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Lag, or similar, may refer to:
Lag
Łąg, Poland
Lag (company), a French guitar maker
Lag (cue sports), a brief pre-game competition to determine which player will go first
Latency (engineering), a slower response time in computing, communications, and engineering
Lag (video games), a slower response time in video ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag |
Six Mile Run may refer to the following in the U.S. state of New Jersey:
Six Mile Run (New Jersey), a tributary of the Millstone River
Six Mile Run, New Jersey, several different but related features in Franklin Township
Six Mile Run Reformed Church, a Dutch Reformed church listed on the NRHP in Somerset County
Six Mi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six%20Mile%20Run |
Route 1 is a long provincial highway that serves as the Prince Edward Island section of the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 1 traverses the southern shores of Prince Edward Island, from the Confederation Bridge in Borden-Carleton to the Wood Islands ferry dock, and bypasses the provincial capital, Charlottetown. It is an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20Edward%20Island%20Route%201 |
Sugar Creek is an tributary of the Driftwood River in east-central Indiana in the United States. Via the Driftwood, White, Wabash and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Sugar Creek was likely so named from the sugar trees growing along its banks.
Course
Sugar Creek rises in western H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20Creek%20%28Driftwood%20River%20tributary%29 |
(5 July 1951 – 22 August 2013), known primarily by the stage name was a Japanese singer and actress. She had success in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s with her ballad-type songs. She was married on-and-off with Utada Teruzane, and was the mother of Japanese pop singer Hikaru Utada.
Life and career
Fuji (sometimes cred... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko%20Fuji |
The Miami Vise were an arena football team formed by Arena Football League (AFL) founder Jim Foster for the purposes of playing a "showcase game" on February 27, 1987, at the Rosemont Horizon against the Chicago Bruisers. Chicago's Eddie Phillips scored three touchdowns, including one in the last minute, but the Bruise... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami%20Vise |
Delicate Sound of Thunder is a concert film by Pink Floyd, filmed during their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour from 19 August 1988 to 23 August 1988 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, with some additional footage from 21–22 June 1988 at the Place d'Armes of the Château de Versailles, Versailles, France. It... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicate%20Sound%20of%20Thunder%20%28film%29 |
Pulse (stylised as P•U•L•S•E) is a concert video by Pink Floyd of their 20 October 1994 concert at Earls Court, London, England during The Division Bell Tour. It was originally released on VHS and Laserdisc in June 1995, with a DVD release coming in July 2006, with the latter release containing numerous bonus features.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse%20%281995%20film%29 |
Sergio López Miró (born August 15, 1968) is a former international top swimmer from Spain, who won the bronze medal in the 200 meters breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
He competed in college for Indiana University and American University. López served as the head coach for the men's and women's swim t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio%20L%C3%B3pez%20Mir%C3%B3 |
Blacklion (; also An Leargaidh) is a border village in west County Cavan, Ireland. It is situated on the N16 national primary road, just across the border from the County Fermanagh village of Belcoo.
History
The village is within the townland of Tuam (). A stone cairn, a burial cist and two stone are all within the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklion |
B Resort & Spa is a 394-room non-Disney resort on the property of Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It is located near the Disney Springs area on Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Information
The resort originally opened as The Royal Inn on October 1, 1972. In the mid or late 1970s, the hotel's name was changed t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%20Resort%20%26%20Spa |
Ad Astra is an annual science fiction, fantasy, and horror convention in Ontario. Major events of the convention include the Masquerade, Guest of Honour presentations, panel discussions, Art Show, and Dealer's Room, as well as a wide variety of privately run room parties. Other events on the convention program include ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%20Astra%20%28convention%29 |
Ad astra (phrase) is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars", and the motto of several organizations
Ad astra may also refer to:
General
Ad Astra (magazine), official publication of the National Space Society
Ad Astra (journal), undergraduate journal of Roosevelt Academy
Ad Astra (convention), Toronto literary scie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%20astra |
Money Train is a 1995 American action comedy film directed by Joseph Ruben from the screenplay by Doug Richardson and David Loughery. It stars Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes and Jennifer Lopez, with Robert Blake and Chris Cooper in supporting roles.
