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The warty oreo (Allocyttus verrucosus) is an oreo found in all southern oceans at depths of between 300 and 1,600 m. Its length is up to 42 cm.
The warty oreo resembles the spiky oreo. However, there are differences: the body, which has a shape much like a diamond, has a lower corner not as pointed, a dorsal which is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warty%20oreo |
Palaeoryctes (Greek: "old" (palaeos), "digger" (oryctes)) is an extinct genus of mammal from Middle to Late Palaeocene of North America.
Palaeoryctes resembled a modern shrew, being slender and sharp-nosed, with typical insectivore teeth. It was around long, and weighed around . The molars of Palaeoryctes had little ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoryctes |
ReachOut.com is an internet service for young people that provides information, support and resources about mental health issues and enable them to develop resilience, increase coping skills, and facilitate help-seeking behaviour. The site contains information about issues affecting young people in the form of fact she... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReachOut.com |
Lowell House was a publishing company based in Los Angeles, California headed by Jack Artenstein. It was purchased in the late 1990s by the Chicago Tribune.
External links
Tribune Education Acquires Publisher RGA/Lowell House
Publishing companies based in California
Companies based in Los Angeles | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell%20House%20%28publisher%29 |
Elections to Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Labour 58
Liberal Democrat 7
Conservative 7
Election result
References
1998 English... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Dudley%20Metropolitan%20Borough%20Council%20election |
Matthew Polinsky (born February 24, 1984) is an American wrestling color commentator and professional wrestler currently signed to WWE as a commentator and analyst for SmackDown under the ring name Corey Graves. He is a former NXT Tag Team Champion with Adrian Neville and a former WWE 24/7 Champion. Polinsky is also kn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey%20Graves |
Jessica Benton (born 15 November 1948) is a British actress, mainly known for her role as Elizabeth Onedin / Frazer / Fogarty in the BBC series The Onedin Line, that ran from 1971 to 1980.
Benton had some minor roles on TV such as Z-Cars in 1970, and The Juggler of Notre Dame (1970). She also appeared in Upstairs, Dow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica%20Benton |
The Suzuki TL1000S was a Suzuki V-twin roadster sport bike made from 1997–2001.
General background
The Suzuki TL1000S was introduced by Suzuki in 1997 and was produced until 2001 and is frequently referred to as the TLS or Suzuki TLS. It is notable for the 90° V-twin engine which is still used in Suzuki's modern SV10... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki%20TL1000S |
Piña ( ) is a traditional Philippine fiber made from the leaves of the pineapple plant. Pineapples are indigenous to South America but have been widely cultivated in the Philippines since the 17th century, and used for weaving lustrous lace-like luxury textiles known as nipis fabric. The name is derived from Spanish pi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%B1a |
The Rutland-1-2 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. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutland-1-2%20Vermont%20Representative%20District%2C%202002%E2%80%932012 |
Kachera () are an undergarment for the lower body that is specially tailored for shalwar with a tie-knot naala or naada (drawstring) worn by fully initiated Sikhs. They are similar to European boxer shorts in appearance. It is one of the five Sikh articles of faith called the Five Ks (), and was given from Guru Gobin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacchera |
Potamotherium ('river beast') an extinct genus of caniform carnivoran from the Miocene epoch of France and Germany. It has historically been assigned to the family Mustelidae (otters, weasels, etc.), but more recent studies suggest that it represents a primitive relative of pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, etc.)
Classific... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potamotherium |
Tripurantaka () or Tripurari is a manifestation of the Hindu god Shiva. This form of the deity is featured in a Puranic legend in which he destroys the three cities of the asuras, called Tripura, with a single arrow.
Legend
According to the Padma Purana, the asura Taraka had three sons named Tarakaksha, Kamalaksha (or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripurantaka |
Elections to Gateshead Council in Tyne and Wear, England were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Labour 51
Liberal Democrat 15
Election result
References
1998 English local... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Gateshead%20Metropolitan%20Borough%20Council%20election |
Philip Avery (born 15 November 1959) is a British meteorologist and BBC Weather forecaster.
