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Michael Craig McDermon (born September 14, 1973, in Queens, New York), better known by his stage name Mic Geronimo, is an American rapper who was acquainted with Irv Gotti of Murder Inc. Gotti and his brother met Mic Geronimo at a Queens high school talent show, and Mic agreed to record a single ("Shit's Real"), which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mic%20Geronimo |
Whittington chimes, also called St. Mary's, are a family of clock chime melodies associated with St Mary-le-Bow church in London, which is related to the historical figure of Whittington by legend.
Whittington is usually the secondary chime selection for most chiming clocks, the first being the Westminster. It is also ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittington%20chimes |
Gaspard Corrette (c. 1671before 1733) was a French composer and organist.
He was born around 1671, probably in Rouen, where he was organist for the church of St-Herbland. In approximately 1720 he moved to Paris. The exact date of his death is not known. His son, Michel Corrette, also was a musician, composer, violinis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspard%20Corrette |
Food For The Poor, Inc. (FFP) is an ecumenical Christian nonprofit organization based in Coconut Creek, Florida, United States that provides food, medicine, and shelter, among other services, to the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Food For The Poor, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) corporation.
History
In 1982, Ferdinand... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20for%20the%20Poor |
"The Death of Queen Jane" is an English ballad that describes the events surrounding the death of a Queen Jane. It is catalogued by Francis James Child as Child #170. Some of the versions given are Scottish, in which the queen's name is Jeanie or Jeany.
Though the circumstances of the ballad's composition are not docu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Death%20of%20Queen%20Jane |
Baron Dorchester was a title that was created twice in British history, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain on 21 August 1786 when the soldier and administrator Sir Guy Carleton was made Lord Dorchester, Baron of Dor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron%20Dorchester |
Signage is the design or use of signs and symbols to communicate a message. A signage also means signs collectively or being considered as a group. The term signage is documented to have been popularized in 1975 to 1980.
Signs are any kind of visual graphics created to display information to a particular audience. Thi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signage |
Popilius or Popillius is the nomen of the Roman gens Popillia.
Other uses
Popilius (beetle) a genus of beetles in the family Passalidae | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popilius |
Friends Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Founded in 1813 by Quakers as The Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason, the institution was later renamed the Frankford Asylum for the Insane. It was the first private mental hospital in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends%20Hospital |
Korschenbroich () is a city in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Niers, approx. 13 km west of Neuss and 5 km east of Mönchengladbach.
Twin towns – sister cities
Korschenbroich is twinned with:
Carbonne, France
Gallery
References
Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korschenbroich |
As Time Goes By is an album by Harpers Bizarre, released in 1976.
This reunion release of the group does not include former member Ted Templeman.
Dick Scoppettone used several pseudonyms for his original songs (Gene Bob Smith, Misha Mack, Jack Van Gleason, Lord John, Joseph Bocci).
Track listing
"Introduction"
"Cow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%20Time%20Goes%20By%20%28Harpers%20Bizarre%20album%29 |
Jamtamót was the parliamentary assembly of Jämtland, a historical province (landskap) in the center of modern-day Sweden in northern Europe. Founded in the first half of the 10th century, it was one of the oldest elected assemblies in the world. All male inhabitants of Jämtland province were allowed to attend, making t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamtam%C3%B3t |
See also Popilius (disambiguation)
Publius Popillius Laenas was consul in 132 BC, and builder of the Via Popilia.
