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This is a list of people from Oakland, California, people born in Oakland or who lived in Oakland for a significant time.
Academics
Robert Harvey – comparative literature, philosophy
Gail Mahood – geology (born in Oakland)
Nanos Valaoritis – comparative literature, poetry
Artists and designers
Natalia Anciso – artis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Oakland%2C%20California |
Alfred Byrne (17 March 1882 – 13 March 1956) was an Irish politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP), as a Teachta Dála (TD) and as Lord Mayor of Dublin. He was known as the "Shaking Hand of Dublin".
Early life
The second of seven children, he was the son of Thomas Byrne, an engineer, and Fanny Dowman. His c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie%20Byrne |
HMS Mildura was a built for the Royal Navy in the late 1880s. Originally named HMS Pelorus, she was renamed after an Australian town in April 1890. Per the Imperial Defense Act of 1887, she served primarily in Australian waters.
Captain Henry Leah was in command from April 1897 until April 1900, when Captain Henry C.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Mildura |
William Kettner (November 20, 1864 – November 11, 1930) was a US Democratic politician from San Diego, California. He served four terms in Congress from 1913 through 1921 and is credited with bringing many U.S. Navy facilities to San Diego.
Biography
Kettner was born in 1864 in Ann Arbor, Michigan to John F. and Fred... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Kettner |
The McLeod Center is a 7,018-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA, currently housing the university's teams in men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball. The arena opened on November 18, 2006, with a volleyball game against Bradley. The oth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLeod%20Center |
The Jack Dyer Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the player or players adjudged best and fairest for the Richmond Football Club.
The award is now named in honour of Jack Dyer, a champion ruckman who won the award five times from 1937 to 1946. He was one of the inaugural "Legends" inducted... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Dyer%20Medal |
"Bombtrack" is a song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. It is the opening track on their self-titled debut album. Like most of Rage Against the Machine's songs, the song's lyrics discuss social inequality, proclaiming that "landlords and power whores" were going to "burn". The riffs were composed by Rage ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombtrack |
HMS Pelorus was the first of the s, and was laid down at Sheerness dockyard in 1895. Completed and commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1897, she was designed by Sir William White. Construction cost £154,315. The ship was well armed for her size, but was primarily a workhorse for the overseas fleet.
HMS Pelorus displac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Pelorus%20%281896%29 |
The 1986 Chernobyl disaster triggered the release of radioactive contamination into the atmosphere in the form of both particulate and gaseous radioisotopes. , it was the world's largest known release of radioactivity into the environment.
The work of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects%20of%20the%20Chernobyl%20disaster |
Squeeze Play is an Ultra High Fidelity monaural phonographic album (33 RPM) which was released on the Dot Records label in 1956 (DLP-3024) featuring John Serry Sr. It includes an original composition by Serry, classical works, and popular music of the era. Ben Selvin serves as the musical director/producer for the albu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeeze%20Play%20%28album%29 |
WBRL-CD (channel 21) is a low-power, Class A television station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, serving as the local CW network outlet. It is owned and operated by network majority owner Nexstar Media Group alongside Fox affiliate WGMB-TV (channel 44) and independent station KZUP-CD (channel 19); Nexstar also... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBRL-CD |
Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch (September 27, 1865 – June 16, 1930) was an American real estate developer and hobbyist outdoorsman.
He bought into and later fully owned the company that became Abercrombie & Fitch.
He introduced mahjong to the US.
A wealthy New York City manager, Fitch began as one of Abercrombie's VIP cust... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra%20Fitch |
Under the Mountain is an eight-part television series based on the 1979 novel of the same name written by Maurice Gee, first transmitted in 1981 and produced by Television New Zealand. Many of the minor roles in this series were played by people who were at the time well known performers in New Zealand.
Series overvie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under%20the%20Mountain%20%28miniseries%29 |
The Echmiadzin Gospels (Yerevan, Matenadaran, MS. 2374, formerly Etchmiadzin Ms. 229) is a 10th-century Armenian Gospel Book produced in 989 at the Monastery of Bgheno-Noravank in Syunik.
