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John E. Hudgens (born April 6, 1967, in Memphis, Tennessee) is an independent director, producer, and editor noted for his short Star Wars fan films and for many Babylon 5 promotional videos.
On his own, Hudgens began editing Babylon 5 videos cut to popular music beginning in 1994. Babylon 5 creator and writer J. Mic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20E.%20Hudgens |
Ammonia borane (also systematically named ammoniotrihydroborate), also called borazane, is the chemical compound with the formula . The colourless or white solid is the simplest molecular boron-nitrogen-hydride compound. It has attracted attention as a source of hydrogen fuel, but is otherwise primarily of academic int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonia%20borane |
"What It Is to Burn" is the first single and title track off the album What It Is to Burn by the U.S. post-hardcore band Finch. It was released as a single in 2003 and was featured in the pilot episode of One Tree Hill. A demo version of the song was released on the Drive-Thru Records compilation CD Welcome to the Fami... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20It%20Is%20to%20Burn%20%28song%29 |
Grupul Special de Protecţie şi Intervenţie (GSPI, ) is the police tactical unit of the Romanian General Directorate for Internal Security (DGPI) () part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The designated nickname of the unit is Acvila, which is Romanian for "Eagle".
History
GSPI was established in January 2003 to sat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupul%20Special%20de%20Protec%C8%9Bie%20%C8%99i%20Interven%C8%9Bie |
This is a list of characters from The Matrix franchise universe. Many of the characters listed here have names reflecting certain aspects of them, such as their status, personality, or role.
Introduced in The Matrix
Apoc
Apoc (played by Julian Arahanga) is a crew member of the Nebuchadnezzar in The Matrix. He is murd... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Matrix%20series%20characters |
The Great Hypostyle Hall is located within the Karnak Temple Complex, in the Precinct of Amon-Re. It is one of the most visited monuments of Ancient Egypt. The structure was built around the 19th Egyptian Dynasty (–1224 BC). Its design was initially instituted by Hatshepsut, at the North-west chapel to Amun in the uppe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Hypostyle%20Hall |
The forest swastika was a patch of larch trees covering area of pine forest near Zernikow, Uckermark district, Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany, arranged with their light colors to look like a swastika.
History
Reports say the larches were planted in 1938. It is unclear how the trees came to be planted and arrang... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20swastika |
Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent and experimental films to focus on the alternative course of contemporary film art.
In the first edition o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeonju%20International%20Film%20Festival |
Dong District (Korean: 동구; RR: Dong-gu, lit. East District) is a gu (district) in northeastern part of Daegu metropolitan city of South Korea. Daegu city itself lies in the southeastern part of Korean Peninsula. It has a population of 343,678. The district covers 182.35 km², for about 20% of Daegu's total area.
Dong-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong%20District%2C%20Daegu |
The West Pennine Moors is an area of the Pennines covering approximately of moorland and reservoirs in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The West Pennine Moors are separated from the main Pennine range by the Irwell Valley to the east. The moorland includes Withn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Pennine%20Moors |
The Hits is the second compilation album, and first wide-released greatest hits album, from American country music artist Garth Brooks, released on December 13, 1994, by Liberty.
Brooks first greatest hits album, The Garth Brooks Collection, was released three months earlier exclusively at McDonald's restaurants for a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hits%20%28Garth%20Brooks%20album%29 |
Grupul Antiterorist (The Anti-Terrorist Group) is an anti-terrorist unit belonging to the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service.
Serviciul de Informaţii Externe (SIE, the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service) is responsible for collecting information and carrying out intelligence activities abroad, although it also ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupul%20Antiterorist |
The Highest Science and Technology Award () also known as the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, State Supreme Science and Technology Award, or China's Nobel Prize is the highest scientific award issued by the President of the PRC to scientists working in China. The award, given annually each January since ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest%20Science%20and%20Technology%20Award |
Town Center at Cobb (often called Town Center Mall), is a super-regional shopping mall located in Cobb County, Georgia near Atlanta. The anchor stores are two Macy's stores, a Belk, and a JCPenney. There is one vacant anchor stores that was once Sears.
