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Larbert. / 56.02291; -3.82602. Larbert ( Scottish Gaelic: Leth-Pheairt, Scots: Lairbert) [2] is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley above the River Carron which flows from the west. Larbert is three miles (five kilometres) from the shoreline of the Firth of Forth and miles (4 kilometres) northwest ...
Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. [3] Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the U.S. Senator from Texas, U.S. Representative from Tennessee, Tennessee and Texas governor, and first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston . The installation's missions include serving as the command headquarters for ...
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany.Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position until 1941, when he flew solo to Scotland in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second World War.
Mardi Gras ( UK: / ˌmɑːrdi ˈɡrɑː /, US: / ˈmɑːrdi ɡrɑː /; [1] [2] also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn ); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. [3] Mardi Gras is French for " Fat Tuesday ", reflecting the practice of the last night of ...
All data in the table is taken from the Fortune Global 500 list of technology sector companies for 2023 [2] unless otherwise specified. As of 2023, Fortune lists Amazon (revenue of $513.98 billion), Jingdong ($155.53 billion), and Alibaba ($126.81 billion) in the retailing sector rather than the technology sector. [3]
Olympic flame. The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement. It is also a symbol of continuity between ancient and modern games. [1] The Olympic flame is lit at Olympia, Greece, several months before the Olympic Games.
Alongside the Pericúes of Baja California, the Fuegians and Patagonians show the strongest evidence of partial descent from the Paleoamerican lineage, a proposed early wave of migration to the Americas derived from an Australo-Melanesian population, as opposed to the main Amerind peopling of the Americas of Siberian (admixed Ancient North Eurasian and Paleo-East Asian) descent.
John J. Kurz, RMR-CRR, Official Court Reporter Phone 215-683-8035 Fax 215-683-8005 1 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA