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4492335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagrass%20meadow | Seagrass meadow | A seagrass meadow or seagrass bed is an underwater ecosystem formed by seagrasses. Seagrasses are marine (saltwater) plants found in shallow coastal waters and in the brackish waters of estuaries. Seagrasses are flowering plants with stems and long green, grass-like leaves. They produce seeds and pollen and have roots ... |
4492505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come%20and%20See | Come and See | Come and See (; ) is a 1985 Soviet anti-war film directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova. Its screenplay, written by Klimov and Ales Adamovich, is based on the 1971 novel Khatyn and the 1977 memoir I Am from the Fiery Village (), of which Adamovich was a co-author. Klimov had to fight ... |
4492716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms%20of%20the%20British%20Army | Uniforms of the British Army | The uniforms of the British Army currently exist in twelve categories ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock coats listed in addition). Uniforms in the British Army are specific to the regiment (or corps) to which a soldier belongs. Full dress presents the most differentiati... |
4492933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banks%2C%20Lancashire | Banks, Lancashire | Banks is a large coastal village in Lancashire, England, south of the Ribble estuary four miles (6 km) north-east of Southport. The village is administered by West Lancashire Borough and North Meols Parish Council. It is in the South Ribble parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 census the population of the North Meo... |
4493817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn%20Brady%20and%20Belle%20Black | Shawn Brady and Belle Black | Shawn-Douglas "Shawn" and Isabella "Belle" Brady are fictional characters on the American soap opera, Days of Our Lives. Shawn-Douglas Brady has been played by Jason Cook (1999–2006, 2015) and Brandon Beemer (2006–2008, 2016–). Belle Black has been played by Kirsten Storms (1999–2004), Charity Rahmer (2004), and Marth... |
4494489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Toronto | Geography of Toronto | The geography of Toronto, Ontario, covers an area of and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south; Etobicoke Creek, Eglinton Avenue, and Highway 427 to the west; Steeles Avenue to the north; and the Rouge River and the Scarborough–Pickering Townline to the east. In addition to Etobicoke Creek and the Rouge River, the c... |
4494823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boone%20Hall | Boone Hall | Boone Hall Plantation is a historic district located in Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The plantation is one of America's oldest plantations still in operation. It has continually produced agricultural crops for over 320 years and... |
4494959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Coastal%20Commission | California Coastal Commission | The California Coastal Commission (CCC) is a state agency within the California Natural Resources Agency with quasi-judicial control of land and public access along the state's coastline. Its mission as defined in the California Coastal Act is "to protect, conserve, restore, and enhance the environment of the Californ... |
4495539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20B-52%20Units%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Air%20Force | List of B-52 Units of the United States Air Force | The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been operational with the United States Air Force since 5 June 1955. This list is of the units its assigned to, and bases stationed at.
In addition to the USAF, A single RB-52B (52-008) was flown by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) until it was retired on 17 ... |
4495698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyasatirtha | Vyasatirtha | Vyāsatīrtha (. 1460 – 1539), also called Vyasaraja or Chandrikacharya, was a Hindu philosopher, scholar, polemicist, commentator and poet belonging to the Madhwacharya's Dvaita order of Vedanta. As the patron saint of the Vijayanagara Empire, Vyasatirtha was at the forefront of a golden age in Dvaita which saw new dev... |
4495715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Boyd | Martin Boyd | Martin à Beckett Boyd (10 June 1893 – 3 June 1972) was an Australian writer born into the à Beckett–Boyd family, a family synonymous with the establishment, the judiciary, publishing and literature, and the visual arts since the early 19th century in Australia.
