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2700 | "John Forest"
stand fast in his Roman Catholic beliefs. His confinement, therefore, was not strict, and he was allowed to celebrate divine service and hear confessions. From this confinement he could correspond with the Queen and he also wrote a tract against Henry entitled ""De auctoritate Ecclesiae et Pontificis maxi... |
2701 | "John Forest"
the proceedings which led to the friar's destruction. Forest was condemned for treason and heresy, the latter to emphasize the spiritual supremacy claimed by the crown. In accordance with the custom of the time, Bishop Latimer was selected to preach a final sermon at the place of execution urging recantat... |
2702 | "John Forest"
enormous statue of St. Derfel from the pilgrimage site of Llandderfel in north Wales, and of which it was prophesied, would ""one day set a forest on fire."" Forest, together with 53 other English martyrs, was beatified by Pope Leo XIII, on 9 December 1886. John Forest John Forest (1471 – 22 May 1538) was... |
2703 | "Gabon bushbaby"
Gabon bushbaby The Gabon bushbaby (""Sciurocheirus gabonensis"") is a species of primate in the family Galagidae found in Cameroon, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. Its head and body length is 8.5 in with a 10-in tail, and it weighs about 10 oz. It lives in evergreen tropical rainforests and eats ... |
2704 | "Gabon bushbaby"
Ogooué River. It is unclear whether it occurs to the south of the Ogooue River. Its typical habitat is dense humid forest where it lives in the lower part of the canopy among the lianas and tree trunks. It seems able to adapt to some extent to inhabiting secondary growth and partially felled areas. The... |
2705 | "Gabon bushbaby"
adults, the ratio of males to females is 1:4. This difference may be because the males travel greater distances and are therefore at greater risk of predation. Animals known to prey on this species include large snakes, the African palm civet (""Nandinia binotata""), the African linsang (""Poiana richa... |
2706 | "Gabon bushbaby"
Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of ""least concern"". Gabon bushbaby The Gabon bushbaby (""Sciurocheirus gabonensis"") is a species of primate in the family Galagidae found in Cameroon, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. Its head and body length is 8.5 in with a 10-... |
2707 | "Universidad Nacional del Sur"
Universidad Nacional del Sur The National University of South (in Spanish: ""Universidad Nacional del Sur"", UNS) is the largest national university in southern Argentina. Its motto is ""Ardua Veritatem"", which means ""through the difficulties to the truth"". The university was founded o... |
2708 | "Universidad Nacional del Sur"
by Provincial Act No. 5051, and it began its activities under the academic dependence on the National University of La Plata. In 1947, the Nation and the province Buenos Aires signed an agreement that stated that both of them would supply the funds for the operation and maintenance of the... |
2709 | "Universidad Nacional del Sur"
university was granted in 1950, however, it was cancelled in 1952, and it depended again on the Ministry of Economy of the Nation. The first graduate of the Institute was Engineer Nereo Roberto Parro, in 1953, who was a natural of the town of Tornquist. In 1955, after the fall of Perón's ... |
2710 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
by forces of the police reinforced by the Legion. In total, there were one killed and forty-six wounded in the forces of the order, three killed and two hundred and thirty eight wounded among the manifesting contingents. The following days, a cover fire was established on the « vil... |
2711 | "Universidad Nacional del Sur"
courses given at other departments, so that students can take them at the corresponding departments. The first Departments were Accountancy, Economics, Physics, Geology and Geography, Mathematics, Engineering, Humanities, and Chemistry. After just a month of its opening, two students who ... |
2712 | "Universidad Nacional del Sur"
main university complex is located at Alem 1253, where most of the Departments and laboratories operate as well as the Central Library. It is a large building that takes up more than a block and at the front there is a fountain with a sculpture by the artist Lola Mora. There are other bui... |
2713 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
coming from Ethiopia, while simultaneously rescue collecting some, welcoming others and disarming an Ethiopian division (Operation Godoria (). In March 1992, it would be the turn of Operation Iskoutir (). In December 1992, its Operation Oryx (), in Somalia, then a couple of month l... |
2714 | "Rocket Ranger"
