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Pallantium () was an ancient city near the Tiber river on the Italian peninsula. Roman mythology, as recounted in Virgil's Aeneid for example, states that the city was founded in Magna Graecia by Evander of Pallene and other ancient Greeks sometime previous to the Trojan War.
In addition, Dionysius of Halicarnassus wr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallantium |
The cotillion (also cotillon or French country dance) is a social dance, popular in 18th-century Europe and North America. Originally for four couples in square formation, it was a courtly version of an English country dance, the forerunner of the quadrille and, in the United States, the square dance.
It was for some ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotillion |
"My Twin" is a 2006 single by the Swedish heavy metal band Katatonia. It was the first single off the band's seventh studio album, The Great Cold Distance. Charlie Granberg was in charge of directing the single's music video. The single charted at no. 9 on the Finnish music charts.
Track listing
Personnel
Katatonia
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Twin |
The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the other well-known "Homoptera", and they are in the suborder Sternorrhyncha.
Distr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auchenorrhyncha |
Steve Kramer is an American actor who has provided voices for English language versions of Japanese anime films, television series and video games. He has also done voice acting for various Power Rangers series in the past, with the best-known of those roles being the voice of Darkonda in Power Rangers in Space. His wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Kramer%20%28actor%29 |
Sandra Jenkins (born July 20, 1961 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta as Sandra Rippel) is a Canadian curler from Salmon Arm, British Columbia.
Jenkins was the alternate player for the Canadian women's team at the 2006 Winter Olympics skipped by Shannon Kleibrink. Sandra got to play in a few games as some of the members of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra%20Jenkins |
The photic sneeze reflex (also known as Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) syndrome) is an inherited and congenital autosomal dominant reflex condition that causes sneezing in response to numerous stimuli, such as looking at bright lights or periocular (surrounding the eyeball) injection. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic%20sneeze%20reflex |
Work People's College () was a radical labor college (a type of a folk high school governed by the worker's movement) established in Smithville (Duluth), then a suburb of Duluth, Minnesota, in 1907 by the Finnish Socialist Federation of the Socialist Party of America. School administrators and faculty were sympathetic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%20People%27s%20College |
3pm was a New Zealand children's show hosted by Suzy Cato. It screened on the independent station TV3 in 1992, and featured an oversized pumpkin, games, interviews, viewers' mail and cartoons. The show was produced by the television company Kids' TV Ltd.
3PM is also an acronym for Product-Project-Portfolio Management,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3pm |
The Landwasser Viaduct () is a single-track six-arched curved limestone railway viaduct. It spans the Landwasser between Schmitten and Filisur, in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.
Designed by Alexander Acatos, the Landwasser Viaduct was constructed between 1901 and 1902 by Müller & Zeerleder on behalf of the Rha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landwasser%20Viaduct |
Sir Edmond Bell Of Castle Acre and Beaupre Hall, Norfolk. (bap 7 April 1562 – bur 22 December 1607). He was an MP of Aldeburgh, Justice of the Peace for Norfolk c. 1599, Knighted 1603.
Early life
He was baptised 7 April 1562, the first son and heir of Sir Robert Bell and Dorothie daughter of Edmonde Beaupre, Of Outwe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond%20Bell |
Modo (stylized in all lowercase) was a wireless device developed by Scout Electromedia, Utilizing pager networks, the device was designed to provide city-specific "lifestyle" content such as restaurant & bar reviews, movie listings, in addition to original curated content by Scout's developers.
Officially announced on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modo%20%28wireless%20device%29 |
The Most Outstanding Player Award is annually awarded to the best player in the Canadian Football League. The two nominees for the award are the Terry Evanshen Trophy winner from the East Division, and the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy winner from the West Division. The winner of the award is chosen by the Football Repo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFL%27s%20Most%20Outstanding%20Player%20Award |
The first round of the New Orleans mayoral election of 2006 took place on April 22, 2006; a runoff between incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu took place on May 20, resulting in reelection for Mayor Nagin. The Mayor of New Orleans is the top official in New Orleans' mayor-council... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20New%20Orleans%20mayoral%20election |
Joy to Great Caesar was a Royalist and anti-Catholic political song written by Thomas D'Urfey during the reign of Charles II of England.