Career
After his initial training with the Royal Navy, Avery spent time at a naval air station before joining a helicopter squadron embarked in HMS Ark Royal. Over the following two years he forecasted across the world, after w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Avery |
Paul R. Soglin (born April 22, 1945) is an American politician and former three-time Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, having served a total of 22 years in that office between 1973 and 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in the 2018 Democratic primary.
Early life and educati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Soglin |
is a futuristic hovercar racing game from Koei. Originally an exclusive for the PlayStation 3, it was released for the Xbox 360 in 2007 and then released on the PlayStation 3 on May 29, 2008 in Japan, June 19, 2008 in North America and Australia, and July 15, 2008 in Europe as a download on the PlayStation Network unde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal%20Inertia |
Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (; 30 May 1906 – 16 October 1969) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess as well as Margravine of Baden through her marriage to Berthold, pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden.
The second of five children of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Theodora%20of%20Greece%20and%20Denmark%20%281906%E2%80%931969%29 |
William Reynolds (December 10, 1815 – November 5, 1879) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy who served during the American Civil War. His younger brother (by five years) was United States Army general John F. Reynolds.
Reynolds was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and joined the Navy in 1831. His first assign... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Reynolds%20%28naval%20officer%29 |
The Gifted & Talented series is a book series that has sold more than one million copies. It contained books for children and their parents. The first title in the series was Science Questions & Answers: The Human Body.
Publishers
The series was originally published by Lowell House and subsequently by McGraw-Hill/Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifted%20%26%20Talented%20series |
The Canon EOS 50 (also known as the ELAN II in America and the EOS 55 in Japan) is an autofocus, autoexposure 35mm SLR camera. It was aimed at the advanced amateur market, and featured a rear command dial, support for custom functions, and an optional BP-50 battery grip, with a dedicated portrait shutter release. The b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon%20EOS%2050 |
The varadamudra () is a mudra, a symbolic gesture featured in the iconography of Indian religions. It indicates a gesture by the hand and symbolises dispensing of boons. It is represented by the palm held outward, with the fingers outstretched and pointing downwards. Sometimes, the thumb and the index finger meet, form... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varadamudra |
Lists of Game Boy games cover video games developed for Nintendo's original Game Boy and for other platforms in the Game Boy family.
List of Game Boy games, for the original Game Boy
List of Game Boy Color games for games supporting the additional features of the Game Boy Color system
List of Game Boy Advance games
L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists%20of%20Game%20Boy%20games |
Tori Lacey - also known as Victoria Lacey (born May 1973) is a meteorologist and weather presenter working with ITV Granada.
Early life
She was born as Victoria Good in Buckinghamshire and went to Burnham Grammar School in Buckinghamshire (as did Ulrika Jonsson and Jimmy Carr) leaving after taking four A-Levels in Jun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori%20Lacey |
Percy Rodriguez (born Percy Rodrigues; June 13, 1918 – September 6, 2007) was a Canadian actor who appeared in many television shows and films from the 1950s to the 1980s. He was of Afro-Portuguese heritage and was born in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal. Born with the surname "Rodrigues," he adopted the spel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy%20Rodriguez |
Julestemninger is a 1993 Christmas album from Norwegian singer Elisabeth Andreasson. Within a short time, the album sold gold. The song "Ledet av en stjerne" became a hit. On the album, choir singers from the Oslo Gospel Choir and musicians from the Oslo Philharmonic appear. The cooperation with the Philharmonic orches... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julestemninger |
HPAE may stand for:
High Performing Asian Economies
High Performance Anion Exchange Chromatography
Health Professionals and Allied Employees, a health care labor union. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPAE |
Martha Cheney (born 1953) is the author of several titles in the Gifted & Talented book series, which sold more than one million copies. She currently resides in Huson, Montana. She was also a contributing lyricist to the acclaimed children's music videos, "Baby Songs", whose words were set to the music of Hap Palmer,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Cheney |
A tombeau (plural tombeaux) is a musical composition (earlier, in the early 16th century, a poem) commemorating the death of a notable individual. The term derives from the French word for "tomb" or "tombstone". The vast majority of tombeaux date from the 17th century and were composed for lute or other plucked string ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombeau |
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Aden Adde International Airport (, ) , formerly known as Mogadishu International Airport, is an international airport serving Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. It is named after Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, the first President of Somalia.
