File MegatheriumClub.jpg right thumb 250px Members of the MegatheriumClub, circa 1864. The MegatheriumClub was founded by William Stimpson . It was a group of Washington, D.C. based scientists who were attracted to that city by the Smithsonian Institution s rapidly growing collection, from 1857 to 1866. Many of the members had no formal education, but came by their expertise through extensive direct observation. They spent their weekdays in the rigorous and exacting work of describing and classifying species. But their nights were spent in revelry. ref name si club cite web url http www.150.si.edu chap3 club.htm publisher Smithsonian Institution title The MegatheriumClub ref They particularly enjoyed partaking in ale , oyster s, eggnog , and whatever other fineries their meager budgets could afford. Citation needed date October 2007 On Sundays, however, they recuperated from the week s stresses and excesses with long nature hiking hike s. The club was named for the Megatherium , an extinct species of giant sloth . The leading spirit of the club was marine biologist William Stimpson , who hosted its earliest meetings in his home. Members dubbed the place The Stimpsonian. ref name si club By 1863, though, Stimpson and others had taken up residence in the castle of the actual Smithsonian. ref name si clubClub members were encouraged by Spencer Fullerton Baird , the institution s assistant secretary. And they attracted a variety of learned speakers to their meetings, including Louis Agassiz , John Torrey , and John Cassin . But they were eventually thrown out of their castle suites by the institution s secretary, Joseph Henry , who disapproved of the way members held sack ... Lippincott, pages 231 233 for MegatheriumClub Category Scientific societies Category History of Washington ... that city s Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Academy of Sciences . Several other Megatherium Clubs ... Smithsonian Institution title A photo of four members of the Club including Stimpson Spencer Fullerton ... more details
mammals MegatheriumClub Mapinguari Notes reflist References Refbegin Cite journal last Bargo ...Automatic taxobox fossil range Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene fossil range 2 0.01 image Megatherium americanum Skeleton NHM.JPG image caption Megatherium americanum skeleton, Natural History Museum , London taxon Megatherium subdivision ranks Species subdivision M. altiplanicum small Saint Andr & de ... small Philippi, 1893 small M. gallardoi small Ameghino & Kraglievich, 1921 small type species Megatherium americanum small Georges Cuvier Cuvier, G. , 1796 small Megatherium Great Beast was a genus ... mammoth s and the even larger Paraceratherium . Evolution Image Madrid MNCN Megatherium americanum2.jpg ... of Megatherium . The oldest and smallest species of Megatherium is M. altiplanicum of Pliocene Bolivia ... , and was about the size of a rhinoceros. Species of Megatherium became larger and larger, with the largest ... . Description Megatherium was one of the largest land mammal s known, weighing up to eight tons .... Megatherium species were members of the abundant Pleistocene megafauna , large mammals that lived during the Pleistocene epoch. Megatherium had a robust skeleton with a large pelvic girdle ... herbivore s. Rising on its powerful hind legs and using its tail to form a tripod , Megatherium ... then use to pull leaves into its mouth, similar to the modern tree sloth . Habitat Megatherium inhabited ... McKenna 1997 ref Megatherium lived in parts of South America, where it was an Endemism endemic species ... BBC documentary, Prehistoric America film Prehistoric America , Megatherium is depicted as an herbivore. Image Megatherium americanum hips.JPG upright thumb Hips, hind legs, and tail of Megatherium ... nutrients to its diet, Megatherium may have taken over the kills of Smilodon . Based on the estimated strength and mechanical advantage of its biceps , it has been proposed that Megatherium ... B.P. for Megatherium remains, but these are currently not universally viewed as credible. ref name ... more details
The Club may refer to TOCright Music and radio The Club radio show The Club song The Club song , by The Grace Perfecto Presents The Club , an album by Paul Oakenfold The Club , a song in In The Heights Television The Club Australian TV series The Club Australian TV series , a 2002 reality show The Club UK TV series The Club UK TV series , a 2003 reality show The Club U.S. TV series The Club U.S. TV series , a 2004 2005 reality show The Club Frasier The Club Frasier Film The Club film The Club film , a 1980 satirical film adapted from a play by David Williamson The Club 1981 film The Club 1981 film , by Kirk Wong The Club 1994 film The Club 1994 film , starring Andrea Roth Other uses The Club automotive , a steering wheel lock The Club dining club , a London group founded in 1764 The Club Nickelodeon The Club Nickelodeon , an online role playing game The Club Trotskyist The Club video game The Club video game , a third person shooter game See also Club disambiguation disambig fr The Club ... more details
