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Ivo Lill (24 June 1953 – 4 August 2019) was an Estonian glass artist.
Early life and education
Ivo Lill was born in Tallinn to Felix Lill and Asta Lill (née Multer). His father was arrested by Soviet authorities and spent several years sentenced to forced labor in the gulag system in Siberia, but was able to later ret... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivo%20Lill |
Frédéric Vitoux (born 19 August 1944) is a French writer and journalist.
He is known as a novelist, biographer and literary columnist. His father was a journalist. He was elected at the Académie Française in 2001. In 2010, he won the Édouard Drumont literary prize for his novel Grand Hotel Nelson.
Bibliography
1973 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric%20Vitoux%20%28writer%29 |
There are various levels of judiciary in England and Wales—different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance, in line with the order of the courts in which they sit, so that judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are given more weight than district ju... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary%20of%20England%20and%20Wales |
Dunn Brothers Coffee is a franchise company of coffeehouses founded in St. Paul, Minnesota, in December 1987 by brothers Ed and Dan Dunn. As of September 2022, Dunn Brothers Coffee has 57 locations throughout the country.
History
The first store opened in 1987 at 1569 Grand Avenue in St. Paul, after the Dunn brothers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunn%20Brothers%20Coffee |
The Superior Court is the state court in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with statewide trial and appellate jurisdiction. The New Jersey Constitution of 1947 establishes the power of the New Jersey courts. Under the State Constitution, "'judicial power shall be vested in a Supreme Court, a Superior Court, County Courts a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Jersey%20Superior%20Court |
Benjamin Jesty (c. 1736 – 16 April 1816) was a farmer at Yetminster in Dorset, England, notable for his early experiment in inducing immunity against smallpox using cowpox.
The notion that those people infected with cowpox, a relatively mild disease, were subsequently protected against smallpox was not an uncommon obs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Jesty |
Peace at Last is the third studio album by Scottish band The Blue Nile, released on 10 June 1996 via Warner Bros. Records.
Following the reissue of their first two albums in 2012 as 2-CD deluxe editions, Peace at Last was also reissued in a similar 2-CD version on 3 March 2014.
Background
Peace at Last was a consider... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace%20at%20Last%20%28The%20Blue%20Nile%20album%29 |
Sainte-Marie (; ) is a town and the fifth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. It is located on the northeast (Atlantic Ocean) side of the island of Martinique.
Geography
Climate
Sainte-Marie has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). The average annual temperat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie%2C%20Martinique |
The Municipal District of Acadia No. 34 is a municipal district (MD) in southern Alberta, Canada, east of Calgary, close to the Saskatchewan border, in Census Division No. 4.
It is located on Highway 41 on the north side of the Red Deer River and bordered on the east by Saskatchewan. Highway 41 is a main route betwee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal%20District%20of%20Acadia%20No.%2034 |
One Bad Pig is a Christian punk and metal crossover band from Austin, Texas, which formed in 1985. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music describes them as "quite possibly the most popular hard-punk act ever to arise within the Christian music scene." They were known for their mischief and irreverence on stag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Bad%20Pig |
Krzeszów is a village in Nisko County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Krzeszów. It lies on the San River, approximately south-east of Nisko and north-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.
References
External links
Official web... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzesz%C3%B3w%2C%20Podkarpackie%20Voivodeship |
rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup that focuses on the science fiction television series Babylon 5 and the works of writer J. Michael Straczynski. It was spun off from its un-moderated version, rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5, in 1996. The newsgroup counts Straczynski as a frequent contributor, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated |
Le Lorrain (; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and commune in the French overseas region and department of Martinique.
Population
Personalities
Raphaël Confiant
Jean Bernabé
See also
Communes of the Martinique department
References
External links
Communes of Martinique
Populated places in Martinique | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Lorrain |
The Suai Church massacre occurred on 6 September 1999, in Suai, Cova Lima District in southwestern East Timor, two days after the results of the independence referendum were announced.
Massacre
According to the International Commission of Inquiry on East Timor's report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suai%20Church%20massacre |
High is the fourth studio album by Scottish band The Blue Nile, released on 30 August 2004 on Sanctuary Records. A single, "I Would Never", was released one week prior to the album: a second song, "She Saw the World", was made available as a promotional single, but never released officially.
