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33153200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Story%20of%20a%20Country%20Town | The Story of a Country Town | The Story of A Country Town is a novel by E. W. Howe, published in 1883. It was an immediate success, going through many printings, and reviewed favorably by Mark Twain and William Dean Howells. The action of the novel was placed in Twin Mounds, a fictional city in the American Midwest.
1883 American novels
Novels set... |
1493007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stettler | Stettler | Stettler can mean the following:
Places
Stettler, Alberta, a town in Canada
County of Stettler No. 6, a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada
Drumheller-Stettler, a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Lacombe-Stettler, a defunct electoral district
Stettler (provincial electoral district), a defunc... |
38179326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akku%20Yadav | Akku Yadav | Bharat Kalicharan (1971 or 1972 – 13 August 2004), also known as Akku Yadav, was an Indian gangster, robber, home invader, kidnapper, serial rapist, extortionist, and serial killer. Yadav grew up in the Kasturba Nagar slum, which is outside the Indian central city of Nagpur, Maharashtra. He lived and did business in th... |
63236751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau%20de%20Montmorency%20%28Val-d%27Oise%29 | Château de Montmorency (Val-d'Oise) | The Château de Montmorency was an 18th-century mansion in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise of which today only a few vestiges remain.
History
In 1670, Charles Le Brun, the first painter to King Louis XIV, acquired some land on which he built his country house, later called the "petit château" (small house).
Following Le Brun... |
8545410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warnock%20algorithm | Warnock algorithm | The Warnock algorithm is a hidden surface algorithm invented by John Warnock that is typically used in the field of computer graphics.
It solves the problem of rendering a complicated image by recursive subdivision of a scene until areas are obtained that are trivial to compute. In other words, if the scene is simple ... |
59069120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan%20Kwong%20Ho | Chan Kwong Ho | Chan Kwong Ho (; born 31 December 1996) is a former Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Chan joined Wong Tai Sin's academy as a U13 player, eventually earning his a professional contract with the club on 7 December 2015. He did not make any appearances for the club and was released a... |
51536079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grynex%20spinosus | Grynex spinosus | Grynex spinosus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1939.
References
Homonoeini
Beetles described in 1939 |
58546369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Vancouver%20Women%27s%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Doubles | 2004 Vancouver Women's Open – Doubles | This was the first WTA edition of the tournament; the previous editions were ITF events.
Amanda Augustus and Mélanie Marois were the defending champions, but did not compete together in 2004. Augustus paired up with Natalie Grandin and lost in the quarterfinals; whilst Marois played with Marie-Ève Pelletier and lost ... |
629423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic%20Thing | Cosmic Thing | Cosmic Thing is the fifth studio album by American new wave band the B-52's, released in 1989 by Reprise Records. It contains the singles "Love Shack", "Roam" and "Deadbeat Club", which reached the Top 10, 20 and 30 of the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, respectively. The music video for "Love Shack" won the award for Bes... |
57639934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalisochina%20Adrushtam | Kalisochina Adrushtam | Kalisochina Adrushtam () is a 1968 Indian Telugu-language drama film, produced by M. Jagannatha Rao under the S.V.S. Films banner and directed by K. Viswanath. It stars N. T. Rama Rao, Kanchana and music composed by T. V. Raju.
Plot
The film begins with Rao Bahadur Raghavendra Rao traveling in a train along with his p... |
63251550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake%20Catcher | Snake Catcher | Snake Catcher () is a 1985 Soviet drama film directed by Vadim Derbenyov.
Plot
The film tells about the former director of a large Moscow deli who ended up in a strict regime colony, and after leaving this began to fight criminals.
