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A prévôt () was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Régime France, typically referring to a civil officer, magistrate, head of cathedral or church, often anglicised as provost. A unit of justice or court overseen by a prévôt was known as a .
The title is still used on the island of Sark, part of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9v%C3%B4t |
Charles Corbett "Corb" Denneny (January 25, 1894 – January 16, 1963) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played professionally from 1912 to 1931, including nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Arenas, Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers and Chicago Black Hawks. Corbett also play... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbett%20Denneny |
A greffier is the clerk to a legislature or a court in some countries where French is, or used to be, the language of the legal system.
The word greffe refers to the records kept by the greffier or the department of government under the greffier's management.
Guernsey
In Guernsey, HM Greffier is the Clerk of the Roy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greffier |
The was the camp follower contingent of the Landsknecht mercenary regiments which originated at the end of the fifteenth century, and were the dominant form of infantry mercenary force throughout the sixteenth century. Each unit traveled with a contingent, which followed behind. They carried the military and fightin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tross |
Profumo may refer to
People
Albert Profumo (1879–1940), English barrister
Alessandro Profumo (born 1957), Italian banker, CEO of Gruppo Unicredit
David Profumo (born 1955), English novelist
Francesco Profumo (born 1953), Dean of the Engineering Faculty of the Politecnico di Torino
John Profumo (1915–2006), Briti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profumo |
Bellenden is a surname, Scottish in origins and an older form of Ballantine/Ballantyne.
It may refer to:
John Bellenden, Scottish writer
John Bellenden (Lord Justice Clerk)
Katherine Bellenden, Scottish courtier
William Bellenden, Scottish classical scholar
Lewis Bellenden, (d. 1591) Scottish lawyer
Bellenden Road is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellenden |
Sakas are described in Sanskrit sources as a Mleccha tribe grouped along with the Yavanas, Tusharas and Barbaras. There were a group of Sakas called Apa Sakas meaning water dwelling Sakas, probably living around some lake in central Asian steppes. Sakas took part in Kurukshetra War.
References in Mahabharata
The regi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakas%20in%20the%20Mahabharata |
Khasas were a north western tribe mentioned in the epic Mahabharata.
References in Mahabharata
Khasas arrived from diverse realms
Khasas were mentioned along with Chivukas and Pulindas and Chinas, Hunas, Pahlavas, Sakas, Yavanas, Savaras, Paundras, Kiratas, Kanchis, Dravidas, Sinhalas and Keralas. All these tribes ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khasas%20%28Mahabharata%29 |
The Ford MTX transmission is a 4 or 5-speed manual transaxle used in some of Ford's front-wheel-drive North American passenger cars (Escort, EXP, Tempo, Taurus and their Mercury counterparts) from 1981 to 1994.
These "MTX's" (1 through 5) are unique to themselves and are not to be confused with Ford's other "MTX" tran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20MTX%20transmission |
Sullivan Upper School is a mixed non-denominational voluntary grammar school in Holywood, Northern Ireland, and has approximately 1,100 enrolled pupils. The school motto is , Irish for "with the gentle hand foremost".
History
Sullivan Lower School (equivalent to a primary school in modern terminology) was founded in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan%20Upper%20School |
, occasionally Chūdan-gamae, or simply Chūdan as it is shortened to in many Japanese martial arts schools that instruct in the use of the katana (sword). Chūdan-no-kamae translates to "middle-level posture", it is also called Seigan-no-kamae (正眼之構) that can be translated to "right posture". In most traditional school... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABdan-no-kamae |
Un tour ensemble is a live album of music written and sung by Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was released by Columbia Records in 2003. It was also released on DVD. It was certified platinum in France for sales of 300,000 copies.
Track listing
CD1
Je marche seul
Répétitions
Nos mains
Petite fille
Encore un matin
Poussière
Je... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un%20tour%20ensemble |
Robert Elisabeth Stolz (25 August 188027 June 1975) was an Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music.
Biography
Stolz was born of musical parents in Graz. His father was conductor and composer Jakob Stolz, his mother was concert pianist Ida Bondy, and he was the great-nephew ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Stolz |
Frédéric Weis (born 22 June 1977) is a French former professional basketball player. Despite being a first round NBA draft pick he never played professionally in North America.
