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4565924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doaba | Doaba | Doaba, also known as Bist Doab or the Jalandhar Doab, is the region of Punjab, India that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River. People of this region are given the demonym "Doabia". The dialect of Punjabi spoken in Doaba is called "Doabi". The term "Doaba" or "Doab" is derived from Persian (do āb "two wate... |
4566059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian%20S.%20Carr | Julian S. Carr | Julian Shakespeare Carr (October 12, 1845 – April 29, 1924) was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and white supremacist. He is the namesake of the town of Carrboro, North Carolina.
Early life
Carr was the son of Chapel Hill merchant John Wesley Carr and Eliza P. Carr (née Eliza Pannell Bullock). Carr was fro... |
4566412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text%20and%20rubrics%20of%20the%20Roman%20Canon | Text and rubrics of the Roman Canon | The text and rubrics of the Roman Canon have undergone revisions over the centuries, while the canon itself has retained its essential form as arranged no later than the 7th century. The rubrics, as is customary in similar liturgical books, indicate the manner in which to carry out the celebration.
The two most recent... |
4566760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development%20management%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Development management in the United Kingdom | Development Management, formerly known as planning control, or development control, is the element of the United Kingdom's system of town and country planning through which local government or the Secretary of State, regulates land use and new building, i.e. development. It relies on a "plan-led system" whereby develo... |
4567188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Odera%20Oruka | Henry Odera Oruka | Henry Odera Oruka (1 June 1944, Siaya County – 9 December 1995, Nairobi) was a Kenyan philosopher who is best known for "Sage Philosophy". It was a project started in the 1970s in an attempt to preserve the knowledge of the indigenous thinkers in traditional African communities.
Life and work
Henry Odera Oruka was bor... |
4567536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/509th%20Composite%20Group | 509th Composite Group | The 509th Composite Group (509 CG) was a unit of the United States Army Air Forces created during World War II and tasked with the operational deployment of nuclear weapons. It conducted the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945.
The group was activated on 17 December 1944 at Wendover Army A... |
4567589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20and%20the%20International%20Criminal%20Court | United States and the International Criminal Court | The United States is not a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute), which founded the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002.
, 123 states are members of the Court. Other states that have not become parties to the Rome Statute include India, Indonesia, and China. On May 6... |
4567893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuh%C5%8D%20Sh%C5%8D | Hakuhō Shō | ) is a former professional sumo wrestler (rikishi) from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Making his debut in March 2001, he reached the top makuuchi division in May 2004. In May 2007, at the age of 22, he became the second native of Mongolia, and the fourth non-Japanese overall, to be promoted to the highest rank in sumo, yokozu... |
4568156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th%20Battalion%20%28Australia%29 | 11th Battalion (Australia) | The 11th Battalion was an Australian Army battalion that was among the first infantry units raised during World War I for the First Australian Imperial Force. It was the first battalion recruited in Western Australia, and following a brief training period in Perth, the battalion sailed to Egypt where it undertook four ... |
4568424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Graf | Hermann Graf | Hermann Graf (24 October 1912 – 4 November 1988) was a German Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace. He served on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. He became the first pilot in aviation history to claim 200 aerial victories—that is, 200 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft. In abo... |
4568492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwell%20Park | Saltwell Park | Saltwell Park is a Victorian park in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Opened in 1876, the park was designed by Edward Kemp and incorporates the mansion and associated grounds of the Saltwellgate estate owner, William Wailes, who sold his estate to Gateshead Council for £35,000. Upon opening, it became known as "The P... |
4569663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut%20Lent | Helmut Lent | Helmut Lent (13 June 1918 – 7 October 1944) was a German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night. Born into a devoutly religious family, he showed an early passion for glider flying; against his father's wishes, he joined the Luftwaffe in 1936. After completing his training,... |
4570670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Bates%20%28baseball%29 | Billy Bates (baseball) | William Derrick Bates (born December 7, 1963) is an American former professional baseball second baseman and pinch runner who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds. In 29 career games, Bates had a batting average of .125 with six hits, two runs batted in (RBI), 11 runs,... |
4571275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20Xaver%20Richter | Franz Xaver Richter | Franz (Czech: František) Xaver Richter, known as François Xavier Richter in France (December 1, 1709 – September 12, 1789) was an Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician who spent most of his life first in Austria and later in Mannheim and in Strasbourg, where he was music director... |
4571598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragan%20Obrenovi%C4%87 | Dragan Obrenović | Dragan Obrenović (born 12 April 1963) is a former Bosnian Serb senior officer and commander in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS).
