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Bruce Hart may refer to:
Bruce Hart (songwriter) (1938–2006), American songwriter and screenwriter
Bruce Hart (wrestler) (born 1950), Canadian wrestler | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Hart |
Interlocus contest evolution (ICE) is a process of intergenomic conflict by which different loci within a single genome antagonistically coevolve. ICE supposes that the Red Queen process, which is characterized by a never-ending antagonistic evolutionary arms race, does not only apply to species but also to genes withi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlocus%20contest%20evolution |
James Chamberlain Baker (June 2, 1879 – 1969) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, The Methodist Church, and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1928.
Early life
James Chamberlain Baker was born on June 2, 1879, in Sheldon, Illinois. Of New England ancestry on both sides, he was a son of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Chamberlain%20Baker |
Cindy Cook is a Canadian children's entertainer. A graduate of York University's theatre program (1979), she was hired as a host on the long-running children's series Polka Dot Door in 1981. Cindy became the longest-serving female host in the program's history.
Polka Dot Door was syndicated world-wide until 1993.
Whe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy%20Cook |
Martin (Maarten) van den Hove (Latinized as Martinus Hortensius (Ortensius)) (1605 – 7 August 1639) was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician. His adopted Latin name is a translation of the Dutch hof ("garden"), in Latin horta.
Early life
Born in Delft, he studied at Leiden University under Snellius and Isaac Beeckma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20van%20den%20Hove |
The Watcher in the Woods is a 1980 American supernatural horror film directed by John Hough and Vincent McEveety and starring Bette Davis, Carroll Baker, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, and David McCallum. Based on the 1976 novel by Florence Engel Randall, the film tells the story of a teenage girl and her little si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Watcher%20in%20the%20Woods%20%281980%20film%29 |
Paul Stewart (born March 21, 1953) is an American former professional ice hockey player and referee. Inducted in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018, he is the grandson of Bill Stewart. He played 65 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1976 and 1979, and 21 games in the National Hockey League (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Stewart%20%28ice%20hockey%29 |
Ernst Heinrich Hoffmann (June 18, 1899–January 3, 1956) was an American conductor who served as the music director of the Houston Symphony for eleven years.
Hoffmann was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Although Ernst was an accomplished musician in his yout... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20Hoffmann%20%28conductor%29 |
M. Krishnan Nair may refer to:
M. Krishnan Nair (author) (1923–2006), Indian Malayalam literary critic and orator
M. Krishnan Nair (doctor) (1939–2021), Indian oncologist, director of the Regional Cancer Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
M. Krishnan Nair (director) (1926–2001), Indian film director of Malayalam ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20Krishnan%20Nair |
A Political Romance is a 1759 novel by Laurence Sterne, author of Tristram Shandy.
The novel was the first work written by Sterne, and it can be labelled a roman à clef or a cronique scandaleuse, which were popular at the beginning of the 18th century. It can be considered a mock-epic allegory that describes a provinc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Political%20Romance |
Andrew John Ashworth, CBE, KC (Hon), FBA (born 11 October 1947) was the Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford from 1997 to 2013, a Fellow of All Souls College, and was formerly Chairman of the Sentencing Advisory Panel before it was abolished in 2010. He gained his LLB in 1968 from the London S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Ashworth |
Boon is a British television drama starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV, and was originally broadcast between 1986 and 1995. It revolved around the life of an ex-fireman called Ken Boon. - a motorcycle-obsesse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boon%20%28TV%20series%29 |
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., marketed simply as "Hill's", is an American pet food company that produces dog and cat foods. The company is a subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive.
History
Hill's Pet Nutrition was founded in the spring of 1907 by Burton Hill and started operation as Hill Rendering Works. Hill Rendering Works... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%27s%20Pet%20Nutrition |
Douglas Francis "Frank" St. Leger (May 30, 1890 – December 26, 1969) was a British-American conductor of Indian birth. During the 1930s he served three seasons as music director of the Houston Symphony Orchestra.
