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Robbie France (5 December 1959 – 14 January 2012) was an English drummer, record producer, arranger, journalist, music educator, and broadcaster.
Early life
France was born in Sheffield, and emigrated to Australia in March 1972. He studied at the National Academy of Rudimentary Drummers of Australia until 1974, under... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie%20France |
The Sukhoi Su-29 is a Russian two-seat aerobatic aircraft with a 268 kW (360 hp) radial engine. It was designed based on the Su-26 and inherited most of the design and technical features of its predecessor. Due to wide use of composite materials, which make up as much as 60% of the Su-29's aircraft structure, the empty... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi%20Su-29 |
"Yours Truly" is a single by Blindspott released in 2005. It is the fourth track on the band's second album, End the Silence. It peaked at number nine on the New Zealand singles chart.
Track listing
"Yours Truly (Radio Edit)"
"Yours Truly (Alternate Ending)"
"Yours Truly (MPEG Video)"
References
2005 singles
Blindsp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yours%20Truly%20%28song%29 |
Noel David Whelan (; born 30 December 1974) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and radio co-commentator.
As a player, he was a striker who notably played in the Premier League for Leeds United, Coventry City, and Middlesbrough. He also played in the Scottish Premier League with Aberdeen, Livi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel%20Whelan |
North Carolina Highway 226 (NC 226) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Traveling north–south through Western North Carolina, it connects the cities and towns of Grover, Shelby, Marion, Spruce Pine and Bakersville. It also a scenic byway in the South Mountains area and connects with the su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20Highway%20226 |
Bergset is the administrative centre of Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the river Renaelva, about north of the village of Otnes in the largely rural Østerdalen valley. The village has a population (2012) of 243 and a population density of .
Bergset wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergset |
Lehavim () is an affluent town in southern Israel. Founded in 1983 and located in the northern Negev around 15 km north of Beersheba, it is a local council. In it had a population of .
History
Lehavim, originally called "Givat Lahav," covers an area of 2,525 dunams (2.5 km²). It is one of Beersheba's three satellite... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehavim |
The Mihna (, Miḥnat khalaq al-Qurʾān "ordeal [regarding] the createdness of the Qur'an") refers to the period of religious persecution instituted by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun in 833 CE in which religious scholars were punished, imprisoned, or even killed unless they conformed to Muʿtazila doctrine. The policy lasted... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihna |
San Antonio de Areco is a city in northern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and administrative seat of the partido of San Antonio de Areco. It is located on the Areco River away from Buenos Aires city, the country's capital.
San Antonio de Areco was founded in 1730, under the protection of a chapel inaugurated by J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Antonio%20de%20Areco |
Otnes is a village in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the lake Lomnessjøen, about north of the village of Åkre. The municipal centre of Bergset lies about to the north of Otnes.
The village has a population (2021) of 263 and a population density of .
Otnes was the ad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otnes |
Robert Sidney Maestri (December 11, 1899 – May 6, 1974) was mayor of New Orleans from 1936 to 1946 and a key ally of Huey P. Long Jr. and Earl Kemp Long.
Early life
Robert Maestri was born in New Orleans on December 11, 1899, the son of Francesco Maestri of Italian heritage and Angele Lacabe Maestri, of French herita... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Maestri |
The Ebor Festival is a four-day race meeting held at York Racecourse in York, England, each August. The 2021 Ebor Festival took place from 18 to 21 August.
The Ebor festival was established in 1843 with the first running of the Ebor Handicap.
Each of the four days has feature races:
Wednesday is called Juddmonte Int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebor%20Festival |
"I Can Dream, Can't I?," is a popular song written by Sammy Fain with lyrics by Irving Kahal that was published in 1937. It was included in a flop musical, Right This Way. Tommy Dorsey released a hit recording of it the same year, but it was in the postwar years that the song gained its greatest success. Harry James re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Can%20Dream%2C%20Can%27t%20I%3F |
Graphite is one of the allotropes of carbon.
Graphite may also refer to:
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer
Graphite (album), an album by Closterkeller
Graphite Capital, a financial services company based in London
Graphite, Ontario, a community in Canada
Graphite (smart font technology), a font rendering system dev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Robert de Eglesfield (), 1341 founder of The Queen's College, Oxford, and a chaplain of Queen Philippa of Hainault in whose honour he named the college.
