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Baldwin's rules in organic chemistry are a series of guidelines outlining the relative favorabilities of ring closure reactions in alicyclic compounds. They were first proposed by Jack Baldwin in 1976.
Baldwin's rules discuss the relative rates of ring closures of these various types. These terms are not meant to desc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin%27s%20rules |
Ernst Wiechert (18 May 1887 – 24 August 1950) was a German teacher, poet and writer.
Biography
Wiechert was born in the village of Kleinort, East Prussia, (now Piersławek, Poland).
He was one of the most widely read novelists in Germany during the 1930s. He incorporated his humanist ideals in his novels among which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20Wiechert |
William Keith Bostic (born January 17, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Houston Oilers and the Cleveland Browns, serving as the Oilers' defensive captain under coach Jerry Glanville. Bostic earned one P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Bostic%20%28American%20football%29 |
Fafe () is a municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately . The city itself had a population of 14,144 in 2001. The present mayor is Antero Barbosa, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is May 16.
History
In the 10th century ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fafe |
The Metolius River (pronounced muh TOLL ee us) is a tributary of the Deschutes River (through Lake Billy Chinook) in Central Oregon, United States, near the city of Sisters. The river flows north from springs near Black Butte, then turns sharply east, descending through a series of gorges before ending in the western e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metolius%20River |
Karsin is a former PKP railway station in Karsin (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Lines crossing the station
References
Karsin article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 7 March 2006
Railway stations in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Disused railway stations in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kościerzyna County | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsin%20railway%20station |
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is a tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software for the PlayStation. Released in 1998, it is the first installment in the Rhapsody series. A version for the Nintendo DS was released in Japan and North America in 2008, and in PAL regions in 2009. The ga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody%3A%20A%20Musical%20Adventure |
EOKA-B () was a Greek Cypriot paramilitary organisation formed in 1971 by General Georgios Grivas ("Digenis"). It followed an ultra right-wing nationalistic ideology and had the ultimate goal of achieving the enosis (union) of Cyprus with Greece. During its short history, the organisation's chief aim was to block any a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EOKA%20B |
Constituency results
Harare Province
BUDIRIRO: Gilbert Shoko (MDC) 17,053; David Makufa (ZANU-PF) 4,886.
CHITUNGWIZA: Fidelis Mhashu (MDC) 12,024; Brighton Chirongwe (ZANU-PF) 8,126.
DZIVARASEKWA: Edwin Mushoriwa (MDC) 11,617; Francis Muchada (ZANU-PF) 5,014.
GLEN NORAH: Priscilla Misihaira... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results%20of%20the%202005%20Zimbabwean%20parliamentary%20election |
Graeme Phillip Jennings (born 1968) is an Australian classical violinist and music educator.
He has performed with the Elision Ensemble and Arditti Quartet. Jennings' 2005 performance of Brian Ferneyhough's violin concertante Terrain, was described as "transfixing either as a display of fiddling pyrotechnics, or as an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme%20Jennings%20%28violinist%29 |
Wine caves are subterranean structures for the storage and the aging of wine. They are an integral component of the wine industry worldwide. The design and construction of wine caves represents a unique application of underground construction techniques.
The storage of wine in extensive underground space is an extensi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine%20cave |
John "Bull" Bramlett (July 7, 1941 – October 23, 2014) was an American football linebacker who played from 1965 to 1971 on four teams, the Denver Broncos, the Miami Dolphins, and the Boston Patriots in the American Football League (AFL) and the Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League (NFL). He ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Bramlett |
Czersk is a Polish State Railways (PKP) station in Czersk (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Lines crossing the station
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
Intercity services (TLK) Gdynia Główna — Kostrzyn
Regional services (R) Chojnice - Czarna Woda - Starogard Gdanski - Tczew
Regional ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czersk%20railway%20station |
Aston Hill Bike Park is located adjacent to Wendover Woods on the ridge of the Chiltern Hills, above Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire.
It is managed by Forestry England and the Community Interest Company (CIC) Chiltern Hills Bike park.
