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Islam is one of the smallest minority faiths in Belize, which is a predominantly Christian country. The statistics for Islam in Belize estimate a total Muslim population of 577, representing 0.2 percent of the total population. There is an Islamic Mission of Belize (IMB) headquartered in Belize City. There is also pres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20in%20Belize |
Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club which competes in the Sydney premier grade rugby union competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 32 first grade premierships and six Australian club championships. It is one of the tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randwick%20DRUFC |
Nandambakkam () is a western neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is known for the Chennai Trade Centre and the Surgical Instruments Factory. In 2011 Nandambakkam was included to Chennai district by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Geography
Nandambakkam is situated at a distance of 13 kilometres south-west of Chennai on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandambakkam |
Morrisound Recording (also Morrisound Studios) is an audio recording facility in Tampa, Florida, United States, owned and operated by brothers Jim and Tom Morris. Since its opening in 1981, Morrisound has been responsible for the popularization of death metal, but caters to other genres.
Notable albums recorded at Mor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrisound%20Recording |
Havøysund () is the administrative centre of the Måsøy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the small island of Havøya, but is connected to the mainland by the Havøysund Bridge. The village has a population (2017) of 976 which gives the village a population density of .
Havøys... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hav%C3%B8ysund |
Caresana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,083 and an area of .
Caresana borders the following municipalities: Langosco, Motta de' Conti, Pezzana, Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caresana%2C%20Piedmont |
Salvatore "Sam" Greco (born 3 May 1967) is an Australian retired full contact karateka, heavyweight K-1 kickboxer, mixed martial artist. He was the 1994 Karate World Cup champion and holds notable kickboxing victories over Branko Cikatic, Ernesto Hoost, Mike Bernardo, Stefan Leko, and Ray Sefo, as well as MMA victories... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Greco |
Øksfjord () is a village in Norway.
Øksfjord is visited by the coastal service Hurtigruten boat daily, stopping here between stops at Skjervøy and Hammerfest. Since most of Loppa municipality is inaccessible by car, Øksfjord is a major transportation hub with regular car ferry connections to the Nuvsvåg, Bergsfjord, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ksfjord |
Bjørnevatn is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about south of the town of Kirkenes and about west of the Norway-Russia border. The village has a couple of suburbs including Hesseng to the north and Sandnes to the west. The Bjørnevatn IL is the local sports t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rnevatn |
Kelli Rachelle McCarty Oseen (born September 6, 1969) is an American actress, model, photographer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1991. She then placed in the top six at Miss Universe 1991, representing the United States. After ending her career in pageantry, McCarthy began an acting career and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelli%20McCarty |
Hesseng is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about south of the town of Kirkenes. The village of Hesseng lies at the intersection of the European route E105 and European route E6 highways. The other suburbs of Sandnes and Bjørnevatn lie just to the south of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesseng |
Bleik is a fishing village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the northwestern part of the island of Andøya, about southwest of the village of Andenes.
The village has a population (2018) of 461 which gives the village a population density of .
The triangle-shaped island of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleik |
Rustlers' Rhapsody is a 1985 American comedy–Western film. It is a parody of many Western conventions, most visibly of the singing cowboy films that were prominent in the 1930s and the 1940s. The film was written and directed by Hugh Wilson, who was supposedly inspired by working at CBS Studio Center, the former Repub... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustlers%27%20Rhapsody |
Mee Pok Man is a 1995 Singaporean film directed by Eric Khoo. The film is Eric Khoo's debut feature, released under his film production company, Zhao Wei Films, after making award-winning short films for years. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival and showed at more than 30 film festivals wor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mee%20Pok%20Man |
Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park was an amusement park on the west shore of Lai Chi Kok Bay in Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong. It was once the largest amusement park in Hong Kong, and attracted people from all walks of life in the territory.
History
Operation
The park was originally opened by businessman Cheung Kwan On on 16 April... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai%20Chi%20Kok%20Amusement%20Park |
The Abyss is a recording studio in Pärlby outside Ludvika, Sweden. It is owned and operated by record producer and musician Peter Tägtgren.