""secret decoder wheel"" included with the game. This element of the game was actually a form of copy protection. The idea was that since the wheel was included with the game and couldn't easily be duplicated, only legitimate purchasers of the game could successfully use the game. Because the wheel need... |
2715 | "Rocket Ranger"
connected. Therefore, some users constructed tables that included all of the codes needed to travel from one location to another. These tables eventually made their way to bulletin board systems and (later) the Internet and used as a tool for pirated versions of the game. Like most Cinemaware titles, th... |
2716 | "Rocket Ranger"
MS-DOS, Commodore 64 and Nintendo Entertainment System. In 1989, an Apple II port was released, with a vastly superior musical soundtrack score (in terms of music synthesis quality) composed by Bob Lindstrom, with graphics comparable to the original. ""Computer Gaming World"" had high praise for the gam... |
2717 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
sabotage and manipulation of explosives. The 2nd section regrouped the reconnaissance divers which were charged with infiltration missions by maritime means utilizing pneumatic boats or palms. The 3rd section regrouped the elite snipers of the regiment, equipping 12.7 mm Barret and... |
2718 | "Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse"
Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse The Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse at the American Medical Association (AMA) was established by the temperance-oriented Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with an initial grant of $5 million, followed by more substantial funding. As a n... |
2719 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
years 2000, regularly engaged under form of instruction operational detachment () (DIO) assisting neighboring countries (Ethiopia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and numerous others). On July 31, 2011, the 13 DBLE left Djibouti and garrisoned in the United Arab Emirate... |
2720 | "Timeline of golf history (1945–99)"
Timeline of golf history (1945–99) The following is a partial timeline of the history of golf. 1945 Byron Nelson wins 18 tournaments in a calendar year to set an all-time PGA Tour record-including a record 11 in a row and a record 19 consecutive rounds under 70. His total prize earn... |
2721 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
at the corps of five combat companies, one support company (CCL) and one reconnaissance and support company. The unit became, in 2011, the support corps ""Groupement terre"" of the French Military Implementation in the UAE ()). The unit is decomposed of a support unit as well other... |
2722 | "13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion"
Nos Képis Blancs (Sous le soleil brulant d'Afrique)"" featuring: <poem> ""1st couplet"" Sous le soleil brûlant d'Afrique, Cochinchine, Madagascar, Une phalange magnifique, A fait flotter nos étendards, Sa devise «Honneur et vaillance», Forme des soldats valeureux, Son drapeau celui... |
2723 | "John Sowden House"
a house that would be a showplace where he could entertain his friends in the Hollywood film community, but only lived in the house for a few years, perhaps due to the negative criticism of its architectural style at the time. The house was sold in 1930 to Ruth Rand Barnett, and again in 1936, 1944 ... |
2724 | "Brine pool"
Brine pool A brine pool is a large area of brine on the ocean basin. These pools are bodies of water that have a salinity four to eight times greater than the surrounding ocean. For deep-sea brine pools, the source of the salt is the dissolution of large salt deposits through salt tectonics. The brine ofte... |
2725 | "Brine pool"
Deep-sea and Antarctic brine pools can be toxic to marine animals. Brine pools are sometimes called sea floor ""lakes"" because the dense brine does not easily mix with overlying seawater. The high salinity raises the density of the brine, which creates a distinct surface and shoreline for the pool. When s... |
2726 | "Brine pool"
processed by bacteria, which have a symbiotic relationship with seep mussels living at the edge of the pool. This ecosystem is dependent on chemical energy, and relative to almost all other life on Earth, has little dependence on energy from the Sun. Inland endorheic basins are drainage basins without an o... |
2727 | "John Sowden House"
renovations, Eric Lloyd Wright praised the new kitchen and landscaping, but criticized Balbes' decision to install a pool and spa in the middle of the courtyard. All of the house's rooms open onto the long central courtyard, which was originally a lawn that was used for seating during performances a... |
2728 | "John Sowden House"
entry staircase, and to the addition of Asian elements that were ""completely wrong"" for Wright's Mesoamerican design. The house has sold several times since the renovation, and on September 10, 2016, it was listed for sale at $4,795,000. John Sowden House John Sowden House, also known as the ""Jaw... |
2729 | "Keda Reda"
Keda Reda Keda Reda is an Egyptian romantic comedy film starring Ahmed Helmi. It has a very simple story about 3 identical triplets. For the first time in the Middle East cinema, it has 7 minutes of CGI and Visual Effects by DoLeeP Studios. Keda Reda stars comedian Ahmed Helmi as Semsem (an introvert), Bibo... |
2730 | "Keda Reda"
the Egyptian box office, as it earned more than 20 million EGP. The story was inspired by the American film Matchstick Men. Keda Reda Keda Reda is an Egyptian romantic comedy film starring Ahmed Helmi. It has a very simple story about 3 identical triplets. For the first time in the Middle East cinema, it ha... |
2731 | "Timeline of golf history (1945–99)"
Golf Association. Ben Hogan, only weeks after returning to the PGA Tour following a near-fatal auto accident, wins the U.S. Open at Merion. 1951 Francis Ouimet becomes the first American Captain of the R & A. The USGA and the R & A, in a conference, complete a newly revised Rules of... |
2732 | "William H. Towles House"
was a cattle operator on a large scale who made a fortune shipping beef to Cuba. Born in 1852 at Perry, Florida, he got into the cattle business while a young man, moved his cattle to Fort Myers ranges in 1884 and went into business with James E. Hendry Sr. Towles led the fight in establishing... |
2733 | "Timeline of golf history (1945–99)"
his other two events - the Seminole Pro-Am and the Colonial Invitational. 1952 Marlene Hagge wins the Sarasota Open when she is 18 years 14 days old—an LPGA record. Patty Berg shoots an LPGA-record of 64 for an 18-hole round. The National Hole-in-One Clearing House is established by... |
2734 | "Jujiro Wada"
children and their families live throughout Northern California today. Wada was in Nome during 1901. He apparently spent the winter of 1901-1902 in Seattle, because on May 26, 1902, he arrived in Skagway on a steamer out of Seattle. From Skagway, Wada caught a different ship to St. Michael, and then took ... |
2735 | "Jujiro Wada"
of Barnette's dog teams into Dawson City to tell the Canadians about the recent gold strikes near Fairbanks. Reporter Casey Moran of the ""Yukon Sun"" subsequently wrote a front-page story whose headline screamed ""Rich Strike Made in the Tanana."" The story caused several hundred miners to leave Dawson C... |
2736 | "Jujiro Wada"
he was arrested on the charge of failing to report the sale of 40 mink pelts. He paid the fine, and left town. During the winter of 1904-1905, Wada was hunting seals along the Beaufort Sea. He was accompanied by several Indians. In August 1906, he was back in Nome. He promptly lost the money he'd made sel... |
2737 | "Jujiro Wada"
third time, in Candle, on the same charges, and he spent the rest of the year in and out of court. Needing money to pay his lawyers, Wada began running indoor marathon races. These were gambling events, in which prizes were measured in thousands of dollars. Wada ran well, too, winning a Nome marathon in M... |
2738 | "Jujiro Wada"
he trained two polar bear cubs to pull his sled. After a month in Vancouver, Wada returned to Dawson City. He secured a dog team, and then drove to Rampart, Alaska, to do some prospecting. He visited whalers wintering at Herschel Island on March 15, 1908. He left the whalers on March 21, and returned to D... |
2739 | "Jujiro Wada"
a sacrifice would have entailed in winter."" Then, after filing some mining claims and buying a new worsted suit and brown derby, Wada caught a series of steamers to Nome. Wada left Nome on December 18, 1908, and arrived in Fairbanks on January 11, 1909. This meant his sustained rate by dog team was about... |
2740 | "Jujiro Wada"
participate. After recovering, Wada went south, to run in more long-distance races. On October 7, 1909, he ran a 20-mile race in Vancouver, British Columbia. He lost. He was scheduled to run an officially sanctioned marathon in Seattle on October 17, but did not. The winner, Henri St. Yves, set a world re... |
2741 | "Jujiro Wada"
the Iditarod Trail. After finishing this project, Wada returned to Seattle. From Seattle, he went to Louisiana, where he visited Edward McIlhenny, probably to raise money for further expeditions. He returned to Alaska via Seattle in April 1911. In early 1912, Wada was in the Kuskokwim area, looking for tr... |
2742 | "Timeline of golf history (1945–99)"