Professional career
During his pro career, Weis played with Unicaja Málaga and Iurbentia Bilbao of the Spanish ACB League, PAOK Thessaloniki i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric%20Weis |
En Passant - Tournée 1998 is a live album by French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman, recorded in 1998 and released in 1999. It was certified platinum in France for sales of 300,000 copies.
Track listing
Disc 1
On ira
Bonne idée
La vie par procuration
Ne lui dis pas
Tout était dit
Elle attend
Le rapt
Pas toi
Elle a fait... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En%20passant%20tourn%C3%A9e%201998 |
Joseph C. Lewis (born 5 February 1937) is a British businessman, investor, and philanthropist who holds a number of assets mainly through his Tavistock Group investment portfolio. He was previously the majority owner of ENIC Group, which is also the majority owner of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, between 1991 until ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Lewis%20%28businessman%29 |
The hemiazygos vein (vena azygos minor inferior) is a vein running superiorly in the lower thoracic region, just to the left side of the vertebral column.
Structure
The hemiazygos vein and the accessory hemiazygos vein, when taken together, essentially serve as the left-sided equivalent of the azygos vein. That is, th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiazygos%20vein |
Karnak Open Air Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor, Egypt. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Precinct of Amon-Re at the Karnak complex.
The Open Air Museum contains reconstructions of structures that have been dismantled and buried or hidden inside the massive pylons in the complex. As Karnak be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak%20Open%20Air%20Museum |
Candlelight Records is a British record label based in London, England, founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bass guitarist Lee Barrett in 1993. The record label originally specialized in black metal, but quickly expanded to various other forms of heavy metal, extreme metal and hard rock, including death metal and me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlelight%20Records |
Brutality or brutal most commonly refers to:
Violence, physical force unlawfully exercised toward property and/or persons
Battery (crime)
Police brutality
Brutality or brutal may also refer to:
Media
Brutal: Paws of Fury, a 1994 video game
Brutality (film), a 1912 film
Brutal (Black Uhuru album), 1986
Brutal (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutality |
David Tartakover (דוד טרטקובר) (born 1944) is an Israeli graphic designer, political activist, artist and design educator.
Biography
David Tartakover was born in Haifa in 1944. His father, Dr. Jacob Tartakover, was a lawyer. His mother, Alexandra Shulamit Tarkatover (originally Gluckstein), was a teacher and the sist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Tartakover |
James Durand (1775 – 22 March 1833) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.
He was born in Abergavenny, Wales in 1775 and came to Upper Canada in 1802 to deal with delinquent accounts on behalf of a group of London merchants. Having seized the Bridgewater Works at Chippawa, Durand purchased the operati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Durand |
Kasmira was a kingdom identified as the Kashmir Valley along the Jhelum River of modern Jammu and Kashmir. During the epic ages this was one among the territories of the Naga race. The Kasmiras were allies of the Kuru king Duryodhana.
References in Mahabharata
All references are listed as Mahabharata, Book number,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasmira%20Kingdom |
Rob Thompson is an American television director, producer and screenwriter.
As a director, his most notable credits include L.A. Law, The Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, M.D., Dream On, Ed, The Chris Isaak Show, Monk and Northern Exposure. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work in the latter series as a part of the p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob%20Thompson%20%28director%29 |
The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti (BET) was until 2008 one of the then 18 regions of Chad, its capital being Faya-Largeau. It comprised the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture. Most of the region was part of the Sahara desert.
In 2008, this region was split into three new regions: Borkou Region, Ennedi Region, and Tibesti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti%20%28region%29 |
Leslie William Morrison (born 29 December 1940), known professionally as Lucky Starr, is an Australian pioneer rock and roll, pop and country music singer, guitarist and television presenter. His most popular single, "I've Been Everywhere", appeared in early 1962, which peaked at number one in Sydney. Starr became well... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky%20Starr%20%28singer%29 |
Martin Kjell Henrik Ericsson (born 4 September 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented IK Brage, IFK Göteborg, Aalborg BK, Brøndby IF, IF Elfsborg, and BK Häcken during a career that spanned between 1998 and 2016. He won nine caps for the Sweden national football tea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Ericsson |
Wales Rugby League is the national governing body for rugby league football in Wales.
In 1907 The Welsh Northern Rugby Football Union was formed in Wrexham, but the English Northern Rugby Football Union refused it affiliation as they wanted the body located in the south of Wales and the Welsh body soon folded.
