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60599924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%20Block%2C%20New%20Zealand | Bell Block, New Zealand | Bell Block is a town in Taranaki, New Zealand. State Highway 3 runs through it. It is 6 km north-east of the centre of New Plymouth and 1 km from the outer edge of New Plymouth at Waiwhakaiho. Waitara is about 9 km to the north-east. New Plymouth Airport is located immediately to the north-east of Bell Block.
History ... |
68757811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pristidactylus%20volcanensis | Pristidactylus volcanensis | Pristidactylus volcanensis is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to Chile.
References
Pristidactylus
Reptiles of Chile
Reptiles described in 1987
Endemic fauna of Chile |
46369513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon%20Noruda | Typhoon Noruda | is a 2015 Japanese animated youth school fantasy film produced by Studio Colorido and directed by Yōjirō Arai. It was released on June 5, 2015. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the film.
Plot
The film takes place at a school in Japan where a group of students and their teacher have to wait out a storm that is passing by.... |
71206148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia%20at%20the%202022%20World%20Athletics%20Championships | Estonia at the 2022 World Athletics Championships | Estonia competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from 15 to 24 July 2022. Estonia entered 5 athletes.
Results
Men
Track and road events
Combined events – Decathlon
Women
Field events
References
Nations at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
World Championships in Ath... |
30840042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veldanda | Veldanda | Veldanda is a Mandal in Nagarkurnool, Telangana, India.
Mandal Parishath
ZPTC member
Institutions
Primary School
Girls Upper Primary School
Zilla Parishad High School for Girls
Zilla Parishad High School
Government Junior College
Villages
The villages in Veldanda mandal include:
Ajilapur
Bhairapoor
Bol... |
31801339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomatium%20cookii | Lomatium cookii | Lomatium cookii is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names Cook's lomatium and agate desertparsley. It is endemic to Oregon in the United States, where it grows in only two valleys. It is a federally listed endangered species.
This plant was first collected in 1981 during a sur... |
35958583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympicene | Olympicene | Olympicene is an organic carbon-based molecule formed of five rings, of which four are benzene rings, joined in the shape of the Olympic rings.
The molecule was conceived in March 2010 as a way to celebrate the 2012 London Olympics by Graham Richards of University of Oxford and Antony Williams. It was first synthesiz... |
9681547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Georg%20von%20M%C3%B6llendorff | Paul Georg von Möllendorff | Paul Georg von Möllendorff (17 February 1847 in Zehdenick, Prussia – 20 April 1901 in Ningbo, China) was a German linguist and diplomat. Möllendorff is mostly known for his service as an adviser to the Korean king Gojong in the late nineteenth century and for his contributions to Sinology. In English-language publicati... |
29340967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Hills | Ben Hills | Ben Hills (1942 – 10 June 2018) was an Australian freelance journalist and author.
Early life and career
Hills was born in Grassington, England and migrated with his family to Australia in 1959. He worked on various regional newspapers before being hired as an investigative reporter by The Age in Melbourne in 1969. He... |
32928576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling%20at%20the%202011%20Pan%20American%20Games%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20cross-country | Cycling at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's cross-country | The men's cross-country competition of the cycling events at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 15 at the Pan American Mountain Bike Circuit in Tapalpa. The defending Pan American Games champion is Adam Craig of the United States, while the defending Pan American Championship, champion is Hector Paez of Co... |
34419782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysojasminum%20humile | Chrysojasminum humile | Chrysojasminum humile (syn. Jasminum humile), the Italian jasmine or yellow jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma (Myanmar), the Himalayas and south west China (Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), Yunnan). The species is widely cu... |
50716258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just%20Married%20%28disambiguation%29 | Just Married (disambiguation) | Just Married is a 2003 American romantic comedy film.
Just Married may also refer to:
Just Married (1928 film), a 1928 American comedy silent film
Just Married (2007 film), a 2007 Bollywood film
"Just Married" (song), a 1958 single by Marty Robbins |
29361570 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragia%20ramosa | Tragia ramosa | Tragia ramosa is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family known by the common names branched noseburn and desert tragia.
