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3952417 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino%20detector | Neutrino detector | A neutrino detector is a physics apparatus which is designed to study neutrinos. Because neutrinos only weakly interact with other particles of matter, neutrino detectors must be very large to detect a significant number of neutrinos. Neutrino detectors are often built underground, to isolate the detector from cosmic r... |
34042212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Montrose%20Covered%20Bridge | West Montrose Covered Bridge | West Montrose Covered Bridge, also known as the "Kissing Bridge", is a covered bridge in West Montrose, Ontario, within Waterloo Region, one of the oldest covered bridges in Canada. The bridge is the only remaining covered bridge in Ontario and the second oldest surviving bridge in the Region of Waterloo. (In 2015, the... |
57956439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amer%20al-Obaidi | Amer al-Obaidi | Amer al-Obaidi (born 1943, Al Najaf) is an Iraqi-born painter, now residing in the United States, who is noted for artwork that emphasises Iraqi folklore and tradition.
Life and career
Amer Al Obaidi was born in Al Najaf in 1943 into a large, wealthy, Muslim family. As a boy of 10 or 11, he was fascinated by cracks i... |
15315392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delamotte | Delamotte | Delamotte may refer to:
Champagne Delamotte, a small producer of champagne
Philip Henry Delamotte (1821–1889), British photographer and illustrator
William Alfred Delamotte (1775–1863), British painter and engraver |
15852994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit%2C%20Santa%20Cruz%20County%2C%20California | Summit, Santa Cruz County, California | Summit is a small unincorporated community more frequently referred to by locals as the Loma Prieta Community located partially in Santa Clara County but predominantly in Santa Cruz County, California, in the mountain ranges of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It lies at the summit along Highway 17 from which is gets its name... |
68012044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcan%2C%20Mississippi | Volcan, Mississippi | Volcan is a ghost town in Newton County, Mississippi, United States.
Located five miles southwest of Newton, Mississippi, Volcan was first established as a flag stop on the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad in October of 1913. It had a six car stub track. The community dissolved sometime after 1916.
References
For... |
3123206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative%20Party%20of%20Canada%20candidates%20in%20the%202004%20Canadian%20federal%20election | Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election | The Conservative Party of Canada ran a full slate of candidates in the 2004 federal election, and won 99 seats out of 308 to form the Official Opposition. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Rick Dalton (Avalon)
Dalton re... |
40310277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blennidus%20mauritii | Blennidus mauritii | Blennidus mauritii is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. It was described by Straneo in 1986.
References
Blennidus
Beetles described in 1986 |
33774626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nub%20Beamer | Nub Beamer | Nub Beamer (born February 14, 1936) is a former all-star Canadian Football League fullback.
High school
Beamer as a senior became the first football player at Roseburg High (Roseburg, OR) to receive first-team all-state honours.
College
Beamer accepted a scholarship offer from Oregon State University and spent the ... |
44918820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Liberty%20Bowl | 1990 Liberty Bowl | The 1990 Liberty Bowl was an college football postseason bowl game played on December 27, 1990, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 32nd edition of the Liberty Bowl, it matched the Air Force Falcons and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Air Force won the game by a score of 23–11.
Background
The highlig... |
63236222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Stern%20%28sport%20shooter%29 | Jonathan Stern (sport shooter) | Jonathan Stern (born 19 May 1965) is a British sports shooter. He competed in the men's 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1965 births
Living people
British male sport shooters
Olympic shooters for Great Britain
Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from L... |
43414358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malina%20Popivanova | Malina Popivanova | Malina Popivanova (April 7, 1902, Kočani, Ottoman Empire – July 19, 1954, Tyumen, USSR) was a prominent Macedonian communist.
Personal life
Popivanova joined the revolutionary movement when she was very young and still in school. In 1919, she was arrested by the Bulgarian police during demonstrations in Sofia. Her par... |
67328902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Garden%20Clubs | National Garden Clubs | National Garden Clubs, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. It consists of dozens of local branches, in nearly every state in the US and has about 165,000 members as of 2021. Its stated mission is “to promote the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental r... |
8030545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathygadus%20garretti | Bathygadus garretti | Bathygadus garretti is a species of rattail. This is a deep-water fish found in the waters around southern Japan and northern Taiwan.
