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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Talyzin | Nikolai Talyzin | Nikolai Vladimirovich Talyzin (Russian: Никола́й Влади́мирович Талы́зин; 28 January 1929 – 23 January 1991) was a Soviet bureaucrat and economist who was head of the Gosplan, or the State Planning Committee.
== Biography ==
He was born in Moscow to a working-class family. After graduating from the Moscow Communicatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Luk%C3%A1cs | György Lukács | György Lukács (born Bernát György Löwinger; Hungarian: Szegedi Lukács György; German: Georg Bernard Lukács; 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, literary historian, literary critic, and aesthetician. He was one of the founders of Western Marxism, an interpretive tradition that departed from... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Lallemand | André Lallemand | André Lallemand (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe lalmɑ̃]; September 29, 1904 – March 24, 1978) was a French astronomer and director of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris.
Lallemand made important contributions to the development of photomultipliers for astronomical use and the "electronic telescope" (or Lallemand camer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Cohn | Mildred Cohn | Mildred Cohn (July 12, 1913 – October 12, 2009) was an American biochemist who furthered understanding of biochemical processes through her study of chemical reactions within animal cells. She was a pioneer in the use of nuclear magnetic resonance for studying enzyme reactions, particularly reactions of adenosine triph... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firazorexton | Firazorexton | Firazorexton (INNTooltip International Nonproprietary Name; development code TAK-994) is an experimental orexin 2 (OX2) receptor agonist first described in a 2019 patent filed by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
Firazorexton was studied by Takeda for the treatment of narcolepsy. It is a small-molecule and orally active c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chief_justices_of_India | List of chief justices of India | The chief justice of India is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India. As head of the Supreme Court, the chief justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. In accordanc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramovi%C4%87#:~:text=medication%20wore%20off.-,Rhythm%204%2C%201974,the%20limits%20of%20her%20lungs. | Marina Abramović | Marina Abramović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Абрамовић, pronounced [marǐːna abrǎːmovitɕ]; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, the relationship between the performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Being... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armsia_petasus | Armsia petasus | Armsia petasus is a species of small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae. They are critically endangered by habitat loss.
This species is endemic to the United States.
== References == |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66_Maja | 66 Maja | 66 Maja () is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 71 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 April 1861, by American astronomer Horace Tuttle at the Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The asteroid was named after Mai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_American_League_Championship_Series | 1986 American League Championship Series | The 1986 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven semifinal series in Major League Baseball's 1986 postseason between the Boston Red Sox and the California Angels for the right to advance to the 1986 World Series to face the winner of the 1986 National League Championship Series. The Red Sox came in with... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_Inorganic_Chemistry_Award | Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award | The Applied Inorganic Chemistry Award, established in 2008, is conferred biennially by the Dalton division of the Royal Society of Chemistry for "outstanding contributions to the development of any branch of inorganic chemistry which has an application in industry." The winner gives a lecture tour in the UK, and receiv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting#:~:text=In%20November%202018%2C%20scientists%20reported%20the%20discovery%20of%20the%20oldest,the%20Indonesian%20island%20of%20Borneo. | Cave painting | In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin. Several groups of scientists suggest that the oldest of such paintings were created not by Homo sapiens, but by Deniso... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy_of_Saint_Teresa | Ecstasy of Saint Teresa | The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (also known as Saint Teresa in Ecstasy; Italian: L'Estasi di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa in estasi) is a sculptural altarpiece group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel of the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome. It was designed and carved by Gian Lore... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_World_Rugby_Nations_Cup | 2016 World Rugby Nations Cup | The 2016 World Rugby Cup of Nations was the eleventh edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby (formerly IRB). As with the previous nine tournaments, the competition took place in the Stadionul Naţional de Rugby in Bucharest, Romania.
