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Maha Kali Mata Mandir Sataini
The Maha Kali Mata Mandir Sataini is a temple situated in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. |
Maha Kali Mandir
The Maha Kali Mandir is a temple situated on the national highway near the Majitha bypass on the Jalandhar-Rajasansi airport road, in the state of Punjab, India. The temple was built by the late Sh. Ramesh Chander Sharma, and is run by the Mahakali Mandir Trust, currently headed by Mr. Ritesh Kumar Sha... |
Maha Kali
Maha Kali is an EP by the Swedish extreme metal band Dissection. It was the first release after the rebirth of Dissection, shortly after Jon Nödtveidt was released from prison. It represents the band's change from a melodic black metal sound to a more Gothenburg-based sound of melodic death metal. The song "M... |
The Opiate of the Masses
The Opiate of the Masses is a remix EP by Industrial rock band Grotus. The EP contains Transglobal Underground remixes of the songs "Kali Yuga", "Shivayanama", and "Sleepwalking". |
Mookambika
The Kollur Mookambika Temple/ ಕೊಲ್ಲೂರು ಮೂಕಾಂಬಿಕಾ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ at Kollur, Udupi District in the state of Karnataka, India, is a Hindu temple dedicated to mother Durga devi or Saraswati known as Mookambika Devi. Mookambika is Shakthi devi, the supreme mother goddess in Hinduism. She is worshipped in three differen... |
Rohan Kapoor
Rohan Kapoor (or "Ruhan", born 1965) is a Hindi actor and singer, son of Mahendra Kapoor. He started his film career at the age of 16 as an assistant director with Manoj Kumar for the film Kranti. After that, he became active on the stage with Shafi Inamdar and even acted for two of his most popular plays ... |
Bigger Than Both of Us
Bigger Than Both of Us is the fifth studio album by American pop duo Hall & Oates, released in August 1976. The album included the first of their six #1 singles on the "Billboard" Hot 100, "Rich Girl". Hall & Oates released a song titled "Bigger Than Both of Us" on their "Beauty on a Back Street"... |
Kill the Lights (Luke Bryan album)
Kill the Lights is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 7, 2015, by Capitol Nashville. The album's lead single, "Kick the Dust Up", was released to country radio on May 19, 2015. "Strip It Down" was released as the second single... |
Train discography
American pop rock band Train has released ten studio albums, two live albums, one video album, four extended plays, 30 singles, four promotional singles, and 26 music videos. The band independently released their eponymous debut studio album in 1996, two years after their formation. In February 1998, ... |
All Eyez on Me
All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by American rapper 2Pac and the last one to be released during his lifetime. It was released on February 13, 1996, by Death Row Records and Interscope Records. The album featured the "Billboard" Hot 100 #1 singles "How Do U Want It" and "California Love". It feat... |
Acapella (Kelis song)
"Acapella" is a song performed by American recording artist Kelis, taken from her fifth studio album "Flesh Tone" (2010). The song is a departure from her past singles in that it is a dance/electronic track rather than hip hop/R&B influenced. The song was first premiered on her Twitter page and he... |
Martina McBride discography
The discography of American country artist Martina McBride consists of thirteen studio albums, one live album, four compilation albums, two video albums, three additional albums, forty five music videos, fifty one singles, sixteen other charting songs, and forty five album appearances. In 19... |
Brymo
Olawale Ashimi (who prefers to be called Olawale Olofo'ro; born 9 May 1986), better known as Brymo, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and composer. He started recording music in 1999, while in secondary school. He signed a record deal with Chocolate City in 2010, but breached his contractual agreement with the lab... |
Jake Owen discography
American singer and songwriter Jake Owen has released five studio albums, one extended play, and 17 singles. Signed to RCA Nashville in 2006, he made his chart debut that same year with "Yee Haw". Of Owen's 17 singles, six have reached number one on the country charts: "Barefoot Blue Jean Night", ... |
Johnny (John Farnham album)
Johnny is the fifth studio album by Australian pop singer John Farnham, (who was billed then as "Johnny" Farnham) which was released on HMV for EMI Records in August 1971. It peaked at #24 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Charts. Farnham had earlier #1 singles with "Sadie (The Clea... |
The Weepies discography
The discography of The Weepies, an indie pop-folk band fronted by singer-songwriters Deb Talan and Steve Tannen, contains five studio albums, one extended play and six singles. The Weepies released their first album, "Happiness," through an independent label. After signing with Nettwerk, they re... |
String (structure)
