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Changzhou International School was a key provincial school in the Xinbei district of Changzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. It had around 1,000 enrolled students from China and abroad.
History
Changzhou International School was founded in 1997 as a pilot middle school by the Changzhou Xin Bei government and t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changzhou%20International%20School |
Ryan Young (born June 28, 1976) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the New York Jets, Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Kansas State University.
Early years
Young (nicknamed Big Marker), graduated from Parkway Central High School in Chester... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Young |
Chad Steven Henne (; born July 2, 1985) is an American former football quarterback who played 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan. While there, Henne became only the second freshman starting quarterback in Michigan history, accumulated a total of 32 wins in regular s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad%20Henne |
A (, literally sub-municipality), or section (French), is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well.
Belgium
Each municipality in Belgium that existed as a separate entity on 1 January 1961 but no longer existed as such after 1 January 1977 as the result of a merger ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deelgemeente |
Séraphin: Heart of Stone (, Lit. "Séraphin: A man and his sin") is a Quebec film released in 2002. The script is based on the novel Un homme et son péché by Claude-Henri Grignon. The film won six Prix Jutra for Best Actor (Pierre Lebeau), Best Actress (Karine Vanasse), Cinematography, Art Direction, Musical Score and S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9raphin%3A%20Heart%20of%20Stone |
Life Goes On is the third studio album by American R&B singer Donell Jones. It was released by LaFace Records on June 4, 2002, in the United States. The album featured two singles, "You Know that I Love You", which was a minor hit in both the US and the UK and "Put Me Down", a more popular non-album version featuring S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20Goes%20On%20%28Donell%20Jones%20album%29 |
Viralg is a Finnish company, which won the 2003-2004 Venture Cup with their business plan for anti file sharing technologies. In April 2005 they claimed to be able to stop 99% of illegal file sharing. Their web site stated that their technique was enabled by use of an in-house developed virtual algorithm. Virtual algor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viralg |
Fatman the Human Flying Saucer is a fictional character, a comic book superhero created by artist C. C. Beck and writer Otto Binder in the 1960s.
Beck and Binder created Fatman long after Beck's popular creation Captain Marvel was canceled partly due to a copyright infringement suit with DC Comics.
Overview
Fatman's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatman%20the%20Human%20Flying%20Saucer |
David John Hugh Cockayne FRS FInstP (19 March 1942 – 22 December 2010) was Professor in the physical examination of materials in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford and professorial fellow at Linacre College from 2000 to 2009. He was the president of the International Federation of Societies for Mic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Cockayne |
The Free Party was a minor political party in the United Kingdom. They were founded to promote the free party scene during the 2001 general election. They stood candidates for the three Parliamentary seats within the city of Brighton and Hove, under names associated with the Church of the SubGenius. They proposed to se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20Party%20%28UK%29 |
A separate account is a segregated accounting and reporting account held by an insurance company not in, but rather "separate" from its general account. A separate account allows an investor to choose an investment category according to his individual risk tolerance, and desire for performance. An account may be a gene... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separate%20account |
"Amsterdam" is a song by Jacques Brel. It combines a powerful melancholic crescendo with a rich poetic account of the exploits of sailors on shore leave in Amsterdam. Musically, it takes its base melody line from the melody of the English folk song Greensleeves.
Brel never recorded this for a studio album, and his on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam%20%28Jacques%20Brel%20song%29 |
Sima Pumacocha (possibly from Spanish sima deep and dark cavern/abyss, Quechua puma cougar, puma, qucha lake) is a limestone cave located in the Lima Region, Yauyos Province, Laraos District, in central Peru near the village of Laraos, high in the Andes mountains. At 638 meters deep, it held the record for deepest know... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima%20Pumacocha |
Skater may refer to:
Sports
Someone who practices skateboarding
Someone who practices roller skating
Someone who practices inline skating
Someone who practices ice skating
An ice hockey player who is not a goaltender
Skater (subculture), a subculture involving skateboarding
Arts and entertainment
Skater (band), a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skater |
Ian McOrist (born 6 November 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
McOrist was recruited from Northcote, where he finished third for the J. J. Field Trophy (Victorian Football Association Division 2 Best & Fairest) in 1971. He was a half-forward flanker who pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20McOrist |
John Rut (fl. 1512 – 1528) was an English mariner, born in Essex, who was chosen by Henry VIII to command an expedition to North America in search of the Northwest Passage. On 10 June 1527 he set sail from Plymouth with two ships, Samson and Mary Guilford. The voyage was arranged by Cardinal Wolsey at the wishes of Rob... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Rut |
Carl Johan Petter Hansson (; born 14 December 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He most notably represented Halmstads BK, SC Heerenveen, Rennes, and Monaco during a career that spanned between 1994 and 2012. A full international between 2001 and 2009, he won 43 caps for the Swe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petter%20Hansson |
Doug Lund was the former co-anchor of the 5 and 6 news at KELO-TV.
