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Burley Design (previously Burley Design Cooperative) LLC is a company in Eugene, Oregon, United States that has produced outdoor family products since 1978. Its blue and yellow children's bicycle trailers were among the first on sale, in the early 1980s. In the past, Burley also made bicycles, tandem bicycles, recumben... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burley%20Design |
Rhamnophis is a genus of arboreal venomous snakes, commonly known as dagger-tooth tree snakes or large-eyed tree snakes, in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to equatorial sub-Saharan Africa. There are two recognized species.
Taxonomy
The status of the genus Rhamnophis has long been subject to debate, and ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamnophis |
The John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead is the birthplace and home of American Quaker poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. It currently serves as a museum. The homestead is located at 305 Whittier Road in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
History
The home was built in 1688 by Thomas Whittier, pioneer and great-great-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Greenleaf%20Whittier%20Homestead |
Conklin is a small unincorporated village south of Washington Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. It is located along SR 620 (Braddock Road) adjacent to the community of South Riding. Prosperity Baptist Church and Settle-Dean Cabin are the centerpieces of Conklin.
Unincorporated co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conklin%2C%20Virginia |
James Carmen Cefalo (born October 6, 1956) is an American journalist, news broadcaster and sports broadcaster, radio talk show host, Voice of the Miami Dolphins, businessman, wine enthusiast and former professional football wide receiver and game show host.
Biography
High school career
Cefalo attended Pittston Area H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Cefalo |
Seasons 52 is an American fresh grill and wine bar developed in 2003. The brand concept is to deliver a casually sophisticated atmosphere, seasonal menu, and offer fresh ingredients to deliver menu items that are naturally lighter. As of 2016, there are 42 Seasons 52 locations in the United States.
The restaurant's co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasons%2052 |
Gleedsville is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia. Gleedsville lies south of Leesburg on Gleedsville Road. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the village has also been known as Leedsville.
Unincorporated communities in Loudoun County, Virginia
Washington metropolitan area
Unincorp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleedsville%2C%20Virginia |
Matilda of Angus, also known as Maud, was the daughter of Maol Choluim, Earl or Mormaer of Angus and, as his heiress, was countess of the province in her own right.
Marriages and issue
She married John Comyn, but he died in France in 1242. They do not appear to have had issue.
A husband was needed to control the disp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda%2C%20Countess%20of%20Angus |
The Orleans-2 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. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orleans-2%20Vermont%20Representative%20District%2C%202002%E2%80%932012 |
Arthur Cantor (March 12, 1920 – April 8, 2001) was an accomplished American theatrical producer who contributed to the presentation of over 100 productions that were displayed on stages across the globe, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, London and Paris.
Many of his most notable productions were those he funded for c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Cantor |
Lewis County Schools is the operating school district within Lewis County, West Virginia. It is governed by the Lewis County Board of Education, located in Weston.
Schools
High school
Lewis County High School
Middle school
Robert L. Bland Middle School
Elementary schools
Leading Creek Elementary School
Jane Lew ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20County%20Schools%20%28West%20Virginia%29 |
Traad , also known as Traad Point, is a small peninsula near Ballyronan in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Located at the north-west of Lough Neagh, it has a large conservation area that is abundant with wildlife as well as a nine-hole golf club. It is situated within Mid-Ulster District.
The Ulster Freshwater ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traad |
Leithtown is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia. Leithtown lies to the west of Goose Creek at the crossroads of Foxcroft, Pot House, and Mountville roads. It is the home of the Foxcroft School and saw cavalry action in the Battle of Middleburg and Battle of Upperville in 1863.
Unincorporated communi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leithtown%2C%20Virginia |
Tribes of Neurot is an American experimental music group formed by the members of Neurosis in 1995. Their music incorporates tribal sounds into ambient atmospheres.
History
Tribes of Neurot is a side project of Neurosis that consists of all the members of Neurosis along with additional musicians. The music explores ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribes%20of%20Neurot |
Phototoxins are toxins that can cause allergic reactions in particularly susceptible individuals and which can cause dangerous photosensitivity in a much broader range of subjects.
