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Swapping may refer to:
In computer systems, an older form of memory management, similar to paging
Swapping (barter)
Hot swapping
Book swapping
Wife swapping
Cumswapping
Clothes swapping
See also
Swap (disambiguation)
it:Baratto#Il baratto su internet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swapping |
UJR may refer to:
Rebellion Youth Union, the youth wing of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Brazil
Unanimous justified representation, a criterion for evaluating the fairness of electoral systems
Unsecured Judicial Release, a term for personal recognizance bonds used in some jurisdictions
the airline code for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UJR |
The Val de Seine is one of the most important business districts of the Paris agglomeration. Located southwest of the city, it spreads along a bend of the Seine, mainly in the municipalities
of Boulogne-Billancourt and Issy-les-Moulineaux and in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
The district, dominated by industry dur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%20de%20Seine |
Psychological torture or mental torture is a type of torture that relies primarily on psychological effects, and only secondarily on any physical harm inflicted. Although not all psychological torture involves the use of physical violence, there is a continuum between psychological torture and physical torture. The two... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological%20torture |
This is a timeline of the Irish War of Independence (or the Anglo-Irish War) of 1919–21. The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict and most of the fighting was conducted on a small scale by the standards of conventional warfare.
Although there were some large-scale encounters between the Irish Republican ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20the%20Irish%20War%20of%20Independence |
Phyllis April King is a British poet. She appears and reads her material on Ivor Cutler's albums Dandruff, Velvet Donkey and Jammy Smears. King designed some of the Ivor Cutler album covers, and has published poetry and children's books. She worked with Cutler on the radio series King Cutler which was broadcast on BBC ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis%20King |
The United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), often referred to as Byrd’s Third Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition jointly sponsored by the United States Navy, State Department, Department of the Interior and The Treasury. Although a U.S.-government sponsored expedition, additional support came from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Antarctic%20Service%20Expedition |
Moyen-Chari () is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south of the country. Its capital is Sarh. The former prefecture of the same name was larger and included modern Mandoul Region.
Geography
The region borders Guéra Region to the north, Salamat Region to the east, the Central African Republic to the south,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyen-Chari%20%28region%29 |
ODD is an initialism, which might refer to:
ODD (Text Encoding Initiative) ("One Document Does it all"), an abstracted literate-programming format for describing XML schemas
Oodnadatta Airport (IATA: ODD), South Australia
Operational design domain (ODD), for automated systems
Operational due diligence
Oppositiona... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ODD |
"Hero" is a song by Canadian musician Chad Kroeger (lead vocalist of Nickelback) and American musician Josey Scott (then lead vocalist of Saliva) for the soundtrack to the 2002 superhero film Spider-Man. It was written by Kroeger and recorded specifically for the film. "Hero" was released through Roadrunner Records on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%20%28Chad%20Kroeger%20song%29 |
James William Slessor Marr (9 December 1902 – 30 April 1965) was a Scottish marine biologist and polar explorer. He was leader of the World War 2 British Antarctic Expedition Operation Tabarin during its first year, 1943–1945.
Biography
Marr was born in Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on 9 December 1902. Son of farm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Marr%20%28biologist%29 |
Bielany () is a district in Warsaw located in the north-western part of the city.
Initially a part of Żoliborz, Bielany has been an independent district since 1994. Bielany borders Żoliborz to the south-east, and Bemowo to the south-west. Its north-eastern border is the Vistula River, and the northern-western border i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielany |
Henry John Boulton, (1790 – June 18, 1870) was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada and the Province of Canada, as well as Chief Justice of Newfoundland.
Boulton began his legal career under the tutelage of John Beverly Robinson, one of the leaders of the Family Compact, succeeding Robinson first as Solicito... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20John%20Boulton |
Ouaddaï () is a region of Chad, located in the south-east of the country, with its capital at Abéché. Prior to 2002 it was known as Ouaddaï Prefecture; in 2008 the southern portions of Ouaddaï (the Sila Department and Djourf Al Ahmar Department) were split off to become the new Sila Region (also known as Dar Sila).
H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouadda%C3%AF%20Region |
Cadaval () is a municipality in the Oeste intermunicipal community and Lisbon District of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,228, in an area of 174.89 km2.