Due to Georgia's tour of the Pacific Isla... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaj_Doab#:~:text=The%20Chaj%20doab%20includes%20the,fringes%20of%20the%20Kashmir%20valley. | Chaj Doab | Chaj Doab (Punjabi: چَج دوآب), also known as the Jech Doab, is one of the main regions of the Punjab province in Pakistan. Punjab historically has been divided into regions based on its various rivers, since the name Punjab itself is based on the region's five main rivers. The Chaj Doab includes the area between the Jh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACS_Award_in_Pure_Chemistry | ACS Award in Pure Chemistry | The American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry is awarded annually by the American Chemical Society (ACS) "to recognize and encourage fundamental research in pure chemistry carried out in North America by young men and women." "Young" means born within 35 years of the awarding of the Award, which takes place at... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_number | Vampire number | In recreational mathematics, a vampire number (or true vampire number) is a composite natural number with an even number of digits, that can be factored into two natural numbers each with half as many digits as the original number, where the two factors contain precisely all the digits of the original number, in any or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_1_(American_season)#:~:text=That%20night%2C%20it%20was%20revealed%20that%20Brittany%20had%20become%20the,the%20end%20of%20the%20week. | Big Brother 1 (American season) | Big Brother 2000 (retroactively known as Big Brother 1 following season 7) is the debut season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It was based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000. The series premiered on July 5, 2000, and lasted for a total of 88 day... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Sher-Gil | Amrita Sher-Gil | Amrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian–Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a pioneer in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started formal lessons at the age of eight. She first gained... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Ballard_Jr. | Clint Ballard Jr. | Clinton Conger Ballard Jr. (May 24, 1931 – December 23, 2008) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. He wrote two Billboard Hot 100 number one hits. The first was "Game of Love" by Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders in 1965. The second was the 1975 hit, "You're No Good" by Linda Ronstadt (first sung by Dee Dee... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon#:~:text=In%202004%2C%20the%20Trillian%20chat,video%20equivalent%20of%20an%20emoticon%22. | Emoticon | An emoticon (, ə-MOH-tə-kon, rarely , ih-MOTT-ih-kon), portmanteau of emotion and icon, is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using characters—usually punctuation marks, numbers and letters—to express a person's feelings, mood or reaction, without needing to describe it in detail.
ASCII emoticons can be ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WION#Lawsuit_against_former_anchor_Palki_Sharma | WION | WION (, WEE-ahn; World is One News) is an Indian English language news channel headquartered in Noida, India. WION is owned by the Essel Group and is a part of the Zee Media network of channels, whose majority owner is Subhash Chandra and family. As of 2021, WION had presence in over 190 countries.
It has faced scrutin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Champions_League_knockout_phase#Semi-finals | 2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase | The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 15 February with the round of 16 and ended on 28 May 2022 with the final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, to decide the champions of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase.
Times are CET/CEST, as liste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Echandi_Jim%C3%A9nez#:~:text=Mario%20Jos%C3%A9%20Echandi%20Jim%C3%A9nez%20(17,serving%20from%201958%20to%201962. | Mario Echandi Jiménez | Mario José Echandi Jiménez (17 June 1915 – 30 July 2011) was the 33rd President of Costa Rica, serving from 1958 to 1962.
== As diplomat ==
Mario Echandi was a career diplomat.
Prior to his election, he had served as Costa Rica's ambassador to the United States and as the country's representative to both the United N... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downey,_California | Downey, California | Downey is a city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, 13 mi (21 km) southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. It is considered part of the Gateway Cities. The city is the birthplace of the Apollo space program and Taco Bell. It is also the home of the oldest operating McDonald's restaurant in the wor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Reynolds#:~:text=In%201962%2C%20Dennis%20Weaver%20wanted,the%20show%20%22until%20it%20ends. | Burt Reynolds | Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor most famous during the 1970s and '80s. He became well known in television series such as Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966) and Dan August (1970–1971). He had leading roles in films such as Navajo Joe (1966), and 100 Rifles (1969), an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krimchi_temples | Krimchi temples | Krimchi temples is a complex of seven ancient Hindu temples in the Udhampur District of the Jammu Division in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located on bank of a stream Birunala in village Krimachi, 12 km from Udhampur. This group of temples is locally known as the Pandava Temples.
== History ==
According to the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ey%C3%BE%C3%B3r_Ing%C3%B3lfsson_Melste%C3%B0 | Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð | Eyþór Ingólfsson Melsteð (transliterated as Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted in English, born 16 February 1994) is an Icelandic professional strongman from Reykjavík and a multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.
== Career ==
Eyþór began his sporting career as an amateur bodybuilder. Upon realizing his str... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcTanGent_Festival | ArcTanGent Festival | ArcTanGent Festival (also known as ATG) is a three-day British rock festival held annually at Fernhill Farm in Somerset, England since 2013. It is the most popular British summer festival for math rock, post rock, progressive metal and experimental music. The festival is named after the Earthtone9 album arc'tan'gent (2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Monsters#Season_4_(2012) | River Monsters | River Monsters is a British wildlife documentary television series produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom. It is hosted by angler and biologist Jeremy Wade, who travels around the globe in search of large and dangerous fish.
