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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born 8 April 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is an English guitarist best known for his work with the progressive rock group Yesafter replacing Peter Banks in 1970. He has also been a member of The Syndicats, Bodast, Tomorrow, Asiaand GTR, as well as having released 17 solo albums as of September 2009. Howe was the youngest of four children who grew up in a musical household listening to brass band music on 78 rpm records. He cites several influences from his parents' record collection including Les Pauland the singer Tennessee Ernie Ford who had Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant playing guitar. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sally Ann Howes (born 20 July 1930) is an English actress and singer, who currently holds dual British-American citizenship. Her career on stage, screen and television has spanned over six decades. She is best remembered for the role of Truly Scrumptious in the 1968 musical film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.Howes was born in St John's Wood, London, the daughter of British comedian/actor/singer/variety star Bobby Howes (1895 - 1972) and actress/singer Patricia Malone (1899 - 1971). She is the granddaughter of Capt. J.A.E. Malone (died 1928), London theatrical director of musicals, and she has an older brother, Peter Howes, a retired professional musician and music professor. Her great-grandfather, Joseph Malone, was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1854 during the Crimean War. Her uncle, Pat Malone, was an actor on stage, films, and television. ... Read more

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Richard Howe, 1. Earl Howe, KG (* 19. März 1726; † 5. August 1799) war ein britischer Flottenadmiral und First Lord of the Admiralty. Howe wurde in England als zweiter von drei Söhnen des Emanuel Howe, 2. Viscount Howe, und dessen Ehefrau Mary Sophia geboren. Seine Mutter war die Tochter der Baronin Kielmannsegg, einer Halbschwester von König Georg I.. Diese Verbindung mit der Krone mag die Karriere aller drei Söhne befördert haben, aber alle waren auch sehr fähige Offiziere. Richards älterer Bruder war General George Howe, 3. Viscount Howe, der 1758 bei Fort Ticonderoga getötet wurde. Der jüngere Bruder war General William Howe, 5. Viscount Howe, der Oberbefehlshaber der britischen Streitkräfte in der Anfangsphase des Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskriegs war. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Howe (1861 - 2 April 1915) was an Australian politician. Born in Newcastle in England, he received a primary education and migrated to Australia in 1882, where he became a patternmaker and engineer. An official with the Engineers' Union, he rose to become Secretary-General of the Labor Federation of Australia. In 1910, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Dalley, defeating the sitting MP, William Wilks. He held the seat until his death in 1915. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG (8 March 1726 ? 5 August 1799) was a British admiral, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William Howe and George Howe.Howe was born in London, the second son of Emanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, who died as governor of Barbados in March 1735, and of Charlotte, a daughter of Baroness von Kielmansegg, afterwards Countess of Darlington, the half-sister of King George I which does much to explain his early rise in the navy. Richard Howe entered the navy in the Severn, one of the squadron sent into the south seas with George Anson in 1740. The Severn failed to round Cape Horn and returned home. Howe next served in the West Indies aboard Burford and was present when she was severely damaged in the unsuccessful attack on La Guaira on 18 February 1742. He was made acting-lieutenant in the West Indies in the same year, and the rank was confirmed in 1744. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sir Robert George Howe, GBE, KCMG (born Derby, England, 19 September 1893, died 22 June 1981) was a British diplomat who served as the last Governor-General of the Sudan from 1947 to 1955. St Catharine's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473, the college is often referred to informally by the nickname "Catz". Robert Wodelarke, Provost of King's College, had begun preparations for the founding of a new college as early as 1459 when he bought tenements on which the new college could be built. The preparation cost him a great deal of his private fortune (he was suspected of diverting King's College funds), and he was forced to scale down the foundation to only three Fellows. He stipulated that they must study theology and philosophy only. ... Read more

