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4516085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrawsCambria | TrawsCambria | TrawsCambria was a network of medium and long-distance express bus routes in Wales sponsored by the Welsh Government.
Since 2012 services have been provided by the updated TrawsCymru network.
History
Coach Network
TrawsCambria started in 1979 as the branded experimental coach service route 700 Cardiff to Bangor via ... |
4516152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metzora%20%28parashah%29 | Metzora (parashah) | Metzora, Metzorah, M'tzora, Mezora, Metsora, M'tsora, Metsoro, Meṣora, or Maṣoro (—Hebrew for "one being diseased," the ninth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 28th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the Book of Leviticus. The paras... |
4516528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20NBA%20Finals | 2008 NBA Finals | The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2007–08 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. A best-of-seven playoff series that was played from June 5 to June 17, 2008, the series was contested between the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics and the West... |
4516555 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwich%2C%20Ontario | Norwich, Ontario | The Township of Norwich is a municipality located in Oxford County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. At the centre of the Township of Norwich is the Town of Norwich. The preferred pronunciation of the town name is , which differs from the pronunciation used for the city of Norwich, England. The origin of Norwich, Ont... |
4516622 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Scrapped%20Princess%20characters | List of Scrapped Princess characters | The following is a list of characters from the light novel series and anime Scrapped Princess, written by Ichiro Sakaki with illustrations by Yukinobu Azumi.
Humans
Pacifica Casull
, also referred to as the Scrapped Princess. According to a prophecy from the Church of Mauser, she is cursed to destroy the world of Pr... |
4516742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20Lengua | Media Lengua | Media Lengua, also known as Chaupi-lengua, Chaupi-Quichua, , or , (roughly translated to "half language" or "in-between language") is a mixed language with Spanish vocabulary and Kichwa grammar, most conspicuously in its morphology. In terms of vocabulary, almost all lexemes (89%), including core vocabulary, are of S... |
4517597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Puerto%20Ricans | Afro–Puerto Ricans | Afro–Puerto Ricans are Puerto Ricans who are of Black African descent. The history of Puerto Ricans of African descent begins with free African men, known as libertos, who accompanied the Spanish Conquistadors in the invasion of the island. The Spaniards enslaved the Taínos (the native inhabitants of the island), many ... |
4517771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20O.%20Larkin | Thomas O. Larkin | Thomas Oliver Larkin (September 16, 1802 – October 27, 1858), known later in life as Don Tomás Larkin, was an American diplomat and businessman.
After some success and several business failures on the east coast, his elder half-brother, Alta California pioneer businessman John B. R. Cooper, invited him to join him in... |
4517901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Paul%20Curtis | Christopher Paul Curtis | Christopher Paul Curtis (born May 10, 1953) is an American children's book author. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, was published in 1995 and brought him immediate national recognition, receiving the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award and the Newbery Honor Book Award in addition to numerous other ... |
4518123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khuldabad | Khuldabad | Khuldabad () is a city (municipal council) and a Taluka of Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is known as the Valley of Saints, or the Abode of Eternity, because in the 14th century, several Sufi saints chose to reside here. The Bhadra Maruti Temple and Dargah of Zar Zari Zar Baksh, Shaikh Burha... |
4518177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20in%20Vietnam | Islam in Vietnam | Islam in Vietnam is primarily the religion of the Cham people, an Austronesian minority ethnic group; however, roughly one-third of Muslims in Vietnam are of other ethnic groups. There is also a community, which describes itself as of mixed ethnic origins (Cham, Khmer, Malay, Minang, Viet, Chinese, and Arab), that prac... |
4518446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWC%20Universal%20Heavyweight%20Championship | WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship | The WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the top title contested for in the Puerto Rican professional wrestling promotion, the World Wrestling Council. The championship was established in July 1982, as the WWC World Heavyweight Championship, when the comp... |
4518640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catskill%20Mountain%20Railroad | Catskill Mountain Railroad | The Catskill Mountain Railroad is a heritage tourist railroad based in Kingston, New York, that began operations in 1982.
The railroad leases a 4.7-mile portion (MP 3.6 to MP 8.3) of the former New York Central Railroad Catskill Mountain branch from Kingston to Stony Hollow, New York. The tracks are owned by Ulster... |
4518821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan%20passport | Taiwan passport | The Republic of China (Taiwan) passport () is the passport issued to nationals of the Republic of China (ROC, commonly known as Taiwan). The ROC passport is also generally referred to as a Taiwanese passport. As of September 2020, approximately 60.87 percent of Taiwanese citizens possess a valid passport.
