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The British Council for Peace in Vietnam was formed in April 1965 and later became the British Campaign for Peace in Vietnam. It was also known as the National Vietnam Campaign Committee.
Fenner Brockway was a president. Amicia Young was a secretary who kept many records and papers of this organisation.
See also
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Council%20for%20Peace%20in%20Vietnam |
Petr Skoumal (7 March 1938 – 28 September 2014) was a Czech musician and composer.
Skoumal focused on film music. He also composed music for animated shorts (i.e. Maxipes Fik). In the past he made several stage performances with Jan Vodňanský in The Drama Club in Prague. After the break-up of the duo he made several a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petr%20Skoumal |
Civitas is the condition of Roman citizenship.
Civitas may also refer to:
Organisations
CIVITAS (European Union), a European initiative to make urban transport more environmentally friendly
Civitas Foundation for Civil Society, a Romanian non-governmental organisation which aims to stimulate local and regional dev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civitas%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Estanys de Baiau () is a pair of lakes in Catalonia, Spain approximately 1 kilometre from the border with Andorra. The lakes are surrounded by several notable Pyrenean mountains, including Pic de Baiau and Coma Pedrosa—the highest mountain in Andorra—to the east, and Pic de Sanfonts to the south. They are both drained ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estanys%20de%20Baiau |
Canada (Minister of Justice) v Borowski, [1981] 2 S.C.R. 575 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision on the standard for allowing public interests to gain standing to challenge a law. The Court developed what is known as the Borowski test for public interest standing.
Background
Joseph Borowski was a prominent ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%20%28Minister%20of%20Justice%29%20v%20Borowski |
Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky (6 November 1753 – 30 September 1802) was a Russian Neoclassical sculptor active during the Age of Enlightenment.
Biography
Beginning his training at the Imperial Academy of Arts with Anton Losenko in 1764, he went to Rome in 1774 and then to Paris in 1779. Although his early works harked ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail%20Kozlovsky |
England
Aston Hill Mountain Bike Area
Bedgebury Forest
Cannock Chase
Dalby Forest
Esher Shore
Eastridge Woods Trail Center
Exmoor
Cannop Cycle Centre, Forest of Dean
Guisborough
Hamsterley
Lee Quarry, Bacup
Penshurst Off Road Cycling (AKA PORC), Kent
Quantock Hills
Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Petersfield, Hampshire... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mountain%20bike%20areas%20and%20trails%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom |
Asturian (; , formerly also known as the now derogatory ) is a West Iberian Romance language spoken in the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Asturian is part of a wider linguistic group, the Asturleonese languages. The number of speakers is estimated at 100,000 (native) and 450,000 (second language). The dialects of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asturian%20language |
The pound (symbol £) was the currency of the Canadas until 1858. It was subdivided into 20 shillings (s), each of 12 pence (d). In Lower Canada, the sou was used, worth penny. Although the £sd accounting system had its origins in sterling, the Canadian pound was never at par with sterling's pound.
History
In North A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20pound |
Futureland is a series of nine loosely connected short pieces of science fiction by writer Walter Mosley. The novel is set in a postcyberpunk dystopian universe populated by humans living in a shellshocked, unfairly stratified society overseen by super-rich technocrats.
Stories
Whispers in the Dark - Introduces the ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futureland |
The Israel Exploration Society (IES) (Hebrew:החברה לחקירת ארץ ישראל ועתיקותיה - Hakhevra Lekhakirat Eretz Yisrael Va'atikoteha), originally the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society, is a society devoted to historical, geographical and archaeological research of the Land of Israel. The society was founded in 1914 with t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%20Exploration%20Society |
James "Jay" Taylor (born October 23, 1976) is a former American professional football kicker. He played collegiately for the West Virginia Mountaineers.
High school years
Taylor attended Hershey High School in Hershey, Pennsylvania and starred in football, soccer, and tennis. In football, he was an All-Conference sele... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Taylor%20%28placekicker%29 |
Xelha or Xel-Ha may refer to:
Xelha, an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located on the eastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Xel-Ha Park, a commercial water theme park and ecotourism facility in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico
Xelha, a character in the video game Baten Kaitos: ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xelha%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Stanley Petey Cox (born January 23, 1982), better known by his stage name Mistah F.A.B. (backronym for Money Is Something To Always Have–Forever After Bread), is an American rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, community organizer and activist.