String is a long flexible structure made from fibers twisted together into a single strand, or from multiple such strands which are in turn twisted together. String is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects. It is also used as a material to make things, such as textiles, and in arts and crafts. Str... |
Richard Klein (paleoanthropologist)
Richard G. Klein (born April 11, 1941) is a Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Stanford University. He is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences. He earned his PhD at the University of Chicago in 1966, and was elected to the National A... |
Evolution of insects
The most recent understanding of the evolution of insects is based on studies of the following branches of science: molecular biology, insect morphology, paleontology, insect taxonomy, evolution, embryology, bioinformatics and scientific computing. It is estimated that the class of insects originat... |
History of Native Americans in the United States
The history of Native Americans in the United States began in ancient times tens of thousands of years ago with the settlement of the Americas by the Paleo-Indians. Anthropologists and archeologists have identified and studied a wide variety of cultures that existed duri... |
Native American mascot laws and regulations
The use of terms and images referring to Native Americans/First Nations as the name or mascot for a sports team is a topic of public controversy in the United States and in Canada, arising as part of the Native American/First Nations civil rights movements. Since the 1960s, t... |
History of cryptography
Cryptography, the use of codes and ciphers to protect secrets, began thousands of years ago. Until recent decades, it has been the story of what might be called classic cryptography — that is, of methods of encryption that use pen and paper, or perhaps simple mechanical aids. In the early 20th c... |
The Human Revolution (human origins)
"The Human Revolution" is a term used by archaeologists, anthropologists and other specialists in human origins; it refers to the spectacular and relatively sudden – apparently revolutionary – emergence of language, consciousness and culture in our species. The term came into fashio... |
Catholic youth work
The phrase Catholic youth work covers a wide range of activities carried out with young people, usually in the name of the Catholic Church and with the intention of imparting the Catholic faith to them and inviting them to practice and live out the faith in their lives. Activities in the field range... |
Settlement of the Americas
Available scientific evidence indicates that modern humans emerged from Africa over 100,000 years ago, yet did not arrive in the Americas until less than 20,000 years ago. Current understanding of the settlement of the Americas derives from advances in four interrelated disciplines: archaeolo... |
History of the United States
The date of the start of the history of the United States is a subject of debate among historians. Older textbooks start with the arrival of Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492 and emphasize the European background of the colonization of the Americas, or they start around 1600 and emph... |
2010 Rallye de France
The 2010 Rallye de France was the first running of the Rallye de France–Alsace and the eleventh round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 1–3 October 2010, and was based in Strasbourg, the capital of the Alsace region. The rally was also the eighth round of the P... |
World Rally Championship-2
The FIA World Rally Championship-2 or WRC-2 (formerly known as Super 2000 World Rally Championship or S-WRC), is a companion rally series to the World Rally Championship, and is driven on the same stages. WRC-2 is limited to production-based cars homologated under the Super 2000, N4, R5 rules... |
2010 Rally Finland
The 2010 Neste Oil Rally Finland was the 60th Rally Finland and the eighth round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over July 29–31, and is based in Jyväskylä, the capital of the Central Finland region. The rally was also the fifth round of the Production World Rally Ch... |
Michał Kościuszko
Michał Kościuszko (born 20 April 1985 in Kraków) is a Polish rally driver, who currently competes in the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC). He has previously won rounds of the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) and has competed in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC). |
2011 Rally Catalunya
The 2011 Rally Catalunya, formally 47è Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada and the denoted RACC Rally de España, was the twelfth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 21–23 October, and was based in Salou, Catalonia. The rally was also the eighth and final ro... |
Craig Breen
Craig Breen (born 2 February 1990) is an Irish rally driver. He competes in the European Rally Championship for the Peugeot Rally Academy. He was the 2012 WRC Super 2000 world rally champion, scoring class wins in the Monte Carlo Rally, Wales Rally GB, Rally France and the Rally of Spain. Breen was also the... |