Boyd was a novelist, memoirist and poet who spent most of... |
4496038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%2078 | New York State Route 78 | New York State Route 78 (NY 78) is a state highway in western New York in the United States. While it is signed north–south, the southern portion runs in an east–west direction across Wyoming and Erie counties, from its beginning at a junction with NY 19 north of the village of Gainesville to the village of East Auror... |
4496150 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional%20sports%20league%20organization | Professional sports league organization | Professional sports leagues are organized in numerous ways. The two most significant types are one that developed in Europe, characterized by a tiered structure using promotion and relegation in order to determine participation in a hierarchy of leagues or divisions, and a North American originated model characterized ... |
4496754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Touhou%20Project%20characters | List of Touhou Project characters | This is a list of the characters that belong to the Touhou Project, a series of danmaku and fighting video games by ZUN from Team Shanghai Alice. Most Touhou characters reside in a fictional realm called Gensokyo (, 'Land of Illusions'), where humans and yōkai coexist. Gensokyo's culture is like that of feudal Japan, b... |
4497089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Jane%20Grace | Laura Jane Grace | Laura Jane Grace (born Thomas James Gabel; November 8, 1980) is an American musician best known as the founder, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Against Me!. In addition to Against Me!, Grace fronts the band Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers, a solo project she started in 2016. Grace ... |
4497200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaquina%20Bay | Yaquina Bay | Yaquina Bay ( ) is a coastal estuarine community found in Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Bay is a semi-enclosed body of water, approximately 8 km² (3.2 mi²) in area, with free connection to the Pacific Ocean, but also diluted with freshwater from the Yaquina River land drainage. The Bay is traversed by the Yaquina Bay Bridge... |
4497306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese%20transition%20to%20democracy | Portuguese transition to democracy | Portugal's redemocratization process started with the Carnation Revolution of 1974. It ended with the enactment of the Constitution of Portugal in 1976.
Background: the Salazar-Caetano era
The 28 May 1926 coup d'état replaced the First Portuguese Republic with a military dictatorship that promised order, authority, ... |
4497714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Algeria | Human rights in Algeria | In 2011, the then Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika lifted a state of emergency that had been in place since the end of the Algerian Civil War in 2002, as a result of the Arab Spring protests that had occurred throughout the Arab world.
Serious challenges to human rights in Algeria have included torture, arbitra... |
4497844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken%20in%20popular%20culture | Kraken in popular culture | References to the fictional kraken are found in film, literature, television, and other popular culture forms.
Comics
In various comics, particularly DC and Marvel Comics, multiple creatures have been named Kraken.
The Kraken from The Umbrella Academy was named so after the kraken (sea monster) as he has the ability ... |
4498159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estramustine%20phosphate | Estramustine phosphate | Estramustine phosphate (EMP), also known as estradiol normustine phosphate and sold under the brand names Emcyt and Estracyt, is a dual estrogen and chemotherapy medication which is used in the treatment of prostate cancer in men. It is taken multiple times a day by mouth or by injection into a vein.
Side effects of E... |
4498207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Albanian%20language | Proto-Albanian language | Proto-Albanian is the unattested language from which Albanian later developed. Albanian evolved from an ancient Paleo-Balkan language, traditionally thought to be Illyrian, or otherwise a totally unattested Balkan Indo-European language that was closely related to Illyrian and Messapic, which is sometimes also referred... |
4498963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kong%20Metropolitan%20University | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), also known as Open University of Hong Kong before September 2021, is a public university in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. Established as the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong by the Hong Kong government in 1989, HKMU now consists of five schools, namely the School of Arts and Socia... |
4498970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou%20Yifan | Hou Yifan | Hou Yifan ( ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and the second highest rated female player of all time. Once a chess prodigy, she was the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster (at the age of 14 years, 6 months, 16 days) and the y... |
4499581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20Direct | Transport Direct | The Transport Direct Programme was a division of the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to develop standards, data and better information technology systems to support public transport. It developed and operates the Transport Direct Portal which is a public facing multi-modal journey planner. It also supports the creati... |
4500579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%2042 | New York State Route 42 | New York State Route 42 (NY 42) is a north–south, discontinuous state highway in the Catskill Mountains region of New York in the United States. The southernmost of the highway's two segments begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 6 (US 6) and US 209 in Port Jervis and ends at a junction with NY 55 near the Rondout ... |
4500730 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan%20relations | India–Pakistan relations | India–Pakistan relations are the bilateral ties between the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The two countries have a complex and largely hostile relationship that is rooted in a multitude of historical and political events, most notably the partition of British India in August 1947. The India–Pa... |
4500837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion%20in%20Portugal | Religion in Portugal | Christianity is the predominant religion in Portugal, with Catholicism being its largest denomination.
