French Jesuit martyrs
The Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs, were eight Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. They were ritually tortured and killed on various dates in the mid-17th century in Canada, in what is now southern Ontario, and in upstate New York, during the warfare b…
Species of gastropod
Perrona descendens is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clavatulidae.
Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Au am Rhein is a municipality in the district of Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
American medical equipment manufacturer
Gendron, Inc. is an American manufacturer of wheelchairs, hospital beds, stretchers, and other medical equipment based in Bryan, Ohio.
Type of gravy
Red-eye gravy is a thin sauce often seen in the cuisine of the Southern United States and associated with the country ham of that region. Other names for this sauce include poor man's gravy, bird-eye gravy, bottom slop, cedar gravy, and red ham gravy. The gravy is made from the drippings of pan-frie…
Premier men's ice hockey league in Germany
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga or DEL, is a professional ice hockey league in Germany and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in 1994, it was formed as a replacement for the Eishockey-Bundesliga and became the new top-tier league in Germany as a result. Unlike the old Bundesliga, the DEL…
Étienne Soulange-Bodin (1774–1846) was the French biologist botanist and army officer who is commemorated by his hybrid magnolia, Magnolia × soulangeana. Though he is otherwise scarcely remembered today, he played a major role in the organization of professional horticulture in France, 1815–1845.
Topics referred to by the same term
K station may refer to:Karangahape railway station, in Auckland CBD, New Zealand Radio stations in the western portion of the United States typically begin with 'K'; see call signs in the United States#Geographical separation of K and W call signs
Angola Olympic football team represents Angola in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Angolan Football Federatio…
Russian composer
Yekaterina Alexeyevna Sinyavina (1761–1784) was a Russian composer and pianist. In 1781, at the court of Catherine II she was the harpsichordist for what was probably the first performance of a harpsichord concerto by Giovanni Paisiello. She composed numerous short instrumental and keyboard pieces f…
Species of shrub
Leucothoe axillaris is a shrub native to the southeastern United States, with the common names swamp dog-laurel and coastal dog-hobble. It has been reported from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia. It grows on floodplains in coastal areas at elev…
Egyptian hieroglyph
The ancient Egyptian Face hieroglyph, Gardiner sign listed no. D2 is a portrayal of the human face, frontal view.
Lighthouse in California, United States
Oakland Harbor Light is a former lighthouse, now a restaurant in Embarcadero Cove, California.
Village in Gloucestershire, England
Clearwell is a village and former ancient manor in the Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England. Situated 3 miles south of Coleford and 2.5 miles east of the Welsh border, a recent survey indicated that the population of Clearwell is approximately 350.
The Belmont Area is a retail and residential district running along SE Belmont St. in the inner Southeast section of Portland, Oregon in a parallel fashion to the Hawthorne District, 6 blocks to the south. From west to east the area extends 48 blocks, from SE 12th Ave. to SE 60th Ave., passing throu…
Combination drug
Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate (EE/CPA), also known as co-cyprindiol and sold under the brand names Diane and Diane-35 among others, is a combination of ethinylestradiol (EE), an estrogen, and cyproterone acetate (CPA), a progestin and antiandrogen, which is used as a birth control pill to pre…
Town in Queensland, Australia
Buchan is a coastal town in the locality of Palm Cove in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
Species of true bug
Miridius quadrivirgatus, is a species of European bugs in the tribe Mirini. They can be found much of the western European mainland, Corsica, the Azores, southern England and Pembrokeshire.
Russian zoologist, geographer and ethnographer (1826–1894)
Peter Leopold von Schrenck was a Russian zoologist, geographer and ethnographer.
Observatory
The Observatory of Strasbourg is an astronomical observatory in Strasbourg, France.
Municipal okrug in St. Petersburg, Russia
Municipal Okrug 65 is a municipal okrug in Primorsky District, one of the eighty-one low-level municipal divisions of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 127,473, up from 83,952 recorded during the 2002 Census.
Railway station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway in North Wales
Beddgelert railway station is a railway station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway in North Wales.
Belgian cyclist (1905–1953)
Gaston Rebry was a Belgian former champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935.
United States Army general
Henry Augustine Miley Jr. was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command from 1970 to 1975.
Municipal building in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England
Leigh Town Hall is a municipal building in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It stands in Civic Square at the junction with Market Street, facing Leigh parish church. It was built in 1907 and granted grade II listed building status in 1987.
Battle of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
The Battle of Nirim was a military engagement between the Egyptian army and the Jewish Haganah militia on May 15, 1948, the first day of the Egyptian invasion of Israel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was fought in kibbutz Nirim, founded just two years earlier as part of the strategic settlement pu…
Topics referred to by the same term
Warwick Museum may refer to:Market Hall Museum, Warwick, England Pringle Cottage Museum, Warwick, Queensland, Australia Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
Lighthouse off the northwest coast of Scotland
Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a lighthouse near the highest point on Eilean Mòr, one of the Flannan Isles in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. In 1900, its three keepers disappeared in mysterious circumstances.
This is a list of United States ambassadors to Tajikistan.
Italian painter
Ugo da Carpi was an Italian printmaker active between 1502 and 1532 in the cities of Venice, Rome and Bologna. He is known for his technical and stylistic contributions to the chiaroscuro woodcut, a printmaking technique using blocks of different colours. Ugo claimed to be the first to use this tech…
Building material
Expanded metal is a type of sheet metal which has been cut and stretched to form a regular pattern of mesh-like material. It is commonly used for fences and grates, and as metallic lath to support plaster or stucco.
1983–1991 anti-apartheid organisation
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a South African popular front that existed from 1983 to 1991. The UDF comprised more than 400 public organizations including trade unions, students' unions, women's and parachurch organizations. The UDF's goal was to establish a "non-racial, united South Africa…
German single-seat tailless glider, 1923
The Akaflieg Berlin B3 Charlotte II was a glider built in Germany in the 1920s. It featured a high-wing, tailless sailplane configuration of all-wood construction, which had a single skid for landing and applied brakes.
The 2022 Iowa Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect members of the Iowa Senate from 25 odd-numbered districts. Senators serve four-year terms in single-member constituencies, with half of the seats up for election each cycle. Primary elections were held on June 7.
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States
East Mountain is a traprock mountain ridge located in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Ea…
Norwegian telecommunications company
Telenor ASA is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwide, but focused in Scandinavia and Asia. It has extensive broadband a…
Quechua chief
Tomás Katari or Catari was an Aymara peasant and cacique of northern Potosí who led a popular uprising in Upper Peru in the late 18th century.
Events in the year 1799 in India.
Topics referred to by the same term
Caution may refer to:Prudence A precautionary statement, describing a potential hazard A police caution, an alternative to prosecution for a criminal offence in some countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia A statement read by a police officer to a suspect to inform them of their rights, i…
Local government elections in Dundee, Scotland
Dundee City Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.
The PS Helvetia was a paddle steamer that operated on Lake Zürich in Switzerland between 1875 and 1958. She had a capacity of 1200 passengers.
Estonian politician (born 1952)
Eevi Paasmäe is an Estonian politician. She was a member of XIII Riigikogu.
American architect
Douglas Moss AIA, LEED AP is an American architect, who practices in New York City. He was a founding partner of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture. In October 2019 Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture merged with California-based Steinberg Hart and Moss became a partner of Steinberg Hart.
American business executive in Boston
Eben Dyer Jordan Sr. was an American business executive, best remembered as the co-founder of the department store chain Jordan, Marsh & Co. with Benjamin L. Marsh in 1841.
Municipality in Castile and León, Spain
La Redonda is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2016 the municipality has a population of 94 inhabitants.
The 36th Biathlon World Championships were held in 2001 for the second time in Pokljuka, Slovenia.
American football player (1916–1992)
Alton Minor Coppage was an American professional football player who was an end for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC), primarily with the Chicago Cardinals. Coppage grew up in Oklahoma and played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners. H…
Genus of moths
Enmonodiops is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Enmonodiops ochrodiscata, is found in Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Hampson in 1926.
Prussian Army officer
Major Ferdinand Baptista von Schill was a Prussian Army officer who revolted unsuccessfully against France's domination of Prussia in May 1809. Schill's rebellion ended at the Battle of Stralsund, a battle which also saw Schill's own death in action. Outnumbered 3 to 1, Schill's Prussian forces succ…
Village in West Bengal, India
Garakupi is a village in the Hasnabad CD Block in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district, in the state of West Bengal, India.
Dutch military officer, colonial administrator, and politician
Hendrik Merkus, Baron de Kock was a Dutch military officer, colonial administrator and politician who served as lieutenant governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1826 to 1830. He also served as Minister of the Interior from 1836 to 1841.
British politician (1893-1958)
Sir Ian Leslie Orr-Ewing was a British Conservative Party politician.
Species of ray-finned fish
The Indian anchovy, also known as Hardenberg's anchovy, is a species of oceanodromous ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae. In Sri Lanka, it is widely sold at most markets and supermarkets. It is also used as a live or dead bait in the tuna fishery.
Species of butterfly
Iolaus alexanderi, the Alexander's sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast. The habitat consists of wet rainforests.