Cast
Aleksandr Mikhaylov as Pavel Sergeevich Shorokhov
Natalya Belokhvostikova as ... |
45395195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newhaven%20College | Newhaven College | Newhaven College is a non-denominational, co-educational, independent school situated on Phillip Island, in Victoria, Australia. Newhaven College is located at 1770 Phillip Island Road, Phillip Island. The school opened its doors in 1980 at the 'Boys Home Road' Newhaven Campus and completed the move to the 82-acre camp... |
15439966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%20Happy%20%28Theory%20of%20a%20Deadman%20song%29 | So Happy (Theory of a Deadman song) | "So Happy" is a single by Theory of a Deadman, and the first to be released from their third album Scars & Souvenirs. It was officially released to radio on February 11, 2008, although many rock stations in the United States added it to their rotations earlier. "So Happy" debuted on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks c... |
5804157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rant%20%28novel%29 | Rant (novel) | Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey is a novel by Chuck Palahniuk released on May 1, 2007. Palahniuk has indicated that Rant is the first in what will become a three-book series.
Rant is told in the form of an oral biography. When the story begins, the reader discovers that the main character, Buster Landru "Rant"... |
30940652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzhou%20Stadium | Fuzhou Stadium | Fuzhou Stadium (), is a multi-purpose stadium in Fuzhou, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. Fujian Olympic Sports Center has a capacity of 30,000 people, and the main stadium holds 23,000 spectators.
References
Football venues in China
Multi-purpose stadiums in China
Sports venues in Fujian
Spor... |
1449482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alqu%C3%A9zar | Alquézar | Alquézar (Aragonese: Alquezra) is a municipality in the province of Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. As of 2012, its population was 301.
Overview
Situated on a limestone outcrop of the Eocene age to the west of the canyon of the Rio Vero in the Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park, the village g... |
43096284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariyike%20Akinbobola | Ariyike Akinbobola | Ariyike Lawal-Akinbobola (born 25 April 1982), professionally known as Ariyike Akinbobola, is a Nigerian television presenter, talk show host, model, blogger, trained lawyer and occasional actress. Since 2011, she has worked as an associate producer and TV presenter for Spice TV a fashion and lifestyle channel on the D... |
41002045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinn%20%28island%29 | Kinn (island) | Kinn is an island in Kinn Municipality which is in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies about west of the town of Florø. The neighboring island of Reksta (where the village of Rognaldsvåg is located) lies just to the east of Kinn, the island of Skorpa lies about northeast of Kinn, and the island of Askrova lies ... |
11235435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20governorate%20of%20Montenegro | Italian governorate of Montenegro | The Italian governorate of Montenegro () existed from October 1941 to September 1943 as an occupied territory under military government of Fascist Italy during World War II. Although the Italians had intended to establish a quasi-independent Montenegrin kingdom, these plans were permanently shelved after a popular upri... |
73723333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluestreak%20drum | Bluestreak drum | The bluestreak drum (Elattarchus archidium), also known as the bluish croaker, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Elattarchus. This species is found in the central eastern Pacific Ocean along the coasts of t... |
70061881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanabad%20ware | Sultanabad ware | ware is a type of Persian pottery developed in Sultanabad, Iran, during the course of Ilkhanid rule in Persia.
Background
The Mongols, having conquered Persia during the early 13th century, sacked the Abbasid capital of Baghdad in 1258, establishing the Ilkhanate state. The Ilkhanate period (1258-1339) marked the intr... |
7057458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision%20in%20Korea | Collision in Korea | Collision in Korea, officially known as the , was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event jointly produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event featured 15 matches over two evenings on April 28 and 29, 1995, at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. It aired ... |
69610953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931%20Middle%20Tennessee%20State%20Teachers%20football%20team | 1931 Middle Tennessee State Teachers football team | The 1931 Middle Tennessee State Teachers football team represented the Middle Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as Middle Tennessee State University) as an independent during the 1931 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Frank Faulkinberry, Middle Tennessee State Teachers compiled a record of... |
10107310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltisorb | Maltisorb | Maltisorb is a natural sweetening alcohol made by Roquette of France. It can be used in baking, especially in making fillings for cakes and cookies. It is available in a number of grades, labelled M59, M200 and M40. Maltisorb is a brand name for crystalline maltitol, the formula for which Roquette licenses from Towa Ch... |
26623815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20John%27s%20Evangelical%20Lutheran%20Church%20%28Springfield%2C%20Ohio%29 | St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Springfield, Ohio) | St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church in downtown Springfield, Ohio, United States. Founded as a German-speaking parish in Springfield's early days, it grew rapidly during its first few decades, and its present large church building was constructed in the 1890s under the direction of one... |
41204697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri%20van%20Osch | Henri van Osch | Henri van Osch (12 April 1945 – 22 June 2001) was a Dutch swimmer. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 200 m backststroke event but failed to reach the final. He was married to Henriette D'Engelbronner.
