Month: January 2022

Paithalmala[1] is a hill station in the Kannur district of Kerala in India. Located near Pottenplave village, at a height of 1372 m above sea level, this is the highest geographic peak in Kannur.[2] It is located at 40 km from Taliparamba and 65 km from Kannur.[3] Nestled in the KeralaKarnataka border […]

Tapellaria isidiata is a species of corticolous lichen in the family Lecanoraceae. Found in Cameroon, it was described as a new species in 2021 by lichenologists Klaus Kalb and André Aptroot. The type was collected from Campo (South Province), where it was found growing on tree bark on a beach. […]

Leon Sales (October 4, 1923 – April 27, 1981) was an American stock car racing driver. Sales competed in 8 NASCAR Grand National races from 1950 to 1952.[1] He achieved 3 top tens[2] and 1 win, which came at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 1950.[3] Sales died on April 27, 1981 and […]

Ayia Napa (now officially transliterated into English as Agia Napa from the Greek) is widely considered the premier nightlife location of Cyprus. . . . Ayia Napa . . . Agia Napa harbour Ayia Napa is Greek for “Saint Napa”, the patron saint of the town, whose Venetian-era monastery is […]

Group F of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran and Nigeria. Play began on 15 June and ended on 25 June 2014. The top two teams, Argentina and Nigeria, advanced to the round of 16. . . . 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F […]

Vice AdmiralSir Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll, KBE, CB, GM (3 April 1908 – 11 October 1987) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and a diplomat. Born in Melbourne, he entered the Royal Australian Naval College at the age of thirteen and graduated in 1926. Following training and […]

Charles A. Wedemeyer (1911–1999) was a pioneer in the field of independent and distance learning. He challenged university administrators to expand access and opportunity to autonomous learners. “Educational change is evolutionary, and its tempo is glacial,”[1] he wrote. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these […]

Bonnyville is town of 6,000 in EasternAlberta, Canada. . . . Bonnyville . . . Bonnyville is a town in east-central Alberta between Cold Lake and St. Paul. The surrounding Municipal District (MD) of Bonnyville No. 87’s municipal office is located in Bonnyville. The community was named after Father Bonnin, […]

The 2013–14 season (officially known as Liga de Plata and also as Torneo Luis Baltazar Ramírez) will be El Salvador‘s Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño The season will be split into two championships Apertura 2013 and Clausura 2014. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff […]

Rocky Mountain National Park is a United States National Park in the Front Range region of the state of Colorado. The park’s borders lie within three counties, Larimer, Boulder, and Grand, and it is surrounded by Roosevelt, Arapaho, and Routt National Forests. The Continental Divide cuts almost directly through the […]