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Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet, (10 October 1820 – 2 February 1893) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament for several constituencies.
Life
A member of an ancient Sussex family, Barttelot was the son of George Barttelot and his wife Emma (née Woodbridge). He wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20Walter%20Barttelot%2C%201st%20Baronet |
Burke High School can refer to:
Omaha Burke High School in Omaha, Nebraska
Burke High School (South Carolina) in Charleston, South Carolina
Burke High School (South Dakota) in Burke, South Dakota
Burke High School (Massachusetts) in Boston, Massachusetts
John S. Burke Catholic High School ("Burke Catholic"), Goshen, O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke%20High%20School |
James Michael Lyngdoh (born 8 February 1939) is an Indian civil servant and was Chief Election Commissioner of India from 14 June 2001 to 7 February 2004. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2003.
Early life
Of Khasi origin, Lyngdoh hails from the northeastern state of Meghalaya. He did ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Michael%20Lyngdoh |
Gerhard Wagner (18 August 1888 – 25 March 1939) was the first Reich Doctors' Leader (Reichsärzteführer) in the time of Nazi Germany.
Life
Pre-Nazism
Born a surgery professor's son, he studied medicine in Munich and served as a doctor at the front in World War I (1914–1918). Among other things, he was awarded the Iro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard%20Wagner%20%28physician%29 |
Annius of Viterbo (; 5 January 143713 November 1502) was an Italian Dominican friar, scholar, and historian, born Giovanni Nanni in Viterbo. He is now remembered for his fabrications.
He entered the Dominican Order early in life. He obtained the degree of Master of Theology from the studium generale at Santa Maria sop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annius%20of%20Viterbo |
Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 "most influential" global Indian women.
Early and personal life
Kiran Desai is the da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran%20Desai |
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack is a 2D game show-style party video game and is a sequel to the 1998 video game South Park, itself based on the American animated sitcom of the same name. Developed by Acclaim Studios Austin and published by Acclaim Entertainment, it was released in 1999 for the Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Park%3A%20Chef%27s%20Luv%20Shack |
Giovanni Nanni may refer to:
Annio da Viterbo, Dominican friar and forger of documents
Giovanni da Udine, painter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni%20Nanni |
Māhoenui is a small community in the western North Island of New Zealand, on the Awakino River, near Piopio and Te Kuiti.
History
The Croall family lived on the Awakino River in the 1920s and 1930s, eventually having to leave the land as uneconomic to survive by traditional farming methods. Charles Croall, sr., reloca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81hoenui |
The Newspaper is the largest independent student newspaper in Canada with circulation on and around the University of Toronto. It has been published by non-profit corporation Planet Publications Inc. and financially self-supported since its founding in 1978. It was briefly circulated as The Independent Weekly before re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Newspaper |
James "Jim" Wilson is a fictional character, a supporting character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a supporting character of the Hulk.
He was portrayed by P.J. Kerr in a cameo in the 2008 Marvel Cinematic Universe film The Incredible Hulk.
Publication history
Created by Roy Thomas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Wilson%20%28comics%29 |
A mining simulator is a type of simulation used for entertainment as well as in training purposes for mining companies. These simulators replicate elements of real-world mining operations on surrounding screens displaying three-dimensional imagery, motion platforms, and scale models of typical and atypical mining envir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining%20simulator |
The Swansea Devil, also called Old Nick, is a wood carving of the Devil in Swansea, Wales. It was carved by an architect whose designs for St. Mary's Church had been rejected by a committee. Some years later when designing an office building across the road, he placed a carving of Satan facing the church and prophesied... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea%20Devil |
Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The competition was held in the patinoire olympique of Pralognan-la-Vanoise, a venue about 50 km from the host city, Albertville. The 1992 Winter Games was the third time curling was a demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics.