Aston Hill is a challenging venue, better suited to intermediate and expert riders... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston%20Hill%20Mountain%20Bike%20Area |
The National Command Authority (NCA) is an independent federal agency of the Government of Pakistan that is responsible for safeguarding of the national security through the military applications of the nuclear science.
With Prime Minister of Pakistan being its Chairperson, the NCA maintains and enhances the control ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Command%20Authority%20%28Pakistan%29 |
Ronald Bruce Stanton (born December 20, 1957) is a retired Canadian politician who served as Member of Parliament for the riding of Simcoe North from 2006 to 2021. Stanton first ran as a member of the Conservative Party in the 2006 federal election and won with 40.44% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2008, obtaining 4... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Stanton |
Póvoa de Lanhoso () is a municipality in the district of Braga, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 21,886, in an area of 134.65 km².
The present Mayor is Avelino Silva, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is March 19.
Economy
Agriculture, forestry and tourism are important economic activit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%B3voa%20de%20Lanhoso |
Canada Bay, a natural bay located on the east coast of the Great Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada is home to some spectacular scenery is divided into two narrow indrafts, Chimney Bay and Bide Arm. The entrance to Canada Bay is between Canada Head () and Cape Daumalen ().
Bays of Newfoundland and Labrador | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%20Bay%2C%20Newfoundland%20and%20Labrador |
Gutowiec is a PKP railway station in Gutowiec (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Lines crossing the station
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
Regional services (R) Chojnice - Czarna Woda - Starogard Gdanski - Tczew
References
Gutowiec article at Polish Stations Database, URL accesse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutowiec%20railway%20station |
This is a list of Richard Branson's business ventures from the 1960s to today.
1960s
1966 – After failed attempts to grow and sell both Christmas trees and budgerigars, Branson launches his first successful business, a magazine named Student, the first issue of which appearing in January 1968. Branson's net worth wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20Richard%20Branson%27s%20business%20ventures |
The superior olivary complex (SOC) or superior olive is a collection of brainstem nuclei that functions in multiple aspects of hearing and is an important component of the ascending and descending auditory pathways of the auditory system. The SOC is intimately related to the trapezoid body: most of the cell groups of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior%20olivary%20complex |
Rytel Wieś is a PKP railway station in Rytel (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland.
Lines crossing the station
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
Regional services (R) Chojnice - Czarna Woda - Starogard Gdanski - Tczew
Regional services (R) Chojnice — Tczew — Gdynia Główna
References
Ryt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rytel%20Wie%C5%9B%20railway%20station |
Luciana Gimenez Morad (born November 3, 1969) is a Brazilian television host and former model. She became pregnant with Mick Jagger's child while he was unofficially married to super model Jerry Hall. DNA tests confirmed Lucas Maurice Morad-Jagger was Jagger's son.
Early life
Gimenez was born in São Paulo, daughter of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciana%20Gimenez |
Algy Paterson (died 6 August 1995) was the last fluent speaker of the Martuthunira language of Western Australia.
Algy's father was a European, which made him eligible to be removed from his family by the authorities under the policy now known as the Stolen Generation. His family avoided this by hiding in the bush, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algy%20Paterson |
Arlene Horowitz (born 1946) is an American women's activist and the author the Women's Educational Equity Act.
Biography
Horowitz was born to Jewish immigrant, working-class parents in The Bronx, New York. She was orphaned in 1962 at the age of 15. Believing that the only hope she might have for a decent life was educ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene%20Horowitz |
Revenge is the "comeback" album from the band Iron Fire, released March 31, 2006. The album followed a struggle to get a record deal and maintain a stable line-up.
Track listing
"Wings of Rage" - 4:24
"Iron Head" - 4:25
"Metal Messiah" - 4:54
"Whirlwind of Doom" - 4:51
"Savage Prophecy" - 5:28
"Fate of Fire"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge%20%28Iron%20Fire%20album%29 |
The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee (, WhK) was founded by Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin in May 1897, to campaign for social recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and against their legal persecution. It was the first LGBT rights organization in history. The motto of the organization was "Per sci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific-Humanitarian%20Committee |
Champions
World Series: New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs (4-0)
Awards and honors
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia Athletics, 1B
Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies, OF
Statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932%20in%20baseball |
Terras de Bouro () is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,253, in an area of 277.46 km². It is bordered to the north by Ponte da Barca and Spain, to the east by Montalegre, to the south by Vieira do Minho, to the southwest by Amares, and to the west by Vila Verde.
The pres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terras%20de%20Bouro |
Ronald D. E. Cannan (born May 8, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian politician.
On April 1, 2016 Cannan was appointed as Board Director of The Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia (LTSABC).
Cannan was a Canadian Member of Parliament and member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Cannan was elect... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Cannan |
Self-propaganda is the way in which people convince themselves of something regardless of the evidence against it. They will go over their side of the argument without considering the alternative arguments.
Introduction
Self-propaganda is a form of propaganda and indoctrination performed by an individual or a group on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-propaganda |
On the Edge is the second album by the speed metal band Iron Fire released in March 2001. The album was produced and mixed by Tommy Hansen (famous for his work with Helloween).
Track listing
"Eternal Damnation" - 1:11
"The End of It All" - 4:09
"Prince of Agony" - 4:49
"On the Edge" - 3:45
"Into the Abyss" - 4:18
"Thu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20the%20Edge%20%28Iron%20Fire%20album%29 |
Thomas Harold "Junior" Burrough (born January 18, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player.
A 6'8" power forward, Burrough played collegiately at the University of Virginia, and was selected by the Boston Celtics 33rd overall in the 1995 NBA draft. His NBA career consisted of one season for the Celti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior%20Burrough |
The M74 Group (also known as the NGC 628 Group) is a small group of galaxies in the constellation Pisces. The face-on spiral galaxy M74 (NGC 628) is the brightest galaxy within the group. Other members include the peculiar spiral galaxy NGC 660 and several smaller irregular galaxies
.
The M74 Group is one of many gal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M74%20Group |
Jean-Yves Laforest (born June 13, 1949 in Shawinigan, Quebec) is a Canadian former Member of Parliament.
Background
Before he entered politics, Laforest was an administrator by profession.
Member of Parliament
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2006 federal election representing the Bloc ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Yves%20Laforest |
The Western Museum of Flight (WMOF) is an aviation museum located at Zamperini Field, the municipal airport in Torrance, California. WMOF is operated by the Southern California Historical Aviation Foundation. It houses not only historic aircraft, many of which were built in Southern California, but also has an extensi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Museum%20of%20Flight |
An explosively formed penetrator (EFP), also known as an explosively formed projectile, a self-forging warhead, or a self-forging fragment, is a special type of shaped charge designed to penetrate armor effectively, from a much greater standoff range than standard shaped charges, which are more limited by standoff dist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively%20formed%20penetrator |
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (With 16 Chapters) (also known simply as And Then There Were None) is a 2005 point-and-click adventure game developed by AWE Productions and published by The Adventure Company for Microsoft Windows. It was the first in The Adventure Company's Agatha Christie series. The game i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha%20Christie%3A%20And%20Then%20There%20Were%20None |
Electrosexual is a French electronic musician, composer, performer, record producer and music video director living in Berlin.
Career
Electrosexual's passion for early electronic engines and primitive sounds from analog synthesizers inspired his mingling rough bass with an uptempo rhythm. He is the electro-sex (someti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrosexual |
Dál nAraidi (; "Araide's part") or Dál Araide, sometimes latinised as Dalaradia or anglicised as Dalaray, was a Cruthin kingdom, or possibly a confederation of Cruthin tribes, in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages. It was part of the over-kingdom of Ulaid, and its kings often contended with the Dál Fiatach fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1l%20nAraidi |
Albisaurus (meaning "Albis [River] lizard") was once thought to be a genus of dinosaur, but is now thought to be a non-dinosaurian archosaur. It was first described by Antonin Fritsch (also spelt Frič), a Czech palaeontologist, in 1893, but the remains are sparse. The validity of the species cannot be proven based on t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albisaurus |
The Rebis (from the Latin res bina, meaning dual or double matter) is the end product of the alchemical magnum opus or great work.
