Meloetyphlus fuscatus, the blind blister beetle, is a species of blister beetle in the family Meloidae found in Central and South America. They are kleptoparasites of orchid bees and are entirely blind as adults. Unique among meloids, females do not lay their eggs near flowers, but rather within their hosts’ […]
Month: December 2021
Bunscoill Ghaelgagh
Bunscoill Ghaelgagh is a government-run[1]Manx-languageprimary school in St John’s, Isle of Man that has enabled 170 children to learn fluent Manx.[1]As of 2011[update] it is the only school in the world where children are taught their lessons solely in Manx and which allows children to learn the language fluently.[2] Pupils […]
Far North Queensland
Far North Queensland is a coastal region in the north-east of the Australian state of Queensland. . . . Far North Queensland . . . Map of Far North Queensland -16.93145.771 Cairns – visitor gateway and backpacker mecca to the north of Townsville -18.26146.031 Cardwell -15.46145.251 Cooktown – the oldest […]
James the Great
James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee or as Saint James the Greater (Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ; Arabic: يعقوب; Hebrew: בן זבדי יַעֲקֹב, Yaʿăqōḇ; Latin: Iacobus Maximus; Greek: Ἰάκωβος; died AD 44), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, the first to be martyred according to […]
Interstate 5 in Oregon
Interstate 5 (I-5) in the U.S. state of Oregon is a major Interstate Highway that traverses the state from north to south. It travels to the west of the Cascade Mountains, connecting Portland to Salem, Eugene, Medford, and other major cities in the Willamette Valley and across the northern Siskiyou […]
Rebel (novel)
Rebel (1969), by Bediako Asare, is a novel about the conflict between tradition and modernity in Africa. The novel was published as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series This article does not cite any sources. (December 2009) First edition . . . Rebel (novel) . . . Set […]
My Turn (Martina Bárta song)
“My Turn” is a song performed by Czech singer Martina Bárta. The song represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. It was written by DWB and Kyler Niko. The song’s audio was released on 7 March 2017, while it was released as a digital download on 29 […]
Walker (Minnesota)
Walker is in northern Minnesota. Walker is located about thirty-five miles south of Bemidji and sixty miles north of Brainerd. . . . Walker (Minnesota) . . . Walker is a very small city on the southern shore of Leech Lake, in the core of a heavily-wooded and rural area. […]
Cleveland Convention Center (demolished)
The Cleveland Convention Center was a convention center located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. Built by the city of Cleveland beneath the Cleveland Mall adjacent to Public Auditorium, it was completed in 1964. Plans for the convention center were first made in 1956, but voters twice rejected […]
Suzuhito Yasuda
Suzuhito Yasuda (ヤスダ スズヒト, Yasuda Suzuhito) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He is known as the creator of Yozakura Quartet and for illustrating the light novel series Durarara!! and Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, all of which have been adapted into […]