In 2001, Obrenović was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hagu... |
4572311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-2%20jacket | A-2 jacket | The Type A-2 leather flight jacket is an American military flight jacket originally invented and developed for and closely associated with World War II U.S. Army Air Forces pilots, navigators and bombardiers, who often decorated their jackets with squadron patches and elaborate artwork painted on the back. Sometimes ca... |
4572427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n%20Gonz%C3%A1lez | Adrián González | Adrián González Savín (born May 8, 1982), also known by his nicknames "A-Gon" and "Titán", is a Mexican-American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Mets.
González was born in the... |
4572582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%20obesity | Childhood obesity | Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult, the diagnosis of obesity is often based on BMI. Due to the rising prevalence of obesity in children and its many adverse health effects it is being recognize... |
4572690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation%20in%20Toronto | Transportation in Toronto | Transportation in the Canadian city of Toronto forms the hub of the road, rail and air networks in the Greater Toronto Area and much of southern Ontario. There are many forms of transport in the city, including railways, highways, and public transit. Toronto also has an extensive network of bicycle lanes and multi-use ... |
4572965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel%3A%20Part%20II | Hostel: Part II | Hostel: Part II is a 2007 American horror film written and directed by Eli Roth, serving as a sequel to Hostel (2005). It is the second installment in the Hostel film series. The film stars Lauren German, Roger Bart, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips and Richard Burgi, while Jay Hernandez briefly reprises his role from... |
4572982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Bingham%20%28soldier%29 | Richard Bingham (soldier) | Sir Richard Bingham (1528 – 19 January 1599) was an English soldier and naval commander. He served under Queen Elizabeth I during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and was appointed governor of Connacht.
Early life and military career
Bingham was born in Dorset to Richard Bingham and his wife Alice Coker, daughter of Tho... |
4573383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield%20Tramway | Sheffield Tramway | Sheffield Tramway was an extensive tramway network serving the English city of Sheffield and its suburbs.
The first tramway line, horse-drawn, opened in 1873 between Lady's Bridge and Attercliffe, subsequently extended to Brightside and Tinsley. Routes were built to Heeley, where a tram depot was built, Nether Edge an... |
4573759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperatures%20Rising | Temperatures Rising | Temperatures Rising is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from September 12, 1972 to August 29, 1974. During its 46-episode run, it was presented in three different formats and cast line-ups. The series was developed for the network by William Asher and Harry Ackerman for Ashmont Productions an... |
4574063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-HT2A%20receptor | 5-HT2A receptor | {{DISPLAYTITLE:5-HT2A receptor}}
The 5-HT2A receptor is a subtype of the 5-HT2 receptor that belongs to the serotonin receptor family and is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). The 5-HT2A receptor is a cell surface receptor, but has several intracellular locations. 5-HT is short for 5-hydroxy-tryptamine or serotonin.... |
4575461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Drummond%20%28botanist%29 | James Drummond (botanist) | James Drummond (late 1786 or early 1787 – 26 March 1863) was an Australian botanist and naturalist who was an early settler in Western Australia.
