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Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, in the northern part of Costa Rica twenty kilometers south of Los Chiles near the border with Nicaragua in the Alajuela province. The refuge is a wetlands site that is home to many migratory waterfowl during part of the ... | Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge |
Christ Church, at Zero Garden Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. Built in 1760–61, it was designated a National Historic Landmark as one of the few buildings unambiguously attributable to Peter Harrison, the first formally trained architect to work in the Br... | Christ Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
Jean Ferrat (born Jean Tenenbaum; 26 December 1930 – 13 March 2010) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. He specialized in singing poetry, particularly that of Louis Aragon. He had a left-wing sympathy that found its way into a few songs.
Biography
Ferrat was born in Vaucresson, Hauts-de-Seine, the youngest of fou... | Jean Ferrat |
In mathematics, more specifically field theory, the degree of a field extension is a rough measure of the "size" of the field extension. The concept plays an important role in many parts of mathematics, including algebra and number theory — indeed in any area where fields appear prominently.
Definition and notation
S... | Degree of a field extension |
A desk is a piece of furniture intended for writing on, hence writing desk is redundant. It is usually found in an office or study.
Operation
Traditionally, a desk was meant for writing by hand letters but it has adapted to accommodate first typewriters and now computers. Some variations, like the bureau have a top th... | Writing desk |
SV Wilhelmshaven is a German association football club from Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. SV Wilhelmshaven play in the Regionalliga Nord. SV Wilhelmshaven was founded in 1905. Since 1999, Wilhelmshaven's stadium is the Jadestadion.
History
Predecessor side SpVgg Wilhelmshaven was formed as FC Comet in 1905 and was quic... | SV Wilhelmshaven |
{{Infobox military conflict|
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conflict=Battle of Coutras|
partof=the War of the Three Henrys|
date=20 October 1587|
place=Coutras (Gironde)|
result=Huguenot victory|
combatant1= Huguenots|
combatant2= Royalist Army|
commander1= Henry of Navarre|
commander2= Anne de Joyeuse†|
stre... | Battle of Coutras |
Ulemosaurus is an extinct genus of dinocephalian therapsids that lived 265 to 260 million years ago, at Isheevo in Russian Tatarstan. It was a tapinocephalid, a group of bulky herbivores which flourished in the Middle Permian. Ulemosaurus and other tapinocephalians disappeared at the end of the Middle Permian.
Descrip... | Ulemosaurus |
Oscar Fredrik Church () is a church in Olivedal in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was drawn by Helgo Zetterwall and erected in the 1890s. Belonging to the Gothenburg Oscar Fredrik Parish of the Church of Sweden (Swedish: Svenska Kyrkan), it was opened on Easter Sunday 1893. The style is Neo Gothic, but the influence is not the... | Oscar Fredrik Church |
No. 29 (City of Hobart) Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) reserve squadron located in Hobart, Tasmania. The squadron was formed in September 2001 and has the role of training Tasmanian RAAF reservists for air base protection tasks.
History
No. 29 Squadron was formed in Hobart on 1 September 2001 as part... | No. 29 Squadron RAAF |
The Lakemba Mosque, also known as the Masjid Ali Bin Abi Talib and officially the Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb Mosque, is Australia's largest mosque. It is located at 71-75 Wangee Road, Lakemba. Owned and managed by the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA), Lakemba Mosque and the LMA offices are situated contiguously at the sam... | Lakemba Mosque |
Wilho F. Saari (July 7, 1932 – January 19, 2022) was a Finnish American player of the kantele, the Finnish psaltery. Kreeta Haapasalo, a well-known kantele player in Finland in the 19th century, was his great-great grandmother. Wilho's father, Wilho Sr., also performed the kantele in public, only in Washington, having ... | Wilho Saari |
David Bradley Woodall (born June 25, 1969) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1994 and 1999 for the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs.
Career
Woodall played college baseball for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wh... | Brad Woodall |
Ludwig van Beethoven's Opus 1 is a set of three piano trios (written for piano, violin, and cello), first performed in 1795 in the house of Prince Lichnowsky, to whom they are dedicated. The trios were published in 1795.
Despite the Op. 1 designation, these trios were not Beethoven's first published compositions; this... | Piano Trios, Op. 1 (Beethoven) |
LMCS may refer to:
Lockheed Martin Control Systems, the former name of the Platform Solutions division of BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support
Logical Methods in Computer Science, a scientific journal in theoretical computer science
IEEE 802, the LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMCS)
See also
LMC (disamb... | LMCS |
Clement Howell (December 10, 1935 – August 2, 1987) was a politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands. He served on a four-member interim advisory council beginning in July 1986, after two previous chief ministers were forced to resign and the ministerial government in the territory was suspended.
The Ministerial gov... | Clement Howell |
Salicylate testing is a category of drug testing that is focused on detecting salicylates such as acetysalicylic acid for either biochemical or medical purposes.
Analytical
Salicylates can be identified by GC/MS, proton NMR, and IR.
In vitro
One of the first in vitro tests for aspirin was through the Trinder reaction... | Salicylate testing |
Child World was an American toy retailer founded in 1962. It grew to 182 sites and revenues of $830 million (~$ in ) before failing in 1992. It was known for the distinctive stylized castle store exterior adopted after its 1975 purchase of the Children's Palace store chain.
History
Beginnings and early expansion
Chi... | Child World |
Oregon's 2006 statewide election included a May 16 primary election and a November 7 general election.
Ten statewide ballot measures were on the November ballot.
The following offices were up for election: Governor, Supreme Court Position 6 (to succeed Wallace P. Carson, Jr.), and numerous seats in the state legislat... | 2006 Oregon elections |
"Leningrad" is a 1989 song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Billy Joel. The song was originally released on his album Storm Front on the Columbia Records label, and went on to be released as a single in Europe only. It was also released on his Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 compilation. The song title is ... | Leningrad (song) |
Kvisla may refer to the following locations:
Kvisla in Hol municipality, Buskerud
Kvisla in Engerdal municipality, Hedmark | Kvisla |
Snap music (also known as ringtone rap or snap rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music derived from crunk that originated in southern United States in the 2000s, in Bankhead, West Atlanta, United States. It achieved mainstream popularity throughout the mid-late 2000s, but declined shortly thereafter. Popular snap artists i... | Snap music |
Apatura metis, the Freyer's purple emperor, is a species of butterfly found in the Palearctic.
Appearance
Freyer's purple emperor has dark wings with reddish and yellow bands. The wings of the male are bluish purple if seen from the right angle.
In appearance, it resembles Apatura ilia. However, it differs significant... | Apatura metis |
Fire in the Hole is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group Brand Nubian. It was released on August 10, 2004 via Babygrande Records. Recording sessions took place at State Street Studios in Brooklyn. Production was handled by members DJ Alamo, Grand Puba, Sadat X, and Lord Jamar, who also served as executive p... | Fire in the Hole (album) |
Mitra Hajjar (; born February 4, 1977) is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, in addition to nominations for three Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
Career
Hajjar started acting with "Strangely" direc... | Mitra Hajjar |
Majority (absolute majority), a mathematic concept, is the greater part, or more than half, of the total.
Majority may also refer to:
Plurality, sometimes referred to as "relative majority"
Majority (sociology), related to the minority group
Age of majority, the threshold of adulthood in law
Majority function in Bool... | Majority (disambiguation) |
School District 6 Rocky Mountain is a school district in South Eastern British Columbia. This includes the major centres of Kimberley, Invermere and Golden.
History
School District 6 Rocky Mountain was formed in 1996 by the amalgamation of School District 3 (Kimberley), School District 4 (Windermere) and School Distri... | School District 6 Rocky Mountain |
Scotty Lake is the name of three lakes in the U.S. state of Alaska:
A one-mile-long (1.6 km) lake in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, located along near the Parks Highway at , six miles (9.7 km) west of Talkeetna.
A 0.7-mile-long (1,130 m) lake in Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Borough, located at , 21 miles ... | Scotty Lake |
Joy Mukherjee (24 February 1939 – 9 March 2012) was an Indian actor and director. He was titled as the 'heart throb of the 1960s and 1970s'.
Family background
Joy Mukherjee was the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His uncles were dir... | Joy Mukherjee |
Basrur / Basroor is a village in Kundapura taluk in Udupi district of Karnataka. Historically Basrur was also called Barcelor, Barcelore, Barcalor, Basnur, Bares, Abu-Sarur and Barsellor.
