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Einar Hole Moxnes (11 June 1921 in Alstahaug – 20 January 2006 in Trondheim) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1969, and
served as a deputy representative during the terms 1958–1961, 1961–1965, 1965–1969 and 1973–1977. From 1965 to 1968 he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar%20Hole%20Moxnes |
Kurt Paul Schmitt (7 October 1886 – 2 November 1950) was a German jurist versed in economic matters. A supporter of the Nazis since 1930, he joined the Nazi party in 1933, becoming also an honorary SS. He presided over Allianz insurance company, and was the Reich Economy Minister from 1933 to 1934. His antisemitic view... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt%20Schmitt |
Svein Magnus Munkejord (born 26 September 1948) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was personal secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1981–1983, state secretary to the Minister of Fisheries 1984–1985, and Minister of Fisheries 1989–1990.
References
1948 births
Living people
Government ministers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svein%20Munkejord |
Irene Kampen (April 18, 1922, in Brooklyn, New York – February 1, 1998, in Oceanside, California) was an American newspaperwoman and writer who wrote several books about events in her life.
Biography
Born Irene Trepel in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Great Neck, New York, she graduated from Great Neck High School.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene%20Kampen |
The Collège Stanislas de Paris (), colloquially known as Stan, is a highly selective private Catholic school in Paris, situated on "Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs" in the 6th arrondissement. It has more than 3,000 students, from preschool to classes préparatoires (classes to prepare students for entrance to the elite grande... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coll%C3%A8ge%20Stanislas%20de%20Paris |
Matija Ban (; 6 December 1818 – 14 March 1903) was a Serbo-Croatian poet, dramatist, and playwright. He is known as one of the earliest proponents of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik.
Ban was born in Petrovo Selo near Dubrovnik, then in the Kingdom of Dalmatia in the Austrian Empire, now in Croatia. Matija Ban ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matija%20Ban |
1-Bromo-3-chloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (BCDMH or bromochlorodimethylhydantoin) is a chemical structurally related to hydantoin. It is a white crystalline compound with a slight bromine and acetone odor and is insoluble in water, but soluble in acetone.
BCDMH is an excellent source of both chlorine and bromine as it re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCDMH |
In projective geometry, a collineation is a one-to-one and onto map (a bijection) from one projective space to another, or from a projective space to itself, such that the images of collinear points are themselves collinear. A collineation is thus an isomorphism between projective spaces, or an automorphism from a proj... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collineation |
The 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment (1-320th FAR) is the field artillery battalion assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. The battalion has been assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 11th Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division. The battalion has participated in World Wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Battalion%2C%20320th%20Field%20Artillery%20Regiment |
Adolph Frederik Munthe (12 July 1817 – 7 September 1884) was a Norwegian military officer and government official. He was the Norwegian Minister of the Army 1877–1879, 1880–1881 and 1881–1884, as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1879–1880 and 1881.
References
1817 births
1884 deaths
People... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph%20Frederik%20Munthe |
Oddmund Myklebust (21 April 1915 – 14 September 1972) was a Norwegian fisher and politician for the Centre Party.
He was born in Sandøy.
In 1965 he was appointed Minister of Fisheries in the centre-right cabinet Borten. He remained in this position until the 8 November 1968, being replaced by Einar Hole Moxnes.
Myk... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddmund%20Myklebust |
Social contract is a broad class of theories that try to explain the ways in which people form states and/or maintain social order.
Social Contract may also refer to:
Policies
Social Contract (Britain), a policy of the British Labour party in the 1970s
Social contract (Malaysia), an agreement concerning citizenship... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20Contract%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Vernon Lee Evans (born October 11, 1949) is a contract killer convicted for murdering two witnesses scheduled to testify against the leader of a drug gang. In 1984, he was convicted and sentenced to death together with drug kingpin Anthony Grandison for the 1983 murders of Susan Kennedy and David Scott Piechowicz. Davi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon%20Lee%20Evans |
Kirsten Elise Myklevoll (25 September 1928 – 11 December 1996) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1978–1979. She was a member of the Parliament of Norway for Troms 1973–81 and county mayor of Troms 1986–91.