Robert was the third son of John of Eglesfield and Beatrix. John was himself third son of Thomas of Eglesfield and Hawisa. Their family held lands in and near Eagles... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20de%20Eglesfield |
Lexington (March 17, 1850 – July 1, 1875) was a United States Thoroughbred race horse who won six of his seven race starts. Perhaps his greatest fame, however, came as the most successful sire of the second half of the nineteenth century; he was the leading sire in North America 16 times, and broodmare sire of many not... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington%20%28horse%29 |
The Bottle Match is a varsity match played between the Camborne School of Mines (CSM) of Exeter University and the Royal School of Mines (RSM) of Imperial College London. The first recorded match between the two sides took place on 16 December 1902.
The Bottle Match started as a rugby union match, but as the schools s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle%20Match |
Kevin G. Davy (born 29 October 1961, Nottingham, UK) is a British jazz trumpeter/flugelhorn player, composer, arranger and bandleader. He has recorded with and toured with Finley Quaye, Lamb, Adam F and Lemn Sissay's Secret Society. He has led the Kevin Davy Quartet (KDQ), D’Semble, and Kevin Davy's Monster Jam . In 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Davy |
The Parque de España (Park of Spain) is an urban complex in Rosario, Argentina. It comprises the park and a cultural centre, with a total surface area of 10,000 m², located near the historical centre of the city, on the coast of the Paraná River.
The park follows the shoreline of the Paraná, with grass and trees, pav... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque%20de%20Espa%C3%B1a |
Forset is a village in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Jøra, about west of the villages of Follebu and Segalstad bru. Forset was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Vestre Gausdal, which existed until 1962 when it became a part of Gausdal Mun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forset |
Leslie Gordon "Les" Benjamin (April 29, 1925 – June 16, 2003) was a Canadian politician who served in the House of Commons of Canada. Benjamin was first elected to the House of Commons in 1968 as a New Democratic Party MP from Saskatchewan. In parliament, as the NDP's Transport critic, he often clashed with Otto Lang o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20Benjamin |
Lookin’ to Get Out is a 1982 American comedy film, directed by Hal Ashby and written by Al Schwartz and Jon Voight, who also stars. The film also stars Ann-Margret and Burt Young. Voight's daughter, Angelina Jolie, then seven years old, makes her acting debut.
Plot
Alex Kovac, playing poker in New York City, drops $1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookin%27%20to%20Get%20Out |
Islas Ildefonso are a group of islands in Chile. The islands belong to the Commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region. They lie west of Isla Hermite, part of Tierra del Fuego, and NNW of Diego Ramirez Islands, but only south of Isla Hoste or to rocks near Isla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ildefonso%20Islands |
Cyborg 2 (released in some countries as Glass Shadow) is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Schroeder. It was produced by Alan Silver and Raju Patel. Schroeder, Mark Geldman and Ron Yanover wrote the screenplay. The film is a direct sequel to 1989's Cyborg, starring Jean Claude Van Damme, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg%202 |
The Rural Municipality of Huron No. 223 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 7 and Division No. 2.
History
The RM of Huron No. 223 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 12, 1910.
Geography
Communities and localities
The fol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural%20Municipality%20of%20Huron%20No.%20223 |
Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Lincoln Square is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets. The neighborhood is bounded by Columbus and Amsterdam avenues to the eas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%20Square%2C%20Manhattan |
The Favor is a 1994 American romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, and written by Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon. It stars Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman, Brad Pitt and Ken Wahl. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman.
Plot
Kathy has seemingly been happily married to P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Favor%20%281994%20film%29 |
Across the Tracks is a 1991 American drama film about track and field directed and written by Sandy Tung. It stars Rick Schroder, Brad Pitt, Carrie Snodgress, and David Anthony Marshall.
Plot
Joe Maloney (Brad Pitt) is a straight A student vying for an athletic scholarship to Stanford. He lives with his mother (Carri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across%20the%20Tracks |
Shawa is a village in the Lower Dir District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Location
This village is 5 km (3 miles) away from Chakdara city, which is located near Churchill Piquet on the banks of the Swat River.
