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Sand Ridge or Sandridge may refer to:
Places
In Australia
Electoral district of Sandridge, Victoria
Port Melbourne, Victoria, historically known as Sandridge
In the United Kingdom
Sandridge, Hertfordshire, a village and civil parish
Sandridge, Stoke Gabriel, Devon
Sandridge, Wiltshire
In the United States
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%20Ridge |
The Miami New Times is a newspaper published in Miami, Florida, United States, and distributed every Thursday. It primarily serves the Miami area, and is headquartered in Miami's Wynwood Art District.
Overview
It was acquired by Village Voice Media, then known as New Times Media, in 1987, when it was a fortnightly new... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami%20New%20Times |
Gdańsk Olszynka is a former railway station in Gdańsk, Poland.
Lines crossing the station
Olszynka | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk%20Olszynka%20railway%20station |
Alberto Mora is the name of:
Alberto Mora (footballer) (born 1959), Peruvian footballer
Alberto J. Mora (born 1951), retired General Counsel of the U.S. Navy
Alberto di Morra (c. 1105 – 1187), aka Pope Gregory VIII (21 October – 17 December 1187 (his death)) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto%20Mora |
Jules François Mabille (Tours, 5 December 1831 − 18 January 1904) was a French malacologist, biologist and zoologist who in many trips around the world discovered and studied many species of mollusc.
In 1882−83 Mabille participated in the French scientific expedition to Cape Horn and the South Seas, with his fellow ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules%20Fran%C3%A7ois%20Mabille |
Mabille is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexis Mabille (born 1977), French fashion designer
Jules François Mabille (1831−1904), French malacologist, biologist and zoologist
Jules Paul Mabille (1835–1923), French entomologist
Xavier Mabille (1933–2012), Belgian historian and political scientis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabille |
The 8th Line Battalion of the King's German Legion was a Hanoverian unit in British service during the Napoleonic Wars.
Chronology
The unit was raised during the year 1806 as the last out of eight line battalions that the Legion levied in total. It was only half completed when the British Expeditionary force withdrew ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th%20Line%20Battalion%2C%20King%27s%20German%20Legion |
HD 73526 is a star in the southern constellation of Vela. With an apparent visual magnitude of +8.99, it is much too faint to be viewed with the naked eye. The star is located at a distance of approximately from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +26 km/s. It is a member ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2073526 |
Subungual exostosis is a type of non-cancerous bone tumor of the chondrogenic type, and consists of bone and cartilage. It usually projects from the upper surface of the big toe underlying the nailbed, giving rise to a painful swelling that destroys the nail. Subsequent ulceration and infection may occur.
There is an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subungual%20exostosis |
Reginald Lindesay-Bethune, 12th Earl of Lindsay, JP, DL (18 May 1867 – 14 January 1939), known as Viscount Garnock from 1894-1917, was a Scottish nobleman and British Army officer.
The eldest son of David Clarke Bethune, 11th Earl of Lindsay (1832–1917) and Emily Marian Crosse, he succeeded his father as the 12th Earl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald%20Lindesay-Bethune%2C%2012th%20Earl%20of%20Lindsay |
Wörth am Rhein () is a town in the southernmost part of the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is on the left bank of the Rhine approximately 10 km west of the city centre of Karlsruhe and is just north of the German-French border. Daimler AG's largest truck production plant (2.8 km2) has bee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%B6rth%20am%20Rhein |
"Leiningen Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson is a classic short story published in the December 1938 edition of Esquire. It is a translation, probably by Stephenson himself, of "Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen" which was originally published in German in 1938.
Plot summary
Leiningen, the owner of a plantation in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiningen%20Versus%20the%20Ants |
Gdańsk Port Północny is a freight railway station in Gdańsk, Poland.
Lines crossing the station
Port Polnocny | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk%20Port%20P%C3%B3%C5%82nocny%20railway%20station |
Mathematics Magazine is a refereed bimonthly publication of the Mathematical Association of America. Its intended audience is teachers of collegiate mathematics, especially at the junior/senior level, and their students. It is explicitly a journal of mathematics rather than pedagogy. Rather than articles in the terse "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics%20Magazine |
The Ruger Blackhawk is a six-shot, single-action revolver manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co. It is produced in a variety of finishes, calibers, and barrel lengths.
