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Eddie Lau Eddie Lau Pui-Kei (born February 24, 1951) is a fashion designer in Hong Kong. Lau has worked in the fashion industry since 1962 until his retirement in 1999, but he has never left his profession up to now. He was at the peak of his career in the 1980s, when he designed haute couture and stage costumes for th...
Ip Man 2 Ip Man 2 (also known as Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster) is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. A sequel to the 2008 film "Ip Man", "Ip Man 2" was directed by Wilson Yip and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leadi...
Warriors Two Warriors Two () is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also co-stars in the film. The film stars Bryan Leung, Casanova Wong and Fung Hak-on. Leung plays the character of the historical figure, Leung Jan (or Leung Tsan), a well-known early practitioner of the Wing Chun...
Ip Chun Ip Chun (born 10 July 1924), also known as Yip Chun or Yip Jun, is a Chinese martial artist specialising in Wing Chun. He is the eldest of two sons. Ip’s father Yip Man was the Wing Chun teacher of late movie star Bruce Lee.
William Cheung William Cheung or Cheung Cheuk Hing (張卓慶, pinyin: "Zhāng Zhuóqìng"), born October, 1940, is a Chinese Wing Chun kung fu practitioner and currently the Grandmaster of his lineage of Wing Chun, entitled Traditional Wing Chun (TWC). He also heads the sanctioning body of TWC, the Global Traditional Wing Chun...
Wong Shun Leung Wong Shun Leung (; 8 May 1935 – 28 January 1997) was a Chinese martial artist from Hong Kong who studied Wing Chun kung fu under Ip Man (葉問) and was credited with training Bruce Lee. In interviews, Wong claimed to have won at least 60, and perhaps over 100, street fights against martial artists of vario...
Gary L. Howe Gary L. Howe is a photojournalist who has worked on assignment for the New York Times, Utne Reader and Traverse Magazine. He has contributed much of his personal work to documenting and promoting Fair Trade coffee with images from Chiapas, Mexico, Bolivia and, most recently, Rwanda.
Anna Lappé Anna Lappé is an author and educator, known for her work as an expert on food systems and as a sustainable food advocate. The co-author or author of three books and the contributing author to over ten others, Anna's work has been widely translated internationally and featured in "The New York Times", "Gourme...
Andi Zeisler Andi Zeisler (born c. 1972) is a co-founder and creative/editorial director of "Bitch Media", a nonprofit feminist media organization based in Portland, Oregon. Zeisler's writing, which focuses mainly on feminist interpretations of popular culture, has been featured in a variety of publications including "...
James Nolan (author) James Nolan is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and translator. A regular contributor to "Boulevard," his work has appeared in "New Orleans Noir" (Akashic Books), "Utne Reader", "The Washington Post", and Andrei Codrescu's "Exquisite Corpse" among other magazines, anthologies, and newspapers. He h...
The New York Enterprise Report The New York Enterprise Report or "' NY Report"' is a media company based in New York City, New York. The company is founded on the belief that all business owners should have access to the expertise that will help them grow their companies. The business caters to entrepreneurs and execut...
David Korten David C. Korten (born 1937) is an American author, former professor of the Harvard Business School, political activist, prominent critic of corporate globalization, and "by training and inclination a student of psychology and behavioral systems". His best-known publication is "When Corporations Rule the Wo...
Garance Franke-Ruta Garance Franke-Ruta is the Washington editor of Yahoo News and editor in chief of Yahoo Politics. Previously she was a national political reporter at and politics editor of The Atlantic Online, national web politics editor for the "Washington Post", and a blogger for its WhoRunsGov site, a senior ed...
Five Points: A Journal of Literature and Art Founded in 1996, Five Points: A Journal of Literature and Art is published three times a year by the Georgia State University, Department of English and co-edited by Megan Sexton and David Bottoms. Each issue features poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews. "Five Points" is...
