific epithet, which refers to hawks of the genus Accipiter, alludes to the wing-shaped lobes of the lichen, and also honours my... | english |
The Ron and Fez Show was an American talk radio show hosted by Ron Bennington and Fez Whatley, which aired from August 1998 to April 2015.
After a run in Tampa, Florida as part of The Ron and Ron Show, and then several other stints in Daytona Beach, Florida, New York City, and Washington, D.C., and on Sirius XM Radio.... | english |
Martin Charles Rushent (11 July 1948 – 4 June 2011) was an English record producer, best known for his work with the Human League, the Stranglers and Buzzcocks.
Early life
Rushent was born on 11 July 1948 in Enfield, Middlesex. His father was a car salesman. Rushent attended Minchenden Grammar School in Southgate, M... | english |
Francisco Pérez de Burgos (1558-1617) was a Spanish jurist, military man, merchant and politician, who had a preponderant role during the colonial period of Argentina, where he worked as a public and government notary of the city of Buenos Aires.
He was appointed Escribano Real for his Majesty Felipe II de España, an... | english |
is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Nanashi, also known as 774. The web manga began running in Magazine Pocket, an online and app-based web manga magazine published by Kodansha, in November 2017. An anime television series adaptation produced by Telecom Animation Film aired from April to June 2021... | english |
Peter Filatreu Cross (October 6, 1815 – October 13, 1862) was an assistant engraver to James B. Longacre at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Early life
Cross was born in New York City to William Cross (a ship captain, missing at sea September 1815, his last letter home before going missing still exists) an... | english |
Aberglasslyn is a rapidly expanding suburb of Maitland, located in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales Australia.
Description and history
The traditional owners and custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people.
Once known as "The Country Estate", Aberglasslyn was surrounded by paddocks and bushland which... | english |
The Quarry Lane School is a private, college-preparatory and International Baccalaureate school in California that offers education for students from preschool to twelfth grade. The School was founded by Sabri Arac, who is the current Head of School.
History
The Quarry Lane School was founded in 1991 by Dr. Sabri Arac... | english |
The name Ada was used for two tropical cyclones, one each in the South-West Indian Ocean and in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
In the South-West Indian Ocean:
Tropical Cyclone Ada (1961), made landfall in Madagascar
In the Southwest Pacific Ocean:
Cyclone Ada (1970), a category 3 severe tropical cyclone that made landf... | english |
The Anders and Johanna Olsson Farm is a historic farmstead at 354 West Road in New Sweden, Maine, United States. It includes surviving elements of both a log house and log barn built in the late 19th century by Anders Olsson, a Swedish immigrant. The barn is the only known surviving barn in Maine to have been built d... | english |
The Berlin-Boylston Regional School District consists of one school serving grades 6-12: Tahanto Regional Middle/High School. The school is physically situated in Boylston, Massachusetts, adjacent to the Wachusett Reservoir. The towns of Berlin and Boylston, both located in Worcester County, are the member communities ... | english |
is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Osaka Loop Line in Jōtō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The station name translates as Osaka Castle Park.
The station was designed to reflect the architecture of Ōsakajō (Ōsaka Castle), for which the station gets its name. This could be seen in the black and white col... | english |
Arabis macdonaldiana is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name MacDonald's rockcress. It is native to northern California and Oregon, where it grows on newly exposed, barren serpentine soils in openings in temperate coniferous forest habitat. It is a rare and endangered plant known ... | english |
Utricularia quelchii is a small perennial, epiphyte or terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. quelchii is endemic to the Guyana Highland region of Guyana and Venezuela with one collection from Brazil. It was originally published and described by N. E. Brown in 1901. It grows on wet, mos... | english |
William Alfred Robinson (12 July 1905 – 15 November 1957) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Penetanguishene, Ontario.
He studied in Toronto at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto after which he became a barrister. Robinson became Mayor of Midland, Ontario in 19... | english |
WOW for the Children includes twelve songs on a single CD. The tracks are a mix of top gospel, CCM and CWM songs. It was compiled especially for the charitable organization Feed the Children. The album was not available commercially but was only given as a gift to donors.