This fish grows to a length of around 50 cm. It has a fairly wide, firm-boned head, terminal mouth with very small, conical teeth and large eyes. The scales are small, thin and deciduou... |
74326124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond%20Watson | Desmond Watson | Desmond Watson (born ) is an American football defensive tackle for the Florida Gators. From Armwood High School, Watson is known for his size, standing at and weighing over . One of the largest players in NCAA Division I football history, he has played for Florida since the 2021 season and was a starter in 2022.
Ear... |
22288910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quang%20Ti%E1%BA%BFn%2C%20B%E1%BA%AFc%20Giang | Quang Tiến, Bắc Giang | Quang Tiến is a commune (xã) and village in Tân Yên District, Bắc Giang Province, in northeastern Vietnam.
References
Populated places in Bắc Giang province
Communes of Bắc Giang province |
7615993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.%20Matthias%20Alexander | F. Matthias Alexander | Frederick Matthias Alexander (20 January 1869 – 10 October 1955) was an Australian actor and author who developed the Alexander Technique, an educational process said to recognize and overcome reactive, habitual limitations in movement and thinking.
Early life
Alexander was born on 20 January 1869, in Australia on the... |
34931325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbonilla%20alexleoni | Turbonilla alexleoni | Turbonilla alexleoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
References
External links
To Encyclopedia of Life
To World Register of Marine Species
alexleoni
Gastropods described in 2010 |
34607154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara%20Evelyn%20Hallam | Clara Evelyn Hallam | Clara Evelyn Hallam (4 March 1885–26 March 1976) was a New Zealand property owner and boarding–house keeper. She was born in Ettrick, Central Otago, New Zealand on 4 March 1885.
References
1885 births
1976 deaths
People from Otago
New Zealand women in business
New Zealand hoteliers |
27985290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Tanzanian%20general%20election | 1990 Tanzanian general election | General elections were held in Tanzania on 28 October 1990. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi as the sole legal party. For the National Assembly election there were two candidates from the same party in each constituencies, whilst the presidential election was effectively a ref... |
60438854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algu%20Rai%20Shastri | Algu Rai Shastri | Algu Rai Shastri was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress.
References
External links
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1900 births
Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
India MPs 1952–1... |
45411680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics%20at%20the%201995%20Summer%20Universiade%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20shot%20put | Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade – Women's shot put | The women's shot put event at the 1995 Summer Universiade was held on 1–2 September at the Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, Japan.
Medalists
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 15.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.
Final
References
Athletics at the 1995 Summer Universiade
1995 in ... |
62602584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun%20Bailey | Shaun Bailey | Shaun Bailey may refer to:
Shaun Bailey, Baron Bailey of Paddington (born 1971), member of the London Assembly, life peer, and former journalist
Shaun Bailey (West Bromwich MP) (born 1992), British Conservative politician
Shaun Bailey (cricketer) (born 1990), player for Northamptonshire
See also
Sean Bailey (disambigu... |
41882909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KXUN | KXUN | KXUN may refer to:
KXUN-LD, a low-power television station (channel 26, virtual 48) licensed to serve Sallisaw, Oklahoma, United States
KQRY-LD, a low-power television station (channel 43) licensed to serve Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States, which held the call signs KXUN-LP from 2004 to 2013 and KXUN-LD from 2013... |
27073663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectamen%20rikae | Spectamen rikae | Spectamen rikae is a species of sea snail, a gastropod mollusk that used to belong in the family Solariellidae.
This species, described as a marine species, is actually terrestrial. It has therefore become a Cyclophoridae incertae sedis
Description
This shell grows to a height of 9 mm.
