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4383214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20%28novel%20series%29 | Alice (novel series) | The Alice series is a young adult book series written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, consisting of 25 books and three prequels, and it has been frequently challenged, as documented in the American Library Association's lists of the 100 most frequently challenged books from 1990 to 2019. The main character is Alice McKinle... |
4383353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922%20in%20baseball | 1922 in baseball |
Champions
World Series: New York Giants over New York Yankees (4-0-1)
Statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Negro leagues final standings
Negro National League final standings
This was the third of twelve seasons of the first Ne... |
4383399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kothar-wa-Khasis | Kothar-wa-Khasis | Kothar-wa-Khasis (), also known as Kothar or Hayyānu, was an Ugaritic god regarded as a divine artisan. He could variously play the roles of an architect, smith, musician or magician. Some scholars believe that this name represents two gods, Kothar and Khasis, combined into one.
He is well attested in ritual texts, an... |
4383655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana%20bat | Indiana bat | The Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) is a medium-sized mouse-eared bat native to North America. It lives primarily in Southern and Midwestern U.S. states and is listed as an endangered species. The Indiana bat is grey, black, or chestnut in color and is 1.2–2.0 in long and weighs . It is similar in appearance to the more c... |
4383818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Burridge | Lee Burridge | Lee Burridge (born November 1968) is a British DJ and producer who helped launch the underground club scene in Hong Kong during the early 1990s. He currently plays at nightclubs across the world. Renowned for his storytelling musical style in his DJ sets as well as for his energy and enthusiasm in the DJ booth, his sty... |
4383850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20fossil%20bird%20genera | List of fossil bird genera | Birds evolved from certain feathered theropod dinosaurs, and there is no real dividing line between birds and non-avian dinosaurs except that some of the former survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event while the latter did not. For the purposes of this article, a 'bird' is considered to be any member of the c... |
4384343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea%20Forest%20Service | Korea Forest Service | The Korea Forest Service is a central administrative agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFR), responsible for protecting and nurturing forests, increasing forest resources, developing forest products, conducting research on forest management and improvement, and is located in Daejeon Gov... |
4384674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines%20campaign%20%281944%E2%80%931945%29 | Philippines campaign (1944–1945) | The Philippines campaign, Battle of the Philippines, Second Philippines campaign, or the Liberation of the Philippines, codenamed Operation Musketeer I, II, and III, was the American, Mexican, Australian and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II... |
4384758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20fishes%20of%20Great%20Britain | List of fishes of Great Britain | This is a list of fish found in and around Great Britain, in both fresh water (lakes, rivers, streams and man-made pools) and salt water. This list includes species that are native to Great Britain, as well as those which have been introduced from other countries.
Agnatha - jawless fish
Myxini - hagfish
Myxinidae - ... |
4384917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology%20of%20the%20Dallas%E2%80%93Fort%20Worth%20Metroplex | Geology of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex | The Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex sits above Cretaceous-age strata ranging from ≈145-66 Ma (million years ago). These Cretaceous-aged sediments lie above the eroded Ouachita Mountains and the Fort Worth Basin, which was formed by the Ouachita Orogeny. Going from west to east in the DFW Metroplex and down towards the Gulf... |
4384977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyuji%20Fujikawa | Kyuji Fujikawa | is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Fujikawa pitched in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics as well as the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A prototypical power pi... |
4385101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neboj%C5%A1a%20Glogovac | Nebojša Glogovac | Nebojša "Glogi" Glogovac (; 30 August 19699 February 2018) was an award-winning Serbian actor, notable for performances in theater, television and film.
He was a member of the Children's Drama Group of the Serbian Radio and television, and he began his acting career at the Youth Atelier in Pančevo. In 1996, he receive... |
4385123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATL%20%28film%29 | ATL (film) | ATL is a 2006 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film, and the feature film directorial debut of music video director Chris Robinson. The screenplay was written by Tina Gordon Chism from an original story by Antwone Fisher, and is loosely based on the experiences of the film's producers Dallas Austin and Tionne "T-Boz... |
4385154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site-specific%20recombinase%20technology | Site-specific recombinase technology | Site-specific recombinase technologies are genome engineering tools that depend on recombinase enzymes to replace targeted sections of DNA.
