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Pete Barnes Peter G. Barnes (born August 31, 1945) is a former American football linebacker who played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Southern University. He played professionally in the AFL for the Houston Oilers in 1967 and 19...
Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Seahawks joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team. The S...
Billy Kinard William Russell Kinard (born December 16, 1933) is a former American football player and coach. He played professionally as a defensive back for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL) . Kinard played colle...
Kevin House Jr. Kevin Nathaniel House Jr. is a former professional American football player. He played professionally for the San Diego Chargers and the Seattle Seahawks.
Ariyon Bakare Ariyon Debo Bakare (born 1971) is an English-Nigerian actor. He has appeared in the BBC mini-series "A Respectable Trade" (1995), British soap opera "Family Affairs" from 2000 to 2001, and the BBC One daytime drama "Doctors" from 2001 to 2005. Prior to this, Bakare guested on British dramas "The Bill", "C...
Groomed Groomed is a Canadian W Network makeover reality television series produced by Chocolate Box Entertainment that aired Mondays at 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 9 p.m. It is hosted by butler Paul Hogan, who is famous for his appearances on the reality TV series "Joe Millionaire". Co-hosting with Hogan was Asha Dan...
Elijah Wood Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, DJ, and producer. He is best known for his high-profile leading role as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's epic film trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" (2001–03).
Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story is a two-part Australian miniseries based on Australian actor and comedian Paul Hogan which premiered on 12 February and concluded on 19 February 2017.
59th Academy Awards The 59th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 30, 1987, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to ...
Bruce Montague Bruce Montague (born 24 March 1939) is a British actor, best known for his role as Leonard Dunn in the television sitcom "Butterflies" he has also acted in over 300 television productions. In 2000, he guest-starred in the "Doctor Who" audio adventure "The Genocide Machine" and, in the following year, he ...
Flipper (1996 film) Flipper is a 1996 adventure film remake of the 1963 film of the same name (which in turn begat a TV series that ran from 1964 to 1967), starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood. The movie is about a boy who has to spend the summer with his uncle, who lives on the Florida Gold Coast. Although he expects t...
The Paul Hogan Show The Paul Hogan Show is a popular Australian comedy show which aired on Australian television from 1973 until 1984. It made a star of Paul Hogan, who later appeared in ""Crocodile" Dundee." Hogan's friend (and producer of "Crocodile Dundee") John Cornell also appeared in the show, playing Hogan's dim...
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (also known as Crocodile Dundee III) is a 2001 Australian-American comedy film, directed by Simon Wincer and starring Paul Hogan. It is the sequel to "Crocodile Dundee II" (1988) and the third film of the "Crocodile Dundee" series. Hogan and Linda Kozlowsk...
Paul Hogan (darts player) Paul Hogan (born 30 August 1963 in Dudley) is an English darts player who competes for the British Darts Organisation. He is nicknamed "Crocodile Dundee" after the movie starring his namesake, the Australian actor Paul Hogan.
Fantasia on Christmas Carols Fantasia on Christmas Carols is a 1912 work for baritone, chorus, and orchestra by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. First performed at the 1912 Three Choirs Festival at Hereford Cathedral, the work is a single movement of roughly twelve minutes which consists of the English folk...
Eric Pearce (broadcaster) Sir Eric Herbert Pearce, OBE (5 March 190512 April 1997) was a broadcaster and television pioneer in Australia. Pearce was born in Hampshire, England, and had an early career in radio on the BBC before migrating to Australia, where he was a long-term newsreader on Melbourne TV stations HSV Cha...
Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over nearly fifty years. Strongly...
Upon a Winter's Night Upon A Winter’s Night is the sixth solo album and first Christmas album by folk artist Cara Dillon. The album, produced by Dillon's musical partner and husband Sam Lakeman, features eight arrangements of traditional carols and three original compositions. The titular track “Upon a Winter’s Night” ...