References
1928 births
1996 deaths
Gover... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten%20Myklevoll |
NASCAR on ESPN is the now-defunct former package and branding of coverage of NASCAR races on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. ABC, and later the ESPN family of networks, carried NASCAR events from the sanctioning body's top three divisions at various points from the early 1960s until 2000, after the Truck Series rights were lost.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR%20on%20ESPN |
Ole Myrvoll (18 May 1911 – 16 July 1988) was a Norwegian professor in economy and politician for the Liberal Party and later the New People's Party.
He was born in Kragerø.
He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Bergen during the terms 1965–1969 and 1969–1973. From August to September ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole%20Myrvoll |
Agrotera (Gr. , "the huntress") was an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis, the most important goddess to Attic hunters.
At Agrae on the Ilissos, where she was believed to have first hunted after her arrival from Delos, Artemis Agrotera had a temple, dating to the 5th century BC, with a statue carrying a bow. During... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrotera |
The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) is a long-established anthropological organisation, and Learned Society, with a global membership. Its remit includes all the component fields of anthropology, such as biological anthropology, evolutionary anthropology, social anthropology, cultural... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Anthropological%20Institute%20of%20Great%20Britain%20and%20Ireland |
Persuasion (Kara Killgrave, formerly known as the Purple Girl and the Purple Woman) is a fictional mutant superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Fictional character biography
Zebediah Killgrave, alias Purple Man, used his powers on a woman named Melanie to force her to marry him. Event... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion%20%28comics%29 |
Paul Herbert Johnson (May 18, 1935 – July 17, 2016) was an American ice hockey forward.
Career
Johnson was a member of the United States hockey team that won the gold medal at Squaw Valley, California, during the 1960 Winter Olympics. He scored the pivotal go-ahead goal in the medal round game against Canada.
Person... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Johnson%20%28ice%20hockey%29 |
Greg Stumon (born May 26, 1963) is a former award-winning defensive end and linebacker who played the Canadian Football League.
A native of Plain Dealing, Louisiana, he attended the Southern Arkansas University, and was inducted into that school's Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
He began his CFL career with the BC Lions... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Stumon |
John Camel Heenan (May 2, 1834 – October 28, 1873), also known as the Benicia Boy, was an American bare-knuckle prize fighter. Though highly regarded, he had only three formal fights in his career, losing two and drawing one.
Heenan is best remembered for his second contest, when he traveled to England to fight Britis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20C.%20Heenan |
GOST 16876-71 () is a romanization system (for transliteration of Russian Cyrillic alphabet texts into the Latin alphabet) devised by the National Administration for Geodesy and Cartography of the Soviet Union. It is based on the scientific transliteration system used in linguistics. GOST was an international standard... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOST%2016876-71 |
Dean Phillip Carter (born August 30, 1955) is an American convicted spree killer who was sentenced to death for the murders of four women: Susan Knoll, Jillette Mills, Bonnie Guthrie, and Janette Cullins. He was also implicated in the death of a fifth woman, Tok Chum Kim. In total, Carter was suspected of 30 murders t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Carter |
"Easy/Lucky/Free" is a single by the band Bright Eyes from their album Digital Ash in a Digital Urn. It was released July 25, 2005. The music video features Conor Oberst entering a room, and then writing the lyrics and drawings on a transparent wall as the song plays. "Easy/Lucky/Free" is featured in the 2008 Mexican f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy/Lucky/Free |
A grantor–grantee index is a general term for two lists of real property transfers maintained in alphabetical order of the last name of the parties transferring the property. One list is the grantor index, an alphabetic list of sellers (grantors). The other list is the grantee index, an alphabetic list of purchasers (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantor%E2%80%93grantee%20index |
Cohen syndrome (also known as Pepper syndrome or Cervenka syndrome) is a very rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder with varied expression, characterised by obesity, intellectual disability, distinct craniofacial abnormalities and potential ocular dysfunction.
Signs and symptoms
Patients with Cohen syndrome very ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohen%20syndrome |
The Welman submarine was a Second World War one-man British midget submarine developed by the Special Operations Executive. It only saw action once and was not particularly successful.