Originally a modest-sized airport, the facility grew considerably in size in the p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden%20Adde%20International%20Airport |
Plesictis is an extinct prehistoric genus of mustelid (originally described as a procyonid) endemic to Europe during the Oligocene and Miocene 33.9—20.0 Ma existing for approximately .
Plesictis was a long animal, resembling a weasel with large eyes, or possibly a cacomistle. Its large eyes and very long tail suggest... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesictis |
The Suzuki TL1000R motorcycle was introduced in 1998 as Suzuki's 90° V-Twin Superbike. Production ended in 2003.
General background
The TL1000R is a full fairing racing-oriented version of Suzuki's popular TL1000S. The TL1000R was launched in 1998, one year after its sibling, the TL1000S. Unlike the TL-S, the TL-R w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki%20TL1000R |
Jay Wynne (born c.1968) is a former BBC Weather forecaster, appearing mainly on BBC News 24, BBC Radio 4, BBC World and BBC One.
He was a main weather presenter on the BBC Ten O'Clock News, and occasionally the BBC Six O'Clock News and the BBC One O'Clock News.
Early life
Wynne was born in London to American parents ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Wynne |
Sir Eldon Wylie Griffiths (25 May 1925 – 3 June 2014) was a British Conservative politician and journalist.
Early life
Griffiths was born on 25 May 1925 in Wigan, Lancashire. His Welsh father was a police sergeant. He attended Ashton Grammar School. Following the Second World War service in the Royal Air Force he gain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldon%20Griffiths |
The Körös-ér (Hungarian, also Kőrös-patak), Kireš or Kereš (), is a river in southern Hungary and northern Serbia, a right tributary to the Tisa river. It flows entirely within the Bačka border region: in Hungary, as a border river and in Serbia (roughly, as different authors give different data).
Hungary
The Kör... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6r%C3%B6s-%C3%A9r |
Chapalmalania is an extinct genus of procyonid from the Late Miocene or Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene (Montehermosan to Uquian) of Argentina (Andalhualá Formation), Venezuela (San Gregorio Formation, Venezuela), and Colombia (Ware Formation, Cocinetas Basin, La Guajira).
Description
Originally misidentified as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapalmalania |
Saints Leontius, Hypatius and Theodolus (Greek: Λεόντιος, Ύπάτιος & Θεόδουλος) were Roman soldiers who, according to Christian tradition, were martyred for their faith.
Leontius was Greek by origin, and served as an officer of the imperial army in the Phoenician city of Tripoli during the reign of Vespasian (70-79). L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontius%2C%20Hypatius%20and%20Theodulus |
Angersbach, originally Angerspah, is an Old Hessian surname.
All living members of this family are perhaps descendants of the noble family von Angersbach.
Meaning of the name is as follows:
Anger = grass covered land / middle of a Germanic tribe settlement.
res = marsh / floating water.
pah = lake.
The history o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angersbach |
Michelle Duclos (1938 – 18 December 2017) was a Canadian Québécois independence activist. A resident of Quebec, she was a supporter of the Front de Libération du Québec. While employed as a performer on CFTM-TV in 1965, and a member of the Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale, she became involved in a plot to bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Duclos |
Rosocyanine and rubrocurcumin are two red colored materials, which are formed by the reaction between curcumin and borates.
Application
The color reaction between borates and curcumin is used for the spectrophotometric determination and quantification of boron present in food or materials. Curcumin is a yellow colorin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosocyanine |
Leeds Federated Housing Association was formed in 1974 by a number of smaller associations coming together to form a 'federation', for the benefit of the community. The idea was that by working together they could achieve more than as separate organisations. That philosophy has prevailed throughout Leeds Fed's history,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds%20Federated%20Housing%20Association |
Full Auto 2: Battlelines is the sequel to Full Auto and is a vehicular combat racing game available on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. It was developed by Pseudo Interactive on PS3 and by Deep Fried Entertainment on PSP and published by Sega. With the closing down of Pseudo Interactive in 2008, the online ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full%20Auto%202%3A%20Battlelines |
Ian Grist (5 December 1938 – 2 January 2002) was a British Conservative politician.