Biography
St. Leger was born in Madras, now Chennai, India, to British parents. At 16, he entered the Roy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20St.%20Leger |
"Garden Party (The Great Cucumber Massacre)" is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was the second single released from their debut album Script for a Jester's Tear. It reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart in 1983, the band's biggest singles chart success prior to 1985. The song is a paro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden%20Party%20%28Marillion%20song%29 |
The 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 12th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Slovakia from 27 May to 4 June 2000. The tournament had 47 entrants. Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20UEFA%20European%20Under-21%20Championship |
Under the Radar is an American music magazine that features interviews with accompanying photo-shoots. Each issue includes opinion and commentary of the indie music scene as well as reviews of books, DVDs, and albums. The magazine posts web-exclusive interviews and reviews on its website.
Items are reviewed based on a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under%20the%20Radar%20%28magazine%29 |
Ar-Ramtha (), colloquially transliterated as Ar-Romtha (), is a city situated in the far northwest of Jordan near the border with Syria. It covers 40 km2 on a plain 30 km northeast of the Jordan River and Irbid. In the 2017, Ar-Ramtha had a population of approximately 164,211, making it the eleventh largest city in Jor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar-Ramtha |
Cyril Alexander Mango (14 April 1928 – 8 February 2021) was a British scholar of the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire. He is celebrated as one of the leading Byzantinists of the 20th century.
Mango was Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's Coll... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril%20Mango |
Arthur Robinson Gould (March 16, 1857July 24, 1946) was an American industrialist involved in lumber, railroads, hydroelectricity, and other large scale industry in Aroostook County, Maine and the neighboring Canadian province of New Brunswick from the 1880s until his death in 1946. From 1926 to 1931, he served as a Re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20R.%20Gould |
Raúl Enrique Allegre Rodríguez (born June 15, 1959) is a Mexican former professional football kicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants, and New York Jets. He played college football at Montana and Texas and was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl%20Allegre |
Edward Wendall Kelly (December 27, 1880 – 1964) was an American bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1944.
Kelly was born in Mexia, Texas on December 27, 1880. He was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1917. Prior to his election to the episcopacy, he served as a pastor in places such as Texas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Wendall%20Kelly |
The N-10 or National Highway 10 (Urdu: ) is a 653 km national highway in Pakistan which extends along Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast from Karachi in Sindh province to Gwadar in Balochistan province. It passes the towns of Ormara and Pasni.
Background
The idea of exploiting the potential of the large coastal belt was un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makran%20Coastal%20Highway |
Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show featuring Mr. Punch and his wife Judy.
Punch and Judy may refer to:
Punch and Judy (film), a 1906 French silent comedy
Punch and Judy (opera), a chamber opera by Harrison Birtwistle
"Punch and Judy" (song), by Marillion, 1984
"Punch and Judy", a song by The Stranglers f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch%20and%20Judy%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Uriel Nespoli (January 15, 1884 – June 1973) was an Italian conductor born in Naples.
A pupil of Leopoldo Mugnone, Nespoli specialized in Italian opera. He was considered a National Treasure to Italy, and in 1931 he was secretly brought to the United States for safety. He first served as music director of the Houston ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriel%20Nespoli |
"Stop Calling Me" is a song written by Reno Nicastro, Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, produced by Nicastro for Australian music duo Shakaya's first album, Shakaya (2002). The song is about relationships, about "boyfriends who keep calling after the relationship is over". It was released as the album's first single on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop%20Calling%20Me |
Purgatory is Chicago Celtic punk band The Tossers fourth studio album. It was released in 2003 on Thick Records and was their last album with the label.
Track listing
"With the North Wind/Here We Go Again" – 3:46
"The Ballad of the Thoughtful Rover" – 3:52
"Nantucket Girls Song" – 3:29
"Come Dancing" – 2:13
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory%20%28The%20Tossers%20album%29 |
ObjecTime Limited of Kanata, Ontario was a software company with the known software product ObjecTime Developer.
Founding of ObjecTime and early years
ObjectTime was founded in 1992 by former employees of Bell-Northern Research who worked on the Telos project. The company developed the product of the same name.
In 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ObjecTime |
Bruce Hart (January 15, 1938 – February 21, 2006) was an American songwriter and screenwriter perhaps best known for composing the lyrics to the theme song to the children's TV series Sesame Street.
