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Nicholas Brown Sr. (July 26, 1729 – May 29, 1791) was an American slave trader and merchant who was a co-signer of the founding charter of the College of Rhode Island in 1763. In 1771, Nicholas Brown Sr. was instrumental in convincing Baptist authorities to locate a permanent home for the college in his hometown of Pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Brown%20Sr. |
Dorian Blues is a 2004 comedy-drama film about a gay teenager coming to terms with his identity in upstate New York. The film was written and directed by Tennyson Bardwell and is loosely based on Bardwell's college roommate.
Plot synopsis
High school senior Dorian Lagatos realizes he is gay and meets another gay youth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian%20Blues |
Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Hawkwind, released in 1976. It reached No. 33 on the UK album charts.
The title makes references to old science fiction magazines (Astounding and Amazing Stories), the concept being that each piece of music (and its title) would be int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astounding%20Sounds%2C%20Amazing%20Music |
Nicholas Brown Jr. (April 4, 1769 – September 27, 1841) was an American businessman and philanthropist from Providence, Rhode Island, and the namesake of Brown University.
Early life
Brown was the son of Rhoda Jenckes (1741–1783) and Nicholas Brown Sr. (1729–1791), a merchant and co-founder of Brown University (which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Brown%20Jr. |
PXR5 is the ninth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1979. It reached No. 59 on the UK album charts.
A new remix and surround mix of the album by Steven Wilson was released in 2023 by Atomhenge Records as part of the Days Of The Underground boxed set.
Overview
Allmusic referred to PXR5... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PXR5 |
Mark Anthony Davis (born April 26, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA, among other leagues.
Career
Davis, a 6 ft 7 in small forward, attended Howard College in Big Spring, Texas, and Texas Tech University before being selected 19th in the second round (48th overall) by th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Davis%20%28basketball%2C%20born%201973%29 |
Australia participated in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino, Italy, from 10 to 19 March 2006. The Turin games represented Australia's ninth appearance at the Winter Paralympic Games. Australia were represented by 10 athletes, which made it their largest ever Winter Paralympic Games contingent. Australia competed in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%20at%20the%202006%20Winter%20Paralympics |
Protais Mpiranya (30 May 1956 – 5 October 2006), also known as Sambao Ndume, was a Rwandan war criminal who was internationally wanted for his alleged role in the Rwandan genocide. Regarded as Rwanda's most wanted fugitive, he was described in 2022 as "one of the world’s most brutal killers", and was internationally re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protais%20Mpiranya |
101 Things Removed from the Human Body and 101 More Things Removed from the Human Body is a British "shockumentary" series directed by Eric Schotz, which is narrated by Mitch Lewis.
The program features tales of foreign objects that have been removed from human bodies in the form of a countdown from 101 to 1. Items in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/101%20Things%20Removed%20from%20the%20Human%20Body |
Axungia is a kind of soft animal fat, usually from around the kidneys of geese or pigs, used in pre-modern western medicine. It differs from lard, which is firm, and suet or adeps, which is dry.
The ancient Romans distinguished fat into pinguedo or axungia, and adeps or sebum; but writers often interchange the terms.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axungia |
Mark Anthony Eichhorn (born November 21, 1960) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher best known for his tenure with the Toronto Blue Jays in the late 1980s and the early 1990s when he often served as a middle reliever/set-up man for All-Star closer Tom Henke. He was the 1986 American League Rookie Pitcher of the Y... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Eichhorn |
The Dog and Its Reflection (or Shadow in later translations) is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 133 in the Perry Index. The Greek language original was retold in Latin and in this way was spread across Europe, teaching the lesson to be contented with what one has and not to relinquish substance for shadow. There ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Dog%20and%20Its%20Reflection |
Sonic Attack is the eleventh studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1981. It spent five weeks on the UK albums chart peaking at #19.
After the departure of drummer Ginger Baker and keyboardist Keith Hale following the previous album Levitation, former Hawklords drummer Martin Griffin accept... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic%20Attack |
The Holy Cross Mountains Brigade () was a controversial tactical unit of the Polish National Armed Forces established on 11 August 1944. It did not obey orders to merge with the Home Army in 1944 and was a part of the Military Organization Lizard Union faction. Its soldiers fought simultaneously with the Nazi Germany, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy%20Cross%20Mountains%20Brigade |
The lightweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 16 to 29 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 57 and 60 kilograms.