Biography
As a child, Doug Lund dreamed of being on television. He reported that the personalities at KELO-TV were idols of his; and, years later, they became his colleagues.
In 1974, Doug Lund started his career at KELO-TV as a commercial announcer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug%20Lund |
Judith Ann Blumberg (born September 13, 1957) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With Michael Seibert, she is a three-time World bronze medalist (1983–85), the 1980 Skate Canada International champion, the 1981 Skate America champion, and a five-time U.S. national champion (1981–85).
Personal life
Blumberg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy%20Blumberg |
In mathematics, convex geometry is the branch of geometry studying convex sets, mainly in Euclidean space. Convex sets occur naturally in many areas: computational geometry, convex analysis, discrete geometry, functional analysis, geometry of numbers, integral geometry, linear programming, probability theory, game theo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convex%20geometry |
Qaqa Mach'ay (Quechua for "rock cave") is a limestone cave located in the Yauyos Province of the Lima Region in central Peru, high in the Andes Mountains that was explored and surveyed in 2004 by an international expedition. At 4,930m above sea level, it is the highest surveyed cave in the world. The entrance to the ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaqa%20Mach%27ay |
Henri Charles Manguin (; 23 March 187425 September 1949) was a French painter, associated with the Fauves.
Manguin entered the École des Beaux-Arts to study under Gustave Moreau, as did Henri Matisse and Charles Camoin with whom he became close friends. Like them, Manguin made copies of Renaissance art in the Louvre.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri%20Manguin |
Matemo Island (Kisiwa cha Matemo, in Swahili)forms part of the pristine Quirimbas Islands and is located northeast of Ibo island, in northern Mozambique, about 100 km from the city of Pemba. It is approximately 24 square kilometres in area, with palm groves and beaches.
It contains five villages, inhabited by native M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matemo%20Island |
The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) is a Canadian Army Primary Reserve Royal Canadian Armoured Corps regiment based in Toronto and Aurora. The regiment is part of 4th Canadian Division's 32 Canadian Brigade Group. The regiment consists of one cavalry squadron (D Squadron), as well as the Headquarter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s%20York%20Rangers%20%281st%20American%20Regiment%29 |
Michael Seibert (born January 1, 1960) is an American figure skating choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. With Judy Blumberg, he is a three-time World bronze medalist (1983–85), the 1980 Skate Canada International champion, the 1981 Skate America champion, and a five-time U.S. national champion (1981–85). T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Seibert%20%28figure%20skater%29 |
The Spectronic 20 is a brand of single-beam spectrophotometer, designed to operate in the visible spectrum across a wavelength range of 340 nm to 950 nm, with a spectral bandpass of 20 nm. It is designed for quantitative absorption measurement at single wavelengths. Because it measures the transmittance or absorption o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectronic%2020 |
J20 or J-20 may refer to:
Vehicles
Aircraft
Chengdu J-20, a Chinese fighter
Reggiane J 20, an Italian fighter in service with the Swedish Air Force
Soko J-20 Kraguj, a Yugoslavian light attack aircraft
Automobiles
Jeep J20, an American pickup truck
Toyota Land Cruiser (J20), a Japanese off-road vehicle
Locom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J20 |
Carlile Pollock Patterson (August 24, 1816 – August 15, 1881) was the fourth superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. He was born in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, the son of Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson. He was appointed a midshipman in the United States Navy in 1830. He studied Civil Engineering... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlile%20Pollock%20Patterson |
Hardy Otto Nickerson Sr. (born September 1, 1965) is an American former football coach and professional player. He played as linebacker for four teams over 16 seasons, from 1987 to 2002, in the National Football League (NFL). He was a fifth round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1987 NFL Draft. Nickerson s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy%20Nickerson |