Versions of "Soul Boy" had... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20%28The%20Blue%20Nile%20album%29 |
General I. Zaragoza ( or Terminal Zaragoza) is a station on Lines 2 and 3 of the Monterrey Metro. It is located in Monterrey, on the heart of the Macroplaza. The station was opened on 30 November 1994 as the eastern terminus of the inaugural section of Line 2, between General Anaya and Zaragoza.
This station serves th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20I.%20Zaragoza%20metro%20station |
New Musik were an English synthpop group active from 1977 to 1982. Led by Tony Mansfield, they achieved success in 1980 with the top 20 single "Living by Numbers" which was followed up with the top 40 hits "This World of Water", "Sanctuary" and hit album From A to B.
History
New Musik formed in 1977 in London, growing... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Musik |
Alfred Cowles III (September 15, 1891 – December 28, 1984) was an American economist, businessman and founder of the Cowles Commission. He graduated from Yale in 1913, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.
He was the grandson of Alfred Cowles, Sr., who was a founder of the Chicago Tribune. His father, Alfred Cowle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Cowles |
Route 16 is a primary state route connecting Middletown and Colchester via Route 66. It begins in East Hampton at Route 66 then has an interchange with Route 2 in Colchester. It then runs through Colchester center, then goes to the outskirts of Lebanon town as a rural collector road. Route 16 ends at Route 207 in Leban... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut%20Route%2016 |
KMBZ-FM (98.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Kansas City, Kansas. Owned by Audacy, Inc., KMBZ-FM airs a news/talk radio format. Its studios and offices are on Squibb Road in Mission, Kansas.
KMBZ-FM broadcasts at 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The signal covers the Kansas City metr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMBZ-FM |
William Beatty (January 19, 1835 – December 2, 1898) was an Ontario businessman and political figure.
He was born in Stonyford, Ireland in 1835 and came to Thorold in Upper Canada with his family the same year. He attended Victoria College in Cobourg, receiving an LLB in 1864. He was elected to the university's senate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Beatty%20%28Ontario%20politician%29 |
The Bedford Reader is a college composition textbook published by the Bedford/St. Martin's publishing company. It is edited by X. J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Jane E. Aaron. It is widely used in freshman composition courses at colleges across the United States.
The eleventh edition of the book is composed of o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bedford%20Reader |
Oshu or Ōshū may refer to:
Another name for Mutsu Province, a former Japanese province
Ōshū, Iwate, Japan, a city
Northern Fujiwara (Ōshū Fujiwara-shi), a Japanese noble family
Ōshū Corporation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshu |
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Squidoo was a revenue-sharing article-writing site. Articles were called "lenses". In 2010, the site consisted of 1.5 million lenses . On August 15, 2014, founder Seth Godin announced that HubPages had acquired Squidoo.
History
Development started in 2005. The launch team consisted of Seth Godin, his book... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidoo |
Dadanawa Ranch is located on the Rupununi River in the Rupununi savannah in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. It is the largest and one of the most isolated cattle ranches in Guyana.
Location
Dadanawa Ranch is one of the most remote ranches in the world containing about 6,000 cattle. The ranch area is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadanawa%20Ranch |
Champagnole () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Geography
Champagnole has the publicity tag of "Pearl of the Jura" and is a small town at the geographical centre of Jura tourism. It stands on the right bank of the young river Ain at the foot of Mont Rivel (800m). It is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagnole |
Vengeance Rising was an American Christian thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Fronted by vocalist Roger Martinez, they originally formed as Vengeance in 1987, but changed their name in 1989 to avoid conflict with another band from the Netherlands. Band members Larry Farkas, Doug Thieme, Roger Dale Martin, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vengeance%20Rising |
Friendship's Field is a 1995 drama film about overcoming prejudice.
Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City, Utah and Idaho.
Plot
Ira has one last summer of freedom before having to work in the beet fields with her sisters. Her father hires some migrant workers, and Ira makes friend with Oscar, a Mexican. Despi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship%27s%20Field |
Copperopolis is the third studio album by alternative rock band Grant Lee Buffalo. It was released in 1996 on Slash Records.
Production
The album was produced by bass player Paul Kimble. It was recorded in six weeks.
