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7019828 | Cécil von Renthe-Fink | Cécil Karl-August Timon Ernst Anton von Renthe-Fink (1885 Breslau, Silesia Province, German Empire–1964 Munich, West Germany) was a German diplomat. He was Plenipotentiary of Denmark from 9 April 1940 until 1942.
In 1926, Cécil von Renthe-Fink was posted to Dresden as Joint Secretary of the International Elbe Commissio... |
63515731 | Yuliya Mishura | Yuliya Stepanivna Mishura () is a Ukrainian mathematician specializing in probability theory and mathematical finance. She is a professor at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Education and career.
Mishura earned a Ph.D. in 1978 from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a dissertation on... |
65803451 | Regina Lee Blaszczyk | Regina Lee Blaszczyk is an American historian. She is a professor of business history and leadership chair in the history of business and society at The University of Leeds.
She is an associate editor at the "Journal of Design History."
Education.
Blaszczyk graduated from Marlboro College with a B.A. in 1978. She rece... |
72959237 | Binibining Pilipinas 2023 | Binibining Pilipinas 2023 was the 59th edition of Binibining Pilipinas held on May 28, 2023 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
At the end of the event, Nicole Borromeo crowned Angelica Lopez of Palawan as Binibining Pilipinas International 2023 and Chelsea Fernandez crowned Annalen... |
18769955 | Dimple Jhangiani | Dimple Jhangiani (born 24 February 1990, in India) is an Indian television actress. Her first appearance in Tellywood began with her playing the role of Kanya in the serial "Kuchh Is Tara" on Sony Entertainment Television. Dimple Jhangiani had joined "Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil" and played the role of Sanjana as Harsha... |
8289981 | William Porteous | William Porteous (born 1945) is a Canadian-born Australian land developer and real estate agent.
Biography.
Born in Ottawa, Canada, Porteous was raised and educated in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He attended Simon Fraser University in British Columbia where he attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Resource Management and Tow... |
37155106 | Andrew Jones (Medal of Honor) | Andrew Jones (born 1835, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Born in 1835 in Limerick, Ireland, Jones immigrated to the United States and was living in New Yor... |
22845770 | Lai Sun | Lai Sun Group () is a Hong Kong conglomerate. It was founded by garment billionaire and entrepreneur, Lim Por-yen. Its businesses include property development, real estate investment, hotel, telecom, mass media and entertainment. Lai Sun is working with Major League Gaming to build an esports arena on Hengqin.
Lai Sun ... |
73991930 | Clinton McCullough | Clinton McCullough (December 11, 1844 – April 11, 1895) was an American politician and lawyer from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland Senate, representing Cecil County from 1886 to 1890.
Early life.
Clinton McCullough was born on December 11, 1844, at "Bell Hill" near Elkton, Maryland, to Hiram McCullough.... |
40654020 | Amit Kumar Dhankar | Amit Kumar Dhankar (born 2 January 1987) is a freestyle wrestler from India. He became Asian wrestling champion in 2013, along with becoming Commonwealth wrestling champion twice. He also won gold medal in the 2016 South Asian Games. In 2015, he participated in the inaugural edition of the Pro Wrestling League, where h... |
26027085 | Cigar ash | Cigar ash is the ash produced by a cigar as it is smoked.
Smoking.
Connoisseurs of cigars disagree as to whether the quality of a cigar may be determined from the appearance of its ash.
Uses.
Cigar ash may be mixed with chalk to make a dentifrice or tooth powder. It may also be mixed with poppyseed oil to make paint in... |
17727729 | Western Base party | The Western Base Party was a successful exploration party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The eight-man Western Party was deposited by the SY "Aurora" on the Shackleton Ice Shelf at Queen Mary Land. The leader of the team was Frank Wild and the party included the geologist Charles Hoadley.
The party establish... |
24469846 | History in the Making (song) | "History in the Making" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker. Written along with Clay Mills and Frank Rogers, it was released in September 2009 as the fourth single from Rucker's album "Learn to Live".
