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McCann is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Cana meaning "son of Cana". The Irish given name Cana literally means "cub", specifically alluding to a "wolf cub" (i.e. a young warrior). The Mac Cana were a Gaelic Irish clan who held the lands of Clancann and Clanbrassil, together known as Oneilland, in w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCann%20%28surname%29 |
Ernest Charles Auguste Candèze was a Belgian doctor and entomologist who was born 22 February 1827 at Liège and died in Glain, 30 June 1898.
He studied in Liège under Jean Theodore Lacordaire (1801–1870), then studied medicine in Paris and Liège. Following Lacordaire's advice he joined the circle of entomologists in L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Cand%C3%A8ze |
Tom Fuccello (December 11, 1936 – August 16, 1993) was an American actor, who was born in Newark, New Jersey.
Initially a theatre actor, Fuccello appeared in Broadway productions of Butterflies Are Free, The Unknown Soldier and His Wife, and Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been? in the 1970s. His first notable screen ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Fuccello |
Brenna O'Brien (born March 9, 1991) is a Canadian actress and artist. She is best known for voicing Rin in the anime series Inuyasha. Brenna O'Brien was in the original pilot of The Middle in 2007 also starring Ricki Lake and Atticus Shaffer. This pilot was then re-created in 2009 with the current cast.
Career
Brenna ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenna%20O%27Brien |
Donald Harcourt De Lue (October 5, 1897 – August 26, 1988) was an American sculptor, best known for his public monuments.
Life and career
De Lue was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and later served as an assistant to sculptors Richard Henry Recchia and Robert P. Baker. This... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20De%20Lue |
Fredrika Stahl (born 24 October 1984) is a Swedish singer and songwriter signed to Sony Music in France. Her style is a mix of jazz and pop. Along with singing, Fredrika plays the piano and guitar.
Her debut album, A Fraction of You was released in 2006. It features musicians such as Tom McClung (piano, also arrangeme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrika%20Stahl |
Deborah Marie Tranelli (born July 6, 1955) is an American actress and singer.
Tranelli is best known for her recurring role in the soap opera Dallas as Phyllis, secretary to Bobby Ewing (played by Patrick Duffy). She appeared in the series from 1981 to its end in 1991. Her acting career has included roles on televisio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%20Tranelli |
Piper may refer to:
People
Piper (given name)
Piper (surname)
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
Comics
Piper (Morlock), in the Marvel Universe
Piper (Mutate), in the Marvel Universe
Television
Piper Chapman, lead character in the American comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black
Piper Halliwe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper |
StrangeSearch is a free, open-source indexing and search engine for Windows by Jeremy Davis and Dan Dunham. It was originally developed at Iowa State University and is the inspiration of several search engines.
StrangeSearch is written in C#, C++ and Perl. It has native Windows user interface for administration and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StrangeSearch |
Øvre Stjørdal or Øvre Stjørdalen is a former municipality in the old Nordre Trondhjem county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 1874. The municipality encompassed the upper part of the Stjørdalen valley which includes what is now the municipality of Meråker and the Hegra area of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98vre%20Stj%C3%B8rdal |
Kamraj can refer to:
An alternative spelling of K. Kamaraj, a Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (then Madras state).
A colloquial term for Helminthostachys zeylanica, a plant | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamraj |
Nedre Stjørdal or Nedre Stjørdalen is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 1902. The municipality covered the western part of what is now the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was located at V... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedre%20Stj%C3%B8rdal |
Paul William Milhouse (31 August 1910, St. Francisville, Illinois - 12 March 2005, Franklin, Indiana) was an American bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church (E.U.B. Church), elected in 1960. When he died at the age of 94 he was the last surviving U.M. Bishop elected by the E.U.B. denomination (which merged wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20William%20Milhouse |
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in the field of anaesthesia, intensive care, pain, and emergency medicine. The editor-in-chief is Michael Haney (Umeå University).
