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Cyril Lowe
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cyril Nelson "Kit" Lowe MC DFC (7 October 1891-6 February 1983) was an English rugby union footballer who held England`s international try scoring record for over sixty years, First World War flying ace credited with nine victories, and supposedly the inspiration for W. E. Johns` character "Biggles".
Orocovis, Puerto Rico
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Orocovis (from Taino language, Orocobix meaning remembrance of the first mountain) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range, north of Villalba and Coamo; south of Morovis and Corozal; southeast of Ciales; east of Jayuya; and west of Barranquitas. Orocovis is spread over 17 wards and Orocovis Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Show trial
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The term show trial is a pejorative description of a type of highly public trial in which there is a strong connotation that the judicial authorities have already determined the guilt of the defendant. The actual trial has as its only goal to present the accusation and the verdict to the public as an impressive example and as a warning. Show trials tend to be retributive rather than correctional justice. The term was first recorded in the 1930s.
Stillman Valley, Illinois
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stillman Valley is a village in Marion Township, Ogle County, Illinois, United States. It lies east of Byron, south of Rockford, and west of Davis Junction. The population was 1,120 at the 2010 census, up from 1,048 at the 2000 census. The village is located on the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad, on the old Chicago Great Western Railway before it merged and was pulled up. Also, Illinois Route 72 runs through the village, and is near the location for the beginning of the Black Hawk War. The war memorial for the Battle of Stillman`s Run is located in this village.
Craig Watson (boxer)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Craig Watson (born 7 February 1983 in Oldham, Greater Manchester) is an English boxer who has fought in the light welterweight, welterweight and light middlweight divisions. He is a former British welterweight champion and has previously held the Commonwealth title at both welterweight and light middleweight.
National symbols of Estonia
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Estonian flag represents the Republic of Estonia. It is a blue-black-white 105x165cm rectangle.
Xena: Warrior Princess (season 4)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xena: Warrior Princess fourth season originally aired between September 28, 1998 and May 17, 1999, beginning with the episode "Adventures in the Sin Trade, part I", and ending on May 17, 1999, with "Deja Vu all Over Again". The Season 4 was launched in Dvd on Australia, Canada, USA, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, but the first launch occurred in 2004, in USA.
Rich Lackner
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rich Lackner is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the Carnegie Mellon University, a position he has held since 1986.
1992 State of Origin series
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1992 Rugby League State of Origin series was the eleventh annual interstate representative rugby league series between New South Wales and Queensland based on "state of origin" selection rules. It was the first year of involvement by New South Wales` most successful coach Phil Gould who made only four player changes to the Blues squad during the series - one of these necessitated by the return from injury of champion play-maker Ricky Stuart. For the first time in thirteen years of Origin there was no involvement by Wally Lewis to inspire Queensland.
1989 Cincinnati Reds season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cincinnati Reds` 1989 season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West for the first time since 1979. The season was defined by allegations of gambling by Pete Rose. Before the end of the season, Rose was banned from baseball by commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
Dead by Sunrise
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dead by Sunrise is an American rock band. It is the side project of Linkin Park`s lead vocalist and songwriter, Chester Bennington. The band also features Amir Derakh, Ryan Shuck, Brandon Belsky, Elias Andra, and Anthony "Fu" Valcic from Julien-K and Orgy. Dead by Sunrise`s debut album, Out of Ashes, was released worldwide on October 13, 2009.
Nubia (comics)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nubia is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine published by DC Comics. The original Nubia was created by Robert Kanigher and Don Heck, she debuted in Wonder Woman (vol. 1) #204, (January 1973). The modern character named Nu`Bia was created by Doselle Young and Brian Denham, she debuted in Wonder Woman Annual (vol. 2) #8 (1999).
Paul Tisdale
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paul Robert Tisdale (born 14 January 1973 in Malta) is a retired professional footballer. He is the current manager of Exeter City.
Kidderminster (UK Parliament constituency)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kidderminster was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
Directed attention fatigue
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Directed Attention Fatigue (DAF) is a neurological phenomenon that results from overuse of the brain’s inhibitory attention mechanisms, which handle incoming distractions while maintaining focus on a specific task. The greatest threat to a given focus of attention is competition from other stimuli that can cause a shift in focus. This is because one maintains focus on a particular thought not by strengthening that particular mental activity, but by inhibiting all potential distractions. A temporary condition, DAF occurs when a particular part of the brain’s global inhibitory system is overworked due to the suppression of increasing numbers of stimuli. It is important to note that Directed...
Melody Thornton
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Melody Thornton (born September 28, 1984) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, Soprano vocalist, dancer, model, showgirl and television personality who rose to stardom as a member of the successful pop group the Pussycat Dolls. The youngest member of the group, Thornton assumed the second most prominent vocal role, after lead vocalist Nicole Scherzinger, and was distinguished for her melismatic vocal runs. As of 2010, Thornton has departed the group to focus on her solo career. Thornton has a soprano voice and is better known for her vocal runs then for singing solos.
1992 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1992 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was the most active year on record in terms of tropical cyclone development, with twelve tropical storms forming throughout the year. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form within this basin between April and December. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean — the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India. The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center releases unofficial advisories. An average of four to six storms form in the North Indian Ocean every season...
Bureau of International Organization Affairs
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) is a bureau in the United States Department of State that creates and executes U.S. policy in the United Nations and other international organizations. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. The IO is charged with developing and implementing the policies of the U.S. government with respect to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies, as well as within certain other international organizations. The Bureau of International Organization Affairs was created in order to strengthen the United States involvement in important international relations.
NRBQ
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NRBQ is an American rock band founded in 1967. It is known for its live performances, containing a high degree of spontaneity and levity, and blending rock, pop, jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley styles. Its best known line-up is the 1974–1994 quartet of pianist Terry Adams, bassist Joey Spampinato, guitarist Al Anderson, and drummer Tom Ardolino. 2004 saw the beginning of a several-year long hiatus interrupted only by a few reunion performances, while band members pursued other projects. In 2011, the band returned with keyboardist Adams as the only member from any previous lineup.
Dumbarton Bridge (California)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Dumbarton Bridge is the southernmost of the highway bridges that span the San Francisco Bay in California. Carrying over 81,000 vehicles daily, it is also the shortest bridge across San Francisco Bay at 1.63 miles (8,600 feet / 2,622 m). Its eastern terminus is in Fremont, near Newark in the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and its western terminus is in Menlo Park. The bridge has three lanes in each direction, and features a separated bike/pedestrian lane on its south-facing side. Like the San Mateo Bridge to the north, power lines parallel the bridge across the bay.
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