Recordings
The following list consists of releases recorded, produced or mixed by Peter Tägtgren at The Abyss studios (meaning Studio A run by Peter himself)
Recording studios in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Abyss%20%28recording%20studio%29 |
The term vernacular photography is used in several related senses. Each is in one way or another meant to contrast with received notions of fine-art photography. Vernacular photography is also distinct from both found photography and amateur photography. The term originated among academics and curators, but has moved i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernacular%20photography |
Miguel Coyula Aquino (born March 31, 1977, in Havana) is a Cuban filmmaker and writer. Working with a multi-disciplinary approach, his films usually take several years to complete. He has been described by critics as a virtuoso and an innovator. The multi-layered narratives of his films often deal with alienation, they... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Coyula |
UHF is a Portuguese rock band formed in the late 1970s in Almada by António Manuel Ribeiro (vocals, guitar and keyboard), Renato Gomes (guitar), Carlos Peres (bass) and Zé Carvalho (drums).
They were the driving force behind the Portuguese rock boom of the early 1980s. At this time very few rock bands had success si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF%20%28Portuguese%20band%29 |
Songs from the Ocean Floor is the third solo studio album by American rock artist Kip Winger. The album was released in 2001. According to Kip, the lead track "Cross" is an extremely personal song and he opens every solo show with it.
Track listing
"Cross" (Kip Winger) – 4:51
"Crash The Wall" (Winger, Noble Kime) – ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs%20from%20the%20Ocean%20Floor |
Bau is a gold mining town, capital of Bau district in the Kuching Division of Sarawak, Malaysia.
History
On 1 May 1837, the Skrang Ibans invaded the Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuh settlement on top of Bratak Peak, killing over 2,000 Jagoi-Bratak Bidayuh men and taking 1,000 women captive. Panglima Kulow, head of Jagoi-Bratak B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bau%2C%20Sarawak |
The Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) was the women's branch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). In 1941, fourteen members of the civilian Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) were recruited for wireless telegraphy work at the Royal Australian Navy Wireless/Transmitting Station Canberra, as part of a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20Royal%20Australian%20Naval%20Service |
Caçu is a municipality in southwest Goiás state, Brazil.
Location
Caçu is part of the Quirinópolis Microregion. It is located 330 kilometers from the state capital of Goiânia and is crossed by highway GO-206, which links the city with Quirinópolis. It is almost directly south of Rio Verde, 99 km away.
Highway conne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%C3%A7u |
Lazuli are a French progressive rock band, formed in Southern France in 1998 by Claude and Dominique Leonetti.
History
After their formation in 1998, their first album, the self-titled Lazuli, was released in 1999 and struggled in popularity. However, over many years the band have changed and refined their sound find... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazuli |
Abdul Kadir Yusof (; 10 September 1917 – 18 April 1992) was a Malaysian politician. A lawyer by profession, Abdul Kadir held the posts of Attorney General and Solicitor-General at various points during his lifetime. He was also the Minister of Law. Together with his wife Fatimah Hashim, former Welfare Minister, Abdul K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul%20Kadir%20Yusof |
The Colombian grebe (Podiceps andinus), was a grebe found in the Bogotá wetlands on the Bogotá savanna in the Eastern Ranges of the Andes of Colombia. The species was still abundant in Lake Tota in 1945. The species has occasionally been considered a subspecies of black-necked grebe (P. nigricollis). It was flightless.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian%20grebe |
The Democratic Renewal Party (, , PRD; also Democratic Renovator Party) was a political party in Portugal, founded in 1985 with the political support of the then independent President of the Republic, Ramalho Eanes, and lasting until 2000. At the time of its foundation, it was meant to "moralize Portuguese political li... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic%20Renewal%20Party%20%28Portugal%29 |
Alexander Kevin "Zander" Diamond (born 12 March 1985) is a Scottish former professional footballer and current assistant manager of Lowland League club Broomhill.
Diamond played as a centre-back and began his career with Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen, before moving to Oldham Athletic in 2011; he later played ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zander%20Diamond |
Steeplecab is railroad terminology for a style or design of electric locomotive; the term is rarely if ever used for other forms of power. The name originated in North America and has been used in Britain as well.
A steeplecab design has a central driving cab area which may include a full-height area in between for el... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeplecab |
Alison Jackson (born May 15, 1960) is an English artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Her work explores the theme of celebrity culture. She makes realistic work of celebrities doing things in private using lookalikes.
