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Staunton Street () is a street in Central and Sheung Wan, on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Together with the upper section of Elgin Street, it is the heart of the Soho entertainment area, featuring a number of restaurants, bars and shops. It was named after George Thomas Staunton.
Location
The street runs on the contou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staunton%20Street |
Minburn is a hamlet in central, Alberta, Canada within the County of Minburn No. 27. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway and the Canadian National Railway, approximately west of the Town of Vermilion and east of the City of Edmonton.
History
Minburn was incorporated as a village on June 24, 1919. It dissolved f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minburn%2C%20Alberta |
Necronauts was a story appearing in the British comics anthology 2000 AD, by British comics writer Gordon Rennie and artist Frazer Irving. It brought Irving to public attention as his high contrast black and white artwork complemented Rennie's dark storyline.
Publication history
The outline for the story and was writt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronauts |
Estadio El Sadar (; known as Estadio Reyno de Navarra from 2005 to 2011, ) is a football stadium in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. The stadium holds 23,516 people. It was built in 1967 and is the home of Osasuna. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
Name
The stadium was known as El Sadar, after a river near t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Sadar%20Stadium |
Arusha Airport (Uwanja wa ndege wa Arusha in Swahili) is a domestic airport located in Olasiti ward of the city of Arusha, the capital of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. The airport is currently undergoing an expansion, which includes a new apron and terminal building.
The Arusha non-directional beacon (Ident: AR) is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arusha%20Airport |
Goshen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Middle Township, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Route 47, also known as Delsea Drive, runs directly through the center of the community.
History
The area was settled by Aaron Leaming, who began raising cattle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goshen%2C%20New%20Jersey |
Arthur Yager (October 29, 1858 – December 24, 1941) served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1913 to 1921.
Biography
Yager was born in Campbellsburg in Henry County, Kentucky. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Georgetown College in Kentucky, and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. Yager then bec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Yager |
The Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens is an English rugby union sevens tournament, organised by Rosslyn Park F.C., that has evolved into the world's largest rugby tournament with some 9,500 boys and girls aged 13 – 19 competing annually from over 800 schools. There are now well over 1,100 matches on the 5 groups of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Schools%20Sevens |
England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE). The country went by the abbreviation ENG and used the St George's Cross as flag and Land of Hope and Glory as the national anthem.
Diver Tony Ally bore England's flag at the opening ceremony whilst shooter Mic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England%20at%20the%202006%20Commonwealth%20Games |
Fritz John (14 June 1910 – 10 February 1994) was a German-born mathematician specialising in partial differential equations and ill-posed problems. His early work was on the Radon transform and he is remembered for John's equation. He was a 1984 MacArthur Fellow.
Life and career
John was born in Berlin, Imperial Germ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz%20John |
City of Angels is a 1976 American television series created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins, who had previously worked together on The Rockford Files. American mystery novelist Max Allan Collins has called City of Angels "the best private eye series ever."
Plot
Wayne Rogers plays a determined but not wholly ethi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20of%20Angels%20%281976%20TV%20series%29 |
Microspores are land plant spores that develop into male gametophytes, whereas megaspores develop into female gametophytes. The male gametophyte gives rise to sperm cells, which are used for fertilization of an egg cell to form a zygote. Megaspores are structures that are part of the alternation of generations in many ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microspore |
Sundridge and Ide Hill is a civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located in the Darenth valley and lies between Sevenoaks and Westerham. The parish contains the villages of Sundridge and Ide Hill and the hamlet of Goathurst Common. It lies within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beau... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundridge%20with%20Ide%20Hill |
Wharton Field House is a historic arena located at 1800 20th Avenue in Moline, Illinois. It opened in 1928 and was home to the NBA's Tri-Cities Blackhawks, today's Atlanta Hawks, from 1946 to 1951. It has hosted professional teams, high school teams, concerts, and other events in its history. The approximately 7,000 se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharton%20Field%20House |
The Hvalfjörður Tunnel ( ) is a road tunnel under the Hvalfjörður fjord in Iceland and a part of Route 1. It is long and reaches a depth of below sea level. Opened on 11 July 1998, it shortens the distance from Reykjavík to the western and northern parts of the island by . Passing the fjord now takes 7 minutes instea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvalfj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur%20Tunnel |
Alfonso Parcutt Steele (April 9, 1817 – July 8, 1911) was one of the last remaining survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution, and second-to-last survivor of Sam Houston's Army.
