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"D-Girl" ("Dope Girl") is a song by the American R&B singer Brooke Valentine. It features late rapper Pimp C. The song was released on May 16, 2006 to iTunes as the first single for Valentine's second studio album, Physical Education. However, after numerous delays, it was announced in 2007 that the album had been shel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Girl%20%28DopeGirl%29 |
Tiina Juulia Sanila-Aikio or (born 25 March 1983 in Sevettijärvi, Inari, Finland) is a Skolt reindeer herder, musician, teacher, and a former vice-president and president of the Finnish Sámi Parliament.
Early life
Tiina Juulia Sanila was born to Taannâl and Toini Sanila on 25 March 1983. Her father was a Skolt reindee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiina%20Sanila-Aikio |
The Tiger Brigades () is a 2006 French crime film. Based on a very successful 1970s-'80s French television series of the same name the film depicts an Untouchables-type crack "Flying Squad" once formed by then PM Georges Clemenceau to tackle rampant crime in 1912 Paris. The squads became known to the public as "Tiger B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tiger%20Brigades%20%28film%29 |
Donald Jerome Hodge (born February 25, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player.
Professional career
Born in Washington, D.C., Hodge began his sports career as a stellar athlete at Coolidge High School in and later played college basketball at Temple University. He was selected by the Dallas Maverick... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Hodge%20%28basketball%29 |
Tallwood High School is a secondary school in southwest Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was built on the site of an old colonial plantation whose manor house was Tallwood, hence the name of the school. Tallwood was remodeled during 2004–2005.
One of the school's most remarkable features is the Global Studies and World L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallwood%20High%20School |
Piron may refer to:
People
Alexis Piron (1689-1773), a French dramatist
Armand J. Piron (1888-1943), a U.S. jazz musician
Claude Piron (1931-2008), a Swiss translator
Constantin Piron (1932-2012), a Belgian physicist
Jean-Baptiste Piron (1896-1974), a Belgian general
Other uses
Brigade Piron, a Belgian Infantry... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piron |
Albert Celades López (born 29 September 1975) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently a manager.
A tactically astute player with a strong defensive mentality, he was best known for his stints with Barcelona and Real Madrid, and he amassed La Liga total of 223 matches and eight go... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Celades |
The economy of Berlin is dominated by the service sector, with around 84% of all companies doing business in services. Important economic sectors in Berlin include life sciences, transportation, information and communication technologies, media and music, advertising and design, biotechnology, environmental services, c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Berlin |
Hamlet, or Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance, is a 1921 German film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet starring and produced by Danish silent film actress Asta Nielsen. It was directed by Svend Gade and Heinz Schall. The film was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.
In this interpretation, inspired ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet%3A%20The%20Drama%20of%20Vengeance |
Anna Jagiellon (1523–1596) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania
Anna Jagiellon may also refer to:
Anna Jagiellon, Duchess of Pomerania (1476–1503), daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon of Poland, wife of Bogislaus X, Duke of Pomerania
Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547), only daughter of Vladislaus II... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Jagiellon%20%28disambiguation%29 |
City of Heroes is an American comic book based on the characters and situations from the now closed City of Heroes massively multiplayer online role-playing computer game.
North American subscribers to the game originally received the City of Heroes monthly comic book in the mail; it is also available in some comic bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20of%20Heroes%20%28comics%29 |
Annandale is a village in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region of Guyana, located on the Atlantic coast, a few kilometres northerly of the mouth of the Essequibo River. It was formerly a sugar plantation.
References
Populated places in Pomeroon-Supenaam | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annandale%2C%20Pomeroon-Supenaam |
Edmund John "Bing" Miller (August 30, 1894 – May 7, 1966) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1922 to 1936, most prominently as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive American League pennants from 1929 to 193... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing%20Miller |
Ariqah (), formerly known as Ahira, is a village in southern Syria with a population of about 3,000. It is located in the heart of the rocky volcanic plateau of Lejah (also called Lajat). Administratively Ariqah is situated in the Mantiqat Shahba (Shahba district) of As Suwayda Governorate.