History
In the late 1980s gene targeting in murine embryonic stem cells (ESCs) enabled the transmission of mutations into the mouse germ line, and emerged as a novel option to st... |
4385197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVPT | KVPT | KVPT (channel 18) is a PBS member television station in Fresno, California, United States, owned by Valley Public Television, Inc. Its studios are located on Van Ness Avenue and Calaveras Street in downtown Fresno, and its transmitter is located on Bear Mountain, near Meadow Lakes, California. It is also broadcast in B... |
4385443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi%20calling | Wi-Fi calling | Wi-Fi calling refers to mobile phone voice calls and data that are made over IP networks using Wi-Fi, instead of the cell towers provided by cellular networks. Using this feature, compatible handsets are able to route regular cellular calls through a wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) network with broadband Internet, while seamlessl... |
4385464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20tuner | Electronic tuner | In music, an electronic tuner is a device that detects and displays the pitch of musical notes played on a musical instrument. "Pitch" is the perceived fundamental frequency of a musical note, which is typically measured in Hertz. Simple tuners indicate—typically with an analog needle or dial, LEDs, or an LCD screen—wh... |
4385475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20Greek%20astronomy | Ancient Greek astronomy | Ancient Greek astronomy is the astronomy written in the Greek language during classical antiquity. Greek astronomy is understood to include the Ancient Greek, Hellenistic, Greco-Roman, and late antique eras. It is not limited geographically to Greece or to ethnic Greeks, as the Greek language had become the language of... |
4385953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiCam | MultiCam | MultiCam is a camouflage pattern designed for use in a wide range of environments and conditions which was specifically developed and is produced by American company Crye Precision. As a result of the pattern's effectiveness across disparate environments and regions, it has found extensive adoption globally. Variants o... |
4386087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Baby | Santa Baby | "Santa Baby" is a song performed by American singer Eartha Kitt with Henri René and His Orchestra and originally released in 1953. The song was written by Joan Javits and Philip Springer, who also used the pseudonym Tony Springer in an attempt to speed up the song's publishing process. Lyrically, the song is a tongue-i... |
4386093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20American%20game%20shows | List of American game shows | The following is a list of game shows in the United States. Ongoing shows are in bold type.
General game and quiz shows
#
1 vs. 100 (2006–2008, 2010–2011)
2 Minute Drill (2000–2001)
3 for the Money (1975)
10 Seconds (1993–1994)
20Q (2009)
25 Words or Less (2019–present; began as a test run in 2018)
50 Grand Slam (197... |
4387043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20gravitational%20theory | History of gravitational theory | In physics, theories of gravitation postulate mechanisms of interaction governing the movements of bodies with mass. There have been numerous theories of gravitation since ancient times. The first extant sources discussing such theories are found in ancient Greek philosophy. This work was furthered through the Middle A... |
4387541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannu%20Bhandari | Mannu Bhandari | Mannu Bhandari Yadav (3 April 1931 – 15 November 2021) was an Indian author, screenplay writer, teacher, and playwright. Primarily known for her two Hindi novels, Aap Ka Bunty (Your Bunty) and Mahabhoj (Feast), Bhandari also wrote over 150 short stories, several other novels, screenplays for television and film, and ad... |
4387617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit%E2%80%93drug%20interactions | Grapefruit–drug interactions | Some fruit juices and fruits can interact with numerous drugs, in many cases causing adverse effects. The effect is most studied with grapefruit and grapefruit juice, but similar effects have been observed with certain other citrus fruits.
The effect was first discovered accidentally in 1991, when a test of drug inte... |
4387773 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udaipur | Udaipur | Udaipur (Hindi: , ) (ISO 15919: Udayapura) is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India.It is also known as the 'City of Lakes' and serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agenc... |
4387889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel%20valley | Tunnel valley | A tunnel valley is a U-shaped valley originally cut under the glacial ice near the margin of continental ice sheets such as that now covering Antarctica and formerly covering portions of all continents during past glacial ages. They can be as long as , wide, and deep.
Tunnel valleys were formed by subglacial erosion... |
4387991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%202000 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 2000 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 2000.
1–100
The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000 No. 1)
The M62 Motorway (New Junction 8 and Widening Junction 8 to 9) Connecting Roads Scheme 2000 (S.I. 2000 No. 2)
The Rent Officers (Housing Be... |
4387992 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%202001 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 2001 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 2001. There is 2280 items listed here, out of a total of 2285
Statutory Instruments
1–100
The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (County of Kent) (District of Dover) Order 2001 SI 2001/1
The Pet Travel Scheme (Pil... |
4388005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%202003 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 2003 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom made in 2003.
