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The 7stanes are seven mountain biking centres spanning the south of Scotland, from the heart of the Scottish Borders to Dumfries and Galloway. They are all in Forestry and Land Scotland forests and are known as the 7stanes because each venue features a 'stane' (Scots for stone), created by artist Gordon Young, somewher... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7stanes |
The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three successful expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second expedition to the Antarctic. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the So... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod%20Expedition |
Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School is a separate school located in North Oakville in the River Oaks area within Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The 2019-2020 school year has around 1330 students enrolled in the school. Holy Trinity is a member of the Halton Catholic District School Board.
History
Holy Trinity Catholic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy%20Trinity%20Catholic%20Secondary%20School%20%28Oakville%29 |
Frederick Alexander Kidd (July 29, 1921 – March 22, 1997) was a provincial level politician and Geologist from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1975 to 1979.
Early life
Frederick Alexander Kidd was born in Nordegg, Alber... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Kidd |
John McCallister (January 19, 1879 – October 18, 1946) was manager of the Cleveland Indians during the 1927 season after Tris Speaker abruptly resigned. He would lead the Indians to a sixth-place finish and a 66-87 record.
He began his professional career in his native Marietta, Ohio. In 1902, he was playing for the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20McCallister%20%28baseball%29 |
One athlete from Romania, a trap shooter, competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was the first appearance of the European nation, and only appearance until the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Results by event
Shooting
Each shooter fired at 20 targets, scoring 1 point for each target hit.
Romania was repr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania%20at%20the%201900%20Summer%20Olympics |
Mount Hood Meadows is a ski resort on the southeastern face of Mount Hood in northern Oregon, and is the largest of the mountain's ski resorts. It is located about 67 miles (108 km) east of Portland, and 35 miles (56 km) from Hood River along Oregon Route 35. It has both Alpine and Nordic ski areas and offers night s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Hood%20Meadows |
CBC Kids is a Canadian children's block on CBC Television. The block was launched as Hodge Podge Lodge in 1987 and contains programming targeted at children. The block airs on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Saturdays from 6:00 a.m. to noon and Sundays from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
Its French-language counterpart... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC%20Kids |
Musicians' Village is a neighborhood located in the Upper Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana. Musicians Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis teamed up with Habitat for Humanity International and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity to create the village for New Orleans musicians who lost their homes to Hurricane... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians%27%20Village |
Phillip Rogaway is an American cryptographer who is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School, and later earned a BA in computer science from UC Berkeley and completed his PhD in cryptography at MIT, in the Theory of Computation group. He has t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip%20Rogaway |
Watermelon snow, also called snow algae, pink snow, red snow, or blood snow, is a phenomenon caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis, a species of green algae containing a secondary red carotenoid pigment (astaxanthin) in addition to chlorophyll. Unlike most species of fresh-water algae, this species appears to be cryophilic (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon%20snow |
The following is a list of episodes from the American television series Walker, Texas Ranger. A total of 201 episodes aired from April 21, 1993, to May 19, 2001. Although some sources identify the first four episodes aired at the end of the 1992–1993 television season, as the first season (making nine seasons in the se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Walker%2C%20Texas%20Ranger%20episodes |
is a sports arena in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, which has hosted boxing, professional wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and Lethwei matches.
History
On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with a capacity of approximately 2,000 people. It is located inside the Tokyo Dome City, one of Tokyo's bi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korakuen%20Hall |
Jonas Kamper (born 3 May 1983) is a retired Danish footballer who played as a right winger and current U19 manager of Kolding IF.
