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Aline Bernstein (December 22, 1880 – September 7, 1955) was an American set designer and costume designer. She and Irene Lewisohn founded the Museum of Costume Art. Bernstein was the lover, patron, and muse of novelist Thomas Wolfe.
Early life
She was born in 1880 in New York City, the daughter of Rebecca (Goldsmith) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aline%20Bernstein |
Two for the Money is an American game show television program which ran from 1952 to 1957. The show ran for one season on NBC, and four seasons on CBS. It was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production, and was initially sponsored by Old Gold cigarettes. Humorist Herb Shriner was the host for most of the show's run, with f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%20for%20the%20Money%20%28game%20show%29 |
Jonathan Joss (born December 22, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for providing the voice of John Redcorn from season 2 to 13 of the animated series King of the Hill, replacing the original actor Victor Aaron after his death in 1996. He is also known for his recurring role as Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Joss |
The Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference (or CFP, or the Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy) is an annual academic conference held in the United States or Canada about the intersection of computer technology, freedom, and privacy issues. The conference was founded in 1991, and since at least 1999, it has... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers%2C%20Freedom%20and%20Privacy%20Conference |
Fired Up is an American sitcom television series created by Arleen Sorkin and Paul Slansky, that aired on NBC from April 10, 1997 to February 9, 1998, for two seasons and 28 episodes. The series, the first from Grammnet Productions, starred Sharon Lawrence as a self-centered promotions executive and Leah Remini as her ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fired%20Up%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Extremities is a 1986 American dark drama film directed by Robert M. Young and written by William Mastrosimone, based on his 1982 off-Broadway play of the same name. The film stars Farrah Fawcett, Alfre Woodard, Diana Scarwid, and James Russo.
Both Fawcett and Russo had appeared in the stage play (Fawcett taking over ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremities%20%28film%29 |
Kenneth Edward Delo (December 8, 1938 – February 8, 2016) was an American singer best known as a member of television's The Lawrence Welk Show.
Born and reared in River Rouge, Michigan, Delo started performing first as a magician, then a ventriloquist, and later a hypnotist before taking up singing by miming to record... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Delo |
(, also , , ; literally "rotten pot", although podrida is probably a version of the original word poderida, so it could be translated as "powerful pot") is a Spanish stew, usually made with chickpeas or beans, and assorted meats like pork, beef, bacon, partridge, chicken, ham and sausage, and vegetables such as carrots... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olla%20podrida |
William Henry Blair Jr. (born May 17, 1942) is an American retired basketball coach. Blair worked twenty seasons in the National Basketball Association, beginning in New Jersey with the New Jersey Nets, and continuing to the Chicago Bulls, under Kevin Loughery, helping to draft Michael Jordan. He then moved to the Was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Blair%20%28basketball%29 |
Dvaleti (; also Tvaleti - თვალეთი) was a historical and ethnographic region in medieval Georgia. Territory in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, between Mamison Pass and Darial Gorge was associated with Dvaleti. According to Vakhusthi Bagrationi territory of Dvaleti included several gorges, namely: , Z... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvaleti |
Bad Medicine may refer to:
Film and television
Bad Medicine (film), a 1985 film starring Steve Guttenberg
"Bad Medicine" (Degrassi: The Next Generation), an episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation
"Bad Medicine" (Homicide: Life on the Street), an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street
Literature
Bad Medicine (n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Medicine |
Evelyn Erika Handler (née Sass; May 5, 1933 – December 23, 2011) served from 1980 to 1983 as the University of New Hampshire's fourteenth, and first female, President. Handler was the first woman in the country to be named president of a publicly supported land grant university. She was credited with bringing in $15 mi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn%20Handler |
Goodbye, New York is a 1985 Israeli-American comedy drama produced, directed and written by Amos Kollek, who also co-stars in his directorial debut.
Plot
A ditzy New Yorker (Julie Hagerty) is devastated to learn that her husband has been unfaithful and impulsively decides to go to Paris to escape. When she consumes to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye%2C%20New%20York |
Sangameswarar temple (also called Thirunana and Thirukooduthurai) is a temple in Bhavani, in the Erode district, of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is 15 km from Erode, 30 km from Gobichettipalayam, 56 km from Salem and 106 km from Coimbatore.
The temple was built at th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavani%20Sangameswarar%20Temple |
Order of Saint Maurice was established in 1996 in the pattern of the Cavalry & Armor Association's Order of St. George Medallion and is awarded by the National Infantry Association and the certificate is signed by the Chief of Infantry of the United States Army. It is named after Saint Maurice, the leader of the Roman ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order%20of%20Saint%20Maurice%20%28United%20States%29 |
The following lists events that happened during 1925 in Australia.
Incumbents
Monarch – George V
Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (until 8 October) then John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce
Chief Justice – Adrian Knox
State premiers
Premier of New South Wales – George... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925%20in%20Australia |
James Donald Rodgers (born March 12, 1943) is an American former basketball coach and team executive.
Life and career
Rodgers was born and raised in Franklin Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. An all-state player as a high school player in Illinois, Rodgers went on to play for Iowa, where he was a three-year starter o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Rodgers%20%28basketball%29 |
Abruptum is a Swedish black metal and dark ambient solo side-project band. It is run by Evil (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) of Marduk, but the band was formed in 1989 by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä). All (a.k.a. Jim Berger), Ext and Evil joined the band later. IT was one of the leaders of the True Satanist Horde, part of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abruptum |
Andrew Nathaniel Nelson (December 23, 1893 – May 17, 1975) was an American missionary and scholar of East Asian languages and literature, best known for his work in Japanese lexicography.
Biography
He was born in Great Falls, Montana to Swedish immigrant parents and earned his B.A. from Walla Walla University. In 1918... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Nelson%20%28lexicographer%29 |
An urban mine is the stockpile of rare metals in the discarded waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) of a society. Urban mining is the process of recovering these rare metals through mechanical and chemical treatments. In 1997, recycled gold accounted for approximately 20% of the 2700 tons of gold supplied ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%20mining |
Ned Sublette (born 1951 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American composer, musician, record producer, musicologist, historian, and author. Sublette studied Spanish Classical Guitar with Hector Garcia at the University of New Mexico and with Emilio Pujol in Spain. He studied composition with Kenneth Gaburo at the University o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned%20Sublette |
This is a list of writings and other compositions by Friedrich Nietzsche.
Works by Nietzsche
Writings and philosophy
Aus meinem Leben, 1858 (From My Life)
Über Musik, 1858 (On Music)
Napoleon III als Praesident, 1862 (Napoleon III as President)
Fatum und Geschichte, 1862 (Fate and History)
Willensfreiheit und Fatum, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Nietzsche%20bibliography |
Club León, also known as León, is a Mexican professional football club based in León, Guanajuato, that competes in the Liga MX, the top flight of Mexican football.
León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX title eight times in 1948, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1992, the Apertura in 2013, the Clausura in 2014, and the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club%20Le%C3%B3n |
Churchill Brothers Football Club Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually participated in the National Football League, then top tier of Indian f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill%20Brothers%20FC%20Goa |
At the Heart of Winter is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on February 22, 1999 through Osmose Productions. It is the first Immortal album not to feature Demonaz on guitar, as he suffered from acute tendinitis in his hands, as well as the last album until Sons of Northern D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At%20the%20Heart%20of%20Winter |
The National Infantry Association (NIA) was established in April 1982 at Fort Benning, Georgia as the Infantry Association, operating as a titular organization for the subscribers of “Infantry” magazine. In 1994, it was incorporated as the National Infantryman’s Association, a 501(c)(19) nonprofit organization. In 1998... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Infantry%20Association |
Joe Negroni (September 9, 1940 – September 5, 1978) was an American singer of Puerto Rican descent. He was a rock and roll pioneer and founding member of the rock and roll group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
Early years
Negroni's family moved from Puerto Rico to New York City in the 1930s during the Great Depressio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Negroni |
Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures–Screen Gems. Colpix got its name from combining Columbia (Col) and Pictures (Pix). CBS, which owned Columbia Records, then sued Columbia Pictures for trademark infringement over the Colpix name.
It was founded by Jonie Taps and Harry Cohn in 1958 and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colpix%20Records |
Tata Football Academy (Tata FA or TFA) is an association football academy based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, sponsored by Tata Steel, which owns ISL outfit Jamshedpur FC. It is one of the renowned and leading football academies in the country.
History
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata envisaged not only Asia's first fully... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata%20Football%20Academy |
Palazzo Madama () in Rome is the seat of the Senate of the Italian Republic, the upper house of the Italian Parliament.
History
It was built atop the ruins of the ancient baths of Nero, next to Piazza Navona. The terrain had been acquired in the Middle Ages by the monks of the Abbey of Farfa, who later ceded it to Fra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo%20Madama%2C%20Rome |
The Deathless Sermon was a sermon given as a plea for missionary work during the rise of Hyper-Calvinism in England. It was preached by Particular Baptist Minister, William Carey on 30 May, 1792 at the Friar Lane Baptist Chapel in Nottingham as an effort to arouse his pastoral contemporaries to intentional evangelistic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathless%20Sermon |
The 38th Street Gang''' is an American criminal street gang in Los Angeles, California, composed mainly of Hispanic-Americans. The 38th Street Gang is one of the oldest street gangs in Los Angeles and has been occupying its territory since the 1920s. They engage in many criminal activities. The Mexican Mafia controls a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th%20Street%20gang |
WSBU is the nationally recognized non-commercial radio station of St. Bonaventure University. It is licensed to the census-designated place of Saint Bonaventure, New York and broadcasts in the area around Allegany and Olean, New York.
Officially known as Rock Radio 88.3 The Buzz, WSBU is entirely student-run and manag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSBU |
A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from religious orders – the other major type of religious institute – in that members take simple vows, whereas members of religious orders take solemn vows.
History
Until the 16th century, the vows taken ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious%20congregation |
Raja Dahir (663 – 712 CE) was the last Hindu ruler of Sindh (in present-day Pakistan). A Brahmin ruler, his kingdom was invaded in 711 CE by the Arab Umayyad Caliphate, led by Muhammad bin Qasim, where Dahir died while defending his kingdom. According to the Chachnama, the Umayyad campaign against Dahir was due to a pi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahir%20of%20Aror |
The Commissioner of Public Markets, Weights, and Measures of the City of New York was a cabinet-level post appointed by the mayor of New York City during World War I, when foodstuffs were in short supply and people began hoarding. The goal was to "set fair prices for meat and fish." The commissioner had jurisdiction ov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner%20of%20Public%20Markets |
Aleš Valenta () (born 6 February 1973 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech freestyle skier who participated in aerials.
On February 19, 2002, he won the Winter Olympics gold medal in the freestyle aerials competition where he succeeded to perform the first triple back flip with five twists in the world. He op... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ale%C5%A1%20Valenta |
Basóvišča (pronounced ; Music Festival of Young Belarus) is the festival of Belarusian alternative and rock music, which is annually conducted by the Belarusian Association of Students since 1990.
The festival takes place during two July days in the Borak forest near Gmina of Gródek, Poland. The important part of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basovi%C5%A1%C4%8Da |
The Little River is a tributary of the Canadian River, long, in central Oklahoma, United States. Via the Canadian and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Little River rises in Moore in northwestern Cleveland County and flows generally southeastwardly through Pottawatomie, Semino... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20River%20%28Canadian%20River%20tributary%29 |
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of electric charge.
Electricity may also refer to:
Film and television
Electricity (film), a film released in 2014
"Electricity", an episode of Afterworld
"Electricity", a Series E episode of the television series QI (2007)
"Elec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity%20%28disambiguation%29 |
This is a list of well-known persons who were either born in, or lived in, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Arts
Joe Brainard, (1942 - 1994) painter
Charles Bell (1935–1995), artist
Ted Berrigan, (1934 - 1983) poet
James Pepper Henry, artist and Gilcrease Museum director (2015-2017)
Roman Jasinski, (1907- 1991) ballet dancer and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Tulsa%2C%20Oklahoma |
The Dvals (, Dvalebi; , Twaltæ) were a ethnographic group of Georgians. their lands lying on both sides of the central Greater Caucasus mountains, somewhere between the Darial and Mamison gorges. This historic territory mostly covers the north of Kartli, parts of the Racha and Khevi regions in Georgia and south of Osse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvals |
Dark Canyon Wilderness is a designated Wilderness Area in the heart of southeast Utah's canyon country, part of the Bears Ears National Monument. The wilderness is named for its high steep walls that narrow in the lower section so that they block the light in the morning and late afternoon. The roughly horseshoe-shaped... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark%20Canyon%20Wilderness |
Justice for All () is a Hong Kong television game show produced by Television Broadcasts Limited. The show is hosted by Carol Cheng; however, it also invites 3 guests and 2 lawyers to explain the answers. The first season was aired from April 25 to May 29, 2005. The second season was aired from September 19 to October ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice%20for%20All%20%28game%20show%29 |
Eli (or Elijah) ben Joseph Chabillo ( or Habillo) was a Spanish philosopher who lived in Monzón, Aragon, in the second half of the fifteenth century.
He was an admirer of the Christian scholastics, and studied Latin in order to translate into Hebrew some of their works, especially those dealing with psychology. The w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah%20ben%20Joseph%20Chabillo |
Harun bin Idris (Jawi: ; 22 December 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Malaysian politician and the 8th Menteri Besar of Selangor. Apart from his career in politics, Harun Idris (as he is informally known) was heavily involved in sports particularly organising the Muhammad Ali vs Joe Bugner fight in Kuala Lumpur as well as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harun%20Idris |
Louis-Casimir Teyssier (1821 in Albi – 1916 at Albi) was a French commander.
Life
He was recruited to the 21st regiment. As a lieutenant, he was wounded in Crimea, near Sevastopol and made a prisoner. He was released in December 15, 1855. made prisoner of war there he returned to France December 15, 1855. Serving in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Casimir%20Teyssier |
KNUS (710 AM) is a News/Talk radio station licensed in the city of Denver, Colorado. The station serves the Denver/Boulder Metropolitan area. 710 KNUS is owned and operated by Salem Media Group under licensee Salem Media of Colorado, Inc. and features programming from CBS News Radio, Genesis Communications Network, Sal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNUS |
In photographic optics, the Zeiss formula is a supposed formula for computing a circle of confusion (CoC) criterion for depth of field (DoF) calculations. The formula is , where is the diagonal measure of a camera format, film, sensor, or print, and the maximum acceptable diameter of the circle of confusion.
The Ze... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeiss%20formula |
The Swabian children (German: Schwabenkinder) were peasant children from poor families in the Alps of Austria and Switzerland who went to find work on farms in Upper Swabia and the Swabian Jura. Usually they were sent by their parents to become seasonal workers. They were taken in spring and brought to the child market... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian%20children |
The Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was a military training program instituted by the United States Army during World War II to meet wartime demands both for junior officers and soldiers with technical skills. Conducted at 227 American universities, it offered training in such fields as engineering, foreign la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%20Specialized%20Training%20Program |
Ubaidullah Sindhi (10 March 1872 – 21 August 1944) was a political activist of the Indian independence movement and one of its vigorous leaders. According to Dawn, Karachi, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi struggled for the independence of British India and for an exploitation-free society in India. He was also Home Minister ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubaidullah%20Sindhi |
Doppler cooling is a mechanism that can be used to trap and slow the motion of atoms to cool a substance. The term is sometimes used synonymously with laser cooling, though laser cooling includes other techniques.
History
Doppler cooling was simultaneously proposed by two groups in 1975, the first being David J. Wine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler%20cooling |
Krematorij () is a Russian rock band. The band is considered one of the best concert performing teams in Russia, known for its masterly rock-n-roll. Formed in Moscow in 1983, Krematorij gained quick recognition, achieved the status of a legend of Russian Rock-n-Roll and after 30 years on stage continues to delight its ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krematorij |
Tomasz Jan Guzik (born 8 March 1974 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish physician scientist. Since 2012, he has been the Regius Professor of Physiology at the University of Glasgow.
He is a member of the American Heart Association and scientific societies of Poland, United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Early l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz%20Guzik |
Reaction wood in a woody plant is wood that forms in place of normal wood as a response to gravity, where the cambial cells are oriented other than vertically. It is typically found on branches and leaning stems. It is an example of mechanical acclimation in trees.
Progressive bending and cracking would occur in parts... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction%20wood |
Sima Daozi (司馬道子) (363 – 3 February 403), courtesy name Daozi (道子), formally Prince Wenxiao of Kuaiji (會稽文孝王), was a regent during the reign of his nephew Emperor An of Jin, being the younger brother of Emperor Xiaowu.
Early life
Sima Daozi was born in 363, a year after his older brother Sima Yao was born to their fat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima%20Daozi |
Beryl Clyde Shipley (August 10, 1926 – April 15, 2011) was an American basketball coach. A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, he is best known for his tenure as head coach of the University of Southwestern Louisiana—now as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette—from 1957 to 1973.
Career
Shipley was hired at what was th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl%20Shipley |
Edgar Eduardo Castillo Carrillo (born October 8, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a left-back. Castillo is noted for being one of five players to earn a senior cap for both sides of the United States-Mexico rivalry.
Youth
Castillo grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and played for M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Castillo |
Dwight Lynn White (July 30, 1949 – June 6, 2008) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for ten seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a member of their the famed Steel Curtain defense.
Life and career
Born in Hampton, Virginia, White graduated ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight%20White |
Tollygunge Agragami FC is an Indian professional multi-sports club known for its football section. It is based in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1943 as "Russa Agragami Samity", the club competes in Calcutta Premier Division League.
Tollygunge Agragami previously participated in the National Football Lea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollygunge%20Agragami%20FC |
Federal Route 6 is a federal road around Penang Island, Malaysia.
Route background
The Federal Route 6 is the main circular trunk road that circles through the Penang Island. Its starting terminal (Kilometre Zero) and the ending terminal are located at the Penang Port Roundabout, George Town.
History
The road was con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia%20Federal%20Route%206 |
Mountain Fork, also known as the Mountain Fork of the Little River, is a tributary of the Little River in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Little and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Course
The Mountain Fork rises in the Ouachita Mountains in L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain%20Fork |
In Boolean algebra, Petrick's method (also known as Petrick function or branch-and-bound method) is a technique described by Stanley R. Petrick (1931–2006) in 1956 for determining all minimum sum-of-products solutions from a prime implicant chart. Petrick's method is very tedious for large charts, but it is easy to imp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrick%27s%20method |
Robert Scott Clark (born 1961) is an American Reformed pastor and seminary professor. He is the author of several books, including his most recent work, Recovering the Reformed Confession.
Biography
Clark earned a B.A. from the University of Nebraska, Master of Divinity from Westminster Seminary California, and D.Phil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20Scott%20Clark |
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Nashe Radio (, Our Radio, pronounced Nashe radio) is a Russian Rock music radio station. It was designed to promote Russian rock bands, as opposed to pop and Western music. Nashe is based in Moscow and broadcast in every major Russian city as well as through the internet stream. It was founded in 1998 by former Radio M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashe%20Radio |
Sanskriti is a Sanskrit word for "culture." It may refer to:
Sanskriti Kendra Museum, New Delhi
Sanskriti Museum & Art Gallery, Hazaribagh
Sanskriti Museums, a set of three museums housed within Sanskriti Kendra complex at Anandagram, an artist village complex on the outskirts of Delhi
Sanskriti School, a recogni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskriti |
Scleromochlus (from , 'hard' and , 'lever') is an extinct genus of small pterosauromorph archosaurs from the Late Triassic period. The genus contains the type and only species Scleromochlus taylori, named by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1907.
Discovery
Its fossils have been found in the Carnian Lossiemouth Sandstone o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scleromochlus |
The Canada national baseball team represents Canada in international baseball. They are overseen by Baseball Canada, the governing body of baseball in Canada.
Canada was an inaugural member of the World Baseball Classic, making its debut in the first edition. They have yet to make it past the first round.
Results an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%20national%20baseball%20team |
Federal Route 7 is the main federal road in northern Peninsula Malaysia. The road connects Padang Besar, Perlis to Alor Setar, Kedah.
Route background
The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 7 starts at the Malaysia–Thailand border near Padang Besar, Perlis.
Features
At most sections, the Federal Route 7 was built un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia%20Federal%20Route%207 |
James Alberione, SSP () (4 April 1884 – 26 November 1971), was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St. Paul, of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, of the Sisters of Jesus the Good Shepherd, of the Sisters of Mary Queen of the Apostles, and other religious i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Alberione |
St. Paul's High School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys located in the Cantonment area in Belgaum, North Karnataka, India. Founded by the Jesuits in 1856, the school is located adjacent to its sister school, St. Joseph’s Canossian Convent School and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Family R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Paul%27s%20High%20School%2C%20Belgaum |
APTI may refer to:
Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc.
Advanced Power Technologies, Inc.
Asociación Panameña de Traductores e Intérpretes, Panamanian member organization of the International Federation of Translators
A Passage to India, book and film
Apti, Maharashtra, a small village in Maharashtra state in We... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APTI |
Neft Daşları ( ) is an industrial settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan. The settlement forms part of the municipality of Çilov-Neft Daşları in the Pirallahy raion. It lies away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, and from the nearest shore in the Caspian Sea. A full town on the sea, it was the first oil platform in Azerbaij... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neft%20Da%C5%9Flar%C4%B1 |
Sauternes is a French sweet wine from the region of the same name in the Graves section in Bordeaux. Sauternes wine is made from Sémillon, sauvignon blanc, and muscadelle grapes that have been affected by Botrytis cinerea, also known as noble rot. This causes the grapes to become partially raisined, resulting in conce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauternes%20%28wine%29 |
LeRoy Martin Satrom (February 4, 1919 – September 8, 2004) was an American politician and engineer in Portage County, Ohio. He served as county engineer, city engineer, city councilman, and mayor. Satrom is most remembered for his 1970–1972 tenure as mayor of Kent, Ohio, specifically for his request for National Guar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRoy%20Satrom |
Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney (January 1, 1919 – May 16, 1997) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
A 6'6" small forward who played at both North Carolina State University (2 seasons) and the University of North Carolina (1 season, after U.S. Army service during World War II interrupted his colle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bones%20McKinney |
Teresa Ann Savoy, FRSA (18 July 1955 – 9 January 2017) was a British actress who appeared in a number of Italian films.
Biography
Savoy was 18 years old when she appeared in the Italian adult magazine Playmen (October 1973), using an alias of "Terry". "Terry", who fled from home at 16, was living in a hippie community... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa%20Ann%20Savoy |
Achacachi is a town on the Altiplano plateau in the South American Andes in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the capital of the Omasuyos Province.
History of Achacachi
Achacachi, as an establishment, existed before the arrival of the Spaniards, as shown by descriptions that were made on "cronicas" and "relacio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achacachi |
The Saline River is an tributary of the Little River in southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Little and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
It rises in the Ouachita Mountains in southeastern Polk County, in the Ouachita National Forest, and flows generally south through H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saline%20River%20%28Little%20River%20tributary%29 |
The 1972 Major League Baseball strike was the first players' strike in Major League Baseball history. The strike occurred from April 1 to 13, 1972.
Baseball resumed when the owners and players agreed on a $500,000 increase in pension fund payments. Owners agreed to add salary arbitration to the Collective Bargaining A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%20Major%20League%20Baseball%20strike |
The Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) is the official women's auxiliary of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
The national organization publishes the Lutheran Woman's Quarterly four times a year, and districts usually have their own newsletters.
Since 1998, the LWML has also been known as Lutheran Women in M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran%20Women%27s%20Missionary%20League |
The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a superfamily of weakly electric fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. It is by far the largest family in the order, with around 200 species. Members of the family can be popular, if challenging, aquarium specie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormyridae |
Shane Carruth (born 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, composer, and actor. He is the writer, director, and co-star of the prize-winning science-fiction film Primer (2004), which was his debut feature. His second film, Upstream Color (2013), was an experimental science-fiction film which he wrote, directed, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane%20Carruth |
Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of American author John Fante, first published in 1939 and set during the Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels featuring the character Arturo Bandini as Fante's alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask%20the%20Dust |
Muhammed Necati Şaşmaz (born 15 December 1971) is a Turkish actor, best known for playing the lead role of Polat Alemdar in the popular television series Kurtlar Vadisi (Valley of the Wolves) and its movie spin-offs, including Kurtlar Vadisi Irak (Valley of the Wolves Iraq).
Life and carrer
Necati Şaşmaz was born to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necati%20%C5%9Ea%C5%9Fmaz |
Chempu (SH-15, Kochi-Kumarakom road) is a village near Vaikom in Kottayam, Kerala, India. It is bounded by the shores of the Lake Vembanad, and is crossed by various distributaries of the River Muvattupuzha.
Demographics
It is inhabited by people of all communities including Arayans, Christians, Dhewars, Ezhavas, Musl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chempu |
Prize Cases, 67 U.S. (2 Black) 635 (1863), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862 during the American Civil War. The Supreme Court's decision declared the blockade of the Southern ports ordered by President Abraham Lincoln constitutional. The opinion in the case was written by Supreme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prize%20Cases |
Allan Katz (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer, producer, actor, and director.
He began his writing career as an advertising copywriter. In 1970 he created the original award-winning campaign for the popcorn snack Screaming Yellow Zonkers which was the first major product to be packaged in a predominantl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan%20Katz |
John David "Honey" Russell (May 31, 1902 – November 15, 1973) was an American basketball player and coach who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1964. He turned professional after his sophomore year of high school, and for the next 28 years he played for numerous early 20th century pro t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey%20Russell |
A poor box, alms box, offertory box, or mite box is a box that is used to collect coins for charitable purposes. They can be found in most Christian churches built before the 19th century and were the main source of funds for poor relief before societies decided to organize the process and make the public authorities ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor%20box |
The Sitcom Trials is a stage and TV show devised, produced, and presented by Kev F. Sutherland. Beginning in Bristol in 1999, it showcases new sitcoms and comedy items in a head-to-head format. The audience then vote for the one they like best and only see the ending of the winner.
History
The Sitcom Trials began life... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sitcom%20Trials |
(born September 27, 1965) better known under his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling, where he also runs the day-to-day operations. He is perhaps best known for his time with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he wrestled between the promotion's earl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky%20Fuji |
Dirigent proteins are members of a class of proteins which dictate the stereochemistry of a compound synthesized by other enzymes. The first dirigent protein was discovered in Forsythia intermedia. This protein has been found to direct the stereoselective biosynthesis of (+)-pinoresinol from coniferyl alcohol monomers:... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirigent%20protein |
The Solids are a power pop band from Middletown, Connecticut. The band consists of Carter Bays (vocals, guitar), Craig Thomas (drums), Patrick Butler (keyboards), Doug Derryberry (lead guitar) and Josh Suniewick (bass). They have been writing, recording, and performing music since 1996. The Solids first became popular... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Solids |
Gliding ants are arboreal ants of several different genera that are able to control the direction of their descent when falling from a tree. Living in the rainforest canopy like many other gliders, gliding ants use their gliding to return to the trunk of the tree they live on should they fall or be knocked off a branch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliding%20ant |
Neil Bedford Lucas PSM, JP (born 10 August 1945) was the Administrator of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. He served in the office from January 2006 to October 2009, when he was replaced by Brian Lacy.
He was formerly the CEO for the City of Berwick, the Mayor of Casey, the State Member for Eumemmerring P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Lucas |
A merry-go-round train, often abbreviated to MGR, is a block train of hopper wagons which both loads and unloads its cargo while moving. In the United Kingdom, they are most commonly coal trains delivering to power stations. These trains were introduced in the 1960s, and were one of the few innovations of the Beeching ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry-go-round%20train |
The Glover River is a tributary of the Little River in the Ouachita Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Little and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Glover River flows for its entire length in McCurtain County. It is formed by the confluence of its Ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glover%20River |
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