Month: December 2021

Butuan is a city in the province of Agusan del Norte in the Philippines. Located in the northeastern part of Agusan Valley sprawling across the Agusan River, the city is known for its colorful history and culture. . . . Butuan . . . What’s the meaning of Butuan? Butuan […]

Ram Raz (Rama Raja) (c. 1790–1833) was a native judge in Bangalore and an Indian scholar who translated Sanskrit sources and wrote one of the first works on Indian architecture which was published posthumously by the Royal Asiatic Society in London in 1834 as Essay on the Architecture of the […]

The 1969 Memorial Cup was the 51st annual Memorial Cup competition, organized by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) to determine the champion of junior A ice hockey. It was a best of 7 series between the Montreal Jr. Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Regina Pats of […]

Parmelia sulcata is a foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is very tolerant of pollution and has a cosmopolitan distribution, making it one of the most common lichens. It harbours a unicellular Trebouxia green algal symbiont. Species of lichen Parmelia sulcata Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Lecanoromycetes […]

Out of Inferno (Chinese: 逃出生天; pinyin: Táo Chūshēng Tiān) is a 2013 Hong Kong-Chinese disaster film directed by the Pang Brothers released on 3 October 2013.[3] Starring Sean Lau, Louis Koo and Angelica Lee, the movie is about a fire that engulfs a high-rise building in southern China and the […]

Doolin is a small village on the north west coast of County Clare in Ireland‘s Shannon Region famous for Irish traditional music. . . . Doolin . . . Until the 1970s, Doolin was just a typical Irish village, but then Irish folk music became more and more popular all […]

Fannie May Hudgins Salter (1883–1966) was the last lighthouse keeper at Turkey Point Light in Maryland, United States where she served from 1925 until she retired in 1947. From 1922 -1925, she worked at the light along with her husband, C. W. Harry Salter, until his death.[1] Salter was one […]

Ravneet Gill (born April 1991[1]) is a British pastry chef, author of The Pastry Chef’s Guide,[2] activist and television presenter. In 2020 Ravneet replaced Prue Leith to work as the judge on Junior Bake Off[3] alongside Liam Charles and Harry Hill. She is founder and director of Countertalk – a […]

The capture of Zaranj, the capital of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan, occurred on 6 August 2021. According to the local officials, only the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and its forces had put up a fight against the Taliban, but they too eventually surrendered to the Taliban.[7] Local officials had been […]

The United States Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band, designated as “George M. Cohan’s Own”,[1] is a United States military band and college marching band that currently serves as the official marching band of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. The USMMA is the only service academy outside of the six […]