All songs were written by Grant Lee Phillips
Critical reception
No Depression wrote that "the sound i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperopolis%20%28album%29 |
Balmoral is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located on the western shore of Lake Macquarie between the towns of Toronto and Morisset.
It has a boat ramp providing access to Secret Bay and Eraring Bay on Lake Macquarie.
See also
2013 New South Wales bushfires
References
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmoral%2C%20New%20South%20Wales%20%28Lake%20Macquarie%29 |
"Twenty Foreplay" is a song by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson from her first greatest hits album, Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (1995). Written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as one of the two new songs on the album, it was sent to radio stations in the United States as the second singl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty%20Foreplay |
Laksaur was one of the pro-Indonesia militias which committed atrocities around the time of the referendum for independence in 1999 in East Timor. They are considered the principal agents in the Suai Church Massacre, which occurred a week after the referendum. They were believed to have been supported by the military... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laksaur |
Talaromycosis is a fungal infection that presents with painless skin lesions of the face and neck, as well as an associated fever, anaemia, and enlargement of the lymph glands and liver.
It is caused by the fungus Talaromyces marneffei, which is found in soil and decomposing organic matter. The infection is thought t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talaromycosis |
Shipwrecked () is a 1990 family action-adventure film directed by Nils Gaup and starring Stian Smestad and Gabriel Byrne. The film is a dramatization of Norwegian author Oluf Falck-Ytter's book Haakon Haakonsen: En Norsk Robinson (Haakon Haakonsen: A Norwegian Robinson).
The movie was produced by a consortium of Scand... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipwrecked%20%281990%20film%29 |
Talleres Station () is a terminal station on Line 1 of the Monterrey Metro. It is located on Ave. Solidaridad and Esquisto St. in the San Bernabé VI neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico.
This station is named after the Metrorrey maintenance shops (talleres) that are located right after the station, and its logo represent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talleres%20metro%20station |
Fuzzy is the debut studio album by American rock band Grant Lee Buffalo, released in 1993 by Slash Records. According to the band's website, "Fuzzy would galvanize the sound of Grant Lee Buffalo, i.e., the acoustic feedback howl of overdriven 12-string guitars, melodic distorto-bass, tribal drum bombast, the old world ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy%20%28album%29 |
Charley's War was a British comic strip about the First World War, written by Pat Mills and drawn by Joe Colquhoun.
It was originally published in Battle Picture Weekly from January 1979 to October 1986.
Though later parts of the story covered the Russian Civil War (and, in episodes written by Scott Goodall, the earl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley%27s%20War |
Antonio Vandini (1691 – 1778), a close friend of Giuseppe Tartini, was a cellist and composer. He was one of the foremost virtuoso performers of his era and spent the vast majority of his career as the first violoncellist of the ″Veneranda Arca″ at the Basilica del Santo in Padua, where Tartini was first violinist and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Vandini |
Graham Laurence Shaw (9 July 1934 – 12 May 1998) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-back. He notably represented Sheffield United between 1951 and 1967.
Career
Born in Sheffield, Shaw was developed by local amateur side Oaks Fold, after having played for Sheffield Schoolboys at half-back. He s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%20Shaw%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201934%29 |
Holy Soldier was a Christian glam metal band from Los Angeles formed in 1985.
Background
The band was originally formed in early 1985 by bassist Andy Robbins and guitarist Jamie Cramer. The band gained a strong local following before signing to A&M Records in 1989. Holy Soldier was initially noted for their strong ev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy%20Soldier |
Tyrone is a ghost town located in Grant County, New Mexico, United States, in the southwestern part of the state.
Description
Tyrone was an elaborately planned community financed by the Phelps Dodge Corporation, based on Mediterranean and European styles, designed by well-known architect Bertram Goodhue and built in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone%20%28ghost%20town%29%2C%20New%20Mexico |
Sphinctour is a live CD/DVD/VHS release by the industrial metal band Ministry released in 2002. It contains various tracks recorded on their 1996 world tour in support of the album Filth Pig. The album title is a play on the word sphincter.
Track listing
Track 5 and 13 not included on CD releases
Album release
The o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinctour |
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality supporting roles in a Broadway play. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Award%20for%20Best%20Featured%20Actor%20in%20a%20Play |
Set the Twilight Reeling is the seventeenth studio album by American rock musician Lou Reed, released on February 20, 1996, by Warner Bros. Records.
