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The Thunder Bay Northern Hawks are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They play in the Lakehead Junior Hockey League, formerly the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League.
The Northern Hawks are 12-time Thunder Bay Junior B and Northern Ontario Junior B champions. Thunder Bay are the 2018 Keys... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder%20Bay%20Northern%20Hawks |
Mandian may refer to:
Mandian, Pakistan
Mandian, a village in Anhui, China
Mandaeism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandian |
KazSat-1 (, QazSat-1) is the first Kazakh communications satellite. It was launched on 17 June 2006, at 22:44:05 UTC by Proton-K / Blok DM-2M launch vehicle.] This satellite was constructed by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center for the satellite bus and Thales Alenia Space (Italy) for the payload. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KazSat-1 |
Sanford is an American sitcom television series and a sequel to the original 1972–1977 sitcom Sanford and Son. It was broadcast on NBC from March 15, 1980 to July 10, 1981.
Background
In 1977, after six seasons of Sanford and Son, Redd Foxx left the NBC show to star in a variety show for ABC. His new show, The Redd Fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Beijing Department Store () is a major department store on Wangfujing street, Beijing, China.
The department store was opened in September 1955 under the name of Wangfujing Department Store (王府井百货商店). It changed to its present name in July 1968. In the 1970s an office building and a warehouse were built and annexed to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing%20Department%20Store |
Sir Hilary Duppa Miller (6 March 1929 – 21 March 2015) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Early life
He was the son of Lieutenant-Commander Jack Duppa-Miller, GC, and Barbara Miller (née Barbara Buckmaster, daughter of the first Viscount Buckmaster, a former Lord Chancellor). Educated at Eton College, Mille... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal%20Miller |
Nathaniel Thomas Huffman (April 2, 1975 – October 15, 2015) was an American professional basketball player, who played most of his career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was the 2001 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP.
High school and college career
Huffman played for Lakeview High School and then for Lansing Community C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate%20Huffman |
OC Oerlikon is a listed technology group headquartered in Pfäffikon (Schwyz), Switzerland. The name "Oerlikon" (or "œrlikon", as the company styles itself according to its corporate identity) comes from the Oerlikon district in Zurich where the group has its origins.
The roots of today's OC Oerlikon are to be found in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OC%20Oerlikon |
This is a list of hospitals and other public health institutions in Slovenia.
Medical centres
Ljubljana University Medical Centre - Ljubljana
Maribor University Medical Centre - Maribor
General hospitals
Brežice General Hospital - Brežice
Celje General Hospital - Celje
Izola General Hospital - Izola
Jesenice General ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20hospitals%20in%20Slovenia |
The King’s Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood is Child ballad 151. It holds the common tradition of the end of Robin Hood's outlawry, although it is a relatively late ballad, as it puts Robin firmly in King Richard's reign. Also, unlike "A Gest of Robyn Hode", an earlier version, the king is not acting out of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20King%27s%20Disguise%2C%20and%20Friendship%20with%20Robin%20Hood |
H9, H09 or H-9 can refer to:
H9 (bus route), a Huntington Area Rapid Transit bus route in Suffolk County, New York
H9 Groveway, a road in the Milton Keynes grid road system
H-09 (Michigan county highway)
British NVC community H9, a type of heath community in the British National Vegetation Classification
DSC-H9, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H9 |
Nicholas Patrick James Walshe (born 1 November 1974 in Chiswick, London), is a rugby union coach and former player. He was capped twice for England, and was Head Coach of the England Under 20 taking them to successive victories in the 2013 and 2014 IRB Junior World Championship.
Education
Walshe was educated at Worth,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Walshe |
Mills Reservation is a county park, consisting of a protected wooded area located in Cedar Grove and Montclair, New Jersey, United States. The reservation is maintained by the Essex County Park Commission. The reservation has several walking and jogging trails, including the Lenape Trail, four major trails, and two sm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills%20Reservation |
Pickering Beach is a neighbourhood in the Ajax town of Ontario, Canada. Located on Lake Ontario east of Toronto, it was once an important cottage destination for Toronto's upper class.
In 1926, Toronto lawyer James Tuckett bought lakeshore farmland in the Pickering Township to develop a seasonal cottage community that... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickering%20Beach%2C%20Ontario |
Anthony Doran (born April 1946) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Wexford senior team. Doran won an All-Ireland title both for his county and club.
Born in Boolavogue, County Wexford, Doran first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the We... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Doran |
The following is a list of the leaf beetles recorded in Great Britain. For other beetle families, see the parent article List of beetle species recorded in Britain.
Bruchus atomarius (Linnaeus, 1761)
Bruchus ervi Frölich, 1799
Bruchus loti Paykull, 1800
Bruchus pisorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bruchus rufimanus Boheman, 1833
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20leaf%20beetle%20%28Chrysomelidae%29%20species%20recorded%20in%20Britain |
Soum Bill (born Soumahoro Ben Mamadou in Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire) is a popular Ivorian singer. His song "Gneze" is the official 2006 FIFA World Cup anthem for the national team of Côte d'Ivoire. He is of mixed ethnicity: his mother is Agni, from Aboisso, while his father is Dioula, from Seguela. He joined the group Mini... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soum%20Bill |
The Life is a 2004 Canadian television film directed by Lynne Stopkewich and written by Alan Di Fiore and Chris Haddock.
External links
2004 television films
2004 films
Canadian drama television films
English-language Canadian films
2004 crime drama films
Films set in Vancouver
Canadian crime drama films
2000s Englis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Life%20%282004%20film%29 |
Montello is a small desert village in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is home to Montello Elementary School, which is part of the Elko County School District. The population of Montello was 50 as of the 2018 American Community Survey. Two small bars and a market/motel selling fuel and sundries comprise the busin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montello%2C%20Nevada |
Corporate is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, starring Bipasha Basu, Kay Kay Menon, Payal Rohatgi, Minissha Lamba and Raj Babbar. The film is about the power game between two powerful industrialists. It was a moderate commercial success.
Plot
Corporate plot revolves around the pow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate%20%282006%20film%29 |
Gol Airport, Klanten (; ) is an airport which lies on Golsfjellet north of Gol town centre in Gol municipality in Viken county, Norway.
The airstrip is long and is open summer and winter. The altitude is and the airstrip's bearings are 11 and 29.
References
External links
Klanten Flying Club
Airports in Viken
G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gol%20Airport%2C%20Klanten |
Eduardo Daniel Sontag (born April 16, 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-American mathematician, and distinguished university professor at Northeastern University, who works in the fields control theory, dynamical systems, systems molecular biology, cancer and immunology, theoretical computer science, ne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo%20D.%20Sontag |
Alan Di Fiore (sometimes Alan DiFiore) is a Canadian screenwriter and producer of film and television, best known for his work on Grimm and the thriller film Money Monster, starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O'Connell.
Early life
DiFiore co-founded Pagliacci's Restaurant, located in Victoria, British Col... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Di%20Fiore |
"Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" is a popular song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
It was first introduced in 1946 in the musical St. Louis Woman. In the musical, the song was sung by a female character of easy virtue, played by Ruby Hill, and the lyrics start out, "Free and easy". The score b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any%20Place%20I%20Hang%20My%20Hat%20Is%20Home |
Resmethrin is a pyrethroid insecticide with many uses, including control of the adult mosquito population.
The resmethrin molecule has four stereoisomers determined by cis-trans orientation around a carbon triangle and chirality. Technical resmethrin is a mixture of (1R,trans)-, (1R,cis)-, (1S,trans)-, and (1S,cis)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resmethrin |
Mint tea is a herbal tea made by infusing mint leaves in hot water. Mint tea made with peppermint leaves is called peppermint tea, and mint tea made with spearmint is called spearmint tea. There also exist teas that infuse peppermint and spearmint leaves. In Korea, traditional mint tea called bakha-cha () is made with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint%20herbal%20tea |
Burke Trieschmann is an American composer and sound designer who provides music for film and video games. He worked for the original Crystal Dynamics team, scoring the music for games such as Total Eclipse, The Horde, Pandemonium! and 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue. His soundtrack for The Horde won an award for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke%20Trieschmann |
Wilhelm Denifl (born 10 November 1980) is a retired Austrian nordic combined skier who has competed between 2000 and 2019. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 8th in the 15 km individual event at those same championships.