River Monsters premiered on ITV in Great Britain and became one of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham | John Bonham | John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Noted for his speed, power, fast single-footed kick drumming, distinctive sound, and feel for groove, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential drummers in history.
Bonham was ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_satellites | List of Indian satellites | This list covers most artificial satellites built and operated by the Republic of India. India has been successfully launching satellites of various types from 1975. Apart from Indian rockets, these satellites have been launched from various vehicles, including American, Russian, and European rockets sometimes as well.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_(DC_Comics)#Stan_Silver | Ray (DC Comics) | The Ray is the name of four superheroes in the DC Comics Universe. All versions of the character have the superpower of manipulating visible light in some manner.
The first Ray was Langford "Happy" Terrill, a Quality Comics character. When DC Comics later purchased Quality Comics, Happy Terrill was retconned as a membe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim_%E2%80%93_Dragonborn | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dragonborn | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dragonborn is the third and final add-on for the action role-playing open world video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and released by Bethesda Softworks on the Xbox Live Marketplace on December 4, 2012. The Microsoft Windows version was released ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnham | Alnham | Alnham (, ) is a hamlet and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is about 14 miles (23 km) west of Alnwick, and is about 6 miles (10 km) from the Scottish border, on the south of a small tributary of the River Aln. The village stands on uneven ground, sloping from south to north, at the foot of the southern outl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Concia | Paola Concia | Anna Paola Concia (born 4 July 1963) is an Italian politician and LGBT rights activist.
== Biography ==
Concia was born in Avezzano, Province of L'Aquila, and she graduated in sports science from L'Aquila's Istituto Superiore di Educazione Fisica; following her graduation, she has worked as a physical education and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Pulis_Lathrop#:~:text=She%20was%20born%20on%20October,that%20became%20artists%2C%20Gertrude%20K. | Ida Pulis Lathrop | Ida F. Pulis Lathrop (1859–1937) was an American painter. She primarily worked on portraits, still life and landscapes as subjects. Lathrop was based in Albany, New York.
== About ==
She was born on October 27, 1859, as Ida F. Pulis in Troy, New York to Catherine (née Sheffér) and Abraham William Pulis. She married C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_foil | Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's foil | The men's foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 2021 at the Makuhari Messe. 36 fencers from 18 nations competed in this event.
== Background ==
This was the 28th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Meller#Death_and_legacy | Raquel Meller | Francisca Romana Marqués López (9 March 1888 – 26 July 1962), better known as Raquel Meller, was a Spanish diseuse, cuplé, and tonadilla singer and actress.
She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films and touring Europe and the Americas. A vaudeville performer, she sang the original... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics | 1956 Summer Olympics | The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 195... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Doughnut#History | Springfield Doughnut | The Springfield Doughnut is a sculpture of a pink doughnut with sprinkles located in Springfield, New Zealand. It is based on the doughnut frequently featured in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, which is set in a city also named Springfield. It was presented to the town by 20th Century Fox to promote the 2007... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ludwig_von_Ficquelmont#Minister-President_of_the_Austrian_Empire | Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont | Karl Ludwig, Count of Ficquelmont (German: [ˈfɪkɛlˌmɔnt]; French: Charles-Louis comte de Ficquelmont; 23 March 1777 – 7 April 1857) was an Austrian aristocrat, statesman and General of the cavalry of the Austrian Imperial army of French noble origin.
== Biography ==
=== French nobleman ===
He was born Gabriel-Charl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One_with_the_Jellyfish | The One with the Jellyfish | The fourth season of the American television sitcom Friends aired on NBC from September 25, 1997 to May 7, 1998.
== Cast and characters ==
=== Main cast ===
Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green
Courteney Cox as Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
Davi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Supreme_Federal_Court | President of the Supreme Federal Court | The President of the Supreme Federal Court is the highest-ranking officer of the Brazilian judiciary branch. The holder is also president of the National Council of Justice (CNJ). Among their responsibilities are representing both the Court and the council before other branches of government and authorities, presiding ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Kathmandu | Mayor of Kathmandu | The mayor of Kathmandu is the head of the municipal executive of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The officeholder is elected for a five-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. The role was first created in 1932 during the Rana regime.