F.A.B.'s music career began in the late 1990s when he was discovered by Jazzy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistah%20F.A.B. |
Keith Robert Dorney (born December 3, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1979 to 1987.
He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, earning consensus All-American honors in 1978. In the 1979 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Dorney |
Brand New War are an American punk rock/street punk band from Los Angeles, California, United States, who began their career as The God Awfuls. As the God Awfuls, their music was described as "pedestrian political punk rock." The song, "Watch It Fall", from The God Awfuls album, Next Stop Armageddon was featured on the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand%20New%20War |
Jay Manuel (born August 14, 1972) is a Canadian TV host, Creative Director, make-up artist, and author. He is most recognizable as the Creative Director on the popular reality television show America's Next Top Model for the first eighteen seasons. Manuel also was featured as the host of Canada's Next Top Model.
Manue... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Manuel |
Duca can refer to:
People
(デュッカ), Japanese female singer
Edoardo Duca (born 1997), Italian footballer
Ion G. Duca (1879–1933), 35th Prime Minister of Romania
Lauren Duca (born 1991), American journalist
Michael Duca (born 1952), American Catholic bishop
George Ducas (Romanian: Gheorghe Duca; c. 1620–1685), three... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duca |
Than Phu Ying Ploypailin Jensen (; ; born February 12, 1981) is a member of the Thai Royal Family, a granddaughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand and a niece of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand. She is the eldest offspring of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya of Thailand. Ploypailin is not in the line of succession ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploypailin%20Jensen |
Niamh Cosgrave (born 9 October 1964) is a former Fine Gael politician from Dublin, Ireland. She campaigned for victims of the Hepatitis C blood contamination scandal, and was the subject of a book on this. She was briefly a member of the second house of the Irish parliament, and, for several years, of Dublin City Counc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamh%20Cosgrave |
Lidia Chojecka-Leandro (born 25 January 1977) is a retired Polish middle- and long-distance runner who mainly competed in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres. She won bronze medals in the 1500 m at the 1997 and 1999 World Indoor Championships, and for the 3000 m at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. Chojecka is a six-tim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidia%20Chojecka |
XERCN (1470 AM, RCN) is a Spanish talk radio station in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It is owned and operated by Uniradio, an operator of primarily Mexican radio stations with offices in San Diego.
History
XEAU-AM 1470 received its first concession in 1943. It soon after affiliated to the Radio Cadena Nacional ne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XERCN-AM |
Moncey may refer to:
Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754–1842), Marshal of France, and a prominent soldier in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
Moncey, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs département in France
See also
Moncé (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncey |
Glass-coating is a process invented in 1924 by G. F. Taylor and converted into production machine by Ulitovski for producing fine glass-coated metal filaments only a few micrometres in diameter.
In this process, known as the "Taylor-wire" or "microwire process" or "Taylor-Ulitovski process", the metal to be produced i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-coated%20wire |
Suzanne Maria Malveaux (; born December 4, 1966) is an American broadcast journalist. After joining CNN from NBC News in 2002, she co-anchored the CNN international news program Around the World and editions of CNN Newsroom and also served as the network's White House correspondent and as primary substitute to Wolf Bli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne%20Malveaux |
Francisco "Paquín" Estrada Soto (February 12, 1948 – December 9, 2019) was a Mexican Major League Baseball player for the New York Mets. Estrada, a catcher, appeared in one game for the Mets in 1971. Estrada was at the time of his death the manager of the Chihuahua Dorados in the Mexican League (Summer), and catcher's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20Estrada |
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Fort Pike State Historic Site is a decommissioned 19th-century United States fort, named after Brigadier General Zebulon Pike. It was built following the War of 1812 to guard the Rigolets pass in Louisiana, a strait from the Gulf of Mexico, via Lake Borgne, to Lake Pontchartrain bordering New Orleans. It was located ne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Pike |
Sierpc (Polish: ) is a town in north-central Poland, in the north-west part of the Masovian Voivodeship, about 125 km northwest of Warsaw. It is the capital of Sierpc County. Its population is 18,791 (2006).
