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John Bennett Nichols III (September 28, 1931 – June 17, 2004) was a United States Navy aviator and author.
Biography
Raised in Hialeah, Florida, Nichols enlisted in the United States Army and served as a combat medic during the Korean War. After attending college he was accepted for NavCad training and commissioned in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20B.%20Nichols |
Matthew 27 is the 27th chapter in the Gospel of Matthew, part of the New Testament in the Christian Bible. This chapter contains Matthew's record of the day of the trial, crucifixion and burial of Jesus. Scottish theologian William Robertson Nicoll notes that "the record of this single day is very nearly one-ninth of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%2027 |
Edmar John Mednis (; March 22, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was a Latvian-American chess player and writer of Latvian origin. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1980.
Biography
Mednis' family were refugees in 1944 during World War II. As displaced persons, Edmar and his two sisters, with parents Edvin and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmar%20Mednis |
Delerium Records was a British independent record label, that specialised in psychedelic music and which existed from 1991 to 2003, and was notable in promoting the careers of bands including Porcupine Tree, Ozric Tentacles, Kava Kava, Mandragora, Sons of Selina and Moom and for starting the Freak Emporium and Molten ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delerium%20Records |
James Leonard Hamilton (born August 4, 1948) is an American basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at Florida State University. He is a former head coach at Oklahoma State University, the University of Miami, and for the National Basketball Association's Washington Wizards. In his 33 years as a c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20Hamilton |
Moondance Jam is an annual rock and classic rock festival held in mid-July in the Leech Lake/Chippewa National Forest Area near Walker, Minnesota. It is recognized as Minnesota's largest rock festival and a major classic rock festival in the United States. The Jam has gone from being a party for a few hundred family an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondance%20Jam |
Amphibious fish are fish that are able to leave water for extended periods of time. About 11 distantly related genera of fish are considered amphibious. This suggests that many fish genera independently evolved amphibious traits, a process known as convergent evolution. These fish use a range of terrestrial locomotory ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious%20fish |
SMCRA may refer to:
Service Members Civil Relief Act, a United States federal law
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, a United States federal law | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMCRA |
Eli Attie is an Emmy-winning writer, producer, and former White House staff member. He served as Vice President Al Gore's chief White House and campaign speechwriter through Gore's concession of the 2000 presidential election, which Attie and Gore wrote together. Attie then became a longtime writer and producer on the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli%20Attie |
Snapper Music is an independent record label founded in 1996 by former head of Castle Communications Jon Beecher, Dougie Dudgeon and funded by Mark Levinson from Palan Music Publishing. In 1999, Snapper broke away from its Palan parent company in an MBO in association with ACT and CAI venture capitalists. In 2004, Snap... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapper%20Music |
Asociación Deportiva Chalatenango is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Chalatenango, El Salvador, they are currently playing in the top-tier Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.
The club was founded in 1950 as C.D. Alacranes, and reformed in 1975, as C.D. Chalatenango.
In 1975, the club relocated... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.D.%20Chalatenango |
Pacific Creosoting Company was a company founded on Bainbridge Island that treated logs with creosote as a preservative.
History
It began operations as The Perfection Pile Preserving Company in 1904. It moved in 1905 to Eagle Harbor at Winslow in the city of Bainbridge Island.
The company was taken over and renamed b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific%20Creosoting%20Company |
Leukocyte-promoting factor, more commonly known as leukopoietin, is a category of substances produced by neutrophils when they encounter a foreign antigen. Leukopoietin stimulates the bone marrow to increase the rate of leukopoiesis in order to replace the neutrophils that will inevitably be lost when they begin to pha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukocyte-promoting%20factor |
Arctic Norway () comprises the northernmost parts of Norway that lie above the Arctic circle. Norway reaches from approximately 58°N to 81°N, so large parts lie north of the Arctic circle at 66°33′. In Norway, the name Northern Norway is used for the northernmost part of mainland Norway, while Arctic Norway is often un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic%20Norway |
Elfriede Martha Blauensteiner (22 January 1931 – 18 November 2003), dubbed The Black Widow, was an Austrian serial killer who murdered at least three victims by poison. In each case, she inherited the victim's possessions.
