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Howlin' Wind is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Graham Parker and his band the Rumour, released in 1976. The Rumour were mainly former pub rock musicians, including guitarist Brinsley Schwarz and keyboardist Bob Andrews of the band Brinsley Schwarz; Parker's recent jobs included working as a petrol pump at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howlin%27%20Wind |
Christopher Holt (born June 5, 1985) is a Canadian-born American former professional hockey goaltender who last played with the Braehead Clan of the Elite Ice Hockey League. He also played for the New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, Dinamo Riga, HC Donbass of the Kontinental Hockey Leagu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Holt%20%28ice%20hockey%29 |
The Secret of Sinharat is a science fantasy novel by American writer Leigh Brackett, set on the planet Mars, whose protagonist is Eric John Stark. The novel is expanded from the novella "Queen of the Martian Catacombs", published in the pulp magazine Planet Stories in the Summer 1949 issue.
Plot summary
For the first... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Secret%20of%20Sinharat |
The World Economy: Historical Statistics is a landmark book by Angus Maddison. Published in 2004 by the OECD Development Centre, it studies the growth of populations and economies across the centuries: not just the world economy as it is now, but how it was in the past.
Among other things, it showed that Europe's gros... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20World%20Economy%3A%20Historical%20Statistics |
USS Reeves may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:
USS Reeves (DE-94), a delivered to the Royal Navy as
, a Buckley-class destroyer escort launched 1943
, a destroyer leader launched 1962
United States Navy ship names | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Reeves |
10,000 Days is the fourth studio album by American rock band Tool. The album was released by Tool Dissectional and Volcano Entertainment on April 28, 2006 in parts of Europe, April 29, 2006 in Australia, May 1, 2006 in the United Kingdom, and on May 2, 2006 in North America. It marked the first time since recording 199... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10%2C000%20Days%20%28Tool%20album%29 |
Clarence R. Magney (January 11, 1883 – May 13, 1962) was an American attorney, lawyer, and jurist who served as the mayor of Duluth from 1917 to 1920 and associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1943 to 1953.
Early life and education
Born in Trenton, Pierce County, Wisconsin, Magney went to public schoo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20R.%20Magney |
Bath is a former village on the Saint John River in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Carleton North.
Bath is famous for the annual "Bath Fall Fair" which took place every Labour Day with a parade and fair and to end the night fireworks.
Histor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath%2C%20New%20Brunswick |
The New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA) is an association based in Boston University's College of Communication. Its goal is to promote all forms of student journalism, such as student newspapers, broadcast programs, yearbooks, and magazines. NESPA holds an annual conference, at which many awards are given... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20England%20Scholastic%20Press%20Association |
Executive Order No. 464 (popularly known as E.O. 464) is a controversial executive order issued in the Philippines on September 26, 2005, by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that prevents cabinet members, police and military generals, senior national security officials, and "such other officers as may be determined by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%20Executive%20Order%20464 |
Hollywood Town Hall is the third studio album by American rock band The Jayhawks. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and number 192 on the Billboard 200. The cover art for the album was shot in Hollywood Township, Carver County, Minnesota by British photographer Andrew Catlin.
Reception
David B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%20Town%20Hall |
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Cairo Land (Cairo, Egypt)
Calaway Park (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
California's Great America (Santa Clara, California, United States)
Camden Park (Huntington, West Virginia, United States)
Camelot Park (Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia)
Camelot Theme Park (Chorley, Lancashire, England)
Canada's Wonderland (V... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20amusement%20parks%20%28C%E2%80%93D%29 |
Dmitriyev or Dmitriev () is a common Russian surname that is derived from the male given name Dmitry and literally means Dmitry's. It may refer to:
Aleksandr Dmitriyev (conductor) (born 1935), Russian conductor
Alexey Dmitriev (b. 1985), Russian ice hockey player
Andrei Dmitriev (b. 1979), Russian political dissident, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitriyev |
Mar Sargis Yousip, is the Assyrian Church of the East's Bishop of Baghdad, Iraq. Born in 1950 in Baghdad, he was consecrated a bishop at the age of 17 by Mar Yosip Khnanisho on 2 March 1967 at the Mar Zaia Cathedral in Baghdad. In 2002 the bishop left for the United States and has since been unable to return to his dio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargis%20Yosip |
Mar Iskhaq Yosip is the Assyrian Church Bishop of Northern Iraq and Russia.
