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Cleasby is a village and civil parish in the North Yorkshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the River Tees and Darlington and the A1(M). The population at the 2011 Census of ONS was 208.
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday book as "Clesbi". The manor had been the possession of a loc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleasby |
Rosa 'Mister Lincoln', also known as 'Mr. Lincoln', is a dark red hybrid tea rose cultivar. Bred by Herbert Swim and Weeks Rose Growers in 1964, the rose was named an All-America Rose Selections winner in 1965.
History
'Mister Lincoln' was created by Herbert Swim and Weeks Rose Growers in 1964. The stock parents of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa%20%27Mister%20Lincoln%27 |
7th CDG Awards
February 19, 2005
Period/Fantasy:
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Contemporary:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The 7th Costume Designers Guild Awards, given on 19 February 2005, honored the best costume designs in film and television for 2004. Winners highlighted in bold.
Win... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume%20Designers%20Guild%20Awards%202004 |
Stapleton or Stapleton-on-Tees (, ), is a small village and civil parish on the River Tees, North Yorkshire, England. Historically, the settlement was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Etymology
There is some dispute of the etymological origins of the place name Stapleton. Historian Henry Chetwynd-Stapylton (quo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleton-on-Tees |
The Battle of Przemyśl - a struggle for the control over the city of Przemyśl in former Austro-Hungarian Galicia and local river crossings on the San river, between Ukrainian and Polish militias and regular troops, from 2 to 12 November 1918, during the Polish-Ukrainian War.
Background
In 1918 the city of Przemyśl () ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Przemy%C5%9Bl%20%281918%29 |
Thomas Brunner (April 1821 – 22 April 1874) was an English-born surveyor and explorer remembered for his exploration of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.
Brunner was born in April 1821 in Oxford. When he was fifteen, he began to learn architecture and surveying. In 1841, he joined the New Zealand Company i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Brunner |
This is a list of current or former military airfields within the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia. They may have been used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Army Air Corps (AAC), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) or the United States ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Norfolk%20airfields |
Newton Morrell is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is from Darlington and from Junction 56 on the A1(M) motorway and north-east of Richmond.
The village was described in the Domesday Book as belong to Count Alan and in the manor of Gilling. The name of the vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%20Morrell |
Newsham is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is north west of Richmond and south west of Darlington.
History
The settlement of Newsham predates the Domesday Book, although the name of the village derives from the Old English nēowan hūsum, which means N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsham%2C%20Richmondshire |
Gayles is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. Gayles is established in the district ward of Gilling West. This small village consists of 80 households, with a total population (including Kirby Hill) of 180 according to the 2011 UK census. The area also includes two farm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayles%2C%20North%20Yorkshire |
Andrea Zorzi (born 29 July 1965 in Noale, province of Venice) is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effective spiker playing usually as opposite hitter. He was popularly known as Zorro.
After ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea%20Zorzi |
The Zeros are an American punk rock band, formed in 1976 in Chula Vista, California. The band was originally composed of Javier Escovedo (younger brother of Alejandro Escovedo, older brother of Mario Escovedo of The Dragons) on vocals/guitar and Robert Lopez (later known as El Vez) on guitar, who were both attending Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Zeros%20%28American%20band%29 |
Pattabhi () is an Indian name.
Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya, an Indian independence activist and political leader in the state of Andhra Pradesh
K. Pattabhi Jois, an Indian yoga teacher
Pattabhi Rama Reddy Tikkavarapu, an Indian writer, film producer and director.
Pattabhi () is an Indian Hindu name. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattabhi |
Risto Kalevi Jussilainen (born 10 June 1975) is a Finnish former ski jumper.
Career
Jussilainen's career best achievement was a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At World Cup level he won two individual and seven team competitions (normal hill, large hill an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto%20Jussilainen |
Honor Maria Ford-Smith (born 1951 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Jamaican actress, playwright, scholar, and poet. The daughter of a brown Jamaican mother and an English father, Ford-Smith is sometimes described as "Jamaica white," signalling a person of mixed race who appears white.
