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387514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashtube | Flashtube | A flashtube (flashlamp) is an electric arc lamp designed to produce extremely intense, incoherent, full-spectrum white light for a very short time. A flashtube is a glass tube with an electrode at each end and is filled with a gas that, when triggered, ionizes and conducts a high-voltage pulse to make light. Flashtubes... |
387520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ%20Hell | DJ Hell | Helmut Josef Geier (born 6 September 1962), known professionally as DJ Hell, is a German DJ.
Biography
1970s and 1980s
DJ Hell described his musical beginnings in an interview with The European, telling them “I was socialized with German electronic music of the 1960s and 1970s. There were no commercial aspirations;... |
387562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports%20video%20game | Sports video game | A sports video game is a video game that simulates the practice of sports. Most sports have been recreated with a video games, including team sports, track and field, extreme sports, and combat sports. Some games emphasize actually playing the sport (such as FIFA , Pro Evolution Soccer and Madden NFL), whilst others e... |
387578 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwaito | Kwaito | Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 1990s. It is a variant of house music that features the use of African sounds and samples. Kwaito songs occur at a slower tempo range than other styles of house music and often contains catchy melodic and percussive loop samples, dee... |
387583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary | Calvary | Calvary ( or ) or Golgotha () was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified.
Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. The exact location of Calvary has been traditionally associated with a place... |
387623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%20Americans | Polish Americans | Polish Americans () are Americans who either have total or partial Polish ancestry, or are citizens of the Republic of Poland. There are an estimated 8.81 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing about 2.67% of the U.S. population, according to the 2021 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Cens... |
387687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Oval | The Oval | The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845. It was the first ground in England to host international T... |
387701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen%20angel | Fallen angel | Fallen angels are angels who were expelled from heaven. The literal term "fallen angel" does not appear in any Abrahamic religious texts, but is used to describe angels cast out of heaven or angels who sinned. Such angels often tempt humans to sin.
The idea of fallen angels is derived from the Book of Enoch, a Jewish ... |
387703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanage | Orphanage | An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusive. There may be substance abuse or mental illness in the biological home, or t... |
387719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20of%20Portugal | Music of Portugal | Portuguese music includes many different styles and genres, as a result of its history. These can be broadly divided into classical music, traditional/folk music and popular music and all of them have produced internationally successful acts, with the country seeing a recent expansion in musical styles, especially in p... |
387721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%20care | Foster care | Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family member approved by the state. The placement of a "foster child" is normally arra... |
387746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20simulation | Social simulation | Social simulation is a research field that applies computational methods to study issues in the social sciences. The issues explored include problems in computational law, psychology, organizational behavior, sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, geography, engineering, archaeology and linguistics .
S... |
387751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingpin%20%28character%29 | Kingpin (character) | The Kingpin (Wilson Grant Fisk) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #50 (cover-dated July 1967). The "Kingpin" name is a reference to the crime lord title in Mafia slang no... |
387766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical%20Party%20%28France%29 | Radical Party (France) | The Radical Party (), officially the Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party (), is a liberal and social-liberal political party in France. Since 1971, to prevent confusion with the Radical Party of the Left (PRG), it has also been referred to as Parti radical valoisien, after its headquarters on the rue de V... |
387797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphalt%20concrete | Asphalt concrete | Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, and the core of embankment dams. Asphalt mixtures have been used in pavement... |
387806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Pacific%20Transportation%20Company | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and Southern Pacific Tra... |
387816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians | Armenians | Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Armenian highlands of West Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of the Republic of Armenia and constituted the main population of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh until the Armenians of Nagorno-Narabakh were ethnically cleansed. There is a wide-r... |
387825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical%20cap | Cervical cap | The cervical cap is a form of barrier contraception. A cervical cap fits over the cervix and blocks sperm from entering the uterus through the external orifice of the uterus, called the os.
