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Ngiratkel Etpison (3 May 1925 – 1 August 1997) was a politician and businessman from Palau. Etpison was elected President in 1988 and served from 1989 until 1993, becoming the country’s first elected president to serve a full term in office.
Election
Before the 1988 elections, Etpison was a businessman and governor o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngiratkel%20Etpison |
Red Flag is a synthpop act founded in 1984 in San Diego by brothers Chris and Mark Reynolds. After the death of Mark in 2003, Chris has continued as a solo act since 2007 under the name Red Flag.
History
Hailing from Liverpool, England, and after growing up there, the brothers moved to locations such as Montreal and S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Flag%20%28band%29 |
Duck Dodgers is an American animated television series developed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone based on the 1953 theatrical animated short film of the same name. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation from 2003 to 2005. Duck Dodgers is a comic science fiction series, featuring the Looney Tunes characters in metaf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck%20Dodgers%20%28TV%20series%29 |
"Colonel" Ed Fletcher (December 31, 1872 – October 15, 1955) was a real estate developer and U.S. Republican and Democratic politician from San Diego, California.
Early life and career
Fletcher was born 1872 in Littleton, Massachusetts, son of Charles Kimball Fletcher. His family moved to Worcester and Boston, where ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Fletcher |
Lester Harrison may refer to:
Les Harrison (basketball)
Lester Harrison (serial killer)
See also
Les Harrison (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester%20Harrison |
The House of Tomorrow EP is the third major release by The Magnetic Fields, and the first with Stephin Merritt as the main vocalist. Merge Records reissued it in 1996. The EP's five songs are built on both musical and vocal repetition, so much so that the sleeve reads "five loop songs" as a pun on "five love songs".
T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20House%20of%20Tomorrow%20%28album%29 |
Sabena Flight 571 was a scheduled passenger flight from Brussels to Lod via Vienna operated by the Belgian national airline, Sabena. On 8 May 1972 a Boeing 707 passenger aircraft operating that service, captained by British pilot Reginald Levy, DFC, was hijacked by four members of the Black September Organization, a Pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena%20Flight%20571 |
Sandra Sumang Pierantozzi (born 9 August 1953 in Koror) is a Palauan politician. She served as the country's Vice-President from 19 January 2001 to 1 January 2005. Pierantozzi was defeated by Camsek Chin in the 2 November 2004 vice-presidential election, winning only 28.9% of the vote.
Biographical details
Pierantoz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra%20Pierantozzi |
Rivoli's hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens), also known as the magnificent hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States.
Taxonomy and systematics
Eugenes fulgens was o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivoli%27s%20hummingbird |
In archaeology, seriation is a relative dating method in which assemblages or artifacts from numerous sites in the same culture are placed in chronological order. Where absolute dating methods, such as radio carbon, cannot be applied, archaeologists have to use relative dating methods to date archaeological finds and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriation%20%28archaeology%29 |
Eugenes is usually considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the magnificent hummingbird (E. fulgens).
Species
The genus contains two species:
References
External links
Bird genera | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenes |
The term seriation [mise en série] was proposed for use in semiotics by Jean Molino and derived from classical philology. Seriation "invokes the idea that any investigator, in order to assign some plausible meaning to a given phenomenon, must interpret it within a series of comparable phenomena." One cannot interpret w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriation%20%28semiotics%29 |
Prakash Puram (born 1954) is the former President and CEO of the former small business iXmatch, and a former member of former President Bush's Export Council.
Biography
Education
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola College, Chennai, India; a Business Management diploma from Xavier Labour Relations I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakash%20Puram |
Israel Gay Youth (IGY) (, Irgun Noar Ge'eh, lit. "Proud Youth Organization"; , Igy, "IGY") was founded in 2001 in Israel as a non-profit NGO, branching off from the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association.
Overview
Israel Gay Youth (IGY) is a voluntary Israeli NGO for lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%20Gay%20Youth |
Silk Degrees is the seventh solo album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in February 1976. The album peaked at No. 2 and spent 115 weeks on the Billboard 200. It has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA and remains Scaggs's best selling album.
