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Wade Keyes (1821 – 1879) was a lawyer, scholar, judge and professor from Alabama who served as the first and only Assistant Attorney General of the Confederacy, 1861–1865. After the Civil War he practiced law in Florence, Alabama.
Early life
Keyes was born 1821 on his father's plantation at Mooresville, Limestone Coun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%20Keyes |
Marcus Di Rollo (born 31 March 1978 in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish rugby union footballer. He played as a centre for Toulouse, Edinburgh, and the Scottish national team.
After moving from Edinburgh to Toulouse, Di Rollo endured a difficult time at the club. He only ever played one minute for the club due to confl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Di%20Rollo |
The Finnish maritime cluster is a cluster of Finnish companies in maritime industries. In 2016 the total turnover was estimated at 13 billion euros and it employed 48,000 people.
History
Small trading ships similar to Jacobstads Wapen were built in Finnish coastal towns in the 18th century. Small-scale shipyards conti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish%20maritime%20cluster |
Kermit Joseph Alexander (born January 4, 1941) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He was on the board of directors for the Lott IMPACT Trophy, which is named after Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott, and is awarded annuall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit%20Alexander |
No. 87 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air intelligence squadron. It saw action during World War II as a photo reconnaissance squadron, being raised in September 1944 through the re-designation of No. 1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit, which had been formed in June 1942. Throughout the war, No. 87 Squadron fl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No.%2087%20Squadron%20RAAF |
Banksia ser. Dryandra is a series of 94 species of shrub to small tree in the plant genus Banksia. It was considered a separate genus named Dryandra until early 2007, when it was merged into Banksia on the basis of extensive molecular and morphological evidence that Banksia was paraphyletic with respect to Dryandra.
T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia%20ser.%20Dryandra |
Chester McGlockton (September 16, 1969 – November 30, 2011) was an American professional football defensive tackle who played for four teams in his twelve-season National Football League (NFL) career from 1992 to 2003.
Early years
McGlockton was a High School All-American as a Tight End/linebacker at Whiteville High S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester%20McGlockton |
Let It Come Down is the fourth studio album by the rock band Spiritualized, released in 2001. It was recorded and produced at Abbey Road and AIR Studios. It took Jason Pierce, Spiritualized's lead singer, guitarist and sole constant member, four years to write, perform, produce and release. The album utilises 115 sessi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%20It%20Come%20Down%20%28Spiritualized%20album%29 |
"Lower Decks" is the 167th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is the 15th episode of the seventh season.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, while enduring th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower%20Decks%20%28Star%20Trek%3A%20The%20Next%20Generation%29 |
Momentos Intimos is a compilation album by American singer Selena and released posthumously on March 23, 2004, through EMI Latin. The album contains 24 tracks, though the last eight are spoken liner notes provided by the singer's family, friends, and her Los Dinos band. The songs on the album range from "Como Te Quiero... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentos%20Intimos |
The 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans () was a non-championship 24-hour automobile endurance race held from 18 to 19 June 2005, at the Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, for teams of three drivers each entering Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring cars. It was the 73rd running of the event, as organised by the automotive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans |
Zebra Lounge is a 2001 erotic thriller directed by Kari Skogland and starring Kristy Swanson, Stephen Baldwin, Brandy Ledford, and Cameron Daddo. It was written by Claire Montgomery and Monte Montgomery.
Plot
Alan and Wendy Barnet are stuck in a marital rut and decide to answer an ad they find in a Swinging magazine. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra%20Lounge |
Jineane Marie Ford (born ) is an American beauty queen, actress, and television personality from Arizona who held the title Miss USA 1980.
