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Warsaw Airport may refer to the following airports in Poland:
Warsaw Chopin Airport (IATA: WAW, ICAO: EPWA), Poland's busiest airport, previously known as Warsaw-Okecie Airport
Warsaw Modlin Airport (IATA: WMI, ICAO: EPMO), Warsaw's secondary airport, intended to be used by low-cost carriers
Warsaw Radom Airport (I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw%20Airport |
Al-Ṭufayl ibn ʿAmr al-Dawsī (Arabic: الطفيل بن عمرو الدوسي) (died 633) was the chief of the Banu Daws tribe from Tihama in pre-Islamic times.
Career
He accepted Islam around four years before the hijra in 622 CE and helped spread Islam among his fellow tribesmen. During the Ridda wars, he led a contingent of his peopl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufayl%20ibn%20Amr |
Saint Sanctain or Sanctan was a 6th-century Manx bishop, who originally came from Northern Britain.
Sanctan was the son of Sawyl Penuchel, a king in Northern Britain. He is said to have been a brother of Saint Patrick, though this is chronologically impossible. He was an active missionary in Cumbria, before becoming ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Sanctan |
The Sand River Convention () of 17 January 1852 was a convention whereby the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland formally recognised the independence of the Boers north of the Vaal River.
Background
The convention was signed on 17 January 1852, by Commandant-General Andries Pretorius and others, on behalf of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%20River%20Convention |
The Internet Service Providers Association of New Zealand (ISPANZ) is an organisation formed by Internet service providers (ISPs) in New Zealand. Its members include most New Zealand ISPs with the exceptions of Spark, Telstra and Vodafone.
Its objectives are:
To promote and facilitate the effective functioning of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISPANZ |
Huxley Pig is a British stop motion animated children's television series based on a series of picture books authored by Rodney Peppé.
The series was produced by FilmFair for Central TV, with narration by Martin Jarvis. 26 episodes aired from 1989 through 1990.
General theme
The main character, Huxley Pig, was alway... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huxley%20Pig |
Untamed is a 1929 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romantic-drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Ernest Torrence, Holmes Herbert, Gwen Lee, and Lloyd Ingraham. The script was adapted by Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler, with dialogue by Willard Mack, from a story by Cha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untamed%20%281929%20film%29 |
John, Margrave of Brandenburg may refer to:
John II, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499), Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1406–1464), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, nicknamed 'The Alchemist' | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%2C%20Margrave%20of%20Brandenburg |
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (born 4 November 1962) is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He has served as the DRC's Vice Prime Minister and defence minister since 2023. He was previously one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 17 July ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20Bemba |
HighSpeed TCP (HSTCP) is a congestion control algorithm protocol defined in RFC 3649 for Transport Control Protocol (TCP). Standard TCP performs poorly in networks with a large bandwidth-delay product. It is unable to fully utilize available bandwidth. HSTCP makes minor modifications to standard TCP's congestion contro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSTCP |
Azarias Ruberwa Manywa (born August 20, 1964) is a Congolese politician, lawyer, and public figure. During the Second Congo War he was Secretary-General of the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie (RCD-G) rebel group. Following the war he was one of the vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azarias%20Ruberwa |
The following are the association football events of the year 1996 throughout the world.
Events
Copa Libertadores 1996: Won by River Plate after defeating América de Cali 2–1 on aggregate.
UEFA Euro 1996: Germany defeats the Czech Republic 2–1 with a golden goal from Oliver Bierhoff at Wembley Stadium.
The UEFA Region... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20in%20association%20football |
Orchestral percussion refers to the various percussion instruments used in an orchestral setting. It may also refer to the act of playing such instruments in an orchestral style. Many music schools and conservatories offer training for musicians interested in developing their skills as orchestral percussionists. Typica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestral%20percussion |
Max Rooke (born Jarad Maxwell Rooke; 19 December 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
A utility player, tall and weighing , Rooke's versatility allowed him to play as a forward, defender, and midfielder. Rooke made his Geelong ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Rooke |
Musician was a monthly magazine that covered news and information about American popular music. First called Music America, it was founded in 1976 by Sam Holdsworth and Gordon Baird. The two friends borrowed $20,000 from relatives and started the publication in a barn in Colorado.