Medal summary
Medal table... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling%20at%20the%201992%20Winter%20Olympics |
Abdur Razzak (23 January 1942 – 21 August 2017) (known as Razzak) was a Bangladeshi actor and film director. He was dubbed Nayak Raj Razzak (King of Heroes), a term introduced by Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury, editor of the magazine Chitrali. Razzak won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor five times for his roles... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdur%20Razzak%20%28actor%29 |
Osceola High School may refer to:
Osceola High School (Arkansas) in Osceola, Arkansas
Osceola High School (Seminole, Florida) in Seminole, Florida
Osceola High School (Kissimmee, Florida) in Kissimmee, Florida
Osceola High School (Nebraska) in Osceola, Nebraska
Osceola High School (Wisconsin) in Osceola, Wisconsin
Osc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osceola%20High%20School |
4011 may refer to:
4011, a 4000-series integrated circuit consisting of quad 2-input NAND gates
4011, the PLU code for bananas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4011 |
Myshimarina (Marina) Papaelia (, born c. 1931) was the first runner-up of Miss Egypt 1953. Papelia was sent to represent Egypt at Miss World 1953 when the winner, Antigone Costanda was unable to participate in the pageant. Papaelia finished at third place.
According to Eric Morley's 1967 book, "The Miss World Story",... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina%20Papaelia |
HMAS Larrakia (ACPB 84) is an Armidale-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
The Armidale-class patrol boats are long, with a beam of , a draught of , and a standard displacement of 270 tons. The semi-displacement vee hull is fabricated from aluminium alloy, and each vessel is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS%20Larrakia%20%28ACPB%2084%29 |
Abraham Izak Perold, Ph.D. (20 October 1880 – 11 December 1941) was a South African chemist and viticulturist. Educated in South Africa and Germany, Perold is best known for developing the Pinotage grape variety in 1925 through crossing Pinot noir and Cinsault. Dr. Perold also introduced 177 grape varieties into South ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20Izak%20Perold |
Lucky 13 is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Chris Hall and starring Brad Hunt, Harland Williams, Lauren Graham, Sasha Alexander, Debra Jo Rupp, John Doe, Kaley Cuoco and Taryn Manning.
Plot
This film is about Zach Baker and his quest to go back through his past experiences with women so he will have t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky%2013 |
Anchor Stone Blocks () are components of stone construction sets made in Rudolstadt, Germany, marketed as a construction toy.
Description
Anchor Stone pieces are made of a mixture of quartz sand, chalk, and linseed oil (German Patent 13,770; US Patent 233,780), precisely pressed in molds so that they fit together per... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor%20Stone%20Blocks |
Outlaw is the name of two different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Outlaw named Nigel Higgins is England's version of Punisher that first appeared in Punisher (vol. 2) #64 and was created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Douglas Braithwaite. The second Outla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw%20%28comics%29 |
Brian Orend is the Director of International Studies and a professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.
Orend's works focus on just war theory and human rights. He is best known for his discussions of jus post bellum (justice after war), which deals with the termination phase of war.
W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Orend |
Alan Levin may refer to:
Alan Levin (business), former CFO of Pfizer
Alan Levin (filmmaker), filmmaker
Alan Levin (internet governance), policy, research and development specialist involved in global Internet Governance
Alan Levin (radio) (known on-air as Brother Wease), American radio personality
See also
Al Levi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Levin |
HMAS Bathurst (ACPB 85), named for the city of Bathurst, New South Wales, is an Armidale class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
The Armidale class patrol boats are long, with a beam of , a draught of , and a standard displacement of 270 tons. The semi-displacement vee hull is f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS%20Bathurst%20%28ACPB%2085%29 |
Bouteloua gracilis, the blue grama, is a long-lived, warm-season (C4) perennial grass, native to North America.
It is most commonly found from Alberta, Canada, east to Manitoba and south across the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and U.S. Midwest states, onto the northern Mexican Plateau in Mexico.
Blue grama accounts... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouteloua%20gracilis |
USS Burton Island (AG-88) was a United States Navy Wind-class icebreaker that was later recommissioned in the United States Coast Guard as the USCGC Burton Island (WAGB-283). She was named after an island near the coast of Delaware.
Construction
Burton Island was one of the icebreakers designed by Lt Cdr Edward Thiel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC%20Burton%20Island |
St. Joseph Bay is a bay on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The bay is located in Gulf County between Apalachicola and Panama City. Port St. Joe is located on St. Joseph Bay.
