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Super Slow is a form of strengthening physical exercise (resistance training) popularized by Ken Hutchins. Super Slow is Hutchins' trademarked name for the High intensity training approach advocated by Arthur Jones. It is based on ideas from the 1940s and 1960s called 10/10 "muscle contraction with measured movement" a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Slow |
Alapalooza: The Videos is a VHS release of four of "Weird Al" Yankovic's music videos.
The VHS includes:
"Jurassic Park" (Alapalooza)
"Bedrock Anthem" (Alapalooza)
"UHF" (UHF)
"You Don't Love Me Anymore" (Off the Deep End)
External links
"Weird Al" Yankovic video albums
1993 video albums
Music video compilation a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alapalooza%3A%20The%20Videos |
Judah Dana (April 25, 1772 – December 27, 1845) was an American lawyer, judge and politician. He served as a United States senator from Maine and as judge of the Maine Court of Common Pleas during the early 1800s.
Early life
Born in Pomfret, Vermont, Dana was the son of John Winchester and Hannah (Putnam) Dana. He gra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah%20Dana |
David Morrow (December 18, 1960 – February 1, 2010) became editor-in-chief of TheStreet.com in July 2001. Under his tenure, TheStreet.com won numerous journalism awards, including the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award in 2005 and three Society of Business Editors and Writers Awards.
In 2001, Out magazine named Morrow one ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20J.%20Morrow |
KBSC may refer to:
KBSC (FM), a radio station (91.9 FM) licensed to serve Cambridge, Idaho, United States; see List of radio stations in Idaho
KBSC-LP, a defunct low-power television station (channel 49) formerly licensed to serve Brookings, Oregon, United States
KBSC-TV, the former call sign for television station... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBSC |
Khoury (, or ), also transliterated as Khouri, is a Levantine surname that is found among Christians in the Middle East. The term Khoury means "priest" in Levantine Arabic. It derives from the Latin word curia, or may come from the French curé meaning parish Priest, from Medieval Latin curatus "one responsible for the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khouri |
The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI) is a declaration of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) first adopted in Cairo, Egypt, on 5 August 1990, (Conference of Foreign Ministers, 9–14 Muharram 1411H in the Islamic calendar), and later revised in 2020 and adopted on 28 Novem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo%20Declaration%20on%20Human%20Rights%20in%20Islam |
Ethyl benzoate, C9H10O2, is an ester formed by the condensation of benzoic acid and ethanol. It is a colorless liquid that is almost insoluble in water, but miscible with most organic solvents.
As with many volatile esters, ethyl benzoate has a pleasant odor described as sweet, wintergreen, fruity, medicinal, cherry ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl%20benzoate |
George Frederick Kunz (September 29, 1856 – June 29, 1932) was an American mineralogist and mineral collector.
Biography
Kunz was born in New York City, USA, and began an interest in minerals at a very young age. By his teens, he had amassed a collection of over four thousand items, which he sold for four hundred dol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Frederick%20Kunz |
The Houston riot of 1917, also known as the Camp Logan Mutiny, was a mutiny and riot by 156 soldiers from the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, taking place on August 23, 1917, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred within a climate of overt hostility from members of the all-white Houston Po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston%20riot%20of%201917 |
Mirbat () is a coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, in southwestern Oman. It was the site of the 1972 Battle of Mirbat between Communist guerrillas on one side and the armed forces of the Sultan of Oman and their Special Air Service advisers.
Mirbat (Moscha) was involved in the export of frankincense in ancient tim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirbat |
Salt tide is a phenomenon in which the lower course of a river, with its low altitude with respect to the sea level, becomes salty when the discharge of the river is low during dry season, usually worsened by the result of astronomical high tide.