Subtitled "The Art, Business and Tech... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician%20%28magazine%29 |
Face the Truth may refer to:
Face the Truth (Stephen Malkmus album)
Face the Truth (John Norum album)
Face the Truth, a syndicated panel show hosted by Vivica A. Fox aired from September 2018 to May 2019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face%20the%20Truth |
The Order of the Knights of St. Crispin was an American labor union of shoe workers formed in Wisconsin in 1867. It soon reached a membership of 50,000 or more, largely in the Northeast. However it was poorly organized and faded away by 1874. They fought to prevent innovation, including the introduction of new machine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order%20of%20the%20Knights%20of%20St.%20Crispin |
Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma (18 September 1947 – 5 October 2016) was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was sworn in on 17 July 2003, and left office in December 2006.
Ngoma was born in Kalima in the province of Maniema. He previously worked as a university ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Z%27ahidi%20Ngoma |
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. It has been awarded annually since 1974.
Previous winners
References
Afi.org.au — AFI Award Winners
A
AACTA Award winners
Film awards for supporting actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACTA%20Award%20for%20Best%20Actor%20in%20a%20Supporting%20Role |
Laura Smith (March 18, 1952 – March 7, 2020) was a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1995 single "Shade of Your Love", one of the year's biggest hits on adult contemporary radio stations in Canada, and for her adaptation of the Scottish folk song "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" which she entitl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Smith%20%28singer%29 |
Marvin, Welch & Farrar ( MWF) were a 1970s British and Australian popular music group formed by Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, both members of The Shadows – as a change of direction manoeuvre during 1970 to 1973 – and John Farrar (ex-The Strangers). The distinction was that while The Shadows were famous for their instrum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin%2C%20Welch%20%26%20Farrar |
Al-Rumayṣāʾ bint Milḥān (; died 650 CE; 28 AH), popularly known by her kunya as Umm Sulaym, was one of the earliest women converts to Islam in Yathrib (now Medina). Umm Sulaym was first married to Malik ibn an-Nadr and her son by this marriage was Anas ibn Malik, a notable companion of Muhammad.
Following the death o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm%20Sulaym%20bint%20Milhan |
The maguhu (馬骨胡; simplified: 马骨胡; pinyin: mǎgǔhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the huqin family of musical instruments. It has two strings and its sound box is made from the femur bone of a horse (or alternatively a cow or mule). The front end of the sound box is covered with snake skin (or, alternatively,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maguhu |
Port Grenaugh is a cove in the south-east of the Isle of Man at the foot of Glen Grenaugh, in the parish of Santon, and the mouth of Grace's stream which originates in the Newtown area of the parish by Ballakissack farm.
Close by is Cronk ny Merriu - the remains of one of the island's promontory forts which date back ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Grenaugh |
Antonino Votto, sometimes spelt Antonio Votto, (30 October 1896 – 9 September 1985) was an Italian operatic conductor and vocal coach. Votto developed an extensive discography with the Teatro alla Scala in Milan during the 1950s, when EMI produced the bulk of its studio recordings featuring Maria Callas. Though Votto w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonino%20Votto |
is a Japanese speed skater. He has an Olympic gold medal from 1998 in the 500 m, and held the 500 m record (34.32).
He was married Japanese fashion model Reiko Takagaki.
World records
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com
References
Hiroyasu Shimizu at SpeedSkatingStats.com
Photos of Hiroyasu Shimizu
External links... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyasu%20Shimizu |
Wilhelm Otto (W.O) Kühne (1924–1988) award-winning author of children's literature and editor of Die Jongspan and Die Burger in Cape Town, South Africa. One of the foremost children's authors in the Afrikaans language, the most notable of his books are the Huppelkind series and Die wonderbaarlike motor van Barnabas Bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm%20Otto%20K%C3%BChne |
Hanne Hukkelberg (born 17 April 1979) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer from Kongsberg, Norway.
