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Christian Service Brigade (CSB) (a.k.a. CSB Ministries) is a non-denominational Christian organization for men and boys in the United States and Canada. Often referred to as "Brigade," it is organized according to a model historically similar to that of international Boys' Brigade and Scouting organizations. More than ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Service%20Brigade |
, officially translated as The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls, is an action role-playing video game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy exclusively in Japan in 1992.
The title is a play on Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls, which is known in Japan as . This i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaeru%20no%20Tame%20ni%20Kane%20wa%20Naru |
Tefal S.A.S. (a portmanteau of TEFlon and ALuminium.) is a French cookware and small appliance manufacturer, owned by Groupe SEB (a global manufacturer of cookware) since 1968. The company is known for creating the non-stick cookware category and for offering frying equipment with a low requirement of fat or oils.
In ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefal |
Isidor Zuckermann (May 21, 1866 – 1946) was an Austrian businessman. He was born near Kamianets-Podilskyi in the Podolia Governorate of the Russian Empire (modern-day Ukraine), and emigrated with his family to the United Kingdom in 1939. He died in Keswick, Cumbria in 1946. He is interred in St. John's Church Cemetery... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isidor%20Zuckermann |
The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop is the fourth studio album recorded by the Supremes, issued by Motown in February 1965. The album was presented as a covers/tribute album of country songs, as Ray Charles had done with his album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. However, over half of the selections on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Supremes%20Sing%20Country%2C%20Western%20and%20Pop |
Curtis Michael Leschyshyn ( ; born September 21, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Leschyshyn played 1,033 games in the National Hockey League. He is the only NHL player to have played for two relocated franchises, both before and after relocation, the Nordiques/Avalanche and the Whalers/Hurric... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis%20Leschyshyn |
The superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii), also known as Barraband's parrot, Barraband's parakeet, or green leek parrot, is a parrot native to south-eastern Australia. It is a dimorphic species and one of three species in the genus Polytelis.
The superb parrot is mostly bright green with darker flight feathers and is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superb%20parrot |
Space medicine is a specialized field, which developed from Aerospace medicine, that focuses on the acute medical care of astronauts and spaceflight participants. The spaceflight environment poses many unique stressors to the human body, including G forces, microgravity, unusual atmospheres such as low pressure or high... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20medicine |
Abdulaziz Muhammad Saleh bin Otash (born in 1975 in Saudi Arabia, and identified as a Yemeni – died in 2011), 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/Abdulaziz%20Muhammad%20Saleh%20bin%20Otash |
Intermezzo, Op. 72, is a comic opera in two acts by Richard Strauss to his own German libretto, described as a (bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes). It premiered at the Dresden Semperoper on 4 November 1924, with sets that reproduced Strauss' home in Garmisch. The first Vienna performance was in January 1927.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermezzo%20%28opera%29 |
Labron E. Harris (November 26, 1908 – August 14, 1995) was an American professional golfer and golf coach at Oklahoma State University from 1947 to 1973. He coached Oklahoma State to 24 Missouri Valley and Big 8 Conference championships and the 1963 NCAA Division I Golf Championship. He coached 27 All-Americans and two... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labron%20Harris |
Tu'er Shen (, The Leveret Spirit) or Tu Shen (, The Rabbit God), is a Chinese deity who manages love and sex between men. His name literally means "rabbit deity". His adherents refer to him as Ta Yeh (, The Master).
In a folk tale from 17th century Fujian, a soldier is in love with a provincial official, and spies on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu%27er%20Shen |
Wheelock's Latin (originally titled Latin and later Latin: An Introductory Course Based on Ancient Authors) is a comprehensive beginning Latin textbook. Chapters introduce related grammatical topics and assume little or no prior knowledge of Latin grammar or language. Each chapter has a collection of translation exerci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelock%27s%20Latin |
Tarīnkōṭ (), also spelled as Tarin Kowt, is the capital of Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan in the Tarinkot District. Tarinkot city has a population of 71,604 (2015), with some 200 small shops in the city's bazaar.
In Tarinkot district, two major Pashtun tribal confederations are represented, Tareen tribes: Po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarinkot |
Karl J. Sleight is an American attorney and Treasurer of the Saratoga County Bar Association (New York). He resides in Saratoga Springs, New York. In 2000, he was appointed Executive Director of the New York State Ethics Commission.