The Republic... |
4519052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Karinska | Barbara Karinska | Varvara Jmoudsky, better known as Barbara Karinska or simply Karinska (October 3, 1886 – October 18, 1983), was the Oscar-winning costumier of cinema, ballet, musical and dramatic theatre, lyric opera and ice spectacles. Over her 50 year career, that began at age 41, Karinska earned legendary status time and again thro... |
4519053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender%20binary | Gender binary | The gender binary (also known as gender binarism) is the classification of gender into two distinct forms of masculine and feminine, whether by social system, cultural belief, or both simultaneously. Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys/men and girls/women).
In this binary model, gender and sexu... |
4519156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner%20%28Australian%20rules%20football%29 | Banner (Australian rules football) | In Australian rules football, a banner is a large crêpe paper and sticky-tape banner constructed by each team's cheer squad. It is hoisted before the start of a match, and typically shows an encouraging or celebratory message to the team; then, as the players take to the field, they run through the banner, breaking it.... |
4519545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Prescott | Sidney Prescott | Sidney Prescott is a fictional character and original protagonist of the Scream franchise. The character was created by Kevin Williamson and is portrayed by Canadian actress Neve Campbell. She first appeared in Scream (1996) followed by four sequels: Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Scream 4 (2011), and Scream (2022).... |
4519583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Iraqi%20Freedom%20documents | Operation Iraqi Freedom documents | Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 documents are some 48,000 boxes of documents, audiotapes and videotapes that were discovered by the U.S. military during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The documents date from the 1980s through the post-Saddam period. In March 2006, the U.S. government, at the urging of members of Congress, m... |
4519636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw%20v.%20Reno | Shaw v. Reno | Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630 (1993), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in the area of redistricting and racial gerrymandering. After the 1990 census, North Carolina qualified to have a 12th district and drew it in a distinct snake-like manner in order to create a "majority-minority" Black district. From the... |
4520084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From%20Elvis%20in%20Memphis | From Elvis in Memphis | From Elvis in Memphis is the 10th studio album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. It was released by RCA Records on June 2, 1969. It was recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis in January and February 1969 under the direction of producer Chips Moman and backed by its house band, informally known as th... |
4520198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian%20nationalism | Venetian nationalism | Venetian nationalism (also Venetism, from the Venetian/Italian name, venetismo) is a nationalist, but primarily regionalist, political movement active mostly in Veneto, Italy, as well as in other parts of the former Republic of Venice.
Generally speaking, Venetists promote the distinct Venetian identity and the redisc... |
4520380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela%3B%20or%2C%20Virtue%20Rewarded | Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded | Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel first published in 1740 by the English writer Samuel Richardson. Considered one of the first true English novels, it serves as Richardson's version of conduct literature about marriage.
Pamela tells the story of a fifteen-year-old maidservant named Pamela Andrews, who... |
4520530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Full%20Metal%20Panic%21%20characters | List of Full Metal Panic! characters | Full Metal Panic! is a series of light novels written by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shiki Douji running from 1998 to 2011. The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, who is tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori a hot-headed Japanese high ... |
4521038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilevel%20model | Multilevel model | Multilevel models (also known as hierarchical linear models, linear mixed-effect model, mixed models, nested data models, random coefficient, random-effects models, random parameter models, or split-plot designs) are statistical models of parameters that vary at more than one level. An example could be a model of stude... |
4521155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy%20of%20evidence | Hierarchy of evidence | A hierarchy of evidence, comprising levels of evidence (LOEs), that is, evidence levels (ELs), is a heuristic used to rank the relative strength of results obtained from experimental research, especially medical research. There is broad agreement on the relative strength of large-scale, epidemiological studies. More t... |
4521341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Belmonte | Jason Belmonte | Jason Belmonte (born 29 July 1983) is an Australian professional ten-pin bowler. He plays on the PBA Tour in the United States and in world events. He is known for being one of the first bowlers to gain media attention for using the two-handed approach style to deliver his shot. He has won 31 PBA titles (seventh most ... |
4521503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuckist%20demonstrations | Stuckist demonstrations | Stuckist demonstrations since 2000 have been a key part of the Stuckist art group's activities and have succeeded in giving them a high-profile both in Britain and abroad. Their primary agenda is the promotion of painting and opposition to conceptual art.
