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Maloy can refer to:
Thomas Joel Maloy, American naval officer, posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross
Mike Maloy, American professional basketball player
Maloy Lozanes, Philippine-born recording artist in Germany known as MaLoY
USS Maloy (DE-791), an American destroyer
Geography
Maloy, Iowa, a town in the Unite... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maloy |
Lydekker Park is a park in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. The land was formerly part of the garden of Harpenden Lodge, built in 1803, home for many years to the Lydekkers, one of the town's oldest families. In 1937 Hilda Lydekker, last surviving member of the Lydekker family, entered into an agreement with the former Har... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydekker%20Park |
The appearance of nudity in music videos has caused controversy since the late 1970s, and several explicit music videos have been censored or banned. Nudity has gained wider acceptance on European television, where audiences often view nudity and sexuality as less objectionable than the depiction of violence. In contra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20music%20videos%20featuring%20nudity |
Kermit Victor Lipez (born August 18, 1941) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Education and early career
Lipez received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College in 1963 and his Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law Scho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit%20Lipez |
In Ancient Roman measurement, the acetabulum was a measure of volume (fluid and dry) equivalent to the Greek (oxybaphon). It was one-fourth of the hemina and therefore one-eighth of the sextarius. It contained the weight in water of fifteen Attic drachmae.
Used with some frequency by Pliny the Elder, in a 1952 transl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetabulum%20%28unit%29 |
The 1990s may refer to:
1990s, the decade
List of decades, decades comprising years 91–00 of other centuries
1990s (band), Scottish Indie Rock band
"Nineties" (song), the song by Busted
The 90's (TV series), an American documentary series for PBS
Nineties (TV series), the Czech television series
The Nineties (m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%201990s |
Spyridon Xyndas or Spiridione Xinda (; June 8, 1812 – November 25, 1896) was a Greek composer and virtuoso guitarist, whose last name has also been transliterated as "Xinta", "Xinda", "Xindas" and "Xyntas".
Biography
Xyndas was born in Corfu in 1812. In 1823, he was a student of Nikolaos Mantzaros in music theory. Aft... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyridon%20Xyndas |
Gordon Elliott Fogg (26 April 1919 – 30 January 2005) was a British biologist.
Early life
He was born in Langar, Nottinghamshire and educated at Dulwich College and Queen Mary College, London.
Career
During WW2 he assisted in a national survey of seaweed resources and researched algae used to make water-soluble si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Elliott%20Fogg |
The Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the Leader of the House in the Senate of Northern Ireland. The post was a cabinet position that was nevertheless politically unimportant. In his memoirs, Brian Faulkner expresses surprise that Jack Andrews accepted the position, as he saw it as a demotion.
The Deputy ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader%20of%20the%20Senate%20of%20Northern%20Ireland |
Otis Ferguson (August 14, 1907 – September 14, 1943) was an American writer best remembered for his music and film reviews in The New Republic in the 1930s.
Although he can be seen as a predecessor to film critics James Agee, Manny Farber, Pauline Kael, and Andrew Sarris, he has been characterized by Robert Christgau ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis%20Ferguson |
Steven William Kealey (born May 13, 1947) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the California Angels and Chicago White Sox from 1968 to 1973. Kealey had been the most recent White Sox pitcher to hit a home run in a game until Jon Garland hit one in a game against the Cincinnati Reds on June 18, 2006.
The , K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Kealey |
Torjus Hemmestveit (13 November 1860 – 7 June 1930) was a Norwegian Nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal with his brother, Mikkjel Hemmestveit in 1928.
Career
Torjus and Mikkjel Hemmestveit were born in Kviteseid in Telemark county, Norway. They were from the village of Morgedal, whose most famous resident w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torjus%20Hemmestveit |
Cecil Francis Poole (July 25, 1914 – November 12, 1997) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and a United States Attorney for the Northern District of Cal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil%20F.%20Poole |
Paddy is a brand of blended Irish whiskey produced by the Irish Distillers subsidiary of Pernod Ricard. As of 2016, Paddy is the fourth largest-selling Irish whiskey in the World.
History
The Cork Distilleries Company was founded in 1867 to merge four existing distilleries in Cork city (the North Mall, the Green, Wat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy%20Whiskey |
John McMurrich (February 3, 1804 – February 13, 1883) was a businessman and political figure in Canada West and later Ontario.
