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Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area is a 170,890 ha provincial park in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The park preserves the southernmost portion of the Hart Ranges and the northernmost portion of the Continental Ranges. The park also preserves significant marine fossil deposits located in the region. Geog... |
Kitimat River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on May 17, 2004, and is 57 ha. in size. References North Coast of British Columbia Kitimat Ranges Provincial parks of British Columbia Year of establishment missing |
Masticophis is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly referred to as whip snakes or coachwhips, which are endemic to the Americas. They are characterized by having a long, thin body and are not dangerous to humans. Distribution and habitat Species of Masticophis are found in the United States, Mexico, Central America, an... |
Ramchandra Sudhakar Rao (born 8 August 1952) is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Karnataka and played one One Day International for India against New Zealand in 1976. Early career Sudhakar Rao grew up in Basavanagudi and studied at the National School. He stayed close to the ground near his sch... |
Replicate may refer to: Replicate (biology), the exact copy resulting from self-replication of genetic material, a cell, or an organism Replicate (statistics), a fully repeated experiment or set of test conditions. See also Replication (disambiguation) |
Merredin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 2008. Originally known as Merredin-Yilgarn, the name was shortened in 1977. The district was located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia and was named for the town of Merredin. Merredin was ... |
Gregory C. Farrington was the executive director of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Prior to his appointment to this position in 2007, Farrington served as the 12th President of Lehigh University, and prior to his move to Lehigh in 1998 he served as Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sci... |
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 pseudo... |
WAJM, assigned to 88.9 FM and licensed to Atlantic City, New Jersey, is a high school radio station owned by the Atlantic City Board of Education and is operated by the students of Atlantic City High School. Currently, WAJM broadcasts live Monday thru Friday from 7:00am to 3:30pm and during after hours, on weekends, ho... |
Joondalup is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is located in the northern suburbs of Perth. Joondalup has tended to be a marginal seat, having been marginal from 1996 until 2021, when it became a safe seat for the first time since 1986. Geograph... |
Brezovica (; ) is a settlement in the trpce municipality in Kosovo, known for its Brezovica ski resort. According to the 2011 Census, Brezovica's total population is 68. Brezovica is one of the most visited winter tourist destinations in Kosovo. The ski resort area is ideally situated on the north and northwest-facing ... |
The following are the association football (soccer) events of the year 1968 throughout the world. Events Copa Libertadores 1968: Won by Estudiantes de La Plata after defeating Palmeiras on an aggregate score of 20. 29 May European Cup won by Manchester United after defeating Benfica 41 in extra time at Wembley Stadium,... |
The Hall of Fame Classic powered by ShotTracker (formerly known as the College Basketball Experience Classic, Guardians Classic and the CBE Hall of Fame Classic) is an annual season-opening college basketball tournament founded in 2001. The tournament is currently held in mid-November. There are twelve teams invited, e... |
The Slough Trading Estate founded in Slough in Buckinghamshire in 1920, was an early business park in the United Kingdom. According to the estate's owners and operators, Segro, Slough Trading Estate consists of of commercial property in Slough and provides of accommodation to 500businesses and has a working population ... |
Lehigh Valley College was a college owned by Career Education Corporation, a for-profit educational company. The college was located near Allentown, Pennsylvania, in Center Valley and offered associate degree programs in a variety of vocational areas, including criminal justice, graphic design and accounting. History L... |
"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. Backgr... |
Christian social may refer to: Christian left Christian socialism, a political ideology. Christian Social Party (disambiguation), a list of parties of which some do and some do not adhere to this ideology. The self-described ideology of the Christian Union (Netherlands) |
Middelie is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Edam-Volendam, and lies about 5km northeast of Purmerend. History The village was first mentioned in 1277 as Homines de Middela, and means "the middle river". Middelie developed in the 12th century as a peat excavation set... |