Design
Designed by the Commanding Officer of SOE's Inter Services Research Bureau (ISRB), Lt Col. John Dolphin, as a method of deliver... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welman%20submarine |
The peripheral drift illusion (PDI) refers to a motion illusion generated by the presentation of a sawtooth luminance grating in the visual periphery. This illusion was first described by Faubert and Herbert (1999), although a similar effect called the "escalator illusion" was reported by Fraser and Wilcox (1979). A va... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral%20drift%20illusion |
Below is a list of prime ministers of the Netherlands Antilles from 1951 to 2010. In 2010 the position of Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles was abolished, together with the dissolution of the country itself.
List of prime ministers of the Netherlands Antilles
Political parties:
Christian democratic
PNP
S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Minister%20of%20the%20Netherlands%20Antilles |
Juana Azurduy de Padilla (July 12, 1780 – May 25, 1862) was a guerrilla military leader from Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Sucre, Bolivia). She fought for Bolivian and Argentine independence alongside her husband, Manuel Ascencio Padilla, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She was noted for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana%20Azurduy%20de%20Padilla |
Lomaivuna Namosi Kadavu Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomaivuna%20Namosi%20Kadavu%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
The Carcarañá River (Spanish, Arroyo Saladillo or Río Saladillo) is a river in Argentina. It begins at the confluence of the Río Tercero and the Saladillo River (the lower course of the Río Cuarto) in the south-east of the province of Córdoba (near Cruz Alta, at ) and flows eastward into the province of Santa Fe, which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcara%C3%B1%C3%A1%20River |
In computer science, particularly the study of approximation algorithms, an
L-reduction ("linear reduction") is a transformation of optimization problems which linearly preserves approximability features; it is one type of approximation-preserving reduction. L-reductions in studies of approximability of optimization p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-reduction |
Hatoyama (written: 鳩山, lit. dove mountain) may refer to:
People with the surname
Hatoyama family, a prominent Japanese political family
Kazuo Hatoyama (1856–1911), academic and politician
Haruko Hatoyama (1861–1938), educator and political matriarch
Ichirō Hatoyama (1883–1959), politician and Prime Minister of Japan
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatoyama |
Ahmed Muradbegović (3 March 1898 – 15 March 1972) was a Bosniak writer, dramatist and novelist.
Early life
Muradbegović was born in the eastern Bosnian town of Gradačac in March 1898, while Bosnia was occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He attended elementary school in his city of birth, but went to high school i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed%20Muradbegovi%C4%87 |
Roztocze National Park () is a national park in Lublin Voivodeship of southeastern Poland. It protects the most valuable natural areas of the middle part of the Roztocze range. Its current size is , of which forests occupy 81.02 km2, and strictly protected areas 8.06 km2. The park has its headquarters in Zwierzyniec.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roztocze%20National%20Park |
The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema () is a boom period in the history of Mexican cinema, which began in 1936 with the premiere of the film Allá en el Rancho Grande, and culminated in 1956.
In 1939, during World War II, the film industry in the US and Europe declined, because the materials previously destined for film pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Age%20of%20Mexican%20Cinema |
WHDF (channel 15) is a television station licensed to Florence, Alabama, United States, serving as the CW outlet for the Huntsville area. It is owned and operated by network majority owner Nexstar Media Group alongside CBS affiliate WHNT-TV (channel 19). Both stations share studios on Holmes Avenue Northwest in downtow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHDF |
Alain "Alay" Soler (born October 9, 1979) is a former baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets in .
Soler attended high school at Espa Armani Arenado and played baseball for four years. He graduated from Nancy Uranga University with a physical education degree.
Soler played baseball ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alay%20Soler |
Silver Bow is a neighborhood in Butte, Montana, United States. It lies near the interchange of Interstate 15 and Interstate 90, near Rocker. It is the location of a major rail junction on the Burlington Northern Railroad. Silver Bow is at Exit 119 off I-15, near the Port of Montana. It is well known locally as the loc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver%20Bow%2C%20Butte |
The American Library Association and Library of Congress Romanization Tables for Russian, or the Library of Congress system, are a set of rules for the romanization of Russian-language text from Cyrillic script to Latin script.
The ALA-LC Romanization tables comprise a set of standards for romanization of texts in var... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALA-LC%20romanization%20for%20Russian |
Hypobromous acid is a weak, unstable acid with chemical formula of HOBr. It is mainly produced and handled in an aqueous solution. It is generated both biologically and commercially as a disinfectant. Salts of hypobromite are rarely isolated as solids.
Synthesis and properties
Addition of bromine to water gives hypo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypobromous%20acid |
During its history, a number of Canadian families have produced multiple politicians. As there are no term limits in Canada for any legislative or executive office, these families have sometimes held uninterrupted political power.
Families
Amery
(father, son)
Moe Amery, Alberta PC MLA for Calgary-East
Mickey Amery,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Canadian%20political%20families |
NASCAR on NBC (visually branded as NBC NASCAR in logos shown within on-air graphics and network promotions) is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races that are produced by NBC Sports, and televised on several NBCUniversal-owned television networks, including the NBC broadcast network in the United States. The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR%20on%20NBC |
Daniel Paul Schrag (born January 25, 1966) is the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at Harvard University and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. He also co-directs the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Belfer Center fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20P.%20Schrag |
may refer to:
Ishibashi (surname)
Ishibashi, Tochigi, a town located in Shimotsuga District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Ishibashi handai-mae Station, formerly Ishibashi Station, a train station located in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Ishibashi Park is a park in Hama-machi, Kagoshima, Japan
Ishibashi Station (Tochigi)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishibashi |
Summary
Friendship House was a Catholic apostolate serving the poor, founded in Toronto in 1934 by Russian-born Catholic lay leader Catherine de Hueck. After its closure in 1936, de Hueck moved to Harlem, where others again joined her—living among the black community, responding to the needs they encountered, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship%20House |
is a Japanese snack food made by Meiji Seika since 1979. It comes in a package with two compartments. One side has biscuit sticks (which can be sometimes called cracker sticks), the other side has chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, or yogurt flavored frosting used for dipping. The sticks themselves may also be flavored. S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan%20Yan%20%28snack%29 |
Sir Robert Francis Cooper (born 28 August 1947) is a British diplomat and adviser who served as a Special Adviser at the European Commission for Myanmar between 2013 and 2014. He was also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and is an acclaimed writer on international relations.
Career
He was born o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Cooper%20%28diplomat%29 |
The USSTRATCOM Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (SCC-WMD) is a United States Strategic Command center built in cooperation with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
The SCC-WMD is housed in the Defense Threat Reduction Center (DTRC), the headquarters building of the Defense Threat Reduction Agen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSTRATCOM%20Center%20for%20Combating%20Weapons%20of%20Mass%20Destruction |
Anura Tennekoon (born 29 October 1946) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He was educated at the S. Thomas' College in Mount Lavinia.
After captaining the school team and being selected as best schoolboy batsman of the year, Tennekoon went on to play first-class cricke... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anura%20Tennekoon |
Estádio Municipal Alberto Oliveira, usually known as Estádio Joia da Princesa, is a multi-use stadium in Feira de Santana, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 16,274. It was built in 1953.Bahia de Feira, Feirense and Fluminense de Feira play their home games at the stadium. Palme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio%20Joia%20da%20Princesa |
Estádio Fredis Saldívar, commonly known as Douradão, is a multi-use stadium in Dourados, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000. It was built in 1986.
Douradão is owned by the Mato Grosso do Sul state government and by the Dourados City Hall. The stadium is named after Fredi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dourad%C3%A3o |
Abd Allah ibn Rawahah ibn Tha'laba (), was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who was martyred in the Battle of Mu'tah.
Biography
Ibn Rawaha was from the Arabian tribe of Banu Khazraj. At a time when writing was not a common skill, he was a scribe and a poet.
He was one of the twelve representative... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd%20Allah%20ibn%20Rawahah |
Wickford Junction station is a commuter rail station located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. It is the southern terminus of the MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line and serves as a park and ride location for commuters to Providence and Boston. The station consists of a single high-level side pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickford%20Junction%20station |
Estádio Municipal Juscelino Kubitschek, usually known as Estádio JK, is a multi-use stadium in Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 14,445. It was built in 1977.
The stadium is owned by the Itumbiara City Hall. It is named after Juscelino Kubitschek, who was pre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio%20JK |
Ugrin (III) from the kindred Csák (, , ; died in 1311) was a prominent Hungarian baron and oligarch in the early 14th century. He was born into an ancient Hungarian clan. He actively participated in the various internal conflicts during the era of feudal anarchy since the reign of Ladislaus IV of Hungary. He held vario... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugrin%20Cs%C3%A1k |
Estádio Luiz José de Lacerda, usually known as Lacerdão, is a multi-purpose stadium in Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil. It is currently used primarily for football matches. The stadium was built in 1980 and has a capacity of 30,000.
The Lacerdão is owned by Central Sport Club. The stadium is named after Luiz José de Lacer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacerd%C3%A3o |
The Bird Who Ate the Rabbit's Flower is an EP by indie rock band of Montreal. The five tracks were later re-released on The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit's Flower.
Track listing
You Are An Airplane
The Inner Light
When a Man Is In Love With A Man
If I Faltered Slightly Twice
Disguises
Personnel
Derek Alm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bird%20Who%20Ate%20the%20Rabbit%27s%20Flower |
Estádio Olímpico Colosso da Lagoa is a multi-use stadium in Erechim, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 22,000. It was built in 1970.
The stadium is owned by Ypiranga Futebol Clube. The stadium is named after the Lagoa Vermelha (meaning Red Lake), which is located near the stad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio%20Ol%C3%ADmpico%20Colosso%20da%20Lagoa |
Brady Paul Poppinga (born September 21, 1979) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Rams, and Dallas Cowboys. With the Packers, he won Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football for the Brigham Young University (B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady%20Poppinga |
A Christmas Album is the fifth album and first Christmas album by Bright Eyes released in 2002. The proceeds of the album go to the Nebraska AIDS Project.
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" appeared in the films Imaginary Heroes and Krampus, and "Blue Christmas" was featured in an episode of The O.C., entitled "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Christmas%20Album%20%28Bright%20Eyes%20album%29 |
Major General Trudy H. Clark, USAF (retired) is a former Deputy Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Fort Belvoir, Virginia in the United States.
Military career
Clark received her commission in 1973 as a distinguished graduate of Officer Training School. From her commissioning until 1984, she ser... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudy%20H.%20Clark |
Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera is a multi-use stadium in Rivera, Uruguay. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
The stadium holds 27,135 people. It was used for the 1995 Copa América and the 1999 South American Under-17 Football Championship.
On 23 June 2011, Uruguay played a friendly match in this stadium... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio%20Atilio%20Paiva%20Olivera |
Axxis is a German heavy metal band that was founded in 1988. Their debut album, Kingdom of the Night, became the best-selling debut album by a hard rock band in Germany in 1989.
Biography
Axxis' musical roots lie within the traditional hard rock of the 1970s and 1980s, including influences of 1990s electronic music. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axxis |
Carlos Leal (born 9 July 1969) is a Swiss rapper and actor.
Leal was born in Lausanne to Galician immigrants. In 1990, he co-founded Sens Unik. The group produced four gold records and contributed music to the films La Haine (1995) and Neutre (2001).
He produced videos with Sens Unik, and after making an appearance i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Leal |
UKNC () is a Soviet PDP-11-compatible educational micro computer, aimed at teaching school informatics courses. It is also known as Elektronika MS-0511. UKNC stands for Educational Computer by Scientific Centre.
Hardware
Processor: KM1801VM2 1801 series CPU @ 8 MHz, 16 bit data bus, 17 bit address bus
Peripheral proce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKNC |
General Thomas Carleton (c. 1735 – 2 February 1817) was an Irish-born British Army officer who was promoted to colonel during the American Revolutionary War after relieving the siege of Quebec in 1776. After the war, he was appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, and supervised the resettlement of Loyalists... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Carleton |
Vellalar is a group of castes in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and northeastern parts of Sri Lanka. The Vellalar are members of several endogamous castes such as the numerically strong Arunattu Vellalar, Chozhia Vellalar, Karkarthar Vellalar, Kongu Vellalar, Thuluva Vellalar and Sri Lankan Vellalar.
Etymolog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellalar |
Daniel Garodnick (born May 5, 1972) is an American lawyer and a former Democratic New York City Councilmember for the 4th district. He is currently the Chair of the New York City Planning Commission. He also served as president and chief executive officer of the Riverside Park Conservancy.