Talk Club Merge discussion date July 2010 A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club , for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities ... Rumi. Origins of the word and concept It is uncertain whether the use of the word club originated in its ... IV mentions such a club called La Court de Bonne Compagnie the Court of Good Company , of which ..., latterly, was the Bread Street or Friday Street Club that met at the Mermaid Tavern on the first ... Raleigh were members of this club, there is no documented evidence to support this claim . Another such club, founded by Ben Jonson , met at the Devil Tavern near Temple Bar, London Temple Bar , also in London . Coffee houses main Coffeehouse The word club, in the sense of an association to promote ... or literary coteries. But many were confessedly political, e.g. The Rota, or Coffee Club 1659 ... Head Club c.1693 and the Green Ribbon Club 1675 . The characteristics of all these clubs were ... necessary to withdraw it, and by Anne of Great Britain Anne s reign the coffee house club was a feature of England s social life. 18th and 19th century The idea of the club developed in two directions ... gentlemen s club s. The peripatetic lifestyle of the 18th and 19th century middle classes also ... was therefore a convenient solution. The other sort of club meets occasionally or periodically and often ... clubs see writing circle and Book discussion club book club , musical and art clubs, publishing clubs and the name of club has been annexed by a large group of associations which fall between the club ... and Christmas club s, which do not need to be registered under the Friendly Societies Act. Worldwide ... of the gentleman s club has spread all over the Anglosphere English speaking world . Many of those who energised the Scottish Enlightenment were members of the The Poker Club Poker Club in Edinburgh ... . One of the first was the Hoboken Turtle Club 1797 , which still survived as of 1911. In former ... more details
Use dmy dates date December 2011 Use British English date December 2011 Infobox musical artist name S Club 7 image S Club 7.jpg caption S Club 7 in 2001. L R, back row Rachel Stevens , Bradley McIntosh ... landscape yes background group or band alias S Club 7 origin London, England genre Pop music ... Records br small US 2002 small br Universal Records br small US 2002 small associated acts S Club 3, S Club 8 , Upper Street band Upper Street , 2 4 Family current members Tina Barrett br Paul Cattermole ... Stevens br S Club , formerly known as S Club 7 , were a pop music pop group created by former Spice ... the five years they were together, S Club 7 had four UK No.1 singles, one UK No.1 album, a string ... 2005 work Times Online publisher Times Newspapers Ltd. ref Their first album, S Club album S Club ... name Reach cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi entertainment 796258.stm title S Club reach for the top ... in S Club, including the relationship of Hannah Spearritt and Paul Cattermole, as well as the eventual ..., S Club 7 won two Brit Awards BRIT Awards &mdash in 2000 for British breakthrough act and in 2002 ... Paul Cattermole departed the group in 2002, and the group changed its name from S Club 7 to simply S Club. Their second to last single reached number five in the UK charts, and their final studio ... 2501057.stm title S Club split rumours are rubbish says Paul accessdate 13 October 2007 date 21 ... 1 hi entertainment music 2858195.stm title S Club deny split rumours accessdate 13 October 2007 date ..., S Club announced that they were to disband. ref name split cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi entertainment music 2965273.stm title S Club to split up accessdate 25 August 2007 date 21 ... of songs from their Greatest Hits album. ref name reform cite web title S Club 7 reform with three members publisher Digital Spy date 5 November 2008 url http www.digitalspy.co.uk music a134701 s club ... YouTube.com video S Club 3 Powerhouse, Newcastle 6 December 2008 url http uk.youtube.com watch?v 9zwZL8CzCLY ... more details
