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Gureyevo (Russian: Гуреево) is a rural locality (a village) in Novlenskoye Rural Settlement, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 7 as of 2002.
Conus ziczac is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
"Das Glockenspiel" is the debut single by Schiller from their 1999 debut album, Zeitgeist. It was subtitled internationally with the title "The Bell". The single was officially released on 31 December 1998 in Germany and peaked at number 21 on the German singles chart and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart in 1999.
Maurice Allard was a Canadian politician, as well as a law professor and a lawyer. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he was elected in 1958 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party representing the riding of Sherbrooke. He ran as an Independent Progressive Conservative and was defeated in the same riding in 1962.
Mary Elizabeth Fama was a New Zealand applied mathematician who became "a leading international figure" in the analysis of stress and deformation of rock and the application of this analysis to mining. A method she developed for solving analytically the convergence-confinement curve of a circular mining tunnel has been variously called the Duncan-Fama convergence curve, Duncan-Fama analytical method, or Duncan-Fama solution.
Thomas Peet Pratt was an English footballer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his goal-scoring prowess as a forward-inside forward.
WPBK (102.9 FM) is a local radio station serving Lincoln County, Kentucky. The city of license is Crab Orchard, Kentucky, and offices and studios are located in the Arch "Buzz" Walker building in downtown Stanford, Kentucky. The transmitter is centrally located in the Highland community of Lincoln County.
Concepción Dueso Garcés is a goalball player from Spain. She is blind and is a type B3 goalball player. She played goalball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
"I'm a Fool" is a short story by American writer Sherwood Anderson. It was first published in the February 1922 issue of The Dial (followed the next month by the London Mercury), and later, in 1923 as the first story in Anderson's short-story collection Horses and Men. Of that collection, William Faulkner wrote that "...I think, next to Heart of Darkness by Conrad that the first story, 'I'm a Fool,' is the best short story I ever read." The story is narrated in first person point of view and the setting is Ohio, where Sherwood Anderson was born.
Rene Kirby was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his performance in the Farrelly Brothers' film Shallow Hal. In this film he played the role of Walt, a man who, like Kirby himself, was born with spina bifida.
The Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference (or CFP, or the Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy) is an annual academic conference held in the United States or Canada about the intersection of computer technology, freedom, and privacy issues. The conference was first held in 1991 in Burlingame, California. Since at least 1999, it has been organized under the aegis of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Haßleben is a municipality in the Sömmerda district of Thuringia, Germany.
Scalptia costifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Henri, marquis de Saint-Nectaire was a French nobleman, soldier and diplomat. The Marquis de Saint-Nectaire was commissioned in the Senneterre Dragoons, advancing to the rank of Brigadier in 1704 and Maréchal de camp later the same year. He was promoted Lieutenant-General of the French Army in 1718, before being posted to London by King Louis XV, where he served as Ambassador to Great Britain until 1720; he was appointed Chevalier du Saint-Esprit in 1724.
Cowasjee Nanabhai Davar is known for his pioneering efforts in laying the foundation of the cotton industry in India. He established multiple cotton mills in India. The first was Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company, and another was the Bombay Throstle mill company in Bombay.
Jan Vítězslav Dušek was a Czech sculptor.
UniPhi is a Project management software founded by Mark Heath. UniPhi spun out of mbh management in 2011 following the roll out of AECOM's Global Unite project.
St Cuthbert and St Mary's Church is the parish church of Barton, North Yorkshire, in England. In the medieval period, Barton was served by two churches: St Cuthbert, and St Mary. St Cuthbert fell into ruin, and then in 1840, a new St Cuthbert's Church was completed, to a design by Ignatius Bonomi.
Connigis is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Lauren Cobello (formerly Lauren Greutman) is an American consumer savings expert, author, speaker, and lifestyle television personality.