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6299115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%20Tompkins%20Square%20Park%20riot | 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot | The Tompkins Square Park riot occurred on August 6–7, 1988 in Tompkins Square Park, located in the East Village and Alphabet City neighborhoods of Manhattan, New York City. Groups of "drug pushers, homeless people and young people known as squatters and punks," had largely taken over the park. The East Village and Alp... |
6299177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20Monster%20%28manga%29 | Love Monster (manga) | is a shōjo manga series by Riko Miyagi. It was serialized in Japan by the publishing company Shueisha in the Margaret from 2002 to 2006 and collected in 12 Tankōbon volumes.
Story
Hiyo Osora failed the entrance exam to the high school she chose, but somehow she receives a strange acceptance letter to SM Academy (Saint... |
6299231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Hezbollah%20cross-border%20raid | 2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid | The 2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid was a cross-border attack carried out by Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants on an Israeli military patrol on 12 July 2006 on Israeli territory.
Using rockets fired on several Israeli towns as a diversion, Hezbollah militants crossed from Lebanon into Israel and ambushed two Israeli ... |
6299261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo%20Hastings | Milo Hastings | Milo Milton Hastings (June 28, 1884 – February 25, 1957) was an American inventor, author, and nutritionist. He invented the forced-draft chicken incubator and Weeniwinks, a health-food snack. He wrote about chickens, science fiction, and health, among other things. Some of his writing is available in book form and ... |
6299440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Goodell | Roger Goodell | Roger Stokoe Goodell (born February 19, 1959) is an American businessman who has served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) since 2006.
Goodell began his NFL career in 1982 as an administrative intern in the league office in New York under then-Commissioner Pete Rozelle. The position was secured ... |
6299542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Kongo | Catholic Church in Kongo | The Catholic Church arrived in the Kingdom of Kongo shortly after the first Portuguese explorers reached its shores in 1483. Portuguese left several of their own number and kidnapped a group of Kongo including at least one nobleman, Kala ka Mfusu, taking them to Portugal where they stayed a year, learned Portuguese an... |
6299574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%20Burton | Mel Burton | Mel Burton is a fictional character from the British television soap opera Hollyoaks, played by actress Cassie Powney. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 23 September 2003. Powney joined the cast along with her twin Connie Powney, who plays Mel's twin sister Sophie Burton. They auditioned for... |
6299613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Lebanon%20War | 2006 Lebanon War | The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War (, Ḥarb Tammūz) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War (, Milhemet Levanon HaShniya), was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the Golan Heights. The principal parties were Hezbollah paramilitary ... |
6300421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Message%20in%20the%20Bottle | The Message in the Bottle | The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other is a collection of essays on semiotics written by Walker Percy and first published in 1975. Percy writes at what he sees as the conclusion of the modern age and attempts to create a middle ground between the two dy... |
6300533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegrin%20First%20League | Montenegrin First League | The First League of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga — Prva CFL — 1. CFL; ) is the top professional football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 teams participate in this league. The winner of the Montenegrin First League star... |
6300808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willam%20Belli | Willam Belli | Willam Belli (, born June 30, 1982), mononymously known as Willam, is an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, reality television personality, author, and YouTuber. Willam came to prominence as a contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2012, but was disqualified in the "Frenemies" challenge.
... |
6301248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20the%20Bearded | Henry the Bearded | Henry the Bearded (, ; c. 1165/70 – 19 March 1238) was a Polish duke from the Piast dynasty.
He was Duke of Silesia at Wrocław from 1201, Duke of Kraków and High Duke of all Poland – internally divided – from 1232 until his death.
Life
Early career and the loss of Opole
Henry was the fourth son of Duke Bolesław I th... |
6301509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20mascot | Military mascot | A military mascot, also known as a ceremonial pet or regimental mascot, is a pet animal maintained by a military unit as a mascot for ceremonial purposes and/or as an emblem of that unit. It differs from a military animal in that it is not employed for use directly in warfare as a weapon or for transport.
History
Brit... |
6301578 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Amelia%20Springs | Battle of Amelia Springs | The Battle of Amelia Springs, Virginia was an engagement between the Union Army (Army of the Shenandoah, Army of the Potomac and Army of the James) and Confederate Army of Northern Virginia that occurred on April 5, 1865 during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. It was followed by a second rear guard ac... |
6302030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Mulhall | Jack Mulhall | John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years.