Bruce Barcott Bruce Barcott is an American editor, environmental journalist and author. He is a contributing editor of "Outside" and has written articles for "The New York Times Magazine", "National Geographic", "Mother Jones", "Sports Illustrated", "Harper's Magazine", "Legal Affairs", "Utne Reader" and others. He has...
Gadfly Online Gadfly Magazine was a periodical that was created in February 1997 and launched as a full-size print publication in January 1998. The publisher is the Rutherford Institute. The magazine is based in Charlottesville, Virginia. At the Utne Reader's Eleventh Annual Alternative Press Awards, in 1999, it won fo...
Triclops! Triclops! was a San Francisco and Oakland-based Acid Punk/progressive rock band formed in 2005. They released two full-length albums, a 7" picture disc single, and an EP on noted independent record labels Gold Standard Laboratories, Alternative Tentacles, and Sick Room Records. Triclops! includes members of n...
The Skulls (American band) The Skulls were a Los Angeles punk band formed in 1976. After a short lifespan, vocalist Steven William "Billy Bones" Fortuna reformed the band from time to time with various differing members, however The Skulls were re-established full-time with James 'Hardslug' Harding in 2000 until 2006. ...
Two (The Calling album) Two (stylized as II) is the second and final studio album by American alternative rock band The Calling, released on June 8, 2004 (vocalist Alex Band's 23rd birthday) through RCA Records. The record only features original members Band and guitarist Aaron Kamin along with a variety of session mus...
Pentagram (band) Pentagram is an American heavy metal band from Alexandria, Virginia, most famous as one of the pioneers of heavy metal, and the subgenre of doom metal in particular. The band was prolific in the underground scene of the 1970s, producing many demos and rehearsal tapes, but did not release a full-length ...
With Vision With Vision is the second full-length album release by Place of Skulls. The album was released in 2003 on the Southern Lord Records label. The recording of this album was marked by numerous personnel changes before the final staff was assembled. This is the only Place of Skulls album to feature Scott Weinri...
Mddl Fngz Mddl Fngz, also known as Middle Fingaz, is a South-West Houston-based rap group formed before 2000 as side project by southern rapper Bun B when partner rapper Pimp C was incarcerated. The group has appeared on several mixtapes as well as UGK's album UGK (Underground Kingz), and Bun B's second album II Trill....
The Skulls (Canadian band) The Skulls were an early Vancouver punk rock band, whose members would later found two of the area's bands: D.O.A. and The Subhumans. They toured heavily and issued a demo, but never released any albums.
Best of Live (1996–2005) Best Of Live (1996–2005) is a live album released by Serbian heavy metal band Kraljevski Apartman reconsisting of the band's finest works and presenting an aspect of the band's live appearance. The band members wanted to celebrate the first decadce of the band's existence by recording a live pe...
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Lucy Gray (album) Lucy Gray is the debut full-length album from American post-hardcore band, Envy On The Coast. The album was released under Matt Galle's Photo Finish Records on August 7, 2007. The album's first single, "Sugar Skulls," is currently on the iTunes Music store. "Mirrors" has also been released as the seco...
Ardal O'Hanlon Ardal O'Hanlon ( ; born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian and actor. He played Father Dougal McGuire in "Father Ted", George Sunday/Thermoman in "My Hero", and DI Jack Mooney in "Death in Paradise".
Ben Keaton Ben Keaton (born 1956) is an Irish actor who appeared as Jeff Brannigan in ITV soap opera "Emmerdale". He appeared in BBC's "Casualty" playing the part of Spencer between 1999-2002. He guest starred as Father Austin Purcell in "Think Fast, Father Ted", an episode of the Channel 4's sitcom "Father Ted". He ha...
Dermot Morgan Dermot John Morgan (31 March 1952 – 28 February 1998) was an Irish comedian, actor and previously a schoolteacher, who achieved international renown for his role as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted".