Ford-Smith, who studied theatre at the U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor%20Ford-Smith |
Hezhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.
Geography and climate
Hezhou is located in northeastern Guangxi. It borders Hunan to the north and Guangdong to the east. The area is . The average elevation is and the highest is above sea-leve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezhou |
Pontalina is a municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. One hundred and twenty-five kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia, it has become one of the most important retail clusters of lingerie in the state: Every year thousand of people flock to the city to buy its production of fine lingerie in order to s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontalina |
Kirby Hill, historically also known as Kirby-on-the-Hill, is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is about south of Ravensworth and about north-west of the town of Richmond.
The parish population is about 60. At the 2011 census, it was less than 100. Popul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%20Hill%2C%20Richmondshire |
Grangetown (Welsh: usually Grangetown, also Trelluest) is a district and community in the south of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by Riverside, Canton and Butetown. The River Taff winds its way through the area. Adjacent to the city's Cardiff Bay a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grangetown%2C%20Cardiff |
Ravensworth is a village and civil parish in the Holmedale valley, within the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately north-west of Richmond and from Darlington. The parish has a population of 255, according to the 2011 census.
Ravensworth was historically situated in the North Ridin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravensworth |
The Buenos Aires Carnival ( or Corso de Buenos Aires) is an annual event that takes place during the Carnival festivities, usually at the end of February, on the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The two-day event features murga parades, colourful costumes, water bombs and many other amusement activities.
During th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos%20Aires%20Carnival |
Luhanskteplovoz ( or Luhansk Locomotive Works), earlier known as Voroshilovgrad Locomotive Works is a large industrial company in Luhansk, Ukraine, manufacturing locomotives, multiple unit trains (both electric and diesel) as well as other heavy equipment. Due to the war in Donbas it has not been operating since March ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhanskteplovoz |
Honório Pereira Barreto (April 24, 1813– April 16 or 26, 1859) was a governor of the Portuguese colony of Guinea (or ‘province’ as it was referred to during the time of his administration).
Biography
Honório Barreto was born in Portuguese Guinea of a Guinean mother and Cape Verdean father João Pereira Barreto, Jr., h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hon%C3%B3rio%20Barreto |
The European Air Group (EAG) is an independent defence organisation, formed by the Air Forces of its seven member states: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. The EAG is focused on improving interoperability between the air forces of EAG and partner states.
History
The origins of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Air%20Group |
Padrón () is a concello (Galician for municipality) in the Province of A Coruña, in Galicia (Spain) within the comarca of O Sar. It covers an area of 48.4 km², is 95 km from A Coruña and 23km from Santiago de Compostela. , had a population of 8968 according to the INE.
Padrón is divided into five parishes:
(San Pedro d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padr%C3%B3n |
Marion Maddox is an Australian author, academic and political commentator. She is a professor in the department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University. Maddox is a regular commentator on issues of religion and politics in the Australian media and is a member of the Uniting Chur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion%20Maddox |
Nailsea and Backwell railway station, on the Bristol to Exeter line, is in the village of Backwell, close to the town of Nailsea in North Somerset, England. It is west of Bristol Temple Meads railway station, and from London Paddington. The station, opened in 1841 by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, has two platforms ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nailsea%20and%20Backwell%20railway%20station |
The Curtis Arboretum is a arboretum in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. The arboretum was founded by Mary Louise Curtis Bok in honor of her father, Cyrus Curtis.
The landscaping was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The arboretum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Description
The arboretum surrounds Curti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis%20Arboretum |
The Gir or Gyr is an Indian breed of zebuine cattle originating in the state of Gujarat. Other names include Bhodah, Desan, Gujarati, Kathiawari, Sorthi and Surti.
