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Jerome Robert Corsi (born August 31, 1946) is an American conspiracy theorist and author.Berlet, Chip (2010). "The roots of Anti-Obama rhetoric", in Cunnigen, Donald; Marino A. Bruce (ed.) Race in the Age of Obama (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations, Volume 16), Emerald Group Publishing, pp. 301–319 "Then there were... |
It's Worth What? is an American television game show that debuted July 19, 2011, on NBC. Hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, the show's primary focus is the cost and value of items. Announcer Dave Mitchell would describe each item that appears on stage. Occasionally on each show, resident licensed appraiser Stuart Whiteh... |
thumb|right|250px|Headquarters of Radio Caracas Radio Radio Caracas Radio was a Venezuelan radio station. It was last owned by Empresas 1BC, a Venezuelan private media corporation. ==History== ===Background=== In 1930, Edgar J. Anzola, who was employed in an electronics business named Almacén Americano, brought to his ... |
The labor migration policy of the Philippine government allows and encourages emigration. The Department of Foreign Affairs, which is one of the government's arms of emigration, grants Filipinos passports that allow entry to foreign countries. The Philippine government enacted the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos... |
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (,"Rembrandt" . Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media,See: list of drawings, prints (etchings), and pai... |
An immaculate inning occurs in baseball when a pitcher strikes out all three batters he faces in one inning using the minimum possible number of pitches: nine. This has happened 114 times in Major League history and has been accomplished by 104 pitchers (79 right-handed and 25 left-handed). Major League Baseball's firs... |
Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (–803) was an Alid and Zaydi leader who led a rebellion against the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid in Daylam in 792. He was soon obliged to capitulate, but his activity began the spread of Zaydi Islam in the remote mountains of Daylam. After his surr... |
thumb|An 1820 painting showing a Hindu funeral procession in south India. The pyre is to the left, near a river, the lead mourner is walking in front, the dead body is wrapped in white and is being carried to the cremation pyre, relatives and friends follow.[https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/coll... |
The Fujita scale (F-Scale; ), or Fujita–Pearson scale (FPP scale), is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation. The official Fujita scale category is determined by meteorologists and engineers after a ground or aerial damage survey, o... |
(commonly known by its acronym, SRMTHFG, or simply, Super Robot Monkey Team)(Japanese:スーパーロボットモンキーチーム ハイパーフォースGO!) is an American-Japanese anime- influenced television series created by Ciro Nieli, one of the directors of Teen Titans, and the Showrunner & Executive Producer of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and produced... |
thumb|Plaque in French, English, and Maliseet at Fort La Tour Maliseet- Passamaquoddy (skicinuwatuwewakon or skicinuwi-latuwewakon) is an endangered Algonquian language spoken by the Maliseet and Passamaquoddy peoples along both sides of the border between Maine in the United States and New Brunswick, Canada. The langu... |
{{Infobox comics set index |code_name = the Hulk |AV = y |image = |imagesize = |caption = |publisher = Marvel Comics |debut = The Incredible Hulk #1 |debutmo = May |debutyr = 1962 |creators = Stan Lee Jack Kirby |characters = |seealso = Hulk in other media |sortkey = Hulk }} In addition to his mainstream incarnation, t... |
thumb|Conceptual illustration of the garbage can model of decision making in an organized anarchy The garbage can model (also known as garbage can process, or garbage can theory) describes the chaotic reality of organizational decision making in an organized anarchy. The model originated in the 1972 seminal paper, A Ga... |
Zimbabwean art includes decorative esthetics applied to many aspects of life, including art objects as such, utilitarian objects, objects used in religion, warfare, in propaganda, and in many other spheres. Within this broad arena, Zimbabwe has several identifiable categories of art. It is a hallmark of African culture... |
Loa loa is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) that causes Loa loa filariasis. Loa loa actually means "worm worm", but is commonly known as the "eye worm", as it localizes to the conjunctiva of the eye. Loa loa is commonly found in Africa.Schmidt, Gerald et al. "Foundations of Parasitology". 7th ed. McGra... |
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The club's home games are held in downtown Cincinnati at Paycor Stadium. Former Cleveland Br... |