The lower course Xijiang (West River) in Guangdong, China was periodica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt%20tide |
He Knows You're Alone is a 1980 American slasher film directed by Armand Mastroianni, written by Scott Parker, and starring Caitlin O'Heaney, Don Scardino, Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing and Tom Hanks in his film debut. The plot follows a woman who is stalked by a killer targeting soon-to-be brides the weekend before her ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%20Knows%20You%27re%20Alone |
The Alaska Law Review is an academic law journal that is devoted to legal issues relating to the State of Alaska. First published in 1971, since 1984 it has been published by students at Duke Law School in Durham, North Carolina every June and December. The journal is not published in Alaska, because no law school oper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska%20Law%20Review |
An equestrian helmet is a form of protective headgear worn when riding horses. This type of helmet is specially designed to protect the rider's head in the event of falls from a horse, especially from striking a hard object while falling or being accidentally struck in the head by a horse's hoof.
Certified helmets are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian%20helmet |
RGE may refer to
Racing Green Endurance
Recanati Giladi Entertainment
Runaway greenhouse effect
Rochester Gas and Electric
Roubini Global Economics
Royal Golden Eagle
Rádio Gravações Especializadas
Renormalization group equation
Beta-function
Callan–Symanzik equation
Exact renormalization group equation
Rogue (esports... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGE |
The srang (pronounced "sang"; in Tibetan often referred to as "dngul srang" i.e. "silver srang") was a currency of Tibet between 1909 and 1959. It circulated alongside the tangka until the 1950s. It was divided into 10 sho, each of 10 skar, with the tangka equal to 15 skar (1 srang = 6⅔ tangka). In 1959, the Chinese ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan%20srang |
William Desmond Young (6 June 1931 – 4 March 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Young was an all-round sportsman, a top goal scorer in country football and a cricketer who once top-scored for a Victorian country team against Engla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Young%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201931%29 |
Champions
Major League Baseball
World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-3)
All-Star Game cancelled due to flight restrictions. However, inter-league games were played during the All-Star break.
Other champions
Amateur World Series: Venezuela
Negro League World Series: Cleveland Buckeyes over Homestead Gra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945%20in%20baseball |
Spanish Lake () is located in the Bluff Swamp on the Iberville - Ascension Parish line.
Early European settlers of the area that was developed as French and Spanish ancestry.
Among the projects and plans carried out by Luis de Unzaga 'le Conciliateur' while he was governor of Louisiana between 1769 and 1777 was the p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20Lake%20%28Ascension%20Parish%29 |
The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4. c. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced by Sir Robert Peel, which established the Metropolitan Police. This was to be responsible for policing the newly created Metropolitan Police District, which consisted of the City of Westminster and parts of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan%20Police%20Act%201829 |
Muhammad Munawar Mirza (Punjabi, ) (born 27 Mar 1923 – 7 February 2000), was a prominent Iqbal scholar, historian, writer and intellectual from Pakistan.
His granddaughter, Ambreen Salahuddin, is a poet and writer.
Life and contribution
Born on 23 March 1923, he did his master's degree in Urdu, Arabic and Philosophy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Munawwar%20Mirza |
Boom is a 2003 Indian black-comedy thriller film directed by Kaizad Gustad and produced by Ayesha Dutt. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Padma Lakshmi, Madhu Sapre, Zeenat Aman and Katrina Kaif. Boom was Katrina Kaif's debut film. She was a last-minute replacement of model Meghna Reddy. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom%20%28film%29 |
Reuel Williams (June 2, 1783July 25, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Senator from Maine from 1837 to 1843.
Early life and career
Born in Hallowell, Maine to Seth Williams and Zilpha Ingraham, he attended Hallowell Academy, and went on to study law. He was admitted to the bar i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuel%20Williams |
In quantum field theory and statistical mechanics, the Mermin–Wagner theorem (also known as Mermin–Wagner–Hohenberg theorem, Mermin–Wagner–Berezinskii theorem, or Coleman theorem) states that continuous symmetries cannot be spontaneously broken at finite temperature in systems with sufficiently short-range interaction... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermin%E2%80%93Wagner%20theorem |
The peaceful dove (Geopelia placida) is a pigeon native to Australia and New Guinea. The peaceful dove is closely related to the zebra dove of south-east Asia and the barred dove of eastern Indonesia. Until recently, the three were classed as a single species, Geopelia striata, known as peaceful dove or zebra dove.
De... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaceful%20dove |
The tangka (Tibetan: Tam or = silver tangka) was a currency of Tibet until 1941. It was subdivided into 15 or and, from 1909, it circulated alongside the srang, worth 10 sho.
