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4280522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumventricular%20organs | Circumventricular organs | Circumventricular organs (CVOs) (circum-: around ; ventricular: of ventricle) are structures in the brain characterized by their extensive and highly permeable capillaries, unlike those in the rest of the brain where there exists a blood–brain barrier (BBB) at the capillary level. Although the term "circumventricular o... |
4280622 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace%20Robertson | Horace Robertson | Lieutenant General Sir Horace Clement Hugh Robertson, (29 October 1894 – 28 April 1960) was a senior officer in the Australian Army who served in the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War. He was one of the first graduates of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, to reach the ranks of major general ... |
4280721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italians%20in%20Germany | Italians in Germany | Italian Germans (; ) are German-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to France during the Italian diaspora, as well as the communities of Italians in Switzerland. Most Italians moved to Germany for reasons of work, others for personal relations, study,... |
4280762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine%20%28Ultimate%20Marvel%20character%29 | Wolverine (Ultimate Marvel character) | Wolverine (James Howlett) is a fictional character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. He is an alternative version of Wolverine that appears in the Ultimate Marvel imprint, in stories separate from the original character. Created by writer Mark Millar and artist Adam Kubert (based on the original character ... |
4281009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply%20officer%20%28Royal%20Navy%29 | Supply officer (Royal Navy) | Supply officer was a specialisation in the British Royal Navy which has recently been superseded by the Logistics Officer, recognising the need to align with the nomenclature and function of similar cadres in the British Army and Royal Air Force. Though, initially, employment of Logistics Officers in the Royal Navy re... |
4281044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%20women%27s%20national%20basketball%20team | Australia women's national basketball team | The Australian women's national basketball team is nicknamed the Opals, after the brightly coloured gemstone common to the country. From 1994 onwards, the Opals have been consistently competitive and successful having won nine medals at official FIBA international tournaments (Olympics and World Cups), highlighted by a... |
4281228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks%20in%20Germany | Turks in Germany | Turks in Germany, also referred to as German Turks and Turkish Germans (; ), are ethnic Turkish people living in Germany. These terms are also used to refer to German-born individuals who are of full or partial Turkish ancestry. Whilst the majority of Turks arrived or originate from Turkey, there are also significant e... |
4281315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm%20the%20Studio | Storm the Studio | Storm the Studio is the debut album by English electronic music group Meat Beat Manifesto, released on 20 February 1989 by Sweatbox Records in the United Kingdom and later that year by Wax Trax! in the United States. Recorded in three recording studios, the album contains four compositions, each split into separate par... |
4282471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan%20Municipal%20Building | Manhattan Municipal Building | The David N. Dinkins Municipal Building (originally the Municipal Building and later known as the Manhattan Municipal Building) is a 40-story, building at 1 Centre Street, east of Chambers Street, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The structure was built to accommodate increased governmen... |
4282799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8888%20Uprising | 8888 Uprising | The 8888 Uprising (), also known as the People Power Uprising and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising". The protests began as a ... |
4282934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn%20on%20red | Turn on red | Turn on red is a principle of law permitting vehicles at a traffic light showing a red signal to turn into the direction of traffic nearer to them (almost always after a complete stop, depending on the jurisdiction) when the way is clear, without having to wait for a green signal. North American traffic engineers first... |
4282957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20air%20ballooning | Hot air ballooning | Hot air ballooning is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying hot air balloons. Attractive aspects of ballooning include the exceptional quiet (except when the propane burners are firing), the lack of a feeling of movement, and the bird's-eye view. Since the balloon moves with the direction of the w... |
4283029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty%20of%20care%20in%20English%20law | Duty of care in English law | In English tort law, an individual may owe a duty of care to another, in order to ensure that they do not suffer any unreasonable harm or loss. If such a duty is found to be breached, a legal liability will be imposed upon the tortfeasor to compensate the victim for any losses they incur. The idea of individuals owing ... |
4283186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho%20Sakurai | Sho Sakurai | (born January 25, 1982) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor, host and former radio host. He is a member of the boy band Arashi.
