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Self-help, in the sense of a legal doctrine, refers to individuals' implementation of their rights without resorting to legal writ or consultation of higher authority, as where a financial institution repossesses a car on which they hold both the title and a defaulted note. Individuals resort to self-help when they ret... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-help%20%28law%29 |
Katharine Schlesinger (born 29 April 1963) is a British actress, the niece of the film director John Schlesinger and great-niece of Dame Peggy Ashcroft. She starred as Catherine in the 1987 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.
Theatre
In 1990, she listed her earlier provincial stage work as:
Romeo and J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine%20Schlesinger |
The Bezhta (or Bezheta) language (Bezhta: бежкьалас миц, bežƛʼalas mic, beƶⱡʼalas mic, ), also known as Kapucha (from the name of a large village), belongs to the Tsezic group of the North Caucasian language family. It is spoken by about 6,200 people in southern Dagestan, Russia
Bezhta can be divided into three dialec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezhta%20language |
Archbishop of Perth may refer to:
Anglican Archbishop of Perth
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop%20of%20Perth |
The Grace A. Dow Memorial Library is the public library of the City of Midland and serves residents of Midland and of the contracting Midland County townships: Edenville, Greendale, Homer, Hope, Ingersoll, Jerome, Larkin, Lee, Lincoln, Midland, Mills, and Mt. Haley.
History
In 1899, Midland Library Association was for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace%20A.%20Dow%20Memorial%20Library |
Norma Cole (born May 12, 1945) is a Canadian poet, visual artist, translator, and curator. An Anglophone Canadian by birth, Cole learned French at an early age, and went on to translate the works of French poets Emmanuel Hocquard, Danielle Collobert, , Jean Daive, and others with whom she is intellectually allied. In t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma%20Cole |
The Cortes of Cádiz was a revival of the traditional cortes (Spanish parliament), which as an institution had not functioned for many years, but it met as a single body, rather than divided into estates as with previous ones.
The General and Extraordinary Cortes that met in the port of Cádiz starting 24 September 1810... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortes%20of%20C%C3%A1diz |
Ramón González Rivera (born May 4, 1972), better known by his ring name Ray González, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler and businessman. He has performed in the World Wrestling Council (WWC) and International Wrestling Association (IWA) in Puerto Rico, Wrestling International New Generation (W*ING) in Japan, Cons... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Gonz%C3%A1lez |
Peter Rasmussen (born 2 August 1974) is a Danish badminton player. A former World Champion and European Champion, Rasmussen ranks among the best Danish badminton players of all time.
Career
The crowning achievement of his career was winning the Men's Singles at the 1997 IBF World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. It... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Rasmussen%20%28badminton%29 |
Neil Passmore Craig (born 11 January 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Norwood Football Club, Sturt Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
He later worked as a fitness adviser, and then became coach of the Adelaide Foo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Craig |
Katherine Neville (born 1945) is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling American author who writes adventure/quest novels. Her novels include The Eight (1988), A Calculated Risk (1992), The Magic Circle (1998) and The Fire (2008), which is a sequel to The Eight.
Biography
Katherine Neville was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine%20Neville%20%28author%29 |
Eiling Kramer (July 14, 1914 – May 5, 1999) MLA, was an auctioneer, rancher and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Eiling Kramer was born in 1914, the son of Minne Dowe Kramer and Jacobina Kopinga, in Highworth, Saskatchewan in the North Battleford district. After attending school in Highworth, Eiling worked at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiling%20Kramer |
Medical Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1965, with the preamble stating:
Ratifications
As of 2022, the convention had been ratified by 41 states.
External links
Text.
Ratifications.
International Labour Orga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20Examination%20of%20Young%20Persons%20%28Underground%20Work%29%20Convention%2C%201965 |
Lackenbach (, ) is an Austrian municipality in the District of Oberpullendorf, Burgenland.
Geography
Lackenbach lies in the Oberpullendorf District, the Middle Burgenland and is not divided into any districts.
History
Between 1548 and 1552, Lackenbach was developed as a fort. After 1670-71 many Jews from Vienna set... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackenbach |
Acoustic location is a method of determining the position of an object or sound source by using sound waves. Location can take place in gases (such as the atmosphere), liquids (such as water), and in solids (such as in the earth).
Location can be done actively or passively:
Active acoustic location involves the crea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic%20location |
Larry Christopher Jermaine Tripplett (born January 18, 1979) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was originally drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington.
Tripplett also played for the Buffalo Bills and the Seattle Seahawks.
Re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Tripplett |
Census in Armenia is a population census conducted in Armenia about every 10 years with the purpose of capturing exact data on demographics in the country.
Demographic trends
While Armenians formed a consistent majority, Azerbaijanis were historically the second largest population in the republic under Soviet rule (f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census%20in%20Armenia |
Velocity is a novel by Dean Koontz first published in 2005. Set in Napa County, California, it is about a man in his thirties who takes the law into his own hands when, out of the blue, he is threatened by an anonymous adversary. The "words of wisdom" with which the novel is interspersed are direct quotations from the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity%20%28novel%29 |
In renal physiology, net acid excretion (NAE) is the net amount of acid excreted in the urine per unit time. Its value depends on urine flow rate, urine acid concentration, and the concentration of bicarbonate in the urine (the loss of bicarbonate, a buffering agent, is physiologically equivalent to a gain in acid). NA... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net%20acid%20excretion |
American singer Lindsay Lohan has released two studio albums and six singles. While acting in the Disney films Freaky Friday (2003) and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), Lohan began recording songs for the soundtracks. In September 2002, Emilio Estefan, Jr. had signed Lohan to a five-album contract. The deal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay%20Lohan%20discography |
A passive margin is the transition between oceanic and continental lithosphere that is not an active plate margin. A passive margin forms by sedimentation above an ancient rift, now marked by transitional lithosphere. Continental rifting forms new ocean basins. Eventually the continental rift forms a mid-ocean ridge an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive%20margin |
Cronaca Sovversiva (Subversive Chronicle) was an Italian-language, United States-based anarchist newspaper associated with Luigi Galleani from 1903 to 1920. It is one of the country's most significant anarchist periodicals.
History
Prior to founding Cronaca Sovversiva, Luigi Galleani became involved in anarcho-commu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronaca%20Sovversiva |
The Tour de Pakistan is a bicycle race held in Pakistan roughly every two years over more than . It is modelled after the Tour de France. The race begins in Karachi and ends in
Peshawar. It is the longest cycling race in Asia. The event used to be 22 stages long and 2200 kilometres in length, but in 2007 it was reduce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour%20de%20Pakistan |
The Bull's Island Recreation Area is on Bull's Island at Raven Rock along the Delaware River approximately north of Stockton, within Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The park is a part of the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park. It offers a boat launch, fishing, and a nature trail.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull%27s%20Island%20Recreation%20Area |
Thomas Barclay (; 21 November 1849 – 5 October 1935) was a missionary of the Presbyterian Church of England to Formosa (now called Taiwan) from 1875 until his death. His ministry in southern Taiwan has been compared to the work done in northern Taiwan by George Leslie Mackay. He founded Tainan Theological College and S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Barclay%20%28missionary%29 |
Carl Gottfried Semper (July 6, 1832, Altona, Hamburg – May 29, 1893, Würzburg) was a German ethnologist and animal ecologist. His brother Georg Semper took an interest in the lepidoptera while his brother Johannes Otto Semper (1830–1907) specialized in the molluscs.
Career
Semper attended the Hanover Polytechnic from... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Semper |
Georgina Wheatcroft (born November 30, 1965 in Nanaimo, British Columbia as Georgina Hawkes) is a Canadian curler. She won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics while on Kelley Law's team.
Curling career
Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national championship, debut in 1987 as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina%20Wheatcroft |
WHBF-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Rock Island, Illinois, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Quad Cities area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Burlington, Iowa–licensed CW owned-and-operated station KGCW (channel 26); Nexstar also provides certain services to Davenport... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHBF-TV |
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD) is a specialist tropical disease hospital located in London, United Kingdom. It is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is closely associated with University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. It is the only N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital%20for%20Tropical%20Diseases |
John William Oliver (born 23 April 1977) is a British-American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. Oliver started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom. He came to wider attention for his work in the United States as Senior British Correspondent on The Daily ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Oliver |
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species. G. polyphemus is threatened by pre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher%20tortoise |
Andrew Zaltzman (born 6 October 1974) is a British comedian and author who largely deals in political and sport-related material.
He has worked with John Oliver, their work together including Political Animal, The Department, and The Bugle. Since 2016 he has been a statistician for BBC Radio's Test Match Special cric... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Zaltzman |
The Winnipeg Cyclone was a professional basketball club based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that competed in the International Basketball Association from 1995 to 2001. The Cyclone played its home games at the Winnipeg Convention Centre (dubbed the "Wind Tunnel"). However, the Cyclone did not enjoy significant popularity, usua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg%20Cyclone |
The Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia (; abbr. СРСЈ or SRSJ) was a liberal political party in the SFR Yugoslavia led by Ante Marković that opposed the dissolution of Yugoslavia.
History
The party was short-lived and fairly unsuccessful, but it later served as a basis for liberal parties in Serbia (the Reform Party... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20of%20Reform%20Forces%20of%20Yugoslavia |
Urengoy may refer to:
Urengoy, an urban-type settlement in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Urengoy gas field in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Novy Urengoy, a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urengoy%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Urengoy (; Nenets: Пюра ңо, Pjura ŋo) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Purovsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population:
History
Urengoy was founded in 1932 as a Nenets settlement. Between 1949 and 1953, the construction of the railway between Salekhard and Igarka was coordinat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urengoy |
Barbara Becker (born November 1, 1966 as Barbara Feltus) is a German-American designer, former actress and model.
Early life
Barbara Becker was born to a Black American father, Harlan Feltus, and a German mother, Ursula. Her father originally went to Europe as a lieutenant in the US medical corps, but became a success... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Becker |
Nancy Dale Delahunt (born January 5, 1959) is a Canadian curler from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Delahunt currently plays third for Colleen Jones.
Career
Delahunt was born in Montreal, Quebec. She was a member of the Colleen Jones team which won five Scott Tournament of Hearts (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) and two World Cu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Delahunt |
The Tolai language, or Kuanua, is spoken by the Tolai people of Papua New Guinea, who live on the Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain Province.
Nomenclature
This language is often referred to in the literature as Tolai. However, Tolai is actually the name of the cultural group. The Tolais themselves refer to their l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolai%20language |
Mato-tope (also known as Ma-to-toh-pe or Four Bears, from mato "bear" and tope "four") (c. 1784 - July 30, 1837) was the second chief of the Mandan tribe to be known as "Four Bears," a name he earned after charging the Assiniboine tribe during battle with the strength of four bears. Four Bears lived in the first half o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato-tope |
The Masses was a graphically innovative American magazine of socialist politics published monthly from 1911 until 1917, when federal prosecutors brought charges against its editors for conspiring to obstruct conscription in the United States during World War I. It was succeeded by The Liberator and then later New Masse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Masses |
Kalittokai ( meaning the kali-metre anthology) is a classical Tamil poetic work and the sixth of Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. It is an "akam genre – love and erotic – collection par excellence", according to Kamil Zvelebil – a Tamil literature and history scholar. The anthology contains 150 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalittokai |
Lungalunga (Lunga Lunga), frequently though ambiguously called Minigir, is spoken by a small number of the Tolai people of Papua New Guinea, who live on the Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain Province. It is often referred to in the linguistics literature as the Tolai "dialect" with an .