Demographics
Its population is about 10,000, primarily Pashtun people (Pathans) speakin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawa |
Cutting Class is a 1989 American black comedy slasher film directed by Rospo Pallenberg in his directorial debut, written by Steve Slavkin, and starring Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Mull. It was Pitt's first major role.
The film was released direct-to-video by Republic Pictures ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting%20Class |
Pulse is a 1988 American science-fiction horror film written and directed by Paul Golding, drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror, and starring Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joseph Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, and Charles Tyner. The film's title refers to a highly aggressive and intelligent ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse%20%281988%20film%29 |
The Oxford University Society of Change Ringers, founded in 1872, is the official society dedicated to change ringing in Oxford University. Its objects are to promote the art of change ringing in the university and to ring for Sunday services in Oxford during full term.
History
The society was founded by John Edward... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford%20University%20Society%20of%20Change%20Ringers |
Hallsville Independent School District is a public school district based in Hallsville, Texas (USA).
In addition to Hallsville, the district serves a small portion of Longview as well as rural areas in western Harrison County.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Age... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallsville%20Independent%20School%20District |
Rochester Midland Corporation is a closely-held specialty chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Ogden, New York. It has sales and operations in nearly seventy countries, production facilities in Ogden, New York, Aurora, Illinois. It was founded as Rochester Germicide in 1888.
References
Chemical companies o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester%20Midland%20Corporation |
The Blood Oranges is a 1997 erotic drama film directed by Philip Haas and starring Sheryl Lee, James C Ronning, Laila Robins, Rachael Bella, and Aida López. It is based on the 1970 erotic cult novel The Blood Oranges by John Hawkes. The film depicts two western couples, one with children, coming together in the fiction... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blood%20Oranges%20%28film%29 |
The Smokers is a 2000 American black comedy film directed and written by Christina Peters. It was released on DVD on February 5, 2002.
Plot
Three rebellious teenage girls decide to even the score in the battle of the sexes. Looking back a few years after the events depicted, Jefferson Roth (who, along with her sisters... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Smokers%20%28film%29 |
The Slumber Party Massacre (also known as The Slumber Party Murders in the United Kingdom) is a 1982 American slasher film directed by Amy Holden Jones and written by Rita Mae Brown. It is the first installment in the Slumber Party Massacre series, and stars Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, and Michael Villella. The fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Slumber%20Party%20Massacre |
Fenton, Murray and Jackson was an engineering company at the Round Foundry off Water Lane in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Fenton, Murray and Wood
Fenton Murray and Wood was founded in the 1790s by ironfounder Matthew Murray and textile machine engineer David Wood to build machine tools (mainly for the tex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenton%2C%20Murray%20and%20Jackson |
The Rural Municipality of Lumsden No. 189 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 and Division No. 2. It is located in the south-east portion of the province.
History
The RM of Lumsden No. 189 incorporated as a rural municipality on Decem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural%20Municipality%20of%20Lumsden%20No.%20189 |
To Sleep with Anger is a 1990 American black comedy film written and directed by Charles Burnett.
In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It had a remastered home media rel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To%20Sleep%20with%20Anger |
Henry Clay Van Voorhis (May 11, 1852 – December 12, 1927) was a United States Congressman from Muskingum Co., Ohio.
Biography
He was born to Daniel and Jane (Roberts) Van Voorhis in Nashport, Ohio.
His father moved to Muskingum Co., Ohio from Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1812 with his parents,
and became a mem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.%20Clay%20Van%20Voorhis |
House of the Long Shadows is a 1983 British comedy horror film directed by Pete Walker. It is notable for featuring four iconic horror film stars (Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine) together for the first and only time. The screenplay by Michael Armstrong is based on the 1913 novel Seven ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20the%20Long%20Shadows |
This article comprises a list of characters that play a role in Saint Seiya (also known as Knights of the Zodiac) and its canonical continuation, Saint Seiya: Next Dimension, two manga series created, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada.
The plot of Saint Seiya begins in 1986, spanning until 1990, and follows a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Saint%20Seiya%20characters |
Nigel Tetley (8 February 1924 – 2 February 1972) was a British sailor who was the first person to circumnavigate the world solo in a trimaran.
