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Michael ffolkes (6 June 1925 – 18 October 1988), born Brian Davis, was a British illustrator and cartoonist most famous for his work on the Peter Simple column in The Daily Telegraph. He also worked for Punch and Playboy.
Life
Brian Davis was born in London. He studied art at Saint Martin's School of Art, and in 1942 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20ffolkes |
Carlos Alberto Solari (born 17 January 1949), known as Indio Solari, is an Argentine musician and singer. Solari was the leader of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota between 1976 and 2001, and together with "Semilla" Bucciarelli and Skay Beilinson have been the only constant members of the group.
Career
In the 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indio%20Solari |
Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven is the debut studio album by English rock band Love and Rockets. It was released on 11 October 1985, through record label Beggars Banquet. Seventh Dream was preceded by the non-album single "Ball of Confusion" on 17 May 1985, and the album's first proper single "If There's a Heaven Above... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh%20Dream%20of%20Teenage%20Heaven |
Devo Live is the fourth home video release by new wave band Devo, and their second DVD. Devo Live contains an entire performance from their 1996 reunion tour (part of the Lollapalooza tour event), filmed at Irvine Meadows, California. It was released in 2003.
Synopsis
The film details an entire live performance from D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devo%20Live |
Johann Georg Moeresius () (1598–1657) was a poet and rector in Danzig (Gdańsk), Poland.
Moeresius, a friend of the poet Johannes Plavius, dedicated a series of poems to the singer Constantia Zierenberg, the daughter of Johann Zierenberg who was mayor of the town from 1630 to 1642.
Sources
Katarzyna Grochowska, From... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20George%20Moeresius |
Best of the West is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982.
Synopsis
The Old West spoof featured the misadventures of Sam Best (Joel Higgins), a Civil War veteran who becomes a marshal in Copper Creek after accidentally scaring off an incompetent gunfighter called the Calico Kid (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best%20of%20the%20West |
PTAB (Russian ПТАБ, short for Противотанковая Авиабомба, "Antitank Aviation Bomb") was a Soviet World War II high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge bomb.
Design
The bomb was designed within a case of a 2.5 kg bomb, with a case weight of 1.5 kg and 0.62 kg of explosives. The Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTAB%20%28bomb%29 |
A seedless fruit is a fruit developed to possess no mature seeds. Since eating seedless fruits is generally easier and more convenient, they are considered commercially valuable.
Most commercially produced seedless fruits have been developed from plants whose fruits normally contain numerous relatively large hard seed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedless%20fruit |
Andrey Matveyevich Voyeykov () (? – after 1654) was a Russian voyevoda. It is known that he was employed by tsar Feodor I of Russia and sent to Siberia as a military commander of Tara. He became famous for defeating the last Siberian khan Kuchum in the Barabinsk Steppe in 1598, whose entire family would be taken prison... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey%20Voyeykov |
HNLMS Bonaire was a fourth-class screw steamship of the Royal Netherlands Navy, now under restoration as a museum ship.
Bonaire was built for the Royal Netherlands Navy as a steam frigate with barquentine rig and a retractable screw, and was launched at Rotterdam on 12 May 1877.
From 1924 she served at Delfzijl as li... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS%20Bonaire |
Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson (born 17 May 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Malmö FF and the Sweden national team.
Olsson signed for Blackburn Rovers from Högaborgs BK in January 2006. In 2013, Premier League side Norwich City signed him for an undisclosed fee. In January 2017, he le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Olsson |
Robert Alexander Unglaub (July 31, 1880 – November 29, 1916) was an American first baseman, utility infielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Highlanders, Boston Americans, and Washington Senators. He batted and threw right-handed. Unglaub stood and weighed .
A Baltimore native, Ungla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Unglaub |
No-pan kissa (, literally "no-panties cafe") is a Japanese term for maid cafés where the waitresses wear short skirts with no underwear. The floors, or sections of the floor, were sometimes mirrored.