Silk Degrees spawned four singles. "It's Over" (No. 38)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk%20Degrees |
Ghost Stories is a punk rock album by the Chicago, Illinois band The Lawrence Arms, released in 2000 by Asian Man Records. It was the band's second full-length album. With this release the band moved away from the political nature of some of their previous songs in favor of more introspective lyrics. Also, while singer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost%20Stories%20%28The%20Lawrence%20Arms%20album%29 |
Stagville Plantation is located in Durham County, North Carolina. With buildings constructed from the late 18th century to the mid-19th century, Stagville was part of one of the largest plantation complexes in the American South. The entire complex was owned by the Bennehan, Mantack and Cameron families; it comprised... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagville |
John Robert Fox (May 18, 1915 – December 26, 1944) was a United States Army first lieutenant who was killed in action after calling in artillery fire on the enemy during World War II. In 1997, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on December... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20R.%20Fox |
The 2001 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 7 to December 15, 2001.
Participating nations were Argentina, Belgium, host Malaysia, India, Japan, and South Africa. The winner earned a spot at the 2002 Champions Trophy in Cologne, Germany.
India defeated South Africa 2–1 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20Men%27s%20Hockey%20Champions%20Challenge |
Ethenzamide (2-ethoxybenzamide) is a common analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug that is used for the relief of fever, headaches, and other minor aches and pains. It is also an ingredient in numerous cold medications and many prescription analgesics. It is used as an over-the-counter drug in Japan, often in combination... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethenzamide |
Jim Payne (born c.1955) is a Newfoundland folk singer, best known for performing and recording many of the traditional sea shanties of Newfoundland culture. He also composed the song "Wave Over Wave" with Janis Spence and founded the record label SingSong Inc.
Payne was born in Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. He plays ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Payne%20%28folk%20singer%29 |
Manduca albiplaga, the white-plaqued sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Distribution
Its range is from Brazil to southern Mexico, although a stray has been recorded as far north as Kansas.
Description
Its wingspan is 120–180 mm.
Biology
The larvae feed on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca%20albiplaga |
Shek Pik Reservoir () is a reservoir in Shek Pik on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Built between 1957 and 1963, it has a storage capacity of 24 million cubic metres and is the third largest reservoir in Hong Kong after High Island Reservoir and Plover Cove Reservoir.
Location
Shek Pik Reservoir is located within Lantau S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shek%20Pik%20Reservoir |
Potestas is a Latin word meaning power or faculty. It is an important concept in Roman Law.
Origin of the concept
The idea of potestas originally referred to the power, through coercion, of a Roman magistrate to promulgate edicts, give action to litigants, etc. This power, in Roman political and legal theory, is consi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potestas |
The epideictic oratory, also called ceremonial oratory, or praise-and-blame rhetoric, is one of the three branches, or "species" (eidē), of rhetoric as outlined in Aristotle's Rhetoric, to be used to praise or blame during ceremonies.
Origin and pronunciation
The term's root has to do with display or show (deixis). I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epideictic |
Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov (; 3 February 1942 – 8 December 2020) was a Soviet and Russian military leader and business figure. He was awarded the rank of Marshal of Aviation in 1991. He was the final Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union.
Early years
Shaposhnikov was born on a farm near Aksay in Rostov Oblast, R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny%20Shaposhnikov |
A by-election was held for the United Kingdom parliament constituency of Wirral South, in Merseyside, England, on 27 February 1997. The seat became vacant on the death of Conservative Party Member of Parliament Barry Porter, and was won by Labour's Ben Chapman.
The Conservative loss in this seat, which came close to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20Wirral%20South%20by-election |
Corydoras paleatus is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Callichthyidae. Its common names include blue leopard corydoras, mottled corydoras, and peppered catfish. It originates from the lower Paraná River basin and coastal rivers in Uruguay and Brazil.
Description
This fish species reach about 5.9... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corydoras%20paleatus |
Wandong is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is about north of the state capital, Melbourne, on the Hume Highway. It adjoins the town of Heathcote Junction, and at the , the two towns had a population of 1,340. The main centre nearest Wandong is Kilmore.
History
The traditional owners of Wandong are the Taung... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandong |
James Lucius Hickman (May 10, 1937 – June 25, 2016), nicknamed "Gentleman Jim", was an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and St. Louis Cardinals.
Career
Hickman was signed by the St.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Hickman%20%281960s%20outfielder%29 |
Manduca jasminearum, the ash sphinx, is a member of the moth family Sphingidae. It ranges from east of the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean, being common in the northeast United States.