his victory, Palmer completes the first two legs of the modern Grand Slam after winning The Masters in April, the first player to win both since Ben Hogan in 1953. He goes on to finish second to Australian Kel Nagle in the British Open to end his bid for the Grand Slam. Palmer's ent... |
2743 | "Jujiro Wada"
the Making,"" as one of Alaska's best long-distance dog sled drivers. In 1915, a man named Ernest Blue wrote in the ""Cordova Daily Times"" that Wada was a Japanese spy asserting that Blue had seen cash and a map of Alaska in Wada's possession. This story reappeared in 1923 and during WWII. During May 191... |
2744 | "Timeline of golf history (1945–99)"
pro victory (Orville Moody and Jerry Pate would later emulate the feat). Painted lines are first utilized to mark water hazards at the U.S. Open. 1963 Arnold Palmer becomes the first professional to earn over $100,000 in official prize money in one calendar year. Mickey Wright wins ... |
2745 | "Timeline of golf history (1945–99)"
the LPGA 18-hole record with a 62 at Hogan Park GC in the Tall City Open. Norman Manley, an amateur from Long Beach, California, scores holes-in-one on two successive par-4s at Del Valley CC, Calif. It is the first and only time this feat has been accomplished. Tony Lema, the colorf... |
2746 | "Timeline of golf history (1945–99)"
invited leading players of the year from the British and American tours. The inaugural event is won by Arnold Palmer, who defeats Britain's Neil Coles in the final. Gary Player would come to dominate the event for the following decade with five wins, twice defeating Jack Nicklaus in... |
2747 | "Jujiro Wada"
race was dedicated to his memory. Jujiro Wada Jujiro Wada (Japanese: Wada Jujiro) (ca. 1872-5 March 1937) was a Japanese adventurer and entrepreneur who achieved fame for his exploits in turn-of-the-20th-century Alaska and Yukon Territory. According to his own account, Wada was born on February 12, 1872, ... |
2748 | "Mulovsky expedition"
possession"" of it, to destroy foreign armorial bearings and insignia and everywhere establish signs of its belonging to Russia. The Englishman and companion of Cook, James Trevenen was connected with the Mulovsky expedition. In the spring of 1787, Catherine II received his project for developing ... |
2749 | "Bond 875"
of the era. It was the same basic layout as used in the Hillman Imp, installed as a complete package along with the Imps' transmission, rear suspension and rear wheels: however, thanks to the fact that the 875 had a fibreglass body along with aluminium doors, and weighed less than , the performance was good ... |
2750 | "Bond 875"
be driven on a motorcycle licence but in order to keep the weight down the interior trim and fittings were minimal. Racing driver John Surtees drove the car at Brands Hatch in 1965, setting a fastest lap of 1:22 for the 1.24 mile circuit and attaining speeds over . Bond played on the car's sporty reputation,... |
2751 | "Bond 875"
version of the car for 1967. A van version, the Ranger, was introduced in April 1967. Styling changes, rectangular headlamps, front grille, a larger bonnet opening and revised seats heralded the ""Mark II"" announced in April 1968. Other changes included the fitting of a heater as standard equipment. The Bri... |
2752 | "Bond 875"
on fuel economy: the car's superior power-to-weight ratio converted into superior performance outcomes. The Bond's £506 manufacturer's recommended price was higher than the £478 price on the Mini, but less than the recommended retail price of £549 for the comparably sized Imp. The testers commended the Bond'... |
2753 | Nyazepetrovsk
Nyazepetrovsk Nyazepetrovsk () is a town and the administrative center of Nyazepetrovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Nyazya River (a tributary of the Ufa), northwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: It was founded in 1747. Town status was gran... |
2754 | Nyazepetrovsk
Nyazepetrovskoye Urban Settlement. Nyazepetrovsk Nyazepetrovsk () is a town and the administrative center of Nyazepetrovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Nyazya River (a tributary of the Ufa), northwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: It was fo... |
2755 | "Grand Hotel des Palmes Mafia meeting 1957"
Grand Hotel des Palmes Mafia meeting 1957 Over four days, between October 12–16, 1957, the American gangster Joseph Bonanno allegedly attended a series of meetings between some high-level Sicilian and American mafiosi in the Grand Hotel et des Palmes in Palermo, Sicily – the ... |
2756 | "Grand Hotel des Palmes Mafia meeting 1957"
was the organisation of the heroin trade on an international basis. The FBI believed it was this meeting that established the Bonanno crime family in the heroin trade. The protagonist of this ""heroin summit"" legend is journalist Claire Sterling: ""Although there is no first... |