Hukkelberg started singing and playing instruments at the age of 3. In her youth, she was a vocalist covering genres such as jazz, rock, and free jazz, and was also a member of the influential doom metal band Fu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanne%20Hukkelberg |
Washington House Bill 2661 is a Washington state law which bans employment, insurance and housing discrimination against LGBT individuals, passed by the Washington State Legislature on January 27, 2006, and signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire four days later. The bill went into effect on June 8, 2006.
Summa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20House%20Bill%202661 |
The following are the association football events of the year 1995 throughout the world.
Events
Copa Libertadores 1995: Won by Grêmio after defeating Atlético Nacional on an aggregate score of 4–2.
January 18 – Guus Hiddink makes his debut as the manager of Netherlands national team with a friendly loss (0–1) against ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20in%20association%20football |
Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American author and political activist. He was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1990 until 2007. The primary focus of his work is on the historical treatment of political dissenters and Native Americans by the United States govern... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward%20Churchill |
Newtown () is a community within the parish of Santon, Isle of Man. To the northern part of the community lies Mount Murray and to the north-west the Broogh Fort () - an Iron Age fort dating from the 13th century.
Villages in the Isle of Man | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown%2C%20Isle%20of%20Man |
Pseudotrillium is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. Its sole species, Pseudotrillium rivale, is commonly known as the brook wakerobin. It is endemic to the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California. The Latin specific epithet rivale means “growing by streams”, with re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotrillium |
The Mirny Station (, literally Peaceful) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) first Antarctic science station located in Queen Mary Land, Antarctica, on the Antarctic coast of the Davis Sea.
The station is managed by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and was named after the support vessel Mirny captained by Mikha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirny%20Station |
EIU may refer to:
Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, Illinois, United States
Economist Intelligence Unit, a British research and advisory company
Eurasia International University, in Yerevan, Armenia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIU |
Elections to the offices of President and Vice-President of Fiji took place on 8 March 2006, when the Great Council of Chiefs met as an electoral college at the Tradewinds Convention Centre in Lami. The Great Council re-elected President Ratu Josefa Iloilo (who had recently turned 85) and Vice-President Ratu Joni Madr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Fijian%20presidential%20election |
Fremantle Football Club entered the Australian Football League in 1995, and the women's team entered the AFL Women's league in its inaugural season in 2017. Only players in league games are included in the ordered list; players who were on the Fremantle playing list but only played in pre-season or scratch matches are ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Fremantle%20Football%20Club%20players |
Club Paradise is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Robin Williams, Twiggy, Peter O'Toole, and Jimmy Cliff. Set in a fictional Caribbean banana republic, it follows a group of vacationers' attempts to create a luxury resort out of a seedy nightclub, and the series of increasingly unlikely... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club%20Paradise |
Pollachi is a town and a taluk headquarters in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu state, India. Located about to the south of Coimbatore, it is the second largest town in the district after Coimbatore. Pollachi is a popular marketplace for jaggery, vegetables and cattle. As of 2011, the town had a population of 90,180. A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollachi |
Airlangga University (Indonesian: ; , abbreviated as UNAIR) is the second-oldest university in Indonesia and also a public university located in Surabaya, East Java. Despite being officially established by Indonesian Government Regulation in 1954, was first founded in 1948 as a distant branch of the University of Indo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlangga%20University |
The Belmond Royal Scotsman is a Scottish overnight luxury train, started in 1985 by GS&WR (Great Scottish and Western Railway Co.), and run since 2005 by Belmond Ltd. Its itineraries include 2, 3, 4, 5 or 7-night journeys around the Scottish Highlands, visiting castles, distilleries and historic sites. Once each year, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmond%20Royal%20Scotsman |
The Crimean offensive (8 April – 12 May 1944), known in German sources as the Battle of the Crimea, was a series of offensives by the Red Army directed at the German-held Crimea. The Red Army's 4th Ukrainian Front engaged the German 17th Army of Army Group South Ukraine, which consisted of Wehrmacht and Romanian format... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean%20offensive |
The genus Tacca, which includes the batflowers and arrowroot, consists of flowering plants in the order Dioscoreales, native to tropical regions of South America, Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, and various Oceanic islands. In older texts, the genus was treated in its own family Taccaceae, but the 2003 APG II system... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacca |
Saint-Jérôme Aerodrome is located adjacent to Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada.
