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Victorian-era architectural element For the model house dessert, see Gingerbread house. Gingerbread trim on a Victorian-era house in Cape May, New Jersey **Gingerbread** is an architectural style that consists of elaborately detailed embellishment known as **gingerbread trim**. It is more specifically used to describe ...
1981 studio album by Fad Gadget ***Incontinent*** is the second album by Frank Tovey, better known as Fad Gadget, released in 1981. While developing the industrial sound of his debut *Fireside Favourites* in 1980, the new album relied less on drum machines and found objects, introducing more traditional instruments su...
**Paride Negri** (2 September 1883 – 8 April 1954) was an Italian general during World War II. Biography --------- He was born in Perugia on 2 September 1883, the son of Pietro Negri. In 1900 he entered the Royal Academy of Artillery and Engineers in Turin, from which he graduated on 7 September 1903 with the rank o...
Canadian outlaw biker and gangster **Stéphane Gagné** (born 12 December 1969) is a Canadian former gangster, outlaw biker and contract killer who was a hitman for the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club during the Quebec Biker War. Charged with two counts of first-degree murder, Gagné turned Crown witness against the Hells A...
The **conductivity factor** (**CF**) of dissolved salts in a given solution is a measurement of conductivity. Using the electrical conductivity between two electrodes in a water solution, the level of dissolved solids in that solution can be measured. Measurements can then be used to dose the solution with the necessa...
Japanese visual novel ***Gaku Ou: The Royal Seven Stars*** (学☆王 -THE ROYAL SEVEN STARS-, lit. "School King") is a Japanese adult visual novel developed and published by Lump of Sugar. The game first released on January 27, 2012, it was then later ported to PlayStation Portable, entitled *Gaku Ou: The Royal Seven Stars...
An aerial view of Lethbridge from 1963. The modern **history of Lethbridge** extends to the mid-19th century, when the area was developed from drift mines opened by Nicholas Sheran in 1874, and the North Western Coal and Navigation Company in 1882. Prior to the development of drift mines in the area, Lethbridge, Albert...
Canadian anthology television series Canadian TV series or program ***Scope*** is a Canadian anthology television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1955. Premise ------- This series was one of the CBC's early venues for broadcasting artistic works. It consisted of various presentations such as balle...
Russian chess player **Ratmir Dmitrievich Kholmov** (Russian: Ратмир Дмитриевич Холмов) (13 May 1925 in Shenkursk – 18 February 2006 in Moscow) was a Russian chess Grandmaster. He won many international tournaments in Eastern Europe during his career, and tied for the Soviet Championship title in 1963, but lost the pl...
Kells Parish Church **Kells** parish, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Scotland, is located 14 miles (NWbN) from Castle-Douglas, and 19 miles (NbW) from Kirkcudbright. It contains, with the burgh of New Galloway, 1121 inhabitants.[*when?*] History and description ----------------------- Kells parish is suppose...
**Sigma Iota** (**ΣΙ**), Established March 12, 1912 is the first Latin American–based Greek lettered inter-collegiate fraternity in the United States. On December 26, 1931 Sigma Iota Fraternity merged with Phi Lambda Alpha Fraternity to form Phi Iota Alpha. History ------- ### Origins Sociedad Hispano-Americana Sig...
**James Preston Poindexter** (October 26, 1819 – February 7, 1907) was an abolitionist, civil rights activist, politician, and Baptist minister from Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Richmond, Virginia and moved to Ohio as a young man. In Ohio he was a part of abolitionist and Underground Railroad societies and became a ...
Building in Biscay, Spain Sabin Etxea **Sabin Etxea** (English: Sabin's House, named after Sabino Arana) is the official headquarters of the Basque Nationalist Party, located in Abando, Bilbao. History ------- In 1857, Santiago Arana, who owned a shipyard in the Bilbao basin, decided to build a home for his family i...
