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47350585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Golden%20Gizmo | The Golden Gizmo | The Golden Gizmo is a 1954 novel by the thriller writer Jim Thompson.
Plot
Toddy Kent, a former con-artist with a rap sheet in a dozen cities is now working as a door to door gold-buyer in Los Angeles for Milt Vonderheim's jewelry shop. Despite his disreputable line of work, he is able to keep a low profile in fear of... |
2646242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Summerbee | Mike Summerbee | Michael George Summerbee (born 15 December 1942) is an English former footballer, who played in the successful Manchester City side of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Club career
Summerbee was born in Preston, Lancashire, and raised in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He attended Naunton Park Secondary Modern School wher... |
22823031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20criminology | Cultural criminology | Cultural criminology is a subfield in the study of crime that focuses on the ways in which the "dynamics of meaning underpin every process in criminal justice, including the definition of crime itself." In other words, cultural criminology seeks to understand crime through the context of culture and cultural processes.... |
34906003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Ebner | Alexander Ebner | Alexander Ebner (born 19 October 1967) is a German social scientist and Professor of Social Economics, esp. Economic Sociology and Political Economy at the Goethe University Frankfurt. His main research fields are Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Governance and Public Policy, Regional Development, and the History of Ec... |
22462828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962%20College%20Football%20All-America%20Team | 1962 College Football All-America Team | The 1962 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1962. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1962 season are (1) the American Football Coac... |
13312264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20schools%20in%20the%20London%20Borough%20of%20Hackney | List of schools in the London Borough of Hackney | This is a list of schools in the London Borough of Hackney, England.
In 2002, the borough entered into a ten-year contract with the Learning Trust, an independent collaborative body that organises education for Hackney's 27,000 pupils in over 70 schools, nurseries and play centres. The trust was set up in response to ... |
53625578 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiksholms%20Kanal%2016%E2%80%9318 | Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18 | Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18 are two almost identical listed properties overlooking Frederiksholm Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The Victorian Home, a 15-room, late 19th-century bourgeois home now operated as a historic house museum by the National Museum of Denmark, is located on the second floor of No. 18. The A... |
3055789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Lupus | Peter Lupus | Peter Nash Lupus Jr. (born June 17, 1932) is an American bodybuilder and actor. He is best known for his role as Willy Armitage on the television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1973).
Personal life
Lupus was one of three siblings born in Indianapolis, Indiana to Mary Irene ( Lambert; 1910-2003) and Peter Nash Lupus... |
10371786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20de%20Goislard%20de%20Monsabert | Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert | Joseph Jean de Goislard de Monsabert (Libourne 30 September 1887 – Dax, 13 June 1981), was a French general who served during the Second World War.
Monsabert graduated from Saint-Cyr military academy and was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1911. He initially served with the 44th Infantry Regiment and then was moved to... |
71350554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carruthers%20Creek%20%28Canada%29 | Carruthers Creek (Canada) | The Carruthers Creek is a stream in the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada. Its watershed lies within the boundaries of Pickering and Ajax.
Etymology
The stream is named after Richard Carruthers (1819-1887), an English immigrant from Cumberland, whose family owned 202 acres along the banks of the Creek. Carruthers, a ... |
37949639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20E.%20Bandmann | Daniel E. Bandmann | Daniel Edward Bandmann (November 1, 1837 – November 23, 1905) was an internationally known German-born American Shakespearean actor who after retiring from the stage became a noted Montana rancher and pomologist.
In 1885, Bandmann published An Actor's Tour: or, Seventy Thousand Miles with Shakespeare, chronicling his... |
8387584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom%20FM | Boom FM | Boom FM is a branding of classic hits radio stations broadcasting in Canada. The trademark is owned by Bell Media, although only two stations using the branding are owned by that company.
The name "Boom" is a reference to baby boomers, who are the main target of the network.
History
"Boom" was first launched on May 1... |
960328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socorro%20mockingbird | Socorro mockingbird | The Socorro mockingbird (Mimus graysoni) is an endangered mockingbird endemic to Socorro Island in Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands. The specific epithet commemorates the American ornithologist Andrew Jackson Grayson.
Mimus graysoni shows its close relationship to the northern and tropical mockingbirds rather subtly. It... |
47205153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh%20Eid%20bin%20Mohammad%20Al%20Thani%20Charitable%20Association | Sheikh Eid bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association | Sheikh Eid Bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association is a Qatari charitable organizations established in 1995 in Doha, Qatar. The organization was named after Sheikh Eid Ibn Mohammad ibn Thani ibn Jasim ibn Mohammad Al Thani (1922-1994). The U.S. Department of Treasury has characterized the organization's founder as... |
23688700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos%20Andriessen | Koos Andriessen | Jacobus Eije "Koos" Andriessen (25 July 1928 – 22 January 2019) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman.
Andriessen worked as a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from March 1951 until September 1955.... |
43151758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Rochfort%2C%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Belvedere | George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere | George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere (12 October 1738 – 13 May 1814) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
Early years
George Augustus Rochfort was born on 12 October 1738, son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. Mary Molesworth. The Rochfort family, originally called De Rupe Forti, had se... |
43601303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20F.%20Johnson | Alfred F. Johnson | Alfred Forbes Johnson, MC (November 1884 – 27 March 1972) was an English academic librarian, bibliographer, curator, and expert in typography. He was Deputy Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum. He is author of many bibliographical reference works, and the standard Encyclopaedia of Typefaces.
Biography
Johns... |
74156648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh%20Clarke%20%28footballer%2C%20born%202004%29 | Josh Clarke (footballer, born 2004) | Josh Clarke (born 28 July 2004) is a professional footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Celtic. Born in England, he is a former youth international for Sweden and the Republic of Ireland, before opting to play for Northern Ireland in 2021.
Early life
Clarke was born in London to a Swedish mother, and would ... |
9778789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81ysa%20G%C3%B3ra | Łysa Góra | Łysa Góra (Bald Mountain; also known as Łysiec or Święty Krzyż) is a well-known hill in Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland. With a height of 595 metres (1,952 ft), it is the second highest point in that range (after Łysica at 612 meters or 2,008 ft). On its slopes and atop its summit are several hiking trails, the ruins... |
6070611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical%20chic | Radical chic | Radical chic is the fashionable practice of upper-class people associating with politically radical people and causes. Coined in the 1970 article "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's" by journalist Tom Wolfe, the term has become widely used in languages such as American English, French, and Italian. Unlike dedicated ac... |
12767478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Elliott%20%28American%20politician%29 | William Elliott (American politician) | William Elliott (September 3, 1838 – December 7, 1907) was an American attorney and politician, serving as U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Biography
Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Elliott attended Beaufort College and Harvard University.
He studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, and ... |
43529332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes%20Helmke | Hannes Helmke | Hannes Helmke (born 10 May 1967 in Heidelberg) is a German sculptor creating bronze sculptures.
Life
After an education in wood sculpture, Helmke attended postgraduate studies in free art at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter which he completed in the summer of 1998. Since then Helmke has liv... |
35814208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20GMA%20Network%20original%20drama%20series | List of GMA Network original drama series | This is the list of Philippine television drama series that originally aired or are set to air on GMA Network. Titles are sorted in the decade and the year of release, with the official international title included in parentheses.
1980s
1990s
1994
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55163341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Glowinski | Jacques Glowinski | Jacques Glowinski (30 August 1936 – 5 November 2020) was a French pharmacist and biology researcher specializing in neurobiology and neuropharmacology for which he is considered one of the founding fathers in France. Glowinski was a professor at the Collège de France and was also its administrator. He was a member of t... |
10841025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson%20Square%20Mall | Richardson Square Mall | Richardson Square Mall (1977-2006) was an enclosed single-level shopping center located in Richardson, Texas on Plano Road, stretching between the intersections of Belt Line Road and Spring Valley Road. The three adjacent corners of Belt Line and Plano Road were also occupied by shopping centers. The mall attached to a... |
23630971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC%20Budivelnyk | BC Budivelnyk | BC Budivelnyk Kyiv (in Ukrainian: Будівельник Київ) is a Ukrainian professional basketball club based in Kyiv. The club plays in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague. In June 2018, it was forced to withdraw from the Superleague due to open debts. Two years later, the club returned its activities. The club holds a recor... |
32516277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Lightning%20%282009%20film%29 | Black Lightning (2009 film) | Black Lightning (; translit. Chernaya Molniya) is a 2009 Russian superhero film directed by Alexandr Voitinsky and Dmitriy Kiselev, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov.