He was born near Paisley, Scotland in 1804 and came to Upper Canada in 1833 to work in a York (Toronto) dry goods business affiliated with a Glasgow-based firm. He became a partner in 1837. Mc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20McMurrich |
Ramana also spelled Ramany, Romana (), is an urban-type settlement and municipality in Azerbaijan, within the Sabunchu raion of Baku. Population (2005): 8,800.
The settlement was possibly founded by the Roman troops of Lucius Julius Maximus from Legio XII Fulminata in c. 84-96 AD, and may derive its name from the Lat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana%2C%20Azerbaijan |
Khon Kaen may refer to
the town Khon Kaen
Khon Kaen, Mueang Roi Et a sub-District (tambon) of Mueang Roi Et District, Roi Et Province, Thailand
Khon Kaen Province
Mueang Khon Kaen district
Khon Kaen University
Khon Kaen Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khon%20Kaen%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The 1977 NHL Amateur Draft was the 15th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. It was notable for the inclusion of players being drafted at 20 years of age.
This was the only draft in which the Cleveland Barons as a distinctive franchise drafted, as they would fold prior to the 197... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%20NHL%20Amateur%20Draft |
Coal Harbour is a harbour and community on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada located on the north side of Holberg Inlet in the Quatsino Sound region. It is named after a small and unsuccessful local coal mine that was founded in 1883. The village's most successful industry, however, was whaling. It w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal%20Harbour%20%28Vancouver%20Island%29 |
The Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the Speaker in the Senate of Northern Ireland.
List of speakers
See also
Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland
References
Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-1972
Senate of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland, Senate
Lists of Northern Irish parliamentaria... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20speakers%20of%20the%20Senate%20of%20Northern%20Ireland |
Mikkjel Hemmestveit (6 March 1863 – 22 April 1957), was a Norwegian-American Nordic skier who shared the Holmenkollen medal with his brother, Torjus Hemmestveit in 1928.
Biography
Mikkjel Hemmestveit was born on the Hemmingstveit farm in the parish of Kviteseid in Telemark county, Norway. Both Torjus and Mikkjel Hemme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikkjel%20Hemmestveit |
The Daniel B. Meginniss Plantation was a forced-labor farm of located in Leon County, Florida, United States established by Daniel B. Meginniss. In 1860, 70 enslaved people worked the land, which was primarily devoted to producing cotton as a cash crop.
Plantation specifics
The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20B.%20Meginniss%20Plantation |
Bernardo Sabadini (also known as Sabatini) (died 26 November 1718) was an Italian opera composer. He may have been a native of Venice. A number of his operas appear to have been revisions of works by other composers to an unknown extent. He died at Parma.
Operas
Furio Camillo (1686)
Didio Giuliano (1687)
Zenone i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo%20Sabadini |
J3, J03, J 3 or J-3 may refer to:
Roads
County Route J3 (California)
Malaysia Federal Route J3
Submarines
Junsen type submarine
HMAS J3, an Australian submarine
Aircraft
Junkers J 3, a German Junkers aircraft
J-3, a U.S. Navy airship
Piper J-3, a 1938 light aircraft
Other uses
J3 perturbation, gravitat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J3 |
Einar Fredrik Lindboe (2 June 1876 – 26 June 1953) was a Norwegian Nordic skier, skiing official and surgeon.
He was born in Vestre Aker as a son of chief physician Axel Hagbarth Lindboe (1846–1911) and Jørgine Margarethe Hagerup Angell (1853–96), and a nephew of Jacob Lindboe. He grew up at Gaustad, where his father ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar%20Fr.%20Lindboe |
Richard "Rusty" Donald Wailes, a.k.a. Perfect Oarsman (March 21, 1936 in Edmonds, Washington – October 11, 2002 on Lake Washington) was an American rower.