Sierpc is a member of Cittaslow.
History
In the 10th century Sierpc was a stronghold of early Piast-ruled Pol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpc |
TSW Today was the news programme on Television South West, the ITV licensee for South West England.
The programme began as Today South West on 4 January 1982, then in 1987 it was renamed Today and in 1989, it became TSW Today.
When Television South West lost its licence to broadcast on Channel 3 and Westcountry Telev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSW%20Today |
Ice Castles is a 1978 American romantic drama film directed by Donald Wrye and starring Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson. It is the story of Lexie Winston, a young figure skater, and her rise and fall from super stardom. Tragedy strikes when, following a freak accident, Lexie loses her sight, leaving her to hide awa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20Castles |
The was the currency of New France, the French colony in modern-day Canada. It was subdivided into 20 , each of 12 . The New France was a French colonial currency, distinguished by the use of paper money.
History
After an initial period during which barter prevailed, the French began to circulate. In order to encou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20France%20livre |
Arak is a fictional comic book character and a superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in a special insert in The Warlord #48 (August 1981) and was created by Roy Thomas and Ernie Colón.
Arak (Bright-Sky-After-Storm) is depicted very much as a Conan knock-off in early appearances. Later, after encountering... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arak%20%28character%29 |
Ricardo León Sánchez de Reinaldo (born July 3, 1958) is a Cuban-American journalist, radio host, and author. After working as the lead local anchor on Miami's WSVN, Sánchez moved to cable news, first as a daytime anchor at MSNBC, later at CNN, where he began as a correspondent and ultimately rose to become an anchor. O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick%20Sanchez%20%28journalist%29 |
Changes is a 1969 American drama film directed and produced by Hall Bartlett.
Plot
Set in the 1960s, the film follows the lead character Kent (Kent Lane), as he travels along the California coast. As he drifts, he recalls his former troubled girlfriend, Bobbi (Manuela Thiess) who committed suicide after he broke off t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changes%20%281969%20film%29 |
Host system is any networked computer that provides services to other systems or users. These services may include printer, web or database access.
Host system is a computer on a network, which provides services to users or other computers on that network. Host system usually runs a multi-user operating system such as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host%20system |
Serpentine Green is a shopping centre that opened 8 February 1999 in the Hampton Hargate district of Southern Peterborough in England.
It is named after the nearby Serpentine Lake and the adjoining dual-carrigeway outside the centre 'The Serpentine'
When it was built the Tesco outlet was a flagship branch, and the l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine%20Green |
Simon Hantaï (7 December 1922, Biatorbágy, Hungary – Paris, 12 September 2008; took French nationality in 1966) is a painter generally associated with abstract art.
Biography
After studying at the Budapest School of Fine Art, he traveled through Italy on foot and moved to France in 1948. André Breton wrote the prefac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Hanta%C3%AF |
tri-Crescendo is a Japanese video game developer. It was founded in February 1999 by Hiroya Hatsushiba, who still runs the company. Hatsushiba, originally being a sound programmer, carried his experience into tri-Crescendo; the company was initially responsible for the sound in all games by tri-Ace starting with Valkyr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Crescendo |
The annual Cambridge Carnival International festival uses the Trinidad and Tobago model to bring together Cambridge’s diverse community for a spectacular annual costume parade and celebration. This year’s festival features five entertainment zones in Kendall Square: two live music stages, KidsFest zone, and two DJ zone... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%20Carnival%20International |
Numbers is the ninth studio album, and the first concept album by singer/songwriter Cat Stevens released in November 1975.
History of the album
The album Numbers, subtitled "A Pythagorean Theory Tale," was based on a fictional planet in a far-off galaxy named Polygor. The album included a booklet with excerpts from a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers%20%28Cat%20Stevens%20album%29 |
The Crogga River is a river in the Isle of Man.
Crogga River issues close to the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club and meanders slowly downhill into the lake in front of the hotel (across which the 18th and later the 9th hole used to be played) and then drops to Murray's Lake before becoming the impassable Crogga Ri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crogga%20River |
Panchita, also known as Chanda Bazar, is a village in Bongaon sub-division in the North 24 Parganas district, state of West Bengal, India. It has a Post Office and it is the main bazar of Dharmapukuria Gram Panchayat which has 7 Villages of its own administrative block and 3 villages of Ganrapota Gram Panchayat. Dharma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchita |
Cypripedium californicum, the California lady's slipper, is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium, the lady's slipper orchids, native to the western United States.
