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The Ferrocarril del Pacífico is a former railroad line of Mexico that operated from Nogales, Sonora to Guadalajara, Jalisco via Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It ran passenger trains between these points: El Yaqui and Mexicali, Nogales, Sonora -- Guadalajara, Jalisco via Benjamín Hill, Sonora and Mazatlán, Sinaloa; and shorter r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrocarril%20del%20Pac%C3%ADfico
Ferrocarriles Unidos del Sureste was a company that operated a railroad in southeastern Mexico. In the 1930s the Mexican government decided to build a railroad into the Yucatán, connecting the national system with the isolated Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán. The project was completed in 1950 as the Ferrocarril del S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrocarriles%20Unidos%20del%20Sureste
The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, started in 1900 by American railroad entrepreneur Arthur Edward Stilwell, was the predecessor of the Chihuahua al Pacífico railroad in Mexico. It was intended to reach the Pacific Ocean at Topolobampo, Sinaloa. The United States portion was incorporated in 1900 as the Kansas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%20City%2C%20Mexico%20and%20Orient%20Railway
The Mexico North-Western Railway or Compañía del Ferrocarril Nor-Oeste de México was a railroad that operated in Mexico between Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, via Nuevo Casas Grandes in the western portion of the state of Chihuahua. Prior to 1909, it was known as the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railway. It was bu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%20North%20Western%20Railway
The Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico was a railroad subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Mexico, operating from Nogales, Sonora, to Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The Sonora Railway was constructed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway between 1879 and 1882. In 1898 the Santa Fe leased the Sonora Railway to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Pacific%20Railroad%20of%20Mexico
is a puzzle arcade game released by Namco in 1993. On March 26, 2009, it was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console. Gameplay This game has three modes of play; Adventure, Normal, and Versus. In all three modes, both players must line up blocks of a particular colour - and when three blocks have been lined up (vertic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeraldia
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1920 throughout the world. Events Winners club national championship Argentina: Boca Juniors, River Plate Austria: Rapid Vienna Belgium: Club Brugge Denmark: B 1903 England: Liverpool F.C. France: no national championship Germany: 1. FC Nürnberg Hungary: MTK...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920%20in%20association%20football
Georg Hermann Alexander Ochs (11 July 1887 – 27 September 1971) was a German entomologist, specialising in Coleoptera and in particular the Gyrinidae. In this group he worked on the world fauna. Works Partial list Über Papuanische Gyrinidae. Senckenbergiana 7: 172-177 (1925). Die Dineutini. 2 Tribus der unterfam. En...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Hermann%20Alexander%20Ochs
Scott Thompson (born April 16, 1971) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling under the ring name King Kong in the early 1990s and later worked as Krusher Kong on the wrestling independent circuit. Thompson teamed u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krusher%20Kong
Fight for Life is a 1996 fighting video game developed and published by Atari Corporation in North America and Europe for the Atari Jaguar. It was the final game to be developed and published by Atari themselves before dropping support for the platform and merging with JT Storage in a reverse takeover on July 30, 1996,...
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1919 throughout the world. Events Due to the First World War several European leagues remain suspended. Football League First Division expanded from 20 to 22 teams - Chelsea are saved from relegation while Arsenal are promoted despite finishing only fifth in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919%20in%20association%20football
In music theory, voicing refers to two closely related concepts: How a musician or group distributes, or spaces, notes and chords on one or more instruments The simultaneous vertical placement of notes in relation to each other; this relates to the concepts of spacing and doubling It includes the instrumentation an...
