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unusual facts about Picard, Dominica



178008 Picard

The asteroid (178008) Picard was discovered by Bernard Christophe in Saint-Sulpice on 30 August 2006.

2013 Windward Islands Tournament

Dominica was originally scheduled to take part in the tournament but withdrew on 19 April, only two days before the tournament began, after head coach Kurt Hector and defender Noran Jno Hope were killed in a car accident on the way to Melville Hall Airport to meet their other teammates to fly to St. Vincent.

Alastair Forbes

Forbes’ first overseas posting was to Dominica in the British West Indies in 1936 as a magistrate and government officer, where much of his time was spent compiling an index of the island's laws (his assistant for many years was the barrister (later Dame) Eugenia Charles, who subsequently co-founded the centrist Dominica Freedom Party and in 1980 became the Caribbean's first female prime minister).

Ascetical theology

Thomas of Jesus (died 1582) wrote the "Passion of Christ" and "De oratione dominica".

Bernard de Balliol

Bernard II de Balliol, (d. c. 1190), Anglo-Picard baron who led the capture of William the Lion, King of the Scots, in 1174

Bernard I de Balliol

Bernard I de Balliol (died 1154 x 1162), the second known ruling Balliol of his line, was a twelfth-century Anglo-Picard baron based for much of his time in the north of England, as well as at Bailleul-en-Vimeu close to Abbeville in northern France.

Brouwer fixed-point theorem

The theorem was first studied in view of work on differential equations by the French mathematicians around Poincaré and Picard.

Cabrits National Park

Cabrits National Park is on a peninsula at the north end of the Caribbean island of Dominica, north of Portsmouth.

Cadence rampa

As early as 1962 the Sicot Brothers from Haiti would frequently tour Dominica, the French Islands of Martinique & Guadeloupe and others to spread the seed of cadence, a Haitian Méringue.

Cecil J. Picard

Picard was succeeded in the state Senate by Democrat Gerald Theunissen of Jennings, who defeated the Republican state party chairman Mike Francis of Crowley.

Coulibistrie

Coulibistrie is part of the Salisbury constituency in the Dominica House of Assembly, in which it is represented by Hector John (UWP) as of the 2009 general election.

Crazy Leo

Urlichich and co-driver Dave Shindle won the event after setting the fastest times on all but the last stage against more experienced Peter Thomson and Andrew Comrie-Picard.

Crispin Sorhaindo

He represented Dominica at the early conferences leading to the establishment of the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA), the Caribbean Free Trade Area and CARICOM, the Caribbean Common Market that succeeded it, as well as meetings that laid the foundations for the establishment of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

Dominica–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement

The treaty was signed by French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac and Dominica Prime Minister Eugenia Charles.

Dominica–United States relations

The Peace Corps also provides technical assistance to the Commonwealth of Dominica, and has volunteers on the island working primarily in education, youth development, and health.

Dominican general election, 2000

General elections were held in Dominica on 31 January 2000 and saw the Dominica Labour Party led by Rosie Douglas take power defeating the previous government of the United Workers' Party led by Edison James, despite the UWP receiving more votes.

Dominican Snout

The Dominican Snout is rare, and locally distributed on Dominica in dry coastal forest and scrub, at such sites as Cabrits National Park, Morne Espagnole, and Morne Daniel.

Don Andrews

In what became known as Operation Red Dog, Ku Klux Klan leaders Wolfgang Droege and Don Black, as well as former Prime Minister Patrick John, conspired to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Eugenia Charles on the island of Dominica.

Giuseppe Antonio Borgese

He was professor in the Universities of Chicago and California until the end of World War II, making friends with Thomas Mann and marrying his youngest daughter Elisabeth with whom he had two daughters, Angelica and Dominica.

Invasion of Dominica

The next day de Bouillé sent one of his officers to Dominica to see whether a Royal Navy frigate was still anchored in Prince Rupert's Bay (near present-day Portsmouth).

Isla Aves

During a visit to Venezuela, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, in June 2006, stated that Aves Island belongs to Venezuela, ending the territorial claim but not a maritime claim.

James Picard

Along with fellow volunteers, Picard was commended by former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in a ceremony.

Jean Thurel

One of Thurel's sons was a corporal and a veteran in the same company; he died at the Battle of the Saintes, a naval battle that occurred on 12 April 1782 off the coast of Dominica, West Indies during the American campaign.