Life
Alphonso (Often spelled "Alfonso" in Republic of Texas records) Steele was born in 1817 to Stephen Parcutt Stee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso%20Steele |
Horace Mann Towner (October 23, 1855 – November 23, 1937) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa's 8th congressional district and appointed the governor of Puerto Rico. In an era in which the federal government's role in health and education was small, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace%20M.%20Towner |
The title of Lord Balmerino (or Balmerinoch) was a title in the Peerage of Scotland; it was created in 1606 and forfeited in 1746 on the attainder and execution of the 6th Lord Balmerino in the Tower of London.
The title of Lord Coupar or Cupar was a title in the Peerage of Scotland; it was created on 20 December 1607... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%20Balmerino |
Croxton is a village and civil parish about west of Cambridge in South Cambridgeshire, England. In 2001, the resident population was 163 people, falling slightly to 160 at the 2011 Census. Croxton Park is to the south of the current village and contains a large house and parkland.
History
The name of the village was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croxton%2C%20Cambridgeshire |
Morrin is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 26 km north of the Town of Drumheller, along Highway 27 and the Railink Central Western railway.
The Morrin Bridge Provincial recreation area is located 10 km west of the village, in the Red Deer River valley, and Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrin%2C%20Alberta |
People's Army/Armed Forces is/was the title of the armed forces or army of several countries:
Albanian People's Army
Algerian People's National Armed Forces
Bulgarian People's Army
Czechoslovak People's Army
Hungarian People's Army
Korean People's Army, North Korea
Lao People's Armed Forces
Mongolian People's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s%20Army |
Denver Auditorium Arena was an indoor arena located at the corner of 13th and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. It was constructed as the Denver Municipal Auditorium in 1908 during the administration of Mayor Robert W. Speer. The building was opened on July 7, 1908, and was the site of the 1908 Democratic National Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver%20Auditorium%20Arena |
Jack the Lad were a British folk rock group from North East England formed in 1973 by three former members of the most successful band of the period from the region, Lindisfarne. They moved from the progressive folk rock of Lindisfarne into much more traditional territory and were in the mid-1970s something of a northe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20the%20Lad |
Ventriculitis is the inflammation of the ventricles in the brain. The ventricles are responsible for containing and circulating cerebrospinal fluid throughout the brain. Ventriculitis is caused by infection of the ventricles, leading to swelling and inflammation. This is especially prevalent in patients with external v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventriculitis |
Local council elections were held for 23 localities in Malta on 11 March 2006. Traditionally, this round of elections has given positive results to the Nationalist Party, with the biggest villages apart from Żabbar, being the traditional villages in which the Nationalist Party (Sliema, Naxxar, Birkirkara) obtains best ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Maltese%20local%20elections |
Kalle Markus Palander (born May 2, 1977 in Tornio) is a Finnish retired alpine skier, the most successful male Finn ever in the sport.
Career
In 1999 Palander won the world championship in slalom. He also won the Alpine skiing World Cup in slalom during the 2002–2003 season, and was fourth in the overall standings. Pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalle%20Palander |
Peerage of England
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|Henry of Bolingbroke||1399||1399||Duke of Hereford (1397); Elected King, and all... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20peers%201390%E2%80%931399 |
Sir Frederic George Kenyon (15 January 1863 – 23 August 1952) was an English palaeographer and biblical and classical scholar. He held a series of posts at the British Museum from 1889 to 1931. He was also the president of the British Academy from 1917 to 1921. From 1918 to 1952 he was Gentleman Usher of the Purple Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic%20G.%20Kenyon |
The Gracie Challenge was an open invitation challenge match issued by members of the Gracie family, representing their self-defense system of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu against challengers of other martial art systems in a vale tudo match, or "anything goes" competition.