After one has gone through the stages of putrefaction and purification, separating opposing qualities, those qualities are united once more in what is sometimes described as the divine he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebis |
Llynnau Mymbyr are two lakes located in Dyffryn Mymbyr, a valley running from the village of Capel Curig to the Pen-y-Gwryd hotel in Snowdonia, north-west Wales. The A4086 runs along their northern banks.
Strictly speaking this is one lake, originally called Llyn Mymbyr, with a maximum depth of 30 feet. About 3/4 mi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llynnau%20Mymbyr |
The history of the family name, Rimensberger can be traced to the 10th century in the Alemannic region of Westphalia and Thuringia. The name is closely associated with early Christian movements in these regions.
Over time the spelling and pronunciation of the name started to reflect the different cultural influences. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimensberger |
The history of the city of Portland, Oregon, began in 1843 when business partners William Overton and Asa Lovejoy filed to claim land on the west bank of the Willamette River in Oregon Country. In 1845 the name of Portland was chosen for this community by coin toss. February 8, 1851, the city was incorporated. Portlan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Portland%2C%20Oregon |
Minor Cooper Keith (19 January 1848 – 14 June 1929) was an American businessman whose railroad, commercial agriculture, and cargo liner enterprises had a major impact on the national economies of the Central American countries, as well as on the Caribbean region of Colombia. Keith's work on the Costa Rican railroad to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor%20Cooper%20Keith |
Frederick Lovett Lake (October 16, 1866 – November 24, 1931) was a Canadian professional baseball catcher and Major League manager for Boston American and National leagues teams in the early 20th century.
Lake hailed from Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia. His professional debut came with the Boston Beane... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Lake |
Wilton Álvaro Guerrero (born October 24, 1974) is a Dominican former second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1996–1998), Montreal Expos (1998–2000, 2002), Cincinnati Reds (2001–2002), and Kansas City Royals (2004). He is the older brother of Vladimir Guerrero and cousin of Cristi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton%20Guerrero |
EFP may refer to:
Politics
Economic Freedom Party, in Kenya
England First Party, in England
European Federalist Party, a pan-European political party
Ethiopian Federal Police, law enforcement agency of Ethiopia
Professional bodies
École Freudienne de Paris, a former French psychoanalytic body
European Federat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFP |
Lillias Anna Hamilton (7 February 1858 – 6 January 1925) was a British medical doctor and writer. She was born at Tomabil Station, New South Wales to Hugh Hamilton (1822– 1900) and his wife Margaret Clunes (née Innes). After attending school in Ayr and then Cheltenham Ladies' College, she trained first as a nurse, in L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillias%20Hamilton |
Robert Barrett Boyd (March 7, 1928 – May 14, 2009) was an American football end and defensive back in the National Football League (NFL), playing for the Los Angeles Rams for eight seasons. His most spectacular season was in 1954, when he caught 53 passes for 1,212 yards and 6 touchdowns.
While at Loyola Marymount Uni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Boyd%20%28American%20football%29 |
Malandra Elizabeth Burrows (born 4 November 1965) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her long-running role as Kathy Glover in ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
Early life
Burrows' first name, Malandra, is a portmanteau of her parents' names, Malcolm and Sandra. Her mother encouraged her at an early age to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malandra%20Burrows |
A pleasure barge is a flat-bottomed, slow-moving boat used for leisure. It is contrasted with a standard barge, which is used to transport freight. Many places where canals or rivers play a prominent role have developed pleasure barges for conducting religious ceremonies, holding waterborne festivities, or viewing sc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure%20barge |
History of Portland may refer to:
History of Portland, Maine
History of Portland, Oregon | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Portland |
The Vancouver School of Theology is a ecumenical divinity school located on the campus of and formally affiliated with the University of British Columbia. VST is called to educate and form thoughtful, engaged and generous Christian leaders.
Faculty
Patricia Dutcher-Walls, Dean, Professor of Hebrew Bible
Jason Byasse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%20School%20of%20Theology |
Anabisetia ( ) is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of Patagonia, South America. It was a small bipedal herbivore, around long.
