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A joint session or joint convention is, most broadly, when two normally separate decision-making groups meet, often in a special session or other extraordinary meeting, for a specific purpose.
Most often it refers to when both houses of a bicameral legislature sit together. A joint session typically occurs to receive ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20session |
Hypsiglena jani, commonly known as the Texas night snake or the Chihuahuan night snake, is a small species of mildly venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northeastern Mexico.
Etymology
The epithet, jani, is in honor of Italian taxonomist Giorgi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsiglena%20jani |
Balotra is a city situated in the Balotra district within the state of Rajasthan, India. Previously, it was located in the Barmer district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is known for its historical and cultural significance, as well as its role as a commercial and trading center in the region.
Geography
Balotra ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balotra |
The Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (LGG) is a sourcebook for the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Despite the title, the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer is not exclusive to the Living Greyhawk Campaign. Other publications linked to the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer hav... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living%20Greyhawk%20Gazetteer |
Percival Serle (18 July 1871 – 16 December 1951) was an Australian biographer and bibliographer.
Early life
Serle was born in Elsternwick, Victoria to English parents who had migrated as children and for many years worked in a life assurance office before in November 1910 becoming chief clerk and accountant at the Uni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival%20Serle |
Yula is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located in northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the vicinity of the major Postclassic Maya center of Chichen Itza.
References
Maya sites in Yucatán | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yula |
John A. Tester (March 30, 1835May 26, 1918) was a Swiss American immigrant, merchant, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Buffalo County in the 1883 session.
Biography
Born in Rongellen, the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland, Tester moved with his parents to St. Louis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Tester |
My Uncle Napoleon (, Dâ'i jân Nâpel'on, literal translation: Dear Uncle Napoleon) is a coming of age novel by Iranian author Iraj Pezeshkzad published in Tehran in Persian in 1973. The novel was adapted as a TV series in 1976, directed by Nasser Taghvai. Though the book and the TV series were briefly banned following t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Uncle%20Napoleon |
Ulrichstein () is a small town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Ulrichstein lies in the Vogelsberg Mountains 500 m above sea level and is thereby Hesse's highest town. It is a recognized state-approved climatic spa and lies near the High Hoherodskopf nature reserve
Northeast of town is th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrichstein |
Album III is the third full-length album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was originally released in 1972 on Columbia Records. Album III would spawn Loudon Wainwright's most popular hit single, "Dead Skunk", one of the many 'novelty songs' sprinkled throughout Wainwright's career. Although Wainwright has maintained an ir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album%20III |
The Orange-1 Representative District is a two-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-1%20Vermont%20Representative%20District%2C%202002%E2%80%932012 |
"Feathertop" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, first published in 1852. The moral tale uses a metaphoric scarecrow named Feathertop and its adventure to offer the reader a conclusive lesson about human character. It has since been used and adapted in several other media forms, such as opera and theatre.
Plot
In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathertop |
Das Andere Deutschland (German, "The Other Germany") was a weekly newspaper established in Germany in 1925 to advocate republican and pacifist causes until its forced closing by the Nazi-led government.
History
The newspaper stemmed from the monthly review the Pazifist, created in 1921. Both publications were administ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das%20Andere%20Deutschland |
Attempted Mustache is the fourth album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Bob Johnston and was released in 1973 on Columbia Records.
Wainwright said that "I Am the Way" was partly inspired by Guru Maharaj Ji's appearance at the Millennium '73 festival in December 1973.
J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted%20Mustache |
Bharatiya Sangeet Vadya (Indian Musical Instruments) is a book () written by Lalmani Misra. It was published under the Lokodya Granthmala series (Granthak / Volume No.: 346) of Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi. The first edition was published in 1973, the second in 2002. The book was written in Hindi. It was described in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatiya%20Sangeet%20Vadya |
Singles and Beyond is a compilation album by American indie rock band The Olivia Tremor Control, consisting of several rare or out-of-print tracks by the band.
Track listing
All songs written by The Olivia Tremor Control.
"Love Athena" – 2:39
"Today I Lost a Tooth" – 1:20
"California Demise Pt. 1" – 1:21
"California ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singles%20and%20Beyond |
M. R. N. Murthy (Mattur Ramabhadrashastry Narasimha Murthy), was a professor of molecular biophysics at the Indian Institute of Science, IISc, Bangalore. He currently teaches at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bengaluru. His chief contributions are in the area of X-ray crystallography. He was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20R.%20N.%20Murthy |
Sheoganj is a town in Sirohi District of Rajasthan state in India located on the bank of Jawai River. Sheoganj is the tehsil headquarters of Sheoganj Tehsil by the same name.
Sheoganj is famous for its cloth, jewellery and sweets market in nearby regions of the town. And sheoganj has a great laundry shop name - kalpan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheoganj |
Unrequited is the fifth album from Loudon Wainwright III. It was his last album on the Columbia Records label, released in 1975. Tracks 1–7 were recorded in a studio, while tracks 8–14 were recorded live at The Bottom Line in New York City. Tracks 15–17 are bonus tracks included on the Sony-Legacy CD reissue.
Although... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrequited%20%28album%29 |
Alice's Meadow is the name given to a small field in the Oxfordshire parish of Fencott and Murcott, England. It became the focus of a campaign by local people and Friends of the Earth in the 1980s, who opposed government plans to route the M40 motorway across Otmoor.
The name 'Alice's Meadow' is a reference to Lewis C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s%20Meadow |
The Samoan woodhen (Gallinula pacifica), also known as Samoan wood rail, is a nearly flightless rail endemic to the Samoan island of Savai'i that has been considered Critically Endangered, and possibly extinct. As it has evolved adaptations for a more terrestrial lifestyle and at least partly nocturnal habits, it is pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan%20woodhen |
A Live One is a live album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. The live performances included on the album were recorded on a tour of the British Isles in 1976 and at McCabe's in Los Angeles in 1978. It was released in 1979 on Rounder Records.
His first completely live album, it was released during th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Live%20One%20%28Loudon%20Wainwright%20III%20album%29 |
Stepan Stepanovich Apraksin (, 1757 – 1827) was a Russian military commander and aristocrat, the only son of Stepan Fedorovich Apraksin, likewise a famed military commander and a high-ranking military commander in the Russian army.
Stepan Stepanovich Apraksin was born 1757. He started his military career at the age of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan%20Stepanovich%20Apraksin |
The Guild for Exceptional Children is a nonprofit organization in Brooklyn which offers schooling and other services for children and adults with a disability. It identifies itself as a provider of direct and indirect services for developmentally delayed or disabled persons, from infancy through old age, and their fami... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild%20for%20Exceptional%20Children |
Jahangir Forouhar (; May 24, 1916 – November 6, 1997) was an Iranian actor.
Biography
Forouhar was born in 1916 in the city of Isfahan. His father was Mustafa Khan Davam al-Saltanah. His grandfather was Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Ghavam al-Dawlah and he was descendant of Mirza Abbas Khan Ghavam al-Dawlah.
He was fath... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir%20Forouhar |
The 1924 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 2nd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 14 and 15 June 1924. It was the second part of three consecutive annual races for the Rudge-Whitworth Triennial Cup, as well simultaneously being the first race in the new 1924-25 Rudge-Whitworth Biennial Cup.
With tougher target dista... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans |
Takhatgarh is a town in Pali District of Rajasthan state in India. The town is one of the nine municipalities in the district, located near the district border. It is only about 160 years old.
History
The town is named after Takhat Singh, the king of Jodhpur. It is said that migrants took permission of the king Takha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takhatgarh |
Fame and Wealth is an album by the American musician Loudon Wainwright III, released in 1983.
Critical reception
The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that Wainwright "attacks the guitar instead of plucking its strings, and while he's capable of crooning warmly, his standard tone of voice is a strangled yowl."
Track listi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fame%20and%20Wealth |
Thomas Rowley (1721–1796) was a famous poet of Vermont, known both as the spokesman for Ethan Allen and dubbed “The Bard of the Green Mountains.” During his lifetime and before the American Revolution, his poetry gained a reputation, as did his catchphrase "Setting the Hills on Fire."
Biography
Thomas Rowley was bor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Rowley%20%28poet%29 |
I'm Alright is a 1985 album by Loudon Wainwright III. It was his third release on Rounder Records, recorded in London. It was produced by Richard Thompson, who also played electric lead guitar on several songs. The back cover features a photo of the two together, captioned 'Loud and Rich'.
The poignant "Screaming Issu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m%20Alright%20%28Loudon%20Wainwright%20III%20album%29 |
Andrew "Drew" Spencer Helm (born November 9, 1984) is an American soccer player, who currently plays forward for the South Florida Surf of the Premier Development League, a fourth-tier football league in the United States.
Early life and collegiate career
Drew Helm was born in Jupiter, Florida. His older brother Ryan ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew%20Helm |
More Love Songs is a 1986 album by Loudon Wainwright III released on Rounder Records. Wainwright had moved to England, and this was the second album produced by (and featuring) Richard Thompson. Critically and popularly it is probably considered the peak of his 1980s renaissance. After three albums in four years, it wo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More%20Love%20Songs |
Ceres (pronounced ), minor-planet designation 1 Ceres, is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first asteroid discovered on 1 January 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily and announced as a new planet. Ceres was later class... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres%20%28dwarf%20planet%29 |
Huáng Yǒng Pīng (; February 18, 1954 – October 20, 2019) was a Chinese-French contemporary artist and one of the most well known Chinese avant-garde artists of his time. Born in Xiamen, he was recognized as the most controversial and provocative artist of the Chinese art scene of the 1980s.
Huang was one of the earlie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huang%20Yong%20Ping |
A fairlead is a device to guide a line, rope or cable around an object, out of the way or to stop it from moving laterally. Typically a fairlead will be a ring or hook.
The fairlead may be a separate piece of hardware, or it could be a hole in the structure. There are two types of fairlead: roller and fixed. In a rol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlead |
The 1960 Turkish coup d'état () was the first coup d'état in the Republic of Turkey. It took place on May 27, 1960. The coup was staged by a group of 38 young Turkish military officers, acting outside the military chain of command. The officers were de facto led by Cemal Madanoğlu until the actual coup date. After a th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960%20Turkish%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat |
Therapy is a 1989 album by Loudon Wainwright III. It followed a three-year hiatus, during which Wainwright moved from England (where he had recorded his previous two albums) back to the USA. Compared with those two, Therapy was not well received, but outstanding tracks have subsequently appeared on live albums (e.g. "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapy%20%28Loudon%20Wainwright%20III%20album%29 |
Krokus may refer to:
Krokus (band), a hard rock/heavy metal band from Switzerland
Krokus (album), 1976 self-titled debut album by Krokus
Krokus (mythology), a companion of Hermes in Classical mythology
See also
Crocus, a genus of perennial flowering plants
Chrocus, a 3rd-century Alamanni leader
CROCUS, a nucle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krokus |
Operation Silver Wake was a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) led by the United States to evacuate American citizens, noncombatants and designated third country nationals from Tirana, the capital of Albania during the civil unrest in 1997. The operation took place over 13 operational days in March 1997 and was p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Silver%20Wake |
Ian Prendergast (born 2 September 1980) is an Australian rules footballer who played senior professional football with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League, and currently serves as the club's Chief Commercial Officer and General Counsel.
Playing career
Prendergast was recruited as the number 58 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Prendergast |
Joaquín Cruz Pérez or Joaquín Pérez y Cruz (1860–1939) was an early Guam judge and acting-Governor of Guam from February 1 to April 20, 1899. He was first appointed as Justice of the Peace in 1894 by the Spanish government of Guam. After the capture of Guam by the United States during the Spanish–American War, he retai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn%20Cruz%20P%C3%A9rez |
Karrin Allyson (pronounced KAR-in; born Karrin Allyson Schoonover on July 27, 1963) is an American jazz vocalist. She has been nominated for five Grammy Awards and has received positive reviews from several prominent sources, including the New York Times, which has called her a "singer with a feline touch and impeccab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karrin%20Allyson |
Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) is a condition defined by an abnormal enlargement of the cardiac muscle surrounding the right ventricle. The right ventricle is one of the four chambers of the heart. It is located towards the lower-end of the heart and it receives blood from the right atrium and pumps blood into th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right%20ventricular%20hypertrophy |
Sherry Edmundson Fry (September 29, 1879 – June 9, 1966) was an American sculptor, who also played a prominent role in U.S. Army camouflage during World War I.