He started his career with Brøndby IF, winning the 2005 Danish Superliga. He holds the record of Denmark national youth team matches, with a combined 93 matches and 15 goals at various yout... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas%20Kamper |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Located directly across Ninth Street from the Virginia State Capitol, it has long been a popular house of worship for Richmond political figures, including General Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Paul%27s%20Episcopal%20Church%20%28Richmond%2C%20Virginia%29 |
Romania first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a single participant. The National Olympic Committee for Romania is the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, and was created and recognized in 1914. The nation first sent a team to compete at the Games in 1924, and has only missed two editions each of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania%20at%20the%20Olympics |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage was an attraction at the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World from 1971 through 1994. Based on the characters and settings of the 1954 Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, it was a re-theming of the Submarine Voyage attraction at Disneyland. The ride involved... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20%2C000%20Leagues%20Under%20the%20Sea%3A%20Submarine%20Voyage |
The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is the diplomatic service and a central civil service of the Government of India under the Ministry of External Affairs. The Foreign Secretary is the head of the service. Vinay Mohan Kwatra is the 34th and the current Foreign Secretary.
The service, consisting of civil servants is entr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Foreign%20Service |
USS Hayter (DE-212/APD-80) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. In 1967, she was transferred to South Korea where she served as ROKS Jonnam until 1986.
History
United States Navy (1943–1967)
Hayter was launched by Charleston Navy Yard, con 11 November 1943; sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Hayter |
Jenna Leigh Green (born August 22, 1974) is an American actress and singer best known for her performances as Libby Chessler on the television show Sabrina the Teenage Witch, as well as for roles on tour in the musical Wicked and later in the Broadway production.
Early life and career
Green was born Jennifer Leigh Gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna%20Leigh%20Green |
Abraham (8th century) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria.
According to Severus of El Ashmunein, upon the death of king Simon, Zacharias the son of king Merkurios then appointed Abraham, "a valiant youth attached to the palace" to succeed Simon.1 However, Abraham proved to be an unsatisfactory ruler, and refuse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20of%20Makuria |
Major Kerby Farrell (September 3, 1913 – December 17, 1975) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He was a longtime minor league manager who spent a single season — 1957 — managing in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians. Farrell was a three-time winner of The Sporting News' Minor ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerby%20Farrell |
QSO B0839+187 (PKS 0839+187) is a quasar that was used for a VLBI experiment conducted by Edward Fomalont and Sergei Kopeikin in September 2002. They claimed to measure the speed of gravity, but this is disputed.
References
Quasars
Cancer (constellation)
2825583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QSO%20B0839%2B187 |
The Bachelor of Economics (BEc or BEcon),
or the Bachelor of Applied Economics, is a bachelor's degree awarded by many universities and colleges for completion of an undergraduate program in economics, econometrics, or applied economics;
these are often paired with business, finance, or mathematics.
Specialized eco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%20of%20Economics |
"Precious" is the third single by Yuna Ito. It is the theme song to the movie Limit of Love: Umizaru (starring Hideaki Ito and Ai Kato) and was released on May 3, 2006. Both "I'm Free" and "Secrets" are more up-beat songs than "Precious".
"Precious" reached a peak of #2 on the daily charts and #3 on the weekly charts.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious%20%28Yuna%20Ito%20song%29 |
The Master of Economics (MEcon or MEc) is a postgraduate master's degree in economics comprising training in economic theory, econometrics, and/or applied economics.
The degree is also offered as an MS or MSc, MA or MCom in economics;
variants are the Master in Economic Sciences (MEconSc), and the Master of Applied ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20Economics |
The Turkish Riviera (), also known popularly as the Turquoise Coast, is an area of southwest Turkey encompassing the provinces of Antalya and Muğla, and to a lesser extent Aydın, southern İzmir and western Mersin. The combination of a favorable climate, warm sea, mountainous scenery, fine beaches along more than a of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish%20Riviera |
Ambos Nogales (Spanish for "both Nogales") refers to the two cities of Nogales, Arizona, United States, and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. They lie 60 miles directly south of Tucson, Arizona, divided by the Mexico–United States barrier. Though divided by the border between their respective nation states, the two municipaliti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambos%20Nogales |
Markos (8th century) was ruler of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria. According to Severus of El Ashmunein, Markos ruled for only six months.1
Markos was made king by the former king Zacharias after he had deposed Abraham and exiled him to an island in the middle of the Nile. According to Severus, this was not sufficient f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markos%20of%20Makuria |
The Ebury Way is a rail trail in Hertfordshire between Watford and Rickmansworth. The route crosses the Grand Union Canal and three rivers; the River Colne, the River Chess and the River Gade.
