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Newlyn Copper was a class of arts and crafts copperware originating in Newlyn in Cornwall.
History
In the late 19th century the fishing industry in Cornwall was becoming unreliable as a source of income; bad weather and seasonal fluctuations brought enforced periods of inactivity. It was decided that an alternative m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newlyn%20Copper |
Western Hills High School (WHHS) is a secondary school located in Benbrook, Texas, United States, serving the city of Benbrook, portions of western Fort Worth, and unincorporated portions of southwestern Tarrant County. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Fort Worth Independent School Distri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Hills%20High%20School%20%28Benbrook%2C%20Texas%29 |
Jonathan Lewis Wallace (born May 16, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Walter Tigers Tübingen of the Basketball Bundesliga. The 6'2" guard from Huntsville, Alabama played college basketball for Georgetown University where he was the school's all-time three-point shooting leade... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Wallace |
This is an episode list of the long-running documentary television series Modern Marvels.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (1992)
Season 2 (1996–97)
Season 3 (1997–98)
Season 4 (1998–99)
Season 5 (1999)
Season 6 (2000)
Season 7 (2001)
Season 8 (2002)
Season 9 (2003)
Season 10 (2004)
Season 11 (2005)
Seas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Modern%20Marvels%20episodes |
Theodore Lockard Thomas (April 13, 1920 – September 24, 2005) was an American chemical engineer and patent attorney who wrote more than 50 science fiction short stories, published between the early 1950s to the late 1970s. He also collaborated on two novels with Kate Wilhelm, as well as producing stories under the pseu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore%20L.%20Thomas |
Simon Crane (born 1960) is a British stuntman, stunt coordinator, second unit director and film director.
Biography
Born in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. Crane was originally a law student, but not liking it, he dropped out after one year and worked as an acrobat in a circus for three years. To fulfill English requi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Crane |
This is a list of scale model sizes, listing a variety of size ratios for scale models.
Model scales
References
Scale model sizes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20scale%20model%20sizes |
On Your Side is the second studio album by Norwegian musician Magnet. The album was first released in Japan on 28 May 2003, on 23 June 2003 in Norway, 7 July 2003 in the United Kingdom, and 28 September 2004 in the United States. It contains a cover of Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" featuring Gemma Hayes, which was feature... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20Your%20Side%20%28Magnet%20album%29 |
Employment Service Convention, 1948 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1948, with the preamble stating:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals concerning the organisation of the employment service,...
Ratifications
As of December 2022, the convention has been rat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment%20Service%20Convention%2C%201948 |
Germanicus A. Kent (1791–1862) together with Thatcher Blake and Lewis Lemon founded Rockford, Illinois, United States in 1834.
Biography
Germanicus A. Kent was born in Suffield, Connecticut, in 1791 and attend Yale College. Around 1822, Kent moved to Huntsville, Alabama, establishing himself as a dry goods merchant, m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanicus%20Kent |
The Royd Moor Wind Farm is located at Penistone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, and consists of thirteen 450 kW turbines. The site is located approximately north west of Penistone, above the A628 trunk road between Barnsley and Manchester. The turbines are set in two parallel, staggered rows of six and seven, on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royd%20Moor%20Wind%20Farm |
The Murutic languages are a family of half a dozen closely related Austronesian languages, spoken in the northern inland regions of Borneo by the Murut and Tidung.
Languages
The Murutic languages are (Lobel 2013):
Murut proper
Timugon Murut and Tagol Murut
Murut dialects
Keningau Murut, Beaufort Murut (Binta’), Tabalu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murutic%20languages |
Richard Lee Roberts (born November 12, 1948) is an American television evangelist and faith healer who serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association. He previously served fifteen years as the president of Oral Roberts University.
Early life and education
Richard Lee R... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Roberts%20%28evangelist%29 |
Trial of Champions is a single-player roleplaying gamebook, written by Ian Livingstone, illustrated by Brian Williams and originally published in 1986 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2003.
It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 21st in the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial%20of%20Champions |
ThingLab is a visual programming environment implemented in Smalltalk and designed at Xerox PARC by Alan Borning.
