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Nailsworth is a suburb four km north of Adelaide, South Australia. The suburb borders Sefton Park, Prospect, Broadview, Medindie Gardens and Collinswood. The North Road Cemetery is located within the suburb and was founded by Bishop Augustus Short in 1853. It contains the graves of some prominent South Australians.
G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nailsworth%2C%20South%20Australia |
"Pink Elephants on Parade" is a song and scene from the 1941 Disney animated feature film Dumbo in which Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse, having accidentally become intoxicated (through drinking water spiked with champagne), see pink elephants sing, dance, and play musical instruments during a hallucination sequence. After ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%20Elephants%20on%20Parade |
The Pakistani Instrument of Surrender () was a legal document signed between India (alongside the Provisional Government of Bangladesh) and Pakistan to end the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Per the trilateral agreement, the Pakistani government surrendered the Armed Forces Eastern Comman... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani%20Instrument%20of%20Surrender |
John C. Dugan (born June 3, 1955) is an American attorney who served as the 29th comptroller of the currency from August 2005 to August 14, 2010. He has since worked as the chairman of Citigroup.
Early life and education
Dugan was born in Washington, D.C. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mich... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20C.%20Dugan |
John Dugan (born February 7, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for his role in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) as Grandpa Sawyer. He also had a cameo appearance in the fourth installment of that series, The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Dugan took a hiatus from acti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Dugan%20%28actor%29 |
In the process of brewing beer, trub ( or ) is the material, along with hop debris, left in the whirlpool or hopback after the wort has been boiled then transferred and cooled. Brewers generally prefer that the bulk of the trub be left in the whirlpool rather than stay in contact with the fermenting wort. Although it c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trub%20%28brewing%29 |
Code Breakers is a 2005 American sports drama television film directed by Rod Holcomb and written by G. Ross Parker, based on the 2000 non-fiction book A Return to Glory by Bill McWilliams. The film chronicles the real-life 1951 cheating scandal at the United States Military Academy, and the impact on its football team... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code%20Breakers%20%28film%29 |
Sunday Stew was a block of programming aired on Sunday nights between 9-11 p.m. where MTV showed new episodes of their comedic programs targeted towards younger college-aged men. Like MTV2, the Stew showed short films before and after a show. The branding was discontinued on television in December 2005.
Sunday Stew l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday%20Stew |
State Highway 130 (SH 130), also known as the Pickle Parkway, is a highway from Interstate 35 (I-35) in San Antonio along I-410 and I-10 to east of Seguin, then north as tollway from there to I-35 north of Georgetown. SH 130 runs in a corridor east and south of Austin. The route parallels I-35 and is intended to relie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20State%20Highway%20130 |
Carlo Marchionni (10 February 1702 – 28 July 1786) was an Italian architect. He was also a sculptor and a virtuoso draughtsman, who mixed in the artistic and intellectual circles. He was born and died in Rome.
Biography
Marchionni's early career was fostered by his lifelong friend Cardinal Alessandro Albani, a great ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo%20Marchionni |
178 (one hundred [and] seventy-eight) is the natural number following 177 and preceding 179.
In mathematics
There are 178 biconnected graphs with six vertices, among which one is designated as the root and the rest are unlabeled. There are also 178 median graphs on nine vertices.
178 is one of the indexes of the sma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/178%20%28number%29 |
Terence Newman (born September 4, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals, and Vikings. He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats, earning unanimous All-American recogniti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence%20Newman |
The United Jihad Council, also known as the Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC), is an Islamist Jihadist organisation formed by the Pakistan Army for unified command and control over separatist militant groups operating in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir. It was formed in the summer of 1994 and is currently headed by S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Jihad%20Council |
Telokin (also known as kinase-related protein or KRP) is an abundant protein found in smooth-muscle. It is identical to the C-terminus of myosin light-chain kinase. Telokin may play a role in the stabilization of unphosphorylated smooth-muscle myosin filaments. Because of its origin as the C-terminal end of smooth mu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telokin |
The Adler Mannheim (English: Mannheim Eagles, formerly Mannheimer ERC) is a professional ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest-level ice hockey league in Germany. The team is based in Mannheim, a city in the northern part of Baden-Württemberg. Currently, the team plays at SAP Arena, where they mov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adler%20Mannheim |
See also the Independent Labour Party, which was active in Ireland in the early twentieth century.
The Independent Labour Group was a nationalist political party in Northern Ireland from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Sometimes known as the Independent Labour Party, it was formed in 1958 in Belfast by independent L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20Labour%20Group |
Thysania agrippina is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Maria Sibylla Merian in her 1705 publication Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, and Pieter Cramer provided the formal description of the species in 1776. The most commonly accepted English name is the white witch. Other common nam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thysania%20agrippina |
Real Maya was a Honduran football club.
History
The club was founded on 7 April 1985. They played in first division many season with many different names, Real Maya being the most used. In the 2002/2003 season they took the place of Real Comayagua.
Real Patepluma
They were named Real Patepluma and moved to Santa Bárb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20Maya |
Seabreeze Amusement Park (Seabreeze) is a historic family amusement park located in Irondequoit, New York, a suburb of Rochester, where Irondequoit Bay meets Lake Ontario. According to the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA), Seabreeze is the fourth-oldest operating amusement park in the United Stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabreeze%20Amusement%20Park |
The Yugoslav Navy (), was the navy of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992. It was essentially a coastal defense force with the mission of preventing enemy landings along Yugoslavia's rugged 4,000-kilometer shoreline or coastal islands, and contesting an enemy blockade or control of the strategic Strait of Otranto.
In 1990 it... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav%20Navy |
Gary MacKenzie (born 15 October 1985) is a Scottish retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He was called up to the Scotland national side in 2011 and 2012, but has not played in a full international match.
Career
MacKenzie started his career as a youth player at Rangers. He made two appearances for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20MacKenzie |
iRows was a web-based spreadsheet in beta with a GUI similar to the traditional desktop-based spreadsheet applications, such as Microsoft Excel and OpenOffice.org. It was shut down on December 31, 2006, after it was announced that its two founders had been hired by Google.
iRows used Ajax and XML. It was described as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRows |
Sandia High School (SHS) is a Public High School located in the northeast heights of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a member of the Albuquerque Public Schools district. The current enrollment is 1,776.
History
The school opened in 1958 and was originally constructed to hold between 1,800-2,000 students at a cost of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandia%20High%20School |
Song Nation (originally known as Various Artists Featuring Song Nation) is a charity compilation album featuring some of the most important Japanese performers from the Avex Trax label. The CD was made to raise money for the September 11, 2001 attacks.
It was produced by two of the most important record producers of Ja... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song%20Nation |
Perez v. Sharp, also known as Perez v. Lippold or Perez v. Moroney, is a 1948 case decided by the Supreme Court of California in which the court held by a 4–3 majority that the state's ban on interracial marriage violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The three justice plurality decision ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perez%20v.%20Sharp |
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is a veterinary college located at Mannuthy, Thrissur city of the Indian state of Kerala. The college is part of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University.
History
The college came into existence in 1955 as Government Veterinary College. Initially, the college was affi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20of%20Veterinary%20and%20Animal%20Sciences%2C%20Mannuthy |
Netaji Nagar is a part of South West Delhi and comes under the New Delhi parliamentary area. It predominantly has official government residences/quarters. The community is located close to Shanti path which has several embassies. The Prime Minister's residence is approximately 2 km away. Delhi College of Arts and Comme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netaji%20Nagar%2C%20Delhi |
Winnie the Pooh (also known as Pooh Bear, or simply Pooh) is a fictional bear and the main character in Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise, based on the character Winnie-the-Pooh created by English author A. A. Milne and English artist and book illustrator E. H. Shepard, being one of the most popular characters adapted... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie%20the%20Pooh%20%28Disney%20character%29 |
Gazpacho is a cold soup from Andalusia, Spain.
Gazpacho may also refer to:
Food
Torta de gazpacho, a type of flat bread used to prepare a gazpacho-style dish
Gazpacho (mixture), a cold Puerto Rican avocado, onion and fish-based mixture
Music and TV
Gazpacho (band), a progressive rock band from Norway
Gazpacho (song)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazpacho%20%28disambiguation%29 |
An airport authority is an independent entity charged with the operation and oversight of an airport or group of airports. These authorities are often governed by a group of airport commissioners, who are appointed to lead the authority by a government official. When the authority of an entity encompasses more than jus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport%20authority |
Ariel Osvaldo Pestano Valdés (born January 31, 1974), better known as El Veterano ("The Veteran"), is a Cuban baseball catcher, and is known as one of the greatest catchers in Cuban history. He has won both silver and gold medals in the Olympic Games and also played catcher on Cuba's World Baseball Classic team in Marc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel%20Pestano |
Bourtreehill is a large housing estate built by the Irvine Development Corporation (IDC) in the late 1970s which forms part of the Irvine New Town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The estate has two main parts, known as Bourtreehill North and Bourtreehill South. Along its southern border runs the Broomlands estate. The Bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourtreehill |
Quincy is a rapid transit station on the Chicago "L" system. It is located between the and stations on the Loop. The station is located above the intersection of Quincy Street and Wells Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Having opened in 1897, it is one of the oldest surviving stations on the 'L' system.
