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Neil Smith (born April 10, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1988 to 1996, the Denver Broncos from 1997 to 1999, and the San Diego Chargers in 2000. Before his NFL career, he played college fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Smith%20%28American%20football%29 |
Old-Age Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1933:
Modification
The concepts contained in the convention were revised and included in ILO Convention C128, Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967.
Ratific... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-Age%20Insurance%20%28Industry%2C%20etc.%29%20Convention%2C%201933%20%28shelved%29 |
Randy Scott Wittman (born October 28, 1959) is an American former basketball player at the guard position and former coach of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Washington Wizards.
Playing career
High school
Wittman starred for Indianapolis Ben Davis High School from 1975–1978. He averaged mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%20Wittman |
Spider taxonomy is that part of taxonomy that is concerned with the science of naming, defining and classifying all spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida with more than 48,500 described species. However, there are likely many species that have escaped the human eye to this day, and many... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider%20taxonomy |
Alexander Military Law Academy () (1867–1917) was an educational institution in Russian Empire that provided military law education for officers of Russian Army and Fleet. It was established in 1867 and named after his founder, Emperor Alexander II of Russia in 1908. The Academy was situated in St. Petersburg by 96 Mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Military%20Law%20Academy |
Ones () is a compilation album by American singer Selena, released in the United States on October 1, 2002 by EMI Latin. It was released on November 11, 2002 in Spanish-speaking countries, while the limited edition included a bonus DVD of her music videos. Ones was released building on the popularity of the 1997 biogra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ones%20%28album%29 |
Antti-Jussi Jormanpoika Niemi (born 22 September 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. Niemi played for Jokerit of the SM-liiga, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League, HC Lada Togliatti in the Kontinental Hockey League and Västra Frölunda HC and Leksands IF of the Swedish Elitser... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antti-Jussi%20Niemi |
Talent Caldwell is a comic book artist best known for his work on the Top Cow Productions character Fathom. He has also drawn for DC Comics' Superman and Marvel Comics' Spider-Man characters.
Career
Talent Caldwell came to the attention of artist Michael Turner of Top Cow Productions and was signed to work with that ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talent%20Caldwell |
was a Japanese physician and rangaku scholar in late Edo period Japan, noted for establishing an academy which later developed into Osaka University. Many of his students subsequently played important roles in the Meiji Restoration and the westernization of Japan in the Meiji period. His true name was or ; the name of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogata%20K%C5%8Dan |
Extra Long Life is an album by Alkaline, a dub music side project of the Canadian rock band Big Sugar and reggae singer Whitey Don. The album was released in 2000 on Universal Records. Most of the album's tracks are reworked versions of past Big Sugar songs.
Track listing
"Headlights"
"Maximum Judgement/Brown Bomb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra%20Long%20Life |
Michael James Horan, AM (born 1 July 1944) is a former Australian politician who represented the seat of Toowoomba South in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 18 May 1991 to 24 March 2012. Originally he was a member of the National Party of Australia, but follow its merger he is now a member of the Liberal Nat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Horan%20%28politician%29 |
The U.S. state of Connecticut is divided into 169 municipalities, including 19 cities, 149 towns and 1 borough, which are grouped into eight counties.
Towns traditionally have a town meeting form of government; under the Home Rule Act, however, towns are free to choose their own government structure. Nineteen of the t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20municipalities%20in%20Connecticut |
Auxentius of Mopsuestia (died 360) was bishop of Mopsuestia and a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. His feast day is December 18. Baronius places Auxentius in the Roman Martyrology, because of the story told by Philostorgius (in the Suda) that he was at one time an officer in the army of Licin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxentius%20of%20Mopsuestia |
Erkka Westerlund (born 30 March 1957, in Pernå, Finland) was the head coach of the Finnish national men's ice hockey team. He was appointed head coach on November 1, 2004, and his contract ended in May 2007, after winning World Championship Silver in Moscow's World Championship tournament. He followed Raimo Summanen as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkka%20Westerlund |
WMOT-FM is a public radio station serving the metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee market. Licensed to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, it is owned by the Middle Tennessee State University, located in nearby Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it broadcasts an Americana-based format branded as Roots Radio.
Due to its location, WMOT's s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMOT |
Greatest Hits is a collection of most of the English songs by American Tejano-pop singer Selena. It contains all of her English songs from her Dreaming of You album, as well as both regularly and posthumously released English songs she had made throughout her career.
"Don't Throw Away My Love" is a remix of "My Love".... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest%20Hits%20%28Selena%20album%29 |
An alternative male contraceptive method involves heating the testicles so that they cannot produce sperm. Sperm are best produced at a temperature slightly below body temperature. The muscles around a male's scrotum involuntarily tighten if the man's body temperature drops, and they loosen, allowing the testes to han... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat-based%20contraception |
Kinnison is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Kimball Kinnison, fictional hero of E.E. Smith's Lensmen series of novels
Terry Kinnison, a neighbor involved in the history of the 1992 siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho
William A. Kinnison, past president of Wittenberg University, Ohio | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinnison |
Sultan Sultan Ali Iskandar Shah I ibni almarhum Sultan Ahmad Hussein Muazzam Shah I was the 20th Sultan of Johor, who succeeded his father, Sultan Hussein after the latter died of natural cause in 1835. Over the next twenty years, Sultan Ali's claims to the office of Sultan of Johor were only recognised by some mercha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Iskandar%20of%20Johor |
Lasse Juhani Kukkonen (born 18 September 1981) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He last played for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga. Earlier in his career, he had a four-year stint in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers. After his career in ice h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasse%20Kukkonen |
The Communications and Electronics Branch () is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The army component of the branch is designated the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals ().
History
Major Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers (13 February 1863 – 21 October 1910) was the founder of the Canadian Signalling C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications%20and%20Electronics%20Branch |
In the philosophy of mathematics, specifically the philosophical foundations of set theory, limitation of size is a concept developed by Philip Jourdain and/or Georg Cantor to avoid Cantor's paradox. It identifies certain "inconsistent multiplicities", in Cantor's terminology, that cannot be sets because they are "too ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitation%20of%20size |
Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle developed Grand Marnier, an orange-flavored cognac liqueur, in 1880. He learned how to distill from his father, a wine-and-spirit merchant.
References
Profile Grand Marnier
French distillers
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre%20Marnier-Lapostolle |
Howard William Thomas Hobbs (born 22 January 1950) is an Australian politician who represented the seat of Warrego in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1 November 1986 until his retirement at the 31 January 2015 state election. He was a member of the National Party of Australia until the Queensland division m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20Hobbs |
Charles Morgan Herbert Atherton (November 19, 1874 – December 17, 1935) was an American Major League Baseball third baseman. Nicknamed "Prexy", he batted and threw right-handed, was tall and weighed 160 pounds. He was an accomplished musician and writer, as well as an athlete.
Early life
He was born in New Brunswick,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Atherton |
Death of a Dead Day is the second studio album by British progressive metal band Sikth, as well as the last released before their 2008–2013 hiatus. It was released on 6 June 2006 (06/06/06) in the United States and 26 June in the United Kingdom; the first 4000 copies came with hand autographed fold out posters. It was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20of%20a%20Dead%20Day |
Auxentius of Bithynia () was a hermit born circa AD 400 in Syria, and died February 14, 473, on Mount Scopas (also known as Mount Auxentius; currently known in Turkish as Kayış Dağı).
Life
Born in Syria of Persian ancestry, Auxentius served in the Equestrian Guard of Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II, but left to become... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxentius%20of%20Bithynia |
Southwestern University is in Georgetown, Texas, U.S.
Southwestern University may also refer to:
Southwestern University (Philippines) in Cebu City, Philippines
National Southwestern Associated University, China
See also
Southwest University (disambiguation)
Southwest College, a community college in Houston, Texas
S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern%20University%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Miguel Antonio Otero II (October 17, 1859 – August 7, 1944) was an American politician, businessman, and author who served as the 16th Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1897 to 1906. He was the son of Miguel Antonio Otero, a prominent businessman and New Mexico politician.
Early life
Miguel Antonio Otero had an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Antonio%20Otero%20%28born%201859%29 |
Greatest Hits Redux is a compilation album by the American rock band Cracker featuring re-recordings of previously released material.
The album was released on February 21, 2006 on the Cooking Vinyl label, the same day their previous label Virgin Records issued Get On With It: The Best of Cracker, which featured the o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest%20Hits%20Redux |
Miguel Antonio Otero may refer to:
Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1829) (1829–1882), prominent politician of the New Mexico Territory, delegate to the U.S. Congress
Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1859) (1859–1944), son of previous, governor of New Mexico Territory
Miguel Antonio Otero, Jr. (1892–1977), son of previous, dis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Antonio%20Otero |
Baron was a Japanese naval physician.
Early life
Born in Hyūga Province (present-day Miyazaki Prefecture) as the son of a samurai retainer to the Satsuma domain, Takaki studied Chinese medicine as a youth and served as a medic in the Boshin War. He later studied western medical science under British doctor William Wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takaki%20Kanehiro |
USS PC-1119 was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later renamed Greencastle (PC-1119), after Greencastle, Indiana and Greencastle, Pennsylvania, but never saw active service under that name.
Career
PC-1119 was laid down at Defoe Shipbuilding Company, in Bay City, Michigan, on 12 June 194... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20PC-1119 |
Bengt Gustafsson may refer to:
Bengt Gustafsson (astronomer) (born 1943), Swedish professor of astronomy
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 1958), Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Bengt Gustafsson (general) (1933–2019), Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces 1986–1994
See also
Bengt Gustafson (born 1963), Sweden... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt%20Gustafsson |
Hemi-Vision is the third album by Canadian blues-rock band Big Sugar. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 1997 Juno Awards.
The singles from the album were "Diggin' a Hole", "If I Had My Way", "Gone For Good", and " Up Baby". The band also recorded a French language version of " Up Baby", entitled "Ouvr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemi-Vision |
Andrée Louise Vaurabourg-Honegger (8 September 1894 − 18 July 1980) was a French pianist and teacher. She was the wife of Swiss-French composer Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), whom she met at the Paris Conservatoire in 1916. Honegger married her in 1926 on the condition that they live in separate apartments because he req... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9e%20Vaurabourg |
Herbert Ira London (March 6, 1939 – November 10, 2018) was an American conservative activist, commentator, author, and academic. London was the president of the Hudson Institute from 1997 to 2011. He was a frequent columnist for The Washington Times. London was president of the London Center for Policy Research, a cons... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20London |
Seven Group Holdings Limited (SGH, formerly Seven Network Limited) is an Australian diversified operating and investment group in the media, mining and construction industries.
History
Seven Network Limited was formed in 1991 by receivers to bundle together the assets of Christopher Skase's failed Qintex business.
B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven%20Group%20Holdings |
Advancing Chemistry by Enhancing Learning in the Laboratory (ACELL) is a project for improving the teaching of Chemistry in the Laboratory.
History
The current ACELL project began as APCELL (Australian Physical Chemistry Enhanced Laboratory Learning) in the late 1990s. Initially funded by the Australian Government t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advancing%20Chemistry%20by%20Enhancing%20Learning%20in%20the%20Laboratory |
Midwestern Baptist College, is an independent Baptist college in Orion, Michigan.
History
In 1953, the school was founded in Pontiac, Michigan by Tom Malone Sr. as a liberal arts college, which included a Baptist seminary on more than . It specializes in Christian theological doctrine. Malone wanted to offer a faith-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern%20Baptist%20College |
Old-Age Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1933 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1933:
Modification
This concept contained in the convention were revised and included in ILO Convention C128, Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967.
Ratificati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-Age%20Insurance%20%28Agriculture%29%20Convention%2C%201933%20%28shelved%29 |
Manyema (WaManyema) (Una-Ma-Nyema, eaters of flesh) are a Bantu ethnic group, described in the past as powerful and warlike, in the African Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa and Central Africa.
Many Manyema, like many Nyamwezi, are the descendants of porters who emerged during the height of the Swahili-Arab trade... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyema |
Operation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to bring Christianity to the Waodani or Huaorani people of the rain forest of Ecuador. The Huaorani, also known pejoratively as Aucas (a modification of , the Quechua word for 'savages'), were an isolated tribe known for the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Auca |
In statistics, overdispersion is the presence of greater variability (statistical dispersion) in a data set than would be expected based on a given statistical model.
A common task in applied statistics is choosing a parametric model to fit a given set of empirical observations. This necessitates an assessment of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdispersion |
Nushki (Urdu |) is a town and district in Balochistan, Pakistan. It lies in a plain south-west of Quetta, at an elevation of above sea level. From Nushki, the flat Balochistan desert stretches away northward and westward to the Helmand River.
History
Nushki was a starting off point for the British exploration of Cen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nushki |
Invalidity Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1933:
Modification
The concepts included in this convention were revised and included in ILO Convention C128, Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967.
Rat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invalidity%20Insurance%20%28Industry%2C%20etc.%29%20Convention%2C%201933%20%28shelved%29 |
The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) was a British drama school. It had two sites: ALRA South on Wandsworth Common in south London and ALRA North in Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was founded in 1979 by director and actor Sorrel Carson who then directed the school as its principal until 2001.
ALRA was a member... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy%20of%20Live%20and%20Recorded%20Arts |
Nosratabad (, also Romanized as Noșratābād) is a city in, and the capital of, Nosratabad District of Zahedan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
Nosratabad lies on the road from Zahedan to Bam.
At the 2006 census, its population was 4,182 in 919 households. The following census in 2011 counted 4,270 people... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosratabad |
Ten Network Holdings Ltd, commonly referred as Paramount Australia & New Zealand, is a major media company in Australia. Headquartered in Sydney, its major asset is Network 10, a free-to-air television network. Formerly a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, since December 2019, it has been a su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten%20Network%20Holdings |
Nine Men's Misery is a site in current day Cumberland, Rhode Island, where nine colonists were tortured by Narragansett warriors during King Philip's War. A stone memorial was constructed in 1676 and is believed to be the oldest war monument in the United States.
History
On March 26, 1676, during King Philip's War, C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine%20Men%27s%20Misery |
Santiago de las Vegas is a ward of Boyeros, a municipality of Havana, Cuba, located south of the city center. As of 2012, the population was 32,958. The Cuban government maintains an agricultural experiment station as well as a meteorology center in the city.
History
The first settlement dates from 1683 when tobacco ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago%20de%20las%20Vegas |
Randall Duane Ayers (born April 16, 1956) is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach (through a coaching advisor position) for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. Ayers grew up in Springfield, Ohio and played college basketball at Miami University in Ohio. He has been a bas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%20Ayers |
Home Room is an independent film starring Erika Christensen, Busy Philipps and Victor Garber. It premiered in the Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival on 12 April 2002, and made its limited theatrical release on 5 September 2003.
Plot
A school massacre leaves seven students and the shooter's parents dead and one studen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20Room%20%282002%20film%29 |
Warrego is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The electorate lies in the extreme southwest of Queensland, running along the western part of the border with New South Wales. It includes the large town of Dalby, as well as the rural centres of Surat, Roma, Tara, Char... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20district%20of%20Warrego |
Girls Under Glass (GUG) is a musical group from Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1986 by Thomas Lücke, Hauke Harms, and Volker "Zaphor" Zacharias. Described as "an indispensable part of the German wave and gothic scene", GUG began as a gothic rock band, but quickly crossed genre boundaries, incorporating metal and electron... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%20Under%20Glass |
Melvin Junius Gray (born March 16, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a kickoff returner in the National Football League (NFL). He played with the New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, Houston/Tennessee Oilers and Philadelphia Eagles. He began his professional career for the Los Angeles Expre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%20Gray%20%28return%20specialist%29 |
In baseball, a batboy or batgirl is an individual who carries baseball bats to the players on a baseball team. Duties of a batboy may also include handling and preparing players’ equipment and bringing baseballs to the umpire during the game. During games, a batboy remains in or near a team's dugout and the area aroun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batboy |
The Alte Nationalgalerie ( Old National Gallery) is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. The gallery was built from 1862 to 1876 by the order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Heinrich Strack in Neoclassical and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alte%20Nationalgalerie |
Richard 'Ricky' Barham (born 28 November 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Recruited from South Warrnambool, Barham had a successful career early with Collingwood Football Club as a quick wingman. He could find the ball and his skills were sound, but his p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky%20Barham |
Sunshine Dream is the third double-album compilation of the Beach Boys' music to be compiled by their former label, Capitol Records (following the earlier Endless Summer and Spirit of America). Released in 1982, the album features singles and album tracks ranging from 1964 to 1969, and it is the first time "The Beach B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine%20Dream |
Charles Anderson Wolverton (October 24, 1880 – May 16, 1969) was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for nearly 32 years, from 1927 to 1959.