It is native to the southern Great Plains, South Central, and Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. It grows in scrub, woodland, and other desert and plateau habitat.
Description... |
6101437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angler%20POW%20escape | Angler POW escape | In April 1941, inmates at the Angler POW Camp near Neys Provincial Park on the north shore of Lake Superior planned the largest escape from a Canadian POW camp during World War II. The escape was the largest of its kind in Ontario, Canada.
Angler Camp background
The Angler Camp was designed to hold prisoners who were... |
63975430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport%20Sector%20%28CISF%29 | Airport Sector (CISF) | The Airport Sector (abbreviated as the APS) is one of the sectors of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), a Central Armed Police Force of India. The sector is responsible for providing security coverage to civil airports in India under the regulatory frame work of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, Ministr... |
52277079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freda%20Kelly | Freda Kelly | Freda Kelly (born 14 July 1945) is an Irish secretary who was employed by the Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein from 1962 through 1972, and was president of the group's official fan club. Kelly worked with the band as it rose from local popularity to world-wide fame, and through its dissolution. A 2013 documentar... |
70386860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherouk%20Farhan | Sherouk Farhan | Sherouk Sayed Abdou Farhan (, born 26 November 1999) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Romanian club FCU Olimpia Cluj and the Egyptian national team. She participated with the Egyptian women's national football team in the 2016 African Nations Cup. She also played for Wadi Degla Club.
Club career... |
17370619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feels%20So%20Good | Feels So Good | Feels So Good or Feel So Good may refer to:
Albums
Feels So Good (Atomic Kitten album), 2002, or its title track
Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione album), 1977, or its title track (see below)
Feels So Good (Grover Washington, Jr. album), 1975, or the title track
Songs
"Feels So Good" (composition), a 1978 instrumental ... |
38494900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20King%20%28academic%29 | William King (academic) | William King (16 March 1685 – 30 December 1763) was an English academic and writer, Principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford from 1719, He was known for strongly held Jacobite views, and as a satirist and poet.
Early life
Born at Stepney, Middlesex, on 16 March 1685, he was the son of the Rev. Peregrine King and Margaret, da... |
28187716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidalcea%20calycosa | Sidalcea calycosa | Sidalcea calycosa is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names annual checkerbloom, checker mallow, and vernal pool checkerbloom.
Distribution
The plant is endemic to California, along the North Coast and adjacent Northern California Coast Ranges from Mendocino County to Marin County ... |
40358561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Stanek | Jan Stanek | Jan Stanek (born 21 July 1948) is a British cosmetic surgeon, lecturer and broadcaster. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, a member of the British Medical Association, the Royal Society of Medicine and The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. He has a private practice in central London.
As consultant su... |
14819775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier%20de%20Radigu%C3%A8s | Didier de Radiguès | Didier de Radiguès (born 27 March 1958) is a Belgian former professional motorcycle racer, auto racing driver and current artist. He also serves as a television sports color commentator for Belgium television, a Moto GP riders manager and as the owner of a motorcycle riding school. He competed in the FIM motorcycle Gra... |
33459495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Europe%20Music%20Award%20for%20Best%20North%20American%20Act | MTV Europe Music Award for Best North American Act | The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best North American Act.
2010s
References
See also
MTV Video Music Award
MTV VMA International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Canada
MTV Europe Music Awards
Canadian music awards
American music awards
Barbadian music
Awards established ... |
2381778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne%20Dunbar-Ortiz | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (born September 10, 1938) is an American historian, writer, professor, and activist based in San Francisco. Born in Texas, she grew up in Oklahoma and is a social justice and feminist activist. She has written numerous books including Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra Years (2005), Red Di... |
39405057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabricated%20geomembranes | Fabricated geomembranes | Geomembranes are thin plastic sheets that are essentially impervious and are used to prevent leakage from liquid or solid-storage facilities. Geomembranes are frequently referred to as Flexible Membrane Liners (FMLs) in environmental regulations, such as in Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Ov... |
12422887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos%20cuckoo | Cocos cuckoo | The Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus) is a Vulnerable species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Cocos Island, an island in the Pacific Ocean which is part of Costa Rica.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Cocos cuckoo was at one time treated as a su... |
21601606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish%20national%20road%207 | Finnish national road 7 | Finnish national road 7 (; ) is a highway in Finland. It runs from Erottaja in Helsinki to the Russian frontier at the Vaalimaa border crossing point in Virolahti. The road is long. The road is also European route E18 and it is a part of TERN.