Sakurai began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1995 at the age of 13. About seven years after... |
4283435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky%20shark | Dusky shark | The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, occurring in tropical and warm-temperate continental seas worldwide. A generalist apex predator, the dusky shark can be found from the coast to the outer continental shelf and adjacent pelagic waters, and has been recor... |
4283690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian%20resistance%20during%20World%20War%20II | Belarusian resistance during World War II | The Belarusian resistance during World War II opposed Nazi Germany from 1941 until 1944. Belarus was one of the Soviet republics occupied during Operation Barbarossa. The term Belarusian partisans may refer to Soviet-formed irregular military groups fighting Germany, but has also been used to refer to the disparate ind... |
4283766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzav | Tzav | Tzav, Tsav, Zav, Sav, or Ṣaw (—Hebrew for "command," the sixth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 25th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the second in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah teaches how the priests performed the sacrifices and descr... |
4284031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur%20boxing | Amateur boxing | Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations.
Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three minutes in men, and four rounds of two minutes in women, each with a one-m... |
4284049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr.%20Wagner%20Jr. | Dr. Wagner Jr. | Juan Manuel González Barrón (born August 12, 1965) is a Mexican luchador (Spanish for "professional wrestler") who is best known under the ring name Dr. Wagner Jr., having used that name since 1987. He is the son of Manuel González Rivera, better known as Dr. Wagner and the brother of the late César Cuauhtémoc González... |
4284638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism%20in%20Israel | Tourism in Israel | Tourism in Israel is one of the country's major sources of income, with a record 4.55 million tourist arrivals in 2019. Tourism contributed NIS 20 billion to the Israeli economy in 2017, making it an all-time record. Israel offers a plethora of historical and religious sites, beach resorts, natural sites, archaeologica... |
4284860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Allan%20Poe%20and%20music | Edgar Allan Poe and music | The influence of Edgar Allan Poe on the art of music has been considerable and long-standing, with the works, life and image of the horror fiction writer and poet inspiring composers and musicians from diverse genres for more than a century.
Classical music
In 1907, American composer Grace Chadbourne set Poe's text t... |
4285202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasha%20Niva | Nasha Niva | Nasha Niva (, lit. "Our field") is one of the oldest Belarusian weekly newspapers, founded in 1906 and re-established in 1991. Nasha Niva became a cultural symbol, due to the newspaper's importance as a publisher of Belarusian literature and as a pioneer of Belarusian language journalism, the years before the October R... |
4285595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Antarctic%20expeditions | List of Antarctic expeditions | This list of Antarctic expeditions is a chronological list of expeditions involving Antarctica. Although the existence of a southern continent had been hypothesized as early as the writings of Ptolemy in the 1st century AD, the South Pole was not reached until 1911.
Pre-exploration theories
600 BC – 300 BC – Greek Ph... |
4285830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20censorship%20in%20Pakistan | Internet censorship in Pakistan | Internet censorship in Pakistan is government control of information sent and received using the Internet in Pakistan. There have been significant instances of website access restriction in Pakistan, most notably when YouTube was banned from 2012–2016. Pakistan has asked a number of social media organisations to set up... |
4285967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Laurel%20doctrine | Mount Laurel doctrine | The Mount Laurel doctrine is a significant judicial doctrine of the New Jersey State Constitution. The doctrine requires that municipalities use their zoning powers in an affirmative manner to provide a realistic opportunity for the production of housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households.
The doctrine ... |
4286037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20National%20Antarctic%20Expedition | Scottish National Antarctic Expedition | The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), 1902–1904, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh. Although overshadowed in terms of prestige by Robert Falcon Scott's concurrent Discovery Expedition, the SNAE completed a full pro... |
4286207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20NASCAR%20Busch%20Series | 1998 NASCAR Busch Series | The 1998 NASCAR Busch Series began on Saturday, February 14 and ended on Sunday, November 15. Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. was crowned champion at season's end.
Teams and drivers
List of full-time teams at the start of 1998.