History
Basrur, once called Vasupura, is a historic port town on the banks of the Varahi River on the Kanara coast in Karnataka, In... | Basrur |
Sex Packets is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Digital Underground, released on .
Album background
The album is a concept album about "G.S.R.A." (Genetic Suppression Relief Antidotes), a pharmaceutical substance that is produced in the form of a large glowing pill about the size of a quarter, which co... | Sex Packets |
The Davos process was the name given to the process of reconciliation, rapprochement between Greece and Turkey, conducted in 1988 between Andreas Papandreou and Turkish prime minister Turgut Özal. Their meeting took place at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. | Davos process |
Ligovsky Prospekt () is a major street in Saint Petersburg. Before the establishment of the city, it was a street leading to Novgorod, used by the people living in the villages around the Neva delta.
Between 1718-25, when Saint Petersburg was the capital of Russia, construction began on the Ligovsky Canal. The canal ... | Ligovsky Avenue |
Raad-2 (Persian:رعد-۲, means Thunder-2) is an Iranian self-propelled howitzer.
Development
In early September 1997, it was reported that Iran had successfully tested a locally built rapid fire mobile field gun known as Raad-2 (Thunder-2).
It uses a turret that has a similar layout to the M109A1 155mm/39-cal self-prop... | Raad-2 |
Cabrières-d'Aigues (; Provençal: Cabrièras d'Egues) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
See also
Côtes du Luberon AOC
Communes of the Vaucluse department
Étang de la Bonde
Luberon | Cabrières-d'Aigues |
Cold Brook is a former railroad station in the Boiceville section of the town of Olive, Ulster County, New York, United States. Located on Cold Brook Road, just north of New York State Route 28A next to Esopus Creek, Cold Brook station served the New York Central Railroad's Catskill Mountain Branch, formerly the Ulster... | Cold Brook station |
The was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group.
The gazette was published from 1672 to 1724 (with an interruption in 1674–1677) under the title (someti... | Mercure de France |
Tejaswini Sawant (born 12 September 1980) is an Indian shooter from the Maharashtrian city of Kolhapur. Her father Ravindra Sawant was an officer in the Indian Navy.
Biography
Tejaswini born to father Ravindra and mother Sunita in Kolhapur. She has two younger sisters Anuradha Pitre and Vijaymala Gavali. Her father di... | Tejaswini Sawant |
Leopardstown Racecourse is an Irish horse-racing venue, located in Leopardstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, south of the Dublin city centre. Like the majority of Irish courses, it hosts both National Hunt and Flat racing.
The course, built by Captain George Quin and modelled on Sandown Park Racecourse in England, was c... | Leopardstown Racecourse |
Ursula Buchfellner (born 8 June 1961) is a German model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1979 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Peter Weissbrich.
Buchfellner also was the Playmate for the December 1977 issue of Playboy's German edition, being only 16 at the time wh... | Ursula Buchfellner |
Paul Speckmann (born September 28, 1963) is an American bassist and singer from Chicago, Illinois. He currently lives in Uherské Hradiště, Czechia.
Biography
Speckmann formed his first band, Warcry, in 1982. He recorded the demo Trilogy of Terror with them in 1983, before starting the death metal band Master. This pro... | Paul Speckmann |
Skyfire is an annual March fireworks show held over Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia since 1989. The event is funded by local radio station hit 104.7, and the display is synchronised to a soundtrack of music broadcast on the station.
History of the event
The first Skyfire was held on 18 March 1989, as FM 10... | Skyfire (Canberra) |
The All Pakistan Muttahida Students Organization (APMSO; ) is a Pakistani student organization notable for creating a political party: the Mohajir Quami Movement, now called the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
APMSO was founded by Altaf Hussain along with other students including Azeem Ahmed Tariq, Dr. Imran Farooq on... | All Pakistan Muttahidda Students Organization |
John Clayton Smith (15 September 1910 – 1986) was a footballer who played 347 league matches for Sheffield United between 1931 and 1949 as a goalkeeper.
