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6331719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind-wandering | Mind-wandering | Mind-wandering is loosely defined as thoughts that are not produced from the current task. Mind-wandering consists of thoughts that are task-unrelated and stimulus-independent. This can be in the form of three different subtypes: positive constructive daydreaming, guilty fear of failure, and poor attentional control.
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6331800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NC%20State%20Wolfpack | NC State Wolfpack | The NC State Wolfpack is the nickname of the athletic teams representing North Carolina State University. The Wolfpack competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for college football) as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for all sports since... |
6332272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIAS | HIAS | HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) is a Jewish American nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees. It was established on November 27, 1881, originally to help the large number of Russian Jewish immigrants to the United States who had left Europe to escape antisemit... |
6332495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Z%C3%BCrich | Trams in Zürich | Trams make an important contribution to public transport in the city of Zürich in Switzerland. The tram network serves most city neighbourhoods, and is the backbone of public transport within the city, albeit supplemented by the inner sections of the Zürich S-Bahn, along with urban trolleybus and bus routes, as well as... |
6332534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Ohio%20State%20Buckeyes%20football%20team | 2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team | The 2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes played their home games in Ohio Stadium. The team finished the season with a win–loss record of 12–1, having been defeated by Florida in it... |
6332750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse%20Isle | Grosse Isle | Grosse Isle (, "big island") is an island located in the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It is one of the islands of the 21-island Isle-aux-Grues archipelago. It is part of the municipality of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of the province.
Also known as Grosse Isle... |
6332953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Bullock%20Clark | John Bullock Clark | John Bullock Clark Sr. (April 17, 1802 – October 29, 1885) was a politician who served as a member of the United States Congress and Confederate Congress. Born in Kentucky, Clark moved with his family to Missouri in 1818 and began studying law. He opened a legal practice in Fayette, Missouri, in 1824. He held several... |
6333136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamoroll | Cinnamoroll | is a character series created by Sanrio in 2001, with character designs from Miyuki Okumura. The main character, Cinnamoroll, is a white puppy with chubby cheeks and long ears, blue eyes, pink cheeks, and a tail that resembles a cinnamon roll. He starred in his own manga series, an anime movie, and various animation sh... |
6333212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African%20independence%20movements | African independence movements | The African independence movements took place in the 20th century, when a wave of struggles for independence in European-ruled African territories were witnessed.
Notable independence movements took place:
Algeria (former French Algeria), see Algerian War
Angola (former Portuguese Angola), see Portuguese Colonial War... |
6333302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade%20of%20the%20Phantom%20Master | Blade of the Phantom Master | /() is a South Korean-Japanese manga series created by Youn In-wan and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il. The story takes place in a world reminiscent of ancient Korea, and follows the Korean-folktale-inspired adventures of Munsu, one of the few remaining guardians against corruption and tyranny, as he seeks to find those r... |
6333492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexmark%20International%2C%20Inc.%20v.%20Static%20Control%20Components%2C%20Inc. | Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc. | Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc., is an American legal case involving the computer printer company Lexmark, which had designed an authentication system using a microcontroller so that only authorized toner cartridges could be used. The resulting litigation (described by Justice Scalia in 2... |
6334108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BW%20Group | BW Group | BW Group is a maritime company involved in shipping, floating gas infrastructure and deep-water oil & gas production. The company has over 490 vessels managed by an international team of over 12,000 staff worldwide. The group was founded by Sir Yue-Kong Pao in Hong Kong in 1955 as World-Wide Shipping. In 2003, the comp... |
6334222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain%20Scarlet%20%28character%29 | Captain Scarlet (character) | Captain Scarlet is the fictional main character in Gerry Anderson's British Supermarionation science-fiction television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and its computer-animated remake, New Captain Scarlet.
Depiction in Captain Scarlet
Well-trusted by the commander-in-chief of Spectrum, Colonel White, Captain... |
6334242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Rutherford | Greg Rutherford | Gregory James Rutherford MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World and European Championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. In September 2021 Rutherford was selected as part of the British bobs... |
6334395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Arras%20%281914%29 | Battle of Arras (1914) | The Battle of Arras (also known as the First Battle of Arras, was an attempt by the French Army to outflank the German Army, which was attempting to do the same thing during the "Race to the Sea", the reciprocal attempts by both sides, to exploit conditions created during the First Battle of the Aisne. At the First Ba... |
6334832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Hey%20Arnold%21%20characters | List of Hey Arnold! characters | This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon animated TV series Hey Arnold!, where most residents live in the fictional coastal city of Hillwood, in the state of Washington.
