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Major General Edmund Alfred Drake-Brockman, (21 February 1884 – 1 June 1949) was an Australian soldier, politician, and judge. He served in both the First and Second World Wars. He was a Senator for Western Australia from 1920 to 1926, representing the Nationalist Party, and later served as a judge of the Commonwealth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20Drake-Brockman |
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Douro () is an administrative division in Portugal. It replaced the Comunidade Urbana do Douro, created in 2004. It takes its name from the Douro River. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Vila Real. Douro comprises parts of the former districts of Bragança, Guarda, Vila Real an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douro%20%28intermunicipal%20community%29 |
Sven Oftedal (3 June 1905 – 23 June 1948) was a Norwegian physician and politician, representing the Labour Party. He was Minister of Social Affairs in 1945 and 1945-1948 and a member of the Storting (1945-1948).
Biography
Oftedal was born at Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. He was the son of Lars Oftedal (1877-1932) an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven%20Oftedal%20%28politician%29 |
District 18 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Aransas, Austin, Burleson, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington and Wharton counties, western portions of Fort Bend and Harris counties, and an ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2018 |
TK is a Peruvian pop rock band formed in 2001 by Emilio Pérez de Armas and Edgar Guerra.
Pérez and Guerra met at university. DLater Christopher Farfán, Diego Dibós and Carlos Lescano joined them to form TK.
In 2002 Sony Music awarded TK with Gold and Silver discs for sales of their album in Perú.
In 2003 TK and Zen,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TK%20%28Peruvian%20rock%20band%29 |
Olav Berntsen Oksvik (7 May 1887 – 16 September 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties. He served as a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1928 until 1952 and then as the County Governor of Møre og Romsdal county from 1952 until his death in 1958.
In 1928 he helped lau... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olav%20Oksvik |
Mike Solari (born January 16, 1955) is an American football coach and former player. Solari has previously worked for five other National Football League (NFL) teams, including a stint as offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs from 2006 to 2007. He played collegiately as an offensive lineman at San Diego State... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Solari |
Marty Ehrlich (born May 31, 1955) is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) and is considered one of the leading figures in avant-garde jazz.
Biography
Though born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the portion of Ehrlich's youth spent in St. Louis, Missouri, was particularly important. As a high school student ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty%20Ehrlich |
The Viewliner is a single-level railroad car type operated by Amtrak on most long-distance routes operating east of Chicago. The first production cars, consisting of an order of 50 sleeping cars, entered service in 1994. From 2015-2016, 70 Viewliner II baggage cars entered service. The new baggage cars are used on all ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viewliner |
Jan Henry Tungeland Olsen (20 August 1956 – 10 July 2018) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Fisheries from 1992 to 1996. He got the nickname "No-fish Olsen" during the negotiations of a possible membership for Norway in the European Union, when he said he was not going to give a single... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Henry%20T.%20Olsen |
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) is a national, non-profit, charitable organization devoted to the advancement of astronomy and related sciences. At present, there are 30 local branches of the Society, called Centres, in towns and cities across the country from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Victoria, Brit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Astronomical%20Society%20of%20Canada |
Peter Nathaniel Stearns (born March 3, 1936) is a professor at George Mason University, where he was provost from January 1, 2000 to July 2014.
Stearns was chair of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and also served as the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (now named Dietrich C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Stearns |
A love deity is a deity in mythology associated with romance, sex, lust, or sexuality. Love deities are common in mythology and may be found in many polytheistic religions. Female sex goddesses are often associated with beauty and other traditionally feminine attributes.
Sub-Sahara Africa
Western African-Congo
Efik... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20love%20and%20lust%20deities |
Pakistan Under-19 cricket team are twice (2004 and 2006) Cricket World Champions at the under-19 level. Their second win made them the first, and to date only, back-to-back champions. They are also 3 time runners-up (1988, 2010 & 2014) and have finished 3rd place 4 times (2000, 2008, 2018 & 2020).