These cattle were exported to Brazil from the early twentieth century, and the Brazilian Gir numbers about five million head; selective breeding since the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyr%20cattle |
Whashton is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England.
History
The name is of an uncertain origin and could either be taken from a personal name (Hwaessa) or the farm/settlement at the sharp, pointed place (Hwaessing). The village (with an older spelling) is sometimes cited a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whashton |
Marco Bracci (born August 23, 1966, in Fucecchio, province of Florence) is a former Italian volleyball player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter.
Bracci made his debut for the Italian national team on May 6, 1988. He earned 34... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco%20Bracci |
The Sony Ericsson K800i, and its variant, the Sony Ericsson K790, are mobile phone handsets manufactured by Sony Ericsson. Launched in July 2006 (for the K800i in the UK market; others may vary), the phones are the successor to the Sony Ericsson K750i, and are the first to be tagged with the Sony Cyber-shot branding. B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Ericsson%20K800i |
Middleton Tyas is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located near Scotch Corner.
History
The name Middleton is of Anglo-Saxon origin and it means middle-farm or middle-settlement. Tyas is a Norman family name but there seems to be no evidence that Middleton Tyas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleton%20Tyas |
Skeeby is a village and civil parish about north-west of the county town of Northallerton in North Yorkshire, England.
History
Skeeby was recorded as Schirebi in the Domesday Book – the description being: "In Skeeby there are six carucates and there could be four ploughs there". In other early references to the vill... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeeby |
Dalton-on-Tees is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, near the boundary with County Durham. According to the 2001 Census there were 318 people living in the parish (including Eryholme) in 120 houses. The population had decreased to 303 by the time of the 2011 Census.
T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton-on-Tees |
SCRIPT, any of a series of text markup languages starting with Script under Control Program-67/Cambridge Monitor System (CP-67/CMS) and Script/370 under Virtual Machine Facility/370 (VM/370) and the Time Sharing Option (TSO) of OS/VS2; the current version, SCRIPT/VS, is part of IBM's Document Composition Facility (DCF)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCRIPT%20%28markup%29 |
Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It includes the villages of Gilling West and Hartforth. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 534.
Governance
Gilling West remains the name of the electoral ward. This ward stretches north west to Ravensworth with a total p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilling%20with%20Hartforth%20and%20Sedbury |
Gilling West is a village about north of Richmond in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury. It is named "West" to distinguish it from Gilling East in Ryedale, some 32 miles away.
A 2018 report states that the community houses pe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilling%20West |
Hartforth is a small village in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately south-west from the market town of Darlington, and is part of the civil parish of Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury. The population was 558 at the 2021 census.
Hartforth Hall
Hartforth Hall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartforth |
Amadeus IT Group, S.A. () is a major Spanish multinational technology company that provides software solutions for the global travel and tourism industry. It is the world's leading provider of travel technology that focus on developing software for airlines, hotels, travel agencies, and other travel-related businesses ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus%20IT%20Group |
Svidník (, , , ) is a town in eastern Slovakia, the capital of the Svidník District in the Prešov Region. It has a population of around 11,000.
There is a monumental Soviet Army Memorial in the city, in memory of Battle of the Dukla Pass.
Geography
It is located in the Ondava Highlands, at the confluence of Ondava an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svidn%C3%ADk |
Eleven was an American alternative rock group from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1990 by Alain Johannes (vocals, guitar, sitar, horns), Natasha Shneider (vocals, keyboards, bass), and Jack Irons (drums).
History
Eleven's early history is intertwined with that of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. As teenagers Irons and J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleven%20%28band%29 |
HMS Acasta was one of eight destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet. During the early months of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, Acasta spent considerable time in Spanish waters enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and Fra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Acasta%20%28H09%29 |
A photopolymer or light-activated resin is a polymer that changes its properties when exposed to light, often in the ultraviolet or visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. These changes are often manifested structurally, for example hardening of the material occurs as a result of cross-linking when exposed to l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photopolymer |
On Stage is the fourth album by singer-songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in 1974. As their first live album, it was released as a double album and featured a side-long version of their hit song "Vahevala".