In 192... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales%20Rugby%20League |
Corsica is a large French island in the Mediterranean Sea.
It may also refer to:
Corsica, Pennsylvania, a town in the United States
Corsica, South Dakota, a town in the United States
Chevrolet Corsica, an automobile model
"Corsica and The Satyr", a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
Corsica, a frog in the webcomi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica%20%28disambiguation%29 |
James Durand (1799–1872) was a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West.
He was born in London, England, the son of James Durand. His brother was named Charles Morrison Durand. He represented Halton County in the 12th Parliament of Upper Canada and the electoral district of Halton West in the 1st ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Durand%20Jr. |
Sega GT 2002 is a sim racing video game published by Sega in 2002. It is the sequel to Wow Entertainment's Sega GT. Following its initial release as a retail game, it was given away on a disc with Jet Set Radio Future in specially-marked Xbox console packages. Sega released Sega GT Online for the following year, with e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega%20GT%202002 |
Andrew Yarranton (1619–1684) was an important English engineer in the 17th century who was responsible for making several rivers into navigable waterways.
Biography
He was born at Astley, just south of the town of Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire, and was from a yeoman family. He was apprenticed to a linen drape... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Yarranton |
The Mania Spyder was a Swedish kit car company in Falköping selling a sports roadster based on either VW Beetle or spaceframe chassis. They advertised that a formula spaceframe made for motorcycle engines would be available in spring 2001. It was designed by the automotive designer and guitar builder Ulf Bolumlid of De... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania%20Spyder |
The Soteria model is a milieu-therapeutic approach developed to treat acute schizophrenia, usually implemented in Soteria houses.
Based on a recovery model, the common elements of the Soteria approach include the use of primarily non-medical staff, limited to no use of antipsychotic medication, and the preservation o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soteria%20%28psychiatric%20treatment%29 |
Ruben Bagger (born 16 January 1972) is a former Danish football player, who spent his entire professional career for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga, and played more than 300 matches for the club. He won five Danish Superliga championships and three Danish Cup trophies with Brøndby. Bagger played in the position of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben%20Bagger |
The New Zealand demoiselle, Chromis dispilus, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found between North Cape and East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 60 metres, off rocky coasts. Its length is between 15 and 20 cm. Males are highly territorial as they defend their nesting area from other male... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20demoiselle |
Coventry Phoenix are Coventry's female ice hockey team. The team was established in 2003, and currently competes in Division One (South) of the British Women's Leagues. They play out of the SkyDome Arena, in city centre Coventry, the same venue as the Coventry Blaze men's professional ice hockey teams.
History
The Ph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry%20Phoenix |
Delta commonly refers to:
Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
River delta, at a river mouth
D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
Delta Air Lines, US
Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also refer to:
Places
Canada
Delta, British Columbia
Delta (electoral district), a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta |
Culverhouse Cross () is a district straddling the boundary between Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, in the community of Wenvoe.
The district is centred on a major traffic roundabout that links West Cardiff to the M4 motorway and is home to a number of different retail outlets, and formerly ITV Wales's headqua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culverhouse%20Cross |
Psych Onation is a Swedish pop-rock music band partly formed by former members of Lambretta.
Psych Onation was started in 2005 after Linda Sundblad, the lead vocalist of Lambretta, announced she would be releasing a solo record thereby causing the end of Lambretta. Marcus Nowak and Petter Lantz from Lambretta were joi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych%20Onation |
The Famine of 1866–1868 was the last famine in Finland, and (along with the subsequent Swedish famine of 1867-1869) the last major famine in Northern Europe.
In Finland, the famine is known as "the great hunger years", or . About 8.5% of the entire population died of hunger; in the hardest-hit areas up to 20%. The tot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish%20famine%20of%201866%E2%80%931868 |
Mado may refer to:
Biology
Mado (fish) (in New Zealand), Atypichthys latus, a species of perciform fish
Geography
Mado, Burkina Faso, a village in south-western Burkina Faso
Mado Gashi (also Modogashe), a small remote town in the Eastern Province of Kenya
Mado (마도 馬島), an island in Hadong County, South Gyeongsang Pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mado |
Jaak Uudmäe (born 3 September 1954) is an Estonian former triple jumper and long jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the gold medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set a personal best of in his Olympic victory – a mark which remains the Estonian record.