Competition format
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Lightweight |
Klüver–Bucy syndrome is a syndrome resulting from bilateral lesions of the medial temporal lobe (including amygdaloid nucleus). Klüver–Bucy syndrome may present with compulsive eating, hypersexuality, insertion of inappropriate objects in the mouth (hyperorality), visual agnosia, and docility. Klüver–Bucy syndrome is m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kl%C3%BCver%E2%80%93Bucy%20syndrome |
Lim Kim Choon is a Singaporean civil servant and former major-general who served as Chief of Air Force between 2001 and 2006.
After leaving the Air Force in 2006, Lim served as the chief executive officer and director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) between 2007 and 2009.
Education
Lim wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim%20Kim%20Choon |
Imette Carmella St. Guillen (March 2, 1981 – February 25, 2006) was an American graduate student who was raped and murdered in New York City. She was studying criminal justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Her murder captured national attention; together with the later murder of Jennifer Moo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%20of%20Imette%20St.%20Guillen |
Grand Concourse can refer to:
Grand Concourse (Bronx), a boulevard in New York City
Grand Concourse (St. John's), an integrated walkway network in Newfoundland and Labrador
Grand Concourse (restaurant), an eatery owned by Landry's, Inc. in Pittsburgh
See also
Grand Concourse Apartments, in Miami
Grand Concourse ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Concourse |
Church of Hawkwind is the twelfth studio album by Hawkwind, released under the band name Church of Hawkwind in 1982. The name change reflects the fact that this was a musical departure for the band, being a more experimental electronic offering rather than the usual heavy rock that the band were known for at the time.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20Hawkwind |
Sergio Arturo Bernal Hernández also known as "El Puma Mayor" (The Eldest Puma) (born 9 February 1970) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Bernal played as a goalkeeper for Club Universidad Nacional, a Mexico City team commonly known as the Pumas. He joined the Pumas in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio%20Bernal |
Forgotten Worlds, titled in Japan, is a side-scrolling shooter video game by Capcom, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is notable for being the first title released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware.
Plot
Set in the 29th century, an evil god known as Bios has destroyed mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten%20Worlds |
Helen Day Stevenson Meyner (March 5, 1928 — November 2, 1997) was an American politician from New Jersey. A Democrat, Meyner served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1975 to 1979. As the wife of New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner, she was First Lady of New Jersey from 1957 to 1962. Meyner also served as a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Stevenson%20Meyner |
Paul Gruchow (May 23, 1947 – February 22, 2004) was an American author, editor, and conservationist from Montevideo, Minnesota. A student of poet John Berryman, he is well known for his strong support of rural communities, as expressed in his first book, "Journal of a Prairie Year" published by University of Minnesota ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Gruchow |
Gamma Sigma Sigma () is a national service sorority founded on October 12, 1952, at Beekman Tower in New York City. It partners with other organizations such as March of Dimes, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, American Cancer Society, and Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. It has 53 active collegiate chapters a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma%20Sigma%20Sigma |
Munja of Goguryeo or Munjamyeong of Goguryeo (died 519, r. 491–519) was the 21st monarch of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the grandson of Taewang Jangsu (413–491). Though Munja's father Gochudaega Joda () had been named Crown Prince by Taewang Jangsu, Joda died before assuming the th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munjamyeong%20of%20Goguryeo |
Wolfson College may refer to:
Wolfson College, Cambridge
Wolfson College, Oxford | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfson%20College |
The Lakeside Apartments District neighborhood, also known as The Gold Coast, and simply as The Lakeside, is one of Oakland's historic residential neighborhoods between the Downtown district and Lake Merritt. In the context of a Cultural Heritage Survey, the City of Oakland officially named most of the blocks of the nei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeside%20Apartments%20District%2C%20Oakland%2C%20California |
The Chronicle of the Black Sword is the fourteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1985. It spent two weeks on the UK albums chart peaking at #65. The album is based upon the adventures of Elric of Melniboné, a recurring character in the novels of science fiction author Michael Moorco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Chronicle%20of%20the%20Black%20Sword |
is a Japanese actor. His on-screen acting debut was in the drama 「ボクの就職」 (Boku no Syūshoku) in 1994, after winning a modeling contest. He regularly appears in commercials.