When consul he incurred the hatred of the populares by his harsh measures as head of a special commission appointed to take measures against the accomplices of Tiberius Gracchus. In 123 BC Gaius Gracchus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius%20Popillius%20Laenas |
Sasan (Middle Persian 𐭮𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 Sāsān > Persian ساسان), considered the eponymous ancestor of the Sasanian (or Sassanid) Dynasty (ruled 224-651) in Persia, was "a great warrior and hunter" and a Zoroastrian high priest in Pars. He lived sometime near the fall of the Arsacid (Parthian) Empire in the early 3rd century.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasan |
Saad el-Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly (, ) (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011) was an Egyptian military commander. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the October War. Following his public criticism of the Camp David Accords, he resigned from his post as Ambassador to Britain and Portugal and went to Algeria as a p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saad%20el-Shazly |
WonderCon is an annual comic book, science fiction, and film convention held in the San Francisco Bay Area (1987–2011), then—under the name WonderCon Anaheim—in Anaheim, California (2012–2015, 2017–present), and WonderCon Los Angeles in 2016. The convention returned to the Anaheim Convention Center in 2017 after a one... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WonderCon |
Sounds to Consume is Sonic Boom Six's second release for Moon Ska Europe and comprises four new tracks alongside the four tracks from their original release, The Turbo EP. It has since been reissued twice, firstly as the 'Champion Edition' which comprised the original 8 tracks and 8 bonus tracks, and the subsequent rei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds%20to%20Consume |
Jüchen is a municipality in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km southwest of Neuss and 10 km southeast of Mönchengladbach.
Mayor
Harald Zillikens (born 1959) (CDU) was elected mayor in 2009 and reelected in 2015 and 2020. He was the successor of Margarete Kranz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCchen |
Valentin Feurstein (1 January 1885 – 8 June 1970) was an Austrian military officer who served in the Austrian and German armies.
Feurstein joined the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1907, he served in World War I and in the Austrian Bundesheer in the 1930s. He was commander of 3rd Division (stationed in St. Pölten). After th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin%20Feurstein |
Willowbrook Mall may refer to:
Willowbrook Mall (Houston), a shopping mall in Houston, Texas, United States
Willowbrook Mall (New Jersey), a shopping mall in Wayne, New Jersey, United States
Willowbrook Shopping Centre, a shopping mall in Langley Township, British Columbia, Canada (colloquially referred to as Willo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willowbrook%20Mall |
Earl of Dorchester, in the County of Dorset, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1792 for Joseph Damer, 1st Baron Milton. He was a politician but is best remembered for the reshaping of Milton Abbey and the creation of the village of Milton Abbas in Dorset. Damer had already been created Bar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl%20of%20Dorchester |
Swing Street is the twelfth studio album by composer and singer Barry Manilow, released in 1987. Three of the tracks on the album featured Manilow in a duet with another singer. The tracks were recorded at various locations. This album marks Manilow's return to the Arista Records label from RCA Records, where he had tw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing%20Street |
Katherine Jane "Kate" Chase Sprague (August 13, 1840 – July 31, 1899) was a Washington society hostess during the American Civil War. During the war, she married Rhode Island Governor William Sprague.
She was the daughter of Ohio politician Salmon P. Chase, who served as Treasury Secretary during President Abraham Lin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Chase |
Diotrephes was a man mentioned in the Third Epistle of John (verses 9–11). His name means "nourished by Jupiter". As Raymond E. Brown comments, "Diotrephes is not a particularly common name."
In addition to being ambitious, proud, disrespectful of apostolic authority, rebellious, and inhospitable, the author of the le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diotrephes |
Mathieu Razanakolona (born 2 August 1986) is a Malagasy-Canadian alpine skier, born to a Quebecois mother and a father from Madagascar, currently residing in Canada.
He competes in both slalom and giant slalom races. In January 2006 he made his debut in the Alpine skiing World Cup in Schladming, Austria, but he was di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu%20Razanakolona |
Kahat or Kaht may refer to
Kaht, a village in Iran
Darb-e Kahat, a village in Iran
Kahat, an ancient city at the Tell Barri archaeological site in Syria
Roi Kahat (born 1992), Israeli football midfielder | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahat |
Eve Myles (born 26 July 1978) is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her television roles portraying Ceri Lewis in the long-running BBC Wales drama series Belonging (2000–2009), Gwen Cooper in the BBC science-fiction series Torchwood (2006–2011), and Faith Howells in the bilingually produced BBC / S4C drama series K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve%20Myles |
Barry Manilow is a studio album released by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow in 1989. It was Manilow's thirteenth studio album overall and second studio album on his second tenure with Arista Records. The album represented a hint of future album releases in that many of the songs were not written/co-written by Manil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Manilow%20%281989%20album%29 |
Stigma is the second studio album by English alternative band EMF, released in 1992. It yielded two UK hit singles: "They’re Here" (no. 29) and "It’s You" (no. 23).