A precursor to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie%20Challenge |
North Side High School Gym was an indoor gymnasium in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It hosted the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons from 1941 until they moved to the War Memorial Coliseum in 1952. The gymnasium held near 3,000 people and hosted games for North Side High School in Fort Wayne through 2004 when the school was renovated. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Side%20High%20School%20Gym |
The is a Japanese yōkai depicted in Toriyama Sekien's 1776 book Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, with its precursor or equivalent documented earlier in 1686.
These beings presumably lick the filth and scum that collect in bathtubs and bathrooms.
Terminology
The word aka refers to dead skin on a person's body, alongside the dir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaname |
The Electrophone was a distributed audio system that operated in the United Kingdom, primarily in London, between 1895 and 1925. Using conventional telephone lines, it relayed live theatre performances, music hall shows, and Sunday church services to subscribers who listened over special headsets. It ultimately failed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrophone%20%28information%20system%29 |
Joanna L. Laynesmith (née Chamberlayne) is a scholar of medieval studies, focusing on medieval queenship. Her book: The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503 (Oxford University Press, , ) jointly won the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Prize in 2005 and the Women's History Network (UK) Book Prize in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20L.%20Laynesmith |
Mohammad Noordin bin Sopiee (26 December 1944 – 29 December 2005) was a Malaysian academician born in Penang. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), a major think tank of Malaysia.
Biography
He married Puan Sri Shamsiah Hashim in 1968 and they have... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad%20Noordin%20Sopiee |
The discography of Nas, an American rapper, consists of seventeen studio albums, one collaborative album, one group album, five compilations, four mixtapes, one extended play, and seventy-nine singles (including twelve collaboration singles and thirty-three as a featured artist). Nas has sold over 20 million records in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas%20discography |
Jamie Pollock (born 16 February 1974) is an English former football club chairman, manager and professional player. As a player he was a midfielder from 1990 to 2002. He played Premier League football for Middlesbrough, Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City. He also more than 300 appearances in the Football League also ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Pollock |
The 16th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany, in 1966. During these championships, new elements were performed including a full-twisting piked dismount from high bar, a layout with full turn (rings), and a double somersault.
Results
Medals
Men
Team competition
All-around
F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966%20World%20Artistic%20Gymnastics%20Championships |
Munson is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 13 km north of the Town of Drumheller along Highway 9 and the Canadian National Railway tracks.
History
Prior to the end of World War I, Munson was the site of a Ukrainian Canadian internment camp where non-citizen immigrant prisoners laboured on the railw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munson%2C%20Alberta |
John David Qualtrough Cannan (24 August, 1936 – 2022) was the Member of the House of Keys for Michael and Chairman of the Isle of Man Water Authority. He was the son of former Chaplain of the House of Keys, Rev Canon Charles Cannan. He was educated at King William's College and was a businessman in the tea and rubber... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Cannan |
Shek Pik () is an area located along the southwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. When the Shek Pik Reservoir was built, villages at Shek Pik were demolished and the villagers were relocated to other parts of Lantau Island and to Tsuen Wan. Below the dam of the reservoir is Shek Pik Prison.
Geography
Shek Pik w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shek%20Pik |
The term aero-engined refers to a vehicle other than an aircraft that is powered by an aircraft engine:
Aero-engined boat (such as Miss England I and Miss Britain III)
Aero-engined car
Aero-engined train (including turbojet trains such as the M-497 Black Beetle) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero-engined |
Goulart is a Portuguese-language surname of French roots, common in Portugal and Brazil (with a variant spelled Gularte). There is also a variant from Hoeilart, which is a Flemish surname popular in the Azores Islands and adapted to Portuguese as Goulart.
Notable people with the surname include:
Alexandre Goulart (bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulart |
William P. Fralic Jr. ( ) (October 31, 1962 – December 13, 2018) was an American professional football player who was a guard for the Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1985 to 1993. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Early years
Born in Penn Hills, Penns... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Fralic |
The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (formerly San Francisco Civic Auditorium and San Francisco Exposition Auditorium) is a multi-purpose arena in San Francisco, California, named after promoter Bill Graham. The arena holds 8,500 people.