Shops generally operate under a "no-touch" policy. The shops otherwise look like normal coffee shops, rather than sex e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-pan%20kissa |
Cathy Overton-Clapham (born Cathy Overton, July 19, 1969) nicknamed "Cathy O" is a Canadian curler. Overton-Clapham is one of Manitoba's most decorated female curlers, with one world championship, five national championships, and thirteen Scotties Tournament of Hearts appearances. In 2019, she began coaching Jamie Sinc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy%20Overton-Clapham |
Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff (3 November 1814 – 20 March 1897) was a pioneer in the movement for the higher education of women and the development of the Froebelian principles in England.
Biography
Family
She was born on 3 November 1814, the second of four daughters and two sons born to Rear-Admiral William Henry Shirre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Shirreff |
Sir Giles Alington (June 1499 – 22 August 1586) was a knight; Lord of the Manor of Horseheath, Cambridgeshire; and High Sheriff and MP for Cambridgeshire.
Family background
In the lead up to the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 King Richard III appointed Sir William Alington of Horseheath, Knt., his Commissioner of Array fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles%20Alington%20%28MP%29 |
WCJB-TV (channel 20) is a television station in Gainesville, Florida, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW Plus. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on Northwest 43rd Street in Gainesville, and its transmitter is located near Micanopy, Florida.
History
WCJB began broadcasting April 7, 1971... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCJB-TV |
Charles Bancroft Dillingham (May 30, 1868 – August 30, 1934) was an American theatre manager and producer of over 200 Broadway shows.
Biography
Charles Bancroft Dillingham was born on May 30, 1868, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Edmund Bancroft Dillingham, an Episcopalian clergyman and Josephine Potter. He graduated fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Dillingham |
Orcs: First Blood (variant title: Orcs (2004)) is a series of books written by Stan Nicholls. It includes: Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest. The books focus on the conflicts between a group of orcs and humans, but through the unconventional view of the orcs. The trilogy, first print... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcs%3A%20First%20Blood |
Edward Harwood (of Darwen) (1707–1787) was an English composer of hymns, anthems and songs. His setting of Alexander Pope's revolutionary The Dying Christian (Vital spark of heav'nly flame) was enormously popular at one time and was widely performed at funerals, of nobility and commoners alike.
Biography
Edward Harwoo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Harwood%20%28of%20Darwen%29 |
John Drew MacKenzie (10 April 1861 – 22 July 1918) was a British master craftsman and instructor of the Newlyn Copper school in Cornwall, England. His style is described as arts and crafts/art nouveau.
Mackenzie was born in Shanghai, China, and educated at Clifton College. He is credited with being the instigator of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Drew%20MacKenzie |
Dame Janet Paraskeva (born 28 May 1946, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a British government official.
She was appointed as the First Civil Service Commissioner on 1 January 2006. On 15 November 2007 Paraskeva was announced by Peter Hain, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, as first Chair of the Child Mainten... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet%20Paraskeva |
Justin D. Edwards (born 1970) was a Canadian and British (dual citizen) Professor in the Division of Literature and Languages and chair of Gothic Studies at University of Stirling. Previously Chair of English at the University of Surrey and professor and head of English at Bangor University, he was elected by-fellow of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin%20D.%20Edwards |
Constantia Zierenberg (1605–1653) was a singer and musician from Danzig (Gdańsk) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Constantia, the daughter of Anna Kerlin and Johann Zierenberg, who would be mayor from 1630 to 1642, was raised as a Calvinist. She received an excellent musical education and was also a painter. Con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantia%20Zierenberg |
Bionicle (also known as Bionicle: The Game) is a 2003 platform video game developed by Argonaut Games and published by Electronic Arts and Lego Interactive for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. A port was released for Mac OS X, and a version was also developed for the Game Boy Advance. In the home c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionicle%20%28video%20game%29 |
The SCSI architectural model provides an abstract view of the way that SCSI devices communicate. It is intended to show how the different SCSI standards are inter-related. The main concepts and terminology of the SCSI architectural model are:
Only the externally observable behavior is defined in SCSI standards.
Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI%20architectural%20model |
Fallon is a full-service advertising agency headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with affiliate offices in London, Detroit, and Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Publicis.
