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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painting
Painting is a visual art, characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface. The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush. Other implements, such as palette knives, sponges, airbrushes, the artist's fingers, or even a dripping technique that uses gravity may b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcatcher_(comics)
The Ratcatcher (Otis Flannegan) is a character appearing in American comic books and other media published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of Batman. He belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up the Dark Knight's rogues gallery. Once an actual rat-catcher in Gotham City, Flannegan sank into a life of cr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barium_sulfate
Barium sulfate (or sulphate) is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula BaSO4. It is a white crystalline solid that is odorless and insoluble in water. It occurs in nature as the mineral barite, which is the main commercial source of barium and materials prepared from it. Its opaque white appearance and its hi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Burlando
Claudio Burlando (born 27 April 1954, in Genoa) is an Italian politician, and was President of Liguria, until 31 March 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and a former Democrats of the Left member. == Career == After graduating with a degree in electronic engineering, in the eighties he worked as a research...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischioplites_salomonum
Ischioplites salomonum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1938. == References ==
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auf_dem_Kreuzzug_ins_Glück
Auf dem Kreuzzug ins Glück, eigentlich 125 Jahre Die Toten Hosen auf dem Kreuzzug ins Glück ist ein Doppelalbum der Band Die Toten Hosen. Der Titel bezieht sich annähernd auf das addierte Alter der Bandmitglieder bei Entstehung des Albums. Das Album wurde von Jon Caffery produziert und erstmals am 21. Mai 1990 über Vir...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Toten_Hosen_discography
This discography provides an overview of the musical works of the German rock band Die Toten Hosen, as well as their pseudonyms such as Die Roten Rosen and Tangobrüder. According to sources, the band has sold more than 18 million records. Based on certified sales alone, they have sold over 14.5 million units in Germany...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giblet_Gravy
Giblet Gravy is the fourth album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson. == Track listing == == Personnel == === Musicians === George Benson – guitar Albertine Robinson, Eileen Gilbert, Lois Winter – vocals Eric Gale – guitar, tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 Carl Lynch – guitar, track 1 Herbie Hancock – piano, tracks 3, 6, 9–12 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soat%C3%A1
Soatá is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia. Soatá is located on the western slopes of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range, at the northeast end of the Department of Boyacá. It is the capital of the Northern Boyacá Province. Soatá borders Boavita in the east, Tipacoque in the north, Susacón in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neelam_Kler#Awards_and_recognitions
Neelam Kler is an Indian neonatologist, known for her pioneering work on neonatal intensive care and ventilation. She is credited with developing neonatal care to better the survival rate of extremely tiny preterm babies (less than 1000 grams) to 90 percent. The Government of India honoured her with the third-highest c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neelam_Kler
Neelam Kler is an Indian neonatologist, known for her pioneering work on neonatal intensive care and ventilation. She is credited with developing neonatal care to better the survival rate of extremely tiny preterm babies (less than 1000 grams) to 90 percent. The Government of India honoured her with the third-highest c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Kramer
Gustav Kramer (11 March 1910 – 19 April 1959) was a German zoologist and ornithologist who specialised in allometry. He described Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frog, for the first time in his doctoral thesis. Near the end of the 1940s, he discovered that birds can use the sun as a compass. == Career == In 1933 K...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Kramer#:~:text=3%20Publications-,Career,Marine%20Biology%20in%20Rovinj%2C%20Croatia.
Gustav Kramer (11 March 1910 – 19 April 1959) was a German zoologist and ornithologist who specialised in allometry. He described Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frog, for the first time in his doctoral thesis. Near the end of the 1940s, he discovered that birds can use the sun as a compass. == Career == In 1933 K...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Haney
Christopher Deane Haney (born November 16, 1968) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1991–2000 and in 2002 for the Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Boston Red Sox. Haney is the son of former catcher Larry Haney. He attended Orange Coun...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garvan%E2%80%93Olin_Medal#:~:text=The%20medal%20was%20designed%20by%20Margaret%20Christian%20Grigor.&text=Given%20annually%20%22to%20recognize%20distinguished,to%20chemistry%20by%20women%20chemists.%22
The Francis P. Garvan–John M. Olin Medal, previously called the Francis P. Garvan Medal, is an annual award that recognizes distinguished scientific accomplishment, leadership and service to chemistry by women chemists. The Award is offered by the American Chemical Society (ACS), and consists of a cash prize (US$5,000)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garvan%E2%80%93Olin_Medal
The Francis P. Garvan–John M. Olin Medal, previously called the Francis P. Garvan Medal, is an annual award that recognizes distinguished scientific accomplishment, leadership and service to chemistry by women chemists. The Award is offered by the American Chemical Society (ACS), and consists of a cash prize (US$5,000)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rodney
Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, first published in 1972. He was assassinated in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1980. == Early life and career == Walter Anthony Rodney was born in 1942 in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ngige#:~:text=In%20August%2C%202006%2C%20an%20Election,Progressives%20Grand%20Alliance%20(APGA).