Juho Hänninen
Juho Ville Matias Hänninen (born 25 July 1981 in Punkaharju) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) champion and 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) champion with co-driver Mikko Markkula driving a works entered Fabia S2000 for Red Bull Škoda. He also... |
Daniel Solà
Daniel Solà Villa (born 3 January 1976) is a Spanish rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in 2002 and the Spanish Rally Championship in 2006. |
2010 Rallye Deutschland
The 2010 ADAC Rallye Deutschland was the 28th Rallye Deutschland and the ninth round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over August 20–22, and is based in Trier. It was the first of two WRC rounds where all WRC support series competed in the same round. The rally w... |
Jimmy McRae
Jimmy McRae (born 28 October 1943) is a British rally driver. He was highly successful in the British Rally Championship, winning the title five times in 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 and 1988. In the European Rally Championship for drivers, he was runner-up in 1982, while his highest placing in the World Rally Ch... |
William E. R. Covell
William Edward Raab Covell (29 November 1892 – 16 August 1975) was an officer in the U.S. Army from 1915 to 1940 and from 1941 to 1946. His highest rank held was major general. |
Charles Forbes-Leith
Colonel Sir Charles Rosdew Forbes-Leith, 1st Baronet (20 February 1859 – 2 November 1930), known as Charles Burn until 1923 and as Sir Charles Burn, Bt, between 1923 and 1925, was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Torquay from 1910 to 1923. |
Charles Egerton (Indian Army officer)
Field Marshal Sir Charles Comyn Egerton (10 November 1848 – 20 February 1921) was a senior Indian Army officer from the Egerton family. |
Wei (rank)
Wei (尉) is the rank held by company-grade officers in the military of both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. It currently exists in three grades, "shao wei" (少尉), "zhong wei" (中尉) ("chung wei" using Wade–Giles), and "shang wei" (上尉). An additional grade, "da wei" (大尉), formerly existe... |
Military ranks of Syria
Commissioned officers' rank insignia are identical for the army and air force. These are gold on a bright green or black shoulder board for the army and gold on a bright blue board for the air force. Officer ranks are standard, although the highest is the equivalent of Colonel General, a rank he... |
Master aircrew
Master aircrew (MAcr) is the warrant-officer rank held by aircrew in the Royal Air Force. It is equivalent to warrant officer in other trades, and is effectively the highest non-commissioned aircrew rank. It has a NATO rank code of OR-9. |
Xiao (rank)
Xiao (校) (Wade–Giles: Hsiao) is the rank held by field officers in the military of both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. The People's Liberation Army uses four grades while the Republic of China uses only three, with the rank equivalent to the fourth being treated as a general offic... |
Jiang (rank)
Jiang () is the rank held by general officers in the military of both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police use three levels at present while the Republic of China Armed Forces use four, with the rank equivalent to the... |
Sowar
Sowar (Hindi: सवार, ਸਵਾਰ, also "siwar" meaning "the one who rides" or "rider", from Persian "sawār"), was originally a rank during the Mughal, Maratha period. Later during the British Raj it was the name in Anglo-Indian usage for a horse-soldier belonging to the cavalry troops of the native armies of British Indi... |
General (United Kingdom)
General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers of the British Army. The rank can also be held by Royal Marines officers in tri-service posts, for example, General Sir Gordon Messenger the new Vice-Chi... |
Helsinki–Riihimäki railway
Helsinki–Riihimäki railway is a railway running between the Helsinki Central railway station and the Riihimäki railway station in Finland. It was opened in 1862 as a part of the Finland's first railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna. The Helsinki commuter rail system also runs by the Helsin... |
Swanage railway station
Swanage railway station is a railway station located in Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. Originally the terminus of a London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) branch line from Wareham, the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972. It has since reopened... |
East Lancashire Railway
The East Lancashire Railway is a 12+1/2 mi heritage railway line in north west England which runs between Heywood and Rawtenstall with intermediate stations at Bury Bolton Street, Burrs Country Park , Summerseat, Ramsbottom and Irwell Vale. |
The Wise Woman of Hoxton
