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is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He currently is a coach for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Ishii was regarded as one of the best Japanese shortstops of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Though late in his career his stats declined due to age, he still contr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuro%20Ishii |
Noah Aubrey Rosenberg is a geneticist working in evolutionary biology, human genetics, and population genetics, now Professor at Stanford University. His research is concerned with quantifiable changes in the human genome over time, and he is famous for his studies of human genetic clustering. He is the editor-in-chief... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%20Rosenberg |
Sthenurinae (from Sthenurus, Greek for 'strong-tailed') is a subfamily within the marsupial family Macropodidae, known as short-faced kangaroos or sthenurine kangaroos. No members of this subfamily are extant today, with all becoming extinct by the late Pleistocene. Procoptodon goliah, the largest macropodid known to h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sthenurinae |
Kensington Market, aka 'The Market', was a Toronto-based rock band, active from 1967 to 1969. Named after a downtown Toronto neighbourhood, it was known for 'gentle, lyrical, rock music', masterful musicianship, and for being was one of the first Canadian rock bands to develop a style independent of US and British mode... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington%20Market%20%28band%29 |
Some Velvet Sidewalk was an experimental lo-fi rock band from Olympia, Washington on the independent label K Records.
History
Some Velvet Sidewalk was formed in Eugene, Oregon, in 1987 by Al Larsen (vocals/guitar) and Robert Christie (drums). Their first release was From Playground 'Til Now, and was independently rele... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some%20Velvet%20Sidewalk |
"Massachusetts" is a song with words and music by Arlo Guthrie. The song, originally released as a cut on Guthrie's 1976 album Amigo, was adopted by the Legislature in July 1981 as the official folk song of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
References
External links
M.G.L. 2:20, the law designating the official fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%20%28Arlo%20Guthrie%20song%29 |
Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif (1981 – September 8, 2012), also known as Allal Ab Aljallil Abd al Rahman, was a Yemeni citizen imprisoned at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from January 2002 until his death in custody there, ruled a suicide.
Capture and detention
According to Marjorie Cohn, Adnan Latif was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan%20Farhan%20Abd%20Al%20Latif |
The following is a list of spreadsheets.
Free and open-source software
Cloud and on-line spreadsheets
Collabora Online Calc — Enterprise-ready LibreOffice.
EtherCalc (successor to SocialCalc, which is based on wikiCalc)
LibreOffice Online Calc
ONLYOFFICE - Community Server Edition
Sheetster – "Community Edition... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20spreadsheet%20software |
Austin Lyons (born 25 May 1956), better known as Superblue, Super Blue and Blueboy, is a Trinidadian calypsonian, soca musician, and lyricist.
Early life
Lyons was born on 25 May 1956 in Point Fortin. His mother is a Grenadian and his father is Trinidadian.
Career
Lyons became famous from his first entry into the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superblue |
Jiru () was a trusted personal servant of Emperor Gaozu, the founder of China's Han Dynasty. Louis Crompton claims that Jiru was Gaozu's pillow companion, or homosexual lover, and that Jiru had more access to the emperor than did ministers. Jiru was documented by Sima Qian in the Records of the Grand Historian:
Gaoz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiru%20%28Han%20dynasty%29 |
Brendan Sexton may refer to:
Brendan Sexton III (born 1980), American actor
Brendan Sexton (triathlete) (born 1985), Australian triathlete | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan%20Sexton |
Ishq Vishk ( Love) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic comedy film starring Shahid Kapoor in his debut film performance, Amrita Rao, Shenaz Treasurywala, Yash Tonk, Satish Shah and Vishal Malhotra.
It is about Rajiv (Kapoor) and Payal (Rao) who are friends since childhood. While Payal is in love wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishq%20Vishk |
Donald William Bishop (July 1, 1934November 13, 1998) was an American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Los Angeles City College.
