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Davenham (; ) is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is part of the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester. It had a population of 2,745 at the 2011 census. It is in the centre of the Cheshire Plain near both the River Dane and River Weaver.
Overview
Davenham is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenham |
Roderick O'Connor (; 28 November 1883 – 8 December 1922) was an Irish republican revolutionary. He was Director of Engineering for the IRA in the Irish War of Independence.
O'Connor opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and was chairman of the republican military council that became the Anti-Treaty IRA in March 1922. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory%20O%27Connor%20%28Irish%20republican%29 |
Roundel is a periodical that serves as the newsletter of the BMW Car Club of America. Their mission is to inform, entertain, and promote a sense of community for their 75,000 members. They review new cars as well as perform comparison tests. There is a classified ads section which has a large selection of BMWs.
The he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundel%20%28magazine%29 |
The rufous-capped warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons) is a New World warbler native from Mexico south to Guatemala, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas. Birds in the southern part of the range are now split out as a separate species, as the chestnut-capped warbler (Basileuterus delattrii)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-capped%20warbler |
MWD may refer to:
Matte World Digital, an American visual effects company
Measurement while drilling, a procedure used in oil well drilling
Metropolitan Water District, a water wholesale supplier to local cities in Southern California, United States
Military working dog, used in warfare
Murakami-Wolf-Dublin, Amer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MWD |
Arzfeld is a municipality in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel, near the border with Luxembourg, approximately 20 km north-west of Bitburg and 25 km south-east of Sankt-Vith.
Arzfeld is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Arzfeld.
Referen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arzfeld |
The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI; ) is the official Danish meteorological institute, administrated by the Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate. It makes weather forecasts and observations for Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
History
It was founded in 1873, largely through the efforts of Ludwig A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%20Meteorological%20Institute |
Marburg is a rural town in the City of Ipswich and a locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Somerset Region, both in Queensland, Australia. In the , the town had a population of 873 people.
Geography
Marburg is located approximately 50 km west-south-west from Brisbane city. The land has an elevation of be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg%2C%20Queensland |
Shwenandaw Monastery (, ; lit. "Golden Palace Monastery") is a historic Buddhist monastery located near Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (formerly Burma).
Shwenandaw Monastery was built in 1878 by King Thibaw Min, who dismantled and relocated the apartment formerly occupied by his father, King Mindon Min, just ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwenandaw%20Monastery |
Strawberry Creek is the principal watercourse running through the city of Berkeley, California. Two forks rise in the Berkeley Hills of the California Coast Ranges, and form a confluence at the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. The creek then flows westward across the city to discharge into San Francis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry%20Creek |
Thameslink was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by Govia that operated the Thameslink franchise between March 1997 and March 2006.
The franchise was originally due to end on 31 March 2004, however a two-year extension was awarded to Govia by the Strategic Rail Authority on 13 February 2004. In Dec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thameslink%20%28train%20operating%20company%201997%E2%80%932006%29 |
Bitburg-Land is a former Verbandsgemeinde (municipal association) in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was situated around the town Bitburg, which was the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde, but not a part of it. On 1 July 2014 it merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Bitburger Land.
Bitburg-Lan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitburg-Land |
Den Bommel is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee, and lies about 14 km south of Spijkenisse.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1473 as Bommele, and refers to a form of peat. It was originally the name of a shoal which was diked between 147... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den%20Bommel |
Mandalay Hill ( ) is a hill that is located to the northeast of the city centre of Mandalay in Myanmar. The city took its name from the hill. Mandalay Hill is known for its abundance of pagodas and monasteries, and has been a major pilgrimage site for Burmese Buddhists for nearly two centuries. At the top of the hill... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay%20Hill |
Simian were an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 2000.
