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National Car Parks (NCP) is a private car park operator, with car parks in towns, cities, airports, London Underground and National Rail stations.
History
NCP was founded in 1931 by Colonel Frederick Lucas. In October 1948 Sir Ronald Hobson, together with his business partner Sir Donald Gosling, founded Central Car P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Car%20Parks |
24 Chasa () is a Bulgarian newspaper. Its headquarters are located in Sofia.
History and profile
The newspaper, part of the 168 Chasa (meaning 168 Hours in English) Press Group founded by Petyo Blaskov, was launched in April 1991, a few months after the launch of the 168 Hours weekly newspaper.
The tabloid format an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24%20Chasa |
Sergey Aleksandrovich Martinson (; – 2 September 1984) was a Soviet and Russian stage, film and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964).
He was born in Saint Petersburg in the family of Swedish and Russian descent. His parents adored theater and took their son to many performances. As a schoolboy, Sergey pla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey%20Martinson |
Thomas Bowman may refer to:
Thomas Bowman (Methodist Episcopal bishop) (1817–1914), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872
Thomas Bowman (Evangelical Association bishop) (1836–1923), bishop of the Evangelical Association, elected in 1875
Thomas Bowman (Iowa politician) (1848–1917), US congr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Bowman |
In the Java computer programming language, an annotation is a form of syntactic metadata that can be added to Java source code. Classes, methods, variables, parameters and Java packages may be annotated. Like Javadoc tags, Java annotations can be read from source files. Unlike Javadoc tags, Java annotations can also b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20annotation |
Operation Packer was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War from March to April 1988. This operation forms part of what became known as the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. Operation Packer was a continuation of Operation Hooper, using fresh tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Packer |
is a Japanese actor and musician.
Career
Yosuke Kubozuka has been a model for many magazines and TV commercials before starting out his acting career where he debuted in a 1995 TV crime drama Kindaichi Case Files. In 1998, he starred in the TV series GTO as the role of an honors student, Yoshito Kikuchi. In 2000, he s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dsuke%20Kubozuka |
The Woodcliff Lake Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Woodcliff Lake, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 737 students and 77.5 classro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodcliff%20Lake%20Public%20Schools |
The Best of Sixpence None the Richer is a greatest hits album of American band Sixpence None the Richer, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). It contains all their most successful songs as well as various rarities, covers and three new tracks that had originally been intended to be released on Divine Discontent but we... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Best%20of%20Sixpence%20None%20the%20Richer |
Trud (, ), is a Bulgarian tabloid daily newspaper. The newspaper's first issue came out on 1 March 1936, making it one of the oldest Bulgarian newspapers still in existence. From 3 January 1994 to 31 December 2008 it was known as Dneven Trud (Дневен Труд, Daily Labor).
History
The first issue of the newspaper came on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trud%20%28Bulgarian%20newspaper%29 |
The Ultra-Lettrist art movement was developed by Jean-Louis Brau, Gil J. Wolman, and François Dufrêne in the 1950s when they split from Isidore Isou's Lettrism movement.
Dufrêne created a phonetic poetry movement which breaks the structures of language that he called Ultra-Lettrist. The Ultra-Lettrist movement grew i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-Lettrist |
Zayd al-Khayr (Arabic: زيد الخير) was a noted, significant companion of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Hailing from the tribe of Tayy in northern Nejd. He was originally known as Zayd al-Khayl ("Zayd of the Steeds", a reference to his chivalry), but after becoming Muslim, Muhammad renamed him Zayd al-Khayr ("Zayd of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayd%20al-Khayr |
Glenn Andrew Bishop (born 25 February 1960) is a former Australian and South Australian cricketer who represented Australia in two One Day Internationals, playing as a right-handed batsman.
At the age of 17, Bishop scored 129 and 101 for Salisbury Second XI in Adelaide's suburban competition, becoming the first to sco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Bishop |
The 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated with the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers in 1993.
