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James Luther Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was a minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the United States. As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and then as its Director of Direct Action and Nonviolent Education, Bevel initiated, strategized, and developed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Bevel |
Thoughts Are Thought is Swift's debut album, released in 1999 on Blackbird Productions, and was rereleased in 2003 through Tribunal Records. It was re-released with bonus content on an enhanced CD featuring the video for the song "Titanic".
Track listing
"Diamond" – 4:27
"Titanic" – 3:38
"Younge" – 3:32
"Perhaps" – 3:... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoughts%20Are%20Thought |
Craig Joiner (born 21 April 1974) is a Scottish retired rugby union player who won 25 caps playing on the wing for the Scottish rugby union side between 1994 and 2000.
Early life
Craig Joiner born on 21 April 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School.
Rugby career
He joined Leicester Tige... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Joiner |
Northwich railway station serves the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England. The station has two platforms and is located on the Mid-Cheshire line southwest of Manchester Piccadilly.
History
The first railway to reach the town was the Cheshire Midland Railway (CMR) route from , which opened to traffic on 1 January 18... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwich%20railway%20station |
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (abbreviated GAPDH) () is an enzyme of about 37kDa that catalyzes the sixth step of glycolysis and thus serves to break down glucose for energy and carbon molecules. In addition to this long established metabolic function, GAPDH has recently been implicated in several non-metabo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyceraldehyde%203-phosphate%20dehydrogenase |
Michael James MacKenzie Mayer (born 16 April 1977) is a former professional rugby union player who played centre at Bristol, Leeds and representing Scotland.
Early life
Jamie Mayer was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, George Watson's College and played for Scottish schools. He ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Mayer |
Stoas, in the context of ancient Greek architecture, are covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage. The following is a list of Greek and Hellenistic stoas sorted alphabetically by the stoa's city or location, with the name appearing in bold text, followed by a short description and/or location of the stoa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20stoae |
The Bundesstraße 5 (abbr. B5) is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from the Danish border near Niebüll to Frankfurt (Oder). It provides a direct route for motorists traveling between Berlin and Hamburg. In Berlin B5 forms among others the following squares and streets Heerst... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe%205 |
The UNCAF Club Tournament was an annual international football competition held in the UNCAF region (Central America). The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualified automatically. It also provided qualification places for the CONCACAF Champions'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNCAF%20Interclub%20Cup |
The Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) is the Students' Association of the University of Otago, New Zealand. OUSA was founded in 1890 to advance student interests on campus.
Today, OUSA provides a combination of representation, welfare, advocacy, recreation and events for its members. It runs student suppor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otago%20University%20Students%27%20Association |
Lostock Gralam railway station serves the village of Lostock Gralam in Cheshire, England. The station is on the Mid-Cheshire Line from Chester to Manchester Piccadilly, 18½ miles (30 km) east of Chester.
History
The station opened for passengers as Lostock railway station on 1 January 1863 as part of the Cheshire Mid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lostock%20Gralam%20railway%20station |
Aurimas Kučys (born 22 February 1981) is a Lithuanian former professional football midfielder.
International career
Kučys has represented Lithuania at under-21 level. He has also made 17 appearances for the senior Lithuania national football team.
Personal life
His son Armandas Kučys is also a football player.
Playi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurimas%20Ku%C4%8Dys |
The Million Dollar Theatre at 307 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles is one of the first movie palaces built in the United States. It opened in 1917 with the premiere of William S. Hart's The Silent Man. It's the northernmost of the collection of historical movie palaces in the Broadway Theater District and stands dir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million%20Dollar%20Theater |
The Rhodopi International Theater Collective (RITC) was the original name of the Leon Katz Rhodopi International Theatre Laboratory (RITL), an annual summer, month-long event for international theatre collaboration and development, which allowed professional participants to work with and train students and each other i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rhodopi%20International%20Theater%20Collective |
Plumley railway station serves the village of Plumley in Cheshire, England. The station is 20½ miles (33 km) east of Chester on the Mid-Cheshire Line to Manchester Piccadilly.