The current mayor is Balendra Shah, who was elected in the 2022 electio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile | Nile | The Nile (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is an important river in Africa that flows northwards into the Mediterranean Sea. At roughly 6,650 km (4,130 mi) long, it is among the longest rivers in the world. Its drainage basin covers eleven countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Burundi, R... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Chemistry_Award#:~:text=feedstock.%5B8%5D-,2016%3A%20Paul%20Anastas,-(Yale%20University | Green Chemistry Award | First awarded in 2001, the Green Chemistry Award was presented every two years by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for advances in environmentally focused chemistry. In addition to a prize of £2000, winners of the award complete a UK based lecture tour. The award was discontinued in 2020.
== Winners ==
2001 (2001... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin | Pangolin | Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota (). The one extant family, the Manidae, has three genera: Manis, Phataginus, and Smutsia. Manis comprises four species found in Asia, while Phataginus and Smutsia include two species each, all found in sub-Saharan Africa. These species ra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1#Symbols | Bogotá | Bogotá (, also UK: , US: , Spanish pronunciation: [boɣoˈta] ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (Spanish: [ˌsanta ˈfe ðe βoɣoˈta]; lit. 'Holy Faith of Bogotá') during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Chamberlin_(California) | Mount Chamberlin (California) | Mount Chamberlin is a 13,169-foot-elevation (4,014-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south-southwest of Mount Whitney, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Mount Hitchcock, and 3.5 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shristi_Shrestha | Shristi Shrestha | Shristi Shrestha (Nepali: सृष्टि श्रेष्ठ, ) is a Nepalese actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who the winner of the Miss Nepal 2012 pageant.
== Career ==
=== Pageants ===
Shrestha represented her home district of Chitwan during the Miss Nepal 2012 beauty pageant as Miss Chitwan 2012. She went on to win th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfire_(character) | Gunfire (character) | Gunfire (Andrew Van Horn) is a DC Comics superhero and freelance anti-terrorist operative. He first appeared in Deathstroke Annual #2 (October 1993), created by Len Wein and Steve Erwin, and was one of the "New Bloods", several superpowered individuals introduced during the 1993 DC Comics Bloodlines crossover event.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazal_Ilahi_Chaudhry#Political_career | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1 January 1904 – 2 June 1982) was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 until his resignation in 1978, due to Zia-ul-Haq's martial law following the 1977 coup d'état which overthrew Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government. He was the first... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest | Mount Everest | Mount Everest (known locally as Sagarmāthā in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most recently measured in 2020 by Chinese and Nepali authorities as ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzurno_Palace | Pizzurno Palace | The Sarmiento Palace, commonly known as the Pizzurno Palace, is an architectural landmark in the Recoleta section of Buenos Aires and the location of the Argentine Ministry of Education.
== Overview ==
A will left by a local heiress, Petronila Rodríguez de Rojas, stipulated that her roughly 6 hectares (15 acres) lot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Symphony | Kingston Symphony | The Kingston Symphony (KS) is a Canadian orchestra based in Kingston, Ontario. Since 2014 the principal conductor of the symphony has been Evan Mitchell. The ensemble performs most of its concerts at The Grand Theatre.
== History ==
The orchestra was founded in 1953 under the name the New Symphony Association of King... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocklyon | Knocklyon | Knocklyon (Irish: Cnoc Lín) is a suburb of the city of Dublin, located in South Dublin, Ireland. Unlike many Dublin suburbs, Knocklyon was not developed around a village; rather it largely consists of modern housing, with a number of old cottages and farmhouses along Knocklyon Road attesting to the area's rural past.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meldola_Medal_and_Prize#:~:text=John%20Blackford%20Robertson-,1948%3A%20Ralph%20Raphael,-1947%3A%20James | Meldola Medal and Prize | The Meldola Medal and Prize was awarded annually from 1921 to 1979 by the Chemical Society and from 1980 to 2008 by the Royal Society of Chemistry to a British chemist who was under 32 years of age for promising original investigations in chemistry (which had been published). It commemorated Raphael Meldola, President ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatap%C3%A9 | Guatapé | Guatapé is a town and municipality in the Department of Antioquia, Colombia. It is a part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia and is located 79 kilometres (49 mi) from Medellín, the capital of the department. Guatapé is bordered on the north by Alejandría, San Rafael to the east, and Granada and El Peñol to the south... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourke_Award#:~:text=1965,Heinz%20Gerischer | Bourke Award | The Bourke Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry is an annual prize open to academics from outside the UK. Originally established by the Faraday Society and known as the Bourke Lectures, the award of £2000 enables experts in physical chemistry or chemical physics to present their work in the UK. The winner also recei... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hibbett | David Hibbett | David Hibbett is an associate professor in biology at Clark University who analyses fungal relationships through DNA analysis. At Clark he concentrates his lab work in evolutionary biology and ecology of Fungi.