About the venue
The auditorium was designed by renowned Bay Area architects John Gal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Graham%20Civic%20Auditorium |
The Island Garden Arena was a 5,200-seat arena in West Hempstead, New York. It was built in 1957 by Arnold "Whitey" Carlson, a descendant of Swedish immigrants. Carlson's grandfather was Henrik Carlson, a noted San Diego sculptor who was the Foreign Art Director for the San Diego Exposition (now Balboa Park).
Over th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island%20Garden |
Nampa is a village in northern Alberta, Canada. It is south of the Town of Peace River on Highway 2. Heart River crosses the Highway 2 just north of community. Canadian National Railway owned railway traverses the village. Nampa is an Indigenous word for 'the Place'.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nampa%2C%20Alberta |
The Sunbeam 1000 HP Mystery, or "The Slug", is a land speed record-breaking car built by the Sunbeam car company of Wolverhampton that was powered by two aircraft engines. It was the first car to travel at over 200 mph. The car's last run was a demonstration circuit at Brooklands, running at slow speed on only one eng... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam%201000%20hp |
, better known by her stage name Lisa (stylized as LISA), is a Japanese singer, songwriter and producer. In 1998, she debuted as a member of the Japanese urban contemporary group M-Flo with Verbal and Taku Takahashi. In 2002, she left the band in order to pursue a solo project and released seven albums as a soloist. In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20%28Japanese%20musician%2C%20born%201974%29 |
Stephen Stubbs (born 1951) is a lutenist and music director and has been a leading figure in the American early music scene for nearly thirty years.
Born in Seattle, he studied harpsichord and composition at the University of Washington where, at the same time, he began playing the harpsichord and the lute. He left Am... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Stubbs |
The M94 Group (Canes I Group or Canes Venatici I Group) is a loose, extended group of galaxies located about 13 million light-years away in the constellations Canes Venatici and Coma Berenices. The group is one of many groups that lies within the Virgo Supercluster (i.e. the Local Supercluster) and one of the closest ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M94%20Group |
The Toyota Coliseum, formerly the State Fair Coliseum, is an indoor arena in Geddes, New York. It hosted the Syracuse Nationals from 1946 to 1951 as well as the Syracuse Stars of the American Hockey League. It also served as a temporary home to the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team following the burning of their o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota%20Coliseum |
CIU may refer to:
Crash Investigation Unit, an Australian factual television program
Working Men's Club and Institute Union, an association of social clubs in the United Kingdom
Chippewa County International Airport in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (IATA Code: CIU)
Columbia International University, a Bible college and se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIU |
Joseph Maurice Leo "Moe" Benoit (July 26, 1932 – December 10, 2013) was a Canadian professional hockey defenceman.
Benoit was born in Valleyfield, Quebec and started playing professional hockey in 1948 for the Montreal Royals. After a five-year break he began playing again for the Trois-Rivières Lions. He had successf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Benoit |
Julie's Haircut is an Italian neo-psychedelic rock group formed in Emilia between Modena and Reggio Emilia in 1994. They sing in English.
Biography
Active since the late nineties, Julie's Haircut is a band originally formed in Sassuolo, northern Italy. Their debut album “Fever in the funk house” (Gammapop, 1999), a st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie%27s%20Haircut |
The Calakmul Biosphere Reserve () is located at the base of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, in Calakmul Municipality in the state of Campeche, bordering the Guatemalan department of El Petén to the south. It occupies and includes about 12% of the subperennial jungles of Mexico. The Reserve, which was established in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calakmul%20Biosphere%20Reserve |
This page provides supplementary chemical data on Hydrochloric acid.
Material Safety Data Sheet
The handling of this chemical may incur notable safety precautions. It is highly recommend that you seek the Material Safety Datasheet (MSDS) for this chemical from a reliable source and follow its directions.