Races
NAPA Auto Parts 300
The NAPA Auto Parts 300 was held February 14 at D... |
4286336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIBW-TV | WIBW-TV | WIBW-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Gray Television. The station's studios are located on Commerce Place (next to the interchange of I-70, I-470, US 40, US 75 and K-4) in west-southwestern Topeka, and its transmitter is located on Windy Hill Ro... |
4286689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucky%20Pup | Mucky Pup | Mucky Pup were an American hardcore and crossover thrash band formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in 1986, when brothers Chris (vocals) and John (drums) Milnes joined up with Scott Dottino (bass) and Dan Nastasi (guitar) as the cover band, Predator. The band soon began writing original material and changed the band name... |
4286809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow%20of%20the%20Hawaiian%20Kingdom | Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom | The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a coup d'état against Queen Liliʻuokalani, which took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oahu and led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu. The Committee prevailed upon America... |
4286852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20George%20Illawarra%20Dragons | St. George Illawarra Dragons | The St. George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since 1999 after a joint-venture was formed between the St. George Dragons (est. 1921) and the Il... |
4286871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20D.%20Jones | W. D. Jones | William Daniel ("W.D.", "Bud", "Deacon") Jones (May 12, 1916 – August 20, 1974) was a member of the Barrow Gang, whose crime spree throughout the southern Midwest in the early years of the Great Depression became part of American criminal folklore. Jones ran with Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker for eight and a half mont... |
4287121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor%20Ferries | Condor Ferries | Condor Ferries is an operator of passenger and freight ferry services between The United Kingdom, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey and France.
History
Condor Ferries was formed in 1964 by Channel Island businessmen Peter Dorey and Jack Norman. The company originally operated services only between the Channe... |
4287216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jikuu%20Senshi%20Spielban | Jikuu Senshi Spielban | is a Japanese tokusatsu television series, part of the Metal Hero Series franchise created by Toei Co. Ltd. and aired from to . Spielban'''s footage was used for Saban’s live-action series, VR Troopers.
For distribution purposes, Toei Company refers to this television series as Spielvan.
Plot
The Waller Empire destr... |
4287389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20image%20synthesis | Human image synthesis | Human image synthesis is technology that can be applied to make believable and even photorealistic renditions of human-likenesses, moving or still. It has effectively existed since the early 2000s. Many films using computer generated imagery have featured synthetic images of human-like characters digitally composited o... |
4287676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Caretaker | The Caretaker | The Caretaker is a drama in three acts by Harold Pinter. Although it was the sixth of his major works for stage and television, this psychological study of the confluence of power, allegiance, innocence, and corruption among two brothers and a tramp, became Pinter's first significant commercial success. It premiered at... |
4287721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Homecoming | The Homecoming | The Homecoming is a two-act play written in 1964 by Harold Pinter and first published in 1965. Its premières in London (1965) and New York (1967) were both directed by Sir Peter Hall. The original Broadway production won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Play. Its 40th-anniversary Broadway production at the Cort Theatre was... |
4288212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Horse%20%28elder%29 | American Horse (elder) | American Horse (Oglala Lakota: Wašíčuŋ Tȟašúŋke in Standard Lakota Orthography) (a/k/a "American Horse the Elder") (1830–September 9, 1876) was an Oglala Lakota warrior chief renowned for courage and honor. American Horse is notable in American history as one of the principal war chiefs allied with Crazy Horse during R... |
4288313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixie%20%28X-Men%29 | Pixie (X-Men) | Pixie (Megan Gwynn) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Pixie belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities, and to the species of humanoid magical beings named fairies, who are born with supernatural powers. Her hybrid mutation gr... |
4288441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Roberts%20%28evangelist%29 | Richard Roberts (evangelist) | Richard Lee Roberts (born November 12, 1948) is an American television evangelist and faith healer who serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association. He previously served fifteen years as the president of Oral Roberts University.
Early life and education
Richard Lee R... |
4288521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace%20of%20Saint-Germain-en-Laye | Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye | The Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed on 8 August 1570 by Charles IX of France, Gaspard II de Coligny and Jeanne d'Albret, and ended the 1568 to 1570 Third Civil War, part of the French Wars of Religion.
The Peace went much further than the March 1568 Peace of Longjumeau by establishing specific rights and res... |
4288541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto%20Rico%20national%20baseball%20team | Puerto Rico national baseball team | The Puerto Rico national baseball team (), also known as Team Rubio is the national baseball team of Puerto Rico. The men's senior team is currently ranked 13th in the world. Puerto Rico is the incumbent Pan American and Central American/Caribbean champion, as well as the World Baseball Classic runner-up. The team will... |
4288756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostface%20%28identity%29 | Ghostface (identity) | Ghostface (alternatively stylized as Ghost Face or GhostFace) is a fictional identity that is adopted by the primary antagonists of the Scream franchise. The figure was originally created by Kevin Williamson, and is primarily mute in person but voiced over the phone by Roger L. Jackson, regardless of who is behind the ... |
4288926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201988%29 | Anderson (footballer, born 1988) | Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (born 13 April 1988), commonly known as Anderson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who works as assistant manager of Adana Demirspor. He played as a midfielder and known best for his tenure with Manchester United from 2007 to 2015.