References
Buildings and structures in Saint-Jérôme
Registered aerodromes in Laurentides | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me%20Aerodrome |
Fort Macleod (Alcock Farm) Airport is located about south-southeast of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.
References
External links
Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
Registered aerodromes in Alberta
Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Macleod%20%28Alcock%20Farm%29%20Airport |
Kirby Lake Airport is a registered aerodrome located adjacent to Kirby Lake, Alberta, Canada.
References
Registered aerodromes in Alberta
Transport in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%20Lake%20Aerodrome |
Nueltin Lake Airport is located near to Nueltin Lake, Manitoba, Canada.
References
Registered aerodromes in Manitoba | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueltin%20Lake%20Airport |
Fiction International is a literary magazine devoted to innovative forms of fiction and non-fiction which addresses progressive political ideals. Founded at St. Lawrence University in New York City by Joe David Bellamyin 1973, the magazine moved to San Diego State University in 1983, where it has been "edited by Harold... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction%20International |
The following are the association football events of the year 1994 throughout the world.
Events
January 15 – Manager Issy ten Donkelaar is fired by Netherlands club FC Twente, and replaced by Hans Meyer from Germany.
January 19 – Erwin Koeman plays his last international match for the Netherlands national team, replac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20in%20association%20football |
Doris Pilkington Garimara (born Nugi Garimara; c. 1 July 1937 – 10 April 2014), also known as Doris Pilkington, was an Australian author.
Garimara wrote Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (1996), a story about the stolen generation, and based on three Aboriginal girls, among them Pilkington's mother, Molly Craig, who esca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris%20Pilkington%20Garimara |
Feds is a 1988 American comedy film written and directed by Dan Goldberg, and starring Rebecca De Mornay and Mary Gross. The plot follows two women, the ex-Marine Ellie and Bryn Mawr graduate Janis, who aim to become FBI agents and enroll at the training center in Quantico. The ending credits stated the real FBI did no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feds |
Club Deportivo Atlético Marte, also known as Atlético Marte, is a Salvadorian association football club based in San Salvador.
The club plays in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, the top tier of the El Salvador football league system, and host matches at the Estadio Cuscatlán.
Atlético Marte have a long-sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.D.%20Atl%C3%A9tico%20Marte |
The Supermarine S.6B is a British racing seaplane developed by R.J. Mitchell for the Supermarine company to take part in the Schneider Trophy competition of 1931. The S.6B marked the culmination of Mitchell's quest to "perfect the design of the racing seaplane" and represented the cutting edge of aerodynamic technology... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine%20S.6B |
Anthony Stewart may refer to:
A. T. Q. Stewart (1929–2010), academic historian and author from Northern Ireland
Anthony Stewart (ice hockey) (born 1985), ice hockey player
Anthony Stewart (footballer) (born 1992), English footballer
Anthony Stewart (rugby league) (born 1979), Irish rugby league player
Anthony Stewart ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Stewart |
The dihu (低胡, pinyin: dīhú) is a large bowed string instrument from China. It has a large soundbox covered on one end with snakeskin. Like most other members of the huqin family of instruments, it has two strings and is held vertically. The instrument's name derives from "dī," meaning "low," and "hú" (short for huqin).... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihu |
ʿUmayr ibn Saʿd al-Anṣārī (Arabic: عمير بن سعد الأنصاري) was a companion of Muhammad. His father died when Umayr was young, leaving him and his mother poor and destitute. His mother eventually remarried to one of the richest men in Medina, Julas ibn Suwayd from the powerful tribe of al-Aws. When he was barely ten years... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayr%20ibn%20Sa%27d%20al-Ansari |
Heikki Saari (alias "Mörkö", "kermis" or "kmn") (born on 8 September 1984 and originating from Veteli, Finland) is the current drummer for Whorion and Finntroll. He is also the live drummer for Tuoni and former drummer of Norther and Amberian Dawn. He started playing drums around 1987 and influences include Scarve, Ope... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki%20Saari |
In botany, a scape is a peduncle arising from a subterranean or very compressed stem, with the lower internodes very long and hence few or no bracts except the part near the rachis or receptacle. Typically it takes the form of a long, leafless flowering stem rising directly from a bulb, rhizome, or similar subterranean... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scape%20%28botany%29 |
CSN3 may refer to:
CSN3 (gene), a human gene which encodes the protein kappa-casein
Saint-Jérôme Aerodrome, a private airport in Quebec, Canada | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSN3 |
A dipsogen is an agent that causes thirst. (From Greek: δίψα (dipsa), "thirst" and the suffix -gen, "to create".)