History
Opened in late February 1986, the mall was originally anch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town%20Center%20at%20Cobb |
Waterloo Bridge is a 1931 American pre-Code drama romance war film directed by James Whale and starring Mae Clarke and Kent Douglass. The screenplay by Benn Levy and Tom Reed is based on the 1930 play Waterloo Bridge by Robert E. Sherwood.
The film was remade in 1940 as Waterloo Bridge and as Gaby in 1956. Both remake... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo%20Bridge%20%281931%20film%29 |
Shoalwater may refer to:
Shoalwater, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth in Western Australia
Shoalwater Bay, a large bay on the central coast of Queensland, Australia, in use since 1966 as a military training area
Shoalwater Bay, the original name given by settlers to Willapa Bay in Washington, United States of Am... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoalwater |
Newcastle University School of Medicine is the medical school at Newcastle University in England. It was established in 1834 in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and served as the College of Medicine in connection with Durham University from 1851 to 1870 and then, as a full college of the university, Durham University Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle%20University%20School%20of%20Medicine |
Sinagra can refer to:
Sinagra, Sicily, a town in the province of Messina on the island of Sicily in Italy
Sinagra, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth in Australia
People with the surname
Adam Sinagra (born 1995), Canadian football quarterback
Anthony Sinagra (born 1940), American politician
Diego Sinagra (born ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinagra |
In the 1820s, two English brothers, John Carter Allen (1795–1872) and Charles Manning Allen (1802–1880) adopted the names John Sobieski Stuart and Charles Edward Stuart, moved to Scotland, became Roman Catholics, and about 1839 began to claim that their father, Thomas Allen (1767–1852), a former Lieutenant in the Royal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobieski%20Stuarts |
Steve Godsey (born June 25, 1955) was the County Mayor of Sullivan County, Tennessee from 2006 until 2014 when Richard Venable was elected. He was also a former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Early career
Godsey attended Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tennessee, followed by Bristol College (now d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Godsey |
Presentation College (; colloquially known as Pres Bray) is a Catholic boys' secondary school established in 1921 by the Presentation Brothers in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland.
There are currently about 970 students in Presentation College. The school is housed in a modern building opened in late 2012, which replaced ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation%20College%2C%20Bray |
Carl Robert Osten-Sacken or Carl-Robert Romanovich, Baron von der Osten-Sacken, Baron Osten Sacken (21 August 1828, – 20 May 1906) was a Russian diplomat and entomologist. He served as the Russian consul general in New York City during the American Civil War, living in the United States from 1856 to 1877. He worked on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Robert%20Osten-Sacken |
Justin Cooper (born November 17, 1988) is an American former child actor. He appeared in a Domino's Pizza commercial. After two years on the daytime drama General Hospital, he starred in the film Liar Liar and the sitcom Brother's Keeper. He serves as an executive producer of The Ben Maller Show.
Filmography
Referenc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin%20Cooper%20%28actor%29 |
The Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) is an advisory non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom Government, established by John Major in 1994 to advise the Prime Minister on ethical standards of public life. It promotes a code of conduct called the Seven Principles of Public Life, also known as the N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee%20on%20Standards%20in%20Public%20Life |
Detaşamentul Poliţiei pentru Intervenţie Rapidă (DPIR, Rapid Intervention Police Squad) is the common name in Romania for county-level police rapid intervention units.
Structure
Romania is divided into 41 counties (judeţe) plus Bucharest. Each county (judeţ) is centered on a municipality. Each one of the 41 municipali... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deta%C8%99amentul%20de%20Poli%C8%9Bie%20pentru%20Interven%C8%9Bie%20Rapid%C4%83 |
Michael Lee (born April 18, 1980 in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a field hockey player from Canada.
Lee earned his first senior cap on July 10, 2001 against Belgium in Brussels (win 3-2). The defender is a resident of Tsawwassen, British Columbia, and plays for Victoria Selects.
International senior competit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Lee%20%28field%20hockey%29 |
Spearwood may refer to:
Spearwood, Western Australia, a suburb
Spearwood, common name of several plant species:
Acacia doratoxylon
Eucalyptus doratoxylon
Kunzea ericifolia
Kunzea glabrescens
Pandorea doratoxylon | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearwood |
Alice Geer Kelsey (September 21, 1896 – September 1982) was an American writer of children's books, many of which were based on folk tales she collected during her long public service career in Europe and the Near East.