Coins
Coins struck to the tangka standard were first minted in 1763/64 and 1785 and in larger numbers from 1791 to 1948. They exhibit a wide... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan%20tangka |
Taqah () is a province and coastal town in the Dhofar governorate, in southwestern Oman. It is located at about .
History
In 1908, J.G. Lorimer recorded Rakhyut in his Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, noting its location as the easternmost village in the Dhufar Proper two miles west of Khor Rori and 20 miles west of Mir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqah |
A proxy board is a requirement imposed under a Proxy Agreement by the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Security Service on foreign investors seeking to acquire certain American companies. This is for national security reasons and applies mainly to defense contractors which are involved in highly classified contrac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy%20board |
Taqa or TAQA may refer to:
Taqa, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
Taqah, town in Oman
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)
Training, Assessment and Quality Assurance (TAQA) in relation to adult, further and work-based educational assessment (in the UK)
See also
Taka (disambiguation)
TACA (disambiguati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqa |
Takah may refer to:
Taqah, Oman
Takah, West Azerbaijan, Iran | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takah |
Bad Hair Day: The Videos is a VHS release of four of "Weird Al" Yankovic's music videos.
The VHS contains the following videos:
"Amish Paradise" (Bad Hair Day)
"Gump" (Bad Hair Day)
"Headline News" (Permanent Record: Al in the Box)
"Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies." (UHF)
External links
"Weird Al" Yankovic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Hair%20Day%3A%20The%20Videos |
The Hotel Green was a hotel in Pasadena, California. It was built in 1893 by George Gill Green, and later expanded by him with two additional buildings in 1898 and 1903, creating a complex of three structures. The Hotel Green was the home of the Valley Hunt Club and the Tournament of Roses association.
Hotel Green, de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel%20Green |
Castle Green may refer to:
Castle Green, London, a suburb in Barking
Castle Green railway station
Castle Green, South Yorkshire, England, a location in South Yorkshire
Castle Green, Surrey, England, a small settlement near Chobham
Castle Park, Bristol, England, a public open space
Castle Green, the second bui... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle%20Green |
Richard Warren Pousette-Dart (June 8, 1916 – October 25, 1992) was an American abstract expressionist artist most recognized as a founder of the New York School of painting. His artistic output also includes drawing, sculpture, and fine-art photography.
Early life
Richard Pousette-Dart was born in Saint Paul, Minneso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Pousette-Dart |
Stow cum Quy , commonly referred to as Quy, is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Situated around north east of Cambridge lying between the Burwell Road (B1102) and the medieval Cambridge to Newmarket road (B1303, formerly A14), it covers an area of .
Origin of the name
The village's name derives ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stow%20cum%20Quy |
The Battle of Alexandropol was a conflict between the First Republic of Armenia and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which was on November 7, 1920 at Alexandropol.
Background
The Turkish-Armenian War was a conflict fought between the Republic of Armenia and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turki... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Alexandropol |
The Man with One Red Shoe is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Stan Dragoti and starring Tom Hanks and Dabney Coleman. It is a remake of the 1972 French film The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe starring Pierre Richard and Mireille Darc.
Plot
An agent of the United States CIA is arrested in Morocco on drug-smu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20with%20One%20Red%20Shoe |
Amos Nourse (December 17, 1794April 7, 1877) was a medical doctor who became a U.S. Senator from the state of Maine for a very short term. Born in Bolton, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard College in 1812 and from Harvard Medical School in 1817. At first settling in Wiscasset, and subsequently in Hallowell, Main... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos%20Nourse |
Boyd Henry Bode (October 4, 1873 – March 29, 1953) was an American academic and philosopher, notable for his work on philosophy of education.
Bode was born in Ridott, Illinois. He grew up in rural areas of Iowa and South Dakota and attended Pennsylvania College in Iowa and later the University of Michigan, where he gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd%20Henry%20Bode |
VEDIC UNIVERSITY : These special Universities are meant for spreading the knowledge of Sanskrit and Vedas / Vedic Sciences. Such Universities are concerned with Vedic Hinduism.