As of February 27, 2007 Sleight has resigned from the Ethics Commission to work at a p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20J.%20Sleight |
Anartia jatrophae, the white peacock, is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. The white peacock's larval hosts are water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri), lemon bacopa (Bacopa caroliniensis), tropical waterhyssop (Bacopa innominata), frogfruit (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anartia%20jatrophae |
The 9K720 Iskander (; NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian military. They travel at a terminal hypersonic speed of 2100–2600 m/s (Mach 6–7) and can reach an altitude of 50 km as they range up to 500 km. The missile systems () were intend... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K720%20Iskander |
Wawona may refer to:
Wawona (schooner), a historic schooner in Seattle, Washington, USA, now disassembled
Wawona, California, an unincorporated town within Yosemite National Park, USA
Wawona Hotel, in Yosemite National Park
Wawona Tree, a giant sequoia in Yosemite National Park
Camp Wawona, a summer camp in Yosemi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawona |
General Kodendera Subayya Thimayya (31 March 1906 – 18 December 1965) was the 3rd Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961 during the crucial years leading up to the conflict with China in 1962. Thimayya was the only Indian to command an Infantry brigade in battle during the Second World War and is regarded as the most d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodandera%20Subayya%20Thimayya |
Shuhour Abdullah Mukbil al-Sabri (Arabic: ), (born in 1976 in Saudi Arabia, and identified as a Yemeni), 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... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuhour%20Abdullah%20Mukbil%20al-Sabri |
Die ägyptische Helena (The Egyptian Helen), Op. 75, is an opera in two acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It premiered at the Dresden Semperoper on 6 June 1928. Strauss had written the title role with Maria Jeritza in mind but, creating quite a sensation at the time, the Dresden oper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20%C3%A4gyptische%20Helena |
Minot's Ledge Light, officially Minots Ledge Light, is a lighthouse on Minots Ledge, one mile offshore of the towns of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts, to the southeast of Boston Harbor. It is a part of the Town of Cohassett, in Plymouth County. The current lighthouse is the second on the site, the first having b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minot%27s%20Ledge%20Light |
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand Maria Karl Heinrich Adalbert Franz Philipp Andreas Konstantin of Bavaria (22 October 1859 – 23 November 1949) was a member of the Bavarian House of Wittelsbach and a General of Cavalry. Following his marriage to Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, he was also created an Infante of Spain.
General ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20Ludwig%20Ferdinand%20of%20Bavaria |
U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a transcontinental highway in the United States, stretching from West Sacramento, California, in the west to Ocean City, Maryland, on the east coast. The Nevada portion crosses the center of the state and was named "The Loneliest Road in America" by Life magazine in July 1986. The name was inte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2050%20in%20Nevada |
The EAA Aviation Museum, formerly the EAA AirVenture Museum (or Air Adventure Museum), is a museum dedicated to the preservation and display of historic and experimental aircraft as well as antiques, classics, and warbirds. The museum is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to Wittman Regional Airport... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAA%20Aviation%20Museum |
Klaus Gerhart is an American photographer and the owner of Uber Adventures, the largest canyoneering training provider in the U.S. He was the owner of Pohlmann Press and the owner and curator of the N Gallery art gallery.
Life
Born Klaus Gerhart in Illinois in 1965, Gerhart grew up there before moving to Chicago in 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus%20Gerhart |
María Teresa of Spain may refer to:
Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain (1638–1683), eldest daughter of Philip IV of Spain, wife of her first cousin Louis XIV of France
Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726–1746), daughter of Philip V of Spain, wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, son of Louis XV of France; known as t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa%20Teresa%20of%20Spain |
"Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow" is Child ballad 152. It features an archery competition for a golden (or silver) arrow that has long appeared in Robin Hood tales, but it is the oldest recorded one where Robin's disguise prevents his detection.