Early life and education
Gar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Garodnick |
Gammage can refer to:
Johnny Gammage (died 1995), American motorist who died in police custody
Grady Gammage (1892–1959), American university president
Robert Gammage (born 1938), American politician
The Gammage Cup, Newbery Honor-winning children's book
Gammage Auditorium, building on the campus of Arizona State... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammage |
In human perception, contingent aftereffects are illusory percepts that are apparent on a test stimulus after exposure to an induction stimulus for an extended period. Contingent aftereffects can be contrasted with simple aftereffects, the latter requiring no test stimulus for the illusion/mis-perception to be apparent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingent%20aftereffect |
Warp was a New Zealand magazine and official organ of the National Association for Science Fiction (NASF), the country's first national science fiction fan organisation.
History
First published in November 1977, Warp continued on a usually two-monthly schedule until the late 1990s, surviving for a short period indepe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp%20%28magazine%29 |
Kevin Gelshenen Rafferty II (May 25, 1947 – July 2, 2020) was an American documentary film cinematographer, director, and producer, best known for his 1982 documentary The Atomic Cafe.
Background
Rafferty was born in Boston on May 25, 1947. He studied architecture at Harvard and film at the California Institute of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Rafferty |
Nat Langham (20 May 1820 – 1 September 1871) was an English middleweight bare-knuckle prize fighter. He had the distinction of being the only person ever to beat Thomas Sayers while defending the English middleweight championship. Langham first took the championship by defeating George Gutteridge on 23 November 1846.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat%20Langham |
Fukuda (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
, Japanese long jumper
, Japanese historian of political thought
, Japanese singer
, Japanese politician
, Japanese feminist activist
, Japanese film director
, birth name of , member of J-pop group S/mileage
, Japanese speed skater
, p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuda |
Lip's was a Japanese idol group formed in 1990 through the 1989 UCC Can Coffee "Miss Contest Grand Prix". Lip's consisted of Takako Katō, Natsue Yoshimura, and Kyoko Yamamoto. The group disbanded in 1993.
After being signed to CBS Sony, the group released its debut single, , on March 21, 1990. The single peaked at num... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip%27s |
Miss E may refer to:
A character in The Letter People, American literary program
Miss E... So Addictive, 2001 hip-hop album by Missy Elliott | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss%20E |
Magnus was a Belgian joint dance music project comprising Tom Barman (from the rock band dEUS) and CJ Bolland. Magnus' debut album, The Body Gave You Everything, was released on 29 March 2004. Four of its tracks were released as singles: "Summer's Here", "Jumpneedle", "French Movies" and "Hunter/Collector".
"Summer's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus%20%28band%29 |
Are You Carrying Any Gold Or Living Relatives: Through The Soviet Union with Nila is a book by Irene Kampen about her travels in the Soviet Union in the summer of 1969. In the book Kampen visits the Soviet Union with her friend and translator Nila Magidoff.
American travel books
1970 non-fiction books
Books about the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are%20You%20Carrying%20Any%20Gold%20or%20Living%20Relatives%3F |
MAD World is the international television service of MAD TV that broadcasts the 'best of MAD' programming to Greeks abroad. Unlike its counterpart in Greece, MAD World airs only Greek music content, no international music.
Mad World is on the air 24 hours a day, broadcasting all genres of Greek music (pop, hip hop, ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAD%20World |
Now That's What I Call Music (also simply titled Now or Now 1) is the first album from the popular Now! series that was released in the United Kingdom on 28 November 1983. Initial pressings were released on vinyl and audio cassette. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album and series, the album was re-released on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now%20That%27s%20What%20I%20Call%20Music%20%28original%20UK%20album%29 |
Brian Steen Nielsen (born 28 December 1968) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Most notably, he made 66 appearances for the Denmark national team between 1990 and 2002, scoring three goals. After his retirement from his active career, he worked as the director of football a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Steen%20Nielsen |
In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, stops with low passenger counts can be incorporated into a route without introd... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request%20stop |
Arthur Macalister, (18 January 1818 – 23 March 1883) was three times Premier of Queensland, Australia.
Early life
Macalister was born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of John Macalister, a cabinet maker, and his wife Mary, née Scoullar. Macalister was educated in Glasgow and emigrated to Australia with his wife Elizabeth Wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Macalister |
The Mark Riley Show is a weekday radio show on the Air America Radio network hosted by long-time talk radio host Mark Riley.