History
Fallon was founded in 1981 as Fallon McElligott Rice in 1981 by Patrick Fallon, Tom McElligott, Nancy Rice, Fred Senn and Irv Fish. Fallon p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallon%20Worldwide |
Ellen Valentik Leonida is a partner at BraunHagey & Borden. Her practice focuses on leading a broad range of impact litigation in state and federal courts. She also heads the firm's white collar practice.
Ellen has conducted over 80 jury trials in federal courts in the Northern District of California and California ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen%20Leonida |
The Bedford Whigs (or Bedfordites) were an 18th-century British political faction, led by John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. Other than Bedford himself, notable members included John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich; Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower; Richard Rigby, who served as principal Commons manager for the g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordite |
Alkenones are long-chain unsaturated methyl and ethyl n-ketones produced by a few phytoplankton species of the class Prymnesiophyceae. Alkenones typically contain between 35 and 41 carbon atoms and with between two and four double bonds. Uniquely for biolipids, alkenones have a spacing of five methylene groups between... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkenone |
A mokoro (also spelled makoro, ) is a type of canoe commonly used in the Okavango Delta and on the Chobe River in Botswana. It is propelled through the shallow waters of the delta or the river by standing in the stern and pushing with a pole, in the same manner as punting.
The plural in Setswana is mekoro.
Mokoro are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokoro |
Patty Jo Watson (born 1932) is an American archaeologist noted for her work on Pre-Columbian Native Americans, especially in the Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky. Her early investigations focused on the origins of agriculture and pastoralism in the Near East.
She is now Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty%20Jo%20Watson |
James Thomas "Deacon" McGuire (November 18, 1863 – October 31, 1936) was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach whose career spanned the years 1883 to 1915. He played 26 seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher, for 11 different major league clubs. His longest stretches were with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon%20McGuire |
Alvin Community College (ACC) is a public community college in Alvin, Texas. Alvin Community College provides educational opportunities in workforce training, academics, technical fields, adult basic education, and personal development.
As defined by the Texas Legislature, the official service area of ACC is the fol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin%20Community%20College |
Édouard Claparède (24 March 1873 – 29 September 1940) was a Swiss neurologist, child psychologist, and educator.
Career
Claparède studied science and medicine, receiving in 1897 an MD from the University of Geneva, and working 1897–98 at La Salpêtrière hospital in Paris. In 1901 he founded the Archives de psychologi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard%20Clapar%C3%A8de |
Ftan is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.
History
Ftan is first mentioned in 1150 as Vetane. In the 12th century, the lords of Tarasp owned land in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ftan |
Cliffdiving, cliff diving, cliff-diving or Cliff Diving, may refer to:
An activity performed by the La Quebrada Cliff Divers in Acapulco, Mexico
"Cliffdiving", a song from the 2006 album When Your Heart Stops Beating by the band +44
Cliff Diving, a 2012 video game for the PlayStation Vita
See also
BASE jumping, s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff%20diving |
Gottesman is a surname of Germanic origin meaning man of God. Notable people with the surname include:
Beyle Schaechter–Gottesman, Yiddish singer, songwriter, and poet
Blake Gottesman, personal aide and bodyguard to President George W. Bush
Daniel Gottesman, physicist, Perimeter Institute
David Gottesman, billio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottesman |
The Ping Pong Bitches (a name given to them by their ex-boyfriends) is an all female electroclash band from London, England, who formed in 2000. Fronted by Emily Hell, Mandy Wong and Louise Prey, they released their self-titled debut EP in 2000 on Alan McGee's Poptones label. It featured former Sex Pistols guitarist St... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping%20Pong%20Bitches |
SR 3 may refer to:
SR-3 Vikhr, a Russian assault rifle
SR-3 Blackstar, the first stage of a reported American covert spaceplane program
Matich SR3, an Australian sports car
Radical SR3, an English sports car
Saints Row: The Third, a video game
Szekely SR-3, an aircraft engine
State Road 3 or State Route 3; see... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR%203 |
Andhra University College of Engineering, also known as AU College of Engineering, is an autonomous college and extension campus of the Andhra University located at Visakhapatnam, India. It is the first Indian institution to have a Department of Chemical Engineering.