Journal was established in 1957 and is the official publication of the Scandinavian Society of Anae... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acta%20Anaesthesiologica%20Scandinavica |
Don Brockett (January 30, 1930 – May 2, 1995) was an American actor, comedian, producer, and director from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was known for his portrayal of Chef Brockett on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He had small parts in many major films including Flashdance, Fletch Lives, The Silence of the Lambs, and Bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Brockett |
Jeri Gaile (born August 30, 1957) is an American actress, best known for playing Rose McKay in the soap opera Dallas from 1989 to 1991. Gaile is currently Director of the Spotlight Awards program for the Los Angeles Music Center.
In 1990, Gaile guest starred on the drama Murder, She Wrote as Brittany Brown.
In 1991, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeri%20Gaile |
At 76 meters (250 feet) above sea level, Sand Mountain is one of the highest points in the state of Florida. Sand Mountain is located near the Floridian town of Wausau.
The hill is located in Washington County, Florida and is about southwest of Oak Hill, which is the second tallest point in Florida. Sand Mountain is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%20Mountain%20%28Florida%29 |
The Lalonde Report is a 1974 report produced in Canada formally titled A new perspective on the health of Canadians. It proposed the concept of the "health field", identifying two main health-related objectives: the health care system; and prevention of health problems and promotion of good health. The report is consid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalonde%20report |
Llwyngwern was a station on the Corris Railway in Wales, built to serve the hamlet of Pantperthog and the residents of Plas Llwyngwern, a house where a daughter of the 5th Marquess of Londonderry lived with her husband. Although the Plas was in Montgomeryshire, the station was across the Afon Dulas in Merionethshire. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llwyngwern%20railway%20station |
Holidayland was a grassy picnic ground located along the western edge of Disneyland, near the area that is now New Orleans Square. It is often referred to as the "lost" land of Disneyland. Opening on June 16, 1957, Holidayland had its own admission gate into Disneyland and could hold up to 7,000 guests for large event... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidayland |
The Venezuelan general strike of 2002–2003 was an attempt by the Venezuelan opposition to President Hugo Chávez to summon a new presidential election. It took place from December 2002 to February 2003, when it faded. The government fired over 18,000 PDVSA employees and arrest warrants were issued for the presidents of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan%20general%20strike%20of%202002%E2%80%932003 |
Educational Television (ETV) is a series of educational television programmes jointly produced by Radio Television Hong Kong and the Education Bureau (formerly the Education and Manpower Bureau / Education Department) of Hong Kong. ETV has been an auxiliary means for teaching the primary and secondary school curriculu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational%20Television%20%28Hong%20Kong%29 |
The Porta del Popolo, or Porta Flaminia, is a city gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome that marks the border between Piazza del Popolo and Piazzale Flaminio.
History
The previous name was Porta Flaminia, because the consular Via Flaminia passed, as it passes even now, through it (in ancient times, Via Flaminia started... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta%20del%20Popolo |
Moothakunnam is a small village in the Paravur Taluk, Ernakulam district of Kerala, South India.
See also
North Paravur
References
Villages in Ernakulam district
Suburbs of Kochi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moothakunnam |
Old Glossop is a parish village and the original part of the town of Glossop in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, England, about east of Manchester and west of Sheffield. The village is on the very edge of the Peak District national park. The town centre was originally this village, but it migrated to the west with t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Glossop |
The Fort Wayne Kekiongas were a professional baseball team, notable for winning the first professional league game on May 4, 1871. Though based in Fort Wayne, they were usually listed in game reports as simply "Kekionga" or "the Kekiongas", per the style of the day. "Fort Wayne Kekiongas" is modern nomenclature.
Kekio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Wayne%20Kekiongas |
Leonard Frank Meares (13 February 1921 – 4 February 1993) was an Australian writer of western fiction. He wrote over 700 Westerns for the Australian paperback publishers Cleveland and Horwitz using the pseudonym "Marshall McCoy", "Marshall Grover" "Ward Brennan" and "Glenn Murrell".
Among his most famous characters we... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20Frank%20Meares |
The Movie Masters is an American television panel game show that ran from August 2, 1989, to January 19, 1990. It was the last game show hosted by Gene Rayburn and aired as filler programming on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable network.