Born in Porto Alegre, he began his career ... |
4289261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation%20and%20restoration%20of%20photographs | Conservation and restoration of photographs | The conservation and restoration of photographs is the study of the physical care and treatment of photographic materials. It covers both efforts undertaken by photograph conservators, librarians, archivists, and museum curators who manage photograph collections at a variety of cultural heritage institutions, as well a... |
4289390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20philosophers%20born%20in%20the%2020th%20century | List of philosophers born in the 20th century | Philosophers born in the 20th century (and others important in the history of philosophy) listed alphabetically:
Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
A
Elisa Aaltola (born 1976)
Richard Aaron (1901–1987)
Gholamreza Aavan... |
4289811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20abortion | History of abortion | The practice of induced abortion—the deliberate termination of a pregnancy—has been known since ancient times. Various methods have been used to perform or attempt abortion, including the administration of abortifacient herbs, the use of sharpened implements, the application of abdominal pressure, and other techniques.... |
4290045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN%20Wide%20World%20of%20Sports%20Complex | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex | The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is a multi-purpose sports complex located at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, United States, near Orlando. The complex allows families to combine tournaments and competition with a visit to vacation destinations in the area. The complex includes nine venues and hosts numero... |
4290130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azendohsaurus | Azendohsaurus | Azendohsaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous archosauromorph reptile from roughly the late Middle to early Late Triassic Period of Morocco and Madagascar. The type species, Azendohsaurus laaroussii, was described and named by Jean-Michel Dutuit in 1972 based on partial jaw fragments and some teeth from Morocco. A s... |
4290527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20NASCAR%20Winston%20Cup%20Series | 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | The 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 48th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 25th modern-era NASCAR Cup series. The season had been started on February 18 at Daytona International Speedway, and ended on November 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The season would be remembered for Ter... |
4290903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20rain%20in%20Kerala | Red rain in Kerala | The Kerala red rain phenomenon was a blood rain event that occurred in Wayanad district region of Malabar on Monday, 15 July 1957 and the colour subsequently turned yellow and also 25 July to 23 September 2001, when heavy downpours of red-coloured rain fell sporadically on the southern Indian state of Kerala, staining ... |
4291000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Green%20Lanterns | List of Green Lanterns | The Green Lantern Corps, a fictional organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics, consists of a membership of at least 7200 members, with two assigned per sector (originally 3600 members, one per sector). Additionally, there are assorted other members who fulfill roles other than patrolling. While the chara... |
4291375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20NCAA%20Division%20I-A%20football%20season | 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season | The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners beating the defending national champion Florida State Seminoles to claim the Sooners' seventh national championship and their thirty-seventh conference championship, the first of each since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer.
Oklahoma co... |
4291630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Environment%20%28South%20Korea%29 | Ministry of Environment (South Korea) | The Ministry of Environment () is the South Korea branch of government charged with environmental protection. In addition to enforcing regulations and sponsoring ecological research, the Ministry manages the national parks of South Korea. Its headquarters is in Sejong City.
Mission
The mission of the Ministry of Env... |
4291958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramedics%20in%20the%20United%20States | Paramedics in the United States | In the United States, the paramedic is a allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency medical care for patients who access Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This individual possesses the complex knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and transportation. Paramedics func... |
4292152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20of%20Marilyn%20Monroe | Death of Marilyn Monroe | On the evening of August 4, 1962, American actress Marilyn Monroe died at age 36 of a barbiturate overdose inside her home at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Her body was discovered before dawn the following morning, on August 5. Monroe had been one of the most popular Hollywood stars du... |
4292193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%20in%20the%20War%20in%20Afghanistan | Canada in the War in Afghanistan | Canada's role in the Afghanistan War began in late 2001. Canada sent its first element of soldiers secretly in October 2001 from Joint Task Force 2, and the first contingents of regular Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) troops arrived in Afghanistan in January–February 2002. The operations were aimed at identifying and neutr... |
4292473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland%20State%20Police | Maryland State Police | The Maryland State Police (MSP), officially the Maryland Department of State Police (MDSP), is the official state police force of the U.S. state of Maryland. The Maryland State Police is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesville CDP in unincorporated Baltimore County.
Organizational structure
The Maryl... |
4292653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-127 | STS-127 | STS-127 (ISS assembly flight 2J/A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was the twenty-third flight of . The primary purpose of the STS-127 mission was to deliver and install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module: the Exposed Facility (JEM EF), and the Expos... |
4292915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Roumanian-American%20Congregation | First Roumanian-American Congregation | The First Roumanian-American Congregation, also known as Congregation Shaarey Shomayim (, "Gates of Heaven"), or the Roumanishe Shul (Yiddish for "Romanian synagogue"), was an Orthodox Jewish congregation that, for over 100 years, occupied a historic building at 89–93 Rivington Street on the Lower East Side of Manhatta... |
4292924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Martelly | Michel Martelly | Michel Joseph Martelly (; born 12 February 1961) is a Haitian musician and politician who was the President of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016.
Martelly was one of Haiti's best-known musicians for over a decade, going by the stage name Sweet Micky. For business and musical reasons, Martelly has moved a number ... |
4293014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20NCAA%20Division%20I-A%20football%20season | 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season | The 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first college football season of the 21st century. It ended with the University of Miami winning the national title for the fifth time.
The Hurricanes were led by Larry Coker, who was in his first year as head coach after five years as Miami's offensive coordinator un... |
4293135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian%20Americans | Nigerian Americans | Nigerian Americans (;
;
) are Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry. The number of Nigerian immigrants residing in the United States is rapidly growing, expanding from a small 1980 population of 25,000. The 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) estimated that 461,695 U.S. residents were of Nigerian ancestry. The 2019... |
4293656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20invasion%20of%20Afghanistan | United States invasion of Afghanistan | Shortly after the September 11 attacks, the United States declared the beginning of the war on terror and subsequently led a multinational invasion of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The stated goal was to dismantle al-Qaeda, which had executed the attacks under the leadership of Osama bin Laden, and to deny Islamist milita... |
4293761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic%20of%20Koroghlu | Epic of Koroghlu | The Epic of Koroghlu (; ; ; ) is a heroic legend prominent in the oral traditions of the Turkic peoples, mainly the Oghuz Turks. The legend typically describes a hero who seeks to avenge a wrong. It was often put to music and played at sporting events as an inspiration to the competing athletes. Koroghlu is the main he... |
4294366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United%20Kingdom%20relations | Iran–United Kingdom relations | Iran–United Kingdom relations are the bilateral relations between the United Kingdom and Iran. Iran, which was called Persia by the West before 1935, has had political relations with England since the late Ilkhanate period (13th century) when King Edward I of England sent Geoffrey of Langley to the Ilkhanid court to se... |
4294832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20collections%20framework | Java collections framework | The Java collections framework is a set of classes and interfaces that implement commonly reusable collection data structures.
Although referred to as a framework, it works in a manner of a library. The collections framework provides both interfaces that define various collections and classes that implement them.
Dif... |
4294949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Peltier | Lee Peltier | Lee Anthony Peltier (born 11 December 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club Rotherham United. While he has played in positions in both defence and midfield, he primarily plays as a right-back or centre-back. He started his career with his hometown club Liverpool, maki... |
4295195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocked%20Up | Knocked Up | Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. It follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between a slacker and a recently promoted media personality that results in an unintended preg... |
4295212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Lions%20%28basketball%29 | London Lions (basketball) | London Lions are a British professional basketball team based in Stratford, East London, England, and compete in the British Basketball League as well as the EuroCup.
The team was originally founded in 1977 as the Hemel Hempstead Lakers, and was previously based in Hemel Hempstead, following ownership take over by Vin... |
4295603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall%20Railway%20viaducts | Cornwall Railway viaducts | The Cornwall Railway company constructed a railway line between Plymouth and Truro in the United Kingdom, opening in 1859, and extended it to Falmouth in 1863. The topography of Cornwall is such that the route, which is generally east–west, cuts across numerous deep river valleys that generally run north–south. At the ... |
4295687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabyle%20people | Kabyle people | The Kabyle people (, or Leqbayel or Iqbayliyen, , ) are a Berber ethnic group indigenous to Kabylia in the north of Algeria, spread across the Atlas Mountains, east of Algiers. They represent the largest Berber population of Algeria and the second largest in North Africa.