Members
Simon William Lord (vocals, lead guitar, drum programming)
Alex MacNaghten (bass)
James Anthony Shaw (keyboards, drum programming, percussion)
James Ellis Ford (drums, drum programming)
Touring members
Michael Tighe - additional guitar, keyboard... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simian%20%28band%29 |
A hayrack () is a freestanding vertical drying rack found chiefly in Slovenia. Hayracks are permanent structures, primarily made of wood, upon which fodder for animals is dried, although their use is not limited to drying hay. Other food stuffs such as field maize are dried on them as well. Although it is a practical s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayrack |
NGC 1850 is a double cluster and a super star cluster in the Dorado constellation, located in the northwest part of the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud, at a distance of from the Sun. It was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop in 1826.
This is an unusual cluster system because the main distribution of st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%201850 |
Fighting Mania: Fist of the North Star, released in Japan as , is a boxing game based on the manga series Fist of the North Star released by Konami in 2000 as a coin-operated arcade game.
Cabinet
The arcade cabinet stands about 6'2" tall, 34" wide (when facing the machine), and about 4' deep. The monitor is recessed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting%20Mania |
Levi George Wright (15 January 1862 – 11 January 1953) was an English footballer and first-class cricketer. He played association football for Derby County and Notts County and cricket for Derbyshire from 1883 to 1909 being captain for a season and a half in 1906–07. He scored over 15,000 runs in his first-class career... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi%20Wright |
Ooltgensplaat is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee, and lies about 17 km south of Spijkenisse.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1554 as Oitkensplate, and means "shoal of Oltken (person)". Ooltgensplaat developed after the Het Oudeland po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooltgensplaat |
Robert Vance Gentry (July 9, 1933 – January 28, 2020) was an American young Earth creationist and nuclear physicist, known for his claims that radiohalos provide evidence for a young age of the Earth.
Thesis
Gentry noted that the 218 polonium radio halos only formed at temperatures below 300 degrees and were visible f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20V.%20Gentry |
Mark Andrew Guthrie (born September 22, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for several teams between 1989 and 2003, and was a member of the 1991 World Series Champion Minnesota Twins.
Career
After graduating from Venice High School, Guthrie attended LSU where he led the team in ERA in 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Guthrie |
Maurice Ascalon (; 1913–2003) was an Israeli designer and sculptor. He was, by some accounts, considered the father of the modern Israeli decorative arts movement.
Biography
Moshe Klein (later Maurice Ascalon) was born in eastern Hungary (the town of Fehérgyarmat). From an early age, he was drawn to art, which was fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Ascalon |
Irrel is a municipality in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel, near the border with Luxembourg, at the confluence of the rivers Prüm and Nims. It is located approximately 15 km south-west of Bitburg and 5 km north-east of Echternach.
Irrel was the seat of the forme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrel |
The Pink Line is an rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the CTA's newest rail line and began operation for a 180-day trial period on June 25, 2006, running between 54th/Cermak station in Cicero, Illinois and the Loop in downtown Chicago. As... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%20Line%20%28CTA%29 |
David Arthur Granger (born 15 July 1945) is a Guyana former politician and retired military officer who served as the ninth president of Guyana from 2015 to 2020. A member of the People’s National Congress (PNC), he previously served as Commander of the Guyana Defence Force and as National Security Adviser from 1990 to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20A.%20Granger |
Middlewich Town Football Club is a football club based in the Cheshire town of Middlewich. They currently play in the .
History
Middlewich has had a town football club since at least 1912, with Middlewich Athletic playing at Seddon Street since 1912. Middlewich Athletic were mid-Cheshire league champions five times be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlewich%20Town%20F.C. |
In heraldry, an inescutcheon is a smaller escutcheon that is placed within or superimposed over the main shield of a coat of arms, similar to a charge. This may be used in the following cases:
as a simple mobile charge, for example as borne by the French family of Abbeville, illustrated below; these may also bear oth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inescutcheon |
Robert "Bob" Blauner (May 18, 1929 – October 20, 2016) was an American sociologist, college professor and author. He introduced the theory of internal colonialism.
Biography
He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Bob spent his high school years at Sullivan High School in Chicago. He was the editor of the school paper, th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Blauner |
"Speed of Life" is the first instrumental by David Bowie. It is the opening track for his album Low from 1977.