Tournament history
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan%20national%20under-19%20cricket%20team |
Johan Ulrik Olsen (2 August 1885 – 4 October 1963) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
He was born in Hitteren as a son of farmer Peder Olsen (1847–1933) og Dorothea Hesnes (1848–1931). He became a journeyman carpenter in 1899, at the age of 14, and worked in that field until 1914, when he started his own... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrik%20Olsen |
Parks College may refer to:
Parks College, Oxford, a graduate college of the University of Oxford, established in 2019
Parks College, one of multiple colleges combined to make Everest College
Parks College Airline
Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology at Saint Louis University | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks%20College |
Olaj Johan Olsen (6 April 1851 – 16 June 1920) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
He made a career as a civil servant in various government ministries. He was later promoted to serve as Minister of Justice and the Police and Minister of Finance and Customs in 1888 and 1889, member of the Council of State Division ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaj%20Olsen |
Maryland Route 103 (MD 103) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from St. Johns Lane in Ellicott City east to Parkway Drive South in Hanover. MD 103 serves as the local complement to MD 100 from Ellicott City in northeastern Howard County through Dorsey to Hanover in northwestern An... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20103 |
Michael David Martin Sr. (born February 12, 1944) is the former head baseball coach of the Florida State Seminoles baseball team. Martin is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division I college baseball. Upon the completion of his career, Martin had compiled a record of 2,029 wins, 736 losses and four ties over 40... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Martin%20%28baseball%20coach%29 |
Delian League is a metal band from New Jersey. In 2005 they released their album titled Truth in Chaos.
The members of Delian League are:
Jude Andrade – Vocals
Shane Boulos – Bass
Richard Broadhead – Guitar
David Hatfield – Guitar
Joe Dooling – Drums
References
External links
Billboard.com
Delian League MySpace
Hea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delian%20League%20%28band%29 |
Trygve Jens Asbjørn Olsen (11 November 1921 – 17 April 1979) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
He was born in Måsøy.
Trygve Olsen was the son of Parliament member Johannes Olai Olsen, but was not elected to parliament. Instead, he worked as a fisher from 1939. He was a member of the board in Norges Råf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trygve%20Olsen |
Wolfbrigade (formerly Wolfpack) is a Swedish hardcore punk band formed in 1995 by Jocke Rydbjer, Frank Johansen, Erik Norberg, Marcus "M. Psykfall" Johansson and the vocalist Tomas Jonsson (known for being part of the local crust punk band Anti Cimex) their line-up has included members of Asta Kask, To What End?, Cosa ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfbrigade |
Chibuzor "Chib" Chilaka (born 21 October 1986) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Matlock Town in the Northern Premier League.
Career
Chilaka began his football career at Rushden & Diamonds in 2002, spending two years at the club's academy. In 2004, Chilaka joined Notts County after Notts County youth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibuzor%20Chilaka |
Gene Wojciechowski () is an American sports writer, best known for his work with ESPN.
Born in Salina, Kansas, Wojciechowski received a bachelor's degree in communications and journalism from the University of Tennessee and began his career as a sports writer covering college football and college basketball. His work ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Wojciechowski |
Malcolm "Cam" Cameron (born February 6, 1961) is an American football coach. He is the former offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the LSU Tigers football program. Cameron attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and played quarterback for the school. Cameron began his coaching career in the NCAA... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam%20Cameron |
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn (5 April 1844 – 3 November 1915) was a Norwegian military officer and politician.
Olssøn was born in Horten in Vestfold, Norway. He was the son of Edvard Olssøn (1820–1867) and Leonore Rebecca Bredal (1820–1910). He received a military education at the Norwegian Military Acade... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm%20Olss%C3%B8n |
The building form most closely associated with New York City is the skyscraper, which has shifted many commercial and residential districts from low-rise to high-rise. Surrounded mostly by water, the city has amassed one of the largest and most varied collection of skyscrapers in the world.
New York has architecturall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture%20of%20New%20York%20City |
The Diocese of Down and Connor, (; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Armagh. The See is vacant; Bishop Donal McKeown (Bishop of Derry) is currently th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Down%20and%20Connor |
Alan or Allan Cox may refer to:
Alan Cox (computer programmer) (born 1968), British computer programmer and Linux developer
Alan Cox (actor) (born 1970), English actor
Alan Cox (footballer) (1920–1993), footballer for Tranmere Rovers
Alan Cox (radio personality) (born 1971), radio host
Allan Cox (author) (1937–201... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Cox |
Anton Thorkildsen Omholt (7 November 1861 – 11 February 1925) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Liberal Party. He served for a time as the editor of the Dagbladet newspaper. He served as the County Governor of Nordland county from 1908 until 1913. In 1913, the Prime Minister of Norway, Gunnar Knudse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20Thorkildsen%20Omholt |
Michael Brüggeman(n) (; ; 1583, Stolp – 1654) was a German Lutheran pastor, preacher and translator living in the town of Schmolsin (Smołdzino), Duchy of Pomerania. He was born in Stolp (now Słupsk).
Acting on the request of the last Griffin duchess, Anna von Croy, Brüggemann translated several liturgical texts, hymna... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Br%C3%BCggemann |
The Oxford Bach Choir is an amateur choir based in Oxford, England. Founded by Basil Harwood in 1896 to further the music of J. S. Bach in Oxford, the Choir merged in 1905 with the Oxford Choral & Philharmonic Society, whose origins can be traced back to 1819. Oxford Bach Choir therefore has a choral tradition which ex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford%20Bach%20Choir |
Onar Selmer Onarheim (15 October 1910 – 2 April 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Kvinnherad.
Onarheim served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland, during the terms 1961–1965 and 1965–1969. From August to September 1963, he serve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onar%20Onarheim |
Gyeonggi Academy of Foreign Languages, or GAFL (경기외국어고등학교, 京畿外國語高等學校) is a foreign language high school located in Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. It is equipped with two student dormitories, each for different genders,
with its own dormitory inspectors as staff. Students are divided into eight classes per grade by lang... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyeonggi%20Academy%20of%20Foreign%20Languages |
Amélie may refer to:
Amélie (given name)
Amélie, a 2001 French film
Amélie (soundtrack) from the film
Amélie (musical), a musical based on the 2001 film
Ameli.fr, official website of the French national health insurance office
French frigate Amélie (1808), a 46-gun Pallas-class frigate of the French Navy
"Ame... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Kjell Olav Opseth (2 January 1936 – 3 December 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Transport and Communications 1990–1996 and Minister of Local Government Affairs 1996–1997. As Transport Minister, he once observed of advertising hoardings featuring model Anna Nicole Smith that "on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjell%20Opseth |
Monforte de Moyuela is a town and municipality in Aragon, located in the comarca of Jiloca, in the province of Teruel. According to the 2005 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 76 inhabitants, with an area of 47.77 km² and a density of 1.58.
The municipality is 121 kilometres from Teruel, the provincial... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monforte%20de%20Moyuela |
Riding Giants is a 2004 documentary film produced by Agi Orsi and directed and narrated by Stacy Peralta, a famous skater/surfer. The movie traces the origins of surfing and specifically focuses on the art of big wave riding. Some of the featured surfers are Greg Noll, Laird Hamilton, and Jeff Clark, and surfing pionee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding%20Giants |
Colostethus is a genus of poison dart frogs native to Central and South America, from Panama south to Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. Their common name is rocket frogs, but this name may refer to frogs in other genera and families, following the taxonomic revision of the genus in 2006.
Taxonomy
Formerly, the gen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colostethus |
The following three lists of generic and genericized trademarks are:
marks which were originally legally protected trademarks, but have been genericized and have lost their legal status due to becoming generic terms,
marks which have been abandoned and are now generic terms
marks which are still legally protected as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20generic%20and%20genericized%20trademarks |
Tanja Frieden (born 6 February 1976, in Bern) is a Swiss snowboarder. She won a gold medal in the inaugural Snowboard Cross competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
In the Snowboard Cross finals at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Frieden was in second place well behind the American Lindsey Jacobellis, when the latter crashe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanja%20Frieden |
David William Strangway, (June 7, 1934 – December 13, 2016) was a Canadian geophysicist and university administrator. Strangway was the founder, first President and first Chancellor of Quest University Canada, a private non-profit liberal arts and sciences university in Squamish, British Columbia which opened in Sept... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Strangway |
Helga Pedersen (born 13 January 1973) is a Norwegian politician, former Minister, and member of the Storting, who served as the deputy leader for the Labour Party from 2007 to 2015. A native of Sør-Varanger, she served between 2003 and 2005 as the County Mayor of the northernmost Finnmark county. From 2005 to 2009 she ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helga%20Pedersen%20%28Norway%29 |
District 19 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Brewster, Crockett, Dimmitt, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Real, Reeves, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala counties, and portions of Bexar and Atascosa counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The district is currently ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2019 |
Alexander Valerievich Radulov (; born 5 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey player for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He had previously had two separate stints with the Nashville Predators, the NHL team which had drafted him, from 2006 to 2008 and again in 2012, as well one season wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Radulov |
Tâmega Subregion () is a former NUTS3 subregion, part of the NUTS2 region of Norte Region, Portugal. It was abolished at the January 2015 NUTS 3 revision. Its name derives from the Tâmega River that crosses through the subregion. With 558,000 inhabitants (2005) it is the fourth most populated subregion in Portugal. It ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2mega%20Subregion |
Rudolf Elias Peersen (28 April 1868 – 5 February 1949) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician.