1–100
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003 No. 1 (C. 1))
The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003 No. 2 (C. 2))
The Agricultural Holdi... |
4388006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%202004 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 2004 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 2004.
1–100
The Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale—Exemption) Amendment Order 2004 (S.I. 2004 No. 1)
The Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2004 (S.I. 2004 No. 2)
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financ... |
4388009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%201998 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1998 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 1998.
1–100
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998 No. 1)
The National Health Service (Proposals for Pilot Schemes) and (Miscellaneous Amendments) Amendment Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998 No. 3)
The ... |
4388012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%201999 | List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1999 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 1999.
1–100
The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (School Playing Fields) (Modification) (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999 No. 1)
The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999 No. 2)
The Social Security (Categorisa... |
4388028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radu%20Paisie | Radu Paisie | Radu VII Paisie, officially Radul (Church Slavonic: Радул воєвода; ), also known as Radu vodă Măjescul, Radu vodă Călugărul, Petru I, and Petru de la Argeș (ca. 1500 – after 1545), was Prince of Wallachia almost continuously from June 1535 to February 1545. A man of uncertain origins, he depicted himself as an heir to... |
4388216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd%20Battalion%2C%20Royal%20Australian%20Regiment | 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment | The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) is an amphibious light infantry battalion of the Australian Army part of the 1st Division Amphibious Task Group based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville.
2 RAR was initially formed as the Australian 66th Battalion in 1945 as part of the 34th Brigade (Australia) and ... |
4388256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC%20Karpaty%20Lviv | FC Karpaty Lviv | Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv.
In 2020–21 the club was reorganized and changed owner. During that period there existed two clubs with the same name, one at professional level competitions, another at amateur.
History
Early years (1963–68)
The team of Karpaty w... |
4388435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Lytton | Henry Lytton | Sir Henry Lytton (born Henry Alfred Jones; 3 January 1865 – 15 August 1936) was an English actor and singer who was the leading exponent of the starring comic patter-baritone roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas from 1909 to 1934. He also starred in musical comedies. His career with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company spann... |
4388550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrovirus | Astrovirus | Astroviruses are a type of virus that was first discovered in 1975 using electron microscopes following an outbreak of diarrhea in humans. In addition to humans, astroviruses have now been isolated from numerous mammalian animal species (and are classified as genus Mamastrovirus) and from avian species such as ducks, c... |
4388648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garegin%20Nzhdeh | Garegin Nzhdeh | Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan, better known by his nom de guerre Garegin Nzhdeh (, ; 1 January 1886 – 21 December 1955), was an Armenian statesman, military commander and nationalist political thinker. As a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, he was involved in the national liberation struggle and revolutionary ... |
4389159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary%20of%20wine%20terms | Glossary of wine terms | The glossary of wine terms lists the definitions of many general terms used within the wine industry. For terms specific to viticulture, winemaking, grape varieties, and wine tasting, see the topic specific list in the "See also" section below.
A
Abboccato
An Italian term for full-bodied wines with medium-level sweet... |
4389340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helliconia | Helliconia | The Helliconia trilogy is a series of science fiction books by British writer Brian W. Aldiss, set on the Earth-like planet Helliconia. It is an epic chronicling the rise and fall of a civilisation over more than a thousand years as the planet progresses through its incredibly long seasons, which last for centuries.