Classification
Lungalunga b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungalunga%20language |
In international relations, () is France's sphere of influence (or in French, meaning 'backyard') over former French and (also French-speaking) Belgian colonies in sub-Saharan Africa. The term was derived from the expression , which was used by the first president of Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, in 1955 to de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7afrique |
Vernon Chatman (born October 31, 1972) is an American television producer, writer, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City. He created the television series Wonder Showzen, Xavier: Renegade Angel, The Heart, She Holler and The Shivering Truth. He... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon%20Chatman |
The Pitt River Expedition is a series of expeditions in the U.S. state of California in the 1850s. The expeditions are named for the Pit River, one of many tributaries of the Sacramento River, and the Pitt River Indians (historical spellings differed). The expeditions were part of the larger American Indian Wars and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitt%20River%20Expedition |
Patpatar, or , is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.
Phonology
Phonology of the Patpatar language:
References
Languages of New Ireland Province
St George linkage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patpatar%20language |
Russell Joseph Howard (born 23 March 1980) is an English comedian, television presenter, radio presenter, and actor. He was known for his television show Russell Howard's Good News and is currently doing The Russell Howard Hour, and his appearances on the topical panel TV show Mock the Week. He won "Best Compère" at th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%20Howard |
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002. The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 70 of the 200 seats, and formed a coalition government with the KDU-ČSL and Freedom Union – Democratic Union. Voter turnout was 58%.
Campaign finances
Opinion polls... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Czech%20parliamentary%20election |
Jadranko Prlić (; born 10 June 1959) is a Bosnian Croat politician who served as Prime Minister of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 1993 to 1996. From 1994 to 1996, he was the Federal Minister of Defence and from 1997 to 2001, the first Minister of Forei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadranko%20Prli%C4%87 |
The Washington Commanders, an American football team belonging to the National Football League (NFL), have also played as the Boston Braves, Boston Redskins, Washington Redskins, and Washington Football Team. Founded in 1932, the team has won five professional American football championships including two NFL Champions... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Washington%20Commanders |
Berwyn is a temporarily closed 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1121 West Berwyn Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Bryn Mawr, located about to the north, and Argyle, about to the south, both still in service and serving as alternate stations. Four ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwyn%20station%20%28CTA%29 |
Kuṟuntokai (, meaning the short-collection) is a classical Tamil poetic work and traditionally the second of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. The collection belongs to the akam (love) category, and each poem consists of 4 to 8 lines each (except poem 307 and 391 which have 9 lines). The Sang... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku%E1%B9%9Funtokai |
South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States.
History
The school was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. The Eugene school district in 1915 built a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Eugene%20High%20School |
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Derbyshire.
Sir John Vernon bef. 1544 – aft. 1544
Sir Francis Leke bef. 1547 – bef. 1580
Sir John Manners 1580–1611
George Manners bef. 1617–1617
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire 1617–1628
Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset 1628–1646
I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custos%20Rotulorum%20of%20Derbyshire |
Natrinai ( meaning excellent tinai), is a classical Tamil poetic work and traditionally the first of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. The collection – sometimes spelled as Natrinai or Narrinai – contains both akam (love) and puram (war, public life) category of poems. The Naṟṟiṇai anthology ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%E1%B9%9F%E1%B9%9Fi%E1%B9%87ai |
WQAD-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Moline, Illinois, United States, serving the Quad Cities area as an affiliate of ABC and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on Park 16th Street in Moline, and its transmitter is located in Orion, Illinois.
Channel 8 was a comparativel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WQAD-TV |
Daniela Rocca (12 September 1937 – 28 May 1995) was an Italian actress, model and writer.
Biography
Rocca was born and raised in Acireale, a small town near Catania. She became Miss Catania in 1953, and was discovered by talent scouts after competing in a Miss Italy competition.
Rocca made her film debut in French di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela%20Rocca |
Nowy Tomyśl () is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nowy Tomyśl County. The population is 15,627 (2004).