Track listing
Crazy Times - Jars of Clay
Revi... | english |
The University of Florida College of Education is the teacher's college, or normal school, of the University of Florida. The College of Education is located on the eastern portion of the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus in Norman Hall, and offers specializations in special education, higher education, educatio... | english |
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minya Hiraga. It was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from July to November 2021, with its chapters collected into three tankōbon volumes as of February 2022.
Plot
Neruma Isami is a young man who is passionate about martial arts. Unsure of what... | english |
The Wade–Davis Bill of 1864 was a bill "to guarantee to certain States whose governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government," proposed for the Reconstruction of the South. In opposition to President Abraham Lincoln's more lenient ten percent plan, the bill made re-admittance to the Union fo... | english |
Cunninghamhead is a hamlet on the Annick Water in the Parish of Dreghorn, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The area was part of the old Cunninghamhead estate, and once contained several watermills.
Cunninghamhead and the mills on the Annick Water
The area is recorded as far back as Pont's / Blaeu's map of 1654 where it is l... | english |
Tecnophilus croceicollis is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Tecnophilus croceicollis:
Tecnophilus croceicollis croceicollis (Ménétriés, 1843)
Tecnophilus croceicollis peigani Larson, 1969
Refe... | english |
The women's 400 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. from 17 to 22 July 2022.
Summary
In the absence of defending champion, #3 all time Salwa Eid Naser due to a succession of missed drug tests, #7 and double Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Ma... | english |
Erechthias stilbella is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Doubleday in 1843. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
External links
Image of type specimen of Erechthias stilbella
Moths described in 1843
Erechthiinae
Moths of New Zealand
Endemic fauna of New Zealand
Taxa ... | english |
Pinyahan, sometimes spelled Piñahan, is a barangay of Quezon City, the Philippines.
History
Barangay Pinyahan was previously part of Central District Diliman. Central District Diliman was divided into two separate entities, namely Barangay Central and Pinyahan.
Etymology
Pinyahan means "a place where pineapple is gro... | english |
Climate First is an unregistered political party in New Zealand. The party is focused on highlighting and addressing the threat of climate change. It also supports a universal basic income.
The party ran a single candidate in the 2017 election, in the Auckland Central electorate. The candidate, Leslie Jones received 5... | english |
Milestone is BoA's first DVD single (31st overall) which was released on December 7, 2011 to commemorate her 10th anniversary in Japan. The song is written and composed by STY who was requested by Avex to write a song for BoA's 10th anniversary. The song was first performed at Audio Technica's 50th-anniversary live par... | english |
Jenner is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 2. It is located approximately northeast of Highway 1 and northeast of Brooks. Previously an incorporated community, Jenner dissolved from village status on June 25, 1943.
Climate
Jenner has a semi-arid, continental climate (Köppen climate classi... | english |
WBIV-LP was a low-power television station in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands transmitting over analog channel 38. The station was owned by Virgin Islands Telecommunications Ventures, LLC.
The station was founded in 1992, and its transmitter covered the entire island of St. Thomas and parts of St. John.
The station's... | english |
Class 624 and class 634 are types of diesel multiple unit, originally operated by Deutsche Bahn.
Development
Whereas during the first years after World War II the focus of the Deutsche Bundesbahn was on repairs of rolling stock, lines and buildings, with the beginning of the 1950s attention shifted to renewal of the... | english |
Liz Young (March 29, 1958 – December 22, 2020) was a Los Angeles-based artist known for diverse work investigating body- and nature-focused themes, such as loss, beauty, the inevitability of decay, and the fragility of life. She produced sculpture, installation, performance, painting, drawing and video incorporating fa... | english |
Interactive is defined as:
Interactivity, acting with each other, two interactive systems
Interactive computing, responding to the user
Companies
IAC/InterActiveCorp, an Internet company
Interactive Systems Corporation (ISC), a defunct software company
Music
"Interactive", song by Prince Crystal Ball (box... | english |
is a legendary cow from the Aizu region of Japan, who inspired a traditional toy. In legend, Akabeko the cow was present at the building the Enzō-ji temple of Yanaizu in the ninth century, and became a permanent fixture there, with some stories saying that the animal was turned to stone.
