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Sound Barrier is an American pioneering all-black heavy metal quartet from Los Angeles, whose members have also recorded and toured with acts such as Masi, Total Eclipse, Mother's Finest and Fishbone.
Biography
Formed in 1980 after vocalist Bernie K. and guitarist Spacey T. met while playing in a R&B funk band, Sound... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20Barrier |
A minor major seventh chord, or minor/major seventh chord (also known as the Hitchcock Chord) is a seventh chord composed of a root, minor third, perfect fifth, and major seventh (1, 3, 5, and 7). It can be viewed as a minor triad with an additional major seventh. When using popular-music symbols, it is denoted by mM7,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor%20major%20seventh%20chord |
Model warship combat is an international club activity, in which participants construct radio-controlled scale models of actual warships, most commonly those built by various nations prior to 1946, such as the , , or the . The models are armed with pneumatic cannons, and fight against one another on ponds and lakes. Mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20warship%20combat |
is a Japanese painter, Superflat artist, manga artist, and science fiction essayist. Aya Takano is represented by Kaikai Kiki, the artistic production studio created in 2001 by Takashi Murakami.
Early life and influence
Takano was born in Saitama, Japan. She spent her childhood reading her father's library, which con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aya%20Takano |
Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington, KT, FRCPE ( baptised 5 September 1680 – 29 November 1735) was a Scottish politician and nobleman.
Life
The son of Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Haddington and Margaret Leslie, 8th Countess of Rothes, he was christened on 5 September 1680 at Tyninghame House, East Lothian.
His e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Hamilton%2C%206th%20Earl%20of%20Haddington |
Uab Meto or Dawan is an Austronesian language spoken by Atoni people of West Timor. The language has a variant spoken in the East Timorese exclave of Oecussi-Ambeno, called Baikenu. Baikenu uses words derived from Portuguese, for example, for 'thank you', instead of the Indonesian .
Phonology
Dawan has the following... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uab%20Meto%20language |
The Kombai or Polygar dog is a breed of working dog native to Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Traditionally kept for guarding and protection, they have a reputation for making excellent guard dogs. They were also occasionally used for hunting big games.
Description
The Kombai is described as a broad, short, muscular, p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombai%20dog |
Herdorf () is a town in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Heller, approx. 20 km south-west of Siegen.
Twin towns — sister cities
Herdorf is twinned with:
Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France (1982)
References
Towns in Rhineland-Palatinate
Altenkirchen (district) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herdorf |
The Stinky Puffs were an early 1990s rock band composed of seven-year-old Simon Fair Timony, then-stepson of Jad Fair, and Cody Linn Ranaldo, son of Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo. After a 7" single an LP followed in 1995 titled A Little Tiny Smelly Bit of...the Stinky Puffs and an EP in 1996 titled Songs and Advic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Stinky%20Puffs |
John Phillips (December 27, 1719 – , 1795) was an early American educator and the cofounder of Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, along with his wife, Elizabeth Phillips. He was a major donor to Dartmouth College, where he served as a trustee. He also made significant donations to Harvard College and Princeton U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Phillips%20%28educator%29 |
Port management involves the management of ports.
Larger Ports
According to a syllabus of the United Nations University:
Large ports need to deal with a number of disparate activities: the movement of ships, containers, and other cargo, the loading and unloading of ships and containers, customs activities. As well a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20management |
Erbach () is a town and the district seat of the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of around 13,000.
Geography
Location
The town lies in the Mittelgebirge Odenwald at elevations between 200 and 560 m in the valley of the Mümling.
One geological peculiarity is the creek Erdbach's complet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erbach%20im%20Odenwald |
is a 2001 Japanese youth drama film, written and directed by Toshiaki Toyoda and based on Taiyō Matsumoto's manga of same title. It tells a tale of apathetic school students at a run-down Tokyo high school for boys. It was released on September 10, 2001.