The **promenade position** (abbreviated as **PP** in dance diagrams) is a dance position in ballroom and other dances. It is described differently in various dance categories. Connection ---------- The promenade position is a V-shaped dance position with the man's right hip and the woman's left hip in contact at the...
Protein family Molecular machinery driving vesicle fusion in neuromediator release. The core SNARE complex is formed by four α-helices contributed by synaptobrevin, syntaxin and SNAP-25, synaptotagmin serves as a calcium sensor and closely regulates the SNARE zipping. **SNARE proteins** – "**SNA**P **RE**ceptors" – a...
**Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group** (**ANURAG**) is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Located in Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, it is involved in the development of computing solutions for numerical analysis and their use in other DRDO projects. History ------- ANURAG...
English cartoonist and caricaturist **Gilbert Thomas Webster** (1886–1962) was an English cartoonist and caricaturist. Tom Webster by Howard Coster in The National Portrait Gallery London Born in Church Street, Bilston, Staffordshire (now West Midlands), the son of Daniel Webster, ironmonger, and his wife Sarah Ann (...
**Katherine Agnes Chandler** (May 1865 – June 24, 1930) was a botanist and writer, known as "The Wildflower Lady of California". Biography --------- Katherine Agnes Chandler was born in San Francisco in 1865, the daughter of William Sylvester Chandler (1829–1898), of London, and Catherine Agnes Comerford (1847–1912)....
**Dana Paul Goldman** is the dean of the USC Price School of Public Policy, Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair and director of the University of Southern California Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, and Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics at the Price School and USC School of Pharmac...
Azerbaijani Red Army lieutenant (1919–1946) **Israfil Maharram oglu Mamedov** (or **Mammadov**, Azerbaijani: *İsrafil Məhərrəm oğlu Məmmədov*, Azeri Cyrillic: Исрафил Məhəррəм oғлу Мəммəдов, Russian: Исрафил Магеррам оглы Мамедов; 30 May 1919 – 5 May 1946) was an Azerbaijani Red Army lieutenant and a Hero of the Sovie...
GB international rugby league footballer **Neil James** (14 February 1961 – 17 December 2014) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Castleford, Halifax, Gold Coast-Tweed Giants, Leeds and Sheffi...
**Shallow Reign** is a band from Deep Ellum, the East of Dallas, Texas arts and entertainment district. The band was one of the first to become popular in the area from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Original Theater Gallery booking agent Jeff Liles described their sound as neopsychedelic. The songs revolved around ...
Caroline Estes Smith, 1901, Pacific coast music review **Caroline M. Estes Smith** (November 29, 1877 - April 18, 1970) was the first woman to manage the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles. Early life ---------- Caroline M. Estes was born on November 29, 1877, in Winn, Maine, the daughter of Willie A. Estes and Ma...
American historian **Emma Lou Thornbrough** (January 24, 1913 – December 19, 1994) was a pioneer among professional historians in African-American history, a lifelong civil-rights activist in Indiana, a professor of history at Butler University from 1946 until her retirement in 1983, and an Indiana historian and autho...
2017 political cartoon by Glenn McCoy ***Trying to Trash Betsy DeVos*** is a political cartoon by American cartoonist Glenn McCoy, published on February 13, 2017, on the GoComics website as well as the *Belleville News-Democrat* website. The cartoon centrally depicts Betsy DeVos, the United States Secretary of Educati...
Protest tactic **Noynoying** (pronounced noy-noy-YING or noy-NOY-ying) is a protest tactic in the form of neologism which critics of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III have used to question the alleged work ethic or alleged inaction on Aquino's part on the issues of disaster response and of rising oil prices. A p...
Flats in Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom **Marine Gate** is a large block of retirement flats built in 1939 to the design of architects Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie. It stands to the East of the English seaside resort of Brighton bordering Whitehawk and Roedean, and is situated in the Rottingdean Coastal ward overlo...
1973 film by James Bridges ***The Paper Chase*** is a 1973 American comedy-drama film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman, and directed by James Bridges. Based on John Jay Osborn Jr.'s 1971 novel *The Paper Chase*, it tells the story of James Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard Law Schoo...
Rare neuromuscular disease Medical condition **Sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy**, or **SLONM**, is a very rare disease, one of the nemaline myopathies, causing loss of muscle bulk and weakness in the legs but sparing the cranial nerves, and beginning its clinical course after age 40. It was first identified in 19...
Reserve units of the Australian Army Military unit The **Australian Army Reserve** is a collective name given to the reserve units of the Australian Army. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, the reserve military force has been known by many names, including the **Citizens Forces**, the **Citizen Military Force...
Dominican writer **Félix Evaristo Mejía** (September 27, 1866 – July 1, 1945) was a Dominican Republic writer, diplomat, and educator. He was a member of the Union Nationalist group representing an important role in the struggle for Dominican sovereignty against United States military intervention (1916–1924). In the ...
Battle of the Alexandrian War, Caesar vs Ptolemy XIII | * v * t * e Alexandrian war | | --- | | * 1st Alexandria * 2nd Alexandria * Eptastadio * Canope * Pelusium * Camp of the Jews * Nile | | * v * t * e Caesar's civil war | | --- | | Italy * Corfinium * Brundisium Spain * Massilia (land) * Ilerda * Massilia (n...
An **Annual Dry Season Offensive** is a type of low intensity warfare typically practiced by national governments against ethnic insurgent groups fighting for independence or autonomy. This type of warfare usually occurs in countries with poor transportation infrastructure and a climate that makes fighting battles or ...
A century ride in Illinois A **century ride** is a road cycling ride of 100 kilometers or more in metric system countries or 100 miles (160.9 km) or more in imperial system countries, usually as a cycling club-sponsored event. Many cycling clubs sponsor an annual century ride as both a social event for cyclists and as...
Tutelary god of Carchemish **Karhuha** (Karḫuḫa), also known as **Karḫuḫi**, was the tutelary god of the ancient city of Carchemish. He was associated with deer, and it is presumed his character was similar to that of Hittite Kurunta. He is first attested in texts from the second half of the second millennium BCE, and...
British former artistic gymnast **Imogen Jayne Cairns** (born 26 January 1989) is a British former artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Representing England, Cairns was a three-time Commonwealth Games champion in vault, twice, and in floor exercise. Senior career ------------- ### 200...
Educational computer The learning computer with power supply LC80 outside The educational computer **LC80** was a single-board computer manufactured in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and intended for teaching purposes. It was the first computer that retail customers could buy in the GDR. History and development...
French celebrity chef (born 1961) **Jean-Christophe Novelli MBE** (IPA: [ʒɑ̃ kʁistɔf nɔvɛli]; born 22 February 1961) is a French chef, restauranteur and television personality. Early life ---------- Novelli was born in Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France, in 1961. He left school at 14 and work...
Building in Altendorf, Switzerland **Altendorf Castle** (Swiss German: *Ruine Altendorf*) was a medieval hill castle in the municipality of Altendorf in the canton of Schwyz. On the foundation of the round castle chapel stands the choir of the chapel of St. Johann. Geography --------- The ruins respectively a chapel ...
American baseball player (born 1978) Baseball player **Brian Ernest Gordon** (born August 16, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB), and for the SK Wyverns and Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO)...
Ethnic group in Afghanistan **Pashayi** or **Pashai** (/pəˈʃaɪ/; Pashayi: پشه‌ای, romanised: *Paṣhəy*) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group living primarily in eastern Afghanistan. They are mainly concentrated in the northern parts of Laghman and Nangarhar, also parts of Kunar, Kapisa, Parwan, Nuristan, and a bit o...
Species of flowering plant ***Adenochilus gracilis*** is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It has a long, thin underground rhizome, a single leaf on the flowering stem and a single white flower with glandular hairs on the outside. Its labellum has red to maroon bars and a central ...
British television documentary series British TV series or programme ***Bringing Up Baby*** is a four-part British television documentary series which compares three different childcare methods for babies: the Truby King method (a strict, routine-based method popular in the 1950s), the Benjamin Spock approach (a more...