Phototoxins are common in:
a variety of plants (including food plants where they may be a biological defence):
many citruses contain essen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototoxin |
Emily Horne (born 9 December 1978) is a British woman, best known for being a multiple bigamist after her well-publicised marriages to six men without informing them of her previous marriages and without ever legally divorcing any of them. Horne has been tried and sentenced twice for bigamy. She later changed her name ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Horne |
John Lloyd Mills Young (born July 4, 1975) is an American actor. In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys. He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Lloyd%20Young |
An elementary stream (ES) as defined by the MPEG communication protocol is usually the output of an audio encoder or video encoder. An ES contains only one kind of data (e.g. audio, video, or closed caption). An elementary stream is often referred to as "elementary", "data", "audio", or "video" bitstreams or streams. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG%20elementary%20stream |
(Need for (or lack of) fire), Op. 50, is a Singgedicht (sung poem) or opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The German libretto was written by Ernst von Wolzogen, based on J. Ketel's report "Das erloschene Feuer zu Audenaerde". It was Strauss' second opera.
Thematically, the opera has been interpreted as a parody of Ri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuersnot |
Gopal Saini (born 1954) is a former Indian middle distance runner. He held the national record in 3000 meters Steeplechase which was unbeaten for 37 years. Saini set the 3000m Steeplechase record (8:30.88) in Tokyo,Japan on 5 June 1981 which was then broken by Avinash Sable by clocking 8:29.80 at the 2018 National Open... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopal%20Saini |
Lower Hermitage is a locality in the Adelaide Hills region, located approximately northeast of Adelaide in South Australia. It is aligned north–south along Lower Hermitage Road.
As at , Lower Hermitage had a population of 209 people.
The heritage-listed Glen Ewin complex including a house and former jam factory bui... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower%20Hermitage |
Volcán San Cristóbal is the highest volcano in Nicaragua at . Near the northwest corner of the country, it forms a backdrop to the city of Chichigalpa, Chinandega. It is also among the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua.
San Cristóbal is part of a 5-member volcanic complex that bears the same name. Chonco is 4 km to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Crist%C3%B3bal%20Volcano |
The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of the Canadian government is responsible for achieving the objectives of, and promoting, Canada's Official Languages Act. Canada has two official languages: English and French.
The 1988 Official Languages Act mandates this office and its commissioner, who holds off... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office%20of%20the%20Commissioner%20of%20Official%20Languages |
A Commissioner of Official Languages is an official head of an office that is responsible for dealing with matters regarding a country's policy towards its Official Languages. It is most commonly found in Commonwealth countries.
List of Commissioners of Official Languages by country
Office of the Commissioner of Offi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner%20of%20Official%20Languages |
The NCAA Division I softball tournament is held annually in May/June and features 64 college softball teams in the United States, culminating in the Women's College World Series (WCWS), which is played in Oklahoma City.
Tournament play and team selection
The tournament is different from many college tournaments in tha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA%20Division%20I%20softball%20tournament |
Zvonimir "Rale" Rašić OAM (; 26 December 1935 – 8 June 2023) was a Serbian-Australian association football player, coach and media personality.
Playing career
Born in Dole, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Rasic begin his career playing in Yugoslav clubs. Also known as Zvonko Rasic, Zvonko being a usual dimin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rale%20Rasic |
Hannahsville is an unincorporated community on the Cheat River in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Hannahsville lies along West Virginia Route 72.
Unincorporated communities in Tucker County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannahsville%2C%20West%20Virginia |
Michael Gassen Stewart (April 19, 1945 – November 13, 2002) was an American musician, songwriter, and producer. Originally founding the San Francisco-based folk rock band We Five, he later went on to produce Billy Joel's breakthrough album Piano Man as well as artists such as Tom Jones and Kenny Rankin earning him two ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Stewart%20%28musician%29 |
When the Wind Blows is a novel by James Patterson, followed by the sequel The Lake House. It also served as inspiration for the Maximum Ride spinoff series for teens.
Synopsis
Frannie Devin O'Neill is a veterinarian living in Bear Bluff, Colorado, whose husband was killed three years ago. She meets Kit Harrison, an F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20the%20Wind%20Blows%20%28Patterson%20novel%29 |
Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus also known as The Red Earl (before 1246 – 1308) was the first of the Anglo-French de Umfraville line to rule the Earldom of Angus in his own right.
