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Brotherhood of Blood is a 2007 American-German horror film, starring Jason Connery, Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree, directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Spain in October 2007.
For the release in the US and Canada, Sam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood%20of%20Blood |
John Lindsay Bryan (26 May 1896 – 23 April 1985) was an English schoolteacher and cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Kent County Cricket Club. Bryan served in the British Army in both World War I and World War II and won the Military Cross in 1918.
He played for Kent alongside two of his brothers and t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Bryan |
This is a list of newspapers in South Korea.
National papers
Top 10 Comprehensive Daily newspapers
Chosun Ilbo (daily) 1,212,208
Dong-A Ilbo (daily) 925,919
JoongAng Ilbo (daily) 861,984
Hankook Ilbo (daily) 219,672
Hankyoreh (daily) 205,748
Munhwa Ilbo (daily) 195,068
Kyunghyang Shinmun (daily) 190,677
Seoul Shinm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20newspapers%20in%20South%20Korea |
Delone can refer to
People
Boris Delaunay
Delone Carter (b. 1987), American football running back
Nikolai Borisovich Delone (1926–2008), Soviet physicist
William H. DeLone
See also
Delone Catholic High School
Delone set | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delone |
Alkali is a specific type of chemical base.
Alkali may refer to:
Places
Alkali, Nevada, United States, a ghost town
Alkali Lake (disambiguation)
An island in Lake Abaya, Ethiopia
People
Ibrahim Alkali (born 1940), Nigerian air commodore and military governor of Kwara State from 1987 to 1989
Mohammed Alkali (bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkali%20%28disambiguation%29 |
David Richard McComb (17 February 19622 February 1999) was an Australian musician. He was the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the Australian bands, The Triffids (1976–89) and The Blackeyed Susans (1989–93). He also had a solo career including leading David McComb and The Red Ponies. Over his career McComb had bouts ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20McComb |
Gregg Clark (born 11 January 1971 in Johannesburg) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was also present at the Atlanta Games in 1996. The midfielder played for Durban, and a provincial team called KwaZulu Natal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg%20Clark |
Michael Crummey (born November 18, 1965) is a Canadian poet and a writer of historical fiction. His writing often draws on the history and landscape of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Early life and education
Crummey was born in Buchans, Newfoundland; he grew up there and in Wabush, Labrador, where he moved with his family... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Crummey |
Moritz Traube (12 February 1826 – 28 June 1894) was a German chemist and universal private scholar.
Traube worked on chemical, biochemical, medical, physiological, pathophysiological problems. He was engaged in hygienics, physical chemistry and basic chemical research. Although he was never a staff member of a univer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz%20Traube |
William Henry Heinemann (18 May 1863 – 5 October 1920) was an English publisher of Jewish descent and the founder of the Heinemann publishing house in London.
Early life
On 18 May 1863, Heinemann was born in Surbiton, Surrey, England. Heinemann's father Louis Heinemann, a director of Parr's Bank and a native of Hanov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Heinemann |
King Uncle is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Rakesh Roshan. The film stars Jackie Shroff and Anu Aggarwal. Shah Rukh Khan, Nagma, Paresh Rawal, Sushmita Mukherjee, Pooja Ruparel, Deven Verma appear in supporting roles. The film was inspired from the 1982 English film Annie that starred Aile... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Uncle |
This is a list of newspapers in South Africa.
In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation, about 50% of the South African adult population are newspaper readers and 4... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20newspapers%20in%20South%20Africa |
Quanah may refer to:
Quanah Parker (1840s–1911), Native American leader
Quanah, Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanah |
Emile Degelin (16 July 1926 – 20 May 2017) was a Belgian film director and novelist, the director of If the Wind Frightens You His 1963 film Life and Death in Flanders was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1969 film Palaver was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His fin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile%20Degelin |
Labello is a brand of lip balm stick. It is produced by Beiersdorf AG in Germany and Austria. The labello lip care sticks are also sold under the name Labello Nivea, Liposan and Nivea Lip Care. Labello makes lip care products that are used for medical treatments, moisturizing, protection from sun or solely for cosmeti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labello |
A concurrent use registration, in United States trademark law, is a federal trademark registration of the same trademark to two or more unrelated parties, with each party having a registration limited to a distinct geographic area. Such a registration is achieved by filing a concurrent use application (or by converting... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent%20use%20registration |
Ivan Karpovich Golubets (; 8 May 1916 – 25 March 1942) was a Soviet sailor with the Black Sea Fleet. He was posthumously made a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Biography
Ivan Golubets was born in the city of Taganrog on 8 May 1916 into the family of a Ukrainian worker. He worked at the iron and steel factory after 7 years i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%20Golubets |
My Lives is a box set compilation of demos, outtakes, B-sides, soundtrack cuts, live recordings and album cuts by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel. It was released on November 22, 2005. The album name is derivative of the Billy Joel song "My Life". The liner notes were written by longtime Rolling Stone magazine co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Lives |
Liu Nannan (; born June 19, 1983) is a former Chinese tennis player.
Career
Starting in 2001, Nannan has enjoyed considerable success on the ITF Women's Circuit, and occasionally qualified for WTA Tour events. Though her success at the WTA level of the game has so far fallen short of the stellar heights, achieved by s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu%20Nannan |
Quarrington may refer to:
People
Joel Quarrington, Canadian double bassist (born 1955)
Paul Quarrington, Canadian novelist (born 1953)
Places
Cassop-cum-Quarrington, County Durham, England
Old Quarrington, County Durham, England
Quarrington Hill, County Durham, England
Quarrington, Lincolnshire, England
See al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarrington |
The Warragul Show is an agricultural show that has been held annually on the first weekend of March since 1885 in Warragul, a town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria in Australia. The show takes place at the Warragul showgrounds, located at Logan Park where the greyhound and harness tracks are also situated. The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warragul%20Show |
William Lavier Killefer (October 10, 1887 – July 3, 1960), nicknamed "Reindeer Bill" was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs. Killefer, who was nicknamed "Reindeer Bill" due to his ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Killefer |
Wayne Denne (born 5 March 1976 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He made his international debut for his native country in 1995, against Australia at the Indra Gandhi Gold Cup in India... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Denne |
Wangen District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital is the municipality of Wangen an der Aare.
From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Oberaargau administrative district, whose administrative centre is Wangen an d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangen%20District |
Octavia the Younger (; – 11 BC) was the elder sister of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus (known also as Octavian), the half-sister of Octavia the Elder, and the fourth wife of Mark Antony. She was also the great-grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, maternal grandmother of the Emperor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia%20the%20Younger |
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 37 is a highway in the province of Alberta, Canada. It runs in an east–west direction just north of St. Albert and Edmonton, from west of Onoway to west of Fort Saskatchewan.
Starting in the west, Highway 37 begins west of Onoway (nicknamed Hub of the Highways) where it leaves Highway 4... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Highway%2037 |
Asmat may mean:
Asmat people, ethnic group in New Guinea
Asmat languages, of New Guinea
Asmat Regency, Indonesia
Asmat Subregion, in northwestern Eritrea | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmat |
John Stewart, Earl of Mar (December 147911 March 1503) was the youngest son of James III of Scotland and Margaret of Denmark.
Biography
He was born at Dunfermline Palace in Fife as the youngest son of the King. He was created Earl of Mar on 2 March 1486, at the age of eight. Not much is known of his life and he died i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Stewart%2C%20Earl%20of%20Mar%20%28died%201503%29 |
Monkey gland sauce is a dark coloured, thick, sweet and tangy sauce from South Africa. It is typically served as a topping for grilled steaks or burgers, but is also used as a marinade, a dipping sauce for onion rings and chips, or on roasted potatoes. It has been featured as a restaurant item since the 1930s, becoming... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%20gland%20sauce |
Arm triangle choke, side choke, or head and arm choke are generic terms describing blood chokeholds in which the opponent is strangled in between their own shoulder and the practitioner's arm. This is as opposed to the regular triangle choke, which denotes a chokehold using the legs, albeit with a similar mechanism of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%20triangle%20choke |
The Ansaldo A.300 was an Italian general-purpose biplane aircraft built by the Ansaldo company (now part of FIAT) of Turin from 1920 to 1929. It also served as a light bomber, transport, fighter and reconnaissance aircraft, and finally as an advanced trainer, with examples in service as late as 1940. 50 examples were ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansaldo%20A.300 |
Juan Bautista Cabral (24 June 1789 – 3 February 1813) was an Argentine soldier, of Zambo origin, of the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers who died in the Battle of San Lorenzo, while he was aiding then Colonel Don José de San Martín, whose horse had fallen to enemy fire. The action of Cabral in this first military confron... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Bautista%20Cabral |
Eric Rigler is an American player of the Uilleann pipes, Great Highland Bagpipes, and tin whistle. He performs as a solo artist and with the band Bad Haggis, and has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks. He has been described as "the most recorded bagpiper of all time". He has been playing all forms of bagpip... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Rigler |
Tastee-Freez is an American franchised fast-food restaurant specializing in soft serve ice cream. Its corporate headquarters is in Newport Beach, California, and it has stores in four states. The first Tastee-Freez was established in Keithsburg, Illinois.