Early years
Bishop was born on July 1, 1934, in Rawlings, Virginia. He a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Bishop |
Tope de Coroa is a mountain on the island of Santo Antão's, Cape Verde. At 1,979 m elevation, it is the highest point of the island. It is in the western part of the island, 25 km west of the island capital Porto Novo. The mountain is entirely of volcanic origin. The area is the source of several streams including Ribe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tope%20de%20Coroa |
GNU Prolog (also called gprolog) is a compiler developed by Daniel Diaz with an interactive debugging environment for Prolog available for Unix, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It also supports some extensions to Prolog including constraint programming over a finite domain, parsing using definite clause grammars, and an o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU%20Prolog |
CFNR-FM is a Canadian radio station based in Terrace, British Columbia, owned and operated by Northern Native Broadcasting (Terrace). The station operates at 92.1 FM from the station headquarters in Terrace. The programming reflects and is broadcast to over 70 First Nations communities in northern and central British C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFNR-FM |
The Great State of Massachusetts, words by George A. Wells, and music by J. Earl Bley, was designated the state glee club song of Massachusetts on November 24, 1997.
Wells, a politician from Worcester, Massachusetts, was a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, which nominated Massachusetts' John F. Kenn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Great%20State%20of%20Massachusetts |
Little Iodine is an American Sunday comic strip, created by Jimmy Hatlo, which was syndicated by King Features and ran from August 15, 1943, until August 14, 1983. The strip was a spin-off of They'll Do It Every Time, an earlier Hatlo creation.
Publication history
From August 14, 1943, to February 13, 1966, Little Io... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Iodine |
Missouri Baptist University (MBU) is a private Southern Baptist university in Creve Coeur, Missouri. It is one of three universities of the Missouri Baptist Convention. The main campus is located on a 68-acre site near Creve Coeur and Town and County in West St Louis County, off highway 64-40. There are currently 12 M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri%20Baptist%20University |
The Red Sea is a body of water between Africa and Asia, and in the Indian Ocean.
Red Sea may also refer to:
The Red Sea (EP), a 1999 EP by the band Isis
Red Sea (Augustus Pablo album), 1998
Red Sea (Warhorse album), 1972
Red sea, a song by American shoegazing band Asobi Seksu
Red Sea (state), a state of Sudan, als... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Sea%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Junonia atlites, the grey pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia.
Distribution
J. atlites is found in Bangladesh, India, southern China, Cambodia, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, western and central Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Description
Upperside of both sexes pale lavender brown, apic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junonia%20atlites |
The Wheatland hop riot was a violent confrontation during a strike of agricultural workers demanding decent working conditions at the Durst Ranch in Wheatland, California, on August 3, 1913. The riot, which resulted in four deaths and numerous injuries, was subsequently blamed by local authorities, who were controlled ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatland%20hop%20riot |
Dixiana (1930) is a lavish American pre-Code comedy, musical film directed by Luther Reed and produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The final twenty minutes of the picture were photographed in Technicolor. The film stars Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna How... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixiana%20%28film%29 |
Robert Glen McCann (April 22, 1964 – July 1, 2011) was an American professional basketball player. He was listed as a power forward at 6'7" (or 6'6") and 244–248 lb. McCann died of heart failure in July 2011.
McCann was born in Morristown, New Jersey. He attended Upsala College, a Division III school, for one academic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20McCann |
A process agent is a representative upon whom court papers may be served. In the US, the role is generally a requirement of US State law and is known as a registered agent, a resident agent or statutory agent. Process agents are also utilized in the US by truck drivers, brokers or freight forwarders for similar purpose... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process%20agent |
Palooka may refer to:
Joe Palooka, an American comic strip
Palooka (film), a 1934 film based on the comic strip
The Palooka, a one-act play by Tennessee Williams
Palookas, a 1980s rock group fronted by Jowe Head
Palooka, an unskilful player in bridge and other card games
See also
Palookaville (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palooka |
The Battle of Nikiou was a battle between Arab Muslim troops under General Amr ibn al-A'as and the Byzantine Empire in Egypt in May of 646.