Content.
"History in the Making" is a song in which the male narrator addr... |
53476704 | Broken Doll & Odds & Ends | Broken Doll & Odds & Ends is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Anna Nalick, released on June 5, 2011. The original version of "Shine" was released three years earlier on her EP "Shine", although it has been re-worked for this album. It was intended to be the lead for her initially planned second albu... |
11947950 | European Peace University | The European University Center for Peace Studies offered postgraduate political studies from 1990 to 2013 in Stadtschlaining, Austria.
The institution was founded in 1988 by Gerald Mader in his capacity as president of the ASPR, with the support of European UNESCO commissions, and is affiliated to the Austrian Study Ce... |
30780327 | Duda Ranch | A. Duda & Sons refers to various agricultural and real estate developments, with ranches in Central Florida, Texas, and California.
The company grows vegetables, citrus, sugarcane, and other crops, and raises cattle. It is best known as one of the top growers of celery in the United States. It markets produce using... |
21529058 | Gladys Lunn | Gladys Anne Lunn (1 June 1908 – 3 January 1988) was an English track and field athlete from Birmingham, England who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games in the 1938 British Empire Games.
Gladys was a member of Birchfield Harriers athletics club.
At the 1934 Empire Games she won the gold medal in the 880 yards even... |
52524295 | Large-eyed green tree snake | The large-eyed green tree snake (Rhamnophis aethiopissa), also known commonly as the splendid dagger-tooth tree snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa. There are three recognized subspecies.
Geographic range.
"R. aethiopissa" is found in Angola, Cameroon, Centra... |
1399346 | Unterfeldwebel | () was a rank of the Wehrmacht, from 1935 until 1945. It was also used in the East German National People's Army from 1956 to 1990. The equivalent to "Unterfeldwebel" in the Bundeswehr of West Germany and later the Federal Republic of Germany is the rank Stabsunteroffizier (OR-5).
History.
Unterfeldwebel (in Cavalry, ... |
59552567 | Jesper Fredberg | Jesper Fredberg (born 11 May 1981) is a Danish football director who works as CEO Sports in R.S.C. Anderlecht who before that worked as Sport Director in Viborg FF. He was a coach in Panathinaikos F.C.'s youth academy, previously having worked with the club's technical director, Nikos Dabizas, as the coach of AC Omonia... |
65599860 | Gordon House (Jamaica) | Gordon House (or George William Gordon House) is the meeting place of the Jamaica Parliament, located at 81 Duke Street in Kingston, close to the old parliament building headquarters.
The house serves as the meeting place of both the Senate and the House of Representatives since independence on August 6, 1962
History.
... |
69189558 | Drabsha | The drabsha () or darfash () is the symbol of the Mandaean faith. It is typically translated as 'banner'.
Etymology.
The Mandaic term drabša is derived from the Middle Persian word "drafš", which means 'banner or standard; a flash of light; sunrise'. In Mandaic, "drabša" can also mean 'a ray or beam of light'.
Descript... |
57108764 | Miller Harris | Miller Harris is a London-based luxury perfume brand founded by perfumer Lyn Harris in 2000. In 2012 Harris sold a stake in the company, with "The Daily Telegraph" later noting that Miller Harris had come "to a major player in the world of independent fragrance".
Miller Harris has two London stores, in Seven Dials and ... |
31313847 | Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Baronet | Sir Thomas Skipwith, 1st Baronet (ca. 16202 June 1694) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.
Skipwith was the son of Edward Skipwith of Gosburton and Grantham and his wife Elizabeth Hatcher, daughter of Sir John Hatcher of Coteby, Lincolnshire. His father was the illegitimate son o... |
73539137 | Transatlantic Dialogue Center | The Transatlantic Dialogue Center ("TDC", ) is a Ukrainian non-governmental think tank that specializes in political analysis, project activities, and consulting in the field of foreign policy and communications.