Track listing
Sides shown are for the original dual-record vinyl released by Columbia records in 1974.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20Stage%20%28Loggins%20and%20Messina%20album%29 |
was a Japanese feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods. He held the title of Bingo no Kami and the Imperial court rank of junior 5th, lower grade (ju-go i no ge). Though he began as a retainer of Tsutsui Sadatsugu of Yamato Province, he became a lord in his own right, acquiring the 60,000 koku Shimabara D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsukura%20Shigemasa |
Overcome by Happiness is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Pernice Brothers, released on May 19, 1998 by Sub Pop.
Track listing
References
Pernice Brothers albums
1998 debut albums
Sub Pop albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overcome%20by%20Happiness |
The Valves were a punk rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland. One of the early British punk bands, they were chronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave, and featured Dave Robertson as 'Dee Robot' on vocals, G. Dair / Teddy Dair a.k.a. Gordon Dair on drums, Gordon Scott or 'Pada' on bass guitar a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Valves |
Theodoros "Theo" Paphitis (; born 24 September 1959) is a Greek-Cypriot British retail magnate and entrepreneur. He is best known for his appearances on the BBC business programme Dragons' Den and as former chairman of Millwall Football Club.
Paphitis has made the majority of his fortune in the retail sector. In 2006,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo%20Paphitis |
Comet in Moominland (Swedish: Kometjakten / Mumintrollet på kometjakt / Kometen kommer) is the second in Finnish author Tove Jansson's series of Moomin books. Published in 1946, it marks the first appearance of several main characters, such as Snufkin and the Snork Maiden.
The English translation, published in 1951, i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20in%20Moominland |
The 20th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Fort Worth, United States, in 1979. In November 1977 the 55th FIG Congress, held in Rome, changed the cycle of world championships: since 1979 they were to be held each two years, and the pre-Olympic ones were to be qualifications for the Olympic tournament.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979%20World%20Artistic%20Gymnastics%20Championships |
was a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded in 1983. The company produced games for a number of platforms, including home consoles, portable consoles, and personal computers. Human declared bankruptcy in 2000 and disbanded. Its former members went on to form new companies including Nude Maker, Sandlot, Sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Entertainment |
The Headsman (aka Shadow of the Sword, Au. Henker) is a 2005 film directed by Simon Aeby. Set in early 16th century Tyrol, it is set before the background of the turmoils of the Lutheran Reformation. It was filmed in Austria and Hungary.
Plot
The Headsman tells a story of loyalty tested by two friends during Europe's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Headsman |
Sumba is the southernmost village of the Faroe Islands, located on the island of Suðuroy. It is located in Sumbiar Municipality.
Municipality
The municipality has 342 inhabitants (as of March 2023). 254 of these people live in Sumba. The other villages in the Municipality of Sumba are: Lopra (76 inhabitants), Akrar (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumba%2C%20Faroe%20Islands |
Victor Chinedu Anichebe (born 23 April 1988) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Early life
Anichebe was born in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria but moved to Liverpool, Merseyside, England aged one. His family originally lived in Toxteth before settling in Crosby. He is the cousin of form... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Anichebe |
Hutton Grammar School is a voluntary aided ie state-funded Church of England comprehensive day school for boys, with a co-educational Sixth Form. It is located south west of Preston, Lancashire, in Hutton, England. It provides education for boys from the age of 11 to 16, and in the Sixth Form (since 1979) for both boy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutton%20Grammar%20School |
The Zbruch Idol, Sviatovid (Worldseer, , ) is a 9th-century sculpture, more precisely an example of a bałwan, and one of the few monuments of pre-Christian Slavic beliefs (according to another interpretation, it was created by the Kipchaks/Cumans). The pillar was commonly incorrectly associated with the Slavic deity Sv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbruch%20Idol |
Mark Eitzel (born January 30, 1959) is an American musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.