References
1945 births
2001 deaths
Dutch male backstroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
S... |
44930597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostedes%20inermis | Ostedes inermis | Ostedes inermis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Schwarzer in 1925.
References
Ostedes
Beetles described in 1925 |
45554751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Lockwood | Gerald Lockwood | Gerald "Gerry" Lockwood (16 December 1927 – 23 February 2015) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for Keighley, Halifax and Wakefield Trinity, as a .
Background
Gerry Lockwood was born in Lupset, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he... |
12997640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moreese%20Bickham | Moreese Bickham | Moreese Bickham (June 6, 1917 – April 2, 2016) was an American resident of Mandeville, Louisiana who was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death for the July 12, 1958 killing of a sheriff's deputy, reportedly a local Klan leader. In 1974, Bickham's death sentence was converted to life without parole after the U.S. ... |
36253408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entre%20a%20F%C3%A9%20e%20a%20Raz%C3%A3o | Entre a Fé e a Razão | Entre a Fé e a Razão is the four studio album by Trazendo a Arca, and the first released by Graça Music. This album had 40 000 copies sold.
Track listing
"Sobre a Terra"
"Acende a Chama"
"Grande Deus"
"Nosso Deus"
"Entre a Fé e a Razão"
"Desceu"
"Casa do Oleiro"
"O Nardo"
"Vale a Pena"
"Quando a Nuvem Move"
"Sal e Luz... |
3231819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vondelpark | Vondelpark | The Vondelpark () is a public urban park of 47 hectares (120 acres) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is part of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid and situated west from the Leidseplein and the Museumplein. The park was opened in 1865 and originally named Nieuwe Park (English: New Park), but later renamed Vondelpark, after the... |
44169654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20National%20Bank%20of%20Greenville | First National Bank of Greenville | The First National Bank of Greenville is a historic building in Greenville, Mississippi.
Location
The building is located at 302 Main Street in Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi.
History
It was built in 1903 as the headquarters of the first bank chartered by the United States federal government in Washington... |
30105734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheraw%20and%20Salisbury%20Railroad | Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad | The Cheraw and Salisburg Railroad was a shortline railroad that ran between Cheraw, South Carolina, and Wadesboro, North Carolina.
The Cheraw and Salisbury Company was originally incorporated by special charter in 1857 as the Cheraw and Coalfields Railroad. At the company's 1869 annual meeting stockholders approved ch... |
51631053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Redfern | Donald Redfern | Donald B. Redfern (born June 9, 1945) is an American politician in the state of Iowa.
Redfern was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He attended Carleton College and Columbia University Law School and is a lawyer. He served Iowa Senate from 1991 to 2004, as a Republican (12th district from 1993 to 2003 and 10th district... |
22052696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20Italian%20general%20election%20in%20Sardinia | 1996 Italian general election in Sardinia | The Italian general election of 1996 took place on 21 April 1996.
The election was won in Sardinia by the centre-left The Olive Tree (which included the Sardinian Action Party), which won also nationally.
Results
Chamber of Deputies
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34544418 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1roly%20Salbeck | Károly Salbeck | Károly Salbeck of Petris (Galați Moldova, today Romania 17 November 1725 – Lőcse, Hungary (today part of Slovakia, 15 June 1787) was a doctor of theology, bishop of Szepes County, brother of Ferenc Salbeck and Mihály Salbeck.
His life
He was one of the sons of Máté Salbeck, a salt trader. He studied at the Collegium H... |
16589105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav%20Ivanov%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201986%29 | Vladislav Ivanov (footballer, born 1986) | Vladislav Ivanov (; born 24 January 1986) is a Russian former professional footballer. He played the position of midfielder and forward.