Main characters
Arnold Shortman
Arnold Phillip Shortman (voiced by J.D. Daniels in the pilot, Lane Toran in season 1, Phillip Van Dyke in... |
6334886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Massad | Joseph Massad | Joseph Andoni Massad (; born 1963) is a Jordanian academic specializing in Middle Eastern studies, who serves as Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. His academic work has focused on Palestinian, Jordania... |
6335165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Maynard%20%28boxer%29 | Andrew Maynard (boxer) | Andrew Maynard (born April 8, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2000. As an amateur boxer, he won the gold medal in the Light Heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Military service
Andrew Maynard, a 1982 graduate of Suitland High School in Prince... |
6335706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20Philadelphia | Culture of Philadelphia | The culture of Philadelphia goes back to 1682 when Philadelphia was founded by William Penn. Originally inhabited by the Lenape, Philadelphia was envisioned as a place where people could live without fear of persecution because of their religion. As a result, many Quakers, Mennonites, and others came to find refuge wit... |
6336105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle%20of%20Man%20TT%20Mountain%20Course | Isle of Man TT Mountain Course | The Isle of Man TT Mountain Course or TT Course is a street and public rural road circuit located in the Isle of Man, used for motorcycle racing. The motorcycle TT Course is used principally for the Isle of Man TT Races and also the separate event of the Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling for the Manx Grand Prix and ... |
6336214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Malden | Fort Malden | Fort Malden, formally known as Fort Amherstburg, is a defence fortification located in Amherstburg, Ontario. It was built in 1795 by Great Britain in order to ensure the security of British North America against any potential threat of American invasion. Throughout its history, it is most known for its military applica... |
6336280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS%20in%20South%20Africa | HIV/AIDS in South Africa | HIV/AIDS is one of the most serious health concerns in South Africa. The country has the highest number of people afflicted with HIV of any country, and the fourth-highest adult HIV prevalence rate, according to the 2019 United Nations statistics.
According to a UNAIDS dataset sourced from the World Bank, in 2019 the ... |
6336449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Kuwait | Human rights in Kuwait | Human rights in Kuwait are a topic of significant concern. Most notably, Kuwait's handling of the stateless Bedoon crisis has come under substantial criticism from international human rights organisations and the United Nations. Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region. Kuwait also faces s... |
6336726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory%20Flexibility%20Act | Regulatory Flexibility Act | The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) is perhaps the most comprehensive effort by the U.S. federal government to balance the social goals of federal regulations with the needs and capabilities of small businesses and other small entities in American society.
In practice, the RFA has been an interesting and much-imitate... |
6337393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aus%20den%20sieben%20Tagen | Aus den sieben Tagen | Aus den sieben Tagen (From the Seven Days) is a collection of 15 text compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen, composed in May 1968, in reaction to a personal crisis, and characterized as "Intuitive music"—music produced primarily from the intuition rather than the intellect of the performer(s). It is Work Number 26 in t... |
6338383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon%20State%20Hospital | Oregon State Hospital | Oregon State Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the state's capital city of Salem with a smaller satellite campus in Junction City opened in 2014. Founded in 1862 and constructed in the Kirkbride Plan design in 1883, it is the oldest operating psychiatric hospital in the s... |
6338699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied%20cognitive%20science | Embodied cognitive science | Embodied cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of research, the aim of which is to explain the mechanisms underlying intelligent behavior. It comprises three main methodologies: the modeling of psychological and biological systems in a holistic manner that considers the mind and body as a single entity; the f... |
6339494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar%20al-Awlaki | Anwar al-Awlaki | Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki (; 21 or 22 April 197130 September 2011) was an American Islamic scholar and lecturer who was killed in 2011 in Yemen by a U.S. government drone strike ordered by President Barack Obama. Al-Awlaki became the first U.S. citizen to be targeted and killed by a drone strike from the U.S. gove... |
6339515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Lubchenco | Jane Lubchenco | Jane Lubchenco (born December 4, 1947) is an American environmental scientist and marine ecologist who teaches and conducts research at Oregon State University. Her research interests include interactions between the environment and human well-being, biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable use of oceans and the p... |
6339567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back%20in%20the%20High%20Life | Back in the High Life | Back in the High Life is the fourth solo album by English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood, released on 30 June 1986. The album proved to be Winwood's biggest success to that date, certified Gold in the UK and 3× Platinum in the US, and it reached the top twenty in most Western countries. It ... |