Ariqah is known for its volc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ariqah |
Germain Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. It was owned by Bob Germain, whose family owns many car dealerships across the United States as Germain Motor Company. The team last fielded the No. 13 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE full-time for Ty Dillon. It prev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germain%20Racing |
Annandale is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana, located on the Atlantic Ocean between Buxton, and Lusignan. Many of the inhabitants originally came from the Lusignan estate, while the former slaves of the plantation, bought the neighbouring Orange Nassau plantation and named it Buxton. Annandale is m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annandale%2C%20Demerara-Mahaica |
U.F.Off: The Best of the Orb is a greatest hits album by The Orb released in 1998 by Island Records. There is both a double disc and single disc version, the latter being the first disc of the former. The second disc contains alternate mixes of many of the tracks on the first.
Unlike many "greatest hits" releases that... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.F.Off%3A%20The%20Best%20of%20The%20Orb |
Split Habit was a power pop band founded in Lemont, Illinois in 1997.
Overview
The original line-up consisted of Travis Brown (lead vocals/bass), Johnny Smoke (guitar, cool-sounding name, backing vocals) and Chris Michaels (drums). The band recorded a four-song demo and began playing small all ages and 21 and up venu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split%20Habit |
Golden Films was an American production studio founded in 1994 by Diane Eskenazi, previously known as American Film Investment Corporation. The studio has produced a variety of animated films including the Enchanted Tales series, which were originally distributed by Sony and a series of well known specials for Hallmark... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Films |
Alonso García de Ramón (c. 1552 – August 5, 1610) was a Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile: first temporarily from July 1600 to February 1601, and then from March 1605 to August 1610. He was born in Cuenca, Spain in 1552.
Early life
He served from the age of 16 in the Spanish Army first against the Mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso%20Garc%C3%ADa%20de%20Ram%C3%B3n |
Guillermo Amor Martínez (; born 4 December 1967) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a versatile midfielder.
After spending most of his career with Barcelona, winning several accolades in a ten-year tenure, he ended it in Scotland with Livingston. Over 12 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 375... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo%20Amor |
Pirallahi Island or Pirallakhi Island (Azeri: Pirallahı adası) is an island in the Caspian Sea. The island is part of Azerbaijan, and is located right off the northeastern shore of the Apsheron Peninsula, to the ENE of Baku.
The island is long and has a maximum width of . Administratively, Pirallahi Island belongs t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirallahi%20Island |
Richard Walker Bolling (May 17, 1916 – April 21, 1991) was a prominent American Democratic Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, and Missouri's 5th congressional district from 1949 to 1983. He retired after serving for four years as the chairman of the powerful United States House Committee on Rules.
Early life and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20W.%20Bolling |
Trishira () is a rakshasa featured in the Ramayana. He is one of the sons of Ravana and Dhanyamalini and his brothers are Atikaya, Narantaka and Devantaka.
Ramayana
The Ramayana states that Trishira engaged Rama in a fight and hit him with a number of arrows. At this, Rama told him that his arrows were like flowers be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trishira |
Glenn Cunningham Lake is a reservoir located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The lake is located along 96th Street with entrances at State Highway 36, State Street, 96th Street and Rainwood Road. The lake is a part of Little Papillion Creek, which is part of the Papillion Creek watershed.
Glenn Cunningham Lake, n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Cunningham%20Lake |
Kleist, or von Kleist, is a surname.
von Kleist:
August von Kleist (1818–1890), Prussian Major General
Conrad von Kleist (1839-1900), German politician (German Conservative Party), member of Reichstag
Ewald Georg von Kleist (ca. 1700–1748), also known as Ewald Jürgen von Kleist, co-inventor of the Leyden jar
Frederick... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleist |
"ASAP" is a 2001 pop / R&B song performed by Australian pop group Bardot, and was the first single from their second and studio album Play It Like That, while it was released as Bardot's second single in the UK. The fast tempo R&B track is about a partner's interfering mother.
History
ASAP is written and produced by S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP%20%28Bardot%20song%29 |
Saha District is a gu in western Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 40.89 km², and a population of about 375,000. About a third of the area is forest land. Saha-gu became a gu of Busan in 1983. It is home to the Seunghak Campus of Dong-A University.
Administrative divisions
Saha-gu is divided into 8 legal dong, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saha%20District |
Bernard Adolph Schriever (14 September 1910 – 20 June 2005), also known as Bennie Schriever, was a United States Air Force general who played a major role in the Air Force's space and ballistic missile programs.