Overview
Following their victory at the Battle of Heliopolis in July 640, and the subsequent capitulation of Alexandria in November 641, Arab troops had taken over what was the Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Nikiou |
The men's coxed four was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. The competition was plagued by controversy involving which boats should advance to the final. In one of the most unusual decisions in Olympic history, two separate finals were held for the event, each of which is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing%20at%20the%201900%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20coxed%20four |
The Battle of Heliopolis or Ayn Shams was a decisive battle between Arab Muslim armies and Byzantine forces for the control of Egypt. Though there were several major skirmishes after this battle, it effectively decided the fate of the Byzantine rule in Egypt, and opened the door for the Muslim conquest of the Byzantine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Heliopolis |
Keith Bishop (born March 10, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 10 seasons with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He was a Pro Bowl selection in 1986 and 1987.
After a career in Dallas, TX with the DEA, Bishop returned to football and the Denver Broncos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Bishop%20%28American%20football%29 |
Kerala, a state situated on the tropical Malabar Coast of southwestern India, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. Named as one of the ten paradises of the world by National Geographic Traveler, Kerala is famous especially for its ecotourism initiatives and beautiful backwaters. Its unique cu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism%20in%20Kerala |
West Virginia Broadband is a Wireless community network located in Braxton County, West Virginia operated by local volunteers and coordinated by the Gilmer-Braxton Research Zone. The effort gained recent attention by a National Public Radio story and MuniWireless and SmartMobs bloggers detailing how modified off-the-sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Virginia%20Broadband |
is a city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 23,782 in 12103 households and a population density of 33 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Miyoshi is located in the western part of Tokushima Prefecture and is the largest municipality on the island o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyoshi%2C%20Tokushima |
Hong Ru (閎孺) was the favorite companion of the Chinese Emperor Hui of Han.
Hong Ru's dress and cosmetics were imitated by other courtiers in an attempt to impress the emperor. These noblemen began wearing feathers in their hats, powdering their faces, and dangling sea shells from their clothes. Hong Yu was documented... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Ru |
Red Studios Hollywood, formerly Desilu-Cahuenga Studios and Ren-Mar Studios, is a rental studio located at 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd. in Hollywood, Los Angeles on premises that were formerly the home of Desilu Productions. Originally it was the site of Metro Pictures Back Lot #3 in 1920. In 1947 it was rebuilt as a 9-stage ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Studios%20Hollywood |
Ervin Wilfred "Sonny" Bishop (born October 1, 1939) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs, and played professionally in the AFL for the Dallas Texans and the Oakland Raiders in 1963,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny%20Bishop |
Stacy Glen Jones (born December 19, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is currently the musical director and drummer for Miley Cyrus and Life of Dillon, and is also known for being the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of American Hi-Fi, and as the drummer for Letters to C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy%20Jones |
RAA Place (formerly Westpac House, Santos House, BankSA Building, and State Bank Building) is an office building located at 91 King William Street, Adelaide. It is a 31-storey office tower, reaching at its roof, with each level approximately in height. From 1988 until 2019, it was the tallest building in Adelaide.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAA%20Place |
George Leroy Blair (born May 10, 1938) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back and kicker for the San Diego Chargers of the American Football League (AFL). He played college football as a halfback for the Ole Miss Rebels, playing in the 1958 Gator Bowl (Florida), and the 1959 Sugar B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Blair%20%28American%20football%29 |
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles is a series of US military vehicles manufactured derived from the Austrian military truck Steyr 12M18
FMTV may also stand for:
Food Matters TV, an online streaming health & wellness channel founded in 2014
Follow Me TV, a digital television channel of Formosa Television | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMTV%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Alma Murray (1854–1945) was an English actress.
Life
She was born in London into a theatrical family, the daughter of actors Leigh Murray and his wife Sarah Mannering. Her father's real surname was Wilson. His brother was Gaston Murray (real name Gaston Parker Wilson) whose daughters often used the double-barreled st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma%20Murray |
Wallace is the protagonist of Hell and Back, the longest of the Sin City yarns written by Frank Miller.