Chris Nwabueze Ngige (born 8 August 1952) is a Nigerian politician and medical doctor who served as minister of Labour and Employment of Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari's administration from 2015 to 2023. He was elected Senator for Anambra Central Constituency in April 2011. He was the governor of Anambra Stat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ngige
Chris Nwabueze Ngige (born 8 August 1952) is a Nigerian politician and medical doctor who served as minister of Labour and Employment of Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari's administration from 2015 to 2023. He was elected Senator for Anambra Central Constituency in April 2011. He was the governor of Anambra Stat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Mehretu
Julie Mehretu (born November 28, 1970) is an Ethiopian American contemporary visual artist, known for her multi-layered paintings of abstracted landscapes on a large scale. Her paintings, drawings, and prints depict the cumulative effects of urban sociopolitical changes. == Early life and education == Mehretu was bor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassmaster_Classic
The Bassmaster Classic (known as the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic for sponsorship reasons) is a tournament in the sport of professional bass fishing, organized by the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. It was first held in 1971 on Lake Mead, Nevada. Originally it was a fall event, (1971-1983) but it switched to a sum...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Fascist_Party#March_on_Rome
The National Fascist Party (Italian: Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) was a political party in Italy, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Italian fascism and as a reorganisation of the previous Italian Fasces of Combat. The party ruled the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 when Fascists took power with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Fascist_Party
The National Fascist Party (Italian: Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) was a political party in Italy, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Italian fascism and as a reorganisation of the previous Italian Fasces of Combat. The party ruled the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 when Fascists took power with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Chuckles
Channel Chuckles is a television-themed comic panel created by Bil Keane which appeared in newspapers from 1954 through 1976. Keane received the National Cartoonists Society's 1976 Special Features Award for his work on the strip. In its daily form, Channel Chuckles is a single-panel gag on the general theme of televis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Keane
William Aloysius Keane (October 5, 1922 – November 8, 2011) was an American cartoonist best known for the newspaper comic strip The Family Circus. He began it in 1960 and his son Jeff Keane continues to produce it. == Early life and education == Keane was born in Crescentville, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, and att...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan
Ghulam Ishaq Khan (20 January 1915 – 27 October 2006), commonly known by his initials GIK, was a Pakistani bureaucrat, politician and statesman who served as the seventh president of Pakistan from 1988 to 1993. He previously served as chairman of the Senate from 1985 to 1988 under president Zia-ul-Haq, and assumed the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan#:~:text=After%20independence%20in%201947%2C%20Khan,which%20he%20held%20until%201955.
Ghulam Ishaq Khan (20 January 1915 – 27 October 2006), commonly known by his initials GIK, was a Pakistani bureaucrat, politician and statesman who served as the seventh president of Pakistan from 1988 to 1993. He previously served as chairman of the Senate from 1985 to 1988 under president Zia-ul-Haq, and assumed the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ryder_(engraver)
Thomas Ryder (1746–1810), engraver, was a pupil of James Basire, and during his apprenticeship established drawings with the Society of Artists in 1766 and 1767. He was also one of the first students in the schools of the Royal Academy. == Works == Ryder engraved a few plates in the line manner, of which the most imp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ryder_(engraver)#:~:text=Thomas%20Ryder%20(1746%E2%80%931810),Artists%20in%201766%20and%201767.
Thomas Ryder (1746–1810), engraver, was a pupil of James Basire, and during his apprenticeship established drawings with the Society of Artists in 1766 and 1767. He was also one of the first students in the schools of the Royal Academy. == Works == Ryder engraved a few plates in the line manner, of which the most imp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_State_Logic#:~:text=SSL%20introduced%20the%20SL%204000%20G%20Series%20at%20the%20AES%20New%20York%20Convention%20in%201987%2C%20which%20again%20offered%20a%20redesigned%20EQ%2C%20among%20other%20improvements.