Grist was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff North from February 1974 to 1983, and for Cardiff Central from 1983 until 1992. He also served as a Minister in the Wales Office between June 1987 and November 1990.
Early life
Grist wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Grist |
Leif Hoste (born 17 July 1977) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team team . Born in Kortrijk, Hoste's career highlights included winning two stages and the overall title at the 2006 Three Days of De Panne, the 2001, 2006 and 2007 Belgian national time... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif%20Hoste |
The 1974 NHL Amateur Draft was the 12th NHL Entry Draft. It was held via conference call at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec. In an effort to prevent the WHA from poaching players, the draft was conducted early and in secret. This failed to prevent tampering as information leaked out via agents and other sources over... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974%20NHL%20Amateur%20Draft |
Amphicyon is an extinct genus of large carnivorans belonging to the family Amphicyonidae (known colloquially as "bear-dogs"), subfamily Amphicyoninae, from the Miocene epoch. Members of this family received their vernacular name for possessing bear-like and dog-like features. They ranged over North America, Europe, Asi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicyon |
A kangha () is a small wooden comb that Sikhs usually use twice a day and part of the Five Ks. It is supposed to be kept with the hair at all times. Combs help to clean the hair, and are a symbol of cleanliness. Combing their hair reminds Sikhs that their lives should be tidy and organised. The kangha makes the uncut h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangha |
John Trewick (born 3 June 1957) is an English football coach and former player. A midfielder, he played for West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle United and Oxford United among other clubs. He was first team coach at Hereford United from 2004 to 2009. After the relegation of Hereford United to League Two, Trewick assumed the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Trewick |
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces (), acronymed NEZSA (), are the land force which the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), maintain in parallel to the regular army of Iran. In addition to their conventional military role, the revolutionary guards' ground forces are more geared towards internal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20Revolutionary%20Guard%20Corps%20Ground%20Forces |
California's 24th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by Salud Carbajal. It contains all of Santa Barbara County, most of San Luis Obispo County, and part of Ventura County. Cities in the district include Santa Barbara, Ventura, San L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%27s%2024th%20congressional%20district |
Zachary Nugent Brooke (1 December 1883 – 2 October 1946) was a British medieval historian.
Life
Born on 1 December 1883, Brooke was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1908, he was elected to a Drosier Fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge. He wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary%20Brooke%20%28historian%29 |
César Ramírez is the name of:
César Augusto Ramírez (born 1975), Paraguayan footballer
César Ramírez (tennis) "el Tiburón" (born 1990), Mexican tennis player
César Ramírez (actor) (1929–2003), Filipino actor
César Ramírez (athlete), Mexican athlete | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar%20Ramirez |
Henry Brinklow, also Brynklow or Brinkelow (died 1545 or 1546), was an English polemicist. As he worked for a number of years under the pseudonym Roderyck, or Roderigo, Mors, he may also be referred to by this name in contemporaneous accounts.
Life as Henry Brinklow
Henry Brinklow was the eldest of nine children of Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Brinklow |
The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force (, Niroo-ye Padafand-e Havaei-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran) is the anti-aircraft warfare service branch of Iran's regular military, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (Artesh). It split from the air force (IRIAF) in 2008 and controls the country's military radar ne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20Republic%20of%20Iran%20Air%20Defense%20Force |
The city of Savannah, Province of Georgia, was laid out in 1733, in what was colonial America, around four open squares, each surrounded by four residential ("tything") blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks. The layout of a square and eight surrounding blocks was known as a "ward." The original plan (now known as the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squares%20of%20Savannah%2C%20Georgia |
Pubali Bank () is the largest private commercial bank in Bangladesh. It has more branches than any other private bank in the country. Monzurur Rahman is the present chairman of the bank.
History
Pubali Bank was started in East Pakistan as Eastern Mercantile Bank Limited in the year 1959 under Bank Companies Act 1913 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubali%20Bank |
Staff Sergeant Geoff Barkway DFM (18 September 1921 – 8 June 2006) was a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment who achieved fame as the pilot of the third Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of 6 June 1944. This remarkable achievement was described as "the greatest feat of flying of the second world... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff%20Barkway |
Willard Garfield Weston (26 February 189822 October 1978) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Weston family. He led George Weston Limited and its various subsidiaries and associated companies, including Associated British Foods, for half a century and established one of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20Garfield%20Weston |
The Complaint (or Complaynt) of Roderick (or Roderyck) Mors (c. 1542), by Henry Brinklow, is a well-known example of 'complaint literature' of the mid-Tudor period.