Background
Ford was raised on a farm in Gilbert, Arizona. She raised calves, and participated in rodeo barrel racing. She was a member of the Future Farmers of America and became... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jineane%20Ford |
The 1stBank Center (originally the Broomfield Event Center and formerly the Odeum Colorado) was a multi-purpose arena located 15 miles northwest of Downtown Denver, in the city of Broomfield. It was located near the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport and the Flatiron Crossing Mall. Opening in 2006, the arena naming ri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1stBank%20Center |
Pachypleurosauria is an extinct clade of primitive sauropterygian reptiles from the Triassic period. Pachypleurosaurs vaguely resembled aquatic lizards, with elongate forms ranging in size from , with small heads, long necks, paddle-like limbs, and long, deep tails. The limb girdles are greatly reduced, so it is unlike... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachypleurosauria |
An engagement letter defines the legal relationship (or engagement) between a professional firm (e.g., law, investment banking, consulting, advisory or accountancy firm) and its client(s). This letter states the terms and conditions of the engagement, principally addressing the scope of the engagement and the terms of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engagement%20letter |
Magic and Loss is the sixteenth solo studio album by American rock musician Lou Reed, released on January 14, 1992, by Sire Records. A concept album, it was Reed's highest-charting album on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at No. 6.
Background
Magic and Loss was originally intended to be primarily about themes of magic af... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic%20and%20Loss |
Richard Paul Anderson (born February 10, 1946) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Miami Dolphins of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons during the 1960s and 1970s. He played college football at Colorado and was recognized as a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Anderson |
Anyda Marchant (January 27, 1911 – January 11, 2006) was a lawyer (she was one of the first women to pass the Bar in Washington D.C.) and a founding partner of Naiad Press and A&M Books. She was also an author of primarily lesbian fiction, for which she wrote under the pseudonym Sarah Aldridge.
Early life
Marchant wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyda%20Marchant |
Kodama (, or ) are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees. The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides. The phenomenon known as yamabiko, when sounds make a delayed echoing effect in mountains and valleys, is sometimes attributed to this kind of spirit and may also be referred ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodama%20%28spirit%29 |
Stephen Anthony McNallen (born October 15, 1948) is an American proponent of Heathenry, a modern Pagan new religious movement, and a white nationalist activist. He founded the Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA), which he led from 1994 until 2016, having previously been the founder of the Viking Brotherhood and the Asatrú Free ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20McNallen |
Joel Tudor is a surfer, primarily known for longboarding, and competitive grappler from San Diego, California.
Biography
Professional Surf career
Tudor became a professional surfer at 14 and won his first professional ASP competition at age 15, making him the youngest competitor to win an ASP event.
He rode a longbo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Tudor |
Hicksbeachia is a genus of two species of trees in the family Proteaceae. They are native to rainforests of northern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland. They are commonly known as red bopple nut or beef nut due to the bright red colour of their fruits.
Taxonomy
Ferdinand von Mueller named the genus in 1883 in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicksbeachia |
Venezuelan literature can be traced to pre-Hispanic times with the myths and oral literature that formed the cosmogonic view of the world that indigenous people had. Some of these stories are still known in Venezuela. Like many Latin American countries, the Spanish conquerors have had the greatest effect on both the cu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan%20literature |
My Life is the second album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. Released in 1994 on Warner Bros., it peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
The album was dedicated to her father, Patric Shaw DeMent, who died in 1992.
Critical reception
Spin ranked My Life as the 3rd best album of 1994. Writin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Life%20%28Iris%20DeMent%20album%29 |
The Naderi Throne () is a gemmed and enameled throne made during the Qajar era, now kept in the national treasury of the Central Bank of Iran. The throne has no relation to Nader Shah: the name derives from the word nader meaning "rare" or "unique" in the Persian language.
History
The throne was made by the order of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naderi%20Throne |
Charles Richard Allen (September 7, 1939 – December 14, 2016) was an American professional football linebacker who played in the American Football League (AFL) with the San Diego Chargers, and later the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles. He played in four AFL Championsh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Allen |
The is a minivan produced by Japanese automaker Nissan from 1998 to 2009. The Presage was only officially sold by Nissan in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The name "Presage" is French for "omen".
First generation (U30; 1998)
The first generation Presage was launched by Nissan in June 1998 as a competitor to the H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan%20Presage |
Lynnette Marie O'Nan (née Cole; born February 9, 1978) is an American television personality, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title Miss Tennessee USA in 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win the Miss USA pageant, which was held in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 2000.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynnette%20Cole |
Ryan Jahnke (born March 21, 1978) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 2004 Skate America silver medalist and 2003 U.S. national bronze medalist.