Solid State Logic Ltd. (SSL) is a British company based in Begbroke, Oxfordshire, England that designs and markets audio mixing consoles, signal processors, and other audio technologies for the post-production, video production, broadcast, sound reinforcement and music recording industries. SSL employs over 160 people ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_State_Logic
Solid State Logic Ltd. (SSL) is a British company based in Begbroke, Oxfordshire, England that designs and markets audio mixing consoles, signal processors, and other audio technologies for the post-production, video production, broadcast, sound reinforcement and music recording industries. SSL employs over 160 people ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_symbols#Delhi
This is a list of the symbols of the states and union territories of India. Each state and union territory has a unique set of official symbols, usually a state emblem, an animal, a bird, a flower and a tree. A second animal (fish, butterfly, reptile, aquatic animal or heritage animal) sometimes appears, as do fruits a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_animals
India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbo...
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ituango
Ituango es un municipio de Colombia ubicado en la subregión Norte del departamento de Antioquia. Su economía se basa principalmente en la cosecha del café y la caña de azúcar. Dentro de su jurisdicción está situado el proyecto hidroeléctrico más importante de Colombia «Hidroituango».​Su cabecera municipal está a 195 ki...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriends_(American_TV_series)
Girlfriends is an American sitcom television series created by Mara Brock Akil that premiered on UPN on September 11, 2000, where it aired for its first six seasons until May 8, 2006. On October 1, 2006, it moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB, where it aired for two more seasons before...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriends_(American_TV_series)#:~:text=Toni's%20condo%20was%20located%20in,%2C%20Swedelson%2C%20McDonald%20and%20Lee.
Girlfriends is an American sitcom television series created by Mara Brock Akil that premiered on UPN on September 11, 2000, where it aired for its first six seasons until May 8, 2006. On October 1, 2006, it moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of UPN and The WB, where it aired for two more seasons before...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan
James Buchanan Jr. ( bew-KAN-ən; April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He also served as the 17th United States secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Buchanan was an advocate for states' ri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aralle-Tabulahan_language
Aralle-Tabulahan is an Austronesian language that belongs to the South Sulawesi subgroup. It is spoken in Mamasa Regency, West Sulawesi, Indonesia. == Dialects == Aralle-Tabulahan has three major dialects: Aralle, Tabulahan, and Mambi. The Mambi dialect is often regarded as the most divergent of the three dialects an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Set_Radio#:~:text=The%20soundtrack%20CD%2C%20Jet%20Set,20%2C%202000%2C%20in%20Japan.
Jet Set Radio (originally released in North America as Jet Grind Radio) is a 2000 action-platform video game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. The player controls a member of the GG's, a youth gang that uses inline skates to traverse Tokyo while spraying graffiti, challenging rival gangs, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Norvik
Erling Norvik (9 April 1928 – 31 December 1998) was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. Norvik was born in Vadsø, the son of Erling Johannes Norvik, who served in the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget) from 1949 to 1961. The younger Norvik started his professional career as a journalist for the regional ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen_Nygaard
Kristen Nygaard (27 August 1926 – 10 August 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician. Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s. Nygaard and Dahl received t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naughty_Dog#:~:text=Ballard%20that%20he%20was%20harassed,vice%20presidents%20in%20his%20place.
