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The issue of sleeping is of considerable importance and note in regard to the National Basketball Association (NBA). Traveling and packed game schedules are among aspects of the NBA calendar that affect the sleep of NBA personnel. Due to these and other factors, sleep deprivation has become a prevalent issue affecting ... | english |
Motocross Madness is a motocross racing video game that was developed by Austrian studio Bongfish and published by Microsoft Studios. It was released on April 10, 2013 on Xbox Live Arcade. It is a sequel to two Microsoft Windows games, 1998's Motocross Madness and 2000's Motocross Madness 2, which were developed by Rai... | english |
Roxborough Park is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Roxborough Park CDP was 9,416 at the United States Census 2020. ... | english |
Brigadier Edward Stephen Bruce Williams CBE (2 November 1892 – 20 January 1977) was a distinguished British Army officer whose career spanned 35 years. He also an English cricketer. Williams was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow and who occasionally kept wicket.
Early life
Williams was born in Pinhoe, ... | english |
Zibo Railway Station is a first class railway station in Zhangdian District, Zibo, Shandong operated by China Railway Jinan Group. It has four platforms and 15 tracks. The annual passenger traffic is 6.2 million. It is a part of the Qingdao–Yinchuan corridor, Xindian–Taian railway, Qingdao–Jinan passenger railway and Z... | english |
The discography of Sleep Token, a British rock band, consists of three studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), 16 singles and eight music videos. Formed in London, the group debuted in September 2016 with the release of the single "Thread the Needle", which was followed that December by the self-released One EP. After... | english |
Harry Hake Sr. (1871 – 1955) was a prominent American architect in Cincinnati, Ohio at the turn of the 20th century. His son Harry Hake Jr. and grandson Harry Hake III were also prominent architects and partners in his firm, which at various times was named Hake & Son, Hake & Hake, Jr., and Hake & Partners.
Biography ... | english |
The Hôtel de Crozat, later the Hôtel de Choiseul, was a Parisian hôtel particulier, constructed in 1704 to the designs of the French architect for the rich banker and art collector Pierre Crozat. It was located on the west side of the rue de Richelieu, south of its intersection with the Grand Boulevard (near today's 9... | english |
The 1957 Grand National was the 111th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 29 March 1957.
It was won by 20/1 shot Sundew, having led the field for much of the race. Sundew was ridden by jockey Fred Winter and trained by Frank Hudson. It was Winter's third atte... | english |
Eupanacra regularis is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is known from India and south-east Asia, including Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia (Peninsular) and Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java).
Description
It is similar to Eupanacra automedon.
Subspecies
Eupanacra regularis regularis
Eupanacra regularis ... | english |
The flag of the Organization of Turkic States, formerly the flag of the Turkic Council, was adopted at its 2nd Summit, which took place in Bishkek on 23 August 2012 and officially raised on 12 October 2012.
The flag combines the symbols of the original four members: the light blue color of the flag of Kazakhstan, the ... | english |
The 1964 Illinois gubernatorial election was held in Illinois on November 3, 1964. The Democratic nominee, incumbent Governor Otto Kerner, Jr., won reelection against the Republican nominee, Charles H. Percy.
Election information
The primaries and general election both coincided with those for federal offices (United ... | english |
Zavala County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,677. Its county seat is Crystal City. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1884. Zavala is named for Lorenzo de Zavala, Mexican politician, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and fir... | english |
Filip Dewulf and Tom Vanhoudt were the defending champions, but Dewulf did not compete this year. Vanhoudt teamed up with Aleksandar Kitinov and lost in the first round to Emilio Benfele Álvarez and Hernán Gumy.
Diego Pérez and Francisco Roig won the title by defeating qualifiers Karol Kučera and Paul Wekesa 6–2, 6–4 ... | english |
Operations Order No. 35 was an order issued by the 509th Composite Group on August 5, 1945 for the atomic bombing mission on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. The Order was signed by Operations Officer Major James I. Hopkins, Jr. who would later fly Big Stink in the August 9, 1945 atomic bombing raid on Nagasaki, ... | english |
The 18th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia was held across two nights; the Curtain Raiser Ceremony on 15 July 2018 at the Sydney Town Hall and the Awards Ceremony on 16 July 2018 at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney. Nominations were announced on 18 June 2018.
