Auguste Perret (12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced concrete. His major works include the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the first Art Deco building in Paris; the Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy (1922–23); the Mobilier National in Paris (1937); and the French Economic, […]
Pablo Rubinstein was a pioneer (during the 1980s) in the freezing of umbilical cord blood or placental blood cells for use in unrelated donors to cure illnesses like leukemia and hereditary disorders like Tay–Sachs disease and sickle cell anemia. He pioneered and built an international cord blood banking system, and he has been a pioneer
The name Cadillac V8 can refer to any of a variety of V8 engines built by General Motors’ Cadillac Division since 1914, when it pioneered the first such mass-produced engine.
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The Analytical Engine was a proposed mechanical general-purpose computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage. It was first described in 1837 as the successor to Babbage’s difference engine, which was a design for a simpler mechanical computer. The Analytical Engine incorporated an arithmetic logic unit, control flow in the form of conditional branching and loops, and integrated memory, making it the first design for a
“Jukkai (1984)“, is the ninth single by Japanese entertainer Akina Nakamori. Written by Masao Urino and Masayoshi Takanaka, the single was released on July 25, 1984 by Warner Pioneer through the Reprise label. It was also the second single from her sixth studio album Possibility.
Dallas Ferguson (born November 24, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. Ferguson retired as a player in 2000 following a four-year professional career in the West Coast Hockey League with the Alaska Gold Kings and Anchorage Aces. In 2008, Ferguson became the 25th head coach of the Alaska Nanooks, taking over from Doc DeCastillo. He coached the 2009–10 Nanooks to the NCAA Tournament for the
Lewisville is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. Located in the foothills east of the Portland metropolitan area, Lewisville is historically associated with early settlement in the Clackamas River Valley and is best known today for its proximity to Lewisville Park, a large public recreational area along the Clackamas River. Although no
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