Career
On 1 March 2012 Ivanov joined JK Sillamäe Kalev and instantly became a key player for the team, leading Meistriliiga's top scorers list with six goals in nine matches. His sta... |
66081012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine%20A.%20Hoadley | Katherine A. Hoadley | Katherine A. Hoadley is an American breast cancer researcher. , she has served as the Associate Director of Cancer Genomics for the High-Throughput Sequencing Facility at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research is focused on understanding the biology of cancer through gene expression analyses and integ... |
13100444 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98u%C8%99i%C8%9Ba%20%28Mehedin%C8%9Bi%29 | Șușița (Mehedinți) | The Șușița is a right tributary of the river Jiu in Romania. It discharges into the Jiu in Ionești. Its length is and its basin size is .
References
Rivers of Romania
Rivers of Gorj County
Rivers of Mehedinți County |
1453151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Housing%20Act%20%28Canada%29 | National Housing Act (Canada) | The National Housing Act (, NHA) is the primary federal law concerning housing in Canada. More specifically, it is intended to promote the construction of new houses, the repair and modernization of existing houses, and the improvement of housing and living conditions.
The NHA replaced and expanded the scope of the Do... |
16618671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Ormesby%20railway%20station | Great Ormesby railway station | Great Ormesby railway station was a station in Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk. It was opened in 1877 and later became part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway route bringing holiday passengers from the Midlands to the Norfolk coastal resorts. It was closed in 1959 along with the rest of the line.
Little Orme... |
2015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic%20Circumpolar%20Current | Antarctic Circumpolar Current | The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an ocean current that flows clockwise (as seen from the South Pole) from west to east around Antarctica. An alternative name for the ACC is the West Wind Drift. The ACC is the dominant circulation feature of the Southern Ocean and has a mean transport estimated at 100–150 Sver... |
41375292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdi%20Chraibi | Rochdi Chraibi | Rochdi Chraibi (; born 1962–Ouarzazate) is a senior member of the royal cabinet of king Mohammed VI of Morocco. He serves as the director of the monarch's cabinet since February 2000 and was a classmate of the Alaouite monarch at the Collège Royal.
References
Living people
1962 births
Moroccan civil servants
People f... |
19153656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20packet | Sugar packet | A sugar packet is a delivery method for one serving of sugar or other sweetener. Sugar packets are commonly supplied in restaurants, coffeehouses, and tea houses, where they are preferred to sugar bowls or sugar dispensers for reasons of neatness, sanitation, spill control, and to some extent portion control.
Statisti... |
5656164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nami%20juji%20jime | Nami juji jime | is one of the twelve constriction techniques of Kodokan Judo in the Shime-waza list. Also known as Namijujijime, Danzan Ryu includes this technique in the Shimete list under the name Gyakujujijime.
The technique is called 'normal' because the backs of both hands of the person applying the choke are facing the person ... |
47305264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyschirius%20ussuriensis | Dyschirius ussuriensis | Dyschirius ussuriensis is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Scaritinae. It was described by Fedorenko in 1991.
References
ussuriensis
Beetles described in 1991 |
21262175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zborowskie%2C%20Silesian%20Voivodeship | Zborowskie, Silesian Voivodeship | Zborowskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ciasna, within Lubliniec County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Ciasna, north of Lubliniec, and north of the regional capital Katowice.
References
Zborowskie |
24110255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makrygialos | Makrygialos | Makrygialos or Makrigialos may refer to:
Makry Gialos, a former municipality in Crete
Makrygialos, Pieria, a village and former municipal district in northern Greece |
5316083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-out%20%28recording%20industry%29 | Cut-out (recording industry) | In the recording industry, a cut-out refers to a deeply discounted or remaindered copy of an LP, 45 RPM single, cassette tape, compact disc or other item.
History
When LPs were the primary medium for the commercial distribution of sound recordings, manufacturers would cut the corner, punch a hole, or add a notch to ... |
7190999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remotion%3A%20The%20Global%20Communication%20Remix%20Album | Remotion: The Global Communication Remix Album | Remotion is the second remix album by ambient music duo Global Communication. Originally released on Dedicated Records, the album has been re-issued a number of times.