Major recipients included dance work Benn... | english |
SMDC refers to the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
SMDC may also refer to:
St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System in Duluth, Minnesota
Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation, a former provincial crown corporation in Saskatchewan, Canada
SM Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Philipp... | english |
From the Middle Ages until the advent of the skyscraper, Christian church buildings were often the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom. Indeed, it was not until the building of the BT Tower in London in 1962 that St Paul's Cathedral was no longer the city's tallest structure.
The United Kingdom no longer features ... | english |
Bayswater is a residential and industrial suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Bayswater recorded a population of 12,262 at the 2021 census.
History
The first Post Office in the area was Scoresby North, which o... | english |
The Exsultet (spelled in pre-1920 editions of the Roman Missal as Exultet), also known as the Easter Proclamation (), is a lengthy sung proclamation delivered before the paschal candle, ideally by a deacon, during the Easter Vigil in the Roman Rite of Mass. In the absence of a deacon, it may be sung by a priest or by a... | english |
The kamiza is the "top seat" within a room, meaning the seat of honor; the term also applies to the best seats in air-planes, trains, and cars. The antonym, meaning "bottom seat," is shimoza (下座). In a room, the kamiza is the seat or position that is most comfortable, usually furthest from the door – because this is wa... | english |
Howar Ziad was the ambassador of Iraq to Canada. He is also a senior advisor to Jalal Talabani, the current president of Iraq. Prior to his diplomatic career, Ziad and his family had a long history of participation in the Kurdish freedom movement. His father, Kaka Ziad was Vice President of the KDP in the 1950s and was... | english |
KV Pharmaceutical Company (KV) was an American drug company that brought generic and non-branded pharmaceutical products to the market. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, it had research and manufacturing facilities, as well as marketing and sales operations, the latter activities conducted through its subsidiaries,... | english |
The Bahamas competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Medalists
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Field events
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Sailing
Open
Swimming
Men
Tennis
See also
Bahamas at the 1995 Pan American Games
Bahamas at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Game... | english |
Metal theft in the United Kingdom is the systematic and organised theft of high-value metal (mostly copper) in the United Kingdom.
History
Metal theft in the UK is largely the responsibility of the British Transport Police (BTP). Metal recycling traders can be traced by Trading Standards, regulated by the Chartered Tr... | english |
Füchse Berlin is a professional handball club from Berlin, Germany, that currently competes in the Handball-Bundesliga, the highest national league, and in EHF competitions.
History
Until 2005, the club was organized as handball department of Reinickendorfer Füchse. For the 2005–06 season, the branding was changed to ... | english |
Vladimir Fyodorovich Konstantinov (; 22 February 1921 – 15 July 1979) was a Soviet bomber and ground attack pilot during World War II. Awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944 for his sorties on a Po-2 night bomber, he went on to hold various posts in assault and fighter-bomber aviation regiments, and achieve... | english |
Blue Jay is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Blue Jay is southeast of Beckley. Its mines have yielded 1,587,229 tons of coal.
Notable person
Basil L. Plumley (1920–2012), United States Army soldier portrayed by Sam Elliott in We Were Soldiers
References
Unincorporated co... | english |
Luoyang or Loyang is a prefecture-level city in Henan Province, China.
Luoyang or Loyang may also refer to:
Loyang, Singapore, an area of Singapore
Luoyang, Boluo County, Guangdong, China
Luoyang River, a river in Fujian, China
Luoyang Bridge (Quanzhou), a famed bridge across the Luoyang River in Quanzhou
The Ol... | english |
The 2016 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match that was played on 10 July 2016 at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. The winners would advance to the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, with the loser going into the All Ireland quarter-finals.
Tipperary and Waterford conteste... | english |
Kangaroo Creek Reservoir is a artificial water storage reservoir in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It was built from 1966 to 1969, by damming the River Torrens west of Cudlee Creek. The stored water is used to maintain the Hope Valley Reservoir's level via discharge through the Torrens. Water is held back by a ... | english |
"We Fly High" is a song by American rapper Jim Jones, released as the lead single from his third studio album, Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) (2006). The song is Jim Jones' highest-charting single to date, charting at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. It was written by Jones and produced by Zukhan B... | english |
O'Bannon is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky centered along Old LaGrange Road and Collins Lane (which is named after Levi Collins). O'Bannon was originally called Williamson after its first postmaster John Williamson, but was renamed in 1859 after postmaster John O'Bannon. The Post Office was located at the south... | english |
Kovoor Kunjumon is a member of 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly from Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist), representing Kunnathur constituency under Kollam district in Kerala. Kunjumon has won five times since 2001 from Kunnathur constituency.
