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4133594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fused%20grid | Fused grid | The fused grid is a street network pattern first proposed in 2002 and subsequently applied in Calgary, Alberta (2006) and Stratford, Ontario (2004). It represents a synthesis of two well known and extensively used network concepts: the "grid" and the "Radburn" pattern, derivatives of which are found in most city suburb... |
4133617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20St.%20Charles | Battle of St. Charles | The Battle of St. Charles was fought on June 17, 1862, at St. Charles, Arkansas, during the American Civil War. Earlier in 1862, a Union Army force commanded by Major General Samuel R. Curtis moved against Little Rock, Arkansas, but became bogged down in the Batesville area due to lack of supplies. The Union leadership... |
4133815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%20Barclay | Paris Barclay | Paris K. C. Barclay (born June 30, 1956) is an American television director, producer, and writer. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner and is among the busiest single-camera television directors, having directed nearly 200 episodes of television to date, for series such as NYPD Blue, ER, The West Wing, CSI, Lost, The Sh... |
4134365 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino%20de%20Santiago%20%28route%20descriptions%29 | Camino de Santiago (route descriptions) | The Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of St. James, extends from different countries of Europe, and even North Africa, on its way to Santiago de Compostela and Finisterre. The local authorities try to restore many of the ancient routes, even those used in a limited period, in the interest of tourism.
Here foll... |
4134490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%20in%20association%20football | 2010 in association football | The following are the association football events of the year 2010 throughout the world.
News
In 2010, the two top-level leagues in the United States both added at least one new team:
Major League Soccer, which also has one team in Canada and is recognized as the top level of the (men's) sport in that country, added ... |
4134491 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Scott | Alan Scott | Alan Scott is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, and the first character to bear the name Green Lantern. He fights evil with the aid from his own mystical ring, which grants him a variety of powers. He was created by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger, first appearing in the comic book All... |
4134532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siempre%20Selena | Siempre Selena | Siempre Selena () is the second posthumously released album by American singer Selena, released by EMI Latin on October 29, 1996. The album contained mostly unreleased recordings and remixes of previously released content. Songs on the album range from a 14-year-old Selena on "Soy Amiga" (1986) to the shelved Don Juan ... |
4134859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology%20%28Selena%20album%29 | Anthology (Selena album) | Anthology is the first box set by American singer Selena. It was released posthumously on April 7, 1998, through EMI Latin to commemorate the singer's works. The collection comprises 30 tracks, dispersed across three genre-themed discs: "Pop / English" showcases uptempo pop compositions, "Mariachi" highlights Mexican b... |
4135026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20My%20Hits%3A%20Todos%20Mis%20%C3%89xitos | All My Hits: Todos Mis Éxitos | All My Hits: Todos Mis Éxitos is a greatest hits album by American singer Selena. It was released posthumously on March 9, 1999, through EMI Latin to commemorate its ten-year anniversary since entering the music industry. The album coincided with the fourth anniversary of Selena's death, though then-president Jose Beha... |
4135999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20passport | Canadian passport | A Canadian passport () is the passport issued to citizens of Canada. It enables the bearer to enter or re-enter Canada freely; travel to and from other countries in accordance with visa requirements; facilitates the process of securing assistance from Canadian consular officials abroad, if necessary; and requests prote... |
4136440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune%20Publishing | Tribune Publishing | Tribune Publishing Company (briefly Tronc, Inc.) is an American newspaper print and online media publishing company. The company, which was acquired by Alden Global Capital in May 2021, has a portfolio that includes the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, The Baltimore Sun, the Orlando Sentinel, South Florida's S... |
4136591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service%20%C3%A0%20la%20russe | Service à la russe | The historical form of (; ) is a manner of dining with courses brought to the table sequentially, and the food portioned on individual plates by the waiter (typically from a sideboard in the dining room). It contrasts with the older (), based on several courses brought to the table simultaneously, in an impressive di... |
4136723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafast%20laser%20spectroscopy | Ultrafast laser spectroscopy | Ultrafast laser spectroscopy is a spectroscopic technique that uses ultrashort pulse lasers for the study of dynamics on extremely short time scales (attoseconds to nanoseconds). Different methods are used to examine the dynamics of charge carriers, atoms, and molecules. Many different procedures have been developed sp... |
4137099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Musselman | Bill Musselman | William Clifford Musselman (August 13, 1940 – May 5, 2000) was an American basketball coach in the NCAA, the ABA, the WBA, the CBA, and the NBA. He was known for his trademark intensity, once being quoted as saying, "Defeat is worse than death because you have to live with defeat."