Sources
J. Meadows Cowper (ed.), Henry Brinklow's Complaynt of Roderyck Mors, Early English Text Society (Trübner and Co., London 1874). Full edition of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Complaint%20of%20Roderick%20Mors |
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force (IRGCASF; , officially acronymed NEHSA) is the strategic missile, air, and space force within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran. It was renamed from the IRGC Air Force into the IRGC Aerospac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20Revolutionary%20Guard%20Corps%20Aerospace%20Force |
Elmer Merrifield Keith (March 8, 1899 – February 14, 1984) was an American rancher, firearms enthusiast, and author. Keith was instrumental in the development of the first magnum revolver cartridge, the .357 Magnum (1935), as well as the later .44 Magnum (1956) and .41 Magnum (1964) cartridges, credited by Roy G. Jinks... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer%20Keith |
Several of the forts surrounding Plymouth were built as a result of a decision in Lord Palmerston's premiership to deter the French from attacking naval bases in the south of the country. The Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom reported in 1860 and resulted in a huge building programme. Examples of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Palmerston%20Forts%20around%20Plymouth |
The Palmerston Forts around Chatham, Kent include:
Fort Amherst, technically a Napoleonic era fort but later extended.
Fort Borstal, in the village that gave its name to the youth offender's institution The Borstal.
Fort Bridgewood
Cliffe Fort
Fort Darland
Fort Darnet
Fort Pitt, a Napoleonic era fort, but used as the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Palmerston%20Forts%20around%20Chatham%2C%20Kent |
SingStar is a competitive karaoke game for the PlayStation 3, and is a follow-up to the PlayStation 2 SingStar series. SingStar is developed by London Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. This is the first SingStar game for the PS3.
Features
Unlike most previous SingStar games, SingStar for the PlaySta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SingStar%20%28PlayStation%203%29 |
The Palmerston Forts around the north east of England include:
Abbs Point Battery, Roker, Sunderland
Cemetery Battery, Hartlepool
Frenchman's Battery, South Shields
Heugh Battery (Hartlepool Battery), Hartlepool
Lighthouse Battery, Hartlepool
Fort Paull, Kingston upon Hull
South Gare Battery, Redcar and Cleveland
Span... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Palmerston%20Forts%20around%20North%20East%20England |
Uptight may refer to:
Film and television
Uptight (film), a 1968 American film directed by Jules Dassin
Uptight (TV series), a 1960s Australian pop music programme
"Uptight (Oliver's Alright)", an episode of Hannah Montana
Music
Up Tight (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the 1968 film, by Booker T. & the MG's
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptight |
Podvysoká () is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
History
In the village was built in 1658.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 460 metres and covers an area of 5.609 km2. It has a population of about 1210 people. The village lies near the border wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podvysok%C3%A1 |
Bergkamp is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dennis Bergkamp (born 1969), Dutch footballer and coach
Roland Bergkamp (born 1991), Dutch footballer
Vera Bergkamp (born 1971), Dutch politician
Dutch-language surnames
German-language surnames | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergkamp |
Ray Jayawardhana is the Harold Tanner Dean of the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University, effective September 1, 2018. He was formerly Dean of Science and a Professor of physics & astronomy at York University. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Astronomy & A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Jayawardhana |
Dynamite is a high explosive.
Dynamite may also refer to:
Film and television
AEW Dynamite, a professional wrestling television program by All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
Dynamite Fighting Show, a professional kickboxing television program by Cătălin Moroșanu
Dynamite (1929 film), an American pre-Code drama film
Dynamite (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The Martian Sphinx is a science fiction novel by John Brunner, writing under the pen-name of Keith Woodcott. It was first published in the United States by Ace Books in 1965.
References
1965 British novels
1965 science fiction novels
Novels by John Brunner
Ace Books books
Novels set on Mars | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Martian%20Sphinx |
Midland Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada.