The present Mayor is José Bernardo Nunes, elected by the Social Democratic Party.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 7 civil par... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaval |
Bytom Odrzański () is a town on the Oder river in western Poland, in Nowa Sól County of Lubusz Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 4,191.
History
Archaeological findings from the Stone Age and Bronze Age around Bytom suggest an early settlement. A Slavic gród is mentioned in 1005. It becam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytom%20Odrza%C5%84ski |
Anthony Jacques Mantle DFC (17 December 1899 in London — 1988 in Durham) was a pilot who joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917 at the age of 17. He went to France, Italy and later over Turkey. His flying career ended when he was forced to land behind enemy lines in Russia and was taken as a prisoner of war and hel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Jacques%20Mantle |
Storehouse plc, traded as Storehouse, was a large UK retail business formed by Terence Conran through the merger of various high street chains. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index before it was renamed Mothercare in 2000.
History
The company was formed in 1986 by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storehouse%20plc |
Scorpaena cardinalis, the eastern red scorpionfish, grandfather hapuku, cardinal scorpionfish, Cook's scorpionfish, Cook's rockcod, Kermadec scorpionfish, Northern scorpionfish, red scorpion fish, red scorpion-cod or Sandy-bay cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpaena%20cardinalis |
Hon. Jagannath Shankarsheth Murkute (also spelled as Jugonnath Sunkersett), popularly known as Nana Shankarsheth (10 February 1803 – 31 July 1865) was an Indian Philanthropist and Educationalist. He was born in 1803 in the wealthy Murkute family in Murbad,Thane. So high was his credit that Arabs, Afghans and other fore... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagannath%20Shankarseth |
Protestant Irish Nationalists are adherents of Protestantism in Ireland who also support Irish nationalism. Protestants have played a large role in the development of Irish nationalism since the eighteenth century, despite most Irish nationalists historically being from the Irish Catholic majority, as well as most Ir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant%20Irish%20nationalists |
Aruvankadu is a big village located in The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located between Coonoor and Ooty on the NH 67, 6 km from Coonoor town and 12 km from Ooty. It is connected by frequent bus services from various towns and cities. Aruvankadu is also connected via the Nigiri Mountain Railway (NMR).
I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruvankadu |
Louis-Auguste Florimond Ronger (30 June 1825 – 4 November 1892), who used the pseudonym Hervé (), was a French singer, composer, librettist, conductor and scene painter, whom Ernest Newman, following Reynaldo Hahn, credited with inventing the genre of operetta in Paris.
Life
Hervé was born in Houdain near Arras. Part... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herv%C3%A9%20%28composer%29 |
Andrija Ljudevit Adamić (; 29 November 1766 – 31 October 1828) was a Croatian trader from the City of Fiume (), builder, supporter of economical and cultural development.
Adamich was born into a wealthy Jewish family of Simon Adamić, tobacco merchant and large estates owner. Adamich was the founder and owner of many f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrija%20Ljudevit%20Adami%C4%87 |
Cucumberfish is a common name for several fish and may refer to:
the family Paraulopidae, in particular the species Paraulopus nigripinnis
the Australian grayling, Prototroctes maraena
the New Zealand smelt, Retropinna retropinna
the bivalve pearlfish, Onuxodon margaritiferae | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumberfish |
News and Tributes is the second full-length album by The Futureheads, released on 29 May 2006. The first single "Skip to the End" was released on 15 May 2006. The album, like their debut, received critical acclaim, and praise that the Futureheads had 'matured' their sound. However unlike their debut it did not sell ver... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News%20and%20Tributes |
Alois Švehlík (born 30 July 1939) is a Czech actor and theatre pedagogue.
Life and career
Švehlík was born in Pardubice, then part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, in 1939. Together with his older brother Jaroslav, he became involved in theatre from an early age. He graduated from technical college in Chrud... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois%20%C5%A0vehl%C3%ADk |
Chatuchak (or Jatujak) may refer to:
Chatuchak Weekend Market, Bangkok, Thailand
Chatuchak Park, a public park just north of Chatuchak Weekend Market
Chatuchak Park MRT station, a Bangkok MRT station next to the park
Chatuchak District, a Bangkok district (khet) named after the park and the market
Chatuchak, a su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatuchak |
Johnston's Motor Car is an Irish rebel song written by Willie Gillespie based on the commandeering in Ulster of a motor car belonging to Henry Maturin Johnston (1851-1932) by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
History
The song is based on a real event in April 1921. An Irish Republican Army unit needed transport to a t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston%27s%20Motor%20Car |
Vladimir Georgievich Dekanozov (; born Ivan Vasilyevich Protopopov; June 1898 – 23 December 1953) was a Soviet senior state security operative and diplomat.