Life and career
Alice Geer was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, and grew up in Lewiston, Maine, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Geer%20Kelsey |
The Pickens County Courthouse in the county seat of Carrollton, Alabama is the courthouse for Pickens County, Alabama. Built-in 1877-1878 as the third courthouse in the city, it is noted for a ghostly image that can be seen in one of its garret windows. This is claimed to be the face of freedman Henry Wells from 1878.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickens%20County%20Courthouse%20%28Alabama%29 |
Mapledurham Watermill is a historic watermill in the civil parish of Mapledurham in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is driven by the head of water created by Mapledurham Lock and Weir, on the River Thames. The mill was built in the 15th century, and further extended in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. It is a G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapledurham%20Watermill |
The Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus), also called the lesser pygmy shrew, is the second-smallest mammal by mass after the Etruscan shrew.
Appearance
The Eurasian least shrew weighs only and has a body less than long, with a tail. It has a brown back and a light grey underside, with a fairly clear boundary... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian%20least%20shrew |
This is a partial list of Imperial resident ambassadors to the Kingdom of England.
Bernardo de Mesa, December 1514 (first sent by Ferdinand II of Aragon) – March 1523
Louis of Praet, May 1522 – May 1525
Jean de le Sauch, February 1525 – August 1525
Jean Jonglet, July 1525 – July 1526
George of Theimseke, July 152... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ambassadors%20of%20the%20Holy%20Roman%20Empire%20to%20England |
Saint Gabinus (commonly anglicized as Saint Gavin or Saint Gabin) is the title given to two personages.
Saint Gabinus, who died as a martyr at Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (the ancient Turris) sometime in the second century under Emperor Hadrian. He was martyred alongside a Saint Crispulus. His feast day is 30 May, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabinus |
Lance W. Oswald (18 February 1937 – 20 March 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Biography
Oswald originally played for South Wanderers Junior Football Club in the Wangaratta Junior Football League (WJFL), winning the Under 18 WJFL bes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance%20Oswald |
Emanuil Gojdu (Hungarian: Gozsdu Emánuel, mostly referred as Gozsdu Manó; 9 February 1802, Nagyvárad, Hungary (now Oradea, Romania)—3 February 1870, Pest-Buda, Hungary) was a Romanian lawyer in the Kingdom of Hungary and patriot.
Emanuil Gojdu was born to an Aromanian family that originated in Moscopole. He attended h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanoil%20Gojdu |
Huttoft is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about east of the market town of Alford, on the A52 road between Ingoldmells and Sutton-on-Sea. John Betjeman, later England's Poet Laureate, visited Huttoft in the 1940s and devoted a poem to its parish church.
Etymology and early history
Hu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huttoft |
, better known by his pen name is a Japanese artist. He works for SNK. He has been involved in several iterations of The King of Fighters franchise.
Career
After graduating from Kyoto Seika University, Falcoon started as a fan-artist doing renditions games of different companies, such as The King of Fighters, Street ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcoon |
The National Education Information System, or NEIS, is a computer network maintained by South Korea's Ministry of Education. It contains records on every teacher and student in South Korea, and is built on a Linux-style platform.
The implementation of the NEIS in 2003 nearly touched off a nationwide teacher's strike ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Education%20Information%20System |
Harald Ringstorff (25 September 1939 – 19 November 2020) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the 3rd Minister President of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He headed a coalition government of the SPD and PDS (since 2007 the Left Party, Die Linke) from 1998 until 2006, and subsequently h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald%20Ringstorff |
Conrad of Piacenza, TOSF (, 1290 [or 1284] – 19 February 1351), was an Italian hermit of the Third Order of St. Francis, who is venerated as a saint.
Biography
Early life
He was born Corrado Confalonieri, a member of one of the noblest families of Piacenza, in the town of Calendasco, a fiefdom of his family. The da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad%20of%20Piacenza |
Lilavati (reigned 1197–1200, 1209–10, and 1211–12) was the fourth woman in Sri Lankan history to rule as sovereign in her own right. Lilavati rose to prominence as the wife of Parakramabahu I, king of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Being of royal descent herself, she then ruled as sole monarch on three occasions in the ne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilavati%20of%20Polonnaruwa |
Magnétophone are an electronic/art rock band originating from Birmingham, England, composed of Matthew J Saunders (born 1972) and John Hanson (born 1973). Since their inception in the mid-1990s they have released two albums, I Guess Sometimes I Need to Be Reminded of How Much You Love Me and The Man Who Ate the Man, pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%A9tophone |
Burton & South Derbyshire College (BSDC) is a general further education college and is situated in Burton upon Trent town centre. It attracts approximately 13,000 students from Burton and the surrounding towns and villages. It delivers a wide range of courses for all ages including 16- to 19-year-olds, adults into part... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton%20%26%20South%20Derbyshire%20College |
Stanley Street is a street in Central on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong.
Location
Stanley Street runs parallel to Queen's Road Central between D'Aguilar Street and Graham Street. It intersects with Pottinger Street, Cochrane Street and Gutzlaff Street along the way.
History
The street was named after Lord Stanley ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley%20Street%2C%20Hong%20Kong |
Historically, the Ugrians or Ugors were the ancestors of the Hungarians of Central Europe, and the Khanty and Mansi people of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia. The name is sometimes also used in a modern context as a cover term for these two peoples, formerly called "Ugrian Finns".
Modern languages
Although... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugrians |
Michael Jay Tarses (born July 3, 1939) is an American screenwriter, producer and actor. He created and produced The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd and The Slap Maxwell Story, co-created Buffalo Bill (with Tom Patchett), and was an executive producer for The Bob Newhart Show.
Tarses was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Tarses |
Carefree is an American brand of pantyliners (although originally the brand name belonged to tampons) from Johnson & Johnson. In the US, the Carefree brand was formerly marketed by McNeil-PPC and currently being marketed by Edgewell Personal Care (along with other US feminine hygiene brands from Johnson & Johnson).
Hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carefree%20%28feminine%20hygiene%29 |
Benajah Mallory (ca 1764 – August 9, 1853) was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Upper Canada.
He was born in the Thirteen Colonies around 1764; he was living in Vermont at the start of the American Revolution and served with the local militia. He married Abia Dayton and settled in Burford Township in Upper C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benajah%20Mallory |
Anaïs, full name Anaïs Croze (born August 20, 1976), is a French singer. Her first album, called The Cheap Show, was recorded live in January 2004 and released in 2005. The Cheap Show, a pun on "peep-show", is titled such as she is the only musician on stage and makes extensive use of her JamMan pedal.
Biography
Anaïs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs%20Croze |
The Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR) Class A was a class of 13 two-cylinder compound steam locomotives built for service in north-east Ireland. The first two members of the class would be the last locomotives to be built for the independent BNCR, being completed before its purchase by the Midland Railway i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNCR%20Class%20A |
The parore (Girella tricuspidata) also known as luderick, black bream, black snapper or blackfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae which is found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand. Parore or paraore is the common name in New Zealand but in Austr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parore |
The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the greatest museums in Greece and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete. It is normally referred to scholarship i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion%20Archaeological%20Museum |
Sambuca Pistoiese is a town and comune of the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region of Tuscany. The comune is in fact constituted by several different villages (frazioni), the most important of which are Pàvana at and Treppio at , along the valley of the Limentra di Sambuca and the Limentra orientale, respectiv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambuca%20Pistoiese |
The decennial census of India has been conducted 16 times, as of 2021. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1881. Post 1949, it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Hom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census%20of%20India |
The Timor Gap Treaty was formally known as the Treaty between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on the zone of cooperation in an area between the Indonesian province of East Timor and Northern Australia. It was a bilateral treaty between the governments of Australia and Indonesia, which provided for the joint exp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor%20Gap%20Treaty |
The Daimler Manufacturing Company (DMFG), was a boutique American automaker company from 1898 to 1907. From 1888 to 1898, the company was known as the Daimler Motor Company (DMC), formed under a partnership between Gottlieb Daimler of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG; predecessor to Mercedes-Benz) and William Steinway... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler%20Manufacturing%20Company |
Ethylphenol (4-EP) is an organic compound with the formula C2H5C6H4OH. It is one of three isomeric ethylphenols. A white solid, it occurs as an impurity in xylenols and as such is used in the production of some commercial phenolic resins. It is also a precursor to 4-vinylphenol.
