Month: December 2021

The Olean Oilers were a minor league baseball team located in Olean, New York which played primarily in the New York–Pennsylvania League from 1939 to 1966, with a hiatus in 1960. Starting in 1959, the team shared nicknames with its major league affiliates. Minor League Baseball team Olean Oilers1939–1962 Olean, […]

For the measurement of an alternating current the signal is often converted into a direct current of equivalent value, the root mean square (RMS). Simple instrumentation and signal converters carry out this conversion by filtering the signal into an average rectified value and applying a correction factor. The value of […]

Nerine Barrett (born 3 February 1944) is a Jamaican classical pianist, one of the few black women who have achieved international recognition as a pianist.[Notes 1] She was selected in 1966 by the Young Concert Artists to appear at Carnegie Hall and the following year won the Mozart Memorial Prize […]

David Brandt Berg (February 18, 1919 – October 1, 1994), also known as King David, Mo, Moses David, Father David, Dad, or Grandpa to followers, was the founder and leader of the new religious movement currently known as The Family International. Berg’s group, founded in 1968 among the counterculture youth in […]

Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai (Tamil: பெரும்பாணாற்றுப்படை, lit. “guide for bards with the large lute”) is an ancient Tamil poem in the Pattuppattu anthology of the Sangam literature.[1] It contains 500 lines in the akaval meter.[2] It is one of five arruppatai genre poems and was a guide to other bards seeking a patron […]

Divine Madness is the 1992 greatest hits album from the British ska/pop band Madness. 1992 greatest hits album by Madness Divine Madness Greatest hits album by Madness Released 24 February 1992 Recorded 1979–1986 (re-release 1979–1999) Genre Ska pop Label Virgin Madness chronology It’s… Madness Too(1991) Divine Madness(1992) Madstock!(1992) Professional ratings […]

Topman was a UK-based multinational men’s fashion store chain founded by Burton (later renamed Arcadia) in 1978. Along with its women’s clothing counterpart Topshop, Topman was a subsidiary of the Arcadia Group when it went into administration in late 2020. The brand was purchased by ASOS on 1 February 2021. […]

Guarda is a city in Beira Alta, a region of Central Portugal. . . . Guarda . . . The train station is served by Linhas da Beira Alta. There are trains to Lisbon via Coimbra 3-5 times a day and to Oporto via Viseu. Schedules are available online at […]

Blantyre is the economic capital of Malawi. . . . Blantyre . . . Blantyre originates from the birthplace of the missionary Dr David Livingston, who was born in Blantyre, Scotland. Blantyre is the main commercial city in Malawi. South African Airways has four flights per week between Johannesburg (South-Africa) […]

Clyde Taylor Ellis (December 21, 1908 – February 9, 1980) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. American politician (1908–1980) Clyde T. Ellis Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Arkansas‘s 3rd district In officeJanuary 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943 Preceded by Claude A. Fuller Succeeded by […]