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John Tutchin (c.1660 or 1664 – 23 September 1707) was a radical Whig controversialist and gadfly English journalist (born in Lymington, Hampshire), whose The Observator and earlier political activism earned him multiple trips before the bar. He was of a Puritan background and held strongly anti-Catholic views.
The Bl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Tutchin |
Mats Wilander defeated the defending champion Ivan Lendl in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1985 French Open. It was his second French Open title.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Mats Wilander is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%20French%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20singles |
Shooting incident reconstruction is the examination of the physical evidence recovered or documented at the scene of a shooting. Shooting reconstruction may also include the laboratory analysis of the evidence recovered at the scene. The goal is an attempt to gain an understanding of what may or may not have happened d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting%20reconstruction |
Georgi (Grisha) Stanchev Filipov () (July 13, 1919 – November 2, 1994) was a leading member of the Bulgarian Communist Party.
Biography
He was born in the small town of Kadiivka, Ukraine, to a family of Bulgarian immigrants. In 1936, he and his family returned to Bulgaria, where Filipov studied at Lovech High School. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisha%20Filipov |
Inhaca is a settlement in Mozambique, on the subtropical Inhaca Island (Ilha da Inhaca in Portuguese) off the East African coast. Inhaca settlement is centered on a mission station located about 32 km east of Maputo.
Geography and administration
The 52 km2 island separates Maputo Bay (Baía de Maputo) to the west from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhaca |
The MV Sea Empress was a single-hull Suezmax oil tanker that ran aground at the entrance to the Milford Haven harbour on the southwest coast of Wales in February 1996. The ensuing oil spill, Britain's third largest oil spillage and the 12th largest in the world at the time, devastated a considerable area of local coas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV%20Sea%20Empress |
For a related disambiguation page see Moyna
Majna is a village in Contai I CD block in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Majna is located at .
Urbanisation
93.55% of the population of Contai subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 6.45% of the po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majna |
The Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church (TPEC) was a jurisdiction of the Continuing Anglican movement in the Reformed Anglican tradition. It was founded in 1991 by Richard G. Melli, formerly a priest of the Anglican Catholic Church, Diocese of the South. This Christian church body saw itself as maintaining the orig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional%20Protestant%20Episcopal%20Church |
() was a military title and office in ancient and medieval Armenia. Under the Arsacid dynasty of Armenia, the was the supreme commander of the kingdom's armed forces. During the Arsacid period and for some time afterwards, the office was held hereditarily by the senior member of the House of Mamikonian. Later in histo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparapet |
Quest Aerospace is a company based in Cedar City, UT, United States, that designs and produces model rocket kits.
Quest Aerospace was founded in 1992 by Bill Stine (son of G. Harry Stine) in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and produces model rocket kits for various skill levels of modelers, from the beginner to the most hig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest%20Aerospace |
Montvale is an active commuter railroad station in the borough of Montvale, Bergen County, New Jersey. Located in the middle of an active road junction of East Grand Avenue (County Route 94) and Kinderkamack Road (County Route 503), the station serves trains on New Jersey Transit's Pascack Valley Line, serving as the f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montvale%20station |
David Bailey (born December 31, 1961) is an American former professional motocross racer and current television sports commentator. He was one of the leading American motocross and supercross racers during the 1980s. During his eight-year professional motocross career, Bailey won 30 AMA national race victories and won ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Bailey%20%28motorcyclist%29 |
Kropotkin () is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuban River.
History
It was founded as Romanovsky Khutor in the late 18th century, and was renamed Kropotkin in honor of the outstanding natural scientist, geographer and revolutionary anarchist Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin in 4 F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kropotkin%2C%20Krasnodar%20Krai |
Ivan Lendl defeated Mikael Pernfors in the final, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1986 French Open.
Mats Wilander was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Andrei Chesnokov.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Ivan Lendl is the champion; others show the round in whic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%20French%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20singles |
Etone College (formerly Etone Community School and Technology College) is a secondary academy school in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. It was founded in 1910 as the Nuneaton High School for Girls, and is now a mixed school.
History
Nuneaton High School for Girls was founded in 1910 with the strong support of the Di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etone%20College |
Beaucarnea is a genus of flowering plants native to Mexico and Central America. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). Beaucarnea is sometimes treated as a synonym of the genus Nolina, with the species being then transferred ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaucarnea |
Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom or Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom may refer to:
Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom, the primary worship service in the Byzantine Rite.