The spinal trigeminal nucleus is a nucleus in the medulla that receives information about deep/crude touch, pain, and temperature from the ipsilateral face. In addition to the trigeminal nerve (CN V), the facial (CN VII), glossopharyngeal (CN IX), and vagus nerves (CN X) also convey pain information from their areas to... |
Khalil Kain is an American actor, film producer known for his role as Raheem Porter in the 1992 crime thriller film Juice and as the second Darnell Wilkes on the UPN/CW sitcom Girlfriends (20012008). He is also known for his role as Patrick Peet in the 2001 horror film Bones. Biography Kain was born in Manhattan, New Y... |
State Road 203 is a 14-mile northsouth highway in the U.S. state of Indiana that runs mostly in Scott County. Route description At the south end, State Road 203 begins just within Clark County at State Road 362 and passes north through the town of Lexington. It is concurrent with both State Road 3 and State Road 56 eas... |
Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports is a bestselling non-fiction book published on March 23, 2006, and written by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, reporters for the San Francisco Chronicle. When Sports Illustrated released excerpts from the book on March 7,... |
Nicholas William Markakis ( ) (born November 17, 1983) is a Greek-American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons for the Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves. Markakis was the Orioles' first-round draft pick (seventh overall) in the 2003 Major League Basebal... |
Lyttleton Morgan was the first chairman of the board of trustees of Morgan State University, which was renamed in his honor (it was founded as the Centenary Biblical Institute). Career Rev. Morgan was "station-preacher" meaning that he generally traveled to different churches to preach the Gospel, without having a chur... |
William Russell "Ross" Davidson (25 August 1949 16 October 2006) was a Scottish actor best known for his role as Andy O'Brien in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Career Davidson started his working life as a physical education teacher in Scotland in the early 1970s. He also played water polo at international level for Sc... |
Donald Adair (born 1960) is an American former ice dancer. With Rene Roca, he is the 1986 U.S. national champion. An injury led to Adair's sudden retirement from competitive skating prior to the 1987 World Championships. He married Kelley Morris, the 1977 U.S. junior champion in ice dancing. They have coached at the In... |
Bobby Leach (born Lancaster, England; 1858 April 26, 1926) was the second person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, accomplishing the feat on July 25, 1911 while Annie Taylor did it on October 24, 1901. He spent six months in hospital recovering from injuries he sustained during the fall, which included two broken k... |
The National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund (NCPTF) is a non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1971 to address conscientious objection to military taxation. History and purpose The campaign exists solely to pass Peace Tax legislation in the United States. Such legislation would provide a ... |
George Edward Anderson (October 28, 1860 May 9, 1928) was an early American photographer known for his portraiture and documentary photographs of early historical sites of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Utah settlements. Biography George Edward Anderson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah... |
The J-integral represents a way to calculate the strain energy release rate, or work (energy) per unit fracture surface area, in a material. The theoretical concept of J-integral was developed in 1967 by G. P. Cherepanov and independently in 1968 by James R. Rice, who showed that an energetic contour path integral (cal... |
Sabaki may refer to: Sabaki River, or Athi-Galana-Sabaki River, a river in Kenya Sabaki languages, languages of the Swahili Coast, named for the Sabaki River Sabaki (Go), a term in the board game Go Sabaki (shogi), a term in the board game shogi Tai sabaki, a term from Japanese martial arts Sabaki, an electoral ward in... |
William Albert Landeryou (17 April 1941 27 February 2019) was an Australian trade unionist and politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the Victorian Legislative Council from 1976 to 1992, including as a minister in the Labor government of John Cain. Before entering politics he was ... |
Birger Stuevold-Hansen (14 August 1870 13 August 1933) was the Norwegian Minister of Trade from 1919 to 1920. References 1870 births 1933 deaths Ministers of Trade and Shipping of Norway |
Patty Sonnekson (1927 - December 18, 1951) was an American figure skater. She competed in pairs and won the bronze medals at the 1946 U.S. Figure Skating Championships with partner Charles Brinkman. Sonnekson married Richard E. Pfeiffer. She died in 1951 following surgery. Results (Pairs with Brinkman) References 1927 ... |
The Pickens County Courthouse in the county seat of Carrollton, Alabama is the courthouse for Pickens County, Alabama. Built-in 1877-1878 as the third courthouse in the city, it is noted for a ghostly image that can be seen in one of its garret windows. This is claimed to be the face of freedman Henry Wells from 1878. ... |