St. Joseph Bay is bounded on the east by the mainland, on the south by Cape San Blas, and on the west by the St. Joseph Peninsula. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Joseph%20Bay |
Cantueso is a liquor made in the Spanish province of Alicante.
It is obtained from the distillation of the flowers and peduncle (botany) of the thyme plant Thymus moroderi and grain alcohol. Cantueso typically contains between 25% and 35% alcohol, with 100 grams of sugar per liter, giving it its characteristic, very s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantueso |
William Charles Winshaw (1871-1968), was an American physician who created Stellenbosch Farmer's Winery (SFW) in South Africa in 1935. He was born in Kentucky, USA on 21 November 1871 and died in South Africa on 11 March 1968. He also co-owned the Oude Libertas vineyard there and produced Lieberstein, a dry white wine.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Charles%20Winshaw |
Bouteloua is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths produced a 1912 monograph on the genus.
Description
Bouteloua includes both annua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouteloua |
Camden Park is the name of several different locations:
Australia
Camden Park, New South Wales, Australia, an outer suburb of Sydney, near Camden
Camden Park Estate, New South Wales, Australia, a property owned by John Macarthur, near Camden
Camden Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
United Kingdom
Camde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden%20Park |
"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones. Written by drummer Tommy Ramone, it was released on the first Ramones album. It was also released as the Ramones' second single, following "Blitzkrieg Bop."
Background
"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" is the fourth track on the Ramones' debut al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Wanna%20Be%20Your%20Boyfriend |
The title Baron Roberts has been held by three people:
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832–1914), British general, created Baron Roberts of Kandahar in 1892
Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy (b. 1930), Welsh Conservative politician
Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno (b. 1935), Welsh Liberal Democrat ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron%20Roberts |
Krugle is a search engine that allows computer programmers and other developers to search Open Source repositories to locate open source code, and quickly share the code with other programmers on the internet. It finished its beta phase and went live on June 14, 2006.
The engine searches Apache, JavaDocs, SourceForge,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugle |
A kiondo is a handwoven bag made from indigenous vegetable twine with leather trimmings. It is indigenous to the Taita, Kikuyu and Kamba tribes of Kenya.
The Swahili word for a kiondoo is 'chondo,' plural 'vyondo'.
References
External links
Source of Dfinition
African clothing
Bags (fashion)
Kenyan culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiondo |
Mirabello may refer to:
Places
Greece
Mirabello Bay, a bay in Lasithi, Crete
Mirabello Province, a former province in Lasithi, Crete
Italy
Mirabello Castle
Mirabello, Emilia–Romagna, a frazione of the comune of Terre del Reno, in the Province of Ferrara
Mirabello Monferrato, a comune in the Province of Alessandria, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabello |
WUTH-CD, virtual channel 47 (UHF digital channel 22), is a low-power, Class A UniMás-affiliated television station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States, and serving the Hartford–New Haven television market. Owned by Santa Monica, California–based Entravision Communications, it is a sister station to Univisi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUTH-CD |
Overton High School may refer to:
Overton High School (Nebraska) in Overton, Nebraska
Overton High School (Tennessee) in Memphis, Tennessee
Overton High School (Texas) in Overton, Texas
John Overton High School in Nashville, Tennessee | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton%20High%20School |
The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is the combined medical school and dental school of the University of Western Ontario, one of 17 medical schools in Canada and one of six in Ontario. The dental school is one of 2 in Ontario and one of 10 in Canada.
History
The medical school at the University of Western On... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulich%20School%20of%20Medicine%20%26%20Dentistry |
Kappa Mikey is an American animated comedy television series created by Larry Schwarz. Animated by Schwarz's production company, Animation Collective, The series ran from February 25, 2006 to September 20, 2008. 52 22-minute episodes were produced across two seasons.
The series was announced in 2002, when it was annou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa%20Mikey |
Shuriken School is an animated series that first aired on August 20, 2006. It was produced by Xilam Animation and Zinkia Entertainment (known for producing Pocoyo) in association with France 3 and Jetix Europe.
Characters
Main
Eizan Kaburagi (voiced by Nathan Kress) is a 10-year-old ninja student of Shuriken. Eizan i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuriken%20School |
Willie C. Offord (born December 22, 1978) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL). Willie Offord retired in 2007 due to injury.