Description
[[File:Cypripedium californicum - Flickr 004.jpg|thumb|left|Blooming in Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, Humboldt County, California.
It... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypripedium%20californicum |
Zearalenone (ZEN), also known as RAL and F-2 mycotoxin, is a potent estrogenic metabolite produced by some Fusarium and Gibberella species. Specifically, the Gibberella zeae, the fungal species where zearalenone was initially detected, in its asexual/anamorph stage is known as Fusarium graminearum. Several Fusarium spe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zearalenone |
Mary Kate McGeehan is an American actress and screenwriter.
Her acting career has spanned several decades and she has appeared in a number of TV productions throughout the 1980s, 90s and 2000s into the 2010s. She is the daughter of American actor Pat McGeehan.
Career
She is best known to television viewers for her r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Kate%20McGeehan |
Ella Knowles Haskell (July 31, 1860 – January 27, 1911) was an American lawyer, suffragist, and politician. Born in New Hampshire, she moved to Montana to improve her health following a bout of tuberculosis and there became the first woman to be licensed as a lawyer, the first female notary public, the first woman to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella%20Knowles%20Haskell |
The Cragmont area of Berkeley is a residential district located in the northeastern section of the city, occupying most of the hill area north of Codornices Creek. It lies at an elevation of 755 feet (230 m).
The Cragmont area was mostly grassland with oak and bay laurel trees in the canyons until the beginnings of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cragmont%2C%20Berkeley%2C%20California |
Bob Sheppard is an American jazz musician who plays saxophone, clarinet, and flute. He has been a touring and studio musician for albums, film, and television and has released solo albums.
He has worked with Billy Childs, Chick Corea, Leonard Cohen, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Steely Dan, Mike Stern, Randy Brecke... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Sheppard%20%28musician%29 |
Canadian immigration and refugee law concerns the area of law related to the admission of foreign nationals into Canada, their rights and responsibilities once admitted, and the conditions of their removal. The primary law on these matters is in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, whose goals include economic g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20immigration%20and%20refugee%20law |
Karl August Nicander (20 March 1799 — 7 February 1839) was a Swedish lyric poet.
Bibliography
Runesvärdet (1820)
Fosterlandskänslan (1825)
Dikter (1825)
Dikter (1826)
Markus Botzaris (1826)
Tassos död (1826)
Nya dikter (1827)
Minnen från Södern (1831–1839)
Hesperider (1838)
Samlade dikter (1839–1841)
References
Swe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20August%20Nicander |
Peerage of England
|Earl of Surrey (1088)||John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey||1240||1304||1st Earl of Sussex (1282)
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|rowspan="2"|Earl of Gloucester (1122)|... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20peers%201290%E2%80%931299 |
Highway Companion is the third and final solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Tom Petty. It was released on July 25, 2006, and charted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album was produced by former Traveling Wilburys bandmate Jeff Lynne, who also produced Petty's highly acclaimed first solo albu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway%20Companion |
Jakub Krčín (18 June 1535 – 1604) was a Czech architect and engineer. He is best known for being the founder of many fish ponds in Bohemia.
Biography
Krčín was born in Kolín. He was a prolific designer and founder of fish ponds, and is particularly known for his work on the Fishponds of the Třeboň Basin, where he over... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub%20Kr%C4%8D%C3%ADn |
Daniel Greene, born in 1960, is an American actor, best known for his role as Dwayne Cooley in the television series Falcon Crest, and as Paco Queruak in the 1986 action–sci fi movie Vendetta dal futuro.
Career
Greene appeared in episodes of Alice, Dynasty, Three's Company, Matt Houston, Emerald Point N.A.S., The A-T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Greene%20%28actor%29 |
The Ricoh GR Digital is a compact digital camera made by Ricoh since 2005.
First announced at photokina 2004, it went on sale in Japan on 21 October 2005. The GR Digital is Ricoh's digital successor to their 35 mm GR series film cameras and the first in a series of Ricoh GR digital cameras.