History
Seco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th/21st%20Lancers |
Sinsinawa () is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is in the towns of Jamestown and Hazel Green, one mile north of the border with Illinois. The community is east of Dubuque, Iowa, and west of the village of Hazel Green, Wisconsin. The town is best known for being the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinsinawa%2C%20Wisconsin |
The Hillsdale Public Schools is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Hillsdale, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,147 students and 117.0 classroom teac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsdale%20Public%20Schools |
Now That's What I Call Music! 21 may refer to two different "Now That's What I Call Music!"-series albums, including:
Now That's What I Call Music! 21 (original UK series, 1992 release)
Now That's What I Call Music! 21 (U.S. series, 2006 release) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now%20That%27s%20What%20I%20Call%20Music%21%2021 |
"Ukridge Sees Her Through" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the September 1923 issue of Cosmopolitan and in the United Kingdom in the October 1923 Strand. It features the irrepressible Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, and was included in the collection Ukridge, publish... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukridge%20Sees%20Her%20Through |
Strix is a genus of owls in the typical owl family (Strigidae), one of the two generally accepted living families of owls, with the other being the barn-owl (Tytonidae). Common names are earless owls or wood owls, though they are not the only owls without ear tufts, and "wood owl" is also used as a more generic name fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strix%20%28bird%29 |
Strix may refer to:
Strix (mythology), a legendary creature of ancient Roman mythology
Strix (bird), a genus of large "earless" wood-owls
Strix Ltd., John Taylor (inventor)#Career, manufacturer of kettle controls, thermostats and water boiling elements for domestic appliances
Strix (TV production company), a Swedis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strix |
The following are some of the association football events of the year 1992 throughout the world.
Events
5 May – A provisional tribune crashes in the Stade Armand Cesari in Bastia, Corsica during the semi-final of the Coupe de France between Bastia SC and Olympique de Marseille. Eighteen people die, while 2.300 fans ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20in%20association%20football |
Octavius Temple (1784–1834), was Lieutenant Governor of Sierra Leone and Superintendent General of the Liberated Africans Department (1833), British soldier and colonial official.
Family life
Temple was the youngest son of Rev. William Johnston Temple and Anne Stow. He was born and raised in Cornwall. In 1805 Temple m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavius%20Temple |
The Frontier Force Regiment is one of the six infantry regiments of the Pakistan Army. They are popularly known as the Piffers in reference to their military history as the PIF (Punjab Irregular Force) of the British Indian Army, or as the FF (Frontier Force). The regiment takes its name from the historic North-West Fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier%20Force%20Regiment |
bTV is the first private nationwide television channel in Bulgaria. It is operated by bTV Media Group, as part of Central European Media Enterprises, and is reportedly the Bulgarian television channel with the largest viewing audience. It was previously owned by Balkan News Corporation, part of News Corporation. On Feb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTV%20%28Bulgaria%29 |
The Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary of the Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa is an American religious institute of the Regular, or religious branch of the Third Order of St. Dominic. It was founded in 1847. The General Motherhouse is located in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin.
History
Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican%20Sisters%20of%20Sinsinawa |
The Arya Chakravarti dynasty (, Sinhalese: ආර්ය චක්රවර්තී රාජවංශය) were kings of the Jaffna Kingdom in Sri Lanka. The earliest Sri Lankan sources, between 1277 and 1283, mention a military leader of this name as a minister in the services of the Pandyan Empire; he raided the western Sri Lankan coast and took the polit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryacakravarti%20dynasty |
Ronald Dekker (also spelled Decker, born 30 June 1966 in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Netherlands. He was a specialist on short course, and won the silver medal in 100m at the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca. He swam individual 100m and 200m br... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Dekker |
Robert Turner is an American professional poker player based in Downey, California.
Turner is known for introducing Omaha hold 'em into poker-playing circles. He introduced the game to Bill Boyd, who offered it as a game at the Golden Nugget Casino (calling it "Nugget Hold'em".)
Robert Turner created Live At The Bike... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Turner%20%28poker%20player%29 |
The People's Party or Populist Party () was a conservative and pro-monarchist Greek political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958.