Activities.
Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the TDC has launched a campa... |
56671719 | Piano Concerto No. 6 (Ries) | The Piano Concerto No. 6 in C major, Op. 123, by Ferdinand Ries was composed around 1806. Composed in a proto-Romantic style, similar to the concertos of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, it also shows evidence of the influence of Beethoven's C minor Piano Concerto, Op. 37 which Ries had performed at his public debut in 1804.
Com... |
47926766 | Canyon River (film) | Canyon River is a 1956 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Harmon Jones and starring George Montgomery.
It is a remake of the 1951 film "The Longhorn".
It received mixed to positive reviews from critics.
Plot summary.
A cattleman (George Montgomery actor) goes south to pick up breeding stock that he can cross... |
15092284 | Lindesmith Center | The Lindesmith Center was an Open Society Institute project which has conducted research related to drug reform. It was founded in 1994 by Ethan Nadelmann with financial support from George Soros. The Center conducted some NIDA-funded studies on harm reduction.
In 2000, the Center and the Drug Policy Foundation were me... |
12396261 | Leptolalax heteropus | Leptolalax heteropus (Malaysian Asian toad or variable litter frog) is a frog species in the family Megophryidae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula, both in Malaysia and southern Thailand. The type locality is Maxwell Hill in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, moist mont... |
3209469 | Chef Tony | Anthony Joseph "Chef Tony" Notaro (born November 5, 1954) is an advertising pitchman for cooking and kitchen products, seen primarily on infomercials and home shopping channels.
Biography.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York to first generation Italian-Americans. His informal chef training includes working in his grandmo... |
5751325 | A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim | A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim is a 1967 television special starring Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. The medley that Jobim and Sinatra sing together was arranged by Claus Ogerman.
The title is a reference to Sinatra's previous two television ... |
62345366 | Carex albula | Carex albula, common name white sedge, is a species of sedge (in the Cyperaceae family). It is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.
According to Plants of the World online, it has no synonyms. However the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network lists "Carex comans" var "stricta" Cheeseman as a synonym.
Descriptio... |
15211037 | Carruthers Peak | Carruthers Peak, formerly Curruthers Peak, a mountain in the Main Range of the Great Dividing Range, is located in Snowy Mountains region in southeast New South Wales, Australia. The peak is situated between Mount Lee and Mount Twynam within the Kosciuszko National Park.
With an elevation of above sea level, Carruthers... |
3989524 | Bruja (novel) | Bruja is an original novel based on the U.S. television series "Angel".
Plot summary.
L.A. is shocked when a woman attacks a priest. The woman had just confessed to the priest that she had murdered her own son. Meanwhile, Angel and Co. get reports of a woman fighting with teens across L.A. The woman appears to be every... |
21741549 | Joseph J. Fauliso | Joseph John Fauliso (February 16, 1916 – August 20, 2014) was an American politician who was the 103rd lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1980 to 1991.
Early life.
Fauliso was born in Stonington, Connecticut. He studied at Providence College and then studied law at Boston University Law School. He married Ann-Mari... |
33844468 | Constantine tramway | The Constantine Tramway is a tramway system which has been operating in Constantine, Algeria, since 2013.
There had been several delays and cost over-runs in the construction of the tramway. Originally scheduled to enter revenue service in November 2011, the first section of 8.9 kilometres with 10 stations between the... |
33508878 | Mark Roberts Motion Control | Mark Roberts Motion Control designs and manufactures motion control equipment (robotic camera rigs) for both the TV and Film industry. The company, based in Sussex in the UK, received an Academy Award in 1999 for its contribution to the special effects industry in feature films. The company was acquired by Nikon Corpor... |
71241636 | Helograpsus | Helopgrapsus haswellianus or Haswell’s shore crab, is the sole species of crab in the genus Helograpsus. It lives in river mouths and bays on the eastern coast of Australia (South Australia to Queensland, and Tasmania). The carapace is strongly convex with one distinct notch behind the eye. Adult males have larger claw... |
20086394 | Surangel S. Whipps | Surangel S. Whipps (born 21 February 1941) is a Palauan businessman and politician. He served as the president of the Senate of Palau from January 2005 to April 2005, and from 25 April 2007 to 15 January 2009, and as the speaker of the House of Delegates of Palau from January 1993 to November 1996. He was born in Airai... |
44138507 | Bernard Haber | Bernard Haber (1920 – February 26, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life.