Portugal is a secular state and its constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
Overview
According to the 2021 Census, 80.2% of the population of Portugal is Catholic, though in 2001 only about 19% attended Mass an... |
4500841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy%20in%20Christianity | Apostasy in Christianity | Apostasy in Christianity is the repudiation of Christ and the central teachings of Christianity by someone who formerly was a Christian (Christ-follower). The term apostasy comes from the Greek word apostasia ("ἀποστασία") meaning "rebellion", "state of apostasy", "abandonment", or "defection". It has been described as... |
4500892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Dakota%20State%20Bison | North Dakota State Bison | The North Dakota State Bison are the athletic teams of North Dakota State University (NDSU), which is located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota. The teams are often called the "Thundering Herd". The current logo is a bison.
Sports sponsored
A member of the Summit League, North Dakota State University sponsors teams... |
4500915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20South%20Georgia%20and%20the%20South%20Sandwich%20Islands | History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | The history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is relatively recent. When European explorers discovered the islands, they were uninhabited, and their hostile climate, mountainous terrain, and remoteness made subsequent settlement difficult. Due to these conditions, human activity in the islands has largely... |
4501180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Hansen | Robert Hansen | Robert Christian Boes Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), known in the media as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer. Between 1971 and 1983, Hansen abducted, raped, and murdered at least seventeen women in and around Anchorage, Alaska; he hunted many of them down in the wilderness with a Ruger Min... |
4501200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian%20Empire | Parthian Empire | The Parthian Empire (), also known as the Arsacid Empire (), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conquering the region of Parthia in Iran's northeast, then a satrapy (province) under Andrago... |
4501205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy%20Finucane | Paddy Finucane | Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, (16 October 1920 – 15 July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane amongst his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace—defined as an aviator credited with five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat.
Born into a Cath... |
4501411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Baker%20%28British%20politician%29 | Peter Baker (British politician) | Peter Arthur David Baker MC (20 April 1921 – 14 November 1966) was a British soldier, author, publisher and Conservative politician who served as a member of parliament (MP) for South Norfolk. He is chiefly remembered as the last Member of Parliament to be expelled from the House of Commons by resolution of the House, ... |
4501615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Incredible%20Melting%20Man | The Incredible Melting Man | The Incredible Melting Man is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed and written by William Sachs. The plot concerns an astronaut whose body begins to melt after he is exposed to radiation during a space flight to Saturn, driving him to commit murders and consume human flesh to survive. During post-produc... |
4502002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqwacore | Taqwacore | Taqwacore is a subgenre of punk music dealing with Islam, its culture, and interpretation. Originally conceived in Michael Muhammad Knight's 2003 novel, The Taqwacores, the name is a portmanteau of "hardcore" and the Arabic word "taqwa" (تقوى), which is usually translated as "piety" or the quality of being "God-fearing... |
4502136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty%20Clive | Kitty Clive | Catherine Clive (née Raftor; 5 November 1711 – 6 December 1785) Catherine ‘Kitty’ Clive (1711-1785, active 1728-1769) was a first songster and star comedienne of British playhouse entertainment. Clive led and created new forms of English musical theatre. She was celebrated both in high-style parts – singing, for instan... |
4502354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz%20database | Tz database | The tz database is a collaborative compilation of information about the world's time zones, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems. Paul Eggert has been its editor and maintainer since 2005, with the organizational backing of ICANN. The tz database is also known as tzdata, the zoneinfo ... |
4502366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%20Conference%20%281942%29 | Moscow Conference (1942) | The Second Moscow Conference (Codename: BRACELET) between the major Allies of World War II took place from August 12, 1942, to August 17, 1942.
