- Vernon Abeysekera
Vernon Abeysekera , Ceylon Civil Service CCS was a Sri Lanka n civil servant. He was the former Postmaster General of Sri Lanka Postmaster General , Director of Radio Ceylon and Government Agent Sri Lanka Government Agent . He was educated at Royal College Colombo and went to the University College Colombo , then an affiliated University of London . Thereafter he joined the prestigious Ceylon Civil Service and went on to serve as Government Agent of Polonnaruwa and Galle . Thereafter he was appointed as Director of Radio Ceylon and thereafter went on to serve five years in the Ceylon High Commission in London. On his return he was appointed as Government Agent of Jaffna . Finally he was appointed as Postmaster General and served until his retirement, after which he moved to Australia . External links http sundaytimes.lk 050227 plus appreciation.html A gentleman of a past era was he DEFAULTSORT Abeysekera, Vernon Category Sinhalese people Category Sinhalese civil servants Category Alumni of the Royal College, Colombo Category Alumni of the University of London Category Australian people of Sri Lankan descent ... more details
|
- General Workers' Union (Belize)
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 British Honduras Workers and Tradesmen s Union , the first central trade union organization in the Central American country Belize . Founded in 1939 by Antonio Soberanis G mez . Registered as a legal trade union in 1943. Shortly thereafter it changed its name to General Workers Union GWU . GWU played an important role in the anticolonial movement. It reached its peak in 1955. Thereafter it declined rapidly. Portal Organized labour Category Trade unions in Belize Category British Honduras Belize stub NorthAm trade union stub ... more details
|
- United Advertising Publications
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 United Advertising Publications UAP is a trading division of United Business Media UBM but, by the end of 2005, its products publications and websites will be merged with those of CMPi another division of UBM specialising in business to business media and exhibitions. Two of UAP s best known titles in the UK, Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange , will be sold. Thereafter, UAP as a trading division, will cease to exist. Category Magazine companies of the United Kingdom UK company stub ... more details
|
- Sun Haven Studios
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Sun Haven Studios was a movie company located on Weedon Island in St. Petersburg, Florida during the early 1930s. It produced only 3 movies Chloe , Playthings of Desire and Hired Wife . All of the actors were Hollywood unknowns. Buster Keaton did come to the studios to work on revitalizing his career but left before making any movies. The studio was closed shortly thereafter. Category Defunct American movie studios ... more details
|
- Chillicothe Junto
The Chillicothe Junto was a term applied to a group of Chillicothe, Ohio Democratic Republican Party United States Democratic Republican politicians who brought about the admission of Ohio as a state 1803 and largely controlled its politics for some years thereafter. The best known were Thomas Worthington governor Thomas Worthington , Edward Tiffin and Nathaniel Massie . References Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams , New York Charles Scribner s Sons, 1940 Category History of Ohio Category People from Chillicothe, Ohio ... more details
|
- Ptilinum
The ptilinum is an eversible pouch on the head, above the base of the Antenna biology antenna in Schizophora schizophoran Diptera flies often called Cyclorrhapha . It is used to force off the end of the puparium in order for the fly to emerge, and after this inflation at emergence, the ptilinum collapses back inside the head, marked thereafter only by the ptilinal suture or frontal suture which defines the aperture through which it everts . Image Head diptera muscoidfly.gif 230px right Muscoid head Frontal suture Category Insect anatomy insect anatomy stub ... more details
|
- 131st Regiment of Foot
orphan date October 2009 The 131st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army , created in 1793 and disbanded in 1796. The regiment was raised by General Henry Edward Fox , with the colonelcy being transferred to Lowther Pennington, 2nd Baron Muncaster shortly thereafter. References http www.regiments.org regiments uk inf 131.htm 131st Regiment of Foot , regiments.org Category Infantry regiments of the British Army Category Military units and formations established in 1793 Category 1796 disestablishments UK mil unit stub ... more details