Born in Bremen, Germany, Schriever immigrated to the United States as a boy and became a naturalized US cit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Schriever |
Australian Dance Theatre (ADT), known as Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre from 1993 to 1999, is a contemporary dance company based in Adelaide, South Australia, established in 1965 by Elizabeth Cameron Dalman . The ADT was the first modern dance company in Australia, and drew on the techniques of Martha Graham fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Dance%20Theatre |
Dance Hub SA, formerly Leigh Warren & Dancers or Leigh Warren + Dancers (LWD) and then LWDance Hub, is a contemporary dance company based in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Formed in 1993 by Leigh Warren, the company toured internationally and won several awards.
In its 2019 incarnation as Dance Hub SA, it h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance%20Hub%20SA |
Daniel John DiLorenzo is a medical device entrepreneur and physician-scientist. He is the inventor of several technologies for the treatment of neurological disease and is the founder of several companies which are developing technologies to treat epilepsy and other medical diseases and improve the quality of life of a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20DiLorenzo |
Shankara Baaladeekshita Joshi (1896– 28 Sep 1991), popularly referred to as Sham Ba Joshi, was an authority on the culture of Karnataka. Joshi was known for his unique and distinctive style of research. The range of his interests, study, research and thinking was very extensive. As a result, he was able to do semin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamba%20Joshi |
José Emilio Amavisca Gárate (born 19 June 1971) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a left midfielder or left winger.
He was best known for his Real Madrid stint but played for five other clubs, amassing 381 matches and 57 goals in both major levels of Spanish football during 16 seasons (307 gam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Amavisca |
Paul of the Cross, CP (; born Paolo Francesco Danei; 3 January 1694 – 18 October 1775) was an Italian Catholic mystic, and founder of the Passionists.
Biography
Paul of the Cross, originally named Paolo Francesco Danei, was born on 3 January 1694, in the town of Ovada, Piedmont, between Turin and Genoa in the Duchy of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20of%20the%20Cross |
The Faena Hotel Miami Beach is a historic resort hotel located at 3201 Collins Avenue Miami Beach.
History
The Saxony Hotel, completed in 1948, was one of the first luxury resorts on Miami Beach. Following the success of the Saxony, other hotels emerged on the opulent beach front. The hotel was designed by architect R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faena%20Hotel%20Miami%20Beach |
Palazzi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abdul Hadi Palazzi (born 1961), Italian imam
Andrea Palazzi (born 1996), Italian footballer
Carlo Palazzi (died 2000), Italian fashion designer
Caterina Palazzi (born 1982), Italian musician
Gaetano Palazzi (1832–1892), Italian painter
Lou Palazzi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzi |
The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show (formerly Kidd Kraddick in the Morning) is an American ensemble morning radio show that originates from Dallas, Texas. The show is heard weekday mornings on flagship station, KHKS, and on dozens of other radio stations around the U.S., airing either a Top 40/CHR, Mainstream Adult Contemp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kidd%20Kraddick%20Morning%20Show |
Alonso de Ribera y Zambrano (; 1560 – March 9, 1617) was a Spanish soldier and twice Spanish royal governor of Chile (1601–1605 and 1612–1617).
Early life
Born in Úbeda, he was the illegitimate son of Hidalgo and Captain Jorge de Ribera Zambrana y Dávalos, who claimed descent from the kings of Aragon.
After studying ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso%20de%20Ribera |
William David "Bill" Winn (1945–2006) was an American educational psychologist, and professor at the University of Washington College of Education, known for his work on how people learn from diagrams, and on how cognitive and constructivist theories of learning can help instructional designers select effective teachin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Winn |
The Royal Family is an American sitcom television series that ran on CBS between September 18, 1991 and May 13, 1992. The series was created by executive producer Eddie Murphy, as part of a development deal Murphy had with CBS, and produced by David Garber, Shelley Jensen, Deborah Leschin, Leslie Ray, and David Steven ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Royal%20Family%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Torrance Rises is a 1999 mockumentary directed by and starring Spike Jonze.
The film is based on a dance group in Torrance, California, and traces their journey to the MTV Video Music Awards presentation. The music video for Fatboy Slim's 1999 song "Praise You", also directed by Jonze, features a street performance by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrance%20Rises |
Jerald DeWayne Honeycutt (born October 20, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player.