Early years
Fry was born in Creston, Iowa. After completing high school, he enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied sculpture with Lorado T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherry%20Edmundson%20Fry |
was a popular Japanese variety show, shown on Fuji TV. The first episode aired on 16 October 1996 and the last episode aired on 31 March 2018. The hosts of the show were the owarai duo Ninety-Nine (Takashi Okamura and Hiroyuki Yabe). The show was also known as Mecha-Ike (めちゃイケ).
Regulars
The regular members of the sho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecha-Mecha%20Iketeru%21 |
Princess Rosette () is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Andrew Lang included it in The Red Fairy Book.
Italo Calvino included an orally collected tale, The King of the Peacocks, in his Italian Folktales, but observed in the notes that it was clearly a variant on Princess Rosette.
Synopsis
A ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Rosette |
History is an album by the American musician Loudon Wainwright III, released in 1992 on Charisma Records. Wainwright supported the album with North American and European tours.
Production
Wainwright chose the tracks from around 25 songs he had written over the course of four years. He originally wanted to use Family A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20%28Loudon%20Wainwright%20III%20album%29 |
"The Reach" is a short story by American writer Stephen King. First published in Yankee in 1981 under the title "Do the Dead Sing?", it was later collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.
Plot summary
Stella Flanders, the oldest resident of Goat Island, has just celebrated her 95th birthday. She has never c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Reach |
In Classical mythology, Crocus (Ancient Greek: Κρόκος, Krókos) was a mortal youth who was changed by the gods into a saffron flower.
Mythology
Crocus was unhappy with his love affair with the nymph Smilax, and he was turned by the gods into a plant bearing his name, the crocus (saffron). Smilax is believed to have be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus%20%28mythology%29 |
Motor Development International SA (MDI) is a Luxembourg-French based company designing products in both mobility and energy storage using a compressed air engine.
Development history
Established by Guy Nègre, the Luxembourg company MDI, with its administrative and production departments based in Carros in southeaster... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor%20Development%20International |
Career Moves is the second live album by Loudon Wainwright III, released on July 1, 1993, on Virgin Records. The album predominantly features material culled from Wainwright's 1980s output, alongside six new songs, and one track from his then-recent album, History (1992). In the album's liner notes, Wainwright states: ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career%20Moves |
San Frediano Rondinella Società Sportiva S.S.D.R.L. (usually known simply as Rondinella) is an Italian association football club based in Florence (Italy).
History
Rondinella Firenze
Founded in 1946 as Rondinella Firenze in a restaurant in the district of San Frediano (in Florence) and from the very beginning it has... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Frediano%20Rondinella%20SS |
Exotica Volume II was the second album by Martin Denny, released in 1958.
Track listing
"Soshu Night Serenade" (Ryōichi Hattori) – 2:08
"Island of Dreams" (Laine, Denny) – 2:53
"Japanese Farewell Song (Sayonara)" (Yoshda, Morgan) – 2:21
"Singing Bamboos" (Madeline Lamb) – 2:07
"The Queen Chant (E Lili Ua E)" (Jo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotica%20Volume%20II |
Heath Scotland (born 21 July 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He played for Collingwood and Carlton, appearing in two AFL Grand Finals during his time with Collingwood. He was awarded the Best and Fairest for the Carlton Football Club in 2012. His professional career ende... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath%20Scotland |
Rodrigo López Alvarez (born May 10, 1987) is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club Sacramento Republic. Born in Mexico, he represented the United States national under-20 team.
Career
Youth
López grew up in Santa Barbara, California, and began his career in 2003 when he join... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo%20L%C3%B3pez%20%28soccer%2C%20born%201987%29 |
Adityawarman (formal regnal name Maharajadiraja Srīmat Srī Udayādityawarma Pratāpaparākrama Rājendra Maulimāli Warmadewa. ) was a king of Malayapura Suvarnabhumi, and is the successor of the Mauli dynasty based on central Sumatra. He was the cousin of Jayanegara, king of Majapahit from 1309 to 1328, and the grandson of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adityawarman |
JPM may refer to:
People
James Paul McCartney, English singer
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière, French playwright, actor and poet
Jean-Pierre Massiera, French musician
Joannes Paulus Magnus ("John Paul the Great"), a Latin epithet applied to Pope John Paul II
Johann Prokop Mayer, an Austrian naturalist and botanist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPM |
Grown Man is an album by the American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on October 2, 1995, on Virgin Records. The release is generally considered less stark and somewhat more humorous that its predecessor, History.
