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377735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian%20Air%20Force | Syrian Air Force | The Syrian Air Force (SyAF or SAF), officially the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF or SAAF; ), is the air force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces. It was established in 1948. Land-based air defense systems are grouped under the Syrian Arab Air Defense Force, which split from both the Air Force and the Army.
History
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377738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle%20plume | Mantle plume | A mantle plume is a proposed mechanism of convection within the Earth's mantle, hypothesized to explain anomalous volcanism. Because the plume head partially melts on reaching shallow depths, a plume is often invoked as the cause of volcanic hotspots, such as Hawaii or Iceland, and large igneous provinces such as the D... |
377767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%2C%20No%2C%20Nanette | No, No, Nanette | No, No, Nanette is a musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, based on Mandel's 1919 Broadway play My Lady Friends. The farcical story involves three couples who find themselves together at a cottage in Atlantic City, New Jersey... |
377825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Boccanegra | Simon Boccanegra | Simon Boccanegra () is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play El trovador had been the basis for Verdi's 1853 opera, Il trovatore.
Simon Boccanegra was first performed at... |
377853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louth%2C%20Lincolnshire | Louth, Lincolnshire | Louth () is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Louth serves as an important town for a large rural area of eastern Lincolnshire. Visitor attractions include St James' Church, Hubbard's Hills, the market, many independent retailers and Lincolnshire's last remaining catt... |
377857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Country%20Squire | Ford Country Squire | The Ford Country Squire is a series of full-size station wagons that were assembled by American automaker Ford. Positioned as the top-level station wagon of the Ford division, the Country Squire was distinguished by woodgrain bodyside trim. From 1950 through the 1991 model years, eight generations of the Country Squire... |
377865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Baddiel | David Baddiel | David Lionel Baddiel FRSL (; born 28 May 1964) is an English comedian, presenter, screenwriter, and author. He is known for his work alongside Rob Newman in The Mary Whitehouse Experience and his comedy partnership with Frank Skinner. He has also written the children's books The Parent Agency, The Person Controller, An... |
377885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tales%20of%20Hoffmann | The Tales of Hoffmann | The Tales of Hoffmann (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died in October 1880, four months before the premiere.
Composition history and source... |
377886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandi%20Toksvig | Sandi Toksvig | Sandra Birgitte Toksvig (; ; born 3 May 1958) is a Danish-British writer, comedian and broadcaster on British radio, stage and television. She is also a political activist, having co-founded the Women's Equality Party in 2015. She has written plays, novels and books for children. In 1994, she came out as a lesbian.
T... |
377890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20Huguenots | Les Huguenots | () is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, it premiered in Paris on 29 February 1836.
Composition history
Les Huguenots was some five years in creation. Meyerbeer prepared carefully for t... |
377892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekphrasis | Ekphrasis | The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the Greek for the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical or literary exercise, often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic. It is a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined. Thus, "an ekphrastic poem i... |
377927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danite | Danite | The Danites were a fraternal organization founded by Latter Day Saint members in June 1838, in the town of Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. During their period of organization in Missouri, the Danites operated as a vigilante group and took a central role in the events of the 1838 Mormon War. They remained an import... |
377944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Fenice | La Fenice | Teatro La Fenice (, "The Phoenix") is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic premieres at which the works of several... |
377985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault%20Mirage%20F1 | Dassault Mirage F1 | The Dassault Mirage F1 is a French fighter and attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was developed as a successor to the popular Mirage III family.
During the 1960s, Dassault commenced development of what would become the Mirage F1 as a private venture, alongside the larger Mirage F2. Work... |
377990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared%20Fogle | Jared Fogle | Jared Scott Fogle (; born August 23, 1977) is an American former spokesman for Subway restaurants. Fogle appeared in Subway's advertising campaigns from 2000 to 2015 until an FBI investigation led to him being convicted of child sex tourism and possessing child pornography.
