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The New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL) is a men's semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand.
In 1981, a group of club and provincial teams came together to create a men's national basketball league. The following year, the league was brought under the management of the New Zealand Basketball Feder... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Basketball%20League%20%28New%20Zealand%29 |
is a Japanese visual kei rock band from Sendai. Formed on January 1, 2000, it has consisted of Yomi (lead vocals), Sakito (lead guitar and backing vocals), Hitsugi (rhythm guitar), Ni~ya (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Ruka (drums and percussion) for the majority of their career. They enjoyed mainstream success wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare%20%28Japanese%20band%29 |
USAR or U.S.A.R. may refer to:
United Speed Alliance Racing (now Rev-Oil Pro Cup Series), a car racing series in the United States
United States Army Rangers, the elite light infantry of the United States Army
United States Army Reserve, the reserve component forces of the United States Army
University School of A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAR |
Chandraketugarh is a 2,500 years old archaeological site located near the Bidyadhari river, about north-east of Kolkata, India, in the district of North 24 parganas, near the township of Berachampa and the Harua Road railhead. Once it was an important hub of international maritime trade. A museum has been built near ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandraketugarh |
Zenda is an unincorporated community in the Town of Linn, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located south of Geneva Lake and just north of the Illinois border. Its ZIP code is 53195.
History
In 1955, a meteorite (the Zenda meteorite) was found in Zenda by farmer Allyn Palmer. His oldest son later sold t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenda%2C%20Wisconsin |
Dakshinamurti () is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as a guru (teacher). He is regarded to be the personification of the supreme or the ultimate awareness, understanding, and knowledge. Dakshinamurti represents Shiva as a teacher of yoga, music, and wisdom, offering an exposition of the Shastras. He is worshipped as t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakshinamurti |
Forbes magazine annually lists the world's wealthiest individuals – "The World's Richest People". What follows is the list of billionaires (in U.S. dollars) in Southeast Asia, issued for 2023.
2023
Top ten richest identified to a Southeast Asian country, according to Forbes magazine. Family members of royals or polit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Southeast%20Asian%20people%20by%20net%20worth |
Electroelution is a method used to extract a nucleic acid or a protein sample from an electrophoresis gel by applying a negative current in the plane of the smallest dimension of the gel, drawing the macromolecule to the surface for extraction and subsequent analysis. Electroblotting is based upon the same principle.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroelution |
Junior football may refer to:
Association football played at the junior level, such as under the auspices of the Scottish Junior Football Association
Association football played in the Scottish Junior Football League (1892-1947)
Canadian football played at the junior level in Canada, such as in the Canadian Junior ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior%20football |
The Battle of Salamis was a decisive naval battle between the Greek city-states and Persia in 480 BC at Salamis island off Athens, that stopped the second Persian invasion of Greece.
The term may also refer to one of several battles fought at or near the city of Salamis, Cyprus:
Battle of Salamis (497 BC), a simultan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Salamis%20%28disambiguation%29 |
UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.
Headlining the card was an anticipated rubber match betw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC%2057 |
Pietro Sambi (27 June 1938 – 27 July 2011) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1969 until his death in 2011. He had the rank of archbishop and the title of nuncio from 1985, fulfilling assignments in Burundi, Indonesia, Cyprus, Israel, Jerusalem and Pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro%20Sambi |
The following are partial lists of the Forbes list of Chinese billionaires (converted into USD) and is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2022. In 2022 China had 607 billionaires which put the country second in the world, after the United States (735).
Curre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Chinese%20by%20net%20worth |
Theodore Sedgwick III (January 27, 1811 – December 9, 1859) was an American attorney and author on legal topics.
He was born in Albany, New York, the son of Theodore Sedgwick II (1780–1839) and Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick (1788–1867). He was a grandson of Theodore Sedgwick (1746–1813).
He graduated from Columbia Colle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore%20Sedgwick%20%28writer%29 |
PicMaster is a bitmap graphics editor which is distributed as shareware. The software combines several fields of application and therefore is also referred to as a multi talented image editor. One can not only find the standard image editing functions (draw with pen, remove red eye, add text, etc.) but also extended fu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PicMaster |
The Hazy Moon Zen Center is a Soto Zen center in Los Angeles, California.
