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Thomas Moss is the name of:
Thomas Moss (jurist) (1836–1881), Canadian jurist and politician
Thomas Moss (minister) (1740–1808), English poet and cleric
Tom Moss (1928/29–2004), staffer to Strom Thurmond, second African-American Senate staffer
Tom Moss (politician) (1928–2015), American politician
See also
Moss (surn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Moss |
was a Saxonia class ocean liner, built in 1955 by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland for Cunard Line, for their transatlantic passenger service between the UK and Canada. In 1963 she was rebuilt as a cruise ship and renamed RMS Franconia, after the famous pre-war liner RMS Franconia. She continued to sail for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS%20Ivernia |
Darío Andrés Siviski (born 20 December 1962 in Avellaneda) is a former Argentine football midfielder who played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Switzerland and Japan. He represented Argentina at the 1988 Olympic games and played for the full Argentina national team at Copa América 1987.
Siviski started his ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%ADo%20Siviski |
Sennaya Ploshchad (; named after Sennaya Square) is a station on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro.
History
The station opened on 1 July 1963. It is a deep underground pylon station. Its surface vestibule is situated near Sennaya Square, which gives its name to the station. The historic Savio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sennaya%20Ploshchad%20%28Saint%20Petersburg%20Metro%29 |
Sujatha (10 December 1952 – 6 April 2011) was an Indian actress who performed and starred in a variety of unique characters in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films- in addition to few in Kannada and Hindi languages as well. The actress was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions. After starri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujatha%20%28actress%29 |
Michael Jay Franklin is an American software entrepreneur and computer scientist specializing in distributed and streaming database technology. He is Liew Family Chair of Computer Science and chairman for the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago.
Franklin was the top cited scholar in the field o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20J.%20Franklin |
Ram Ruhee (October 12, 1927 – October 21, 2008) was a Mauritian former International Olympic Committee member and FIFA executive. Ruhee founded the Mauritius National Olympic Committee and remained it Secretary General until his death in 2008.
Early years
Ruhee, born in Port Louis and former teacher, founded the firs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram%20Ruhee |
F+A Architects is an architectural firm based in Pasadena, California. The firm was founded in 1973, and primarily works in the planning and design development of retail stores and shopping malls. Many of the firm's projects are designed and built in North America, but F+A has also worked on large international project... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%2BA%20Architects |
Francesco Paolo Bontade (1914 – February 25, 1974), also known as Don Paolino Bonta, was a legendary and powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. Some sources spell his surname Bontate. He hailed from Villagrazia, a rural village before it was absorbed into the city of Palermo in the 1960s. His father Stefano had been a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco%20Paolo%20Bontade |
Puerto Rican duo Wisin & Yandel has released ten studio albums, three live albums, four collaboration albums, four compilation albums, 35 singles and 48 music videos.
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Remix albums
Singles
As lead artists
Notes
As featured artists
Other charted, certified and promo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisin%20%26%20Yandel%20discography |
Maja e Vjelakut ( , Volujak) is a peak of the Prokletije range in Kosovo, reaching a top height of . Volujak creates part of the Rugova Canyon. This mountain can be seen from the city of Peja because it is only a few kilometers west of it.
References
Geography of Peja District
Mountains of Kosovo
Accursed Mountains
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja%20e%20Vjelakut |
Kilminster may refer to:
People
Dave Kilminster, a British guitarist who toured with Keith Emerson and Roger Waters
For Ian Fraser Kilmister, known as "Lemmy", an English musician and founder of heavy metal band Motorhead, see Lemmy Kilmister. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilminster |
Hendrick may refer to:
People
Hendrick (given name), alternative spelling of the Dutch given name Hendrik
Hendrick (surname)
King Hendrick (disambiguation), one of two Mohawk leaders who have often been conflated:
Hendrick Tejonihokarawa (1660–c.1735), one of the "Four Mohawk Kings"
Hendrick Theyanoguin (1692–175... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrick |
Re Sarflax Ltd [1979] Ch 592; [1979] 1 All E.R. 529 is a UK insolvency law case concerning voidable preferences and fraudulent trading, now in the Insolvency Act 1986. It concerns the definition of "intention to defraud", which is found in a number of legal provisions.