Once the site of the Midland Coal Mine, it was designated as a provincial park on June 5, 1979. It now hosts the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. The Midland Coal Mine was the site of a large mining disaster in the mid-1920s; many men died ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland%20Provincial%20Park |
DiBcom was a French fabless semiconductor company that designs chipsets for low-power mobile TV and radio reception. Its chipsets are compliant with the current worldwide Digital Video Broadcasting standards DVB-T, DVB-T2, DVB-H, DVB-SH, with ATSC-M/H, ISDB-T (1seg and Full-SEG), CMMB and with DAB, DAB+, DMB in multist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiBcom |
Charles Askins, Jr. (October 28, 1907 – March 2, 1999), also known as Col. Charles "Boots" Askins, was an American lawman, US Army officer, and writer. He served in law enforcement (US Forest Service and Border Patrol) in the American Southwest prior to the Second World War. Askins was the son of Major Charles "Bobo"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Askins |
The Classic Brugge–De Panne is a road cycling race in Belgium in late March. Since 2018 it is raced over two days with a men's race on Wednesday and a women's race on Thursday. Both races start in Bruges and finish in the seaside resort of De Panne.
The women's event is included in the UCI Women's World Tour; the men'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic%20Brugge%E2%80%93De%20Panne |
Rage is the second album by British pop group T'Pau, released in 1988. It reached number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and gave the group three hit singles—"Secret Garden" (a UK Top 20), "Road to Our Dream" and "Only the Lonely".
Overview
The album was recorded during the summer of 1988, one year after T'Pau released thei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage%20%28T%27Pau%20album%29 |
Harewood is the name of a lake and a plain of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located in Nanaimo, on the east coast of Vancouver Island. Its geographical coordinates are The name has been in use since at least 1913, when Harewood referred to a small mining village in the area, no longer existing, havi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harewood%2C%20British%20Columbia |
Giulio Gabrielli ("The younger"; 20 July 1748 – 26 September 1822) was an Italian Catholic Church's cardinal. He spent most of his career in the Roman Curia.
Gabrielli was born in Rome to a princely family originally from Gubbio in the Papal States (nowadays in Umbria). His parents were marquis (later prince) Angelo ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio%20Gabrielli%20the%20Younger |
HMS Glatton was a breastwork monitor which served in the Victorian Royal Navy.
Design
She was designed by Sir Edward Reed to a specific formula determined by the Board of Admiralty, and her purpose was never made wholly clear. Reed himself said "there is no vessel with the objects of which I am less well acquainted ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Glatton%20%281871%29 |
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) () is an agency of the Government of Bangladesh and is administered under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office. Its objective is to manage the various export processing zones in Bangladesh. BEPZA currently oversees the operations of eight export proces... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh%20Export%20Processing%20Zone%20Authority |
Coded Arms: Assault was a first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3 which was being developed by Konami. It is a sequel to Coded Arms for the PlayStation Portable, but does not have any relation to it or the direct sequel, Coded Arms: Contagion storywise.
It was first announced at the Sony E3 2006 Press Conference, w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coded%20Arms%3A%20Assault |
A roller dam is a type of hydro-control device specially designed to mitigate erosion. They are most often used to divert water for irrigation but the largest and most notable examples are used to ease river navigation. The world's first roller dam () was constructed in Schweinfurt, Germany in 1902 to divert irrigatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller%20dam |
In Greek mythology, Corcyra or Korkyra (Ancient Greece: Κόρκυρα means ') was the naiad daughter of the Asopos river and the nymph Metope, daughter of the river-god Ladon.
Family
Korykra was the sister of Pelasgus (Pelagon), Ismenus, Chalcis, Cleone, Salamis, Sinope, Aegina, Peirene, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespia, Asopis, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korkyra%20%28mythology%29 |
The Promise is the third album by British pop group T'Pau, released in 1991 by Siren Records in the UK and Charisma Records in the U.S.