Denifil h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm%20Denifl |
Hapalops is an extinct genus of ground sloth from the Early to Late Miocene of Brazil (Solimões Formation), Bolivia (Honda Group), Colombia (Honda Group), and Argentina (Santa Cruz Formation) in South America.
History
Hapalops was first described by notable Argentine paleontologist and zoologist Florentino Ameghino i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapalops |
The North Star Grand Prix is a men's and women's road bicycle racing stage race held each June in Minnesota, United States, as part of the North Star Bicycle Festival. An event was added in North Mankato in 2016. The North Star Grand Prix is one of only four races on the USA Cycling Pro Road Tour.
The 2010 Grand Prix h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Star%20Grand%20Prix |
Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar (; 11 June 1930 – 10 April 1973), commonly known as Abu Youssef, was a Palestinian militant who was assassinated by Israel over alleged involvement in the 1972 Munich massacre.
Life
Originally from Yibna, he was forced to leave his home village in 1948 by the Israeli forces when he settled ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Youssef%20al-Najjar |
John Elliott (April 22, 1858 – May 26, 1925) was an artist, illustrator, and muralist. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Carolus-Duran. In 1878, he went to Rome to study with José Villegas Cordero and there met his future wife, Maud Howe, Pulitzer-prize-winning American wr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Elliott%20%28artist%29 |
The Family Way is a 1966 British comedy-drama film about the marital difficulties of a young newlywed couple living in a crowded house with the husband's family. Based on Bill Naughton's play All in Good Time (1963), the film began life in 1961 as the television play Honeymoon Postponed.
The film was produced and dire... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Family%20Way |
Hvalsmoen was the site of a former military camp to the north of Hønefoss in Ringerike in Viken county, Norway.
In 1893, the Norwegian Parliament resolved to establish a military training camp to train engineer troops for the national Army.
The camp was the base for the Army engineering regiment (Hærens ingeniørreg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvalsmoen |
Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) is a technology developed over the past decades (1990's and onward). that allows for the noninvasive study of ongoing biological processes Recently, bioluminescence tomography (BLT) has become possible and several systems have become commercially available. In 2011, PerkinElmer acquired o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminescence%20imaging |
Pseudocyttus maculatus, the smooth oreo or smooth dory, is an oreo, the only species in the genus Pseudocyttus. It is found in all southern oceans at depths of between . Its length is up to .
References
"Pseudocyttus maculatus" IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocyttus |
A coup d'état, often abbreviated to coup, is the overthrow of a lawful government through illegal means. If force or violence are not involved, such an event is sometimes called a soft or bloodless coup. In another variation, a ruler who came to power through legal means may try to stay in power through illegal means, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20coups%20and%20coup%20attempts |
118 118 is a directory assistance services provider in Sweden both in operator based services as well as in interactive SMS based services. Eniro118118 is owned by the Eniro Group, who is a provider of Yellow Pages in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Poland. Eniro118118 received several industry awards, such as 118Award in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/118%20118%20%28Sweden%29 |
118 118 is a telephone number used by two major directory enquiries providers:
118 118 (UK), owned by The Number UK Ltd
118 118 (Sweden), owned by Eniro AB | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/118%20118 |
Uwe Daßler (born 11 February 1967), commonly spelled Uwe Dassler in English, is a former middle- and long-distance swimmer from Germany, who represented East Germany (GDR) in international competition.
He was European champion in the 400-metre freestyle in 1985 and 1987.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Ko... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe%20Dassler |
Cetatea Suceava was a professional football club from Romania, based in Suceava and founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2010.
History
The club was founded in the summer of 2004, to continue the city's football tradition after Foresta was moved back to Fălticeni and after CSM Suceava (Bucovina Suceava) was dissolved a few... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC%20Cetatea%20Suceava |
"Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me" is a song by the Australian alternative rock band TISM. It was the only single off The White Albun (2004). The single wasn't released commercially in Australia. It was, however, distributed to Australian radio stations, and signed copies were made available to fans attending the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyone%20Else%20Has%20Had%20More%20Sex%20Than%20Me |
Sylvia Chang (born 21 July 1953) is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In 2018, she was one of the jury members of the main competition section at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.