History
Hazy Moon Zen Center was founded in 1996 by William Nyogen Yeo Roshi through the honorary founder Taizan Maezumi Roshi. Nyogen Roshi practiced 27 years with Maezumi Roshi and was the last of the successors in the Maezumi Roshi Lineage.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazy%20Moon%20Zen%20Center |
Brookstone is a chain of retail stores in the United States and China. It was founded as a mail-order business in 1965, when it started selling items, such as dental clamps and other specialty tools. Its first physical location opened in 1973 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The company's headquarters are currently loca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookstone |
Randall C. Pfund (born December 29, 1951) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) head coach and executive. He was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers under Pat Riley and Mike Dunleavy, and was the team's head coach during the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons, although he was let go near the e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%20Pfund |
The olfactory tubercle (OT), also known as the tuberculum olfactorium, is a multi-sensory processing center that is contained within the olfactory cortex and ventral striatum and plays a role in reward cognition. The OT has also been shown to play a role in locomotor and attentional behaviors, particularly in relation ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory%20tubercle |
Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition is an arcade compilation released exclusively for Microsoft Windows on February 15, 2006 in North America, and on March 17, 2006 in PAL regions. It is a compilation of Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Midway Arcade Treasures 3, which had both been previously released on consoles only... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway%20Arcade%20Treasures%20Deluxe%20Edition |
Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) is a radio and television network in the Philippines. MBC is currently owned by the FJE Group of Companies of Fred J. Elizalde, which also operates hotels and Pasay-based amusement park Star City. Its AM flagship network, DZRH is the oldest radio station in the country while its FM fla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila%20Broadcasting%20Company |
Sembawang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Sembawang, Singapore. Opened on 20 November 2005, it provides hassle-free transfer to the nearby Sembawang MRT station.
This is one of the interchanges in a residential estate to not have any feeder services.
History
Before the opening of Sembawang Bus Interch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sembawang%20Bus%20Interchange |
Antonino Zichichi (; born 15 October 1929) is an Italian physicist who has worked in the field of nuclear physics. He has served as President of the World Federation of Scientists and as a professor at the University of Bologna.
Biography
Zichichi was born in Trapani, Sicily, in 1929. He has collaborated on several di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonino%20Zichichi |
Harry Mullan was an Irish boxing writer and journalist. He died on 21 May 1999 at the age of 53 after suffering from cancer for four years. Born Patrick Henry Pearse Mullan in Portstewart, Northern Ireland, on 22 April 1946, Mullan was educated at St Patrick's College, Armagh and University College Dublin. He edited t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Mullan |
Ampara (, ) is the main town of Ampara District, governed by an Urban Council.
It is located in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, about east of Colombo and approximately south of Batticaloa.
History
This was a hunters' resting place during British colonial days (late 1890s and early 1900). During the development of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampara |
Wayne Handley (born March 26, 1939 in Carmel, California) is an American airshow performer, former naval aviator, agricultural pilot, Aerobatic Competency Evaluator (ACE), and coach for upcoming and current airshow stars. Handley and his wife Karen are former residents of the Salinas Valley of California, who currently... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Handley |
This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Full-Service stations
VC refers to the station's PSIP virtual channel while RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.
Defunct full-service stations
Channel 14: WPSJ - Ponce (1970s)
Channel 14: WMEI - Arecibo (2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20television%20stations%20in%20Puerto%20Rico |
The Bank of Hamilton was established in 1872 by local businessmen in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada under the leadership of Donald McInnes, the bank's first President. Like the other Canadian chartered banks, it issued its own paper money. The bank issued notes from 1872 to 1922. The end dates are the final date... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank%20of%20Hamilton |
Conklin Shows was the largest traveling amusement corporation in North America. The 75-year-old company operated traveling carnivals at various summer agricultural shows across North America and is based in Brantford, Ontario and formerly also in West Palm Beach, Florida. The company has a long history in Canada, provi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conklin%20Shows |
Yang Zhongjian, also Yang Chung-chien (; 1 June 1897 – 15 January 1979), courtesy name Keqiang (), also known as C.C. (Chung Chien) Young, was a Chinese paleontologist and zoologist. He was one of China's foremost vertebrate paleontologists. He has been called the "Father of Chinese Vertebrate Paleontology".