Peersen was born in Kristiansand on 28 April 1868, the son of Jens P. Peersen and Tomine Margrethe Ommundsen. He studied law at the University of Kristiania from 1888 to 1892. He became active in politics on the left, both lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf%20Elias%20Peersen |
Treorchy Male Choir, also known as Treorchy Male Voice Choir, is a choir based in Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley, Wales, United Kingdom.
History
Choirs have existed in the Rhondda Valley for more than a 150 years and Treorchy is one of the best known from the area. One of its first male choirs was formed in the Red C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treorchy%20Male%20Choir |
Louis Notari (Monaco, 1879–1961) was a Monégasque poet, who was the pioneer of Monégasque literature. He wrote in the French and Monégasque languages.
Principal writings
He wrote in 1931 the final version of the text of the Monaco national anthem and he is considered as the first writer in Monégasque; before him, the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Notari |
Fuenferrada is a town and municipality in Aragon, located in the comarca of Cuencas Mineras, in the province of Teruel. According to the 2005 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 43 inhabitants, with an area of 24.22 km2 and a density of 1.77.
The municipality is 73 kilometres from Teruel, the provincial... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuenferrada |
Pontanus may refer to:
a Latin pen name of the German Lutheran pastor Michael Brüggemann (1583 – 1654)
the Italian humanist Giovanni Gioviano Pontano, commonly known as Iovianus Pontanus
Johan Isaksson Pontanus, author of the 1631 Rerum danicarum historia
Pontanus (crater)
Pontanus (bug), see List of Tingini gen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontanus |
Disfear is a Swedish crust punk band that formed in the early 1990s and recorded sporadically over the years. After releasing the albums Soul Scars in 1995 and Everyday Slaughter in 1997, the group did not release another album until 2003 with a 12-track album, Misanthropic Generation, featuring vocalist Tomas Lindberg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disfear |
Kristian Friis Petersen (17 September 1867 – 5 April 1932) was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1914–1916 and Minister of Trade 1916–1919.
Kristian became a student from Ålesund Latin School in 1886. In 1891 he attended a Candidate of Law degree and then attended the Sorenskriver in Søre Sunnmøre until he bega... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian%20Friis%20Petersen |
Soundlab was a collective of artists, both sound and visual, that started in the East Village, New York City around the mid 1990s. The founding members were Howard Goldkrand, Beth Coleman and Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky. The collective included many musicians and artists from the Illbient scene including DJ Olive, L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundlab |
Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj (4 November 1889 – 11 February 1942) was an Indian industrialist. He founded the Bajaj Group of companies in the 1920s, and the group now has 24 companies, including six that are listed on the bourses. He was also a close and beloved associate of Mahatma Gandhi, who is known to have often declare... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamnalal%20Bajaj |
The Strand Station, also referred to as Auckland Strand Station, is a railway station located on the eastern edge of the Auckland CBD. It serves as the long-distance railway station for Auckland. It is the northern terminus of the Northern Explorer service between Auckland and Wellington, and the northern terminus for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Strand%20Station |
Jakob Martin Pettersen (11 April 1899 – 8 February 1970) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and Minister of Transport and Communications 1952–1955.
Born in Bergen to a factory worker and his wife, Pettersen studied chemistry at Bergen tekniske skole (now part of Bergen University College). He started work... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob%20Martin%20Pettersen |
The Chattanooga Times Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is distributed in the metropolitan Chattanooga region of southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It is one of Tennessee's major newspapers and is owned by WEHCO Media, Inc., a diversified communications co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattanooga%20Times%20Free%20Press |
The Morriston Orpheus Choir (), based in Morriston, near Swansea, Wales, is a male voice choir, one of the best-known in the UK.