6339593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Magician%27s%20Horse | The Magician's Horse | The Prince Who Worked as Satan's Servant and Saved the King from Hell (Lithuanian: Apė karaliūnaitį, kur pas šėtoną slūžyjo ir karalių išgelbėjo iš peklos; German: Von dem Prinzen der bei dem Satan in Diensten stand und den König aus der Hölle befreite) is a Lithuanian fairy tale collected by German linguists August Le... |
6340945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Temple%20University%20people | List of Temple University people | This is a list of notable faculty and alumni of Temple University, a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Faculty
Russell Conwell – founder and first president of the university, author of Acres of Diamonds
Charles Ezra Beury – second president of the university
Robert Livingst... |
6340948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakashi%20Hatake | Kakashi Hatake | is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. In the story, Kakashi is the teacher of Team 7, consisting of the series' primary characters, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno. Kakashi's past has been extensively explored in th... |
6341184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudoun%20County%20in%20the%20American%20Civil%20War | Loudoun County in the American Civil War | Loudoun County, Virginia, was destined to be an area of significant military activity during the American Civil War. Located on Virginia's northern frontier, the Potomac River, Loudoun County became a borderland after Virginia's secession from the Union in early 1861. Loudoun County's numerous Potomac bridges, ferries... |
6341283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20University%20of%20California%2C%20Riverside | History of the University of California, Riverside | The history of the University of California, Riverside, or UCR, started in 1907 when UCR was the University's Citrus Experiment Station. By the 1950s, the University had established a teaching-focused liberal arts curriculum at the site, in the spirit of a small liberal arts college, but California's rapidly growing po... |
6341469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia | Pedophilia | Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Although girls typically begin the process of puberty at age 10 or 11, and boys at age 11 or 12, psychiatric diagnostic criteria f... |
6341515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iya%20Valley | Iya Valley | The Iya Valley (祖谷 Iya) region in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan is a scenic area known for its dramatic mountain valleys, thatched roof farmhouses and historic Vine Bridges. Although access has improved in recent years, the Iya Valley and the inner parts of Shikoku have historically been remote and difficult to enter, ma... |
6341538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran%2095%20language%20features | Fortran 95 language features | This is an overview of Fortran 95 language features. Included are the additional features of TR-15581:Enhanced Data Type Facilities, which have been universally implemented. Old features that have been superseded by new ones are not described few of those historic features are used in modern programs although most have... |
6341901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Erie%20%28PG-50%29 | USS Erie (PG-50) | USS Erie (PG-50) was the lead ship of the s of the United States Navy. Erie was the second US Navy ship to bear the name. The first, , was named after Lake Erie, while this Erie followed the US Navy naming practices of gunboats, like cruisers, being named after US cities.
Erie protected US interests during the Spanish... |
6342012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20University%20of%20Florida%20alumni | List of University of Florida alumni | This list of University of Florida alumni includes current students, former students, and graduates of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree recipients can be found on the List of University of Florida honorary degree recipients, and notable administration, faculty, and staff are found on t... |
6342312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin%20Guillard | Melvin Guillard | Melvin Paul Guillard, Jr. (born March 30, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. Guillard most notably competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator MMA and World Series of Fighting. He debuted in the company on The Ultimate Figh... |
6342517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe%20Asachi | Gheorghe Asachi | Gheorghe Asachi (, surname also spelled Asaki; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Moldavian, later Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer, border maker, and translator. An Enlightenment-educated polymath and polyglot, he was one of the most influential people of his generation. Asachi ... |
6342585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashat%20Akram | Nashat Akram | Nashat Akram Abid Ali Al-Eissa (; born 12 September 1984) is an Iraqi former professional footballer. Popularly dubbed "The Maestro", he usually played as a playmaker or as an attacking midfielder and was known for his exceptional vision and excellent passing ability, as well as his ability to score goals from long ran... |
6342737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81guas%20de%20S%C3%A3o%20Pedro | Águas de São Pedro | Águas de São Pedro () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo located from the state capital. At only , it is the second-smallest Brazilian municipality in terms of area, and had an estimated population of 3,521 . Águas de São Pedro means "Waters of Saint Peter". Its name is derived from the mineral spri... |
6342854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical%3A%20The%20Prince%20of%20Tennis%20discography | Musical: The Prince of Tennis discography | Musical: The Prince of Tennis is a series of stage musicals based on the manga series The Prince of Tennis by Takeshi Konomi. Throughout the plays' run, several soundtrack albums have been released, as well as character albums released by the actors.