Michael Peter Desmond O'Donoghue (born 1971) is a British officer of arms who currently serves as York Herald of Arms in Ordinary at the College of Arms in London. He was appointed to the office on 31 May 2012, having served as Bluemantle Pursuivant from 2005. Life and career The son of Michael John O'Donoghue (1934-20... |
Norton Bridge railway station was a railway station located on the West Coast Main Line and served both the village of Norton Bridge and the town of Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. The first station was opened by the Grand Junction Railway in 1837. The station was resited southwards in 1876. Services were tempora... |
Priesthill & Darnley railway station is a railway station serving the Priesthill and Darnley districts of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. History Opened by British Rail under the ScotRail sector on 23 April 1990. Facilities The station is unmanned and prev... |
Torula (Cyberlindnera jadinii) is a species of yeast. Use Torula, in its inactive form (usually labeled as torula yeast), is widely used as a flavoring in processed foods and pet foods. It is often grown on wood liquor, a byproduct of paper production, which is rich in wood sugars (xylose). It is pasteurized and spray-... |
Prong is an American heavy metal band formed in 1986. The band was originally composed of founder Tommy Victor (vocals, guitar), along with Mike Kirkland (bass) and ex-Swans drummer Ted Parsons. Their first two studio releases, the EP Primitive Origins (1987) and debut studio album Force Fed (1989), were released indep... |
Alex J. Walling also known as A.J. Walling (born 1948) is a Canadian sports analyst and broadcaster. Well known for his distinctive voice and opinionated commentary, he was the Atlantic Canadian sports reporter for TSN, a position he held for nine years. He still contributes to a regular sports column for the TSN web p... |
Larry Van Kriedt (born July 4, 1954) is an American-born Australian jazz musician. He is best known for being the original bassist for the rock band AC/DC around November 1973, joining Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar), Angus Young (lead guitar), Dave Evans (lead vocals) and Colin Burgess (drums). He was replaced in Februa... |
McCann is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Cana meaning "son of Cana". The Irish given name Cana literally means "cub", specifically alluding to a "wolf cub" (i.e. a young warrior). The Mac Cana were a Gaelic Irish clan who held the lands of Clancann and Clanbrassil, together known as Oneilland, in w... |
Graw or GRAW may refer to: Joseph P. Graw, American businessman and politician Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, a 2006 video game See also McGraw (disambiguation) Grau (disambiguation) Grao (disambiguation) |
The 20th Annual GMA Dove Awards were held on April 13, 1989, recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 1988. The show was held in Nashville, Tennessee. Award recipients Song of the Year "Friend Of A Wounded Heart"; Wayne Watson, Claire Cloninger; Word (ASCAP) Songwriter of the Year Steven Curtis Chapman Mal... |
Mark Camacho (born April 12, 1964) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor. Career He has starred in live-action films, but is best known for his voice acting roles, such as Oliver Frensky in Arthur, Lyle in Animal Crackers, Dad in Rotten Ralph, George Martin in Spaced Out, Harry and Dragon in Potatoes and Drago... |
Verkhnyaya Pyshma () is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located north of Yekaterinburg. Population: History It was founded in 1660 as the village (selo) of Pyshminskoye, which was named after the Pyshma River. A copper mine opened here in 1856. Town status was granted to it in 1946. Town development in 20th centur... |
To Leave or Die in Long Island is the second release by the DIY collective Bomb The Music Industry!. It is considered a "mini-album" by the band members, being too long to be an EP but not long enough to be a full-length. The album was released by Asbestos Records on vinyl in December 2006, after a delay due to a manuf... |
The New Zealand rockfish, Acanthoclinus littoreus, is a roundhead of the genus Acanthoclinus, found only in New Zealand from shallow depths to 15 m. Their length is between 5 and 15cm. References Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Z... |
Alfred Menezes is co-author of several books on cryptography, including the Handbook of Applied Cryptography, and is a professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Education Alfred Menezes' family is from Goa, a state in western India, but he was born in Tanzania and grew up in Kuwait except for a ... |
Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven (; born 28 July 1952) is a Dutch actress and director. Life and career Her film debut as an actress was in the Paul Verhoeven film Turkish Delight in 1973. This film was an immediate breakthrough for her acting career. It was nominated for an Academy Award and was chosen as th... |