Distribution
This species was ... |
3512470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Stromback | Richard Stromback | Richard Stromback (born January 29, 1969) is a former American professional hockey player (OHL, ECHL), venture capitalist and entrepreneur. In 1997 he founded Web Group, a technology staffing firm and served as its CEO and President until 2003. During this time, Web Group ranked 189th on Inc.Magazines annual list of th... |
1669335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy%20%28Prince%20album%29 | Controversy (Prince album) | Controversy is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Prince, released on October 14, 1981, by Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Prince, written (with the exception of one track) by him, and he also performed most of the instruments on its recording.
Controversy reached number three on the Billbo... |
9035171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Trek%3A%20Strange%20New%20Worlds%20%28short%20story%20collection%29 | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (short story collection) | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a science fiction anthology series of licensed, fan-written, short stories based on, and inspired by, Star Trek and its spin-off television series and films. The series was published by Simon & Schuster, from 1996 to 2016, edited by Dean Wesley Smith, with assistance from John J. Ordove... |
38954347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivali%20of%20Anuradhapura | Sivali of Anuradhapura | Sivali was Queen of Anuradhapura in the 1st century, who reigned during the year 35 CE after the death of her brother Chulabhaya. When she enthroned she was an unmarried girl but had ability to keep that position steadily. But she was only able to rule Anuradhapura for four months until she was overthrown by king Amand... |
20029987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Albrecht | Ed Albrecht | Edward Arthur Albrecht (February 28, 1929 – December 29, 1979) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1949 and 1950, for the St. Louis Browns.
In 1949, at the age of 20, Albrecht earned his shot at the majors by having a record-breaking season in what was then the... |
57052873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notocelia%20culminana | Notocelia culminana | Notocelia culminana is a species of tortricid moth in the family Tortricidae.
The MONA or Hodges number for Notocelia culminana is 3211.
References
Further reading
External links
Eucosmini
Moths described in 1879 |
55828493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopians%20in%20Norway | Ethiopians in Norway | Ethiopians in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Ethiopian descent.
Demographics
According to Statistics Norway, in 2017, there whete a total 7,888 persons of Ethiopian origin living in Norway. Of those, 2,499 individuals were born in Norway to immigrant parents.
In 2020 the number had risen to 1... |
6757272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Howard%20%28cricketer%29 | Joseph Howard (cricketer) | Joseph Howard (12 January 1871 – 25 January 1951) was an English first-class cricketer, who played five games for Worcestershire at the turn of the twentieth century.
He made his debut against Yorkshire in May 1900, opening the batting in both innings but making only 0 and 1 as Worcestershire were beaten by an innings... |
51241571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talwandi%20Purdil | Talwandi Purdil | Talwandi Purdil is a village in Bhulath Tehsil in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Bhulath, away from district headquarter Kapurthala. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per the constitution of India and Panchayati raj (India).
Re... |
57390455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas%20Haggren | Jonas Haggren | Vice Admiral Jonas Björnson Haggren (born 8 April 1964) is a senior officer in the Swedish Navy. From 1 July 2023, he will serve as Swedish Military Representative to the EU and NATO in Brussels. Prior to that. Haggren served as the Chief of Defence Staff and head of the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm f... |
4329852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaquina%20Bay%20State%20Recreation%20Site | Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site | Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site, established in 1948, is a coastal state park in west-central Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, in the city of Newport. It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and located at the north end of Yaquina Bay near its outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The site in... |
29537623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele%20Arcari | Michele Arcari | Michele Arcari (born 27 June 1978, in Annicco) is a retired Italian association football goalkeeper. He is currently working as a youth coach at Brescia.
Caps in Italian League Divisions
Serie A: 2 caps
Serie B: 79 caps
Serie C1: 109 caps
Serie C2: 73 caps
Serie D: 61 caps
Total: 324 caps
References
External l... |
59629396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Peters%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Jan Peters (computer scientist) | Jan Peters (born August 14, 1976) is a German computer scientist. He is Professor of Intelligent Autonomous Systems at Department of Computer Science of the Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Peters is renowned for his research in machine learning and robotics.
Life
Jan Peters graduated from the University of Hagen i... |
22101115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadionul%20Venus | Stadionul Venus | Venus Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Bucharest. It was the home ground of Venus Bucharest. It held 15,000 people.