Route
The route of the road is Helsinki – Vantaa – Porvoo – Loviisa – Kotk... |
4349857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordi%20Casanovas | Jordi Casanovas | Jordi Casanovas Güell (; born 1978 in Vilafranca del Penedès) is a Catalan playwright.
Bibliography
Plays
Les millors occasions. 2002
Gebre. 2003
Estralls. 2003
Andorra. 2004
Neoburning Generation. 2005
Beckenbauer. 2005
Kuina Katalana. 2005
Wolfenstein. 2006
Tetris. 2006
City/Simcity. 2007
Aquesta tampoc serà la fi ... |
62008478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Gordon%20%28Scottish%20Gypsy%29 | Jean Gordon (Scottish Gypsy) | Jean Gordon (1670 to 1746) was born into one of the Gypsy tribes of Kirk Yetholm. She died in Carlisle in 1746.
Biography
Gordon, who was 6 feet tall, was said to be the inspiration for Sir Walter Scott's character Meg Merrilies in his novel Guy Mannering.
In 1732, aged 62, she was charged at Jedburgh Court for 'be... |
16100673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Hudson | Matt Hudson | Matt Hudson (born July 9, 1966) is an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2008 to 2012 and again from 2012 to 2016.
Early life and education
Hudson was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Florida in 1977. He attended Manatee Community Coll... |
4465885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine%20Air%20Support%20Squadron%201 | Marine Air Support Squadron 1 | {{Infobox military unit
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|start_date=
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|type= Aviation command and control
|role= Provide the DASC
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|command_structure= Marine Air Control Group 282nd Marine A... |
21333701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo%20de%20la%20Torre | Bernardo de la Torre | Bernardo de la Torre or della Torres (d.1545) was a Spanish explorer during the Age of Discovery. He participated in Ruy López de Villalobos's failed expedition to establish a greater Spanish presence in the East Indies. Stuck for months on the eastern side of Mindanao, the expedition ran low on supplies, suffered repe... |
10909830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGT | LGT | LGT may refer to:
LGT Group, royal family-owned private banking and asset management company
Locomotiv GT, a Hungarian rock band
Lateral gene transfer
Last Generation Theology
ICAO airline code of Longtail Aviation |
60042100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korely | Korely | Korely () is a rural locality (a village) in Talazhskoye Rural Settlement of Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The population was 5 as of 2010.
Geography
Korely is located on the Povrakulsky Island, 20 km northeast of Arkhangelsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Povrakulskaya is the neare... |
41020759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisanitsa%20Island | Pisanitsa Island | Pisanitsa Island (, ) is the rocky island in the Meade group off Archar Peninsula, the northwest extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 270 m in southwest-northeast direction and 60 m wide. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
The island is named after the settlement of P... |
1142052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust%20Indenture%20Act%20of%201939 | Trust Indenture Act of 1939 | The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (TIA), codified at , supplements the Securities Act of 1933 in the case of the distribution of debt securities in the United States. Generally speaking, the TIA requires the appointment of a suitably independent and qualified trustee to act for the benefit of the holders of the securitie... |
33311511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotive%20%28band%29 | Locomotive (band) | Locomotive (originally The Locomotive) were a British band in the 1960s, from Birmingham. Their musical styles ranged from jazz to psychedelic rock and ska, and their original line-up featured Chris Wood, later of Traffic, and drummer Mike Kellie of Spooky Tooth. They had a minor UK hit in 1968 with "Rudi's in Love",... |
58860284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Roth%20%28athlete%29 | Thomas Roth (athlete) | Thomas Arne Roth (born 11 February 1991 in Sand) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. He reached the final at the 2012 European Championships finishing eighth.