The race
A native of South Africa, and a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy, Tetley entered the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, which was the first non-stop, single-h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel%20Tetley |
The United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (in case citations, W.D. Ark.) is a federal court in the Eighth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The District was established on March 3, 1851,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20District%20Court%20for%20the%20Western%20District%20of%20Arkansas |
Smokefree RockQuest 2005 is a compilation album featuring the finalists from the 2005 high school "battle of the bands" Rockquest held annually in New Zealand. This event was held in the Wellington Town Hall on Saturday 3 September 2005.
The judges of this year's event were Anika Moa, Willy McAlistair from The Edge, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokefree%20RockQuest%202005 |
Stepfather II (also known as Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy) is a 1989 American psychological slasher film directed by Jeff Burr and written by John Auerbach. It is a sequel to The Stepfather (1987) and stars Terry O'Quinn as the title character. The cast includes Meg Foster, Caroline Williams, and Jonathan Brandis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepfather%20II |
Galford can refer to:
Ellen Galford, American-born Scottish writer
Galford near Lew Trenchard in Devon, England; the likely site of Gafulford where a battle took place in 825 AD
Galford D. Weller, a character from the Samurai Shodown game series
Robert M. Galford, American author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galford |
Paulo Sérgio Rosa, usually known as Viola (born 1 January 1969), is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. He was given his nickname in his youth, which was a reference to the brand–name of his first pair of football boots.
Career
Viola is famous for his strong personality on the pitch and great appear... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola%20%28footballer%29 |
Bloody Birthday is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Ed Hunt, produced by Gerald T. Olson, and starring Susan Strasberg, José Ferrer, and Lori Lethin. Its plot follows a group of three children born on the same day during a solar eclipse who begin committing murders on their tenth birthdays. Despite mixed recept... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody%20Birthday |
Immaterial may refer to:
The opposite of matter, material, materialism, or materialistic
Maya (illusion), a concept in all Indian religions, that all matter is a grand illusion
Incorporeality
Immaterialism, including subjective idealism (and other idealism/mentalism/spiritualism)
Immaterial financial matters, in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaterial |
Fluberg is a village in Søndre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located near the north end of the Randsfjorden, about north of the village of Hov and about to the southeast of the village of Dokka. The village was the administrative centre of the old Fluberg Municipality which existed fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluberg |
Frederica Lucy "Rica" Erickson , née Sandilands, (10 August 1908 – 8 September 2009) was an Australian naturalist, botanical artist, historian, author and teacher. Without any formal scientific training, she wrote extensively on botany and birds, as well as genealogy and general history. Erickson authored ten books, co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rica%20Erickson |
Al-Qādisiyyah may refer to:
Places
Al-Qādisiyyah (historical city), the name of a historical city in southern Mesopotamia, along an important trade route
Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, a province in southern Iraq, with its capital at Ad-Diwāniyyah
Al-Qādisiyyah, Kuwait, a suburb of Kuwait City
Lake Qadisiyah, a man-ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Q%C4%81disiyyah |
The Funhouse is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper, written by Larry Block and starring Elizabeth Berridge, Kevin Conway, William Finley, Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin, Largo Woodruff, Wayne Doba, and Sylvia Miles. The film's plot concerns four teenagers who become trapped in a dark ride at a local c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Funhouse |
Freawaru, introduced in l. 2020 of the poem Beowulf, is the daughter of King Hroðgar and Queen Wealhþeow.
Freawaru is a freoðuwebbe or peace-weaver (an important concept in the poem) who is married to Ingeld, King of the Heaðobards and son of Froda. This marriage was created as a means of ending a feud between the two... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freawaru |
Tallest peaks in the UK (including overseas territories)
Counties
See List of English counties by highest point for tops of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties, and List of counties of England and Wales in 1964 by highest point for historic county tops.