Sam Stryke Sam Stryke is the artist name of Sam Struyk (pronounced Sam Strike). Stryke is an American composer and contemporary pianist whose self-produced first album, "In the Wind" led him to be signed by Atlantic Records in 1991. Stryke has independently released the instrumental album "Emerging" in 2002 and his pop...
And Winter Came… And Winter Came... is the seventh studio album from the Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 10 November 2008 by Warner Music internationally and 11 November 2008 by Reprise Records in the United States. After recording some new Christmas songs for her fourth extended play, "" (2006)...
Saeculum obscurum Saeculum obscurum (Latin: "the Dark Age" ) is a name given to a period in the history of the Papacy during the first half of the 10th century, beginning with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasting for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964. During this period, the Popes w...
Ella Mary Edghill Ella Mary Edghill (born 13 November 1881 at Aldershot; date of death unknown) was a British translator known primarily for her translation of "Categories" which appeared in Volume 1 (1928) of the "The Works of Aristotle" series, edited by W. D. Ross and J. A. Smith. She was the daughter of Rev. John C...
Ella Mary Leather Ella Mary Leather (1876–1928) was a collector of the local folklore and songs of Herefordshire. Amongst her works is a collaboration with Ralph Vaughan Williams, "Twelve Traditional Carols from Herefordshire", and notes to the journal of The Folklore Society.
Twelve Minor Prophets The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets (Aramaic: תרי עשר‎ ‎ , "Trei Asar", "The Twelve"), occasionally Book of the Twelve, is the last book of the Nevi'im, the second main division of the Jewish Tanakh. The collection is broken up to form twelve individual books in the Christian Old Testament, one ...
Quesnelia violacea Quesnelia violacea is a species in the genus "Quesnelia". This species is endemic to Brazil.
Lonicera caprifolium Lonicera caprifolium, the Italian woodbine, perfoliate honeysuckle, goat-leaf honeysuckle, Italian honeysuckle, or perfoliate woodbine, is a species of perennial flowering plants in the genus "Lonicera" of the Caprifoliaceae family. It is native to parts of Europe, and naturalised in South East Bri...
Quesnelia Quesnelia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus is named For M. Quesnel, French consul to French Guiana. Endemic to eastern Brazil, this genus contains 22 known species. This genus has two recognized subgenera: the type subgenus and "Billbergiopsis" .
Quesnelia strobilispica Quesnelia strobilispica is a species in the genus "Quesnelia". This species is endemic to Brazil.
Quesnelia quesneliana Quesnelia quesneliana is a species of bromeliad in the genus "Quesnelia".
Quesnelia marmorata Quesnelia marmorata is a species of bromeliad in the genus "Quesnelia".
Quesnelia testudo Quesnelia testudo (tess-too'do) is a species of bromeliad in the genus "Quesnelia".
Quesnelia dubia Quesnelia dubia is a species of bromeliad in the genus "Quesnelia".
Honeysuckle Honeysuckles ("Lonicera", ; syn. "Caprifolium" Mill.) are arching shrubs or twining bines in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere. Approximately 180 species of honeysuckle have been identified. About 100 of these species can be found in China and approximately 20 native species have ...
Quesnelia edmundoi Quesnelia edmundoi is a species of bromeliad in the genus "Quesnelia".
Cucurbita palmeri Cucurbita palmeri is a plant species of the genus "Cucurbita". It is native to the Pacific coast of northwestern Mexico to Nicaragua. It is closely related to "Cucurbita argyrosperma" and "Cucurbita sororia".
Cucurbita Cucurbita (Latin for gourd) is a genus of herbaceous vines in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, also known as cucurbits, native to the Andes and Mesoamerica. Five species are grown worldwide for their edible fruit, variously known as squash, pumpkin, or gourd depending on species, variety, and local parlance, ...
Cucurbita pedatifolia Cucurbita pedatifolia is a xerophyte plant species of the genus "Cucurbita". It is native to Querétaro, Mexico. It has not been domesticated. While "C. pedatifolia" has been cross bred, results have met with limited success. It does not cross well with other species of "Cucurbita". It is a close r...