His brother, Andreas, is also a runner.
International competitions
Personal bests
Outdoor
400 metres – 47.93 (Kristiansand 2... |
71300516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport%20climbing%20at%20the%202022%20World%20Games%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20speed | Sport climbing at the 2022 World Games – Women's speed | The women's speed competition in sport climbing at the 2022 World Games took place on 14 July 2022 at the Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, United States.
Competition format
A total of 12 athletes entered the competition. In qualification every athlete has 2 runs, best time counts. Top 8 climbers qualify to main competiti... |
55261963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Lincoln%20Garver | William Lincoln Garver | William Lincoln Garver was an American architect, civil engineer, author, socialist leader, and political candidate from Missouri. He was primarily an architect by trade, and learned while working under his uncle, architect Morris Frederick Bell. Garver is probably best known for his work of occult fiction, Brother of ... |
56311183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy%20Kokhanovsky | Andriy Kokhanovsky | Andriy Kokhanovsky (born 11 January 1968) is a Ukrainian athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
References
1968 births
Living people
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Ukrainian male discus throwers
Olympic athletes for Ukraine
Place of birth missing (living pe... |
4729744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake%20Me%20When%20the%20War%20Is%20Over | Wake Me When the War Is Over | Wake Me When the War Is Over is a 1969 American made-for-television comedy film directed by Gene Nelson and starring Ken Berry and Eva Gabor. It first aired as the ABC Movie of the Week on October 14, 1969.
Plot
The film tells the story of the amazingly naive and inept Lieutenant Roger Carrington (Berry) of the United... |
75127583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuci%C4%87 | Tucić | Tucić is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Milan Tučić (born 1996), Slovenian footballer
Zoran Tucić (born 1961), Serbian comic-book writer |
4263493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20State%20of%20Mexico%20election | 2006 State of Mexico election | A local election was held in the State of Mexico, Mexico on Sunday, March 12, 2006. About 3.5 million people (40% of the total registered electorate) went to the polls to elect, on the local level:
125 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term.
75 local deputies (45 by the first-past-the-post system... |
5561483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Bill%20Morganfield | Big Bill Morganfield | William "Big Bill" Morganfield (born June 19, 1956) is an American blues singer and guitarist, who is the son of McKinley Morganfield, also known as Muddy Waters.
Biography
Morganfield was born in Chicago, Illinois. He had little contact with his father. Instead he was raised in Southern Florida by his grandmother, a... |
26233842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20Divorty | Ross Divorty | Ross Divorty (born 27 November 1988) is a Welsh former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He has played at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Doncaster, Featherstone Rovers, Halifax, and York City Knights, as a , or .
Background
Ross Divorty was born in York, Eng... |
6889602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Blakeslee | Dick Blakeslee | Richard Cleveland Blakeslee (September 15, 1921 – April 7, 2000) was an American professor of English who is best known as the author of the folk song "Passing Through". Quoting from the book by Ronald D. Cohen and Dave Samuelson which accompanies the ten CD set "Songs for Political Action", in discussing the People's ... |
36792176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seyyed%20Nasereddin%20Rural%20District | Seyyed Nasereddin Rural District | Seyyed Nasereddin Rural District () is in Zarrinabad District of Dehloran County, Ilam province, Iran.
At the National Census of 2006, its population was 2,242 in 432 households. There were 1,979 inhabitants in 438 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rur... |
8506675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malinky | Malinky | Malinky is a Scottish folk band specialising in Scots song, formed in autumn 1998.