Filmography
TV series
Boku no Shūshoku/My First Job (TBS, 1994), Sanshirō Sasaki
Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari/Tokyo University Love Story (TV Asahi,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutaka%20Takenouchi |
Pyeongwon of Goguryeo (ruled 559–590) the 25th ruler of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Pyeongwon was also known as 'Pyeonggangsanghowang'. His birth name was Yangseong (though the Suishu and Tangshu have him as Tang).
Reign
The years of Pyeongwon's rule are generally agreed upon by historia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyeongwon%20of%20Goguryeo |
Faustin Rucogoza (died 7 April 1994) was a Rwandan politician and the Minister of Information in the Broad-Based Transitional Government between late 1993 and April 1994. He was killed at the beginning of the Rwandan genocide. He was a Hutu.
In November 1993 and again on 10 February 1994, Rucogoza issued warnings to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustin%20Rucogoza |
The Xenon Codex is the fifteenth studio album by the English space rock group Hawkwind, released in 1988. It spent two weeks on the UK albums chart peaking at #79.
The group's line-up remained unchanged for three years. The album was recorded at Loco Studios, Caerleon and Rockfield Studios, Monmouth in February and Ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Xenon%20Codex |
The Hello Kitty murder case () took place in Hong Kong in the spring of 1999, when a nightclub hostess was abducted in Lai Yiu Estate, where the victim was tortured and raped in an apartment in Tsim Sha Tsui after stealing a wallet owned by one of her frequent customers. Fan Man-yee (, 23) was held captive by three men... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello%20Kitty%20murder%20case |
Kunzea is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australasia. They are shrubs, sometimes small trees and usually have small, crowded, rather aromatic leaves. The flowers are similar to those of plants in the genus Leptospermum but differ in having stamens that are longer than the petals. Most kunze... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunzea |
Ramanuja Vijayaraghavan (born 3 January 1931) is an Indian physicist, specializing in condensed matter physics.
Vijayaraghavan pioneered active research in the areas of metal physics, magnetic resonance in biophysical systems, and fine particle physics, a forerunner to nanoscience. He is a fellow of several science ac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanuja%20Vijayaraghavan |
Nespithe is the only album recorded by Finnish death metal band Demilich. Originally issued by Necropolis Records in 1993, it was reissued in 1996 for the European market by Repulse Records and in 2003 by Century Media. The reissued version includes The Four Instructive Tales... of Decomposition demo and new artwork.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nespithe |
Southern Power District is a publicly owned electric distribution system providing electricity and related services to customers in south-central Nebraska. Based in Grand Island, Nebraska, its wholesale power provider is Nebraska Public Power District.
Southern Power's additional offices are at Central City, Franklin,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Power%20District |
On the Bondage of the Will (, literally, "On Un-free Will", or "Concerning Bound Choice", or "The Enslaved Will") by Martin Luther argued that people can achieve salvation or redemption only through God, and could not choose between good and evil through their own willpower. It was published in December 1525. It was hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20the%20Bondage%20of%20the%20Will |
The list of ship launches in 1919 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1919. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date
Summary
R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ship%20launches%20in%201919 |
Composition studies (also referred to as composition and rhetoric, rhetoric and composition, writing studies, or simply composition) is the professional field of writing, research, and instruction, focusing especially on writing at the college level in the United States.
In most US and some Canadian colleges and unive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition%20studies |
Tarika may refer to:
Tarika (moth), a genus of moth
Tarika (musical group), musical group from Madagascar
Tariqah, school of Sufism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarika |
Cupid? is the first album by Canadian rock band Stabilo with a major record label and their first with their new modified name (originally "Stabilo Boss"). It contains seven songs, including the hit "Everybody". The songs "Stone", "Any Other Girl" and "Enemy" were new songs recorded specifically for the album. "Paperbo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupid%3F |
Man Overboard may refer to:
Man overboard, an emergency in which a person has fallen off a boat or ship into the water
Games
Man overboard (dominoes), situation in dominoes when a player has no matching tiles and is forced to draw from the boneyard
Literature
Man Overboard!, a 1936 novel by Freeman Wills Crofts
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%20Overboard |
The following is the list of characters from the Japanese magical girl anime television series Ojamajo Doremi.