is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Bleach created by Tite Kubo. In the series, she is a Soul Reaper, (死神, Shinigami, literally 'Death God'), in charge of slaying evil spirits called Hollows. At the beginning, after a brief meeting with the protagonist of the series, Ichigo Kurosaki, who can see supe... |
thumb|275x275px|A sign designating an entrance to Stony Brook University's west campus The campus of Stony Brook University is located in Stony Brook, New York, and consists of 213 buildings over 1,454 acres of land. It is the largest public university in the state of New York in terms of land area. The campus was move... |
The University of Caxias do Sul (, UCS) is a higher education institution in the northeast region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has units in the cities of Caxias do Sul, Bento Gonçalves, Vacaria, Canela, Farroupilha, Guaporé, Nova Prata and São Sebastião do Caí, offering more than 150 admission options in nine diffe... |
The House in Fata Morgana is a visual novel video game developed by Novectacle. It was released for Microsoft Windows and iOS by Novectacle in 2012 and 2014 in Japan, and for Microsoft Windows by MangaGamer in 2016 internationally. Additionally, a Nintendo 3DS version was released by FuRyu in 2016, and a PlayStation Vi... |
Vadim Vasilyevich Borisovsky (; 20 January 1900 – 2 July 1972) was a Soviet and Russian violist. == Biography == Born in Moscow, Borisovsky entered Moscow Conservatory in 1917 studying the violin with Mikhail Press. A year later, on the advice of violist Vladimir Bakaleinikov, Borisovsky turned his attentions to the vi... |
thumb|Government of Nauru The politics of Nauru take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Nauru is the head of government of the executive branch. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the ex... |
The banknotes of Zimbabwe were physical forms of Zimbabwe's first four incarnations of the dollar ($ or Z$), from 1980 to 2009. The banknotes of the first dollar replaced those of the Rhodesian dollar at par in 1981, one year after the proclamation of independence. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe issued most of the bankno... |
This is a list of the winners of the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major thoroughbred horse race. It is run at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. Each year, internationally bred or owned horses compete in the race. Since 1882, New Zealand–bred horses have won 40 Melbourne Cups, British- bred horses f... |
Abel Mathías Hernández Platero (born 8 August 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peñarol. Hernández began his career with Central Español and Peñarol, and spent five-and-a-half seasons in Italy with Palermo before joining Hull City for a club record £10 million in September 2014. Fo... |
Keala Joan Settle (born November 5, 1975) is an American actress and singer. Settle originated the role of Norma Valverde in Hands on a Hardbody, which ran on Broadway in 2013, and was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2016 she was ... |
thumb|Franklin White at home, circa 2008 Franklin Marshall Matthews White (born 1946) is a Canadian public health scientist focused on capacity building for international and global education, research and development. He advocates: > "Public health...must not be left to the international community to define; > it is..... |
Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American actor. He had a prolific career in character roles in film, in theatre, and on television. An early member of the Actors Studio, he began his career on the New York stage, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Robert Anderson's You K... |
The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, also informally known as the prime minister, is the head of government of Russia. Although the post dates back to 1905, its current form was established on 12 December 1993 following the introduction of a new constitution. Due to the central role of the presiden... |
The Viterbo Trial, also referred to as the Cuocolo Trial, was a trial against the Camorra, a Mafia-type organisation in the region of Campania and its capital Naples in Italy. The court hearing began on 11 March 1911 and the verdict was delivered on 8 July 1912. The trial was ostensibly to prosecute those charged with ... |
This is a list of radio stations in Russian. == Moscow == === UKV === *Radio Rossii (VGTRK) 5:00-1:00 66.44 FM - News and talk radio *Radio Radonezh 72.92 FM - religious radio === FM === *Business FM () 87.5 FM - All-news radio *Like FM (Gazprom-Media) 87.9 FM - Interactive music radio *Retro FM (EMG) 88.3 FM - Russian... |
Juniper Networks, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company develops and markets networking products, including routers, switches, network management software, network security products, and software-defined networking technology. The company was founded in 1996 b... |
August Wilhelm von Hofmann (8 April 18185 May 1892) was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry. His research on aniline helped lay the basis of the aniline-dye industry, and his research on coal tar laid the groundwork for his student Charles Mansfield's practical methods for extracti... |