Haber was born in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1920. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School, Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School. During World War II he served in the U.S. Air Force, rising t... |
19427486 | Frankie Jones (gymnast) | Francesca Victoria R. "Frankie" Jones (born 9 November 1990) is a retired Welsh rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales at three successive Commonwealth Games. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Jones won both the Ribbon event in rhythmic gymnastics and the David Dixon Award.
Career.
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Jones fi... |
69580055 | S7 (St. Gallen S-Bahn) | The S7 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides half-hourly service between and , with hourly service from Romanshorn to . On weekends, some trains continue from Rorschach to St. Margrethen, Bregenz (Vorarlberg, Austria) and Lindau (Bavaria, Germany) along the shores of Lake Constance.
THURBO, a joi... |
10542707 | Rowington | Rowington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. It is five miles north-west of the town of Warwick and five miles south-west of the town of Kenilworth. The parish, which also includes Lowsonford, Pinley and Mousley End, had a population of 925 according to the 2001 UK Census, increasing t... |
53248912 | LJ Volley | LJ Volley, known as Liu Jo Modena, was an Italian women's volleyball club based in Modena. It played in the Serie A1 from its creation in 2013 until its dissolution in 2016.
History.
The club was established when fashion company Liu·Jo decided to create a volleyball club based in Modena and in May 2013, the company acq... |
6367705 | Yrjö Lindegren | Yrjö Lorenzo Lindegren (13 August 1900 – 12 November 1952) was a Finnish architect and Olympic gold medalist.
Lindegren was born in Tampere. He graduated as an architect in 1925 from the Helsinki University of Technology, and set up his own office later the same year.
Lindegren's best-known work is the Helsinki Olympic... |
16191074 | Parsons baronets | There have been four baronetcies created for people with the surname Parsons, two in the Baronetage of Ireland, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is still extant as of 2008.
Bellamont (1620).
The Parsons Baronetcy, of Bellamont in the County of Dublin, was cr... |
52584446 | WQML (FM) | WQML (101.5 FM), branded on-air as Pura Palabra Radio, is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Ceiba, Puerto Rico, the station serves the eastern Puerto Rico area. The station is currently owned by Pura Palabra Media Group through its licensee, Caguas Educational TV.
On November 9, ... |
43710093 | Alexander Palmer (Australian politician) | Alexander Stenson Palmer (c.1825 – 8 December 1901) was a banker and politician in colonial Australia, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Palmer was born in London, England, the son of Frederick Palmer (of the East India Company) and Mary Eliza, "nee" Wood.
Palmer arrived in Tasmania (then called Van Dieme... |
2531392 | Zagato Zele | The Zagato Zele 1000, 1500, 2000 (sold in the United States as the Elcar) was an electric microcar with a fiberglass body manufactured by the Italian design company Zagato. Produced 1974–1976, the Zele was an unusual departure from Zagato's famous designs, which had long been known for their beauty and performance. The... |
30663089 | Producers Guild Film Awards | The Producers Guild Film Awards, previously known as the Apsara Awards, is an award event hosted by the Producers Guild of India to recognize excellence in Hindi film and television. Originated by filmmaker and scholar Amit Khanna in 2004, the Guild Awards were one of the major award events from 2004 till 2016, when th... |
8689877 | Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club) | Cienfuegos, also known as Elefantes de Cienfuegos, was a Cuban baseball team that played in the old Cuban League, which existed from 1878 to 1961. Although representing the south coast city of Cienfuegos, the team played their home games in Havana.