History
Tastee-Freez was founded in 1950 in Joliet, Illinois, b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastee-Freez |
In category theory, monoidal functors are functors between monoidal categories which preserve the monoidal structure. More specifically, a monoidal functor between two monoidal categories consists of a functor between the categories, along with two coherence maps—a natural transformation and a morphism that preserve mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoidal%20functor |
"Just a Little Girl" is the debut single of English singer-songwriter Amy Studt. Released on 1 July 2002, the single reached a peak of 14 on the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from her debut album, False Smiles, which was released a year later.
Music video
The music video was directed by Sophie Muller. It shows Studt ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just%20a%20Little%20Girl |
The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is London’s key hub for the city's business community. It supports its members’ businesses through a range of services, advocates on behalf of London’s business community in important forums of policy debate, and promotes ‘Global London’ as the best city for doing busi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Chamber%20of%20Commerce%20%26%20Industry |
Die Screaming, Marianne (also Die, Beautiful Marianne) is a 1971 British thriller film produced and directed by Pete Walker. Although Walker's films were mostly in the horror or sexploitation genres, this is a straight thriller, with mild horror undertones.
Plot
Marianne, a nightclub dancer, is on the run from her fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20Screaming%2C%20Marianne |
Quinby may refer to:
Places
Quinby, Virginia
Quinby, Kansas
Quinby, South Carolina
Ivory Quinby House, Illinois
Quinby Plantation, South Carolina
People
Byron Quinby Jones (1888–1959), pioneer aviator and U.S. Army officer
Charles Quinby (1899–1988), U.S. Olympic swimmer
Edwin J. Quinby (1895–1981), publicist, inv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinby |
Jock Climie is a Canadian retired Canadian Football League player who played the slotback position primarily with the Ottawa Rough Riders, and Montreal Alouettes. He is also a former sportscaster with Canadian sports television channel TSN as part of the CFL on TSN studio panel during the CFL season. Climie is currentl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock%20Climie |
Westcliff is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It has many old mansions, and views over the Northern Suburbs. It is the site of the Westcliff Hotel also known as the Four Seasons Hotel. With a total wealth of $235 billion, Johannesburg is Africa’s wealthiest city, and most of the wealth in Johannesburg is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westcliff%2C%20Gauteng |
Reverend Maximin Alff, SS.CC., was born in Treves, Belgium, on 24 July 1866. He made his profession in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on 6 July 1867. He studied at the Catholic University of Leuven and was ordained to the presbyterate on 24 August 1890. He was subsequently appointed as profe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximin%20Alff |
The Marquis is an American independent comic book series written and illustrated by Guy Davis, released by Caliber Comics, Oni Press and Dark Horse Comics.
Publication history
The Marquis was originally published by Caliber Comics where the Les Preludes issue appeared in 1997, followed by the rest of the Danse Macabr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Marquis%20%28comics%29 |
Paul Mahlon Powell (September 6, 1881 – July 2, 1944) was an American journalist, director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Powell was most active during the silent film era and is best known for directing Mary Pickford in Pollyanna (1920).
