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Helgo, Helgø or Helgö may refer to:
People
Helgo Zettervall (1831–1907), Swedish architect and professor
Christine Sagen Helgø (born 1968), Norwegian politician, mayor of Stavanger
Malene Helgø (born 1999), Norwegian tennis player
Other uses
Helgo, alternate spelling of Halga, a legendary Danish king
Helgö, an i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgo |
Falco of Benevento (; ) was an Italian-Lombard twelfth-century historian, notary and scribe in the papal palace in Benevento, his native city, where he was born to high-standing parents.
He is an important chronicler for the years between 1102 and 1139 in the Mezzogiorno. As an historian, he is not only reliable, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falco%20of%20Benevento |
Erik Meijer (born 18 April 1963, Curaçao) is a Dutch computer scientist, entrepreneur, and tie-dye enthusiast. From 2000 to early 2013 he was a software architect for Microsoft where he headed the Cloud Programmability Team. He then founded Applied Duality Inc. in 2013. Before that, he was an associate professor at Utr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Meijer%20%28computer%20scientist%29 |
The Book of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony is the sixth album by the Irish Celtic rock band Horslips. It was a concept album based on an adaptation of Irish legends built into a complex story. It is named for the Lebor Gabála Érenn, a book of Irish mythology known as The Book of Invasions in English. Released in 1976, it... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Book%20of%20Invasions%20%28album%29 |
The Skyrian Horse (Greek αλογάκι της Σκύρου) is a breed of miniature horse found on the Greek isle of Skyros.
Breed Characteristics
The Skyros breed generally stands between 9.1 and 11 hands (92 to 115 cm) high, and may be, bay, dun, brown or black. The small-bodied species of the Skyrian horse is one of the rarest h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyros%20Pony |
Bright Castle is a castle near Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. The tower house is a Scheduled Historic Monument sited in the townland of Bright, in Down District Council area, on Coniamstown Rd, at grid ref: J5066 3822.
References
See also
Castles in Northern Ireland
Castles in County Down
Ruined castl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright%20Castle |
Francisco Javier Errando Mariscal (born 9 February 1950) better known as Javier Mariscal is a Spanish artist and designer whose work has spanned a wide range of mediums, ranging from painting and sculpture to interior design and landscaping. He was born in February 1950 in the city of Valencia, Spain, into a family of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier%20Mariscal |
Paisley Grammar School is a secondary school in Paisley, the largest town in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The school was founded in 1576 by royal charter of King James VI and is situated on Glasgow Road. The school is recognised as one of Scotland's oldest schools with an established history.
The present school bu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paisley%20Grammar%20School |
Peter John Ingram (born 25 October 1978) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played for Central Districts. He is a right-handed batsman primarily, and is an occasional right arm off spin bowler. He is the fastest male cricketer to earn his first cap in all three formats of international cricket, doing so in the spac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Ingram |
This is a List of dams of the Lower Colorado River Valley. There are many smaller dams, check dams, or diversion dams, that lace the length of the Colorado River. The major Davis Dam directly downstream of Hoover Dam has the purpose of re-regulating Hoover Dam releases.
The purpose of this list is to accompany the Li... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20dams%20of%20the%20LCRV |
Hayley Dreamsmasher Smith-Fischer is a fictional character from the animated television series American Dad! She is voiced by Rachael MacFarlane, the younger sister of one of the series' co-creators, Seth MacFarlane. She is Stan and Francine Smith's 19-year-old daughter (18 when the series started) and Steve's older si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayley%20Smith%20%28American%20Dad%21%29 |
James Madison High School is a public high school located in the Hiram Clarke area of Houston, Texas, United States. The school, located in the Five Corners District, serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of the Houston Independent School District. The school is named after James Madison, the fourth President of the U... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison%20High%20School%20%28Houston%29 |
Langbank is a village on the south bank of the River Clyde in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is 9.3 miles/15 km northwest from Paisley (Renfrewshire) and 3.4 miles/5.5 km east from Port Glasgow (Inverclyde) on the A8.
History
Langbank evolved as a dormitory settlement for Glasgow after the opening of the Glasgow and Green... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langbank |
Edward Urban Kmiec (, ; June 4, 1936 – July 11, 2020) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the 13th bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York from 2004 to 2012.