T... |
4389530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate%2010%20in%20California | Interstate 10 in California | Interstate 10 (I-10) is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from Santa Monica, California to Jacksonville, Florida. The segment of I-10 in California runs east from Santa Monica through Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Palm Springs before crossing into the state of Arizona. In the Gre... |
4389689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20South%20Korea | Government of South Korea | The Government of South Korea is the national government of the Republic of Korea, created by the Constitution of South Korea as the executive, legislative and judicial authority of the republic. The president acts as the head of state and is the highest figure of executive authority in the country, followed by the pri... |
4389830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health%20and%20Safety%20at%20Work%20etc.%20Act%201974 | Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 | The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c 37) (abbreviated to "HSWA 1974", "HASWA" or "HASAWA") is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that defines the fundamental structure and authority for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare within the United Kingdom... |
4390344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20psychology | Music psychology | Music psychology, or the psychology of music, may be regarded as a branch of both psychology and musicology. It aims to explain and understand musical behaviour and experience, including the processes through which music is perceived, created, responded to, and incorporated into everyday life. Modern music psychology i... |
4390532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel%20Bigeard | Marcel Bigeard | Marcel Bigeard (February 14, 1916 – June 18, 2010), personal radio call-sign "Bruno", was a French military officer and politician who fought in World War II, the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. He was one of the commanders in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and is thought by many to have been a dominating influe... |
4390553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20of%20the%20Living%20Dead | City of the Living Dead | City of the Living Dead (, also released as The Gates of Hell) is a 1980 Italian supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Lucio Fulci. It stars Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo de Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, and Janet Agren. The film follows a priest whose suicide opens ... |
4390666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%20Sometimes%20%28novel%29 | Charlotte Sometimes (novel) | Charlotte Sometimes is a children's novel by the English writer Penelope Farmer, published in 1969 in Britain and the United States. It is the third and best-known of three books featuring the Makepeace sisters, Charlotte and Emma, sometimes known as the Aviary Hall books. The story follows a girl starting at boarding ... |
4391160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libby%20Fox | Libby Fox | Libby Fox (initially known as "Squiggle") is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, EastEnders, played by Belinda Owusu. She made her first appearance on 22 May 2006 and left in 2010. She is the daughter of Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Owen Turner (Lee Ross), and half-sister of Chelsea Fox (Tiana Benjamin). Th... |
4391301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette%20Cooper | Paulette Cooper | Paulette Cooper (born July 26, 1942) is an American author and journalist whose writing against the Church of Scientology resulted in harassment from Scientologists. An early critic of the church, she published The Scandal of Scientology in 1971. She endured many years of attacks from church leadership and their agents... |
4392222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanemuine | Vanemuine | Vanemuine () is a theatre in Tartu, Estonia. It is the first Estonian language theatre. Stemming from the Vanemuine Society (1865), the theatre's first performance was Lydia Koidula's Saaremaa Onupoeg ("The cousin from Saaremaa") at the society's fifth anniversary. In subsequent years, Vanemuine has expanded to include... |
4392970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920%20in%20baseball | 1920 in baseball |
Champions
World Series: Cleveland Indians over Brooklyn Robins (5–2)
Awards and honors
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
None
MLB statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Negro league final standings
Negro National League final sta... |
4393124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20of%20Martin%20Anderson | Death of Martin Anderson | Martin Lee Anderson (c. January 15, 1991 – January 6, 2006) was a 14-year-old from Florida who died while incarcerated at a boot camp-style youth detention center, the Bay County Boot Camp, located in Panama City, Florida, and operated by the Bay County Sheriff's Office. Upon arriving at the camp he was forced to run ... |
4393232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Scene | My Scene | My Scene (stylized in all lowercase) is an American series of fashion dolls that Mattel released in 2002.
They were discontinued in the US in 2008, and worldwide in 2011. Mattel's Barbie character is one of the dolls in the toy line. The My Scene dolls' bodies are slim, similar to earlier Barbie dolls, but their heads... |
4393438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s%20Gate%20%28video%20game%29 | Baldur's Gate (video game) | Baldur's Gate is a fantasy role-playing video game that was developed by BioWare and published in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. It is the first game in the Baldur's Gate series and takes place in the Forgotten Realms, a high fantasy campaign setting, using a modified version of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D)... |
4393502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacral%20architecture | Sacral architecture | Sacral architecture (also known as sacred architecture or religious architecture) is a religious architectural practice concerned with the design and construction of places of worship or sacred or intentional space, such as churches, mosques, stupas, synagogues, and temples. Many cultures devoted considerable resources... |
4393664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919%20in%20baseball | 1919 in baseball |
Headline Event of the Year
Chicago White Sox players accused of throwing World Series, resulting in the Black Sox scandal.