Physiology
Angiotensin II is thought to be a powerful dipsogen, and is one of the products of the renin–angiotensin pathway, a biological homeostatic mechanism for the regulation of electrolytes and water.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsogen |
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards) were an annual Australian entertainment industry award, that where established in 1975, to recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia. They were last awarded in 2016.
Lucky Grills, actor and comedian came up with the id... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%20Awards |
Over Seventy is an autobiographical work by P. G. Wodehouse, including a collection of articles originally from Punch magazine. It was first published in the United States on 3 May 1956 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York under the title America, I Like You, and in the United Kingdom, in a considerably expanded form, o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over%20Seventy |
Annalee Blysse is an American paranormal romance novelist. Born and raised in Alaska, she recently moved to Nevada.
She writes romances, and erotic romance, especially futuristic and paranormal.
Selected works
Novels
Starlit Destiny (2005) - Nominee for 2005 CAPA for Paranormal Romance at The Romance Studio
Novel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annalee%20Blysse |
Children of the Thunder is a 1988 science fiction novel by John Brunner.
References
1988 British novels
1988 science fiction novels
Novels by John Brunner
Environmental fiction books
Del Rey books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%20of%20the%20Thunder |
Laser surgery is a type of surgery that uses a laser (in contrast to using a scalpel) to cut tissue.
Examples include the use of a laser scalpel in otherwise conventional surgery, and soft-tissue laser surgery, in which the laser beam vaporizes soft tissue with high water content.
Laser surgery is commonly used on th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser%20surgery |
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC; previously the Patents County Court or PCC) in London is an alternative venue to the High Court for bringing legal actions involving intellectual property matters such as patents, registered designs, trade marks, unregistered design rights and copyright. Hearings are us... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual%20Property%20Enterprise%20Court |
Zaheerabad or Zahirabad, is an industrial city and Municipal Council in Sangareddy district of the Indian state of Telangana.
Zahirabad is also the base for visitors of ancient sacred places, Ketaki Sangameshwara Swamy Devasthanam at Jharasangam, Siddhhi Vinayaka Temple at Rejinthal and Hazrath Multani Baba Dargah at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaheerabad |
Close to Port Grenaugh, Cronk ny Merriu () is one of the remains of promontory forts in the Isle of Man. Cronk ny Merriu was previously considered by historians to be a prehistoric burial place due to its large grass-covered bank and name, literally translating to "Hill of the Dead". The bank and ditch created a defens... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronk%20ny%20Merriu |
John Lang may refer to:
Sportspeople
John Lang (footballer, born 1881) (1881–1934), Scottish footballer
John Lang (footballer, born 1908), Scottish footballer
John Lang (Australian rugby league) (born 1950), Australian rugby league player and coach
John Lang (New Zealand rugby league) (1896–1971), New Zealand rugby l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Lang |
Crawford State Park is a state park in Crawford County, Kansas, United States, located north of Girard.
The park, resides on a lake built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s. There are two recorded archaeological sites within the park's boundaries, including remnants of a 19th-century U.S. militar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford%20State%20Park%20%28Kansas%29 |
Leasingham is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than north from Sleaford, and just off the A15. The hamlet of Roxholm lies to the north. When combined with Rauceby figures, there are a total of 916 households as of 2011. The population of the civil ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leasingham |
Something Fishy is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 18 January 1957 by Herbert Jenkins, London and in the United States on 28 January 1957 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, under the title The Butler Did It.