The film title can be understood as "inexperienced years" or tee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Spring%20%28film%29 |
In the Heat of the Night may refer to:
In the Heat of the Night (novel), a 1965 novel by John Ball
In the Heat of the Night (film), a 1967 film based on the novel
In the Heat of the Night (TV series), a 1988–1995 television series based on the film
Albums
In the Heat of the Night (Pat Benatar album), 1979
In th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20the%20Heat%20of%20the%20Night |
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CO2 dragsters are cars used as miniature racing cars which are propelled by a carbon dioxide cartridge, pierced to start the release of the gas, and which race on a typically track. They are frequently used to demonstrate mechanical principles such as mass, force, acceleration, and aerod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CO2%20dragster |
The Monastery of Stoudios, more fully Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner "at Stoudios" (), often shortened to Stoudios, Studion or Stoudion (), was a Greek Orthodox monastery in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire. The residents of the monastery were referred to as Stoudites (o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery%20of%20Stoudios |
Drake's Leat, also known as Plymouth Leat, was a watercourse constructed in the late 16th century to tap the River Meavy on Dartmoor, England, from which it ran in order to supply Plymouth with water. It began at a point now under water at Burrator Reservoir, from which its path now emerges some 10m lower than the typ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake%27s%20Leat |
Daaden is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Westerwald, approx. 15 km south-west of Siegen.
Daaden is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Daaden-Herdorf.
References
External links
(German)
Altenkirchen (district) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daaden |
Samuel Phillips Jr. (February 5, 1752 – February 10, 1802) was an American merchant, manufacturer, politician, and the founder of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Phillips is considered a pioneer in American education.
Biography
Samuel Phillips Jr. was born in Andover, Massachusetts (in a part that is now N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Phillips%20Jr. |
Kyō may refer to:
The Japanese name for Koga, a Kanto gym leader
Kyō no Go no Ni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8D |
Internet fax, e-fax, or online fax is the use of the internet and internet protocols to send a fax (facsimile), rather than using a standard telephone connection and a fax machine. A distinguishing feature of Internet fax, compared to other Internet communications such as email, is the ability to exchange fax messages ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20fax |
In the Heat of the Night is the debut studio album by American singer Pat Benatar, released on August 27, 1979, by Chrysalis Records. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 for the week ending October 20, 1979, peaking at 12 in March 1980, almost six months after its release.
The album includes "Heartbreaker", her br... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20the%20Heat%20of%20the%20Night%20%28Pat%20Benatar%20album%29 |
A square mile is a unit of area equal to the area of a square of one mile in length on each side.
Square mile may also refer to:
Places
A day-to-day name for a section of a survey township
The City of London, nicknamed the "Square Mile", being about a square mile in area
Adelaide city centre in South Australia, nic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20mile%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Flammersfeld is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Westerwald, approx. 35 km north of Koblenz.
Flammersfeld was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Flammersfeld.
People from the village
Andreas Balzar (known as Balz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammersfeld |
Stewardess School is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Ken Blancato and starring Brett Cullen and Don Most. It is also known for being one of voice veteran Rob Paulsen's very few onscreen roles, and up until the early 2000s, one of the most played films on the American cable channel Comedy Central.
Plot
Pilots ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewardess%20School |
This is a complete episode list for the BBC television series Secret Army, which ran for three series from 7 September 1977 until 15 December 1979.
The series follows the members of a Belgian secret group 'Lifeline', dedicated to enabling Allied airmen to escape to Britain, usually after they had been shot down by the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Secret%20Army%20episodes |
An ultra-mobile PC, or ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), is a miniature version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in Spring 2006. Sony had already made a first attempt in this direction in 2004 with its Vaio U series, which was only sold in Asia. UMPCs a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-mobile%20PC |
Ogilby's duiker (Cephalophus ogilbyi) is a small antelope found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, southeastern Nigeria, Bioko Island and possibly Gabon. No subspecies are recognized. It is named after Irish zoologist William Ogilby.
The two former subspecies, the white-legged duiker Cephalophus crusalbum and the Brook... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogilby%27s%20duiker |
Army General Yury Nikolayevich Baluyevsky (; born 9 January 1947 at Truskavets in the Ukrainian SSR) is the former First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, positions he held from July 2004 to 2007.