Wailes began sport rowing when he entered Yale University in the fall of 1954. Within two years he was part of the gold medal-winning eight-man U.S. team at the 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty%20Wailes |
J6 may refer to:
Military vehicles
Junkers J 6, a German fighter aircraft
Shenyang J-6, Chinese version of Soviet MiG-19 jet fighter
J6 Jaktfalken, a Swedish fighter aircraft
HMS J6, a World War I UK submarine sunk in a friendly fire incident
HMS Alresford, a UK minesweeper, pennant number J06
Steam locomotives
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J6 |
The interpersonal circle or interpersonal circumplex is a model for conceptualizing, organizing, and assessing interpersonal behavior, traits, and motives. The interpersonal circumplex is defined by two orthogonal axes: a vertical axis (of status, dominance, power, ambitiousness, assertiveness, or control) and a horizo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal%20circumplex |
Kathleen Margaret "Kit" Pearson (born April 30, 1947) is a Canadian writer and winner of numerous literature awards. Pearson is perhaps best known for her linked novels The Sky Is Falling (1989), Looking at the Moon (1991), and The Lights Go on Again (1993), published in 1999 as The Guests of War Trilogy, and Awake an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit%20Pearson |
Roßdorf is a municipality in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg, in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of 12,619 (as of 2020). It is situated 8 km east of Darmstadt.
Geographic Situation
Neighbouring Towns and Municipalities
Roßdorf borders in the north and east on the municipality of Groß-Zimmern, in the southeast ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro%C3%9Fdorf |
() is the abbreviation from Battalion commander (). It was a military rank in the Red Army from 1918 to 1935. At that time it was roughly equivalent to the rank of captain.
Etymologically, the word Komandir (Commander) is sandwiched with the word Batalyona ([of the] Battalion) to make Kombat, similar to compound words... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombat%20%28military%20rank%29 |
J4/J04, J-4/J-04 or J.4/J.04 may refer to:
In science and academia
ATC code J04 Antimycobacterials, a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
Janko group J4, in mathematics
S/2003 J 4, a natural satellite of Jupiter
J04 : acute laryngitis and tracheitis ICD-10 code
Square cupola, J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J4 |
J7, J07, J 7 or J-7 may refer to:
ATC code J07 Vaccines, a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
Chengdu J-7, a 1966 People's Republic of China-built fighter jet
County Route J7 (California)
Demolition Plot J-7, a 1989 extended play from the American indie rock band Pavement
, an Au... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J7 |
Also known as J7 Youth Summit, J7 Summit, J7, Junior 7, J8, J8 Summit
The J7 ("junior 7") Global Citizenship Summit provides young people from around the world with opportunities to learn more about topical global issues, to debate and discuss these issues, and to take their solutions to world leaders at the G7 summit.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior%208 |
WFXN (1230 kHz) is a sports formatted AM radio station licensed to Moline, Illinois. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. with studios located in Davenport, Iowa. The station is known as "Fox Sports 1230".
AM 1230 broadcasts at a power of 1 kW with transmitter located on 7th Street in Moline between 30th and 32nd... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFXN%20%28AM%29 |
J9, J09, J 9 or J-9 may refer to:
Military
Chengdu J-9, a designation assigned to a 1975 Chinese interceptor aircraft that never progressed beyond initial studies
, a 1940 British Royal Navy
Junkers J 9, a factory designation for the 1917 German Junkers D.I fighter aircraft
Seversky J9, a Swedish WW2 fighter pla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J9 |
Emma Catherine Rigby (born 26 September 1989) is an English actress. After rising to prominence for her role as Hannah Ashworth in Hollyoaks, she later played Gemma Roscoe in the BBC One drama series Prisoners' Wives and as the Red Queen in the American fantasy-drama Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. She also played the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma%20Rigby |
Gargantua is a book by the French author François Rabelais.
Gargantua may also refer to:
Gargantua (album), a 2013 studio album by Ash Grunwald
Gargantua (cave), a cave in Western Canada
Gargantua (gorilla) (1929 – 1949), gorilla in the Ringling Brothers Circus
Gargantua (comics), a size-changing supervillain from Mar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargantua%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Agriotherium is an extinct genus of bears whose fossils are found in Miocene through Pleistocene-aged strata of North America, Eurasia, and Africa. This long-lived genus persisted from at least ~11.6–2.5 Mya. Materials from the late-surviving A. africanum in Africa have suggested that A. africanum died out during the e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriotherium |
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire is a 2004 Canadian documentary film about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It was directed by Peter Raymont and inspired by the book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (2003), by now-retired Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire. It w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake%20Hands%20with%20the%20Devil%3A%20The%20Journey%20of%20Rom%C3%A9o%20Dallaire |
Phatthalung may refer to
the town Phatthalung
Phatthalung Province
Mueang Phatthalung district | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phatthalung%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Niefern-Öschelbronn is a municipality in the Enz district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Enz, 6 km east of Pforzheim.