His father was Gilbert de Umfraville (died shortly before 13 March 1245), a Norman, and feudal Baron of Prudhoe in Northumberland, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20de%20Umfraville%2C%20Earl%20of%20Angus |
Jolo (pronounced "Joe-Lowe") is an unincorporated community on West Virginia Route 83 in McDowell County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The community was mentioned in the book Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington for being the home of the Church of the Lord Jesus with Signs Following, a renowned snake h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolo%2C%20West%20Virginia |
Cleto L. Rodríguez (April 26, 1923 – December 7, 1990) was an American of Mexican descent who served in both the U.S. Army, and in the U.S. Air Force, and received the Medal of Honor for actions in Manila, Philippines during World War II.
Early years
Cleto Rodríguez, a Mexican-American, was born and lived in San Marco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleto%20Rodr%C3%ADguez |
Tyrocidine is a mixture of cyclic decapeptides produced by the bacteria Bacillus brevis found in soil. It can be composed of 4 different amino acid sequences, giving tyrocidine A–D (See figure 1). Tyrocidine is the major constituent of tyrothricin, which also contains gramicidin. Tyrocidine was the first commercia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrocidine |
Nothing But Trouble is a 1944 Laurel and Hardy feature film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Sam Taylor
Plot
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, butler and chef following in their ancestors' famous footsteps, can't find jobs in 1932. They embark for other countries, with no success, and return to America in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing%20but%20Trouble%20%281944%20film%29 |
Key Motorsports (formerly The Motorsports Group and Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group) was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded by Virginia businessman Curtis Key. The team is operated out of Mooresville, North Carolina. The t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Motorsports%20Group |
Diana Spencer (1961–1997), later Diana, Princess of Wales, was the first wife of King Charles III.
Diana Spencer may also refer to:
Diana Spencer (classicist) (b. 1969), professor of classics
Diana Spencer (diver) (born 1934), British Olympic diver
Lady Diana Beauclerk (née Lady Diana Spencer, 1734–1808), English no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Spencer%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Albin is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. Albin lies to the northwest of Winchester on North Frederick Pike (U.S. Highway 522). It was also known as Bryarly.
References
Unincorporated communities in Frederick County, Virginia
Unincorporated communities in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albin%2C%20Virginia |
Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (née Lady Diana Spencer; 31 July 1710 – 27 September 1735), was a member of the Spencer family, chiefly remembered because of an unsuccessful attempt to arrange a marriage for her with Frederick, Prince of Wales.
Orphaned by the age of 6, Lady Diana, known by her family as "dear littl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Russell%2C%20Duchess%20of%20Bedford |
Issam Ahmad Dibwan al-Makhlafi (Arabic: ), (born in 1977 in Saudi Arabia, identified as a Yemeni) aka Akrama, became briefly wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. In early 2002, he had been named in a suspected Yemen plot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issam%20Ahmad%20Dibwan%20al-Makhlafi |
Zillmere is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Zillmere had a population of 8,967 people.
Geography
As at 2008, Zillmere was approximately 60% residential and 40% industrial.
History
The Turrbal people occupied the region north of Brisbane River, including the area covered by Zillmere.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillmere%2C%20Queensland |
Armel is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. It lies east of Stephens City on Front Royal Pike (U.S. Highway 522). According to the Geographic Names Information System, Armel has also been known throughout its history as Bridgeport.
References
Unincorporated communities in Freder... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armel%2C%20Virginia |
Blades of the Tiger is a fantasy novel set in the Dragonlance setting, based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. This is the first of a trilogy about Taladas; the second book in the trilogy is Trail of the Black Wyrm. Blades of the Tiger was published in 2005.
Plot introduction
Blades of the Tiger is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blades%20of%20the%20Tiger |
Kora is a New Zealand music group, which originally consisted of four brothers from the Kora family. The band, which began in Whakatane, New Zealand fuses elements of reggae, rock, dub, roots, funk, and more recently space funk and dub step elements.
Members
Current members
Francis Kora (bass guitar/vocals)
Stuart Ko... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kora%20%28band%29 |
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 is a television mini-series and the ninth installment of the I Love the... series presented by VH1. The sequel to I Love the '70s, it originally aired on VH1 from July 10 to July 14, 2006.
