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357362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown%20%28disambiguation%29 | Crown (disambiguation) | A crown is often an emblem of a monarchy, a monarch's government, or items endorsed by it.
Crown or The Crown may also refer to:
Brands and enterprises
Crown (St. Paul's Churchyard), an historical bookseller in London
Crown Equipment Corporation, an American manufacturer of forklifts
Crown International (Crown Aud... |
357363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi%20Cherubini | Luigi Cherubini | Luigi Cherubini ( ; ; 8 or 14 September 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries. His operas were heavily praised and interpreted by Rossini.
Early years
Cherub... |
357364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso%2C%20Prince%20of%20Portugal | Afonso, Prince of Portugal | Afonso, Prince of Portugal (; 18 May 147513 July 1491) was the heir apparent to the throne of Portugal. He was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and died in a horse-riding accident on the banks of the river Tagus.
Heir apparent
Afonso, named after his grandfather, King Afonso V, was the only son of King John II and Eleanor of... |
357365 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Lucien%20Bonaparte | Charles Lucien Bonaparte | Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), was a French biologist and ornithologist. Lucien and his wife had twelve children, including Cardinal Lucien Bonaparte.
Life and career
Bonaparte was the son of Lucien Bonaparte and Alexandrine de Bleschamp. Lucien... |
357366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuristic%20evaluation | Heuristic evaluation | A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface (UI) design. It specifically involves evaluators examining the interface and judging its compliance with recognized usability principles (the "heuristics"). These evaluation me... |
357367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granny%20Smith | Granny Smith | The Granny Smith, also known as a green apple or sour apple, is an apple cultivar which originated in Australia in 1868. It is named after Maria Ann Smith, who propagated the cultivar from a chance seedling. The tree is thought to be a hybrid of Malus sylvestris, the European wild apple, with the domesticated apple Mal... |
357371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickson%27s%20lemma | Dickson's lemma | In mathematics, Dickson's lemma states that every set of -tuples of natural numbers has finitely many minimal elements. This simple fact from combinatorics has become attributed to the American algebraist L. E. Dickson, who used it in order to prove a result in number theory about perfect numbers. However, the lemma wa... |
357375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam%20Fox | Liam Fox | Liam Fox (born 22 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party, Fox has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Somerset, formerly Woodspring, since 19... |
357376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHM | CHM | CHM may refer to:
Biology and medicine
CHM, abbreviation for Clearing House Mechanism under the Convention on Biological Diversity
CHM, a human gene that encodes Rab escort protein 1
Choroideremia, a retinal disease caused by mutations in the CHM gene
ChM, advanced qualification in surgery, (Magister Chirurgiae). ... |
357378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Inscrits | Non-Inscrits | Non-Inscrits (; abbreviated NI; also non-attached members, abbreviated NA) are Members of the European Parliament (MEP) who do not belong to one of the recognised political groups.
These MEPs may be members of a national party, or of a European political party, but for a political grouping to be formed in the European... |
357389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brindas | Brindas | Brindas is a commune of the Rhône department in eastern France.
Geography
It lies about 15 km (9,5 mi) South-West of Lyon, but not included in the Metropolis of Lyon.
History
Brindas is often regarded as the second home of Guignol, a French puppet show from Lyon. The name of the village was often quoted in parts o... |
357391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lega%20Nord | Lega Nord | Lega Nord (; abbr. LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. Its current leader is Matteo Salvini.