Kmiec previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Trenton from 1982 to 1992 and as bishop of the Diocese of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Kmiec |
"Danger Bird" is a song written by Neil Young. It was first released on his 1975 album with Crazy Horse, Zuma. A live version was also released on the 1997 album Year of the Horse.
Music and lyrics
"Danger Bird" was recorded in two different sessions several weeks apart that were put together by co-producer David Br... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger%20Bird%20%28Neil%20Young%20song%29 |
Alberta Provincial Highway No. 38, commonly referred to as Highway 38, is a east–west highway in central Alberta, Canada. It extends from Highway 28 in Redwater to a 'T' junction with Highway 45 north of Bruderheim.
Major intersections
From west to east:
References
038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Highway%2038 |
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Chad.
Chad is a landlocked country in central Africa bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Chad is divided into three major geographical reg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage%20stamps%20and%20postal%20history%20of%20Chad |
Thanatus is a genus of false crab spiders described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1837, belonging to the order Araneae, family Philodromidae.
Species of this genus are present in most of Europe.
Adult members of this genus of spiders can reach in length and can mostly be encountered above the soil surface (epigeal organism... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatus |
May refer to
any of the Prime Meridians that have been used, are used, or are proposed
Greenwich Meridian established by the International Meridian Conference
IERS Reference Meridian | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Meridian |
"Out on the Weekend" is a song written by Neil Young that was the opening song of his 1972 album Harvest.
Music and lyrics
"Out on the Weekend" is a country ballad. Music lecturer Ken Bielen describes it as an "easy-flowing pop song". The Stray Gators provide the backing music. Allmusic critic Matthew Greenwald descri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out%20on%20the%20Weekend |
Timothy Ian Weston (born 17 January 1982, in Stratford) is a cricket player from New Zealand who plays for Central Districts and Watsonians. He is a right-handed batsman (top score 152*), he also plays for Taranaki in the Hawke Cup. He is a teacher at Francis Douglas Memorial College in New Plymouth and plays for the s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Weston |
Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, has appeared in works of fiction across several centuries. The way the planet has been depicted has evolved as more has become known about its composition; it was initially portrayed as being entirely solid, later as having a high-pressure atmosphere with a solid surface... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter%20in%20fiction |
The Amboy Dukes is the debut studio album by American rock band The Amboy Dukes. It was released in November 1967 on Mainstream Records.
Composition
The album is noted for containing an energetic recording of Joe Williams' blues standard "Baby, Please Don't Go", as well as covers of Pete Townshend's composition "It'... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Amboy%20Dukes%20%28album%29 |
Attrition are an English electronic music band, formed in Coventry in 1980 by Martin Bowes and Julia Niblock. The band emerged from the experimental post-punk scene of the early 1980s and, along with other groups such as Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Einstürzende Neubauten, and In the Nursery, greatly contributed to the dev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attrition%20%28band%29 |
Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (; ), commonly known as Satomi Hakkenden () or simply Hakkenden (), is a Japanese epic novel (yomihon) written and published over twenty-eight years (1814–42) in the Edo period, by Kyokutei Bakin. Set in the Muromachi period, the story follows the adventures and mishaps of eight fictional warrior... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nans%C5%8D%20Satomi%20Hakkenden |
Caroline Vanessa Grant (née Gray, born 17 August 1965) is an English vocal coach, television presenter and session singer.
Career
Grant is known for her work on the television talent contests Fame Academy, Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, and Pop Idol, and the children's television series Carrie and David's Popshop, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie%20Grant |
Edward D. Head (August 5, 1919 – March 29, 2005) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York from 1973 to 1995. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1970 to 1973.