See also
Assyrian Church of the East
Assyrian Church of the East's Holy Synod
References
Iskhaq Yousip
Iraqi Assyrian people
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%20Iskhaq%20Yosip |
How I Quit Smoking is the second studio album by the American rock band Lambchop, released on January 30, 1996, by Merge Records.
The song "The Man Who Loved Beer" is an adaptation of the poem "The Man Who Was Tired of Life" from the ancient Egyptian text Dispute between a man and his Ba (c. 2000–1700 BC). The song wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How%20I%20Quit%20Smoking |
JDV may refer to:
Jason de Vos, a Canadian soccer player
Jeffrey de Visscher, a Dutch footballer
Jose de Venecia, Jr., a Filipino politician
Jean de Villiers, a South African rugby player
Jnana Deepa, Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Pune, India (Pontifical Athenaeum)
Joe Devance, a Filipino basketball player
Dj... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDV |
Image-based lighting (IBL) is a 3D rendering technique which involves capturing an omnidirectional representation of real-world light information as an image, typically using a 360° camera. This image is then projected onto a dome or sphere analogously to environment mapping, and this is used to simulate the lighting f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image-based%20lighting |
She's a Rebel is the debut studio album by Australian recording artist Debbie Byrne. The album was released in November 1974 and peaked at number 63 on the Kent Music Report.
Track listing
LP/Cassette
Charts
References
Debra Byrne albums
1974 debut albums
Festival Records albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s%20a%20Rebel |
Axis of Advance was a Canadian death metal band from Edmonton, active from 1998 to 2008. Their music was described as "freaked-out, hyper and evil metal...not for the weak and not really for most rational human beings, but it will sound great to those looking for a slice of evil black metal the way it should be done."
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis%20of%20Advance |
Boombamela () is a formerly New Age-oriented and more recently mainstream festival held annually on Chol HaMoed Pesach (Intermediate Days of Passover) in Israel since 1999. The inspiration for the festival is the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela. Its organizers have described it as "a place for meeting, experiencing, cros... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boombamela |
Mar Odisho Oraham, born 1961, is the Assyrian Church of the East Bishop of Scandinavia and Germany with residence in Sweden.
References
Odisho Oraham
1961 births
Living people
Swedish bishops | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odisho%20Oraham |
Øystein Olsen Ravner (1893–1975) was a Norwegian appointed councilor of state in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling 1940–1941, and minister 1941–1942.
1893 births
1975 deaths
Government ministers of Norway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ystein%20Olsen%20Ravner |
The 19th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Strasbourg, France, in 1978 from October 23 to October 29.
This was the first world championships to make use of video replays. A video control system was installed near each apparatus to help judges in disputable situations. The system had first been used ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%20World%20Artistic%20Gymnastics%20Championships |
Herman Johan Foss Reimers (15 September 1843 – 7 February 1928) was Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.
Background
Reimers was born at Bergen in Hordaland, Norway. He was cand. jur. in 1867.