Think Fast, Father Ted "Think Fast, Father Ted" is the second episode of the second series of the Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted". The title is a play on the novel "Think Fast, Mr. Moto" by John P. Marquand, and the film of the same title starring Peter Lorre.
"Good Luck, Father Ted" "Good Luck, Father Ted" is the first episode to be aired of the Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted".
List of Father Ted characters Father Ted is a sitcom produced by independent production company Hat Trick Productions for British broadcaster Channel 4, running for three series and a special from 21 April 1995 until 1 May 1998 over 25 episodes. The main characters comprised Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan) and his fe...
A Christmassy Ted "A Christmassy Ted" is an episode of the Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted". It is the 17th episode overall and was broadcast between the second and third series. This episode is 55 minutes long, as opposed to the usual 21-22 mins of all other "Father Ted" episodes. It was aired on Christmas Eve, seven mon...
Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse "Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse" is the sixth episode of the third series of the sitcom "Father Ted", and the 23rd episode overall. It originally aired on Channel 4 on 17 April 1998; its story continues from the previous episode, "Escape from Victory". In the episode, the main cha...
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Are You Right There Father Ted? "Are You Right There Father Ted?" is the first episode of the third series of the Channel 4 television sitcom "Father Ted", and the 18th episode overall. It is notable for being the first episode aired after the death of Dermot Morgan, who had died the day after filming for the final epi...
Insomnia (2002 film) Insomnia is a 2002 American psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank. It tells the story of two Los Angeles homicide detectives investigating a murder in an Alaskan town. A remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name, "...
Happy and Glorious (TV series) Happy and Glorious was a 1952 British television series which aired on the BBC. It starred Renée Asherson as Queen Victoria and Michael Aldridge as Prince Albert. The series aired live, and the transmissions were not recorded. The oldest surviving examples of British television drama come...
Interstellar (soundtrack) Interstellar: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2014 film "Interstellar" directed by Christopher Nolan. The film score is composed by Hans Zimmer who previously scored Nolan's "Batman" film trilogy and "Inception". The soundtrack garnered critical acclaim. Prior...
Christopher Nolan (author) Christopher Nolan (6 September 1965 – 20 February 2009) was an Irish poet and author, son of Joseph and Bernadette Nolan. He grew up in Mullingar, Ireland, but later moved to Dublin to attend college. He was educated at the Central Remedial Clinic School, Mount Temple Comprehensive School and...
Inception: Music from the Motion Picture Inception: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 2010 film of the same name directed by Christopher Nolan, released under Reprise Records on July 13, 2010. Hans Zimmer scored the film, marking his third collaboration with Nolan following "Batman Begins" and "The...
The Dark Knight Rises The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the final installment in Nolan's "Batman" film trilogy, and the sequel...
Memento (film) Memento is a 2000 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed and written by Christopher Nolan, and produced by Suzanne and Jennifer Todd. The film's script was based on a pitch by Jonathan Nolan, who later wrote the story "Memento Mori" from the concept. It stars Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss,...
The Prestige (film) The Prestige is a 2006 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay adapted by Nolan and his brother Jonathan from Christopher Priest's 1995 novel of the same name. Its story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the en...
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Hugh Jackman Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in a variety of film genres. He is known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the "X-Men" film series, as well as for his lead roles in films such as the ro...
Thom Hannum Thom P. Hannum is the associate director of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band. He was named interim director after the sudden death of bandleader George N. Parks while the Minuteman Band was on a trip to Michigan, and served in this position until May 9, 2011, when Timothy Todd Anderso...
J. Todd Anderson J. Todd Anderson is a storyboard artist who has worked primarily with the Coen brothers, but also with an array of other filmmakers. He also, along with film archivist and friend George Willeman and WYSO D.J. Niki Dakota, produces Filmically Perfect. He made his directorial debut in 1998 with the film ...