Terminology
The term cervical cap has been used to refer to a number of barrier contraceptives, including the Prentif, Dumas, Vi... |
387834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tender%20%28rail%29 | Tender (rail) | A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water. Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances. A loc... |
387849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%20International%20University | Florida International University | Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its main campus in the neighborhood of University Park in the Westchester CDP of unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida. Founded in 1965 by the Florida Legislature, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the... |
387853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Armitage%20Miller | George Armitage Miller | George Armitage Miller (February 3, 1920 – July 22, 2012) was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of cognitive psychology, and more broadly, of cognitive science. He also contributed to the birth of psycholinguistics. Miller wrote several books and directed the development of WordNet, an online word-li... |
387987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian%20Compromise%20of%201867 | Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 | The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (, ) established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary, which was a military and diplomatic alliance of two sovereign states. The Compromise only partially re-established the former pre-1848 sovereignty and status of the Kingdom of Hungary, being separate from, and no longer subje... |
388022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Seattle | History of Seattle | This is the main article of a series that covers the history of Seattle, Washington, a city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America.
Seattle is a major port city that has a history of boom and bust. Seattle has on several occasions been sent into severe decline, but has typically used those per... |
388034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Hemmings | David Hemmings | David Edward Leslie Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English actor and director. He is best remembered for his roles in British films and television programmes of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, particularly his lead role as a trendy fashion photographer in the hugely successful avant-garde mystery film... |
388084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Ellroy | James Ellroy | Lee Earle "James" Ellroy (born March 4, 1948) is an American crime fiction writer and essayist. Ellroy has become known for a telegrammatic prose style in his most recent work, wherein he frequently omits connecting words and uses only short, staccato sentences, and in particular for the novels The Black Dahlia (1987) ... |
388121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaesong | Kaesong | Kaesong (, ; ) is a special city in the southern part of North Korea (formerly in North Hwanghae Province), and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty. The city is near the Kaesong Industrial Region close to the border with South Korea and contains the remains of the Manwoldae pal... |
388129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus%20Arminius | Jacobus Arminius | Jacobus Arminius (; 10 October 1560 – 19 October 1609), the Latinized name of Jakob Hermanszoon, was a Dutch Reformed minister and theologian during the Protestant Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. He served from 1603 as professor in theology at the Unive... |
388133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation%20in%20Christianity | Salvation in Christianity | In Christianity, salvation (also called deliverance or redemption) is the saving of human beings from sin and its consequences—which include death and separation from God—by Christ's death and resurrection, and the justification entailed by this salvation.
The idea of Jesus' death as an atonement for human sin was rec... |
388136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%20Army | Norwegian Army | The Norwegian Army () is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway in 1628. The Army participated in various continental wars during the 17th, 18th, and 19... |
388148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%20Lloyd | Marie Lloyd | Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (12 February 1870 – 7 October 1922), professionally known as Marie Lloyd (), was an English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress. She was best known for her performances of songs such as "The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery", "My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)" and "Oh Mr P... |
388176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EVA%20Air | EVA Air | EVA Airways Corporation ( ; ) (), of which "EVA" stands for Evergreen Airways, is one of the two largest airlines in Taiwan – the other being China Airlines. It operates passenger and dedicated cargo services to over 40 international destinations in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. In contrast to the state-o... |
388752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20Masonic%20jurisdiction | Regular Masonic jurisdiction | In Freemasonry, regularity is one of the factors by which individual Grand Lodges judge whether to recognise one another for the purposes of allowing formal interaction at the Grand Lodge level and visitation by members of other jurisdictions. Each individual Grand Lodge determines which other Grand Lodges it considers... |
388766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nampo | Nampo | Nampo (North Korean official spelling: Nampho; ), also spelled Namp'o, is the second largest city by population and an important seaport in North Korea, which lies on the northern shore of the Taedong River, 15 km east of the river's mouth. Formerly known as Chinnamp'o, it was a provincial-level "Directly Governed City... |
388770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Guerrero | Vladimir Guerrero | Vladimir Guerrero Alvino Sr. (born February 9, 1975), nicknamed "Vlad the Impaler", is a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right fielder and designated hitter. He played for the Montreal Expos (–), Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (–), T... |
388772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%20of%20Hearts%20%28Alice%27s%20Adventures%20in%20Wonderland%29 | Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) | The Queen of Hearts is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. She is a childish, foul-tempered monarch whom Carroll himself describes as "a blind fury", and who is quick to give death sentences at even the slightest of offenses. One of her most ... |
388794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejection%20seat | Ejection seat | In aircraft, an ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft (usually military) in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying the pilot with it. The concept of an ejectable escape crew c... |