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Hrafnagaldr Óðins ("Odin's raven-galdr") or Forspjallsljóð ("prelude poem") is an Icelandic poem in the style of the Poetic Edda. It is preserved only in late paper manuscripts. In his influential 1867 edition of the Poetic Edda, Sophus Bugge reasoned that the poem was a 17th-century work, composed as an introduction t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrafnagaldr%20%C3%93%C3%B0ins
is an autobahn in northwestern Germany, connecting the cities of Leer and Oldenburg with via Bremen. Originally ending near the city of Delmenhorst, an extension connecting the A 28 to the A 1 has been finished in 2009. Exit list |} External links 28 A028
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesautobahn%2028
Yiddish dialects are variants of the Yiddish language and are divided according to the region in Europe where each developed its distinctiveness. Linguistically, Yiddish is divided in distinct Eastern and Western dialects. While the Western dialects mostly died out in the 19th-century due to Jewish language assimilatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish%20dialects
Saison (French, "season," ) is a pale ale that is highly carbonated, fruity, spicy, and often bottle conditioned. It was historically brewed with low alcohol levels, but modern productions of the style have moderate to high levels of alcohol. Along with several other varieties, it is generally classified as a farmho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saison
Émile Leon Cammaerts CBE (16 March 1878 in Saint-Gilles, Belgium – 2 November 1953, Radlett, Hertfordshire) was a Belgian playwright, poet (including war poet) and author who wrote primarily in English and French. Cammaerts translated three books by art, history and landscape expert John Ruskin and selected G. K. Che...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile%20Cammaerts
Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán (UdeY) was a narrow gauge railroad that operated in the states of Yucatán and Campeche in Mexico from 1902 to 1975. History The Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán (United Railways of Yucatan) was founded on November 1, 1902, by the merger of three railroads; F. C. Merida a Valladolid, F. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrocarriles%20Unidos%20de%20Yucat%C3%A1n
The electrocaloric effect is a phenomenon in which a material shows a reversible temperature change under an applied electric field. It is often considered to be the physical inverse of the pyroelectric effect. It should not be confused with the Thermoelectric effect (specifically, the Peltier effect), in which a temp...
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The Interoceanic Railway of Mexico (Ferrocarril Interoceánico de México) was one of the primary pre-nationalization railways of Mexico. Incorporated in Great Britain in 1888 to complete an unfinished project and compete with the Mexican Railway, it completed a narrow gauge main line from Mexico City to Veracruz in 189...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interoceanic%20Railway%20of%20Mexico
Carmelito Masagnay Reyes, better known as Shalala (January 20, 1960 – June 23, 2021), was a Filipino radio and TV personality and comedian. Early life Carmelito Reyes a.k.a. Shalala was born on January 20, 1960, in Manila, Philippines. Early career Shalala's first TV show was Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalala
Magenta Devine (born Kim Taylor; 4 November 1957 – 6 March 2019) was a British television presenter, journalist and music promoter best known for presenting the travel programme Rough Guide and youth programme Reportage on BBC2 in the 1990s. She later presented Young, Gifted and Broke for ITV. Career Devine originally...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magenta%20Devine
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1918 throughout the world. Events Due to the First World War several European leagues remain suspended. Winners club national championship Argentina: Racing Club Austria: Floridsdorfer AC Belgium: no national championship Denmark: KB England: no national cham...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918%20in%20association%20football
is a run and gun arcade game developed and released by Namco for the Namco System 2 hardware in 1991. The game is the sequel to 1986's Rolling Thunder, retaining the same gameplay of its predecessor but adding cooperative gameplay for two players and improved graphics. Unlike the original, which was based in 1968, Roll...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling%20Thunder%202
Ian Dean (3 July 1970 – 13 August 2018) was an English professional wrestler, best known as Doc Dean. He worked for All Star Wrestling, often teaming with Robbie Brookside as The Liverpool Lads. In 1997, he participated on New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament, defeating Jushin Thunder Liger. H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Dean
is an autobahn in northwestern Germany. It connects the city of Wilhelmshaven to Oldenburg and the A 1, running very roughly from north to south. Traffic currently is light, but an increase in freight traffic is to be expected when the JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven becomes operational. Exit list |} Extern...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesautobahn%2029
Radio Pakistan serves as the national public broadcaster for radio in Pakistan. Although some local stations predate Radio Pakistan's founding, it is the oldest existing broadcasting network in Pakistan. The network was established on 14 August 1947, following Pakistan's independence from Britain. Radio Pakistan servic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Pakistan