In 1979 and 1980, Uudmäe was acknowledged as Est... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaak%20Uudm%C3%A4e |
In Cook Islands mythology, Varima-te-takere ("goddess of the beginning") also called Vari ( ), was the primordial mother of the gods and mortals.
According to Gill, Vari, a female spirit or demon of flesh and blood, was admitted to the lowest depth of the interior of Avaiki, a place described as resembling a vast hol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varima-te-takere |
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ (; 1151–1171), better known by his regnal name al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn Allāh (), was the fourteenth and last caliph of the Fatimid dynasty, and the twenty-fourth imam of the Hafizi Isma'ili branch of Shi'a Islam, reigning from 1160 to 1171.
Like his two immediate predecessors, al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Adid |
Glamorgan sausage () is a traditional Welsh vegetarian sausage for which the main ingredients are cheese (usually Caerphilly), leeks and breadcrumbs. It is named after the historic county of Glamorgan in Wales.
The earliest published mention of the dish is from the 1850s in the book Wild Wales by George Borrow, althou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamorgan%20sausage |
Maria Angelita Ressa (; born Maria Angelita Delfin Aycardo on October 2, 1963) is a Filipino and American journalist. She is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler. She previously spent nearly two decades working as a lead investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN. She will become Professor of Professional Practice i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Ressa |
Jean Danjou (15 April 1828 – 30 April 1863) was a decorated captain of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. He commanded the two lieutenants and 62 legionnaires who fought the Battle of Camarón during the French intervention in Mexico, in which he was killed.
Education
Jean Danjou was born in Chalabre, he enrolled i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Danjou |
Sanmao () was the pen name of Echo Chen Ping (born Chen Mao-ping; 26 March 1943 – 4 January 1991), a Chinese writer and translator. Her works range from autobiographical writing, travel writing and reflective novels, to translations of Spanish-language comic strips. She studied philosophy and taught German before becom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanmao%20%28writer%29 |
Ålesund Airport (, ), or alternatively Ålesund Vigra Airport, is an international airport serving the town of Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the island of Vigra in Giske Municipality and features a runway aligned 07/25. The airport served 1,077,209 passengers in 2013, making it the tenth-b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund%20Airport%2C%20Vigra |
The Sugar River State Trail is a long, , recreation rail trail in Wisconsin.
This trail connects four communities: New Glarus, Monticello, Albany and Brodhead. The limestone-surfaced trail is on an abandoned railroad bed, and is used for bicycling, hiking, and snowmobiling. The trail follows the course of the Littl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20River%20State%20Trail |
Eastwood Village, formerly Eastwood Mall, was a shopping mall located in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Its location was between Montclair Road and Crestwood Boulevard (U.S. Highway 78), adjacent to I-20, between Mountain Brook and Irondale.
When it opened on August 25, 1960, Eastwood Mall was the second enclosed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastwood%20Village |
Isora may refer to:
1374 Isora, an asteroid
Artemis Isora, in Greek Mythology
Azumi-no-isora, a Japanese Deity
Helicteres isora, or Indian screw tree
Isora (beetle), a ladybird beetle genus
See also
Išorai, a village in Kaunas County, Lithuania
IsoRay, a medical company | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isora |
The Greenbrier River Trail (GRT), is a lineal state park comprising a rail trail between North Caldwell and Cass in eastern West Virginia.
The GRT route and its contours were originally engineered by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, serving as a passenger and freight line before becoming unviable after the Great Depr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbrier%20River%20Trail |
The UK–US extradition treaty of 2003 was implemented by the UK in the Extradition Act 2003 and came into force in April 2007 following its ratification by the US Senate in 2006.
Controversy
The treaty has been claimed to be one-sided because it allows the US to demand extradition of British citizens and other national... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US%20extradition%20treaty%20of%202003 |
Pensions in the United States consist of the Social Security system, public employees retirement systems, as well as various private pension plans offered by employers, insurance companies, and unions.
History
While various iterations of what could be considered pensions existed before the declared independence of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensions%20in%20the%20United%20States |
Linda Caroline Sundblad (born 5 July 1981, in Lidköping) is a Swedish singer, actress and model.
Career
Lambretta
Dropping out of school at the age of 15 to join the pop rock music band Lambretta, she experienced much success at a young age. After releasing three albums with Lambretta, she decided in Autumn 2005 to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20Sundblad |
Yutte Stensgaard (born 14 May 1946) is a Danish actress born in Thisted, Jutland, Denmark, best known for her starring role in Hammer's Lust for a Vampire (1971).