History
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy%20station%20%28CTA%29 |
The Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) is a state agency of Maryland and an airport authority under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Department of Transportation. The agency owns and operates Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and Martin State Airport. Its headquarters is on the thir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Aviation%20Administration |
Gordon John Lord (born 25 April 1961) is an English cricket coach, coach educator, and retired first-class cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Despite a promising start in which he played three youth tests for England, he never fulfilled this promise and retired well ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Lord |
Alpha Circini (α Cir, α Circini) is a variable star in the faint, southern, circumpolar constellation of Circinus. At an apparent visual magnitude of 3.19, it is the brightest star in the constellation and can be readily seen with the naked eye from the southern hemisphere to as far north as 25° north latitude. Paralla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%20Circini |
Mark Timothy O'Shea (born 9 May 1956) is an English herpetologist, photographer, author, lecturer, and television personality. He is known internationally as the presenter of the Animal Planet/Discovery Channel series O'Shea's Big Adventure.
Career
Originally from Wolverhampton, Mark O'Shea moved to Shropshire in 200... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20O%27Shea%20%28herpetologist%29 |
The Dorotheum () is one of the world's oldest auction houses and is the largest auction house of art items in Continental Europe. Established by Emperor Joseph I in 1707, it has its headquarters in Vienna on the Dorotheergasse and branches in other European countries. Besides auctions, the retail sector also plays a m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorotheum |
Foreign policy analysis (FPA) is a technique within the international relations sub-field of political science dealing with theory, development, and empirical study regarding the processes and outcomes of foreign policy.
FPA is the study of the management of external relations and activities of state. Foreign policy i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20policy%20analysis |
Gaudin is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
André Gaudin, a French rower
Antoine Marc Gaudin (1900–1974), an American engineer
Chad Gaudin (born 1983), an American baseball player
Christian Gaudin (politician) (born 1950), a member of the Senate of France
Christian Gaudin (handballer) (bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudin |
William Jenner may refer to:
Caitlyn Jenner (born 1949; birth name William Bruce Jenner), American television personality, athlete, and LGBT rights activist
Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet (1815–1898), English physician who discovered the distinction between typhus and typhoid
William E. Jenner (1908–1985), U.S. Senat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Jenner |
The Iron Range Yellow Jackets were a Junior "B" ice hockey team from Coleraine, Minnesota, United States. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League and an interleague member of the Junior "A" Superior International Junior Hockey League.
History
The Yellow Jackets played in the MNJHL fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Range%20Yellow%20Jackets |
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is an independent airport authority, created with the consent of the United States Congress to oversee management, operations, and capital development of the two major airports serving the U.S. national capital: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washingt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan%20Washington%20Airports%20Authority |
Menaul School is an independent sixth through twelfth grade day and boarding school in Albuquerque, New Mexico with a diverse, intellectual, personal, college preparatory education experience. Menaul School is accredited by the State of New Mexico, Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) and North Cent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menaul%20School |
Clear Light was an American psychedelic rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1966. The group released one studio album, Clear Light. It had moderate national success before the group disbanded.
History
In 1966, The Brain Train formed and was managed by Sunset Strip hipster Bud Mathis. They recorded ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear%20Light |
Cassini is a lunar impact crater that is located in the Palus Nebularum, at the eastern end of Mare Imbrium. The crater was named after astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Jacques Cassini. To the northeast is the Promontorium Agassiz, the southern tip of the Montes Alpes mountain range. South by south-east of Cassini is t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%20%28lunar%20crater%29 |
SLSC may refer to:
Surf Life Saving Club, volunteer institutions in Australia and New Zealand
Saint Louis Science Center, science museum in St. Louis, Missouri
South London Swimming Club, club in London, England
Sri Lanka Signals Corps, combat support corps of the Sri Lanka army
Saratoga Lake Sailing Club, locate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLSC |
The Common Information Model (CIM) is an open standard that defines how managed elements in an IT environment are represented as a common set of objects and relationships between them.