The wingspan is 84–105 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to September. They nectar at flower... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca%20jasminearum |
Cooper Lake State Park is a Texas State Park in Delta and Hopkins counties, about three miles (5 km) south of Cooper, Texas. The park is situated on Jim Chapman Lake, formerly known as Cooper Lake. There are actually two geographically separate units; the Doctors Creek unit is located on the north side of the lake, in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%20Lake%20State%20Park |
The Igelström family is a Swedish noble family from Nylödöse, which also belonged to the Russian and German nobility.
History
The earliest reference dates back to 1529, with Bengt Haraldsson being the oldest of known ancestors. The Igelström family originated thanks to Harald Bengtsson (1604–1678) in 1645 and was reg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igelstr%C3%B6m |
John Taber (May 5, 1880 – November 22, 1965) was an American attorney and New York politician who represented parts of the Finger Lakes and Central New York regions in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1963.
Biography
Taber was born in Auburn, New York, on May 5, 1880, the son of attorney and bus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Taber |
Manduca brontes is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae first described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is known from Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic and Suriname.
Adults are on wing from April to June in Florida.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Tecoma species (in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca%20brontes |
The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, University of San Carlos of Guatemala) is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spanish colony, it was the only university in Guatemala until 1954, although it co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad%20de%20San%20Carlos%20de%20Guatemala |
John of Gloucester (or John of Pontefract) (c. 1468 – c. 1499 (based on historical hypothesis)) was an illegitimate son of King Richard III of England. John is so called because his father was Duke of Gloucester at the time of his birth. His father appointed him Captain of Calais, a position he lost after his father's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20of%20Gloucester |
The Colony of British Columbia was a British Crown Colony that resulted from the amalgamation of the two former colonies, the Colony of Vancouver Island and the mainland Colony of British Columbia. The two former colonies were united in 1866, and the united colony existed until its incorporation into the Canadian Confe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony%20of%20British%20Columbia%20%281866%E2%80%931871%29 |
Patrick Wintour (born 1 November 1954) is a British journalist and the diplomatic editor of The Guardian. He was the political editor of The Guardian from 2006 to 2015 and was formerly the newspaper's chief political correspondent for two periods, from 1988 to 1996, and 2000 to 2006. In the intervening period he was th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Wintour |
Manduca florestan, the Florestan sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782.
Distribution
It is found from the mountains of southern Arizona, New Mexico, and the lower Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca%20florestan |
Morrison Hill ( or ) is an area and the location of a hill between Wan Chai and Bowrington, on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.
History
The hill was at the seashore until the Praya East Reclamation Scheme in the 1920s, which used its constituent rock/earth to reclaim land from the harbour, extending the shoreline away ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison%20Hill |
Joachim "Blacky" Fuchsberger (pronounced ; 11 March 1927 – 11 September 2014) was a German actor and television host, best known to a wide German-speaking audience as one of the recurring actors in various Edgar Wallace movies (often a Detective Inspector with Scotland Yard). In the English-speaking world, he was somet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim%20Fuchsberger |
A by-election was held in the Welsh parliamentary constituency of Islwyn on 16 February 1995 following the resignation on 20 January of Neil Kinnock who was appointed as a European Commissioner.
Whilst being a safe Labour seat and a comfortable victory, the Conservative party suffered a serious drop in support which s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20Islwyn%20by-election |
La Violencia (, The Violence) was a ten-year civil war in Colombia from 1948 to 1958, between the Colombian Conservative Party and the Colombian Liberal Party, fought mainly in the countryside.
La Violencia is considered to have begun with the assassination on 9 April 1948 of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, a Liberal Party pres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Violencia |
PCCC may refer to:
Clandestine Colombian Communist Party ()
Parallel concatenated convolutional code, a code used in UMTS
Passaic County Community College, a community college in New Jersey
Peoria Charter Coach Company, a bus company in Illinois
Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (sometimes c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCCC |
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA, ) is a visual and performing arts high school located on the campus of California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) in Los Angeles, California, United States.
History
The school was founded by philanthropist Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson in 1985.