Packaging and lyrics
The cover artwork direction and packaging design was done by Stefan Sagmeister. The photograph is by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. The CD case sold wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set%20the%20Twilight%20Reeling |
It's About Time is the first solo album released by session drummer Manu Katché. The musicians on the album are people Katché worked with on projects with Sting, Peter Gabriel, and others.
Track listing
Personnel
Manu Katché – drums, percussion, vocals (lead & background), programming, producer
Pino Palladino - b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s%20About%20Time%20%28Manu%20Katch%C3%A9%20album%29 |
Veni Domine was a Christian progressive doom metal band founded in Sollentuna, Sweden in 1987. The band split up on 20 September 2014.
Veni Domine combined down-tempo melodic heavy metal, symphonic metal and doom metal with occasional touches of gothic metal. The band does not clearly fit into a specific category; acc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veni%20Domine |
The Sendero station () is a station on the Monterrey Metro. It is located in Escobedo, and is the northern terminal of Line 2. The station was opened on 1 October 2008 as the northern terminus of the extension of the line from Universidad.
See also
List of Monterrey metro stations
References
Metrorrey stations
Railw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendero%20metro%20station |
Army of Germany or Armée d'Allemagne may refer to:
Army of Germany (1797), a French field army
Army of Germany (1809), a French field army
See also
German Army (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%20of%20Germany |
John Rupert Firth OBE (June 17, 1890 in Keighley, Yorkshire – December 14, 1960 in Lindfield, West Sussex), commonly known as J. R. Firth, was an English linguist and a leading figure in British linguistics during the 1950s.
Education and career
Firth studied history at University of Leeds, graduating with a BA in 191... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Rupert%20Firth |
The Koenigsegg CCX is a mid-engine sports car manufactured by Swedish automotive manufacturer Koenigsegg Automotive AB. The project began with the aim of making a global car, designed and engineered to comply with global safety and environment regulations, particularly to enter the United States car market. To sell car... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koenigsegg%20CCX |
The Armatron is a toy robot which was made by TOMY and distributed by Radio Shack in the United States since 1984. It consists of a crane-like arm which picks up small objects by the user manipulating two attached joysticks. Its shape resembles industrial robots of the 1980s, though it is strictly user-controlled, with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armatron |
Acephala, Latin for "without a head", may refer to:
Acephala group, a cultivar group of Brassica oleracea (cabbage) that grows without a central "head", including many varieties of kale, collard greens, and spring greens
Acephala, Georges Cuvier's name for the class Bivalvia (which lack a head)
Acephala (band), an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acephala |
Sisikon is a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is situated on the shore of Lake Lucerne.
Geography
Sisikon has an area, , of . Of this area, 30.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 44% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (23.8%) is n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisikon |
Attinghausen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.
History
Attinghausen is first mentioned in 1240 as Attingenhusen by the HDS.
Geography
Attinghausen has an area, , of . Of this area, 35.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.7% is set... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attinghausen |
Khon Kaen University () or KKU (มข.) is a public research university, and it is one of the most prestigious universities in Thailand. The university was the first institution of higher education in the northeastern Thailand and remains the oldest and the most competitive university in the region. The university is a hu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khon%20Kaen%20University |
netKar Pro (also stylized as nKPro) is an online racing simulator that is developed with an emphasis on realism. It provides advanced features such as a complex tire model (visible dirt, tire wear and flat spots, that influence the car's handling) and a fully interactive cockpit such as those seen in flight simulators.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetKar%20Pro |
Jacob Marschak (23 July 1898 – 27 July 1977) was an American economist.
Life
Born in a Jewish family of Kyiv, Jacob Marschak (until 1933 Jakob) was the son of a jeweler. During his studies he joined the social democratic Menshevik Party, becoming a member of the Menshevik International Caucus. In 1918 he was the labo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20Marschak |
Geothermal is related to energy and may refer to:
Geothermal activity, the range of natural phenomena at ornear the surface, associated with release of the Earth's internal heat.