Career
He served in the Ministry of Finance during 1878. From April to June 1884 he was Councillor of St... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman%20Johan%20Foss%20Reimers |
The Uninvited is a band originally from Los Angeles in the United States. The band was named, formed and founded in 1988 when brothers John and Steve Taylor teamed up with longtime friend Bill Cory on bass and James "Trainwreck" Robinson on drums. The band then went on to play Hollywood's legendary local concert venues... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Uninvited%20%28band%29 |
Sharon Salzberg (born August 5, 1952) is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practices in the West. In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society at Barre, Massachusetts, with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her emphasis is on vipassanā (insight) and mettā (loving-kindness) methods, and has been ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon%20Salzberg |
Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) is a Christian outreach ministry affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, Lutheran Church - Canada and Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML). Its mission is "Bringing Christ to the Nations—and the Nations to the Church". LHM's flagship radio program, The Lutheran Hour, is one of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran%20Hour%20Ministries |
The Proto-Ionians are the hypothetical earliest speakers of the Ionic dialects of Ancient Greek, chiefly in the works of Jean Faucounau. The relation of Ionic to the other Greek dialects has been subject to some debate. It is mostly grouped with Arcadocypriot as opposed to Doric, reflecting two waves of migration into ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Ionians |
Community School () was a boarding school in Tehran, Iran, originally intended for the children of Presbyterian missionaries from the United States who were stationed in Iran since the 1830s. However, it soon served expatriates of all stripes raising children while in Iran. In the late 1940s, the school moved from it... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20School%2C%20Tehran |
Disney's Sing Me a Story with Belle is an American live-action/animated television series created by Patrick Davidson and Melissa Gould. The series features Belle from Disney's 1991 animated feature film Beauty and the Beast, who now owns and manages the bookshop in the village. She is usually greeted by children who ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing%20Me%20a%20Story%20with%20Belle |
Caligata Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Clearwater. The lake occupies a cirque below the north face of Raft Mountain. The park has no visitor facilities or services.
Access is by Spahats Creek Road off the Clearwater Valley Road (also called Wells Gray Park ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligata%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park |
The Qingtian dialect () is a dialect of the Chinese language. It is spoken in Qingtian county of Lishui prefecture in Zhejiang, China. The Qingtian dialect is one of the Chuqu dialects of Wu Chinese spoken in Quzhou and Lishui prefectures of Zhejiang.
References
External links
A Study on the Phonetics of the Qingtia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingtian%20dialect |
TSSA may refer to:
Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
Technical Standards and Safety Authority | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSSA |
Call Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, southeast of Smithers, British Columbia, in the Bulkley Valley region. The park was established in 1999, comprising approximately 60 hectares.
References
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
Bulkley Valle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park |
Kåre Mikkelsen Jonsborg (11 January 1912 – 10 July 1977) was a Norwegian painter and textile artist.
Background
Kåre Jonsborg was born at Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of John Andreas Mikkelsen (1873-1944) and Anne Elise Ebbell (1884-1950). At five years of age, his family moved to Solør, where his fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A5re%20Jonsborg |
E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy is a coeducational, secondary academy school for 11- to 16-year-olds in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
History
The school was formerly called Royton and Crompton School. In this incarnation it was judged Inadequate by Ofsted in 2017. The school became... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-ACT%20Royton%20and%20Crompton%20Academy |
Professor Dr. Ernst Décsey (13 April 1870 – 12 March 1941), was an Austrian author and music critic.
Biography
Décsey was born in Hamburg and studied law at the Vienna University. At the same time he completed professional training at the Vienna music school (Konservatorium) in piano, harmony and composition.
From 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20D%C3%A9csey |
Cathedral Provincial Park and Protected Area, usually known as Cathedral Provincial Park and also as Cathedral Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located east of E.C. Manning Provincial Park, south of BC Highway 3, and southeast of the town of Princeton, and southwest of Keremeos. Its souther... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral%20Provincial%20Park%20and%20Protected%20Area |
Catala Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canaded on the west coast of Vancouver Island at the mouth of Esperanza Inlet, between Kyuquot Sound (N) and Nootka Sound (S). The park is 955 ha. in size and was established in July 1995.
Name origin
Catala Island, which is one of the isla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catala%20Island%20Marine%20Provincial%20Park |
Castle Rock Hoodoos Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Located on the Deadman Plateau northwest of Kamloops, the park was originally named Deadman Hoodoos Provincial Park and was created on July 23, 1997 and was 34 hectares in size. The park was reduced in size to 16 hectares on April 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle%20Rock%20Hoodoos%20Provincial%20Park |
Carp Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 2 hours northwest of Prince George between the Muskeg and McLeod Rivers, to the southwest of the community of McLeod Lake, which is 32 km from the park's campground.