Early life
Edward Head was born on Augu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20D.%20Head |
Percy The Potty Pigeon (also known simply as Potty Pigeon) is computer game written by Shaun Hollingworth for the ZX Spectrum and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1984. The Commodore 64 version was programmed by Antony Crowther. There are 2 versions of the game. In the C64 version the goal is to fly around and collect ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potty%20Pigeon |
Cat grass is any grass that is grown specifically for cats, usually indoors. It may be grown in a dish from which the cat chews the grass directly, or just added to cat food. The most common stated benefit is to aid the passing of hairballs. Although cats may display exuberant behaviour when confronted with the grass i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%20grass |
James Aloysius McNulty (January 16, 1900 – September 4, 1972) was an American clergyman of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Paterson in New Jersey (1953–1963) and bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York (1963–1972). He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20A.%20McNulty |
The Barallots were a sect, deemed heretical, at Bologna in Italy, who had all things in common, even their wives and children. They gave so readily into all manner of sensual pleasures, that they were also termed Compliers.
References
Former Christian denominations
Heresy in Christianity
Christianity in Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barallot |
Joseph Aloysius Burke (August 27, 1886 – October 16, 1962) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo, New York from 1952 until his death in 1962.
Biography
Early life
Joseph Burke was born in Buffalo, New York, to Joseph S. and Amelia (née Howard) Burke. The son of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20A.%20Burke |
All Saints Ward is a three-member ward within Kettering Borough Council and is commonly regarded as a marginal ward between Conservatives and Labour. The ward was last fought at borough council level in the 2015 local council elections. Three Conservative councillors were elected: Cllr Lesley Thurland, Cllr James Burto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Saints%20%28Kettering%20BC%20Ward%29 |
The Eucla Basin is an artesian depression located in Western Australia and South Australia. The onshore-offshore depression covers approximately 1,141,000 km² and slopes southward to an open bay known as the Great Australian Bight.
It extends more than 500 km offshore and about 350 km inland from the coastline. The Eu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucla%20Basin |
Frotho I is one of the legendary Danish kings in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, where he has a substantial biography. He succeeds his father Hadingus to the throne and replenishes the war-drained treasury by slaying a dragon and winning its treasure. He uses the money to finance expeditions into the Baltic, where he ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frotho%20I |
Woodbourne Airport trading as Marlborough Airport is a small, controlled airport located 8 km west of Blenheim in the Marlborough region of New Zealand, on , Middle Renwick Road. It is co-located with RNZAF Base Woodbourne in the Wairau Valley on the north-eastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand.
The airport... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbourne%20Airport |
The tāmūrē, or tamouré as popularized in many 1960s recordings, is a dance from Tahiti and the Cook Islands and although denied by the local purists, for the rest of the world it is the most popular dance and the mark of Tahiti. Usually danced as a group of boys and girls, all dressed in more (the Tahitian grass skirt,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamure |
Walter J. Travis (January 10, 1862 – July 31, 1927) was an American amateur golfer during the early 1900s. He was also a noted golf journalist and publisher, an innovator in all aspects of golf, a teacher, and golf course architect.
Golfing career
Travis was born in Maldon, Australia. He arrived in New York City in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Travis |
Organophosphorus chemistry is the scientific study of the synthesis and properties of organophosphorus compounds, which are organic compounds containing phosphorus. They are used primarily in pest control as an alternative to chlorinated hydrocarbons that persist in the environment. Some organophosphorus compounds are ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organophosphorus%20chemistry |
Theodore Ian Wilson Aronson (13 November 1929 – 13 May 2003) was a royal biographer whose easy manner enabled him to earn the trust of his subjects.
He was the son of a Latvian Jewish storekeeper, born at Kirkwood, South Africa and educated at Grey High School in Port Elizabeth before studying art at Cape Town Univer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo%20Aronson |
John Aloysius Duffy (October 29, 1884 – September 27, 1944) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Syracuse in New York from 1933 to 1937, and as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York from 1937 until his death in 1944.
Biography
Early life
John Duffy was b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20A.%20Duffy |
The supraorbital foramen, is a bony elongated opening located above the orbit (eye socket) and under the forehead. It is part of the frontal bone of the skull. The supraorbital foramen lies directly under the eyebrow. In some people this foramen is incomplete and is then known as the supraorbital notch.
Structure
The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supraorbital%20foramen |
Phono-Comb was a Canadian instrumental/modern surf rock group that formed in 1993 in Toronto.