Facts
Sarflax Ltd was in liquidation. It incurre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%20Sarflax%20Ltd |
Frays River is a semi-canalised short river in England that branches off the River Colne at Uxbridge Moor and rejoins it at West Drayton. It is believed to be a mainly man-made anabranch north of the confluence with the River Pinn to feed watermills in the Parish of Hillingdon. The river is believed to be named after J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frays%20River |
Anatilde Jane "Tilde" de Paula Eby (née Anatilde Jane de Paula Díaz; 14 November 1972) is a Chilean-born Swedish journalist, author, television presenter and host of many of TV4s flagship programs. She has hosted many popular television shows such as the Nobel Prize, Polar Music Prize and live televised cancer fundrais... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde%20de%20Paula%20Eby |
Hendriks is a Dutch patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
A. L. Hendriks (1922–1992), Jamaican poet, writer, and broadcasting director
Arnoud Hendriks (born 1949), Dutch figure skater
Berend Hendriks (1918–1997), Dutch artist
Eileen Hendriks (1887–1978), British geologist
Geoff Hendriks (born 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendriks |
Franco Squillari was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Bohdan Ulihrach.
Jiří Novák won in the final 6–4, 7–5 against Antony Dupuis.
Seeds
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
Thomas Enqvist (second round)
Franco Squillari (quarterfinals)
Wayne Ferreira (first round)
Thomas Johansson (seco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20BMW%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Singles |
Demaine is a hamlet in the southwest Coteau Hills region of Saskatchewan, Canada.
History
Demaine was named after Frank Demaine who settled in the region in the early 1900s with several other families.
Geography
Demaine is in the Rural Municipality of Victory No. 226.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demaine%2C%20Saskatchewan |
Brigadier General Trần Văn Hai (1927-1975) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was born in Cần Thơ.
Military service
In 1951, Hai graduated from the Dalat Military Academy, Class 7.
In May 1968, he was commanding the Ranger Branch Command, directly supervising the Ranger operations to clear Viet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n%20V%C4%83n%20Hai |
Bontade is a surname. People with this surname include:
Francesco Paolo Bontade (1914–1974), member of the Sicilian Mafia
Giovanni Bontade (1946–1988), member of the Sicilian Mafia
Margherita Bontade (1900–1992), Italian politician
Stefano Bontade (1939–1981), member of the Sicilian Mafia
Surnames of Italian orig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bontade |
The UK Space Conference is an biennial conference devoted to space, held in the United Kingdom. The conference hosts the annual Sir Arthur Clarke Award prizegiving dinner in its conference years.
History
The UK Space Conference evolved out of the British Rocket Oral History Programme (BROHP) annual conference which ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%20Space%20Conference |
The Estonia national under-17 football team represents Estonia in association football at the under-17 youth level, and is controlled by the Estonian Football Association.
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.
Match dates: 26 Octobe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia%20national%20under-17%20football%20team |
The men's K-4 1000 metres event was a fours kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
Medalists
Results
Heats
16 crews entered in two heats. The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final while the remaining teams competed in the repechages.
Semifinals
The top t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoeing%20at%20the%201996%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20K-4%201000%20metres |
Jo Russell is an English radio presenter currently working for Greatest Hits Radio.
Biography
Russell worked for an insurance company and Coca-Cola among other roles before beginning her broadcasting career at York Hospital Radio. She later moved on to hosting weekend shows at Stray FM in Harrogate and a full-time pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%20Russell |
Gry Charlotta Forssell (born February 16, 1973) is a Swedish television host on TV4 and TV3 and radio talk-show host. She is the daughter of singer Tomas Forssell and niece to actor Johannes Brost.
Early life and career
Forssell grew up in Luleå and studied at the Child and youth education in high school. After gradua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gry%20Forssell |
Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s is a compilation of jokes and stories recorded to wax cylinders during the 1890s. At the time the recordings were made, they were considered indecent, and nearly all similar recordings from this era have been destroyed, often by law. The compilation was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actionable%20Offenses%3A%20Indecent%20Phonograph%20Recordings%20from%20the%201890s |
Henig may refer to:
People
Martin Henig, British archaeologist
Michael Henig (born 1985), American football quarterback
Robin Marantz Henig, American science writer
Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig (born 1943), British historian and politician
Sheila Henig (1934–1979), Canadian pianist and soprano
Stanley Henig (born 1939),... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henig |
The Kites Flying in the Sky (, or as 하늘을 나는 연들) is a 2008 North Korean film. Directed by Phyo Kwang and Kim Hyon-chol, the film is based on the true story of a former marathon champion who devotes her life to caring for orphans.
