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Nikolai Lobachevsky Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский ; ] ; 1 December [O.S. 20 November] 1792 – 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1856 ) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, known primarily for his work on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry.
Lobachevsky Prize The Lobachevsky Prize, awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Lobachevsky Medal, awarded by the Kazan State University, are mathematical awards in honor of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.
Giovanni Battista Agucchi Giovanni Battista Agucchi (20 November 1570, Bologna – 1 January 1632) was an Italian churchman, Papal diplomat and writer on art theory. He was the nephew and brother of cardinals, and might have been one himself if had lived longer. He served as secretary to the Papal Secretary of State, the...
Mubarak Khwaja Mubarak Khwaja (Kazakh: Мүбәрәк Қожа ) was the khan of White Horde between 1320-1344. He succeeded his brother, Ilbasan, with the assistance of Uzbeg, Khan of the Golden Horde and the House of Batu. However, he declared his independence from Sarai. The Khan sent his son Tini Beg to overthrow him. Thus, h...
Yuzurihara Yuzurihara (Yuzuri Hara) is the name of a village in Japan. The village of Yuzurihara (Yuzuri Hara) came to the attention of the world in the year 2000 when ABC Television Network made a documentary report which highlighted the fact that many of the villagers who lived in Yuzurihara or Yuzuri Hara had very y...
A New Era of Thought A New Era of Thought is a non-fiction work written by Charles Howard Hinton, was published in 1888 and reprinted in 1900 by Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd., London. "A New Era of Thought" is about the fourth dimension and its implications on human thinking. It influenced the work of P.D. Ouspensky, pa...
Smiley (alligator) Smiley (Swedish: "Smilet" ) was an American alligator ("Alligator mississippiensis") that lived in captivity in the Maritime Museum of Gothenburg, Sweden. Smiley arrived in Gothenburg from the United States in 1924, at approximately the age of two, and died on 9 February 1987. She received the name "...
Lobachevsky (song) "Lobachevsky" is a humorous song by Tom Lehrer, referring to the mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky.
1994 Movistar Open – Singles Javier Frana was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Alberto Berasategui.
Javier Frana Javier Alberto Frana (born 25 December 1966) is a former tennis player from Argentina and current tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America.
1996 IPB Czech Indoor – Doubles Jonas Björkman and Javier Frana was the defending champions but did not compete that year.
1996 Nottingham Open – Singles Javier Frana was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Marc-Kevin Goellner.
1996 Abierto Mexicano de Tenis – Doubles Javier Frana and Leonardo Lavalle were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez.
1993 ATP Buenos Aires – Doubles Pablo Albano and Javier Frana were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.
1995 Nottingham Open – Singles Javier Frana defeated Todd Woodbridge 7–6, 6–3 in the final to secure the title.
1993 Movistar Open – Singles Javier Frana defeated Emilio Sánchez 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 to win the 1993 Movistar Open singles competition.
Thomaz Koch Thomaz Koch (born May 11, 1945 in Porto Alegre), is a left-handed former tennis player from Brazil, who was a quarter-finalist at the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. National Championships.
1994 ATP Buenos Aires – Singles Àlex Corretja defeated Javier Frana 6–3, 5–7, 7–6 to win the 1994 ATP Buenos Aires singles competition. Carlos Costa was the defending champion.
Vincas Kudirka Vincas Kudirka (31 December [O.S. 19 December] 1858 – 16 November [O.S. 4 November] 1899 ) was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, "Tautiška giesmė". He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names V. Kapsa...
Tautiška giesmė Tautiška giesmė ("The National Hymn"; ] ) is the national anthem of Lithuania, also known by its opening words "Lietuva, Tėvyne mūsų" (official translation of the lyrics: "Lithuania, Our Homeland", literally: "Lithuania, Our Fatherland") and as "Lietuvos himnas" (Hymn of Lithuania). The music and lyrics...
List of historical national anthems The oldest national anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism", is the Dutch national anthem "Het Wilhelmus", which was written between 1568 and 1572, but not then given any official status. The first anthem to be officially proclaimed as such was "God Save Th...
How Many Words "How Many Words" is the official second single by the singer-songwriter Blake Lewis, from his debut album "A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)". The song was expected to be followed by "Know My Name", and then "Without You". However, due to being dropped by Arista Records, "How Many Words" is the final single from ...
Changes to Old English vocabulary Many words that existed in Old English did not survive into Modern English. There are also many words in Modern English that bear little or no resemblance in meaning to their Old English etymons. Some linguists estimate that as much as 80 percent of the lexicon of Old English was lost ...