Playing career
Offord played collegiately at the University of South Carolina finishing his career with the Gamecocks with 185 total tackles, 110 of them be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie%20Offord |
Denny Morrison (born September 8, 1985) is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. He is an Olympic champion as a member of Canada's men's team pursuit, an event which he also won silver in at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Morrison won his first individual Olympic medal in Sochi when he won a silver in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny%20Morrison |
"Butterfly" is a song by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue from her seventh studio album Light Years (2000). The song was written by Minogue and Steve Anderson at Real World Studios, Wiltshire in 1999. Minogue recorded her vocals at Cello Studios, Los Angeles in January 2000 with American DJ Mark Picchiotti, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly%20%28Kylie%20Minogue%20song%29 |
Paxton High School can refer to:
Paxton High School (Florida) in Paxton, Florida
Paxton High School (Nebraska) in Paxton, Nebraska
See also
Paxton (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxton%20High%20School |
Fitness and figure competition is a class of physique-exhibition events for women and recently also men. While bearing a close resemblance to bodybuilding, its emphasis is on muscle definition, not size. The class was originally introduced when bodybuilding's popularity began to noticeably decline, in terms of both fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness%20and%20figure%20competition |
Paul Ragueneau (18 March 1608 – 3 September 1680) was a Catholic Jesuit missionary.
Biography
He was born in Paris and died in the same city. He is sometimes confused with his elder brother François, also a Jesuit. Father François Ragueneau accompanied Father Charles Lalemant who was returning to Canada in 1628. Thei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Ragueneau |
Call in may refer to:
Phone-in
'Call-in', (or 'called in'), referring to a planning decision process being passed to a higher authority
In New Zealand, a function available under the Resource Management Act 1991
In the United Kingdom, see Development control in the United Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%20in |
The Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism 2005 (CECPT) is a regional multilateral treaty negotiated under the auspices of the Council of Europe. It was concluded in Warsaw on 16 May 2005. Most notable amongst its provisions are the three new offences which it defines: Public Provocation to Commit ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council%20of%20Europe%20Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20of%20Terrorism |
The City of Adam (Hebrew adam ha-ir) is a place which appears in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua , where it is described as standing "beside Zarethan" on the east bank of the Jordan. There, says the biblical text, the flow of the water was arrested, and rose up "upon an heap" at the time of the Israelites' passing ov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20of%20Adam |
Johannes, Count van den Bosch (2 February 1780 – 28 January 1844) was a Dutch officer and politician. He was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1830–1833), commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Minister of Colonies, and Minister of State. He was an officer in the Military William Order.
Biograp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes%20van%20den%20Bosch |
Jim Rome Is Burning (originally titled Rome Is Burning and often abbreviated as JRIB) is a sports conversation and opinion show hosted by Jim Rome. Debuting on May 6, 2003, as Rome Is Burning, it was originally a weekly show in primetime at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday nights on ESPN. After a short hiatus in 2004, it returned... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Rome%20Is%20Burning |
Herbero is a liquor made in the Sierra de Mariola region in the northern part of the Spanish province of Alicante. This mountain range is famous for its abundance of medicinal and aromatic plants, some of which are used to make the herbero liquor. Herbero is often found in a regional cocktail called mesclaet.
The drin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbero |
The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA), also known as the Bureau of Near East Asian Affairs, is an agency of the Department of State within the United States government that deals with U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic relations with the nations of the Near East. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau%20of%20Near%20Eastern%20Affairs |
The is a rapid transit system in Sendai, Japan. It is operated by the Sendai City Transportation Bureau. The subway consists of two lines, the north-south Namboku Line, which opened in July 1987, and the east-west Tozai Line, which opened in December 2015.
The subway was damaged in the 11 March 2011 Tohoku earthquake... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendai%20Subway |
South African wine has a history dating back to 1659 with the first bottle being produced in Cape Town by its founder and governor Jan van Riebeeck. Access to international markets led to new investment in the South African wine market. Production is concentrated around Cape Town and almost exclusively located within t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20African%20wine |
The round window is one of the two openings from the middle ear into the inner ear. It is sealed by the secondary tympanic membrane (round window membrane), which vibrates with opposite phase to vibrations entering the inner ear through the oval window. It allows fluid in the cochlea to move, which in turn ensures that... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round%20window |
Major General William Sidney Graves (March 27, 1865 – February 27, 1940) was a United States Army officer who commanded American forces in Siberia during the Siberian Expedition, part of the Allied Intervention in Russia, towards the end of World War I.