Prelude
On July 30, 1942, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden passed a message to Prime Minister Winston Churchill from the British Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Sir Archibald C... |
4502477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Henry%20Anderson | Victor Henry Anderson | Victor Henry Anderson (May 21, 1917 – September 20, 2001) was an American priest and poet. He was co-founder of the Feri Tradition, a modern Pagan new religious movement established in California during the 1960s. Much of his poetry was religious in nature, being devoted to Feri deities.
Born in Clayton, New Mexico, t... |
4503630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Define%20the%20Great%20Line | Define the Great Line | Define the Great Line is the fifth studio album by American rock band Underoath. It was released on June 20, 2006, through Tooth & Nail Records. Five months after the release of their fourth studio album They're Only Chasing Safety, the band were already in the process of working towards its follow-up. Recording took p... |
4503815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ARC-5 | AN/ARC-5 | The AN/ARC-5 Command Radio Set is a series of radio receivers, transmitters, and accessories carried aboard U.S. Navy aircraft during World War II and for some years afterward. It is described as "a complete multi-channel radio transmitting and receiving set providing communication and navigation facilities for aircraf... |
4503966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design%20thinking | Design thinking | Design thinking refers to the set of cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of designing, and to the body of knowledge that has been developed about how people reason when engaging with design problems.
Design thinking is also associated with prescriptions for the innovation of ... |
4504149 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip%20Technology | Microchip Technology | Microchip Technology Incorporated is a publicly listed American corporation that manufactures microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits. Its products include microcontrollers (PIC, dsPIC, AVR and SAM), Serial EEPROM devices, Serial SRAM devices, embedded security devices, radio frequency ... |
4504155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengrism | Tengrism | Tengrism (also known as Tengriism, Tengerism, or Tengrianism) is an ethnic Turkic, Yeniseian, Mongolic religion originating in the Eurasian steppes, based on shamanism and animism. It generally involves the titular sky god Tengri, who is not considered a deity in the usual sense but a personification of the universe. A... |
4504326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Assembly%20of%20the%20British%20Virgin%20Islands | House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands | The House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands, until 2007 known as the Legislative Council, has 15 members: 13 directly elected for four-year terms (nine in single-seat constituencies and four "at large"), and two ex officio members (the Attorney General and a Speaker chosen from outside the house).
Sittings of ... |
4504417 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briskeby%20Stadion | Briskeby Stadion | Briskeby Stadion, previously known as Briskeby gressbane, is an all-seater football stadium located at Briskebyen in Hamar, Norway. It is home to the Norwegian First Division side Hamarkameratene (Ham-Kam) and is owned by Hamar Municipality. The venue has artificial turf, three stands and a capacity for 8,068 spectator... |
4504649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20University%20of%20Cincinnati%20people | List of University of Cincinnati people | This is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States of America.
Notable alumni
Those listed include graduates of the University, as well as attendees.
David Applebaum, Israeli physician
Frank P. Austin, celebrity interior designer
Jeff Austin, musician, Yonder Mounta... |
4504713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20Scotland%2C%202001 | List of Statutory Instruments of Scotland, 2001 | This is a complete list of Scottish Statutory Instruments in 2001.
1-100
Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/1)
Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/2)
Specified Risk Material Amendment (Scotland... |
4504840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT%20Bicycles | GT Bicycles | GT Bicycles is an American company that designs and manufactures BMX, mountain, and road bicycles. GT is a division of the Dutch conglomerate Pon Holdings, which also markets Cannondale, Schwinn, Mongoose, IronHorse, DYNO, and RoadMaster bicycle brands; all manufactured in Asia.