The regular panel of the show consisted of veteran New York Times movie and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Movie%20Masters |
Zhangsun was a Chinese compound surname of Xianbei origin. People with this surname included:
Zhangsun Shunde (565–631), general of the Tang dynasty
Empress Zhangsun (601–636), first empress consort of the Tang dynasty
Zhangsun Wuji (died 659), prime minister of the Tang dynasty and Empress Zhangsun's brother | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhangsun%20%28surname%29 |
Ffridd Gate was a station on the Corris Railway in Merioneth (now Gwynedd), Wales, UK. It was built at the level crossing over the B4404 road to Llanwrin, near the hamlet of Fridd. A small hamlet also grew up around the station and a nearby (pre-existent) toll-house. The hamlet and former station are near to the conflu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffridd%20Gate%20railway%20station |
Richard Arès, (January 7, 1910 – August 9, 1989) was a French Canadian humanist and writer.
Born in Marieville, Quebec, the son of Georges Arès and Dorila Théberge, he was ordained a Jesuit Priest in 1944. From 1974 to 1975, he was President of Académie I of the Royal Society of Canada.
In 1979, he was made an Offic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Ar%C3%A8s |
Al Ittihad Alexandria Club (), simply known as Al Ittihad, is an Egyptian sports club based in Alexandria, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian football league system.
Founded in 1914 in Alexandria, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Ittihad%20Alexandria%20Club |
SBOA School and Junior College was founded by Shri E. A. G. Moses and is operated by the SBIOA Education Trust, run by the State Bank of India Officers Association in Anna Nagar Western Extension, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The school educates students from Kindergarten up to Standard 12, which is the final year of sc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBOA%20School%20%26%20Junior%20College |
Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzie (born 17 February 1941) is an English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. She has premièred leading roles written by both Alan Ayckbourn and Stephen Sondheim. On television, she is known for her BAFTA Award nominated role as Hester Fields in the sitcom Fresh Fields (1984–198... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia%20McKenzie |
French immigration to Puerto Rico came about as a result of the economic and political situations which occurred in various places such as Louisiana (United States), Saint-Domingue (Haiti) and in Europe.
Other important factors which encouraged French immigration to the island was the revival of the Royal Decree of Gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20immigration%20to%20Puerto%20Rico |
Puller may refer to:
Fish
Several species in the genus Chromis
One-spot puller or brown puller, Atypichthys latus
Reticulated puller, Dascyllus reticulatus
Spiny-tail puller, Acanthochromis polyacanthus
White-spot puller, Dascyllus trimaculatus
Tools
Bearing puller
Nail puller
Wire puller or wire stretcher... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puller |
Wood putty, also called plastic wood, is a substance used to fill imperfections, such as nail holes, in wood prior to finishing. It is often composed of wood dust combined with a binder that dries and a diluent (thinner), and, sometimes, pigment. Pore fillers used for large flat surfaces such as floors or table tops ge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood%20putty |
Mara Rosa is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Mara Rosa is located 356 kilometers north of Goiânia in the Porangatu Microregion. It is 11 kilometers east of the Belém-Brasília highway, between the basins of the Araguaia River and the Tocantins River. Neighboring municipalities are: Alto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara%20Rosa |
Игра С Огнём (Playing with Fire) is the fourth album by heavy metal band Aria. It is the first to feature new drummer Alexander Maniakin, and the first after the band split with their longtime manager Viktor Vekshtein.
Track listing
Personnel
Valery Kipelov - Vocals
Vladimir Holstinin - Guitar
Sergey Mavrin - Guitar
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igra%20s%20ognyom |
Scummy Man is a short film, written and directed by Paul Fraser and produced by Mark Herbert and Diarmid Scrimshaw, based on the song "When the Sun Goes Down" by the Arctic Monkeys, and released on DVD on 10 April 2006 by Domino Recording Company. The film, like the song, focuses on prostitution in Sheffield, and uses ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scummy%20Man |
Saint Mary's University (SMU) is a formerly Catholic, public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry. The campus is situated in Halifax's South End and covers approximately .
History
Founding
Saint Mary's is the sec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Mary%27s%20University%20%28Halifax%29 |
The New Worlds Project is a creative writing project launched in August 2003 to the public after several years of development. The Project centers on an original science fiction setting that enables the creative writing project and its supporting role-playing game. It was co-founded by Alex Perry and Kim Leonard Smoute... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Worlds%20Project |
Carpanta Hambrón, or as better known, Carpanta, is the name of a Spanish character featured in the comic strips and comic books of the same name created in 1947 by José Escobar. The comics focus on Carpanta's perpetual hunger and his usually failed attempts of satiating it.
