Algaut was a Geatish king who ruled West Götaland according to the Heimskringla. Snorri Sturluson relates that he was burnt to death by his son-in-law, the Swedish king Ingjald Ill-ruler.
The downhaul is a line which is part of the rigging on a sailboat; it applies downward force on a spar or sail. The most common downhaul on a modern sailboat is attached to the spinnaker pole, though this may be referred to as the foreguy in some rigging nomenclature. The term is also commonly applied to the cunningham on the mainsail.
In fiber optics, a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) is a form of optical add-drop multiplexer that adds the ability to remotely switch traffic from a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) system at the wavelength layer. This is achieved through the use of a wavelength selective switching module. This allows individual or multiple wavelengths carrying data channels to be added and/or dropped from a transport fiber without the need to convert the signals on all of the WDM channels to electronic signals and back again to optical signals.
Nininbaori (二人羽織) is a Japanese comedic party trick where two people wear the same large coat (haori) and pretend to be one (hunchbacked) person. One person is the "face" and the other is the "arms". Humor arises from the arms never being coordinated with the face.
Die Heilsleër is the Afrikaans branch of The Salvation Army. In South Africa some Corps (Churches) may conduct all or part of their services in Afrikaans whereas other Corps, which are in more English speaking areas, may conduct services in English.
Brideswell is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is named in honour of Brigid of Ireland.
Eddie Lever was the manager of the English football club Portsmouth F.C. from 1952 to 1958. Lever took over at Pompey in 1952 after championship-winning manager Bob Jackson joined Hull City. He is credited with discovering a 16-year-old Jimmy Dickinson in the early 1940s.
The florin sign (ƒ) is a symbol that is used for the currencies named florin, also called guilder. The Dutch name for the currency is gulden. The symbol "ƒ" is the lowercase version of Ƒ of the Latin alphabet. In many serif typefaces, it can often be substituted with a normal italic small-letter f.
Mixed and Fixed is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
John Lindsay, 6th Earl of Crawford was an Earl of Crawford.
Allen Curtis, was an American film director of the silent era. He directed 278 films between 1913 and 1922. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California.
Las Lomas is a neighbourhood (barrio) of Asunción, Paraguay.
The House of Catargiu is the name of an old and influential Moldavian noble family of the Tupilați region, whose members played important political role in the history of Wallachia, Moldavia and Romania.
Yelang is a town in Tongzi County located to the north of the downtown Tongzi, Zunyi, Guizhou, People's Republic of China.
RMS Unicorn was a British transatlantic paddle steamer built in 1836. After being bought in 1840, she was the first ship to sail with Cunard, traveling between the United Kingdom and Canada. She left the company in 1846, and would continue to operate under various owners until 1872, when her register was closed.
"Wide Open Road" is a song written by Johnny Cash. It became the first song he recorded for Sun Records.
Lone Journey is an American soap opera radio program.
S. Abdul Hamid, also known as Major S. A. Hamid, was a British Indian track and field athlete. He attended Zamindara Islamia High School, Dasuha, Faisalabad. The old name of Faisalabad was Lyallpur. Later, he studied at Government College, Lahore. Hamid ran in the 110 metres hurdles and the 400 metres hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam but did not progress from his heat in either race. He was also scheduled to run in the 400 metres and the 4 × 400 metres relay but did not start in either event.
Mantosh Sondhi was an IOFS officer. He served as the first General Manager of the Heavy Vehicles Factory, one of the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories. He was the founding Chairman & Managing Director of Bokaro Steel Plant. He was the first IOFS officer and first non-IAS officer to hold the posts of Secretary of Ministry of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Coal. He studied engineering at the University of London. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1968 by the President of India. In 1995, he was decorated as Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland by the President of Finland. The headquarters of Confederation of Indian Industry is named in his honour. He was a member of the Atomic Energy Commission of India. He also served as the Chairman of several MNCs such as Ashok Leyland, ABB, Wärtsilä. His son is Vipin Sondhi, former CEO and MD of JCB India and Ashok Leyland.
Irene Thirer (1905-1964) was an American film critic and newspaper editor.