External links
BC Parks webpage
Provincial parks of British Columbia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carp%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park |
The Naples Metro () is a rapid transit system serving the city of Naples, Campania, Italy and some parts of the adjacent comuni of its metropolitan area through Line 11. The system comprises four underground rapid transit lines (Line 1, Line 2, Line 6, Line 11, with Line 10 being under construction).
It is the third l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples%20Metro |
Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, originally Carmanah Pacific Provincial Park, is a remote wilderness park located inside traditional Ditidaht First Nation (also spelled diiɁdiitidq) ancestral territory. The park covers a land area of immediately adjacent to Pacific Rim National Park Reserve's West Coast Trail on the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmanah%20Walbran%20Provincial%20Park |
Cariboo River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located between Barkerville and Likely in the upper Cariboo River basin.
Located between Kimball Lake and Cariboo Lake, the park was established in 1995, comprising 3212 hectares. Its boundaries were revised in 2010, the total area now be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariboo%20River%20Provincial%20Park |
Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of Likely. Comprising 113,469 ha., the park is located in the Cariboo Mountains between Bowron Lakes Provincial Park (NW) and Wells Gray Provincial Park (SE).
The park was established as Mitchell Lake/Niagara Park in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariboo%20Mountains%20Provincial%20Park |
Cape Scott Provincial Park extends from Shushartie in the east, then westward around Cape Scott and south to San Josef Bay. This coastline comprises the northern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The provincial park is about northwest of Victoria.
First Nations & explorers
In 1786, the cape was named in hon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Scott%20Provincial%20Park |
Many of the Vietnamese people in Hong Kong immigrated as a result of the Vietnam War and persecution since the mid-1970s.
Backed by a humanitarian policy of the Hong Kong Government, and under the auspices of the United Nations, some Vietnamese were permitted to settle in Hong Kong.
The illegal entry of Vietnamese re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese%20people%20in%20Hong%20Kong |
Canim Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the southwest end of Canim Lake in the Interlakes District of the South Cariboo region, adjacent to the Secwepemc Indian reserve community of Canim Lake, British Columbia just northeast of 100 Mile House. The park was established ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canim%20Beach%20Provincial%20Park |
Canal Flats Provincial Park was a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at Canal Flats at the divide between Columbia Lake and the Kootenay River in the province's East Kootenay region. The park had been established in 1981 at approximately 6 hectares in size. In 2004, the park was converted from Order I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal%20Flats%20Provincial%20Park |
Callaghan Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the upper Callaghan Valley to the west of the resort town of Whistler. The dormant volcano Mount Callaghan overlooks the lake on its north side, while just to the south of the park is the sliding events facility for the 2010 Oly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaghan%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park |
Didier Squiban (born 23 September 1959 in Ploudalmézeau (Finistère)) is a French pianist and composer.
His musical work is a combination of traditional Breton music, jazz improvisation and classical romanticism and has added the piano to the repertoire of modern Breton music.
He has been influenced by Duke Ellington,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier%20Squiban |
Eivind Kristofer Reiten (born 2 April 1953) is a Norwegian economist, corporate officer and politician for the Centre Party. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1985-1986 and Minister of Petroleum and Energy from 1989-1990, before entering a career in business. Reiten served as the Director General (CEO) of Norsk H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eivind%20Reiten |
The Mid-Atlantic Prep League, also known as the MAPL, is a sports league with participating institutions from prep schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the United States. MAPL schools are allowed to have a limited number of post-graduates (student-athletes who have already graduated from high school and are taking... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic%20Prep%20League |
Yard Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park located 15 kilometres east of Sicamous along the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia, Canada.
It also serves as a campground with 64 forested sites. Yard Creek campground was historically used as an internment camp for the Shuswap people.
Conservation
The landscape... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard%20Creek%20Provincial%20Park |
Yahk Provincial Park is a provincial park located just south of Yahk, British Columbia, 70 kilometres south of Cranbrook, and 14.5 kilometres north of the Canada–United States border at Kingsgate in British Columbia, Canada.