Ojamajos (Witch Apprentices)
Doremi is the main protagonist of the series. She is a lively and kind girl, who always cares about the people around her. Yet she also longs for love, and can come across as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Ojamajo%20Doremi%20characters |
Ada Ciganlija (, ), colloquially shortened to Ada, is a river island that has artificially been turned into a peninsula, located in the Sava River's course through central Belgrade, Serbia. The name can also refer to the adjoining artificial Lake Sava and its beach. To take advantage of its central location, over the p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada%20Ciganlija |
The Trademark Counterfeiting Act of 1984 is a United States federal law that amended the federal criminal code to make it a federal offense to violate the Lanham Act by the intentional use of a counterfeit trademark or the unauthorized use of a counterfeit trademark. The act established penalties of up to five years im... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark%20Counterfeiting%20Act%20of%201984 |
Sigma Omicron Pi () is an Asian American interest sorority. Founded in 1930 at San Francisco State University, the college social organization has active chapters on twelve campuses in the United States. The stated objective of the sorority is to "further the awareness of women in Asian culture" and "to promote unity, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma%20Omicron%20Pi |
Syncarpia is a small group of trees in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) described as a genus in 1839. They are native to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.
They are unusual among the Myrtaceae in that the leaves are opposite rather than alternate as is the norm for the family.
The species are commonly known a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncarpia |
Steven Avery (born 1962) is an American convicted of murder.
Steven, Stephen, or Steve Avery may also refer to:
Steve Avery (American football) (born 1966), American football running back
Steve Avery (baseball) (born 1970), American baseball pitcher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Avery%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Gao Lingwei (; Hepburn: Kō Ryōi); (1870–1940) was a Chinese politician during the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China.
A Tianjin native, he was appointed to Hubei where he held many offices relating to finance and education including a stint as superintendent of the provincial military academy. There he ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao%20Lingwei |
"Keep It Together" is a song by American singer Madonna from her fourth studio album, Like a Prayer (1989). It was released as the album's fifth (sixth overall) and final single in the United States, Canada and Japan on January 30, 1990, by Sire Records. In the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, "Dear Jessie" serve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep%20It%20Together%20%28song%29 |
Varsity Field may refer to:
Varsity Field (Albany, New York), the University at Albany college baseball stadium
Varsity Field (Binghamton, New York), the Binghamton University college baseball stadium
See also
Varsity Stadium, the University of Toronto college football stadium
Varsity Stadium (Vancouver), the Univers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity%20Field |
Ibrahim Edhem Pasha (1819–1893) was an Ottoman statesman, who held the office of Grand Vizier in the beginning of Abdul Hamid II's reign between 5 February 1877 and 11 January 1878. He resigned from that post after the Ottoman chances on winning the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) had decreased. He furthermore served num... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim%20Edhem%20Pasha |
The acronym XPG can refer to the following:
XPG ("Xtreme Performance Gear"), the gaming hardware and accessories product line of the Taiwanese memory and storage manufacturer ADATA
Paris Gare du Nord, railway station, IATA airport code.
X/Open Portability Guide, which specifies the requirements for any system which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPG |
Devdas is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language period drama film directed by Bimal Roy, based on the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel Devdas. It starred Dilip Kumar in the title role, Suchitra Sen in her Bollywood debut as Parvati "Paro", Vyjayanthimala in her first dramatic role where she played tawaif named Chandramukhi. Mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas%20%281955%20film%29 |
Coelophysidae is a family of primitive carnivorous theropod dinosaurs. Most species were relatively small in size. The family flourished in the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods, and has been found on numerous continents. Many members of Coelophysidae are characterized by long, slender skulls and light skeletons... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelophysidae |
The Australian Dental Association (ADA) is a national body for the dental profession in Australia established in .