Career
Born Jytte Stensgaard, she moved to the United Kingdom to improve her English in 1963. She worked as an au pair, studied stenography and became a mod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutte%20Stensgaard |
Abūʾl-Qāsim ʿĪsā ibn al-Ẓāfir (; 1149–1160), better known by his regnal name al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr Allāh (), was the thirteenth and penultimate Fatimid caliph, reigning in Egypt from 1154 to 1160, and the 23rd imam of the Hafizi Ismaili branch of Shi'a Islam. Al-Fa'iz was raised to the throne at the age of five after the mu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fa%27iz%20bi-Nasr%20Allah |
David Villalpando (born January 2, 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. His break out role was in the film El Norte (1983).
Since then he has had small roles in US films such as The Arrival, The Mask of Zorro, and the John Sayles film Men with Guns (1997).
He was also in an episode in the television serie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Villalpando |
Aircraft design may refer to:
An aircraft design as defined by type definition documentation:
Type certificate, for certified aircraft
Airworthiness certificate, a legal document
Standard Airworthiness Certificate, for certified aircraft
Special Airworthiness Certificate, for non-certified aircraft types
Aircraft des... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft%20design |
Ellman's was a major catalog merchant. It was located in suburban locations of Georgia and North Carolina, mainly Atlanta and Charlotte. Directly competing with Service Merchandise, Ellman's was ultimately bought out by Service Merchandise in 1985 and all stores were converted to Service Merchandise.
Ellman's corporat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellman%27s |
Ken Sutcliffe (born 15 November 1947) is an Australian sporting journalist and radio and television personality.
Career
Sutcliffe was born in Oberon, New South Wales and grew up in Mudgee. He started his radio career in 1966 in Mudgee, followed by a stint as a general announcer at 2LF Young, and began work on televi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Sutcliffe |
was a Mitsubishi Ki-15 Karigane airplane, (registration J-BAAI) sponsored by the newspaper Asahi Shimbun. It became famous on April 9, 1937, as the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly from Japan to Europe. The flight from Tokyo to London took 51 hours, 17 minutes and 23 seconds and was piloted by Masaaki Iinuma (191... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze%20%281937%20aircraft%29 |
The National Air and Space Museum Trophy was established in 1985. The trophy presented to the winners is a miniature version of "The Web of Space," a sculpture by artist John Safer.
The National Air and Space Museum presents this trophy annually to recognize both past and present achievements involving the management ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Air%20and%20Space%20Museum%20Trophy |
Asbjørn Sennels (17 January 1979 – 9 July 2023) was a Danish professional footballer who played as a left-back. He made two appearances for the Denmark national team.
Club career
Born in Brabrand, Aarhus Municipality, Denmark, Sennels started his football career playing for local lower-league clubs Brabrand IF and Sko... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbj%C3%B8rn%20Sennels |
James R. Crotty (December 26, 1940 – January 9, 2023) was an American Post-Keynesian macroeconomist whose research in theory and policy attempts to integrate the complementary analytical strengths of the Marxian and Keynesian traditions. He has made contributions to the social structure of accumulation (SSA) theory; t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Crotty%20%28economist%29 |
Motukorea or Browns Island is a small New Zealand island, in the Hauraki Gulf north of Musick Point, one of the best preserved volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. The age of eruption is about 25,000 years ago, when the Tāmaki Estuary and the Waitemata Harbour were forested river valleys. Due to centuries of culti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motukorea |
Cromer Ridge is a ridge of old glacial moraines (terminal moraine) that stands next to the coast adjacent to Cromer, Norfolk, England. Cromer Ridge seems to have been the front line of the ice sheet for some time at the last glaciation, which is shown by the large size of the feature. All the material that was dredged ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromer%20Ridge |
A catalog merchant (catalogue merchant in Commonwealth English) is a form of retailing. The typical merchant sells a wide variety of household and personal products, with many emphasizing jewelry. Unlike a self-serve retail store, most of the items are not displayed; customers select the products from printed catalogs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalog%20merchant |
The Royal Spanish Rugby Federation () is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Spain.
The Spanish Rugby Federation was founded in 1923, and joined the International Rugby Football Board, later known as the International Rugby Board and now as World Rugby, in 1988. It is located in Madrid.
