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unusual facts about Finders, keepers



1993–94 Colchester United F.C. season

United used six keepers again and Steve McGavin moved to Birmingham for £150,000 in January with no funds made available.

Akan calendar

The Asante sent messengers to Brong (i.e., Techiman) when in doubt about when to hold any festival, for the Brong were 'keepers of the King's calendar.'

Alcatraz Island Light

The tower and also the keepers one-and-a-half-storied house ("Cape Cod style") were completed in 1853.

Armel Koulara

An agile and sprightly goalkeeper in addition to being a penalty specialist, Armel is Gazelle's first choice penalty taker, following in the footsteps of other goal-scoring 'keepers such as Brazilian Rogério Ceni, Vincent Enyeama of Hapoel Tel Aviv and Nigeria, Hans-Jörg Butt of FC Bayern Munich and José Luis Chilavert, formerly of Paraguay.

Battle of Fajardo

The sailors seized the "Faro de Las Cabezas de San Juan" (Cape San Juan lighthouse), posted the American flag and ordered the lighthouse keepers to continue working.

Battle of Solway Moss

below the keepers of their substitute 'pledges' or hostages are added from a list compiled later in 1543 amongst the papers of the Earl of Shrewsbury.

Brothers Keepers

There is also a UK Brothers Keepers, which, while lacking the organizational superstructure of its German counterpart, contributed a track to Lightkultur.

Cal Palmer Memorial Building

The Cal Palmer Memorial Building (also known as Finders Keepers) is a historic site in Windermere, Florida.

Christopher Lincoln

It is the job of these secrets keepers to archive the Biglum family’s lies, fibs, and secrets.

Ernest Halliwell

Halliwell's wicket-keeping was judged by his English peers as being among the best in the world, and he was compared in equal terms with Jack Blackham and Gregor MacGregor, the Australian and English Test wicket-keepers of the time.

Finders, keepers

In the field of social simulation, Rosaria Conte and Cristiano Castelfranchi have used "finders, keepers" as a case study for simulating the evolution of norms in simple societies.

Flannan Isle

The poem Flannan Isle is quoted by Tom Baker as the Doctor at the end of the Doctor Who story Horror of Fang Rock, which was set on a lighthouse and involved an alien explanation for the tragedy that befell the three keepers there and survivors of a shipwreck.

Going Live!

The Witch Finders, who appeared every Halloween to enlist members of the studio audience to hunt 'witches' and other evil-doers.

Guazzo

Francesco Maria Guazzo (c. 1570–c. 1630), teacher of theology and author of the witch-finders’ manual Compendium Maleficarum

Hazelton, British Columbia

Black Jack MacDonell, who owned the Ingenika Hotel in Old Hazelton had been known from San Francisco to Dawson City as the "king of saloon keepers".

Henri de Boulainvilliers

For instance, when stressing the importance of sources in developing fact, he contrasted Thomas Rymer's way of access to the London archives to that of his own where he had to bribe the keepers of the French archives.

Imagination's Light

In the accompanying booklet, Kevin Kern mentions basing "Keepers of the Flame" on an ancient Gregorian chant called "Pange Lingua".

Isle of Man Railway level crossings and points of interest

It consists of a crossing keepers' lodge which is now disused since the introduction of automatic crossing barriers in 2002 and provides access to the farm of the same name through means of through road which connects the "back" Colby road to the main coast road.

James P. C. Southall

During the First World War, he was a consultant to the War Department on range finders, periscopes, gunsights and similar optical equipment.

John Brancastre

He was included among the keepers of the great seal by Thomas Duffus Hardy, under the dates of 1203 and 1205; but Edward Foss gave reasons for believing that the subscriptions to charters supposed to be attached by him as keeper were only affixed in the capacity of a deputy, or a clerk in the exchequer or in the chancery.

July 2006 in the Middle East

Four UN peace keepers die after, being, according to the United Nations, shelled 14 times by Israeli artillery, and a rescue team was also shelled as it tried to clear the rubble.

Justo Villar

Born in Cerrito, Ñeembucú Department, Villar started his career at Club Sol de América where he was coached by legendary Ever Hugo Almeida, also a goalkeeper, as the side also included another famed player in that position as the keepers' coach, Modesto Sandoval.

Kapchorwa District

They were mainly cattle keepers in the late 1960s but a change was seen when their northern neighbors, the Karamojong, raided most of their cattle, and displaced hundreds of people.

Keepers: Greatest Hits

This compilation also features the radio edit of "The Keeper of the Stars", recorded a semitone lower than Byrd's original recording from his 1994 album No Ordinary Man.

Kenny Arthur

Arthur's gloves are worn by fellow keepers such as James McKeown who replaced him at Grimsby, also Joe Lewis, Neil Alexander, Richard O'Donnell, Matthew Edwards and Sebastian Usai.

Kenya Army

To-date, Kenyan United Nations Peace-Keepers have served in 16 different countries in Africa, the Middle East, the Balkans and Asia.

Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn

Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn is the second book in The Kingdom Keepers series set inside the Walt Disney World Resort, written by Ridley Pearson and published by Disney Book Group.

Kosik

Kwon Su-wan, director of the zoo in Seoul, said: "We plan to conduct further studies with keepers, veterinarians and scientists on whether Kosik understands the meaning of these words as he speaks them."

Lee Thornburg

On April 6, 2006, host Jay Leno improperly labeled Matt Finders (Trombone Player) as the Trumpet Player; when questioned Catherine Keener asked Leno who played trumpet in the band.

Magocracy

Similarly, Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War portrays druids as a learned priestly class and the keepers of customary law, with the power of executing judgments.

Mart Saar

Saar was born at the small borough of Hüpassaare (now in Karjasoo, Suure-Jaani Parish), Viljandi County, Estonia, then part of the Livonian Governorate, Russian Empire, to a family of forest keepers.

Maximón

In the town of Santiago Atitlán, when clothing of Maximón's effigy is washed during the week before Easter, the waste water is saved and distributed as holy water to local shop keepers, who believe that when sprinkled around the threshold of the shop doorway, the water will entice customers into the shop to make a purchase.

Nanabhoy Palkhivala

He was however a firm opponent of politically motivated constitutional amendments (His favourite quotation was from Joseph Story, who said: "The Constitution has been reared for immortality, if the work of man may justly aspire to such a title. It may, nevertheless, perish in an hour by the folly, or corruption, or negligence of its only keepers, the people.").

Ozric Tentacles

Ex-drummer Stu Fisher is now the drummer of Hole and new Psychedelic/Progressive band Keepers Brew.

Point Breeze, Pittsburgh

Both of John Edgar Wideman's memoirs, Brothers and Keepers and Hoop Roots, use North Point Breeze's Westinghouse Park as a setting, as well as in his fictional Homewood Trilogy.

Shawn Heflick

Heflick left graduate school and took a job at Brevard Zoo as curator, where he excelled at his duties and both taught, as well as, learned from his keepers in the husbandry and care of exotic animals until 1998.

Souk El Gharb

Some authors, including Thomas Friedman point to the use of this naval gunfire as the beginning point of the U.S. forces being seen as participants in the civil war rather than peace keepers and opening them up to retaliation.

Swedish Museum of Natural History

One of the keepers of the collections of the Academy during its earlier history was Anders Sparrman, a student of Linnaeus and participant in the voyages of Captain James Cook.

The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark

The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark is the first book in The Kingdom Keepers series set inside the Walt Disney World Resort, written by Ridley Pearson and published by Disney Book Group.

The Record of Zeniff

:Zeniff has a remarkable ability to see the good in others, for earlier record keepers in the Book of Mormon such as Enos and Jarom found nothing of value in Lamanite culture...

Tin Man Is Down

References (homages) to the work of John le Carre feature, one in a scripted line spoken by Dar Adal (F. Murray Abraham) in a restaurant scene, saying, to Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin), "We are pragmatists. We adapt. We are not the keepers of some sacred flame", a direct interpolation of a line originally spoken by the character of Oliver Lacon, in Smiley's People.

Tom Triffitt

Considered one of the top junior wicket-keepers in the country, Triffitt was selected in Australia's squad for the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, as the only Tasmanian member.

Trwyn Du Lighthouse

One of the many Lighthouse keepers was Joseph Steer, born in 1831 at Bovey Tracey, Devon.

Venerius

Venerius the Hermit (ca. 560 - 630), monk and hermit, patron saint of lighthouse keepers and of the Italian town of La Spezia

York Imperial

In the early 1850s, Andrew Jackson Downing called this apple the “Imperial of Keepers” due to its excellent storage ability.


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