Biography
In 1970, he graduated from the Leningrad ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%20Baluyevsky |
"Vincent" is a song by Don McLean, written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is often erroneously titled after its opening refrain, "Starry, Starry Night", a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting The Starry Night.
McLean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. It was released on Mc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%20%28Don%20McLean%20song%29 |
Robby McGehee (born July 20, 1973) is an American former race car driver. He competed in the Indy Racing League and won the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award in 1999 after finishing fifth. He then raced for veteran owner Fred Treadway the next few seasons. By 2002 Treadway's team had closed and McGehee bounced ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby%20McGehee |
Harry Kipling is a comics character appearing in the British weekly anthology 2000 AD, created by Simon Spurrier and Boo Cook. He is a True Brit, trying to survive in a world of rampant Pantheistic solipsism aided only by strong tea and a big gun.
Plot
The story takes place in an alternate steampunk version of the Bri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Kipling |
Christian Pedersen Horrebow (15 April 1718 – 15 September 1776) was a Danish astronomer of the 18th century. He was a son of Peder Horrebow, whom he succeeded as director of the observatory associated with the University of Copenhagen.
He was himself succeeded by Thomas Bugge.
Neith, a supposed moon of Venus, was spo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Horrebow |
The Ambeno was a traditional kingship on the north coast of Timor, among the Atoni people. Its area is now in the Oecusse district (former Oecussi-Ambeno) of East Timor. The capital was in Nunheno until 1912, then in Tulaica.
References
History of East Timor
Oecusse | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambeno |
Conny Van Dyke, sometimes credited as Connie Van Dyke, is an American singer and actress.
Van Dyke was born in Cape Charles, Virginia, to Benjamin and Charlotte Elizabeth Van Dyke.
When she was 15 years old, Van Dyke made recordings, worked as a fashion model, and made her first film, Among the Thorns.
She worked as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny%20Van%20Dyke |
Hugh Tootell (1671/72 – 27 February 1743) was an English Catholic historian. He is commonly known under his pseudonym Charles Dodd.
Life
Tootell was born in Lancashire. He was tutored by his uncle, Christopher Tootle, before studying with Edward Hawarden at the English College, Douay (1688-1693). He earned a bachelo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Tootell |
The Gompertz–Makeham law states that the human death rate is the sum of an age-dependent component (the Gompertz function, named after Benjamin Gompertz), which increases exponentially with age and an age-independent component (the Makeham term, named after William Makeham). In a protected environment where external ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gompertz%E2%80%93Makeham%20law%20of%20mortality |
Nienburg () is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located in the lower Saale valley, approx. 5 km northeast of Bernburg. In January 2010 it absorbed the former municipalities Gerbitz, Latdorf, Neugattersleben, Pobzig and Wedlitz, that became Ortschaften or municipal divisions of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nienburg%2C%20Saxony-Anhalt |
Studium is a latin word meaning "study", "zeal", "dedication", etc. It may refer to:
Chavagnes Studium, a center for the study of the Liberal Arts
Medieval university, a corporation organized during the High Middle Ages
Studium Angelopolitanum, a non-profit educational organization
Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studium |
The Country and the City is a book of cultural analysis by Raymond Williams which was first published in 1973.
Origins
Coming from the Welsh border, a village in the Black Mountains, Raymond Williams found that the images of rural life taught at the University of Cambridge did not match what he had seen. As an academ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Country%20and%20the%20City |
The Air Quality Modeling Group (AQMG) is in the U.S. EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) and provides leadership and direction on the full range of air quality models, air pollution dispersion models and other mathematical simulation techniques used in assessing pollution control strategies and the impacts of air p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Quality%20Modeling%20Group |
Ruth R. Faden is an American scientist, academic, and founder of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. She was the Berman Institute's Director from 1995 until 2016, and the inaugural Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director from 2014 to 2016. Faden is the inaugural Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20Faden |
Colin Higgins (28 July 1941 – 5 August 1988) was an Australian-American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film Harold and Maude, and for directing the films Foul Play (1978) and 9 to 5 (1980).