Education
Alison Jackson attended the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London between 1993 and 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison%20Jackson%20%28artist%29 |
UNESCO proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of the Child. The proclamation was signed on January 1, 1979, by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. A follow-up to the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the proclamation was intended to draw attention to problems that affected children throughout... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Year%20of%20the%20Child |
This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 1953. This listing is the complete, 19 items, "Partial Dataset" as listed on www.legislation.gov.uk (as at March 2014).
Statutory Instruments
The Diseases of Animals (Extension of Definition of Poultry) Order 1953 SI 1953/37
The Psittacosis o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%201953 |
Rooh Afza (; ; ) (Soul Refresher) is a concentrated squash. It was formulated in 1906 in Ghaziabad, in the British India by Hakeem Muhammad Kabeeruddin and introduced by Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed, and launched from Old Delhi. Currently, Rooh Afza is manufactured by the companies founded by him and his sons, Hamdard Labo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooh%20Afza |
The following is a list of notable people from Lithuania's capital city of Vilnius (historically known by the names of Vilna/Wilna/Wilno). It includes people who were born or resided there.
A
Neringa Aidietytė (born 1983), Lithuanian athlete.
Gediminas Akstinas (born 1961), Lithuanian painter.
Frantsishak Alyakhnov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Vilnius |
The Madagascar grebe (Tachybaptus pelzelnii) is a grebe found only in western and central Madagascar. The binomial name commemorates the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln. It is classified as endangered by the IUCN, with a population of less than 5,000. It is threatened by habitat loss, predation by carnivorous... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar%20grebe |
The Mendoub's Residence or Dar al-Mandub (, ), formerly known as the Forbes Museum of Tangier, is a cultural monument and property located on Mohammed Tazi Street in the Marshan neighborhood of Tangier, Morocco.
History
Residence of the Mendoub
The governance of the Tangier International Zone was entrusted to an ad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoub%27s%20Residence |
Raimond Roger (; Occitan: Ramon Roger) (died 27 March 1223) was the sixth Count of Foix from the House of Foix. He was the son and successor of Roger Bernard I and his wife Cécilia Trencavel.
When Raimond Roger and Arnaud, viscount of Castelbon, wished to join their possessions, the Count Ermengol VIII of Urgell and B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond-Roger%2C%20Count%20of%20Foix |
Globosat, was a Brazilian pay television content service, part of Grupo Globo. Established in 1991, after the creation of subscription television services in Brazil, with 29 channels and over 1,000 employees, it is the largest pay television content provider in Brazil, as well as of Latin America, comprising a domestic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canais%20Globo |
South Australian Lotteries (SA Lotteries), is a lottery company that operates in the Australian state of South Australia. While the license to operate lotteries in South Australia is owned by the South Australian Government they in turn appointed Tatts Group Pty Ltd as the Master Agent and license holder. SA Lotteries ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Australian%20Lotteries |
The Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA) () is Norway's national mapping agency, dealing with land surveying, geodesy, hydrographic surveying, cadastre and cartography. The current director is Johnny Welle. Its headquarters are in Hønefoss and it is a public agency under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Devel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%20Mapping%20Authority |
Henry Graham (born 1 December 1930 in Liverpool) - 20 March 2019) A British poet. Educated at the Liverpool College of Art in the early 1950s, he was part of the Liverpool poetry scene in the 1960s, and was one of the poetry editors of the British literary magazine Ambit. Graham was a lecturer in Art at The John Moores... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Graham%20%28poet%29 |
Harry Guest (born Henry Bayly Guest; 6 October 1932 – 20 March 2021) was a British poet born in Wales.