The film was unusual in that no reshoots were required prior to approval for release.
The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kites%20Flying%20in%20the%20Sky |
John Potter is an English tenor and academic.
Early life and education
John Potter's musical education began as a chorister in the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, after which he became a scholar at The King's School, Canterbury and exhibitioner at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. His coaches included lieder... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Potter%20%28musician%29 |
Oregon Ballot Measure 64 (IRR 25) was an initiated state statute ballot measure on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon.
This measure would have prohibited money collected with the use of public resources from being used for political purposes, except elections, official voter pamphlets and most lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Oregon%20Ballot%20Measure%2064 |
A streetcorner or street corner is the location which lies adjacent to an intersection of two roads. Such locations are important in terms of local planning and commerce, usually being the locations of street signs and lamp posts, as well as being a prime spot to locate a business due to visibility and accessibility fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcorner |
Eva Olga Sofia Wistam, during a time Eriksson, née Eklöf (born 15 May 1966, Lidingö, Stockholm County, Sweden) is a Swedish television host on TV4 and TV3 and radio talk-show host. She has also worked as a stylist for stars such as Carola, Jerry Williams and Tommy Nilsson. In 2008, she was also a judge on the talent sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia%20Wistam |
TV2000 is an Italy-based broadcasting network that carries Roman Catholic-themed programming, available on digital terrestrial television in Italy and owned by the Italian Episcopal Conference, the conference of the Catholic bishops of Italy.
Launched as Sat 2000 in 1998 and so renamed in 2009, it is broadcast in Ital... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV2000 |
Reicher may refer to:
People
Emanuel Reicher (1849–1924), German actor
Emanoil-George Reicher (1930–2019), Romanian chess player
Frank Reicher (1875–1965), German actor, director and producer
Hedwiga Reicher (1884–1971), German actress
Louis Joseph Reicher (1890–1984), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aust... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reicher |
Henriksen is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning son of Henrik.
Notable people
Arve Henriksen (born 1968), Norwegian trumpet player
Bjarne Henriksen (born 1959), Danish actor
Bjarne Henry Henriksen (1904–1995), Norwegian politician
Bruce Henricksen (born 1941) American author and academic
Bo Henriksen (born 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriksen |
Mark David Wallace (born December 31, 1967) is an American businessman, former diplomat and lawyer who has served in a variety of government, political and private sector posts. He served in several positions during the administration of President George W. Bush, including as the United States Ambassador to the United ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Wallace |
Re a Company (No 001418 of 1988) [1990] BCC 526 is a UK insolvency law case, on the offence of fraudulent trading under s.213 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
Facts
The company had exceeded its overdraft limit and fallen behind in payments for PAYE, National Insurance contributions, VAT and debts to creditors (totalling a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%20a%20Company%20%28No%20001418%20of%201988%29 |
Tony Currie (born 1951) is a Scottish broadcaster who worked as a continuity announcer for BBC Scotland.
Career
He began working at KPFK Radio in Los Angeles in 1972 before joining Scotland's first independent local radio station, Radio Clyde as its first voice on the air. In April 1976, he joined Scottish Television... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Currie%20%28broadcaster%29 |
Oregon Ballot Measure 58 was an initiated state statute ballot measure sponsored by Bill Sizemore that appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon. It was rejected by voters.
The initiative would have required "English immersion" in Oregon's public schools. "English immersion" wasn't defined in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Oregon%20Ballot%20Measure%2058 |
Gentleman of the Horse was a position in the stables department of the British Royal Court, subordinate only to the Master of the Horse. It existed from 1693 until abolished in 1782, and carried a salary of £256.