A conventional system allows a user to provide inputs that produce outputs. A constraint-oriented system, such as ThingLab, allows the user to provide arbitrary inputs or outputs, then solves for whatever... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThingLab |
The New Barbarians (; also known as Warriors of the Wasteland) is a 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic action film directed by Enzo G. Castellari, written by Castellari and Tito Carpi, and starring Giancarlo Prete and George Eastman. The plot takes place in 2019, following a nuclear holocaust, where two loners among the rem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20New%20Barbarians |
The Devětsil () was an association of Czech avant-garde artists, founded in 1920 in Prague. From 1923 on there was also an active group in Brno. The movement discontinued its activities in 1930 (1927 in Brno).
Founded as U. S. Devětsil (Umělecký Svaz Devětsil - Devětsil Artistic Federation), its name was changed sever... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dev%C4%9Btsil |
A basterna was a kind of vehicle, or litter, in which Ancient Roman women were carried. It appears to have resembled the lectica; and the only difference apparently was, that the lectica was carried on the shoulders of slaves, and the basterna by two mules, according to Isaac Casaubon. Several etymologies of the word h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basterna |
Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American science fiction comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz (in a dual role), Wendy Crewson, and Oliver Platt. Based on the 1992 novel The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg (which is itself based on Asimov's original 1976 novelette "The Bic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentennial%20Man%20%28film%29 |
Alsager railway station serves the town of Alsager in Cheshire, England. It stands next to a level crossing and is approximately 600 yards from the town centre. The station is east of on the Crewe to Derby Line which is also a Community rail line known as the North Staffordshire line. The station is owned by Network ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsager%20railway%20station |
Peter Wollen (29 June 1938 – 17 December 2019) was a film theorist and filmmaker. He studied English at Christ Church, Oxford. Both political journalist and film theorist, Wollen's Signs and Meaning in the Cinema (1969) helped to transform the discipline of film studies by incorporating the methodology of structuralism... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Wollen |
Francesco "Ciccio" Tavano (born 2 March 1979) is an Italian football coach and former striker. He is currently in charge as head coach of Eccellenza amateurs Tuttocuoio.
Playing career
Tavano started his professional career with Pisa, before being sold to minor Florence team Rondinella, then in Serie C2. He then join... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco%20Tavano |
Gaston Péloquin (11 December 1939 – 1 September 1994) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Brome—Missisquoi in the House of Commons from 1993 to 1994.
He was born in Granby, Quebec. Péloquin, who was a teacher before entering politics, was elected in the 1993 election as a Bloc Québécoi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston%20P%C3%A9loquin |
Bibi Bulak (Tetum: Crazy Goat) was a drama and music troupe based in East Timor. They were an outgrowth of the Timorese art school Arte Moris and shared facilities with them in Dili.
Founded in 2000 by US-born activist Yohan York, the group toured East Timor performing original dramas exclusively in the indigenous Tet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibi%20Bulak |
The Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed on 8 August 1570 by Charles IX of France, Gaspard II de Coligny and Jeanne d'Albret, and ended the 1568 to 1570 Third Civil War, part of the French Wars of Religion.
The Peace went much further than the March 1568 Peace of Longjumeau by establishing specific rights and res... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace%20of%20Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
Gdynia Wielki Kack railway station is a railway station serving the city of Gdynia, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1921 and is located on the Nowa Wieś Wielka–Gdynia Port railway. The train services are operated by SKM Tricity.
Modernisation
The station was modernised in 2015 as part of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdynia%20Wielki%20Kack%20railway%20station |
David Ackroyd (born May 30, 1940) is an American actor, who first came to prominence in soap operas such as The Secret Storm and Another World.
Early life
On May 30, 1940, Ackroyd was born in East Orange, New Jersey; he moved to Wayne, New Jersey, when he was 12 years old.