References
External links
Australian Dental Association Website
Dental organizations
Medical associations based in Australia
Dentistry in Australia
1928 establishments in Australia
Health care industry ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Dental%20Association |
The Daly Memorial Hall, is a heritage building located in Bangalore, Karnataka that houses the Mythic Society. The Mythic society, founded in 1909, is a pioneering institution of Catholic-Indic studies in South India. Daly Memorial Hall, built at a cost of INR 24,783, was inaugurated on 25 July 1917 by the Kanteerava N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daly%20Memorial%20Hall |
約定: Commitment is Michael Wong's fourth solo album release. It consists of two CDs. The first disc includes new tracks and songs originally written for other singers while the second disc is compiled of piano instrumental renditions of his previously released songs.
Disc 1 – Vocal side
Disc 2 – Piano side and MV
01 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commitment%20%28Michael%20Wong%20album%29 |
The brown violetear (Colibri delphinae) is a large hummingbird that breeds at middle elevations in the mountains in Central America, and western and northern South America (primarily the Andes and the tepuis) with isolated populations on Trinidad and in the Brazilian state Bahia.
The breeding habitat is forest at alti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%20violetear |
American Airlines Flight 1572 was a flight from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bradley International Airport on November 12, 1995. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 struck trees and an instrument landing system (ILS) antenna during landing, causing $9 million in damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
American Airlines Fl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Airlines%20Flight%201572 |
Treaty of St. Louis may refer to any of 14 treaties between the United States and midwestern Native Americans from 1804 to 1824 signed in or near St. Louis. Specifically it may refer to:
Treaty of St. Louis (1804), in which the Sauk and Quashquame ceded territory to the United States
Treaty of St. Louis (1816), in whi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20St.%20Louis |
Re-Focus is a 1972 compilation album of songs by the Monkees, released on Bell Records, the successor to Colgems Records, the Monkees' original record label.
The band had quit, one by one, over 1969 and 1970, but their television series continued to air on CBS-TV on Saturday mornings (moving to ABC in 1972). Re-Focus ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Focus%20%28album%29 |
Hornady Manufacturing Company is an American manufacturer of ammunition cartridges, components and handloading equipments, based in Grand Island, Nebraska.
History
The company is currently run by Joyce Hornady's son, Steve Hornady, who took over after his father's death in a plane crash on January 15, 1981. The Piper ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornady |
Devdas is a 1935 Bengali film directed by Pramathesh Barua and based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel, Devdas. It stars Barua himself as Devdas and Jamuna Barua as Parvati (Paro) and Chandrabati Devi as Chandramukhi. This was Barua's first of three language versions of the story, the second being in Hindi and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas%20%281935%20film%29 |
The Bhasha Kavisekhara Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar (1870–1946) was known for critical scholarship and creative interpretation of literature.
Life
Mahavidwan R. Raghava Iyengar was born on 20 September 1870 in the village called Thennavarayan, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu. He devoted his entire time to the master... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20Raghava%20Iyengar |
Hill Street (; ) is a major road in the Downtown Core of Singapore, starting from Eu Tong Sen Street and ending at Stamford Road, where the road becomes Victoria Street. The road starts after Coleman Bridge and at the junction of River Valley Road, North Boat Quay, Eu Tong Sen Street and New Bridge Road.
Hill Street i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%20Street%2C%20Singapore |
Bhupendra Kumar Dutta (; 8 October 1892 – 29 December 1979) was an Indian freedom fighter and a revolutionary who fought for Indian independence from British rule. In addition to his other specific contributions as a Jugantar leader, he holds the record of a hunger strike for 78 days in Bilaspur Jail in December 1917.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhupendra%20Kumar%20Datta |
Pre-Cana is a course or consultation for couples preparing to be married in a Catholic church. The name is derived from John 2:1–12, the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee, where Jesus performed the miracle of turning water into wine.
Description
Approaches to Pre-Cana vary among Catholic dioceses and parishes. Often si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Cana |
The featherweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 16 to 28 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 54 and 57 kilograms.
Competition format
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournamen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing%20at%20the%202004%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Featherweight |
Devdas is a Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, first published in 1917 and adapted as a film many times.