Career
Born in Camden, New Jersey, Wolverton graduated from Camden High School in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20A.%20Wolverton |
Bookless in Baghdad is a 2005 book by author Shashi Tharoor that consists of a collection of previously published articles, book reviews and columns on writers, books and literary musings.
In the title story, "Bookless in Baghdad", Tharoor writes about his experience when he visits Baghdad on a UN initiative soon afte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookless%20in%20Baghdad |
Charles Wolverton is the name of:
Charles A. Wolverton (1880-1969), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
Charles E. Wolverton (1851-1926), 18th Chief Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Wolverton |
Invalidity Insurance (Agriculture) 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 C128, Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967.
Ratifica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invalidity%20Insurance%20%28Agriculture%29%20Convention%2C%201933%20%28shelved%29 |
The siege of Delhi was one of the decisive conflicts of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
The rebellion against the authority of the East India Company was widespread through much of Northern India, but essentially it was sparked by the mass uprising by the sepoys of the Bengal Army, which the company had itself raised in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege%20of%20Delhi |
The Shahrud (, from , DMG šāh-rūd or šāh-i-rūd) was a short-necked lute, illustrated in the Surname-i Hümayun, resembling an oud or barbat, but being much larger. The larger size gave the instrument added resonance and a deeper (bass) range, like the modern mandobass, mandolone or Algerian mandole.
The word also refer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrud |
Clem Jones AO (16 January 191815 December 2007), a surveyor by profession, was the longest serving Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, representing the Labor Party from 1961 to 1975. He was chair of the Darwin Reconstruction Commission from 1975 to 1978. He was a successful businessman and philanthropist.
Public life... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem%20Jones |
Phytogeography (from Greek φυτόν, phytón = "plant" and γεωγραφία, geographía = "geography" meaning also distribution) or botanical geography is the branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species and their influence on the earth's surface. Phytogeography is concerned with all ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytogeography |
Sidney Feller (December 24, 1916 – February 16, 2006) was an American conductor and arranger, best known for his work with Ray Charles. He worked with Charles on hundreds of songs including Georgia on My Mind and worked as Charles' conductor while on tour. Ray Charles once said of him "if they call me a genius, then Si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid%20Feller |
WVKO-FM (103.1 MHz, "La Mega 103.1") is a Spanish language radio station playing Spanish adult contemporary and some regional Mexican music. WVKO-FM is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the community of Columbus, Ohio. The station was first licensed, as WWWJ, on July 29, 1975.
According ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVKO-FM |
Wilhelm "Will" Decker (13 December 1899 in Rostock – 1 May 1945 near Berlin) was a German publicist, and in the time of the Third Reich the General Labour Leader.
After his Abitur, he served at the front in 1917-1918 in the First World War and afterwards studied history and Germanistics between 1919 and 1922.
By 1919... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm%20Decker |
Five Hundred Pounds is an album by Canadian rock band Big Sugar, released in 1993 on Hypnotic Records.
Based on Big Sugar's burgeoning reputation as a live band, the album sold 10,000 copies solely by word of mouth before it garnered any significant radio airplay.
