Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG GCMG PC PC (Ire) (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869, known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley) was a British statesman, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and, to date, the longest-serving leader of the Conservative Party.He was a scion of one of Britain's oldest, …

Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT, formerly Port Authority of Allegheny County) is the second-largest public transit agency in Pennsylvania and the 20th-largest in the United States. The state-funded agency is based in Pittsburgh and is overseen by a CEO and a nine-member board of unpaid volunteer directors, five of whom are appointed by the county executive and approved …

Bibliographie Ouvrages et articles de ou avec Shlomo Sand. Shlomo Sand (trad. de l'hébreu), Comment le peuple juif fut inventé : de la Bible au sionisme, Paris, Fayard, 2008, 446 p. (ISBN 978-2-213-63778-5, présentation en ligne)Shlomo Sand, « Comment fut inventé le peuple juif », Le Monde diplomatique, août 2008 Esther Benbassa, Shlomo Sand, Maurice Sartre et Michel …

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS or TNS) is the use of electric current produced by a device to stimulate the nerves for therapeutic purposes.TENS, by definition, covers the complete range of transcutaneously applied currents used for nerve excitation although the term is often used with a more restrictive intent, namely to describe the kind of pulses …

Biography. She was born in Amman, Jordan.Her parents were Palestinian refugees who immigrated along with their daughter to Brooklyn, New York City when she was five years old. Her parents later moved to Staten Island.. As an adolescent growing up in Brooklyn, Hammad was heavily influenced by Brooklyn's vibrant hip-hop scene. She had also absorbed the stories from …

This is an incomplete list of people and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not …

Palaiseau (prononcé [p a l ɛ z o] Écouter) est une commune française située à dix-huit kilomètres au sud-ouest de Paris, sous-préfecture du département de l’Essonne, dans la région Île-de-France.. Domaine royal au VI e siècle puis à nouveau au XVIII e siècle sur la route importante de Chartres à Paris, la commune se développa fortement dès le XIX e siècle avec l’arrivée ...

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a method of biological insect control, whereby overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild. The released insects are preferably male, as this is more cost-effective and the females may in some situations cause damage by laying eggs in the crop, or, in the case of mosquitoes, taking blood from humans.

犹太人（希伯來語： יְהוּדִים ‎， Yehudim ），是广泛分布于世界各国的族群。 根据犹太教律法《哈拉卡》的定义，一切皈依犹太教的人（宗教意义）以及由犹太母亲所生的人（種族意义）都属于犹太人。 然而，在实际生活中，犹太人更近似于一种种族观念。犹太人发源于西亚的以色列地或 ...

Jode Totale bevolking: ca. 14–14,5 miljoen: Belangrike bevolkings in: Israel ~6,3 miljoen Verenigde State 5,3–6,8 miljoen Frankryk 475 000 Kanada 385 300 Verenigde Koninkryk 290 000 Rusland 186 000 Argentinië 181 300 Duitsland 118 000 Australië 112 500 Brasilië 95 000 Suid-Afrika 70 000 Oekraïne 63 000 Hongarye 47 900 Meksiko 40 000