Biography
Hart was born in New York City, grew up in Watertown, New York, and completed an arts degree at Syracuse Unive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Hart%20%28songwriter%29 |
Wind River Arboretum, part of the Wind River Experimental Forest, is a research arboretum in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Carson, Washington, United States. It is the oldest arboretum in the Pacific Northwest.
Description
The arboretum was established in 1912 by Thornton T. Munger of the United States Forest... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind%20River%20Arboretum |
William Denis Hertel Johnson, CM (23 April 1931 – 2 March 2020) was a Canadian academic, journalist, and author.
Early life and education
Johnson's mother was francophone and his father anglophone and Johnson himself spoke both English and French. His mother was outspoken in the Ontario rights movement regarding Fren... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Johnson%20%28Canadian%20author%29 |
The primitive streak is a structure that forms in the early embryo in amniotes. In amphibians the equivalent structure is the blastopore. During early embryonic development, the embryonic disc becomes oval shaped, and then pear-shaped with the broad end towards the anterior, and the narrower region projected to the pos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive%20streak |
Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in England which typically made a grant of land or recorded a privilege. The earliest surviving charters were drawn up in the 670s: the oldest surviving charters granted land to the Church, but from the eighth century, surviving charters were increasingl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon%20charters |
Joseph Ensign Granville (August 20, 1923 – September 7, 2013), often called Joe Granville, was a financial writer
and investment seminar speaker. He is most famous for inventing and developing the concept of "On-balance volume (OBV)". Granville argued that when volume increases sharply without a significant change i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Granville |
The Arctic ground squirrel (Urocitellus parryii) (Inuktitut: ᓯᒃᓯᒃ, siksik) is a species of ground squirrel native to the Arctic and Subarctic of North America and Asia. People in Alaska, particularly around the Aleutians, refer to them as "parka" squirrels, most likely because their pelt is good for the ruff on parkas ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic%20ground%20squirrel |
In Hispanic America, criollo () is a term used originally to describe people of full Spanish descent born in the viceroyalties. In different Latin American countries the word has come to have different meanings, mostly referring to the local-born majority.
Historically, they have been misportrayed as a social class in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criollo%20people |
"Punch and Judy" is a song by the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion. It was the first single from their second studio album Fugazi. The lyrics of the song are about a marriage gone bad.
The single reached no. 29 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1984. This was the only single during the band's EMI years th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch%20and%20Judy%20%28song%29 |
The Sea Cliff Bridge, together with the adjoining Lawrence Hargrave Drive Bridge, are two road bridges that carry the scenic Lawrence Hargrave Drive across the rockface on the Illawarra escarpment, located in the northern Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The balanced cantilever and incremental launching ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea%20Cliff%20Bridge |
Anthony John Burger (June 5, 1961 – February 22, 2006) was an American pianist and singer, most closely associated with Southern gospel music.
Early life
Anthony Burger was born in Cleveland, Tennessee to Richard and Jean Burger. At age eight months, he was using a baby walker and fell into a heating duct on the floor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Burger |
ZuPreem, a brand of Compana, manufactures and sells animal feeds, particularly for zoo animals and exotic pets. It is based in Kansas.
History
The idea for ZuPreem started when Mark Morris, Sr. DVM, founder of Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., and his son Mark L. Morris Jr. DVM, PhD developed a range of specialized diets f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZuPreem |
The Fontys Academy of Journalism (Dutch: Fontys Hogeschool voor Journalistiek, short FHJ) is one of the four journalism schools in the Netherlands. It is based in Tilburg, North Brabant. Founded in 1980 as the Academy of Journalism and Public Relations, the school had a Catholic background in its early years, although ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontys%20Academy%20of%20Journalism |
I'm Alright may refer to:
I'm Alright (Loudon Wainwright III album), 1985
I'm Alright (Jo Dee Messina album), 1998
"I'm Alright" (Jo Dee Messina song), this album's title track
"I'm Alright" (Kenny Loggins song)", from the Caddyshack soundtrack, 1980
I'm Alright (Lynn Anderson album), 1970
""I'm Alright" (Lynn An... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m%20Alright |
This is a complete list of the 166 shorts in the Tom and Jerry series produced and released between 1940 and 2021. Of these, 162 are theatrical shorts, one is a made-for-TV short, one is a two-minute sketch shown as part of a telethon, and two are special shorts released on HBO Max.