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1917 throughout the world. Events Due to the First World War several leagues remain suspended throughout Europe. Full date unknown: C.D. Palhavã, a Portuguese football club from, Palhavã is founded. Winners club national championship Argentina: Racing Club ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917%20in%20association%20football
The Narrow is an alternative rock band from Pretoria, South Africa. Biography The band was formed in 2002 by guitarists Emile and Sid, bassist Jow Feldtmann and drummer Nelius de Lange. Shortly thereafter Emile brought in his former Not My Dog bandmate Hanu de Jong as the band's vocalist, completing the line up. In e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Narrow
In Norse mythology, the megingjörð ( , meaning "power-belt") is a belt worn by the god Thor. The Old Norse name megin means power or strength, and gjörð means belt. According to the Prose Edda, the belt is one of Thor's three main possessions, along with the hammer Mjölnir and the iron gloves Járngreipr. When worn, th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megingj%C3%B6r%C3%B0
Yiddish orthography is the writing system used for the Yiddish language. It includes Yiddish spelling rules and the Hebrew script, which is used as the basis of a full vocalic alphabet. Letters that are silent or represent glottal stops in the Hebrew language are used as vowels in Yiddish. Other letters that can serve ...
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The Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec (Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec, S.A. de C.V.), also known as Ferrocarril Transístmico () or simply Ferroistmo, is part of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, owned by the Mexican government, that crosses the Isthmus of Tehuantepec between Puerto Mexic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrocarril%20Trans%C3%ADstmico
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1916 throughout the world. Events Numerous national championships in Europe are suspended for the duration of the First World War, with a notable exception of the Netherlands, which continues throughout the hostilities. 25 April: Football Association of Thaila...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916%20in%20association%20football
The San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) is an annual event organized by Pacific Arts Movement (formerly the San Diego Asian Film Foundation) that takes place every November in San Diego, California. Background SDAFF is the flagship event for the non-profit organization Pacific Arts Movement (Pac-Arts, formerly the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Diego%20Asian%20Film%20Festival
101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding 150 albums and a creative lifetime of around 30 years beginning in 1957. 101 Strings had a trademark sound, focusing on melody with a laid-back ambiance most often featuring strings. Its L...
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Kris Fillat (Buchanan) (born November 7, 1970, in San Diego, California) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1990. She was a member of the team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. She won a bro...
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Heart ( ) is a children's novel by the Italian author Edmondo De Amicis who was a novelist, journalist, short story writer, and poet. The novel is his best known work to this day, having been inspired by his own children Furio and Ugo who had been schoolboys at the time. It is set during the Italian unification, and in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart%20%28novel%29
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (also known as I Was a Teenage Vampire) is a 1987 American comedy horror film directed by Jimmy Huston. The story revolves around a newly made vampire who is trying to live as a "good" vampire and not feed on humans. Meanwhile, his parents have noticed changes in their son's lifestyle, but ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Best%20Friend%20Is%20a%20Vampire
Dato' Megat Yunus bin Megat Mohd Isa was a Malaysian politician. He was born in 1907. His parents were Megat Mohd Isa Bin Megat Ismail and Wan Rasiah Binti Temenggong Wan Hussain of Kota Lama Kanan, Kuala Kangsar, Perak. He was conferred the title Orang Kaya Besar Maharaja Diraja of Perak - one of the Four Major Chie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megat%20Yunus
Frank Schätzing (; born 28 May 1957) is a German writer, mostly known for his best-selling science fiction novel The Swarm (2004). Life Schätzing was born in Cologne and studied communication studies; he later ran his own company, an advertising agency named INTEVI, in Cologne. Schätzing became a writer in 1990, and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Sch%C3%A4tzing
Norman Housley is a professor emeritus of History at the University of Leicester. Educated at the University of Cambridge, Housley was a research student of Jonathan Riley-Smith. He was research fellow in history at Girton College in 1979 and came to the University of Leicester in 1983. He retired after a long and di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Housley
Tracey Larson (born May 1, 1978 in Lower Bucks, Pennsylvania) is a field hockey player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1999. Playing as a midfielder, the former student of the Penn State University was a member of the team, that won the silver medal at th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey%20Larson
