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"Basketball" is the fifth and penultimate episode of the first season of the American comedy television series The Office. The episode aired on NBC in the United States on April 19, 2005. The episode was written and directed by producer Greg Daniels, marking both his first solo writing credit and first directing credit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball%20%28The%20Office%29 |
Chris Pointer (born February 2, 1976) is a former defensive back in the Arena Football League. He played for the Norfolk Nighthawks, Toronto Phantoms, New Jersey Gladiators, the New Orleans VooDoo, the Kansas City Brigade, Nashville Kats and Columbus Destroyers.
Early life
Pointer attended Louisville Male High School,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Pointer |
Day of Darkness was the original name of Ireland's D.O.D. Festival. It happened annually in Ballylinan from 2002 to 2008 as a metal music festival.
The 2002 line-up was headlined by Primordial. It ran for a second year in 2003. Numbers, however, dwindled that year and a number of changes were implemented before the fe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day%20of%20Darkness |
Tanya Lynn Memme (born June 15, 1971) is a Canadian actress and television presenter.
Early life
Born in Wainfleet, Ontario, Memme went to Denis Morris Catholic High School in St. Catharines. In 1993, she was crowned Miss World Canada (part of the Miss World system).
Career
Memme is best known for hosting the America... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya%20Memme |
The piastra was the most common silver coin of the mainland Kingdom of Sicily, also known as the Kingdom of Naples. In order to distinguish it from the piastra issued on the island of Sicily, it is referred to as the "Neapolitan piastra" as opposed to the "Sicilian piastra". These two piastra were equal, but were subdi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan%20piastra |
Suva City 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 electio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suva%20City%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Puttenham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tring Rural, in the Dacorum district, in north west Hertfordshire, England. In 1961 the parish had a population of 107. On 1 April 1964 the parish was abolished and merged with Tring Rural.
It was recorded as ‘Puteham’ in the Domesday Book.
Puttenha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puttenham%2C%20Hertfordshire |
Hjalte Bo Nørregaard (born 8 April 1981) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the caretaker manager of Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen. As a player, he played as a midfielder and spent most of his career with FC Copenhagen.
Nørregaard is son of former Danish footballer ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjalte%20N%C3%B8rregaard |
Charles Peter Philip Paul McColough (August 1, 1922 – December 13, 2006) was the chief executive officer and chair of the Xerox Corporation who, during his tenure at Xerox, founded the Xerox PARC. He retired in the late 1980s, after serving over fourteen years as CEO. Aside from his tenure at Xerox, McColough was treas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Peter%20McColough |
The Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU) (French: Organisation de L'Unité Syndicale Africaine; OUSA) is an independent regional union federation aimed at unifying trade union centres in Africa. This organisation was founded in April, 1973 as a successor to two previously competing labour union organisation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation%20of%20African%20Trade%20Union%20Unity |
Cape Bauld is a headland located at the northernmost point of Quirpon Island, an island just northeast of the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Cape Bauld, slightly north and east of Cape Norman, delineates the eastern end of the Strait of Belle Isle.
The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Bauld |
Robert J. Mayo (August 25, 1951 – February 23, 2004) was an American session keyboardist and guitarist, perhaps best known for his work with Peter Frampton.
Biography
Mayo was born in New York City, and grew up in Westchester County. He began studying music at the age of five, focusing on classical piano. During the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Mayo |
The piastra was the distinct currency of the Kingdom of Sicily until 1815. In order to distinguish it from the piastra issued on the mainland Kingdom of Sicily (also known as the Kingdom of Naples), it is referred to as the "Sicilian piastra" as opposed to the "Neapolitan piastra". These two piastra were equal, but wer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian%20piastra |
The Poisons Act 1972 (c 66) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom making provisions for the sale of non-medicinal poisons, and the involvement of Local Authorities and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in their regulation.