The post was revived in 1828, with a salary of £500. The title of the post was subsequently changed to C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman%20of%20the%20Horse |
Elections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government. Had Olmert remained in office or had Livni formed a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Israeli%20legislative%20election |
Melaleuca halmaturorum, commonly known as South Australian swamp paperbark, kangaroo honey-myrtle or salt paper-bark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It is often a tree with an unusual, crooked form, sometimes looking like an enlarged example ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca%20halmaturorum |
Another Perfect Day may refer to:
Another Perfect Day, 1983 album by Motörhead
"Another Perfect Day" (song), the single from American Hi-Fi's self-titled debut album
"Another Perfect Day", a single from the country music duo Blake & Brian
"Another Perfect Day", a single from the Boom Boom Satellites album Embrace,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another%20Perfect%20Day%20%28disambiguation%29 |
GNU lightning is a free-software library for generating assembly language code at run-time. Version 2.1.3, released in September 2019, supports backends for SPARC (32-bit), x86 (32- and 64-bit), MIPS, ARM (32- and 64-bit), ia64, HPPA, PowerPC (32-bit), Alpha, S390 and RISC-V (64-bit).
Advantages over other libraries
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU%20lightning |
Stefan Chwin (born 11 April 1949 in Gdańsk) is a Polish novelist, literary critic, and historian of literature whose life and literary work is closely linked to his hometown. He holds a post of Literature Professor at the University of Gdansk, his professional interests are focused on romanticism.
The best-known novel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan%20Chwin |
A strike by about 27,000 machinists at Boeing over outsourcing, job security, pay, and benefits began September 7, 2008.
The union, International Association of Machinists, and Boeing appeared unwilling to compromise to settle the strike. The company had 3,700 jets on back order, which union members hoped would put pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Boeing%20machinists%20strike |
Crossroads Caring Scotland is a national charity which exists to support carers in Scotland, through the provision of respite care and other forms of practical support. The organisation was established in 1978 and began providing services during the following year.
Care staff provide relief for the carer by taking ov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads%20Caring%20Scotland |
Andrew Mitchell (1879 – after 1899) was a Scottish footballer. An outside left, he first played for Albion Rovers before transferring to Woolwich Arsenal in 1898. He made his debut against Luton Town on 3 September 1898 and scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win. He played ten league games in 1898–99, but soon fell out o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Mitchell%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201879%29 |
Streamline is the fourth studio album by drummer Lenny White, released in 1978 by Elektra Records. The album reached No. 27 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
Critical reception
Alex Henderson at AllMusic gave Streamline three stars out of five, saying that it "isn't a five-star gem, but it isn't bad either" and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamline%20%28Lenny%20White%20album%29 |
The France national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the annual UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. They were the 2010 champions of the competition having won on home soil. The under-19 team also c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%20national%20under-19%20football%20team |
The Goff Creek Lodge is a dude ranch in Shoshone National Forest on the east entrance road to Yellowstone National Park. The ranch was probably established c. 1910 by Tex Kennedy. Built in typical dude ranch style with a rustic log lodge surrounded by cabins, its period of significance extends from 1929 to 1950.
Refer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goff%20Creek%20Lodge |
Oregon Ballot Measure 59 was an initiated state statute ballot measure sponsored by Bill Sizemore that appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon, United States. If it had passed, Oregon would have join Alabama, Iowa, and Louisiana as the only states to allow federal income taxes to be fully ded... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Oregon%20Ballot%20Measure%2059 |
The Turkey national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year. The Under-19 UEFA tournament originally began as the FIFA Junior Tournament between 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey%20national%20under-19%20football%20team |
Brigadier General Lê Nguyên Vỹ (22 August 1933, Sơn Tây, Tonkin, French Indochina—30 April 1975, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
Education
In 1951, he graduated from the officers candidate course in the Regional Military School, Military Region II at Phu Bai near Hu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA%20Nguy%C3%AAn%20V%E1%BB%B9 |
Revenge of the Stolen Stars is a 1985 American comedy fantasy film directed by Ulli Lommel and starring Klaus Kinski, Suzanna Love, Barry Hickey and Ulli Lommel.
Plot
A young man named Gene McBride inherits a large plantation and a mine of rubies on an island south of the China Sea. Gene moves there with his beloved ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge%20of%20the%20Stolen%20Stars |
The Spain national under-19 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. It is the most successful U-19 national team in Europe with eight continental titles.
Competitive record
UEFA Europea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain%20national%20under-19%20football%20team |
Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta (28 October 1878 – 17 March 1953) was a Spanish composer, violinist and pedagogue.