Early life
James Drummond was born in Inverarity, near Forfar, Angus, Scotland, the eldest son of Thomas Drummond, a gardener and botanist. His younger brother Thomas Drummo... |
4576152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Peradeniya | University of Peradeniya | The University of Peradeniya (, ) is a public university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission. It is the largest university in Sri Lanka, which was originally established as the University of Ceylon in 1942. The university was officially opened on 20 April 1954, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II... |
4576465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower | Flower | A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). Flowers produce gametophytes, which in flowering plants consist of a few haploid cells which produce gametes. The "male" gametophyte, which produces non-motile sperm, is enclos... |
4576538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalocalypse | Metalocalypse | Metalocalypse is an American musical adult animated television series created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha for Adult Swim. It premiered on August 6, 2006. The television program centers on the larger-than-life melodic death metal band Dethklok, and often portrays dark and macabre content, including such subjects a... |
4577128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 47th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 9 and 10 June 1979. With no other major works cars this year, the Porsche team were the strong favourites to win. Their competition would be from Cosworth-powered Mirages and Rondeaus and a swarm of Group 5 and IMSA-class Porsche 935s.... |
4577290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky%20Balboa | Rocky Balboa | Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name the Italian Stallion) is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the Rocky film series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in eight of the nine films in the franchise. He is depicted as a working class or poor Itali... |
4577630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Authority%20of%20New%20York%20and%20New%20Jersey%20Police%20Department | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department | The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, or Port Authority Police Department (PAPD), is a law enforcement agency in New York and New Jersey, the duties of which are to protect and to enforce state and city laws at all the facilities, owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Je... |
4577825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic%20history%20of%20Mexico | Economic history of Mexico | Since the colonial era, Mexico's economic history has been characterized by resource extraction, agriculture, and a relatively underdeveloped industrial sector. Economic elites in the colonial period were predominantly Spanish-born, active as transatlantic merchants and mine owners, and diversifying their investments w... |
4577839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Zhi%20%28philosopher%29 | Li Zhi (philosopher) | Li Zhi (1527–1602), often known by his pseudonym Zhuowu (which means, “I who am smart”), was a Chinese philosopher, historian and writer of the late Ming dynasty. A critic of the Neo-Confucianist views espoused by Zhu Xi, which was then the orthodoxy of the Ming government, he was persecuted and committed suicide in pr... |
4578009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona%20State%20Sun%20Devils | Arizona State Sun Devils | The Arizona State Sun Devils are the athletic teams that represent Arizona State University. ASU has nine men's and eleven women's varsity teams competing at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. The mascot was adopted in 1946; earlier nicknames were ... |
4578255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Australia%20during%20World%20War%20II | Military history of Australia during World War II | Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia later entered into a state of war with other members of the Axis powers, including the Kingdom of Italy on 11 June 1940, and the Empire of Japan on 9 December 1... |
4578436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level%20Up%20%28American%20TV%20series%29 | Level Up (American TV series) | Level Up is a live-action comedy television series that aired on Cartoon Network. A film with the same title, which served as a pilot for the series, premiered on November 23, 2011. The series aired from January 24, 2012, to February 19, 2013. Level Up was the second Cartoon Network show spawned from a live-action film... |
4578451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20microphone | Wireless microphone | A wireless microphone, or cordless microphone, is a microphone without a physical cable connecting it directly to the sound recording or amplifying equipment with which it is associated. Also known as a radio microphone, it has a small, battery-powered radio transmitter in the microphone body, which transmits the audio... |
4578612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native%20American%20tribes%20in%20Virginia | Native American tribes in Virginia | The Native American tribes in Virginia are the indigenous tribes who currently live or have historically lived in what is now the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States of America.
All of the Commonwealth of Virginia used to be Virginia Indian territory. Indigenous peoples have occupied the region for at least ... |
4578695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho%20%281998%20film%29 | Psycho (1998 film) | Psycho is a 1998 American psychological horror film produced and directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, and Anne Heche. It is a modern remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film of the same name, in which an embezzler arrives at an old motel run by a mysteriou... |
4578722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20penicillin | History of penicillin | The history of penicillin follows observations and discoveries of evidence of antibiotic activity of the mould Penicillium that led to the development of penicillins that became the first widely used antibiotics. Following the production of a relatively pure compound in 1942, penicillin was the first naturally-derived ... |
4578860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20national%20museums | List of national museums | A national museum is a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater number of museums are run by the central government.