Career
Born in Peoria, Illinois, Powell was one of six children of Charles... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Powell%20%28director%29 |
Goleta Beach is a region of coastline located near Goleta, California, just east of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) campus. A portion of the shore of Goleta Bay is managed by the County of Santa Barbara, as the Goleta Beach County Park (GBCP). The beach itself is partly man-made as sand was spread on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goleta%20Beach |
The Camelback Bridge is a restored historic wooden bridge that arches over the Constitution Trail in Normal, Illinois. It is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The bridge's main span is a wooden kingpost pony truss. The bridge is supported by Phoenix columns, a type of wrought iron column that was paten... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelback%20Bridge |
Karl Wilhelm, also Carl Wilhelm (5 September 1815, Schmalkalden – 26 August 1873, Schmalkalden) was a German choral director. He is best known as the composer of the music of the song “Die Wacht am Rhein.”
Biography
Wilhelm was born in Schmalkalden. He studied at Cassel under Louis Spohr, and then in Frankfurt am Main... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Wilhelm%20%28conductor%29 |
"Deep Throats" is the 23rd episode of season four of the television series Family Guy. It was written by Alex Borstein and directed by Greg Colton. Appalled at parking charges introduced by Mayor West, Brian decides to expose the corruption of the Mayor, despite the prospect of potentially destroying Meg's new career ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20Throats |
Carl Wilhelm (born 1872 in Vienna; died in London 1936), was a prolific German film director, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film era, at the end of which his career apparently entirely faded away and he vanished into obscurity.
Life
After his first work, the short documentary film Ein vergnügter Winter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Wilhelm |
A Monk of Malmesbury is the supposed author of a chronicle among the Cottonian manuscripts in the British Museum.
The authorship is uncertain, and the work in question is said by some to be only a copy of a chronicle written by Alfred of Beverley in the twelfth century, while others claim it is almost entirely based o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk%20of%20Malmesbury |
Carolina ("Carry") Cornelia Catharina Geijssen (born 11 January 1947) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.
Carry Geijssen won silver at the Dutch Allround Championships in 1965 (a feat she would repeat in 1967 and 1968). In 1966, she became Dutch Allround Champion. At the 1968 World Allround Championships in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry%20Geijssen |
Klaas Reimer (1770–1837) was the founder of the Kleine Gemeinde, a Mennonite denomination that still exists in Latin America, but underwent radical changes in Canada where it is now called the Evangelical Mennonite Conference. Ethnic Mennonite remigrants from Latin America brought the original Kleine Gemeinde back to C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas%20Reimer |
"Under the Thumb" is the third single from English singer Amy Studt's debut album, False Smiles (2003). Released on 29 September 2003, the song reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and number 36 in Ireland.
Music video
The video tells the story of a young woman who has got her boyfriend (Iddo Goldberg) on a 'shor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under%20the%20Thumb |
Brenda Kahn (born May 3, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter, poet and educator based in Boulder, Colorado, who is known for her poetic lyrics.
Background
Her career began in 1990, when her first album, Goldfish Don't Talk Back, was released to critical acclaim. Her punk-tinged folk music led to a major label deal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda%20Kahn |
LaFayette Lee Patterson (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1987) was a United States representative from Alabama. He served three terms in the U. S. Congress, from 1928 to 1933.
Born near Delta in Clay County, Alabama, Patterson attended rural schools. He worked in agriculture and as a teacher in the rural schools. He gradua... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaFayette%20L.%20Patterson |
The Gesäuse National Park is a national park in the Austrian state of Styria. Located in the mountainous Upper Styrian region, it covers large parts of the Gesäuse range within the Ennstal Alps and the steep water gap of the Enns river between Admont and Hieflau. The area also covers parts of the municipal areas of Joh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ges%C3%A4use%20National%20Park |
Jason Garfield (born August 9, 1974) is a juggler and entertainer from Norfolk, Connecticut, United States. He is the founder and president of the World Juggling Federation (WJF).