Early life and education
He was born on March 27, 1865 in Mount C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20S.%20Graves |
Limited depravity is the doctrine that denies original sin has entirely tainted human free will. Instead, the doctrine asserts that all humans, while unable not to sin, have the inherent ability to accept Jesus Christ's offer of salvation. This belief is held by Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, and some who call themselv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited%20depravity |
Lone Mountain is a neighborhood and a historic hill in west-central San Francisco, California. It is the present site of the northern half of the University of San Francisco's main campus. It was once the location of the Lone Mountain Cemetery, a complex encompassing the Laurel Hill, Calvary, Masonic and Odd Fellows C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone%20Mountain%20%28California%29 |
Anastatia may refer to:
Given name
A variant of the given name Anastasia
Anastatia Mayers (born circa 2005), Antigua and Barbuda citizen, first of a mother-daughter pair to reach space, first Caribbean woman to reach space, in an August 2023 Virgin Galactic suborbital tourist flight
Kathleen Anastatia Mylne, OBE, e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastatia |
Luther King may refer to:
Martin Luther King Jr., an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist from 1954 through 1968
Martin Simões, a Portuguese footballer
See also
Martin Luther King (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther%20King |
WHCT-LD (channel 35) is a low-power television station licensed to both Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut, United States, affiliated with MeTV. The station is owned and operated by Weigel Broadcasting, and maintains a transmitter on Rattlesnake Mountain in Farmington.
History
The WHCT call letters, which were once u... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHCT-LD |
Mantric is a Norwegian progressive metal band from Oslo that formed in 2007.
Background
When the last remaining founding members of Extol, vocalist Peter Espevoll and drummer David Husvik, decided to end the band in 2007, the remaining members, John Mjaaland, Tor Glidje, Ole Sveen, who had previously played together ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantric |
The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) is a widely used measure of impulsiveness. It includes 30 items that are scored to yield six first-order factors (attention, motor, self-control, cognitive complexity, perseverance, and cognitive instability impulsiveness) and three second-order factors (attentional, motor, and non... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barratt%20Impulsiveness%20Scale |
Carlton Errol Morse (June 4, 1901 - May 24, 1993) was a Louisiana-born producer/journalist best known for his creation of the radio serial One Man's Family, which debuted in 1932 and ran until 1959 as one of the most popular as well as long-running radio soap operas of the time. He also was responsible for the radio se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton%20E.%20Morse |
Cherry Street may refer to:
Cherry Street (Toronto), Canada
Cherry Street (Manhattan), New York, U.S.
Cherry Street, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Cherry Street (Philadelphia), U.S.
Cherry Street (Macon), U.S., the location of The Telegraph
Cherry Street, Hong Kong
See also
Cherry Street Bridge (disambiguation)
Cherry S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry%20Street |
Shirley Conran OBE (née Pearce; born 21 September 1932) is a British novelist and journalist.
Early life
Born in 1932, she attended St. Paul's Girls' School, London, and then a finishing school in Switzerland, which later provided some inspiration for the fictional school ''L'Hirondelle' in her 1982 novel Lace. Her f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley%20Conran |
Dong Haichuan (13 October 1797 or 1813 – 25 October 1882) is regarded as a skillful martial artist and is widely credited to be the founder of Baguazhang. Most, if not all, existing schools of Baguazhang place Dong Haichuan at the beginning of their lineage. Some traditional teachers in China do not regard Dong as the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong%20Haichuan |
California Medical Facility (CMF) is a male-only state prison medical facility located in the city of Vacaville, Solano County, California. It is older than California State Prison, Solano, the other state prison in Vacaville.