Release information
Each soundtrack that has been released for each ... |
6343784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%20Knight%203%3A%20Blood%20of%20the%20Sacred%2C%20Blood%20of%20the%20Damned | Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned | Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is a point-and-click adventure game, developed and published by Sierra Studios for Microsoft Windows, and released in 1999. The sequel to 1995's The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery and the third title in the Gabriel Knight series, the game's story focuse... |
6343922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut%20Central%20District | Beirut Central District | The Beirut Central District (BCD) or Centre Ville is the historical and geographical core of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Also called downtown Beirut, it has been described the “vibrant financial, commercial, and administrative hub of the country.” It is thousands of years old, traditionally a focus of business, fin... |
6343949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies%20of%20the%202006%20Mexican%20general%20election | Controversies of the 2006 Mexican general election | The Mexican general election of July 2, 2006, was the most hotly contested election in Mexican history and as such, the results were controversial. According to the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), the initial "Quick Count" determined the race was too close to call, and when the "Official Count" was complete, Felipe ... |
6344063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927%20FA%20Cup%20final | 1927 FA Cup final | The 1927 FA Cup final was an association football match between Cardiff City and Arsenal on 23 April 1927 at the Empire Stadium (the original Wembley Stadium). The final was the showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), organised by the Football Asso... |
6344101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Ayta%20ash-Shab | Battle of Ayta ash-Shab | The Battle of Ayta ash-Sha'b took place during the 2006 Lebanon War, when the Israel Defense Forces and the Islamic Resistance, the armed wing of Hezbollah, fought a 33 days battle for the town of Ayta ash-Sha'b and the neighboring villages of Ramiya, al-Qawzah and Dibil in southern Lebanon. The initial phase of the ba... |
6344166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African%20Romance | African Romance | African Romance or African Latin is an extinct Romance language that was spoken in the various provinces of Roman Africa by the African Romans under the later Roman Empire and its various post-Roman successor states in the region, including the Vandal Kingdom, the Byzantine-administered Exarchate of Africa and the Berb... |
6344477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen%20patti | Teen patti | Teen patti (, meaning 'three cards' in English) is a gambling card game. Teen Patti originated in India and is popular throughout South Asia. It originated in the English game of three-card brag, with influences from poker. It is also called flush or flash in some areas.
The game has its advantages and a culturally de... |
6344828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltasar%20Brum | Baltasar Brum | Baltasar Brum Rodríguez, GCTE (18 June 1883 – 31 March 1933) was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of Uruguay from 1919 to 1923.
Background
Brum was born in the Department of Artigas near the city of Salto, where he began his education. For his higher studies he passed on to the University of Montevideo ... |
6344892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers%27%20suicides%20in%20India | Farmers' suicides in India | Farmer suicides in India refers to the national catastrophe of farmers dying by suicide since the 1970s, due to their inability to repay loans mostly taken from private landlords and banks.
NCRB data shows that the incidence of farmer suicides has remained high in the 6 years between 2014 and 2020. 5,600 farmers died b... |
6345173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway%20electrification%20in%20Great%20Britain | Railway electrification in Great Britain | Railway electrification in Great Britain began in the late 19th century. A range of voltages has been used, employing both overhead lines and conductor rails. The two most common systems are using overhead lines, and the third rail system used in Southeast England and on Merseyrail. As of March 2020, (38%) of the Br... |
6346579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal%2C%20unreported%20and%20unregulated%20fishing | Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing | Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) is an issue around the world. Fishing industry observers believe IUU occurs in most fisheries, and accounts for up to 30% of total catches in some important fisheries.
Illegal fishing takes place when vessels or harvesters operate in violation of the laws of a fishery.... |
6346723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Viz%20comic%20strips | List of Viz comic strips | The following is a list of recurring or notable one-off strips from the British adult spoof comic magazine Viz. This list is by no means complete as with each issue new characters/strips/stories are introduced.
A–E
Abel Unstable – A man convinced he will suddenly catch fire at any moment, but never does. The strip o... |
6347537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Armenian%20sentiment | Anti-Armenian sentiment | Anti-Armenian sentiment, also known as anti-Armenianism and Armenophobia, is a diverse spectrum of negative feelings, dislikes, fears, aversion, racism, derision and/or prejudice towards Armenians, Armenia, and Armenian culture.
Historically, anti-Armenianism has manifested itself in several ways, ranging from express... |
6347633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakwood%20mutiny | Oakwood mutiny | On July 23, 2003, a failed coup d'etat, now known as the Oakwood mutiny, was staged by a group of about 300 armed defectors from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) led by Army Capt. Gerardo Gambala and Navy Lt. Senior Grade Antonio Trillanes IV against the Arroyo administ... |
6349042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive%20charging | Inductive charging | Inductive charging (also known as wireless charging or cordless charging) is a type of wireless power transfer. It uses electromagnetic induction to provide electricity to portable devices. Inductive charging is also used in vehicles, power tools, electric toothbrushes, and medical devices. The portable equipment can b... |
6349294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20passport | Indian passport | {{Infobox Identity document
|document_name = Indian Passport
|image = Indian Passport.svg
|image_caption = The front cover of a Indian passport (2021).
| date_first_issued = 1920 (first version) 2021 (latest version Biometric Machine Readable Passport)
|image 2 = File:Indian Passport information page blank new.jpg
2... |
6349588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallington%20Reservoirs | Hallington Reservoirs | Hallington Reservoirs are located near the small village of Colwell, Northumberland, England on the B6342 road off the A68 road, and north of Corbridge. Hallington is actually two small reservoirs: Hallington Reservoir West and Hallington Reservoir East, which are separated by a dam.
Water was first collected from th... |
6349630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20assassinations%20in%20fiction | List of assassinations in fiction | Assassinations have formed a major plot element in various works of fiction. This article provides a list of fictional stories in which assassination features as an important plot element. Passing mentions are omitted.
Assassination can be regarded as the murder of a prominent person for a motive which is broadly pu... |
6349814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20beauty%20pageants | List of beauty pageants | A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include other criteria, such as personality, intelligence, talent, character, causes, and charitable involvement, through closed-door interviews ... |
6351105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20Mail | Night Mail | Night Mail is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) from London to Scotland and the staff who operate ... |
6352219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th%20Horse%20%28Hodson%27s%20Horse%29 | 4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) | 4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) is a part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army, which had its beginnings as an irregular cavalry regiment during the time of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Formation
The regiment was raised during the turbulent times of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. During the siege of Delhi, on 19 May 18... |
6352447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial%20grammar%20learning | Artificial grammar learning | Artificial grammar learning (AGL) is a paradigm of study within cognitive psychology and linguistics. Its goal is to investigate the processes that underlie human language learning by testing subjects' ability to learn a made-up grammar in a laboratory setting. It was developed to evaluate the processes of human langua... |
6352583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1966 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1966 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Prime Minister – Harold Wilson (Labour)
Parliament
43rd (until 10 March)
44th (starting 18 April)
Events
January–March
3 January
British Rail begins full electric passenger train services over the West Coast Main Line from Eusto... |
6353143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary%20Society%20of%20St.%20Columban | Missionary Society of St. Columban | The Missionary Society of St. Columban () (abbreviated as S.S.C.M.E. or SSC), commonly known as the Columbans, is a missionary Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right founded in Ireland in 1917 and approved by the Vatican in 1918. Initially it was known as the Maynooth Mission to China. Members may be pr... |
6353243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camran%20Nezhat | Camran Nezhat | Camran Nezhat, FACOG, FACS is an American laparoscopic surgeon, reproductive endocrinology and infertility sub-specialist who has been teaching and practicing medicine and surgery as an adjunct clinical professor of surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California si... |
6353257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Comyn%2C%20Earl%20of%20Buchan | John Comyn, Earl of Buchan | John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan (circa 1260 – 1308) was a chief opponent of Robert the Bruce in the civil war that paralleled the War of Scottish Independence. He should not be confused with the better known John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, who was his cousin, and who was killed by Bruce in Dumfries in March 1306. Conf... |
6353598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy%20Tail | Fairy Tail | Fairy Tail is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 tankōbon volumes. The story follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel, a member of the popular ... |