The follow-up to the commercially successful Schubert Dip, Stigma failed to make the UK top 10 Album Charts (peaking at no. 19), and perhaps worse, was on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigma%20%28EMF%20album%29 |
Georg Kieninger (5 June 1902, in Munich – 25 January 1975, in Düsseldorf) was a German chess player and International Master (IM).
A cigar smoker, Kieninger was nicknamed "Eiserner Schorsch" (roughly translated as "Iron Georgie") because of his fighting style. He won the German Chess Championship in 1937, 1940, and 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Kieninger |
Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet (15 August 1858 – 6 January 1942) was a French operatic dramatic soprano.
Calvé was probably the most famous French female opera singer of the Belle Époque. Hers was an international career, and she sang regularly at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, and the Royal Opera House, L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma%20Calv%C3%A9 |
Weiz () is a town in the eastern part of the Austrian state of Styria.
Population
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Weiz is twinned with:
Ajka, Hungary
Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
Offenburg, Germany
References
Cities and towns in Weiz District | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiz |
Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent (née Lady Elizabeth Talbot) (1582 – 7 December 1651) was a medical recipe collector, and the wife of Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent.
Biography
She was a daughter of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish. She was appointed a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth in June 16... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Grey%2C%20Countess%20of%20Kent |
Ninox is a genus of true owls comprising 36 species found in Asia and Australasia. Many species are known as hawk-owls or boobooks, but the northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) is not a member of this genus.
Taxonomy
The genus was introduced by English naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1837 with the type species as Nin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninox |
The Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom (PEAUK) is a former leading body in the United Kingdom for physical education. It was founded in 1899 as the Ling Association.
In 2006 PEAUK joined with The British Association of Advisers and Lecturers in Physical Education (BAALPE) to become the Association ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20Education%20Association%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom |
The Old Man of Stoer is a sea stack of Torridonian sandstone in Sutherland, Scotland, close to the villages of Culkein and Stoer and the nearby Stoer Head Lighthouse. It is a popular climbing route.
Geography
The stack is composed of Torridonian sandstone, and is high. It is in The Minch, a strait in north-west Scot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Man%20of%20Stoer |
Tacony () is a historic neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia, United States, approximately from downtown ("Center City") Philadelphia. It is bounded by the east side of Frankford Avenue on the northwest, the south side of Cottman Avenue on the northeast, the north side of Robbins Street on the southwest, and the De... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacony%2C%20Philadelphia |
Jehovah's Witnesses employ various levels of congregational discipline as formal controls administered by congregation elders. Members who engage in conduct that is considered inappropriate may be counseled privately by elders and congregational responsibilities may be withheld or restricted.
Private hearings involvin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s%20Witnesses%20congregational%20discipline |
VSNL International Canada or Tata Communications (Canada) ULC (formerly Teleglobe) is an international telco carrier. The company is a subsidiary of Tata Communications, part of India's Tata Group and based in Montreal, Quebec. Part of their recent work has involved the updating of the CANTAT transatlantic cable syste... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSNL%20International%20Canada |
The Via Julia Augusta (modern Italian Via Giulia Augusta) is the name given to the Roman road formed by the merging of the Via Aemilia Scauri with the Via Postumia.
History
The Via Julia Augusta was begun in 13 BCE by Augustus, and its engineering works were repeatedly renewed by later emperors. The road runs from Pla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via%20Julia%20Augusta |
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987 and has continued growing in both scope ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20by%20Southwest |
Divine Madness may refer to:
Divine madness, unconventional behavior often associated with certain types of spiritual practice
Theia mania, unusual behavior attributed to intervention of a god in Plato's philosophy
Divine Madness (Madness album), an album by the British band Madness
Divine Madness (film), a 1980 B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine%20madness%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Ette may refer to:
Ette (river), a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Exotic Tropic Timber Enterprises, a company in Liberia
Bernard Etté (1898–1973), German jazz and light music violinist and conductor
Ottmar Ette (born 1956), Professor of Romance languages and Comparative literature at the University of Potsdam, Ge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ette |
Georgii Dmitrievich Karpechenko (1899 in Velsk, Vologda Governorate – July 28, 1941) was a Russian and Soviet biologist. His name has sometimes been transliterated as Karpetschenko.