History
Phono-Comb first materialized when Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet played with Jad Fair when he was performing in Toronto to promote a film about his band Half Japanese. Shadowy Men were planning a hiatus around this ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phono-Comb |
The Philadelphia Press (or The Press) is a defunct newspaper that was published from August 1, 1857, to October 1, 1920.
The paper was founded by John Weiss Forney. Charles Emory Smith was editor and owned a stake in the paper from 1880 until his death in 1908. In 1920, it was purchased by Cyrus H. K. Curtis, who merg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Philadelphia%20Press |
William Turner (April 8, 1871 – July 10, 1936) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York from 1919 until his death in 1936.
He was ordained in 1893, and spent his early years as a priest teaching in various institutions. Upon his appointment as B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Turner%20%28bishop%20of%20Buffalo%29 |
James Wren "Zack" Taylor (July 27, 1898 – September 19, 1974) was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher with the Brooklyn Robins, Boston Braves, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, and again with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Although T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack%20Taylor%20%28baseball%29 |
William Wobbler is a video game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Wizard Development in 1985 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
Gameplay
The player must guide William to find ten pieces of a puzzle, hidden throughout a vast landscape of caverns.
Competition
The game was distributed with a second disk l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Wobbler |
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness, known in Japan as , is a 3D action role-playing video game developed by Cattle Call exclusively for the PlayStation 2. It is the second and last game from the Arc the Lad series on the console, the first being Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits.
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness takes place ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc%20the%20Lad%3A%20End%20of%20Darkness |
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits ("アークザラッド 精霊の黄昏" Āku za Raddo: Seirei no Tasogare, also known as Arc: Twilight of the Spirits in Europe) is a 2003 tactical role-playing video game developed by Cattle Call and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the sixth game released in the Arc the Lad series, and the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc%20the%20Lad%3A%20Twilight%20of%20the%20Spirits |
Arc the Lad III is a tactical role-playing video game developed by ARC Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation.
Gameplay
The gameplay moves away from the more tactical aspects present in its predecessors, more like that of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. The battles h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc%20the%20Lad%20III |
is a tactical role-playing video game developed by ARC Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation.
The story continues from the first game, although the focus shifts from Arc to Elc. It expands from the gameplay of the first installment, with a larger world and a more di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc%20the%20Lad%20II |
Saturn has made appearances in fiction since the 1752 novel Micromégas by Voltaire. In the earliest depictions, it was portrayed as having a solid surface rather than its actual gaseous composition. In many of these works, the planet is inhabited by aliens that are usually portrayed as being more advanced than humans. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%20in%20fiction |
This is a list of Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm flying squadrons. The Fleet Air Arm was founded in 1947. Since then the Royal Australian Navy has formed a number of squadrons which have operated a range of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters from aircraft carriers, other warships, and shore establishments.
Squad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Australian%20Fleet%20Air%20Arm%20flying%20squadrons |
Charles Henry Colton (October 15, 1848 – May 9, 1915) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York from 1903 until his death in 1915.
Biography
Early life and education
Charles Colton was born on June 10, 1876, in New York City to Patrick Smith and T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20H.%20Colton |
Quantum mysticism, sometimes referred pejoratively to as quantum quackery or quantum woo, is a set of metaphysical beliefs and associated practices that seek to relate consciousness, intelligence, spirituality, or mystical worldviews to the ideas of quantum mechanics and its interpretations. Quantum mysticism is critic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20mysticism |
Leo Sidney Mackay Jr. (born August 15, 1961) is an American businessman, and a former deputy secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
He is senior vice president, and an elected officer, of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Currently, he is senior vice president - ethics and enterprise assurance, ser... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20Mackay%20Jr. |
Greencastle is a castle in County Down, Northern Ireland. While it dates mainly from the 13th century, it had substantial 15th- and 16th-century alterations. It was originally surrounded by outer rectangular walls with four corner towers (ruins of some remain). It is likely to have been built by Hugh de Lacy, along wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greencastle%2C%20County%20Down |
The Castello Maniace is a citadel and castle in Syracuse, Sicily, southern Italy. It is situated at the far point of the Ortygia island promontory, where it was constructed between 1232 and 1240 by the Emperor Frederick II. It bears the name of George Maniakes, the Byzantine general who besieged and took the city in 10... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castello%20Maniace |
Calzaghe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Enzo Calzaghe (1949–2018), Italian-born Welsh boxing trainer
Joe Calzaghe (born 1972), Welsh boxer, son of Enzo
Italian-language surnames | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calzaghe |
Stephen Vincent Ryan, C.M. (January 1, 1825 – April 10, 1896) was a Canadian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. A member of the Congregation of the Mission, he served as Bishop of Buffalo from 1868 until his death in 1896.
Biography
Early life
Ryan was born on New Year's Day 1825 in Almonte, Ontario, to Ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20V.%20Ryan |
What Comes After the Blues is the first full-length recording by what became the Magnolia Electric Co. touring line-up, and the second album released by Jason Molina under that name. It was recorded in November 2003 by Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio studio in Chicago.
Track listing
Personnel
Jason Molina - ele... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20Comes%20After%20the%20Blues |
Frauenkirchen () is an Austrian town in the district of Neusiedl am See, Burgenland.
History
The first mentioning of Frauenkirchen was in 1324 as "Szent Maria". During the Siege of Vienna (1529) and the Battle of Vienna, the village and the church were destroyed by Ottoman forces. Under Paul I, Prince Esterházy, reco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirchen |
The uterine artery is an artery that supplies blood to the uterus in females.
Structure
The uterine artery usually arises from the anterior division of the internal iliac artery. It travels to the uterus, crossing the ureter anteriorly, to the uterus by traveling in the cardinal ligament.
It travels through the param... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterine%20artery |
Wicksteed Ward is a two-member ward within Kettering Borough Council. Traditionally regarded as a Labour safe seat, owing to the presence of the Highfield Road Council Estate, the ward became a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives in the 2003 Borough Council elections before, after resignation of the sole... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicksteed%20%28Kettering%20BC%20Ward%29 |
Great Barrier Aerodrome is the major airfield on Great Barrier Island. It is a small, non-towered aerodrome at Claris on Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf off the North Island of New Zealand. Fuel is not available.
The town of Claris is adjacent and there are rental car and bicycle hire services available at t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Barrier%20Aerodrome |
Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology. P2P file sharing allows users to access media files such as books, music, movies, and games using a P2P software program that searches for other connected computers on a P2P network to locate the d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer%20file%20sharing |
The door-in-the-face technique is a compliance method commonly studied in social psychology. The persuader attempts to convince the respondent to comply by making a large request that the respondent will most likely turn down, much like a metaphorical slamming of a door in the persuader's face. The respondent is then m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door-in-the-face%20technique |
In social science, disenchantment () is the cultural rationalization and devaluation of religion apparent in modern society. The term was borrowed from Friedrich Schiller by Max Weber to describe the character of a modernized, bureaucratic, secularized Western society. In Western society, according to Weber, scientific... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disenchantment |
The Puerto Rico State Agency for Emergency and Disaster Management (AEMEAD) is the agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico that oversees all emergency activities that occur in Puerto Rico. Its mission is to coordinate all the resources of the government of Puerto Rico in order to administer all... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto%20Rico%20State%20Agency%20for%20Emergency%20and%20Disaster%20Management |
The Hennessys are one of Wales' foremost traditional folk music groups.
History
In 1966, Frank Hennessy and Dave Burns (born David Burns, 4 November 1946, in Cardiff), both from Cardiff's Irish community, won a talent competition organised by Cardiff City Council which persuaded them to take up music professionally sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hennessys |
Acate (Sicilian: Acati or Vischiri) is a small town and comune in the south of Sicily, Italy, part of the province of Ragusa. It is located in the Dirillo River valley, from Ragusa.
Until 1938 it was called Biscari, and its history dates back until the 14th century. During World War II it was the location of the Bis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acate |
"Bang Bang" is a song written by Iggy Pop and Ivan Kral in 1981 for Pop's Party album. It was released as a single, charting at #35 on the Billboard Club Play Singles chart. According to Pop's autobiography I Need More, he wrote "Bang Bang" as Arista Records wanted a single and he promised them a commercial album. He o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang%20Bang%20%28Iggy%20Pop%20song%29 |
Statutory damages for copyright infringement are available under some countries' copyright laws.
The charges allow copyright holders, who succeed with claims of infringement, to receive an amount of compensation per work (as opposed to compensation for losses, an account of profits or damages per infringing copy). ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory%20damages%20for%20copyright%20infringement |
Shigella boydii is a Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Shigella. Like other members of the genus, S. boydii is a nonmotile, nonsporeforming, rod-shaped bacterium which can cause dysentery in humans through fecal-oral contamination.
Shigella boydii is the most genetically divergent species of the genus Shigella. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigella%20boydii |
Greymouth Airport is a small, uncontrolled aerodrome located in the suburb of Blaketown, 1 Nautical mile (1.9 km) south of the Greymouth CBD on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
The aerodrome is operated by the Grey District Council and is available for general use without notice to the operator. Han... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greymouth%20Airport |
Here is a list of schools in Harford County, Maryland. Both public schools, independent schools and some parochial schools are listed.
Elementary schools
Abingdon Elementary School
Bakerfield Elementary School
Bel Air Elementary School
Church Creek Elementary School
Churchville Elementary School
Darlington Elem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20schools%20in%20Harford%20County%2C%20Maryland |
166 (one hundred [and] sixty-six) is the natural number following 165 and preceding 167.
In mathematics
166 is an even number and a composite number. It is a centered triangular number.
Given 166, the Mertens function returns 0. 166 is a Smith number in base 10.
In astronomy
166 Rhodope is a dark main belt asteroid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/166%20%28number%29 |
Eva Rothschild RA (born 1971) is an Irish artist based in London.
Eva Rothschild was born in Dublin, Ireland. She received a BA in Fine Art from the University of Ulster, Belfast (1990–93), and an MA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, London (1997–99). Her work is predominantly sculptural and she works across a rang... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva%20Rothschild |
Leo McKay Jr. (born June 19, 1964) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer from Stellarton, Nova Scotia. He also is a periodic contributor to The Globe and Mail.
Early life
McKay was born and raised in the town of Stellarton, Nova Scotia, where he graduated from Stellarton High School in 1982. He grew up in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20McKay%20Jr. |
The 4th Session of the 10th National People's Congress was held in Beijing, China, in conjunction with the 2006 CPPCC. Many items were listed on the agenda for the two-week-long session of the National People's Congress. 2,937 delegates from every province, municipality, and Special Administrative Region were in attend... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20National%20People%27s%20Congress |
The frontal nerve is the largest branch of the ophthalmic nerve (V1), itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V). It supplies sensation to the skin of the forehead, the mucosa of the frontal sinus, and the skin of the upper eyelid. It may be affected by schwannoma.
Structure
The frontal nerve is a branch of the o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontal%20nerve |
The lacrimal nerve is the smallest of the three main branches of the ophthalmic nerve (CN V1) (itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V)).
It enters the orbit outside the common tendinous ring and passes forward along the side wall of the orbit.
It provides sensory innervation to the skin and both surfaces of co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrimal%20nerve |
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee is an American cartoon series. It lasted for three seasons on Cartoon Network, debuting on May 30, 2005, and lasting until April 9, 2007. The show spanned 40 episodes across 3 seasons. All the episodes are directed by Frank Squillace.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2005)
Season... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Juniper%20Lee%20episodes |
George Guest CBE FRCO (9 February 1924 – 20 November 2002) was a Welsh organist and choral conductor.
Birth and early life
George Guest was born in Bangor, Gwynedd. His father was an organist and Guest assisted him by acting as organ blower. He became a chorister at Bangor Cathedral and subsequently at Chester Cathe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Guest |
Pichichi may refer to
Pichichi (footballer) (1892–1922), Spanish footballer
Pichichi Trophy – a trophy named in honour of the above awarded to the top goalscorer in Spain's La Liga each season
fr:Meilleurs buteurs du championnat d'Espagne de football#Classement des Pichichi par saison | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pichichi |
The hivinau is a dance from Tahiti where the dancers turn in pairs around the orchestra. It is often either the first or the last dance of a dance festival or used as a transition between two dances.