Orphan date June 2009 Infobox Magazine title A Club image file A Club HKmagazine 2ndissue.jpg image caption Issue 2 featuring Plawres Sanshiro image size 200px editor Lam Caa lei Charlie Lam, the english name??? former editor staff writers frequency Biweekly circulation publisher Lam Caa lei group paid circulation unpaid circulation total circulation founded category Anime , Manga , Manhua company firstdate October 10, 1986 ref name comicbooksina Sina comics. http comic.book.sina.com.cn j 584.html Sina.com . . Retrieved on 2008 05 31. ref finaldate May 25, 2001 finalnumber 352 ref name comicbooksina company country Hong Kong language Traditional Chinese website A CLUB , short for Anime club , Chinese A CLUB was a popular magazine in Hong Kong in the 1980s. Its main topic include Japan ese anime , manga and the Japanese video game industry. It also covered some aspect of Hong Kong manhua , and eventually American comic book US comics in the later years. It ceased publications in 2001. Operation Prior to the internet age in the 1980s and early 1990s, the magazine was one of the main source for Japanese anime culture materials in Hong Kong. The cover usually feature the hottest topics at the time. The founding price was Hong Kong dollar HK 10 per issue, it later increased to HK 35. Final days In its final year the magazine was only able to sell about 3,000 copies. ref name comicbooksina References Reflist DEFAULTSORT A Club Category Publications established in 1986 Category Hong Kong magazines anime mag stub zh A CLUB ... more details
About Danny Saucedo song 50 Cent song In da Club Infobox Single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name In the Club Cover In the club alternative.jpg Artist Danny Saucedo Album Released 4 March 2011 Format CD single , Digital distribution digital download Recorded 2011 Genre Europop , Pop music pop , dance music Length Label Artisthuset Sony Music Writer Figge Bostr m br Peter Bostr m br Danny Saucedo Producer Certification Last single In Your Eyes br 2010 This single In the Club br 2011 Next single Tonight br 2011 Misc External music video YouTube d iz6e3ETPg In the Club Live at Melodifestivalen Image In the club by danny saucedo.jpg thumb 235px right Alternative cover of single In the Club is an English language song by Sweden Swedish singer Danny Saucedo . The song written by Figge Bostr m , Peter Bostr m and Saucedo himself. Saucedo participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 , singing the song ref name Sweden5 cite web url http www.esctoday.com news read 16177 title Eight more Melodifestivalen acts announced last Vinker first Barry date 2010 10 19 publisher ESCToday accessdate 2010 10 19 ref in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in D sseldorf , Germany . After coming first in the first of 4 semi finals that was held on 5 February 2011 in Coop Arena , Lule , he qualified for the Melodifestivalen finals as one of 10 songs chosen. The final was held on 12 March 2011 at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm and Saucedo came only second in votes to the winning song Popular Eric Saade song Popular by Eric Saade . Danny garnered 149 points to Saade s 193 points. The single was released just one week before the Melodifestivalen 2011 final and went in straight .... Charts class wikitable Charts Peak br position singlechart Sweden 2 artist Danny song In the Club References Reflist DEFAULTSORT In The club Category 2011 singles Category Melodifestivalen songs of 2011 Category Songs written by Figge Bostr m 2010s single stub sv In the Club ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name At the Club Type Album Artist Kenickie Cover Attheclub.jpg Released 12 May 1997 Genre Pop punk Length 50 41 Label EMI Records EMI UK br Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. US Producer John Cornfield, Andy Carpenter Last album This album At The Club br 1997 Next album Get In album Get In br 1998 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 4.5 5 ref Allmusic class album id r261165 first Stephen Thomas last Erlewine ref rev2 rev2Score At the Club was the first album by Kenickie . Track listing UK version In Your Car 3 45 People We Want 3 25 Spies 2 09 How I Was Made 2 24 Brother John 2 57 Millionaire Sweeper 2 31 Robot Song 4 39 Classy 3 09 Punka 3 05 Nightlife 3 19 PVC 2 25 Come Out 2 Nite 1 58 I Never Complain 3 50 Acetone 10 55 Montrose Gimps it up for Charity hidden track on the end of Acetone Track listing US version In Your Car 3 45 People We Want 3 25 Spies 2 09 How I Was Made 2 24 Brother John 2 57 Private Buchowski 1 44 Millionaire Sweeper 2 31 Robot Song 4 39 Classy 3 09 Punka 3 05 Nightlife 3 19 Cowboy 3 35 PVC 2 25 Come Out 2 Nite 1 58 I Never Complain 3 50 Acetone 10 55 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT At The Club Category Kenickie albums Category 1997 debut albums 1990s pop album stub ... more details
A parachute club is, usually, a club of parachuting and skydiving enthusiasts It may also refer to Parachute Club band , a Canadian band disambig ... more details
Cosmopolitan Club may refer to Cosmopolitan Club Chennai , golf course in India Cosmopolitan Club Coimbatore , club in India Cosmopolitan Club London , club active 1852 1902 in London Cosmopolitan Club New York , women s club in New York, USA Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia , women s club in Philadelphia, USA Cosmopolitan Club rugby , French rugby club for which Gaston Lane 1883 1914 played See also List of Cosmopolitan Clubs for information about other organisations of the same name dab ... more details