Life and career
Harry Guest was educated at Malvern College and read Modern Languages at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He wrote a thesis on Mallarmé at the Sorbonne. At Trinity Hall he co-edited the poetry magazine Chequ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Guest |
Fučík is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Julius Fučík (disambiguation), multiple people
Tomáš Fučík (born 1985), Czech swimmer
Renáta Fučíková (born 1964), Czech book illustrator, artist and author of children's books
See also
Mount Fučík, mountain of Antarctica
Bernhard Fucik (born 1990), A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu%C4%8D%C3%ADk |
Spike Hawkins (1943-2017) was a British poet, best known for his "Three Pig Poems", included in his one book, the Fulcrum Press collection The Lost Fire-Brigade (1968). He was part of the poetry scene in Liverpool during the 1960s and much of his output upholds the values of that group; short, modernistic, humorous pie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike%20Hawkins |
The Titicaca grebe (Rollandia microptera), also known as the Titicaca flightless grebe or short-winged grebe, is a grebe found on the altiplano of Peru and Bolivia. As its name implies, its main population occurs on Lake Titicaca. Lake Uru Uru and Poopó, the Rio Desaguadero, and small lakes that connect to Lake Titicac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titicaca%20grebe |
Photis Kontoglou (, the pen name of Φώτης Αποστολέλης (Photis Apostolelis); Aivali, 8 November 1895 – Athens, 13 July 1965) was a Greek writer, painter and icon painter.
Life
He was raised by his mother, Despoina Kontoglou, and his uncle Stefanos Kontoglou, who was abbot in the nearby monastery of Aghia Paraskevi. He... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photis%20Kontoglou |
Tony Gauci (6 April 1944 – 29 October 2016) was the proprietor of Mary's House, a clothes shop in Tower Road, Sliema, Malta, who was a witness in the prosecution of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in relation to the Lockerbie Bombing.
According to evidence given at the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial in 2000, Gauci sold clothin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Gauci |
Aharon Davidi (1927 – February 11, 2012) was an Israeli general and founder of the Sar-El volunteer program of the IDF.
Biography
He was born in Mandatory Palestine as the youngest son of an immigrant family from Bender (Bessarabia). At the age of fifteen, he served in the Haganah and Palmach. In the 1947–1949 Palest... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharon%20Davidi |
Robertas Žulpa (born 20 March 1960, in Vilnius) is a former Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union during his professional career.
Žulpa trained at VSS Žalgiris in Vilnius, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1980. He won a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:15.85 at the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertas%20%C5%BDulpa |
David M. Scienceman is an Australian scientist; he changed his name from David Slade by deed poll in 1972. McGhee (1990) wrote that his change of name from Slade to Scienceman was an experiment to create a movement of scientifically aware politicians. In a world dominated by scientific achievements and problems, Slade ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20M.%20Scienceman |
Louis I (; 5 July 1773 – 27 May 1803) was the first of the two kings of Etruria. Louis was the son of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and Maria Amalia of Austria. He was born in 1773, when his great-grandfather, King Louis XV of France, was still alive.
Early life
Louis Francis Philibert () was the second child and eldest s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20I%20of%20Etruria |
The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle (), more commonly known as the Matthias Church (), more rarely the Coronation Church of Buda, is a Roman Catholic church located in the Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion at the heart of Buda's Castle District. According to church ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias%20Church |
Dranem (23 May 1869 – 13 October 1935) was a French comic singer, music hall, stage and film actor.
History
Born Armand Ménard, in Paris, he began working as an apprentice jeweler in a local shop before embarking on a career in entertainment. Adopting the singular stage name of Dranem, a palindromic anagram of "Menard... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dranem |
The Sunbeam 350HP is an aero-engined car built by the Sunbeam company in 1920, the first of several land speed record-breaking cars with aircraft engines.
Design
The car was fitted with a purpose built 18.3-litre V12 engine based on a hybrid of the Sunbeam Manitou and Sunbeam Arab aero engines. This engine had four ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam%20350HP |
Djedi (also Dedi or Djedi of Djed-Sneferu) is the name of a fictional ancient Egyptian magician appearing in the fourth chapter of a story told in the legendary Westcar Papyrus. He is said to have worked wonders during the reign of king (pharaoh) Khufu (4th Dynasty).
Literary person
Djedi appears only in the fourth st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedi |
Munkh Tumur or Möngke Temür (; ) (?–1280), son of Toqoqan Khan and Köchu Khatun of Oirat (daughter of Toralchi Küregen and granddaughter of Qutuqa Beki) and the grandson of Batu Khan. He was a khan of the Golden Horde, a division of the Mongol Empire in 1266–1280.