Champions
World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Chicago White Sox (5–3)
Awards and honors
MLB Most Valuable Player Award
None
MLB statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
Amer... |
4393979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Black%20Parade | The Black Parade | The Black Parade is the third studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance. Released in Europe on October 23, 2006, and the United States on October 24, 2006, through Reprise Records, it was produced by the band with Rob Cavallo, known for having produced multiple albums for the Goo Goo Dolls and Green Day. I... |
4395393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Democratic%20Party%20presidential%20primaries | 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries | From January 3 to June 3, 2008, voters of the Democratic Party chose their nominee for president in the 2008 United States presidential election. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was selected as the nominee, becoming the first African American to secure the presidential nomination of any major political party in the Un... |
4395720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daifug%C5%8D | Daifugō | or , also known as Tycoon, is a Japanese shedding-type card game for three or more players played with a standard 52-card pack. The objective of the game is to get rid of all the cards one has as fast as possible by playing progressively stronger cards than those of the previous player. The winner is called the daifugō... |
4395801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate%2078%20in%20New%20York | Interstate 78 in New York | Interstate 78 (I-78) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, to New York City. In the US state of New York, I-78 extends . The entirety of I-78 consists of the Holland Tunnel, which crosses under the Hudson River from New Jersey and ends at an exit rotary ... |
4395811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage%20lighting%20instrument | Stage lighting instrument | Stage lighting instruments (lanterns, or luminaires in Europe) are used in stage lighting to illuminate theatrical productions, concerts, and other performances taking place in live performance venues. They are also used to light television studios and sound stages.
Many stagecraft terms vary between the United State... |
4396126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20rules%20football%20in%20Canada | Australian rules football in Canada | Australian rules football in Canada (commonly known as "Aussie Rules" or simply "footy") is played in seven provinces - Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. The Ontario league, centred on Toronto is a nine-team league, including sides from cities as far af... |
4396171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s%20rotation | Earth's rotation | Earth's rotation or Earth's spin is the rotation of planet Earth around its own axis, as well as changes in the orientation of the rotation axis in space. Earth rotates eastward, in prograde motion. As viewed from the northern polar star Polaris, Earth turns counterclockwise.
The North Pole, also known as the Geograph... |
4396259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston%20Reid | Winston Reid | Winston Wiremu Reid (born 3 July 1988) is a New Zealand former footballer who last played as a defender for club West Ham United. He captained the New Zealand national team. He has also played for Midtjylland with loan periods at Sporting Kansas City and Brentford.
Early life
Both Reid's parents have Māori ancestry. ... |
4396310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC%20Trojans%20men%27s%20basketball | USC Trojans men's basketball | The USC Trojans men's basketball program is a college basketball team that competes in the Pac-12 Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, representing the University of Southern California.
The Trojans' head coach is Andy Enfield.
History
The USC Trojans are 1,500–1,097 (.578) a... |
4396519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%20National%20Guard | Massachusetts National Guard | The Massachusetts National Guard is the National Guard component for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded as the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia on December 13, 1636, it contains the oldest units in the United States Army. What is today's Massachusetts National Guard evolved through many different forms. Origi... |
4396843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood%20drying | Wood drying | Wood drying (also seasoning lumber or wood seasoning) reduces the moisture content of wood before its use. When the drying is done in a kiln, the product is known as kiln-dried timber or lumber, whereas air drying is the more traditional method.