Career
Del Campo was born in Madrid and became professor at the Real Conservatorio de Música in Madrid in 1915, where he was an especially influential teacher. Among his pupils were Salvador Bacarisse, Juliá... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrado%20del%20Campo |
De Toppers (), also known internationally as the Toppers, is a Dutch supergroup, consisting of René Froger, Gerard Joling, Jeroen van der Boom and Jan Smit. Gordon Heuckeroth, one of the founding members, left the group in 2011. The group has performed a series of concerts every year since 2005 in the Johan Cruyff Aren... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Toppers |
Belazariškiai is a village in the Ukmergė district municipality, Lithuania, on the River Neris. According to the 2011 census, its population was 50.
Belazariškiai used to belong to the landed estate of the Polish noble family of Tekla Przecławska.
References
Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajó... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belazari%C5%A1kiai |
Villa DeSales, built in 1877–1878, is a large five-by-three bay, three-story frame High Victorian Gothic dwelling with a two-story south service wing, located at Aquasco, Prince George's County, Maryland. The historic home is significant for its architectural character which includes a complex of six 19th century outbu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa%20DeSales%20%28Aquasco%2C%20Maryland%29 |
Misztal is a Polish surname, and it may refer to:
Franciszek Misztal (1901, in Lisie Jamy 1981), a Polish aeronautical engineer
(born 1936, in ), Polish priest and professor
(born 1946), Polish sociologist, professor of the Warsaw University
(1950, in Męciszów 2006), Polish professor of pharmaceutical science... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misztal |
Oregon Ballot Measure 60 was an initiated state statute ballot measure filed by Bill Sizemore and R. Russell Walker. Sizemore referred to it the "Kids First Act." The measure appeared on the November 4, 2008 general election ballot in Oregon.
The goal of the initiative was to create a new Oregon state statute mandati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Oregon%20Ballot%20Measure%2060 |
Street Corner is a 1929 black-and-white short film directed by Russell Birdwell and starring Josef Swickard and Henry B. Walthall.
External links
Street Corner (1929) at IMDB
1929 films
American black-and-white films
1929 short films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street%20Corner%20%281929%20film%29 |
Allen Francis Veigel (January 30, 1917 – April 8, 2012) was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher, born in Dover, Ohio, who played for the Boston Bees during the 1939 season. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed.
In a one-season career, Veigel posted a 0–1 record with a 6.75 ERA in two appearances, givin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Veigel |
C.O.R.E. is a first-person shooter video game by Polish developer NoWay Studio that was released in Europe on March 27, 2009 and in North America on August 11, 2009.
Story
The story begins in the year 2028, when a massive meteor impacts California's Mojave Desert. Over the next two decades, an underground research fac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.O.R.E.%20%28video%20game%29 |
Blue Demon Jr. (born July 19, 1966) is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is the adopted son of the original Blue Demon and is the first Mexican and second masked wrestler to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship thus making him a one-time world champion. His real name is unknown to the public, as is often the ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Demon%20Jr. |
Re Continental Assurance Co of London plc [2007] 2 BCLC 287 (also, Singer v. Beckett) is a UK insolvency law case on wrongful trading under section 214 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
Facts
Continental Assurance plc had gone into insolvent liquidation. The liquidators submitted that the directors were guilty of wrongful t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%20Continental%20Assurance%20Co%20of%20London%20plc |
Major General Phạm Văn Phú (16 October 1928–– 30 April 1975) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
Military service
Vietnamese National Army
Phú began his military career as an interpreter for the French Army. He was then selected to attend the Dalat Military Academy, graduating in July 1953. He was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%E1%BA%A1m%20V%C4%83n%20Ph%C3%BA |
Commando Leopard () is a 1985 Euro War film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins, Klaus Kinski, and Manfred Lehmann.
Plot
In an unnamed Latin American dictatorship, a group of rebel freedom fighters fight to bring about a less oppressive society. The rebels, led by the enigmatic Enrique Carrasco (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando%20Leopard |
Classics Collection was a Capitol Nashville compilation series, one issue of which contains a selection of Glen Campbell's hits from the sixties and seventies.
Track listing
"Galveston" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:40
"Gentle On My Mind" (John Hartford) - 2:58
"Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:06
"Dreams of the Everyday Hou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classics%20Collection%20%28Glen%20Campbell%20album%29 |
E·K·G is the fourth studio album by singer Edyta Górniak. It was released in Poland only.