Overview
L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Angeles%20County%20High%20School%20for%20the%20Arts |
Margalit Matitiahu (Hebrew: מרגלית מתתיהו, born 1935, in Tel Aviv) is a poet in Ladino and Hebrew from Israel.
After the Holocaust, her parents moved to Israel from Thessaloniki, Greece where they were Sephardi Jews who were descendants of Jews from León. She studied Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Bar Ilan Univer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margalit%20Matitiahu |
Thomas Dachser (13 March 1906, in Haldenwang (near Günzburg) – 11 April 1979, in Munich) was a German businessman. In 1930, he founded the forwarding agency Dachser in Kempten in the Allgäu. Today the business, still owned by the family, is one of the largest logistics service providers in Europe. In 1977, Thomas Dachs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Dachser |
The National Democratic Party, also known as Gold Democrats, was a short-lived political party of Bourbon Democrats who opposed the regular party nominee William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential election. The party was then a "liberal" party in the context of the times, which is more of a fiscal-conservative or ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Democratic%20Party%20%28United%20States%29 |
Siddharth Vashisht (born 1977), better known as Manu Sharma, is a murderer of Indian origin, convicted in 2006 to serve life imprisonment for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lal. He was released in June 2020. Sharma is the son of the former Indian National Congress leader, Venod Sharma, and the brother of media baron, Karti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu%20Sharma |
Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) is an anechoic chamber located at the southwest side of the Edwards Air Force Base main base. It is currently the world's largest anechoic chamber. The BAF supports installed systems testing for avionics test programs requiring a large, shielded chamber with radio frequency (RF) absorp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefield%20Anechoic%20Facility |
Albrecht VII, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (16 January 1537 – 10 April 1605) was Count of Schwarzburg and founder of the Line of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, which later received the title of Prince.
Early life
He was the youngest of the surviving sons of Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg and his wife Counte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht%20VII%2C%20Count%20of%20Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
Humppasirkus is a 2006 album by the Finnish group Eläkeläiset.
Track listing
Humppaa Suomesta - 3.53 (The Sounds - Living in America / "Humppa from Finland")
Vihaan humppaa - 2.55 (Children of Bodom - Hate Me! / "I Hate Humppa")
Jukolan humppa - 3.32 (Nightwish - Nemo / "The Jukola Humppa")
Humppaidiootti - 3.2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppasirkus |
Manduca wellingi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Mexico to Belize.
It is similar to Manduca pellenia, but is smaller.
References
Manduca
Moths described in 1984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manduca%20wellingi |
The Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) (University of the Valley of Guatemala) is a private, not-for-profit, secular university in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It was founded in 1966 by a private foundation, which had previously overseen the American School of Guatemala. It was the first private university to give ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad%20del%20Valle%20de%20Guatemala |
Released in 2003, Ophidian: 2350 is a collectible card game (CCG) created by Ophidian Games and Fleer. It uses a play structure called the Flow rather than the normal turn-based system typically used in the genre.
Game Lore
Ophidian 2350 takes place in the year 2350, where a strange reptilian race known as Ophidians r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophidian%202350 |
UVG may refer to:
Urban Vocal Group, a musical charity based in Portsmouth City, United Kingdom.
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, a private not-for-profit secular university in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Universal Airlines (Guyana) (ICAO airline code: UVG)
Urban Villages Group (UK) the originator of the urban v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVG |
Humppaelämää is a 2003 album by the Finnish group Eläkeläiset. This is the first Eläkeläiset album in which none of the tracks are covers.
Track listing
Humppaelämää - 3.20
Katkolla humppa - 2.57
Humppa-Aatami - 2.16
Unelmahumppa - 3.35
Lauantaitanssit - 3.26
Lusijan Humppa - 3:35
Keväthumppa - 3.00
Ona vaan ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppael%C3%A4m%C3%A4%C3%A4 |
The Puyang River (浦阳江) is one of the three main tributaries of the Qiantang River (钱塘江) in Zhejiang Province (浙江省), China.
At present, the Puyang River is 150 kilometers long and empties into the Qiantang River northwest of Linpu (临浦镇).
The gazette of Xiaoshan County (蕭山縣誌)states: "The Puyang River ... tends to floo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyang%20River |
The 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Johannesburg, South Africa from 19–27 July 2003.
Spain earned a spot at the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore, Pakistan after defeated Korea 7–3 in the final.
