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Pól Brennan (, ; born 22 April 1956) is an Irish singer, songwriter and producer. He is the brother of Enya, Moya Brennan, Brídín Brennan and Ciarán Brennan. He is a member of the family band Clannad, and co-wrote the hit song "Theme from Harry's Game". He left the group in 1990, but rejoined in 2011.
Since the earl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B3l%20Brennan |
In electronics, a crossatron is a high-power pulsed modulator device that consists of a cold cathode gas-filled tube that combines features of thyratrons, vacuum tubes, and power semiconductor switches. This switch is capable of operating with voltages in excess of 100 kilovolts by the use of deuterium gas fill to incr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossatron |
Starokostiantyniv (; , or Konstantynów; Alt Konstantin) is a city in Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Starokostiantyniv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
History
Starokostiantyniv was founded in the 16th century when Konsta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starokostiantyniv |
Vincent de Moro-Giafferi (6 June 1878 in Paris – 15 February 1956 or 22 November 1956) was a French criminal attorney.
Moro-Giafferi was the youngest person ever appointed to the Paris bar at the age of 24. Also active in politics, he was made a Deputy to the French National Assembly from Corsica at the age of 31 in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%20de%20Moro-Giafferi |
Nadalj () is a village located in the Srbobran municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,202 people (2002 census).
Historical population
1961: 2,441
1971: 2,163
1981: 2,042
1991: 1,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadalj |
Merrythought is a toy manufacturing company established in 1930 in the United Kingdom. The company specialises in soft toys, especially teddy bears. Merrythought has handmade traditional teddy bears in the World Heritage Site of Ironbridge, Shropshire, UK since 1930.
The company's site in Ironbridge has a small museum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrythought |
Between 376 and 382 the Gothic War against the Eastern Roman Empire, and in particular the Battle of Adrianople, is commonly seen as a major turning point in the history of the Roman Empire, the first of a series of events over the next century that would see the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, although its ultim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic%20War%20%28376%E2%80%93382%29 |
The Bentall Centre is a 1.5 million square foot office complex and underground shopping mall, located in Downtown Vancouver's financial district. It is owned and managed by Hudson Pacific Properties. The shopping mall under the complex is known as "The Shops at Bentall Centre", and includes approximately 50 stores and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentall%20Centre%20%28Vancouver%29 |
Milorad "Milo" Čavić (, ; born May 31, 1984) is a Serbian former professional swimmer. He won a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in a historic race with American swimmer Michael Phelps. Čavić also was World and European champion, as well as world record holder. He is one of four swimm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milorad%20%C4%8Cavi%C4%87 |
AES52 is a standard first published by the Audio Engineering Society in March 2006 that specifies the insertion of unique identifiers into the AES3 digital audio transport structure.
Background
The AES3 transport stream continues to be used extensively in both discrete and network based audio systems alongside audio s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES52 |
Ogunlade Davidson (26 May 1949 – 8 October 2022) was a Sierra Leonean scientist who was co-chair of the Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from 1997 until 2001, during the 4th Assessment Report. He was also an IPCC Vice-Chair from 2008-2014. From 1996 to 2000, he held the post of Dean of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogunlade%20Davidson |
Stephen Wright Kellogg (b. Shelburne, Massachusetts, April 5, 1822 – d. Waterbury, Connecticut, January 27, 1904) was an American politician, attorney, military officer and judge.
He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty, in the winter attending or teaching school. In the fall of 1842 he entered Amherst Coll... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Kellogg%20%28politician%29 |
Pačir (: , ) is a village located in the municipality of Bačka Topola, Serbia. As of 2011 census, the village has 2,580 inhabitants, with Hungarians having the ethnic majority.