Personal life
Jahnke was born on March 21, 1978, in Detroit, Michigan. He studied pre-medicine on a four-year academic scholarship at Wayne State Univ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Jahnke |
Georg Baur (1859–1898) was a German vertebrate paleontologist and Neo-Lamarckian who studied reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, particularly the Galápagos tortoises, in the 1890s. He is perhaps best known for his subsidence theory of the origin of the Galapagos Islands, where he postulated the islands were the remains ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Baur |
Lobo is a fictional Western comic-book hero who is the medium's first African-American character to headline his own series.
Publication history
Lobo starred in Dell Comics' little-known, two-issue series Lobo (Dec. 1965 & Sept. 1966), also listed as Dell Comics #12-439-512 and #12-439-610 in the company's quirky numb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobo%20%28Dell%20Comics%29 |
The Keraterm camp was a concentration camp established by Republika Srpska military and police authorities near the town of Prijedor in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War. The camp was used to collect and confine between 1,000 and 1,500 Bosniak and Bosnian Croat civilians.
The camp
The Keraterm ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keraterm%20camp |
Alesia may refer to:
Places
France
Alesia (city), an ancient city in Gaul
Alésia (Paris Métro), a station in the Paris Métro
Rue d'Alésia, Paris
Le quartier Alésia, an unofficial district of Paris that mostly overlaps Petit-Montrouge
United States
Alesia (Broussard, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP
Alesia, Maryl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alesia |
John Michael Alt (born May 30, 1962) is a former professional American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1984 to 1996. He was drafted in the first round of the 1984 NFL Draft with the 21st overall pick. A graduate of Columbi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Alt |
Murray Barracks () was a barracks for the British Army garrisoned in Admiralty, Central in Hong Kong. It was named after Sir George Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance at the time of construction.
Location
It was situated between present Garden Road and Cotton Tree Drive. The Barracks was located at present Asi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray%20Barracks |
"Masks" is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 169th episode overall.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, an alien archi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masks%20%28Star%20Trek%3A%20The%20Next%20Generation%29 |
is a compilation of the Phantasy Star video games. When released for the Sega Saturn in Japan in 1998, it featured the first four games in the series, whereas the Game Boy Advance version, released four years later in North America and five in Europe, features the first three. The North American and European versions w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasy%20Star%20Collection |
"Sublime" is the second song released by Australian musical duo Shakaya from their self-titled debut album (2002). It reached number 19 on the Australian Singles Chart.
Track listings
Original single
"Sublime"
"Sublime" (House mix)
"Sublime" (Sam Gee Clubb mix)
"Sublime" (Smoooth mix)
"Stop Calling Me" (Grooove ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime%20%28song%29 |
Shawnae Nicole Jebbia (born September 13, 1971) is an American entertainer and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1998.
Jebbia won the Miss Massachusetts USA title in 1997, in her first attempt at a pageant title. She went on to represent Massachusetts in the Miss USA 1998 pageant, becoming that state's first... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawnae%20Jebbia |
Alma is a former village in the parish of Alma, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023, when it became part of the new village of Fundy Albert. Alma is centered on the small delta of the Upper Salmon River and Cleveland Brook, where they empty into Salisbury Bay.
The headquarters of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma%2C%20New%20Brunswick |
Rochville University was an online diploma mill offering a "Life Experience Degree, and Certificate Program" without coursework or prior transcript evaluation. The State of Texas classified it as an "illegal supplier of educational credentials" whose degrees may not be used in Texas. The Oregon Office of Degree Authori... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochville%20University |
"Eye of the Beholder" is the 170th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 18th episode of the seventh season. It contains the first depiction in any Star Trek TV series or films of the inside of a starship's warp nacelle, and the only one until 2002's Star Trek: En... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye%20of%20the%20Beholder%20%28Star%20Trek%3A%20The%20Next%20Generation%29 |
John Martin (1947 – February 23, 2006) was a Canadian broadcaster, credited with "almost single-handedly" creating music television in Canada.
