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List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom is a list of links to waterway societies, charities, trust (law)trusts, associations, clubs and other non-governmental waterway organisations, concerned with the restoration, regeneration and use of the waterways in the United Kingdom.
2008–09 Premier Reserve League
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2008–09 Premier Reserve League (officially known as the 2008–09 Barclays Premier Reserve League for sponsorship reasons) is the tenth season since the establishment of the Premier Reserve League. The season began on 1 September 2008, and ended with the play-off final on 21 May 2009.
Romanian local election, 2008
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Local elections were held in Romania on June 1, 2008, with a runoff for mayors on June 15, 2008.
Irene Shubik
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Irene Shubik (born 1935) is a British television producer, notable for her contribution to the development of the single play in British television drama. Beginning her television career at ABC Television, she worked on Armchair Theatre as a story editor where she devised the science fiction anthology series Out of this World. Moving to the BBC, she briefly worked as a story editor before being promoted to producer, creating the science fiction anthology television series Out of the Unknown. Leaving Out of the Unknown after two seasons, Shubik co-produced The Wednesday Play, overseeing its transition into Play for Today in 1970. She left the BBC in 1976, and subsequently produced the first...
Clark Ashton Smith deities
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Clark Ashton Smith deities are supernatural entities created for the Cthulhu Mythos universe of shared fiction by California-based horror writer and poet Clark Ashton Smith.
BI-LO (Australia)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! BI-LO is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers (formerly Coles Group). Once a chain of 180 outlets, most BI-LO supermarkets were re-branded as Coles Supermarkets during 2006 and 2007. In October 2008, Coles stated it was looking to create a new chain to replace the remaining BI-LO stores. By December 2010, 48 stores remained open.
Collectivization in Hungary
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In the Hungarian People`s Republic, agricultural collectivization was attempted a number of times in the late 1940s, until it was finally successful in the early 1960s. By consolidating individual landowning farmers into agricultural co-operatives, the Communist government hoped to increase production and efficiency, and put agriculture under the control of the state.
Man Group
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Man Group plc (Man) (LSE: EMG) is a British alternative investment management business. It provides a range of funds for institutional and private investors globally. The company manages about US$68 billion (January 2011) and employs around 1,700 people in 15 locations worldwide.
The Ring (Angel)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Ring" is episode 16 of season 1 in the television show Angel. Written by Howard Gordon and directed by Nick Marck, it was originally broadcast on February 29, 2000 on the WB television network. It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup for a Series. In this episode, Angel is captured and enslaved in a fighting club, and must fight his way to freedom, or rely on Cordelia Chase and Wesley Wyndam-Pryce to save him.
Cherrapunji
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cherrapunji pronunciation (help·info) (currently the historical name Sohra is more commonly used; alternative spellings are Cherrapunjee and Charrapunji), is a subdivisional town in the East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. It is credited as being the second wettest place on Earth. However, nearby Mawsynram currently holds that record.
Vivitar
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vivitar Corporation was a manufacturer, distributor and marketer of photographic and optical equipment originally based in Oxnard, California. Since 2008 the Vivitar name serves as Sakar International`s photographic and optical equipment brand.
Hans Krankl
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Johann "Hans" Krankl (born 14 February 1953 in Vienna) is a retired Austrian footballer. He was last manager of LASK Linz.
Template matching
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Template matching is a technique in digital image processing for finding small parts of an image which match a template image. It can be used in manufacturing as a part of quality control, a way to navigate a mobile robot, or as a way to detect edges in images.
William Does His Bit
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Does His Bit is the 23rd book of children`s short stories in the Just William series by Richmal Crompton.
Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Symphony No. 11 in G minor (Opus 103; subtitled The Year 1905) by Dmitri Shostakovich was written in 1957 and premiered by the USSR Symphony Orchestra under Natan Rakhlin on 30 October 1957. The subtitle of the symphony refers to the events of the Russian Revolution of 1905.
William Bridges (general)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges KCB, CMG (18 February 1861 – 18 May 1915) served with Australian forces during World War I, and was the first Australian to reach general officer rank. He died at Gallipoli on 18 May 1915, becoming the first Australian general to be killed during the war.
Hand (unit)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The hand is a non-SI unit of measurement of length, now used only for the measurement of the height of horses in some English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. With origins in ancient Egypt, it was originally based on the breadth of a human hand. It is today equal to four inches, and thus, following the adoption of the international inch in 1959, equal to exactly 10.16 centimetres. It may be abbreviated to "h" or the plural "hh". Although measurements between whole hands are usually expressed in what appears to be decimal format, the subdivision of the hand is not decimal but is in base 4, that is, subdivisions after the radix point are in quarters.
Spacelab
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Spacelab was a reusable laboratory used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle. The laboratory consisted of multiple components, including a pressurized module, an unpressurized carrier and other related hardware housed in the Shuttle`s cargo bay. The components were arranged in various configurations to meet the needs of each spaceflight.
Leftfield
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Leftfield are a British duo of electronica artists and record producers, namely Paul Daley (formerly of The Rivals, A Man Called Adam and the Brand New Heavies) and Neil Barnes, who formed in 1990 in London, England. The name Leftfield was originally used simply by Barnes for its first single with editing/arranging and additional production added by Daley "Not Forgotten", but after this, Daley was involved in remixing "Not Forgotten" and then in the creation of all Leftfield`s music. The pair were pioneers in the fields of intelligent dance music and progressive house, being among the first to fuse house music with dub and reggae. They were among the first electronic musicians to incorporate...
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