Although an old dance, it is not traditional, the name hivinau probably derived from a yell by the officers of any pass... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hivinau |
Supraorbital refers to the region immediately above the eye sockets, where in humans the eyebrows are located. It denotes several anatomical features, such as:
Supraorbital artery
Supraorbital foramen
Supraorbital gland
Supraorbital nerve
Supraorbital ridge
Supraorbital vein | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supraorbital |
Primasheet is a rubberized sheet explosive identical to Detasheet. Manufactured by Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company Primasheet comes in two varieties: Primasheet 1000 is PETN based and Primasheet 2000 is RDX based. Both are waterproof and are supplied in continuous rolls.
Primasheet 1000
Primasheet 1000 i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primasheet |
Herold Dominic "Muddy" Ruel (February 20, 1896 – November 13, 1963) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and general manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1934. One of the top defensive catchers of his era, Ruel was notable for being the personal catcher for Base... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muddy%20Ruel |
DSC Wanne-Eickel is a German association football club that plays in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia.
History
The club was founded in 1954 as TB Eickel when it left Sportfreunde Wanne-Eickel, a short-lived union it had formed with SV Preußen 04 Wanne, in 1950. It took on the name DSC Wanne-Eickel in 1969. In addition to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSC%20Wanne-Eickel |
Sir Roger Mark Jowell, CBE (26 March 1942 – 25 December 2011) was a British social statistician and academic. He founded Social and Community Planning Research, now known as the National Centre for Social Research, and the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys at City University.
He played a leading role in the establ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Jowell |
The ōtea (usually written as otea) is a traditional dance from Tahiti characterized by a rapid hip-shaking motion to percussion accompaniment. The dancers, standing in several rows, may be further choreographed to execute different figures (including tamau, varu, otamu, ami, and fa'arapu) while maintaining the hip-shak... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27ote%27a |
In mathematics, the correlation immunity of a Boolean function is a measure of the degree to which its outputs are uncorrelated with some subset of its inputs. Specifically, a Boolean function is said to be correlation-immune of order m if every subset of m or fewer variables in is statistically independent of the val... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation%20immunity |
Mixotricha paradoxa is a species of protozoan that lives inside the gut of the Australian termite species Mastotermes darwiniensis.
It is composed of five different organisms: three bacterial ectosymbionts live on its surface for locomotion and at least one endosymbiont lives inside to help digest cellulose in wood to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixotricha%20paradoxa |
Michael Curtis McCrary (born July 7, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for ten seasons with the Seattle Seahawks and the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL) between 1993 and 2002. McCrary was a two-time Pro Bowler in 1998 and 1999. McCrary was inducted t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20McCrary |
The pāōā (often written as paoa, as the Tahitian is not punctilious about writing accents), is a modern dance from Tahiti where the dancers sit on their knees in a circle on the ground, sing and tap with their hands on their thighs on the rhythm of the music, which is a quite repetitive scanning refrain. Selected membe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%27o%27a |
Octopus Islands Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located between Quadra Island and Maurelle Island in Okisollo Channel.
External links
Octopus Islands Provincial Park infopage
Provincial Parks of the Discovery Islands
Provincial parks of British Columbia
1974 establishm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus%20Islands%20Marine%20Provincial%20Park |
Guillaume Laurent "Guy" Moll (28 May 1910 – 15 August 1934) was a French racing driver.
Moll was the son of a French father and Spanish mother who had emigrated to Algeria, then a French colony. He had only started racing in 1930, running a Lorraine-Dietrich in sporadic local events in Algeria. In 1932 he was noticed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Moll |
Jill Johnston (May 17, 1929 – September 18, 2010) was a British-born American feminist author and cultural critic who wrote Lesbian Nation in 1973 and was a longtime writer for The Village Voice. She was also a leader of the lesbian separatist movement of the 1970s. Johnston also wrote under the pen name F. J. Crowe.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill%20Johnston |
Holz [holts] is a German surname meaning wood or timber, and may refer to:
Arno Holz (1863–1929), German poet and dramatist
Betty W. Holz (1919–2005), American mathematician
George Holz, American photographer
Joshua Holz, creator of the 2016 Damn Daniel internet meme
Justa Holz-Mänttäri, translation scholar
Karl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holz |
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