Venus arena was inaugurated in 1931 as a field dedicated only to football. One of the oldest and most truthful leaders of the club, Alexandru Eladescu, sold a forest, private property, to obtain the ne... |
49587757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handball%20Association%20of%20Maharashtra | Handball Association of Maharashtra | The Handball Association of Maharashtra (HAM) (Hindi: हैंडबाल एसोसिएशन ऑफ महाराष्ट्र) is the administrative and controlling body for team handball in Maharashtra. The organisation is an affiliated member of the Handball Federation of IndiaRavi Gaikwad is the President of Handball Association of Maharashtra.
(HFI). HAM ... |
23140051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9F%C4%B1kpa%C5%9Fazade | Aşıkpaşazade | Dervish Ahmed (; "Ahmed the Dervish; 1400–1484), better known by his pen name Âşıki or family name Aşıkpaşazade, was an Ottoman historian, a prominent representative of the early Ottoman historiography. He was a descendant (the great-grandson) of mystic poet dervish Aşık Pasha (1272–1333). He was born in the region of ... |
3256707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouritza%20Matossian | Nouritza Matossian | Nouritza Matossian (born April 1945) is a British Cypriot (of Armenian descent) writer, actress, broadcaster and human rights activist. She writes on the arts, contemporary music, history and Armenia.
She spent her childhood in Cyprus with her Armenian family. Educated in England, she graduated with Honours in Philoso... |
47338090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet%20Parsak | Mehmet Parsak | Mehmet Parsak (born 3 March 1979) is a Turkish politician from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), who has served as a Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar since 7 June 2015.
Early life and career
Mehmet Parsak was born on 3 March 1979 in Afyonkarahisar and graduated from high school there in 1998. He graduated f... |
33752394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomasticus | Hypomasticus | Hypomasticus is a genus of headstander native to tropical South America.
Species
There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:
Hypomasticus copelandii ()
Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo, 1943)
Hypomasticus julii (dos Santos, Jégu & A. C. Lima, 1996)
Hypomasticus lineomaculatus Birindelli, L. A. W. Peixoto, Wo... |
58466422 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Madden%20%28biologist%29 | Anne Madden (biologist) | Anne Arnold Madden is an American biologist, inventor, and science communicator who advocates for finding "microbial solutions to human problems."
Madden’s research on microscopic life is often featured in the press, particularly her studies on the microbial community of food, using advanced DNA techniques to create t... |
15958128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco%20Time%20Northwest | Taco Time Northwest | Taco Time Northwest is a fast-food restaurant chain with over 70 locations in western and central Washington state.
History
The first Taco Time opened in Eugene, Oregon in 1961 and expanded to Tacoma, Washington. The following year, Frank Tonkin, Sr., opened a location in White Center.
In 1979, the Tonkin family's r... |
34449424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Douma | Battle of Douma | The Battle of Douma was a military engagement during the Syrian Civil War. The battle began on 21 January 2012, after Free Syrian Army fighters changed their tactics from attack and retreat guerrilla warfare in the suburbs of Damascus to all-out assault on army units. Earlier in January, the FSA had taken the town of Z... |
17310523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleplay%20Modem | Teleplay Modem | The Teleplay Modem is an unreleased modem prototype for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) created by Keith Rupp and Nolan Bushnell, designed to eventually provide online play between NES, Sega Genesis, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The first prototype, called the Ayota Modem, has a maximum speed of on... |
57796098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliophanus%20wesolowskae | Heliophanus wesolowskae | Heliophanus wesolowskae is a jumping spider species in the genus Heliophanus. It was first identified in 1997.
Etymology
The species name of Heliophanus wesolowskae is named after the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska.
Distribution
The spider is found in Central Asia and particularly in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.... |
74637174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw%20E%20Binnya | Saw E Binnya | Saw E Binnya (, ; –1390) was governor of Tari from to 1387. Over his long tenure, he actively participated in two separate rebellions by his father Viceroy Laukpya of Myaungmya and his uncle Viceroy Byattaba of Martaban against their Martaban–Hanthawaddy overlords. It was during the second rebellion that he lost Tari ... |
32576294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe%20Mora | Felipe Mora | Felipe Andrés Mora Aliaga (born 2 August 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers and the Chile national team.