Early life and career
Born in Manchester, England, Martin left school at 16 and moved to London, where he worked as a rock drummer and freelance writer. At 20, he moved to Cana... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Martin%20%28Canadian%20broadcaster%29 |
The Kyiv Funicular () is a steep slope railroad on Kyiv Hills that serves the city of Kyiv, connecting the historic Uppertown, and the lower commercial neighborhood of Podil through the steep Volodymyrska Hill overseeing the Dnieper River. The line consists of only two stations and is operated by the Kyiv city communit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv%20Funicular |
"Music is Power" is a song by English singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft, the second track on his third studio album, Keys to the World (2006). The song features a sample from Walter Jackson's "It's All Over", written by Curtis Mayfield. It was released as the second single from that album on 17 April 2006, peaking at ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20Is%20Power |
Trifun Živanović (; born on April 17, 1975, in Santa Monica, California) is an American-born Serbian figure skater.
Career
Through 2001, Zivanovic competed for the United States, twice capturing medals at the U.S. Championships. In 2001, he decided to represent Yugoslavia. The country later became known as Serbia and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifun%20%C5%BDivanovi%C4%87 |
Patrick Joseph McGovern Jr. (August 11, 1937 – March 19, 2014) was an American businessman, and chairman and founder of International Data Group (IDG), a company with subsidiaries in technology publishing, research, event management and venture capital.
In September, 2013, he was listed on the Forbes 400 list of the r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Joseph%20McGovern |
The Job is a 2003 American crime drama film directed and written by Kenny Golde Starring Daryl Hannah, Brad Renfro and Dominique Swain.
Plot
A hit woman is contracted to perform one final job before she leaves her life of cold-blooded killing behind forever. She is now faced with the challenge of dealing with carryin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Job%20%282003%20film%29 |
"Preemptive Strike" is the 176th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is the 24th episode of the seventh season, and penultimate episode of the series overall, directed by cast member Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard).
Set in the 24th century, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemptive%20Strike%20%28Star%20Trek%3A%20The%20Next%20Generation%29 |
Walter William Anderson (July 13, 1936 – April 18, 2017) was an American football tight end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers. He played high school football at Manatee High School in Bradenton, Florida and college football at the University of Tennessee. He was draf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Anderson%20%28American%20football%2C%20born%201936%29 |
Julia Stegner (born 2 November 1984 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany) is a German model.
Early life
Stegner, the daughter of Günter Stegner, the Director Central and Eastern Europe for LSI Corporation, and Erika Stegner, an accountant, was raised in an animal-loving household with many dogs alongside her older sister... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia%20Stegner |
The 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League (NHL) championship began on April 21, 2006, following the 2005–06 regular season. This was the first playoffs since 2004 due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout that cancelled the previously scheduled season. The 16 teams that qualified, seeded one through eight from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Stanley%20Cup%20playoffs |
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow (among others), the lyrics by Dean Pitchford (with additional lyrics by Kenny Loggins), and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.
Plot
Act 1
("Footloose/On any Sunday") Ren McCormack, an ordinary city teenager, is in a da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footloose%20%28musical%29 |
Aroostook ( ) is a former village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023. It is now part of the village of Southern Victoria.
Geography
The community is located on the west bank of the Saint John River at the mouth of the Aroostook River. It is approximately 11 kilometres north... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroostook%2C%20New%20Brunswick |
Thomas Ewing Sherman, S.J. (October 12, 1856 – April 29, 1933) was an American lawyer, educator, and Catholic priest. He was the fourth child and second son of Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman and his wife Ellen Ewing Sherman.
Life
Sherman was named after his maternal grandfather Thomas Ewing, a U.S. Senato... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Ewing%20Sherman |
Daniel "Dan" Hollander (born May 9, 1972) is an American figure skater. He is a two-time Vienna Cup champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time U.S. national bronze medalist (1996, 1997). He finished tenth at the 1996 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
In the 1996–97 season, Hollander trained under Diana Ronay... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Hollander |
The Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU) was an American feminist organization founded in 1969 at a conference in Palatine, Illinois.
