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Béla Gerster (20 October 1850 – 3 August 1923) was a Hungarian engineer and canal architect. He took part in an early expedition to determine the route of the Panama Canal, and was the chief engineer of the Corinth Canal.
Background
Béla Gerster was born in 1850 at Kassa (Kaschau/Košice), (then in the Austrian Empire... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la%20Gerster |
Alex Carter may refer to:
Alex Carter (British actor) (born 1982), British actor
Alex Carter (Canadian actor) (born 1964), Canadian television and film actor
Alex Carter (cornerback) (born 1994), American football cornerback
Alex Carter (defensive end) (born 1963), American football defensive end
Alexander Carter (190... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Carter |
Alex Neilson (born 22 September 1982) is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He is a founding member and main songwriter of folk-rock group Trembling Bells (2008-2018). He is also known for his continuing collaborations with Alasdair Roberts, Will Oldham and Richar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Neilson |
Max Casella (born Maximilian Deitch; June 6, 1967) is an American actor. He is known for his roles on the television series Doogie Howser, M.D., The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, Vinyl, Cro and the voice of Daxter in the Jak and Daxter video game series.
Early life
Casella was born in Washington, D.C., the son of David ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Casella |
Kimble Lynard Anders (born September 10, 1966) is a former American football fullback in the National Football League.
Early years
He played college football at the University of Houston where he produced 261 carries for 1,359 yards and 16 TDs to go with 115 receptions for 1,718 and 11 scores.
Professional career
Kim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimble%20Anders |
Make Death Love Me (1979) is a psychological crime novel by English author Ruth Rendell, regarded by some as one of her bleakest and most powerful stories. The novel was shortlisted for an Edgar and won Sweden's prestigious Martin Beck Award.
Summary
Alan Groombridge, forty-ish, manages a tiny sub-branch of the Anglia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make%20Death%20Love%20Me |
Terminal Velocity is a 1994 American action film directed by Deran Sarafian, written by David Twohy, and starring Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, and Christopher McDonald. It follows a daredevil skydiver (Sheen) who is caught up in a criminal plot by Russian mobsters (Gandolfini and McDonald), forcin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal%20Velocity%20%28film%29 |
The Arkalochori Axe is a 2nd millennium BC Minoan bronze votive double axe (labrys) excavated by Spyridon Marinatos in 1934 in the Arkalochori cave on Crete, which is believed to have been used for religious rituals. It is inscribed with fifteen symbols.
It has been suggested that these symbols might be Linear A, alt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkalochori%20Axe |
St. Boniface's Abbey () is a Benedictine monastery in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It was founded in 1835 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, as a part of his efforts to reanimate the country's spiritual life by the restoration of the monasteries destroyed during the secularisation of the early 19th century.
The ab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Boniface%27s%20Abbey |
The Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California is a federally recognized tribe of Klamath, Karuk, and Shasta Indians in Siskiyou County, California.
Reservation
The Quartz Valley Reservation was originally located near the current reservation but was terminated by the US government ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz%20Valley%20Indian%20Community |
Daniel Carlsson (born 29 June 1976) is a rally car driver from Sweden.
Biography
Carlsson came in 2nd at the Swedish Junior Rally Championship in 1998 when he was only 22. He went on to compete in the Swedish Rally Championship in 1999, finishing 1st in Group H. In 1999 he finished 2nd again in the Swedish Juniors.
B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Carlsson%20%28rally%20driver%29 |
Belenois aurota, the pioneer or pioneer white or caper white, is a small to medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in South Asia and Africa. In Africa, it is also known as the brown-veined white, and is well known during summer and autumn when large numbers migrat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belenois%20aurota |
Jo Anne Bryant Barnhart (born January 1, 1950) was the 14th Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, filling a six-year term of office that ran through January 19, 2007.
Biography
She was nominated by President George W. Bush on July 17, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 2, 2001. On Febr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%20Anne%20B.%20Barnhart |
Yalkharoy is a rural locality (a selo) in Urus-Martanovsky District of the Republic of Chechnya, Russia.
Location
Yalkhara is located in the center of Galanchozhsky District. It is located north-west of Aka-Bass and south-west of Grozny.