Sport Juggling, TV & Event Production
Jason Garfield has been producing events since 2004, eleven of which in Las Vegas, and several across... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Garfield |
TU Dortmund University () is a technical university in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with over 35,000 students, and over 6,000 staff including 300 professors, offering around 80 Bachelor's and master's degree programs. It is situated in the Ruhr area, the fourth largest urban area in Europe. The university ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical%20University%20of%20Dortmund |
Grattis världen ("Congratulations the World") is a television program in which Filip Hammar & Fredrik Wikingsson travel around the world to exotic countries and try unusual and often quite adventurous things. The general plot is quite similar to High Chaparall as Filip and Fredrik interview eccentric people they meet a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grattis%20v%C3%A4rlden |
Octavia the Elder (before 69 BC – after 29 BC) was the daughter of the Roman governor and senator Gaius Octavius by his first wife, Ancharia. She was the elder half-sister to Octavia the Younger and Roman Emperor Augustus.
Biography
Early life
Octavia was born to Ancharia and Octavius likely some time before 69 BC.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia%20the%20Elder |
The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a British science fiction disaster film starring Edward Judd, Leo McKern and Janet Munro. It was directed by Val Guest and released in 1961, and is one of the classic apocalyptic films of its era. The film opened at the Odeon Marble Arch in London on 23 November 1961.
The film, which w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Day%20the%20Earth%20Caught%20Fire |
The term scout, as a description of a class of military aircraft, came into use shortly before the First World War, and initially referred to a fast (for its time), light (usually single-seated) unarmed reconnaissance aircraft. "Scout" types were generally adaptations of pre-war racing aircraft – although at least one ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout%20%28aircraft%29 |
James Stewart, Duke of Ross (March 1476 – January 1504) was a Scottish prince, and the second son of King James III of Scotland and his wife, Margaret of Denmark. James was heir presumptive to his brother until his death, and was Archbishop of St Andrews and Lord Chancellor of Scotland.
Life
He was made Marquess of Or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Stewart%2C%20Duke%20of%20Ross |
"All I Wanna Do" is a song performed by American singer and songwriter Sheryl Crow. It was written by Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, and Kevin Gilbert, with lyrics adapted from Wyn Cooper's 1987 poem "Fun". Released in July 1994 by A&M, it was Crow's breakthrough hit from her 1993 debut album, Tuesday Night Music... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20I%20Wanna%20Do%20%28Sheryl%20Crow%20song%29 |
"I Keep Forgettin" is a song by Chuck Jackson, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and Gilbert Garfield. It appears on his second studio album Any Day Now. It peaked at No. 55 on the Billboard Top 100 and remained on the chart for 7 weeks. It did not chart on the R&B chart. This single is often cited as one of the m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Keep%20Forgettin%27 |
Edgeborough School is a prep school near Farnham, Surrey in England. It is currently attended by ~360 kids between 2 and 13. The Head is Daniel Cox, former Deputy Head of Lambrook School, Ascot.
Overview
Edgeborough became co-educational in 1992 and celebrated its centenary in 2006. The Head is Daniel Cox, former Depu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgeborough%20School |
B.C. Bill is a 2D action video game published by Imagine Software in 1984. It was released for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, TRS-80 Color Computer, Dragon 32/64 and BBC Micro.
Gameplay
The player controls the eponymous B.C. Bill, a caveman, and must gather wives and enough food to feed his growing family, while avoid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.C.%20Bill |
Michelle Sweeney is a Canadian actress and soul singer. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, she moved to Montreal, Quebec in the 1980s to perform with the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, and has remained based in Montreal since.
In addition to performing jazz, soul and blues music, she appeared alongside Ranee Lee and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Sweeney |
Brenda Wootton (née Ellery) (10 February 1928 – 11 March 1994) was a British folk singer and poet and was seen as an ambassador for Cornish tradition and culture in all the Celtic nations and as far as Australia and Canada.
Early life
Brenda Ellery was born in London, during a brief few months when her Cornish-born pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda%20Wootton |
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend is a 1985 American adventure fantasy film directed by Bill L. Norton and starring William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, and Julian Fellowes. The film follows paleontologist Susan Matthews-Loomis and her husband George, who stumble upon Brontosaurus on an expedition in Central Afric... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby%3A%20Secret%20of%20the%20Lost%20Legend |
A banquette is a small footpath or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet of a fortification. Musketeers atop it were able to view the counterscarp, or fire on enemies in the moat. A typical size is a foot and a half (approximately half a metre) high, and almost three feet (approximately 90 cm) wide.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banquette |
Kivisuo is a village in the municipality of Joutsa in middle-Finland.