History
Öschelbronn had been a possession of the Duchy of Württemberg since 1504, while Niefern was a possession of the Margraviate of Baden from 1529. Öschelbronn was cede... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niefern-%C3%96schelbronn |
Theodore Carl Wills (born February 9, 1934 in Fresno, California) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox between 1959 and 1965.
Professional career
Wills attended Fresno State Univ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Wills |
Schröter or Schroeter may refer to:
Schröter (lunar crater), a crater on the Moon
Schroeter (Martian crater), a crater on Mars
Schröter (surname)
See also
Schroter's Valley (AKA Vallis Schröteri), a lunar feature named after Johann Hieronymus Schröter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6ter |
Malky McCormick (1943 – 15 April 2019) was a Scottish cartoonist, comics artist, postcard artist, caricaturist and musician.
Biography
After leaving the commercial art world in 1965, he illustrated comics and magazines for D.C. Thomson in Dundee then became a graphic artist and designer with Scottish Television for th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malky%20McCormick |
Inca Gold is a novel written by Clive Cussler. First published in 1994, it is the twelfth book in Cussler's Dirk Pitt series.
Plot summary
In 1532 a fleet of ships sails in secret to an island in the middle of an inland sea. There they hide a magnificent treasure more vast than that any Pharaoh would ever possess. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca%20Gold |
Mason Singer Aguirre (born November 10, 1987, in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American snowboarder. He competes in halfpipe, slopestyle and superpipe, but consistently places higher in halfpipe and superpipe competitions. He competed in the men's halfpipe event at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Career
Aguirre spent his childh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason%20Aguirre |
WKEI (1450 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Kewanee, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Quad Cities area. The station is currently owned by Fletcher M. Ford's Virden Broadcasting Corp.
WKEI is now a news/talk radio station, a Fox News affiliate and home to syndicated ta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKEI |
Hans Vinjarengen (20 August 1905 – 1 February 1984) was a Nordic combined skier from Norway. He won a silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and a bronze at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. In addition, he won gold medals at the 1929 and 1930 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and bron... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Vinjarengen |
Solymár () is an urban village in northwest of Budapest metropolitan area, bordering the 3rd and 2nd districts of the city, as well as Nagykovácsi, Pilisszentiván, Pilisvörösvár, Csobánka, Pilisborosjenő, and Üröm. Its picturesque surroundings (hills to the south and east, the highest point is Zsíroshegy at 424m) and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solym%C3%A1r |
Chhota haazri or Chota hazri (, from the Hindustani words for "small" and "presence") was a meal served in households and barracks, particularly in northern British India, shortly after dawn.
In subsequent years, the tradition of such a meal has disappeared, but the phrase lives on in Anglo-Indian households, certain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhota%20haazri |
The Secret Six was a name given (by James Doherty of The Chicago Tribune) to six influential businessmen in Chicago who organized the business community against Al Capone.
Formation
The event that triggered the formation of the Secret Six was the shooting of a building contractor's superintendent, Philip Meagher, on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret%20Six%20%28Chicago%29 |
The second USS Mohawk was a screw steamship in the United States Navy. She was the SS Caledonia, which the US Navy acquired in 1858 and sold in 1864. After her sale she became SS Alliance and was wrecked in 1869.
Origins
Mohawk was built as Caledonia by Teas & Birely, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and launched 11 June 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Mohawk%20%281858%29 |
Valhalla Rising is a 2001 Clive Cussler book in the Dirk Pitt series. The events depicted in the book take place between July and August 2003.
Plot summary
Dirk Pitt has to stop an evil CEO of an oil and natural gas company in the US from establishing absolute monopoly over oil resources and supplies. It is a typica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla%20Rising%20%28novel%29 |
Hemicyon, also known as the "dog-bear" (literally "half dog", from Greek (half) + (dog)), is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear, which probably originated in Eurasia but was found in Europe, Asia and North America during the Miocene epoch (), existing for approximately . Hemicyon is the best-known genus in the He... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicyon |
Adina Fohlin (born 20 December 1984) is a Swedish model and photographer. She was discovered while walking down the street in Stockholm, and Susanna Rönn, at Mikas, a Swedish modelling agency. approached her, having noticed her unusual features. Myriam Obadiah, creative director of Fohlin's agency, Next, described he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adina%20Fohlin |
Psychographic filtering is located within a branch of collaborative filtering (user-based) which anticipates preferences based upon information received from a statistical survey, a questionnaire, or other forms of social research. The term Psychographic is derived from Psychography which is the study of associating an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychographic%20filtering |
Snow grains are a form of precipitation. Snow grains are characterized as very small (<1 mm), white, opaque grains of ice that are fairly flat or elongated.