International career
Mora was selected for the Chile national under-20 football team which participated in the 2013 South American Youth ... |
17444534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20A.%20Madigan | Roger A. Madigan | Roger A. Madigan (February 25, 1930 – June 2, 2018) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 110th district from 1976 to 1984 and the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 23rd District from 1985 to 2009.
Early life and education
Ma... |
13244658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying%20primate%20hypothesis | Flying primate hypothesis | In evolutionary biology, the flying primate hypothesis is that megabats, a subgroup of Chiroptera (also known as flying foxes), form an evolutionary sister group of primates. The hypothesis began with Carl Linnaeus in 1758, and was again advanced by J.D. Smith in 1980. It was proposed in its modern form by Australia... |
35281245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-general%20of%20the%20Dutch%20East%20Indies | Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies | The governor-general of the Dutch East Indies () represented Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1949.
History
The first governors-general were appointed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC). After the VOC was formally dissolved in 1800, the terr... |
70690097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson%20Louis%20Rush | Anderson Louis Rush | Anderson Louis Rush (1838–1879) was a state legislator in Arkansas. He represented Pulaski County in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1868 and 1869. He was a Republican. He was one of the six African Americans who first served in the Arkansas House. He represented the 10th District.
See also
African-American o... |
63386620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20G.%20Spady | James G. Spady | James G. Spady (April 2, 1944 – February 17, 2020) was an American Book Award-winning writer, historian, and journalist. Over his fifty-year career, Spady authored and edited numerous books, worked in radio, television, and film, wrote hundreds of newspaper articles for various print media, and received the National Ne... |
17132409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice%20Rees | Rice Rees | Rice Rees (31 March 1804 – 20 May 1839) was a Welsh cleric and historian.
Life
Rees was born at Ton, near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales, son of David- of a distinguished Llandovery family- and Sarah Rees, and christened in the local Independent chapel. From 1819, he was educated for a short time at Lampeter gramm... |
65800393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20His%20Fate | Master of His Fate | Master of His Fate is a novel by James MacLaren Cobban published in 1890.
Plot summary
Master of His Fate is a novel in which psychic vampirism is caused by "Nervous Ether".
Reception
Dave Langford reviewed Master of His Fate for White Dwarf #92, and stated that " historical interest isn't sustained by the feeble and... |
69155929 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers%20of%20the%20Cosmos | Killers of the Cosmos | Killers of the Cosmos is a documentary science television series hosted by Aidan Gillen. Aired by the Science Channel, it premiered on September 19, 2021.
Format
In a format the Science Channel describes as "space noir," Killers of the Cosmos explores possible lethal threats the cosmos poses to life on Earth through t... |
19855878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grabina%2C%20Gmina%20Halin%C3%B3w | Grabina, Gmina Halinów | Grabina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Halinów, within Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Halinów, west of Mińsk Mazowiecki, and east of Warsaw.
References
Villages in Mińsk County |
24910807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20Tower%20Hamlets%20London%20Borough%20Council%20election | 1994 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election | Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 5 May 1994. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.
Election result
Ward results
References
1994
1994 London Borough council elections
20th century in the London Borou... |
59792233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard%20Valpas-H%C3%A4nninen | Edvard Valpas-Hänninen | Edvard Valpas-Hänninen (6 September 1873, Saarijärvi – 11 January 1937) was a Finnish journalist and politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1918, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). During the Finnish Civil War of 1918, he sided with the Reds and fled to Soviet Russ... |
60440530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20L.%20Fontaine | Hugh L. Fontaine | Hugh L. Fontaine (November 7, 1895 – June 1978) was an American fighter pilot during World War I and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He was the trainer of the winning horse Needles in the 1956 Kentucky Derby and the 1956 Belmont Stakes.
Born in New Orleans, Hugh Fontaine grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.
Military care... |
33967683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina%20Branco%20%28handballer%29 | Cristina Branco (handballer) | Cristina Direito Branco a.k.a. Branca (born 15 March 1985) is an Angolan handball player for Primeiro de Agosto and Angolan national team.