"Speed of Life" introduces the Low album, and, coupled with the instrumental "A New Career in a New Town", provides a front bookend for the A-side of the album. The track makes several immediate implications ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20of%20Life%20%28David%20Bowie%20song%29 |
The Madness of King George: The Ingenious Insanity of Our Most "Misunderestimated" President is a political satire book written by Michael K. Smith and illustrated by Matt Wuerker. It was published in 2004 by Common Courage Press in Canada. Alternating between text and cartoons, it takes a critical look at George W. Bu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Madness%20of%20King%20George%20%28book%29 |
PDFtk (short for PDF Toolkit) is a toolkit for manipulating Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. It runs on Linux, Windows and MacOS. It comes in three versions: PDFtk Server (open-source command-line tool), PDFtk Free (freeware) and PDFtk Pro (proprietary paid). It is able to concatenate, shuffle, split and rotat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDFtk |
Kyllburg () is a town in the Waldeifel region in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel mountains, on the river Kyll, approximately 10 km north-east of Bitburg.
Kyllburg was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Kyllburg. Since 1 July 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyllburg |
Ķengarags is a neighborhood in the city of Riga, Latvia. It is located in the southern part of the city. Ķengarags borders the Daugava River to the west, the Riga-Moscow railway line to the east, Rumbula to the south, and Krasta Residential Neighborhood to the north.
History
Ķengarags was the location of a Sword Brot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B6engarags |
NGC 2080, also known as the Ghost Head Nebula, is a star-forming region and emission nebula to the south of the 30 Doradus (Tarantula) nebula, in the southern constellation Dorado. It belongs to the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way, which is at a distance of 168,000 light years. NGC 2080 was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%202080 |
The Max M. Fisher College of Business is the business college of The Ohio State University, a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. Fisher's campus is located on the northern part of the university within a partially enclosed business campus adjacent to St. John Arena. At the time of its construction, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%20College%20of%20Business |
Neuerburg () is a city in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
It is situated in the Eifel, near the border with Luxembourg, approximately 20 km north-west of Bitburg and 20 km north-east of Diekirch.
Neuerburg was formerly the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Neu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuerburg |
The Hamilton Red Wings were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1960 to 1974. The team was based in Hamilton, Ontario, at the Barton Street Arena, also known as the Hamilton Forum.
History
The Hamilton Tiger Cubs were renamed in 1960 becoming the Hamilton Red Wings as they wanted to gain in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton%20Red%20Wings |
Alexis Georgievich Toth (Алексий Георгиевич Товт or Alexis of Wilkes-Barre; March 18, 1853 – May 7, 1909) was a Russian Orthodox church leader in the Midwestern United States who, having resigned his position as a Byzantine Catholic priest in the Ruthenian Catholic Church, became responsible for the conversions of appr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis%20Toth |
A day spa is a business that provides a variety of services for the purpose of improving health, beauty, and relaxation through personal care treatments such as massages and facials. The number of day spas in the US almost doubled in the two years from 2002 to 2004, to 8,734, according to the International Spa Associa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day%20spa |
Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners (LPHC) No. 3 R H Smyth is a preserved Irish steam locomotive.
Built by Avonside Engineering Company of Bristol, England works No. 2021 in 1928. A fairly typical built to the Irish broad gauge, it led a rather uneventful life shunting the dual gauge (5 ft 3 in and 3 ft) doc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LPHC%20No.3%20R.H.%20Smyth |
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia and Montenegro [2007] ICJ 2 (also called the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide) is a public international law case decided by the International Court of Justice.
Facts
The claim filed by Dr. Francis Boyle, an adviser to Alija Izetbeg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian%20genocide%20case |
Christopher Jon Largen (June 18, 1969 – December 22, 2012) was a United States award-winning journalist, novelist, social satirist, public speaker, and filmmaker, known for his iconoclastic writings on health and public policy, and his efforts to reduce child abuse. Largen's work is featured in hundreds of news outlets... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Largen |
Charles E. Chapin (October 19, 1858 – December 13, 1930) was a New York editor of Joseph Pulitzer’s Evening World. He was convicted of the murder of his wife and sentenced to a 20-year-to-life term in Sing Sing prison.