Early years
Mulhall was born in Wappingers Falls, New York. He was one of six children born t... |
6302637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Garrin | Paul Garrin | Paul Garrin (born 1957) is an interdisciplinary artist and social entrepreneur whose work explores the social impact of technology and issues of media access, free speech, public/private space, and the digital divide. Starting as his assistant in 1981, Garrin eventually emerged as one of the most important collaborator... |
6303206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20harassment%20in%20education%20in%20the%20United%20States | Sexual harassment in education in the United States | Sexual harassment in education in the United States is an unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that interferes with an American student's ability to learn, study, work or participate in school activities. It is common in middle and high schools in the United States. Sexual or gender harassment is a form of discrimin... |
6303984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter%20Day%20Saints%20in%20popular%20culture | Latter Day Saints in popular culture | Latter Day Saints and Mormons have been portrayed in popular media many times. These portrayals often emphasize controversy such as polygamy or myths about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and other branches of the Latter Day Saint movement.
Overview
Controversial, negative portrayals
Port... |
6305119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft%20Hockeyville | Kraft Hockeyville | Kraft Hockeyville is an annual competition sponsored by Kraft Heinz, the National Hockey League and the NHL Players' Association in which communities compete to demonstrate their commitment to the sport of ice hockey. The winning community gets a cash prize dedicated to upgrading their local home arena, as well as the ... |
6305297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management%20of%20ulcerative%20colitis | Management of ulcerative colitis | Management of ulcerative colitis involves first treating the acute symptoms of the disease, then maintaining remission. Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease of the intestine, specifically the large intestine or colon, that includes characteristic ulcers, or open sores, in the colon. The main symptom of ac... |
6305642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymns%20in%20the%20Church%20of%20Jesus%20Christ%20of%20Latter-day%20Saints | Hymns in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Hymns are an important part of the history and worship of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Use
Many meetings in the LDS Church, including sacrament meeting, begin and close with a congregational hymn. Additionally, hymns sung by a choir or the congregation may be included as an intermediat... |
6305852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversafest | Diversafest | Diversafest (Dfest), Oklahoma's Music Conference and Festival, was an annual live event that showcased independent and emerging artists and hosted educational music industry panels and a tradeshow. Dfest took place the last weekend in July in the historic Blue Dome District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The music conference and... |
6306271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20logic | Outline of logic | Logic is the formal science of using reason and is considered a branch of both philosophy and mathematics and to a lesser extent computer science. Logic investigates and classifies the structure of statements and arguments, both through the study of formal systems of inference and the study of arguments in natural lan... |
6306761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland%20Northern%20American%20English | Inland Northern American English | Inland Northern (American) English, also known in American linguistics as the Inland North or Great Lakes dialect, is an American English dialect spoken primarily by White Americans in a geographic band reaching from the major urban areas of Upstate New York westward along the Erie Canal and through much of the U.S. Gr... |
6306884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma%20Raja | Dharma Raja | Rama Varma I (Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma; , 1724–17 February 1798) often referred to as Dharma Raja, was the Maharajah of Travancore from 1758 until his death in 1798. He succeeded his uncle Marthanda Varma, who is credited with the title of "maker of modern Travancore". During his reign Dharma Raja not o... |
6306983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Quantum%20Leap%20characters | List of Quantum Leap characters | The following is a list of characters from the sci-fi/drama Quantum Leap, created by Donald P. Bellisario.