See also
Spai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20Rugby%20Federation |
Baal-e-Jibril (; or Gabriel's Wing; published in Urdu, 1935) is a philosophical poetry book by Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the great poet-philosopher of the South Asia.
Introduction
Iqbal's first book of poetry in Urdu, Bang-i-Dara (1924), was followed by Bal-i-Jibril in 1935 and Zarb-i-Kalim in 1936. Bal-i-Jibril is rega... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%27s%20Wing |
Eshott Airfield is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) World War II airfield in the civil parish of Thirston, in the county of Northumberland, England, north of Newcastle, and midway between Morpeth and Alnwick. It is also known as Bockenfield Aerodrome.
Second World War
From 10 November 1942 during the Second World War i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshott%20Airfield |
Red Cockroaches (Spanish: Cucarachas Rojas) is a film released in 2003. This feature film was the debut production of Miguel Coyula and was the result of a two-year effort on a tiny budget of $2,000. Shot entirely using a portable digital camcorder and edited on a home computer, Red Cockroaches is an example of DIY cin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Cockroaches |
Jed Davis (born July 7, 1975 in Farmingdale, New York) is an American musician based in New York City. He sings and plays keyboards as a solo artist and with The Hanslick Rebellion, Collider, and Skyscape.
Music career
Skyscape and early solo work
As a high-school senior, keyboardist Davis formed the band Skyscape ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jed%20Davis |
Newman Smith High School is a public high school in Carrollton, Texas, United States in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. The school opened in 1975, and is named after the former CFBISD superintendent Newman Smith. Smith High School serves sections of Carrollton and Dallas. In 2015, the school ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newman%20Smith%20High%20School |
Stephen John Harrington (28 May 1959 – 12 February 2015), known professionally as Steve Strange, was a Welsh singer. From the late 1970s, he was a nightclub host and promoter. He became famous as the leader of the new wave synth-pop group Visage, best known for their single "Fade to Grey", and was one of the most influ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Strange |
The one-spot puller (in New Zealand) or brown puller (in Australia), Chromis hypsilepis, is a damselfish of the genus Chromis, found off south-east Australia and between North Cape and East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand to depths of about 60 metres, off rocky coasts. It grows to a length between 15 and 20 ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-spot%20puller |
Flickerball is a group sport played with an American football in similar situations to dodgeball, such as Gym Class/PE (Physical Education) classes. It is played in a group of 6 to 40 players who are equally divided into two teams. The teams separate on opposite sides of an area such a gymnasium, parking lot, or field... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickerball |
Courtenay Place is the main street of the Courtenay Quarter in the Wellington inner-city district of Te Aro.
Courtenay Place is known for its entertainment and nightlife. Many restaurants are open late and most of the bars stay open until dawn. It contains offices, accommodation, tourist shopping, entertainment, food,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay%20Place%2C%20Wellington |
Zarb-i-Kalim (or The Rod of Moses; ) is a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal in Urdu, a poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent. It was published in 1936, two years before his death.
Introduction
This is third collection of Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal's poetry, which described as his political manifesto. It w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rod%20of%20Moses |
Imaro is a sword and sorcery novel written by Charles R. Saunders, and published by DAW Books in 1981. It may have been one of the first forays into the sword and sorcery genre by a black author. Saunders wrote and had published two more books in the series, The Quest for Cush in 1984 and The Trail of Bohu in 1985. In ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaro |
Saint Michael Maleinos (, –12 July 961) was a Byzantine monk who commanded great respect among Christians of Asia Minor. He was the brother of general Constantine Maleinos and uncle of Nikephoros Phokas, who was greatly influenced by Michael and became Byzantine emperor several years after Michael's death. His feast da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Maleinos |
Yıldırım Demirören (born 6 October 1964) is a Turkish businessman, former chair of the Istanbul-based Turkish multisports club Beşiktaş, and former president of the Turkish Football Federation.
He owns part of Demirören Şirketler Grubu (Demirören Group), which was founded in 1964 and are focused on liquid gas distrib... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m%20Demir%C3%B6ren |
Garden Peach tomatoes are a cultivar of tomato, native South American fruit mainly from Peru. Its small, bright yellow fruit is the standard globe shape of tomato. With its yellow coloring, blushing vaguely pink mottling when very ripe, and fuzzy skin, it resembles a peach. This cultivar is also extremely prolific. It ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden%20Peach |
Training Command was the Royal Air Force's command responsible for flying and ground training from 1936 to 1940 and again from 1968 to 1977. Training Command was formed from RAF Inland Area on 1 May 1936 and absorbed into RAF Support Command on 13 June 1977. From 27 May 1940 to 1 June 1968, Training Command did not exi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF%20Training%20Command |
Multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY) is a key management protocol that is intended for use with real-time applications. It can specifically be used to set up encryption keys for multimedia sessions that are secured using SRTP, the security protocol commonly used for securing real-time communications such as VoIP.
MIKEY ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIKEY |
Ganesh Ghosh (22 June 1900 – 16 October 1994) was an Indian independence activist, revolutionary and politician.
Biography
Ganesh Ghosh born in a Kayastha family which hailed from Chittagong, now in Bangladesh. In 1922, he took admission in the Bengal Technical Institute in Calcutta. Later, he became a member of the C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesh%20Ghosh |
NBA Countdown, branded for sponsorship purposes as NBA Countdown Presented by DraftKings Sportsbook for ESPN editions and NBA Countdown Presented by Papa John's for ABC editions respectively, is a pregame television show airing prior to National Basketball Association (NBA) telecasts on ABC and ESPN. The networks hav... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA%20Countdown |
Dungeons of Daggorath is one of the first real-time, first-person perspective role-playing video games. It was produced by DynaMicro for the TRS-80 Color Computer in 1983. A sequel, Castle of Tharoggad, was released in 1988.
Gameplay
Dungeons of Daggorath was one of the first games that attempted to portray three-dime... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons%20of%20Daggorath |
Robert McLachlan FRS (10 April 183723 May 1904) was an English entomologist specializing in the study of lacewings (Neuroptera) and caddisflies (Trichoptera).
Life
McLachlan was born in London on 10 April 1837, one of five children of Hugh McLachlan and Hannah (Thompson) McLachlan. His father was a successful manufact... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20McLachlan%20%28entomologist%29 |
Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova (; born December 21, 1958) is a Russian former track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union and competed in the high jump. She is the 1983 World Champion, the 1987 World Championship silver medallist, the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist, and is a former world record holder, with cle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara%20Bykova |
Master of the Hunt or Huntmaster can refer to
A court appointment in royal households
Master of the hunt (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), Polish court official
Grand Huntsman of France, a French court official
An office held in the organization of hunting in a particular area, such as the Master of foxhounds in hunts... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20the%20hunt |
Rambutan is a family of encryption technologies designed by the Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG), the technical division of the United Kingdom government's secret communications agency, GCHQ.
It includes a range of encryption products designed by CESG for use in handling confidential (not secret) comm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan%20%28cryptography%29 |
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is a global alternative investment firm with assets across credit, private equity, and real estate strategies. The firm is based in New York City, and run by Steve Feinberg, who co-founded Cerberus in 1992, with William L. Richter, who serves as a senior managing director. The firm has... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus%20Capital%20Management |
Izuka may refer to:
Shōzō Iizuka
Iizuka, Fukuoka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izuka |
Incontrolable is an album by the Spanish ska punk band Ska-P. It was released in 2004 and recorded live in Switzerland, Italy and France. It also includes a DVD with 13 of the tracks from the album.
The cover depicts the band's fully laden tour bus being driven recklessly by Gato López, who is also "giving the claw", ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incontrolable |
Sturtevant may refer to:
Aaron Paul Sturtevant (born 1979), better known as Aaron Paul, American actor
Albert D. Sturtevant (1894–1918), American naval officer
Albert Morey Sturtevant (1876–1957), American academic of Scandinavian philology
Alfred Sturtevant (1891–1970), American geneticist
Beaumelle Sturtevant-P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturtevant |
Czesława Gospodarek (née Cieślak; 10 June 1938 – 5 December 2011), known by her stage name Violetta Villas, was a Polish and international cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter. Her voice was characterized as coloratura soprano, which spanned over four octaves. She could play the piano, violin, and tro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violetta%20Villas |
IXS may refer to:
IXS, IATA code for Silchar Airport in Assam, India
IXS Enterprise, a conceptual interstellar faster-than-light spacecraft designed by NASA scientist Dr. Harold G. White
Inelastic X-ray scattering (IXS) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IXS |
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