Plot
Foster brothers John and Charlie Robinson are transit cops patr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money%20Train |
Concept S may refer to:
Lamborghini Concept S, a 2005 concept car based on the ' Lamborghini Gallardo '
Rimac Concept S, a derivative of the ' Rimac Concept One '
See also
Concept (disambiguation)
S (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept%20S |
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Disney Springs Resort Area is a 394-room resort situated on the property of Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It is located at 1850 Hotel Plaza Blvd., across from the Disney Springs area.
History
The hotel opened on October 15, 1972, as the Dutch Inn, the 3rd hotel to open on Wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham%20Lake%20Buena%20Vista |
Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 4 and 7 February 1976.
Medal summary
Medal table
Germany dominated the medal table with eight medals (with an exception of an Austrian bronze medal), including an East German sweep of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luge%20at%20the%201976%20Winter%20Olympics |
In the United States a unified budget is a federal government budget in which receipts and outlays from federal funds and the Social Security Trust Fund are consolidated. The change to a unified budget resulted in a single measure of the fiscal status of the government, based on the sum of all government activity. Whe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified%20budget |
Silver Strike Bowling is an arcade game that mimics ten-pin bowling on a monitor corresponding to a player's trackball control. The game shares similar technology with Golden Tee Golf, an arcade golf game: both are produced by Arlington Heights, Illinois-based Incredible Technologies, Inc. ("IT.") Users may play standa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver%20Strike%20Bowling |
Highway 1 is the Saskatchewan section of the Trans-Canada Highway mainland route. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Saskatchewan is . The highway traverses Saskatchewan from the western border with Alberta, from Highway 1, to the Manitoba border where it continues as PTH 1. The Trans-Canada Highway Act... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan%20Highway%201 |
Frances was a convict ship that transported a single convict from Madras, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1859. The convict, Patrick McDonald or McDonnell, was a soldier convicted of an "unnatural crime" by court-martial at Rangoon, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. There were no pensioner guard... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20%281859%20convict%20ship%29 |
Harlingen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Montgomery Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 297.
It is adjacent to the historical areas of Dutchtown and Bridgepoint. Harlingen Road and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlingen%2C%20New%20Jersey |
Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Sapporo Teine. The competition took place between 4 and 7 February 1972.
Medal summary
Medal table
East Germany led the medal table with eight medals, including three golds. The only non East-German medal came in the doubles, where Italy tied the Germans... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luge%20at%20the%201972%20Winter%20Olympics |
Disarm Bush T-Shirts is a for-profit political activism campaign created in 2004 in the run-up to the American Presidential election, in which the incumbent George W. Bush ultimately defeated challenger John Kerry. Disarm Bush effectively mobilized opposition to the Republican incumbent in a number of large metropolita... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disarm%20Bush%20T-Shirts |
The International Children's Games (ICG) is an International Olympic Committee-sanctioned event held every year where children from cities around the world and between the ages of 12 and 15 participate in a variety of sports and cultural activities.
History
The Slovenian sports instructor Metod Klemenc founded the Int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Children%27s%20Games |
Celerity BBS was a descendant of the freely distributed source of TCS BBS 1.43, and ultimately nearly completely rewritten.
Origin
It originally began as a project of Brendon Woirhaye (The Byter) and David Hicks (Moebius) in 1990 to quickly modify an existing BBS package to meet a simple organizational need (separate ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celerity%20BBS |
Lamachus () was an Athenian strategos or general in the Peloponnesian War. He commanded as early as 435 BCE, and was prominent by the mid 420s. Aristophanes caricatured him in The Acharnians and subsequently honoured his memory in The Frogs. He was one of the three generals (alongside Nicias and Alcibiades) placed i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamachus |
The 5th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from February 2, 1922, to May 25, 1926, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1921 Alberta general election held on July 18, 1921. The Legislature officially resumed on February 2, 1922, and continued until the sixth session was prorogue... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th%20Alberta%20Legislature |
Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Villard-de-Lans. The competition took place between 11 and 18 February 1968.