Character duration
Main characters
Dr. Samuel Beckett
Dr. Samuel Beckett (Scott Bakula) – The mastermind behind Project Quantum Leap who leaps back and forth within his own lifetime, putting things right that ... |
6307138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Leane | Raymond Leane | Brigadier General Sir Raymond Lionel Leane, (12 July 1878 – 25 June 1962) was an Australian Army officer who rose to command the 48th Battalion then 12th Brigade during World War I. For his performance during the war, Leane was described by the Australian Official War Historian Charles Bean as "the foremost fighting l... |
6307727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Democratic%20Republic%20of%20the%20Congo%20general%20election | 2006 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election | General elections were held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 30, 2006. They were the first multiparty elections in the country in 41 years, and the first since the overthrow of longtime leader Mobutu Sese Seko nine years earlier. Voters went to the polls to elect both a new President of the Republic and ... |
6307761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Odd%20Couple%20%281970%20TV%20series%29 | The Odd Couple (1970 TV series) | The Odd Couple (titled onscreen Neil Simon's The Odd Couple) is an American sitcom television series broadcast from September 24, 1970, to March 7, 1975, on ABC. The show, which stars Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison, was the first of several sitcoms developed by Garry Marshall for Paramoun... |
6307909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Southern%20African%20indigenous%20trees%20and%20woody%20lianes | List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes | This is a list of Southern African trees, shrubs, suffrutices, geoxyles and lianes, and is intended to cover Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The notion of 'indigenous' is of necessity a blurred concept, and is clearly a function of both time and poli... |
6308066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20Malay%20nationalism | Early Malay nationalism | Malay nationalism (Malay: Semangat Kebangsaan Melayu Jawi: سماڠت كبڠساءن ملايو ) refers to the nationalism that focused overwhelmingly on the Malay anticolonial struggle, motivated by the nationalist ideal of creating a Bangsa Melayu ("Malay nation"). Its central objectives were the advancement and protection of Malayn... |
6308276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Tate | Kim Tate | Kim Taylor (also Barker, Marchant, Foster and Tate) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Claire King. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 12 December 1989. Kim is portrayed in the serial as an antagonist, who often concocts money making and vengeful schem... |
6308716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniplex | Aniplex | is a Japanese comprehensive entertainment company handling a wide range of businesses revolving around animation. The company is mainly engaged in the planning, production, and distribution of anime series with a focus on multimedia deployment of its Intellectual properties (IPs).
It is also involved in the production... |
6308914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying%20in%20the%20United%20States | Lobbying in the United States | Lobbying in the United States describes paid activity in which special interest groups hire well-connected professional advocates, often lawyers, to argue for specific legislation in decision-making bodies such as the United States Congress. It is often perceived negatively by journalists and the American public; criti... |
6309501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29 | 2nd Battalion (Australia) | The 2nd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was initially raised for service during the First World War as part the Australian Imperial Force and saw action at Gallipoli before being sent to the Western Front in mid-1916, where it spent the next two-and-a-half years taking part in the fighti... |
6309610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%20Anhalter%20Bahnhof | Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof | The Anhalter Bahnhof is a former railway terminus in Berlin, Germany, approximately southeast of Potsdamer Platz. Once one of Berlin's most important railway stations, it was severely damaged in World War II, and finally closed for traffic in 1952, when the GDR-owned Deutsche Reichsbahn rerouted all railway traffic be... |
6309698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29 | 3rd Battalion (Australia) | The 3rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally raised as part of the First Australian Imperial Force for service during World War I, the battalion formed part of the 1st Brigade, attached to the 1st Division. It was formed shortly after the war broke out and was among the first Australia... |
6309961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ST%20Kinetics | ST Kinetics | ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd (STELS), formerly known as ST Kinetics, is a strategic business area of ST Engineering and handles land systems and specialty vehicles.
In 2000, ST Engineering acquired the Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) through ST Automotive, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, and the new company... |
6310001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29 | 4th Battalion (Australia) | The 4th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally raised as part of the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, the battalion formed part of the 1st Brigade, attached to the 1st Division. During the war the battalion fought at Gallipoli and in the trenches on the Western... |
6310118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicana/o%20studies | Chicana/o studies | Chicano/a studies, also known as Chican@ studies, originates from the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, and is the study of the Chicana/o and Latina/o experience. Chican@ studies draws upon a variety of fields, including history, sociology, the arts, and Chican@ literature. The area of studies additionally ... |
6310196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%201%20in%20Florida | U.S. Route 1 in Florida | U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) in Florida runs along the state's east coast from Key West to its crossing of the St. Marys River into Georgia north of Boulogne and south of Folkston. US 1 was designated through Florida when the U.S. Numbered Highway System was established in 1926. With the exception of Monroe County, the highw... |
6310342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Schumacher | Steven Schumacher | Steven Thomas Schumacher (born 30 April 1984) is an English football manager and former professional footballer, who is currently the manager of Championship side Plymouth Argyle.