Biography... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang%20Zhongjian |
Pyramids and Stars is the third album, and first live recording, released by the progressive rock group The Tangent. Recorded during the band's first mini-tour, this album is the only live record of the band's original core line-up.
Track listing
References
The Tangent albums
2005 live albums
Inside Out Music live a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramids%20and%20Stars |
John Matthew MacLeod (October 3, 1937 – April 14, 2019) was an American basketball coach in the NCAA and the National Basketball Association, most notably with the Phoenix Suns. After coaching for the University of Oklahoma, MacLeod was hired to coach the Suns in 1973. In 1976, he led them to their second postseason in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20MacLeod%20%28basketball%29 |
The British Rail Class 151 was a prototype class of diesel multiple unit (DMU) developed and constructed by the British railway equipment manufacturer Metro Cammell. It was designed primarily to serve as a successor to the earlier first-generation "Heritage" DMUs operated by the British Rail (BR).
Development of the C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20151 |
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language epic historical drama film directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, and starring Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Balan K. Nair, Captain Raju and Madhavi. The film won four National Film Awards (1989) including Best Actor (Mammootty), Best Screenplay ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oru%20Vadakkan%20Veeragatha |
OFC Vihren () is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sandanski, currently playing in the South-West Third League. Sandanski's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandanski with a capacity of 6,000. Vihren Sandanski's team colours are green and white.
Vihren was founded in 1925, changing its name several tim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OFC%20Vihren%20Sandanski |
Otto Martins Glória (9 January 1917 – 4 September 1986) was a Brazilian football coach.
Career
Glória was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but had his greatest successes with Benfica in Portugal, guiding the club to nine national trophies. With the Nigeria national team he won the 1980 African Cup of Nations.
In his f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Gl%C3%B3ria |
Jean-Luc Raharimanana (born June 26, 1967, Antananarivo, Madagascar) is a Malagasy novelist, essayist, poet, and playwright.
Personal life
He wrote his first book in his native country, but he was unable to publish it because of the political situation. He went to France to study ethnolinguistics at the University of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc%20Raharimanana |
The British Rail Class 210 was a type of diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) passenger train designed and constructed by British Rail Engineering Limited's Derby Litchurch Lane Works.
The Class 210 was developed during the early 1980s to be a modern replacement for the ageing 'first generation' DMUs in use on the Sou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20210 |
Windows Meeting Space (codenamed Windows Shared View and formerly Windows Collaboration) was a peer-to-peer collaboration program developed by Microsoft for Windows Vista as a replacement for Windows NetMeeting and it enables application sharing, collaborative editing, desktop sharing, file sharing, projecting, and sim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Meeting%20Space |
A language observatory is something which is built or implemented to observe and measure language activities in society.
The need for observatories
According to the UNESCO report "Atlas of the World Languages in Danger of Disappearing", between 6,000 and 7,000 languages are spoken throughout the world and, that many m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language%20observatory |
This is a family tree of the Sasanian emperors, their ancestors, and Sasanian princes/princesses.
History
The Sasanian dynasty was named after Sasan, the eponymous ancestor of the dynasty. It was founded by Ardashir I in 224, who defeated the last Parthian (Arsacid) king, Artabanus IV ( Ardavan) and ended when the las... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian%20family%20tree |
David López-Zubero Purcell (born 11 February 1959), also known as David Zubero, is a former competitive swimmer who represented Spain at three Summer Olympics and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980. Zubero was born in the United States, swam in international competition for Spain, and holds dual Spanish-American citi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20L%C3%B3pez-Zubero |
Kock is a town in eastern Poland, about north of Lublin and south-east of Warsaw. It lies in Lublin Voivodeship, in Lubartów County. It is the capital of the administrative district Gmina Kock. Historically Kock belongs to the Polish province of Lesser Poland and is located in its northeastern corner. , its populatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kock |
Lars Vågberg (born 30 June 1967 in Sollefteå, Sweden) is a Norwegian curler from Bærum.