Hill ranges in England
Lake District – Scafell Pik... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20highest%20points%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom |
Jaime Augusto Miranda Zóbel de Ayala (born March 6, 1959), also known as Jaime Augusto Zóbel, is a Filipino businessman from the prominent Zóbel de Ayala family. He currently serves as the chairman of Ayala Corporation since 2016. He succeeded his father, Jaime Zóbel de Ayala, as the company's president and CEO in 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime%20Augusto%20Zobel%20de%20Ayala |
Poor Boy may refer to:
Poor Boy (film), a 2016 American Western film
Poor Boy (Elvis Presley song), a 1956 song performed by Elvis Presley
"Poor Boy" (Split Enz song), a 1980 song by Split Enz, covered in 1995 by ENZSO
"Poor Boy (The Greenwood)", a 1974 song by Electric Light Orchestra
"Poor Boy," a song from the Davi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor%20Boy |
Rothko are an English, London-based mainly instrumental ambient group. The group mainly use bass guitars and keyboards to create their soundscapes. They derived their name from the painter Mark Rothko. They have been described by others as post-rock for their use of a rock instrument, the bass guitar, to create what is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothko%20%28band%29 |
Benjamin Hicks was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was a Federalist member of the New York State Assembly, from Rensselaer Co. in 1792-93, 1794 and 1795; and from Otsego Co. in 1800-01.
Members of the New York State Assembly
New York (state) Federalists
People from Rensselaer County, New York
People fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Hicks |
is a protagonist in the Saint Seiya media franchise, which originated in the manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada, that subsequently inspired an anime series, soundtracks, OVAs, films, video games, and other collectibles. He is one of the strongest characters in the series, although his ge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%20Shun |
Rachel Hetherington (born 23 April 1972) is an Australian professional golfer playing on the American LPGA Tour. Hetherington played under her married name, Rachel Teske, from 2001–04.
Career overview
Hetherington was born in Port Macquarie, Australia. One of the greatest golfers to come out of Australia, she had a ve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Hetherington |
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (; formerly named the Tongue River) is the federally recognized Northern Cheyenne tribe. Located in southeastern Montana, the reservation is approximately in size and home to approximately 6,000 Cheyenne people. The tribal and government headquart... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Cheyenne%20Indian%20Reservation |
Lewis Lovering Morgan (March 2, 1876 – June 10, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician from Covington, Louisiana. He served in the United States House of Representatives from November 5, 1912, to March 4, 1917, from Louisiana's 6th congressional district.
References
Lewis Lovering Morgan," A Dictionary of Louisia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20L.%20Morgan |
Stephen B. Pence (born December 22, 1953, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American attorney who was the 53rd lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. He took office with fellow Republican Ernie Fletcher in December 2003.
Education
Pence received BS (1976) and MBA (1978) degrees from Easter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Pence |
Haggard is a British TV comedy series, which aired from 27 January 1990 to 30 August 1992. Starring Keith Barron, Reece Dinsdale, Sam Kelly and William Simons.
It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television, and based on Squire Haggard's Journal by Michael Green, more famous for his The Art of Coarse... books... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggard%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Al-Qādisiyyah () is a historical city in southern Mesopotamia, southwest of al-Hillah and al-Kūfah in Iraq. It is most famous as the site of the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in c. 636, which saw a force of Arab-Muslim invaders defeat a larger army sent by the Sasanian Empire.
Commercial importance
Prior to the Arab conques... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qadisiyyah%20%28historical%20city%29 |
GWR 2800 Class No. 2807 is one of the surviving members of the Great Western Railway's 2800 Class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives, also known as the 28XX class.
2807 holds multiple records due to its age; it is,
the oldest survivor of the 2800 Class
the oldest survivor of George Jackson Churchward's standard locomotives
th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR%202800%20Class%202807 |
Dundas is a surname and a Scottish clan (Clan Dundas). Notable people with the surname include:
Adela (Ada) Dundas (1840–1887), Scottish artist
Charles Dundas (disambiguation), multiple people
David Dundas (disambiguation), multiple people
Francis Dundas (c. 1759–1824), British army officer
George Dundas (disambig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundas%20%28surname%29 |
Europos Parkas (the "Park of Europe") is a 50-hectare open-air museum located 17 km from Vilnius, Lithuania. The museum gives an artistic significance to the geographic centre of the European continent (as determined by the French National Geographic Institute in 1989) and presents Lithuanian and international modern... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europos%20Parkas |
Kelly Robbins (born September 29, 1969) is a former American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1992 and won nine LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.