History
The station was opened as Plumbley railway station on 1 January 1863 as part of the Cheshire Midland Railway. The station was renamed t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumley%20railway%20station |
Soil morphology is the branch of soil science dedicated to the technical description of soil, particularly physical properties including texture, color, structure, and consistence. Morphological evaluations of soil are typically performed in the field on a soil profile containing multiple horizons.
Along with soil for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20morphology |
Whistler is a teen drama series created by Kelly Senecal. It aired on CTV in Canada and on Noggin's teen-oriented programming block, The N, in the United States. It was the first hour-long drama on The N. The series centres on the aftermath of the mysterious death of a local snowboard legend in Whistler, British Columb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistler%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Dysalotosaurus ("uncatchable lizard") is a genus of herbivorous iguanodontian dinosaur. It was a dryosaurid iguanodontian, and its fossils have been found in late Kimmeridgian-age rocks (Late Jurassic) of the Tendaguru Formation of Lindi Region in Tanzania. The type and only species of the genus is D. lettowvorbecki. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysalotosaurus |
Roger Baird (born 12 April 1960 in Kelso, Scotland) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Baird attended St. Mary's School, Melrose and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. Both schools are noted for producing strong rugby players, and he went on to play scrum-ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Baird |
Knutsford railway station serves the town of Knutsford in Cheshire, England. The station is south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Mid-Cheshire Line to Chester. The line is referred to as the Chester via Altrincham line at Manchester Piccadilly, but as the Manchester via Stockport line at Chester station.
History
Kn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knutsford%20railway%20station |
Gytis Padimanskas (born 13 May 1972) is a Lithuanian professional footballer currently playing for A Lyga club FK Sūduva. He is 191 cm tall and weighs 85 kg.
Padimanskas has been the second-choice goalkeeper for Lithuania national football team since 2005, making seven appearances for the side.
References
1972 birth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gytis%20Padimanskas |
Jessup University is a private Christian university in Rocklin, California, with an additional site in San Jose, California. The university had 1,743 (over 1650 full-time equivalent) students during the 2019–20 academic year. Founded in 1939, it had a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,289 in the fall of 2020 on a ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessup%20University |
Japan's non-nuclear weapons policy is a policy popularly articulated as the Three Non-Nuclear Principles of non-possession, non-production, and non-introduction of nuclear weapons imposed by Douglas MacArthur during the Allied occupation of Japan following the Second World War.
Developmental history
Following World W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%27s%20non-nuclear%20weapons%20policy |
Lydia Sargent (January 10, 1942 – September 27, 2020) was an American feminist, writer, author, playwright, and actor.
Biography
She was a founder and original member of the South End Press Collective, as well as Z Magazine, which she co-edited and co-produced. She organized the Z Communications Institute every year ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia%20Sargent |
Japan's are a parliamentary resolution (never adopted into law) that have guided Japanese nuclear policy since their inception in the late 1960s, and reflect general public sentiment and national policy since the end of World War II. The tenets state that Japan shall neither possess nor manufacture nuclear weapons, no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Non-Nuclear%20Principles |
Eucamerotus (meaning "well-chambered", in reference to the hollows of the vertebrae) was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Barremian-age Lower Cretaceous Wessex Formation (Wealden) of the Isle of Wight, England.
History and taxonomy
John Hulke erected the genus in 1872 for " R.2522", a neural arch found by Willia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucamerotus |
Muse Air was a domestic U.S. airline founded in 1981, headquartered near Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas, later moving to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston. Southwest Airlines acquired Muse Air in 1985 and later renamed it TranStar Airlines, but it was unprofitable, and was shut down in 1987.
History
The company... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TranStar%20Airlines |
Dr. Mohammad Ali Modjtahedi Gilani (23 September 1908 – 1 July 1997) was an Iranian University professor and lifetime principal of the highly prestigious Alborz High School in Tehran, Iran.