Career
David Ackroyd extended his all-stag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Ackroyd |
Site of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI), Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) and regionally important geological site (RIGS) are designations used by local authorities in the United Kingdom for sites of substantive local nature conservation and geological value. The Department for Environment, Food an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site%20of%20Nature%20Conservation%20Interest |
The Tagol Murut language is spoken by the Tagol (lowland) subgroup of the Murut people, and serves as the lingua franca of the whole group. It belongs to the Bornean subdivision of the Austronesian language family. Tagol Murut people can be found in Sabah and Sarawak, usually in areas around Sipitang, Tenom, Lawas, Lim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagol%20language |
USS Aggressive (MSO-422) (originally designated AM-422) was an . She is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named Aggressive. This was later regarded as a mistake by President John F. Kennedy who stated that the ships should only be employed for "Peace keeping".
She was built by Luders Marine Construction Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Aggressive |
Thomas Baldwin Peddie (February 11, 1808 – February 16, 1889) was an American Republican politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879. Earlier he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1864 to 1865 and the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, from 1866 to 1869.
Birt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Baldwin%20Peddie |
The Puerto Rico national baseball team (), also known as Team Rubio is the national baseball team of Puerto Rico. The men's senior team is currently ranked 13th in the world. Puerto Rico is the incumbent Pan American and Central American/Caribbean champion, as well as the World Baseball Classic runner-up. The team will... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto%20Rico%20national%20baseball%20team |
Herbert Dyer (1898–1974) was an English coppersmith who worked in Mousehole, near Penzance, during the 1920s, influenced by the Newlyn Industrial Class near Penzance, Cornwall.
He first became interested in the art of copper work with trench art whilst serving with the Royal Horse Artillery in 1916. After service in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20Dyer |
Gdańsk Osowa railway station is a railway station serving the Osowa district of Gdańsk, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1930 and is located on the Nowa Wieś Wielka–Gdynia Port railway, Gdańsk Kokoszki–Gdańsk Osowa railway and Gdańsk Wrzeszcz–Gdańsk Osowa railway. The train services are oper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk%20Osowa%20railway%20station |
Stadion De Vijverberg (; ) is the football stadium in Doetinchem, Netherlands. It has a capacity of 12,600 seats.
The name is derived from a hotel with the same name, which stood on the present location of the stadium. Because of all the ponds that had to be filled up, the name Vijverberg arose. The stadium, which was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Vijverberg |
"Toad" is an instrumental by British rock band Cream and was released on their 1966 debut album, Fresh Cream. Composed by drummer Ginger Baker, the piece is a five-minute drum solo (with a brief guitar and bass introduction and ending). Although drum solos are common in jazz, "Toad" is one of the earliest recorded by a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad%20%28instrumental%29 |
Doomtree is an American hip hop collective and record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The collective has seven members: Dessa, Cecil Otter, P.O.S, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbeak. The collective is known for incorporating a wide range of musical influences into their work with lyrical complexity a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomtree |
Fern Fitzgerald (born January 7, 1947 in Valley Stream, New York) is an American actress, best known for her recurring role as oil cartel businesswoman Marilee Stone in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas from 1979 to 1989. She guest-starred in the number of other television series, like Archie Bunker's Place, Hill Str... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern%20Fitzgerald |
Ben Chasny is an American indie rock and psychedelic folk guitarist. His primary projects are Six Organs of Admittance (his solo psych folk project) and Comets on Fire (a psychedelic rock band).
Biography
Chasny made his recording debut in 1996 with his heavy, free rock project Plague Lounge on The Wicker Image, an LP... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Chasny |
Rębiechowo railway station is a railway station serving the town of Rębiechowo, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1938 and is located on the Nowa Wieś Wielka–Gdynia Port railway and Gdańsk Rębiechowo–Rębiechowo railway. The train services are operated by SKM Tricity.
Modernisation
In 2014 th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%99biechowo%20railway%20station |
Train speed optimization, also known as Zuglaufoptimierung, is a system that reduces the need for trains to brake and accelerate, resulting in smoother and more efficient operation.
While train speed optimization needs some technical infrastructure, it is more of an operational concept than a technical installation. O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train%20speed%20optimization |
Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially located in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co.. It moved to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1888, eventually amalgamating with two other Glaswegian locomotive manufacturers to form the North British ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp%2C%20Stewart%20and%20Company |
Daniel Pilon (November 13, 1940 – June 26, 2018) was a Canadian actor, known for his role on Dallas as Renaldo "Naldo" Marchetta.