Natural occurrences
In wine and beer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-Ethylphenol |
Ulmus 'San Zanobi' is a hybrid elm cultivar raised by the Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante (IPP) in Florence, from a crossing of the Dutch hybrid 'Plantyn' (female parent) and the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila clone 'S 15'; it was released to commerce in 2002. 'San Zanobi' was introduced to the UK in 2004 by Hampshi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus%20%27San%20Zanobi%27 |
Frances Hubbard Flaherty (December 5, 1883 – June 22, 1972) was a film writer and director known for Louisiana Story , The Land, and Moana (1926). In 1955, Flaherty founded The Flaherty Seminar, a film study center for filmmakers, curators, and students.
Biography
Frances Johnson Hubbard was born in Bonn, Germany in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20H.%20Flaherty |
David Secord (August 1759 – August 9, 1844) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.
He was born in New York City in 1759. His father served with Butler's Rangers during the American Revolution and David later served as a corporal in the unit. After the war, they settled at Queenston in Upper Canada; Da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Secord |
Northwest Germanic is a proposed grouping of the Germanic languages, representing the current consensus among Germanic historical linguists. It does not challenge the late 19th-century tri-partite division of the Germanic dialects into North Germanic, West Germanic and East Germanic, but proposes additionally that Nort... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest%20Germanic |
Cherryvalley is a former electoral ward of Belfast City Council, Northern Ireland.
Along with neighbouring Stormont and Malone in south Belfast, Cherryvalley is considered one of Northern Ireland's most affluent and exclusive residential areas with average house prices reaching £2-3m. Cherryvalley was also an elector... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherryvalley |
Battery Path () is a pedestrian-only footpath located beneath Government Hill in Central, Hong Kong. Named after Murray Battery, it stretches from Queen's Road Central to Garden Road. The path is noted for many historical landmarks situated on it, most notably the Former Central Government Offices, the Former French ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery%20Path |
Detașamentul Special de Protecție și Intervenție (DSPI, The Special Detachment of Protection and Intervention, ex-Detașamentul de Intervenție Rapidă, DIR) of the Romanian Ministry of Defense is an elite special operations unit of the Romanian military. It should not be confused with the Detașamentul de Poliție pentru ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deta%C8%99amentul%20Special%20de%20Protec%C8%9Bie%20%C8%99i%20Interven%C8%9Bie |
Kriwi is a Belarusian newFolk and clubEthno band. The band name means "a person belonging to the East Slavic tribe of Kryvians". Kriwi uses a variety of European folk instruments (zurna, balalaika, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, cimbalom, flutes, reeds, percussion) and mixing them with modern technology of synthesizer and samp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriwi%20%28band%29 |
Peter Brotherton Spurrier (9 August 1942 – 13 January 2005) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He was appointed Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary in 1981, and York Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 1992. He retired from the College of Arms in May 1993.
See also
Heraldry
Herald
References
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Spurrier |
Marulan is a small town east of the Great Dividing Range and is located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council local government area and the traditional lands of the Gundungurra people. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway, although it bypasses ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marulan |
This is a list of railway stations within the county of Merseyside, a metropolitan county in northwest England. The county seat is the city of Liverpool; Merseyside also includes the metropolitan boroughs of Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. It includes all railway stations in Merseyside that currently... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20railway%20stations%20in%20Merseyside |
Manga, in the sense of narrative multi-panel cartoons made in Japan, originated from Euro-American-style cartoons featured in late 19th-century Japanese publications. The form of manga as speech-balloon-based comics more specifically originated from translations of American comic strips in the 1920s, with several early... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20manga |
S. Anselm's Preparatory School is a private school located in Bakewell, Derbyshire, in the heart of the Peak District. Founded in 1888. Winner of the Tatler Schools Guide title: Prep School of the Year 2021, it offers flexi, weekly and full boarding for pupils aged 3–13.
History
S Anselm's was founded in 1888 by Will... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Anselm%27s%20School%2C%20Bakewell |
Michael Peter Desmond O'Donoghue (born 1971) is a British officer of arms who currently serves as York Herald of Arms in Ordinary at the College of Arms in London. He was appointed to the office on 31 May 2012, having served as Bluemantle Pursuivant from 2005.