Amesiella Amesiella is a genus of orchids endemic to the Island of Luzon, in the Philippines. The genus is named for Oakes Ames (1874-1950), founder of the orchid herbarium at Harvard University.
Cucurbita cylindrata Cucurbita cylindrata is a species of flowering plant in the squash family. It is similar to "Cucurbita californica", "Cucurbita cordata", "Cucurbita digitata", and "Cucurbita palmata" and all these species hybridize readily. These species form the only restricted xerophyte species group in the genu...
Cucurbita texana Cucurbita texana, also known as Cucurbita pepo" subsp. "texana and Texas gourd, is a mesophyte plant species of the genus "Cucurbita". It is native to Texas, primarily the southeastern region. It is found only in the wild. It is possibly a progenitor and close relative of the domesticated species "Cucu...
Cucurbita palmata Cucurbita palmata is a species of flowering plant in the squash family known by the common names coyote melon and coyote gourd. It is similar to "Cucurbita californica", "Cucurbita cordata", "Cucurbita cylindrata", and "Cucurbita digitata" and all these species hybridize readily. It was first identifi...
Cucurbita sororia Cucurbita sororia is a plant species of the genus "Cucurbita", sometimes considered to be a subspecies of "Cucurbita argyrosperma", "C. a." subsp. "sororia". It ranges from northern Mexico to Nicaragua, mostly along the Pacific coast. This species was originally considered closely related to "Cucurbit...
Cucurbita digitata Cucurbita digitata is a species of flowering plant in the squash family known by the common names fingerleaf gourd and bitter squash. It is similar to "Cucurbita californica", "Cucurbita cordata", "Cucurbita cylindrata", and "Cucurbita palmata" and all these species hybridize readily. These species f...
Cucurbita cordata Cucurbita cordata is a species of flowering plant in the squash family. It is similar to "Cucurbita californica", "Cucurbita cylindrata", "Cucurbita digitata", and "Cucurbita palmata" and all these species hybridize readily. These species form the only restricted xerophyte species group in the genus "...
Argent Corporation Argent Corporation was a company in Las Vegas that at one time controlled the Hacienda Hotel/Casino, the Stardust Resort & Casino, the Fremont Hotel and Casino and the casino in the Marina Hotel. The company was owned by Allen Glick, a San Diego real estate investor. The name Argent came from the thr...
Hotel Carrasco The Hotel Casino Carrasco is a historic hotel and casino in Carrasco of Montevideo, Uruguay. It currently operates as the Hotel Sofitel Montevideo Casino Carrasco and Spa.
MotorCity Casino Hotel MotorCity Casino Hotel is a casino and hotel in Detroit, Michigan. It is one of three casino hotels in the city, and one of four in the Detroit–Windsor area. The $825 million complex incorporates a historic building that once housed the Wagner Baking Company, makers of Wonder Bread. The complex h...
Camelot Hotel/Casino The Camelot Hotel/Casino was a proposed hotel and casino that was to be built in the early 1980s in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The site of the proposed project was located in the marina district, adjacent to Harrahs Resort, and was to consist of 990 hotel rooms and a 60,000 sq ft casino. Entertaine...
Boyd Gaming Boyd Gaming Corporation is an American gaming and hospitality company based in Paradise, Nevada. The company continues to be run by founder Sam Boyd's family under the management of Sam's son, Bill Boyd (born 1931), who currently serves as the company's executive chairman after retiring as CEO in January 20...
Resorts International Resorts International was a hotel and casino company. From its origins as a paint company, it moved into the resort business in the 1960s with the development of Paradise Island in the Bahamas, and then expanded to Atlantic City, New Jersey with the opening of Resorts Casino Hotel in 1978. After t...
The Venetian Macao The Venetian Macao () is a luxury hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The Venetian is a 39-story, casino hotel on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 10500000 sqft Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas, and is the seventh-la...
Suncoast Hotel and Casino Suncoast is a hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Boyd Gaming. The hotel, located on a 50 acre site, contains 432 rooms and has an 82000 sqft casino (with over 2000 slot machines) as well as a Century group movie theatre, bowling alley and conference room...