The following is a... |
4578946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montpelier%20railway%20station | Montpelier railway station | Montpelier railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Montpelier in Bristol, England. It is from . Its three letter station code is MTP. The station has a single platform, serving trains in both directions. it is managed by Great Western Railway, which is the third franchise to be responsi... |
4579043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton%20Down%20railway%20station | Clifton Down railway station | Clifton Down railway station is on the Severn Beach line and serves the district of Clifton in Bristol, England. It is from . Its three letter station code is CFN. The station has two platforms, each serving trains in one direction only. it is managed by Great Western Railway, which is the third franchise to be respo... |
4580114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrnberg%20Hauptbahnhof | Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof | (German for Nuremberg main station) or Nuremberg Central Station<ref>Modern Railway Practice: A Treatise on the Modern Methods of the Construction and Working of German Railways. Approved by the Prussian Minister of Public Works, the Bavarian Minister of Communications, and the Railway Authorities of Other German State... |
4580250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn%20Barrage | Severn Barrage | The Severn Barrage is any of a range of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal estuary. Ideas for damming or barraging the Severn estuary (and Bristol Channel) have existed since the 19th century. The building of such a barrage would constitute an engineering projec... |
4580347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente%20Nicolau%20Lobato%20International%20Airport | Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport | Dili Airport , officially Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (, ), and formerly Comoro Airport (), is an international airport serving Dili, the capital city of East Timor. Since 2002, the airport has been named after Nicolau dos Reis Lobato (1946–1978), an East Timorese politician and national hero.
Loca... |
4580395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Colchester | History of Colchester | Colchester is a historic town located in Essex, England. It served as the first capital of Roman Britain and is the oldest recorded town in Britain. It was raided by the Vikings during the 9th and 10th centuries. It also served as an essential location for the medieval cloth trade.
Prehistory
The gravel hill upon whic... |
4580694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Nationals | London Nationals | The London Nationals are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in London, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.
Paul Duarte is the current owner of the London Nationals. The general manager and head coach is Pat Powers. The Nationals play their home games a... |
4580784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Lithuania | Catholic Church in Lithuania | The Catholic Church in Lithuania () is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Lithuania is the world's northernmost Catholic majority country. Pope Pius XII gave Lithuania the title of "northernmost outpost of Catholicism in Europe" in 1939.
Among the Baltic states, ... |
4581384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs%20surgery | Mohs surgery | Mohs surgery, developed in 1938 by a general surgeon, Frederic E. Mohs, is microscopically controlled surgery used to treat both common and rare types of skin cancer. During the surgery, after each removal of tissue and while the patient waits, the tissue is examined for cancer cells. That examination dictates the dec... |
4582033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterrence%20%28penology%29 | Deterrence (penology) | Deterrence in relation to criminal offending is the idea or theory that the threat of punishment will deter people from committing crime and reduce the probability and/or level of offending in society. It is one of five objectives that punishment is thought to achieve; the other four objectives are denunciation, incapa... |
4582540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Weston%20Limited | George Weston Limited | George Weston Limited, often referred to as Weston or Weston's, is a Canadian holding company. Founded by George Weston in 1882, the company today consists of the Choice Properties real estate investment trust and Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest supermarket retailer, in which it maintains a controlling inter... |
4582717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Audrey | Hurricane Audrey | Hurricane Audrey was one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history, killing at least 416 people in its devastation of the southwestern Louisiana coast in 1957. Along with Hurricane Alex in 2010, it was also the strongest June hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin as measured by pressure. The rapidly developin... |
4583173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nafeez%20Ahmed | Nafeez Ahmed | Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed (born 1978) is a British investigative journalist, author and academic. He is editor of the crowdfunded investigative journalism platform INSURGE intelligence. He is a former environment blogger for The Guardian from March 2013 to July 2014. From 2014 to 2017, Ahmed was a weekly columnist for Midd... |
4583197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20H.%20Brooks | Edward H. Brooks | Lieutenant General Edward Hale Brooks (April 25, 1893 – October 10, 1978) was a highly decorated senior officer of the United States Army, a veteran of both World War I and World War II, who commanded the U.S. Second Army during the Korean War. He received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for heroism as a junior o... |
4583512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazher%20Mahmood | Mazher Mahmood | Mazher Mahmood (born 22 March 1963) is a British journalist who was convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Before his conviction, he worked mainly for the tabloid press. He spent 20 years working for the News of the World and the Sunday Times, during which time he was responsible for numerous investi... |
4583514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon%20Karen | Typhoon Karen | Typhoon Karen was the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike the island of Guam, and has been regarded as one of the most destructive events in the island's history. It was first identified as a tropical disturbance on November 6, 1962, well to the southeast of Truk. Over the following two days, the system tracked ge... |
4583620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish%20Kapoor | Anish Kapoor | Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor, (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the UK to begin his art training at Hornsey College of Art and, later, Chelsea Sch... |
4583836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin-glazing | Tin-glazing | Tin-glazing is the process of giving tin-glazed pottery items a ceramic glaze that is white, glossy and opaque, which is normally applied to red or buff earthenware. Tin-glaze is plain lead glaze with a small amount of tin oxide added. The opacity and whiteness of tin glaze encourage its frequent decoration. Historica... |
4584035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive%20slippage | Cognitive slippage | Cognitive slippage is considered a milder and sub-clinical presentation of formal thought disorder observed via unusual use of language. It is often identified when a person attempts to make tangential connections between concepts that are not immediately understandable to listeners. When observed repeatedly, this is t... |
4584049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20Portugal | Law of Portugal | The Law of Portugal is the legal system that applies to Portugal. It is part of the family of the civil law legal systems, based on Roman law. As such, it has many common features with the legal systems found in most of the countries in Continental Europe.