The main goal of the organization was to end gender inequality and sexism, which the CWLU defined as "the systematic keeping down of women for the benefit of people in power." The pu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20Women%27s%20Liberation%20Union |
"WNFM" was a cable channel serving Fort Myers and Naples, Florida, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. The call sign is fictional as the channel was not licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It was broadcast exclusively on Comcast channel 8 (hence the My TV 8 branding) and was operated from C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNFM%20%28TV%29 |
Peculiar is an album by the New York City ska band The Slackers. It was released on Hellcat Records in 2006.
Track listing
"86 the Mayo" (Ruggiero) – 4:23
"Peculiar" (Ruggiero) – 4:08
"Propaganda" (Ruggiero/Babajian/Geard) – 4:31
"Crazy" (Ruggiero/The Slackers) – 3:31
"Set the Girl Free" (Ruggiero) – 2:38
"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peculiar%20%28album%29 |
In mathematics, the Weeks manifold, sometimes called the Fomenko–Matveev–Weeks manifold, is a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold obtained by (5, 2) and (5, 1) Dehn surgeries on the Whitehead link. It has volume approximately equal to 0.942707… () and showed that it has the smallest volume of any closed orientable hyperbol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeks%20manifold |
Property Ladder is the name of two television shows from the United Kingdom and United States where first-time property or real-estate developers purchase houses (usually in need of repair), renovate them, and attempt to sell them (or flip) for a profit. Their efforts (and frustrations) are the featured bit of the sho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property%20Ladder%20%28TV%20series%29 |
John T. Shelby (born February 23, 1958) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from 1981 to 1991. He began his career as a member of the Baltimore Orioles before later playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. Shelby was a member of two World Series–winning teams: the 1983 Or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Shelby |
John Edgar (ca. 1750–1832) was an Illinois pioneer and politician. He was born in Ireland. In 1776, he was the commander of a British ship in the Great Lakes. He resigned from the British Navy rather than fight against the Americans.
Edgar settled at Fort Kaskaskia in 1784. He became a merchant, and built a flour mill... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Edgar%20%28politician%29 |
Michael Dwayne Davis (born June 11, 1959) is an American former professional baseball right fielder. He played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1980 to 1989 for the Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was selected by the Athletics in the third round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft and si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Davis%20%28baseball%29 |
J. Paul Binnebose (born November 26, 1977) is a former American pair skater. With his partner Laura Handy, he is the 1999 World Junior silver medalist and 1999 U.S. senior national bronze medalist.
Career
Early in his pairs career, Binnebose competed with Sara Ward. They placed ninth at the 1994 World Junior Champion... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20Paul%20Binnebose |
The so-called Serov Instructions (full title: On the Procedure for Carrying out the Deportation of Anti-Soviet Elements from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) was an undated top secret document, signed by General Ivan Serov, Deputy People's Commissar for State Security of the Soviet Union (NKGB). The instructions detaile... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serov%20Instructions |
Laura Lynn Handy (born July 25, 1980, in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is an American pair skater. With partner Paul Binnebose, she is the 1999 U.S. senior national bronze medalist and 1999 World Junior silver medalist. Later that year, Binnebose suffered a skull fracture, and he never returned to competitive skating. Han... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Handy |
Tracy Michael Woodson (born October 5, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and college coach. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1987 to 1989 and 1992 to 1993, primarily as a third baseman. He recently coached the Richmond Spiders baseball team.
Playing care... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy%20Woodson |
Lazar Aronovich Lyusternik (also Lusternik, Lusternick, Ljusternik; ; 31 December 1899 – 22 July 1981) was a Soviet mathematician. He is famous for his work in topology and differential geometry, to which he applied the variational principle. Using the theory he introduced, together with Lev Schnirelmann, he proved the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar%20Lyusternik |
Jan Čarek (29 December 1898, in Heřmaň, Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic – 27 March 1966, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czechoslovak poet, essayist, and literary critic. He was greatly popular in his day for his children's books a "rural" poetry.
Biography
From 1910 to 1918 he studied at the gymnasium in Písek.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20%C4%8Carek |
Evald Okas (28 November 1915 – 30 April 2011) was an Estonian painter, probably best known for his portraits of nudes.
Biography
Okas was born in Tallinn, where he began his artistic career while studying at the State Art School. With the advent of World War II and the Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia, he wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evald%20Okas |
Drijat (; ), also known as Draijat, is an Arab village in southern Israel. Located in the Negev desert near Arad, between Kuseife and the Yatir Forest, it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In its population was .