Vågberg began his international curling career in Sweden. In his first international tournament, he was the second Mikael Hasselborg's 1990 European Curling Championships winning team. With Hasselborg, he would finish 7th at the Wo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars%20V%C3%A5gberg |
David Wilson (born 4 January 1967) is a former Australian rugby union footballer who played on the openside flank 79 times, and who captained the Wallabies 9 times.
Through his career he won every international trophy available to an Australian test player (Bledisloe Cup series wins in 1992, 94, 98, 99 & 2000 includin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Wilson%20%28rugby%20union%2C%20born%201967%29 |
Cheshunt is a small rural village situated in the Upper King Valley in north-east Victoria, Australia. It is located about 50 km from Wangaratta and is close to the Alpine National Park.
Cheshunt Post Office opened on 2 August 1886.
The Cheshunt post office now operates out of the general store/ takeaway food shop.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshunt%2C%20Victoria |
Stuart Wayne Jackson (born December 11, 1955) is an American basketball executive and former basketball coach. He currently serves as the director of basketball operations for the French professional club Élan Béarnais based in Pau. Jackson has coached the New York Knicks from 1989 to 1990, and the Vancouver Grizzlies ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu%20Jackson |
"A Sorta Fairytale" is a song written and performed by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was released as the first single from her 2002 album Scarlet's Walk. The song reached number 14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and number two on the Triple A (adult album alternative) chart. The song has since... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Sorta%20Fairytale |
Vienna Conservatory may refer to:
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, which incorporates the older Vienna Conservatory dating back to 1817, established by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Konservatorium Wien University, established in 1938 as Musikschule der Stadt Wien, as of November 2015 Music and Arts U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna%20Conservatory |
Charles McMoran Wilson, 1st Baron Moran, MC, PRCP (10 November 1882 – 12 April 1977) was personal doctor to Winston Churchill from 1940 until the latter's death in 1965. His book The Struggle for Survival revealed much about Churchill's physical and psychological state, possibly including clinical depression, while cop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Wilson%2C%201st%20Baron%20Moran |
The Auckland Pirates were a New Zealand basketball team based in Auckland. The Pirates competed in the National Basketball League (NBL) and played their home games at ASB Stadium.
Team history
In March 2011, the franchise was unveiled by Basketball Auckland ahead of the 2011 NBL season, marking the return of an Auckla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland%20Pirates |
The Wellington Saints are a New Zealand basketball team based in Wellington. The Saints compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at TSB Bank Arena.
Team history
The Wellington Saints were founded in 1981. In 1982, the Exchequer Saints won the second division title, which promoted them ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington%20Saints |
True Story is the second and final studio album by the hip-hop group Terror Squad. It includes the single "Lean Back", which reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The group's line up at recording was Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Armageddon, Prospect and Tony Sunshine.
The late rappers Big L and Big Pun appear together on t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True%20Story%20%28Terror%20Squad%20album%29 |
Beroe or Beroë may refer to :
Places and jurisdictions
a city and former archbishopric of Ancient Thrace, now Stara Zagora in Bulgaria and a Latin Catholic titular see, which was founded under the name Beroe (meaning iron) and renamed to Augusta Trajana
Battle of Beroe, fought at Beroe in 250 between the Romans and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beroe |
The Otago Nuggets are a New Zealand men's basketball team based in Dunedin. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at the Edgar Centre. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Night 'n Day Otago Nuggets.
Team history
The Nuggets entered the National Basketball Leag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otago%20Nuggets |
Lokomotiv Sofia () is a sports club from Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 1929. Its football team, PFC Lokomotiv Sofia, is its most renowned sports branch.
References
Multi-sport clubs in Bulgaria | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokomotiv%20Sofia%20%28sports%20club%29 |
The Nelson Giants are a New Zealand basketball team based in Nelson. The Giants compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at the Trafalgar Centre. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the NBS Nelson Giants. The Giants are the only remaining original team from the league's inaugural... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%20Giants |
The Holden Rodeo is a utility vehicle (pickup truck) that was sold in Australasia (Australia and New Zealand) by Holden. Introduced in 1980, the Rodeo was built by Isuzu over three generations.