Unlike most similar camera... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricoh%20GR%20Digital |
Lane's Mill was a gristmill, sawmill and fulling mill on Four Mile Creek in Section 31 of Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio.
The abandoned mill is on Lanes Mill Road, north of Wallace Road. It is within two miles of the present corporate limit of Oxford, Ohio.
History
The original mill was built about 1816 by Is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane%27s%20Mill%20Historic%20Buildings |
A torsion box consists of two thin layers of material (skins) on either side of a lightweight core, usually a grid of beams. It is designed to resist torsion under an applied load. A hollow core door is probably the most common example of a torsion box (stressed skin) structure. The principle is to use less material mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion%20box |
Hart Hanson (born July 26, 1957) is an American-born television writer and producer, as well as an author. He is best known as the creator, executive producer, and writer of the TV series Bones.
Biography
Hanson's family moved to Canada when he was a child. He received a BA from the University of Toronto and a MFA fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart%20Hanson |
Czernichów is a village in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czernichów. It lies approximately south-west of the regional capital Kraków.
References
Villages in Kraków County | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czernich%C3%B3w%2C%20Krak%C3%B3w%20County |
The military history of the Republic of Venice started shortly after its founding, spanning a period from the 9th century until the Republic's fall in the 18th century.
Military conflict between Venice and Italy began in the early 9th century with the intervention of Charlemagne's son King Pepin of Italy into Venice, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20the%20Republic%20of%20Venice |
Barbara Howard (born 1956) is an American psychotherapist and retired actress, who remains best known for her roles in the film Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and in the television series Falcon Crest as Melissa Agretti's cousin Robin Agretti. She retired from acting in 2000 to pursue her current career in psychoth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Howard%20%28actress%29 |
Szamotuły () is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about northwest of the centre of Poznań. It is the seat of Szamotuły County and of the smaller administrative district Gmina Szamotuły. The population was 19,090 in 2011.
History
Szamotuły was probably founded in the 11th century, and was firs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szamotu%C5%82y |
The Syro-Ephraimite War took place in the 8th century BC, when the Neo-Assyrian Empire was a great regional power. The tributary nations of Aram-Damascus (often called Aram) and the Kingdom of Israel (often called Ephraim because of the main tribe) decided to break away. The Kingdom of Judah, ruled by King Ahaz, refuse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syro-Ephraimite%20War |
Karl Groom is a British guitarist and record producer. He is best known as a founding and the only constant member of the progressive metal band Threshold. His production and mixing credits are mainly with progressive and power metal bands.
Musician
Groom is the guitarist of Threshold, having formed the band in 1988. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Groom |
This is a selection of portmanteau words.
Animals
Hybrids
cattalo, from cattle and buffalo
donkra, from donkey and zebra (progeny of donkey stallion and zebra mare) cf. zedonk below
llamanaco, from llama and guanaco
wholphin, from whale and dolphin
zorse, from zebra and horse (progeny of zebra stallion and horse ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20portmanteaus |
The M2 medium tank, officially Medium Tank, M2, was a United States Army medium tank that was first produced in 1939 by the Rock Island Arsenal, just prior to the commencement of the Second World War in Europe. Production was 18 M2 tanks, and 94 slightly improved M2A1 tanks, for a total of 112. Events in Western Europe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2%20medium%20tank |
USS William T. Powell (DE/DER-213), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Gunner's Mate William T. Powell (1918-1942), who was killed in action, aboard the heavy cruiser off Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942.
William T. Powell was laid down on 26 August 1943 at the Charleston Navy Yard; launched on 27 Nov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20William%20T.%20Powell |
Stream Energy is a subsidiary of NRG Energy and a retail electricity company. It uses multi-level marketing as its primary sales channel. The company sells electric and gas services in seven states and Washington, D.C.
History
Stream was founded in 2005 by Rob Snyder and Pierre Koshakji. Stream has energy services in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream%20Energy |
Jan Antonín Losy, Count of Losinthal (German: Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal); also known as Comte d'Logy (Losi or Lozi), (c. 1650 – 22 August 1721) was a Bohemian aristocrat, Baroque lute player and composer from Prague. His lute works combine the French style brisé with a more Italian cantabile style. He was probabl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Anton%C3%ADn%20Losy |
Paul Duffield (born 5 February 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He plays mainly as a half back flanker and began his football career at South Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League.