History
In the early 1950s, Westerns were popular in movies and television. Colt had discontinued the iconic Single Action Army prior to World War II, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger%20Blackhawk |
Darren Joel Lewis (born August 28, 1967) is an American former professional baseball player who played center field in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics (1990), San Francisco Giants (1991–1995), Cincinnati Reds (1995), Chicago White Sox (1996–1997), Los Angeles Dodgers (1997) and Boston Red Sox (199... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren%20Lewis |
Seeley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
Seeley (surname)
Seeley Booth, a fictional character in the American television series Bones
Seeley G. Mudd (1895-1968), American physician, professor and philanthropist
Seeley W. Mudd (1861–1926), mining engineer
Places
United States
Seeley, California, a ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeley |
Guigang (; Zhuang: Gveigangj) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangxi in the People's Republic of China. Prior to 1988, it was known as Gui County or Guixian ().
Geography and climate
Guigang is located in eastern Guangxi. It is located between Guangxi's five major cities: Nanning, Guilin, Liuzhou, Beihai, and W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guigang |
Billings Skyview High School, also known as Billings Skyview or Skyview, is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Billings, Montana. The school serves approximately 1,600 students with 92.5 certified staff, 36 support staff and 10 custodians under principal Deb Black, associate principal Danette Cerise, and D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyview%20High%20School%20%28Montana%29 |
Seeley Lake may refer to:
Seeley Lake, Montana, a lake and census-designated place in Montana, USA
Seeley Lake Provincial Park, a lake/park in British Columbia, Canada | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeley%20Lake |
James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, (born 19 November 1955), is a British businessman and Conservative politician.
Early life
The son of David Lindesay-Bethune, 15th Earl of Lindsay, and his first wife Mary Douglas-Scott-Montagu, he was educated at Eton, the University of Edinburgh and the Universi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Lindesay-Bethune%2C%2016th%20Earl%20of%20Lindsay |
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 24, commonly referred to as Highway 24, is a highway in southern Alberta, Canada, east of Calgary.
Route description
Highway 24 begins along the Trans-Canada Highway west of the Town of Strathmore and proceeds south past the Hamlet of Cheadle. At south of Highway 1, it crosses Glenmore... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Highway%2024 |
Hagenbach () is a town in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km west of Karlsruhe.
Hagenbach is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hagenbach.
References
Germersheim (district) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagenbach |
Ipswich Knights Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Ipswich, Queensland. The Ipswich Knights were formed in 1998 and was an amalgamation of two Ipswich clubs, the Bundamba-based "Coalstars" and the Ebbw Vale-based "St Helens United". Ipswich Knights currently play in the Football Queensland Premier League 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich%20Knights%20FC |
Jockgrim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approximately 15 km north-west of Karlsruhe.
Jockgrim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Jockgrim. Jockgrim station is on Schifferstadt–Wörth railway a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockgrim |
Lee Woodley (born 17 May 1976), better known by his nickname of Young Mutley, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2013. He held the British welterweight title in 2006, challenged once for the Commonwealth welterweight title in 2006 and once for the British and EBU European super lightweight... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Mutley |
The Spanish slug (Arion vulgaris, but formerly widely referred to as Arion lusitanicus owing to a misidentification) is an air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs. Other vernacular names are Lusitanian slug, Iberian slug, and killer slug.
It is a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20slug |
The Visit is a 2000 American film written and directed by Jordan Walker-Pearlman, based on a play by Kosmond Russell.
Premise
Alex Waters (Hill Harper), a young man dying of AIDS, is serving 25 years in prison for a rape he says he didn't commit. Alex, his family and his girlfriend try to come to an emotional resoluti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Visit%20%282000%20film%29 |
A courier is a person, company or vehicle that transports mail and small items.
Courier may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
The Couriers, a series of graphic novels
The Courier, and Come Again Courier, two novels in the 1970s Tobin series by the British author Stanley Morgan
The Courier, the player character... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Legislative Council elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 30 April 1920, the seventh elections to the Legislative Council.