389363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20Movement%20of%20Uzbekistan | Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan | The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU; ) was a militant Islamist group formed in 1998 by Islamic ideologue Tahir Yuldashev and former Soviet paratrooper Juma Namangani; both ethnic Uzbeks from the Fergana Valley. Its original objective was to overthrow President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan and create an Islamic state... |
389401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific%20management | Scientific management | Scientific management is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows. Its main objective is improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to apply science to the engineering of processes to management. Scientific management is sometimes known as Tay... |
389419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%27l%20Abner%20%28musical%29 | Li'l Abner (musical) | Li'l Abner is a 1956 musical with a book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies, but it is also a pointed satire on other topics, ranging from American politics and i... |
389458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Sulawesi | South Sulawesi | South Sulawesi () is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital and largest city is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sulawesi and West Sulawesi to the north, the Gulf of Bone and Southeast S... |
389464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makassar | Makassar | Makassar (, , ), formerly Ujung Pandang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan, and Bandung. The city is located on the southwest coast of the island of Sulawesi, ... |
389496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan%20Behan | Brendan Behan | Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, an activist who wrote in both English and Irish. He was named by US website Irish Central as one of the greatest Irish writers of all time.
An... |
389497 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Costello | Peter Costello | Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian businessman, lawyer and former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia in government of John Howard from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving treasurer in Australia's history. Costello was a member of parliament (MP) of the Australian House of... |
389512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hand%20Commando | Red Hand Commando | The Red Hand Commando (RHC) is a small Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland that is closely linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Its aim was to combat Irish republicanism – particularly the Irish Republican Army (IRA) – and to maintain Northern Ireland's status as part of the United Kingdom. Th... |
389516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hand%20Defenders | Red Hand Defenders | The Red Hand Defenders (RHD) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1998 by loyalists who opposed the Belfast Agreement and the loyalist ceasefires. Its members were drawn mostly from the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF). The name had first been... |
389541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Friedrich%20Fasch | Johann Friedrich Fasch | Johann Friedrich Fasch (15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant.
Life
Fasch was born in the town of Buttelstedt, 11 km north of Weimar, the eldest child of schoolmaster Friedrich Georg Fasch and his wife Soph... |
389586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82a%20Podlaska | Biała Podlaska | Biała Podlaska () is a city in eastern Poland with 56,498 inhabitants It is situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the capital of Biała Podlaska Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Biała Podlaska County, although the city is not part of the county (it constitutes a separate ... |
389605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo%20Cars | Volvo Cars | Volvo Cars (, styled VOLVO in the company's logo) is a Swedish multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Torslanda, Gothenburg. The company manufactures SUVs, station wagons, and sedans. The company's main marketing arguments are safety and its Swedish heritage and design. 82% of Volvo Cars is curr... |
389615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20care | Child care | Child care, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from two weeks of age to 18 years. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(ren), child care typically refers to the care provided by caregivers that ar... |
389712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestley%20Riots | Priestley Riots | The Priestley Riots (also known as the Birmingham Riots of 1791) took place from 14 July to 17 July 1791 in Birmingham, England; the rioters' main targets were religious dissenters, most notably the politically and theologically controversial Joseph Priestley. Both local and national issues stirred the passions of the... |
389738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Luria | Alexander Luria | Alexander Romanovich Luria (; 16 July 1902 – 14 August 1977) was a Soviet neuropsychologist, often credited as a father of modern neuropsychology. He developed an extensive and original battery of neuropsychological tests during his clinical work with brain-injured victims of World War II, which are still used in vario... |
389771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford%2C%20Lincolnshire | Stamford, Lincolnshire | Stamford is a town and civil parish in the South Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber-framed buildings and five medieval parish churches. It is a frequent film location.... |
389779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Anger | Kenneth Anger | Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, February 3, 1927 – May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and author. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost 40 works beginning in 1937, nine of which have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle". Anger's films v... |
389780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%20Scully | Dana Scully | Dr. Dana Katherine Scully, MD, is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists in the Fox science-fiction, supernatural television series The X-Files, played by Gillian Anderson. Scully is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent and a medical doctor (MD), partnered with fellow Special Agent Fox M... |
389787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20Francis%20Bernard%2C%201st%20Baronet | Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet | Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (bapt. 12 July 1712 – 16 June 1779) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the provinces of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay. His uncompromising policies and harsh tactics in Massachusetts angered the colonists and were instrumental in the building of broad-based... |
389836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force | G-force | The g-force or gravitational force equivalent is mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in units of standard gravity (g, not to be confused with "g", the symbol for grams).
It is used for sustained accelerations, that cause a perception of weight. For example, an object at rest on Earth's surface is subj... |
389841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial%20University%20of%20Newfoundland | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public research university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and in Labrador, Saint Pierre, and Harlow, England.
Memorial Universit... |
389898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston%20Grand%20Opera | Houston Grand Opera | Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is an American opera company located in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1955 by German-born impresario Walter Herbert and three local Houstonians, the company is resident at the Wortham Theater Center. This theatre is also home to the Houston Ballet. In its history, the company has received a Tony... |
389901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Steichen | Edward Steichen | Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and curator, renowned as one of the most prolific and influential figures in the history of photography.
Steichen was credited with transforming photography into an art form. His photographs appeared in Alfred St... |
389912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Oakeshott | Michael Oakeshott | Michael Joseph Oakeshott FBA (; 11 December 1901 – 19 December 1990) was an English philosopher and political theorist who wrote about the philosophies of history, religion, aesthetics, education, and law.
Biography
Early life and education
Oakeshott was the son of Joseph Francis Oakeshott, a civil servant (latterly ... |
389929 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%20Evans | Oliver Evans | Oliver Evans (September 13, 1755 – April 15, 1819) was an American inventor, engineer and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans building steam engines and an advocate of high pressure steam (as opposed to low pressure steam). A pioneer in th... |
389950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel%20locomotive | Diesel locomotive | A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels. The most common are diesel-electric locomotives and diesel-hydraulic.
Ear... |
389956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20Chaudhry | Mahendra Chaudhry | Mahendra Pal Chaudhry (; born 9 February 1942) is a Fijian politician and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party. Following a historic election in which he defeated the long-time former leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, the former trade union leader became Fiji's first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister on 19 May 1999, but exactly one yea... |
389975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogger | Frogger | is a 1981 arcade action game developed by Konami and manufactured by Sega. In North America, it was released by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct a series of frogs to their homes by crossing a busy road and a hazardous river.
Frogger was positively received as one of the greatest video games ever made ... |
389987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20Jesus%20Christ%20of%20Latter%20Day%20Saints%20%28Strangite%29 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—usually distinguished with a parenthetical (Strangite)—is one of the several organizations that claim to be the legitimate continuation of the church founded by Joseph Smith on April 6, 1830. It is a separate organization from the considerably larger and better known Utah... |
390003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20L.%20Berger | Peter L. Berger | Peter Ludwig Berger (17 March 1929 – 27 June 2017) was an Austrian-born American sociologist and Protestant theologian. Berger became known for his work in the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of religion, study of modernization, and theoretical contributions to sociological theory.
Berger is arguably best known ... |
390047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Flagler | Henry Flagler | Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway. He is also known as a founder of the cities of ... |
390164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo%20L%C3%B3pez%20Mateos | Adolfo López Mateos | Adolfo López Mateos (; 26 May 1909 – 22 September 1969) was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964. Previously, he served as Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare from 1952 to 1957 and a Senator from the State of Mexico from 1946 to 1952.
Beginning his political career as a campaign a... |
390172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo%20Ruiz%20Cortines | Adolfo Ruiz Cortines | Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines ( 30 December 1889 – 3 December 1973) was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he previously served in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revolution, as Secretary of the Interior, as Governor... |
390179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.%20F.%20Stone | I. F. Stone | Isidor Feinstein Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989) was an American investigative journalist, writer, and author.
Known for his politically progressive views, Stone is best remembered for I. F. Stone's Weekly (1953–1971), a newsletter which the New York University journalism department in 1999 ranked 16th among... |
390184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Reynolds | Roger Reynolds | Roger Lee Reynolds (born July 18, 1934) is an American composer. He is known for his capacity to integrate diverse ideas and resources, and for the seamless blending of traditional musical sounds with those newly enabled by technology. Beyond composition, his contributions to musical life include mentorship, algorithmi... |
390214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics%20processing%20unit | Graphics processing unit | A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed to accelerate computer graphics and image processing (either on a video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles). After their initial design, GPUs were found to be useful ... |
390220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaronic%20priesthood%20%28Latter%20Day%20Saints%29 | Aaronic priesthood (Latter Day Saints) | The Aaronic priesthood (; also called the priesthood of Aaron or the Levitical priesthood) is the lesser of the two (or sometimes three) orders of priesthood recognized in the Latter Day Saint movement. The others are the Melchizedek priesthood and the rarely recognized Patriarchal priesthood. Unlike the Melchizedek pr... |
390237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic%20rifle | Automatic rifle | An automatic rifle is a type of autoloading rifle that is capable of fully automatic fire. Automatic rifles are generally select-fire weapons capable of firing in semi-automatic and automatic firing modes (some automatic rifles are capable of burst-fire as well). Automatic rifles are distinguished from semi-automatic r... |
390240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine%20Act | Blaine Act | The Blaine Act, formally titled Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution, is a joint resolution adopted by the United States Congress on February 20, 1933, initiating repeal of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which established Prohibition in the Unite... |
390250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full%20Metal%20Panic%21 | Full Metal Panic! | is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a hot-headed Japanese high school girl.
Individual chapters are published on... |
390273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendre%20transformation | Legendre transformation | In mathematics, the Legendre transformation (or Legendre transform), first introduced by Adrien-Marie Legendre in 1787 when studying the minimal surface problem, is an involutive transformation on real-valued functions that are convex on a real variable. Specifically, if a real-valued multivariable function is convex o... |
390296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubular%20Bells | Tubular Bells | Tubular Bells is the debut studio album by the British musician Mike Oldfield, released on 25 May 1973 as the first album on Virgin Records. It comprises two mostly instrumental tracks. Oldfield, who was 19 years old when it was recorded, played almost all the instruments.
Tubular Bells initially sold slowly, but gain... |
390307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20America%20%28CV-66%29 | USS America (CV-66) | USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned in 1965, she spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, but did make three Pacific deployments serving in the Vietnam War. She also served in the Persian Gulf War's operations Desert Shie... |
390309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy%202000 | Tandy 2000 | The Tandy 2000 is a personal computer introduced by Radio Shack in September 1983 based on the 8 MHz Intel 80186 microprocessor running MS-DOS. By comparison, the IBM PC XT (introduced in March 1983) used the older 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 processor, and the IBM PC/AT (introduced in 1984) would later use the newer 6 MHz Int... |
390335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20computer%20term%20etymologies | List of computer term etymologies | This is a list of the origins of computer-related terms or terms used in the computing world (i.e., a list of computer term etymologies). It relates to both computer hardware and computer software.
Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., a compil... |
390372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon%20Magsaysay | Ramon Magsaysay | Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automobile mechanic by profession, Magsaysay was appointed military governor of Zamba... |
390375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%20State%20University | Ball State University | Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers and Indianapolis.
In 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation, acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute and gave the school and su... |
390432 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian%20Wars | Silesian Wars | The Silesian Wars () were three wars fought in the mid-18th century between Prussia (under King Frederick the Great) and Habsburg Austria (under Empress Maria Theresa) for control of the Central European region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland). The First (1740–1742) and Second (1744–1745) Silesian Wars formed p... |
390465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%AEn-%C5%A1ar-i%C5%A1kun | Sîn-šar-iškun | Sîn-šar-iškun (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: or , meaning "Sîn has established the king") was the penultimate king of Assyria, reigning from the death of his brother and predecessor Aššur-etil-ilāni in 627 BC to his own death at the Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC.
Succeeding his brother in uncertain, but not necessarily viol... |
390504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Mary%27s%20City%2C%20Maryland | St. Mary's City, Maryland | St. Mary's City (also known as Historic St. Mary's City) is a former colonial town that was Maryland's first European settlement and capital. It is now a large, state-run historic area, which includes a reconstruction of the original colonial settlement, and a living history area and museum complex. Half of the area is... |
390520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%20Air%20Flight%20655 | Iran Air Flight 655 | Iran Air Flight 655 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas that was shot down on 3July 1988 by two SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles fired by , a guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy. The missiles hit the aircraft, an Airbus A300, while it was flying its usual route over Iran's ... |
390529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konin | Konin | Konin (is a city in central Poland, on the Warta River. It is the capital of Konin County and is located within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Prior to 1999, it was the capital of the Konin Voivodeship (1975–1998). In 2021 the population of the city was 71,427, making it the fourth-largest city in Greater Poland afte... |
390530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Buckley%20%28convict%29 | William Buckley (convict) | William Buckley (born 1776–1780died 30 January 1856), also known as the "wild white man", was an English bricklayer, and served in the military until 1802, when he was convicted of theft. He was then transported to Australia, where he helped construct buildings for the fledgling penal settlement at Port Phillip Bay in ... |
390538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4hler%20manifold | Kähler manifold | In mathematics and especially differential geometry, a Kähler manifold is a manifold with three mutually compatible structures: a complex structure, a Riemannian structure, and a symplectic structure. The concept was first studied by Jan Arnoldus Schouten and David van Dantzig in 1930, and then introduced by Erich Kähl... |
390561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krosno | Krosno | Krosno (in full The Royal Free City of Krosno, ) is a historical town and county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inhabitants as of 2014.
The functional urban area of Krosno has a population of 115,000 inhabitants.
Krosno is a medieval fortified... |
390597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical%20symbols | Astronomical symbols | Astronomical symbols are abstract pictorial symbols used to represent astronomical objects, theoretical constructs and observational events in European astronomy. The earliest forms of these symbols appear in Greek papyrus texts of late antiquity. The Byzantine codices in which many Greek papyrus texts were preserved c... |
390602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaeta | Gaeta | Gaeta (; ; Southern Laziale: Gaieta) is a city in the province of Latina, in Lazio, Southern Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is from Rome and from Naples.
The town has played a conspicuous part in military history; its walls date to Roman times and were extended and strengthened i... |
390606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20world%20heavyweight%20boxing%20champions | List of world heavyweight boxing champions | At boxing's beginning, the heavyweight division had no weight limit, and historically the weight class has gone with vague or no definition. During the 19th century many heavyweights were 170 pounds (12 st 2 lb, 77 kg) or less, though others weighed considerably more. John L. Sullivan was the first widely recognized c... |
390616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebab | Kebab | Kebab (, ; , , , ; , ), kabob (North American), or kebap or kabab is roasted meat that originates from the Middle East but has been popularised by Iranian cuisine & Turkish cuisine. Many variants of the category are popular around the world, including the skewered shish kebab and the doner kebab with bread.
Kebabs con... |
390638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicksburg%20campaign | Vicksburg campaign | The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S. Grant gai... |
390647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Borneo | North Borneo | North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, which is present day Sabah. The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions of the Sultanates of Brunei and Sulu in 1877 and 1878... |
390675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel%2C%20LLC | Lionel, LLC | Lionel, LLC is an American designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads that is headquartered in Concord, North Carolina. Its roots lie in the 1969 purchase of the Lionel product line from the Lionel Corporation by cereal conglomerate General Mills and subsequent purchase in 1986 by businessman Richard P. Ku... |
390676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent%20Hill | Silent Hill | is a horror anthology media franchise centered on a series of survival horror games created by Keiichiro Toyama and published by Konami. The first four video games in the series, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill 4: The Room, were developed by an internal group called Team Silent, a development... |
390697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead%20end%20%28street%29 | Dead end (street) | A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac (, from French for 'bag-bottom'), no through road or no exit road, is a street with only one inlet or outlet.
"Dead end" is also understood in all varieties of English, but the official terminology and traffic signs include many different alternatives. Some of these are used only... |
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