Honeycutt played high school basketball at Grambling Lab in Grambling, Louisiana. He played collegiately at Tulane University, where he finished his career as the leading scorer and fifth leading rebounder in school ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerald%20Honeycutt |
Bernard Mizeki (sometimes spelt Bernard Mzeki; – 18 June 1896) was an African Christian missionary and martyr. Born in Mozambique, he moved to Cape Town, attended an Anglican school, and became a Christian.
Early life
He was born Mamiyeri Mitseka Gwambe in Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique) and raised... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Mizeki |
Château-Landon () is a station on line 7 of the Paris Métro in the 10th arrondissement.
History
The station was opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the first section of the line from Opéra to Porte de la Villette. It is named after the Rue Château-Landon, a street which was built on property once owned by a family fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-Landon%20station |
Loch Watten is a loch in the River Wick drainage basin in Caithness, Scotland. The name is a tautology, consisting of the word "loch" (of Gaelic origin) and vatn, a Norse word meaning the very same, found in such names as "Þingvallavatn" and Myvatn in Iceland, and "Røssvatnet" and "Møsvatn" in Norway.
It is well known... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch%20Watten |
HaKfar HaYarok - Levi Eshkol Green Village () is a youth village in Israel, located in southern Ramat HaSharon, along the northern border of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
Name
Gershon Zak, the founder of the village, called it in 1950 "Green Village", without a definite article, with the intention to name it after David Ben-Gurion (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HaKfar%20HaYarok |
All Hallows Catholic School is a mixed, voluntary-aided comprehensive secondary school and Sixth Form in Weybourne, Farnham, Surrey, England. It is a Roman Catholic school affiliated to the Portsmouth diocese. The school offers many courses including A-levels, GCSEs and BTECs as well as other subject specific qualifica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Hallows%20Catholic%20School |
The Sam Bell Maxey House is a historic house in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. Samuel Bell Maxey, a prominent local attorney and later two-term U.S. senator, built the large two-story house after serving as a major general in the Confederate Army. It is built in the High Victorian Italianate style.
From 1868 to 1966, the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Bell%20Maxey%20House |
Bayside High School is a public high school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is in Virginia Beach City Public Schools, and serves 1,945 students as of 21-22.
The school is one of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach. Its feature is the Health Sciences Academy; students throughout the city interested in a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayside%20High%20School%20%28Virginia%29 |
The Alabama Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra based in Birmingham, Alabama. The orchestra's resident and principal conductor is Christopher Confessore. The Orchestra was first formed in April 1921 but had to close because of financial issues in 1993. It re-opened in 1997 after substantial fundraising.
Programs
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama%20Symphony%20Orchestra |
Cautes and Cautopates are torch-bearers depicted attending the god Mithras in the icons of the ancient Roman cult of Mithraism, known as Tauroctony. Cautes holds his torch raised up, and Cautopates holds his torch pointed downward.
Interpretation
In Mithraic images, Mithras either represents the sun, or is a close f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cautes%20and%20Cautopates |
Phosphorus trioxide is the chemical compound with the molecular formula P4O6. Although the molecular formula suggests the name tetraphosphorus hexoxide, the name phosphorus trioxide preceded the knowledge of the compound's molecular structure, and its usage continues today. This colorless solid is structurally relate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus%20trioxide |
Germanium dioxide, also called germanium(IV) oxide, germania, and salt of germanium, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula GeO2. It is the main commercial source of germanium. It also forms as a passivation layer on pure germanium in contact with atmospheric oxygen.
Structure
The two predominant polymorp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanium%20dioxide |
LeRon Perry Ellis (born April 28, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. Ellis was considered to be one of the premier high school basketball players in the nation among the class of 1987 while playing for the top-ranked Southern California prep school squad Mater Dei. Ellis was drafted into the NB... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRon%20Ellis |
In the 1995 Isle of Man TT motorcycle racing competition, Joey Dunlop won the Senior TT and Lightweight TT events and came second to Phillip McCallen in the Formula I race. Changes were introduced in that the Supersport 66 Race was scrapped, and 600cc machines raced in the Junior TT instead. In addition the Lightweight... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20Isle%20of%20Man%20TT |
Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS) is a specification for expanding the size of several parameters of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol which had size restrictions that the Internet engineering community deemed too limited for increasing functionality of the protocol. The first set of extensions was published in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension%20Mechanisms%20for%20DNS |
The Huntsville Symphony Orchestra is a symphonic orchestra located in Huntsville, Alabama. The current conductor and music director is Gregory Vajda. Vajda has been the conductor since the 2011-2012 season. The orchestra's resident conductor is Joseph Lee.