Los Espantos Los Espantos (Spanish for "The Terrors"), sometimes referred to as Los Hermanos Espanto ("The Terror Brothers"), was a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable. The original "Espantos" team consisted of Espanto I (José Eusebio Vázquez Bernal) and Espanto II (Fernando Cisneros Carrillo), but la...
John Anderson (footballer, born 1937) John Hugh Todd Anderson (born 11 January 1937) is a Scottish-born former footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City and represented the Australian national team five times in full international matches.
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Aarthi Agarwal Aarthi Agarwal (March 5, 1984 – June 6, 2015) was an Indian-American actress who primarily worked in Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood. She is the older sister of Aditi Agarwal, also an actress.
Heartland Poker Tour Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) is an internationally syndicated television program airing 52 weeks each year and a U.S.-based poker tour. Created by friends Greg Lang and Todd Anderson in 2005, HPT promotes the tagline "Real People, Unreal Money." Originally developed to be a regional TV show airing in...
Raju Sundaram Raju Sundaram (born Rajendra Sundaram) is a National Award-winning Indian choreographer who has primarily worked on Tamil and Telugu language films. He has also featured as an actor in the films "Jeans" (1998), "I Love You Da" (2002) and "Quick Gun Murugan" (2009); and directed one feature film, "Aegan" (...
Heartland (band) Heartland was an American country music band from Huntsville, Alabama. It originally consisted of Jason Albert (lead vocals), Craig Anderson (rhythm guitar), Todd Anderson (drums), Chuck Crawford (fiddle, background vocals), Mike Myerson (lead guitar), and Keith West (bass guitar, background vocals). S...
The Naked Man (film) The Naked Man is a 1998 comedy film, produced by Naked Man Productions, directed by J. Todd Anderson and co-written by Anderson and Ethan Coen.
EMLL 30th Anniversary Show (1) Mexican professional wrestling promotion celebrated their 30th anniversary with two professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in early to mid September. The first EMLL 30th Anniversary Show took place on September 6, 1963 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico to ...
EMLL 44th Anniversary Show (2) Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) celebrated their 44th anniversary with two professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in mid to late September. The second EMLL 44th Anniversary Show took place on September 30, 1977,...
EMLL 39th Anniversary Show (1) Mexican professional wrestling promotion celebrated their 39th anniversary with two professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in September and October.The first EMLL 39th Anniversary Show took place on September 29, 1972 in, Arena México Mexico City, Mexico to c...
CMLL 63rd Anniversary Show The CMLL 63rd Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 1996. Different sources identify different shows in September as the actual Anniversary Show, either on September 20 or September 27, or possibly both as CMLL has ...
CMLL 79th Anniversary Show The CMLL 79th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 14, 2012 in CMLL's home arena Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 79th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wres...
EMLL 15th Anniversary Show Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) commemorated their 15th anniversary with two "'EMLL 15th Anniversary Shows". The first Anniversary show was held on September 22, 1948 in Arena Coliseo in Mexico City, Mexico, EMLL's main venue. The second event t...
EMLL 44th Anniversary Show (1) Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) celebrated their 44th anniversary with two professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in mid to late September. The first EMLL 44th Anniversary Show took place on September 23, 1977, ...
CMLL 74th Anniversary Show The CMLL 74th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 28, 2007 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of six matches, with the main event being an "Infierno en el Ring" (Spa...
EMLL 30th Anniversary Show (2) Mexican professional wrestling promotion celebrated their 30th anniversary with two professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in early to mid September. The second EMLL 30th Anniversary Show took place on September 27, 1963 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico t...
EMLL 39th Anniversary Show (2) Mexican professional wrestling promotion celebrated their 39th anniversary with two professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in September and October.The second EMLL 39th Anniversary Show took place on October 20, 1972 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico to co...
Aureusvirus Aureusvirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Tombusviridae. Plants serve as natural hosts. There are currently four species in this genus including the type species Pothos latent virus.