Their demonstrations are particularly associated with the Turne... |
4521537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BC%20Dai | Lü Dai | Lü Dai (161 – 21 October 256), courtesy name Dinggong, was a military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Born in the late Eastern Han dynasty, Lü Dai started his career as a minor official in his home commandery in present-day Taizhou, Jiangsu before migrating south to the Jia... |
4521667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapu%20%28caste%29 | Kapu (caste) | Kapu is a Hindu caste mainly found in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. They are classified as a Forward caste. They are a community of land-owning agriculturists. Historically, they have also been warriors and military generals (Nayakas) in Hindu armies. They are a dominant caste of Andhra Pradesh. Kapus commonly ca... |
4522132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20schweigsame%20Frau | Die schweigsame Frau | Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman), Op. 80, is a 1935 comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a libretto by Stefan Zweig after Ben Jonson's 1609 comedy Epicœne, or The Silent Woman.
Composition history
Since Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier, with only the exception of Intermezzo, all previous operas by Strau... |
4522556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldseem%C3%BCller%20map | Waldseemüller map | The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography") is a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name "America". The name America is placed on South America on the main map. As explaine... |
4522770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Year%20Later | One Year Later | "One Year Later" is a 2006 comic book storyline running through the books published by DC Comics. As the title suggests, it involves a narrative jump exactly one year into the future of the DC Universe following the events of the “Infinite Crisis” storyline, to explore major changes within the continuities of the many ... |
4523204 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Vancouver | History of Vancouver | The history of Vancouver, British Columbia, is one that extends back thousands of years, with its first inhabitants arriving in the area following the Last Glacial Period. With its location on the western coast of Canada near the mouth of the Fraser River and on the waterways of the Strait of Georgia, Howe Sound, Burra... |
4523247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20NASCAR%20Winston%20Cup%20Series | 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | The 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 47th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 24th modern-era Cup series season. The season began on February 12 in Daytona Beach and concluded on November 12 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won his first career ch... |
4523623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91%20II%20Bal%C5%A1i%C4%87 | Đurađ II Balšić | Đurađ II Balšić (), or Gjergj Balsha II () 1385 – April 1403), was the Lord of Zeta from 1385 to 1403, as a member of the Balšić noble family. He was the son of Stracimir Balšić, and succeeded his paternal uncle Balša II in ruling Zeta. He reigned from 1386 up to 1389 in the still officially undissolved Serbian Empire... |
4524817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr.%20Fager | Dr. Fager | Dr. Fager (April 6, 1964 – August 5, 1976) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who had what many consider one of the greatest single racing seasons by any horse in the history of the sport. In 1968 at the age of four, he became the only horse to ever hold four American titles in one year when he was named the Horse ... |
4524834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaoningosaurus | Liaoningosaurus | Liaoningosaurus (meaning "Liaoning lizard") is an unusual genus of basal ankylosaurid dinosaur from the Liaoning Province, China that lived during the Early Cretaceous (late Barremian to early Aptian stages, ~125.4 to 118.9 Ma) in what is now the Yixian and Jiufotang Formation. The type and only species, Liaoningosaur... |
4525386 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Triangle%20%28Southeast%20Asia%29 | Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) | The Golden Triangle is the name given to one of Asia's two principal areas of illicit opium production (with the other being the Golden Crescent). Its geographical limits are the area in which the borders of Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos meet at the confluence of the Ruak and the Mekong Rivers. The name "Golden Triangle... |
4525425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling%20in%20the%20Netherlands | Cycling in the Netherlands | Cycling is the second-most common mode of transport in the Netherlands, with 36% of Dutch people listing the bicycle as their most frequent way of getting around on a typical day, as opposed to the car (45%) and public transport (11%). Cycling has a modal share of 27% of all trips (urban and rural) nationwide. In citie... |
4525913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proinsias%20Cassidy | Proinsias Cassidy | Proinsias Cassidy, also known mononymously simply as Proinsias or Cassidy, is a fictional character and antihero in the Garth Ennis comic book series Preacher and The Boys, respectively co-created with Steve Dillon and Darick Robertson, and the former's spin-off prequel Cassidy: Blood and Whiskey. Introduced as a drug-... |
4526315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT%20rights%20in%20Nigeria | LGBT rights in Nigeria | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Nigeria face severe challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. LGBT rights are generally infringed upon; homosexuality is illegal in Nigeria and punishable by up to 14 years of prison in the conventional court system. There is no legal protection for LGBT ... |
4527314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeplechase%20%28horse%20racing%29 | Steeplechase (horse racing) | A steeplechase is a distance horse race in which competitors are required to jump diverse fence and ditch obstacles. Steeplechasing is primarily conducted in Ireland (where it originated), the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Australia, and France. The name is derived from early races in which orientation of the ... |
4527788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hare%20%28actor%29 | John Hare (actor) | Sir John Hare (16 May 1844 – 28 December 1921), born John Joseph Fairs, was an English actor and theatre manager of the later 19th– and early 20th centuries.
Born and brought up in London, with frequent visits to the West End, Hare had a passion for the theatre from his childhood. After acting as an amateur as a young... |
4528530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%2096 | New York State Route 96 | New York State Route 96 (NY 96) is a northwest–southeast state highway in the Finger Lakes region of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an interchange with NY 17 (Future I-86) in the Southern Tier village of Owego, Tioga County. Its northern terminus is at a junction with East Main... |
4528618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court%20of%20Cassation%20%28Belgium%29 | Court of Cassation (Belgium) | The Court of Cassation (, , ) of Belgium is the supreme court of the Belgian judiciary. The court is composed of thirty judges with life tenure who are nominated by the High Council of Justice of Belgium and appointed by the Belgian federal government. The court handles cases in the two main languages of Belgium, Dutch... |
4528804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moor%20frog | Moor frog | The moor frog (Rana arvalis) is a slim, reddish-brown, semiaquatic amphibian native to Europe and Asia. Moor frogs are known for their ability to freeze solid and survive thawing. The frog makes use of various cryoprotectants i.e. antifreeze that decrease its internal freezing temperature. The species is distributed ov... |
4529085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad%20Tecnol%C3%B3gica%20de%20M%C3%A9xico | Universidad Tecnológica de México | The Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC) (Technological University of México) is a private university located in Mexico City, with campuses in the states of Guanajuato, Jalisco, México and Querétaro. It offers high school, bachelor, and postgraduate programs. Ignacio Guerra Pellegaud founded it in 1966 and since ... |
4529106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%2018 | New York State Route 18 | New York State Route 18 (NY 18) is an east–west state highway in western New York in the United States. It runs parallel to the south shore of Lake Ontario for most of its length between Niagara County and Monroe County. NY 18, which also passes through Orleans County, acts as a northerly alternate to NY 104, another e... |
4529229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 49th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 13 and 14 June 1981. It was also the eighth round of the World Endurance Championship of Drivers, and the fifth round of the World Championship for Makes.
Defending champions Rondeau entered a strong 5-car team. The Porsche works tea... |
4529709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Cordray | Richard Cordray | Richard Adams Cordray (born May 3, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the COO of Federal Student Aid in the United States Department of Education. He served as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from 2012 to 2017. Before that, Cordray variously served as Ohio's atto... |
4529789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-linked%20severe%20combined%20immunodeficiency | X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency | X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID) is an immunodeficiency disorder in which the body produces very few T cells and NK cells.
In the absence of T cell help, B cells become defective. It is an X-linked recessive inheritance trait, stemming from a mutated (abnormal) version of the IL2RG gene located on th... |
4529793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inostrancevia | Inostrancevia | Inostrancevia is an extinct genus of large carnivorous therapsids which lived during the Late Permian in what is now European Russia and South Africa. The first known fossils of this gorgonopsian were discovered in the Northern Dvina, where two almost complete skeletons were exhumed. Subsequently, several other fossil ... |
4529816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut%20%28character%29 | Juggernaut (character) | Juggernaut (Cain Marko) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #12 (July 1965) as an adversary of the eponymous superhero team. Since then, he has come into conflict with other heroes, ... |
4530054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate%2010%20in%20Arizona | Interstate 10 in Arizona | In the U.S. state of Arizona, Interstate 10 (I‑10), the major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States Sun Belt, runs east from California, enters Arizona near the town of Ehrenberg and continues through Phoenix and Tucson and exits at the border with New Mexico near San Simon. The highway also runs through th... |
4530612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen%20Melzer | Jürgen Melzer | Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a younger brother, Gerald Melzer, with whom he played doubles in several tournaments.
In 1999, Mel... |
4530693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron%20Latimer | Baron Latimer | The title Baron Latimer or Latymer has been created, by the definitions of modern peerage law, four times in the Peerage of England. Of these, one (of Snape) was restored from abeyance in 1913; one (of Braybrook) is forfeit; the other two (both of Corby) are dormant, although their heir is well known.
Name and title
... |
4531255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20enforcement%20in%20Germany | Law enforcement in Germany | Law enforcement in Germany is constitutionally vested solely with the states, which is one of the main features of the German political system.
Policing has always been a responsibility of the German states even after 1871 when the country was unified. The 1919 constitution of the Weimar Republic did provide for the p... |
4531372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%20Line%20%28Sound%20Transit%29 | T Line (Sound Transit) | The T Line, formerly known as Tacoma Link, is a light rail line in Tacoma, Washington, part of the Link light rail system operated by Sound Transit. It travels and serves 12 stations between Tacoma Dome Station, Downtown Tacoma, and Hilltop. The line carried 934,724 total passengers in 2019, with a weekday average of ... |
4532165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deng%20Zhi | Deng Zhi | Deng Zhi (178 - 251), courtesy name Bomiao, was a government official, diplomat and military general of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. A descendant of Deng Yu, Deng Zhi started his career in the late Eastern Han dynasty under the warlord Liu Bei as a low-level officer in Pi County. Afte... |
4532252 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20Welsh%20Assembly%2C%202005 | List of Statutory Instruments of the Welsh Assembly, 2005 | This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the Welsh Assembly made in 2005. Statutory Instruments made by the Assembly are numbered in the main United Kingdom series with their own sub-series. The Welsh language has official equal status with the English language in Wales so every Statutory Instrument made ... |
4532448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyndham%20New%20Yorker%20Hotel | Wyndham New Yorker Hotel | The New Yorker Hotel is a mixed-use hotel building at 481 Eighth Avenue in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1930, the New Yorker Hotel was designed by Sugarman and Berger in the Art Deco style and is 42 stories high, with four basement stories. The hotel building is owned by the ... |
4532553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin%20McInnes | Gavin McInnes | Gavin Miles McInnes (; born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian writer, podcaster, far-right commentator and founder of the Proud Boys. He is the host of Get Off My Lawn with Gavin McInnes on Censored.TV, which he founded. He co-founded Vice magazine in 1994 at the age of 24, and relocated to the United States in 2001. In 2016... |
4532818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Impact%20Wrestling%20tournaments | List of Impact Wrestling tournaments | Impact Wrestling has held a variety of professional wrestling tournaments competed for by wrestlers that are a part of their roster.
Sporadic tournaments
NWA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2002)
The NWA World Tag Team Championships tournament was held to crown new NWA World Tag Team Champions after Jeff and... |
4533337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20W.%20O%27Daniel | John W. O'Daniel | Lieutenant General John Wilson O'Daniel (February 15, 1894 – March 27, 1975), nicknamed "Iron Mike", was a senior United States Army officer who served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. He is perhaps best known for serving with the 3rd Infantry Division in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Southern Franc... |
4533683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout%203 | Fallout 3 | Fallout 3 is a 2008 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The third major installment in the Fallout series, it is the first game to be developed by Bethesda after acquiring the rights to the franchise from Interplay Entertainment. The game marks a major shift ... |
4535082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Anderson%20%28British%20Army%20officer%29 | Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer) | General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, (25 December 1891 – 29 April 1959) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the British First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa and the subsequent Tunisian campaign which en... |
4535237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tale%20of%20the%20Pie%20and%20the%20Patty-Pan | The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan | The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan (originally, The Pie and the Patty-Pan) is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and published by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1905. It tells of a cat called Ribby and a tea party she holds for a dog called Duchess. Complications arise when Duchess tries... |
4535280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow%20Bunch%2C%20Saskatchewan | Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan | Willow Bunch is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located southwest of the provincial capital of Regina. The population was 286 at the 2011 census.
Previous names for Willow Bunch include Hart-Rouge and Talle-de-Saules. The area has seen influences from Métis and Fransaskois.