According to the sentence issued by Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union he was an associate of the "Lavrentiy Beria gang" and was sentence... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Dekanozov |
Jagaddal is a locality in Bhatpara Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is also a manufacturing hub of jute industry , there are 7 big jute mills in this city.
History
"We can find the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagatdal |
Billy Argyros, commonly referred to as Billy the Croc or The Croc, is a Greek Australian Gambler & Australian Poker Hall of Fame Member.
The Croc as is a well known poker player on the Australian circuit, with his interest in the game of poker first developed when he lost all his money at a poker game that a friend h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Argyros |
Ścinawa () is a town and municipality on the Oder river in the Lower Silesian region of Poland. The Ścinawa train station is a key gateway for travel throughout the region, connecting major destinations such as Wrocław and Głogów. As of 2019, the town's population is 5,582. Between 1975 and 1998, Ścinawa was in Legnic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Acinawa |
Edward Malloch (1801–1867) was a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada.
Born in Scotland, Edward Malloch settled in Richmond about the time of the building of the Rideau Canal, shortly after the area was settled by members of the 100th Regiment of Foot. There he married Margaret Lindsey Hill of Amherstburg an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Malloch |
Kim Hyung-gon (; May 31, 1960 – March 11, 2006) was one of the most influential and famous comedians by the time of his death in South Korea. He debuted in 1980, and enjoyed success since then. His comedy routine depicted political figures and corruptions during the time when free speech and other human rights were den... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Hyung-gon |
Slobodan () is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (sloboda / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović who, inspired by John Stuart Mill's essay On Liberty baptised his son as Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slobodan |
Lourinhã () is a municipality in the District of Lisbon, in the Oeste Subregion of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 25,735, in an area of 147.17 km². The seat of the municipality is the town of Lourinhã, with a population of 8,800 inhabitants.
The present Mayor is João Duarte, elected by the Socialist Party.
Hist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourinh%C3%A3 |
Cameron "Cam" Knight is an Australian comedian and television personality, born in Cummins, South Australia.
Career
He studied at the South Australian Centre for the Performing Arts before making his break into television as a member of the Big Bite sketch comedy show and then became a regular presenter on Foxtel's Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron%20Knight |
"From the Beginning" is a song written by Greg Lake and performed by the progressive rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It was released on their 1972 album Trilogy. It hit #39 in the United States and was their highest charting single there.
Composition
The song was written in the key of A minor. It is driven by an ac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From%20the%20Beginning%20%28song%29 |
Aber bitte mit Sahne is an EP by the German thrash metal band Sodom. The title track is a cover of the 1975 song of the same name by Austrian singer Udo Jürgens. Its title translates into English as "But with whipped cream, please".
Track listing
Personnel
Tom Angelripper – vocals, bass
Andy Brings – guitars
Atomi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aber%20bitte%20mit%20Sahne |
Extreme Aggression is the fourth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator released in 1989. While the band had already gained a sizeable following in the US due to their 1988 tour with the crossover thrash band D.R.I., this album introduced many American fans to Kreator, primarily through heavy rotation of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme%20Aggression |
Untold Legends is a series of role-playing video games that has three installments:
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade, a PlayStation Portable launch title
Untold Legends: The Warrior's Code, sequel to PSP game
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom, PlayStation 3 launch title | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untold%20Legends |
Coma of Souls is the fifth studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in 1990. It was reissued in 2002, with the lyrics for the last four songs missing from the booklet. Coma of Souls was Kreator's first release with guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik (then-formerly of Sodom), and would be the last alb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma%20of%20Souls |
is a Japanese manga artist known both for his own works as well as being the collaborative artist with manga writers such as Shou Makura and Tatsuya Hamazaki. His most notable work has been Jigoku Sensei Nūbē which has adapted into an anime series.