History
The Choir was formed on April 23, 1935, by Ivor E. Sims and in its early days concentrated primarily on competitions and local concerts. In 1937, the Choir achieved its first success... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morriston%20Orpheus%20Choir |
Oddrunn Kristine Helene Pettersen (5 March 1937 – 30 November 2002) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party who served as Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs from April to October 1989, and Minister of Fisheries from 1990 to 1992.
References
1937 births
2002 deaths
Government ministers of Norway
M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddrunn%20Pettersen |
Antiochia ad Cragum () also known as Antiochetta or Latin: Antiochia Parva (meaning "Little Antiochia") is an ancient Hellenistic city on Mount Cragus overlooking the Mediterranean coast, in the region of Cilicia, in Anatolia. In modern-day Turkey the site is encompassed in the village of Güneyköy, District of Gazipaşa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochia%20ad%20Cragum |
Ross University may refer to:
Ross University School of Medicine, a medical school offering the Doctor of Medicine degree
Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinary school in St. Kitts offering the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20University |
Frederik Christian Stoud Platou (17 February 1811 – 23 June 1891) was a Norwegian legal scholar, Supreme Court justice, district stipendiary magistrate and politician.
Personal life
He was born in Christiania as a son of educator, professor, politician and State Secretary Ludvig Stoud Platou (1749–1815) and his wife K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik%20Christian%20Stoud%20Platou |
StarTomorrow was an online-only musical talent search created by NBC and music executive Tommy Mottola produced by 25/7 Productions in association with CenterStaging and Rehearsals.Com.
History
NBC announced that it would air StarTomorrow in February 2006. Mottola severed his relationship with the show in June 2006, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTomorrow |
Souleymane Adama Diamouténé (born 30 January 1983) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Diamouténé was born in Sikasso. He spent his professional career in Italy, moving in the country after being noted by an Udinese scout. He then trained with the zebrette under-19 squad fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souleymane%20Diamout%C3%A9n%C3%A9 |
CutePDF is a proprietary Portable Document Format converter and editor for Microsoft Windows developed by Acro Software. CutePDF Writer can create PDF files, and CutePDF Form Filler can edit simple PDF forms so that they can be sent without using more expensive PDF authoring software.
CutePDF can convert documents, i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CutePDF |
Rolf Presthus (29 July 1936 – 1 January 1988) was a Norwegian politician and lawyer, who was chairman of the Norwegian Conservative Party from 1986 to 1988.
Presthus served as Minister of Finance 1981–1986, and Minister of Defence in 1986. He was a member of parliament from Akershus from 1969 to 1988, and mayor of Opp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf%20Presthus |
Mary Losseff (also Mara Loseff); (13 March 1907, Vladivostok – 3 July 1972, London) was a Russian-born British singer and film actress.
Life and career
Losseff was the stage, screen and life partner of the Austrian tenor Richard Tauber from 1929 to the mid-1930s, and Tauber's close friend until his death in 1948. She ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Losseff |
Valley Ranch is a master-planned development in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving. The name comes from the fact that the land it sits upon was formerly a working cattle ranch and is located below a large ridge, and thus resembles a valley.
History
Like much of the rest of Irving, the Valley Ranch development was for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley%20Ranch%2C%20Irving%2C%20Texas |
Cool Blue is a 1989 American romantic comedy film directed by Mark Mullin and Richard Shepard, and stars Woody Harrelson, Hank Azaria, Ely Pouget, and Sean Penn.
Plot
An aspiring painter named Dustin Pennett is on a search for love, sex, and inspiration when he meets a woman named Christiane at an art gallery. They s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool%20Blue |
Anton Frederik Winter Jakhelln Prytz (14 February 1878 – 19 February 1945) was a Norwegian politician.
Prytz was born in Oslo. He was minister of finance in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling 1942–1945. Prytz died from cancer before the end of war.
He was the brother of Milda Dorothea Prytz.