Unlike snow pellets, snow grains do not bounce or break up on impact. Usually, very small amounts fall, mostly from stratus clouds or fog, and never fall in the f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow%20grains |
Juvigné () is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.
It is located on the borders of Normandy, Brittany and the northern Loire, it is predominantly an agricultural region known for its cattle rearing. The village is also known locally for being one of the prettiest in the region and is named the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvign%C3%A9 |
Guglielmo Quarenghi (October 22, 1826, Casalmaggiore, Italy – February 3, 1882) was an Italian composer and cellist. From 1839 to 1842 he studied with Vincenzo Merighi at the Milan Conservatory. In 1850, he became the principal cellist at La Scala, and in 1851 a professor at the conservatory. Along with Luigi Felice Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo%20Quarenghi |
Mut@ge.Mix@ge is an album by Front 242, released in 1995, a collection of both previously released and new material, some remixed by notable Electronica bands of the genre.
Critical reception
Vox magazine gave Mut@ge.Mix@ge a positive review, referring to the release as a "sabbatical stopgap' that "[errs] on the side... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mut%40ge.Mix%40ge |
Golasecca ( or ) is a town and in the province of Varese, Lombardy (Northern Italy).
It has given its name to the Golasecca culture, a prehistoric civilization who lived in the Ticino River area from the Bronze Age until the 1st century BC.
References
Municipalities of the Province of Varese
Golasecca culture
Arch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golasecca |
Langgöns is a municipality in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 10 km south of Gießen.
Due to the town's convenient proximity to several former U.S. military bases; Ayers Kaserne, Giessen Army Depot, and Ray Barracks, the town was formerly home to community of several hundred Americans, primari... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langg%C3%B6ns |
Songkhla may refer to:
Places in Thailand
Songkhla, a town
Songkhla Province
Mueang Songkhla District
Songkhla Lake
See also
Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkla | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songkhla%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Marcel Alfred Quinet (6 July 1915 – 16 December 1986) was a Belgian composer and pianist.
He studied at the Mons Conservatory briefly and then the Brussels Conservatory, where he obtained prizes for harmony in 1936, counterpoint in 1937, fugue in 1938, and a higher piano diploma in 1943. Among his teachers at the Cons... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel%20Quinet |
Mount Pleasant is a town situated in the Barossa Council, just north of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, 55 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide (). It is located in the Barossa Council and Mid Murray Council local government areas, and is at an altitude of 440 metres above sea level. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Pleasant%2C%20South%20Australia |
Kabir Panth () is a Sant Mat denomination and philosophy based on the teachings of the 15th century saint and poet, Kabir. It is based on devotion to him as one guru as a means to salvation. Its adherents are from many religious backgrounds as Kabir never advocated change of religions but highlighted their limitations.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir%20panth |
USS Flag was a screw steamship in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She is listed as "3rd rate".
Service history
Flag was purchased on 26 April 1861 at Philadelphia as Phineas Sprague, converted as a warship at the Washington Navy Yard, and renamed and commissioned on 28 May 1861, Lieutenant Commander L. C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Flag |
Pimpalation is the second solo studio album by American rapper Pimp C from UGK. It was released on July 11, 2006 through Rap-A-Lot Records, Asylum Records and Atlantic Records, making it the rapper's last solo album released during his lifetime. Recording sessions took place at Dean's List House of Hits, at M.A.D. Stud... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimpalation |
The Denver City Council is the legislative branch of government for the City and County of Denver, Colorado. The council is made up of thirteen elected officials from eleven City and county designated districts and two at-large elected members. Although the offices are officially non-partisan, the members are allowed t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver%20City%20Council |
Phlaocyon (from Greek phlao, "eat greedily" and cyon, "dog") is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lives from the Early Oligocene to the Early Miocene epoch 33.3–16.3 Mya, existing for approximately . It is closely related to Cynarctoides.