Grown Man contains a song addressed to his daughter, Martha Wainwright, titled "Father/... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grown%20Man |
Gary Strydom (born 1960) is a South African-born American IFBB professional bodybuilder. He is notable as being the only person to win a Championship title under Vince McMahon's now defunct World Bodybuilding Federation. After the fall of the WBF, Strydom decided to take a long break from competing in the mid 1990s. Pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Strydom |
Pegasus Bay is a family owned and operated vineyard and winery based in Waipara, New Zealand.
Pegasus Bay winery is the second largest winery in Canterbury and considered within the New Zealand wine industry as a standard setter for the industry in the region and rated 'Canterburys top winery' by Michael Cooper in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus%20Bay%20Vineyards |
Travis Shane Taylor (born July 24, 1968) is an American scientist, engineer, science fiction writer, and the star of National Geographic Channel's Rocket City Rednecks which aired 2011–2013. Taylor has written numerous technical papers, science fiction novels, and two textbooks. He has appeared in television documentar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis%20S.%20Taylor |
Hawaiian Dick was a comic book created by writer B. Clay Moore and artist Steven Michael Griffin, and published by Image Comics. The first Hawaiian Dick mini-series hit comic shops in December 2002, and was subsequently followed in late 2003 by a second four issue mini-series called Hawaiian Dick: the Last Resort. The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian%20Dick |
Little Ship is an album by the American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released in 1998 on Virgin Records/Charisma Records. According to Wainwright, the album "focuses primarily on the theme of a relationship. In terms of the other records, I don't know how or why I would place it somewhere except that it's t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Ship%20%28album%29 |
Mark Bradford (born November 20, 1961) is an American visual artist. Bradford was born, lives, and works in Los Angeles and studied at the California Institute of the Arts. Recognized for his collaged painting works, which have been shown internationally, his practice also encompasses video, print, and installation. Br... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Bradford |
Parviz Fannizadeh (; January 27, 1938 – February 24, 1980) was an Iranian film and television actor. He was one of Iran's first method actors. Fannizadeh is best known for his roles as "Mash Ghaasem" in My Uncle Napoleon (aka Daii jan Napelon and "Hekmati" in Downpour.
Career
Fannizadeh was born and raised in Tehran.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parviz%20Fannizadeh |
California Demise is an EP released by The Olivia Tremor Control. Recorded at 210 Sunset Ave on various four tracks by Bill Doss, Jeff Mangum, Will Cullen Hart and a few others. This was the second Elephant Six 7-inch EP (e6002). In 2000 the tracks were collected and placed on the Singles and Beyond compilation.
Tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Demise |
Social Studies is a studio album by Loudon Wainwright III, released in 1999. The album comprises various topical and satirical songs, originally produced for National Public Radio and based upon then-current issues and events, such as the Tonya Harding scandal, the O. J. Simpson murder trial, the lead-up to Y2K, and co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20Studies%20%28Loudon%20Wainwright%20III%20album%29 |
Ernest Joseph "Tabby" Thomas, (January 5, 1929 – January 1, 2014), also known as Rockin' Tabby Thomas, was an American blues musician. He sang and played the piano and guitar and specialized in swamp blues, a style of blues indigenous to southern Louisiana.
Life and career
Thomas was born and grew up in Baton Rouge, L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby%20Thomas |
Danish Red cattle, also known as Red Danish or Red Dane, are a major dairy cattle breed in northern Europe. There are 42,599 pedigree cows in Denmark. They can be used as a beef breed once they finish their useful lifetime.