It may refer also to choral compositions that set the liturgical text:
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Tchaikovsky), Op. 41, composed by Pyotr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy%20of%20Saint%20John%20Chrysostom%20%28disambiguation%29 |
North Warren Regional High School is a public high school and regional school district, located in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in seventh grade through twelfth grade from the four constituent townships of Blairstown (where the school is located), Frelinghuysen, Hardwick and Know... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Warren%20Regional%20High%20School |
Pisky () is a selo of Nizhyn Raion in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. It belongs to Bobrovytsia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
The name in Ukrainian can be interpreted literally as "the Sands". The village is famous for being the location where one of the most influential Ukrainian p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisky%2C%20Chernihiv%20Oblast |
Richard Patrick Tallentyre Gibson, Baron Gibson (5 February 1916 – 20 April 2004) was a British businessman in the publishing industry, and later arts administrator.
Life
Gibson was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a stockbroker in 1937, and he joined the Middlesex Yeomanry on the outbreak of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Gibson%2C%20Baron%20Gibson |
Musical Starstreams (also known as Starstreams) is a terrestrial and internet radio program that first aired in the San Francisco bay area in December 1981. Originally known as Music for Your Inner Space, it has been produced, programmed and hosted by Forest, originally in Mill Valley and now from Maui, for its entire ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical%20Starstreams |
Alexander John Bruce-Lockhart, Baron Bruce-Lockhart, (4 May 1942 – 14 August 2008), commonly known as Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, was a British Conservative politician and a senior figure in English local government. He was the leader of Kent County Council and then Chairman of the Local Government Association. He was succe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy%20Bruce-Lockhart%2C%20Baron%20Bruce-Lockhart |
Jude Dibia (born 5 January 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian novelist. In 2007, he won the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose for his novel Unbridled.
Education
Dibia studied at the University of Ibadan, and earned a B.A. in Modern European Languages (German).
Career
Jude's novels have been described as daring and c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude%20Dibia |
Dimitar Iliev Popov (Pokriva) ( ; 26 June 1927 – 5 December 2015) was a leading Bulgarian judge and the first Prime Minister of the country not to be a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party since 1946. He was also the first Prime Minister since 1944 who was not a Communist or a fellow traveler.
Popov, who did not ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitar%20Iliev%20Popov |
"Dare to Be Stupid" is an original song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a musical pastiche of the band Devo.
Lyrics and style
Lyrically, the song encourages the listener to be stupid in various ways; mostly by advising them to do the opposite of common idioms (e.g. "let the bedbugs bite" or "put all your eggs in one ba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dare%20to%20Be%20Stupid%20%28song%29 |
Workplace bullying is a persistent pattern of mistreatment from others in the workplace that causes either physical or emotional harm.
It can include such tactics as verbal, nonverbal, psychological, and physical abuse, as well as humiliation. This type of workplace aggression is particularly difficult because, unlike ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace%20bullying |
The Worth Four Light Test, also known as the Worth's four dot test or W4LT, is a clinical test mainly used for assessing a patient's degree of binocular vision and binocular single vision. Binocular vision involves an image being projected by each eye simultaneously into an area in space and being fused into a single ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worth%204%20dot%20test |
The 1982 AFC Youth Championship was held from 18 to 22 December 1982 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Qualifying tournament
Qualified Teams
took the place of , who were disqualified after the AFC handed the North Korean FA a two-year suspension for assaulting match officials following the final whistle of their Asian ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%20AFC%20Youth%20Championship |
Defending champion Ivan Lendl defeated Mats Wilander in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1987 French Open.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Ivan Lendl is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Ivan Lendl (champion)
Boris Becker (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20French%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20singles |
Timeless: The Classics is a 1992 album of cover versions by Michael Bolton. It was #1 on the Billboard charts when it was released. After a rather long chart run, the album has been certified 4× Platinum in the US and has sold over 7 million copies worldwide.