Plot
Dmitry "Dima" Maykov (Grigoriy Dobrygin) is a student at Moscow State University. For his birthday, his father (Sergei Garmash), gives him a blac... |
11256435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insaniyat%20%281994%20film%29 | Insaniyat (1994 film) | Insaniyat (English: Humanity) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ramanjit Juneja. The film features an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Sunny Deol, Jaya Prada, Raveena Tandon, Chunky Panday, Anupam Kher, Prem Chopra, Alok Nath, Vinod Mehra & Nutan (in her final film role).
The film had... |
56220336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luise%20Dornemann | Luise Dornemann | Luise Dornemann (born Luise Fremy: 23 February 1901 - 17 January 1992) was a women's rights activist-politician and, in her later years, a writer.
Life
Luise Fremy was born in Aurich, a midsized town in East Frisia, in the northwestern corner of Germany. Her father was a legal official. She completed her schoolin... |
45092668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iban%20Salvador | Iban Salvador | Iván Salvador Edú (born 11 December 1995), known in Spain as Iban Salvador and in Africa as Iban Edú, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish I liga club Miedź Legnica, on loan from Primera Federación side AD Ceuta FC. Born and raised in Spain to a Spanish father and a Spanish-Equatoguinean mothe... |
13810684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftServe | SoftServe | SoftServe, Inc., founded in 1993 in Lviv, Ukraine, is a technology company specializing in consultancy services and software development.
SoftServe provides services in the fields of big data, Internet of things, cloud computing, DevOps, e-commerce, computer security, experience design, and health care. With its Unite... |
124215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica%2C%20Nebraska | Utica, Nebraska | Utica is a village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 861 at the 2010 census.
History
Utica was established when the Burlington & Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point. It was named after Utica, New York.
Geogr... |
38387532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason%20City%20High%20School%20%28Iowa%29 | Mason City High School (Iowa) | Mason City High School is a public high school in the Mason City Community School District. It is within the city of Mason City, Iowa. It is located in Cerro Gordo County. The school colors are black and red. Until recently, the mascot was a Mohawk (Indian Tribe figure). The current mascot is Riverhawk.
History
Maso... |
1725896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root%2C%20Switzerland | Root, Switzerland | Root is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Geography
Root has an area of . Of this area, 50.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 17% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.3%) is non-productive (rivers, ... |
24445653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekangi | Ekangi | Ekangi is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language film written, directed by and starring Ravichandran. He also wrote film's screenplay and composed the music. The film stars Ramya Krishna and Prakash Raj, with Vanitha Vasu, Sridhar, Ramesh Bhat and Sadhu Kokila in supporting roles. With the film, Ravichandran's reputation as an... |
548043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Basin%2C%20Victoria | The Basin, Victoria | The Basin is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. The Basin recorded a population of 4,497 at the 2021 census.
History
Traditional custodians
Prior to European settlement, The Basin and surrounding subur... |
56896916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Cervero | Robert Cervero | Robert Cervero is an author, consultant, and educator in sustainable transportation policy and planning. During his years as a faculty member in city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkeley, he gained recognition for his work in the sphere of urban transportation and land-use planning. His resea... |
2762585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20Progress%20Party | German Progress Party | The German Progress Party (, DFP) was the first modern political party in Germany, founded by liberal members of the Prussian House of Representatives () in 1861 in opposition to Minister President Otto von Bismarck.
History
Upon the failed Revolutions of 1848, several deputies in the Landtag diet of Prussia maintain... |
8338355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20II%2C%20Elector%20Palatine | Frederick II, Elector Palatine | Frederick II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (9 December 1482 – 26 February 1556), also Frederick the Wise, a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, was Prince-elector of the Palatinate from 1544 to 1556, and pretender to the Norwegian Throne from 1535 to 1556.
The Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Heidelberg is named after hi... |
50603348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unleashed%20%28Skillet%20album%29 | Unleashed (Skillet album) | Unleashed is the ninth studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet, released on August 5, 2016. The album was announced on May 20, 2016, and a lyric video was released for the track "Feel Invincible" at the same time on the band's YouTube channel. Six days later, the band released a lyric video for the track "... |
41541655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20World%20Artistic%20Gymnastics%20Championships | 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | The 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Nanning, China at the Guangxi Gymnasium from 3–12 October 2014. The competition was the fourth time a World Artistic Gymnastics Championships has been held in the continent of Asia.
Competition schedule
All times are CST (UTC+8).