References
1968 births
Living people
Kerala MLAs 2011–2016
Kerala MLAs... | english |
Rockchapel GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the village of Rockchapel in the North West of County Cork, Ireland which forms part of the parish of Rockchapel and Meelin. The village is located close to border with County Kerry and County Limerick. The club plays Gaelic Football in the Duhallow division... | english |
The Albany-Decatur Twins were a minor league baseball team that represented the cities of Albany, Alabama, and Decatur, Alabama. They played in the Alabama-Tennessee League during its one season of existence in 1921, winning the league championship.
References
External links
Baseball Reference
Baseball teams establi... | english |
The original coat of arms of New Brunswick was granted to New Brunswick by a Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria on 26 May 1868. The provincial flag is a banner of the arms.
History
The original coat of arms, consisting solely of the shield, was based on the design of the Great Seal of New Brunswick, which featured a sail... | english |
Switzerland took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 in Millstreet, Ireland. Their entry was Canadian singer Annie Cotton with the song "Moi, tout simplement".
Before Eurovision
National final
The final was held on 6 February 1993 at the DRS TV studios in Zürich, hosted by Sandra Simó. The winner was chosen by ... | english |
JEB is a disassembler and decompiler software for Android applications and native machine code. It decompiles Dalvik bytecode to Java source code, and x86, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V machine code to C source code. The assembly and source outputs are interactive and can be refactored. Users can also write their own scripts and p... | english |
Cold Call is a four-part television miniseries starring Sally Lindsay, Daniel Ryan, Paul Higgins, Elizabeth Counsell and Taj Atwal. It was produced by Acorn TV and broadcast on Channel 5 on four consecutive nights from 18 November to 21 November 2019. The series revolves around June Clark (played by Lindsay), an ordina... | english |
The 2018 Under-20 Provincial Championship was the 2018 edition of the Under-20 Provincial Championship, an annual national Under-20 rugby union competition held in South Africa, and was contested from 11 August to 19 October 2018.
The competition was won by , who beat 53–6 in the final played on 19 October 2018.
Com... | english |
The Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1, was composed by Charles-Marie Widor in 1879, with numerous revisions published by the composer in later years. The full symphony lasts for about 35 minutes.
Structure
The piece consists of five movements:
Allegro vivace
Allegro cantabile
Andantino quasi allegr... | english |
The Dean of Killaloe is based at the Cathedral Church of St Flannan in Killaloe in the united diocese of Limerick, Killaloe and Ardfert within the Church of Ireland. The Dean of Killaloe is also Dean of St Brendans, Clonfert, Dean of Kilfenora, and both Dean and Provost of Kilmacduagh.
Since 2020 the incumbent is Rode... | english |
Judgement (or the American spelling judgment) (in legal context, known as adjudication) means the evaluation of evidence to make a decision. Judgement is also the ability to make considered decisions. The term has at least five distinct uses.
Aristotle suggested we think of the opposite of different uses of a term, if... | english |
Liolaemus lutzae, called commonly Lutz's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology
The specific name, lutzae, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Bertha Lutz.
Geographic range
L. lutzae is found in the Brazilian states of Guanabara and Rio de Janeiro... | english |
The High Sheriff of Queen's County was the British Crown's judicial representative in Queen's County, Ireland (now County Laois), Ireland from the 16th century until 1922, when the office was abolished in the new Free State and replaced by the office of Offaly County Sheriff. The sheriff had judicial, electoral, ceremo... | english |
A Parish Centre of Worship is a church or other building licensed as such by the diocesan bishop in the Church of England, usually where there is no parish church. For most purposes it is deemed to be a parish church but it is dedicated, not consecrated, and parishioners have a right to be married in any neighbouring p... | english |
Sanguisorba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is burnet.
Description
The plants are herbaceous perennials or small shrubs. The stems grow to 50–200 cm tall and have a cluster of basal leaves, with further leaves arranged al... | english |
Neville Godwin was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Jeff Morrison.
Taylor Dent won in the final 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 against James Blake.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
James Blake (final)
Wayne Arthurs (f... | english |
WODZ-FM (96.1 MHz), branded as "The Eagle", is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Rome, New York, United States, the station serves the Utica-Rome market. The station is owned by Townsquare Media as part of a cluster with news-talk station WIBX, classic rock-formatted WOUR, hot AC-formatted... | english |
Frank A. Hall House is a historic home located at Westfield in Chautauqua County, New York. It is a two-story stuccoed brick Italian Villa style dwelling built about 1855. It is characterized by an asymmetrical massing of wings surrounding a three-story central tower.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic... | english |
Air Marshal Sir Alan Cyril Davies, (31 March 1924 – 27 January 1998) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command in 1977.