Squads
Head Coach: Mike Hamilton
Head Coach: Paul Lissek
Head Coach: Charlie Oscroft
Head Coach: Pau... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Men%27s%20Hockey%20Champions%20Challenge |
Moscow is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas, United States. As of the year 2000, the community had approximately 170 residents.
Geography
Moscow is at the junction of U.S. Highway 59 and Farm to Market Road 350, ninety miles north of Houston in central Polk County.
History
David and Matilda Green firs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%2C%20Texas |
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. is an academic publishing house located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Since beginning operations in 1972, Hackett has concentrated mainly on the humanities, especially classical and philosophical texts. Many Hackett titles are used as textbooks, making the company very visible at American c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackett%20Publishing%20Company |
BeleniX is a discontinued operating system distribution built using the OpenSolaris source base. It can be used as a Live CD as well as installed to a hard disk. Initially developed as a Live CD along the lines of Knoppix to showcase OpenSolaris technologies. Belenix went on to become the initial base for Sun's OpenSol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeleniX |
Allison Curbishley (born 3 June 1976) is a former British athlete from Stockton-on-Tees but who represented Scotland. She specialised in the 400m. A play scheme in the summer holiday when she was ten years old got Curbishley interested in sport and although athletics was the sport she eventually chose she also reached ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison%20Curbishley |
Viktor Georgiyevich Pugachev () (born 8 August 1948 in Taganrog, RSFSR) is a retired Russian Air Force officer and a former Soviet test pilot who was the first to demonstrate the so-called Pugachev's Cobra manoeuvre to the general public in 1989, flying an Su-27. Gold medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor%20Pugachev |
Wild Love is the fourth album by Bill Callahan (also known as Smog), released on March 27, 1995, on Drag City and re-released in Europe on Domino in 2001. Jim O'Rourke appeared as cellist on this album, his first collaboration with Smog. Drag City's producer Rian Murphy helped to develop a wider musical palette than it... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild%20Love%20%28album%29 |
Benapole () is a township in Sharsha Upazila in the Jessore District of Bangladesh. The Petrapole Customs station of India is situated across the border and since 1971 (some sources say 1947), many people have travelled between Bangladesh and India through Benapole Customs / Land port station. The railway link between ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benapole |
The MedStar duology is a series of two Star Wars books by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry set during the Clone Wars. Published by Del Rey in 2004, the books take place two years after Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and 21 years before Episode IV: A New Hope.
MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
The Clone Wars th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MedStar%20duology |
"Cinderella" is a song performed by Australian recording duo Shakaya for their debut album Shakaya (2002). The song was released as the album's third and final single on 30 September 2002. It was written by Vincent DeGiorgio, Rebecca Hortlund, Mikael Lundh, George Samuelson and Quint Starkie and produced by Patrick Cro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella%20%28Shakaya%20song%29 |
Lundu is a town and the capital of Lundu District located in the northwest of Kuching Division of Sarawak, Malaysia, and borders the Indonesian Province of West Kalimantan.
History
Lundu is a district located in the Northwest of Kuching Division of Sarawak, Malaysia, and borders with Indonesian Province of West Kalima... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundu%2C%20Sarawak |
Entrelac is a knitting technique used to create a textured diamond pattern. While the result resembles basket-woven strips of knitted fabric, the actual material comprises interconnected squares on two different orientations.
Unlike many textured knitting techniques, Entrelac allows for colorwork as well. Though sin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrelac |
The Decade of the Brain was a designation for 1990–1999 by U.S. president George H. W. Bush as part of a larger effort involving the Library of Congress and the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health "to enhance public awareness of the benefits to be derived from brain research".
The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade%20of%20the%20Brain |
Mysore Venkatesha Doreswamy Iyengar (1920-1997) was a Carnatic musician and one of the greatest exponents of the veena in modern Indian history.
Early life
He was a son of Venkatesha Iyengar, a learned vainika and royal musician at the court of the Princely State of Mysore.
Iyengar started learning the veena from hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreswamy%20Iyengar |
Richard Desjardins (born March 16, 1948) is a Québécois folk singer and film director.