GT was founded in 1972, by Gary Turner ... |
4505311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20town%20tramway%20systems | List of town tramway systems | This is a list of cities that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. Due to excessive size, the original list has been divided into separate articles, based on geographical locations.
Africa
Asia (exclusive of Japan)
Japan
Europe (exclusive of co... |
4505414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateshgah%20of%20Baku | Ateshgah of Baku | The Ateshgah of Baku (from , Ātashgāh, ), often called the "Fire Temple of Baku", is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhany town (in Surakhany raion), a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. "Ātash" (آتش) is th... |
4505462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow%20White%27s%20Enchanted%20Wish | Snow White's Enchanted Wish | Snow White's Enchanted Wish is a dark ride at the Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris theme parks, and formerly at the Magic Kingdom. Located in Fantasyland, it is one of the few remaining attractions that was operational on Disneyland's opening day in 1955, although it has seen several different redesig... |
4505469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Traxler | Brian Traxler | Brian Lee Traxler (September 26, 1967 – November 19, 2004) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers during their 1990 season. Listed at and , Traxler batted and threw left-handed. Throughout his career, he was one of the most popular players on his baseball teams.
Born... |
4505682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Brown%20%28American%20football%20executive%29 | Mike Brown (American football executive) | Michael Brown (born August 10, 1935) is an American football executive who is the owner of the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL). The son of Bengals co-founder Paul Brown, he joined the Bengals upon their founding in 1968 and assumed ownership after his father's death in 1991. Before beginning hi... |
4506084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity%20in%20Australia | Christianity in Australia | Christianity is the largest religion in Australia, with a total of 43.9% of the nation-wide population identifying with a Christian denomination in the 2021 census. The first presence of Christianity in Australia coincided with the colonial invasion and beginning of the frontier wars in what came to be known as New Sou... |
4506758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise%20Mountbatten | Louise Mountbatten | Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten (born Princess Louise of Battenberg; 13 July 1889 – 7 March 1965) was Queen of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until her death in 1965 as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf. Born a princess of the German House of Battenberg, Louise was closely related to the ruling families of Britain... |
4507010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Strangers%20with%20Candy%20characters | List of Strangers with Candy characters | This is a list of characters from the Comedy Central original program Strangers with Candy.
The Blanks
Jerri Blank
Geraldine Antonia "Jerri" Blank (Amy Sedaris) was born in 1953 to a drunken Aramapu woman, who traded her for a pitcher of beer. She was adopted by Guy Blank and his wife, whom she believes to be her rea... |
4507843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20fictional%20anarchists | List of fictional anarchists | This is a list of fictional anarchists, including the source material in which they are found, their creators, the individuals who interpreted them as anarchists during development (if not originally created as such), and short descriptions of each.