Jayanta Bhatta Jayanta Bhatta (c. 9th Century CE) was a Kashmir poet and a philosopher of Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy. In his philosophical treatise "Nyayamanjari" and drama "Agamadambara", Jayanta mentions the king Shankaravarman (883 – 902 CE) as his contemporary. Also, his son Abhinanda in his "Kadambari-kathas...
Buddhist logic Buddhist logic is a term used in Western scholarship to refer to Buddhist traditions of 'Hetuvidya' (Sanskrit) and 'Pramanavada' (Sanskrit), which arose circa 500,which in turn were influenced by 'Indian Logic', from which they seceded. Indian logic, and Buddhist Logic—in main heralded by Dignāga (c. 480...
Dharmakirti Dharmakīrti (fl. c. 6th or 7th century) was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher who worked at Nālandā. He was one of the key scholars of epistemology (pramana) in Buddhist philosophy, and is associated with the Yogācāra and Sautrāntika schools. He was also one of the primary theorists of Buddhist ato...
Udyotakara Udyotakara (or Uddyotakara) (c. 6th century CE) was a philosopher of the Nyaya school of Indian philosophy. "Subandhu"’s "Vāsavadattā" mentioned him as the rescuer of the "Nyaya". He was a brahmin of "Bharadvaja" gotra and he belonged to the Pashupata sect. His philosophical treatise, the "Nyāyavārttika " wa...
Nyāya Sūtras The Nyāya Sūtras is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text composed by Akṣapāda Gautama , and the foundational text of the Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy. The date when the text was composed, and the biography of its author is unknown, but variously estimated between 6th-century BCE and 2nd-century CE. The text...
Indian logic The development of Indian logic dates back to the "anviksiki" of Medhatithi Gautama (c. 7th century BCE) the Sanskrit grammar rules of Pāṇini (c. 5th century BCE); the Vaisheshika school's analysis of atomism (c. 2nd century BCE); the analysis of inference by Gotama (c. 2nd century), founder of the Nyaya s...
Nabadwip Nabadwip ( ) is a city under Municipal administration in the district of Nadia in West Bengal, (India). It is seated on the western bank of the Bhagirathi river. The Bhagirathi river originally flowed down the west of Nabadwip in the past, forming a natural boundary between the districts of Bardhaman and Nadia...
Dignāga Dignāga (c. 480 – c. 540 CE) was an Indian Buddhist scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian logic ("hetu vidyā"). Dignāga's work laid the groundwork for the development of deductive logic in India and created the first system of Buddhist logic and epistemology (Pramana). According to Georges B Dreyfu...
List of Hindu texts Hinduism is an ancient religion with diverse traditions such as Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and others. Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya, Nyaya, Yoga, Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy. Of these some called "Sr...
Hindu philosophy Hindu philosophy refers to a group of "darśanas" (philosophies, world views, teachings) that emerged in ancient India. The mainstream ancient Indian philosophy includes six systems ("ṣaḍdarśana") – Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. These are also called the Astika (orthodox) philo...
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by Elton John, released in 1973. The album proved to be extremely popular, selling over 30 million copies worldwide, and is regarded as one of his best. It was recorded at the Château d'Hérouville in France after problems recording at the i...
Bennie and the Jets "Bennie and the Jets" (also titled as "Benny & the Jets") is a song composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The song first appeared on the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album in 1973. "Bennie and the Jets" has been one of John's most popular songs and was performed during John's appearance at Live A...
Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour is a concert tour by British musician Elton John taking place in North America and Europe in promotion of the 40th anniversary re-release of 1973's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
Family Christian Center Family Christian Center, commonly abbreviated to FCC, is a megachurch located in Munster, Indiana. It was founded in the early 1950s by Bishop Frank Munsey and his wife, Ruth. Today, Steve Munsey is the senior pastor at Family Christian Center. The nondenominational church has 30,000 members, an...