History
The town has a long tradition of wickerwork. In the main town square stands a wicker basket woven in 2006, measuring long, 9 m wide and 7.7 m high, entered in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowy%20Tomy%C5%9Bl |
Phil Driscoll (born November 9, 1947) is a trumpeter, singer, composer, and producer. He performs in varying music genres and styles which include rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and patriotic music, and is best known for his work in Christian music and his longterm Christian ministry. In 1985, Driscoll won the Grammy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%20Driscoll |
Millennium Live is a cancelled international television special, which was an unsuccessful attempt to broadcast an international celebration of the beginning of the Year 2000, or the so-called Millennium. Reports claimed that the show was to have involved broadcasters in up to 130 nations. Millennium Live: Humanity's B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium%20Live |
Paul Angelo Winn is a Canadian human rights activist, and a former lawyer.
He served as a director and interim Chief of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, a Canadian crown corporation with a goal of building a national framework for the fight against racism in Canadian society. Mr Winn is also past president of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Winn |
The Young and the Useless were an American punk band formed in the early 1980s that consisted of Adam Trese, Arthur Africano, David Scilken and future Beastie Boys member Adam Horovitz. They were managed by former Beastie Boys manager Nick Cooper. Their first recording Real Men Don't Floss was released by Ratcage Rec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Young%20and%20the%20Useless |
No Alternative is an alternative rock compilation album produced by Paul Heck and Chris Mundy that was released in 1993. It was the third compilation put together by the Red Hot Organization, a charity dedicated to raising money for and awareness of AIDS relief. The album features original tracks and cover versions fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20Alternative |
Fishermen's Competency Certificates Convention, 1966 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1966, with the preamble stating:
Ratifications
As of 2022, the convention had been ratified by 10 states.
External links
Text
Ratifications.
International Labour Organization conventions
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishermen%27s%20Competency%20Certificates%20Convention%2C%201966 |
Francis Oliver (born Francis Robert Oliver Bowsfield; September 1, 1853 – March 31, 1933) was a Canadian federal minister, politician, and journalist/publisher from the Northwest Territories and later Alberta. As Minister of the Interior, he was responsible for discriminatory Canadian government policies that targeted... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Oliver%20%28politician%29 |
Bloor Collegiate Institute (Bloor CI, BCI , or Bloor, originally Davenport High School and Bloor High School) is a public secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Bloor Street and Dufferin Street, in the Dufferin Grove neighbourhood. The school was originally part of the Toront... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloor%20Collegiate%20Institute |
The Paripādal (, meaning the paripadal-metre anthology) is a classical Tamil poetic work and traditionally the fifth of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. According to Tolkappiyam, Paripadal is a kind of verse dealing only with love (akapporul) and does not fall under the general classificatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parip%C4%81%E1%B9%ADal |
Lorraine Lang (born October 8, 1956, Port Arthur, Ontario as Lorraine Edwards) is a Canadian curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Lang is a two-time Tournament of Hearts champion and World Champion.
Curling career
In 1981, Lang won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship playing lead for her future husband Rick Lang.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine%20Lang |
Art Wolfe (born 1951) is an American photographer and conservationist, best known for color images of landscapes, wildlife, and native cultures. His photographs document scenes from every continent and hundreds of locations, and have been noted by environmental advocacy groups for their "stunning" visual impact.
Wolfe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%20Wolfe |
Charlie Noble is the smoke stack on a ship's galley.
Around 1850, a British merchant service captain, Charles Noble, upon discovering that the stack of his ship's galley was made of copper, ordered that it be kept bright. From then onwards the ship's crew then started referring to the galley smokestack as the "Charl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Noble%20%28chimney%29 |
The Islamic Salvation Army (AIS, ) was the armed wing of the Islamic Salvation Front, which was founded in Algeria on 18 July 1994. It was ordered to dissolve by the Court of Algiers in 1992. Since then, many of its members have either been arrested or forced into exile. The army had about 4,000 men in western and east... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20Salvation%20Army |
The American School Foundation, A.C, ("Colegio Americano" in Spanish) is an independent international school in the American tradition based in Mexico City. It offers coeducational college-preparatory school for international students aged 3 to 18. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest operating accredited American School ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20School%20Foundation |
Live! is a live album by Chuck Berry, released in 1994 by Columbia River Entertainment Group.