He began by playing outfield for Bolsterstone FC, and first played in goal when replacing an injured team-mate. After an excellent performance, he remained as goalkee... | Jack Smith (footballer, born 1910) |
Sir Edmond Bell Of Castle Acre and Beaupre Hall, Norfolk. (bap 7 April 1562 – bur 22 December 1607). He was an MP of Aldeburgh, Justice of the Peace for Norfolk c. 1599, Knighted 1603.
Early life
He was baptised 7 April 1562, the first son and heir of Sir Robert Bell and Dorothie daughter of Edmonde Beaupre, Of Outwe... | Edmond Bell |
Sirkeci () is a neighborhood in the Eminönü quarter of the Fatih district in Istanbul, Turkey. In the Byzantine period, the area was known as Prosphorion ().
The neighborhood borders to the north the mouth of the Golden Horn, to the west the neighborhood of Bahçekapı, to the east the Topkapı Palace area, and to the so... | Sirkeci |
Courgenay () is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
History
Courgenay is first mentioned in 1139 as Corgennart.
Geography
Courgenay has an area of . Of this area, or 48.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 9... | Courgenay |
The 31st Directors Guild of America Awards, honoring the outstanding directorial achievements in film and television in 1978, were presented on March 10, 1979 at the Beverly Hilton. The feature film nominees were announced in February 1979.
Winners and nominees
Film
Television | 31st Directors Guild of America Awards |
New Alipore is an upscale and standard locality in South Kolkata.
Description
Geography
New Alipore is bordered on the north by the Budge Budge section of the Kolkata Suburban Railway between Majerhat and Tollygunge stations. It is bounded by B.L. Saha Road (Chetla) to the east, Diamond Harbour Road to the west and b... | New Alipore |
The 1990 Paisley South by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 29 November 1990 for the House of Commons constituency of Paisley South, in the town of Paisley, Scotland.
It was caused by the death of the previous Labour Member of Parliament, Norman Buchan.
As in the by-election in the neighbouring seat of... | 1990 Paisley South by-election |
Kottarakkara (IAST: Koṭṭārakkara), also transliterated as Kottarakara, is a town and municipality in the Kollam district of the Kerala, India. The town is close to Kollam Port, which has a rich history linked to the early medieval period as well as the reputation as an important commercial, industrial and trading cent... | Kottarakkara |
George W. Drum (October 3, 1925–December 16, 1997) was an early leader in automobile club circles, and the first director of the Crosley Car Owners Club in 1952. With Edward Herzog, he worked to preserve the stock of spare parts for Crosley automobiles and trucks when the parent company Crosley Motors, Incorporated was... | George W. Drum |
Terramar may refer to:
Places
Terramar, Carlsbad, California, United States, a neighborhood
Terramar Visitor Center, a visitor center and museum at Hugh Taylor Birch State Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Autódromo de Sitges-Terramar, a former racing circuit in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Other
The... | Terramar |
Walter Haskell Pincus (born December 24, 1932) is an American national security journalist. He reported for The Washington Post until the end of 2015. He has won several prizes including a Polk Award in 1977, a television Emmy in 1981, and shared a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with five other Washington... | Walter Pincus |
Horst Schulze (26 April 1921 – 24 October 2018) was a German actor and opera singer. He was born in Dresden and died in Berlin at the age of 97.
Filmography | Horst Schulze |
Canadian Music Creators Coalition is a group of Canadian music artists opposed to introducing legislation similar to the United States' DMCA into Canadian intellectual property law. The group was officially formed April 26, 2006. An editorial from founding member Steven Page (formerly of the band Barenaked Ladies) ann... | Canadian Music Creators Coalition |
In linguistics, reappropriation, reclamation, or resignification is the cultural process by which a group reclaims words or artifacts that were previously used in a way disparaging of that group. It is a specific form of a semantic change (i.e. change in a word's meaning). Linguistic reclamation can have wider implicat... | Reappropriation |
Anna Roemers Visscher (c. 2 February 1583 – 6 December 1651) was a Dutch artist, poet, and translator.
Biography
Anna Roemers Visscher was the eldest daughter of Amsterdam merchant and poet Roemer Visscher and the sister of Maria Tesselschade Visscher. Her family's economic and social status in Amsterdam enabled Vissc... | Anna Visscher |
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