Prior to the launch of the Holden Rodeo, Holden had imported the first generation Japanese market Isuzu Faster into Australa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden%20Rodeo |
Pyrophytes are plants which have adapted to tolerate fire.
Fire acts favourably for some species. "Passive pyrophytes" resist the effects of fire, particularly when it passes over quickly, and hence can out-compete less resistant plants, which are damaged. "Active pyrophytes" have a similar competing advantage to pass... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrophyte |
The Honda R engine is an inline-four engine launched in 2006 for the Honda Civic (non-Si). It is fuel injected, has an aluminum-alloy cylinder block and cylinder head, is a SOHC 16-valve design (four valves per cylinder) and utilizes Honda's i-VTEC system. The R series engine has a compression ratio of 10.5:1, features... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda%20R%20engine |
The Mayor of the City of Richmond, Virginia is head of the executive branch of Richmond, Virginia's city government. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city, state and federal laws within Richmond, Virginia.
The mayor lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor%20of%20Richmond%2C%20Virginia |
The Taranaki Airs are a New Zealand basketball team based in New Plymouth. The Airs compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at TSB Stadium. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Steelformers Airs.
Team history
A New Plymouth team played in the inaugural season of the Conferen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taranaki%20Airs |
Henry James (3 July 1952 – 19 December 2015), better known as Peter Broggs, was a Jamaican roots reggae vocalist and songwriter.
Life
Born in 1952 in Hanover Parish, Jamaica, in the early 1970s, Broggs moved to Kingston to seek out business opportunities.
Broggs' debut album Progressive Youth, was released in 1979 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Broggs |
The Hawke's Bay Hawks are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Napier. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Pettigrew Green Arena. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Taylor Hawks.
Team history
The Hawke's Bay Hawks, then known as the Napier S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawke%27s%20Bay%20Hawks |
Live from Dakota is the first live album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It is a 2-disc compilation featuring 20 tracks spanning the first five of the band's albums and capturing the best of their 2005 world tour. Rather than being a recording of single show, every night of the tour was recorded and the band picked o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20from%20Dakota |
NGC 2915 is a blue dwarf galaxy located 12 million light-years away in the southern constellation Chamaeleon, right on the edge of the Local Group. The optical galaxy corresponds to the core of a much larger spiral galaxy traced by radio observation of neutral hydrogen.
The galaxy has a short central bar, much like th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%202915 |
The Manawatu Jets are a New Zealand basketball team based in Palmerston North. The Jets compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Central Energy Trust Arena. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Property Brokers Manawatu Jets.
Team history
The Palmerston North Jets were a f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manawatu%20Jets |
Marc-André Moreau (born January 22, 1982 in Chambly, Quebec) is a Canadian freestyle skier.
Moreau, a mogulist has placed in the top-3 in World Cup events on three occasions. In 2004, he won a World Cup event in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec and he picked up a silver medal at the 2005 moguls world championships in Ruka, Finl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc-Andr%C3%A9%20Moreau |
Morasko is a part of the Stare Miasto district of Poznań, in western Poland. It covers a fairly large but little-urbanised area in the north of the city. To the west and north it borders on the village and municipality of Suchy Las, a developing area of suburban housing. To the east of Morasko are the neighbourhoods o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morasko |
Liebeskonzil is a 1982 film by Werner Schroeter, based on an 1894 play by Oskar Panizza. It was banned by the Austrian government in 1985, on the grounds that it insulted the Christian religion. In 1994, in the case of Otto-Preminger-Institut v. Austria, the European Court of Human Rights held by 6 votes to 3 that the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeskonzil |
Rugby union in Scotland () is a popular team sport. Scotland's national side today competes in the annual Six Nations Championship and the Rugby World Cup. The first ever international rugby match was played on 27 March 1871, at Raeburn Place in Edinburgh, when Scotland defeated England in front of 4,000 people. Profes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20Scotland |
Indian Chinese cuisine, Chinese Indian cuisine, Sino-Indian cuisine, Chindian cuisine, Hakka Chinese or Desi-Chinese cuisine is a distinct style of Chinese cuisine adapted to Indian tastes, combining Chinese foods with Indian flavours and spices. Though Asian cuisines have mixed throughout history throughout Asia, the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Chinese%20cuisine |
The Ficedula flycatchers are a genus of Old World flycatchers. The genus is the largest in the family, containing around thirty species. They have sometimes been included in the genus Muscicapa. The genus is found in Europe, Asia and Africa. Several species are highly migratory, whereas other species are sedentary.