Track listing
"School Days" – 3:09
"Sweet Little Sixteen" – 2:58
"Roll Over Beethoven" – 3:36
"Every Day I Have the Blues" – 4:00
"Bio" – 3:01
Medley: "Maybellene"/"Mountain Dew" – 2:46
"Let It Rock" – 3:42
Medley: "Carol"/"L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%21%20%28Chuck%20Berry%20album%29 |
Rake is the scaled commission fee taken by a cardroom operating a poker game. It is generally 2.5% to 10% of the pot in each poker hand, up to a predetermined maximum amount. There are also other non-percentage ways for a casino to take the rake.
Poker is a player-versus-player game, and the house does not wager again... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake%20%28poker%29 |
Mary R. Dawson (February 27, 1931 – November 29, 2020) was a vertebrate paleontologist and curator emeritus at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Education and career
Dawson was raised in Michigan, received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University, and received her Ph.D.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20R.%20Dawson |
Loyola is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, served by the Red Line. It is located at 1200 West Loyola Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station has high ridership by students from the nearby Lakeshore Campus of Loyola University Chicago. The Red Line right-of-way... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyola%20station |
Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET) is an air defense radar network operated by the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Structure
The Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET) is one of the commands within the NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS). BALTNET's Regional Airspace Surveillance C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic%20Air%20Surveillance%20Network |
Nuevo Mundo also known as Jatun Mundo Quri Warani (Hispanicized spellings Jatun Mundo Khori Huarani, Jatun Mundo Khorihuarani), is a stratovolcano, lava dome and a lava flow complex between Potosí and Uyuni, Bolivia, in the Andes rising to a peak at . It is located in the Potosí Department, Antonio Quijarro Province, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo%20Mundo%20volcano |
The Intelligence Star is an award given by the Central Intelligence Agency to its officers for "voluntary acts of courage performed under hazardous conditions or for outstanding achievements or services rendered with distinction under conditions of grave risk". The award citation is from the Director of the Central Int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence%20Star |
Jack Thompson may refer to:
Sports
Jack Thompson (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1969), English footballer who played for Sheffield United and Bristol City
Jack Thompson (1920s footballer), English footballer who played for Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion
Jack Thompson (boxer) (1904–1946), American boxer
Jack Tho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Thompson |
U.S. Route 6 (US 6) within the state of Connecticut runs for from the New York state line near Danbury to the Rhode Island state line in Killingly. West of Hartford, the route either closely parallels or runs along Interstate 84 (I-84), which has largely supplanted US 6 as a through route in western Connecticut. East ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%206%20in%20Connecticut |
"Houses of the Holy" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 sixth album Physical Graffiti. The name of the song was used as the title of the band's fifth album, although it was not included on that album; they decided the song did not fit well with the other album material, so it was moved to the s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houses%20of%20the%20Holy%20%28song%29 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering (BVCoE) is a private engineering college in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India, established in the year 1990. The campus is located in CBD Belapur and is founded by the Bharati Vidyapeeth group. The college is permanently affiliated to University Of Mumbai and approved by All India C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharati%20Vidyapeeth%20College%20of%20Engineering |
Shaheed Chandu Stadium (), previously known as Bogura Divisional Stadium or Bogura Stadium, is a stadium located in the northwestern side of Bogura district, Bangladesh.