The Act refers to the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933, and the Poisons... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisons%20Act%201972 |
Josef Seger (born Josef Ferdinand Norbert Segert, last name also Seeger or Seegr) (21 March 1716 – 22 April 1782) was a Czech organist, composer, and educator. After graduating in philosophy from the Charles University in Prague and studying music under Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Jan Zach, and others, Seger became org... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef%20Seger |
A water bar or interceptor dyke is a road or trail construction feature that is used to prevent erosion on sloping roads, cleared paths through woodland (for utility companies such as electricity pylons), or other accessways by reducing flow length. It is a diagonal channel across the road that diverts surface water (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbar |
IV is the fourth studio album by American rock band Godsmack, released on April 25, 2006. This is Godsmack's only studio album produced by Andy Johns.
Recording and lyrical themes
According to Sully Erna: "This is the first time I've been totally honest, speaking the truth about real situations," he says. "In the past... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IV%20%28Godsmack%20album%29 |
Văcărești () is a neighbourhood in south-eastern Bucharest, located near Dâmbovița River and the Văcărești Lake. Nearby neighbourhoods include Vitan, Olteniței, and Berceni. Originally a village, it was incorporated into Bucharest as it expanded. Its name is related to the Wallachian aristocratic Văcărescu family, wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%83c%C4%83re%C8%99ti%2C%20Bucharest |
Go-Round was the third album released by Jeff Coffin, released in 2001. This album was the first album recorded and released with the Mu'tet, a constantly changing group of guest musicians that play with Coffin.
Track listing
"Intro/Tuesday's Waterloo" – 7:41
"Walking on Thin Water" – 5:04
"Go-Round" – 6:04
"Zuleikh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-Round |
Mary Alice Kemery, popularly known as Linda Goodman (April 9, 1925 – October 21, 1995), was a New York Times bestselling American astrologer and poet. She wrote the first astrology book to make the New York Times Best Seller list.
Early life and background
Linda Goodman was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. Although ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20Goodman |
The Supercopa de Baloncesto 2005 was disputed in Granada, Andalusia and begins with the following semifinals.
Semifinals
October 8, 2005:
Real Madrid 69 - 74 TAU Cerámica : (Official Match Recap )
Unicaja 71 - 73 CB Granada : (Official Match Recap )
Third and fourth place
October 9, 2005:
Real Madrid 81 - 74 U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Supercopa%20de%20Espa%C3%B1a%20de%20Baloncesto |
Wired is a 1989 American biographical film of comedian and actor John Belushi, directed by Larry Peerce. It was based on the 1984 book of the same name by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, and adapted for the screen by Buckaroo Banzai creator Earl Mac Rauch. It stars Michael Chiklis in his film debut as Belushi.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired%20%28film%29 |
The Left Hand of God is a 1955 American drama film. It was directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Buddy Adler, from a screenplay by Alfred Hayes, based on the novel The Left Hand of God, by William Edmund Barrett.
Set in a small American mission in China in 1947, at a time of civil war, it stars Humphrey Bogart a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Left%20Hand%20of%20God |
Frankford Transportation Center (also known as Frankford Terminal) is a transportation terminal in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was once known as the Bridge-Pratt station before a complete reconstruction in 2003. Frankford Transportation Center is the last stop for the Market-Frankford Line ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford%20Transportation%20Center |
The lira was the currency of the mainland part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, known as the Kingdom of Naples, between 1812 and 1813. The currency was issued by Joachim Murat, who claimed the title of "King of the Two Sicilies" but only controlled the mainland part of the kingdom. Consequently, the currency is refe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan%20lira |
Since the mid 1980s, the largest source of electricity in France has been nuclear power, with a generation of 379.5 TWh in 2019 and a total electricity production of . In 2018, the nuclear share was 71.67%, the highest percentage in the world.
Since June 2020, it has 56 operable reactors totalling 61,370 MWe, one unde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20power%20in%20France |
Peter Sidney Beagrie (born 28 November 1965) is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit and commentator.
As a player, he was a left-winger in a career that lasted from 1983 to 2006. He played for ten different clubs at professional level notably appearing in the Premier League with Everton,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Beagrie |
Sigrid Schultz (January 15, 1893 – May 14, 1980) was a notable American reporter and war correspondent in an era when women were a rarity in both print and radio journalism. Working for the Chicago Tribune in the 1920s, she was the first female foreign bureau chief of a major U.S. newspaper.