History
Gounaris founded the party out of the Nationalist Party in October ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s%20Party%20%28Greece%29 |
Protein C deficiency is a rare genetic trait that predisposes to thrombotic disease. It was first described in 1981. The disease belongs to a group of genetic disorders known as thrombophilias. Protein C deficiency is associated with an increased incidence of venous thromboembolism (relative risk 8–10), whereas no asso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20C%20deficiency |
David John Threlfall (born 12 October 1953) is an English stage, film and television actor and director. He is best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's series Shameless. He has also directed several episodes of the show. In April 2014, he portrayed comedian Tommy Cooper in a television film entitled Tommy ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Threlfall |
Utba ibn Ghazwan al-Mazini () (–638) was a well-known companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the seventh person to convert to Islam and participated in the hijra to Abyssinia, but returned to stay with Muhammad in Mecca before making the second hijrah to Medina. He fought at the battle of Badr (624), the bat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utba%20ibn%20Ghazwan |
Graeme David Porter (born 18 March 1955) is a former Australian international cricketer.
He played in two 1979 Cricket World Cup matches in England as a medium pace bowler taking three wickets at an average of 11.00. He also took 52 wickets in 32 first-class matches for Western Australia.
After retiring from profess... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme%20Porter |
Zitadelle ("Citadel") may refer to:
Spandau Citadel (German: Zitadelle Spandau), a fortress in Berlin
Zitadelle (Berlin U-Bahn), a railway station serving the Spandau Citadel
Zitadelle Mainz, a fortress in Mainz
Operation Zitadelle, the German offensive operation for the Battle of Kursk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zitadelle |
Olswang was an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom and with additional offices in Reading, Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Singapore and, since 2011, Munich. It worked closely with a network of firms across eighty countries. The Lawyer ranked the firm 22nd largest in the UK by worldwide turnover in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olswang |
The Fuji T-3 is a primary military trainer aircraft used by the Japan Air Self Defense Force, manufactured by Fuji Heavy Industries. Its first flight was in 1978. In the course of its service life, 50 units were produced. It is being replaced by the Fuji T-7.
Development
The KM-2B was a further development of the Fuji... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji%20T-3 |
Dame Harriet Mary Walter (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress. She has performed on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and received an Olivier Award, a Tony Award, five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, Walter was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet%20Walter |
Henry Heitfeld (January 12, 1859October 21, 1938) was an American politician. A Populist, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho.
Early life
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Heitfeld attended public and private schools there. He moved to Seneca, Kansas, then Pomeroy, Washington Territory, and finally to Lewiston... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Heitfeld |
Mr Brownlow is a character from the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Brownlow is a bookish and kindly middle-aged bachelor who helps Oliver escape the clutches of Fagin. He later adopts Oliver Twist by the end of the novel.
The novel
Mr Brownlow is introduced when the Artful Dodger and his companion Charley... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr%20Brownlow |
(died 1592) Iida Yoshitake, a notable retainer of the Mori clan of the Aki Province. Yoshitake and Kodama Narikata both served as commanders of the Mori's naval fleet. During the Battle of Miyajima in the year 1555, Yoshitake participated in the transportation of the main Mori attack force to Miyajima. Along the Buzen ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iida%20Yoshitake |
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1991 throughout the world.
Events
UEFA Champions League 1991: Red Star Belgrade wins 5–3 on penalties over Olympique de Marseille after 0–0 draw.
FIFA Women's World Cup – United States wins 2–1 over Norway
For the first time since the Heysel Stadium disaster ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20in%20association%20football |
Mariamme was a city in the late Roman province of Syria I, corresponding to present-day Qal'at El-Hosn or Krak des Chevaliers.
The bishopric of Mariamme is no longer a residential episcopal see and is therefore included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.
