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The People That Time Forgot is a fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the second of his Caspak trilogy. The sequence was first published in Blue Book Magazine as a three-part serial in the issues for August (vol. 27 #4), October (vol. 27 #6), and December (vol. 28 #2) 1918, with The People That Time... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20People%20That%20Time%20Forgot%20%28novel%29 |
Minstead is a small village and civil parish in the New Forest, Hampshire, about north of Lyndhurst. There is a shop and a pub, the Trusty Servant. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's grave is under a large tree at the back of the 13th century All Saints' church.
Overview
Minstead is a small village and civil parish in the New ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstead |
The Western Armed Forces (Forces Armées Occidentales or FAO) is a rebel insurgent group active in Chad during the civil war. An offshoot of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Chad (Movement Populaire pour la Libération du Tchad or MPLT) born in 1979, the FAO recruited its forces mainly among the Kanembu group l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Armed%20Forces |
The 24th Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army that existed from late 1940 to mid-1944. Assigned to the 8th Armoured Brigade, the regiment fought during the Invasion of Normandy before being disbanded in July 1944. After disbandment, the regiment's personnel were sent to other cavalry regiments as reinforc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24th%20Lancers |
Extremist Groups: An International Compilation of Terrorist Organizations, Violent Political Groups, and Issue-Oriented Militant Movements is a reference book compiling information on over 200 groups classified as extremist.
Summary
Contributing editor Richard H. Ward describes it (in the preface) as "part of a broade... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremist%20Groups |
The 2006 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's second term. In a political revolution that broke twelve years of Republican rule, the Democratic Party was swept into majorities in Congress, the governorships, and state legislatures across ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20United%20States%20elections |
Lilia Vaygina-Efremova (born April 15, 1977 in Cheboksary, Chuvashia, Soviet Union) is a Russian (until 2002), Belarusian (since 2002 till 2003), and Ukrainian (since 2003) biathlete.
Career
On February 16, 2006, she won the Winter Olympics bronze medal for the 7.5 km biathlon competition, becoming the first Ukrainian... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilia%20Vaygina-Efremova |
Vernon Fred "Vern" Rapp (May 11, 1928 – December 31, 2015) was a Major League Baseball manager and coach. A career minor league catcher and a successful skipper in the minors, Rapp had two brief tours of duty as a big league manager.
Minor League playing career
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Rapp signed his first playin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern%20Rapp |
Jason Cosmo is a fictional character who is the hero of a series of novels by author Dan McGirt. The books consist of Jason Cosmo (Signet 1989), Royal Chaos (Roc 1990), and Dirty Work (Roc 1993). The non-trilogy is a comedy, parodying the pulp fantasy genre with a style similar to Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett.
As... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Cosmo |
Clan Chisholm (pronounced /ˈtʃɪzəm/ ) (, IPA:[ˈʃis̪əɫ̪]) is a Highland Scottish clan.
History
Origins
According to Alexander Mackenzie, the Clan Chisholm is of Norman and Saxon origin. Tradition stating that the Chisholms were a Norman family who arrived in England after the conquest of 1066., the original surname be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan%20Chisholm |
The variegated fairywren (Malurus lamberti) is a fairywren that lives in eastern Australia. As a species that exhibits sexual dimorphism, the brightly coloured breeding male has chestnut shoulders and azure crown and ear coverts, while non-breeding males, females and juveniles have predominantly grey-brown plumage, alt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variegated%20fairywren |
The Morris Eight is a small family car produced by Morris Motors from 1935 to 1948. It was inspired by the sales popularity of the Ford Model Y, styling of which the Eight closely followed. The success of the car enabled Morris to regain its position as Britain's largest motor manufacturer.