Early life and education
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigrid%20Schultz |
Asociación Civil Club Deportivo Mineros de Guayana, known as Mineros de Guayana or simply Mineros, is a professional football club based in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela.
History
The Colegio Loyola Gumilla's field, located in Puerto Ordaz, was used in football matches. The people who played at the field decided to found a f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.C.C.D.%20Mineros%20de%20Guayana |
The House of Abashidze () is a Georgian family and a former princely house. Appearing in the 15th century, they achieved prominence in the Kingdom of Imereti in western Georgia in the late 17th century and branched out in the eastern Georgian kingdoms of Kakheti and Kartli as well as the then-Ottoman-held southwestern ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abashidze |
Soul Survivors is a 2001 psychological thriller film starring Melissa Sagemiller as college student Cassie, whose boyfriend Sean (Casey Affleck) dies in a car accident that results from her driving after a night of partying. The accident leaves Cassie wracked with guilt and emotionally vulnerable to the point that she ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul%20Survivors%20%28film%29 |
Shoeless Joe is a 1982 magic realist novel by Canadian author W. P. Kinsella that was later adapted into the 1989 film Field of Dreams, which was nominated for three Academy Awards.
The novel was expanded from Kinsella's short story "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa", first published in his 1980 collection of the s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoeless%20Joe%20%28novel%29 |
East Bengal ( Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo) was a non-contiguous province of the Dominion of Pakistan. Geographically part of the Bengal region, East Bengal existed from 1947 until 1955, when it was renamed East Pakistan. Today, the area is an independent country, Bangladesh. With its coastline on the Bay of Bengal, it bord... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Bengal |
The Soul Survivors are an American, Philadelphia-based, soul and R&B group, founded by New York natives Richie and Charlie Ingui along with Kenny Jeremiah. The Soul Survivors are known for their 1967 hit single Expressway to Your Heart, which was the first hit by Philadelphia soul record producers and songwriters Kenn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul%20Survivors%20%28band%29 |
Alexander John ("Jack") Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart (18 November 1924 – 1 April 2000) was a Scottish advocate and judge. He was the first judge from a United Kingdom jurisdiction to sit on the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, later becoming its president.
Early life
Jack Mackenzie Stuart, as he wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Mackenzie%20Stuart%2C%20Baron%20Mackenzie-Stuart |
St John's Church, Ranmoor is a large parish church in Ranmoor, a suburb of the City of Sheffield, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Sheffield, and it is the second church to be built on this site after the original church was destroyed by fire in 1887.
It has a tower and spire, the second ta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20John%27s%20Church%2C%20Ranmoor |
De Brouckère is a rapid transit station located beneath the Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein in central Brussels, Belgium. It consists of both a metro station (serving lines 1 and 5) and a premetro (underground tram) station (serving lines 3 and 4 on the North–South Axis between Brussels-North railway station and A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Brouck%C3%A8re%20metro%20station |
WDHN (channel 18) is a television station in Dothan, Alabama, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios and transmitter are located on AL 52 in Webb.
History
WDHN launched August 7, 1970, as the area's second television station and aired an analog signal on UHF channel ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDHN |
The women's 500 m speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20skating%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20500%20metres |
In biology, saltation () is a sudden and large mutational change from one generation to the next, potentially causing single-step speciation. This was historically offered as an alternative to Darwinism. Some forms of mutationism were effectively saltationist, implying large discontinuous jumps.
Speciation, such as by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltation%20%28biology%29 |
Prior to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan had generated 30% of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40%. Nuclear power energy was a national strategic priority in Japan.
, of the 54 nuclear reactors in Japan, there were 42 operable reactors but only 9 reactors in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20power%20in%20Japan |
"Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It was recorded for the film as an instrumental by Hugo Winterhalter. Originally known as the "Molly and Johnny Theme", this lush extended cue,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme%20from%20A%20Summer%20Place |
Today is an American R&B vocal group formed in 1988. The group comprised Frederick Lee "Bubba" Drakeford, Larry "Chief" Singletary, Wesley "Wes" Adams, and Larry "Love" McCain, childhood friends from Englewood, New Jersey.