Early life
Chang... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia%20Chang |
The 1983 Air Canada Silver Broom, the men's world curling championship, was held from April 11–17, 1983 in the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Teams
Round-robin standings
Results
Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Draw 4
Draw 5
Draw 6
Draw 7
Draw 8
Draw 9
Tiebreakers
Round 1
Round 2
Playoffs
Semifinal
Fin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%20Air%20Canada%20Silver%20Broom |
Tom Spillane (born 1962) was a Gaelic footballer who played for Templenoe and the Kerry county team in the 1980s.
Career
Maura Spillane gave birth to Tom in Templenoe, near Kenmare, County Kerry in 1962. He was — along with his brothers Pat and Mick — a key member of the successful Kerry Gaelic football teams of the 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Spillane |
Ankyrins are a family of proteins that mediate the attachment of integral membrane proteins to the spectrin-actin based membrane cytoskeleton. Ankyrins have binding sites for the beta subunit of spectrin and at least 12 families of integral membrane proteins. This linkage is required to maintain the integrity of the pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankyrin |
Gabriel Mann (born Gabriel Mick; May 14, 1972) is an American actor and model, known for his role as Nolan Ross on the ABC drama series Revenge. He has co-starred in several films, including The Life of David Gale, The Bourne Identity, and The Bourne Supremacy. Mann also studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse Sc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%20Mann |
The St. Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority (SLUSWMA) was established in October 1996 by an Act of Parliament No. 20 of 1996, in which the Authority was given the following mandate:
Manage, regulate, control and treat waste in Saint Lucia
Establish, maintain, improve and regulate the use sanitary landfills and faci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Lucia%20Solid%20Waste%20Management%20Authority |
is a retired Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Superbike rider. He is not related to the former Formula One racer Shinji Nakano.
Career
Early career
Nakano was All-Japan 250cc champion in 1998, the highlight of a long career in both 125cc and 250cc Japanese national championships. Nakano moved to internat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinya%20Nakano |
Jimi Mistry (born 1 January 1973) is a retired British actor. He is known for appearing in numerous films such as East Is East (1999), The Guru (2002), Ella Enchanted (2004), The Truth About Love (2005), Blood Diamond (2006), Partition (2007), RocknRolla (2008), Exam (2009), It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010), and West ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi%20Mistry |
The Rutland-1-1 Representative District is a one-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. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutland-1-1%20Vermont%20Representative%20District%2C%202002%E2%80%932012 |
The Čik or Čiker (Serbian Cyrillic: Чик or Чикер; Hungarian: Csík-ér, Croatian: Čik or Čiker) is a river in northern Serbia. A long right tributary to the Tisa river, it flows entirely within the Bačka region of Vojvodina province.
Course
The Čik springs out in the northwestern part of the Subotička Peščara, betwee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cik |
Eurotamandua ("european Tamandua") is an extinct genus of mammal from extinct family Eurotamanduidae that lived during the middle Eocene.
A single fossil is known, coming from the Messel Pit in southwestern Germany. Eurotamandua was about long. Most palaeontologists now classify Eurotamandua as a pangolin. When its f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurotamandua |
The 2006 edition of the Eindhoven Team Time Trial was held on June 18 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It marked the second year of this UCI ProTour event, which is a team time trial competition between the world's elite professional cycling teams and consists of the eight riders for each team riding in unison against the cl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Eindhoven%20Team%20Time%20Trial |
Emil Sax (8 February 1845 – 25 March 1927) was an Austrian economist from Javorník, Austrian Silesia.
He was professor of economics at the Charles University in Prague from 1879-93, and after it was split in 1882, he first became Dean of the Law College and later Rector for the German Charles-Ferdinand University. As ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Sax |
Thomas Flemming (born 14 July 1967, in Bad Schlema) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
There he won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Sven Lodziewski, and Steffen Zesner. Flemming also won the bronze medal in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Flemming |
The Transport Act 1968 (c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The main provisions made changes to the structure of nationally owned bus companies, created passenger transport authorities and executives to take over public transport in large conurbations.