Early life
Musselman was the second ... |
4137190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halston | Halston | Roy Halston Frowick (April 23, 1932 – March 26, 1990), who was known mononymously as Halston, was an American fashion designer, and he rose to international fame in the 1970s.
Halston's minimalist, clean designs, which were often made of cashmere or ultrasuede, were a new phenomenon in the mid-1970s discotheques, and ... |
4137395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day%20Watch%20%28novel%29 | Day Watch (novel) | Day Watch () is a fantasy novel by Russian authors Sergey Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasilyev. The second book in the saga of Watches, it is preceded by Night Watch and followed by Twilight Watch, Last Watch, New Watch, and Sixth Watch. Day Watch also stands out of the saga as the only novel in the series not narrated mai... |
4137906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Cowsill | Bill Cowsill | William Joseph Cowsill Jr. (January 9, 1948 – February 18, 2006) was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the lead singer and guitarist of The Cowsills, who had three top-10 singles in the late 1960s. From the mid-1970s until his death, he was a successful alt-country artist and produc... |
4138052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission%20Hill%2C%20Boston | Mission Hill, Boston | Mission Hill is a square mile (2 square km), primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, bordered by Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and Fenway-Kenmore and the town of Brookline. It is home to several hospitals and universities, including Brigham and Women's Hospital and New England Baptist Hospital. Mission Hill is known fo... |
4138268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20Greek%20grammar | Modern Greek grammar | The grammar of Modern Greek, as spoken in present-day Greece and Cyprus, is essentially that of Demotic Greek, but it has also assimilated certain elements of Katharevousa, the archaic, learned variety of Greek imitating Classical Greek forms, which used to be the official language of Greece through much of the 19th an... |
4138470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M8%20Armored%20Gun%20System | M8 Armored Gun System | The M8 Armored Gun System (AGS), sometimes known as the Buford, is an American light tank that was intended to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW missile-armed Humvees in the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (2nd ACR) of the U.S. Army respectively.
The M8 AGS began as a private venture of FMC Cor... |
4139272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Sri%20Lanka | Human rights in Sri Lanka | Human rights in Sri Lanka provides for fundamental rights in the country. The Sri Lanka Constitution states that every person is entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including the freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice. And, that every person is equal before the law.
Several... |
4139950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January%20Events | January Events | The January Events () were a series of violent confrontations between the civilian population of Lithuania, supporting independence, and the Soviet Armed Forces. The events took place between 11 and 13 January 1991, after the restoration of independence by Lithuania. As a result of the Soviet military actions, 14 civil... |
4140198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo%20Gonzalez%20%28astronomer%29 | Guillermo Gonzalez (astronomer) | Guillermo Gonzalez (born 1963) is an astronomer, a proponent of the pseudoscientific principle of intelligent design, and a research scientist at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. He is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, considered the hub of the intelligent design movement... |
4140416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal%20Hidage | Tribal Hidage | The Tribal Hidage is a list of thirty-five tribes that was compiled in Anglo-Saxon England some time between the 7th and 9th centuries. It includes a number of independent kingdoms and other smaller territories, and assigns a number of hides to each one. The list is headed by Mercia and consists almost exclusively of p... |
4140588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw%20Nation | Chickasaw Nation | The Chickasaw Nation () is a federally recognized Native American tribe with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States. They are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, originally from northern Mississippi, northwestern Alabama, southwestern Kentucky, and western Tennessee. Today, the Chickasaw Na... |
4140740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minorities%20in%20Iraq | Minorities in Iraq | Minorities in Iraq include various ethnic and religious groups.
Kurds
The vast majority of Iraqi Kurds are Sunni Muslims, with Shia and Christian minorities.