An anarchist is a person who rejects any form of compulsory governmen... |
4507943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 50th Grand Prix of Endurance, which took place on 19 and 20 June 1982. It was also the fourth round of the 1982 World Endurance Championship. As well as a significant anniversary, this was a watershed year for Le Mans, with the highly anticipated advent of the FIA's Group C regulati... |
4508114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfiriato | Porfiriato | The Porfiriato () is a term given to the period when General Porfirio Díaz ruled Mexico as president in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, coined by Mexican historian Daniel Cosío Villegas. Seizing power in a coup in 1876, Díaz pursued a policy of "order and progress," inviting foreign investment in Mexico and mai... |
4508806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimihiro%20Watanuki | Kimihiro Watanuki | is a fictional character introduced in the manga xxxHolic, created by the group of manga artists known as Clamp. Watanuki is a high school student plagued by his ability to see spirits. In order to lose such powers, Watanuki begins to work for Yūko Ichihara, a witch who will grant his wish once he pays the price for he... |
4508917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout%20%28video%20game%29 | Fallout (video game) | Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game is a 1997 role-playing video game developed and published by Interplay Productions. In a mid-22nd century post-apocalyptic and retro-futuristic world, decades after a global nuclear war between the United States and China, Fallout protagonist, the Vault Dweller, inhabits the un... |
4509070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmoreosaurus | Gilmoreosaurus | Gilmoreosaurus (meaning "Charles Whitney Gilmore's lizard") is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Asia. The type species is Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis. It is believed to be a hadrosaur or iguanodont from the Iren Dabasu Formation of Inner Mongolia, dating to 96 Ma ago. Additional specimens ha... |
4509284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy%20of%20Solomon%20Islands | Monarchy of Solomon Islands | The monarchy of Solomon Islands is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of Solomon Islands. The current monarch and head of state since 8 September 2022, is King Charles III. As sovereign, he is the personal embodiment of the Crown of Solomon Islands. Although the pers... |
4509347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy%20of%20Antigua%20and%20Barbuda | Monarchy of Antigua and Barbuda | The monarchy of Antigua and Barbuda is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of Antigua and Barbuda. The current Antiguan and Barbudan monarch and head of state, since 8 September 2022, is King Charles III. As sovereign, he is the personal embodiment of the Crown of Ant... |
4509636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddu | Biddu | Biddu Appaiah (born 8 February 1944) is a British-Indian singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer who composed and produced many worldwide hit records during a career spanning five decades. Considered one of the pioneers of disco, Euro disco, and Indian pop, he has sold millions of records worldwide, and has rec... |
4510294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%20%28surname%29 | Foster (surname) | The surname Foster is a variation of the name Forster, meaning one who 'works in the forest'. It may also derive from the French forcetier, meaning 'maker of scissors'.
In the 2010 United States Census, Foster ranked #99 in surname popularity.
Notable people with the surname "Foster" include
A
Abiel Foster (1735–18... |
4510627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para%20%28Special%20Forces%29 | Para (Special Forces) | Para (Special Forces), also known as Para Commandos or Para (SF) Commandos, is a group of special forces battalions of the Parachute Regiment in the Indian Army. These units specialize in various roles including counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, unconventional warfare, special reconnaissance, counter-insurgency and di... |
4510684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Browder | Bill Browder | William Felix Browder (born 23 April 1964) is an American-born British financier and political activist. He is the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management, the investment advisor to the Hermitage Fund, which at a time was the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia. The Hermitage Fund was founded in par... |
4510706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination%20of%20Olof%20Palme | Assassination of Olof Palme | On 28 February 1986, at 23:21 CET (22:21 UTC), Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, was fatally wounded by a single gunshot while walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbeth Palme on the central Stockholm street Sveavägen. Lisbeth Palme was slightly wounded by a second shot. The couple did not have bodyguards wit... |
4510738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20NASCAR%20Winston%20Cup%20Series | 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | The 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 53rd season of professional stock car racing in the United States, the 30th modern-era Cup series. It began on February 11, 2001, at Daytona International Speedway and ended on November 23, 2001, at New Hampshire International Speedway. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports was ... |
4510972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangeet%20Natak%20Akademi%20Award | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition given to people in the field of performing arts.
In 2003, the award consisted ... |
4511113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard%20Castle%20School | Barnard Castle School | Barnard Castle School (colloquially Barney School or locally the County School) is a co-educational private day and boarding school in the market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, in the North East of England. It is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). It was founded in 1883 with fund... |
4511277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati%20veena | Saraswati veena | The Sarasvatī vīṇa (also spelled Saraswati veena) (, , , Malayalam: സരസ്വതി വീണ) is an ancient Indian plucked veena. It is named after the Hindu goddess Saraswati, who is usually depicted holding or playing the instrument. Also known as raghunatha veena, it is used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music. There are s... |
4511448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20War%20%281962%E2%80%931979%29 | Cold War (1962–1979) | The Cold War (1962–1979) refers to the phase within the Cold War that spanned the period between the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962, through the détente period beginning in 1969, to the end of détente in the late 1970s.