|
- Battle of Ulai
The Battle of the Ulai River , in 652 BC, during the reign of Ashurbanipal was an Assyria n assault on Elam , which was a Babylon ian ally, and was apparently motivated by a desire to protect vital trade caravans of horses and metals from the mountains of Iran and Eastern Anatolia . The Elamite Army was decisively defeated, leading to the complete destruction of Elam shortly thereafter. Reference IRAN Historical Introduction http www2.enel.ucalgary.ca People far hobbies iran history pre.html battle stub coord missing Category Battles involving Assyria ... more details
|
- Ke Kula o Nawahiokalaniopuu
unreferenced date April 2007 Ke Kula o N wah okalani pu u is a Hawaiian language immersion school with grades K 12 in Kea au , Puna, Hawaii Puna , Hawaii Island , Hawaii . The school was established in 1994, and moved to its current home in Puna shortly thereafter. The school is named after Joseph Nawahi . coord missing Hawaii Category Schools in Hawaii County, Hawaii Category Private elementary schools in Hawaii Category Private middle schools in Hawaii Category Private high schools in Hawaii ... more details
|
- River Ive
The River Ive is a river in the county of Cumbria , England . The Ive rises near the settlement of Hutton End and flows north north west, through Ivegill, being joined soon thereafter by Roe Beck. Continuing, the river joins its waters with those of the River Caldew , which continues to join with the River Eden, Cumbria River Eden in Carlisle, Cumbria Carlisle . coord 54.7835 2.9385 type river region GB CMA display title Category Rivers of Cumbria Ive, River Cumbria geo stub ... more details
|
- 78th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation)
78th Regiment of Foot may refer to 78th Fraser Highlanders properly the 78th Highland Regiment of Foot, also Fraser s Highlanders 1758 1763 78th Highland Regiment of Foot, or Seaforth Highland Regiment 1778 1786 thereafter renumbered as the 72nd Regiment of Foot 78th Highlanders Regiment of Foot or The Ross shire Buffs 1793 1881 See also 78th Regiment disambiguation mil unit dis ... more details
|
- Revista Latinoamericana de Química
italictitle orphan date December 2007 Infobox Journal cover discipline Chemistry language English language English , Spanish language Spanish abbreviation Rev. Latinoam. Qu m. website http www.relaquim.com publisher Laboratorios Mixim S.A. country Mexico history 1970 present ISSN 0370 5943 CODEN RLAQA8 The Revista Latinoamericana de Qu mica is a Mexico Mexican scientific journal in chemistry. The first issue was published in 1970 and the journal appeared irregular thereafter. Category Chemistry journals Category Publications established in 1970 ... more details
|
- A.W. Lucas & Company
A.W. Lucas & Company was a department store located in Bismarck, North Dakota . A.W. Lucas was established in 1899 as a partnership between A.W. Lucas and William O Hara. The original location was closed in 1924, however maintained a presence in downtown Bismarck until moving to Gateway Fashion Mall Gateway Mall when it opened in 1979, before forever closing shortly thereafter. References http bismarckpride.com terms awlucas.htm A.W. Lucas & Co. History Category Bismarck Mandan ... more details
|
- Plating (geology)
Sources date April 2010 In geology , plating is a hypothesized process whereby asthenosphere asthenospheric Mantle geology mantle hardens beneath Crust geology crustal material, thereby becoming attached to it and thereafter moving together with the crustal material as part of the lithosphere . A complementary process, although it does not necessarily always involve the upper mantle, is called delamination geology delamination . See also Delamination geology Ophiolite Category Plate tectonics tectonics stub ... more details
|
- Radio Voice of the People
Radio Voice of the People Radio VOP is a radio station in Zimbabwe which broadcasts to the southern African region in English language English , Shona language Shona and Ndebele in the mornings and evenings on 9895 kHz and 7120 kHz on the 41 meter band respectively during the European summer and on higher frequencies thereafter. Category Radio stations in Zimbabwe Category Internet radio stations Internet bcast stub Zimbabwe stub ... more details
|
- Backstreets (novel)