History
The park was established 1956. The area was once a major supplier of railroad ties for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahk%20Provincial%20Park |
Victor Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located southwest of Revelstoke to the north of Three Valley Lake (just west of the summit of Eagle Pass).
References
Columbia Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Monashee Mountains | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park |
Vaseux Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park located along the northeastern shore of Vaseux Lake in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada. The park is situated south of Okanagan Falls on Highway 97 in the south Okanagan. The park plays a key role in educating and providing access to important conservatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaseux%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park |
I Often Dream of Trains is the third album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1984. It is Hitchcock's first acoustic-based album.
After the break-up of The Soft Boys, Hitchcock recorded two solo albums — 1981's Black Snake Diamond Role and 1982's poorly received Groovy Decay — before hitting an artistic slump mitigated o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Often%20Dream%20of%20Trains |
Vargas Island Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, comprising the west side of the island of the same name, which is located west of Meares Island and northwest of the resort community of Tofino in the Clayoquot Sound region of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vargas%20Island%20Provincial%20Park |
Valhalla Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on March 3, 1983, in the mountains above the Western shores of Slocan Lake, in the west Kootenays. The park consists of most of the Valhalla Ranges of the Selkirk Mountains.
Geography
It is 49,893 hectares in size with of s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla%20Provincial%20Park |
Tsʼilʔos Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Tsʼilʔos ( ; roughly in Chilcotin) is the official BC Parks designation for this provincial park, though sometimes it is written as "Tsʼil-os", "Tsʼyl-os", or "Tsylos". The "ʔ" in the name represents a glottal stop.
History
The park was establ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%CA%BCil%CA%94os%20Provincial%20Park |
Quatsino Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on Quatsino Sound on northern Vancouver Island.
History
The park was established July 12, 1995.
Conservation
This undeveloped park protects some of the largest old-growth trees, some small lakes, Koprino Harbour, which is a sheltered i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatsino%20Provincial%20Park |
América Móvil is a Mexican telecommunications corporation headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the 7th largest mobile network operator in the world in terms of equity subscribers, as well as one of the largest corporations in the world. América Móvil is a Forbes Global 2000 company. As of Q1, 2019, América Móvil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica%20M%C3%B3vil |
Grand River Collegiate Institute is a public secondary school in Kitchener, Ontario. The school is located at 175 Indian Road. It is part of the Waterloo Region District School Board. As of November 2017, there are approximately 1250 full-time students and 130 staff.
History
As the fifth collegiate in Kitchener-Waterl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20River%20Collegiate%20Institute |
Live Evolution 8701 is a video album by Usher. It was released on November 12, 2002, by LaFace Records and includes all of Usher's top hits up to that time in his career.
Track listing
Bonus features
Rehearsal Song-U Don't Have To Call
Usher's Bio Video
Biography & Discography
Photo Gallery
Personnel
Credits for Liv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usher%20Live%20Evolution%208701 |
Disney Princess, also called the Princess Line, is a media franchise and toy line owned by the Walt Disney Company. Created by Disney Consumer Products chairman Andy Mooney, the franchise features a lineup of female protagonists who have appeared in various Disney franchises.
The franchise does not include all princes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%20Princess |
Songs from the Mirror is the third solo album by Scottish singer-songwriter Fish, released in 1993 as his final album for Polydor. It does not contain any original material; instead it is a cover album featuring Fish's versions of songs by artists who inspired him before his career started. It reached 46 on the UK Albu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs%20from%20the%20Mirror |
Golden Ears Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is named after the prominent twin peaks, which are commonly referred to as Golden Ears (Mount Blanshard) (elevation: ). The park was originally part of Garibaldi Provincial Park (established 1927) but was split off as a separate park in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Ears%20Provincial%20Park |
Sasquatch Provincial Park is a provincial park in Kent, British Columbia, Canada.