Devdas may also refer to:
Devdas (1928 film), silent film version of the novel. directed by Naresh Mitra
Devdas (1935 film), Bengali version of the novel, directed by Pramathesh Barua
Devdas (1936 fil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devdas%20%28disambiguation%29 |
The following is a list of political career biographies. It is meant to complement the list of political memoirs page, with the key difference being that the books in this list are authored by persons other than the book's subject. This list is sorted by country and by the political position and last name of the book'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20political%20career%20biographies |
Kontoret för särskild inhämtning (KSI), "The Office for Special Acquisition", is part of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST) and also one of the most secret parts of the Swedish Armed Forces. The previous names until 1994 were: T-kontoret (1946–1964), IB (1965–1973), Gemensamma byrån för under... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontoret%20f%C3%B6r%20s%C3%A4rskild%20inh%C3%A4mtning |
Rinchinnyam Amarjargal (Mongolian ; born February 27, 1961) was Prime Minister of Mongolia from July 30, 1999 to July 26, 2000. He is a leading member of the Democratic Party.
Life
Early years and education
Amarjargal was born in Ulaanbaatar in 1961. He fluently speaks Mongolian, Russian and English.
He attended the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinchinnyamyn%20Amarjargal |
Scott Adams (born 1957) is the American creator of the Dilbert comic strip.
Scott Adams is also the name of:
Scott Adams (game designer) (born 1952), American game designer
Scott Adams (skier) (born 1971), Australian Paralympic skier
Peggy Scott-Adams (1948–2023), American R&B and soul singer
Scott Adams (American... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Adams%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Uromyrtus is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1941. The greatest diversity of species are found in New Caledonia and the remainder are found in Australia, New Guinea and Borneo.
The flowers occur singly in the axils of the leaves and typically point downwards. In this respect t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uromyrtus |
Lačni Franz (meaning Hungry Franz) is a rock band from Slovenia that was also popular in the 1980s in Yugoslavia. While they were inspired by another Slovenian radical band Buldožer known for utilizing sheer madness in the social and political satire, their lyrics are more self-ironic. The band was formed in Maribor in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%C4%8Dni%20Franz |
Barrel Full of Monkees is a compilation album of songs by the Monkees, released by Colgems Records in 1971. The double album was produced and marketed for children, after the success of the Monkees' television show being rebroadcast on Saturday mornings by CBS, and was the last LP ever issued by Colgems.
Despite being... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel%20Full%20of%20Monkees |
The Blue and White is a magazine written by undergraduates at Columbia University, New York City. Founded in 1890, the magazine has dedicated itself throughout its existence to providing students an outlet for intellectual and political discussion, literary publication, and general parody.
History
Founded in 1890, the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blue%20and%20White |
Katharine Wagner (born May 11, 1964) is an American television personality and Hollywood reporter. She is best known for her 2002–2004 stint as the hostess for TV Guide Channel.
Early life
Wagner was born in Los Angeles, California. Her parents are actress Marion Marshall and actor Robert Wagner, who divorced in 1971... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie%20Wagner |
JPCC may refer to:
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
Journal of Physical Chemistry C | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPCC |
Scott Adams (born 17 March 1971 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian Paralympic skier. He was from Toongabbie and lives in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. He is a below-knee amputee (LW4 classification).
At the 2002 Winter Paralympics, he competed in four events - 12th in the Men's Downhill LW4, 9th in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Adams%20%28skier%29 |
Happiness & Disaster is the first full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Stabilo. The album debuted at #6 on the digital album chart and #20 on the Soundscan Top 200.
The first single and video is "Flawed Design", which has been played live since at least May 2004. The second single and video is "Kidding Oursel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness%20%26%20Disaster |
Zoran Predin (born 16 June 1958) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter from Maribor. In the 1980s, he was the front man of the new wave rock band Lačni Franz. He also writes music for film, television, and theatre.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he went on several tours with the rock singers Pero Lovšin and Vlado Kresl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoran%20Predin |
Austromyrtus is a genus of shrubs in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. Three species are found along the east coast of Australia in Queensland and in New South Wales, and A. lotoides is endemic to New Caledonia. The fruits of A. dulcis have a hint of cinnamon flavouring. The species under this generic name in New Caledonia ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austromyrtus |
Dóminus vobíscum (Latin: "The Lord be with you") is an ancient salutation and blessing traditionally used by the clergy in the Masses of the Catholic Church and other liturgies, as well as liturgies of other Western Christian denominations, such as Lutheranism, Anglicanism and Methodism.