Career
Chapin was born in upstate Watertown, New York to Earl Chapin and Cecelia A. Yale, member of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Chapin |
Alpo is an American brand of dog food marketed and manufactured by the Nestlé Purina PetCare subsidiary of Nestlé. The brand is offered as a canned or packaged soft food, as well as in dry kibbles.
History
Alpo, an abbreviation of Allen Products, was founded in 1936 by Robert F. Hunsicker in Allentown, Pennsylvania. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpo%20%28pet%20food%29 |
Gudur is a town in Tirupati district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Gudur mandal and Gudur revenue division.
Demographics
census of India, the town had a population of . The total population constitute, males, females and children, in the age group of 0–6 years... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudur |
A destination spa or health resort is a resort centered on a spa, such as a mineral spa. Historically, many such spas were developed at the location of natural hot springs or mineral springs. In the era before modern biochemistry and pharmacotherapy, "taking the waters" was often believed to have great medicinal powers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination%20spa |
Visanthe O. Shiancoe (; born June 18, 1980) is a British former American football tight end. After playing college football for Morgan State, he was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played for the Giants for four seasons from 2003 to 2006 and the Minnesota Vikings for five sea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visanthe%20Shiancoe |
Nieuwe-Tonge is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee, and lies about 13 km south of Hellevoetsluis.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1480 or 1481 as "Nova ecclesia in Grijsoert". The current name means "new headland". Nieuwe (new) has been ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwe-Tonge |
City on 't Herringfleet is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee, and lies about 12 km southeast of Hellevoetsluis. The name means City on the Herringfleet. From 1812 to 1817 it was part of the municipality of Den Bommel, then it was a separate municipa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stad%20aan%20%27t%20Haringvliet |
The sodium layer is a layer of neutral atoms of sodium within Earth's mesosphere. This layer usually lies within an altitude range of above sea level and has a depth of about . The sodium comes from the ablation of meteors. Atmospheric sodium below this layer is normally chemically bound in compounds such as sodium ox... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20layer |
Aci Castello () is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, Italy. The city is located north of Catania on the Mediterranean coast. The primary economic sectors are agriculture and industry (in Catania). The city is neighbored by Aci Catena, Acireale, Catania, San Gregorio di Catania and Valverde.
Hist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aci%20Castello |
Cambridge-Narrows is a former village in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Arcadia.
The village straddled Washedemoak Lake, a widening of the Canaan River, several kilometres upstream of the Saint John River. Cambridge-Narrows has 3 main arter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge-Narrows |
Trumans Water are an American indie rock band, hailing from San Diego, California. They have released over a dozen albums over their career, on which they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore.
Background
Trumans Water was formed by the brothers Kirk and Kevin Brans... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumans%20Water |
The London Film Critics' Circle is the name by which the Film Section of The Critics' Circle is known internationally.
The word London was added because it was thought the term Critics' Circle Film Awards did not convey the full context of the awards' origins; the LFCC wished its annual Awards to be recognised on film... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Film%20Critics%27%20Circle |
Apigenin (4′,5,7-trihydroxyflavone), found in many plants, is a natural product belonging to the flavone class that is the aglycone of several naturally occurring glycosides. It is a yellow crystalline solid that has been used to dye wool.
Sources in nature
Apigenin is found in many fruits and vegetables, but parsley,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apigenin |
Liam Deasy (6 May 1896 – 20 August 1974) was an Irish Republican Army officer who fought in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. In the latter conflict, he was second-in-command of the Anti-Treaty forces for a period in late 1922 and early 1923.
Early life
Deasy was born in Kilmacsimon, Bandon in Cou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam%20Deasy |
The Condemned is a 2007 action film written and directed by Scott Wiper. The film stars Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Tory Mussett, Madeleine West and Rick Hoffman.
The film centers on ten convicts who are forced to fight each other to the death as part of an illegal game which is being broadcast to the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Condemned |
Robert Costanza (born September 14, 1950) is an American/Australian ecological economist and Professor at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a Full Member of the Club of Rome.