Circumlocution Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, or ambage) is speech that circles around an idea with many words instead of stating it directly and simply. It is sometimes necessary in communication (for example, to avoid lexical gaps that would cause untranslatability), but it ca...
Varpas Varpas (literally: "The Bell") was a monthly Lithuanian-language newspaper published during the Lithuanian press ban from January 1889 to December 1905. Because its publication was illegal in Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, it was printed in Tilsit (current Sovetsk) and Ragnit (current Neman) in Germ...
He Mele Lahui Hawaii "He Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻ i" ("The Song of the Hawaiian Nation") was composed by Liliuokalani in November 1866 at the request of Kamehameha V, who wanted a national anthem to replace the British anthem "God Save the King". It replaced Lunalilo's composition "E Ola Ke Aliʻ i Ke Akua" as the national ant...
Lithuanian National Revival Lithuanian National Revival, alternatively Lithuanian National Awakening (Lithuanian: "Lietuvių tautinis atgimimas" ), was a period of the history of Lithuania in the 19th century at the time when a major part of Lithuanian-inhabited areas belonged to the Russian Empire (the Russian partitio...
O Canada "O Canada" (French: "Ô Canada" ) is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the music, after which, words were written by the poet and judge Sir Adolphe-Basil...
Brandon Routh Brandon James Routh (born October 9, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as t...
Pilot (Scream) "Pilot" is the pilot and first episode of the first season of the American horror television series, "Scream". The series is based on the American horror film franchise of the same name. The series revolves around the main character, Emma Duvall, played by Willa Fitzgerald, who lives in the town of Lakew...
B. J. Garbe Brandon James Garbe (born February 3, 1981 in Moses Lake, Washington) is an American former minor league baseball player. In 1999, Garbe won the Gatorade High School Baseball Player of the Year Award.
Brandon Williams (defensive tackle) Brandon James Williams (born February 21, 1989) is an American football defensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Ravens in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at Missouri Southern.
Brandon Keener Brandon James Keener (born October 1, 1974) is an American actor living in Los Angeles, California. He was born and raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas and graduated from University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he won an Irene Ryan scholarship for collegiate actors and performed at the Kennedy Center.
Brandon Fleming (footballer) Brandon James Fleming (born 3 December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship side Hull City as a defender.
Paul Michaux Doctor Paul Michaux (born Paul-Marie Michaux; 16 November 1854 – 21 November 1923) was a French surgeon. After studying at the Paul Verlaine University – Metz, he migrated to Paris, where he actively participated in the Conférence Olivaint and later became president of the organisation. After completing an...
Franz Walz Generalleutnant Franz Walz began his military career in the infantry in 1905. In 1912, he switched to aviation. He attained the rank of Hauptmann (Captain) while becoming a flying ace during World War I. He flew more than 500 combat sorties in Palestine and upon the Western Front. He scored seven confirmed a...
Marcus Sedatius Severianus Marcus Sedatius Severianus (Latin: "Marcus Sedatius C. f. Severianus Iulius Acer Metillius Nepos Rufinus Ti. Rutilianus Censor"; Ancient Greek: "Μ. Σηδάτιος Σεουηριανὸς"; ca. 105-161/162) was a senator, consul, and Roman general during the 2nd-century AD, originally from Gaul. Sedatius was a ...
Stray Kids Stray Kids () is an upcoming reality show created by JYP Entertainment and Mnet. It is a male idol debut project with the concept of winning the "trainees versus JYP" survival. It is set to air on October 17, 2017 at 23:00 KST.
Live at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Live at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire is KT Tunstall's sixth live album, recorded on 9 November 2016. It features many tracks from her previous albums, with the second half of the double album containing many tracks from her 2016 release "KIN". Tunstall was accompanied by a three-piece band ...
Twice (band) Twice (; Japanese: トゥワイス) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2015 reality show "Sixteen". The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu. The group debuted on October 20, 2015 with the extended play (EP) "The...
Sixteen (TV series) Sixteen (, stylized as SIXTEEN) was a 2015 reality girl group survival show created by JYP Entertainment and Mnet. The show pitted sixteen JYP trainees against one another to secure a spot in the girl group Twice. "Sixteen" contestants were assessed for not only their singing and dancing abilities b...
Sunrise (Day6 album) Sunrise is the first studio album by South Korean rock band Day6. It was released by JYP Entertainment on June 7, 2017. This album features 14 tracks which consists of all 10 tracks that were previously released from January to May 2017 through "Every Day6", tracks from "Every Day6 June", rebooted ...
Wonder Girls Wonder Girls () was a South Korean girl group and band formed by producer Park Jin-young under JYP Entertainment in 2006, which debuted in 2007. The group's final line-up consisted of Yubin, Yeeun, Sunmi and Hyerim. Members Sunye and Sohee officially left the group in 2015, while Hyuna left in late 2007. T...