History
The park was established 1968, in its present condition. It actually began in 1959 as a 20 hectare inland fjord called Green Point Park, which was expanded into a picnicking area in 1960. Eight years later the park was expanded g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasquatch%20Provincial%20Park |
The 1964 Rochester race riot was a riot that occurred in 1964 in Rochester, New York, United States. The riot occurred in the context of a rapidly-growing African American population in Rochester which had experienced discrimination in employment, housing, and policing in the preceding years. Violence began when the Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964%20Rochester%20race%20riot |
Essynth is a mathematical model for interactive sound synthesis based on the evolutionary computation which uses genetic operators and fitness functions to create sound. In Essynth, digitally sampled sounds (waveforms) are represented as individuals within a population set that describes an evolutionary path over time... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essynth |
Coquihalla River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located north of the town of Hope on BC Highway 5 adjacent to the Coquihalla River.
The park was established as the Coquihalla River Recreation Area in 1986, comprising
approximately . It was upgraded in full provincial park status in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coquihalla%20River%20Provincial%20Park |
Cormorant Channel Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Pearse Islands, a small archipelago to the east of Cormorant Island and the Village of Alert Bay at the western end of Johnstone Strait.
See also
List of British Columbia provincial parks
References
Provincial p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant%20Channel%20Marine%20Provincial%20Park |
The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is an American non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) – the Systems and Analyses Center (SAC), the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI), and the Center for Communications and Computing (C&C) – to assist ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20for%20Defense%20Analyses |
Cornwall Hills Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, immediately west of Cache Creek, protecting part of the Cornwall Hills including their highest summit which features an old fire lookout.
See also
Blue Earth Lake Provincial Park
Oregon Jack Provincial Park
Hat Creek Ranch
Marble Canyon P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall%20Hills%20Provincial%20Park |
Coste Rocks Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located 23 km south of Kitimat on the south end of Coste Island. The park, which is water access only, was established in 2004; comprising approximately 29 hectares (1 hectares of it upland and 28 hectares of it foreshore).
References
Prov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coste%20Rocks%20Provincial%20Park |
Cottonwood River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of the confluence of the Fraser and Cottonwood Rivers in that province's North Cariboo region.
There are no active recreational facilities, no maintenance, and camping is prohibited at this park.
See also
Cottonwood C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottonwood%20River%20Provincial%20Park |
Cowichan River Provincial Park is a provincial park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It includes the Cowichan River in a 750-hectare area stretching almost 20 kilometres, from the village of Lake Cowichan to Glenora, just south of Duncan. Its paths are part of the Trans Canada Trail
References
Externa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowichan%20River%20Provincial%20Park |
Giuseppe Sacconi (Montalto delle Marche, 5 July 1854 - 23 September 1905) was an Italian architect. He is best known as the designer of the monument of Vittorio Emanuele II, in the centre of Rome. Following the prestigious commission, he became one of the protagonists of the artistic culture of post-unification Italy,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe%20Sacconi |
Crooked River Provincial Park is a 970-hectare provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The park, named after the Crooked River, was established in 1965. It is located approximately 70 km north of Prince George, along Highway 97, and close to the town of Bear Lake.
References
External links
Official site
Crooke... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked%20River%20Provincial%20Park |
Crowsnest Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located within the District Municipality of Sparwood, east of Fernie on BC Highway 3, just inside the BC side of the Crowsnest Pass.
References
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Regional District of East Kootenay
Elk Valley (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowsnest%20Provincial%20Park |
Cummins Lakes Provincial Park and Protected Area is a provincial park and protected area located in the eastern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It was established on August 4, 2000 to protect mountainous wilderness along the Cummins River.
Geography
The Cummins River is a tributary of the Columbia River that for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummins%20Lakes%20Provincial%20Park%20and%20Protected%20Area |
Copeland Islands Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in Desolation Sound to the northwest of Lund on the northern Sunshine Coast off the west coast of the Malaspina Peninsula.
The park was established in 1971, comprising approximately 423 hectares, 153 of which is upload, 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copeland%20Islands%20Marine%20Provincial%20Park |
Volunteer Defence Corps may refer to:
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Shanghai Volunteer Corps | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer%20Defence%20Corps |
Animals of Conkle Lake Provincial Park
Bird species that live in the area are the common loon, merganser, ruffed grouse, pileated woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, and ruby-crowned kinglet.