thumb|Memorial stone at the site of the main gate of the former Baranovichi ghetto. It is located at the T-shaped intersection of Gritsevets and Tsaryuk streets, behind the House of Officers. Baranavichy Ghetto was a ghetto created in August 1941 in Baranavichy, Belarus, with 8,000 to 12,000 Jews suffering from terribl... |
The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom starring the animated Simpson family, which was created by Matt Groening. He conceived of the characters in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office and named them after his own family members, substituting "Bart" for his own name. The family debuted as shorts on The ... |
Preston Hollow Elementary School is a public primary school in the Preston Hollow area of north Dallas, Texas. Preston Hollow Elementary School enrolls students in grades pre-kindergarten–5 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. The school is located within the Preston Hollow North subdivision."PHNHOA... |
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. It is the largest city in the state that is not a county seat (the city of Clearwater ... |
Finalists Season 1 (2008) Gretchen Espina Winner Jayann Bautista August 17 Ram Chaves August 17 Daryl Celis August 10 Kid Camaya August 10 Warren Antig August 3 Penelope July 27 Toffer Rei July 20 Sue Ellen July 13 Robby Navarro July 6 Mae Flores June 29 Jeni Rawolle June 22 Pinoy Idol is a 2008 Philippine television i... |
Kharkiv National University of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky (or Kharkiv Conservatory or Kharkiv National I. P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts) is the leading music and drama institution of higher education in Ukraine. The university trains about 900 undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates in music and theat... |
thumb|upright=1.27|The archiepiscopal throne in Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. It forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, currently Justin Welby, leader of the Church o... |
thumb|Richard Robert Wright Sr., 1921 Richard Robert Wright Sr. (May 16, 1855 – July 2, 1947) was an American military officer, educator and college president, politician, civil rights advocate and banking entrepreneur. Among his many accomplishments, he founded a high school, a college, and a bank. He also founded the... |
The Rubottom oxidation is a useful, high-yielding chemical reaction between silyl enol ethers and peroxyacids to give the corresponding α-hydroxy carbonyl product.Kürti, pp. 388–389.Myers, A.G. Chemistry 215: Oxidation . chem.harvard.eduLi, pp. 478–479.Chen, B. C.; Zhou, P.; Davis, F. A.; Ciganek, E. (2003) “α-Hydroxyl... |
Mike Ferguson (born 26 January 1952) is an Australian professional golfer. Ferguson was one of Australian's top golfers during the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1977 he won the Western Australian Open for his breakthrough victory. Two years later he won back-to-back events, Illawarra Open and Gold Coast Classic. In 19... |
Beauty Generation (; foaled 27 September 2012) is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his performances in Hong Kong. He began his career as a three-year-old in Australia where he won two races and ran second in the Rosehill Guineas before being exported to Hong Kong. As a four- year-old he won twic... |
Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, and Ian Richardson. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer. In the film, Sewell plays an amnesiac man who, finding himsel... |
Walter Langton (died 1321) of Castle Ashby'Parishes: Castle Ashby', in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1937), pp. 230-236. in Northamptonshire, was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and Treasurer of England. The life of Langton was strongly influenced by his uncle William Langt... |
The Battle of Mount Kent was a series of engagements during the Falklands War, primarily between British and Argentine special forces. Mount Kent and the surrounding hills is an area of high ground on East Falkland, five miles West of the capital Stanley. At Mount Kent - Falkland Islands at Peakery.com it dominated the... |
The pedosphere (from Greek pedon "ground" or "earth" and sphaira "sphere") is the outermost layer of the Earth that is composed of soil and subject to soil formation processes. It exists at the interface of the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.Elissa Levine, 2001, The Pedosphere As A Hub The pedospher... |
The Taensa (also Taënsas, Tensas, Tensaw, and Grands Taensas in French) were a Native American people whose settlements at the time of European contact in the late 17th century were located in present-day Tensas Parish, Louisiana. The meaning of the name, which has the further spelling variants of Taenso, Tinsas, Tenza... |
Cultural property imaging is a necessary part of long term preservation of cultural heritage. While the physical conditions of objects will change over time, imaging serves as a way to document and represent heritage in a moment in time of the life of the item. Different methods of imaging produce results that are appl... |
thumb|right|400px|Activation of macrophage or B cell by T helper cell The T helper cells (Th cells), also known as CD4+ cells or CD4-positive cells, are a type of T cell that play an important role in the adaptive immune system. They aid the activity of other immune cells by releasing cytokines. They are considered ess... |
The Cleveland Guardians farm system consists of seven Minor League Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic. Four teams are independently owned, while three—the Arizona Complex League Guardians and two Dominican Summer League Guardians squads—are owned by the major league club. The Gua... |
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over a period of time through a merger of dutie... |
The British capture of Tobruk was a battle fought between 21 and 22 January 1941, as part of Operation Compass, the first offensive of the Western Desert Force (WDF) in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. After defeating the Italians in the Battle of Bardia (3–5 January 1941), the 6th Australian Divisi... |
Dillon Quartermaine is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. Introduced in 1992, Dillon is the son of Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) and her ex-husband Paul Hornsby (Paul Satterfield). Tracy skips town with Dillon in 1993, violating her custody agreement with Paul. In... |
A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250https://www.britannica.com topic/military-unit soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain. Most companies are formed of three to seven platoons, although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure. Usually several companies are... |
Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who wrote the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned. In his early years, Stoker worked a... |
Odúbel David Herrera Jr. ( ; born December 29, 1991) is a Venezuelan professional baseball center fielder for the Kansas City Monarchs of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies. Herrera grew up in Zulia, Venezuela, receiving t... |
The Comstock laws are a set of federal acts passed by the United States Congress under the Grant administration along with related state laws.Dennett p. 9 The "parent" act (Sect. 211) was passed on March 3, 1873, as the Act for the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral ... |
33rd Parliament (1923) 34th Parliament (1924) 35th Parliament (1929) 36th Parliament (1931) 37th Parliament (1935) thumb|Results of the election by constituency This is a complete alphabetical list of constituency election results to the 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1929 general election, held on 30 May... |
South Korea competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. == Medalists == Medal Name Sport Event Date Kim Ran Sook Ko Hee Sook Lee Hwa Sook Archery Women's team recurve 5 September Choi Ye-Jin Boccia Individual BC3 8 September Gwang-Geun Choi Judo Men's 100 kg 1 ... |
Blindness (, meaning Essay on Blindness) is a 1995 novel by the Portuguese author José Saramago. It is one of Saramago's most famous novels, along with The Gospel According to Jesus Christ and Baltasar and Blimunda. In 1998, Saramago received the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Blindness was one of his works noted by t... |
The prime minister of Ukraine (, ) is the head of government of Ukraine.Economic Interdependence in Ukrainian-Russian Relations by Paul J. D'Anieri, State University of New York Press, 1999, (page 187) The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branc... |
Siquijor ( , ), officially the Province of Siquijor (; ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is the municipality also named Siquijor. To the north of Siquijor is Cebu, to the west is Negros, northeast is Bohol, and to the south, across the Bohol Sea, is Mindanao.... |
The Nigerian lowland forests, also known as the Nigerian rainforest, are tropical moist forest ecoregion in southwestern Nigeria and southeastern Benin. The ecoregion is densely populated, and home to several large cities, including Lagos, Ibadan, and Benin City. They are considered one of the most biodiverse habitats ... |
God of War is an action-adventure game franchise created by David Jaffe at Sony's Santa Monica Studio. It began in 2005 on the PlayStation 2 (PS2) video game console and has become a flagship series for PlayStation, consisting of nine installments across multiple platforms. Based on ancient mythologies, the story follo... |
Violent Soho were an Australian alternative rock band that was formed in 2004 in the Brisbane suburb of Mansfield, Queensland, originally under the name of "showroom". For the majority of the band's existence, the line-up was composed of Luke Boerdam (lead vocals, guitar), James Tidswell (guitar, backing vocals), Luke ... |