The Wise Woman of Hoxton is a city comedy by the early modern English playwright Thomas Heywood. It was published under the title "The Wise-Woman of Hogsdon" in 1638, though it was probably first performed c. 1604 by the Queen's Men company (of which Heywood was a shareholder), either at The Cu... |
Don River Railway
The Don River Railway is a volunteer run vintage railway and museum in Don, a suburb of Devonport, Tasmania. It runs a passenger train ride from Don to Coles Beach and return using part of the former Don River Line that ran between Don Junction and Paloona. The service is usually run Wednesday through... |
Southern Railway of British Columbia
The Southern Railway of British Columbia, branded as SRY Rail Link (reporting mark SRY) is a Canadian short line railway operating in the southwestern British Columbia. The main facility is the port at Annacis Island with major import of cars, export of forestry products, and other ... |
South Coast Line
The South Coast Line is an intercity rail service operated by NSW TrainLink that services the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The service runs from , and runs the entire length of the eponymous South Coast railway line to . The service also runs along the Eastern Suburbs railway line at... |
Heywood railway station, Victoria
Heywood railway station is a disused station on the Portland railway line in the town of Heywood, in the state of Victoria, Australia. The last passenger train between Ararat and Portland was on 12 September 1981, operated by a DRC railcar. The platform and station building are still i... |
Summerseat railway station
Summerseat railway station is a preserved railway station that serves the village of Summerseat in Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the Heritage East Lancashire Railway (which runs for 12 miles from Heywood-Rawtenstall). |
Rawtenstall to Bacup Line
The Rawtenstall to Bacup railway line opened in two stages, from Rawtenstall to Waterfoot in 1848, and from Waterfoot to the Bacup terminus in 1852. There were stations at Rawtenstall, Cloughfold, Stacksteads and Bacup. The line was doubled in 1880, at the same time as the line from Bacup to R... |
Tim Swiel
Timothy Gregory Swiel (born 4 June 1993 in Taunton) is an English-born South African rugby union player, currently playing for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. His regular position is fly-half. |
West End Draught
West End Draught is a South Australian lager brewed by the South Australian Brewing Company, which was later acquired by Lion Nathan in 1993 . West End Draught is a full strength beer with an alcohol percentage of 4.5%. |
Edwin Thomas Smith
Sir Edwin Thomas Smith {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (6 April 1830 – 25 December 1919) was an English-born South Australian brewer, businessman, councillor, mayor, politician and benefactor. |
Edward Fitzgerald (brewer)
Edward Fitzgerald (1820 – 19 March 1896) was an Australian brewer and founder of the Castlemaine Brewery. |
South Australian Brewing Company
The South Australian Brewing Company, Limited, was established in 1888 by the amalgamation of Sir Edwin Smith's Kent Town Brewery and W. K. Simms's West End Brewery. T. A. Nation was the first brewer and G. B. Bryant the general manager. His board of directors comprised S. J. Jacobs (la... |
Copper Coast Wines
Copper Coast Wines is a South Australian brewer founded in 2005 to supply beer for the biennial Kernewek Lowender Festival held in the Copper Coast region of South Australia. |
Daniel Bennett (referee)
Daniel Frazer Bennett (born 22 August 1976 in Dewsbury, England) is an English-born South African football referee. He was voted PSL Referee of the Season in 2000–01 and 2010–11 and has been an international referee since 2003. |
Emu (beer)
Emu is a beer brand name now owned by Lion. It was originally brewed by the Emu Brewery in 1908 until the brewery's sale to the Swan Brewery in 1927. The production of the Emu branded beer continued from a separate autonomous brewery in Perth until 1978, and then was relocated to a combined brewery in Cannin... |
W. H. Clark (brewer)
William Henry Clark ( – between 1862 and 1873) was a brewer in South Australia, the founder of the Halifax Street brewery, an antecedent of the West End brewery. |
Matthew Vandrau
Matthew James Vandrau (born 22 July 1969) is a retired English-born South African-raised cricketer. Having moved to South Africa at an early age, he first appeared in first-class cricket playing for Transvaal in 1990. He moved to England in 1993 to play for Derbyshire in two stints between 1993 and 1997... |
Valeria Sarmiento
Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a Chilean film editor, director and screenwriter. She has worked both in film and television. She has directed 19 feature films and documentaries since 1972. Her debut feature "Notre mariage" (1984) was a Grand Prix winner for Best New Director at the San Se... |
Barrie & Jenkins
Barrie & Jenkins was a small British publishing house that was formed in 1964 from the merger of the companies Herbert Jenkins (founded by English writer Herbert George Jenkins) and Barrie & Rockliff (whose managing director was Leopold Ullstein and whose editorial staff included John Bunting and J... |