Naughty Dog, LLC (formerly JAM Software, Inc.) is an American first-party video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. Founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1984, the studio was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2001. Gavin and Rubin produced a sequence of progressively more successful games, inc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naughty_Dog#History
Naughty Dog, LLC (formerly JAM Software, Inc.) is an American first-party video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. Founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1984, the studio was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2001. Gavin and Rubin produced a sequence of progressively more successful games, inc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Osman_Ali
Syed Osman Ali was a Pakistani civil servant who served as the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan from 1975 to 1978. == Biography == Osman Ali studied economics and began his career as a civil servant in the Indian Civil Services in 1934. He served as the Federal Secretary in the Ministries of Industries, Commerc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaki_Tsuji#:
Masaki Tsuji (辻 真先, Tsuji Masaki; born March 23, 1932 in Nagoya) is a Japanese anime screenwriter, mystery writer, manga author, travel critic, essayist, professor as well as mystery fiction novels writer. Tsuji was most active in the business from the 1960s through the 1980s, and worked as a script writer on many popu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaki_Tsuji
Masaki Tsuji (辻 真先, Tsuji Masaki; born March 23, 1932 in Nagoya) is a Japanese anime screenwriter, mystery writer, manga author, travel critic, essayist, professor as well as mystery fiction novels writer. Tsuji was most active in the business from the 1960s through the 1980s, and worked as a script writer on many popu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Gambetta
Léon Gambetta (French: [leɔ̃ ɡɑ̃bɛta]; 2 April 1838 – 31 December 1882) was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government. == Early life and education == Born in Cahors, Gambetta is said to have inherited his vigour and e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_National_Assembly_of_France
This article lists Presidents of the French Parliament or, as the case may be, of its lower chamber. The National Constituent Assembly was created in 1789 out of the Estates-General. It, and the revolutionary legislative assemblies that followed – the Legislative Assembly (1791–1792) and the National Convention (1792–1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oesper_Award#:~:text=1998)%5B3%5D-,1983%2C%20Fred%20Basolo%2C,-Northwestern%20University%5B27
The Ralph and Helen Oesper Award or Oesper Award was first given in 1981 by the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes "outstanding chemists for lifetime significant accomplishments in the field of chemistry with long-lasting impact on the chemical sc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oesper_Award
The Ralph and Helen Oesper Award or Oesper Award was first given in 1981 by the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes "outstanding chemists for lifetime significant accomplishments in the field of chemistry with long-lasting impact on the chemical sc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Hug
Edward Ambrose Hug (July 14, 1880 – May 11, 1953) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played in one game for the Brooklyn Superbas in 1903. Hug's sole Major League appearance came in the second game of a doubleheader in Cincinnati on July 6. He was a local amateur catcher at the time and was called upon ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Hug#:~:text=Edward%20Ambrose%20Hug%20(July%2014,American%20Major%20League%20Baseball%20catcher.
Edward Ambrose Hug (July 14, 1880 – May 11, 1953) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played in one game for the Brooklyn Superbas in 1903. Hug's sole Major League appearance came in the second game of a doubleheader in Cincinnati on July 6. He was a local amateur catcher at the time and was called upon ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Carlton_Gilbert
Alfred Carlton Gilbert (February 15, 1884 – January 24, 1961) was an American inventor, athlete, magician, toy maker and businessman. As the founder of A. C. Gilbert Company, Gilbert was known for inventing the Erector Set and American Flyer Trains. == Early life and education == Born in Salem, Oregon, Gilbert was ed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora,_Boyac%C3%A1
Sora is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Sora borders Motavita and Chíquiza in the north, Cucaita and Samacá in the south, Motavita and department capital Tunja in the east and Sáchica and Chíquiza in the west. == Etymology == The name Sora comes from...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_currents#The_current_war_ends
The war of the currents was a series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early 1890s. It grew out of two lighting systems developed in the late 1870s and early 1880s: arc lamp street lighting running on high-voltage alternating current (AC), and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dixon_Gibbs
John Dixon Gibbs (14 July 1833–6 March 1912) was a British engineer and financier who, together with Lucien Gaulard, is often credited as the co-inventor of the AC step-down transformer. The transformer was first demonstrated in 1883 at London's Royal Aquarium. At the time the term "transformer" had not yet been invent...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusef_Salaam#Personal_life
Yusef Salaam (born 1974) is an American politician, motivational speaker, and activist currently serving as a member of the New York City Council, representing the city's 9th council district since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Salaam, one of the Central Park Five, was wrongly convicted of acting in concert t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusef_Salaam
Yusef Salaam (born 1974) is an American politician, motivational speaker, and activist currently serving as a member of the New York City Council, representing the city's 9th council district since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Salaam, one of the Central Park Five, was wrongly convicted of acting in concert t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_Kielan-Jaworowska
Zofia Emilia Kielan-Jaworowska (25 April 1925 – 13 March 2015) was a Polish paleobiologist. In the mid-1960s, she led a series of Polish-Mongolian paleontological expeditions to the Gobi Desert. She was the first woman to serve on the executive committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences. The most notab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_Kielan-Jaworowska#
Zofia Emilia Kielan-Jaworowska (25 April 1925 – 13 March 2015) was a Polish paleobiologist. In the mid-1960s, she led a series of Polish-Mongolian paleontological expeditions to the Gobi Desert. She was the first woman to serve on the executive committee of the International Union of Geological Sciences. The most notab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Star_Square