While a student at Indiana University, Fogle... |
378009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation%20for%20Individual%20Rights%20and%20Expression | Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression | The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), formerly known as the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is a non-profit civil liberties group founded in 1999 with the mission of protecting free speech rights on college campuses in the United States. FIRE was renamed in June 2022, with its focus... |
378029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian%20Air | Syrian Air | Syrian Airlines (), operating as SyrianAir (), is the flag carrier of Syria. It operates scheduled international services to several destinations in Asia, Europe and North Africa, though the number of flights operated has seriously declined since 2011 due to the Arab Spring and subsequent Syrian war. SyrianAir previous... |
378033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament%20of%20England | Parliament of England | The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised the English monarch. Great councils were first called Parliaments during the reign... |
378050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saatchi%20Gallery | Saatchi Gallery | The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the Damien Hirst-led Young British Artists, followed by shows purely of painting, l... |
378053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semper%20fidelis | Semper fidelis | Semper fidelis () is a Latin phrase that means "always faithful" or "always loyal" (Fidelis or Fidelity). It is the motto of the United States Marine Corps, usually shortened to Semper Fi. It is also in use as a motto for towns, families, schools, and other military units.
It is thought that it originated from the phr... |
378109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbra | Coimbra | Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of .
The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Centro Region. About 46... |
378111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20University | Howard University | Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C., located in the Shaw neighborhood. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Established in 1867, Howard i... |
378112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnyaneshwar | Dnyaneshwar | Sant Dnyaneshwar (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪ɲaːn̪eʃʋəɾ]), also referred to as Dnyaneshwar, Dnyanadeva, Dnyandev or Mauli or Dnyaneshwar Vitthal Kulkarni (1275–1296), was a 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath and Varkari tradition. In his short life of 21 years, he authored Dnyanesh... |
378123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler%20300%20letter%20series | Chrysler 300 letter series | The Chrysler 300 "letter series" are high-performance personal luxury cars that were built by Chrysler in the U.S. from 1955 to 1965 and were a sub-model from the Chrysler New Yorker. After the initial year, which was named C-300 for its standard FirePower V8, the 1956 cars were designated 300B. Successive model year... |
378128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topps | Topps | The Topps Company, Inc. is an American company that manufactures trading cards and other collectibles. Formerly based in New York City, Topps is best known as a leading producer of baseball and other sports and non-sports themed trading cards. Topps also produces cards under the brand names Allen & Ginter and Bowman.
... |
378171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico%20Faggin | Federico Faggin | Federico Faggin (, ; born 1 December 1941) is an Italian physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He is best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004. He led the 4004 (MCS-4) project and the design group during the first five years of Intel's microprocessor effort. Faggin also crea... |
378172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren%20Spahn | Warren Spahn | Warren Edward Spahn (April 23, 1921 – November 24, 2003) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed pitcher, Spahn played in 1942 and then from 1946 until 1965, most notably for the Boston Braves, who became the Milwaukee Braves after the team moved... |
378173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20September%2011%20Memorial%20%26%20Museum | National September 11 Memorial & Museum | The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. The memorial is located at the World Trade Center site, t... |
378188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong%20Zhuo | Dong Zhuo | Dong Zhuo () (c. 140s - 22 May 192), courtesy name Zhongying, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. At the end of the reign of the Eastern Han, Dong Zhuo was a general and powerful minister of the imperial government. Originally from Liang Province, Dong Zhuo... |
378196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes%20Risborough | Princes Risborough | Princes Risborough () is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about south of Aylesbury and north west of High Wycombe. It lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, at the north end of a gap or pass through the Chilterns, the south end of which is at West Wycombe. The A4010 road follows this route... |
378232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Georgia | University of Georgia | The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia. Chartered in 1785, it is one of the oldest public universities in the United States. It is the flagship school of the University System of Georgia.
In addition to the main campuses in Athens w... |
378253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Padua | University of Padua | The University of Padua (, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from Bologna. Padua is the second-oldest university in Italy and the world's fifth-oldest surviving university and is... |
378254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaolin%20Showdown | Xiaolin Showdown | Xiaolin Showdown is an American animated television series that aired on Kids' WB and was created by Christy Hui. Set in a world where martial arts battles and Eastern magic are commonplace, the series follows Omi, Raimundo, Kimiko, and Clay, four young Xiaolin warriors in training who, alongside their dragon companion... |
378258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieszko%20III%20the%20Old | Mieszko III the Old | Mieszko III the Old (c. 1126/27 – 13 March 1202), of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1138 and High Duke of Poland, with interruptions, from 1173 until his death.