There are two main reasons for drying wood:
WoodworkingWhen wood is used... |
4396940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Deer%20Hole%20Creek | White Deer Hole Creek | White Deer Hole Creek is a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Clinton, Lycoming and Union counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A part of the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin, the White Deer Hole Creek watershed drains parts of ten townships. The creek flows east in a valley of the Ridge-and-valley A... |
4397369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin%20whitening | Skin whitening | Skin whitening, also known as skin lightening and skin bleaching, is the practice of using chemical substances in an attempt to lighten the skin or provide an even skin color by reducing the melanin concentration in the skin. Several chemicals have been shown to be effective in skin whitening, while some have proven to... |
4397458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut%20Line | Connecticut Line | The Connecticut Line was a formation within the Continental Army. The term "Connecticut Line" referred to the quota of numbered infantry regiments assigned to Connecticut at various times by the Continental Congress, the size of its allocation determined by the size of its population relative to that of other states. T... |
4397529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%20Line | Massachusetts Line | The Massachusetts Line was those units within the Continental Army that were assigned to Massachusetts at various times by the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War. These, together with similar contingents from the other twelve states, formed the Continental Line. Line regiments were assigned to ... |
4397587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania%20in%20the%20American%20Revolution | Pennsylvania in the American Revolution | Pennsylvania was the site of many key events associated with the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War. The city of Philadelphia, then capital of the Thirteen Colonies and the largest city in the colonies, was a gathering place for the Founding Fathers who discussed, debated, developed, and ultimately impl... |
4397943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABka%20Ichiban%21 | Chūka Ichiban! | is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsushi Ogawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine and Magazine Special from October 1995 to November 1996; a follow-up sequel, , was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from January 1997 to May 1999. Both series' overall chapters were collected ... |
4398024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atiku%20Abubakar | Atiku Abubakar | Atiku Abubakar (; born 25 November 1946) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who served as the vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. He ran as governor of Adamawa State in 1990, 1996, and in 1998, when he was finally elected before he became Obasanjo's running mat... |
4398124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying%20Freeman | Crying Freeman | is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. Crying Freeman follows a Japanese assassin hypnotized and trained by the Chinese mafia (called the "108 Dragons") to serve as its agent and covered in a vast and complex dragon tattoo. A quiet but complicated killer, Freeman reflexive... |
4399237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk%20II | Disk II | The Disk II Floppy Disk Subsystem, often rendered as Disk ][, is a -inch floppy disk drive designed by Steve Wozniak at the recommendation of Mike Markkula, and manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. It went on sale in June 1978 at a retail price of US$495 for pre-order; it was later sold for $595 () including the contro... |
4399248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Xenophon | Nick Xenophon | Nick Xenophon ( Nicholas Xenophou; born 29 January 1959) is an Australian politician and lawyer who was a Senator for South Australia from 2008 to 2017. He was the leader of two political parties: Nick Xenophon Team federally, and Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST in South Australia.
In October 2017, Xenophon resigned from the ... |
4399396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored%20Fleet%20Dairugger%20XV | Armored Fleet Dairugger XV | is a mecha anime series aired in Japan from 1982 to 1983. It is also referred to as Dairugger 15, Dairugger XV, Armored Armada Dairugger XV, Armored Squadron Dairugger XV, or Machine Platoon Dairugger. It ran for 56 episodes (52 regular episodes and four recap episodes).
In the United States, it was heavily edited to... |
4399486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too%20Many%20Cooks%20%28novel%29 | Too Many Cooks (novel) | Too Many Cooks is the fifth Nero Wolfe detective novel by American mystery writer Rex Stout. The story was serialized in The American Magazine (March–August 1938) before its publication in book form in 1938 by Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. The novel was collected in the omnibus volume Kings Full of Aces, published in 1969 by... |
4399502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misaki%20Chronicles | Misaki Chronicles | is an anime sequel to Divergence Eve. It follows smoothly from the previous series. The characters are the same and the plot is similar, but the theme of the episodes is much different. In this series, the elite team at Watcher's Nest is traveling through time, fighting the Ghoul at different points in time during E... |
4399619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20era | Modern era | The modern era is the period of human history that succeeds the Middle Ages (which ended around 1500 AD) up to the present. This terminology is a historical periodization that is applied primarily to European and Western history.
The modern era can be further divided as follows:
The early modern period lasted from c.... |
4399897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across%20the%20Universe%20%28film%29 | Across the Universe (film) | Across the Universe is a 2007 jukebox musical romantic drama film directed by Julie Taymor, centered on songs by the Beatles. The script is based on an original story credited to Taymor, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais, and based on the song of the same name by Lennon–McCartney. It incorporates 34 compositions origina... |
4400374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20runoff | Surface runoff | Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow). It occurs when excess rainwater, stormwater, meltwater, or other sources, can no longer sufficiently rapidly infiltrate in the soil. This can occur ... |
4400487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20translations%20of%20the%20Quran | List of translations of the Quran | This is list of translations of the Quran.
This is a sub-article to Qur'an translations.
Historical (up to the 21st century)
7th–10th centuries
Salman the Persian translated the first chapter of the Qur'an, Al-Fatiha, from Arabic to Persian.
Greek: The purpose is unknown but it is confirmed to be the first-ever com... |
4400883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%20%28surname%29 | Cooper (surname) | Cooper is an English surname originating in England; see Cooper (profession). Occasionally it is an Anglicized form of the German surname Kiefer. Cooper is the 8th most common surname in Liberia and 27th most common in England.