Synopsis
The sheriff of Nottingham complains to King Richard of Robin Ho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin%20Hood%20and%20the%20Golden%20Arrow |
With the rise of National Socialism (National Socialism, Nazism) numerous artists, scientists and writers fled to other lands. Among them were many Austrian social scientists. Often they left because of their ancestry and frequently because of their political views. More than 350 names of social scientists (and somet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian%20social%20scientists%20in%20exile%20%281933%E2%80%931945%29 |
Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States. The current lighthouse dates from 1783, is the second oldest working lighthous... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20Light |
Julia Acker (1898–1942) was a Polish-Jewish figurative artist. Since many records from the World War II period and the German occupation of Poland are missing, the year of her birth in Lwów and death in the Lviv Ghetto are listed in the "Exhibition Catalogue from the Collections of the Lviv Art Gallery, Lviv Museum of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia%20Acker |
The 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League began on April 17, 2002.
The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes on June 13, 2002, four games to one, to win their tenth championship in their history. The Carolina Hurricanes were in the Stanley Cup Finals for the first... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Stanley%20Cup%20playoffs |
Ramose (Egyptian: rꜥ-ms(.w)) was an ancient Egyptian name, meaning "Ra is born". Variants of the name include Ramesses (Ramessu) and Paramessu; these various spellings could be used to refer to the same person.
Notable bearers of the name include:
Ramose, a son of Ahmose I
Ramose, the father of Senenmut, Hatshepsut's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramose |
Wii Music is a music video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. The game was released in Japan and North America in October 2008, and in Europe and Australia in the following month. Wii Music is part of both Nintendo's Touch! Generations brand and the Wii series.
Wii Music focuses o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii%20Music |
Arthur Nelson Field (27 February 1882 – 3 January 1963) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and political activist.
Born in Nelson, he was the first son of four children born to Tom Field and Jessica Black. His father was managing director of Wilkins and Field Hardware in his native city, which his grandfather had fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20N.%20Field |
was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served the Date clan of Sendai han, and was famous for his role in the Boshin War. He was also known as Naohide 直秀 and Buichiro 武一郎.
Biography
The Hosoya family claimed descent from Hosoya Jinbei, a man of Yamashiro, who took his name from Hosoya village in Date dist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosoya%20J%C5%ABday%C5%AB |
The coinage of Nabataea began under the reign of Aretas II, c. 110 – 96 BC but it was his heir Aretas III, who at the time was in control of land extending to Damascus. The silver coinage is based on the weight of the Roman Denarius or Greek Drachma, as the adjacent areas around Nabataea used the Greek weight system, i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabataean%20coinage |
Gene Smith is an American college administrator and former college football player and coach who currently serves as senior vice president and Athletic Director for Ohio State University.
He was named the university's eighth athletic director on March 5, 2005. Prior to his tenure at Ohio State, he served as athletic d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Smith%20%28athletic%20director%29 |
Vinces is a city in the Los Ríos Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Vinces Canton and is located at the Vinces River.
Vinces, known as "Little Paris", is characterized by its ancient buildings, constructed in wood, that belonged to the rich cacao plantation owners.
Vinces is known also as the capital of the com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinces |
Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight is an 18th century ballad of the death of Robin Hood. The song, written in Modern English, was included in the popular "garlands" (collections) of Robin Hood stories and songs published in the 18th and early 19th centuries, generally at the end as a suitable close to the garland. It ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin%20Hood%20and%20the%20Valiant%20Knight |
George Bryce (April 22, 1844 – August 5, 1931) was a Presbyterian minister and a prolific author, writing on many topics including history of the Red River Colony in what is now Manitoba, Canada.
Bryce was born near Mount Pleasant, Canada West (now Ontario). He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1902 and s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Bryce |
The Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) is a solar power company with headquarters in Singapore. REC produces silicon materials for photovoltaics (PV) applications and multicrystalline wafers, as well as solar cells and modules. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance New Solar Energy Limited.
The previous parent c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable%20Energy%20Corporation |
Kevin Stott (born 1967) is a soccer referee for PRO from the United States. He was a FIFA referee from 1995 to 2008. Stott was selected as a referee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Stott was selected as MLS Referee of the Year in 2010, after being selected as a finalist seven times. He has been a referee in ML... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Stott |
Night on Bröcken is the debut studio album by the American progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in September 1984 through Metal Blade Records.