Facilities
CMF's facilities include Level I ("Open dormitories without a secure perimeter"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Medical%20Facility |
Benny Spellman (December 11, 1931 – June 3, 2011) was an American R&B singer, best known for the 1962 single "Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)" and its B-side "Fortune Teller", both written by Allen Toussaint (credited as Naomi Neville).
"Lipstick Traces" reached #28 on the U.S. Billboard R&B singles chart and #80 on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny%20Spellman |
Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women was a three-woman blues musical ensemble in the Washington, D.C. area. It was founded in 1984 by Ann Rabson, Gaye Adegbalola and Earlene Lewis. Lewis separated from the band in 1992 and was replaced by Andra Faye. The group then featured Rabson on piano, vocals and guitar, Adegbalola... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffire%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Uppity%20Blues%20Women |
Acute uric acid nephropathy (AUAN, also acute urate nephropathy) is a rapidly worsening (decreasing) kidney function (acute kidney injury) that is caused by high levels of uric acid in the urine (hyperuricosuria).
Causes
Acute uric acid nephropathy is usually seen as part of the acute tumour lysis syndrome in patients... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute%20uric%20acid%20nephropathy |
The Taehŭng concentration camp is a North Korean prison camp for political dissidents and those who have committed economic crimes. It is located in the Kŏmdŏk district (chigu) of Tanch'ŏn-si, South Hamgyong province in eastern North Korea. It has been reported that a number of North Korean nationals who have traveled ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taehung%20concentration%20camp |
The Buick Velite is a roadster concept car designed by Buick and built by Gruppo Bertone. It was first presented to the public at the 2004 New York International Auto Show.
In 2002, Buick showed a roadster concept car that they called the Bengal. It was widely thought to be an impressive exercise in styling, but it wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick%20Velite%20%28concept%20car%29 |
In the practice of international law, command responsibility (also the Yamashita standard, the Medina standard, and superior responsibility) is the legal doctrine of hierarchical accountability for war crimes, whereby a commanding officer (military) and a superior officer (civil) is legally responsible for the war crim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command%20responsibility |
The Bump is a form of popular dance introduced in the 1970s in the United States. Two partners, generally one male and one female, bump their hips against each other to the beat of the song. Sometimes the dance can be more suggestive, with the female dancer bumping her hip against the male dancer's crotch. For this rea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump%20%28dance%29 |
Helen V. Milner (born 1958) is an American political scientist and the B. C. Forbes Professor of Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where she is also the Director of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. She has written extensively on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Milner |
Warwick B. Smith (born 11 June 1971 in Perth) is a Scottish curler from Bridge of Earn, Perth and Kinross.
Career
Smith made his international debut at the 1996 World Curling Championships as the skip for the Scotland team. His debut was fairly successful, as the team would win the silver medal, losing to Canada's Jef... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick%20Smith%20%28curler%29 |
Margaret Kelly may refer to:
Margaret Kelly (civil servant), acting director of the United States Mint by 1911
Margaret B. Kelly (born 1935), American accountant and politician from Missouri
Margaret Kelly (dancer) (1910–2004), Irish dancer and the founder of the Bluebell Girls dance troupe
Margaret Kelly (swimmer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Kelly |
Adam James Hammill (born 25 January 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Maghull. Hammill represented England U21s, though he also qualified to play for the Republic of Ireland at international level.
Hammill is a product of the Liverpool academy, but failed to make a league appearance for the club... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Hammill |
nProtect GameGuard (sometimes called GG) is an anti-cheating rootkit developed by INCA Internet. It is widely installed in many online games to block possibly malicious applications and prevent common methods of cheating. nProtect GameGuard provides B2B2C (Business to Business to Consumer) security services for online ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NProtect%20GameGuard |
The L2 BAT (Battalion, Anti-Tank) was a 120 mm calibre recoilless anti-tank rifle used by the British Army. It was also produced in the MOBAT version without a gun shield, and the ConBAT version with a new spotting rifle attachment. The L6 Wombat version was greatly lightened through the use of magnesium alloys hence t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/120%20mm%20BAT%20recoilless%20rifle |
Alan Levin (February 28, 1926 – 13 February 2006) was an American filmmaker and journalist best known for making documentaries on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and Home Box Office (HBO) networks. Three of his documentaries won Emmy Awards.