Background
It was her first album after her separation from EMI Music, also marking Edyta Górniak's debut as a songwriter. She wrote the lyrics for the songs "Cygańskie serce", "Błękit myśli", and the adaptation to Polish of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EKG%20%28album%29 |
The BTEC First Diploma is a vocational qualification taken in England and Wales and Northern Ireland by young people aged 14 and over and by adults. The qualification is organised and awarded by the Edexcel Foundation within the BTEC brand.
Qualification Overview
The BTEC First Diploma is a vocational qualification at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTEC%20First%20Diploma |
Robert Christgau (born 1942) is an American essayist and music critic.
Christgau may also refer to:
People
John Christgau (1934–2018), American author and basketball coach
Victor Christgau (1894–1991), American politician from Minnesota
Books
Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies, a music referen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christgau%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Daniel Patrick Schock (December 30, 1948 — June 15, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 20 regular season games and one playoff game in the National Hockey League. He played with the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the Stanley Cup in 1970 with the Boston Bruins while playing one... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Schock |
The Knight of the Dragon (), Star Knight, is a 1985 Spanish adventure film directed by Fernando Colomo. It stars Miguel Bosé alongside Klaus Kinski, Harvey Keitel and Fernando Rey.
Plot
A knight sets out to rescue a princess from a dragon, but the dragon turns out to really be an alien spacecraft.
Cast
Production
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Knight%20of%20the%20Dragon |
Prudence Millinery designs and makes couture hats for major designers all over the world.
A brief history
Prudence was born in New-York, USA. A graduate of New York's Fashion Institute of Technology and a former assistant buyer for the Associated Merchandising Corporation, she left New York and moved to London in 1986... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudence%20Millinery |
The Leslie Salt Company was a salt-producing company located in the San Francisco Bay Area, at the current locations of Newark, Hayward and other parts of the bay.
Background
Leslie Salt Co was founded in established in 1936 after the consolidation of California Salt Co. and the Continental Salt & Chemical Co. The co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Salt |
Bevy may refer to:
A large group or collection of something
Collonges-lès-Bévy, a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France
Bévy, a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France
Scots for an alcoholic beverage
A group of otters
A flock of quail
See also
Bevier (disambiguation)
es:Bevy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevy |
The men's C-1 500 metres event was an open-style, individual canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics program.
Medallists
Results
Heats
17 competitors were entered. The top two finishers in each heat moved on to the final with the others were relegated to the semifinals.
Semifina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoeing%20at%20the%201996%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20C-1%20500%20metres |
Earl George Lawrence (1946–2003), also known as George Faith, Earl George and George Earl, was a Jamaican reggae singer best known for his work in the 1970s with producers such as Lee "Scratch" Perry and Bunny Lee.
Biography
Born in Rae Town, Lawrence was the son of a barber and a factory cook. His singing talent was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Faith |
Alice Adams (born November 16, 1930) is an American artist known for her sculpture and site-specific land art in the 1970s and for her major public art projects in transit systems, airports, university campuses and other urban sites throughout the United States since 1986. Her earlier work in tapestry and woven forms... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Adams%20%28artist%29 |
Martin Raymond Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby (31 May 1926 – 14 October 2008) was a British peer and businessman.
Early life
Ingleby was the only son of Osbert Peake, created Viscount Ingleby in 1956, and his wife Lady Joan Capell. He succeeded to the viscountcy on his father's death in 1966.
He was rendered a parapleg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Peake%2C%202nd%20Viscount%20Ingleby |
Danube Wings, trading as VIP Wings, a.s., was a Slovakia-based airline that ceased operations in 2013. Danube Wings had operated regional scheduled services on domestic and international routes using ATR 72 aircraft. Its home base was M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava. VIP Wings, a privately owned Slovak company, wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube%20Wings |
Faith Tabernacle is an evangelical megachurch and the headquarters church of Living Faith Church Worldwide. It is at Canaanland, Ota, Lagos, Nigeria, current neo-charismatic movement. The senior pastor of this community is David Oyedepo since its founding in 1983. In 2023, the attendance is 100,000+ people.
Background... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith%20Tabernacle |
RNLB H F Bailey (ON 670) was the first Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat powered by a motor, that served from Cromer Lifeboat Station.