History
The Andhra University College of Engineer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra%20University%20College%20of%20Engineering |
Ramosch is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin merged to form the new municipality of Valsot.
History
In 1956-58, on the hill Mottata (ca. north-east of Ramosch), a significant prehistoric site was discovered. The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramosch |
XOV may refer to:
XOV or eXperimental Orbital Vehicle of Blackstar spacecraft, reported codename of a secret United States orbital spaceplane system
XOV (musician), Swedish singer-songwriter, of Iranian origin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XOV |
Samnaun () is a high Alpine village and a valley at the eastern end of Switzerland and a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
The valley was first used as a seasonal mountain pasture for the villages of Tschlin and Ramosch. By 1220 the first permanent farm ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samnaun |
Tschlin is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in the extreme east of Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the municipalities of Ramosch and Tschlin merged to form the new municipality of Valsot.
History
While Bronze and Iron Age items have been found in Tschlin, the first mention of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tschlin |
The Denmark national football team statistics show the accomplishments of the players and coaches of the Danish men's ever since the controlling organ of the team, the Danish Football Association (DBU), started registering official games at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Key
Most appearances
The 25 most capped players fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%20national%20football%20team%20records%20and%20statistics |
Georges Gauthier (9 October 1871 – 31 August 1940) was a French Canadian archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal.
Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of François-Xavier Gauthier and Marie Généreux, he was ordained a priest in 1894 and ordained a bishop in 1912. On 20 September... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges%20Gauthier |
"Mr. Big Stuff" is a song by American singer Jean Knight. The song was released in 1971 on the Stax label as a single from Knight's debut album of the same title, and became a big hit in the US, reaching No. 2 on Billboard Hot 100. The song was certified double platinum and was the No. 1 Soul Single of the year.
Back... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Big%20Stuff |
Ardez () is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. The village is located in the Lower Engadin valley. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.
History
Ardez is first mentioned ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardez |
Yaaba is a 1989 Burkinabé drama film written, produced, and directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo, "one of the best known films from francophone sub-Saharan Africa". It won the Sakura Gold prize at the 1989 Tokyo Film Festival. The film was selected as the Burkinabé entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaaba |
Guarda is a former municipality in Inn District in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.
Guarda was awarded the Wakker Prize for the preservation of its architectural heritage in 1975.
History
Guarda ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarda%2C%20Switzerland |
Lavin is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Lavin and Susch merged into the municipality of Zernez.
History
Lavin is first mentioned in the 12th century as Lawinis.
Geography
Lavin had an area, , of . Of this area, 19.9% is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavin |
Susch (formally Süs) is a village and former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Lavin and Susch merged into the municipality of Zernez.
The Flüela Pass connects Susch with Davos.
Demographics
Susch had a population of 206 (as of 2014)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susch |
A movie ranch is a ranch that is at least partially dedicated for use as a set in the creation and production of motion pictures and television shows. These were developed in the United States in southern California, because of the climate. The first such facilities were all within the studio zone, often in the foothi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie%20ranch |
Meyer Corporation is a cookware distributor based in Vallejo, California, United States, whose parent company is Hong Kong based Meyer Manufacturing Co. Ltd. It is the largest cookware distributor in the United States and second largest in the world. The company was founded in 1981. Cookware labels or lines for which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer%20Corporation |
Redbank Plains State High School is a Secondary school located in Redbank Plains, Queensland, Australia.
History
Redbank Plains State High began operations in January 1987 with a staff of 20 teachers under the leadership of Principal Bernadette O’Rourke. Twelve classes of Year 8 students (380) began the year.
In 2008... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redbank%20Plains%20State%20High%20School |
George Gauthier may refer to:
George Gauthier (American football) (1890–1964), athlete at Michigan State University, coach at Michigan State and Ohio Wesleyan University
Georges Gauthier (1871–1940), French Canadian Archbishop of Montreal and the first rector of the Université de Montréal
George E. Gauthier (1911–19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Gauthier |
Fuldera is a village in the Val Müstair municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Fuldera merged with Lü, Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Tschierv and Valchava to form the municipality of Val Müstair.