Career
Desjardins and his friends formed the country rock ensemble Abbitibbi in the 1970s; Desjardins played piano, guitar, and sang. When the group disbanded in 1982, Desjardins pursued a solo career. He released a number of solo a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Desjardins |
Liz Sanbourne is a fictional character from the American soap opera Passions, which aired on National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1999 to 2007 and on DirecTV from 2007 to 2008. Created by the soap's head writer, James E. Reilly, Liz was portrayed by Amelia Marshall from October 3, 2001, to February 17, 2006. Arreal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz%20Sanbourne |
The 2005 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Alexandria, Egypt from April 1–9, 2005.
Argentina earned a spot at the 2006 Champions Trophy in Terrassa, Spain after defeated Korea in the final.
Squads
Head Coach: Jorge Ruiz
Head Coach: Giles Bonnet
Head Coach: Gerhard Rach
Head Coach: Jason Lee
Head Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Men%27s%20Hockey%20Champions%20Challenge |
Emilie (Ämilie, Aemilie) Juliane (19 August 1637 – 3 December 1706) was a German countess and hymn writer.
Biography
Emilie Juliane was a daughter of Count Albert Frederick I of Barby-Mühlingen and his wife, Sophia Ursula of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst. During the Thirty Years' War, her father and his family were compelled ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilie%20Juliane%20of%20Barby-M%C3%BChlingen |
Charles Henry Ferguson (born March 24, 1955) is the founder and president of Representational Pictures, Inc., and director and producer of No End in Sight (2007) and Inside Job (2010), which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Ferguson is also a software entrepreneur, writer and authority in technology policy.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Ferguson%20%28filmmaker%29 |
Hunter Easton Hayes (born September 9, 1991) is an American multi-genre singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is proficient at more than 30 instruments.
Hayes released his self-titled debut album in 2011. It reached number seven on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top Country Albums... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter%20Hayes |
The Doctor Came at Dawn is the fifth album by Bill Callahan (under his "Smog" moniker), released in 1996 on Drag City. It was re-released in Europe in 2001 by Domino. Callahan's occasional creative partner, Cynthia Dall, appears on the album.
Critical reception
Uncut wrote: "A dark collection of songs, admittedly, but... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Doctor%20Came%20at%20Dawn |
Taťána Netoličková (née Kocembová (, divorced Slaninová; born 2 May 1962) is a retired 400 metres runner who represented Czechoslovakia. Her greatest achievement was winning the silver medal behind teammate Jarmila Kratochvílová at the 1983 World Championships in a personal best time of 48.59s. A time that still ranks ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C5%A5%C3%A1na%20Kocembov%C3%A1 |
The Quirinópolis Microregion is a region in south Goiás state, Brazil. It includes 8 municipalities with a population of 95,094 (2007) and a total area of 16,117.60 km2.
Municipalities gaining population since 1980: Caçu, Paranaiguara, Quirinópolis, São Simão.
Municipalities losing population since 1980: Cachoeira... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microregion%20of%20Quirin%C3%B3polis |
Lucy Seki (27 March 193923 June 2017) was a Brazilian linguist specializing in indigenous languages of the Americas. She authored a grammar of the Kamayurá language.
Biography
Lucy Seki had a Master's and Ph.D. in linguistics from the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow. She was also awarded a Bachelor in history b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy%20Seki |
Kuzma (; in older sources also Kuzdoblan, Prekmurje Slovene: Küzdobljan, ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kuzma in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia, on the borders with Austria and Hungary.
Name
Kuzma was attested in written sources in 1387 as Zalocha and Zaloucha, and as Kuzma in 1763–87. The nam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuzma%2C%20Kuzma |
Vecsēlpils ("old Sēlpils", formerly Sēlpils; ) is a village in Sēlpils Parish, Jēkabpils Municipality in the Selonia region of Latvia, on the location of the ancient Selonian town of Sēlpils.