She plays on the Angola women's national handball team and participated at the 2011 and 2013 World Women's Handball Championships in Brazil and Serbia. She competed for the Angolan... |
10779002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne%20Island | Marianne Island | Marianne Island is a small granitic island of the Seychelles. in size, it is located 3.8 km ESE of Félicité Island. The island was a former coconut plantation, and on the western side of the island is a long beach. The southern tip of Marianne is known as a world-class diving location. The tallest peak on the island i... |
55908032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen%20Callahan | Maureen Callahan | Maureen Callahan is an American columnist for DailyMail.com known for her opinion pieces regarding politics, feminism, pop culture, and current events.
Early life and education
Callahan is of Irish-American heritage and grew up on Long Island. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New... |
62163988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archeological%20Site%20No.%20142-5 | Archeological Site No. 142-5 | Archeological Site No. 142-5 is a historic camp site in Ripogenus, Maine that is part of the Penobscot Headwater Lakes Prehistoric Sites. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 1995.
References
National Register of Historic Places in Piscataquis County, Maine |
10326766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20Dealer%20%28painting%29 | Death Dealer (painting) | Death Dealer is a 1973 fantasy painting by American artist Frank Frazetta. It depicts a menacing armor-clad warrior with a horned helmet, whose facial features are obscured by shadow, atop a horse, holding a bloody bearded axe and shield. The image eventually led to spin-offs of varying merchandise, including subseque... |
68591765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Wadsworth | General Wadsworth | General Wadsworth may refer to:
James Wadsworth (lawyer) (1730–1816), Connecticut Militia brigadier general in the American Revolutionary War
James S. Wadsworth (1807–1864), Union Army brevet major general
Peleg Wadsworth (1748–1829), Continental Army brigadier general
William Wadsworth (officer) (1765–1833), New York... |
35632194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Brinton | Michael Brinton | Michael Ashley Cecil Brinton, (1942 – 23 April 2012) was the son of Esme Tatton Cecil Brinton (1919–1985) and Mary Elizabeth Fahnestock (1914–1960), and was the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire from 2001 to 2012. Previously, he was High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester in 1990.
He was a former chairman of the Briti... |
30369016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Braithwaite%20the%20elder | John Braithwaite the elder | John Braithwaite the elder (1760–1818), was a British engineer, and salvor.
John Braithwaite the younger was his son.
Life
Braithwaite is best known as the constructor of one of the earliest successful forms of diving bell. In 1783 he descended in one of his own construction into the wreck of the Royal George, which ... |
36466965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Keating%20III | Charles Keating III | Charles Humphrey Keating III (nicknamed C3; born August 20, 1955) is an American former competitive swimmer and real estate executive. He represented the United States in swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. He was convicted of fraud in the savings and loan crisis, along with his more famous father... |
12094030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Australian%20Saloon%20Car%20Championship | 2006 Australian Saloon Car Championship | The 2006 Australian Saloon Car Championship was open to drivers of Saloon Cars complying with CAMS Group 3K regulations. The title was contested over a seven round series with three races per round.
Round 1, Wakefield Park Raceway, New South Wales, 5 March
Round 2, Symmons Plains International Raceway, Tasmania, 8 & ... |
33847001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEGF10 | MEGF10 | Multiple EGF-like-domains 10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MEGF10 gene.
MEGF10 is a regulator of satellite cell myogenesis and interacts with Notch1 in myoblasts. It has been shown to be the cause of early-onset myopathy, areflexia, respiratory distress and dysphagia.
MEGF10 and MEGF11, have critical ... |
40064084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messidor%20%28disambiguation%29 | Messidor (disambiguation) | Messidor is a month in the French Republican calendar.
Messidor can also refer to:
Messidor (opera), 1897 opera by Alfred Bruneau
Messidor (film), 1979 film directed by Alain Tanner |
22500585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinville%2C%20Nova%20Scotia | Erinville, Nova Scotia | Erinville is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County.