Track listing
Production
Producers – Michael Bolton (all... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeless%3A%20The%20Classics |
Dumai-Malacca Cable System or DMCS is a submarine telecommunications cable system linking Indonesia and Malaysia across the Strait of Malacca
It has landing points in:
Dumai, Riau Province, Indonesia
Melaka City, Malacca, Malaysia
It has a design transmission capacity of 320 Gbit/s of which 20 Gbit/s were lit at ince... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumai-Malacca%20Cable%20System |
Fishnish () is a ferry terminal on the Isle of Mull, roughly halfway between Tobermory and Craignure. It is owned and operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. It is served by the ferry that crosses the Sound of Mull to and from Lochaline.
It consists of a slipway sticking out into the Sound of Mull with a vehicle queuing are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishnish |
Juan Fernando Ortega (born March 2, 1957) is a singer-songwriter in contemporary Christian music. He is noted both for his interpretations of many traditional hymns and songs, such as "Give Me Jesus", "Be Thou My Vision" and "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty", and for writing clear and easily understood songs such as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Ortega |
The Greek island affair () was an Israeli political scandal involving David Appel, Ariel Sharon, at the time a minister in the Likud party, and others close to Sharon. The scandal consisted of charges, later dropped, that Appel had obtained favourable treatment from Sharon and his allies, which would help him and his f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20island%20affair |
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. State of Nebraska.
0–9
.ne.us – Internet second-level domain for the state of Nebraska
37th state to join the United States of America
A
Adjacent states:
State of Colorado
State of Iowa
State of Kansas
State of Missouri
State of South Dakota
Stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20Nebraska-related%20articles |
DMCS may refer to:
DEC Multinational Character Set, a character set by Digital Equipment Corporation
Des Moines Christian School, a Christian centered private school in the Des Moines, Iowa area
Dumai-Melaka Cable System (cable system) a submarine telecommunications cable system
Chlorodimethylsilane
Deluxe Music ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCS |
Jack's Back is a 1988 American mystery thriller film written and directed by Rowdy Herrington in his directorial debut. It stars James Spader in a dual role, Cynthia Gibb, Jim Haynie, Robert Picardo, Rod Loomis, and Rex Ryon. It follows a serial killer who celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing simil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%27s%20Back |
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival (), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; ), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. The festival is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. It takes place on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The awards are the Iranian... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajr%20International%20Film%20Festival |
Radio West Middlesex is the volunteer-run hospital radio station of the West Middlesex Hospital in Isleworth, Middlesex. It broadcasts to the patients of the hospital online.
Radio West Middlesex has been broadcast in the West Middlesex University Hospital since 1967. It began broadcasting 24 hours a day in 2003.
The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20West%20Middlesex |
The EXIT procedure, or ex utero intrapartum treatment procedure, is a specialized surgical delivery procedure used to deliver babies who have airway compression. Causes of airway compression in newborn babies result from a number of rare congenital disorders, including bronchopulmonary sequestration, congenital cystic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXIT%20procedure |
Community College of Denver (CCD) is a public community college in Denver, Colorado. The main campus is at Auraria Campus and it has two other locations in the Denver metropolitan area. CCD focuses on underserved, first-generation, and minority students.
CCD is one of 13 colleges in the Colorado Community College Sys... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20College%20of%20Denver |
Labour CND (Lab CND) is a 'Specialist Section' of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, specifically relating to CND-supporting members the Labour Party.
History
Labour CND was established in 1979 and exists to this day. High-profile members of Labour CND include the former Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour%20CND |
Lenthionine is a cyclic organosulfur compound found in shiitake mushrooms, onions, and garlic, and it is partly responsible for their flavor. The mechanism of its formation is unclear, but it likely involves the enzyme C–S lyase.
Preparation
Lenthionine has been isolated from mushrooms by submerging them in water and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenthionine |
Amund Skiri (born 25 February 1978) is a Norwegian former footballer that played for Åndalsnes before he played for Aalesund and Vålerenga in Norwegian Premier League. He's known for putting away the deciding penalty kick in the Norwegian cup final in 2009, giving Aalesund the victory and the medal. On 1 January 2017 h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amund%20Skiri |
Reneta Ivanova Indzhova ( ) (born 6 July 1953) is a Bulgarian politician and manager. Between October 1994 and January 1995 she served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, the first, and so far, only, woman in Bulgaria to hold this office.