G. D. Karpechenko specialized in plant cytology and created several hybrids. Among his contributions is his seminal work on allopolyploi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgii%20Karpechenko |
David Maxwell may refer to:
David Maxwell (academic) (born 1944), president of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa
David Maxwell (historian) (born 1963), Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge University
David Maxwell (musician) (1943–2015), American blues pianist
David Maxwell (politician) (born ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Maxwell |
John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton ( – 3 July 1674) was a professional soldier and mercenary from Kincardineshire in Scotland. Beginning his career in the Thirty Years War, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms he fought for the Covenanters and Parliamentarians until 1648, when he switched sides to the Royalists.
O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Middleton%2C%201st%20Earl%20of%20Middleton |
The Daily Prothom Alo () is a daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh.
According to the National Media Survey of 2018, conducted by Kantar MRB Bangladesh, Prothom Alo has a daily readership of more than 6.6 million online. Accor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prothom%20Alo |
Windows SideShow (codenamed Auxiliary Display) was a feature by Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista to supply information such as e-mail, instant messages, and RSS feeds from a personal computer to a local or remote peripheral device or display. SideShow was intended to enhance the Windows experience by enabling new... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20SideShow |
On 19 April 1529, six princes and representatives of 14 Imperial Free Cities petitioned the Imperial Diet at Speyer against an imperial ban of Martin Luther, as well as the proscription of his works and teachings, and called for the unhindered spread of the evangelical faith.
The "Protestants"
The Six Princes
John th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestation%20at%20Speyer |
Attel Abbey, also Attl Abbey ( or Attl), was a Benedictine monastery, later a home for the disabled run by the Brothers Hospitallers, in the village of Attel near Wasserburg am Inn in Bavaria, Germany.
History
The monastery, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint Michael, was founded as a Benedictine abbey by Count Ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attel%20Abbey |
Let or LET may refer to:
Sports
Let serve, when the served object in certain racket sports hits the net and lands in the correct service court, such as;
Let (badminton)
Let (pickleball)
Let (tennis)
Ladies European Tour, the ladies professional golf tour of Europe
Terminology
-let as an English diminutive suff... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let |
Anna Lee is a British television crime drama series, first broadcast on 10 January 1993, that ran for a total of six episodes on ITV. The series, loosely based on the detective novels of Liza Cody, starred Imogen Stubbs as the title character, alongside Brian Glover, John Rowe, Peter Wight and Wil Johnson. The series w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Lee%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Machaerirhynchus is a genus of passerine birds with affinities to woodswallows and butcherbirds. The two species are known as boatbills. The genus is distributed across New Guinea and northern Queensland.
The species are:
Black-breasted boatbill, M. nigripectus, found in New Guinea
Yellow-breasted boatbill, M. flavi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machaerirhynchus |
Sir Kenneth Lewis (1 July 1916 – 2 July 1997) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for Rutland and Stamford from 1959 to 1983, and following boundary changes for Stamford and Spalding from 1983 to 1987.
Life
Son of Agnes and William Lewis, Kennet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Lewis |
Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård (born 8 May 1981) is a Swedish musician (vocals, guitar). He is the frontman of the Swedish band Mando Diao.
Biography
Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård was born on 8 May 1981, near Falun, Sweden, as the second child of Hans and Malin Dixgard. Some years later, the family moved to Romme, a town in the s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn%20Dixg%C3%A5rd |
The Virginia Tech Hokies are the athletic teams representing Virginia Tech in intercollegiate athletics. The Hokies participate in the NCAA's Division I Atlantic Coast Conference in 22 varsity sports. Virginia Tech's men's sports are football, basketball, baseball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tenn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%20Tech%20Hokies |
Cape Enniberg is a cliff located on the Island of Viðoy. At high, it is one of the highest promontories in the world.
Enniberg is the northernmost point of the Faroe Islands. At the southern foot of the nearby mountain, Villingadalsfjall, lies the town of Viðareiði. In summer, boat trips run to Cape Enniberg, which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Enniberg |
Kenton-eLwandle, more commonly known as Kenton, is a small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is situated between the Bushmans and the Kariega Rivers, and lies approximately halfway between the industrial centres of East London () and Port Elizabeth (). Kenton-eLwandle is part o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenton-eLwandle |
Floating World, a CD based upon a Japanese Fairy Tale, is the third album by Anathallo. It was self-released in 2006. "Floating World" is the English translation of the Japanese concept of Ukiyo.