Electoral system
The Legislative Council comprised thirteen elected members, together with six members nominated by the British South Africa Company, and the Administrator of Southern Rhodes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920%20Southern%20Rhodesian%20Legislative%20Council%20election |
Lingenfeld () is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km north-west of Germersheim, and 10 km south-west of Speyer.
Lingenfeld has about 5,800 citizens (2020) and is continuously growing because of its good connections to nearby cities such as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingenfeld |
Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti (born 27 April 1941) is an Indian archaeologist, Professor Emeritus of South Asian Archaeology at Cambridge University, and a Senior Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University. He is known for his studies on the early use of iron in India and the archaeolo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip%20Kumar%20Chakrabarti |
Richard Edward Shaw (born 11 September 1968) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who is under-23s coach at Championship side Watford.
As a player, he was a defender from 1986 until 2008, notably in the Premier League for Crystal Palace and Coventry City as well as in the Football League fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Shaw%20%28footballer%29 |
Rülzheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km south-west of Germersheim.
Rülzheim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Rülzheim. Rülzheim station is on Schifferstadt–Wörth railway and is served by the Karlsruhe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BClzheim |
The Reesor Siding strike of 1963 was one of the defining labour conflicts in Canadian history, resulting in the shooting of 11 union members, three of whom were killed. The violent confrontation occurred near the small Francophone hamlet of Reesor Siding (a ghost town today), which is located just west of Opasatika, ap... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reesor%20Siding%20strike%20of%201963 |
Kandel () is a town in the Germersheim district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France and approximately 18 km north-west of Karlsruhe, and 15 km south-east of Landau.
Kandel is twinned with the small Lancashire town of Whitworth.
Kandel is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandel |
William F. Curtis Arboretum (84 acres), sometimes called Curtis Arboretum, is an arboretum located on the campus of Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The arboretum contains more than 140 varieties of trees, shrubs, and flowering bushes.
History
The arboretum began in 1915 when the college, at that time c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20F.%20Curtis%20Arboretum |
Archibald Noel Skelton (1 July 1880 – 22 November 1935) was a Scottish Unionist politician, journalist and intellectual.
Early life
The son of Sir John Skelton KCB LLD, Skelton was born on 1 July 1880 at Hermitage of Braid in Edinburgh and was educated at Glenalmond College, the University of Edinburgh and at Christ ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel%20Skelton |
Kenneth Armstrong (3 June 1924 – 13 June 1984) was an English association footballer who represented both England and New Zealand at national level.
Club career
Born in Bradford, Armstrong served in the RAF during the Second World War. He was a versatile, tough-tackling and energetic midfielder who played mainly for C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Armstrong%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201924%29 |
The Chevrons were a United States pop group who recorded the hit record "Lullabye" in 1960. The band featured lead singer Terry Cashman, best known for his baseball songs, notably "Talkin' Baseball", then known by his born name, Dennis Minogue. The group disbanded when John "Marty" Trautman, co-founder of the group, w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Chevrons |
Arion lusitanicus, also known by its common name Portuguese slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae.
Distribution
Arion lusitanicus is endemic to forests of the western Lisbon Region (such as the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park or the Arrábida Natur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arion%20lusitanicus |
GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing was an American sports car racing team based in Lewisville, Texas that competed in the Rolex Sports Car Series, United SportsCar Championship and Pirelli World Challenge. The team campaigns the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Chevrolet-powered Riley, driven by Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty. Pri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAINSCO/Bob%20Stallings%20Racing |
The 21st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Moscow, the capital of the USSR, in November 1981. The championships were originally meant to be hosted in Mexico City, but financial difficulties caused Mexico to withdraw as hosts in March of that year. The event was given to the Soviet Union instead.
Med... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%20World%20Artistic%20Gymnastics%20Championships |
In geometry, a singular point on a curve is one where the curve is not given by a smooth embedding of a parameter. The precise definition of a singular point depends on the type of curve being studied.