Pilon was born in Montreal, Quebec. In addition to Dallas, he appeared in daytime soap operas such as Ryan's Hope, Guiding Light and Days of Our Lives.
Personal life
Pilon was born in Mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Pilon |
USS Fall River may refer to:
was a , commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1947
is a
United States Navy ship names | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Fall%20River |
This is a list of commercial or professional recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations, organized chronologically. The list is sortable by clicking on the small arrows at the top of each column.
Without recording date – To be inserted in the list
Jörg Demus – mid-1950s – Westminster WL 5241 – piano
It... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldberg%20Variations%20discography |
Elizabeth Toussaint (born September 25, 1962) is an American former actress and model. She is best known for her television performances.
Life and career
Before television roles, Toussaint worked as a model, and appeared in the 1984 music video for Bon Jovi's song "She Don't Know Me", Bob Seger's 1986 song "Like a Roc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth%20Toussaint |
Edward Winchester "Nobby" Clark (9 August 1902 – 28 April 1982) was a Northamptonshire and England cricketer of the inter-war period. He was regarded at the time as one of the best fast bowlers in England.
Talents and limitations
While Clark was playing for them, Northamptonshire was one of the weakest counties ever t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobby%20Clark%20%28cricketer%29 |
The reciprocating chemical muscle (RCM) is a mechanism that takes advantage of the superior energy density of chemical reactions. It is a regenerative device that converts chemical energy into motion through a direct noncombustive chemical reaction.
Function
RCM is capable of generating autonomic wing beating from a c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocating%20Chemical%20Muscle |
Lisbon Story (; ) is a 1994 feature film directed by Wim Wenders. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. As part of Lisbon's programme as the European City of Culture in 1994, Wenders and three Portuguese filmmakers were invited to make a documentary about the city. The resu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon%20Story%20%281994%20film%29 |
The Mayor of Newark is the head of the executive branch of government of Newark, New Jersey, United States. The mayor has the duty to enforce the municipal charter and ordinances; prepare the annual budget; appoint deputy mayors, department heads, and aides; and approve or veto ordinances passed by the Municipal Counci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mayors%20of%20Newark%2C%20New%20Jersey |
Iris cysts are hollow cavities in the eye filled with secretion. They come in various sizes, numbers, shapes, pigments and can be free-floating, attached to the pupillary margin or within the posterior chamber. Most frequently iris cysts don't cause any issues, but they can cause problems like: “fly biting” behavior, c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris%20cyst |
Bradley Joseph Thompson (born January 31, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals from 2005 to 2010.
Career
Thompson was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 16th round of the 2002 amateur draft out of D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad%20Thompson |
Bat-fowling is an archaic method of catching birds at night, while they are at roost. The process involves lighting straw or torches near their roost. After awakening them from their roost, the birds fly toward the flames, where, being amazed, they are easily caught in nets, or beaten with bats. The phrase "beating abo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat-fowling |
Ghostface (alternatively stylized as Ghost Face or GhostFace) is a fictional identity that is adopted by the primary antagonists of the Scream franchise. The figure was originally created by Kevin Williamson, and is primarily mute in person but voiced over the phone by Roger L. Jackson, regardless of who is behind the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostface%20%28identity%29 |
The Treaty of Vienna or Peace of Vienna of 1738 ended the War of the Polish Succession. By the terms of the treaty, Stanisław Leszczyński renounced his claim on the Polish throne and recognized Augustus III, Duke of Saxony. As compensation he received instead the duchies of Lorraine and Bar, which was to pass to Fran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Vienna%20%281738%29 |
The War is a seven-part American television documentary miniseries about World War II from the perspective of the United States. The program was directed by American filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, written by Geoffrey Ward, and narrated primarily by Keith David. It premiered on September 23, 2007. The world premi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20War%20%28miniseries%29 |
Nils Emanuel Karlsson (25 June 1917 – 16 June 2012), better known as Mora-Nisse, was a Swedish cross-country skier. Karlsson won gold in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and nine Vasaloppet victories.