1940–58: Hanna–Barbera/MGM cartoons... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20and%20Jerry%20filmography |
David Spencer (10 April 193612 June 2020), known professionally as Ricky Valance, was a Welsh pop singer. He was best known for the UK number one single "Tell Laura I Love Her", which sold over a million copies in 1960. He was the first male Welsh singer to have a UK number one single hit.
Early life
Born as David Sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky%20Valance |
"Stay" is a song by English musician David Bowie, released on his 1976 album Station to Station. The song was recorded in late 1975 at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles. Co-produced by Bowie and Harry Maslin, the recording featured guitarists Carlos Alomar and Earl Slick, bassist George Murray, drummer Dennis Davis, pian... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay%20%28David%20Bowie%20song%29 |
Sparisoma is a genus of parrotfishes native to warmer parts of the Atlantic. FishBase recognizes 15 species in this genus, including S. rocha described from Trindade Island in 2010 and S. choati described from the East Atlantic in 2012. They are the most important grazers of algae in the Caribbean Sea, especially since... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparisoma |
Theodor Dannecker (27 March 1913 – 10 December 1945) was a German SS-captain (), a key aide to Adolf Eichmann in the deportation of Jews during World War II.
A trained lawyer Dannecker first served at the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin before being sent to France as specialist on Nazi anti-Jewish policies (). Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor%20Dannecker |
Geum macrophyllum, commonly known as largeleaf avens or large-leaved avens is a flowering plant found from the Arctic south to the northern U.S. states, and in the Rocky Mountains and west to the Sierra Nevada in California and as far south as Northwestern Mexico.
It is even more distinctive in fruit than in flower, w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geum%20macrophyllum |
Rio Douro may refer to:
Places
Rio Douro, the Portuguese name for the River Douro
Rio Douro (Cabeceiras de Basto), a civil parish in the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20Douro |
Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (December 12, 1981 – July 25, 2011) was an American World Cup aerial skier from Boise, Idaho, skiing out of Bogus Basin. A three-time Olympian, he won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Peterson was found dead by suicide in Lambs Canyon, a remote canyon between Salt Lake ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeret%20Peterson |
Jennifer Mary Welsh (born 1965) is a Canadian professor of international relations, currently working as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security at McGill University. Welsh is the Director of the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies at McGill's Max Bell School of Public Policy, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Welsh |
Hingol River or Hungol River () is located in the Makran region, in the Gwadar District of southeastern Balochistan Province, in southwestern Pakistan. The river and valley are protected within Hingol National Park.
Geography
The Hingol River is long, the longest in Balochistan. It winds through the Makran Coastal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hingol%20River |
KATZ-FM (100.3 MHz, "The Beat") is a radio station serving the area of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, with a mainstream urban format. The iHeartMedia (previously Clear Channel Communications) outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 17 kW and is licensed to Bridgeton, Missouri. Its transmitter is located in Overland, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KATZ-FM |
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club is a jazz club that has operated in Soho, London, since 1959.
History
The club opened on 30 October 1959 in a basement at 39 Gerrard Street in London's Soho district. It was set up and managed by musicians Ronnie Scott and Pete King. In 1965 it moved to a larger venue nearby at 47 Frith Stree... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie%20Scott%27s%20Jazz%20Club |
"The Pink Panther Theme" is a jazz composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 37th Academy Awards but lost to the Sherman Brothers for Mary Poppins. The eponymous cartoon character created for the f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Pink%20Panther%20Theme |
The 1945 Balochistan earthquake () occurred in British India at 1:26 PKT on 28 November 1945 with a moment magnitude of 8.1 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
Earthquake
The earthquake's epicenter was 97.6 kilometers south-southwest of Pasni in Balochistan and a tsunami ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945%20Balochistan%20earthquake |
The Councils of Nîmes () is the name given to a series of four religious synods that took place in Nîmes, southern France, during the Middle Ages.
The four councils took place in 394, 886, 1096, and 1284.