Biography
Before joining University Col... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Costanza |
Charlo ( ) is a community and former village located in Heron Bay, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status within Restigouche County prior to 2023.
History
Situated on the south shore of Chaleur Bay, the community was first settled by Acadians in 1799 (except for the Thompson family who emigrated from Ireland ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlo%2C%20New%20Brunswick |
"What in the World" is a song by David Bowie released on his 1977 album Low, later making appearances as repertoire in the 1978 world tour as well as other major tours.
"What in the World" showcases some of Bowie's Berlin-era songwriting and production techniques. This song, like others on Low, shows Bowie's experimen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20in%20the%20World |
Citizens and Southern National Bank (C&S) began as a Georgia institution that expanded into South Carolina, Florida and into other states via mergers. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia; it was the largest bank in the Southeast for much of the 20th century. C&S merged with Sovran Bank in 1990 to form C&S/Sovran in hopes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%20%26%20Southern%20National%20Bank |
"The White Snake" (German: Die weiße Schlange) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 17). It is of Aarne–Thompson type 673, and includes an episode of type 554 ("The Grateful Animals").
Synopsis
A wise King receives a covered dish every evening. A young servan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20White%20Snake |
Sect is an ancient astrological concept in which the seven traditional "planets" (including the Sun, the Moon and the five starry planets) are assigned to two different categories: diurnal or nocturnal sect.
As can be seen by the example of Mercury, which is more obscured by being occidental, sect is a form of astrol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology%20of%20sect |
Poppler is a free software utility library for rendering Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. Its development is supported by freedesktop.org. It is commonly used on Linux systems, and is used by the PDF viewers of the open source GNOME and KDE desktop environments.
The project was started by Kristian Høgsberg wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppler%20%28software%29 |
Midewin may refer to:
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, a grassland preserve in Illinois, USA (name based on alternate spelling of Midewiwin).
Midewiwin, an aboriginal North American religion/society | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midewin |
IC 2944, also known as the Running Chicken Nebula, the Lambda Centauri Nebula or the λ Centauri Nebula, is an open cluster with an associated emission nebula found in the constellation Centaurus, near the star λ Centauri. It features Bok globules, which are frequently a site of active star formation. However, no evide... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC%202944 |
Mary Sciberras Fenech Adami (Maltese: Marija Sciberras Fenech Adami; 13 October 1933 – 8 July 2011) was the wife of the 7th President of Malta, Edward Fenech Adami. She was First Lady of Malta from 2004 to 2009.
Sciberras Fenech Adami was married from 27 June 1965 to 8 July 2011, when she died.
Grand-Cross of the O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Fenech%20Adami |
Carl Julius Rudolf Moll (23 April 1861 – 13 April 1945) was an Austrian art nouveau painter active in Vienna at the start of the 20th century. He was one of the artists of the Vienna Secession who took inspiration from the pointillist techniques of French Impressionists. He was an early supporter of the Nazis and commi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Moll |
Massacre at Central High (released as Blackboard Massacre in the UK) is a 1976 American thriller film directed by Rene Daalder and starring Derrel Maury, Kimberly Beck, Robert Carradine, and Andrew Stevens. The plot follows a series of revenge killings at a fictional American high school, after which the oppressed stud... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre%20at%20Central%20High |
Moyamensing is an area of Philadelphia established as a Moyamensing Township during British colonial rule on the fast land of the Neck, lying between Passyunk and Wicaco. It was incorporated into Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States and today encompasses several neighborhoods along the Moyamensing Avenue co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyamensing%2C%20Philadelphia |
The Wahl Clipper Corporation is an American manufacturer of grooming products. It is headquartered in Sterling, Illinois.