Niolamia
Niolamia is an extinct genus of South American meiolaniid turtle. Arthur Smith Woodward sunk it into "Meiolania", but this was not accepted by later authors. The genus is known from the Sarmiento Formation in Argentina. |
Courthouse Place
Courthouse Place, also known as the Cook County Criminal Court Building, is a Richardsonian Romanesque-style building at 54 West Hubbard Street in the Near North Side of Chicago. Designed by architect Otto H. Matz and completed in 1893, it replaced and reused material from the earlier 1874 criminal cou... |
George Lynn (composer)
George Lynn (1915 – March 16, 1989) was an American composer, conductor, pianist, organist, singer, and music educator. A longtime member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, his compositional output encompasses more than 200 orchestral and choral pieces; many of which ha... |
West Shore (magazine)
The West Shore was a literary magazine published in Portland, Oregon from 1875 to 1891. It was founded by Leopold Samuel to promote a positive image of the Pacific Northwest and to encourage economic growth in the region. The magazine was known for publishing excellent articles by well-known autho... |
Amelia Lópes O'Neill
Amelia Lópes O'Neill is a 1991 Chilean drama film directed by Valeria Sarmiento. It was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. |
Lines of Wellington
Lines of Wellington (Portuguese: "Linhas de Wellington" ) is a 2012 Franco-Portuguese epic war film and television series prepared by Chilean director Raúl Ruiz and completed by his widow Valeria Sarmiento. Its title refers to the historical Lines of Torres Vedras. |
Leopold Lummerstorfer
Leopold Lummerstorfer (born 1968 in Gramastetten, Austria) is an Austrian film director, author and producer. He resides in Vienna and near Kapuvár. |
Zelkova × verschaffeltii
Zelkova" × "verschaffeltii (cut-leaf zelkova) is a zelkova cultivar of hybrid origin. It was originally described in 1892 by Leopold Dippel from a cultivated plant as "Zelkova japonica" var. "verschaffeltii", suggesting an eastern Asian origin. In 1896, George Nicholson raised it to species ran... |
21st Amendment Brewery
21st Amendment Brewery is a brewery and restaurant located in the South Park neighborhood of San Francisco, California, two blocks from AT&T Park. They also have a brewery and tap room in San Leandro, California. The brewery's name refers to the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which ende... |
Market Garden Brewery
Market Garden Brewery is a brewery located in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The brewery, which began as a brewpub in 2011 adjacent to the West Side Market, expanded with the opening of a 35,000 square foot production brewhouse in the Spring of 2016. Market Garden's sister location... |
Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
Ditmas Park is a neighborhood in western Flatbush in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, east of Kensington, and is one of three Flatbush neighborhoods which have been officially designated Historic Districts. Located on land formerly owned by the Ditmas family that remained rural until the ear... |
Boca do Lixo
Boca do Lixo (] , "Garbage Mouth") is the popular name given to Santa Efigênia area between the streets Rua do Triunfo and Rua Vitória, in Luz neighborhood located in downtown of São Paulo. Boca was usually characterized by its night clubs and sexual services establishments. The area was also home to a flo... |
Yakel House and Union Brewery
The Yakel House and Union Brewery are a historic house and brewery complex located at 1421-1431 Pearl St. in Alton, Illinois. Philip Yakel, a German immigrant, built the brewery soon after coming to America in 1836. The brewery was the first in Alton and one of the city's earliest successf... |
Metropolitan Brewing
Metropolitan Brewing is a brewery located in Chicago, Illinois that was founded in 2008 by (former) husband and wife team Doug Hurst and Tracy Hurst. The brewery is located in a converted warehouse in a historically industrial area of the Ravenswood neighborhood in Chicago. Metropolitan focuses on ... |
Fremont Brewing
Fremont Brewery is a brewery located in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. The brewery is family-owned and creates small-batch artisan beers. Their beers have quickly become some of the best selling in the area. Originally consisting of only a few tables in the brewer... |
Schnell Brewery
Schnell Brewery (1864–1872), owned by George Schnell, was located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood on 20th Street between M and N Streets, Northwest. It was purchased by Christian Heurich and Paul Rutter in 1872 and served as the first location of the Christian Heurich Brewing Company. The Schnell brew... |
Bavarian Brewing Company