Commentators
Carlos Alazraqui
Tony Alva
Antigone Rising (Cassidy and Kristen Henderson)
Alison Arngrim
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Love%20the%20%2770s%3A%20Volume%202 |
The International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (ICISS) was an ad hoc commission of participants which in 2001 worked to popularize the concept of humanitarian intervention under the name of "Responsibility to protect". The Commission was instigated in the wake of the Kosovo War by Lloyd Axworthy and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Commission%20on%20Intervention%20and%20State%20Sovereignty |
Berndt Arvid Freddie Wadling (2 August 1951 – 2 June 2016) was a Swedish singer born in Gothenburg, whose over-thirty-year musical career extended from punk to classical ballads.
Band member
Wadling played bass in a number of bands during the 1970s and early 1980s. One notable band was Liket Lever (which translates a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie%20Wadling |
Jitterbugs is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film produced by Sol M. Wurtzel and directed by Mal St.Clair.
Plot
Stan and Ollie are musicians travelling across the country as "The Original Zoot Suit Band". En route to their next gig, their car runs out of gas and they are rescued by Chester Wright, an inventor who has... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitterbugs |
Allegany is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It lies at the upstream end of the Millicoma River, where the East Fork Millicoma River and West Fork Millicoma River join to form the main stem, a short tributary of the Coos River. Oregon Route 241 passes through Allegany. The community bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegany%2C%20Oregon |
The history of the Royal Australian Navy traces the development of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from the colonisation of Australia by the British in 1788. Until 1859, vessels of the Royal Navy made frequent trips to the new colonies. In 1859, the Australia Squadron was formed as a separate squadron and remained in A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Royal%20Australian%20Navy |
Richard Moore (born July 17, 1966, in French Camp, California as Fredrick William Morehead) is an American writer and artist of comic books. His published titles include Far West (Antarctic Press), Boneyard (NBM Publishing) and Deja Vu (Radio Comix).
Biography
Overview
Moore's first original work was Far West, a four... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Moore%20%28comics%29 |
The University of Maine at Augusta (UMaine Augusta or UMA) is a public college in Augusta, Maine. It is part of the University of Maine System. UMA provides baccalaureate and select associate degrees for residents of Central Maine. The university has campuses in Augusta and Bangor, and courses offered online and across... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Maine%20at%20Augusta |
The Brachyceran infraorder Asilomorpha is a large and diverse group of flies, containing the bulk of the nonmuscoid Brachycera. The larvae of asilomorphs are extremely diverse in habits, as well.
Classification
In most modern classifications, the infraorder Asilomorpha is not recognized, as it is paraphyletic; the Emp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomorpha |
Greatest Hits, Etc. is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, released in November 1977 by Columbia Records. It was his first compilation, spanning the first six years of his solo career. Its release was prompted by the fact that two years after his last studio album, Simon didn't yet h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest%20Hits%2C%20Etc. |
The Directives for military officers and military commanders in the event of an armed attack on Norway (Direktiver for militære befalingsmenn og militære sjefer ved væpnet angrep på Norge) is commonly referred to as “the poster on the wall” (plakaten på veggen) since it was posted in every military office wall until ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directives%20for%20military%20officers%20and%20military%20commanders%20in%20the%20event%20of%20an%20armed%20attack%20on%20Norway |
"The Prime Time of Your Life" is a song by French electronic music duo Daft Punk from their third studio album, Human After All. It was released as the fourth and final single from the album on 17 June 2006 by record label Virgin. The song is also Daft Punk's final single on a studio album with Virgin, and was released... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Prime%20Time%20of%20Your%20Life |
HaZvi (, also Hatzevi and Hazewi, literally 'The Gazelle') was a Hebrew-language newspaper published in Jerusalem from 1884 to 1914 by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, a pioneer of the revival of Hebrew as a spoken tongue.
History
The first issue of HaZvi was published on October 24, 1884. It began as a weekly paper and eventuall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HaZvi |
"The Three Little Birds" (German: De drei Vügelkens) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 96. The story is originally written in Low German. It is Aarne-Thompson type 707, the dancing water, the singing apple, and the speaking bird. The story resembles Ancilotto, King of Provino, by Giova... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Three%20Little%20Birds |
Hyman Isaac Goldstein (November 2, 1887 – 1954) was an American physician and medical historian born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the eldest son of Rose (sister of Isidor Zuckermann) and Solomon Joseph Goldstein.