The comic series stars Carpanta as the main... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpanta |
Reylene Pearce briefly billed as Raelene Pearce and Rey Pearce, is an Australian actress, best known for her long-running role in the television drama series Prisoner as Phyllis Hunt.
She appeared in the show for 141 episodes from 1979 to 1984, during which time the role had developed from a background bit part to a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reylene%20Pearce |
Lake Valdayskoye, or Lake Valdai () is a freshwater lake located in the center of Valdaysky District of Novgorod Oblast in Russia in the middle of the Valdai Hills. One of the largest lakes in Novgorod Oblast, it has an area (without islands) of , and the area of its basin is . The average depth of Lake Valdayskoye is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Valdayskoye |
The Macao Museum (; ) is a public museum located on the hill of the Fortaleza do Monte in Santo António, Macau, China. The museum presents the history of the city and territory of the former Portuguese colony of Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Planning for the museum start... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macao%20Museum |
Al-Malik Al-Aziz Uthman ibn Salah Ad-Din Yusuf (1171 – 29 November 1198) was a Kurdish and the second Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt. He was the second son of Saladin.
Before his death, Saladin had divided his dominions amongst his kin: Al-Afdal received Palestine and Syria, al-Aziz was made ruler of Egypt, Al-Zahir received... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aziz%20Uthman |
Guéra () is one of the 23 regions of Chad, created in 2002 from the former Guéra prefecture. The region's capital is Mongo. , the population of the region was 553,795.
Geography
The region borders Batha Region to the north, Sila Region and Salamat Region to the east, Moyen-Chari Region to the south, and Chari-Baguirmi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%A9ra%20%28region%29 |
The Church of the Holy Ghost, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England is a Roman Catholic parish church housed in a converted tithe barn. It is served by monks of the Order of St. Benedict from Downside Abbey and is a Grade II* listed building.
History of the building
The building was formerly a tithe barn built and owned ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20the%20Holy%20Ghost%2C%20Midsomer%20Norton |
Jean-Paul Audet, (December 7, 1918 – November 12, 1993) was a French Canadian academic and philosopher.
He was a professor and former head of the Université de Montréal's Department of Philosophy.
In 1988, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his "contribution to the field of theology". In 1969, he was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul%20Audet |
Víctor Mora (6 June 1931 – 17 August 2016) was a Spanish comic book writer.
Born in Barcelona, Mora created and wrote the series Capitán Trueno, El Jabato, (art by Carlos Giménez), El Cosaco Verde, and El Corsario de Hierro, Chroniques de l'innomé Collection Pilote, drawn by Luis García.
Sources
Entrevista con Víc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor%20Mora%20%28comics%29 |
Oleg Dmitrovich Jefimenko (October 14, 1922, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR – May 14, 2009, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States) was a physicist and professor emeritus at West Virginia University.
Biography
Jefimenko received his B.A. degree at Lewis and Clark College in 1952 and his M. A. degree at the University of Or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg%20D.%20Jefimenko |
Spadefoot may refer to the following toads:
Scaphiopodidae, a family, the American spadefoot toads
Megophrys edwardinae, Edwardina's spadefoot toad, a species of southeast Asia
Notaden, a genus, the Australian spadefoot toads
Pelobatidae, a family with one extant genus, Pelobates, the European spadefoot toads
Ani... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spadefoot |
PMB can stand for:
Phenylmagnesium bromide, a reagent
p-Methoxybenzyl, in the benzyl group
Nickname of Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Picture Motion Browser, Sony software
PMB (software), a library system
Postmenopausal bleeding, a menstrual condition
Print Measurement Bureau, a Canadian media su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMB |
Neidan, or internal alchemy (), is an array of esoteric doctrines and physical, mental, and spiritual practices that Taoist initiates use to prolong life and create an immortal spiritual body that would survive after death. Also known as Jindan ( "golden elixir"), inner alchemy combines theories derived from external a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neidan |
DeLoss Dodds (born August 8, 1939) was the sixth men's athletic director of The University of Texas at Austin.