History
The Huntsville Symphony was founded in 1955 by Alvin D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville%20Symphony%20Orchestra |
Agostino Vallini (born 17 April 1940) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been a cardinal since 2006. From 2008 to 2017 he served as Vicar General of Rome. He is also the Archpriest emeritus of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
Biography
Agostino Vallini was born in Poli, near Rome, but moved with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agostino%20Vallini |
Emily Colas is an American author. Her book Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive illustrates her struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and the effects it had on her life and family. She lives in Los Angeles.
References
External links
Reading guide and author interview
Year o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Colas |
Randolph Woods (born September 23, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player.
College career
In college, Woods tallied 1,811 points in three seasons, ranking him fifth on La Salle's all-time scoring list at end of his career. He finished first in total points (847) and fifth in points-per-game (27.3) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%20Woods |
NASCAR 07 is the tenth installment of the EA Sports' NASCAR video game series. It was developed by EA Tiburon and released on September 29, 2006, for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable and on November 14, 2006, for the Xbox. This was the last NASCAR edition to be released exclusively on sixth generation console... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR%2007 |
Moses Veerasammy Nagamootoo (Tamil: மோசஸ் வீராசாமி நாகமுத்து; born 30 November 1947) is a Guyanese politician, writer and novelist who served as the Prime Minister of Guyana under former President David A. Granger from May 2015 to August 2020.
Life and career
Nagamootoo was born in the village of Whim, Berbice, Briti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses%20Nagamootoo |
A bevor ( ) or beaver is a piece of plate armour designed to protect the neck, much like a gorget.
Etymology
The word “bevor” or “beaver” is derived from Old French baver, meaning ‘to dribble’. This is a reference to the effect on the wearer of the armour during battle.
Description
The bevor was a component of a med... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevor |
The London Tigers were a professional Double-A Minor League Baseball team that played in the Eastern League from 1989 to 1993. They played at Labatt Memorial Park in London, Ontario, and were affiliated with the Detroit Tigers. At the time, it was the only EL and Double A franchise in Canada.
History
First year and s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Tigers |
"I Need Somebody" is a pop–dance song by the Australian pop group Bardot and was the second single released from their second album Play It Like That (2001). It was produced by the British producer Ray Hedges.
Band member Tiffani Wood said in an interview, "When we heard the demo, we hated it and didn't want to do it.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Need%20Somebody |
Cooper Mountain Vineyards is an American winery located in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. Started in 1978, the certified organic wine maker produces Pinot noir, Pinot gris, Chardonnay, and Pinot blanc. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, the vineyard is sited on the western slopes of Cooper Mountain, an extin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%20Mountain%20Vineyards |
Albert Vanhoye (; 24 July 1923 – 29 July 2021) was a French priest, a member of the Society of Jesus, and a biblical scholar. He taught at the Pontifical Biblical Institute from 1963 to 1998 and served as its rector from 1984 to 1990. He was Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission from 1990 to 2001. He was mad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Vanhoye |
Medway River is a river in Queens County, on the southwestern shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. At 121 kilometres long, it is one of the major rivers of Nova Scotia and once supported a large run of Atlantic salmon. Historically, it was an important corridor to the interior waters of Nova Scotia such as Ponhook and Molega ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medway%20River%20%28Nova%20Scotia%29 |
The Mobile Symphony Orchestra is the symphonic orchestra of Mobile, Alabama. Scott Speck is the current music director.
Concerts
The Mobile Symphony Orchestra holds a 7 concert season from September to May of each year. The season consists of 6 traditional classical concerts, and 1 holiday concert. Annual traditions i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20Symphony%20Orchestra |
Yorkville University is a private for-profit university established in 2003 with locations in Ontario, British Columbia, and New Brunswick, Canada. The university accepted its first students in the fall of 2004 for the programs offered out of Fredericton, New Brunswick, which was at the time the only establishment unde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkville%20University |
Petar Trifunović (31 August 1910 – 8 December 1980) was a Yugoslav and Serbian chess player, who has been awarded the international grandmaster title, and five times Yugoslav champion.