Discovery
Argentine paleontologists Rodolfo Coria and Jorge Orlando Calvo named Anabisetia in 2002. The generic name honors the late Ana Maria Biset, an influ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabisetia |
Lieutenant-General Theophilus Hunter Holmes (November 13, 1804 – June 21, 1880) was an American soldier who served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army and commanded infantry in the Eastern and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War. He had previously served with distinction as an officer of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophilus%20H.%20Holmes |
George Holden Tinkham (October 29, 1870 – August 28, 1956) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Massachusetts.
Early years
Tinkham was born October 29, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Frances Ann Holden and George Henry Tinkham, a produce dealer. He graduated from Harvard Col... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20H.%20Tinkham |
Albert E. Cowdrey (December 8, 1933 in New Orleans, Louisiana – August 21, 2022) was an American author who wrote nonfictional historical studies and fantasy and science fiction literature. He was educated in Tulane and Johns Hopkins universities and worked for twenty-five years as a military historian, mostly in and a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20E.%20Cowdrey |
Never Say Die is a memoir by Jack Hawkins, a lieutenant with the United States's 4th Marines in World War II. It was first published in 1961.
The book relates Hawkins' experiences as a prisoner of war in Japanese prison camps after the American surrender in the Philippines.
Long, careful and very secret planning wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never%20Say%20Die%20%28memoir%29 |
"The Death of Jack Hamilton" is a short story by American writer Stephen King. It was originally published in the December 24/31, 2001 issue of The New Yorker magazine. In 2002, it was published in King's collection Everything's Eventual. This true crime story is based on the death of Jack Hamilton, a member of John Di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Death%20of%20Jack%20Hamilton |
Stephen Gerard Boyd (born August 22, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boston College Eagles, starting for four seasons, and was selected in the fifth round of the 1995 NFL Draft w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Boyd%20%28American%20football%29 |
The vestibular nuclei (VN) are the cranial nuclei for the vestibular nerve located in the brainstem.
In Terminologia Anatomica they are grouped in both the pons and the medulla in the brainstem.
Structure
Path
The fibers of the vestibular nerve enter the medulla oblongata on the medial side of those of the cochlear,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular%20nuclei |
Campylobacter fetus is a rod-shaped, gram-negative species of bacteria within the genus Campylobacter of phylum Pseudomonadota. Identification of C. fetus species in infected animals or people is routinely performed by culture on blood or cefoperazone deoxycholate agar. Subspecies of C. fetus commonly causes reproducti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campylobacter%20fetus |
Ankistrodon is an extinct genus of archosauriform known from the Early Triassic Panchet Formation of India. First thought to be a theropod dinosaur, it was later determined to be a proterosuchid. The type species is A. indicus, described by prolific British zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley in 1865. One authority in the 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankistrodon |
"Never Far Behind" is a contemporary Christian song recorded by American pop rock duo Aly & AJ for the Christian edition of their debut album Into the Rush. The single was only released on Christian radio stations in October 2005. It went to number one on Radio & Records (R&R) Christian CHR. This is the second Aly & AJ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never%20Far%20Behind |
Saidū Sharīf (Pashto/Urdu: ) is the capital of the Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city also serves as the capital city of the Malakand Division. It was named after Saidu Baba, a prominent leader of the former princely state of Swat.
Saidu Sharif is the hub of several official buildin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saidu%20Sharif |
Garland Dean Boyette (March 22, 1940 – April 19, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played for the Houston Oilers and St. Louis Cardinals from 1962 to 1972. He also played for the Montreal Alouettes of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garland%20Boyette |
Pipeline Music Inc. is a record label notable for having negotiated the rights to distribute more than 400,000 hours of classical Russian audio and video recordings from the archive of the Russian State Television and Radio Company and dating back to the 1930s, including works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipeline%20Music |
Brook Alexander Fordyce (born May 7, 1970) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays between 1995 and 2004. He batted and threw right-handed.
During his career, he established himself as a good hitting ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook%20Fordyce |
Wendy Playfair (born 28 August 1926) is an Australian radio, television and film character actress, best known for her roles in television serials.