6353850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maging%20Sino%20Ka%20Man%20%282006%20TV%20series%29 | Maging Sino Ka Man (2006 TV series) | Maging Sino Ka Man (International title: More Than Love / ) is a 2006 Philippine melodrama romantic television series directed by FM Reyes Romilla Balmaceda and Mae Czarina Cruz-Alviar. The series stars John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Anne Curtis, and Sam Milby, with an ensemble cast consisting of Christopher de Leon, Chi... |
6354686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickalene%20Thomas | Mickalene Thomas | Mickalene Thomas (born January 28, 1971) is a contemporary African-American visual artist best known as a painter of complex works using rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel. Thomas's collage work is inspired from popular art histories and movements, including Impressionism, Cubism, Dada, the Harlem Renaissance, and select... |
6355023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Trek%20uniforms | Star Trek uniforms | Star Trek uniforms are costumes worn by actors portraying personnel of a fictitious Starfleet in various television series and films in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. During the various series, the costume design has often changed to represent different time periods and for reasons of appearance and comfort. ... |
6355202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleuterio%20Qui%C3%B1ones | Eleuterio Quiñones | (Don) Eleuterio Quiñones, voiced by Sunshine Logroño, is a recurring fictional character in Puerto Rican radio and television. It is supposed to depict a die-hard supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico, whose passion for the subject and support of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico verges on the absurd. The chara... |
6355655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast%20Tsimshian%20dialect | Coast Tsimshian dialect | Tsimshian, known by its speakers as Sm'álgyax, is a dialect of the Tsimshian language spoken in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. Sm'algyax means literally "real or true language."
The linguist Tonya Stebbins estimated the number of speakers of Tsimshian in 2001 as around 400 and in 2003 as 200 o... |
6355878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20during%20the%20Cold%20War | Culture during the Cold War | The Cold War was reflected in culture through music, movies, books, television, and other media, as well as sports, social beliefs, and behavior. Major elements of the Cold War included the threat of communist expansion, a nuclear war, and – connected to both – espionage. Many works use the Cold War as a backdrop or di... |
6356686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Gujarat%20riots | 2002 Gujarat riots | The 2002 Gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 Gujarat violence, was a three-day period of inter-communal violence in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The burning of a train in Godhra on 27 February 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 Hindu pilgrims and karsevaks returning from Ayodhya, is cited as having instigate... |
6356926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20with%20surname%20Evans | List of people with surname Evans | A number of notable people have the surname Evans:
A list of fictional characters bearing the surname Evans is at the bottom of the page.
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Aaron Evans (born 1993), Australian footballer (soccer)
Abel Evans (1679–1737), English clergyman, academic and poet
Adam Evans (born 1994), Irish footballer
Adriana Evans (born ... |
6357472 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese%20Restoration%20War | Portuguese Restoration War | The Portuguese Restoration War () was the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, bringing a formal end to the Iberian Union. The period from 1640 to 1668 was marked by periodic skirmishes between Portugal and Spain, as well as short ... |
6357724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%20%28surname%29 | Campbell (surname) | Campbell is a Scottish surname —derived from the Gaelic roots cam ("crooked") and beul ("mouth")—that had originated as a nickname meaning "crooked mouth" or "wry mouthed." Clan Campbell, historically one of the largest and most powerful of the Highland clans, traces its origins to the ancient Britons of Strathclyde. B... |
6357903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter%20%28name%29 | Carter (name) | Carter is a family name, and also may be a given name. Carter is of Irish, Scottish and English origin and is an occupational name given to one who transports goods by cart or wagon ultimately of Celtic derivation. It may also appear as an English reduced form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic derived McCarter or the Sc... |
6357962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican%20literature | Mesoamerican literature | The traditions of indigenous Mesoamerican literature extend back to the oldest-attested forms of early writing in the Mesoamerican region, which date from around the mid-1st millennium BCE. Many of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica are known to have been literate societies, who produced a number of Mesoamerican... |
6358751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20House%20of%20Lords%20cases | List of House of Lords cases | This article lists by year the cases heard before the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords until it was replaced by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in October 2009. The House of Lords was the only body capable of hearing appeals from some courts of the United Kingdom; for instance, in England and Wales, it ... |
6358838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get%20Me%20Bodied | Get Me Bodied | "Get Me Bodied" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her second solo studio album B'Day (2006). It was written by Beyoncé, Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean, Sean Garrett, Makeba Riddick, Angela Beyincé, and Solange Knowles, while the production was handled by Dean, Beyoncé and Garrett. Beyoncé was inspired by he... |
6358896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20aircraft | Electric aircraft | An electric aircraft is an aircraft powered by electricity.