In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as Lega (), without changing its official name. The party was nonetheless freque... |
357395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Society%20for%20the%20Prevention%20of%20Cruelty%20to%20Animals | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is a charity operating in England and Wales that promotes animal welfare. The RSPCA is funded primarily by voluntary donations. Its patron is Queen Elizabeth II. Founded in 1824, it is the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the world and ... |
357398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxo%20Tower | Oxo Tower | The Oxo Tower is a building with a prominent tower on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The building has mixed use as Oxo Tower Wharf containing a set of design, arts and crafts shops on the ground and first floors with two galleries, Bargehouse and Gallery@oxo. The Oxo Tower Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie i... |
357399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%20sticks | Devil sticks | The manipulation of the devil stick (also devil-sticks, devilsticks, flower sticks, stunt sticks, gravity sticks, or juggling sticks) is a form of gyroscopic juggling or equilibristics, consisting of manipulating one stick ("baton", 'center stick') between one or two other sticks held one in each hand. The baton is lif... |
357404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%20Kaggwa | Apollo Kaggwa | Sir Apollo Kagwa (standard Luganda orthography spelling Kaggwa) (1864–1927) was a major intellectual and political leader in Uganda when it was under British rule. He was a leader of the Protestant faction and was appointed prime minister (Katikkiro) of the Kingdom of Buganda by King Mwanga II in 1890. He served until... |
357408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flxible | Flxible | The Flxible Co. (pronounced "flexible") was an American manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, funeral cars, ambulances, intercity coaches and transit buses, based in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was founded in 1913 and closed in 1996. The company's production transitioned from highway coaches and other products to transi... |
357410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties%20of%20Wales | Counties of Wales | The counties of Wales may refer to:
Some Principal areas of Wales; of the twenty-two, eleven are styled as "counties".
Preserved counties of Wales, used for ceremonial purposes
Former administrative counties of Wales (those prior to 1996) — see History of local government in Wales
Historic counties of Wales
Maps: |
357414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20American%20Bus%20Industries | North American Bus Industries | NABI Bus, LLC (NABI) is a former manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses with its headquarters, bus manufacturing and assembly operations, located in Anniston, Alabama. Its products ranged from 31-feet to 60-feet in length, and were sold to operators throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. NABI's U.S. operations... |
357416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomial | Monomial | In mathematics, a monomial is, roughly speaking, a polynomial which has only one term. Two definitions of a monomial may be encountered:
A monomial, also called power product, is a product of powers of variables with nonnegative integer exponents, or, in other words, a product of variables, possibly with repetitions. ... |
357418 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping%20in%20Delhi | Shopping in Delhi | Delhi has been, since historical times, remained a favoured destination for shoppers. From traditional bazaars to modern-day swanky malls, Delhi has everything to offer to a customer. Delhi's street markets are reported to provide a greater turnover as compared to malls. Since not everyone can afford to shop at malls o... |
357420 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greens%E2%80%93European%20Free%20Alliance | Greens–European Free Alliance | The Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) is a political group of the European Parliament composed primarily of green and regionalist political parties.
Formed following the 1999 European elections for the 5th European Parliament, the Greens/EFA group now consists of five distinct European political parties, name... |
357421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo%20the%20Clown | Bozo the Clown | Bozo the Clown, sometimes billed as "Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown", is a clown character created for children's entertainment, widely popular in the second half of the 20th century. He was introduced in the United States in 1946, and to television in 1949, later appearing in franchised television programs of whi... |
357425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplan | Neoplan | Neoplan Bus GmbH is a German automotive company that manufactures buses, trolleybuses and coaches. It is a subsidiary of MAN Truck & Bus SE.
History
Foundations
The company was founded by Gottlob Auwärter in Stuttgart in 1935, and manufactured bodywork for bus and truck chassis. By 1953, the company had moved away f... |
357427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shires%20of%20Scotland | Shires of Scotland | The shires of Scotland (), or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established in the Middle Ages and used as administrative divisions until 1975. Originally established for judicial purposes (being the territory over which a sheriff had jurisdiction), from the 17th century they started to be use... |
357428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20tourist%20attractions%20in%20Delhi | List of tourist attractions in Delhi |
Government buildings
Sansad Bhavan or the Parliament of India is a circular building designed by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker in 1912–1913. Construction began in 1921, and in 1927 the building was opened as the home of the Council of State, the Central Legislative Assembly, and the... |
357429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions%20of%20Scotland | Subdivisions of Scotland | For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" (), which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils". They have the option under the Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997 of being known (but not re-designated) as a "comhairle" when o... |
357440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rio%20Soares | Mário Soares | Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, GColTE, GCC, GColL (; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portuguese politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th President of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. He was the first Secretary-General of the Sociali... |