D'Urfey, a Tory by sympathies, set his own lyrics to the tune of Farinel's Ground by Michel Farinelli, in which he criticized Catholic political designs and praised the King. D'Urfey... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy%20to%20Great%20Caesar |
The California Scholarship Federation (CSF), started in 1921 by Charles F. Seymour, seeks to recognize students living in the state of California who possess high standards in academics.
Members of the California Scholarship Federation are eligible for a variety of tuition scholarships available at universities across... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Scholarship%20Federation |
Ze'ev Lev (25 April 1922 – 3 October 2004) (; born William Low), was an Israeli physicist, Torah scholar, and founder of the Jerusalem College of Technology. After being educated in Europe, Canada and the U.S., and having lost his parents and sister in the Holocaust, he became one of Israel's leading scientists and edu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze%CA%BCev%20Lev |
David Mackenzie Donald Mills (born 31 May 1944) is a British corporate lawyer who specialises in international work for Italian companies. He was accused of money-laundering and alleged tax fraud involving Silvio Berlusconi; he was convicted in first instance and on appeal, but the conviction was quashed by the Supreme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Mills%20%28solicitor%29 |
The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe and Scandinavia that together used to form an important part of the esta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroformula%20Open%20Championship |
Marshal Walton Royal Jr. (December 5, 1912 – May 8, 1995) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist best known for his work with Count Basie, with whose band he played for nearly twenty years.
Early life and education
Marshal Royal Jr. was born into a musical family in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
Career
Royal's fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshal%20Royal |
"Big Brother" is a song written by David Bowie in 1973 and intended for his never-produced musical based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. In 1974 it was released on the album Diamond Dogs. It segued into the final track on the record, "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family".
Background
"Big Brother" was r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Brother%20%28David%20Bowie%20song%29 |
Robert Kennon Hargrove (1829–1905) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1882.
Biography
Robert Kennon Hargrove was born on September 17, 1829, in Pickens County, Alabama. He was converted to Christianity at the age of eleven. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1852.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Kennon%20Hargrove |
Assumption College Catholic High School is a Catholic secondary school in Windsor, Ontario. The school was originally established as a private preparatory school by Assumption College, now Assumption University, but it is now a publicly-funded separate school under the jurisdiction of the Windsor-Essex Catholic Distric... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption%20College%20School |
The Jerusalem College of Technology - Lev Academic Center (JCT; ) is a private college in Israel, recognized by the Council for Higher Education, which specializes in providing high-level science and technology education to the Jewish community. More than 2,000 of JCT's 4,700 students are ultra-Orthodox, and the remain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem%20College%20of%20Technology |
Shepard's Citations is a citator used in United States legal research that provides a list of all the authorities citing a particular case, statute, or other legal authority. The verb Shepardizing (sometimes written lower-case) refers to the process of consulting Shepard's to see if a case has been overturned, reaffirm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard%27s%20Citations |
Randall Terry Shepard (born December 24, 1946) is a former Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Early life and education
Randall Terry Shepard was born in Lafayette in 1946, but spent most of his formative years in Evansville, Indiana. Shepard is a seventh generation Hoosier. He is an Eagle Scout and has recei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall%20T.%20Shepard |
Avelino Gomez (1928 – June 21, 1980) was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing.
Born in Havana, Gomez began a career as a jockey at the urging of a family member. He won his first race in Mexico City and later moved to the United States, where he built a reputation as a ve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avelino%20Gomez |
HMS Poseidon (P99) was a designed and built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in Barrow-in-Furness, England for the Royal Navy, launched on 22 August 1929. She spent most of her short career assigned to the Yellow Sea region, based at the Royal Navy's Weihai naval base in mainland China. In 1931, the submarine s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Poseidon |
The Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya () is one of Moscow's Seven Sisters, skyscrapers built in the early 1950s in the Stalinist neoclassical style. Stalinist neoclassical architecture mixes the Russian neoclassical style with the style of American skyscrapers of the 1930s. A main element of Stalinist neoclassicism is its ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton%20Moscow%20Leningradskaya |
Jane Symons (born 1959) is an Australian media consultant, journalist and author based in London. She has written for a wide range of newspapers and magazines, and she is a vice chair of the Medical Journalists' Association and the public-patient information lead for the Covidence-UK longitudinal study. Her book, How t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Symons |
Simon Taylor was a barque built in 1824 on the River Thames that transported assisted migrants to Western Australia.