As the viceregal representative of the monarch of Canada, the lieutenant governors of the Canadian provinces have since Confederation been entitled to and have used a personal standard. Within a lieutenant governor's province, this standard has precedence over any other flag, including the national one, though it comes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags%20of%20the%20lieutenant%20governors%20of%20Canada
Morning dew may refer to: Dew Music "Morning Dew", a song written by Bonnie Dobson "Morning Dew", a song from the album Day and Night by Schiller "Achim Isul", a 1970s Korean protest song in the Norae Undong style by Kim Min-ki, eventually banned in Korea "Morning Dew", a Bad Lip Reading parody of Jay-Z, Bruno M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning%20dew
Megat Jaafar bin Megat Yunus was appointed by the Sultan of Perak in 1985 to the title Orang Kaya Besar Maharaja Diraja - one of the Four Major Chiefs (Orang Besar Empat) of Perak. Prior to that he was in the Malayan Civil Service (MCS). His father, Dato' Megat Yunus Bin Megat Mohd Isa was also a bearer of the same tit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megat%20Jaafar
Japanese ivy may refer to: Hedera rhombea, see ivy Parthenocissus tricuspidata, also known as Japanese creeper, Boston ivy, Grape ivy, Japanese ivy, a flowering plant in the grape family (Vitaceae) native to eastern Asia in Japan, Korea, and northern and eastern China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20ivy
"Angel Eyes" is a song written by John Hiatt and Fred Koller and produced by Greg Ladanyi for the Jeff Healey Band's first album, See the Light (1988). It was first released in the United Kingdom as the album's second single in April 1989 and was issued in the United States several weeks later. The song peaked at on t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%20Eyes%20%28The%20Jeff%20Healey%20Band%20song%29
Dag Vag is a Swedish band formed in 1978. The lead singer was Per Odeltorp (1948–2012), popularly known as Stig Vig. Their early punk sound became, after a while, increasingly more reggae-like. The band referred to it as "transcontinental rock-reggae". Their popularity peaked in the 1980s, but they are still active. D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag%20Vag
Robert Kellum (born January 26, 1973) is an American professional wrestler and actor, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling under the ring name The Maestro. He has also wrestled for other promotions, including the United States Wrestling Association, Smokey Mountain Wrestling and the World Wr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Maestro%20%28wrestler%29
The Ferrocarril Sonora–Baja California is a former railroad line of Mexico that built the line from Mexicali, Baja California, to Benjamín Hill, Sonora in 1948. It interchanged with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Calexico, California, and with the Ferrocarril del Pacifico in Benjamin Hill, Sonora. Before 1960, The S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrocarril%20Sonora%E2%80%93Baja%20California
Broomehill is a town on the Great Southern Highway between Katanning and Albany, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup. History The town of Broomehill owes its creation to the Great Southern Railway, which was completed in 1889. The railway ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomehill%2C%20Western%20Australia
91:an (Eng: № 91) is a popular bi-weekly Swedish comic book published by Egmont Kärnan AB. First brought out in 1956, it primarily publishes comic strips by Swedish cartoonists. Although it is read by some younger children it is mainly aimed at teenagers and adults, with 72% of its current readership aged 20 or over. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91%3Aan
The Inter-California Railway, known in Spanish as the Ferrocarril Inter-California, also known as the Inter-Cal, is a former railroad line which connected the Californias by train. It operated between the American state of California and the Mexican state of Baja California. History The Inter-California Railway was in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-California%20Railway
Ferrocarril Nacional de la Baja California is a former railroad line of Mexico. It is a predecessor of the Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California line. See also List of Mexican railroads Nacional de la Baja California
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrocarril%20Nacional%20de%20la%20Baja%20California
Ferrocarril Mexicali y Golfo was a railroad line in Baja California, Mexico, established in 1901. Within a few years a controlling interest in the railroad was bought by the American Southern Pacific Railroad company. The line eventually built was a predecessor to the Ferrocarril Sonora – Baja California. In 1929 the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrocarril%20Mexicali%20y%20Golfo
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1915 throughout the world. Events Several European leagues suspended play because of World War I. Winners club national championship Argentina: Racing Club Austria: Wiener AC Cuba: Hispano América (La Habana) Denmark: B93 England: Everton F.C. Iceland: Fram I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915%20in%20association%20football
Gustave-Adolphe Hirn (21 August 1815 – 14 January 1890) was a French physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and engineer who made important measurements of the mechanical equivalent of heat and contributions to the early development of thermodynamics. He further applied his science in the practical development of steam ...