Overview
The album reached #10 on the UK Albums Chart and gave the group two charting singles - "Whenever You Need Me" (a UK Top 20) and "Walk on Air". A third single, a remix of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Promise%20%28T%27Pau%20album%29 |
In Ancient Roman civil law, acceptilatio is defined to be a release by mutual interrogation between debtor and creditor, by which each party is exonerated from the same contract. In other words, acceptilatio is the form of words by which a creditor releases his debtor from a debt or obligation, and acknowledges he has ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptilatio |
Oranjegekte (Orange craze) or Oranjekoorts (Orange fever) is a phenomenon in the Netherlands that occurs during major sporting events, especially international football championships, Formula One Grands Prix and during Koningsdag, an annual holiday celebrating the king's birthday. It manifests itself in the wearing of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranjegekte |
The key political players in Haryana state in northern India are the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the Indian National Congress, the Indian National Lok Dal, and smaller parties like the Haryana Janhit Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party partaking in various state (Haryana Legislative Assembly) and national level (Lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Haryana |
Kottar is a locality and a bazaar area of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu state, in the southernmost part of Peninsular India ; though a part of Nagercoil today, it is the original town around which the city of Nagercoil grew. It was an ancient trade centre of both Pandyans and Cheras at various times. The ancient mercantile ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kottar |
Spiral (, ) is a French television police procedural and legal drama series following the work and the private lives of Paris police officers and lawyers and judges at the Palais de Justice, Paris. It was created by Alexandra Clert for the TV production company Son et Lumière. The first series of eight episodes started... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Jan-Erik Lane (born 1946) is a social scientist and professor emeritus at UNIGE, with residence in Höganäs.
Life
Jan-Erik Lane has taught politics and economics at many universities around the world. He has been a member of many editorial boards of political and social science journals. He has published more than 700 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Erik%20Lane |
Double, Double is a science fiction novel by John Brunner, first published in the United States as an original paperback by Ballantine Books in 1969 and reprinted in 1979 as a Del Rey paperback. A hardcover edition was released in the British market in 1971 by Sidgwick & Jackson.
Summary
Bruno and his band The Hermeti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%2C%20Double%20%28Brunner%20novel%29 |
Red is the fourth studio album by British pop-rock group T'Pau, which was released by Gnatfish in 1998. As the first T'Pau album since 1991's The Promise, Red features singer Carol Decker as the only member from the original line-up.
Background
In the years after T'Pau's split in 1992, Decker continued to occasionally... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20%28T%27Pau%20album%29 |
William Wade Hampton (c. 1854–1928) was one of the first attorneys in Gainesville, Florida. He and his brother Edwin moved to Gainesville from Tampa, Florida in 1875. Wade and his brother Edwin founded the town's first paper, the Gainesville Times in 1876. This paper later became The Gainesville Sun.
Wade and his b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Wade%20Hampton |
View of the Hebrews is an 1823 book written by Ethan Smith, a Congregationalist minister in Vermont, who argued that Native Americans were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, a relatively common view during the early nineteenth century. Numerous commentators on Mormon history, from LDS Church general authorit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View%20of%20the%20Hebrews |
The Infinitive of Go is a 1980 science fiction novel by British writer John Brunner.
Synopsis
The novel revolves around a teleportation technology which is being developed. The first test is an abject failure, the subject acting paranoid and committing suicide. Faced with termination of the project, Dr. Justin William... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Infinitive%20of%20Go |
A kara () is a steel or cast iron (sarb loh) bangle worn by Sikhs. It is expected to be worn by all Sikhs.
It is one of the five kakars or five Ks—external articles of faith—that identify a Sikh as dedicated to the religious order of Sikhism.
History
The kara was instituted by the tenth Sikh guru Gobind Singh at the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara%20%28Sikhism%29 |
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA), established in 1993, is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology (alternatively referred to as telemedicine, telehealth or eHealth). Membership in the American Telemedic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Telemedicine%20Association |
Players at the Game of People is a science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was first published in the United States by Nelson Doubleday in 1980.
External links
1980 British novels
1980 science fiction novels
Novels by John Brunner
Doubleday (publisher) books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Players%20at%20the%20Game%20of%20People |
Then & Now... the Best of The Monkees is a compilation album of songs by the 1960s American pop group the Monkees, released by Arista Records in 1986.
With the 1986 revival of "Monkeemania", Arista Records issued a new Monkees "best of" collection, including three new recordings featuring vocals by Micky Dolenz and Pe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Then%20%26%20Now...%20The%20Best%20of%20The%20Monkees |
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