On completion, Simon Taylor was registered to S. Taylor. Between 1829 and 1837, Simon Taylor made a number of voyages to Jamaica; a voyage to Mauritius in 1833 is also recorded. Records indicate that t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Taylor%20%28ship%29 |
Berlin Ostbahnhof (German for Berlin East railway station) is a main line railway station in Berlin, Germany. It is located in the Friedrichshain quarter, now part of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough, and has undergone several name changes in its history. It was known as Berlin Hauptbahnhof from 1987 to 1998, a name no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%20Ostbahnhof |
Ignacio Gabari is a professional racecar driver. Gabari made his Porsche Supercup debut in 2005, competing in one race of the series. Gabari has also had success at lower levels of motorsport.
References
Spanish Champion Hyundai Coupe V6
Spanish Champion Legend Car
Spanish racing drivers
Living people
Year of birth ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio%20Gabari |
Sergio Barreda Costa (30 April 1951 – 25 April 2002), known as Gordo Barreda, was a Peruvian surfer and surfboard shaper. He was a four-time Peruvian national champion (1968, 1969, 1970 and 1974), competed internationally, and was one of Peru's first shapers.
Barreda spent his whole life in the Miraflores District of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio%20Barreda |
Barry Lubin (born July 3, 1952) is an American circus performer best known for his Grandma character. His Grandma character was a headline act at the Big Apple Circus in New York City for 25 seasons from 1982 until his 2012 retirement and relocation to Sweden. Lubin's return to the Big Apple Circus in late 2017 was cut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Lubin |
Walt Whitman High School is a four-year public secondary school located at 301 West Hills Road, in Huntington Station, New York. It is South Huntington Union Free School District's only high school, serving students in Huntington Station, South Huntington, Melville, and West Hills. The school typically has around 2,0... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt%20Whitman%20High%20School%20%28New%20York%29 |
Michel Heydens is a Belgian racecar driver who is best known for his 2004 part-season with the Perspective-Porsche team of Le Mans Endurance Series.
References
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Belgian racing drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
Place of birth missing (living peop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Heydens |
Commander USA's Groovie Movies is an American movie showcase series that ran weekend afternoons on the USA Network.
The show premiered January 5, 1985 and ran through 1989. It was hosted by Jim Hendricks as "Commander USA" (Soaring super hero! Legion of Decency - Retired), a wacky but slightly seedy blue-collar comic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander%20USA%27s%20Groovie%20Movies |
Steve Wisniewski (born April 7, 1967), nicknamed "the Wiz", is an American former professional football guard who played for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles / Oakland Raiders, and later served as the team's assistant offensive line coach. He played college football for the Penn Sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Wisniewski |
Paul Shapiro (born July 3, 1979) is an American animal welfare writer who authored the 2018 book Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World. He's also the CEO and cofounder of The Better Meat Co. and the host of the Business for Good Podcast. He has delivered five TEDx talks re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Shapiro%20%28author%29 |
Christian Szymczak (born March 4, 1974) is an American racecar driver who competed in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 2001 and 2002, finishing 11th and 8th in points in his two years, respectively.
In 2013 Christian won the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup championship. In 2021, he and co-driver Kenny Murillo won... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Szymczak |
SS John Barry was a 7,200-ton American Liberty ship in World War II. The ship was built at one of the Kaiser Shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and launched on 23 November 1941. Operated by Lykes Brothers Steamship Company under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. The John Barry was torpe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20John%20Barry |
Abductor digiti minimi (or Abductor digiti quinti) may refer to:
Abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand
Abductor digiti minimi muscle of foot | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abductor%20digiti%20minimi |
Lehman McGrath Keen III (born July 22, 1983) is an American racecar driver born in Dublin, Georgia, who competes in the United SportsCar Championship. He most recently drove the No. 22 Alex Job Racing WeatherTech Porsche 911 GT America in the United SportsCar Championship GTD class with co-driver Cooper MacNeil.