Austrobaileyales Austrobaileyales is an order of flowering plants, consisting of about 100 species of woody plants growing as trees, shrubs and lianas. Perhaps the most familiar species is "Illicium verum", from which comes the spice star anise. The order belongs to the group of basal angiosperms, the ANA grade, which ...
Pothoideae Pothoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The subfamily consists of four genera namely, "Anthurium", "Pothos", "Pedicellarum", and "Pothoidium". It contains two tribes, Anthurieae and Pothoeae. The species in the subfamily are true aroids.
Psychotria Psychotria is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It contains around 1,850 species and is therefore one of the largest genera of flowering plants. The genus has a pantropical distribution and members of the genus are small understorey trees in tropical forests. Some species are endangered or...
Pothos (genus) Pothos is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. It is native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Cyrtandra (plant) Cyrtandra is a genus of flowering plants containing about 600 species, with more being discovered often, and is thus the largest genus in the family Gesneriaceae. These plants are native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, with the centre of diversity in Southeast Asia and the Males...
Chiranthodendron Chiranthodendron is a flowering genus in the family Malvaceae. It comprises a single species of tree, Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.
Tibouchina heteromalla Tibouchina heteromalla, known by the common name silverleafed princess flower in English is a species of evergreen flowering plant in the genus "Tibouchina" of the family Melastomataceae. It is native to Brazil.
Tibouchina Tibouchina Aubl. is a Neotropical flowering plant genus in Melastomataceae Juss. that contains approximately 240 species. Species of this genus are herbs, shrubs or trees and typically have purple flowers. They are native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America where they are found as far south as northe...
Zeltnera Zeltnera is a genus of flowering plants in the gentian family. It was erected in 2004 when the genus "Centaurium" (the centauries) was split. Genetic analysis revealed that "Centaurium" was polyphyletic, made up of plants that could be grouped into four clades. Each became a genus. "Centaurium" remained, but i...
Immanuel Lutheran School (Perryville, Missouri) Immanuel Lutheran School is located in Perryville, Missouri. It is a private school that serves 211 students in grades PK and K-8. Immanuel Lutheran School is coed and is affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
Immanuel Lutheran School, Mayville, Wisconsin Immanuel Lutheran School was founded in 1855 and is one of the oldest continually operating elementary schools in the state of Wisconsin.
Evergreen Lutheran High School Evergreen Lutheran High School (commonly shortened to "Evergreen") is a private secondary school owned and operated by the Pacific Northwest Lutheran High School Association. It is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS and ELS), and ...
Immanuel Lutheran Church Immanuel Church or Immanuel Lutheran Church, Immanuel Evangelical Church, or Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church may refer to:
Immanuel Lutheran Church (Hodgkins, Illinois) Immanuel Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, located in Hodgkins, Illinois. The congregation was organized on December 31, 1911. Immanuel is an LCMS member, located in the Northern Illinois District in Circuit 19. As of 2006, Immanuel re...
Trinity Lutheran School (Orlando, Florida) Trinity Lutheran School is a Lutheran school in Orlando, Florida caring for children from infancy through 8th grade. The school is a ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church and has served the community in Downtown Orlando since 1953. Trinity Lutheran School is a fully accredited s...
Christ Community Lutheran School Christ Community Lutheran School or "CCLS" is a private, Lutheran school serving approximately 620 students ages 6 weeks–8th grade in the St. Louis area. Four campuses comprise Christ Community Lutheran School in the Crestwood, Glendale, Kirkwood, and Webster Groves areas. CCLS was name...
Lincoln Lutheran Middle/High School Lincoln Lutheran is a private middle school and high school in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, operated by the Lincoln Lutheran School Association, which is composed of seven Lutheran congregations in the Lincoln area. It is accredited by the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE),...
Gutnius Lutheran Church The Gutnius Lutheran Church, formerly the Wabag Lutheran Church, is a Lutheran body existing in Papua New Guinea. "Gutnius" means "Good News" in Tok Pisin. It was established by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod in 1948, shortly after the Australian administration of the Territory of Papua and ...