Motor car race
The 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 250 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race that was held on October 2, 2021, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 99 laps—extended from 94 laps due to an overtime finish—on the 2.66 mi (4.28 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the 20th race…
Battle of the Greek War of Independence
The Battle of Drăgășani was fought on 19 June 1821 in Drăgășani, Wallachia, between the Ottoman forces of Sultan Mahmud II and the Greek Filiki Etaireia insurgents as a part of the Greek War of Independence.
Jamaican business man
Alfred Constantine Goffe was a Jamaican businessman noted for his role in the banana trade.
Species of gastropod
Rissoina oryza is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae.
State park in northern California, United States
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving old-growth redwoods along the Smith River. It is located along U.S. Route 199 approximately 9 miles (14 km) east of Crescent City. The park is named after explorer Jedediah Smith, and is one of four parks coo…
2005 film by Roger Kumble
Just Friends is a 2005 Christmas romantic black comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, written by Adam 'Tex' Davis and starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein and Christopher Marquette. The plot focuses on a formerly obese high school student (Reynolds) who attempts to free himself…
Surname list
Beaumanoir was a seigniory in what is now the department of Côtes-d'Armor, France, which gave its name to an illustrious family.Philippe de Rémi, French poet and bailiff Philippe de Rémi, French jurist and royal official Jean de Beaumanoir (1310–1366/7), marshal of Brittany Jean de Beaumanoir (marqu…
Municipality in Bavaria, Germany
Oberaurach is a municipality in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany.
Characters of the Greek mythology
There are several figures named Pelagon in Greek mythology.Pelagon, king of Phocis and son of Amphidamas. He gave Cadmus the cow that was to guide him to Boeotia. Pelagon, also called Pelasgus, son of the river-god Asopus by the naiad Metope, daughter of the river Ladon. He was brother to Ismenus, C…
Variety of grape
Petit Manseng is a white wine grape variety that is grown primarily in South West France. It produces the highest quality wine of any grape in the Manseng family. The name is derived from its small, thick skin berries. Coupled with the small yields of the grapevine, most Petit Manseng farmers produc…
Software for calculating the bits of Pi
PiHex was a distributed computing project organized by Colin Percival to calculate specific bits of π. 1,246 contributors used idle time slices on almost two thousand computers to make its calculations. The software used for the project made use of Bellard's formula, a faster version of the BBP form…
1946 film by Montgomery Tully
Spring Song is a 1946 British musical drama film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Peter Graves, Carol Raye and Leni Lynn. It was written by Lore Cowan, Maurice Cowan, James Seymour and Tully.
Mountain in Italy
Pizzo La Scheggia is a mountain of Piedmont, Italy, with an elevation of 2,466 metres (8,091 ft). It is located in the Lepontine Alps, in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, and is part of the Onsermone massif.
Finnish linguist (1935–2023)
Raimo Aulis Anttila was a Finnish linguist and professor of Indo-European linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Root systems encased in mineral matter
Rhizoliths are organosedimentary structures formed in soils or fossil soils (paleosols) by plant roots. They include root moulds, casts, and tubules, root petrifactions, and rhizocretions. Rhizoliths, and other distinctive modifications of carbonate soil texture by plant roots, are important for ide…
Topics referred to by the same term
Robert Banks may refer to:Robert Banks, former American football defensive end Robert Banks (chemist) (1921–1989), co-inventor of high-density polyethylene Robert Banks (filmmaker), American experimental filmmaker from Cleveland Robert Banks (musician), pianist, organist and composer Robert Banks (o…
Chemical compound
Runcaciguat is a soluble guanylate cyclase activator developed by Bayer for non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy and chronic kidney disease.
The National E-Infrastructure Service (NES), formerly the National Grid Service, was an organisation for UK academics and researchers from 2004 through 2011. It was funded by two governmental bodies, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committ…
Supreme Court of Canada case
Scowby v Glendinning, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 226 is a leading federalism decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Saskatchewan provincial Human Rights Act was found not to apply to potentially discriminatory conduct that was acted as part of criminal law enforcement.
Procedural measure used by the United States Congress
The self-executing rule, also known as "deem and pass" is a resolution that a bill be deemed to have passed ; if the resolution passes, the bill is automatically deemed to have passed with the amendment set forth in the resolution itself. This procedural measure has been used by the United States Co…
According to the Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville, Alea was a Greek soldier of the Trojan War who invented the dicing game tabula. French sociologist Roger Caillois uses the term "alea" to designate those games which rely on luck rather than skill in Man, Play and Games. While Caillois notes the te…
Topics referred to by the same term
William Crowther may refer to:William Crowther (1817–1885) William Crowther (1834–1900) William Crowther (programmer)
Pulling up the first drop…