The album features a number of remixes that Global Communication had done for other artists.
It also includes one track (not a remix) from their more t... |
22996455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%20Hand%20Band | Two Hand Band | Two Hand Band is an album by guitarist Pat Donohue that was released in 1993.
Guitarist Leo Kottke wrote in the liner notes: ""Enjoy this record, but if you're a guitar player, it's going to haunt you."
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, critic Mark Vanderhoff wrote of the album "Two of America's most important musical... |
549305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucones | Caucones | The Caucones ( Kaukônes) were an autochthonous tribe of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), who later migrated to parts of the Greek mainland (Arcadia, Triphylian Pylos and Elis).
Origin and early history
The phonology of the name Caucones has been taken as evidence for an origin in the Caucasus Mountains. It is also sug... |
25389144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaguan%20Formation | Jiaguan Formation | The Jiaguan Formation is a Lower Cretaceous geologic formation in China. Its lithology is described as consisting of "alternating thick purple red sandstone layers and thin purple red mudstone and siltstone layers, and bottom layers of thick conglomerate" Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.
... |
52504542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisa%20Sokolovsk%C3%A1 | Denisa Sokolovská | Denisa Sokolovská (born 27 May 1971, Jaroměř, Hradec Králové Region, Czechoslovakia) is a retired Czech rhythmic gymnast.
She competed for Czechoslovakia in the rhythmic gymnastics all-around competition at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. She tied for 14th place in the qualification and advanced to the final, placing... |
31448151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Duncan%20%28currency%20reformer%29 | Jonathan Duncan (currency reformer) | Jonathan Duncan (1799–1865), often referred to as "Jonathan Duncan, the younger", was a British advocate of reforming the monetary system.
He was born in Bombay while his father (also called Jonathan Duncan) was governor there. Following the death of Duncan, senior, in 1811, Sir Charles Forbes acted as his guardian.
... |
58650635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applications%20of%20photovoltaics | Applications of photovoltaics | There are many practical applications for solar panels or photovoltaics. From the fields of the agricultural industry as a power source for irrigation to its usage in remote health care facilities to refrigerate medical supplies. Other applications include power generation at various scales and attempts to integrate th... |
31905084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro%20Abaurre | Alejandro Abaurre | Juan Alejandro Abaurre (born September 11, 1972, in Mendoza, Argentina) is a former Argentine footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Argentina, Switzerland and Chile.
Teams
Godoy Cruz 1990–1991
Racing Club 1991
FC Basel 1992–1993
Godoy Cruz 1994–1997
Palestino 1997–1998
Godoy Cruz 1998–2002
Olimpo 2002... |
3941012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Wedge | John Wedge | John Wedge (10 December 1744 – 19 March 1816) was an English agriculturalist.
Life
John Wedge was the son of Francis Wedge (1714–1784) and Elizabeth Knock (1713–1788) of Fernhill House, near Forton, Staffordshire, a prosperous farmer, and brother of Thomas Wedge of Chester and Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps. He establis... |
8292534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Rathbone | Andy Rathbone | Andy Rathbone is the author of a number of For Dummies books about Microsoft Windows as well as other computing books.
Biography
Rathbone was born in San Diego, California. He attended San Diego State University, majoring in comparative literature, and graduated in 1986. He lives in San Diego, California.
The charact... |
52037303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPSE | UPSE | UPSE may refer to:
UP Stock Exchange
University of the Philippines School of Economics
Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena |
63561966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timonino%2C%20Ustyuzhensky%20District%2C%20Vologda%20Oblast | Timonino, Ustyuzhensky District, Vologda Oblast | Timonino () is a rural locality (a village) in Ustyuzhenskoye Rural Settlement, Ustyuzhensky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 3 as of 2002.
Geography
Timonino is located south of Ustyuzhna (the district's administrative centre) by road. Voronovo is the nearest rural locality.
References
Rural ... |
50713937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence%20Flagpole | Independence Flagpole | The Independence Flagpole or the Philippine National Flagpole is a flagpole located near the Rizal Monument in Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines. It is the highest flagpole in the country.