Electric aircraft are seen as a way to reduce the environmental effects of aviation, providing zero emissions and quieter flights.
Electricity may be supplied by a variety of methods, the most common being batteries.
Most have electric motors driving propel... |
6360426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfyn | Pfyn | Pfyn is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Pfyn gives its name to the ancient Pfyn culture, one of several Neolithic cultures in Switzerland which centered on intensive pig farming and trading, dating from c. 3900 BC to c. 3500 BC.
Pfyn was also the site of a Roman era fron... |
6361135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Collis%20Meredith | William Collis Meredith | Sir William Collis Meredith, (23 May 1812 – 26 February 1894) was Chief Justice of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec from 1866 to 1884. In 1844, he was offered but refused the positions of Solicitor General of Canada and then Attorney-General for Canada East - the latter position he turned down again in 18... |
6361448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruyi%20%28scepter%29 | Ruyi (scepter) | A ruyi () is a Chinese curved decorative object that serves as either a ceremonial scepter in Chinese Buddhism or a talisman symbolizing power and good fortune in Chinese folklore. The "ruyi" image frequently appears as a motif in Asian art.
A traditional ruyi has a long S-shaped handle and a head fashioned like a fis... |
6362034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic%20grading | Holistic grading | Holistic grading or holistic scoring, in standards-based education, is an approach to scoring essays using a simple grading structure that bases a grade on a paper's overall quality. This type of grading, which is also described as nonreductionist grading, contrasts with analytic grading, which takes more factors into ... |
6363231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek%20%28franchise%29 | Shrek (franchise) | Shrek is an American media franchise made by DreamWorks Animation, loosely based on William Steig's 1990 picture book Shrek!. The series primarily focuses on Shrek, a bad-tempered but good-hearted ogre, who begrudgingly accepts a quest to rescue a princess, resulting in him finding friends and going on many subsequent ... |
6363465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburban%20Mobility%20Authority%20for%20Regional%20Transportation | Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation | The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) is the public transit operator serving the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Beginning operations in 1967 as the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA), the agency was reorganized and renamed SMART in 1989. SMART operates 44 ... |
6363553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery%20in%20the%20Indian%20subcontinent | Pottery in the Indian subcontinent | Pottery in the Indian subcontinent has an ancient history and is one of the most tangible and iconic elements of Indian art. Evidence of pottery has been found in the early settlements of Lahuradewa and later the Indus Valley Civilisation. Today, it is a cultural art that is still practiced extensively in Indian subcon... |
6363560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Leo%20Haydock | George Leo Haydock | George Leo Haydock (1774–1849) was a priest, pastor and Bible scholar from an ancient English Catholic Recusant family. His edition of the Douay Bible with extended commentary, originally published in 1811, became the most popular English Catholic Bible of the 19th century on both sides of the Atlantic. It remains in p... |
6363631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9e%20Ruellan | Andrée Ruellan | Andrée Ruellan (April 6, 1905 – July 15, 2006) was an American artist whose realist work has modernist overtones and commonly depicts everyday scenes in American South and New York City. Born in Manhattan of French descent, she spent her youth there and in Paris and eventually made her home near the artist colony in Wo... |
6364043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind%20at%20My%20Back | Wind at My Back | Wind at My Back is a television series which aired in Canada on CBC Television between 1996 and 2001. It was created and produced by Kevin Sullivan, best known for his adaptation of Anne of Green Gables and Road to Avonlea. The series had five seasons, each with 13 episodes, and a Christmas-themed movie produced to wr... |
6364074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20%28The%20Phantom%20of%20the%20Opera%29 | Erik (The Phantom of the Opera) | Erik (also known as the Phantom of the Opera, commonly referred to as the Phantom) is the title character from Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, best known to English speakers as The Phantom of the Opera. The character has been adapted to alternative media several times, including in the 1925 film adapt... |
6364714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20P%C3%A9rez%20Jr. | Miguel Pérez Jr. | Miguel Pérez Jr. (born April 22, 1966) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. The son of fellow professional wrestler Miguel Pérez, he began his career in Puerto Rico's World Wrestling Council, winning several championships including the Puerto Rico and Caribbean Heavyweight championships.
In addition to his appeara... |
6364947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes%20of%202005 | Tornadoes of 2005 | This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2005. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Bangladesh, Argentina, Brazil and Eastern India, but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canad... |
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