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William Godfrey (1889–1963) was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster and de facto primate of England and Wales from 1956 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. Biography William Godfrey was born in Liverpool to George and Mary Godfrey. His fath...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Godfrey
Darren Edward Andrew Randolph (born 12 May 1987) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth and the Republic of Ireland national team. He has previously played for the Republic of Ireland U21 team. Randolph has also represented Ireland at basketball. Having pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren%20Randolph
The West Highland Railway was a railway company that constructed a railway line from Craigendoran (on the River Clyde west of Glasgow, Scotland) to Fort William and Mallaig. The line was built through remote and difficult terrain in two stages: the section from Craigendoran to Fort William opened in 1894, with a short ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Highland%20Railway
The list of World Rally Championship rallies includes all rally competitions that have been part of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) schedule. It does not include rallies that were only part of the FIA Cup for Drivers, the predecessor to the drivers' world championship, such as the Arctic Rally, the Scottish Rall...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20World%20Rally%20Championship%20rallies
Ragda patties (colloquially ragda pattice) is a dish of mashed potato patties and pea sauce, and is part of the street food culture in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is similar to chhole tikki, more popular in North India. This dish is a popular street food offering and is also served at restaurants that offer Ind...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragda%20pattice
Serge Silberman (1 May 1917 – 22 July 2003) was a French film producer known for his collaborations with several major European and Japanese filmmakers, including Luis Buñuel, Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Pierre Melville, René Clément, Jacques Becker, and Nagisa Oshima. Early life Silberman was born in Łódź, then a part of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge%20Silberman
is a highway in northwestern Germany. It runs from west to east, starting at the Dutch border. On the border it connects with the Dutch A1 motorway, hence, the A 30 is part of the important European connection Berlin - Amsterdam. It is an important connection from Hannover and Minden to Osnabrück, Münster and the Nethe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesautobahn%2030
Les Incompétents were an English indie rock band from London, England. They released a number of singles culminating in a compilation of their work, End of an Error (2004-2006). Members of Les Incompetents have gone on to form further bands, most notably Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man and Spector. History The band released their d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20Incomp%C3%A9tents
Słosinko is a PKP railway station in Słosinko (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. Lines crossing the station Train services The station is served by the following services: Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek — Chojnice Regional services (R) Miastko —...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82osinko%20railway%20station
Harlo Lloyd Jones (December 29, 1923 – October 1, 2005) was a World War II bomber pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Born in Dinsmore, Saskatchewan to a prominent family (Harlo's father Luther Jones owned several businesses, including Dinsmore's first power plant), young Harlo was known by the nickname "S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlo%20Jones
Come Dancing with The Kinks: The Best of 1977-1986 is a double album compilation by the Kinks, released on Arista Records in 1986. It contains thirteen tracks released as singles, only one of which did not also appear on album, and six album tracks. Every one of the band's seven albums released by Arista during the tim...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come%20Dancing%20with%20The%20Kinks
Miastko is a PKP railway station in Miastko (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. Lines crossing the station Train services The station is served by the following services: Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek — Cho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miastko%20railway%20station
Lutjebroek is a village in the Netherlands. It is part of the municipality of Stede Broec. Lutjebroek has a population of just over 2000 people. In colloquial Dutch, Lutjebroek has become synonymous with "any insignificant speck on the map". This is probably due to the comical sound of the name: the Dutch word luttel ...