Algebraic curves in the plane
Algebraic curves in the plane may be defined as the set of points satisfying an equati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular%20point%20of%20a%20curve |
Mollemann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003), German politician
, 16th-century German printer
See also
(1935–2005), Dutch politician
German-language surnames | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6llemann |
Stratonicea or Stratonikeia (), also Stratoniki or Stratonice (Στρατονίκη), was a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia. It was a Hellenistic foundation on the west coast of the Akte peninsula (now Mount Athos), a few kilometers northwest of Cleonae. According to Claudius Ptolemy, the city was located on the Singitic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratonicea%20%28Chalcidice%29 |
Madame Arnaud was the widow of a French Army officer, she organized the Volunteer Corps of French and Belgian Women for the National Defense in 1915, and petitioned for the active service of women in the French Army.
References
French women in World War I
French women artists
French artists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame%20Arnaud |
A History of the American People is a 1997 book about the history of the United States by the historian Paul Johnson. First published in Great Britain, it presents Johnson's view of American history from Colonial America to the end of the 20th century. This book is 1088 pages long and has sold over 4 million copies wor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20History%20of%20the%20American%20People |
Ohlone Park is a public linear park in the city of Berkeley, California, United States. Directly underground is the subway used by the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and . It is part of the Ohlone Greenway.
Description
The park is divided into two pieces: the larger piece is a continuous strip of land approximately f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohlone%20Park |
El-Sayed Mohammed Nosseir (, August 31, 1905 – November 28, 1974) was an Egyptian weightlifter. Nosseir won the gold medal in the light heavyweight class at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. He lifted 355.0 kg to book a new world record, winning Egypt's first Olympic gold medal. He was born in Tanta.
References
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El-Sayed%20Nosseir |
The Mariana UFO incident occurred in August 1950 in Great Falls, Montana. The film footage of the sighting is believed to be among the first ever taken of what came to be called an unidentified flying object. The footage was investigated by the U.S. Air Force, and initially found to be reflections from two F-94 jet fig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana%20UFO%20incident |
Wideband material refers to material that can convey Microwave signals (light/sound) over a variety of wavelengths. These materials possess exemplary attenuation and dielectric constants, and are excellent dielectrics for semiconductor gates. Examples of such material include gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband%20materials |
Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual promotional campaign which happens once every year, organized and funded by the Fairtrade Foundation to increase awareness of Fairtrade products. It makes use of volunteers who support the goals of Fairtrade but who may also be committed to the more general concepts of fair trade, ethic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairtrade%20Fortnight |
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 25, commonly referred to as Highway 25, is a highway in southern Alberta, Canada, north of Lethbridge.
Highway 25 begins at an interchange with Highway 3 on the northwestern outskirts of Lethbridge. University Drive extends south into West Lethbridge as a major thoroughfare, but is not ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Highway%2025 |
The DeSoto Fireflite is a full-size premium automobile which was produced by DeSoto in the United States from 1955 until 1960.
Design
The Fireflite was introduced in 1955 as De Soto's top trim package of the DeSoto Firedome. It was wider and longer than the Firedome and it came equipped with a hemispherical cylinder h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto%20Fireflite |
A number of candidates affiliated with John Turmel's Abolitionist Party of Canada contested the 1995 Ontario provincial election. The party was not registered at the provincial level, and the candidates appeared on the ballot as independents. Information about them may be found here.
Steven Edward White (Ottawa East... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20Abolitionist%20candidates%20in%20the%201995%20Ontario%20provincial%20election |
Kirt Dean Manwaring (born July 15, 1965) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from through , most prominently as a member of the San Francisco Giants, with whom he played for the majority of his career. Although he didn't produce large offensive statistics... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirt%20Manwaring |
Mynydd Carningli is a mountain in the Preseli Hills near the town of Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It has both prehistoric and historic remains.
Topography
Carningli (or Carn Ingli) is high. Close to the coast, it dominates the surrounding countryside. It is easy to climb but has a rocky summit and a steep scree slo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mynydd%20Carningli |
The DeSoto Firesweep is an automobile that was produced by DeSoto from 1957 through 1959.