unreferenced date March 2010 Backstreets is a novel by Australian horror writer Rob Hood Hodder Headline, 1999 . It is effectively an urban ghost story, its plot centering on a young man Kel who wakes from a coma to find that his friend Bryce is dead, and is thereafter plagued by strange dreams, which draw him to the city s backstreets. It is a profoundly felt work based largely on the accidental death of Hood s stepson Luke. Category 1999 novels Category Horror novels horror novel stub ... more details
|
- Federal Deposit Insurance Act
The Federal Deposit Insurance Act of 1950, USStatute 81 797 64 873 1950 09 21 , formally removed section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 creating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC , which itself was an amendment by the Banking Act of 1933 , and put it into its own act called the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, which has been referenced as such in other laws enacted thereafter. US law stub Category Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ... more details
|
- Technical and Vocational Education Initiative
Orphan date July 2011 The Technical and Vocational Education Initiative TVEI was an initiative in education in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. TVEI was announced in 1982 and a pilot scheme started in 1983. TVEI was extended nationally in 1987, and was thereafter often known as TVEI extension, sometimes abbreviated TVEE. It ended in 1997. Sources David Yeomans http www.leeds.ac.uk educol documents 00002214.htm Constructing vocational education from TVEI to GNVQ . University of Leeds Post 14 Research Group Category Education in the United Kingdom education stub ... more details
|
- Daylight saving time in Tunisia
Tunisia adopted daylight saving time for the first time in 2005 starting 1 May 2005 and following EU DST schedules thereafter. This comes as a move by the government to promote saving of energy. In 2009 the government of Tunisia canceled DST and kept the standard time all year round. References reflist See also Africa topic Daylight saving time in Category Time in Tunisia Category Daylight saving time by country Tunisia ... more details
|
- The Luminary
italic title The Luminary was the first newspaper published in Atlanta, Georgia . Reverend Joseph S. Baker established the paper which appeared as a four page weekly beginning in 1846. In 1848 it was sold and its name was changed to the Tribune . It ceased publication shortly thereafter in August or September of 1848. ref http books.google.com books?id fl6xNpS6qUUC&lpg PA233&ots 98oc2lQD6n&pg PA234 Franklin M. Garrett, Atlanta and Environs ref References Reflist Category Defunct newspapers of Georgia U.S. state Category History of Atlanta, Georgia ... more details
|
- Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 405
Infanterie Regiment Nr. 405 was a war time formation in the German Imperial Army during the First World War . It was created late 1916 and was attached to the 405. Infanterie Brigade of the 203. Infanterie Division . It defended the Narva town against the Gdov and Yamburg Detachments of the 7th Red Army on the north wing of the Soviet westward offensive of 1918 1919 on 22 November 1918. Thereafter on 28 November 1918, the 6th Red Rifle Division attacked units of the Estonian Defence League partly consisting of secondary school pupils and the German Infanterie Regiment Nr. 405 again marking the beginning of the Estonian War of Independence . The red rifle division captured the city on 28 November. The Infanterie Regiment Nr. 405 thereafter withdrew westwards. Commanders Empty section date June 2010 Chronology Empty section date June 2010 Additional information Empty section date June 2010 Sources Category Infantry regiments of Germany Category Military units and formations established in 1916 Category 1916 establishments in Germany WWI stub ... more details
|
- The Adelphi
for the Adam buildings in London Adelphi, London italic title The Adelphi or New Adelphi was an English literary journal published between 1923 and 1955.founded by John Middleton Murry . The first issue appeared in June 1922, with issues published monthly thereafter. Between August 1927 and September 1930 it was renamed the New Adelphi and issued quarterly. Murry was editor until 1930, when he handed over to Sir Richard Rees and the monthly issues resumed. Rees was succeeded by Max Plowman in 1938. ref http www.philsp.com data data004.html Magazine Data File ref The magazine included one or two stories per issue with contributions by Katherine Mansfield , D. H. Lawrence , H. E. Bates , Rhys Davies and Dylan Thomas . The Adelphi published George Orwell s The Spike essay The Spike in 1931 and Orwell contributed regularly thereafter, particularly as a reviewer. References Reflist UK lit mag stub DEFAULTSORT Adelphi Category Publications established in 1923 Category Publications disestablished in 1955 Category Monthly magazines Category Defunct British literary magazines nl The Adelphi ... more details