Demographics
As of 2011 census, the village of Pačir has 2,580 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups
The ethnic composition of the village (as of 2002 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C4%8Dir |
Roland/Edirol Sound Canvas lineup is a series of General MIDI (GM) based pulse-code modulation (PCM) sound modules and sound cards, primarily intended for computer music usage, created by Japanese manufacturer Roland Corporation. Some models include a serial or USB connection, to a personal computer. The Sound Canvas c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland%20Sound%20Canvas |
New York State Route 132 (NY 132) is a state highway located entirely within the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, in the United States. The route acts as a connector between the concurrency of U.S. Route 202 (US 202) and NY 35 in the south and US 6 in the hamlet of Shrub Oak in the north. When the rou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%20132 |
Montabaur () is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur – a kind of collective municipality – to which 24 other communities belong. The town is known throughout the country for its s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montabaur |
Drue Kataoka (born ) is a Japanese American visual artist and political commentator. She is known for her Sumi-e art and interest in technology. In 2012, Kataoka was chosen as the Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum summit at Davos. She is based in Silicon Valley, California.
Early life and education
Kat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drue%20Kataoka |
Fraser Valley Distance Education School (FVDES) is one of the largest distance education schools in British Columbia, Canada. It offers both online and paper-based distance learning from kindergarten to grade 12. FVDES's students include both school age and adult learners. Most live in the Lower Mainland of B.C., but a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser%20Valley%20Distance%20Education%20School |
Stara Moravica (; or ; ) is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population numbering 5,699 people (2002 census).
Etymology
Its name has changed many time... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stara%20Moravica |
John Litz (born July 24, 1961) is a United States Democratic Party politician, formerly serving as a State Representative in Tennessee. He represented District 10, Hamblen County.
Biography
John Litz hold a B.S. degree in Agriculture from the University of Tennessee and makes his living as a farmer, operating Litz F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Litz |
The First Soviet Antarctic Expedition was led by Mikhail Somov; his scientific deputy was . The expedition lasted from 30 November 1955 to 1957 and involved 127 expedition members and 75 crew members.
Three diesel-electric ships were used to transport the expedition. They were RV Ob (flagship; captain ), RV Lena (capt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Soviet%20Antarctic%20Expedition |
USS Caldwell (DD-605) was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for James R. Caldwell.
Caldwell was launched 15 January 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Miss A. Caldwell; and commissioned 10 June 1942, Lieutenant Commander J. F. Newman, Jr., in comm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Caldwell%20%28DD-605%29 |
Ikon is an alternate spelling of icon, and the normal spelling in German and many other languages.
Ikon or iKON may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
iKON, a South Korean hip hop group under 143 Entertainment
Ikon (Australian band), an Australian dark wave group
Ikon (record label), a Russian r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikon |
"You're the Best" is a song performed by Joe Esposito and written by Bill Conti (music) and Allee Willis (lyrics), which came to prominence as the music to the All-Valley Karate Championships montage in the 1984 movie The Karate Kid in which the protagonist, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), proves a surprisingly formida... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re%20the%20Best |
Ransbach-Baumbach is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ransbach-Baumbach is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality.
Geography
The community lies in the Westerwald about 10 km northwest of Montabaur, and 15 km northeast of Koblenz.
Histor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransbach-Baumbach |
The Viasat Cup was a 2006 Danish football tournament, starting at the end of the Danish Superliga 2005–06. The tournament was held due to Denmark's failure to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a tournament which had caused FIFA to demand that the Superliga ended on 14 May. Viasat, holding the broadcast rights to the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viasat%20Cup |
Perlez (; ) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (87.29%) and its population numbering 3,818 people (2002 census).
History
Baden culture graves and ceramics (bowls, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlez |
Bruce Guthro (August 31, 1961 – September 5, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Guthro recorded as a solo artist, and was lead vocalist for the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig from 1998, until the group retired in 2018. Guthro received several ECMAs (East Coast Music Awards), ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Guthro |
American Stores Company was an American public corporation and a holding company which ran chains of supermarkets and drugstores in the United States from 1917 through 1998. The company was incorporated in 1917 when The Acme Tea Company merged with four small Philadelphia-area grocery stores (Childs, George Dunlap, Bel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Stores |
Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias (born May 15, 1973 in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba) is a top pitcher in Cuban baseball. He is used predominantly as a reliever in international competition, although he is a starter in the Cuban National Series, where he plays for Pinar del Río. His fastball has been clocked at 97 mph, and he ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro%20Luis%20Lazo |
Blood on the Moon (1984) is a crime novel by James Ellroy. It is the first installment of the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy. It was followed by Because the Night (1984) and Suicide Hill (1985). Although the novels are written in multiple perspectives and narrated omnisciently, the main character in all three is Lloyd Hopkins.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%20on%20the%20Moon%20%28novel%29 |
Kedgwick is a Canadian incorporated rural community in northern New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Kedgwick annexed a large area including the local service districts of St. Jean Baptiste – Menneval and White's Brook, with parts of two others; revised census figures have not been released.