During his tenure as AD from the fall of 1981 to November 2013, Texas won 19 National Championships and 287 conference titles. Dodds announced on October 1, 2013, that he would be retiring in 2014. Dodds bec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLoss%20Dodds |
Tom McClung (April 4, 1957 – May 14, 2017) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Career
McClung released several jazz albums, both as a leader and as a sideman to other artists. He played and recorded with musicians such as Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, and Marion Brown. He spent years residing, performing, and rec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20McClung |
Jerome Cochran (born November 17, 1971) is a Tennessee lawyer and Republican politician who served for two terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was elected as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives to the 103rd and 104th General Assembly for the 4th District, which at the time encompassed the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome%20Cochran |
Sørøysund is a former municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1852 until its dissolution in 1992. It is located in the present-day municipality of Hammerfest. The former municipality encompassed the eastern part of the island of Sørøya, the northern part of the island of Seiland, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8r%C3%B8ysund |
Element Girl is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Metamorpho #10 (February 1967), written by Bob Haney and drawn by Sal Trapani. Element Girl's death was featured in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series in issue #20, "Façade". A similar character named Elem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Element%20Girl |
Beverley Knight (born Beverley Anne Smith, 22 March 1973) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and radio personality. She released her first album, The B-Funk, in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight has released eight studio albums. Widely labelled a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley%20Knight |
Sawyers Hall College of Sport and Science (formerly known as The Hedley Walter High School, then Sawyers Hall College of Science & Technology (or SHC)) was a secondary school located in Brentwood, Essex, England. It was a mixed school of non-denominational religion. The school logo was traditionally that of a Griffin. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawyers%20Hall%20College |
The Alazeya (; ) is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia, Russia which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger Indigirka to the west and the Kolyma to the east.
Mount Kisilyakh-Tas is a notable kigilyakh site on the right bank of the Alazeya River at .
Geography
The river is long. The area of i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alazeya |
The Norwegian Society of Pediatricians () is the Norwegian association of pediatricians.
The society was founded in 1919 by Axel Johannessen, the first professor of pediatrics in Norway. The society was originally named the Norwegian Pediatric Society (), and was an independent association from its establishment. In 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%20Society%20of%20Pediatricians |
Nauraushaun, which means "High Point" is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of the state of New Jersey, along the northwestern shore of Lake Tappan; east of Chestnut Ridge; south of Pearl River and west of Blauvelt. It derives its name from a creek tributary, whi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauraushaun%2C%20New%20York |
Coraima Alejandra Torres Díaz (born June 6, 1973, in Valencia, Venezuela) is a telenovela actress. She started her acting career in Venezuela, in the late 1980s. Her first roles were in the telenovelas "Gardenia" and "Alondra". She got her first leading role in 1992, in the famous telenovela "Kassandra", which was show... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraima%20Torres |
Stanislav and variants may refer to:
People
Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.)
Places
Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine
Stanislaus County, California
Stanislaus River, California
Stanislaus National Forest, California
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav |
Talvik ( and ) is a village in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. It is located on the western shore of the Altafjorden, along the European route E6 highway. The village is an old Norwegian trading centre since the 1600s. Talvik Church is located in the village.
The village of Talvik was the administrati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talvik%2C%20Norway |
William FitzMaurice, 20th Baron Kerry (1633–1696/97) was an Irish nobleman, politician, and peer. He was the son of Patrick Fitzmaurice, 19th Baron Kerry and Honore Fitzgerald, daughter of Sir Edmund Fitzgerald, Knight of Cloyne.
He married Constance Long (died 12 October 1685), daughter of William Long, and was the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20FitzMaurice%2C%2020th%20Baron%20Kerry |
Modthryth, Thryth ('strength', cf. Old Norse Þrúðr, the daughter of Thor), and Fremu are reconstructed names for a character who figures as the queen of King Offa in Beowulf.
Naming problem: Modthryth, Thryth, or Fremu?