Club career
Everton
Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Schumacher began his career at Everton after starting out in apprenticeship there and w... |
6310847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29 | 7th Battalion (Australia) | The 7th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in 1914 as part of the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, the battalion was completely recruited from the state of Victoria and formed the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. The battalion served during the Gallipoli campaign where it ... |
6311153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29 | 10th Battalion (Australia) | The 10th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served as part of the all-volunteer Australian Imperial Force during World War I. Among the first units raised in Australia during the war, the battalion was recruited from South Australia in August 1914 and formed part of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Div... |
6311163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra%20Marklund | Petra Marklund | Petra Linnea Paula Marklund (; born 12 September 1984), known also by her previous stage name September, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and television presenter. Marklund started recording in professional studios around the age of twelve, and first came to the attention of the music scene with September's debut singl... |
6311352 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Bass | Chuck Bass | Charles Bartholomew Bass is a fictional character in the novel and television series Gossip Girl. In the TV series, he is portrayed by British actor Ed Westwick. Although he is a secondary antagonist in the original book series, the TV series elevates him to an antiheroic main character, and the male lead of the show, ... |
6311844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic%20Vicariate%20of%20Northern%20Germany | Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Germany | The Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Germany (), known for most of its existence as the Vicariate Apostolic of the Northern (or Nordic) Missions (), was a Catholic missionary jurisdiction established on 28 April 1667. It belonged to a vicar apostolic in predominantly Protestant Northern Europe.
On 7 August 1868, the o... |
6312116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.323 | H.323 | H.323 is a recommendation from the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) that defines the protocols to provide audio-visual communication sessions on any packet network. The H.323 standard addresses call signaling and control, multimedia transport and control, and bandwidth control for point-to-point and... |
6312442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Downtown%20Miami | Greater Downtown Miami | Downtown Miami is the urban city center of Miami, Florida, United States. The city's greater downtown region consists of the Central Business District, Brickell, the Historic District, Government Center, the Arts & Entertainment District, and Park West. It is divided by the Miami River and is bordered by Midtown Miami'... |
6312687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Thuban | USS Thuban | USS Thuban (AKA-19/LKA-19) was an in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1967. The ship was scrapped in 1984.
History
The ship was named after Thuban, the primary star in the constellation Draco, which was at one time the pole star and important in ancient Egyptian religion. USS Thuban served as a commis... |
6312950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A2rvu%20Cantacuzino | Pârvu Cantacuzino | Pârvu III Cantacuzino, also known as Pârvul, Părvul, Purvul or Pîrvu Cantacuzino (, Pyrvu Matveyevich Kantakuzino; ? – December 11 or 15, 1769), was a high-ranking Wallachian statesman who served intermittently as Spatharios and Ban of Oltenia, primarily known as the leader of an anti-Ottoman rebellion. Holding sway o... |
6312971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerated%20Bread%20Company | Aerated Bread Company | The Aerated Bread Company Ltd (A.B.C.) was a British company founded and headquartered in London. Although it is often remembered as running a large chain of tea rooms in Britain and other parts of the world, it was originally established in 1862 by John Dauglish as a bakery using a revolutionary new method he had deve... |
6313347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Dakota-class%20battleship%20%281939%29 | South Dakota-class battleship (1939) | The South Dakota class was a group of four fast battleships built by the United States Navy. They were the second class of battleships to be named after the 40th state; the first were designed in the 1920s and canceled under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.
Four ships comprised the class: , , , and . They were... |
6315178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Naresuan%20%28film%29 | King Naresuan (film) | The Legend of King Naresuan (; ) is a Thai biographical historical drama film series about King Naresuan the Great, who ruled Siam from 1590 until his death in 1605.
The films are directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol and are a followup to his 2003 film, The Legend of Suriyothai. The films were released in the U.S. under th... |
6315923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20Township%20High%20School%20%28New%20Jersey%29 | Washington Township High School (New Jersey) | Washington Township High School is a four-year public high school located in Washington Township, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Washington Township Public School District. It is one of the largest pub... |
6316255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus%20metropolitan%20area%2C%20Ohio | Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio | The Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Central Ohio surrounding the state capital of Columbus. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, it includes the counties of Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Perry, Pickaway, and Union. At the 2020 census, the MSA had a populat... |
6316372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin%20of%20the%20Vijayanagara%20Empire | Origin of the Vijayanagara Empire | The origin of the Vijayanagara Empire is a controversial topic in South Indian history, with regard to the linguistic affiliation of the founding dynasty, the Sangama family. The Vijayanagara Empire rose to power in southern India in the 14th century CE. Over the past decades historians have expressed differing opinion... |
6316423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy%20of%20Friedrich%20Nietzsche | Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche | Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) developed his philosophy during the late 19th century. He owed the awakening of his philosophical interest to reading Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (The World as Will and Representation, 1819, revised 1844) and said that Schopenhauer was one of the few thinkers... |
6316662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert%20D%27Oyly%20Carte | Rupert D'Oyly Carte | Rupert D'Oyly Carte (3 November 1876 – 12 September 1948) was an English hotelier, theatre owner and impresario, best known as proprietor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Savoy Hotel from 1913 to 1948.