Phylogeny
When discovered in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlaocyon |
Ole Stenen (29 August 1903 in Øyer, Gudbrandsdal – 23 April 1975) was a Norwegian Nordic skier who competed in nordic combined and cross-country skiing in the 1920s and early 1930s.
He was born in Øyer and represented the club Øyer IL. He died in April 1975 in Oslo.
He won a Nordic combined silver at the 1932 Winter ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole%20Stenen |
Gregg Henriques is an American psychologist. He is a professor for the Combined-Integrated Doctoral Program, at James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, US.
He developed the Unified Theory Of Knowledge (UTOK), which consists of eight key ideas that Henriques claims results in a much more unified vision of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg%20Henriques |
Oestrich-Winkel () is a town with roughly 12,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Oestrich-Winkel, which culturally belongs to the Rheingau region, lies on the Rhine River, 19 km west-southwest of Wiesbaden and 17 km west of Mainz. It... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oestrich-Winkel |
On the Air is the sixteenth studio album by American musician Billy Preston, released on February 18, 1984 by Megatone Records. This album marks the return of Preston to music.
Track listing
"And Dance [Extended]" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 6:01
"Kick-It" (Preston, Ralph Benatar) – 5:47
"Come to Me Little Darlin'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20the%20Air%20%28album%29 |
The Snickelways of York, often misspelt Snickleways, are a collection of narrow streets and alleys in the city of York, England. The word Snickelway was coined by local author Mark W. Jones in 1983 in his book A Walk Around the Snickelways of York, and is a portmanteau of the words snicket, meaning a passageway between... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snickelways%20of%20York |
Bretzfeld is a municipality in the Hohenlohe district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located east of Heilbronn. There is an exit (Nr. 39) with the same name at the A6 motorway.
References
Hohenlohe (district) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretzfeld |
The Archdiocese of Otranto (Latin: Archidioecesis Hydruntina) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The seat of the diocese is at Otranto Cathedral in the city of Otranto, Apulia. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Lecce.
The current archbishop is Donato Negro.
History
The first known bishop ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Archdiocese%20of%20Otranto |
Satun may refer to
the town Satun
Satun Province
Mueang Satun district
Kingdom of Setul
See also
Satan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satun%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Antonio Quintavalle (1688 – ) was an Italian opera composer.
Biography
Quintavalle was born into the family that belonged to Venetian nobility. By 1703 and perhaps earlier he was chamber organist at the Mantuan court. He wrote music for three operas while he was in Mantua, one in collaboration with the maestro di cap... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Quintavalle |
Hesperocyon is an extinct genus of canids (subfamily Hesperocyoninae, family Canidae) that was endemic to North America, ranging from southern Canada to Colorado. It appeared during the Uintan age, –Bridgerian age (NALMA) of the Mid-Eocene– 42.5 Ma to 31.0 Ma. (AEO). Hesperocyon existed for approximately .
Taxonomy
H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperocyon |
Peiting is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Lech, 3 km southeast of Schongau, and 17 km west of Weilheim in Oberbayern.
Transport
The municipality has two railway stations, and . Both are located on the Schongau–Peißenberg line.
Notable p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peiting |
Otto Matthäus Zykan (29 April 1935, Vienna – 25 May 2006, Sachsendorf, Burgschleinitz-Kühnring) was an Austrian composer and pianist.
He studied at the Vienna Music Academy, where his teachers included Karl Schiske (composition), Bruno Seidlhofer and Josef Dichler (piano). He also attended the Darmstadt summer cours... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Zykan |
K0 may refer to:
Spectral class K0, a star spectral class
the 1965 first model of the Honda CB450 motorbike
the Grothendieck group in abstract algebra
the Lateral earth pressure at rest
the neutral kaon, a strange meson with no charge in nuclear physics
K0 may refer to Khinchin's constant
K0 the order-zero grap... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K0 |
Tamm is a Stadt (town) in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 6 km northwest of Ludwigsburg, 4 km south of Bietigheim-Bissingen, and approx. 17 km north of Stuttgart's city center. As of 2020, the town had 12,628 inhabitants.
History
Tamm is one of the older settlements in the area... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamm |
profil is an Austrian weekly news magazine published in German and based in Vienna. It has been in circulation since 1970. The magazine is sometimes considered the Austrian counterpart to Der Spiegel.