Passing lakes and fields in Rickmansworth, the path is shared by walkers and cyclists. Its origin as the Watford and Rickmans... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebury%20Way |
Øyeren is a lake in the Glomma River watershed, southeast of Lillestrøm. It is located within the municipalities of Enebakk, Skedsmo, Fet, and Rælingen in Akershus county and Spydeberg and Trøgstad municipalities in Østfold county.
Lake Øyeren is the ninth largest lake by area in Norway with a surface area of . It i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98yeren |
Edward Michael Rowell (15 June 1876 – 21 July 1965) was a professional athlete and Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Early life
The son of William Rowell (1836–1903) and Johanna Rowell (, 1833–1900), Edward Michael Rowell was born in the Vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Rowell%20%28footballer%29 |
George Alexander McLean Buckley (1866–1937) ventured partway to Antarctica with the Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton.
An Ashburton sheep farmer born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Buckley holds the distinction of being the last to join Shackleton's expedition, having secured passage aboard merely two hours pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Buckley%20%28explorer%29 |
Norðdepil (pronounced ; ) is a town on the east coast of the island of Borðoy in the Norðoyar Region of the Faroe Islands.
History
Norðdepil was founded in 1866. Its school opened in 1895.
On 18 August 1941, around noon, a German Junkers Ju 88 bomber crashed in heavy fog into the mountainside above the village.
Nor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%C3%B0depil |
John Robert Francis Wild (18 April 1873 – 19 August 1939) was an English sailor and explorer. He participated in five expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal with four bars, one of only two men to be so honoured, the other being Ernest Joyce.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Wild |
Lieutenant Colonel Eric Marshall (29 May 1879 – 26 February 1963) was a British Army doctor and Antarctic explorer with the Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1907–09, and was one of the party of four men (Marshall, Shackleton, Jameson Adams and Frank Wild) who reached Furthest South at on 9 January 1909.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Marshall |
Sir Jameson Boyd Adams (6 March 1880 – 30 April 1962) was a British Antarctic explorer and Royal Naval Reserve officer. He participated in the Nimrod expedition, the first expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in an unsuccessful attempt to reach the South Pole.
Biography
Born in Rippingale, Lincolnshire, the son of a d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameson%20Adams |
Instructional television (ITV) is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. Educational television programs on instructional television may be less than one half hour long (generally 15 minutes in length) to help their integration into the classroom setting. These shows are often accompanied by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructional%20television |
The cinema of North Korea began with the division of Korea and has been sustained since then by the ruling Kim dynasty. Kim Il-sung and his successor Kim Jong-il were both cinephiles and sought to produce propaganda films based on the Juche ideology.
All film production is supervised by the Workers' Party of Korea and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20North%20Korea |
South Korean films have been heavily influenced by such events and forces as the Korea under Japanese rule, the Korean War, government censorship, the business sector, globalization, and the democratization of South Korea.
The golden age of South Korean cinema in the mid-20th century produced what are considered two o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20South%20Korea |
Ambigu is a French term that was adopted to mean 'a mixture of things' relating to a type of meal that was popular amongst the English upper class during the mid-17th and mid-18th centuries. It was an evening meal that was less formal than dinner but still planned with a set table and varied types of cold food at the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigu%20%28meal%29 |
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands
ITV1, a brand name used by ITV plc for twelve franchises of the ITV televi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV |
Oktomica Comics was a short-lived comic publisher which published three series between 1998 and 1999: Virtex, The Wonderlanders and Wisp. All three series were created by Casey Lau and Jeff Kwan with scripting assistance from such comic professionals as Mike Baron, Pat Mills and Tom and Mary Bierbaum.
Titles
The first... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktomica%20Comics |
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 gener... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20sovereign%20states%20and%20dependent%20territories%20in%20Asia |
Virtex (FPGA), a series of FPGAs produced by Xilinx
Virtex, a series of comic books published by Oktomica Comics
Virtex L, otherwise known as sodium dithionite
See also
Vertex (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtex |
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, known as Hyatt Verrill, (23 July 1871 – 14 November 1954) was an American zoologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator and author. He was the son of Addison Emery Verrill, the first professor of zoology at Yale University.