His name literally means "Eternal Iron" in the Mongolia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengu-Timur |
The Geprüfte Sicherheit ("Tested Safety") or GS mark is a voluntary certification mark for technical equipment. It indicates that the equipment meets German and, if available, European safety requirements for such devices. The main difference between GS and CE mark is that the compliance with the European safety requir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gepr%C3%BCfte%20Sicherheit |
Mohammed Mrabet (real name Mohammed ben Chaib el Hajam; born March 8, 1936) is a Moroccan author, artist and storyteller of the Ait Ouriaghel tribe in the Rif region.
Mrabet, mostly known in the West through his association with Paul Bowles, William Burroughs and Tennessee Williams, is an artist of intricate felt tip ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed%20Mrabet |
Roger Fry: A Biography is a biography of Roger Fry written by Virginia Woolf.
External links
Books by Virginia Woolf
Hogarth Press books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Fry%3A%20A%20Biography |
A dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) or malformation is an abnormal direct connection (fistula) between a meningeal artery and a meningeal vein or dural venous sinus.
Signs and symptoms
The most common signs/symptoms of DAVFs are:
Pulsatile tinnitus
Occipital bruit
Headache
Visual impairment
Papilledema
Pulsatil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dural%20arteriovenous%20fistula |
Non-standard positional numeral systems here designates numeral systems that may loosely be described as positional systems, but that do not entirely comply with the following description of standard positional systems:
In a standard positional numeral system, the base b is a positive integer, and b different numerals... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard%20positional%20numeral%20systems |
Jerome I. Case High School (also known as Case, J. I. Case or Racine Case High School) is located in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, a suburb of Racine in the United States. It is a public school for grades 9 to 12 with an estimated student enrollment of 2,022.
Built in 1966, Case was named for Jerome Increase Case, founde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome%20I.%20Case%20High%20School |
Jeanette Schmid (6 November 1924 – 9 March 2005) was a professional transgender whistler.
Life
Born Rudolf Schmid in a German family in Volary, Czechoslovakia, Schmid began to dress in feminine clothing at a young age and loved singing and dancing. Schmid did not fit in with the Nazi ideal of the Aryan male but enlis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette%20Schmid |
Lina Kačiušytė (born 1 January 1963 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR) is a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with the Olympic record time of 2:29:54 at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Biography
She trained at the VSS Žalgiris in Vilnius. Her first coach from 1974 to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina%20Ka%C4%8Diu%C5%A1yt%C4%97 |
The Bad Spellers are an indie-pop band from Tokyo, Japan consisting of husband/wife duo Tony Parmenter (guitar, vocals) and Yasuko Ichinomiya Parmenter (keyboards, vocals, toys).
Although officially forming in 2003, the two spent the following 2 years in separate countries, only able to write music together via the in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bad%20Spellers |
Tokhta (Toqta, Toktu, Tokhtai, Tochtu or Tokhtogha; died ) was Khan of the Golden Horde from 1291 to 1312. He was a son of Mengu-Timur and a great-grandson of Batu Khan.
His name "Tokhtokh" means "hold/holding" in the Mongolian language.
Early reign under Nogai
In 1288, Tokhta was ousted by his cousins. In 1291, he ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toqta |
J. W. Robinson Co., Robinson's, was a chain of department stores operating in the Southern California and Arizona area, previously with headquarters in Los Angeles, California.
History
Joseph Winchester Robinson was a merchant from Waltham, Massachusetts who moved to Rosemead, California in 1882 to develop orange grov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20W.%20Robinson%27s |
"Number One Spot" is the second single from rapper Ludacris' 2004 album The Red Light District. The song heavily samples "Soul Bossa Nova" by Quincy Jones, which was used as the theme tune of the Mike Myers James Bond parody film series Austin Powers; the films references play a major part in "Number One Spot" and its ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number%20One%20Spot |
NHL Stanley Cup, known as Super Hockey in Europe, is an ice hockey video game developed by Sculptured Software for the Super NES. Unlike most hockey video games of the time, the game features movement in a pseudo-3D environment using the SNES's Mode 7 hardware feature, similar to Sculptured's previous NCAA Basketball.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL%20Stanley%20Cup%20%28Super%20NES%29 |
Oestinghausen is a village in the municipality of Lippetal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of 1,944 (as of 30 June 2012).