History
The group started in 1984 as The Gents and comprised Drakeford, McCain, William McNeir, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today%20%28group%29 |
Bulgaria's first commercial nuclear reactor began operation in 1974. The Kozloduy NPP operates two pressurized water reactors with a total output of 1906 MW. This makes Bulgaria the 21st-largest user of nuclear power in the world. Construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant was officially terminated in March 2012, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20power%20in%20Bulgaria |
In geology, saltation () is a specific type of particle transport by fluids such as wind or water. It occurs when loose materials are removed from a bed and carried by the fluid, before being transported back to the surface. Examples include pebble transport by rivers, sand drift over desert surfaces, soil blowing over... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltation%20%28geology%29 |
Serua Navosa 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 elec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serua%20Navosa%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
"Hot Girl" is the sixth episode and season finale of the first season of the American comedy television series The Office. The episode aired on NBC in the United States on April 26, 2005. The episode was written by consulting producer Mindy Kaling, marking her first writing credit for the series. The episode was direct... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20Girl%20%28The%20Office%29 |
Manilow Sings Sinatra is an album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1998. It is a compilation of Manilow singing songs originally made notable by Frank Sinatra, who had recently died. The album also featured two new compositions, intended as tributes to Sinatra.
Track listing
"One Man in a Spotlight" (B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manilow%20Sings%20Sinatra |
Abbondanzieri is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Marisa Abbondanzieri (born 1956), Italian politician
Roberto Abbondanzieri (born 1972), Argentine footballer
Italian-language surnames | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbondanzieri |
"Speak" is a single by the rock band Godsmack from their fourth album IV. It reached number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart and number ten on the Modern Rock chart.
Song origin
Tony Rombola wrote the music for "Speak". He recalled: "While on tour with Metallica, Robbie, Shannon and I were jamming in the dressin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak%20%28Godsmack%20song%29 |
Balachander (or Balachandar) may refer to:
Balachandra, a name of the Hindu god Ganesha
Waxing moon in Sanskrit
K. Balachander (1930–2014), Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
S. Balachander (1927–1990), Indian veena player
Sivaramakrishnan Balachandar, an Indian-American physicist
See also
Balachandra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balachander |
Ariadne musica is a collection of organ music by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, first published in 1702. The main part of the collection is a cycle of 20 preludes and fugues in different keys, so Ariadne musica is considered an important precursor to Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, which has a simi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariadne%20musica |
Parc (French) or Park (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station located beneath Brussels Park in central Brussels, Belgium. It has one entrance, at the intersection of the Rue Royale/Koningsstraat and the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, two of the main roads of the City of Brussels.
The station opened on 17 December 1969, as a pre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc%20metro%20station%20%28Brussels%29 |
Russia is one of the world's largest producers of nuclear energy.
In 2020 total electricity generated in nuclear power plants in Russia was 215.746 TWh, 20.28% of all power generation.
The installed gross capacity of Russian nuclear reactors is 29.4 GW in December 2020.
Recent history
In accord with legislation pass... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20power%20in%20Russia |
Here at the Mayflower is the nineteenth studio album by Barry Manilow released in 2001. It was Manilow's first to include all original material since 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe in 1984. His next album of original songs, 15 Minutes, would not be released until 2011. The album concept (designed by album cover designer Dennis ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here%20at%20the%20Mayflower |
Bismuthine (IUPAC name: bismuthane) is the chemical compound with the formula BiH3. As the heaviest analogue of ammonia (a pnictogen hydride), BiH3 is unstable, decomposing to bismuth metal well below 0 °C. This compound adopts the expected pyramidal structure with H–Bi–H angles of around 90°.