It is located about 10 kilometers east from Leivonmäki. The village has a population of about 60 inhabitants.
References
Kivisuo kansallispuistokylä - Official homepages of Kivisuo (in Finnish)
Villages in Finland
Joutsa | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kivisuo |
The function of the vertex pipeline in any GPU is to take geometry data (usually supplied as vector points), work with it if needed with either fixed function processes (earlier DirectX), or a vertex shader program (later DirectX), and create all of the 3D data points in a scene to a 2D plane for display on a computer ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertex%20pipeline |
"Misfit" is a song by English singer Amy Studt, released as the second single from her debut album, False Smiles (2003), on 9 June 2003. The song reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and is Studt's most successful single to date. It was also her most successful single internationally, peaking within the top 50 in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfit%20%28Amy%20Studt%20song%29 |
The upaupa (often written as upa upa) is a traditional dance from Tahiti. It was mentioned by European explorers, who described it as very indecent. It is not quite clear how similar the gestures at that time were with the now immensely popular tāmūrē. In both dances the performers form groups of pairs of a boy and a g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27upa%27upa |
Fearless Records is an American independent record label that was founded in 1994. Fearless is based in Culver City, California, and is best known for its early pop punk moments captured in the Fearless Flush Sampler and Punk Bites releases, as well as additional releases by bands such as Bigwig and Dynamite Boy; and l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless%20Records |
Molly Stark, née Elizabeth Page (February 16, 1737 – June 29, 1814) was the wife of General John Stark, made famous by his battle cry during the American Revolutionary War. Described as "mother of 11 children, homemaker, patriot, and defender of the household", there are locations and landmarks named for her in at leas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly%20Stark |
Prosper Marketplace, Inc. is a San Francisco, California-based financial services company. Prosper Funding LLC, one of its subsidiaries, operates Prosper.com, a website where individuals can request to borrow money, open a credit card, or invest in personal loans.
Overview
Prosper Marketplace is America's first peer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper%20Marketplace |
Heavy Cream is a compilation album of material recorded by the British rock band Cream from 1966 to 1969.
Although available in other territories as well, the album was largely released to address the North American market, in order for Polydor Records to leverage Cream's back catalogue; prior to 1972, Polydor had lic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy%20Cream |
"As the World Falls Down" is a song written by David Bowie for the soundtrack of the 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth.
Background and composition
"As the World Falls Down" is one of five songs Bowie wrote and recorded for the film, in which he also starred as Jareth, the king of the goblins. A love ballad, "As the World Fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%20the%20World%20Falls%20Down |
Ponceau (French for "poppy-colored") may refer to:
Ponceau 2R (also called Xylidine ponceau or Ponceau G, among other synonyms), azo dye used in histology for staining
Ponceau 3R, delisted food colorant
Ponceau 4R (known by more than 100 synonyms), synthetic colourant used as a food colouring (E Number E124)
Poncea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponceau |
Tooth, Fang & Claw is the sixth studio album by the Amboy Dukes, credited as "Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes". The band's second release on DiscReet Records, it was the final album released under the Amboy Dukes name before Ted Nugent launched his solo career the following year.
Composition
AllMusic said that Tooth, Fang &... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth%2C%20Fang%20%26%20Claw |
Forest Hills Local School District is a public school district serving the southeasternmost area of Hamilton County, Ohio outside the city of Cincinnati. The district specifically serves approximately 7,600 students from Anderson Township and the village of Newtown. There are 1,008 staff members working for the distri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20Hills%20Local%20School%20District |
Grandadbob are Vanessa Robinson and Dave Johnson, from Sheffield, UK. Their music consists of electronic house, pop and trip hop. The name Grandadbob comes from Vanessa's grandfather, Robert Porter, who pronounces himself at the end of the track "Monster" on Waltzes for Weirdoes as "The real Grandad Bob". They recorded... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandadbob |
ortho-Nitrophenyl-β-galactoside (ONPG) is a colorimetric and spectrophotometric substrate for detection of β-galactosidase activity. This compound is normally colorless. However, if β-galactosidase is present, it hydrolyzes the ONPG molecule into galactose and ortho-nitrophenol. The latter compound has a yellow color t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortho-Nitrophenyl-%CE%B2-galactoside |
Guantánamo Bay () is a bay in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and it is surrounded by steep hills which create an enclave that is cut off from its immediate hinterland.