The toy is made out of two pie... | english |
Battleford—Kindersley was a federal electoral district (riding) n Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979.
This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Kindersley, The Battlefords and Rosetown—Biggar ridings.
It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed in... | english |
Providence St. Patrick Hospital, is a health care facility in Missoula, Montana.
Overview
Providence St. Patrick Hospital is the only level II trauma center in western Montana, northern Idaho, and Southwest Montana. The hospital employs more than 1,600 people and is the second largest employer in the Missoula area. It... | english |
George Archibald is a Canadian politician. He represented the constituency of Kings North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1984 to 1999. He sat as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Archibald was first elected in 1984, was re-elected in 1988, 1993 and 1998. He did not re-offer in 1999.
Archibald... | english |
The Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents Boston University. They played their first game in 1918 and have won five national championships, while making 22 appearances in the Frozen Four.
BU has won 12 major conference tournament championships as well as 31 tit... | english |
The TECHART 997 Carrera, known also as the TECHART Coupe and TECHART Cabrio, depending on the body style, is a tuning program for Porsche 997 models including the Carrera, Carrera Cabriolet, Carrera 4, Carrera 4 Cabriolet, Carrera S, Carrera S Cabriolet, Carrera 4S, and Carrera 4S Cabriolet. As with other TechArt prod... | english |
Henry Douglas (17 July 1882 – 30 December 1954) was a British sports shooter. He competed in the 600 m free rifle event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1882 births
1954 deaths
British male sport shooters
Olympic shooters for Great Britain
Shooters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
People from Matl... | english |
Billbergia brasiliensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Billbergia. This species is native to Bolivia and Brazil.
Cultivars
Billbergia 'Desert Ripple'
Billbergia 'Happy Days'
Billbergia 'Hazy Purple'
Billbergia 'Silversmith'
Billbergia 'Silverson'
Billbergia 'Titan'
Billbergia 'Venesil'
× Billmea ... | english |
Gundagai is an Australian Geographical Indication for a wine region centred on the town of Gundagai in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is part of the Southern New South Wales zone. The region includes Tumut on the northwestern slopes of the Snowy Mountains, Cootamundra in its north and extends west to Junee... | english |
Nakamura may refer to:
Nakamura (surname), a list of people with the surname
Nakamura, Kōchi, a former city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, a ward in Nagoya city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Nakamura stable, a stable of sumo wrestlers
Nakamura Station, a railway station in Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Jap... | english |
Lemuel Whitman (June 8, 1780 – November 13, 1841) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Farmington, Connecticut where he completed preparatory studies. He graduated from Yale College in 1800 and taught in a seminary in Bermuda in 1801. Later, he studied law and was graduated from the Litch... | english |
Condominial sewerage is the application of simplified sewerage coupled with consultations and ongoing interactions between users and agencies during planning and implementation. The term is used primarily in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, and is derived from the term condominio, which means housing block.
From... | english |
Dacom, Inc. was founded in 1966 by two ex-Lockheed engineers, Daniel Hochman, President, and Don Weber, Vice President, building on their pioneering work on digital image compression invented for satellite communications. Their work resulted in the first commercial digital fax machine and later the first sub-minute fac... | english |
Władysław Jędrzejewski (11 February 1863–1940) was a General of the Polish Army, who was probably murdered by the NKVD in Lwów, in March 1940. He fought in several conflicts, including World War I and the Invasion of Poland.