2757 | "Disney's Villains' Revenge"
White Rabbit (Corey Burton) must lead them home, and Peter Pan (Michael Welch) is an old man (Kevin Schon), which makes it too hard for him to fight Hook, and the player must pick up Elderly Peter's sword to win the swashbuckling sword fight against Hook and his pirate crew, so that the Cro... |
2758 | "Capital budgeting"
than a nominal interest rate is commonly used in the calculations. Real options analysis has become important since the 1970s as option pricing models have gotten more sophisticated. The discounted cash flow methods essentially value projects as if they were risky bonds, with the promised cash flows... |
2759 | "Capital budgeting"
have in the future and adds these values to the NPV. The real value of capital budgeting is to rank projects. Most organizations have many projects that could potentially be financially rewarding. Once it has been determined that a particular project has exceeded its hurdle, then it should be ranked... |
2760 | "Large slit-faced bat"
Large slit-faced bat The large slit-faced bat, ""Nycteris grandis"", is a species of slit-faced bat with a broad distribution in forest and savanna habitats in West, Central, and East Africa. ""N. marica"" (Kershaw, 1923), is the available name for the southern savanna species if it is recognized... |
2761 | "Leavander Johnson"
Leavander Johnson Leavander Johnson (December 24, 1969 – September 22, 2005) was an American lightweight boxer from Atlantic City, New Jersey, who once held the International Boxing Federation version of the world title. He won the title on June 17, 2005, against the Italian fighter Stefano Zoff, wi... |
2762 | "Large slit-faced bat"
West Africa also disprove this; there is too much overlap of morphological characteristics to necessitate a species subdivision. All bats in this family have tricuspid upper incisors, small second lower premolar It lives in groups and the colony may number up to 60 bats. It spends the day taking ... |
2763 | "Large slit-faced bat"
the hour after dark. Although individuals visit the same foraging sites frequently, a high degree of variation exists between sites, which does not seem to be correlated with similarity to roosting sites. Two foraging strategies are used, hunting from a perch or catching prey while in flight. Exc... |
2764 | "Large slit-faced bat"
fly over long distances. Although smaller bats are consumed by ""N. grandis"", they are only eaten when they fly into the roosts of ""N. grandis"". ""N. grandis"" produces low-intensity echolocation calls at high frequencies, which makes them nearly inaudible except at close range. Instead of rel... |
2765 | "Large slit-faced bat"
61–110 kHz just before the prey is caught. This bat resides uniformly across Eastern, Central, and Western Africa. It tends to be limited to savannah woodlands and rainforests, especially the coastal forests of East Africa. They use hollowed out trees or rocky caverns as roosting locations. Some ... |
2766 | "Large slit-faced bat"
much of the biomass of its diet, so changes in rainfall such as drought can be detrimental to them by eliminating larger prey. As this species is strong, it preys on other bats, birds, scorpions, sun spiders, and frogs, and even grabs fish near the surface of the water. It swoops onto its prey. T... |
2767 | "Large slit-faced bat"
as prey because they constitute most of the biomass of ""N. grandis""' diet, whereas arthropods make up less than 20% of the diet. As mentioned, these bats are opportunistic predators, so geographical variation and changes in rainfall have a tremendous impact on their diet. ""N. grandis"" uses ra... |
2768 | Agencourt
Agencourt Agencourt is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ""Agencourtois"" or ""Agencourtoises"". Agencourt is located some 20 km south of Dijon on the A31 autoroute (E17) with Exit 1 in the commune.... |
2769 | Agencourt
only built-up area in the commune which consists entirely of farmland except for the Bois de Charbonniere on the eastern side of the commune. List of Successive Mayors of Agencourt In 2009, the commune had 386 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses con... |
2770 | Agencourt
religious building that is registered as an historical monument: Agencourt Agencourt is a French commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ""Agencourtois"" or ""Agencourtoises"". Agencourt is located some 20 km sout... |
2771 | "Leonidas of Tarentum"
Leonidas of Tarentum Leonidas of Tarentum (; Doric Greek: ) was an epigrammatist and lyric poet. He lived in Italy in the third century B.C. at Tarentum, on the coast of Calabria (then Magna Graecia). Over a hundred of his epigrams are present in the Greek Anthology compiled in the 10th and 14th ... |