The United States assumed territorial control over the southern portion ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guant%C3%A1namo%20Bay |
The Rochester Zeniths were a professional basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). They played in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester at the Dome Arena and in downtown Rochester, New York, at (what is now known as) the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. They existed for six basketball ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester%20Zeniths%20%28basketball%29 |
Mono vs Stereo is an independent record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. It was founded in 2003 as an imprint of Gotee Records. While Gotee signs mostly rap, hip-hop, and pop-rock artists, Mono vs Stereo leaned more towards indie music.
History
2003–2006
Mono vs Stereo was established in 2003 and released its firs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono%20vs%20Stereo |
Pervading imitation refers to a way of organizing a piece of music in which all voices sing the same melodic material in sequence.
Voices enter one by one at points of imitation and sing the same melodic material although they begin at different pitch levels.
Pervading imitation emerged in the early Renaissance and w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervading%20imitation |
In Aristotelian logic, Baralipton (also Bamalip or Bramantip) is a mnemonic word used to identify a form of syllogism. Specifically, the first two propositions are universal affirmative (A), and the third (conclusion) particular affirmative (I)-- hence BARALIPTON. The argument is also in the First Figure (the middle te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baralipton |
Allen Sutton Sothoron (April 27, 1893 – June 17, 1939) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. As a player, he was a spitball pitcher who spent 11 years in the major leagues playing for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and the St. Louis Cardinals. Born in Bradford, Ohio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen%20Sothoron |
Pease Park (officially Pease District Park) is an urban park in central Austin, Texas. Paralleling Shoal Creek west of downtown, the park is frequented by University of Texas at Austin and Long-View Micro School students and, formerly, by disc golf enthusiasts. Every spring it plays host to the annual Eeyore's Birthday... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pease%20Park |
Live: In Paradise is a live concert DVD by American dark cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls.
The Dresden Dolls hosted a free concert at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston on June 5, 2005. When a power outage unexpectedly delayed their performance, city streets became a temporary stage for some of the many performers (living ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%3A%20In%20Paradise |
Huglecus is one of the legendary Danish kings in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. Like Hygelac, he fought against Swedes but he is only given a very short biography.
References
Mythological kings of Denmark | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huglecus |
Studebaker-Garford was an automobile produced and distributed jointly by the Garford Company of Elyria, Ohio, and the
Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, from 1904 through 1911. During its production, the car was sold as a Studebaker, per the marketing agreement between the two firms, but Studebaker collec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker-Garford |
Echo Park is a remote river bottom surrounded by canyon walls on the Green River, just downstream from the confluence with the Yampa River and across the stream from the dramatic southern end of Steamboat Rock in Dinosaur National Monument.
Description
The valley was first mapped and given its name by the Powell Geogr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo%20Park%20%28Colorado%29 |
The Edinburgh School refers to a group of 20th century artists connected with Edinburgh. They share a connection through Edinburgh College of Art, where most studied and worked together during or soon after the First World War. As friends and colleagues, they discussed painting and were influenced by one another's work... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Edinburgh%20School |
Software Star is a 1985 game released by Kevin Toms for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
Gameplay
This is essentially a text-based management game. The player's task is to manage a software house, create new games, manage publicity and make a profit of £10000. Meanwhile, the player must achieve the stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20Star |
The aparima or Kaparima (Rarotongan) is a dance from Tahiti and the Cook Islands where the mimicks (apa) with the hands (rima) are central, and as such it is close to the hula or Tongan tauolunga. It is usually a dance for groups.
There are two types of aparima: the aparima hīmene (sung handdance) and the aparima vāvā ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Aparima |
Zamaana Deewana is a 1995 Hindi-language masala flim, produced by G. P. Sippy under the Sippy Films banner and directed by Ramesh Sippy. It stars Shahrukh Khan, Raveena Tandon in pivotal roles, along with Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha playing their parents, respectively. The music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan. The film... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamaana%20Deewana |
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