Founder of Sharif University of Technology (originally Aryamehr Technical University) and dean of Tehran Polytechnic University (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad%20Ali%20Mojtahedi |
Mobberley railway station serves the village of Mobberley in Cheshire, England. It is to the north of the village and is managed by Northern Trains. The station is 18½ miles (30 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Mid-Cheshire line towards Chester.
History
The station was opened on 12 May 1862 by the Cheshire ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobberley%20railway%20station |
Cephalophus is a mammal genus which contains at least fifteen species of duiker, a type of small antelope.
Species
Following Groves (2005), the species within Cephalophus include:
Aders's duiker Cephalophus adersi
Brooke's duiker Cephalophus brookei
Peters's duiker Cephalophus callipygus
Bay duiker Cephalophus dor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalophus |
Eucnemesaurus (; meaning "good tibia lizard", for its robust tibiae) is a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur genus usually considered to be a synonym of Euskelosaurus. Recent study by Yates (2006), however, indicates that it is valid and the same animal as putative "giant herrerasaurid" Aliwalia.
Eucnemesaurus was named in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucnemesaurus |
The Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics () in Albertville was a joint team consisting of five of the fifteen former Soviet republics: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Uzbekistan that made a decision to collaborate and created a united team. The Unified Team's only other appearance was at the 1992 Summer Ol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified%20Team%20at%20the%201992%20Winter%20Olympics |
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 41, commonly referred to as Highway 41 and officially named Buffalo Trail, is a north-south highway in eastern Alberta, Canada. It extends from the United States border at Wild Horse to Highway 55 in the hamlet of La Corey north of Bonnyville.
Route description
Major intersections
Fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Highway%2041 |
Swing Shift Cinderella is a 1945 MGM animated cartoon short subject directed by Tex Avery. The plot involves the Big Bad Wolf and Cinderella. Frank Graham voiced the wolf, and Sara Berner voiced both Cinderella and The Fairy Grandmother, with Imogene Lynn providing her singing voice.
Plot
At the beginning of the carto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing%20Shift%20Cinderella |
Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 28 times since making its debut at the 1993 contest. Their entry has since 1993, excluding from 2012 to 2018, been selected at the Dora pop festival, an event organised by the national public broadcaster (HRT). Croatia's best result in the contest is a fourth-pla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia%20in%20the%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest |
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School is a mixed-sex grammar school with academy status located in Hurst Road (A222), Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley, England. It is located adjacent to Lamorbey Park, the Rose Bruford College drama school and Hurstmere School. Pupils at the school are divided into a series of si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chislehurst%20and%20Sidcup%20Grammar%20School |
Sea smoke, frost smoke, or steam fog is fog which is formed when very cold air moves over warmer water. Arctic sea smoke is sea smoke forming over small patches of open water in sea ice.
It forms when a light wind of very cold air mixes with a shallow layer of saturated warm air immediately above the warmer water. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea%20smoke |
Jacob Fries may refer to:
Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773–1843), German philosopher
Jacob H. Fries (born 1978), American journalist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20Fries |
Isengard is a solo project of Fenriz, the drummer of Darkthrone, created in 1989.
It is rooted on Norwegian black/Viking metal and experimental rock on some tracks, and named after the large fortress Isengard in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings book series.
History
The person/creature in Isengard's logo was t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isengard%20%28band%29 |
was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Originally planned as the ocean liner in 1939, she was purchased by the Navy Ministry in 1941 for conversion to an aircraft carrier. Completed shortly after the Battle of Midway in June 1942, she participated in the Guadalcana... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20aircraft%20carrier%20Hiy%C5%8D |
The Amtrak Susquehanna River Bridge is a Howe deck truss structure that carries two tracks of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line across the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland.
History
The vicinity of the bridge has been used as a river crossing for more than 300 years. In 1695, the coloni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtrak%20Susquehanna%20River%20Bridge |
Sway railway station serves the village of Sway in Hampshire, England. It is located on the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth. It is down the line from Waterloo.