There are several institutions that contain the phrase Vedic University:
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Vedic University in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic%20University |
Izki () is a town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, northeastern Oman. It is located at c. altitude, and has a population of 35,173 (2003 census).
The archaeological landmarks are still evidence of the ancient heritage of the state, where there are about 142 towers, and three castles, one of which is "Al Awamir Castle" an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izki |
Wakulla Springs is located south of Tallahassee, Florida and east of Crawfordville in Wakulla County, Florida at the crossroads of State Road 61 and State Road 267. It is protected in the Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park.
Description
Wakulla cave is a branching flow-dominated cave that has developed in the Fl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakulla%20Springs |
The Embera–Wounaan are a semi-nomadic indigenous people in Panama living in Darién Province on the shores of the Chucunaque, Sambú, and Tuira Rivers and their waterways. The Embera-Wounaan were formerly and widely known by the name Chocó, and they speak the Embera and Wounaan languages, part of the Choco language famil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embera-Wounaan |
The municipal elections of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1990 were won by several parties. In most municipalities they organized governments in coalitions, or independently if they had a large majority.
In most municipalities with either a relative or absolute Bosniak majority, Party of Democratic Action (SDA) won a major... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Bosnian%20municipal%20elections |
Sigma Delta Alpha () is a Greek-lettered Latino-based fraternity established in spring 1992 at San José State University.
History
The first interest group was formed in the Fall semester of 1991, at San Jose State University. Future Founding Father, Francisco Huerta, had the idea of creating a new organization on cam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma%20Delta%20Alpha |
Wiscasset, Maine is a town in the United States.
Wiscasset may also refer to:
Wiscasset (CDP), Maine, a census-designated place; the town center
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiscasset%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Love Is All There Is is a 1996 romantic comedy film written and directed by Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor, who also both star in the film.
Plot
Love Is All There Is is a modern retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story, and it is set in the Bronx.
The Capomezzos, Bronx-born Sicilians, own a local catering business. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20Is%20All%20There%20Is |
The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 47) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act enlarged the district of, and gave greatly increased powers to the Metropolitan Police established by the Metropolitan Police Act 1829. It is one of the Metropolitan Police Acts 1829 to 1895.
Section 2 of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan%20Police%20Act%201839 |
Stephen P. Hubbell (born 17 February 1942) is an American ecologist on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of the unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography (UNTB), which seeks to explain the diversity and relative abundance of species in ecological communities not by nic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20P.%20Hubbell |
Sacajawea is an American historical fiction novel written by Anna Lee Waldo as a fictionalized biography of Sacajawea, the Shoshone guide employed by Lewis and Clark. Published by Avon Books in 1979, portions of the novel were plagiarized from works by Charles McNichols, Frank Waters, Benjamin Capps, Vardis Fisher, Fre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacajawea%20%28novel%29 |
The following is an incomplete list of locomotives and multiple units used by the Swiss Federal Railways.
Steam locomotives
Steam railcars
Electric locomotives
Electric trainsets
Electric railcars
Diesel locomotives
Diesel trainsets
Battery-electric railcars
Heavy shunters
Light shunters
Notes
1 Designations... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20stock%20used%20by%20Swiss%20Federal%20Railways |
A garden party is a gathering of people at an outdoor venue, particularly of social elites.
Garden Party may also refer to:
Film and television
The Garden Party, a 1973 short film by Jack Sholder
Garden Party (2008 film), a film starring Vinessa Shaw and Willa Holland
Garden Party (2017 film), a CG animated short fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden%20party%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Moviefone is an American-based moving pictures listing and information service. Moviegoers can obtain local showtimes, cinema information, film reviews, and advance tickets, as well as TV content and a comprehensive search tool that allows users to find theaters, channels, and streaming services offering movies and tel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moviefone |
North Central is an area in the North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The name of the area is derived from its location, near the center of North Philadelphia. According to Census 2010, North Central is primarily a low-income neighborhood where 60% of its residents are African America... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Central%2C%20Philadelphia |
The Sherman M-50 and the Sherman M-51, both often referred to abroad as the Super Sherman, were modified versions of the American M4 Sherman tank that served with the Israel Defense Forces from the mid-1950s to early 1980s. The M-51 was also referred to as the Isherman (i.e. Israeli Sherman). However, the nicknames "Su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Sherman |
Volunteers is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Tom Hanks and John Candy.