2004
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leh%20Keen |
David K. Israel (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a composer, author, screenwriter, director and producer. In high school, he studied composition with jazz artist Pat Martino and the two musicians went on to co-write and record an album of songs together in 1987. In 1991, he was hired by The Estate of Leonard ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20K.%20Israel |
Sonia Eloise Pottinger OD ( Durrant; 21 June 1931 – 3 November 2010) was a Jamaican reggae record producer. An icon in the music business, Sonia Pottinger was the first female Jamaican record producer and produced artists from the mid-1960s until the mid-1980s.
Biography
Sonia Durrant was born in Leith Hall, Saint ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia%20Pottinger |
Frank Benjamin Foster III (September 23, 1928 – July 26, 2011) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. Foster collaborated frequently with Count Basie and worked as a bandleader from the early 1950s. In 1998, Howard University awarded Frank Foster with the Benny Golson Jazz Mast... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Foster%20%28jazz%20musician%29 |
The Eurovision Young Dancers 2005 was the eleventh edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the National Theatre in Warsaw, Poland on 24 June 2005. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. A to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision%20Young%20Dancers%202005 |
Mohammad Daoud Oudeh (), commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Daoud or Abu Dawud () (1937 – 3 July 2010) was a Palestinian terrorist, teacher and lawyer known as the planner, architect and mastermind of the Munich massacre. He served in a number of commanding functions in Fatah's armed units in Lebanon and Jordan.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%20Daoud |
Boron arsenide (or Arsenic boride) is a chemical compound involving boron and arsenic, usually with a chemical formula BAs. Other boron arsenide compounds are known, such as the subarsenide . Chemical synthesis of cubic BAs is very challenging and its single crystal forms usually have defects.
Properties
BAs is a cubi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron%20arsenide |
WWF The Music, Volume 2 is the second compilation album by the World Wrestling Federation (now known as the World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE) on November 18, 1997. It primarily features contemporary theme songs of wrestlers on the roster at the time.
Track listing
Hits of the World Wrestling Federation: We Gotta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF%20The%20Music%2C%20Volume%202 |
A dog behaviourist is a person who works in modifying or changing behaviour in dogs. They can be experienced dog handlers, who have developed their experience over many years of hands-on experience, or have formal training up to degree level. Some have backgrounds in veterinary science, animal science, zoology, sociolo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog%20behaviourist |
Randall Cornell McDaniel (born December 19, 1964) is an American former professional football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Minnesota Vikings and two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
Early career
McDaniel pla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall%20McDaniel |
Renato Federico Alfredo Mastropietro (born 29 September 1945 in Milan) is a former professional racecar driver. He drove in the FIA GT Championship from 1997 to 2000 making 10 starts over those years. He also drove a Porsche 911 to a 9th place overall finish (2nd in GT2) in the 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans.
External links... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato%20Mastropietro |
Bradley Scott Jones (born 19 March 1982) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was a member of the Middlesbrough team for over a decade often playing on loan at a succession of lower league clubs: Stockport County, Rotherham United, Blackpool and Sheffield Wednesday. He also had... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad%20Jones%20%28soccer%29 |
Taarof or Tarof (, ) is a Persian word which refers to an Iranian form of civility or art of etiquette that emphasizes both deference and social rank.
Taarof is a ritual politeness that levels the playing field and promotes equality in a hierarchical culture. Taarof between friends, or a host and guest, emphasizes t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taarof |
The Sumukan Limited v Commonwealth Secretariat case was first heard in February 2005 before the internal, administrative tribunal of the Commonwealth Secretariat [CSAT] and on 20 February 2006 an appeal was heard in the Commercial Court of England and Wales before Mr Justice Colman.