The title of the album is apparently a reference to the Brocken, a mountain in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which is traditionally associated with witches (Walpurgis Night... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20on%20Br%C3%B6cken |
is a Japanese psychologist and critic. He specializes in the psychiatry of puberty and adolescence.
Saitō is Director of Medical Service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Chiba.
Saitō is notable for his study of hikikomori, a term he coined; he is internationally recognized as Japan's leading hikikomori expert.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaki%20Sait%C5%8D |
Duxbury Pier lighthouse also called Duxbury Light (nicknamed the "Bug Light") is a lighthouse located in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. Duxbury Pier Light was built in 1871 on the north side of the main channel in Plymouth Harbor to mark the dangerous shoal off Saquish Head. The unusual coffeepot-shaped lighthouse is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxbury%20Pier%20Light |
Salisbury East ( ) is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located 20 kilometres north of the Adelaide CBD. The residential part of the suburb is in the local government area (LGA) of the City of Salisbury, however the eastern part of the Cobbler Creek Recreation Park is in the boundaries of the City of Tea Tree Gull... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury%20East%2C%20South%20Australia |
Daniel Richard Gottlieb (born April 18, 1953) is an American drummer. He was a founding member of the Pat Metheny Group and was co-founder of Elements with Mark Egan.
Biography
Gottlieb was born in New York City on April 18, 1953. He took lessons from Mel Lewis and Joe Morello and graduated from the University of Miam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Gottlieb |
Tomsk State Pedagogical University () is a university in Tomsk, Russia. It is the successor of the Tomsk Teaching Institute founded in 1902. The foreign languages department started in 1939 as one of the first five departments of the University. Since that time the faculty had two major priorities in its development: t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomsk%20State%20Pedagogical%20University |
Ina Lu (Chinese name: 呂怡慧 Lǚ Yíhuì), born 1982 in Taiwan, is a South African Chinese beauty pageant winner from Johannesburg. She was Miss Chinese International 2006.
Miss Chinese South Africa
Ina won the crown of Miss Chinese South Africa 2005, organized by the Chinese community from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina%20Lu |
Lyndsey "Lyn-Z" Adams Hawkins Pastrana (born September 21, 1989) is an American professional skateboarder.
History and family
Born in San Diego, Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins was raised in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, and spent part of her childhood in Sayulita, Mexico, just outside Puerto Vallarta. An athletic child, Hawki... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn-Z%20Adams%20Hawkins |
The Spectre Within is the second studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in October 1985 through Metal Blade Records. It has been reissued three times: first as a double album together with Night on Bröcken (1984) in 1992, followed by a remastered edition in 1994, and again in 2002 with four bonu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Spectre%20Within |
Graduate were an English new wave and mod revival musical group formed in 1978, in Bath, England. They were only mildly successful, and broke up by 1981. They are today best known as being the initial recording vehicle for future Tears for Fears members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, who found international fame in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate%20%28band%29 |
Awaken the Guardian is the third studio album by American progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1986 through Metal Blade Records. The album was the band and their label's first to enter the U.S. Billboard 200, reaching No. 191 and remaining on the chart for four weeks. It is also the first Fates Warning alb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awaken%20the%20Guardian |
Helen Cox High School was a high school located in Harvey, in unincorporated area Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
It served portions of several communities, including Harvey, Gretna, Timberlane, and Woodmere.
The school was a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools system. The school primarily served ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Cox%20High%20School |
Brad Ottens (born 25 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Ottens was born in South Australia, but raised on a cattle station near Katherine, Northern Territory. He moved... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad%20Ottens |
Memos from Purgatory is Harlan Ellison's account of his experience with juvenile gangs when he joined one to research them for his first novel, Web of the City. It also describes the author's experience during an overnight stay in jail.