Plot
Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks), is a spoiled rich kid who just graduated from Yale Class of 1962 with a $28,000 gambling debt. After his father, Lawrence Bourne Jr. (George Plimpton), refuses to pay his d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteers%20%281985%20film%29 |
The Middlewich Paddies are an Irish folk band formed in 1979 in the town of Middlewich in Cheshire. Although not widely known outside of folk music circles, two members of the band were instrumental in setting up the Middlewich folk and boat festival which has now become a recognised festival on the folk circuit.
Memb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Middlewich%20Paddies |
The Bribri are an Indigenous people in eastern Costa Rica and northern Panama. Today, most Bribri people speak the Bribri language or Spanish.
There are varying estimates from government officials of the group's population. Estimates of the total Bribri population range as high as 35,000 people, although official esti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bribri%20people |
Otto Zeinenger (1513–1576) was an obscure yet influential theologian of the early Reformation.
Born in Germany and ordained in the Catholic Church, he moved to Geneva in his early twenties. Here he came under the sway of Protestant reformer John Calvin, whose devoted student he became. Zeinenger published a number of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20Zeinenger |
The A-class torpedo boats were a class of German single-funnelled torpedo boat/light destroyer designed by the Reichsmarineamt for operations off the coast of occupied Flanders in the First World War. The A designation was to avoid confusion with older classes and designs. They were known as "coastal torpedo boats" (G... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-class%20torpedo%20boat |
is a Japanese business magnate, engineer and the founder of Mugen Motorsports. He is the son of Soichiro Honda, founder of the Honda Motor Company.
Tax evasion case
Japanese prosecutors had arrested Hirotoshi Honda in 2003, hours after prosecutors launched a criminal investigation into Mugen, which has business relati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirotoshi%20Honda |
Senseless is a 1998 American buddy comedy science fiction film directed by Penelope Spheeris and written by Greg Erb and Craig Mazin. The film stars Marlon Wayans, David Spade, and Matthew Lillard as college students.
Plot
Darryl Witherspoon (Marlon Wayans) is an economics student at Stratford University, who does not... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senseless |
Han Hyung-bae (born March 21, 1976) is a field hockey player from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the Asians were beaten by the title holders Netherlands after penalty strokes.
References
Profile on Athens 2004 Web... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han%20Hyung-bae |
Black Blade is a thriller novel written by Eric Van Lustbader. It was published in 1992.
Plot summary
In New York City, a series of murders begin. In Washington, a plot conceived at the highest levels of American government is at work to bring the nation of Japan to its knees. In Tokyo, a power struggle is nearing i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Blade%20%28novel%29 |
Saham () is a coastal town in the Al Batinah Region, in northeastern Oman. It is located at about and has a population of 85,010 (2003 census). Saham is a fishing and a farming town between Al Khaboura and Sohar.
Saham Fort & Souq
The most known landmarks in Saham are the Souq and the Fort which are within each vici... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saham |
John Fairfield (January 30, 1797December 24, 1847) was an attorney and politician from Maine. He served as a U.S. Congressman, governor and U.S. Senator.