Life and career
Early life
Higgins was born in Nouméa, N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin%20Higgins |
"A Horse with No Name" is a song by the folk rock band America. Written by Dewey Bunnell, it was the band's first and most successful single, released in late 1971 in Europe and early 1972 in the United States. The song topped the charts in Canada, Finland, and the United States. It was certified gold by the Recording ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Horse%20with%20No%20Name |
The Cannon Valley Trail is a paved rail trail that follows the Cannon River in southeast Minnesota. The trail follows an abandoned Chicago Great Western Railway corridor for between Cannon Falls, Minnesota and Red Wing, Minnesota. In the spring, summer, and fall months, the trail is open to hiking, biking, and inline ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon%20Valley%20Trail |
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, five Nordic skiing events were contested: three cross-country skiing events, one ski jumping event, and one Nordic combined event, all for men only.
1948 Winter Olympics events
1948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic%20skiing%20at%20the%201948%20Winter%20Olympics |
World of Lies, released in 2005, is the third album by the band The Berzerker. This release marked a change in the band's sound as the tempo was slower on most tracks.
Track listing
All songs written and arranged by Luke Kenny.
"Committed to Nothing" – 2:39
"Black Heart" – 2:16
"All About You" – 2:41
"Burn the Evil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20of%20Lies |
Klaus Koch (October 4, 1926 – March 28, 2019) was an Old Testament scholar.
Koch first studied in the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and later at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. He did his doctoral dissertation at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg under Gerhard von Rad.
Later, Koch became ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus%20Koch |
Gebhardshain is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Westerwald, approx. 20 km south-west of Siegen. Gebhardshain was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Gebhardshain.
Gebhardshain was mentioned for the first time in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebhardshain |
Crucial to the survival of a glacier is its mass balance of which surface mass balance (SMB), the difference between accumulation and ablation (sublimation and melting). Climate change may cause variations in both temperature and snowfall, causing changes in the surface mass balance. Changes in mass balance control a g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier%20mass%20balance |
The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France.
The race was originally named Grand-Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to 2015, GP Ouest-France. It was included in the inaugural UCI ProTour in 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretagne%20Classic |
Mania or Manya (; c. 440 BC – c. 399 BC), known primarily through Xenophon, was a Dardanian sub-satrap as the tyrant ruler of ancient Dardanus in Asia Minor.
She was the wife of Zenis, sub-satrap under the Persian satrap Pharnabazus II, and became sub-satrap herself after her husband's death.
Her husband Zenis rul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mania%20%28satrap%29 |
The Counter Misinformation Team or Counter Mis-information Team, headed by Todd Leventhal, was part of the United States Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs. The team was tasked with responding to alleged misinformation and disinformation about the United States government. It was discont... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter%20Misinformation%20Team |
Bhakkar (), is the principal city of Bhakkar District located in Punjab, Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of the Indus River. It is the 86th largest city by population in Pakistan. It is famous for its mustard oil. Bhakkar was an important historical city. The towns of Bhakkar District are: Darya Khan, Dulle Wala, Ka... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhakkar |
"Hunger Strike" is a song by the American rock band Temple of the Dog. Written by vocalist Chris Cornell, it was released in 1991 as the first single from the band's sole studio album, Temple of the Dog (1991). It was the band's most successful song, peaking at number four on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger%20Strike%20%28song%29 |
Gerhard von Rad (21 October 1901 – 31 October 1971) was a German academic, Old Testament scholar, Lutheran theologian, exegete, and professor at the University of Heidelberg.
Early life, education, career
Gerhard von Rad was born in Nuremberg, Bavaria, to Lutheran parents. His family were part of the patrician class.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard%20von%20Rad |
Tremblay (French pronunciation: [tʁɑ̃blɛ]) may refer to:
Places
Tremblay River, a tributary of the rivière aux Anglais in Rivière-aux-Outardes, Quebec, Canada
Tremblay, Ille-et-Vilaine in the Ille-et-Vilaine department
Le Tremblay in the Maine-et-Loire department
Tremblay-en-France in the Seine-Saint-Denis department
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremblay |
Fort George is situated in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, and was built to become the main island military headquarters and to protect barracks to house the island garrison for the British Army, in place of Castle Cornet.