RAF career
Davies joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1941 during the Second World War: he served in Coastal Command, and was commissioned in 1943.
After th... | english |
Gronau may refer to:
Places
Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia, a city in district Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Gronau (Westf) railway station
Gronau, Lower Saxony, a city on the river Leine in district Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Gronau (Samtgemeinde), a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the di... | english |
Dr. József Gáti (1885, in Uzhhorod – 1945) was an ethnic Hungarian communist politician from Subcarpathian Rus'. Gáti lived in Užhorod. He held a doctorate in Fine Arts. Around 1910 he worked at the newspaper Határszéli Ujság ('Frontier Newspaper').
He was one of the most active members of the communist group that eme... | english |
Ján Móry (or Johann Mory) (10 July 1892 – 5 May 1978) was a Slovak composer and pedagogue also known under pseudonym H. Tschirmer.
Life
Móry was born in Banská Bystrica (Besztercebánya). From 1902 to 1910 he studied at gymnasium in Banská Bystrica, in the years 1910 - 1912, he studied at the University of Trading in B... | english |
Yoon Byung-in (May 18, 1920 – April 3, 1983), also known in English reference as Byung-in Yoon, was a Korean Grandmaster of martial arts. He is believed to be the first Korean national to study Chuan Fa (Chinese Gung Fu) in China and to return to teach it in Korea. He was an influential instructor to many current and p... | english |
Ida de Tosny, Countess of Norfolk (died after 1181), was a Norman royal mistress. Named after her grandmother Ida de Hainaut, she was the daughter of Ralph IV de Tosny (died 1162) and his wife Margaret (born 1125 and living in 1185), a daughter of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester.
Relationship to King Henry ... | english |
Drummore (; (from Gaelic An Druim Mòr meaning "the great ridge") is the southernmost village in Scotland, located at the southern end of the Rhins of Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway: it has two satellite clachans, called Kirkmaiden and Damnaglaur.
The village lies where the Kildonan Burn runs out to the sea, north o... | english |
John Henry "J.H." Taylor (19 March 1871 – 10 February 1963) was an English professional golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. Taylor is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time. He was a significant golf course architect. Taylor helped to found the British PGA, the world's first, and be... | english |
Theodore Philip Stephanides (Greek: Θεόδωρος Φίλιππος Στεφανίδης; 21 January 1896 – 13 April 1983) was a Greek-British doctor and polymath, best remembered as the friend and mentor of Gerald Durrell. He was also known as a naturalist, biologist, astronomer, poet, writer and translator.
Stephanides' autobiographical ac... | english |
Khvormuj Rural District is in the Central District of Dashti County, Bushehr province, Iran.
At the census of 2006, its population was 4,181 in 986 households; there were 4,486 inhabitants in 1,297 households at the following census of 2011; and in the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district w... | english |
Thomas Bridges (22 May 1807 – 9 November 1865) was an English Victorian era botanist and traveling specimen collector. He is most notable for his discovery of new plant and animal species from South America in the Andes of Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, as well as in California. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Societ... | english |
Sheikh Chor شیخ چوڑ is a Pashtun village located in the Hazara Division of Haripur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bordering Nartopa and Behbudi in Attock. The inhabitants speak the Northern 'Kh' dialect of Pashto as a primary language as well as Hindko as a secondary language due to the close proximity of Behbudi in A... | english |
Low Etherley is a village in County Durham, in England. It is located a few miles to the west of Bishop Auckland.
In 1825 the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened a horse-drawn branch line, the Etherley Incline Railway, from West Auckland to serve Witton Park Colliery, north of Etherley. This line passed through Low... | english |
Leon was the 14th Agiad dynasty King of Sparta, ruling from 590 BC to 560 BC.
Name
Leon means "lion". The grandson of Leon had a similar name: Leonidas.
Biography
Leon is mentioned in the seventh book of The Histories by Herodotus.
He is said to have, like his father, fought to a draw with the Tegeans.
Grandfathe... | english |
Neoterebra concava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
Description
Distribution
References
Say, T. (1826) Descriptions of Marine Shells recently discovered on the Coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. V... | english |
The 1935–36 season was the 39th in the history of the Western Football League.