Works
AT Lady! (1989–1990)
Jigoku Sensei Nūbē (1993–1999, with Shou ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi%20Okano |
Terrible Certainty is the third studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator, released in 1987 through Noise Records. It was released on cd, cassette, black vinyl, and as a limited edition red vinyl. The remastered version of 2000 contains the tracks of the 1988 Out of the Dark... Into the Light EP as bonus tracks.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrible%20Certainty |
Abram Aronovich Slutsky () (July 1898 – 17 February 1938) was a Soviet intelligence officer who headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service (INO), then part of the NKVD, from May 1935 to 17 February 1938, when he was allegedly poisoned.
Biography
Slutsky was born in 1898 into the family of a Jewish railroad worker ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram%20Slutsky |
Szlichtyngowa () is a town in western Poland, in the Wschowa County of the Lubuskie Voivodship, near the Oder river.
The population as of 2019 was 1,278.
History
The town was founded in 1644 by a Polish Protestant activist and Sejm deputy Jan Jerzy Szlichtyng () and was named after him Szlichtyngowa/Schlichtingshei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szlichtyngowa |
Cause for Conflict is the seventh studio album by German thrash metal band Kreator released on 1 August, 1995.
The record continued the experimentation with industrial music that they started on previous album, Renewal, but brought back more of their thrash metal sound. This was also the only Kreator album to feature... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause%20for%20Conflict |
Charonosaurus ( ; meaning "Charon's lizard") is a genus of dinosaur whose fossils were discovered by Godefroit, Zan & Jin in 2000, on the south bank of the Amur River, dividing China from Russia. It is monotypic, consisting of the species C. jiayinensis.
Description
Charonosaurus is a very large lambeosaurine hadro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charonosaurus |
Switzerland competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 85 competitors, 81 men and 4 women, took part in 68 events in 12 sports.
Medalists
Silver
Bernhard Dunand, Louis Noverraz and Marcel Stern — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class
Bronze
Xaver Kurmann — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit
Henri C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%20at%20the%201968%20Summer%20Olympics |
John Pierce Askegren (June 9, 1955 – November 29, 2006) was an American author best known for his adaptations of licensed properties, particularly those of the comic book company Marvel Comics.
Biography
Pierce Askegren was born in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, suburb of Mount Lebanon, and had two brothers, James W. a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce%20Askegren |
Some Answered Questions (abbreviated SAQ; Persian version: Mufáviḍát-i-‘Abdu'l-Bahá) is a compilation of table talks of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá that were collected by Laura Clifford Barney between 1904 and 1906 across several pilgrimages. The book was first published in English in 1908. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was the son of Baháʼu'lláh, th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some%20Answered%20Questions |
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Li Ka Shing College () is an aided secondary school in Hong Kong, founded in 1982. It is the twelfth secondary school established by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. The school is located in Cheung Wah Estate, Fanling.
Donor
Li Ka-shing, renowned Hong Kong business magnate, investor and philan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tung%20Wah%20Group%20of%20Hospitals%20Li%20Ka%20Shing%20College |
Switzerland competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 66 competitors, 65 men and 1 woman, took part in 51 events in 13 sports.
Medalists
Gold
Henri Chammartin — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
Silver
Henri Chammartin, Gustav Fischer and Marianne Gossweiler — Equestrian, Dressage Team Compet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%20at%20the%201964%20Summer%20Olympics |
In Between the Sheets (1978) is the second collection of short stories by British writer Ian McEwan.
Context
The collection is McEwan's second book and second collection of short stories, and was regarded by the author (along with his first collection, First Love, Last Rites) as an opportunity to experiment and find h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20Between%20the%20Sheets |
Indian rock is a music genre in India that may incorporate elements of Indian music with rock music, and is often topically India-centric. While India is more often known for its (northern and southern) classical music, filmi, Bollywood music, Indi-pop, and Bhangra, the Indian rock scene has also produced numerous band... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20rock |
Chiayusaurus (meaning "Chia-yu-kuan lizard", after where it was found) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from teeth found in China and possibly also South Korea. Two species have been named for this obscure genus, though only the type, C. lacustris, is still seen as valid. It was originally named as Chiayüsaurus, b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiayusaurus |
Lakiya, or Laqye (, ) is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of .