Planned during the Anglo-French War (1778–83), construction started in 1780 and was completed in 181... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20George%2C%20Guernsey |
"Dancer in the Dark" is a 2004 science fiction story by American writer David Gerrold. It was the cover story in the April 2004 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and was also selected for the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens edited by Jane Yolen and Patrick Nielsen Hayden... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancer%20in%20the%20Dark%20%28short%20story%29 |
The water dimer consists of two water molecules loosely bound by a hydrogen bond. It is the smallest water cluster. Because it is the simplest model system for studying hydrogen bonding in water, it has been the target of many theoretical (and later experimental) studies that it has been called a "theoretical Guinea p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20dimer |
Seconds of Pleasure is a 1980 album by Rockpile, a band consisting of guitarists/vocalists Dave Edmunds and Billy Bremner, bassist/vocalist Nick Lowe, and drummer Terry Williams. The band had played together on various solo albums by Edmunds and Lowe in previous years, but Seconds of Pleasure would be the first (and on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconds%20of%20Pleasure |
Michael Sucsy (born February 14, 1973) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for directing the HBO film Grey Gardens and The Vow.
Early life and education
Sucsy was raised in Connecticut and New York City. He is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, Georgetown University's Edmund A. Wal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Sucsy |
Foothill Boulevard is a major road in the city and county of Los Angeles, as well as an arterial road in the city and county of San Bernardino, stretching well over in length, with some notable breaks along the route. Like its name implies, Foothill Boulevard runs across the foothills of the San Gabriel and San Berna... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foothill%20Boulevard%20%28Southern%20California%29 |
The blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a small seabird in the shearwater and petrel family, Procellariidae. This small petrel is the only member of the genus Halobaena, but is closely allied to the prions. It is distributed across the Southern Ocean but breeds at a few island sites, all close to the Antarctic Converge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20petrel |
Memorial Field may refer to:
Airports
Memorial Field Airport, serving Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States (FAA: HOT)
Archer Memorial Field, serving St. Johns, Michigan, United States (FAA: 2S3)
Chapman Memorial Field, serving Centerburg, Ohio, United States (FAA: 6CM)
Dexter B. Florence Memorial Field, serving of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial%20Field |
Calvin Wayne Emery (June 28, 1937 – November 28, 2010) was an American professional baseball first baseman and batting coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies. He also spent the season with Hankyu Braves of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). During his playing days, Emery st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal%20Emery |
Route 58 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut connecting the towns of Fairfield and Bethel. Route 58 is long and is one of the primary routes to the downtown Danbury area via Routes 302 and 53.
Route description
Route 58 officially begins at U.S. Route 1 in Fairfield, traveling for about on Tu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut%20Route%2058 |
The following lists events that happened during 1948 in Australia.
Incumbents
Monarch – George VI
Governor General – William McKell
Prime Minister – Ben Chifley
Chief Justice – Sir John Latham
State Premiers
Premier of New South Wales – James McGirr
Premier of Queensland – Ned Hanlon
Premier of South Australia – Tho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948%20in%20Australia |
"He Knows You Know" is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was their second single, with "Charting the Single" as the B-side. It was released from their first album, Script for a Jester's Tear, and peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The song's theme is drug abuse, and alludes particu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%20Knows%20You%20Know |
Hong Meng, Hung Meng, or Hung Mung (), literally the Vast Mist, is a character in the Daoist text Zhuangzi and a metaphor for the "primordial world, primeval chaos" in Chinese creation myths. Like many Zhuangist names, Hong Meng is a word play, translated as "Mists-of-Chaos", "Vast Obscurity", "Big Concealment", "Vital... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Meng |
The Ribnica (, ) is a small river that runs through Podgorica, Montenegro.
It is a tributary to the river Morača, their confluence being at the city centre. It is mainly dried up in the summer. Podgorica was known as "Ribnica" after the Ribnica River in the Middle Ages. Today, an area of Podgorica, Vrela Ribnička, is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribnica%20%28river%29 |
Djidingar Dono Ngardoum (1928 – February 19, 2000) was Prime Minister of Chad from May 19, 1982 to June 19, 1982. He was minister of finance until 1965.