Immanuel Lutheran Church (Valparaiso, Indiana) The congregation of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Valparaiso, Indiana was founded in 1862 by 45 German families. The church building was erected in 1891 by Henry Lemster and his son Charles. A fire gutted the building in 1975, marks of which can still be seen on the altar an...
Epigaea Epigaea is a genus comprising three species of flowering plants in the Ericaceae. The species are small creeping shrubs that are typically anywhere from 10 to tall at full growth, forming large patches. The leaves are evergreen, alternate and simple, ranging amongst the three species from 2 to long. The flowers...
Bactris Bactris is a genus of spiny palms which is native to the Mexico, South and Central America and the Caribbean. Most species are small trees about 2 m tall, but some are large trees while others are shrubs with subterranean stems. They have simple or pinnately compound leaves and yellow, orange, red or purple-bla...
Damien House Damien House is a non-profit organization that provides support for over 100 Hansen’s Disease patients, especially those at a hospital in Guayaquil Ecuador. Hansen's disease is a bacterial disease also known as leprosy, and is very similar to tuberculosis. The hospital in Guayaquil treats a roster of aroun...
CIA activities in Laos The CIA activities in Laos started in the 1950s. In 1959, U.S. Special Forces began to train some Laotian soldiers in unconventional warfare techniques as early as the fall of 1959 under the code name Erawan. Under this code name, General Vang Pao, who served the royal Lao family recruited and tr...
Sword Beach Sword, commonly known as Sword Beach, was the code name given to one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast during the initial assault phase, Operation Neptune, of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of German-occupied France that commenced on 6 June 1944. Stretching 8 km from Ouistreha...
Meals on Wheels Meals on Wheels is a program that delivers meals to individuals at home who are unable to purchase or prepare their own meals. The name is often used generically to refer to home-delivered meals programs, not all of which are actually named "Meals on Wheels". Because they are housebound, many of the rec...
Operation Dragoon Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the Allied invasion of Southern France on 15August 1944. The operation was initially planned to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the Allied landing in the Normandy, but the lack of available resources led to a cance...
Yad Ezra V'Shulamit Yad Ezra V’Shulamit is a charity organization located in Israel. Their mission is to feed poor and hungry families in Israel, with a special focus on providing daily hot meals for children. They currently give out 2500 food baskets a week to poor Israeli families, provide daily meals to children, ru...
SS Jubilee SS "Jubilee" was the second steamship on Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada, owned and operated by Captain Thomas Shorts. She was built by Shorts and carpenter John Hamilton in 1887 while they were waiting for a new boiler to come in for their first steamship, , which needed new machinery. When it ar...
Landing Barge, Kitchen The Landing Barge, Kitchen or LBK was a landing craft used to support amphibious landings in North Western Europe during and after the Normandy invasion in the Second World War. Its primary purpose was to provide hot meals to the crews of the many minor landing craft not fitted with galley facili...
Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests The Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests were a series of controlled-descent flight tests conducted by SpaceX between 2013 and 2016. Since 2017, the first stage is routinely landed if the rocket performance allows it. The program's objective was to reliably execute controlled re-entry, ...
Landing Craft Support The Landing Craft, Support (Large) — later reclassified Landing Ship Support, Large — class of amphibious warfare ships were used by the United States Navy in World War II in the Pacific. They were primarily used for close support before landing forces on beaches. They also performed radar picket ...
VFA-2 Strike Fighter Squadron 2 (VFA-2) also known as the "Bounty Hunters" is a United States Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. Their tail code is NE and their callsign is "Bullet". They are attached to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2), a composite unit made up ...
No. 1 Squadron RAAF No. 1 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron headquartered at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Controlled by No. 82 Wing, it is equipped with Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-role fighters. The squadron was formed under the Australian Flying Corps in 1916 and saw action in the Sina...