Background
After his family moved to Camden, New Jersey, he attended public schools in that city and ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman%20I.%20Goldstein |
Belvidere Cemetery is a cemetery located in Belvidere, in Warren County, New Jersey that was founded in 1834. It includes many graves of people who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
Notable interments
Charlie Berry (1902–1972), Major League Baseball catcher from 1925 to 1938; MLB umpire; NFL linesman.
Henry ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvidere%20Cemetery |
Henry David Lee (December 9, 1849 – March 15, 1928) was the founder of the HD Lee Mercantile Company, inventors of Lee Jeans.
Early life
He was born in 1849 in Vermont and attended school in South East Randolph, he moved to Galion, Ohio, in 1867 where he worked as a hotel clerk and parlayed early business success sel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20David%20Lee |
The Future Is Inter-Disciplinary or Not at All is an EP by Frog Eyes, released by Acuarela Discos in Spain in 2006.
The EP was not as well received as previous releases. Cokemachineglow claimed the EP "isn't good", and the level to which it can frustrate longtime Frog Eyes fans is "staggering". Pitchfork Media calls t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Future%20Is%20Inter-Disciplinary%20or%20Not%20at%20All |
The Public Trust of New Zealand is a crown entity that provides trustee services to those unwilling to use private services, or required by the courts or legislation to use Public Trust. Before 2001 Public Trust was a government-appointed corporation sole and was called the Public Trustee.
The Public Trust is New Zea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20Trust |
The Felt Tip EP is an EP by Love Is All, released by Smashing Time in 2005. It was limited to 500 copies.
Track listing
Side one
"Felt Tip"
Side two
"Talk Talk Talk Talk"
"Busy Doing Nothing"
Love Is All albums
2005 EPs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felt%20Tip%20%28EP%29 |
The Tomb of the Roaring Lions is an archaeological site at the ancient city of Veii, Italy. It is best known for its well-preserved fresco paintings of four feline-like creatures, believed by archaeologists to depict lions. The tomb is believed to be one of the oldest painted tombs in the western Mediterranean, dating ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb%20of%20the%20Roaring%20Lions |
A Low Hum is the ongoing project founded by photographer and music impresario Blink (born Ian Jorgensen), and is based in Wellington, New Zealand. Under the umbrella A LOW HUM, Blink organises tours, releases records, makes music videos, organises one-off events/festivals and publishes magazines and books. As of 2009, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Low%20Hum |
Jeff Pearlman (born 1972) is an American sports writer. He has written nine books that have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list: four about football, three on baseball and two about basketball. He was the author of the infamous 1999 John Rocker interview in Sports Illustrated.
Books
Pearlman is the author ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Pearlman |
Guy's Big Bite is a Food Network show starring Guy Fieri, winner of the second season of The Next Food Network Star. The inaugural six-episode season premiered on June 25, 2006 in the 10:00 a.m. (EST) timeslot. The initial concept included Fieri cooking in a bachelor pad-like set featuring a large television and car me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%27s%20Big%20Bite |
The year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events.
Explorations
Tomb of the Roaring Lions
Excavations
KV63 - the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.
Ancient pre-Inca pet cemetery dated to the Chiribaya culture found south of Lima, Peru.
Ancient pre-Inca tombs complex dated to Middle Sican cul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20in%20archaeology |
David Leonard Gilliland (born April 1, 1976) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. Since 2017, he has operated Tricon Garage, a team that races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Seriess. They have also competed in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series West and CARS Tour.