The breed
The breed was developed in Denmark based on local breeds bred with Angeln cattle fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%20Red |
Class Comics is an independent comic books publisher, founded in 1995 by Patrick Fillion as Class Enterprises, which specializes in gay erotic comics. Class Comics Inc. is now run by Fillion and his partner Fraser in Vancouver, British Columbia. Fillion has written and illustrated the largest share of Class Comics cur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class%20Comics |
The Fueros of Navarre (, , meaning in English General Charter of Navarre) were the laws of the Kingdom of Navarre up to 1841, tracing its origins to the Early Middle Ages and issued from Basque consuetudinary law prevalent across the (western) Pyrenees. They were a sort of constitution which regulated the social order ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fueros%20of%20Navarre |
Edward Charles "Shy" Meyer (December 11, 1928 – October 13, 2020) was a United States Army general who served as the 29th Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
Early life
Meyer was born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, on December 11, 1928. Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1951 he was commissi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20C.%20Meyer |
Kevin Mark Levrone (born July 16, 1964) is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder, IFBB Hall of Famer, and musician.
During his professional career, Levrone competed in 68 IFBB Professional contests. Considered one of the best bodybuilders of the 1990s, despite never winning the Mr. Olympia title, he has won 20 pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Levrone |
Last Man on Earth is the sixteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on September 24, 2001 on Red House Records. Recorded in the wake of Wainwright's mother's death and the collapse of a romantic relationship, the album thematically addresses feelings of grief and loneliness. In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last%20Man%20on%20Earth%20%28album%29 |
The Harveytoons Show is a television series presenting theatrical animated cartoons produced by Famous Studios from 1950 until 1964, which were acquired by Harvey Entertainment.
History
This show features Harvey Comics characters and series including: Casper the Friendly Ghost, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare, Baby Huey, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Harveytoons%20Show |
The Israel Ministry of Defense - Directorate of Defense Research & Development (IMOD DDR&D) (), abbreviated Maf'at (מפא"ת), is a joint administrative body of the Israeli Ministry of Defense and Israel Defense Forces that coordinates between the Ministry of Defense, the IDF, the military industries, Israel Military Indu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administration%20for%20the%20Development%20of%20Weapons%20and%20Technological%20Infrastructure |
Leiopotherapon plumbeus, known commonly as the silver perch, is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae, the grunters. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is called ayungin, bugaong, bigaong, and bagaong.
Description
This species reaches 16 centimeters in maximum length.
Behavior
The species exhibits pate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiopotherapon%20plumbeus |
Jarrad Waite (born 4 February 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
AFL playing career
Carlton (2003–2014)
Born in Devonport, Tasmania, Waite was recruited as the number 46 draft pi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrad%20Waite |
The Angeln is a breed of cattle originally from Angeln in Schleswig-Holstein where they are first mentioned around 1600. however some people think that they may have existed for over 5000 years. Breed management has been practiced since 1830. Angeln cattle are red in color and were one of the founders of the larger Dan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angeln%20cattle |
Novokubansk () is a town and the administrative center of Novokubansky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Kuban River. Population: 35,199 (2020), The population of Novokubansk accounts for 40.4% of the district's total population.
History
When the Caucasian War ended, in 1867, former soldiers decided ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novokubansk |
Peter Christian Kierkegaard (; 6 July 1805 – 24 February 1888), was a Danish theologian, politician and Bishop of Diocese of Aalborg from 1857 until 1875.
Early life
He was born at Aalborg, Denmark as the son of Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard (1756-1838) and his second wife Ane Sørensdatter Lund (1768–1834). His father... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Kierkegaard |
Sacha, Sasha, or Sascha may refer to:
People
Sasha (name), includes list of people with the name and the variants Sascha or Sacha
Musicians
Sasha (DJ) (born 1969), born Alexander Coe
Sasha (German singer) (born 1972), born Sascha Schmitz
Sasha (Jamaican musician) (born 1974), gospel singer and former deejay, born... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha |
So Damn Happy is the third live album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, released on August 19, 2003 on Sanctuary Records. The album was recorded at Largo in West Hollywood, California, and features, amongst others, Van Dyke Parks, Richard Thompson and Martha Wainwright.
So Damn Happy compiles mostly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%20Damn%20Happy%20%28Loudon%20Wainwright%20III%20album%29 |
Frederick Carlton Weyand (September 15, 1916 – February 10, 2010) was a general in the United States Army. Weyand was the last commander of United States military operations in the Vietnam War from 1972 to 1973, and served as the 28th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1974 to 1976.
Early life and education... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20C.%20Weyand |
General Nathan A. Cooper (April 29, 1802 – July 25, 1879) was an American landowner, businessman, and military officer from Chester Township, New Jersey.