Morris Eight Series I
The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris%20Eight |
Dennehy is a surname of Irish origin. The original form in Irish is Ó Duineachdha, meaning descendant of Duineachaidh, who was a chieftain who fought the Danes in Limerick in 934. The name may mean "humane", or may mean "man from the fairy hills". Spelling variations include Denehy, Dennehey, Denehey, Danahy, Deniehy, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennehy |
The prophecies of the 16th-century author Nostradamus have become a part of the popular culture of the 20th and 21st centuries. Nostradamus' life has been depicted in both fiction and non-fiction books as well as several films, and made-up prophecies that were said to be his were circulated online in several well-known... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus%20in%20popular%20culture |
The American Museum of Nursing was part of Arizona State University College of Nursing. It was located in Tempe, Arizona, United States. It featured exhibits of uniforms, posters, medical care items, photographs and other nursing memorabilia, a research library, rare document room, and an archive. The collections ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Museum%20of%20Nursing |
The Solitaire Mystery () is a 1990 fantasy novel by Jostein Gaarder, the Norwegian author of the best-selling Sophie's World. Its main target audience is young adults, but the themes of the book transcend any age group.
The Solitaire Mystery, as with Sophie's World, has a philosophical content but, unlike Sophie's Wor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Solitaire%20Mystery |
Eisenhower State Park is a state park in Osage County, Kansas, United States, located northeast of Emporia and south of Topeka.
The park was formerly known as Melvern State Park, due to its location on the north shore of the Melvern Lake, was renamed in 1990 to honor former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. The park ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower%20State%20Park%20%28Kansas%29 |
The Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum is a 9th-century peace agreement between Alfred of Wessex and Guthrum, the Viking ruler of East Anglia. It sets out the boundaries between Alfred and Guthrum's territories as well as agreements on peaceful trade, and the weregild value of its people.
Background
In 866, the Great Heathe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Alfred%20and%20Guthrum |
In the trading card collecting hobby, an error card is a card that shows incorrect information or some other unintended flaw. It can contain a mistake, such as a misspelling or a photo of someone other than the athlete named on the card. Depending on whether the manufacturer noticed the problem while the cards were sti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error%20card |
Gustavo França Borges (born December 2, 1972) is a Brazilian former competitive swimmer. He swam for Brazil in the Summer Olympic Games in: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. Borges has won the second-most Olympic medals of any Brazilian, with fourone in 1992, two in 1996 and one in 2000behind sailors Robert Scheidt and Torben... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo%20Borges |
Microsoft XCPU, codenamed Xenon, is a CPU used in the Xbox 360 game console, to be used with ATI's Xenos graphics chip.
The processor was developed by Microsoft and IBM under the IBM chip program codenamed "Waternoose", which was named after the Monsters, Inc. character Henry J. Waternoose III. The development program... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon%20%28processor%29 |
Walter Trampler (August 25, 1915 – September 27, 1997) was a German musician and teacher of the viola and viola d'amore.
Born in Munich, he was given his first lessons at age six by his violinist father. While still in his youth, he played well enough to tour Europe as violist of the prestigious Strub Quartet. In the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Trampler |
Bryn Mawr Campus Arboretum (135 acres) is an arboretum located across the campus of Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It is open daily without charge.
The campus was first designed by Calvert Vaux (1824-1895), with a final design drawn up in 1884. Very little of this design was ever ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryn%20Mawr%20Campus%20Arboretum |
The chain cent was America's first large cent and the first circulating coin officially produced by the United States Mint. It was struck only during 1793.
It was not the first circulating coin produced by the United States, which was the Fugio cent of 1787 (also known as the Franklin cent), based on the Continental d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain%20cent |
Robert Neil Butler (January 21, 1927 – July 4, 2010) was an American physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, and author, who was the first director of the National Institute on Aging. Butler is known for his work on the social needs and the rights of the elderly and for his research on healthy aging and the dementias.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20N.%20Butler |
Sir Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith, PRS (born 9 September 1946) is a British statistician who is chief executive of the Alan Turing Institute and president of the Royal Society.