He was the fourth and second surviving son of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland, by his second wife Salomea, daughter of the German cou... |
378267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie%20Sioux | Siouxsie Sioux | Susan Janet Ballion (born 27 May 1957), known professionally as Siouxsie Sioux (, ), is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. She came to prominence as the leader and main lyricist of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, who were active from 1976 to 1996. They released 11 studio albums, and h... |
378297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rest%20area | Rest area | A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads. Other names include motorway service area (UK), services (UK), travel plaza, rest stop, oasis (US), service a... |
378325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Dine | Jim Dine | Jim Dine (born June 16, 1935) is an American artist whose œuvre extends over sixty years. Dine’s work includes painting, drawing, printmaking (in many forms including lithographs, etchings, gravure, intaglio, woodcuts, letterpress and linocuts), sculpture and photography; his early works encompassed assemblage and happ... |
378360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio%20Veneto | Vittorio Veneto | Vittorio Veneto is a city and comune situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of Italy, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers, borders with the following municipalities:
Alpago (BL), Belluno (BL), Cappella Maggiore, Colle Umberto, Conegliano, Fregona, Limana (BL), Revine... |
378400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought%20F-8%20Crusader | Vought F-8 Crusader | The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought. It was the last American fighter that had guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title "The Last of the Gunfighters".
Development o... |
378405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20education%20in%20the%20United%20States | Secondary education in the United States | Secondary education is the last six or seven years of statutory formal education in the United States. It culminates with twelfth grade (age 17–18). Whether it begins with sixth grade (age 11–12) or seventh grade (age 12–13) varies by state and sometimes by school district.
Secondary education in the United States occ... |
378430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment%20benefits | Unemployment benefits | Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by authorized bodies to unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are funded by a compulsory governmental insurance system, not taxes on individual citizens. Depe... |
378433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20benefit | Child benefit | Child benefit or children's allowance is a social security payment which is distributed to the parents or guardians of children, teenagers and in some cases, young adults. A number of countries operate different versions of the program. In most countries, child benefit is means-tested and the amount of child benefit pa... |
378436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy%20%28foot%20washing%29 | Maundy (foot washing) | Maundy (from Old French mandé, from Latin mandatum meaning "command"), or Washing of the Saints' Feet, Washing of the Feet, or Pedelavium or Pedilavium, is a religious rite observed by various Christian denominations. The word mandatum is the first word of the Latin Biblical quotation sung at the ceremony of the washi... |
378453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20the%20Aeroplane%20Over%20the%20Sea | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is the second and final studio album by American band Neutral Milk Hotel, released on February 10, 1998, by Merge Records. The album is predominantly indie rock and psychedelic folk and is characterized by an intentionally low-quality sound. Traditional indie rock instruments like the guit... |
378458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traitorous%20eight | Traitorous eight | The traitorous eight was a group of eight employees who left Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in 1957 to found Fairchild Semiconductor. William Shockley had in 1956 recruited a group of young Ph.D. graduates with the goal to develop and produce new semiconductor devices. While Shockley had received a Nobel Prize in Ph... |
378462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega%20Millions | Mega Millions | Mega Millions (originally known as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multijurisdictional lottery game; as of June 30, 2023, it is offered in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first (The Big Game) Mega Millions... |
378466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel%20V.%20Ramos | Fidel V. Ramos | Fidel Valdez Ramos (, ; March 18, 1928 – July 31, 2022), popularly known as FVR and Eddie Ramos, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career military officer who reached the rank of five-star general/admiral de jure. Rising from se... |
378488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Forces%20Japan | United States Forces Japan | is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. USFJ is headquartered at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo and is commanded by the Commander, US Forces Japan who is also commander of the Fifth Air F... |
378504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Jose%20State%20University | San Jose State University | San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) system.