Under the Kingdom of Iraq, Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani led a rebellion against the central government in Baghdad in 1945. After the failure of the uprising... |
4140746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third%20Party%20System | Third Party System | The Third Party System was a period in the history of political parties in the United States from the 1850s until the 1890s, which featured profound developments in issues of American nationalism, modernization, and race. This period, the later part of which is often termed the Gilded Age, is defined by its contrast wi... |
4141146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTKA-TV | KTKA-TV | KTKA-TV (channel 49) is a television station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and The CW Plus. It is owned by Vaughan Media, LLC, which maintains joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of NBC affiliate KSNT (channel 27) and low-power, Class A Fox affili... |
4141439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary%20movement%20for%20Indian%20independence | Revolutionary movement for Indian independence | The Revolutionary movement for Indian Independence was part of the Indian independence movement comprising the actions of violent underground revolutionary factions. Groups believing in armed revolution against the ruling British fall into this category, as opposed to the generally peaceful civil disobedience movement ... |
4141514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian%20grammar | Bulgarian grammar | Bulgarian grammar is the grammar of the Bulgarian language. Bulgarian is a South Slavic language that evolved from Old Church Slavonic—the written norm for the Slavic languages in the Middle Ages which derived from Proto-Slavic.
Bulgarian is also a part of the Balkan sprachbund, which also includes Greek, Macedonian, ... |
4141563 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive%20analytics | Predictive analytics | Predictive analytics is a form of business analytics applying machine learning to generate a predictive model for certain business applications. As such, it encompasses a variety of statistical techniques from predictive modeling and machine learning that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about f... |
4141819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%201986 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1986 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 1986.
1–100
The Monmouth (Communities) Order 1986 S.I. 1986/4 ??
Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 S.I 1986/4
Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) (Amendment) Order 1986 S.I 1986/5
Housing Revenue Account Rate Fund Cont... |
4141823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%202002 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 2002 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom made in 2002.
1–100
The Landfill Tax (Amendment) Regulations (SI 2002/1)
The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-And-Mouth Disease) Regulations (SI 2002/2)
The Import and Export Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (Wales) Regulations (SI 2002... |
4141835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%202005 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 2005 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 2005.
1–100
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Gibraltar) (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005 No. 1)
The Education (Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (Primary Schools) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005 No. 2)... |
4141841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%202006 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 2006 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 2006.
1–100
Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/5)
Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/6)
M6 Motorway (Junction 36, Town Head Bridge Parapet Upgrade) (Temporary Restriction of Traffic) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/7)
Food Hy... |
4142071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra%20Metropolitan%20District | Accra Metropolitan District | The Accra Metropolitan District is one of the 254 Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts in Ghana, and among the 26 such districts in the Greater Accra Region with a population of 284,124 as of 2021. As of March 2018, it spans an area of approximately and encompasses the Ablekuma South, Ashiedu Keteke, and Okaikoi Sout... |
4143400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests%20of%201968 | Protests of 1968 | The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, which were predominantly characterized by the rise of left-wing politics, anti-war sentiment, civil rights urgency, youth counterculture within the silent and baby boomer generations, and popular rebellions against state militaries and bureaucra... |
4143506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superboy-Prime | Superboy-Prime | Superboy-Prime (Clark Kent, born Kal-El), also known as Superman-Prime or simply Prime, is a DC Comics superhero turned supervillain and an alternate version of Superman. The character first appeared in DC Comics Presents #87 (November 1985) and was created by Elliot S. Maggin and Curt Swan (based upon the original Sup... |
4143738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Year%20of%20Astronomy | International Year of Astronomy | The International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) was a year-long celebration of astronomy that took place in 2009 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo Galilei and the publication of Johannes Kepler's Astronomia nova in the 17th century. The Year... |
4143949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20U | Haplogroup U | Haplogroup U is a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup (mtDNA). The clade arose from haplogroup R, likely during the early Upper Paleolithic. Its various subclades (labelled U1–U9, diverging over the course of the Upper Paleolithic) are found widely distributed across Northern and Eastern Europe, Central, Western and Sou... |
4144059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20of%20the%20Friends%20of%20the%20Blacks | Society of the Friends of the Blacks | The Society of the Friends of the Blacks (Société des amis des Noirs or Amis des noirs) was a French abolitionist society founded by Jacques Pierre Brissot and Étienne Clavière and directly inspired by the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade founded in London in 1787. The society's aim was to abolish... |
4144156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20golf | History of golf | The origins of golf are unclear and much debated. However, it is generally accepted that modern golf developed in Scotland from the Middle Ages onwards. The game did not find international popularity until the late 19th century, when it spread into the rest of the United Kingdom and then to the British Empire and the U... |
4144550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theistic%20Satanism | Theistic Satanism | Theistic Satanism, otherwise referred to as religious Satanism, spiritual Satanism, or traditional Satanism, is an umbrella term for religious groups that consider Satan, the Devil, to objectively exist as a deity, supernatural entity, or spiritual being worthy of worship or reverence, whom individuals may contact and ... |
4144612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosnovka | Sosnovka | Sosnovka () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
Altai Krai
As of 2012, six rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name:
Sosnovka, Charyshsky District, Altai Krai, a selo in Mayaksky Selsoviet of Charyshsky District;
Sosnovka, Krasnogorsky District, Altai Krai, a selo in Ust-Kaz... |
4144616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Montenegrin%20independence%20referendum | 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum | An independence referendum was held in Montenegro on 21 May 2006. It was approved by 55.5% of voters, narrowly passing the 55% threshold. By 23 May preliminary referendum results were recognized by all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, suggesting widespread international recognition if Mont... |
4144635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20power%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Nuclear power in the United Kingdom | Nuclear power in the United Kingdom generated 16.1% of the country's electricity in 2020. , the UK has 9 operational nuclear reactors at five locations (8 advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGR) and one pressurised water reactor (PWR)), producing 5.9GWe.