Early life and education
Smith was born on 9 September 1946 in Dawlish. He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and University College... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian%20Smith%20%28statistician%29 |
Dinosaur Land may refer to:
Dinosaur Land (Rügen), an amusement park with model dinosaurs on the German island of Rügen
Dinosaur Land (Virginia), an amusement park with model dinosaurs in White Post, Virginia
The setting of the game Super Mario World
See also
List of dinosaur parks | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur%20Land |
Alanna Kraus (born June 30, 1977 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian short track speed skater. She won the bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in short-track speed skating for the women's 3000 m relay. She competed in three individual events at the 2002 Games. In the 500 m she placed 6th; 8th in the 10... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanna%20Kraus |
Verzuolo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about north of Cuneo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,379 and an area of .
The municipality of Verzuolo contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verzuolo |
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
History
Following the re-organisation of education in the local education authority (LEA) in September 1999 the school changed from a middle school for pupils aged 8 to 13 to its current des... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laisterdyke%20Leadership%20Academy |
Wulugu is a town in the North East Region of Ghana carved from the old Northern Region. Its capital is Nalerigu. It is connected by road to the capital of the Northern Region, Tamale and the capital of the Upper East Region, Bolgatanga.
Healthcare
The town has a health center. The health center in the community serve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulugu |
The range of area codes 200–299 in Mexico is reserved for Puebla, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca and Veracruz.
(For other areas, see Area codes in Mexico by code).
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The People's Armed Forces (Forces Armées Populaires or FAP) was a Chadian insurgent group composed of followers of Goukouni Oueddei after the schism with Hissène Habré in 1976. With an ethnic base in the Teda clan of the Toubou from the Tibesti area of northern Chad, the force was armed by Libya and formed the largest ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s%20Armed%20Forces |
The Sign of the Beaver is a children's historical novel by American author Elizabeth George Speare, which has won numerous literary awards. It was published in February 1983, and has become one of her most famous works.
The idea for this book came from a factual story that Elizabeth George Speare discovered in Milo, M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sign%20of%20the%20Beaver |
Animal captivity is the confinement of domestic and wild animals. More specifically, animals that are held by humans and prevented from escaping are said to be in captivity. The term animal captivity is usually applied to wild animals that are held in confinement, but this term may also be used generally to describe th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captivity%20%28animal%29 |
Frédéric Alexandre "Fred" Leclercq (born 23 June 1978) is a French musician and producer, best known as the former longtime bassist for British power metal band DragonForce. He is currently the guitarist and main songwriter in the death metal supergroup Sinsaenum, the guitarist and vocalist in Maladaptive, the bassist ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric%20Leclercq |
Kurt Barthel (1884–1969) is the father of the modern United States nudist movement.
Introduction
He began the American League for Physical Culture in 1929 with an ad, first in the leading German nudist magazines published in Berlin by Robert Laurer "Lichtland" (Light Land) and "Lachendes Leben" (Laughing Life), then ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt%20Barthel |
Ghader Abdollahzadeh (23 October 1925 – 21 May 2009, , also known as Qale Mere, ) born in village of Kulice in northwestern Iran, is one of the best known Kurdish traditional musicians. He played shimshal/ney (long flute), a Kurdish traditional music instrument. He started to play shimshal (Ney) as a young and homeless... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghader%20Abdollahzadeh |
West Side Story is a 1962 studio album by Oscar Peterson and his trio. The album features jazz interpretations of seven songs from the film West Side Story.
Track listing
"Something's Coming" – 3:57
"Somewhere" – 5:38
"Jet Song" – 7:49
"Tonight" – 4:38
"Maria" – 4:55
"I Feel Pretty" – 4:30
"Reprise" – 3:57
All songs ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Side%20Story%20%28Oscar%20Peterson%20Trio%20album%29 |
Oh the Glory of it All (2005), is a work of non-fiction by Sean Wilsey, published by Penguin Press. A humorous coming-of-age memoir, the book chronicles Wilsey's troubled years growing up in a wealthy and prominent San Francisco family.
External links
Official Penguin Press page for the book
New York Times book revi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%20the%20Glory%20of%20It%20All |
Fernando de Queiroz Scherer (born October 6, 1974) is a Brazilian former international swimmer. He won the bronze medal in the 50-meter freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and another bronze medal four years later in Sydney with the Brazilian relay team in the 4×100-meter freestyle.