National Bus Company
The Act formed, from 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20Act%201968 |
Dehl Berti (January 17, 1921 – November 26, 1991) was a Chiricahua Apache actor who often appeared in Westerns. One of his more recognized roles was as John Taylor on the 1988–1991 CBS western television series, Paradise, starring Lee Horsley as the reformed gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord.
A native of Pueblo, Colorado, o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehl%20Berti |
Lars Hinneburg (born 15 June 1965 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay, together with Steffen Zesner, Thomas Flemming,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars%20Hinneburg |
Fordham Road is a major thoroughfare in the Bronx, New York City, that runs west-east from the Harlem River to Bronx Park. Fordham Road houses the borough's largest and most diverse shopping district. It geographically separates the geopolitical North Bronx from the South Bronx.
This street runs through the neighbo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordham%20Road |
Stephen "Steve" Vickers (born 13 October 1967), is an English former association footballer who played as a central defender. He made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League and the Premier League, the majority of which were for Tranmere Rovers and Middlesbrough. While with Middlesbrough he played in the 1997 FA ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Vickers%20%28footballer%29 |
At equilibrium, the relationship between water content and equilibrium relative humidity of a material can be displayed graphically by a curve, the so-called moisture sorption isotherm.
For each humidity value, a sorption isotherm indicates the corresponding water content value at a given, constant temperature. If the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisture%20sorption%20isotherm |
Anagale is an extinct genus of mammal from the early Oligocene of Mongolia. Its closest living relatives are the rodents and lagomorphs.
Anagale was 30 cm (1 ft) long and resembled a rabbit, but with a longer tail. Also, the build of its hind legs indicates that it walked, and did not hop. Judging from its shovel-shap... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagale |
This is a list of revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, and uprisings.
BC
1–999 AD
1000–1499
1500–1699
1700–1799
1800–1849
1848: Matale Rebellion A rebellion in Ceylon against British colonial rule.
1848-1849: Beach Rebellion (Revolução Praieira) in Pernambuco, Brazil.
1850–1899
1851–64: The Taiping Reb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20revolutions%20and%20rebellions |
Fierce Angel is a UK-based record label set up in 2006 by DJ Mark Doyle. The label employs a handful of DJs, sponsors special club night events, and employs a lifestyle marketing approach in regard to its endeavors.
History
Doyle (as well as several other employees and illustrator Jason Brooks) left the house music l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fierce%20Angel |
Unsworth Academy (formerly Castlebrook High School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Unsworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England.
History
The school opened in September 1971 and was originally called Unsworth Comprehensive School. Its initial enrollment was 146 pupils. In 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsworth%20Academy |
The plantations of Leon County were numerous and vast. Leon County, in the U.S. state of Florida, was a true cotton kingdom. From the 1820s through 1850s Leon County attracted cotton planters from Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, plus other states and abroad to its fertile red clay soils and long ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations%20of%20Leon%20County%2C%20Florida |
The history of coffee dates back to centuries of old oral tradition in modern-day Ethiopia and Yemen. It was already known in Mecca in the 15th century. Also, in the 15th century, Sufi monasteries in Yemen employed coffee as an aid to concentration during prayers. Coffee later spread to the Levant in the early 16th cen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20coffee |
The Fordham Road station is an express station on the IND Concourse Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Fordham Road and Grand Concourse in one of the largest shopping districts in New York City, it is served by the D train at all times and the B train during rush hours only.
History
This... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordham%20Road%20station%20%28IND%20Concourse%20Line%29 |
The spiky oreo (Neocyttus rhomboidalis) is an oreo of the genus Neocyttus, found in all southern oceans at depths of between 200 and 1,300 m. Its length is up to 40 cm.
References
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 198... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiky%20oreo |
France Culture is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France. Its programming encompasses a wide variety of features on historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and scientific themes (including debates, discussions, and documentaries), as well as literary readings, radio plays, and experimental production... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%20Culture |
Troubadour is the fourth studio album by J. J. Cale. Eric Clapton covered the song "Cocaine" on his 1977 album Slowhand, turning it into one of his biggest hits.