Overview
In this lawsuit, the Commo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumukan%20Ltd%20v%20Commonwealth%20Secretariat |
Georgendorf may refer to the following locations:
Český Jiřetín, a village in the Czech Republic
Juršinci, a village in Slovenia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgendorf |
Lourenço Beirão da Veiga (born 7 September 1979) is a Portuguese auto racing driver.
Career
He competed in the 2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup season. In 2008 he competed in the SEAT León Eurocup. A win in race six at his home circuit in Estoril, saw him rewarded with entry into one round of the World Touring Car Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louren%C3%A7o%20da%20Veiga |
Tando Adam (; ) is a city in Sindh, Pakistan. It was formerly under Nawab Shah district (now known as Shaheed Benazir Abad District) until 1955 and later became part of Sanghar District. It is the 57th largest city in Pakistan, Tando Adam was founded by Mir Adam Khan Mari, which is called "cantonment" for "Tando" in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tando%20Adam%20Khan |
The Wackiest Ship in the Army is an American comedy drama adventure television series that aired for one season on NBC between September 19, 1965, and April 17, 1966. Produced by Harry Ackerman and Herbert Hirschman, the series was loosely based on the 1960 film starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson, which itself was a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wackiest%20Ship%20in%20the%20Army%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Isma is a genus of butterflies.
ISMA may refer to:
The Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA), a Malaysian NGO
The International Securities Market Association
The International Supermodified Association, a sanctioning body in modified racing
The Internet Streaming Media Alliance
Esmaël Gonçalves, also known as Isma, Bis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISMA |
Charles Camoin (; 23 September 1879 – 20 May 1965) was a French expressionist landscape painter associated with the Fauves.
Born in Marseille, France, Camoin met Henri Matisse in Gustave Moreau's class at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Matisse and his friends (including Camoin, Henri Manguin, Albert Marquet, Georg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Camoin |
Bullard-Havens Technical High School, or Bullard-Havens Tech, is a technical high school, part of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System. Located at the east end of Bridgeport, it serves the region of southwestern Connecticut. The school attracts students from all over the state due to its extensive Care... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullard-Havens%20Technical%20High%20School |
WWF Full Metal: The Album is the first compilation album released by WWE (then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF) in October 1995 by Edel Music. It features a selection of theme tunes of wrestlers on the roster at the time, and is considered to be Volume 1 of the WWE: The Music series. The album was reiss... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF%20Full%20Metal%3A%20The%20Album |
Dianne Mary Holum (born May 19, 1951) is a retired American speed skater.
In 1966, Holum became the youngest person to compete in the world speed skating championships. Next year she won bronze at the World Allround Championships. At the age of 16, Holum earned a silver medal in the 500 meter race at the 1968 Winter O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne%20Holum |
Astorga is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It was founded in 1951. As of 2020, the estimated population was 26,209 inhabitants.
References
Populated places established in 1951
Municipalities in Paraná | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astorga%2C%20Paran%C3%A1 |
Come Find Yourself is the debut studio album by the American band Fun Lovin' Criminals. It was released on February 20, 1996 by Chrysalis Records.
Critical reception
Track listing
All tracks written by Fun Lovin' Criminals, except where noted.
"The Fun Lovin' Criminal" – 3:13
"Passive/Aggressive" – 3:33
"The Gra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come%20Find%20Yourself |
A lagometer is a display of network latency on an Internet connection and of rendering by the client. Lagometers are commonly found in computer games or IRC where timing plays a large role. Quake and derived games commonly have them.
Advanced lagometer consists of two lines bottom and top. The bottom line advances on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagometer |
The Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD), , was a political alliance in Pakistan founded in 1981 by the political parties opposing the military government of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan. Headed by Benazir Bhutto of the Pakistan People's Party, its objective was the end of martial law... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement%20for%20the%20Restoration%20of%20Democracy |
100% Colombian is the second studio album released by the band Fun Lovin' Criminals. It was released on November 17, 1998.
Track listing
On MD release (Chrysalis 7243 4 97056 8 5) track 14 exists as hidden track ("Atlantic Cab" - "hidden-in-hidden" track), but mentioned into booklet (not on cover or MD case).