The term bismuthine ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuthine |
The water cribs in Chicago are structures built to house and protect offshore water intakes used to supply the City of Chicago with drinking water from Lake Michigan. Water is collected and transported through tunnels located close to beneath the lake, varying in shape from circular to oval, and ranging in diameter fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20cribs%20in%20Chicago |
A Christmas Gift of Love is the second Christmas-themed album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow released in 2002. The album went Gold in the United States. It was done with Columbia Records instead of his usual label of Concord Records. However, as part of the agreement with Concord, the logo of both labels appear on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Christmas%20Gift%20of%20Love |
Event Viewer is a component of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system that lets administrators and users view the event logs on a local or remote machine. Applications and operating-system components can use this centralized log service to report events that have taken place, such as a failure to start a component or ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event%20Viewer |
Andrew Carnie (born April 19, 1969) is a Canadian professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona. He is the author or coauthor of nine books and has papers published on formal syntactic theory and on linguistic aspects of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic. He was born in Calgary, Alberta. He is also a teacher of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Carnie |
2 Nights Live! is a live compilation album of a two-night concert released by Barry Manilow in 2004. It was recorded on August 3–4, 2002 at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ; during the last two dates of the Barry Manilow Live 2002! tour.
Track listing
Night 1
Night 2
References
AllMusic
[ Billboard]
Manilow.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2%20Nights%20Live%21 |
Korean Augmentation to the United States Army (KATUSA; ) is a branch of the Republic of Korea Army that consists of Korean enlisted personnel who are seconded to the Eighth United States Army (EUSA). KATUSA does not form an individual military unit. Instead, small numbers of KATUSA members are assigned to positions in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%20Augmentation%20to%20the%20United%20States%20Army |
Ultimate Manilow is a compilation of the greatest hits of Barry Manilow. Nearly every top 20 hit is included in this collection. This compilation is best known for setting the stage for a comeback for Manilow, as it debuted at No. 3 on the charts. While on a six-week tour to promote his latest album Here at the Mayflow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate%20Manilow |
Honing is a kind of metalworking.
Hone may also refer to:
Hone (name) (incl. Hōne), a list of people with the surname, given name or nickname
Hõne language, spoken in Gombe State and Taraba State, Nigeria
Hône, Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hone |
The Palazzo Poli is a palace in Rome, Italy, that was altered in the 18th century to form the backdrop to the Trevi Fountain.
History
In 1566, Lelio dell'Anguillara, Duke of Ceri, purchased the Palazzo Del Monte. He commissioned the Palazzo Ceri, in honor of himself, and hired the architect Martino Longhi the Elder. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo%20Poli |
Scores: Songs from "Copacabana" and "Harmony" is Barry Manilow's third album with Concord Records. It features selections from two musicals that feature original music by Manilow and lyrics by Bruce Sussman.
The first half of the record features songs from Copacabana: The Musical. "Dancin' Fool", "Sweet Heaven", and "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scores%20%28album%29 |
Austin Kelly was the bandleader of the All-Ireland Irish Orchestra, a traditional Irish musical group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band's recordings were broadcast on the WTEL radio station in Philadelphia, which helped inspire the modern Irish music scene in the city.
References
Standing Stones
Ame... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20Kelly |
Jan Antonín Koželuh (also Johann Antonin Kozeluch, Koscheluch, Jan Evangelista Antonín Tomáš; 14 December 1738 in Velvary – 3 February 1814 in Prague) was a Czech composer.
Life
Koželuh was a pupil of Josef Seger and studied under the Jesuits in Brenitz. He studied in Vienna under Christoph Willibald von Gluck and Flo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Anton%C3%ADn%20Ko%C5%BEeluh |
The Essential Barry Manilow was a compilation album released by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow in 2005. The album consisted of two CDs, with a total of 34 tracks as part of The Essential series by Sony BMG. In 2010, a limited edition three CD version was released with 8 additional songs.
Track listing
Disc 1
"Ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Essential%20Barry%20Manilow |
The Fountain of Valle Giulia is a fountain in the Valle Giulia area of Rome. It was immortalised in the symphonic poem Fontane di Roma by Ottorino Respighi.
Valle Giulia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain%20of%20Valle%20Giulia |
The 1972 Summer Olympics were held in Munich, West Germany, 29 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 532 participants from 52 countries competing.