The Campaign Against Political Correctness was a lobby group in the United Kingdom created to oppose what its founders described as political correctness. Aims The campaign was founded by John and Laura Midgley in 2004. The campaign had the political support of MP Philip Davies and his father, controversial and short-t... |
Russell Joseph Howard (born 23 March 1980) is an English comedian, television presenter, radio presenter, and actor. He was known for his television show Russell Howard's Good News and is currently doing The Russell Howard Hour, and his appearances on the topical panel TV show Mock the Week. He won "Best Compre" at the... |
Spice World is a 1997 British musical comedy film directed by Bob Spiers and written by Kim Fuller. The film stars pop girl group the Spice Girls, who all play themselves. The filmmade in a similar vein to the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964)depicts a series of fictional events leading up to a major concert at London... |
Hunas were a tribe close to Himalayas that, because of limited interaction with Indian kingdoms, were mentioned in the epic Mahabharata. They belonged to the Xinjiang province of China, east of Jammu-Kashmir. However, they were nomadic people who changed their settlements from time to time. References in Mahabharata Hu... |
The term "Taiwanese people" has various interpretations. It may generally be considered the people living on the island of Taiwan who share a common culture, ancestry and speak Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, or indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue. Taiwanese people may also refer to the indigenous peoples of th... |
This is a list of destinations that Frontier Airlines currently serves. Cities served by a codeshare agreement with Volaris are not included in this list. Apple Vacations and Fun Jet Vacations destinations, operated by Frontier, are also not included. Destinations References External links FlyFrontier Lists of airline ... |
PorSuiGieco y su Banda de Avestruces Domadas, also known as Porsuigieco or PorSuiGieco, was an Argentine folk rock supergroup consisting of Charly Garca, Nito Mestre (from Sui Generis), Len Gieco, Ral Porchetto and Mara Rosa Yorio (Garcia's wife). The band was active only in 1975. The only album that they released was ... |
The Gibson Blueshawk is a discontinued model of semi-hollow body electric guitar. It was available between 1996 and 2006 as a Gibson model designed mainly for blues players (hence the name). It superficially resembles the Les Paul in that the body outline is similar. The Blueshawk was discontinued by Gibson in Spring 2... |
110393 Rammstein, provisional designation , is a background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 11 October 2001, by French astronomer Jean-Claude Merlin at the Le Creusot Observatory in France. The asteroid was named after the German indust... |
The Irkut (; Buryat and , Erh gol) is a river in the Buryat Republic and Irkutsk Oblast of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Angara. It flows out of lake Ilchir which is situated 50 km away from the highest peak of the Eastern Sayan Mountains, Munku-Sardyk. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . Th... |
Pittsburg Landing is a river landing on the west bank of the Tennessee River in Hardin County, Tennessee. It was named for "Pitts" Tucker who operated a tavern at the site in the years preceding the Civil War. The landing helped connect the west side of the river to a road on the east that went back to Savannah. The la... |
Plumbosolvency is the ability of a solvent, notably water, to dissolve lead. In the public supply of water this is an undesirable property. In (usually older) consumers' premises plumbosolvent water can attack lead pipes, lead service lines, and any lead in solder used to join copper. Plumbosolvency of water can be cou... |
Todd Bash (born 1965) is an avant-garde playwright from Los Angeles, California. He has written more than twenty works for the theatre, many performed and published, as well as prose, poetry and film projects. He is also the creator of numerous collages, art objects and musical experiments. His early writing features a... |
Pilar is a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina with a population of 299,077 as per the . It is part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation and is the seat of the administrative division of Pilar Partido. Since the early 1990s, Pilar has gained an increasingly upscale profile due to the development of... |
Elijah Haatuakali Kaiba Mudenda (6 June 1927 2 November 2008) was a Zambian politician. He served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Zambia from 27 May 1975 to 20 July 1977. Early life and education Mudenda was born in Macha, in the Choma District of Southern Province. He attended primary school at Macha Central and did his ... |
RILP may refer to: Radiation-induced lumbar plexopathy - nerve damage in the pelvis and lower spine area occurring as a late side effect of external beam radiation therapy. Review of International Law and Politics - a peer-reviewed law journal RILP (gene) - a gene in humans that encodes the rab-interacting lysosomal pr... |