Located in downtown San Jose, the SJSU main campus is situated on , or ... |
378518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral%20edema | Cerebral edema | Cerebral edema is excess accumulation of fluid (edema) in the intracellular or extracellular spaces of the brain. This typically causes impaired nerve function, increased pressure within the skull, and can eventually lead to direct compression of brain tissue and blood vessels. Symptoms vary based on the location and e... |
378561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Harris%20and%20Dylan%20Klebold | Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold | Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 – April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (; September 11, 1981 – April 20, 1999) were an American mass murderer duo who perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. Harris and Klebold killed 13 people and wounded 24 others at Columbine High School, where they were... |
378577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Duchy%20of%20Posen | Grand Duchy of Posen | The Grand Duchy of Posen (; ) was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, created from territories annexed by Prussia after the Partitions of Poland, and formally established following the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Per agreements derived at the Congress of Vienna it was to have some autonomy. However, in reality it was subordin... |
378579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bupropion | Bupropion | Bupropion, sold under the brand name Wellbutrin among others, is an atypical antidepressant primarily used to treat major depressive disorder and to support smoking cessation. It is also popular as an add-on medication in the cases of "incomplete response" to the first-line selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)... |
378597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Ainge | Danny Ainge | Daniel Ray Ainge ( ; born March 17, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and professional baseball player who serves as an executive for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his 18-year career as general manager for the Celtics, he was known for making bold mo... |
378598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunicate | Tunicate | A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata ( ). It is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords (including vertebrates). The subphylum was at one time called Urochordata, and the term urochordates is still sometimes used for thes... |
378612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equites | Equites | The equites (; literally "horse-" or "cavalrymen", though sometimes referred to as "knights" in English) constituted the second of the property-based classes of ancient Rome, ranking below the senatorial class. A member of the equestrian order was known as an eques ().
Description
During the Roman Kingdom and the firs... |
378625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20elephant | War elephant | A war elephant was an elephant that was trained and guided by humans for combat. The war elephant's main use was to charge the enemy, break their ranks, and instill terror and fear. Elephantry is a term for specific military units using elephant-mounted troops.
Description
War elephants played a critical role in seve... |
378653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthozoa | Anthozoa | Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates which includes the sea anemones, stony corals and soft corals. Adult anthozoans are almost all attached to the seabed, while their larvae can disperse as part of the plankton. The basic unit of the adult is the polyp; this consists of a cylindrical column topped by a disc wit... |
378661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoregulation | Thermoregulation | Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperature as its own body temperature, thus avoiding the need for internal thermoregul... |
378674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi%20Nono | Luigi Nono | Luigi Nono (; 29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music.
Biography
Early years
Nono, born in Venice, was a member of a wealthy artistic family; his grandfather was a notable painter. Nono began music lessons with Gian Francesco Malipiero at the Venice Conservatory in 1941, ... |
378695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20film | Independent film | An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in some cases, distributed by major companies). Independent films are sometim... |
378727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Hong%20Kong | Flag of Hong Kong | The flag of Hong Kong, officially the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, depicts a white stylised five-petal Hong Kong orchid tree (Bauhinia blakeana) flower in the centre of a Chinese red field. Its original design was unveiled on 4 April 1990 at the Third S... |
378744 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium%20in%20biology | Calcium in biology | Calcium ions (Ca2+) contribute to the physiology and biochemistry of organisms' cells. They play an important role in signal transduction pathways, where they act as a second messenger, in neurotransmitter release from neurons, in contraction of all muscle cell types, and in fertilization. Many enzymes require calcium... |
378790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial%20Yuan | Judicial Yuan | The Judicial Yuan () is the judicial branch of the government of Taiwan. It runs a Constitutional Court and oversees all systems of courts of Taiwan, including ordinary courts like the supreme court, high courts, district courts as well as special courts like administrative courts and disciplinary courts. By Taiwanese ... |
378791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastercard | Mastercard | Mastercard Inc. (stylized as MasterCard from 1979 to 2016, mastercard from 2016 to 2019) is the second-largest payment-processing corporation worldwide. It offers a range of payment transaction processing and other related-payment services (such as travel-related payments and bookings). Its headquarters are in Purchase... |
378811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control%20Yuan | Control Yuan | The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of Taiwan.