2772 | "Leonidas of Tarentum"
Epirus. One of Leonidas's earliest extent poems chronicles a journey which he himself took to the court of Neoptolemus, son of Aeacides, seeking promise of protection. Soon after the poet's arrival, Neoptolemus was assassinated by his more warlike cousin, Pyrrhus, who eagerly agreed to become the... |
2773 | "Günther Wilke"
Some of these complexes are useful catalysts for the oligomerization of dienes. He died in 2016 at the age of 91. See also: https://web.archive.org/web/20080529173702/http://www.mpi-muelheim.mpg.de/kofo/english/institut/geschichte_e.html Günther Wilke Günther Wilke (23 February 1925 – 9 December 2016) ... |
2774 | "Somebody else's problem"
Somebody else's problem Somebody else's problem (also known as someone else's problem or SEP) is a psychological effect where people choose to dissociate themselves from an issue that may be in critical need of recognition. Such issues may be of large concern to the population as a whole but c... |
2775 | KPNW
12 noon. Glenn Beck airs on delay from 3 to 6 p.m., Alex Jones from 8 to 10 p.m., Coast to Coast AM with George Noory from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. and First Light with Evan Haning from 5 to 6 a.m. KPNW airs two versions of the Lars Larson Show: The Pacific Northwest version is heard from 12 to 3 p.m. and the national ed... |
2776 | KPNW
and Sunday evenings include Bill Cunningham. Some weekday shows are also repeated on weekends. KPNW was first licensed on May 17, 1962, under the call sign KPIR, on 1500 kHz. It transmitted with a power of 10,000 watts daytime only and used a nondirectional antenna. It moved to the current 1120 kHz, increased powe... |
2777 | KPNW
most powerful AM station on the West Coast between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. KPNW also broadcasts on the following translator: KPNW KPNW (1120 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Eugene, Oregon, United States, the station serves the Eugene-Springfield area, and calls ... |
2778 | Shanghalla
Shanghalla Shanghalla is a fictional planetoid in the 30th century . Its name appears to be a portmanteau of ""Shangri-La"" and ""Valhalla"". Shanghalla is a memorial planetoid for the greatest heroes of the Galaxy. The deceased former members of the Legion of Super-Heroes are buried there alongside other gr... |
2779 | Shanghalla
of Proty (or replaced by Proty, according to v4 ""Legion""). Post-Zero Hour it included: Not only Legionnaires are enshrined on Shanghalla; other great heroes from the galaxy have been interred there as well. Most of these were one-offs which were just names put in by the writer or artist on a tomb in the ba... |
2780 | Shanghalla
as a way of implying he was going to kill him. Shanghalla Shanghalla is a fictional planetoid in the 30th century . Its name appears to be a portmanteau of ""Shangri-La"" and ""Valhalla"". Shanghalla is a memorial planetoid for the greatest heroes of the Galaxy. The deceased former members of the Legion of S... |
2781 | "Slītere National Park"
Slītere National Park Slītere National Park () is a national park in Talsi district, Kurzeme Region, on the west coast of Latvia. Although formally established in 2000, it is based on former Slītere Nature Reserve, one of the oldest nature reserves in Baltic States. It covers an area of (includ... |
2782 | "Slītere National Park"
""Zilie Kalni"" or ""Blue Hills"", which are geologically one of the most recognizable features of the park. Thousands of years ago, the Zilie Kalni formed the ancient shore of the Baltic ice lake. Another 30% of the park is covered by coniferous forest. The park hosts hundreds of species of pl... |
2783 | "Slītere National Park"
birds per hour have been observed flying over during the spring and fall migrations. The grey wolf, Eurasian lynx, and elk can all be found within Slītere. The national park has many rare species of insect and snail due to its high plant and biome diversity. Along the coast, the Baltic grey sea... |
2784 | "José María Melo"
José María Melo José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz (October 9, 1800 – June 1, 1860) was a Colombian general and politician of Pijao ancestry who fought in the South American wars of independence, and who in 1854 rose to power and held the presidency of Colombia. Melo was banished from New Granada afte... |
2785 | "José María Melo"
the Military Academy in Bremen, Saxony, and became interested in socialist ideas debated in local circles. In 1841 Melo returned to Ibagué, where he became a political leader of the county. There he participated in the foundation of the ""Democratic Societies"" that organized artisans and leftist in... |