Amateur career
Robbins was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. She started playing golf at the age of 8. She a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Robbins |
Pediatric Research is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal in the field of pediatrics and the official publication of the American Pediatric Society, the European Society for Paediatric Research, and the Society for Pediatric Research. It is published for the International Pediatric Research Foundation by Springer N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediatric%20Research |
Time Lock is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Gerald Thomas. The plot is about a six-year-old boy who is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy. The film features a young, pre-James Bond Sean Connery. The boy is played by Vince... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20Lock |
Deborah C. Wright (born 1958) is a board member of Citigroup Inc. (Audit, Consumer Compliance and Ethics and Culture Committees), Time Warner, Inc. (Audit Committee Chair) and Voya Financial (Finance Committee Chair). She is a member of the Board of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (Executive Committee and Audit ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%20Wright |
Marigold may refer to:
Marigold (color), a yellow-orange color
It may also refer to:
Plants
In the genus Calendula:
Common marigold, Calendula officinalis (also called pot marigold, ruddles, or Scotch marigold)
In the genus Tagetes:
African marigold or Aztec marigold, Tagetes erecta
French marigold, Tagetes p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marigold |
The administrative divisions of Chad have often changed since 1900, when the territory was first created by France as part of its colonial empire, with the name Territoire Militaire des pays et protectorats du Tchad. The first subdivision took place in 1910, when 9 circumscriptions were made, named départements (depart... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative%20divisions%20of%20Chad |
Helmut Gröttrup (12 February 1916 – 4 July 1981) was a German engineer, rocket scientist and inventor of the smart card. During World War II, he worked in the German V-2 rocket program under Wernher von Braun. From 1946 to 1950 he headed a group of 170 German scientists who were forced to work for the Soviet rocketry p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut%20Gr%C3%B6ttrup |
Chepelare ( ) is the principal town in Chepelare Municipality, part of Smolyan Province in Southern Bulgaria. It is situated in the central part of the Rhodopes, on the banks of Chepelare River. Chepelare is a popular winter resort with one of the longest ski runs in Southeastern Europe. It is located near Pamporovo, o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chepelare |
The following is a list of chief justices of the North Dakota Supreme Court.
See also the List of justices of the North Dakota Supreme Court
External links
North Dakota Supreme Court website
Supreme Court Chief Justices
Nortth Dakota | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20North%20Dakota%20Supreme%20Court%20chief%20justices |
Hildeburh, introduced in line 1071 of the poem, Beowulf, is the daughter of the Danish King Hoc and the wife of the Finn, King of the Frisians. Her story is sung by a scop during festivities in lines 1071-1158.
Hildeburh in her marriage to Finn thus acts as a freothuwebbe or peace-weaver (an important concept in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildeburh |
Portunidae is a family of crabs which contains the swimming crabs. Its members include many well-known shoreline crabs, such as the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and velvet crab (Necora puber). Two genera in the family are contrastingly named Scylla and Charybdis; the former contains the economically important specie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portunidae |
The OPLS (Optimized Potentials for Liquid Simulations) force field was developed by Prof. William L. Jorgensen at Purdue University and later at Yale University, and is being further developed commercially by Schrödinger, Inc.
Functional form
The functional form of the OPLS force field is very similar to that of AMBE... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPLS |
An abatement in pleading, or plea in abatement, was a defence in common law to legal proceedings that did not contest the principle of the plaintiff's right to relief but contended that the plaintiff had made a procedural error and needed to bring fresh proceedings, which followed the correct procedure. The objection c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatement%20in%20pleading |
The Battle of the Weldon Railroad refers to two actions in Virginia during the American Civil War:
The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, also known as the First Battle of the Weldon Railroad
The Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Weldon%20Railroad |
Sir Laurence Stanley Charles Bristow (born 23 November 1963) is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Afghanistan between June and November 2021, notably during the fall of Kabul. He served as British Ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2004 to 2007 and British Ambassador to Russia from 2016 to 2020. He is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie%20Bristow |
Neonatology (formerly Biology of the Neonate) is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering the fields of fetal and neonatal research and is published by Karger Publishers. It was established in 1959 as Biologia Neonatorum and renamed to Biology of the Neonate in 1970, obtaining its current name in 2006. Developmental Ph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatology%20%28journal%29 |
Baron Profumo was a title in the nobility of the Kingdom of Sardinia. It was created by Charles Albert, King of Sardinia, on 30 November 1843 for Antonio Profumo, a Genoese merchant and politician who was President of the Tribunal of Commerce in Genoa. The best known Baron Profumo was the British politician John Profum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron%20Profumo |
Sir Raymond William Garrett, (19 October 1900 – 12 October 1994) was an Australian pilot, military officer, photographer, and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, Garrett served on the Victorian Legislative Council for eighteen years, and was knighted in 1973.