Designed as a hybrid of auditor and ombudsman by Taiwanese law, the Control Yuan holds the following powers:
Impeachment: The Control Yuan has the power to impeach government officials. Successfully impeached cases then go to the ... |
378830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forssa | Forssa | Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland (Helsinki, Turku and Tampere), in the Tavastia Proper region, and which is crossed by Highway 2 between Pori and Helsinki and Highway 10 between Turku and Hämeenlinna. The ... |
378834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Poland%20uprising%20%281918%E2%80%931919%29 | Greater Poland uprising (1918–1919) | The Greater Poland uprising of 1918–1919, or Wielkopolska uprising of 1918–1919 (; ) or Posnanian War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region (German: Grand Duchy of Posen or Provinz Posen) against German rule. The uprising had a significant effect on the Treaty of Versailles, which granted a ... |
378835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajaani | Kajaani | Kajaani (), historically known as Cajanaburg (), is the most populous town and the capital of the Kainuu Region of Finland. It is located southeast of Lake Oulu (Oulujärvi), which drains into the Gulf of Bothnia through the Oulu River (Oulujoki). As of , it had a population of .
The town was founded in the 17th centur... |
378838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1918%20Browning%20Automatic%20Rifle | M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle | The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for... |
378883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%20Technical%20High%20School | Brooklyn Technical High School | Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech and administratively designated High School 430, is a public high school in New York City that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It is one of the three original specialized high schools operated by the New York City Department... |
378916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auslan | Auslan | Auslan () is the sign language used by the majority of the Australian Deaf community. The term Auslan is a portmanteau of "Australian Sign Language", coined by Trevor Johnston in the 1980s, although the language itself is much older. Auslan is related to British Sign Language (BSL) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL);... |
378926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiri%20Te%20Kanawa | Kiri Te Kanawa | Dame Kiri Jeanette Claire Te Kanawa, , (; born Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron, 6 March 1944) is a retired New Zealand opera singer. She had a full lyric soprano voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Her extensive discography includes three albums which featured in the top fort... |
378934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20ClueFinders | The ClueFinders | ClueFinders is an educational software series aimed at children aged 8–12 that features a group of mystery-solving teenagers. The series was created by The Learning Company (formerly SoftKey) as a counterpart to their Reader Rabbit series for older, elementary-aged students. The series has received praise for its balan... |
378938 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium%20in%20biology | Magnesium in biology | Magnesium is an essential element in biological systems. Magnesium occurs typically as the Mg2+ ion. It is an essential mineral nutrient (i.e., element) for life and is present in every cell type in every organism. For example, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the main source of energy in cells, must bind to a magnesium i... |
379008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottorino%20Respighi | Ottorino Respighi | Ottorino Respighi ( , , ; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, and musicologist and one of the leading Italian composers of the early 20th century. His compositions range over operas, ballets, orchestral suites, choral songs, chamber music, and transcriptions of Italian compositions o... |
379011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Etty | William Etty | William Etty (10 March 1787 – 13 November 1849) was an English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures. He was the first significant British painter of nudes and still lifes. Born in York, he left school at the age of 12 to become an apprentice printer in Hull. He completed his apprenticesh... |
379018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal%20Gear | Metal Gear | is a franchise of stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually Solid Snake or Big Boss), who is assigned the task of finding the titular superweapon... |
379031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Japan | Education in Japan | Education in Japan is managed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. Education is compulsory at the elementary and lower secondary levels. Most students attend public schools through the lower secondary level, but private education is popular at the upper secondary and un... |
379033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20France | Education in France | Education in France is organized in a highly centralized manner, with many subdivisions. It is divided into the three stages of primary education (enseignement primaire), secondary education (enseignement secondaire), and higher education (enseignement supérieur). The main age that a child starts school in France is ag... |
379035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian%20elephant | Asian elephant | The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east. Three subspecies are recognised... |
379047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic%20anthropology | Forensic anthropology | Forensic anthropology is the application of the anatomical science of anthropology and its various subfields, including forensic archaeology and forensic taphonomy, in a legal setting. A forensic anthropologist can assist in the identification of deceased individuals whose remains are decomposed, burned, mutilated or o... |
379058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael%20Cartoons | Raphael Cartoons | The Raphael Cartoons are seven large cartoons for tapestries, surviving from a set of ten cartoons, designed by the High Renaissance painter Raphael in 1515–16, commissioned by Pope Leo X for the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Palace. The tapestries show scenes from the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles and are hung (on ... |
379066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna%20State%20Opera | Vienna State Opera | The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, and designs by Josef Hlávka. T... |
379076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottery%20St%20Mary | Ottery St Mary | Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of Metcombe, Fairmile, Alfington, Tipton St John, Wiggaton, and (until 2017) West Hill, had a po... |
379119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline%20in%20amphibian%20populations | Decline in amphibian populations | Since the 1980s, decreases in amphibian populations, including population decline and localized mass extinctions, have been observed in locations all over the world. These declines are known as one of the most critical threats to global biodiversity.