2786 | "José María Melo"
troops, and defeated the slaveowners. General José María Melo assumed power in 1854 with the support of members of the Democratic Societies, a coalition of artisans and liberals who did not think that democracy and dictatorship were incompatible. After Melo was militarily defeated that same year, hi... |
2787 | "José María Melo"
José María Melo also served as a general in Mexico, in order to defend the government of Benito Juárez, during the War of the Reform in 1860, and he was wounded and arrested in battle, and then killed. José María Melo José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz (October 9, 1800 – June 1, 1860) was a Colombian ... |
2788 | "Principality of Guria"
Principality of Guria The Principality of Guria () was a historical state in Georgia. Centered on modern-day Guria, a southwestern region in Georgia, it was located between the Black Sea and Lesser Caucasus, and was ruled by a succession of twenty-two princes of the House of Gurieli from the 146... |
2789 | "Principality of Guria"
13th century, Guria, one of the provinces of the Kingdom of Georgia, was administered by hereditary governors (eristavi) from the House of Vardanisdze to which the Georgian crown attached the title of Gurieli (""of Guria"") c. 1362. In the 1460s, when the power of the Bagrationi Dynasty of Georg... |
2790 | "Principality of Guria"
As a result, George VIII lost all the western provinces, and Bagrat was crowned king of Imereti, i.e., western Georgia. However, in return for their aid, the new monarch was obliged to create a vassal principality (samtavro) for each of his major allies, including the Gurieli family which became... |
2791 | "Principality of Guria"
western Georgia fought one another for supremacy, particularly the Gurieli of Guria and Dadiani of Mingrelia. They forged a temporary alliance and organized, in January 1533, an ultimately disastrous expedition against the piratical tribe of Zygii in the north of Abkhazia. This setback enabled t... |
2792 | "India–Maldives relations"
to be the anti-India sentiments being aired by some parties in President Mohamed Waheed's coalition. In the wake of a drinking water crisis in Malé' on 4 December 2014, following collapse of the island's only water treatment plant, Maldives urged India for immediate help. India came to rescue... |
2793 | "India–Maldives relations"
even the Vice-President of Maldives thanked the Indian ambassador for swift action. Maldives' first democratically elected President from 2008 to 2012 Mohammed Nasheed, was arrested on 22 February 2015 on terror charges. India and US expressed concern over Nasheed's arrest and manhandling. In... |
2794 | "Principality of Guria"
Yet, several princes of Guria, most notably Giorgi III Gurieli (1669–84), and Mamia III Gurieli (1689–1714), managed to occasionally attain to the crown of Mingrelia and even of Imereti. The princely vassals of the Gurieli included the houses of Gugunava, Machutadze, Maksimenishvili, Nakashidze,... |
2795 | "Battle of Hegra Fortress"
but they also included three Swedes. The garrison at Hegra was equipped with small arms (Krag-Jørgensen rifles and carbines), as well as Madsen and Colt M/29 machine guns. The fortress also had artillery, four and two positional pieces of reasonably modern make in half-turrets; as well as fou... |
2796 | "Principality of Guria"
population of Guria was estimated by Güldenstädt at 5,000, and by Reineggs at 6,000 families in the 1770s. The latter-day princes of Guria firmly chose a pro-Russian orientation. During the Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812), on June 19, 1810, Mamia V Gurieli (1803–26) accepted Russian suzerainty, re... |
2797 | "Battle of Hegra Fortress"
Hegra Fortress consisted chiefly of one infantry battalion at Hegra and one company of ""Gebirgsjäger"" in the nearby village of Sona. In addition further units were deployed to the village of Elvran and to the Selbu region. The old mothballed fort at Ingstadkleiva that was to become known as... |
2798 | "Papyrus stem (hieroglyph)"
Charpter 159 from the Book of the Dead. The most common explanation for the amulet is that it provided 'eternal youth' to the deceased. The papyrus stem is one of the 14 Spirits of Ra: Hieroglyph 13 for ""feeling, perception"" is not part of Gardiner's Sign List; the sign is similar to an up... |
2799 | "Battle of Hegra Fortress"
he himself thought best. Holtermann thus began to gather and equip a fighting force of local volunteers. After arriving at the fort Holtermann first took residence in the buildings outside the mountain fortifications, not intending to defend the facility, only use it as a temporary base. By 1... |
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