Oestinghausen has a primary school the St. Stephanus-Schule and a kindergarten. The sports club Schwarz-Gelb Oestinghausen, the Carnival-Club and the "Schuetzenverein" Sankt ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oestinghausen |
This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 1959. This listing is the complete, 50 items, "Partial Dataset" as listed on www.legislation.gov.uk (as at March 2014).
Statutory Instruments
1-499
The Magistrates' Courts (Maintenance Orders Act, 1958) Rules 1959 SI 1959/3 (L. 1)
The Airway... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%201959 |
The Stewart Dry Goods Company—alternately known as Stewart Dry Goods, or Stewart's—was a regional department store chain based in Louisville, Kentucky. At its height, the chain consisted of seven store locations in Kentucky and Indiana. The chain in its later years operated as a division of New York–based Associated ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart%20Dry%20Goods |
This discography lists the key British and notable international releases of The KLF and the other pseudonyms of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty. It also details the other releases on their independent record label, KLF Communications, by KLF-spinoff Disco 2000 and Space (Cauty's solo work). In the United Kingdom—their h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20KLF%20discography |
The episodes listed below are from the animated television series Beast Wars: Transformers. The series premiered on September 16, 1996 and ended on May 7, 1999, with a total of 52 episodes over the course of 3 seasons.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (1996–97)
Season 2 (1997–98)
Season 3 (1998–99)
References
E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Beast%20Wars%20episodes |
Tarasp is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Its eleven settlements are situated within the Lower Engadin valley along the Inn River, at the foot of the Sesvenna Range. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the munic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarasp |
Anthony "Andy" Granatelli (March 18, 1923 – December 29, 2013) was an American businessman, most prominent as the CEO of STP as well as a major figure in automobile racing events.
Granatelli was born in Dallas, Texas. Along with his brothers Vince and Joe, he first worked as an auto mechanic and "speed-shop" entrepre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Granatelli |
James Martin Gurley (December 22, 1939 – December 20, 2009) was an American musician. He is best known as the principal lead guitarist of Big Brother and the Holding Company, a psychedelic/acid rock band from San Francisco which was fronted by singer Janis Joplin from 1966 to 1968.
Early life
Gurley was born in Detroi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Gurley |
Jan Bucquoy (; Harelbeke, 16 November 1945) is a Belgian anarchist who has worked in various media (film, comics writing, painting, sculptures, museums). He gained fame for his controversial anti-establishment works and media stunts, which caused many court cases, including for lèse-majesté, copyright infringement and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Bucquoy |
Charles Teetai Ane Jr. (January 25, 1931 – May 9, 2007) was an American football offensive lineman who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions. He played college football at the University of Southern California.
Early years
Ane excelled in baseball, basketball and track as well as football ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley%20Ane |
Müstair is a village in the Val Müstair municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Müstair merged with Fuldera, Lü, Switzerland, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Tschierv and Valchava to form Val Müstair.
The easternmost point of Switzerland, at Piz Chavalatsch, is located in the municipal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCstair |
Operation Babylon may refer to:
An alternative name for Operation Opera, an Israeli bombing raid on Iraqi nuclear installations
A 2015 Italian raid on a darknet market
See also
Operation Ancient Babylon (2003–2006), the code name given to the deployment of Italian forces during the Iraq War | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Babylon |
Oswald Garrison "Mike" Villard Jr. (September 17, 1916 – January 7, 2004) was an American professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University.
Early life
Villard was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York, to a distinguished family. He was the great-grandson of William Lloyd Garrison, the famed abolitionist, and the gra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald%20Garrison%20Villard%20Jr. |
Scuol () is a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. The official language in Scuol is Romansh. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into Scuol.