wiktionarypar club A club is a type of association. Club may also refer to TOCright Objects Club weapon , a blunt force weapon Golf club Juggling club Indian clubs , an exercise device Food Club soft drink Club sandwich Club Crackers Jacob s Club, a brand owned by Jacob s Media Club magazine Club magazine Club music Club, a Yie Ar Kung Fu character Other uses Club anatomy , a body part near the tail of some dinosaurs and mammals Club set , a subset of a limit ordinal in set theory Clubsuit , a family of combinatorial principles in set theory A suit cards of playing cards See also The Club disambiguation Country club disambiguation Club foot disambiguation disambig cs Klub de Klub fr Club gl Club hom nimos ko lt Klubas nl Club ja no Klubbe pl Club simple Club disambiguation sv Klubb th ... more details
Athenaeum Club may refer to Athenaeum Club, London , a private gentlemen s club situated in London, England. Liverpool Athenaeum , a private gentlemen s club situated in Liverpool, England Athenaeum Club, Melbourne , a private gentlemen s club situated in Melbourne, Australia. dab ... more details
Northern Club may refer to La Bayou Northern Club Northern Club casino , the first licensed casino in Nevada Northern Club sports club , a sports club in Crosby, Merseyside, England The Northern Club Auckland , a long standing social club in Auckland, New Zealand. disambig ... more details
River Club may refer to River Club, Gauteng , a suburb of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa River Club of Jacksonville , a private club in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. disambig ... more details
Nippon Club may refer to Nippon Club Jakarta , founded in 1999 in Indonesia Nippon Club New York , founded in 1905 in the United States. Nippon Club Johannesburg , founded in 1961. Disambig ... more details
Lyceum Club may refer to The Lyceum, Liverpool Lyceum Club Dallas Lyceum Club Australia , an exclusive women only club in Australia. dab ... more details
Tavern Club may refer to Tavern Club Boston, Massachusetts , a private club Tavern Club Cleveland, Ohio , listed on the National Register of Historic Places disambig ... more details
Calotype Club may refer to Edinburgh Calotype Club , c. 1843 , the first photographic club in the world. Calotype Club London , 1853 , which became the Royal Photographic Society. disambig ... more details
The Rotters Club may refer to The Rotters Club album The Rotters Club album , a 1975 album by the Canterbury scene band Hatfield and the North The Rotters Club novel The Rotters Club novel , a 2001 novel by Jonathan Coe The Rotters Club TV series The Rotters Club TV series , a 2005 television adaptation of the novel disambiguation ... more details
The Cotton Club may refer to Cotton Club New York City , a famous nightclub in New York City. Cotton Club Portland , a now defunct club in Portland, Oregon. The Cotton Club film The Cotton Club film , a film centered on the New York club. disambig ... more details
Night Club may refer to Nightclub , or discotheque, an entertainment venue Night Club 1951 film Night Club 1951 film Night Club 1952 film Night Club 1952 film Night Club 1968 film Night Club 1968 film disambiguation ... more details
City Club may refer to one of several American civic organizations Berkeley City Club in California Capital City Club in Atlanta, Georgia City Club of Chicago in Illinois City Club of Cleveland in Ohio City Club of Portland in Oregon Women s City Club in Detroit, Michigan It may also refer to City Club wholesale club , a Mexican retailer Saint Paul Women s City Club , a historic building in St. Paul, Minnesota disambig ... more details
Gymkhana Club is the club or gentleman s club associated with gymkhana , a British colonial term for sports club , many are called simply Gymkhana in short. Bombay Gymkhana http www.gymkhanaclub.lk Colombo Gymkhana Club Delhi Gymkhana Gymkhana Club, Chennai Hindu Gymkhana Jamalpur Gymkhana Karachi Gymkhana Club Lahore Gymkhana Club Nairobi Gymkhana Club Thika Gymkhana Jorhat Gymkhana Club disambig ... more details
A press club is an organization for journalist s and others professionally engaged in the production and dissemination of news . A press club whose membership is defined by the press of a given country may be known as a National Press Club of that country. Examples include Japan National Press Club National Press Club Australia National Press Club of Canada National Press Club New Zealand National Press Club Philippines National Press Club USA Birmingham Press Club UK , the oldest of its type in the world Category Press clubs ... more details
University Club may refer to University Club of Chicago , Illinois University Club of Jacksonville , Florida University Club of Kentucky , in Lexington, Kentucky University Club of Milwaukee , Wisconsin University Club of New York , New York University Club University of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania University Club Rochester, New York University Club Detroit, Michigan disambig de University Club ... more details
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