Biography
Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohio and the United Kingdom. He moved to America in 1979, and came out as gay... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Eitzel |
is a 1995 Japanese anime television series. The Eto Rangers are based on the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.
Summary
The Eto Rangers ride in Space-Time Transmitting Machine Kirinda to repair the Novel Worlds of Mugen. The Eto Rangers are anthropomorphic animals, each representing one of the 12 Chinese zodiac ani... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juuni%20Senshi%20Bakuretsu%20Eto%20Ranger |
Camp Eggers was a United States military base in Kabul, Afghanistan located near the US Embassy and the Afghan Presidential Palace. The camp was named after Captain Daniel W. Eggers, a US soldier from the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, who was killed by an improvised exp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp%20Eggers |
Sam Ratulangi International Airport Manado () , is located in North Sulawesi, north-east of Manado. The airport is named after the Minahasan educator and independence hero Sam Ratulangi (1890–1949). It is designated as one of the 11 main entry ports to Indonesia by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Indonesia, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Ratulangi%20International%20Airport |
The Minister of the Interior and Health of Denmark () is a member of the Danish cabinet and the head of the Ministry of the Interior and Health.
After the 2007 Folketing elections, the ministry was disbanded, and its areas of responsibility divided between two newly created ministries, the Ministry of Welfare and the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister%20of%20the%20Interior%20%28Denmark%29 |
MPAC or Mpac may refer to:
The Malaria Policy Advisory Committee
The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, headquartered in Pickering, Ontario, Canada
The Muslim Public Affairs Council, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States
The Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK, headquartered in the United K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPAC |
Ciudad Constitución is a city in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is the seat of the municipality of Comondú. As of 2020, the city had a total population of 43,805 inhabitants. Ciudad Constitución is a small city which serves as a gateway to Magdalena Bay.
History
The colonization of Valle de Santo Doming... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad%20Constituci%C3%B3n |
Cochem (before 7 June 2009 Cochem-Land) is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district Cochem-Zell, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located around the town Cochem (also part of the Verbandsgemeinde since 7 June 2009), which is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde. On 1 July 2014 it was expanded w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochem%20%28Verbandsgemeinde%29 |
The Episcopal Diocese of New York is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing three New York City boroughs and seven New York state counties. Established in 1785, it is one of the Episcopal Church's original dioceses. The current diocesan bishop is the Rt. Rev. Andrew Dietsche, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal%20Diocese%20of%20New%20York |
Brian or Bryan Hughes is the name of:
Brian Hughes (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2018), Welsh international footballer
Brian Hughes (footballer, born 1962), former Swindon Town and Cheltenham Town footballer
Brian Hughes (jockey) (born 1985), Irish jockey
Bryan Hughes (born 1976), English footballer
Brian Hughes ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Hughes |
Roderick Green (born April 26, 1982) is a former American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Central Missouri.
Green also played for the San Francisco 49ers and California Redwoods.
College career
Green played college ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick%20Green |
(William) Alan Rook OBE (1909–1990) was a British Cairo poet and edited the 1936 issue of New Oxford Poetry.
As a soldier
In the Second World War Rook served as a Lieutenant anti-aircraft gunner with the 6th A.A. Division of the Royal Artillery. After evacuation at Dunkirk he served in searchlight operations with an a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Rook |
William Douglas Long (born February 29, 1960) is a former American professional baseball pitcher who played from 1985 to 1991 for the Chicago White Sox (1985–1990), Chicago Cubs (1990) and Montreal Expos (1991).
Early life
Long was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from Moeller High School. He played college foo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Long%20%28baseball%29 |
Kaisersesch () is a town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, to which it also belongs.