History
Lakiya was founded in 1985 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements. It is one of the seven original government-planned Bedouin townships in the Negev dese... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakiya |
Switzerland competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 149 competitors, 147 men and 2 women, took part in 90 events in 16 sports.
Medalists
Silver
Gustav Fischer — Equestrian, Dressage Individual Competition
Anton Bühler, Rudolf Günthardt and Hans Schwarzenbach — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competiti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland%20at%20the%201960%20Summer%20Olympics |
Jelcz-Laskowice is a town in Oława County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Jelcz-Laskowice. It lies on the Odra (Oder) river, approximately north of Oława, and south-east of the regional capital Wrocław, within its metropolitan a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelcz-Laskowice |
Shaqib al-Salam () or Segev Shalom () and also known as Shqeb as-Salam, is a Bedouin town and a local council in the Southern District of Israel, southeast of Beersheba. In it had a population of .
Shaqib was founded in 1979 as part of a government project to settle Negev Bedouins in permanent settlements, and decla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaqib%20al-Salam |
The Taking is a 2004 novel written by Dean Koontz.
Plot summary
In the midst of an oddly sudden rain storm, author Molly Sloan awakens in the middle of the night. Unable to return to sleep, she leaves her husband Neil slumbering in bed and goes downstairs to work on a manuscript in progress.
Dark shapes huddle on her... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Taking |
Chindesaurus ( ) is an extinct genus of basal saurischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic (213-210 million years ago) of the southwestern United States. It is known from a single species, C. bryansmalli, based on a partial skeleton recovered from Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The original specimen was nick... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chindesaurus |
Ar'arat an-Naqab (Arabic: ) or Ar'ara BaNegev (), previously called Aroer, is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel. Its name stands for "the juniper tree in Negev". It is situated not far from the archaeological site of Aroer.
Ar'arat an-Naqab was founded in 1982 as part of a government pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%27arat%20an-Naqab |
Lubersac (; ) is a commune in the Corrèze département in central France near Arnac-Pompadour and Uzerche.
Formerly called Louparsat ("lou percé" in Limousin, can be translated to "pierced wolf" in English), named from the legend of a knight who killed a wolf with a blow of his sword to save his beloved.
Geography
The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubersac |
Tel Sheva () or Tel as-Sabi () is a Bedouin town in the Southern District of Israel, bordering the city of Beersheba. In it had a population of .
History
The first Bedouin township in Israel, Tel as-Sabi was founded in 1967 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements and became a local... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel%20Sheva |
John Carel de Mol (born 12 January 1979 in Laren) is a Dutch actor and presenter. He is the son of John de Mol Jr. and Willeke Alberti.
Filmography
External links
1979 births
Living people
People from Laren, North Holland
Dutch male film actors
Dutch male television actors
Dutch television talk show hosts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20de%20Mol |
Ooh La La or Ooh La La La may refer to:
Film and television
"Ooh La La" (Odd Man Out episode), the final episode of the British sitcom Odd Man Out
Ooh La La (film), a 2003 Kannada film
Ooh La La La (film), a 2012 Tamil film
Ooh La La, a 1960s and 1970s BBC television series by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin based on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooh%20La%20La |
Caparrones is a Spanish stew made of caparrón, a variety of red kidney bean, and a spicy sausage chorizo, both of which are local specialties of the Spanish La Rioja region. The shape of caparrón bean is shorter and rounder than common red kidney beans. The stew is regarded as one of the most important dishes in Riojan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caparrones |
The Donegal Democrat is a twice-weekly local newspaper, covering County Donegal, Ireland. The paper was traditionally based in the town of Ballyshannon in the south of the county, but now has offices in Donegal Town (southern edition) and Letterkenny (northern edition). The Donegal Democrat is the largest paper focused... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal%20Democrat |
Francesco Angiolieri, known as Cecco Angiolieri (; c. 1260 – c. 1312) was an Italian poet.
Biography
Cecco Angiolieri was born in Siena in 1260, son of Angioliero, who was himself the son of Angioliero Solafìca who was for several years a banker to Pope Gregory IX; his mother was Lisa de' Salimbeni, from one of the no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecco%20Angiolieri |
Chuandongocoelurus ( ) is a genus of carnivorous tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic of China.