357444 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy%2C%20Savoie | Pussy, Savoie | Pussy () is a small village in the commune of La Léchère in the Savoie département of France. It is situated on the eastern slope of Mont Bellachat above the left bank of the Isère, 9 km (5.5 mi.) northwest of Moûtiers. The name derives from the Roman personal name Pussius, which refers to the owner of the place in the... |
357452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced%20representation | Induced representation | In group theory, the induced representation is a representation of a group, , which is constructed using a known representation of a subgroup . Given a representation of , the induced representation is, in a sense, the "most general" representation of that extends the given one. Since it is often easier to find repres... |
357456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragonese%20Party | Aragonese Party | The Aragonese Party (, PAR) is a political party which advocates the interests of Aragon within Spain. The party was founded in 1978 under the name Aragonese Regionalist Party, but changed its name in 1990, keeping the initials PAR. The founders of PAR included Emilio Eiroa, who later served as the President of the Gov... |
357457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20Communist%20Party | Japanese Communist Party | The Japanese Communist Party (JCP; , Nihon Kyōsan-tō) is a political party in Japan and one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. The JCP advocates for the establishment of a society based on scientific socialism, communism, democracy, peace, and antimilitarism. It proposes to achieve its objecti... |
357458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20of%20London | County of London | The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London. It was created as part of the general introduction of elected county government in England, by way of the Local Government Act 1888. The Act created an administrative County of London, which included w... |
357459 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan%20Borough%20of%20Wandsworth | Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth | The Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth was a Metropolitan borough under the London County Council, from 1900 to 1965.
History
The borough was formed from five civil parishes: Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting Graveney and Wandsworth. In 1904 these five were combined into a single civil parish called Wandsworth Borou... |
357460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYSLINUX | SYSLINUX | The Syslinux Project is a suite of five different boot loaders for starting up Linux distros on computers. It was primarily developed by H. Peter Anvin.
Components
The Syslinux Project consists of five different boot loaders:
The eponymous SYSLINUX, used for booting from the FAT filesystem
ISOLINUX, used for bootin... |
357469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial%20counties%20of%20England | Ceremonial counties of England | The counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England and informally known as ceremonial counties, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed. Legally, the areas in England, as well as in Wales and Scotland, are defined by the Lieutenancies ... |
357470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20church%20%28China%29 | House church (China) | In China, house churches or family churches (), are Protestant assemblies in the People's Republic of China that operate independently from the state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and China Christian Council (CCC) and came into existence due to the change in religious policy after the end of the Cultu... |
357473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20Hard%20with%20a%20Vengeance | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 American action film directed by John McTiernan (who directed the first installment). It was written by Jonathan Hensleigh, based on the screenplay Simon Says by Hensleigh and on the characters created by Roderick Thorp for his 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever. Die Hard with a Vengea... |
357478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Band%20Concert | The Band Concert | The Band Concert is a 1935 American animated short film produced in 3-strip Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. It was the 73rd Mickey Mouse short film to be released, and the second of that year.
The Band Concert was the first Mickey Mouse film produced in color. Two more Mickey Mou... |
357479 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20of%20Darkness | World of Darkness | World of Darkness is a series of tabletop role-playing games, originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen for White Wolf Publishing. It began as an annual line of five games in 1991–1995, with Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, Wraith: The Oblivion, and Changeling: The Dreaming, along wit... |
357480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque%20Nationalist%20Party | Basque Nationalist Party | The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ; , PNV; , PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English, is a Basque nationalist and regionalist political party. The party is Christian-democratic, with social-democratic and conservative-liberal factions. It operates in all the territories comprising the Basque Country... |
357488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%20Saint-Germain%20F.C. | Paris Saint-Germain F.C. | Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, Paris or Paris SG, is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. France's most successful club, they have won over 40 official honours, including nine league ti... |
357495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream-colored%20courser | Cream-colored courser | The cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor) is a wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. Both parts of the scientific name derive from Latin cursor, "runner", from currere, "to run" which describes their usual habit as they hunt their insect prey on the ground in dry open semi-desert regions of Wester... |
357499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preserved%20counties%20of%20Wales | Preserved counties of Wales | The preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for the ceremonial purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty. They are based on the counties created by the Local Government Act 1972 and used for local government and other purposes between 1974 and 1996.
Usage
The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 abol... |
357502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Rupert | David Rupert | David Rupert (born July 27, 1951) is an American former FBI/British intelligence agent whose testimony led to the arrest and prosecution of Michael McKevitt, the reputed leader of the Real IRA, for the Omagh Bombing.
