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Vito Genovese
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vito "Don Vito" Genovese (November 27, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian mafioso who rose to power in America during the Castellammarese War to later become leader of the Genovese crime family. Genovese served as mentor to future mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante. His two brothers Michael "Mike the Pipe" and Carmine Genovese joined him in the Genovese family, his cousin Michael James Genovese became boss of the Pittsburgh crime family.
Monotonic function
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function that preserves the given order. This concept first arose in calculus, and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory.
Environmental impact of ski resorts
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In many cities and countries in the world skiing is a very popular recreational sport during the winter months. The area in which skiing occurs is known as ski resort. Ski Resorts are prevalent in mountainous regions where snow is plentiful. These populated ski resorts receive a lot of business per season, and with a high amount of activity the impact of waste and pollution can be clearly seen. Ski resorts are found mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, the most famous being in Canada, U.S. and Switzerland. In North America, it is common for towns featuring ski resorts to become a tourist destination. In Europe, contrastingly, “ski stations,” are utilized. These are skiing facilities that are...
MasterChef Indonesia
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! MasterChef Indonesia is a cooking game show based on MasterChef (UK TV series). The original show is also aired in other countries, such as USA, Australia, New Zealand, India, Croatia, Greece, Malaysia, England, and Sweden. The show airs on RCTI every Saturday and Sunday at 4:30 PM local time.
1991 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jeremy Bates and Kevin Curren were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Bates with Nick Brown and Curren with Neil Broad.
San Francisco Blues Festival
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Debuting in 1973, the San Francisco Blues Festival is the longest running blues festival in the United States. Tom Mazzolini, the event`s producer, founded the blues festival to educate the public about the history and evolution of the blues. Many of the performers at the early concerts were the pioneers and originators of the West Coast blues sound..
Ken Randall
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kenneth Fenwick Randall (December 14, 1888 - June 14, 1947) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for 20 seasons, including ten seasons in the National Hockey League from 1917 to 1927 for the Toronto Arenas, Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers and New York Americans. He is a two-time Stanley Cup Champion.
2006 FIFA Club World Cup
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament held in Japan between 10 December and 17 December 2006. It was the third FIFA Club World Cup and the second since the competition`s merger with the Intercontinental Cup.
The Demonata
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Demonata is a series of books by best selling author Darren Shan. It deals with the world of demons (as opposed to his other series, Cirque Du Freak, which involves vampires). The series is told by three different protagonists: Grubbs Grady, Kernel Fleck, and Bec MacConn, the latter of which is the first female protagonist in a Darren Shan book. The series contains ten books.
Notre Dame High School (Belmont, California)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Notre Dame High School, Belmont is a private, All-Female, Catholic, college preparatory high school located in the San Mateo County suburb of Belmont, California. The school is operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The school`s mission is driven by the teachings of Saint Julie Billiart, the foundress of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.
Jim McInally
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James (Jim) Edward McInally (born 19 February 1964 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer and was previously manager of East Stirlingshire.
Will to Power (band)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Will to Power is the name of an American dance-pop group that originated in southern Florida in the mid-1980s. The group recorded a number of hit singles on the Billboard dance and pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley", a medley of 1970s hits by Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1988. The group has also seen success on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and continues to create music into the 21st century.
Disaster recovery and business continuity auditing
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Disaster recovery and business continuity refers to an organization’s ability to recover from a disaster and/or unexpected event and resume or continue operations. Organizations should have a plan in place (usually referred to as a "Disaster Recovery Plan", or "Business Continuity Plan") that outlines how this will be accomplished. The key to successful disaster recovery is to have a plan (emergency plan, disaster recovery plan, continuity plan) well before disaster ever strikes.
Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Hungary competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 232 competitors, 187 men and 45 women, took part in 134 events in 20 sports.
Francis Preston Blair, Jr
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (February 19, 1821– July 8, 1875) was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party`s nominee for Vice President in 1868.
Eric Laithwaite
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Eric Roberts Laithwaite (14 June 1921 – 27 November 1997) was a British electrical engineer, known as the "Father of Maglev" for his development of the linear induction motor and maglev rail system.
Florida Ecological Greenways Network
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A “greenways system,” as defined by the Florida Greenways Commission, is a “system of native landscapes and ecosystems that supports native plant and animal species, sustains clean air, water, fisheries, and other natural resources, and maintains the scenic natural beauty that draws people to visit and settle in Florida.” It also functions to devise a plan for a statewide greenways system, based on GIS (Geographic Information System) technology and suggestions from the public. The GIS data used includes soil, water, and geological information, wildlife movements and habitat data, as well as existing trails and parks, transportation and infrastructure fixtures, educational and historical...
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