He authored many books on natural history and science fiction works.
Biogr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheus%20Hyatt%20Verrill |
Nightwatch, also known as Nighteater, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe.
Publication history
Nightwatch's alter ego, Dr. Kevin Barry Trench, first appeared in 1993, in Web of Spider-Man #97. Tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwatch%20%28comics%29 |
Staminade is the first sports drink to be commercially manufactured and marketed in Australia, available in Australian retail outlets since the 1970s. Staminade is owned by an Australian company, Steric Trading Pty Ltd and manufactured in Villawood, New South Wales, Australia.
Sports drink
Staminade is a sports drin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staminade |
Syr or SYR may refer to:
Sigurd Syr (c. 970-1018), Norwegian petty king
Sonic Youth Recordings
South Yorkshire Railway (1849–1864)
Sýr, a name of Freyja in Norse mythology
The IATA airport code for Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Syr Darya, a major river of Central Asia
Syre, a river in Luxembourg
Syria... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYR |
Christian Metz may refer to:
Christian Metz (theorist) (1931–1993), French film theorist, known for pioneering film semiotics
Christian Metz (Inspirationalist) (1794–1867), German-born migrant to the U.S. who set up a religious sect | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Metz |
S-Fone was a mobile communication operator in Vietnam that used the CDMA technology. Founded on 1 July 2003 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, S-Fone became the third network of Vietnam, breaking the duopoly of the two VNPT operators. It is the trademark of S-Telecom (CDMA Mobile Phone Centre) (set up as a joint venture bet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Fone |
Christian Metz (1794–1867) was born in Germany and immigrated to the United States on October 26, 1842. Once in the U.S., he helped to create a colony for the Community of True Inspiration, a pietist sect. The first was named Ebenezer near what is now Buffalo, New York. In 1855, he relocated to Iowa along with the 1,2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Metz%20%28Inspirationalist%29 |
PortAudio is an open-source computer library for audio playback and recording. It is a cross-platform library, so programs using it can run on many different computer operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. PortAudio supports Core Audio, ALSA, and MME, DirectSound, ASIO and WASAPI on Windows. Like oth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PortAudio |
Glenn A. Baker (born 28 July 1952) is an Australian journalist, commentator, author, and broadcaster well known in Australia for his vast knowledge of Rock music. He has written books and magazine articles on rock music and travel, interviewed celebrities, managed bands such as Ol' 55 and promoted tours of internation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20A.%20Baker |
Cannibal Sea is the third album by indie rock band The Essex Green. It was released in March 2006 by Merge Records.
Background
Essex Green formed in 1997 in New York City. A part of The Elephant Six Collective, they released an EP and their debut album on Kindercore Records, followed by a second album, The Long Goodb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal%20Sea |
The Conference Board, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit business membership and research group organization. It counts over 1,000 public and private corporations and other organizations as members, encompassing 60 countries. The Conference Board convenes conferences and peer-learning groups, conducts economic and business... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Conference%20Board |
Elonnie J. Josey (January 20, 1924 – July 3, 2009) was an African-American activist and librarian. Josey was the first chair of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, having been instrumental in its formation in 1970; served as president of the American Library Association from 1984 to 1985; and was the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%20J.%20Josey |
Chlamydomonas nivalis, also referred to as Chloromonas typhlos, is a unicellular red-coloured photosynthetic green alga that is found in the snowfields of the alps and polar regions all over the world. They are one of the main algae responsible for causing the phenomenon of watermelon snow (also blood snow, raspberry s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydomonas%20nivalis |
The Laughing Corpse is a horror/mystery novel by American writer Laurell K. Hamilton, the second book in her Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series. It continues the adventures of Anita Blake, as she attempts to solve a particularly grisly set of murders, while simultaneously avoiding two potential threats to her life from... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Laughing%20Corpse |
The Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act is legislation proposed in the United States Congress that would legalize a form of conscientious objection to military taxation.