Contents
New Introduction: Memo '83 (1983 edition)
New Introduction: Memo '75... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memos%20from%20Purgatory |
Cullman may refer to:
, an attack transport ship that served in the US Navy during World War II
Cullman, Alabama, a city
Cullman County, Alabama, a county
List of Registered Historic Places in Cullman County, Alabama
Cullman High School, largest high school in Cullman, Alabama
Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullman |
Kullman, or Kulman, is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arnie Kullman (1927–1999), Canadian ice hockey player
Charles Kullman (1903–1983), American opera singer
Ed Kullman (1923–1997), Canadian ice hockey player
Elisabeth Kulman (born 1973), Austrian classical singer
Ellen J. Kullman (born 1956), Am... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullman |
William Dullam Robbins (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1952) was the 45th Mayor of Toronto from 1936 to 1937. He was appointed mayor after the death of incumbent Sam McBride and remained in office until defeated by Ralph Day in the 1937 elections. Robbins was considered a representative of labour in Toronto city politics, but... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20D.%20Robbins |
Kullmann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Christopher Kullmann (born 1986), German footballer
Olaf Kullmann (1892–1942), Norwegian naval officer and peace activist
Leonie Kullmann (born 1999), German swimmer
Dimitri Kullmann (born 1958), British neurologist
See also
Cullmann, a surname
Kehlmann,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullmann |
Perfect Symmetry is the fifth studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in 1989 through Metal Blade Records; a remastered edition was reissued on June 10, 2008 together with a bonus disc containing studio demos, as well as a DVD of live performances from the 1989–90 Perfect Symmetry world tour. It ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect%20Symmetry%20%28Fates%20Warning%20album%29 |
Parallels is the sixth studio album by American progressive metal band Fates Warning, released on October 29, 1991, through Metal Blade Records. The album reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Heatseekers chart.
James LaBrie, who had recently joined Dream Theater, contributed background vocals on the song "Life in Stil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels%20%28album%29 |
The St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra (SLSYO) is an American orchestra for musicians between the ages of 12 and 22, and is the young people's version of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO). The SLSYO performs three concerts a year at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri.
The orchestra was founded in 1970 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Louis%20Symphony%20Youth%20Orchestra |
The Basketball League of Serbia (BLS) (; abbr. КЛС or KLS), is a top-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia. Founded in 2006. It is currently not run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS).
Rules
Competition format
The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Serbia, consists of two stages:... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball%20League%20of%20Serbia |
Kathleen Ann Cassello (August 3, 1958, Wilmington, Delaware – April 12, 2017, Munich, Germany) was an American opera singer.
Cassello originally trained to be a nurse, and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Delaware in 1980. She practiced nursing from 1980 to 1984. Separately, sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen%20Cassello |
The following is a list of NCAA Division I universities in the United States (listed alphabetically by their schools' athletic brand name) and their current athletic director. This list only includes schools playing Division I football or men's basketball. Schools are alphabetized by commonly used short name, regardl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20NCAA%20Division%20I%20athletic%20directors |
Tracy Ip Chui Chui is an actress, model and beauty queen. She won the Miss Hong Kong Pageant in 2005.
Background
Tract Ip was born on 10 September 1981 in Hong Kong with family roots in Shanghai. Coming from a family of four, Ip lives with her parents. Her mother wanted to compete at Miss Hong Kong but gave up when sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy%20Ip |
is a popular example of modern Okinawan cuisine. It consists of taco-flavored ground beef served on a bed of rice, frequently served with shredded cheese, shredded lettuce, tomato and salsa.
Charlie's Tacos, serving tacos in shells made from rice flour, had been established in 1956 as the first "taco place" on Okinawa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco%20rice |
Inside Out is the seventh studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released on July 26, 1994 through Metal Blade Records. The album continues with the commercial sound that Parallels began. It was the last to feature long-time bassist Joe DiBiase, who left after its release, as well as the last to feature ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside%20Out%20%28Fates%20Warning%20album%29 |
The American Academy for Liberal Education (AALE) is a United States-based educational accreditation organization with a focus on fostering liberal arts education, both in higher education and in earlier schooling.
AALE does not currently have U.S. Department of Education recognition as a higher education accreditor.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Academy%20for%20Liberal%20Education |
Chasing Time is a compilation album, recorded by the Progressive metal group Fates Warning. The album was released on July 25, 1995. It includes 14 songs from all the band's periods, including 1 unreleased remix and 2 unreleased songs. It is the only compilation album the band has released.
