System of measurement
A system of measurement is a set of related measures that are used to give a numeric value to something. A "system of measurement" is also known as a "metric". There are many systems of measurement. Some systems of measurement describe physical systems. Other systems of measurement describe economic systems.
The term "system of measurement" is often used in engineering application to describe a set of operational devices that take measurements.
In metrology, the term "system of measurement" is often used as a synonym for system of units.
The international standard system is the International System of Units. Other systems in common use are the closely related United States customary units and British imperial units.
A system of measurement that describes economic systems is called an econometric system. An econometric system uses quantities such as Gross domestic product and money supply to model an economic system.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American television series, created between 1993 and 1998. There were 6 seasons of episodes made and 2 feature movies ("" in 1999 and "" in 2001).
The main character is a female doctor; Michaela Quinn from Boston. As a female she could not work there as a doctor and she decided to go to the Wild West town of Colorado Springs. At first people are suspicious there, too but she soon gains their trust.
She meets there Byron Sully with whom she befriends and falls in love eventually. She also adopts three young children whose mother dies unexpectedly.
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Viitasaari
Viitasaari is a small city in Central Finland. The municipalities next to it are Kannonkoski, Keitele, Kinnula, Kivijärvi, Pihtipudas, Vesanto and Äänekoski. Most people speak Finnish
Viitasaari is known about lakes and rapids.
Kit (association football)
In association football, kit means the standard equipment and attire worn by players. The terms "kit", "strip", and in North-American English "uniform" all mean the same thing.
The Laws of the Game define the minimum kit a player must use.
Ricin
Ricin is a poison. It is a highly toxic, naturally occurring protein. It is produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant "Ricinus communis".
A dose the size of a few grains of table salt can kill an adult human. The median lethal dose (LD) of ricin is around 22 micrograms per kilogram (1.78 mg for an average adult, around of a standard aspirin tablet/0.4 g gross) in humans if injected or inhaled. Oral exposure to ricin is far less toxic and a lethal dose can be up to 30–40 milligrams per kilogram.
Ricin prevents cells from assembling various amino acids into proteins, and death occurs after a few hours up to a day. Ricin has been used as a terrorist weapon, including the assassination of Georgi Markov in 1978, supposedly by the KGB.
Battle of Perryville
The Battle of Perryville was a battle of the American Civil War. It was fought on October 8, 1862. Neither side won the battle.
James Longstreet
James Longstreet was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was born in 1821 in South Carolina. He grew up in Georgia. Longstreet graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842 and was a slave owner. He fought in the Army of Northern Virginia. Longstreet died in 1904.
English country dance
The English country dance is a very social type of folk dance. It started during the English Renaissance from the 15th through 17th centuries. This dance was popular until the 19th century in Europe, the United States and American colonies.
This dance came back in the early 20th century. It is done mostly in North America and around Britain.
There are many versions: clockwise, counter-clockwise, cross-over, double and the figure of 8.
Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was a major battle of the American Civil War. It took place in Mississippi from May 18 to July 4, 1863. Union general Ulysses S. Grant surrounded the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Confederate Army, commanded by John C. Pemberton, surrendered on July 4. Now the Union forces controlled the Mississippi River.
Crowsnest Pass
Crowsnest Pass is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies between Alberta and British Columbia. The Canadian Pacific Railway goes through the pass.
2014 Formula One World Championship
The 2014 Formula One season is the 65th season of the Formula One World Championship. The motor racing championship is the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
The 2014 season started with the Aussie Grand Prix on 16 March 2014. The last race of the season is the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 23 November 2014. Eleven teams and twenty-two drivers are competing in nineteen Grands Prix.
The Formula 1 World Champion in Abu Dhabi was Lewis Hamilton. He finished 1st in the race.Ryhor Baradulin
Ryhor Baradulin (; February 24, 1935 - March 2, 2014) was a Belarusian poet, essayist, editor, publisher and translator. Baradulin was the last Belarusian to be honored as a People's Poet (1992). His career began in 1953. He was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006.
Baradulin was born in Verasowka, Belarus. He studied at the Belarusian State University in Minsk. Baradulin died on March 2, 2014 from heart failure. He was aged 79. He is survived by his wife Valentina Baradulin.
Xosé María Díaz Castro
Xosé María Díaz Castro (19 February 1914, Guitiriz – 2 October 1990, Lugo) was a Galician poet and translator.
Galician Literature Day is dedicated to him in 2014.
To Spanish: Verner von Heidenstam, Henrik Pontoppidan, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Butler Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Walt Whitman, G. K. Chesterton, Frederick Forsyth, Friedrich Schiller, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Valéry, Alphonse de Lamartine and Paul Claudel.
To English: Federico García Lorca and Rafael Alberti.
Molly Bobak
Molly Bobak, (Molly Lamb; February 25, 1919 – March 2, 2014) was a Canadian teacher, writer, printmaker and painter. During World War II, she was the first Canadian woman artist into be sent to a battlefield to see Canada's war effort.
Bobak was born Molly Lamb in Vancouver, British Columbia. She studied at Vancouver School of Art. Bobak died in Fredericton, New Brunswick from natural causes, aged 95.
Arrondissement of Auxerre
The arrondissement of Auxerre is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Yonne "département" in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Auxerre.
When the Yonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Auxerre was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" of Auxerre is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Sens, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Avallon, to the south by the Nièvre (Burgundy) department and to the west by the Loiret (Centre-Val de Loire) department.
It has an area of , the largest in area of the "arrondissements" of the department. It has 179,922 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
In the "arrondissement" of Auxerre, there are six cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
The "arrondissement" of Auxerre has 171 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
Igor Shafarevich
Igor Rostislavovich Shafarevich (; 3 June 1923 – 19 February 2017) was a Russian mathematician. He contributed to algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. He also wrote books and articles which criticise socialism. He was an important dissident during the Soviet regime. He was born in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.
Shafarevich died on 19 February 2017 in Moscow, at the age of 93.
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