Ease on Down the Road "Ease on Down the Road" is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical "The Wiz", an R&B re-interpretation of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The Charlie Smalls–composed tune is the show's version of both "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" and "We're Off to See the Wizard" from the 1939 versio...
The Apprentice Australia The Apprentice Australia is an Australian reality television series which aired on the Nine Network. It was based on NBC's "The Apprentice". It first aired on 28 September 2009 and last aired on 23 November 2009, and features Mark Bouris, the founder and chairman of Wizard Home Loans and Yellow...
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (song) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is a ballad performed by musician Elton John. Lyrics for the song were written by Bernie Taupin and the music composed by John for his album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Its musical style and production were heavily influenced by 1970s soft rock. It was widel...
Blue Moves Blue Moves is the eleventh official album release by Elton John. It was released in October 1976. It was John's second double album (after "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road") and the first to be released by his own label, Rocket Records Ltd. Despite the album's darker tone and a wave of negative reviews, on its rel...
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (sometimes written "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)") is a song originally recorded by British musician Elton John. John composed it with his long-time song-writing partner Bernie Taupin. It was released on John's 1973 studio album "G...
Follow the Yellow Brick Road Follow the Yellow Brick Road is a television play by Dennis Potter, first broadcast in 1972 as part of BBC Two's "The Sextet" series of eight plays featuring the same six actors. The play's central theme is of popular culture becoming the inheritor of religious scripture, which anticipated ...
Luzzu A luzzu (] ) is a traditional fishing boat from the Maltese islands. They are usually painted in bright colours, while the bow has a pair of eyes. Luzzus have existed since ancient times.
Lullaby A lullaby, or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music, usually played for or sung to children. The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies they are used to pass down cultural knowledge or tradition. In addition, lullabies are often used for the developing of communication skills, indication of e...
History of espionage Espionage, as well as other intelligence assessment, has existed since ancient times.
Godalming Hundred Godalming was an ancient hundred in the south west of the county of Surrey, England. It corresponds to the central third of the current borough of Waverley and some parts of the current borough of Guildford. Broadly speaking it extended from Guildown in the north to the border with Sussex in the south...
Ich Lebe Für Hip Hop "Ich Lebe für Hip Hop" (English: I Live for Hip Hop ) is a single by DJ Tomekk, released in 2000. The song features GZA, Curse, Prodigal Sunn and the Stieber Twins. With the exception of repeating the songs title, Prodigal Sunn and GZA rap in English. Curse and the Stieber twins rap in German. The ...
Little and Lesnes Hundred Little and Lesnes was a hundred, a historical land division, in the county of Kent, England. It occupied the northern part of the Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, within in the west division of Kent. Little and Lesnes was the northernmost hundred in the whole county of Kent. The hundred existed since ...
Stieber Twins The Stieber Twins are a duo from Heidelberg, Germany, consisting of the brothers Martin (Marshall Mar, a.k.a. Martin Jekyll) and Christian (Luxus Chris a.k.a. Christian Hyde). They are known as graffiti artists, breakdancers, rappers, hip hop producers and DJs.
Mathematical fiction Mathematical fiction is a genre of creative fictional work in which mathematics and mathematicians play important roles. The form and the medium of the works are not important. The genre may include short stories, novels or plays; comic books; films, videos, or audios. One of the earliest, and much...
Graffiti Graffiti (plural of "graffito": "a graffito", but "these graffiti") are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often within public view. Graffiti range from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and they have existed since ancient t...
History of engineering The "concept" of engineering has existed since ancient times as humans devised fundamental inventions such as the pulley, lever, and wheel. Each of these inventions is consistent with the modern definition of engineering, exploiting basic mechanical principles to develop useful tools and objects.
W. Christopher Winter William Christopher Winter (born December 27, 1972) is an American sleep researcher, neurologist, and authority regarding sleep and athletic performance. A 2010 article in Trail Runner magazine described Dr. Winter as "the leading expert in the field of sleep disruption, in athletes and issues rel...
New York Cubans The New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950. Despite playing in the Negro leagues, the team occasionally employed white-skinned Hispanic baseball players as well, because Hispanics in general were largely ignored by the major league baseball t...