1981 made for TV movie 1981 American TV series or program ***McClain's Law*** is an American made-for-TV police procedural directed by Vincent McEveety and broadcast on November 20, 1981. It is structured as a two-hour pilot episode for James Arness' police detective series *McClain's Law* which broadcast 14 one-hour ...
Company based in Tallinn, Estonia **Tallinna Vesi** is an Estonian company which offers water supply, wastewater collection and treatment services. This company is the largest water utility company in Estonia. The company is serving over 460,000 people in Tallinn and Harju County. The company is established in 1967 as...
This article is about the Iraqi city. For the Iraqi district, see Fallujah District. For the depopulated Palestinian village, see Al-Faluja. For the American tech-death band, see Fallujah (band). City in Al Anbar, Iraq **Fallujah** (Arabic: ٱلْفَلُّوجَة *al-Fallūjah* [el.fɐl.ˈluː.dʒɐ]) is a city in Al Anbar Governor...
Building in Khorazm Region, Uzbekistan **Avesta architectural complex** (or "Avesta" garden-complex) is a complex consisting of a garden and a monumental object located on Al-Khorazmi street, Urgench city, Khorazm Region. The complex was created in Khorazm in 2001 before the celebration of the 2700th anniversary of "Av...
Concept in drug discovery For compounds containing the element lead, see Lead compounds. A **lead compound** (/ˈliːd/, i.e. a "leading" compound, not to be confused with various compounds of the metallic element lead) in drug discovery is a chemical compound that has pharmacological or biological activity likely to be ...
**Mighty Kong** were an Australian 'supergroup' successor to Daddy Cool, which broke up in August 1972. It was also the fifth (and technically the last) in the line of groups that featured singer-songwriter Ross Wilson and guitarist Ross Hannaford, which began with Pink Finks in 1965. Despite its all-star line-up, dr...
Variety of the revived Cornish language **Kernewek Kemmyn** (Common Cornish or "KK") is a variety of the revived Cornish language. Kernewek Kemmyn was developed, mainly by Ken George in 1986, based upon George's earlier doctoral thesis on the phonological history of Cornish. It takes much of its inspiration from medi...
This article is about the Canadian rock band. For the New Zealand rock band, see Th' Dudes. For the defunct 1970s Canadian band, see The Dudes (1970s band). The Dudes **The Dudes** were a Canadian indie rock band, formed in 1996 in Calgary, Alberta. Lead singer Danny Vacon’s public street meltdown on social media ove...
1981 video game 1981 video game ***Space Eggs*** is a fixed shooter video game for the Apple II computer programmed by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software in 1981. An Atari 8-bit family port by Dan Thompson was released the same year. *Space Eggs* is an unofficial version of the arcade video game *Moon Cres...
Bulgarian serial killer **Mihail Tsvetanov Leshtarski** (Bulgarian: Михаил Цветанов Лещарски; born 1959), known as **The Killer from the Cave** (Bulgarian: Убиецът от пещерата), is a Bulgarian thief, robber, murderer and suspected serial killer. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 59-year-old Elena...
Finnish semi-automatic anti-tank rifle The **Lahti L-39** is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy" ("Elephant Gun"), and as tanks developed armor too thick for the Lah...
American Romantic landscape painter Sydney Laurence in 1914. **Sydney Mortimer Laurence** (1865–1940) was an American Romantic landscape painter and (as of 1923) Alaska's most prominent. Early life ---------- Sydney Mortimer Laurence was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at the Art Students League of New York....
Cathedral in the City of London, England This article is about St Paul's cathedral in London, England. For other cathedrals of the same name, see St. Paul's Cathedral (disambiguation). "Saint Paul's" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Paul (disambiguation). Church in London, England **St Paul's Cathedral** is ...
This article is about the film. For the song by American rock band Heaven Below, see The Mirror Never Lies (song). 2011 Indonesian film ***The Mirror Never Lies*** (also known by the Indonesian name ***Laut Bercermin***, meaning *The Ocean Reflects*) is a 2011 Indonesian film directed by Kamila Andini and co-produced...
School in Romney, Virginia , United States **Romney Academy** was an educational institution for higher learning in Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia). Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the Romney Classica...
1997 American film ***Little Boy Blue*** is a 1997 independent drama film directed by Antonio Tibaldi about a dysfunctional Texas family. The father, Ray (John Savage) is a Vietnam War veteran who was left impotent from a war injury. His teenage son Jimmy West (Ryan Phillippe) tries to protect his two younger brothers ...
American television channel Television channel **Ha!: TV Comedy Network** (commonly known as **Ha!**) was an American pay television channel owned by Viacom; it was one of the first American all-comedy channels available in basic-tier television offers. Launched on April 1, 1990, at 7 p.m. ET, it competed with another...
Computational method in Bayesian statistics | | | --- | | Part of a series on | | Bayesian statistics | | | | Posterior = Likelihood × Prior ÷ Evidence | | Background | | * Bayesian inference * Bayesian probability * Bayes' theorem * Bernstein–von Mises theorem * Coherence * Cox's theorem * Cromwell's rule * Princi...
1993 US parody film by Jim Abrahams For the song, see Hot Shots II. ***Hot Shots! Part Deux*** is a 1993 American parody film directed by Jim Abrahams. It stars Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna (parodying his Colonel role in the *Rambo* franchise), Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkins...
Culinary traditions of Central Asia Meal served on a *dastarkhan* for the holiday of Nowruz **Central Asian cuisine** has been influenced by Persian, Indian, Arab, Turkish, Chinese, Mongol, African, and Russian cultures, as well as the culinary traditions of other varied nomadic and sedentary civilizations. Contributin...
Welsh indie rock band Not to be confused with Al Capone's henchman Murray "The Hump" Humphreys. **Murry the Hump** were a Welsh indie rock and "urban folk" band. They were active from 1999 until 2001. Since then they have continued to release music under the name The Keys (or simply Keys). History ------- The band ...
American business executive (born 1964) **Cynthia Marshall** (born December 15, 1959) is chief executive officer of the Dallas Mavericks. In February 2018, Marshall became the first Black female CEO in the history of the National Basketball Association. Marshall was also one of her university's first African-American ...
French composer, organist and pianist **Albert Jacques Périlhou** (2 April 1846 – 28 August 1936) was a French composer, organist, and pianist. Biography --------- Born in Daumazan-sur-Arize on 2 April 1846, he was the only son of Jean-Justin Périlhou (born 1820 in Laroque-d'Olmes), an organist in Pézenas, and coutur...
German actor (1916–1992) **Wolf Kaiser** (26 October 1916 – 22 October 1992) was a German theatre and film actor. He grew up in Switzerland, where he studied chemistry and physiology. In 1937 he was deemed unfit for service in the Wehrmacht, and then went to Berlin where he trained as an actor. Career ------ Kaiser ...
Chapter of the New Testament **Acts 5** is the fifth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the growth of the early church and the obstacles it encountered. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition affirmed that Luke composed this ...
Kanan Dhru, Founder & managing director of Research Foundation for Governance in India, at the World Economic Forum on India 2012 **The Research Foundation for Governance in India** (RFGI) is a think tank based in Ahmedabad, India, with the aim to research, promote, and enact legal and political changes in Gujarat a...
Political and cultural advancement of Backward Castes The **Backward Caste movement** in Bihar can be traced back to the formation of Triveni Sangh, a caste coalition and political party, in the 1930s, which was revived after the introduction of land reforms in the 1950s aimed at removing intermediaries from agrarian ...
**Phrixotoxins** are peptide toxins derived from the venom of the Chilean copper tarantula *Phrixotrichus auratus*, also named *Paraphysa scrofa*. Phrixotoxin-1 and -2 block A-type voltage-gated potassium channels; phrixotoxin-3 blocks voltage-gated sodium channels. Similar toxins are found in other species, for inst...