Early life and career
Garrett was born in Kew, in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Garrett |
George Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, KP (26 April 1821 – 6 November 1884), styled Viscount Seaham between 1823 and 1854 and known as The Earl Vane between 1854 and 1872, was a British aristocrat, businessman, diplomat and Conservative politician.
Background and education
Born ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Vane-Tempest%2C%205th%20Marquess%20of%20Londonderry |
The Inkanyamba is a legendary serpent said to be living in a waterfall lake area in the northern forests near Pietermaritzburg most commonly in the base of Howick Falls, South Africa. The Zulu people of the area believe it to be a large serpent with an equine head. It is a very tall creature. Most active in the summer ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkanyamba |
Arcana is Swedish neoclassical dark wave band created in 1994 by Peter Bjärgö.
History
The original band consisted of founder Peter Bjärgö (then Peter Pettersson) and vocalist Ida Bengtsson. Since 2002, Arcana has changed line-up and now consists of Peter Bjärgö, Stefan Eriksson, Ann-Mari Thim, Ia Bjärgö and Mattias B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcana%20%28Swedish%20band%29 |
Sally Anne Marsh (born 14 October 1972) is a British actress and singer. She was a member of Faith Hope & Charity, later becoming the vocalist for a number of groups, including Xpansions, Ariel and Hysterix. Her film credits include The Princess and the Goblin and A Monkey's Tale, and she also appeared in a number of T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%20Ann%20Marsh |
Cheech Wizard is an American underground comics character created by artist Vaughn Bodē. Vaughn created Cheech Wizard on September 26, 1957, at the age of 15. He drew a hat with stars on it with legs sprouting out from beneath the oversized hat. Vaughn spotted a can of Cheechie Nuts on his kitchen table and coined the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheech%20Wizard |
Ellis Gallagher is an artist and painter known primarily for street drawings made by working with different sources of light and shadows and chalk on the streets of New York City, as well as other international destinations. Gallagher was born in Manhattan's East Village. Before his street drawings, he was a graffiti w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis%20Gallagher |
George O. Petrie (November 16, 1912 – November 16, 1997) was an American radio and television actor.
Early years
Petrie was born on November 16, 1912, in New Haven, Connecticut.
Radio
Petrie started in radio drama, including playing the title roles in Charlie Wild, Private Detective and in The Adventures of the Falc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Petrie%20%28actor%29 |
Hear! is the second album by the American glam metal band Trixter. The album was released on October 13, 1992, through MCA Records. Hear! failed to reach the same success of the band's self-titled debut, peaking at No. 109 on the Billboard 200.
The band supported the album by touring with Kiss and Faster Pussycat.
Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear%21 |
Dagga is a word used in certain areas of Southern Africa for cannabis.
Dagga may also refer to:
Dagga (percussion), the stick used on the bass end of a dhol
Dagga (Tabla) - A musical instrument and part of tabla
Dagga Couple (or DC), a South African pro-cannabis lobbyist organisation
Dagga Party, a South African poli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagga%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Below is an alphabetical list, by city, of music conservatories in Italy. Where a Wikipedia article does not yet exist, an external link is provided.
A-L
Adria – Conservatorio di Musica "Antonio Buzzolla"
Alessandria – Conservatorio di Musica "Antonio Vivaldi"
Avellino – Conservatorio di Musica "Domenico Cimarosa" ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20music%20conservatories%20in%20Italy |
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (June 14, 1932, Manhattan, New York City or possibly (unconfirmed) Winston-Salem, North Carolina – March 9, 2004, Chicago) was an American composer whose interests spanned the worlds of jazz, dance, pop, film, television, and classical music. Professionally he was often known as "Coleridge P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleridge-Taylor%20Perkinson |
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