Month: December 2021

The Liang Province rebellion (Chinese: 涼州之亂) from 184 to 189 started as an insurrection of the Qiang peoples against the Han dynasty in the western province of Liang (roughly present-day Wuwei, Gansu) in second century AD China, but the Lesser Yuezhi and sympathetic Han rebels soon joined the cause to […]

Shiu-Kay Kan (Hong Kong, 1949[1]) is a British architect, industrial designer, and lighting designer.[2][3][4] After making a successful start as an architect in the 1980s he turned his attention to designing lights. He has sold his design to some clients (e.g. House of Fraser, Habitat or IKEA).[5] Shiu-Kay Kan Born […]

The mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] These Games marked the first time to feature a mixed-gender swimming event in the program. Each 4-person team features two male and two female swimmers. Mixed 4 […]

The 33rd Filmfare Awards were held in 1986, in Mumbai, India. 33rd Filmfare Awards Date 1986 Highlights Best Film Ram Teri Ganga Maili Critics Awardfor Best Film Aghaat Most awards Ram Teri Ganga Maili (5) Most nominations Ram Teri Ganga Maili & Saagar (10) ← 32nd Filmfare Awards 34th → Ram Teri […]

Wisp of a Thing is an urban fantasy[1][2] novel by American writer Alex Bledsoe, first published in the United States in June 2013 by Tor Books. It is the second in a series of six books by Bledsoe about the Tufa living in a remote Appalachian valley in East Tennessee. […]

Bijaipur (also spelled as Vijaypur[1] or Vijaipur) is a town and municipality in the Sheopur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located on the bank of the Kwari River. It is the headquarters of Bijeypur (Vijaypur) Tehsil and Vijaypur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). The town is one […]

Pennsylvania’s Coal Region has a rich heritage of coal mining and is, in fact, home to the largest deposits of anthracite coal in North and South America. Once a region full of mining towns, the area has since become a tourist destination (primarily anchored by Centralia). The Coal Region has […]

Barranquilla is a city on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. . . . Barranquilla . . . Barranquilla is a cosmopolitan and primarily industrial city, often visited by businessmen of all nationalities. However the main attraction for tourism is its carnival “Carnaval de Barranquilla,” that takes place during the four […]

Armutlu, in the Southern Marmara Region, is the principal town of the Armutlu Peninsula, a hilly land draped with olives, cypresses, stone pines and other Mediterranean vegetation, interrupted by the occasional rocky canyon. . . . Armutlu (Marmara) . . . Armutlu (“the place of pear”, although there is no […]

Oxygen toxicity is a condition resulting from the harmful effects of breathing molecular oxygen (O2) at increased partial pressures. Severe cases can result in cell damage and death, with effects most often seen in the central nervous system, lungs, and eyes. Historically, the central nervous system condition was called the […]