The United States maintained its Cold War engagement with the Soviet Un... |
4511532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Thompson%20%28A%20Nightmare%20on%20Elm%20Street%29 | Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street) | Nancy Thompson is a fictional character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. She first appears in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as a teenager hunted in her dreams by enigmatic serial killer Freddy Krueger. In this film, she was portrayed by Heather Langenkamp—who reprises the role in the sequel, A Nightmare o... |
4511561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20oldest%20Scout%20groups | List of the oldest Scout groups | Many Scout Groups claim the title of oldest Scout Group in their respective countries. Due to the rapid growth of Scouting, it took some time for central organisations to be established, and the earliest groups were only registered some time after their first meeting. Some groups first met under the banner of other org... |
4511684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20birds%20of%20the%20Faroe%20Islands | List of birds of the Faroe Islands | This is a list of bird species confirmed in the Faroe Islands; a total of 358 species have been recorded. There are about 40 common breeding birds, including the seabirds northern fulmar (600,000 pairs), Atlantic puffin (550,000 pairs), European storm petrel (250,000 pairs), black-legged kittiwake (230,000 pairs), comm... |
4511687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothlessness | Toothlessness | Toothlessness, or edentulism, is the condition of having no teeth. In organisms that naturally have teeth, it is the result of tooth loss.
Organisms that never possessed teeth can also be described as edentulous. Examples are the members of the former zoological classification order of Edentata, which included anteat... |
4512092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban%20insurgency | Taliban insurgency | The Taliban insurgency began after the group's fall from power during the 2001 War in Afghanistan. The Taliban forces fought against the Afghan government, led by President Hamid Karzai, and later by President Ashraf Ghani, and against a US-led coalition of forces that has included all members of NATO; the 2021 Taliban... |
4512175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin%20obscenity | Latin obscenity | Latin obscenity is the profane, indecent, or impolite vocabulary of Latin, and its uses. Words deemed obscene were described as (obscene, lewd, unfit for public use), or (improper, in poor taste, undignified). Documented obscenities occurred rarely in classical Latin literature, limited to certain types of writing su... |
4512251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Munster%20Fusiliers%20%28New%20Army%29 | Royal Munster Fusiliers (New Army) | The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army. One of eight Irish regiments raised largely in Ireland, its home depot in Tralee. With the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 the immediate need for a considerable expansion of the British Army resulted in the formation of the New Army... |
4512427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Pondsmith | Mike Pondsmith | Michael Alyn Pondsmith is an American roleplaying, board, and video game designer. He is best known for founding the publisher R. Talsorian Games in 1982, where he developed a majority of the company's role-playing game lines. Pondsmith is the author of several RPG lines, including Mekton (1984), Cyberpunk (1988) and C... |
4513000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Ethiopia | Human rights in Ethiopia | According to the U.S. Department of State's human rights report for 2022, there exists "significant human rights issues" in Ethiopia. In addition to extrajudicial killings and instances of "enforced disappearance", other human right issues in Ethiopia include arbitrary arrest, the censorship and unjustified arrests of ... |
4513092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Libya | Human rights in Libya | Human rights in Libya is the record of human rights upheld and violated in various stages of Libya's history. The Kingdom of Libya, from 1951 to 1969, was heavily influenced and educated by the British and Y.R.K companies. Under the King, Libya had a constitution. The kingdom, however, was marked by a feudal regime, w... |
4513169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Mali | Human rights in Mali | According to the U.S. Department of State's annual report on human rights in Mali for 2003, Mali's government generally respects the human rights of its citizens and observes relevant constitutional provisions (e.g., freedom of speech and of the press, freedom of assembly and association, freedom of religion) and prohi... |
4513212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Pakistan | Human rights in Pakistan | The situation of Human Rights in Pakistan () is complex as a result of the country's diversity, large population, its status as a developing country and a sovereign Islamic democracy with a mixture of both Islamic and secular law.