Formerly a ful... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Gilliland |
Align may refer to:
Align (album), an album released by the band Halifax
The process of alignment (disambiguation)
Align Technology, a medical device company
align and align*, environments that use the amsmath package used for arranging equations of multiple lines in LaTeX
For controlling alignment in Wikipedia ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Align |
Ahmad al-Akhader Nasser Albidani (Arabic: ), (born in 1977 in Yemen), became briefly wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. In early 2002, he had been named in a suspected Yemen plot, for which he became listed on the FBI'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20al-Akhader%20Nasser%20Albidani |
The Sportyvna or Sportivnaya (, ; ) is a station on Kharkiv Metro's Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line. It was opened on 23 August 1975. It is located in the southwestern part of the city's center, beneath the Plechanivska Vulytsia and the Derzhavinska Vulytsia junction. The station received its name from the word sport, due... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportyvna%20%28Kharkiv%20Metro%29 |
Rutherford High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Rutherford, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Rutherford School District. The original structure was built in 1922 and expanded in 1938, 1957 and 2005. Rutherford High School is overseen by the Ne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford%20High%20School%20%28New%20Jersey%29 |
Martin Gooch is a British filmmaker, who directed and shot many comedy shorts. His first feature film Death which premiered at Sci-Fi-London 2012 in the UK and was a 2012 finalist for Hollywood's Feel Good Film Festival in the US. He was born on 6 September 1972 in St. Albans, England.
Career
After writing and directi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Gooch |
Houghton Bay, or Houghton Valley, is one of the southern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It is located between Island Bay and Lyall Bay, on the rocky shores of the Cook Strait. It has two beaches, Houghton Bay and Princess Bay, used by surfers, swimmers and divers.
History
Houghton Bay was named after Captain Rob... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton%20Bay |
ArchEnemies is a comic book mini-series put out by Dark Horse Comics from April 5, 2006 until July 5, 2006. The series was created and written by Drew Melbourne with art by Yvel Guichet and Joe Rubinstein.
Plot
The 4-part series focuses on the superhero Star Fighter and his archenemy Underlord, as well as roommates E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArchEnemies |
Isaac D. Seyburn (March 1824 – March 6, 1895) was a Welsh-American merchant captain who served as an officer in the United States Navy during the Civil War, with the rank of Acting-Master. He was wounded in action during the 1861 Battle of Port Royal. During 1863 he commanded the schooner as part of the West Gulf Bl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20D.%20Seyburn |
Brunor, Breunor, Branor or Brunoro are various forms of a name given to several different characters in the works of the Tristan tradition of Arthurian legend. They include Knight of the Round Table known as Brunor/Breunor le Noir (the Black), as well as his father and others, among them another former knight of Uther'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunor |
David MacFarland Steele (May 7, 1974 – March 25, 2017) was an American professional racing driver who won numerous sprint car racing championships and also competed in IndyCar and NASCAR races. Steele last drove a winged sprint car in the Southern Sprintcar Shootout Series, where he won the first 5 races in series hist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Steele |
The Carolina Monarchs were a short-lived ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum, succeeding the ECHL Greensboro Monarchs, some of whose owners accepted an expansion proposal from the AHL to start play in the 1995-96 season.
Just two seasons... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina%20Monarchs |
This is a list of airports in North Carolina (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements rec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20airports%20in%20North%20Carolina |
The Brachyceran infraorder Muscomorpha is a large and diverse group of flies, containing the bulk of the Brachycera and most of the known flies. It includes a number of the most familiar flies, such as the housefly, the fruit fly, and the blow fly. The antennae are short, usually three-segmented, with a dorsal arista. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscomorpha |
The Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 ("FNWA", ) established a federal program to control the spread of noxious weeds. The United States Secretary of Agriculture was given the authority to declare plants "noxious weeds", and limit the interstate spread of such plants without a permit. The Secretary has the authority to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal%20Noxious%20Weed%20Act%20of%201974 |
Chara may refer to:
Places
Chara (river), a river in Russia
Chara (rural locality), a rural locality (a selo) in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Chara Airport, an airport in Russia near the rural locality
Chara Sands, a sanded area in Siberia, Russia
Science
Chara (alga), a genus of algae in the family Characeae
Chara (mot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chara |
Maritime Heritage Minnesota (MHM) is a non-profit group working toward the documentation, preservation, and conservation of maritime archaeological and cultural resources. They were founded in July 2005.