Many of the Kabyles have emigrated from Alge... |
4295976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%20Agbonlahor | Gabriel Agbonlahor | Gabriel Imuetinyan Agbonlahor (born 13 October 1986) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward; he mostly played as a striker, but he was also capable of playing on the wing. He spent his entire professional career with Aston Villa in the Premier League and later the Championship, with loans... |
4296593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock%20%28novel%29 | Woodstock (novel) | Woodstock, or The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Set just after the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners wh... |
4296727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20genocide | Greek genocide | The Greek genocide (), which included the Pontic genocide, was the systematic killing of the Christian Ottoman Greek population of Anatolia which was carried out mainly during World War I and its aftermath (1914–1922) on the basis of their religion and ethnicity. It was perpetrated by the government of the Ottoman Empi... |
4297102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchala%20Kingdom%20%28Mahabharata%29 | Panchala Kingdom (Mahabharata) | The Panchala (पञ्चाल Pañcāla) kingdom was one of the historical Mahajanapadas of ancient India (c. 30th to 4th centuries BC). It was annexed into the Nanda Empire during the reign of Mahapadma Nanda. Ahichchhatra was capital of northern Panchala and Kampilya was capital of southern Panchala.
Panchala in the Mahabharat... |
4297324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion%20in%20Pakistan | Religion in Pakistan | The official religion of Pakistan is Islam, as enshrined by Article 2 of the Constitution, and is practised by approximately 96.47% of the country's population. The remaining 3.53% practice Hinduism, Christianity, Ahmadiyya Islam (recognised as a non-Muslim group by the Pakistani constitution), Sikhism and other religi... |
4298302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPLEDGE%20program | IPLEDGE program | The iPLEDGE program is a program by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for managing the risk of isotretinoin (also known as Accutane), a prescription medication used for the treatment of acne. Patients, their doctors and their pharmacists are required by the FDA to register and use the iPLEDGE web site in orde... |
4298408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamosaurus | Siamosaurus | Siamosaurus (meaning "Siam lizard") is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now known as China and Thailand during the Early Cretaceous period (Barremian to Aptian) and is the first reported spinosaurid from Asia. It is confidently known only from tooth fossils; the first were found in the Sao Khua For... |
4298423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Medical%20Council | General Medical Council | The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by controlling entry to the register, and suspending or removing members when nec... |
4298666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20Who%20Fell%20to%20Earth | The Man Who Fell to Earth | The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fantasy drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and adapted by Paul Mayersberg. Based on Walter Tevis's 1963 novel of the same name, the film follows an extraterrestrial (Thomas Jerome Newton) who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is su... |
4298756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20passport | Australian passport | Australian passports are travel documents issued to Australian citizens under the Australian Passports Act 2005 by the Australian Passport Office of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), both in Australia and overseas, which enable the passport bearer to travel internationally. Australian citizens are all... |
4298904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halictus%20rubicundus | Halictus rubicundus | Halictus rubicundus, the orange-legged furrow bee, is a species of sweat bee found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. H. rubicundus entered North America from the Old World during one of two main invasions of Halictus subgenera. These invasions likely occurred via the Bering land bridge at times of low sea level duri... |
4299290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon%20McGuire | Deacon McGuire | James Thomas "Deacon" McGuire (November 18, 1863 – October 31, 1936) was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach whose career spanned the years 1883 to 1915. He played 26 seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher, for 11 different major league clubs. His longest stretches were with... |
4299450 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie%20ranch | Movie ranch | A movie ranch is a ranch that is at least partially dedicated for use as a set in the creation and production of motion pictures and television shows. These were developed in the United States in southern California, because of the climate. The first such facilities were all within the studio zone, often in the foothi... |
4299607 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA%20L%E1%BB%A3i | Lê Lợi | Lê Lợi (, chữ Hán: 黎利; c. 10 September 1384/1385 – 5 October 1433), also known by his temple name as Lê Thái Tổ (黎太祖) and by his pre-imperial title Bình Định vương (平定王; "Prince of Pacification"), was a Vietnamese rebel leader who founded the Later Lê dynasty and became the first king of the restored kingdom of Đại Việ... |
4300161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement%20Higham | Clement Higham | Sir Clement Higham, or Heigham, (pre-1495 – 9 March 1571) of Barrow, Suffolk, was an English lawyer and politician, a Speaker of the House of Commons in 1554, and Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1558–1559. A loyal Roman Catholic, he held various offices and commissions under Queen Mary, and was knighted in 1555 by Kin... |
4300317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84th%20Regiment%20of%20Foot%20%28Royal%20Highland%20Emigrants%29 | 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) | The 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) was a British regiment in the American Revolutionary War that was raised to defend present day Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada from the constant land and sea attacks by American Revolutionaries. The 84th Regiment was also involved in offensive action in the Thirt... |
4300364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20L.%20Wilkinson | Ernest L. Wilkinson | Ernest Leroy Wilkinson (May 4, 1899 – April 6, 1978) was an American academic administrator, lawyer, and prominent figure in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was president of Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1951 to 1971, simultaneously overseeing the entire LDS Church Educational Sy... |
4300405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Sea%20Mine%20Barrage | North Sea Mine Barrage | The North Sea Mine Barrage, also known as the Northern Barrage, was a large minefield laid easterly from the Orkney Islands to Norway by the United States Navy (assisted by the Royal Navy) during World War I. The objective was to inhibit the movement of U-boats from bases in Germany to the Atlantic shipping lanes brin... |
4300418 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hero%3A%20Love%20Story%20of%20a%20Spy | The Hero: Love Story of a Spy | The Hero: Love Story of a Spy is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film directed by Anil Sharma and produced by Time Magnetics. It stars Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra in her Bollywood film debut. Written by Shaktimaan, the film tells the story of an undercover Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) age... |
4300454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Bathurst | Robert Bathurst | Robert Guy Bathurst (born 22 February 1957) is an English actor. Bathurst was born in The Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. In 1959 his family moved to Ballybrack, Dublin, Ireland and Bathurst attended school in Killiney and later was enrolled at Headfort, an Irish... |
4301082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon%20State%20Penitentiary | Oregon State Penitentiary | Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP), also known as Oregon State Prison, is a maximum security prison in the northwest United States in Salem, Oregon. Originally opened in Portland in 1851, it relocated to Salem fifteen years later. The 2,242-capacity prison is the oldest in the state; the all-male facility is operated by ... |
4301379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiddie%20ride | Kiddie ride | A kiddie ride is a child-sized, themed, mildly interactive coin-operated ride that can be ridden by young children for amusement. Kiddie rides are commonly available in amusement parks, arcades, malls, hotel game rooms, outside supermarkets, and large department stores. Less commonly, they may also appear in other venu... |
4301442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Forks%2C%20Winnipeg | The Forks, Winnipeg | The Forks () is a historic site, meeting place, and green space in downtown Winnipeg located at the confluence of the Red River and the Assiniboine River.
The Forks was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974 due to its status as a cultural landscape that had borne witness to six thousand years of human ... |
4301597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20Balcer | René Balcer | René Balcer (born February 9, 1954) is a Canadian-American television writer, director, producer, and showrunner.
Early life
He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and attended Lower Canada College in Montreal. He studied creative writing at Concordia University under noted Canadian poet Deborah Eibel, and earned his BA m... |
4302088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932%20in%20baseball | 1932 in baseball |
Champions
World Series: New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs (4-0)
Awards and honors
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
Jimmie Foxx, Philadelphia Athletics, 1B
Chuck Klein, Philadelphia Phillies, OF
Statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standi... |
4302172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha%20Christie%3A%20And%20Then%20There%20Were%20None | Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None (With 16 Chapters) (also known simply as And Then There Were None) is a 2005 point-and-click adventure game developed by AWE Productions and published by The Adventure Company for Microsoft Windows. It was the first in The Adventure Company's Agatha Christie series. The game i... |
4302190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1l%20nAraidi | Dál nAraidi | Dál nAraidi (; "Araide's part") or Dál Araide, sometimes latinised as Dalaradia or anglicised as Dalaray, was a Cruthin kingdom, or possibly a confederation of Cruthin tribes, in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages. It was part of the over-kingdom of Ulaid, and its kings often contended with the Dál Fiatach fo... |
4302332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campylobacter%20fetus | Campylobacter fetus | Campylobacter fetus is a rod-shaped, gram-negative species of bacteria within the genus Campylobacter of phylum Pseudomonadota. Identification of C. fetus species in infected animals or people is routinely performed by culture on blood or cefoperazone deoxycholate agar. Subspecies of C. fetus commonly causes reproducti... |
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