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Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League was a professional basketball league with teams from the Pacific Northwest in the United States and Canada. The league existed for two seasons: 1946-47 and 1947-48.
HMCS Grilse
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMCS Grilse was a commissioned patrol boat of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during World War I. Built as the high-speed civilian yacht Winchester, the vessel was one of several yachts the RCN used during the war. In 1915, Canadian industrialist and millionaire Jack Ross purchased the Winchester and arranged for her conversion for military use; Ross was later reimbursed by the federal government. Armed with two 12-pounder guns, one fore and one aft, and a 14-inch torpedo tube amidships, Grilse was commissioned as a torpedo boat and operated off Canada`s east coast for much of the war. Unsuitable for winter operations in Canadian waters, Grilse was sent to the Caribbean in December 1916, but...
Tom Kuntz
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Kuntz (born July 7, 1972) is a filmmaker who is most known for his unique television commercials and music videos, which either have colorful settings, time-lapse photography or wildly eccentric humans. He has enjoyed multiple nominations for the honor of ‘Best Commercial Director of the Year’ by the DGA (Directors Guild of America; 2007, 2009, 2010).
Walsh Healey Public Contracts Act
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Walsh-Healey Act or Walsh–Healey Public Contracts Act, passed in 1936 as part of the New Deal, is a United States federal law that applies to U.S. government contracts exceeding $10,000 for the manufacture or furnishing of goods. Walsh-Healey establishes overtime pay for hours worked by contractor employees in excess of 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week, and sets the minimum wage equal to the prevailing wage as determined by the Secretary of Labor. The Act prohibits employment of females under age 18, and males under age 16. The Act sets standards for the use of convict labor, and job health and safety standards.
Pacific Coast Party
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pacific Coast Party is a pop rock and R B song by Smash Mouth. It is the third song in their 2001 eponymous album Smash Mouth (album). A string section starts the song and continues in the background. A bass guitar plays the main riff. An electric guitar and keyboard play the secondary riff. In the Japanese import of the Smash Mouth album, a remix version of the song is 5 minutes longer than the original version. It is sang by Olav Basoski and was written by Paul De Lisle.
Pacific Coast Motorsports
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pacific Coast Motorsports was a racing team owned by Tyler Tadevic. It was founded by Tadevic in 2003 and has competed in the American Le Mans Series, Champ Car Atlantic Series, and Rolex Grand-Am series. In 2007 it moved to the Champ Car World Series, one of America`s premier open-wheel racing divisions, with co-owner Tom Figge and drivers Alex Figge and Ryan Dalziel. Dalziel was replaced by Mario Dominguez for the final two races of the season. Due to the reunification of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League, PCM initially announced they would not be fielding any cars in the IRL,, but later rescinded the decision in another announcement, April 23, stating that an IndyCar Series team would...
HMCS Galiano
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMCS Galiano was a Canadian government fisheries patrol vessel pressed into service with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1917. Galiano disappeared in a storm in October 1918, making her Canada`s only warship lost during the First World War.
HMS Black Prince (1816)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Black Prince was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Black Prince class of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 March 1816 at Woolwich Dockyard.
Robert D. Kennedy
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert D. Kennedy is an American businessman.
HMCS Florence
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMCS Florence was a commissioned patrol boat of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) that served in the First World War. Originally launched as the yacht Czarina, she was acquired by John Craig Eaton in 1910 and renamed Florence. Following the outbreak of war, Eaton donated the yacht to the RCN, which commissioned her as HMCS Florence in July 1915. She spent most of her service career as a guard ship at St. John, New Brunswick and patrolling in the Bay of Fundy, but proved unsuitable for navy work and was paid off in September 1916. Subsequently sold to buyers in Martinique, Florence was reportedly lost in the Caribbean in January 1917.
Off He Goes
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Off He Goes" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Written by vocalist Eddie Vedder, "Off He Goes" was released in 1996 as the third single from the band`s fourth studio album, No Code (1996). The song peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Pearl Jam`s 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003).
Pana, Illinois
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pana is a city in Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,847 at the 2010 census.
Yeocomico Church
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yeocomico Church is an historic church in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Virginia. The original wooden structure was built in 1655. It was replaced in 1706 by a structure built of locally fired bricks. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1970.
Robert D. Kohn
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert D. Kohn (1870-1953) was an American architect most active in New York City.
HMCS Canada
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! CGS Canada was a Canadian Government Ship that served as a patrol ship in the Fisheries Protection Service of Canada, an enforcement agency that was part of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. She is considered to the nucleus of the Royal Canadian Navy for her role in training Canadian naval officers and asserting Canadian sovereignty. Canada saw service in the First World War and was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Canada during that conflict.
Pacific Coast League (California)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pacific Coast League is an American high school sports league in Orange County, California. Teams in the league include:
HMS Blackwood (K313)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Blackwood was a Captain-class frigate of the Evarts-class of destroyer escort, originally commissioned to be built for the U.S. Navy. Before she was finished in 1942, she was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend-Lease, and saw service during the Second World War.
USS Benicia (PG-96)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The second USS Benicia (PGM-96/PG-96) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. She later served in the South Korean Navy as Paek Ku 51 (PGM-351).
Off Kilter
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Off Kilter is a Celtic-rock band. Off Kilter was formed in 1997, and has been performing regularly at Epcot ever since. Their first album, Off Kilter included some traditional songs like "Dirty Old Town" and "Fields of Athenry" as well as covers of popular rock songs generally from Canadian artists such as such as "Johnny B. Goode", "Takin` Care of Business" and "Summer of `69."
Sobre las Olas
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The waltz "Sobre las Olas" (or "Over the Waves") is the best known work of Mexican composer Juventino Rosas (1868–1894). It "remains one of the most famous Latin American pieces worldwide," according to the "Latin America" article in The Oxford Companion to Music.
USS Benicia (1868)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Benicia was a screw sloop in the United States Navy during the late 19th century. She was named for Benicia, California.
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