History
The Métis of Willow Bunch ... |
4535498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Berkowitz | David Berkowitz | David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco, June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and the .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight shootings that began in New York City on July 29, 1976. Berkowitz grew up in New York City and served in the United States Army. Using a .44... |
4535852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%20sequestration | Carbon sequestration | Carbon sequestration (or carbon storage) is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool. Carbon sequestration is a naturally occurring process but it can also be enhanced or achieved with technology, for example within carbon capture and storage projects. There are two main types of carbon sequestration: geologic an... |
4535866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workforce%20productivity | Workforce productivity | Workforce productivity is the amount of goods and services that a group of workers produce in a given amount of time. It is one of several types of productivity that economists measure. Workforce productivity, often referred to as labor productivity, is a measure for an organisation or company, a process, an industry, ... |
4535954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrinin | Citrinin | Citrinin is a mycotoxin which is often found in food. It is a secondary metabolite produced by fungi that contaminates long-stored food and it causes different toxic effects, like nephrotoxic, hepatotoxic and cytotoxic effects. Citrinin is mainly found in stored grains, but sometimes also in fruits and other plant prod... |
4536316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20of%20Florence | Music of Florence | The music of Florence is foundational in the history of Western European music. Music was an important part of the Italian Renaissance. It was in Florence that the Florentine Camerata convened in the mid-16th century and experimented with setting tales of Greek mythology to music and staging the result—in other words, ... |
4536514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian%20astronomy | Babylonian astronomy | Babylonian astronomy was the study or recording of celestial objects during the early history of Mesopotamia.
Babylonian astronomy seemed to have focused on a select group of stars and constellations known as Ziqpu stars. These constellations may have been collected from various earlier sources. The earliest catalogue... |
4536518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid%20Khalidi | Rashid Khalidi | Rashid Ismail Khalidi (; born 1948) is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He served as editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies from 2002 until 2020, when he became co-editor with Sherene Seikaly.
He has authored a number ... |
4536912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Romani%20people | History of the Romani people | The Romani people, also referred to as Roma, Sinti or Kale, depending on the sub-group, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group which primarily lives in Europe. The Romani may have migrated from what is the modern Indian state of Rajasthan, migrating to the northwest (the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent) around 250 BC.... |
4537429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%20Rugby%20World%20Cup | 2015 Rugby World Cup | The IRB 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was only one change: Uruguay replaced Russia. This was the first World Cup with... |
4537548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20England | Rugby union in England | Rugby union in England is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports. In 1871 the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby union in England, was formed by 21 rugby clubs, and the first international match, which involved England, was played in Scotland. The England national team compete annu... |
4537559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1889%20in%20baseball | 1889 in baseball |
Champions
Major League Baseball
National League: New York Giants
American Association: Brooklyn Bridegrooms
World Series
New York defeated Brooklyn, six games to three.
Ohio Championship
First place: Columbus Solons
Second place: Cincinnati Red Stockings
Third place: Cleveland Spiders
Philadelphia Championship
D... |
4537794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Walker%20%28native%20police%20commandant%29 | Frederick Walker (native police commandant) | Frederick Walker (14 April 1820 – 19 November 1866) was a British public servant of the Colony of New South Wales, property manager, Commandant of the Native Police, squatter and explorer, today best known as the first Commandant of the Native Police Force that operated in the colonies of New South Wales and Queensland... |
4538124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20gasification%20combined%20cycle | Integrated gasification combined cycle | An integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) is a technology using a high pressure gasifier to turn coal and other carbon based fuels into pressurized gas—synthesis gas (syngas). It can then remove impurities from the syngas prior to the electricity generation cycle. Some of these pollutants, such as sulfur, can be... |
4538269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20United%20States%20immigration%20reform%20protests | 2006 United States immigration reform protests | In 2006–2007, millions of people participated in protests over a proposed change to U.S. immigration policy. These large scale mobilizations are widely seen as a historic turn point in Latino politics, especially Latino immigrant civic participation and political influence, as noted in a range of scholarly publications... |
4538473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani%20society%20and%20culture | Romani society and culture | The Romani people are a distinct ethnic and cultural group of peoples living all across the globe, who share a family of languages and sometimes a traditional nomadic mode of life. Though their exact origins are unclear, central India is a notable point of origin. Their language shares a common origin with, and is simi... |
4538610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886%20in%20baseball | 1886 in baseball |
Champions
Major League Baseball
National League: Chicago White Stockings
American Association: St. Louis Browns
World Series
St. Louis Browns 4, Chicago White Stockings 2
Minor League Baseball
Eastern League: Newark