Geography
The town lies in the eastern Eifel halfway between the rivers Elz and Endert in the headwaters of the Pommerbach, roughly 14 km ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisersesch |
7 Vidas is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, where they are believed to have nine lives).
Originally inspired by the American... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7%20vidas |
The Danish Ministry of Health () is a Danish governmental ministry responsible for healthcare policy in Denmark. First created as an independent ministry in 1926, it has at various times been combined with the Ministry of the Interior as the Ministry of Interior and Health, most recently in 2022-, and has had various n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Health%20%28Denmark%29 |
Sir Anthony Richard Wagner (6 September 1908 – 5 May 1995) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. He served as Garter Principal King of Arms before retiring to the post of Clarenceux King of Arms. He was one of the most prolific authors on the subjects of heraldry and genealogy of the 20t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Wagner |
Poetry London is a literary periodical based in London. Published three times a year, it features poems, reviews, and other articles.
Profile
Adopting the title of an earlier bimonthly publication which ran from 1939 to 1951, Poetry London was founded in 1988 as a listings magazine. It now publishes poems from Britain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry%20London |
Treis-Karden is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was the seat of the former like-named Verbandsgemeinde until 1 July 2014. Since then, it is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Cochem. Treis-Ka... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treis-Karden |
The Patriot Whigs, later the Patriot Party, were a group within the Whig Party in Great Britain from 1725 to 1803. The group was formed in opposition to the government of Robert Walpole in the House of Commons in 1725, when William Pulteney (later 1st Earl of Bath) and seventeen other Whigs joined with the Tory Party ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot%20Whigs |
Værøy Heliport (; ) is a heliport located at Tobbisodden on the island of Værøya in Værøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The heliport lies close to the village of Sørland, the municipal centre of the municipality. The airport, operated by the state-owned Avinor, consists of a single helipad and handled 9,420... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A6r%C3%B8y%20Heliport |
The Land Rover Tangi is a type of armoured vehicle, based on the Land Rover chassis and used in policing in Northern Ireland. They were used by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and are currently used by its replacement, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). The vehicle was designed and built in house by the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land%20Rover%20Tangi |
NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival put on by The New Festival, Inc., is one of the most comprehensive forums of national and international LGBT film/video in the world.
Founded in 1988, The New Festival, Inc is a non-profit media arts organization dedicated to showcasing the newe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Lesbian%2C%20Gay%2C%20Bisexual%2C%20%26%20Transgender%20Film%20Festival |
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by James Signorelli, starring Cassandra Peterson as eccentric horror host Elvira. The film's screenplay, written by Peterson, John Paragon, and Sam Egan, follows Elvira inheriting a house nestled in the heart of an overtly prudish community.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvira%3A%20Mistress%20of%20the%20Dark%20%28film%29 |
The Muslim American Public Affairs Council (MAPAC) is an American-Muslim political and public advocacy group headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. MAPAC began having annual fundraisers in 2003.
The mission of MAPAC is two-fold. First, it is focused on Political Affairs to participate in the political process in o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim%20American%20Public%20Affairs%20Council |
Brigham Paul Doane (born June 16, 1981), better known by his ring name Masada, is an American professional wrestler currently competing in Xtreme Pro Wrestling. Masada is the current XPW World Heavyweight Champion.
He is best known for his appearances in Ring of Honor (ROH), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Anarchy Champi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masada%20%28wrestler%29 |
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959. It was the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, behind only the Royal Scots in the British Army line infantry order of precedence.
In 1959, the regiment was amalgamat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s%20Royal%20Regiment%20%28West%20Surrey%29 |
Finn Family Moomintroll (original Swedish title Trollkarlens hatt, ‘The Magician's Hat’; US edition The Happy Moomins) is the third in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, published in Swedish in 1948 and translated to English in 1950. It owes its title in translation to the fact that it was the first Moomin boo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn%20Family%20Moomintroll |
Steven Bernard Mingori (February 29, 1944 – July 10, 2008) was an American left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians (1970–1973) and Kansas City Royals (1973–1979).
