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The Band Geek Mafia is Voodoo Glow Skulls' fourth full-length album. It was released on July 14, 1998 on Epitaph Records. All songs were written by Voodoo Glow Skulls except "Stranded in the Jungle", written by James Johnson and Ernestine Smith. The song "Stranded in the Jungle" appears on punk compilation album Punk-O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Band%20Geek%20Mafia |
The Oberschule zum Dom, a grammar school in Lübeck and the Schleswig-Holstein area of Germany was founded in 1905 during the final years of the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II.
The school survived the bombing carried out on the city of Lübeck by the Royal Air Force during the second world war.
The School has lon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberschule%20zum%20Dom |
The Kiryati Brigade (the 4th Brigade in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war) was formed in 1948 by David Ben-Gurion and was one of the original nine brigades that made up the Haganah. The Kiryati Brigade was initially responsible for securing the area in and around Tel Aviv. The brigade participated in several battles during the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryati%20Brigade |
Finn Laudrup (born 31 July 1945) is a Danish former association football player who played as a forward. He represented a number of Danish clubs and played professionally with Wiener Sport-Club in Austria. He played 19 matches and scored six goals for the Denmark national football team. He is the father of former Denma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn%20Laudrup |
Heptabarb (INN; Eudan, Medapan, Medomin, Noctyn), also known as heptabarbitone (BAN) or heptabarbital, is a sedative and hypnotic drug of the barbiturate family. It was used in Europe for the treatment of insomnia from the 1950s onwards, but has since been discontinued.
See also
Barbiturate
References
Barbiturate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptabarb |
Symbolic is the Voodoo Glow Skulls' fifth full-length album. It was released on September 12, 2000, on Epitaph Records. This album marks the band's last release on the label. Track 8 “El Mas Chingon” featuring a guitar solo by Reverend Horton Heat. Track 14 is a cover of the song "I Shot the Sheriff" from Eric Clapton... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic%20%28Voodoo%20Glow%20Skulls%20album%29 |
Howard Melton Webb MBE (born 14 July 1971) is an English former professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League from 2003 to 2014, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee from 2005 to 2014.
Webb is counted amongst the all-time top referees by the International Federation of Foo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20Webb |
Simon de Langres was a French Dominican friar from Burgundy and Master General of the Dominican Order from 1352 to 1366.
From 1350 to 1352 was he was the Provincial of France. In 1360 he was made the Nuncio (Papal envoy) to France, and in 1363 to Hungary. On 16 March 1366, Simon was appointed Bishop of Nantes and resi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20de%20Langres |
Alan G. Wiley (born 27 May 1960) is a former English football referee in the FA Premier League, who is based in Burntwood, Staffordshire.
Career
Wiley first took up the whistle in 1981, then officiated in the West Midlands (Regional) League until 1991, when he became an assistant referee on the Football League List. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Wiley |
Peter Walton (born 10 October 1959) is an English former professional football referee who officiated in the Premier League from 2003 to 2012. Beginning 2013, he was general manager of the Professional Referee Organization (PRO) in North America until being replaced by Howard Webb in January 2018.
Walton is also a fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Walton%20%28referee%29 |
Andrew Paul D'Urso (born 30 November 1963) is an English former football referee in the Football League. D'Urso is based in Billericay, Essex and is a member of the Barking & Dagenham Referees Society. He retired at the end of the 2014–15 season.
Career
D'Urso was first promoted to the Football League in 1994; five se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20D%27Urso |
Steady as She Goes is the Voodoo Glow Skulls' sixth full-length album. It was released on July 2, 2002, on Victory Records.
Track listing
References
Voodoo Glow Skulls albums
2002 albums
Victory Records albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steady%20as%20She%20Goes%20%28Voodoo%20Glow%20Skulls%20album%29 |
The Nairobi River is a river that flows across Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. It is the main river of the Nairobi River Basin, with several parallel streams flowing eastward. All of the Nairobi basin rivers join east of Nairobi and meet the Athi River, which eventually flows into the Indian Ocean. The rivers are m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi%20River |
is a Japanese judoka. He is the only judoka in the world who has won three individual Olympic gold medals in a row, all in the extra lightweight (60 kg) division.
Biography
Nomura was born into a family of judoka. His grandfather was a local judo instructor, and his father was the coach of Shinji Hosokawa, who won a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadahiro%20Nomura |
Philip Dowd (born 26 January 1963) is a retired English professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League. He is based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and was a member of the Staffordshire Football Association.
Dowd made his first appearance as an official in the Football League as an assi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%20Dowd |
The metallic starling (Aplonis metallica), also known as the shining starling, is a bird in the starling family native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
Description
The adult has brilliant red eyes, a long forked tail and green-glossed black plumage. Immatures are pale below with dark s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallic%20starling |
Mike Dean (born 2 June 1968) is an English former professional football referee and currently a video assistant referee (VAR) primarily in the Premier League. He is based in Heswall, Wirral, in North West England, and is a member of the Cheshire County Football Association.
Since his appointment as a Select Group refe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Dean%20%28referee%29 |
Adicción, Tradición, Revolución is the Voodoo Glow Skulls' seventh full-length album. It was released on November 2, 2004 on Victory Records. The song "Used to Love Her" is a cover song of the original by Guns N' Roses.
Track listing
References
Voodoo Glow Skulls albums
2004 albums
Victory Records albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adicci%C3%B3n%2C%20Tradici%C3%B3n%2C%20Revoluci%C3%B3n |
Gottfried Dienst (Basel, 9 September 1919 – Bern, 1 June 1998) was a Swiss association football referee. He was mostly known as the referee of the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final.
Dienst is one of only four men to have twice refereed a European Cup final, which he did in 1961 and 1965, and one of only two (the other being t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried%20Dienst |
"Little Wonder" is a song by English musician David Bowie, released as the second single from his 21st album, Earthling (1997). It was the album's biggest hit, reaching number 14 in the UK. At the 1998 Brit Awards, the song was nominated for Best British Video.
Background
The sampled spoken line "If it's good to ya, i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Wonder%20%28David%20Bowie%20song%29 |
Hierocles (Greek: Ἱεροκλῆς Hierokles) was a Byzantine geographer of the sixth century and the attributed author of the Synecdemus or Synekdemos, which contains a table of administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire and lists of the cities of each. The work is dated to the reign of Justinian but prior to 535, as i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierocles%20%28author%20of%20Synecdemus%29 |
Western Reserve Rowing Association, also known as WRRA is based out of Rivergate Park on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
WRRA organizes all sweep and sculling for adults in Northeast Ohio. It offers athletes the opportunity to train and race in regattas all over North America through its Competit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Reserve%20Rowing%20Association |
Graeme Taylor (born 2 February 1954 in Stockwell, South-West London) is a British guitarist.
Taylor played lead guitar with 1970s medieval/rock band Gryphon, and leading folk rock bands including the Albion Band and Home Service. With Gryphon he had 4 best-selling LPs, and toured the US, supporting Yes at Madison Squa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme%20Taylor |
The Mendham Township Public Schools is a community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Mendham Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 745 students and 73.9 classro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendham%20Township%20Public%20Schools |
Juan García de Loaysa y Mendoza (1478 in Talavera de la Reina, near Toledo, Spain – 22 April 1546 in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish Archbishop of Seville and Cardinal.
Biography
His parents were nobles; at a very early age he entered the Dominican convent at Salamanca. Its severe discipline, however, affected his delica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garc%C3%ADa%20de%20Loaysa |
Tiiu Kuik () (born 16 March 1987) is an Estonian fashion model.
Early life
Born in Tallinn, Estonia, Kuik was discovered at age 13 in an Estonian supermarket by model scout Paolo Moglia. She was then sent to Japan for modeling work, and after that, to Italy.
Modeling
Her modeling agencies include her mother agency,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiiu%20Kuik |
Community Unit School District 200 (CUSD 200) based in Wheaton, Illinois is a public unit school district mainly serving the communities of Wheaton and Warrenville. CUSD 200 also services portions of Carol Stream, Winfield, and West Chicago, as well as adjacent unincorporated areas within DuPage County. For the 2019-20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20Unit%20School%20District%20200%20%28DuPage%20County%2C%20Illinois%29 |
The Great Chardonnay Showdown, held in the spring of 1980, was organized by Craig Goldwyn, the wine columnist for the Chicago Tribune and the founder of the Beverage Testing Institute, with help from three Chicago wine stores. A total of 221 Chardonnays from around the world were selected for the blind wine competitio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Chardonnay%20Showdown |
Howard Evans (29 February 1944 in Chard, Somerset – 17 March 2006) was a British trumpeter.
Having played in the band of the Welsh Guards and the London Symphony Orchestra, Evans moved into theatre work. He was a member of the line-up of the Albion Band which played for 'Larkrise' at the National Theatre. As a result ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20Evans%20%28trumpeter%29 |
Parma is a genus of damselfish in the family Pomacentridae.
Species
Parma alboscapularis Allen & Hoese, 1975 (New Zealand black angelfish)
Parma bicolor Allen & Larson, 1979 ( Bicolor scalyfin)
Parma kermadecensis Allen, 1987 (Kermadec scalyfin)
Parma mccullochi Whitley, 1929 (McCulloch's scalyfin)
Parma microlep... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parma%20%28fish%29 |
Matthew David Bates (born 10 December 1986) is an English former football manager and former professional footballer, as well as holding a UEFA B coaching licence. He is currently the assistant manager at Northern Premier League side Whitby Town.
Bates played for Hartlepool United, Bradford City, Bristol City, Darling... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Bates |
Alan Marshal (12 June 1883 – 23 July 1915) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Queensland and for Surrey County Cricket Club. Marshal was a hard-hitting middle-order batsman and a fast-medium bowler who got some spin off the pitch. He was 6 ft 3 ins in height.
Biography
Marshal was educated and played c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Marshal%20%28cricketer%29 |
The superior parietal lobule is bounded in front by the upper part of the postcentral sulcus, but is usually connected with the postcentral gyrus above the end of the sulcus. The superior parietal lobule contains Brodmann's areas 5 and 7.
Behind it is the lateral part of the parietooccipital fissure, around the end of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior%20parietal%20lobule |
Smoke or Fire is an American punk rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
History
Early history as Jericho (1998–2004)
The band originally formed in 1998, when western Massachusetts native Joe McMahon got together with Chris Brand, Bill Ironfield, and Nick Maggiore, who hailed from New Hampshire. Origin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke%20or%20Fire |
Katedralskolan (Lund Cathedral School) is a school in Lund, Sweden. It was founded in 1085 by the Danish king Canute the Saint. It is the oldest school in Scandinavia and one of the oldest schools in Northern Europe. Despite being a public school, admittance to the Lund Cathedral School requires an application, and it ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katedralskolan%2C%20Lund |
Lucia Evans (born 6 February 1982) is an Irish-Zimbabwean singer and winner of the 2006 season of the talent show You're a Star.
Career
Though originally from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, Evans is now living in Galway, Ireland, working as a full-time vocal coach.
Evans's first single, "Bruised Not Broken", written by Don Bl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia%20Evans |
The Rwandese National Union (, UNAR) was a conservative, pro-monarchy political party in Rwanda.
History
Union Nationale Rwandaise (Rwandese National Union), or UNAR, was a conservative Rwandan political party. Founded on 3 September 1959, by François Rukeba, and strongly supported by King Kigeri V. At the time, Rwan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandese%20National%20Union |
Edward Lewis Pinckney (born March 27, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player.
College career
He attended Villanova University and was a part of the Villanova Wildcats' 1981 heralded recruiting class that included Gary McLain, who was his roommate, and Dwayne McClain. The trio would call themselves... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Pinckney |
Moorhouse's is an independent brewery founded in 1865, by William Moorhouse in Burnley Lancashire, England, as a producer of mineral waters and low-alcohol beers known as hop bitters. It first produced cask ales in 1978.
Products
The brewery produces cask ale and filtered beer in bottles.
History
The business was fou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorhouse%27s%20Brewery |
Andrew Charles Benes (born August 20, 1967) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from 1989 to 2002, most prominently as a member of the San Diego Padres where he was named to the National League All-Star team in 1993 and led the league in strik... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Benes |
MLB 2K was a series of baseball video games that was developed by Visual Concepts and Kush Games, and published by 2K. The series was licensed by, and based on, the Major League Baseball professional baseball organization. It was a successor to the World Series Baseball games, which were published by Sega.
In 2014, 2K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB%202K |
Day Hort MacDowall (March 6, 1850 – October 28, 1927) was a politician from old Northwest Territories, Canada.