History
Fuldera is first mentioned in 1322 as Faldiera.
Geography
Fuldera ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuldera |
Lü is a village in the Val Müstair municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Lü merged with Fuldera, Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Tschierv and Valchava to form the municipality of Val Müstair.
History
Lü is first mentioned in 1466 as Lug.
Geography
Lü had an area, , of . O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC%2C%20Switzerland |
Santa Maria Val Müstair () is a village in the Val Müstair municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Santa Maria Val Müstair merged with Lü, Müstair, Fuldera, Tschierv and Valchava to form the municipality of Val Müstair.
History
Sta. Maria Val Müstair is first mentioned in 1167–70... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Maria%20Val%20M%C3%BCstair |
Tschierv is a village in the Val Müstair municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Tschierv merged with Fuldera, Lü, Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair and Valchava to form the municipality of Val Müstair.
History
Tschierv is first mentioned in 1432 as Zirff. In the past it was kno... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tschierv |
Hidden Agenda is a 1990 political thriller film directed by Ken Loach with a screenplay by Jim Allen. The film stars Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Maurice Roëves, Ian McElhinney, Mai Zetterling and Michelle Fairley. The plot follows the investigation of a killing in Northern Ireland by British security for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden%20Agenda%20%281990%20film%29 |
Valchava is a village in the Val Müstair (Müstair valley) of the canton of Graubünden (Grisons), Switzerland. It was an independent municipality in the district of Inn until on 1 January 2009 Valchava merged with Fuldera, Lü, Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair and Tschierv to form Val Müstair.
History
Valchava is first ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valchava |
Passed Away is a 1992 American ensemble comedy film directed and written by Charlie Peters.
Plot
Jack Scanlan is a union leader who returns to work after having a heart attack. His son Frank arranges a welcome back surprise party for Jack, which unfortunately does more than surprise him, as he has another heart attac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passed%20Away%20%28film%29 |
Opportunistic encryption (OE) refers to any system that, when connecting to another system, attempts to encrypt communications channels, otherwise falling back to unencrypted communications. This method requires no pre-arrangement between the two systems.
Opportunistic encryption can be used to combat passive wiretapp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic%20encryption |
Paradise Road is a 1997 Australian war film that tells the story of a group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women who are imprisoned by the Japanese in Sumatra during World War II. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and stars Glenn Close as Adrienne Pargiter, (based on Norah Chambers), Frances McDormand as t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise%20Road%20%281997%20film%29 |
Dromiskin (historically Druminisklin, from ) is a village and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is situated 10 km south of Dundalk, about 1 km inland from the Irish coast.
History
The village was home to a monastery for hundreds of years, which was reputedly associated with Saint Patrick. The first bishop of Drom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromiskin |
Cystic kidney disease refers to a wide range of hereditary, developmental, and acquired conditions and with the inclusion of neoplasms with cystic changes, over 40 classifications and subtypes have been identified. Depending on the disease classification, the presentation may be at birth, or much later into adult life.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic%20kidney%20disease |
Friends with Money is a 2006 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener. It opened the 2006 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2006, and went into limited release in North America on April 7, 2006.
Plot
Olivia is a single, always broke woman who cleans houses in Los Angeles to make ends me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends%20with%20Money |
In organic chemistry, dimethoxybenzene is an organic compound which is derived from benzene () by substituting two methoxy groups (). Dimethoxybenzene comes in three structural isomers:
1,2-Dimethoxybenzene (Veratrole)
1,3-Dimethoxybenzene
1,4-Dimethoxybenzene
All isomers share the molecular weight 138.17 g/mol and t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethoxybenzene |
Weatherby is an American gun manufacturer.
Weatherby may also refer to:
Places
Weatherby, Missouri, a village in DeKalb County, Missouri, United States
Weatherby, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States
Weatherby Lake, Missouri, a city in Platte County Missouri, United States
Pe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherby%20%28disambiguation%29 |
KQFX-LD (channel 22), branded on-air as Fox 22, is a low-power television station licensed to Columbia, Missouri, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Columbia–Jefferson City market. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside dual ABC/MyNetworkTV affiliate KMIZ (channel 17, also lice... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KQFX-LD |
Women's baseball is played in several countries. The strongest and most organized women's baseball leagues are in the United States, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Cuba, Hong Kong, and Canada. Those countries have national governing bodies that support girls' and women's baseball programs. Other countries/regions that curre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20baseball |
Dr Stan J Katz is an American clinical and forensic psychologist. A critic of the codependency movement, Katz co-authored The Codependency Conspiracy: How to Break the Recovery Habit and Take Charge of Your Life (New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1991). Katz proposes that many pop-psychology movements (especially codepend... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan%20Katz%20%28psychologist%29 |
Lê Lợi (, chữ Hán: 黎利; c. 10 September 1384/1385 – 5 October 1433), also known by his temple name as Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖) and by his pre-imperial title Bình Định vương (平定王; "Prince of Pacification"), was a Vietnamese rebel leader who founded the Later Lê dynasty and became the first king of the restored kingdom of Đại Việ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA%20L%E1%BB%A3i |
I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on CBS. All 180 episodes aired on Mondays.
In total 180 episodes of I Love Lucy were produced, plus a pilot episode. The pi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20I%20Love%20Lucy%20episodes |
U is a double album, the seventh studio album overall, by the British psychedelic folk group the Incredible String Band (ISB) and was released on Elektra Records in October 1970. The majority of the material featured on the album was taken from the mixed-media production of the same name, which saw the band backed by t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%20%28Incredible%20String%20Band%20album%29 |
"One Piece at a Time" is a country novelty song written by Wayne Kemp and recorded by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Three in 1976. It was the last song performed by Cash to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and the last of Cash's songs to reach the Billboard Hot 100, on which it peaked at No. 29.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Piece%20at%20a%20Time |
Saint Alfanus I or Alfano I (died 1085) was the archbishop of Salerno from 1058 until his death. He was famed as a translator, writer, theologian, and medical doctor.
Life
Alfanus was born to a noble Langobard family of Salerno between 1015 and 1020. He had an excellent education in the liberal arts and developed a wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfanus%20I |
The California–Nevada Interstate Maglev project was a proposed Maglev train line from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Anaheim, California. One segment would run from Las Vegas to Primm, Nevada, with proposed service to the Las Vegas area's forthcoming Ivanpah Valley Airport. The top speed would be . Though $45 million was appro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%E2%80%93Nevada%20Interstate%20Maglev |
Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending is the eighth album by the Scottish psychedelic folk group, the Incredible String Band, featuring Mike Heron, Robin Williamson, Licorice McKechnie and Rose Simpson. It is the soundtrack for a film of the same name, and was released on Island Records in March 1971, failing to chart in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%20Glad%20for%20the%20Song%20Has%20No%20Ending |
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1995 (No. 21) was a law of Ireland which revised Dáil constituencies in light of the 1991 census. It took effect on the dissolution of the 27th Dáil on 15 May 1997 and a general election for the 28th Dáil on the revised constituencies took place on 6 June 1997.
It adopted recommendations ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20%28Amendment%29%20Act%201995 |
René Simard, (born October 4, 1935) is a Canadian physician, cancer researcher and university administrator.
Early life and education
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts from College Saint-Laurent in 1956 and a Doctor of Medicine from the Université de Montréal in 1962. He did his residency in p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20Simard%20%28health%20professional%29 |
Pavel Pavel (born March 11, 1957 in Strakonice) is a Czech engineer and experimental archaeologist best known for investigating how ancient civilizations transported heavy weights.
Pavel Pavel studied electrical engineering at the university in Plzeň and later worked as a design engineer in Agrostav Strakonice. Solvin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel%20Pavel |
Parched grain is grain that has been cooked by dry roasting. It is an ancient foodstuff and is thought to be one of the earliest ways in which the hunter gatherers in the Fertile Crescent ate grains. Historically, it was a common food in the Middle East, as attested by the following Bible quotes:
"On the day after the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parched%20grain |
Albright and Wilson was founded in 1856 as a United Kingdom manufacturer of potassium chlorate and white phosphorus for the match industry. For much of its first 100 years of existence, phosphorus-derived chemicals formed the majority of its products.