The First Council of 394 (referred to by Sulpicius Severus) resulted in the adoption of seven canons on church di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Councils%20of%20N%C3%AEmes |
St. Louis Union Station is a National Historic Landmark and former train station in St. Louis, Missouri. At its 1894 opening, the station was the largest in the world that had tracks and passenger service areas all on one level. Traffic peaked at 100,000 people a day in the 1940s. The last Amtrak passenger train left t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Louis%20Union%20Station |
The greater sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa) is a medium to large owl found in south-eastern Australia, Montane rainforests of New Guinea and have been seen on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait. The lesser sooty owl (T. multipunctata), is sometimes considered to be conspecific with this species, in which case they are t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20sooty%20owl |
Julien Paul Blitz (May 21, 1885 – July 17, 1951) was an American cellist, conductor, and teacher. He was the first music director of the Houston Symphony.
Biography
Blitz was born in Ghent, Belgium, the son of violinist and martinist Edouard E. Blitz (1860–1915) and pianist Mattie Louise Miller (1865–1904). He moved ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien%20Paul%20Blitz |
The southern saratoga (Scleropages leichardti), also known as the spotted bonytongue, spotted saratoga, or simply saratoga, is a freshwater bony fish native to Australia. It belongs to the subfamily Osteoglossinae, or arowanas, a primitive group of teleosts. Like all arowanas, it is a carnivorous mouthbrooder. Along w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20saratoga |
Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was a failed Swedish effort to reach the North Pole, resulting in the deaths of all three expedition members, S. A. Andrée, Knut Frænkel, and Nils Strindberg. Andrée, the first Swedish balloonist, proposed a voyage by hydrogen balloon from Svalbard to either Russia or Canada, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9e%27s%20Arctic%20balloon%20expedition |
Big Sugar is the eponymous debut album by Canadian rock band Big Sugar, released 1992 on Hypnotic Records.
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote that "Gordie Johnson himself pens the discs two highlights: both 'Groundhog Day' and 'Goodbye Train' feature funky, lurching rhythms and muscular guitar work that offer just the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Sugar%20%28album%29 |
Dublin Clontarf was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-ST... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin%20Clontarf%20%28D%C3%A1il%20constituency%29 |
"Barbarossa city" () is a nickname for German cities that the Staufer Emperor Frederick Barbarossa stayed in or near for some time. The cities usually mentioned include Sinzig, Kaiserslautern, Gelnhausen, Altenburg, Bad Frankenhausen, but Annweiler am Trifels, Bad Wimpfen, Eberbach and Waiblingen consider themselves as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarossa%20city |
Firefly was a cellphone aimed at parents to give to their children.
Features
The address book button has up to 20 phone numbers in it. These are to be programmed in by the guardian/parent, who knows a PIN which is intended to keep the child from changing the numbers. In this way, parents control who their kids are ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly%20%28mobile%20phone%29 |
David Gerald Littman (4 July 1933 – 20 May 2012) was a British Jewish activist best known for organising the departure of Jewish children from Morocco when he was 28. He then worked as a lobbyist at the United Nations in Geneva and was also an historian. He was married to Bat Ye'or.
Biography
David Littman was born o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Littman%20%28activist%29 |
Stock appreciation rights (SAR) is a method for companies to give their management or employees a bonus if the company performs well financially. Such a method is called a 'plan'. SARs resemble employee stock options in that the holder/employee benefits from an increase in stock price. They differ from options in that ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock%20appreciation%20right |
Fernando Carlo (also known as Cope2) is an artist from the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx, New York.
Early life
He has been a graffiti artist since 1985. Cope2's cousin "Chico 80" influenced Cope into writing. In 1982, he made his own crew called Kids Destroy, eventually changing to Kings Destroy after he dubbed him... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cope2 |
Betsy Ross is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941). Betsy Ross is Captain America's early love interest and supporting character in American comic books published by Marvel Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy%20Ross%20%28character%29 |
Sterns was a nightclub located at Highdown Towers on Highdown Hill in Worthing, West Sussex. It was situated off the A259 road just north of Ferring on the South Downs. It became known as a major centre of UK rave culture in the south of England during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a rare example of an early ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterns%20Nightclub |
Michael Sharod Wilks, Jr. (born May 7, 1979) is an American coach and former professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
College career
After graduating from Rufus King High School in Milwaukee, Wilks played four... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Wilks%20%28basketball%29 |
Phil Willmott (born 26 January 1968) is a British director, playwright, arts journalist, teacher, and founder of London based theatre production company The Steam Industry.