The reason for the usage of both Thryth and the compound name Modthryth is that the latter name is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modthryth |
The surname Duff has several origins. In some cases, it is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Ó Duibh ("descendant of Dubh"), Mac Giolla Duibh ("son of the servant of Dubh"), Mac Duibh ("son of Dubh"). The surname Duff is also sometimes a short form of Duffin (when of Gaelic origin), and MacElduff (from Mac Giolla Duibh)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff%20%28surname%29 |
Alto Horizonte is a municipality in north Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 6,605 in 2020 and the area of the municipality was 503.7 km².
Location
Alto Horizonte is located about 341 kilometers north of the state capital, Goiânia and is in the Porangatu Microregion. Municipal boundaries are with:
north: Mara ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto%20Horizonte |
Spec may refer to:
Specification (technical standard), an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service
datasheet, or "spec sheet"
People
Spec Harkness (1887-1952), American professional baseball pitcher
Spec Keene (1894-1977), American college football, baseball and basketball coa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spec |
One More Saturday Night may refer to:
"One More Saturday Night" (song), a song by the Grateful Dead
One More Saturday Night (film), a comedy written by and starring Al Franken and Tom Davis
One More Saturday Night, an album by Sha Na Na
"One More Saturday Night", a song by Nils Lofgren from Nils Lofgren
"One More... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20More%20Saturday%20Night |
The British (Open) Tag Team Championship is the top tag team championship contested for throughout the British wrestling circuit. It is currently being contested for in Brian Dixon's All Star Wrestling.
Although the title was created just after the end of regular wrestling coverage on ITV, nonetheless it has changed h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Open%20Tag%20Team%20Championship |
Ralph J. Erickstad (August 15, 1922 – July 12, 2001) was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.
Biography
Erickstad was born near the farming community of Starkweather, North Dakota. He was the descendant of Norwegia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20J.%20Erickstad |
Sociedad Deportiva Negreira is a Spanish football team based in Negreira, in the autonomous community of Galicia.Founded in 1964, it plays in Tercera División – Group 1, holding home matches at Estadio Xesús García Calvo, with a capacity of 2,000 seats.
Season to season
1 seasons in Segunda División B
13 seasons in T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD%20Negreira |
Allen Hamilton (1798–1864) was a founding father of Fort Wayne in Allen County, Indiana.
Biography
Hamilton, an Irish emigrant, lived in Lawrenceburg in Dearborn County, Indiana, in 1820, when he married Emerine J. Holman, the daughter of prominent Indiana judge Jesse Lynch Holman. In 1823 the Hamilton family moved t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen%20Hamilton |
Mike Golding (born 27 August 1960) is an English yachtsman, born in Great Yarmouth and educated at Reading Blue Coat School. He is one of the few yachtsmen to have raced round the world non stop in both directions. He held the solo record for sailing round the world westabout (the most challenging direction for circum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Golding |
Tijuana Smalls is a brand of flavored cigarettes that was produced after a prohibition on advertising cigarettes on television in the United States that was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1970. These flavored cigarettes were advertised as "Little Cigars". The brand's jingle contained the lyrics, "Tijuan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana%20Smalls |
This is a selected list of browser games, playable in internet browsers or with software such as Adobe Flash.
Single-player games
Multiplayer games
This is a selected list of multiplayer browser games. These games are usually free, with extra, payable options sometimes available.
The game flow of the games may be e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20browser%20games |
Vladimir Anatolyevich Kuzichkin Владимир Анатольевич Кузичкин (born 1947) is a former Soviet foreign intelligence officer who defected to Great Britain. He worked as an undercover agent for the KGB in Iran beginning in 1977. The details of his defection are uncertain, but he arrived in Great Britain in October 1982. Ku... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Kuzichkin |
The Flamingo Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run over a distance of a mile and one-eighth. Run as the Florida Derby until 1937, the inaugural event took place at Tampa Downs on February 27, 1926. There was no race in 1927 and 1928 but was revived in 1929 at Hialeah Park Race Tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo%20Stakes |
Øvre Sirdal is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. It was located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Sirdal in Agder county. The administrative centre was the village of Lunde where Lunde ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98vre%20Sirdal |
TreeFam (Tree families database) is a database of phylogenetic trees of animal genes. It aims at developing a curated resource that gives reliable information about ortholog and paralog assignments, and evolutionary history of various gene families.