Wallace starts off as an ex-military civilian. He is a more upright, middle class citizen than Marv or Dwight McCarthy, but also not an epitome of righteousness like John Hartigan, none of whom he has any contact wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace%20%28Sin%20City%29 |
Palooka is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and starring Stuart Erwin in the title role, Lupe Velez and Jimmy Durante, and based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. The film was adapted by Jack Jevne, Arthur Kober, Gertrude Purcell, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan from the comic strip. The film ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palooka%20%28film%29 |
USS Eichenberger (DE-202), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Charles Emil Eichenberger Jr. (1920–1942), who was killed in aerial combat on 12 September 1942 during the attack on the Solomon Islands
Eichenberger was launched on 22 July 1943 by Charleston Navy Yard; sponsored by Ensign Eichenber... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Eichenberger |
Sidney Blanks (April 29, 1941 – December 12, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Texas A&I and was the first-ever black football player in the Lone Star Conference.
College car... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid%20Blanks |
The Sydney Central is a weekly newspaper distributed in the inner city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and parts of the Inner West. It covers inner city issues, arts, and lifestyle. It also includes a real estate section showcasing local homes and apartments, as well as a local classified advertising section.
Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney%20Central%20Courier |
Puppet People is a TV series produced from 1973 to 1975 at CFCF-TV in Montreal, Quebec, and telecast on most CTV affiliates throughout Canada. It was hosted by the ventriloquist Jerry Layne who worked with his "friends" Lester and Herbie, puppets created for the show by Don Keller, who was a CFCF staff member who desi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet%20People |
The Devil's Teardrop is a novel published in 1999, written by author Jeffery Deaver. It, like other books of Deaver's, is a suspense-crime novel and contains several plot twists. Deaver, whose suspense fiction has been hailed as "a thrill ride between covers" by the Los Angeles Times, imagines a chilling scenario: a ki... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Devil%27s%20Teardrop |
Steve Ballard is a former chancellor at East Carolina University. On June 1, 2004, Chancellor Ballard began his new job, becoming the tenth chief administrator at ECU.
Early life and College
Ballard spent his childhood in Galesburg, Illinois then attended the University of Arizona, where he graduated with distinction... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Ballard |
"The Blues Are Still Blue" is the second single from Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian's seventh studio album, The Life Pursuit (2006). The track was released on 3 April 2006 on Rough Trade Records and was produced by Tony Hoffer. The single reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's last to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blues%20Are%20Still%20Blue |
Katherine A. Nossel Klausmeier (born February 22, 1950) is a Democratic politician from Maryland. She is currently serving in the Maryland State Senate and is a member of the Senate Finance Committee. She was first elected as a Delegate in 1994, and as a State Senator in 2002. Senator Klausmeier represents the 8th Le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine%20A.%20Klausmeier |
Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. The last third of the film, which was filmed in early Technicolor, is basically a Follies production, with appearances by Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan, and Eddie Cantor.
R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorifying%20the%20American%20Girl |
Thomas Dale High School is a public high school located in Chester, an unincorporated community in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States.
It was named for Sir Thomas Dale, a 17th-century leader in the Virginia Colony. The high school is operated by the local school division, Chesterfield County Public Schools.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Dale%20High%20School |
The pin-striped tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis), also known as the yellow-breasted babbler, is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that is found in South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy and systematics
The pin-striped tit-babbler was formally described in 1822 by the American naturalist Thomas Hor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-striped%20tit-babbler |
Centura Public School is a consolidated, K–12 school located in rural southern Howard County in central Nebraska, United States. It was founded in 1967 and serves the communities of Cairo, Dannebrog, Boelus, and the surrounding areas. There are around 300 students enrolled in grades 7–12.
Centura participates in ath... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centura%20Public%20School |
The men's eight was one of the competitions in the Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics events in Paris. It was held on 25 and 26 August 1900. 5 boats, involving 46 rowers from 5 nations, competed. The event was won by the United States, represented by the Vesper Boat Club. Silver went to the Royal Club Nautique de Gand ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing%20at%20the%201900%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20eight |
This is a list of college men's basketball coaches by number of career wins across all three divisions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the two divisions of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Mike Krzyzewski has the most total victories (men's or women's) with 1,202.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20college%20men%27s%20basketball%20coaches%20with%20600%20wins |
London North was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was first created for the 1926 provincial election when the London riding was divided in two sections, and then eliminated prior to the 1934 provincial election when the city was re-configured as a single seat. London North was re-established for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20North |
Thomas Jefferson Brookshier (; December 16, 1931 – January 29, 2010) was an American professional football player, coach, and sportscaster. He was a starting defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons, from 1953 to 1961. He later paired with Pat Summerall on the p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Brookshier |
Joyce Oldham Appleby (April 9, 1929 – December 23, 2016) was an American historian. She was a professor of history at UCLA. She was president of the Organization of American Historians (1991) and the American Historical Association (1997).
