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Ridley Creek State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Edgmont, Middletown, and Upper Providence Townships, Delaware County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park, about north of the county seat of Media, offers many recreational activities, such as hiking, biking, fishing, and picnicking. Ridley Creek passes ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley%20Creek%20State%20Park |
Not Alone is a compilation album of five CDs, released in February 2006. It was curated by Mark Logan, founder of Busted Flat records and David Tibet. Proceeds from the sale of Not Alone are donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, specifically towards their work on the AIDS epidemic in Africa. As of November 2014, the pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not%20Alone%20%28album%29 |
Arthur Edwards (November 23, 1834 – March 20, 1901) was an American cleric and editor.
Early life
Edwards was born in Norwalk, Ohio. When he was 7 years old, he was adopted by his uncle, and moved to Michigan.
Professional life
He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1858 and entered the ministry in that same ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Edwards%20%28cleric%29 |
"Life Got Cold" is a song by British girl group Girls Aloud, taken from their debut album Sound of the Underground (2003). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Noel Gallagher of Oasis received a writing credit due to similarities... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20Got%20Cold |
Gilbert Jesse Brown (born February 22, 1971) is an American former professional football nose tackle who played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (1993–99, 2001–03), Brown played 125 Packers games (103 starts) recording 292 tackles (186 solo) and seven sacks. Nicknamed "The Gravedigger," in hono... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Brown |
AND 1 Streetball is a streetball video game for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, developed by Black Ops Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. The game was released on June 6, 2006, in conjunction with the AND1 Mixtape Tour. A scaled-down, mobile version of the game, developed by Gameloft, called "And1 Street Basketball" was a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AND1%20Streetball |
Agency debt, also known as an Agency bond or Agency Security, is a security, usually a bond, issued by a United States government-sponsored agency or federal budget agency. The offerings of these agencies are backed but not guaranteed by the US government. Some prominent issuers of these securities are the Federal Home... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agency%20debt |
Kevin Lamont Hardy (born July 24, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Dallas Cowboys, and Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Early years
Hardy attended William Hen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Hardy%20%28linebacker%29 |
David Anthony Higgins (born December 9, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Craig Feldspar on Malcolm in the Middle, Joe on Ellen, and Reginald Bitters on Big Time Rush. He also had a recurring role as Harry on the television series Mike & Molly.
Early life and education
Higgins was bor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Anthony%20Higgins |
Anthony or Anthonij Colve (Veere, 1644 – Veere, 29 June 1693) was a Dutch captain of Marines and the Governor-General of New Netherland during a brief restoration of Dutch rule in New Netherland during the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
Personal life
Colve was the son of Jacob Colve, a scion of an old Veere family, and Maria ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Colve |
WPBF (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Tequesta, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area as an affiliate of ABC. Owned by Hearst Television, the station maintains studios on RCA Boulevard in the Monet section of Palm Beach Gardens and a transmitter in Palm City southwest of I-95.
Intend... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPBF |
Non-Corporate Credit is a catch-all term used to include types of bonds that are forms of credit, but not issued by private corporations -— and therefore cannot be considered corporate debt. Non-Corporate Credit generally includes sovereign debt, regional governments and government agencies in a currency other than tha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-corporate%20credit |
Marjorie Celeste Champion ( Belcher; September 2, 1919October 21, 2020) was an American dancer and actress. At fourteen, she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later, she performed as an actress and dancer in film musicals, and in 1957 had a television show based on song and dance. She a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge%20Champion |
The featherweight class in the boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics competition was the third-lightest class. Featherweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 57 kilograms. The competition was held from October 13, 1964 to October 23, 1964. 32 boxers from 32 nations competed.
Medallists
Results
Spanish ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing%20at%20the%201964%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Featherweight |
Imiglucerase is a medication used in the treatment of Gaucher's disease.
It is a recombinant DNA-produced analogue of the human enzyme β-glucocerebrosidase.