History
The Independence Flagpole was the location where the Philippine flag was hoisted on July 4, 1946, when full independence... |
74607637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Football%20League%20interceptions%20leaders | National Football League interceptions leaders | National Football League interceptions leaders may refer to:
List of National Football League annual interceptions leaders
List of National Football League career interceptions leaders |
51384421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenian%20Water%20Polo%20Championship | Slovenian Water Polo Championship | The Slovenian Water Polo Championship () is a water polo league in Slovenia. The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav First League of Water Polo.
List of winners
Number of titles
References
Water polo competitions in Slovenia
Slovenia
Sports leagues in Slovenia
Sports leagues established i... |
23583742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%20Waikoropup%C5%AB%20River | Te Waikoropupū River | Te Waikoropupū River, previously known as the Waikoropupū River, is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It originates in the Kahurangi National Park and flows generally northeast to reach the Tākaka River close to the town of Tākaka. On its way it passes close to the Te Waikoropupū Springs, whic... |
15119900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-bibbed%20tit | Black-bibbed tit | The black-bibbed tit (Poecile hypermelaenus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is found from central and eastern China to southeast Tibet and western Myanmar.
References
Poecile
Birds of China
Birds described in 1891 |
71500128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha%27atu%27a | Ha'atu'a | Ha'atu'a is a village on the island of ʻEua in Tonga. It is one of the original villages of ʻEua, and is located on the western side of the island. For census purposes the village is combined with Kolomaile, and the combined population is 486.
References
Populated places in ʻEua |
5985889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Hall-Davis | Alfred Hall-Davis | Sir Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis (21 June 1924 – 20 November 1979) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Hall-Davis was educated at Terra Nova School, Birkdale and Clifton College, Bristol. He was a director of a brewery, hotel and other companies and served on the Conservative Party executive.
Hall-Davis... |
47203014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IV%20Gymnasium | IV Gymnasium | The Fourth Gymnasium () is a public high school in Zagreb, Croatia specialising in languages. It opened its doors on 8 November 1934. Today it has about 555 students in 21 classes. It is situated at the Žarko Dolinar Street 9.
Together with the regular school curriculum, the school also offers bilingual programs in E... |
13203597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena%20%28yacht%29 | Athena (yacht) | Athena is a clipper-bowed three-masted gaff-rigged schooner built by Royal Huisman in 2004 for Internet entrepreneur James H. Clark. Clark purchased a 47.4 meter sloop, Hyperion, from Royal Huisman in 1998. As Hyperion was nearing completion, Clark began to consider the possibilities of a larger yacht, which could incl... |
65140575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20Vogt | Edmund Vogt | Edmund "Edi" Vogt (born 7 November 1941) is a Swiss former footballer who played during the 1960s. He played mainly in the position as defender, but also as midfielder.
Vogt played his youth football with FC Basel and joined their first team for their 1960–61 season under trainer Jenö Vincze. Vogt played his domestic ... |
46402118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BU09059 | BU09059 | BU09059 is a potent, selective, short-acting (non-"inactivating") antagonist of the κ-opioid receptor (KOR). It was derived from the irreversible (long-acting) KOR antagonist JDTic in search of an antagonist with a reversible profile of inactivation of the KOR that could be used with less concern to treat psychiatric d... |
120698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak%20Park%20Township%2C%20Marshall%20County%2C%20Minnesota | Oak Park Township, Marshall County, Minnesota | Oak Park Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 165 as of the 2000 census.
Oak Park Township was organized in 1883, and named for the oak groves within its borders.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 39.3 square mil... |
66463136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salinimicrobium%20xinjiangense | Salinimicrobium xinjiangense | Salinimicrobium xinjiangense is a Gram-negative, moderately halophilic, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Salinimicrobium which has been isolated from a saline lake from Xinjiang in China.