The Distributed Management Task Force maintains the CIM to allow consistent management of these managed elements, independent of thei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20Information%20Model%20%28computing%29 |
The Nickel Centre Native Sons were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Garson, Ontario, Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
History
The Native Sons originated in the NOHA Jr. B League. In their time in the league, Nickel Centre won two McNamara Cups as league champi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%20Centre%20Native%20Sons |
The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the Diocese of Perth was passed and adopted in 1872 at the first synod held in Western Australia. In 1914, the Province of Western Australia was created and the diocesan bishop of Perth became ex officio met... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican%20Diocese%20of%20Perth |
The Onaping Falls Huskies were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Onaping Falls, Ontario, Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL).
History
As the Levack Miners, the team won the 1972 NOHA Jr. B League. In 1974, they changed their name to the Onaping Falls Huski... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onaping%20Falls%20Huskies |
Turtle Beach may refer to:
İztuzu Beach in Dalyan, Turkey, also known as Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach Corporation, an American sound card and headphone manufacturer
Turtle Beach (film), a 1992 Australian drama film
Turtle Beach (Florida) south of Sarasota
Turtle Beach, Northern Territory, Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle%20Beach |
Craig Conn (born November 16, 1983 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a former professional lacrosse player.
High school career
Conn was a four-year starter at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School in St. Catharines from 1997 to 2001. During those years, he teamed up with fellow future NLL players Matt Vinc, Billy Dee Smit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Conn |
Terry Lee Collins (born May 27, 1949) is an American former professional baseball manager. He managed the Houston Astros, the Anaheim Angels and New York Mets in Major League Baseball and the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He currently serves as a baseball analyst for Mets programming on SNY.
A former... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Collins |
The Sudbury Cubs were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.
History
The North Stars jumped from juvenile with the Coniston Flyers and Nickel Centre Native Sons to Junior B in 1976.
In 1978, they were promoted to Jr. A as members of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury%20Cubs |
The Common Information Model (CIM) is an electric power transmission and distribution standard developed by the electric power industry. It aims to allow application software to exchange information about an electrical network. It has been officially adopted by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20Information%20Model%20%28electricity%29 |
The 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 59th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 22 and 23 June 1991. It was also the fourth round of the 1991 FIA Sportscar World Championship season.
Pre-race
An entirely new complex along the front stretch was built, housing modern pit stalls, garages, and the new observation su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans |
The Thessalon Flyers were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Thessalon, Ontario, Canada. Over its history, this defunct hockey team was a part of the International Junior B Hockey League, followed by the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, and lastly the North of Superior Junior B Hockey League.
History
The North S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalon%20Flyers |
Victoria Hospital or Queen Victoria Hospital may refer to:
Australia
Queen Victoria Hospital, Adelaide, a former hospital, now part of the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia
Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria
Royal Perth Rehabilitation Hospital, originally called the Victoria Hos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Hospital |
New Juke Box Hits is the fifth studio album by rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry, released in March 1961 by Chess Records. Unlike his previous four LPs, only two songs, "Little Star" backed with "I'm Talking About You", had been previously released on a 45 rpm single.
The album was recorded and released while Berry w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Juke%20Box%20Hits |
Michael Gene Lucci (December 29, 1939 – October 26, 2021) was an American professional football linebacker who played for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Cleveland Browns for three seasons from 1962 to 1964 and nine seasons with the Detroit Lions from 1965 to 1973. Lucci played colle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Lucci |
In Norse mythology, Niðafjöll (pronounced , also written Niðvellir, often anglicized as Nidafjöll), which means dark mountains, are located in the northern underworld. Niðafjöll is the site from which the dragon Níðhöggr comes. According to Snorri Sturluson, the good and virtuous people will live here in a golden palac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C3%B0afj%C3%B6ll |
A government budget is a projection of the government's revenues and expenditure for a particular period of time often referred to as a financial or fiscal year, which may or may not correspond with the calendar year. Government revenues mostly include taxes (e.g. inheritance tax, income tax, corporation tax, import ta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20budget |
Miljoenenjacht (; ), officially Postcode Loterij Miljoenenjacht, is a Dutch game show, sponsored by the country's postcode lottery, where a contestant and at-home viewer could win up to €5,000,000 (approx. $5,583,720 or £4,390,423) or as little as €0.01. The show is broadcast at various times, spanning across six episod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miljoenenjacht |
Gordon Taylor Snyder, (December 17, 1924 – December 10, 2005) was the Minister of Labour of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982, and a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP).
Early years
His formative years, spanning the Great Depression, were divided between his family farm and Moos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Snyder |
Red Hot + Blue is the first compilation album from the Red Hot Organization in the Red Hot Benefit Series. It features contemporary pop performers reinterpreting several songs of Cole Porter, and the title of the album originates from Cole Porter's musical Red, Hot and Blue.