Description
This act would establish a "peace tax fund" that parallels the general fund which the government draws upon to pay its expenses. But th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious%20Freedom%20Peace%20Tax%20Fund%20Act |
Tara Cressida "Finty" Williams (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress. She's best known as the voice of Angelina Ballerina. Her mother, Judi Dench voiced Angelina's ballet teacher, Miss Lilly.
Life
Williams was born on 24 September 1972 in London, the only child of Judi Dench and Michael Williams. Williams tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finty%20Williams |
Yeongdeungpo District () is an administrative district in southwest Seoul, South Korea. Although the origin of the name is uncertain, the first two syllables are thought to be from "yeongdeung" (靈登) or "divine ascent", a shamanic rite. The third syllable is "po", representing the bank of a river (浦), referring to the d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeongdeungpo%20District |
Smoky Mountain Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that held events in the Appalachian area of the United States from October 1991 to December 1995, when it was run by Jim Cornette. The promotion was based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with offices in Morristown, Tennessee.
History and overview
Formation
Corn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky%20Mountain%20Wrestling |
Matthew Keith Boyd (born 27 August 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Before joining the Bulldogs, Boyd had played for Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup and Frankston in the VFL. He currently holds the record for the most AFL games pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Boyd%20%28Australian%20footballer%29 |
PortMedia, formerly PortMusic, is a set of open source computer libraries for dealing with sound and MIDI. Currently the project has two main libraries: PortAudio, for digital audio input and output, and PortMidi, a library for MIDI input and output. A library for dealing with different audio file formats, PortSoundFil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PortMedia |
The New York Avenue Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. The church was formed in 1859–1860 but traces its roots to 1803 as the F Street Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and another congregation founded in 1820 on its current site, the Second Presbyterian Church. It is located at the i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Avenue%20Presbyterian%20Church |
Moor Park is a Neo-Palladian mansion set within several hundred acres of parkland to the south-east of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is called Moor Park Mansion because it is in the old park of the Manor of More. It now serves as the clubhouse of Moor Park Golf Club.
The house is listed Grade I on the Na... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moor%20Park%20%28house%29 |
North Carolina Highway 3 (NC 3) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The road runs from US 601 in southern Concord, north through Mooresville to US 29 in Kannapolis. It is numbered after Dale Earnhardt, the NASCAR driver, who was driving the #3 car when he died at the 2001 Daytona 500. This ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20Highway%203 |
Pancake Rock is an island in the Fox Islands group in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is approximately across and is located about off the west coast of Umnak Island.
The island is said to resemble a stack of pancakes, hence the name.
References
Islands of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska
Fox Islands ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake%20Rock |
is a sports video game developed and published by Sega for arcades in 1997. It is the sequel to the 1994 video game Virtua Striker, and the second game in the Virtua Striker series. A series of updates was released from 1998 to 1999, starting with Virtua Striker 2 ver. 1998 and ending with Virtua Striker 2 ver. 2000.1 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtua%20Striker%202 |
A paradummy is a military deception device first used in World War II, intended to imitate a drop of paratroop attackers. This can cause the enemy to shift forces or fires unnecessarily, or lure enemy troops into staged ambushes.
The dolls used for Operation Titanic were nicknamed Rupert by British troops and Oscar b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradummy |
Junak Drohobycz was a Polish football team, located in Drohobycz in the historic territory of the Polish Eastern Borderlands, what is now Drohobych, Ukraine.
The club was disbanded by the Soviet occupying authorities in the autumn of 1939, following the Soviet invasion of Poland at the start of World War II. In early... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junak%20Drohobycz |
A dentist is a practitioner of dentistry—a branch of medicine pertaining to the oral cavity.