Earth's internal heat budget, accounting of the flows of energy at and below the surface of the planet's crust
The geothermal gradient, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal |
Louis Friant (; 18 September 1758 – 24 June 1829) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Early life and French Revolutionary Wars
Friant was born in the village of Morlancourt, 8 km south of Albert near the river Somme, the son of a wax-maker. He enlisted in the Garde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Friant |
Darrell Roberts is an American guitarist best known as a former member of the heavy metal bands W.A.S.P. and Five Finger Death Punch.
Career
In 2002, Roberts debuted as a member of the heavy metal band W.A.S.P. In 2005, he left the band and went on to join Las Vegas based heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. Rob... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell%20Roberts |
The Togo mouse (Leimacomys buettneri), also known as Büttner's African forest mouse or the groove-toothed forest mouse, is a unique muroid rodent known from only two specimens taken from near the type locality of Bismarckburg, near Yege, Togo, in 1890. Its genus is monotypic.
Description and natural history
The entir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo%20mouse |
The Potsdam Denkschrift is a declaration of Hans-Peter Dürr, J. Daniel Dahm and Rudolf zur Lippe under the patronage of the Federation of German Scientists-VDW. It is the base – the “mother” of the abstract condensed version, the Potsdam Manifesto ‚We have to learn to think in a new way’ what was up to now signed by mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam%20Denkschrift |
Chizuk Amuno Congregation (Hebrew: ק"ק חזוק אמונה) is a large Jewish house of worship affiliated with Conservative Judaism. It is located in Pikesville, Maryland. The congregation's name comes from the Hebrew "Chizzuq 'Emunah", meaning "strengthening the faith". The word "Amuno" is a variant of the Ashkenazi Hebrew pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chizuk%20Amuno%20Congregation |
Bloodgood was an American Christian metal band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1983. By 1988, Bloodgood represented one of the four largest Christian metal bands (excluding the mainstream success of Stryper) alongside Barren Cross, Leviticus, and Whitecross.
Bloodgood became known for their "go-for-broke attitu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodgood |
Douglas Blair Lucek, better known as Doug Blair (born February 11, 1963) is a heavy metal guitarist and member of W.A.S.P. Blair's early development as a musician took place in his home state of Connecticut. His focus on technical ability with the guitar quickly saw him gaining a reputation locally in the Tri-State are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug%20Blair |
Claire McCardell (May 24, 1905 – March 22, 1958) was an American fashion designer of ready-to-wear clothing in the twentieth century. She is credited with the creation of American sportswear.
Early life
McCardell was the eldest of four children born to Eleanor and Adrian McCardell in Frederick, Maryland. Adrian was a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire%20McCardell |
Bloodgood is an American Christian metal band.
Bloodgood may also refer to:
Bloodgood, a 1986 album by Bloodgood.
Bloodgood (surname)
A. palmatum 'Bloodgood', a cultivar of Japanese Maple with dark red foliage and stems | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodgood%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The Turkish Red Crescent () is the Turkish affiliate of the International Red Crescent and the first worldwide adopter of the crescent symbol for humanitarian aid.
Being the largest humanitarian foundation in Turkey, its roots goes back to the Crimean War from 1853 to 1856 and the Russo-Turkish War from 1876 to 1878, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish%20Red%20Crescent |
The Royal Canadian Henley Regatta started in 1880 as the first championship for the newly formed Canadian Amateur Rowing Association.
History
It changed venues often until 1903, when it was decided to hold it at St. Catharines Port Dalhousie's Martindale Pond hosted by the St. Catharines Rowing Club permanently.
Orig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Canadian%20Henley%20Regatta |
Alvin Johnson may refer to:
Alvin J. Johnson (1827–1884), American publisher
Alvin Saunders Johnson (1874–1971), American economist
Al "Carnival Time" Johnson (Alvin Lee Johnson, born 1939), American singer and piano player
Alvin Johnson (serial killer) (born 1941), American serial killer
See also
Alvin M. Johnston (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin%20Johnson |
The Amherst Ramblers are a Junior A Hockey League team based in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The team is a member of the Maritime Hockey League and are in the EastLink South Division. All home games are played out of the 2,500 seat Amherst Stadium. The season usually runs from mid-September to mid March every year.