Biography
Reneta Indzhova was born 6 July 1953 in Nova Zagora. She studied at the un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reneta%20Indzhova |
The One Thing is the ninth album by Michael Bolton, released on November 16, 1993. Although it produced the hit single "Said I Loved You...But I Lied", which reached number 6 in the US, it did not match the sales of his previous three albums. Nevertheless, the album was still a respectable hit on its own, reaching numb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20One%20Thing%20%28album%29 |
Love Jones: The Music is the soundtrack to Theodore Witcher's 1997 film Love Jones. It was released on March 11, 1997, via Sony Music.
Track listing
Notes
Tracks 6, 7, 8, 12 are not featured in the film.
Personnel
Stephen Marcussen — mastering
Toby Emmerich — executive producer
Dana Sano — executive producer
Lori Si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20Jones%20%28soundtrack%29 |
Zug is a city in Switzerland.
Zug or ZUG may also refer to:
People
Zug (surname), a surname
Places
Canton of Zug, Switzerland
Lake Zug (German: Zugersee), a lake in Central Switzerland, situated between Lucerne and Zurich
Zug, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province
Zug Island, in Detroit
Zug, Western Sahar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zug%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Mats Wilander defeated Henri Leconte in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1988 French Open. It was his third and final French Open singles title. Leconte remains the most recent Frenchman to reach the final.
Ivan Lendl was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the quarterfina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%20French%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20singles |
The Yaoundé Convention was a convention signed in the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon between the European Economic Community (EEC) and the AASM (Associated African States and Madagascar) in 1963 (ASMM (African States, Madagascar and Mauritius) in 1969 respectively).
The First Convention (1964–1969)
The first association a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9%20Convention |
Leonard Welsted (baptised 3 June 1688 – August 1747) was an English poet and "dunce" in Alexander Pope's writings (both in The Dunciad and in Peri Bathos). Welsted was an accomplished writer who composed in a relaxed, light hearted vein. He was associated with Whig party political figures in his later years (the yea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20Welsted |
Format shifting is the conversion of media files into different file format or data compression (video coding format and audio coding format). This may be required to play the media on different devices, for example when converting or ripping audio files on CDs into digital formats such as MP3. Other media shifting pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Format%20shifting |
In nautical parlance, the draft or draught of a sail refers to the amount and shape of curvature in a horizontal cross-section. Any sail experiences a force from the prevailing wind just because it impedes the air's passage. A sail with draft also functions as an airfoil when set at an angle slightly greater than the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft%20%28sail%29 |
An academic genealogy (or scientific genealogy) organizes a family tree of scientists and scholars according to mentoring relationships, often in the form of dissertation supervision relationships, and not according to genetic relationships as in conventional genealogy. Since the term academic genealogy has now develop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic%20genealogy |
Enlightened Rogues is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released in February 1979 in the United States by Capricorn Records and PolyGram Records elsewhere. The Allman Brothers Band had broken up in 1976 following internal turmoil, amplified by esc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightened%20Rogues |
Alone in the Dark is a 1982 American slasher film co-written and directed by Jack Sholder in his directorial debut, and starring Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Donald Pleasence, Dwight Schultz, and Erland Van Lidth. The plot tells about a psychiatrist's family who are besieged by four escaped mental patients during a pow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone%20in%20the%20Dark%20%281982%20film%29 |
Be Good is a 2005 album by Alex Fong (方力申).
Track listing
ABC君 (Mr. ABC)
自欺欺人 ft. 傅穎 (Self-Deception)
我們不是朋友 (We Are Not Friends)
密碼 (Password)
石像 (Statue)
自導自戀 (Directing Your Own Love)
好走 (Better Go)
希望我聽錯 (I Hope I Didn't Hear That)
你記得嗎? (Do You Remember?)
幸福家庭 (Happy Family)
2005 albums
Alex Fong (singer) album... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%20Good%20%28Alex%20Fong%20album%29 |
Eric Radomski is a producer best known as a co-creator of Batman: The Animated Series (as well as the co-director of the series' theatrical film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm). He has also acted as producer for Spawn: The Animated Series, Freakazoid!, Xiaolin Showdown, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Ultimate Spider-M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Radomski |
DSRV-1 Mystic is a deep-submergence rescue vehicle that is rated to dive up to 5,000 feet (1,500 m). It was built by Lockheed for the US Navy at a construction cost of $41 million and launched 24 January 1970. It was declared fully operational in 1977 and named Mystic.
The submarine was intended to be air transportabl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSRV-1%20Mystic |
The Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects, more commonly known as CROWCASS, was an organisation set up to assist the United Nations War Crimes Commission and Allied governments in tracing ex-enemy nationals suspected of committing war crimes or atrocities in Europe during the Second World War. The org... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Registry%20of%20War%20Criminals%20and%20Security%20Suspects |
The đàn gáo (chữ Nôm: 彈𣂋) ("coconut shell fiddle") is a bowed string instrument, a part of the traditional Vietnamese orchestra. It is similar to the đàn hồ. The instrument originated from South Viet Nam, and is used in entertainment contexts. It can be played alone, as part of an orchestra, or to accompany cải lươn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%C3%A0n%20g%C3%A1o |
The Sender is a 1982 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Roger Christian and written by Thomas Baum. It stars Kathryn Harrold, Željko Ivanek (in his film debut), Shirley Knight, and Paul Freeman.
Plot
A young, disheveled-looking man is awakened on the side of a road by passing traffic. He walks to a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sender |
Stefan Antonov Sofiyanski ( ) (born November 7, 1951) is a Bulgarian politician who served as interim Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 1997 and was a three-term Mayor of Sofia. He was a leading member of the Union of Democratic Forces.
Sofiyanski was born in Sofia in 1951. He was a statistics graduate from the Karl Marx ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan%20Sofiyanski |
Graham Anthony Devine (born 1971 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English classical guitarist.
Devine studied with Gordon Crosskey at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester. He moved to Brazil at the age of nineteen and quickly became known there as a teacher and performer.
Devine has been a laureate of many internat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%20Anthony%20Devine |
Gustav Simon (2 August 1900– 18 December 1945) was a Nazi Party official who served as Gauleiter of Gau Moselland from 1931 to 1945 and, from 1940 until 1942, as Chief of Civil Administration in occupied Luxembourg. In this position, he was chiefly responsible for the Holocaust in Luxembourg.
Early years
Gustav Simon'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav%20Simon |
The Artistry of Michael Bolotin is an album by Michael Bolton. The third and final album, using his given name. It is a compilation from his first 2 RCA albums (Michael Bolotin, 1975 and Everyday of My Life, 1976).
Track listing
"Rocky Mountain Way"
"Time Is on My Side"
"Your Love"
"You're No Good"
"It's Just A Feeli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Artistry%20of%20Michael%20Bolotin |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Jamaica face legal and social issues not experienced by non-LGBT people. Consensual sexual intercourse between same-sex partners is legally punishable by imprisonment.
Jamaica has long held strongly conservative views towards homosexuality, with recent polls st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT%20rights%20in%20Jamaica |
White Mountain Cooler was an alcoholic beverage that debuted in the US market in 1985. It was produced by the Stroh Brewery Company. By 1987, it was ranked fifth in the malted beverage cooler market.
White Mountain was originally formulated as a malternative, and was the top-selling brand of malternative beverages whi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Mountain%20Cooler |
Think Tank (1994-2010) — also known as Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg — was a discussion program that aired on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), hosted by Ben Wattenberg. Andrew Walworth was co-creator and executive producer. The program was a co-production of New River Media and BJW Inc.
In addition to its weekly ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think%20Tank%20with%20Ben%20Wattenberg |
Ark 21 Records was a record label established by Miles Copeland III and Stewart Copeland in 1997. It was based in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.
Artists
Kathem Al-Saher
Ragheb Alamah
Aswad
The Badlees
The Beautiful South
John Berry
Belinda Carlisle
Paul Carrack
Concrete Blonde
Delinquent Habits
Farrah
Faudel
Hakim
Wayne H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark%2021%20Records |
Julaybib was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and martyr in the early Muslim community.
Name
His name was acquired prior to his acceptance of Islam and is considered semantically unusual in Arabic; julaybib means "small grown" being the diminutive form of the word jalbab, referring to Julaybib's unusually ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julaybib |
Breweries in the U.S. state of Colorado produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. In 2012 Colorado's 161 breweries and brewpubs and 3 wholesalers employed 5,000 people directly, and more than 22,000 others in related jobs such as wholesalin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20breweries%20in%20Colorado |
Gavin Hamilton may refer to:
Gavin Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews) (died 1571), archbishop of St Andrews
Gavin Hamilton (bishop of Galloway) (1561–1612), bishop of Galloway
Gavin Hamilton (artist) (1723–1798), Scottish artist
Gavin Hamilton (lawyer) (1751–1805), Friend of Robert Burns
Gavin Hamilton, 2nd Baro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin%20Hamilton |
Dulness is the goddess who presides over Alexander Pope's The Dunciad. She is the central character, introduced at the start of the work.