References
Flavobacteria
Bacteria described in 2008 |
6680726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Jane%20%28All%20Night%20Long%29 | Mary Jane (All Night Long) | "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige, Chucky Thompson and Sean "Puffy" Combs for her second studio album, My Life (1994), while production was helmed by Combs and Thompson. The song is built around a sample of “All Night Long” (1983) by American gir... |
67588852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Champagne | Dan Champagne | Dan Champagne is an American politician currently serving as a Connecticut State senator representing the 35th District. Which encompasses various towns in Northeastern Connecticut. Champagne was first elected in 2018 and is a member of the Republican Party. Champagne also serves as mayor of Vernon, Connecticut.
Polit... |
39423659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20Smith%20%28basketball%29 | Taylor Smith (basketball) | Taylor Smith (born July 23, 1991) is an American basketball player for Scaligera Verona of the LBA. He played college basketball for Stephen F. Austin State University.
College career
Smith, a 6'6" forward from Schertz, Texas, played two seasons at McLennan Community College before enrolling at Stephen F. Austin (SFA... |
18595834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20De%20Schryver | Jean De Schryver | Jean Albert De Schryver (born 7 March 1916, date of death unknown) was a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the middleweight class after losing his fight to Henryk Chmielewski.
External links
Jean De Schryver's profile at Sports Reference.com
1916... |
72564514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahriye%20Sultan | Fahriye Sultan | Fahriye Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: فهریه سلطان, "one who thinks"; died in 1656), also known as Fahri Sultan was an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Murad III (reign 1574–1595) of the Ottoman Empire. Her mother possibly was Safiye Sultan if she born after Safiye's return from exile in the Old Palace. In 1595 her fathe... |
3618633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Liebrand | Ben Liebrand | Ben Liebrand () (born 27 September 1960 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands) is a Dutch dance music DJ and remixer. He has produced for artists such as Forrest and MC Miker G & DJ Sven and remixed tracks by artists such as Alexander O'Neal, Salt-N-Pepa, Sting, TLC, Fun Fun, Tavares, The Limit, Bill Withers, Frankie Valli & Th... |
46696144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s%20Highway%20Historic%20District%20%28New%20Jersey%29 | King's Highway Historic District (New Jersey) | The King's Highway Historic District covers the portions of U.S. Route 206 and New Jersey Route 27 in New Jersey that connect Lawrenceville (in Lawrence Township) with Kingston (in Franklin Township / South Brunswick, New Jersey) through Princeton. This historic roadway dates to colonial times and was a portion of the... |
58586253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorhabdosynochus%20pai | Pseudorhabdosynochus pai | Pseudorhabdosynochus pai is a diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of the greasy grouper, Epinephelus tauvina. It was described in 2009.
Description
Pseudorhabdosynochus pai is a small monogenean, 0.3-0.7 mm in length. The species has the general characteristics of other species of Pseudorhabdosynochus, with ... |
28459134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Bootsma | Rachel Bootsma | Rachel Kristine Bootsma (born December 15, 1993) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in the backstroke, and is an Olympic gold medalist. Bootsma earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also competed in the 100-meter backst... |
71503696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha%20CP-70 | Yamaha CP-70 | The Yamaha CP-70 is an electric piano manufactured by Yamaha Corporation between 1976 and 1985. The instrument was based on earlier electric piano technology, but took advantage of improved pickups along with the company's longstanding experience in manufacturing acoustic pianos.
The new technology and a lack of a sou... |
71611845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing%20of%20Sukabumi | Bombing of Sukabumi | The bombing of Sukabumi was an aerial bombing of the city of Sukabumi, West Java in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) during the Dutch East Indies campaign of World War II. On the morning of Friday, 6 March 1942, a formation of seven Imperial Japanese aircraft indiscriminately bombed and strafed government ... |
18212882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Conrad%20Levinson | Jay Conrad Levinson | Jay Conrad Levinson (February 10, 1933 – October 10, 2013) was an American business writer, known as author of the 1984 book Guerrilla marketing.
He was born in Detroit, raised in Chicago, graduated from the University of Colorado. His studies in Psychology led him to advertising agencies, including a Directorship at ... |
27589055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad%20Slade | Chad Slade | Fred Sioa Chad Slade (born 8 January 1982) is a rugby union player for Oyonnax Rugby in the Top 14.