Album text
Recorded at home by Glenn Hills & Anathallo
Drums and electric guitars recorded at Glow in the Dark Studios by M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating%20World%20%28Anathallo%20album%29 |
Alexakis is a Greek surname. The female form of the surname is Alexaki. Notable people with the surname include:
Art Alexakis (born 1962), American musician
Ioannis Sotiris Alexakis (1885–1980), Greek general
Vassilis Alexakis (1943–2021), Greek-French writer and translator
Greek-language surnames | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexakis |
The Senate House Libraries (SHL), formerly The University of London Research Library Services, was a group of libraries based in Bloomsbury which together comprised an extensive research collection across the humanities and social sciences. It existed under this name from 2011 to 2013.
SHL was a division of the Univer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate%20House%20Libraries |
Tyro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located west of Lexington and south of Winston-Salem in Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the community had a population of 3,879.
Geography
Tyro is located in western Davidson County along North Carolina Highw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyro%2C%20North%20Carolina |
Earl of Middleton was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created 1 October 1656 for army officer John Middleton, together with the subsidiary title Lord Clermont and Fettercairn, also in the Peerage of Scotland. In 1674, he was succeeded by his son, Charles, who served in political offices under Charles II an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl%20of%20Middleton |
Hennef (Sieg) () is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. south-east of Siegburg and east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth-biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (i.e. district). It is the site of the 15th-century castle, Schloss Allner, next to the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennef%20%28Sieg%29 |
A heating system is a mechanism for maintaining temperatures at an acceptable level; by using thermal energy within a home, office, or other dwelling. Often part of an HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) system. A heating system may be a central heating system or distributed.
See also
Central heating
HVAC
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heating%20system |
"Seducción" () is the third single from Thalía's tenth studio album El Sexto Sentido (2005). The song was written by Estéfano and Julio Reyes and produced by Estéfano. This pop/dance track was originally scheduled to be the first single from the album instead of "Amar Sin Ser Amada."
Music video
The music video for "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seducci%C3%B3n%20%28song%29 |
Stojaković () is a Serbian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Đorđe Stojaković (1810–1863), Serbian political activist, lawyer and revolutionary
Igor Stojaković (born 1980), Serbian football player
Jadranka Stojaković (born 1950), Serbian singer-songwriter
Nenad Stojaković (born 1980), Serbian footbal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stojakovi%C4%87 |
Live on Broadway is a live album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1990. The album was recorded at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, on December 2 and December 3, 1989.
Track listing
Track information and credits taken from the album's liner notes.
References
External links
Barry Manilow Offi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20on%20Broadway |
The suffix -ey can appear in the English language:
from Dutch/Scottish origin, as a diminutive like -ie or simply -y, with several other values
from Old Norse, in placenames with the meaning of "island", as in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, or Caldey
See also
EY (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ey |
Nowitzki and Nowizki are Germanized forms of the Polish surname Nowicki, also spread across the Baltic region. Notable people with the name include:
Dirk Nowitzki (born 1978), German professional basketball player
Helga Nowitzki, German professional basketball player; mother of Dirk and Silke
Silke Nowitzki (born 197... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowitzki%20%28surname%29 |
John Carroll (born November 8, 1955) is an American basketball coach, currently an assistant coach for the University of Rhode Island men's basketball team. He served as the head coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), during the latter part of the 2003–04 season, temporarily replacin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Carroll%20%28basketball%29 |
Marmaduke Duke are a Scottish conceptual rock duo from Ayrshire, Scotland, comprising Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro and JP Reid of Sucioperro. Within the band, the pair perform under the pseudonyms The Atmosphere and The Dragon respectively. According to Neil, the band, and its albums, are "based on a trilogy of unreleased... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaduke%20Duke |
Christianne Oliveira (previously Christianne Gadd) (born 1971) is a Brazilian actress, known for playing Donna Doyle on Night and Day from 2001 to 2003 and Countess Belanova on The Great from 2020 to 2023.