Born in Carruth House, Renfrewshire, Scotland, MacDowall immigrated to Canada in 1879. He was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories in 1883 and served until 1885. He was an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day%20Hort%20MacDowall |
The inferior parietal lobule (subparietal district) lies below the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus, and behind the lower part of the postcentral sulcus. Also known as Geschwind's territory after Norman Geschwind, an American neurologist, who in the early 1960s recognised its importance. It is a part of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior%20parietal%20lobule |
"All I Want" is a song and single by Australian singer and actress Melissa Tkautz. There was no promotional video for "All I Want", and the single was only a minor chart success in Australia, peaking at number 72 in the singles chart.
Formats and track listings
Australian CD single 6-tracks
"All I Want" (PLW Radio E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20I%20Want%20%28Melissa%20Tkautz%20song%29 |
Jarmo Sakari Sandelin (born 10 May 1967) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Senior Tour. He had five European Tour wins and played in the 1999 Ryder Cup.
Early life
Sandelin was born in Imatra, Finland, but grew up in Sweden and became a Swedish citizen.
Professional career
Sandelin turned pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarmo%20Sandelin |
LUNSERS refers to the Liverpool University Neuroleptic Side Effect Rating Scale.
Overview
Within the field of psychiatry, many simple and complex tools exist for the rating of such things as severity of illness and problems associated with the use of medications, for treating mental illness. The medications used to tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool%20University%20Neuroleptic%20Side-Effect%20Rating%20Scale |
Too Late may refer to:
Film and theatre
Too Late (1914 film), American film written by Winifred Dunn
Too Late (1996 film), a Romanian film
Too Late (2000 film), a Portuguese film
Too Late (2015 film), an American film
Too Late, a 1974 play by Gibson Kente
Songs
"Too Late" (Dead by Sunrise song) , 2009
"Too Late... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too%20Late |
The surujin or suruchin is one of the traditional weapons of Okinawan Kobudo. It comprises a long rope with a weight tied to each end. Historically this weapon is very prevalent and can be found attached to a weapon or used separately. It is a weapon designed for warfare.
In more recent times, specifically the end ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surujin |
Plassmoen is a small village in Alvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about west of the village of Alvdal. The village lies near the confluence of the rivers Folla and Sølna, just west of where the river Folla joins the large river Glåma. The population of the village in 2015 was 197.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plassmoen |
The Cat Who Turned On and Off is the third novel in a series of murder mystery novels by Lilian Jackson Braun.
Plot introduction
Qwill and his two lovable Siamese, Koko and Yum Yum find themselves in a rundown section of the city known as Junktown. Expecting it to be a haven of dopers and the homeless, they are surp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cat%20Who%20Turned%20On%20and%20Off |
KLS may stand for:
Kalash language (ISO 639 code: kls), a language of Pakistan
Key Largo School, a school in Florida, US
Khitan large script, an undeciphered Chinese script
KIIT Law School, Bhubaneswar, India
Sportswear brand of Kimora Lee Simmons
Kleine–Levin syndrome, a sleep disorder
Kobalt Label Services, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLS |
Per Anders Bjerregaard (; born 23 January 1946) is a Danish educated physician (cand.med.) and former footballer, executive director and chairman of Danish football club Brøndby IF.
Career
Born in Randers, Bjerregaard moved to Copenhagen where he played football for Brøndby IF. He was the captain of the senior team as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per%20Bjerregaard |
"The Jacket" is the third episode of the second season of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld and the show's eighth episode overall. In the episode, Jerry Seinfeld buys an expensive suede jacket and has dinner with the father of his ex-girlfriend Elaine Benes. Elaine's father Alton, a war veteran and writer, makes Jerry and his fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Jacket%20%28Seinfeld%29 |
Kingfisher is an Indian beer brewed by United Breweries Group, Bangalore. The brand was first introduced in 1857 and then relaunched in 1978 by Vijay Mallya. With a market share of over 36% in India, it is also available in 52 other countries as of 2013.
History
In 1978, Vijay Mallya launched Kingfisher Premium beer, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingfisher%20%28beer%29 |
OpenPKG is an open source package management system for Unix. It is based on the well known RPM-system and allows easy and unified installation of packages onto common Unix-platforms (Solaris, Linux and FreeBSD).
The project was launched by Ralf S. Engelschall in November 2000 and in June 2005 it offered more than 88... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPKG |
Elias Raymond was a French Dominican friar from Toulouse. He was named Procurator of the Order under Master Simon de Langres. On 21 February 1365 Raymond was named Vicar of the Order by Pope Urban V.
At the time of the Western Schism, he adhered to the party of the antipope Clement VII. Raymond died in Avignon on 31 D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias%20Raymond |
The Mazel Identity i1 is a two-seater Spanish sports car concept, which has been produced by Mazel with cooperation and input from the H2R Design firm. It was presented at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show.
The car is in length, wide and is in height, with a wheelbase of . It has an aluminium 8-cylinder engine mounted in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazel%20Identity%20i1 |
Champions
World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3)
Negro World Series: Chicago American Giants over Bacharach Giants (5-4-2)
Awards and honors
League Award
George Burns, Cleveland Indians, 1B
Bob O'Farrell, St. Louis Cardinals, C
Statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
Ameri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926%20in%20baseball |
Lewis Albert Fonseca (January 21, 1899 – November 26, 1989) was an American first baseman, second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago White Sox. While not a power hitter, he hit for average and was a good contact hitter for most of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew%20Fonseca |
Rincón de Tres Cerros (literally "corner of the three hills") is an area in Rivera Department of Uruguay, wedged between Tacuarembó River and stream Arroyo Cuñapirú (hence the toponym "corner"). The area owes its name to the three flat "mesas" or butte hills (cerros) aligned in a row, from the biggest in the South to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinc%C3%B3n%20de%20Tres%20Cerros |
First Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Established in 1780, the church is currently located on the corner of Monument Avenue and Arthur Ashe Boulevard. The current senior minister is the Rev. Dr. Jim Somerville, former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Washington, D.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Baptist%20Church%20%28Richmond%2C%20Virginia%29 |
Rudolf Jaenisch (born on April 22, 1942) is a Professor of Biology at MIT and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a pioneer of transgenic science, in which an animal’s genetic makeup is altered. Jaenisch has focused on creating genetically modified mice to study cancer, epigeneti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf%20Jaenisch |
Dale Allison Graham (born October 6, 1951) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He served as an MLA from 1993 to 2014, as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 2010 to 2014, and as a member of the provincial cabinet from 1999 to 2006.
Early life and career
Born in Woodstock, New Brunsw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale%20Graham |
Diatomyidae is a family of hystricomorph rodents. It is represented by a single living species, Laonastes aenigmamus, native to Laos in Southeast Asia. Fossil species are known from the Oligocene and Miocene of Asia and eastern Europe.
"Lazarus effect"
Before Laonastes was discovered, the family Diatomyidae was known... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomyidae |
Tamzin Claire Merchant (born 1987 or 1988) is an English actress and author, best known for her roles as Georgiana Darcy in the film Pride & Prejudice (2005), as Catherine Howard in the Showtime series The Tudors (2009–2010) and as Anne Hale in the WGN America series Salem (2014–2017). She wrote the 2021 children's boo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamzin%20Merchant |
The Ohio Valley is a sub region in Kentucky running long including parts of 25 counties and across five regions of the state. Over 45% of Kentucky's population live in counties that border the Ohio River, although those counties are only 16% of the state's land area.
The Ohio Valley in Kentucky can be broken up into ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%20Valley%20in%20Kentucky |
Ole Wæver (born 17 September 1960) is a professor of international relations at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. He has published and broadcast extensively in the field of international relations, and is one of the main architects of the so-called Copenhagen School in International Relatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole%20W%C3%A6ver |
Julie Ann Zahra (born 1982 in Malta) is a Maltese politician and singer who represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2004. As part of the duo "Julie & Ludwig", their song On Again... Off Again qualified for the final and came 12th out of 36 countries competing. Zahra was also the spo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie%20Zahra |
The Lazarus effect refers to semiconductor detectors; when these are used in harsh radiation environments, defects begin to appear in the semiconductor crystal lattice as atoms become displaced because of the interaction with the high-energy traversing particles. These defects, in the form of both lattice vacancies and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus%20effect |
In Buddhism, Bhūmi (Sanskrit: भूमि 'foundation', Chinese: 地 'ground' ) is the 32nd and 33rd place (10th and 11th in simple count) on the outgoing's process of Mahayana awakening. Each stage represents a level of attainment in that case, and serves as a basis for the next one. Each level marks a definite advancement in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C5%ABmi%20%28Buddhism%29 |
Mazel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Eugène Mazel (1828–1890), French amateur botanist
Ilya Mazel (aka Ruvim Mazel, 1890–1967), Soviet painter
Isaak Mazel (1911–1945), Soviet chess master
Judy Mazel (1943–2007), American weight loss advocate and author of The Beverly Hills Diet
Leo Mazel (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazel |
Francesca Neri (born 10 February 1964) is an Italian actress.