Medal summary
Medal table
East Germany led the medal table with three medals, one of each type. This was the first separate Games for East and West Germany, and thus each countr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luge%20at%20the%201968%20Winter%20Olympics |
The General Confederation of Trade Unions or GCTU (, Vseobshchya Konfederatsya Profsoyuzov or VKP) is an international trade union confederation. It was founded on 16 April 1992 and incorporates members from the Commonwealth of Independent States.
The GCTU claims a membership of 75 million and is led by Mikhail Shmako... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Confederation%20of%20Trade%20Unions |
Diane Marie Moyer (born July 29, 1958 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey player for the United States women's team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
She graduated from La Salle University and is currently a professor in the psychology department at Cedar ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane%20Moyer |
Aleko () is the first of three completed operas by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Russian libretto was written by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko and is an adaptation of the 1827 poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin. The opera was written in 1892 as a graduation work at the Moscow Conservatory, and it won the highest prizes f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleko%20%28Rachmaninoff%29 |
Luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. The competition took place between 30 January and 4 February 1964.
This was the first appearance of Luge in the Winter Olympics. It was originally scheduled to be added in 1960, but as there was no venue built for it in Sq... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luge%20at%20the%201964%20Winter%20Olympics |
(Alfonso and Estrella), 732, is an opera with music by Franz Schubert, set to a German libretto by Franz von Schober, written in 1822. Along with the later Fierrabras, composed in 1823, it marks Schubert's attempt to compose grand Romantic opera in German, departing from the Singspiel tradition. Unlike Fierrabras, it ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso%20und%20Estrella |
Lindsay G. White (5 January 1922 – 13 March 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who represented and in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.
White was regarded as one of the best forwards of the 1940s. He was fast on the lead, was a strong overhead mark and possessed a long and accurate kick.
H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay%20White |
Jatin Paranjpe (born 17 April 1972) is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.
Married to Gandhali Bendre, sister of Sonali Bendre, Jatin Paranjpe was a middle-order batsman who played briefly at the international level in 1998, before an ankle injury forced him out of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatin%20Paranjpe |
The Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace is a 1,011-room resort at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States. It is located on directly across from the Disney Springs Marketplace. The hotel, which opened on March 10, 1983, is among the ten resorts that make up the Disney Springs Resort Are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton%20Orlando%20Buena%20Vista%20Palace |
Jaime Alberto Rodríguez Jiménez (born 17 January 1959) is a former football player from El Salvador.
He represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.
Playing career
Club career
From a very early age on, Rodríguez showed great skill and talent. After being selected by C.D. Juventud Olímpica Metalio the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime%20Rodr%C3%ADguez |
An extra-parliamentary opposition is a political movement opposed to a ruling government or political party that chooses not to engage in elections. Many social movements could be categorized as an extra-parliamentary opposition.
Europe
The German New Left movement Außerparlamentarische Opposition (APO, Extraparliamen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra-parliamentary%20opposition |
Cristina Zavalloni (born 1973 in Bologna, Italy) is a contemporary Italian singer and composer who focuses primarily on jazz and experimental (or avant-garde) music.
Biography and career
Born in Bologna, Zavalloni attended the Conservatorio di Musica "Giovan Battista Martini" and also studied classical and modern danc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina%20Zavalloni |
A wiigwaasabak (in Anishinaabe syllabics: , plural: wiigwaasabakoon ) is a birch bark scroll, on which the Ojibwa (Anishinaabe) people of North America wrote complex geometrical patterns and shapes, also known as a "written language." When used specifically for Midewiwin ceremonial use, these scrolls are called mide-wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiigwaasabak |
Lowest of the Low may refer to:
The Lowest of the Low, a Canadian alternative rock group
Lowest of the Low (book), a book by Günter Wallraff about Turks living in Germany
Lowest of the Low (EP), an EP by American band Terror | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowest%20of%20the%20Low |
Route 101 is a north-south highway in northwestern Quebec. The highway begins at Route 111 in Macamic and ends at Témiscaming, a town bordering with Thorne, Ontario on the Ottawa River. It continues south as Highway 63 to North Bay, Ontario.
Municipalities along Route 101
Témiscaming
Laniel
Saint-Édouard-de-Fabre
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec%20Route%20101 |
Wednesday Night Heroes (abbreviated as WNH) were a Canadian punk rock band from Edmonton, Alberta, fronted by Graeme MacKinnon. The band released three albums and toured extensively in Canada and the United States.
History
The band was formed in 1997 in Edmonton. They released their first demo in September 1997, which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday%20Night%20Heroes |
Wambule (; ) is a Kiranti language language spoken by the Wambule Rai, one of the Rai groups belonging to the Kiranti (किरान्ती) ethnolinguistic family of eastern Nepal. Wambule is spoken by more than 5000 people living around the confluence of the Sunkosi (सुनकोसी) and Dudhkosi (दूधकोसी) rivers near Kui-Bhir Hill. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wambule%20language |
Antti Muurinen (born March 4, 1954) is a Finnish football coach.
Muurinen is probably best known as the head coach of the Finnish national team. He led Finland in qualifying campaigns for the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, failing to reach the finals each time.
In June 2005 Finnish football fans he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antti%20Muurinen |
Universal Honey is a Canadian power pop band. The band released seven albums.
History
The group was formed in 1992 by bassist Johnny Sinclair and singer/guitarist Leslie Stanwyck, both formerly of The Pursuit of Happiness. They were joined by guitarist Simon Craig and Tim Timleck on drums. Their first album, Magic Bas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Honey |
The Lamborghini Calà (also known as the Italdesign Calà) was a concept car designed for Lamborghini by Italdesign Giugiaro. It was first shown at the 1995 Geneva Motor Show. It was a completely functional prototype that never made it into production. Its name was derived from the Piedmontese dialect of Northern Italy a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini%20Cal%C3%A0 |
Mount Murray is a hill above sea level on the Isle of Man located at the northern end of Santon, near the boundaries with Marown and Braddan parishes. It is named after Lord Henry Murray, 4th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. Often referred to simply as The Mount and formerly as Cronk Glass (green hill), Mount ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Murray |
Robert McMurtry is a physician and special advisor to the Canadian Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care. He is actively involved in discussions on creating an accessible medical system for the Canadian public, and has long advocated for more effective public involvement in healthcare policy.
Education
McMurt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20McMurtry |
Ethnogeology is the study of how geological features are understood by indigenous communities around the globe from a "place-based" perspective, in specific reference to traditional knowledge and to the stories and ideas about the Earth that were passed down through traditions and the wisdom of elders. The focus in pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnogeology |
Pachliopta aristolochiae, the common rose, is a swallowtail butterfly belonging to the genus Pachliopta, the roses, or red-bodied swallowtails. It is a common butterfly which is extensively distributed across south and southeast Asia.
Range
It is widely distributed in Asia including Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (inclu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachliopta%20aristolochiae |
Amos Muhinga Kimunya (born March 6, 1962), is a Kenyan politician and the Majority Leader of the National Assembly of Kenya under the Jubilee Party and Member of Parliament for Kipipiri Constituency, He was once Kenya's Minister of Trade. He was Minister of Finance from 2006 to July 2008, when he resigned due to the Gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos%20Kimunya |
Rebbachisauridae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs known from fragmentary fossil remains from the Cretaceous of South America, Africa, North America, Europe and possibly Central Asia.
Taxonomy
In 1990 sauropod specialist Jack McIntosh included the first known rebbachisaurid genus, the giant North African sauropod Rebb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebbachisauridae |
is a mountain located in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group.
Pippu
ja:比布岳 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Pippu |
is located in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of the Ishikari Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan.
It sits within Daisetsuzan National Park and overlooks the town of Sounkyo.
See also
List of volcanoes in Japan
List of mountains in Japan
References
Geographical Survey Institute
Mountains of Hokkaido
Volcanoes of Hokkaido... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Keigetsu |
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Musix GNU+Linux is a discontinued live CD and DVD Linux distribution for the IA-32 processor family based on Debian. It contained a collection of software for audio production, graphic design, video editing and general-purpose applications.