Venues
Main Arena
The main... |
20254121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistanis%20in%20Japan | Pakistanis in Japan | form the country's third-largest community of immigrants from a Muslim-majority country, trailing only the Indonesian community and Bangladeshi community. As of June 2023, official statistics showed 23,417 registered foreigners of Pakistani origin living in the country. There were a further estimated 3,414 illegal immi... |
41142985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Steinhart | David Steinhart | David Steinhart is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for the bands Pop Art, Smart Brown Handbag, and the Furious Seasons. He has been active in the Los Angeles pop scene since the 1980s.
Career
Steinhart has been a staple of the Los Angeles indie pop scene since the 1980s. His career spans 30 ye... |
68115136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina%20Caro | Ina Caro | Ina Caro is an American author, medieval historian and travel writer. She is the author of The Road from the Past: Traveling Through History in France and Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train. She is married to Robert Caro, and has been his sole research assistant for his books.
Biography
Caro... |
135071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volin%2C%20South%20Dakota | Volin, South Dakota | Volin (pronounced VAH'-lin) is a town in Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 158 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
History
A post office called Volin has been in operation since 1887. The town was named for ... |
70689306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremacyllus | Tremacyllus | Tremacyllus is an extinct genus of hegetotheriids. It lived from the Late Miocene to the Late Pleistocene (~7-0.012 Ma) and its fossilized remains were discovered in South America.
Description
This animal was approximately the size of a hare, and both animals, while unrelated, must have been quite similar in appearan... |
110095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindale%2C%20Georgia | Lindale, Georgia | Lindale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,191 at the 2010 census.
History
A post office called Lindale has been in operation since 1883. The name Lindale might hav... |
59001522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20submarine%20Z | French submarine Z | The French submarine Z was an experimental submarine built for the French Navy () in the first decade of the 20th century. Designed by Gabriel Maugas, it was the first French submarine to be completed with a diesel engine and the only one with four sets of diving planes. It was commissioned for its sea trials in 1904, ... |
1624784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20on%20Ice | Lisa on Ice | "Lisa on Ice" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It was the first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on November 13, 1994. In the episode, Lisa discovers that she possesses a skill for ice hockey. A rivalry between her and Bart ensues.
The ... |
6766573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon%20Green | Sharon Green | Sharon Green (6 July 1942 – 17 February 2022) was an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and romance author.
Biography
Green was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1942 to Morris Green and Esther (née Bender) Green. She attended high school in Brooklyn and graduated with a B.A. degree from New York University in 1... |
18845311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuchar%20Kvirkvelia | Manuchar Kvirkvelia | Manuchar Kvirkvelia (Georgian: მანუჩარ კვირკველია; born on October 12, 1978) is a retired Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician, an Olympic champion and a member of the Parliament of Georgia since 2008.
Early life and family
Manuchar Kvirkvelia was born on October 12, 1978, in Ozurgeti, Guria, a town in then-S... |
70047023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Sida%20species | List of Sida species | The following species in the flowering plant genus Sida, the fanpetals or sidas, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. Sida has historically been a wastebasket taxon, including many plants that simply did not fit into other genera of the Malvaceae. Species have been continually reclassified.
Species
Sida abutif... |
16508133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonia%20Ford | Antonia Ford | Antonia Ford Willard (July 23, 1838 – February 14, 1871) was a volunteer civilian spy for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Early life
Antonia Ford was born at Fairfax Court House, Virginia. She was a daughter of a prominent local merchant and ardent secessionist named Edward R. Ford. Before g... |
12733996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Speaks | California Speaks | California Speaks was a statewide deliberative forum on health care reform that took place on August 11, 2007 in eight counties in California: Humboldt, Sacramento, Alameda (Oakland), Fresno, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego. Nearly 3,500 people representing all segments of the population were rand... |
173190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingoism | Jingoism | Jingoism is nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. Colloquially, jingoism is excessive bias in judging one's own countr... |
69626670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nello%20Petrucci | Nello Petrucci | Aniello Petrucci, known professionally as Nello Petrucci (born 26 January 1981) is an Italian artist and film director. He specializes in painting, street art, and sculpture, and works in both collage and halftone. Petrucci lives and works in Pompei and New York City.
Biography
Petrucci was born on January 26, 1981 i... |
219620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasian%20robin | Australasian robin | The bird family Petroicidae includes 51 species in 19 genera. All are endemic to Australasia: New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and numerous Pacific Islands as far east as Samoa. For want of an accurate common name, the family is often called the Australasian robins.