Jon Nurse

The forward then earned his second cap a month later when he played 69 minutes in the second leg against Dominica in Bridgetown on 26 March 2008, which Barbados won 1–0 to qualify for the Second Round of qualification.

Lennox Honychurch

Lennox Honychurch (born on December 27, 1952 in Portsmouth, Dominica) is Dominica's most noted historian and a politician.

Martin K. Weiche

In 1981, Weiche was named as one of the financial backers of Operation Red Dog, a failed white supremacist plot to overthrow the government of Dominica.

Matawan Regional High School

Erison Hurtault (born 1984, class of 2003), Olympic sprinter who competed in the 400 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics representing Dominica.

Montel's theorem

For example, the first version of Montel's theorem stated above is the analog of Liouville's theorem, while the second version corresponds to Picard's theorem.

Morne Rachette

Morne Rachette is part of the Salisbury constituency in the Dominica House of Assembly, in which it is represented by Hector John (UWP) as of the 2009 general election.

Paul A. Russo

He was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1986 to 1988, under Ronald Reagan.

Paul Picard

After starting as an actor, Picard was the director of daytime programming for ABC.

Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt

The letter is addressed to an otherwise unknown Picard countryman named Sygerus (Sigerus, Ysaerus) of Foucaucourt, possibly a friend and neighbor of the author; Foucaucourt borders on the home area of Peregrinus around Maricourt, in the present-day department of the Somme, near Péronne.

Picard language

Picard, although primarily a spoken language, does also have a body of written literature: poetry, songs ("P'tit quinquin" for example), comic books etc.

Picard, Dominica

The Ross University School of Medicine, part of DeVry University, is located in Picard and has over 1,000 students mainly from the United States and Canada.

Piccardo

Piccardo is an Italian surname, a version of Picard, meaning a person from Picardy, a historical region and cultural area of France.

Pierre Gros

Among his best known works are his collaborative volume, with Mario Torelli, Storia dell'urbanistica: il mondo romano (Laterza, 1988) and his two-volume treatise on Roman architecture, L'architectue Romaine Du début du IIIème siècle avant J.-C. à la fin du Haut-Empire vol. 1 Les monuments publics; vol. 2 2. maisons, palais, villas et tombeaux (Picard, 1996–2001).

Pleurodonte guadeloupensis

Pleurodonte guadeloupensis dominicana Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1937 - This subspecies is endemic to the Caribbean island of Dominica.

Pointe Michel

It is located to the south of the capital, Roseau, and is known for being the birthplace of Dominica's first (and to date only) female Prime Minister, Dame Eugenia Charles.

Q-in-Law

Although he toys with Picard while asking to be allowed to attend the wedding festivities, he promises to behave himself.

Quarry Bank Mill

Samuel Greg's brother-in-law, Thomas Hodgson, owned a slave ship, his father Thomas Greg and his brother John Greg part owned sugar plantations in the Caribbean on the island of Dominica.

Sackbut

This includes the Requiem (K626, 1791), Great Mass in C minor (K423, 1783), Coronation Mass (C major) (K317, 1779), several other masses, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K339, 1780), Vesperae de Dominica, his arrangement of Handel's Messiah plus two of his three great operas: Don Giovanni (K527, 1787) and Die Zauberflöte (K620, 1791).

Samuel Baptiste

His mother, Elaine Baptiste was from Willikies, Antigua, while his father, Lennard Baptiste, was originally from the town of Castle Bruce, Dominica.

Sir George Prevost, 2nd Baronet

The only son of Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet, by Catherine Anne, daughter of Major-general John Phipps, he was born at Roseau on Dominica on 20 August 1804.

Soufrière

Soufrière, Dominica, a village on the southwest coast of Dominica in the Caribbean.

The Big Goodbye

While taking a break from preparations, a computer malfunction traps Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Lt. Cmdr. Data (Brent Spiner), and Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) in a 1940s-style gangster holodeck program with Captain Picard playing the role of detective Dixon Hill.

The Dominica Story

The Dominica Story: A History of the Island is a history book from 1975, written by famed Dominican historian Lennox Honychurch.

Uncertain Glory

During World War II, Jean Picard (Errol Flynn) is a convicted killer being led to the guillotine; he escapes during an air raid.

West Indies Power

It has geothermal power development activities in Nevis, Saba and Dominica.


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