Life and career
The son of Michael John O'Donoghue (1934-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20O%27Donoghue%20%28officer%20of%20arms%29 |
James Alexander Young (23 May 1918 – 5 July 1974), better known as Jimmy Young or simply Our Jimmy, was an Irish actor and comedian born in Ballymoney and brought up in Belfast.
He performed on stage and television. His comedy records sold over a quarter of a million copies. His stage shows are most closely associated... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Young%20%28comedian%29 |
Sadness was a survival horror video game in development by Nibris for the Wii console, and was one of the earliest titles announced for the system. While the game initially drew positive attention for its unique gameplay concepts, such as black-and-white graphics and emphasis on psychological horror over violence, Sadn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadness%20%28video%20game%29 |
Tahrir al-Wasilah (; Exegesis of the Means of Salvation or Commentaries on the Liberation of the Intercession; in Tahrir al-Vasileh) is a book by Ayatollah Khomeini as a commentary on a traditional theological text, and as a guide for Shia jurists on the opinions of Khomeini.
The book was part of the centuries-old ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahrir%20al-Wasilah |
Mawson is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, and parts of the local government areas of Alexandrina Council, the City of Onkaparinga, and the District Council of Yankalilla. Major localities in the district include Cape Jervis, Kings... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20district%20of%20Mawson |
Patrick Smith is an Australian sports journalist and Walkley award recipient. He is noted for his pieces in The Australian newspapers' sports section.
Smith started his journalism career in 1972 with Melbourne's Sun as a copyboy, before moving to The Age in 1976. There he was promoted from sport sub to deputy sports ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Smith%20%28journalist%29 |
Isidore Jack Lyons (known before 1991 as Sir Isidore Jack Lyons, CBE; 1 February 191618 February 2008) was a British financier.
After building up a substantial retail business with his brother Bernard Lyons (1913-2008), he was charged in 1987 in the Guinness share-trading fraud. He was convicted and was heavily fined.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Lyons%20%28financier%29 |
Ulmus 'Plinio' is a hybrid elm cultivar derived from a crossing of the Dutch cultivar 'Plantyn' (female parent) with the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila clone 'S.2'. 'Plinio' was raised by the Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante (IPP), in Florence and released for sale in 2003. 'Plinio' was introduced to the UK in 2004 b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus%20%27Plinio%27 |
Santee National Wildlife Refuge is a refuge alongside Lake Marion, an impoundment of the Santee River of Clarendon County, South Carolina.
Geology
The refuge lies within the Atlantic Coastal Plain province of South Carolina.
One of the features of the refuge is Dingle Pond, which is a Carolina Bay.
Human history
Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santee%20National%20Wildlife%20Refuge |
Anthony Keith Parnes (born 1945) is an English ex-stockbroker, who was convicted and jailed with Ernest Saunders, Gerald Ronson, and Jack Lyons in the Guinness share-trading fraud of the 1980s; they collectively became known as "the Guinness Four". He was sentenced to two-and-a-half years on charges of false accounting... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Parnes |
The Friendship Games (, Druzhba), was an international multi-sport event held annually among so called "socialist" counties.
In politics and popular media the event became better known due to political conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States relating to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and by its 198... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship%20Games |
Lyle Stathem Bettger (February 13, 1915 – September 24, 2003) was an American character actor who had roles in Hollywood films and television from the 1950s onward, often portraying villains. One such role was the wrathfully jealous elephant handler Klaus from the Oscar-winning film The Greatest Show on Earth (1952).
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle%20Bettger |
Coma Pedrosa (; ) is the highest mountain in the principality of Andorra. It is popular with mountain climbers, its ascent being technically straightforward, although strenuous. From Arinsal to Camp de Refuge (650 m climb) is considered moderate meanwhile the last 862 m is considered to be difficult. Several mountain l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma%20Pedrosa |
False accounting is a legal term for a type of fraud, considered a statutory offence in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
England and Wales
This offence is created by section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 which provides:
Section 17 replaces sections 82 and 83 of the Larceny Act 1861 and the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False%20accounting |
Hermann Fressant was a 14th-century town clerk in the German city of Ulm. He was probably born in Augsburg. His claim to fame is the late Middle High German verse tale of marital fidelity, Der Hellerwertwitz (A Ha'porth of Good Sense). A philandering merchant is advised to pretend that he has become a pauper. He finds ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Fressant |
Black angelfish may refer to:
Black angelfish, Chaetodontoplus niger
New Zealand black angelfish, Parma alboscapularis
Keyhole angelfish, Centropyge tibicen
Freshwater angelfish, one of the breeds of Pterophyllum scalare | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20angelfish |
John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace (16721709) was the Governor of both New York and New Jersey.