International League: Utica
New England League: Portland
Northwestern League: Duluth
Western League... |
4538945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency%20of%20Dwight%20D.%20Eisenhower | Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as the 34th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1953, and ended on January 20, 1961. Eisenhower, a Republican from Kansas, took office following a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election. John F. Kennedy ... |
4539191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario%20Highway%208 | Ontario Highway 8 | King's Highway 8, commonly referred to as Highway 8, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The route travels from Highway 21 in Goderich, on the shores of Lake Huron, to Highway 5 in the outskirts of Hamilton near Lake Ontario. Before the 1970s, it continued east through Hamilton an... |
4539254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20compositions%20by%20Max%20Reger | List of compositions by Max Reger | Max Reger was a German composer of the late-Romantic period. His works are initially listed by Opus number (Op.), followed by works without Op. number (WoO). Other features shown are translation of titles, key, scoring, year of composition, genre, information about texts and their authors, a link to the Max-Reger-Inst... |
4539445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenore%20Romney | Lenore Romney | Lenore LaFount Romney (; November 9, 1908 – July 7, 1998) was an American actress and political figure. The wife of businessman and politician George W. Romney, she was First Lady of Michigan from 1963 to 1969. She was the Republican Party nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1970 from Michigan. Her younger son, Mitt Romney,... |
4539862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka%20Institute%20of%20Technology | Osaka Institute of Technology | , abbreviated as Dai kōdai (大工大), Han kōdai (阪工大), or Osaka kōdai (大阪工大) is a private university in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. OIT has 3 campuses, Omiya campus located in Asahi-ku, Osaka City, Umeda campus located in Kita-ku, Osaka City and Hirakata campus located in Hirakata City.
History
OIT was originally founded in ... |
4540087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katerina%20Stikoudi | Katerina Stikoudi | Aikaterini "Katerina" Stikoudi (; born 16 April 1985) is a Greek singer, actress, host, model, businesswoman and former champion swimmer. After first gaining fame in 2001 by finishing fifth in the national swimming championship as PAOK swimming athlete she pursued a career in modeling, television, cinema and theatre. I... |
4540178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Orlando | Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando | The Diocese of Orlando () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in central Florida in the United States. St. James Cathedral serves as the seat of the diocese. The current bishop is John Gerard Noonan.
The Diocese of Orlando is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province... |
4540334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Catholic%20universities%20and%20colleges%20in%20the%20United%20States | List of Catholic universities and colleges in the United States | There are 197 US members of ACCU (Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities) as of 2014. They make up a significant number of the total of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.
Adorers of the Blood of Christ
Newman University (Wichita, Kansas)
Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption)
Assum... |
4540433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Pretty%20Sammy%20characters | List of Pretty Sammy characters | This article is a list of fictional characters from the anime series Magical Girl Pretty Sammy with characters from both the OVA's and the Pretty Sammy television series (Magical Project S in the US).
Main
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Based on Sasami Masaki Jurai, Sasami is a schoolgirl whose parents run a music store, CD Vision. Sasami was... |
4540726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica%20Simpson | Jessica Simpson | Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American singer and actress. After performing in church choirs as a child, Simpson signed with Columbia Records in 1997, aged seventeen. Her debut studio album, Sweet Kisses (1999), sold two million copies in the United States and saw the commercial success of the single "... |
4540804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Morrison | Andy Morrison | Andrew Charles Morrison (born 30 July 1970) is a Scottish football manager and former footballer who is currently head coach of the Sri Lanka national team.
As a player he was a central defender who played in the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City. Although only playing 38 League games over four ... |
4540969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20media%20in%20North%20Korea | Mass media in North Korea | The mass media in North Korea is amongst the most strictly controlled in the world. The constitution nominally provides for freedom of speech and the press. However, the government routinely disregards these rights, and seeks to mold information at its source. A typical example of this was the death of Kim Jong Il, n... |
4541171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxnet | Foxnet | Foxnet is an American cable television channel that was owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation. Serving as a national feed of the Fox Broadcasting Company (known simply as Fox), the service is intended for American television markets ranked #100 and above by Nielsen Media Research estimates that la... |
4541200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth%20Ranzz | Garth Ranzz | Garth Ranzz, also known as Live Wire and Lightning Lad, is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics, usually those featuring the Legion of Superheroes, a 30th and 31st century group of which he is a founding member. He has the superhuman ability to generate electricity, usually in the form of lightning bol... |
4541314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chola%20Empire | Chola Empire | The Chola Empire, often referred to as the Imperial Cholas, was a medieval Indian thalassocratic empire established by Pottapi branch of the Chola dynasty that rose to prominence during the middle of the 9th century CE and successfully united southern India under their rule.
The power and the prestige the Cholas had ... |
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