References
1928 births
2000 deaths
Heads of government of Chad
Finance ministers of Chad | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djidingar%20Dono%20Ngardoum |
Stricken may refer to:
"Stricken" (song), a 2005 song by Disturbed
Stricken (2010 film), a 2010 American film directed by Matthew Sconce
Stricken (2009 film), a 2009 Dutch drama film
"Stricken", when a warship's name is removed from a country's Navy List | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stricken |
Hamm is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Hamm can also refer to:
Places
Germany
Hamm (Sieg), a municipality in the Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg) in the district of Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate
Hamm, Bitburg-Prüm, part of the Verbandsgemeinde Bitburg-Land, Rhineland-Palatinate
Hamm am Rhein, part of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamm%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The Sitnica (, ) is a river that flows through Podgorica, Montenegro. It is a right tributary of the Morača.
References
Rivers of Montenegro
nn:Sitnica | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitnica%20%28Mora%C4%8Da%29 |
Square Mile was the land development board game released by Milton Bradley in 1962. It is for 2–4 players.
Gameplay
The square mile is divided into sixteen tracts, most of which are zoned (at the beginning of the game) for certain types of development. Each player has the role of a real estate developer starting the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20Mile%20%28board%20game%29 |
The Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (1948) No 87 is an International Labour Organization Convention, and one of eight conventions that form the core of international labour law, as interpreted by the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
Content
The Freedo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20of%20Association%20and%20Protection%20of%20the%20Right%20to%20Organise%20Convention |
Ibri () is a city and Wilāyat (Province) in the Ad Dhahirah Governorate, in northwest Oman.
Ancient history
Ibri Province (Wilayat Ibri) is distinguished by archaeological landmarks including forts, castles, and towers. In 1979 the largest metal hoard in the ancient Near East came to light in ʿIbri-Selme. Also, ther... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibri |
An hórreo is a typical granary from the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Asturias, Galicia, where it might be called a Galician granary, and Northern Portugal), built in wood or stone, raised from the ground (to keep rodents out) by pillars ( in Asturian, pegoyos in Cantabrian, in Galician, in Portuguese, in Basq... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B3rreo |
Hamm is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 10 km north-east of Altenkirchen, and 40 km east of Bonn.
Hamm is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hamm (Sieg). It is the home of the Raiffeisenmuseum honourin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamm%20%28Sieg%29 |
Blistex, Incorporate is an American consumer products company headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. Founded in 1947, in the business of developing and marketing lip care products, its offerings have grown to include other brands including Odor-Eaters, Stridex, and Kank-A.
Description
Blistex, Incorporated was founded... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blistex%2C%20Incorporated |
The Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (1949) No 98 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It is one of eight ILO fundamental conventions.
Its counterpart on the general principle of freedom of association is the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Conventio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right%20to%20Organise%20and%20Collective%20Bargaining%20Convention%2C%201949 |
Vera Sarah Bushfield (née Cahalan, August 9, 1889April 16, 1976) was an American politician served as a U.S. senator from South Dakota in 1948, as well as the First Lady of South Dakota from 1939 to 1943. Bushfield's appointment also marked the first time one state had been represented by two female senators; Gladys Py... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera%20C.%20Bushfield |
In computer science, a readers–writer (single-writer lock, a multi-reader lock, a push lock, or an MRSW lock) is a synchronization primitive that solves one of the readers–writers problems. An RW lock allows concurrent access for read-only operations, whereas write operations require exclusive access. This means that m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readers%E2%80%93writer%20lock |
The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library is a VHS release of most of "Weird Al" Yankovic music videos to date.