Background
David Rupert was awarded the FBI's Lou Peters Award in 2013.
Testimony
Rupert's testimony ... |
357505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie%20%28musical%29 | Annie (musical) | Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie and loosely based on the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" written by James Whitcomb Riley. The musical includes music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production... |
357506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichfield%20Gospels | Lichfield Gospels | The Lichfield Gospels (recently more often referred to as the St. Chad Gospels, but also known as the Book of Chad, the Gospels of St. Chad, the St Teilo Gospels, the Llandeilo Gospels, and variations on these) is an 8th-century Insular Gospel Book housed in Lichfield Cathedral. There are 236 surviving pages, eight of ... |
357510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Facts%20of%20Life%20%28TV%20series%29 | The Facts of Life (TV series) | The Facts of Life is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon and a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes that originally aired on NBC from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s. The series focuses on Edna Garrett (Charlotte Rae), as she becomes ... |
357512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Astronomical%20Society | Royal Astronomical Society | The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science. Its headquarters are in Burlington House, on Piccadilly in London. The society has over 4,000 members ("Fellows"), most of ... |
357518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%20Cities%20and%20Vanished%20Civilizations | Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations | Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations is a 1962 book by Robert Silverberg that deals with the then-current archaeology studies of six past civilizations. The book is divided into six chapters, and each deals with a particular civilization: Pompeii, Troy, Nicola, Babylon, Chichen Itza, and Angkor Wat. Silverberg also... |
357520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%20anthology%20television%20series | Disney anthology television series | The Walt Disney Company has produced an anthology television series since 1954 under several titles and formats. The program's current title, The Wonderful World of Disney, was used from 1969 to 1979 and again from 1991 to the present. The program moved between the Big Three television networks in its first four decade... |
357522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenancy%20areas%20of%20Scotland | Lieutenancy areas of Scotland | The lieutenancy areas of Scotland (, ) are the areas used for the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland. The lord-lieutenants' titles chosen by the monarch and her legal advisers are mainly based on placenames of the traditional counties of Scotland. In 1794 permanent lieutenancies we... |
357525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedknobs%20and%20Broomsticks | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Bill Walsh for Walt Disney Productions. It is based upon the books The Magic Bedknob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons (1943) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947) by English children's author Mary N... |
357530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Communist%20Workers%27%20Party%20of%20the%20Communist%20Party%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union | Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union | The Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (RCWP-CPSU; ; Rossiyskaya kommunisticheskaya rabochaya partiya v sostave Kommunisticheskoy partii Sovetskogo Soyuza, RKRP-KPSS) is a currently unregistered communist party in Russia. It is considered the republican branch of the Communist P... |
357533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Federation%20of%20Engineering%20Students | Canadian Federation of Engineering Students | The Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (CFES) (Fédération canadienne étudiante de génie in French) is the national association of undergraduate engineering student societies in Canada and exists to organize activities, provide services and interact with professional and other bodies at the national and interna... |
357536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist%20Churches%20of%20New%20Zealand | Baptist Churches of New Zealand | The Baptist Churches of New Zealand is a Baptist Christian denomination in New Zealand. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Auckland.
History
Several Baptists settled in New Zealand in the 1840s, but the first Baptist minister, Decimus Dolamore from Yorkshire, England, did not arr... |
357537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian%20Rolfe | Lilian Rolfe | Lilian Vera Rolfe, (26 April 1914 – 5 February 1945) was an Allied secret agent in the Second World War.
Early life
Rolfe and her twin sister Helen Fedora Rolfe were the daughters of George Rolfe, a British chartered accountant working in Paris. Although she grew up in Paris, she and her sister came to England for su... |
357539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petard | Petard | A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications. It is of French origin and dates back to the 16th century. A typical petard was a conical or rectangular metal device containing of gunpowder, with a slow match for a fuse.
Etymology
Pétard comes from the Middle French péter, ... |
357541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20television%20stations%20in%20Saskatchewan | List of television stations in Saskatchewan | This is a list of broadcast television stations serving cities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Defunct stations
Channel 4: CHAB-TV - CBC - Moose Jaw
Channel 5: CKBI-TV - CBC - Prince Albert
Channel 5: CJFB-TV - CBC - Swift Current
Channel 5: CKOS-TV - CBC - Yorkton
Channel 11: CBKST - CBC - Saskatoon
See al... |
357543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s%20Happening%21%21 | What's Happening!! | What's Happening!! is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976, to April 28, 1979, premiering as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other series on the network, What's Happening!! returned as a weekly series from November 1976 until its Apr... |
357550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover | Hoover | Hoover may refer to:
Music
Hoover (band), an American post-hardcore band
Hooverphonic, a Belgian band originally named Hoover
Hoover (singer), Willis Hoover, a country and western performer active in 1960s and '70s
"Hoover" (song), a 2016 song by Swedish rapper Yung Lean
Hoover sound, a heavy bass driven drone so... |
357556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%20Yeah%21%20Cartoons | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Oh Yeah! Cartoons is an American animated anthology series that aired on Nickelodeon. Created by Fred Seibert, it was produced by Frederator Incorporated and Nickelodeon Animation Studio, running as part of Nickelodeon's Nicktoons lineup. In the show's first season, it was hosted by a variety of schoolchildren, and the... |
357557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle | Rochelle | Rochelle may refer to:
Places in the United States
Rochelle, Florida
Rochelle, Georgia
Rochelle, Illinois
Rochelle, Texas
Rochelle, Virginia
People
Rochelle (given name), including a list of people with this name
John of la Rochelle (died 1245), French Franciscan theologian
Surname
Alexandra Rochelle (born 1983), Fr... |
357559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%20Keeper%20of%20the%20Great%20Seal | Lord Keeper of the Great Seal | The Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and later of Great Britain, was formerly an officer of the English Crown charged with physical custody of the Great Seal of England. This position evolved into that of one of the Great Officers of State.
History
The seal was adopted by Edward the Confessor, and its custod... |
357560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Ferrez%20%28photographer%29 | Marc Ferrez (photographer) | Marc Ferrez (December 7, 1843 – January 12, 1923) was a Brazilian photographer born in Rio de Janeiro.
Marc Ferrez was the son of the French sculptor and engraver Zepherin Ferrez who moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1816. Marc Ferrez was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He studied in Paris then came back to Rio as an apprent... |
357565 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium%20sodium%20tartrate | Potassium sodium tartrate | Potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate, also known as Rochelle salt, is a double salt of tartaric acid first prepared (in about 1675) by an apothecary, Pierre Seignette, of La Rochelle, France. Potassium sodium tartrate and monopotassium phosphate were the first materials discovered to exhibit piezoelectricity. This pr... |
357568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion%20Land%20Survey | Dominion Land Survey | The Dominion Land Survey (DLS; ) is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile (2.6 km2) sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout of the Public Land Survey System used in the United States, but has several differences. The DLS is the dominant survey method in ... |
357574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20Party%20of%20Austria | Communist Party of Austria | The Communist Party of Austria (, KPÖ) is a communist party in Austria. Established in 1918 as the Communist Party of German-Austria (KPDÖ), it is one of the world's oldest communist parties. The KPÖ was banned between 1933 and 1945 under both the Austrofascist regime and the Nazi German administration of Austria after... |
357579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20Party%20of%20Bangladesh | Communist Party of Bangladesh | The Communist Party of Bangladesh () is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Bangladesh.
History
After the partitioning of India in 1947, during the 2nd Congress of the Communist Party of India in Calcutta, the delegates coming from regions within the newly founded state of Pakistan (which included what now constit... |
357581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Henry%20Hoover | Lou Henry Hoover | Lou Hoover (née Henry; March 29, 1874 – January 7, 1944) was the wife of President Herbert Hoover and served as the first lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
Marrying her geologist and mining engineer husband in 1899, she traveled widely with him, including to Shanghai, China, and became a cultivated scholar ... |
357583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euteleostomi | Euteleostomi | Euteleostomi is a successful clade that includes more than 90% of the living species of vertebrates. Euteleostomes are also known as "bony vertebrates". Both its major subgroups are successful today: Actinopterygii includes most extant fish species, and Sarcopterygii includes the tetrapods.
