Month: December 2021

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament took place on June 13. The election system used in Greece was a party-list proportional representation with a 3% threshold for any party. The number of seats allocated to Greece […]

Lugu Lake (泸沽湖 Lúgū Hú) is on the Yunnan/Sichuan border in China. It is pronounced loo goo hoo in Chinese. . . . Lugu Lake . . . Lugu Lake in the morning A nice lake between Yunnan and Sichuan to relax one or two days. The area is protected […]

The Kilobot is a 3.3 cm tall low-cost swarm robot[1] developed by Radhika Nagpal and Michael Rubenstein at Harvard University. They can act in groups, up to a thousand, to execute commands programmed by users that could not be executed by individual robots. A problem with research on robot collectives is […]

A growing number of travelers want their journeys to be less invasive and more beneficial to the local community. They want to better understand the culture of the people they meet in the places they visit. Visitors should be mindful that we are entering a place that is someone else’s […]

SoMa, short for South of Market, is San Francisco’s urban renewal district and an extension of downtown San Francisco, with brand new condominiums, office buildings, and a thriving club scene, the result of real estate speculation and the Bay Area’s technology sector. Some of the city’s newest attractions can be […]

Jason John Litzau (born June 29, 1983) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 2002 and 2016. He challenged once for the IBFfeatherweight title in 2008. American boxer Jason Litzau Statistics Real name Jason John Litzau Nickname(s) American Boy aka MR Hollywood Weight(s) Featherweight Super featherweight Lightweight Height […]

Education in Wales Department for Education and Skills Minister for Education and the Welsh Language Jeremy Miles National education budget (2021/22) Budget £2,728.6 million General details Primary languages English and Welsh System type National Compulsory education Devolution 1880 1997 Literacy (2003[1]) Total 99 % Male 99 % Female 99 % Overview of education […]

Melvin Lloyd Parnell (June 13, 1922 – March 20, 2012) was a professional baseball pitcher who spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 180 pounds (82 kg), he threw and batted left-handed. American baseball player Mel Parnell Pitcher Born:(1922-06-13)June […]

Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ; Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ), officially the Republic of Artsakh, is a country in the Caucasus. It is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but is closely linked in every way to Armenia and accessible only through Armenia. WARNING: There is a very high risk of armed conflict […]

In 2000, Midwest Sports Channel acquired the television rights to the Minnesota Wild, an NHL expansion team which began play that year; the deal was struck by Fox in May shortly before the lawsuit against Comcast was filed as part of its plans to start a Minnesota-based regional sports network.[1] […]