Interior and exterior description
The Firesweep was a lower-priced entry that combined a Dodge shell and chassis (which featured a 122-inch wheelbase, four inches shorter than that of the senior DeSotos) with a DeSoto bumper and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto%20Firesweep |
Aberdare was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. The Labour Party gained the seat in 1922 and held it comfortably until its ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdare%20%28UK%20Parliament%20constituency%29 |
Ibrahim Moustafa (, 23 September 1904 – 9 October 1968) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Egypt. At his first international tournament, the 1924 Olympics, he finished fourth in the light-heavyweight category. Four years later he won the gold medal in this event, becoming the second Egyptian Olympic champion after Sayed N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim%20Moustafa |
Tras Honan (; born 4 January 1930) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician from Ennis in County Clare who served as a senator for 15 years. She was elected to the position of Cathaoirleach (Chair of Seanad Éireann) on two occasions, becoming the first and only woman elected to the position.
She was born in Dublin an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tras%20Honan |
The 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings was a spree shooting which occurred in the United States on September 25, 1982, carried out by George Emil Banks, a former Camp Hill prison guard. Banks fatally shot 13 people in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and Jenkins Township. The victims included seven children – five being his own – ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%20Wilkes-Barre%20shootings |
Mistral is a casual script typeface designed by Roger Excoffon for the Fonderie Olive type foundry, and released in 1953. The Amsterdam Type foundry released a version in 1955.
Excoffon based the form of the typeface on his own handwriting. The stroke has an informal graphic quality similar to brush and ink. The lower... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral%20%28typeface%29 |
The DeSoto Firedome was a full-size automobile produced between 1952 and 1959 by DeSoto automobiles, a division of the Chrysler Corporation. Introduced as DeSoto's premium line of vehicles in 1953 and 1954, the Firedome also occupied the least expensive position in the model lineup during 1955 and 1956 model years befo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSoto%20Firedome |
Mr. Robot is a 3D video game by British studio Moonpod, published as shareware, which attempts to combine the genres of role-playing video game and platform game.
The platform adventure part of the game takes place on board a spaceship called The Eidolon which is destined for a remote colony planet when things start t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Robot%20%28video%20game%29 |
The 2004/2005 edition of Copa del Rey de Balonmano was held in Pontevedra, Galicia. The champion was BM Valladolid.
Quarter finals
25 May 2005:
CD Bidasoa 28-32 BM Valladolid:
Caja España Ademar León 31-27 Portland San Antonio:
26 May 2005:
BM Ciudad Real 39-24 BM Granollers:
SD Teucro 25-37 FC Barcelona Handbo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Copa%20del%20Rey%20de%20Balonmano |
The Visit is a 1964 drama film directed by Bernhard Wicki, adapted by Ben Barzman and Maurice Valency from Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1956 play of the same name. It stars Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, who also produced. Irina Demick, Paolo Stoppa, Hans Christian Blech, Romolo Valli, Valentina Cortese and Claude Dauphin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Visit%20%281964%20film%29 |
Vera Vladimirovna Bryndzei (, ) (born 25 January 1952 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.
Skating for Dynamo Kiev, Vera Bryndzei won a silver medal at the Soviet Sprint Championships in 1975. She would eventually win two more national medals, both at the Sovie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera%20Bryndzei |
Caroline Acheson (; 11 September 1934 – 16 January 2023) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
Career
Acheson was born in Tipperary in 1934, daughter of Matt Barlow, Republican activist in the Irish War of Independence. She was educated at the Presentation Convent, Clonmel, the Convent of Mercy, Carlow and the London S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie%20Acheson |
Egypt competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 32 competitors, all men, took part in 15 events in 5 sports.
Medalists
Aquatics
Diving
Two divers, both men, represented Egypt in 1928. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Farid Simaika competed in both the springboard and platform... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%20at%20the%201928%20Summer%20Olympics |
The Caesarea obelisk is a red granite Obelisk 12 metres high (10.5 + 1.4 m), which was erected in the hippodrome of Herod the Great's new-built Roman city of Caesarea Maritima , now Israel. The obelisk seems to have been erected after Herod's time, in the 2nd century CE. The obelisk was discovered in 1980, broken in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea%20obelisk |
The University of Melbourne Student Union (UMSU) is one of two student organisations at the University of Melbourne, Australia. UMSU, incorporated as University of Melbourne Student Union, Inc. (UMSU) provides representation and services for all current students and the University of Melbourne.