Career
Oliveira also appeared in the movie Chocolat with Johnny Depp in 2000, playing Chitza.
In 2003, she appea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianne%20Oliveira |
PEC or Pan European Crossing is a fibre optic cable network that links the European Union and the United Kingdom. It has a submarine telecommunications cable system segment crossing the English Channel linking the United Kingdom, Belgium, and France.
One cable has landing points in:
Dumpton Gap, Broadstairs, Kent, Un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEC%20%28cable%20system%29 |
Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy) is a British charity and professional membership scheme promoting excellence in higher education. It advocates evidence-based teaching methods and awards fellowships as professional recognition for university teachers. Founded in 2003, the Higher Education Academy was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance%20HE |
Hebei Zhongxing Automobile Co Ltd, branded as ZX Auto, is a Chinese producer of SUVs and pick-up trucks. Co-owned by Tianye Automobile Group Co Ltd and Taiwan Unite Leading Co, it was established in 1999 and exports to the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. The company claims a per year... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX%20Auto |
Stapp may refer to
Stapp (surname)
Stapp's ironical paradox by Colonel John Paul Stapp
Stapp, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the U.S.
Stapp, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community in the U.S.
Leive, Parks and Stapp Opera House in Indiana, U.S.
Stapp's Circle S Ranch in Indiana, U.S. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapp |
In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, orcs are a primitive race of savage, bestial, barbaric humanoid.
Publication history
The orc was one of the earliest creatures introduced in the D&D game. The D&D orc is largely based upon the orcs appearing in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
Dungeons & Dragons (1974–1976)
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc%20%28Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%29 |
Constantine the Philosopher may refer to:
Cyril, born Constantine, of Saints Cyril and Methodius, 9th-century Byzantine scholar born in Thessaloniki
Constantine of Nicaea, 12th-century Byzantine philosopher
Constantine of Kostenets (died after 1431), Bulgarian historian and biographer of Stefan Lazarević
ru:Конста... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine%20the%20Philosopher |
Dame Jessica Mary Rawson, (born 20 January 1943) is an English art historian, curator and sinologist. She is also an academic administrator, specialising in Chinese art.
After many years at the British Museum, she was Warden (head) of Merton College, Oxford, from 1994 until her retirement in 2010. She served as pro-v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica%20Rawson |
Capaldi (variant Capaldo) is an Italian surname.
The name is of Southern Italian origin. It may be a derivation from caput "head".
The Capaldo family originates in Bisaccia, Irpinia, Campania.
Capaldi may be a patronymic or pluralisation derived from Capaldo.
Notable people with the surname include:
Capaldi
Frances... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capaldi |
Social Idea Movement (Movimento Idea Sociale, MIS) is an Italian neo-fascist political party.
It was founded in 2004 by a split of the Tricolour Flame party. Its leader was, until his death Pino Rauti, former leader of the Italian Social Movement and founder of Tricolour Flame.
Currently the leader of party is Raffael... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20Idea%20Movement |
William Churton (died December 1767) was an early North Carolina surveyor.
Biography
He moved to Great Britain's North American colonies in about 1749 as a surveyor and cartographer for the Granville District which included all of North Carolina north of the 35 degree, 34 minute parallel, a strip wide. This line had ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Churton |
Pseudo Interactive was a video game developer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and started in 1995 by David Wu, Rich Hilmer, and Daniel Posner. In 2006, the company had over fifty employees. After closing, several employees formed DrinkBox Studios. Pseudo Interactive was later revived, in 2021.
History
They released ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo%20Interactive |
143P/Kowal–Mrkos is a periodic comet in the Solar System.
References
External links
Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
143P/Kowal-Mrkos – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
143P at Kronk's Cometography
Periodic comets
0143
Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal
Comets in 2018
19840423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/143P/Kowal%E2%80%93Mrkos |
Lohmar (Ripuarian: Luhme) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Lohmar is located about 20 km east of Cologne and 15 km north-east of Bonn in the Bergisches Land area. Because it is only 20 minutes by car to Cologne or Bonn, Lohmar is a popular place for commuters. The mai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohmar |
The Rostraver Ice Garden is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in the Pittsburgh suburb of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA at exit 43, 43a and 43b on Interstate 70.