He was the Artistic Director of the Finborough Theatre in London's Earl's Court from 1994 to 1999.
He is also chief theatre reviewer for the Brit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%20Willmott |
The Gibson ES-355 is the top of the line semi-hollow body thinline guitar from the Gibson Guitar Company. The guitar was a stereo guitar with a varitone circuit and it was manufactured from 1958 to 1982. In 2018 Gibson began producing version of the 355 again.
History
The Gibson ES-355 was created to be the fanciest o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson%20ES-355 |
Otto I (c. 950 – 4 November 1004), called Otto of Worms, a member of the Salian dynasty, was Duke of Carinthia from 978 to 985 and again from 1002 until his death.
Biography
Otto was the only son of Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingia, and Liutgarde of Saxony, daughter of Emperor Otto I. His mother died three years af... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto%20I%2C%20Duke%20of%20Carinthia |
The Federal Radio Commission's (FRC) General Order 40, dated August 30, 1928, described the standards for a sweeping reorganization of radio broadcasting in the United States. This order grouped the AM radio band transmitting frequencies into three main categories, which became known as Clear Channel, Regional, and Loc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Order%2040 |
Emanuelle in America is a 1977 Italian sexploitation film, the third in the Black Emanuelle series starring Laura Gemser It is the second in the series to be directed by Joe D'Amato and has journalist Emanuelle investigate the production of snuff films, among other things. In some cuts, which were only released in cert... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuelle%20in%20America |
Neponsit is a small affluent neighborhood located on the western half of the Rockaway Peninsula, the southernmost area of the New York City borough of Queens. The area starts at Beach 142nd Street and ends at Beach 149th Street. It borders the neighborhood of Belle Harbor to the east and Jacob Riis Park on the west. Ja... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neponsit%2C%20Queens |
Tsat Tsz Mui Road () is a road in Tsat Tsz Mui in Hong Kong. The road runs in the area of Tsat Tsz Mui and eastern North Point from west to east, parallel to King's Road, except disjoint by a residential-commercial complex of Island Place.
Name
The road named after the Tsat Tsz Mui, which means "seven sisters".
Hist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsat%20Tsz%20Mui%20Road |
The Notitiae Episcopatuum (singular: Notitia Episcopatuum) were official documents that furnished for Eastern countries the list and hierarchical rank of the metropolitan and suffragan bishoprics of a church.
In the Roman Church (the mostly Latin Rite 'Western Patriarchate' of Rome), archbishops and bishops were class... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notitiae%20Episcopatuum |
Krawang is a common misspelling of Karawang. Karawang itself may refer to:
The Karawang Regency on the island of Java
The city of Karawang located in the same regency | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krawang |
The Men's 10,000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 24 February.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.
Results
References
External links
Men's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20skating%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%2010%2C000%20metres |
Beinn Ghlas is a mountain in the Breadalbane region of the Scottish Highlands. It lies on the north shore of Loch Tay and is part of the Ben Lawers Range. It is a Munro with a height of .
The Gaelic name is translated as 'grey-green mountain', which refers to the colour of the mica-schist that makes up the bulk of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinn%20Ghlas |
Ashley Isham (born Eshamuddin Ismail in Singapore in 1976) is a fashion designer. He is currently based in London.
Ashley left Singapore in 1996 to take a pattern cutting course at the London College of Fashion, and was later accepted into Middlesex University afterwards.
He set up his own label "Ashley Isham" in 200... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley%20Isham |
Richard L. Jacob (born September 24, 1958, in Niagara Falls, New York), is an American basketball coach and educator. He is head coach of the Buffalo eXtreme of the American Basketball Association, and also sport management consultant for Villa Maria College.