Biography
He was born near Mora.
He won the Olympic gold medal in the 50 km at the 1948 Winter Olympics, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils%20Karlsson |
Olovo () is a town and municipality located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated about 50 kilometers northeast of the capital city of Sarajevo and is located on the road between Sarajevo and Tuzla.
History
The town Olovo was first m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olovo |
The 2006 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men's national curling championship, was held from March 11 to 19 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. In the final, Quebec's Jean-Michel Ménard rink became only the second Quebec team to win the Brier. They also became the first francophone team to win. They defeated O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Tim%20Hortons%20Brier |
Vine Street is a street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that runs north–south between Franklin Avenue and Melrose Avenue. The intersection with Hollywood Boulevard was once a symbol of Hollywood itself. The famed intersection fell into disrepair during the 1970s but has since been redeveloped, with several high v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine%20Street |
Michael George Lincoln (born April 10, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He played at Casa Roble High School, American River College and the University of Tennessee. Drafted in the 13th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft by the Minnesota Twins, he made his major league debut on April 7,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Lincoln |
Merete Van Kamp is a Danish born model turned actress and singer.
Van Kamp's first film role was in the 1983 espionage thriller The Osterman Weekend, directed by Sam Peckinpah playing opposite John Hurt. She was then chosen from 700 hopefuls to play the lead roles of Princess Daisy Valenski and Dani Valenski in the N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merete%20Van%20Kamp |
The first series of Fame Academy, a BBC reality talent search, was first broadcast in the United Kingdom over ten weeks in October - December 2002. It was won by David Sneddon. The live shows were presented by Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty.
Format
Eleven previously selected contestants were showcased to the nation in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fame%20Academy%20%28series%201%29 |
An imperforate lacrimal punctum is a congenital disorder of dogs involving the lack of an opening to the nasolacrimal duct (tear duct) in the conjunctiva. Dogs normally have two lacrimal puncta, the superior and inferior. This condition can affect either or both. Symptoms include excessive tearing and tear staining ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperforate%20lacrimal%20punctum |
Charles Brun may refer to:
Charles Brun (France) (1821–1897), French engineer and politician
Charles Brun (Denmark) (1866–1919), Danish politician, Finance Minister of Denmark between 1908–1909
See also
Charles Le Brun (1619–1690), French painter and art theorist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Brun |
This second series of Fame Academy was broadcast in the UK over thirteen weeks from July to October 2003. It was won by Alex Parks. The judging panel of the show consisted of Richard Park, Carrie Grant, David Grant and Robin Gibb during the live shows. Jonathan Ross was a judge on the final giving his opinions on the a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fame%20Academy%20%28series%202%29 |
Robert-Jan Derksen (born 3 January 1974) is a Dutch professional golfer.
Derksen was born in Nijmegen. He won the Dutch Amateur Championship four years in a row from 1993 to 1996 and turned professional in 1996.
Derksen began his professional career on the Asian Tour in 1997. At the end of the year, he returned to Eu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert-Jan%20Derksen |
Nicolae Kirculescu (December 28, 1903, in Corabia – December 31, 1985, in Recas) was a Romanian composer. He wrote music particularly for the stage and screen. One of his well-known works is Musical Moment for piano and orchestra, the musical theme of a Romanian television science program named Teleenciclopedia.
His c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae%20Kirculescu |
Oscar Joseph "Ossie" Vitt (January 4, 1890 – January 31, 1963) was a Major League Baseball third baseman and manager in the American League for the Detroit Tigers (1912–1918) and Boston Red Sox (1919–1921). Vitt later became manager of the Cleveland Indians (1938–1940), where he sometimes clashed with his players.
Pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossie%20Vitt |
The Kirby 23 is a sailboat that was designed by Canadian Bruce Kirby as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1985.
The Kirby 23 is a development of the Sonar, with a cabin modified for cruising use. It is very similar to the Blazer 23.