Black Star Square, also known as Independence Square, is a public square in Accra, Ghana, bordered by the Accra Sports Stadium and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. The square often hosts the annual independence celebrations as well as other national events, and is the site for all civic and military parades and other n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Stoneman
Katherine Stoneman (April 1841 – May 19, 1925) was an early 20th-century suffragist and the first woman admitted to the Bar Association in the State of New York. == Early life and family == Katherine (Kate) Stoneman was born on her family's farm in Busti, Chautauqua County, New York. She was the fifth of eight childr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Medal
The Guy Medals are awarded by the Royal Statistical Society in three categories; Gold, Silver and Bronze. The Silver and Bronze medals are awarded annually. The Gold Medal was awarded every three years between 1987 and 2011, but is awarded biennially as of 2019. They are named after William Guy. The Guy Medal in Gold ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cox_(statistician)#Awards
Sir David Roxbee Cox (15 July 1924 – 18 January 2022) was a British statistician and educator. His wide-ranging contributions to the field of statistics included introducing logistic regression, the proportional hazards model and the Cox process, a point process named after him. He was a professor of statistics at Bi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Bhadohi_fire
On 2 October 2022, a fire occurred at a Durga Puja pandal (temporary structure for worship) in Narthuwa village in Bhadohi district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Seventeen people died and at least 75 people were injured in the incident. The investigation revealed that the decorative fiber polythene sheets had c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_House_(TV_series)
In the House is an American sitcom television series starring LL Cool J, Debbie Allen, Maia Campbell, Jeffery Wood, Alfonso Ribeiro and Kim Wayans. The series aired for two seasons on NBC from April 1995 to May 1996 after which it was canceled due to low ratings. UPN quickly picked up In the House where it aired for an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Watkins
Sara Ullrika Watkins (born June 8, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of Nickel Creek, the progressive bluegrass group she formed with her brother Sean and mandolinist Chris Thile. In addition to singing and fiddling, Watkins also plays the ukulele and the guitar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%27hamed_Djellouli
M'hamed Djellouli (Arabic: امحمد الجلولي; born February 1834 in Tunis and died in June 1908) was a Tunisian politician who served as Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1907 until his death in 1908. == Biography == He was born into a Makhzen family from Sfax.His grandfather Mahmoud Djellouli fixed in Tunis after buying an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Tunisia
The prime minister of Tunisia was the head of government of Tunisia from the creation of the office in 1759 until its abolition in 1957 with the proclamation of the republic. The office was revived in 1969 under the Republican system. There have been 44 prime ministers of Tunisia since the office came into existence in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_USA,_Inc.#:~:text=In%201838%2C%20following%20the%20lead,the%20Wood%20River%20Baptist%20Association.
The National Baptist Convention, USA, more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention (NBC USA or NBC), is a Baptist Christian denomination headquartered at the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee and affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. It is also one of the largest predominantly and traditional...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selecte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup#:~:text=Ellis%20Park%20Stadium%20and%20Moses,Rustenburg%20hosted%20six%20matches%20each.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selecte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/454_Mathesis#:~:text=Mathesis%20(minor%20planet%20designation%3A%20454,Schwassmann%20on%20March%2028%2C%201900.
454 Mathesis is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on March 28, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FC. Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Altimira Observatory in 2004 gave a light curve with a period of 8.37784 ± 0.00003 hours and a brightness...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/454_Mathesis
454 Mathesis is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann on March 28, 1900. Its provisional name was 1900 FC. Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Altimira Observatory in 2004 gave a light curve with a period of 8.37784 ± 0.00003 hours and a brightness...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Sherman#Publications
Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters. Her breakthrough work is often considered to be the collection Untitled Film Stills, a series of 70 black-an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Rollin
"We Rollin" is a single by Punjabi rapper-singer Shubh. The song was music composed by Anabolic Beatz, and written by Shubh, The song was released on 17 September 2021. The song appeared in the UK Asian Music Chart and UK Punjabi Chart and Apple Music India Daily Chart. We Rollin has Crossed 264 Million views on YouTub...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_seeding
Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation, mitigate hail, or disperse fog. The usual objective is to increase rain or snow, either for its own sake or to prevent precipitation from occurring in days afterward. Cloud seeding is undertaken by dispersing substa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sall
John P. Sall (born 1948) is an American billionaire businessman and computer software developer, who co-founded SAS Institute, an analytics software company, and created the JMP statistical software. == Early life == John Sall was born in Rockford, Illinois in 1948. As a child, he developed an interest in science. He...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chancellors_and_vice-chancellors_of_Jamia_Millia_Islamia
The chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia is the ceremonial head of the university. The vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia is the executive head of the university. == Chancellors of JMI == The chancellors of JMI are as follows. Hakim Ajmal Khan (1920–1927) Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari (1928–1936) Abdul Majeed Khwaja (1936...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregori_Aminoff_Prize
The Gregori Aminoff Prize is an international prize awarded since 1979 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the field of crystallography, rewarding "a documented, individual contribution in the field of crystallography, including areas concerned with the dynamics of the formation and dissolution of crystal struc...