Life
Appleby was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Her father was a businessman and she ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce%20Appleby |
is a video game for the Sega 32X released in 1995. It was developed by Sega and Red Company and published by Sega.
Story
In Tempo, the titular grasshopper character Tempo and his friend, Katy, star on the Major Minor Show as they climb the top of the tower to defeat King Dirge.
Gameplay
The stages are presented as p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo%20%28video%20game%29 |
Manatuto is a city in Manatuto Municipality, East Timor.
Manatuto Vila has 3,692 inhabitants (Census 2015) and is capital of the subdistrict and district Manatuto. It is on the north coast of Timor, (about as the crow flies) east of Dili, the national capital, on the way to Baucau. The capital is known for its salt ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manatuto |
Grand Bay-Westfield is a town in New Brunswick on the west bank of the Saint John River immediately north of the boundary between Kings County and Saint John County.
Name
The town's hyphenated name is the product of a series of amalgamations since 1966. The Parish, and later the village, of Westfield was named in hon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Bay-Westfield |
The Spore is Opiate for the Masses's second full-length album, released on April 26, 2005, by Jim Kaufman's own Voodoo Records. The CD is sold with a Warcon DVD including videos from Opiate for the Masses, Eighteen Visions, Queens of the Stone Age, Drowning Pool, El Pus, Stutterfly and Bleed The Dream. There is also a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Spore |
Tracy Cohen is a Canadian television producer. She has worked on numerous series including Kenny vs. Spenny, Mayday, Style Her Famous, Superstar Hair Challenge, Instant Beauty Pageant, Three Takes, Pop Cultured, Sexy Girl, Thrill of a Lifetime, From The Ground Up with Debbie Travis, and Are You Smarter Than a Canadian... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy%20Cohen |
Diane Ackerman (born October 7, 1948) is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her wide-ranging curiosity and poetic explorations of the natural world.
Education and career
Ackerman received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts and P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane%20Ackerman |
Sloane is a 1985 action film starring Robert Resnik as "Philip Sloane," a martial arts instructor who fights kidnappers and cannibal pygmies in the Philippines. It also stars Debra Blee.
External links
1984 films
1984 action films
American action films
American martial arts films
1980s English-language films
1980s ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloane%20%28film%29 |
Willibald Pirckheimer (5 December 1470 – 22 December 1530) was a German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist, a wealthy and prominent figure in Nuremberg in the 16th century, imperial counsellor and a member of the governing City Council for two periods. One of the most important cultural patrons of Germ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willibald%20Pirckheimer |
Ridgway's rail (Rallus obsoletus) is a near-threatened species of bird. It is found principally along the Pacific Coast of North America from the San Francisco Bay Area to southern Baja California, as well as in some regions of the Gulf of California. A member of the rail family, Rallidae, it is a chicken-sized bird th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridgway%27s%20rail |
Michelle Tea (born Michelle Tomasik, 1971) is an American author, poet, and literary arts organizer whose autobiographical works explore queer culture, feminism, race, class, sex work, and other topics. She is originally from Chelsea, Massachusetts and has identified with the San Francisco, California literary and arts... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Tea |
Willie Stein was an American television producer and songwriter.
In 1950, Stein and Milton DeLugg cowrote the song "Orange Colored Sky", which became a hit for Nat King Cole, and later his daughter Natalie.
Among his television productions were To Tell the Truth, Sale of the Century, Spin-Off, The $128,000 Question a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie%20Stein |
Van Buren was the codename given to what would have been Fallout 3, a role-playing video game that was being developed by Black Isle Studios before the parent company, Interplay Entertainment, went bankrupt. This resulted in the company shutting down Black Isle, which in turn laid off the PC development team on Decembe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Buren%20%28video%20game%29 |
Neville Jeffress (29 July 1920 – 13 September 2007) was an Australian advertising executive and the founder of Media Monitors Australia, now called Isentia.