Fre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Duffield |
The Warren Wagon Train raid, also known as the Salt Creek massacre, occurred on May 18, 1871. Henry Warren was contracted to haul supplies to forts in the west of Texas, including Fort Richardson, Fort Griffin, and Fort Concho. Traveling down the Jacksboro-Belknap road heading towards Salt Creek Crossing, they encounte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren%20Wagon%20Train%20raid |
Sweet Valley High Senior Year is part of the Sweet Valley High franchise and the last spin-off series to be published. A double edition of the final book, Sweet 18, included the first book from the SVH series, Double Love, and a letter from creator Francine Pascal. The series is considered the most contemporary and re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet%20Valley%20Senior%20Year |
Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris (5 September 1888 – 22 November 1956) was a Welsh Liberal politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1923–1932 and from 1945–1956.
Early life
Morris was born at Blaencaerau, Maesteg, Glamorgan, son of John Morris, Congregational minister in Caerau, and Mary. He was educated at University of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhys%20Hopkin%20Morris |
Nick Verreos (born February 13, 1967, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American fashion designer, fashion commentator, former Project Runway contestant, educator and author.
Early life and education
Verreos was born in Missouri on February 13, 1967, to a Greek-American father and a Panamanian mother. Though born in St. L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Verreos |
The long green wrasse, Pseudojuloides elongatus, is a species of wrasse native to coastal waters from Australia to New Zealand and Norfolk Island (records from the Izu Islands, Japan are considered an undescribed species). This species occurs to depths around in weedy areas on reefs. It can reach in standard length... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20green%20wrasse |
Guðmundur Arason (1161 – March 16, 1237; Modern Icelandic: ; Old Norse: ) was an influential 12th and 13th century Icelandic saintly bishop who took part in increasing the powers of the Catholic Church in medieval Iceland. His story is recorded in several manuscripts, most notably Prestssaga Guðmundar góða. He is of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0mundur%20Arason |
Benjamin S. Lerner (born February 4, 1979) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, critic and teacher. The recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundations, Lerner has been a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Lerner teaches at Brooklyn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Lerner |
German () is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man.
It is located on the west of the island (part of the traditional North Side division) in the sheading of Glenfaba.
Administratively, part of the historic parish of German is now covered by part of the town of Peel.
Other settlements in the paris... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20%28parish%29 |
Ivan Moravec (9 November 1930 – 27 July 2015) was a Czech concert pianist whose performing and recording career spanned nearly half a century. Media and critics worldwide often called Moravec "a poet of the piano" or "pianist supreme". He is considered one of the greatest interpreters of Chopin.
Life and career
Ivan M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%20Moravec |
The Berkeley Marina is the westernmost portion of the city of Berkeley, California, located west of the Eastshore Freeway (Interstate 80 and 580) at the foot of University Avenue on San Francisco Bay. Narrowly speaking, "Berkeley Marina" refers only to the city marina, but in common usage, it applies more generally to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley%20Marina |
Undiscovered Soul is the second solo studio album from Richie Sambora the guitarist from New Jersey band Bon Jovi. The album was released on February 23, 1998, and is more experimental than his earlier release Stranger in This Town. The album was produced by Don Was.
Release and promotion
The album charted at #174 on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undiscovered%20Soul |
The Yugo Florida, also known as Zastava Florida, Yugo Sana or Yugo Miami, is a five-door hatchback which was introduced by Yugoslav automaker Zastava on 19 February 1987, and remained in production until 2008. The Florida was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, and one group of engineers of Zastava at Italdesign. It has de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugo%20Florida |
The Bennett Law, officially chapter 519 of the 1889 acts of the Wisconsin Legislature, was a controversial state law passed by the Wisconsin Legislature in 1889 dealing with compulsory education. The controversial section of the law was a requirement to utilize the English language to teach major subjects in all schoo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett%20Law |
Teteven (, ) is a town on the banks of the Vit, at the foot of the Balkan mountains in north central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Teteven Municipality which is a part of Lovech Province. As of December 2010, the town had a population of 10,733 inhabitants.