Twice discography South Korea-based girl group Twice have released four extended plays (one of which was reissued under a different title), one compilation album, one compilation EP, and five singles. Formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015 through the survival show "Sixteen", Twice debuted in October 2015 with the release...
2PM 2PM (Hangul: 투피엠 ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The current members are Jun. K (formerly known as Junsu), Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Junho and Chansung. Former leader Jay Park officially left the group in early 2010.
Day6 Day6 (, stylized as DAY6) is a South Korean rock band formed by JYP Entertainment. The band's current line-up consists of five members: Jae, Sungjin, Young K, Wonpil, and Dowoon. The band debuted with the release of their first EP, "The Day" on September 7, 2015.
Twicecoaster: Lane 2 Twicecoaster: Lane 2 (stylized as TWICEcoaster : LANE 2) is the reissue of South Korean girl group Twice's third extended play (EP) "". It was released digitally and physically on February 20, 2017 by JYP Entertainment. It contains 13 tracks, including the lead single, "Knock Knock".
MadMaze MadMaze is an online video game designed by Eric Goldberg and developed by Greg Costikyan in 1989. It was the first online game to draw over a million players., and was playable through the Prodigy service. The game disappeared in 1999 with the death of the Prodigy service, but with the permission from the serv...
Toon (role-playing game) Toon is a role-playing game in which the players take the roles of cartoon characters. It is subtitled "The Cartoon Roleplaying Game". "Toon" was designed by Greg Costikyan and developed by Warren Spector, and first published in 1984 by Steve Jackson Games.
System of a Down System of a Down, sometimes shortened to System and abbreviated as SOAD, is an Armenian-American heavy metal band from Glendale, California, formed in 1994. The band currently consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (vocals, guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals) and J...
Greg Costikyan Greg Costikyan (born July 22, 1959, in New York City), sometimes known under the pseudonym "Designer X", is an American game designer and science fiction writer.
Paranoia (role-playing game) Paranoia is a dystopian science-fiction tabletop role-playing game originally designed and written by Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg, and first published in 1984 by West End Games. Since 2004 the game has been published under license by Mongoose Publishing. The game won the O...
Violence (role-playing game) Violence: The Role-Playing Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed is a short, 32-page role-playing game written by Greg Costikyan under the pseudonym "Designer X" and published by Hogshead Publishing in 1999 as part of its "New Style" line of games.
The Creature That Ate Sheboygan The Creature That Ate Sheboygan is a science fiction board game released in 1979 by Simulations Publications (SPI). The game was originally designed by Greg Costikyan. It won the Charles S. Roberts Award for "Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Game of 1979". The game is very similar to the ...
Elect the Dead Elect the Dead is the debut album by rock musician Serj Tankian, lead singer and founding member of Armenian-American metal quartet System of a Down. It was released on October 22, 2007. Alongside Tankian appears Armenian-American coloratura Ani Maldjian, drummers John Dolmayan from System of a Down and ...
John Dolmayan John Hovig Dolmayan (Armenian: Ջոն Դոլմայան , born July 15, 1973) is a Lebanese-born Armenian–American songwriter and drummer. He is best known as the drummer of System of a Down. Dolmayan is also the drummer for the band Indicator and former drummer for Scars on Broadway. His energetic live performances ...
Deathmaze Deathmaze is a board game published by Simulations Publications in January 1980, and designed by Greg Costikyan. It falls into the general category of fantasy role playing games, more specifically, dungeon games in which players enter a dungeon, massacre the dungeon dwellers and steal their treasures.
The Grudge The Grudge is a 2004 American supernatural horror film and a remake of the Japanese film, "". The film was released in North America on October 22, 2004, by Columbia Pictures, and was directed by Takashi Shimizu (director of all previous "Ju-on" films) while Stephen Susco scripted the film. The plot is told ...
The Grudge 2 The Grudge 2 is a 2006 American supernatural horror film and a sequel to the 2004 film, "The Grudge". Produced by Sam Raimi, the film was directed by Takashi Shimizu (director of the "Ju-on" series), written by Stephen Susco and stars an ensemble cast that includes Amber Tamblyn, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Edi...
Rafoo Chakkar Rafoo Chakkar (Hindi: रफ़ू चक्कर ) is a 1975 Indian Hindi movie produced by Nadiadwala and directed by Narender Bedi. The movie was inspired by the American film "Some Like It Hot".