Fairfield was born in Pepperellborough, Massachusetts (now Saco, Maine) and attended the schools of York County. After serving in the War of 1812, he pursued a bus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Fairfield |
Sahm may refer to:
Sahm (surname), with a list of people of this name
Sahm International, beer glassware manufacturer
Saham (Arabic: صحم), a coastal town in northeastern Oman
SAHM ('stay at home mom/mum/mother'); see homemaker | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahm |
Sinoconodon is an extinct genus of mammaliamorphs that appears in the fossil record of the Lufeng Formation of China in the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic period, about 193 million years ago. While sharing many plesiomorphic traits with other non-mammaliaform cynodonts, it possessed a special, secondarily evolv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinoconodon |
The Bokota, also called Bogotá or Bugleres, are an indigenous people of Panama. They live in Bocas del Toro and north of Veraguas. Bokota live in the same region as the Teribe or Naso Indians. As the 2010 Census, there were 26,871 Bogota living in Panama. They are the smallest tribe in Panama and live in the west of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokota%20people |
Hwang Jong-Hyun (born 20 May 1975) is a field hockey player from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the Asians were beaten by title holders, the Netherlands, after penalty strokes. He is nicknamed Jonathan, and also comp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang%20Jong-hyun |
Cork North East or North East Cork may refer to:
North East Cork (UK Parliament constituency), 1885–1922
Cork North-East (Dáil constituency), 1961–1981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork%20North%20East |
Prairie College is an interdenominational Christian College located in the town of Three Hills, Alberta. Founded as Prairie Bible Institute, classes began on October 9, 1922, on the property of the McElheran family farm.
History
A local Bible Study group led by J. Fergus Kirk, a central Alberta Presbyterian farmer, w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie%20College |
Superman: Doomsday & Beyond, also known as Superman Lives!, is a licensed novel, published in 1993, set in the DC Comics universe, written by Louise Simonson, and with illustrations from Dan Jurgens and José Luis García-López. It is a young-adult version of The Death of Superman comics storyline from 1992. An audio ada... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman%3A%20Doomsday%20%26%20Beyond |
MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf is a 2004 video game developed by Day 1 Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for the Xbox console, and set in the BattleTech universe. Development of MechAssault 2 was announced shortly following the release of MechAssault, with the developers focusing on the expansion of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechAssault%202%3A%20Lone%20Wolf |
The following lists events that happened during 1896 in Australia.
Incumbents
Monarch - Victoria
Governors of the Australian colonies
Governor of New South Wales – Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden
Governor of Queensland – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (from 9 April)
Governor of South Australia – Sir ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896%20in%20Australia |
Cork South East may refer to:
South East Cork (UK Parliament constituency), UK Parliament constituency in Ireland from 1885 to 1922
Cork South-East (Dáil constituency), Dáil Éireann constituency in Ireland from 1937 to 1948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork%20South%20East |
William Croswell Doane (March 2, 1832, in Boston – May 17, 1913, in New York City) was the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States. He was bishop from 1869 until his death in 1913.
Doane served about 60 years in ordained ministry, a huge span for those times. As bishop, he managed the con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Croswell%20Doane |
T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger is a PlayStation game released in 1999, developed by DreamWorks Interactive (which would later be named EA Los Angeles, and finally Danger Close Games) and published by Activision. The game is set in an oriental landscape populated by clans of animals, such as leopards and snakes. The game's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%27ai%20Fu%3A%20Wrath%20of%20the%20Tiger |
The 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock season was the inaugural season of professional stock car racing in the United States. Beginning at Charlotte Speedway on June 19, 1949, the season included eight races and two exhibition races. The season concluded with the Wilkes 200 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on October 16. Raymond P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949%20NASCAR%20Strictly%20Stock%20Series |
Goodyear Aerospace Corporation (GAC) was the aerospace and defense subsidiary of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The company was originally operated as a division within Goodyear as the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, part of a joint project with Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, leading to the development of rigid airships... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear%20Aerospace |
Three Rivers Park District is a special park district serving the suburban areas of the Twin Cities including suburban Hennepin, Carver, Dakota, Scott, and Ramsey counties. Three Rivers's mission is "To promote environmental stewardship through recreation and education in a natural resources-based park system." Three R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Rivers%20Park%20District |
Logluv TIFF is an encoding used for storing high-dynamic-range imaging data inside a TIFF image. It was originally developed by Greg Ward for storing HDR-output of his Radiance-photonmapper at a time where storage space was a crucial factor. Its implementation in TIFF also allowed the combination with image-compression... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logluv%20TIFF |
Carrie Kabak is an author and production designer. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, she now lives in Missouri.
Her first book, Cover the Butter, won an AudioFile Earphones Award in 2006. It was reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal.
Carrie Kabak Publications
Cover the B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie%20Kabak |
Jabrin, also known as Jabreen, () is a small town in Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate in northeastern Oman near Nizwa and the Jabal Akhdar Mountains.