Crimes
On 7 March 1997, Blauensteiner was found guilty of murdering 77-year-old Alois Pichler ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfriede%20Blauensteiner |
Alexei Blinov (10 July 1965 - 26 November 2019 ) was a London-based electronic engineer and new media artist working out of Raylab in Hackney. As founder of experimental new media organisation "Raylab" he has collaborated with a number of creative artists including Jamie Reid.
He was trained as a doctor before moving ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei%20Blinov |
Fred McLeod Wilcox (December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964) was an American motion picture director. He worked for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for many years and is best remembered for directing Lassie Come Home (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956). These films were entered in the National Film Preservation Board's National Fil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20M.%20Wilcox%20%28director%29 |
Siris or Siraš was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with beer. She was also worshiped in Ebla, where her name was spelled as Zilaš. Cognates of her name are also present as terms referring to alcoholic beverages or deities associated with them in languages such as Ugaritic and Hebrew. She was closely associated with a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siris%20%28goddess%29 |
Leukopoiesis is a form of hematopoiesis in which white blood cells (WBC, or leukocytes) are formed in bone marrow located in bones in adults and hematopoietic organs in the fetus. White blood cells, indeed all blood cells, are formed from the differentiation of pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells which give rise to se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukopoiesis |
Widdecombe, Widecombe, Widdicombe or Widdicomb could refer to:
Ann Widdecombe (born 1947), British politician
Angus Widdicombe (born 1994), Australian rower
Danny Widdicombe, Australian musician
David Widdicombe (born 1962), Canadian filmmaker and playwright
Josh Widdicombe (born 1983), English stand-up comedian
Timoth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdecombe |
The Pumpkin Roll is an annual event since 1969 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio involving rolling pumpkins down a hill at night. Historically, at the conclusion of the roll, the students attend a big party, leaving most of them either hungover or still drunk at school the next day.
History
The "Pumpkin Roll" began as a class pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin%20Roll |
Jean-Paul Kamudimba Kalala (born 16 February 1982), also known as JP Kalala, is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder from 1999 to 2012.
He started his career in France playing for Nice before moving to Grimsby Town in 2005. Whilst with Grimsby he is notably remembered for scoring the w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul%20Kalala |
Colonel Stig Erik Constans Wennerström (22 August 1906 – 21 March 2006) was a Swedish Air Force officer who was convicted of treason for espionage activities on behalf of the Soviet Union in 1964.
Early life
Wennerström was born on 22 August 1906 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of major Gustaf Wennerström and his wife E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig%20Wennerstr%C3%B6m%20%28colonel%29 |
Nula Conwell (born 24 May 1959) is an English character actress.
Career
Conwell is best known for playing W.P.C/W.D.C. Viv Martella in the long-running crime UK series The Bill from 1984 to 1993, until her character was killed off. She is also known for her role as Maureen the barmaid in five episodes of Only Fools a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nula%20Conwell |
The Wanshan Archipelago, formerly known as the Ladrones Islands, is a 104-island archipelago that is a part of Xiangzhou District in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China.
Administration
Most of the islands of the archipelago are in the () which consist of three towns: Guishan Town (), Dangan Town () and Wanshan Town ().... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanshan%20Archipelago |
"NoMa" is a moniker for the area north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station in Washington, D.C. NoMa includes the neighborhoods of Sursum Corda, Eckington, and Near Northeast and includes a section historically known as Swampoodle.
NoMa includes:
A core area consisting of all the blocks boun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoMa |
The Magic Box is a 1951 British Technicolor biographical drama film directed by John Boulting. The film stars Robert Donat as William Friese-Greene, with numerous cameo appearances by performers such as Peter Ustinov and Laurence Olivier. It was produced by Ronald Neame and distributed by British Lion Film Corporation.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Magic%20Box |
Cao Song (died 193), courtesy name Jugao, was an official who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was the foster son of the eunuch Cao Teng and the father of the warlord Cao Cao, who rose to prominence in the final years of Eastern Han and laid the foundation of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao%20Song |
Richard Brush (born 26 November 1984) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Irish side Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
Club career
Early career (2003–2006)
Brush started his career with Coventry City where after one year as an apprentice, he signed a three-year pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Brush |
Charlotta Eva Schelin (born 27 February 1984) is a Swedish former professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for FC Rosengård of the Damallsvenskan. She made her debut for the Sweden national team in March 2004 and was appointed joint captain alongside Caroline Seger in October 2012. Schelin has repr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta%20Schelin |
Robert Henry Adams (December 14, 1921 – February 13, 1997) was an American professional baseball third baseman and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball from 1946 through 1959 for the Cincinnati Reds / Redlegs, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs. He batted and threw right-handed, stood a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Adams |
Adnan Farooq Ahmed (Urdu: ; born 7 June 1984) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in England, he represented the Pakistan national team. He had an 11-year career in football, including a six-year international career in which he scored four goals and won 27 caps.