The plot concerns a tontine formed by a group of wealthy men weeks befor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something%20Fishy |
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based under the name Charles Bogle.
Plot
Circus proprietor Larsen E. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%20Can%27t%20Cheat%20an%20Honest%20Man |
Potassium 2-ethylhexanoate, also known as potassium iso-octanoate, is a chemical used to convert the tert-butylammmonium salt of clavulanic acid into potassium clavulanate (clavulanate potassium). It is also used as a corrosion inhibitor in automotive antifreeze and as a catalyst for polyurethane systems.
References
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium%202-ethylhexanoate |
Misor was the name of a deity appearing in a theogeny provided by Roman era Phoenician writer Philo of Byblos in an account preserved by Eusebius in Praeparatio Evangelica, and attributed to the still earlier Sanchuniathon. He was one of two children of the deities Amunos and Magos. The other named was Sydyk. It is sai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misor |
In plant taxonomy, commelinids (originally commelinoids) is a clade of flowering plants within the monocots, distinguished by having cell walls containing ferulic acid.
The commelinids are the only clade that the APG IV system has informally named within the monocots. The remaining monocots are a paraphyletic unit. A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commelinids |
The following are the association football events of the year 1993 throughout the world.
Events
February 18 – Dutch club Roda JC fires head coach and former player Adrie Koster.
February 24 – Defender Johan de Kock makes his debut for the Netherlands national football team, in the World Cup qualifier against Turkey,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%20in%20association%20football |
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (known in some international releases as What a Man!) is a 1941 Universal Pictures comedy film starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis. Fields plays himself, promoting an extravagant screenplay he has written. As he describes t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never%20Give%20a%20Sucker%20an%20Even%20Break |
Naftali Yehuda Halevi Horowitz is the Bostoner Rebbe, having succeeded his father, Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, the second Bostoner Rebbe, upon the latter's death in December 2009. He is the rebbe of the Boston Hasidic community from the New England Chassidic Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, built by his fath... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naftali%20Yehuda%20Horowitz |
Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a landscape region it is an unusual natural habitat of England. It comprises the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breckland |
The Braaid is an Iron Age roundhouse and two Norse long houses on this site represent its occupation until the 11th or 12th century AD in the parish of Marown in the Isle of Man.
The site uniquely brings together buildings of Iron Age and Viking styles that were used together and survive down to the present.
The site... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Braaid |
Dasypogonaceae is a family of flowering plants based on the type genus Dasypogon, one that has traditionally not been commonly recognized by taxonomists; the plants it contains were usually included in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae. If valid, Dasypogonaceae includes four genera with 16 species. The family is endemic to A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasypogonaceae |
Evan Walker is the name of:
Evan Harris Walker (1935–2006), American physicist
Evan Walker (politician) (1935–2015), Australian politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan%20Walker |
The 1984 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 1 December 1984. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives (24 of them newly created) and 46 of 76 seats in the Senate (12 of them newly created) were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke defeated the opposition Libe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984%20Australian%20federal%20election |
The NS 8800 was a series of tank engines of the Dutch railway NS for the shunting service. Of the approximately 324 British-built Hunslet Austerity C (0-6-0ST) saddle tank locomotives, many were used by the British War Department during their fight against the German army in mainland Western Europe. The NS bought 27 of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS%20Class%208800 |
Uqba ibn Amir al-Juhani (; died 677/78) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the Umayyad governor of Egypt in 665–667 and died in the province.
Life
Uqba ibn Amir hailed from the Juhayna tribe, a branch of the Quda'a confederation resident across Syria and northwestern Arabia. He became a well-known com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uqba%20ibn%20Amir |
Ice in the Bedroom is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published as a book in the United States (where the title was The Ice in the Bedroom) on February 2, 1961 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, and in the United Kingdom on October 15, 1961 by Herbert Jenkins, London.