Overview
The Constitution of Pakistan provides for fundamental rights. The Clauses also ... |
4513266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathanamthitta | Pathanamthitta | Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality situated in the Southern Kerala, India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37,538. The Hindu pilgrim centre Sabarimala is situated in the Pathanamthitta district; as the main transport hub to Sa... |
4513322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20the%20Philippines | Human rights in the Philippines | Human rights in the Philippines are protected by the Constitution of the Philippines, to make sure that persons in the Philippines are able to live peacefully and with dignity, safe from the abuse of any individuals or institutions, including the state.
The concept and practice of human rights within the Philippines i... |
4514436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%20%28surname%29 | Fisher (surname) | Fisher is an English occupational name for one who obtained a living by fishing. In the United States, it is also a common anglicization of the German "Fischer" as well as various Ashkenazi Jewish surnames.
Notable people
A
Aaron R. Fisher (1895–1985), United States Army officer
Abbi Fisher (born 1957), American alpi... |
4514687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-participation | E-participation | Electronic participation (e-participation) refers to the use of ICT in facilitating citizen participation in government-related processes, encompassing areas such as administration, service delivery, decision-making, and policy-making. As such, e-participation shares close ties with e-government and e-governance partic... |
4514708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liceo%20scientifico | Liceo scientifico | Liceo scientifico (; literally "scientific lyceum") is a type of secondary school in Italy. It is designed to give students the skills to progress to any university or higher educational institution. Students can attend the liceo scientifico after successfully completing middle school (scuola media).
The curriculum is... |
4514731 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris%20Commons | Kris Commons | Kristian Arran Commons (born 30 August 1983) is an English-born Scottish professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Commons started his career at Stoke City and made his debut in 2000. After four years with the club, he rejected a new contract and signed for Nottingham Forest on a free transfer. He... |
4514860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero%20Wolfe%20supporting%20characters | Nero Wolfe supporting characters | The Nero Wolfe stories are populated by a cast of supporting characters who help sustain the sense that each story takes place in familiar surroundings. The main characters are Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
Household
Fritz Brenner
Fritz Brenner is an exceptionally talented Swiss cook who prepares and serves all of W... |
4514936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonkers%20%28compilation%20album%20series%29 | Bonkers (compilation album series) | The Bonkers series was one of the leading happy hardcore compilation series in the UK. The first release was in 1996 on the record label React (now Resist). It was available on 2xCD and 2xTC formats. DJs Sharkey and Hixxy were signed by React, and they released "Bonkers", the first in a series of albums that has become... |
4515347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Gibson%20players | List of Gibson players | This is an alphabetized list of musicians who have made notable use of Gibson Guitar models in live performances or studio recordings. Because of the great popularity of these models, musicians are listed here only if their use of these instruments was especially significant—that is, if:
they are musicians with long ca... |
4515733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme%20Prejudice%20%28film%29 | Extreme Prejudice (film) | Extreme Prejudice is a 1987 American neo-Western action thriller film starring Nick Nolte and Powers Boothe, with a supporting cast including Michael Ironside, María Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn, William Forsythe, and Clancy Brown. The film was directed by Walter Hill, with a screenplay by Harry Kleiner and Deric Washburn... |
4515869 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolas%20Cassadine | Nikolas Cassadine | Nikolas Cassadine is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. Originated by actor Tyler Christopher in 1996, he left the show on July 14, 1999. Due to Nikolas' importance on the soap, he was immediately replaced by Coltin Scott on July 20, 1999. Scott left the role on Apri... |
4516020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliser%20novels | Palliser novels | The Palliser novels are six novels written in series by Anthony Trollope. They were more commonly known as the Parliamentary novels prior to their 1974 television dramatisation by the BBC broadcast as The Pallisers. Marketed as "polite literature" during their initial publication, the novels encompass several literary ... |
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