New York City Subway line The **IRT Flushing Line** is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, named for its eastern terminal in Flushing, Queens. It is operated as part of the A Division. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), a private operator, had constructed the section of the line from F...
Basque-Spanish noble and governor In this Basque name, the first surname is *Medrano* and the second is *Altamirano*. **Antonio Vélaz de Medrano y Altamirano, I Marquess of Tabuérniga** (Labastida, 1637 – Spa, Belgium, 1683) was a distinguished Basque-Spanish noble and military figure during the reign of Philip IV a...
**Horace Sowers Kephart** (September 8, 1862 – April 2, 1931) was an American travel writer and librarian, best known as the author of *Our Southern Highlanders* (a memoir about his life in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina) and the classic outdoors guide *Camping and Woodcraft*. Biography ---------...
Chinese university administrator and politician In this Chinese name, the family name is *Li*. **Li Wentang** (Chinese: 李文堂; pinyin: *Lǐ Wéntáng*; born 1965) is a Chinese university administrator and politician who is the current chief education officer of the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, in o...
Military unit The Military Order of Christ (previously *Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Cristo* "Order of the Knights of Christ") was founded in 1318. The order, in every sense of the term, were Knights Templar who continued their operations from their headquarters in Tomar, Santarém Portugal. Contrary to the belief that the ...
Town in New South Wales, Australia **Leadville** is a town in New South Wales, Australia. The town is located in the Warrumbungle Shire local government area, 376 kilometres (234 mi) north west of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2016 census, Leadville and the surrounding area had a population of 169. History -----...
Bulgarian telecommunications company **Cooolbox** is a Bulgarian telecommunications company. It was launched in 1997 as **ITD Network.** Initially providing ISP services, ITD Network launched Cooolbox in 2008 and rebranded in 2016. The Cooolbox network is entirely built on the FTTH - AON technology and provides intern...
Experimental missile program **Weapons System 199** (**WS-199**) was a weapons development program conducted by the United States Air Force to research and develop new strategic weapons systems for Strategic Air Command. Two air-launched and one ground-launched vehicles were developed as part of the program. While none...
**Imatest LLC** is a company that produces image quality testing software, equipment and test charts. Imatest was founded by photographer/engineer Norman Koren in Boulder, Colorado in 2004 to develop software for testing digital camera image quality. Using Imatest software, a variety of image quality factors can be an...
Italian opera singer **Gino Bechi** (16 October 1913 – 2 February 1993) was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially in Verdi roles. Life and career --------------- Bechi studied in his native Florence with Raul Frazzi and di Giorgio, and made his debut at Empoli...
A **compilospecies** is a genetically aggressive species which acquires the heredities of a closely related sympatric species by means of hybridisation and comprehensive introgression. The target species may be incorporated to the point of despeciation, rendering it extinct. This type of genetic aggression is associate...
**John Graefer** or **Johann Andreas Graeffer** (1 January 1746 – 7 August 1802) was a German botanist nurseryman born in Helmstedt. Graeffer/Graefer is remembered by garden historians as having introduced a number of exotic plants to British gardens and to have worked for the king of Naples at the palace of Caserta. ...
German politician and historian Leonhard in 2011 **Melanie Leonhard** (born 14 July 1977) is a German historian and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister for Economic Affairs in the Government of Hamburg since 2022. She previously was the State Minister of Lab...
**Hildegrim** (c. 750 – 19 June 827) was Bishop of Châlons from 804 to 810 and the second abbot of Werden Abbey, after his elder brother Ludger, from 809 until his death. Life ---- Like his brother Ludger, Hildegrim was of Christian Frisian noble descent. He presumably stayed at the Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino...
**Harrison David Horblit** (1 May 1912, in Boston – 8 March 1988, in Danbury) was a philanthropist and collector of books, manuscripts, and photographs. He is famous for the Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photographs. Horblit graduated from Harvard University in 1933, then graduated from Harvard Business Scho...