History
The venue got its first international exposure when it hosted three group stage matches of 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
It became a test... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaheed%20Chandu%20Stadium |
Alpha Chamaeleontis, Latinized from α Chamaeleontis, is a solitary star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Chamaeleon. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.06 and thus is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. With an annual parallax shift of 51.12 mas, it is located 63.8 light years from the Sun. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%20Chamaeleontis |
The 42nd Academy Awards were presented April 7, 1970, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. For the second year in a row, there was no official host. This was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be broadcast via satellite to an international audience, though outside North America, Mexico and Br... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd%20Academy%20Awards |
Alicia Hall (born December 2, 1985) is an American model who won NBC's 2005 reality TV show Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search.
Early life
Hall was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and by the age of seven, becoming a swimsuit model was her lifelong career goal. Once she was old enough, Hall began appearing in loc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia%20Hall |
William Woods (born 1962 in Moruya, New South Wales) is an Australian television journalist, radio and television broadcaster, and author. He is best known as the presenter, alongside Sandra Sully, of Network Ten's Ten News at Five in Sydney (a role which he left in November 2012) and Sports Tonight. He co-hosted Bill ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Woods |
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (), abbreviated as ZAC Stadium or ZACS and previously known as Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, is a cricket stadium located in the port city of Chattogram, in south-eastern Bangladesh. It became a Test cricket venue on 27 February 2006 when it hosted a Test match between Sri Lanka ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohur%20Ahmed%20Chowdhury%20Stadium |
Rick Bass (born March 7, 1958) is an American writer and an environmental activist. He has a Bachelor of Science in Geology with a focus in Wildlife from Utah State University. Right after he graduated, he interned for one year as a Wildlife Biologist at the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in Arkansas. He then went onto wo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick%20Bass |
The Warner Theatre is an Art-Deco style movie palace located at 68-82 Main Street in Torrington, Connecticut. It opened on August 19, 1931 as part of the Warner Bros. chain of movie theaters. Today it operates as a mixed-use performing arts center. It is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner%20Theatre%20%28Torrington%2C%20Connecticut%29 |
Volsk () is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, opposite the mouth of the Bolshoy Irgiz (a tributary of the Volga), northeast from Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 66,508.
History
It was founded in 1699 as the slobo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volsk |
The Bzyb or Bzipi ( or ; ; ; ) is one of the two largest rivers of Abkhazia, along with the Kodori, and the twelfth longest river in Georgia. The river valley has rich biodiversity of herbaceous garden plants, particularly in the gorge section in the upper reaches where the most prominent and colourful bellflower with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bzyb%20%28river%29 |
Area codes 205 and 659 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the western and central parts of the U.S. State of Alabama, including the cities of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa.
Area code 205 was one of the original North American area codes created in 1947 when AT&T created the first cont... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area%20codes%20205%20and%20659 |
KYYY (92.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Bismarck, North Dakota, and serving the Bismarck–Mandan region.
Owned by iHeartMedia, the station has an adult contemporary format under the "Mix 92.9" banner. For 45 years, the station was known as "Y93" in various blends of contemporary hit radio (CHR) and adu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KYYY |
is a chain of indoor amusement parks created by Sega and run by CA Sega Joypolis. Beginning on July 20, 1994 with the original location sited in Yokohama, Japan, Joypolis centers have since opened in several cities in Japan and later China. The parks feature arcade games and amusement rides based on Sega's intellectual... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joypolis |
, variously translated as An Account of My Hut or The Ten Foot Square Hut, is an important and popular short work of the early Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan by Kamo no Chōmei. Written in March 1212, the work depicts the Buddhist concept of impermanence (mujō) through the description of various disasters such as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8Dki |
The Brock Yates' One Lap of America is an annual motorsports event in the United States that has been held since 1984. It is the successor to the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an underground auto race of the 1970s.
The original premise for both was to drive cross-country, but One Lap of Ame... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Lap%20of%20America |
William Edwin Safford (December 14, 1859, Chillicothe, Ohio – January 10, 1926) was an American botanist, ethnologist, and educator employed by the U.S. Navy and federal government.
Safford graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1880 and pursued advanced studies at Yale and Harvard. He served in the Spanish–American... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Edwin%20Safford |
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