Notes
1982 births
Living people
Exeter Chiefs players
Samoa international rugby union players
Samoan rugby union players
Samoan expatriate rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in England
Samoan expatriat... |
23459176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Rosa%20River%20%28Acre%29 | Santa Rosa River (Acre) | Santa Rosa River is a river of Acre state in western Brazil, a tributary of the Purus River.
The river defines the boundary between Peru and Brazil in the centre of the state of Acre, then runs for a short distance along the boundary of the Santa Rosa do Purus National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit crea... |
2781171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Woodley%20Prowse | Daniel Woodley Prowse | Daniel Woodley Prowse, (September 12, 1834 – January 27, 1914) was a lawyer, politician, judge, historian, essayist, and office holder.
Born in Port de Grave, Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), he was the fourth of the seven children of Robert Prowse and Jane Woodley. Prowse is the author of A Hist... |
5173668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%2060 | New York State Route 60 | New York State Route 60 (NY 60) is a north–south state highway in Chautauqua County, New York, in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with U.S. Route 62 (US 62) south of the city of Jamestown in the town of Kiantone. Its northern terminus is at a junction with NY 5 in the city of... |
54020374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grottenstein%20Castle | Grottenstein Castle | Grottenstein Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Haldenstein of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
History
The castle is not mentioned in any records until 1672 when it was a ruin. Its location, only a few hundred meters from both Lichtenstein Castle and Haldenstein Castle indicates that it was pro... |
5667424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentana | Mentana | Mentana is a town and comune, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy. It is located north-east of Rome and has a population of about 23,000.
History
Mentana is a town located in the region of Lazio in central Italy. The town's name in ancient t... |
4926896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tigers%20%28New%20Zealand%20band%29 | The Tigers (New Zealand band) | The Tigers was a four-piece rock band from Wellington, New Zealand.
The band was formed in 1980, and secured performance slots including the Sweetwaters Music Festival while touring the North Island of New Zealand between 1980 and 1981.
The single Heart Don't Stop was memorable for the provocative image of a naked br... |
259165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRW%20Inc. | TRW Inc. | TRW Inc., was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, electronics, automotive, and credit reporting. It was a pioneer in multiple fields including electronic components, integrated circuits, computers, software and systems engineering. TRW built many spacecraft, including Pioneer ... |
39396011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wye%20Racecourse | Wye Racecourse | Wye Racecourse (29 May 1849 – June 1975) was a British horse racing venue at Wye, Kent. By 1878 it was about south of Wye railway station.
Wye Racecourse's inaugural 1849 meeting was held in Fanscombe Valley, an isolated coombe and natural amphitheatre directly north of Wye Crown, and as the crow flies from Wye vill... |
26327748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20World%20Championships%20in%20Athletics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20hammer%20throw | 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw | The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Saturday August 4, with the mark set at 79.50 metres.
Medalists
Schedule
All times are ... |
24486710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infundibulicybe | Infundibulicybe | Infundibulicybe is a genus of fungi that is robustly placed incertae sedis as sister group to the Tricholomatoid clade. It has previously been part of the family of Tricholomataceae, but recent molecular phylogeny has shown it to take an isolated position within the Agaricales.
Description
The fruitingbody of Infundib... |
31435887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drenje%20Brdove%C4%8Dko | Drenje Brdovečko | Drenje Brdovečko is a small settlement near Brdovec, Zagreb County. It has a total land area of 7.13 km2. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 685.
References
Populated places in Zagreb County |
17243221 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Cavanaugh%20%28swimmer%29 | Chris Cavanaugh (swimmer) | Christopher Carl Cavanaugh (born July 1, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer, former world record holder in the 50 meter freestyle and Olympic champion. He was a member of the gold medal U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and was also a member of the U... |
56680731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min%20Swe%20Naing | Min Swe Naing | Min Swe Naing (; born 29 January 1970) is a Burmese politician who currently serves as a House of Nationalities member of parliament for Kachin State № 6 constituency. He is a member of the National League for Democracy.
Early life and education
Min Swe Naing was born in Nang Kham Village, Mohnyin Township, Kachin St... |
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