In the 19th century, the French civil law was the main influen... |
4584079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomarker | Biomarker | In biomedical contexts, a biomarker, or biological marker, is a measurable indicator of some biological state or condition. Biomarkers are often measured and evaluated using blood, urine, or soft tissues to examine normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervent... |
4584230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomarker%20%28medicine%29 | Biomarker (medicine) | In medicine, a biomarker is a measurable indicator of the severity or presence of some disease state. It may be defined as a "cellular, biochemical or molecular alteration in cells, tissues or fluids that can be measured and evaluated to indicate normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacological re... |
4584893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions%20of%201989 | Revolutions of 1989 | The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, was a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world. Sometimes this revolutionary wave is also called the Fall of Nations or the Autumn of... |
4585013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 46th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1978. In many ways it was a continuation of the race from the year before – the two main protagonists would be the very evenly-matched works teams of Alpine-Renault and Porsche, with four cars each. The race was not vali... |
4585083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype%20%28printing%29 | Stereotype (printing) | In printing, a stereotype, stereoplate or simply a stereo, is a solid plate of type metal, cast from a papier-mâché or plaster mould taken from the surface of a forme of type. The mould was known as a flong.
Background
In the days of set movable type, printing involved placing individual letters (called type) plus oth... |
4585228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezia%20Giulia%20Police%20Force | Venezia Giulia Police Force | Venezia Giulia Police Force was a police corps formed after World War II by the Allied Military Government in Zone A of Venezia Giulia. Operating in the Free Territory of Trieste after 1947, it was active until 1961. From 1945 to 1954 it was directed by Col. Gerald Richardson, a former Scotland Yard officer.
Backgrou... |
4585349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-actualization | Self-actualization | Self-actualization, in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, is the highest level of psychological development, where personal potential is fully realized after basic bodily and ego needs have been fulfilled.
Self-actualization was coined by the organismic theorist Kurt Goldstein for the motive to realize one's full potential:... |
4585763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Ebelsberg | Battle of Ebelsberg | The Battle of Ebelsberg, known in French accounts as the Battle of Ebersberg, was fought on 3 May 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The Austrian left wing under the command of Johann von Hiller took up positions at Ebersberg on the Traun river. The French under André Masséna attac... |
4585788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanxi%20merchants | Shanxi merchants | Shanxi merchants, also known as Jin merchants (), were the group of merchants from Shanxi province, China. Jin is an abbreviated name of Shanxi. Even though the history of noticeable Shanxi merchants can be dated back to as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, more than 2000 years ago, Shanxi merchants became promin... |
4585817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Union%20Hotel%20%28Saratoga%20Springs%2C%20New%20York%29 | Grand Union Hotel (Saratoga Springs, New York) | The Grand Union Hotel was located on Broadway in Saratoga Springs, New York. The hotel began as a boarding house, built by Gideon Putnam in 1802, but grew into the world's largest hotel, before it was demolished in 1953.
The initial draw to the area were summer vacationers attracted by the mineral spas. Over time this... |
4585857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20tuition%20in%20the%20United%20States | College tuition in the United States | College tuition in the United States is the cost of higher education collected by educational institutions in the United States, and paid by individuals. It does not include the tuition covered through general taxes or from other government funds, or that which is paid from university endowment funds or gifts. Tuition ... |
4586019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault%20UE%20Chenillette | Renault UE Chenillette | The Renault UE Chenillette is a light tracked armoured carrier and prime mover produced by France between 1932 and 1940.