Name
The official name has undergone several changes in the 20th centu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuol |
The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK, or simply Karnataka Government, formerly Government of Mysore, is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief minister and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Karnataka |
Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha ("Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha the Nephew"; in ) (1644–1702) of the Köprülü family, was the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire under Mustafa II from September 1697 until September 1702. Amcazade Koprulu Huseyin Pasha was close to ordinary Ottoman Muslim subjects being a member of the Mevlevi Ord... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amcazade%20K%C3%B6pr%C3%BCl%C3%BC%20H%C3%BCseyin%20Pasha |
Szymon Konarski (1808–1839) was a 19th-century Polish-Lithuanian radical democratic politician and revolutionary, one of the leaders of the November Uprising of 1831. As a politician, he supported the radical idea of social and economic equality for all men, as well as the right of political and national liberty and se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon%20Konarski |
Henrietta Ónodi (born May 22, 1974) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in 1992. After retiring from gymnastics in 1997 she moved to the United States, married American Olympic pentathlete Jimbo Haley, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. In 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta%20%C3%93nodi |
Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller (born 12 December 1945) is a former Jamaican politician. She served as Prime Minister of Jamaica from March 2006 to September 2007 and again from 5 January 2012 to 3 March 2016. She was the leader of the People's National Party from 2005 to 2017 and the Leader of the Opposition twice, fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia%20Simpson-Miller |
Deniz Akkaya (born 3 August 1977) is a Turkish top model, presenter, occasional fashion editor and disc jockey, entrepreneur, businesswoman, and actress who won Best Model of Turkey 1997. As the top-earning model in Turkey in the early 2000s, Deniz Akkaya is considered to be one of the most leading models in Turkish fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniz%20Akkaya |
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues is a live album and the final concert by American rapper 2Pac. The performance was recorded at the House of Blues, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, on July 4, 1996 and released on both CD and DVD on September 5, 2005.
Background
Although the album is credited solely to 2Pac,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20at%20the%20House%20of%20Blues%20%28Tupac%20Shakur%20album%29 |
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The Powers Department Store of Minneapolis, Minnesota was a department store chain with roots dating to 1873, and that, at its peak, consisted of 7 locations in Minnesota.
History
S. E. Olson & Co.
Norwegian immigrant Seaver E. Olson formed a partnership with John C. Smith and John Paul in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 18... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers%20Dry%20Goods |
Trafalgar House was a British conglomerate with interests in property investment, property development, engineering, construction, shipping, hotels, energy and publishing. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but eventually floundered in the mid-1990s.
History
Trafalg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar%20House%20%28company%29 |
Spies (2002) is a psychological novel by English author and dramatist Michael Frayn. It is currently studied by A-Level, and some GCSE, literature students in various schools. It is also studied by some Year 12 VCE English students in Australia.
Synopsis
Narrating in the form of a bildungsroman, an elderly man, Stefan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spies%20%28novel%29 |
Unnecessary Fuss is a film produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), showing footage shot inside the University of Pennsylvania's Head Injury Clinic in Philadelphia. The raw footage was recorded by the laboratory researchers as they inflicted brain damage to baboons using a hydraulic device. The e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnecessary%20Fuss |
Benjamin Lauth (born 4 August 1981) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is most commonly known for his two spells at TSV 1860 Munich.
At international level, he represented Germany at under-18 and under-21 youth levels. Playing for the senior national team, he earned five caps scorin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Lauth |
Aggersborg is the largest of Denmark's former Viking ring fortress, and one of the largest archaeological sites in Denmark. It is located near Aggersund on the north side of the Limfjord. It consists of a circular rampart surrounded by a ditch. Four main roads arranged in a cross connects the fortress center with the r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggersborg |
The Adishi Gospels (Adishi Four Gospels) () is an important early medieval Gospel Book from Georgia.
The oldest dated extant manuscript of the Georgian version of the Gospels, it was created by Mikaeli at Shatberdi Monastery in the southwestern Georgian princedom of Klarjeti (located now in northeastern Turkey) in AD ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adysh%20Gospels |
The Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment or VCCI is the Japanese body governing RF emissions (i.e. electromagnetic interference) standards.
It was formed in December 1985.
The VCCI mark of conformance also appears on some electrical equipment sold outside Japan.
External li... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary%20Control%20Council%20for%20Interference%20by%20Information%20Technology%20Equipment |
The is a national expressway in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is owned and operated by East Nippon Expressway Company.
Naming
Tateyama refers to the city of the same name on the Bōsō Peninsula, a major city in the region. Though the Tateyama Expressway does not actually reach the city proper, its extension the Futtsu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tateyama%20Expressway |
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