Cerezyme is a freeze-dried medicine containing imiglucerase, manufactured by Genzyme Corporation. It is given intravenously after reconstitution as a treatment fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imiglucerase |
Blaine Elwood Bishop III (born July 24, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL), most notably for the Tennessee Titans. He was selected by the Houston Oilers in the 1993 NFL Draft.
Early life
Bishop attended and played at Cathedral High School in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine%20Bishop |
The term lepton from the Greek λεπτός (meaning "small") may refer to:
Lepton, one of the two classes of fermionic (matter) particles
Greek lepton, a small denomination of currency in Greece
Lepton, West Yorkshire, England
Lepton (album), a composition by Charles Wuorinen
Lepton image compression format, a computer file... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepton%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Carlo Lurago (also spelled Luraghi) (1615 – 22 October 1684) was an Italian architect, who was most active in Prague.
He was born in Pellio Superiore in the Val d'Intelvi, near Como. At the age of 23, as an already an accomplished plasterer, he moved to Prague. He would build several different Jesuit churches and clo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo%20Lurago |
Paul Williams (born July 27, 1981) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. He held the WBO welterweight title twice between 2007 and 2008, the WBO interim junior middleweight title in 2008, and challenged once for the unified middleweight title in 2010. Nicknamed "The Punisher", and sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Williams%20%28boxer%29 |
Tim or Timothy O'Connor may refer to:
Tim O'Connor (actor) (1927–2018), actor, appeared in Peyton Place and General Hospital
Tim O'Connor (theatre director) (born 1981), Australian playwright, theatre director and producer
Tim O'Connor (American football) (born 1967), American college football coach
Tim O'Connor (high... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20O%27Connor |
Bride's Hill, known also as Sunnybrook, is a historic plantation house near Wheeler, Alabama. It is significant as an example of a Tidewater-type cottage. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on April 16, 1985, and to the National Register of Historic Places on July 9, 1986.
History
A member... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride%27s%20Hill |
The Pare Mountains (Milima ya Upare in Swahili) are a mountain range in northeastern Tanzania, located north of the Usambara Mountains. The mountains are administratively located in the Kilimanjaro Region, specifically in the Mwanga District and Same District. The North and South Pare mountain ranges reach a height of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pare%20Mountains |
The Udzungwa Mountains are a mountain range in south-central Tanzania. The mountains are mostly within Iringa Region, south of Tanzania's capital Dodoma. The Udzungwa Mountains are part of the Eastern Arc Mountains, and are home to a biodiverse community of flora and fauna with large numbers of endemic species.
The mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udzungwa%20Mountains |
Legs is a 1975 novel by William Kennedy. It is the first book in Kennedy's Albany Cycle.
Plot summary
The book chronicles the life of the gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond. It is told from the perspective of Jack's lawyer, Marcus Gorman. Marcus becomes involved with "Legs" Diamond to add excitement to his otherwise boring ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legs%20%28novel%29 |
Mario Doniel Bates (born January 16, 1973) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, and the Detroit Lions. His brother, Michael, also played in the NFL.
Playing for the 1993 Arizona State Sun Devils, he carried the ball 246 times fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Bates |
Dr. Shrinker was a segment during the first season of the ABC network's The Krofft Supershow in 1976.
Plot
Dr. Shrinker (Jay Robinson) is a mad scientist who creates a shrinking ray that can miniaturize anything. Three teenagers — Brad Fulton (Ted Eccles), B.J. Masterson (Susan Lawrence) and her brother Gordie Masters... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr.%20Shrinker |
Larry Travis Chester (born October 17, 1975) is a former American football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL).
After playing college football at Temple, Chester signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 1998, and stayed with the Colts organization until 2000. He wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Chester |
In the UK, a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) (previously known as Pupil Re-integration Unit by some Local Education Authorities) is an alternative education provision which is specifically organised to provide education for children who are not able to attend for a number of reasons. These include:
Neurodiverse learning sty... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupil%20Referral%20Unit |
Carolyn "Bunty" Avieson is an Australian journalist, feature writer, novelist and academic.