He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and went to Rockhurst High School. He played college baseball at Univ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Mingori |
John Christian Keener (February 7, 1819 – January 19, 1906) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, an author and an editor, and the superintendent of C.S.A. Chaplains west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. He wrote several books on theology and edited the New Orleans Chri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Christian%20Keener |
Tilo Baumgärtel (born 1972) is a German painter. He currently lives and works in Leipzig.
Baumgärtel was born in Dresden. He attended the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig from 1991 to 1994.
He is part of a group of young painters based in Leipzig, along with Matthias Weischer, Christoph Ruckhaberle and oth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilo%20Baumg%C3%A4rtel |
The 1991 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 13th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy, an international men's field hockey tournament organized by the FIH. It took place from 12 to 22 September 1991 in the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany.
The hosts Germany won their fourth title by finishing first in the round-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20Men%27s%20Hockey%20Champions%20Trophy |
The Ministry of the Interior and Health () is a former Danish ministry that has existed twice in the 21st century by combination of existing ministries.
The Ministry of Interior and Health was first created in 2001 under the first government of Anders Fogh Rasmussen, by combining the Ministry of the Interior (Indenrig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Interior%20and%20Health%20%28Denmark%29 |
Levadiakos Football Club () is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, after ten seasons in minor divisions in the 2005–06 season, as runner-up of the Football League in 2004–05. It ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levadiakos%20F.C. |
Embothrium is a genus of two to eight species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) in the plant family Proteaceae, native to southern South America, in Chile and adjacent western Argentina; the genus occurs as far south as Tierra del Fuego. Common names include Chilean firebush in English, notro in Argentina, ciruel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embothrium |
Eddie Fontaine (March 6, 1927 – April 13, 1992) was an American actor and singer, best known for television roles in the 1960s and 1970s.
Biography
Born Edward Reardon in Springfield, Massachusetts, Fontaine signed as a vocalist with RCA in 1954 after serving in the US Navy. In 1955, he appeared at the Brooklyn Paramo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20Fontaine |
Oshawa Truck Assembly was a General Motors Canada automotive factory in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. It opened in its original location in downtown Oshawa in 1918 in order to build ambulances for World War I and Chevrolet vehicles before it merged with GM.
The plant later moved to the GM Autoplex facilities south of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa%20Truck%20Assembly |
The Costume Designers Guild (CDG), Local 892 is a union of professional costume designers, assistant costume designers, and illustrators working in film, television, commercials and other media. Founded in 1953, the CDG comprises over 1,200 members as of 2023. As a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costume%20Designers%20Guild |
Salvatore Rinauro (born September 12, 1982) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro and National Wrestling Alliance in addition to being a member of The Embassy. He currently wrestles for WrestleMerica NWA Power, Southern Fried Championship Wrestling, Anarch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal%20Rinauro |
Lake Ouachita (Pronounced WAH-shi-tah) is a reservoir created by the damming of the Ouachita River by Blakely Mountain Dam ().
Blakely Mountain Dam was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers from 1948 to 1953 for hydroelectric power, recreation, water supply and wildlife conservation. The dam is tall, l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Ouachita |
Pete Winslow (1934–1972) was a surrealist poet associated with the Beat Generation.
He was born on 19 October 1934 in Washington state. He died in September 1972 of complications following surgery and was survived by his wife Jane Winslow and son, Peter Winslow, who died in a car accident in 1993.
He graduated from t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete%20Winslow |
Becket, also known as the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, is a non-profit public interest law firm based in Washington, D.C., that describes its mission as "defending the freedom of religion of people of all faiths". Becket promotes accommodationism and is active in the judicial system, the media, and in education.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becket%20Law |
Higgins is an open-source project dedicated to giving individuals more control over their personal identity, profile and social network data.
The project is organized into three main areas:
Active Clients — An active client integrates with a browser and runs on a computer or mobile device.
Higgins 1. X: the active cl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgins%20project |
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