Ta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficedula |
Offchurch is a village and civil parish on the River Leam, east of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 250.
History
The origin of the name "Offa's Church" suggests a connection to Offa, who was King of Mercia from 757 to 796, and the proximity to the manor house o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offchurch |
Hythe station is the northern terminus of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. The station has curved platforms with an overall roof, loco release road, former engine shed (now an independent engineering works), signalbox with 16 lever frame, and a turntable. In terms of passenger bookings Hythe is the busiest stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hythe%20railway%20station%20%28Romney%2C%20Hythe%20and%20Dymchurch%20Railway%29 |
The Southwick Hill Tunnel is a 490-metre twin-bore road tunnel to the north of Southwick, England.
The tunnel was opened in early 1996 as part of the A27 Brighton bypass and carries the road under Southwick Hill. The border between West Sussex and the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove is close to the eastern entr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwick%20Hill%20Tunnel |
Nasinu Rewa Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elect... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasinu%20Rewa%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Terror Squad: The Album is the debut recording studio album by Terror Squad. The group's line up at recording was Big Pun, Armageddon, Triple Seis, Prospect, Fat Joe and Cuban Link. Production was contributed by JuJu, The Infinite Arkatechz, Buckwild, and Armageddon as well as The Alchemist. The album is the only Terro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror%20Squad%3A%20The%20Album |
Thierhaupten Abbey () was a Benedictine monastery in Thierhaupten near the Lech River and near Augsburg in Bavaria, Germany.
History
The monastery, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was founded in the late 8th century by Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria - the last of the Agilolfings, who was deposed by Charlemagne in 788... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierhaupten%20Abbey |
The New Orthodox Synagogue, Košice () was built in the years 1926–1927 at Puškinova Street near the historic centre of Košice, Slovakia. It superseded the older Orthodox Synagogue in Zvonárska Street, constructed in 1899 to the design of János Balogh.
The building
The synagogue was designed by the Budapest-educated ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Orthodox%20Synagogue%20%28Ko%C5%A1ice%29 |
Michelfeld Abbey () was a Benedictine monastery in Auerbach in der Oberpfalz in Bavaria, Germany.
History
The monastery, dedicated to Saint Michael and Saint John the Evangelist, was founded in 1119 by Bishop Otto I of Bamberg. It was dissolved in the Reformation, in 1556. Re-opened temporarily in 1661 and permanently... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelfeld%20Abbey |
Wolfbrook Arena is an indoor arena in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located in the suburb of Addington. It has gone through a series of name changes, the most recent of which prior to its current name having been Christchurch Arena.
Description
Wolfbrook Arena is New Zealand's second-largest indoor arena with a m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch%20Arena |
Nicolas Atwood is an American animal rights activist based in West Palm Beach, Florida. He maintains the Malaysia-registered Bite Back direct-action website, which is associated with the Animal Liberation Front.
Background
Originally from Chaska, Minnesota, Atwood is a former arts promoter with a postgraduate degree ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Atwood |
Michael Cavendish (c. 1565 – 1628) was an English composer of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
A grandson of the writer George Cavendish and second cousin to Arabella Stuart, he spent much time at court and was for a time composer to the future King Charles I of England. In 1598, he published a set of songs with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Cavendish |
The Chut (Vietnamese: Người Chứt, Rục language: Cheut /rocky mountain) are a small ethnic group located in the Minh Hóa and Tuyên Hóa districts of Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam's North Central Coast.
Chut is not a distinct group but a collective name for five different Vietic-speaking groups in Quảng Bình, namely th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%A9t%20people |
Fabian Schönheim (born 14 February 1987) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is a free agent.