Within the family species are known variously as r... |
302865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon%20Berenguer%20IV%2C%20Count%20of%20Barcelona | Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona | Ramon Berenguer IV (; c. 1114 – 6 August 1162, Anglicized Raymond Berengar IV), sometimes called the Saint, was the count of Barcelona who brought about the union of the County of Barcelona with the Kingdom of Aragon to form the Crown of Aragon.
Early reign
Ramon Berenguer was born 1114, the son of Count Ramon Berengu... |
65918736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav%20Classens | Gustav Classens | Gustav Classens (12 October 189418 June 1977) was a German conductor who shaped musical life in Bonn. He was municipal music director and conductor of the Beethoven Orchester Bonn from 1933 to 1949, continuing concerts during World War II and reviving them after the war. He was then for decades conductor of the choir C... |
38531671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st%20Airship%20Group | 21st Airship Group | The 21st Airship Group was a unit of the United States Army Air Corps. It was last assigned to the 3d Wing at Scott Field, Illinois. It was originally activated under a different name in 1921, and disbanded on 27 May 1939.
A predecessor of the group served on the Western Front in France during World War I. For most o... |
9420880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Systems | T-Systems | T-Systems International GmbH (T-Systems) is an internationally operating service provider for information technologies and digital transformation. The company is part of Deutsche Telekom AG and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.
As of 2012, T-Systems was the largest German and one of the largest European IT servic... |
65475231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Peach%20Bowl%20%28January%29 | 2021 Peach Bowl (January) | The 2021 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Cincinnati Bearcats that was played on January 1, 2021, with kickoff scheduled for 12:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 53rd edition of the Peach Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Spons... |
1036932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F1000%20%28publisher%29 | F1000 (publisher) | F1000 (formerly "Faculty of 1000") is an open research publisher for scientists, scholars, and clinical researchers. F1000 offers a different research evaluation service from standard academic journals by offering peer-review after, rather than before, publishing a research article. Initially, F1000 was named after the... |
39632724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts%20Jackson | Roberts Jackson | Roberts Jackson Solicitors was a law firm headquartered in Wilmslow, Cheshire in the United Kingdom. The firm was founded in 2009. It specialised in industrial disease and workplace illness, prosecuting cases across conditions such as mesothelioma, dermatitis and occupational asthma.
History
Three years after being f... |
3067655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientia%20potentia%20est | Scientia potentia est | The phrase "" (or "" or also "") is a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power", commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. The expression "" ('knowledge itself is power') occurs in Bacon's Meditationes Sacrae (1597). The exact phrase "" (knowledge is power) was written for the first time in the 1668 version of Leviat... |
74108358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazo%20Marsh-North%20East%20Comox%20Wildlife%20Management%20Area | Lazo Marsh-North East Comox Wildlife Management Area | Lazo Marsh-North East Comox Wildlife Management Area is a wildlife management area on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It was established by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNRORD) on 6 April 2001 to preserve local spec... |
122518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam%2C%20Missouri | Amsterdam, Missouri | Amsterdam is a city in western Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 242 at the 2010 census.
History
Amsterdam was platted in 1891. The city was named after Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands. Arthur Stilwell, an early-20th-century rail... |
45056358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel%20Poignant | Axel Poignant | Axel Poignant (12 December 1906 – 5 February 1986) was an Australian photographer.
Personal life
Poignant was born on 12 December 1906 in Leeds, England, to a Swedish father and an English mother. He had a younger sister. He was educated at Grosvenor House School in Harrogate, Yorkshire, and then moved to Sweden at th... |
158442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzword | Buzzword | A buzzword is a word or phrase, new or already existing, that becomes popular for a period of time. Buzzwords often derive from technical terms yet often have much of the original technical meaning removed through fashionable use, being simply used to impress others. Some buzzwords retain their true technical meaning w... |
63103042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Just%20Butcher | Margaret Just Butcher | Margaret Just Butcher (April 28, 1913 - February 7, 2000) was an American educator and civil rights activist. Butcher worked as an English professor at Howard University and Federal City College. She also taught for years overseas. She was a fellow of the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. In the 1950s, she was a Fulbright V... |
34984035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizam-e-Islam%20Party | Nizam-e-Islam Party | The Nizam-e-Islam Party or simply Nizam-e-Islam (), is a political party in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The party was founded in the city of Kishoreganj in 1952, by the Islamic scholars of erstwhile East Bengal, Pakistan as an offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. It was one of the four political parties belonging to the ... |
1545573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20One%20Shopping%20Centre | Square One Shopping Centre | Square One Shopping Centre, or simply Square One, is a shopping mall located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest shopping centre in Ontario and the second largest shopping centre in Canada, after the West Edmonton Mall. It has over of retail space, with more than 360 stores and services. On average, the... |
4461143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascouche%20line | Mascouche line | The Mascouche line (also designated line 15, known during planning as Repentigny–Mascouche) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by Exo, the organization that operates public transport services across this region.