French paramotor The **Reflex S** is a French paramotor that was designed by Dominique Cholou and produced by Reflex Paramoteur of Chatou for powered paragliding. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly. Design and development ---------------------- The "S" ...
Canadian singer and dance teacher **Danièle Dorice** (née Angers; July 23, 1935 – March 12, 2018) was a Canadian singer and teacher of dance, staging and voice. She began her career as a singer in amateur shows in 1958 and went on to tour countries in Europe, the Far East and South America. Dorice also toured for the ...
**Sannappa Parameshwar Gaonkar** (11 January 1885 – 1972), also called **Sa.Pa. Gaonkar**, was an Indian Politician, and an author. Sapa. Gaonkar was often described as "Sajjan"', or "good and gentle". Gaonkar was imprisoned during the British Raj for having participated in the Quit India Movement, and later served a...
1988 video game ***Head Coach v3*** is a 1988 video game published by Coda Software. Gameplay -------- *Head Coach* is a game in which the player is the head coach of an American football team, taking them through the season to get to the Super Bowl. The player is the coach of a fictional team called the Schoburg Fra...
German painter Friedrich von Keller (1908) **Friedrich von Keller** (18 February 1840, Ludwigsburg - 26 August 1914, Abtsgmünd) was a German genre painter. Biography --------- He was the youngest of ten children born to Johann Jakob Keller, a vintner, who died when Friedrich was only nine. Thanks to the support of s...
Area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England Human settlement in England **Ainsty** is an area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. Ainsty is in the north of Wetherby and runs as far as the border between North and West Yorkshire, to the north of this is Kirk Deighton. Location -------- Ainsty lies close to Deighton B...
Species of fish The **bluespotted trevally** (*Caranx bucculentus*), also known as the **wide-mouthed trevally**, is a species of moderately large marine fish in the jack family Carangidae. The bluespotted trevally is distributed through the tropical east Indian and west Pacific Oceans, ranging from Taiwan in the nort...
**Arthur Macnamara** (1831 – 11 February 1906), was a squire of Billington near Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England. He is known for building in and improving the village of Billington. Early life ---------- Macnamara came from a wealthy family who owned many properties. They included in England, Caddington H...
Canadian politician **William Masson** was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1955 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. Political career ---------------- Masson ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Social Credit candidate in th...
American painter **Fred Beaver** (2 July 1911 – 18 August 1980) was a prominent Muscogee Creek-Seminole painter and muralist from Oklahoma. Background ---------- Fred Beaver was born in Eufaula, Oklahoma. His Muscogee name was Ekalanee, meaning "Brown Head." He was the son of Willie Beaver and Annie Johnson, was rai...
American actress Terris, circa 1929 **Norma Terris** (born **Norma Allison Cook**; November 13, 1904 – November 15, 1989) was an American performer in musical theatre and vaudeville. Early years ----------- Born in Columbus, Kansas, Terris was named after the heroine of Bellini's opera, *Norma*. Her grandmother and g...
American football player (1918–1984) American football player **James Lake Roberson Jr.** (August 5, 1918 – December 11, 1984) was an American football player. He played college football for Ole Miss from 1937 to 1940 and professional football for the Richmond Arrows in 1941 and the Detroit Lions in 1945. Early years...
**Number 304** was one of the Auckland, New Zealand, Freight/Works trams which operated from 1913 until 1957. It was built in the Ponsonby Depot and commissioned on 1 August 1913. 304 was designed to carry rails for reconstruction and construction of the Auckland Tramway network and was perhaps one of the most unique...
Norwegian resistance fighter "The Chin" redirects here. For other uses, see Chin (disambiguation). Memorial to Sønsteby, Karl Johans Gate, Oslo | * v * t * e Norway and World War II | | --- | | Key events | * Operation Weserübung * Norwegian campaign * Elverum Authorization * Occupation * Resistance * Camps * The H...