Structure... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrochloric%20acid%20%28data%20page%29 |
The Temple of Friendship () is a small, round building in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, in Germany. It was built by King Frederick II of Prussia in memory of his sister, Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia, who died in 1758. The building, in the form of a classical temple, was built south of the park's main boulevard between 17... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple%20of%20Friendship |
The Department of Justice (, abbreviated as DOJ) is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philippines. It is the government's principal law agency, serving as its legal counsel and prosecution arm. It has its headquarters at the DOJ Building in Padr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department%20of%20Justice%20%28Philippines%29 |
Edgerton Park Arena was an indoor arena in Rochester, New York. The building was originally constructed in 1892 as the drill hall for a training school for delinquent boys. When the school moved early in the 20th century, the building was turned into an indoor sports arena and exhibition hall. An artificial ice-making ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgerton%20Park%20Arena |
The Lost World is a 2001 British made-for-television film adaptation of the 1912 novel of the same name by Arthur Conan Doyle, directed by Stuart Orme and adapted by Tony Mulholland and Adrian Hodges. It was filmed at various locations on the West Coast of New Zealand. The 145-minute film was divided into two 75-minute... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lost%20World%20%282001%20film%29 |
The Bea language, Aka-Bea, is an extinct Great Andamanese language of the Southern group. It was spoken around the western Andaman Strait and around the northern and western coast of South Andaman.
History
The Bea were one of the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, one of the ten or so Great Andamanese tribes i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka-Bea%20language |
Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani (born 17 April 1923, date of death unknown) was an Afghan Islamic scholar. The honorific "Faizani", a derivation of an Arabic word which denotes something that overflows with God's light (blessings), was bestowed upon him by the imam of the Kaaba during his Hajj.
Early life and work
Faizani... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Atta-ullah%20Faizani |
Smithers v. R., [1978] 1 S.C.R. 506 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on determining criminal causation in an offence of manslaughter. The Court held that the Crown must show that the accused's acts were a "contributing cause of death outside of the de minimis range." In practice, this test applied to all c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithers%20v%20R |
Wheel of Fortune is an Australian television game show produced by Grundy Television until 2006, and CBS Studios International in 2008. The program aired on the Seven Network from 1981 to 2004 and January to July 2006, aired at 5:00pm from 1981 to 1989 and from 2004 to 2006 and at 5:30pm from 1989 to 2003, and is mostl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel%20of%20Fortune%20%28Australian%20game%20show%29 |
The history of coins in the area that is now Romania spans over a 2500-year period; coins were first introduced in significant numbers to this area by the Greeks, through their colonies on the Black Sea shore.
Ancient coins
The earliest documented currency in the Romanian territory was an 8-gram silver drachma, issue... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20coins%20in%20Romania |
Channel One is a recording studio in Maxfield Avenue, West Kingston, Jamaica. The studio was built by the Hoo Kim brothers in 1972, and has had a profound influence on the development of reggae music.
History
Joseph Hoo Kim's parents ran a bar and ice cream parlour in Kingston, and Kim became interested in opening a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%20One%20Studios |
In mathematics, a Relevance Vector Machine (RVM) is a machine learning technique that uses Bayesian inference to obtain parsimonious solutions for regression and probabilistic classification.
The RVM has an identical functional form to the support vector machine, but provides probabilistic classification.
It is actual... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relevance%20vector%20machine |
The Kindness of Women is a 1991 novel by British author J. G. Ballard, a sequel to his 1984 novel Empire of the Sun. The Kindness of Women drew on the author's boyhood in Shanghai during World War II, presenting a lightly fictionalized treatment of Ballard's life from Shanghai through to adulthood in England, culminati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Kindness%20of%20Women |
In Christian theology, conditional election is the belief that God chooses for eternal salvation those whom he foresees will have faith in Christ. This belief emphasizes the importance of a person's free will. The counter-view is known as unconditional election, and is the belief that God chooses whomever he will, ba... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional%20election |
The Republic of Alba was a short-lived state that existed from 10 October to 2 November 1944 in Alba, northern Italy, as a local resistance against Italian fascism during World War II, and which was part of the so-called Italian Partisan Republics, the first of which was the Republic of Corniolo. It was named after the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20of%20Alba%20%281944%29 |
Mercenaria is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
The genus Mercenaria includes the quahogs, consisting of Mercenaria mercenaria, the northern quahog or hard clam, and M. campechiensis, the southern quahog. These two species commonly hybridise where thei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenaria |
Su Hart (born 3 September 1959) is a British musician, living in Bath, UK, and vocalist of the band Baka Beyond which was formed in 1992, when she and her partner, guitar, mandolin and bouzouki player Martin Cradick (formerly of the group Outback) travelled to south-east Cameroon to live with the Baka tribe (hunter-ga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su%20Hart |
France competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
Men
Men's combined
Women
Biathlon
Men
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.