Musix GNU+Linux was one of the few Linux distributions recognized by the Free ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musix%20GNU%2BLinux |
The Yale School of Architecture (YSoA) is one of the constituent professional schools of Yale University. The School awards the degrees of Master of Architecture I (M.Arch I), Master of Architecture II (M.Arch II), Master of Environmental Design (M.E.D), and Ph.D in architectural history and criticism. The School also ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale%20School%20of%20Architecture |
Jan Gösta Waldenström (17 April 1906 – 1 December 1996) was a Swedish doctor of internal medicine, who first described the disease that bears his name, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
He was born in Stockholm into a medical family: his father, Johann Henning Waldenström (1877–1972), was a professor of orthopedic surg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20G.%20Waldenstr%C3%B6m |
The deceleron, or split aileron, was developed in the late 1940s by Northrop, originally for use on the F-89 Scorpion fighter. It is a two-part aileron that can be deflected as a unit to provide roll control, or split open to act as an air brake. Decelerons are used on the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II and th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deceleron |
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Security Branch may refer to:
Security Branch (South Africa), a defunct police unit also known as the Special Branch
Security Bureau (Hong Kong)
A former name of the Canadian Forces Military Police | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security%20Branch |
Guss' Pickles was founded by a Polish immigrant, Isidor Guss. Guss arrived in New York in 1910, and like hundreds of thousands of other Jewish immigrants, settled in the Lower East Side. Clustered in the "pickle district" of Essex and Ludlow streets, early 20th century pickle vendors gave birth to what would be known ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guss%27%20Pickles |
Edward Benjamin Ambrose Fenton (7 November 1914 – 12 July 1992) was an English football player and manager. A wing-half, he spent almost his entire playing career at West Ham United and went on to manage the club between 1950 and 1961.
Playing career
West Ham United
A prolific goal scorer as a schoolboy Fenton join... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Fenton |
Without Evidence is a 1996 thriller film directed and co-written by Gill Dennis in his first and last film he directed. It stars Scott Plank, Anna Gunn, Angelina Jolie, Paul Perri, and Andrew Prine. It was co-written by Dennis and Phil Stanford.
Plot
Without Evidence is based on the true story of Michael Francke, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without%20Evidence |
The grasshopper is a fairy chess piece that moves along , , and (as a queen) but only by hopping over another piece. The piece to be hopped may be any distance away, but the grasshopper must land on the square immediately beyond it in the same direction. If there is no piece to hop over, it cannot move. If the square ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper%20%28chess%29 |
WNIN-FM is the NPR (National Public Radio) member station in Evansville, Indiana, with offices in downtown Evansville at the corner of Main Street and Riverside Drive. It broadcasts on 88.3 MHz FM. The radio station streams online via the WNIN website. WNIN-FM's sister station is WNIN Television, which broadcasts over-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNIN-FM |
B.A.T. II – The Koshan Conspiracy is a futuristic point and click adventure game written by Computer's Dream and published by Ubi Soft in 1992. It is the sequel to the 1990 game B.A.T.
It is a futuristic role-playing game in which the player explores the city, talks to non-player characters, tries to solve puzzles, tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.%20II%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Koshan%20Conspiracy |
Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov (; , Etigelei Dashadorjo; 1852–1927) was a Buryat Buddhist lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Born in the countryside of Buryatia, Itigilov's parents left him at an early age, forcing him to pursue sheep-herding to make ends meet. When he was 15, Itigilov joined the Anninsky Monastery, where... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashi-Dorzho%20Itigilov |
Tünek Tepe is a hill in the west side of the city of Antalya. Its height is 618 metres (2027 feet).
On the crest is a hotel, revolving restaurant called "Döner Gazino" (literally "Rotating Club") and an observation terrace featuring a view of Gulf of Antalya, city and surrounding mountains.
Tünektepe Cable Car
The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCnek%20Tepe |
Claypot rice (), sometimes translated as "rice casserole", is a Chinese traditional dinner eaten widely in Guangdong in Southern China as well as the Chinese communities of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
The rice is presoaked, or in some cases par-cooked, and finished in the claypot with other ingredien... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claypot%20rice |
The following are the association football events of the year 1998 throughout the world.
Events
1998 FIFA World Cup – France wins 3–0 over Brazil in Saint-Denis, France, winning their first cup. More than one million delirious fans jammed the Champs-Élysées, dancing through the night.