Cienfuegos won five Cuban League championships (including in 1960–61, t... |
25345139 | Prelude in F-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff) | The Prelude in F-sharp minor, Op. 23, No. 1 is a composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff completed and premiered in 1903. It is one of ten preludes composed by Rachmaninoff in 1901 and 1903.
Structure.
The prelude is ternary and homophonic in nature. The "A" section (measures 1–13) introduces the first theme, section "B" (1... |
2554365 | LaShawn Daniels | LaShawn Ameen Daniels (December 28, 1977 – September 3, 2019) was an American songwriter, vocal producer and arranger known for his songwriting credits on songs by artists such as Brandy, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Destiny’s Child, Michael Jackson, Tamar Braxton, Toni Braxton, Jennifer Lopez, Ciara, Whitney Houston and more. ... |
3609798 | Big Ben Bolt | Big Ben Bolt is a comic strip that was syndicated from February 20, 1950 to April 15, 1978. It was drawn by John Cullen Murphy, written by Elliot Caplin, and distributed by King Features Syndicate. The strip followed the adventures of boxer and journalist Ben Bolt.
Publication history.
In 1950, writer Elliot Caplin (br... |
24337572 | Naón Isidro | Naón Isidro (; born 12 November 1987) is an Argentine-Israeli association football player who has been a free agent since he was released from Hapoel Ashkelon in June 2011.
Playing career.
Isidoro arrived in Israel and first trialled with Maccabi Netanya. Actor Dubie Gal acted as the players agent and suggested Isidoro... |
34688139 | Geibikei | is a ravine on the Satetsu River in the city of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It has been designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1923. In 1927 it was also selected as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan.
Overview.
Geibikei is located in southern Iwate Prefecture, and is approxima... |
22004211 | Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball | The Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team represents the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in NCAA Division I men's competition. On March 30, 2022, Dan Earl was hired as the new head coach. The Mocs have appeared in 12 NCAA tournaments, most recently in 2022.
History.
The Mocs won the 1977 NCAA Men's Division II ... |
2138959 | Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center | Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center is an American military hospital owned and operated by the United States Air Force. It is located on Nellis Air Force Base in Clark County, Nevada and is run by the 99th Medical Group (MDG).
Members of the 99th Medical Group run the 50-bed medical treatment facility. The Air For... |
7070612 | Kartell | Kartell is an Italian company that makes and sells plastic contemporary furniture. It is headquartered in Noviglio, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy, and it is a subsidiary of Felofin.
History.
The company began manufacturing automobile accessories in 1949. It expanded into home furnishings in 1963. It was founded by ... |
3859136 | DVD Unlimited | DVD Unlimited was a DVD-by-mail service based in Auckland, New Zealand. It was a wholly owned unit of SKY Network Television. It competed directly with Movieshack and Fatso.
DVD Unlimited was originally based in Nelson, and was created in late 2003 by Don and Sandy Webster, a couple who ran a traditional video store th... |
26738615 | Pieter Janssens Elinga | Pieter Janssens Elinga (1623–1682) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, mainly of domestic interior scenes with a strong emphasis on the rectangular geometrical elements of windows, floor tiling paintings, and other elements, and a few genre figures. He also painted still lifes.
Biography.
He was born in Bruges as the son o... |
64659399 | Operation Pink Squad | Operation Pink Squad (, released in the Philippines as Lady Enforcers Strike Again) is a 1988 Hong Kong action comedy film written and directed by Jeffrey Lau and starring Sandra Ng, Ann Bridgewater, Suki Kwan, Elsie Chan, Wu Fung, Ng Man-tat, Yuen Cheung-yan, and Ricky Hui. The film was released in Hong Kong on 17 Nov... |
1442460 | Raymundo Torres (boxer) | Raymundo "Battling" Torres (17 February 1941 - 11 November 1972) was a Mexican junior lightweight who fought from 1957 to 1967. Torres was a puncher, but proved to have difficulty taking punches himself. Thus, he was knocked out in many of his more important bouts, including his two attempts to capture a world title.