History
The station is on the stretch of line opened on 6 March 1888 between Brockenhurst and Christchurch to provide a direct line from... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway%20railway%20station |
Fukuisaurus (meaning "Fukui (Fortunate) lizard") is a genus of herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now Japan. The type species is F. tetoriensis, which was named and described in 2003.
Discovery and naming
Remains of Fukuisaurus were discovered in 1989, in Katsuyama, Fukui... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuisaurus |
Altrincham Interchange is a transport hub in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It consists of a bus station on Stamford New Road, a Northern Trains-operated heavy rail station on the Mid-Cheshire Line, and a light rail stop which forms the terminus of Manchester Metrolink's Altrincham line. The original heavy ra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altrincham%20Interchange |
Monique Miller, (born 9 December 1933) is a French Canadian actress. She is known for her live theatre performances, and also performs in films and on television.
She is the sister of actress Louise Remy.
Career
In 1951 Miller performed in the first production of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal. She made he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique%20Miller |
Roy Joseph Cullenbine (October 18, 1913 – May 28, 1991) was an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, New York Yankees, and Cleveland Indians between 1938 and 1947.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Cullenbine |
The CSX Susquehanna River Bridge is a railroad bridge that carries CSX's Philadelphia Subdivision across the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland, via Garrett Island. It was built in 1907-10 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) on the same alignment as an 1886 B&O bridge. Like its prede... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX%20Susquehanna%20River%20Bridge |
Navigation Road is a station that serves both Northern Trains and Manchester Metrolink located in the east of Altrincham, in Greater Manchester, England. It consists of a Northern-operated heavy rail station on the Mid-Cheshire Line, and an adjoining light rail stop on the Altrincham Line of Greater Manchester's Metrol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation%20Road%20station |
Mahmoud Ahmed (Amharic: ማሕሙድ አሕመድ; born 8 May 1941) is an Ethiopian singer. He gained great popularity in Ethiopia in the 1970s and among the Ethiopian diaspora in the 1980s, before rising to international fame with African music fans in Europe and the Americas.
Biography
Born in Addis Ababa, Mercato district, Mahmou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud%20Ahmed |
Pedricktown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Oldmans Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 524. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08067.
History
In June 1675 in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedricktown%2C%20New%20Jersey |
LVDC may refer to:
Launch Vehicle Digital Computer
Launch Vehicle Data Center, hosted at the Spacecraft Assembly and Checkout Building
Las Vegas Design Center, showrooms on the bottom two floors of Building A of the World Market Center Las Vegas
Low voltage direct current, a subset of direct current
Low voltage dimmin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LVDC |
The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) is a national organization for the intercollegiate athletic programs of 72 mostly small colleges, including community/junior colleges, across the United States. The USCAA holds 15 national championships and 2 national invitationals annually.
History
In , the U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Association |
Rubredoxins are a class of low-molecular-weight iron-containing proteins found in sulfur-metabolizing bacteria and archaea. Sometimes rubredoxins are classified as iron-sulfur proteins; however, in contrast to iron-sulfur proteins, rubredoxins do not contain inorganic sulfide. Like cytochromes, ferredoxins and Rieske p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubredoxin |
The Texas Math and Science Coaches Association or TMSCA is an organization for coaches of academic University Interscholastic League teams in Texas middle schools and high schools, specifically those that compete in mathematics and science-related tests.
Events
There are four events in the TMSCA at both the middle a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Math%20and%20Science%20Coaches%20Association |
Gigantoscelus ("giant shin") is a dubious genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South Africa.
Classification
It was first described by van Hoepen in 1916 on the basis of TrM 65, a distal femur from the Bushveld Sandstone Formation of South Africa. It was later synonymized with Euskelosaurus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantoscelus |
Brian Michael Brennan (born February 15, 1962) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 1984 NFL Draft. He graduated from Brother Rice High School. He was a teammate of quarterback Doug Flutie at Boston College and played in nine National Foot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Brennan |
Auburn is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It includes the Auburn section of Oldmans Township and extends southeast to include rural and semi-suburban land in Pilesgrove Township.