Playfair started her career in radio serials, but became best known for her brief stint in TV serial Prisoner as inmate Minnie Donovan. Other important roles were in the t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%20Playfair |
Dominic Peter Mancini (born August 1, 1956) is a Canadian politician and lawyer. Mancini was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997 federal election that saw a breakthrough for the New Democratic Party in the province of Nova Scotia. He served as the NDP's justice critic in the 36th Canadian Parliament.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Mancini |
Darkness and Hope is the fifth studio album by Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell, released in 2001.
Intro Sampler on "Rapaces" taken from Lifeforce.
Several different versions were released, with different bonus tracks. One version contained "Os Senhores da Guerra", originally by Madredeus, the second featured "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkness%20and%20Hope |
The 2002 Scott Tournament of Hearts Canadian women's national curling championship, was played at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. The defending champion, representing Team Canada, Colleen Jones and her rink from the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia won her second straight Hearts.
Teams
Standin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Scott%20Tournament%20of%20Hearts |
Archaeodontosaurus ("ancient-toothed lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Its fossils were found in the Isalo III Formation of Madagascar. The type species, Archaeodontosaurus descouensi, was described in September 2005. The specific name honours the collector, Didier Descouens. It is a pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeodontosaurus |
Michael Collins Piper (born Michael Bernard Piper; July 16, 1960 – May 2015) was an American political writer, conspiracy theorist and talk radio host.
Piper was a regular contributor to both The Spotlight and its successor, the American Free Press, newspapers backed by Willis Carto and noted for their antisemitic and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Collins%20Piper |
James Ambrose Gallivan (October 22, 1866 – April 3, 1928) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Gallivan was born in Boston on October 22, 1866. He attended the public schools, graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1884 and from Harvard College in 1888. He then engaged in newspaper work.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20A.%20Gallivan |
Raymond Edmunds, also known as the Donvale Rapist and Mr. Stinky, born 12 March 1944 at Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, is a convicted rapist and double murderer who was active in Victoria, Australia from the 1960s to the mid-1980s.
Crimes
In 1986, Edmunds was convicted of the murders of 18-year-old pan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Edmunds |
Llyn Gwynant is a lake in Snowdonia, Wales.
Llyn Gwynant lies on the River Glaslyn, in the Nant Gwynant valley, and is about 1¼ miles (2 km) north east of Llyn Dinas; the village of Bethania lies between them.
Snowdon lies 2 miles (3 km) to the north west. The lake is natural, having been formed by glacial action an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn%20Gwynant |
Regan Lauscher (born February 21, 1980 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian luger. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of tenth in the women's singles event at Turin in 2006.
Her second-place finish at the Luge World competitions at Lake Placid, New York in 2004 was the best ever time b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regan%20Lauscher |
Bakkie may refer to:
Pickup truck, a South African and Dutch informal term for a pickup truck
Bakkie, Suriname, a resort and town in Suriname
See also
Baki (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakkie |
Em:t Records (Emit Records) was a British record label, based in Nottingham, which specialized in ambient electronic music. They were active from 1994 to 1998, and after a period of bankruptcy, re-established themselves in 2003 under new ownership and management. In summer 2006, the label officially ceased operations a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em%3At%20Records |
William Calvin Bradley (born January 24, 1947) is an American former football player and coach. He played professionally as a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL), earning All-Pro honors twice. He played with the Philadelphia Eagles for most of his career. As an assistant coach he won two Grey Cups in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Bradley%20%28American%20football%29 |
Billie Lorraine Hammerberg (24 March 1936 – 8 February 1995) was an Australian actress, best known for roles on television and film.