Red (2008 film) Red is a 2008 thriller film based on a novel by Jack Ketchum and directed by Trygve Allister Diesen and Lucky McKee. It concerns one man's revenge after his beloved dog dies in an attempted robbery. The screenplay was written by Stephen Susco based on the novel. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festiva...
Sam Raimi Samuel M "Sam" Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor, famous for creating the cult horror "Evil Dead" series, as well as directing the original "Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–07), the 1990 superhero film "Darkman" and the "I Will Rip Your Soul Out" scene f...
Beyond the Reach Beyond the Reach is a 2014 American adventure thriller film directed by Jean-Baptiste Léonetti and written by Stephen Susco. It is based on the 1972 novel "Deathwatch" by Robb White. The film, starring Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine, and Ronny Cox, was released on April 17, 2015, by Roadside Attraction...
Texas Chainsaw 3D Texas Chainsaw (promoted as Texas Chainsaw 3D) is a 2013 American slasher film directed by John Luessenhop, with a screenplay by Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms and a story by Stephen Susco, Marcus and Sullivan. It is the seventh installment in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" franchise and ...
Stephen Susco Stephen Susco is an American film and television screenwriter who is most famous for writing the hit movies "The Grudge" and "The Grudge 2".
The Grudge 3 The Grudge 3 is a 2009 American direct-to-video supernatural horror film and the third film in "The Grudge" series. Toby Wilkins, who had previously directed the successful film "Splinter" and the short films "Tales from the Grudge", took Takashi Shimizu's place as director who later served as executive pr...
List of The Grudge characters "The Grudge" film series features a large cast of characters mainly created by screenwriter Stephen Susco and Takashi Shimizu. The film series focuses on people affected by a deadly curse that spreads like a virus and manifests itself in various ways, such as turning people homicidal or pe...
Influenza Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus. Symptoms can be mild to severe. The most common symptoms include: a high fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headache, coughing, and feeling tired. These symptoms typically begin two days after exposure to...
Rift Valley fever Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a viral disease that can cause mild to severe symptoms. The mild symptoms may include: fever, muscle pains, and headaches which often last for up to a week. The severe symptoms may include: loss of sight beginning three weeks after the infection, infections of the brain caus...
Yellow fever Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains particularly in the back, and headaches. Symptoms typically improve within five days. In about 15% of people within a day of improving, the fever comes back, ab...
Jembrana disease Jembrana disease is an acute viral disease of cattle. While it produces relatively mild symptoms in taurine cattle, the Jembrana virus is particularly severe in Bali cattle where it has a fatality rate of approximately seventeen percent. Its first documented outbreak occurred in 1964 in the Jembrana di...
Lassa fever Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. Many of those infected by the virus do not develop symptoms. When symptoms occur they typically include fever, weakness, headaches, vomiting, and muscle pains. Less commonly there may be...
Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral disease. Symptoms may include fever, muscle pains, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and bleeding into the skin. Onset of symptoms is less than two weeks following exposure. Complications may include liver failure. In those who survive, recov...
Flavivirus Flavivirus is a genus of viruses in the family "Flaviviridae". This genus includes the West Nile virus, dengue virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, yellow fever virus, Zika virus and several other viruses which may cause encephalitis, as well as insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs) such as cell fusing agent ...
Legionnaires' disease Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any type of "Legionella" bacteria. Signs and symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains, and headaches. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. This often begins two to ten days after being exposed.
West Nile fever West Nile fever is a mosquito-borne infection by the West Nile virus. Approximately 80% of West Nile virus infections in humans have few or no symptoms. In the cases where symptoms do occur—termed West Nile fever in cases without neurological disease—the time from infection to the appearance of symptoms...
Herpes simplex Herpes simplex is a viral disease caused by the herpes simplex virus. Infections are categorized based on the part of the body infected. Oral herpes involves the face or mouth. It may result in small blisters in groups often called cold sores or fever blisters or may just cause a sore throat. Genital her...
Matthew Stadlen Matthew Stadlen (born 7 December 1979) is an English radio and television presenter, producer and writer. He has presented weekend early mornings on LBC since the start of October, 2016. He previously presented the BBC interview series "Five Minutes With...", putting questions to the likes of Elle Macph...
Heroes' Acre, Pretoria The Heroes' Acre (Afrikaans: "Die Heldeakker" ; Dutch: "De Heldenakker" ) is a section of Church Street Cemetery in Pretoria, South Africa. It was established in 1867, and contains the graves of renowned citizens and public figures. It is the burial place of a number of historical figures includi...
900 series (bowling) A 900 series refers to three consecutive perfect games bowled by an individual bowler. A 300 is a perfect score in one game, thus a player's score would be 900 in a series of three consecutive games (the typical number of games in a single league session). To achieve the feat, a bowler would have t...
Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives, including the Silwan necropolis, is the most ancient and most important cemetery in Jerusalem. Burial on the Mount of Olives started some 3,000 years ago in the First Temple Period, and continues to this day. The cemetery contains about 70,000 ...
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John", also known as the "Black Paternoster", is an English language prayer and nursery rhyme traditionally said by children as they go to bed. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1704. It may have origins in ancient Babylonian prayers and was being used in a Ch...
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe that was published in 1968. The book is remembered today as an early – and arguably the most popular – example of the growing literary style called New Journalism. Wolfe presents an as-if-firsthand account of the experienc...
Helen Mirren Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ("née" Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967, and is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, having won the Academy Award for Best ...
Ali Eren Balıkel Ali Eren Balıkel was born on 27 July 1979, in Adana and grew up in the ancient Kilikya region of Turkey. As the fourth child of a civil servant father and a housewife, Ali Eren moved to Mersin with his family due to the business of his father. He completed his primary, secondary and high school educati...
Here's the Thing Here's the Thing is a public radio show and podcast interview series hosted by actor Alec Baldwin. On October 24, 2011, New York City's WNYC released the first episode of Baldwin's podcast, a series of interviews with public figures including artists, policy makers and performers. "Here's the Thing" wa...
Index Magazine index Magazine was a prominent New York City based publication with in-depth interviews with prominent figures in art and culture. It was created by Peter Halley and Bob Nickas in 1996, running until late 2005. Covering the burgeoning Indie culture of the 1990s, index regularly employed such rising photo...
Federal Republic of Central America The Federal Republic of Central America (Spanish: "República Federal de Centroamérica" ), also called the United Provinces of Central America (Spanish: "Provincias Unidas del Centro de América" ) in its first year of creation, was a sovereign state in Central America consisting of th...
Graptopetalum Graptopetalum (leatherpetal) is a plant genus of the family "Crassulaceae". They are perennial succulent plants and native to Mexico and Arizona. They grow usually in a rosette. There are around 19 species in this genus.
Colpothrinax Colpothrinax is a genus of palms native to Central America and the Caribbean. "Colpothrinax aphanopetala" is found in southern Central America (from southeast Nicaragua to Panama), while "Colpothrinax cookii" is found in northern Central America (from Belize to Honduras). The third species, "Colpothrinax w...
Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas The Basilica of Esquipulas ( - "Basílica de Esquipulas") or Cathedral Basilica of the Black Christ of Esquipulas ( - "Catedral Basílica del Cristo Negro de Esquipulas") is a Baroque church in the city of Esquipulas, Guatemala, named after the image of the Black Christ of Esquipulas whic...
List of Central American mammals This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Central America. Central America is usually defined as the southernmost extension of North America; however, from a biological standpoint it is useful to view it as a separate region of the Americas. Central America is distinc...
Central America Central America (Spanish: "América Central" or "Centroamérica" ) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast. Central America is bordered by Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to t...
Cristos Negros of Central America and Mexico Cristo Negros or Black Christs of Central America and Mexico trace their origins to the veneration of an image of Christ on a cross located in the Guatemalan town of Esquipulas, near the Honduran and El Salvadoran border. This image was sculpted in 1595 in wood and over time...
Couroupita guianensis Couroupita guianensis, known by a variety of common names including cannonball tree, is a deciduous tree in the family Lecythidaceae, which also includes the Brazil nut ("Bertholletia excelsa") and Paradise nut "Lecythis zabucajo". It is native to the rainforests of Central and South America, and ...
Gnamptogenys triangularis Gnamptogenys triangularis is a Neotropical species of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae. Native to the forests of South and Central America, "G. triangularis" is a predatory ant that feeds on millipedes. In its native range, this species is known from Buenos Aires, Argentina in the south to C...
Couroupita Couroupita is a genus of flowering plants of Lecythidaceae family first described as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical South America and Central America.
2010 Kiev Victory Day Parade The 2010 Kiev Victory Day Parade was held on May 9, 2010 in Kiev, honoring the 65th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. Inspecting the parade was the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces General of the Army Ivan Svyda. The commander of the Ukrainian A...
Rostker v. Goldberg Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57 (1981) , was a decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that the practice of requiring only men to register for the draft was constitutional. After extensive hearings, floor debate and committee sessions on the matter, the United States Congress enacted th...
One Rank, One Pension One Rank One Pension (OROP), or "same pension, for same rank, for same length of service, irrespective of the date of retirement", is a longstanding demand of the Indian armed forces and veterans. The demand for pay-pension equity, which underlies the OROP concept, was provoked by the exparte deci...

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