Perhaps the most spectacular athletic events were in swimming. Mark Spitz had a remarkable run, competing in seven events, winning seven Olympic titles a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming%20at%20the%201972%20Summer%20Olympics |
A tactical nuclear weapon (TNW) or non-strategic nuclear weapon (NSNW) is a nuclear weapon that is designed to be used on a battlefield in military situations, mostly with friendly forces in proximity and perhaps even on contested friendly territory. Generally smaller in explosive power, they are defined in contrast to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical%20nuclear%20weapon |
Averett University is a private Baptist university in Danville, Virginia. Founded in 1859 as a women's college, Averett became a 4-year, coeducational institution in 1969. In 2011, the university restored its Baptist affiliation, renewing a relationship that had existed from Averett's founding until 2005.
History
Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averett%20University |
A consumers' co-operative is an enterprise owned by consumers and managed democratically and that aims at fulfilling the needs and aspirations of its members. Such co-operatives operate within the market system, independently of the state, as a form of mutual aid, oriented toward service rather than pecuniary profit. M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumers%27%20co-operative |
Esprit de corps is a French phrase meaning the morale of a group.
Esprit de Corps may also refer to:
Esprit de Corps (magazine), a Canadian military magazine
Esprit de Corps (EP), a 2005 EP by Wild Beasts
"Esprit de Corps" (The Avengers), an episode of the British spy-fi television series The Avengers
Esprit de ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esprit%20de%20corps%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Andreas Beck (; born 13 March 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Born in the Soviet Union, he represented Germany at youth and senior levels.
Early life
Beck was born in Kemerovo, USSR (now Russia). When he was three, his family emigrated to Germany. "I will never forget that we live... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas%20Beck%20%28footballer%29 |
As of 2023, Finland has five operating nuclear reactors in two power plants, all located on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Nuclear power provided about 34% of the country's electricity generation in 2020. The first research nuclear reactor in Finland was commissioned in 1962 and the first commercial reactor started oper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20power%20in%20Finland |
Boyd's Cove, also known as Boyd's Harbour, is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador that is near Lewisporte. There is an interpretive centre dedicated to the earlier indigenous Beothuk settlement at this location.
History
Boyd's Cove was first settled by ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd%27s%20Cove%2C%20Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador |
The Seagate ST1 is a miniature 1-inch hard drive with the CompactFlash Type II form factor, much like IBM's Microdrive. Unlike Sony and Hitachi and allegedly GS Magicstor branded drives, Seagate developed their technology from scratch.
As of 2005 most 5 gigabyte MP3 players in production had ST1 drives embedded in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagate%20ST1 |
Tavua 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 o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavua%20%28Open%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
The Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT), formerly the Christchurch Technical College, was an institute of technology in Christchurch, New Zealand. It merged with Aoraki Polytechnic and became Ara Institute of Canterbury in 2016.
CPIT provided full-time and part-time education in technologies and tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch%20Polytechnic%20Institute%20of%20Technology |
Ivy City is a small neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., in the United States. About half the neighborhood is industrial or formerly industrial, dominated by warehouses. The Ivy City Yard, a railroad coach yard and maintenance facility for the passenger railroad Amtrak, is situated northwest across New York Aven... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy%20City |
Claires Court School is a 2–18 all-through private day school and sixth form in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. As one of a small number of diamond schools located in the United Kingdom, it is unique in that while its nursery and sixth form are mixed, Juniors (primary) and Seniors (secondary) are single-sex, though as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claires%20Court%20School |
Cape St. John is a headland located on the north coast of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Cape St. John forms the northeastern point of the Baie Verte Peninsula and has a high prominent peak with steep cliffs rising to an elevation of 74m that are reddish in colour. The nearest com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20St.%20John |
This is a list of individual opera composers and their major works.
The list includes composers' principal operas and those of historical importance in the development of the art form. It covers the full historical period from the birth of opera in the late 16th century to the present day, and includes all forms of op... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20operas%20by%20composer |
Peter Bruce Andrews (born 1937) is an American mathematician and Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the creator of the mathematical logic Q0. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1964 under the tutelage of Alonzo Church. He received the Herbra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20B.%20Andrews |
Roughly speaking, the prose of the Ottoman Empire can be divided along the lines of two broad periods: early Ottoman prose, written prior to the 19th century CE and exclusively nonfictional in nature; and later Ottoman prose, which extended from the mid-19th century Tanzimat period of reform to the final fall of the Ot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose%20of%20the%20Ottoman%20Empire |
Interdisciplinary teaching is a method, or set of methods, used to teach across curricular disciplines or "the bringing together of separate disciplines around common themes, issues, or problems.” Often interdisciplinary instruction is associated with or a component of several other instructional approaches. For exampl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdisciplinary%20teaching |
Paul Birchard is an American actor who lives in Finland. He has appeared in film, television, stage and radio productions, most notably as Bud in Sweet Bird of Youth with the Royal National Theatre, Ross in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and Chuck in the premiere of Frank Grimes's first... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Birchard |
Karel Blažej Kopřiva (or Karl Blasius Kopriva; 9 February 1756 in Cítoliby – 15 May 1785 in Cítoliby) was a Czech organist and composer from a family of musicians.