Biography
Hammerberg was an Australian actress best known for her role in the television series Prisoner in 1985 as May Collins. She had previously appeared in the series in a guest rol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie%20Hammerberg |
Tyrone Scott Braxton (born December 17, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) from 1987 to 1999, primarily for the Denver Broncos. Braxton played in four Super Bowls with the Broncos, and won two NFL championship rings in Super Bowl XXXII and Su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone%20Braxton |
Ridley Bent is the stage name of Brian Daniel Fowler, a Canadian country singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bent was raised throughout Canada in a military family. He formally launched his musical career in 2000 in British Columbia, including performances as an opening act for Great Big Sea and Sam Robert... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley%20Bent |
Fort Ethan Allen was an earthwork fortification that the Union Army built in 1861 on the property of Gilbert Vanderwerken in Alexandria County (now Arlington County), Virginia, as part of the Civil War defenses of Washington (see Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War). The remains of the fort are now within Arli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Ethan%20Allen%20%28Arlington%2C%20Virginia%29 |
George Alexander Selkirk (January 4, 1908 – January 19, 1987) was a Canadian outfielder and front office executive in Major League Baseball. In 1935, Selkirk succeeded Babe Ruth as the right fielder of the New York Yankees—and also inherited Ruth's fabled No. 3 uniform (which was not retired until 1948, the year of Rut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Selkirk |
Charles Idus Bradshaw (December 31, 1923 – June 3, 1999) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky from 1962 to 1968 and Troy State University—now known as Troy University—from 1976 to 1982, compiling a career head coaching record of 66–68–6.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Bradshaw%20%28American%20football%20coach%29 |
Christus Victor is a book by Gustaf Aulén published in English in 1931, presenting a study of theories of atonement in Christianity. The original Swedish title is Den kristna försoningstanken ("The Christian Idea of the Atonement") published in 1930. Aulén reinterpreted the classic ransom theory of atonement, which say... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christus%20Victor |
Several tornadoes have been known as the Birmingham tornado.
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
1956 McDonald Chapel tornado, an F4 tornado which struck Jefferson County, Alabama, killing 25 and injuring 200
Tornado outbreak of April 1977, an F5 tornado which struck the northern suburbs of Jefferson County, Alabama,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham%20tornado |
Jeffrey Brandon Timmons (born April 30, 1973) is an American pop singer, songwriter and producer and founding member of the Grammy-nominated pop group 98 Degrees.
Career
Rise of 98 Degrees
Timmons was the founding member of 98 Degrees. While studying psychology at Kent State, Timmons decided to move to Los Angeles to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Timmons |
Taya Straton (27 November 1960 – 26 February 1996) was an Australian actress, who remains best known for her roles in serials and soap opera including Prisoner in 1986, during the final season as Rose "Spider" Simpson. She also had smaller roles in A Country Practice and The Flying Doctors. She died by suicide in Febr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taya%20Straton |
Rodney Winston Breedlove (March 10, 1938 – May 25, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Washington Redskins and the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1960 to 1967. Breedlove was a one-time Pro Bowler in 1962.
Breedlove received... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod%20Breedlove |
Ulm-Jungingen is a borough of Ulm in the German Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg with a population of 3,706 (2019).
History
Historians suppose that the first settlers arrived circa 700. The ending "ingen" insinuates that Jungingen, like its namesake to the west near the river Neckar, has an alemannic background. Jungi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm-Jungingen |
Paul Holden Anderson (born May 14, 1943) is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He served as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1994.
Education
Anderson was born in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Anderson%20%28judge%29 |
Bennigsen is a settlement, part of the town of Springe in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Bennigsen may also refer to:
People
Alexander Levin von Bennigsen (1809–1893), German politician
Alexandre Bennigsen (1913–1988), scholar of Islam in the Soviet Union
August von Bennigsen (1765–1815), Hanoverian officer
Avenir Bennigsen ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennigsen%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Yanornis () is an extinct genus of fish-eating Early Cretaceous birds. Two species have been described, both from Liaoning province, China: Yanornis martini, based on several fossils found in the 120-million-year-old Jiufotang Formation at Chaoyang, and Yanornis guozhangi, from the 124-million-year-old Yixian Formation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanornis |
John Winston Foran (March 13, 1952 – September 6, 2023) was a Canadian politician and police officer in New Brunswick. He was a member of Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Miramichi Centre.
Early life
John Winston Foran was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick on March 13, 1952. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Winston%20Foran |
Lakeside is an American funk band, best known for their 1980 number one R&B hit "Fantastic Voyage".
Band history
Formation and early years
In 1969, guitarist Stephen Shockley from Dayton, Ohio formed a group named the Young Underground after he had departed a group known as the Monterreys. Vocalist Mark Woods, who wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeside%20%28band%29 |
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