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Marc Séguin may refer to: Marc Séguin (painter) (born 1970), Canadian painter and novelist Marc Seguin (1786–1875), French engineer, inventor of the wire-cable suspension bridge
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Attacco Decente were a musical group from Brighton, England, active from 1984 to 1996. The band was notable for using unusual acoustic instruments such as hammered dulcimers, Appalachian dulcimers, and tongue drums alongside more conventional instruments such as acoustic guitar and acoustic bass guitar. Their founder...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacco%20Decente
Kawcze is a PKP railway station in Kawcze (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. Lines crossing the station Train services The station is served by the following services: Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek — Chojn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawcze%20railway%20station
Skyguide (Swiss Air Navigation Services Ltd.) is an air navigation service provider which manages and monitors Swiss airspace. The company, which was formerly known as Swisscontrol, changed its name to skyguide (officially written lowercase) in 2001. Skyguide is a joint-stock company under Swiss private law which is re...
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Przytocko is a PKP railway station in Przytocko (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. Lines crossing the station Train services The station is served by the following services: Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek —...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przytocko%20railway%20station
Gonçalo Jardim Brandão (born 9 October 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he also appeared as a left back. Club career Belenenses A product of hometown C.F. Os Belenenses' academy, Lisbon-born Brandão scored in his second match in the Primeira Liga aged 17, against FC Por...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gon%C3%A7alo%20Brand%C3%A3o
Jumunjin is an eup (town) in northeastern Gangneung City. The population numbers about 20,600, or about 7,000 households. Roughly 10% of these are involved in fisheries and agriculture, respectively. Jumunjin is the site of Jumunjin Harbor, a significant fishing port on the Sea of Japan, home to 394 fishing vessels. R...
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Ciecholub is a PKP railway station in Ciecholub (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. Lines crossing the station Train services The station is served by the following services: Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek —...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciecholub%20railway%20station
Doug Richard (born 6 May 1958) is an American entrepreneur best known for his television appearances in the United Kingdom. He appeared as a "Dragon" on the first two series of Dragons' Den and was also a government adviser. Education Richard received his undergraduate degree from University of California at Berkeley ...
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The first inversion of a chord is the voicing of a triad, seventh chord, or ninth chord in which the third of the chord is the bass note and the root a sixth above it. In the first inversion of a C-major triad, the bass is E — the third of the triad — with the fifth and the root stacked above it (the root now shifted a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20inversion
The Public Eye is a 1992 American crime thriller film produced by Sue Baden-Powell and written and directed by Howard Franklin, starring Joe Pesci and Barbara Hershey. Stanley Tucci and Richard Schiff appear in supporting roles. The film is loosely based on New York Daily News photographer Arthur "Weegee" Fellig, and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Public%20Eye%20%28film%29
Geoff Smith (born 1961) is a musical performer and composer from Brighton, England. He was previously a member of the group Attacco Decente. He was a pupil at Varndean College from 1974. Smith is considered to be one of the world's leading players of the hammered dulcimer. In performance, he plays three custom-built...
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Never Mind the Full Stops is a British television panel game based on the English language, its idiosyncrasies, and its misuse. It is hosted by the British actor, author and Oscar-winning screenwriter, Julian Fellowes. Each episode lasts 30 minutes. The series was filmed in March 2006 at Channel 4's studios in Horsefer...
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Biesowice is a PKP railway station in Biesowice (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. Lines crossing the station Train services The station is served by the following services: Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek —...
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Kępka is a PKP railway station in Kępka (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. Lines crossing the station Train services The station is served by the following services: Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek Regional services (R) Słupsk — Miastko — Szczecinek — Chojnic...