Production
The design was built by Ross Marine starting in 1985, with six boats comp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%2023 |
The Rockford Files is an American television drama series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network between September 13, 1974, and January 10, 1980, and has remained in syndication to the present day. Garner portrays Los Angeles-based private investigator Jim Rockford with Noah Beery, Jr., in the supporting... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Rockford%20Files%20episodes |
Peter McDonald (born 28 January 1972) is an Irish Oscar nominated stage and screen actor and director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his short film Pentecost.
Early life and education
He grew up in Mount Merrion, County Dublin. He was educated at St. Michael's College, Dubl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20McDonald%20%28actor%29 |
This is a list of sound artists. Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus. There is contention as to which artists are “sound artists” or if another category might be more accurate such as experimental music, electronic music, sou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20sound%20artists |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, goblins are a common and fairly weak race of evil humanoid monsters. Goblins are non-human monsters that low-level player characters often face in combat.
Influences
Goblins in Dungeons & Dragons are based primarily on the goblins portrayed in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin%20%28Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%29 |
Oblivion is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. The prototype Dive Coaster model from Bolliger & Mabillard opened to the public on 14 March 1998 and was marketed as the "world's first vertical drop roller coaster". With a maximum speed of , it is the third fastest roller coaster in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblivion%20%28roller%20coaster%29 |
Integrated Engineering is a multi-disciplinary, design-project-based engineering degree program.
Integrated Engineering is a program created to meet the demand for engineers skilled in various disciplines, combining aspects from traditional engineering studies and liberal arts. The demand arises from the current state... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20engineering |
Yogurting ( Yogureuting) was an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) developed by NTIX Soft in South Korea and released as open-beta on May 10, 2005, and was also released in Japan on November 24, 2005.
Yogurting was an online RPG of modern school life. It took place in "Estiva Academy" and "So-weol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurting |
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Installation art
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NIME
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Fridlevus I is one of the legendary Danish kings described in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum.
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Davidson, Hilda Ellis (ed.) and Peter Fisher (tr.) (1999). Saxo Grammaticus : The History of the Danes : Books I-IX. Bury St Edmunds: St Edmundsbury Press. . First published 1979–1980.
Elton, Oliver... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fridlevus%20I |
Bo Stefan M. Eriksson (born December 14, 1961) is a Swedish video game developer and criminal from Uppsala involved in the British gaming company Gizmondo with his business partner Carl Freer, until it became insolvent in 2005. In February 2006, he became known for wrecking an Enzo Ferrari in Malibu, California, USA. H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan%20Eriksson |
William MacFadyen (23 June 1904 – 20 January 1971) was a Scottish football player and manager. A goalscoring centre forward, his 52 league goals for Motherwell's 1931–32 championship winning side remains the record goals total for a single season in Scottish League history. He also topped the scoring charts again the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie%20MacFadyen |
Aphthovirus (from the Greek -, vesicles in the mouth) is a viral genus of the family Picornaviridae. Aphthoviruses infect split-hooved animals, and include the causative agent of foot-and-mouth disease, Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). There are seven FMDV serotypes: A, O, C, SAT 1, SAT 2, SAT 3 and Asia 1, and fou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphthovirus |
Bubble Ghost is an action video game originally created by Christophe Andréani for the Atari ST and published by ERE Informatique in 1987. The player controls a ghost who by blowing guides a floating bubble throughout a number of halls in a haunted house, while avoiding obstacles that can make the bubble pop.
Gameplay... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble%20Ghost |
Prince Kasper Doenhoff (, , 1587–1645) was a Polish nobleman of Baltic-German extraction, a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and Governor of Dorpat Province within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Upon converting to Catholicism, he became a trusted courtier and advisor to Sigismund III of Poland.
Early life
Do... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasper%20Doenhoff |
Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (born 13 April 1988), commonly known as Anderson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who works as assistant manager of Adana Demirspor. He played as a midfielder and known best for his tenure with Manchester United from 2007 to 2015.
Born in Porto Alegre, he began his career ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201988%29 |
École Secondaire Confédération was a French as first language high school located in Welland, Ontario, Canada. It was the first French High School in Southern Ontario and serves the French population of the Niagara Region. The school was particularly renowned for its academic strengths in Business and Marketing as well... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole%20secondaire%20Conf%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration |
Héctor R. Luna (born February 1, 1980) is a Dominican Republic former professional baseball infielder. He last played for the Hiroshima Carp in Nippon Professional Baseball. He is primarily an infielder, but has played every position at the major league level except pitcher and catcher.