History and profile
profil was founded in 1970 by Oscar Bronner, who also founded the magazine trend and the daily ne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profil%20%28magazine%29 |
The Football Association of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Fudbalski savez Crne Gore, FSCG / Фудбалски савез Црне Горе, ФСЦГ) is the governing body of football in Montenegro. It is based in the capital, Podgorica.
The FSCG organises the Montenegrin First, Second and Third Leagues, which between them contain 45 clubs. It als... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football%20Association%20of%20Montenegro |
Benjamin Farrington (10 July 1891 –1974) was an Irish scholar and professor of Classics, teaching in Ireland (1916–1920), South Africa (1920–1935), and Great Britain (1935–1956). Although his academic career spanned several disciplines, he is most well known for his contributions to the history of Greek science. Moreov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Farrington |
The Wombats are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003, consisting of Matthew Murphy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, backing vocals, keyboards), and Dan Haggis (drums, backing vocals, keyboards). They have distribution deals with AWAL and Warner Music Australia. They have ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wombats |
Esher Urban District was an urban district in Surrey, England created by merging two urban districts and adding two parishes to the south-west. It existed from 1933 to 1974 and was governed by the elected Esher Urban District Council which shared local government functions with Surrey County Council. Its main building ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esher%20Urban%20District |
Cynodesmus ("dog link") is an extinct genus of omnivorous canine which inhabited North America during the Oligocene living from 33.3—-26.3 Ma and existed for approximately .
Cynodesmus was one of the first canids to truly look dog-like. At around in length, it was about the same size as a modern coyote, but had a sho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynodesmus |
Don Fanucci is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and the 1974 film The Godfather Part II, a sequel to the 1972 film version of Puzo's novel. Fanucci is portrayed by Gastone Moschin and is based on the personality of Ignazio Lupo, a real-life Black Hand figure.
In the original nov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Fanucci |
Osterhofen is a town in the district of Deggendorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, 16 km south of Deggendorf.
The town surrounds Osterhofen Abbey, a former monastery, whose abbey church is now the Basilica of St. Margaretha.
References
Deggendorf (district) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osterhofen |
Nakhla is a Martian meteorite which fell in Egypt in 1911. It was the first meteorite reported from Egypt, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, and the prototype for Nakhlite type of meteorites.
History
The Nakhla meteorite fell to Earth on June 28, 1911, at approximately 09:00, in the Abu Homm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhla%20meteorite |
The tree of knowledge (ToK) system is a new map of Big History that traces cosmic evolution across four different planes of existence, identified as Matter, Life, Mind and Culture that are mapped respectively by the physical, biological, psychological and social domains of science. The Tree of Knowledge (ToK) System wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%20of%20knowledge%20system |
Alfred Jackson Billes, CM (December 1, 1902 - April 3, 1995) was a Canadian businessman and co-founder of Canadian Tire.
Biography
Born in Toronto, Ontario, at age sixteen, Alfred went to work as a clerk at a branch of the Dominion Bank. In 1922, he used his savings to team up with his brother William to buy Hamilto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Jackson%20Billes |
Katharine Jefferts Schori (born March 26, 1954) is the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Previously elected as the 9th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, she was the first woman elected as a primate in the Anglican Communion. Jefferts Schori was elected at the 75t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine%20Jefferts%20Schori |
Ferrucyon is an extinct genus of omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, which inhabited North America during the Pliocene, Blancan in the NALMA classification, from about 4.9 to approximately 2.6 Ma. The type species, F. avius, was originally interpreted as a relative of the modern crab-eating fox, and described as a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrucyon |
Walldürn is a town in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 23 km southwest of Wertheim.
The town of Walldürn consists of the ten districts Walldürn-Stadt, Altheim, Gerolzahn, Glashofen, Gottersdorf, Hornbach, Kaltenbrunn, Reinhardsachsen, Rippberg and Wettersdorf.
Walldürn Basili... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walld%C3%BCrn |
John Henry Ganzel (April 7, 1874 – January 14, 1959) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. Ganzel batted and threw right-handed. He played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1898), Chicago Cubs (1900), New York Giants (1902) New York Highlanders (1903–1904) and the Cincinnati Reds (1907–1908). G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Ganzel |
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