Philippine presidents issue executive orders to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the government itself. Listed below are executive orders signed by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III. ==2010== Title / Description Date signed 1 Creating the Philippine Truth Commission ... |
==Ministers== Current Government Current Government Current Government Office(s) Officeholder Term President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo January 7, 2017 – Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia January 7, 2017 – Sector Ministers Sector Ministers Sector Ministers Office(s) Officeholder Term Ministry of Trade and Industry Alan ... |
Possession in Scots law occurs when an individual physically holds property with the intent to use it.Stair I, 1, 17. Viscount Stair is an institutional writer and authoritative source of law in Scots law. Possession is traditionally viewed as a state of fact, rather than real right (or right in rem / property right) a... |
==Sources== Compiled by Gareth Hughes, based on the preliminary list of drawings held in the RIBA Drawings Collection. This is as complete a list as can be achieved, although some works have gone unrecorded because of the loss of most of Clough Williams-Ellis's office papers in a fire in 1951. In addition, a number of ... |
The Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in May. The race currently offers a purse of $400,000. == History== === Early beginnings === The race inaugurated in 1938 at Hol... |
Springhill is a 17th-century plantation house in the townland of Ballindrum near Moneymore, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It has been the property of the National Trust since 1957Houses, Castles and Gardens of Ireland-16a Woodlands Park Blackrock Co Dublin Ireland and, in addition to the house, gardens and pa... |
Dear Evan Hansen is a musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson. The musical follows Evan Hansen, a high school senior with social anxiety, "who invents an important role for himself in a tragedy that he did not earn". The musical opened on Broadway at the Music Box Thea... |
Banana Pi is a line of single-board computers produced by the Chinese company Shenzhen SINOVOIP Co., Ltd. , its spin-off Guangdong BiPai Technology Co., Ltd. and supported by Hon Hai Technology (Foxconn). The hardware design of the Banana Pi computer model was influenced by the Raspberry Pi and both lines use the same ... |
Kenya is a lower-middle income economy. Although Kenya's economy is the largest and most developed in eastern and central Africa, 16.1% (2023/2024) of its population lives below the international poverty line.10 percent population living below poverty line: World bank report. (2019). Business Recorder This severe pover... |
Nannau (English: 'the place of many streams') is a Georgian mansion and estate near the village of Llanfachreth, Gwynedd. The mansion was originally inhabited by the Nanney (Nannau) family, who were direct descendants of the House of Mathrafal, of the King of Gwynedd and Powys. The estate of Nannau was founded by Madog... |
thumb|The Stabilised Automatic Bomb Sight was rather complex looking. The bombsight proper is the clock-like device in the centre, much of the framework around it is the stabilizer system that keeps it pointed at the ground while the aircraft moves. The Stabilised Automatic Bomb Sight (SABS) was a Royal Air Force bombs... |
PCI configuration space is the underlying way that the Conventional PCI, PCI-X and PCI Express perform auto configuration of the cards inserted into their bus. == Overview == PCI devices have a set of registers referred to as configuration space and PCI Express introduces extended configuration space for devices. Confi... |
Middletown Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 46,040 at the 2020 census. Many sections of Levittown are located in the southern end of the township. The municipality surrounds the boroughs of Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, Penndel and Hulmeville; much of the township be... |
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Operation Spectrum, also known as the 1987 "Marxist Conspiracy", was the code name for a covert anti-communist security operation that took place in Singapore on 21 May 1987. Sixteen people were arrested and detained without trial under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA) for their alleged involvement in "a Marxist... |
Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The castle was built to obtain control of a key route between London and the Midlands during the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century. Robert of Mortain, William the Conqueror's half brother, was probably responsible for man... |
Newman University is a public university based in the suburb of Bartley Green in Birmingham, England. The university was founded in 1968 as Newman College of Higher Education. From 2008 to 2013, it was known as Newman University College, gaining full university status in 2013. ==History== The university is named after ... |