Background
Originally it was part of a larger Air America Mornings program, but as of September 18, 2006 the show was billed on its own. The show features news items read by Riley and his comme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mark%20Riley%20Show |
Elaine Scruggs (Non-Partisan), is the former mayor of Glendale, Arizona, relocated from Pasadena, California with her husband Larry in 1971. Scruggs served as mayor of Glendale from 1993 to 2013.
In 2004 she was elected as chairman of the Maricopa Association of Governments' Transportation Policy Committee which guid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine%20Scruggs |
Gandaraditha Chola () succeeded his father Parantaka I and became the Chola king about 955 CE. He was also a Tamil literary poet in the Thiruvisaippa Palandu. He had a son named Madurantaka Chola also known as Uttama Chola, who became Chola emperor after his cousin Sundara Chola.
Turbulent period
From the death of Par... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandaraditya |
is a Japanese singer and voice actress from Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Shishido debuted as an idol singer with Sony Records in 1990 with the single "Cosmic Rendezvous." In 1992, she left her management and began releasing music independently.
Around the same time Shishido left her management, she also debuted as a voi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi%20Shishido |
The lamellipodium (: lamellipodia) (from Latin lamella, related to , "thin sheet", and the Greek radical pod-, "foot") is a cytoskeletal protein actin projection on the leading edge of the cell. It contains a quasi-two-dimensional actin mesh; the whole structure propels the cell across a substrate. Within the lamellipo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamellipodium |
(also Ohira, Oohira) is a Japanese surname and place name.
Astronomy
8533 Oohira, a main-belt asteroid
Oohira Station, alternative name for the Nihondaira Observatory
Places
Ōhira, Miyagi, a village located in Kurokawa District, Miyagi, Japan
Ōhira, Tochigi, a former town located in Shimotsuga District, Tochigi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohira |
In computing, traditionally cycle stealing is a method of accessing computer memory (RAM) or bus without interfering with the CPU. It is similar to direct memory access (DMA) for allowing I/O controllers to read or write RAM without CPU intervention. Clever exploitation of specific CPU or bus timings can permit the CPU... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle%20stealing |
Trashman is a video game developed by Malcolm Evans for the ZX Spectrum and released by New Generation Software in 1984.
Later the same year, it was followed by Travel with Trashman. The third game in the series, Trashman Through Time, was never completed, however Trashman Goes Moonlighting was made for the Amstrad C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trashman%20%28video%20game%29 |
Egunkaria (Basque for The Daily) for thirteen years was the only fully Basque language newspaper in circulation until it was closed down on 20 February 2003 by the Spanish authorities due to allegations of an illegal association with ETA, the armed Basque separatist group. After seven years, on 15 April 2010 the defend... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egunkaria |
Joanie Louise Cunningham is a fictional character, played by Erin Moran on the sitcoms Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi. Her first appearance was on one episode of Love, American Style, where she was played by Susan Neher.
The character is the daughter of Howard and Marion Cunningham, and the younger sister of Chuck... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanie%20Cunningham |
Land of the Pharaohs is a 1955 American epic historical drama film in CinemaScope and WarnerColor from Warner Brothers, produced and directed by Howard Hawks. The cast was headed by Jack Hawkins as Pharaoh Khufu and Joan Collins as one of his wives, Nellifer. The film is a fictional account of the building of the Great... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land%20of%20the%20Pharaohs |
Ella and Louis is a studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet, released in October 1956. Having previously collaborated in the late 1940s for the Decca label, this was the first of three albums that Fitzgerald and Armstrong were to record together for Verve Records, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella%20and%20Louis |
Harrow RFC are an English rugby union club that are based in Stanmore in London. They currently play in London Counties 2 Herts/Middlesex - a league at tier 8 of the English rugby union system
History/Background
Founded in 1891 Harrow RFC has been a constant presence in the community and a successful rugby club for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrow%20RFC |
The Stud is a 1978 British drama film directed by Quentin Masters and starring Joan Collins and Oliver Tobias. It is based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Collins' younger sister Jackie Collins.
Plot
Fontaine Khaled (Joan Collins) is the London wife of a wealthy Arab businessman. She spends his money on her nig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Stud%20%28film%29 |
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