Track listing
"Monument" -... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasing%20Time%20%28Fates%20Warning%20album%29 |
Monica Brant (born October 26, 1970) is an IFBB professional figure competitor and a former fitness competitor. Brant won the 1998 Ms. Fitness Olympia. She first appeared on the cover of Muscle & Fitness in November 1994 and has, according to her website, appeared on over 100 international magazine covers.
Biography
S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica%20Brant |
Uchi Mata (also known as Judo Uchi Mata) is a judo fighting game released for various home computers by Martech Games. It was promoted by British Olympic judoka Brian Jacks, who also acted as technical advisor. It is the first fighting game to feature counters and hidden moves.
Summary
This computer game is notable fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchi%20Mata%20%28video%20game%29 |
In materials science, a sandwich-structured composite is a special class of composite materials that is fabricated by attaching two thin-but-stiff skins to a lightweight but thick core. The core material is normally low strength, but its higher thickness provides the sandwich composite with high bending stiffness with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich-structured%20composite |
Purchasing is the formal process of buying goods and services. The purchasing process can vary from one organization to another, but there are some common key elements.
The process usually starts with a demand or requirements – this could be for a physical part (inventory) or a service. A requisition is generated, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing%20process |
ABC DJ is a Singaporean sitcom on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. This show often makes references to sensitive issues such as culture shock and racial discrimination. It also features guest appearances from the cast members in 2 Singaporean local sitcoms Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd and Police & Thief in episode 7 of this show.
Plo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC%20DJ |
Jenny Lynn (1971/2 – July 18, 2021) was an International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) professional figure competitor.
Lynn began her career in 2000 as a fitness competitor and then crossed over when the figure category was created in 2003. She won consecutive Figure Olympia titles in 2006 and 2007. She retired fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny%20Lynn |
Rubin & Ed is a 1991 independent buddy comedy film written and directed by Trent Harris. It stars Crispin Glover and Howard Hesseman as an unlikely pairing on a road trip through the Utah desert.
Plot
Rubin Farr is an eccentric, unsociable young man who lives in a motel run by his mother and mourns his cat, which is b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubin%20%26%20Ed |
Anartia is a genus of butterflies in family Nymphalidae, and subfamily Nymphalinae, found in tropical and subtropical areas in the Americas. The butterflies are known as peacocks, although the common European peacock (Aglais io) is not in the same genus.
Species
Listed alphabetically.
References
External links
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anartia |
SV Beuel 06 is a German association football club that plays in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia.
History
The club's origins are as a group of high school students who were playing football in an informal association as early as 1903. They were known briefly as the Rapiditas or Rapidas after a Rotterdam side that was in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SV%20Beuel%2006 |
The Colorado Symphony is an American symphony orchestra located in Denver, Colorado. Established in 1989 as the successor to the Denver Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Symphony performs in Boettcher Concert Hall, located in the Denver Performing Arts center, and throughout the Front Range, presenting education and out... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%20Symphony |
Stompers are battery-powered toy cars that use a single AA battery and feature four-wheel drive. They are driven by a single motor that turns both axles. They were the first battery-powered, electric, true 4WD toys. Stompers were created in 1980 by A. Eddy Goldfarb and sold by Schaper Toys. Later, in the United Kingdom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stompers%20%28toy%29 |
An exciter (also called a harmonic exciter or aural exciter) is an audio signal processing technique used to enhance a signal by dynamic equalization, phase manipulation, harmonic synthesis of (usually) high frequency signals, and through the addition of subtle harmonic distortion. Dynamic equalization involves variati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exciter%20%28effect%29 |
GX, Gx, or gx may refer to:
Airlines
Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines (IATA airline designator GX)
Air Ontario (1983-2001, former IATA airline designator GX)
JetMagic (2003-2004, former IATA airline designator GX)
Arts, entertainment, and media
GX (gaming expo), a non-gambling game convention in Toronto, Ontario, Cana... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GX |
Tricia Sawyer born (April 6, 1968 in Pasadena, California) is an American make-up artist in the film and print industry.
