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12 Days
12 Days is a debut graphic novel/global manga written and illustrated by June Kim. Basing the plot partially on a story told to her by a stranger, Kim began an early version of 12 Days as a sophomore in college to help herself cope with the end of a relationship. After moving on emotionally wit ...
Ripley, Derbyshire
Ripley is a town in the Amber Valley borough of Derbyshire, England. It is the main administrative centre of the wider Amber Valley. Notable for its coal mining and mills. History. Little information remains as to when Ripley was founded, but it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book, when it was held ...
Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century
Maria de los Reyes Castillo Bueno , also known as Reyita, is the subject of the testimonial biography Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century . This orally communicated narrative was rendered into a testimonial biography by Reyita's daughter, , and published in 1997. Reyit ...
Peter Lustig
Peter Fritz Willi Lustig was a German television presenter and author of children's books who has become especially well known as leading actor in the weekly children's television show Löwenzahn . He also appeared on the shows Mittendrin and Gordos Reise ans Ende der Welt . Lustig originally ...
Right ascension
Right ascension is the angular distance of a particular point measured eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the point in question above the earth. When paired with declination, these astronomical coordinates specify the location of a point on the celestial sph ...
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover was a Scottish nobleman. Life. He was the eldest son of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry and his wife Isabel Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas. His title before succeeding his father was Lord Drumlan ...
2018 Paraguayan general election
General elections were held in Paraguay on Sunday, 22 April 2018. President Horacio Cartes and Vice-President Juan Afara of the Colorado Party were not eligible for re-election. The presidential elections were won by the Colorado Party's Mario Abdo Benítez, who defeated Efraín Alegre of the Para ...
Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)
The Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire was caused by the Ottoman Empire's war with Persia and continuing raids by the Crimean Tatars. The war also represented Russia's continuing struggle for access to the Black Sea. In 1737, Austria joined the war on Russia's s ...
San Diego WFC SeaLions
San Diego WFC SeaLions is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 1988. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the South Division of the Pacific Conference. The team plays its home game ...
SideOneDummy Records
SideOneDummy Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles. It was founded in 1995 by Bill Armstrong and Joe Sib. The label began as a way for them to release music for their friends' bands. Thereafter SideOneDummy launched the careers of bands like The Gaslight Anthem, Flogging Moll ...
Local community
A community has been defined as a group of interacting people living in a common location. The word is often used to refer to a group that is organized around common values and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household ...
Owen Benjamin
Owen Benjamin Smith is an American comedian, actor, and alt-right political commentator. Early life. Owen Benjamin was born to John Kares Smith and Jean Troy-Smith, both professors at Oswego State University. He attended Plattsburgh State College, where he worked at the student-run TV station. Ca ...
John Zachariah Kiernander
John Zachariah Kiernander , also known as Johann Zacharias Kiernander, was a Swedish Lutheran missionary in India. He was the first protestant Missionary to establish a base in Bengal. He built the Old Mission Church in Calcutta and founded one of the first printing presses in Calcutta. In 1781, he ...
Nina Humphreys
Nina Humphreys is a British composer of music for film and television. Humphries was educated at Brighton College from 1989 to 1991 and has a bachelor's degree in Music from the University of Exeter and an MA in Film Music from Bournemouth University. Works. Humphreys has composed music for: R ...
Almanij
Almanij , meaning Algemene Maatschappij voor Nijverheidskrediet was a Belgian holding active in financial services. It is since March 2005 part of the KBC Group. Structure. The Almanij group consisted of four companies: * Gevaert NV * Almafin * KBC Bank * Kredietbank Luxembourgeoise History. ...
Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, who ...
Ruapuke
Ruapuke is a small farming community in the Waikato region on the slopes of Karioi, between Raglan and Kawhia in New Zealand. History. The introduction to 'Ruapuke' says, "The greater part of the Ruapuke District is of a sandy loam, and at one time carried a large population of Maoris, as is ...
List of Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
The Master of Emmanuel College is the head of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and chairs the College Council and Governing Body of the college. Masters. *1584–1622 Laurence Chaderton *1622–1628 John Preston *1628–1637 William Sancroft the Elder *1637–1644 Richard Holdsworth *1644–1645 Thoma ...
Montjuïc
Montjuïc is a hill in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Etymology. Montjuïc translates to "Jewish Mountain" from medieval Latin and Catalan, and remains of a medieval Jewish cemetery have been found there. Some sources suggest that Montjuïc is related to the Latin phrase Mons Jovicus . T ...
The Rape of the Sabine Women
The Rape of the Sabine Women , also known as the Abduction of the Sabine Women or the Kidnapping of the Sabine Women , was an incident in Roman mythology in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region. It has been a frequent subject of arti ...
Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica , often known as common nettle , stinging nettle or nettle leaf , or just a nettle or stinger , is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and western North Africa, it is now found worldwide, including ...
Manso II of Amalfi
Manso II the Blind was the duke of Amalfi on three separate occasions: from 1028 to 1029, from 1034 to 1038, and from 1043 to 1052. He was the second son of Sergius II and Maria, sister of Pandulf IV of Capua. His whole ducal career consisted of wars with his brother, John II, over the throne. The ...
Sochi
Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai. It is located in European Russia, on the Black Sea coast near Russia's southern border. The Greater Sochi area, which includes territories and localities subordinated to Sochi proper, has a total area of and sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the ...
ECHL
The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and two franchises in Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League. The ECHL and the AHL are the only minor leagues recognized by the collective bargaining ...
HBO
Home Box Office is an American pay television network owned by WarnerMedia Entertainment and the flagship property of parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc. Programming featured on the network consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures and original television programs, along with ...