History
Opened in 1965, the Ice Garden hosts local sporting events (mainly hockey) and concerts. It also has banquet rooms and a restaurant called Murph's P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostraver%20Ice%20Garden |
The Association for Science Education (ASE) is a professional association in the United Kingdom for teachers of science and science technicians. The association was formed in 1963 and is a member of the UK Science Council.
Aims
The Royal Charter of the Association for Science Education States,
"The objects and purp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Association%20for%20Science%20Education |
Flemming Davanger (born 1 April 1963 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian curler from Bærum.
Curling career
In his third World Junior Curling Championships in , Davanger, playing second Pål Trulsen's Norwegian team picked up a silver medal, losing to Canada's John Base in the final. In , Davanger played in his first Worl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemming%20Davanger |
Rameez Raja (born 31 July 1987) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer playing for Karachi. He is a right-hand batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler.
Career
He played for the Pakistani U-19 cricket team at the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup.
In April 2018, he was named in Baluchistan's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup. He... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rameez%20Raja%20Jr. |
HD 10307 (HR 483) is a spectroscopic binary star in the constellation Andromeda. The primary is similar to the Sun in mass, temperature and metal content. situated about 42 light-years from Earth Its companion, HR 483 B, is a little-studied red dwarf.
HD 10307 was identified in September 2003 by astrobiologist Margar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2010307 |
The Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 is a piece for solo piano, written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1912 and debuted by the composer on December 10, 1916, in Petrograd. It is a further development of the toccata form, which has been used by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Robert Schumann. Other composers of well-known... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toccata%20%28Prokofiev%29 |
The TCDD (Turkish Republic Railways) 45151 Class is a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives which were acquired from the British War Department to the LMS Stanier Class 8F design. They had a maximum speed of 43 miles per hour (70 km/h), much like their British counterparts.
Background
On the outbreak of the Second World W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCDD%2045151%20Class |
Rott Abbey () was a Benedictine monastery in Rott am Inn in Bavaria, Germany.
History
The monastery, dedicated to Saints Marinus and Anianus, was founded in the late 11th century by Count Kuno of Rott (d. 1086).
After it was dissolved in 1803 in the secularisation of Bavaria, the buildings were sold off to various pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rott%20Abbey |
The Oman Arena (originally Jackson Coliseum) is a 5,600-seat multi-purpose arena, in Jackson, Tennessee, USA. It was opened in 1967, and is architecturally similar to the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, which was built four years earlier and seats almost twice as many patrons as Oman Arena.
The arena is located between... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman%20Arena |
Regner E. "Ray" Suárez (born October 26, 1946) is the former alderman of the 31st Ward of the City of Chicago; he was first elected in 1991. He was unsuccessful in the April 2015 election, and left office the next month.
In November 2015, he was appointed to a position on the Illinois International Port District Auth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Suarez%20%28politician%29 |
Robert H. B. Brazier (died 1837) was an English surveyor who emigrated to the United States in July 1819.
He came as an assistant to Hamilton Fulton who had been hired as Principal Engineer by the North Carolina Board of Internal Improvements. Brazier had received his professional training under John Rennie, the Scot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20H.%20B.%20Brazier |
The Corrections, originally known as The Fallout Trust, were an English indie rock band. As The Fallout Trust, they formed in Dalston, East London in 2001. The six-piece band produced two EPs and one album, In Case of the Flood, released by EMI in 2006. Their single "When We Are Gone" reached 73 in the UK Singles Chart... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Corrections%20%28band%29 |
Viking Hall is a 6,100-seat multi-purpose arena in Bristol, Tennessee, USA. Opened in 1981, the facility is the home arena and aquatic center for Bristol Tennessee High School. It was formerly operated by the City of Bristol but is now managed by Bristol Tennessee City Schools. The facility is now for the exclusive us... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking%20Hall%20%28Bristol%29 |
Since the mid-1970s, a variety of conspiracy theories have emerged regarding British Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. These range from Wilson having been a Soviet agent (a claim which MI5 investigated and found to be false), ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20Wilson%20plot%20allegations |
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