Dulness is the daughter of Chaos and "eternal Night", and her mission is to convert all the world to stupidity ("To hatch a new Saturnian age, of Lead"). Her triumph is part of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulness |
Gavin Hamilton (1723, Lanarkshire – 4 January 1798, Rome) was a Scottish neoclassical history painter,
who is more widely remembered for his searches for antiquities in the neighbourhood of Rome. These roles in combination made him an arbiter of neoclassical taste.
Biography
Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1723, by ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin%20Hamilton%20%28artist%29 |
Maysky (masculine), Mayskaya (feminine), or Mayskoye (neuter) may refer to:
People
Ivan Maysky (1884–1975), Soviet diplomat, historian, and politician
Mischa Maisky (b. 1948), Latvian-born Israelian cellist
Places
Maysky District, a district of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia
Maysky Urban Settlement, several mu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maysky |
Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald (1914–1987) was a Cape Breton fiddler. He was a pioneer in recorded performances of the music, and has heavily influenced the style and repertoire of later generations of players.
Bio
Fitzgerald was born on February 16, 1914, at White Point, Victoria County, Nova Scotia, a remote fishing v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston%20Fitzgerald |
The (, Chữ Nôm: 彈二), also called , is a Vietnamese bowed string instrument with two strings. The word nhị means "two" in Sino-Vietnamese, and means "instrument". Its sound box is generally covered on one end with snakeskin.
There is some variation in construction between different forms of the đàn nhị. Instruments ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%C3%A0n%20nh%E1%BB%8B |
Earl Grant Harrison (April 27, 1899 – July 28, 1955) was an American attorney, academician, and public servant. He worked on behalf of displaced persons in the aftermath of the Second World War, when he brought attention to the plight of Jewish refugees in a report, commonly known as the Harrison Report, that he produc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl%20G.%20Harrison |
This Is the Time: The Christmas Album is an album by Michael Bolton, released on October 1, 1996. Bolton's first Christmas release, it contains two new songs: "This Is the Time" (performed with Wynonna Judd), and "Love Is the Power", while the others were covers of traditional Christmas songs. "Ave Maria" was performed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This%20Is%20the%20Time%3A%20The%20Christmas%20Album |
KLI may refer to:
Klingon Language Institute − promoting the constructed Klingon language
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Korean Language Institute
Kli rishon (or K'li), a "heated vessel" in Judaism, e.g. in Sabbath food preparation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLI |
Mitchell Shannon Berger (born June 24, 1972) is a Canadian former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft.
Berger has also been a membe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch%20Berger |
The Lincoln Custom is a custom limousine and long-wheelbase touring sedan that was built by Lincoln in 1941 and 1942 and the lower level series Lincoln produced in 1955. Initially it was a replacement for the previous Model K Lincolns (produced from 1934 to 1939) and earlier luxury cars of the 1920s and 1930s. The body... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%20Custom |
Thaddeus Laddins Betts (February 4, 1789 – April 7, 1840) was the 32nd and 34th lieutenant governor of the state of Connecticut from 1832 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1835, and a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840. He had previously served in the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District and C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaddeus%20Betts |
Hell Night is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Tom DeSimone, and starring Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Kevin Brophy, and Peter Barton. The film depicts a night of fraternity hazing set in an old manor—the site of a familial mass murder—during which a deformed killer terrorizes and murders many of the colleg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%20Night |
Japan-US (or Japan-US Cable Network – JUSCN or JUCN or J-US or JUS) is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the North Pacific Ocean linking the United States and Japan.
It has landing points in:
Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Maruyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Mākaha, Oahu,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan-US%20%28cable%20system%29 |
All That Matters is an album by Michael Bolton, released in 1997, and was his first studio album since 1993's The One Thing. Bolton was aided in production by Babyface and Tony Rich, and among the songwriters are Bolton, Diane Warren, Babyface, Lamont Dozier, Gary Burr, and Tony Rich. Bolton’s U.S. fans were puzzled by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20That%20Matters%20%28Michael%20Bolton%20album%29 |
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve is a compilation album released on Verve Records in 1997. It comprises three compact discs containing the three studio albums made for the label by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, released during 1956 through 1958.
