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Pocket watch
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A pocket watch (or pocketwatch) is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed to a wristwatch, which is strapped to the wrist. They were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until wristwatches became popular after World War I during which a transitional design, trench watches, were used by the military. Pocket watches generally have an attached chain to allow them to be secured to a waistcoat, lapel, or belt loop, and to prevent them from being dropped. Watches were also mounted on a short leather strap or fob, when a long chain would have been cumbersome or likely to catch on things. This fob could also provide a protective flap over their...
Raines International
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Raines International Inc. (RII), headquartered in New York, is a premier retained executive search firm serving Fortune 500 companies, Private Equity, and Non-Profit clients. The firm was founded in 1969 by Bruce R. Raines.
Xenosauridae
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Xenosauridae is a family of lizards native to Central America and China. Also known as knob-scaled lizards, they have rounded, bumpy scales and osteoderms. Most species prefer moist or semi-aquatic habitats, although they are widespread within their native regions, with some even inhabiting semi-arid scrub environments. They are carnivorous or insectivorous, and give birth to live young.
Pacisporaceae
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pacisporaceae are a family of fungi in the order Diversisporales. The family contains the single genus Pacispora. Species in this genus are widespread in distribution, and form arbuscular mycorrhiza and vesicles in roots.
Upstream (networking)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In computer networking, upstream refers to the direction in which data can be transferred from the client to the server (uploading). This differs greatly from downstream not only in theory and usage, but also in that upstream speeds are usually at a premium. Whereas downstream speed is important to the average home user for purposes of downloading content, uploads are used mainly for web server applications and similar processes where the sending of data is critical. Upstream speeds are also important to users of peer-to-peer software.
Wan Chun Cheng
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Professor Wan Chun Cheng (1904 - 1983) was one of the most eminent Chinese botanists of the 20th century. Initially one of the Chinese plant collectors who followed in the wake of the Europeans after 1920, he became one of the world`s leading authorities on the taxonomy of gymnosperms. Working at the National Central University in Nanjing, he was instrumental in the identification in 1944 of the Dawn Redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides previously known only from fossils. The plant Juniperus chengii is named in his honour.
Tom McAlpin
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas Michael McAlpin (born 1959 in Miami, Florida) is the former president of Disney Cruise Line. McAlpin resigned in 2009 “to pursue other interests”. McAlpin was with the company for 13 years and was replaced by former President of New Vacation Operations, Karl Holz. McAlpin oversaw two cruise ships, the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder, along with Disney`s private Island Castaway Cay.
Nabinagar
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nabinagar is a city and a notified area in Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Nabil Lasmari
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nabil Lasmari (born February 8, 1978) is a male badminton player from Algeria, with the French nationality.
Tom Marr
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Marr is an American talk radio host on WCBM (680-AM) in Baltimore, Maryland known for his conservative political views. His radio career spans close to 45 years, mostly in Baltimore, although he has worked in other major markets during that same period of time.
Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Prayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic prayer composed by Pope Leo XIII. It was included in the 1899 encyclical Annum Sacrum issued by Leo XIII as he consecrated the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Woman Key
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Woman Key is an island in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It is within the boundaries of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge.
Anthony Bevilacqua
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (born June 17, 1923) is an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1988 to 2003, having previously served as Bishop of Pittsburgh. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991.
Robert DeGrimston
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert DeGrimston (also known as "The Teacher," and Robert Moor) (born August 10, 1935) was a founder of The Process Church of The Final Judgment (popularly referred to as The Process) in the 1960s. He was born in Shanghai, China.
Prayagraj Express
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Prayag Raj Express is an Indian Railways` express train which runs between the cities of Allahabad and New Delhi, India. It has 24 coaches including 7 air-conditioned coaches. It runs on the North Central Railways (Allahabad to New Delhi) section which is part of the busy (Howrah to New Delhi) Grand Trunk section. It is, along with the prestigious Shaan - E - Bhopal Express, one of the "first" ISO 9002 certified trains of India because of its security features and high priority on the Indian Railways. But it takes 2 hours more than Rajdhani Express to cover the same distance. It is also slower than some other superfast trains in this section, but has one of highest commercial speeds among...
Panda Security
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Panda Security SL, formerly Panda Software, is a computer security company founded in 1990 by Panda`s former CEO, Mikel Urizarbarrena, in the city of Bilbao, Spain. Initially centered on the production of antivirus software, the company has expanded its line of applications to include firewall applications, spam and spyware detection applications, cybercrime prevention technology, and other system management and security tools for businesses and home users.
Robert Dean Smith
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Dean Smith (born 2 May 1956 in Kansas, USA) is an American operatic tenor.
Woman in Love
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Woman in Love" is a popular song performed by Barbra Streisand and taken from her 1980 album, Guilty. The song was written by Barry and Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees.
Woman Gone and Say Goodbye
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Woman Gone And Say Goodbye was the second ep released by Liverpool band The Stairs, the first being Weed Bus. The EP was issued in several formats: CD ep; 7" vinyl single with picture sleeve; 12" vinyl 45rpm single with picture sleeve; 12" 45rpm vinyl DJ promo single with a plain black sleeve. Both 12" vinyl single formats have What do you mean you don`t smoke? inscribed in the matrix on Side A.
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