The first titular bishop was appointed to the see i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariamme |
Erich Schmid was a Swiss composer and conductor. He was born on 1 January 1907 in Balsthal, Switzerland and died on 17 December 2000 in Zürich. He studied composition with Bernhard Sekles at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and later with Arnold Schönberg. Among many other international conducting roles, he was chief... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich%20Schmid |
The Treaty of Asunción was a treaty between the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay signed on March 26, 1991. The objective of the treaty, signed in Asunción, was to establish a common market among the participating countries, popularly called Mercosur (Southern Common Market). Later, the Treaty of Ou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Asunci%C3%B3n |
Deutschlandfunk Kultur (; abbreviated to DLF Kultur or DKultur) is a culture-oriented radio station and part of Deutschlandradio, a set of three national radio stations in Germany. Initially named DeutschlandRadio Berlin, the station was renamed Deutschlandradio Kultur on 1 April 2005. The present name was adopted on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandfunk%20Kultur |
A manciple is a person in charge of the purchase and storage of food at an institution such as a college, monastery, or court of law. Manciples were sometimes also in charge of catering more generally, including food preparation.
The title still survives in some Oxford and Cambridge colleges, at the Charterhouse in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manciple |
A gulet () is a traditional design of a two-masted or three-masted wooden sailing vessel (the most common design has two masts) from the southwestern coast of Turkey, particularly built in the coastal towns of Bodrum and Marmaris; although similar vessels can be found all around the eastern Mediterranean. Today, this t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulet |
The Praxis school was a Marxist humanist philosophical circle, whose members were influenced by Western Marxism. It originated in Zagreb in the SFR Yugoslavia, during the 1960s.
Prominent Praxis school theorists include Gajo Petrović and Milan Kangrga of Zagreb and Mihailo Marković of Belgrade. From 1964 to 1974 they ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis%20School |
The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 10th Royal Hussars and the 11th Hussars in 1969 and it amalgamated with the 14th/20th King's Hussars to form the King's Royal Hussars in 1992.
History
The regiment was formed at Perham Down by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Hussars |
Kenneth Hervey MacLeay (born 2 April 1959) is a former English-born Australian cricketer.
He was an all-rounder who played 16 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1983 and 1987. MacLeay played in the 1983 Cricket World Cup in England taking 6 for 39 against India.
MacLeay played in 129 first-class matches for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20MacLeay |
Haselhorst () is a locality in the borough of Spandau in Berlin. It is located between Siemensstadt and the Old Town of Spandau and is separated from the Hakenfelde locality by the River Havel.
Overview
The manor of Haselhorst was incorporated into the City of Spandau in 1910 and together with it became a part of Grea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haselhorst |
Alveston Football Club was a football club based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
History
The club was established in 1924 after Alveston United folded. They joined the Stratford & District League, going on to win the title in 1924–25 and 1925–26.
In 1993 the club joined the newly formed Division Three ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveston%20F.C. |
A bowl-out (sometimes termed a bowl-off) was used as a tiebreaker in various forms of limited overs cricket to decide a match that would otherwise end in a tie. Five bowlers from each side deliver one or two balls each at an unguarded wicket (three stumps). If each team has hit the same number of wickets after the f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl-out |
In mathematics, Borel transform may refer to
A transform used in Borel summation
A generalization of this in Nachbin's theorem | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borel%20transform |
Christian Leberecht Schnabel (13 May 1878 in Regensburg – 29 January 1936 in Munich) was a German designer and inventor.
Biography
Born as a son of a German smith and a Russian seamstress Schnabel was at times because of his original and innovative, but often as not very suitably for everyday life classified invention... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Schnabel |
The Who's That Girl World Tour (billed as Who's That Girl World Tour 1987) was the second concert tour by American singer and songwriter Madonna. The tour supported her 1986 third studio album True Blue, as well as the 1987 soundtrack Who's That Girl. It was Madonna's first world tour and marked her first visits to Jap... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s%20That%20Girl%20World%20Tour |
Atherstone Town Community Football Club is a football club based in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Sheepy Road.