Biography
Neri was born in Trento, Italy. She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse, directed by Massimo Troisi (1991) and Carne tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca%20Neri |
Ludwig Galea is a Maltese singer who performed in the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2004. As one half of the duo "Julie and Ludwig", he and his singing partner (and by then, real-partner too), Julie Zahra, qualified to the final and came 12th out of 36 countries competing. Their song, "On Again...... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig%20Galea |
The Eisbach (German, 'ice brook') is a man-made river in Munich. It flows through the Englischer Garten park, and is a side arm of the Isar River. An artificial wave has been created on one section, which is popular among river surfers.
Swimming in the Eisbach is not technically allowed, but as the rule is not string... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisbach%20%28Isar%29 |
An eku (sometimes spelled eiku or ieku) is an ancient weapon of Okinawan kobudō.
Its first intended purpose is as an oar.
See also
Taiaha
References
External links
Article, images & video on Eku (Okinawa Prefectural Government website)
Weapons of Okinawa
Blunt weapons
Ancient weapons | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eku |
Spig may refer to:
Spigelia, a plant used extensively in homeopathy
Frank Wead (1895–1947), nicknamed "Spig", a U.S. Navy aviator
SPIG Industry LLC, a Virginia-based company founded by Joshua Harman
See also
SplG, an alternate name for spore photoproduct lyase
SIPG — Shanghai International Port Group | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spig |
Houlihan's is an American casual restaurant and bar chain with locations operating throughout the country, 60% of which are franchised. It is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas. The first Houlihan's opened on April 1, 1972, in Kansas City's Country Club Plaza, and there are now 35 restaurants in 15 states. It was origina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houlihan%27s |
Hyporhamphus ihi, the known as the garfish, piper or by its Māori name takeke, is a halfbeak found all around New Zealand in shallow inshore waters.
Description
The garfish is an unusual looking fish with many distinct features such as its elongated slender body, as well as its long lower jaw. The garfish typically g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyporhamphus%20ihi |
Zuma is a 2003 tile-matching puzzle video game developed by Oberon Media and published by PopCap Games. It was released for a number of platforms, including PDAs, mobile phones, and the iPod.
An enhanced version, called Zuma Deluxe, was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X as well as an Xbox Live Arcade downloa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuma%20%28video%20game%29 |
Bent Christensen may refer to:
Bent Christensen (director), Danish film director
Bent Christensen (footballer born 1963), Danish footballer who played four games for the Danish national team
Bent Christensen Arensøe, formerly known as Bent René Christensen, (born 1967), Danish football player who won the 1992 Europ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent%20Christensen |
Giora Feidman (; born 25 March 1936) is an Argentine-born Israeli clarinetist who specializes in klezmer music.
Biography
Giora Feidman was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his Bessarabian Jewish parents immigrated to escape persecution. Feidman comes from a family of klezmer musicians. His father, grandfather a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giora%20Feidman |
Robert Jeffrey Zimmer (November 5, 1947 – May 23, 2023) was an American mathematician and academic administrator. From 2006 until 2021, he served as the 13th president of the University of Chicago and as the Chair of the Board for Argonne National Lab, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and the Marine Biological La... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Zimmer |
Talulah Jane Riley-Milburn (born 26 September 1985) is an English actress. She has appeared in films, including Pride & Prejudice (2005), St Trinian's (2007) and its sequel St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), The Boat That Rocked (2009), and Inception (2010). She has also appeared on the HBO science fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talulah%20Riley |
Dodanim ( Dōḏānīm) or Rodanim, ( Rōḏānīm, , Ródioi) was, in the Book of Genesis, a son of Javan (thus, a great-grandson of Noah). Dodanim's brothers, according to Genesis 10:4, were Elishah, Tarshish and Chittim. He is usually associated with the people of the island of Rhodes as their progenitor. "-im" is a plural su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodanim |
The Franciscan missions of the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro in Mexico, are five missions built between 1750 and 1760, the foundation of the missions is attributed to Junípero Serra, who also founded the most important missions in California. They were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003.