A variation of the or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedgwick%2C%20New%20Brunswick |
The Baird Center (formerly Wisconsin Center, Midwest Express Center, Midwest Airlines Center, Frontier Airlines Center, and Delta Center) is a convention and exhibition center located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The center is part of a greater complex of buildings which includes the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baird%20Center |
Rennerod is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Within the municipal area, until German Reunification on 3 October 1990, lay the Federal Republic's geographical centre.
Geography
Rennerod ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennerod |
UAE Team Emirates () is an Emirati road bicycle racing team. The team competes at UCI WorldTeam level and has done so since the UCI World Tour was formed as the top category of road cycling in 2005.
History
The team was temporarily suspended from the ProTour in 2010, missing one ProTour event.
Transition from an Ita... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAE%20Team%20Emirates |
Taraš (; ) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (96.49%) and its population numbering 1,140 people (2002 census).
Names
Names in other languages: , .
Historical popula... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara%C5%A1 |
D. Francisco de Távora, 1st Count of Alvor (1646 – 31 May 1710) was a Portuguese noble of the second half of the 17th century and early 18th century. He was a military official, diplomat, and colonial governor, serving the Kingdom of Portugal during the reign of Afonso VI of Portugal, Pedro II of Portugal, and João V o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20de%20T%C3%A1vora%2C%201st%20Count%20of%20Alvor |
Taras may refer to:
Geography
Taras (ancient city) of Magna Graecia, modern-day Taranto
Taras, Iran, a village in Tehran province
Taras, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
Taraš, a village in Vojvodina, Serbia
Taras, Kazakhstan, a village in Almaty Region
People
Taras (name), a Ukrainian male given name
Taras (surname)
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras |
Robert Gentry may refer to:
Robert Gentry (actor) (1940–2022), American actor known for roles on several soap operas
Robert Mark Gentry (1885–1951), British politician and trade unionist
Robert V. Gentry (1930–2020), American nuclear physicist, creationist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Gentry |
Censure is a formal, public, group condemnation of an individual, often a group member, whose actions run counter to the group's acceptable standards for individual behavior. In the United States, governmental censure is done when a body's members wish to publicly reprimand the president of the United States, a member ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censure%20in%20the%20United%20States |
The Roland SC-55 (Sound Canvas) is a GS MIDI sound module released in 1991 by Roland. The SC-55 was the first sound module to incorporate the new General MIDI standard. It was the first in the Roland Sound Canvas series.
The SC-55 used both PCM and a cut-down version of the LA synthesis engine, to support 24-voice pol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland%20SC-55 |
In Mexico and the Southwestern United States, the carpa (Spanish: "tent", from the Quechua karpa) theater flourished during the 1920s and 1930s. Like its American counterpart vaudeville, performance materials were varied, including comedic sketches, puppet shows, political satire, acrobatics, and dance.
Its name comes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpa |
The National Fire Information Council (NFIC) is a United States agency that encourages and perpetuates the use of a standardized national incident reporting system (the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS)) as a means of addressing the nation's fire problem and related emergency services issues. The NFIRS i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Fire%20Information%20Council |
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens (also known as Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo and Mahlathini and the Girls of Mgqashiyo) were a South African mbaqanga supergroup made up of the three musical acts linked together by talent scout and record producer Rupert Bopape at the Gallo Recording Company in Johannesburg, Sou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahlathini%20and%20the%20Mahotella%20Queens |
This is a list of neighborhoods in Berkeley, California.
The Berkeley Hills – Roughly bounded by Cedar Street, Spruce Street, Eunice Street, Sutter Street, and Arlington Avenue on the west, and Tilden Regional Park on the east.
La Loma Park/Nut Hill – Roughly bounded by Euclid Avenue on the west and the main Univers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Berkeley%20neighborhoods |
The Eleventh Soviet Antarctic Expedition was an expedition by the Soviet Union to Antarctica, based at Mirny Station.
The expedition did research into the climate, the state of the ionosphere, the northern lights, cosmic rays, the geomagnetic field, and the source of radio waves.
One major task of the expedition was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th%20Soviet%20Antarctic%20Expedition |
Selters is a mineral water brand.
Selters may also refer to:
Selters, Rhineland-Palatinate, a town in the Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Selters (Verbandsgemeinde), a collective municipality in Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Selters (Taunus), a municipality near Limburg in the Limburg-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selters%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Thailand follows UTC+07:00, which is 7 hours ahead of UTC. The local mean time in Bangkok was originally UTC+06:42:04. Thailand used this local mean time until 1920, when it changed to Indochina Time, UTC+07:00; ICT is used all year round as Thailand never observe daylight saving time. Thailand shares the same time zon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20in%20Thailand |
Miloš Pavlović (; born 8 October 1982) is a Serbian professional racing driver.
Biography
Karting
Pavlović was born in Belgrade. His career began in 1991 in go-karts, winning two national titles the following year. He went in 1993 to Italy, where in his very first season, Miloš became regional champion of Italy, rea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo%C5%A1%20Pavlovi%C4%87%20%28racing%20driver%29 |
Misty Fjords National Monument (or Misty Fiords National Monument) is a national monument and wilderness area administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Tongass National Forest. Misty Fiords is about east of Ketchikan, Alaska, along the Inside Passage coast in extreme southeastern Alaska, comprising of To... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty%20Fjords%20National%20Monument |
King Taejong Muyeol (603–661), born Kim Chunchu, was the 29th ruler of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He is credited for leading the unification of Korea's Three Kingdoms.
Background
King Taejong Muyeol was born with the "sacred bone" rank of seonggol. His father, Kim Yongsu (), was a son of Silla's 25th r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muyeol%20of%20Silla |
Michelle Behennah (born 7 January 1977, Singapore) is a British model.
Modelling career
Behennah has modeled swimsuits for [[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue|Sports Illustrated'''s Swimsuit Issue]], in 1999, 2000 and 2001. In addition to her Sports Illustrated shoots, she was the object/subject of Joanne Gair's ina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Behennah |
In Mexican society, pelado is "a term said to have been invented to describe a certain class of urban 'bum' in Mexico in the 1920s."
It was used, however, much earlier. Lewis Garrard used it in his book, "Wah-to-yah and the Taos Trail," his first-hand account of crossing the Plains to Taos, published in 1850. He wrote:... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelado |
The Twelfth Soviet Antarctic Expedition was an expedition by the Soviet Union to Antarctica.
During this expedition, a new method was used for measuring the thickness of the ice cap of Antarctica using radar. Glaciologists on the team surveyed the area around Mirny Station and measured the thickness of the glacier.
T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th%20Soviet%20Antarctic%20Expedition |
The Original Keetoowah Society is a 21st-century Cherokee religious organization dedicated to preserving the culture and teachings of the Keetoowah Nighthawk Society () in Oklahoma. It has been described as the surviving core of the Cherokee movement of religious nationalism originally led by Redbird Smith in the mid-n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original%20Keetoowah%20Society |
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) is a university in Winneba, Central Region of Ghana. It was established in 1992 by a government ordinance (PNDC Law 322) and with a relationship with the University of Cape Coast. Its main aim is to train teachers for the education system of Ghana. The University of Education,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Education%2C%20Winneba |
Because the Night is a crime fiction novel written by James Ellroy.
Released in 1984, it is the second installment of a trilogy that is either titled "Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy" after its main character, or "L.A Noir", after the hardcover omnibus that was released in 2006 containing all three books in the trilogy.
Like B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Because%20the%20Night%20%28novel%29 |
Pro-jekt are an English rock band who have sometimes described themselves as gothic metal, although it has been noted that they have a darkwave sound. They formed in January 2000, in Derbyshire, England. They engineered and financed their own demo album, and, in August 2001, signed to Nightbreed Recordings Ltd. Pro-jek... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-jekt |
The Cleveland State Vikings, or Vikes, are the athletic teams of Cleveland State University. Before as Fenn College they were known as the Fenn College Foxes or Fenn Foxes. Cleveland State competes in NCAA Division I. The Vikings have competed in NCAA Division I since 1972. They were previously members of the NCAA Coll... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland%20State%20Vikings |
Dragutin Topić (, born 12 March 1971) is a Serbian former high jumper.
Biography
Topić is a world junior record holder with 2.37 m, which he set while winning the 1990 World Junior Championships, three weeks before his win at the senior European Championships. In the same year, Topić received the Golden Badge award fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragutin%20Topi%C4%87 |
Bjørg Eva Jensen (born 15 February 1960) is a speed skater from Norway. She had her best year in 1980, when she became junior world allround champion, finished third at the senior allround world championships, and won the 3,000 m event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
After that she had very few internation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rg%20Eva%20Jensen |
The (; "Deeds of the Princes of the Poles") is the oldest known medieval chronicle documenting the history of Poland from the legendary times until 1113. Written in Latin by an anonymous author, it was most likely completed between 1112 and 1118, and its extant text is present in three manuscripts with two distinct tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta%20principum%20Polonorum |
Rockin' Kats is a platform video game produced by Atlus Software Inc. in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The side-scrolling game involves the adventures of a cartoon cat in his quest to defeat a criminal gang of dogs that has taken over the city.
Plot
The player takes control of Willy, a rising young jazz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27%20Kats |
Cuvier's gazelle (Gazella cuvieri) is a species of gazelle native to Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Tunisia. It is also known as the edmi. It is one of the darkest gazelle species, possibly an adaptation to its partial woodland habitat. It is sometimes placed into the genus Trachelocele together with the goitere... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuvier%27s%20gazelle |
Dame Florence Lilian Braithwaite (9 March 1873 – 17 September 1948) was an English actress, primarily of the stage, although she appeared in both silent and talkie films.
Early life
She was born in Ramsgate, Kent, the daughter of the Revd John Masterman Braithwaite (1846–1889), then a curate and later vicar of Croyd... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian%20Braithwaite |
Flensing is the removing of the blubber or outer integument of whales, separating it from the animal's meat. Processing the blubber (the subcutaneous fat) into whale oil was the key step that transformed a whale carcass into a stable, transportable commodity. It was an important part of the history of whaling. The whal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flensing |
James William Hodgins (born April 30, 1977) is a former American football fullback.
High school
Hodgins graduated from Oak Grove High School in his birthplace of San Jose, California in 1995 and lettered in football, basketball, and track.
College career
At San Jose State University, Hodgins played four years on the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Hodgins |
Nancy Grace Roman (pronounced "Roman"; May 16, 1925 – December 25, 2018) was an American astronomer who made important contributions to stellar classification and motions. The first female executive at NASA, Roman served as NASA's first Chief of Astronomy throughout the 1960s and 1970s, establishing her as one of the "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Roman |
The Ice Follies, formerly known as the Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies, is a touring ice show featuring elaborate production numbers, similar in concept to Ice Capades. It was founded in 1936 by Eddie and Roy Shipstad, and Oscar Johnson. In later years, Olympic skaters such as Donald Jackson, Barbara Berezowski, Peggy ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20Follies |
Pittsburg is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. It is located at a latitude of 35.4375 and a longitude of -93.36944 and was named after the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
External links
Pittsburg, Arkansas description at PlaceNames.com
Unincorporated communities ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20Arkansas |
François Sagat (born 5 June 1979) is a French male gay pornographic film actor, model and director.
Adult film career
At the age of twenty-five Sagat performed in his first adult film under the screen name Azzedine.
After several films with Citébeur as Azzedine, he moved to the USA and, there, shot his first scene fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Sagat |
Thrifty may refer to:
Thrifty Foods, a Canadian supermarket chain
Thrifty Drug Stores and Thrifty PayLess, now Rite Aid
Thrifty phenotype
Thrifty Rent A Car, part of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group
See also
Affluenza
Anti-consumerism
Conspicuous consumption
Downshifting (lifestyle)
Frugality
Mottainai
Over-consum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrifty |
House is a 1986 American comedy horror film directed by Steve Miner, with a screenplay by Ethan Wiley, from an original story written by Fred Dekker. Produced by Sean S. Cunningham, the film is the first installment in the House film series, and stars William Katt, George Wendt, Richard Moll, and Kay Lenz. The plot tel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20%281986%20film%29 |
Marie Colinet (Fabry) (ca. 1560 - after 1638) was a midwife and surgeon who introduced the use of heat for dilating and stimulating the uterus during labor. In addition, she performed caesarian sections successfully, and also was the first person to use a magnet to extract a piece of metal from a patient's eye.
Backgr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%20Colinet |
Pittsburg is an unincorporated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It was named after Newton J. Pitts, the original owner of a small, concrete block country store at the intersection of Tucker-Norcross Road and Chamblee-Tucker Road, now known as the community of Pittsburg. It has a latitude of 33.88056 and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20DeKalb%20County%2C%20Georgia |
Lac Baker (meaning "Lake Baker") is a Canadian lake with an area of 6 km2 located in northwestern New Brunswick on the border with Quebec.
The lake drains to the south through Baker Brook into the Saint John River at the community of Baker Brook.
The northern part of the lake stretches to the northwest, in the munic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac%20Baker%20%28New%20Brunswick%29 |
Red Hot + Bothered (also known as Red Hot + Bothered: The Indie Rock Guide Book to Dating) is an anthology of the indie rock scene from the 1990s produced by Paul Heck. It was released as part of the Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series.
The recording initially appeared as a pair of 10" EP recordings bundled with limited edit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hot%20%2B%20Bothered |
Arthur Brian Sellers (5 March 1907 – 20 February 1981) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played in 334 first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1932 and 1948, and later became a prominent administrator at the club.
Career
Sellers was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, England, and was a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Sellers |
Lavondyss also titled Lavondyss: Journey to an Unknown Region is a fantasy novel by British writer Robert Holdstock, the second book in his Mythago Wood series. Lavondyss was originally published in 1988. The name of the novel hints at the real and mythological locales of Avon, Lyonesse, Avalon and Dis; within the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavondyss |
Pittsburg, Kentucky is an unincorporated community and coal town in Laurel County, Kentucky. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their post office has been open since 1882
References
Unincorporated communities in Laurel County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Coal to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20Kentucky |
Seronera is a small settlement in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. It is home to a small airstrip.
Populated places in Mara Region | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seronera |
Sev was a rock band from the Northern Virginia area who appeared in a national advertising campaign for Pepsi Blue. Sev also appeared on the website come-alive show Farmclub and performed at HFStival, the summer festival in the Washington D.C. area that typically sets off the summer concert season. In the two decades s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sev%20%28band%29 |
Kresttsy () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Krestetsky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, situated on the M10 highway connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg, east of Veliky Novgorod. Kresttsy is also located on the Kholova River. Municipally, it is incorporated as Krestetskoye... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kresttsy%2C%20Krestetsky%20District%2C%20Novgorod%20Oblast |
Hurricane Felix caused severe beach erosion along the East Coast of the United States in August 1995. The seventh tropical cyclone, sixth named storm, and third hurricane of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, Felix was also the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean since Category 5 Hurricane Andrew in 1992. It dev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Felix%20%281995%29 |
Pittsburg is an unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It is located at with an elevation of .
External links
Unincorporated communities in Mississippi
Unincorporated communities in Tishomingo County, Mississip... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20Mississippi |
Roman Frederick Starzl (1899–1976) was an American writer. He, and earlier, his father (John V. Starzl), owned the Le Mars Globe-Post newspaper of Le Mars, Iowa. Roman Frederick was also the father of physician Thomas E. Starzl.<ref name="LongSearch">"The Long Search for the Bohemian Ancestors of John V. Starzl, The Do... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Frederick%20Starzl |
The Drake Bulldogs are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent Drake University, located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The Bulldogs' athletic program is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and competes at the NCAA Division I level. Drake also sponsors teams in the Pioneer Football League... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake%20Bulldogs |
New York State Route 35 (NY 35) is the principal east–west highway in the northern part of Westchester County, New York, carrying average daily volumes of around 16,500 vehicles. Its western terminus is at US 9 in Peekskill, while its eastern terminus is at the Connecticut state line in Lewisboro, where it becomes that... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%2035 |
Susan Denberg (born Dietlinde Zechner; 2 August 1944) is a German-Austrian model and actress. Denberg has appeared on stage and in film, notably in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) and other roles in the 1960s.
Personal life
Denberg was born in Bad Polzin, Germany and raised in Klagenfurt, Austria.
Denberg married ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Denberg |
The 2003–04 Vyshcha Liha season was the 13th since its establishment. The season began on 12 July 2003 with seven games of the first season round. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions, having won their 11th league title in the 2002–03 season and they successfully defended their title by winning the championship ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304%20Vyshcha%20Liha |
Old Blind Dogs is a Scottish musical group which plays traditional Scottish folk music and Celtic music, with influences from rock, reggae, jazz, blues, and Middle Eastern music rhythms.
Background
The three founding members of the band (Ian F. Benzie, Buzzby McMillan and Jonny Hardie) first met during a so-called "bu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Blind%20Dogs |
Hålogaland Teater is a regional theatre serving the region of Nord-Norge, the northernmost of Norway. It got its name after the northernmost county in Norway in the Middle Ages Hålogaland. When established in 1971, it was the first regional theatre in Norway and the first professional theatre in Nord-Norge. Many of its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5logaland%20Teater |
POLAR III is a pedestrian test dummy created by Honda.
The dummy is used to study how pedestrians are injured or killed when hit by automobiles. POLAR III has instruments to measure the level of injury throughout the body.
About 5,000 pedestrians are killed in traffic accidents each year in the United States. By stu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POLAR%20III |
Pittsburg, Nevada is a ghost town in Lander County, Nevada. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Post Office operated from 1888 until March 1892 as Pittsburgh, when the name was changed to Pittsburg. The Post Office continued to operate until 1893 and then from 1897 until 1900.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20Nevada |
Bob Drake (born December 6, 1957) is an American multi-instrumentalist musician and recording engineer. He was a founding member of the avant-rock band Thinking Plague in the early 1980s, and a member of the 5uu's, Hail and The Science Group (with Chris Cutler, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer and Fred Frith). He formed his own... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Drake%20%28musician%29 |
New York State Route 118 (NY 118) is a north–south state highway that extends for in Downstate New York in the United States. Much of the highway is located within Westchester County; however, a small portion of the route near the northern terminus is situated in Putnam County. The southern terminus of the route is at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%20118 |
Kapoor or Kapur is a Punjabi surname of Khatri clan found in the Punjabi Hindu and Sikh communities.
Notable people
Notable people bearing the name Kapoor include:
Academia
Anuradha Kapur, professor at National School of Drama
Deepak Kapur, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Unive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapoor |
The ACS Style is a set of standards for writing documents relating to chemistry, including a standard method of citation in academic publications, developed by the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Previous editions of the ACS style manual are entitled ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACS%20style |
The 2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores was the 47th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual football club tournament. 38 teams from 11 football associations have taken part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 24 January 2006. Internacional, from Porto Alegre, Brazil, won this edition.
Qualified ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Copa%20Libertadores |
Pittsburg, North Carolina is an unincorporated community in Scotch Irish Township, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located at with an elevation of . It was first noted in an 1882 map of North Carolina by W.C. Kerr. Moore's Chapel African Met... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20North%20Carolina |
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