In 1930 the Commission de Vincennes decided to develop a light armoured vehicle able to tow and supply small cannon and mortars. In 1931 the Renault company was given the contract for production of ... |
4586062 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine%2037L | Lorraine 37L | The Lorraine 37L or , ("tank supply tractor 1937 L") is a light tracked armoured vehicle developed by the Lorraine company during the interwar period or interbellum, before the Second World War, to an April 1936 French Army requirement for a fully armoured munition and fuel supply carrier to be used by tank units for f... |
4586151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dch%C5%AB%20%C5%8Ctsuka | Hōchū Ōtsuka | is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box.
He is best known for his roles as the voices of Kyao Mirao in Heavy Metal L-Gaim; Mont Blanc Noland in One Piece; Yazan Gable in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Akira Sendō in Slam Dunk; SignalMan in Gekisou Sentai Carranger; Imagin,... |
4586331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results%20of%20the%20War%20of%201812 | Results of the War of 1812 | The results of the War of 1812, which was fought between the United Kingdom and the United States from 1812 to 1814, included no immediate boundary changes. The main result of the War of 1812 has been over two centuries of peace between the two countries.
All of the causes for the war had disappeared with the end of t... |
4586388 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%202006%20in%20sports | April 2006 in sports |
Events in sports
30 April 2006 (Sunday)
Golf
PGA Tour: Chris Couch nabs his first-ever PGA Tour win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans despite bogeying the 17th hole, and experiencing a weird 18th. On the last hole, Couch hit his drive into a cut of rough, then flew his second shot over the green into the back of ... |
4586481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidstone%20%28film%29 | Maidstone (film) | Maidstone is a 1970 American independent film drama written, produced and directed by Norman Mailer. It stars Mailer, Rip Torn and Ultra Violet. The film concerns famous film director Norman Kingsley, who runs for president while a group of friends, relatives, employees and lobbyists gather to discuss possible assassin... |
4586598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaze%20to%20Ki%20no%20Uta | Kaze to Ki no Uta | is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiko Takemiya. It was serialized in the manga magazine Shūkan Shōjo Comic from 1976 to 1980, and in the manga magazine Petit Flower from 1981 to 1984. One of the earliest works in the (male–male romance) genre, follows the tragic romance between Gilbert Cocteau a... |
4587079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSU%20Tigers%20and%20Lady%20Tigers | LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers | The LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers are the athletic teams representing Louisiana State University (LSU), a state university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Nickname
The Louisiana State Uni... |
4587558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota%20Vios | Toyota Vios | The Toyota Vios is a nameplate used for subcompact cars produced by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota, primarily for markets in Southeast Asia, China and Taiwan since 2002. Slotted below the compact Corolla, the Vios serves as the replacement to the Tercel (marketed as Soluna in Thailand since 1997 and Indonesia since 2... |
4587587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisan%20blanket%20primary | Nonpartisan blanket primary | A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office run against each other at once, regardless of the political party. Partisan elections are, on the other hand, segregated by political party. Nonpartisan blanket primaries are slightly different from most other electi... |
4588798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20India | Catholic Church in India | The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope. There are over 20 million Catholics in India, representing around 1.55% of the total population, and the Catholic Church is the single largest Christian church in India. There are 10,701 parishes that make up 174 dio... |
4588814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20McClellan | Fort McClellan | Fort McClellan, originally Camp McClellan, is a decommissioned United States Army post located adjacent to the city of Anniston, Alabama. During World War II, it was one of the largest U.S. Army installations, training an estimated half-million troops. After the war it became the home of the Military Police Corps, the... |
4589986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doratodon | Doratodon | Doratodon is an extinct genus of Late Cretaceous crocodylomorph that may have been a member of the Sebecosuchia. Doratodon was a relatively small animal with ziphodont teeth, meaning the teeth had flattened sides and serrated edges. Two species of Doratodon are known to science: D. carcharidens from Austria (Grünbach F... |
4590232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Family%20Matters%20characters | List of Family Matters characters | Family Matters is an American sitcom revolving around the Winslow family, a middle-class African-American family living in Chicago. The series ran for nine seasons (eight of which were broadcast on ABC, one on CBS) and is a spin-off of Perfect Strangers. The series features a total of 12 main characters, some of which ... |