The ruins of the ancient Sēlpils Castle were on the left bank of Daugava near Vecsēlpils, but are now on an island since the co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vecs%C4%93lpils |
Pekudei, Pekude, Pekudey, P'kude, or P'qude (—Hebrew for "amounts of," the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 23rd weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It is the 11th and last in the Book of Exodus. The parashah tells of the setting up of the T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekudei |
Harionago (), also known as Harionna (), is a "frightening female ghoul" in Japanese mythology. Her name literally meaning "Barbed woman" the Harionago is said to be a "beautiful woman with extremely long hair tipped with thorn-like barbs," Her hair is under her "direct control, and she uses it to ensnare men." She is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harionago |
Suliasi Kurulo (born 1958) is a Fijian Pentecostal minister and evangelist. He is the President and Founder of Christian Mission Fellowship International (CMFI), an international denomination based in Kinoya, Suva, Fiji and is also the senior pastor of World Harvest Center church, located in Suva. He oversees mission... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suliasi%20Kurulo |
Count Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselyov or Kiseleff (Па́вел Дми́триевич Киселёв) (, Moscow – , Paris) is generally regarded as the most brilliant Russian reformer during Nicholas I's generally conservative reign.
Early military career
Kiselyov first distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars, serving as Count Milorado... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel%20Kiselyov |
Franco Uncini (born 9 March 1955) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racing. He was 1982 FIM Road Racing World Champion with Suzuki. He was inducted into the F.I.M. MotoGP Hall of Fame in 2016.
Career
Uncini was born at Recanati, province of Macerata. He made his debut as professional motorc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco%20Uncini |
Are You Ready is the second and the final album by Australian girl duo Shakaya, released on 5 March 2006 by Columbia Records. It was produced by Billy Mann and Christopher Rojas and features urban R&B songs—written by Shakaya themselves and Audius Mtawarira, Daniel O'Donoghue, Ruth-Anne Cunningham and Jonathan Davis. S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are%20You%20Ready%20%28Shakaya%20album%29 |
La Goulette (, ), in Arabic Halq al-Wadi ( ), is a municipality and the port of Tunis, Tunisia.
La Goulette is located at around on a sandbar between Lake Tūnis and the Gulf of Tunis. The port, located 12km east of Tunis, is the point of convergence of Tunisia's major road and rail networks. La Goulette is linked to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Goulette |
Scott Derek Severin (born 15 February 1979 in Stirling) is a Scottish former professional footballer. Severin played for Heart of Midlothian, Aberdeen, Watford, Kilmarnock and Dundee United. Severin was club captain of Aberdeen for two seasons. He also made 15 appearances for the Scotland national football team. During... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Severin |
Stephen Taber (March 7, 1821 – April 23, 1886) was a farmer and businessman from New York. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1865 to 1869.
Biography
Taber was born in Dover, New York on March 7, 1821, the son of Thomas Taber II and Phebe (Titus) Taber. He was educated in Dov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Taber |
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (simply known as Mr. Bean) is a British animated sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Richard Purdum Productions and Varga Holdings (for the first season). Based on the popular live-action television sitcom of the same title created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Bean%3A%20The%20Animated%20Series |
Lucidity may refer to:
Lucidity (album), a 2006 album by Delain
Lucidity (festival), a music festival in Southern California
"Lucidity" (song), a 2010 song by Tame Impala
Lucidity (video game), a 2009 puzzle-platform game
Lucidity (web series), a 2010 web series about lucid dreaming
The Lucidity Institute, a lucid dre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucidity |
Ludmila Formanová () (born 2 January 1974) is a former Czech middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She was born in Čáslav.
In 1999 she broke Maria de Lurdes Mutola's winning streak at the World Indoor Championships, and won in a championship record (CR) of 1:56.90. In August she ran in a personal b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludmila%20Formanov%C3%A1 |
Charles-Guillaume Le Normant d'Étiolles (8 May 1717 – 18 March 1799) is best known as being the husband of Madame de Pompadour or Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, the illustrious mistress of King Louis XV of France.
Life
A scion of a family of officials from Orléans, his father was Hervé-Guillaume Le Normant du Fort, tréso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Guillaume%20Le%20Normant%20d%27%C3%89tiolles |
Anangeon (, "necessary"), also known as dicaeologia (, "a plea in defense"), is a specious method of argument, in which the basis lies in inevitability or necessity. For example, "Yes, I missed school today, but I was sick and wouldn't have learned anything anyway," is an argument that ignores the need to go to school,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anangeon |
The 2005 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge was the third edition of the field hockey championship for women. It was held in Virginia Beach, United States from July 8–16, 2005.
New Zealand participate in 2006 Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands after defeated South Africa in the final.
Squads
Head Coach: Dan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Women%27s%20Hockey%20Champions%20Challenge |
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