Description
The lifeboat was built in 1923 by J. Samuel White at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The lifeboat was powered by an 80 bhp Weyburn DE6 engine and was a Norfol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNLB%20H%20F%20Bailey%20%28ON%20670%29 |
Denham Town is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western Kingston, Jamaica. It has a reputation as one of Kingston's more violent areas. It was named in memory of Edward Brandis Denham, Governor of Jamaica 1935–1938.
Amenities
There is a police station, and three schools: Denham Town Primary, St. Alban's P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denham%20Town |
Hixon is an unincorporated community 2.48 square kilometres in size at the northern edge of the Cariboo region of the Central Interior region of British Columbia, Canada. It is part of Electoral Area E in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George. It is located on the east (left) bank of the Fraser River, and is abou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hixon%2C%20British%20Columbia |
Craignish Castle is located on the Craignish peninsula in Argyll, western Scotland and is a category B listed building. The present castle includes a 16th-century tower house, the seat of the Campbell family of Craignish and Jura (was it the original seat?). In the 19th century it was sold to the Trench-Gascoigne famil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craignish%20Castle |
The Central Troy Historic District is an irregularly shaped, area of downtown Troy, New York, United States. It has been described as "one of the most perfectly preserved 19th-century downtowns in the [country]" with nearly 700 properties in a variety of architectural styles from the early 19th to mid-20th centuries. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Troy%20Historic%20District |
Reid vapor pressure (RVP) is a common measure of the volatility of gasoline and other petroleum products. It is defined as the
absolute vapor pressure exerted by the vapor of the liquid and any dissolved gases/moisture at 37.8 °C (100 °F) as determined by the test method ASTM-D-323, which was first developed in 1930 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid%20vapor%20pressure |
The Chernobyl Forum is the name of a group of UN agencies, founded on 3–5 February 2003 at the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Headquarters in Vienna, to scientifically assess the health effects and environmental consequences of the Chernobyl accident and to issue factual, authoritative reports on its environ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl%20Forum |
The 13th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 13 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, Central America, the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean.
At this latitude the sun is visible for 12 hours, 53 minutes during the summer solstice and 11 h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th%20parallel%20north |
The Northern Cook Islands is one of the two chains of atolls which make up the Cook Islands. Lying in a horizontal band between 9° and 13°30' south of the Equator, the chain consists of the atolls of Manihiki, Nassau, Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Rakahanga and Suwarrow, along with the submerged Tema Reef.
Geography
The chain fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Cook%20Islands |
The Wiesbaden manifesto is a document written and signed by members of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) organization rejecting the plundering and removal of cultural items as spoils of war. The Allies created special commissions, such as the MFAA, to help protect famous European monuments from destruction, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiesbaden%20manifesto |
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is the regulatory body for the finance sector in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It supervises and regulates over 2,000 licensees from within the banking, fiduciary, investment and insurance sectors in accordance with standards set by international bodies such as the Basel Committe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey%20Financial%20Services%20Commission |
The Neblina uakari (Cacajao hosomi) or black-headed uakari, is a newly described species of monkey from the far northwest Brazilian Amazon and adjacent southern Venezuela. It was found by Jean-Phillipe Boubli of the University of Auckland and described together with the more easterly distributed Aracá uakari in 2008. U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neblina%20uakari |
Timestalkers is a 1987 American made-for-television science fiction film directed by Michael Schultz and starring William Devane.
The film is based on Ray Brown's story The Tintype.
Plot
In 1986, Dr. Scott McKenzie (William Devane) is a college professor and ardent fan of the gunslinger culture of the Old West. A year... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timestalkers |
The Superior Labor Court (, TST), is the highest Brazilian appellate court for labor law issues. Its headquarters are located in Brasilia, near the American Embassy.
It is one of the five high courts in Brazil, the highest instance in the Brazilian federalized labor courts system, which includes the Regional Labor Cou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior%20Labor%20Court |
Gastrotypographicalassemblage (compound word: Gastro | typographical | assemblage) is a work of art designed by Lou Dorfsman to decorate the cafeteria in Eero Saarinen's CBS Building on 52nd Street and Sixth Avenue, New York City, New York.
As the senior vice president and creative director for marketing communicatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrotypographicalassemblage |
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