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Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician serving as the 8th United States secretary of homeland security since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota from 2019 to 2025 and represented South Dakota's at-large congressio...
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Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician serving as the 8th United States secretary of homeland security since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota from 2019 to 2025 and represented South Dakota's at-large congressio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacken_Open_Air
Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a heavy metal music festival, held yearly since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is often called the world's biggest and most renowned metal festival, or the "Mecca of heavy metal". The four-day event involves aro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downey,_California
Downey is a city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, 13 mi (21 km) southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. It is considered part of the Gateway Cities. The city is the birthplace of the Apollo space program and Taco Bell. It is also the home of the oldest operating McDonald's restaurant in the wor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kentridge#Sculpture
William Kentridge (born 28 April 1955) is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. He is especially noted for a sequence of hand-drawn animated films he produced during the 1990s, constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. He continues thi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kentridge
William Kentridge (born 28 April 1955) is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films. He is especially noted for a sequence of hand-drawn animated films he produced during the 1990s, constructed by filming a drawing, making erasures and changes, and filming it again. He continues thi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cullen,_Lord_Pentland
Paul Benedict Cullen, Lord Pentland, (born 11 March 1957) is the current Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General, the most senior judge in Scotland. He is a former Solicitor General for Scotland, Senator of the College of Justice and Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission. == Early life == B...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cullen,_Lord_Pentland#:~:text=Paul%20Benedict%20Cullen%2C%20Lord%20Pentland,of%20the%20Scottish%20Law%20Commission.
Paul Benedict Cullen, Lord Pentland, (born 11 March 1957) is the current Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General, the most senior judge in Scotland. He is a former Solicitor General for Scotland, Senator of the College of Justice and Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission. == Early life == B...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Kathmandu#History
The mayor of Kathmandu is the head of the municipal executive of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The officeholder is elected for a five-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. The role was first created in 1932 during the Rana regime. The current mayor is Balendra Shah, who was elected in the 2022 electio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Kathmandu
The mayor of Kathmandu is the head of the municipal executive of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The officeholder is elected for a five-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. The role was first created in 1932 during the Rana regime. The current mayor is Balendra Shah, who was elected in the 2022 electio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Schock_Prizes
The Rolf Schock Prizes were established and endowed by bequest of philosopher and artist Rolf Schock (1933–1986). The prizes were first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1993 and, since 2005, are awarded every three years. It is sometimes considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in Philosophy. Each recipient receive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Salcedo#Recognition
Doris Salcedo (born 1958) is a Colombian visual artist and sculptor. Her work is influenced by her experiences of life in Colombia and is generally composed of commonplace items such as wooden furniture, clothing, concrete, grass, and rose petals. Salcedo's work gives form to pain, trauma, and loss, while creating spac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chrowder_Chamberlin
Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (; September 25, 1843 – November 15, 1928) was an American geologist and educator. In 1893 he founded the Journal of Geology, of which he was editor for many years. == Biography == Chamberlin was born September 25, 1843, in Mattoon, Illinois. When he was three years old his family moved nor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Chamberlin_(California)
Mount Chamberlin is a 13,169-foot-elevation (4,014-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south-southwest of Mount Whitney, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Mount Hitchcock, and 3.5 ...
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Mount Chamberlin is a 13,169-foot-elevation (4,014-meter) mountain summit located west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County, California. It is situated in Sequoia National Park, and is 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south-southwest of Mount Whitney, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Mount Hitchcock, and 3.5 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal
Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. He was a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master and won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Joy_(album)#Background
Band of Joy is the ninth solo studio album by the English rock singer Robert Plant and the first with his new backing group, the Band of Joy. It was released on 13 September 2010 in the UK and 14 September in the US. == Background == In addition to the song "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down", which is the opening th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Joy_(album)
Band of Joy is the ninth solo studio album by the English rock singer Robert Plant and the first with his new backing group, the Band of Joy. It was released on 13 September 2010 in the UK and 14 September in the US. == Background == In addition to the song "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down", which is the opening th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by the 20th-century critic Northrop Frye ...
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William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by the 20th-century critic Northrop Frye ...