The VHS contains 12 music videos:
"Fat" (from Even Worse album)
"Smells Like Nirvana" (from Off the Deep End album)
"Like a Surgeon" (from Dare to Be Stupid album)
"Eat It" (from "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20%22Weird%20Al%22%20Yankovic%20Video%20Library |
The Port of Richmond, also known as the Richmond Deepwater Terminal, is located on the James River in Richmond, Virginia, United States, inland from Cape Henry and approximately northwest of Newport News, Virginia. It is located at 77° 25' west latitude and 37° 27' north longitude and lies adjacent to Interstate 95. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20of%20Richmond%20%28Virginia%29 |
Pante Macassar (, ) is a city in the Pante Macassar administrative post on the north coast of East Timor, to the west of Dili, the nation's capital. It has a population of 4,730 (Stand 2006). It is the capital of the Oecusse exclave (former Oecussi-Ambeno).
The name literally means "beach of Makassar," alluding to th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pante%20Macassar |
The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as food sources.
Many of the most important edible species are comm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneridae |
Rostaq (), also rendered as Rastagh, may refer to:
Rostaq, Afghanistan (village), a village in Takhar Province, Afghanistan
Rustaq District, Afghanistan, a district in Takhar Province, Afghanistan
Rostaq, Fars, Iran
Rostaq, Hormozgan, Iran
Rostaq District, an administrative subdivision of Iran
Rostaq Rural District (d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostaq |
Wissen is a town in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approximately 12 km northeast of Altenkirchen.
Wissen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Wissen.
History
The name Wissen was first appeared in the records in 1013 in a doc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wissen |
Session laws are the collection of statutes enacted by a legislature during a single session of that legislature, often published following the end of the session as a bound volume. The United States Statutes at Large is an example of session laws which are published biennially, because the United States Congress meets... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session%20laws |
Adele Goldstine (; December 21, 1920 – November 1964) was an American mathematician and computer programmer. She wrote the manual for the first electronic digital computer, ENIAC. Through her work programming the computer, she was also an instrumental player in converting the ENIAC from a computer that needed to be rep... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele%20Goldstine |
Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention, 1933 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1933:
Modification
The concepts included in the convention were revised and included in ILO Convention C96, Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949.
Ratification... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fee-Charging%20Employment%20Agencies%20Convention%2C%201933%20%28shelved%29 |
Don't Blame Me may refer to:
Don't Blame Me (TV series), an Australian children's program
Don't Blame Me (manga)
Don't Blame Me (album) by Marc Ribot
"Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh song), first published in 1933
"Don't Blame Me" (Taylor Swift song), from the album Reputation (2017)
"Don't Blam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t%20Blame%20Me |
Ime Sunday Udoka ( ; born August 9, 1977) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball coach and former player, who is the head coach for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in the United States, he represented the Nigeria national team during his playing career.
Early life
Udoka w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ime%20Udoka |
El Nuevo Cojo Ilustrado is an American online Spanish language magazine published from Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2003 as a free alternative webzine published monthly from Harlem, New York. Originally it was an arts and opinion magazine focused exclusively on Venezuelan culture for Venezuelans living in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Nuevo%20Cojo |
The Atlanta Transit Company (ATC) was a public transport operator based in Atlanta, Georgia, which existed from 1950 to 1972. It was the immediate predecessor of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA).
History
Since the 1920s, the Georgia Railway and Power Company (now Georgia Power, a part of Southe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta%20Transit%20Company |
The akşa was the currency of the Tuvan People's Republic (Tannu-Tuva) between 1934 and 1944 and was equal to the Soviet ruble upon introduction. It was subdivided into 100 kɵpejek (cf. kopeck). Akşa in the Tuvan language (akça in many other Turkic languages) simply means "money".
History
Prior to the introduction of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvan%20ak%C5%9Fa |
José Gomes Ferreira, GOSE, GOL (9 July 1900 – 1985) was a Portuguese poet and fiction writer with a vast work of varied influences. Gomes Ferreira was also a political activist that participated in the resistance against the dictatorship of Oliveira Salazar, becoming later a member of the Portuguese Communist Party. In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Gomes%20Ferreira |
The High Court of Constabulary was a court in Scotland presided over by the Lord High Constable of Scotland and other judges known as Constables-depute. The court had exclusive jurisdiction over crimes of rioting, disorder, bloodshed, and murder that took place within of the Monarch of Scotland, Privy Council of Scotl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Constabulary |
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