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Произведения автора582007
Город Груйтуйзена
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Лунный «город Груйтуйзена» — характерное лунное образование, расположенное на окраине Центрального Залива. Открыто в 1822 году немецким астрономом Францем фон Груйтуйзеном:156—157 и названо им «Валлверк»:3—4. Первоначально считалось городом обитателей Луны, позднее искусственная природа образования была поставлена под сомнение.
Anglo-Zanzibar War
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted 38 minutes and is the shortest war in history. The immediate cause of the war was the death of the pro-British Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini on 25 August 1896 and the subsequent succession of Sultan Khalid bin Barghash. The British authorities preferred Hamud bin Muhammed, who was more favourable to British interests, as sultan. In accordance with a treaty signed in 1886, a condition for accession to the sultanate was that the candidate obtain the permission of the British consul, and Khalid had not fulfilled this requirement. The British considered this a casus belli and sent an...
Голдинг, Уильям
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Сэр Уильям Джералд Голдинг (англ. William Gerald Golding; 19 сентября 1911 — 19 июня 1993) — английский писатель, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе 1983 года. За почти сорокалетнюю литературную карьеру Голдинг издал 12 романов; всемирную известность ему обеспечил первый из них, «Повелитель мух», считающийся одним из выдающихся произведений мировой литературы XX века.
Cutts-Madison House
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cutts-Madison House (also known as the Dolley Madison House) is an American colonial-style historic home located at 721 Madison Place NW in Washington, D.C. The house is best known for being the residence of former First Lady Dolley Madison, who lived there from November 1837 until her death in July 1849.
Madonna Wayne Gacy
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stephen Gregory Bier Jr., formerly known by his stage name Madonna Wayne Gacy (born March 6, 1964, Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is the former keyboard player for Marilyn Manson, 1989-2007. His stage name came from the names of the singer Madonna and the serial killer John Wayne Gacy. He has also been referred to as Pogo (John Wayne Gacy`s clown name).
Alfa Romeo 159
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Alfa Romeo 159 is a compact executive car produced by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo between 2005 and 2011. The 159 was introduced in production form at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show as a replacement for the successful Alfa Romeo 156. The 159 uses the GM/Fiat Premium platform, shared with the Brera, Spider, and concept cars Kamal and Visconti. The 159 came in third place in the 2006 European Car of the Year awards.
John Chambers (CEO)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John T. Chambers (born August 23, 1949) is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc. Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Operations. Since January 1995, when he assumed the role of CEO, the company has grown from $1.2 billion in annual revenues to its current run-rate of approximately $40 billion. In November 2006, he was named Chairman of the Board, in addition to his CEO role. Prior to joining Cisco, he spent eight years at Wang Laboratories (1982–1990) and six years with IBM (1976–1982). Chambers served on the Board of Directors of myCFO.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the Chronicle was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alfred the Great. Multiple copies were made of that original which were distributed to monasteries across England, where they were independently updated. In one case, the chronicle was still being actively updated in 1154.
CLEO (router)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! CLEO - Cisco router in Low Earth Orbit, is an Internet router from Cisco Systems that was integrated into the UK-DMC Disaster Monitoring Constellation satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) as a secondary experimental payload, and launched into space with the satellite from Plesetsk on 27 September 2003.
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