Photografting is a technique used in the study of polymers and more in specific polymeric biomaterials. Technically speaking it is the covalent incorporation of functional additives to a polymer matrix or polymer surface using a light-induced mechanism. It is an important technique for the modification of biomaterial s... |
Constantin "Titi" Aur (born 25 December 1963 in Brlad) is a Romanian rally driver. He has won eight Romanian rally championships (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006) and is the first Romanian rally driver to participate in a full season of World Rally Championship in 2003. He scored 2 points in the ADAC Ral... |
John Baptist Albertrandi (in Poland known as Jan Chrzciciel, 7 December 1731 10 August 1808) was a Polish Jesuit, bishop and historian of Italian extraction, born in Warsaw. Biography He entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus, 14 August 1748, and left the Society shortly before the suppression, probably in 1769,... |
Svratka may refer to places in the Czech Republic: Svratka (river), a river in the South Moravian Region Svratka (r nad Szavou District), a town in the Vysoina Region Radensk Svratka, a municipality and village in the Vysoina Region |
KVPT (channel 18) is a PBS member television station in Fresno, California, United States, owned by Valley Public Television, Inc. Its studios are located on Van Ness Avenue and Calaveras Street in downtown Fresno, and its transmitter is located on Bear Mountain, near Meadow Lakes, California. It is also broadcast in B... |
Royston James Clarke (1 June 1925 13 March 2006) was a Welsh footballer who played for Cardiff City, Manchester City, Stockport County and Wales as a winger. An outstanding schoolboy sportsman, Clarke became a miner during the Second World War, playing amateur football in his spare time. He signed amateur forms with Ca... |
Sir Ian Heilbron DSO FRS (6 November 1886 14 September 1959) was a Scottish chemist, who pioneered organic chemistry developed for therapeutic and industrial use. Early life and education Isidor Morris Heilbron was born in Glasgow on 6 November 1886 to a wine merchant (David Heilbron) and his wife (Fanny Jessel). He wa... |
Wolfgang I of Oettingen (16 May 1455 29 January 1522, Harburg) was a Count of Oettingen-Oettingen. He was third son of Count Wilhelm of Oettingen (1413 12 March 1467) and his wife Beatrice della Scala from the family of Scaliger. He was a Count of Oettingen after the death of his brother John II of Oettingen, who died ... |
Gerald "Gerry" Kearby (June 22, 1947 August 6, 2012) was an entrepreneur who rose to prominence during the "dot-com" boom of the late 1990s. He worked predominantly with music and audio-related electronics and software companies. He was co-founder, CEO and president of Liquid Audio, Inc. In that position, he testified ... |
The RS1325 is a North American locomotive model built by Electro-Motive Division, having characteristics of both a switcher and a roadswitcher. Only two units were built. In 1960, EMD built a pair of light roadswitchers, consisting of switcher carbodies and mechanicals on longer roadswitcher frames. These were given th... |
John McLeod "Chip" Lohmiller (born July 16, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints, and St. Louis Rams. He played college football for the University of Minnesota and high school football at Woo... |
To the Pain is the sixth studio album released by the rock band Nonpoint. It is their first release through independent label Bieler Bros. Records. The album was produced by guitarist Andrew Goldman. The album debuted #147 on the Billboard 200 charts. It sold 9,000 copies in its first week. As of March 2006, the album ... |
Luigi Ricci (8 July 1805 31 December 1859), was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. He was the elder brother of Federico Ricci, with whom he collaborated on several works. He was also a conductor. Life Ricci was born and educated in Naples, where he wrote his first opera at the conservatory in 1823. His triump... |
"Queen of the Nile" is episode 143 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. In this episode, a journalist becomes romantically involved with a dangerous, secretly immortal movie star. Opening narration Plot Chicago columnist Jordan Herrick visits actress Pamela Morris, a 38-year-old woman known fo... |
Bous can refer to: Bous (Bithynia), a town of ancient Bithynia, now in Turkey Bous, Luxembourg, a municipality in Luxembourg Bous, Germany, a municipality in Saarland, Germany Vli (son of Odin), a figure in Norse mythology also known as "Bous" |
Who Do Ya (Love) is the fifth studio album by the funk and disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The album was produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch and was released in August 1978 on the TK label. History Who Do Ya (Love) was not as successful as the band's previous albums. Of the three singles released from... |