Scherer won his first ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Scherer |
Mice in the genus Dendromus are commonly referred to as African climbing mice or tree mice, although these terms are often used to describe all members of the subfamily Dendromurinae. The genus is currently restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, but fossils classified in the genus have been found from Late Miocene deposits... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendromus |
A closeout or clearance sale (closing down sale in the United Kingdom) is a discount sale of inventory either by retail or wholesale. It may be that a product is not selling well, or that the retailer is closing because of relocation, a fire (a fire sale), over-ordering, or especially because of bankruptcy. In the lat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closeout%20%28sale%29 |
Hayden Andrew Penn (born October 13, 1984) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) and in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career
Baltimore Orioles
Born in Santee, California, Penn was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th rou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden%20Penn |
Lee Raymond Baxandall (January 26, 1935 – November 28, 2008) was an American writer, translator, editor, and activist. He was first known for his New Left engagement with cultural topics and then as a leader of the naturist movement.
Early life
Lee R. Baxandall was born on January 26, 1935, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Baxandall |
The black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) is a passerine songbird in the family Monarchidae found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, and also New Guinea (where most birds migrate to during the austral winter; May to August).
Taxonomy and systematics
The black-faced monarch was originally described as Muscic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-faced%20monarch |
The 22nd Dragoons was the title held by five separate Cavalry regiments of the British Army raised and disbanded between 1716 and 1945. The last regiment of this name existed during the Second World War, from 1 December 1940 until 30 November 1945.
History
The first regiment to bear the title 22nd Dragoons was raised ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22nd%20Dragoons |
Ilsley Silias Boone (18791968) was a charismatic speaker, a powerful organizer, a magazine publisher and the founding father of the American Sunbathing Association (ASA)later reorganized as the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR). As a publisher he distributed the first nudist magazine in the United States... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsley%20Boone |
Australis (Latin for southern or of the south) may refer to:
Science and technology
Australis, codename for an updated interface of Mozilla Firefox web browser
Australis (elm hybrid), a type of tree
Commelina virginica L. var. australis, a synonym for Commelina erecta
Terra Australis, or Australis, a hypothetical cont... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australis |
The Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City Pyramid is a proposed Shimizu Corporation project for the construction of a massive self-sustaining arcology-pyramid over Tokyo Bay in Japan that would have businesses, parks, and other services contained within the building. The structure would house 1,000,000 people. The structure would... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu%20Mega-City%20Pyramid |
Equine nasal cysts are abnormal fluid filled sacs which occur inside the nasal sinuses of horses. The cysts are lined with epithelium, and usually occur in the ventral conchae or maxillary sinuses, most commonly in horses less than one year old. Surgical removal of the cyst has a good prognosis for the horse.
Charact... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine%20nasal%20cysts |
The University of Maryland School of Nursing Living History Museum is located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, and is dedicated to sharing the rich history and heritage of the nursing profession. The Museum features hundreds of original objects and photographs, as well as compelling audio and video presentations.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Maryland%20School%20of%20Nursing%20Living%20History%20Museum |
Village Food Stores (known as simply Village on signs) was a chain of supermarkets operating in New Brunswick, Canada, between 1987 and 1995. The chain was formed by wholesaler The Food Group Inc. (FGI) when they bought most Dominion locations in the province after they left the Atlantic Canada market.
Most Village st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village%20Food%20Stores |
Brian Fuller St. Pierre (born November 28, 1979) is a former American football quarterback who is currently the head football coach of St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts. He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Bos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20St.%20Pierre |
Le Jingyi (; born March 19, 1975, in Shanghai) is a former swimmer from China who won the gold medal in the 100 metres freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA.