A
Adam Cooper (dancer) (born 1971), actor, choreographer, dancer and theater director
Adr... |
4400953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20DC%20Universe%20locations | List of DC Universe locations | This page lists the locations in the DC Universe, the shared universe setting of DC Comics.
Sites
the Arrowcave – The former base of operations of the Green Arrow and Speedy.
Avernus Cemetery – A burial ground in Central City for the enemies of the Flash known as the Rogues; it is in a hidden location.
the Batcave... |
4401095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham%20City%20Transport | Nottingham City Transport | Nottingham City Transport (NCT) is the major bus operator of the city of Nottingham, England. NCT operates extensively within Nottingham as well beyond the city boundaries into Nottinghamshire county. Publicly-owned, it is today the second largest municipal bus company in the United Kingdom after Lothian Buses in Edinb... |
4401143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Kerr%20Theatre | Walter Kerr Theatre | The Walter Kerr Theatre, previously the Ritz Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 219 West 48th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed for the Shubert brothers in 1921. The venue, renamed in 1990 after theatrical critic Walter ... |
4401162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian%20Beaumont%20Theater | Vivian Beaumont Theater | The Vivian Beaumont Theater is a Broadway theater in the Lincoln Center complex at 150 West 65th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Operated by the nonprofit Lincoln Center Theater (LCT), the Beaumont is the only Broadway theater outside the Theater District near Times Square. Named after heir... |
4401184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Schoenfeld%20Theatre | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre | The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, formerly the Plymouth Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 236 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1917, the theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was built for the Shubert brothers. The Schoenfeld Theatre is named for Gerald Schoe... |
4401199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlander%20Theatre | Nederlander Theatre | The Nederlander Theatre (formerly the National Theatre, the Billy Rose Theatre, and the Trafalgar Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 208 West 41st Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1921, it was designed by William Neil Smith for theatrical operator Walter C. Jordan. It has a... |
4401207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20Box%20Theatre | Music Box Theatre | The Music Box Theatre is a Broadway theater at 239 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1921, the Music Box Theatre was designed by C. Howard Crane in a Palladian-inspired style and was constructed for Irving Berlin and Sam H. Harris. It has 1,025... |
4401218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minskoff%20Theatre | Minskoff Theatre | The Minskoff Theatre is a Broadway theater on the third floor of the One Astor Plaza office building in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1973, it is operated by the Nederlander Organization and is named after Sam Minskoff and Sons, the building's developers. There are approximately ... |
4401239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunt-Fontanne%20Theatre | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, originally the Globe Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 205 West 46th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1910, the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was designed by Carrère and Hastings in the Beaux-Arts style for Charles Dillingham. The theater is named after ... |
4401254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longacre%20Theatre | Longacre Theatre | The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theater at 220 West 48th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Opened in 1913, it was designed by Henry B. Herts and was named for Longacre Square, now known as Times Square. The Longacre has 1,077 seats and is operated by The Shubert Org... |
4401257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Golden%20Theatre | John Golden Theatre | The John Golden Theatre, formerly the Theatre Masque and Masque Theater, is a Broadway theater at 252 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927, the Golden Theatre was designed by Herbert J. Krapp in a Spanish style and was built for real-estate d... |
4401278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric%20Theatre%20%28New%20York%20City%2C%201998%29 | Lyric Theatre (New York City, 1998) | The Lyric Theatre (previously known as the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the Hilton Theatre, and the Foxwoods Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 214 West 43rd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1998, the theater was designed by Richard Lewis Blinder of Beyer Blinder Be... |
4401292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene%20O%27Neill%20Theatre | Eugene O'Neill Theatre | The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, previously the Forrest Theatre and the Coronet Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 230 West 49th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed for the Shubert brothers. It opened in 1925 as part of a hotel... |
4401309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena%20Horne%20Theatre | Lena Horne Theatre | The Lena Horne Theatre (previously the Mansfield Theatre and the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 256 West 47th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1926, it was designed by Herbert J. Krapp in a Spanish Revival style and was constructed for Irwin Chanin. It h... |
4401319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadhurst%20Theatre | Broadhurst Theatre | The Broadhurst Theatre is a Broadway theater at 235 West 44th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1917, the theater was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was built for the Shubert brothers. The Broadhurst Theatre is named for British-American theatrical producer George Broadhu... |
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