Recent (2007) research indicates the reemergence of varieties of chy... |
379140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20universities%20and%20colleges%20in%20South%20Korea | List of universities and colleges in South Korea | This is a list of institutions of higher education in South Korea.
Quick index
A
Agricultural Cooperative College – Goyang, Gyeonggi
Ajou Motor College – Boryeong, South Chungcheong
Ajou University – Suwon, Gyeonggi
Andong National University – Andong, North Gyeongsang
Andong Science College – Andong, North Gyeongs... |
379202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20bullfrog | American bullfrog | The American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), often simply known as the bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is a large true frog native to eastern North America. It typically inhabits large permanent water bodies such as swamps, ponds, and lakes. Bullfrogs can also be found in manmade habitats such as pools, k... |
379213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Opera | San Francisco Opera | The San Francisco Opera (SFO) is an American opera company founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola (1881–1953) based in San Francisco, California.
History
Gaetano Merola (1923–1953)
Merola's road to prominence in the Bay Area began in 1906 when he first visited the city. In 1909, he returned as the conductor of the Interna... |
379216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wladimir%20Klitschko | Wladimir Klitschko | Wladimir Klitschko (born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held the world heavyweight championship twice, including the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and Ring magazine titles. A strategic and intelligent boxer, Klitschko is considered to be one of the great... |
379241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmitt%20trigger | Schmitt trigger | In electronics, a Schmitt trigger is a comparator circuit with hysteresis implemented by applying positive feedback to the noninverting input of a comparator or differential amplifier. It is an active circuit which converts an analog input signal to a digital output signal. The circuit is named a trigger because the o... |
379256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Oudenarde | Battle of Oudenarde | The Battle of Oudenarde, also known as the Battle of Oudenaarde, was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession, pitting a Grand Alliance force consisting of eighty thousand men under the command of the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy against a French force of eighty-five thousand men under ... |
379262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20Museum%20of%20Natural%20History | Field Museum of Natural History | The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational and scientific programs, and its extensive scientific specimen and artifact... |
379303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%20exchange | Gas exchange | Gas exchange is the physical process by which gases move passively by diffusion across a surface. For example, this surface might be the air/water interface of a water body, the surface of a gas bubble in a liquid, a gas-permeable membrane, or a biological membrane that forms the boundary between an organism and its ex... |
379330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter-bomber | Fighter-bomber | A fighter-bomber is a fighter aircraft that has been modified, or used primarily, as a light bomber or attack aircraft. It differs from bomber and attack aircraft primarily in its origins, as a fighter that has been adapted into other roles, whereas bombers and attack aircraft are developed specifically for bombing and... |
379342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Scott | Rachel Scott | Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 – April 20, 1999) was an American student who was the first fatality of the Columbine High School massacre, in which 11 other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then died by suicide.
Scott's belief in Christianity and the circumstances of he... |
379358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la%20III%20of%20Hungary | Béla III of Hungary | Béla III (, , ; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a duchy, which included Croatia, central Dalmatia and possibly Sirmium. In accordance with a peace treaty between his elder... |
379359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%20Applewhite | Marshall Applewhite | Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, among other names, was an American cult leader who founded what became known as Heaven's Gate and organized their mass suicide in 1997. It is the largest mass suicide to occur inside the U.S.
As a young man, Applewhite attended several un... |
379362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20hospitals%20in%20California | List of hospitals in California | This is a list of hospitals in California (U.S. state), grouped by county and sorted by hospital name. In healthcare in California, only a general acute care hospital or acute psychiatric hospital, as licensed by the California Department of Public Health, can be referred to as a "hospital." As of 2018, the CPHD Center... |
379470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth%20Criminal%20Justice%20Act | Youth Criminal Justice Act | The Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA; ; ) (the Act) is a Canadian statute, which came into effect on April 1, 2003. It covers the prosecution of youths for criminal offences. The Act replaced the Young Offenders Act, which itself was a replacement for the Juvenile Delinquents Act.
Definition of youth
The Act governs t... |
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