Background
Jeffress was raised and educated in Sydney. In 1936 he joined the Afternoon Sun newspaper in Sydney as a clerk in the publishing department, before enr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville%20Jeffress |
Don Mills was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and lasted until the provincial redistribution in 1996. The riding was formally retired with the 1999 provincial election. At its abolition, the riding consisted of the neighbourhoods of Woodbine Gardens... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Mills%20%28electoral%20district%29 |
"Under Attack" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in December 1982 as the second and final single from the compilation The Singles: The First Ten Years.
Background
ABBA recorded "Under Attack" between 2 and 4 August 1982 at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm. The group had originally intended to release a new s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under%20Attack |
Sheldon Turcott (1936 – February 18, 2000) was a Canadian television journalist and news anchor, best known as a reporter and host on CBC Television for four decades. He was a frequent contributor to The National, working at times as a newsreader, foreign correspondent, and executive producer of the program.
From 1985... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon%20Turcott |
Electronic system level (ESL) design and verification is an electronic design methodology, focused on higher abstraction level concerns. The term Electronic System Level or ESL Design was first defined by Gartner Dataquest, an EDA-industry-analysis firm, on February 1, 2001. It is defined in ESL Design and Verificatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20system-level%20design%20and%20verification |
The Roundabout PlayPump is a system that uses the energy created by children playing to operate a water pump. It is manufactured by the South African company Roundabout Outdoor. It operates in a similar way to a windmill-driven water pump.
The PlayPump received heavy publicity and funding when first introduced, but ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout%20PlayPump |
The Legend of Heroes, known in Japan as is a series of role-playing video games developed by Nihon Falcom. First starting as a part of the Dragon Slayer series in the late 1980s, the series evolved into its own decade-spanning, interconnected series with seventeen entries, including several subseries. All games in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Legend%20of%20Heroes |
Pierre Lalonde (January 20, 1941 – June 21, 2016) was a Canadian singer and television host, who was sometimes also billed as Peter Martin in the United States.
The son of Jean Lalonde, a popular singer in the 1940s, Lalonde attended high school in the United States but returned to Canada in 1960, where he worked at r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Lalonde |
Green Valley High School is located in Henderson, Nevada, United States. The school, serving grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Clark County School District. The school's mascot are the Gators, and the school's motto is Commitment to Excellence.
History
The school was named after the master-planned community of Gre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Valley%20High%20School%20%28Nevada%29 |
Sean Denham (born 29 April 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer.
Recruited from Melton South, Denham was an unheralded rover, who came to Essendon from Geelong in a swap that saw ruckman John Barnes sent the other way following the 1991 season. His style of play as a tagging run-with player, typified during t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean%20Denham |
Howe High School may refer to:
Howe High School (Howe, Oklahoma)
Howe High School (Texas), Howe, Texas
Thomas Carr Howe Community High School, Indianapolis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howe%20High%20School |
In ancient Japan, the saotome (“early maiden” 早乙女) were unmarried girls tasked with planting rice in paddies
Saotome is also a Japanese family name. It may refer to:
People
Mitsugi Saotome, aikido master instructor
Taichi Saotome, traditional Japanese stage actor
, Japanese actor
Fictional characters
Ako Saotom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saotome |
Rainbow Tribe may refer to:
Josephine Baker's chosen family and intentional community, the Rainbow Tribe
The Legend of the Rainbow Warriors, a belief held by some modern environmentalists that they are fulfilling a Native American prophecy
Rainbow Family, a counter-culture hippie group, best known for their campin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow%20Tribe |
An antenna rotator (or antenna rotor) is a device used to change the orientation, within the horizontal plane, of a directional antenna. Most antenna rotators have two parts, the rotator unit and the controller. The controller is normally placed near the equipment which the antenna is connected to, while the rotator is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna%20rotator |
Uwe Konstantin Blab (born March 26, 1962) is a German former professional basketball player who had a five-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Due to his red hair, Blab was nicknamed “Burning Skyscraper”, especially after becoming the first German for many years to join the NBA in North America.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe%20Blab |
666 International is the third full-length album by Norwegian black metal band Dødheimsgard. It was released on June 11, 1999, by Moonfog Productions.