It also has nuclear reprocessing plants at Sellafield and the Tails Ma... |
4144636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20B%20%28mtDNA%29 | Haplogroup B (mtDNA) | In human mitochondrial genetics, haplogroup B is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.
Origin
Haplogroup B is believed to have arisen in Asia some 50,000 years before present. Its ancestral haplogroup was Eurasian haplogroup R.
The greatest variety of haplogroup B is in China. It is therefore likely that it u... |
4144926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke%20Takahashi | Daisuke Takahashi | is a retired Japanese figure skater (men's singles and ice dance) and ice show producer. As a singles skater, he is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World champion, the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2008, 2011) Four Continents champion, and a five-time (2006-2008, 2010, 2012) Japanese nation... |
4145230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation%20of%20Smyrna | Occupation of Smyrna | The city of Smyrna (modern-day İzmir) and surrounding areas were under Greek military occupation from 15 May 1919 until 9 September 1922. The Allied Powers authorized the occupation and creation of the Zone of Smyrna () during negotiations regarding the partition of the Ottoman Empire to protect the ethnic Greek popula... |
4145377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%20of%20Praise | People of Praise | People of Praise is a network of lay Christian intentional communities. As a parachurch apostolate, membership is open to any baptized Christian who affirms the Nicene Creed and agrees to the community's covenant. The majority of its members are Catholics, but Protestants can also join, reflecting the ecumenical nature... |
4145469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20D%20%28mtDNA%29 | Haplogroup D (mtDNA) | In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup D is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.
It is a descendant haplogroup of haplogroup M, thought to have arisen somewhere in Asia, between roughly 60,000 and 35,000 years ago (in the Late Pleistocene, before the Last Glacial Maximum and the settlement of the Americas... |
4145504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20J.%20Dodd | William J. Dodd | William James Dodd (1862–1930) was an American architect and designer who worked mainly in Louisville, Kentucky from 1886 through the end of 1912 and in Los Angeles, California from early 1913 until his death. Dodd rose from the so-called First Chicago School of architecture, though of greater influence for his mature ... |
4145551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20fertilization | Iron fertilization | Iron fertilization is the intentional introduction of iron-containing compounds (like iron sulfate) to iron-poor areas of the ocean surface to stimulate phytoplankton production. This is intended to enhance biological productivity and/or accelerate carbon dioxide () sequestration from the atmosphere. Iron is a trace el... |
4145894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20NCAA%20Division%20I-A%20football%20season | 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season | The 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season, play of college football in the United States at the NCAA Division I-A level, began in August 1994 and ended on January 2, 1995. Nebraska, who finished the season undefeated, ended the year ranked No. 1 in both the Associated Press and Coaches polls. This was the first nation... |
4145913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley%20Heights%20railway%20station | Valley Heights railway station | Valley Heights railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in Valley Heights, in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built by NSW Government Railways. It is also known as Valley Heights Railway Station and Locomoti... |
4145914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Settlers%20II | The Settlers II | The Settlers II (), originally released as The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici, is a city-building game with real-time strategy elements, developed and published by Blue Byte Software. Released in Germany for DOS in April 1996, and in the United Kingdom and North America in August, it is the second game in The Settlers s... |
4145925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springwood%20railway%20station | Springwood railway station | Springwood railway station is a heritage-listed former railway bridge and now railway station located on the Main Western line in Springwood, City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by NSW Government Railways and built from 1883 to 1884 by John White, Chas. & Wm. Coghill & Thos. Proull. It i... |
4145965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson%20railway%20station | Lawson railway station | Lawson railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in Lawson in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Lawson Railway Station Group and Christmas Swamp; Blue Mountain. The property was added to the New South Wales Sta... |
4146025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katoomba%20railway%20station | Katoomba railway station | Katoomba railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Western line in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia. It serves the Blue Mountains town of Katoomba opening on 2 February 1874 as Crushers, being renamed Katoomba on 9 July 1877.
A passing loop exists to the north of the station. West of... |
4146085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Victoria%20railway%20station | Mount Victoria railway station | Mount Victoria railway station is a heritage-listed former barracks and now staff accommodation, guest accommodation, railway signal box and railway station located on the Main Western line in Mount Victoria in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by NSW Govern... |
4146159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%20Rokita | Todd Rokita | Theodore Edward Rokita ( ; born February 9, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 44th and current Attorney General of Indiana. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served two terms as Secretary of State of ... |
4146264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithgow%20railway%20station | Lithgow railway station | Lithgow railway station is a heritage-listed former station master's residence and railway station and now guest accommodation and railway station located on the Main Western line at Railway Parade, Lithgow, City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built by New South Wales Government Railways an... |
4146508 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroh%20Kikai | Hiroh Kikai | was a Japanese photographer best known within Japan for four series of monochrome photographs: scenes of buildings in and close to Tokyo, portraits of people in the Asakusa area of Tokyo, and rural and town life in India and Turkey. He pursued each of these for over two decades, and each led to one or more book-length ... |
4146576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpoint%20source%20pollution | Nonpoint source pollution | Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution refers to diffuse contamination (or pollution) of water or air that does not originate from a single discrete source. This type of pollution is often the cumulative effect of small amounts of contaminants gathered from a large area. It is in contrast to point source pollution which resul... |
4147553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%20Specialized%20Training%20Program | Army Specialized Training Program | The Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was a military training program instituted by the United States Army during World War II to meet wartime demands both for junior officers and soldiers with technical skills. Conducted at 227 American universities, it offered training in such fields as engineering, foreign la... |
4147964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky%20Fuji | Ricky Fuji | (born September 27, 1965) better known under his ring name is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Action Advance Pro Wrestling, where he also runs the day-to-day operations. He is perhaps best known for his time with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), where he wrestled between the promotion's earl... |
4148015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Monson | Jeff Monson | Oregon State Beavers
Jeffrey William Monson (born January 18, 1971) is an American-born Russian mixed martial artist, boxer, and submission grappler who competes primarily in the Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 1997, he has competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, DREAM, PRIDE, M-1 Global, Impact FC, ... |
4148032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20A%20%28Y-DNA%29 | Haplogroup A (Y-DNA) | Haplogroup A is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup, which includes all living human Y chromosomes. Bearers of extant sub-clades of haplogroup A are almost exclusively found in Africa (or among the African diaspora), in contrast with haplogroup BT, bearers of which participated in the Out of Africa migration of early m... |
4148260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessa%20Virtue | Tessa Virtue | Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue (born May 17, 1989) is a Canadian retired ice dancer. With ice dance partner Scott Moir, she is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2012, 2017), the 2016–17 Grand... |
4148271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Moir | Scott Moir | Scott Patrick Moir OLY ( ; born September 2, 1987) is a Canadian retired ice dancer and coach. With ice dance partner Tessa Virtue, he is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2012, 2017), the ... |
4148709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20N-M231 | Haplogroup N-M231 | Haplogroup N (M231) is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup defined by the presence of the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker M231.
It is most commonly found in males originating from northern Eurasia. It also has been observed at lower frequencies in populations native to other regions, including parts of the Balka... |
4148754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20O-M175 | Haplogroup O-M175 | Haplogroup O, also known as O-M175, is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. It is primarily found among populations in Southeast Asia and East Asia. It also is found in various percentages of populations of the Russian Far East, South Asia, Central Asia, Caucasus, Crimea, Ukraine, Iran, Oceania, Madagascar and the Como... |
4148777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20O-M122 | Haplogroup O-M122 | Haplogroup O-M122 (also known as Haplogroup O2 (formerly Haplogroup O3)) is an Eastern Eurasian Y-chromosome haplogroup. The lineage ranges across Southeast Asia and East Asia, where it dominates the paternal lineages with extremely high frequencies. It is also significantly present in Central Asia, especially among th... |
4148860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20Q-M242 | Haplogroup Q-M242 | Haplogroup Q or Q-M242 is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. It has one primary subclade, Haplogroup Q1 (L232/S432), which includes numerous subclades that have been sampled and identified in males among modern populations.
Q-M242 is the predominant Y-DNA haplogroup among Native Americans and several peoples of Central As... |
4148872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage%20virtualization | Storage virtualization | In computer science, storage virtualization is "the process of presenting a logical view of the physical storage resources to" a host computer system, "treating all storage media (hard disk, optical disk, tape, etc.) in the enterprise as a single pool of storage."
A "storage system" is also known as a storage array, d... |
4148881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan%20Note | Nissan Note | The is a supermini/subcompact hatchback or a mini MPV manufactured and marketed worldwide by Nissan. Introduced in 2004, the first-generation Note was primarily marketed in Japan and Europe, and was produced in Japan and the United Kingdom. The second-generation model was sold in other regions, including North America... |
4149018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur%20radio%20repeater | Amateur radio repeater | An amateur radio repeater is an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level amateur radio signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation. Many repeaters are located on hilltops or on tall buildings as the higher location increases ... |
4149299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Canongate | The Canongate | The Canongate is a street and associated district in central Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. The street forms the main eastern length of the Royal Mile while the district is the main eastern section of Edinburgh's Old Town.
David I of Scotland, by the Great Charter of Holyrood Abbey c.1143, authorised the Abb... |
4149679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace%20Defense%20Command | Aerospace Defense Command | Aerospace Defense Command was a major command of the United States Air Force, responsible for continental air defense. It was activated in 1968 and disbanded in 1980. Its predecessor, Air Defense Command, was established in 1946, briefly inactivated in 1950, reactivated in 1951, and then redesignated Aerospace rather t... |
4149732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear%20of%20Flying%20%28album%29 | Fear of Flying (album) | Fear of Flying is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Mya, released on April 25, 2000, by University Music Entertainment and Interscope Records. Following the success of her debut album Mya (1998), Interscope promptly allocated the singer studio time and assembled recording sessions beginning as early... |
4149786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro%20Beach%20Soccer%20League | Euro Beach Soccer League | The Euro Beach Soccer League (EBSL) is the premier competition in beach soccer contested between European men's national teams. The competition has been held annually since its establishment in 1998, making it the oldest beach soccer tournament in Europe and one of the oldest in the world, only surpassed in longevity b... |
4149791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-faced%20honeyeater | Yellow-faced honeyeater | The yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) is a small to medium-sized bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It takes its common and scientific names from the distinctive yellow stripes on the sides of its head. Its loud, clear call often begins twenty or thirty minutes before dawn. It is widespread across ... |
4149880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NatWest%20Three | NatWest Three | The NatWest Three, also known as the Enron Three, are the British businessmen Giles Darby, David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew. In 2002, they were indicted in Houston, Texas, on seven counts of wire fraud against their former employer, Greenwich NatWest, as part of the Enron scandal.
After a high-profile battle in the B... |
4149944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach%20Soccer%20Worldwide | Beach Soccer Worldwide | Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) is the organisation responsible for the founding and growth of association football's derivative sport of beach soccer. The founding partners of BSWW codified the rules of beach soccer in 1992, with BSWW as it is known today having been officially founded in late 2000 as a singular institu... |
4150177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks%20in%20the%20Cold%20War | Tanks in the Cold War | Tank development both evolved considerably from World War II and played a key role during the Cold War (1945–1990). The period pitted the nations of the Eastern Bloc (organized under the Warsaw Pact in 1955) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO (since 1949) against each other.
After World War II, tank desi... |
4150181 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan%20College%20of%20South%20Jersey | Rowan College of South Jersey | Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ) is a public community college with two campuses in the South Jersey region of New Jersey. The first, Gloucester Main Campus, is in Sewell. The second, Cumberland Branch Campus, is in both Vineland and Millville. The college was established in 1966 as Gloucester County College (GCC).... |
4150217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakeezah | Pakeezah | (; ) is a 1972 Indian Hindustani-language musical romantic drama film that was written, directed, and produced by Kamal Amrohi. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, and Raaj Kumar. It tells the story of Sahibjaan, a Lucknow-based tawaif. While asleep on a train, Sahibjaan receives a note from a stranger praising h... |
4150342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Turkish%20sentiment | Anti-Turkish sentiment | Anti-Turkish sentiment, also known as Anti-Turkism (), or Turkophobia () is hostility, intolerance, or xenophobia against Turkish people, Turkish culture and the Turkish language.
The term refers to not only against Turks across all regions, but also against the subjects of the Ottoman Empire, as well as descendants o... |
4150425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskerville | Baskerville | Baskerville is a serif typeface designed in the 1750s by John Baskerville (1706–1775) in Birmingham, England, and cut into metal by punchcutter John Handy. Baskerville is classified as a transitional typeface, intended as a refinement of what are now called old-style typefaces of the period, especially those of his mos... |
4151001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Film%20Critics%20Online | New York Film Critics Online | The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) is an organization co-founded by Harvey S. Karten and Prairie Miller in 2000, composed of Internet film critics based in New York City. The group meets once a year, in December, for voting on its annual NYFCO Awards. Prairie Miller, Avi Offer and Karen Benardello are the members... |
4151271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jundallah%20%28Iran%29 | Jundallah (Iran) | Jundallah (), also known as the People's Resistance Movement of Iran (PRMI), was a Sunni militant organization based in Sistan and Baluchestan, a province in southeast Iran, that claims to be fighting for the "equal rights of Sunni Muslims in Iran".
The organization was founded by Abdolmalek Rigi, an ethnic Baloch who... |
4152018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce%208%20series | GeForce 8 series | The GeForce 8 series is the eighth generation of Nvidia's GeForce line of graphics processing units. The third major GPU architecture developed by Nvidia, Tesla represents the company's first unified shader architecture.
Overview
All GeForce 8 Series products are based on Tesla. As with many GPUs, the larger numbers t... |
4152227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netphen | Netphen | Netphen () is a town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies on the river Sieg, roughly 7 km northeast of Siegen.
Geography
Location
Netphen lies on the Rothaargebirge's southern slope and forms the natural boundary of the Wittgensteiner Land. The municipal area is made up of ... |
4152401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto%20Burri | Alberto Burri | Alberto Burri (12 March 191513 February 1995; ) was an Italian visual artist, painter, sculptor, and physician based in Città di Castello. He is associated with the matterism of the European informal art movement and described his style as a polymaterialist. He had connections with Lucio Fontana's spatialism and, with ... |
4153354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SodaStream | SodaStream | SodaStream International Ltd. () is an Israel-based manufacturing company best-known as the maker of the consumer home carbonation product of the same name. The company's soda machines, in the style of soda siphons, add carbon dioxide to water from a pressurized cylinder to create carbonated water for drinking. It also... |
4153566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter%20%28magazine%29 | Encounter (magazine) | Encounter was a literary magazine founded in 1953 by poet Stephen Spender and journalist Irving Kristol. The magazine ceased publication in 1991. Published in the United Kingdom, it was an Anglo-American intellectual and cultural journal, originally associated with the anti-Stalinist left. The magazine received covert ... |
4153768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jilu | Jilu | Jīlū was a district located in the Hakkari region of upper Mesopotamia in modern-day Turkey.
Before 1915 Jīlū was home to Assyrians and as well as a minority of Kurds. There were 20 Assyrian villages in this district. The area was traditionally divided into Greater and Lesser Jīlū, and Ishtāzin - each with its own Mali... |
4153825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20E.%20Apgar | Charles E. Apgar | Charles Emory Apgar (June 28, 1865 – August 17, 1950) was an American business executive and amateur radio operator. He is known for making early recordings of radio transmissions at the start of World War I. The recordings that he made of a wireless telegraphy station owned by a German Empire-based company operating f... |
4153913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20Air%20Force%20strategic%20wings | List of United States Air Force strategic wings | During the tremendous U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) expansion of the early and mid-fifties, bases become overcrowded, with some of them supporting as many as 90 B-47s and 40 KC-97s. The first B-52 wings were also extremely large – composed of 45 bombers and 15 or 20 KC-135s, all situated on one base. As th... |
4154197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Y-chromosome%20DNA%20haplogroup | Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup | thumb|500 Y-DNA phylogeny and haplogroup distribution.
(a) Phylogenetic tree. 'kya' means 'thousand years ago'.
(b) Geographical distributions of haplogroups are shown in color.
(c) Geographical color legend.
In genetics, a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by mutations in the non-recombining porti... |
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