The town is known for its impressive castle, which was built by the Yaruba dynasty Imam Bil'arab bin Sultan, who ruled from 1679 to 1692 and who was buried onsite. The castle ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabrin |
Ji Seong-hwan (born September 16, 1974) is a field hockey player from South Korea, who was a member of the Men's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In the final the Asians were beaten by title holders the Netherlands after penalty strokes. He is nicknamed Long Leg, and also c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%20Seong-hwan |
The Harriman Institute, the first academic center in the United States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Russia and the Soviet Union, was founded at Columbia University in 1946, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation, as the Russian Institute.
History
The goals of the new regional institute, as stated ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriman%20Institute |
John Jonston or Johnston (; or or ; 15 September 1603– ) was a Polish scholar and physician, descended from Scottish nobility and closely associated with the Polish magnate Leszczyński family.
Life
Jonston was born in Szamotuły, the son of Simon Johnston, who had emigrated to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Jonston |
Morris Lamar Keene (10 August 1936 – 11 June 1996), was a spirit medium in Tampa, Florida and at Camp Chesterfield Indiana, where he was known as the "Prince of the Spiritualists". He was also the trustee of Universal Spiritualist Association. He is best known for his 1976 book The Psychic Mafia, in which he coined the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20Lamar%20Keene |
Nathan Allen Farwell (February 24, 1812December 9, 1893) was a politician, businessman and United States Senator from Maine.
Life and career
Born in Unity, then in Massachusetts but now in Maine, he attended the common schools and then taught school from 1832 to 1833. He moved to East Thomaston, Maine, in 1834 and eng... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%20A.%20Farwell |
Katherine Parkinson () is an English actress and comedian. She appeared in Channel 4's The IT Crowd comedy series as Jen Barber, for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and 2014, and was nominated twice for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, winning in 2014. Par... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine%20Parkinson |
The Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC) is an undergraduate foreign-affairs conference in the United States. NAFAC seeks to explore current, demanding issues from both a civilian and military perspective, thus provide a forum for addressing pressing international concerns. Held at the United States Naval A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval%20Academy%20Foreign%20Affairs%20Conference |
Gravity, in the context of fermenting alcoholic beverages, refers to the specific gravity (abbreviated SG), or relative density compared to water, of the wort or must at various stages in the fermentation. The concept is used in the brewing and wine-making industries. Specific gravity is measured by a hydrometer, refra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity%20%28alcoholic%20beverage%29 |
Regions Plaza is a 24-floor office high-rise located at 1180 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. The building was completed in 2001 and renovated in 2014. The building currently serves as the Georgia headquarters for Regions Financial Corporation.
The building is located on the corner of 14th Street and West Pe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions%20Plaza%20%28Atlanta%29 |
Einar "Texas" Ljungberg (26 August 1880 - 6 December 1974) was a Swedish Socialist politician.
Einar Ljunberg joined the Social Democratic movement in Gothenburg in the early 1900s, and was active in the ranks of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. In 1909, he served almost one year in jail for treason, after having ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar%20Texas%20Ljungberg |
Oakington is a small rural Anglo-Saxon village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Oakington and Westwick, in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is north-west of Cambridge. In 1961 the parish had a population of 698.
History
Based on the finds of several hand axe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakington |
James Alfred Farr (born Friday, May 18, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Texas Rangers in .
Amateur career
A native of Waverly, New York, Farr attended Penn State University. In 1976 and 1977, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball Leagu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Farr |
West Donegal or Donegal West may refer to:
The Western part of County Donegal, in Ireland
Two parliamentary constituencies
West Donegal (UK Parliament constituency), 1885–1922
Donegal West (Dáil constituency), 1937–1961
In the United States
West Donegal Township, Pennsylvania | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal%20West |
Although India is a parliamentary democracy, the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism, possibly due to the absence of party organizations, independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party, or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20families%20of%20India |
Dublin Clontarf may refer to one of two Parliamentary constituencies in Dublin:
Dublin Clontarf (Dáil constituency) (1977–1981)
Dublin Clontarf (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1922) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin%20Clontarf |
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