Career
She has worked extensively in the motion picture industry as a personal artist to Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Sylvester Stallone, Gina Gershon, Kate Beckinsale, Brittany Murphy, Michael Doug... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricia%20Sawyer |
The Canadian Forces Exchange System, or CANEX, is a commercial service of the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services. First established in 1968. It is tasked with supporting the Canadian Forces operational effectiveness, contributing to morale, esprit de corps and unit cohesion. CANEX operates merchandising opera... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANEX |
Enhancer may refer to:
Enhancer (genetics), a short region of DNA that can increase transcription of a gene
Exciter (effect), audio effect unit
See also
Enhance (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhancer |
Jane Ira Bloom (born January 12, 1955) is an American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer.
Early years
Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joel and Evelyn Bloom. She began as a pianist and drummer, later switching to the alto saxophone, and eventually settling on the soprano saxophone as her primary instrume... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Ira%20Bloom |
Jajmau also known as Jajesmow during British Era, is a suburb of Kanpur, India. It is situated on the banks of the Ganges River. Jajmau is an industrial suburb. It has the population of about 652,831 according to census 2011. It is believed to be the oldest inhabited place in the region. The main industry is the leathe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajmau |
The 6L50 (and similar 6L45) is a 6-speed longitudinally-mounted automatic transmission produced by General Motors. It is very similar in design to the larger 6L80/6L90, and is produced at GM Powertrain plants in Toledo, Ohio; Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico; and by the independent Punch Powerglide company in Strasbourg, Fran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM%206L50%20transmission |
Joseph Henabery (January 15, 1888 – February 18, 1976) of Omaha, Nebraska, was a film actor, screenplay writer, and director in the United States. He is best known for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in D.W. Griffith's controversial 1915 silent historical epic The Birth of a Nation.
Early years
Henabery was born in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Henabery |
Robin Hood Newly Revived is Child ballad 128, and an origin story for Will Scarlet.
Synopsis
Robin Hood and Little John are hunting when they see a finely dressed stranger shoot a deer. Robin says if he accepts it, he can be a yeoman in their band. The stranger threatens him, and forbids him to sound his horn. They ai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin%20Hood%20Newly%20Revived |
The Weilüe () was a Chinese historical text written by Yu Huan between 239 and 265. Yu Huan was an official in the state of Cao Wei (220–265) during the Three Kingdoms period (220–280). Although not a formal historian, Yu Huan has been held in high regard among Chinese scholars. As per the texts, Roman (known to the Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weil%C3%BCe |
Brant Point Light is a lighthouse located on Nantucket Island. The station was established in 1746, automated in 1965, and is still in operation. The current tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1987; it has the distinction of being the tenth light on the point, in addition to seve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brant%20Point%20Light |
HiSoft Systems is a software company based in the UK, creators of a range of programming tools for microcomputers in 1980s and 1990s.
Products
Their first products were Pascal and Assembler implementations for the NASCOM 1 and 2 kit-based computers, followed by Pascal and C for computers, as well as a BASIC compiler ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiSoft%20Systems |
Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters is the second solo album by Paul Rodgers (of Free and Bad Company fame), consisting predominantly of covers of songs made famous by blues artist Muddy Waters. Although attributed solely to Rodgers, the album features many guest musicians including Jeff Beck, Jason Bonham, Da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muddy%20Water%20Blues%3A%20A%20Tribute%20to%20Muddy%20Waters |
Norman "Norm" Gardner (born February 13, 1938) is a politician and administrator in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a former North York and Toronto City Councillor, serving most recently as chair of the Toronto Police Services Board (1998–2003). He was subsequently chair of the board of the Mackenzie Institute for sev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm%20Gardner |
We Remember Sam Cooke is the fifth studio album recorded by The Supremes, issued by Motown in April 1965. The album is a tribute album dedicated to soul musician Sam Cooke, who had died the previous December. Notable selections on the album, consisting entirely of Cooke covers, included covers of "A Change Is Gonna Com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%20Remember%20Sam%20Cooke |
Prince Tommaso of Savoy, 2nd Duke of Genoa (Tommaso Alberto Vittorio; 6 February 1854 – 15 April 1931), who is also known as Thomas Albert Victor of Savoy, was an Italian royal prince, nephew of Victor Emmanuel at the time the King of Sardinia, who on 18 February 1861 became the first King of a united Italy. His cousin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20Tommaso%2C%20Duke%20of%20Genoa |
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