MHM's goal is to educate students, scholars, and citizens about the importance of our maritime heritage and preserv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime%20Heritage%20Minnesota |
In pre-modern medicine, the confection of hyacinth had nearly the same virtues with that of alkermes; but, beside that, was frequently used as an astringent. It consisted of nearly triple the number of drugs; of which the precious stone, called hyacinth, was the base. The other chief ingredients were red coral, bole ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confection%20of%20hyacinth |
Bashir Ali Nasser al-Sharari (born in 1970 in Yemen) became briefly wanted in 2002, by the United States Department of Justice's FBI, which was then seeking information about his identity and whereabouts. In early 2002, he had been named in a suspected Yemen plot, for which he became listed on the FBI's third major "wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashir%20Ali%20Nasser%20al-Sharari |
The Orleans-Caledonia-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. C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orleans-Caledonia-1%20Vermont%20Representative%20District%2C%202002%E2%80%932012 |
The Lavaca River ( ) is a navigable river in the U.S. state of Texas. It begins in the northeastern part of Gonzales County, and travels generally southeast for until it empties into Lavaca Bay, which is a component of Matagorda Bay.
History
The navigable Texas river's name is a corruption of Rivière des Vaches ("Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavaca%20River |
The Big Game is a high-stakes poker cash game played in the "Bobby's Room", a cardroom named after Bobby Baldwin, at the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas. In 2010, the game partially expanded to "The Ivey Room" at Aria Resort and Casino. The table features no-limit and pot-limit games with wagers up to $100,000 per hand. L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Game%20%28poker%29 |
Indole alkaloids are a class of alkaloids containing a structural moiety of indole; many indole alkaloids also include isoprene groups and are thus called terpene indole or secologanin tryptamine alkaloids. Containing more than 4100 known different compounds, it is one of the largest classes of alkaloids. Many of them ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indole%20alkaloid |
An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of burlesque, pantomime, music hall and parody in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. It sometimes also has elements of cabaret, circus, revue, variety, vaudeville and mime. Extra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extravaganza |
SJ radar was a type of S band (10-cm) radar set used on American submarines during the Second World War. The widespread use of the SJ radar, combined with the very low use of radar in the Imperial Japanese Navy, gave great operational flexibility to the United States Navy's submarine campaign in the Pacific Ocean.
Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SJ%20radar |
The Blue Mountains is a fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book (1894), but provided no bibliographical information and its origin remains obscure.
Synopsis
A Scotsman, an Englishman and an Irishman all ran away from the army together. After several days, the Scotsman saw a castle, went to it with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blue%20Mountains%20%28fairy%20tale%29 |
Edward Lionel Terry (6 January 1873 – 20 August 1952) was an English white supremacist and murderer, incarcerated in psychiatric institutions after murdering a Chinese immigrant, Joe Kum Yung, in Wellington, New Zealand in 1905.
Life before New Zealand
Edward Lionel Terry was born in Sandwich, Kent in 1873. He was th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel%20Terry |
A sensorium is the apparatus of an organism's perception considered as a whole.
Sensorium may also refer to:
Science and technology
Sensorium Corporation, a social virtual reality company
Sensorium (insect), a sensory organ on insect antennae; see, for example, Oxycoryninae
Sensorium Project, related to the IRCF36... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensorium%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Welcome to Our Neighborhood is the first video album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on November 9, 1999, by Roadrunner Records and later reissued in DVD format on November 18, 2003. Characterized as a band's home video, it features a mixture of live performances footage of the songs "Surfacing",... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome%20to%20Our%20Neighborhood |
is a Japanese singer, produced by Takeshi Kobayashi. She debuted in 2000 as the fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou for the film All About Lily Chou-Chou, and later debuted as a solo artist in 2004. She is best known for her charity single collaboration with Bank Band in 2006, "To U." Salyu has also worked as a voice actre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyu |
Acquainted with the Night: Excursions through the World After Dark (or Acquainted with the Night: A Celebration of the Dark Hours) is a non-fiction book by Christopher Dewdney about various aspects of night. It was first published in 2004 by HarperCollins. It uses the same title as the Robert Frost poem "Acquainted wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquainted%20with%20the%20Night%20%28book%29 |
Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark (; 10 February 1910 – 13 February 1989) was the youngest child and only daughter of Prince George of Greece and Denmark and his wife, Princess Marie Bonaparte, daughter of Marie-Félix Blanc and Prince Roland Bonaparte, a great-nephew of Napoleon I. Her father was the second son of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Eug%C3%A9nie%20of%20Greece%20and%20Denmark |
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