Jędrzejewski was born on 11 February 1863 in his family's real estate Nowiny, located near Lep... | english |
Magnolia × loebneri Kache is a hybrid of two Magnolia species, the Japanese Magnolia kobus and M. stellata. crossed by Garteninspektor Max Löbner of Pillnitz, Germany, shortly before World War I; it first flowered in 1917. The deciduous, elegant and compact multi-stemmed small flowering tree or large shrub, slowly att... | english |
Phillip Jeffrey McKellar is an Australian record producer and audio engineer. At the ARIA Music Awards McKellar has received nine nominations in the categories of either Producer of the Year or Engineer of the Year. These include You Am I's "Good Mornin'", "Tuesday" and Spiderbait's Ivy and the Big Apples (1997, engine... | english |
West Fork San Juan River is a tributary of the San Juan River in Minerala and Archuleta counties in Colorado, United States. The stream flows from a source near South River Peak in Mineral County to a confluence with the East Fork San Juan River in Archuleta County that forms the San Juan River.
See also
List of ri... | english |
Belonophora coffeoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Tropical Africa. It is the type species of the genus Belonophora.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are widely accepted as of April 2014:
Belonophora coffeoides subsp. coffeoides - São Tomé (not seen since 1861, possibly extinct)
B... | english |
John Melvin Preston (July 8, 1945 – June 2, 2008) was a con artist, American dog handler, and former state trooper from Pennsylvania who testified for the prosecution in criminal cases across the U.S. in the early 1980s. Preston falsely claimed that his dog (named Harass II or 2) could perform feats of forensic detect... | english |
The Pocasset River is a small tidal river and estuary on the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay, in Bourne, Massachusetts, United States. It is located between the villages of Monument Beach and Pocasset along the western coast of Cape Cod. The river flows westward through a series of small ponds and wetlands, with a total ... | english |
In molecular biology, the FLYWCH zinc finger is a zinc finger domain. It is found in a number of eukaryotic proteins. FLYWCH is a C2H2-type zinc finger characterised by five conserved hydrophobic residues, containing the conserved sequence motif:
F/Y-X(n)-L-X(n)-F/Y-X(n)-WXCX(6-12)CX(17-22)HXH where X indicates any ... | english |
Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg (born: 9 April 1604; died: 26 November 1658) was a Prince of Saxe-Lauenburg
Life
Francis Henry, was the ninth and youngest son of Duke Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg (1547–1619) from his second marriage to Maria (1566–1626), daughter of Duke Julius of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Prince of W... | english |
Theodore John Conrad (July 10, 1949 – May 18, 2021) was a bank teller who stole $215,000 (equivalent to $ million in ) in cash from the vault of a Cleveland bank in July 1969. He admitted to the crime but was never apprehended or convicted. He assumed the name of Thomas Randele and lived in Massachusetts for most of hi... | english |
The Trustee Investments Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 62) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that covers where trustees can invest trust funds. Given the royal assent on 3 August 1961, it removed the "Statutory Lists" system and replaced it with sets of specific investment areas. The Act was heavily crit... | english |
Brachiacantha tau, the t-marked larkspur lady beetle, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. In the Brachiacantha genus, the oval-shaped shiny beetles are usually about 2-3 mm in length. The larvae are not usually encountered because they feed on scale insects within ant colonies. Adults are sometimes... | english |
Ridgecrest is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,558 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Ridgecrest is located at (27.895767, -82.804786).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 km (0.6 mi2), of which 1.5 km (0.6 mi2) is l... | english |
Reginald John Tubby (1924 – 14 October 2015) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1975 to 1989, representing the seat of Greenough.
Tubby was born in Geraldton, Western Australia, to Constance Edith (née Jones) and John William Tubby. He was ... | english |
Cheshire Hall Plantation was a sisal and cotton plantation in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, owned by the British Loyalist Thomas Stubbs from the late 1700s until 1810 and afterwards by his brother Wade Stubbs. A portion of the former plantation is currently owned and managed as a historical site by the Tur... | english |
The Bahi Rock-Art Sites or Bahi rock paintings are rock art located at three sites in the Dodoma region of Tanzania. These white paintings are believed to be products of the Wamia people, who occupied the region before the Wagogo people (the current residents). The paintings, which depict cattle, human figures, stools... | english |
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