References
Erinville on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia |
1174075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Bird%20Walton | Nancy Bird Walton | Nancy Bird Walton, (16 October 1915 – 13 January 2009) was a pioneering Australian aviator, known as "The Angel of the Outback", and the founder and patron of the Australian Women Pilots' Association.
In the 1930s, she became a fully qualified pilot at the age of 19 to become the youngest Australian woman to gain a p... |
12073618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeter%20V%C3%B5su | Peeter Võsu | Peeter Võsu (born 9 March 1958, in Tallinn) is international Secretary of the Estonian Christian Democratic Party, chairman of Estonian Christian Television, chairman of the Estonian branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, and board member of the Evangelical Alliance of Estonia and YWAM Estonia. He was... |
4746998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%20Factory | Noise Factory | was a Japanese video game developer and publisher based out of Osaka, it was one of the developer companies of SNK, established by former Atlus staff members who previously worked on Princess Crown for Sega Saturn. Its more known games were Gaia Crusaders, Sengoku 3 and the new games of Rage of the Dragons & Power Inst... |
11724500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r%20AV19 | Fehérvár AV19 | Hydro Fehérvár AV19 is a Hungarian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Austrian bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. They were founded in 1960 and played from 1978 in the Hungarian Országos Bajnokság I through sorts of affiliations until 2012, claiming the Championship on 13 occasions. They play their home games a... |
74208169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Fredrik%20Engwall | Carl Fredrik Engwall | Carl Fredrik Engwall (1860-1925) was a Swedish businessman, industrialist and founder of .
Biography
Carl Fredrik Engwall, was the third son of Victor Theodor Engwall. Carl Fredrik co-owned the Helsan mineral water factory. In 1892, he established his own colonial goods firm, Carl Fredrik Engwall Co. In 1909, the co... |
40425433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20honours%20of%20Perlis%20awarded%20to%20heads%20of%20state%20and%20royalty | List of honours of Perlis awarded to heads of state and royalty | This article serves as an index – as complete as possible – of all the honorific orders or similar decorations awarded by Perlis (a state of Malaysia), classified by Monarchies chapter and Republics chapter, and, under each chapter, recipients' countries and the detailed list of recipients.
Awards
Monarchies
Perlis ... |
27976047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrovec%20pri%20Dramljah | Gabrovec pri Dramljah | Gabrovec pri Dramljah () is a small dispersed settlement in the Municipality of Vojnik in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from Gabrovec to Gabrovec pri Dramljah in 1953.
References... |
55583013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein%20Hassani%20Sa%27di | Hossein Hassani Sa'di | Hossein Hassani-Sa'di () was an Iranian regular military (Artesh) officer who is serving as the deputy commander of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters.
Military career
Hassani-Sa'di served at the 81 Armored Division of Kermanshah during early years of his career. Following the Iranian Revolution, he was appoin... |
64077539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s%20All%20True%20%E2%80%93%20International%20Documentary%20Film%20Festival | It's All True – International Documentary Film Festival | The It's All True – International Documentary Film Festival (), also known as É Tudo Verdade, is an international film festival held annually in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Launched in 1996 by film critic Amir Labaki, is one of the main events in Latin America dedicated exclusively to nonfiction productions.... |
14978685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20buildings%20on%20Woodward%20Avenue | List of buildings on Woodward Avenue | The list below shows the information on the buildings along Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. This list begins at Woodward's southern terminus at the Detroit River and proceeds north to the Detroit city limits at Eight Mile Road, also known as M-102.
See also
Detroit Financial District
Lower Woodward Avenue Histor... |
24857064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isin%2C%20Nigeria | Isin, Nigeria | Isin is a Local Government Area in Kwara State, Nigeria. Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State was created from the old Irepodun Local Government Area in 1996 with the headquarters at Owu-Isin. It has an area of 633 km² and a population of 59,738 at the 2006 census.
The postal code of the area is 251.
Isin settle... |
433616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Griswold%20%28congressman%29 | Matthew Griswold (congressman) | Matthew Griswold (; June 6, 1833 – May 19, 1919) was an American Congressman from Erie, Pennsylvania.