T... |
8281194 | Château d'Alleuze | The Château d'Alleuze is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Alleuze, in the Cantal "département" of France.
Built in the 13th century by the constables of Auvergne, it belonged to the bishops of Clermont. During the Hundred Years War it was seized for the English by Bernard de Garlan. For seven years, he sowed ... |
2226068 | Otto L. Nelson Jr. | Otto Lauren Nelson Jr. (November 2, 1902 – June 25, 1985) was an officer in the United States Army.
Biography.
Otto L. Nelson was born in Omaha, Nebraska on November 2, 1902, the child of Swedish immigrants. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1924 and was commissioned in the Infantry ... |
18783799 | 1963–64 1.Lig | The 1963–64 1.Lig was the sixth season of professional football in Turkey. The league was re-branded as the 1.Lig following the creation of a second division known as the 2.Lig. Fenerbahçe won their third title, becoming the first club to do so. Güven Önüt, forward for Beşiktaş, finished top scorer of the league with 1... |
37445983 | Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union | The Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union (GMPIU) was a labor union representing craft and industrial workers primarily in the ceramics, china, craft metals, fiberglass, glass, insulation, and pottery industries, in the United States and Canada.
History.
The union was established on M... |
4579569 | Assyrian Evangelical Church | The Assyrian Evangelical Church is a Presbyterian church in the Middle East that attained a status of ecclesiastical independence from the Presbyterian mission in Iran in 1870.
Members.
Its members are predominantly ethnic Assyrians, an Eastern Aramaic speaking Semitic people who are indigenous to Upper Mesopotamia (wh... |
4354172 | Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 | Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 is an album by Ivor Cutler, originally released in 1978. It was recorded live in Cutler's native Glasgow, and tells stories from his childhood growing up in a middle-class family around the time of the Great Depression.
The poems and stories from the album were also published as a ... |
72588248 | Skotfoss Church | Skotfoss Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skien Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skotfoss. It is one of the churches for the "Gulset og Skotfoss" parish which is part of the Skien prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, ... |
56617741 | Continental Oil Company (Cheyenne, Wyoming) | The Continental Oil Company building complex is a significant component of railroad-related economic activity in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Built beginning in 1905, the complex was used by the Continental Oil Company for bulk oil storage through much of the 20th century. The property was transferred to the Sioux Oil Company, w... |
6757990 | Tariq Masri | Tariq Masri (born 1973) is an American bassoonist. He is currently principal bassoonist for the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
Biography.
In addition to being the current principal bassoonist of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, he has also served as principal bassoonist of the Hofer Symphoniker in Germany. Masri holds a ba... |
70924429 | Al-Muwasalat SC | Al-Muwasalat Sports Club () was a sports club based in Baghdad, Iraq.
History.
In Premier League.
On 18 August 1974, the Iraq Football Association decided to form the Iraqi National Clubs Division as the first nationwide league of clubs in the country. It was decided that two top-flight teams, Al-Minaa and Al-Bareed, w... |
47135943 | I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living | "I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living" is a song written by Hank Williams and released as his thirteenth single on MGM Records in January 1950. The song peaked at #5 on the Best Selling Retail Folk Records chart.
Background.
The song expresses frustration and resentment towards a frigid woman who will not reciprocate ... |
64342456 | Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano | Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano is a stadium located in the Spanish town of La Nucía. The venue is part of the Camilo Cano Sports City. The stadium is mainly used for soccer and athletics, and is the home of the CF La Nucía, which plays in the Segunda División B. In addition to functioning as a temporary stadium for the Lev... |
6800409 | Iurie Roșca | Iurie Roșca (born 31 October 1961) is a Moldovan politician who has served as president of the Christian-Democratic People's Party (PPCD) since 1994.
Biography.