Early life and career
Levin was born Alan Levinstein in Brooklyn, New Y... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Levin%20%28filmmaker%29 |
The wage–fund doctrine is a concept from early economic theory that seeks to show that the amount of money a worker earns in wages, paid to them from a fixed amount of funds available to employers each year (capital), is determined by the relationship of wages and capital to any changes in population. In the words of J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage%E2%80%93fund%20doctrine |
Hylopathism, in philosophy, is the belief that some or all matter is sentient or that properties of matter in general give rise to subjective experience. It is opposed to the assertion that consciousness results exclusively from properties of specific types of matter, e.g. brain tissue.
Etymology and specific definiti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylopathism |
Craig Wilson (born 14 September 1973 in Dumfries) is a Scottish curler from Dunblane. In 1993, Wilson won the World Junior Curling Championships for his Scotland team over Michel Ferland of Canada. However, the following year he would finish 5th.
Wilson wouldn't return to an international event until 2003 when he play... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Wilson%20%28curler%29 |
The Calgary Kangaroos is an Australian rules football club based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They welcome all new players, regardless of prior experience, practice at A E Cross High School in Glamorgan, play games at the Inland Athletic Park and are members of AFL Canada. The Roos also run introductory training sessi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary%20Kangaroos |
Feel Euphoria is the seventh studio album by American progressive rock band Spock's Beard released on July 8, 2003. It was the first album the band recorded following the departure of vocalist/songwriter Neal Morse, also the first full-length album to feature drummer Nick D'Virgilio as lead vocalist. It marked the begi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feel%20Euphoria |
Kalmuk Steppe, or Kalmyk Steppe is a steppe with a land area of approximately 100,000 km², bordering the northwest Caspian Sea, bounded by the Volga on the northeast, the Manych on the southwest, and the territory of the Don Cossacks on the northwest. The historic home to the Kalmuck or Kalmyks, it is in the Federal su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmyk%20Steppe |
Georgina Starr (born 1968) is an English artist and one of the Young British Artists. She is best known for her video, sound, performance and installation works. Starr's work has been described in Artforum magazine as exploring "the imaginative self’s ability to make something magically complex, layered and densely ref... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina%20Starr |
The Lajat (/ALA-LC: al-Lajāʾ), also spelled Lejat, Lajah, el-Leja or Laja, is the largest lava field in southern Syria, spanning some 900 square kilometers. Located about southeast of Damascus, the Lajat borders the Hauran plain to the west and the foothills of Jabal al-Druze to the south. The average elevation is bet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajat |
Proverbs 31 is the 31st and final chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Verses 1 to 9 present the advice which King Lemuel's mother gave to him, about how a just king should reign. The remaining verses detail the attributes of a good wife or an ideal woman (ver... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proverbs%2031 |
The Burnaby Eagles is an Australian Rules Football team playing in the British Columbia Australian Football League, plus various tournaments held in Western Canada and North-West United States. The club fields both a Mens and a Womens team.
The club was established in 2005 and is based in Burnaby, British Columbia wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnaby%20Eagles |
The Vancouver Cougars are a member of the Australian Football League Canada and compete in the British Columbia Australian Football League (BCAFL).
The club was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on January 15, 2001, becoming the first ever Aussie Rules club in the City of Vancouver.
History
Club founders... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%20Cougars |
Chai Zemin (; October 1916 – June 7, 2010) was a Chinese diplomat, and the first ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States after the normalization of the Sino-US relationship in 1979.
Early life
Chai Zemin was born in October 1916 in an ordinary family in Wenxi, Shanxi. After he graduated from... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai%20Zemin |
Pilger may refer to:
People with the surname
Detlev Pilger, German politician
John Pilger, Australian journalist
Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger, German botanist
Zoe Pilger, British author and art critic
Places
Pilger, Nebraska, United States
Pilger, Saskatchewan, Canada
See also | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilger |
Pleasanton High School may refer to:
Pleasanton High School (Nebraska), a public high school located in Pleasanton, Nebraska
Pleasanton High School (Pleasanton, Texas), a public high school located in Pleasanton, Texas, U.S.
See also
Pleasanton (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasanton%20High%20School |
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