He spent 1991 as a Science and Technology Agency of Japan Post-doctoral Fellow at the Tottori Mycological Ins... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Cemal_Eringen | Ahmed Cemal Eringen | Ahmet Cemal Eringen (February 15, 1921 – December 7, 2009) was a Turkish engineering scientist. He was a professor at Princeton University and the founder of the Society of Engineering Science. The Eringen Medal is named in his honor.
== Education ==
Eringen was born in Kayseri, Turkey and studied at the Istanbul Tec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_to_Stay | Mars to Stay | Mars to Stay missions propose that astronauts sent to Mars for the first time should intend to remain there. Unused emergency return vehicles would be recycled into settlement construction as soon as the habitability of Mars becomes evident to the initial pioneers. Mars to Stay missions are advocated both to reduce cos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Henry_and_Prosper_Henry#:~:text=126%20Velleda,5%20November%201872 | Paul Henry and Prosper Henry | Paul-Pierre Henry (21 August 1848 – 4 January 1905) and his brother Prosper-Mathieu Henry (10 December 1849 – 25 July 1903) were French opticians and astronomers.
They made refracting telescopes and instruments for observatories, and were involved in the origin of the Carte du Ciel project.
Between the two of them, the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Samuel_Bolomey#:~:text=He%20received%20his%20early%20artistic,Joseph%2DMarie%20Vien%20in%201758. | Benjamin Samuel Bolomey | Benjamin Samuel Bolomey (19 May 1739 – 19 December 1819) was a Swiss painter and politician. As an artist he spent most of his career as a portrait painter in the Netherlands.
== Biography ==
Bolomey was born in Lausanne on 19 May 1739, to François Louis Bolomey, an hotelier, and Pernette Mercier. He received his ear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vice-chancellors_of_the_University_of_Delhi | List of vice-chancellors of the University of Delhi | The vice-chancellor of the executive head of the University of Delhi.
== Vice-chancellors of DU ==
The vice-chancellors of DU are as follows.
== See also ==
University of Delhi
== References == |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanele_Muholi#Innovative_Women_(2009) | Zanele Muholi | Zanele Muholi (born 1972) is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation. Muholi's work focuses on race, gender and sexuality with a body of work that dates back to the early 2000s, documenting and celebrating the lives of South Africa's Black lesbian, gay, transgender, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Jamal_(cricketer) | Ahmed Jamal (cricketer) | Ahmed Jamal (born 3 September 1988) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Sui Southern Gas Company. He is a six feet four inches (193 cm) tall right-arm pace bowler. In October 2017, he took nine wickets for 50 runs for Sui Southern Gas Corporation against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in the 2017–18 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_5 | PlayStation 5 | The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was announced as the successor to the PlayStation 4 in April 2019, was launched on November 12, 2020, in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, North America, and South Korea, and was released worldwide a week later. The PS5 is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Happy_Valley_episodes#Series_1_(2014) | List of Happy Valley episodes | Happy Valley is a British crime drama television series created by Sally Wainwright and produced by Red Production Company. The first series of six episodes started airing on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2014. It was released on Netflix in the United States and Canada on 20 August 2014. A second six-episo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_M%C3%A9nigon#:~:text=She%20married%20Jean%2DMarc%20Rouillan,at%20the%20Fleury%2DM%C3%A9rogis%20Prison. | Nathalie Ménigon | Nathalie Ménigon (born 28 February 1957 in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise), was convicted for acts of terrorism committed while she was a member of the French revolutionary group Action Directe. She was sentenced to life in prison in 1989 and released in August 2008 after serving more than 20 years in prison.
== Arres... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fenno#:~:text=Fenno's%20books%20Congressmen%20in%20Committees,leading%20scholar%20of%20American%20politics. | Richard Fenno | Richard Francis Fenno Jr. (December 12, 1926 – April 21, 2020) was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work on the U.S. Congress and its members. He was a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Rochester. He published numerous books and scholarly articles focused on how me... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubh#:~:text=Shubhneet%20Singh%20(born%2010%20August,'Still%20Rollin'%20in%202023. | Shubh | Shubhneet Singh (born 10 August 1997), known professionally as Shubh, is an Indian rapper-singer and songwriter based in Canada associated with Punjabi music. Shubh rose to mainstream in 2021 with his single "We Rollin". He released his debut album 'Still Rollin' in 2023.