Career
Early years
The original members were Karine Polwart from Banknock, Stirlingshire (vocals, guitar, bouzouki), Steve Byrne from Arbroath (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin), Mark Dunlop from Garryduff, County Antrim (bodhrán, wh... |
23098587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Campo%2C%20California | El Campo, California | El Campo (later renamed Paradise Beach) was a picnic resort established in 1891 by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad in hopes of increasing ridership on their ferries between San Francisco and Marin. Facilities at the resort included a dance pavilion, merry-go-round, bowling alley, fishing pier, shooting gal... |
3904772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara%20%28board%20game%29 | Niagara (board game) | Niagara is a German-style board game designed by Thomas Liesching and published in 2004 by Zoch Verlag and Rio Grande Games. In Niagara, which is set in the Niagara Falls, players collect, transport, and steal gems. Upon its release, the game won several awards, including the 2005 Spiel des Jahres.
Gameplay
The game ... |
598012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1858%20in%20architecture | 1858 in architecture | The year 1858 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
The competition to design Central Park in New York City is won by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc begins publication of his Entretiens sur l'architecture in book form, systematizing his approach to architecture and a... |
34223679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Jun-seok | Lee Jun-seok | Jun-seok Andy Lee (; born 31 March 1985) is a South Korean politician who served as party leader of the conservative People Power Party.
Lee entered politics as a relatively young member of the Park Geun-hye presidential administration, during which he served as one of the 11-member Grand National Party’s (later renam... |
68857130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Tennis%20Napoli%20Cup | 2021 Tennis Napoli Cup | The 2021 Tennis Napoli Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Naples, Italy between 4 and 10 October 2021.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings as of 27 September 2021.
Other e... |
326798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanlation | Scanlation | Scanlation (also scanslation) is the fan-made scanning, translation, and editing of comics from a language into another language. Scanlation is done as an amateur work performed by groups and is nearly always done without express permission from the copyright holder. The word "scanlation" is a portmanteau of the words ... |
60595381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Bramston%20%28died%201765%29 | Thomas Bramston (died 1765) | Thomas Bramston (c.1690–1765), of Skreens, near Maldon, Essex, was a British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1747.
Bramston was the eldest surviving son of Antony Bramston of Skreens and his wife Catherine Nutt, daughter. of Sir Thomas Nutt of Mays, Sussex. and the grandson of... |
8965226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeders%27%20Cup%20Dirt%20Mile | Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile | The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile is a Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up. As its name implies, it is part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the de facto year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing, and is run on a dirt course (either natural dirt or a synt... |
69529553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gympie%E2%80%93Brooloo%E2%80%93Kenilworth%20Road | Gympie–Brooloo–Kenilworth Road | Gympie–Brooloo–Kenilworth Road is a continuous road route in the Gympie and Sunshine Coast regions of Queensland, Australia. It has two official names, Gympie–Brooloo Road and Kenilworth–Brooloo Road. The entire route is signed as State Route 51.
Gympie–Brooloo Road (number 483) is a state-controlled district road an... |
51474910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Weidenbaum | Peter Weidenbaum | Peter Weidenbaum (born 25 July 1968, Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian artist. Weidenbaum's art is an opposition to reality's rule and a search for the metaphysical.
Education
He became acquainted with painting at an early age. He maintains that the confrontation with Jean Fouquet's painting "Madonna surrounded by serap... |
9225649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCH-scale%20%28hop%29 | BBCH-scale (hop) | In biology, the BBCH-scale for hops describes the phenological development of Humulus lupulus (hops) using the BBCH-scale.
The phenological growth stages and BBCH-identification keys of hops are:
References
BBCH-scale
Humulus |
19882605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat%20%26%20Stan | Pat & Stan | Pat et Stanley (, , , , ) is an animated series that appeared as part of the children's television programme TFOU on the French network TF1. The show is animated by Mac Guff and created by Pierre Coffin, who would later on co-direct Despicable Me at the same studio via Illumination Entertainment.
Pat the brown hippopo... |
64765135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina%20Mojtahedi | Mina Mojtahedi | Mina Mojtahedi (born in Tehran, Iran) is a Finnish wheelchair curler.
She participated in the 2014 Winter Paralympics where Finnish team finished on tenth place.
In 2018–2020 she lived in Switzerland and competed in 2019 and 2020 Swiss Wheelchair Curling Championship.