Person... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%25%20Colombian |
The Neelum River, or Kishanganga River, is a river in the Kashmir region of Pakistan and India. It originates in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir in India, flows through the Neelam Valley in Pakistan's Azad Kashmir, where parts of its course fall along the Line of Control, before merging with the Jhelum River ne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neelum%20River |
Mikak ( – October 1, 1795), also known as Micock, Mycock, or Mecock, was born in Labrador, Canada and died at Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador. She was one of several Inuit to travel to Europe in the 18th century and return to North America, although many Inuit who had travelled to Europe subsequently died from diseases... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikak |
Flexor retinaculum may be:
Flexor retinaculum of the hand ()
Flexor retinaculum of foot () | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexor%20retinaculum |
In laptop computing, the XJACK is a type of extendable connector or antenna for a type II PC card, designed by the Megahertz subsidiary of 3Com. When not in use, the XJACK retracts into the PC card for storage.
The XJACK was originally used in modem and network cards, to attach a standard RJ11 or 8P8C plug directly to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XJACK |
Billboard Year-End charts are cumulative rankings of entries in Billboard magazine charts in the United States in any given chart year. Several hundred Year-End charts are now published by Billboard, the most important of which are the single or album charts based on Hot 100 and Billboard 200 respectively.
Billboard'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard%20Year-End |
The Antarctic Conservation Act, enacted in 1978 by the 95th United States Congress (), and amended by , is a United States federal law that addresses the issue of environmental conservation on the continent of Antarctica. The Departments of the Treasury, Interior and Commerce are responsible for the Act's enforcement.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic%20Conservation%20Act |
Scalphunter may refer to:
Scalphunter (DC Comics), a DC Comics hero of the Wild West
Scalphunter (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain who is a member of the Marauders
The Scalphunters, a 1968 American Western film
See also
Scalp (disambiguation)
Scalping (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalphunter |
FashionTelevision, also known as FT, is a Canadian-produced special interest show focusing on fashion. The show, created by Jay Levine in 1985, was last hosted by Jeanne Beker. Production of the broadcast ended on April 11, 2012.
The program was originally a local production of CITY-TV Toronto, the original Citytv sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FashionTelevision |
Springfield Hospital Center is a regional psychiatric hospital located in Sykesville, Maryland, United States. It first opened in 1896.
William Patterson, a founder of the B&O railroad, built Springfield as a summer home and slave plantation on 3,000 acres. The estate was later purchased by Frank Brown who would beco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield%20Hospital%20Center |
Sampiero Corso (, born Sampiero da Bastelica; 1498 – 17 January 1567) was a Corsican soldier, father of the Marshal of France Alphonse d'Ornano.
Early career
Born in Bastelica as a common man (although his mother was of the lower nobility), he became a condottiero mercenary at age 14, serving Giovanni de' Medici, then... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampiero%20Corso |
All electronic devices and circuitry generate excess heat and thus require thermal management to improve reliability and prevent premature failure. The amount of heat output is equal to the power input, if there are no other energy interactions. There are several techniques for cooling including various styles of heat ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20management%20%28electronics%29 |
Chrysostomos (golden-mouthed) was a common epithet for orators. Chrysostomos or Chrysostom may refer to:
Dio Chrysostom (40–120), Greco-Roman philosopher
John Chrysostom (347–407), bishop of Constantinople and Christian church father and saint
Chrysostomos of Smyrna (1867–1922), Greek Orthodox bishop of Smyrna (1910–19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysostomos |
Browndale may refer to any of the following communities:
Canada
Brownsdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, a small fishing village on the Trinity Bay side of the northern tip of the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
United States
Brownsdale, Florida an unincorporated community in Santa Rosa Coun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsdale |
The giant slalom is conducted in two runs, with emphasis on manoeuvering rather than speed as the gates are fairly close together – but not as close as in slalom. The giant slalom also promotes endurance, with the primary difference between it and the slalom competition being the length of the course - the difference i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine%20skiing%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20giant%20slalom |
Hampstead School is a large comprehensive school in the London Borough of Camden, England. The school building is one of the oldest in the borough. It has about 1,300 students between the ages of 11 and 19 attending the Lower School (Year 7 through to Year 11) and the Sixth Form College (Year 12 and Year 13).