Sports teams in Florida Sports teams in Florida include many professional, semi-professional, amateur and college teams. In professional sports, Florida has three National Football League teams, two Major League Baseball teams, two National Basketball Association teams, two National Hockey League teams, one Major Leagu...
Major League Baseball uniforms The uniforms worn by Major League Baseball teams have changed significantly since professional baseball was first played in the 19th century. Over time they have adapted from improvised, wool uniforms to mass-produced team brands made from polyester. The official supplier for Major League...
Winter Meetings The Winter Meetings are an annual event, held each December, in which representatives of all 30 Major League Baseball teams and their 160 minor league baseball affiliates convene for four days to discuss league business and conduct off-season trades and transactions. Attendees include league executives,...
Sal Maglie Salvatore Anthony Maglie (April 26, 1917 – December 28, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later, a scout and a pitching coach. He played from 1945 to 1958 for the New York Giants, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals. Maglie was known as "Sal th...
Triple-A (baseball) Triple-A (or Class AAA) is the highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States and Mexico. Before 2008, Triple-A leagues also fielded teams in Canada. A total of 30 teams play in the Triple-A International League (IL) and Pacific Coast League (PCL), with 14 teams in the IL and 16...
Major League Baseball Luxury Tax Major League Baseball has a luxury tax, called the “competitive balance tax”, in place of a salary cap in order to level the spending an individual team can spend on their roster. If a league lacks a salary cap or a luxury tax, any rich team can spend all the money they can afford on pl...
John H. Johnson President's Award The John H. Johnson President's Award is presented annually by Minor League Baseball (MiLB) to recognize the "complete baseball franchise—based on franchise stability, contributions to league stability, contributions to baseball in the community, and promotion of the baseball industry....
MLB China Series The Major League Baseball China Series, or MLB China Series, was two spring training games between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers played in the People's Republic of China. It marked the first time Major League Baseball teams played in China, part an effort to popularize baseball in that c...
Masatoshi Yoshino Masatoshi Yoshino (January 1, 1928 – July 4, 2017) was a Japanese physical geographer and climatologist. He served as the founder and chairman of the International Geographical Union's (IGU) Commission on Climatology from 1988 to 1992, as well as the Vice President of the IGU from 1992 until 1996. He ...
Tjølling Tjølling is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. Tjølling was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Together with Brunlanes, Stavern and Hedrum, it was merged into Larvik on January 1, 1988.
Charles Schonhaut Dr. Charles Schonhaut (January 19, 1926 – March 24, 2008) was an American educator who served as the Acting Chancellor of the New York City Public Schools from January 1, 1988, when Nathan Quinones resigned, to March 1, 1988, when Dr. Richard Green (chancellor) was sworn in to replace Quinones. Dr. Sc...
Bring It! (TV series) Bring It! is an American dance reality television series that debuted March 5, 2014, on Lifetime. On April 28, 2014, Lifetime announced an additional 10-episode renewal of "Bring It!". Additional episodes returned on July 23, 2014. The second season premiered on January 23, 2015. New episodes aire...
André Rieu André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Together they have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act, as successful as some of the biggest global pop and rock music a...
Bringing Up Bates Bringing Up Bates is an American reality television show on Up TV. It is centered around Gil and Kelly Jo Bates and their 19 children. Gil and Kelly Jo got married on December 19, 1987, when he was 22 and she was 21. Since then, they have had 9 boys and 10 girls, all of whom were born between the year...
Vitín Avilés Vitín Avilés (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico September 30, 1930 – New York, New York, January 1, 2004) was a Puerto Rican singer, who in the 1940s and 1950s often went unnoticed, even though he was among Latin music's five most popular band singers during the period. He sang in Tito Puente's orchestra and was lead ...
John Sexton John Edward Sexton (born September 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and academic. Sexton served as the fifteenth President of New York University, from 2002 to 2015. From 1988 to 2002, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, during which time NYU became one of the top five law schools in the country acco...

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