Life and career
Kopřiva studied first with his father, the composer Václav Jan Kopřiva (1708–1789), and later with Josef Seger in Prague. Then he became or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel%20Bla%C5%BEej%20Kop%C5%99iva |
Kevin Hathway is an English percussionist and educator. Besides being a member of the Philharmonia Orchestra, a position he has held since 1979, he is head of wind, brass and percussion at the Purcell School. He is a diploma examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and co-devised their timpani, s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Hathway |
James McIlroy (born 7 December 1977) is an English heavy metal guitarist. He was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, grew up in Belgium before returning to England in 1996. He started his professional playing career in 2002.
Career
A guitarist in the British extreme metal band Cradle of Filth from 2003 until 2005, McIlroy p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20McIlroy%20%28musician%29 |
In 2022, 79.6% of Taiwan's electricity generation came from fossil fuels (43.4% natural gas, 34.8% coal, 1.4% oil, 1.4% cogeneration, 1.2%), 9.1% from nuclear, 8.6% from renewables, and 1.2% from hydro. Taiwan relies on imports for almost 98% of its energy, which leaves the island's energy supply vulnerable to externa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20in%20Taiwan |
Wechselburg Priory, formerly Wechselburg Abbey (Kloster Wechselburg) is a Benedictine priory in Wechselburg in Saxony, dissolved in the 16th century and re-founded in 1993.
First foundation
Dedo V of Wettin founded the monastery, dedicated in 1168. Henry the Illustrious, Margrave of Meissen made a gift of it in 1278 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechselburg%20Priory |
Von is a Germanic-language preposition that approximately means of or from. When it prefixes a surname it is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence.
Von can mean the following:
People:
Eerie Von (born 1964), original bassist for the metal band Danzig
King Von (1994–2020), African American rapper
Ronnie Von (born... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The Dominican Republic competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.
Results by event
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Gerardo Suero
Heat — 10.53
Quarterfinals — 10.57 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Hurdles
Marisela Peralta
Heat — 14.18 (→ did not advance)
Diving
Men's Springboard
Reynaldo Castro
Prelimi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican%20Republic%20at%20the%201980%20Summer%20Olympics |
Mute Print, released on April 20, 2004 through Nitro Records, is the third full-length album from the Massachusetts based melodic hardcore band A Wilhelm Scream. It is their first studio album since changing their name from Smackin' Isaiah in 2002.
Background and production
This album is the follow-up to a release tha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mute%20Print |
A savior complex is an attitude and demeanor in which a person believes they are responsible for assisting other people. A person with a savior complex will often experience empathic episodes and commit to impulsive decisions such as volunteering, donating, or advocating for a cause. A person with the complex will usua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savior%20complex |
Brussels-Schuman railway station (, ), officially Brussels-Schuman (, ), is a railway station in the City of Brussels, Belgium, serving the European Quarter. It received its name from the area around the Robert Schuman Roundabout, itself named after Robert Schuman.
Underneath Brussels-Schuman is the rapid transit Schu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuman%20railway%20station |
Jingji may refer to:
Jingji Circuit (Tang dynasty) (京畿道), a Tang dynasty circuit around its capital Chang'an
Jingji Circuit (Song dynasty) (京畿路), a Song dynasty circuit around its capital Kaifeng Prefecture
See also
Gyeonggi Province, Korean equivalent
Kinki
Kinh Kỳ, Vietnamese equivalent, is a nickname of Hanoi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingji |
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