In 1992, Le won the silver medal in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay (3:40.12) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and also finished 6th in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Jingyi |
Jarret Webster Johnson (born August 14, 1981) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League for twelve seasons. He was drafted in the fourth round (109th overall) in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens and also played for the San Diego Chargers. He played college football fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarret%20Johnson |
The Stardust Awards was an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which was sponsored by Stardust magazine. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. The first ceremony was held in 2004 for films released in 2003. The last awards ceremony happened in 2016, with several Discontinued, Intermittent a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust%20Awards |
Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prolific." A fourteen-time Grammy winner, he has been called “dobro’s ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Douglas |
Kelly Michael Gregg (born November 1, 1976) is a radio personality and a former American football nose tackle. He currently contributes to various radio programs in Oklahoma City on 107.7 "The Franchise". He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ok... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20Gregg |
Hale's Regiment of Militia also known as the 15th New Hampshire Militia Regiment was at Fort Ticonderoga during the spring and summer of 1776 reinforcing the Continental Army garrison. The regiment was again called up on July 21, 1777 at Rindge, New Hampshire for Gen. John Stark's Brigade gathering at Charlestown, New ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale%27s%20Regiment%20of%20Militia |
Rex Ashley Ryan (born December 13, 1962) is an American former football coach and analyst. Ryan was formerly the head coach of the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL), and also held various coaching positions with seven other NFL and college teams.
He and his fraternal twin brother Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex%20Ryan |
Lighthouse is an arts centre in Poole, Dorset, England. According to Arts Council England it is the largest arts centre in the United Kingdom outside London.
It has a 669-seat theatre, a 1,500 seat concert hall, a 150-seat studio, a 105-seat cinema, an Image Lab/media suite, a large gallery for photography and digital... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse%20%28Poole%29 |
The lira (plural: lire) was the currency of the Republic of Lucca until 1800 and again of the Duchy of Lucca between 1826 and 1847. It was subdivided into 20 soldi, each of 3 quattrini or 12 denari.
History
The lira circulated until 1800, when the French franc was introduced, accompanied by the Luccan franc from 1805.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luccan%20lira |
A certificate policy (CP) is a document which aims to state what are the different entities of a public key infrastructure (PKI), their roles and their duties. This document is published in the PKI perimeter.
When in use with X.509 certificates, a specific field can be set to include a link to the associated certifica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate%20policy |
Bob Morton is an electrical engineer and former Chairman/Executive Director of the Naturist Action Committee, an organization dedicated to defending the civil rights of the naturist community.
As editor of publisher who published one of the first club newsletters for the Hill Country Nudists, in addition to writing ab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Morton%20%28naturist%29 |
, birth name Okajima Tōjiro (1773–1828), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist and painter. He was a member of the Utagawa school and studied under Utagawa Toyoharu, the school's founder. His works include a number of ukiyo-e landscape series, as well as many depictions of the daily activities in the Yoshiwara entertainment qu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyohiro |
Byte-oriented framing protocol is "a communications protocol in which full bytes are used as control codes. Also known as character-oriented protocol." For example UART communication is byte-oriented.
The term "character-oriented" is deprecated, since the notion of character has changed. An ASCII character fits to o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte-oriented%20protocol |
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives is a 1989 four-part BBC documentary series concerning the discovery of fossils. It is written and presented by David Attenborough, produced by Mike Salisbury, and was originally broadcast in April 1989. It was made in between the second and third instalments of Attenborough's "Life" series: ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%20Worlds%2C%20Vanished%20Lives |
David Michael Rhys Davies (born 3 March 1985) is a Welsh former competitive swimmer who has represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games, and swam for Great Britain at Summer Olympics, world championships and European championships, winning medals in each of those major international championships. Davies specialised i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Davies%20%28swimmer%29 |
Sara Jorge (born Sara Kofteros on 31 August 1978) is an English singer and songwriter. Also a musician and actress, she has appeared on shows, minor movie parts such as Die Another Day, and on several television shows for Channel 4, Sky One and Sky Sports including ITV1's Daddy's Girl, along with a presenter role on Fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara%20Jorge |
Psionics, in tabletop role-playing games, is a broad category of fantastic abilities originating from the mind, similar to the psychic abilities that some people claim in reality.