Histor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amherst%20Ramblers |
Laura Secord s.e.c is a Canadian chocolatier, confectionery, and ice cream company. It is owned by Jean Leclerc of Quebec City, who owns Nutriart, a company devoted to chocolate production. Nutriart is a former division of Biscuits Leclerc.
History
Founding
The company was founded in 1913 by Frank P. O'Connor with it... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Secord%20Chocolates |
Duel () is a 2004 Iranian war drama film It was directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish, who was mostly known for films about the Iran–Iraq War. Duel was shot in roughly 11 months in various cities of Iran. The first screening was at the Fajr International Film Festival, in 2004, where it won 8 Crystal Simorgh Award. Also, it i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel%20%282004%20film%29 |
The 57th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on February 19, 2005, honored the film and television best writers of 2004.
Winners and nominees
Film
Adapted Screenplay
Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Before Sunset - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Kim Krizan
Mean Girls - Tina Fey
Million ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th%20Writers%20Guild%20of%20America%20Awards |
"C4C" is an abbreviation that can stand for:
Cadet Fourth Class, the rank of a cadet in his first (freshman) year at the United States Air Force Academy
Campaigners for Christ, a parachurch organization
Cancer 4 Cure, the third full-length studio album by El-P, released on Fat Possum Records May 22, 2012.
Cash for Clu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4C |
Friedrich W. Rainer (28 July 1903 – November 1950) was an Austrian Nazi politician, Gauleiter as well as a Reichsstatthalter of Salzburg and Carinthia. He is the only Austrian governor who has ever held the same office in two separate states.
Personal background
Rainer was a native of Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Rainer |
Inside the Electric Circus is the third studio album by heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released in October 1986 through Capitol Records; a remastered edition featuring two bonus tracks was reissued in 1997 through Snapper Music. The album is the band's first to feature singer and bandleader Blackie Lawless playing guitar, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside%20the%20Electric%20Circus |
Penguicon is a convention in southeastern Michigan designed originally to mix the communities of the science fiction fandom and Linux user groups. In addition to educational panels on science fiction in the media, attendees participate in professional and beginner-level panels on Linux and open-source software. Penguic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguicon |
is a live-action Japanese–American TV series. The third entry of the Super Sentai series franchise, Battle Fever J was a co-production of Toei Company and Marvel Comics. A total of 52 episodes aired on TV Asahi from February 3, 1979, to January 26, 1980, following J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai and being followed by Denshi Sentai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20Fever%20J |
Desi DNA was a British television show on the BBC covering Desi (North Indian) art, culture and entertainment that launched in 2003.
In 2004, Desi DNA received the Best Lifestyle Programme award from the Royal Television Society.
The show currently broadcasts on BBC Two and is co-presented by Adil Ray, Anita Rani and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi%20DNA |
Tübatulabal is an Uto-Aztecan language, traditionally spoken in Kern County, California, United States. It is the traditional language of the Tübatulabal, who still speak the traditional language in addition to English. The language originally had three main dialects: Bakalanchi, Pakanapul and Palegawan.
In English, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCbatulabal%20language |
Irvin Joel Vigo Guzmán (born November 24, 1984) is a Dominican professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons.
Career
Los Angeles Dodgers
Guzmán signed with the Los Angeles D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Guzm%C3%A1n |
Richard Rossi is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, talk radio host, musician, and former evangelical minister.
Among Rossi's projects are the film Canaan Land which contained five songs by Rossi that made the Oscars consideration song list (Canaan Land was also on the list of 366 films eligible for a Best Picture ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Rossi |
Dying for the World is the tenth studio album by the American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released in 2002. Dying for the World was Blackie Lawless' dedication to all those who perished in the attacks of the 9/11 events, especially heard on the "Hallowed Ground" track.
The album was written and recorded in less than a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying%20for%20the%20World |
John Howard Hubbell (1925 – March 31, 2007) was an American radiation physicist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was on the staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (formerly National Bureau of Standards) from 1950 until 1988, when he retired. He remained a contractor to NIST until he died in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20H.%20Hubbell |
Helldorado may refer to:
Helldorado, a nickname for Tombstone, Arizona (a variation of El Dorado) created by a disgruntled miner who wrote a letter in July 1881 to the Tombstone Nugget newspaper complaining about trying to find his fortune and ending up washing dishes
Helldorado (album), the eighth album by W.A.S.P., r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helldorado |
Unholy Terror is the ninth studio album by the American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released in 2001.