History
The original club was formed in 1887. They reached the semi-finals of the FA Amateur Cup in 1907–08, losing 3–0 to Stockton. The following season s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherstone%20Town%20F.C. |
Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. She was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton about four miles (6 km) south of the Columbia River channel. Wreckage is still visible, making it a popular tourist attrac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Iredale |
Rodolfo A. Falcón Cabrera (born October 25, 1972, in Havana, Cuba) is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from Cuba, and has been called the country's best swimmer ever. Since 2006, he has been the country's National Commissioner for swimming.
He swam for Cuba at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics. At the 1996 Games, he won the s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo%20Falc%C3%B3n |
Shambhala or Shambala is a mythical kingdom in Tibetan Buddhism.
Shambala may also refer to:
In Buddhism
Shambhala Buddhism, a Buddhist lineage named by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Shambhala School, a non-denominational private school in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Shambhala Training, a secular approach to meditation develo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shambhala%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia, released in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed by Gust Corporation for the PlayStation 2 and originally published by Banpresto in 2006. There are other media releases based on the game, including the manga Ar tonelico -arpeggio-, the anime OVA Ar tonelico, and several drama ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%20Tonelico%3A%20Melody%20of%20Elemia |
Birmingham United Football Club is a football club originally representing the village of Barnt Green, near Bromsgrove, in Worcestershire, England. Members of the , the club are currently based in nearby Redditch and play at the Valley Stadium.
History
The club was established in 1992 as a Sunday league team under the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham%20United%20F.C. |
Sikalongo is a rural community in the Southern Province of Zambia. It is located 30 km east-south-east of Choma in the Singani Chieftaincy, not far from the Zambezi Escarpment north-west of Lake Kariba. It existed as a traditional community until the early twentieth century when American missionaries from the Brethre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikalongo |
The 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army raised in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the First World War and Second World War but then amalgamated with the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) to form the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) in October 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th%20Royal%20Hussars |
Goldenhorse is a pop band from New Zealand.
Release
Goldenhorse's debut album Riverhead was released in October 2002, to a small fanfare. But over the next 18 months various singles from the album started to be played on the radio. The band played live throughout New Zealand continuously and sales of the record climb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenhorse |
Mohammed Attiqur Rahman (Punjabi, ), MC (24 June 1918 – 1 June 1996) was a senior general in the Pakistan Army, a noted military historian, and a senior government official. He was the martial law administrator (MLA) of West Pakistan in General Yahya Khan's military regime. He was educated at St.Paul's school, London a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attiqur%20Rahman |
The Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) is an organization of over 12,000 Texas school music educators. Its stated goals are to provide professional growth opportunities, to encourage interaction among music education professionals, to foster public support for music in schools, to offer quality musical experienc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Music%20Educators%20Association |
Paul Hunt, a New Zealand and British national, is a human rights expert who specialises in economic, social and cultural rights. In January 2019, he took up office as Chief Commissioner at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission.
Formerly a Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato and a Professor of Law at the Hum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Hunt%20%28academic%29 |
Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE (26 December 1841 – 24 April 1901) was the so-called "Father of Japanese lighthouses". Brunton was born in Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was employed by the government of Meiji period Japan as a foreign advisor (o-yatoi gaikokujin), primarily to build lighthouses.
Over a per... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Henry%20Brunton |
As You Like It is a 2006 romance film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Romola Garai, Bryce Dallas Howard, Kevin Kline, Adrian Lester, Janet McTeer, Alfred Molina, David Oyelowo and Brian Blessed in a dual role.
Transferring the play's setting... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%20You%20Like%20It%20%282006%20film%29 |
Karl Valentin (born Valentin Ludwig Fey, 4 June 1882 in Munich – 9 February 1948 in Planegg) was a Bavarian comedian. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany". His work has an essential influence... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Valentin |
Philippe Maria François Herreweghe, Knight Herreweghe (born 2 May 1947) is a Belgian conductor and choirmaster.