Bavarian Brewing Company was a brewery established in Covington, Kentucky, in 1866 by Julius Deglow, but became known as the Bavarian Brewery in the 1870s. The brewery was originally located on Pike Street and the business expanded to include the 12th street property by 1877. The company also o... |
William Ulmer Brewery
The William Ulmer Brewery was a brewery founded by William Ulmer (1833–1907) at 31 Belvidere Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. The main brew house dates from 1872 with major additions through 1890. |
John Burgess (priest)
Burgess was educated at Surbiton County Grammar School and the University of London. After six years working for Shell he went to the London School of Theology. He served curacies at St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey and St Mary, Southampton. He was Vicar of Coppenhall from 1962 to 1967; and then of Ke... |
List of buildings by William Burges
William Burges (1827-1881) was an English architect, born in London. He trained under Edward Blore and Matthew Digby Wyatt. His works include churches, a cathedral, a warehouse, a university, a school, houses and castles. Burges's most notable works are Cardiff Castle, constructed be... |
Theodore Wores
Theodore Wores (August 1, 1859–September 11, 1939) was an American painter born in San Francisco, son of Joseph Wores and Gertrude Liebke. His father worked as a hat manufacturer in San Francisco. Wores began his art training at age twelve in the studio of Joseph Harrington, who taught him color, composi... |
Tessa Ogden
Tessa (Esther) Ogden (born 1962) is CEO of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Originally from Birmingham, she gained her doctorate in 1988 from City University Business School. She spent six years working for European Commission in Luxembourg between 1989 and 1994. In 2014 she returned as CE... |
Alex Stuart (footballer)
Alexander Stuart (born 8 August 1940) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left-back. Beginning his career in 1958 with Dundee, Stuart went on to spend ten years at Dens Park, winning the Scottish Football League in 1961-62 and gaining a Scottish Cup runners-up medal two years later.... |
Tobacco brides
In 1619, 90 young single women from England went to Jamestown to become wives of the men there, with the women being auctioned off for 150 pounds of tobacco each (to be paid to the shipping company), as that was the cost of each woman's travel to America. All 90 of them did indeed become wives. The young... |
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You is a 2014 debut novel by Celeste Ng. It topped Amazon's Best Books of the Year list for 2014. The novel is about a mixed-race Chinese-American family whose middle daughter Lydia is found drowned in a lake. Ng spent six years writing the novel, going through four d... |
John Burges
John Burges (Burgess) (1563–1635) was an English clergyman and physician. He held nuanced reformist views on the vexed questions of the time, on clerical dress and church ceremonies. His preaching offended James I of England, early in his reign, and Burges went abroad for medical training. He spent many yea... |
Graham Twelftree
Graham H. Twelftree (born 8 July 1950) is an Australian-born biblical scholar who currently serves as the Academic Dean at London School of Theology in London, UK. Upon earning his master's degree from Oxford University, Twelftree went on to study under world-renowned New Testament scholar James D. G. ... |
Rick Rypien
Richard Joseph "Rick" Rypien (May 16, 1984 – August 15, 2011) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who spent parts of six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks. After a major junior career of four years with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League, he was sign... |
Too Close for Comfort Site
The Too Close for Comfort Site is an archaeological site located in Havre, Montana, United States. The area was used as a buffalo jump. The site, also known as Wahkpa Chu'gn has yielded artifacts from three Native American groups. |
Glenrock Buffalo Jump
The Glenrock Buffalo Jump is a 40 ft high bluff in Converse County, Wyoming that was used by Native Americans as a buffalo jump. Bison were driven over the edge of the escarpment and were killed or injured by the fall, allowing the hunters to collect large quantities of meat at little hazard to th... |
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a buffalo jump located where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the prairie 18 km northwest of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada on highway 785. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of a museum of Blackfoot culture. Joe Crowshoe Sr. {'... |
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park is a Montana state park in Gallatin County, Montana in the United States. The park is 638 acre and sits at an elevation of 4554 ft . The park is named for a canyon cliff used by Native Americans as a buffalo jump, where herds of bison were stampeded over t... |
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