Erik Reece is an American writer, the author of two books of nonfiction - Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness: Radical Strip Mining and the Devastation of Appalachia (New York: Riverhead Books, 2006) and An American Gospel: On Family, History, and The Kingdom of God (New York: Riverhead Books, 2009),
and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Reece |
The Rare Breed is a 1966 American Western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith in Panavision. Loosely based on the life of rancher Col. John William Burgess, the film follows Martha Evans' (O'Hara) quest to fulfill her deceased husband's dream of introducing Her... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rare%20Breed |
Telegraph stamps are stamps intended solely for the prepayment of telegraph fees. The customer completed a telegraph form before handing it with payment to the clerk who applied a telegraph stamp and cancelled it to show that payment had been made. If the stamp was an imprinted stamp, it formed part of the message form... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph%20stamp |
SpinnWebe was the personal website of Greg Galcik, also known as "spinn." It gathered the most fame as the home of the Dysfunctional Family Circus, which ran in the late 1990s. Additionally, the site was the showcase for a number of Galcik's other projects, which generally had interactive humor as the unifying theme;... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinnWebe |
Carol Jean Fox (born July 11, 1956 in Ypsilanti, Michigan) is an American figure skater. She competed in ice dance with Richard Dalley at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
Prior to ice dancing, Carol and her partner Richard Dalley were competitive roller figure skaters and competed out of the Riverside Skating Club in Livonia,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol%20Fox%20%28figure%20skater%29 |
Ian McMullin (born 1 September 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.
McMullin, an ex-Old Melbournian footballer, was recruited by Collingwood in the 1980s. As a half-forward he was a noted goal-kicker. In 1987 he was delisted from Collingwood. McMullin was drafted by Essendon in the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20McMullin |
Richard John Dalley (born August 2, 1957) is an American former competitive ice dancer.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, he competed in ice dance with Carol Fox at the 1984 Winter Olympics. The dance team is probably the most decorated team never to have won the US Championships.
Richard and his partner Carol Fox were comp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Dalley |
Andrew Alexander Lindberg (born 29 April 1953) is an Australian businessman.
From 2000 until February 2006, he held the positions of managing director and board member of AWB Limited. He resigned from these positions in the wake of his appearance at the Cole Inquiry. Despite "the trial by media" that occurred througho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Lindberg |
There are an estimated 20,000 Muslims in the Czech Republic, representing 0.2% of the country's population. The growing Turkish community form the largest Muslim population in the country.
According to the 2010 census, there are around 3500 Muslims in the Czech Republic (less than 0.1% of country's population), compar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20in%20the%20Czech%20Republic |
Michael Weishan (born 7 August in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an author, designer, popular historian and former American television personality. He was host of the public television series The Victory Garden from 2001 through 2007. He was the fourth host of the series, and retired after five seasons to resume active direc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Weishan |
The Animal Procedures Committee advised the British Home Secretary on matters related to animal testing in the UK. The function of the committee was made a statutory requirement by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (the ASPA), which mandated that it should have at least 12 members, excluding the chair. The A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20Procedures%20Committee |
James Wadsworth Symington ( ; born September 28, 1927) is an American lawyer and politician who represented Missouri from 1969 to 1977 as a four-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to that, in the late 1960s, he served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.
Biography
Youth, family, and educati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20W.%20Symington |
A sandglass is a device for measuring time, including:
Hourglass
Marine sandglass
Egg timer
It can also refer to:
Sandglass (TV series), a 1995 Korean drama series
See also
Hourglass (disambiguation)
Sandglaz, a task management app and competitor of Astrid and Wunderlist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandglass |
The Kano Accord was preceded by the collapse of central authority in Chad in 1979, when the Prime Minister, Hissène Habré, had unleashed his militias on February 12 against the capital N'Djamena and the sitting president, Félix Malloum. To route the President's forces, Habré had allied himself with the rival warlord Go... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano%20Accord |
The King's Commendation for Bravery and the King's Commendation for Bravery in the Air are United Kingdom awards, open to both military personnel and civilians. They were established in 1994, when the award of the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct and the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air were d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s%20Commendation%20for%20Bravery |
Chinchilla is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Chinchilla had a population of 7,068 people.
Chinchilla is known as the 'Melon Capital of Australia', and plays host to a Melon Festival every second year in February.
Geography
The town is approximate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchilla%2C%20Queensland |
Intrastat is the system for collecting information and producing statistics on the trade in goods between countries of the European Union (EU). It began operation on 1 January 1993, when it replaced customs declarations as the source of trade statistics within the EU. The requirements of Intrastat are similar in all me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrastat |
The eastern theater of the American Civil War consisted of the major military and naval operations in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the coastal fortifications and seaports of North Carolina (Operations in the interior of the Carolinas in 1865 are consid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20theater%20of%20the%20American%20Civil%20War |
The International 14 is a British racing sailboat, crewed by two sailors. The class was established in 1928.
The boat is a developmental sailing class and so the design rules and the boats themselves have changed dramatically over time to keep the International 14 at the leading edge of sailing technology. Many design... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%2014 |
The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre is a Government of Canada research facility and office complex located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
It is primarily used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
External links
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre (NAFC)
The DFO: watchdog of our waters
Buildin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest%20Atlantic%20Fisheries%20Centre |
Pemba may refer to:
Places
Pemba Island, in Tanzania
Pemba, Mozambique, the capital of Cabo Delgado Province
Pemba, Zambia, a small town
Individuals
George Pemba, South African painter
Tsewang Yishey Pemba, Tibetan doctor
Other
Pemba (chalk), a chalk used in Afro-Brazilian religions
Pemba (katydid), a genus o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemba |
Drew Emeric Stanton (born May 7, 1984) is a former American football quarterback who played 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft, after playing college football at Michigan State. Stanton was a journeyman quarterback who has been... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew%20Stanton |
Serua Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 were reserved ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serua%20%28Fijian%20Communal%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Dance 360 (2004-2005) was a modern hip-hop television series that aired on UPN in which different dancers competed to win 360 dollars, an Xbox or a cell phone from Boost Mobile, and a Fuse Sunbird scooter. Sometimes, clothing gear from Ecko Unlimited or Meoshe Sport was awarded. It was hosted by Fredro Starr and Kel Mi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance%20360 |
Estonia attempted to enter the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, the first time the country tried to enter the Eurovision Song Contest. However, as Estonia was one of seven countries who wished to join the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1993, a pre-selection was held for the first time to reduce this number ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia%20in%20the%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%201993 |
is a Japanese pop singer. She released her first single, "Anata no kisu o kazoemashô – You Were Mine" on September 15, 1999. This song was a huge hit in Japan and made the 17-year-old a sensation overnight. Her second album, Expansion, sold over 1.3 million copies, and it features her most biggest chart hit, "Aijo". Sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki%20Koyanagi |
S2 Games was a video game development company which was founded by Marc "Maliken" DeForest, Jesse Hayes, and Sam McGrath, based in Rohnert Park, California. They also had a development location in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
History
Their first project (a real-time strategy, third-person shooter and role-playing game hybrid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S2%20Games |
PPPoX (PPP over X) designates a family of encapsulating communications protocols implementing Point-to-Point Protocol.
Specific implementations:
PPPoE: PPP over Ethernet – which can use 802.1q VLANs
PPPoA: PPP over ATM
PPTP: PPP encapsulated over GRE with a parallel control connection and some optional encryption
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPPoX |
Star Ship is a first-person space combat simulator video game programmed by Bob Whitehead and published by Atari, Inc. for its Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). The game was one of the nine launch titles offered when the Atari VCS was released on September 11, 1977. Based on the Atari arcade game S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Ship |
The Frentani were an Italic tribe occupying the tract on the southeast coast of the Italian peninsula from the Apennines to the Adriatic, and from the frontiers of Apulia to those of the Marrucini. They were bounded on the west by the Samnites, with whom they were closely connected, and from whom they were originally d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frentani |
Trimper Rides Of Ocean City is a historic amusement park located near the inlet at South First Street and the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, United States. It was founded in 1893 as The Windsor Resort. It is located at the south end of the boardwalk and consists of three outdoor lots as well as an indoor section.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimper%27s%20Rides |
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is a division of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. It is Florida's highway patrol and is the primary law enforcement agency charged with investigating traffic crashes and criminal laws on the state's highways.
Duties
A 2011 study by the Florida Highway Patrol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%20Highway%20Patrol |
Sandglass () is a South Korean television series. It is one of the highest-rated Korean dramas in history, and is also considered one of the most significant. Written by Song Ji-na, directed by Kim Jong-hak and produced by their own company Jcom, it aired on SBS in 1995 in 24 episodes.
A depiction of the tragic relati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandglass%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Józef Chyliński (2 October 1904 — 9 June 1985) (codenames 'Kamień', 'Grom' and 'Julian') was a Polish soldier and resistance fighter, recipient of the Silver Star of the Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych) and Gold Cross of Merit with Swords (Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami).
Jabłonowski, born in Gosslershau... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef%20Chyli%C5%84ski |
30° Everywhere is the debut studio album by American rock band the Promise Ring. It was released in 1996 on Jade Tree.
Background
The Promise Ring were formed from the aftermath of several Midwest emo groups in February 1995: guitarists Jason Gnewikow and Matt Mangan (both formerly of None Left Standing), and drummer ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30%C2%B0%20Everywhere |
is a shoot 'em up video game developed by G.rev and released in Japanese arcades in 2005. The game takes place in an alternate reality during World War II, where players control German-speaking characters (dubbed "the Empire") fighting against English-speaking characters ("the Union"). Their vehicles are patterned afte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under%20Defeat |
Lisa-Marie Allen (born September 16, 1960 in Glendale, California) is an American former figure skater. In 1979, she won gold at the inaugural Skate America (then titled Norton Skate). She is also the 1978 Skate Canada International champion, 1975 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, 1979 NHK Trophy Silver Medalist, and a four-t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa-Marie%20Allen |
Campbell Hall can refer to:
Campbell Hall (UC Berkeley), an academic building
Campbell Hall School in North Hollywood, California
A hamlet in the town of Hamptonburgh, New York
Campbell Hall (Metro-North station), in the hamlet
A residence hall at Virginia Tech
A residence hall at Rutgers University
A residence... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%20Hall |
John the Orphanotrophos () was the chief court eunuch (parakoimomenos) during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Romanos III (r. 1028–1034). John was born in the region of Paphlagonia. His family were said to be involved in a disreputable trade, perhaps money changing or, according to George Kedrenos, counterfeiting. J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20the%20Orphanotrophos |
The concept of imagined geographies (or imaginative geographies) originated from Edward Said, particularly his work on critique on Orientalism. Imagined geographies refers to the perception of a space created through certain imagery, texts, and/or discourses. For Said, imagined does not mean to be false or made-up, but... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagined%20geographies |
Wendy Burge (born October 1, 1957) is an American former competitive figure skater. Born in Alaska, she won the silver medal at the 1975 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed 6th at the 1976 Winter Olympics. She retired in Orange County, California after working as a professional coach for over twenty years.
Re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%20Burge |
The Hillcrest mine disaster, the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history, occurred at Hillcrest, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass region, on June 19, 1914, 9:30 am.
The disaster was reported by several news outlets including the Calgary Herald as the world's third-worst mine disaster at the time, after the Frater... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillcrest%20mine%20disaster |
The People's Party or Socialist People's Party was a minor political party in the Furness region of England.
The party was founded in 1995 by four Labour Party borough councillors who had been suspended from Labour for opposing a reduction in the housing budget. It was initially known as the People's Labour Party, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist%20People%27s%20Party%20%28Furness%29 |
The Communist Party of Lithuania (; ) was a communist party in Lithuania. The party was established in early October 1918 and operated clandestinely until it was legalized in 1940 after the Soviet invasion and occupation. The party was banned in August 1991, following the coup attempt in Moscow, Soviet Union which late... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20Party%20of%20Lithuania |
The Maurice Lamontagne Institute is a marine science research institute located in Mont Joli, Quebec and is part of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
History
The Maurice Lamontagne Institute was created in 1987. Its mission was to help the Department of Fisheries and Oceans gather and organize documenta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Lamontagne%20Institute |
Ba East Fijian Provincial Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 23 communal constituencies reserved for indigenous Fijians. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. (Of the remaining 48 seats, 23 were reserve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%20East%20%28Fijian%20Communal%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Football in Tasmania can refer to a number of sports played in Tasmania, Australia:
Major codes of football in Tasmania
Australian rules football in Tasmania
Soccer in Tasmania
Minor codes in Tasmania
Tasmanian Rugby Union
Rugby league in Tasmania
Tasmanian Gaelic Football and Hurling Association
See also
Sport in T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football%20in%20Tasmania |
South Africa is a diverse country with 12 official languages, and many citizens will speak two or more languages. It is very common to mix languages in casual conversations, on social media, or in music lyrics.
This is a list of commonly used terms and phases across Southern Africa per the United Nations geoscheme for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20South%20African%20slang%20words |
Albertina Natalie "Tina" Noyes (born January 7, 1949) is an American former figure skater. She is a four-time U.S. national silver medalist and the 1967 North American bronze medalist. She represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where she placed 8th, and at the 1968 Winter Olympics, where she placed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertina%20Noyes |
A search fund is an investment vehicle through which an entrepreneur raises funds from investors in order to acquire a company in which they wish to take an active, day-to-day leadership role. Search funds can also be financed through self-funding. In this scenario, the entrepreneur leading the acquisition will use the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search%20fund |
Reggie Gibson (born August 23, 1970), better known as Saafir, is an emcee, producer, and actor. He is also a member of the rap group "Golden State Project" (formerly known as Golden State Warriors) with Ras Kass and Xzibit. Born in Oakland, California, he lived with Tupac Shakur and became a dancer for Digital Undergro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saafir |
161P/Hartley–IRAS is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 21 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet with (20 years < period < 200 years).
This was one of six comets discovered by the infrared space telescope IRAS, in 1983.
References
External links
Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) /... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/161P/Hartley%E2%80%93IRAS |
"Jump (For My Love)" is an electro-pop song by American vocal group the Pointer Sisters, released on April 11, 1984, as the third single from their tenth studio album Break Out (1983). The song hit the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100, R&B, and Dance charts, and it was the best-selling American dance single of 1984,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump%20%28For%20My%20Love%29 |
Faculty of Management Studies – University of Delhi (FMS Delhi or The Red Building of Dreams) is a leading business school located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1954 under the umbrella of the University of Delhi and is often cited as one of the best business schools in India. The institute was started at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faculty%20of%20Management%20Studies%20%E2%80%93%20University%20of%20Delhi |
The Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) is one of many virtual charter schools that is powered by the curriculum provider Stride Inc. The academy, like most Stride-supplied schools, provides the student with textbooks, materials, and a loaned computer, so the student can access their online lessons.
Curriculum
The course less... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%20Virtual%20Academy |
WLOH (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Lancaster, Ohio, southeast of Columbus. Owned by the WLOH Radio Company, WLOH broadcasts a country music radio format. It also serves as a local affiliate for the Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network and the Ohio State Sports Network.
By day, WLOK transmits 500 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLOH |
Christine "Christy" Haigler (married name: Krall, born January 5, 1948) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 1963 and 1965 U.S. silver medalist and 1964 bronze medalist. She represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where she placed 7th.
Krall graduated from Cheyenne Mountain Hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine%20Haigler |
LeMay - America's Car Museum is a museum in the city of Tacoma, Washington. The museum is adjacent to the Tacoma Dome and opened on June 2, 2012. Many of the cars on display were donated to the museum by the family of Harold LeMay.
Details
Harold LeMay owned a successful refuse company, Harold LeMay Enterprises, with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s%20Car%20Museum |
The Society for News Design (SND), formerly known as the Society of Newspaper Design, is an international organization for professionals working in the news sector of the media industry, specifically those involved with graphic design, illustration, web design and infographics.
Founded in 1979, it is a United States-r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20for%20News%20Design |
Catherine Louise Machado (born April 20, 1936 in Santa Monica, California) is an American former figure skater. She is a two-time U.S. national bronze medalist. In 1956, Machado became the first Latina to represent the United States at a Winter Olympics. After the 1956 World Championships, she turned professional. She ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20Machado |
Pequea Creek (pronounced PECK-way) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River that runs for from the eastern border of Lancaster County and Chester County, Pennsylvania to the village of Pequea, about above the hydroelectric dam at Holtwood along the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County.
History and notable features
T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequea%20Creek |
Bayt al-mal () is an Arabic term that is translated as "House of money" or "House of wealth." Historically, it was a financial institution responsible for the administration of taxes in Islamic states, particularly in the early Islamic Caliphate. It served as a royal treasury for the caliphs and sultans, managing perso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayt%20al-mal |
Pi Kappa Delta () is a Forensics (Public Speaking and Debate) Honor Society for undergraduate university students and a professional organization for graduates, typically university Speech and Debate Coaches.
Pi Kappa Delta, or PKD, encourages the education of articulate citizens through a three part focus: the commi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%20Kappa%20Delta |
Night Passage is the ninth studio album by Weather Report, released in 1980. The tracks were recorded on July 12 and 13, 1980 at The Complex studios in Los Angeles (before a crowd of 250 people who can be heard on a couple of tracks), except for "Madagascar", recorded live at the Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan on June 29 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20Passage%20%28album%29 |
Ormiston Sudbury Academy is an 11–18 secondary school in the town of Sudbury, Suffolk. The school was established in 1972 as Sudbury Upper School, following the country wide introduction of the comprehensive school system, to serve the expanding town of Sudbury, and its surrounding villages. Sudbury Upper School was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormiston%20Sudbury%20Academy |
Hyder can refer to:
Places
Hyder, Alaska, U.S.
Hyder Seaplane Base
Hyder, Arizona, U.S.
Hyder Valley
Hyder Creek, is a river in New York, U.S.
Other uses
Hyder (defunct company), a former Welsh utility company
Hyder Consulting, a subsidiary company, an advisory and design consultancy
Hyder (name)
See also
Haydar (d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder |
The Horse Latitudes is an EP by the emo band The Promise Ring. It was released in 1997 on Jade Tree Records. The album was released between their debut album 30° Everywhere and their hit record Nothing Feels Good.
Track listing
Tracks 1-2 originally released on the Watertown Plank 7"
Tracks 3-5 originally released on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Horse%20Latitudes |
Come By Me is a big band album by American artist Harry Connick Jr., released in 1999, eight years after his previous big band recording, Blue Light, Red Light.
Connick and his Big Band went on a year-long world tour (the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia), in support of the album.
Track listing
"Nowhere With Love" ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come%20by%20Me |
GOLD may refer to:
Gold (disambiguation)
Science and technology
Gold, a chemical element
Genomes OnLine Database
Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, a NASA Explorer Mission of Opportunity
GOLD (parser), an open-source parser-generator of BNF-based grammars
Graduates of the Last Decade, an Institute ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOLD |
164P/Christensen is a periodic comet in the Solar System.
References
External links
Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Horizons Ephemeris
164P/Christensen – Seiichi Yoshida @ aerith.net
Elements and Ephemeris for 164P/Christensen – Minor Planet Center
Periodic comets
0164
164P
20041221 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/164P/Christensen |
Mark Barrowcliffe (born 14 July 1964), also known as M.D. Lachlan and Mark Alder, is an English writer. He was born in Coventry and studied at the University of Sussex. After graduating, Barrowcliffe worked as a journalist before penning his first novel, Girlfriend 44. He then made a name for himself writing "lad lit".... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Barrowcliffe |
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