Common features
Psionics are primarily distinguished, in most popular gaming systems, by one or more of the following:
Magical or super/me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psionics%20%28role-playing%20games%29 |
Jeffrey Norman Rouse (born February 6, 1970) is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events.
Rouse represented the United States in two consecutive Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, he won a gold med... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Rouse |
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Saeed al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim (; February 1, 1936 – September 3, 2021) was an Iraqi senior Shi'a marja, one of the Big Four Grand Ayatollahs of the Hawza of Najaf and one of the most senior Shia clerics in Iraq after Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Biography
Birth
Grand Ayatollah Saeed al Ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Saeed%20al-Hakim |
The University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College (originally Rio Grande College) is a private university and public community college merged into one institution in Rio Grande, Ohio. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
History
Early history
Ira Haning, a Free Will Baptist minister,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Rio%20Grande |
The franc was the currency of Lucca, issued between 1805 and 1808. It was equivalent to the French franc, alongside which it circulated, and was subdivided into 100 centesimi. In 1808, the French franc replaced local coins at par.
See also Luccan lira
Coins
In 1805, silver 1 and 5 franc coins were introduced, followe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luccan%20franc |
Pa' Que Te Lo Goces was a Puerto Rican variety show directed by Tony Mojena. It aired on Telemundo Puerto Rico. It included comedies, charity campaigns, gossip, news, reality shows, contests, and singers, celebrities, and other special guests. Each section had its own host. The main show was hosted by Luis Raúl and Gri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%27%20Que%20Te%20Lo%20Goces |
Gilbert Whitehand (also Gilbert with the White Hand) is a member of Robin Hood's Merry Men about whom next to nothing is known. It is possible that he is a character known from oral literature, with only allusions remaining in written literature.
He is present twice in A Gest of Robyn Hode, an early Robin Hood ballad ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Whitehand |
Zhangye (), formerly romanized as Changyeh or known as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Inner Mongolia on the north and Qinghai on the south. Its central district is Ganzhou, formerly a city of the Western Xia and one of the most important outpo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhangye |
Tumu is a small town and is the capital of Sissala East district, a district in the Upper West Region of north Ghana, adjacent to the border with Burkina Faso. The Municipality has the population of 80,619 with 39,868 males and 40,751 females according to 2021 population and housing census. The town consists mainly of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumu%2C%20Ghana |
The Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female is chosen by the readers of the annual Stardust magazine. The award honours a star that has made an impact with their acting in that certain film.
Multiple wins
Awards
Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.
References
See also
Stardust A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust%20Award%20for%20Actor%20of%20the%20Year%20%E2%80%93%20Female |
Tinaco or El Tinaco is a small town located in the northern part of the Cojedes State in Venezuela. Population: 25,000. Although it doesn't have any air fields, it can be reached by car through a relatively wide two-lane road on a one-hour drive from Valencia, the capital of the Carabobo State. It is also a 20-minute d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinaco |
Benimaclet () is a former village which is now part of the city of Valencia, Spain. The placename is of Arabic origin dating from Moorish times (Arabic بني مخلد, banī Maḫlad, "sons of Majlad"). It is located in the north east of the city and borders the districts of Orriols in the west, Alboraia in the north, the Unive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benimaclet |
The term score function may refer to:
Scoring rule, in decision theory, measures the accuracy of probabilistic predictions
Score (statistics), the derivative of the log-likelihood function with respect to the parameter
In positional voting, a function mapping the rank of a candidate to the number of points this candi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Score%20function |
Thomas Parke Hughes (September 13, 1923 – February 3, 2014) was an American historian of technology. He was an emeritus professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and a visiting professor at MIT and Stanford.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1953.
Hughes, along with John B. Rae, Ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20P.%20Hughes |
The Stardust Star of the Year Award – Male is chosen by the readers of the annual Stardust magazine. The award honours a star that has made an impact with their acting in a film. The first actor to receive this award was Ajay Devgan in 2003. Amitabh Bachchan has won 4 awards, Akshay Kumar has won 3 awards, while Salman... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust%20Award%20for%20Actor%20of%20the%20Year%20%E2%80%93%20Male |
The Australian reed warbler (Acrocephalus australis) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus and is the only Acrocephalus species native to Australia. It has also been observed in Papua New Guinea and nearby islands. The name Acrocephalus refers to the peaked crown found on reed warblers in this genus and ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20reed%20warbler |
The range of area codes 300-399 is currently reserved for Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit and Zacatecas.