Biography
He was the son of William Lovelace of Hurst, Berkshire. He was the grandson of Francis Lovelace, son of Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace. Despite being born into an aristocratic family, the 3rd Baron Lovelace h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Lovelace%2C%204th%20Baron%20Lovelace |
Urchin clingfish may refer one of two species of gobiesocid fishes:
Dellichthys morelandi
Diademichthys lineatus | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urchin%20clingfish |
David Ian Calder (born 1 August 1946) is an English actor.
Life and career
Calder was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His most high-profile TV roles include Det. Insp. George Resnick in the crime series Widows and Nathan Spring in the sci-fi drama Star Cops. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Calder%20%28actor%29 |
Maya–Maya Airport is the international airport of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo.
Facilities
In 2010, a new long runway and a new terminal with three air bridges were opened. The older runway was repaired and now is used as a taxiway. A second phase of the new terminal was completed in 2013, the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya-Maya%20Airport |
Spotty may refer to:
Sharptooth houndshark, Triakis megalopterus
Australian spotted mackerel, Scomberomorus munroi
Spotty (fish), Notolabrus celidotus
Superted's sidekick
Spotty (Pillow Pal), a Pillow Pal Dalmatian made by Ty, Inc.
A schoolboy from the comic strip "Bash Street Kids"
Algernon "Spotty" Perkins, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotty |
After the occupation of Latvia by the USSR in June 1940, much of the previous Latvian army was disbanded and many of its soldiers and officers were arrested and imprisoned or executed. The following year Nazi Germany occupied Latvia during the offensive of Army Group North. The German Einsatzgruppen were aided by a gro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Latvia%20during%20World%20War%20II |
AFMA may refer to:
AdSense for Mobile Applications
Air Force Manpower Agency
American Film Marketing Association, now called the Independent Film and Television Alliance
Americans For Medical Advancement
Australian Financial Markets Association
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Australian Football Media ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFMA |
Maomao may refer to:
Fish species
Blue maomao, Scorpis violacea.
Green damselfish, Abudefduf abdominalis.
Pink maomao, Caprodon longimanus.
People
Deng Rong's penname, under which she wrote the biography of her father Deng Xiaoping.
Other uses
A colloquial term in Mandarin Chinese for the giant panda. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maomao |
Blue flax is a common name of several species in the genus Linum (flax):
Linum lewisii, native to western North America
Linum narbonense, native to Europe
Linum perenne, native to Europe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20flax |
Judith Craig is a retired American bishop of the United Methodist Church, whose primary field of service was the United States.
She was born on 5 June 1937 in Lexington, Missouri and elected bishop in 1984.She died on January 18, 2019.
Education
She graduated (B.A.) from William Jewell College. She completed an M.Di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith%20Craig |
The red moki (Cheilodactylus spectabilis) also known as the banded morwong, brown-banded morwong, carp or nanua is a species of marine ray-finned fish, traditionally regarded as belonging to the family Cheilodactylidae, commonly referred to as morwongs. It is found off southern Australia and the North Island of New Ze... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20moki |
The Amiga computer can be used to emulate several other computer platforms, including legacy platforms such as the Commodore 64, and its contemporary rivals such as the IBM PC and the Macintosh.
MS-DOS on Amiga via Sidecar or Bridgeboard
MS-DOS compatibility was a major issue during the early years of the Amiga's life... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulation%20on%20the%20Amiga |
The Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498, is a piano trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
History
Mozart wrote the piano trio on 10 sheets (19 pages) in Vienna and dated the manuscript on 5 August 1786. According to Mozart's 17-year-old student Karoline Pichler, the work was dedicated to a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegelstatt%20Trio |
is a railway station in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
It is entirely owned and operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, but also serves as the northern terminus of the Keikyu Main Line operated by the private railway operator Keikyu. The station is a major transfer point for passengers on the Toei Asakusa ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengakuji%20Station |
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