Discovery and naming
The type species Chuandongocoelurus primitivus was first described and named by Chinese paleontologist He Xinlu in 1984. The generic name combines references to the Chuandong in Sichuan Provi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuandongocoelurus |
Shannon Hamm is a death metal guitarist who played in Death from 1996 until their break-up in 2001. He then joined Chuck Schuldiner's second band Control Denied, which ended with the death of Schuldiner in 2001. Before Death, he was a locally well known guitarist in the Texas underground metal scene. He was particular... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon%20Hamm |
On All Floors is a 2002 British short film directed by Geoff Evans and written by Craig Handley. It is a dark comedy which tells the story of five people who are trapped in a falling elevator. Believing they have only a few minutes left to live, the lift's occupants start to confess their deepest, darkest secrets.
Pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20All%20Floors |
The two Autonomous Regions of Portugal from 1999 () are the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores) and Madeira (). Together with Continental Portugal (Portugal Continental), they form the Portuguese Republic.
History
The autonomous regions were established in 1976 in the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution, which saw P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous%20Regions%20of%20Portugal |
Moanin (originally titled Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers) is a studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, released in January 1959 by Blue Note Records.
Background
This was Blakey's first album for Blue Note in several years, after a period of recording for a number of different labels, and marked both a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moanin%27 |
The Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (also known as NBSX or NBSAE) (1949–1952) was the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists. The team members came from Norway, Sweden and the British Commonwealth of Nations.
History
The Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%E2%80%93British%E2%80%93Swedish%20Antarctic%20Expedition |
Lat Phrao Road (, , ) is one main road in Bangkok, Thailand. Despite its name the road does not run through the nearby Lat Phrao District. It begins at Phahonyothin Road, at the corners of the Lat Phrao Square, CentralPlaza Ladprao, and Union Mall in Chatuchak District, passes through Huai Khwang and Wang Thonglang Di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lat%20Phrao%20Road |
Ouaddaï may refer to:
Ouaddaï highlands, an area in eastern Chad along the border with Sudan
Ouaddaï Prefecture, a former political prefecture of Chad
Ouaddaï Region, a political region of Chad created in 2002
Wadai Empire (1635–1912), a kingdom located to the east of Lake Chad
Wadai War (1906-1911), between Fran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouadda%C3%AF |
The Child in Time (1987) is a novel by Ian McEwan. The story concerns Stephen, an author of children's books, and his wife, two years after the kidnapping of their three-year-old daughter Kate.
The Child in Time divided critics. It won the Whitbread Novel Award for 1987 and has sometimes been declared one of McEwan's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Child%20in%20Time |
Geno Marcellus Carlisle (born August 13, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. The 6' 3", 200-lb. point guard born in Grand Rapids, Michigan played in several leagues throughout the world.
Collegiate career
Carlisle began his collegiate basketball career at Northwestern University in Evanston, I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geno%20Carlisle |
Peter Arne (born Peter Randolph Michael Albrecht; 29 September 19241 August 1983) was a British character actor. He made more than 50 film appearances including roles in Ice Cold in Alex, The Moonraker, Conspiracy of Hearts and Victor/Victoria. In a career that spanned 40 years he also appeared on stage and had support... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Arne |
Home in Toa Payoh is a Singapore Chinese drama which had its original run telecast in December 2003. The drama is produced by Singapore's MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It was re-aired in 2007 on every weekday, 5.30pm on Channel 8.
Synopsis
The first four minutes of the first episode introduces Toa Payoh, one of Singapore's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20in%20Toa%20Payoh |
Tianzhenosaurus (meaning “Tianzhen lizard”) is a monospecific genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Shanxi Province that lived during the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Campanian, ~99-71 Ma) in what is now the Huiquanpu Formation. Tianzhenosaurus may represent a junior synonym of Saichania, an ankylosaurine known from t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianzhenosaurus |
Venenosaurus ( ) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Utah during the Early Cretaceous. Its type and only species is Venenosaurus dicrocei. Fossils of Venenosaurus were first discovered in 1998, by Denver Museum of Natural History volunteer Anthony DiCroce, and described as a new genus and species ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venenosaurus |
The Interdynamic MP-9 is a blowback-operated, fully automatic 9 mm caliber firearm, classified by BATF as a submachine gun. It is made of inexpensive molded polymer and stamped steel parts. Ten-, 20-, 32-, 36- and 50-round magazines are available.