History
Wahl Clipper Corporation was founded due to Leo J. Wahl's patent for an electromagnetic hair clipper in 1919. On February 2, 1921, he purchased majority of the stock of his uncle's manufact... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahl%20Clipper |
The House of Tiny Tearaways is a British reality TV show hosted by Claudia Winkleman with child therapist Tanya Byron that was produced by Outline Productions. It ran for four series, broadcast from May 2005 to December 2007, on BBC Three. Laverne Antrobus and Elizabeth Kilbey took over Byron's role for the final serie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20House%20of%20Tiny%20Tearaways |
Evolutionary musicology is a subfield of biomusicology that grounds the cognitive mechanisms of music appreciation and music creation in evolutionary theory. It covers vocal communication in other animals, theories of the evolution of human music, and holocultural universals in musical ability and processing.
History
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary%20musicology |
Chloe Dao (; born June 15, 1972) is an American fashion designer and television personality who lives and works in Houston, U.S. She was the winner of the second season of the reality show Project Runway with a collection of women's evening wear. Many of the pieces in her finale collection featured billowing, voluminou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe%20Dao |
Boris Andrianovich Stenin () (17 January 1935 – 18 January 2001) was a Soviet speed skater, speed skating coach, and speed skating scientist.
Living in Sverdlovsk, Stenin met and married fellow skater Valentina Stenina (Valentina Miloslavova before their marriage) during the early days of his speed skating career. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20Stenin |
Spec E30 is a class of racing cars used in National Auto Sport Association (NASA) road racing events.
Concept
The goal for Spec E30 is to create high levels of competition among similarly prepared BMW E30 3 Series cars at a reasonable cost. It is intended to encourage low-cost, entry-level, production car based comp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spec%20E30 |
Rudolf Jordan (21 June 1902 – 27 October 1988) was the Gauleiter in Halle-Merseburg and Magdeburg-Anhalt in the time of the Third Reich. After the war, he was sentenced to 25 years in a Soviet Union labour camp. He was released from the camp in October 1955, and died in Munich in 1988.
Early life
Jordan was born in Gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf%20Jordan%20%28politician%29 |
Joseph Eneojo Akpala (born 24 August 1986) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Since 2022, Akpala has been assistant coach at Kortrijk, taking over as caretaker coach for one match in September 2023, in between the dismissal of Edward Still and the appointment of Glen De Boeck.
Club c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Akpala |
Khin Sandar Win (also spelt Khin Sanda Win; ; born 1952 in Rangoon, Burma) is the daughter of former Burmese dictator Ne Win. She played a major role in the suppression of the democracy movement after her father resigned as ruler in 1988.
Sandar Win is a medical doctor and later she left the military's medical service... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandar%20Win |
Augustine Leudar is a British sonic artist, known for large-scale walk-through surround sound installations, audio holophony, and often surreal sonic illusions . Leudar frequently cites the natural world as an important source of inspiration as well as the Surrealist and Renaissance Arts Movements. Leudar has pioneered... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine%20Leudar |
William Wallace Duncan (December 20, 1839 – March 2, 1908) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1886.
Biography
William Wallace Duncan was born December 20, 1839, in Boydton, Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent and of scholarship. He was the son of Professor David Duncan, a native o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Wallace%20Duncan |
BRCC may refer to:
Companies
Black Rifle Coffee Company
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Baton Rouge Community College a community college in Louisiana, United States
Blue Ridge Community College (Virginia) a community college in Virginia, United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCC |
The William Floyd School District is located in the southern area of the Town of Brookhaven on Long Island in New York. The district serves the contiguous communities of Shirley, Mastic, Mastic Beach and Moriches. The William Floyd School District is one of the largest school districts on Long Island and is named after... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Floyd%20School%20District |
Sheela Lambert (born 1956 in New York City) is an American bisexual activist and writer. She is the Founder/Director of the Bisexual Book Awards, founder of the Bi Writers Association, was co-founder of Bi Women of All Colors and has been active in a number of bisexual rights groups including BiNet USA. She is openly b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela%20Lambert |
Carlos Manuel de Ascenção do Carmo de Almeida ComIH (21 December 1939 – 1 January 2021), better known as Carlos do Carmo, was a Portuguese fado singer.
The son of Lucília do Carmo, a well-known fadista, do Carmo began his career in fado following his father's death in 1962, when he returned from a period in Switzerlan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20do%20Carmo |
Maria Della Costa (born Gentile Maria Marchioro Polloni, 1 January 1926 – 24 January 2015) was a Brazilian theater, movie and TV actress and producer.