Starting his career at Huddersfield... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan%20Ahmed |
Tehching (Sam) Hsieh (謝德慶; born 31 December 1950; Nan-Chou, Pingtung County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-born performance artist. He has been called a "master" by fellow performance artist Marina Abramović.
Early life
Hsieh was one of 15 children from a family in southern Taiwan. He dropped out from high school and started... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehching%20Hsieh |
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (), or pronounced Huthaifah or Huzaifah (died in 656), was one of the Sahabah (companion) of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
Early years in Medina.
At Medina, Hudhayfah became a trusted and great companion of Muhammad, participating in all the military engagements except Badr. He participated in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudhayfah%20ibn%20al-Yaman |
Gangelt is a municipality in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on the border with the Netherlands and about 10 km east of Sittard and 10 km south-west of Heinsberg.
Its most well-known resident was cartographer Gerard Kremer, better known as Gerardus Mercator, who lived the first fiv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangelt |
Krasny Oktyabr () may refer to:
Places
Krasny Oktyabr, Belgorod Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Belgorod Oblast, Russia
Krasny Oktyabr, Kurgan Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Kurgan Oblast, Russia
Krasny Oktyabr, Saratov Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Saratov Oblast, Russia
Krasny Oktyabr, Kirzhachsky Di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasny%20Oktyabr |
Blaster is a first-person rail shooter video game, released for arcades by Williams Electronics in 1983. It was developed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar. A vague sequel to Robotron: 2084, the game is a shoot 'em up set in outer space. The goal is to destroy enemies, avoid obstacles, and rescue astronauts in twenty le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster%20%28video%20game%29 |
The women's halfpipe event in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Bardonecchia, a village in the Province of Turin, Italy. Competition took place on 13 February 2006.
Results
References
Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 in women's sport
Women's events at the 2006 Winter Olympics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowboarding%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20halfpipe |
Several ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have been named Æger after Ægir, the Jötunn king of the sea in Norse mythology:
, a in service from 1894 to 1932.
, a commissioned in 1938.
, a in service from 1967 to 1992.
Royal Norwegian Navy ship names | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS%20%C3%86ger |
was a Japanese aristocrat, garden designer, painter, poet, and tea master during the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Biography
His personal name was Masakazu (政一). In 1604, he received as inheritance a 12,000-koku fief in Ōmi Province at Komuro, present Nagahama, Shiga.
He excelled in the arts of painting, poetry, Ikeba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobori%20Ensh%C5%AB |
MM – Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine was an Italian monthly comic, published by Disney Italy from May 1999 to March 2001, about Mickey Mouse and his investigation in the city of Anderville.
Overview
The series, a noir story starring Mickey Mouse as the main character and is composed of twelve parts. It is often called M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MM%20Mickey%20Mouse%20Mystery%20Magazine |
Karelia Suite, Op. 11 is a subset of pieces from the longer Karelia Music (named after the region of Karelia) written by Jean Sibelius in 1893 for the Viipuri Students' Association and premiered, with Sibelius conducting, at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, on 23 November of that y... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia%20Suite |
Kucura (; ; ) is a village in Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. It is located in the municipality of Vrbas, in the South Bačka District. The village is ethnically mixed and has a population of 4,663 (2002 census).
Ethnic groups
1971
According to the 1971 census, ethnic Rusyns comprised 60% of the popul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kucura |
George Woodcock, (20 October 1904 – 30 October 1979) was a British trade unionist and general secretary of the Trades Union Congress from 1960 to 1969.