Opened on December 1, 2014, by Exo's predecessor agency, the Ag... |
24065671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Poland%20relations | Pakistan–Poland relations | Pakistan–Poland relations refers to bilateral relations between Poland and Pakistan, which date back to the 1940s. After the Independence of Pakistan on August 14, 1947, Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime minister of Pakistan, made the first diplomatic approaches to the People's Republic of Poland and finally, on Decemb... |
20786388 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Thirsk | Joan Thirsk | Irene Joan Thirsk, (née Watkins; 19 June 1922 – 3 October 2013) was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of agriculture. She was the leading British early modern agrarian historian of her era, as well as an important social and economic historian. Her work highlighted the regional diffe... |
2215079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peachtree%20Creek | Peachtree Creek | Peachtree Creek is a major stream in Atlanta. It flows for almost due west into the Chattahoochee River just south of Vinings.
Peachtree Creek is an important part of the area history. Fort Peachtree was built near the creek and the Chattahoochee River to guard against the Cherokee, who were in the Cherokee County ... |
41524693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20South%20Carolina%20Gamecocks%20football%20team | 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks football team | The 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) as part of its East Division. The team was led by head coach Steve Spurrier, in his tenth year, and played... |
321529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umma | Umma | Umma ( ; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, formerly also called Gishban) was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been suggested that it was located at Umm al-Aqarib, less ... |
30246737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Feldman%2C%20Baron%20Feldman%20of%20Elstree | Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree | Andrew Simon Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, (born 25 February 1966) is a British barrister, businessman and Conservative fundraiser and politician.
The Financial Times described Feldman as "David Cameron's oldest political friend" since their days together at Brasenose College, Oxford. Feldman was responsible for... |
55776438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saka%20guru | Saka guru | Saka guru, or soko guru in Javanese, is the set of four main posts which support certain Javanese buildings, e.g. the pendopo, the house proper and the mosque. The saka guru is the most fundamental element in Javanese architecture because it supports the entire roof of the building. Because of its importance, the saka ... |
8325063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Magical%20Adventures%20of%20Quasimodo | The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo | The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo is an animated television series based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel Notre Dame de Paris.
The show was produced by Ares Films, CinéGroupe, Télé-Images, and Astral Media. It aired in 1996.
The series takes place in Paris, 1483. The three main characters are Quasimodo, Esmeralda, and F... |
1115392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleshill%2C%20Warwickshire | Coleshill, Warwickshire | Coleshill ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England, taking its name from the River Cole, on which it stands. It had a population of 6,897 in the 2021 Census, and is situated east-northeast of Birmingham, southeast of Sutton Coldfield, south of Tamworth, north... |
23568499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Greed | American Greed | American Greed (also known as American Greed: Scams, Scoundrels and Scandals and as American Greed: Scams, Schemes and Broken Dreams) is an American documentary television series on CNBC. The series focuses on cases of Ponzi schemes, embezzlement and other white collar crimes and features interviews with police investi... |
6793296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihama | Niihama | is a city located in the eastern part of Ehime Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 115,824 in 57781 households and a population density of 490 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It has the third largest population in Ehime, behind the prefectural capital of Matsuyama and the rece... |
16265755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed%20Chalali | Mohamed Chalali | Mohamed Chalali (born 4 April 1989) is an Algerian footballer. He plays for FC Versailles 78 in the Championnat National 3.
Personal
Chalali was born in Montreuil-sous-Bois, Paris, to Algerian parents. His family is originally from the village of Ighil Ouantar, in the Seddouk District of Béjaïa.
Club career
France ... |
2577672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%83zvan%20Sab%C4%83u | Răzvan Sabău | Răzvan Sabău (born 18 June 1977) is a Romanian retired professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of Bucharest in 2003 and Gstaad in 2005, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 74 in September 2005. He is the coach of Patricia Maria Țig.