Mammals that live in the area are bears, squirrels, raccoons, rodents, beavers, deer, rabbits, foxes, and moose.
Conkle Lake... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conkle%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park |
Mohammed Abu Talb ( (alt. transliteration: Muhammad Abu Talib), born 27 June 1954) is an Egyptian-born militant who was convicted on 21 December 1989 of a series of bombings in Copenhagen and Amsterdam in 1985, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in Sweden. He has also been investigated in connection with the 21 Dec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%20Talb |
Dunk, also previously known as Starkicker and blue.bottle.fly., was a Canadian power pop band from St. Catharines, Ontario, who were active from the mid 1990s to early 2000s.
History
The band formed in the 1990s, consisting of vocalist and guitarist Ben Dunk, bassist Nick Dunk and drummer Doug Boudreau. The original n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunk%20%28band%29 |
Clayoquot Arm Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.
See also
Clayoquot Plateau Provincial Park
Clayoquot Sound
References
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Clayoquot Sound region
1995 establishments in British Columbia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayoquot%20Arm%20Provincial%20Park |
Clayoquot Plateau Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the west side of the Kennedy River, to the northeast of the town of Tofino.
The park was established in 1995, comprising . Its boundaries were revised in 2004, and the resulting area is approximately , of which is upl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayoquot%20Plateau%20Provincial%20Park |
Gudmund Olav Restad (19 December 1937 – 18 September 2021) was a politician for the Norwegian Centre Party. He was Minister of Finance from 1997 to 2000. Prior to that, he served as Mayor of Smøla from 1980 to 1985 when he was elected to Parliament.
References
1937 births
2021 deaths
People from Skaun
Ministers of Fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudmund%20Restad |
Clendinning Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It surrounds the drainage of Clendinning Creek, which is a tributary of the Elaho River. Its name is shared by the Clendinning Range, of which Mount Clendinning is the highest summit (there is also a Clendinning Lake in the same basin).
Es... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clendinning%20Provincial%20Park |
Codville Lagoon Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the southwest end of King Island. The park was created in 1965 because it is a significant site to the Heiltsuk People. This park, which is approximately 755 ha. in area, has an unmaintained trail to Sagar Lake which has... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codville%20Lagoon%20Marine%20Provincial%20Park |
Cody Caves Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was formed in July 1966 to protect the Cody Caves and was the first subterranean park in British Columbia. The park is 13 km by road, northwest from the hot springs community of Ainsworth Hot Springs on Kootenay Lake.
Notes
External link... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody%20Caves%20Provincial%20Park |
Coldwater River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the Coldwater River with Cullet Creek, 50 km south of Merritt on BC Highway 5.
References
BC Parks webpage
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Canadian Cascades
Nicola Country
1986 establishments in Britis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldwater%20River%20Provincial%20Park |
Columbia Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the northeast shore of Columbia Lake south of the town of Invermere. The park was established in 1988, comprising approximately . Its boundary was expanded in 2004, the total now comprising approximately , of which is upland, o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%20Lake%20Provincial%20Park |
Collinson Point Provincial Park is a provincial park on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located between Mount Galiano and the western approaches to Active Pass. The area is 24 hectares, with c. 500 metres of waterfront.
Description
The park shares a long common border with Mount Galiano Community Par... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collinson%20Point%20Provincial%20Park |
Champion Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of the city of Trail in the province's West Kootenay region.
The park was established by Order-in-Council in 1955. Its boundaries were adjusted in 2000 to approximately 1,245 hectares and agai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champion%20Lakes%20Provincial%20Park |
Cedar Point Provincial Park is a Class C provincial park located on the western end of Quesnel Lake in the Cariboo Region of British Columbia, Canada. As a Class "C" park, it is managed locally by a park board based in the nearby town of Likely. The park was established in 1962 and is approximately 8 hectares in area.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar%20Point%20Provincial%20Park |
Black Caesar (stylized as Black Cæsar and released theatrically in the UK as Godfather of Harlem) is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry and Julius Harris. It features a musical score (Black Caesar) by James Brown (with heavy in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Caesar%20%28film%29 |
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