Recording
Troubadour was produced by Audie Ashworth, who produced Cale's first three studio albums. It sees Cale introducing new instruments to his sound, s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubadour%20%28J.%20J.%20Cale%20album%29 |
Joseph Nathaniel French, Sr. (October 24, 1888 – February 28, 1975) was an architect with Albert Kahn Associates from 1914 to 1967. He was the chief architect for the Fisher Building in Detroit, Michigan.
Biography
He was born on October 24, 1888, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joseph Brown Morse French (1854–1928) and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Nathaniel%20French |
David Dreman (born 1936) is an investor, who founded and is chairman of Dreman Value Management, an investment company.
Dreman has published many scholarly articles and he has written four books. Dreman also writes a column for Forbes magazine. Dreman is on the board of directors of the Institute of Behavioral Finan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Dreman |
The East 105th Street station is a grade-level station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located near East 105th Street between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road in Canarsie, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.
History
This opened on July 28, 1906 as a replacement for a former station... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20105th%20Street%20station |
The World Swappers is a science fiction novel by British writer John Brunner. It was first published in the United States in 1959, as one half of Ace Double D-391. The other half was Siege of the Unseen by A. E. van Vogt. Reprinted by Ace 1967, 1976.
Plot
In the middle of the Third Millennium the Earth is peaceful and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20World%20Swappers |
The Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station is the southern terminal station of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway, and is one of the few grade-level stations in the system. Located at the intersection of Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Road in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn, it is served by the L train a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canarsie%E2%80%93Rockaway%20Parkway%20station |
Planetetherium is an extinct genus of herbivorous gliding mammal endemic to North America during the Paleogene living from 56.8 to 55.4 mya, existing for approximately .
Fossils have been discovered in strata formed from ancient cypress forests, suggesting that this was the animal's preferred habitat.
Morphology
Plan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetetherium |
Livestock transportation is the movement of livestock, by road, rail, ship, or air. Livestock are transported for many reasons, including slaughter, auction, breeding, livestock shows, rodeos, fairs, and grazing. When the movement crosses borders into another country, it is known as live export.
History
Throughout mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock%20transportation |
Coffee is a popular beverage and an important commodity. Tens of millions of small producers in developing countries make their living growing coffee. Over 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the world daily. Over 90 percent of coffee production takes place in developing countries — mainly South America — while... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics%20of%20coffee |
Benny Anderssons orkester (also known as BAO, Benny Andersson Band) is a Swedish band, with Benny Andersson as musical leader and composer. The band was formed in mid-2001 by 16 people, some from Orsa Spelmän, and Helen Sjöholm and since 2004 Tommy Körberg as singers. The name literally means "Benny Andersson's orchest... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny%20Anderssons%20orkester |
George Sachs (April 5, 1896 – October 30, 1960) was a Russian-born German and American metallurgist.
Born in Moscow, he taught at Frankfurt University (1930-1935), and the Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University, CWRU; him since 1942)
He was of Jewish birth, and left Germany with his family ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Sachs |
The Statutes of Repeal were two Statutes passed under Mary I of England, repealing the legal Protestant advance and break from Rome that had occurred under Henry VIII and Edward VI. Please see:
The First Statute of Repeal, passed in 1553
Second Statute of Repeal, passed in 1555 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute%20of%20Repeal |
Earnest Lee Holmes (July 11, 1948 – January 17, 2008) was an American football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons, primarily with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nicknamed "Fats", he was selected by the Steelers in the eighth round of the 1971 NFL Draft and won two Super Bowl t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie%20Holmes |
Fire agate, a variety of chalcedony, is a semi-precious natural gemstone discovered so far only in certain areas of central and northern Mexico and the southwestern United States (New Mexico, Arizona and California). Approximately 24-36 million years ago these areas were subjected to massive volcanic activity during th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20agate |
The health effects of coffee include various health benefits and health risks.