Dentist may also refer to:
The Dentists, a British band active in the 1980s and 1990s
The Dentist, a 1996 horror film
The Dentist 2, a 1998 sequel to the aforementioned film
The Dentist (1932 film), a comedic short starrin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentist%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Jamie Watson may refer to:
Jamie Watson (basketball) (born 1972), American basketball player
Jamie Watson (soccer) (born 1986), American soccer player
Jamie Watson, record producer of Enter the Vaselines
Jamie Watson (voice actor), Canadian voice actor
See also
James Watson (disambiguation)
Jim Watson (disambiguation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Watson |
Moor Park Golf Club is a country club located in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England. It has two eighteen-hole golf courses, the High Course and the West Course, of which the High Course has hosted many professional and elite amateur tournaments, including the Women's British Open in 1985.
History
Moor Park Country ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moor%20Park%20Golf%20Club |
Jamie Lovell Watson (born February 23, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and other leagues.
Watson, a 6' 7" 190 lb small forward, was selected 47th overall (second round) by the Utah Jazz in the 1994 NBA draft. Between 1994 and 1997 he pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Watson%20%28basketball%29 |
Poa Island (also called Ostrov Tumannyi or Tumannoi; the native name in Aleut is Saduuĝinax̂) is an islet located about off the south coast of Akun Island in the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The island is long and reaches a maximum elevation of about above sea level. It was named for a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poa%20Island |
José Jiménez Fernández (born 11 February 1943), commonly known as Joselito, is a former child singer and film star in Spain, primarily active during the 1950s and 1960s.
Career
Joselito was born in Beas de Segura (Jaén), northeast Andalucia in Spain. Joselito made his film debut at the age of 13 and began making other... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joselito%20%28singer%29 |
David S. Kris (born September 28, 1966) is an American lawyer. From 2009 to 2011, he served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division of the United States Department of Justice. He also served as the associate deputy attorney general for national security issues at the Departmen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20S.%20Kris |
Khoai in Bengali refers to a geological formation specifically in Birbhum, Bardhaman, and Bankura districts of West Bengal, India and some parts of Jharkhand, India that is made up of laterite soil rich in iron oxide, often in the shapes of tiny hills. This canyon like terrain is caused by wind and water erosion on red... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoai |
Joselito is the name for:
First name / given name
Joselito (singer), Spanish 1950s child actor and singer
Joselito Agustin (1976–2010), also known as Aksyon Lito, Filipino journalist
Joselito Altarejos, Filipino film and television director, producer
Joselito Pimentel, better known as Lito Pimentel, Filipino film and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joselito |
Readers theater is a style of theater in which the actors present dramatic readings of narrative material without costumes, props, scenery, or special lighting. Actors use only scripts and vocal expression to help the audience understand the story. Readers theater is also known as "theater of the mind", "interpreters t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readers%20theater |
Mora is a South American drink consisting of blackberry juice, water and sugar. It is dark red in color and tart to sweet in flavor.
See also
List of juices
Mora (plant)
References
Fruit juice | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora%20%28drink%29 |
Stephen DiSalvo (born April 7, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestler.
Professional wrestling career
Early career
DiSalvo broken into professional wrestling in the mid-1980s following a career in powerlifting. He was initially trained by Billy Anderson and Red Bastien.
Canada (1986–1989)
Wrestling as S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20DiSalvo |
North Carolina Highway 6 (NC 6) was an North Carolina state highway. It ran entirely in Guilford County and served primarily to connect Interstate 40 (I-40) and Business I-85 (I-85 Bus.) commuters in Greensboro. It was decommissioned in 2005.
Route description
The western terminus of NC 6 was at I-40 and U.S. Route 4... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20Highway%206 |
WGY-FM (103.1 MHz) is a news/talk station licensed to Albany, New York. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day at 5,600 watts ERP from a non-directional antenna in North Greenbush, New York located near U.S. Route 4. The station, owned by iHeartMedia, serves the New York's Capital District and surrounding areas, includ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGY-FM |
Mack Calvin (born July 27, 1947) is an American former basketball player. A five-time ABA All-Star, Calvin recorded the second most assists in ABA history, and was later named to the ABA All-Time Team.
High school career
Calvin was born in Fort Worth, Texas and attended Long Beach Poly in California.