They are an example ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan%20Missions%20in%20the%20Sierra%20Gorda%20of%20Quer%C3%A9taro |
Stade Municipal is a multi-use stadium in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Yverdon-Sport FC and has a capacity of 6,600. The stadium has 1,000 seats and 5,600 standing places.
It has 4 grass pitches equipped with floodlights as well as an illuminating tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade%20Municipal%20%28Yverdon%29 |
Equipotentiality refers to a psychological theory in both neuropsychology and behaviorism. Karl Spencer Lashley defined equipotentiality as "The apparent capacity of any intact part of a functional brain to carry out… the [memory] functions which are lost by the destruction of [other parts]". In other words, the brain ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipotentiality |
USS Lansing (DE-388), an Edsall-class destroyer escort, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Aviation Machinist Mate First Class William Henry Lansing.
Namesake
William Henry Lansing was born on 7 March 1914 in Amsterdam, New York. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 14 February 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Lansing |
William Lansing is the name of:
William E. Lansing (1821–1883), U.S. Representative from New York
William Henry Lansing (1914–1942), American plane captain who was killed in action in World War II | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Lansing |
North Carolina Highway 2 (NC 2) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway runs between the towns of Pinehurst and Southern Pines connecting NC 5 with US 1. Much of the routing is known as Midland Road, a four lane road connecting the two towns.
NC 2 was commissioned between 1930 and 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20Highway%202 |
The AFAS Stadion is a football stadium in Mechelen, Belgium. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of KV Mechelen. Currently, the ground has a capacity of 16,672. The stadium is called Achter de Kazerne, which means "Behind the Army Barracks". It is called this because the stadium was once located behi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achter%20de%20Kazerne |
High Island is an island in Lake Michigan and is part of the Beaver Island archipelago. It is in size. The island is owned by the U.S. state of Michigan and is managed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as part of the Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area.
High Island got its name from a large, p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Island%20%28Michigan%29 |
Capital MetroRail is a hybrid rail (light rail with some features similar to commuter rail) system that serves the Greater Austin area in Texas and is owned by Capital Metro, Austin's primary public transportation provider. The Red Line is Capital Metro's first and currently only rail line, and connects Downtown Austin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital%20MetroRail |
The Crosstown Shootout is an annual men's college basketball game played between the University of Cincinnati Bearcats and Xavier University Musketeers. The two schools are separated by in Cincinnati, making the archrivalry one of the closest major rivalries in the country. The game was first played in 1927, and has b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosstown%20Shootout |
Terra is a series of science fiction novels published by Arthur Moewig Verlag, Munich. Together with the Utopia series of the rival publisher Erich Pabel Verlag, Rastatt the Terra series were the most important science fiction work in the post-World War II West Germany.
Dime novels
In 1957 Moewig started the weekly s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra%20%28German%20science%20fiction%29 |
The Selman Stërmasi Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Tirana, Albania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of KF Tirana. The stadium holds 9,500 people (all seated). It is named after Selman Stërmasi, one of KF Tirana's best players of all time. The stadium was also used by ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selman%20St%C3%ABrmasi%20Stadium |
Elbasan Arena (, formerly known as Ruzhdi Bizhuta) is a multi-purpose stadium in Elbasan, Albania. The stadium was completed in 1967 and has been the home ground of KF Elbasani ever since. The stadium was under reconstruction and was officially inaugurated on 8 October 2014 in time for the match against Denmark, valid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbasan%20Arena |
The Sierra Gorda () is an ecological region centered on the northern third of the Mexican state of Querétaro and extending into the neighboring states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí. Within Querétaro, the ecosystem extends from the center of the state starting in parts of San Joaquín and Cadereyta de Montes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra%20Gorda |
Roland Haché (June 14, 1947 – April 24, 2020) was a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Nigadoo-Chaleur from 1999 to 2014.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education at the University of Moncton and taug... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland%20Hach%C3%A9 |
The Cabrillo Bridge in San Diego, California is a historic bridge providing pedestrian and light automotive access between Balboa Park and the Uptown area of San Diego. It was built for the 1915 Panama–California Exposition. The bridge was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and was named a L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrillo%20Bridge |
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