Son of the impresario and hotelier Richard D'Oyly Carte, Rupert inherited the family businesses from his stepmo... |
6317707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg%20allergy | Egg allergy | Egg allergy is an immune hypersensitivity to proteins found in chicken eggs, and possibly goose, duck, or turkey eggs. Symptoms can be either rapid or gradual in onset. The latter can take hours to days to appear. The former may include anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening condition which requires treatment with... |
6317859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Young | Amanda Young | Amanda Young is a fictional character and an antagonist of the Saw franchise. She first appeared in Saw (2004) as a victim to one of serial killer Jigsaw's traps, in which she was portrayed by Shawnee Smith. The character's role was expanded in the following films, in which she served as an apprentice to Jigsaw, aiming... |
6318542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean%20algebras%20canonically%20defined | Boolean algebras canonically defined | Boolean algebras are models of the equational theory of two values; this definition is equivalent to the lattice and ring definitions.
Boolean algebra is a mathematically rich branch of abstract algebra. Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy defines Boolean algebra as 'the algebra of two-valued logic with only sententi... |
6318787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momente | Momente | Momente (Moments) is a work by the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, written between 1962 and 1969, scored for solo soprano, four mixed choirs, and thirteen instrumentalists (four trumpets, four trombones, three percussionists, and two electric keyboards). A "cantata with radiophonic and theatrical overtones", it ... |
6319065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh%20Neer | Josh Neer | Joshua Martin Neer (born March 24, 1983) is an American bare-knuckle boxer and former mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2003, he has competed for the UFC, Bellator, the Quad Cities Silverbacks of the IFL, and Shark Fights. Neer is the former Shark Fights Interim Welterweight Champion.
Background
Ne... |
6319386 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn%20Chambers%20%28Home%20and%20Away%29 | Marilyn Chambers (Home and Away) | Marilyn Chambers (also Bryant and Fisher) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Emily Symons. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 18 May 1989. When Symons auditioned for the role she created a backstory for the character and dressed in a mini d... |
6319420 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Carroll | O'Carroll | O'Carroll (), also known as simply Carroll, Carrol or Carrell, is a Gaelic Irish clan which is the most prominent sept of the Ciannachta (also known as Clan Cian). Their genealogies claim that they are kindred with the Eóganachta (themselves led by the O'Sullivans and MacCarthys), descended paternally from Ailill Aulom... |
6319906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-alcoholic%20fatty%20liver%20disease | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), in 2023 renamed metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), is excessive fat build-up in the liver without another clear cause such as alcohol use. There are two types; non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), with the la... |
6320361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Garson | Gerald Garson | Gerald Phillip Garson (August 3, 1932 — February 6, 2016) was an American lawyer and New York Supreme Court Justice who heard matrimonial divorce and child custody cases in Brooklyn. He was convicted in 2007 of accepting bribes to manipulate the outcomes of divorce proceedings. Garson was imprisoned from June 2007 unti... |
6320445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabby%20Thomas%20%28Emmerdale%29 | Gabby Thomas (Emmerdale) | Gabby Thomas is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She made her first appearance on 25 December 2001. She was played by Annelise Manojlovic from birth in 2001 until 2015, with the role alternating with Jemma Giles until 2002. The role was recast in 2016 to Rosie Bentham. Bentham took a bre... |
6320523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarati%20people | Gujarati people | The Gujarati people, or Gujaratis, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who reside in or can trace their ancestry or heritage to a region of the Indian subcontinent primarily centered in the present-day western Indian state of Gujarat. They primarily speak Gujarati, an Indo-Aryan language. While Gujaratis mainly inh... |
6320666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Fraser%20Pirie | Alexander Fraser Pirie | Alexander Fraser Pirie (October 1, 1849 – August 15, 1903) was a Canadian journalist and newspaper editor.