"Osteichthyes" in the sens... |
357584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27%20Communist%20Party%20of%20Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina | Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( ) is a communist party from Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formed in 2000 and strongly opposes the nationalism of the region and the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Some of their major aims are the introduction of workers' self-manageme... |
357590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20Party%20of%20Brazil | Communist Party of Brazil | The Communist Party of Brazil (, PCdoB) is a political party in Brazil. The PCdoB officially adheres to Marxist–Leninist theory. It has national reach and deep penetration in the trade union and students movements, but little representation in elected positions.
PCdoB shares the disputed title of "oldest political par... |
357595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsauken | Pennsauken | Pennsauken may refer to the following in New Jersey:
Communities
Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, in Camden County
Schools
Pennsauken High School
Pennsauken Public Schools
Pennsauken Technical High School
Streams
Pennsauken Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River
Train stations
Pennsauken Transit Center
Pen... |
357597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Hampshire | Susan Hampshire | Susan, Lady Kulukundis, (née Hampshire; born 12 May 1937), known professionally by her maiden name Susan Hampshire, is an English actress known for her many television and film roles. A three-time Emmy Award winner, she won for The Forsyte Saga in 1970, The First Churchills in 1971, and for Vanity Fair in 1973. Her ot... |
357599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component%20Pascal | Component Pascal | Component Pascal is a programming language in the tradition of Niklaus Wirth's Pascal, Modula-2, Oberon
and Oberon-2.
It bears the name of the language Pascal and preserves its heritage, but is incompatible with Pascal. Instead, it is a minor variant and refinement of Oberon-2 with a more expressive type system and bui... |
357600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereford%20and%20Worcester | Hereford and Worcester | Hereford and Worcester was an English non-metropolitan county created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 from the areas of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire (except Halesowen, Stourbridge and Warley, which became part of the West Midlands) and the county borough of... |
357602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Castafiore%20Emerald | The Castafiore Emerald | The Castafiore Emerald () is the twenty-first volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised weekly from July 1961 to September 1962 in Tintin magazine. In contrast to the previous Tintin books, Hergé deliberately broke the adventure formula he had created: it is th... |
357609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20Party%20of%20Canada | Communist Party of Canada | The Communist Party of Canada () is a political party in Canada, founded in 1921 under conditions of illegality. Although it is now a federal political party without any parliamentary representation, the party's candidates have been elected to the Parliament of Canada, the Ontario legislature, the Manitoba legislature,... |
357615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenesis | Epigenesis | Epigenesis may refer to:
Epigenesis (biology), describes morphogenesis and development of an organism
By analogy, a philosophical and theological concept, part of the concept of spiritual evolution
Epigenesis (geology), mineral changes in rocks after formation.
The Epigenesis, a 2010 album by Melechesh
Epigenesis... |
357616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20software%20engineering | Outline of software engineering | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to software engineering:
Software engineering – application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; that is the application of engineering to software.
The ACM Computing Classi... |
357621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon%20Territory | Oregon Territory | The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon. Originally claimed by several countries (see Oregon Country), the region was d... |
357629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter%20of%20the%20French%20Language | Charter of the French Language | The Charter of the French Language (), (the Charter) also known in English as Bill 101 or Law 101 (), is a law in the province of Quebec in Canada defining French, the language of the majority of the population, as the official language of the provincial government. It is the central legislative piece in Quebec's langu... |
357632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mating | Mating | In biology, mating is the pairing of either opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for the purposes of sexual reproduction. Fertilization is the fusion of two gametes. Copulation is the union of the sex organs of two sexually reproducing animals for insemination and subsequent internal fertilization. Mating may also... |
357634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room%20on%20Fire | Room on Fire | Room on Fire is the second studio album by American rock band the Strokes, released on October 28, 2003, through RCA Records. Its title is derived from a lyric in the song, "Reptilia".
Room on Fire received positive reviews upon its release, and reached number four on the US Billboard 200 (where it went on to sell 597... |
357635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-as-you-earn%20tax | Pay-as-you-earn tax | A pay-as-you-earn tax (PAYE), or pay-as-you-go (PAYG) in Australia, is a withholding of taxes on income payments to employees. Amounts withheld are treated as advance payments of income tax due. They are refundable to the extent they exceed tax as determined on tax returns. PAYE may include withholding the employee por... |
357636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight%20control%20surfaces | Flight control surfaces | Aircraft flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude.