UEFA Champions League: Real Madri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20in%20association%20football |
George Norman Johnston (September 13, 1884 – September 28, 1977) was a politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in 1921. He served as Speaker of the Alberta Legislature from February 10, 1927, to July 22, 1935. He was defeated in 1935 when Social Credit swept to power. It was the sec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Johnston%20%28politician%29 |
Elbe tunnel most commonly refers to:
Elbe Tunnel (1975) in Hamburg, which is part of Bundesautobahn 7.
Elbe Tunnel (1911) in Hamburg, which connects St. Pauli and Steinwerder.
It may also refer to:
A tunnel projected near Glückstadt, which will be part of Bundesautobahn 20.
A tunnel proposed as an alternative to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbe%20Tunnel |
A walk is walking, the main form for animal locomotion on land, distinguished from running and crawling.
Walk or WALK may refer to:
Places
Walk, Livonia, the German name for a town in Livonia
Island Walk, an unincorporated area and a census-designated place (CDP) in Collier County, Florida, United States
Walk Glacier... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Al-Barāʾ ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī (; died ) was one of the Sahaba, an Ansar belonging to the Banū al-Najjār branch of the Banu Khazraj. al-Baraa' is the brother of Anas ibn Malik.
A courageous warrior with exceptional combat skill, al-Baraa was a Muslim hero during Early Muslim conquests who killed a hundred enemies in com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Bara%27%20ibn%20Malik |
A rump party is a political party that is formed by the remaining body of supporters and leaders who do not support a breakaway group who merge with or form another new party.
The rump party can have the name of the original party, or a new name.
Examples:
The pro-protectionism Conservative Party in the UK after the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump%20party |
This is a historical list of the legal brothels in Nevada. They are arranged by name within location (the nearest town or named place) within each county that licenses such establishments. Defunct establishments are retained for completeness. Note, however, that this list so far only covers the modern era of brothel pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20brothels%20in%20Nevada |
"Stop and identify" statutes are laws in several U.S. states that authorize police to lawfully order people whom they reasonably suspect of committing a crime to state their name. If there is not reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a crime, is committing a crime, or is about to commit a crime, the person i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop%20and%20identify%20statutes |
Third World Resurgence is the flagship magazine of Third World Network, an international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to environment, development and the Third World and North-South issues. The magazine was started in 1990. According to their website, the aim of the magazine is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third%20World%20Resurgence |
The Kingdom of Abkhazia (; ), also known Egrisi-Abkhazia, was a medieval feudal state in the Caucasus which was established in the 780s. Through dynastic succession, it was united in 1008 with the Kingdom of the Iberians, forming the Kingdom of Georgia.
Byzantine sources record that in the early years of the 10th cent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20Abkhazia |
The Honourable Phryne Fisher ( ), often called "Miss Fisher", is the main character in Australian author Kerry Greenwood's series of Phryne Fisher detective novels. The character later appeared in a television series called Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and the film Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears. Phryne is a wea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phryne%20Fisher |
Terry Anne Meeuwsen Friedrich (born March 2, 1949) is an American television personality, co-host of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN)'s 700 Club, author and singer. Meeuwsen is the founder of Orphan’s Promise, a philanthropic organization leading charity efforts for orphans, especially advocating for help in Uk... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Meeuwsen |
Selo Soemardjan (May 23, 1915 in Yogyakarta – June 11, 2003 in Jakarta), also spelled as Selo Sumarjan or Selo Sumardjan, was a well known senior academic in sociology at the University of Indonesia, and is known as the Pioneer of Indonesian Social Sciences. He was awarded with the title Kanjeng Pangeran Haryo, a knigh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selo%20Soemardjan |
Platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia, Torrance type is a severe disorder of bone growth. People with this condition have very short arms and legs, a small chest with short ribs, underdeveloped pelvic bones, and unusually short fingers and toes (brachydactyly). This disorder is also characterized by flattened spinal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyspondylic%20lethal%20skeletal%20dysplasia%2C%20Torrance%20type |
Tâm Đoan is a Vietnamese-Canadian singer. She and her sister Kristine changed their family name to "Sa" when they started their singing careers.