Life
Pirie was born in Guelph, Upper Canada, to George Pirie (1799–1870), a native of Aberdeen, Scotland. His mother was Jane Booth (1825–1895), born in Lonmay Aberdeenshire to a family from the Isle of Noss in t... |
6321076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravida%20Nadu | Dravida Nadu | Dravida Nadu was the name of a proposed sovereign state demanded by the Justice Party led by the founder of the self-respect movement, E.V. Ramasamy Periyar, and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led by C. N. Annadurai for the speakers of the Dravidian languages in South India.
Initially, the demand of Dravida Nadu ... |
6321111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubiona | Clubiona | Clubiona is a genus of sac spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.
Species
the genus contains 493 species and seven subspecies. These species and subspecies are found in Oceania, Africa, North America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, South America, Panama, and on Saint Helena:
C. abbajensis ... |
6321466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurs%20internment%20camp | Gurs internment camp | Gurs internment camp (, ) was an internment camp and prisoner of war camp constructed in 1939 in Gurs, a site in southwestern France, not far from Pau. The camp was originally set up by the French government after the fall of Catalonia at the end of the Spanish Civil War to control those who fled Spain out of fear of r... |
6321791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Bengalis | List of Bengalis | This article provides lists of famous and notable Bengali people in the South Asian subcontinent, people with Bengali ancestry, and people who speak Bengali as their primary language.
Monarchs
Pala Dynasty
Chronological order
Chandra Dynasty
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6321810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%20Sooners%20football | Oklahoma Sooners football | The Oklahoma Sooners football team represents the University of Oklahoma (variously "Oklahoma" or "OU") in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level in the Big 12 Conference. The program began in 1895 and is one of the most successful in history, having won 941 games and possessing a .726 ... |
6321824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory%20of%20France | Prehistory of France | Prehistoric France is the period in the human occupation (including early hominins) of the geographical area covered by present-day France which extended through prehistory and ended in the Iron Age with the Roman conquest, when the territory enters the domain of written history.
The Pleistocene is characterized by lo... |
6322029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfinger%20%28film%29 | Goldfinger (film) | Goldfinger is a 1964 spy film and the third instalment in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title characte... |
6322268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Thompson%20%28boxer%29 | Tony Thompson (boxer) | Anthony Tyrone Thompson (born October 18, 1971) is an American former professional boxer. He challenged twice for unified world heavyweight titles, in 2008 and 2012, both times against Wladimir Klitschko. Described by many observers and fighters as "awkward", Thompson was considered the gatekeeper of the heavyweight di... |
6322923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20L%C3%A4nderbahn | Die Länderbahn | Die Länderbahn GmbH (DLB), formerly Vogtlandbahn GmbH, is a German rail transport company based in Viechtach, operating transport services originally only in the Vogtland, but now also on a regional basis. Die Länderbahn (literally "the states railway") is a subsidiary of Regentalbahn AG, which is owned by Ferrovie de... |
6323098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesut%20%C3%96zil | Mesut Özil | Mesut Özil (, ; born 15 October 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known for his technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders and playmakers of his generation. He could also play as a wide midfield... |
6323761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick%20incident | Chappaquiddick incident | The Chappaquiddick incident occurred on the island in Massachusetts of the same name some time around midnight between July 18 and 19, 1969, when United States Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car off a narrow bridge, causing it to overturn in a tidal pond. This resulted in the drowning death of his 28-year-old passenger ... |
6324034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uglies | Uglies | Uglies is a 2005 science fiction novel by Scott Westerfeld. It is set in a future post scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is considered an "ugly," but then turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery when they reach the age of 16. It tells the story of teenager Tally Youngblood who rebels against society's enfo... |
6324050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire%20%28song%29 | Hellfire (song) | "Hellfire" is a song from Disney's 1996 animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The song is sung by the film's main antagonist, Judge Claude Frollo, who is voiced by Tony Jay.
When lustful thoughts regarding the beautiful Romani woman Esmeralda enter Frollo's mind, he "panics and seeks to rid himself of [its] so... |
6324602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Marteau%20sans%20ma%C3%AEtre | Le Marteau sans maître | Le Marteau sans maître (; The Hammer without a Master) is a chamber cantata by French composer Pierre Boulez. The work, which received its premiere in 1955, sets surrealist poetry by René Char for contralto and six instrumentalists. It is among his most acclaimed compositions.