Tekstilshchiki () is a Moscow Metro station in the Tekstilshchiki District, South-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on TaganskoKrasnopresnenskaya line, between Volgogradsky Prospekt and Kuzminki stations. Tekstilschiki was opened on 31 December 1966 as a part of the Zhdanovsky radius. The station is situated ... |
Gunnekleivfjorden is a fjord in Porsgrunn Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The long fjord is located at the head of Frierfjord in the town of Porsgrunn. The west side of the fjord is defined by the Herya peninsula at the mouth of Telemarksvassdraget. Herya features a large industrial park that was f... |
Kilsfjord or Kilsfjorden may refer to: Places Kilsfjord, Telemark, a fjord in Krager Municipality in Telemark county, Norway Kilsfjord, Mre og Romsdal, a fjord in Volda Municipality in Mre og Romsdal county, Norway Kilsfjord Church, a church in Volda Municipality in Mre og Romsdal county, Norway |
Valsyfjord is a village in Trndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Arasvikfjorden, just west of the Valsyfjorden. The European route E39 highway runs through the village, just west of the Valsy Bridge. There are about 800 people living in Valsyfjord and the area surrounding the local Valsyfjorden, and... |
A Jarabacoa is a cocktail made with spiced rum, honey, lime juice, vanilla, cinnamon, and cola. Jarabacoas are usually served in a cocktail glass or lowball. Recipe Mix 6 parts rum, 1 part honey, and 1 part lime juice; heat until honey dissolves. Allow mix to cool. Pour 1 part mix and 1 part cola and a few drops of van... |
SMOP or SMOPS may refer to: Small matter of programming, a phrase in software development School of Maritime Operations (SMOPS), of the Royal Navy; See HMS Mercury Singapore Mathematical Olympiad for Primary Schools; See Hwa Chong Institution Super Megaton Ohzumo Powers, a wrestling tag team comprising Ryota Hama and A... |
The Reverend Ernest Henry Shears (1849, Streatham 20 February 1917, Stafford) was an Anglican clergyman in South Africa. Ernest Henry Shears was the ninth son of James Henry Shears (1788-1855), a partner of James Shears and Sons, and Mary Mann (1810-1893). He was educated at King's College London and St John's College,... |
HMAS Armidale (J240), named for the then town of Armidale, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in early 1942, and initially assigned to convoy escort duties, Armidale ... |
David Wise (February 1, 1955 - March 3, 2020) was an American television and animation writer, tutored by writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Frank Herbert, Harlan Ellison and Theodore Sturgeon whilst attending the Clarion Workshop. He wrote several episodes for television series like Star Trek: The Animated Series, the... |
Crescentia, a Latin word meaning growth, can refer to: Crescentia, a genus of trees in the family Bignoniaceae Saint Crescentia, female martyr with Saint Vitus whose nurse she had been Crescentia (romance), an Old High German chivalric romance The Crescentia cycle, a grouping of romances similar in plot to the original... |
James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician. Biography Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio. Al... |
Satyajit Ray (19211992), a Bengali film director from India, is well known for his contributions to Bengali literature. He created two of the most famous characters in Feluda the sleuth and Professor Shanku the scientist. He wrote several short novels and stories in addition to those based on these two characters. His ... |
The Most Outstanding Canadian Award is annually awarded to the best Canadian player in the Canadian Football League. The two nominees for the award are the Lew Hayman Trophy winner from the East Division, and the Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy winner from the West Division. The winner of the award is chosen by the Football ... |
Malo (formerly known as St. Bartholomew) is an island in Vanuatu off the southern coast of Vanuatu's largest island, Espiritu Santo, in Sanma Province. It has a circumference of and an area of . It is long, and wide. The highest point on the island is Mount Malo (). The climate is perhumid tropical. The average annual ... |
Vgmo is the administrative centre of Vg Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the Otta River, at the eastern end of the lake Vgvatn in the Ottadalen valley. The Norwegian National Road 15 passes through the village. The village has a population (2021) of 1,487 and a population density o... |
The McNaughton Park Trail Runs, over distances of 50, 100, 150 and , is an annual ultramarathon running event held in Pekin, Illinois each spring on a rugged, ten-mile (16km) loop course. All four races are run concurrently. The 150 and ultra are the only ones of that distance held in Illinois. The loop course is prima... |
Iosia Soliola (born 4 August 1986) is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL). He played for New Zealand and Samoa at international level. He previously played as a for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL, and as a forward for St Helens in the... |
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