Chess career
Yugoslavia was for many years the world's second strongest chess nation. Trifunovic came third in the first Yugoslav cham... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar%20Trifunovi%C4%87 |
National Bank of Solomon Islands (NBSI) was a retail bank operating in Solomon Islands that has been part of the Bank South Pacific (BSP) since 2007. It had the largest network of offices (eight branches and eight agencies) in the islands. Although the bank overall was profitable, the offices outside Honiara, the capi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Bank%20of%20Solomon%20Islands |
The Port of Kaohsiung (POK; ) is the largest harbor in Taiwan, handling approximately 10.26 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) worth of cargo in 2015. The port is located in southern Taiwan, adjacent to Kaohsiung City, and surrounded by the city districts of Gushan, Yancheng, Lingya, Cianjhen, Siaogang, as well... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20of%20Kaohsiung |
"Henrietta" is the debut single of Scottish rock band the Fratellis, released on 12 June 2006 as the first single their debut album, Costello Music (2006). It was their first UK top-20 hit, charting at number 19 on 18 June 2006. "Henrietta" was released alongside "Flathead" and "Creepin' Up the Backstairs" as a downloa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta%20%28song%29 |
Peter "Lauchmonen" Kempadoo (1926 – 24 August 2019) was a writer and broadcaster from Guyana. He also worked as a development worker in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. He moved in 1953 to the UK, where he built a career in print journalism as well as radio and television broadcasting, and published two novels, Guiana B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Kempadoo |
Khaki Safed (, "white dust") is a district in Farah province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is mostly Pashtun and Tajiks, was estimated at 43,000 in October 2004. The main village, Khaki Safed (also called Alagadari), is situated at 676 m altitude in the central part of the district.
Security and Politics
It was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaki%20Safed%20District |
An Islamic flag is the flag either representing an Islamic Caliphate or religious order, state, civil society, military force or other entity associated with Islam. Islamic flags have a distinct history due to the Islamic prescription on aniconism, making particular colours, inscriptions or symbols such as crescent-and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20flag |
Sten is a science fiction novel by American writers Chris Bunch and Allan Cole, the first book in the Sten Adventures series.
Plot summary
Karl Sten is a young boy growing up on an industrial factory world called Vulcan. The organization ruling Vulcan is known as the Company. Citizens inside the corporate dominated so... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sten%20Adventures%20Book%201%3A%20Sten |
Liam Reddox (born January 27, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He most notably played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers and Captained the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has dual citizenship in both Canada and Scotland.
Playing career
As a youth,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam%20Reddox |
Communist Party of Slovakia (in Slovak: Komunistická strana Slovenska – 91, KSS '91) was a communist party in Slovakia from 1991 to 1992.
KSS '91 was formed by orthodox elements of the original Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS), which opposed the mutation of KSS into the Party of the Democratic Left. KSS '91 was regis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20Party%20of%20Slovakia%20%E2%80%93%2091 |
Gita Kapoor is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Shobu Kapoor, from 18 February 1993 to 24 September 1998.
Gita has a fierce temper, which is needed to keep her troublesome husband in check. Any success they achieve is down to her. She is the brains behind the Kapoor's clothing busine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gita%20Kapoor |
Luis Merlo de la Fuente Ruiz de Beteta was a Spanish colonial official who briefly served as the Royal Governor of Chile, in 1610–11.
Biography
He was born in Valdepeñas, Spain to Luis Merlo de la Fuente and Maria Ruiz de Betena. He went to America, specifically Panama, in 1588 in the capacity of an oidor or judge, la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Merlo%20de%20la%20Fuente |
Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Saeed Al Maktoum is a United Arab Emirati politician and royalty of Dubai.
Sheikh Mohammed is the first cousin of the current Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and the head of the Dubai Land Department, the land registrar of the Emirate of Dubai.
