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Gustav Stickley
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gustav Stickley (March 9, 1858 – April 21, 1942) was a manufacturer of furniture and the leading proselytizer for the American Arts and Crafts movement, an extension of the British Arts and Crafts movement.
British Columbia Institute of Technology
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The British Columbia Institute of Technology (also referred to as BCIT), is a public, coeducational, academic institution of higher education in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The polytechnic has five campuses located in the Metro Vancouver region, with the main campus in Burnaby. There is also the aerospace campus in Richmond, the marine campus in North Vancouver, the Great Northern Way, and Downtown campus in Vancouver. It is provincially chartered through legislation in the College and Institute Act.
American Cancer Society
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The American Cancer Society (ACS) is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service."
Air Jamaica
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Air Jamaica (officially Caribbean Airlines-Air Jamaica Transition Limited) is the current national airline of Jamaica. It is has been owned and operated by Caribbean Airlines since 26 May 2011. The airline, headquartered in Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago also has administrative offices located in Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica. The airline is majority owned by Caribbean Airlines, while the government of Jamaica has a 16% stake.
Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This page discusses the Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina since Bosnia and Herzegovina`s declaration of sovereignty in October 1991 and the declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992.
Mary P. Sinclair
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mary P. Sinclair (September 23, 1918 – January 14, 2011) was an American environmental activist and "one of the nation’s foremost lay authorities on nuclear energy and its impact on the natural and human environment".
Aerial roof markings
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Aerial roof markings are symbols, letters or numbers on the roof of emergency vehicles, such as police cars, fire engines and ambulances to enable aircraft to identify them. These markings can be used to identify a specific vehicle, vehicle type or agency. The markings, depending on the vehicle, or information required, may also be displayed on the bonnet, boot, or other areas of the vehicle visible from the air.
Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification (CVM) is safeguard measure invoked by the European Commission in case some new member or acceding state of the European Union has failed to implement commitments undertaken in the context of the accession negotiations in the fields of the Area of freedom, security and justice or internal market policy.
Idols (South Africa season 1)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Idols South Africa I was the first season of South African reality interactive talent show based on the British talent show Pop Idol. It started as the second international spin-off of the original series just days after the first Idol season in Poland. However, as it ended earlier the winner Heinz Winckler is the second Idol winner after the original Pop Idol Will Young.Simon Cowell, judge of the original series was guest judging during the theater round when the Top 50 was chosen. The remaining contestants where then split in 10 groups of 5 where the most vote getter would move on to the top 10. However as a voting error occurred during the voting for the first group, Melanie Lowe (who was a...
Richard of Poitiers
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Richard of Poitiers († ca. 1174), also known as Richard of Cluny, was a monk of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny, and author of a small number of historical works (including a universal chronicle), treatises and poems.
List of paintings by Hans Gude
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The following is a list of artwork by Hans Fredrik Gude, a Norwegian romantic painter.
George Randell
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Randell (5 October 1830—2 June 1915) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1873–1875 and 1880–1890, then when representative self-government was achieved in 1890, won the seat of Moore in the new Legislative Assembly. He was also Leader of the Opposition for ten months in 1894–95, and Mayor of Perth in 1874–75 and again in 1884.
Flight and evacuation of German civilians during the end of World...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Plans to evacuate German population from the occupied territories in Central and Eastern Europe and from Eastern Germany were prepared by German authorities at the end of World War II. However, the evacuation in most of the areas was delayed until the last moment, when it was too late to conduct it in an orderly fashion. Most of the evacuation efforts commenced in January 1945, when Soviet forces were already rapidly advancing westward. In total about six million Germans were evacuated from the areas east of the Oder-Neisse line before the Red Army and the Soviet-controlled Polish People`s Army took control of the region.
1996–97 DFB-Pokal
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The DFB-Pokal 1996–97 was the 54th season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 9 August 1996 and ended on 16 June 1997. In the final VfB Stuttgart defeated third tier Energie Cottbus 2–0 thereby claiming their third title.
Mark IV tank
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The British Mark IV tank was a British tank of the First World War. Introduced in 1917, it benefitted from significant developments on the first British tank the intervening designs being small batches used for training. The major improvements were in armour, the re-siting of the fuel tank and easier transportation. A total of 1,220 were built: 420 "Males", 595 "Females" and 205 Tank Tenders (unarmed vehicles used to carry supplies).
New York Film Festival
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New York Film Festival has been a major film festival since it began in 1963 in New York. The films are selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The non-competitive festival, sometimes abbreviated as NYFF, was established by Amos Vogel and Richard Roud.
Apollo 440
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Apollo 440 (alternately known as Apollo Four Forty or @440) are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1990. Apollo 440 have written, recorded and produced four albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as Apollo 440 and as ambient cinematic alter-ego Stealth Sonic Orchestra, and created music for film, television, advertisements and multimedia. During their eleven years at Sony, 1993–2004, they notched up 11 Top 40 UK singles with three Top 10s, and had a chart presence worldwide.
Arjan de Zeeuw
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Adrianus "Arjan" de Zeeuw (born 16 April 1970 in Castricum, North Holland) is a retired Dutch footballer, who played as a centre-back.
Coalition of Essential Schools
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) is an organization created to further a type of whole-school reform originally envisioned by founder Ted Sizer in his book, Horace`s Compromise. CES began in 1984 with twelve schools; it currently has 600 formal members.
Taylor, Texas
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Taylor is a city in Williamson County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,575 at the 2000 census; it was 15,191 in the 2010 census estimate. Taylors largest employers include the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Durcon Inc, and the T. Don Hutto Residential Center, an immigration control center, which opened in Taylor in May 2006.
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