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Richmond Olympic Oval
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Richmond Olympic Oval (French: Anneau olympique de Richmond), or the Richmond Oval is a facility in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It was the venue of the speed skating events and the official Olympic anti-doping lab of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The total cost of the project was $178 million.
KUT
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! KUT FM 90.5 is a listener-supported public radio station owned and operated by faculty and staff of the University of Texas at Austin. It is the National Public Radio member station for central Texas. Occasionally there is confusion between KUT and KVRX 91.7 FM, the University`s student-run radio station, because both are owned by the University of Texas and are based out of the UT campus.
Mudflation
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mudflation, from MUD and inflation, is an economic issue that exists only in massively multiplayer online games. Mudflation occurs when future additions to (or even just continued operation of) a game causes previously acquired resources to decline in value. This can take many forms and have many causes, including new items introduced by an expansion pack, fundamental imbalances in the in-game economy, or even spread of information that allows a previously rare resource to be acquired more easily.
Erie doctrine
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In United States law, the Erie doctrine is a fundamental legal doctrine of civil procedure mandating that a federal court in diversity jurisdiction (and some allied state-law claims in federal-law actions) must apply state substantive law.
Carl Denham
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Carl Denham is a fictional film director in the films King Kong and Son of Kong (both released in 1933), as well as in the 2005 remake of King Kong, and a 2004 illustrated-novel titled Kong: King of Skull Island. The role was played by Robert Armstrong in the 1933 films and by Jack Black in the 2005 remake. Denham`s function in the story is to initiate the action by bringing the characters to Skull Island, where they encounter the giant beast Kong. Denham then brings Kong to New York City to put him on display as entertainment, but he escapes and rampages through the city.
1997 Spanish Grand Prix
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1997 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 25, 1997 at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Viola Spolin
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Viola Spolin (November 7, 1906 — November 22, 1994) was an important innovator of the American theater in the 20th century. She created directorial techniques to help actors to be focused in the present moment and to find choices improvisationally, as if in real life. These acting exercises she later called Theater Games and formed the first body of work that enabled other directors and actors to create improvisational theater. Her book, “Improvisation for the Theater,” which published these techniques, includes her philosophy, as well as her teaching and coaching methods and is considered the “bible of improvisational theater.” Spolin’s contributions were seminal to the...
Southbank, Victoria
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Southbank is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia located direct south of the Yarra River opposite Melbourne`s Hoddle Grid. The northernmost area is considered part of the Central Business District and Central Activities District of the city. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Melbourne and Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, Southbank had a population of 9,364.
Sambhaji
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sambhaji Raje Bhosle (14 May 1657 – 11 March 1689) was the eldest son and successor to Emporer (Chhatrapati) Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha empire.
Fiona Shaw
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Fiona Shaw, CBE (born Fiona Mary Wilson on 10 July 1958) is an Irish actress and theatre director. Although to international audiences she is probably most familiar for her minor role as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films, she is an accomplished classical actress. Shaw was awarded an honorary CBE in 2001.
Stanford Cardinal women`s basketball
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Stanford Cardinal women`s basketball team represents Stanford University, located in Stanford, California. The school`s team currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference and are coached by Tara VanDerveer, in her 25th season with the Cardinal. The Cardinal won national championships in 1990 and 1992, and were runners-up in 2008 and 2010.
2005 Liberty Bowl
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2005 AutoZone Liberty Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Fresno State Bulldogs and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on December 31, 2005, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. In a closely contested game which went back and forth Tulsa defeated Fresno State 31-24. It was the forty-seventh time the Liberty Bowl had been played and the final game of the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams.
1988 Newsweek Champions Cup – Doubles
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Guy Forget and Yannick Noah were the defending champions but only Forget competed that year with Boris Becker.
Stewart of Balquhidder
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stewart of Balquhidder is a Perthshire branch of the Stewart clan. They are descended from Sir William Stewart of Baldorran (c1440-c1500), who was the great grandson of Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, executed by King James I of Scotland for treason in 1425. Murdoch Stewart was himself the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland, who founded the Stewart dynasty.
Rape upon Rape
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rape upon Rape, also known as Rape upon Rape; or, The Justice Caught in His Own Trap and The Coffee-House Politician, is a play by Henry Fielding. It was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre on 23 June 1730. The play is a love comedy that depicts the corruption rampant in politics and in the justice system. When two characters are accused of rape, they deal with the corrupt judge in separate manners. Though the play was influenced by the rape case of Colonel Francis Charteris, it used "rape" as an allegory to describe all abuses of freedom, as well as the corruption of power, though it was meant in a comedic, farcical manner.
Soyuz TMA-18
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz flight to the International Space Station. TMA-18 was the 105th manned flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first manned flight in 1967.
Percy Lefroy Mapleton
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Percy Lefroy Mapleton (also known as Percy Mapleton Lefroy; 23 February 1860 – 29 November 1881), a journalist, was the British "railway murderer" of 1881. He is important in the history of forensics and policing as being the subject of the first police composite picture to appear on a "wanted" poster and in a newspaper.
Southwestern Moundbuilders
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Southwestern College athletic teams are known as the Moundbuilders (sometimes simply called the "Builders"). They participate in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Ultimate Disney
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ultimate Guide to Disney DVD is a website dedicated to covering Walt Disney home video releases with a focus on Disney DVD and Blu-ray. The site has been online since 2001 and acquired its own domain and online forum in 2003. Its sister site DVDizzy.com, which covers general DVD information and reviews, launched in 2007.
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