Life
She was born in Flores da Cunha, a small town of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, into a family of Italian immigrants from the region of Veneto. She was immortalize... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Della%20Costa |
Oud Ade (also: Oud-Ade) is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Kaag en Braassem, and lies about 7 km east of Leiden.
The village was first mentioned in 1395 or 1396 "Ecclesia de A". The current name means "the old river". Oud Ade developed as a peat excavation settleme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oud%20Ade |
English inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, in England by a person from England. Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two. Nonetheless, science an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20English%20inventions%20and%20discoveries |
Donald Asmussen (October 31, 1962 – December 9, 2021) was an American cartoonist working for the San Francisco Chronicle and Universal Press Syndicate.
Career
Asmussen was born in Rhode Island. Early in his career, he published collages and celebrity caricatures in The New Yorker and drew a comic strip for Time called... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Asmussen |
Erich Carl Hugo Adamson (more commonly known as Adamson-Eric; 18 August 1902 – 2 December 1968) was an Estonian artist who worked mainly within the medium of painting in applied art.
Life
Erich Carl Hugo Adamson was born 18 August 1902 in Tartu. He was the fourth child of Jaan and Anna Adamson. Adamson attended school... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamson-Eric |
Dunstablians Rugby Union Football Club are an amateur rugby union club based in Bedfordshire, who play their rugby in Midlands 3 East (South), an eight tier league in the English rugby union system. Their ground is located just outside nearby Houghton Regis and is commonly known as Bidwell Park. The club run two Senio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunstablians%20RUFC |
This is a list of characters in the poem Metamorphoses by Ovid. It contains more than 200 characters, summaries of their roles, and information on where they appear. The descriptions vary in length and comprehensiveness, upgrading characters who were actually metamorphosed, who play a significant role, or about whom a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Metamorphoses%20characters |
James Earl Gilstrap (born November 10, 1946) is an American singer and session musician. He is best known for his 1975 solo hit single "Swing Your Daddy", as well as singing co-lead to the theme from the TV series Good Times.
Career
Gilstrap was born November 10, 1946, in Daingerfield, Texas to Jodie and Pearlie Mae (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Gilstrap |
Arsenal Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Holloway, London. The club was formed in Woolwich in 1886 as Dial Square before it was shortly renamed to Royal Arsenal, and then Woolwich Arsenal in 1893. They became the first southern member admitted into the Football League in 1893,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Arsenal%20F.C.%20seasons |
Al-Hasan Ali Al-Yami () (born 21 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who played as a striker for Najran SC and Al Ittihad.
He featured in the Football World Cup 2002 and was part of the infamous team that was beaten 8-0 in a group match against Germany. Most of his career has been played at the Sau... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hasan%20Al-Yami |
In the Battle of Wertingen (8 October 1805) Imperial French forces led by Marshals Joachim Murat and Jean Lannes attacked a small Austrian corps commanded by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Franz Xaver von Auffenberg. This action, the first battle of the Ulm Campaign, resulted in a clear French victory. Wertingen lies northwes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Wertingen |
Billy Hill and the Hillbillies is a musical/variety group that performs at Knott's Berry Farm. Prior to 2014, they performed for 26+ years at Disneyland in Anaheim, California as Billy Hill and the Hillbillies. The group performs a bluegrass country-music-centered show along with classic rock and rap (performed in a co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krazy%20Kirk%20and%20the%20Hillbillies |
Miodrag Petrović may refer to:
Miodrag Petrović Čkalja (1924–2003), Serbian actor
Miodrag Petrović (war artist) (1888–1950), official war artist of the Serbian army during World War I
Miodrag Petrović (footballer) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miodrag%20Petrovi%C4%87 |
Deutsche Werke was a German shipbuilding company that was founded in 1925 when Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and other shipyards were merged. It came as a result of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I that forced the German defense industry to shrink. The company was owned by the government of the Weimar Republic and i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche%20Werke |
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