It is in northern Salem County, bordered to the northeast by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn%2C%20New%20Jersey |
Gresslyosaurus (meaning "Amanz Gressly's lizard") is a genus of plateosaurian sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, around 214 to 204 million years ago, in France, Germany and Switzerland.
Discovery and naming
The holotype of G. ingens, NMB BM 1, 10, 24, 53, 530-1, 1521, 1572-74, 1576-78... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresslyosaurus |
Yani Gellman (born September 2, 1985) is a Canadian film and television actor, known for playing Paolo Valisari in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Garrett Reynolds in Pretty Little Liars and Diego Flores in 90210.
Early life
Gellman was born in Miami, Florida, to a Canadian father and an Australian mother. He is of Jewish R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yani%20Gellman |
Paul Koebe (15 February 1882 – 6 August 1945) was a 20th-century German mathematician. His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909. He did his thesis at Berlin, where he worked under Hermann Schw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Koebe |
Patricroft railway station serving Patricroft in Greater Manchester, England. The station is on Green Lane, just north of the junction with Cromwell Road and just east of the Bridgewater Canal. It is situated west of Manchester Victoria on the former Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was electrified in stages b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricroft%20railway%20station |
PowerHouse is a byte-compiled fourth-generation programming language (or 4GL) originally produced by Quasar Corporation (later renamed Cognos Incorporated) for the Hewlett-Packard HP3000 mini-computer, as well as Data General and DEC VAX/VMS systems. It was initially composed of five components:
QDD, or Quasar Data Di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerHouse%20%28programming%20language%29 |
Lawrence Lee Brooks Sr. (born June 10, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). Brooks played college football for the Virginia State Trojans and was selected in the 14th round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Rams . ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Brooks%20%28American%20football%29 |
Gryponyx (meaning "hooked-claw") is an extinct genus of massopod sauropodomorph known from southern Free State, central South Africa.
Description
Gryponyx africanus is known from the holotype SAM 3357-59, a nearly complete postcranial skeleton which includes partial vertebral column, pelvis, both forelimbs and both hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryponyx |
Deen Maar Indigenous Protected Area is an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) located in south-west Victoria, Australia, on land bounded by the Eumeralla River and Bass Strait. The nearest town is Yambuk.
History
In 1842 Deen Maar was the site of conflict between the Indigenous people of the area and European colonists. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deen%20Maar%20Indigenous%20Protected%20Area |
Gyposaurus (meaning "vulture lizard", referring to the outdated hypothesis that prosauropods were carnivores) is a genus of basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the early Jurassic of South Africa. It is usually considered to represent juveniles of other prosauropods, but "G." sinensis is regarded as a possibly valid spec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyposaurus |
333 South Wabash (formerly CNA Center, nicknamed "Big Red") is a 600-ft (183 m), 44-story skyscraper located at 333 South Wabash Avenue in the central business district of Chicago, Illinois.
Description
333 South Wabash is a simple, rectangular International Style building, but it is unique in that the entire building... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/333%20South%20Wabash |
Brandon Emil Phillips (born June 28, 1981) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels and Boston Red Sox. At and , Phillips batted and threw right-handed.
A native of Raleigh, North... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon%20Phillips |
William M. "Bill" Napoli (born June 17, 1948) is a former Republican state senator in the South Dakota State Legislature, representing the 35th State Senate district. He retired in 2008.
On March 20, 2008, Napoli announced that he would not seek re-election and instead would retire from politics. In the Rapid City Jou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Napoli |
The Scythian Suite, Op. 20 is an orchestral suite by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1915.
Background
Prokofiev originally wrote the music for the ballet Ala i Lolli, the story of which takes place among the Scythians. Commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev, the ballet was written to a scenario by Russian poet Sergey Gorodetsky... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythian%20Suite |
The Renfrew Ferry is a passenger ferry service linking the north and south banks of the River Clyde in Scotland. The service, operated by Clydelink without subsidy, crosses between Renfrew and Yoker, close to Glasgow City Centre and is the last Clyde crossing this far upstream.