The book
The manuscript has 232 extant leaves which measure approximately 32 by 25.5 cm. The book was made under the patronage o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echmiadzin%20Gospels |
Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is an approach used mainly in developing countries to improve sanitation and hygiene practices in a community. The approach tries to achieve behavior change in mainly rural people by a process of "triggering", leading to spontaneous and long-term abandonment of open defecation prac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-led%20total%20sanitation |
Orthodox liturgical calendar may refer to:
Eastern Orthodox Church liturgical calendar
A special Hebrew calendar, also called a luach, normally used in synagogues belonging to Orthodox Judaism which lists the Jewish liturgy and prayers and blessings to be recited during the week, Sabbaths, and on Jewish holidays | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox%20liturgical%20calendar |
Peter Gusenberg a.k.a. "Goosey" (September 22, 1888 – February 14, 1929) and his brother Frank were German-American contract killers and members of Chicago's North Side Gang, the main rival to the Chicago Outfit. Peter Gusenberg participated in an infamous attack on Al Capone during a vicious gang war.
Early life
Pet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Gusenberg |
"Sick Again" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti. It was written by singer Robert Plant. The song is about a group of teen groupies, which Plant referred to as "L.A. Queens", with whom the band were acquainted on their 1973 US Tour.
Lyrics
Plant took pity upon these girl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick%20Again |
John of Wildeshausen, O.P., also called Johannes Teutonicus (c. 1180 – 4 November 1252) was a German Dominican friar, who was made bishop of Bosnia and later the fourth master general of the Dominican Order.
Biography
Early life
John, a nobleman, was born in his family's castle in Wildeshausen, Westphalia about 1180,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20of%20Wildeshausen |
Heemstede is a hamlet in the central Netherlands. It is located 3 km west of Houten, Utrecht. The hamlet is known for Heemstede Castle (1645).
Until 1812, Heemstede was a separate heerlijkheid. Between 1818 and 1857 it was a part of Oud-Wulven, until that municipality merged with Houten. The area had 75 inhabitants ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heemstede%2C%20Utrecht |
KRES (104.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country music format. Licensed to Moberly, Missouri, United States, the station serves the Columbia, Missouri, area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from ABC Radio. The station ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRES |
Theodore is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Theodore had a population of 438 people.
It was established in the 1920s as part of Queensland Premier Ted Theodore's ambitious Dawson River Irrigation Scheme which failed to eventuate. It was originally known ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore%2C%20Queensland |
Geobotanically, Arkansas belongs to the North American Atlantic Region.
Rare Species
A
Amorpha ouachitensis - Ouachita leadplant
Amorpha paniculata - Panicled indigobush
Amsonia hubrichtii - Ouachita blue star
Astragalus soxmaniorum - Soxmans' milk-vetch
B
C
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata - Ofer hollow reed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20flora%20of%20Arkansas |
William Nelson Runyon (March 5, 1871 – November 9, 1931) was the acting governor of New Jersey from 1919 to 1920 and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Runyon was nominated by President Warren G. Harding on December 30, 1922, to a new seat created by 42 S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Nelson%20Runyon |
During the dot-com/internet bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000, the proliferation of many dot-com start-up companies created a secondary bubble in the telecommunications/computer networking infrastructure and telecommunications service provider markets. Venture capital and high tech companies rushed to build next ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20defunct%20network%20processor%20companies |
In The Mid-Nite Hour is the fifth studio album by Warren G, released on the label Hawino Records on October 11, 2005. His first single was "Get U Down" featuring Ice Cube, B-Real, and Snoop Dogg, and his follow up single was "I Need A Light" featuring Nate Dogg. Neither single was able to make the Billboard charts for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20the%20Mid-Nite%20Hour |
World of Beer, branded as WOB, is an American tavern chain with locations in the United States, China, and South Korea. Founded in 2007, the company's headquarters are in Tampa Bay, Florida. WOB locations sell about 300 craft beers, including almost 50 on tap, and serve food.
In 2018, the company hired former Raymond ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20of%20Beer |
Satya Pir () is a belief system found in Bengal created by the fusion of Islam and local religions. Experts maintain that the Muslim Satya Pir and the Hindu Satyanarayan Puja essentially represent the same beliefs and rituals.
A century ago in Bengal, the ritual called, pujah was mainly performed by Hindu women and was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya%20Pir |
La Romana Casa De Campo International Airport is an international airport located on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, adjacent to the tourist town of La Romana and the resort of Casa de Campo. It is located about 68 miles (110 km) from the capital, Santo Domingo, approximately 1 hour and 34 minutes by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Romana%20International%20Airport |
Sot () is a village located in Syrmia, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the Šid municipality, in the Syrmia District. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 791 people (2002 census).
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
The population of the village include:
340 (42.98%) Serbs
317 (40.08%) Croats
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sot%2C%20%C5%A0id |
Not Without Laughter is the debut novel by Langston Hughes published in 1930.
Plot introduction
Not Without Laughter portrays African-American life in Kansas in the 1910s, focusing on the effects of class and religion on the community.
The main storyline focuses on Sandy's "awakening to the sad and the beautiful reali... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not%20Without%20Laughter |
Something the Lord Made is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical drama film about the black cardiac pioneer Vivien Thomas (1910–1985) and his complex and volatile partnership with white surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899–1964), the "Blue Baby doctor" who pioneered modern heart surgery. Based on the National Magazi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something%20the%20Lord%20Made |
Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (24 August 1758 – 29 November 1794) was born a Princess and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and by marriage Hereditary Princess of Denmark and Norway.
Life
Born in Schwerin, she was the only daughter of Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, second son of Christian Louis II, Duk... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchess%20Sophia%20Frederica%20of%20Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Silpelit might be:
A figure from Eduard Friedrich Mörike's poem "Elfenlied".
A specific type of the fictional mutant, human-evolved species of the Japanese anime and manga Elfen Lied. The Silpelit is the offspring of Homo sapiens who had their genes mutated by interaction with Diclonius vectors or from exposure to the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silpelit |
Kitten with a Whip is a 1964 American crime drama film directed by Douglas Heyes, who co-wrote the screenplay with Whit Masterson, a pseudonym for writers Robert Allison “Bob” Wade and H. Bill Miller, who also wrote the novel on which the film is based under the name Wade Miller. The film stars John Forsythe, Ann-Marg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten%20with%20a%20Whip |
Ljuba (Serbian Cyrillic: Љуба, ) is a village located in Syrmia, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated in the Šid municipality, in the Syrmia District. The village has a Slovak ethnic majority and its population was 558 people at the 2002 census.
Historical population
1961: 838
1971: 757
1981: 639
1991: 585
2002: 558
See... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljuba%2C%20%C5%A0id |
In statistics and image processing, to smooth a data set is to create an approximating function that attempts to capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise or other fine-scale structures/rapid phenomena. In smoothing, the data points of a signal are modified so individual points higher than the adj... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothing |
Liminal beings are entities that cannot easily be placed into a single category of existence. The concept was developed by the cultural anthropologist Victor Turner. It is associated with the threshold state of liminality, from Latin līmen, "threshold".
Liminal entities
Turner considered that liminal entities, such a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminal%20being |
Colin Bennett may refer to:
Col Bennett (1919–2002), Australian politician
Colin Bennett (actor), English actor, writer, and producer
Colin Bennett (soccer) (born 1950), Australian football player
Colin Emerson Bennett (1908–1993), Canadian politician and lawyer
See also
Colin Bennetts (1940–2013), English clergyman,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin%20Bennett |
William Howell Smathers (January 7, 1891September 24, 1955) was a Democratic United States Senator from New Jersey, serving from 1937 to 1943.
Biography
Smathers was born on January 7, 1891, on a plantation near Waynesville, North Carolina.
He attended public school and Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Vir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20H.%20Smathers |
Jordan of Saxony, OP (referred to in Latin as Jordanis, also known as de Alamania; c. 1190 – 1237), was a German Catholic priest and one of the first leaders of the Dominican Order. His feast day is February 13.
Life
Jordan belonged to the noble German family of the Counts of Eberstein. He was born in the Castle of Bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%20of%20Saxony |
Judith Crist (; Klein; May 22, 1922 – August 7, 2012) was an American film critic and academic.
She appeared regularly on the Today show from 1964 to 1973 and was among the first full-time female critics for a major American newspaper, in her case, The New York Herald Tribune. She was the founding film critic at New ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith%20Crist |
DIC Movie Toons (originally known as the Nickelodeon Sunday Movie Toons in the United States) were a series of animated made-for-TV movies produced by DIC Entertainment, which lasted for just one season (2002) on Nickelodeon in the United States. It started in 2002, beginning on October 6 and ending on December 29.
Al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIC%20Movie%20Toons |
The London Monarchs played in the independent Canadian Baseball League that existed for half of the summer season of 2003 before folding. Located in the city of London, Ontario, the team featured a variety of international ballplayers from Canada, the Dominican Republic, Japan and the United States.
The Monarchs led... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Monarchs%20%28baseball%29 |
WCVI-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 23, is a dual CBS/ABC-affiliated television station serving the United States Virgin Islands that is licensed to Christiansted, Saint Croix. The station is owned by Lilly Broadcasting. WCVI-TV's transmitter is located on Estate Princess Hill.
History
The station was founded ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCVI-TV |
Endesa, S.A. (, originally an initialism for Empresa Nacional de Electricidad, S.A.) is a Spanish multinational electric utility company, the largest in the country. The firm, a majority-owned subsidiary of the Italian utility company Enel, has 10 million customers in Spain, with domestic annual generation of over 97,6... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endesa |
Lug () is a village in western part of the Serbian province of Vojvodina, in the municipality of Beočin, South Bačka District. It lies on the northwest slopes of Fruška gora mountain, in the region of Syrmia. The village has a population numbering 801 people (2002 census), most of them being ethnic Slovaks.
History
Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lug%20%28Beo%C4%8Din%29 |
Akhter Hameed Khan (, pronounced ; 15 July 1914 – 9 October 1999) was a Pakistani development practitioner and social scientist. He promoted participatory rural development in Pakistan and other developing countries, and widely advocated community participation in development. His particular contribution was the establ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhtar%20Hameed%20Khan |
Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony (24 September 1731 – 2 August 1810) was a German duchess.
She was the daughter of Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Through her brother Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, she w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Charlotte%20Sophie%20of%20Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
William Edwards (1770–1851) was an American inventor, grandson of Jonathan Edwards, the elder. He was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He introduced a valuable improvement in the manufacture of leather, whereby tanning was accomplished in a quarter of the usual time. He invented machines which greatly advanced the p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Edwards%20%28inventor%29 |
The International Public Debate Association (IPDA), inaugurated on 1997 at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX by Alan Cirlin, Jack Rogers, and Trey Gibson. The International Public Debate Association is a national debate league currently active in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Alabama, Cal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Public%20Debate%20Association |
San Fernando Road is a major street in the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County. Within the Burbank city limits it is signed as San Fernando Boulevard, and north of Newhall Pass it is signed as The Old Road. It was previously designated as Business Loop 5 in the 1970s.
Route
San Fernando Road starts at its inte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Fernando%20Road |
The CSI comics are comic book tie-ins with the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY television shows. They have been published from 2003 to 2009.
The majority have been released by IDW Publishing and have been written by a range of notable authors including Jeff Mariotte, Max Allan Collins, and Steve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI%20%28comics%29 |
Cabo Polonio is a hamlet located in the eastern coast of Uruguay in the Rocha Department.
Cabo Polonio has no roads leading to it and is located about 7 km from the main highway. It is accessible by walking through the dunes or by 4×4 vehicles. The region has no electricity or running water for the few houses of thi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo%20Polonio |
A kavass or cavass is an Ottoman Turkish term for an armed guard fulfilling various roles, often in the service of local notables and European foreigners of high status or means.
Etymology
The Turkish word is derived from the Arabic , 'archer', meaning 'bow'.
Kavass is often spelled in English as kawas or kawass, es... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavass |
Mary Washington (; 1707-1709 – August 25, 1789) was an American planter best known for being the mother of the first president of the United States, George Washington. The second wife of Augustine Washington, she became a prominent member of the Washington family. She spent a large part of her life in Fredericksburg, V... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Ball%20Washington |
Waste Management, Inc., doing business as “WM”, is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the Bank of America Tower in Houston, Texas.
The company's network includes 346 transfer stations, 293 active landf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste%20Management%20%28company%29 |
Brian Cobby (12 October 192931 October 2012) was an English actor and telephone exchange worker who, in 1985, became the first male voice of the British speaking clock.
Early life
Cobby was born in Gravesend, Kent, the son of Amy and Sydney Cobby, a retail manager. Sydney had hoped to serve in the Royal Navy like his ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Cobby |
Planet of the Apes comics are tie-ins to the Planet of the Apes media franchise. They have been released by several publishers over the years and include tie-ins and spin-offs.
Publishers
Japanese comics (manga)
There are two manga adaptations of the first film, both entitled Saru no Wakusei (lit. "Planet of Monkeys"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet%20of%20the%20Apes%20%28comics%29 |
Reese's Puffs (formerly Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs) is a corn-based breakfast cereal manufactured by General Mills inspired by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. At its launch in May 1994 the cereal consisted of corn puffs flavored with chocolate and peanut butter. Later, the formula was revised to be a mixture of chocolate ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reese%27s%20Puffs |
El Tiradito is a shrine and popular local spot located at 420 South Main Avenue in the Old Barrio area of Downtown Tucson, Arizona. The shrine consists of the crumbling remains of a brick building, with a large metal rack for candles and desert plants now occupying the interior. Large, glass-encased candles, frequently... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Tiradito |
HMS Pelorus (pennant number: J291) was an built for the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II. Upon completion, the ship became the flotilla leader of the 7th Minesweeper Flotilla, clearing mines off the east coast of England. In June 1944, the flotilla was assigned to sweep one of the beaches during the Normandy landin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Pelorus%20%28J291%29 |
Ashley Cleveland (born February 2, 1957) is an American singer-songwriter best known as a background vocalist and gospel singer. Ashley Cleveland was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has been married to Kenny Greenberg since April 27, 1991, and has three children.
Career
She sang "We're Gonna Win This One" in 1987 f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley%20Cleveland |
Guacharaca is a percussion instrument usually made out of the cane-like trunk of a small palm tree. The guacharaca itself consists of a tube with ridges carved into its outer surface with part of its interior hollowed out, giving it the appearance of a tiny, notched canoe. It is played with a fork composed of hard wir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guacharaca |
Baise (; local pronunciation: ), or Bose, is the westernmost prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China bordering Vietnam as well as the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. The city has a population of 4.3 million, of which 1.4 million live in the urban area.
The name is from Youjiang Zhuang Baksaek, meaning "in, or blockin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baise |
Humbert of Romans (, Romans-sur-Isère – 14 July 1277, Valence, Drôme, France) was a French Dominican friar who served as the fifth Master General of the Order of Preachers from 1254 to 1263.
Early career
Nothing is known of his early life. The earliest known details of his life show that Humbert studied both Arts and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbert%20of%20Romans |
Furia Livia Medullina Camilla (ca. 6 BC-ca 10 AD) was the second fiancee of the future Emperor Claudius.
Biography
Medullina was the daughter of Marcus Furius Camillus consul in AD 8, who was a close friend of the emperor Tiberius and Livia Scriboniana, the daughter of Marcus Livius Drusus Libo (born Lucius Scribonius... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livia%20Medullina |
Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (9 September 1700 – 11 December 1780) was a Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
She was the daughter of Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (15 October 1667 – 24 June 1718) and Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1670–1728).
Family
On 2 January 1723 in R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Anna%20Sophie%20of%20Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
The Orangi Pilot Project (; abbreviated OPP) collectively designates three Pakistani non-governmental organisations working together, having emerged from a socially innovative project carried out in 1980s in the squatter areas of Orangi, Karachi, Pakistan. It was initiated by Akhtar Hameed Khan, a North Indian muhajir ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangi%20Pilot%20Project |
The Annubar primary element is an averaging Pitot tube manufactured by Rosemount Inc. used to measure the flow of fluid in a pipe.
A Pitot tube measures the difference between the static pressure and the flowing pressure of the media in the pipe. The volumetric flow is calculated from that difference using Bernoulli's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annubar |
Robert Martin Bailey (born September 3, 1968) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football at the University of Miami.
Early years
Bailey attended Miami So... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Bailey%20%28American%20football%29 |
Ćiribiribela is the ninth and final studio album by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme, released in 1988. Bijelo Dugme would split-up in 1989, and Ćirbiribela would be the band's last release (excluding compilation albums) before the band's 2005 reunion and the live album Turneja 2005: Sarajevo, Zagreb, Beograd.
Backgrou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%86iribiribela |
John of Vercelli (Giovanni da Vercelli) ( 1205 – 30 November 1283) was the sixth Master General of the Dominican Order (1264-1283).
Early life and education
John was born in 1205 to the Garbella family in Mosso Santa Maria in the Province of Biella, in the Piedmont region of Italy. He did his initial studies in Paris... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20of%20Vercelli |
Duchess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (22 December 1670 – 28 December 1728) was a princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Duchess in Saxony by birth, and by marriage a Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Ancestry
She was the daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646–1691) and Magdalena Sibylle, Du... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Anna%20Sophie%20of%20Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
The Pauline Family refers to a number of institutes of consecrated life (religious and aggregated institutes) and an association of lay collaborators established between 1914 and 1959, which all share the same founder, Blessed James Alberione and the same spirituality. Their mission is to evangelize with the modern too... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline%20Family |
Métisse is an Irish/African soul/electronica band, formed by former Chapter House member Skully, and Aïda Bredou, a singer/choreographer from Côte d'Ivoire. They formed in Toulouse, France. The band's name is the French word for 'a girl or woman of mixed racial heritage', and its music is a mix of African, Celtic, so... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9tisse%20%28band%29 |
David Edwin Birney (April 23, 1939 – April 27, 2022) was an American actor and director whose career included performances in both contemporary and classical roles in theatre, film, and television. He is noted for having played the title role in the television series Serpico. He also starred in Bridget Loves Bernie, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Birney |
Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, two miles (4 km) south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after King Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. Part of the house was demolished in the 20th century, but the remain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufford%20Abbey |
David E. Clarke (born 31 December 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer with Victorian Football League (VFL) clubs Geelong and Carlton. Better known as a half-forward flanker Clarke also played in the centre and centre half-back.
Clarke won Geelong's Best and Fairest three times and was runner-up four times.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Clarke%20Sr. |
Mariano Brull Caballero (February 24, 1891 – June 8, 1956) was a Cuban poet usually associated with the French Symbolist movement. Two Symbolists who strongly influenced him were Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Valéry. Among Cuban poets of the first half of the 20th century he was the most outstanding of those who wrote p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano%20Brull |
Munib Shahid (1908–1973) was Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut. He built the hematology laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine, a development that increased research output significantly. The Dr. Munib Shahid Award is presented annually at the American ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munib%20Shahid |
Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54)''' was a Luftwaffe fighter wing that was founded in late 1936 and operated from 1939, the entire length of the Second World War. It later existed under the reformed Luftwaffe from 1947 to 1991 as BG54/B54 A B and C. Originally, JG 54 flew most of its missions on the Eastern Front where it clai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdgeschwader%2054 |
Stephen of Besançon, O.P., (ca. 1250, Free Imperial City of Besançon—22 November 1294, Republic of Lucca) was a French Dominican friar, who served briefly as the Master General of the Order.
Stephen began his studies in 1273 and graduated as Baccalaureus biblicus (Bachelor of Theology in Biblical Studies) in 1286. Two... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20of%20Besan%C3%A7on |
Alglucerase was a biopharmaceutical drug for the treatment of Gaucher's disease. It was a modified form of human β-glucocerebrosidase enzyme, where the non-reducing ends of the oligosaccharide chains have been terminated with mannose residues.
Ceredase is the trade name of a citrate buffered solution of alglucerase ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alglucerase |
The Amazing Race Asia is an Asian reality competition show based on the American series The Amazing Race. Following the premise of other versions in the Amazing Race franchise, the show follows teams of two as they race across Asia and around the world. Each season is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Amazing%20Race%20Asia |
Jone, ossia L'ultimo giorno di Pompei is an opera in four acts by Errico Petrella. The Italian-language libretto was by Giovanni Peruzzini, after Edward Bulwer-Lytton's famous novel The Last Days of Pompeii.
Performance history
The opera was premiered at La Scala on 26 January 1858. It was an immediate success, not on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jone%20%28opera%29 |
James David Druckenmiller, Jr. (born September 19, 1972) is a former American football quarterback.
In his career, Druckenmiller played for the San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, and Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the Memphis Maniax of the XFL and the Los Angeles Avengers of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Druckenmiller |
Kerli Kõiv (; born 7 February 1987), better known mononymously as Kerli, is an Estonian singer and songwriter.
Born in Elva, Kerli entered multiple singing competitions before being signed to Island Records in 2006 by LA Reid. In 2007, she released her debut self-titled extended play and in 2008, released her debut st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerli |
"Sound of the Underground" is the debut single of British-Irish pop group Girls Aloud, later featured on their debut album of the same name. The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, and Niara Scarlett, and produced by Higgins and his production team Xenomania. Following Girls Aloud's formation on the ITV1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20of%20the%20Underground%20%28song%29 |
Maarja is an Estonian feminine given name. It is considered to be the Estonian form of the name Maria (and therefore Mary). The name is common in Estonia, and may refer to any of the following persons:
Maarja-Liis Ilus (born 1980; sometimes known as just "Maarja"), singer
Maarja Jakobson (born 1977), actress
Maarja Kan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja |
The Lancashire Evening Post is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England. According to the British Library, its first edition was published on 18 October 1886. It is known locally as the LEP.
References
External links
Newspapers published in Lancashire
Newspapers es... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire%20Evening%20Post |
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women (1994) is a non-fiction book by Australian journalist Geraldine Brooks, based on her experiences among Muslim women of the Middle East. It was an international bestseller, translated into 17 languages.
The book deals with cultural and religious practices, describ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine%20Parts%20of%20Desire |
Santana N. Dotson (born December 19, 1969) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He was a part of Houston's Yates High School football team when it won the 1985 5A state championship. Whi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santana%20Dotson |
WGNM (channel 45) is a religious television station in Macon, Georgia, United States, owned and operated by the Christian Television Network (CTN). The station's studios are located on Steven Drive in northwestern Macon, and its transmitter is located on GA 87/US 23/US 129 ALT (Golden Isles Highway), along the Twiggs–B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGNM |
Earl Christopher Dotson (born December 17, 1970) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the third round (81st overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers after playing college football for Texas A&M–Kingsville. He played for the Packers for 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl%20Dotson |
Mokshan () is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Mokshansky District of Penza Oblast, Russia. Population: 10,710 (1900).
History
It was established in 1566 as a fort to protect the country from the raids of the Tatars and the Kalmyks, and is supposedly located on the site of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokshan |
First Warning (2005) is a science fantasy novel by American writers Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. It is the first book in the trilogy Acorna's Children, which is part of the Acorna Universe series that McCaffrey and Margaret Ball initiated in Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (1997).
First Warning chronicles th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Warning%20%28novel%29 |
"No Good Advice" is a song by British-Irish girl group Girls Aloud, taken from their debut album, Sound of the Underground (2003). The song was written by Aqua's Lene Nystrøm Rasted, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. The song has themes of rebellion,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20Good%20Advice |
Water Stories is an album by German andean new age band Cusco. It was released in 1990 as their third album for the Higher Octave music label. The album peaked at #11 on the Billboard Top New Age albums chart in 1991.
The album celebrates some of the world's major water bodies and surrounding areas. Although presented... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20Stories%20%28Cusco%20album%29 |
David Michael Brown (born February 25, 1970) is a former professional American football quarterback who played for Duke University and later in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals.
Brown grew up in Westfield, New Jersey and played high school football at Westfield High Scho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Brown%20%28quarterback%29 |
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