Released in September 1990, the album sold ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hot%20%2B%20Blue |
Government financial statements are annual financial statements or reports for the year. The financial statements, in contrast to budget, present the revenue collected and amounts spent. The government financial statements usually include a statement of activities (similar to an income statement in the private sector),... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20financial%20statements |
The Freehold Township Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Freehold Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 3,737 students and 329.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freehold%20Township%20Schools |
The Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Rayside-Balfour, Ontario, Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.
History
A very successful franchise, the Sabrecats won the Dudley Hewitt Cup three times (1997, 2000, and 2002) and a dynastic seven ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayside-Balfour%20Sabrecats |
Refund theft, also known as refund fraud, refund scam or whitehouse scam, is a crime which involves returning goods ineligible for refund to a retailer in exchange for money or other goods. The goods returned may have been acquired illegally, or they may be discarded damaged goods. Other schemes involve sealing weight... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refund%20theft |
Taxpayer groups, taxpayers associations, or taxpayers unions, are formal nonprofit or informal advocacy groups that promote lower taxation, reductions in government spending, and limits to government debt.
Many American cities and counties have taxpayer groups. Members of these groups try to make their presence felt b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayer%20groups |
Grenland Bridge () is Norway's highest cable-stayed bridge with a tower height of . The bridge, which opened in 1996, is part of the European Route E18 highway and it crosses the Frierfjord, a fjord in Vestfold og Telemark county. The bridge connects the town of Brevik in Porsgrunn Municipality to the town of Stathelle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenland%20Bridge |
Avant Hard is the third studio album by English electronic music band Add N to (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records.
The track "Metal Fingers in My Body" was used in an advertisement for a digital television service in the UK, played as the background music for skateboarder Danny Way for a montage of tricks. "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant%20Hard |
The Liberal Egyptian Party (, ), formerly Mother Egypt Party, was a liberal and secular political party in Egypt advocating democracy and patriotism. This liberal party was a political party in Egypt until the merger with another liberal party, the Egyptian Democratic Party, to become the Egyptian Social Democratic Par... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal%20Egyptian%20Party |
The Capreol Hawks were a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Capreol, Ontario, Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.
History
The team started in 1978 and folded in 1986. Prior to 1978, the Hawks were members of the NOHA Jr. B League, where they won a league tit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capreol%20Hawks |
Kröger–Vink notation is a set of conventions that are used to describe electric charges and lattice positions of point defect species in crystals. It is primarily used for ionic crystals and is particularly useful for describing various defect reactions. It was proposed by and .
Notation
The notation follows the sche... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%B6ger%E2%80%93Vink%20notation |
Pathari State was established by the Nawabzada Hayder Mohammad Khan of Orakzai Clan Mirazikhel tribe. The State of Bhopal and Rahatgarh later Rahatgarh state become Pathari after losing rule over Rahatgarh by East India Company was founded in 1723 by Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan, from Tirah in Afghanistan, a descendant of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathari%20State |
Jill Officer (born June 2, 1975) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Officer played second for the teams skipped by Jennifer Jones from 2003 to 2018 and while they were juniors. The team won a gold medal while representing Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Team Jones was the first women’s team to go through... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill%20Officer |
Deutschkreutz ( until 1899, Németkeresztúr ) is an Austrian market town in the district of Oberpullendorf in the state of Burgenland.
Geography
Deutschkreutz lies in Middle Burgenland. It is divided into the districts of Deutschkreutz and Girm. The town, like its neighbors Unterpetersdorf, Horitschon, and Neckenmark... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschkreutz |
Makrai is a village in the Harda district of Madhya Pradesh, India. The village was the headquarters of the Makrai princely state during the British Raj.
History
According to legend the Makrai princely state was established in 1663 by Raj Gond Raja Karkat Rai in the 16th century. It later came under the administrati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makrai |
The AAA chipset (Advanced Amiga Architecture) was intended to be the next-generation Amiga multimedia system designed by Commodore International. Initially begun as a secret project, the first design discussions were started in 1988, and after many revisions and redesigns the first silicon versions were fabricated in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20Amiga%20Architecture%20chipset |
The Rouyn-Noranda Capitales were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada.
History
This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. The team disbanded to make way for their city's Quebec Major Junior Hockey League franchise, the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies.