4590257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatta%27s%20War | Vatta's War | Vatta's War is a science fiction series by American writer Elizabeth Moon, comprising five books: Trading in Danger (2003), Marque and Reprisal (2004) (Moving Target in UK and Australia), Engaging the Enemy (2006), Command Decision (2007), and Victory Conditions (2008). They have been characterized as military science ... |
4590393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majungasaurus | Majungasaurus | Majungasaurus (; ) is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in Madagascar from 70 to 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, making it one of the last known non-avian dinosaurs that went extinct during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. The genus contains a single species, Majun... |
4590600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20New%20Hampshire%20University | Southern New Hampshire University | Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a private university between Manchester and Hooksett, New Hampshire. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, along with national accreditation for some hospitality, health, education and business degrees. SNHU is one of the fastest-gro... |
4590764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockburn%20%28surname%29 | Cockburn (surname) | Cockburn ( , ) is a Scottish surname that originated in the Borders region of the Scottish Lowlands. In the United States most branches of the same family have adopted the simplified spelling 'Coburn'; other branches have altered the name slightly to 'Cogburn'. The French branch of the family uses the spelling 'de Cock... |
4590842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basankusu | Basankusu | Basankusu is a town in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is the main town and administrative centre of the Basankusu Territory. In 2004, it had an estimated population of 23,764. It has a gravel airstrip, covered and open markets, a hospital, and three cellphone networks, the first of which was in... |
4590862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20BladeCenter | IBM BladeCenter | The IBM BladeCenter was IBM's blade server architecture, until it was replaced by Flex System in 2012. The x86 division was later sold to Lenovo in 2014.
History
Introduced in 2002, based on engineering work started in 1999, the IBM eServer BladeCenter was relatively late to the blade server market. It differed from p... |
4591548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency%20in%20Balochistan | Insurgency in Balochistan | The Insurgency in Balochistan is an insurgency or revolt by Baloch nationalists and Islamist militants against the governments of Pakistan and Iran in the Balochistan region, which covers the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran, and the Balochistan... |
4591594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Stelmach | Ed Stelmach | Edward Michael Stelmach (; born May 11, 1951) is a Canadian politician who served as the 13th premier of Alberta, from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and fluently speaks the distinctive Canadian dialect of Ukrainian. He spent his entire pre-politi... |
4591876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOCATA%20TBM | SOCATA TBM | The SOCATA TBM (now Daher TBM) is a family of high-performance single-engine turboprop business and utility light aircraft manufactured by Daher. It was originally collaboratively developed between the American Mooney Airplane Company and French light aircraft manufacturer SOCATA.
The design of the TBM family originat... |
4592363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded%20Knee%20Occupation | Wounded Knee Occupation | The Wounded Knee Occupation, also known as Second Wounded Knee, began on February 27, 1973, when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota (sometimes referred to as Oglala Sioux) and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, United States, on the Pine Ridge Indian... |
4592701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE%201 | ICE 1 | The ICE 1 is the first batch-produced German high-speed train and one of six in the Intercity Express family. Revenue service at speeds up to started in 1991. It was raised to in May 1995 and temporary reduced to again, as a result of the Eschede accident.
Trainsets consist of two power cars (Class 401) and up to 1... |
4593156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey%20%28surname%29 | Bailey (surname) | Bailey is an English or Scottish surname. It is first recorded in Northumberland, where it was said to have been changed from Balliol due to the unpopularity of Scottish king John Balliol (d. 1314). There appears to be no historical evidence for this, and Bain concludes that the earliest form was Baillie or Bailli (re... |
4593332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Excalibur | Project Excalibur | Project Excalibur was a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Cold Warera research program to develop an X-ray laser system as a ballistic missile defense (BMD) for the United States. The concept involved packing large numbers of expendable lasers around a nuclear device, which would orbit in space. During an ... |
4593459 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Irish%20constituencies | List of Irish constituencies | The following list identifies every constituency used in Parliamentary etc. elections in Ireland (including Northern Ireland). The list consists of 'index names' for the seat and to identify what is potentially to be covered in a single constituency article.
The index name, which may vary from the official name or the... |
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