College career
A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack%20Calvin |
(Latin for 'eternal boy'; female: ; sometimes shortened to and ) in mythology is a child-god who is eternally young. In the analytical psychology of Carl Jung, the term is used to describe an older person whose emotional life has remained at an adolescent level, which is also known as "Peter Pan syndrome", a more rece... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puer%20aeternus |
Westbrookville is a hamlet in the town of Deerpark in Orange County, New York, United States, along US 209. Westbrookville was named for Dirck Van Keuren Westbrook, an early settler. Fort Westbrook, dating back to the American Revolution, is extant. The 1900-1940 US Census lists it as part of Mamakating in Sullivan Cou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbrookville%2C%20New%20York |
Larry Van Kriedt (born July 4, 1954) is an American-born Australian jazz musician. He is best known for being the original bassist for the rock band AC/DC around November 1973, joining Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar), Angus Young (lead guitar), Dave Evans (lead vocals) and Colin Burgess (drums). He was replaced in Februa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Van%20Kriedt |
The Lockyer Creek is a creek in South East Queensland, Australia. A tributary of the Brisbane River, the creek is a major drainage system in the Lockyer Valley. Rising on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, the creek flows generally north-easterly for more than before it reaches its confluence with the Bri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockyer%20Creek |
Hat manipulation is a form of juggling in which the manipulator performs feats of skill and dexterity using a brimmed hat such as a bowler hat or a top hat as a prop. Tricks can range from rolling a hat up and down the various parts of the body to throwing and catching the hat in amusing ways. Hat manipulation is often... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat%20manipulation |
José Gómez Ortega (8 May 1895 – 16 May 1920), commonly known as Joselito (), was a Spanish matador in the early twentieth century.
Younger brother of matador de toros Rafael Gómez Ortega ("El Gallo"), Joselito was considered a child prodigy and was the youngest bullfighter to receive the title of matador de toros, at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20G%C3%B3mez%20Ortega |
Hack/Slash is a comic book series, launched from several one shots of the same name, published by Image Comics (previously by Devil's Due Publishing). The series was created by writer and sometime penciller Tim Seeley. The series follows horror victim Cassie Hack as she strikes back at the monsters who prey upon teenag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack/Slash |
Pustoi Island (Taĝilgadax in Aleut) () is an island in the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is 0.3 miles across and is located in Umnak Pass 2 mi north of Ship Rock off the northeast coast of Umnak Island. The name is derived from the Russian "Ostrov Pustoy," meaning "desert island," a na... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pustoi%20Island |
The Gibson Les Paul Doublecut is a double-cutaway version of the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar.
Models
Except for Gibson Custom Shop/Historic models, there are currently four types of the Les Paul double cut model.
Les Paul Studio,
Standard & Pro Doublecut|Les Paul Doublecut 'Pro
Les Paul Faded Doublecut
Les Pau... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson%20Les%20Paul%20Doublecut |
Pouteria caimito, the abiu (), is a tropical fruit tree originating in the Amazonian region of South America. It grows to an average of high, and can grow as high as under good conditions. Its fruits' shape varies from round to oval, pointed at the distal end. When ripe, it has smooth, bright yellow skin and has one... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouteria%20caimito |
Lynn Oliphant is a professor emeritus from the Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan and a founding member of the Prairie Institute for Human Ecology. Oliphant was a frequent candidate for the Green Party of Saskatchewan and a one-time candidate for the Green Party of Canada, bu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn%20Oliphant |
Lieutenant Colonel Ross Laird Ellis (June 15, 1915 – March 10, 1983) was a politician and a military man from Alberta, Canada.
Military career
Ellis primarily served in the Canadian Military. He joined in 1932 and rose through the ranks to become head of The Calgary Highlanders. He retired from active service in 1945 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20Ellis |
Selah is a Hebrew word meaning "pause, reflection", within the context of a prayer or psalms.
Selah may also refer to:
Music
Selah (band), a contemporary Christian trio
"Selah" (Kanye West song) (2019)
"Selah", a song by P.O.D. from Brown
"Selah", a song by Emeli Sandé from Long Live the Angels
"Selah", a song b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selah%20%28disambiguation%29 |
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