Iurie Roșca graduated in 1984 from the journalism faculty of the State University of Moldova. He then worked as a correspondent for the newspaper "Tinerimea Mo... |
26163540 | John A. Wright | John A. Wright (born August 5, 1954) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Wright was the Majority Caucus Chairman in the Oklahoma House of Representatives before he was soundly defeated in the Republican Party's 2010 Primary for Lieutenant Governor by the eventual winner, Todd Lamb.
Personal.
Wri... |
57640300 | Neil Watson (politician) | Neil Lachlan Watson (10 December 1905 – 28 April 1990) was a New Zealand politician who served as Mayor of Invercargill from 1962 to 1971.
Early life.
Watson was born in Invercargill on 10 December 1905. His father, John Lachlan McGillivray Watson, was a lawyer, and his mother, Laetitia Frances Menzies, was the daughte... |
16187078 | Emad Aoda | Emad Aoda () (born 15 November 1981 in Iraq) is a coach and former international Iraqi football player, he played as a defender. he is currently working as a coach for Al-Minaa club.
International career.
Emad Aoda was part of the Iraqi youth team from the start of the trail for the 2000 AFC Youth Championship playing... |
64350079 | Warbly Jets | Warbly Jets (sometimes stylized in all caps) is an American music duo formed in 2015 in Los Angeles, California. The group consists of founding members Samuel Shea (vocals, instruments) and Julien O'Neill (synthesizers, instruments) and has a rotating cast of touring and in-studio members. The group's self-titled debut... |
5264723 | Javier Sierra | Javier Sierra Albert (born 11 August 1971 in Teruel, Aragon, Spain) is a journalist, writer and researcher who studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Biography.
In 1989, being 12 years old, he hosted the radio programme Radio Heraldo. Six years later he founded the journal "Año Cero".
He is editor ... |
19001261 | Jamie A. Koufman | Jamie A. Koufman is a physician and researcher on the topic of acid reflux. She coined the terms "laryngopharyngeal reflux" and "silent reflux".
Koufman is the founder and director of the now defunct Voice Institute of New York, a comprehensive voice and reflux treatment center, and Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology... |
68870286 | Ozerovka, Konyshyovsky District, Kursk Oblast | Ozerovka () is a rural locality () in Malogorodkovsky Selsoviet Rural Settlement, Konyshyovsky District, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Population:
Geography.
The village is located on the Vablya River (a tributary of the Prutishche in the basin of the Seym), 72 km from the Russia–Ukraine border, 53 km north-west of Kursk, 12.... |
36501638 | South West Snooker Academy | The South West Snooker Academy (or the Capital Venue) is located in Gloucester Business Park. It was purposely built for snooker in July 2010 but is now home to the owner Paul Mount's business MIUS.
History.
The South West Snooker Academy opened in 2010, with an exhibition match between Jimmy White and Tony Drago, both... |
6806912 | Ajisari | An ajisãrì is one who arouses others to pray and feast during Ramadan. He goes from house to house, as early as 2:00 AM, beating his kettle drum with a stick and singing (screaming) at the top of his voice. This is purely a religious duty; it is voluntary. Although the ajisari does not expect to be compensated by his f... |
60616692 | Kita-Matsue Line | The is a 22.9 km railway line owned by the Ichibata Electric Railway. The line connects Dentetsu-Izumoshi Station in Izumo with Matsue-Shinjiko-Onsen Station in Matsue, all within Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Tracks run parallel to JR West's San'in Main Line on the north of Lake Shinji.
History.
The line was first built ... |
20114190 | Octave of the Holy Innocents | Octave of the Holy Innocents is an album by bassist Jonas Hellborg on which he is joined by guitarist Buckethead and drummer Michael Shrieve. It was recorded at Greenpoint Studio in Brooklyn, New York, and was released by the Swedish label Day Eight Music in 1993. Hellborg later reworked the album and reissued it on hi... |
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Degree.
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Etymology.
Hampton Wildman Parker name... |
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Poker career.
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Political career.
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