Born and brought up in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, he started work at age 12 in the local cotton mill. He became, in 1924, an official of the Bamber Bridge and Distric... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Woodcock%20%28trade%20unionist%29 |
Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut ( 1018 – 15 March 1086), was a ruling countess of Hainaut from c. 1050 until 1076, in co-regency with her husband Baldwin VI of Flanders (until 1070) and then her son Baldwin II of Hainaut. She was also countess of Flanders by marriage to Baldwin VI between from 1067 to 1070. She ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richilde%2C%20Countess%20of%20Hainaut |
In group theory, Higman's embedding theorem states that every finitely generated recursively presented group R can be embedded as a subgroup of some finitely presented group G. This is a result of Graham Higman from the 1960s.
On the other hand, it is an easy theorem that every finitely generated subgroup of a finit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higman%27s%20embedding%20theorem |
The Manor Ground located in Plumstead, south east London was a football stadium. This arena was the home of football club Royal Arsenal, which was later named Woolwich Arsenal, and as such came to be known as Arsenal F.C.
History
Under their original name of Dial Square, the club's very first match in December 1886 wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor%20Ground%20%28Plumstead%29 |
Doug DeWitt (born August 13, 1961) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1992, holding the inaugural WBO middleweight title from 1989 to 1990.
Career
DeWitt made his professional debut in 1980 & compiled a record of 30–6–4 before winning the inaugural WBO middleweight title. He would lose ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug%20DeWitt |
Esperanza is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It had about 36,000 inhabitants at the and it is the head town of the Las Colonias Department.
Esperanza is at the heart of the most important dairy district of the country (milk production is based on the Holando-Argentino breed). Cattle farmi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza%2C%20Santa%20Fe |
The Lemminkäinen Suite, or more correctly Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22, is a sequence of four tone poems for orchestra completed in 1896 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The work was conceived as (The Building of the Boat), an opera with a mythological setting, before taking its form as a suite. There ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmink%C3%A4inen%20Suite |
The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets is a 1987 live album of duets by the American jazz singers Betty Carter and Carmen McRae. Originally released on American Music Hall Records, it was reissued in 1996 by Verve under the title Duets: Live at the Great American Music Hall with three previously unreleased tracks by McRae... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Carmen%20McRae%20%E2%80%93%20Betty%20Carter%20Duets |
Spring Song (in Swedish: ; in Finnish: ), Op. 16, is a single-movement tone poem for orchestra written in 1894 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
History
The piece was initially composed as Improvisation for Orchestra, in the key of D major. It premiered on 21 July 1894 at an outdoor festival in Vaasa, organized b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring%20Song%20%28Sibelius%29 |
Ian David Bone (born 28 August 1947 in Mere, Wiltshire) is an English anarchist and publisher of anarchist newspapers and tabloids, such as Class War and The Bristolian. He has been involved in social campaigns since the 1960s, including the 2001 "Vote Nobody" election campaign.
In 1984, British tabloid newspaper The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Bone |
Waldfeucht ( ) is a German municipality in the Heinsberg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany. It is situated on the border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, approx. 15 km south of Roermond and 8 km west of Heinsberg.
Geography
Waldfeucht is located west of Heinsberg in the Selfkant nat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldfeucht |
The Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) is a single sport intercollegiate college athletic conference sponsoring men's and women's water polo. The WWPA is affiliated with the NCAA, and includes 15 member institutions, mostly in California, with one institution each in Illinois, and West Virginia and two in Erie, Penn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Water%20Polo%20Association |
Edo Mulahalilović (; born 23 March 1964 – 27 June 2010) was a Bosnian songwriter and producer.
He was born in Sarajevo and died in Belgrade in 2010 after a long battle with cancer.
1983: Edo together with Zoran Kesić (keyboards), Pjer Žalica (bass player and film director) and Izudin Kolečić (drummer) founded the ban... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo%20Mulahalilovi%C4%87 |
Malé English School (M.E.S.) was a private school in Malé, the capital of the Maldives. M.E.S was established on 10 April 1977. When it first opened it had 60 students and 2 permanent teachers, in 1998 it had over 2000 students and 60 teachers. The founders were Ahmed Zahir and Hussain Shibab of Maafannu Seena and Maaf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9%20English%20School |
Rhodogune (; 2nd century BCE) was a queen of the Seleucid Empire by marriage to Demetrius II Nicator. She was the daughter of the Parthian king Mithridates I (171 BCE-132 BCE), and sister of Phraates II (ruled 132 BCE-127 BCE).