It is viewed by many fans and critics alike as an 'issue' album, going into great detail about the world and all its vices. This is the last album to feature longtime guitarist Chris Holmes.
Track listing
Personnel
W.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unholy%20Terror |
The Tübatulabal are an indigenous people of Kern River Valley in the Sierra Nevada range of California. They may have been the first people to make this area their permanent home. Today many of them are enrolled in the Tule River Indian Tribe. They are descendants of the people of the Uto-Aztecan language group, separa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCbatulabal |
Still Not Black Enough is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., first released in June 1995 in Japan and the UK. It was not released in the U.S. until August 1996 through Castle Records.
Still Not Black Enough was originally slated for release as a Blackie Lawless solo album, but due to the he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still%20Not%20Black%20Enough |
Dan or Daniel Donovan may refer to:
Dan Donovan (keyboardist) (born 1962), keyboardist for Big Audio Dynamite and Dreadzone
Dan Donovan (guitarist) (born 1960), singer/songwriter, guitarist for Tribe of Dan
Dan Donovan (politician) (born 1956), Former U.S. Congressman
Daniel Donovan (doctor) (died 1880), author and do... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Donovan |
"The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" is one of Aesop's Fables. It is number 352 in the Perry Index and type 112 in Aarne–Thompson's folk tale index. Like several other elements in Aesop's fables, 'town mouse and country mouse' has become an English idiom.
Story
In the original tale, a proud town mouse visits his cou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Town%20Mouse%20and%20the%20Country%20Mouse |
Dili Municipality (, ) is one of the 14 municipalities, formerly districts, of Timor-Leste, and includes the national capital Dili. The municipality had a population of 277,279 , most of whom live in the capital city.
Etymology
Several explanations have been proffered for the origin of the municipality's name. It is o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dili%20Municipality |
The Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway was a railway company that opened in 1882, giving a rail connection to shipyards and other industry that developed in what became Clydebank. At first it was a purely local line, connecting only at Stobcross with the North British Railway, but as industry developed in the area it... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow%2C%20Yoker%20and%20Clydebank%20Railway |
The Open Graphics Project (OGP) was founded with the goal to design an open-source hardware / open architecture and standard for graphics cards, primarily targeting free software / open-source operating systems. The project created a reprogrammable development and prototyping board and had aimed to eventually produce a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Graphics%20Project |
The Journal of Finance is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Finance Association. It was established in 1946. The editor-in-chief is Antoinette Schoar. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 7.870, ranking it 6th out of 111... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Journal%20of%20Finance |
Belogorsk or Bilohirsk (; ) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia and Ukraine.
Urban localities
Belogorsk, Amur Oblast, a town in Amur Oblast; administratively incorporated as an urban okrug
Bilohirsk (Crimea), recognized by many countries as part of Ukraine
Belogorsk, Kemerovo Oblast, an urban-type se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belogorsk |
Gauteng (formerly Transvaal) is the first-class cricket team of the southern parts of Gauteng province of South Africa. The team was called Transvaal from April 1890 to April 1997 (the area north of Johannesburg, including Pretoria being part of the Northerns, formerly Northern Transvaal). Under the main competition's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauteng%20%28cricket%20team%29 |
The Irish Land and Labour Association (ILLA) was a progressive movement founded in the early 1890s in Munster, Ireland, to organise and pursue political agitation for small tenant farmers' and rural labourers' rights. Its branches also spread into Connacht. The ILLA was known under different names—Land and Labour Asso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20Land%20and%20Labour%20Association |
Nanthild (c. 610 – 642), also known as Nantéchilde, Nanthechilde, Nanthildis, Nanthilde, or Nantechildis, was a Frankish queen consort and regent, the third of many consorts of Dagobert I, king of the Franks (629–639). She was regent during the minority of her son from 639 until 642.
Life
She was of Saxon lineage, bor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanthild |
Handel-C is a high-level programming language which targets low-level hardware, most commonly used in the programming of FPGAs. It is a rich subset of C, with non-standard extensions to control hardware instantiation with an emphasis on parallelism. Handel-C is to hardware design what the first high-level programming ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel-C |
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