History
Originally the service operated... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfrew%20Ferry |
Eccles railway station serves the town of Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It was opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M).
Location
The station is next to the M602 motorway and is 300 metres north of Eccles Interchange, a bus and Metrolink interchange. A short freight-only branch ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccles%20railway%20station |
Duncan Hodge (born 18 August 1974) is a Scottish former internationalist rugby union player. He gained 26 full caps for Scotland.
Playing career
Hodge was born in Dumfries, Scotland and educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. He went on to represent Durham as a student, competing in the same team as Will G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan%20Hodge |
The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest existent festival in France. Alongside the official festival... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival%20d%27Avignon |
The Born rule (also called Born's rule) is a postulate of quantum mechanics which gives the probability that a measurement of a quantum system will yield a given result. In its simplest form, it states that the probability density of finding a system in a given state, when measured, is proportional to the square of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born%20rule |
A split capital investment trust (split) is a type of investment trust which issues different classes of share to give the investor a choice of shares to match their needs. Most splits have a limited life determined at launch known as the wind-up date. Typically the life of a split capital trust is five to ten years.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split%20capital%20investment%20trust |
The Ruinenberg is a hill in the Bornstedt borough of Potsdam, located north of Sanssouci Park. In 1748, the Prussian king Frederick the Great had a water tank with a capacity of around built on top to supply the Sanssouci water features, and had it decorated with artificial ruins. From 1841 a surrounding landscape gar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruinenberg |
Constantin Fasolt (born 1951) is an influential historian specializing in the development and significance of historical thought. He is the Karl J. Weintraub Emeritus Professor of Medieval and Early Modern European History at the University of Chicago.
Biography
Constantin Fasolt was born in Germany and attended the B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin%20Fasolt |
Piledriver (Brian Philip Calusky) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a member of the Wrecker's Wrecking Crew.
The character made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Publication his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver%20%28character%29 |
The American Institute of Instruction was formed in 1830. The original purpose was to secure a Massachusetts Superintendent of Common Schools. Due to the work of Samuel Read Hall, George B. Emerson and E. A. Andrews, legislation was passed leading to both the appointment of Horace Mann as Secretary of the State Board ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Institute%20of%20Instruction |
Regency Student Housing is one of three student-housing communities for the Auraria Campus in downtown Denver, Colorado. Formerly the Regency Hotel, the building is privately owned by local investor and proprietor V. Robert (Rob) Salazar, who bought the building in 2004, and serves three schools: Community College of D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency%20Student%20Housing |
Wheel of life generally refers to the Bhavacakra, an instructional figure in Buddhism.
It might also mean:
Saṃsāra understood as a cycle of life and death (as understood through various religions)
Wheel of Life, a 2003 album by progressive rock group Karmakanic
A sculpture with the name The Wheel of Life (Livshjulet)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel%20of%20life%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The dharmachakra (Sanskrit: धर्मचक्र; Pali: dhammacakka) or wheel of dharma is a widespread symbol used in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
Historically, the dharmachakra was often used as a decoration in East Asian statues and inscriptions, beginning with the earliest period of East Asian ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmachakra |
The 2005 UNCAF Interclub Cup was the 23rd edition of the international club football competition held in the UNCAF region representing the seven nations of Central America. This was the seventh year of the current format using the name UNCAF Interclub Cup. The tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2006 CONCAC... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20UNCAF%20Interclub%20Cup |
The 2004 UNCAF Interclub Cup was the 22nd edition of the Central American Club Championship and the 6th edition under its current name, UNCAF Interclub Cup. C.S.D. Municipal from Guatemala, lifted its 4th title.
Qualified teams
First round
Cobán Imperial 4–4 Plaza Amador on aggregate; Plaza Amador advanced on away... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20UNCAF%20Interclub%20Cup |
Midnight Star is an American musical group that had a string of hit records in the 1980s.