Usage
The response is Et cum ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominus%20vobiscum |
HNoMS Ellida was a 1. class gunboat built for the Royal Norwegian Navy. Like the other Norwegian gunships of her era, she carried a reasonable heavy armament on a diminutive hull. A distinct feature of Ellida was that her funnel could be raised and lowered as needed. The vessel was built at the Naval Yard at Horten, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS%20Ellida%20%281880%29 |
Vasyl' Mykolayovych Verkhovynets' (1880 - 1938) was an actor, conductor, composer, voice teacher, amateur musicologist, balletmaster, choreographer and dance ethnographer He is credited for fundamentally altering the course of Ukrainian dance by devising a method of transcribing dance to paper, recording traditional da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl%20Verkhovynets |
Alberte Pullman (née Bucher, 26 August 1920 – 7 January 2011) was a French theoretical and quantum chemist. She studied at the Sorbonne starting in 1938. During her studies she worked on calculations at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). From 1943 she worked with Raymond Daudel. She completed her doc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberte%20Pullman |
The Mexican Fencing Federation (Federación Mexicana de Esgrima) is the ruling body of all kinds of fencing in Mexico and operates under the aegis of CONADE (Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte). Jorge Castro Rea is the current president of the federation.
Mexico
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Fencing organizations
Fencing in Mexico | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n%20Mexicana%20de%20Esgrima |
Cray Valley Paper Mills Football Club is a football club currently based in Eltham, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Badgers Sports Ground.
History
The club was established in 1919 and joined Division Two of the Sidcup & Kent League. Playing in green and wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray%20Valley%20Paper%20Mills%20F.C. |
Hazel Freeman Smith (née Brannon; February 4, 1914 – May 15, 1994) was an American journalist and publisher, the owner and editor of four weekly newspapers in rural Mississippi, mostly in Holmes County. Her newspapers included the Lexington Advertiser, the second oldest newspaper in the state. She distinguished herself... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel%20Brannon%20Smith |
Hu Weide () (1863 – 24 November 1933) was a Chinese politician and diplomat during the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China.
Biography
Though related by marriage to the Qing dynasty, he accepted the creation of the Republic and served in its foreign ministry, having previously been the Vice Minister of Foreign Affai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%20Weide |
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley School District is a K-12 public school district based in Gibson City, Illinois.
GCMS organized through a consolidation between the Gibson City and Melvin-Sibley "Mel-Sib" school districts in 1993. All of the district's school buildings are located within Gibson City, but the middle school wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson%20City-Melvin-Sibley%20Community%20Unit%20School%20District%205 |
Mark Merenda (born 29 October 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Merenda began his career with the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).
Debuting in 1994 with the Richmond Football Club, he was noted as a midfielder or sm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Merenda |
X-ray optics is the branch of optics that manipulates X-rays instead of visible light. It deals with focusing and other ways of manipulating the X-ray beams for research techniques such as X-ray crystallography, X-ray fluorescence, small-angle X-ray scattering, X-ray microscopy, X-ray phase-contrast imaging, and X-ray ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray%20optics |
Manuel dos Santos Fernandes (born 28 March 1974), known as Dos Santos, is a former professional footballer who played as a left back. Born in Cape Verde, Dos Santos represented France internationally.
Football career
Born in Praia, Cape Verde one year before the nation gained independence from Portugal, Dos Santos mig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20dos%20Santos%20%28footballer%29 |
Preying from the Pulpit was a mini-news series produced in May 1993 by WJBK of Detroit, Michigan, for the 11:00 pm news. The news report argued that sexual abuse in seven different churches around the United States were all connected to First Baptist Church of Hammond and its Pastor, Jack Hyles. Hyles called the progra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preying%20from%20the%20Pulpit |
The 2002–03 OHL season was the 23rd season of the Ontario Hockey League. The North Bay Centennials relocated to Saginaw, Michigan, becoming the Saginaw Spirit. Due to the move, several teams changed divisions; the Saginaw Spirit were placed in the west division, the London Knights moved to the midwest division, and the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303%20OHL%20season |
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