Herreweghe founded La Chapelle Royale and Collegium Vocale Gent and is renowned as a conductor, with a repertoire ranging from Renaissance to early Romantic classical music. He specialises in Baroque music, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe%20Herreweghe |
Brazen may refer to:
Made of brass
HMS Brazen, various ships of the British Royal Navy
Brazen Animation, an American studio based in Texas
Brazen class destroyer, consisting of four Royal Navy destroyers
Brazen (TV series), a British television show
"Brazen (Weep)", a song by Skunk Anansie
Captain Brazen, one o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen |
Positive Christianity () was a religious movement within Nazi Germany which promoted the belief that the racial purity of the German people should be maintained by mixing racialistic Nazi ideology with either fundamental or significant elements of Nicene Christianity. Adolf Hitler used the term in point 24 of the 1920 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive%20Christianity |
Diana Nemorensis ("Diana of Nemi"), also known as "Diana of the Wood", was an Italic form of the goddess who became Hellenised during the fourth century BC and conflated with Artemis.
Her sanctuary is on the northern shore of Lake Nemi beneath the rim of the crater and the modern city Nemi.
Origin of the legend
The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Nemorensis |
Artists Against 419 (commonly abbreviated to AA419) is an Internet consumer protection group dedicated to identifying and shutting down 419 scam websites. Its volunteers seek to stop, disrupt or hinder fraudsters' activities by cataloging and reporting fraudulent domains.
History
The Artists Against 419 site was set u... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artists%20Against%20419 |
Sonetos de la Muerte (Sonnets of Death) is a work by the Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, first published in 1914. She used a nom de plume as she feared that she may have lost her job as a teacher. The work was awarded first prize in the Juegos Florales, a national literary contest.
The Sonnets of Death were inspired by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonetos%20de%20la%20Muerte |
Marina Tsintikidou (; born 28 November 1971) is a Greek fashion model and presenter who has appeared on the covers of numerous Greek fashion magazines such as MAX. She won the title of "Star Hellas" (Σταρ Ελλάς) in the Miss Star Hellas pageant in 1992. She also carries the honor of being the third Greek contestant to w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina%20Tsintikidou |
Siopao (), is a Philippine steamed bun with various fillings. It is the indigenized version of the Fujianese baozi, introduced to the Philippines by Hokkien immigrants during the Spanish colonial period. It is a popular snack in the Philippines and is commonly sold by bakeries and restaurants.
Description
Siopao is de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siopao |
Nikolayevsk () is a town and the administrative center of Nikolayevsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left (eastern) shore of the Volga River. Population:
History
It was founded in 1747 as the khutor of Dmitriyev (), which was reorganized into a sloboda in 1794 and renamed Nikolayevskaya sloboda ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolayevsk |
Altstadt Spandau is the historic centre (old town) of the Spandau borough in the western suburbs of Berlin, situated on the right bank of the Havel river by its confluence with the Spree tributary. It arose near the site of a former Slavic gord during the German eastward expansion (Ostsiedlung) in the early 13th centur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altstadt%20Spandau |
Charles Claude Selecman (1874–1958) was an American Methodist minister and educator. He served as the third President of Southern Methodist University from 1923 to 1938. In 1938, he was elected as an American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Early life
Charles Claude Selecman was born on October 13, 18... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Claude%20Selecman |
Pyridoxal is one form of vitamin B6.
Some medically relevant bacteria, such as those in the genera Granulicatella and Abiotrophia, require pyridoxal for growth. This nutritional requirement can lead to the culture phenomenon of satellite growth. In in vitro culture, these pyridoxal-dependent bacteria may only grow in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyridoxal |
Monte Carlo localization (MCL), also known as particle filter localization, is an algorithm for robots to localize using a particle filter. Given a map of the environment, the algorithm estimates the position and orientation of a robot as it moves and senses the environment. The algorithm uses a particle filter to repr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte%20Carlo%20localization |
Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr. (born July 25, 1974) is an American actor, known as Taylor Newton in Evening Shade (1990–1994), Stan Rizzo in Mad Men (2010–2015), and Ben Olinsky in The Conners (2018–present).
Biography
In 1990 Ferguson played Ponyboy Curtis in the television adaptation of S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20R.%20Ferguson |
Bolehall Swifts Football Club is a football club based in Bolehall, a suburb of Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Rene Road Ground.