References
1878 birt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik%20Prytz |
Torolf Prytz (26 December 1858 – 16 June 1938) was a Norwegian architect, goldsmith and politician for the Liberal Party. He led the goldsmith company J. Tostrup of Oslo from 1890 to 1938, having inherited it from his grandfather-in-law Jacob Tostrup. He also served as Norwegian Minister of Industrial Provisioning from... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torolf%20Prytz |
This is a timeline of first orbital launches by country. While a number of countries, incl. Canada, Australia, Germany, Brazil, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Argentina, Italy, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, the Philippines, Egypt, Spain, Mexico, Thailand and Chile, have built or launched satellites, as of 2022, eleven ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20first%20orbital%20launches%20by%20country |
"Mama" is a song recorded by Italian balladeer Umberto Tozzi and American pop star Laura Branigan. Renowned throughout Italy, Tozzi's melodic and romantic music was largely unheard outside his native country until Branigan discovered his songs and gave them dramatic reinterpretations.
Originally written by Tozzi and G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama%20%28Umberto%20Tozzi%20and%20Laura%20Branigan%20song%29 |
Bob Sanders (born December 5, 1953) is an American football coach. He was previously the defensive coordinator for the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). He coached the Buffalo Bills from 2009 to 2012 after coaching for four years with the Green Bay Packers, four years with the Miami Dolphins a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Sanders%20%28American%20football%20coach%29 |
This is a list of notable people from the Commonwealth of Dominica. The list include also individuals with Dominican ancestry and citizenship.
Politics
Presidents
Nicholas Liverpool
Charles Savarin
Clarence Seignoret
Vernon Shaw
Crispin Sorhaindo
Alwin Bully (created or artist of the national flag of Dominica)
Prim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Dominica |
Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (born 9 August 1953) is a former speed skater from Norway.
Short biography
Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Sten Stensen, and Jan Egil Storholt, Kay Stenshjemmet was one of the legendary four S-es (which sounds like "four aces" in Norwegian), four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay%20Stenshjemmet |
Thomas Arthur Spragens ( ; April 25, 1917 – February 11, 2006) was an American administrator who was the 17th president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Spragens worked for the state and federal government early in his career, before joining the staff at Stanford Univer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20A.%20Spragens |
Terence Dale "Buffin" Griffin (24 October 1948 – 17 January 2016) was an English drummer and a founding member of 1970s rock band Mott the Hoople. Later, he worked as a producer, and produced many of the BBC Radio 1 John Peel sessions from 1981 to 1994.
Life and career
Born in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, Griffin atten... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale%20Griffin |
The Blaser R93 Tactical is a German bolt action sniper rifle, based on the Blaser R93 design. It has as variants the Blaser LRS 2 and Tactical 2. It is used by German and Dutch police forces as well as the Australian military and special police units. The rifles were manufactured by the German firearms manufacturer Bla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaser%20R93%20Tactical |
The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Minho () is an administrative division in northern Portugal. It is situated between the Minho River and Lima River. It was created in October 2008. Since January 2015, Alto Minho is also the designation of a NUTS3 subregion of Norte Region, that covers the same area as the intermun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto%20Minho |
The Great Guinness Toast is an annual event that takes place across the world on, according to Guinness, on 13 February but evolved to be the 3rd Friday of February each year. The event is considered to have repeatedly broken the world record for largest toast.
There is much confusion concerning the actual date of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Guinness%20Toast |
Ole Anton Qvam (5 August 1834 – 8 July 1904) was a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal politician, who was the Norwegian minister of Justice 1891–1893, 1898–1899 and 1900–1902, minister of the Interior 1899–1900, as well as head of the ministry of Auditing, ministry of Agriculture and ministry of Justice in 1900, and Norwegia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole%20Anton%20Qvam |
We Can't Be Stopped is the third studio album by Geto Boys, released on July 9, 1991. It was among their most successful records in terms of units sold. The album is analysed track-by-track by Geto Boys in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique. We Can't Be Stopped was certified Platinum in early 1992.
Recording
We ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%20Can%27t%20Be%20Stopped |
El Pescadero is a small village in the municipality of La Paz in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.
It is located at km 64 on Federal Highway 19 on the Pacific Ocean about 8 kilometers South of Todos Santos which is about a one-hour drive north of Cabo San Lucas. The Mexican census of 2020 reported a populati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Pescadero |
The Blaser R93 is a straight-pull action precision rifle offered in a multitude of calibers and barrel lengths manufactured by the German firearms manufacturer Blaser. Designed by Blasers' designer Mr. Meinhard Zeh in 1993, it had a number of features rare on modern hunting rifles, including a manual cocking system and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaser%20R93 |
Just Knud Qvigstad (4 April 1853 – 15 March 1957) was a Norwegian philologist, linguist, ethnographer, historian and cultural historian. He was also a headmaster in Tromsø, and a politician for the Conservative Party who served as mayor of Tromsø and as Minister of Education and Church Affairs.