The Capit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouyn-Noranda%20Capitales |
En-Tact is the fourth studio album by Scottish band the Shamen, released in 1990. It was the first Shamen album to feature Mr C, and the last to feature Will Sinnott (who died on 23 May 1991). It fused the band's past psychedelic rock sounds with the rave act it became, developing a style that represented multicultural... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En-Tact |
The Red Bank Borough Public Schools are part of a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Red Bank, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 1,434 students and 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Bank%20Borough%20Public%20Schools |
Stuart Leslie Braithwaite (born 10 May 1976) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter. He is the guitarist of post-rock band Mogwai, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums. He is also a member of the British alternative rock supergroups Minor Victories and Silver Moth. He has used the name Plasmatron in the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Braithwaite |
William Burnet (March 1687/88 – 7 September 1729) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator who served as governor of New York and New Jersey (1720–1728) and Massachusetts and New Hampshire (1728–1729). Born into a position of privilege (his godfather became William III of England not long after his birth,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Burnet%20%28colonial%20administrator%29 |
Steve Koven is a Canadian jazz pianist and member of the Steve Koven Trio and the Koven Collective.
He is a composer, performer, producer and educator.
In 1993 Koven established the Steve Koven Trio. Aside from performing worldwide with his trio, Steve also performs solo piano concerts throughout North America, Europe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Koven |
Dale Lester Wilson (born 7 June 1953) is an Australian politician, and a former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Narre Warren South. He was elected in 2002. He is a member of the Labor Party and a member of its Socialist Left faction.
In March 2006, Wilson was opposed and defeated by Judith Graley in a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale%20Wilson%20%28politician%29 |
The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds.
The team is run by the Baroda Cricket Association. It has been one of the most successful teams in the Ranji Trophy in the new millennium.
Baroda were ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroda%20cricket%20team |
Jean-Paul Turcaud ( 1940–2020) was a French mining pioneer, and one of many claimants to the discovery of the Telfer Mine in Western Australia, for a time Australia's largest gold mine. The discovery of this prospect was attributed by Newmont Mining to David Tyrwhitt in 1972.
Early life
Jean-Paul Turcaud arrived in Au... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul%20Turcaud |
Khoo Fuk-lung (born 21 February 1964), also known as James Khoo, is a Hong Kong manhua artist and writer.
External links
Khoo Fuk-lung's blog
Hong Kong artists
Hong Kong comics artists
Living people
1964 births | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoo%20Fuk-lung |
Patrick Kelly Downard is the former Republican Councilman for the 16th District of Louisville Metro in Kentucky in the United States of America and served as Metro Council President from 2004 to 2005. Downard previously held the title of President of Louisville Community Development Bank, to which he was appointed by M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Downard |
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe (born Yan-Kay Lo; January 20, 1981) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her scream queen roles in horror films such as Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001), Final Destination 3 (2006), Black Christmas (2006), and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007). She played Rita Haywith in Hallmark Channel's te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Lowe |
Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling Champion. Arsenault has skipped her own team since 2007.
Career
1999–2006
Ars... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary-Anne%20Arsenault |
Camden Toy is an American actor, screenwriter, and film editor. He is best known as a character actor, often under special effects prosthetic makeup. He has acted in over one hundred independent films, and a number of television roles.
Early life
Toy grew up in Pennsylvania, and his interest in the film industry was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden%20Toy |
Jobat is a city and a nagar parishad municipality in Alirajpur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
History
Jobat was a princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopawar Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 339 square kilometres in 1901. Its Hindu ruler... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobat |
Killarney Secondary School is a public secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest public secondary school in the city by area. The school and the neighbourhood it is located in is named after Killarney, Ireland.
History
Killarney opened on September 29, 1957, beginning with students f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killarney%20Secondary%20School |
The Teatro Massimo Bellini is an opera house located on Piazza Vincenzo Bellini in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. Named after the local-born composer Vincenzo Bellini, it was inaugurated on 31 May 1890 with a performance of the composer's masterwork, Norma. It seats 1,200.
History
The creation of what was to finall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro%20Massimo%20Bellini |
The Bishop of Perth may refer to:
Anglican Bishop of Perth, precursor title of the Anglican Archbishop of Perth
Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth, precursor title of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop%20of%20Perth |
Laguna Hills Mall was a shopping mall in Laguna Hills, California, United States, in southern Orange County that is being redeveloped by the owners as Village at Laguna Hills. The enclosed mall closed on December 31, 2018, and was completely demolished in 2023. The exterior stores remain open. A hotel, entertainment ve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna%20Hills%20Mall |
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