History
According to its residents, Drijat was established in the 19th century. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drijat |
CCTV-5 (), also known as the Sports Channel, part of the China Central Television family of networks, is the main sports broadcaster in the People's Republic of China. CCTV-5 began broadcasting on 1 January 1995. CCTV-5 now broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Current sports coverage
CCTV-5 has coverage of the f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCTV-5 |
Stephanie Kalesavich Buono (born May 31, 1984) is an American former competitive pair skater. With Aaron Parchem, she is the 2000 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and the 2001 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist. They competed at one ISU Championship, the 2002 Four Continents, where they placed fifth.
Personal life
Stephan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie%20Kalesavich |
Gina Glocksen (born July 4, 1984) is an American singer, who was the ninth-place finisher on the sixth season of American Idol. She was eliminated on April 4, 2007. She previously appeared in season 5. Glocksen is the first among the few contestants to have been eliminated in Hollywood round in an earlier season and th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina%20Glocksen |
Benjamin Ray Bailey (born October 30, 1970) is an American comedian.
He is best known for hosting the Emmy Award-winning game show Cash Cab in New York City.
Early life
Bailey was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and raised in Chatham Borough, New Jersey.
He was born the younger of two siblings.
He graduated in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Bailey |
Bluff Swamp (, ) is located in northwest Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The potential site covers 2,208 acres (8.9 km2). About 1,240 acres (5.0 km2) of the Bluff Swamp area make up the Bluff Swamp Wildlife Refuge.
Swamps of Louisiana
Landforms of Ascension Parish, Louisiana | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff%20Swamp |
The Rahanweyn (Reewin Northern Somali: Raxaweyn, ), also known as the Digil and Mirifle () are a major Somali clan. It is one of the major Somali clans in the Horn of Africa, with a large territory and densely populated fertile valleys of the Jubba and Shebelle rivers and the area between are mainly inhabited by settl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahanweyn |
Ladislav Fuks (September 24, 1923 in Prague – August 19, 1994 in Prague) was a Czech novelist. He focused mainly on psychological novels, portraying the despair and suffering of people under German occupation of Czechoslovakia.
Fuks was born in Prague on September 24, 1923, the son of Vaclav Fuks (a police officer) an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislav%20Fuks |
The Colony of Vancouver Island, officially known as the Island of Vancouver and its Dependencies, was a Crown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with the mainland to form the Colony of British Columbia. The united colony joined Canadian Confederation, thus becoming part of Cana... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony%20of%20Vancouver%20Island |
MacHTTP is a webserver designed to run on the classic Mac OS versions 7.x through 9.x. It was written by software developer Chuck Shotton and was originally shareware; it dates from 1993; it is now available in source code form from SourceForge.net under the Perl Artistic License. The current version is 2.6.1. It is st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacHTTP |
Larisa B. Spielberg Joeright (born December 22, 1980) is an American former competitive pair skater. With her husband, Craig Joeright, she is the 2002 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and 2000 U.S. national bronze medalist.
Personal life
Spielberg was born on December 22, 1980, in Lansing, Michigan. She graduated from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larisa%20Spielberg |
Alena Vostrá (May 17, 1938, Prague – April 15, 1992, Prague) was a Czech novelist. One of her most popular works was A Matter of Days.
She was born as Rozená Obdržálková in Prague and in 1956, after graduating from the high school, studied engineering at Czech Technical University in Prague for two semesters, then sto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alena%20Vostr%C3%A1 |
Atholville is a community in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 but is now part of the city of Campbellton.
The first inhabitants of the area were the Mi'kmaq who settled there in the 6th century BC and were then called Tjikog. With 400 people, it was their biggest village ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atholville%2C%20New%20Brunswick |
José Ozámiz y Fortich (May 5, 1898 – August 30, 1944) was a Spanish Filipino lawyer and politician from Misamis Occidental.