Personal life
He was bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just%20Knud%20Qvigstad |
District 20 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Brooks, Jim Wells counties and portions of Hidalgo and Nueces counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator from District 20 is Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa.
Top 5 biggest cities in district
District 20 has a population of 833,33... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2020 |
Chludov Psalter (; Moscow, Hist. Mus. MS. D.129) is an illuminated marginal Psalter made in the middle of the 9th Century. It is a unique monument of Byzantine art at the time of the Iconoclasm, one of only three illuminated Byzantine Psalters to survive from the 9th century.
According to one tradition, the miniature... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chludov%20Psalter |
Liudmila Andreyevna Privivkova () (born 13 September 1986 in Moscow; also spelled Ludmila or Liudmilla, but she spells it Liudmila) is a curler (Skip) from Russia.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, she was the skip for the Russian team. Apart from the national team, she plays for the Moskvitch Curling Clu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liudmila%20Privivkova |
Henry Fletcher may refer to:
Sir Henry Fletcher, 1st Baronet, of Hutton le Forest (died 1645)
Sir Henry Fletcher, 3rd Baronet, of Hutton le Forest (1661–1712), English MP for Cockermouth
Henry Fletcher (engraver) (fl. 1710–1750), English engraver
Sir Henry Fletcher, 1st Baronet, of Clea Hall (1727–1807), British MP fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Fletcher |
Chamberlain University is a private for-profit healthcare and nursing school with locations across the United States and online programs. It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in nursing and a public health master's degree. It is a subsidiary of Adtalem Global Education, formerly DeVry Education... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamberlain%20University |
The Battle of Paducah was fought on March 25, 1864, during the American Civil War. A Confederate cavalry force led by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest moved into Tennessee and Kentucky to capture Union supplies. Tennessee had been occupied by Union troops since 1862. He launched a successful raid on Paducah, Kentucky, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Paducah |
Joanna Bruzdowicz (17 May 1943 – 3 November 2021) was a Polish composer.
Life
Born in Warsaw, Bruzdowicz studied at the Warsaw Music High School, at the State Higher School of Music (composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and piano with Irena Protasiewicz and Wanda Osakiewicz); she earned her M.A. in 1966. She continued ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna%20Bruzdowicz |
Pescadero is the Spanish word for 'fishmonger'.
Pescadero may also refer to:
Places
Pescadero, California, USA, a town in San Mateo County, California
Pescadero State Beach
El Pescadero, Baja California Sur, Mexico, a coastal town north of Cabo San Lucas
Punta Pescadero, Baja California Sur, Mexico, a point of la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescadero |
Colin Stanley Gum (4 June 1924 – 29 April 1960) was an Australian astronomer known for his cataloguing of emission nebulae and the publication of his findings.
Early life and education
Gum was born at Quambi Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, son of Stanley Sturt Edgar Gum and Ivy Olive (née Storr), of Appila, Sou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin%20Stanley%20Gum |
District 21 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that currently serves all of Bee, Caldwell, Duval, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, and Zapata and portions of Atascosa, Bexar, Guadalupe, Hays, and Travis counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
The current Senator... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Senate%2C%20District%2021 |
Fred Garrigus Holloway (1898-1988) was an American bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1960. He also served as president of Western Maryland College (1935–47) and Drew University (1948–60).
Education
Holloway graduated in 1918 from Western Maryland College (now renamed McDaniel College), then earned a B.D. from... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Garrigus%20Holloway |
Antiochia Lamotis (), Antiochia in Isauria (), or Antiochia super Cragum is a Hellenistic city in ancient Cilicia, Anatolia at the mouth of Lamos (or Lamus) river. The site is on the coast a few km southwest of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey.
During Roman times, it was capital of the Lamotis Region, Cilicia. The tow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochia%20Lamotis |
Carcegna is a small village located above the eastern shore of Lake Orta, at an altitude of 490m, in the Province of Novara, Piedmont, Italy.
Administratively a frazione of the commune of Miasino, it has 260 inhabitants, called Carcegnesi. Its patron saint is Saint Peter, celebrated on 29 June.
Archaeological excava... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcegna |
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