With 666 International, Dødheimsgard abandoned the black metal style of their previous two albums, further developing the style of their EP Satanic Art (1998). The albu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/666%20International |
is a Japanese voice actress from Hyōgo Prefecture. She is affiliated with the talent management firm 81 Produce.
Filmography
TV series
Wedding Peach (1995), Girl (ep 12)
You're Under Arrest (1996), Hiromi Shinohara (ep 9)
Detective Conan (1996), Ishiguro (ep 217)
Ganbarist! Shun (1996), female student (ep 2)
Pocket M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dko%20Asada |
Campaniform sensilla are a class of mechanoreceptors found in insects, which respond to local stress and strain within the animal's cuticle. Campaniform sensilla function as proprioceptors that detect mechanical load as resistance to muscle contraction, similar to mammalian Golgi tendon organs. Sensory feedback from ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaniform%20sensilla |
The American Counseling Association (ACA) is a membership organization representing licensed professional counselors (LPCs), counseling students, and other counseling professionals in the United States. It is the world's largest association exclusively representing professional counselors.
Its stated mission is to "en... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Counseling%20Association |
Linnean or Linnaean may refer to:
General
Relating to Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus
Linnean
Linnean Society of London
Linnean Society of New South Wales
Linnean Medal
Linnean Tercentenary Medal
Swedish Linnean Society
Linnaean
Linnaean enterprise
Linnaean Garden
Linnaean Society of New England
Linnaean S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnean |
Stuart Burrows (born 7 February 1933) is a Welsh operatic tenor.
Biography
The Cilfynydd-born singer was born on William Street, the same birthplace as fellow opera star Sir Geraint Evans, Welsh rugby international Glyn Davies, and politician Lord Merlyn-Rees.
As a boy, Burrows sang soprano from his bedroom window... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Burrows |
Laurence Olivier Productions was a stage production company created by Laurence Olivier in the 1950s that also helped finance two films: Richard III and The Prince and the Showgirl.
In 1948, while on tour in Australia and New Zealand, Olivier was fired from the Old Vic. To handle his productions he started Laurence Ol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence%20Olivier%20Productions |
Glaucus atlanticus (common names include the blue sea dragon, sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, dragon slug, blue dragon, blue sea slug, and blue ocean slug) is a species of small, blue sea slug, a pelagic (open-ocean) aeolid nudibranch, a shell-less gastropod mollusk in the family Glaucidae.
These sea slugs are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus%20atlanticus |
"Motherboy XXX" is the 13th episode of the second season of the American television sitcom Arrested Development. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 13, 2005. The episode, directed by Joe Russo, was written by producer Jim Vallely and series creator and executive producer Mitchell Hurwi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboy%20XXX |
A media clip is a short segment of electronic media, either an audio clip or a video clip.
Media clips may be promotional in nature, as with movie clips. For example, to promote upcoming movies, many actors are accompanied by movie clips on their circuits. Additionally, media clips may be raw materials of other produc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20clip |
The Chevrolet Cheyenne was a concept pickup truck developed by Chevrolet. It was first introduced at the 2003 North American International Auto Show. The Cheyenne had innovative designs not available in production vehicles at the time, such as its side access doors and unique cargo bed. The original Chevrolet Cheyenne ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet%20Cheyenne%20%28concept%20car%29 |
Falling Uphill is the first album by the Canadian girl pop rock band Lillix. It released by Maverick Records on May 27, 2003.
The album includes a cover version of The Romantics' song "What I Like About You". This song also notably appeared on the Freaky Friday soundtrack, as well as in The WB comedy series What I Lik... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling%20Uphill |
The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is the major national professional organization for school psychologists in the United States.
Mission and purpose
Its stated mission is to "represent and support school psychology through leadership to enhance the mental health and educational competence of al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Association%20of%20School%20Psychologists |
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