Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZM (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) …

Previous trades. Since 2015, clubs have been able to trade future picks in the next year's national draft during the trade period.As a result, a total of 40 selections for the 2020 draft were traded during the 2019 trade period.Further trades of future picks can be made before or during the 2019 national draft.The selection order for each of these picks is tied to the …

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television.Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it spanned seven series and thirty-seven episodes. Development began in 1975 when Messina saw that …

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This is a list of Navy Cross recipients for actions of valor carried out during the Vietnam War, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy.. The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was officially fought between North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet …

No-till farming (also known as zero tillage or direct drilling) is an agricultural technique for growing crops or pasture without disturbing the soil through tillage.No-till farming decreases the amount of soil erosion tillage causes in certain soils, especially in sandy and dry soils on sloping terrain. Other possible benefits include an increase in the amount of water that …

Microsoft pleaded for its deal on the day of the Phase 2 decision last month, but now the gloves are well and truly off. Microsoft describes the CMA's concerns as "misplaced" and says that ...

Walter Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, CH, Kt, CBE, PC, KC (/ ˈ m ɪ ŋ ɪ s /; born 22 May 1941), often known as Ming Campbell, is a British Liberal Democrat politician, advocate and former athlete.He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Fife from 1987 to 2015 and was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2 March …

Nelson Algren (born Nelson Ahlgren Abraham; March 28, 1909 – May 9, 1981) was an American writer.His 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name.. Algren articulated the world of "drunks, pimps, prostitutes, freaks, drug addicts, prize fighters, corrupt politicians, and …

Patriot Games is a 1992 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy's 1987 novel of the same name.The film is a sequel to the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October, but with different actors in the leading roles, Harrison Ford starring as Jack Ryan and Anne Archer as his wife. James Earl Jones reprises his role as Admiral James …

About Our Coalition. Prop 30 is supported by a coalition including CalFire Firefighters, the American Lung Association, environmental organizations, electrical workers and businesses that want to improve California's air quality by fighting and preventing wildfires and reducing air pollution from vehicles.

Let Kunovice, operating as Let, n.p., is a Czech (before December 1993 Czechoslovak) civil aircraft manufacturer.Its most successful design has been the L-410 Turbolet, of which more than 1,300 units have been built (an upgraded version, the L-410 NG, is pictured here).Its head office is in Kunovice, Uherské Hradiště District.Let was owned by the Russian …

A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction.Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, especially …

The 2009 Isle of Man TT Festival was held between Saturday 30 May and Friday 12 June on the 37.733-mile (60.725 km) Mountain Course.The 2009 TT races again include a second 600 cc Supersport Junior TT race and the Lightweight TT and Ultra-Lightweight TT races held on the 4.25-mile (6.84 km) Billown Circuit in the Isle of Man.A new event for the …

The border campaign (12 December 1956 – 26 February 1962) was a guerrilla warfare campaign (codenamed Operation Harvest) carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) against targets in Northern Ireland, with the aim of overthrowing British rule there and creating a united Ireland. It was also referred to as the "resistance campaign" by some …

Stampede Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta from 1948 to 1990 and from 1999 to 2008. Former employees in Stampede consisted of professional wrestlers, managers, play-by-play and colour commentators, announcers, interviewers and referees. Contents 1 Alumni 1.1 Male wrestlers 1.2 wrestlers …

Dolly Parton 'Respectfully Bows Out' of Rock Hall Nomination "I wish all of the nominees good luck and thank you again for the compliment," the country icon writes on Twitter

Paddy McIlvenny, 88, Northern Irish footballer. Andrei Panin, 50, Russian actor. John Spence, 83, Saint Vincent-born Trinidadian politician and botanist, member of the Trinidad Senate (1987–2000), heart attack. Roland Trebicka, 65, Albanian actor, lung cancer.

James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. (/ ˈ b ʌ l dʒ ər /; September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, …

Network is a 1976 American satirical black comedy-drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet.It is about a fictional television network, UBS, and its struggle with poor ratings.The film stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch (in his final film role), Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned …