Drabble is a railway station located in the rural area of Drabble, in the Partido (County) of General Villegas, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Location The station is located 27 km from the city of General Villegas. Services It has not provided passenger services since August 2015. Its tracks are concessioned to the freight company …
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2011 Pacific hurricane season
The 2011 Pacific hurricane season was a down season in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season officially began on May 15 in the northeastern Pacific and June 1 in the central Pacific, ending on November 30, 2011 in both areas. These conventional dates delimit the period each year when most tropical cyclones …
Fulco Beltran of Provence
Fulk Beltran I (died April 27, 1051) was joint count of Provence with his elder brother William IV from 1018 and with his younger brother Godfrey I from at least 1032 if not earlier. On William’s death, Fulk assumed the title of margrave, indicating leadership of the dynasty. They were sons of William II, Count …
African Club Champions Cup 1990
The 1990 African Club Champions Cup was the 25th edition of the annual club-level soccer tournament organized by CAF. JS Kabylie of Algeria won the final, proclaiming themselves champions for the second time. They were previously champions under the name JE Tizi-Ouzou. Second round 1- Raja Casablanca dropped out of the tournament. External links This …
Body shape index
A body shape index (ABSI) is a metric for assessing the health implications of a given human body height, mass, and waist circumference. The inclusion of the latter is believed to make the ABSI a better indicator of excess weight mortality risk than the standard BMI. The ABSI correlates only slightly with height, weight, and …
Pygame
Pygame is a set of Python language modules that allow the creation of two-dimensional video games in a simple way. It is oriented to the handling of sprites. Thanks to the language, it is possible to prototype and develop quickly. This can be seen in online competitions, where it is increasingly used. The results can …
SS Great Britain
The SS Great Britain is a British ocean liner that was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and launched on July 19, 1843. Very advanced for her time, she was the first ocean liner with a hull made of iron and was the first passenger ship to be propelled by a propeller. At the time of …
Poecilochirus
See text Poecilochirus is a genus of mites belonging to the family Parasitidae. They feed on the eggs and larvae of Diptera. At least 14 species of the genus are transported from one food source to another by beetles of multiple genera in the family Silphidae with which they often have a symbiotic relationship in …
Thayetchaung
Thayetchaung (Burmese: သရက်ချောင်းမြို့) is a town in Burma belonging to the Tanintharyi region of southern Burma. Within the region, Thayetchaung is the capital of the homonymous township in Dawei District. In 2014 it had a population of 11 305 inhabitants, about a tenth of the municipal population. The present locality is a 1961 reconstruction of …
Victorio Casado Fernández
Victorio Casado Fernández (Navalmoral de la Mata, May 21, 1902 – Madrid, July 2, 1940) was a Spanish politician and trade unionist. Biography A railwayman by profession, he worked for the Compañía Nacional de los Ferrocarriles del Oeste. He was affiliated with the National Railway Union of the UGT and the PSOE. In February 1936 …