The curr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampstead%20School |
Multangular can refer to one of two bones:
The Trapezoid (lesser multangular)
The Trapezium (greater multangular)
See also
The Multangular Tower, a Roman tower in York | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multangular |
Prague, the capital and largest city of the German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, was bombed several times by the Allies during World War II. The first Allied aircraft to fly over Prague was a single bomber of the French Air Force in April 1940, but it dropped propaganda leaflets, not bombs. The first bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing%20of%20Prague |
Mushtaq Gazdar () (1940 – 15 November 2000) was a Pakistani cinematographer, who scripted, directed and produced around 190 short feature films, documentary films and newsreels on subjects including poverty-stricken women, especially those abused, bought and sold in open flesh markets as well as helpless children.
Ear... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushtaq%20Gazdar |
The James Bay Road (), officially the Route Billy-Diamond Highway, is a remote wilderness highway winding its way through the Canadian Shield in northwestern Quebec and reaches into the James Bay region. It starts in Matagami as an extension of Route 109 and ends at Radisson. The road is fully paved, well maintained, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Bay%20Road |
Čierne Kľačany () is a village and municipality in Zlaté Moravce District of the Nitra Region, of Slovakia. It is best known for the archeological find of the Pyxis of Čierne Kľačany.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1209.
Geography
The municipality lies at an altitude of 190 metres an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cierne%20K%C4%BEa%C4%8Dany |
"Odour of Chrysanthemums" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence. It was written in the autumn of 1909 and after revision, was published in The English Review in July 1911. Lawrence later included this tale in his collection entitled The Prussian Officer and Other Stories, which Duckworth, his London publisher, bought out ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odour%20of%20Chrysanthemums |
The eXtreme Minimal Kernel (XMK) is a real-time operating system (RTOS) that is designed for minimal RAM/ROM use. It achieves this goal, though it is almost entirely written in the C programming language. As a consequence it can be easily ported to any 8-, 16-, or 32-bit microcontroller.
XMK comes as two independent p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMK%20%28operating%20system%29 |
Sarah Barrand (born 2 November 1985) is an English actress known for her role as Shannon Donnelly-Lawson in Footballers Wives and its ITV2 spin-off, Footballers' Wives: Extra Time. Barrand grew up in Southport, Merseyside.
She has played other roles on dramas such as Casualty, and in the films Stag Night, Caught in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Barrand |
The Vithkuqi alphabet, also called Büthakukye or Beitha Kukju after the appellation applied to it by German Albanologist Johann Georg von Hahn, was an alphabetic script invented for writing the Albanian language between 1825 and 1845 by Albanian scholar Naum Veqilharxhi.
History
Though the alphabet is sometimes erron... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vithkuqi%20alphabet |
The UAAP badminton championships are badminton tournaments on the Philippines for university teams.
Results
Streaks
UP owns the longest streak for most number of consecutive titles in the Women's Division at six. NU also currently holds six straight titles in the Men's Division.
UP also won "double crown" (winning ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAAP%20badminton%20championships |
The Technological Institute, more commonly known as "Tech", is a landmark building at Northwestern University built from 1940 to 1942.
It is the main building for students and faculty in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. The school of engineering itself was called the Technological Ins... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern%20Technological%20Institute |
Fingal Bay is the easternmost suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The only population centre is the township of the same name, which itself is named after the adjacent, small, semi-circular bay. At the 2021 census, the population of the town was 1,635.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingal%20Bay |
A parade lap, also known as a pace lap, formation lap or warm-up lap, is a lap before a motorsport race begins, in which the drivers go around the track at a slow speed (usually between ), and, in some cases, behind the safety car.
Purpose
The lap is to ensure that track conditions are safe, and that there are no dan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parade%20lap |
is an underground metro station on the Sendai Subway Nanboku Line in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Lines
Hirose-dōri Station is on the Sendai Subway Nanboku Line and is located 7.9 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
Station layout
Hirose-dōri Station is an underground station with a single... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirose-d%C5%8Dri%20Station |
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