Life and career
Tam Doan's stage name is a purple flower in the Central Highlands, while teaching, her mother discovered it and named it Tam Doan. Tam Doan's family includes ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2m%20%C4%90oan |
The following are the association football events of the year 1997 throughout the world.
Events
January 1 – Manager Leo Beenhakker is named technical director at Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem and replaced as a manager by Sparta Rotterdam head coach Henk ten Cate.
Roberto Carlos goal by famous 'banana shot' in free kick ag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20in%20association%20football |
MyLackey.com was a Dot-com company of the late 1990s, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was in founded in April 1999 by Brendan Barnicle and Brian McGarvey, two former executives of another Internet startup company, eChange. Among the venture capital firms investing in MyLackey.com was WaldenVC, which pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyLackey.com |
Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn al-Rabīʿ (, died in February, AD 634), was a son-in-law and Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His original name was said to have been Hushaym or Yasser.
Family
He was the son of Hala bint Khuwaylid. His legal father was Al-Rabi ibn Abd al-Uzza of the Abdshams clan of the Quraysh tribe. He beca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%20al-As%20ibn%20al-Rabi%27 |
Vision Brisbane (or simply Vision) was a planned skyscraper in Brisbane, Australia. The design was 72 storeys high, and would have become Brisbane's tallest, Queensland's second tallest, and Australia's third tallest building if completed. The design was scrapped and replaced by two new buildings, known by the name 11... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision%20Brisbane |
Uisce Beatha was a 1990s Canadian folk rock band based initially in London, Ontario and after 1993 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The band took its name from the Irish name for whisky, meaning water of life. Their music ranged from Celtic to punk.
History
Uisce Beatha formed in 1988 in London, with members Alan Glen on lea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uisce%20Beatha%20%28band%29 |
The Sultanate of Yogyakarta ( ; ) is a Javanese monarchy in Yogyakarta Special Region, in the Republic of Indonesia. The current head of the sultanate is Hamengkubuwono X.
Yogyakarta existed as a state since 1755 on the territory of modern Indonesia in the central part of Java Island. The sultanate became the main the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogyakarta%20Sultanate |
The Shiny Show is a British educational children's quiz show, broadcast in the United Kingdom by CBeebies, that was produced by Open Mind Productions. It was aired in 2002 and 2003, and was aimed particularly at children between the ages of 3 and 6 years old. Each show featured a quiz with six questions, based around d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Shiny%20Show |
Potassium humate is the potassium salt of humic acid. It is manufactured commercially by alkaline extraction of brown coal (lignite) leonardite and is used mainly as a soil conditioner.
Extraction
The extraction is performed in water with the addition of potassium hydroxide (KOH), sequestering agents, and hydrotropi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium%20humate |
Red (stylized as R3D or RED) is an American Christian rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2002 by brothers guitarist Anthony Armstrong and bassist Randy Armstrong, with lead vocalist Michael Barnes. The band's first lineup also consisted of drummer Andrew Hendrix and guitarist Jasen Rauch. Currently, the lin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20%28band%29 |
The Council of Ministers (German: Ministerrat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was the cabinet and executive branch of the German Democratic Republic from November 1950 until the country was reunified on 3 October 1990. Originally formed as a body of 18 members, by 1989 the council consisted of 44 members.
Under... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council%20of%20Ministers%20of%20East%20Germany |
In the Russian Federation, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people face significant challenges not experienced by others. Although sexual activity between same-sex couples is legal, homosexuality is disapproved of by most of the population, and same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT%20rights%20in%20Russia |
The Water Authority of Western Australia, also known as WAWA, was a statutory authority of the state government that was responsible for the water supply, sewerage, and main drainage within Western Australia between 1985 and 1996.
History
The Water Authority of Western Australia was founded in 1985 under the Water Au... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20Authority%20of%20Western%20Australia |
Horka nad Moravou is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants. It lies on the Morava River.
Horka nad Moravou is approximately north-west of Olomouc and east of Prague.
Notable people
Rudolf Doležal (1916–2002), sculptor
References
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horka%20nad%20Moravou |
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