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Robert Elliot (born 30 April 1986) is a professional footballer who is currently a technical director and goalkeeper for Gateshead. Elliot also played for the Republic of Ireland national team. Elliot began his career with Erith Town, before joining Charlton Athletic's academy side. Whilst at Charlton, he was sent out...
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William Clarke (24 December 1798 – 25 August 1856) was an English cricketer and team manager who played first-class cricket from 1826 to 1855. He founded, managed and captained the All-England Eleven. He has been described as "one of certain figures who, in the history of cricket, stand like milestones along the way". ...
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Qintex Limited was an Australian financial services company founded in 1975 as Takeovers, Equities & Management Securities (TEAM). It was renamed Qintex Limited and came to prominence in 1986, collapsing five years later in 1991. Its main shareholder and Managing Director was Christopher Skase. At its peak, Qintex own...
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Elephants Dream (code-named Project Orange during production and originally titled Machina) is a 2006 Dutch computer-animated science fiction fantasy experimental short film produced by Blender Foundation using, almost exclusively, free and open-source software. The film is English-language and includes subtitles in ov...
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James Luke Newton Walker (born 25 November 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Charlton Athletic Walker was released by Charlton in 2006, but was invited back on a trial by new manager Iain Dowie during pre-season, and he impressed by scoring against Millwall, Germinal B...
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The Road to Guantánamo, alternatively The Road to Guantanamo, is a British 2006 docudrama film written and directed by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the incarceration of three British citizens (the 'Tipton Three'), who were captured in 2001 in Afghanistan and detained by the United States there and for ...
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Serhiy Vladyslavovych Fedorov (, born 18 February 1975) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player. He started off as a central defender, but mostly plays as a right back, or a right-sided midfielder. He subsequently started a managerial career. Career Fedorov came through the youth ranks at Dynamo and his firs...
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Robert Anderson (born 19 August 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer. He played with Footscray, now known as the Western Bulldogs, in a variety of positions, but mostly on the wing and flanks. He was born and raised in Canberra and was recruited form local club Queanbeyan. He joined the Bulldogs at the sta...
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Simonis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Adrianus Johannes Simonis (1931–2020), Dutch Roman Catholic cardinal and former archbishop of Utrecht Eugène Simonis or Eugen Simonis (1810–1893), Belgian sculptor and architect Heide Simonis (1943–2023), German politician Kazys Šimonis ...
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Gageodo, also known as Soheuksando due to its location near Heuksan-do, is an island in the Yellow Sea. It is within the administrative boundaries of Sinan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, and is connected by the Namhae Star ferry to the city of Mokpo. The island's are home to about 470 people. Gageodo is meteorolo...
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To worm, parcel and serve a line is to apply a multi-layered protection against chafe and deterioration to standing rigging. It is a technique not usually used on modern small boats, but is found extensively on traditionally-rigged sailing ships. Worming, parcelling and serving —referred to collectively as "service"— i...
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The Thames Ditton Lawn Tennis Club is a lawn tennis club in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England. It was established in 1882, nine years after the official rules of lawn tennis were laid down. It is the oldest lawn tennis club still on its original site. Long after most clubs have replaced grass with various types of all-w...
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Duncan Walker Bannatyne, (born 2 February 1949) is a Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, and property. He is most famous for his appearance as a business angel on the BBC programme Dragons' Den. He was appointed an OBE for his contrib...
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Solomon Jones (c. 1756 – September 21, 1822) was a doctor, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New Jersey, America around 1756 and the family later moved to New York state. He studied medicine in Albany; at the start of the American Revolution, he became a surgeon's mate in Edward Jessup's Loyal...
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Chip Morningstar is an American software architect, mainly for online entertainment and communication. Morningstar held many jobs throughout his career in the research and development of technology and programs. Most notably was Morningstar's role as project leader for Lucasfilm's Habitat, the first large-scale virtu...
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