The MP-9 came from a design that a Swedish company Interdynamic AB of S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdynamic%20MP-9 |
Svilen () is a male given name almost exclusively used in Bulgaria. The female equivalent is ().
Origin
The name Svilen, was taken from the Bulgarian word svila (Cyrillic: Свила) or silk. As a result, the name refers to silken, it maybe used in many senses as an adjective other than a name.
The word itself svila or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svilen |
KAVP (1450 AM, "ESPN 1450") is a radio station licensed to serve Colona, Colorado, United States. The station is owned by Western Slope Communications and the broadcast license is held by WS Communications, LLC.
KAVP broadcasts a sports format as an affiliate of ESPN Radio.
History
This station received its original... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAVP |
Nowe Warpno (; ) is a historic town in northwestern Poland, within Police County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies on the shore of the Szczecin Lagoon, at the border with Germany. It is the seat of the urban-rural administrative district called Gmina Nowe Warpno. The town, located in the historic Western Pomeran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowe%20Warpno |
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC; known as the QAs) is the nursing branch of the British Army Medical Services.
History
Although an "official" nursing service was not established until 1881, the corps traces its heritage to Florence Nightingale, who was instrumental in lobbying for the support of fem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%20Alexandra%27s%20Royal%20Army%20Nursing%20Corps |
The Catholic Church in Burundi is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are about four million Catholics—around two-thirds of the total population. There are seven dioceses, including two archdioceses.
Archdiocese of Bujumbura
Diocese of Bubanza
Diocese of B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Burundi |
Medley Sailing Club is a dinghy sailing club on the River Thames, situated adjacent to Bossoms Boatyard opposite Port Meadow in Oxford, England.
The club is notable as the farthest upstream sailing club on the Thames and for its large fleet of British Moth boats.
It was founded in 1937.
See also
Bossoms Boatyard
Re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medley%20Sailing%20Club |
Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 is an album by Ivor Cutler, originally released in 1978. It was recorded live in Cutler's native Glasgow, and tells stories from his childhood growing up in a middle-class family around the time of the Great Depression.
The poems and stories from the album were also published as a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20in%20a%20Scotch%20Sitting%20Room%2C%20Vol.%202 |
The Catholic Church in Cambodia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Throughout the Church's history in Cambodia, Catholics made up a small percentage of the country's population, and a majority of adherents have been ethnically Vietnamese; in 2005, around two-th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Cambodia |
Alliance of Light may refer to:
Alliance of Light, the third story arc in the Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts
The Alliance of Light, a Games Workshop online campaign faction for The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance%20of%20Light |
The Champion () is an idol drama produced by Mediacorp in Singapore. It was telecast from October 20 to November 16, 2004. The show stars Toro, Yen Hsing-su, Qi Yuwu, Julian Hee, Jeanette Aw, Felicia Chin, Fiona Xie and Joyce Zhao, all young actors and actresses. This show also marked Jesseca Liu's acting debut. This s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Champion%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Markscheider Kunst (Маркшейдер Кунст) is a ska band from St.Petersburg, Russia. It plays afro-rock, soukous, ska and reggae. The band was founded in 1992 by geology students from St. Petersburg.
Members
Current members
Sergei Yefremenko (EFR) (1992–present) – guitar, vocals, lyrics
Kirill Oskin (1992–present) – b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markscheider%20Kunst |
Rear Admiral Gerald L. Ketchum (5 December 1908 – 22 August 1992) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He served during World War II and the Korean War. He was a recipient of the Silver Star and also participated in four expeditions to Antarctica.
Navy career
Gerald Lyle Ketchum was born in Bellingham, Wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Ketchum |
Delirium Books, launched in the summer of 1999 by Shane Ryan Staley, is a horror publisher in the collector's market, producing low print-run limited editions intended for both collectors and readers alike. Delirium Books first published The Rising, the first book in a series of zombie-themed horror novels written by a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delirium%20Books |
Mobile banking is a service provided by a bank or other financial institution that allows its customers to conduct financial transactions remotely using a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet. Unlike the related internet banking it uses software, usually called an app, provided by the financial institution for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20banking |
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