(For other areas, see Area codes in Mexico by code).
3 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area%20codes%20in%20Mexico%20by%20code%20%28300-399%29 |
Climbing mouse may refer to members of the following genera of rodents:
Dendromus, from Africa;
Dendroprionomys (Velvet African Climbing Mouse), from the Republic of the Congo;
Irenomys (Chilean Climbing Mouse), from southwestern South America;
Rhipidomys, from South America;
Vandeleuria, from southern and southeastern... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing%20mouse |
Christopher Anthony Arthur Hancock (5 June 1928 – 29 September 2004) was a British television and theatre actor. He was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. His brother was actor Stephen Hancock. He and his brother trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He was married to Ann Walford; the couple had ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Hancock |
Everyone's a Critic (EaC) was a film community website. It began as an experiment using a collaborative filtering algorithm to obtain film recommendations from people who share similar tastes in film. Over time, this recommendation system website grew into an internet community of cinephiles, critics and reviewers.
Hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyone%27s%20a%20Critic |
Military patrol is a team winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Formerly ski mountaineering was also part of the sport. It is usually contested between countries or military units.
The military patrol competition encompasses 20 km cross-country skiing (15 km for women) and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20patrol |
AIR is a 2,000 capacity superclub located in Digbeth, Birmingham in England. AIR started as a spray shop for buses, when in 2000 the building was bought by Godskitchen and converted into a club, originally named CODE. In June 2003, CODE closed for a complete refit and reopened in late September 2003 under the new name ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIR%20%28nightclub%29 |
Christine Nesbitt (born 17 May 1985) is a Canadian retired long track speed skater who currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. She won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. She had previously won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine%20Nesbitt |
Alexandra Andrea Coomber (née Hamilton; born 28 December 1973) is a British skeleton racer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She won the bronze medal in the women's skeleton event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, while competing with a broken wrist, having broken it in training 10 days prior... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Coomber |
Critical Path is a post-apocalyptic interactive movie adventure video game developed by Mechadeus and published by Media Vision Technology. Critical Path featured real time video which made it appear to be graphically superior to most games of its time. In actuality, the entire game was an interactive movie, where most... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical%20Path%20%28video%20game%29 |
Seneca Foods Corporation is an American food processor and distributor headquartered in Fairport, New York, USA. Seneca Foods Corporation conducts its business almost entirely in food packaging, which contributed to about 98% of the company's fiscal year net sales in 2017. Canned vegetables represented 65%, fruit produ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca%20Foods |
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is an American literary journal, founded in 1998, typically containing short stories, reportage, and illustrations. Some issues also include poetry, comic strips, and novellas. The Quarterly Concern is published by McSweeney's based in San Francisco and it has been edited by Dave E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy%20McSweeney%27s%20Quarterly%20Concern |
Rollins, Inc. is a North American pest control company serving residential and commercial clients. Operating globally through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Orkin, Inc., PCO Services (now Orkin Canada), HomeTeam Pest Defense, Western Pest Services, Industrial Fumigant Company, TruTech, Critter Control, Crane, Waltham, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollins%2C%20Inc. |
The Polish law or legal system in Poland has been developing since the first centuries of Polish history, over 1,000 years ago. The public and private laws of Poland are codified.
The supreme law in Poland is the Constitution of Poland. Poland is a civil law legal jurisdiction and has a civil code, the Civil Code of P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20Poland |
Britonia (which became Bretoña in Galician and Spanish) is the name of a Romano-British settlement on the northern coast of the Iberian peninsula at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. The area is roughly analogous to the northern parts of the modern provinces of A Coruña and Lugo in the autonomous commun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britonia |
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