It was set up as a partnership between two Quakers, Arthur Albright... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albright%20and%20Wilson |
Ayatollah Sayyed Abbas Almohri (; 1915–1988) was one of the first Kuwaiti Shia scholars based in Kuwait. He was born in Iran in the province of Fars. He studied religion in Najaf and then he went to Kuwait to help people learn more about their religion and specifically the creed of Shia.
He helped Ayatollah Khomeini i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas%20Almohri |
The 3rd Academy Awards were held on November 5, 1930 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), awarding films released between August 1, 1929 and July 31, 1930. AMPAS decided to hold the awards in November to move them closer to the eligibility period; therefore, the ceremony took place only seven mon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd%20Academy%20Awards |
The Milwaukee Bar Association is a 501(c)6 professional non-profit organization created to support legal professionals and to help provide access to justice. The MBA is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
History
The Milwaukee Bar Association was founded in 1858 with 30 charter members. It is the fifth oldest bar associ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee%20Bar%20Association |
Restormel was a non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Cornwall Council.
Political control
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the coun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restormel%20Borough%20Council%20elections |
Marcos António da Fonseca Portugal (24 March 1762 – 17 February 1830), known as Marcos Portugal, or Marco Portogallo, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian classical composer, who achieved great international fame for his operas.
Biography
Marcos António da Fonseca Portugal was born in Lisbon. He studied music at the Patria... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos%20Portugal |
The 4th Academy Awards were held on November 10, 1931 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, awarding films released between August 1, 1930, and July 31, 1931. Cimarron was the first Western to win Best Picture, and would remain the only to do so for 59 years. It received a then-record seven nominations, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th%20Academy%20Awards |
The Eyes Galaxies (NGC 4435-NGC 4438, also known as Arp 120) are a pair of galaxies about 52 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The pair are members of the string of galaxies known as Markarian's Chain.
NGC 4435
NGC 4435 is a barred lenticular galaxy currently interacting with NGC 4438. Studies of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes%20Galaxies |
Horseheath is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, situated a few miles south-east of Cambridge, between Linton and Haverhill, on the A1307 road. It was known to the Romans, and it had for a while a fine house in a great park, but both are now gone. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Bart... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseheath |
Anne McCarty Braden (July 28, 1924 – March 6, 2006) was an American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator dedicated to the cause of racial equality. She and her husband bought a suburban house for an African American couple during Jim Crow. White neighbors burned crosses and bombed the house. During McCarthyi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Braden |
The 5th Academy Awards were held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on November 18, 1932, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, hosted by Conrad Nagel. Films screened in Los Angeles between August 1, 1931, and July 31, 1932, were eligible to receive awards. Walt Disney created a short anim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th%20Academy%20Awards |
Alleyn is a surname (and occasionally a first name). Notable people with the surname include:
Charles Joseph Alleyn (1817–1890), Quebec lawyer and political figure
Edward Alleyn (1566–1626), English actor
James Alleyn (1683–1746), English educationalist
Sir John Alleyne, 1st Baronet (1724–1801), Speaker of the House o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleyn |
Frommer's is a travel guide book series created by Arthur Frommer in 1957. Frommer's has since expanded to include more than 350 guidebooks in 14 series, as well as other media including an eponymous radio show and a website. In 2017, the company celebrated its 60th anniversary. Frommer has maintained a travel-related ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frommer%27s |
Shoot The Boss is the sole album by Monkey Mafia, released in the UK on Heavenly Records on 4 May 1998, and in the US on Arista Records on 13 October 1998. The album includes versions of all four of Monkey Mafia's singles. The album cover and artwork throughout features photographs of the 1965 Watts Riots.
British DJ ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot%20the%20Boss |
Bahik (, also Romanized as Bahīk) is a village in Chahriq Rural District, Kuhsar District, Salmas County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 281, in 56 families.
Location
The village is located on the outskirts of the Iran-Turkey border and has, for centuries, served as a passage be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahik |
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