3 One... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%20at%20the%202002%20Winter%20Olympics |
William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, KT, DL (21 February 1806 – 1 August 1898) was a British Conservative politician.
The son of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, and Frederica Markham, daughter of William Markham, Archbishop of York, he succeeded his father in 1840 to the Ear... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Murray%2C%204th%20Earl%20of%20Mansfield |
Alor Setar Tower (), also known as Kedah Tower is a 4-story, 165.5-meter-tall telecommunication tower in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia, It is Malaysia's third tallest tower, the tallest structure in the state and the tallest structure in the city.
Apart from serving the role of a telecommunication tower, it also caters ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alor%20Setar%20Tower |
The Support Our Scouts Act of 2005 was passed as part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-148, Division A, Title VIII, Sec. 8126) to prevent Local, State and Federal agencies from reducing their support for the Boy Scouts of America (and other youth organization). The bill was passed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Support%20Our%20Scouts%20Act |
Quiapo may refer to:
Quiapo, Chile, a location in Arauco Province
Quiapo, Manila, a district in the Philippines
Quiapo Church
Batang Quiapo (TV series), a night time Philippine television program | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiapo |
Hellum (Gronings: Helm) is a village in the municipality of Midden-Groningen, the Netherlands.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1282 as de Hellum. The etymology is unclear. Hellum is a road village which developed in the 12th century on a sandy ridge.
The church was built in the 13th century as a reconstru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellum |
Vishwa Thulasi is a 2004 Tamil-language drama film directed by Sumathy Ram, starring Mammooty and Nandita Das. This film's score and soundtrack were composed by Ilayaraaja and M. S. Viswanathan. The film was notable for having a female director.
Plot
The film, set in the 1940s and moving to the 1960s, revolves around ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishwa%20Thulasi |
Sands School is a democratic school in Ashburton, Devon in England.
Background
Sands School is the second democratic school in England which was started in 1987 by a group of students and teachers from the recently closed Dartington Hall School. Started in the kitchen of a parent's house, the school quickly establish... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sands%20School |
ATN Movies is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN).
ATN Movies is a Bollywood film channel with a focus on family-oriented films. It airs blockbusters, modern classics and contemporary cinema all sourced from various movie studios as well as locally produced Ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATN%20Movies |
Six Mile Bottom is a hamlet within the parish of Little Wilbraham, near Cambridge in England.
History
In the 1790s the only building at Six Mile Bottom was a paddock run by a stable keeper. In 1802, a sizeable country house was built nearby. Early residents were George and Augusta Leigh, the latter being Lord Byron's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six%20Mile%20Bottom |
Causeway Road () is a main road in Hong Kong. Situated in Causeway Bay, it joins Yee Wo Street in the west and King's Road. It is a boundary of Eastern District and Wan Chai District. North side of the road is Victoria Park in Eastern District while in the Wan Chai District in the south are Queen's College and Hong Kon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway%20Road |
Il talismano della felicità (; The Talisman of Happiness in English), written by magazine editor Ada Boni, is a well-known Italian cookbook originally published in 1929. It is believed to be the first Italian cookbook specifically targeted towards housewives, and along with the work of Pellegrino Artusi and Editoriale... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il%20talismano%20della%20felicit%C3%A0 |
Selonia (; ), also known as Augšzeme (the "Highland"), is one of the Historical Latvian Lands encompassing the eastern part of the historical region of Semigallia () as well as a portion of northeastern Lithuania. Its main city and cultural center is Jēkabpils. The Selonian language has become extinct, though some of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selonia |
Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained is a Dark Horse Comics comic book limited series created by writer Peter M. Lenkov and artist Frazer Irving. It should not be confused with the 1971 biographical study Charles Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained by Damon Knight, which apart from the title has no connection with the comic b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%3A%20Prophet%20of%20the%20Unexplained |
Ruckinge is a village and civil parish in south Kent centred south of Ashford on the B2067 Hamstreet to Hythe road, with two settled neighbourhoods. It is, broadly defined, a narrow, fairly large rural parish of land which is about one quarter woodland.