Following the liquidati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Melbourne%20Student%20Union |
An optical flat is an optical-grade piece of glass lapped and polished to be extremely flat on one or both sides, usually within a few tens of nanometres (billionths of a metre). They are used with a monochromatic light to determine the flatness (surface accuracy) of other surfaces, whether optical, metallic, ceramic, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20flat |
Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (born 17 January 1977 in Skælskør) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. From 2019 to 2022, she has served as Minister of Children and Education. She was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. She had previousl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernille%20Rosenkrantz-Theil |
The Communist Party of Canada - Marxist-Leninist (CPC (M-L)) ran fifty-one candidates in the 1993 federal election, none of whom were elected. Information about these candidates may be found here.
List of candidates
Ontario (incomplete)
References | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist%20Party%20of%20Canada%20%28Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist%29%20candidates%20in%20the%201993%20Canadian%20federal%20election |
Brian Mullooly (born 21 February 1935) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil party politician known for serving as Cathaoirleach in November 1996, and from 1997 to 2002.
He was born in Strokestown, County Roscommon, and educated at Summerhill College, Sligo and at St. Patricks Teacher Training College in Dublin. He worked as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Mullooly |
Edwin Henry Killian (November 12, 1876 – July 18, 1928), nicknamed "Twilight Ed" and the "Twilight Twirler", was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Killian played professional baseball from 1902 to 1912, including seven seasons with the Detroit Tigers from 1904 to 1910. He recorded an MLB won-lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Killian |
Winifred Beach is a locally popular public beach in Portland, Jamaica.
A campaign is in progress to keep the beach public in the face of corporate efforts to privatize, develop, and enclose the surrounding area to all but paid access.
See also
List of beaches in Jamaica
References
External links
Virtual Travel Glo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifred%20Beach |
Summit Point Motorsports Park is a road racing and driver training facility located in Jefferson County, West Virginia about two hours west of Washington, D.C. in the state's Eastern Panhandle.
Current status
Summit Point Motorsports Park features three road racing circuits that are currently used for amateur automobi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit%20Point%20Motorsports%20Park |
Muráň Castle (; ), is a ruin of a medieval castle above the village of Muráň, in the Muránska planina National Park in Slovakia. The castle is noteworthy for its unusually high elevation of 935 m, making it the third highest castle in Slovakia. It also figures in several romantic legends about its owners. Murány Castle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mur%C3%A1%C5%88%20Castle |
Darío Alejandro Grandinetti (born March 5, 1959) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his numerous roles in television, theater and film, where he participated in films by renowned directors such as Alejandro Doria, Pedro Almodóvar and Damián Szifron.
Biography
Darío Grandinetti was born in the city of Rosario, Sant... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%ADo%20Grandinetti |
In 1999, the Major League Baseball All-Century Team was chosen by popular vote of fans. To select the team, a panel of experts first compiled a list of the 100 greatest Major League Baseball (MLB) players from the 20th century. Over two million fans then voted on the players using paper and online ballots.
The top two... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major%20League%20Baseball%20All-Century%20Team |
The College of California was a private college in Oakland, California. It is a predecessor of the public University of California system. It was established in 1853 as the Contra Costa Academy. In 1868, it merged with the nascent Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College to form what became the University of C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20of%20California |
Josef Barák (26 January 1833 in Prague – 15 November 1883 in Prague) was a Czech politician, journalist, and poet. He was a member of the Májovci literary group.
See also
List of Czech writers
External links
1833 births
1933 deaths
Writers from Prague
Czech politicians
Journalists from Prague
Czech poets
Czech mal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef%20Bar%C3%A1k |
Alemany Maze is the name given to the interchange between the James Lick Freeway (U.S. Route 101, US 101) and the John F. Foran Freeway (Interstate 280, I-280) in the city of San Francisco. Alternative names for this highway feature are Alemany Interchange and The Spaghetti Bowl.