Life
In 138 BCE Rhodogune married Seleucid King Demetrius II Nicator (ruled 146-139 BCE, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodogune%20of%20Parthia |
Ischnura senegalensis, also known variously as common bluetail, marsh bluetail, ubiquitous bluetail, African bluetail, and Senegal golden dartlet, is a widespread damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. It is native from Africa, through the Middle East, to southern and eastern Asia.
Description and habitat
It is a sma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischnura%20senegalensis |
CATOBAR ("Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery" or "Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery") is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier. Under this technique, aircraft launch using a catapult-assisted take-off and land on the ship (the recover... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CATOBAR |
The Chevrolet SS was a concept car designed, branded, and built by Chevrolet. It was introduced at the 2003 North American International Auto Show, but was never approved for official production.
References
External links
Chevy SS at Edmunds.com
SS
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Cars introduced in 2003
Sports sedans | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet%20SS%20%28concept%20car%29 |
George William Allan (August 13, 1860 – December 6, 1940) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Life and career
Born in Toronto, his father, George William Allan Sr., served in the Senate of Canada for 35 years, including a term as Speaker of the Senate. The younger Allan moved during his adult life to Winnipeg, Mani... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20William%20Allan%20%28Manitoba%20politician%29 |
Rebelde is a 2004–2006 Mexican telenovela adapted from Rebelde Way.
Rebelde may refer to:
Music
Albums
Rebelde (album), a 2004 album by RBD
Rebelde (Edição Brasil), the 2004 Brazilian Portuguese version of the album
Rebelde (soundtrack), a 2012 soundtrack album for the Brazilian soap opera
La Rebelde, a 2005 album... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebelde%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Inquirer or The Inquirer may refer to:
The Inquirer, a British technology news website
The Inquirer (Liberia), a Liberian newspaper
The Inquirer (Perth) a newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, between 1840 and 1855
The Inquirer, a British Unitarianism magazine that has been published since 1842
The Philadelp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquirer |
Alexander Gibson may refer to:
Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie I (died 1644), Scottish judge
Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie II (died 1656), Scottish judge, son of Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie I
Alexander Gibson (botanist) (1800–1867), botanist and forester in India
Alexander Craig Gibson (1813–1874), folklorist around ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Gibson |
TVRI (, Television of the Republic of Indonesia), legally ( Public Broadcasting Institution Television of the Republic of Indonesia) is an Indonesian national public television network. Established on 24 August 1962, it is the oldest television network in the country. Its national headquarters is in Gelora, Central J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVRI |
Sans Plus Attendre is the debut album by Belgian singer Axelle Red, released in 1993.
Five singles were taken from the album: "Kennedy Boulevard", "Elle danse seule", "Je t'attends", "Sensualité" and "Le monde tourne mal".
Track listing
"Elle danse seule" (Richard Seff) – 4:01
"Amoureuse ou pas" (Edward Holland, La... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans%20plus%20attendre |
Yiannis Ritsos (; 1 May 1909 – 11 November 1990) was a Greek poet and communist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. While he disliked being regarded as a political poet, he has been called "the great poet of the Greek left".
Life
Born to a well-to-do landowning family in Monemvasia, Ritso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiannis%20Ritsos |
Enquirer or The Enquirer may refer to:
National Enquirer, an American supermarket tabloid newspaper
National Enquirer (1836), an American abolitionist newspaper from Pennsylvania
The Cincinnati Enquirer, an American newspaper from Ohio
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, an American newspaper from Georgia
See also
Inquirer (dis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enquirer |
Artificial creation is a field of research that studies the primary synthesis of complex lifelike structures from primordial lifeless origins.
The field bears some similarity to artificial life, but unlike artificial life, artificial creation focuses on the primary emergence of complex structures and processes of ab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial%20creation |
Sir Harold Vincent Tewson (4 February 1898 – 1 May 1981) was an English trade unionist who served as General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 1946 to 1960.
Biography
Harold Vincent Tewson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. After leaving school at the age of 14, he began working in the office of the Ama... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%20Tewson |
Patrick Beegan (26 May 1895 – 2 February 1958) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
He was born in the townland of Oatfield, Cappataggle, County Galway, to John Beegan, a herdsman, and Mary Stephenson.