In 1995 the album was released in the United States a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five%20Hundred%20Pounds |
Survivors' Insurance (Agriculture) 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 C128, Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967.
Ratifica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivors%27%20Insurance%20%28Agriculture%29%20Convention%2C%201933%20%28shelved%29 |
Daniel Charles Kucan (born October 16, 1970) is an American carpenter, artist, interior designer, actor, writer, and television personality on the Emmy Award-winning TV series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Early life
Kucan was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and then attended New York University. He has two o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Kucan |
"When I Get Where I'm Going'" is a song written by George Teren and Rivers Rutherford, and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in October 2005 as second single from his album Time Well Wasted and is his 14th career single (not counting album cuts). The song features harmony vocals fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20I%20Get%20Where%20I%27m%20Going |
One to Grow On is an educational public service announcement that broadcast during NBC's Saturday morning line-up from 1983 to 1989, when the network ran cartoons. The name is taken from the custom of putting an extra candle on a birthday cake as "one to grow on". One to Grow On focused on ethical and personal safety d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20to%20Grow%20On |
Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1967, with the preamble stating:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Old-Age Insurance (Industry, etc.) Convention, 1933, the Old... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invalidity%2C%20Old-Age%20and%20Survivors%27%20Benefits%20Convention%2C%201967 |
The 6th Micronesian Games were held on Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands from June 23-July 2, 2006. The Games featured competition in 15 different sports/disciplines.
In February 2006, the Games were canceled by the Governor of the Northern Marianas, Benigno R. Fitial, due to a financial crisis and a lack of planning. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Micronesian%20Games |
Broadspectrum, formerly known as Transfield Services, was an Australian and New Zealand company that provided infrastructure maintenance services. Formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, and later owned by Ferrovial, it was then acquired by Ventia who integrated Broadspectrum alongside Visionstream.
Ove... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadspectrum |
Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention (Revised), 1949 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1949, with the preamble stating:
Modification
The convention is a revision of ILO Convention C34, Fee-Charging Employment Agencies Convention, 1933 (shelved).
Ratifications
As of 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fee-Charging%20Employment%20Agencies%20Convention%20%28Revised%29%2C%201949 |
Hit & Run is a greatest hits album by the Canadian rock band Big Sugar, released in 2003.
The album comprises two discs. The first, Hit, compiles the studio versions of the band's singles, along with three previously unreleased songs. The second, Run, is a live concert performance by the band.
Track listing
Hit
Run... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit%20%26%20Run%20%28Big%20Sugar%20album%29 |
Fred Akers (March 17, 1938 – December 7, 2020) was an American college football player and coach. He served as head football coach at the University of Wyoming (1975–1976), the University of Texas at Austin (1977–1986), and Purdue University (1987–1990), compiling a career college football record of 108–75–3.
Coaching... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Akers |
Kitsilano Secondary School is a public secondary school in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The school has several district programs including French immersion and on-site pre-employment. Advanced Placement courses are also offered.
The school
The first students selected royal blue a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsilano%20Secondary%20School |
The Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) is a Cabinet-level agency within Tennessee state government, currently led by Greg Gonzales, Commissioner of Financial Institutions. The department is responsible for regulating Tennessee's banking system, including state-chartered banks and credit unions, and h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee%20Department%20of%20Financial%20Institutions |
The Moscow Mathematical Journal (MMJ) is a mathematics journal published quarterly by the Independent University of Moscow and the HSE Faculty of Mathematics and distributed by the American Mathematical Society. The journal published its first issue in 2001. Its editors-in-chief are Yulij Ilyashenko (Independent Univer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%20Mathematical%20Journal |
Kirsten Emmelmann ( Siemon; born 19 April 1961 in Warnemünde, Bezirk Rostock) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1980s in the 400 meter sprint. Her biggest success came as a member of the 4 × 400 meter relay: in 1987 she was world champion, and at the 1988 Summer Olympics he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten%20Emmelmann |
Kirk Samuel Penney (born 23 November 1980) is a New Zealand professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers between 1999 and 2003, where he was twice named first-team all-conference and an all-American. He became the second New Zealander in the NBA when he appeared b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk%20Penney |
Fair Park Coliseum was a 7,200-seat, covered, open-sided, multi-purpose arena in Beaumont, Texas. It hosted local sporting events and concerts. It was opened in 1978. At the time of its opening the Fair Park Coliseum was the primary concert venue in the Beaumont area; within a decade, however, demand for concert tick... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair%20Park%20Coliseum%20%28Beaumont%2C%20Texas%29 |
"Abbottabad" is a poem by Major James Abbott (1807–1896), who wrote the work about his experience of living in the area before leaving it. He was impressed by beauty of the area. The Pakistani city Abbottabad, which he founded (then capital of the Hazara District of British India), is named after him. A plaque commemor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad%20%28poem%29 |
The Beaumont Civic Center, in downtown Beaumont, Texas, is a 6,500-seat arena where concerts, conventions, trade shows and exhibitions are held. Banquet maximum capacity is 2,000. It has of ground-level exhibit space and space on the second level for a combined space of . The building includes four dressing rooms wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaumont%20Civic%20Center |
Personnel branches, in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), are groupings of related military occupations.
Personnel branches were officially established at unification in 1968 to amalgamate the old Canadian Army corps and similar occupational groupings in the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force.
According t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personnel%20branch |
Occupational Safety and Health (Dock Work) Convention, 1979 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1979, with the preamble stating:
Modification
The principles contained in the convention are a revision of those contained in ILO Convention C32.
Ratifications
As of 2023, the conve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational%20Safety%20and%20Health%20%28Dock%20Work%29%20Convention%2C%201979 |
The Humble Civic Center Arena is a 7,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Humble, Texas, USA. It hosts local sporting events and concerts.
External links
Official website
Sports venues in Texas
Indoor arenas in Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble%20Civic%20Center%20Arena |
Suzy Delair (born Suzette Pierrette Delaire; December 31, 1917 – March 15, 2020) was a French actress, dancer, singer, comedian and star of vaudeville.
Early years
Growing up in Montmartre, Delair was the daughter of a father who upholstered expensive cars' interiors, and a seamstress mother. She studied music at La S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzy%20Delair |
Children's Hour is a BBC radio programme.
The Children's Hour may refer to:
Games
The Children's Hour (game), a game box containing three games (ABC Fishing, Peanut the Elephant, and Porky the Pig) for children released by Parker Bros in 1961.
Literature
"The Children's Hour" (poem), a poem by Henry Wadsworth Long... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Children%27s%20Hour |
Medical Care and Sickness Benefits Convention, 1969 is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in 1969 revised Convention C24 Sickness Insurance (Industry) Convention, 1927 and Convention C25 Sickness Insurance (Agriculture) Convention, 1927.
Content
General provisions
Article 1
There a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20Care%20and%20Sickness%20Benefits%20Convention%2C%201969 |
Avital ( ’Ăḇîṭāl) is a Hebrew given name of Old Testament origin. Traditionally a female given name, its modern usage is unisex.
Avital is also used as a surname.
Etymology
"Abital" translates to dewy (as in, morning dew) or my father is [the] dew (Ab-i means "my father"; -i is possessive pronoun for "my").
The nam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avital%20%28given%20name%29 |
Mt. Carmel High School (MCHS) is a public high school located in Rancho Peñasquitos, a community of San Diego, California, United States. The school is part of the Poway Unified School District and its mascot is the Sundevil.
Mt. Carmel High School is both a California Distinguished School Award winner (1985, 1999, 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt.%20Carmel%20High%20School%20%28San%20Diego%29 |
The National Bicycle League (NBL) was a United States–based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio. It was created by George Edward Esser in 1974 as first the bicycle auxiliary of the National Motorcycle Leagu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Bicycle%20League |
Nawab Fazal Nawaz Jung Bahadur (-1964) was a noted Hyderabadi politician and financier during the period of the Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII.
Birth and Family
He was born Syed Fazlullah in Hyderabad, India to a family of ancient Arab nobility. His father's antecedents traced their lineage to Muh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazal%20Nawaz%20Jung |
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