Biography
Nathan A. Cooper was born on April 29, 1802, to Anna Wills (1774–1856) and Abraham Cooper (1762–1818) in Chester Township. He had a sister, Beulah Ann Coop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%20A.%20Cooper |
La Ronde () is an amusement park located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was originally built as the entertainment complex for Expo 67, the 1967 World Fair. Today, it is operated by Six Flags, under an emphyteutic lease with the City of Montreal until 2065. In-addition to being the Six Flags chain's northernmost locati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Ronde%20%28amusement%20park%29 |
Jordan Scott Bannister (born 31 October 1982) is a former Australian rules football player and umpire, who played for Carlton and Essendon and umpired in the Australian Football League.
Playing career
Essendon
Bannister made his debut for the Essendon Football Club in Round 12, 2001 against Adelaide. He was delisted ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%20Bannister |
Richard J. Durrell (ca. 1925 – March 7, 2008) was an American advertising executive and one of the founding staff members for People magazine.''
Durrell turned down an offer to play baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in order to attend the University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1948.
For mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Durrell |
Here Come the Choppers is a 2005 album by Loudon Wainwright III. The title track is an acerbic and blackly humorous reference to the Iraq War, reset in southern California's Miracle Mile.
"The inspectors found nothing
That’s just not right
Whole Foods and Kmart
Are targets tonight"
Perhaps the most remarkable track th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here%20Come%20the%20Choppers |
The Roger Award For The Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in New Zealand was an annual media campaign run since 1997 by two activist organisations, Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa and GATT Watchdog. The winners were chosen by a group of academics, activists, businesspeople and trade unionists.
In ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Award |
Yaguate is a town and municipality (municipio) of the San Cristóbal province in the south region of Dominican Republic. Yaguate is located about 30 miles from the city of San Cristóbal near the DR-2 that goes to Baní.
History
On the western banks of the Nizao River at the end of the 16th century the Spanish captain Ju... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaguate |
was a counselor of the first rank in the Imperial court of Japan. The role dates from the 7th century.
This advisory position remained a part of the Imperial court from the 8th century until the Meiji period in the 19th century.
The post was created in 702 by the Taihō Code, and evolved out of the earlier post Oimono... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dainagon |
Bret Thornton (born 15 November 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life and junior career
Thornton grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley and attended Mount Waver... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret%20Thornton |
Yevgeni "John" Yurievich Namestnikov (; born October 9, 1971) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman who spent parts of six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and is currently an NHL amateur scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Namestnikov is the father of current NHL player Vladislav Namestnikov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny%20Namestnikov |
Mary French is an administrative law judge with the United States Social Security Administration. For over twenty years, until 2009, she served as a federal public defender in the Eastern District of California. She attended the University of California, Davis, and graduated from the Cornell Law School.
Her clients an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20French%20%28attorney%29 |
Jason Dawe may refer to:
Jason Dawe (presenter), motoring journalist and television show host
Jason Dawe (ice hockey) (born 1973), professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Dawe |
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions is a 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace. It was adapted into a film, Big Fish, in 2003 by Tim Burton. A musical adaptation starring Norbert Leo Butz premiered in Chicago in April 2013.
Plot summary
A young man (William Bloom), at the deathbed of his father (Edward Bloom), tries to r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Fish%3A%20A%20Novel%20of%20Mythic%20Proportions |
A language council, also known as a language regulator or a language academy, is an organisation that regulates a language. Some councils with independent association to any country where the language is dominant exist.
Examples
Cussel an Tavas Kernuak (the Cornish Language Council)
European Language Council
Norwegian... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language%20council |
Drew Sarich (born August 24, 1975) is an American stage actor and singer songwriter from St. Louis, who performs in the English and German languages.
Biography
Sarich received a BFA in Musical Theatre with a concentration in Directing from Boston Conservatory in 1997. He made his Off-Broadway debut in Tony n' Tina's W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew%20Sarich |
The Brotherhood of Dada is a group of supervillains appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Enemies of the Doom Patrol, the Brotherhood is devoted to all things absurd and bizarre, taking their name from the Dada art movement. Though they would be considered villains by most definitions, the group does not rec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood%20of%20Dada |
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