The closest settlements to Yalkhara are Tsecha-Äkhk in the west, Aka-Bass in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalkharoy |
The Guatemalan Air Force ( or FAG) is a small air force composed mostly of U.S.-made aircraft throughout its history. The FAG is a subordinate to the Guatemalan Military and its commanding officer reports to the Defence Minister.
Mission and vision
The mission of the Guatemalan Air Force is to "plan and conduct aerial... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan%20Air%20Force |
The Saratoga Special Stakes is an American grade II thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race is for two-year-olds willing to race six furlongs on the dirt.
With its first run in 1901, the Saratoga Special was a winner-take-all race until 1959 wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga%20Special%20Stakes |
Alexander Brydie Dyer (January 10, 1815 – May 20, 1874) was an American soldier in a variety of 19th century wars, serving most notably as a general and the Army's Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps during the American Civil War.
Early life
Dyer was born at Richmond, Virginia, on January 10, 1815. He w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Brydie%20Dyer |
Ken Bruen (born 1951) is an Irish writer of hard-boiled and noir crime fiction.
Biography
Education and teaching career
Born in Galway, he was educated at Gormanston College, County Meath and later at Trinity College Dublin, where he earned a PhD in metaphysics.
Bruen spent twenty-five years as an English teacher i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Bruen |
Mark L. Lester (born November 26, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known as a prolific director of cult films, including the disco musical Roller Boogie (1979), the vigilante thriller film Class of 1984 (1982), the Stephen King adaptation Firestarter (1984), the Arnold Schwarzenegge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20L.%20Lester |
In population dynamics, depensation is the effect on a population (such as a fish stock) whereby, due to certain causes, a decrease in the breeding population (mature individuals) leads to reduced production and survival of eggs or offspring. The causes may include predation levels rising per offspring (given the same ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depensation |
The Sanford Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the third week of July at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. A six furlong sprint race, the Grade III event is open to two-year-old horses.
Inaugurated in 1913 as the Sanford Memorial Stakes, it was modified to its pres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford%20Stakes |
Warm, in Your Coat is a Romeo Void compilation album released in 1992.
Track listing
"White Sweater" (Debora Iyall, Peter Woods, Frank Zincavage) – 4:48
"I Mean It" (Benjamin Bossi, Iyall, Woods, Zincavage) – 5:40
"Charred Remains" (Iyall, Woods, Zincavage) – 3:04
"Talk Dirty to Me (Iyall, Woods, Zincavage) – 4:47... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warm%2C%20in%20Your%20Coat |
Stephen Foster (1826–1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American songwriter.
Stephen Foster may also refer to:
Stephen Foster (Lord Mayor of London) (fl. 1454), fishmonger and Lord Mayor of London
Stephen Clark Foster (Maine politician) (1799–1872), United States Representative from Maine
Steph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Foster%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The AFL final eight system is an eight-team championship playoff tournament developed and adopted by the Australian Football League in the 2000 season. The eight teams, which are ranked or seeded in advance of the tournament, participate in a four-week tournament, with two teams eliminated in each of the first three we... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL%20final%20eight%20system |
Imperial commissioner is an ambivalent English language term, used to render foreign language titles of various – mostly gubernatorial – officers whose 'commission' was in the gift of an Emperor, including China, the Russian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire.
The German title, in both the German Empire (1871–1918) and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial%20commissioner |
"The Exit of Battling Billson" is a short story by British author P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the December 1923 issue of Cosmopolitan, and in the United Kingdom in the January 1924 Strand. It features the irrepressible Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, and was included in the collecti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Exit%20of%20Battling%20Billson |
Hugh Gater Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Putney, (27 July 1908 – 26 January 2004) was a British Labour politician, campaigner and member of Parliament (MP) and the House of Lords.
Jenkins was MP for Putney and served as Arts Minister from 1974 to 1976. He was the Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) betwe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Jenkins%2C%20Baron%20Jenkins%20of%20Putney |
Alexandra DeWitt is a fictional character in the . She is the girlfriend of Kyle Rayner before he receives the Green Lantern power ring from Ganthet. She is best known, however, as the murder victim whose manner of disposal led writer Gail Simone to coin the phrase "Women in Refrigerators". DeWitt first appears with Ky... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra%20DeWitt |
The Manchester Book Award is a project run in Manchester, UK, organised by School Services at the Manchester Library & Information Service; it is funded by the Working Neighbourhoods Fund. The project is currently in its fourth year.
Each year, a longlist of twenty-four children's books is drawn up from nominations by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester%20Book%20Award |
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis is a 2003 docudrama television movie which re-enacts the events of the September 11 attacks in 2001 as seen from the point of view of the President of the United States and his staff. It was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starred Timothy Bottoms as President George W. Bush.
Premise
DC 9/... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC%209/11%3A%20Time%20of%20Crisis |
The National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three year old horses run over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in July at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.
History
The event was inaugurated as the Gallant Man Stakes in honor of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Museum%20of%20Racing%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20Stakes |
The Redding Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe with a reservation in Shasta County, Northern California. The of the Redding Rancheria was purchased in 1922 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in order to provide Indigenous peoples with a place to camp and live. They had been made landless by European-American settl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redding%20Rancheria |
The Lake Placid Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-sixteenths miles on the turf course scheduled annually in late July or early August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
His... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Placid%20Stakes |
The Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt held annually in late July at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.
History
The inaugural running of the event was on 17 August 1985 as the A Phenome... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20G.%20Vanderbilt%20Handicap |
Acorna's Quest (1998) is a science fantasy novel by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball. It is the sequel to their Acorna: The Unicorn Girl; those two were the first books in the Acorna Universe series. McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough continued the series beginning with Acorna's People (1999).
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorna%27s%20Quest |
Garnock may refer to:
The River Garnock in North Ayrshire, Scotland
Glengarnock, a small village on the river, once the site of Glengarnock Steelworks.
Garnock Valley area of North Ayrshire, which takes in the towns of Beith, Dalry and Kilbirnie.
Garnock Academy in Kilbirnie, a secondary school formed in 1971.
Garnock ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnock |
The State Correctional Institution – Graterford, commonly referred to as SCI Graterford, known prior as Eastern Correctional Institution, Graterford Prison, Graterford Penitentiary, and the Graterford Prison Farm, was a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections prison located in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Penns... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20Correctional%20Institution%20%E2%80%93%20Graterford |
The January Events () were a series of violent confrontations between the civilian population of Lithuania, supporting independence, and the Soviet Armed Forces. The events took place between 11 and 13 January 1991, after the restoration of independence by Lithuania. As a result of the Soviet military actions, 14 civil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January%20Events |
Naursky District (; , Nevran khoşt) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Naurskaya. Population: 51,143 (2002 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naursky%20District |
Zhenhai is a district and former county of the sub-provincial city of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province in eastern China. It has a population of 200,000.
History
Under the Qing, the city walls covered a circuit of and rose to . The British captured Zhenhai on 10 October 1841 during the First Opium War, dismantling its for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhenhai%20District |
The Bernard Baruch Handicap is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older run over a distance of miles on the turf annually in early August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $200,000.
History
The event is named in honor of Berna... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Baruch%20Handicap |
Leif Erlend Johannessen (born 14 May 1980) is a Norwegian chess player, and Norway's fifth grandmaster. He received his title in 2002, and was at the time Norway's second youngest grandmaster of all times. He picked up his first norm in Oslo, the second at Bermuda and finally the third in the Sigeman tournament in Malm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif%20Erlend%20Johannessen |
The Spanish futsal league is divided into divisions. The top teams play in the División de Honor (also called Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala). In each division, a team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away.
The Spanish league teams compete in Europe under UEFA, most notably in the UEFA Futsal Cup with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futsal%20in%20Spain |
The Farewell Tour is the third live music video title by singer-actress Cher. Released by Warner Music Video in 2003, it contained a live date from Living Proof: The Farewell Tour, filmed at American Airlines Arena in Miami on November 8, 2002. It was originally aired on April 8, 2003 as a television special on America... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Farewell%20Tour%20%28video%29 |
Vytegra is a town in Vytegorsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia.
Vytegra may also refer to:
Vytegra Urban Settlement, Vologda Oblast, Russia, a municipal formation into which the town of district significance of Vytegra is incorporated
Vytegra (river), a river in Vologda Oblast, Russia
See also
Vytegorsky Distric... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vytegra%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The River Garnock (), the smallest of Ayrshire's six principal rivers, has its source on the southerly side of the Hill of Stake in the heart of the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. About a mile and a half south of this starting point the untested stream tumbles over the Spout of Garnock, the highest waterfall in Ayrshir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Garnock |
Fire investigation, sometimes referred to as origin and cause investigation, is the analysis of fire-related incidents. After firefighters extinguish a fire, an investigation is launched to determine the origin and cause of the fire or explosion. Investigations of such incidents require a systematic approach and knowle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20investigation |
Pterodactyl is a 2005 American action-horror film that premiered on the Sci Fi Channel. The film is directed by Mark L. Lester.
Plot
At a pterodactyl's nest, several of the eggs hatch.
A trio of hunters, scouting the Turkish–Armenian border are suddenly attacked by a pterodactyl. While defending themselves, they beco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterodactyl%20%28film%29 |
Marc Rogers is a Canadian acoustic and electric bassist.
Career
Rogers studied at the University of North Texas College of Music, where he was a member of the One O'Clock Lab Band directed by Neil Slater.
He is a member of the band The Philosopher Kings. Rogers tours with and is a member of Michael Kaeshammer's band... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Rogers |
"Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner" is a short story by British author P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the January 1924 issue of Cosmopolitan, and in the United Kingdom in the February 1924 Strand. It features the irrepressible Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, and was included in the collect... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukridge%20Rounds%20a%20Nasty%20Corner |
George Douglas Crawford (1 November 1939 – 17 April 2002) was a Scottish politician and journalist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth and East Perthshire from 1974 to 1979.
Crawford was educated at Glasgow Academy and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, before working as a journalist in London. He was an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Crawford |
The Vytegra () is a river in Vytegorsky District of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It nominally flows out of Lake Matkozero and is a tributary of Lake Onega. It is long, and the area of its basin . The principal tributary is the Tagazhma (left).
The river is a part of the Volga–Baltic Waterway. When the canal was under co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vytegra%20%28river%29 |
Jan Costin Wagner (born 13 October 1972 in Langen) is a German crime fiction writer. His novels are set in Finland and feature detective Kimmo Joentaa.
Biography
Wagner studied German Literature and History at university in Frankfurt, and later worked as a journalist. His first novel, "Nachtfahrt" (Night Trip) was pu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Costin%20Wagner |
Extreme-G is a futuristic racing video game developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment, featuring an original trance soundtrack. It was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1997, and was released in Japan on May 29, 1998. Despite the crowded field of Nintendo 64 racing games, Extreme-G was met w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme-G |
Malleco Province () is one of two provinces in the southern Chilean region of La Araucanía (IX). Its population as of the 2017 census is 205,124, and it covers an area of . The provincial capital is the city of Angol.
Malleco Province is known for having the emblematic Malleco Viaduct and the Las Raíces Tunnel, Chile... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleco%20Province |
Pir () or Peer is a title for a Sufi spiritual guide. They are also referred to as a Hazrat (from ) and Sheikh or Shaykh, which is literally the Arabic equivalent. The title is often translated into English as "saint". In Sufism, a Pir's role is to guide and instruct his disciples on the Sufi path. This is often done b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pir%20%28Sufism%29 |
Carna is an area in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. It is located on the country's west coast in the Gaeltacht, about 50 km west of Galway city. Carna is a tiny, extremely small area, but as a focal point for the surrounding areas, it contains a Garda Síochána station, a Health Centre including a Rapid Response Ambu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carna%2C%20County%20Galway |
The concept of symbolic power, also known as symbolic domination (domination symbolique in French language) or symbolic violence, was first introduced by French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu to account for the tacit, almost unconscious modes of cultural/social domination occurring within the everyday social habits mainta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic%20power |
Sopot railway station is the main railway station serving the city of Sopot, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1870 and is located on the Gdańsk–Stargard railway and the parallel Gdańsk Śródmieście–Rumia railway. The train services are operated by PKP, Polregio and SKM Tricity. Koleje Mazowie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopot%20railway%20station |
Paradise Lost is an epic Christian poem by John Milton.
Paradise Lost may also refer to:
Music
Paradise Lost (band), a British gothic metal band
Albums
Paradise Lost (Cirith Ungol album)
Paradise Lost (Delta Heavy album)
Paradise Lost, a 2005 album by Hasan Salaam
Paradise Lost (Symphony X album)
Paradise Lost (Para... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise%20Lost%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Braunau in Rohr Abbey (Kloster Braunau in Rohr) is a Benedictine monastery, formerly Rohr Abbey, a monastery of the Augustinian Canons, in Rohr in Niederbayern in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria, Germany.
Rohr Abbey: First foundation
The monastery, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was founded... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braunau%20in%20Rohr%20Abbey |
The Kovzha () is a river in the Vytegorsky, Belozersky, and Vashkinsky districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia. It originates from Lake Kovzhskoye and is a tributary of Lake Beloye. It is long, and the area of its basin . The Kovzha River is a part of the Volga–Baltic Waterway. The main tributaries are the Tumba and the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovzha |
Mackensen may refer to:
Mackensen (Dassel), a village in Dassel, Lower Saxony, Germany
August von Mackensen (1849-1945), German World War I field marshal
Two of his sons:
Eberhard von Mackensen (1889-1969), German World War II general
Hans Georg von Mackensen (1883-1947), German diplomat
Fritz Mackensen (1866-19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackensen |
The Union of Women Teachers (UWT) was a trade union for female teachers in the United Kingdom.
The National Union of Women Teachers dissolved in 1960, and women teachers thereafter could choose to join either the National Union of Teachers or the Association of Assistant Mistresses. The National Association of School... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20of%20Women%20Teachers |
Syed Hussein Alatas bin Syed Ali Alatas ( ; 17 September 1928 – 23 January 2007) was a Malaysian academic, sociologist, politician, and founder of social science organisations. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya in the 1980s and formed the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan). Syed Hussein wrote seve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed%20Hussein%20Alatas |
The Union of Insurance Staffs (UIS) was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the insurance industry.
The union was founded in 1919 as the Guild of Insurance Officials (GIO), and had 14,551 members by 1921. Membership remained at a similar level for many years, peaking at 21,000 in 1963. The union affil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20of%20Insurance%20Staffs |
Alabama Gas Corporation, known as Alagasco was the largest natural gas utility in the north and central part of Alabama. It was headquartered in Birmingham and at its peak provided natural gas energy to 460,000 homes and businesses.
In 2014, Energen Corporation sold Alagasco to The Laclede Group of St. Louis. After ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alagasco |
Heather Menzies Urich (December 3, 1949 – December 24, 2017) was a Canadian–American model and actress, known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music and Jessica 6 in the TV series Logan's Run.
Early life
Heather Margaret Brotherston Menzies was born in Toronto on December 3, 1949, to Sco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather%20Menzies |
Guillermo Gonzalez (born 1963) is an astronomer, a proponent of the pseudoscientific principle of intelligent design, and a research scientist at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. He is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, considered the hub of the intelligent design movement... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo%20Gonzalez%20%28astronomer%29 |
Lavardin is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.
It is located on the banks of the river Loir.
Population
Sights
Lavardin is classified as one of the most beautiful villages of France thanks to the ruins of its mediaeval castle (see main article: Château de Lavardin), its Gothic church and fre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavardin%2C%20Loir-et-Cher |
John Arthur "Jack" Shaw (July 1, 1939 – April 5, 2020) was an American former civil servant who held positions under several presidents: Senior Staff under Richard Nixon, White House liaison under Gerald Ford, and in the State Department under Ronald Reagan. Additionally, President George H. W. Bush gave him a recess ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20A.%20Shaw |
Andy Van Hellemond (born February 16, 1948) is a Canadian former National Hockey League referee and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1999. He is also a former municipal politician, serving on city council for the City of Guelph, Ontario from 2010 to 2018.
Officiating career
Van Hellemond's NHL officiating ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Van%20Hellemond |
An Evening with Fred Astaire is a one-hour live television special starring Fred Astaire, broadcast on NBC on October 17, 1958. It was highly successful, winning nine Emmy awards and spawning three further specials, and technically innovative, as it was the first major television show to be recorded on videotape in col... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%20Evening%20with%20Fred%20Astaire |
Alexandra Meissnitzer (born 18 June 1973) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Her specialities were the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom disciplines.
From Abtenau, Salzburg, her father, Hans Meissnitzer, a mechanic by trade, taught her to ski at an early age.
At the 1998 Winter Olympics at Nagano... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra%20Meissnitzer |
Piazza Colonna is a piazza at the center of the Rione of Colonna in the historic heart of Rome, Italy. It is named for the marble Column of Marcus Aurelius, which has stood there since AD 193. The bronze statue of Saint Paul that crowns the column was placed in 1589, by order of Pope Sixtus V. The Roman Via Lata (now t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza%20Colonna |
Paul Trapier (1749–1778) was a public official in South Carolina during the American Revolution.
Trapier was born Georgetown, South Carolina, and educated in England. During the American Revolution, he served on the Georgetown Committee of Safety and in the South Carolina Provincial Congress. He was a captain in a mil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Trapier |
Christian Hoff (born April 21, 1968) is an American actor.
Biography
Hoff was born in San Francisco, California, and later moved with his family to San Diego. At eight years old he began acting at the San Diego Junior Theater, and not long after was playing Winthrop in The Music Man.
Career
Since then he has appeared... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Hoff |
The Union of Communication Workers (UCW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries.
History
The union was founded in 1919 as the Union of Post Office Workers (UPW) by the merger of the Postmen's Federation, Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association and the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20of%20Communication%20Workers |
In mathematics, an operation is a function which takes zero or more input values (also called "operands" or "arguments") to a well-defined output value. The number of operands is the arity of the operation.
The most commonly studied operations are binary operations (i.e., operations of arity 2), such as addition and m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20%28mathematics%29 |
Annibal Camoux (1638? – 1759) was a former French soldier from Marseilles who was noted for his longevity. Most researchers, including French historian Louis Thibaux, consider this an unverified longevity claim.
A former soldier in the service of the King of France, according to his biography, Camoux reached age 100 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annibal%20Camoux |
Art Laboe (born Arthur Egnoian; August 7, 1925 – October 7, 2022) was an American radio host, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner. He was generally credited with coining the term "Oldies but Goodies".
Early life and education
Laboe was born to parents Hosanna (née Kezerian) and John Egnoian in Murray,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%20Laboe |
Clearlight is an American instrumental rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana. They are also known as the Mystick Krewe of Clearlight due to other bands using the same original name.
History
The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight was founded in 1996 as an instrumental side-project by members of New Orleans bands Eyehategod, D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearlight%20%28American%20band%29 |
Patrick Neeson Lynch (March 10, 1817 – February 26, 1882) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Charleston in the Southeastern United States from 1857 until his death in 1882.
Biography
Early life
Patrick Lynch's birthplace is sometimes attributed to Clones, Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Neeson%20Lynch |
Nancy Lewis is a professional female bodybuilder from the United States. She earned her pro card by winning the overall title at the 1991 NPC USA Championship. She competed in a number of professional contests from 1992 to 1998 with a series of solid placings, but no titles. Then after a four-year retirement, she re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Lewis |
Tis Pity She's a Whore (original spelling: Tis Pitty Shee's a Who[o]re) is a tragedy written by John Ford. It was first performed or between 1629 and 1633, by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre. The play was first published in 1633, in a quarto printed by Nicholas Okes for the bookseller Richard Collins. For... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Tis%20Pity%20She%27s%20a%20Whore |
Extreme-G 2, also known as Extreme G: XG2, is a racing video game developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment for Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to Extreme-G and is followed by Extreme-G 3.
Gameplay
This iteration, as with all Extreme-G games, is about futuristic racin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme-G%202 |
William Stephen Arnsparger (December 16, 1926 – July 17, 2015) was an American college and professional football coach. He was born and raised in Paris, Kentucky, served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, and graduated from Miami University (Ohio) in 1950. Immediately upon graduation, Arnsparger was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Arnsparger |
Bonox is a beef extract made in Australia, currently owned by Bega Cheese after it acquired the brand from Kraft Heinz in 2017. It is primarily a drink but can also be used as stock in cooking.
History
Bonox was invented by Camron Thomas for Fred Walker of Fred Walker & Co. in 1918. Bonox was launched the following y... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonox |
The Bronze Wolf Award is bestowed by the World Scout Committee (WSC) to acknowledge "outstanding service by an individual to the World Scout Movement". It is the highest honor that can be given a volunteer Scout leader in the world and it is the only award given by the WSC. Since the award's creation in 1935, fewer tha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze%20Wolf%20Award |
Bandolier was an independent healthcare journal about evidence-based healthcare, written by Oxford University scientists. It was started in 1994 and the National Health Service paid for its distribution to all doctors in the UK until 2002. Publication of the printed version ceased in 2007. New material was published on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandolier%20%28journal%29 |
Lee Scrivner (born February 10, 1971) is an American writer and cultural theorist known for his book Becoming Insomniac (2014) and for his satirical avant-garde art manifestos. He writes on the literature, history, and culture of the Victorian and Modernist periods, as well as on contemporary issues.
Early life and ed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Scrivner |
Li Zhe (born January 31, 1989) is a Chinese professional Go player.
Biography
Li was born in China. At 11 years of age, Li Zhe became one of the youngest professional Go players ever. Two years later, in 2002, Li was promoted to 3 dan. Li made more history in 2006 when he became the youngest title holder in China, at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Zhe%20%28Go%20player%29 |
The Tribal Hidage is a list of thirty-five tribes that was compiled in Anglo-Saxon England some time between the 7th and 9th centuries. It includes a number of independent kingdoms and other smaller territories, and assigns a number of hides to each one. The list is headed by Mercia and consists almost exclusively of p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal%20Hidage |
Chicago, (Chicago/State in station announcements) is an "L" station on the CTA's Red Line. It serves a significant portion of the Near North Side and Streeterville neighborhoods. With 5,259,992 overall boardings in 2014, it is the busiest station on the Red Line north of the Loop.
Location
The second stop on the Red ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20station%20%28CTA%20Red%20Line%29 |
Cristian Zorzi (born 14 August 1972 in Cavalese, Trentino) is an Italian former cross-country skier who excelled at sprint ski races. He is nicknamed Zorro, for his exuberant character.
Biography
Zorzi's first major success was at the 2000 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup, where he finished in second place. At the 2002 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristian%20Zorzi |
Comfort is the physical and psychological sense of ease.
Comfort may also refer to:
Places
United States
Comfort, North Carolina
Comfort, Texas
Comfort, West Virginia
Comfort, Wisconsin
Comfort Lake, a lake in Minnesota
Comfort Township, Kanabec County, Minnesota
Old Point Comfort, Virginia
Point Comfort, Texas
Pe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Ankuwa was an ancient Hattian and Hittite settlement in central Anatolia. Along with Hattusa and Katapa, it was one of the capitals from which the Hittite kings reigned during the year. Travelling from Hattusa, the royal entourage would arrive at Imralla on the first night, Hobigassa on the second, and Ankuwa on the th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankuwa |
Maryland Route 537 (MD 537) is a collection of unsigned state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. These two existing highways and two former sections of state highway are segments of the old alignment of U.S. Route 213 (US 213), which is now MD 213, in Chesapeake City in southern Cecil County. Some of the roads tha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20Route%20537 |
Lou Harry is an Indianapolis-based author, journalist, and playwright. The editor of Quill, the magazine of the Society of Professional Journalists, he is host of the podcast Lou Harry Gets Real, which is recorded in front of a live audience. His produced plays include We Are Still Tornadoes, which premiered in August ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Harry |
The Blemmyes ( or Βλέμυες, Blémues , Latin: Blemmyae) were an Eastern Desert people who appeared in written sources from the 7th century BC until the 8th century AD. By the late 4th century, they had occupied Lower Nubia and established a kingdom. From inscriptions in the temple of Isis at Philae, a considerable amount... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blemmyes |
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