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Hyacinth Dziarkowski

Hiacynt Dziarkowski (born 1747, died 1828) is a Polish physician, botanist and social activist. Participant of the Kościuszko insurrection (General Staff of the Polish Army), brother of Józef Dziarkowski. In 1809, he was one of the founders of the Medical Academy, where he was a rector and lecturer, and from 1817 professor of pathology and semiotics at the Royal University of Warsaw. Its major merits include the distribution of vaccination against smallpox in the Kingdom of Poland. Has issued a "Home Guide", "Select a National Plant" and other Bibliography wiki

Junior High School Adam Mickiewicz in Vilnius

Junior High School Adam Mickiewicz in Vilnius Gimnazjum im. Adam Mickiewicz in Vilnius (Vilniaus Adomo Mickevičiaus gimnazija) - Polish high school in Vilnius. Gymnasium has been operating since 1921 as a coeducational evening gymnasium. The classes took place in the room of the Gimnazjum im. Joachim Lelewel at ul. A. Mickiewicz (now Gediminas). Since 1928, he moved to the junior high school with a humanistic profile on ul. Dominican, opposite the Church of the Holy Spirit. The first director was Bronisław Zapaśnik. As teachers there were Czeslaw Zgorzelski and Józef Rybicki. After the death of B. Wrestler in 1934, the director was Zerebecki, who headed the institution until its closure in 1939. After the beginning of the Secondary School War, in 1942 the Jewish children's home was relocated to ul. Krupnicza (now Kruopų gatvė) as the 4th Men's Gymnasium. In 1945 it became the initial school no. 7, which was transformed into a high school in 1953. From 1952 to 1967, its direc...

Strathclyde

Location of the region on the map of Scotland Strathclyde (Scottish Gaelic means "Clyde Valley") is a historic territorial unit in Scotland and an administrative region from 1975 to 1996. The Strathclyde region was named after the former Strathclyde Kingdom, which together with the present Dumfries and Galloway, and apart from the Argyll, Bute and Arran islands, coincided with the present area of ​​the region. The largest city in the region and at the same time capital remained Glasgow until 1975. wiki

Steropodon

Steropodon († Steropodon galmani) - an extinct Steropodontidae oviparous mammal. He lived in early circa 110 million years ago in Australia. He reached about 35 cm in length (he was one of the largest chalk mammals). Its fossils were discovered in New South Wales and is considered one of the most important discoveries of Australia. He lived in freshwater rivers from which he took food (small water animals). Probably the closest relative of Steropodon is the Pike. wiki

Jerzy Flisak

Jerzy Flisak (born September 24, 1930 in Warsaw, February 21, 2008) - Polish illustrator, illustrator, poster designer, scenographer. Curriculum vitae Graduated from high school. Jose Marti in Warsaw, graduated in 1953 from the Faculty of Architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology. His drawings were published among others. in "Szpilkach", "Świerszczyku", Płomyczk, "Polityka", the weekly "Świat", "Przegląd Kultury". He debuted in 1950 as a student of architecture in a competition organized by the satirical weekly Szpilki. He later became the editor of this weekly. He was the author of many movie posters. He also designed stage and animated film. He cooperated with the Studio of Picture Films in Bielsko-Biała. Awards wiki

Canadian Polonia Congress

Canadian Polonia Congress - the chief organization of Canadian Polonia, founded in 1944. The General Board and Congress Council are based in Toronto. Continent of the 1931 Association of Polish Organizations in Canada. It is a federation of secular organizations and societies. It has 13 local districts in the major cities and provinces of Canada, where there are larger Polish communities. He works with the American Polonia Congress and the World Polonia Council. Founder of the Council of the Polish World. He is the custodian of the Millenium Fund of the Perpetual Fund. Elections to Congress's main authorities take place at the General Assembly of Congress, which often takes place in various congressional districts. The districts are usually organized according to the administrative division of Canada, eg Alberta, Manitoba, etc. The main task of the Congress is to represent the Polonia community to the Canadian government. During the martial law in Poland, the Congress was th...

Budget balance

Budget balance - surplus or deficit in the state budget, ie surplus of income against budget expenditure in a given year or vice versa - surplus of expenditure on income. However, the balance of the state budget can not be reduced solely to the accounting of the difference between revenue and budgetary expenditures. Types of budget balance Full interpretation of the content of the budget balance requires looking at it from various angles. As a result, you can distinguish several of its types: In the case of a credit balance, the budget is considered balanced when the State does not take out new public loans during its fiscal period. According to this concept, funds from previous periods, as well as loans, can not be included in budget revenue. At the same time, expenditure on public debt management can not be accounted for in budget expenditures. The budgetary balance is the difference between budgetary income, less revenue from the sale of public assets, and loans borrowed to f...