Its 47 tracks are collated from Ella and Lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Complete%20Ella%20Fitzgerald%20%26%20Louis%20Armstrong%20on%20Verve |
My Secret Passion: The Arias is the first classical album by Michael Bolton featuring the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Steven Mercurio. The album includes a duet with Renée Fleming.
Due to lack of substantial promotion the album peaked on the Billboard Top 200 at an extremely low #112, marking the end... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Secret%20Passion%3A%20The%20Arias |
Ka'b ibn Asad () was the chief of the Qurayza, a Jewish tribe that lived in Medina until 627. A tribesman, Al-Zabir ibn Bata, claimed that his face "was like a Chinese mirror, in which the girls of the tribe could see themselves", presumably meaning that Kaab had a youthful and innocent appearance.
Battle of Buath
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka%27b%20ibn%20Asad |
The Saugus Advertiser was an American newspaper covering the town of Saugus, Massachusetts. It was the newspaper of record in Saugus, as it is was the only place Saugus legal notices were printed.
History
The Saugus Advertiser was founded by Colonel Alfred Woodward in 1946. He remained the newspaper's publisher until ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saugus%20Advertiser |
Jabez Williams Huntington (November 8, 1788November 1, 1847) was a United States representative and Senator from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Norwich, son of Zachariah Huntington and Hannah Mumford Huntington, Huntington pursued classical studies. He graduated from Yale College in 1806. Jabez taught in the Litchfiel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabez%20W.%20Huntington |
Guazú Cuá (Guaraní: Guasu Kua) is a village and distrito in Paraguay, located 14 kilometres south of Escobar. Guazú Cuá is a small rural community of around 440 people. Guazú Cuá has a school that goes up to the 11th grade, a well run healthpost, a police station, a church, soccer field with lights for night-time game... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guazu-Cua |
The Septizodium (also called Septizonium or Septicodium) was a building in ancient Rome. It was built in 203 AD by Emperor Septimius Severus. The origin of the name "Septizodium" is from Septisolium, from the Latin for temple of seven suns, and was probably named for the seven planetary deities (Saturn, Sun, Moon, Mars... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septizodium |
Timeless: The Classics Vol. 2 is an album of covers by Michael Bolton, released in 1999.
The album is a follow-up to Bolton's 1992 covers album Timeless: The Classics. Unlike that album, however, which reached #1 and ultimately sold over 9 million copies, Vol. 2 failed to chart altogether on the Top 200, becoming Bolt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeless%3A%20The%20Classics%20Vol.%202 |
Cindy Cohn is an American civil liberties attorney specializing in Internet law. She represented Daniel J. Bernstein and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in Bernstein v. United States.
Education
She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa and the London School of Economics and her Doctor of Juri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy%20Cohn |
Poplar may refer to:
Plants
Populus, the plant genus which includes most poplars, as well as aspen and cottonwood
Black poplar (Populus nigra)
Carolina or Canadian poplar, Populus × canadensis
Grey poplar (Populus × canescens)
White poplar
Populus alba, native to Eurasia
Populus grandidentata, bigtooth aspen
Po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar |
Only a Woman Like You is an album by Michael Bolton, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).
The album constituted a comeback for Bolton peaking at #36. Nevertheless, the album's success could by no way be compared to the success of his previous efforts. The album failed to gain any certification, selling about 400,000 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only%20a%20Woman%20Like%20You |
Diallyl disulfide (DADS or 4,5-dithia-1,7-octadiene) is an organosulfur compound derived from garlic and a few other genus Allium plants. Along with diallyl trisulfide and diallyl tetrasulfide, it is one of the principal components of the distilled oil of garlic. It is a yellowish liquid which is insoluble in water and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diallyl%20disulfide |
Roman Zdzisław Wilhelmi (June 6, 1936 in Poznań – November 3, 1991 in Warsaw) was a Polish theatre and film actor, notable for his roles in two of the most popular Polish television series of the 1980s.
In 1958, he graduated from the National Higher School of Theatre in Warsaw and started his career in various Warsaw-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Wilhelmi |
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