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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Montreal Snow Shoe Club (MSSC) was founded in 1840 by twelve well-known young men of Montreal. It was the first club of its sort in North America (and probably the world) and led the way for hundreds of other clubs like it to be established across Canada and the United States. Though as a club the MSSC was significantly pre-dated by others such as the Royal Montreal Curling Club and the Montreal Hunt, it was snowshoeing that pioneered the organization of sport in Montreal. In the 19th century, only lacrosse (and much later, ice hockey) exceeded the total number of urban snowshoe clubs in Canada. In the period before 1867, Lindsay remarks, "a history of snowshoeing in Canada is virtually a...

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Shut the Door. Have a Seat" is the thirteenth episode and season finale of the third season of the American television drama series Mad Men, and the 39th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by series creator and executive producer Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy, and directed by Weiner. It originally aired on the AMC channel in the United States on November 8, 2009. The title refers to a line that is spoken once in the episode verbatim, but more generally to similar phrases that are spoken to various characters throughout, "and they sit and hear some life-changing bit of news".

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Three-phase firing (or three-step firing) or iron reduction technique is a firing technique used in ancient Greek pottery production, specifically for painted vases. Already vessels from the Bronze Age feature the colouring typical of the technique, with yellow, orange or red clay and brown or red decoration. By the 7th century BC, the process was perfected in mainland Greece (Corinth and Athens) enabling the production of extremely shiny black-slipped surfaces, which led to the development of the black-figure and red-figure techniques, which dominated Greek vase painting until about 300 BC.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sir Harold Bowden, 2nd Baronet, GBE (9 July 1880 – 24 August 1960), was the chairman and chief executive of the Raleigh Bicycle Company and Sturmey-Archer Ltd from his father`s death in 1921 until his own retirement in 1938. He also served as President of the British Cycle and Motor-Cycle Manufacturers and Trader Union, President of the Motor and Cycle Trades Benevolent Fund, and Chairman of the British Olympic Association for the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! MNCTV (formerly TPI, Short of Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia (Indonesian education channel)) is an Indonesian private television channel which headquarter`s based in East Jakarta. TPI was established by Tutut Soeharto (the first daughter of former president Suharto). It began broadcasting on the 23rd of January 1991. It began with broadcasting only educational programs, but has since become similar to other Indonesian TV stations, showing programs such as quizzes, sinetrons (soap operas), reality TV shows, sport shows, and lately, dangdut music.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cottus carolinae, or the Banded Sculpin, is a freshwater fish dwelling mostly in small to moderate sized streams in areas of swift current. Young and juvenile C. carolinae fish can mainly be found in pools, riffles, and other shallow habitats while adult Cottus carolinae tend to prefer deeper waters. Mating and nesting for the sculpin is in spring, with males carefully guarding the eggs until they hatch.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paul Frappier (May 8, 1977– February 11, 2011), better known by his stage name Bad News Brown (at times, also as BNB and Briz Brown), was a Montreal-based Canadian entertainer, musician, and hip hop MC of Haitian origin. He was well known for pairing the sound of his chief instrument, the harmonica, with hip-hop beats and rhymes. Frappier started busking in Montreal taking his signature sound as a teenager to the streets and subway stations of Montreal. He later toured and opened for many well-known hip hop acts or as background musician. He also appeared as an impromptu host in Music for a Blue Train, the 2003 documentary about busker musicians in the Montreal Metro subway train system. In...

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Britton (19 October 1910 - 12 February 2010) was an American singer, actor, and guitarist. A classical bass-baritone, he had an active performing career in operas, concerts, and musicals during the 1930s through the 1960s. As a stage performer he is best known for succeeding Ezio Pinza in the role of Emile de Becque in the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein`s South Pacific. He portrayed the role for two years opposite Martha Wright as Nellie Forbush.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2008 Continental Cup of Curling was the 6th edition of this event and was held from December 18–21, 2008 at the EnCana Arena in Camrose, Alberta. It was the first edition of the Continental Cup in which teams outside of North America and Europe competed, due to the outstanding performance of the Chinese teams in the previous year`s men`s and women`s world championships. To reflect the expanded participation, the team opposing North America was renamed from "Team Europe" to "Team World". The World Curling Federation named the six rinks representing Team World. The Canada Cup of Curling, Tournament of Hearts and Brier winners automatically qualify as the Canadian rinks in Team North...

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American country singer Marie Osmond.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Straker-Squire (also known as Brazil Straker) was a British automobile manufacturer based in Bristol, and later Edmonton in North London.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cool War refers to the debate about the next-generation refrigerant in car air conditioning worldwide, with an ongoing dispute between the Alliance for CO2 Solutions supporting the uptake of sustainable carbon dioxide (CO2) as a refrigerant in passenger cars, and chemical giants developing new chemical blends.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Greek football PSAP awards are awarded to the best of the year in Greek football. The awards are given by PSAP (Greek union of professional football players).

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! SSE4 (Streaming SIMD Extension 4) is a CPU instruction set used in the Intel Core microarchitecture and AMD K10 (K8L). It was announced on 27 September 2006 at the Fall 2006 Intel Developer Forum, with vague details in a white paper; more precise details of 47 instructions became available at the Spring 2007 Intel Developer Forum in Beijing, in the presentation. The SSE4 Programming Reference is available from Intel.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Deacon Bates (born October 11, 1946), is a United States federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in December 2001, and has adjudicated in several cases directly affecting the office of the President.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Andre DeSean Wicker (born April 18, 1971), better known by his stage name Dresta, is an American rapper known for collaborating with Eazy-E on the 1993 single "Real Muthaphuckkin G`s". He is also the older brother of rapper B.G. Knocc Out, who also collaborated in the song.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Verona Airport (IATA: VRN, ICAO: LIPX), also known as Valerio Catullo Villafranca Airport or simply Verona-Villafranca Airport is an airport located 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) southwest of Verona, Italy. It is situated in the middle of the provinces of Brescia, Mantua, Rovigo, Vicenza, Trento, Bolzano and Verona, serving a population of more than four million inhabitants.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Houston Astros professional baseball team.

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! George Richard "Rick" Wagoner, Jr. (born February 9, 1953) is an American businessman and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors. Wagoner resigned as Chairman and CEO at General Motors on March 29, 2009, at the request of the White House. The latter part of Wagoner`s tenure as CEO of General Motors found him under heavy criticism as the market valuation of GM went down by more than 90% and the company losing more than $82 billion USD. This led to his being named one of the worst CEOs of 2008.