The Division One champions for the third time in their history were Bristol Rovers Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Swindon Town Reserves for the second consecutive season. There was again no promotion or relegation between the tw... | english |
George Manley Joseph (1930–2003) was the chief judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1981 to 1992. He graduated from Reed College and the University of Chicago Law School, and practiced law in the U.S. state of Oregon, representing business and corporate clients, until Governor Robert W. Straub appointed him to the... | english |
Michael Haydn's Serenade in D major, Perger 87, MH 86 was written in Salzburg in 1767.
Movements
Allegro assai
Andante – The second movement begins with eight measures of introduction by the entire ensemble. A simple and calm style of chamber music writing by Michael Haydn, similar to Joseph Haydn's writing yet perha... | english |
The Yuma Expedition was a U.S. Army military operation from 8 February 1852, to October, 1852 in the Yuma War.
First Establishment of Camp Yuma
Following the failure of the California Militia against the Quechan people (Yuma Indians), in the Gila Expedition, the U. S. Army sent the Yuma Expedition under Captain Samu... | english |
This is a list of notable alumni and faculty associated with Mapúa University (formerly the Mapúa Institute of Technology) located in Intramuros, Manila and Makati in the Philippines.
Academe
Creselda Magboo-Roldan, BSArch & MSArch - Dean, School of Engineering, Architecture & Fine Arts, Divine Word College of Calapan... | english |
For the Football trophy which was a predecessor to the Charity Shield, see Sheriff of London Charity Shield
The London Shield is the premier trophy at Under 17 level in the sport of shinty. It takes its name from its having been donated by London Camanachd in 1989 to serve as a trophy in the national juvenile play-of... | english |
Dominic Enright (1935 - 7 October 2008) was an Irish hurler who played for the Waterford senior team.
Born in Abbeyside, County Waterford, Enright first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-two when he first linked up with the senior team. He joined the senior panel during the 1957 championship. Enri... | english |
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Dalhousie in Victorian state elections.
Members for Dalhousie
# = by-election
Election results
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
Preferences were not distributed.
References
Victoria (state) state electoral results by district | english |
John Short Hewett (1781 – 12 December 1835) was an Anglican priest and academic who served as Chaplain and Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, Chaplain to the Forces and Rector of Rotherhithe. He came from a distinguished family, his brother was Dr Cornwallis Hewett, his half-broth... | english |
Callytron is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 11 described species in Callytron.
Species
These 11 species belong to the genus Callytron:
Callytron alleni (W.Horn, 1908) (Malaysia, Indonesia, and Borneo)
Callytron andersonii (Gestro, 1889) (China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vie... | english |
Arthur William Trollope (1768–1827) was an English cleric and headmaster of Christ's Hospital from 1799.
Life
Baptised on 30 September 1768, Trollope was the son of Thomas Trollope, a mercer in London. He entered Christ's Hospital in 1775 and received his education there till 1787, when he matriculated at Pembroke Col... | english |
The Khokari (or Khokri) tombs are three 500-year-old massive stone tombs of the early rulers of the erstwhile Janjira State in western India, near Murud in Maharashtra state.
History
The largest is the tomb of Sidi Surul Khan, who was chief of Janjira State from 1707 to 1734. One of the two smaller tombs is that of Si... | english |
General Newton may refer to:
John Newton (engineer) (1823–1895), Union Army major general
Lloyd W. Newton (born 1942), U.S. Air Force four-star general
Paul Raymond Newton (fl. 1970s–2010s), British Army lieutenant general
Philip Newton (fl. 1910s), American-born Russian Ambulance Corps general during World War I
Rob... | english |
Willige Langerak is a hamlet in the Dutch provinces of South Holland and Utrecht. It is located in the municipalities of Krimpenerwaard and Lopik, just east of Schoonhoven.
Willige Langerak was a separate municipality in the province of Utrecht between 1818 and 1943, when its largest portion was merged with Lopik in t... | english |
Greg Lazarus is the pen name of South African husband-and-wife writing duo Greg Fried and Lisa Lazarus. Greg Lazarus is the author of the novels Paradise and When in Broad Daylight I Open my Eyes, and the couple have also published the memoir The Book of Jacob.
Life
Greg Fried is a philosopher at the University of Cap... | english |
Primula halleri, the long-flowered primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the Alps, Carpathians, and some of the mountain ranges of the Balkan Peninsula. A perennial, it is found at elevations of . Its main pollinator is the hummingbird hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum.
Refere... | english |
Cliff Griffith (February 6, 1916 in Nineveh, Indiana – January 23, 1996 in Rochester, Indiana) was an American racecar driver.
Griffith served in the United States Army during the Second World War.
Griffith drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1950–1952, 1956 and 1961 seasons with 19 start... | english |
Heritage Hill State Historical Park, is a 56-acre open-air museum located in Allouez, Wisconsin. A Wisconsin state park, the site is operated by a non-profit organization called the Heritage Hill Corporation in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The Heritage Hill Corporation operates,... | english |
St Helen's Park is a heritage-listed former school, experimental farm, private residence and guesthouse and now homestead located at St Helens Park Drive, St Helens Park, City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by George Allen Mansfield and built in 1887 by George Lusted. It is also known as S... | english |
Blommersia angolafa is a species of frogs in the family Mantellidae. This recently described species is endemic to eastern Madagascar. The specific epithet is derived from the term "angolafa" or "angolafo", which is the Malagasy vernacular name used by the Betsimisaraka people for the Dypsis palm species (mostly for Dy... | english |
The Yakovlev Yak-77 was a planned large business or regional commuter jet. Work began in 1992, but no prototype was ever produced.
History
The Yakovlev Yak-77 was to have been a large business jet and regional commuter, considerably larger than the earlier Yakovlev Yak-48. Little information has been released about th... | english |
Benson is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States, near the intersection of Interstates 95 and 40. Benson celebrates Mule Days on the fourth Saturday of September, a festival that attracts over 60,000 people each year. In 2010, the population was 3,311, up from 2,923 in 2000.
History
The town of Bens... | english |
An aristocrat is typically a member of landed social class with inherited titles, heraldry and privileges.
Aristocrat and aristocracy can also refer to:
Books, Theatre, Film and TV
Aristocrats, a 1979 play by Brian Friel
Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, a novel by Stella Tillyard
"The Aristo... | english |
The Kenora Muskies, known as the Kenora Thistles from 1975 to 1982, are a defunct Manitoba Junior Hockey League team that played in Kenora, Ontario between 1968 and 1982.
History
The Kenora Muskies were granted expansion into the Memorial Cup-eligible Manitoba Junior Hockey League in 1968. Two season later, the leagu... | english |
The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) is the governing conference of the ITU Standardization Sector (ITU-T), one of the three world conferences of the International Telecommunication Union, and as such, the United Nations system. The quadrennial conference decides the working methods for ITU-T for... | english |
Public School 108 is a historic school building located in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It was designed by James W. Naughton and built in 1895. It is a three-story, brick building trimmed in Lake Superior sandstone in the Romanesque Revival style. It has an attic fourth floor pierced by dormer windows.... | english |
Idols 1 was the first season of the Dutch version of Idols hosted by Reinout Oerlemans & Tooske Ragas. The winner was Jamai Loman with Jim Bakkum as runner-up.
Summaries
Contestants
(ages stated are at time of contest)
(in order of elimination)
Roger Peterson, 22 (withdrew)
Zosja El Rhazi, 21
Yuli Minguel, 23
Joël de... | english |
Marian Dąbrowski (27 September 1878 in Mielec – 27 September 1958 in Miami) was a Polish journalist, entrepreneur and publisher, the biggest and the most influential press magnate of the Second Polish Republic.
Life and career
Between 1903 and 1907 he studied Polish philology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. ... | english |
Baron Heytesbury, of Heytesbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1828 for the prominent politician and diplomat Sir William à Court, 2nd Baronet, who later served as Ambassador to Russia and as Viceroy of Ireland. His son, the second Baron, sat as Member of ... | english |
The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 1 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised 2006 fourth-place finishers Portugal, along with Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania and Malta.
The group was won by Denmark, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Portugal ... | english |
The 2018 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas was the third round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on 22 April 2018.
Classification
MotoGP
Moto2
Moto3
Championship standings after the race
MotoGP
Moto2
Moto3
Notes
References
Americas
Grand Prix of the Americas
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Kaliaganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 34 Kaliaganj Assembly constituency (SC) covers Kaliaganj municipality, Kaliaganj community developme... | english |
Isa Souza was born on January 26, 1975, in Santa Rosa a small town in southern Brazil. While she grew up, she visited Argentina many times and due to the European and Latin American cultural mix she learned to speak Portuguese (native), English and Spanish.
On her early years, Isa lived in a farm with her three sister... | english |
The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State is a 2011 book by Zhang Weiwei about China's economic and geopolitical rise to the status as an emerging global power. It was originally published in Chinese with the English language version being published in 2012. In the book Zhang argues that China's rapid economic de... | english |
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