It features several Wodehouse characters from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20in%20the%20Bedroom |
One Astor Plaza, also known as 1515 Broadway and formerly the W. T. Grant Building, is a 54-story office building on Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Designed by Der Scutt of Ely J. Kahn & Jacobs, the building was developed by Sam Minskoff and Sons. One Astor Plaza occupies a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Astor%20Plaza |
Barbed Wire Sandwich is a heavy blues rock studio album by British band Black Cat Bones, released on 13 February 1970 by Decca on its Nova label. It is the only record by the band.
Songs
"Chauffeur" is a blues rock adaptation of a song that the album credits to Andy Stroud, Nina Simone's husband and manager. Stroud ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbed%20Wire%20Sandwich |
Tiata Fahodzi (ti∙a∙ta fa∙hoon∙zi) – meaning "theatre of the emancipated" – is a British African theatre company founded in 1997 by Femi Elufowoju Jr. It receives funding as a National Portfolio Organisation of the Arts Council England.
Previous artistic directors include Femi Elufowoju Jr (1997–2010) and Lucian Msama... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiata%20Fahodzi |
Simply Slang is an American hard rock quartet, founded in 2002, and based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Originally known as Deadline, the band later changed its name upon discovering another band using the same name. In 2004, Simply Slang issued its eponymous debut, Simply Slang, through Platinum Realm Entertain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simply%20Slang |
This is a list of Plaid Cymru MPs. It includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing Plaid Cymru. Members of the Senedd or the European Parliament are not listed.
Dates are taken from a House of Commons Library Briefing. Following a rule change that came into force at the 200... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Plaid%20Cymru%20MPs |
Andriessen is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning son of Andries cognate to the surnames Andrews and Anderson. People named Andriessen or Andriesse include:
Andriessen
Adrie Andriessen (1960–2021), Dutch footballer
Anthonie Andriessen (1746–1813), Dutch painter
Christiaan Andriessen (1775–1846), Dutch draftsman, s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriessen |
Remember That I Love You is Kimya Dawson's fifth solo album, released by K Records May 9, 2006. Songs include tour favorites such as "Loose Lips", "12/26", and "I Like Giants". The album art was done by Jeffrey Lewis.
In 2007, the songs "Tire Swing,", "Loose Lips," and "My Rollercoaster" were featured in the film Juno... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember%20That%20I%20Love%20You |
Anton Balasingham Stanislaus (; 4 March 1938 – 14 December 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil journalist, rebel and chief political strategist and chief negotiator for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.
Early life and family
Balasingham was born on 4 March 1938. His ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20Balasingham |
Christian CND (CCND) is a 'Specialist Section' of CND, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and has existed since 1960. CCND is made up of individual Christians of various denominations who oppose nuclear weapons and who campaign for peace. The organisation has an elected executive of ten members, has an office in Lond... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20CND |
The Minor Basilica of St. Lawrence in Damaso (Basilica Minore di San Lorenzo in Damaso) or simply San Lorenzo in Damaso is a parish and titular church in central Rome, Italy that is dedicated to St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr. It is incorporated into the Palazzo della Cancelleria, which enjoys the extraterritoriality ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Lorenzo%20in%20Damaso |
A local innovation system is a spatial concentration of firms (including specialized suppliers of equipment and services and customers) and associated non-market institutions (universities, research institutes, training institutions, standard-setting bodies, local trade associations, regulatory agencies, technology tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20innovation%20system |
Streptomyces clavuligerus is a species of Gram-positive bacterium notable for producing clavulanic acid.
S. clavuligerus ATCC 27064 (NRRL 3585, DSM 738) was first described by Higgens and Kastner (1971), who isolated it from a South American soil sample. Its name refers to the shape of its spore-bearing hyphal branche... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptomyces%20clavuligerus |
The Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology (shortened as AAST or The Academy) is a branch school of the Horry County Schools system in Horry County, South Carolina. It has a focus on specific career majors and has qualifying status as a Blue Ribbon School and as a New American High School. However, despite the po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy%20for%20the%20Arts%2C%20Science%20and%20Technology |
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