Geography
Teteven is located in a mountain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teteven |
Africa Hinterland was an overland travel company set up in the UK in the early 1980s to smuggle arms into South Africa for the military struggle against the apartheid system. It was founded by exiled members of the African National Congress and made over 40 trips into South Africa by truck, carrying up to a ton of we... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa%20Hinterland |
.gc.ca is a privately held second-level domain in the .ca top-level domain. It is used by the Government of Canada and operated by Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services, which holds all third level domains under the .gc.ca banner.
In 2012, the government of Canada had launched a plan to move all feder... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gc.ca |
Cadore (; ; or, rarely, Cadòria; or Kadober; Sappada German: Kadour; ) is a historical region in the Italian region of Veneto, in the northernmost part of the province of Belluno bordering on Austria, the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is watered by the Piave River which has its source in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadore |
The Assault (original title in Dutch: De aanslag) is a 1982 novel by Dutch author Harry Mulisch. Random House published an English translation by Claire Nicolas White in 1985. It covers 35 years in the life of the lone survivor of a night in Haarlem during World War II when the Nazi occupation forces, finding a Dutch c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Assault |
Alfred Menezes is co-author of several books on cryptography, including the Handbook of Applied Cryptography, and is a professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
Education
Alfred Menezes' family is from Goa, a state in western India, but he was born in Tanzania and grew up in Kuwait except for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Menezes |
Carl Held (born September 19, 1931), sometimes credited as Karl Held and Christopher Held, is an American actor who has worked extensively in both American and British television.
Career
Held is best known for his role as Garth in the 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, which he played for three seasons from 1987 to 1989.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Held |
Ariel Eduardo Rotenberg Gutkin (born 19 April 1960), better known as Ariel Rot, is an Argentine musician. He moved to Spain when he was young and became a member of the group Tequila. Later, he began his solo musical career, after which he joined the group Los Rodríguez (1990–96). More recently, he has returned to solo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel%20Rot |
Orbital surface may refer to:
Orbitofrontal cortex
Orbital surface of body of maxilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital%20surface |
There are two magazines with the name The Drama.
Around 1923, The Drama was a monthly review of the allied arts of the theatre sponsored by the Drama League of America. VOL 13 NOS. 8 and 9 was dated May-June 1923. It was edited by Theodore Ballou Hinckley, 59 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
In 2000,The Drama was a quart... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Drama |
John M. Faucette (September 15, 1943–2003) was an African-American science-fiction author. He published five novels (four of them in the 1960s) and one short story. At the time of his death he had seven unpublished novels in various states of completion. Two of his novels; Crown of Infinity and Age of Ruin, were publis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20M.%20Faucette |
Arbory () is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man.
It is located in the south of the island (part of the traditional South Side division) in the sheading of Rushen.
Settlements in the parish include Ballabeg, Colby and Ronague.
Local government
For the purposes of local government, the whole of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbory |
King Arthur Carrousel is a carousel attraction located in Fantasyland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The carousel was built in 1922 and operated at Sunnyside Beach Park in Toronto, Ontario, until the park closed. The ride was relocated to Disneyland in 1954, where it was refurbished and modified by Arrow Develop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Arthur%20Carrousel |
Jill Jacobson is an American actress, best known for her performances on television.
Her credits include the television series Crazy Like a Fox, Falcon Crest, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap, Who's The Boss?, Murphy Brown and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the 2001 television movie After the Storm.
Exter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill%20Jacobson |
Culpeper County High School (CCHS) is a high school in Culpeper County, Virginia. Culpeper County High School was built in 1969, expanded in 2001 and significantly renovated between 2013 and 2015.
Facilities
The building is split into three levels.
The main floor has administrative offices, a library, studio, auditor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culpeper%20County%20High%20School |
Lonan ( ; ) is one of the 17 parishes of the Isle of Man.
It is located on the east of the island (part of the traditional South Side division) in the sheading of Garff.
Other settlements in the parish include Baldrine and Ballabeg.
Local government
For the purposes of local government, since May 2016 the historic p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonan%20%28parish%29 |
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