|
- Ralph Bingham Cloward
Refimprove date December 2009 Orphan date November 2006 Ralph Bingham Cloward born in Salt Lake City , Utah , September 24, 1908, died November 13, 2000 was an American neurosurgeon . He attended the University of Hawaii , finished college in Utah in 1930, thereafter medical school in Utah and finished his degree as a medical doctor at Rush Medical School in Chicago in 1934. ref http www.westnsurg.org clowardaward.asp ref He attended as a resident at the University of Chicago under Dr. Bailey. He thereafter moved to Hawaii , where he became the archipelago s first practising neurosurgeon until 1944 . In connection with the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, he performed 44 craniotomy craniotomies in 4 days . Dr. Cloward remains renowned for his contribution to spinal neurosurgery. He developed the technique called Posterior Lumbosacral Interbody Fusion PLIF and Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion , the latter also known as Cloward procedure . References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cloward, Ralph Bingham ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1908 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 13, 2000 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cloward, Ralph Bingham Category American physicians Category Neurosurgeons Category University of Hawaii alumni Category 1908 births Category 2000 deaths US med bio stub ... more details
|
- PSA prepayment model
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 PSA Prepayment Model is a Prepayment of loan prepayment model by the Bond Market Association formerly known as Public Securities Association or PSA that assumes increasing prepayment rates for the first 30 months of the lifetime and constant rates thereafter. Real world experience shows that during the first few years, borrowers are less likely to move to a different home, are less likely to refinance , and are too strapped financially to allow for additional payments. The standard model also called 100 percent PSA works as follows starting with an annualized prepayment rate of 0 in month 0, the rate will increase by 0.2 each month, until it peaks at 6 after 30 months. From the 30th month on the model assumes an annual conditional prepayment rate of 6 . ref Hayre, Lakhbir, Salomon Smith Barney Guide to Mortgage Backed and Asset Backed Securities Wiley 2001 ISBN 9780471385875, p.24 ref Variations of the model are expressed in percent, e.g., a 150 model means a monthly increase by 0.3 , until the peak of 9 is reached after 30 months. The months thereafter will have a constant annual prepayment rate of 9 . 1667 PSA is roughly equivalent to 100 CPR. DEFAULTSORT Psa Prepayment Model Category Structured finance References Reflist Econ stub ... more details
|
- Route nationale 28
Unreferenced date March 2007 The Route nationale 28 is a trunk road in Normandy and Picardy in northwest France . It connects the city of Rouen to the port of Dunkirk Dunkerque . Most of the route has been superseded by the A28 autoroute . Route The road bgins in the city of Rouen as the Route de Neufchatel . It is now numbered the RD928 as through traffic now uses the A28. The road passes north of the town of Neufchatel en Bray and a junction with the A29 autoroute and Route national 29 N29 . Thereafter the road is numbered the N29. The road skirts to the west of the Basse For t d Eu . It passes the town of Foucarmont and then through the Haute Foret d Eu . It then reaches the town of Blangy s Bresle. Thereafter the road is renumbered RD928. The road passes north east of the town of Abbeville. The road heads north from Albeville, again numbered the RD928, passing east of the For t de Crecy and the Battlefield of Crecy. The road crosses the River Authie followed by the town of Hesdin. It passes to the north across rolling countryside and into the valley of the River Aa. The road crosses the A26 autoroute and enters the town of Saint Omer . The road continues north over flat countryside joining the RD916 south east of Bergues. The RD916 and Route nationale 225 N225 take traffic the remaining 9 km to Dunkerque. Routes nationales of France coord missing France DEFAULTSORT Route Nationale 028 Category Routes nationales in France 028 france road stub de Route nationale 28 fr Route nationale 28 France ... more details
|
Encyclopedia
top