Tennis career
Juniors
Born in Bucharest, Romania, Sabă... |
3285336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How%20Come%20U%20Don%27t%20Call%20Me%20Anymore%3F | How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? | "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" is a song by Prince. It is a ballad of romantic longing with some gospel elements. On his original recording of the song, which was released as the non-album B-side to his 1982 single "1999", Prince performs most of the song in his falsetto range, with his own bluesy piano playing pr... |
47402441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic%20Children%27s%20Book%20Prize | Icelandic Children's Book Prize | The Icelandic Children's Book Prize (Íslensku barnabókaverðlaunin) is a literary prize which is awarded annually (when sufficiently good entries present themselves) by the Verðlaunasjóði íslenskra barnabóka, established by the author Ármann Kr. Einarsson in conjunction with the publisher Vaka-Helgafell in 1985. The pri... |
3094436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindarics | Pindarics | Pindarics (alternatively Pindariques or Pindaricks) was a term for a class of loose and irregular odes greatly in fashion in England during the close of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century. Abraham Cowley, who published fifteen Pindarique Odes in 1656, was the poet most identified with the form though many ... |
2126377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Lynagh | Michael Lynagh | Michael Patrick Thomas Lynagh, (born 25 October 1963) is an Australian former rugby union player who played mainly as a fly-half.
Lynagh represented Australia from 1984 to 1995, playing at both inside centre and fly half. Lynagh was capped 72 times for Australia, and was captain from 1993 to 1995. He was the world poi... |
1113125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognac%2C%20France | Cognac, France | Cognac (; Saintongese: Cougnat; ) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Administratively, the commune of Cognac is a subprefecture of the Charente department.
Name
The name is believed to be formed from individual masculine name -Connius, Gallic name, and the suffix -acum, which would corresp... |
47117638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Megaw | John Megaw | Sir John Megaw, (16 September 1909 – 27 December 1997) was a British judge who eventually rose to Lord Justice of Appeal and Irish international rugby union player.
Early life and career
Born in Dublin, Megaw was the son of Irish (later Northern Irish) politician and judge Robert Megaw and the brother of the crysta... |
2732472 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy%20G | Tracy G | Tracy Grijalva (born January 3, 1959), known as Tracy G, is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for his time with Dio from 1993 to 1999.
Early life
Tracy's first band experience was in band called the Grijalva Brothers with his father as member. Growing up he had a few guitar instructors, one of them told hi... |
24884673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket%20preservation | Socket preservation | Socket preservation or alveolar ridge preservation is a procedure to reduce bone loss after tooth extraction. After tooth extraction, the jaw bone has a natural tendency to become narrow, and lose its original shape because the bone quickly resorbs, resulting in 30–60% loss in bone volume in the first six months. Bo... |
69197110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben%20Karapetyan | Ruben Karapetyan | Ruben Karapetyan (1963, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR) is an Armenian diplomat, historian, author, Ambassador, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.
Biography
Ruben Karapetyan was born in 1963 in Yerevan. He graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Yerevan State University and was awarded a Master's degree... |
16777329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecht%20Abbey | Brecht Abbey | Brecht Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, is an abbey of Trappistine nuns located in Brecht, in the Campine region of the province of Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium). Life in the abbey is characterized by prayer, reading and manual work, the three basic elements of Trappist life.
Early history
In 1235... |
24959618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed%20Rafi%20%28footballer%29 | Mohammed Rafi (footballer) | Mohammed Rafi (born 24 May 1982, Trikaripur, Kasaragod) is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Mohammed Rafi came through the ranks of SBT which had distinction of fielding not only all-Indian but also all-Malayali squad. SBT was promoted to first division of National Football... |
9903776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki%20VZ-8%20Airgeep | Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep | The Piasecki VZ-8 Airgeep (company designation PA-59) was a prototype vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft developed by Piasecki Aircraft. The Airgeep was developed to fulfill a U.S. Army Transportation Research Command contract for a flying jeep in 1957. The flying jeep was envisioned to be smaller and easier ... |
74692223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creek%20Town | Creek Town | Creek Town also known as Obio Oko is a town located in the present-day Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River state of Nigeria. Creek Town is known for its historical and cultural significance in the region. It is situated about Northeast from Duke Town. Creek Town was one of the city-states that made up the Ol... |
91644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burleson%20County%2C%20Texas | Burleson County, Texas | Burleson County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,642. Its county seat is Caldwell. The county is named for Edward Burleson, a general and statesman of the Texas Revolution.
Burleson County is part of the College Station-Bryan Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
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