History
The club was established in 1953. They joined the Tamworth & Trent Valley League, winning the League Shield and Agnes Durham Cup... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolehall%20Swifts%20F.C. |
Pete Prown (born 1963) is an American writer and magazine editor, painter, guitarist, and music journalist. He has worked as the editor-in-chief of Guitar Shop magazine and music editor for Vintage Guitar. His writing has also appeared in publications such as Guitar Player and Guitar for the Practicing Musician, among ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete%20Prown |
Clubbo Records (slogan: "Music to Believe In") is a record label specialising in parodies of various pop music genres from the 1960s to the 2000s. The label is promoted by a website giving detailed fictional information on all of the songs and artists featured as well as mp3s of selected songs by each featured artist.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubbo%20Records |
Brocton Football Club is a football club representing Brocton, near Stafford, England. They are currently members of the and play at Silkmore Lane in Stafford.
History
The club was formed in 1937 after the owner of the Chetwynd Arms pub, Arthur Mayer, gave a football to local boys and asked them to establish a club. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocton%20F.C. |
Bützfleth is a village with 5000 inhabitants in the north of the city Stade in Lower Saxony.
It borders in the south to Götzdorf, in the northwest to Bützflethermoor and Depenbeck, in the north to Abbenfleth and in the east to the river Elbe.
History
Bützfleth belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, establishe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCtzfleth |
The Darqawiyya or Darqawi Sufi order is a revivalist branch of the Shadhiliyah brotherhood which originated in Morocco. The Darqawa comprised the followers of Sheikh Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi (1760–1823) of Morocco. The movement, which became one of the leading Sufi orders (tariqa) in Morocco, exalted poverty and as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darqawiyya |
The Gunners may refer to:
Arsenal F.C., an English association football club
The Royal Artillery, a British Army regiment
See also
Gunner (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gunners |
The Mahoning Valley is a geographic valley encompassing the area of northeast Ohio and a small portion of western Pennsylvania that drains into the Mahoning River. According to information at the bottom of Page 321 in a publication by the Ohio Secretary of State's Office, the river name comes from an Indian word meanin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoning%20Valley%20%28geographic%29 |
The Supreme Court of the United States Police is a federal law enforcement agency that derives its authority from . The Supreme Court Police enforces federal and District of Columbia laws and regulations, as well as enforces regulations governing the Supreme Court Building and grounds prescribed by the marshal and appr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme%20Court%20Police |
Cadbury Athletic Football Club is an amateur football club based in Birmingham, England. Affiliated with the Cadbury confectionery company and playing in the company colours of purple and white, they are currently members of the and play at the Cadbury Recreation Ground in Bournville.
History
The club was establishe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury%20Athletic%20F.C. |
The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes in service currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.
For other vessels, see also:
List of submarine classes in service
List of auxiliary ship classes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20naval%20ship%20classes%20in%20service |
The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards were founded in 1994 by Benin born businessman, Ernest Adjovi, after a discussion in Namibia with the country's President Hage Geingob who was then a Prime Minister. The award is named after the ko... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kora%20Awards |
Zeb-un-Nissa () (15 February 1638 – 26 May 1702) was a Mughal princess and the eldest child of Emperor Aurangzeb and his chief consort, Dilras Banu Begum. She was also a poet, who wrote under the pseudonym of "Makhfi" (, "Hidden, Disguised, Concealed One").
Imprisoned by her father in the last 20 years of her life at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeb-un-Nissa |
Shifnal Town Football Club is a football club based in Shifnal, Shropshire, England. They have reached the 4th round of the FA Vase three times in their history. The team competes in the .
History
Although other clubs with similar names had played in the town since Victorian times, the modern incarnation of Shifnal To... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shifnal%20Town%20F.C. |
A system in a package (SiP) or system-in-package is a number of integrated circuits (ICs) enclosed in one chip carrier package or encompassing an IC package substrate that may include passive components and perform the functions of an entire system. The ICs may be stacked using package on package, placed side by side,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20in%20a%20package |
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