His numerous singles have charted on the Canadi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Linux | Arch Linux | Arch Linux () is an open source, rolling release Linux distribution. Arch Linux is kept up-to-date by regularly updating the individual pieces of software that it comprises. Arch Linux is intentionally minimal, and is meant to be configured by the user during installation so they may add only what they require.
Arch Li... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramovi%C4%87 | Marina Abramović | Marina Abramović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Абрамовић, pronounced [marǐːna abrǎːmovitɕ]; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, the relationship between the performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Being... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Rising_Sun_(anthem)#:~:text=Land%20of%20the%20Rising%20Sun%20was%20the%20proclaimed%20national%20anthem,%22%2C%20as%20Biafran%20president%20C. | Land of the Rising Sun (anthem) | Land of the Rising Sun was the proclaimed national anthem of the secessionist African state of Biafra, formerly known as Eastern Region, Nigeria. The lyrics were written by Nnamdi Azikiwe, and the tune was adopted from Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia", as Biafran president Emeka Ojukwu enjoyed the musical works of Sibelius.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_G._Takwale | Ram G. Takwale | Ram G. Takwale (11 April 1933 – 13 May 2023) was an Indian academic administrator who was the vice chancellor of the University of Pune from 1978 to 1984, a vice chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University and chairman of National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
Takwale was born on 11 April 1933. He ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_Disneyland_attractions | List of former Disneyland attractions | Disneyland is a theme park in Anaheim, California conceived by Walt Disney. This is a list of attractions – rides, shows, shops and parades – that have appeared at the park but have permanently closed. Character meets and atmosphere entertainment (e.g., roving musicians) are not listed. Also not listed are permanently ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1966#: | Miss World 1966 | Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants.
The curren... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Negri | Antonio Negri | Antonio Negri (; Italian: [ˈneːɡri]; 1 August 1933 – 16 December 2023) was an Italian political philosopher known as one of the most prominent theorists of autonomism, as well as for his co-authorship of Empire with Michael Hardt. Born in Padua, Italy, Negri became a professor of political philosophy at the University ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Mooney_Distinguished_Technology_Award | Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award | The Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award is a professional award conferred by the ACS Rubber Division. Established in 1983, the award is named after Melvin Mooney, developer of the Mooney viscometer and of the Mooney-Rivlin hyperelastic law. The award consists of an engraved plaque and prize money. The medal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bourchier,_Countess_of_Bath#Second_marriage | Margaret Bourchier, Countess of Bath | Margaret Bourchier, Countess of Bath (née Donington; c. 1509 – 20 December 1561) was an English Tudor noblewoman. She is notable for the three high-profile and advantageous marriages she secured during her lifetime, and for her success in arranging socially impressive marriages for many of her children. Through her des... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_F | 2018 FIFA World Cup Group F | Group F of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 17 to 27 June 2018. The group consisted of defending champions Germany, Mexico, Sweden, and South Korea. Sweden and Mexico were the top two teams that advanced to the round of 16.
The surprise elimination of holders Germany marked the first time since 1938 that they d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_National_Open_University# | Indira Gandhi National Open University | Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is a public open and distance learning university located in Delhi, India. Named after the former prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of ₹20 million, after the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Op... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantfombi_Dlamini | Mantfombi Dlamini | Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu (15 February 1953 – 29 April 2021) was the queen consort of the Zulu nation from 1977 to 2021 as the Great Wife to King Goodwill Zwelithini. She served as the queen regent from March 2021 to April 2021.
== Early life and family ==
Queen Mantfombi Dlamini was born on 15 February 1953 to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillar_of_Fire_%28sculpture%29 | Pillar of Fire (sculpture) | Pillar of Fire is an illuminated glass sculpture in Washington, D.C. honoring Whitman-Walker Health (formerly Whitman-Walker Clinic) and the healthcare workers who assisted people living with HIV/AIDS during the height of the AIDS epidemic. Designed by artist William Cochran, the sculpture is composed of 370 layers of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Palace | Alexandra Palace | Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in north London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey. A Grade II listed building, it is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm. It was designed by John Johnson and Alfred Meeson. It opened in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Garavini | Sergio Garavini | Sergio Garavini (18 May 1926 – 7 September 2001) was an Italian politician, writer, and trade unionist.