TreeFam defines a gene family as a group of genes that evolved after ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TreeFam |
Lydie Denier (born 15 April 1964) is a French-American model and actress. She has appeared in numerous TV series and films.
Biography
Early life
She was born in Pontchâteau, France. Denier was raised in Martinique, attending school at the Lycee Shoelcher in Fort-de-France.
Career
When she was 14 she became a model,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydie%20Denier |
Roger Hayden (born 9 December 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer. He played as a back pocket for the Fremantle Football Club after beginning his senior football career with South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Fremantle career
Hayden was drafted by Fremantle in the 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Hayden |
Graw or GRAW may refer to:
Joseph P. Graw, American businessman and politician
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, a 2006 video game
See also
McGraw (disambiguation)
Grau (disambiguation)
Grao (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graw |
Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis, and badminton (where it is known as doubles), as well as gymnastics, figure skating, and card games such as c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed%20doubles |
Mango pudding is a very popular dessert in Hong Kong, where pudding is eaten as a traditional British food.
There is very little variation between the regional mango pudding's preparation. The dessert is also found in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Macau and is often served as dim sum in Chinese restaurants.
The fres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango%20pudding |
Charles E. Beaulieu, (born July 5, 1930) is a Canadian academic, civil servant, and businessman.
Born in Amqui, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1951, a Bachelor of Science in 1956, and a Ph.D. in 1960 from Université Laval.
From 1961 to 1968, he was a Professor of Metallurgy at Université Laval and was Hea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Beaulieu |
Notre Dame High School is a private, Catholic high school in Crowley, Louisiana. It was formed in 1967 by consolidating the three Catholic high schools in Acadia Parish; St. Michael of Crowley, St. Joseph of Rayne, and St. Francis of Iota. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette.
Notre Dame's shield... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre%20Dame%20High%20School%20%28Crowley%2C%20Louisiana%29 |
Bang! Howdy is an online free-to-play, hybrid turn based and real time strategy game created by American company Three Rings Design. It was originally released on December 1, 2006 after public beta testing by Grey Havens, a non-profit organization founded by several former employees of Three Rings. In 2008, the game re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang%21%20Howdy |
Fullerton Hotel may refer to:
Fullerton Bay Hotel, Singapore
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
The Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel, Nam Long Shan, Hong Kong
The Fullerton Waterboat House, Singapore | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerton%20Hotel |
Murong Hui (慕容會) (373–397) was a general and imperial prince of the Xianbei state Later Yan, who served under his grandfather Murong Chui (Emperor Wucheng) and father Murong Bao (Emperor Huimin). During his father's reign, angry that he was not created crown prince, he tried to seize that position by force, but after ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murong%20Hui%20%28Later%20Yan%29 |
Purim Torah is humorous and satirical comments in the learned style of talmudic or halakhic comments customarily read, recited from memory or authored on or for the Jewish holiday of Purim. Purim Torah can be simple or elaborate.
History
Parodies of Jewish life and the world have been found as early as the twelfth c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim%20Torah |
Club Deportivo San Isidro is a Spanish football team based in San Isidro, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1970 it plays in Tercera División – Group 12, holding home matches at Estadio La Palmera, with a 2,500-seat capacity. In Tenerife, the club are commonly known as Raqui San Isidro.
Season ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD%20San%20Isidro |
Octocrylene is an organic compound used as an ingredient in sunscreens and cosmetics. It is an ester formed by the condensation of 2-ethylhexyl cyanoacetate with benzophenone. It is a viscous, oily liquid that is clear and colorless.
The extended conjugation of the acrylate portion of the molecule absorbs UVB and sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octocrylene |
Thayer's gull (Larus glaucoides thayeri) is a subspecies of the Iceland gull. It is a large gull native to North America.
Distribution
This gull breeds in the Arctic islands of Canada and winters primarily on the Pacific coast, from southern Alaska to the Gulf of California, though there are also wintering populations... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thayer%27s%20gull |
Orkland is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed only for a short time, from 1920 until 1963. The municipality encompassed the central part of what is now the municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county. The main church of the municipality was Moe Church, just south of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkland%20%28former%20municipality%29 |
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