Biography
Matthew Griswold was the grandson of congressman Roger Griswold and the great-grandson of governor Matthew Griswold.
He was born in Lyme, Connecticut. He was engaged in teaching and in agricultural pursuits... |
31914593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20Albanian%20local%20elections | 2000 Albanian local elections | The Albanian local elections in 2000 were the third local elections held in Albania. The elections were held on 1 October 2000.
References
Albania local
Local elections
2000
Albanian local elections |
21377777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younis%20Mohammed%20Ibrahim%20al-Hayari | Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari | Younis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari (, 1969 – ) was a Moroccan Al-Qaeda member.
Background
During the 1990s, he fought in Bosnia. He was top on Saudi Arabia's list of 36 "most wanted terrorist suspects" published on 28 June 2005. He who was reported killed in a shootout with Saudi Arabian security officials on July 3, 2... |
58930517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Avina | Jack Avina | Jack Francis Avina (January 30, 1929 – October 4, 2018) was an American college basketball coach, known for his career at head coach at the NCAA Division I University of Portland where he served for 17 seasons.
Avina, a Mexican-American born in Madera, California, served in the United States Navy, then attended San Jo... |
452434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon%20Botstein | Leon Botstein | Leon Botstein (born December 14, 1946, in Zürich, Switzerland) is a Swiss-American conductor, educator, and scholar serving as the President of Bard College.
Biography
1946–1975: Early life, education, and career
Botstein was born in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1946. The son of Polish-Jewish physicians, Botstein immigra... |
6719884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polesine%20Parmense | Polesine Parmense | Polesine Parmense is a town in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northwest of Parma. It was an independent comune until 1 January 2016, when it merged with Zibello to form the new comune of Polesine Zibello.
Famous Residents
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) was born in Polesine P... |
23763525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathyrus%20sphaericus | Lathyrus sphaericus | Lathyrus sphaericus is a species of wild pea known by the common names grass pea and round-seeded vetchling. It is native to Eurasia and much of Africa, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species. It can grow in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. This is an annual herb producing a slend... |
4153315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20Quartet%20No.%207%20%28Shostakovich%29 | String Quartet No. 7 (Shostakovich) | Dmitri Shostakovich composed his String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108, in 1960. He dedicated it to the memory of his first wife Nina Vassilyevna Varzar, who died in December 1954. This piece was composed in the year that would have marked her 50th birthday. This quartet was premiered in Leningrad Glinka Conce... |
57107361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthochroina%20bicolor | Xanthochroina bicolor | Xanthochroina bicolor is a species of false blister beetle in the family Oedemeridae. It is found in North America.
References
Further reading
Oedemeridae
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Beetles described in 1851 |
26162783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaretting | Margaretting | Margaretting is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district, in the county of Essex, England. The population of the village taken at the 2011 Census was 847.
The village is located on the B1002 road approximately four miles from Chelmsford (the county town of Essex) and two miles from the village of Ingatest... |
28472868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian%20literature%20%28disambiguation%29 | Georgian literature (disambiguation) | Georgian literature is literature written by people from the country of Georgia.
Georgian literature may also refer to:
Georgia literature, literature written by people from the American state of Georgia
Literature of the Georgian era, English literature written at the beginning of the 18th century
Georgian Poetry... |
44465300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873%E2%80%9374%20Dumbarton%20F.C.%20season | 1873–74 Dumbarton F.C. season | The 1873–74 season was the first season of competitive football by Dumbarton.
Scottish Cup
Dumbarton became members of the fledgeling Scottish FA and contributed to the purchase of a challenge cup. In this inaugural Scottish Cup competition, the club reached the second round, following a walk-over against Vale of Lev... |
74952139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica%20Mary%20Ncube | Monica Mary Ncube | Monica Mary Ncube (born 1949) is a Zimbabwean-Canadian religious sister and nurse. Since 2017 she has been Superior General of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood.
Life
Monica Mary Ncube was born in Plumtree, Zimbabwe in 1949.
From 1978 to 1982 Ncube trained as a nurse in America. She worked in various Zimba... |
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