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The Druivencross, also known as Vlaamse Druivenveldrit, is a cyclo-cross race held in Overijse, Belgium. The race is organised by the VZW Sportvrienden Overijse and was first held in 1960. The race is regarded as a Cyclo-cross classic [1] and has a difficult and dangerous parcours that often results in crashes.
Parallel 9 is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 25 April 1992 to 17 September 1994. Airing on Saturday mornings, Parallel 9 was the first BBC Saturday morning children's series to be produced by an independent production company – in this case Roach & Partners – rather than the BBC's in-house children's production unit.
Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. [1] Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. [2] The record of victories (4) belongs to Roger De Vlaeminck and Björn Leukemans. [3]
Overijse (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːvərɛisə]) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse proper, and the communities of Eizer, Maleizen, Jezus-Eik, Tombeek and Terlanen. On December 31, 2008 ...
Nicholas (Nikolaus) Mercator (c. 1620, Holstein – 1687, Versailles), also known by his German name Kauffmann, was a 17th-century mathematician. He was born in Eutin , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany and educated at Rostock and Leyden after which he lived from 1642 to 1648 in the Netherlands .
Mercator (retail), a Slovenian supermarket chain; Mercator-S, a retail company in Serbia, part of Agrokor Group; Mercator School of Management, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Mercator Limited, a shipping company in India; Mercator Corporation, a consulting firm and investment bank formed by James Giffen, involved with Kazakhgate
Mercator was the first retailer to launch its own media, the content video platform www.msoseska.tv. It is aimed at a broad spectrum of users, regardless of their age and lifestyle, who want to view short and useful content – not only for entertainment, but also whenever they need advice, want to save time, or want to make their work easier.
Gerardus Mercator (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ r ɑːr d ə s m ɜːr ˈ k eɪ t ər /; [a] [b] [c] 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) [d] was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer.He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing (rhumb lines) as straight lines—an innovation that is still employed in nautical charts.