Band history
The group was formed in 1976 at Kentucky State University by trumpeter Reggie Calloway, vocalist Belinda Lipscomb, guitarist/drummer/vocalist Melvin Gentry, bassist Kenneth Gant, multi-instrumentalist Bill Simmons, k... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%20Star%20%28band%29 |
Gangsta Girls (Vietnamese: Nữ tướng cướp) is a 2004 Vietnamese film. Directed by young director Le Hoang, it was the most financially successful film in Vietnam during 2005. It stars Lam Truong, Bằng Lăng and My Duyen. The film is distributed by Thien Ngan Galaxy
Plot
Two poor sisters (played by top list models My Duy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangsta%20Girls |
The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a megabat native to Australia. The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus Pteropus: the little red P. scapulatus, spectacled P. conspicillatus, and the black P. alecto. The grey-headed flying fox is the largest bat in Australia.
T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-headed%20flying%20fox |
The Esplanade is a mixed-use development under construction on Randall Road next to the lifestyle center Algonquin Commons in Algonquin, Illinois. It is part of the Algonquin Corporate Campus. It is being built by commercial developers Centerville Properties. Currently, plans are for several restaurants located in the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esplanade%20%28Algonquin%29 |
The fuel economy of an automobile relates to the distance traveled by a vehicle and the amount of fuel consumed. Consumption can be expressed in terms of the volume of fuel to travel a distance, or the distance traveled per unit volume of fuel consumed. Since fuel consumption of vehicles is a significant factor in air ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel%20economy%20in%20automobiles |
Johnny Lee Brewer (March 8, 1937 – May 27, 2011) was an American football tight end and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns and New Orleans Saints. He played college football at the University of Mississippi.
Brewer was a fourth round selection by the Cleveland Browns in the 1960... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Brewer |
Beovizija () was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Beovizija was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia, and internationally on Eurovision.tv and RTS SAT as of 2008. It was held during Feb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beovizija |
The 1996 Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica was the 15th UNCAF Club Tournament and the first one since 1984; the tournament was renamed Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica. Costa Rican side Liga Deportiva Alajuelense were crowned champions.
Teams
Original format
Originally 2 groups of 4 teams were organized, however, Hondu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20Torneo%20Grandes%20de%20Centroam%C3%A9rica |
Darrel Burton Brewster (September 1, 1930 – January 3, 2020), known as Pete Brewster, was an American football end, coach, and collegiate football and basketball player.
College career
Brewster played football and basketball at Portland High School, located in Portland, Indiana. After high school, he went to Purdue Un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete%20Brewster |
A venture capital trust or VCT is a tax efficient UK closed-end collective investment scheme designed to provide venture capital for small expanding companies, and income (in the form of dividend distributions) and/or capital gains for investors. VCTs are a form of publicly traded private equity, comparable to investme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture%20capital%20trust |
Evropesma () or Europjesma () was a pop song contest in Serbia and Montenegro which ran from 2004 to 2006. The winning song represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. It was organized by the Serbia and Montenegro union of broadcasters UJRT (consisting of RTS and RTCG).
In 2005 and 2006, Beovizija and Mont... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evropesma |
Samuel Ross Hay (1865 – 1944) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1922.
Born 15 October 1865 in Decaturville, Decatur County, Tennessee, he was the son of the Rev. William and Martha (England) Hay. His grandfather was an influential local preacher.
The Hays moved to Texas abou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Ross%20Hay |
Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) is a female-only California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison located in Chowchilla, California. It is across the road from Valley State Prison. CCWF is the second largest female correctional facility in the United States, and houses the only State of C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20California%20Women%27s%20Facility |
The Norman Wood Bridge carries Pennsylvania Route 372 across the Susquehanna River between York County, Pennsylvania and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
History and architectural features
Construction of this bridge took two years. It opened for use on August 21, 1968. Its namesake served more than 40 years in the Pen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Wood%20Bridge |
Gregory Brezina (born January 7, 1946) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for twelve seasons with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He made 12 interceptions and 14 fumble recoveries.
Brezina was raised in Louise, Texas and played college football for the Ho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Brezina |
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