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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James B. Lockhart III assumed the position of Vice Chairman of WL Ross & Co. LLC in September 2009. WL Ross manages $9 billion of private equity investments, a hedge fund and a Mortgage Recovery Fund. It is a subsidiary of Invesco, a Fortune 500 investment management firm. As Vice Chairman, Lockhart coordinates WL Ross’ investments in financial services firms and mortgages.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1993 Rugby league State of Origin series was the 12th year that the annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches contested between the Queensland and New South Wales representative teams was played under `State of Origin` selection rules. Queensland`s favourite son Wally Lewis returned as coach just two years after his retirement as a player.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rosina Brandram (2 July 1845 – 28 February 1907) was an English opera singer and actress primarily known for creating many of the contralto roles in the Savoy operas with the D`Oyly Carte Opera Company.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cole is a surname of English origin, and is much less frequently a given name. It is of Middle English origin, and its meaning is "swarthy, coal-black, charcoal". The Cole family originated in Cornwall, South West England. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Randolphi Cole, appearing in the Winton Rolls of Hampshire in 1148.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! British Arctic Territories were territories claimed by Britain in North America, consisting of the islands of what is now known in Canada as the High Arctic.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2006 throughout the world.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Libertad is the second studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver, released on July 3, 2007. The name is Spanish and translates to "liberty" or "freedom" in English. According to a 2007 interview with Rolling Stone, along with the Stone Temple Pilots albums Core and Stone Temple Pilots, Libertad is one of only three albums lead singer Scott Weiland has written while sober.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! ATS Message Handling System (AMHS) also known as Aeronautical Message Handling System is a standard for aeronautical ground-ground communications (e.g. for the transmission of NOTAM, Flight Plans or Meteorological Data) based on X.400 profiles. It has been defined by the ICAO.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mahar is an important social group within the Indian state of Maharashtra and surrounding states. A grouping of related endogamous castes, the Mahar are the largest scheduled caste group in Maharashtra, in which they comprise ten percent of the population (in the early 1980s, the Mahar community was estimated to make up about nine percent of the population of Maharashtra).

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kaufmann`s was a department store that originated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was owned in the early 20th century by Edgar J. Kaufmann, patron of `Fallingwater` and the Kaufmann`s Desert House. In the post-war years the store became a regional chain in the eastern United States, and was last owned by Federated Department Stores. At the height of its existence it had some 59 stores in 5 states.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Travis Bickle is a fictional character from the 1976 film Taxi Driver, played by Robert De Niro. He is widely considered one of the most iconic characters in film history, and De Niro earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of him. He is greatly inspired by Arthur Bremer, who attempted to assassinate presidential candidate George Wallace on May 15, 1972.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wengen is a village in the Bernese Oberland in the canton of Bern, located in central Switzerland at an elevation of 1274 m (4180 ft.) above sea level, and is part of the Jungfrauregion. Wengen has approximately 1,300 year-round residents. This number swells to 5,000 during summer and to 10,000 in the winter tourist season.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New English Bible (NEB) is a translation of the Bible into modern English directly from the original Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic texts (and from Latin for 2 Esdras in the Apocrypha). The New Testament was published in 1961. The Old Testament (along with the Apocrypha) was published in 1970.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Nashville Network, usually referred to as TNN, was an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming included music videos, taped concerts, movies, syndicated programs, and numerous talk shows. On September 25, 2000, after an attempt to attract younger viewers failed, TNN`s country music format was changed and the network was renamed The National Network, eventually becoming Spike in 2003.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sir Arthur Haselrig, 2nd Baronet (1601 – 7 January 1661) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1659. He was one of the five members of Parliament whom King Charles I tried to arrest in 1642, an event which led to the start of the English Civil War. He fought for the Parliamentarian cause in the Civil War and later tried to uphold the republic against Cromwell`s autocracy, Lambert`s attempt at military control and Monck`s Royalist conversion in favour of the Restoration.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Roskilde (Danish pronunciation: ) is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! I, The Jury (1947) is Mickey Spillane`s first novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sierra Army Depot is a United States Army post located near the unincorporated city of Herlong, California 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Reno, NV and 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Susanville, CA. Sierra Army Depot is in the highest desert plain east of the Sierra Nevada mountains at an elevation of 4,200 feet (1,300 m). The high desert plain is only sparsely developed.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Transport Trust runs the Our Transport Heritage programme which places Red Wheel plaques on especially important sites of transport heritage and, through the programme`s website , links together some one thousand transport heritage sites around Britain. In sum, they show that, by any measure, Britain’s contribution to the development of transport has been without parallel, constantly pushing the boundaries on land, on water and in the air. Historically, if we logged the number of world transport ‘firsts’ achieved in Britain, the rate and breadth of the country`s technological progress would be the equivalent of sweeping the board for gold medals at the Olympics.