She was born in Iran, her father are Iranian an... |
21133145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20suffrage%20in%20Kuwait | Women's suffrage in Kuwait | The first bill which would have given women the right to vote in Kuwait was put to the parliament in 1963. It was ultimately overturned due to pressure from conservatives. Bills continued to be denied through 1985 and 1986. Kuwait then became heavily involved in the Iraq-Iran war, and women began demanding recognition ... |
21794888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted%20Lives%3A%20True%20Ghost%20Stories | Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories | Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories (shortened to Haunted Lives and later re-titled as Real Ghosts) was an American paranormal anthology television miniseries that originally broadcast from to , on CBS and UPN. This short-lived program comprised three primetime specials that featured re-enactments of ghost stories told ... |
35563554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football%20at%20the%202013%20Central%20American%20Games | Football at the 2013 Central American Games | The football tournament at the 2013 Central American Games is held in San José, Costa Rica from March 6 to March 16. Members who are affiliated to ORDECA are invite it to send their full women's national teams and men's U-21 teams to participate.
Participants
Venue
Schedule
The competition was spread out across elev... |
35867095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Daily%20Telegram | The Daily Telegram | The Daily Telegram is a daily newspaper published Sundays through Fridays in Adrian, Michigan, United States. Former owner GateHouse Media acquired the paper from Independent Media Group in 2000.
The newspaper covers all of Lenawee County and southern Jackson County, including "Adrian, Tecumseh, Blissfield, Clinton, A... |
5881503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACVR1C | ACVR1C | The activin A receptor also known as ACVR1C or ALK-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACVR1C gene. ACVR1C is a type I receptor for the TGFB family of signaling molecules.
ACVR1C transduces signals of Nodal. Nodal binds to ACVR2B and then forms a complex with ACVR1C. These go on to recruit the R-SMADs SMAD... |
20760872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portarlington%20RFC | Portarlington RFC | Portarlington RFC is an Irish rugby club based in Portarlington, County Laois, their men's senior team are playing in Division 2B of the Leinster League. Their ladies' team is an amalgamation with Cill Dara RFC and is called PortDara Falcons and are playing in Division 3 of the Ladies Leinster League.
The club colours... |
36739315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20A.%20Phillips | Gregory A. Phillips | Gregory Alan Phillips (born August 17, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and former Wyoming Attorney General.
Biography
Phillips was born on August 17, 1960, in Littleton, Colorado and grew up in Evanston, Wyoming. He re... |
56154865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20S.%20Nathaniel | A. S. Nathaniel | A. S. Nathaniel (died 2013) was a Pakistani nurse who served Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his last days at Ziarat residency. She was recruited in 1938 in the Health Department and was specially debuted to attend to Jinnah in 1948. She retired in 1980. In 2000, Ms Nathaniel received a Tamgha-i-Imtiaz for her services by forme... |
20169425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe%20Audet | Philippe Audet | Philippe Audet (born June 4, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 4 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1998–99 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1997 to 2013, was spent in various minor leagues and briefly in Europe.
Playing career
... |
20559588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheein | Morpheein | Morpheeins are proteins that can form two or more different homo-oligomers (morpheein forms), but must come apart and change shape to convert between forms. The alternate shape may reassemble to a different oligomer. The shape of the subunit dictates which oligomer is formed. Each oligomer has a finite number of subuni... |
25937810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanawa%20Station | Hanawa Station | is a passenger railway station in the city of Midori, Gunma, Japan, operated by the third sector railway company Watarase Keikoku Railway.
Lines
Hanawa Station is a station on the Watarase Keikoku Line and is 21.0 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
Station layout
The station has a single island platform, o... |
38304451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face%20in%20the%20Sky | Face in the Sky | Face in the Sky is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film.
Plot
The film concerns two sign painters (Spencer Tracy and Stuart Erwin) who find themselves blackmailed by a beautiful woman (Marian Nixon) determined to force Tracy's character into marriage. The film was directed by Harry Lachman and released by Fox Film.
C... |
11428602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair%20of%20the%20Dog%20%28song%29 | Hair of the Dog (song) | "Hair of the Dog" is a song by Scottish rock band Nazareth, featured on their 1975 album Hair of the Dog. It is sometimes called "Son of a Bitch" because of the repeated lyric in the hook ("Now you're messing with a son of a bitch").
Background
The song is about a charming and manipulative woman who can get men to ac... |
2411357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Bittersweet%20Life | A Bittersweet Life | A Bittersweet Life (; lit. "The Sweet Life") is a 2005 South Korean neo-noir action drama film written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It stars Lee Byung-hun as Sun-woo, a hitman who becomes targeted by his boss after he spares the latter's cheating mistress.
The film was released theatrically in South Korea on 1 April ... |
1724655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Frank | Julius Frank | Johann Julius Gottfried Ludwig Frank or Julius Frank (8 December 1808 – 19 June 1841) was a professor of history, geography and philosophy from Gotha, Germany. He taught at the Largo de São Francisco's Law School in São Paulo (today's Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo)., Brazil. He was an advocator of a li... |
6753143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittareale | Cittareale | Cittareale is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium. It is located about northeast of Rome and northeast of Rieti.
Cittareale borders the following municipalities: Accumoli, Amatrice, Borbona, Cascia, Leonessa, Montereale, Norcia, Posta. The source of the Velino river are in the ... |
1327006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde%20Lovellette | Clyde Lovellette | Clyde Edward Lovellette ( ; September 7, 1929 – March 9, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. Lovellette was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988. He was the first basketball player in history to play on an NCAA championship team, Olympics gold medal basketball team, and ... |
25624136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950%20Queensland%20state%20election | 1950 Queensland state election | Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its seventh continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be Premier Ned Hanlon's second election.
The Assembly had been increased in si... |
43662205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters%20M50%20marathon%20world%20record%20progression | Masters M50 marathon world record progression | Masters M50 marathon world record progression is the progression of world record improvements of the marathon M50 division of Masters athletics. Records must be set in properly conducted, official competitions under the standing IAAF rules unless modified by World Masters Athletics.
The M50 division consists of mal... |
26329701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate%20freeze | Estate freeze | An estate freeze is a legal estate-planning technique used in Canada to lock in the current value (and tax liability) of a capital property for one person, while attributing the value of future growth of that capital property to another person.
This technique provides taxation, estate planning and business advantages ... |
49379025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken%20Creek%20%28South%20Dakota%29 | Chicken Creek (South Dakota) | Chicken Creek, alternate name Black Chicken Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Some say Chicken Creek received its name for the fact chickens were raised in the area, while others believe pioneers erroneously called partridges, native to the area, chickens.
See also
List of rivers of South Dakota
R... |
9169030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbonium | Umbonium | Umbonium, sometimes known as the "button top shells", is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Shell description
The shells of the species in this genus are low-spired and shaped like a button. The orbicular shell is depressed and imperforated. It is polished, porcel... |
21732313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Convention | European Convention | Several bodies or treaties are known as European Convention.
Bodies of the European Union
European Convention (1999–2000) which drafted the:
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (2000 / 2009)
Convention on the Future of Europe (2001–2003) which drafted the:
Treaty establishing a Constitution for Eur... |
15928273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Didier-en-Bresse | Saint-Didier-en-Bresse | Saint-Didier-en-Bresse (, literally Saint-Didier in Bresse) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
See also
Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department
References
Communes of Saône-et-Loire |
27106539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4nsiv%C3%A4yl%C3%A4juoksu | Länsiväyläjuoksu | Länsiväyläjuoksu is an annual running event held in Espoo, Finland since 1976. Länsiväyläjuoksu is organised in conjunction by several private sporting clubs, and is open for everyone, both men and women, both adults and children, for a small participation fee.
There are three different options available in Länsiväylä... |
1748361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurizio%20Lobina | Maurizio Lobina | Maurizio Lobina (born 30 October 1973 in Asti) is an Italian musician and singer, most known as a member of the band Eiffel 65, an Italian group who hit big in 1999 with the international success "Blue (Da Ba Dee)." Lobina created the melody for the song "Blue" on a keyboard and asked vocalist Jeffrey Jey to "come up w... |
2768581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine%20Auten | Christine Auten | Christine McPeters Auten is an American voice actress, ADR director, and ADR scriptwriter who works for Funimation, ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks.