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Albert Richards Howe (* 1. Januar 1840 in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; † 1. Juni 1884 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1873 und 1875 vertrat er den zweiten Wahlbezirk des Bundesstaates Mississippi im US-Repräsentantenhaus. Albert Howe wuchs in Massachusetts auf und durchlief die dortigen Schulen. Während des Bürgerkrieges stieg er in der Unionsarmee vom einfachen Soldaten bis zum Major auf. Nach dem Krieg ließ er sich in Como im Panola County in Mississippi nieder. Dort betrieb er eine Baumwollplantage. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Real Salt Lake is an American professional soccer club that participates in Major League Soccer. The club joined the league as an expansion team in 2005, and plays its home games at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. They are the current MLS Cup champions. he title "Real" is derived from the Spanish language where it is traditionally used by certain Spanish football clubs such as Real Madrid of La Liga. It is translated into English as "royal" and it is taken by teams that make the King of Spain an honorary member of the club. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas Gage (1719 or 1720 ? April 2, 1787) was a British general, best known for his role in the early days of the American Revolution. Born to an aristocratic family in England, he entered military service, seeing action in the French and Indian War, where he served alongside a future opponent, George Washington. After the fall of Montreal in 1760, he was named its military governor. During this time he did not distinguish himself militarily, but proved himself to be a competent administrator. From 1763 to 1775 he served as commander in chief of the North American forces, including the direction of the British response to the 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert (Bob) Howe (born August 1925 in Sydney) is an Australian former tennis player. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1958. The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and the only one still played on the game's original surface, grass, which gave the game of lawn tennis its name. The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the ladies' and gentlemen's singles final, scheduled respectively for the second Saturday and Sunday. Each year, five major events are contested, as well as four junior events and four invitational events. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Lord Howe Red-crowned Parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae subflavescens), also known as the Lord Howe Red-fronted Parakeet, was a parrot endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, part of New South Wales, Australia. It is an extinct subspecies of the Red-fronted Parakeet.Pending molecular analysis, Christidis & Boles (2008) have suggested on biogeographical grounds that the taxon is likely to be most closely related to the Norfolk Island Green Parrot (Cyanoramphus cookii), as either a subspecies of what they have tentatively called the Tasman Parakeet (Cyanoramphus cookii subflavescens), or possibly a full species (Cyanoramphus subflavescens). ... Read more

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Albert Richards Howe (* 1. Januar 1840 in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; † 1. Juni 1884 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1873 und 1875 vertrat er den zweiten Wahlbezirk des Bundesstaates Mississippi im US-Repräsentantenhaus. Albert Howe wuchs in Massachusetts auf und durchlief die dortigen Schulen. Während des Bürgerkrieges stieg er in der Unionsarmee vom einfachen Soldaten bis zum Major auf. Nach dem Krieg ließ er sich in Como im Panola County in Mississippi nieder. Dort betrieb er eine Baumwollplantage. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Project Serpo is the name of an alleged top-secret exchange program between the United States government and an alien planet nicknamed Serpo. Details of the exchange and what it was supposed to have entailed have appeared in several UFO conspiracy stories over the last 30 years, including one incident in 1983 in which a man identifying himself as USAF Sergeant Richard C. Doty contacted investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe claiming to be able to supply her Air Force records of the exchange for her HBO documentary "The ET Factor"; only to pull out without providing any evidence to substantiate his story, and one incident in 2005 when a series of emails were sent to a UFO discussion group run by Victor Martinez claiming that the project was real. ... Read more

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This is a Magic School Bus Fun Kit containing puzzles, games, instrument making (guitar) and echo sound waves. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! West Vancouver is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Part of Metro Vancouver, the municipality is northwest of the city of Vancouver on Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound, and is adjoined by the District of North Vancouver to its east. It forms the North Shore municipalities together with the District of North Vancouver and City of North Vancouver.West Vancouver has a population of 42,131 (2006 census). As of 2007, the mayor is Pamela Goldsmith-Jones. Cypress Provincial Park, mostly located within the municipal boundaries, will be one of the venues for the 2010 Winter Olympics. West Vancouver was also named a Cultural Capital of Canada for 2006.West Vancouver is also home of Canada's first shopping mall, Park Royal Shopping Centre. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (August 10, 1729 ? July 12, 1814) was a British army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British forces during the American War of Independence. Howe was one of three brothers who enjoyed distinguished military careers. Having joined the army in 1746 Howe saw extensive service in the War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' War. He became known for his role in the capture of Quebec in 1759 when he led a British force to capture the cliffs at Anse-au-Foulon, allowing James Wolfe to land his army and engage the French. Howe also participated in the campaigns to take Louisbourg, Belle Île and Havana. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Philadelphia campaign (1777?1778) was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War. The campaign was controversial because, although British General William Howe successfully captured the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia, he proceeded slowly and did not aid the concurrent campaign of John Burgoyne further north, which ended in disaster at Saratoga for the British. General Howe resigned during the occupation of Philadelphia and was replaced by his second-in-command, General Sir Henry Clinton, who evacuated the troops from Philadelphia back to New York City in 1778 following France's entry into the war. ... Read more