Geography
Almost three miles long, this is a mostly rural are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruckinge |
Ansty is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A272 road 1.4 miles (2.2 km) southwest of Cuckfield. It is in the civil parish of Ansty and Staplefield.
Ansty has a cricket team (Ansty Cricket Club), 1 football club (Ansty Sports and Social FC) and the Dark Star micro brewery.
Pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansty%2C%20West%20Sussex |
Kenardington is a small clustered village and the centre of a relatively small rural civil parish of the same name, in the Ashford District of Kent, England. The village is centred southwest of Ashford on the B2067 Hamstreet to Tenterden road.
Geography
Kenardington is on the edge of Romney Marsh, which its church of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenardington |
Sons of Northern Darkness is the seventh album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. Musically, it continues the blackened thrash metal style heard on the two previous releases At the Heart of Winter and Damned in Black. This was the band's first release on Nuclear Blast Records and the last album to feature Iscariah... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons%20of%20Northern%20Darkness |
"God Bless the Child" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Shania Twain. It was released on October 26, 1996 as the eighth and final single from her sophomore studio album The Woman in Me (1995). The album version was solely written by Twain and the single version was co-written by Mutt La... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%20Bless%20the%20Child%20%28Shania%20Twain%20song%29 |
God Bless the Child may refer to:
Literature
God Bless the Child, 1964 novel by Kristin Hunter
God Bless the Child, 2003 picture book by Jerry Pinkney of the Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. song
Music
"God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday song), covered by many artists
"God Bless the Child" (Shania Twain s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%20Bless%20the%20Child |
XPN (X Python Newsreader) is a news client written in Python and based on the GTK+ library.
Features
It offers a good MIME support, scoring system, filtered views, random tag-lines, external editor support, one-key navigation, ROT13, Face and X-Face headers decoding, spoiler char and many more. XPN is free software l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%20Python%20Newsreader |
Essential Services Commission may refer to:
Essential Services Commission (Victoria), commission of the Government of Victoria, Australia
Essential Services Commission of South Australia, commission of the Government of South Australia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential%20Services%20Commission |
NBI may refer to:
NBI (narrow body implant), or Mini dental implant
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Nicolas Berggruen Institute
Niels Bohr Institute
NBI (bank), a state-run Icelandic bank
Nation Brands Index
Nathaniel Branden Institute
National Bridge Inventory
National Bureau of Investigation (disambiguation)
National Bureau of I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBI |
Jean Bourdeau (28 June 1848 – 8 September 1928) was a French writer, known for his books on aspects of socialism. He was also a translator of Schopenhauer, and an early adopter in France of some of the thought of Nietzsche. He wrote on a wide range of subjects, from Johannes Janssen to Maxim Gorky and the rising person... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Bourdeau |
Tura (; , Turu) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Evenkiysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located in the Syverma Plateau, at the confluence of the Kochechum and the Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. Population:
History
Tura was the administrative center of Evenk Autonomous Okrug bef... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tura%2C%20Krasnoyarsk%20Krai |
Haroon Siddiqui, is an Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor.
Early life and career
Siddiqui continued as a columnist at the Star until 2015. His farewell column of 1 April 2015 marked his retirement from journalism.
Awards and distinctions
He shared a 1983 National Newspaper Award for s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haroon%20Siddiqui |
Ruy Luís Gomes (5 December 1905 – 27 October 1984) was a Portuguese mathematician who made significant contributions to the development of mathematical physics and the state of academia in Portugal during the twentieth century. He was part of a generation of young Portuguese mathematicians, including António Aniceto Mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy%20Lu%C3%ADs%20Gomes |
Project Catwalk is a competitive reality television show focusing on fashion design. In the UK it is shown on the digital station Sky One. The show follows a group of fashion designers as they compete against each other to avoid being "the next fashion victim" and win the competition. The programme is based upon the US... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Catwalk |
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