Jacob won an NEAC championship at the collegiate level, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Jacob |
In the Philippines, a state of rebellion is a government declaration that suspends a number of civil rights for a short period of time. It is a form of martial law that allows a government to suppress protest, detain and arrest people, search private property, read private mail, and listen to phone conversations using ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20rebellion |
The 1856 Whig National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held from September 17 to September 18, in Baltimore, Maryland. Attended by a rump group of Whigs who had not yet left the declining party, the 1856 convention was the last presidential nominating convention held by the Whig Party. The conventio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856%20Whig%20National%20Convention |
Eliane Teresinha Giardini (born 20 October 1952) is a Brazilian actress. Although she had little career success until the age of forty, she is now considered one of Brazil's foremost actresses.
Biography
Giardini was born in Sorocaba, São Paulo. Formerly married to actor Paulo Betti, she is the mother of two girls, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliane%20Giardini |
Michael Manniche (born 17 July 1959) is a Danish former footballer who played as a centre forward.
Even though he played professionally for four clubs in his country, he was best known for his spell with Benfica in Portugal.
Football career
Born in Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Municipality, Manniche started his career w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Manniche |
Hebe Haven Yacht Club established in 1963, is a private members club located in the picturesque bay of Pak Sha Wan (Hebe Haven) in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Objectives
The Club's main objectives are to unite boat owners and promote boating activities and to provide boating facilities. Since its inception, the memb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebe%20Haven%20Yacht%20Club |
Richard P. Tinkham (June 24, 1932 – October 14, 2018) was an American sports executive who was the co-founder of the American Basketball Association with Joe Newman.
Biography
Tinkham grew up in Hammond, Indiana. He graduated from DePauw University, where he was on the varsity basketball and relay teams, before earni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Tinkham |
Kim Mai Guest is an American voice actress of European and Vietnamese descent who is known to speak fluent French and Italian. She is best known for her role as Mei Ling in Metal Gear.
Selected filmography
Voice roles of Animation
Anime dubbing
Films
Video games
.hack series - Subaru
Anarchy Reigns – Sasha Ivan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Mai%20Guest |
Harveys Lake Tahoe is a hotel and casino located in Stateline, Nevada. It has 742 rooms and suites as well as six restaurants and a casino with of space. It also has a video arcade, wedding chapel, pool, convention center and a full-service health club. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harveys%20Lake%20Tahoe |
Warrior of the Lost World (also known as Mad Rider) is a 1983 Italian-American post-apocalyptic science fiction film written and directed by David Worth and starring Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, and Donald Pleasence. It was created and first released in Italy under the title Il Giustiziere della terra perduta ("Vigi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior%20of%20the%20Lost%20World |
Maria Theresa Henriette Dorothea of Austria-Este (also Marie Therese; 2 July 1849 – 3 February 1919) was the last Queen of Bavaria. She was the only child of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria.
Biography
On 20 February 1868, she married Prince Ludwig, eldest s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Theresa%20of%20Austria-Este%2C%20Queen%20of%20Bavaria |
Lester L. Burry, OC (1898–1977) born Safe Harbour, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland.
A United Church Minister
Lester Burry was baptized Methodist in 1898 and ordained a minister by the Newfoundland Conference of the Methodist Church in 1924.
The Newfoundland Conference of the Methodist Church entered into union with the U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester%20Burry |
Note: A fully interactive online map of the Lincoln Highway and all of its re-alignments, markers, monuments and historic points of interest can be viewed at the Lincoln Highway Association Official Map website.
As the Lincoln Highway was one of the earliest transcontinental highways for automobiles across the United ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route%20of%20the%20Lincoln%20Highway |
Gordon Currie is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his role as Nicolae Carpathia in the Left Behind films, and his role in horror films such as Puppet Master 4, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan and Blood and Donuts. Currie has also directed, written, and produced several films, and wo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Currie%20%28actor%29 |
The 2001 Indian Parliament attack was a terrorist attack on the Parliament of India in New Delhi, India on 13 December 2001. The attack was carried out by five armed assailants and has resulted in the deaths of six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel, and a gardener. All the five attackers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20Indian%20Parliament%20attack |
Santa Sabina College (abbreviated as Santa, Santa Sabina or SSC) is a multi-campus independent Roman Catholic, single-sex, early learning, primary and secondary day school for girls from Year 5 to Year 12; and a co-educational day school from early learning years through Prep to Year 4. Located on eight hectares in Str... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Sabina%20College |
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