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Rivington Pike
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rivington Pike is a hill summit on Winter Hill, part of the West Pennine Moors, overlooking the village of Rivington in Lancashire, England. The nearest towns are Chorley and Horwich. The Pike is a prominent local landmark which derives its name from the Old English hreof plus ing meaning the rough or rugged hill and pic, a pointed eminence. The hill was recorded as Rovyng in 1325 and Rivenpike in about 1540. Saxton records the name as Rivenpike Hill on his 1577 map.
Rich Hill (baseball)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Richard Joseph "Rich" Hill (born March 11, 1980, in Milton, Massachusetts) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.
Antonino Rocca
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Antonino Rocca (born Antonino Biasetton, April 13, 1927 – March 15, 1977) was an Italian-born Argentine professional wrestler. Rocca was a popular face and in some cities with both Italian-American and especially Hispanic audiences, his following was exceptionally large and loyal.
James Purefoy
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor best known for portraying Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome.
Cornelius Vermuyden
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sir Cornelius Wasterdyk Vermuyden (Sint-Maartensdijk, 1595 – London, 11 October 1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch reclamation methods to Britain, and made the first important attempts to drain The Fens of East Anglia.
Jean Gabin
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976) was a major French actor and war hero.
David Cunliffe
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! David Richard Cunliffe (born 1963) is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party, and the sitting member of parliament for New Lynn, West Auckland. He served as the Minister of Health and Minister for Communications and Information Technology for the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand from October 2007 until November 2008. After the 2008 general election defeat of the Labour Party, and the resignation of Helen Clark as the party leader, Cunliffe was appointed to be the party`s Finance Spokesman. This is considered to be the third highest ranking within the party after leader and deputy leader. Cunliffe has been touted as a future leader of the Labour party, and party...
Republics of Russia
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Russian Federation is divided into 83 federal subjects (constituent units), 21 of which are republics. The republics represent areas of non-Russian ethnicity. The indigenous ethnic group of a republic that gives it its name is referred to as the "titular nationality". Due to decades (in some cases centuries) of internal migration inside Russia, each nationality is not necessarily a majority of a republic`s population.
Transparency (behavior)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Transparency, as used in science, engineering, business, the humanities and in a social context more generally, implies openness, communication, and accountability. Transparency is operating in such a way that it is easy for others to see what actions are performed. For example, a cashier making change at a point of sale by segregating a customer`s large bills, counting up from the sale amount, and placing the change on the counter in such a way as to invite the customer to verify the amount of change demonstrates transparency.
USS Tennessee (ACR-10)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Tennessee (ACR-10), also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 10", and later renamed Memphis and renumbered CA-10, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class.
Newberg, Oregon
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Newberg is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to George Fox University. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 22,110, making it the second most populous city in the county.
Expander graph
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In combinatorics, an expander graph is a sparse graph that has strong connectivity properties, quantified using vertex, edge or spectral expansion as described below. Expander constructions have spawned research in pure and applied mathematics, with several applications to complexity theory, design of robust computer networks, and the theory of error-correcting codes.
Edelfosine
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Edelfosine (ET-18-O-CH3 ; 1-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-glycero-3-phosphocholine) is a synthetic alkyl-lisophospholipid (ALP). It has antineoplastic (anti-cancer) effects.
Persipura U-21
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Persipura Jayapura U-21 is a professional football club based in Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia. The team nickname is "The Young Pearls" or Mutiara Muda. Persipura competes in the top division in Indonesian football. Persipura`s stadium is known as the Mandala Stadium, which has a capacity of over 25,000 fans. The stadium is located near Dok 5 beach. The stadium has a beautiful view and is close to the local fishing village. To the east is scenic Cyclops Mountains.
Don Partridge
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Donald Eric Partridge (27 October 1941 – 21 September 2010) was an English singer and songwriter, known as the "king of the buskers". He performed from the early 1960s as a busker and one-man band, and achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK in the late 1960s with the songs "Rosie" and "Blue Eyes".
Miss Russia 2010
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Miss Russia 2010, was held in Barvikha Luxury Village Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia, on 6 March 2010. 51 contestants from all over the Russia competed for the crown. Miss Russia 2009, Sofia Rudieva of Saint Petersburg crowned her successor, Irina Antonenko of Yekaterinburg, at the end of the event.
Indian animation industry
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Indian animation industry encompasses both 2D traditional, and 3D animation, as well as visual effects for feature films. Although India`s film industry has a long history, it is a relative newcomer to the world of animation.
Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building is a high rise structure in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1975, the 18 story-tower is owned by the Federal Government. The international style office building has more than 370,000 square feet (34,000 m2) of space. Designed by the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architecture firm, the building is named after Wendell Wyatt and Edith Green who both served in the United States House of Representatives.
No More Stories
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! No More Stories Are Told Today, I`m Sorry They Washed Away // No More Stories, The World Is Grey, I`m Tired, Let`s Wash Away is the fifth studio album by the Danish band Mew. It was released in Scandinavia on 17 August, the UK on 24 August, the U.S. on 25 August, and Japan on 26 August 2009.
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2009
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2009 have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts."
Paksat-1R
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paksat-1R (PAKSAT-1Replacement) is a geosynchronous communications satellite operated by Pakistan`s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission. It was launched on 11 August 2011 aboard a Long March 3B/E carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China`s Sichuan province. It is expected to replace PAKSAT-1 in geostationary orbit at 38° East.
Battle of Ph Hoi
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Battle of Phu Hoai (15 August 1883) was an indecisive engagement between the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps and Liu Yongfu`s Black Flag Army during the early months of the Tonkin campaign (1883–1886). The battle took place during the period of increasing tension between France and China that eventually culminated in the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885).
Carolina Rollergirls
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Founded in January 2004, the Carolina Rollergirls, known as CRG or Carolina Roller Derby, Inc. is an all-women, flat-track roller derby league with a stated mission to foster an alternative sport in North Carolina while training for national competition. Operating as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the league promotes the physical and mental strength and independent spirit of women. The league is run for the skaters, by the skaters with the help and support of many sponsors and volunteers.
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