Early life
Ozámiz was born on May 5, 1898, in house near the “old bridge” in Moran to Jenaro Ozámiz from Navarre, Spain and Basilisa Fortich, a Filipino mestizo of Spanish and Cebuano ancestry. J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Oz%C3%A1miz |
Joseph "Jihad Jack" Terrence Thomas (born 1973) is an Australian citizen who undertook pistol, light firearm and demolition training with Al-Qaeda. Osama Bin Laden visited his training camp three times while he was in attendance and he shook hands with him. He was convicted for receiving funds from Al-Qaeda, which was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20T.%20Thomas |
The first website was created in August 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN, a European nuclear research agency. Berners-Lee's WorldWideWeb browser was made publicly available the same month. The World Wide Web began to enter everyday use in 1993 and 1994, when websites for the general public started to become available. B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20websites%20founded%20before%201995 |
Craig Budan Joeright (born September 19, 1978) is an American former competitive pair skater. With his wife, Larisa Spielberg, he is the 2002 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and 2000 U.S. national bronze medalist.
Personal life
Joeright was born on September 19, 1978, in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Troy High Sc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Joeright |
Travel In Taiwan, an English-language bimonthly magazine, is produced in Taipei, Taiwan by Vision International Publishing Co., Ltd. on behalf of Taiwan's Tourism Bureau, an agency of the country's Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The magazine, which is designed to encourage foreign tourists to visit Taiw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel%20in%20Taiwan |
Guarani, Guaraní or Guarany may refer to
Ethnography
Guaraní people, an indigenous people from South America's interior (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia)
Guaraní language, or Paraguayan Guarani, an official language of Paraguay
Guarani dialects, spoken in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay
Guarani l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani |
Peter W. Carruthers (born July 22, 1959) is a former American pair ice skater and a television skating analyst.
Carruthers and his adopted sister, Kitty, are the 1984 Olympic Silver medalists, the 1982 World Bronze medalists, and four-time United States National champions from 1981 to 1984.
Career
The Carruthers tea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Carruthers%20%28figure%20skater%29 |
Caroline Maria Winberg (born 27 March 1985) is a Swedish model.
Personal life
Caroline Winberg was born in Sollentuna. Winberg, a tomboy and aspiring professional football player in her youth for AIK from Solna a suburb north Stockholm, was en route to football training when scout Cesar Wintland spotted the 15-year-o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline%20Winberg |
Richard Greenblatt (born 1953) is a Canadian playwright who currently lives in Toronto. He is best known for 2 Pianos, 4 Hands, which he wrote and performed with Ted Dykstra.
Early life
Greenblatt was born in 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, to a secular Jewish family. His parents were active Communists until 1956, when th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Greenblatt%20%28playwright%29 |
The hełm wz. 31 (helmet, 1931 pattern) was the basic combat helmet of the Polish Army before the outbreak of World War II and during the Invasion of Poland. The helmet became the basic type of combat headgear for Polish military formations in 1930s and during the early stages of World War II. It was also exported to Pe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%C5%82m%20wz.%2031 |
Eleanor Parke Custis may refer to:
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (1779–1854), known as Nelly, step-granddaughter of George Washington
Eleanor Parke Custis (artist) (1897–1983), American painter and photographer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor%20Parke%20Custis |
The president of the Republic of Palau is the head of state and head of government of Palau. The president is directly elected to a four-year term, and can be reelected once in a consecutive manner.
List of officeholders
Latest election
See also
First Lady of Palau
Vice President of Palau
High Commissioner of the T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20Palau |
Vahid Tarokh (; born ) is an Iranian–American electrical engineer, mathematician, computer scientist, and professor. Since 2018, he has served as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a Professor of Mathematics, and the Rhodes Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahid%20Tarokh |
Custis is a surname which may refer to:
People related to George Washington
Daniel Parke Custis (1711–1757), son of John Custis and first husband of Martha Washington
Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis (1779–1854), step-granddaughter of George Washington
George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857), son of John Parke Custis and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custis |
Karel Klostermann (; 13 February 1848 – 17 July 1923) was a Czech-German writer. He wrote under the alias Faustin.
Biography
Klostermann was born on 13 February 1848 in Haag am Hausruck, Upper Austria. From 1857 to 1865, he went to school in Písek in what is now the Czech Republic. He studied medicine until 1869 in Vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel%20Klostermann |
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