Career
Cleveland Indians
Luna ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor%20Luna |
James Bernard Shofner (December 18, 1935 – July 17, 2021) was an American football player and coach at both the collegiate and professional levels. He was twice a head coach: first at Texas Christian University (TCU) from 1974 to 1976, then in an interim capacity with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football Leagu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Shofner |
Norm Benning Jr. (born January 16, 1952) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 46 Toyota Tundra for G2G Racing and the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado for his own team, Norm Benning Racing. He has competed in the series ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm%20Benning |
Charles Brun (16 February 1866 in Copenhagen – 28 January 1919) was a Danish politician, representing the Venstre Reform Party in Parliament (Folketinget). He served as Finance Minister of Denmark in the Cabinet of Niels Neergaard I from October 12, 1908 to August 16, 1909.
References
1866 births
1919 deaths
Danish ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Brun%20%28Denmark%29 |
In graph theory and theoretical computer science, a maximum common induced subgraph of two graphs G and H is a graph that is an induced subgraph of both G and H,
and that has as many vertices as possible.
Finding this graph is NP-hard.
In the associated decision problem, the input is two graphs G and H and a number k.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum%20common%20induced%20subgraph |
In integrated circuit design, dynamic logic (or sometimes clocked logic) is a design methodology in combinational logic circuits, particularly those implemented in metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) technology. It is distinguished from the so-called static logic by exploiting temporary storage of information in stray and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20logic%20%28digital%20electronics%29 |
"It's Chico Time" is the debut single of former The X Factor contestant Chico Slimani. The single was released on 27 February 2006. The song was written and composed by Mark Hudson.
Background
Chico first performed the song on The X Factor on 19 November 2005. It was the only time that a contestant had performed an or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s%20Chico%20Time |
"Despierta" (English: Wake Up) was the first single from Edurne's debut album, Edurne.
Gustav Efraimsson, a Swedish songwriter/producer, co-wrote the song. The original title is "Erase delete be gone now" (listen song). The song was a huge success on radios while the CD Maxi single peaked at #5 in Spanish charts and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despierta |
John Joseph Rodriguez (born January 20, 1978) is a retired Major League Baseball Player. He played in the Major Leagues for the St. Louis Cardinals from 2005 to 2006.
Career
Rodriguez attended Brandeis High School. He signed as an undrafted free agent by the Yankees in 1996. Rodriguez played in the Yankees minor leagu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Rodriguez%20%28baseball%29 |
"Every Time" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope (1997). In Japan, it was released as the album's third single on March 25, 1998, while in the United States, it was released as the album's sixth and final single in November 1998. The song has been described as a balla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every%20Time%20%28Janet%20Jackson%20song%29 |
Bramhall railway station serves the district of Bramhall in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The station is 9¾ miles (16 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Stafford to Manchester Line and was opened in 1845 by the London and North Western Railway.
Facilities
There is a ticket... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramhall%20railway%20station |
The A Band are a British musical collective formed in Nottingham in the late 1980s. In 2005, The Wire compared the band's importance to that of AMM and SME, and noted their lack of musical training.
The line-up of the group has never been fixed. New members are always invited to join the band.
History
Some of the ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Band |
Üsküdar Anadolu Spor Kulübü is a Turkish football club based in Üsküdar district of Istanbul. It was founded by Mehmed Bürhaneddin (Burhan Felek) and Dr. Hüdai in 1908. Their team colours are green and white. They are currently playing in Turkish Super Amateur League, Istanbul Group 3. They were groundsharing with Beyl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Csk%C3%BCdar%20Anadolu%20S.K. |
Cabeceiras de Basto () is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 16,710, in an area of 241.82 km².
The municipality borders the municipality of Montalegre to the north, Boticas to the northeast, Ribeira de Pena to the east, Mondim de Basto to the southeast, Celorico de Basto to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabeceiras%20de%20Basto |
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