He was educated at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed%20bin%20Khalifa%20Al%20Maktoum |
Jan Lowe Shinebourne (born 1947), also published as Janice Shinebourne, is a Guyanese novelist who now lives in England. In a unique position to be able to provide an insight into multicultural Caribbean culture, Shinebourne's is a rare and distinctive voice : She grew up on a colonial sugar plantation and was deeply... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Shinebourne |
Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke ( , ; ; born September 26, 1972) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2013 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, O'Rourke was the party's nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018, a candidate for the presidential nomination in 2020, and the party's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beto%20O%27Rourke |
Pusht Rod is a district in Farah province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is mostly Pashtun with a minority of Tajiks, was estimated at 52,000 in September 2004.
References
UNHCR District Profile, compiled September 2004, accessed 2006-06-16 (PDF).
External links
Map of Settlements AIMS, May 2002
Districts of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusht%20Rod%20District |
Thomas Hobbs may refer to:
Thomas Hobbes or Hobbs (1588–1679), English philosopher
Thomas Saunders Hobbs (1856–1927), English-born Ontario merchant and politician
Thomas Hobbs (MP), Member of Parliament for Weymouth in 1555; see Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Thomas Hobbs, actor in Prince Charles's Men and the King's Men... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Hobbs |
Theodor Junker (April 13, 1919 in Teremia Mare, Timiș County, Romania - April 14, 2013 Burlington, Wisconsin) was a Romanian-born German who generated publicity and controversy when he announced plans to open a memorial to Adolf Hitler in Walworth County, Wisconsin, near Millard, Wisconsin.
Junker had planned to hold ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Junker |
Fredrik Näslund (born February 11, 1986, in Bromma, Sweden) is a Swedish ice hockey player who plays for the Falu IF in Div.1C.
Näslund, who now lives in Falun, was a member of the Västerås Juniors in his home country of Sweden for three years. He was drafted in the 4th round (104th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Dra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik%20N%C3%A4slund |
Tom Green's House Tonight (formerly known as Tom Green Live!) is a talk show hosted by Tom Green. In addition to its primary Internet broadcast on TomGreen.com, the show has been syndicated on television stations throughout North America.
The broadcast is mostly spontaneous with a reliance on celebrity guests and view... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Green%27s%20House%20Tonight |
Paracombe is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. At the 2011 census, Paracombe had a population of 343.
Geography
Paracombe is located south of Inglewood on the road out of Adelaide via Athelstone (Gorge Road).
History
The name probably originates from the Little Para River whose headwaters are in the are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracombe |
Hopeman (, ) is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances. According to the 2011 census, Hopeman has a population of 1,724 and approximately 701 households.
The village
The village was fou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopeman |
Saint-Lambert station in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada, serves Exo commuter rail, Via Rail and Amtrak intercity rail, and RTL buses. It is located at 329 Avenue Saint-Denis at the corner of Avenue Victoria.
The station is served by two Via Rail lines: the Ocean and Ottawa-Quebec City Corridor service, and one Amtrak t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Lambert%20station |
The Free Workers' Union (German: Freie Arbeiterinnen- und Arbeiter-Union or Freie ArbeiterInnen-Union; abbreviated FAU) is an anarcho-syndicalist union in Germany and Switzerland.
History
The FAU sees itself in the tradition of the Free Workers' Union of Germany (German: Freie Arbeiter Union Deutschlands; FAUD), the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20Workers%27%20Union |
Duffus () is a village and parish in Moray, Scotland.
The Duffus Village Inn, the local shop, Post Office and Duffus Village Hall provide a focal point for the community. Nearby are the remains of Duffus Castle, St. Peters' Kirk, and Spynie Palace.
Duffus has won numerous awards, including "Best Kept Small Village in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffus |
Jemima or Jemimah ( ) is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin ( or ) meaning 'dove'. It may refer to:
People
Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), Scottish painter
Jemima Boone, daughter of Daniel Boone captured by Indians in 1776—see Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone
Jemima Goldsmith (born 1974), English journalist, e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jemima |
The Gang of 22 was a group of Fianna Fáil TDs (members of parliament) who were opposed to the leadership of Charles Haughey in the early 1980s. The very evident division within the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party left a deep split in the organisation.
The origins of the "Gang of 22" was when Desmond O'Malley challenge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang%20of%2022 |
Orva Lee Mayberry Jr. (born June 12, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Vancouver Grizzlies. He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Early career
Mayberry played high school basket... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Mayberry |
TAPR can mean:
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio
TAPR Open Hardware License | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAPR |
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