History
The Alemany Maze gets its nam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemany%20Maze |
Interstate 490 (I-490), also known as O'Hare West Bypass and Western O'Hare Beltway, is a proposed electronic toll highway and a beltway near Chicago, Illinois, that would run along the west side of O'Hare International Airport. The tollway would connect I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) to a western access point to the airpor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate%20490%20%28Illinois%29 |
Claudio Baglioni (; born 16 May 1951) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years. Some songs from the 70s are part of Italian culture as Questo piccolo grande amore proclaimed Italian song of the century in 1985. In the 80s he released the two best-selling albums e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio%20Baglioni |
Silver Stadium was a baseball stadium located at 500 Norton Street in Rochester, New York. It was the home stadium for the Rochester Red Wings of the International League from 1929 to 1996, and for the New York Black Yankees of the Negro National League for their final season in 1948. The ballpark also briefly hosted p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver%20Stadium |
Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo, is an independent comedy horror film, filmed sometime in 1988 but released in 1995 by Troma Entertainment. One of the stars, Ron Asheton, was the guitarist for The Stooges.
Synopsis
Two friends go hunting in the woods of Northern Michigan. While wandering the woods, they accidentally... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frostbiter%3A%20Wrath%20of%20the%20Wendigo |
Jan Blahoslav (20 February 1523 – 24 November 1571) was a Czech humanistic writer, poet, translator, etymologist, hymnographer, grammarian, music theorist and composer. He was a Unity of the Brethren bishop, and translated the New Testament into Czech in 1564. This was incorporated into the Bible of Kralice.
Life
Blah... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Blahoslav |
Michael David Fuller (December 18, 1949 – February 1, 1989), better known by his stage name Blaze Foley, was an American country music singer-songwriter, poet, and artist active in Austin, Texas.
Background
Foley was born Michael David Fuller in Malvern, Arkansas on December 18, 1949. He grew up in San Antonio, Texas ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaze%20Foley |
Crystallography is a book of poetry and prose published in 1994 and revised in 2003 by Canadian author Christian Bök. Based around a that language is a crystallization process, the book includes several forms of poetry including concrete poetry, as well as pseudohistorical texts, diagrams, charts, and English gematria... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystallography%20%28book%29 |
Skeleton is a winter sport featured in the Winter Olympics where the competitor rides head-first and prone (lying face down) on a flat sled. It is normally run on an ice track that allows the sled to gain speed by gravity. It was first contested at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz and again in 1948 Winter Olymp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton%20at%20the%20Winter%20Olympics |
M-199 is a state trunkline highway near Albion in the US state of Michigan. The western terminus of the road is in Sheridan Township at exit 119 off Interstate 94 (I-94). The eastern terminus is a junction with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) downtown Albion. The entire road is within Calhoun County and runs through rura... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-199%20%28Michigan%20highway%29 |
The town of Lucky Hill is located in the Lucky Hill and Gayle Districts of Saint Mary parish in Jamaica Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica.
18.31002, -77.01491 or N 18°18′36″ W 77°00′54″
https://www.geonames.org/11495530/lucky-hill.html for the district
https://www.geonames.org/3489651/lucky-hill.html for the town
https://e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky%20Hill |
Howard Curtis Berg (March 16, 1934 – December 30, 2021) was the Herchel Smith Professor of Physics and professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University, where he taught biophysics and studied the motility of the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli).
Berg has been a member of the Harvard University dep... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20Berg |
Tianjin Arena () is an indoor sporting arena located in Tianjin Sports Center, Tianjin, China. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 spectators. The arena is used to host indoor sporting events, such as basketball and volleyball.
The hall hosted some for the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
References
In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianjin%20Arena |
Jaroslav Durych (2 December 1886 – 7 April 1962) was a Czech prose writer, poet, playwright, journalist, and military surgeon.
Life and works
Durych was born in Hradec Králové and was orphaned at an early age. He attended school at the Archbishop's convent in Příbram, but was expelled for reading forbidden literature.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav%20Durych |
Ryugyong Chung Ju-yung Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Pyongyang, North Korea. The capacity of the arena is 12,309 and was built in 2003. It is used to host indoor sporting events, such as basketball and volleyball as well as concerts and art performances.
See also
Chung Ju-yung
References
2003 es... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang%20Arena |
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