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A parliamentary secretary is a member of Parliament in the Westminster system who assists a more senior minister with their duties. In several countries, the position has been re-designated as assistant minister. Not to be confused with Parliamentary assistant. In the parliamentary systems of several Commonwealth countries, such as the […]

The 43rd Walker Cup Match was played on 10 and 11 September 2011 at the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. Team Great Britain and Ireland won 14 to 12.[1][2][3] 43rd Walker Cup Match Dates 10–11 September 2011 Venue Royal Aberdeen Golf Club Location Aberdeen, Scotland Captains […]

Iwo is a city in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria. It lies 6 miles (10 km) North of the Iwo station on the Lagos-Kano railway and at the intersection of roads from Ibadan, Oyo, and Ogbomosho, on a low hill at the edge of savanna and forest. The Iwo people, like […]

The 2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (or Rotterdam Open) was a men’s tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 12–18 February 2018. It was the 45th edition of the tournament, and part of the […]

William Mundy (bapt. 14 September 1801 – 20 April 1877) was an English landowner, magistrate, member of parliament for the South Derbyshire constituency and, in 1844, Sheriff of Derbyshire. British politician William Mundy Mundy (with his grandfather Francis Noel Clarke Mundy by Ramsay Richard Reinagle) Baptised 14 Sep 1801 at […]

All the Lost Souls is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter James Blunt, released on 17 September 2007. It is the follow-up to his hugely successful 2004 debut album, Back to Bedlam.[2] The first single released from the album was “1973”, which started radio play on 23 July […]

Sylvia Meyer (November 23, 1907 – March 26, 2005) was an American harpist who became the first female member of the National Symphony Orchestra. She was a founding member of the World Harp Congress. American musician . . . Sylvia Meyer . . . Sylvia Meyer was born in Madison, […]

The Organ Rock Formation or Organ Rock Shale is a formation within the late Pennsylvanian to early PermianCutler Group and is deposited across southeastern Utah, northwestern New Mexico, and northeastern Arizona. This formation notably outcrops around Canyonlands National Park, Natural Bridges National Monument, and Monument Valley of northeast Arizona, southern […]

Don Martín de Bertendona (Bilbao, 1530–1604) was an important officer of the Spanish Navy under Philip II and Philip III. He participated in the Spanish Armada, and is perhaps most famous for his role in the capture of the iconic English galleon Revenge in 1591. . . . Martín de […]

Zeist Castle. The Pyramid of Austerlitz. Zeist is a city and municipality in Utrecht. . . . Zeist . . . The municipality of Zeist contains four towns aside from Zeist itself, these being Austerlitz, Bosch en Duin, Den Dolder and Huis ter Velde. Zeist is known to have existed […]