Early career
After spending the first part of his youth career with local side Rehborn, Schönheim signed for Kaiserslautern and played in their youth team for a further four years. He then, in 2005... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian%20Sch%C3%B6nheim |
Indra Lesmana (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on 28 March 1966) is an Indonesian arranger, composer, songwriter and jazz musician of mixed Dutch, Javanese, Minangkabau and Madurese descent. He is the father of Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter, Eva Celia Lesmana.
Biography
Lesmana grew up in a house of music and mu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra%20Lesmana |
The Rapateaceae are a family of flowering plants. The botanical name has been recognized by most taxonomists.
The APG II system of 2003 also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. This represents a slight change from the APG system, 1998, which left the fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapateaceae |
Dymchurch railway station is on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England. It is five miles (eight km) south of Hythe, and surrounded by flat countryside.
The station opened on 16 July 1927 as Dymchurch (Marshlands), to distinguish it from a nearby station called Burmarsh for East Dymchurch and later as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymchurch%20railway%20station |
Susanne Schultz Nielsson (born 8 July 1960 in Århus) is a former swimmer from Denmark, who won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres breaststroke competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She represented the club AGF Aarhus.
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Sports-Reference profile
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1960 births
Living people
O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanne%20Nielsson |
Ra Open is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 25 open constituencies that were elected by universal suffrage (the remaining 46 seats, called communal constituencies, were allocated by ethnicity). Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
The Invincibles may refer to:
Sport
The Invincibles (Australian rules football), the 1914 Port Adelaide team
The Invincibles (cricket), the 1948 Australian team
The Invincibles (English football), the 1888–89 Preston North End and 2003–04 Arsenal teams
The Invincibles (rugby league), the 1982 Australian team
The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Invincibles |
Avigdor Eskin (born 26 April 1960) is a Russian-Israeli conservative journalist and political activist. Born in Moscow in the Soviet Union, Eskin emigrated to Israel where he became involved in right-wing politics. He currently resides in Jerusalem.
Early life
Avigdor Eskin was born as Victor Valeryevich Eskin in Mos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avigdor%20Eskin |
St. Mary's Bay railway station is a small station in St Mary's Bay, Kent, England, between the larger stations of New Romney and Dymchurch, on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway.
Situated off Jefferstone Lane the station has two platforms, one of which (the 'down' platform) is without station buildings. The other... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Mary%27s%20Bay%20railway%20station |
Dichroic glass is glass which can display multiple different colors depending on lighting conditions.
One dichroic material is a modern composite non-translucent glass that is produced by stacking layers of metal oxides which give the glass shifting colors depending on the angle of view, causing an array of colors to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichroic%20glass |
Jalynn H. Bennett, (12 March 1943 – 23 January 2015) was a Canadian consultant and corporate director.
Over the course of her career, she was a member of the Board of Directors of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Nortel Networks, Teck Cominco, Sears Canada, Cadillac Fairview, Bombardier, Rexel Canada Electrical, C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalynn%20Bennett |
BA School of Business and Finance () is one of the leading, self-financing business schools in Latvia. It was founded in 1992 as a Banking College under the Bank of Latvia and received accreditation in 1997
In 2007 BA School of Business and Finance celebrated its 15th anniversary. It supports United Nations initiative... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BA%20School%20of%20Business%20and%20Finance |
The Naval School (, EN) is a higher education military academy which aims to train officers for the Brazilian Navy. It is located in Rio de Janeiro, on Villegagnon Island just inside of Guanabara Bay.
History
The Brazilian Naval School has its direct origins in the Portuguese Royal Naval Academy created in Lisbon, Por... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval%20School%20%28Brazil%29 |
A Master of Arts ( or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have typically studied subjects within the scope of the humanities and soc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20Arts |
Imperial Armour is a series of rules supplements to the Warhammer 40,000 table-top game, along with an associated range of vehicle-size resin model kits. Both are produced by Forge World, a subsidiary company of Games Workshop.
The Imperial Armour range and rules supplements are designed to incorporate vehicles referr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial%20Armour |
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