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More DetailsSolander Point is at the north end of the west-southwestern ridgeline of Endeavour crater on the planet Mars. It is named after the Swedish scientist Daniel Solander, who was the first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil at Botany Bay in 1770. Solander Point was visited in ...
Read MoreRichard Greenleaf Trefry was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. His last assignment was Inspector General of the Army. Military career. Trefry began his Army career as an enlisted soldier and served in World War II before attending the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York wh ...
Read MoreMatthew John Kane was a justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court from 1907 to 1923, serving as chief justice from 1909 to 1911. A native of New York state, he earned a law degree at Georgetown University. Joining the Land Run of 1889 in Indian Territory, he settled in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Biography. ...
Read MoreSofian Boghiu was a Romanian Orthodox hieromonk, church painter, confessor and spiritual father associated above all with Antim Monastery in Bucharest. Formed in the hesychast circle known as the “Burning Bush”, he was arrested by the communist authorities in 1958 and sentenced to 15 years’ ...
Read More" Bad " is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on September 7, 1987, as the second single from his studio album of the same name. The song was written and composed by Jackson, and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. It was influenced by a true story Jacks ...
Read MoreThe Black Hills Brawl is an annual football game between Black Hills State University and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Also known as The Battle for the Homestake Trophy or rarely called the West River Rivalry , the winner of the game receives the Homestake Trophy . The current ...
Read MorePontifical Gregorian University , is a private pontifical university in Rome, Italy. The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyola, and included all grades of schooling. Its chairs of philosophy and theology received Papal approval in 1556, making it ...
Read MoreNew Jersey Transit operates or contracts out the following routes within Camden, Gloucester, and Salem counties. All routes are "exact fare" lines. Routes. Directly operated. These routes are operated directly by New Jersey Transit. Contract operations. This line is operated for New Jersey Tra ...
Read MoreSingle quantum dot nanolaser is a scholarly work, published in 2011 in ''Laser & Photonics Reviews''. The main subjects of the publication include quantum dot, quantum, physics, optoelectronics, optical interconnect, Nanolaser, quantum dot laser, silicon photonics, Lasing threshold, focus, pipe co ...
Read MoreDonegore is the name of a hill, a townland, a small cluster of residences, and a civil parish in the historic barony of Antrim Upper, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Donegore lies approximately 5 miles east of Antrim town. 154 acres of the townland lies in the civil parish of Grange of Nilteen. T ...
Read MoreDenis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during the Age of Enlightenment. Diderot initially studied philosophy at a Jesuit c ...
Read MoreMiss Grand Surat Thani is a Thai provincial beauty pageant which selects a representative from Surat Thani province for the Miss Grand Thailand national competition, founded in 2016 by a local talent manager, Teeraphat Phungsiri. Surat Thani's representatives have never won the main title sinc ...
Read MoreThe modern sport of axe throwing involves a competitor throwing an axe at a target, either for fun or competition. As of the autumn of 2024, there are commercial locations and club-based throwing ranges in all continents, although predominantly in North America and Europe, as well as mobile axe th ...
Read MoreJonathan Evan Maslow was an American journalist and author who wrote extensively about nature, with a focus on obscure and little-known animals. Early life. Maslow was born on August 4, 1948, in Long Branch, New Jersey. He graduated from Red Bank Regional High School in 1966 and has an annual col ...
Read MoreThe Wednesday Wars is a 2007 young adult historical fiction novel written by Gary D. Schmidt, the author of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. The novel is set in suburban Long Island during the 1967–68 school year. The Vietnam War is an important backdrop for the novel. It was given a New ...
Read MoreCarlyss is a census-designated place in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,101 in 2020. It is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area. Geography. Carlyss is located south of the center of Calcasieu Parish and is bordered to the north by the city of Sul ...
Read MoreOttonian art is a style in pre-romanesque German art, covering also some works from the Low Countries, northern Italy and eastern France. It was named by the art historian Hubert Janitschek after the Ottonian dynasty which ruled Germany and Northern Italy between 919 and 1024 under the kings Henry ...
Read MoreAnthony David may refer to: * Anthony David (neuropsychiatrist), professor of cognitive neuropsychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London * Anthony David (singer), American R&B singer-songwriter ...
Read MoreThe opening sentence or opening line stands at the beginning of a written work. The opening line is part or all of the opening sentence that may start the lead paragraph. For older texts the Latin term incipit is in use for the very first words of the opening sentence. Function. As in speech, a ...
Read MoreAdam Guziński is a Polish film director and screenwriter. His film Chłopiec na galopującym koniu was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography. Jakub Antychryst * ''Chłopiec na galopującym koniu'' ...
Read MoreThe opening sentence or opening line stands at the beginning of a written work. The opening line is part or all of the opening sentence that may start the lead paragraph. For older texts the Latin term incipit is in use for the very first words of the opening sentence. Function. As in speech, a ...
Read MoreOvie Scurlock was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Born in Paintsville, Kentucky, Scurlock began his professional riding career in 1938 at Fairmount Park Racetrack in Collinsville, Illinois. A year later, on August 26, 1939, at Ellis Park Racecourse in Henderson, Kentucky, he rode ...
Read MoreNiemann-Pick disease, type C1 is a membrane protein that mediates intracellular cholesterol trafficking in mammals. In humans the protein is encoded by the NPC1 gene. Function. NPC1 was identified as the gene that when mutated, results in Niemann-Pick disease, type C. Niemann-Pick disease, ty ...
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