The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile – Expanded Response) are cruise missile variants. The regular Harpoon use... |
Le Sage's theory of gravitation is a kinetic theory of gravity originally proposed by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1690 and later by Georges-Louis Le Sage in 1748. The theory proposed a mechanical explanation for Newton's gravitational force in terms of streams of tiny unseen particles (which Le Sage called ultra-munda... |
"Music" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna as the title track for her eighth studio album (2000). It was released as the lead single from the album to radio August 1, 2000, by Maverick and Warner Bros. Records and commercially released on August 21. "Music" was inspired by a Sting concert Madonna attended an... |
thumb|German-employed death squad murders Soviet civilians, 1941 A death squad is an armed group whose primary activity is carrying out extrajudicial killings or forced disappearances as part of political repression, genocide, ethnic cleansing, or revolutionary terror. Except in rare cases in which they are formed by a... |
==Death toll (50 fatalities or more)== ===Table key=== Table key (deaths, type) Column Abbreviation Definition Deaths Tot Total C Crew P Passenger G Ground N Notes † No survivors ‡ No occupants 1* Sole survivor T abv. for Type COM Commercial (accident/incident) MIL Military (accident/incident) INB Bombing INH Hijacking... |
"I Don't Care Anymore" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the B-side of the lead single from his 1974 album Dark Horse. The A-side was "Dark Horse" in the majority of countries internationally and "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" elsewhere, including the United Kingdom. It is one of Harrison's relatively ... |
The history of the Internet has its origin in information theory and the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks. The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United Stat... |
Nanoarchitectures for lithium-ion batteries are attempts to employ nanotechnology to improve the design of lithium-ion batteries. Research in lithium-ion batteries focuses on improving energy density, power density, safety, durability and cost. == Research areas == === Energy density === Increased energy density requir... |
thumb|Austrian social democrat Karl Renner, the first and most important theorist of modern non-territorial autonomy Non-territorial autonomy is a type of autonomy, the most important feature of which is that autonomous are not population groups living in a territory with defined borders, but communities defined based ... |
The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad built in the Northeastern United States to haul anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Pennsylvania. The railroad was authorized on April 21, 1846, for freight and transportation of passengers, goods, wares, merchandise, and minerals in Pennsylvania and the railroad was incorp... |
Lasallian educational institutions Many examples of the use of 'Lasallian' (not 'La Sallian') as an adjective. are educational institutions affiliated with the De La Salle Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious teaching order founded by French priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, who was canonized in 1900 and proclaim... |
The Nizari state (the Alamut state) was a Shia Nizari Ismaili state founded by Hassan-i Sabbah after he took control of the Alamut Castle in 1090 AD, which marked the beginning of an era of Ismailism known as the "Alamut period". Their people were also known as the Assassins or Hashashins. The state consisted of a nexu... |
Latter Day Saint martyrs are persons who belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) or another church within the Latter Day Saint movement who were killed or otherwise persecuted to the point of premature death on account of their religious beliefs, or while performing their religious duti... |
Run-length limited or RLL coding is a line coding technique that is used to send arbitrary data over a communications channel with bandwidth limits. RLL codes are defined by four main parameters: m, n, d, k. The first two, m/n, refer to the rate of the code, while the remaining two specify the minimal d and maximal k n... |
Acme United Corporation is a supplier of cutting, measuring and safety products for the school, home, office, hardware and industrial markets. The company was organized as a partnership in 1867 and incorporated in 1873 under the laws of the State of Connecticut. It is publicly traded on the NYSE Mkt with symbol ACU. Ac... |
The 2009 Super League season (known as the Engage Super League XIV for sponsorship reasons) is the 14th season of rugby league since the Super League format was introduced in 1996. Fourteen teams competed for the Minor Premiership over 27 rounds (including the Magic Weekend at Murrayfield Stadium) after which, the high... |
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