History
Before Le Marteau, Boulez had e... |
6325129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Child%20of%20Our%20Time | A Child of Our Time | A Child of Our Time is a secular oratorio by the British composer Michael Tippett (1905–1998), who also wrote the libretto. Composed between 1939 and 1941, it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on 19 March 1944. The work was inspired by events that affected Tippett profoundly: the assassination in 1938... |
6325194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion%20%28music%29 | Distortion (music) | Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone. Distortion is most commonly used with the electric guitar, but may also be used with other electric instru... |
6325645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonts%20on%20Macintosh | Fonts on Macintosh | Apple's Macintosh computer supports a wide variety of fonts. This support was one of the features that initially distinguished it from other systems.
Fonts
System fonts
The primary system font in OS X El Capitan and above is San Francisco. OS X Yosemite used Helvetica Neue, and preceding versions largely employed Lu... |
6325873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Moore | Roy Moore | Roy Stewart Moore (born February 11, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer, and jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2013 to 2017, each time being removed from office for judicial misconduct by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary. He was the Republican Par... |
6326152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankur%20%28film%29 | Ankur (film) | Ankur (English: The Seedling) is an Indian colour film of 1974. It was the first feature film directed by Shyam Benegal and the debut of Indian actors Anant Nag and Shabana Azmi. Anant Nag was introduced in Ankur by Shyam Benegal in Hindi film after his higher education in Mumbai. The film was shot in Hyderabad. Though... |
6327601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Kazim%20Khurasani | Muhammad Kazim Khurasani | Ayatullah Sheikh Muhammad Kazim Khurasani (; 1839 – 12 December 1911), commonly known as Akhund Khurasani () was a Shia jurist and political activist.
He is known for using his position as a Marja as legitimizing force behind the first democratic revolution of Asia that happened in Iran (1905–1911), where he was the ... |
6328047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20power%20by%20country | Solar power by country | Many countries and territories have installed significant solar power capacity into their electrical grids to supplement or provide an alternative to conventional energy sources.
Solar power plants use one of two technologies:
Photovoltaic (PV) systems use solar panels, either on rooftops or in ground-mounted solar ... |
6328050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Peloponnesian%20War | First Peloponnesian War | The First Peloponnesian War (460–445 BC) was fought between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies, most notably Thebes, and the Delian League led by Athens with support from Argos. This war consisted of a series of conflicts and minor wars, such as the Second Sacred War. There were... |
6328274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste%20picker | Waste picker | A waste picker is a person who salvages reusable or recyclable materials thrown away by others to sell or for personal consumption. There are millions of waste pickers worldwide, predominantly in developing countries, but increasingly in post-industrial countries as well.
Various forms of waste picking have been pract... |
6330148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Alshain | USS Alshain | USS Alshain (AKA-55) (nicknamed "Johnny") was an in the service of the United States Navy. She was named after the star Alshain in the constellation Aquila, and served as a commissioned ship for 11 years and 9 months.
Alshain (AKA-55) was laid down on 29 October 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 209... |
6330819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Gendarmerie | National Gendarmerie | The National Gendarmerie (, ) is one of two national law enforcement forces of France, along with the National Police. The Gendarmerie is a branch of the French Armed Forces placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior, with additional duties from the Ministry of Armed Forces. Its responsibilities incl... |
6330972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic%20gene%20modulation | Therapeutic gene modulation | Therapeutic gene modulation refers to the practice of altering the expression of a gene at one of various stages, with a view to alleviate some form of ailment. It differs from gene therapy in that gene modulation seeks to alter the expression of an endogenous gene (perhaps through the introduction of a gene encoding a... |
6331094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20World | Atlantic World | The Atlantic World comprises the interactions among the peoples and empires bordering the Atlantic Ocean rim from the beginning of the Age of Discovery to the early 19th century. Atlantic history is split between three different contexts: trans-Atlantic history, meaning the international history of the Atlantic World; ... |
6331291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formiga%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201978%29 | Formiga (footballer, born 1978) | Miraildes Maciel Mota (born 3 March 1978), commonly known as Formiga (), is a Brazilian footballer who last played as a midfielder for São Paulo FC. She previously played for professional clubs in Sweden, the United States and France. Formiga holds many international records as a member of the Brazil national team, bei... |
6331533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling%20Smith%20Art%20Gallery%20and%20Museum | Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum | Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, formerly The Smith Institute, is an art and local history museum in Stirling, Scotland. The museum was founded in 1874 at the bequest of artist Thomas Stuart Smith.
History
Founding
Thomas Stuart Smith's uncle, Alexander Smith, supplied funding so that Smith could travel and pa... |
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