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1932 general election when Fianna Fáil first came to power. He was re-el... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Beegan |
À Tâtons is the second album by the Belgian singer Axelle Red. It was released in 1996.
Singles taken from À Tâtons were "Rien Que d'y Penser", "À Tâtons", "Rester Femme", "À Quoi Ca Sert" and "Ma Prière".
Track listing
"À Tâtons" (Axelle Red, Albert Hammond, Shelly Peiken) – 3:30
"C'était" (Red, Hammond, Peiken) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80%20T%C3%A2tons |
Alexander Heath (born 21 September 1978) is a South African Olympic athlete. In the 2006 Winter Olympics, he became the first African to participate in all five Alpine events. He resides in Cape Town.
He said about Bode Miller, "I used to race against Bode, until he made the U.S. team. I went to ski academy in New ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Heath |
Walter Muir Whitehill (September 28, 1905 – March 5, 1978) was an American writer, historian, medievalist, preservationist, and the Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum from 1946 to 1973. He was also editor for publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts from 1946 to 1978. From 1951 to 1972, Whitehi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Muir%20Whitehill |
Kenneth Raymond Hunt Jr. (December 14, 1938 – January 27, 2008) was an American starting pitcher who played one full Major League Baseball season for the Cincinnati Reds. Listed at tall and , Hunt batted and threw right-handed. He overcame control problems to reach the major leagues with the Reds in 1961, starting ga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Hunt%20%28pitcher%29 |
The Cholones are a tribe of South American Indians in Peru, living on the left bank of the Huallaga River in the Amazon valley. The name
is that given them by the Spanish. They were first met by the Franciscans, who established mission villages among them in 1676.
Life
Cholones were living in the district of Tingo Mar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholones |
Toujours Moi is a 1999 album by the Belgian singer Axelle Red.
The singles released from this album were "Parce Que C'est Toi", "Bimbo A Moi", "Faire des Mamours", "Ce Matin", "Toujours Moi" and "J'ai Jamais Dit (Que Je Serais Ton Amie)".
Track listing
"Faire des mamours" (Axelle Red, Christophe Vervoort) – 7:42
"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toujours%20Moi |
External stowage platforms (ESPs) are key components of the International Space Station (ISS). Each platform is made from steel and serves as an external pallet that can hold spare parts, also known as orbital replacement units (ORUs), for the space station. As a platform it is not pressurized, but does require electri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External%20stowage%20platform |
ʿAbbād ibn Bishr () (c.597–632) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. After the Hijrah of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca, Abbad and his clansmen were given name of Ansar for their assistance to gave shelter to the Muslims who came to their town. His Kunya or Teknonymy were Abu al-Rabi'.
Abbad ibn Bis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbad%20ibn%20Bishr |
Stig Svante Eugén Bergling, later Stig Svante Eugén Sandberg and Stig Svante Eugén Sydholt, (1 March 1937 – 24 January 2015) was a Swedish Security Service officer who spied for the Soviet Union. The Stig Bergling-affair, one of Sweden's greatest spy scandals, began when he was arrested in Israel in 1979 by Israeli cou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig%20Bergling |
Luke Piper (born 1966) is an English landscape painter, especially in watercolours. The Guardian newspaper has described him as "arts establishment aristocracy".
Biography
Luke Piper is the son of the painter Edward Piper. He is also the eldest grandson of another artist, John Piper. He grew up in Frome, Somerset and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke%20Piper |
Sulochana Brahaspati (born 1937, in Allahabad) is one of the noted vocalist of Hindustani classical music.
In 1994, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.
Backgr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulochana%20Brahaspati |
The giant Hawaiian darner, also known as the giant Hawaiian dragonfly or pinao (Anax strenuus), is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is one of two species of dragonfly that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is particularly common at higher elevations.
This species is one of the largest of all mod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20Hawaiian%20darner |
Clarksville/Red River County Airport , also known as J. D. Trissell Field, is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Clarksville, in Red River County, Texas, United States. It is owned by Clarksville and Red River County.
Although most U.S. airports use t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksville/Red%20River%20County%20Airport |
Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? is an American documentary produced in 2000 by NBA Entertainment about the rise and fall of All-Star point guard Micheal Ray Richardson. The film was written by Larry Weitzman and co-directed by Weltzman and Jim Podhoretz. The film is narrated by Chris Rock.
Rock, a native New Yorker,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatever%20Happened%20to%20Micheal%20Ray%3F |
Alive (in concert) is a live album by Belgian artist Axelle Red. It was released in 2000.
Track listing
Charts
Certifications
References
Axelle Red albums
2000 live albums
Virgin Records live albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive%20%28in%20concert%29 |
Konstantin Alekseyevich Soukhovetski (born January 19, 1981) was born into a family of artists, and began playing the piano at the age of four. He studied at the Moscow Central School under the auspices of the Moscow Conservatory, where his special subjects also included composition and acting. He then studied at the J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin%20Soukhovetski |
Raft of Dead Monkeys was an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, United States, known for their controversy within the Christian punk scene. Described as a hypothetical band mocking rock culture, their early stage shows consisted of vulgar lyrics, male strippers and bloody nurses. They broke up on October 22, 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raft%20of%20Dead%20Monkeys |
Manuela Laura Pesko (born 18 September 1978 in Chur) is a Swiss snowboarder.
External links
ManuelaPesko.com
Swiss female snowboarders
Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic snowboarders for Switzerland
1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Chur
21st-century... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuela%20Pesko |
Tim Bowness (born 29 November 1963) is an English singer and songwriter primarily known for his work as part of the band No-Man, a long-term project formed in 1987 with Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson.
Music career
In addition to recording albums with No-Man (for record labels such as One Little Indian, Sony/Epic, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Bowness |
Xiafs was a file system for the Linux kernel which was conceived and developed by Frank Xia and was based on the MINIX file system. Today it is obsolete and not in use, except possibly in some historic installations.
History
Linux originally used the MINIX file system, but it had a number of limitations. For example, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiafs |
Charge sharing is an effect of signal degradation through transfer of charges from one electronic domain to another.
Charge sharing in semiconductor radiation detectors
In pixelated semiconductor radiation detectors - such as photon-counting or hybrid-pixel-detectors, charge sharing refers to the diffusion of electri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge%20sharing |
Pembrey Circuit is a motor racing circuit near Pembrey village, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is the home of Welsh motorsport, providing racing for cars, motorcycles, karts and trucks. The circuit's facilities have also been used for a single-venue rally.
History
The stimulus for the creation of a racing circuit at Pemb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembrey%20Circuit |
Face A / Face B is a 2002 album by the Belgian singer Axelle Red.
The singles released from the album were "Je Me Fâche", "Venez Vers Moi", "Pas Maintenant", "Toujours" and "Gloria".
Track listing
"Venez vers moi" (Axelle Red, Richard Seff) – 4:52
"Voilà tout ce qu'on peut faire" (Red, R. Seff) – 4:18
"Vole" (Red... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face%20A%20/%20Face%20B |
Raúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. (born August 7, 1965), known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He is the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles, as well as Rick Trevino's 2003 single "In My Dreams". After t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul%20Malo |
Alexander "Boss" Gibson (1 August 1818 – 14 August 1913) was a Canadian industrialist in New Brunswick, Canada. His business interests included sawmills, railways, and a cotton mill. He founded the company town of Marysville, New Brunswick.
Early life
Alexander Gibson was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick on 1 August... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Gibson%20%28industrialist%29 |
Roger Frank Tomlinson (17 November 1933 – 7 February 2014) was an English-Canadian geographer and the primary originator of modern geographic information systems (GIS), and has been acknowledged as the "father of GIS."
Biography
Roger Tomlinson was a native of Newmarket, England, and prior to attending university, h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Tomlinson |
The following is a list of flags of entities named or related to Norway.
Kingdom of Norway
National flags
Civil pennant
Royal standards
Flags of the Government
Other flags
Flags of the Military
Flags of the Navy
Flags of the Army
The rank flags are also used by the Air Force and Home Guard.
Flags of the Air F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20flags%20of%20Norway |
Stonor Park is a historic country house and private deer park situated in a valley in the Chiltern Hills at Stonor, about north of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England, close to the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. The house has a 12th-century private chapel. The remains of a prehistoric stone circle are in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonor%20Park |
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