== Life and career ==
Garavini was born in Turin. At a very young age, he entered the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and the trade union Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), which he contributed to reform... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maulana_Azad#:~:text=Azad%20had%20grown%20increasingly%20hostile,dominated%20by%20the%20Hindu%20community. | Maulana Azad | Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin (11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958), better known as Maulana Azad and sometimes referred as Abul Kalam Azad, was an Indian writer, activist of the Indian independence movement and statesman. A senior leader of the Indian National Congress, following India's independence, he became the fir... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Pieter_Den_Hartog | Jacob Pieter Den Hartog | Jacob Pieter Den Hartog (July 23, 1901 – March 17, 1989) was a Dutch-American mechanical engineer and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
== Biography ==
J. P. Den Hartog was born in 1901 in Ambarawa, the Dutch East Indies. In 1916, his family moved to Holland. After attending high school in Amsterdam, he enr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Gardens | Tivoli Gardens | Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰiwoli]), is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, also in Denmark.
With 4.25 milli... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1964_Summer_Olympics_medal_winners | List of 1964 Summer Olympics medal winners | The following is a list of medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, from 10 to 24 October 1964.
== Athletics ==
=== Men's events ===
=== Women's events ===
== Basketball ==
== Boxing ==
== Canoeing ==
=== Men's events ===
=== Women's events ===
== Cycling ==
=== Road cycling ===
=== T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_d%27Escrime | Fédération Internationale d'Escrime | The International Fencing Federation (Fédération Internationale d'Escrime) commonly known by the acronym FIE, is the international governing body of Olympic fencing. Today, its head office is at the Maison du Sport International in Lausanne, Switzerland. The FIE is composed of 155 national federations, each of which... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Arthur_Cooper | G. Arthur Cooper | Gustav Arthur Cooper (February 9, 1902 – October 17, 2000) was an American paleobiologist.
Cooper was born in College Point, Queens, and attended Colgate University. He graduated in 1924, staying on to receive a master's degree in 1926. He then attended Yale University, where he received his PhD in 1929. His dissertat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aralle-Tabulahan_language | Aralle-Tabulahan language | Aralle-Tabulahan is an Austronesian language that belongs to the South Sulawesi subgroup. It is spoken in Mamasa Regency, West Sulawesi, Indonesia.
== Dialects ==
Aralle-Tabulahan has three major dialects: Aralle, Tabulahan, and Mambi. The Mambi dialect is often regarded as the most divergent of the three dialects an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Hinn#:~:text=Benny%20Hinn%20Ministries%20donated%20%24100%2C000,tsunami%20relief%20effort%20in%202007. | Benny Hinn | Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (born 3 December 1952) is an Israeli-born American-Canadian televangelist, best known for his regular "Miracle Crusades"—revival meeting or faith healing summits that are usually held in stadiums in major cities, which are later broadcast worldwide on his television program, This Is Your ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tate#:~:text=In%20November%202008%2C%20he%20was,Sport%20Kickboxing%20Association%20(ISKA). | Andrew Tate | Emory Andrew Tate III (born 1 December 1986) is an American and British social media personality, businessman, and former professional kickboxer who gained notoriety for promoting various highly controversial positions in the manosphere. His commentary has resulted in his expulsion from various social media platforms a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Kathmandu#cite_note-:0-2 | Mayor of Kathmandu | The mayor of Kathmandu is the head of the municipal executive of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The officeholder is elected for a five-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. The role was first created in 1932 during the Rana regime.
The current mayor is Balendra Shah, who was elected in the 2022 electio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_Hasan_Deobandi | Mahmud Hasan Deobandi | Mahmud Hasan Deobandi (also known as Shaykh al-Hind; 1851–1920) was an Indian Muslim scholar and an activist of the Indian Independence Movement, who co-founded the Jamia Millia Islamia University and launched the Silk Letter Movement for the freedom of India. He was the first student to study at the Darul Uloom Deoban... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#Inspiration | Taj Mahal | The Taj Mahal ( TAHJ mə-HAHL, TAHZH -; Hindustani: [taːdʒ ˈmɛɦ(ɛ)l]; lit. 'Crown of the Palace') is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658), to house the tomb of his beloved w... |
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