Auten performs the voice of Esdeath, the main antagonist from the popular anime Akame ga Kill, Mesousa from Pani Poni Dash, Kurenai from Samurai Gun, Yufan Xia from Full M... |
73204493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anison%20Covers | Anison Covers | Anison Covers is a cover album by Hiroko Moriguchi, to be released by Sonic Blade on May 24, 2023. The album features 11 anime theme songs covered in jazz, acoustic, and bossa nova. It will be offered in two editions: CD only and CD with Blu-ray.
Upon its release, Anison Covers peaked at No. 11 on Oricon's Weekly Albu... |
29584349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kistler%20Valley | Kistler Valley | Kistler Valley is the name of two locations; one is in Antarctica, and the other is in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Antarctica
Kistler Valley () is located in the east-central Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica and is a mostly ice-filled valley. The valley lies between the Sapp Rocks and Forl... |
18827060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Griggs | Ian Griggs | Ian Macdonald Griggs (17 May 1928 – 11 January 2021) was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Ludlow from 1987 until 1994.
Biography
Griggs was educated at Brentwood School, Essex and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge and was ordained deacon in 1954 and priest in 1955. He served his... |
6889814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachrichim | Tachrichim | Tachrichim (Hebrew: תכריכים) are traditional simple white burial furnishings, usually made from 100% pure linen, in which the bodies of deceased Jews are dressed by the Chevra Kadisha, or other burial group, for interment after undergoing a taharah (ritual purification).
In Hebrew, tachrichim means to "enwrap" or "bin... |
6717574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20J.%20Thomas | Edward J. Thomas | Edward Joseph Thomas (30 July 1869 – 11 February 1958) was an English classicist, librarian and author of several books on the history of Buddhism.
Biography
Thomas was born in Thornhill, West Yorkshire. He was the son of a gardener at Thornhill Rectory. Thomas left school and worked as a gardener for twelve years. I... |
2150212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying%20Elephant | Flying Elephant | The Flying Elephant was a proposed super-heavy tank, planned but never built by the British during World War I.
Development
After the last order for an additional fifty Mark I vehicles in April 1916, it was not certain that any more tanks were to be produced. Everything would depend on the success of the new weapon. W... |
54392348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20M.%20Ware%20Sr.%20House | John M. Ware Sr. House | The John M. Ware Sr. House, also known as the Ware House, near Corinth in Heard County, Georgia, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing address was restricted. The listed property was in size and included four contributing buildings, seven contributing sites, and a contributing st... |
14896364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail%20prick | Nail prick | Nail prick or quicking occurs in a horse if the sensitive hoof structures (usually the sensitive laminae) are penetrated by a horseshoe nail being driven through the hoof wall while shoeing. The nail creates a wound on the inside of the hoof wall.
A close nail or a nail bind is the placement of a horseshoe nail so clo... |
8113021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan%20MacGillivray | Clan MacGillivray | Clan MacGillivray is a Highland Scottish clan and is a member of the Clan Chattan Confederation. The clan does not currently have a clan chief, but following a petition to the Lord Lyon a family convention was held at Culloden on 15 April 2016. Submissions from four applicants for the role of commander were heard and I... |
36421747 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20Swedish%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Women%27s%20singles | 2012 Swedish Open – Women's singles | Polona Hercog successfully defended her title after defeating Mathilde Johansson in the final 0–6, 6–4, 7–5.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
Jill Craybas
Draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
External links
Main Draw
Qual... |
3019993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20Retreat%2C%20No%20Surrender%202 | No Retreat, No Surrender 2 | No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (also known as No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder) is a 1987 Hong Kong-American martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen, and starring Loren Avedon, Matthias Hues, Max Thayer and Cynthia Rothrock. Despite its title, it does not have any narrative or character connection to No Retreat,... |
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