Career
Avieson has a PhD and a Master of Philosophy from Macquarie University, as well as an Associate Diploma of Journalism from RMIT University. In 2008–2009 she worked as a media consultant to newspaper Bhutan Observer, par... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunty%20Avieson |
Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company is an American candy manufacturer, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1947 by Sam Himmelstein. The current CEO is Stuart Selarnick.
History
In the 2000s, Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company became a very successful manufacturer. It is one of the largest producers of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankford%20Candy%20%26%20Chocolate%20Company |
Adrian Matthew Burk (December 14, 1927 – July 28, 2003) was an American football quarterback and punter who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts and the Philadelphia Eagles. After his playing career, he served as an official.
Playing career
Burk played college football at Baylor Univers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian%20Burk |
The Mahale Mountains are a mountain range in Uvinza District of Kigoma Region in Tanzania. The mountains are on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. They rise to to Mount Nkungwe, Uvinza's highest point.
The range was once the ancestral home of the Holoholo people. Currently the area is a protected wildlife sanctu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahale%20Mountains |
Cohoes Falls [Kahón:ios Kanien'ké:ha (Kanyenkeha or Mohawk language) for "a boat is in the water / is actively submerged"] is a waterfall on the Mohawk River shared by the city of Cohoes and the town of Waterford, New York.
Cohoes historian Arthur Masten incorrectly wrote in his 1880 history that the phrase might mean... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohoes%20Falls |
The Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania in tropical East Africa, comprise the easternmost ranges of the Eastern Arc Mountains. The ranges of approximately long and about half that wide, are situated in the Lushoto District of the Tanga Region. They were formed nearly two million years ago by faulting and uplif... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usambara%20Mountains |
The New York Peace Society was the first peace society to be established in the United States. It has had several different incarnations, as it has merged into other organizations or dissolved and then been re-created.
First incarnation (1815–1828)
David Low Dodge founded the society in 1815, soon after the end of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Peace%20Society |
The Wali Khan faction of the National Awami Party was formed after the 1967 split in the original NAP between Maulana Bhashani and Abdul Wali Khan. The Wali Khan faction was later named National Awami Party (NAP) after the independence of Bangladesh (former East Pakistan).
The NAP was banned twice during its eight-yea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Awami%20Party%20%28Wali%29 |
Robert Barry Burnett (born August 27, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orange.
High school and college
Burnett attended Newfield High School located on Long Island, New York... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob%20Burnett%20%28American%20football%29 |
Vouliagmenis Avenue () is one of the longest avenues in the Greater Athens area, stretching from central Athens to the seaside resort of Vouliagmeni. The total length is 21 km. The avenue begins at Athanasios Diakos Street and Michalakopoulou Street and the southbound portion of the avenue runs with three lanes to th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vouliagmenis%20Avenue |
The TalkOrigins Archive is a website that presents mainstream science perspectives on the antievolution claims of young-earth, old-earth, and "intelligent design" creationists. With sections on evolution, creationism, geology, astronomy and hominid evolution, the web site provides broad coverage of evolutionary biology... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TalkOrigins%20Archive |
SATC may refer to:
Inmarsat-C, a satellite communications system sometimes called SATC or SAT-C
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, US military training academy, formerly Student Army Training Corps (during World War I)
Salina Area Technical College, a technical college in Salina, Kansas, US.
Sabena Airline Training Ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATC |
Tony Lynn Brackens, Jr. (born December 26, 1974) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire nine-year career as a defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, earning consensus All-American honors. A ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Brackens |
Radio Classics is a US old time radio network owned by RSPT LLC. It provides the programming content for Sirius XM Radio's 24-hour satellite radio channel of the same name. Radio Classics also syndicates the Radio Spirits-branded program When Radio Was to over 200 terrestrial radio stations. In addition, Radio Classic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Classics |
The Bhagavad Guitars were an indie-rock band which formed in 1985 as Inner Circle in Canberra by Jeremy Butterworth on guitar and vocals, Kynan Hughes on bass guitar and Matt Kerr on drums and John Kilbey (under the pseudonym, John Underwood, for their first three releases to distance himself from brother Steve Kilbey ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bhagavad%20Guitars |
The Salomon Broad Investment Grade Index (known as the Salomon BIG or Citigroup BIG) is a common American Bond index, akin to the S&P 500 for stocks, originally owned by Salomon Brothers, run by its successor, Citigroup and now by FTSE Russell. The BIG is generally used for managing broad debt portfolios from short to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon%20BIG |
Stoa Basileios (), meaning Royal Stoa, was a Doric stoa in the northwestern corner of the Athenian Agora, which was built in the 6th century BC, substantially altered in the 5th century BC, and then carefully preserved until the mid-second century AD. It is among the smallest known Greek stoas, but had great symbolic s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoa%20Basileios |
Shutterstock, Inc. is an American provider of stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools; it is headquartered in New York. Founded in 2003 by programmer and photographer Jon Oringer, Shutterstock maintains a library of around 200 million royalty-free stock photos, vector graphics, and illustration... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutterstock |
WWE Cyber Sunday (originally known as WWE Taboo Tuesday) was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. Established in 2004, the event was originally called Taboo Tuesday as it was held on Tuesdays. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE%20Cyber%20Sunday |
Anne-Marie Hurst is a singer from Keighley, West Yorkshire.
She was the backing vocalist for the gothic rock groups the Elements (until 1982) and became lead vocalist with the Skeletal Family and Ghost Dance. In December 1982, she helped form Skeletal Family. After departing from Skeletal Family in 1985, she co-founde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Marie%20Hurst |
The Poughkeepsie Galleria is a shopping center on U.S. 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York, located just north of Wappingers Falls, and is the largest shopping center in Dutchess County. The mall features the traditional retailers Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy, and Target while featuring prominent special... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poughkeepsie%20Galleria |
Mirko Marjanović (, ; 27 July 1937 – 21 February 2006) was a Serbian politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 1994 to 2000.
Biography
Marjanović was born on 27 July 1937 in Knin into a large working-class family with 7 children, where he finished gymnasium. He had four brothers and 2 sisters and his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirko%20Marjanovi%C4%87 |
Jessica Schultz (born January 2, 1985) is a former American curler. She is a two-time Olympian and three-time U.S. Champion. She is currently the Director of the Women’s National Team & Juniors programs at the United States Curling Association.
Curling career
Schultz was a member of the United States women's curling t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica%20Schultz |
Robert Raymond Kingsbury (born August 30, 1980) is an American baseball player.
He went to school at Fordham where he set an NCAA record for stolen bases in a game (8), and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 8th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, but his excellent glove, a quick bat, an intellig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Kingsbury |
Joe Friel is an endurance sports coach best known as an elite triathlon and cycling coach as well as an author.
Friel holds a master's degree in exercise science, is a USA Triathlon and USA Cycling certified elite-level coach. He is a founder and past Chairman of the USA Triathlon National Coaching Commission. He has ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Friel |
Creía yo ("I Believed") is a short poem in Spanish written by Macedonio Fernández, first published in 1953, which has much to say on the power struggle of the trinity of life occurrences, Life, Love, and Death. In the poetry of Macedonio, these three characters play a large role as important aspects of every person’s ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cre%C3%ADa%20yo |
The Dominique is an American breed of chicken, characterized by black-and-white barred plumage and a rose comb. It is considered to be the oldest American chicken breed, and is thought to derive from birds brought to America by colonists from southern England. It was well known by about 1750, and by the mid-nineteenth ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique%20chicken |
Big Train or The Big Train may refer to:
People
Carl Willis, American baseball player
Walter Johnson (1887–1946), American baseball player
Lionel Conacher (1900–1954), Canadian sportsman and politician
Culture
Big Train, a British television comedy
Music
"Big Train", a single from Mike Watt's first solo album B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Train%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Frank Mitchell Winters (born January 23, 1964) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Green Bay Packers.
Early life
Frank Mitchell Winters was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He lived in Union City, and played football at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Winters |
Te Hoiere / Pelorus River is a river at the northern end of South Island of New Zealand in the region of Marlborough. It flows from the Richmond Range into Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere. This area is fantastic for camping and is renowned for its magnificent river swimming where the Pelorus River runs through a gorge at Pel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelorus%20River |
Richmond Jewel Webb (born January 11, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals. Webb played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies. He was selected by the Dolphins as the ninth overal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond%20Webb |
Stephen Jackson (born 16 January 1969) is a Scottish musician and songwriter. He plays lead guitar and sings in the Glasgow-based indie band Belle and Sebastian.
Career
Jackson's early musical influences include Madness, ABBA, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Depeche Mode and ABC, with his first album purchase... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie%20Jackson |
Christopher B. Galvin (born March 21, 1950) is an American businessman. He served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola from 1997 to 2003.
Early life
Christopher Galvin is the grandson of Paul Galvin, the founder of Motorola, and the son of Robert Galvin, who served as CEO of Motorola from 1959 to 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Galvin |
Earl of Bellomont, in the Kingdom of Ireland, was a title that was created three times in the Peerage of Ireland. The first creation came on 9 December 1680 when Charles Kirkhoven, 1st Baron Wotton, was made Earl of Bellomont. He had already been created Baron Wotton, of Wotton in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl%20of%20Bellomont |
Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 (CLIU), located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, is one of twenty nine Intermediate Unit Educational Service Agencies created by an Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania in 1971. CLIU provides services to 14 public school districts, non-public schools in its service region, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%20Lehigh%20Intermediate%20Unit |
The Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE; ) is a national public finance and economics university located in Beijing, China. Affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China, the university is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, and the Beijing Municipal People's Governmen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20University%20of%20Finance%20and%20Economics |
Chestnut is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, and the name of the edible nut they produce.
Chestnut may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Chestnut (dance), an English country dance
Chestnut (film), a 2023 American drama
Chestnut (joke), British slang for an old or stale joke, or a piece of music that has... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Manu'ula Asovalu Tuiasosopo (born August 30, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the 18th overall pick of the 1979 NFL Draft. After five yea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu%20Tuiasosopo |
The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, also known as the FFG Act, is an act of the Victorian Parliament designed to protect species, genetic material and habitats, to prevent extinction and allow maximum genetic diversity within the Australian state of Victoria for perpetuity. It was the first Australian legislation t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora%20and%20Fauna%20Guarantee%20Act%201988 |
Cap and Gown Club, founded in 1890, is an eating club at Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Colloquially known as "Cap", the club is one of the "Big Four" eating clubs at Princeton (the others are The Ivy Club, University Cottage Club, and Tiger Inn). Members are selected through a selective... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap%20and%20Gown%20Club |
São José (Portuguese for Saint Joseph) is a village in the western part of São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 98 (2012 census). It lies 2.5 km south of Diogo Vaz, 4 km northeast of Santa Catarina and 9 km southwest of Neves.
Population history
References
Populated places in Lembá District | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o%20Jos%C3%A9%2C%20S%C3%A3o%20Tom%C3%A9%20and%20Pr%C3%ADncipe |
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), or Proposal 2 (Michigan 06–2), was a ballot initiative in the U.S. state of Michigan that passed into Michigan Constitutional law by a 58% to 42% margin on November 7, 2006, according to results officially certified by the Michigan Secretary of State. By Michigan law, the P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%20Civil%20Rights%20Initiative |
Attachiamenta bonorum, in ancient law books, denotes an attachment of chattels to recover a personal debt or estate.
References
Legal history | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachiamenta%20bonorum |
Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is located on the Cape Peninsula, in Simon's Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is also commonly known as Boulders Bay. It is a popular tourist spot because of a colony of African pengui... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulders%20Beach |
Henry Lee Thomas Jr. (born January 12, 1965) is an American former professional football player. He played as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). His nickname was "Hardware Hank."
Early life, family and education
Thomas was born in Houston, Texas. He was a star athlete at Eisenhower High School t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Thomas%20%28American%20football%29 |
Conrad Baker (February 12, 1817 – April 28, 1885) was an American attorney, military officer, and politician who served as state representative, 15th lieutenant governor, and the 15th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1867 to 1873. Baker had served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad%20Baker |
In geotechnical engineering, soil compaction is the process in which stress applied to a soil causes densification as air is displaced from the pores between the soil grains. When stress is applied that causes densification due to water (or other liquid) being displaced from between the soil grains, then consolidation,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20compaction |
Landstinget was the upper house of the Rigsdag (the parliament of Denmark), from 1849 until 1953, when the bicameral system was abolished in favour of unicameralism. Landstinget had powers equal to the Folketing, which made the two houses of parliament hard to distinguish.
Originally, membership and the electorate was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landstinget |
Maurice Clifford Townsend (August 11, 1884 – November 11, 1954) was an American politician and the 35th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1937 to 1941. During his term, he led relief efforts during and after the Great Flood of 1937.
Early life
Maurice Clifford Townsend, known as Clifford to his friends and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20Clifford%20Townsend |
The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is a zoo in Roeding Park in Fresno, California covering 39 acres and housing over 190 species. Its attractions include Stingray Bay, Dino Dig, Valley Farm, Sea Lion Cove, African Adventure, and Ross Laird's Winged Wonders Bird Show. The zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno%20Chaffee%20Zoo |
Elisabeth of Carinthia (also known as Elisabeth of Tyrol; – 28 October 1312), was a Duchess of Austria from 1282 and Queen of the Romans from 1298 until 1308, by marriage to King Albert I of Habsburg.
Life
Born in Munich, Bavaria, Elisabeth was the eldest daughter of Count Meinhard of Gorizia-Tyrol, and Elizabeth of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth%20of%20Carinthia%2C%20Queen%20of%20the%20Romans |
Yancey Dirk Thigpen (born August 15, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers (1991), the Pittsburgh Steelers (1992–1997), and the Tennessee Oilers/Titans (1998–2000). Before his NFL career, he played for Winston-S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yancey%20Thigpen |
Cardiovascular physiology is the study of the cardiovascular system, specifically addressing the physiology of the heart ("cardio") and blood vessels ("vascular").
These subjects are sometimes addressed separately, under the names cardiac physiology and circulatory physiology.
Although the different aspects of cardio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular%20physiology |
Shriek: An Afterword is a fantasy novel by American writer Jeff VanderMeer. Published in 2006, Shriek is set in the fictional city of Ambergris, a recurring setting in VanderMeer's work. The novel was written over a period of eight years, owing in part to what the author said, "[some scenes that are] very personal."
P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriek%3A%20An%20Afterword |
The Drugs I Need is a satirical animated short made by The Animation Farm and the Austin Lounge Lizards and produced by the Consumers Union.
Plot
The animation parodies a regular pharmaceutical television commercial, detailing the benefits the fictional drug Progenitorivox manufactured by fictional company SquabbMerlC... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugs%20I%20Need |
Sideritis syriaca, commonly known as ironwort, is a plant similar to chamomile, used in the Balkans (where it is known as "mountain tea") to make a tisane. It grows on a high altitude in the mountains. It is commonly found on wet grounds, on the high pastures, above .
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syriaca
Plants described in 1753
Tax... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideritis%20syriaca |
Mountain tea may refer to:
Sideritis, also known as mountain tea or Greek mountain tea, a genus of flowering plants
Gaultheria procumbens, a plant species also known as American mountain tea
Mountain Tea State Forest - see List of Indiana state forests
Mountain Tea, and other poems, a 1984 collection of poetry by ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain%20tea |
Jerel Jamal Stokes (born October 6, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1993. A first-round selection in the 1995 NFL Draft by the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20J.%20Stokes |
In geometry, the cubohemioctahedron is a nonconvex uniform polyhedron, indexed as U15. It has 10 faces (6 squares and 4 regular hexagons), 24 edges and 12 vertices. Its vertex figure is a crossed quadrilateral.
It is given Wythoff symbol 4 | 3, although that is a double-covering of this figure.
A nonconvex polyhedro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubohemioctahedron |
Bertha von Putelendorf (died after 1182) may have been the daughter of Count Palatine Friedrich IV von Putelendorf in Saxony and his wife Agnes of Limburg, daughter of Henry, Duke of Lower Lorraine. According to a secondary source, she was the daughter of the Count Palatine of Saxony. If this were true, from a chronolo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha%20of%20Putelendorf |
Darbandokeh (, ) is a village in Erbil Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Shaqlawa District.
In the village, there was a church of Mar Quryaqos.
Etymology
The name of the village is derived from "enclosed place" in Kurdish.
History
Darbandokeh was founded in 1928 by Assyrians from the refuge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darbandokeh |
Vinbarbital is a hypnotic drug which is a barbiturate derivative. It was developed by Sharp and Dohme in 1939.
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Barbiturates
Sedatives
GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators
Alkene derivatives | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinbarbital |
George Baerveldt, M.B.Ch.B., was a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California, Irvine.
Baerveldt developed and held four patents related to the Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant, a device for the drainage of excess fluid from the eye in complex cases of glaucoma.
Professor Baerveldt was als... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Baerveldt |
Palaú is a town in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It is located on the eastern boundary of the Chihuahuan Desert, in the municipality of Múzquiz. Temperatures in the summertime can easily reach 45 degrees Celsius and the winters are mild but wet. The main industry is coal mining.
When an Austrian engineer discovered... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pala%C3%BA |
In geometry, the great ditrigonal icosidodecahedron (or great ditrigonary icosidodecahedron) is a nonconvex uniform polyhedron, indexed as U47. It has 32 faces (20 triangles and 12 pentagons), 60 edges, and 20 vertices. It has 4 Schwarz triangle equivalent constructions, for example Wythoff symbol 3 | 3 gives Coxeter ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20ditrigonal%20icosidodecahedron |
Dan E. Fesman (sometimes credited as Dan Fesman) is a television producer and writer. Fesman graduated from Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Fesman has also been producer and writer on several recent series, including Grimm, LAX, Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me. He has written for Special Unit 2, Cover Me: Bas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20E.%20Fesman |
The Dyckman Street station (pronounced ) is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located roughly at the intersection of Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue in Inwood, Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times.
Built by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyckman%20Street%20station%20%28IRT%20Broadway%E2%80%93Seventh%20Avenue%20Line%29 |
KLSE may refer to:
Bursa Malaysia, formerly known as the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
The ICAO airport code of La Crosse Regional Airport in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
KLSE (FM), a radio station (90.7 FM) licensed to Rochester, Minnesota, United States
KZSE, a radio station (91.7 FM) licensed to Rochester,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLSE |
Shane John Acton (17 September 1946 – 25 February 2002) was an English sailor, known for circumnavigating the globe in an boat, the smallest ever, at that time, to survive the voyage. He first set sail from Britain in 1972 at the age of 25.
Acton was born and raised in Coleridge, Cambridge, England. Without any saili... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane%20Acton |
Manek is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
People
Manek Bedi, Bollywood actor
Manek Mathur (born 1988), Indian squash player
Manek Premchand, Indian writer and historian of film music
Fictional characters
Manek Tigelaar, character from Wicked novel series
Surname
Brady Manek... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manek |
Tim Ruddy (born April 27, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a center for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1994 to 2003. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
High school
Attended Dunmore High School in Dunmore, PA, playing football un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Ruddy |
Changes to Canadian elections law in 2004 closed "Longley's Loophole". This court decision resulted in the loss of funding for the Parti Marijuana Party and other small parties. The Marijuana Party fielded twenty-three candidates in the 2006 federal election receiving a total of nine-thousand two-hundred and seventy-f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana%20Party%20candidates%20in%20the%202006%20Canadian%20federal%20election |
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