A 2017 umbrella review of meta-analyses found that drinking coffee is generally safe within usual levels of intake and is more likely to improve health outcomes than to cause harm at doses of 3 or 4 cups of coffee daily. Exceptions include ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health%20effects%20of%20coffee |
Mubtakkar is an Arabic word () with related meanings that translate into English as "invention", "initiative", or "inventive". The word was reportedly used by Al-Qaeda to describe a poison gas weapon developed and intended for use in an attack in the New York City Subway. According to author Ron Suskind, in his book ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubtakkar |
Brian Anthony Brennan (born October 4, 1943) is an Irish-Canadian author and historian who specializes in books about the colourful personalities of Western Canada's past.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, he migrated to Canada in 1966 and has lived in Calgary, Alberta, since 1974. He spent 25 years as a staff writer with the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Brennan%20%28author%29 |
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Tallapoosa for the Tallapoosa River.
was a steamship during the American Civil War.
was a United States Coast Guard cutter built in 1915 and taken in the Navy during World War I.
United States Navy ship names | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Tallapoosa |
The 1966 National Football League draft was held at the Summit Hotel in New York City on Saturday, November 27, 1965.
The expansion Atlanta Falcons were awarded the first pick in each round as well as the final pick in each of the first five rounds. The first overall selection was Tommy Nobis, a linebacker from Texas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966%20NFL%20Draft |
A gender crime is a hate crime committed against a specific gender. Specific gender crimes may include some instances of rape, genital mutilation, forced prostitution, and forced pregnancy.
Often gender crimes are committed during armed conflict or during times of political upheaval or instability. According to one ne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender%20crime |
Icaronycteris is an extinct genus of microchiropteran (echolocating) bat that lived in the early Eocene, approximately , making it the earliest known definitive bat. Four exceptionally preserved specimens, among the best preserved bat fossils, are known from the Green River Formation of North America. The best known sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icaronycteris |
Berns-Martin is the name given to a brand of split-front holster made only for a revolver. This type of holster was later referred to as a "Break Front" during the 1970s with the introduction of such a model by the Bianchi Holster Co.
Development and functionality
The Berns-Martin holster was first developed in the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berns-Martin |
Vyaghrapada () is a sage featured in Hindu literature.
Legend
According to legend, Vyaghrapada was entrusted with the task of picking up fresh flowers, untouched even by honeybees, for offering to Shiva in his aspect as Nataraja in the temple complex of Chidambaram, located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. While plu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyaghrapada |
The Texaco Footballer of the Year was a Gaelic football award, created in 1958, that honoured the achievements of a footballer of outstanding excellence. The award was part of the Texaco Sportstars Awards, in which Irish sportspeople from all fields were honoured.
The award was presented annually to the Gaelic footba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texaco%20Footballer%20of%20the%20Year |
Snoddy was a six-part Scottish television sitcom, written and created by Johnny Crawford, that first broadcast on BBC One Scotland on 13 March 2002. The series, which aired at 10:35pm on Wednesdays, starred Gregor Fisher of Rab C Nesbitt fame as DCI Samuel J. Snoddy, the head of Scotland's Elite Crime Squad, who is obs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoddy |
The Discworld Almanak is a spin-off book from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, in a similar format to the Diaries and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook. It was written by Pratchett and Bernard Pearson and published in 2004.
The book takes the form of an almanac for the Discworld Year of the Prawn, and offers astrological predic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Discworld%20Almanak |
The 2004 Six Nations Championship was the fifth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Overall, this was the 110th series of the international championship.
Match winners received two points, with one for a draw and none for a loss. The f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Six%20Nations%20Championship |
Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin is a 1996 book by evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould. It was released in the United Kingdom as Life's Grandeur, with the same subtitle and with an additional eight-page introduction entitled "A Baseball Primer for British Readers".
Summary
Full House aims... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full%20House%3A%20The%20Spread%20of%20Excellence%20from%20Plato%20to%20Darwin |
This is a list of known United States Engineer Regiments in existence at the time of World War II.
13th Engineer General Service Regiment
38th Engineer General Service Regiment
41st Engineer General Service Regiment - to Liberia as part of U.S. Army Forces in Liberia under United States Army Forces in the Middle Ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Engineer%20Regiments%20in%20World%20War%20II |
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