Development of an effective set of flight control surfaces was a critical advance in the development of aircraft. Early efforts at fixed-wing aircraft design succeeded in generating sufficien... |
357639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera%20seria | Opera seria | Opera seria (; plural: opere serie; usually called dramma per musica or melodramma serio) is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and "serious" style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1710s to about 1770. The term itself was rarely used at the time and only attained common usage once op... |
357640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist%20Union%20of%20Scotland | Baptist Union of Scotland | The Baptist Union of Scotland is a Baptist Christian denomination in Scotland. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Glasgow.
History
From the 1650s to 1869
Baptists first arrived in Scotland with the armies of English republican Oliver Cromwell in the 1650s, who established small c... |
357649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang%20Thong%20province | Ang Thong province | Ang Thong (, ) is one of the central Provinces (changwat) of Thailand. The name "Ang Thong" means 'gold basin', thought to have derived from the basin-like geography of the area, and the golden color of the rice grown in the region.
Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Sing Buri, Lopburi, Ayutthaya, and Su... |
357652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pow%20wow | Pow wow | A pow wow (also powwow or pow-wow) is a sacred social gathering held by many North American indigenous communities. A modern pow wow is a specific type of event for Native American people to meet and dance, sing, socialize, and honor their cultures. Pow wows may be private or public. There is generally a dancing compet... |
357654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%C3%ADn%20de%20las%20Flores | Fortín de las Flores | Fortín de las Flores is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Fortín de las Flores is the municipal seat of Fortín municipality, which borders the municipalities of Córdoba, Naranjal and Ixtaczoquitlán. It stands on Federal Highways 190 and 180 and the Mexico City to Veracruz railway.
In the 2005 INEGI Census, the... |
357657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloch%27s%20theorem | Bloch's theorem | In condensed matter physics, Bloch's theorem states that solutions to the Schrödinger equation in a periodic potential take the form of a plane wave modulated by a periodic function. Mathematically, they are written:
where is position, is the wave function, is a periodic function with the same periodicity as the cr... |
357662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket%20W.%20Warrick | Wicket W. Warrick | {{Infobox character
| name = Wicket W. Warrick
| series = Star Wars
| image = Wicket_W_Warrick.png
| caption = Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi
| first = Return of the Jedi (1983)
| last = The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
| creator ... |
357663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo%20Mata | Eduardo Mata | Eduardo Mata (5 September 19425 January 1995) was a Mexican conductor and composer.
Career
Mata was born in Mexico City. He studied guitar privately for three years before enrolling in the National Conservatory of Music. From 1960 to 1963 he studied composition under Carlos Chávez, and Julián Orbón. In 1964 he recei... |
357666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation%20of%20the%20Republic | Proclamation of the Republic | Proclamation of the Republic may refer to:
Proclamation of the Irish Republic, issued during the Easter Rising of 1916
Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil), celebrated by a public holiday on November 15 |
357668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yax%20Nuun%20Ahiin%20I | Yax Nuun Ahiin I | Yax Nuun Ahiin I, also known as Curl Snout and Curl Nose (died 17 June 404?), was a 4th-century ruler of the Maya city of Tikal. His name when transcribed is YAX-?-AH:N, translated "First ? Crocodile". He took the throne on 12 September 379, and reigned until his death. He is referred to by the Mayan title ajaw, meanin... |
357670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kidnapping%20of%20Edgardo%20Mortara | The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara | The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara may refer to
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, a 1997 nonfiction book by David Kertzer
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara (film), an upcoming film adaptation of the Kertzer book |
357672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior%20probability | Posterior probability | Posterior probability is a type of conditional probability in Bayesian statistics. In common usage, the term posterior probability refers to the conditional probability of an event given which comes from an application of Bayes' theorem . Because Bayes' theorem relates the two conditional probabilities and and is ... |
357674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melusine | Melusine | Mélusine () or Melusina is a figure of European folklore, a female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish from the waist down (much like a mermaid or a lamia). She is also sometimes illustrated with wings, two tails, or both. Her legends are especially... |
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